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Thursday, April 20th, 2006
3:45 am	Oregon Department Of Environmental Quality Wants More Staff Oregon Department Of Environmental Quality Wants More Staff Oregon Public Broadcasting - Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:10:54 GMT On the heels of the Willamette River getting listed as an "endangered" waterway by a national environmental group, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality says it needs more money to monitor toxic pollutants in state rivers and streams. Dead Zones Squeeze Life Out of Bulgarian Resorts Environment News Service - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 23:48:27 GMT , April 19, 2006 (ENS) - At Bulgaria's Sunny Beach and Golden Sands resorts on the popular Black Sea coast, the air is filled with the sounds of construction. Farmers Hire Migrant Workers in Order to Survive WCAX 3 - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 23:35:00 GMT Migrant workers have been part of the agricultural landscape for decades. "Migrant workers has been going on for a long period of time, but it's come to the forefront as we use more of them.," said Glenn Rogers, a Farm Management Specialist with the University of Vermont Extension Service. Fiscal autonomy 'would bring budget constraint' The Scotsman: Business - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 23:17:34 GMT FISCAL autonomy would provide a "hard budget constraint" on the Executive to lift economic growth and bear down on lax public spending, two economists argued yesterday. The al-Qaida fighter shaped by demagogues and plastic surgeons Guardian Unlimited - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 23:13:38 GMT Of all the fearsome and unfathomable figures who have waged jihad for al-Qaida, Louia Sakka has emerged as one of the most perplexing. Feds Investigate California Charter Academy Collapse KTVU 2 San Francisco - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 23:09:32 GMT VICTORVILLE, Calif. -- The FBI is investigating the 2004 collapse of California Charter Academy. FBI Special Agent Marcie Soligo said the agency has seized financial records used to compile a 2005 state audit that found lax oversight contributed to questionable contracts and other problems. 'Gun Summit' Called Brainstorming Session on Gun Control Crosswalk.com - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 23:05:39 GMT (CNSNews.com) - A gun rights group said the upcoming "gun summit" planned by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is merely a chance for them to brainstorm on more ways to restrict the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens. Scholastic Scrutiny Tucson Weekly - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 22:46:57 GMT The Chris Rodgers/alleged academic fraud controversy leads to a second university inquiry Many nations unready for flu pandemic India Daily - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 22:43:28 GMT The first independent analysis of official pandemic flu preparations across Europe has found serious gaps in some national plans and big variations between countries. New fire station dedicated: Facility on Browning Drive named for former alderman Benton Courier - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 22:27:35 GMT Curtis Fire Station was dedicated Saturday in a ceremony attended by four generations of the family of the late Billy Bob Curtis, for whom the station is named. Links: Lexus RX 330 Lexus LX470 Lexus Lexus LS 400 Lexus LS460 Lexus GX470 Lexus SC 300 Lexus ES 350 Lexus JX 470 Lexus IS 250 Lexus LF Lexus GS 300 (Comment on this)
Friday, April 14th, 2006
5:15 pm	Family views Family views Akron Beacon Journal - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:03:31 GMT The parents' guide to new movie releases by George Thomas Child Molested On Discarded Tape 14 WFIE Evansville - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:56:54 GMT A contractor doing survey work uncovers a case of child molestation when he finds a discarded VHS tape on a roadside. He took it home and discovered it was a tape of a little girl being molested by a grown man. Nigeria: State of Political Parties AllAfrica.com - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:54:36 GMT WITH less than 20 months to the general elections slated for 2007 to effect leadership changes at all levels, the factionalised and fragmented state of the nation's political parties calls for concern. Season of the tick Bar Harbor Times - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:30:30 GMT Along with the welcome annual spring arrivals such as robins, peepers, and crocuses come some decidedly unwelcome returnees, namely ticks, specifically the Lyme disease-carrying deer tick. Bird Enthusiasts Soar with 'George and Gracie' Over San Francisco Skyline Thanks to VBrick Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:30:00 GMT WALLINGFORD, Conn.----April 14, 2006--The Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group today announced that it is streaming live video of a peregrine falcon nest perched on a San Francisco office building using equipment from VBrick Systems, Inc. Lombardi not swayed about petition cop call Greater Milwaukee Today - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:29:59 GMT WAUKESHA - Mayor Carol Lombardi remains unchanged in her view that she was right to call police on a man collecting signatures for the Waukesha Taxpayers League at the city recycling center Saturday. Indonesia's cultural war: Riots over Playboy part of larger debate International Herald Tribune - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:26:52 GMT Ponti Carolus, the publisher of the Indonesian edition of Playboy magazine that stirred Islamic militants into a rock-throwing protest during the past week, has one thing in common with many Western guys: he says he reads Playboy for the articles. Here Kitty, Kitty: Molly Still Trapped Behind Wall CBS 2 New York - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:16:43 GMT For 13 days an 11-month-old West Village cat named Molly has been trapped behind a wall between two 19th century buildings on Hudson Street. Buffalo News - Movies The Buffalo News - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:10:51 GMT The following capsule reviews of recent releases, long runs and revivals, are where noted, by The News critics. Unsigned reviews are from services . The Motion Picture Association of America ratings: G - Suitable for all ages. Fear factor The Buffalo News - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:10:11 GMT A review of "Scary Movie 4" is rather redundant. If you've seen any of the previous entries in the "Scary Movie" series, you know what to expect. And if you haven't, I doubt you're planning to start with No. 4. Links: Lexus RX 300 Lexus LX470 Lexus Lexus IS 200 Lexus LS430 Lexus GX Lexus SC430 Lexus ES350 Lexus JX540 Lexus IS 200 Lexus LF-A Lexus GS 350 (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 11th, 2006
7:20 pm	Trio finds groove despite pianist Medeski's digressions Trio finds groove despite pianist Medeski's digressions Philly.com - Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:53:14 GMT You have to experience John Medeski's piano to appreciate its brashness. It can be confounding, the riffs so at odds with their surroundings that they shock and jerk you out of a groove. Then he can pound out riffs from the African American tradition that blow all that pretentious smoke away. Human Skin Book Gives New Meaning to 'Gross Anatomy' Fox News - Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:07:42 GMT Some unlucky guy finds 300-year-old book covered in human skin in the street Love gets lost in plot, staging of South Asian gender bender San Francisco Chronicle - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:32:57 GMT RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Hijra: Comedy. By Ash Kotak. Directed by Andrew Nance. (Through May 7. New Conservatory Theatre Center, 25 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco. One hour, 45 minutes. Tickets: $28-$34. Call (415) 861-8972 or visit www.nctcsf.org). A master of body language The Age - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 03:01:06 GMT David Cronenberg explores video-game culture in eXistenZ , with Jude Law and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Photo: Supplied A retrospective at ACMI shows how filmmaker David Cronenberg reverses conventional expectations, writes Philippa Hawker. One type of thought Herald Sun - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 15:02:10 GMT SCIENTISTS have developed the world's first "telepathic typewriter" -- a device that literally allows users to make a "mental note". A prototype Berlin Brain-Computer Interface being developed at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute uses brain sensors to detect what a user wants to write. The typewriter that can read your thoughts Daily Mail - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 12:39:57 GMT Scientists have developed the world's first 'telepathic typewriter' - a device that literally allows users to 'make a mental note'. Experts say the invention of no-touch typing could revolutionise office life for millions and give paralysed people the chance to communicate easily again Book reviews for February 17, 2006: Mercedes Lackey, editor, "Crossroads and Other Tales of Valdemar"; Richard Paul The Davis Enterprise - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 07:07:53 GMT Published Feb 17, 2006 - 16:11:19 CST. The weather has been decidedly springlike of late, and perfect for lounging outside with a good book. I'm therefore compelled to share some tips on what to pick up ... and what to pass by. Why waste a good afternoon on a bad story? Now available on DVD Contra Costa Times - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 20:34:16 GMT "KING KONG": The giant ape who rules Skull Island eventually gets to wreak havoc on New York again in director Peter Jackson's vivid retelling of the fantasy tale set in the 1930s of the original screen version. Naomi Watts plays the newest apple of the big simian's eye, with Adrien Brody and Jack Black also prominent in the cast. Andy Serkis, alias Gollum in Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings," Now available on DVD Contra Costa Times - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 01:17:45 GMT "GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.": Legendary CBS newscaster Edward R. Murrow, played superbly by David Strathairn, juggles the pursuit of truth with corporate concerns as he takes on Sen. Joseph McCarthy (seen as himself, via archival footage) in director George Clooney's excellent, Oscar-nominated drama smartly filmed in black-and-white. Clooney also portrays Fred Friendly, the news producer who ran Now available on DVD Contra Costa Times - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 01:16:09 GMT "CHICKEN LITTLE": After its 10-year partnership with Pixar Animation produced such hits as "Toy Story," "Finding Nemo" and "The Incredibles," Disney made its first solo foray into computer-animated cartoons with this solid though slight fairy-tale tweak. Zach Braff provides the voice of the title character, a chick who cried wolf that the sky was falling and now must save his town when his Links: Lexus RX Lexus JX Lexus Lexus GS 300 Lexus LS Lexus GX Lexus SC400 Lexus ES 350 Lexus JX 540 Lexus IS200 Lexus LF-A Lexus GS 450h (Comment on this)