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Thursday, April 27th, 2006
11:00 am	Distractions a ploy to notice fleeting beauty PERSPECTIVE LORI BORGMAN Distractions a ploy to notice fleeting beauty PERSPECTIVE LORI BORGMAN Times Leader - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:09:24 GMT Edna St. Vincent Millay must have been sitting in this very chair when she wrote, “April comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.” 2 more things I don’t understand about women Quad-City Times - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 05:56:15 GMT THE sun was shining yesterday, and the frost the night before was just about as bad as last year. The warmth encouraged my wife to go shopping, renewing my pique in women and shopping and saving things. Daffodil party greets spring with a wave Quad-City Times - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 05:16:29 GMT THERE is no reason for Mary Nevans-Pederson to have 4,000 or more daffodils blooming in her yard in Bellevue, Iowa. They are sweeping over a hillside, and they are her happy undoing because every year they don’t stop. Market watch AG Weekly - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 04:10:51 GMT With the weather and grain markets starting to catch fire, volatility and pricing opportunities are increasing. Not only will weather forecasts change daily, but emotions and price levels will as well. Sports Focus: Radio/television Richmond Times-Dispatch - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 03:45:07 GMT Bryant Gumbel said he's never done pro football play by play. For that matter, it has been 30-plus years since he did playby-play of any kind. "I was not looking for work or pining to do NFL games," the host of HBO's much-decorated "Real Sports" said. What's in a name? Daily Liberal - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:02:17 GMT And his name is ... Kei. After three months of anticipation local Southern White Rhinoceros Umqali's baby boy finally has a name -and what a name it is. Channel 10's weatherman Tim Bailey last night had the privilege of christening the not-so-little 200-kilogram calf live. Not even Hollywood would bite on this one: Loose Change tells what, heh, really happened on 9/11 Phoenix New Times - Wed, 26 Apr 2006 22:06:11 GMT To The Bird's great amusement, it found itself at a crowded hippie hangout in Tempe called 3 Roots Coffee the other day, watching one of the funniest comedies this proud pecker's seen in years. Loose Change, an extremely independent film from three New York twentysomethings, wasn't meant to be a ... Flower Power MetroActive - Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:57:19 GMT ROBERT HARLING has set his play Steel Magnolias in women's country, a beauty salon where, according to M'Lynn (Estelle Piper), a man would never set foot. Crofton coffeehouse revives open mic night HometownAnnapolis.com - Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:11:34 GMT Last Friday, local musicians came together to sing "Happy Birthday," not to a person, but to an occasion - the revival of the Crofton City Limits coffeehouse. The open mic event re-opened a year ago, after a four-year hiatus. NEWS: Judging Lynda Jones Nashville Scene - Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:43:44 GMT As television ads go, Lynda Jones’ 30-second spot seems harmless and fluffy enough. Links: Lexus RX 330 Lexus LX 470 Lexus Lexus GS 300 Lexus LS Lexus GX Lexus SC 430 Lexus ES 250 Lexus JX Lexus IS200 Lexus LF-C Lexus GS 450h (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
1:45 pm	Confronting empty hatred Confronting empty hatred Guardian Unlimited - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:12:10 GMT Thousands of candidates and 176 English councils are involved in this year's local elections, but all the attention is going to the few dozen British National party figures who have a chance of getting elected. Am Johal: Overextended Empire The Palestine Chronicle - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:43:01 GMT The Bush administration has added $2.5 trillion to its debt. 50% of the government debt is held by foreigners, predominantly from Asia. The main reason a business goes bankrupt is because it grows too fast and there isn’t a way to plan or manage the expansion. e C e n t r a l The Star Online - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 06:42:16 GMT LOS ANGELES - If ever an actress were entitled to a do-over, it's Gretchen Mol. Mol was plopped on the cover of Vanity Fair back in 1998 in a supernova of hype that didn't necessarily benefit her career. NC calls for wider participation on Thursday's rally Nepalnews. com - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 04:01:07 GMT Nepali Congress (NC), one of the major constituents of the seven party alliance (SPA) has appealed for wider public participation in the agitation programme scheduled for Thursday when the alliance plans to demonstrate its strength by attracting the maximum number of demonstrators along the 27-km Ring Road. Leader: Local elections Guardian Unlimited - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 01:46:11 GMT Leader: Offered an active choice, few voters will endorse the BNP's spittle-flecked sloganising over positive politics that offers more than empty hatred. Mt. Ashland shuts lifts for season Ashland Daily Tidings - Mon, 17 Apr 2006 23:56:47 GMT Skiers and snowboarders who spent their Easter Sunday making turns at Mount Ashland found a number of surprises when they made it up to the hill: a full parking lot, six inches of fresh snow on top of a 230-inch base and only one day left to take advantage of what they had been waiting for all year. "Ask the Dusk" The Davis Enterprise - Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:29:19 GMT By Derrick Bang/Enterprise entertainment editor. Published Apr 07, 2006 - 14:32:14 CDT. Three stars. Misogynistic tone, unpalatable characters ruin Depression-era drama. Peeves court bans 'as of yet' The Biloxi Sun Herald - Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:29:17 GMT The Court of Peeves, Crotchets & Irks resumes its April assizes with a motion from Vic Bastien of Tulsa, Okla. He moves for an injunction banning the use of "as of yet." Aaargh! UCD junior takes her act east The Davis Enterprise - Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:20:06 GMT Published Apr 14, 2006 - 15:23:16 CDT. It was only ice. For a thigh contusion. But it was conceivably the only thing capable of slowing down the always-moving Katie McMahon. Kenya: All Were Gifted Legislators And Debaters in the House AllAfrica.com - Mon, 17 Apr 2006 19:15:42 GMT In a fitting reflection of his general conduct in Parliament, the last statement Dr Bonaya Godana made from the floor of the House could have passed for fastidiousness or plain bragging. Links: Lexus RX 330 Lexus JX Lexus Lexus JX 470 Lexus LS460L Lexus GX470 Lexus SC 400 Lexus ES Lexus JX Lexus IS 350 Lexus LF Lexus GS 450h (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 13th, 2006
3:15 am	Soccer: Espanyol swamp Zaragoza to win Spanish Cup Soccer: Espanyol swamp Zaragoza to win Spanish Cup Channel NewsAsia - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:08:57 GMT MADRID : Espanyol won the Spanish Cup for the fourth time in their history, swamping Real Zaragoza, earlier conquerors of Barcelona and Real Madrid, 4-1 in the final before a 75,000 crowd at the Santiago Bernabeu. Prodi Predicts His Tiny Margin Over Berlusconi Will Prevail New York Times - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:02:43 GMT Silvio Berlusconi, the current prime minister, has refused to concede defeat, saying the results are so close they require a recount. Spring's bounty hunters Calendarlive.com - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:52:01 GMT The man striding purposefully up the trail above Agoura Hills could be Clint Eastwood, what with his sharp nose and squinting blue eyes. He even wields a sharp object menacingly as he scans the terrain. AMD Posts 1Q Net Income of $185 Million Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:37:55 GMT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Wednesday said it swung to a first-quarter profit as Intel Corp.'s biggest rival for microprocessors benefited from market-share gains and the spinoff of its unprofitable flash memory subsidiary. The Santa Clara-based company posted net income of $185 million, or 38 cents a share, for the quarter ended March 26, compared to a net loss of $17.4 Portsmouth 1 Arsenal 1: LuaLua's bizarre injury highlights Pompey's somersaulting season Independent - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:35:16 GMT Nothing captures the raw, utter madness of Portsmouth's dogged attempts to escape relegation more than the events surrounding their vital equalising goal last night which rescued a point and did severe damage to Arsenal's hopes of finishing fourth and qualifying for the Champions' League. Espanyol swamp Zaragoza to win Spanish Cup Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:34:20 GMT Espanyol won the Spanish Cup this morning (AEST) for the fourth time in its history, swamping Real Zaragoza 4-1 in the final before a crowd of 75,000 at the Santiago Bernabeu. AMD Posts 1Q Net Income of $185 Million RedNova - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:29:37 GMT By DAN GOODIN SAN FRANCISCO - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Wednesday said it swung to a first-quarter profit as Intel Corp.'s biggest rival for microprocessors benefited from market-share gains and the spinoff of its unprofitable flash memory subsidiary. S.Korean shares seen rebounding on exporters, oil Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:25:24 GMT SEOUL, April 13 (Reuters) - Seoul shares could rebound on Thursday from three days of falls with exporters such as Samsung Electronics underpinned by growing confidence about U.S. corporate earnings, and after the dollar strengthened following U.S. trade data. AFX UK Focus - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:23:51 GMT SAN FRANCISCO (AFX) -- Shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. were active in after-hours trading Wednesday after it said that it swung to a quarterly profit, while shares of its former unit, Spansion Inc., spiked more than 7% on its results. Gannett profit falls 11% as ad revenue slumps International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:03:34 GMT The fall in profit was caused by a drop in advertising revenue at its newspapers, including the flagship USA Today, and a rise in expenses alongside high newsprint costs. Links: Lexus RX Lexus JX Lexus Lexus IS 200 Lexus LS 460L Lexus GX Lexus SC Lexus ES 250 Lexus JX Lexus IS350 Lexus LF-A Lexus GS 430 (Comment on this)
Monday, April 10th, 2006
5:20 am	Booby traps Booby traps The Age - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 01:28:25 GMT Heckled, harassed, and regularly relegated to second-banana status. Gabriella Coslovich finds out why women still get put down when they do stand-up. - Julia Hobsbawm: 'I'm back. What's all the fuss?' Independent - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 23:30:36 GMT You'd expect someone whose public relations venture has been searingly criticised, whose board members have been resigning by the handful, and whose corporate clients are beginning to wonder just what they've joined, to stay on holiday. But Julia Hobsbawm, the best-connected PR person in Britain, a former business partner of Gordon Brown's wife Sarah, returned from her Norfolk hideaway yesterday Is AIDS Peaking? Time Magazine - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 21:49:21 GMT Some of the estimates are being revised downward. But just because an epidemic has peaked doesn't mean it's over Talich Quartet Gramophone - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:44:16 GMT The personnel of the Talich Quartet is totally different from its founder-members of 41 years ago, and indeed from the artists who recorded the Janácek quartets in the mid-1980s (when they were criticised for their relatively soft-grained approach). Boris can't be a love rat Guardian Unlimited - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 02:10:09 GMT First, may I point out that what follows isn't about sex at all; it's about class. It might look as if I'm taking a prurient interest in the private lives of public figures, but this is just a trenchant analysis of cultural advance. Via Boris Johnson's underpants. Living link to Shostakovich San Jose Mercury News - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 07:31:53 GMT Early in the 1940s, when the Soviet Union was still tightening its vise grip on artistic expression, a teenager named Mstislav Rostropovich enrolled at the Moscow Conservatory. One of his teachers was Dmitri Shostakovich, who only a few years before, in 1936, had been declared an ``enemy of the people'' for composing music that was deemed to be rude, even crude, and lampooning Joseph Stalin's Book Box MetroActive - Wed, 05 Apr 2006 20:48:49 GMT In this indispensable collection, Mel Bagshaw charts nearly a century of a powerful graphic tradition, from the advertisements for the silent film classic Cabiria to the end-of-the-world Pasolini shocker Salo . Vibrant and sometimes vulgar, the selection here reflects a nation in turmoil. Going ape for the Arctic Monkeys The Phoenix - Wed, 05 Apr 2006 17:28:13 GMT On the record Reunion ends Australia-Malaysia "kidnap" saga The Sun Daily - Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:20:31 GMT SYDNEY: A custody battle that sparked a diplomatic row between Australia and Malaysia ended happily on Wednesday when a mother was reunited with a daughter she claimed was abducted by a Malaysian prince 14 years ago. Reunion ends Australia-Malaysia "kidnap" saga Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:11:52 GMT SYDNEY (Reuters) - A custody battle that sparked a diplomatic row between Australia and Malaysia ended happily on Wednesday when a mother was reunited with a daughter she says was abducted by a Malaysian prince 14 years ago. Links: Lexus RX300 Lexus LX450 Lexus Lexus SC 400 Lexus LS600h Lexus GX Lexus SC 400 Lexus ES300 Lexus JX540 Lexus IS 350 Lexus LF Lexus GS (Comment on this)
Saturday, April 8th, 2006
12:15 pm	Porcelain with Jana Cova, Nin Worx's Neo Pornographia and Clone A Willy Porcelain with Jana Cova, Nin Worx's Neo Pornographia and Clone A Willy DVD Talk - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 23:56:50 GMT While artistic porn is not always in the limelight, it has a tendency to sell and rent far beyond the limited 60 day window that most porn is designed to last which is why we open up this week's highlights section with the latest Celeste directed movie, Porcelain . Designed to showcase the lovely Jana Cova, Digital Playground's latest contract hotty, the star studded cast is one of the strongest From Kinsey to Boris: Sex and the satyr Independent - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 23:25:36 GMT The trouble with posh totty scorned is that the revenge tends to be posh too, as the nation's favourite buffoon Boris Johnson found out to his cost this week. His sometime squeeze, Petronella Wyatt, was riled by reports in the News of the World - who had staked out the Tory member for Henley engaging in a series of trysts with another attractive young woman, also not his wife. Ms Wyatt accused Man who bit officer gets 40 years for drug, sex offender charges Benton Courier - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 22:30:13 GMT Thomas Stacy Caffrey, 33, of Benton, was convicted Monday of multiple felonies, including biting a Benton police officer and failing to register as a sex offender. "Casanova" The Davis Enterprise - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 21:25:11 GMT Published Jan 06, 2006 - 14:50:27 CST. Three stars. Earthy subject too diluted by leaden pacing and a sanitized approach. Wildcat varsity tennis Midway Driller - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 20:32:01 GMT Nearly a month after starting the Lynch Cup Tournament, the Taft varsity tennis team returned to the tournament Wednesday with the hopes of putting the finishing touches on it. The Wildcats accomplished their goal by tying Foothill to win the Division IV category. Lincoln City sued over adult store sign Newport News-Times - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 16:09:42 GMT Patience is not always considered a virtue, especially when many observers deem the waiting subjects or their business as being particularly non-virtuous. Former Marilyn Manson Guitarist John 5 Proud To Be A Loser MTV Music Television - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:29:33 GMT The debut of John's new band, Loser, forsakes metal for rock and power pop. Explaining the band's name, he said, "I was always that kid [with] a rock shirt on. I looked like a loser because everyone around me was wearing Polo." A Dab of Luck on LACMA's Palette Los Angeles Times - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 07:06:25 GMT If bought, the luminous Klimts temporarily on display could make the museum the only one in the U.S. with a major program in Modern art. A dab of luck on LACMA's palette Calendarlive.com - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 06:26:23 GMT Luck, according to the Roman dramatist Seneca, is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. If so, Los Angeles is the luckiest city in the world for Modern art right now. 'Brokeback Mountain' banned in anti-gay move Reuters - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 12:19:10 GMT NASSAU, Bahamas (Reuters) - The Bahamas has banned the gay cowboy movie "Brokeback Mountain," triggering a new controversy over the island chain's reputation for homophobia. Links: Lexus RX 300 Lexus Lexus ES 300 (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006
9:20 am	The U needs to tailor its decisions more closely to student desires The U needs to tailor its decisions more closely to student desires The Daily Utah Chronicle - Tue, 04 Apr 2006 05:59:01 GMT The Academic Senate has approved a new fall calendar that will go into effect during the 2007-2008 school year. Changes to the calendar include starting the semester on a Monday, the elimination of reading day, and a week long Fall Break to divide the first and second sessions. Fungus outbreak showing up in wearers of soft contact lenses Sun-Sentinel - Tue, 04 Apr 2006 05:48:54 GMT In an outbreak that so far has puzzled health officials, a potentially damaging fungus is infecting the eyes of a small but growing number of people in South Florida and elsewhere who wear soft contact lenses, Miami researchers said Wednesday. Laid-back San Diegans don't hold back on Bonds San Francisco Chronicle - Tue, 04 Apr 2006 05:26:08 GMT San Diego fans are supposed to be laid-back. Downright soft, in many cases. Constant sunshine does that to people. It zaps the need to be overly intense. Down here, it's more favorable to lighten up than tighten up. It's the mood and the lifestyle, and people... Student walkouts have little effect on Frisco ISD Coppell Gazette - Tue, 04 Apr 2006 05:21:38 GMT Protests by thousands of mostly Hispanic high school students over proposed U.S. immigration policies that resulted in Dallas, Denton, Irving and other North Texas school districts experiencing hundreds of students walking out of class to rally caused degrees of mayhem Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, but left Frisco virtually unfazed, a school district spokeswoman said. Made to be broken The Age - Tue, 04 Apr 2006 04:47:21 GMT The great thing about D.B.C. Pierre's house in County Leitrim, somewhere in the hills below the Northern Irish border, is that it has a bar. Living on Impulse New York Times - Tue, 04 Apr 2006 04:21:27 GMT Researchers are beginning to identify why one person's spontaneity is another's descent into self-destruction. The 1918 Flu Killed Millions. Does It Hold Clues for Today? New York Times - Tue, 04 Apr 2006 04:18:46 GMT The 1918 pandemic reveals both a lot and not enough about what is happening with bird flu today. Mayo Clinic Researchers Identify Cell Cue For Destroying Tumors Science Daily - Tue, 04 Apr 2006 04:13:28 GMT Mayo Clinic researchers have identified and characterized an important signal used by the human immune system to help destroy tumors. When this signal is generated inside cells called natural killer (NK) cells, materials are released in the body that induce cell death in cancer cells. Now that this signal has been identified, new strategies can be generated for enhancing the ability of the immune Sean Connery joins in the Tartan Week celebrations The Herald - Tue, 04 Apr 2006 03:59:29 GMT Sir Sean Connery yesterday ended weeks of speculation over his health by arriving in New York for Tartan Week. Last night, the actor attended the glamorous Dressed To Kilt fashion show as part of the festival of celebrations of US and Scottish ties. RBA to leave rates unchanged in April Sydney Morning Herald - Tue, 04 Apr 2006 03:45:22 GMT The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is poised to leave interest rates on hold in April, marking 13 months since it last hiked rates. Links: Lexus ES 300 (Comment on this)