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With this in mind, all those that gave suggestions in today's Open Thread are humbly thanked. Your assistance is greatly appreciated, as several of your suggestions made the options list. Before we get there, some folks from my e-mail chat groups need to be recognized for their contributions to both polls: England's Richard Courtney stated: Please feel free to say that I prefer the description "climate alarmist" for a person who shares the views of e.g. Al Gore. In my opinion, the descriptions "climate realist" and "climate alarmist" are the most accurate of the non-emotive terms for those in the two groups. Anthony Watts, who we are all indebted to for his fabulous work exposing the absolutely abysmal weather stations around the country, added a choice that hit the options list: Warminators.
Lundekvam fighting to save career
Thanks Claus but time for new blood. What's so annoying is, they knew about Claus and Svensson for ages yet did nothing - we'd probably not be in this state if we draughted in suitable replacements. They can't claim it was a surprise! Good foresight Saints, as usual! IDIOTS!! .
Atlanta's tigers facing oblivion in wild
The zoo has four Sumatran tigers and hopes to breed two. She is familiar with the loss of their habitat and the illegal trade in tiger parts. "It's my hope that they will survive in the wild," said Wilson. Yet laws enacted to protect the tiger have not worked because they aren't rigidly enforced, said WWF researchers. In 2006, they visited markets in 28 cities across Sumatra. Posing as shoppers, they found more than 30 stores — 10 percent of the shops surveyed — trading in the big cats' teeth, claws, skin pieces, whiskers and bones. Twenty-three tigers likely were killed to supply the stores, the researchers estimated. A comparable survey, taken from 1999-2002, concluded that poachers had slain 52 tigers to supply stores with parts that were used for everything from folk medicine to aphrodisiacs.
Andrew Sullivan, unreliable narrator.
Other labor costs add to the bill. Contract issues like work rules, line relief and holiday pay amount to $630 per vehicle - costs that the Japanese don't have. And paying UAW members for not working when plants are shut costs another $350 per vehicle. .
22nd Alaska paratrooper killed
The Alaska-based paratroopers range in age from 20 to 34 and they hail from all over the nation. And the troops are being killed in action -- sometimes one at a time, and at others times four at a time, as with an ambush Saturday in Karbala. "They were attacked with grenades, small arms and indirect fire by an illegal-armed militia group," said Garrett. There is word today that Alaska's troops are making progress in the search for the enemy behind that attack. "We have personnel in our custody. At this time, we know that it was conducted by some well-trained militia or organization," said Garrett. Alaska's paratroopers have a deep reach in Iraq, touching regions in nearly every direction beyond Baghdad, including Karbala, Fallujah and Al Hillah. Garrett acknowledged it's a lot of ground to cover.
It’s All About the Money
The basic notion is that celebrities from all walks of life come in for an informal one-on-one talk during which they're psychoanalyzed and a childhood career dream is revealed. Fahmy then proceeds to draw his guests doing their dream job. “I never imagined myself doing this but I have been getting rave reviews people tell me I was born to do this," he boasts of the show, co-hosted by Abir Abdel Wahab. “When I had Mostafa El-Fiqqi [chairman of the People's Assembly's foreign affairs committee] on the show, he told me that I must have a touch of genius to be able to do all of this [hold a conversation with a guest, analyze and draw him] at once, and do it well." Among his guests: ex-Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher pictured as a journalist and Supreme Council of Antiquities chief Dr.
Or maybe not
Definitely, Maybe (rated PG-13 for sexual content and language) begins with Will Hayes (Ryan Reynolds) getting served divorce papers and picking up his 10-year-old daughter Maya (Breslin) from school to find that she has been exposed to sex education. Disturbed by her newfound willingness to discuss the sexual anatomy of the human species, he is even more unnerved by her desire to hear about his sex life before she was born. But he then proceeds to spill all the gory details. The story features three women whom Will considered as life mates, and it manages some very sweet and funny scenes. Reynolds excels at quick, witty banter, and all three female leads (Isla Fisher, Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Weisz) put in strong performances—though Banks cannot seem to stop looking like a female "Baxter." But Definitely, Maybe does such a good job of camouflaging its denouement that the women fail to stand out.
Slacker Friday
And, yesterday, he got up in front of the CPAC crowd that earlier had cheered every single one of the steps toward tyranny that the administration had undertaken. A while back, MoveOn.org said unkind things about a soldier in a newspaper ad, and the entire capital got the vapors. The Congress of the United States was moved to resolve to condemn the newspaper ad. Democratic politicians rushed to sign on. Now, a group of very obvious extremists -- Dick Cheney is an authoritarian bully and a personal coward. His approval rating is 19 percent in the country and 100 percent in that hall. Res ipse loquitur. -- gathers in Washington, and not only do the party's most prominent political figures truckle and beg, your liberal media puts the worst of them on the air, as if they were serious people and not simple public vandals.
County wades through IRS tax discrepancies
ERIE — Errors made on Neosho County's employer's quarterly tax returns from 2006 continue to haunt the county. The Internal Revenue Service will be conducting a compliance review regarding the County's financial procedures. This is less involved than the examination review, commonly called an audit, that county officials thought was going to occur. An examination review is still a possibility depending on the results of the compliance check. “She [IRS agent Allison Jones] said that she wanted to go back and come at this from a teaching-learning perspective," said County Clerk Randal Neely. “If she can come down and help us through, working with us under the compliance check, I'm thrilled. Obviously, our end result is that we all want to be operating under the correct procedures." According to County Coordinator Roger Daniels, the problem was discovered when the commissioners asked Schlotterbeck and Burns, Certified Public Accountants, Chanute, to look at the payroll after some county employees had expressed some concerns.
American Idol Buzz
The reaction when Chris gets voted off is probably the best in Idol history. His confidence melts instantly into shock and anger. Kat's jaw drops to the ground. See the stills and watch the video at this site before Fox pulls it. A few bloggers complained that the previous link I had included to the Chris departure had gay advertising and such. If that offends you, stick with the youtube.com link above. But in fairness, the original link is a lot clearer so you can check it out here if you choose.. Permalink | Comments (174) | Post your comment | 5/12: Taylor Hicks Pacman By Rodney Ho | Thursday, May 11, 2006, 11:24 PM The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Proving you can find anything on the Web, check this out. Yes, it's Taylor Hicks Pacman and since this was obviously done at least a week ago, Paris, Elliott, Kat and Chris are all chasing him.
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