Thursday, February 27, 2003 :::
 

WSJ.com -
Spain's Aznar Tells Bush: Allies Need Political Cover

Spain's Aznar Tells Bush:
Allies Need Political Cover

Prime Minister Asks for Less of Rumsfeld
And More Efforts at U.N., for Palestinians
By FREDERICK KEMPE and CARLTA VITZTHUM
Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

(Opinion polls show that about 80% of Spaniards currently oppose a war, even with backing from the U.N.)


MADRID -- Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar , one of America's staunchest allies on the United Nations Security Council, said in an interview that he has urged President Bush to help European leaders withstand the mounting political pressures they face over possible war with Iraq, including muzzling Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld . . .

" . . . Opinion polls show that about 80% of Spaniards currently oppose a war, even with backing from the U.N.. . . "

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WSJ.com - 'Mr. Moonves, Call Off Your Hillbilly Hunt'

What is a "Hillbilly"? by Gov. Zell Miller (Dem.) Georgia

" . . .My ancestors were among the very first mountain settlers, descendants of the Scotch-Irish who were driven out of Northern Ireland by the Stuart Kings. They landed in Maryland and Virginia and migrated westward as far as the hostile Indians and French would allow and then moved southward into the rugged mountains and beautiful valleys we now know as Appalachia. They were accompanied and followed by Huguenots, Quakers, Polatine Germans and other Protestant sects . . .

"Their language, customs, character, possessions, knowledge and tools were isolated with them and suspended in time, a microcosm of early American thought, culture and mores . . ."

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CBS News |
U.S. Told To Quit Tobacco Talks | February 25, 2003 14:19:35

CBS) Accusing President Bush's administration of being beholden to cigarette multinationals, a coalition of American medical groups demanded that the United States withdraw altogether from international anti-tobacco negotiations and stop sabotaging the planned treaty.

"At this critical juncture, the United States government is working methodically to weaken virtually every aspect of this treaty," said John Seffrin, chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society. "We call on the U.S. government to observe the first rule of the Hippocratic Oath: Do No Harm."

"The time has come for the United States to stand aside and allow the rest of the world to complete a treaty strong enough to change the course of the tobacco epidemic," Seffrin said.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/25/national/main541936.shtml

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Wednesday, February 26, 2003 :::
 

http://www.ulcc.org/platinum_club.asp



"Top 10 City Clubs"

The Duquesne Club - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The California Club - Los Angeles, California
Union League Club of Chicago - Chicago, Illinois
Jonathan Club - Los Angeles, California
University Club of Chicago - Chicago, Illinois
Metropolitan Club of New York - New York, New York
Capital City Club - Atlanta, Georgia
Pacific Union Club - San Francisco, California
The Minneapolis Club - Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Chicago Club - Chicago, Illinois

"Top 10 Golf Clubs"

Pine Valley Golf Club - Pine Valley, New Jersey
Augusta National Golf Club - Augusta, Georgia
Winged Foot Golf Club - Mamaroneck, New York
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club - Southampton, New York
Seminole Golf Club - Juno Beach, Florida
Cypress Point - Pebble Beach, California
Muirfield Village Golf Club - Dublin, Ohio
Baltusrol Golf Club - Springfield, New Jersey
Peachtree Golf Club - Atlanta, Georgia
The Honors Course - Chattanooga, Tennessee

"Top 5 Yacht Clubs"

Grosse Pointe Yacht Club - Grosse Pointe, Michigan
San Diego Yacht Club - San Diego, California
St. Francis Yacht Club - San Francisco, California
New York Yacht Club - New York, New York
San Francisco Yacht Club - San Francisco, California

"Top 5 Athletic Clubs"

Atlanta Athletic Club - Duluth, Georgia
New York Athletic Club - New York, New York
Detroit Athletic Club - Detroit, Michigan
Multnomah Athletic Club - Portland, Oregon
Washington Athletic Club - Seattle, Washington


Top 20 Country Clubs

Cherokee Town & Country Club - Atlanta, Georgia
Los Angeles Country Club - Los Angeles, California
The Country Club - Brookline, Massachusetts
River Oaks Country Club - Houston, Texas
Houston Country Club - Houston, Texas
The Olympic Club - San Francisco, California
Congressional Country Club - Bethesda, Maryland
Boca West Country Club - Boca Raton, Florida
Oakland Hills Country Club - Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Baltimore Country Club - Baltimore, Maryland
Westchester Country Club - Rye, New York
Country Club of Virginia - Richmond, Virginia
Onwentsia Club - Lake Forest, Illinois
Woodmont Country Club - Rockville, Maryland
John's Island Club - Vero Beach, Florida
Oakmont Country Club - Oakmont, Pennsylvania
The Everglades Club - Palm Beach, Florida
Wilmington Country Club - Wilmington, Delaware
Country Club of Birmingham - Birmingham, Alabama
Belle Meade Country Club - Nashville, Tennessee


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Tuesday, February 25, 2003 :::
 

BBC NEWS | Europe |

Chef 'suicide' after critics' attack


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2798627.stm


'If I lose a star, I'll kill myself.'"

One of France's most celebrated chefs has apparently committed suicide after his flagship restaurant was downgraded in a top restaurant guide.

Bernard Loiseau was found dead at his country home, a hunting rifle by his side.

His death came a week after the renowned GaultMillau restaurant guide cut its rating for his Cote d'Or restaurant in Burgundy

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Monday, February 24, 2003 :::
 

Faculty:
http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/dept.music/musicdept/faculty/shankar.html

Ravi Shankar

"He is one of the leading cultural figures of the twentieth century whose accomplishments place him as the leading figure of an important musical tradition. . .

"In 1958 he collaborated with distinguished violinists Yehudi Menuhin (Israel) and David Oistrach (Russia) in concert at the Paris UNESCO Music Festival. This event was to become revered as the unprecedented inauguration of a long sequence of cross-cultural collaborations for which Shankar has been recognized and honored internationally."

::: posted by Stewart at 8:50 PM


 

Short Message Service Last modified: Tuesday, March 12, 2002

SMS = Short Message Service


Short Message Service (SMS) is the transmission of short text messages to and from a mobile phone, fax machine and/or IP address. Messages must be no longer than 160 alpha-numeric characters and contain no images or graphics . . ..

. . . The number of mobile-phone users expects to reach 500 million worldwide by 2003, and with the help of SMS, 75 percent of all cellular phones will be Internet-enabled.

::: posted by Stewart at 9:10 AM


 

Land Reforms in Scotland Give Big Estates the Jitters

" . . . in Scotland, where half . . . (the) land is in the hands of just 343 landowners . . . "

"In the Highlands . . . fewer than 100 landowners — own more than half the land."

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/23/international/europe/23SCOT.html?ei=5062&en=04af478a595084ae&ex=1046581200&partner=GOOGLE&pagewanted=print&position=top

::: posted by Stewart at 3:12 AM


 

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New York Times
February 24, 2003
Questions About Google Acquisition
By DAVID F. GALLAGHER

Google's recent purchase of Pyra Labs, creators of the Blogger service for publishing the online soapboxes known as Weblogs, was a happy ending for a much-loved startup that at times seemed on the edge of collapse.

But people who follow Weblogs are curious about what Google, the world's leading search engine, expects to gain from the deal.

The combination of Pyra and Google seems unlikely on the surface. Google helps people find information online, while Blogger helps them publish it.

People with knowledge of the deal, which gave Pyra founders and investors shares in privately held Google, say it was signed without any real plan as to how the two companies would work together.

But leading bloggers were bursting with ideas last week. Many said that by tapping into Weblogs, or blogs, which link to and comment on the freshest material on the Web, Google will be able to build more human intelligence and timeliness into its already formidable search engine.

"Follow Weblogs and you follow the buzz," said Jeff Jarvis, president of Advance.net, which is the Internet unit of Condé Nast's parent company, Advance Publications, and was an investor in Pyra.

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