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Sporting Events cause a drop in ER visits
Ok, this is kindof rediculous… Apparently, Americans put off their emergency room visits, or just don’t have as many problems, during major sporting events. I can understand being into sports, but that seems unreal.
Helicopters Scour Louisiana Floodwaters (Rita Aftermath)
People checking their hurricane-hit homes and towns returned with [...]

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I’ve been working on a comprehensive theme, currently called za1 (very exciting name, eh?).  I will be mapping the components of my site into that theme (instead of hacking the themes of the components of my site to look kindof like each other).
The themes are driven primarily by CSS, and done in such a way [...]

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I very briefly talked to mom today and she said her mom (Penny) went back to her home today and things seem normal enough.  She was driving so I didn’t get a full report, but judging by tone-of-voice, everything sounds fine.  More information when I have it (and remember to post).

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Rita Update:
Rita, as a Category 3 hurricane (120 mph) made landfall at 2:30 a.m. CDT today in extreme southwest Louisiana between Sabine Pass and Johnson’s Bayou, La. Port Arthur, Texas, clocked maximum wind gusts of 116 mph, while Beaumont, Texas, measured 105 mph. Cameron, La., reported a gust to 112 mph before the anemometer failed. [...]

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An Email to/from Cathy (my mom) who lives in Houston, in response to the coming hurricane everyone is freaking out about (because of the recent Katrina problems in New Orleans).
From Alan

dear houston clan:
After calling mom 6+ times, and never getting through, anita suggested I email her… and due to the subject matter, I decided to [...]

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Challenged by Creationists, Museums Answer Back
(sorry, the link requires login)
Apparently, after a few rather agressive (not phiscally) confrontations with creationists, in science museums – docents and volunteers are flocking to training on how to best respond to such challenges.
“The goal is to understand the controversies, so that people are better able to handle them [...]

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Clinton launches withering attack on Bush on Iraq, Katrina, budget
Breaking with tradition under which US presidents mute criticisms of their successors, Clinton said the Bush administration had decided to invade Iraq “virtually alone and before UN inspections were completed, with no real urgency, no evidence that there were weapons of mass destruction.”
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“What Americans need [...]

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September 9th, it was ruled that Jose Padilla was still not to be given fair trial, in fact not to be charged with a crime nor to be given legal council.  It’s the first time this has ever happened in the US court system (to my knowledge)…  Even actual “enemy combatants” in our previous wars, [...]

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