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Iraqis offer bounty for US officials Wednesday 28 April 2004, 20:18 Makka Time, 17:18 GMT Resistance fighters in the Iraqi city of Falluja have placed a $15 million bounty on the heads of key US occupation figures, including Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld. The reward is also offered for the capture of US Commander in Iraq, Lieutenant-General Ricardo Sanchez and US occupation forces' spokesperson in the country, Brigadier Mark Kimmit. read more on Aljazerra.net, I included the article from the arab site so you can look around at the headlines from the war as the arab world sees them. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/929...82ED6DE3E8E.htm

that's awesome, but it looks like a missle more than a spaceship

you know, now that you mention it, we should take nominations for for "information minister", I vote for John Cheney. :shut up:

Apr 27, 6:46 PM EDT 'Nightline' to Honor Dead U.S. Soldiers NEW YORK (AP) -- Ted Koppel will devote the entire half-hour of "Nightline" Friday to reading names and showing photographs of the more than 500 U.S. servicemen and women killed in action in Iraq, ABC announced Wednesday. read more here: http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T...EMPLATE=DEFAULT

I came across this article about the first soldier of the war in Iraq to receive a medal of honor an excerpt: The last full measure of devotion By ALEX LEARY, Times Staff Writer Published January 25, 2004 The GIs were dirty, mosquito-bitten, fatigued, homesick. They had been on the road almost constantly for two weeks. Many had not slept in days. At dawn on April 4, they arrived at Saddam International Airport to the sound of sporadic gunfire and the acrid smell of distant explosions. Breakfast was a mushy, prepackaged concoction the Army optimistically calls "pasta with vegetables." Still, the mood was upbeat. Reaching the airport meant the war was almost over. Some of the men broke out cheap cigars to celebrate. Afterward, Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith and his combat engineers set about their mission that day, putting up a roadblock on the divided highway that connects the airport and Baghdad. Then, just before 10 a.m., a sentry spotted Iraqi troops nearby. Maybe 15 or 20. By the time Smith had a chance to look for himself, the number was closer to 100. Smith could oppose them with just 16 men. He ordered his soldiers to take up fighting positions and called for a Bradley, a powerful armored vehicle. It arrived quickly and opened fire. The Americans thought they were in control until, inexplicably, the Bradley backed up and left. another excerpt: "If the Medal of Honor today has an intangible and solemn halo around it," wrote author Allen Mikaelian, "it is partly due to those men who did not survive to wear it." Gen. George Patton said he would give his soul for one. Lyndon Johnson and Harry Truman said they would rather have the medal than be president. By law, the Medal of Honor is awarded by the president only to those in the armed services who distinguish themselves "conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of (their lives) above and beyond the call of duty." "Above and beyond the call of duty" has a specific meaning. The medal is not awarded to those who act under orders, no matter how heroic their actions. In fact, according to Library of Congress defense expert David F. Burrelli, it must be "the type of deed which, if he had not done it, would not subject him to any justified criticism." Given the extraordinarily high standard, it is far from certain Smith will be awarded the Medal of Honor. But his story is as much about professionalism as it is heroism. He had thought about what it means to lead men in combat. He knew that men will more willingly follow a superior who exposes himself to danger, shares their hardships, shows concern for their welfare. On April 4, Smith did all of those things. http://www.sptimes.com/2004/webspecials04/...nor/story.shtml

this article goes into more detail about how unbalanced the course is, click here for more details: http://www.boston.com/business/technology/...hildren?pg=full

Eagles of Death metal don't have anything to do with death metal; instead, this latest side project from Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme embraces a scuzzy, sexed-up and danceable brand of rock & roll. read the rollingstone review here: http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/rev...asp?aid=2048398

Hilton parents get show LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- Their daughter, Paris Hilton, found success as a reality star on Fox's "The Simple Life," and now Kathy and Rick Hilton are venturing into reality TV with "The Good Life." Sources said NBC has given an eight-episode order to the project for a possible September launch. The show, to be hosted by Kathy Hilton, is said to be in the vein of "My Fair Lady." It will feature 10 young women from around the country who have unrealized potential. During the course of the show, Kathy Hilton will give the girls guidance on how to succeed and join "the good life." She will introduce them to different fields -- such as publishing, fashion, cosmetics -- so they can find the area best suited for their talents read the whole article here: http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/04/27/showbuzz/index.html#0

I see there is a "peak experience" productions, could this be the source of the name? concert promoters, the doobies were listed as acts they produced, they refer to the "experience" as their venue.

ricky, I have "what were once vices are now habits", slsk room? I think that was another 8 track I wore out.

http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/riaasubpoenas/ :wha':

"Bridge Over The River Kwai" was a great movie, I saw that as a kid and still will watch it again, alec guinness was brilliant!

hmmmmmm, an aging indiana jones, but who cares, I can't wait!

noooooooooo,indiana would never do that! "it belongs in a museum" lol

AMERICA IN RED AND BLUE : Living in a Red World For a Conservative, Life Is Sweet in Sugar Land, Tex. By David Finkel Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, April 26, 2004; Page A01 Second of three articles SUGAR LAND, Tex. -- This is the home of Britton Stein, who describes George W. Bush as "a man, a man's man, a manly man," and Al Gore as "a ranting and raving little whiny baby." Forty-nine years old, Stein is a husband, a father, a landscaper and a Republican. He lives in a house that has six guns in the closets and 21 crosses in the main hallway. His wife cuts his hair with electric clippers. His three daughters aren't embarrassed when he kisses them on their cheeks. He loves his family, hamburgers and his dog. He believes in God, prays daily and goes to church weekly. He has a jumbo smoker in his back yard and a 40-foot tree he has climbed to hang Christmas lights. He has a pickup truck that he has filled with water for the Fourth of July parade, driving splashing kids around a community where Boy Scouts plant American flags in the yards. His truck is a Chevy. His beer is Bud Light. His savior is Jesus Christ. His neighbors include Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), the House majority leader, who says of Sugar Land, "I think it is America." Pollsters and political consultants have a more specific definition of Sugar Land, as part of what they call Red America. The term is shorthand for the roughly half of the U.S. population that tends toward conservative values, the Republican Party, gun ownership, church as the preferred way to express faith, and moral absolutes. "You find communities like this all over the place," DeLay says of Sugar Land. "This is what the future is about." Stein has his own description of it: "My life." read the whole article here: http://65.54.244.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=...02D51593E3821E8

wouldn't you all just be shocked if they found it!

Expedition to search for Noah's Ark Monday, April 26, 2004 Posted: 4:40 PM EDT (2040 GMT) WASHINGTON (AP) -- An expedition is being planned for this summer to the upper reaches of Turkey's Mount Ararat where organizers hope to prove an object nestled amid the snow and ice is Noah's Ark. A joint U.S.-Turkish team of 10 explorers plans to make the arduous trek up Turkey's tallest mountain, at 17,820 feet, from July 15 to August 15, subject to the approval of the Turkish government, said Daniel P. McGivern, president of Shamrock- The Trinity Corporation of Honolulu, Hawaii. The goal: to enter what they believe to be a mammoth structure some 45 feet high, 75 feet wide and up to 450 feet long that was exposed in part by last summer's heat wave in Europe. "We are not excavating it. We are not taking any artifacts. We're going to photograph it and, God willing, you're all going to see it," McGivern said. Explorers have long searched for an ark on the high slopes of Mount Ararat, where the biblical account of the Great Flood places it. In 1957, Turkish air force pilots spotted a boat-shaped formation in Agri province. The government did not pursue the sighting, however. The entire area, including Mount Ararat, was off limits to foreigners because of Soviet complaints that explorers were U.S. spies. That ban was lifted in 1982, and since then teams of explorers have visited the area but have been unable to substantiate any claim of an ark. McGivern and Ahmet Ali Arslan, a Turkish mountain climber who grew up in a town near Mount Ararat, say satellite photos have helped them pinpoint a more exact location. Arslan will be leading the expedition. The biblical account in the Book of Genesis says that after the great deluge, the ark came to rest on the mountain with Noah's family and a cargo of male and female pairs of every kind of animal. Geologists say even though there is evidence of a flood in Mesopotamia in Sumerian times, it is not possible for a ship to make landfall at an altitude as high as Mount Ararat. http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/04/26...k.ap/index.html

In honor of Styx performing within the city limits of their home town of Chicago for the first time since 1983 (all shows since then have taken place in Suburban venues), Styx has chosen to record a delta blues version of "Blue Collar Man", at the legendary Chess Studios at 2120 S. Michigan Ave in Chicago. "Blue Collar Man", originally released in 1978 on the Styx LP "Pieces of Eight", is a song about the trials and tribulations of the unemployment line, and most certainly is a song for 2004 as well. Joining Styx on this recording will be Rock and Roll Hall of Famer (and Chuck Berry piano player) JOHNNIE JOHNSON. It is said that Chuck Berry wrote the song "Johnnie B. Goode" about JOHNNIE JOHNSON. "Johnnie B. Goode" is one of the most famous songs to have been recorded at 2120 S. Michigan. As irony would have it, April 28th, the day of the upcoming session, is the date in 1958 when "Johnnie B. Goode" first charted. read more here: http://www.styxworld.com/listingsEntry.asp...691&PT=STYXNews

Billy Joel Cuts Hand in L.I. Car Crash Apr 26, 6:04 AM (ET) BAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - Singer-songwriter Billy Joel was slightly injured and mostly embarrassed when he lost control of his car on a rain-slicked road and banged into a house, the Grammy Award-winning artist's third car accident in two years. There was no evidence of alcohol or drug involvement and Joel was not suspected of any crime, said Nassau County police Officer Joan Eames, a police spokeswoman. Witnesses said the accident occurred at about 4 p.m. Sunday, when Joel, driving a burgundy and black car, crashed through a row of bushes and banged into a small beige home one block from the beach. read more here: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20040426/D826DTDO0.html

I recall an interview with gregg allman where he mentions he suffers curvature of the spine from years of sitting at the keyboards stage left, he said it was painful, they make it all seem so easy.

Apr 25 2004 Beatles legend beats bone agony but faces struggle to drum again By Sara Nuwar RINGO Starr has had secret surgery on his shoulder after years of drumming took its toll. Friends of the 63-year-old former Beatle fear he may struggle to play drums again after the operation in a Californian hospital to correct the painful medical condition bone spurs - an abnormal bone growth on joints. Ringo is recovering from the op and has had to cancel his All Starr band's programme of gigs. His condition is a common complaint suffered by top sportsmen - especially baseball and tennis players. A source close to Ringo, who has been drumming since he was 16, said: "He was told this could be something to do with his drumming. "He uses his arm much more than normal. It's been hurting him for some time. "He's resting up now while undergoing physiotherapy and is determined this will not stop him playing in future. He's well on the way to recovery." Ringo, who celebrated his 23rd wedding anniversary to former James Bond girl Barbara Bach last week, checked into a Los Angeles hospital recently and is now taking it easy at home. The growths usually affect older people but can hit young adults, particularly athletes or dancers, who put unusual stress on muscles, ligaments and tendons. The hips, knees, shoulders, neck and spine are all prone to the bone build-ups. Cartilage wears away as bones rub against each other, causing severe pain and limiting joint movement . Symptoms include stiffness or pain in the neck or back, pins-and-needles, tingling in the neck, arms or hands and sharp pain when putting weight on one or both feet. Ringo, who had six solo hits in the 70s, including Back Off Boogaloo, may not be able to play for at least six months following his surgery in January. A UK expert told the Sunday Mirror: "I would not be surprised if the years of repetitive actions have led to bone spurs. "Sportsmen such as Tim Henman are rumoured to have suffered them but they haven't stopped him playing tennis. They don't always need surgery but they can be quite painful. As long as he rests there is no reason he shouldn't make a full recovery." He added: "Lifting the arms a lot could result in chafing of the tissues between the bones around the shoulder joint." Ringo's spokeswoman Elizabeth Freund last night said he had the op after being in pain for some time. She said: "Ringo had bone spur ortho shoulder surgery in January in LA. "He is fine now. It is quite a common problem and a lot of people suffer from it." BONE spurs - or osteophytes - are bony projections from joints, often the result of arthritis. On the shoulder, the spur and inflamed tissue are usually removed using arthroscopic surgery with a small camera instead of a major incision. ROCKED BY INJURIES ROCK stars and other musicians can fall victim to a whole medical textbook full of specialist injuries. Gravel-voiced ROD STEWART needed surgery on his thyroid in May 2000 to remove a growth. Last year Status Quo guitarist RICK PARFITT had to take a break because of repetitive strain injury (RSI). Folk-rock guitar hero RICHARD THOMPSON suffers from the same problem so badly he has to ice his arm before and after every gig. The Who legend PETE TOWNSEND's hearing has been badly damaged by years standing in front of loud amplifer stacks. And former US President BILL CLINTON, who wears a hearing aid for partial deafness, blames it on his early years playing saxophone in clubs. There are scores more musical injuries - including fiddler's neck, tuba lips, violinist's jaw, horn player's palsy, guitar nipples and harpist's cramp. Bagpipers are threatened by a fungus growing inside their instruments http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/page.cf...l&siteid=106694

Estee Lauder Dies at 97 By Dino Hazell Associated Press Writer Sunday, April 25, 2004; 4:56 PM NEW YORK (AP) -- Estee Lauder, who started a kitchen business blending face creams and built it into a multimillion-dollar international cosmetics empire, has died. She was 97. Lauder died of cardiopulmonary arrest late Saturday at her home in Manhattan, said Sally Susman, a company spokeswoman. In 1998, Lauder was the only woman on Time magazine's list of the 20 most influential business geniuses of the century. Her company placed No. 349 in the 2003 ranking in the Fortune 500 list of the nation's largest companies, with revenue at $4.744 billion. read more here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artic...-2004Apr25.html

Gene Simmons Is an "Asshole" Kiss man plans to party around star-studded album Kiss bassist Gene Simmons plans to hold "asshole parties" to promote his first solo album in twenty-six years. The disc, appropriately titled Asshole, includes contributions from Bob Dylan, Dave Navarro and the late Frank Zappa, and will be released May 18th. During off-nights on the upcoming Kiss tour, Simmons, who claims to be "the world's biggest asshole," will take over a club, where only true assholes will be admitted. "No fakers allowed," says the fifty-four-year-old rocker. "And, of course, once you come in, you'll be given a certificate which will certify that you're a real asshole." Simmons' winning personality didn't stop rock's most celebrated songwriter from working with him. The fruit of his and Dylan's collaboration is "Waiting for the Morning Light," a song Simmons had begun nine years earlier. "I called Bob Dylan cold one day," Simmons says. "I said, 'Hi Bob, it's Gene Simmons. Do you want to write a song together? And I was surprised to hear, 'Yeah, sure, come on.' So we got together at my house, and in one afternoon we came up with some chords that Bob put together and I sang a melody against it, and bingo: 'Waiting for the Morning Light.'" Another years-in-the-making track is "Black Tongue," a song begun by Frank Zappa. "When Frank was alive, he invited me over to his home and I sat around with his family, and he was very gracious," Simmons recalls. "After he passed away, I asked his wife whether or not he had any unfinished songs, and [Zappa's son] Dweezil brought over a thirty-second tidbit of a piece originally called 'Black Tongue.'" Simmons then layered guitars, drums and vocals over it, and kept the title. He also invited the entire Zappa family -- wife Gail, Dweezil, daughter Moon, and son Ahmet -- to join him on background vocals, with Dweezil adding more guitar to his father's original part. Asshole also features Simmons' own family. Shannon Tweed, his live-in girlfriend of twenty years, and her mother Louise sing on "Whatever Turns You On"; Simmons' fifteen-year-old son Nick sings on "Carnival of Souls"; and his eleven-year-old daughter Sophie sings on "Now That You're Gone." The album's single is a cover of Prodigy's "Firestarter," featuring Jane's Addiction guitarist Navarro. Simmons, who begins touring the U.S. with Kiss June 10th in San Antonio, has no plans to hit the road behind Asshole . . . yet. "If somebody stands up with a large enough check," he says, "I'll go out." The Asshole track listing: Asshole Carnival of Souls If I Had a Gun Weapons Waiting for the Morning Light Whatever Turns You On Sweet and Dirty Love Beautiful Dog Now That You're Gone Black Tongue I Dream a Thousand Dreams Firestarter KAREN BLISS (April 22, 2004) http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=19642

04/22/04 By SUE BIELAWSKI Sun Banner Pride Veterans have a different perspective on the Iraq war. For the seventh year, Wadsworth High School history teachers invited veterans to come and tell their stories to students. Five men discussed their real-life experiences with students who've only learned about war in their high school history classes. The connection was immediate. As Veteran's Administration psychologist Michael Jorge told students in classes taught by Brian Madigan and Kurt Kaufman, These five veterans were sitting in the chairs you now are sitting in. They felt the same patriotism you now feel. At your age, they had no information, and learned there were no rules. This discussion will help you feel connected to history and remind you that you, too, will live history. Larry Smith is now employed at WHS as a security guard. He remembered how he felt as an 18-year-old. You are fortunate, and I hope they don't have a draft again. As a high school senior, that was the major topic. As a senior you did not want to get out. You knew you'd spend two years in the military and 95 percent of draftees were going into combat, Smith said. At 18, all men registered for the draft, Smith said. Sixty days after getting a you passed your draft physical letter, you went. Smith remembered feeling scared, obeying without understanding orders. Only two of the 23 soldiers in his army unit came back alive. Nightmares again started when he heard President George W. Bush at a news conference last week. He remembered back when President Lyndon B. Johnson told the American public the same thing, that they were going to send as many troops as necessary. Now retired, Wadsworth Middle School teacher Rod Rush served near the Laotian border from 1967-1968. I'm beginning to sense what the people back home were feeling during the Vietnam War. I empathize with the soldiers. Today there seems to be more support for the troops. You have to remember the soldiers have no choice but to be there. I see untruths being told in both wars. Time will tell if Iraq will escalate, he said. Ground-pounder Jason McCourt was drafted into the infantry after he finished college in 1967. It was a surreal experience. It was not really me that was there. I spent most of the war feeling very confused, he said. Mike Winkler, now 61, said it was strange to see men in the prime of life, ages 17-19 years, shooting to kill the enemy. He believes the men in his tank group were not properly trained in the language, culture and customs of the natives. That's why so many men died in Vietnam; he said he sees the same thing happening again. Don Files was a pilot in Vietnam for two tours from 1963-1968. His two grandchildren, Ashley Brown and Curtis Brown, were among the WHS students listening to him last week as a speaker in front of their history class. Nice guys finish last. The Vietnam war could have been won eventually, but the American people may not be willing to stay the course in Iraq, he said. It's different when you're fighting religious fanatics. There are so many Iraqi mullahs with their own armies. Files, who now lives in Doylestown, said, Both the people of Iraq and Vietnam have been fighting for hundreds of years; that is their way of life. As Americans, we care. Americans would give their lives to save another; the people in Vietnam did not care. It may be the same in Iraq. The father of three daughters said, I used to feel that everybody should serve their country for two years. I never thought girls should be fighting, although some want to now. The students remembered what the five veterans said, too. Three students, all 16-year-old sophomores, talked about what they heard before their ninth-period American and world history II classes. Amanda Craig said it was so similar, it's scary. One speaker said back then President Lyndon Johnson said we would keep supplying troops. That's what President Bush just said. That's a worry. The recent Iraq uprising, or whatever you want to call it, is like the Tet Offensive. No one saw it coming. It won't go away any time soon. It will take longer than six months to get a working democracy. The U. S. will have a continued military presence in Iraq, just like it does in German, Japan and Korea, Aric Stano said. In Kristen Stallman's opinion, If we keep sending troops, and then take them out, like we did in Vietnam, the democracy they are trying to achieve in Iraq will collapse. http://www.cleveland.com/sun/sunbannerprid...65182478070.xml

I agree totally, I can't start to count the number of times i've recognized artists words or musical phrases used in today's pop music, I've always wondered if any one of them was compensated, some isn't obvious. I'm sure alot of new artists are influenced by the music of the past and unknowlingly blend licks and phrases that aren't their own, but I agree these past artists are due their credit.