Border Policeman dead in Hamas, Fatah suicide attack in Gaza

A (20 year old) Border Policeman was killed and three other Israelis were wounded Saturday afternoon when a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at the Erez border crossing in the northern Gaza Strip.

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In other news an Israeli missile strike killed Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi.

Welcome to ecoTHREATNY

The site that lets you zoom to maps of your community and view the top environmental concerns, find out about each pollution source, and learn how to take action.

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Heavy social drinkers show brain damage

Boy, this explaines why some people act the way they do. But it doesn't explain why some non drinkers act that way too.

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Air America Radio

The view fom the left, for the left, in case PBSNBCCBSABCCNNMSNBCCNBCNYTIMESETC. wasn't enough.

Air America Radio web site

Web Page of the Proposed Preble Zoning Ordinance 4/12/04

Here is the proposed ordinance as a web page. The formatting is a little funky but readable.

Proposed Preble Zoning Ordinance 4/12/04 Web Page

I also created a 'RTF' Rich Text Format version in case you were having problems with the Word file here.

And to repeat, here is the original Word doc file version here.

Note: Changes, deletions and additions are in red.

NATIONAL DISGRACE

The national 9/11 commission has been hijacked by political shills -- men and women eager to subordinate truth to partisan advantage; who hold a transitory victory on Election Day more dear than American victory in the war on terror.

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TOWN OF PREBLE ZONING ORDINANCE with Proposed Revisions: April 2004

This is a Microsoft Word format document. (.doc) file. Changes appear to be in red and struck through and additions are is red.

Ordinance with Proposed Revisions 356K

Changes include:

550 Aquifer Protection District
551 Purposes
552 Scope
553 Establishment and Delineation of an Aquifer Protection District
554 Designation of Critical Environment Area
555 Permitted Uses
556 Non-Conforming Uses
557 Prohibited Uses and Activities
558 Restricted Uses and Activities
559 Special Permits Required
560 Application
561 Procedures: Hearing
562 Issuance
563 Change In Use or Ownership

665 Swimming Pools
716 Bed and Breakfast

STRUCTURE: Anything constructed or erected above grade with a fixed location on the ground or attached to something having a fixed location on the ground. ...

(If this had been in place before, then Flying J could have built here. In addition the prohibition of Truck Stops has been removed from the previously proposed APD. Therefore it appears the town wants to open the door to allow Flying J to come back.)

Town Board Meeting 4/12/04 audio

11.2 MB 48 min 58 secs.
Town Board Meeting 4/12/04 audio main part

1.3 MB 5 min 50 secs.
Town Board Meeting 4/12/04 audio final part


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Let's be fair and set an example for the county

To that end I offer these views about nitrates that may start the discussion about how to deal with them. It is my hope that the county and Amanda Barber will finally admit the truth about where they come from and move forward to a discussion about how to deal with them. These are all pdf's.

Children's Health Review
Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 107, Number 7, July 1999
Infantile Methemoglobinemia: Reexamining the Role of Drinking Water Nitrates by Alexander Austin Avery

Environmental Health Perspectives • VOLUME109 | NUMBER1 | January 2001
Cause of Methemoglobinemia: Illness versus Nitrate Exposure by Alexander A. Avery and Methemoglobinemia: Response to Avery by Lynda Knobeloch and Henry A. Anderson

Environmental Health Perspectives • VOLUME111 | NUMBER3 | March 2003
Nitrate and Methemoglobinemia by Alex Avery and Jean-Louis L’hirondel and Methemoglobinemia Risk Factors: Response to Avery and L’hirondel by Catherine Zeman

Let the discussion begin...

White House Releases Pre-9/11 Intel Memo - April 10, 2004

I read a media report about this memo and then I read the actual memo. It was as if they were two different things. I suggest you read the actual memo and decide for yourself.

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This text is easier to read than the images of the brief.