February  2004

Politics

Campaign 04 Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Al-Qaida leader warns of new attacks Aljazeera

►Primaries: calendar / results / atlas / Edwards portrait

Ralph(Nader)dontrun.net

Kerry portrait / scandal?

NH Primary: CBS / TGP / Leip

Kurt Vonnegut State of the Asylum Feb 5

Kim Stanley Robinson Happy with Mars Results NPR Jan 4

Mars probes and Hubble future

Asia’s bird flu death toll rises to 12

IP telephony

C.Francois/F.Sinatra: My Way

Sex Education Study (NPR)

Ashcroft Detains Janet Jackson's Right Breast (cartoon/background/)

Fellowship of the Ring / 2 Towers

'Tupperware!' the Movie

Schroeder in U.S. Forbes

Feb 28, 21:10-22:00   BBC 2

Hunt for Darwin's Beagle

Steve Bell - Blair satire

Oscar Nominations: Ferry Tales

Director /Producer: Katja Esson

Staten Island Ferry

Das Geheimnis der Damentoilette

Feb 29,  BBCWorld

Richard Feynman.

Thomas Nast: German Americans /
OH State Library / HarpWeek / HistoryBuff

ELT Conference 2004

March 5-6

image copyright

Karl & Theo Albrecht  Forbes

Cromwell

A History of Britain by Simon Schama

BBC World, Revolutions.

Feb 25, 21:30-22:30   BBC 4

Hieronymus Bosch

Feb 28, 05:50-06:00  BBC 2

Utopia a pointless dream?

Juelich Research Centre: Europe's most powerful computer

Bush on Gay Marriage

Mike Keefe, 12 Feb

City sues state on gay nuptials

Tin Man (Wizard of Oz)

Carnival / Costumes

Feb 24,  23:00-23:30    BBC2

Richard Trevithick & George Stephenson

Feb 22, 20:10-21:00  BBC 2

Mecca Cola + Quibla Cola

Feb 23,  23:20-00:10   BBC4

Tolkien, Golding, Amis

Michael Powell (FCC)

Speech: pdf / wordFCC /
IP telephony

Toyota hybrid car

Online education:

National Technological University CO

Noisenet

 Feb 22, 13:10-14:00  rpt BBC World

The British Wars

Monsieur Ibrahim

Movie Eurotrip (2004)

Avian Flu

Timeline (BBC)

How Valentine's Day Works

British Customs & Traditions

14th February

Feb 17,  01:10-02:10  Channel 4

Testosterone

Feb 19, 23:30-00:00  BBC 4

Karl Marx  (Mark Steel Lecture)

Feb 13, BBC 2,  05:00-07:00

Biology/Chemistry/Physics

Periodic Table

Feb 15, 13:10-14:00  BBC World 

History of Britain

Dunkirk

Feb 16, 22:30-23:30  BBC 4

The Other Side of Dunkirk

Feb 21, 03:00-03:30  BBC 2

The Sonnet / Scrambled Sonnets / Shakespeare

Feb 10, 20:10-20:30  BBC 2

Flying Visits: New Worlds.

Future Spaceflight (BBC)

Edinburgh Castle / Map / factsheet

Britains's Finest Castles

The Castles of Britain

Feb 14, 06:30-07:00  BBC 2

Philip Sousa (webquest) links

Feb 18, 20:30-21:00  BBC 2

Spending the Kids' Inheritance

John Kerry: Bring it on

An A to Z of English

Internet Telephony

Feb 9, 20:30-21:00Five

Albert Einstein

Bombardier Jet Train

Ultimate Trains

Five, 21:00-22:00

Linux Users

Mike Keefe, Jan 27 /

Novell Offers Liability Shield for SUSE Linux

NASA

 Maglev: On a New Track

Souad: Burned Alive

 Feb 4, 21:00-22:00 Five

NYC- architectural history

 

Feb 8, 03:30-04:20 BBC 2

Melting Pot: Jewish Americans

Feb 8, 20:00-21:00 BBC 2

War at Sea / Photos

Feb 1, 20:00-21:00 BBC 2

War at Sea/Trafalgar/Jutland

This is the BBC ... leaders gone, its staff up in arms

The Hutton Report Gives Blair a Fresh Start

The Hutton Report: Key Players

Feb 2, 20:30-21:00 Five

Charles Darwin / Darwin Lifeline

Bacterial predators: Bdellovibrio

Science Friday

 

Ohio Poised to be Crucial Swing State in 2004 Vote  NPR, Feb 27

Ten states will hold primaries or caucuses next Tuesday in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. But no state has been more closely contested by the leading candidates than Ohio. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to voters in Ohio, which is poised to be a crucial swing state in the November general election.

Schroeder in U.S.: protectionism no answer on jobs Reuters, 02.26.04

"We have to convince people that the global economy and free trade offer the best chances for development to us all. Even when, because of borderless trade, there is the risk your job goes to China, India or -- in Germany's case - eastern Europe..."

Schroeder's comments [...] contrasted sharply with the tone of the U.S. election campaign, where the flow of jobs to India and China has become a major issue.  more ....

Bush Installs Judge,
 Bypassing Senate
(ABC)

Bush Names Pryor to Bench, Dodging Democrats (NPR, Feb 20)

President Bush announces late Friday he is using his recess appointment power to name Alabama Attorney General William Pryor to a federal appeals court, circumventing the opposition to Pryor by Democrats in the U.S. Senate. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Bush Installs Judge, Bypassing Senate (ABC) ►Rush Limbaugh: Brilliant Pryor Recess Appointed Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice: Pryor Appointment Confirms Bush Intent to Stack Courts with Anti-Choice Extremists

CIA Denies Claims That Iraq Posed 'Imminent' Danger  (commondreams.org)

The director of the CIA, George Tenet, contradicted yesterday claims made, or implied, by the Bush administration that Iraq had posed an imminent danger to the West before the United States-led invasion last March. Intelligence reports had "never said there was an imminent threat", he said. more ...

In Their Own Words: Iraq's 'Imminent' Threat by the Center for American Progress 1/29/2004

War Rugs Find Mixed Reception in New York (NPR)

A few years ago, strange images began showing up in the traditional rugs woven by natives of Afghanistan. Instead of trees and birds, some rugs depicted tanks, missiles -- and the Sept. 11 attacks. Some of these rugs can now be found in New York flea markets. But in a city scarred by terrorism, the rugs are stirring controversy.

CIA Denies Claims That Iraq Posed 'Imminent' Danger  (commondreams.org)

The director of the CIA, George Tenet, contradicted yesterday claims made, or implied, by the Bush administration that Iraq had posed an imminent danger to the West before the United States-led invasion last March. Intelligence reports had "never said there was an imminent threat", he said. more ...

In Their Own Words: Iraq's 'Imminent' Threat by the Center for American Progress 1/29/2004

Dyke 'sacked' by BBC governors  BBC Resources Feb 1

Greg Dyke says he was forced to resign as director general of the BBC because of a lack of support from governors.

Dyke's letter to Blair  'Dismayed' BBC staff back Dyke   ►Dyke critical over Hutton report

Spirit: Jan 3 Opportunity: Jan 24
Beagle 2.com Space BBC
ESA Mars Express Beagle 2 lander
NASA Mars Exploration Rover MIssion
The NASA and Beagle 2 teams are reluctant to discuss the details Nature
Race to Mars BBC Rover landing sites
Mars Case Study Thinkquest

NASA & ESA Mars Missions

First Flight Centennial

First flight: 1903 - 2003

Centennial of Flight NASA
Wright Flyer Project AIAA
Bike Shop Owners Change the World
Born of Dreams - Inspired by Freedom
Celebrating the Evolution of Flight
Rediscovering the Challenges of Flight
  Rain Dampens First Flight 100th Anniversary

"Souad, author of "Quemada viva" ["Burned Alive"]..."

(Gorka Lejarcegi, El Pais, 2003/11/25)

Souad, author of "Quemada viva" ["Burned Alive"], a first person account of her extraordinary survival of an attempted honor killing. Born and raised in Jordania, she was drenched with gasoline and literally burned alive by her brother-in-law when she was 17, but was saved by her neighbours. At the hospital her mother tried to kill her again with poisoned water. The picture is from the front page of El Pais.

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