gleans + 1xaddenda at 9:40 AM MT, 12/03

 

Powell's turns the page

By Scott Timberg

The legendary Portland, Ore., bookstore has been a how-to guide for surviving Internet and chain rivals. So why is its owner so nervous?

 

 

Surf and search: Life's a beach @ Google

By Jessica Guynn

The Web giant, finding great weather and great engineers, has been expanding in Santa Monica.

 

 

 * UK 'failed to make Basra safe'
The UK will hand over control of Basra despite failing to establish security there,
MPs claim.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/uk_politics/7124042.stm

 

 

Scientists Get Rare Look at Dinosaur Soft Tissue

Washington Post

 

 

Young Chimp Beats College Students

NEW YORK - Never mind that TV show that asks if you're smarter than a fifth-grader.

Is your memory better than a young chimp's? Maybe not.

 

 

Trouble on a Vital Road in Afghanistan ...ambitions and frustrations in Afghanistan six years after the Taliban...is the country s main road, the route between Kabul...American governments say the road s restored condition...toward a self-sufficient Afghanistan. But Highway 1 remains...many sections of the road a lottery. The risks... December 3, 2007 - By C. J. CHIVERS - World

 

 

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR; A Vote for Latin ...seem tragic that our leaders don t study Latin anymore. But it is no coincidence that...leading presidential candidates majored in Latin. Hillary Clinton studied political science...Virgil s Aeneid. Jefferson started learning Latin and Greek at age 9 at a school in Virginia... December 3, 2007 - By HARRY MOUNT - Opinion

 

 

BITES; Telluride, Colo.: Honga’s Lotus Petal

...Lotus Petal , a Pan-Asian restaurant in Telluride , Colo., a local institution for nearly...selling homemade spring rolls from a Telluride street cart in 1987. She graduated to...Ko in Washington , D.C., visited Telluride and offered to teach Ms. Hopgood how...

December 2, 2007 - By KATIE ARNOLD - Travel

 

 

THE SKI ISSUE; Is Bulgaria Really Skiing’s Next Hot Spot? ...at Bansko , the biggest ski resort in Bulgaria . A dispiriting mist hid the half-built...National Park, about 100 miles south of Bulgaria's capital, Sofia , itself a semifinalist...banskoski.com , but who takes a laptop to Bulgaria?) Was this a lingering Communist reluctance... December 2, 2007 - By MATT GROSS - Travel

 

 

Unholy Production With a Fairy-Tale Ending By CHARLES McGRATH December 2, 2007 - By CHARLES McGRATH - Movies

 

 

Nonstop Theft and Bribery Stagger Iraq ...his voice getting louder. It s better than stealing or using people. The more honest the job is and the harder we work, the better. Reporting was contributed by Anwar J. Ali, Diana Oliva Cave, Hosham Hussein, Qais Mizher and Abeer Mohammad. December 2, 2007 - By DAMIEN CAVE - World

 

 

Dark One-Liners Shine a Light on the Mood of Serbs ...aphorism has a long and rich tradition among Serbs, who have used satire and dark humor to...with a substantially smaller homeland, Serbs are increasingly unsure that the once...control at home. But the sayings also helped Serbs through the post-Tito years, when Mr... December 2, 2007 - By DAN BILEFSKY - World

 

 

After 50 Years in the Skies, a Queen’s Last Aloha ...Patti Smart was hired more than 50 years ago as a stewardess for Aloha Airlines it was a different job for a different time. She rubbed...dozen passengers. Ms. Smart, 69, nicknamed the Queen of Aloha, retired Friday after more than a half-century on the job... December 2, 2007 - By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - U.S.

 

 

 

addenda* <== thanks to The Smoocs

 

Subject: Interesting computer world article

Date: Dec 3, 2007 8:13 AM

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9046739