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6pm 5/7/06 UPDATES below + songs:
"Badblood MOC" by multi (i.e. Trysty)
http://www.myspace.com/multi
"From My Fingers" and "Goodbye" by The Sort
http://www.myspace.com/thesort
"eyes" and "ressentiment" by the elliott collective
http://www.myspace.com/theelliottcollective


I dunno what this following newspaper clip has to do w/ anything, but I found it and it's worth disseminating, if only to 1) show I am occassionally still reading, 2) remember when my Journal was full of neat articles and not just grousing about faulty technology:
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The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Thursday, May 4, 2006
EDITORIAL: "Qatar cares"
A generous $61 million gift from Qatar will provide homes, health care and education for Katrina victims and give the city's recovery efforts a significant boost.
Qatar acted "out of friendship and out of sympathy and feeling for the people who have suffered," said Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa, Qatar's ambassador to the United States. The Persian Gulf country zeroed in on education, health and housing.
The largest amount, $22 million, will go to Habitat for Humanity to build more than 290 homes in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Xavier, Tulane and Louisiana State universities are receiving multimillion-dollar grants for scholarships that will help students from storm-affected areas. Xavier also will receive $12.5 million to pay for an addition to its College of Pharmacy. Children's Hospital is getting a $5 million grant that will pay for uninsured medical costs for needy children and money to repair two clinics. A gift to the March of Dimes will enable it to buy three medical vans to treat women and children on the Gulf Coast.

Mr. al-Khalifa said that Qatar is giving the money directly in order to make sure that it goes to those who need it, and that's a laudable goal. "This is a tremendous gift, a major commitment to Louisiana and New Orleans in particular," said Xavier President Norman Francis.

Qatar's generosity is heartwarming and practical, and it will make a real difference in our recovery.
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6 pm edit- I use my computer right next to a window on the building's walkway, and just saw something low to the ground wobbling my eye's corner. I turned to look and it was a duck followed by about 8 ducklings. As I've mentioned, there are many ducklings and goslings on the lake, along with the older birds. I'm sure the lake is pretty predator-free, but someone should tell those ducks that there's at least 4 cats on the premises, including our fat and squirrely cohabitant.
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other 6 pm edit- (damned YouTube is keeping me online all damned day, damn it)
ALL new VIDEO drain:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-hXHX7rQpw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oyYFQYm5Nw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u8GhCn5owk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u0wXP8wYIw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64Kz3D2OgAE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziSEMKtCZvU