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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (53429)	8/13/2004 1:48:40 PM
From: Skywatcher	Respond to of 89467

Message 20409151 "I couldn't get a job with CIA today. I am not qualified," the Florida Republican told documentary-maker Michael Moore's production company during the filming of the anti-Bush movie "Fahrenheit 9/11." A day after Bush picked Goss for the top U.S. spy job, Moore on Wednesday released an excerpt from a March 3 interview in which the 65-year-old former House of Representatives intelligence chief recounts his lack of qualifications for employment as a modern CIA staffer. "I don't have the language skills. I, you know, my language skills were romance languages and stuff. We're looking for Arabists today. I don't have the cultural background probably," Goss is quoted in an interview transcript. "And I certainly don't have the technical skills, uh, as my children remind me every day: 'Dad you got to get better on your computer.' Uh, so, the things that you need to have, I don't have." CC

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (53429)	8/13/2004 6:26:38 PM
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Wish List Take Care of yourself out there Mr. Rat. Rat addicts may unravel human addiction Studies show animals have same compulsive drive for drugs Thursday, August 12, 2004 Posted: 4:10 PM EDT (2010 GMT) WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rats can become drug addicts. cnn.com Ancient remedy 'shrinks cancer' An ancient native American treatment for cancer has been shown to have a beneficial effect despite scepticism from the medical establishment. Chaparral, an evergreen desert shrub, has long been used by native Americans to treat cancer, colds, wounds, bronchitis, warts, and ringworm. But experts dismissed its worth, and warned it could be dangerous. Now researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina have shown an extract may shrink some tumours. Chaparral tea was widely used in the US as an alternative anti-cancer agent from the late 1950s to the 1970s. However, the American Cancer Society said there was no proof that it was an effective treatment for cancer - or any other disease. And the US Food and Drug Administration warned against its use after research showed it could damage the liver and the kidneys. However, initial results from the latest study show that an extract of the shrub appears not only to be safe, but to have a positive effect. news.bbc.co.uk Tumour diary: Getting to know junior By Ivan Noble BBC News Online science writer BBC News Online science and technology writer Ivan Noble was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour in August 2002. Since then he has been sharing his experiences in an online diary. Our son is three weeks old now. Getting to know him has been a joy and I love the quizzical look he has when he opens his eyes. But the time has been especially happy because for once I have not been fretting about milestones I want to achieve. news.bbc.co.uk Celebrity Cemeteries citymorguegiftshop.com Last Updated: Friday, 13 August, 2004, 07:59 GMT 08:59 UK Review: Doom 3 lets Hell break loose By James Bregman BBC News Online staff It is rare enough to encounter a film that truly has the power to scare, but instilling a frightening atmosphere in a video game is an even tougher feat. news.bbc.co.uk Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art. hcmca.cf.city.hiroshima.jp Taprats: computer generated Islamic Star Pattern Over a thousand years ago, artisans in the Islamic world began to develop a system for constructing intricate geometric art based on radially symmetric starlike figures. As the centuries progressed, they raised this practice into a high art form, adorning architectural surfaces with colourful symmetric patterns (like the one on the left) of limitless variety. The genre's masterpiece is surely the Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain. The era of building great bejewelled palaces is behind us, and with its passing went the craftsmen who designed these beautiful motifs. The techniques were closely guarded secrets that have not been handed down to the present day. Thus, we are forced to re-engineer the original design techniques from what clues survive. Many different systems have been hypothesized in modern times. What's weird is that most of them work, even though they're all so different. In truth, we can't know for sure how the Islamic artisans figured out these designs. But we can invent systems to create designs similar to theirs. And revel in the exploration. cgl.uwaterloo.ca