Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Curved Shower Curtain Rod - Ex-Enron CEO Skilling Reports to Prison


Ex-Enron CEO Skilling Reports to Prison
Washington Post - The majority of the rooms in the prison, which has a well-regarded medical unit, contain space for four men, with a separate sink and shower area in another nearby location. Skilling, who has openly wrestled with alcohol problems and depression, could
Look for meteor shower Wednesday
Grand Rapids Press - An hour before sunrise, low in the southeast, find faint Mars 1.2 degrees below bright Jupiter. Mercury, getting lower each morning, is just rising. Wait 10 or 15 minutes to spot Mercury 3.6 degrees to the lower left of Jupiter. At night, the peak of
Schools may limit gifts to teachers
Boston Online - Apples are out. Nobody gives the teacher an apple anymore. As the holidays approach, students and their parents do, however, want to show that they appreciate their teachers. Parents are more likely to shower gift cards, fancy candy baskets, and even
First picture of women chief constable's controversial new 28,400
This is London - This is a Chief Constable's gleaming shower room which cost 28,400 of taxpayers' money to refurbish. Complete with chrome fittings and new tiles, the ensuite bathroom in the police chief's office cost nearly five times the original estimate and
Man pleads not guilty in actress' death
Times-Leader - The body of Shelly, who appeared in the 2005 movie "Factotum" with Matt Dillon, was found Nov. 1 hanging from a shower rod in the Greenwich Village apartment that she used as an office. According to the court papers, Pillco said Shelly approached him
Drew Industries Subsidiary Kinro Recognized as Top Supplier for
MSN MoneyCentral - Arlington, Texas-based Kinro (http://www.kinro.com ) is a premier manufacturer of aluminum and vinyl windows and doors and bath and shower units for recreational vehicles and manufactured homes. In 2005, David L. Webster, Chairman, President and
Take a cold shower over poll, says Rudd
The Australian - LABOR Leader Kevin Rudd refused today to get carried away by a new poll showing a huge surge in primary vote support for the party since he ousted Kim Beazley from the top job a week ago. The Newspoll, in The Australian today, has Labor's primary
Solar storm smacks space station
MSNBC - Sometimes a cap blows, and a visible flare results. The flares are loaded with X-rays and other radiation, all of which reaches Earth moments after the eruption and can be accompanied by a shower of protons . These storms can arrive in moments with
Abandoning baths? What a filthy idea
Times Online - A blast under a shower is better for displacing cobwebs and helping the brain to focus on immediate tasks at the start of the day. But if you need to ponder a knottier, big-picture problem, a long evening wallow in the bath is the best way of going
Plants That Thrive on Neglect
New York Times - Remember the 1970s, when living rooms were full of avocado trees planted from pits, shower curtain rods were for ferns and orchids and marijuana grew under lights in the attic? It was actually a relief, in the 1990s, to walk into one of those