Saturday, May 27, 2006

Digital projector - WES students going national in Quiz Bowl


WES students going national in Quiz Bowl
WESTERNPORT For the past 18 years, Westernport Elementarys fourth- and fifth-grade students have competed in the Maryland Thinking Cap Quiz Bowl rivaling against students across the state by quickly answering general knowledge questions.
Source: www.times-news.com

Rockford area briefs
ROCKFORD -- A group of Rockford Girl Scouts again is collecting items to benefit a nonprofit center for abandoned pets, and community help is needed. Junior Troop No. 1996 is supporting Vicky's Pet Connection, which rescues and cares for homeless pets and places them in foster homes.
Source: www.mlive.com

Housing Sector Shows Resilience in April
WASHINGTON - Sales of new homes rose unexpectedly in April to the fastest pace this year as the housing sector showed resilience in the face of rising mortgage rates. But the price of homes sold last month edged up only slightly and the level of unsold homes rose to a record high.
Source: www.nctimes.com

Tablets have just the right touch for math teachers
Technology cant eliminate the hard work of teaching math concepts to a couple of dozen students who are either sleepy from lunch, busy with friends or still munching their noon-time meal.
Source: www.tricitynews.com

Museum honors Latvian screen
RIGA - At 10 p.m. on May 20, amid the lively museum night celebrations, Culture Minister Helen Demakova cut the ribbon of the Riga Film Museums new home on Peitavas Street in the Old Town. She made her speech standing next to Ilze Holmberg, the National Film Centres managing director, in front of a projector screen that was running a series of doll animation films, one of which showed a poor
Source: www.baltictimes.com

Dell Projectors Light up Rooms at Breakthrough Prices
ROUND ROCK, Texas----May 25, 2006--Dell today announced two aggressively priced, high-brightness projectors -- the 2400MP and 1200MP -- designed for the conference room, classroom or home theater.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Ex-Saddam Minister: Wrong People on Trial
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A pajama-clad Tariq Aziz, once the most prominent public face of Saddam Hussein's regime, defended his former boss in court Wednesday and said Iraq's current Shiite leaders should be on trial for attempts to kill him and Saddam in the 1980s.
Source: www.nctimes.com

Da Vinci Code print ruined by vandalism
The first act of film vandalism in 10 years of operation at Princetons Capitol Cinemas occurred during a showing of The Da Vinci Code Saturday, causing the controversial box-office smash to be unavailable locally for the remainder of the weekend.
Source: www.timesleader.net

Digital projectors: Now showing at a theater near you
The future is playing at the Tulare Galaxy 10.
Source: www.visaliatimesdelta.com

Barbaro Takes Nap; Appears Stable, Happy
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. - Barbaro enjoyed a nap and appeared stable and happy Wednesday, as the seriously injured Kentucky Derby winner made steady progress on his long road to recovery from life-threatening leg injuries.
Source: www.nctimes.com

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