Bluebird Cafe Shapes Nashville Music Taste and Talent
At the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville a 100 seat club fosters high art in song. Performers face a discerning crowd that values craft over party mood. The venue helped launch Garth Brooks Kathy Mattea Pam Tillis and many others and draws industry scouts seeking new talent.
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Nashville
Tenn
Bluebird Cafe
Garth Brooks
Bluebird
Michael Johnson
Amy Kurland
David Olney
Kathy Mattea
Pam Tillis
Kevin Welch
Graham Brown
Lari White
Kurland
Environmental pollution and genetic effects on wildlife
A study highlights worldwide chemical contamination and PCB driven genetic changes in fish, birds, and sea lions. It notes Lake Michigan exposure linked to offspring deficits, widespread PCB and DDT distribution, and urges global policing of contaminants to curb long term ecological and human impacts.
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Texas A&m
John Bickham
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Yearbook of Science and the Future
Michigan
Lake Michigan
Europe
North America
Arctic
South Pacific
Oak Ridge
United States
Gulf Coast
Western
Pacific
Starling’s aggressive spread through the United States described
The article details how the European starling Sturnus vulgaris was imported starting in 1890 by Eugene Schieffelin to mimic Shakespearean fauna, their aggressive nesting shifts, large seasonal flocks in the Southeast, and the harm to native birds and aviation. It notes their plumage, winter change, and the failed attempt to curb their proliferation.
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Eugene Schieffelin
New York
Schieffelin
Sturnus
AIDS tragedy and a Las Vegas reader letter to Abby
A Fort Lauderdale reader recounts the death of her 21 year old daughter from AIDS after years of HIV infection. She urges caution and condom use, while Abby notes condoms reduce risk but are not foolproof and cites rising HIV infections in the US. The page also features a reader complaint about a talkative wife and a trivia question about Ronald Reagan and Shirley Temple.
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Abby
Catherine
Menzies
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
United States
San Diego
James Prentice
Austin
Texas
Ronald Reagan
Shirley Temple
Margaret Brombauer
Milwaukee
Margaret
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Guy Clark
Doc Watson
Samantha Mathis
The
Ers
Ecoview
Gibbons
Starling
Gibbs
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
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