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Regarding: [cgi.ebay.com] NASA Satellite Space Flight Hardware Laser Link System This auction is for a lot of actual satellite flight hardware. We know that this item was surplus from Ball Areospace in Boulder Colorado, many of the individual pieces were manufactured by McDonnell-Douglas in St. Louis, MO. We believe that this is a Laser Crosslink

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“Touched by his noodly appendage…” OPEN LETTER TO KANSAS SCHOOL BOARD I am writing you with much concern after having read of your hearing to decide whether the alternative theory of Intelligent Design should be taught along with the theory of Evolution. I think we can all agree that it is important for students to

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Ok, so, this bike is a 100hp 1200cc two-cylinder; it has twin-lens headlights, a half-naked look, a tall seat and long travel suspension that’s tuned for rough conditions or offroading; alloy wheels, slightly knobbly tyres, and an enormous “beak” that projects out from under the headlights in a pseudo-mudguard role. Oh yes, and the flagship

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This has probably been blogged to hell and back, but when I clicked on the link Marek sent me, I nearly creased myself laughing… this seemed completely random until i figured out that ‘jedi council’ was being translated into chinese then back to english as ‘the presbyterian church’. …I can only wonder how it avoided

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I support having flexible opening hours; hence why I dislike scare-stories such as these: [news.bbc.co.uk] Rapes and serious assaults will soar if pubs are allowed to open longer, said the Council of Her Majesty’s Circuit Judges, which represents 600 judges. Police chiefs also warned the new drink laws, to start in November, will lead to

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[www.washingtonpost.com] Among other things, al Qaeda and its offshoots are building a massive and dynamic online library of training materials — some supported by experts who answer questions on message boards or in chat rooms — covering such varied subjects as how to mix ricin poison, how to make a bomb from commercial chemicals, how

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Well: Buster’s blood test results are back from the vet, and the short version is: the blood tests are clean and all well within normal bounds, in fact prettymuch straight down the middle. This sounds like good news, but it’s not, terrribly. It means that his weight loss remains unexplained, and leaves-open the possibilities of

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Link courtesy of Chris: Art prankster sprays Israeli wall Secretive “guerrilla” artist Banksy has decorated Israel’s controversial West Bank barrier with satirical images of life on the other side. The nine paintings were created on the Palestinian side of the barrier. One depicts a hole in the wall with an idyllic beach, while another shows

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[www.medicalnewstoday.com] A father’s nipple is perfectly suited to soothing a crying baby until it can be fed, according to a major report published for Fathers’ Day (June 19) on fatherhood across five continents, which identifies the world’s best dads. FatherWorld, published by Fathers Direct, the UK national information centre on fatherhood, details a worldwide increase

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Here’s a snippit of headline and story that I have seen, in various guises, far too many times in the last 18 months: London bombs ‘set off by mobiles’ The bombs that killed 56 people in London on 7 July were probably detonated using mobile phones, New York police officials have said. They were made

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[news.bbc.co.uk] Security experts are claiming Wales will see an increased presence of the secret service MI5. The Home Office recently said the security service would establish its first ever Welsh office. One expert says the intelligence service will be especially keen to monitor potentially violent extremists on university campuses. Mmmm.

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For those who have visited Chez Muffett: I have two cats, Buster (Grey/White male) and Suzi (Tabby/White female); they’re about 13 years old, and Suzi is fit as ever, if occasionally erratic with epileptic fits. Buster has started to go downhill – he’s lost a lot of weight and is perhaps 2 or 3 pounds

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