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meteor crater [maps.google.com] trinity test site [maps.google.com]

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Clip from bullet, courtest of jerry: Jander: using maps.google.com you can see the a-bomb test site in nevada Jander: if you go to maps.google.com, click the satellite link, then search for “rachel nevada desert” – then pan the window S/W of where you end up – there’s a round white dried up lake, then futher

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Apparently my blog is worth 13,000 blogshares. dollars. monopoly money. whatever. [www.blogshares.com] Now if only I could monetise that. 😎

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First time I have seen one based in the UK: Sender: jthornton.esq@web.de Organization: [freemail.web.de] Subject: ESTATES OF LATE SIR DENIS THATCHER (BARON) From: John Thornton Esq Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 18:51:39 +0100 To: jthornton.esq@web.de Mark, Thornton & Lewis LLP Copper Court, Phoenix Way, Enterprise Park, Swansea SA7 9EH London. Fax: +44-870-121-8785 Alternative email: thorntonandlewis@katamail.com

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So Simon Phipps points us at the blogs.sun.com “extrasolar planet” (my term) which like PlanetSun seeks to provide an aggregation for those Sun bloggers who choose not to avail themselves of blogs.sun.com for whatever reason. The strange thing is: although I am cited as the #12 blogger via Technorati linkage – I am happy to

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Regards the accident, Cynthia now has a a write-up explaining precisely what went wrong, and what her current medical status is; that’s augmented by Phil Hawksley who has been talking to her, and we who are the members of her vicarious maillist are organising pledges for a potential fund-raiser to send retired bike mechanic Reg

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From [groups.yahoo.com] From: “Phil” <lists@…> Date: Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:04 pm Subject: Bad News Hi Folks, The bad news is that Cynth had an argument with the dirt in Argentina on Friday. The good news is that she is at least alive to tell us all about it in due course (like when she

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jon katz: I think I just accidently put lighter fluid in my hamburger alec muffett: explosion imminent alec muffett: could be worse alec muffett: could be intentional

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[news.bbc.co.uk] Despite Becher’s Brook and The Chair and all kinds of other terrible obstacles my son has come through and I’m very proud and wish them well Is Her Majesty intentionally trying to suggest that her son is riding a horse? ( for explanation if this is not transparent, see [news.bbc.co.uk] [www.bbc.co.uk] and [www.google.com] )

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As spotted by Tom Meyer: [www.theregister.co.uk] Blair to ditch ID cards As predicted by El Reg here the Government looks set to ditch its unpopular ID card legislation if Tony Blair calls an election today. Blair is widely expected to ask the Queen to dissolve Parliament today – the trigger for a General Election on

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2005 Apr 08: Hybrid Solar Eclipse The first solar eclipse of 2005 is of an uncommon type known as either annular-total or hybrid. This is a unique class of central1 eclipse where some sections of the path are annular while other parts are total. The duality comes about when the vertex of the Moon’s umbral

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AFGHANISTAN, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, BAHAMAS, BAHRAIN, BANGLADESH, BARBADOS, BELARUS, BELIZE, BOTSWANA, BURUNDI, CAMEROON, CHAD, CHINA, COMOROS, CONGO (Democratic Republic), CUBA, DOMINICA, EGYPT, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, ERITREA, ETHIOPIA, GABON, GHANA, GUATEMALA, GUINEA, GUYANA, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN, IRAQ, JAMAICA, JAPAN, JORDAN, KAZAKSTAN, KOREA (North), KOREA (South), KUWAIT, KYRGYZSTAN, LAOS, LEBANON, LESOTHO, LIBERIA, LIBYA, MALAWI, MALAYSIA, MONGOLIA, NIGERIA, OMAN,

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