Monthly Archives: July 2005

London – Round 2

London’s Metropolitan Police are gearing up for a second round: BRITAIN’S terrorist alert has been raised to its highest-ever level because the London rush-hour bombers are alive and planning another attack, The Times has learnt. Security services, military and police … Continue reading

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Israel Cabinet Endorses Jerusalem Barrier

I’ve only heard of some of these barriers, part of which runs through Franciscan and Orthodox monasteries. Regardless of the protests from the Palestinian Authority and the Vatican, Likud still seems driven to complete the project: The Israeli ministers acknowledged … Continue reading

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Top 10 downloads of the past 10 years

How many do you have? Sadly, I can only claim five.

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UMW crew causes row at Lake of the Woods

One more case of insurance getting in the way of a good thing. Only 15 minutes outside of Fredericksburg, we might recommend a much more accomodating venue: Historic Port Royal

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Another London Bombing Attempt?

This one being reported by Reuters as occuring on Thursday: A New Zealander working for Reuters in London says two colleagues witnessed the unconfirmed shooting by police of two apparent suicide bombers outside the HSBC tower at Canary Wharf in … Continue reading

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NASA’s Deep Impact Tells a Tale of the Comet

More on Tempel 1 and the Deep Impact experiement: ‘The major surprise was the opacity of the plume the impactor created and the light it gave off,’ said Deep Impact Principal Investigator Dr. Michael A’Hearn of the University of Maryland, … Continue reading

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Memories. . .

Care to take a peek at how the Internet has evolved? Here’s some of your favorite websites as they looked in 1995.

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88th District – Feldbush vs. Cole

Mark handily beat Chuck Feldbush in 2003. While no one wants to be apathetic, the results shouldn’t be any different this time around. However. . . One thing to keep an eye on is whether or not Feldbush does better … Continue reading

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Embattled cardinal seeks Pope’s support

Spanish Cardinal Antonio Rouco is appealling to the Pope to help with the cultural crisis in Spain: Cardinal Antonio Mar’a Rouco Varela of Madrid told Pope Benedict XVI this week that in Spain ‘there is a denial not only of … Continue reading

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Hotels ‘cash in’ on bomb attacks

Briefly, we saw this in New York and Washington after Sept. 11th. Briefly. A Trading Standards Institute spokesman said hotel profiteering after a bombing attack was reprehensible. With the transport networks down and no way of returning home, one businessman … Continue reading

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