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For Sale: Titanic Oil Leases, Call Me...

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:03:53 GMT

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Titan: Thar's Oil in That Thar Moon

Feb. 14, 2008 -- Worried about Earth running out of natural gas? Scientists have found a place that makes Earth's supplies look like drop in a bucket.

The only problem is the reservoirs are located about 750 million miles away on Saturn's moon Titan.

"It's really just kind of a fun fact," planetary scientist Ralph Lorenz with Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory told Discovery News.

Lorenz and colleagues calculated the amount of liquid hydrocarbons on Titan using radar data gathered from the orbiting Cassini spacecraft. With about 20 percent of the moon mapped, scientists have found several hundred lakes and seas dotting Titan's surface.

One puzzle scientists are trying to figure out is why Titan has so much methane in its atmosphere. The gas breaks down in ultraviolet light from the sun, leading scientists to wonder how methane is being resupplied into the moon's atmosphere.

Extraordinary pictures of the alphabet - spelled out on butterflies' wings

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:24:56 GMT

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Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Every one of these extraordinary images comes from the brilliant patterns on the wings of moths and butterflies. These designs - each one unique to its species - are used either to attract a mate or for disguise against predators.

Photographer Kjell Sandved has made it his life's work to capture them and create this amazing butterfly alphabet, with every letter from A to Z and every number from 1 to 9.

Now, Daily Mail readers can have an exclusive, limited edition copy of this magnificent alphabet, either on a giant glossy poster (A1 size) or as 35 double-sided letter flash-cards which will allow you to make up fun messages of your own or help children with their alphabet and numbers.

The Brobdingnagian Bards

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 04:28:28 GMT

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Clip Source: www.thebards.net

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Once or twice a month, you will find out about the latest Bard news, shows, and successes. You will be the first to take advantage of great special offers on CDs, and you will receive a free MP3 every month. To subscribe, use the Bard Crier Ezine form below.

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Scottish and Irish folk songs combined with the Lord of the Rings music and a wee bit o'Celtic fun. The Brobdingnagian Bards (pronounced brob-din-nahg-EE-en) are The Original Celtic Renaissance music duo from Austin, Texas. Their unique brand of folk music on the autoharp, recorder, and mandolin has made them one of the most-popular Celtic music groups online where they give away thousands of free Celtic MP3 downloads daily.

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Fun With Words

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:38:04 GMT

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Contronyms

A synonym is a word that means the same as another. "Necessary" and "required" are synonyms. An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another. "Wet" and "dry" are antonyms. While synonyms and antonyms are not in themselves interesting, the complexities and irregularities of the English language sometimes make synonyms and antonyms interesting to explore. Many complexities result from words having multiple definitions. A trivial example is a word with synonyms that aren't synonyms of each other, the word "beam," for example, having the synonyms "bar" and "shine." Similarly, some words have antonyms that are neither synonyms nor antonyms of each other but completely unrelated: the word "right," for example, having the antonyms "wrong" and "left."

Behind The Name

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:08:06 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The etymology and history of first names

Clip Source: www.behindthename.com

the etymology and history of first names

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Fab Places To Celebrate New Year

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:33:41 GMT

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Sydney Harbour Bridge

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Edinburgh, Scotland

The party starts on the 29th with a torchlight procession and buzzes through to a very fuzzy January 1

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The entire city heads to the beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema to see fireworks, live bands, and to jump seven incoming waves at midnight for good luck

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Sydney, Australia

they're the first of any major city to toast the New Year

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Moscow, Russia

Russians exchange gifts on New Year's

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Las Vegas, Nevada

Where else can you lose all of next year's wages before the strike of 12?

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Tokyo, Japan

Millions travel to the shrines and temples to make their first prayer of the year, a tradition called hatsumode

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NEW YORK CITY

A multi-ethnic melting pot. Let's face it, Times Square is still one of the world's largest tourist draws

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Rome, Italy

The curious modern ritual of diving off the Cavour Bridge into the frigid Tiber River

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Athens, Greece

The traditions. January 1 falls on St. Basil's Day, an important Greek Orthodox observance

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Winter Solstice Horoscope

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:13:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Lots of fun stuff at the site. Happy WS to all of you!

Clip Source: www.tarot.com

Daily Horoscope Overview

An optimistic phase nears its end on this last day of the Sun's visit to uplifting Sagittarius. We are riding a cosmic storm as we move through tomorrow's Winter Solstice. Several planets oppose retrograde Mars over the next week, motivating us to act without forethought. A tense Venus-Mars sesquisquare highlights our unfulfilled desires while the Moon's entry into restless Gemini at 5:14 pm EST adds urgency to emotions that are already exaggerated.

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You say potato.....

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:55:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Search any word or phrase for it's origins. Word lovers will love the Resources page with links to hundreds of dictionaries and fun stuff.

Clip Source: www.wordorigins.org

An avid reader emailed me with a supposed acronymic origin of spud. The reader rightly was skeptical, but had found the reference in Mario Pei’s 1949 The Story of Language. Pei writes, “the potato, for its part, was in disrepute some centuries ago. Some Englishmen who did not fancy potatoes formed a Society for the Prevention of Unwholesome Diet. The initials of the main words in this title gave rise to spud.” Like all other pre-20th century acronymic origins, this one is false. This just goes to show you, that even language professionals can get taken in sometimes.

Do we or don't we..?

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:46:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: No comment and plesae...no photos

Clip Source: home.comcast.net

Here at Dewey, Cheatham & Howe, we pride ourselves on giving our clients the utmost attention to all details of representation. Whether you need actual research, zealous advocacy, or downright ruthlessness in court, we will give you all of the legal services you can afford.

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take a "Geek" test..

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:59:10 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The results might surprise you!

Clip Source: www.innergeek.us

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Create Fun "Smacks"

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:43:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Funny place, annoy or amuse your friends

Clip Source: www.yfly.com

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The etymology and history of our first names

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 01:52:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I wonder if my parents knew any of this :--)

Clip Source: www.behindthename.com

the etymology and history of first names

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For Sale: Titanic Oil Leases, Call Me...

Titan: Thar's Oil in That Thar Moon

Extraordinary pictures of the alphabet - spelled out on butterflies' wings

The Brobdingnagian Bards

featured mp3s

Fun With Words

Contronyms

Behind The Name

Fab Places To Celebrate New Year

Winter Solstice Horoscope

Daily Horoscope Overview

Aries Horoscope

Taurus Horoscope

Gemini Horoscope

Cancer Horoscope

Leo Horoscope

Virgo Horoscope

Libra Horoscope

Scorpio Horoscope

Sagittarius Horoscope

Capricorn Horoscope

Aquarius Horoscope

You say potato.....

Do we or don't we..?

Dewey, Cheatham & Howe

take a "Geek" test..

Create Fun "Smacks"

The etymology and history of our first names