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Is Your Cimate Changing?
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I'm hoping members will not construe this as a political topic. Of course it does get used politically, but it is much more basically important to this earth than any policy, whether or not its most prominent announcer is right or not. We use too much of everything anyway so let's stop doing it! A cou...
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BRITAINS MOST POPULAR SIGHTS FOR VISITING
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Britain's Best 2007: The winners UKTV SURVEY Over the past six months, you have been voting for your favourite historical site. We received over 600,000 votes via web, red button, post, phone and SMS - and can finally reveal the winners...1. Stonehenge Please remember that Scotland's population i...
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FACT OF THE DAY photos at bottom
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FACT OF THE DAY One of the worst maritime disasters in history occurred today in 1994 when the ferry M/S Estonia sank with the loss of 852 lives. Due to stormy seas, the ship's bow doors, which allowed the easy loading of cars onto the cargo deck, failed. This allowed water into the deck which destabiliz...
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GHOSTS ON THE QUEEN MARY
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Legend of the Queen Mary and her phantom guestsCRAIG HOWIE Reporting from California JUST as Edinburgh's catacombs inspired the creation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde, so too the haunted corridors of the RMS Queen Mary offer chilling insight into a more modern work of macabre horror...
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FACT OF THE DAY
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FACT OF THE DAY PHOTO The Battle of Stamford Bridge occurred today in 1066. Fought by the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, it is important for two reasons. One, it signalled the beginning of the end to Viking influence in England and it was fought only a few days before the vital Battle of Hastings where Kin...
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SCOTSMAN READER STUFF.
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The Scotsman Reader OffersHAVE A DRINK ON US!We are delighted to announce the launch of our beautiful NEW hipflasks and quaichs. Either would make a lovely gift, with prices starting from just £25!Scotsman Round Hip Flask Brand NEW to our collection, we are delighted to offer these fantastic hip fl...
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St. Giles Church and the Treaty of Union
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I have been working on my website and in coding a piece for St. Giles' Church I ran across this interesting little quote: "In the late 17th century a carillon was made for the cathedral by James Meikle. On the day in 1707 that the Treaty of Union was signed to merge the Parliament of Scotland with the...
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FACT OF THE DAY
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FACT OF THE DAY The first Cannes film festival opened on this day in 1946. It is one of the oldest film festivals in the world, along with Venice and Edinburgh. You can read all the latest news and reviews for all things film here
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FACT OF THE DAY
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FACT OF THE DAY An inquiry was ordered today in 1995 after it was discovered that Brian MacKinnon, 32, a carpet fitter, posed as a 17-year-old and returned to the school, Bearsden Academy, he had left 15 years earlier, and won a place at Dundee University medical school. For more teaching-related sto...
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FACT OF THE DAY BATTLE OF BRITAIN
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FACT OF THE DAY On this date in 1940, the Battle of Britain ended with a victory for Britain: 1,733 German planes were destroyed, against 915 lost by the RAF. To read more about the Second World War, go to scotsman.com PHOTOS OF SPITFIRE AND ME109 -- Edited by Rabbie Downunder at 07:56, 2007-09-17
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LAUREN BACALL EDITED AGAIN BY RABBIE
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Put back by Rabbie, she's too pretty !!!!! Lauren Bacall turned 83 on September the Sixteenth -- -- Edited by Rabbie Downunder at 14:27, 2007-09-21
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HISTORY FACT
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FACT OF THE DAY The tonsure, the circular shaving of the head for monks, was abolished after centuries by Pope Paul VI today in 1972. If you are interested in the changing face of the Roman Catholic Church, read more here
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W II POLISH PATRIOTS
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Herewith copy of e-mail sent to Helen Groves on our yahoo site, in answer to her 5/09/07:- Dear Helen, A few minutes after I had answered you, settling down to morning coffee with the papers my husband had collected from the village Post Office I opened our 2 x weekly Yass Tribune to read that a 93 yr...
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A NEW NIGEL FAN
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first photo "You know this Tranter fellow really knows what he's writing about" second photo " thats ok for you, try catching these silly things"
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In defence of Wikipedia
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At least I can do this with a clear conscience and without having to put "O.T." Wikipedia has come in for some stick and while I am not defending its absolute accuracy it is fair to point out that every encyclopaedia has errors. Each Wikipedia article depends on the knowledge of the person o...
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In defence of Wikipedia
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At least I can do this with a clear conscience and without having to put "O.T." Wikipedia has come in for some stick and while I am not defending its absolute accuracy it is fair to point out that every encyclopaedia has errors. Each Wikipedia article depends on the knowledge of the person o...
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CELTIC WOMAN
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I'd like to recommend to readers an Irish group called Celtic Woman - five women singers (one of whom also plays the harp) and a violinist, together with their male music arranger and orchestra conductor. They have truly beautiful voices and sing a mixture of traditional Irish songs plus other mode...
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Rabbie Oliver's kitchen hints PHOTO
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So what do the contents of your fridge say about you?mhowie@scotsman.com) IT IS the domestic appliance that every home needs. But while the fridge may be many people's favourite household item, what we put inside it apparently leaves much to be desired. A study by the TV celebrity Loyd Grossman has c...
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DOCTORATE OF BURGLAROLOGY
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SORRY ALL, I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF, RAB. Burglars found to be as skilled as pilotsfBurglars are so good at robbing houses, they can be considered experts in their field on a par with pilots, new research concludes. Psychologists Claire Nee and Amy Meenaghan of the University of Por...
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R.I.P COMMON SENSE
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Obituary Common Sense Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as knowi...
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Really worth a look
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Are you a genious also? Only great minds can read this This is weird, but interesting! fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can. i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod atcualy uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrn...
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EMAIL DIGEST
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Hello Cameron, I received the Email digest listing all the action on this site, great idea mate, Rab.
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APOLOGY TO CAMERON
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Dear Cameron, please accept my sincere apologies for the totally out of line emails I posted, Robert.
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World Cup Cricket
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Hi Rab, We done it again mate. Australia the greatest cricket team of all time , World Cup Champions and I will drink to that. I am assuming Rab that you are Cricket lover. There is not much Cricket played in the USA but, here in Silicon Valley there is a lot of people from India and there iare a few teams. And...
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Colins post
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Hi Cameron I have just read colin's email. What a shame to lose someone with such Knowledge of nigel's books. Thee site will be the poorer for it . Please don't despair kindest regards George
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What other Authors do YOU enjoy?
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Rab asked me to give a bit more information on Roberta Gellis and Sharon Kay Penman. Here it is - short but - whatever! Sharon Kay Penman is a genius at historical 'fiction', who centers mostly on English and Welsh history during the times of Lllewelan Fawr during the 13th century in 'Here Be Dragons'...
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BOOKS to READ
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Some time ago someone asked for Australian book titles. Here is one I didnt mention, having only just read it. It is historical fiction, a cameo through a very small window, yet it represents every case of colonisation almost the world over. It is Kate Grenvilles The Secret River,Text Publishing...
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Downunder Fact Of The Day
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Late last night one of our most popular restaurants "The Cuckoo" which is located in the beautiful Dandenong Ranges was being closed by the manager when two robbers, one armed held him up, the manager was carrying a bag which the robber with the gun grabbed and then in his excitment he accid...
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FACT OF THE DAY
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FACT OF THE DAY The US Civil War began on this date in 1861, when the Confederate Army bombarded the government-held Fort Sumter in South Carolina. The Southern-based Confederates won the skirmish in a day and led to four years of strife across the country. A key turning point in the war took place in 18...
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