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April 29, 2005
'Extinct' woodpecker found alive
"It is the most beautiful bird we could imagine rediscovering. It is a magical bird.
"For those of us who tenaciously cling to the idea that man can live alongside fellow species, this is the most incredible ray of hope."
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | 'Extinct' woodpecker found alive
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April 28, 2005
US truckers shown road to Christ
At first glance, you might mistake Tom and Janis Kemp for employees at the busy Bartonsville truck stop, in western Pennsylvania.
But the place where they work is set apart from the main building, and their Western-style cowboy shirts are emblazoned with the words "Transport for Christ (TFC)".
Their chapel is a 25-metre-long (80-foot-long) office trailer that could be driven off the parking lot and onto the motorway at a moment's notice. But the Kemps are here to stay, at the invitation of the truck stop management.
"There's lots of prostitution, drugs, alcohol. We help deter that. I hope the truckers see genuine care, a place that's a haven, and can share in the hope that we have," said Janis.
BBC NEWS | Americas | US truckers shown road to Christ
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Mossberg reviews Tiger
A quote that will have Apple salivating.
Overall, Tiger is the best and most advanced personal computer operating system on the market, despite a few drawbacks. It leaves Windows XP in the dust.
Walter S. Mossberg reviews Mac OSX 1.4 (Tiger)
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April 22, 2005
CBC News: Girl, 9, brings message of love to Bay Street
"I have a picture of us together. He wore his best shirt the day they took our picture. He is just like you and me. He just needs someone to care about him. I told him I care about him, and I always will."
Donations of food, clothing and money are good ways to help the homeless, Hannah said. "But mostly what you can do is be nice to them.
"If they're cold, share your mitts. If they're sad, say hi to them and give them a hug. If they're hungry, lend them a sandwich. And just love them like family. They need that most of all."
CBC News: Girl, 9, brings message of love to Bay Street
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April 18, 2005
History of the group behind the Oxyrhynchus excavations
The Egypt Exploration Society was founded in 1882, as the Egypt Exploration Fund in order to explore, survey, and excavate at ancient sites in Egypt and Sudan, and to publish the results of this work. Today it is one of the leading such archaeological organisations. This site provides a little more information about our activities which are as follows:
Miss Amelia Edwards
In the winter of 1873-74 a redoubtable English lady novelist and travel writer, Miss Amelia Edwards, was driven by wet weather in Europe to the sunnier and warmer climate of Egypt. With several friends she hired a houseboat, a dahabiyeh, and they travelled up the Nile from Cairo to Abu Simbel, a journey which Miss Edwards described in her book, A Thousand Miles up the Nile, first published in 1876 and reprinted many times since.
The book became a bestseller, not only for the fascinating view it gave of nineteenth century Egypt but also for its description of the antiquities of the ancient civilisation which were, at that time, largely unexcavated and neglected.
Amelia Edwards, together with Reginald Stuart Poole of the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum, founded the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1882 in order, as announced at the time in several daily newspapers, ‘to raise a fund for the purpose of conducting excavations in the Delta, which up to this time has been very rarely visited by travellers’.
Egypt Exploration Society - The History of the Society
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the Apollo 13 rescue
Four months earlier, Aaron had saved the Apollo 12 mission when, during launch, the rocket was struck by lightning—twice. The second strike knocked the CSM's fuel cells off line, sent the guidance system spinning, and scrambled telemetry to the ground. With warning lights blazing and alarms sounding, it looked like the crew would have to abort the mission, scant seconds after liftoff.
Aaron was in the EECOM's seat for the launch, and as he watched the scrambled data ripple across his console, he was suddenly reminded of a ground test he had seen a year earlier where an electrical malfunction had caused a similar problem. The crazy pattern of the data on his console "was a pattern that I remembered," says Aaron. And, thanks to hours of research he'd put in after the ground test, he knew how to fix it. He uttered the terse command, "Set S.C.E. to Aux," to his flight director, Jerry Griffin. Griffin, like everyone else in mission control, had no clue what that meant. Nevertheless, trusting in his EECOM, Griffin ordered the command to be passed up to the crew immediately. The corresponding switch was flipped onboard and valid telemetry was restored. With valid data, Aaron could see that the fuel cells were off line, and with a second command to reset the cells, Apollo 12 was on its way to moon. The incident cemented Aaron's reputation as a "steely-eyed missile man."
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April 11, 2005
Cookie Monster curbs cookie habit
Cookie Monster, the biscuit-eating puppet on US children's show Sesame Street, will cut down on his favourite food as part of an anti-obesity drive.
The blue-furred muppet who used to sing "C is for Cookie" will now tell viewers that "A Cookie is a Sometimes Food".
Each episode of the show's new series will begin with a "health tip" about healthy foods and physical activity.
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Cookie Monster curbs cookie habit
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