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@ Earthquake Map: http://www.iris.washington.edu/seismic/60_2040_1_8.html
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# Doom on wheels stalks slugs. (BBC) Scientists in the United Kingdom are
developing a prototype robot slug-destroyer, which draws its power from
the decomposing bodies of its victims.
# Also - Robots' destiny of drudgery:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_465000/465305.stm
# Tokyo previews robomates for all:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_485000/485832.stm
# Kick-off for Robo World Cup
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_406000/406222.stm
@ Links - Farmers Weekly: http://www.fwi.co.uk/
@ Slug Control http://www.oxalis.co.uk/slug.htm
@ University of the West of England http://www.uwe.ac.uk/
: What's your favorite robotic slayer? Have you designed/built/bought/used
any robotic destroyers lately? Are they better than warriors, aliens, me??
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# NORAD UFO Explanation Collapses. (PNN) Is this an alien spacecraft
entering the atmosphere and using the returning satellite debris as a
cover for its movements, or a secret human-designed craft doing the same
thing? There is at present no way to tell. http://caus.org/pn110399.htm
: What's your favorite bogus UFO explanation? Are you part of a UFO coverup?
# Recurring UFO Dreams: http://caus.org/pc110399.htm
# Two Reactions: Awe and Shock: http://caus.org/mu110399.htm
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# Diplomat Defends Falun Gong Ban. WASHINGTON (AP) As a group of Falun Gong
demonstrators protested nearby, a Chinese Embassy (US) diplomat said China
banned the spiritual movement after its leaders caused the deaths of 1,400
followers by brainwashing them into refusing medical treatment. He also
tried to debunk the notion that Falun Gong is nonviolent, alleging that
10,000 members mobilized last April to seize a Communist Party compound
in China. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561890372-6f1
: Do you meditate violently? Do you brainwash your followers? Is it fun??
# Falun Gong Resumes Protests As Schroeder Visits. BEIJING (Reuters) Members
of the outlawed Falun Gong spiritual movement resumed a campaign of civil
disobedience in Tiananmen Square Wednesday as China prepared to welcome
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to Beijing. Peacefully hauled away -
see http://news.excite.com/news/r/991103/05/international-religion-china
: Does your belief system threaten the established order? Should it? Why?
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@ Religious Suicide and the Afterlife. Belief in the afterlife and the
transience and inferiority of physical existence go hand in hand. This
makes it possible for individuals to either commit suicide or commit
murder in a violent act of martyrdom to enter the cosmic realm.
http://www.math.auckland.ac.nz/~king/Preprints/book/death/after/aftlife.html
: Do you believe in an afterlife? Are your ready to commit homicide? When?
@ Scientology: Another Dangerous UFO cult. Did you know that Scientology
was about evil space aliens, demonic posession, and ravaging alien battle
fleets? Well, you are not alone - Scientology's beliefs to UFOs and Demon-
ology are closely guarded secrets, and you can be sued for spilling the
beans. In fact, most people involved with Scientology have not put in the
effort and the approximately $200,000 needed to learn about Xenu and the
Markabs. http://miso.wwa.com/~vickie/cos/ufocult.html
: What's your favorite dangerous UFO cult? Do you belong to such a cult? Do
you have many lawyers? Are they vicious? Are you? Are your deities? Why??
@ Illuminati / New World Order concordance:
http://www.access.digex.net/~steve-b/INWO_Illuminati.html
@ Cult FAQ: http://www.trancenet.org/groups/faqcult.shtml
@ New Age Wackos - "Is it easier to believe that nature has gone out
of her course or that a man would tell a lie?" - Thomas Paine
http://www.watchingyou.com/newage.html
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Atrocities-R-Us:
# US Releases Nazi Papers. WASHINGTON (AP) A govt panel has released 126,000
pages of previously classified documents that could shed light on Nazi-era
war crimes. The panel still has almost 600 million pages more to review.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561878588-07e
# CIA budget disclosure considered - obfuscation expected:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561882620-6e6
@ Konzentrationslager - LEGO Concentration Camp kits:
http://users.erols.com/kennrice/lego-kz.htm
# Pentagon appoints No Gun Ri panel - probe Korean War massacre:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561891295-467
@ The Berlin Wall: http://www.wall-berlin.org/
# Officials aim to prevent atrocities - setting up an international system
to prevent genocide, mass killings & other atrocities that keep recurring
worldwide: http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561891197-f6a
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# HOW IT WILL ALL END. After burning the inner planets to a crisp, our
Sun will eventually shrink to become a tiny dwarf star. Before that,
though, it will be at its most beautiful, ejecting a shell of glowing
gas that will enshrine it in a planetary nebula. What a way to go:
http://explorezone.com/columns/space/1999/november_planetary_neb.htm
: Are you ready for The End Of The Solar System? Will you take pictures?
# Floating in Space. Balloons offer scientists a low-cost, quick-response
way to study the upper reaches of Earth's atmosphere and those of other
planets: http://www.sciam.com/1999/1199issue/1199smith.html
: How many balloons are UFOs? How many UFOs are balloons? Do ET's use'em?
@ Apollo Lunar Surface Journal: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/
@ DinoBase: http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/dinobase/dinopage.html
@ Tale of Three Cities: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/3cities/
@ Life Along the Faultline: http://www.exploratorium.com/faultline/
@ String Theory (physics): http://superstringtheory.com/
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