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1535 Päijänne
is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2057.4959234 days (5.63 years).
The asteroid was discovered on September 9, 1939.
Storyblender Brings a Goofy Side to Casual Animation
company & product profiles | storyblenderStoryblender, which recently launched in private beta, is a new casual animation platform that will appeal to users who want customized movies in a hurry. The site was a presenter at TechCrunch 40. If you’d like to try it out, you can grab one of 500 invites here. The site is straightforward, which is [...]
15395 Rükl
is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2036.2580636 days (5.57 years).
The asteroid was discovered on October 21, 1997.
15762 Rühmann
is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1481.5278783 days (4.06 years).
The asteroid was discovered on September 21, 1992.
Abdulsalam Abdullah
Abdulsalam Abdullah is the current Provincial Council Chairman (PCC) of Al Anbar province. In December 2007, Dr. Abdullah presided over a joint meeting of the Anbar Provincial Council (PC) and the Council of Tribal Sheikhs as part of an outreach effort to the province’s tribal leaders.
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Eragon Languages
In the Inheritance Cycle there are two main languages besides the normal language: the Ancient Language and the Dwarf Language. The Dwarf Language is, of course, the Language that the dwarves use, and the Ancient Language is the language that controls magic and you can not lie in (most commonly used by the elves).
Ancient Language
A basic dictionary
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Battle Over Data Ownership on Gillmor Gang
Epic Gillmor Gang today. Everyone went in with guns blazing over the data portability/ownership debate that has spilled out over the Facebook/Google scuffle. DataPortability founder Chris Saad was also on the call, but failed to take a leadership position in the debate (he did, however, weigh in with a blog post on the subject before [...]
A Baseball Hat That Reads Your Mind
hardwareesocid writes to tell us that researchers from Taiwan have created a new baseball cap complete with embedded -bio-signal monitoring system. The purpose was to give a neural interface that could be useful in everyday life. "The cap contains five embedded dry electrodes on the wearer's forehead, and one electrode behind the left ear, that acquire EEG signals. Then, the EEG signals are wirelessly transmitted to a data receiver, where they are processed in real-time by a dual-core processor. The BCI system includes Bluetooth transmission for distances of 10m or less (e.g., for driving applications), as well as RF transmission for distances up to 600m (e.g., for potential sports applications). Next, the processed signals are transmitted back to the cap, where the data can be stored, displayed in real-time on a screen, or be used to trigger an audio warning, if necessary."
Friday Survey: Do You Own An iPhone?
apple | company & product profilesIt’s coming up on a year since the iPhone was released, and the second version appears to be just around the corner. So it’s a good time to check in with our readers and see just how many of you actually use the device. Please take a second and let us know where you stand. [...]
Evening Reading
Ahhhh yeah. Weekend! I shall play play some GTA4 this weekend for sure! I can feel it! I ran through the GRID demo a few more times and I still pretty much dont like drifting challenges. Always feels lame.
Changing horses
Changing Horses is the fourth studio album by Ben Kweller. Its expected release date is September 2008. Kweller has described the new album as a more alternative-country album.
XWWW
This means Xtreme World Wide Wrestling.It was made in 2000.Made by Matthew Wilhoite.It has 4 Championships and its wold head queraters is in Nashville,Tennessee.The Championships are XWWW World Heavyweight Championship,XWWW Money Championship.XWWW World Tag Team Championship.XWWW Womens Championship.Most Superstars haven't been in any Wrestling Promotions.9 Have been in either WWE,TNA,Or ROH.
Opitsaht
history of british columbia | nuu-chah-nulth | west coast of vancouver islandOpitsaht, spelled also as Opitsat and Opitsitah, is a community of the Tla-o-qui-aht people of the Nuu-chah-nulth nation, located on Meares Island in Clayoquot Sound.
The Organization (film)
1971 filmsThe Organization is a 1971 film starring Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs. It was the last of the trilogy featuring the police detective Tibbs that had begun with In the Heat of the Night (1967).
Plot
Tibbs is called in to hunt down a gang of urban revolutionaries, suspected of a series of crimes.Paul Sample
british cartoonistsPaul Sample is a British cartoonist and illustrator. In the 1970s, he created a cartoon biker character named Ogri for Bike magazine in the UK. The cartoon has run until the present, with a single 3-year gap in the mid-1980s.
Henriade
poetry Title page of La henriade (1778 Geneva Edition). Henriade (also The Henriade; French: La Henriade) is an epic poem written by the French Enlightenment writer and philosopher François-Marie Arouet, known best under his pen name Voltaire. According to Voltaire himself, the poem concerns and was written in honour of the life of Henry IV of France, and is a celebration of his life.The Henriade, p. IV It also concerns the political state of France, as well as the siege of Paris, and was also meant to be an imitation of Virgil. It was first printed in 1723.
Reception
Henriade is one of two epic poems by Voltaire, the other being La Pucelle d'Orléans. Voltaire wrote other poems during his life, but none were nearly as lengthy or detailed as these two. While Henriade was viewed as a great poem, and one of Voltaire's best, many did not believe it to be his masterpiece, or the best he was capable of; many claimed it lacked originality or novel inspiration, and that it was nothing truly extraordinary. Some remarked that this low standard of quality came of Voltaire's non-comprehension of what he was writing, and his lack of enthusiasm in the poem's writing.Morley, p.153Taking Stock: The Gibson-Goldstein Index
Finally we come to the end of the week, that special time when we examine the body of the industry for a few minutes before we quit out, like a Trespasser focus tester. Microsoft Declares wor