- At http://www.uea.ac.uk/~e114/a30/index.htm
- Welcome to my treehouse : http://www.uea.ac.uk/~e114/a30/treehous.htm
- Fairmile (The camp at Fairmile was set up in autumn 1994 and consists of a tree village, ground benders, a moat, fortifications and a network of tunnels) : http://www.uea.ac.uk/~e114/a30/fairmile.htm
- Lock-ons : http://www.uea.ac.uk/~e114/a30/lockons.htm
- News - 10:00 Tuesday 4th February : http://www.uea.ac.uk/~e114/a30/a30newsl.htm
- PHOAKS: Frequency for comp.unix.advocacy
- At http://www.phoaks.com/phoaks2/newsgroups/comp/unix/advocacy/index.html
- At http://home.interstat.net/~slawcio/artsf.html
- At http://home.interstat.net/~slawcio/artsf2.html
- At http://www.slawcio.com
- At http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/07/11/amsterdam_home/
- Fortune Trust Finance & Securities is one of many non-existent companies linked to congratulatory emails, advising victims of their good fortune in winning a million dollar lottery prize. A reply to the email yields a request for thousands of dollars or higher to cover payment of handling, transfer and insurance costs. You guessed it: they take the money and run.
- "Welcome to Holysmoke.org: a skeptical site that looks at the facts about frauds, fakes, fools, and flim-flam"
- At http://www.holysmoke.org/
- "As generally understood, propaganda is opinion expressed for
the purpose of influencing actions of individuals or groups...
Propaganda thus differs fundamentally from scientific analysis. The
propagandist tries to "put something across," good or bad. The
scientist does not try to put anything across; he devotes his life to
the discovery of new facts and principles. The propagandist seldom wants
careful scrutiny and criticism; his object is to bring about a specific
action. The scientist, on the other hand, is always prepared for and
wants the most careful scrutiny and criticism of his facts and ideas.
Science flourishes on criticism. Dangerous propaganda crumbles before
it.
Alfred McLung Lee & Elizabeth Bryant Lee, The Fine Art of Propaganda, 1939."
- Advice of writing effective "real" alerts: Recipe For A Better Internet Alert
- At http://korova.com/virus/alerts.htm
- At http://www.bell-atl.com/security/fraud/social.htm
- Here are some tips to protect yourself and your business from this
type of fraud:
- Know that you may be a potential target for this type of fraud.
- DO NOT provide any unnecessary information to callers unless you know who they are. Be polite and helpful, but know your limitations. When in doubt, make arrangements to call back and check company listings for phone number verification.
- Never provide PIN or passwords to anyone.
- Including ORIGINS OF THE PONZI SCHEME and THE CLASSIC PONZI SCHEME
- "The Ponzi scam amounts to little more than robbing an army of Peters to pay a handful of Pauls"
- At http://www.bosbbb.org/lit/0052.htm
- At http://kith.org/logos/things/chain.html
- Parodies of (un)lucky chain letters:
- A very silly semi-Discordian exposition on why you shouldn't send chain letters, by John Perry.
- Two letters that give you bad luck if you forward them: one by Mark Lively (ignore the supposed Emery Lapinski copyright) and a rather more sexually oriented one by Eli-Eli-O Burke.
- Superb newspaper columnist Jon Carroll once wrote an amusing chain column.
- The Chain Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians
- I once received an anti-chain letter much like mine in email, except that it says you'll get bad luck if you don't forward it. I don't approve. I've turned it into a Web page for comparison purposes, but if you're superstitious I recommend not reading it, as you'll only have to forward it to others.
- Parodies of money-oriented chain letters:
- Mike "Wizard" Jittlov's delightful Big Money parody.
- Hans Bodlaender has a very nice MMF parody called Make Enemies Fast. "My name isn't Dave Rhodes, but who cares."
- Make rubles fast!
- At http://www.speedcam.co.uk/
- At http://www.speedcam.co.uk/gatso.htm
- "Welcome to the West Midlands, Gatso capital of the UK. There are more speed cameras here than in the rest of the country (probably)."
- At http://www.speed-trap.co.uk/speedtrap_bible.html
- Accused of speeding: http://www.speed-trap.co.uk/Avoid_Home/Avoid_Home.htm
- Police Gadgets - Operating Rules / Law: http://www.speed-trap.co.uk/Accused_Home/Rules_useage/The_Law.htm
- At http://www.abd.org.uk/cameras/oxfordshire.htm
- Map based links to Speed Camera Sites around Britian: http://www.abd.org.uk/cameras/map.htm
- At http://www.theonion.com/onion3219/moneyforevil.html
- The last several decades have witnessed a steady increase in evil,
both domestic and abroad. It is a trend, experts say, that is likely to
continue.
"With this federally approved evil subsidy, Congress has taken a major step toward securing the future of evil and all its unholy causes," said Marion Conyers of the American Enterprise Institute. "Our legislators recognize that evil, as a belief system and a way of life, is absolutely vital to any public policy in which punishment of the righteous and the reward of the loyal servants of darkness is the goal."
The $540 million will be earmarked primarily for temptation-related evils, with 70 percent going toward the funding of greed, lust, avarice and gluttony, and hatred-based evils such as cruelty and wrath. The remaining 30 percent will go toward sloth, usury, and idolatry, with an additional, non-existent 45 percent allotted toward deception and corruption.
- At http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/1667/barney.htm
- "I didn't get a chance to tell you about the Barney float at the
NY Thanksgiving Day parade. Seems like the winds were too powerful that
day and Barney started to come down. His overwhelming size threatened to
suffocate the people so one of NY's finest jumped him and started
slashing him to ribbons in front of all the rugrats at the parade who
started screaming "Stop, stop...you're killing Barney." Now
the police officer is in trouble with his captain for "behavior
unbecoming a police officer." What's a cop supposed to do any way?
-Matt's Mom "
- "Attention all Evil Overlord List Aspirants: Contrary to popular belief, taking over the universe is not as easy as it would first appear."
- Including the "The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord" e.g. - "don't fight like a man, fight like an evil overlord"
- At http://www.eviloverlord.com/
- In his ready room, Captain Jean-Luc Tinyclanger takes steps to ensure that this doesn't become one of those difficult 'head' episodes: "Mr Wolf, Mr Riker, I want you to find something and kill it."
- At http://manor.york.ac.uk/new/kipple/tng.html
- At http://www.eviloverlord.com/parodies/
- Star Trek TOS (Kirk, Scotty, Spock, etc) - "TOS: Who Shall Bring
Us Light?":
"Q: How many members of the original Enterprise does it take to change a light bulb?"
http://www.eviloverlord.com/parodies/tos.html [Local Copy] - Star Trek TNG - "TNG: The Change":
"Q: How many members of the Enterprise D does it take to change a light bulb?"
http://www.eviloverlord.com/parodies/tng.html [Local Copy] - Star Trek DS9 - "DS9: Beacon Of Hope":
"How many members of DS9 does it take to change a light bulb?"
http://www.eviloverlord.com/parodies/ds9.html [Local Copy] - Star Trek VOY - "VOY: Illumination":
"Q: How many members of the Voyager does it take to change a light bulb?"
http://www.eviloverlord.com/parodies/stv.html [Local Copy]
- At http://www.abebooks.com/
- Abebooks, the world's largest online marketplace for used, rare, and out-of-print books.
- "We hope that these pages will give you some insight into the vigorous work done by MI5 to keep Britain in its rightful place as the seventeenth most powerful nation on Earth."
- At http://www.trousers.co.uk/mi5/
- "As slammed by the Bracknell News"
- At http://wwww.trousers.co.uk/bracknell/
- Imperial: http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/
- Metric: http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bmi-m.htm
- BMI Categories:
Normal weight = 18.5-24.9
Overweight = 25-29.9
Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater
- At http://www.nutribase.com/fwchartm.shtml
-
Body Type Male Female Athlete <10% <17% Lean 10-15% 17-22% Normal 15-18% 22-25% Above Average 18-20% 25-29% Overfat 20-25% 29-35% Obese 25+ 35+%%
- At http://www.food-stats.com/Fruits_and_Fruit_Juices/Oranges_raw_with_peel.html
- Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 cup (170.0 g)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 107.1 Fat Calories 4.6
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.5g 1%
Saturated Fat 0.1g 3%
Trans Fat N/A
Cholesterol 0.0mg 0%
Sodium 3.4mg 0%
Potassium 333.2mg 10%
Total Carbohydrates 26.3g 9%
Dietary Fiber 7.6g 31%
Sugars N/A
Protein 2.2g 4%
- At http://www.wholehealthmd.com/refshelf/substances_view/1,1525,992,00.html
- One benefit of omega-3 fatty acids is that they are very safe to consume. However, most sources recommend that fish consumption be limited to two to three servings weekly because so many fish are tainted with mercury and other contaminants. Fish oil capsules don't present this same risk.
- At http://www.healthandage.com/html/res/com/ConsSupplements/Omega3FattyAcidscs.html
- Omega-3 fatty acids are considered essential fatty acids, which means
that they are essential to human health but cannot be manufactured by
the body. For this reason, omega-3 fatty acids must be obtained from
food. Omega-3 fatty acids can be found in fish and certain plant oils.
It is important to maintain an appropriate balance of omega-3 and
omega-6 (another essential fatty acid) in the diet as these two
substances work together to promote health. Also known as
polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids
play a crucial role in brain function as well as normal growth and
development.
There are three major types of omega 3 fatty acids that are ingested in foods and used by the body: alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Once eaten, the body converts ALA to EPA and DHA, the two types of omega-3 fatty acids more readily used by the body. Extensive research indicates that omega-3 fatty acids reduce inflammation and help prevent certain chronic diseases such as heart disease and arthritis. These essential fatty acids are highly concentrated in the brain and appear to be particularly important for cognitive and behavioral function. In fact, infants who do not get enough omega-3 fatty acids from their mothers during pregnancy are at risk for developing vision and nerve problems.
As mentioned previously, it is very important to maintain a balance between omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in the diet. Omega-3 fatty acids help reduce inflammation and most omega-6 fatty acids tend to promote inflammation. An inappropriate balance of these essential fatty acids contributes to the development of disease while a proper balance helps maintain and even improve health. A healthy diet should consist of roughly one to four times more omega-6 fatty acids than omega-3 fatty acids. The typical American diet tends to contain 11 to 30 times more omega-6 fatty acids than omega-3 fatty acids and many researchers believe this imbalance is a significant factor in the rising rate of inflammatory disorders in the United States.
In contrast, however, the Mediterranean diet consists of a healthier balance between omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids and many studies have shown that people who follow this diet are less likely to develop heart disease. The Mediterranean diet does not include much meat (which is high in omega-6 fatty acids) and emphasizes foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids including whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, fish, olive oil, garlic, as well as moderate wine consumption.
- At http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/av.htm
- At http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/av.htm
- At http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/age.htm
- At http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/mens.htm
- At http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/overweight.htm
- "From the NHANES II survey ( USA 1976-1980 )3, these definitions of Overweight and Obesity were used until year 2000. ( You can still use them, if you like.)"
-
Adults BMI: Women Men underweight < 19.1 < 20.7 in normal range 19.1 - 25.8 20.7 - 26.4 marginally overweight 25.8 - 27.3 26.4 - 27.8 overweight 27.3 - 32.3 27.8 - 31.1 very overweight or obese > 32.3 > 31.1
- At http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3080628.stm
- "Over the 10 year period from 1985 to 1995, the rate of obese
children more than tripled and the number of overweight children almost
doubled," she said.
The rise in obesity has been linked to changes in diet and leisure patterns, and even the increased use of cars.
While obese children already face health and social problems, there will also be a further price to pay, according to Jenny O'Dea, a nutritionist at Sydney University.
"We see many physical outcomes, but we also see economic costs for many decades to come," she said.
"These children are very unlikely to lose weight. Something like 80% of overweight children become overweight adults, so I think it really is quite a medical time bomb... just waiting to happen."
- At http://www.pcug.org.au/~mstreet/bomb/bomb.html
- Copyright Malcolm Street, Canberra, ACT, Australia, January 2003.
A major breakthrough in publicly detailing the history of the Australian nuclear weapons program was a documentary called "Fortress Australia", shown on ABC TV on 22nd August 2002. To me the main new revelations in it were the final confirmation that the Jervis Bay nuclear power station was primarily for producing plutonium, and an interview with Sir Philip Baxter (once described as "Australia's Dr Strangelove"!) where he confirms my suspicions that the primary purpose of Australian nuclear weapons was to defend the country against refugees from a northern hemisphere devastated by a future nuclear war.
- At http://www.glennhyatt.com/usmcguns/max0815s.htm
- The gun provided the same rate of fire, used the same ammunition,
belts and many internal parts. It also maintained the same reliability
as the older '08 and required little retraining to operate.
By 1916 it was being fully deployed throughout the German lines. It was instrumental in the disaster of the Somme at times cutting down advancing British troops in windrows much like they were wheat.
- The 08/15 has one other dubious fact that should be related. It is singularly responsible for more causalities on the battlefield than any other weapon ever deployed, including the Atomic Bomb. It has truly earned the reputation of the Devils Paint Brush.
- At http://www.abc.net.au/tv/documentaries/stories/s650355.htm
- DIRECTOR'S NOTES
Fortress Australia had a long gestation. Two decades ago I picked up a self-published book - Without Hardware - penned by Catherine Dalton, daughter of British poet and historian Robert Graves, of I, Claudius fame.
The story dealt with the mysterious death in the late 1950s of Catherine’s husband Clifford Dalton, a leading engineer at the newly established Atomic Energy Commission’s research facility at Lucas Heights in Sydney. Dalton drew a picture of a highly secret institution, which she believed had a malicious hand in her husband’s untimely demise. In 1983, with the financial assistance of the Australian Film Commission, I set about writing a feature-length dramatic screenplay based on the book.
Some years later, when the American nuclear film Silkwood and two Australian features with nuclear themes were released, I realised the project would not survive in an already saturated market. After more than a dozen drafts, I relinquished the option. What I didn’t drop was an interest in the affairs of the Australian Atomic Energy Commission (AAEC) in the 1950s and 60s. That interest deepened when I came upon an extraordinary interview in the archives with the Commission’s Chairman, Sir Philip Baxter, in which he called for a biological, chemical and nuclear-armed Australia.
I also discovered a newspaper article from the early 1970s in which Baxter suggested that Australia was capable of producing nuclear weapons within a matter of years. I wondered how this could be achieved without the scientific infrastructure, the means to produce plutonium and the years of research and development required for such an enormous undertaking. The only conclusion I could come to was that these essential precursors to bomb production already existed. And if they did exist, then there must have been the political will in Australia at some time to build atomic weapons. But in the early 1980s, the official Government documents relating to nuclear defence and atomic matters were unavailable, due to the 30-year secrecy rule. A few people, however, had investigated the subject.
In a 1975 feature article for Search (a journal published by the Australian & New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science) historian Ann Moyal questioned both the highly secretive research agenda of the AAEC and the Gorton Government’s decision in 1969 to build a nuclear power station at Jervis Bay. In Moyal’s view, the economics of the reactor didn’t add up, unless it was to be used to provide plutonium for atomic weapons. Alice Cawte, in her excellent book, Atomic Australia, made a similar deduction.
In September 2000, I felt it was now time to revisit the story. I knew that documents relating to Australia’s early atomic history would now be open to inspection. To my surprise, there were more documents relating to Australia’s interest in nuclear weapons than for both uranium and atomic energy put together.
Many of the documents about nuclear weapons' policy came from the Department of Defence, the Prime Minister’s Department and the Department of Supply, but those relating to the technical, scientific and economic aspects of bomb production were authored by the AAEC and often bore the signature of its Chairman, Sir Philip Baxter.
They revealed:
§ A serious concern between 1946 and 1971 about Australia’s inadequate defences in the atomic age.
§ Prime Minister Robert Menzies in the early 1950s believed that the defence forces would inevitably be armed with nuclear weapons.
§ Growing doubts as to whether Australia’s allies, the United States and Britain, would provide nuclear protection.
§ The Menzies government had made numerous but unfruitful approaches to Britain and America to secure nuclear technology.
§ In 1958 Menzies made a direct approach to his British counterpart Macmillan to buy British nuclear weapons.
§ Sir Philip Baxter, the Chairman of the AAEC, continually pressured the government to either acquire the weapons or create the infrastructure to build them in Australia.
§ A growing fear of our northern neighbours (especially after China exploded its first atomic bomb in 1964, and Indonesia boasted that it would soon have the bomb) resulting in the government calling on the AAEC to provide costs for building the bomb.
§ How Australian uranium was denied to Britain in 1966 so that there would be enough radioactive materials to start a nuclear weapons program.
§ Baxter’s preferred tenders for the Jervis Bay Nuclear Reactor were those that could produce plutonium for building the bomb.
Other defence related documents provide an extraordinary insight into the mistrust held by Australia, not only of its potential enemies, but also of its allies. They reveal both a country fearful of its future and a belief that battlefield nuclear weapons were the answer to Australia's defence needs.
With many of these documents in hand, I went to Film Australia, as it seemed a natural project for its National Interest Program. The greatest challenge was to bring the story alive on film. As a specialist in archive film, I knew sourcing newsreels and informational films dealing with defence and politics wouldn’t be difficult. But this project also required footage not in the public domain. More than 50 hours of archive footage was located, many hours of which have never before been released for public screening.
One such film was a ‘classified’ version of a documentary called Operation Blowdown, which covered the scientific and military aspects of a simulated nuclear blast in North Queensland in 1963. This bizarre experiment assumed that the next war involving Australia would take place in the jungles of South East Asia or even New Guinea and involve nuclear weapons. Out of the US National Archives came extraordinary footage of the first Chinese Nuclear blast in 1964 – an event that so worried Menzies he called for a report on the costs of producing Australia’s own bombs.
Spectacular colour footage of the British bomb tests in Australia, the Woomera rocket range and the Lucas Heights research facility was also uncovered. ANSTO - the modern incarnation of the Australian Atomic Energy Commission - generously supplied splendid historical footage and gave the production permission to film its HIFAR Reactor. Candid ABC interviews with AAEC Chairman, Sir Philip Baxter, provide a chilling insight into both the risks for Australia of another global war and the hazards of allowing scientists to plan for it. Baxter's call, in 1972, for nuclear weapons to repel refugees from a global catastrophe is one of the most disturbing interviews I have ever seen.
A rewarding aspect of the production was meeting the twelve interviewees who bring the story to life with surprising insights about Australia’s bold bid for a nuclear arsenal. A fortunate find was Jim Walsh, a Harvard University researcher, who investigates countries that have pursued atomic weapons options and either failed or succeeded, then renounced them. Walsh’s grasp of the Australian nuclear weapons story is unequalled.
During production we were able to uncover many relics of Australia’s nuclear history. Central to the story is the proposed Jervis Bay nuclear reactor, which would have provided the plutonium required for nuclear weapons' production. In 1970, hectares of eucalypt forest were removed to provide foundations for the reactor. Today, the scar on the landscape remains as a stark reminder of our secret interest in developing a nuclear bomb.
We also travelled to Woomera Rocket Range, where Australia joined with Britain to develop guided missiles for the nuclear age. The crumbling launching pads and the spent weapons that litter the range represent the last vestiges of our defence relationship with Britain.
The most striking aspect of filming these places is that we were visiting territory once prohibited to all but scientists and defence personnel. These were places that were meant to provide the nation’s protection in the event of another global war, yet at the same time they were escalating the tension and suspicions that could have precipitated it.
Ultimately, we have produced Fortress Australia to allow Australians to understand the thinking of their political, scientific and defence leaders who flirted with the bomb.
It is a story about the all-too-trusting relationship between science and society. A tale from the height of the Cold War about secrecy and deception with poignant lessons for democracy – a story that powerfully resonates into the present day.
Peter Butt - Producer/Director
- At http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/mens/cond_obesity.shtml
- More than 50% of men in the UK are denting their seats because they
are too fat - and the numbers are increasing. You can work out whether
you are an OK weight or putting your health at risk by calculating your
Body Mass Index (BMI). You can use our BMI
calculator to check yours, or perform the calculation by hand:
Take your weight in kilograms (kg) and divide it by your height in metres (m) and then divide the result by your height in metres (m) again.
Healthy weight BMI = 18.5 -24.9
Overweight BMI = 25 - 29.9
Obese BMI = 30 -39.9
Severely obese BMI = 40 +
- At http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/obesity/
- Over 30,000 deaths a year are caused by obesity in England alone
- People are classed as obese if they have a body mass index over 30.
They are overweight if it is 25-30
- Adult obesity rates have tripled since 1982. Now 19% of Britons are obese and 39% are overweight
- At http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2665793.stm
- Why Americans just keep on getting fatter is a question that has
obsessed health professionals, sociologists and politicians for decades.
- Increased calorie consumption can, of course, be a function of
increasing wealth, and the average American swelled during the 20th
century as result
But since about 1980, the country has been beyond the point where further increases in weight would do anything other than harm life expectancy.
Yet the overeating has continued: the average calorie intake rose by about 10% between the mid-1970s and the mid-1990s.
Now, according to some calculations, close to one-third of Americans are clinically obese - about 50% more than even the chubbiest equivalent country.
- At http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/115270.stm
- More than a half of all adult Americans are overweight, according to a
new assessment of obesity in the United States.
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has classified 55% of adult Americans, or 97 million adults, as overweight or obese. This compares to 43% in 1960.
- In the population as a whole, 22.5% of Americans are now classified as clinically obese. This figure stood at 13% in 1960. Most of the increase has taken place in the last ten years according to the survey data.
- At http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/trri/thon.htm
- At http://www.geometry.net/basic_c/criminal_justice_index_page_no_4.php
- At http://www.defectiveyeti.com/MT/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=680
- Viz comic had a strip called Thieving Gypsy Bastards, which got into legal trouble when a local gypsy tried to prosecute them. It didn't help his case that he was later imprisoned for stealing cars.
- Finding your local police force: http://www.online.police.uk/english/when_to_use.asp
| http://www.online.police.uk/english/link.asp?url=www.police.uk
- Data protection & subject access (Criminal Records Name Check): http://www.met.police.uk/contact/other.htm#sa
- Data protection and Subject access - General Explanation: http://www.met.police.uk/dataprotection/index.htm
- Data protection and Subject access - Subject access forms: http://www.met.police.uk/dataprotection/forms.htm
- Victorian Police, Australia
- http://www.police.vic.gov.au/
- Victorian Police, Australia - Forms and Permits : http://www.police.vic.gov.au/index.cfm?menuid=8
- Victorian Police, Australia - Forms and Permits - Consent to Check and Release National Police Record : http://www.police.vic.gov.au/formspermitsdetail.cfm?contentpageid=6997
- http://www.police.vic.gov.au/
- Federal Australian Police Criminal History Check Application Forms
- FBI Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS)
Project
- Oxford Bus Company - Oxford to London, London to Oxford, UK
- Victoria Coach Station - London, UK
- Poem : Inside Victoria Coach Station
- Sleeping in Airports
- At http://www.sleepinginairports.net/
- Sleeping in Ottawa Airport: http://www.sleepinginairports.net/canada/ottawa.htm
- Travelling from Heathrow or Gatwick Airport to Oxford (including
Oxford Map)
- Maps of Oxford UK
- TheTrainLine (Excellent way to book and pay for cheap UK train
tickets over the internet - can save you 100 pounds or more on a trip)
- You can use TheTrainLine to find out times, book tickets and reserve seats for any train operator in mainland UK.
- Get budget tickets as well
- At http://www.thetrainline.com/
- Rail Europe UK
- Better to book Eurostar to Europe tickets via this in the UK
- Rail Europe Travel bookings from the UK : Tel: 08705 848848
- At http://www.raileurope.co.uk/railtravel/
- Prices, reservations and booking information: http://www.raileurope.co.uk/railtravel/sncf_intro.htm
- Use the SBB Swiss Train Timetable below to get the booking information.
- SBB Travel Online - Swiss Train Timetable - best place to search
for Europe wide train timetables and create train itineraries
- European timetables and train itineraries - in English: http://www.sbb.ch/pv/index_e.htm
- European timetables and train itineraries - in German: http://www.sbb.ch/pv/index_d.htm
- European timetables and train itineraries - in French: http://www.sbb.ch/pv/index_f.htm
- European timetables and train itineraries - in Italian: http://www.sbb.ch/pv/index_i.htm
- Eurostar
- London - Paris - Channel Tunnel
- At http://www.eurostar.co.uk
- Eurostar Fares : http://www3.eurostar.co.uk/tfares/fares_index.htm
- Eurostar Timetables : http://www3.eurostar.co.uk/ticketfares/timetabs/timetabs.html
- Eurostar Connections and Destinations : http://www3.eurostar.co.uk/dest/destinations.html
- SNCF
- France/French and European Train timetables
- At http://voyages.sncf.fr/voyages_gb/acgb_accueil.html
- Germany/German Railways Web based Timetable Searches
- Includes ordering and reservation of tickets. Plus routes, departure/arrival platforms and route information.
- At http://bahn.hafas.de/english.html
- Amtrak
- US Train timetables and bookings
- At http://www.amtrak.com/
- Amtrak Reservations and Browse schedules and fares, purchase tickets: http://reservations.amtrak.com/
- Amtrak : Rail Sale: Online Travel Savings : http://www.amtrak.com/railsale.html
- Amtrak : Savings and Promotions : http://www.amtrak.com/savings/index.html
- Amtrak : Savings and Promotions : Up to 30% off when you Book Online with MasterCard : http://www.amtrak.com/savings/mc.html
- One trick - not taking the Metroliner, Acela Express, Auto Train etc but the local services can save you over half the cost and not add too much time to the journey.
- If going to Boston South Station (near the Boston City Centre) from New York, getting off at Back Bay Station (in the Boston Suburbs) might be close to your destination and avoid the traffic snarls.
- Britrail
- "As BritRail Passes can only be bought by non-UK residents prices on this site are not quoted in Sterling. Therefore, we have put all Prices in AUS Dollars to help in your planning. Actual prices may vary according to country of purchase."
- At http://www.britrail.com/aus/index.html
- UK National Rail Network
- At http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/
- UK National Rail Network railcards (Network Railcard for "Anyone aged 16 and over who wants to travel by train around London and the South East area".): (May need passport style photo when applying - as well as the UKP 20.00) : http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/railcards/fs_railcards.htm
- Timetables, Fares & Tickets: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/enquiries/enq.htm
- Railtrack
- UK Train timetables
- At http://www.railtrack.co.uk/travel/index_personalise.html
- Welcome to UK RAILWAYS on the Net
- Transport in Cheshire UK
- Channel Tunnel Rail Link - UK/France
- One Tel - UK
- Cheap fixed rate international telephone calls from the UK.
- At http://www.onetel.co.uk/
- Mersey World - UK
- Links to resources around Liverpool
- At http://www.merseyworld.com
- Yellow Pages - UK
- US and Them
- From Nirvana - A frog lover's dream come true
- Finding Flowers: The UK Postcode Plants Database
- At http://fff.nhm.ac.uk/fff/
- At http://fff.nhm.ac.uk/search.htm
- At http://fff.nhm.ac.uk/searchPC.htm
- Tuesday, 17 September, 2002, 16:57 GMT 17:57 UK - British plant
'bible' published
- British Wild Flowers Gallery Orchids Page 3
- The Department of Botany (BM) at The Natural History Museum
- Welcome to Flora locale's website
- The Department of Botany (BM) at The Natural History Museum
- Flower Links
- At Flora-for-Fauna: http://fff.nhm.ac.uk/linklist.htm
- At http://www.habitat.org.uk/links.htm
- At http://www.dur.ac.uk/~deb0www/dubg/bgabcde.html
- wharfe - British Wildflowers Page
- Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust
- Royal College of Ophthalmologists London
- RNIB - Royal National Institute for the Blind, UK
- North of England Ophthalmological Society
- Frequently-Asked Questions about Color
- Experience is not something we feel but something we do: a
principled way of explaining sensory phenomenology, with Change
Blindness and other empirical consequences.
- At http://nivea.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/ASSChtml/ASSC.html
- CHANGE BLINDNESS DEMOS : http://nivea.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/
- CHANGE BLINDNESS DEMOS : http://nivea.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/Mudsplash/Nature_Supp_Inf/Movies/Movie_List.html
- The Need for Attention to See Change
- At http://www.cbr.com/~rensink/flicker/flickDescr.html
"The goal of this project is to determine why drivers can "look but fail to see". A large fraction of traffic accidents are of this type: drivers collide with pedestrians in plain view, with cars directly in front of them (the classic "rear-ender"), and even run into trains. (That's right -- run into trains, not the other way around.) In such cases, information from the world is entering the driver's eyes. But at some point along the way this information is lost, causing the driver to lose connection with reality. They are looking but they are not seeing"
- Example: http://www.cbr.com/~rensink/flicker/viewable/flicker.html
- At http://www.cbr.com/~rensink/flicker/flickDescr.html
- Change Detection Database
- Web Safe Colours
- Christine Rigden's: Choosing safe colours: Choosing colours for
a web site is made more complex if one takes into consideration the
needs of colour-deficient users.
- "It is commonly accepted that 8% of men are colour blind to some extent."
- At http://innovate.bt.com/people/rigdence/colours/
- Color Deficient Vision Simulation in the Web Designer's Color Card
and Chart
- "About 8% of men and 0.4% of women have some form of color blindness."
- At http://www.visibone.com/colorblind/
- Color Perception Issues
- Colour Blindness FAQ: Colour Blindness and it's Effects on Amature
Astronomy
- Colour Blindness and HTML Link Colours
- The Human Side of Colour Blindness : (or Color Blind or
Color-Deficient)
- St Vincent's School for Blind and Partially Sighted Children (Yew
Tree Lane, West Derby Liverpool L12 9HN)
- Webring: Organisations, Schools and Services for Blind and
Partially Sighted People - list of sites
- Brief Biography of Gaston Leroux, who wrote the novel "Phantom
of the Opera"
- welcome to kpfa radio 94.1fm berkeley, USA
- UC Berkeley's 18 Nobel Prize Winners
- KQED - public radio 88.5, San Franciso, USA
- Inside Switzerland's Secret Forts
- Photos of the Moon
- Keith's Moon Photo Gallery
- The Moon : As seen from the Northern Hemisphere - Original
photographs by Michael Myers
- At http://www.netaxs.com/~mhmyers/moon.tn.html
- About the lens and camera : http://www.netaxs.com/~mhmyers/camera.html
- Photographing the Planets : http://www.netaxs.com/~mhmyers/planets.html
- Moon Illusions : The Man in the Moon, the Lady in the Moon and More : http://www.netaxs.com/~mhmyers/mnillusion.html
- The Moon Below the Equator : http://www.netaxs.com/~mhmyers/dnunder.html
- Photos of the Moon - Swift Nighthawk Series of Spotting Scope
- Swift Telemaster 15-60X60 - Swift 841 Telemaster 15-60X60
- At http://63.106.130.71/telemaster.htm
- Swift Spotting Scopes : http://63.106.130.71/spotting.htm
- Swift Instruments : http://www.swift-optics.com/
- 841PA Photo Adapter for 841 Telemaster
- Bushnell spotting scopes
- At http://www.bushnell.com/productinfo/spotting/spotting.html
- BUSHNELL Sportview SCOPE : http://www.bushnell.com/productinfo/spotting/sportview.html
- BUSHNELL NATUREVIEW 15-45X60M SCOPE / BUSHNELL H20 20-60X60MM
SPOTTING SCOPE (WebCode: 233BUS017) / DISCOVERER TELEPHOTO ADAPTER :
- DISCOVERER TELEPHOTO ADAPTER : For connecting the Discoverer spotting scope to a 35mm SLR camera. One end of the barrel is threaded to go ove...
- BUSHNELL - Bausch and Lomb Discoverer Scope (22-3030 Camera Adapter) (and 35MM Camera Body Mount for Telephoto Use) : http://www.bushnell.com/productinfo/spotting/discoverer.html
- Bausch & Lomb 15-60x60mm Discoverer Spotting Scope - 78-1600
- Bausch & Lomb Discoverer / Bushnell Telephoto Camera Mount /
Camera Body Adapter
- At http://www.opticsplanet.net/camera-adapter.html
- With the addition of 2 inexpensive accessories, the Discoverer
will attach to a 35mm single lens reflex camera that has a removable
lens. It then becomes an integral part of the camera’s optical
system and functions as an extra powerful zoom lens. The two
accessories needed for this are; a #22-3030 Telephoto Camera Mount
and a Camera Body Adapter that matches your particular camera (see
listings under accessories at the end of these instructions).
- Installing Bushnell Discoverer and NatureView Spotting Scopes On a
Digital or 35mm Film SLR Camera: http://opticsplanet.com/catalog/bushnell/install-photo-adapter.shtml
- At http://www.opticsplanet.net/camera-adapter.html
- Kenko Digital Camera Adapter Rings
- DK Optics - Digital Camera Adapters for Telescopes, Microscopes,
and more!
- At http://www.dkoptics.com/
- Digi Digital Camera Attachment System: http://home.att.net/~dkoptics/dtsystems.htm
- MaxView 40 - Eyepiece & Variable Projection Adapter for
Digital Cameras : http://home.att.net/~dkoptics/maxview40.htm
- The MaxView 40 allows you to hook your digital camera to a telescope. A telescope that accepts standard 1.25" eyepieces is required. The MaxView 40 is not a telescope in itself.
- TeleVue spotting scopes
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LEE ENFIELD RIFLE
- At http://www.geocities.com/lee_enfield_rifles/
- At http://www.geocities.com/lee_enfield_rifles/History.html
- Gov. Moonbeam asks students to be involved
- Jerry Brown
- Prince of Wales, London, London - 8, Kensington Church St
- Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
- The Sorrow and the Pity (1971) - French Collaboration
- Space Images from NASA - London by Night
- At http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=10929
- At http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS006&roll=E&frame=22939&QueryResultsFile=1046407805500.tsv
- High res image of London at night (from space): http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/images/EO/highres/ISS006/ISS006-E-22939.JPG
- "This nighttime view of the British capital offers unique insight into the city’s urban density and infrastructure as highlighted by electrical lighting. Interpreting the brightest areas as the most populated, the population density drops off rapidly from the bright urban center until it reaches the vicinity of the Orbital, an encircling roadway. Beyond lie isolated bright areas marking the numerous smaller cities and towns of the region and as far southeast as Hastings on the coast. Note London’s two major airports, Heathrow and Gatwick, and the particularly bright, sinuous stretch of the Orbital to the south of the city."
- Biography.com
- The Moon Testifies
- At http://objective.jesussave.us/moon.html
- Evolutionism Propaganda : http://objective.jesussave.us/propaganda.html
- Rapture Ready
- The Bravais Lattices Song by Walter Fox Smith
- Take Away Your Billion Dollars by Arthur Roberts (1946)
- The Bravais Lattices Song by Walter Fox Smith
- Johnny Horton
- And real audio http://www.radioetc.com/johnnyhorton.htm
- Read Audio examples: http://www.radioetc.com/EBjhorton.ram
- Johnny Horton homage site http://www.gentleman-jim.com/horton.htm | http://hammer.prohosting.com/~coollz/horton.htm
- Johnny Horton Lyrics: http://hammer.prohosting.com/~coollz/hortonwords.htm
- Johnny Horton Discography: http://hammer.prohosting.com/~coollz/hortondisc.htm
- "Here's Johnny Johnny Cash, Johnny Paycheck, Johnny Horton" (1995 Sony Music Special Products): http://hammer.prohosting.com/~coollz/hortondisc-011.htm
- Ray Peterson - Tell Laura I Love Her
- With real audio file.
- At http://www.clinton.net/~sammy/laura.htm
- Ray Peterson - Tell Laura I Love Her
- With partial mp3 file.
- At http://www.oldiesshows.com/bio_peterson.htm
- Ray Brown and the Whispers (Sydney 1964-66)
- Ray Brown & the Whispers - Fool, fool, fool
- With real audio file extract.
- At http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/hampton/155/aussie/aus-st4.htm
- "This is the first of six "real" sixties songs on the CD. The main ingredients are all there: lyrics about a girl and unrewarded love (great story about a guy who buys his girlfriend expensive presents and is constantly sent back for more, while his friends and family shout out "fool, fool, fool", don't do it! At the end of the song he is in prison because he had to steal to keep his girl happy...), a singer whose voice is so typically sixties and can carry such desperation, music that is original, yet immediately recognizable as part of the sixties-beat tradition"
- Ray Brown and the Whispers (Sydney 1964-66) - sampler of Fool,
fool, fool
- With real audio file extract.
- At http://www.artistdirect.com/store/artist/album/0,,252345,00.html
- Ray Brown - of Ray Brown and the Whispers
- JFK Business Services Ltd., 67 Tylecroft Road, Norbury, London SW16
4BL
- Self Inking Rubber Stamps, etc.
- At http://www.jfk-stamps.co.uk/
- Staples
- Office World
- The Third Man with Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton, Carol Reed, Welles,
Trevor Howard, Graham Green, Alida Valli, Alexander Korda, Anton Karas
- The Third Man Walking Tour of Vienna
- The Cool Evil Guys' Page
- At http://sprite.resnet.gatech.edu/cool.htm
- Including Phantom of the Opera: http://sprite.resnet.gatech.edu/phantom.htm
- Evil Net
- Folk Music Resources On The Internet
- England, whose England? : Class, gender and national identity in
the 20th century folklore revival
- At http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/england.htm
- Today, English folk music remains a minority interest, often scorned by the cultural establishment. (An attitude summed up by the famous legend that Sir Thomas Beecham advised "try everything once, except incest and folk-dancing" - to which a critic allegedly replied "what's so bad about incest?") English folk music has little exposure on the broadcast media - far less than Irish traditional music gets on RTE, or Scottish traditional music on BBC Scotland. It has no protected place in the school curriculum. Some regional arts agencies, like Folkworks in the North-East, are striving to improve the situation, but England still has no national centre of status and influence comparable to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, or the School of Scottish Studies in Edinburgh. The majority of the English public ignore or reject 'folk' music of any kind. Even the remainder tend to prefer American, Celtic or 'World' music to their own heritage. The revival appears to have failed - so far.
- At http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/england.htm
- Singer/Songwriter Directory
- At http://singer-songwriter.com/
- List of song writers in alphabetical order: http://singer-songwriter.com/alpha/home.html
- Books of Common Prayer Website
- 1979 Book of Common Prayer; 1928 Book of Common Prayer; 1892 Book of Common Prayer; 1789 Book of Common Prayer; 1786 Book of Common Prayer; 1662 Book of Common Prayer; 1559 Book of Common Prayer; 1552 Book of Common Prayer; 1549 Book of Common Prayer
- At http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/
- The Proposed Book of Common Prayer (1928) of the Church of England
- At http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/CofE1928/CofE1928.htm
- After the 1662 Book of Common Prayer was adopted, there were a number of efforts to revise it, the first being in 1689. Around the turn of the previous century, a serious attempt to produce a new Book of Common Prayer gained fruition within the Church of England, resulting in a new Book after about twenty years of work, in 1927. This revision of the Prayer Book was basically the 1662 Book with additional newer versions of services, the use of which by Congregations was to be purely permissive. As the Church of England is an Established, or State, Church, approval by Parliament was required for this Book. In spite of the fact that this new Prayer Book was approved by wide margins by both the Church of England Convocations and the Church Assembly, it was voted down by Parliament in December, 1927. Revisions were made in the following year, but these were also rejected by Parliament. Much of Parliament's objections concerned the reserved sacrament, which was allowed in this book for the first time. Some of this can be seen in the many changes made between 1927 and 1928 in the Alternative Order for Communion of the Sick. In spite of Parliament's rejection, use of at least some of the revised services in this book was fairly common in subsequent years.
- At http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/CofE1928/CofE1928.htm
- The 1928 Prayer Book
- At http://england.anglican.org/services/1928.html
- In 1966 most of the 1928 services were legally authorized for use
in public worship - some in amended form - as the First Series of
Alternative Services. The 'Series One' Form of Solemnization of
Matrimony (virtually identical with the 1928 service) and the
'Series One' Burial Services (containing the 1928 material in a
revised order) have continued to be re-authorized periodically ever
since (currently until 31 December 2005).
- It should, however, be noted that not everything in the 1928 book now enjoys authorized or commended status - notable exceptions are the 1928 baptism and confirmation services.
- At http://england.anglican.org/services/1928.html
- The 1662 Book of Common Prayer Website
- Church House Publishing is the publishing arm of the Church of
England.
- Evensong
- At http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A310870
Evensong is an office of the Anglican church. It is supposed to be sung every evening as thanks to God for the day and a prayer for protection during the coming night. Evensong has an equivalent morning service called Matins.
- At http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A310870
- ScreenSound Australia - Australian National Screen and Sound
Archive.
- "Leaflets of The White Rose"
- At http://www.jlrweb.com/whiterose/
- At http://www.jlrweb.com/whiterose/leaflets.html
- At http://www.jlrweb.com/whiterose/leafoneeng.html
- Nanette Malher Web Site
- Compare yourself to these four ordinary people who were selected at
random: Aid to Evaluating Your Accomplishments : part of Career Guide
for Engineers and Scientists
- The History of Phrenology on the Web
- Teaching of Evolution and the Nature of Science (National
Academy Press)
- Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, by Robert Chambers,
first published 1844, anonymously
- At http://www.esp.org/books/chambers/vestiges/facsimile/
- At http://pages.britishlibrary.net/phrenology/vestigesintro.html
- Sequel to Vestiges: Explanations http://pages.britishlibrary.net/phrenology/other_texts/explanations.rtf
- "This page leads to the complete first edition of Robert Chambers' (1802-71) anonymous Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation (1844). Chambers was a prolific publisher-author of Edinburgh. His circle of friends included the Combes, Robert Cox, (Combe's nephew and one-time editor of the Phrenological Journal), the journalist Alexander Ireland, and the Glasgow professor of astronomy J.P. Nichol. Chambers initially intended his book to be a "philosophy of phrenology". Vestiges draws heavily on the naturalistic rhetoric and especially the doctrine of the natural laws of Combe's Constitution. Vestiges took the phrenological doctrine of natural laws and brought it to cultural territory it might not otherwise have reached. Vestiges is now usually remembered for the controversy it initiated over transmutation (evolution). Charles Darwin later remarked that Vestiges was important in preparing many people to accept his own theory of evolution. Reading the book in a post-Darwinian world often leads to the skewed representation of Vestiges as a flawed precursor of Darwin's Origin of Species (1859). However, during the 1840s and 1850s Vestiges was the only 'evolution' book readers in the English speaking world were familiar with. Although much of the critical invective directed against the book focused on the issue of speciation- readers of Vestiges found a grand tale of the "development" or progress of nature from swirling clouds of interstellar gas, to the geological ages of the Earth, to the increasing complexity of organic forms and the improvement of man. The "development" narrative of Vestiges is one modern readers may find quite familiar- but it was just this that was so odious - so shocking- to many Victorian readers. Only in 1884 (long after Chambers' death) with the publication of the 12th edition, was it revealed that Vestiges was written by Robert Chambers."
- George Combe's The Constitution of Man in Relation to External
Objects (8th ed., 1847).
- At http://pages.britishlibrary.net/phrenology/constindex.html
- "George Combe's Constitution of Man sold approximately
350,000 copies between 1828 and 1900, an astounding number at the
time and scarcely matched by any other book regardless of genre. In
contrast, Darwin's Origin of Species (1859) sold only 50,000 between
1859 and 1900 (in the UK). Over 100 publishers produced the book
continuously until 1899. Constitution's remarkable sales and the
even larger number of people who read or were familiar with its
philosophy of natural law, the amount of critical attention it
received, and its influence make Constitution, and the phrenological
naturalism it catered, anything but peripheral to the history of
nineteenth-century Britain. Few book's were more widely distributed
or were so influential in changing the way people conceived of
themselves and Nature.
The book's fame did carry a word for phrenology with it; but Constitution is not a book about phrenology, instead it is a book of natural philosophy which teaches that Man is as subject to natural laws as the rest of Nature- Physical, Organic, and Moral. Ignorance of or disobedience to the natural laws led to "punishment"- such as catching a cold from exposure to the elements. The first steps towards the good life were to study and obey the distinct natural laws (notably excluding the Bible). Combe's book was hugely controversial from the 1820s through the 1850s. Evangelicals founded societies to oppose it, wrote books and articles against it, and sometimes even burned it! Thus fuss popularly believed to have resulted from Darwin's Origin of Species pales in comparison to that of Combe's Constitution, one of the most influential books of the 19th century. The 8th was the final edition revised by Combe. "
- Precursors to Darwin in the French Enlightenment
- Darwin's Precursors and Influences
- Did Darwin ape mad judge’s theory? - Lord Monboddo of
Edinburgh
- At http://www.heritage.scotsman.com/cfm/heritagenews/headlines_specific.cfm?articleid=q34tsregf&subset=archive
- "HE WAS viewed by his colleagues, friends and peers as an
ageing eccentric, constantly espousing outrageous theories that
earned him the reputation of being "mad" and called a
laughing stock.
But now, more than 200 years after his death, he has been hailed as one of Scotland’s "forgotten heroes" who pioneered the theory of evolution a century before Charles Darwin, and forged the way for Scots inventors.
In a new book - written by an amateur historian - Lord Monboddo of Edinburgh, an eminent but eccentric High Court judge, has been credited as the first to come up with Darwin’s famous theory of natural selection.
Jan-Andrew Henderson, 38, claims that Monboddo circulated the theory in Edinburgh in the 1700s, but it was dismissed because he was well known for his eccentricities, once famously sending his wig home from court in a sedan chair while he walked.
Henderson, who discovered the lord’s theory while researching his book The Emperor’s Kilt: The Two Secret Histories of Scotland, said Monboddo was "light years" ahead of his time with the revolutionary ideas. "He was a minor celebrity in Edinburgh because he was considered to be very eccentric. But he actually came up with the idea that men may have evolved instead of being created by God.
"His views were dismissed because people thought he was mad and in those days it was a very controversial view to hold.
"But he felt it was a logical possibility and it caused him a great deal of consternation, he actually did not want to believe the theory because he was a very religious person."
Lord Monboddo, James Burnett, was born in the village of Monboddo, Kincardine in 1714 and educated at King’s College, Aberdeen, before settling in Edinburgh.
In 1737, he joined the Faculty of Advocates, eventually becoming an eminent judge at the Court of Session. As he grew older he indulged his passion for writing and penned two books, the first being Of the Origin and Process of Language in 1740. In his books he detailed his evolutionary theory.
He wrote: "Man is formed, not however all at once, but by degrees and in succession: for he appears at first to be little more than a vegetable then he gets sense, [sensitivity to pain] but sense only that he is yet little better than a muscle [mollusc].
"Then he becomes an animal of a more complex kind, then a rational creature, and finally a man of intellect and science."
Monboddo died in 1799, 100 years before Darwin’s theory was circulated.
Henderson believes that when Darwin finally did voice his theory of evolution, it may have been in response to Monboddo’s earlier ideas. "Lord Monboddo was famous for his ideas in Edinburgh and strangely enough Darwin went to medical college in the city so he may well have heard of Monboddo’s theory while he was studying there."
Richard Dawkins, a leading evolutionary biologist said: "There were several theories of evolution about before Darwin’s became popular. I have not heard of this one before but it sounds perfectly plausible."
Towards the end of his life, after voicing a number of opinions about orang-utans having their own language and the existence of a remote, exotic island called Nicobar inhabited by people with tails, Monboddo was seen as "mad".
Henderson said: "In the end, he became a bit of an object of ridicule. But he was a very smart man, open to ideas and light years ahead of his time in terms of thinking. He was not a scientist and came up with the idea as a complete concept. It was a process of pure logic, which was quite a feat for someone 100 years before Darwin’s time in a very religious age."
Other theories in Henderson’s book include the idea that the modern-day kilt was designed by an Englishman - factory manager, Thomas Rawlinson - in the 18th century.
But, more heartening to Scots is his theory that the Dundee inventor James Bowman Lindsay produced the world’s first electric light in 1839, 40 years before it was "discovered" by the American Thomas Edison.
The Scot first demonstrated the light in the Thistle Hall, Dundee. "What this proves is that Scots forged the path years before other theorists and inventors and influenced the world in lots of ways that people don’t even realise," Henderson said. "It’s strange that a nation that is so proud of their inventions have managed to miss so many theorists, scientists and pioneers.
"Everyone knows the famous inventors like Bell and Baird but these guys are the forgotten heroes of Scotland."
Thursday, 28th September 2000
The Scotsman "
- At http://www.heritage.scotsman.com/cfm/heritagenews/headlines_specific.cfm?articleid=q34tsregf&subset=archive
- Facts and Figures - the Ancient Greek World
- Lord Monboddo
- At http://members.fortunecity.com/gillonj/lordmonboddo/
- "Lord Monboddo was one of the most respected and eminent
Judges at Edinburgh's Court of Session during the 18th century, but
he was also something of an oddball. He had a passionate attachment
to the ways of the Ancient Greeks and a contempt for anything he
considered to be modern. As a result he lived very simply. If the
Ancient Greeks didn't use it, neither did he. He traveled only on
horseback, for example, as coaches and sedan-chairs were new
inventions.
He refused to sit on the Bench with his fellow judges but sat underneath with the court clerks. This was due to a decision, which went against him when he was the claimant in a case involving the value of a horse.
In 1773, he published a notorious book Of the Origin and Progress of Language. It included the theories that man was derived from animals, that orang-utangs were related to humans and capable of speech, and that in the Bay of Bengal there was a nation of human creatures with tails. These ideas "afforded endless matter for jest by the wags of the day", but today are seen to be related to the theory of evolution. Slightly more eccentric was his belief that babies are born with tails and that midwives cut them off at birth.
In 1785, when he was 71, Lord Monboddo was visiting the King's Court in London when part of the ceiling of the courtroom started to collapse. There was a great rush from the building, until the danger was past and order restored. Lord Monboddo, who was deaf and shortsighted, was the only person who did not move from his seat. When asked why, he explained that he thought it was "an annual ceremony, with which, as an alien, he had nothing to do". "
- At http://members.fortunecity.com/gillonj/lordmonboddo/
- Women in Greek Myths - Goddesses, etc
- Lynn Margulis: "Gaia Is a Tough Bitch"
- Developed the "theory that the eukaryotic cell is a symbiotic union of primitive prokaryotic cells"
- "Excerpted from The Third Culture: Beyond the Scientific Revolution by John Brockman (Simon & Schuster, 1995)."
- At http://www.edge.org/documents/ThirdCulture/n-Ch.7.html
- The Neodarwinist Evolutionary Theory of Human Origin
- http://home.echo-on.net/~smithda/neodarwinism.html.
- Welcome to Civilizations in History, an introduction to Ancient Civilizations: http://home.echo-on.net/~smithda/index.html.
- UNKNOWN FACTS OF THE HISTORY OF EVOLUTION (gif animation)
- Wolfgang Kabsch webpage (Protein Crystallographer).
- http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/fak5/igm/g47/a_ev_ec.htm.
- SPACE WEATHER UPDATE
- Major magstorm for Thursday June 8, 2000
- At http://solg2.bnsc.rl.ac.uk/forecast_frame.html
- At http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/hotshots
- At http://www.spaceweather.com
- At http://www.sec.noaa.gov/today.html
- Electronic Conferences on Ethics
- sci.skeptic FAQ: The Scientific Method
- "There is a mailing list SCIFRAUD for the discussion of fraud and questionable behaviour in science. To subscribe, send "sub scifraud <Your Name>" to "listserv@uacsc2.albany.edu". "
- At http://home.xnet.com/~blatura/skep_1.html
- Science Fraud Mailing List
- Discussion of Fraud in Science.
- At mailto:listserv@LISTSERV.Albany.Edu?SUBJECT=put INFO SCIFRAUD in the body of this message&BODY=Info SciFraud
- Welcome to the electronic edition of Ariadne, a guide to pursuing
research in the history and philosophy of science.
- Including: "Some Mailing Lists of Interest to Historians and Philosophers of Science"
- At http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~rfwhitco/aria/ariadne.html
- Marxists Internet Archive: Marxist Writers
- JobNext Career Network
- Scientific Instrument design
- "Laboratory Instruments: their design and application" by A. Elliott and J Home Dickson, published by Chapman and Hall (1959)
- Elliott, A. and J. Home Dickson. Laboratory Instruments: Their
Design and Application. Second Edition Revised. NY: Chemical
Publishing Company, 1960. Hardcover. 514pp
- "Building Scientific Apparatus" by John Moore,
Christopher Davis and Michael Coplan (Westview Press; 3rd edition
(July 15, 2002)), ISBN: 0813340063
- (for digitial control, ground loop, etc): "Microcontroller
Based Temperature Monitoring & Control" by Dogan Ibrahim
(Butterworth-Heinemann; 1st edition (August 15, 2002)), ISBN:
0750655569
- Keywords:
- mechanical design
- mechanical automatic process control
- machine design
- industrial control
- electrical machines and drive systems
- handbook of machine design
- mechanism design
- planar mechanism
- kinematics and dynamics of machines and mechanisms
- mechanical batch control systems
- digital control
- robotics
- control of machinery
- mechanical systems interfacing
- automatic systems
- control engineering
- control systems
- control systems engineering
- systems engineering
- control systems design
- (for digitial control, ground loop, etc): "Temperature
Measurement and Control (Iee Control Engineering Series 33)" by
J. R. Leigh (Peter Peregrinus Ltd; (December 1988)), ISBN:
0863411118
- "Newnes Engineering Materials Pocket book" by W Bolton 2nd Ed (1996) ISBN 0-7506-2886-3
- Mechanical Engineer's Data Handbook by James Carvill (1994) - Butterworth-Heinemann; ISBN: 0750619600
- Proper Etiquette - Bishops, etc
- At http://www.catholicherald.com/saunders/02ws/ws020523.htm
- With all of the news about the Church, I have noticed that
sometimes reporters will say, "Theodore Cardinal McCarrick"
and other times say, "Cardinal Theodore McCarrick." I have
heard other discrepancies in titles as well. Is there a proper
etiquette to prevent social faux pas? — A reader in Falls Church
A proper etiquette does exist for how we address our Church leaders. As a point of courtesy, all Catholics should be familiar with these forms of address. Even though we may live in an increasingly informal world, such good formalities help to make us respectful of proper authority.
So let’s start at the top – the pope. A person would greet Pope John Paul II as "Your Holiness," "Most Holy Father," or "Holy Father." A letter written to him would be addressed, "His Holiness, Pope John Paul II," with the salutation, "Your Holiness" or "Most Holy Father."
Next in the hierarchy comes the cardinal. A person would greet a cardinal, for instance Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington, by saying, "Your Eminence" or "Your Lordship" (which is very British). In addressing a letter to Cardinal McCarrick, one would write, "His Eminence, William Cardinal McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington" with the salutation, "Your Eminence," "Most Eminent Cardinal," or "My Lord Cardinal."
In recent times, some people will reverse the word order, saying, "Cardinal William McCarrick" instead of "William Cardinal McCarrick." The formal word order originated in the time when last names were not common, but individuals were known by occupations or even places. For example, "John, the Smith" (or Blacksmith) eventually became "John Smith." The same evolution occurred with cardinals: What would have been "William, the Cardinal" would now be, with the use of family names, "William Cardinal McCarrick."
Another interesting diversion for us concerns a patriarch. Patriarchs are cardinals but have honorary precedence over a cardinal. For example, the Patriarch of Jerusalem is Archbishop Michael Sabbah. A person would greet him, saying, "Your Beatitude." In addressing a letter to him, one would write, "His Beatitude, Michael Sabbah, The Patriarch of Jerusalem" with the salutation, "Your Beatitude."
Both an archbishop and a bishop would be greeted as "Your Excellency" or "Your Grace" (again very British). For example, one would greet Bishop Loverde as "Your Excellency." In writing to him, for instance, about how much you enjoy this column (only kidding), you would address the letter, "The Most Reverend Paul S. Loverde, Bishop of Arlington," with the salutation, "Your Excellency."
Although some people today informally would approach Bishop Loverde and say, for instance, "Bishop, how are you?" one should properly say, "Bishop Loverde, how are you?" or "Your Excellency, how are you?" Worse yet, I was at a dinner conference once in the diocese and the master of ceremonies said, "We are so happy. Tonight we have bishop." I was not sure whether "bishop" was the main course or the guest speaker. Just as a person would never approach Pope John Paul II and simply say, "Pope, how are you?" the title of office, in this case "bishop," should not be used in an address without either the definite article the or a proper name.
A monsignor would be greeted as "monsignor." A letter to Monsignor Bradican, for example, would be addressed as "Reverend Monsignor Francis Bradican," or "Reverend and Dear Monsignor," with the salutation, "Dear Monsignor." (The proper abbreviation is "Rev. Msgr.")
Prior to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, some Monsignori had the distinction of "Right Reverend Monsignor" or "Very Reverend Monsignor." Such distinctions are no longer made among Monsignori except for certain members of the Papal Household and those who serve in special offices of the Vatican Curia.
Finally, we come to the priest. He would be greeted simply as "father," which reflects his spiritual fatherhood to those entrusted to his care by virtue of the Sacrament of Holy Orders. A letter to him would be addressed, "The Reverend William P. Saunders," for example, with the salutation, "Dear Father Saunders" or "Reverend and Dear Father Saunders." Some "Fathers" are also formally addressed "Very Reverend" when they have a special duty; for example, Father Frank Ready, the Dean of Deanery II, would be addressed, "The Very Reverend Frank Ready."
While this review is not exhaustive of all of the Church offices, the major ones have been considered. Further information may be found in the Official Directory for the Diocese of Arlington and The Church Visible by James Charles Noonan Jr.
- At http://www.catholicherald.com/saunders/02ws/ws020523.htm
- Canadian National Anthem
- At http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/sc-cs/anthem_e.cfm
- O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
- At http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/sc-cs/anthem_e.cfm
- Canadian National Anthem: O Canada - lyrics and history
- Co-chairmen: The Archbishop of Canterbury and Mr. James Wolfensohn
- At http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/sc-cs/anthem_e.cfm#a7
- London Excess Baggage and Removalists
- At http://www.excess-baggage.com/
- 1 suitcase = 3ft carton
- 1.5 suitcases = 4.5ft carton
- 3 suitcases = 9ft packing case
- London Earls Court Road Office
Excess Baggage PLC
168 Earls Court Road, London SW5 9QQ
Open Mon-Fri 0800-1800, Sat 0900-1300
Map at http://uk.multimap.com
Freephone/Toll Free 0800 783 9625
Tel 020 7373 1977
Fax 020 7373 5968
International Tel 0044 20 7373 1977
International Fax 0044 20 7373 4988
E-mail sales@excess-baggage.com
Underground: Earls Court (District & Piccadilly Lines) - 100m left of the station, Earls Court Rd exit
- Work Permit Information for Canada
- Citizen and Immigration Canada : http://www.cic.gc.ca/
- Where to Apply for Your Work Permit : http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/worker-3.html
- Application to Work in Canada - Work Permits : http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/applications/work.html
- Canadian Visa Offices: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/offices/missions.html
- Canadian Visa Offices: London, United Kingdom : http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/offices/missions/london.html
- Canadian High Commission - Immigration Section - MacDonald House -
38 Grosvenor Street - London : http://www.canada.org.uk/
- Opening times: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
- Temporary worker applications : http://www.canada.org.uk/visa-info/worker/e_worker.htm
- Opening times: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
- Work Permit Information for the UK
- Work Permits for UK / Great Britain: Department for Education and Employment (Before 2 April 2001 - known as the Overseas Labour Service) : http://www.workpermits.gov.uk/
- UK Work Permit Guidance Notes Download Page : http://www.workpermits.gov.uk/guidance/
- UK Work Permit Application Forms Download Page : http://www.workpermits.gov.uk/download/
- About email applications for UK Work Permits: http://www.workpermits.gov.uk/faq/email/
- UK Work Permits - Shortage Occupations: http://www.workpermits.gov.uk/guidance/business/application/index.shtml
- UK Work Permits - Business - Guidance Notes and Application Forms: http://www.workpermits.gov.uk/guidance/business/
- UK EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) Grant
Application Information
- How to apply for EPCRC funding: http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/EPSRCWEB/MAIN/SUPPRES/HOWAPP/INTRO/INTRO.asp?/EPSRCWEB/MAIN/SUPPRES/HOWAPP/MAIN.htm
- Guide to EPSRC Research Grants: http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/Documents/Guides/Research_Grants/rg-cont.htm
- The EPSRC Research Proposal Forms: http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/epsrcweb/main/suppres/howapp/new_epsrp.htm
- Instructions to referees on completing the electronic rating form: http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/Documents/Forms/Ratstext.htm
- Examples of 'useful' and 'not useful' referees comments (plus link to Referees Form): http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/Documents/Forms/Ppr7.htm
- New End of Grant Reporting Arrangements: Introduction of IGR: http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/Documents/Forms/igrlink.htm
- World Faiths Development Dialogue
- Co-chairmen: The Archbishop of Canterbury and Mr. James Wolfensohn
- At http://www.wfdd.org.uk/
- Visa Requirements for Australian Citizens
- At http://www.dfat.gov.au/visas/index.html
- At http://www.travel.com.au/tools/visa.html
- At http://www3.travel.com.au/everest/index.cgi?E=visainfo
- Australian replacement passport information - London, UK - plus
other stuff
- Australian High Commission - London, UK - Australia House
- Applying for a replacement passport: http://www.australia.org.uk/ausuk/html/replace.html
- Processing time for passport application in London: http://www.australia.org.uk/ausuk/html/time.html
- Applying for an emergency passport: http://www.australia.org.uk/ausuk/html/emergency.html
- Australian and consular passport services: http://www.australia.org.uk/ausuk/html/index.html
- The Australian High Commission in London will be closed on the following UK and Australian Public Holidays:: http://www.australia.org.uk/qna/html/holidays%20-%20AHC.html
- Passport Photo Tips: http://www.passports.gov.au/requirements/photos.html
- Renewal of Australian drivers' licences in London: http://www.australia.org.uk/ausuk/html/audrive.html
- Proof of Identity requirements for passport while in the UK: http://www.australia.org.uk/ausuk/html/id.html
- Embassies, High Commissions And Consulates in the UK: http://www.passports.gov.au/requirements/photos.html
- Consular Newsletter: http://www.dfat.gov.au/consular/newsletter/
- Australian High Commission, London, UK - opening times: http://www.australia.org.uk/ahc/html/index.html
- Australian Travel Advice: http://www.dfat.gov.au/consular/advice/advices_mnu.html
- Victorian Government, Australia - Registry of Births Deaths and
Marriages
- At http://www.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm
- Getting Birth Certificates
- Get Victorian Birth Certificate on-line: http://www.maxi.com.au/devs/main.maxi?service=5&product=4
- BDMAUS - Births, Deaths & Marriages Registries of Australasia: http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/bdmaus/
- Interested in the most popular first names in Victoria for each decade from 1929? - First Names - Enquiry Form: http://210.15.223.49/cgi-bin/edeaths?form=Names
- Duck and Cover with "Bert the Turtle" (including mov
video file)
- Recent Statements from Bruce Alberts, President of the National
Academy of Science
- 2003 President's Address : Harnessing Science for a More Rational
World Bruce Alberts President National Academy of Sciences
- Ready.gov - from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- At : http://ready.gov/
- "Duck and Cover" info: (While experts may predict at this time that a nuclear attack is less likely than other types, terrorism by its nature is unpredictable) : http://ready.gov/nuclear.html
- Another Ready.gov - Helping American Prepare for Fiery Death - from
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Be informed: Biological Threat : http://www.idlewords.com/biological.html
- Don't get so preoccupied with biological weapons that you forget to put on deodorant.
- If a friend or coworker forgets to put on deodorant, offer him or her a clean shirt and cover your mouth and nose with three layers of duct tape.
- Always remember to wash your hands before using the phone
- Be informed: Chemical Threat : http://www.idlewords.com/chemical.html
- Piles of rotting animals may mask the odor of a chemical attack. Clear your home of dead animals frequently.
- If a chemical weapon follows you home, try to act casual.
- You may wish to consider leaving the country.
- Be informed: Explosions : http://www.idlewords.com/explosions.html
- Beware of falling debris, especially if you have a really old computer.
- Do not lie in smoking rubble.
- When no one is looking, it's OK to curl up and cry.
- Be informed: Nuclear Blast : http://www.idlewords.com/nuclear_blast.htm
- If deadly radiation knocks on your door, do not answer.
- Most nuclear explosions will be less than a city block wide. Consider running in a direction away from the blast.
- After an attack, beware of giant terrorists roaming the streets. Seal up oversize doors in your building with plastic sheeting and duct tape.
- Be informed: Biological Threat : http://www.idlewords.com/biological.html
- Make a plan - IN A HIGH-RISE BUILDING - from the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security
- At : http://www.ready.gov/highrise_visual.html | http://www.ready.gov/highrise_visual2.html
- radiation threat or "Dirty Bomb" : http://www.ready.gov/radiation_visual.html
- "Terrorism forces us to make a choice." Secretary Tom
Ridge, U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Don't Worry. Get Out And
Party. - Based on a visual guide to terrorism preparedness for high-rise
buildings, from Ready.gov.
- Tom Ridge wants you to be ready. Kind of like Airtoons for the
Homeland. I particularly like how Texas is the location of the radiation
threat.
- Summary of amiguities of Ready.gov images - plus what to do with
duct tape
- To help you, I present this following public service announcement.
- At : http://insubordinate.net/archives/000224.html
- In The Event Of An Emergency
Blow Off Work
Loot Small High Dollar Items
Avoid Texas
Activate First Chakra
Attempt To Get Back To The Future By Forcing 1.2 GIGAWATTS Through The Flux Capacitor
Thank You.
- At : http://insubordinate.net/archives/000224.html
- ready.html - from the u.s. department of homeland security
- At : http://track7.vze.com/ready.html
- If someone is playing hip-hop, air up your pumps and get out of there!
- If a giant molecule sneaks up behind you, it very well may frighten some vital organs right out of your body. This is no cause for alarm, but be sure to get them back before the giant amoebas run off with them.
- The state of Missouri only has three hospitals, but we can't seem to remember the names of the towns we put them in. Sorry about that.
- Please do your part by randomly setting the clocks of your appliances to the time zone of a country which our president has conveniently grouped into the Axis of Evil. This will confuse terrorists and hopefully cause them to attack our enemies instead of us.
- If the waving of the red, yellow, and green streamers on Mexican-American pride day starts to get to you, just put your hands on the front of your neck and squeeze as hard as you can.
- If you are freakishly tall, make sure to enter through the two-story tall door. You may still need to duck.
- Aliens posing as doctors may attempt to harvest your organs while you are still alive. This is normal.
- When the sky starts falling, you will be glad that you brought your desk outside with you
- If you know any giants who might want to stroll around downtown, please advise them not to step on my house.
- Terrorists are people too, only they have no faces.
- Remeber not to fart when hiding in a tight space!
- You won't last very long if you attempt a staring contest with radiation.
- Protect these with your life! Consumer electronics are the american way!
- unready.net - from the u.s. department of homeland security
- At : http://www.unready.net/nuclear_visual.html
- Can you now move objects with your mind, see through walls, and shoot particle beams from your hands? Nuclear blasts may cause beneficial mutations. Please visit this site.
- The temptation is always to race towards the nuclear inferno, of
course. Resist it.
- At : http://www.unready.net/explosion_visual.html
- You can't stay in a fetal position forever. Get moving. Open the
exit door to free your buddy, large red arrow.
- At : http://www.unready.net/radiation_visual.html
- If you live in "More Radiation, Texas," this might be a good time to consider moving to "Less Radiation."
- Compete with your friends to see who can stand the most radiation. Johnny here is still hanging on after five minutes and twelve seconds.
- Terrorready - (from the Department of Homeland panic)
- At : http://www.terrorready.net/
- Terrorists are everywhere: http://www.gialames.com/bescared.html
- Duct Tape and plastic sheeting: http://www.gialames.com/duct.html
- Plan your end - learn about the various ways you can die: http://www.gialames.com/planyourend.html
- Ready for terror
- At : http://www.yayhooray.com/thread.php?id=2484
- if there's a nuclear blast, you might want to pull over. brilliant.
- i like this one :
- It's all about the duct tape, baby
- in case of explosion or fire, bitchslap anyone that comes between you and the nearest exit.
- I like how all the fumes combine to create a dimensional rift.
- "if the building is falling down, hide under your desk and pretend nothing is happening. go to your happy place."
- After using Windows all his life Bob was not 'ready' to Switch
- If rap music comes on the radio, please act appropriately.
- Tom the dancing bug
- At : http://www.tomthedancingbug.com http://www.ucomics.com/tomthedancingbug/
- in the event of dissent over tax cuts
- in the event of budget deficits
- in the event of demonstration against the war
- Fiddling with the original 9 Commandments: http://www.ucomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2002/12/07/
- From the Church of Poisoned Minds - Dealing with a highly possible
terrorist attack!
- Make the most of your visit to San Francisco
- VISA/Greencard/Work Permit Information for the USA
- FTC Consumer Alert!: Green Card Lottery Scams : http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/lottery.htm
- Welcome to the Bureau of Consular Affairs Home Page : http://www.travel.state.gov/
- Welcome to the Bureau of Consular Affairs Home Page: Visa Services : http://www.travel.state.gov/visa_services.html
- Welcome to the Bureau of Consular Affairs Home Page: Visa Services : Employment Visas : http://www.travel.state.gov/visa_services.html#emp
- Welcome to the Bureau of Consular Affairs Home Page: Visa Services : Employment Visas : Tips for U.S. Visas: EMPLOYMENT-BASED VISAS : http://www.travel.state.gov/visa;employ-based.html
- Welcome to the Bureau of Consular Affairs Home Page: Visa Services : Employment Visas : Tips for U.S. Visas: FAMILY-BASED IMMIGRANTS : http://www.travel.state.gov/visa;familybased.html
- First Gov : http://firstgov.gov
- Documentation to carry with you in the USA
- Via http://www.columbia.edu/cu/isso/home2.html
- "Noncitizens Must Have Documents Verifying Their Status At
All Times" by Cyrus D. Mehta and Parastou Hassouri: http://www.ilw.com/lawyers/colum_article/articles/2001,1023-Mehta.shtm
-
"There is a long-standing, little-known, and seldom enforced provision in the Immigration and Nationality Act that requires non-U.S. citizens over the age of 18 to carry with them evidence of what is known in the law as "alien registration". Pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 264.1(b), the I-94 card would suffice as evidence of registration for those in F, J, H, O, P, and TN status. Not complying with this provision can lead to a $100 fine, 30 days imprisonment, or both. Even those of us with many years of experience in this field have never known this provision to be enforced. Recently, however, we have read of several instances in which the INS has invoked this requirement. Therefore, given the climate of heightened scrutiny we are advising that it would be prudent to carry your I-94 card with you. Be aware, however, that this insignificant looking card is actually the most important immigration document you have because it is the only legal evidence of the status in which you were admitted to the United States (an entry visa in your passport does not indicate how you entered the U.S.). Don’t lose it! To travel by air - and increasingly by rail and bus - within the United States, one must present a government-issued photo ID. Although you are not required to carry a passport, for many who do not have a US driver’s license, a passport is often used for identification."
- UK Campaign for Freedom of Information
- At http://www.cfoi.org.uk/
- Related links
- The Government's draft Freedom of Information Bill: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/foi/dfoibill.htm
- The Government's Freedom of Information white paper: http://www.official-documents.co.uk/document/caboff/foi/contents.htm
- UK Data Protection Commissioner's FOI page: http://www.dataprotection.gov.uk/foi.htm
- The Freedom of Information Bill: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199900/ldbills/055/2000055.htm
- UK open.gov.uk
- World Faiths Development Dialogue
- Co-chairmen: The Archbishop of Canterbury and Mr. James Wolfensohn
- At http://www.wfdd.org.uk/
- PrintUK (Parchment (Oxford) Limited)
- As advertised in the BCA Newsletter: A sample price of ~10 GB pounds for 25, 16 page booklets.
- At http://www.printuk.com/
- Scientology's battle for tax exemption, 1952-80
- At http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Cowen/essays/battle.html
- The "breakthrough" came in 1966. The Church of Scientology of California (CSC) - then a small, obscure entity based in Los Angeles - had some years previously been granted tax-exempt status by the United States Inland Revenue Service (IRS).
- Trying to find links relating to officially recognised religions in
England
- Coming to the UK: Ministers of religion ("These pages explain what the Immigration Rules say about ministers of religion. While it is only a guide, it aims to answer the questions you are most likely to ask"): http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/ind/to_the_uk/to_the_uk_5.html
- "Brief notes follow on 6 major religions whose members often wish to send full-time workers to the United Kingdom.": http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/ind/policy_law/idis/c5s6t.htm
- Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics
- At http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm
- Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) : http://britneyspears.ac/physics/vcsels/vcsels.htm
- Photonic Crystals : http://britneyspears.ac/physics/pc/pc.htm
- Edge Emitting Lasers : http://britneyspears.ac/fplasers.htm
- Greenpeace raid on Australian nuclear reactor - Tuesday, 18
December 2001
- Misinformation on the Replacement of the Lucas Heights Nuclear
Reactor - ANSTO
- Greenpeace storm nuclear plant 9.06AM GMT, 17 Dec 2001
- At http://www.geocities.com/goldeneaglevideo/AUNuke.htm
- About 50 Greenpeace activists, dressed as nuclear waste barrels, stormed and broke into the grounds of Australia's only nuclear reactor.
- At http://www.geocities.com/goldeneaglevideo/AUNuke.htm
- Greenpeace raids nuclear reactor - AUSTRALIA: December 18, 2001
- Greenpeace raids nuclear reactor - AUSTRALIA: December 18, 2001
- Canadian Nuclearn Association Videos and Adverts - including
Canada, the Nuclear Story
- Canadian Nuclearn Association Nuclear Facts
- Stephen Hawking the gangsta rapper site
- Links relating to brewing and drinking Tea
- Links relating to stones, Dolmens, menhirs, pyramids, petroglyphs
- Europe thinks again on scrapping nuclear power
- At http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/25508/story.htm
- LONDON - Europe is finding it harder to rule out a future for
nuclear power as governments face the need to tackle climate change
without risking the future security of energy supplies.
Nuclear's ability to generate power round the clock without sending carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is testing the resolve to abandon a hugely expensive industry still tainted by the legacy of past disasters at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl.
Helping the industry's case are doubts that the current attempt by governments to spark a green power revolution by building hundreds of windfarms can deliver big enough cuts in CO2 or ensure that the lights stay on after existing reactors have shut down.
"Nuclear power has gone from being very peripheral to being taken seriously again," said Dieter Helm, a fellow in economics at Oxford University.
"The exclusive focus on renewables and energy efficiency in several social democratic governments in Europe is not delivering enough carbon savings to keep on track with the ambitious climate change targets."
Rising prices for fossil fuels and Europe's growing reliance on gas imported from outside the region have also encouraged policymakers to think again about phasing out nuclear, which has high initial capital costs but low production costs thereafter.
Industry sources say Britain is likely to conduct a serious reappraisal of nuclear power but because of the issue's sensitivity the question will not get a public airing until after a general election expected next year.
Britain put on hold its nuclear building programme with the completion in 1995 of the Sizewell B station in eastern England and is scheduled to close its last reactor in 2035.
A sharp drop in power prices recently forced the government to rescue privatised nuclear giant British Energy from bankruptcy, although prices have since recovered.
Despite the BE debacle ministers were careful to leave the door ajar to a new generation of reactors when they updated their thinking on energy policy earlier this year.
REACTORS GET CHEAPER Analysts say the up-front costs of new reactors are dropping because they are smaller than earlier models.
"I think there is evidence beginning to build that the capital costs of nuclear plants will be substantially lower than in the past," said Philip Ruffles, vice president of The Royal Academy of Engineers in London. "Plants would be smaller, roughly half the physical size of current plants."
Crucial to the viability of new reactors would be the cost of capital and the length of time taken to build the plants, other analysts said.
Nuclear costs must include the management of waste, problems with which remains central to the argument of the industry's widespread opponents.
"The biggest problem for nuclear is the disposal of radioactive waste in a politically and publicly acceptable way," said Frank Barnaby, a nuclear security specialist at the independent Oxford Research Group.
Nuclear power is making headway in some countries. Finland is building a three-billion-euro reactor, its fifth. France, which already relies heavily on nuclear power, is pressing ahead with plans to build a prototype pressurised water reactor as it looks beyond the retirement of its existing plants.
Shifts in opinion are also evident in Sweden. A majority voted in 1980 to phase out atomic plants by 2010 but a recent Gallup poll showed more than 55 percent in favour of keeping existing plants.
The Swiss last year voted not to scrap nuclear power after the government argued it would be premature to shut down a cheap energy source that meets 40 percent of its power needs
- At http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/25508/story.htm
- The 10 Main Arguments against Creationism
- The Mudcat Cafe - Folk Music Resources On The Internet
- Digital Tradition Folk Song/Folk Music Database (formerly at
Xerox parc)
- Use the "DigiTrad Lyrics Search" option.
- At http://www.mudcat.org/threads.cfm
- I don't want to join the army: http://www.mudcat.org/!!-song99.cfm?stuff=fall99+D+6063053
- Watkin's Ale: http://www.mudcat.org/!!-song99.cfm?stuff=fall99+D+12860499
- THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL 2 (The channerin worm doth chide): http://www.mudcat.org/!!-song99.cfm?stuff=fall99+D+13296100
- MY THING IS MY OWN: http://www.mudcat.org/!!-song99.cfm?stuff=fall99+D+8783353
- Canadian Music On Line
- Encyclopedia of Australian Music
- CFRC-FM - Queens University, Canada Radio
- At http://www.queensu.ca/cfrc/
- Via Real Audio: http://www.queensu.ca/cfrc/cfrclive.ram
- Reputed to allow buying a PC with FreeBSD installed near London
- Will install FreeBSD: http://www.gnd.com
- FreeBSD Services Ltd: www.freebsd-services.co.uk
- BSDi: http://hardware.bsdi.com/
- Install FreeBSD yourself: http://www.evol.co.uk/
- Motherboard Information (There's also on-board RAID option (not supported by FreeBSD)) http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/440BX/p6sbu.htm
- Infirmation.com: The Leading Career Center for Lawyers on the
Internet
- "Infirmation.com is the leading career center for lawyers on the Internet. Attorneys can find a job, research employers, research firm salary info and get career advice."
- http://www.infirmation.com/
- E.g.,:Pay scales for Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan LLP: http://www.infirmation.com/shared/lss/one-payscale.tcl?employer_id=XX7860
- skeptics Corner - Loius W. Cable
- Secular Thoughts
- Network Management : Time To Burn
- At http://www.internetweek.com/reviews00/rev100900-4.htm
- "Time is the fire in which we burn." So said Dr. Soran,
the protagonist in the movie "Star Trek: Generations."
Lachlan's Note: (Quote often attributed to Star Trek: Generations (Gene Roddenberry) - but apparantly really due to Delmore Schwartz (1913-1966) "Calmly We Walk Through This April's Day")
"(This is the school in which we learn...)
(...that time is the fire in which we burn.)"
- At http://www.internetweek.com/reviews00/rev100900-4.htm
- Q (from star trek) zone
- Q (from star trek) zone
- OED - Oxford English Dictionary
- Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Online
- Japanese Engrish / English
- At http://www.engrish.com/
- Classic Engrish Foods in Japan (including Calpis - the soft-drink): http://www.engrish.com/classicsnacks.html
- An Index of On-Line Dictionaries
- Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London
- Robert Blair Fellowship in Applied Science and Technology - London,
UK for British Citizens
- London Transport/Public Transport Page
- At http://www.londontransport.co.uk/
- "For 24 hour information on all London Underground services,
please call London Travel Information on 020 7222 1234."
- London Tube/Underground Transit/Train System / Metro System: http://www.thetube.com/
- London Tube/Underground Trainsit/Train System Maps: http://www.thetube.com/content/tubemap/
- London Tube Fares Information: http://www.thetube.com/content/tickets/
- London Tube Photocard Information: http://www.londontransport.co.uk/ftt_photocard.shtml
- Visitor Travelcards (Cannot be bought in London - "Visitor
Travelcards are generally only available for purchase overseas and
cannot be purchased once in the UK. However, some UK travel agents
will offer Visitor Travelcards as part of a package trip to
London."): http://www.londontransport.co.uk/ftt_visitor.shtml
- First and last tube trains: http://www.thetube.com/content/journey/
- London Tube Service Status update: http://www.thetube.com/content/nexus/
- London Transport Bus maps
- At http://www.londontransport.co.uk/buses/mab_maps.shtml
- Via Cromwell Road to Heathrow - Route 74 or Night Bus N97 to Heathrow.
- London Black Cabs
- At http://www.londonblackcabs.co.uk/
- 07957 696673
- Victoria COACH Station, London
- Airline Network
- At http://www.airline-network.co.uk
- Viewtrip: (To view a booked trip) : https://www.viewtrip.com/
- Expedia - airline tickets online
- American Express Travel
- EasyJet
- EasyProtest
- Cheap airline ticket net
- Information on London Luton Airport
- Getting to London Luton Airport by Rail / Train
- The Orwellian Memory Hole: Vanishing Archives by Wendy McElroy
- following passage from The Road to Wigan Pier (1937)
- At http://www.blancmange.net/tmh/welcome.html
- "...In the end I worked out an anarchistic theory that all government is evil, that the punishment always does more harm than the crime and that people can be trusted to behave decently if only you will let them alone. This of course was sentimental nonsense. I see now as I did not see then, that it is always necessary to protect peaceful people from violence. In any state of society where crime can be profitable you have got to have a harsh criminal law and administer it ruthlessly; the alternative is Al Capone."
- At http://www.blancmange.net/tmh/welcome.html
- Humphrey B. Bear
- The Brittas Empire
- At http://valdefierro.com/brittas01.html
- The Trial : Gordon Brittas stands accused murder, and grievous
bodily harm to a group of old ladies. A plea of innocence is all
very well but eye-witness accounts and evidence seem to suggest
otherwise. As the story unfolds it turns out that Brittas has
unwittingly stumbled on to an international drugs syndicate who had
been using Whitbury Leisure Centre as their drop off point. To make
matters worse an unknown member of staff has been super-gluing
objects that Brittas is likely to pick up which includes a chain saw
which accidentally seems to have been switched on.
Two Little Boys : Whitbury Leisure Centre is celebrating its first birthday and Brittas has prepared a multitude of special events to celebrate. Unfortunately the fuel storage tank has sprung a leak and Colin is busy collecting all the oil into various containers. Meanwhile, Brittas' twin brother Horatio has been staying with him before taking up his new post in the Church as Dean of Beirut. He is having doubts about his vocation and turn to Gordon for advice. Gordon reminds him of their plans they made when they were young to cure the world of all its ills. A stray firework and a cupboard full of heating fuel gives Horatio the sign he needed to convince him to go.
Not A Good Day : A prominent political figure visits Whitbury Leisure Centre to help promote a public event. But he ends up accidentally chained to a railing by a small boy who has been wandering the center. The boy is the son of one of the Classical War Society members, who are staging a battle re-creation out on the soccer field. When the boy's father discovers that Brittas has placed his son under arrest, the Society attacks the centre.
High Noon : Brittas has been sacked as Manager of Whitbury Leisure Centre but has managed to get another job at a local garage. Alan Digby has taken over the management of the Centre and things seem to be picking up, the place is extremely busy and the takings are doing well. However, not all of the staff are behind Mr Digby. Colin is upset at the cancellation of some of his classes and Laura is not impressed by his rather scruffy demeanour. Carole and her children are now living with the Brittas' and causing not a little chaos for Helen, who has her own children as well as Gordon to cope with. Mr Brittas decides to pay one last visit to the Centre to deliver a special present he bought for the staff, a musical clock, in appreciation for their loyalty. It is this simple, well meaning, action that begins a string of events which even Brittas could not have foreseen.
The Last Day : As Brittas prepares for his departure to Brussels as European Commissioner for Sport, he decides that an emergency water tank ought to be installed at Whitbury Leisure Centre as an extra precaution against fire - a decision he later regrets.
In The Beginning : The year is 2019 and the ex-staff of Whitbury Newtown Leisure Centre are gathering at Colin's Scottish castle for their annual tribute to the man who gave them everything. They now include three millionaires, a world-famous concert pianist, a TV chef and a Government Minister. What is it that made them owe so much to Sir Gordon and Lady Brittas?
- At http://valdefierro.com/brittas01.html
- The Brittas Empire
- Paris Metro/Paris Subway/Paris Underground/Paris Train System
- Paris Metro Maps and links: http://www.paris.org/Metro/
- RATP Paris Public Transport (links to Paris Subway Maps, transportation, tickets): http://www.ratp.fr/index_eng.htm
- Public transport to/from Charles de Gaulle airport, Paris (with map of airport): http://www.ratp.fr/Voy_q_eng/Voy_r_eng/Voy_r_spc_eng/roissy_eng.htm#top
- Metro Trains to/from Charles de Gaulle airport, Paris: http://www.ratp.fr/Voy_q_eng/Voy_r_eng/Voy_r_spc_eng/rer_b_eng.htm#top
- Schematic Map of Paris
- Precise Maps of Paris
- At http://www.paris.org/Maps/
- At http://www.paris.org/Maps/Map3/map3.e.html
- Interactive Map of Museums & Monuments in Paris: http://www.paris.org/Maps/MM
- Subway Navigator (getting around the subways of the world)
- Hotel Colbert, Sceaux, Paris, France
- Hotel Colbert,
20, Avenue Camberwell,
92330 Sceaux, Paris, France
Tel: 01 46 60 02 21
Fax: 01 47 02 95 78 - Up the road (5 minutes walk - signposted) from the RER Sceaux suburban train station.
- Be wary that Sceaux is dead at night and eating out could be a problem. There is a nice Chinese Restaurant near the Robinson Train station. Around 20 minutes walk down the main road to the Robinson train station, turn left and walk for a little.
- Hotel Colbert,
- Hotel Kerous
- Situated close to Lorient, Britann. At 10 mn from the beaches (Larmor-Plages) or at 30 mn from Quiberon and Carnac. Close to the Lann Bihoué airport (15 mn), and at 5 mn from the TGV railroad station. Well placed (3 mn) for an easy access to the Interceltic Festival of Lorient.
- At http://www.kerous.com/
- Celtic World, : the crossroads of celtic resources (culture & business): http://www.celtic-world.com/
- Hotel Harrington - Washington D.C.
- Reasonably priced and situated close to Metro Centre metro station and the National Mall in Washington D.C.
- 436 11th Street, N.W. (corner of 11th & E Streets, N.W.) Washington, DC 20004-4389
- Phone: (202) 628-8140
- Toll-Free Reservations: (800) 424-8532
- Office Fax: (202) 347-3924
- reservations@hotelharrington.com
- At http://www.hotel-harrington.com/
- Double Tree Guest Suites - Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 02134
- Tel: (617) 783-0090
- Fax: (617) 783-0897
- At http://www.doubletree.com/
- French Hotel - Berkeley, California, USA
- 1538 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, California, 94709, USA
- Tel: (510) 548-9930
- Fax: (510) 548-9930
- Streetmap.co.uk - London and UK On-line maps
- Internet US Yellow Pages
- George Orwell's Essays
- George Orwell said:
- At http://en.thinkexist.com/quotation/during_times_of_universal_deceit-telling_the/193642.html
- "The child thinks of growing old as an almost obscene
calamity, which for some mysterious reason will never happen to
itself. All who have passed the age of thirty are joyless
grotesques, endlessly fussing about things of no importance and
staying alive without, so far as the child can see, having anything
to live for. Only child life is real life."
- "Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible."
- At http://en.thinkexist.com/quotation/during_times_of_universal_deceit-telling_the/193642.html
- George Orwell quotes:
- At http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/george_orwell.html
- A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph
but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which
destroy him
- Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.
- Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly
reported in a newspaper.
- He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so
much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him.
- If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell
people what they do not want to hear.
- In every one of those little stucco boxes there's some poor
bastard who's never free except when he's fast asleep and dreaming
that he's got the boss down the bottom of a well and is bunging
lumps of coal at him.
- Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on
balance life is suffering, and only the very young or the very
foolish imagine otherwise.
- Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be
instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards.
- Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of
Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost
there.
- Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved
innocent.
- Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of
the obvious.
- The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an
opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent.
- The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.
- There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person
could believe in them.
- War is war. The only good human being is a dead one
- We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is
the first duty of intelligent men.
- What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy?
- At http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/george_orwell.html
- Online Freedom Federation
- Protest site about Viacom's lawyers trying to shut down 37 Star Trek websites
- "They invade our space, and we fall back.
They assimilate entire worlds, and we fall back.
Not again. The line must be drawn here!"
Capt. Jean-Luc Picard - First Contact - At http://www.off-hq.org/
- Yellowpages Australia - includes Maps
- Livery Companies of the City of London - Worshipful Company of
Scientific Instrument Makers
- Anti-War Activist Resources
- United States bombings of other countries
- Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower by William
Blum, author of Killing Hope:US Military and CIA Interventions Since
World War 2
- National Security Archive
- Operation Northwoods - Justification for U.S. Military Intervention
in Cuba
- Friendly Fire : Book: U.S. Military Drafted Plans to Terrorize U.S.
Cities to Provoke War With Cuba By David Ruppe
- Joint Chiefs [1962] Willing to Kill Americans in Bizarre Plot/New
Book - Excerpts from Body of Secrets, Chapter Four, by James Bamford. -
Former investigative producer for ABC's World News Tonight with Peter
Jennings - Author of The Puzzle Palace, (1983)
- The United States is a Leading Terrorist State - An Interview with
Noam Chomsky by David Barsamian
- Review of Naom Chomsky's 9-11 - by Keith Deshaies, Editor-at-Large
- Who Will Count the Dead? U.S. Media Fail to Report Civilian
Casualties in Afghanistan By Marc W. Herold
- A Dossier on Civilian Victims of United States' Aerial Bombing of
Afghanistan: A Comprehensive Accounting By Professor Marc W. Herold
- Updated on 12-6. For most current statistics (Civilian Victims of
United States' Aerial Bombing of Afghanista) please see excel chart at
- Published on Thursday, May 4, 2000 in the Los Angeles Times : The
Consequences Of Our Actions Abroad Americans Feeling the Effects of
'Blowback' by Chalmers Johnson ()
- "Chalmers Johnson is president of the Japan Policy Research Institute and author of "Blowback: the Costs and Consequences of American Empire" (Metropolitan Books, 2000)"
- At http://www.commondreams.org/views/050400-103.htm
- Blowback by Chalmers Johnson
- At http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011015&s=johnson
- ""Blowback" is a CIA term first used in March 1954 in a recently declassified report on the 1953 operation to overthrow the government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran. It is a metaphor for the unintended consequences of the US government's international activities that have been kept secret from the American people."
- Introduction to Labor Competition and the New York Draft Riots of
1863
- Introduction to The Church and the New York Draft Riots of 1863
- Labor Competition and the New York Draft Riots of 1863 By ALBON P.
MAN, JR. - Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXVI, No. 4, October 1951
- The Church and the New York Draft Riots of 1863 By ALBON P. MAN,
JR.
- Report of the merchants' committee for the report of the committee
of merchants for the relief of colored people, suffering from the late
riots in the city of New York. New York: GEORGE A. WHITEHORNE, STEAM
PRINTER, Nos. 119 FULTON 42 ANN STREETS. 1863.
- List of American Black Race Riots
- Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Religious Research
Association
- Quixotic Crap - Weird web sites, original articles, artwork, web
cam, forums and what not
- At http://www.quixoticcrap.com/archive.htm
- Spongebob Squarepants Jackass : http://spongebobjackass.tripod.com/
- Sponge Bob Exposed (Complete shock filled the Landover Baptist main sanctuary last Sunday as Pastor Deacon Fred revealed in graphic detail, decadent hidden sexual messages in the popular cartoon series, Sponge Bob, Square Pants) : http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0403/spongebob.html
- At http://www.quixoticcrap.com/archive.htm
- Head of the River - (Pub and Hotel) Oxford, UK
- Folly Bridge, St Aldates, Oxford, OX1 4LB
- From September 2000: 75 UK Pounds for a room including paper and full English breakfast
- Tel: 01865 721 600
- Fax: 01865 726 158
- http://physchem.ox.ac.uk/~michael/HOR.html
- Image: http://ds.dial.pipex.com/thames-path/368.02.jpg.html
- http://biop.ox.ac.uk/www/pub_guide/pubs.html
- http://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/~chrisw/complete.html
- Review of the IBIS Hotel near Euston Station, London
- At http://www.theaa.co.uk/Region9/75676.html
-
Hotel Ibis Euston 3 Cardington Street LONDON England NW1 2LW Tel: 020 7388 7777 Facsimile: 020 7388 0001 Email: h0921@accoc-hotels.com
- Directions: (from Euston station or Eustaon Rd, turn right to Melton St leading to Cardington St)
- Information at http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/research/hipparch/hotel.txt
- Information at http://www.londonhotels.ndirect.co.uk/ibiseust.htm
- Accommodation £50 - £70: http://www.ukguide.org/london/50-70.html
- 2 star Hotels in London: http://www.theaa.co.uk/Region10/2Star.html
- Review of the London Euston Travel Inn Capital near Euston Station,
London
- At http://www.theaa.co.uk/Region9/75676.html
London Euston Travel Inn Capital 141 Euston Road LONDON England NW1 2AU Telephone: 020 7554 3400 Facsimile: 020 7554 3419
- At http://www.theaa.co.uk/Region9/75676.html
- 18th September 1999
- Back from day fellwalking with the Daresbury Laboratory Fell Walking club walking around Pendle Hill (famous for its history of witches). Refer:
London Accomodation, Rental/Letting/Studio Apartments/One Bedroom flats, ec Accomodation sites
University Related (good place to go for hints, advice and things)
- Student Union: University of London Accomodation Site - ULAO
- At http://www.lon.ac.uk/accom/
- London Accomodation : Databases of accommodation : http://www.lon.ac.uk/accom/site4/Linksf.htm
- Advice for tenants: http://www.lon.ac.uk/accom/site3/advice5.htm
- Advice for tenants: London Area Guide: http://www.lon.ac.uk/accom/site3/Postcodes/area.htm
- Advice for tenants: London Area Guide: "Should I live in travel zone 1, 2 or 3 ? - Article" http://www.lon.ac.uk/accom/site3/Postcodes/Zone.htm#zone1
- Advice for tenants: Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.lon.ac.uk/accom/site3/faq.htm
- Visiting Academics/Accomodation: http://www.lon.ac.uk/accom/site3/Topics.htm#AA | http://www.lon.ac.uk/estates/visitorsflats.html
- Introduction to the InterCollegiate Halls of Residence (including
post graduate accomodation) : http://www.lon.ac.uk/accom/site3/Halls3.htm#booking
- References: http://www.lon.ac.uk/accom/site3/Topics.htm#references
- Area Guide: http://www.lon.ac.uk/accom/site4/Areaf.htm
- Search the Accommodation Database : http://www.lon.ac.uk/accom/site4/QueryF1.htm
- University of London web-site guide to Accommodation Agencies 2000
: London, UK : http://www.lon.ac.uk/accom/site4/992.htm
- List of Letting Agencies currently registered with the ULAO -
London UK : http://www.lon.ac.uk/accom/site4/Agencies.htm
- UOL Landlord site: http://www.lon.ac.uk/accom/site4/StoL.htm
- Streetmap.co.uk - London and UK On-line maps
- Net lettings - London flats to rent
- "Net lettings - London flats to rent. 50+ letting and estate agents in all areas. Accommodation to rent. Holiday flats, studios homes or apartments to rent, real estate to rent or to let. THE London property rental website."
- At http://www.net-lettings.co.uk/
Around Earl's Court
- Sherlock Holmes
- Peter Woods
- Taunton Estates
- London Property Bureau
- Alliance Residential
- Marston Properties
- Quality Hotel, Ottawa
-
Quality Hotel, 290 Rideau Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 5Y3, Canada, Tel: (613) 789-7511 Fax: (613) 789-2434 Toll-Free Reservations: 1-800-228-5151
-
- La Guardia Airport to Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia
University, Palisades, New York
- (2.5 hours min)
- Bus from La Guardia Airport to Jackson Heights
- Subway, number 7 to Times Square
- Subway A to George Washington Bridge
- Red and Tan bus to Palisades/Piermont/Nyack (9T - 9A - 9AT New
City bus that goes down Route 9W).
- Lachlan's comments re getting from New York airports to Lamont Earth Observatory: It might be easier to get airport buses directly to the New York City Port Authority bus terminal - then take the Red and Tan bus to Palisades (9T - 9A - 9AT "New City" bus that goes down Route 9W).
- Columbia University New York, USA/Lamont Shuttle Bus Schedule: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/shuttle_schedule.html
- Map Around Times Square (and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Bus Station) New York, USA: http://www.timessquarebid.org/Map/Default.htm
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA New York) USA: http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/
- Hints
to get from New York Penn Train Station, to New York City Port Authority
Bus Terminal to Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University,
Palisades, New York, USA (valid on Sunday, 6th May, 2001)
Getting to Newark International Airport from New York City
- Public Transport to EWR - Newark International Airport: http://www.panynj.gov/aviation/ewrpubtransmain.htm
- EWR Ground Transportation Services - Newark International Airport: http://www.panynj.gov/aviation/egtsfram.htm
- Airtrain from New York Penn Station - Newark International Airport: http://www.panynj.gov/aviation/egtsfram.htm
- Olympia Trails Homepage - Providing Express Bus Service Between Newark
Airport & Manhattan Every 5 to 10 Minutes.: http://www.olympiabus.com/
- Olympia Airport Express between Newark Airport & NYC : http://www.olympiabus.com/nycewr.htm
- Newark Airport & Penn Station, NYC : http://www.olympiabus.com/penngcs.htm
- Newark Airport & Grand Central Station, NYC : http://www.olympiabus.com/penngcs.htm
- Newark Airport & Port Authority Bus Terminal, NYC (42nd Street & 8th Avenue) : http://www.olympiabus.com/pabthtm.htm
- Newark Airport & Midtown Hotels, etc. : http://www.olympiabus.com/midtnhotels.htm
Getting From Brookhaven National Lab to New York Penn Station
- Brookhaven National Lab transport page: http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/transportation.html
- "The closest Long Island Railroad Station to BNL is in Mastic/Shirley; however, trains arrive and depart more frequently at Patchogue and Ronkonkoma."
- Long Island Rail Road: http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/lirr/
- Long Island Rail Road Map: http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/lirr/html/lirrmap.htm
- Long Island Rail Road timetables: http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/lirr/html/ttn/lirrtt.htm