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  1. hermanntrude

    slicing up the arctic pie

    There's been a lot of talk about the arctic recently. Apparently it was all started by the russians, who decided after taking an underwater survey that a ridge of land juts out of russia into the arctic ocean, meaning that Russia somehow has a claim over some of the ocean floor, which might be...
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    China toy company boss at centre of recall commits suicide

    AUDRA ANG Associated Press August 13, 2007 at 12:37 AM EDT BEIJING — — The head of...
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    hummingbirds and hummingbird feeders

    I'm in edmonton, as I know a few of you are. Any tips on finding the critters and designing and/or buying a feeder? I've found several online but not sure what's good and what's not. I've made some red origami flowers as well to act as an enticement
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    server trouble?

    Are any of the people who need to be aware of it aware that the server has been on the blink for two days? It's getting difficult to use the site.
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    your muppet personality

    take the muppet personality test and find out which one you are :0) I am fozzy bear.
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    walking in edmonton

    I was looking on the internet for walks in edmonton and stumbled across this article. This man lives very close to my apartment I think: The urban explorer: How Does walking from Whyte Avenue to South Edmonton Common make you feel? That's what our psychogeographer set out to discover...
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    nanotechnology

    what's your view? I'm in so deep I don't know what the general public feels about it. before anyone mentions nanobots and grey goo i should say they're just an imaginative myth.
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    how high are you?

    I looked up my geographical position on the weather network's website. Turns out edmonton is at 2200ft above sea level... it seems quite high to me. what's your elevation? who is the highest? EDIT: you can find out by going to the weather network. Or google earth will tell you too...
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    Attractive avatars

    I've noticed a lot of very attractive avatars on the forum. Who's is your favourite? spelling of who's whose?
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    reporting posts

    When should we report posts? OK so if someone's being rude how rude do they have to be? do they have to be personally insulting? We've probably all said something at least slightly offensive to someone, but where is the line before we press that button?
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    five intersecting tetrahedra

    I was going to post this in the pics thread or the quiet spot but now it's finished I'm so proud I think it needs its own thread :) it took me four days, consists of 30 peices of paper and no glue. assembling it nearly turned my brain inside out. Here's a video (which I did NOT make) of a...
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    put the following countries in order, left to right

    Which country has the leftest and rightest governments? in alphabetical order: Australia, Canada, UK
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    Update: "cure" for diabetes

    In another thread last night me and some other members got talking about diabetes and some people mentioned that i should look up diabetes organisations in my area. I did exactly that and got quite excited because i discovered that the latest in clinical trials for curing diabetes is actually...
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    saying grace

    Do you say grace? If you don't, what do you do when you're with someone who does? or wants to? Do you ever anticipate that a guest may wish to say grace and allow him to do so? I had my baptist friend around the other day and realised before i started to eat that he would probably wish to...
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    a suggestion

    I am interested in the previous debates on whether or not there should be a forum, or several forums for religions other than christianity. As far as i know, currently we have a general spirituality and philosophy forum, and a specific forum for christian discussion. Admittedly christians are...
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    sarcasm

    How to suggest sarcasm on a forum? I've noticed, as have many others, that a lot of misunderstandings on the forum come from lack of recognition of someone's sarcasm. Now obviously it kind of ruins the effect if you write afterwards "the above is sarcasm", but maybe there's a subtle way we...
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    ten bird roast

    The ten-bird roast by SINEAD McINTYRE, Daily Mail Whatever bird you serve up for Christmas, someone is sure to cry fowl. Because it's hard to satisfy everyone's taste in poultry... until now, that is. For one cook has come up with a spectacular solution to the seasonal dinner dilemma...
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    new ranking system

    I'm bored with this one now, can we have another? :D
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    stupid question

    What is the significance of the colour of the little pawn-shaped thing in the top right corner of each post? I would have searched for it but i suspect a search for "little pawn-shaped thingie" wouldn't have got me far
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    new ranking system

    OK so we now have several suggestions. here they are: 1) based on cleverness: 0-50 posts: newbie 50-250 posts: member 250-500 posts: bright spark 500-750 posts: clever clogs 750-1000 posts: genius 1000-1500 posts: supergenius 1500-2000 posts: mighty intellect 2000-2500 posts: knows too much...