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Afghanistan War/80's pop muzik
01/09/08 12:32:04 | 1 Comments
Afghanistan War Afghanistan War, 1978-92, conflict between anti-Communist Muslim Afghan guerrillas (mujahidin) and Afghan government and Soviet forces. The conflict had its origins in the 1978 coup that overthrew Afghan president Sardar Muhammad Daud Khan, who had come to power by ousting the king in 1973. The president was assassinated and a pro-Soviet Communist government under Noor Mohammed Taraki was established. In 1979 another coup, which brought Hafizullah Amin... -
Argumentum ad Baculum
12/23/07 00:37:58 | 0 Comments
http://atheism.about.com/b/2005/04/29/thank-god-for-violence-against-atheists.htm Thank God for Violence Against AtheistsIt's not often that Christians openly praise violence against atheists, but sometimes a few of them show their true colors. A story has been going around the internet recently describing an atheist professor who dares God to knock him off his platform and a student who comes up and hit him...
TIME
Time galleries at the Royal
Observatory
Sample of the coolest time gadgets ever.
Sample of the coolest time gadgets ever.
H4
This is the most important timekeeper ever made. It is the machine that solved the problem of keeping accurate time at sea and finally won Harrison the Longitude Prize.
H4's high-energy watch balance was less affected by the movement of a ship and was the design breakthrough that Harrison needed. He believed his fourth timekeeper was the most perfect and beautiful machine ever constructed.
H4's predecessors H1, H2 and H3 are also on display in the new galleries.
