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Posted By: Blacksword
Subject: Wikipedia - Random articles
Date Posted: November 03 2015 at 14:32
Go to Wikipedia and click on the 'Random article' link on the left side of the home page. Post the subject and the first line of definition...  NASCRAG - NASCRAG is the National society of crazed gamers. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: November 03 2015 at 15:49
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Giovanni Codrington (born 17 July 1988) is a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" rel="nofollow - Dutch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_%28sport%29" rel="nofollow - athlete , who competes in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_%28running%29" rel="nofollow - sprint with a personal best time of 10.38 seconds at the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_metres" rel="nofollow - 100 m and 21.02 seconds at the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/200_metres" rel="nofollow - 200 m event.
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Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: November 03 2015 at 15:56
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Wallamba River - a watercourse of the Great Lakes system, is located in the Mid North Coast district of New South Wales, Australia. Bit of an initial mind blow there. -------------  
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: November 04 2015 at 03:24
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Steve Donlan ( 4 September 1954 (age 61) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Donlan#cite_note-Birth_details_at_freebmd.org.uk-1" rel="nofollow - [1] ) born in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh,_Greater_Manchester" rel="nofollow - Leigh , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancashire" rel="nofollow - Lancashire , is an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_people" rel="nofollow - English professional https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_league" rel="nofollow - rugby league footballer of the 1980s, ------------- 
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: November 04 2015 at 12:03
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John Rogers - was a senior naval officer in the United States Navy who served under six Presidents for nearly four decades during its formative years in the 1790s through the late 1830s, committing the bulk of his adult life to his country. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: November 04 2015 at 14:13
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Béarnese is a dialect of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gascon_language" rel="nofollow - Gascon spoken in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9arn" rel="nofollow - Béarn (in the French department of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es_Atlantiques" rel="nofollow - Pyrénées Atlantiques , in southwestern https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" rel="nofollow - France ). -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: November 06 2015 at 12:51
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Little princess statue: The original 50 cm statuette of the Little Princess (Kiskirálylány) statue sitting on the railings of the Danube promenade in Budapest, Hungary was created by László Marton (1925–2008) Munkácsy- and Kossuth Prize-winning sculptor in 1972. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 06 2015 at 13:04
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Herbert Scott (equestrian) Herbert Stuart Lauriston Scott (born 29 December 1885 - died ?) was a British horse rider who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. ...130 years old and still not dead. Impressive.  ------------- What? |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: November 06 2015 at 13:07
| Tonkotsu (豚骨 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets" rel="nofollow - |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: November 06 2015 at 13:35
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyrgis_ruscia
Thyrgis ruscia is a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moth" rel="nofollow - moth of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctiidae" rel="nofollow - Arctiidae family. It was described by Druce in 1895. It is found in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolivia" rel="nofollow - Bolivia and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuador" rel="nofollow - Ecuador . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyrgis_ruscia#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow - [1] ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: November 06 2015 at 16:54
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Polycyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate (PCT) is a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoplastic" rel="nofollow - thermoplastic polyester formed from the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycondensation" rel="nofollow - polycondensation of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terephthalic_acid" rel="nofollow - terephthalic acid and cyclohexylene-dimethanol. Thus the chemical structure is similar to that of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene_terephthalate" rel="nofollow - polyethylene terephthalate
(PET), with which it shares properties like dimensional stability and
chemical resistance. PCT is also particularly resistant to high
temperatures and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrolysis" rel="nofollow - hydrolysis . The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melting_point" rel="nofollow - melting point is 545 °F (285 °C). ]]). Now that is some name!  -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: November 06 2015 at 16:58
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Chen Yuanlin (陈远林 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilin" rel="nofollow - Guilin , 1957) is a Chinese electronic composer based in America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Yuanlin#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow - [1] He is a guest lecturer at The for Electronic Music of China (CEMC) founded in 1993 by Professor Zhang Xiaofu at the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Conservatory_of_Music" rel="nofollow - Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM) Beijing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Yuanlin#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow - [2] |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: November 06 2015 at 23:20
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This reminds me of a game a friend of mine posted on facebook a few years back: 1 - Go to wikipedia and hit random. The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band. 2 - Go to http://quotationspage.com/" rel="nofollow - quotationspage.com and hit random. The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album. 3 - Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”. Third picture no matter what it is, will be your album cover. 4 - Use photoshop or similar to put it all together. This was mine:  -------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: November 07 2015 at 03:49
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that would leave me now with the following: band name: Databricks title: the last small twig has grown (I actually love that album title) album cover photo (too lazy to combine the photo with title and band name) http://www.flickr.com/photos/95787103@N07/20772126491/" rel="nofollow - http://www.flickr.com/photos/95787103@N07/20772126491/ ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: November 07 2015 at 06:03
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Hahaha, that album title actually gives nice meaning to the photo Jean. ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: November 07 2015 at 08:05
yes, I thought the same. a lucky coincidence ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Angelo wrote:Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: November 08 2015 at 12:36
Lynette FrommeLynette Alice "Squeaky" Fromme (born October 22, 1948) is an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" rel="nofollow - American would-be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin" rel="nofollow - assassin best known for attempting to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination" rel="nofollow - assassinate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" rel="nofollow - U.S. President https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford" rel="nofollow - Gerald Ford in 1975. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: November 08 2015 at 16:13
Upsilon AquilaeFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Upsilon Aquilae (υ Aql, υ Aquilae) is the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayer_designation" rel="nofollow - Bayer designation for a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star" rel="nofollow - star in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_equator" rel="nofollow - equatorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation" rel="nofollow - Constellation of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquila_%28constellation%29" rel="nofollow - Aquila . With an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent_visual_magnitude" rel="nofollow - apparent visual magnitude of +5.91 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upsilon_Aquilae#cite_note-clpl4_99-4" rel="nofollow - [4] it is a faint star but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bortle_Dark-Sky_Scale" rel="nofollow - visible to the naked eye from suburban skies. It has an annual https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax" rel="nofollow - parallax shift of 18.65 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milliarcsecond" rel="nofollow - milliarcsecond , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upsilon_Aquilae#cite_note-aaa474_2_653-1" rel="nofollow - [1] indicating a distance of around 175 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-year" rel="nofollow - light-years (54 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsec" rel="nofollow - parsecs ). Upsilon Aquilae is a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subgiant_star" rel="nofollow - subgiant star with a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_classification" rel="nofollow - stellar classification of A3 IV. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upsilon_Aquilae#cite_note-aj74_375-3" rel="nofollow - [3] The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_atmosphere" rel="nofollow - outer atmosphere is radiating energy into space at an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_temperature" rel="nofollow - effective temperature of 7,906 K, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upsilon_Aquilae#cite_note-aaa515_A11-2" rel="nofollow - [2] which gives it the white-hot glow of an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-type_star" rel="nofollow - A-type star . It is spinning relatively quickly with a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projected_rotational_velocity" rel="nofollow - projected rotational velocity of 42 km/s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upsilon_Aquilae#cite_note-aaa463_2_671-6" rel="nofollow - [6] ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: November 09 2015 at 11:49
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Hubert Broad: Captain Hubert Standford Broad MBE AFC (1897–1975) was an English First World War aviator and notable sports and test pilot. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |