Tag: environment
group name: famousfirsts
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July 26, 2006 06:26 AM EDT --
A year ago, on July 26, 2005, the Mumbai city received the highest one-day rains (over 900 mm) in a century. When, even rains over 200 mm disrupt the city's transport system, that day it was . . . more
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December 31, 2006 04:39 PM EST --
President Ford was the only President of the United States that I ever met personally. Well, sort of met, that is. We weren't actually introduced, at least not in the usual way. It happened like . . . more
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August 22, 2007 08:39 PM EDT --
I have been thinking for a long time that we all need to stop polluting our planet and do something to clean up our world. I see trash on our highways and think why would anyone throw out their trash . . . more
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July 19, 2007 04:36 AM EDT --
I had a sweet tooth tonight and decided to make a box of brownies. Simple directions 1/3 c. crisco oil, 3 Tbs. water and 1 egg. mix in brownie mix and walnuts bake for twenty minutes. Done, as I . . . more
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April 18, 2008 05:06 PM EDT --
Dedicated to John F. Walter juanfw.gather.com, consummate poet and superb playwright, a good friend and continual source of inspiration to me.
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Wikipedia states that marine . . . more
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February 10, 2007 09:12 PM EST --
One frigid night in Fairbanks, Alaska, with the northern lights dancing in the sky, I, along with my husband Bill, were on our way to the Cathredral on Peger Street to . . . more
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May 20, 2007 06:58 AM EDT --
My living room windows face west (and north). While I sit at my laptop, I am able to glance out the windows. I just received the most wonderful gift.
THE LARGEST, MOST BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW I'VE . . . more
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January 10, 2007 11:31 PM EST --
On January 2, 2007, a few of us managed to locate the resting place of John Barnett, my 5th great uncle on my Dad's side.
Although just down the road from my home, the cemetery, full of sunken-in . . . more
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January 26, 2007 04:28 PM EST --
Mozart, an iguana with an erection that has lasted for over a week, will have his penis amputated in the next couple of days.
Veterinarians at Antwerp's Aquatopia had sought to treat the animal's . . . more
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August 13, 2007 01:41 AM EDT --
During a conversation with a friend of mine, I had an idea, his family needed shelter and I had a mobile home empty that no one was living in so I suggested he move his family to Louisiana and they . . . more
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May 18, 2007 01:07 AM EDT --
Last night I started preparing dinner egg burritos,I thought to myself should I have one egg or two,with a cholesterol in the 300`s one must think of these things,I decided I was really hungry so I`ll . . . more
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July 23, 2007 11:26 AM EDT --
I just adopt a square mile over Pennsylvania, I di it to try to get cleaner air. Please visit this website (it won't take long):
http://www.adoptthesky.org/
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April 20, 2007 06:47 PM EDT --
To readers: this 'comment'/question was asked of Tom Gerace on his "talk with god" comment thread. Hundreds of us sincere Gather members anxiously await his response. Or, . . . more
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March 08, 2007 02:46 PM EST --
I have a proposal for just the right person. I'm hoping that individual is here at Gather.
I am a near 60 year old woman who has had Parkinson's and have taken meds for Parkinson's since . . . more
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June 25, 2007 10:54 PM EDT --
Dear fellow Gather’s
For the past month or so I have had enough stress in my life to send me right over the edge. I have tried running, I am up to 5 miles great for my bod but sill . . . more
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February 10, 2007 10:56 AM EST --
I appeared on Barney (yes, the PBS program) two weeks ago. Look for me in the future.
My first job in HS was working at SAIC (Scientific Applications International Corporation) in . . . more
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June 28, 2007 06:45 AM EDT --
Yesterday I awoke at dawn and wrote a short article about a turtle laying eggs...it took some patience on my part because the turtle was not very cooperative with this egg laying business and we had several . . . more
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March 10, 2007 10:32 AM EST --
Red is the color he washed from his hurting arms. He knew it was over with for a while and could breathe easy. The dark shirts he wore usually hid the extra and this one had a rip in it now. Why doesn't . . . more
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July 16, 2007 07:16 AM EDT --
Similarities Between Teen-Agers And Senior Citizens
All around us, everyday, there are two groups of people that many believe to be vastly different.But,Alas, Not so! Teen-agers and Seniors have a lot . . . more
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March 14, 2007 08:00 AM EDT --
For the whole of February and some days in March, I was away from Gather and it felt really strange, not able to communicate with this group that has come to mean so much to me in a short while. . . . more
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