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• Hard-up Columbus settlers sought silver lining
The remaining settlers were driven to their amateur mining attempt by terrible conditions, Killick said. "The expedition had been a dismal failure," he said. "By late 1497 the last remaining inhabitants in the town were desperate — they were ...
• September 2008 (9)
In my amateur reading it appears to set deadlines for compliance throughout 2009 or, as Ms. Fiorina puts it, the new president's first year in office. I should point out that Fiorina is not wrong for describing the bill as a promise from John McCain ...
• Cosmic Log: Hack the sky
For more serious (and expensive) work for your own personal enjoyment, then Rent-a-Scope is your pick," amateur astronomer Charles Piazza wrote in a January review. Another option for institutional users is offered by iBisque at New Mexico Skies. This ...
• post from September 28
Don't click the link in this item.  An amateur porn site is offering free membership to soldiers who post their gorey war photos -- and they're taking up the offer.  Some of the photos are more foul than anything you can picture in your head ...
• Elizabeth Banks: Porn princess and first lady
From there, Banks’ Miri and Rogen’s Zack move on to hardcore porn, certain they can sell enough copies of their amateur adult movie to pay their bills. ‘I was fully prepared to go there for the movie’ Tame by true porn standards, “Zack and ...