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11.4.06

April, I never forget your birthday - it's just that it never occurred to me you'd be reading this. Then the other day I felt like I'd disappointed you by not saying anything, and I thought how can this be?
Then I thought about it some more.
I still have that card you made.
Happy Birthday for all those times in between then and now.

9.4.06

Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco - 1906 Earthquake and Fire
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link Jen-Luc at 3Quarks Daily

An avenue in Basarur. The Götzes and Rev. Bräckle xxdetail

Basel Mission Picture Archive (many hoops and no direct links)

Two women amidst bricks and rubble after San Francisco earthquake and fire, 1906

Rock Creek, Washington D.C. - sometime between 1920 and 1932

June Bug

Kalliope - en database indeholdende ældre dansk lyrik samt biografiske oplysninger om danske digtere
also - Kalliope indeholder også udenlandsk digtning.
Well done design and deceptively simple entryway [in Danish, the eng. lang. poets are in eng].
Whitman's listings illustrate the wide inclusion, and the little flags at the bottom right of every page bring up wonderful countries-ful of poets.
A great find and spectacularly useful resource.
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link Sprezzatura

7.4.06

One of the most striking characteristics of Kakapo is their pleasant and powerful odor. It has been variously described as like flowers and honey, an air freshener, or the inside of an antique violin case.

6.4.06

John L. Mason - Inventor of the Mason Jar

5.4.06

¡Hola Google!

4.4.06

Former paratrooper held after walking across Bering Strait
Jeremy Page/Times(UK) 04.Apr.06
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B2 in its winter garb. Not long after this, on New year's eve, everything, including the rucksack, was stolen. Just one day's walk from the Canadian border.

Goliath The Expedition
STAGE SIX : Russia

3.4.06

Gilles Trehin and the city of Urville
Urville
Athanasius Kircher Society < Barista

1.4.06

Two gauchos with horses, Argentina

Francis Buzzacott, a noted traveler, explorer, soldier and big game hunter, photographed at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington with his luxurious Land cruiser in which he is completing a half million mile tour of the world.
Also an author:

The Complete Fisherman and Anglers Manual or How to Catch a Fish
Mystery of the Sexes: Secrets of Past and Future Human Creationism
Bisexual Man or Evolution of the Sexes

31.3.06

Rivesaltes May 7 1941
Children in war
LoC
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Rivesaltes at Jewish Virtual Library
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Rivesaltes at US Holocaust Museumo/warning - very strong images

French children watching the 101st Ammunition train, 26th Division, passing through village of Soulosse, France on way to front April 10, 1918

29.3.06

She has been playing different instruments since childhood and started to record small sounds that grew into small pop-songs in june 2004 (voilà! Cake on Cake is formed!). Cake on Cake is a solo-project (except from family members or friends that sometimes helps out on instruments that Helena can not play herself). She plays, records and produces her music by herself in her studio/house. She uses and array of instrumens including: voices, piano, organ, metallophone, xylophone, keyboard, guitar, mandoline, flutes, harmonicas, melodica, different percussive instruments + some electronics. Cake on Cake has signed to Desolation Records, and her debut album "I see no stars" was released 8 nov 2005.

Cake on Cake
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link Said The Gramophone