April 2007
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Kent Earthquake
Waking up this morning to reports of a moderate Earthquake near Folkstone in Southern England. The U.S. Geological Survey says it happened at 08h18 and measured 4.7 on the richter scale, while the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre have said it measured 5.0 on the richter scale. Kent Police says it measure 4.3 on the richter scale. And some bloke on Sky News just said it measured 4.1 on...
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What You've Heard Is True (Part Two)
In this second write-up on my trip to France’s wonderful capital city, I’m going to cover a few more of the major attractions that I visited in my short time there. If you’ve yet to read part one, you probably should. It sets the scene.
Visiting Tour Eiffel was the very first thing I did when I arrived in Paris. Well actually, the first thing I did was get lost, and...
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What You've Heard Is True (Part One)
In a way, one of the world’s most amazing cities didn’t hold very many surprises. For instance, it wasn’t a surprise to nearly get run over on a pedestrian crossing despite the green man showing. It wasn’t a surprise that some of the elderly men wore berets and played Pétanque. It wasn’t a surprise that upon arriving at one of the city’s most visited...