Author: LMAshton

Howdy! I'm a beginner artist, hobbyist photographer, kitchen witch, wanderer by nature, and hermit introvert. This is my blog feed. You can find my fediverse posts at https://a.farook.org/Laurie.
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Facts and Figures on the Tsunami

Taken from here. —–Begin Quote

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Gecko carcasses

Ants are a way of life here. They invade your home, they set up nests everywhere. In…

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In the news . . .

Pyramid schemes are becoming illegal here. (We received a notice from the bank about this a while…

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To make sure squid stays tender when cooking…

Soak in milk for at least an hour. Squid = cuttlefish, by the way.

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Columbia crew saw new atmospheric phenomenon

Really? So, not an airplane? Not a helicopter? Not a weather balloon? Not a hot air balloon?…

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LTTE on the news

The LTTE leaders spoke to news reporters today, saying that they met with Netherlands government representatives, saying…

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Sri Lanka’s new building regulation

No new building construction can take place within 100 m of the ocean on the west side…

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And if you want to read about fake tsunami pictures . . .

And look at them, too, then look here. And read about the television news channel in Australia…

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Best place to find photos, videos, satellite images of the tsunami and its aftermath

Is here. The guy (girl?) who’s running the site seems to be bent on collecting every image…

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Chocolate Explained

Chocolate is made from the cocao bean. It’s dried, roasted, and ground, and during the grinding process,…

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Another cool photos site

There are twenty pictures you can scroll through – before and afters.

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Tsunami experiments

I found two interesting tsunami experiments pages. The first one looks like it was done in some…

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Environmental impact of the tsunami

Taken from Wikipedia: —–Begin Quote It has been reported that severe damage has been inflicted on ecosystems…

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Famous Tsunamis

Taken from here: —–Begin Quote December 26, 2004: A massive earthquake off the coast of Sumatra generates…

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How a tsunami works

Check out this link. It has links to more tsunami footage, animations of the Bandeh Aceh shoreline…

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Marriage Proposals in Sri Lanka

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." –…

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American Military Intelligence – once again, proved an Oxymoron

What were they thinking? —–Begin Quote The damage wrought by the construction of an American military base…

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Lankaweb headlines

Taken from this website. The reason I doubt the previous article – take a look at these…

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“SUN GOD” IS DEAD AND GONE. LET US UNITE AS ONE NATION TO REBUILD OUR COUNTRY.

That how one headline read. It certainly does get your attention, doesn’t it? They’re talking about Prabhakaran,…

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9 desperate woman fighting for tsunami-survivor ‘Baby 81’

Because that’s the only way to replace their own dead children. [/sarcasm] People are nuts. To be…

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Prabhakaran dead! Body found!

More info here. And the rest of you are going, "Uh, yeah, so why do we care?"…

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The History of Chocolate Chip Cookies

Do you wonder where chocolate chip cookies came from? Someone had to be the first person to…

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Pictures of the tsunami – before and after

There are now a lot of websites out there that have before and after pics. You can…

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Charity Navigator

I found this. They have a list of over 3,500 charities with ratings in their database, plus…

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Fahim and I bought a home theatre system

It’s a gift from my grandmother (thanks, gram!). It all started yesterday when we received an envelope…