2006-11-10
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Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God
Martin Luther
German priest and scholar whose questioning of certain church practices led to the Protestant Reformation. (1483-1546)
Martin Luther
German priest and scholar whose questioning of certain church practices led to the Protestant Reformation. (1483-1546)
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More on poppies
From Liz:
Virtual poppies!
I've just discovered one can now send a text of POPPY to 85099 and receive a wallpaper for one's phone which will give one a reminder for the 11th minute of the 11th hour on the 11th day.
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Survey subsidies wiped off the map
Government's decision to stop paying Ordnance Survey to chart all of the UK raises the spectre of future privatisationMichael Cross
Thursday November 9, 2006
The Guardian
In a remarkable failure of joined-up policymaking, the government has killed off almost all central subsidies for mapmaking. A terse statement from the Department for Communities and Local Government announced that next month it will stop paying Ordnance Survey to survey "uneconomic" parts of Britain such as mountains and moorlands.
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http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1942266,00.html