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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (13802)	6/14/2007 4:33:21 PM
From: Skywatcher	Respond to of 36917

your DIMWATT brain is all that is relevant

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (13802)	6/14/2007 4:35:34 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 36917

Death toll reaches 289 in sizzling Pakistan Jun 14, 2007, 8:23 GMT Islamabad - At least 57 more people died across Pakistan due to exposure to intense heat, raising the death toll to at least 289, media reports said on Thursday. The central province of Punjab, with an average temperature of 42 degrees Celsius, was hard hit by the hot and humid weather that killed 44 people on Wednesday, the English-language daily The News reported. People battled the sizzling temperatures amid frequent power outages as the country was facing its worst ever energy crisis, with electricity demand exceeding the supply by 2,900 megawatts. Violent protests were staged in the port city of Karachi, where a major fault in one of the electricity generating units caused power cuts that continued in some cases for 12 hours. Police used tear gas to control the mob that attacked the offices of the local electricity supplier and manhandled the staff there. The protestors also blocked city roads by placing large stones and burning tires. Lawmakers associated with opposition parties staged a sit-in protest outside the parliament in the capital Islamabad and lambasted the government of President Pervez Musharraf for not investing in power generation projects. Meanwhile, the persistent heatwave is making an indirect impact on business activity throughout the country, as consumers prefer staying indoors to avoid the blistering heat while industrial units are not functioning at optimum level due to power outages. © 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur news.monstersandcritics.com.

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (13802)	6/14/2007 4:40:37 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36917

The fart heard round the world, Chapter 3... There are a billion stories on the naked planet, and this is one of them. Message 23025944 Message 22772766 Current thinking, giant blue streak fart. There are several large craters, as much as 62 miles across, in the seas off Norway. There are volcanic ribbons at the base. The ocean floor lacks any carbonate, showing severe acidosis. Methane and methane clathrates were ignited by lava, causing a big bang. Most of the methane was combined with oxygen under water, eg burned, and converted to CO2. Turned the ocean there very acid. Didn't help life in the area that most of the O2 had been consumed, too.