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This is the first published
Electronic Newspaper for
Shoreham-by-Sea and District,
West Sussex, England
Local News4 May 2000 Local Elections
Current Status:
Vacant 2 Please send any comments to:
Andy Horton Glaucus@hotmail.com
Sunday
23 April 2000
Up
the woodland path behind Lancing Leisure Centre, walking amongst the trunks
of Horse Chestnut, Sycamore, Birch and Beech, the emerging canopy of leaves
is begining to darken the woodland floor.
Dew
Pond
The
well-trodden pathway meanders through herbaceous groundcover. Of
particular
note are the Lords and Ladies, or Cuckoo Pint, Arum maculatum.
Newly
sprouted thickets of Nettle jostle with Cow Parsley for the available
light.
by Ray Hamblett (Lancing)
Find
the Sites of Special Scientific Interest using this link:
Friends
of the Earth SSSI Navigator
Poetry Extract:
Hal
and tow
jolly
rumble oh
for
we were up
long
before the day - o
to
welcome in the summer
the
summer and the May - o . . .
for
summer is a comin' in
and
winter is a gone - o.
a
merry May to you.
- Words
of the Week
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Star:
Latest Virus Information
ontology | ntldi | n. E18. [mod.L ontologia, f. Gk ONTO-: see -LOGY.] Philos. The science or study of being; that part of metaphysics which relates to the nature or essence of being or existence.ontologism n. (Theol.) a form of mysticism based on a belief in an immediate cognition of God M19. ontologist n. a person who studies ontology; a metaphysician: E18. ontologize v. (a)v.i. apply or deal with ontology; (b)v.t. treat ontologically: M19.
lagophthalmos | lafthalms | n. Also (earlier) -mus. E17. [(mod.L lagophthalmus) f. Gk lagophthalmos adj., f. lagos hare (from the supposed inability of hares to close their eyes) + ophthalmos eye.] Inability to close the eyes (as a symptom of disease).lagophthalmia n. = LAGOPHTHALMOS L17. lagophthalmic a. pertaining to or affected with lagophthalmos L19.
adespota | despt | n.pl. L19. [Gk, neut. pl. of adespotos adj., f. a- A-10 + despotes master.] Bibliogr. Literary works not attributed to, or not claimed by, an author.
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Computer Tips
Bulls Eyehttp://www.profusion.com/intelliseek/iseekcompare.html
The above site is a sophisticated search method. So far, I have not found it any better than my recommended search method of PROFUSION.
Users of Microsoft Outlook
Express without the latest Anti-Virus software should beware of the KAK
Worm.
The first check is to search
you hard disc for a file called KAK.htm
If you find this file, read
the above file on the BMLSS web pages.
Sussex Web Sites
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