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GENERAL Name: Borgsten Dolphin Flag: Singapore Manager: Dolphin Drilling Ltd. Year Built: 1975 Builder: Aker Group; Nylands Mekaniske Verksted, Norway; Upgraded 1985 Design: Enhanced Aker H3, Self Propelled Semi-Submersible Classification: DNV + 1A1, Column Stabilised Drilling Unit OPERATING PARAMETERS Water Depth: 1500 ft (457,2 m) Maximum Drilling Depth: 20,000 ft (6097 m) Transit Speed: Approx. 4,5 knots

B uilt in 1145, the Ancient Ram Inn is a former priest's residence, inn and public house; it is also the oldest building in England's Wotton-Under-Edge. Long before the building's construction, its story begins in the low-lying wetlands near Potter's Pond. This land sits on the intersection of 2 Ley Lines, areas that certain people believe contain significantly high spiritual energy. Using a map, these lines can be traced directly to England's most famous sacred site, Stonehenge. Legend has it that the energy from Stonehenge travels the Ley Lines to feed the property's paranormal power. Additionally, the site is home to a 5,000-year-old Pagan burial ground. Travel Channel

The SEDCO 703 is a Sedco 700 design semi-submersible drilling unit capable of operating in harsh environments and water depths up to 2,000 feet using a 18¾in 10,000 psi BOP and a 21in OD marine drilling riser. 

"Of wives and ladies, knights and arms, I sing, / of courtesies and many a daring feat." ludovico Ariosto, one of the greatest of Italian poets, was born at Reggio, In northern Italy, September 8, 1474. He was intended for the law by his father, but at length, being allowed to follow his own inclinations, studied the classics and devoted himself to literature. About 1503 he settled in Ferrara and entered the service of Cardinal Ippolito d'Este, who employed him in various political negotiations. During his leisure hours throughout a period of ten years he wrote his masterpiece, "Orlando Furioso" (Orlando Mad), an epic poem in forty-five cantos, celebrating the achievements of the Paladins of Charlemagne in the wars between the Christians and the Moors. It is virtually a continuation of Boiardo's metrical romance, "Orlando Innamorato" (Orlando in Love). Ariosto subsequently joined the court of the cardinal's brother, Alfonso, Duke o...

The Noble Piet van Ede (IMO: 8752805, Port of Registry: Monrovia, Liberia) is a three-legged cantilever jack-up drilling unit of 55 meters long and 62 meters wide, rated for water depths up to 64 meters with a maximum drilling depth of 7,620 meter. The vessel is constructed to survive wave heights of 23 meters and wind speeds of 42 m/s. The rig was built in 1982 at CNIM, La Seine sur Mer, France and is operated by Noble Drilling Services. via

This first page of the Cosmic Call 1999 message, shown above, involves only numbers Cosmic Call Physicists are announcing today that they have designed a message to be broadcast in the direction of nearby stars in order to search for extra-terrestrial intelligence. This project is being presented by Dr. Yvan Dutil and Stephane Dumas from the Defence Research Establishment Valcartier, near Quebec City (Canada), to the American Astronomical Society meeting in Austin, TX. This is the first time in a quarter of a century that such a cosmic call will be attempted.   The complete message is about 400,000 bits long and will be transmitted three times over a 3-hour period in the direction of the four selected stars. Then, it will be followed by a series of greetings from people around the world. The transmission will start on March 15 1999. Finding a transmitter for this task was not easy; the project will use a 70 m (230 ft) Ukrainian antenna equipped with a 150 kW transmitter b...

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"On his way he is surprised to find that his unfocused thoughts have mirrored someone elses' to the extent that they need a passing place. He stops and places himself in emptiness as the other person passes his mind and moves off in her own mental direction. Returning to himself he moves on also." A single-track road or one-lane road is a road that permits two-way travel but is not wide enough in most places to allow vehicles to pass one another (although for some it is possible for two compact cars to pass). This kind of road is common in rural areas across the United Kingdom and elsewhere. To accommodate two-way traffic , many single-track roads, especially those officially designated as such, are provided with passing places (United Kingdom) or pullouts or turnouts (United States), or simply wide spots in the road, which may be scarcely longer than a typical automobile using the road. The distance between points where passing is possible varies cons...