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Fused together skimming stones on Mars?

Where once we saw canals or canali (channels) on mars, now we see a dried river bed? Video by NASA on how NASA's Mars Curiosity mission may have found evidence of water once flowing on Mars, was initially found below https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/vi deogallery/index.html?media_id=153008151 Now is maybe or maybe not found somewhere else ;-).

Andy Murray wins the US Open

Scotland won its first ever grand slam tennis title thanks to Andy Murray. Beating Djokavic 3 sets to 2 in the final, Andy finally crossed the finishing line after being in 4 previous grand slam finals. Highlights . A DVD is out covering the triumph of Scotlands Andy Murray in winning the US Open in 2012.. Available at your local DVD store or through amazon . 
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Bit of a fan of J. Michael Straczysnki, below is an example of him taking on Samual Beckets Waiting for Godot with a nice scifi twist. Part 1 Part 2 Part of a series of scifi audio dramas to be currently found here .

Chess - Armenia win Gold

The 2012 Chess Olympiad has finished.  Armenia won Gold in the chess Olympiad. Beating Hungary (2.5 - 1.5) in the final round thanks to a win by Sergei Movsesian against Soltan Almasi,  Russia also won. Winning 3-1 against Germany and ended up tied with Armenia on 9 wins 1 draw and 1 defeat. Armenia took the Gold on tie-break, with Russia silver and Ukraine 3rd after Ukraine defeated China 3-1. Open results:  here Scotland finished 76th in the open with 5 wins 1 draw and 5 defeats. In the woman only competition, Scotland finished 83rd with 4 wins 2 draws and 5 defeats. Russia won Gold in the women section also thanks to a tie-break, with China winning the silver and Ukraine the Bronze.  Womens results:  here Report from main site:  here