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\u00a0 \u00a0 Here\u2019s an interesting article \u2014 and a challenge \u2014 from my friend and former Maxwell Institute colleague Matt Roper: \u00a0 http:\/\/etherscave.blogspot.ca\/2015\/03\/the-600-year-prophecy-of-birth-of.html \u00a0 I might add \u2014 and I hope that I don\u2019t get him into trouble for saying this \u2014 that Matt\u2019s\u00a0online \u201cHowlers Index\u201d is very much in the spirit of the old […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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