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1. pick up the book that's closest to you.
2. open it to page 123.
3. find the 5th sentence.
4. post the sentence and this text in your journal.
5. really pick the book closest to you, don't look for a better one
It was universally believed that he had drawn seven evil spirits from the infernal regions, whom he kept enclosed in seven crystal vases, until he required their services, when he sent them forth to the ends of the earth to execute his pleasure.
(Charles MacKay: Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Volume I.)
A good book, by the way. Just read a bit about people finding prophesies about Judgment Day written on chicken eggs...
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For each service area specified in the notice, the ACA must decide:
(a) to declare the area as a net cost area for the financial year; or
(b) not to declare as mentioned in paragraph (a).
Exciting stuff huh?
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The 5th sentence on page 122 (describing the wood pigeon) says:
It is a heavily built bird with a notably small head, conspicuous white wing-bars, a strong clipping flight, and a repetitive cooing - "take two coos, boo-boo" - when perched; it nests at any time and in a wide variety of sites.
I'll be listening out for that now ("take two coos, boo-boo"!). I didn't know they nested at any time in a wide variety of sites, so I've learnt something there!