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Any colour sand - as long as it's not black.
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The final stage of a [pounds sterling]28m project will see sand return to Morecambe's beaches.
Around 90 tons of sand and 20 tons of rubble will be transported to Morecambe's seafront in the last phase of a coastal works scheme that has spanned 16 years.
Three of the town's beaches will benefit from a facelift, and the sand will cover the existing surface, help to protect the seafront and increase tourism in the area.
The [pounds sterling]13m needed to complete the work will be funded by Defra.
Coun Janice Hanson, cabinet member for ...
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Usurping emperor.(History as it Happens)(Carausius)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: History Today
; ...two rare gold coins from the 3rd-century AD, depicting Carausius, a self-styled emperor of Britain. The objects were handed...Scheme; the exact location of the find has not been revealed. Carausius revolted against Diocletian in 287 and ruled Britain before...
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Ancient Lance Pierces Hole in King Arthur Legend.
PR Newswire
; ...may have been Marcus Aurelius Mausaeus Carausius, a 3rd century Belgic sailor from humble...Celtic war/sword god Mars Camulos and Carausius, who undoubtedly identified himself...origin of Medieval writers' Camelot. Carausius strove to become a people's hero of...
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Researchers from University of Cologne report recent findings in neurophysiology.
Newspaper article from: Pain & Central Nervous System Week
; ...stepping velocity in the stick insect Carausius morosus. J Neurophysiol 102: 1180...and intact animals of the stick insect Carausius morosus to understand mechanisms underlying...Stepping Velocity in the Stick Insect Carausius morosus. Journal of Neurophysiology...
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Chipinque, el "pulmón" de Monterrey.(Parque Ecológico Chipinque)
Magazine article from: Contenido
; ...bronceada. En cuanto a mariposas revolotean por ahí 174 especies como la Corola pilumnus, la Metálica carausius y la famosa monarca, que hace escala en Chipinque en sus migraciones entre Canadá y México. De acuerdo...
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Research findings from University of Bielefeld, Faculty of Biology update understanding of life sciences.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week
; Research findings, 'Tight turns in stick insects,' are discussed in a new report. "We investigated insects Carausius morosus walking whilst hanging upside down along a narrow 3 mm horizontal beam. At the end of the beam, the animal takes...
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Britain's biggest-ever Roman villa 'discovered'.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
; ...Tritons, or sea deities, carrying reclining nymphs on their backs. It may have belonged to Allectus who murdered in AD 293 Carausius who was a Roman Army Commander and had proclaimed himself as Emperor of Britain. Although the Victorians explored this part...
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New research on physiology from University of Bielefeld summarized.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week
; ...733, 2008; J Comp Physiol 194:735-750, 2008) asked the question that how the nervous system of a stick insect, Carausius morosus, chooses a solution from an abundance of possibilities to solve the task of distributing its body weight onto its...
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The men who would be king
Magazine article from: The Spectator
; ...There are not only lucid accounts of the Wars of the Roses and the Jacobites, of Perkin Warbeck and Lambert Simnel, but even Carausius, Roman Emperor of Britain and (in a chapter headed 'Dreamers and Hoaxers') 'Prince Michael of Albany' (a Belgian who...
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`Lady of Avalon' by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...Empire. A love triangle between the Lady of Avalon, her protegee and a Roman admiral (the historical Marcus Aurelius Musaeus Carausius) plays out against and affects the struggle for the leadership of England. Finally, the third section, which ends about...
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Chessmen who go berserk; answers to correspondents.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ...contrary' which is technically younger. And the Royal Mint claims its origins date back to AD 287, when a Roman rebel called Carausius made his own coins in London. Benedict Le Vay, author, Eccentric Britain, London W8. QUESTION Who was Robert Burns...
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