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Random Web Sites

• SF Resources provides links and information about interesting Web sites around the Internet.
• Houston Ballroom Dancing is an introduction the Houston Ballroom dancing community, providing links to resource sites, articles, and official Web sites for clubs and organizations.
• History of the Mongols. This is actually how the page looks at Archive.Org (the WayBack Machine). Regrettably, the domain account has been suspended and apparently all content has been lost. We'll try to check this domain every few months.
• MARS: Life on Mars is a brief overview by NASA on the question of whether life existed on Mars.
• Finding Earth-like planets is not as much about science fiction any more as it once was.
  • A Proposal To Find Earth-like Planets explains one approach that may be used.
  • Starshade may help to find Earth-like planets is a BBC article about a proposed new space shield to block star glar for enhancing telescopic research.
  • Australian scientists find Earth-like planet with a thin atmosphere, 5.5 times Earth mass, and it orbits its star once every 11 of our Earth/Solar years. The planet is about 20,000 light-years from Earth, near the center of the galaxy. It would most likely be bombarded with huge amounts of radiation sufficient to kill us. On the other hand, surface temperaturs are estimated to be around minus 225 degrees Celsius (a little cold for most life on Earth). For now, the planet has been named OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb. Too bad they didn't call it "Trantor" after Isaac Asimov's capital world for his Galactic Empire series.
• Fantastic Four Movie, the official Web site. For reasons unknown to searchers, you cannot find this Web site on Google if you just search for "fantastic four movie".
• Official Terminator Movie Web site. Did you know there was an official Web site for this great movie? Well, now you do. Not that it's so wonderful, but most fans probably never think to look for an official Web site for a movie that predates the World Wide Web.
• The Wizard of Oz Movie Official Web site. Yes, there is an official Web site for this great movie starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, and ... um ... what's his, the Tin Man guy....
• Paris Hilton biography and pictures. How can you go wrong with Paris Hilton?
• The Balrog of Moria has drawn the attention of some of the best scholars in Tolkien research.
• The Lord of the Rings Balrog serves as the basis for understanding all Balrogs.