"That kind of light doesn't happen in life, only at the end of the world, " Vlada Palagina, a Chelyabinsk schoolteacher, told the LifeNews website.

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The new fourth generation iPad features the amazing 9.7-inch Retina display and includes a new Apple-designed A6X chip that delivers up to twice the CPU performance and up to twice the graphics performance of the A5X chip, all while delivering an incredible 10 hours of battery life in the same thin and light iPad design.

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"We brought in light engineering equipment, drills, the jaws of life, anything that can be carried portably, " said Robert Brown, a naval commander from Halifax, Canada.

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Girlguiding UK say they are working with Everywoman - a UK-wide membership organisation for women in business - to create a series of "day in the life" videos, featuring successful women in a range of different careers shedding light on the reality of their professions.

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The antique Belgian mirrored tent is made to look and feel like the original theatre on Avenue George V in Paris, with the dimly-lit reception area decorated with neon artwork by light artist Chris Bracey and life-sized photographs of the showgirls in costume.

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The biggest emphasis in my investment strategy is found through the use of a written Investment Policy Statement that helps guide my investment decisions in light of my financial life plan.

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Depending on whether an object hitting us were a fast-moving comet or a slower asteroid, it would need to be about 2.5 miles across to set in motion the process of reducing light and destroying photosynthesis, without both of which Homo sapiens and the other forms of life on our planet could not survive.

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