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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=758343906-06082008><FONT face="Courier New"
color=#0000ff size=2>Hi all</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=758343906-06082008><FONT face="Courier New"
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=758343906-06082008><FONT face="Courier New"
color=#0000ff size=2>I sent this the other day, but somehow, the formatting got
all garbled, so I doubt anybody took any notice of it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=758343906-06082008><FONT face="Courier New"
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=758343906-06082008><FONT face="Courier New"
color=#0000ff size=2>I did a bit of thinking about
names. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=758343906-06082008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><FONT
face="Courier New">Precog<SPAN
class=758343906-06082008> </SPAN>- see
Minority Report (the movie) <SPAN
class=758343906-06082008> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><FONT face="Courier New">AWAC<SPAN
class=758343906-06082008> </SPAN>-
See military refereces <SPAN
class=758343906-06082008> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><FONT
face="Courier New">Horus <SPAN
class=758343906-06082008> </SPAN>-<SPAN
class=758343906-06082008> </SPAN>See All-seeing Eye of Horus <SPAN
class=758343906-06082008> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><FONT
face="Courier New">Panoptes <SPAN
class=758343906-06082008> </SPAN>- See Argus Panoptes of greek
mythology (Peacock as new logo) <SPAN
class=758343906-06082008> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>MPM <SPAN
class=758343906-06082008> </SPAN>-
Multi-Platform Monitor (and a nice play on MOM - Microsoft's<SPAN
class=758343906-06082008> </SPAN>abortion)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>Aprilicus <SPAN
class=758343906-06082008> </SPAN>- A series of spy
satellites</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>Almaz <SPAN
class=758343906-06082008> </SPAN>-
Russian military (spy) satellites. Almaz also means diamond - reference to
Hobbit icons?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><FONT face="Courier New">Now here's
something <SPAN class=758343906-06082008>else </SPAN>interesting I
stumbled upon while random browsing Wikipedia In the early <SPAN
class=758343906-06082008> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><FONT face="Courier New">stellar cults
of Mesopotamia there were four "royal" Stars (known as Lords) which were called
the <SPAN class=758343906-06082008> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><FONT
face="Courier New">"watchers". <SPAN
class=758343906-06082008> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>Each one of these
stars "ruled" over one of the four cardinal points common to
Astrology.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><FONT face="Courier New">This
particular system would date from approximately 3000 BC. <SPAN
class=758343906-06082008> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=758343906-06082008> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>The star Aldebaran,
when it marked the Vernal Equinox, held the position of Watcher of the East.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>Regulus, marking the
Summer Solstice, was Watcher of the South. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>Antares, marking the
Autumn Equinox, was Watcher of the West. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><FONT
face="Courier New">Fomalhaut, marking the Winter Solstice, was Watcher of the
North. <SPAN
class=758343906-06082008> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=758343906-06082008> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>In the star myths the
"watchers" themselves were depicted as gods who guarded the Heavens and the
Earth. Their nature, as well as their "rank", was altered by the successive
lunar and solar cults that replaced the older stellar cults.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><FONT face="Courier New">Any of
those could be <SPAN class=758343906-06082008> a
</SPAN>good<SPAN class=758343906-06082008> name. </SPAN><SPAN
class=758343906-06082008> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=758343906-06082008> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>And if we want to
stick with fantasy characters, how about one form the game Star Control II / The
Ur-Quan Masters?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>Arilou.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariloulaleelay"><U><FONT
face="Courier New"
size=2>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariloulaleelay#Arilou</FONT></U></A><SPAN
class=758343906-06082008><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff
size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=758343906-06082008><FONT face="Courier New"
color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>Any other
ideas?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>Cheers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff
size=2>Vernon</FONT></DIV><pre>
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