Obol

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Obol

An ancient Greek unit of weight approximately equivalent to 0.72 or 1.05 grams, depending on the region.

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Although many people have heard of UFOs, what about OBOLs which stands for Orange Ball of Light?

Probes or signs of an alien invasion? Just what are these orange lights? Master of mysteries, Tom Slemen, on a new type of UFO being spotted in Merseyside

MAYO Communications will provide national publicity for OBOL activities, including bringing animals to grade school classrooms to teach humane education to promoting OBOL's participation in animal events like the large Pet Expo at the Orange County fairgrounds (Petexpooc.

Operation Blankets of Love (OBOL) Retains MAYO Communications for National Publicity

Realizing the significance of what he was looking at, Houle used a cell phone to call Roger Robb, a longtime birding friend, and ask him to report the sighting to OBOL.

BIRDS on the WIRE

Among the choices suggested so far are: Hercules, the hero who slew Hydra; Obol, the coin put in the mouths of the dead as payment to Charon; Cerebrus, the three-headed dog guarding the gates of the underworld; Orpheus, the musician and poet who used his talents to get his wife, Eurydice, out of the underworld only to lose her by looking back: Eurydice; and Styx, the river to the underworld.

Pluto's 2 moons to be given new names though contest

To make it even easier to Swoop n Scoop, Obol has designed the matching Spoonit for Less Drip and Steady Grip, say officials for the Corona del Mar, Calif.