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Location	Glasgow, Scotland
Profile	An author, editor, and sometime film-maker, qualified as a linguist and with a longstanding interest in the sciences.
Website/Blog	www.triffid.demon.co.uk/jennie
KnowBrainers Blog	Jennie_Kermode's KnowBrainers Blog
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Questions Answered	529
Rating	1.2 (on 323 ratings)
Registered on	Mon, 02 Jan 2006
Last Visited	Fri, 06 Oct 2006
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