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POPSXīn Nián Kuài Lè - Happy Chinese New Year This article was very interesting. Lots of info such as the tradition of giving a red envelope with money inside to children and unmarried adults. Also the number "4" is bad luck and stands for death, so the money amount can never have a "4" in it. Fireworks scare away the evil spirits and are still unrestricted in Taiwan and Mainland China where "there are many displays of fireworks lighting up the evening skies." Happy Year of the Rat!
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POPSMySpace Security - Ineffective Against Predators I have monitored my youngest child's progress on the web (she's now 20), and have taught her how to survive and evade the predators. MY OPINION: Nothing (no online security measures) can take the place of proper parental concern and instruction!
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POPSIris Scan - The ID of the Future "It's part of the growing surveillance society. We're going to be identified and tracked everywhere we go." The ACLU is not happy. This is the same concept as in the movie "The Minority Report". With GPS in your cell phone and your car, and iris scan everywhere else, you will never be able to be "lost" again. Bad news for the bad guys and the "cheaters" in society.
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POPSHealth and Poverty - How To Stop Dying In America I have many personal testimonies to this article. Poverty leads to many, many health related issues. If you don't have enough money you don't go to the doctor. If you don't go to the doctor you can get worse or continue in ill health. Without money you can't afford to buy medicine when you need it, so your health can decline even more. You don't get enough good food ... you don't exercise ... you can't afford to maintain good dental practices ... you can't afford to get your children proper medical care. You end up with hospital bills in the tens of thousands of dollars that you will never be able to pay. How are health and poverty related? They are related in every way you can possibly imagine!
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POPSChildren "Fattened Up Before Ritual Killing We may never really know the full reasoning behind all of the ritualistic killing in native cultures. If there are no written documents to shed light on what we view as pagan, cruel rituals, we can only study and continue to speculate on the religious significance. These killings, or sacrifices to the religious powers (gods or goddesses), are in evidence world wide, on every continent. Interesting reading.
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POPSAmerica's Near-Poor - There But For Grace ... I see this a lot here in America. I may even be one of these people myself! One paycheck from welfare or becoming a "street person" with no home. Women are in more vulnerable to this than men. I recently spent the day with a homeless woman. I saw where she lived (in the woods behind a shopping center) I saw where she slept (in a sleeping bag on some plastic bags and newspaper) and I went to the grocery store with her to buy her meal for the day (after she had earned $3.00 answering some questions at a market research office ... where I met her). I took her to a county office to get 6 public bus coupons so she could get across town to pan-handle for money to continue paying for her small storage room where everything she owned was stored. There but for grace my friends!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_But_For_the_Grace_of_God_(Stargate_SG-1)
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POPSJapanese Men Can Take "Daddy Exam" This would probably be a good "exam" for men in any country. There are way too many men in this world who also believe that raising children falls only to women. Get with the program dad! Male input into children's lives is immeasurable. These are your children too! Love 'em ... but don't leave 'em to their mothers to raise!
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