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POPSAmphetamine and Saudi I do, after partying the whole night in the desert the night before you will need it to keep awake the next morning for work......... Or weight loss?
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POPSMEANING OF FOLDING THE FLAG The 7th fold is a tribute to our Armed Forces, for it is through the Armed Forces that we protect our country and our flag against all her enemies, whether they be found within or without the boundaries of our republic. The 8th fold is a tribute to the one who entered into the valley of the shadow of death, that we might see the light of day. The 9th fold is a tribute to womanhood, and Mothers. For it has been through their faith, their love, loyalty and devotion that the character of the men and women who have made this country great has been molded.
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POPSPostcards From the Frontier: Unmovable American Images More commminstrelon were the scolders and scandalized of Europe’s elite. Shocked at the determination of her fellow travelers to cram more baggage on her coach than it could decently carry, a visiting Frances Trollope protested, “No law, sir, can permit such conduct as this.” She elicited the loud reaction of backwoods laissez-faire: “We makes our own laws, and governs our own selves . . . this is a free country, we have no laws here, and we don’t want no foreign power to tyrannize over us.” Mrs. Trollope thought the association of law with tyranny revealing, even if it came from men who had “evidently been drinking more than an usual portion of whiskey.” It suggested a bias on behalf of convenience as against custom, lawlessness transformed into freedom. And it typified the ways in which Americans drew distinctions between themselves and Europe.
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POPSDating Meeting people in bars, especially one's local watering hole, is indeed a rare occurrence these days. “You're not going to find the person,” offered Lem, Jason's 36-year-old bartending counterpart. “It's going to be a hookup.” Since the days of the singles bar, meeting people socially has gone virtual in the form of various Internet dating and networking sites. Increasingly, Craigslist has become the dirty little secret introducing young couples. One recent headline even asks point blank: Are you willing to lie about how we met? That's not really news, but Craigslist is increasingly the destination for young people (and a few olds) to make new friends and meet new lovers. Perhaps Craigslist is more convenient than the days of singles bars, as it allows one to sift through various pictures, desires and hobbies until a match is made. And besides, many have found apartments and jobs through the site, so why not love or friendship?
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POPSClothing styles and mental health 
n a follow-up study two years later, a number of the same pupils were resurveyed and completed measures of mental health. Results showed that clothing preferences in adolescence appeared to influence future mental health, with different effects apparent by gender. Bangladeshi girls for example were most likely to benefit from traditional clothing choices, and White British girls benefited from integrated clothing choices. In contrast to Bangladeshi girls, White British girls with traditional clothing preferences had a higher risk of ill mental health, and White British girls who preferred clothing from other cultural groups (assimilated) were at an even higher risk. Bangladeshi boys who entirely preferred wearing western clothing had a lower risk of mental health problems, and White British boys with integrated clothing choices had the lowest risk of mental health problems at follow up, with the highest risk being those with marginalised clothing choices. These findings were sustain
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POPSThe Courage to Be Useful overview of Tillich's The Courage to Be, supported by general account of existential approaches to anxiety of non-being, including Kierkegaard and Heidegger.
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POPSWhy We Kiss Studies show that as many as 80 percent of mothers, whether right-handed or left-handed, cradle their infants on their left side. Infants cradled, face up, on the left must turn to the right to nurse or nuzzle. As a result, most of us may have learned to associate warmth and security with turning to the right.
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POPSMini-muscleman: Meet the world's smallest bodybuilder At just 2ft 9in, Indian muscleman Aditya 'Romeo' Dev is the world's smallest bodybuilder. Pint-sized Romeo is well-known in his hometown of Phagwara, India - for his ability to lift 1.5kg dumbbells - despite his overall 9kg body weight.
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POPSFetishism 'changing technology use' "someone actually wiring themselves up to the computer so that others can give them sexual pleasure over the internet." Damn. I will press '"ENTER" repeatedly just to see the reactions.
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POPSDog Tossed From Mo. Overpass Euthanized To the person who did this --F... You. To the general public : Please call the Humane Society of Missouri Rescues and Investigations Department at (314) 802-5712 or St. Louis City Police North Patrol District 6 at 314-444-0001. Much love...
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POPSTwo Dogs Thrown Off Union Overpass; Please call the Humane Society of Missouri Rescues and Investigations Department at (314) 802-5712 or St. Louis City Police North Patrol District 6 at 314-444-0001. Much love...
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POPSMuslim Contributions to Science, Philosophy, and the Arts Hunayn ibn Ishaq,wrote the first systematic text book on opthamology. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865-925 AD) He found a treatment for kidney and bladder stones, and explained the nature of various infectious diseases.He also tried proposed remedies first on animals in order to evaluate their effects and side effects.and the first to use opium for anesthesia. Abul Qasim al-Zahrawi (963-1013 AD)He wrote the medical encyclopedia al-Tasrif li man ajaz an-il-talif, which contained 30 sections of surgical knowledge and illustrations of 200 surgical instruments, most of which he designed himself. The Encyclopedia was not only a standard for physicians, but even five centuries later it was being used as the standard textbook on surgery in universities in Europe. He also performed many delicate operations such as Cesareans
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POPSThe Islamic calendar and Ashura The example of Karbala is extraordinary enough to have earned the attention and respect not only of all Muslims, Shia and Sunni alike, but have Western non-Muslims as well. A number of Western historians have referred to as the most revered and meritorious martyr the world has produced, who established the highest standards of excellence of which humanity prides itself. By his actions he affirmed forever that it is both a social and moral duty to act when confronted with such situations in which he lost the battle yet won the war. The martyrdom of Hussein in Karbala remains the symbol for freedom, dignity and rejection of the tyrants.
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POPSWhy did the Muslim Middle East become so violent - dar al-Islam, the land of Islam and peace, - dar al-harb, the land of infidels The theological foundation of the Arab Empire was the supremacy of Islam and the obligation of each Muslim to advance its domination. The notion of Jihad, in particular, served to establish the Muslim community's permanent state of war against the dar al-harb until the infidels' conclusive submission and the absolute world supremacy of Islam.
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POPSCoptic Ever wonder about hieroglyphic, the inscription on Egyptian monuments as well as a variety of written texts on papyrus. n 313 BC. Alexander the Great invaded Egypt. His legacy was carried on by his general Ptolemeus and his successors in Egypt. That legacy, simply stated, was to have a universal culture. Such culture would of course be the Greek or Hellenistic one. With the culture comes the language, so it became the proper way for the educated classes to learn Greek and encourage their children to learn it for the economical as well as the social advantages. In script, the Greek was far superior to the Demotic, the last surviving Egyptian script at the time. It offered 24 characters all pronounceable as opposed to over 400 symbols that only a small percentage represented sounds and the rest were ideograms. The Greeks learned their writing system from the Egyptians through the frequent travelers of the ancient world, the Phoenicians. In the course of their commercial dealings with
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