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POPSBeautiful: 26 Castles These are beautiful pictures, even though I don't approve the over active ego that makes these castles possible.
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POPSunderwater waterfallby
mona 11-13-2007 
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fascinating - impossible to clip. visit source for full article. not very long and certainly a worth-while read!
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POPSEngland vs.Britain vs. UK I'm asking for help here from my friendly clippers. Is England considered a country? Is the United Kingdom considered a country? Is Northern Ireland considered a country or a province? This Wikipedia entry is confusing. The UK includes Northern Ireland, whereas Great Britain (or Britain) does not. Right? Thanks for helping me understand this better.
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POPSMost Gruesome Manias Done with Human Flesh "Human beings are capable of extraordinary and unbelievable feats which can range from jaw-dropping to the utmost stomach-churning. Some train feverishly to be recorded in infamy and have their names immortalized in the Guinness World Records, a number come by their inimitable achievements due to medical conditions, while others merely strive to be the top in their league for their passions or for religious convictions." A lot more at the source - videos, if you can stand to watch: http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/most-gruesome-manias-done-with-human-flesh/offbeat-news
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POPSIzzy Lane and the Unique Sheep Sanctuary of Scotland Isobel Davies loves sheep - she created a Sheep Sanctuary in Scotland after she found that many sheep were sent to slaughter for various reasons from being male to being lame. She also discovered that farmers were burning the wool sheared from their sheep rather than selling it to manufacturers in other industries. Because 80 percent of the wool used in Britain’s clothing industry was imported, the native farmers couldn’t compete with the low prices—it would actually cost them more to properly shear and sell the wool than it would to just hack it off and burn it. Davies decided to create an economic model that would preserve the sheep AND support the British clothing industry. She created Izzy Lane Sheep-Friendly Clothing!
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POPSWHO: Ireland the safest country in Europe In Estonia, it is 8.85 per 100,000, while Lithuania has 8.9 and Latvia 10.37. A senior lecturer in University College Cork, said the WHO figures proved the Irish justice system had been working effectively without the proposed reforms. "These figures show the due process model of justice we've operated for over 100 years has operated effectively and there is a proper balance," Mr Kilcommins added.
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POPSThe Benefits of Breast feeding- more social? i breast fed my daughter- and i'll do it again with the one coming--- but it seems so crazy to me that all these benefits are true...i wasn't breastfed, and i'm plenty social!! and i know plenty of people that were and these statistics just don't add up.
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POPSYou can learn a lot from floating junk To report interesting items of flotsam that have washed ashore, send an e-mail to Curtis Ebbesmeyer at curtisebbesmeyer@comcast.net or a letter to him at: Curtis Ebbesmeyer Beachcombers Alert 6306 21st Avenue, NE Seattle, WA 98115 Be sure to include a description of the item, the circumstances of its discovery (location, date, weather conditions, etc.), and pictures of the item if possible. Detailed information about the release of wooden tops off Japan in 2005 and 2006 can be found at http://www.gondo.com/g-files/koma/page_1.htm.
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POPSWe're all Martians? I suppose it's POSSIBLE that we evolved from some organic matter that hitched a ride on a flying space rock, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
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POPSThe CELTS by Enya
Antiquarian interest from the 17th century led to the term Celt being extended, and rising nationalism brought Celtic revivals from the 19th century in areas where the use of Celtic languages had continued. Today, "Celtic" is often used to describe the languages and respective cultures of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany (see the Modern Celts article), but corresponds more accurately to the Celtic language family - of which six languages are spoken today (Manx and Cornish being recent revivals): Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Manx (Goidelic languages) and Welsh, Breton and Cornish (Brythonic languages). Only in the last two decades of the twentieth century did multidisciplinary studies come to bear upon the history of the Celts. Disciplines such as ancient history, palaeolinguistics, archaeology, history of art, anthropology, population genetics, history of religion, ethnology, mythology and folklore studies must all be taken into consideration and the
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