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POPSAlchemy Laboratories "Thus have I been wishing to reveal to you in this treatise, as far as may be lawful to me, the Stone of the Ancients, that you, too, might possess the knowledge of this highest of earthly treasures for your health and comfort in this valley of sorrow. I write about it, not for my own good, but for that of posterity, and though my words be few and simple, that which they import is of immeasurable magnitude. Ponder them well, that you also may find the Rock which is the foundation Stone of truth, the temporal blessing, and the eternal reward."
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POPSA real jewel: The 50 greatest arts videos on YouTube Many more inside like: Vladimir Nabokov discusses Lolita, 1950s; David Lynch interviewed on Scene by Scene, 1999; Jackson Pollock drip paints outside his East Hampton home, 1951; Andy Warhol's Blow Job, 1963 Maria Callas in Zeffirelli's Tosca, 1964 and more...
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POPSLondonTimes: Death of social conservatism in the USA "America is imperfect. It has no divine right to be the world's leading nation. And yet - in this glorious political year - something about it sings. And as the American Olympic team reminded us when we looked at it and wondered at its multicolour, multi-ethnic vibrancy (more than 30 members were born abroad) this nation is ours. There is nothing wrong in wishing it well."
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POPSSuperholographic Model of the Universe An extraordinary article. The idea seems to hark back to Leibniz's monads which always seemed very strange but has followers in the philosophy world. The discoveries of science seem to be getting more counter-intuitive as time goes by
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POPSHomeless Shit happens when you let greedy corporations rape the economy and then leave it in tatters.
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POPSWhy? O.K., I take my dog, D.O.G., with me everywhere I go, but a FISH? There is something here I'm not understanding. Maybe as an unique transportation system to Show-N-Tell. Anyone else find this strange?
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POPSUS Army invests in 'thought helmet' Strange future tech. The Army 'assures' us that they don't have plans for reading minds, but it would not take much to realize that is the direction they are going with this.
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POPSUniverse in a speck of dust such discoveries are so exciting when i think of it, perhaps all our science fiction ideas no matter how far fetched they may seem, can all be accommodated in the galactic expanse. yet for ever it (the universe) will remain not entirely and completely understood as we may "want" it to be... :)
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POPSMystery swirls around hijacked Iranian ship Within days, pirates who had boarded the ship developed strange health complications, skin burns and loss of hair. Independent sources tell The Long War Journal that a number of pirates have also died. In a strange twist, the Iranian press claims that the U.S. has offered to pay a $7 million bribe to the pirates to "receive entry permission and search the vessel." Officials in the Pentagon and the Department of State approached for this story refused to comment on the situation.
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POPSThe Wild Side Wow! Asexuality is a difficult concept for me to grasp, but I love to be blinded by science instead of hormones for a change. :)