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POPSThe World Reaction To John Lennon's Death (cont.)Yesterday network camera crews remained stationed outside the Dakota. Television news film included interviews with some of the thousands of mourners who showed up at the building to sing and, in some cases, weep. In New York, WOR-TV devoted more than half of its noontime newscast to the Lennon story
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POPS High Drama & High Finance Not only has Ferguson been described as 'the most brilliant historian of his generation' by The Times, he's been rated as 'one of the world's 100 most influential people' by Time magazine. From the first coins of ancient Mesopotamia to the rise of China and the credit crunch, via the Medicis of Renaissance Italy, the Scottish clergymen who created the first insurance company and the dynasty started by the first Nathan Rothschild, Ferguson provides a clear and masterful financial history of the world. He shows, for example, how the high-financial scam of a Scottish murderer resulted in the French Revolution, how the bond market settled the outcome of the American Civil War, and, chillingly, how a previous era of globalisation and prosperity was ended almost overnight by the surprise catastrophe of World War I.
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POPSSeadevils and Species Unknown "It was stranger than any imagination could have conceived," he wrote in "Half Mile Down" (Harcourt Brace, 1934). "I would focus on some one creature and just as its outlines began to be distinct on my retina, some brilliant, animated comet or constellation would rush across the small arc of my submarine heaven and every sense would be distracted, and my eyes would involuntarily shift to this new wonder." Beebe sketched some of the creatures, because no camera of the day was able to withstand the rigors of the deep and record the nuances of this cornucopia of astonishments. Colleagues reacted coolly. Some accused Beebe of exaggeration. One reviewer suggested that his heavy breathing had fogged the window of the submarine vessel, distorting the undersea views. More at source.
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POPSTungsten Carbide Ring I recently bought my husband a tungsten carbide ring for his birthday. It is so gorgeous and looks so good on him! He really likes it too!!! It is so scratch resistant, that he can even wear it to work without having to worry about messing it up. The ring did not cost too much, I guess tungsten carbide costs a lot less than other metals like titanium, platinum, gold, and silver, so I did not pay a fortune on his gift. =)
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POPS Obama vs. Pelosi Barack Obama obviously has thought carefully about mistakes made by previous Democratic presidential winners who wrongly believed a Congress controlled by their own party would help make them a success. That may be one reason why Mr. Obama has chosen Rahm Emanuel, a respected member of the Congressional leadership, to become his new White House Chief of Staff. Mr. Emanuel has a reputation as a tough partisan, but he has also exhibited impatience with left-wing members of his party who have overly ambitious ideological agendas. To the extent Mr. Obama becomes a successful president, it will be because he remains his own man and trusts the brilliant political instincts that have gotten him this far, this fast.
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POPSMichael Crichton 1942 - 2008 But what a strange career the man had, from Harvard Medical School to the top of the book and movie charts to Hollywood blockbusters to odd best-selling jeremiads against Japanese businessmen and global warming activists. The consistent themes of his work are the consequences of man's own hubris and a thoroughgoing paranoia. Someone is always coming up with a brilliant notion in Crichton, and it always goes hideously kablooey. Bring dinosaurs back to life? Okay, but they'll escape and gobble you up. Organ transplants? Fine until the medical establishment starts harvesting them for profit. Robots? Forget about the robots: they'll shoot you down ("Westworld") or come after you with knives ("Runaway"). Plastic surgery, biotech implants, chasing tornadoes? All terrible, terrible ideas ("Looker," "The Terminal Man," "Twister").
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POPSThe Myth of the Tragedy of the Commons Has the time come to *change* minds about capitalism? It is based on false theory and bad doctrine, and its effects are devastating the ultimate commons which is all of nature.
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POPSAFP: World hails Obama's 'brilliant' victory A victory for the American people, and definitely something to celebrate the world over. The article has quotes from various world leaders, just about all looking forward to a new era in American governance. A very interesting bit from the end: 'In Obama, an ancient fishing town on the Sea of Japan -- Obama means small shore in Japanese -- residents dressed in Hawaiian skirts did a hula dance in celebration, embracing Hawaiian-born Obama as one of their own. "I'm so excited because Obama shares our town's name. But even if the town was called McCain I would still support Barack Obama," said 44-year-old dancer Masayo Ishibashi.'
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POPSAsia News gives: 8 Reasons Why Obama Will Win.
It turns out the article concludes with their "8 Reasons Why Obama Will Lose. But reason r #8 way wrong-- Obam's campaign, without doubt, has been way more about Skill rather than Luck. And his endurance and follow through incredible. American politicians and political scientist will be studying this campaign like those who like military would always do some study of Napoleon. It's brilliant. It's historic. It has set not only new records and standards but done something that a lot of 'genius,' leaders have done: Obama's overall strategy defied contemporary wisdom, broke with tradition and then moved in real close for "the kill," blasting away with the standard 'weapons,' and parameters of victory. Like the overall strategy of North Vietnam General Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap at Dien Bien Phu against the French and at Khe Sanh against the Americans. Or Admiral Nelson at Trafalgar. General Patton at the Battle of the Bulge. Toussaint L'Ouverture Or USA Chess champion
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POPSRedneck support for Obama Great video "If you're going to vote for someone just because they're black or white there's no reason for you to even vote. You're not voting for what you want you're just voting for race." Brilliant!
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POPSBarack Obama Used Hypnosis to Win the Election *facepalm* Btw, the source is: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons A 66-page, extensively footnoted but unsigned article “An Examination of Obama’s Use of Hidden Hypnosis Techniques in His Speeches” is available at: http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Find-Freedom.htm?At=039963&From=News
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POPSMicrobial Limit This procedure, which is performed on pharmaceuticals of all kinds, from raw materials to finished forms, provides an estimation of the number of viable aerobic microorganisms present in a given product
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POPS Is Wall Street Wise To Obama? He is far too smart to say what Barney Frank just said–that we should cut the military budget by 25%. But it tells you something that Morgan Stanley has just downgraded the entire aerospace and defense sector ahead of the presidential election Obama is heavily favored to win. Wonder why they figure that we won’t be spending so much on defense in the future? Maybe the financial analysts aren’t buying Obama’s centrist makeover?
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