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POPSThat Wacky Millennium Part XV(1876 - 2000) The TP controversy continues... Second greatest Con Man (following P T Barnum) makes his appearance, Thomas Edison.... Esperanto is created... The Twentieth Century is covered in That Wacky Century of clips of mine...
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POPSProtest Poem written by Chinese poet follows the Olympic torch There is a Google Earth map on site which marks past, current and upcoming locations where the poem and torch have arrived. The poem is translated into the local language and you can listen to it on the site. The poem has arrived at Belgian (Dutch-Speaking), Belgian (French-speaking), Netherlands, German, Basque, Suisse Romand, Swiss German, Esperanto and Trieste Centres. On April 9 it goes to Swiss-Italian Reto-Romansh, Canadian and Quebecois PEN Centres, the American branch of the Writers in Exile Centre, and the proposed Haiti Centre.
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POPSManipulating Data Surprisingly, the semantic web is still not up and running. Personally, I think we have the technology to group data in varieties of ways and instances. Evidently, I have a greater confidence in scientists and programmers than is warranted. There are some cool examples of ways to constructively show data. For instance, GapMinder, a fantastic way to display important information gathered over many years, so people can see real relationships...not be wowed by propaganda or stuck in accepted, unverified ideas.
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POPSMoomin World -:) Winter is upon us (at least in the Northern hemisphere), great time to recall a favorite old literary friend. Lots of links at source for great family fun on the holidays season.
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POPS U.N. Tax Scheme:::Sen Inhofe Says “fuhgetaboutit” The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review is warning of global taxes but notes that help is on the way in the form of Senator James Inhofe’s proposed anti-global taxes legislation. Headlined, U.N. globotaxes: Fuhgetaboutit, the May 30 editorial declared: Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., is on the verge of telling the United Nations, “Don’t even think about it.” Mr. Inhofe will be introducing a bill mandating the U.N. not advocate or promote global taxation — since the hopelessly dysfunctional polyglot of poppycock is musing about “new sources of development finance.” Or for those not fluent in bureaucratic Esperanto — taxing Americans.
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POPSesperanto alphabet i've been thinking about learning esperanto for a while now. Now i'm really cracking down on it. if enough people join in, maybe one day we'll be clipping and commenting in esperanto :D
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POPSWhatever Happened To... Esperanto? This July, the ELNA (Esperanto League of North America) held their annual congress in Tijuana, Mexico. Phil Dorcas, ELNA president, says that every year some attendees insist on viewing the 1965 cult horror film Incubus, which features continuous Esperanto dialogue—and William Shatner. “The people who’ve seen it 10 times don’t want to see it again,” Dorcas says. “They used fairly accurate Esperanto in the movie, but the pronunciation was horrendous.”
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POPSEsperanto Humor - A common language is a beautiful gift and so is the ability to communicate regardless of what tongue you speak.
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POPSMeebo - Instant Messaging from Anywhere "meebo.com is a website for instant messaging from absolutely anywhere. Whether you’re at home, on campus, at work, or traveling foreign lands, hop over to meebo.com on any computer to access all of your buddies (on AIM, Yahoo!, MSN, Google Talk, ICQ and Jabber) and chat with them, no downloads or installs required, for free!"