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POPSCenturies old code survives in remote Albanian village The code covers everything from inheritances and the rights of the church to the treatment of livestock. In Theth, nobody will sell land to an outsider, or even to another villager. Brides must come from outside the valley, a tradition that follows along the lines of the Kanun's rule that marriage within the same clan is forbidden. "The Kanun is the law. Just like the state law," explains Gjovalin Lokthi, 39, a gruff "kryeplak," or elected chief of the village.
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POPSYellowstone's Greatest Threat: the Loss of Habitat to Development The world's first national park is concerned about the fate of wildlife in the park: Each year their habitat is slowing disappearing. Yellowstone gets millions of visitors each year, which makes preserving the park even more challenging. Achieving a balance between the ecosystem and the visitors is what was originally intended in creating the park. Congress told the rangers, 'You will conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife in the parks, and you will manage them in such a manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for future generations'
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POPSWithdraw Sochi's Award of the 2014 Winter Games? However, in the context of the still ongoing discussion as to whether China should have been awarded the current Olympic Games or not, I also wonder if using the Olympics as a political football makes any sense. After all, every country, no matter its political and governmental situation, is invited to the Olympics. If no discrimination is made in the participants, why would political discrimination be made among the host? Is the Olympics supposed to be a League of Democracies, or something? Don't think so.
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POPSThe harsh beauty of a winter ice storm This extraordinary scene reminds me of the St Valentine's Day ice storm in Central Illinois over 20 years ago. There was no electric power for a week. Ice laden trees and power lines were crashing everywhere, ice-covered garage doors wouldn't open, and cars left outdoors were temporarily useless.
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POPSIsrael destroys Negev Bedouin village for second time On Tuesday, January 9th, Israeli forces entered the Bedouin village of Twail Abu Jarwal in the Northern Negev for the fifth time, in order to demolish it. Large police forces, with the aid of special-task forces and with the aerial help of a helicopter and two bulldozers, demolished the entire village. Twenty-one homes, shacks, brick rooms, and tents were destroyed. During the last battle Israel waged against the residents of this village, on 6 December 2006, Israeli forces demolished 17 homes - more than half the village. But the villagers, with the help of friends and the Regional Council for the Unrecognized Villages, managed to rebuild roofs over their heads, to protect them from the harsh Negev winter weather. Today, however, it seems that Israel might have won the battle -- and the war -- against its citizens in the Northern Negev. SO BRAVE, YOU LEARNT NOTHING FROM THE NAZIS!!!!!!!
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POPSShare the Love, Why not? A romantic endeavor against the dowry system. I love the picture at the end of the article: the caption says, "No need to worry."
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POPSOld Farmer's Almanac sees harsh U.S. winter The little magazine -- not to be confused with the Farmers' Almanac published in neighboring Maine -- claims to get the weather right about 80 percent of the time, though it failed to forecast last year's unusually warm January.
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POPSFrozen Niagara Falls Did a little research after seeing a photo that had been posted in sepia of a frozen Niagara Falls. The Falls has indeed frozen though not on the date noted on the photograph and the photo was taken from a Photoshop website, hence my research.
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