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POPSTeen summonsed for calling Scientology a cult The City of London police came under fire two years ago when it emerged that more than 20 officers, ranging from constable to chief superintendent, had accepted gifts worth thousands of pounds from the Church of Scientology. The City of London Chief Superintendent, Kevin Hurley, praised Scientology for "raising the spiritual wealth of society" during the opening of its headquarters in 2006. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_(group)
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POPSMoral Philosopher Questions Memory Manipulation Hurley says while the real threat of developing PTSD might be a good enough reason to use beta-blockers as a preventative measure, she also wants policy makers to consider the ramifications of what such a treatment may mean to a person’s moral well-being. “Beta-blockers do not cause amnesia. Rather they make memories less vivid, detailed and arousing,” explains Hurley, who specializes in bioethics. “They lessen the emotional impact when someone is recalling upsetting events.”
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POPSHuckabee and Educational Freedom Things that make you go "Hmmm..." "The teacher reminded us that Rome’s liberties were not auctioned off in a day, but were bought slowly, gradually, furtively, little by little;first with a little corn and oil for the exceedingly poor and wretched,later with corn and oil for voters who were not quite so poor, later still with corn and oil for pretty much every man that had a vote to sell— exactly our own history over again." ~ Mark Twain
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POPSWW! Aussie pics 2 In 1917 James Francis Hurley (1885-1962) became the first official photographer to the Australian Imperial Forces. When he arrived at the Western Front his rank was honorary captain, but the troops, seeing how he took risks to get his pictures, dubbed him “the mad photographer”. Captain Frank Hurley"To get war pictures of striking interest and sensation is like attempting the impossible," Hurley wrote in September 1917.
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POPSHEADACHES--TRACKING THE SOURCE Simply DO NOT GIVE UP! No matter how "great" the doctor's reputation, credentails or his seeming sympathy for your pain, IF you do not get reasonable, relatively appropriate and expeditious answers resulting in treatment that is effective for your pain, GO ELSEWHERE. Do not let yourself be intimidated by a doctor's assertions (on his failure to diagnose or successfully treat your pain) that the PAIN is somehow your fault, all in your mind, or some manifestation of a neurosis, or some personality disorder, again all of your conscious or unconscious control. LIFE is short, every moment filled with promise and happiness -- let nothing stand in your way to participate in the joy and realization of this fleeting blessing.
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POPSFIND WHAT IS CAUSING THAT HEADACHE , THEN TREAT After living for over half my life in Chronic Pain (l8 yrs. of which no one could give me a true diagnosis--so I rec'd a great many manipulations of body, mind and spirit, leaving me in the wake of a disasterous effort that went from living to struggling to exist), I know how imperative it is to have a RIGHT diagnosis of the pain that is destroying your life BEFORE you submit yourself, your body/mind/spirit to the experimentation of any and every so-called specialist carrying a medical degree--too often that is all that piece of paper means. You MUST be a partner in this process or risk losing your life or your ability to live one.
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POPSTRADE-CANADA: Losing Water Through NAFTA Surely, Canada's water is covered by the Manifest Destiny doctrine -- the license for the Federal Troopers to march in and ensure vital US interests. With $US1 worth 25 cents cents Canadian, Americans won't be able to afford to buy the water on the "free" market.
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POPSJudge urges calm for Aborigine trial Seems hard for someone's liver to be cleaved in two by accident. Sounds a lot like it was Police brutality to me - and it warms my heart that the islanders cared enough to burn down an entire 15 buildings to get justice on this one.
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POPSWhat does Memorial Day mean to you? "On Memorial Day we need to stop and pay with sincere conviction our respects for those who died protecting and preserving the freedoms we enjoy, for we owe those honored dead more than we can ever repay."
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POPSMicrosoft goes for the open source jugular Microsoft was starting to look like they'd changed their ways, like they were going to compete on the merits of their software, not on the premise of litigating everyone else out of business. The large majority of these patents have prior art and never should have been granted, others are common sense. This is a very offensive move from MS against a HUGE community of open source users, including you. Check out William Hurley's article about what the world would be like without open source software if you don't believe me. MS is grasping at straws here, and It's certainly not going to win them any PR.
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POPSEmopunk Culture on the Rise Trend Agitator readers, get your insider's guide to Emo culture here. This alternaculture is on the rise and quickly moving from microcosm to megatrend. With brands like Hurley on the ready, expect to see mainstream interpretations of this petulant, intensely inked universe at an A-mall near you!
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POPS100 Most Influential People (Time Magazine) The list includes 71 men and 29 women from 27 countries. Other entertainers making the cut were Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Justin Timberlake, Tyra Banks, Cate Blanchett, America Ferrera, Tina Fey, John Mayer, Brian Williams, Michael J. Fox, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and "American Idol'' creator Simon Fuller.
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