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POPSA visit to holey ground A sinkhole is a patch of land that gradually becomes weaker over time and then collapses suddenly because the water table has risen and eroded the ground from underneath the surface. There are over 2,000 sinkholes in the area. Sinkholes have been known to be big enough to swallow entire houses.
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POPSSomeone's Not Right Hear This is very bizarre. It would appear that the mother tried to conceal that her daughter had died (screen and open window in bedroom). Then to stash her corpse in the attic is too weird to contemplate.
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POPSMother Nature at her finest They haven't figured it out yet but the fissure sounds feasible. Earthquakes have been happening in the region...but gracious isn't mother nature fickle.
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POPSAn Expressive Language Struggling for a Rennaisance As someone who publishes an online magazine of Jewish culture, politics and lifestyle, I am thrilled to learn of this marvelous conference. Yiddish is a beautifully expressive, vibrant and in a very real sense, universal language. So many Yiddishisms have been incorporated into everyday English. Shlep, shmuck, mazel tov are but three of hundreds of expressions that Jews and non-Jews use in their day-to-day conversations. I am glad this group is working towards keeping Yiddish alive.