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POPS12 Popular Wikis that actually ‘WORK’ (6) WikiSummaries - short, quick summaries for thousands of books. (Summaries: Freakonomics, Getting Things Done, …, see other bestsellers) (7) WikiMapia - cool mashup between Google Maps and wiki-style editing. Lets you browse, view, search and add descriptive notes to any location on the globe. (8) Wiktionary - multilingual, comprehensive, user-edited dictionary. Provides word definitions, etymologies, pronunciations, sample quotations, synonyms, antonyms and translations. (9) Uncyclopedia - extremely entertaining wikipedia clone, that is filled with funny and not-necessarily correct articles. Check out: Colonel, Britney Spears, Donald Trump, …or an image pulled from an article about Women. (No offense ladies, it’s just funny…)
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POPSPhilosophers without Gods
From book blurb on site: Atheists are frequently demonized as arrogant intellectuals, antagonistic to religion, devoid of moral sentiments, advocates of an "anything goes" lifestyle. Now, in this revealing volume, nineteen leading philosophers open a window on the inner life of atheism, shattering these commonstereotypes as they reveal how they came to turn away from religious belief. These highly engaging personal essays capture the marvelous diversity to be found among atheists, providing a portrait that will surprise most readers. Many of the authors, for example, express great affection for particular religious traditions, even as they explain why they cannot, in goodconscience, embrace them. None of the contributors dismiss religious belief as stupid or primitive, and several even express regret that they cannot, or can no longer, believe. Perhaps more important, in these reflective pieces, they offer fresh insight into some of the oldest and most difficultproblems facing the h
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POPSPsoriasis "cure" found by Irishman rest of article: "It nearly had me destroyed. My scalp, ears, hands were all covered in it as well as my body. I tried absolutely everything. My marriage broke up and I even thought about taking my own life," he revealed. The condition left David with a constant itch, and he left a trail of dead skin everywhere he went. When they asked, he told children asked what was wrong with him, he told them he had been burnt in a fire. Four years ago, a friend suggested that he try Argan oil, extracted from the nut of a tree found in Morocco and used widely in cosmetics. Within hours of application, the itch which had troubled him for 14 years had stopped. David spent the next four years experimenting with different combinations of natural ingredients, using the oil as a base, with remarkable results. "Within four weeks there was a massive improvement and after seven to nine weeks it was completely gone from my scalp. "I know this works. It has given me back my freedom. I was a
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POPSLive Music Archive cool resource: Browse All Artists with Recordings in the Live Music Archive Browse All Artists' Collection Pages in the Live Music Archive (alt view 1) (alt view 2) You can readily find artists' shows by date or by year through these specific landing pages. (Note: The browsable view of collection pages is cached for 24 hr.) Most Recent Band Activations Note: This is not cached: updated in real time. Graph of the Number of Shows Added Per Month (For the past 24 months) Most Recently Added Items Browse Artists with MP3's Search for Lossless-Only Recordings (No-MP3) Search for Some 24-bit FLAC Recordings Search the Entire LMA at once Shows on This Day in History Browse a Year in History
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POPSSam Harris blasts Nature Magazine Sam is pissed at nature magazine for their positive review of Dr. Francis Collins book " The Language of God: A Scientist presents evidence for belief", amongst other things......
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POPSTop Scientist cools to global warming From Moonbattery.com: Kerry Emanuel of MIT used to get his name in the papers by claiming that global warming caused Katrina. His opportunistic findings were eagerly seized upon by the deranged Robert Kennedy Jr., who tried to spin them as proof that George W. Bush caused the hurricane. In an attempt to retain some credibility, Emanuel is now backing away from his hysterical claim that global warming will cause a plague of hurricanes. Now he says there will be a reduction in the number of hurricanes over the next two centuries.
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POPSPhilosophers in demand! http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2213665,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=8 News that employers and the public hold philosophers in higher regard should presumably be cause for celebration? Not entirely, says Blackburn. "It is also slightly worrying, because people turn to philosophers when they feel less confident and more insecure."
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