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POPSDulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori by Wilfred Owen (1917) Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs Bitter as the cud Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,- My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori. ------------------------------------------------ The title and last line(s) come from Horace and mean: It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. I think this is such an amazing and emotional piece of poetry. I hope you all 'enjoy' it as well.
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POPS100 car pile up kills 2 My city makes the aol news... too bad it's because of a massive accident. (that's the only reason I am posting it) The fog here is really bad. People don't drive slow enough in it. I can't believe only 2 died.
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POPSTortoise 'mothers' hippo. Link to video of it; <http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_4190000/newsid_4190000?redirect=4190063.stm&news=1&bbram=1&bbwm=1&nbram=1&nbwm=1> For some reason I couldn't clip it.
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POPSSome Music News YAY! I love Lostprophets! However, I think that 30seconds to mars should have recieved best album and/or international band (not a fan of My Chem Romance) Judas Priest and NIN deserved the awknoledgements. This awards show seems much more...'fair'? than the US award shows which award the worst music! I wish I could have seen the show.
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POPSMonkeys Terrorizing Village in Kenya Continued: The residents report that the monkeys have killed livestock and guard dogs, villagers fear for the safety of their babies and children. All the villagers' attempts to control the monkeys have failed - the monkeys evade traps, have lookouts to warn the others of impending attacks and snub poisoned food put out by the residents. The town has been warned by the Kenya Wildlife Service not to harm or kill any of the monkeys, as it is a criminal offence. Running out of options, residents are harvesting their crops early Some residents have lost hope and abandoned their homes and farms, but those who have stayed behind, like 80-year-old James Ndungu, are making a desperate plea for assistance. "For God's sake, the government should take pity on us and move these monkeys away because we do not want to abandon our farms," he said. "I beg you, please come and take these animals away from here so that we can farm in peace."
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POPSSome M C Esher art for ya :) You're probably familiar with some of these, but it's never bad to see them again :) # 7 reminds me of the KKK, I know it's not, it is "Procession in Crypt", but I can't help but make the connection :-P
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POPSGreat Quotes Part 4 last few; "I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write." - Voltaire (1694 - 1778) "Ah! Don't say you agree with me. When people agree with me I always feel that I must be wrong." - Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) "I was reading the dictionary the other day. I thought it was a poem about everything." - Steven Wright
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POPSMyths and misconseptions about Global Warming. Go to the page and click the link, they take you to studies and articles. Here are the rest: • Warming will cause an ice age in Europe • Ice cores show CO2 increases lag behind temperature rises, disproving the link to global warming • Ice cores show CO2 rising as temperatures fell • Many leading scientists question climate change • It's all a conspiracy • Hurricane Katrina was caused by global warming • Higher CO2 levels will boost plant growth and food production • Polar bear numbers are increasing <b>http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn11462<b>
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POPSChimps keep busy to control urges In addition; In a third part of the experiment, the chimpanzees had access to the toys, but the candy dispenser released the treats into a container beyond their grasp. In this scenario, the animals played with the toys for only about five minutes. By comparison, when the chimps did have access to the candy, they entertained themselves with the toys for seven minutes, on average. This suggests to Evans that the chimps actively used the toys as a way to bide their time and were not simply passively distracted by the play items.
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POPSFemale genital mu.tilation banned in Eritrea Too bad it is not enforced fully. It is one of the cultural traditions that I wish would just go away. It's is not fair to the poor girls that must endure this horrific procedure. Kudos to them for banning it. Hope it helps the girls/women.
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POPS5,000 year old embrace. 3 page article. Speculations on why they were buried this way were discussed. Hopefully their research will bring about numerous conclusions.
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POPSVolcano preserved Mayan manioc field The cassava, casava, yuca or manioc (Manihot esculenta) is a woody shrub of the Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) native to South America that is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, a major source of carbohydrates.
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POPSArchaeologists Find Footprints in Egypt --The The Laetoli footprints are dated to be @ least 3.6 Million yrs old. They were discovered in Tanzania, 45 km south of Olduvai gorge --Lucy is not referred to as an "ape man"! She is a hominid and her genus and species is Australopithecus afarensis.
I'm majoring in Anthropology (have my AA at the moment). I love to read and love finding new music, of any kind (though not too into top 40 stuff). I randomly drive when I want to think, I'll drive for 30mins to 2 hours and turn around and come home. 
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