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POPSOct 13, 2008: Columbus Day Many countries in the New World and elsewhere celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas, which occurred on October 12, 1492 in the Julian calendar and October 21, 1492 in the modern Gregorian calendar, as an official holiday. The day is celebrated as Columbus Day in the United States, as Día de la Raza (Day of the Race) in many countries in Latin America, as Día de las Culturas (Day of the Cultures) in Costa Rica, as Discovery Day in The Bahamas, as Día de la Hispanidad (Hispanic Day) and National Day in Spain, and as Día de la Resistencia Indígena (Day of Indigenous Resistance) in Venezuela.
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POPSGood Karma Dragon Kalaga Art Tapestry This is a Kalaga Art Tapestry that we carry within our eBay store. We also have other great home decor, blessing ring/karma charms, incense and pottery available. Shop enlightenment anytime with Karmagirl Imports.com
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POPSWorld's Sexiest Bars We've tracked down a few of the sexiest bars around the world—from a chandelier-strewn Bolshevik-era bar in Moscow to a sandy-floored beach shack in Mozambique—where you can practice the art of seduction.
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POPSThe Astro Investigators’ Marriage Synastry Research Project top 10 from husband’s chart to wife’s chart .... 1. For the inner, reference charts: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Lunar Mean North Node (hereafter referred to as the North Node), Chiron, Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta, Ascendant, Descendant, Part of Fortune, East Point and the Vertex (21 total) 2. For the outer, synastry charts: Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, North Node, Chiron, Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta (15 total)
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POPSFREE piano: A "once in a blue moon" find Have you ever been to Brockville, Ontario? This might give you good reason to make the trip. Every once in a blue moon, offers like this pop up on freecycling groups. This one was posted today on the Brockville Freecycle group.
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POPSFrom Jet Man to Pedal Man?
continues: "It's all going right. He is hovering about 10 metres from the water and is making a really good go of it." It marks the second attempt at the challenge by Rousson after he was forced to postpone a previous bid in June because strong winds made the feat too hazardous. The challenge is a long-held dream for Rousson, whose love affair with aviation grew as a child after watching Steven Spielberg's alien adventure and led to him gaining a pilot's licence. He said: "When I was young, I saw the movie and watched the little guy pedalling on a bike flying in front of the moon with ET. I always wanted to fly." Rousson had been banking on a five-hour wind-free timeframe to enable him to set off. The 16-metre-long helium-filled blimp, nicknamed "Miss Louise" after his former girlfriend, requires the wind should be gusting no more than two knots to become airborne. During the challenge, Rousson is sitting underneath the envelope in a carbon fibre gondola, powering th
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POPSPrivately-funded Rocket Reaches Space Just a few days after the Chinese government performed its first spacewalk, SpaceX has achieved the first successful rocket launch funded by a private company. Finally, space exploration as a for-profit venture might be starting to make sense. And that may mean a new sort of race to the moon is beginning--this time between China's government and American private industry.