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POPSGuy Fawkes Day This was the day that Guy Fawkes was thwarted in his attempt to explode the British Parliament in the 17th Century (and was caught, tortured, and killed). ...
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POPS45th Mersenne Prime Revealed As for the next prime number record waiting to be crunched, the EFF will award $150,000 to the first person or group who discovers a prime with at least 100 million digits and $250,000 for a prime with at least a billion digits. You can download the GIMPS distributed computing software and join the hunt here .
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POPS..and One Rumour Obama Cannot Dispel "Fact: Obama is eighth cousin to Cheney, according to research by the vice-president's wife Lynne. The two men share a common ancestor in a 17th-century French immigrant." Crikey, I think I would shoot myself if I shared common ancestry with war monger Cheney.
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POPSInternet Casino Gambling For Real Money. Get No Deposit Casino Bonus The roulette game was first played in France during 17th century. But now the roulette game is well famous in the world. The main object of the game is a small tiny white ball and you have to guess the right number on which the white tiny ball is going to rest. In some roulette wheel, you can find 36 numbers and even 38 numbers. The variation is because of the 0 and 00, which will be not available at some table.
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POPSHistory of Scrapbooking History is an important part of scrapbooking for many people. In fact, it may have been the first and most common reason for the start of the craft. Read more about it in this article.
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POPSStart an Artist Salon
According to Wikipedia, a "Salon" is "A salon is a gathering of supposedly stimulating people of quality under the roof of an inspiring hostess or host, partly to amuse one another and partly to refine their taste and increase their knowledge through conversation and readings, often consciously following Horace's definition of the aims of poetry, "either to please or to educate" ("aut delectare aut prodesse est"). The salons, commonly associated with French literary and philosophical salons of the 17th century and 18th century, were carried on until quite recently in urban settings among like-minded people of a 'set': many 20th-century salons could be instanced." If you are trying to market yourself and your creative business, why not start a salon of like-minded folks. The worst that could happen is that you get together and meet other people. Most creative types I know complain that they are isolated. This is part of the job I know but you can correct this problem while offering
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POPSFairy Tales older than previously thought more: Contrary to the view that the tale originated in France shortly before Charles Perrault produced the first written version in the 17th century, Dr Tehrani found that the varients shared a common ancestor dating back more than 2,600 years. He said: “Over time these folk tales have been subtly changed and have evolved just like an biological organism. Because many of them were not written down until much later, they have been misremembered or reinvented through hundreds of generations. “By looking at how these folk tales have spread and changed it tells us something about human psychology and what sort of things we find memorable.
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POPSRestorer finds hidden pig in 1600's Dutch work "It's this grotesque scene, this butchered animal hanging in a barn. And quite likely this patron hired another artist to paint it over." Zwart said the restored work "looks a lot different than before, and it looks better. The restoration work also revealed information about the painting's history. It turns out that the work is a "pendant," one of a pair of paintings on a shared theme. Barn Interior's companion painting hangs in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Art history professor Henry Luttikhuizen said he is pleased the discoveries about the painting are drawing attention to Van Nuis, who died last year. "Kees would have really enjoyed seeing the painting restored. I can readily imagine him chuckling with delight at the conservator's findings," Luttikhuizen said.
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POPSObama Fails To Make Mention of Islamic Slave Trade His vote against the "Born Alive Protection Act" for infants while a state senator. Also, while being "deeply moved" by the European slave trade as symbolized by Cape Coast Castle, which has not existed for well over a hundred and some years, Obama failed to make any mention of the Islamic slave trade which has gone on since the 7th century. A history of the Islamic slave trade can be read here. http://www.answering-islam.org/ReachOut/slavetrade.html Saudis Import Slaves To America-Daniel Pipes http://www.danielpipes.org/2687/saudis-import-slaves-to-america Islam, Slavery, and Rape-Shakyermama http://sheikyermami.com/2007/09/23/islam-slavery-rape/ Read them all.
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POPSMy Favorite Painting Beautiful on many levels, the color palette has become one of my favorite, too. like a house on the beach, or Monet's kitchen, lapis blue and ochre yellow.
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POPS300 year old Witch bottle is uncorked more: The analysis took 12 months to complete. Before the salt glaze bottle was opened, it was X-rayed and put through a CT scanner, which showed that its contents included bent iron nails and an unidentified liquid, some of which was drawn off by inserting a syringe through the cork. Tests determined that the liquid was 300-year-old urine and traces of nicotine indicated that it had come from a smoker. The ten nail parings were examined under a microscope and were found to be those of an adult.
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