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POPSThe Battle of Los Angeles World War II on the American mainland. The Battle of Los Angeles was one night of anti-aircraft ordinance fired at unknown objects over the city of Los Angeles. The incident occurred only one day after a weak Japanese bombardment of an oil facility in Santa Barbara. The objects in the LA sky were never identified.
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POPSThe Great Depression Hoax Are we a nation of whiners, as Phil Gramm put it a little while ago? No, the American public is not whining...More likely, though, Americans are just leaving the whining to pundits and trend reporters. Our problem is not whining. It is persuading young people that, with baby boomers retiring, entitlement programs bulging and the world economy growing ever more competitive, now's the time to roll up the sleeves for something other than tattoos. For example, India produces 2.5 million college graduates every year (with concentrations in high demand fields - electronics, programming, engineering, accounting, etc.), and approximately 90,000 MBA's. Nothing against tattoos, but I do feel ignorance and apathy are much too prominent in America. Awareness of ignorance is the first step to wisdom.
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POPS"Brit firm to demo serious flying robo-saucer in 2009" http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/27/gfs_saucers_to_get_serious/ Oh great - the UK has more CCTV camera's than anywhere else; now they'll actually be able to follow us home. I guess it was inevitable the concept has featured in many Sci Fi scenarios over the years.
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POPSHigh speed waterfigures image & video - magnificent! This video show how the waterfigures are created. This video&image show the forming of the waterfigures. A falling droplet fall to the formed waterfigure and a flying projectiel pull through the droplet forming a new splash on the air. The projectiel is activated by a high power unit, this act as a coilgun system and give a stable traject. The falling droplet pass through a laserbeam and generate a signal for the exact timings of all the necessary modules. The waterfigures are generated on a waveform. This waveform is a digital data and can be adjusted in time, form, frequence and volume to develop the correct figure.
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POPSBiological Diversity- Any and all people dedicated to these causes are important to support. By action, example and with a small monetary contribution.
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POPSHolly is stopping shopping Fed up with never having any money, a girl with more clothes, shoes and bags than she knows what to do with sets out on a mission to go one whole year without shopping and learn to see the best in the things she already has.
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POPSSo Ossetia claims to down Georgian drone Numerous flights by reconnaissance drones over South Ossetia were reported by Russian peacekeepers before Georgia launched its devastating military offensive against the region on August 8. Russia officially recognized South Ossetia, along with breakaway Abkhazia, as independent countries on Tuesday.
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POPSSailing to Gaza These boats are sailing through international waters along the coast of Gaza to help the Palestinians. What they are doing is completely legal but their safety is being jeopardized by Israeli sabotage. Read the full story at the website.
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POPSWhat Fish Are You Really Eating? Detective work by two sushi-loving high school students has shown that New York sushi restaurants and seafood markets are mislabeling their products - often selling cheaper species as more expensive varieties. The duo used a simplified genetic fingerprinting technique to look at the fish DNA and uncover the truth. The study was small, involving just 60 samples, but it's likely that these few restaurants and grocery stores aren't the only ones in on the game. Considering how many people are turning to fish these days for its health benefits, and the fact that those can vary from species to species, this should raise concern.
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POPS Good As Gold U.S. Show Jumping Team Captures Gold "It's like a dream come true, amazing. And dreams do come true," said Kraut on winning her first Olympic medal. On August 21, the top 35 horses and riders from the team competition advance to Round A of the individual medal final. Of those, the top 20 in Round A will go on to Round B. Cumulative penalty points from Rounds A and B will decide the individual jumping medals. A jump-off will be held in the event of a tie. Don't miss award-winning equestrian journalist Jennifer Bryant Olympic Equestrian blog. She will be giving us behind-the-scenes looks and glimpses of what's happening at the Olympic equestrian events. Read more articles like this »