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POPSSmartening-up pills needed The great irony is that many of these dishes are so delicious that cooks might even prepare more than they need just so they can look forward to using up the extra later - think of Italian arancini or refried risotto balls with their delightfully crunchy outsides, and you get the idea. And you simply can't make fried rice without rice that's been cooked and cooled. advertisement Before giving up on taking leftovers seriously - and there are plenty of pressing environmental, economic and even moral reasons why we shouldn't - it's not so much about boring frugality as about food that tastes really good.
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POPSRussian Stone Idols of Komi The seven "stone idols" in the upper part of the river Pechora stand alone on a wide plateau. An interesting formation considering the surrounding landscape: The writer for englishrussia.com believes they were man-made. http://englishrussia.com/?p=1911 I think they appear to be formed by nature, but the location is odd. amgumen if you see this, any ideas?
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POPSWalter Kempowski, writer - confrontation between the private and the political spheres of life I remember the first time I read Tadellöser und Wolff being fascinated to discover that the Kempowskis spoke in their own language just like we used to, a mini-dialect, as it were, funny and cosy and irreverent. Talk is laced with self-fabricated Latinisms reminiscent of schooldays , with nautical terms , with Low German dialect and with snatches of hymns, rhymes and advertising jingles, depending on the context. The real sense of the Kempowski family conversation is almost impossible to translate adequately, and this is doubtless is true of all such homemade languages. After all, their purpose is the sharing of common humour and the expression of affection without the embarrassment of becoming too emotional, while at the same time excluding strangers from the conversation. More on ↗JoHammonia's Scratchbook .
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POPSMusic Kids Creating elaborate hypothetical situations is something that I approve of greatly.
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POPSTarget/Barneys Low-High Colaboration Target's Go International line designed by Rogan Gregory will be available for three days at the Barneys New York flagship. It's a new take on the low/high fast fashion that's been spreading in the last couple of years.
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POPSHow Government Regulation effects oil prices at the pump
As is usually the case with government intervention into private enterprise the unexpected results are usually far worse than the original problem congress set out to solve. Doesn't anybody study history anymore? It was not that long ago that the same ideas were floating around congress during the Carter years. Anyone remember the odd even gas days and the long lines at the pumps because of the government forced oil shortages of the 70's Among other mistakes from that period, the government increased the taxes levied on domestic oil producers, as if that would somehow help. The result was “reduced domestic oil production from between 3 and 6 percent, and increased oil imports from between 8 and 16 percent.” The government also instituted price controls, which only served to create the notorious gas shortages of that era. Yes, price controls meant consumers could get cheaper gas — but only after waiting in long gas lines and only if stations didn’t run out first.
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POPSMysterious people who appeared in the village of Woolpit in Suffolk, UK, in the 12th century. The children were brother and sister and they had green colored skin. Their appearance was normal in all other areas. They spoke an unrecognized language and refused to eat anything other than pitch from bean pods. Eventually their skin lost its green color. When they learned English they explained that they were from the ‘Land of St Martin’ which was a dark place because the sun never rose far above the horizon. They claimed that they were tending their father’s herd and followed a river of light when they heard the sounds of bells - finding themselves in Woolpit.Some of the more unusual theories proposed for the origin of the children are that they were Hollow Earth children, parallel dimension children, or Extraterrestrial children.
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POPSProm Night in Ghetto They look odd,they look weird!Ugly clothes,ugly shoes!But,they are unique,they are original and they don`t care…Enjoy in Ghetto Prom Night.
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POPSHow to wreck $100,000,000 worth of cars Mazda Corp. decides to destroy almost 5000 new vehicles after an almost-sinking freighter exposes them to unknown environmental stresses. Turns out wrecking a lot of new cars isn't as easy as it sounds: they created a "disassembly line."
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POPSProm Night in Ghetto They look odd,they look weird!Ugly clothes,ugly shoes!But,they are unique,they are original and they don`t care…Enjoy in Ghetto Prom Night.
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POPSAmurikan Gulag--it's HUGE! The so-called war on drugs is responsible for a lot of this, and of course the ever-present nature of poverty (which is real, not an urban myth) oin the "richest nation". Friggin' insane!
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POPSWhen Language Can Hold the Answer The latest research changes the framework, perhaps the language of the debate, suggesting that language clearly affects some thinking as a special device added to an ancient mental skill set. Just as adding features to a cellphone or camera can backfire, language is not always helpful. For the most part, it enhances thinking. But it can trip us up, too.
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POPSAmeros Selling On EBAY! Well now, this is odd, I wonder how they got these??? lol. I guess they are just "novelty coins", http://www.dc-coin.com/index.asp?Category=8&PageAction=VIEWCATS
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