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POPSthe Bad Sleep Well (loss "mitigation") the title of an old Japanese movie, in case you were wondering how anyone at Bank of America could sleep at night. Thousands of loans where both the lender and the borrower could have been helped by modification end up in foreclosure anyway. Ever wonder why?
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POPS10 Cutting Edge Folded Paper Artists In recent decades however, artists have really explored paper’s potential as an artistic medium, creating beautiful and often very intricate sculptures and installations from this natural substance.
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POPSObama College Transcripts Leaked Another interesting course taken was Urination: Theory and Practice. The intellectual stimulating course taught Mr. Obama everything about urination from beginning to end. He was really hoping information about this course would never 'leak' out. Mr. Obama's most demanding course was Dictators and Democracy 401. In this course the future president learned to jut his jaw like Mussolini and to bow down to Saudi kings. He also got an A in this course. The president plans to take some post-graduate courses at Columbia after his term expires. He plans to take Speaking Without A TelePrompter 501, although he doesn't expect to pass it without a lot of work. President Obama also received an A+ in Clogdancing and a B in Origami.
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POPSIBM uses DNA to make next-gen microchips "This is the first demonstration of using biological molecules to help with processing in the semiconductor industry" Good one, I've been waiting for this. Next-gen microchips only have great things to add. Let's see how it goes.
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POPSDNA "Self Organization" the Future for Computer Technology I remember years ago reading that sci-fi book by Orson Scott Card called Xenocide. He put forth the concept that the communication between computers was "life". Well, reading this article kind of brings that concept kind of closer to becoming reality. Maybe it is just my far-fetched imagination??? More info at source.
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POPSfamily fun blog this blog goal is to share some fun family activities that have worked well for our family
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POPSThe shape(s) of things to come more: An MIT group is building “self-folding origami” machines that “use specialized sheets of material with built-in actuators and data. These machines use cutting-edge mathematical theorems to fold themselves into virtually any three-dimensional object.” The Programmable Matter project is five months into its second phase, which is supposed to wind up early next Spring. When they’re done, the researchers ought to “assemble four or five three-dimensional solids of a specific size and shape from a set of building blocks.”
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POPS How to Fold an Origami Heart I often find myself in need of an original way to fold a letter to my loved one. This easy trick adds a little romance to my notes. Things You'll Need: * one piece 8 1/2 by 11 paper * flat surface By princessbride42 eHow Member
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POPSKirigami is a variation of origami where the artist is allowed to make small cuts in the paper