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POPSStranded Whales turn the sea blood red Heartbroken wildlife officials, mourning the death of 150 small whales when they were smashed against rocks in Tasmania, admit there will probably be other mass strandings in the weeks to come. Just why whales die in large numbers continues to be debated but most experts agree that the deep-water creatures might lose their navigational skills when they chase prey into shallow waters. The bodies of the long-finned pilot whales lay scattered across the rocks at Tasmania's rugged Sandy Cape after local people and government wildlife officials tried desperately to save them.
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POPSWhat's A Posse Comitatus? And before people jump the Obama gun, this is happening right now, Dec. 2 2008: President George W. Bush. Question is will Obama continue the program? The dangers of standing armies exist regardless of who is in the White House. Once they have the power they will not give it up.
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POPS1 in 5 young adults has personality disorder Counting substance abuse, the study found that nearly half of young people surveyed have some sort of psychiatric condition, including students and non-students. Personality disorders were the second most common problem behind drug or alcohol abuse as a single category. The disorders include obsessive, anti-social and paranoid behaviors that are not mere quirks but actually interfere with ordinary functioning. The study authors noted that recent tragedies such as fatal shootings at Northern Illinois University and Virginia Tech have raised awareness about the prevalence of mental illness on college campuses.
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POPSSuicide Live Online At the end of Abraham’s video when the police entered the room and found his body, some members of his audience wrote “lol” or “hahahah,” as if they were watching just another viral video. These people either didn’t understand what was happening was real, or were so desensitized by what they saw online that they just didn’t care. Suicide is horrible enough in real life, but the fact that complete strangers openly mocked the deceased is a tragedy in its own right. This is the sad result of broadcasting a life event online that should never have happened in the first place. We shouldn’t expect the sordid details of someone’s personal life to become entertainment for the rest of us, as not everything needs to be posted online. As an audience, we have to take responsibility for all of our actions - both online and off.
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POPSWalmart Stampede "I've heard other people call this an accident, but it's not," he said. "This certainly was foreseeable."
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POPSOur Economy's Impact on Charities The economy not only hurts our quality of life but the lives of others who depend on charities and community based non-profits. Since the government has limited the amount of assistance to those needy, charities have been rallying to keep doing the work of good Samaritan...But how will they stay afloat when all of us are drowning in debt ?
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POPSHow many babies must die? Parents with the Delta Enterprises cribs should contact the company, who is issuing replacement safety pegs or spring peg kits. They can be reached at 1-800-816-5304, or log onto www.cribrecallcenter.com to order a free repair kit. Visit <link>www.keenanskidsfoundation.com<link> to find out more.
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POPSUN urges an end to abuses of women There are some tribes in Cameroon where thrashing, beating or whipping your wife is a sign of loving her.... "one universal truth applicable to all countries, cultures and communities; violence against women is never acceptable, never excusable, never tolerable".
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POPSPandora's Musical Technology Ever want to learn more about music ? Pandora has the Music Genome and a large collection of ( over a half a million and counting ) music. Including new artists interested in reaching out to prospective fans...There's more to music than I ever imagined...thanks to Pandora, I have my own page , my own music stations, bookmarks of songs and artists I like. The information is relevant to my taste in music...so I will always have a place to go for the variety of music I enjoy...
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POPSEat Your Pyramid Well this seems to make it all perfectly clear of who is responsible for the healthy life style of families.... No wonder mothers get blamed for so much...anyone else get the idea, mother's got a lot on them?
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POPSOCD, May be caused by Strep We all could use more information about how childhood illnesses may cause long term problems in adults....maybe our parents mistakes ( concerning our upbringing ) didn't cause us to go crazy....maybe the unhappiness of our adult lives caused us to develop OCD.
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POPSGood Reason to Play Games I was wondering why I had the need to play online games....It made me feel good.. But guilt reared it's ugly head when I was confronted by family members that I should find better things to to with my time...Now I can point them to mindhabits.com to show them I know what's best for me with scientific proof....so back off... :)
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POPS Does Time really Slow Down in a Crisis? Eagleman added this illusion "is related to the phenomenon that time seems to speed up as you grow older. When you're a child, you lay down rich memories for all your experiences; when you're older, you've seen it all before and lay down fewer memories. Therefore, when a child looks back at the end of a summer, it seems to have lasted forever; adults think it zoomed by." And though the results of this study can lead towards disorders linked with timing, such as schizophrenia, Eagleman believes "it's really about understanding the virtual reality machinery that we're trapped in,"Our brain constructs this reality for us that, if we look closely, we can find all these strange illusions in. The fact that we're now seeing this with how we perceive time is new."
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POPSWho's Lori Berenson ? Lori Berenson is a US citizen currently being held as a political prisoner in Cajamarca, Perú. After serving nearly five years in harsh Peruvian jails high in the Andes, her conviction for treason against Perú and her life sentence were overturned. In June 2001 she was cleared of terrorism-related charges but convicted of collaboration, and sentenced to twenty years in prison in a trial that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights claims completely violated her rights.
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POPSPoverty and Death Many prisoners awaiting trial and on death row told Amnesty International and LEDAP that the police picked them up and asked for money to release them. Those who couldn't pay were treated as suspected armed robbers.
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POPSI was wrong, Bush was right: Clinton A lot of people still don't care about, or don't accept, that a food shortage for all is actually happening. The water shortage is tipped to lead to wars. Watch the film "Mad Max" for a glimpse of a future.
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POPSDouble Standards What do you call it when just over 3 thousand people were killed in the September 11 attack on the US? – An atrocity. What do you call it when nearly 5 million people were killed in the Vietnam war? – A mistake. What do you call it when very rich people exploit poor people? – Greed and selfishness. What do you call it when very rich countries exploit poor countries? – Globalization. What do you call it when someone carrying a gun enters your house and steals your valuable possessions? – An armed robbery. What do you call it when a multinational corporation supported by armed forces enters your country and steals your valuable possessions? – Free trade. What do you call someone who steals from the rich and gives to the poor? – Robin Hood. What do you call someone who steals from the poor and gives to the rich? – The US government.
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POPSObama Who? I guess everyone needs to be stripped down and searched .... some before , some after being elected.
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POPSReligion & Voters Voting with your conscious or religious influence? Everything gets used to sway voters....one way or another....(crazy world)
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POPSPopulation Explosion Destroying USA ? They caused it, we can deal with it or be a part of the change towards future problems and how our grandchildren and their children will be affected....our choice, our call. YOU decide...it's now or never.
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