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Activist moves homeless into foreclosures - Life- msnbc.com
Marie Nadine Pierre and her baby, Nennon, are squatting in a foreclosured house in Florida. A Miami activist who has been executing a bailout plan of his own around Miami's empty streets: He is helping homeless people illegally move into foreclosed homes. Rameau is an activist who has been ...
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15 Seriously Strange and Amazing Staircases | WebUrbanist
Examples of staircases that go far beyond the basic, entering the realm of modern art.
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The strange phenomenon of fungi that glow in Japan
During the rainy season in some regions of Japan, are beginning to populated forests of small lights in the trunks of trees and into the moist soil fungi grow hundreds of bioluminescence, which through a chemical reaction produced by an enzyme, emit a light that shines on a greenish tone.
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Pedaled points of light: Christmas tree uses alternative energy
This tree puts a unique spin on green. The Embassy Festival of Trees, in Fort Wayne, Ind., features a new attraction this year: a tree powered by, possibly, you. The alternative-energy tree won't be sucking up electricity from Indiana Michigan's power grid. Rather, visitors to the Festival of ...
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Late Workers, Students Get Notes Blaming NY Subway, Already Said The Dog Ate Your Homework? Get Note From Transit Agency Blaming NYC Subway Delay - CBS News
People late for school or work because of New York City subway delays can get notes from the transit agency to give to their teachers or bosses. The New York City Transit division says it gives passengers the notes so they can prove they're not lying about being delayed while riding the subway. ...
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15 Seriously Strange and Amazing Staircases | WebUrbanist
Comment added by Patrik Johansson on 12/02/2008You did? Are your sure? I haven't deleted it. I haven't deleted anything in this twine as a matter of fact. Weird. -
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15 Seriously Strange and Amazing Staircases | WebUrbanist
Comment added by Rave.of Chesterfield on 12/01/2008hmm.. how strange, i added this to oddities the other day, included some pics to, but now its gone! -
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Swiss Voters Approve Legal Heroin Program, Program Allows Addicts To Receive Supervised Doses; Voters Also Uphold Marijuana Ban
Comment added by JDP on 12/01/2008Wonder how much the cost of this program is in comparison to the cost of criminalization (addict deaths / family impacts, disease, prisons, international terrorism and crime subsidized by Afghan and other poppy area and heroin production, etc.)? Of course, the Swiss DO have and use nationally ... -
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10 Weird Gourmet Foods
Comment added by Patrik Johansson on 11/28/2008How the HELL would anyone eat things like this? I know, "different cultures" and so forth. But look at number one on the list for an example...I mean, what?? My stomach turned when I read about it. And those eggs...well, nothing I would want for breakfast hehe.
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15 Seriously Strange and Amazing Staircases | WebUrbanist