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-- situated in South Korea

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Mt. Etna blows extremely rare smoke ring.

(via Extremely Rare Volcano Smoke Rings Only Documented Three Times)

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The evolutionary history of life.

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HAYWARD, Calif. -- Hayward police are investigating the death of a female who was found engulfed in flames Friday night, police said.

Emergency officials received initial calls of a structure fire in the 31000 block of Industrial Parkway Southwest shortly before 10 p.m. The report was quickly changed from a structure on fire to a person engulfed in flames.

Hayward firefighters and police responded within minutes but the female victim had already sustained to injuries sustained from the fire, police said.

The victim has not been identified.

Police said investigators have not ruled out any cause of death and are speaking with witnesses at the scene.

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Manchester Riots 2011: scenes from Whalley Range (by TheTweedlefish)

Whalley Range was one of Manchester's first suburbs, built by Manchester banker and businessman Samuel Brooks as "a desirable estate for gentlemen and their families".

What do we get for our trouble and pain ? Just a rented room in Whalley Range What do we get for our trouble and pain ? ...Whalley Range ! Into the depths of the criminal world I followed her ...

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Gathering Shellfish (by Museum of Hartlepool)

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A Coble under Sail (by Museum of Hartlepool)

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Pear orchard in Douglas County, Oregon, 1920 (by Oregon State University Archives)

[passivesuicidalideation]

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Hair-raising-earth-shaking!

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Anita Bryant. 

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“Wonder in the face of being, in the very fact that there is being, this astonishment could be hailed and held precious, since it could be the most philosophical act of all.”

-- Dominique Janicaud

See Simon Critchley's "The Book of Dead Philosophers".

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Doctor Who?

I see Doctor Who. An entertaining power-lawyer watches. A 17-year old soccer-playing girl watches.

I don't know.

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Something I photographed, No. 8

(Source: My Canon)

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Moffenmeiden ingesmeerd met pek / Shaving and tarring of "Kraut whores" by Nationaal Archief on Flickr.

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Omslag badnummer weekblad Het Leven by Nationaal Archief on Flickr.

Love it.

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Something I photographed, No. 7

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Something I photographed, No. 6

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