TransCanada Hands Major Victory to Nebraska Landowners

"This afternoon, TransCanada announced that the company will pull out of the lawsuit filed by over 100 Nebraska landowners challenging their right to use eminent domain to seize land for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline."
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TransCanada Hands Major Victory to Nebraska Landowners
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Company pulls out of lawsuits filed by 100+ landowners challenging eminent domain authority.

Burkina Faso Military Puts Down Last Holdouts From Coup Attempt

Peace. "Holdouts from the unit, the Presidential Security Regiment, had refused to surrender, even after the leader of the coup, Gen. Gilbert Diendéré, called for them to lay down their weapons."
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Burkina Faso Military Puts Down Last Holdouts From Coup Attempt
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Ending a tense showdown, forces loyal to the transitional government overran the barracks of troops who tried to seize power 13 days earlier.

Reuniting Rat Pack, part of Industrial renamed for Sammy Davis Jr.

Hey man, that's swingin'! "Mister Show Business" reunites with "The Chairman" and Dean Martin on the streets of Las Vegas. "I am so happy to see my father reunited in the town we have loved with his best friends," said Tracey Davis, the performer's daughter. "I am sure Uncles Frank and Dean along with my legendary father are smiling right now."
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Reuniting Rat Pack, part of Industrial renamed for Sammy Davis Jr.
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Clark County is preparing to reunite the Rat Pack as a planned street renaming takes place on Tuesday.

Glass-bottomed suspension bridge opens in China

Never.
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A 180-metre-high glass bridge has opened in Hunan Province. Dare you cross Haohan Qiao? Translation: ‘brave men’s bridge’?

Professional Imbecile George Zimmerman Retweets Graphic Photo of Trayvon Martin's Dead Body

Really? Yes. There's a contest to win the Confederate flag painting that he created. Very busy man.
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Zimmerman also mocked the #BlackLivesMatter movement with a photo of Barack Obama.

UN general assembly: six historic moments

Ah, the shoe..."Khrushchev pounds the table with his shoe. Castro speaks for hours. Gadhafi tears up the UN charter. Here's a look back at six memorable moments from past sessions:" with narrated video clips.
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From Khrushchev's shoe to Netanyahu's cartoon bomb, the UN general assembly has generated memorable moments over the years

These Photos Of Celebrities When They Were Young Are Amazing

Wow! 72 photos. From Snoop Dogg to Betty Page. I didn't recognize Brittany Spears, Abee some others. Frank Sinatra tried to commit suicide 4 times. Christopher Walken looked normal and even cute for once. "Walken has tried to make his character dance at some point in every movie he’s acted in • He was the second choice to play Han Solo • As a fifteen-year-old, he was a lion tamer in a circus"
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1. Mariah Carey and Will Smith - 1988 • Mariah was 18, Will was 19 • Mariah's nickname in school was "Mirage" because she was rarely there • Will Smith was raised a Baptist 2. Marlene Dietrich - 1945 • Dietrich's first job was playing violin in silent movie the

GOP Critics of Nuclear Deal Couldn't Find Iran on a Map, Says Iranian President Rouhani

Right you are sir...Some GOP candidates couldn't find Iran on a map or know Tehran is the capital, says the president of Iran. Ha ha ha ha!
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GOP Critics of Nuclear Deal Couldn't Find Iran on a Map, Says Iranian President Rouhani
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He accuses Republican presidential candidates of making "political slogans" on nuclear deal

Shell To Abandon Drilling in Alaskan Arctic After Disappointing Results

Shell abandoning arctic drilling because there's not enough oil to to be profitable. Aww.
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Shell To Abandon Drilling in Alaskan Arctic After Disappointing Results
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The oil company is is abandoning its work in the Alaskan Arctic after disappointing results from an exploratory well.

Quiz: Do you know your Star Trek aliens?

Lame! I missed 2.
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Quiz: Do you know your Star Trek aliens?
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Star Trek had a vivid imagination limited only by budget and special effects technology. Still, despite the limits of the late 1960s, Star Trek delivered a memorable gallery of aliens that could be humanoid, ghostly, furry, lumpy or scaly. How well do you remember the alien races from these episodes…

New Report Reveals Why Fighters Are Quitting ISIS

Short, interesting.
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New Report Reveals Why Fighters Are Quitting ISIS
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Tens of thousands of people have journeyed to Iraq and Syria to join Islamic State militants in the past few years, but after experiencing the reality of life in the group's territory many have come to

17 Insanely Fashionable Royal Trendsetters (Aside from the Duchess of Cambridge) | BuzzVariety

Not so "insane" but interesting to see the royals. I didn't know Nigeria had a royal family. All the Scandinavians made the list. There is one "insane" awesome fashion example. Stellar look.
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17 Insanely Fashionable Royal Trendsetters (Aside from the Duchess of Cambridge) Duchess Kate isn’t the only royal known for her fantastic fashion choices, but the question is – how many of the rest do you even recognize? Photo Source: huffingtonpost.comLets begin our 17 Insanely Fashionable Royal T…

You Probably Had No Idea These 21 Celebs Are Transgender | AfternoonSpecial

Crazy!
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These 21 celebs felt that they were living in the wrong body and decided to make a change. Trust us, you probably never even knew they were transgender.

Watch Sunday's Supermoon Total Lunar Eclipse - or Wait Until 2033

I am going to see this one I hope! Cool name!
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Watch Sunday's Supermoon Total Lunar Eclipse - or Wait Until 2033
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autoplay autoplay Skywatchers will have something to howl about on Sunday: a total Supermoon eclipse. Not only is this the best and last opportunity of the year for Americans to witness...

I just took control of my Facebook privacy with AVG PrivacyFix.

Yeah this. And deterred Google searches of my info.
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PrivacyFix - Lock down your privacy

Ha ha ha! FB doesn't earn squat from me. Great app to get access to and control your privacy settings in social media, Google, searches, YouTube, etc
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Leader of Burkina Faso Coup Promises to Hand Back Power

Apology for a coup d'etat ?!?! The General responsible for the coup reinstated the interim president and apologized to three people. He said the coup did not have the support of the people. He apologized a second time saying that the coup was a waste of time.
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Leader of Burkina Faso Coup Promises to Hand Back Power
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As troops advanced on the capital and angry protests continued, Gen. Gilbert Diendéré, apologized and said he and his followers would stand down.

Mogho Naba: Burkina Faso's mediator monarch - BBC News

"The King of the World". The key to averting a bloodbath in Burkina Faso this week. A great man.
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Mogho Naba: Burkina Faso's mediator monarch - BBC News
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The BBC's Lamine Konkobo profiles Mogho Naba, the Burkina Faso monarch who has played a key role in brokering the return of civilian rule after last week's coup.

Starbucks

It's the little things in life that keep it going. Especially coffee ☕ when it's free!
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Burkina Faso's Coup Appears To Be Over

Burkina Faso interim president has been reinstated. Can democracy survive? Maybe yes. We will see how the election goes.
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Burkina Faso's Coup Appears To Be Over
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OUAGADOUGOU, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's President, Michel Kafando, said on Wednesday he was back in charge and would resume overseeing a transition to democracy, as a coup last week by soldiers

Ben Carson: U.S. shouldn't elect a Muslim president - CNNPolitics.com

Presidential Candidate Ben Carson's recent comments about Islam/Muslims in US politics were on point in part. But not at all entirely. I think what has gone unsaid is the concern for potential grave personal conflicts that a Muslim American United States president may face given the violent global religious and political climate. Having a black president hasn't benefited black people at all - so it could be moot. It's how citizens would react that is a real game changer. As it was when President Obama was elected. (Example: some white people lost their minds, waved around Obama monkey/banana images, started talking smack "take our country back" and formed the Tea Party.) Dr. Carson said (what I heard), not verbatim, that there is a fundamentally different principle of governance for a Muslim in which Islam serves as both a religion and foundation for law. Not simply as a guiding principle, but as specific law. Sharia Law for example. This concept is against the core fabric and substance of The United States Constitution. Dr. Carson is correct. Where he is wrong is in assuming all Muslims are strictly and singularly governed by faith. A Muslim can of course be president. This is America, if we elect - they are in office. There are secular democracies in Muslim dominated countries. Pakistan for example. They have a viable military and nuclear weapons. We don't sweat that. No one screams about disarming Pakistan's nuclear arsenal in America. How many Americans even know they have nuclear weapons? (We would be impotent in the region without Pakistan. Another topic though.
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Ben Carson says the United States should not elect a Muslim president.

Scott Walker Quits the 2016 Presidential Race

Good bye loser. Guess those unions busted you after all.
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Scott Walker Quits the 2016 Presidential Race
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Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, short of support and money, suspended his campaign for president.

LED Fairy Dust Ball

For the shade trees. I love these!!!! And the name.
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LED Fairy Dust Ball
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Wonderful battery-powered led globe lights that you can hang in the shade. Built-in timer; set it once and it turns on at the same time each day.

The Worst Quality of Each Zodiac Sign

STELLAR!!!. Hilarious. The description for mine is on point, the final concussion is NOT. Still it's the most harmless conclusion of them all. Taurus "Metrosexual. Materialistic. Money whore. The Taurus can be found at all hours of the day standing in front of a mirror trying to catch slight imperfections. They will then apply a new-to-the-market topical cream to address those blemishes. Once perfect, the Taurus will attend a nightclub and buy a fruity drink and sip, while scoffing at his lessers and their crappy fashion choices." [Yessss, so true - scoffing at lessers and their crappy fashion choices. Priceless verbiage.] "They are exceptionally boring people." [NOT] Famous Taurus: Bono
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The Worst Quality of Each Zodiac Sign
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You're all horrible.

Syfy Now

Is that the stance when a woman fires weapons? Butt and boobs out? Does that increase accuracy?
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Linus Torvalds To Join Microsoft To Head Windows 9 Project

Renee Schiber John Schiber WTF?!?! Blasphemy!!! Torvalds succumbed to the Dark Side. Traitored in 2013 to make Windows virtually impossible to infect what happened to this "Windows 9"? I bet it became Miux. "This is breaking bad. This is big. Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, and a champion of free and open source software has finally call it a day and has agreed to join Microsoft as the project head of the upcoming Windows 9 project. According to Bloomberg, Linus will be working on a new Kernel design for Microsoft that will make, usually vulnerable, Windows OS virtually impossible to be infected by viruses and malware."
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Linus Torvalds To Join Microsoft To Head Windows 9 Project
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The father of Linux, Linus Torvalds is all set to join Microsoft to head Windows 9 project. What does it mean to the future of Linux and Open Source? Find out.

Microsoft Announces Its Own Linux OS

Renee Schiber John Schiber WOW!!! This is huge! I don't know if I like it. But this I understand. I noticed with Windows 10 that they had taken some Linux stuff. Please note each system's struggle: Market share versus Malware. You can pay $100+ for "malware struggles". I'll go with the "market share struggle" for free please. “…this should not come as a surprise. Microsoft has always been one of the biggest contributor to Linux kernel. At Microsoft, we are trying to get rid of viruses and malware in Windows OS while Linux is struggling to get a decent share of desktop market share. I think this experiment will be a win-win for both Microsoft and Linux. Windows 10 has already taken several features from Linux, so we decided that it is time to move to next level and have a Linux distribution of own…”
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Microsoft Announces Its Own Linux OS
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Microsoft has shocked the entire tech world by announcing a new Linux OS ahead of Windows 10 release. Few months back when Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that Microsoft loves Linux, it created qu…

National Costume Show, 2015 Miss Arab USA Pageant

YOU HAVE 3 MILLISECONDS TO PICK OUT MY COSTUME OF CHOICE!
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National Costume Show, 2015 Miss Arab USA Pageant
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Blog Post Template

I want to check this out. Note to self.
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Use the "Content Aggregator" template to create viral blog posts - FAST (without having to "write" a single line of text). Download the template and get your post up and running today!

Why the Saudis Are Going Solar

The photo is a 1979 joint research project with the US and Saudi Arabia, in a Saudi village. What have we done since? "But Turki doesn’t fit the stereotype, and neither does his country. Quietly, the prince is helping Saudi Arabia—the quintessential petrostate—prepare to make what could be one of the world’s biggest investments in solar power. Near Riyadh, the government is preparing to build a commercial-scale solar-panel factory. On the Persian Gulf coast, another factory is about to begin producing large quantities of polysilicon, a material used to make solar cells. And next year, the two state-owned companies that control the energy sector—Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest oil company, and the Saudi Electricity Company, the kingdom’s main power producer—plan to jointly break ground on about 10 solar projects around the country."
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Prince Turki bin Saud bin Mohammad Al Saud is helping to lead the kingdom’s shift to solar power. (Mohammed Al-Deghaishim)

Jeb Bush said Donald Trump wanted casino gambling in Florida, got told 'no'

Bush smack down on Trump. Excellent. During the second GOP debate, Jeb Bush said that Florida stood up to Donald Trump when he tried to bring casino gambling to Florida. Even after Trump had donated lots of money. You did want casino gambling in Florida. No, I did not. Yes you did. No... "Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks declined to provide any evidence to refute Bush’s claim. A spokeswoman for Bush referred us to a Sept. 1 CNN article headlined "Jeb Bush: the man who killed Trump’s casino dreams."
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Jeb Bush said Donald Trump wanted casino gambling in Florida, got told 'no'
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During the second GOP debate, Jeb Bush said that Florida stood up to Donald Trump when he tried to bring casino gambling to Florida. Here is part of their testy exchange: Bush:

Pope Francis Smacks Churches: "If You Don't Help the Poor and Needy, then Pay Taxes Like a Business"

Ahhhh. Every day is delightful with this man.
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Pope Francis Smacks Churches: "If You Don't Help the Poor and Needy, then Pay Taxes Like a Business"
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With Pope Francis coming to the United States just a little over a week away, he has sent a very clear message to churches that use their tax-exempt status as a way to exploit their property for economic gain. Some churches are refusing to accept refugees into the buildings they own, instead preferr…

Researchers find some evidence of link between stress, Alzheimer's disease

This sucks.
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Researchers find some evidence of link between stress, Alzheimer's disease
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University of Florida Health researchers have uncovered more evidence of a link between the brain's stress response and a protein related to Alzheimer's disease. The research, conducted on...

Pacific Rim (2013)

Monster movie, looks epic - giant creature and giant robots! Great special effects. I've never seen anything about it before. Count me all in!
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Pacific Rim (2013)
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Directed by Guillermo del Toro. With Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day. As a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in a desperate effort to save the world from the apoca…

Putting a Face on the Homeless

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The Station on the Hill |LB Scott

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St. Valentine, martyrdom and courtly love

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The Great Arctic Thaw Could Unleash Giant Viruses

Time to repent. This time it's not locusts, flies and frogs.
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The Great Arctic Thaw Could Unleash Giant Viruses
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Scientists have found pathogens in permafrost that remain infectious after 30,000 years.

I Love Being Black

Epic.
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I Love Being Black
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#tbt - Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers. From the 1943 film “Stormy Weather” starring Lena Horne, Bill Robinson & Cab Calloway. Watch this and stay with it until the Nicholas Brothers do their routine (starting at about 3:15), you’ll thank us for it… Fred Astaire once called this “the greatest dance number ever filmed.” Don't forget to like & share I Love Being Black https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlZ9IITjUhk #iLBB #iLoveBeingBlack #BlackShare

There Are Millions Of Children Like Aylan: Refugees, Migrants And Displaced Children

Donate to UNICEF I am Pro-life: I worry about the lives of the children who were born. Let's support UNICEF, just a little bit goes so very far. We have a life-long collective debt to care in some way for each other. Money will do. Hungry children are victims of the greatest crime against humanity ever perpetrated. Indifference. (It would be great if the next big endangered species was a hungry child.)
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There Are Millions Of Children Like Aylan: Refugees, Migrants And Displaced Children
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In this world, there are few things as painful as the look on the face of a child yearning for the home she used to know, wishing for a way out, desperate for school and the chance to build a stable life.

Solar-Powered Glowing Bicycle Path In Netherlands Inspired By Van Gogh’s Starry Night

The Dutch just rock the Van Gogh scene in epic ways. "Dutch artist and designer Daan Roosegaarde has created a beautiful and innovative glowing bike path that, when illuminated at night by glowing pebbles and LEDs, looks like Van Gogh’s famous Starry Night painting."
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Solar-Powered Glowing Bicycle Path In Netherlands Inspired By Van Gogh’s Starry Night
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Dutch artist and designer Daan Roosegaarde has created a beautiful and innovative glowing bike path that, when illuminated at night by glowing pebbles and LEDs, looks like Van Gogh's famous Starry Night painting. The kilometer-long bike path is located in Brabant, the Dutch county where Van Gogh was…

100,000+ Wonderful Pieces of Theater Ephemera Digitized by The New York Public Library

"...may your bare ass always be shining." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt Maybe this is interesting
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100,000+ Wonderful Pieces of Theater Ephemera Digitized by The New York Public Library
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Living in New York, it’s not unusual to encounter ardent theater lovers who've carefully preserved decades worth of programs, tickets, and ephemera from every play they’ve ever seen.

A Wealth of Free Documentaries on All Things Japanese: From Bento Boxes to Tea Gardens, Ramen & Bullet Trains

For an in-depth, ideally, meaningful exploration and understanding of Japanese culture.
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A Wealth of Free Documentaries on All Things Japanese: From Bento Boxes to Tea Gardens, Ramen & Bullet Trains
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OBSESSED with Japanese culture,' wrote an uncommonly thoughtful Youtube commenter. 'I miss that part of me. Trying to search for it again.

Putting a Face on the Homeless

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The Station on the Hill |LB Scott

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St. Valentine, martyrdom and courtly love

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First African American Dictionary

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Race Riot | Warhol

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