Cell Phone Regulations

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Should be hanging in all public places!

The Turquoise Ice of Lake Baikal

~Siberia, Russia


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Lake Baikal's Wikipedia page..

Switching Places

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Welcome to Earth

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The Rock of Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland

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The Rock of Cashel was the traditional seat of the kings of Munster for several hundred years prior to the Norman invasion. Few remnants of the early structures survive; the majority of buildings on the current site date from the 12th and 13th centuries. Cashel is reputed to be the site of the conversion of the King of Munster by St. Patrick in the 5th century. The picturesque complex has a character of its own and is one of the most remarkable collections of Celtic art and medieval architecture to be found anywhere in Europe. (Source)

Piles

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Tasmania

CTE!

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No devils found. No cartoon devils either.

A Norwegian Panorama

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13 Places Google Doesn't Want You to See

A TruTV article


The White House - Formerly blacked-out, now with uncensored but out-of-date imagery

The Pacific Northwest, USA

Here's one that gives us chills. What exactly are we not seeing here? The site is close to the Washington-Oregon border and is rumored to have something to do with FEMA, HAARP or, really, anything at all. Prison Planet readers inspected the site in person and could find no identifying details other than an ominous fence and unmarked entrance.


Unknown Area, Russia

Another one that is so mysterious, no one has a clue what it is. One commenter on the website Siberian Light speculates it's either "a radar station or missile interceptor," while another notes that the image of the surrounding area appears to have been copy-pasted from another part of the country.


North Korea

You've no doubt heard about this country, one of the members of the supposed "Axis of Evil," but few have ever visited. You won't see it on Google Maps, either, as the entire country exists in images but without highway markers, street names, or any other identifying details.

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All Tat Places Need This Sign

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Ho Hum

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The intersection of Ho Road and Hum Road in Carefree, AZ is a funny one. And here is a Google Maps link to the intersection. But if you'll look around this little Phoenix suburb, you'll see that they really take pride in their little town. You already know there are roads named Ho & Hum, but take a look at the following picture to see just how cool & relaxed Carefree, AZ is:

Beautiful City Colors

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World Places Name Origins Map

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Venn Drinkagram

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Lazy Saturday Afternoon

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The Most Polluted Places On Earth

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Even though the world's developed nations are notorious for being among the most polluting, they can afford the economic cost of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and environmental clean up efforts. On the other hand, developing economies that are also producing large amounts of carbon do not have the resources or experience to counter-balance their increasing emissions.

Therefore it is little wonder that the city of Linfen in China, in the middle of the nation's coal industry, and Sumgayt, Azerbaijan, have been named the most polluted places in the world. As one of Russia's satellite states that was left under-developed after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan has not been able to deal with its escalating carbon production as a result of its mass-manufacturing of industrial and agricultural chemicals and its heavy reliance on oil.

Linfen has the worst air quality in the whole of China due to choking clouds of coal dust that linger over the city. The high levels of pollution are also taking a serious toll on human health: clinics are recording growing cases of bronchitis, pneumonia and lung cancer.

An alarming number of the most polluted cities are in China, where concern for the environment comes second to fuelling the country's huge economic growth. They have the financial resources to deal with the pollution, but are instead choosing to put more money into meeting the insatiable energy of its ever-growing population.

According to a report by the Blacksmith Institute, communism's lack of environmental programs and the collapse of industrial controls lead to the former Soviet Union's waste products seeping into the environment.

The UN climate change summit in Copenhagen, that so famously flopped in December last year, was vital to putting as many nations as possible on the same path to curbing carbon emissions. As energy demands increase and populations continue to grow, it cannot be left up to the developed world alone to invest capital into controlling the emissions their industrial activity produces.

Europe has strong renewable energy policies in place and look likely to meet the target of producing 20 percent of energy from clean sources by 2020. The USA also has a promising renewable energy market and legislation could be on its way to further regulate emissions. Even China and other less-environmentally-savvy countries like South Africa and India are now starting to develop their own clean energy technology programmes.

Dangers to health

If not for the environment, then nations must invest to control pollution for the sake of people's health. In all of the cities mentioned on the list of the world's most polluted places, the health of millions of people is at risk.

Lower IQs, short attention spans, learning disabilities, hyperactivity, impaired physical growth, hearing and visual problems, stomach aches, irritation of the colon, kidney malfunction, anaemia and brain damage, can all stem from poor air quality and contaminated food and water supplies.

Governments all over the world must establish legislation that can encourage the development of high-level technologies to help control emissions, but also legislation that can control things such as illegal operations that also help to make places heavily polluted.

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10 College Campuses That Are More Like Country Clubs

Rice University, Houston, TX

Perhaps one of the most important factors in choosing a school is how much you enjoy being there. How are the people? Professors? What is the closest metropolis like? And, of course, is the campus nice? Fortunately, universities around the country recognize this and do their best to beautify their college grounds. And with today’s ease of access to information, college websites host plenty of facts, pictures, and virtual tours of their domain. When it comes to gorgeous, these colleges win the contest. Some of them are antique gems located in historical New England, while others are modern and situated on oceanside cliffs. From west to east and everywhere in between, these 10 college campuses will blow you away.

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