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Main belt asteroid No. 274301 named 'Wikipedia'

Chronogypsy — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:51:48 GMT

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_belt_asteroid_No._274301_named_%27Wikipedia%27?dpl_id=659423

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Human papillomavirus

blackegg — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:39:45 GMT

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a virus from the papillomavirus family that is capable of infecting humans.
HPV is passed on through genital contact, most often during vaginal and anal sex. HPV may also be passed on during oral sex and genital-to-genital contact. HPV can be passed on between straight and same-sex partners—even when the infected partner has no signs or symptoms.

Approximately 20 million Americans are currently infected with HPV. Another 6 million people become newly infected each year. HPV is so common that at least 50% of sexually active men and women get it at some point in their lives.

1,500 women who get HPV-associated vulvar cancer
500 women who get HPV-associated vaginal cancer
400 men who get HPV-associated penile cancer
2,700 women and 1,500 men who get HPV-associated anal cancer
1,500 women and 5,600 men who get HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancers (cancers of the back of throat including base of tongue and tonsils)

have a great day! wart free, let's hope, there are no signs for years, or if ever.....but you still got it!
50% of women.....great! So 50% of the women I've slept with may have that shit?

Even with a condom??
Wonderful.

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Kindling (sedative-hypnotic withdrawal)

blackegg — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 03:26:47 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindling_(substance_withdrawal)

"Kindling due to substance withdrawal, refers to the neurological condition which results from repeated withdrawal episodes from sedative-hypnotic drugs such as alcohol or benzodiazepines. Each withdrawal leads to more severe withdrawal symptoms than the first withdrawal syndrome. Individuals who have had more withdrawal episodes are at an increased risk of very severe withdrawal symptoms, up to and including seizures. Withdrawal from GABAergic acting sedative-hypnotic drugs causes acute GABA-under-activity as well as glutamate over-activity which can lead to sensitization and hyper-excitability of the central nervous system, excito-neurotoxicity and increasingly profound neuroadaptions."

In other words, even if it's been 3 years since you 'dabbled'....your withdrawals will be just as bad, no, they'll be worse.
Have a happy Tuesday!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerian_(herb)#Mechanism_of_action

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OPEN Act

blackegg — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:55:28 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Protection_and_Enforcement_of_Digital_Trade_Act

Not that I give a shit, personally.
The internet is ...

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SOPA and PIPA

Chronogypsy — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:05:20 GMT

SOPA and PIPA - Learn more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more

About the action:

• The Wikipedia community has blacked out the English version of Wikipedia for 24 hours on January 18th to raise awareness about legislation being proposed by the U.S. Congress — the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate -- and to encourage readers to speak out against it. This legislation, if passed, will harm the free and open Internet. If you are in the United States, let your congressional representative know what you think of the proposed legislation by clicking here.
• The blackout will last 24 hours - from midnight to midnight EST (05:00 UTC Wed to 05:00 UTC Thu).
• This decision was made by Wikipedia’s global community of editors -- the people who built Wikipedia. The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, also opposes SOPA and PIPA, and supports the editors' blackout.
• SOPA and PIPA are real threats to the free and open Internet. Although recent media reports have suggested that the bills are losing support, they are not dead. On January 17th, SOPA's sponsor said the bill will be discussed and pushed forward in early February. PIPA could be debated in the U.S. Senate as soon as next week. There is a need to send a strong message that bills like SOPA and PIPA must not move forward: they will cause too much damage.
• Although the bills have been amended since their introduction, they are still deeply problematic. Among other serious problems in the current draft of the bills, the requirement exists for US-based sites to actively police links to purported infringing sites. These kinds of self-policing activities are non-sustainable for large, global sites - including ones like Wikipedia. The legislative language is ambiguous and overly broad, even though it touches on protected speech. Congress says it's trying to protect the rights of copyright owners, but the "cure" that SOPA and PIPA represent is worse than the disease.

More information:

• Blog post from Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director, Sue Gardner
• Official Wikimedia Foundation press release
• Statement from the community affirming blackout
• Electronic Frontier Foundation blog post on the problems with SOPA/PIPA
• Wikipedia's articles on SOPA and PIPA

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Cotard delusion

blackegg — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:06:51 GMT

The Cotard delusion or Cotard's syndrome or Walking Corpse Syndrome[1] is a rare neuropsychiatric disorder in which people hold a delusional belief that they are dead (either figuratively or literally), do not exist, are putrefying, or have lost their blood or internal organs. In rare instances, it can include delusions of immortality.[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotard_Delusion

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Obedient Wives Club

blackegg — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:00:35 GMT

The Obedient Wives Club is an international Islamic organisation dedicated to teaching wives to be submissive to their husbands. It was formed in 2011, establishing branches in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Jordan.[1] It was founded by Global Ikhwan, a business conglomerate associated with the banned Malaysian sect al-Arqam.[2] As of October 2011, the club had an estimated 800 members in Malaysia.[3]

The club promotes polygamy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obedient_Wives_Club

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Grand Duchy of Westarctica

Chronogypsy — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:03:45 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Westarctica

Grand Duchy of Westarctica

The Grand Duchy of Westarctica is a micronation created by American Travis McHenry, which claims Marie Byrd Land. Westarctica was founded on a supposed loophole in the Antarctic Treaty. The claim of micronation status has been used as a basis to mint and sell coins to collectors.

Territory:

The bulk of the micronation's claimed territory consists of Marie Byrd Land, defined as all land south of 60° S and between 90° W and 150° W[1]. This is between the claim of Chile and the claim of New Zealand. The original capital was named Achilles. Later on, the Balleny Islands claimed by New Zealand and Peter I Island claimed by Norway were annexed. Peter I Island was declared the new capital of Westarctica.

History:

On November 2, 2001, Travis McHenry decided to claim Marie Byrd Land as a country upon discovering that no country yet claimed it. However, this was because the Antarctic Treaty prevented any new claims on Antarctica by countries. To get around this, McHenry claimed the land as an individual and then founded a country, the Achaean Territory of Antarctica, upon it. He sent letters to the governments of Russia, France, Norway, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, the United States, and the United Kingdom to inform them of his claim. All of these countries ignored him.

In 2004, McHenry changed the name of his country to the Grand Duchy of Westarctica. The next year, he claimed the Balleny Islands and Peter I Island, which were already claimed by New Zealand and Norway, respectively. Grand Duke Travis abdicated in 2006 in favor of being Baron of Dunluce Castle. He was replaced as Grand Duke by Philip Karns.

In early 2008 health issues caused Philip Karns to cease his involvement in Westarctica. Since this time operations have moved from Westarctica.com to Westarctica.org. The current head of state is Jon-Lawrence Langer, the Duke of Moulton-Berlin. Langer has requested Westarcticans and Westarctica's allies in the micronational community aide in the project's revitalization.
On June 3rd, 2010 the founder of Westarctica, Travis McHenry removed Jon-Lawrence Langer as head of state after several micronational disputes and complaints. McHenry abolished the grand duchy and replaced it by the Protectorate of Westarctica. Together with this reforms Westarctica adopted a new flag, reduced the claim and joined the Antarctic Micronational Union.

Present day:

Westarctica has produced several coins, in the form of both wooden nickels and metal coins. They have also made stamps. Recently, Westarctica was featured in Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations. Currently, Westarctica appears to be restructuring, as its website is up and running. In June 2010 negotiation began with the Antarctic Micronational Union (AMU)[2]

Legitimacy:

Like all micronations, Westarctica is not recognised by the government of any larger country, despite its attempts to be. Westarctica is recognised by other micronations. In 2010, Travis McHenry assumed the position of Grand Duke of Westarctica.

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Sea Organ

Chronogypsy — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 10:18:29 GMT

This was a fun find.

Sea organ:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_organ

The Sea organ is an architectural object located in Zadar, Croatia and an experimental musical instrument which plays music by way of sea waves and tubes located underneath a set of large marble steps.[1] The waves create somewhat random but harmonic sounds. The device was made by the architect Nikola Bašić as part of the project to redesign the new city coast (Nova riva), and the site was opened to the public on 15 April 2005.[2]

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Mudlark

Chronogypsy — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 06:55:26 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudlark

A Mudlark is someone who scavenges in river mud for items of value, especially in London during the late 18th and 19th centuries.[1]

Mudlarks would search in the muddy shores of the River Thames during low tide, scavenging for anything that could be resold and sometimes, when occasion offered, pilfering from river traffic.[2] By at least the late 18th century people dwelling near the river could scrape a subsistence living this way. Mudlarks were usually either youngsters aged between eight and fifteen, or the robust elderly; and though most mudlarks were male,[3] girls and women were also scavengers.[4]

Becoming a mudlark was usually a choice dictated by poverty and lack of skills. Work conditions were filthy and uncomfortable, as excrement and waste would wash onto the shores from the raw sewage and sometimes the corpses of humans, cats and dogs also. Mudlarks would often get cuts from broken glass left on the shore. The income generated was seldom more than meagre;[4] but mudlarks had a degree of independence, since the hours they worked were entirely at their own discretion and they also kept everything they made as a result of their own labour.

Mayhew in his book, London Labour and the London Poor; Extra Volume 1851 provides a detailed description of this category, and in a later edition of the same work includes the "Narrative of a Mudlark", an interview with a thirteen-year-old boy.

Although in 1904 a person could still claim "mudlark" as his occupation it seems to have been no longer viewed as an acceptable or lawful pursuit.[5] By 1936 the word is used merely to describe swimsuited London schoolchildren earning pocket money during the summer holidays by begging passers-by to throw coins into the Thames mud, which they then chased, to the amusement of the onlookers.[6]

More recently, metal-detectorists searching the foreshore for historic artefacts have described themselves as "mudlarks".

Cultural references:

• The word was used in the late 18th century as a slang expression for a pig[7]
• Poor Jack, novel by Frederick Marryat, 1840.

In his novel Marryat, who was himself a seaman before he turned to writing, vividly describes the unlikely rise of a fictional mudlark, Thomas Saunders, to the position of river pilot. The book contains many scenes descriptive of the typical mudlark's life, and also suggests that some adult mudlarks were involved in fencing items of cargo stolen and passed to them by crew.

• A mudlark is also a term, used in Sussex dialect for a fisherman from Rye.[8]

• The Copper Treasure - a 1998 book for teenagers by Melvin Burgess describing three 19th century mudlarks and their struggle to successfully transport a roll of stolen copper.[9]

• The Mudlark – a 1950 British film about a young street boy whose contact with Queen Victoria plays a part in bringing her back to public life after her lengthy mourning for Prince Albert.

• Society of Thames Mudlarks - A modern organisation founded in 1980 the Society of Thames Mudlarks, has a special licence issued by the Port of London Authority for its members to search the Thames mud for treasure and historical artifacts and report their finds to the Museum of London.[10] In 2009 one of the founder members, Tony Pilson, donated a collection of over two and a half thousand buttons dating from the 14th to the late 19th century, which he had collected along the Thames foreshore.[11]

• The television show Mud Men follows Johnny Vaughan as he teams up with Steve Brooker to go mudlarking along the Thames foreshore.

Ever been mudlarking?

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Cummingtonite

freetheweed — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 03:05:07 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cummingtonite

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Wikipedia:Unusual_articles

blackegg — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:28:44 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_articles

Example:
Gropecunt Lane
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane

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High context culture

blackegg — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:31:35 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_context_culture

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Critters named after celebs

si — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:53:44 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animals_named_after_celebrities

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StarFury - The Zero-G Fighter

Arion — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:34:03 GMT

The Starfury fighter is a fictional vessel used by Earthforce, the military branch of the Earth Alliance, in the science fiction television series Babylon 5. The CGI model was first seen in the opening episode of the first season, "Midnight On The Firing Line" which first aired in the United States in January 1994, and has essentially appeared in every episode thereafter.....NASA has also expressed an interest in the design as a work vessel for the International Space Station. They apparently consider the design to "make the most sense" for zero-g work due to the thruster and wing setup. They approached the shows co-executive producer (J. Michael Straczynski) for permission to use the design, which was given provided the Starfury name was not altered.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfury

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Megaregions of the United States

blackegg — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:50:54 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaregions_of_the_United_States

A Megaregion, also known as a Megalopolis or Megapolitan Area, refers to a clustered network of American cities whose population ranges or is projected to range from about 7 to 63 million by the year 2025.[1][2][3] America 2050,[4] an organization sponsored by the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations, lists 11 megaregions in the United States and Canada.[5] Megapolitan areas were explored in a July 2005 report by Robert E. Lang and Dawn Dhavale of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech.[6] A later 2007 article by Lang and Nelson uses 20 megapolitan areas grouped into 10 megaregions.[7] The concept is based on the original Megalopolis model.[3]

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Phenotypic plasticity

blackegg — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:46:57 GMT

Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of an organism to change its phenotype in response to changes in the environment.[1] Such plasticity in some cases expresses as several highly morphologically distinct results; in other cases, a continuous norm of reaction describes the functional interrelationship of a range of environments to a range of phenotypes. The term was originally conceived in the context of development, but is now more broadly applied to include changes that occur during the adult life of an organism, such as behaviour.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenotypic_plasticity

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Venn diagram

blackegg — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:45:56 GMT

Venn diagrams or set diagrams are diagrams that show all hypothetically possible logical relations between a finite collection of sets (aggregation of things). Venn diagrams were conceived around 1880 by John Venn. They are used to teach elementary set theory, as well as illustrate simple set relationships in probability, logic, statistics, linguistics and computer science.

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Anti-cliché

blackegg — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:45:20 GMT

An anti-cliché is a literary device or figure of speech that twists the meaning or phrasing of a known cliché. Although not named as such by literary critics, many writers, comedians, and poets have made use of the anti-cliché to provide a memorable and often ironic phrase, line, or passage.

Another concept of the anti-cliché relates to the relative merit of any particular news story. A report that will likely garner interest in the target readership must be considered newsworthy; reporting similar trivial events does not generate a sufficient level of interest. The most prominent example of this is the Man Bites Dog paradigm. A daily newspaper would become increasingly stale if there were constant reports of dogs biting men, as the phrase suggests. However, the reverse concept of a man biting the dog is unusual, perhaps novel and hence particularly newsworthy purely due to the inherent irony of such an event.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-clich%C3%A9

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Wilhelm scream

blackegg — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:44:32 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream
The Wilhelm scream is a frequently-used film and television stock sound effect first used in 1951 for the film Distant Drums.[1] The effect gained new popularity (its use often becoming an in-joke) after it was used in Star Wars and many other blockbuster films as well as television programs and video games.[2] The scream is often used when someone is either pierced with an arrow, falling to their death from a great height or because of an explosion.

The Wilhelm scream has become a well-known cinematic sound cliché, and is claimed to have been used in over 216 films and even certain video games.[3]

The sound is named for Private Wilhelm, a character in The Charge at Feather River, a 1953 western in which the character is shot with an arrow. This was believed to be the second movie to use the sound effect and its first use from the Warner Brothers stock sound library.[4]

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Black Jack (gum)

blackegg — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:57:58 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Jack_(gum)
" In 1869, exiled former Mexican president and general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (famous for his victory over the Alamo defenders) was living in New Jersey. He brought a ton of Mexican chicle with him, in hopes of selling it to raise funds to help him return to power in his own country. He persuaded Thomas Adams of Staten Island, New York to buy it. Adams, a photographer and inventor, intended to vulcanize the chicle for use as a rubber substitute. Adams' efforts at vulcanization failed, but he noticed that Santa Anna liked to chew the chicle, which the ancient Mayans had done. Disappointed with the rubber experiments, Adams boiled a small batch of chicle in his kitchen to create a chewing gum. He gave some to a local store to see if people would buy it; they did and he began production.

In 1871, Adams received a patent on a gum-making machine and began mass-producing chicle-based gum. His first product ("Snapping and Stretching") was pure chicle with no flavoring, but sold well enough to encourage Adams in his plans. He began to experiment with flavorings, beginning with sarsaparilla. In 1884, he began adding licorice flavoring and called his invention Adams' Black Jack, the first flavored gum in the U.S. It was also the first gum to be offered in sticks. "

I have no idea if that yarn holds water but it shore is innerestin'!

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Aerogel

blackegg — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:51:50 GMT

"Aerogel is a manufactured material with the lowest bulk density of any known porous solid. It is derived from a gel in which the liquid component of the gel has been replaced with a gas. The result is an extremely low-density solid with several remarkable properties, most notably its effectiveness as a thermal insulator. It is nicknamed frozen smoke, solid smoke, solid air or blue smoke due to its translucent nature and the way light scatters in the material; however, it feels like expanded polystyrene (styrofoam) to the touch."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerogel

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Palimpsest

freetheweed — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:41:34 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palimpsest

A show with this title was one of the most intriguing Law & Order (Criminal Intent) episodes I have seen. A Palimpsest has been traded between book dealers, under the radar, meaning virtually no announcements of having possession of this one special copy of a palimpsest, for generations, centuries. Yet, a double murder occurs, and it is rumored that this very special, only one in existence, book is in the mansion where the murders occurred. This particular palimpsest is said to contain a written record of Jesus' crucifixion that absolves Jews of his death. The particular palimpsest was Palestinian in nature and gave an account that a mob was solely to blame for the killing. Needless to say, heavy!

Anyway... hope you are all doing well. Peace in the middle east.

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Surrealist Manifesto

Project_Mayhem — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:08:16 GMT

by Andre Breton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_Breton

http://wikilivres.info/wiki/Surrealist_Manifesto

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Wayne Messmer

beetlebailey — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:42:51 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Messmer

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Useful Idiot

blackegg — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:44:52 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiots

useful idiot was used to describe Soviet sympathizers in Western countries and the attitude of the Soviet government towards them. The implication was that though the person in question naïvely thought themselves an ally of the Soviets or other Communists, they were actually held in contempt by them, and were being cynically used.

The term is now used more broadly to describe someone who is perceived to be manipulated by a political movement, terrorist group, hostile government, or business, whether or not the group is Communist in nature.

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Wealth condensation

blackegg — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:43:43 GMT

Wealth condensation is a theoretical process by which, in certain conditions, newly-created wealth tends to become concentrated in the possession of already-wealthy individuals or entities, a form of preferential attachment. According to this theory, those who already hold wealth have the means to invest in new sources and structure thus creating more wealth or to otherwise leverage the accumulation of wealth, thus are the beneficiaries of the new wealth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_concentration

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Michigan J. Frog

blackegg — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:41:53 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_J._Frog

Michigan J. Frog is an animated cartoon character who debuted in the Looney Tunes cartoon One Froggy Evening (December 31, 1955), written by Michael Maltese and directed by Chuck Jones. In this cartoon, Michigan is a male frog who wears a top hat, carries a cane, sings pop music, ragtime, Tin Pan Alley hits, and other songs from the late 19th and early 20th century while dancing and performing acrobatics in the style of early 20th century vaudeville. He appeared in a later cartoon titled Another Froggy Evening which was released on October 6, 1995.

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Chess variations

blackegg — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:38:05 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Chess_variants

A

* Advanced Chess
* Alice chess
* Andernach chess
* Antichess
* Atomic chess
* Avalanche chess

B

* Baroque chess
* Berolina chess
* Blindfold chess
* Bosworth (game)
* Bughouse chess

C

* Capablanca chess
* Capablanca random chess
* Chadarangam
* Chaturaji
* Checkless chess
* Cheskers
* Chess boxing
* Chess variant
* Chess with different armies
* Chess960
* Chess960 numbering scheme
* Chess960 starting position
* ChessV
* Circe chess
* Circular chess
* Courier chess
* Crazyhouse
* Cubic chess
* Cylinder chess

D

* Dark chess
* Dice chess
* Displacement chess
* Djambi
* Dragonchess

D cont.

* Duell (chess)
* Dunsany's chess

E

* Embassy Chess
* Enochian chess
* Extinction chess

F

* Fairy chess piece
* Fischer Random Chess
* Flying chess
* Forchess
* Fortress chess
* Four-handed chess

G

* Gothic Chess
* Grand chess
* Grasshopper chess
* Grid chess

H

* Chess handicap
* Hexagonal chess
* Hexapawn
* Hiashatar
* Human chess

I

* Indian chess

J

* Janggi
* Janus chess
* Jeson Mor
* Jetan

K

* Knight relay chess
* Knightmare Chess
* Kriegspiel (chess)
* Kung-fu chess

L

* Legan chess
* List of abstract strategy games
* Los Alamos chess

M

* Madrasi chess
* Maharajah and the Sepoys
* Makruk

M cont.

* Marseillais chess
* Martian chess
* Minichess
* Modern chess
* Monochromatic chess
* Monster chess
* Hans Multhopp

O

* Omega Chess
* User:Ovakim/Sandbox

P

* V. R. Parton
* Patrol chess
* Pawn duel
* Penultima
* PlunderChess
* Pocket mutation chess
* David Pritchard (chess writer)
* Progressive chess

S

* SMIRF
* Seirawan chess
* Senterej
* Sessa (chaturanga)
* Shatar
* Shatranj
* Shogi
* Shogi variant
* Short assize
* Stealth Chess

T

* Tamerlane chess
* Three checks chess
* Three-dimensional chess
* Three-handed chess
* Transcendental chess

X

* Xiangqi

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WikiScanner

blackegg — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:13:35 GMT

" According to Wired, which first broke the story, most edits are "fairly innocuous".[7] Wired asked users to submit "The most shameful Wikipedia spin jobs",[8] which has generated many news stories about organizations, such as the Al-Jazeera network, Fox News Channel, staffers of Democratic Senator Robert Byrd and the CIA, that have edited Wikipedia articles.

Satirist Stephen Colbert (who has long featured stories about Wikipedia and its "truthiness" on his program) mocked Griffith's ambivalent stance on anonymity on Wikipedia, declaring it the "right" of corporations and governments to participate in the democratic process of deciding what is and is not true on Wikipedia. "Just like everyone else", Colbert claimed, they should be able to assume whatever identity they want on the Internet."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiscanner

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Ixtoc oil spill in Gulf 1979

Will — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:23:42 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixtoc_I_oil_spill

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The BP Pedestrian Bridge

beetlebailey — Sun, 23 May 2010 00:59:06 GMT

The BP Pedestrian Bridge is a girder footbridge in the Loop community
area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It spans Columbus Drive to
connect Daley Bicentennial Plaza with Millennium Park, both parts of
the larger Grant Park. Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect
Frank Gehry, it opened along with the rest of Millennium Park on July
16, 2004. Gehry had been courted by the city to design the bridge and
the neighboring Jay Pritzker Pavilion, and eventually agreed to do so
after the Pritzker family funded the Pavilion. Named for energy firm
BP, which donated $5 million toward its construction, it is the first
Gehry-designed bridge to have been completed. BP Bridge is described as
snakelike because of its curving form. Designed to bear a heavy load
without structural problems caused by its own weight, it has won awards
for its use of sheet metal. The bridge is known for its aesthetics, and
Gehry's style is seen in its biomorphic allusions and extensive
sculptural use of stainless steel plates to express abstraction. The
pedestrian bridge serves as a noise barrier for traffic sounds from
Columbus Drive. It is a connecting link between Millennium Park and
destinations to the east, such as the nearby lakefront, other parts of
Grant Park and a parking garage. It is designed without handrails,
using stainless steel parapets instead. The total length is 935 feet
(285 m), with a five percent slope on its inclined surfaces that makes
it barrier free and accessible to all. Although the bridge closes in
winter because ice cannot be safely removed from its wooden walkway, it
has received favorable reviews for its design and aesthetics.

Read the rest of this article:
< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BP_Pedestrian_Bridge >

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Legend of the Seeker

Project_Mayhem — Thu, 06 May 2010 04:25:47 GMT

I have never caught this show but I hear it was very good

http://sot.wikia.com/wiki/Legend_of_the_Seeker

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Crush!

blackegg — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:58:02 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crush_fetish

A crush fetish is a paraphilia which primarily consists of the desire to see others (generally a desirable potential partner) crush or step on an object or an animal.[1] Crushing by feet can be the main focus (although other methods are implemented, such as sitting on the target object or animal). The foot (barefoot or in shoes) is thus often idolised in crush erotica such as magazines, audio tapes and crush films. The term "hard crush" refers to the intensification of the fetishistic activity/experience by the realization, description, or imaginary portrayal of the compaction death of larger and arguably more pain-susceptible animals (e.g. reptiles, birds, mammals).

Spluuurt??

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B.V. (Before Vader)

Arion — Sat, 08 May 2010 22:16:35 GMT

Before Darth Vader arose there was another villain among the stars: Assajj Ventress. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Asajj_Ventress

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Bloop

freetheweed — Sat, 01 May 2010 02:58:38 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop

The Bloop is the name given to an ultra-low frequency and extremely powerful underwater sound detected by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) several times during 1997. The source of the sound remains unknown.

Analysis

The sound, traced to somewhere around 50° S 100° W (a remote point in the south Pacific Ocean west of the southern tip of South America), was detected repeatedly by the Equatorial Pacific Ocean autonomous hydrophone array, which uses U.S. Navy equipment originally designed to detect Soviet submarines.

According to the NOAA description, it "rises rapidly in frequency over about one minute and was of sufficient amplitude to be heard on multiple sensors, at a range of over 5,000 km." NOAA's system ruled out its origin as any known man-made sound, such as a submarine or bomb, or familiar geological sounds such as volcanoes or earthquakes. While the audio profile of the bloop does resemble that of a living creature, the system identified it as unknown because it was far too loud for that to have been the case: it was several times louder than the loudest known biological sound. Five other significant unexplained sounds have been named by NOAA: Julia, Train, Slowdown, Whistle, and Upsweep.[1][2][3][4][5]

Dr. Christopher Fox of the NOAA speculated that the Bloop may be ice calving in Antarctica.[6] A year later Dr. Fox was paraphrased speculating it was likely animal in origin.[7]

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2010 Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull

Dragonsp — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:28:56 GMT

I was one of the Americans stuck in the UK when the airspace was closed April 15. I finally got back last night - 9 days late!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_eruption_of_Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull

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Crispus Attucks

freetheweed — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:33:11 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispus_Attucks

Crispus Attucks (c. 1723 – March 5, 1770) was the first of five people killed in the Boston Massacre in Boston, Massachusetts. He has been frequently named as the first martyr of the American Revolution and is the only Boston Massacre victim whose name is commonly remembered. He is regarded as an important inspirational figure in American history.

Little is known for certain about Crispus Attucks beyond his death in the conflict. Two major sources of eyewitness testimony about the Boston Massacre, both published in 1770, did not refer to Attucks as a "Negro," or "black" man. The first was a report commissioned by the town of Boston, "A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre," which contained over one hundred depositions from locals about what they saw on March 5, 1770. The second source, "The Trial of William Wemms," referred to Attucks more than a dozen times as a “mulatto” or “molatto,” and once as an “Indian,” another as a “tall man,” and yet another as a “stout,” or muscular man. While 19th-century anti-slavery advocates later focused on Attucks' African heritage, Bostonians in 1770 considered him mixed-race.

It was only in the early nineteenth century, as the Abolitionist movement gained momentum in Boston, that Attucks was lauded as an example of a black American who played a heroic role in the history of the United States -- thereby shaping the story of Attucks' identity.[1] Because Crispus Attucks had Wampanoag ancestors, his story also holds special significance for many Native Americans.[2]

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Culture

blackegg — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:22:14 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture
""
~Excellence of taste in the fine arts and humanities, also known as high culture

~An integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for symbolic thought and social learning

~The set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution, organization or group

When the concept first emerged in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe, it connoted a process of cultivation or improvement, as in agriculture or horticulture. In the nineteenth century, it came to refer first to the betterment or refinement of the individual, especially through education, and then to the fulfillment of national aspirations or ideals. In the mid-nineteenth century, some scientists used the term "culture" to refer to a universal human capacity. For the German nonpositivist sociologist, Georg Simmel, culture referred to "the cultivation of individuals through the agency of external forms which have been objectified in the course of history".[3]""

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Steampunk

Arion — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:28:23 GMT

Good article on the Steampunk genre: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk

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2007–2010 blockade of the Gaza Strip

freetheweed — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:03:25 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%932010_blockade_of_the_Gaza_Strip

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Single-stream Recycling

marvindublin — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:37:00 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-stream_recycling

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WikiLeaks

marvindublin — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:42:46 GMT

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100406/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1490

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Cyberpunk

Project_Mayhem — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:04:20 GMT

http://www.cyberpunkwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=What_is_Cyberpunk%3F

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Apocalyptic Fiction

Arion — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:38:19 GMT

Apocalypse or Post-Apocalypse world is a common thread in literature. Here's a Wikipedia list of such books: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_apocalyptic_and_post-apocalyptic_fiction

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Boeing X-37

freetheweed — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 08:00:38 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37

"The Boeing X-37 Advanced Technology Demonstrator is an unpiloted demonstration spaceplane that is intended to test future launch technologies while in orbit and during atmospheric reentry. It is a reusable robotic spacecraft that is a 120 percent–scaled derivative of the X-40A. The X-37 had its first flight as a drop test on April 7, 2006 at Edwards AFB. The spacecraft will be launched as a United States Air Force mission, rather than a NASA mission, on April 20, 2010."

"The first flight of the X-37B is slated for April 20, 2010 on an Atlas V rocket from SLC-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.[8] The spacecraft will be placed into low Earth orbit for testing, then it will be de-orbited for landing. The landing is to occur on a runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California with Edwards Air Force Base as the alternate site.[9] The duration of the mission hasn't been announced, although an Air Force spokesperson has said the vehicle has a requirement to be on-orbit for up to 270 days.[8]"

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Investopedia

marvindublin — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:57:56 GMT

http://www.investopedia.com/?viewed=1

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Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction works, sorted by the nature of the catastrophe portrayed

Will — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:02:01 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_apocalyptic_and_post-apocalyptic_fiction

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Reid Technique ~ 9 Step Police Interrogation

blackegg — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:13:16 GMT

The Reid Technique's Nine Steps of Interrogation

The Reid Technique is a method of questioning subjects and assessing their credibility. The technique consists of a non-accusatory interview combining both investigate and behavior provoking questions. If the investigative information indicates that the subject committed the crime in question, the Reid Nine Steps of Interrogation are utilized to persuade the subject to tell the 'truth' about 'what they did'.

The Reid technique involves three different components — factual analysis, interviewing, and interrogation. While each of these are separate and distinct procedures, they are interrelated in the sense that each serves to help eliminate innocent suspects during an investigation, thereby allowing the investigator to focus upon the person most likely to be guilty. Interrogating that individual then becomes foremost in the effort to learn the truth. Supporters argue the Reid Technique is useful in extracting information from otherwise unwilling suspects, while critics have charged the technique can elicit false confessions from innocent persons [1], especially children.[2] The use of the Reid Technique on youth is prohibited in Great Britain because of the incidence of false confessions and the wrongful convictions that result[citation needed].

Step 1 - Direct Confrontation. Lead the suspect to understand that the evidence has led the police to the individual as a suspect. Offer the person an early opportunity to explain why the offense took place.

Step 2 - Try to shift the blame away from the suspect to some other person or set of circumstances that prompted the suspect to commit the crime. That is, develop themes containing reasons that will justify or excuse the crime. Themes may be developed or changed to find one to which the accused is most responsive.

Step 3 - Try to discourage the suspect from denying his guilt. Reid training video: "If you’ve let him talk and say the words ‘I didn’t do it’, and the more often a person says ‘I didn’t do it’, the more difficult it is to get a confession." [Also, in America, they may ask for a lawyer in which case the interrogation is over]

Step 4 - At this point, the accused will often give a reason why he or she did not or could not commit the crime. Try to use this to move towards the confession.

Step 5 - Reinforce sincerity to ensure that the suspect is receptive.

Step 6 - The suspect will become quieter and listen. Move the theme discussion towards offering alternatives. If the suspect cries at this point, infer guilt.

Step 7 - Pose the “alternative question”, giving two choices for what happened; one more socially acceptable than the other. The suspect is expected to choose the easier option but whichever alternative the suspect chooses, guilt is admitted. There is always a third option which is to maintain that they did not commit the crime.

Step 8 - Lead the suspect to repeat the admission of guilt in front of witnesses and develop corroborating information to establish the validity of the confession.

Step 9 - Document the suspect's admission and have him or her prepare a recorded statement (audio, video or written).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_technique

A much better description with examples of body language cues and interrogation room Feng shui:
http://people.howstuffworks.com/police-interrogation1.htm

Anyone who's seen 'The First 48' has seen this stuff in action.

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The Wump World

freetheweed — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 01:31:09 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wump_World

http://www.billpeet.net/PAGES/wump.htm

The Wump World by Bill Peet (1970) is a children's book about imaginary creatures, known as Wumps. These Wumps look somewhat like a cross between a capybara (sometimes called a water hog) and a moose. The story about these Wumps takes place on their own planet, hence the name The Wump World. A race of blue humanoids named the Pollutians overruns the Wump World, causing the Wumps to flee to the safety of underground caves. The Pollutians build great cities and colonise, dirtying the air, water, and plowing down greenery. The Pollutians reach trouble when the air becomes too polluted, and their leaders send scouts to search for another planet. One scout returns, claiming that he has found a bigger and better world; upon hearing this news the entire Pollutian populace leaves the planet, leaving their ruined cities. When the world above grows quiet, the Wumps emerge to find a changed world, a deserted "concrete jungle". The Pollutians, having used up every natural resource, have left; but all is not lost, as the book ends with a message of hope about nature's ability to recover.

The book is similar to his previous work Farewell to Shady Glade. Dr. Seuss's The Lorax , a similar book, was also published the year after.

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Leon Czolgosz

blackegg — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:26:34 GMT

"...was the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley. In the last few years of his life, he claimed to have been heavily influenced by anarchists such as Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Czolgosz

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Grady McMurtry

marvindublin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:07:21 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grady_McMurtry

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Periodic Table of the Elements

freetheweed — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:55:31 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic_table

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Jim Dowling

marvindublin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:45:37 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Dowling#Pine_Gap_Spy_Base.2C_Central_Australia

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Casimir Effect

freetheweed — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:56:16 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_effect

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Paper

marvindublin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:09:39 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper

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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

freetheweed — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:58:31 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach

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Niflheim

freetheweed — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:55:46 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niflheim

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Manticore

freetheweed — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:40:22 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manticore

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Marduk

freetheweed — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:35:27 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marduk

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Aubrey de Grey & Methuselah Foundation

marvindublin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:40:30 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Grey

I heard about this on KQED on the drive home today. Aubrey de Grey was interviewed. He's great. Truly driven by humanitarian pursuits. Listening to him speak was amazing. I turned it up and hung on every word.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_Foundation

http://www.methuselahfoundation.org/

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John Mellencamp

marvindublin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:42:45 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mellencamp

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Homer the Great

Arion — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:24:32 GMT

The Stonecutters episode: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_the_Great

I didn't realize the Stonecutters possessed the Ark of the Covenant!

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Ozymandias

freetheweed — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:45:12 GMT

OZYMANDIAS

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandias

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This too shall pass

freetheweed — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:28:59 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_too_shall_pass

"This too shall pass" (Hebrew: גם זה יעבור‎, gam zeh yaavor) is a phrase occurring in a Jewish wisdom folktale involving King Solomon. The phrase is commonly engraved on silver rings.
Many versions of the folktale have been recorded by the Israel Folklore Archive at the University of Haifa. Heda Jason recorded this version told by David Franko from Turkey:
One day Solomon decided to humble Benaiah Ben Yehoyada, his most trusted minister. He said to him, "Benaiah, there is a certain ring that I want you to bring to me. I wish to wear it for Sukkot which gives you six months to find it." "If it exists anywhere on earth, your majesty," replied Benaiah, "I will find it and bring it to you, but what makes the ring so special?" "It has magic powers," answered the king. "If a happy man looks at it, he becomes sad, and if a sad man looks at it, he becomes happy." Solomon knew that no such ring existed in the world, but he wished to give his minister a little taste of humility. Spring passed and then summer, and still Benaiah had no idea where he could find the ring. On the night before Sukkot, he decided to take a walk in one of the poorest quarters of Jerusalem. He passed by a merchant who had begun to set out the day's wares on a shabby carpet. "Have you by any chance heard of a magic ring that makes the happy wearer forget his joy and the broken-hearted wearer forget his sorrows?" asked Benaiah. He watched the grandfather take a plain gold ring from his carpet and engrave something on it. When Benaiah read the words on the ring, his face broke out in a wide smile. That night the entire city welcomed in the holiday of Sukkot with great festivity. "Well, my friend," said Solomon, "have you found what I sent you after?" All the ministers laughed and Solomon himself smiled. To everyone's surprise, Benaiah held up a small gold ring and declared, "Here it is, your majesty!" As soon as Solomon read the inscription, the smile vanished from his face. The jeweler had written three Hebrew letters on the gold band: gimel, zayin, yud, which began the words "Gam zeh ya'avor" -- "This too shall pass." At that moment Solomon realized that all his wisdom and fabulous wealth and tremendous power were but fleeting things, for one day he would be nothing but dust.
The phrase "This too shall pass" and the associated ring story were made popular by Abraham Lincoln in his 'Address Before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin' on September 30, 1859:
It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction![1]

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Earth Day

freetheweed — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:04:07 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day

Earth Day was conceived by Senator Gaylord Nelson after a trip he took to Santa Barbara right after the horrific oil spill off the coast in 1969. Outraged by the devastation and Washington political inertia, Nelson proposed a national teach-in on the environment to be observed by every university campus in the U.S.[14]

I am convinced that all we need to do to bring an overwhelming insistence of the new generation that we stem the tide of environmental disaster is to present the facts clearly and dramatically. To marshal such an effort, I am proposing a national teach-in on the crisis of the environment to be held next spring on every university campus across the Nation. The crisis is so imminent, in my opinion, that every university should set aside 1 day in the school year-the same day across the Nation-for the teach-in.[14]

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27 Club

beetlebailey — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:46:20 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club

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Martin Scorsese

Will — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:04:33 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Scorsese

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Face to Face - Reactionary

freetheweed — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:56:24 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactionary_(album)

My favorite album from one of my favorite bands

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_to_Face_(punk_band)

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The Long History (and alternative weapons) of the Rock-Paper-Scissors Game

blackegg — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:51:20 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock-paper-scissors#Instances_of_use_in_real-life_scenarios

" ... Starting in 2002, the World Rock Paper Scissors Society standardized a set of rules for international play[19] and has overseen annual International World Championships. These open, competitive championships have been widely attended by players from around the world and have attracted widespread international media attention.[20][21][22][23][24] WRPS events are noted for their large cash prizes, elaborate staging, and colorful competitors.[25] In 2004, the championships were broadcast on the U.S. television network Fox Sports Net, with the winner being Lee Rammage, who went on to compete in at least one subsequent championship.[26][27]"

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Ramblers Ramblin'.... Right to Roam Laws

blackegg — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:05:04 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramblers

In 1931, the National Council of Ramblers' Federations was formed because walkers felt that a national body to represent their interests was needed. On April the 24th 1932, the Communist inspired 'British Workers Sports federation', frustrated at the lack of resolve of the newly formed Ramblers, staged a mass tresspass of Kinder Scout, the highest point in the Peak District. During the mass trespass, the Ramblers present scuffled with the Duke of Devonshire's Gamekeepers and 5 Ramblers were arrested.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_public_access_to_the_wilderness

The freedom to roam, or everyman's right is the general public's right to access certain public or privately owned land for recreation and exercise. The right is sometimes called the right of public access to the wilderness or the right to roam.

Wow, America sucks.

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Touched By The Hand of Cicciolina

blackegg — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:01:35 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilona_Staller

Ilona Staller (complete name Anna Elena Staller, 26 November 1951), also known by her stage name la Cicciolina, is a Hungarian-born Italian politician, porn-star, and singer. She continued to make hard core pornographic films while in office.[2] She is famous for delivering political speeches with one breast exposed.[2][3]

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Forbes Magazine, you know, the one with all the silly lists?

blackegg — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:38:16 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes

>>>Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week. The magazine is well-known for its lists, including its lists of the richest Americans (the Forbes 400) and its list of billionaires.

The motto of Forbes magazine is "The Capitalist Tool." <<<
Go figure.

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Keystone Kops

blackegg — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:30:28 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_Kops

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Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle

blackegg — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:32:48 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Arbuckle

On September 5, 1921 Arbuckle took a break from his hectic film schedule and despite suffering from second degree burns to both buttocks from an accident on set, drove to San Francisco with two friends, Lowell Sherman (an actor/director) and cameraman Fred Fischbach. The three checked into three rooms 1219 (Arbuckle & Fischbach), 1220 (empty) and 1221 (Sherman) at the St. Francis Hotel. They had rented 1220 as a party room and invited several women to the suite.[1]

During the carousing, a 26-year-old aspiring actress named Virginia Rappe was found seriously ill in room 1219 and was examined by the hotel doctor, who concluded her symptoms were mostly caused by intoxication and gave her morphine to calm her. Rappe was not hospitalized until two days after the incident.[1]

In truth, Virginia Rappe was quite a sick woman to begin with. She suffered from chronic cystitis, a condition that flared up dramatically whenever she drank. Her heavy drinking habits and the poor quality of the era's bootleg alcohol could leave her in severe physical distress. She developed a reputation for overimbibing at parties, then drunkenly tearing at her clothes from the resulting physical pain. But by the time of the St. Francis Hotel party, her reproductive health was a greater concern. She had undergone several abortions in the space of a few years, the quality of care she received for such procedures probably substandard, and she was preparing to undergo another (or, more likely, had recently done so) as a result of a pregnancy by her boyfriend, director Henry Lehrman.[citation needed]

Author Andy Edmonds theorized that during the course of relatively innocent horseplay at the party itself, Arbuckle may have accidentally struck Rappe's midsection with his knee. If she had undergone a botched abortion during the days immediately before, the blow might have been enough to badly damage her already compromised internal organs. This would also account for the statements that a delirious Rappe was alleged to have made later during the party, statements along the lines of "Arbuckle did it," or "He hurt me," without implicating Arbuckle in any rape or violent attack on her.

At the hospital, Rappe's companion at the party, Bambina Maude Delmont, told Rappe's doctor that Arbuckle had raped her friend. The doctor examined Rappe but found no evidence. Rappe died one day after her hospitalization, of peritonitis caused by a ruptured bladder. Delmont then told police that Arbuckle raped Rappe and the police concluded that the impact Arbuckle's overweight body had on Rappe eventually caused her bladder to rupture.[1] Rappe's manager Al Semnacker (at a later press conference) accused Arbuckle of using a piece of ice to simulate sex with her, which led to the injuries. By the time the story was reported in newspapers, the object had evolved into being a Coca-Cola or champagne bottle, instead of a piece of ice. This rumor, however, was never proven.[1] In fact, witnesses testified that Arbuckle rubbed the ice on Rappe's stomach to ease her abdominal pain. Arbuckle denied any wrongdoing. Delmont later made a statement incriminating Arbuckle to the police in an attempt to extort money from Arbuckle's attorneys.[11]

Arbuckle's trial was a major media event; exaggerated and sensationalised stories in William Randolph Hearst's nationwide newspaper chain damaged his career greatly. The newspapers portrayed him as a gross lecher who used his weight to overpower innocent girls. In reality Arbuckle was a good natured man so shy with women that he was regarded by those who knew him as "the most chaste man in pictures".[2] Hearst was gratified by the Arbuckle scandal, and later said that it had "sold more newspapers than any event since the sinking of the RMS Lusitania."[12] The resulting scandal destroyed both Arbuckle's career and his personal life. Morality groups called for Arbuckle to be sentenced to death, and studio executives ordered Arbuckle's industry friends (whose careers they controlled) not to publicly speak up for him. Charlie Chaplin was in England at the time; Buster Keaton did make a public statement in support of Arbuckle; film actor William S. Hart, who had never worked with Arbuckle, made public statements which presumed that Arbuckle was guilty.

The prosecutor, San Francisco District Attorney Matthew Brady, an intensely ambitious man who planned to run for governor, made public pronouncements of Arbuckle’s guilt and pressured witnesses to make false statements.[1] Brady at first used Delmont as his star witness during the indictment hearing.[1] Although the judge threatened Brady with dismissal of the case, Brady refused to allow Delmont, the only witness accusing Arbuckle, to take the stand and testify. Delmont had a long criminal record with convictions for racketeering, bigamy, fraud, extortion and allegedly was making a living by luring men into compromising positions, captured in photographs used as evidence in divorce proceedings.[13] The defense had also obtained a letter from Delmont admitting to a plan to extort payment from Arbuckle. In view of Delmont’s constantly changing story,[1] her testimony would have ended any chance of going to trial. Ultimately, the judge found no evidence of rape. After hearing testimony from one of the party guests, Zey Prevon, that Rappe told her "Roscoe hurt me" on her deathbed, the judge decided that Arbuckle could be charged with first-degree murder. Brady had originally planned to seek the death penalty.The charge was later reduced to manslaughter.[1]

Etc.

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Dutch Wife

blackegg — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:22:28 GMT

Dutch wife may refer to:

~ a long body-length pillow better known as a dakimakura
~ a Chikufujin, a wicker or bamboo pillow-shaped "cage" which is kept in the bed on hot nights to improve air circulation
~ a prostitute
~ a sex doll
~ a hot water bottle
~ all of the above.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_wife

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Hubble Bubble & Plastic Bertrand

blackegg — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:20:54 GMT

Hubble Bubble was a punk rock group from Belgium. The phrase "Hubble Bubble" is another name for Hookah.
Formed in 1973 by Alain Bureau and managed by Bernard Schol, the group released their eponymous debut album in 1977 on Barclay Records. Plastic Bertrand is credited as the songwriter, singer and drummer under the name Roger Junior. Unfortunately, the group's bass player was killed in an accident returning from a rehearsal, and the group disbanded.
The group released two albums: Hubble Bubble and Faking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Bubble

Plastic Bertrand (born Roger Marie François Jouret, 24 February 1954, Brussels[1]) is a Belgian musician, songwriter, producer, editor and television presenter, best known for his 1977 international hit single "Ça plane pour moi".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_Bertrand

Richard Thompson performed this song; one version is available on the box set RT - The Life and Music of Richard Thompson

Sonic Youth recorded a version of this song as a contribution to the compilation album of cover versions Freedom of Choice: Yesterday's

New Wave Hits As Performed By Today's Stars. [2][3]

Thee Headcoatees released "Ça plane pour moi" on their 1997 album Punk Girls[4].

In 1993, Leila K released "Ça plane pour moi" as a double A-side single with the song "Check the Dan".

In 1996, Presidents of the United States of America released "Ça Plane Pour Moi" as a single. In 2007, this version was featured in a Pepsi commercial.

The power metal band Savage Circus recorded a cover of the song as a Japanes bonus track for their 2005 album Dreamland Manor.
On her 2009 tour, british singer Kim Wilde included this song as part of her live concerts all through Europe.

Indie band Vampire Weekend posted a live cover of this song on their Myspace.

In, 2009, Nouvelle Vague covered the song on the album 3.

Québécois group The Lost Fingers recorded a cover of "Ça Plane Pour Moi" with Plastic Bertrand on their 2009 album "Rendez-vous Rose." [5]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87a_plane_pour_moi

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String Theory

marvindublin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:01:39 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory

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Tommy Moe

beetlebailey — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:20:08 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Moe

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The Most Ludicrous Superhero

Arion — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:16:26 GMT

The world's most ludicrous Superhero, Herbie Popnecker, a.k.a., The Fat Fury! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Popnecker

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San Pedro Cactus

marvindublin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:35:56 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_pedro_cactus

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Holograms

blackegg — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:59:46 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hologram

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3-D...View Master...Stereoscopy...Etc

blackegg — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:57:38 GMT

View Master
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_Master

Stereoscopy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereoscopy

'Wiggles' of Old Japan
http://pinktentacle.com/2009/10/animated-stereoviews-of-old-japan/

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Underdog

CoPPeRsGypsyAnGeL — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:04:49 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underdog

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Sleipnir - the 8-legged steed of Odin

freetheweed — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:06:37 GMT

Sleipnir http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix4dPnL8Bhw

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleipnir

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=102688149

The next segment will be Grani http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grani

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Archie Andrews Gets Married

Arion — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:15:47 GMT

Archie Andrews, perpetual high school senior at Riverdale High, proposes.......to Veronica. Then later on, he proposes to Betty! No, he's not a polygamist (although that could be a great storyline). It's outlined on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Marries_Veronica/Archie_Marries_Betty

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Jack Donovan

marvindublin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:33:31 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Donovan

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James A. Forbes

beetlebailey — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:39:30 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Forbes

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Wage Slave

marvindublin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:10:50 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_slave

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Battlefield Earth

blackegg — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:15:40 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_Earth_(novel)

(Cue spooky, space-themed theme song with maybe some distant explosions in the background)

It's the year AD 3000.... Earth has been ruled by an alien race, the Psychlos, for a millennium. Humanity has been reduced to a few scattered tribes in isolated parts of the world while the Psychlos strip the planet of its mineral wealth. Jonnie Goodboy Tyler, a young member of one such tribe, lives in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains. Depressed over the death and disease affecting his tribe, he leaves his village to explore the lowlands and to disprove the superstitions long held by his people involving ancient gods and monsters. However, he is captured in the ruins of Denver by Terl, the Psychlo chief of security. The Psychlos, hairy 9-foot (2.7 m) high, 1,000-pound sociopaths, originate from a planet with an atmosphere very different from that of Earth. Their home world is in fact located in a different universe, and follows slightly different physical laws, with a slightly different table of elements. As a result, some interactions between the two worlds are problematic. Their "breathe-gas" explodes on contact with even trace amounts of radioactive metals, such as uranium. Terl, a Psychlo, had been assigned to Earth, and he eventually learns that his term has been extended with no word of relief. Fearful at the thought of spending several more years on Earth, he decides to con his way off the planet and return home a wealthy Psychlo. Terl has discovered a lode of gold up in the Rocky Mountains that he wants to get his hands on "off the company books". Unfortunately it is surrounded by Uranium deposits that make Psychlo mining impossible. Terl captures Jonnie while searching for "man-animals" that he can train to mine the gold for him.

After a time, Terl captures Jonnie's childhood friend Chrissie and her little sister and uses the threat of their deaths to ensure cooperation from Jonnie. Jonnie is afterwards free to move around the mining area. Shortly thereafter, Terl and Jonnie travel to Scotland and recruit 83 Scottish youth, old women, a doctor, and a historian to help with the mining. Jonnie, however, has different plans. Because Terl does not understand English, Jonnie is able to convince the Scots to help him overthrow the Psychlo rule on Earth.

During the next months, Jonnie and the Scots try to mine the gold as well as develop a means of defeating not only the Psychlos on Earth, but also nullifying the threat of counterattack from Psychlo (the Psychlos' home planet). During the semi-annual teleportation of personnel, goods, and coffins (all dead Psychlos are shipped home for burial) back to Psychlo, Jonnie and the Scots manage to pack several of the coffins with "dirty nukes" and "planet busters" in hopes of destroying the Psychlos' home planet. After the teleportation firing, the humans use the Psychlos' own weapons against them and regain control of Earth.

This is, however, not the end of the story. Unsure as to whether the bombs sent even reached Psychlo and under the imminent threat of counterattack, Jonnie must now defend his newly-retaken planet against the predatory interests of several other interstellar races, including a race of intergalactic bankers seeking to repossess the Earth in lieu of unpaid debts, as well as a long time rival seeking to wrest control of Earth from him. In order to ensure the security and independence of humanity, he does something that no other race in 300,000 years has been able to do: uncover the secret of Psychlo mathematics and teleportation.

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Directed-energy weapons and Operation DEW and Operation LAC

freetheweed — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:03:50 GMT

Surely our government and miliary has our best interests in mind, here's some evidence that doesn't support that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directed-energy_weapons

A directed-energy weapon (DEW) is a type of weapon that emits energy in an aimed direction without the means of a projectile. It transfers energy to a target for a desired effect. Some of these weapons are real or in development; others are at present only science fiction.
The energy can come in various forms:
Electromagnetic radiation (typically lasers or masers).
Particles with mass (particle beam weapons).
Sound (sonic weaponry)
Fire (flamethrowers)
In science fiction, these weapons are sometimes known as death rays or rayguns and are usually portrayed as projecting energy at a person or object to kill or destroy.
Some lethal directed-energy weapons are under active research and development, but most examples appear in science fiction (non-functional toys, film props or animation).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Dew

Operation Dew refers to two separate field trials conducted by the United States in the 1950s. The tests were designed to study the behavior of aerosol-released biological agents.

General description

Operation Dew took place from 1951-1952 off the southeast coast of the United States, including near Georgia, and North and South Carolina.[1][2] Operation Dew consisted of two sets of trials, Dew I and Dew II.[2] The tests involved the release of 250 pounds (110 kg) of fluorescent particles from a minesweeper off the coast.[1] Operation Dew I was described in a U.S. Army report known as "Dugway Special Report 162", dated August 1, 1952.[2] The purpose of Operation Dew was to study the behavior of aerosol-released biological agents.[1]

Dew I

Operation Dew I consisted of five separate trials from March 26, 1952 until April 21, 1952 that were designed to test the feasibility of maintaining a large aerosol cloud released offshore until it drifted over land, achieving a large area coverage.[2] The tests released zinc cadmium sulfide along a 100-to-150-nautical-mile (190 to 280 km) line approximately 5 to 10 nautical miles (10 to 20 km) off the coast of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.[2] Two of the trials dispersed clouds of zinc cadmium sulfide over large areas of all three U.S. states. The tests affected over 60,000 square miles (150,000 km²) of populated coastal region in the U.S. southeast.[3] The Dew I releases were from a Navy minesweeper, the USS Tercel.[2]

Dew II

Dew II involved the release of fluorescent particles and Lycopodium spores from an aircraft.[2] Dew II was described in a 1953 Army report which remained classified at the time of a 1997 report by the U.S. National Research Council concerning the U.S. Army's zinc cadmium sulfide dispersion program of the 1950s.[2]

See also

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_LAC

Operation LAC (Large Area Coverage), was a U.S. Army Chemical Corps operation which dispersed microscopic zinc cadmium sulfide (ZnCdS) particles over much of the United States. The purpose was to determine the dispersion and geographic range of biological or chemical agents.

Earlier tests

There were tests that occurred prior to the first spraying affiliated with Operation LAC. The Army admitted to spraying in Minnesota locations from 1953 into the mid-1960s.[1]

Operation

Operation LAC was undertaken in 1957 and 1958 by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps.[2] Principally, the operation involved spraying large areas with zinc cadmium sulfide.[1] The U.S. Air Force loaned the Army a C-119, "Flying Boxcar", and it was used to disperse zinc cadmium sulfide by the ton in the atmosphere over the United States.[3] The first test occurred on December 2, 1957 along a path from South Dakota to International Falls, Minnesota.[4]

The tests were designed to determine the dispersion and geographic range of biological or chemical agents.[3] Stations on the ground tracked the fluorescent zinc cadmium sulfide particles.[3] During the first test and subsequently, much of the material dispersed ended up being carried by winds into Canada.[4] However, as was the case in the first test, particles were detected up to 1,200 miles away from their drop point.[3][4] A typical flight line covering 400 miles would release 5,000 pounds of zinc cadmium sulfide and in fiscal year 1958 around 100 hours were spent in flight for LAC.[4] That flight time included four runs of various lengths, one of which was 1,400 miles.[4]

Specific tests

The December 2, 1957 test was incomplete due to a mass of cold air coming down from Canada.[4] It carried the particles from their drop point and then took a turn northeast, taking most of the particles into Canada with it. Military operators considered the test a partial success because some of the particles were detected 1,200 miles away, at a station in New York state.[4] A February 1958 test at Dugway Proving Ground ended similarly. Another Canadian air mass swept through and carried the particles into the Gulf of Mexico.[4] Two other tests, one along a path from Toledo, Ohio to Abilene, Texas, and another from Detroit, to Springfield, Illinois, to Goodland, Kansas, showed that agents dispersed through this aerial method could achieve widespread coverage when particles were detected on both sides of the flight paths.[4]

Scope

According to Leonard A. Cole, an Army Chemical Corps document titled "Summary of Major Events and Problems" (1958) described the scope of Operation LAC. Cole stated that the document outlined that the tests were the largest ever undertaken by the Chemical Corps and that the test area stretched from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, and from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.[4] Other sources describe the scope of LAC varyingly, examples include, "Midwestern United States",[3] and "the states east of the Rockies".[1] Specific locations are mentioned as well. Some of those include: a path from South Dakota to Minneapolis, Minnesota,[2]Dugway Proving Ground, Corpus Christi, Texas, north-central Texas, and the San Francisco Bay area.[1]

Risks and issues

Though anecdotal evidence[1][5] exists of ZnCdS having adverse health effects as a result of LAC, a 1997 report refuted this. The U.S. National Research Council stated, in part, "After an exhaustive, independent review requested by Congress, we have found no evidence that exposure to zinc cadmium sulfide at these levels could cause people to become sick."[6] Still, the use of ZnCdS remains controversial and critics such as Cole have accused the Army of "literally using the country as an experimental laboratory".[7]

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Claudine Longet

blackegg — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:49:50 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudine_Longet
"Claudine Georgette Longet (born 29 January 1942) was a popular singer and recording artist during the 1960s and 1970s. She was also an actress and a dancer.

Born in Paris, France, Longet was married to pop singer Andy Williams from 1961 until 1975. She has maintained a private profile since 1977, following her conviction for misdemeanor negligent homicide[1] in connection with the death of former Olympic skier "Spider" Sabich."

Interesting entry.

"Jealous Guy / Don't Let Me Down"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esi7GO6VXU4

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Chick Tracts (christian comics)

blackegg — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:37:52 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_tract
Some cartoonists have published parodies of Chick tracts that mimic their familiar layout and narrative conventions. Examples include "Devil Doll?" by Daniel Clowes, Antlers Of The Damned'[101] by Adam Thrasher, Jesus Delivers! by Jim Woodring and David Lasky, Demonic Deviltry by "Dr. Robert Ramos" (actually Justin Achilli of White Wolf Game Studios), and A Patriarchy's Nightmare by Keith Mayerson.

Issue #2 of Daniel K. Raeburn's zine The Imp, which consists of a lengthy essay on Jack T. Chick's work and a concordance of terms and concepts used in his comics, has dimensions and covers that imitate a Chick tract.

Hot Chicks is a collection of nine short films, each based on a Chick Tract. The film played at the 2006 Los Angeles International Film Festival, the New Fest in New York, and others. The films are word for word (and often shot for shot) adaptations of Chick Tracts. The Tracts adapted are Bewitched?, "La Princesita", "Somebody Goofed", Titanic, "Cleo", "Doom Town", "Wounded Children", "Angels?", and "Party Girl."

The blog "Enter the Jabberwock" has a section called Chick Dissection, where he takes select Chick tracts and comments on them panel by panel.

Why We're Here by Fred Van Lente and Steve Ellis is a Cthulhu Mythos-themed comic that parodies Chick's visual and proselytistic style as though it were promoting the theology of a cult from one of H. P. Lovecraft's stories. Where a Chick Tract, for example, would typically insert an inter-title box containing a pertinent Biblical verse, "Why We're Here" instead references verses from the Necronomicon and other fictional Mythos-linked books. Another Cthulhu-based parody is Who Will Be Eaten First which teaches that the most we can hope for when the Elder Gods return is to be eaten first.

Chick Tracts depict Paganism and Neo-Paganism as a form of Satanism, a position that is contrary to that of all objective sources. As a response to this, a comic strip in the style of a Chick Publication called The Other People was written by Oberon Zell Ravenheart of the Neo-Pagan Church of All Worlds, with art by Don Lewis, in which fundamentalist Christians ring the doorbell of a Pagan family, and get a Bible lesson from the Neo-Pagan point of view.[102]

Big Daddy was satirized by Who's Your Daddy?, Somebody Loves You was satirized by Somebody Loves You?, and Gun Slinger was satirized by The Good, The Bad, and the Fundy. At least one satire website has claimed copyright claims by Chick Publications to remove parody tracks.

Official Site
https://www.chick.com/default.asp

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baton (law enforcement)

beetlebailey — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:55:17 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baton_%28law_enforcement%29

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Aum

freetheweed — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:33:11 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aum

Aum (also Om, written in Devanagari as ॐ, in Chinese and Japanese as 唵, in Tibetan as ༀ, in Sanskrit known as praṇava प्रणव lit. "to sound out loudly" or oṃkāra ओंकार lit. "oṃ syllable") is a mystical or sacred syllable in the Indian religions which originated from Hinduism , including Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism, and in Bön.

Aum is commonly pronounced as a long or over-long nasalized close-mid back rounded vowel, [õːː]) though there are other enunciations pronounced in received traditions. It is placed at the beginning of most Hindu texts as a sacred exclamation to be uttered at the beginning and end of a reading of the Vedas or previously to any prayer or mantra. The Mandukya Upanishad is entirely devoted to the explanation of the syllable. The syllable is taken to consist of three phonemes, a, u and m, variously symbolizing the Three Vedas or the Hindu Trimurti or three stages in life ( birth, life and death ). Though ostensibly in some traditions it is polysyllabic and vocalized as a triphthong, the Omkara is held to move through and contain all vowels possible in human speech.[citation needed]. One important version has five components, flowing from h through a, u, oo to m.

The name Omkara, (Sanskrit: the syllable om) is taken as a name of God in the Hindu revivalist Arya Samaj. Similarly, the concept of om, called onkar in Punjabi, is found in Sikh theology as a symbol of God. It invariably emphasizes God's singularity, expressed as Ek Onkar ("One Omkara" or "The Aum is One"), stating that the multiplicity of existence symbolized in the aum syllable is really founded in a singular God.[1]

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Tilt Shift Phography

blackegg — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:58:47 GMT

""Tilt-shift photography" refers to the use of camera movements on small- and medium-format cameras, and sometimes specifically refers to the use of tilt for selective focus, often for simulating a miniature scene. Sometimes the term is used when the shallow depth of field is simulated with digital postprocessing; the name may derive from the tilt-shift lens normally required when the effect is produced optically.

"Tilt-shift" actually encompasses two different types of movements: rotation of the lens plane relative to the image plane, called tilt, and movement of the lens parallel to the image plane, called shift. Tilt is used to control the orientation of the plane of focus (PoF), and hence the part of an image that appears sharp; it makes use of the Scheimpflug principle. Shift is used to change the line of sight while avoiding the convergence of parallel lines, as when photographing tall buildings."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt-shift_photography

Examples:
http://www.vimeo.com/1831024
http://www.vimeo.com/1785993
http://www.vimeo.com/2317118

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Unintelligent Design

Arion — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:39:23 GMT

Here's an article to puncture the "intelligent design" crowd. Very funny to read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_poor_design

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Zeena Schreck

marvindublin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:17:29 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeena_Schreck

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Nathanael West

blackegg — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:48:35 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathanael_West

Although West had been working on his writing since college, it was not until his quiet night job at the hotel that he found the time to put his novel together. It was at this time that West wrote what would eventually become Miss Lonelyhearts (1933). In 1931, however, two years before he completed Miss Lonelyhearts, West published The Dream Life of Balso Snell, a novel he had conceived of in college. By this time, West was working within a group of writers working in and around New York that included William Carlos Williams and Dashiell Hammett.

In 1933, West bought a farm in eastern Pennsylvania but soon got a job as a contract scriptwriter for Columbia Pictures and moved to Hollywood. He published a third novel, A Cool Million, in 1934. None of West's three works sold well, however, so he spent the mid-1930s in financial difficulty, sporadically collaborating on screenplays. Many of the films he worked on were B-movies, such as Five Came Back (1939). It was at this time that West wrote The Day of the Locust. West took many of the settings and minor characters of his novel directly from his experience living in a hotel on Hollywood Boulevard.

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H.P. Lovecraft

marvindublin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:05:55 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.P._Lovecraft

"doom is manifest in the entirety of humanity, and no escape is possible"

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