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- Stup up stoopid Americans 9/8/2010"This particular book—or rather, set of books—is every edit made to a single Wikipedia article, The Iraq War, during the five years between the article's inception in December 2004 and November 2009, a total of 12,000 changes and almost 7,000 pages." More photos in this Flickr set. […]
- Or you could just vacation in a washing machine, I guess 9/8/2010On July 30, 2008, the Pacific Sun cruise liner, carrying 1732 passengers and 671 crew, was caught in a severe storm 400 miles off the coast of New Zealand, injuring 42 passengers as the ship was hit by 25ft waves and 50-knot winds. With some passengers now planning to sue P&O, internal CCTV footage has emerged which recorded what happened inside at the h […]
- Gravitational wave detectors: the universe ripples, they listen 9/8/2010Gravitational wave detectors: the universe ripples, they listen. These detectors (LIGO, GE600, TAMA300, AIGO) are listening for the gravitation waves: black holes spinning and colliding, or neutron stars inspiralling to their final fates in a black hole. Listen to the sounds that LIGO should hear when detecting neutron stars (hint: listen for the sound at […]
- Google Scribe 9/8/2010Metafilter: It is not anticipated that there will be another one of those people who are not interested in them and they are nothing but another form of therapy. Autocomplete yourself with Google Scribe, a new Labs thingy. […]
- Hard to believe how far we've come 9/8/2010iFixit is well known for posting teardowns and repair guides for modern hardware (like the new iPod Shuffle.) To celebrate the addition of game console guides to their site, they did teardowns of five classic and not-so-classic game consoles: Magnavox Odyssey 100, RCA Studio II, Atari 2600, Nintendo Famicom, Nintendo Virtual Boy. Marvel at the 1.78 MHz pro […]
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On CNN today there was an article about a girl named Olivia, a girl who managed to inspire an I hate Olivia MySpace group. Also see the Bullyblog on this particular bullying story. Although a particular search on google for myspace pages only yielded 36 results, so it remains to be seen if this is really a new meme. She had a siezure in front of her class, and the class made fun of her. I can’t imagine where the teacher was. Kids are really cruel sometimes
She will be in the good company of others with hate pages like Zachary Allan Starkey.
Nothing shows up with a Google trends search or on memepool.
UK MI5 -about MI6 from the BBC MI6 GCHQ
http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/fighters/mi5.shtml mi5
http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/fighters/mi6.shtml mi6
http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/fighters/gchq.shtml GCHQ
See wikipedia’s article on it.
CANADA
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/about/index_e.htm RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police)
http://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/en/index.asp CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service)
I’m hoping to find the info for these Government agencies for the following contries:
GERMANY
AUSTRALIA
JAPAN
MEXICO
PICTURES OF FAILURE : Incarcerated Youth
Her hand rocks the cradle. A photodocumentary project about the residential parenting program at the Washington Corrections center for women.
Before and After Magazine Photo Retouching (flash) via Metafilter Part of a Swedish government awareness Project. More at Ad-rag.
completely different, Web Gallery of Art . Here’s a few interesting works, by Bosch and Altodorfer, -use the search feature to find works- look on page 3 for the The Battle of Alexander 1529. I saw this in Person in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich a few years ago. It was pretty amazing to see the level of detail painted into the battle scene.
Andy Rosen Rock and Punk photos from 1976-1984.
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Richard Avedon Exibit coming to Columbus Museum of Art
0 Comments | Posted by Dan in Art, Culture, event
June 23, 2006 thru September 17, 2006
Exhibit: In the American West: Photographs by Richard Avedon
Columbus Museum of Art
480 E. Broad St., Columbus
Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Thursday until 8:30 p.m.
Contact Phone: 614-221-4848, 614-221-6801
Admission: Adults $6. Seniors and students $4. Children under 6 free. Free admission on Sunday.
In these boldly scaled portraits of truckers, oil workers and drifters, Richard Avedon created a compelling record of the fiber – hard, caring, frayed and resilient – of common American characters. Assertive, controversial and graphically striking, the portraits in the exhibition generated extensive and at times heated discussion about the nature of portraiture, photography and the true identity of the American West. Avedon’s oversize portraits of working class Westerners have become icons in photographic history and the project still stands as a definitive expression of the power of photographic art.
Thursday, November 3, 2005
Meet Me @ the Museum
6:00 PM
A new way to experience the Museum, great art and great people in a casual way, Meet Me at the Museum offers live performances by Jazz Arts Group musicians, a cash bar, light gourmet plus tours and special exhibitions every Thursday.
