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"Armchair Archaeology" with Google Earth

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:04:20 GMT

clipped by: invictus
clipper's remarks:

“Google Earth gives you free access to imagery that would otherwise cost a fortune, and require specialist training to make use of,” says Dr Ur. And being able to pan and zoom the satellite images quickly makes it much easier to spot archaeological features and relate them to each other.

Clip Source: www.economist.com

INDIANA JONES, it is fair to say, would not approve. A small band of archaeologists are using Google Earth to make discoveries without getting their hands dirty. Although archaeologists have used satellite imagery for decades, the technique remained out of reach of most researchers because of the prohibitive costs and specialist skills needed to rectify distortions in raw satellite images caused by the angle of capture. But Google Earth, a free program that can be downloaded from the internet giant’s website, makes high-quality satellite images of much of the world’s surface available to anyone with a broadband connection. Archaeologists are now embracing the technology.

Tags: archaeology, google earth, technology, satellite maps, science

Greenwald: The Republicans' Cheerful Viciousness

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:18:56 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Rendering issues irrelevant and converting campaigns into culture wars (h/t ratilfar!)

Clip Source: www.salon.com

With last night's cheerfully vicious speeches from Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin, the Republicans did what they always do in order to win elections: they exploited raw cultural divides while mocking, belittling and demonizing Democratic leaders.

Ever since Ronald Reagan's election, this is what the Republicans do every four years. They render issues irrelevant and convert campaigns into cultural wars and personality referenda

Republicans are well aware that they can't possibly win the election if it is even partially decided based on issues. They need and intend to win despite the fact that Americans hate their positions on the issues, and to do that, they want to ensure that a majority of Americans love and respect the strong, honorable, principled, culturally familiar all-American mavericks John McCain and Sarah Palin

while strongly disliking that wishy-washy, snooty, foreign, exotic, self-absorbed Eastern elitist Barack Obama (even if he says the right things on issues).

Tags: republican

DRUG CZAR and His Numbers

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:40:00 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A little late for the RNC, but the drug war is lost the way our government is waging it, raging it....

Clip Source: www.alternet.org

New Drug Survey Demolishes Drug Czar's Claims

Well, now we know why federal officials chose to release the 2007 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) on a day when the Republican convention's climax and a string of hurricanes is likely to keep it out of the headlines. The survey pretty much dynamites Office of National Drug Control Policy chief John Walters' claims of success in reducing marijuana and drug use during his tenure, which he'd like us to attribute to his aggressive policies, and particularly ONDCP's near-obsession with demonizing marijuana.

First, some raw numbers: The total number of Americans who have used illicit drugs is up from 108 million in 2002, the first full year of Walters' tenure, to 114 million in 2007. And the number of Americans who've used marijuana has passed the 100 million mark for the first time -- up from 95 million in 2002.

huffing and puffing about marijuana

number of Americans starting marijuana

has not budged during his tenure.

And the Beast Shall Eat Itself

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:54:39 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: A hot microphone, a revelation of dishonesty, and the violation of a long-held gentleman's agreement destroyed the credibility of the Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan today, and may have changed the complexion of the American news media forever.

Noonan revealed herself a hypocrite, and MSNBC, a network that has abandoned all illusions of objective journalism in favor of naked advocacy for Barack Obama and an exclusive allegiance to partisan politics of the far left wing of the Democratic Party, shattered a common courtesy between journalists, in order to tear another journalist down for a minor temporary gain.

All bets are off now, all gentleman's agreements dead.

Clip Source: confederateyankee.mu.nu

Noonan published an article just this morning labeling Sarah Palin as "a real and present danger to the American left, and to the Obama candidacy."

This same afternoon on MSNBC after a segment with NBC's Chuck Todd, Republican consultant Mike Murphy and Noonan were captured on still-live microphones ridiculing McCain's running mate.

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With that leak, Noonan's credibility as a columnist was severely damaged if not destroyed, a fact she seems to realize even as she becomes the first casualty as a long held gentleman's agreement among journalists to overlook each others biases, faults, mistakes and lies has been ripped apart. The media now no longer looks after their own, and naked partisanship is now the order of the day.

After being exposed, Noonan wrote that she was "mugged by the nature of modern media," which is both absolutely true and utterly irrelevant.

Every indication is that the raw video was leaked directly from an increasingly partisan MSNBC to liberal blog Talking Points Memo.

Tags: msnbc, chuck todd, mike murphy, peggy noonan, sarah palin, john mccain, talking points memo

Arresting Protesters Before They Protest...Are we o.k. with that?

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:37:55 GMT

clipped by: cptenaud
clipper's remarks: Read the comments. America is not taken over yet. The Nazis only think they have the upper hand.

We may see another 70s movement.

Clip Source: www.care2.com

Are we still living in The United States of America? Is it still the land of the free? I'm a bit confused. Since when do we raid homes of possible protesters, before they even have a chance to protest? Is it just me...Or is there something seriously wrong with this? Here is some commentary, raw video, and news clips...Let me know what you think about all of this in comments.

From Salon.com - Massive Police Raids on Suspected Protesters In Minneapolis...

Protesters here in Minneapolis have been targeted by a series of highly intimidating, sweeping police raids across the city, involving teams of 25-30 officers in riot gear, with semi-automatic weapons drawn, entering homes of those suspected of planning protests, handcuffing and forcing them to lay on the floor, while law enforcement officers searched the homes

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handcuffed, photographed and detained

Denver was the site of several quite ugly incidents

Dozens Detained Ahead of Convention

Minnesota Independent

ColdSnapLegal's invaluable twitter

Tags: gestapo, crackdown, minnesota

Test Clip

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:05:39 GMT

clipped by: pancho123

Clip Source: news.google.com

Washington Post

Gustav hits US economy
CNN - 38 minutes ago
Storm is weaker than Katrina three years ago. But it hits an economy that is at greater risk. By Chris Isidore, CNNMoney.com senior writer NEW YORK (CNNMoney.
Video: Raw Video: Gustav Lashes Houma, La. AssociatedPress

Hurricane Gustav fades moving into Louisiana The Associated Press
Houston Chronicle - Reuters - Bloomberg - The Standard
all 12,051 news articles »

Raw food-מנטה

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:33:09 GMT

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Clip Source: www.ynet.co.il

FOAF Explorer

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:14:54 GMT

clipped by: akipta

Clip Source: xml.mfd-consult.dk

Even though FoaF and the Semantic Web is designed for machines, it can sometimes be interesting to browse the virtual neighbourhoods of friends in much the same way the "regular" web is browsed.

The FoaF Explorer tries to present the information and assertions in a human-readable format, currently by way of direct transformations of the raw RDF/XML to XHTML with XSLT (see disclaimer below).

Tags: friend-of-a-friend

Book: McCain temper boiled over in '92 tirade, called wife a 'cunt'

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:14:11 GMT

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Clip Source: rawstory.com

John McCain's temper is well documented. He's called opponents and colleagues "shitheads," "assholes" and in at least one case "a fucking jerk."

But a new book on the presumptive Republican nominee will air perhaps the most shocking angry exchange to date.

The Real McCain by Cliff Schecter, which will arrive in bookstores next month, reports an angry exchange between McCain and his wife that happened in full view of aides and reporters during a 1992 campaign stop. An advance copy of the book was obtained by RAW STORY.

Tags: mccain, the real mccain

Halliburton Sued for ‘Human Trafficking’

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:55:49 GMT

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Clip Source: blog.puppetgov.com

Chicago Tribune: U.S. stalls on human trafficking

Salt Lake Tribune: An unflinching look at China’s sex-slave trade

Dyncorp and Halliburton contractors were exposed as having operated child prostitution rackets in the Balkans

PBS Frontline: Sex Slaves

Larry Craig Pervert Scandal Is Tip Of A Shocking Iceberg

NBC Today Show: Sex slaves, human trafficking … in America?

The Franklin Cover-Up by John DeCamp

HumanTrafficking.org

By John Byrne~Raw Story

Twelve men recruited in Nepal died after forced transfer to Iraq, lawfirm says.

Thirteen Nepali men were recruited and held against their will for thirteen months in a human trafficking scheme engineered and perpetrated by Halliburton and its Jordanian contractor, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday in California federal court

allegedly hired as kitchen staff by the then-Halliburton subsidiary KBR and its Jordanian subcontractor, Daoud & Partners. Once they arrived in Jordan, however, their passports were seized and they were dispatched to Iraq

Tags: evil, world, humanity, people, power, wealth

Environmental pollution affects the poor

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:01:23 GMT

clipped by: JackieDel

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Millions eating food grown with polluted water, says UN report

Study of 53 cities across the world finds 'widespread' use of waste water contaminated with heavy metals and sewage

Sewage water from a sea food market is drained into Jialing River, a branch of Yangtze River. Photograph: Reuters/China Daily

At least 200 million people around the world risk their health daily by eating food grown using untreated waste water, some of which may be contaminated with heavy metals and raw sewage, according to major study of 53 world cities.

Urban farmers in 80% of the cities surveyed were found to be using untreated waste water, but the study said they also provided vital food for burgeoning cities at a time of unprecedented water scarcity and the worst food crisis in 30 years.

Tags: environment, pollution, globalization, health, poverty

Review of the NIKON D90

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:53:47 GMT

clipped by: bone187

Clip Source: blog.chasejarvis.com

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Chase Jarvis RAW: Advance Testing the Nikon D90

Tags: nikon, photography, fotografie, tech, review

Coffee Makers

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:16:37 GMT

clipped by: robbby40
clipper's remarks: Cracking site for that great cup of coffe.

Clip Source: www.oncoffeemakers.com

Wanna know more on coffee makers? Drinking coffee used to be so simple, just some beans and hot water,now there seem to be a very heavy reliance on coffee machines. There is the single serve, the vacuum, the semi-auto, the auto and even the super automatic espresso machines just to make that cup of cappuccino! And the technology that goes into it is amazing, now a Bunn can even tell you the weather as you enjoy that cuppa!

Note the pot on his left, saw a "sock" in it?

As a serious coffee drinker, always remember this:

-raw green coffee beans can retain their freshness for years

-Roasted coffee beans begin to lose their flavor after a week

-Ground coffee begins to lose its flavor within an hour after it is ground

-Brewed coffee begins to lose its flavor within minutes

So, in the Gourmet section, you would see machines that really goes the extra mile just to give you that aromatic and delightful start to your morning.

A modern day led Zeppelin

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:55:56 GMT

clipped by: skwirlinator

Clip Source: hardrockhideout.wordpress.com

New Steelheart Album Good 2B Alive - Sept 15th

Miljenko Matijevic has taken rock music to a whole new level. Fusing the past, present and the future together, he has created an undeniable piece of art “A modern day led Zeppelin” (Mitch Lafon BW&BK). Matijevic’s vocals are better than ever, every song takes you on a journey; a journey that paints a portrait of his life and in doing so enables the listener to feel the song as if it were his own. A voice full of passion, power and depth, this is one album that seriously rocks. The album consists of everything from raw heavy guitars to a full orchestra which was recorded at Sky Walker Sound. Written, produced, designed and conceived by himself, he truly has embarked on a new beginning.

Track Listing:
01. Samurai
02. LOL
03. Buried Unkind
04. Twisted Future (Orchestra)
05. Shine a Light for Me
06. I Breathe
07. Underground
08. You Showed Me How to Love
09. Good 2B Alive (String Version)

Tags: a modern day led zeppelin, steelheart, new album

Pixlr

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:32:04 GMT

clipped by: akipta

Clip Source: www.pixlr.com

Pixlr is a online image editor, that means that you can upload your images and edit them in your browser. It is built in Flash and you need to have a Flash plug in (get flash) to get it to work.

Pixlr is built for non-professionals, the users that have basic editing needs. It's not for large RAW images or for printing. It is merely a tool for editing web images to be posted on blogs, news-sites, social networks like Facebook, Bebo, image sites like Flikr, Photobucket etc.

The application is developed by a Swedish team. The most part is by a developer named Ola Sevandersson ola@pixlr.com

Since it is Flash based the question about how it runs is up to what kind of computer you have. If it is lagging you can try to shut down other web pages that might be running flash ads or close other software on your computer that is taking a lot of CPU.

Tags: graphics editing photoshop