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Cityscape

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:26:38 GMT

clipped by: amrelkhooly

Clip Source: www.neatorama.com

Amazing Cityscape Art Made From Unusual Objects

San Francisco Cityscape with Cookware

Egg City

Biscuit City by Sang Dong

Atlantis Cityscape

Colour Reading and Contexture by Jacob Dahlgren

Urville by Gilles Tréhin

Cityscape II by Grace Grothaus

Jerusalem Sphere by Frank Meisler

RPM-1200 "Junk City" by Enoki Chu

Bonus: CityScape Coat Hanger

Justice Dept. Asked For News Site's Visitor Lists

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:14:03 GMT

clipped by: billpar

Clip Source: www.cbsnews.com

Justice Dept. Asked For News Site's Visitor Lists

In a case that raises questions about online journalism and privacy rights, the U.S. Department of Justice sent a formal request to an independent news site ordering it to provide details of all reader visits on a certain day.

The grand jury subpoena also required the Philadelphia-based Indymedia.us Web site "not to disclose the existence of this request" unless authorized by the Justice Department, a gag order that presents an unusual quandary for any news organization.

"I didn't think anything we were doing was worthy of any (federal) attention," Clair said in a telephone interview with CBSNews.com on Monday. After talking to other Indymedia volunteers, Clair ended up calling the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco, which represented her at no cost.

"Our fear is that this kind of bogus gag order is much more common than one would hope, considering they're legally baseless," Bankston says

Tags: big brother

Share in Truffle Farm

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:54:17 GMT

clipped by: JacobAva
clipper's remarks: Own a share in our hazel and oak truffle farm, have the opportunity of savouring your own highly sought after truffles, adopt a tree scheme. Because there is only one payment it makes an ideal and unusual gift for a loved one. Let them choose between having the truffles sent to them, or just enjoy the cash profits.

Clip Source: www.trufflefarm-bg.com

Own a share of this magical business, which will not only reward you with the highly sought after truffles, but will also be a sound financial investment for the future.

Tags: truffle, truffle farm, shares in a truffle farm, eco gifts, adopt a truffle tree, unusual gifts, christmas gifts

Christmas Trees London

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:48:36 GMT

clipped by: flowers24hours
clipper's remarks: We have put together a variety of unusual Christmas gifts for you to choose from - flowers, gift collections, gift baskets and more. Flowers24hours is a leading online shop offer xmas trees, xmas gifts, flowers and more for all UK customers.

Clip Source: www.flowers24hours.co.uk

Prepare in advance by pre-ordering a fresh Christmas tree online for delivery anywhere in London

Tags: christmas gifts london, xmas trees, christmas tree london

Justice Dept Subpoenas Media Site for NAMES of VIEWERS

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:32:46 GMT

clipped by: leevardi
clipper's remarks: ...this sort of Intrusion MUST be STOPPED

Clip Source: www.rumormillnews.com

INDYMEDIA.US RECEIVES SUBPOENA AND GAG ORDER FROM JUSTICE DEPT FOR ALL IP TRAFFIC ON A CERTAIN DAY

Whoa folks..here we go.

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/11/09/taking_liberties/entry5595506.shtml?tag=stack

Justice Dept. Asked For News Site's Visitor Lists

'Devil Worshipper’ Retort May Burn Employer

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:39:45 GMT

clipped by: wiccantexan
clipper's remarks: Despite the obvious misinformation, like "believers gathering in Salem" as if it were Mecca, I think she has a good case.

Clip Source: www.ctlawtribune.com

Like many people, Gina Uberti wanted to take time off from work for a religious holiday.

Unlike most Connecticut workers, her religion is Wicca, the largest of the neo-pagan, earth-based faiths. Wiccans worship multiple deities, use magic in their rituals, adhere to a basic code of morality, and hold four major seasonally based festivals.

Uberti attended one of those festivals last October. A dispute with a supervisor over that vacation has led to an unusual federal lawsuit.

Jarad M. Lucan, who practices employment law at Durant, Nichols, Houston, Hodgson, & Cortese-Costa in Bridgeport, is not involved with the case. But he said it should send a message to employers that, no matter how common or obscure the religion, if a worker sincerely believes it to be their religion, then employers must reasonably accommodate them under the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964.

“You have to try to accommodate a sincerely held religious belief,”

Tags: wicca, religion, work, legal

YOUNG OFFENDERS LOCKED UP FOR LIFE

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:44:27 GMT

clipped by: ellington
clipper's remarks: IS LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS CONVICTED OF NON-HOMICIDE CRIMES,

Clip Source: roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com

Young Offenders Locked Up for Life

Terrance Graham, left, at 15 in 2002. He was sentenced to life in prison at 17 for a home invasion robbery. Joe Sullivan, right, at 31 in June 2007. He was convicted at 13 for rape and sentenced in 1989 to life in prison.

Is life without parole cruel and unusual punishment for juvenile offenders convicted of non-homicide crimes?

Marc Mauer of the Sentencing Project and Kent Scheidegger of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation are debating this question today on Room for Debate.

This morning, the Supreme Court hears arguments on the cases of Terrance Graham and Joe Sullivan, two prisoners in Florida who were sentenced to life without possibility of parole for crimes they committed as minors. In 2005, the court ruled that the Eighth Amendment’s ban on “cruel and unusual punishment” prohibited the execution of juvenile offenders. Does sentencing a teenager to die in prison for crimes in which no one was killed also violate the Eighth Amendment?

Tags: life, without, parole

Immune supplements provide immune support during this cold & flu season

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:05:12 GMT

clipped by: benatok
clipper's remarks: Do you dread catching the swine flu or even the regular flu? Consider taking immune supplements to provide immune support during cold and flu season.The article here recommends a number of supplements that are proven to be effective in boosting immune response and can provide effective prevention from the cold and flu.

Clip Source: ezinearticles.com

5 Tips for a Flat Belly:
Unusual article with crazy tips to help you burn abdominal fat.
www.TruthAboutAbs.com

Tags: immune supplements

Bright sample of the politic as... unusual...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:33:53 GMT

clipped by: aklimento
clipper's remarks: When the politicians will start to talk from the bottom of their hearts and not from the bottom of their pockets only then we will start to sense fresh breeze of real changes around. So far speeches like this is rare bright sample of brave people's representative. When you are on political scene you cannot escape from people's judgment and scrutiny...

Clip Source: www.brasschecktv.com

Telling it like it is - UK style

[Video]

Devalued government

I don't really know anything about UK politics, but I assume they have the same collection of wankers over there there we have here.

But man, I like the way these guys talk!

One thing I'll say for the UK, the Prime Ministers have to sit there and take it publicly.

Can you imagine the Imperial President of the Empire of the United States ever facing public criticism like this?

The UK may be the Nanny State, but at least its not the Thorazine State.

Tags: real politic, games from behind the scene, shadows bacchanalia, lies

House on a Rock at Rhode Island

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:31:55 GMT

clipped by: EddieIsSteady

Clip Source: www.akademifantasia.org

House on a Rock at Rhode Island

Clingstone, an unusual and such a vintage, 103-year-old mansion in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay, survives through the love and hard work of family and friends. Henry Wood, the owner, runs the house like a camp where all skilled workers welcome. The Jamestown Boatyard hauls the family’s boats and floating dock and stores them each winter in return for a week’s use of the house in the summer.

Mr. Wood, a 79-year-old Boston architect, bought the house with his ex-wife Joan in 1961 for $3,600. It had been empty for two decades. Clingstone had been built by a distant cousin, J.S. Lovering Wharton. Mr. Wharton worked with an artist, William Trost Richards, to create a house of picture windows with 23 rooms on three stories radiating off a vast central hall. The total cost of the construction, which was completed in 1905, was $36,982.99. However, bear in mind that the currency in 1905 is not the same as for now. Possibly the price is estimated about $4 million

Tags: homes, architecture, rhode-island

Mens Hawaiian Shirts

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:01:43 GMT

clipped by: golfer57
clipper's remarks: Find the best prices, selection and types of mens hawaiian shirts.

Clip Source: www.menshawaiianshirts.net

Don’t tuck it in. This bold and hot looking shirt just makes a statement. I’m talking about men’s Hawaiian shirts.

The seductive and sensual shapes, tropical look and bold colors of the mens hawaiian shirt couldn’t be stopped. What transpired is the status symbol of Hawaiian wear that was created over the last 200 years.

Also known as the ”aloha shirt”, the Hawaiian shirt, shows the nations growth pains and has proven to be hard to find a truly authentic "aloha" shirt.

Tourist in the 20's and 30's were looking for souvenirs and fell in love with the unusual patterns the islanders were wearing. Thus became the beginning of a profitable and popular industry.

Tags: aloha shirts, hawaiian shirts for men, mens hawaiian shirt, mens hawaiian shirts

Dead Star Encased in Diamond Shroud

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:35:21 GMT

clipped by: tabsey

Clip Source: dsc.discovery.com

Diamond in the Sky

Nov. 5, 2009 -- Astronomers have just solved a decade-old mystery that explains the unusual behavior of a neutron star -- the dense, hot corpse left behind after a massive stellar explosion -- at the center of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant.

It wasn't the X-rays streaming from the center of the supernova remnant that astronomers found puzzling. It's why the beams weren't pulsating as expected. Now the scientists know why: The neutron star is covered with a thin atmosphere of carbon, which acts like a giant bulb to smooth light in all directions.

The findings help to illustrate the extreme nature of these entities.

"The carbon is unique," Wynn Ho, a researcher with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom, told Discovery News. "The neutron stars that have been detected with atmosphere have evolved with hydrogen, and that's what we'd expect because hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe."

Tags: bright, lights, big, city, animals.

Shocking Dicovery!

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:08:15 GMT

clipped by: CulturalEngineer

Clip Source: www.sciencenews.org

Signature of antimatter detected in lightning

Fermi telescope finds evidence that positrons, not just electrons, are in storms on Earth

During its first 14 months of operation, the flying observatory has detected 17 gamma-ray flashes associated with terrestrial storms — and some of those flashes have contained a surprising signature of antimatter.

The unusual positron signature seen by Fermi suggests that the normal orientation for an electric field associated with a lightning storm somehow reversed, Briggs said. Modelers are now working to figure out how the field reversal could have occurred. But for now, he said, the answer is up in the air.

Tags: fermi, meteorology, physics

unusual birth control

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:15:44 GMT

clipped by: StarrsOn54

Clip Source: www.amazingsuperpowers.com

The Antimatter of Lightening

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:36:08 GMT

clipped by: celestialdancer
clipper's remarks: I personally find this quite amazing.

Clip Source: celestialdancer.amplify.com

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Designed to scan the heavens thousands to billions of light-years beyond the solar system, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has now recorded some more down-to-Earth signals. During its first 14 months of operation, the flying observatory has detected 17 gamma-ray flashes associated with terrestrial lightning storms.

The flashes occurred just before, during and immediately after lightning strikes, as tracked by the World Wide Lightning Location Network.

During two recent lightning storms, Fermi recorded gamma-ray emissions of a particular energy that could only have been produced by the decay of energetic positrons, the antimatter equivalent of electrons.

It’s a surprise to have found the signature of positrons during a lightning storm, Briggs said.

The unusual positron signature seen by Fermi suggests that the normal orientation for an electric field associated with a lightning storm somehow reversedRead more at www.wired.com