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Related: stopco2comSurreal satellite pictures of our planet (22 pictures). Alaska North Slope. Uvs Lake, Mongolia. Uluru, Australia. Sudan. South Island of New Zealand. The President of Perpetual War The President of Perpetual War Posted on Jan 25, 2013 By David Sirota Four years into his presidency, Barack Obama’s political formula should be obvious. He gives fabulous speeches teeming with popular liberal ideas, often refuses to take the actions necessary to realize those ideas and then banks on most voters, activists, reporters and pundits never bothering to notice—or care about—his sleight of hand. Whether railing on financial crime and then refusing to prosecute Wall Street executives or berating health insurance companies and then passing a health care bill bailing out those same companies, Obama embodies a cynical ploy—one that relies on a celebrity-entranced electorate focusing more on TV-packaged rhetoric than on legislative reality.
Odyssey.js Scroll Plymouth Sound, England A nautical chronometer made by Thomas Earnshaw (1749–1828), and once part of the equipment of HMS Beagle The morning of 27 December, the Beagle left its anchorage in the Barn Pool, under Mount Edgecumbe on the west side of Plymouth Sound and set out on its surveying expedition. St. Jago, Cape Verde Islands modern day Praia stories of creative ecology 29 Mar I’ve got loads of ideas for things I’d like to do in Adelaide. There’s always more ideas that I can possibly do by myself, so I’m writing them down in the hope that you might be inspired to help me, or do something similar in your own community. Screen documentary films, about all kinds of topics, for free (or by donation). There are so many good films being made, that I’d like to give as many people as possible the opportunity to see, and by seeing them together can discuss the topic and take action on the issues. The screenings can happen in loungerooms, community centres, schools, and outdoors.The People’s Library.
MK Ultra: CIA Admits Behavioral Engineering On Humans BY Arjun This may be old information, but many people have yet to hear about project MK Ultra. It was the name for a previously classified research program through the CIA’s scientific intelligence division. It was the CIA’s program of research in behavioral modification on human beings that’s now declassified. If you think we're done with neoliberalism, think again ‘The demands of the ultra-rich have been dressed up as sophisticated economic theory and applied regardless of the outcome.' Illustration: Daniel Pudles How they must bleed for us. In 2012, the world's 100 richest people became $241 billion richer. They are now worth $1.9 trillion: just a little less than the entire output of the United Kingdom. This is not the result of chance.
World's Tallest Waterslide: Why You Don't Fall Off Standing taller than Niagara Falls, a new waterslide — appropriately named Verrückt, which means "insane" in German — opened on Thursday (July 10) in Kansas City, Kansas. The slide stands 168 feet 7 inches (about 51 meters) tall, and is now officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the tallest waterslide in the world. After the first 17-story drop at a 60-degree angle, riders swoop up a hill, before plunging down a 60-foot (18 m) drop and landing safely in a splash pool. A rider's raft reaches speeds of about 65 mph (29 m/s), and the entire harrowing ride lasts all of 10 seconds. The ride was originally scheduled to open on Memorial Day, but the rafts kept flying off the chute during test runs. So what does it take to keep a raft from picking up too much speed and separating from the chute?
5 Must-Have Tools for a Killer Presentation A presentation is one of the best ways to convey ideas, especially for visual learners and thinkers. While many of us grew up creating class presentations with Microsoft heavyweight PowerPoint, sometimes you want to illustrate your ideas with a little more flair. Below, we present to you five sweet digital alternatives to PowerPoint for when you need more than just static words on a screen. From cloud-based apps to websites that reinvent the slideshow, you'll find something to wow everyone from small classrooms to packed auditoriums. How They Rebuilt Stonehenge Monday, 1 July 2013 UFO Aliens UK "For decades the official Stonehenge guidebooks have been full of fascinating facts and figures and theories surrounding the world's greatest prehistoric monument. What the glossy brochures do not mention, however, is the systematic rebuilding of the 4,000 year old stone circle throughout the 20th Century.
The Politics of Disimagination and the Pathologies of Power By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout This piece first appeared at Truthout. Water tractor beam created by Australian scientists in world first Updated Australian scientists have created the world's first water tractor beam which they hope can be used to clean up oil spills. Physicists at the Australian National University have created certain wave patterns in water that pull objects on the surface towards the source of the waves. It is hoped the tractor beam would be developed to assist in removing objects adrift on the surface of the ocean. Dr Horst Punzmann is part of the team behind the design. "A tractor beam is a popular term which, I think it captures quite well the basic principle," he said.
Tales about ecology Every year in october, when the fall arrives Elmy gets very sad and stops smiling. Elmy was a young perishable tree, he loved having fun joking with the other trees of the park where he lived. But, like every year, when the autumn arrived, Elmy got very sad looking at his leaves falling down. One day a friend of Elmy decided to throw him a surprise party to encourage him. Everything was ready for the party.