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GULF WAR SYNDROME BIRTH DEFECTS IN IRAQ CHILDREN BABIES EXTREME BIRTH DEFORMITIES DEPLETED URANIUM AMMUNITION

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GULF WAR SYNDROME BIRTH DEFECTS IN IRAQ CHILDREN BABIES EXTREME BIRTH DEFORMITIES DEPLETED URANIUM AMMUNITION:
EXTREME BIRTH DEFORMITIES
“Unborn children of the region [are] being asked to pay the highest price, the integrity of their DNA.”

– Ross B. Mirkarimi, The Arms Control Research Centre, from his report: ‘The Environmental and Human Health Impacts of the Gulf Region with Special Reference to Iraq.’ May 1992

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I have recently received large numbers of photographs of horrendous birth deformities that are being experienced in Iraq. I have not, quite frankly, ever seen anything like them. I urge you to copy this page / these pictures and circulate them as widely as possible.

In an act of stark cruelty, the US dominated Sanctions Committee refuses to permit Iraq to import the clean-up equipment that they desperately need to decontaminate their country of the Depleted U

Spinning Sihouette Optical Illusion – Mighty Optical Illusions

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Spinning Sihouette Optical Illusion – Mighty Optical Illusions:

Spinning Sihouette Optical Illusion
June 24, 2007 by Vurdlak | E-mail this post

This animation was on my laptop for quite some time. I had it for almost a year. Today anonymous user submitted me this gif version, and when I opened it, only then I realized how great this illusion actually is. If you look at the spinning girl’s silhouette below, you will think it is spinning clockwise, probably. When you check her shadow below, momentarily the spinning direction changes in your mind, and now the girl is spinning counter-clockwise. It can be quite hard at the beginning to notice switch of the spinning direction, but eventually you’ll manage. I posted more simple illusion of this kind while ago, and you can see it here. Now, be honest – how long did it take you to see it spin in both directions? Not as easy as the hidden tiger, ayeh? I lost the link to the original artist, but best I could come up with is the place I found it on.

Reviews of print editions of bOING bOING

Reviews of print editions of bOING bOING:
Mark Frauenfelder:

Rev. Keith A. Gordon has been reviewing old issues of bOING bOING, the print zine that Carla and I started in 1988

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With issue #6 bOING bOING continues to grow both in size and stature, this issue including an interview with Robert Anton Wilson (by Antero Alli), Rudy Rucker on James Gleick’s Chaos: The Software, an interview with comic artist Daniel Clowes and some high-falutin’ high-tech articles about subjects that are still miles above my head (and, believe it or not, I have an above-average IQ…allegedly). Still, it was always good to see bOING bOING on the newstand, if only because their coverage of new media (books, zines, software) was second to none and always satisfied this young man’s craving for fresh sources of information.

10 Books That Shaped My Life, and 40 Others I Love | zen habits

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10 Books That Shaped My Life, and 40 Others I Love | zen habits:
10 Books That Shaped My Life, and 40 Others I Love
Reader Ed from Ireland recently asked:

I’m still really only a beginner into the Zen Habits lifestyle and your site as given me a great deal of helpful information instantly. Do you think there are any books, sites you could suggest that really made an impression on you?

That’s a tough one. I’m a book lover, to be honest, and to choose just a few books that have influenced me is like choosing among your babies. However, I’ve decided to share a few books that have shaped the way I think, and that I would highly recommend. These are not in order:

Simplify Your Life and Living the Simple Life by Elaine St. James. I listed this first because it is one of the books that most influenced the simple philosophy behind this site. I began simplifying my life when I first read these books a decade ago, and though I’ve had some ups and downs, I credit my love for simplifying to these books. They’re an easy read and there are some great tips in t

Agency Is Target in Cheney Fight on Secrecy Data – New York Times

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Agency Is Target in Cheney Fight on Secrecy Data – New York Times:
By SCOTT SHANE
Published: June 22, 2007
For four years, Vice President Dick Cheney has resisted routine oversight of his office’s handling of classified information, and when the National Archives unit that monitors classification in the executive branch objected, the vice president’s office suggested abolishing the oversight unit, according to documents released yesterday by a Democratic congressman.

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Fergie’s Meth Meltdown
Posted Jun 23rd 2007 3:40PM by TMZ Staff
Not so Fergilicious: Black Eyed Peas’ Fergie’s come clean about her addiction to meth, and in this month’s Self magazine, she talks about a particularly hamper-ing moment on the drug.

One time she was so paranoid on the drug that she talked to her hamper for eight hours straight. “I remember thinking somebody was inside of it, going to come and get me, so I was talking to the person who was crawling in the hamper,” she admits. Now that’s a bad trip!

What The “Chinese Style” Internet Will Look Like

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What The “Chinese Style” Internet Will Look Like:

What The “Chinese Style” Internet Will Look Like
Electronic police state: Say goodbye to high speed broadband when everything goes through a government censor
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Control freaks the world over, including most recently Tony Blair, have called for the introduction of a Chinese style Internet, where the World Wide Web is tightly regulated and free speech stifled on the whim of a government censor.

Here’s what Internet 2, the Chinese format, will look like.

Say goodbye to downloading your favorite music or videos in seconds via high-

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Fake Pot Plants
Front page news – newsjournalonline.com:
Marijuana Law’s U.S. History

Since the earliest settlers, marijuana has long been a cash crop in the United States. Many people, however, don’t know how it became illegal. This is a brief history of the infamous weed.

1619: The first American law pertaining to marijuana, passed by the Virginia Assembly, required every farmer to grow it. Fibers from hemp, which is much less potent than the smokable kind, were used to make ship sails and rope.

1900-1930: Sailors and West Indian immigrants smoked marijuana in port cities along the Gulf of Mexico. In New Orleans, newspaper articles associated the drug with jazz musicians, prostitutes and the underworld. Police officers in Texas said marijuana “aroused a lust for blood” and gave its users “super human strength.”

Traffic simulation software lets officials plan evacuation strategies

Traffic simulation software lets officials plan evacuation strategies:
WOW, does this bring back some bad memories- eh Eric?-MC

The image of a backed-up highway leading away from the scene of a natural disaster may soon be history, if researcher Yi-Chang Chiu and his colleagues at the University of Arizona have their way. They’ve developed a traffic simulator that uses real-time traffic data along with detailed state and federal traffic statistics and behavior modeling to allow officials to simulate disaster evacuations in real time — or even predict the course of events as a disaster is happening. The software adjusts for such varied data as driver reactions to radio reports and wind dispersal of smoke and other pollutants; it even calculates the number of casualties and their effect. Chiu has been building the simulator since 1995, and he’s ready to start selling to state transportation and medical emergency agencies. Interestingly, Chiu says his real research focus is on calculating optimum “value-priced” toll rates — something we’re certain most state transportation departments regard as the real disaster.

Macenstein » Macenstein Archive » Martin Scorsese used iChat to direct “The Departed”

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Macenstein » Macenstein Archive » Martin Scorsese used iChat to direct “The Departed”:
iChat’s video capabilities certainly are tops in their class, however who knew they’d be Hollywood quality?!

Faithful Macenstein reader Sean pointed us to a profile piece on Black Magic Design that we think both budding filmmakers and iChat users alike may find interesting.

According to the interview with visual effects supervisor Rob Legato, (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and The Aviator), Martin Scorsese actually used Apple’s iChat to direct the final “rat shot” from The Departed (which was shot in L.A.) from a Mac in New York.

iPod blamed for stealing the thunder from contemporary art

iPod blamed for stealing the thunder from contemporary art:

If you’ve been yearning for controversy, why not meet Mr. David Hockney? Commonly know as “Britain‘s best-loved living painter,” Hockney has suggested that the proliferation of the iPod has been a primary contributor to the recent “fallow period of painting.” He insists that today’s society is “all about sound,” and even mentions that people are turning off their eyes and ignoring contemporary art whilst “plugging their ears.” Put simply, he believes the modern “decline in visual awareness” rests heavily on Apple’s own cash cow, and further stirred the pot by insinuating that it led to “badly dressed people” who cared not about lines nor mass. As expected, a spokeswoman for Apple Australia refuted the claims, and while we certainly have seen no shortage of brilliant creations since the iPod explosion, there’s always two sides to the canvas.