Thursday, June 15, 2006

Afghanistani Pamphlets

In the fall of 2001 as US forces assisted the Northern Alliance in ousting the Taliban [school of Islam] US forces dropped these pamphlets over Afghanistan to persuade the people in US efforts. Aparently but not comfirmed they were dropped by B52 aircraft. This is a complete set of every pamphlet dropped during the campaign recovered by a source in Afghanistan.

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BBC Languages



I recently revisited BBCs excellent website on learning languages. It's part of attempt to learn french. I'm crap at languages but I'll let you guys know how it goes.

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GKP ~ The Lota Episode



This is the episode I should have posted. It's the funniest one.

adidas fresco, Cologne




















Is there no stopping Adidas and the world cup? On the ceiling of Hauptbahnhof train stain in Cologne, Germany, sits a work of art reminiscent of the sistine chapel. Michael Angelo would be proud.


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Worlds fasting growing city

Check out this flickr set on the worlds fastest growing city.

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Travel Light


That's the best reason to pack light, but it's not the only one. By limiting ourselves to one carry-on, we can be off the plane and halfway to Boulevard Saint-Germain while others huddle expectantly around the luggage carousel. We don't worry that our checked bags will take an unplanned detour to Duluth or Dar es Salaam.

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Ronin Culture

A ronin (Japanese: rōnin: literally, wave man - one who is tossed about, like a wave in the sea) was a masterless samurai during the feudal period of Japan that lasted from 1185 to 1868. A samurai became masterless from the ruin or fall of his master, or after the loss of his master's favor or privilege. The term originated in the Nara and Heian periods, when it originally referred to serfs who had fled or deserted their master's land. It is also a term used for samurai who had lost their masters in wars.

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Putting the 'Desi' in Design

As mature markets become saturated in the first world, Indian designers have the background, knowledge and experience to develop products and services tailored to emerging economies and as yet undiscovered or underserved markets around the globe. <link>

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

George Ka Pakistan

Genocides

The holocast always gets a lot of media attention. Often it is regarded at the largest genocide in the world. Which is actually incorrect. Here is the suprising result for the real largest genocide in history. It would be interesting to see a visualization of all the greatest tragedies in the world. Man made and natural. I'm sure God would win. But for now as with everything else the Americans are on top.

The minister of Defense of Belgium, Andre Flao, on Thursday signed an official report on Genocides in which he affirms that the worst genocide in the last 500 years was committed in North America. The sixteen page document was published commemoratively for the ten-year anniversary of the mass-murders in Rwanda in 1994, from which there were about 800,000 victims.

In the report, it is reported that as a result of the genocide perpetrated against the indigenous population of North America, since 1492, roughly 15,000,000 people were killed. Runner up is South America with about 14,000,000 victims among indigenous peoples since 1500. As reported by the press secretary for the Belgian Ministry of Defense, the report was based on information taken from the two-tome treatise "The Encyclopedia of Genocide," published by an Israeli Historian.

In case you're wondering. In relationship two the 15 million native americans that were killed 6 million jew were kiled in the holocast. Where are the movies about the native american holocast? Driving across the country I drove though a native american town. It was sad to see how dead and pointless it seemed. Kmart, macdonalds, community cafeterias. I wonder if they remember anything of their lost culture?

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Via Portland Indy Media Center

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