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This is not valid - there is an error induced when taking the square root of i^2. It should finally equal +/- 1, not just -1. I think, anyways…
Blazing TV lights suddenly flipped on from the West, silhouetting the wall and the guards, intensifying the eerie scene. Inside his lighted, glassed-in command post, the captain of the East German border guard, a beefy guy with a square jaw and the dark bristly air of a Doberman, stood dialing and redialing his telephone. For hours he vainly sought instructions. Certainly he was confused. Most likely he was frightened. The crowds before him had broiled out of nowhere, grown so fast, unlike anything he had ever seen, and now they pushed so close that their breath, frosting in the night, mingled with that of his increasingly anxious men.
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Well written work by slate yet again…
Captured Photo Collection » Ian Fisher : American Soldier Photos
Ian Fisher : American Soldier
September 10th, 2009
This is how an American soldier is made.
For 27 months, Ian Fisher, his parents and friends, and the U.S. Army allowed Denver Post reporters and a photographer to watch and chronicle his recruitment, induction, training, deployment, and, finally, his return from combat. A selection of photos from Ian’s journey are posted below.
The story was written by Kevin Simpson with Michael Riley, Bruce Finley and Craig F. Walker. It was reported by Riley in Colorado and at Fort Benning, Ga., Finley at Fort Carson and in Iraq, and photographer Craig F. Walker throughout.
The multimedia project, including all the photos, video and special features, can be viewed at www.denverpost.com/americansoldier.
I generally am anti-war, but this is perhaps one of the best photo essays i have ever seen. top notch, well worth your time.
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i’m confused, that’s either a giant bar of chocolate, or a giant bar of chocolate soap? either way it looks like chocolate… come to think of it, you could just bathe in chocolate.
or maybe several thousand dollars worth of hash. just sayin.
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Problem solved.
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In July, we told you about how songwriter Dave Carroll made a YouTube video singing about how a few United employees damaged his expensive guitar. The video was watched more than five million times, and United called to apologize.
Well, a Canadian news outlet is reporting that last weekend United lost the singer’s luggage as he was heading to give a speech about customer service.
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United loses the “United Breaks Guitars” Song Guy’s bags - This Just In - Budget Travel
Irony WIN.
In my slightly less agonizing situation, the trap [of the internet] is more of a bait and switch: the promise is of infinite knowledge, but what’s delivered is infinite information, and the two are hardly the same.
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The Way We Live Now - Going Offline in Search of Freedom - NYTimes.com
Great point here.
LIFE: Sign over doorway in Sammy’s Bowery Follies that reads “THE FOOLISH AND WICKED PRACTICE OF PROFANE SWEARING IS A VICE SO LOW AND MEAN THAT EVERY PERSON OF SENSE AND CHARACTER DESPISES IT. G. WASHINGTON. Location: New York, NY, US. Date taken: 1944 Photographer: Alfred Eisenstaedt (via)
