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In the wake of the Fukushima disaster, Japan has been on a focused mission to supplant their nuclear energy with safer alternatives (more like, non-radioactive alternatives).
It's been announced that a Japanese drilling ship has successfully extracted natural gas from a frozen methane hydrate deep beneath the Nankai trough seabed. Though the offshore extraction was only an experimental and non-commercial production of the energy-dense gas, the achievement is marked as a notable step in the research and development of methane hydrates as a valuable energy resource.
Methane hydrate deposits consist of an ice-like material of methane molecules surrounded by water molecules that thrive in low-temperature, high-pressure locations. Thus, much of the substance is generally allocated deep below the ocean floor, or under permafrost areas.
The news comes in the wake of Japan's recent nuclear turmoil that prompted Japanese government officials to immediately focus efforts on alternative and renewable energy sources. The methane hydrates located deep below the Nankai trough are said to contain enough energy to meet Japan's energy demands for the next 100 years! In fact, the company JOGMEC reports that the energy contained in a given volume of methane hydrate is 164 times the amount of energy contained in the same volume of conventional gas. What is even more astounding is that the amount of energy available from all of the world's methane hydrate deposits is far greater than the collective amount of energy that can be extracted from all other conventional sources.
To extract the gas, a Japanese company drilled a 300-meter-deep hole into the Nankai trough seabed. With direct access to the methane hydrate deposits, surrounding water was pumped out of the way and a pipe was placed above the hydrate. This effectively lowered the pressure above the hydrate and allowed the gas to escape upwards toward the ship. The gas was then tested on a burner on board the ship that caused a pair of propellers to spin upon successful extraction.
Of course, with such intrusive methods of hydrate energy extraction, there are still plenty of environmental challenges to be addressed before commercial production can become a reality. Work still needs to be done that will prevent the powerful greenhouse gas from escaping into the atmosphere. Deep offshore drilling could also potentially weaken the seabed floor, making landslide incidents a high possibility.
For now, the prospect of methane hydrate as an energy source is already moving countries into action. The US and Russia have already begun researching ways to harvest hydrates embedded under each country's respective permafrost region.
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Wyclif and the Rhemish version regularly rendered the Vulgate dilectio by 'love,' caritas by 'charity.' But the 16th c. Eng. versions from Tindale to 1611, while rendering agape sometimes 'love,' sometimes 'charity,' did not follow the dilectio and caritas of the Vulgate, but used 'love' more often (about 86 times), confining 'charity' to 26 passages in the Pauline and certain of the Catholic Epistles (not in I John), and the Apocalypse .... In the Revised Version 1881, 'love' has been substituted in all these instances, so that it now stands as the uniform rendering of agape. [OED]Sense of "charitable foundation or institution" in English attested by 1690s.
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Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis fired back Thursday afternoon at Gov. Rick Perry, after he took aim at her past a single teen mom and her marathon 11-hour filibuster to block new abortion restrictions.
"Rick Perry's statement is without dignity and tarnishes the high office he holds. They are small words that reflect a dark and negative point of view. Our governor should reflect our Texas values. Sadly, Gov. Perry fails that test," Davis said in a statement released to the media.
Gov. Perry, in a speech at the National Right to Life Convention in Dallas, had taken aim at the woman behind the "mob tactic" that blocked the passage of Senate Bill 5's new abortion restrictions.
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"What we witnessed Tuesday was nothing more than the hijacking of the democratic process," Perry said, before aiming squarely at Davis.
"Who are we to say that children born into the worst of circumstances can't grow to live successful lives?" Perry asked the crowd.
"In fact, even the woman who filibustered in the Senate the other day was born into difficult circumstances as the daughter of a single woman. She was a teenage mother herself. She managed to eventually graduate from Harvard Law School and serve in the Texas Senate. It's just unfortunate that she hasn't learned from her own example that every life must be given the chance to realize its full potential and that every life matters."
(Watch Perry's statement on Davis in the video to the right, or see his entire speech in the video at the top of the page. Those on mobile devices will need to access the full site to see all video.)
When questioned by a reporter, Perry continued to question Davis' history as the daughter of a single mother.
"I'm proud that she has been able to take advantage of her intellect and her hard work, but she didn't come from particularly good circumstances. What if her mom had said, 'I just can't do this?'" Perry responded. "At that point in time, it becomes very personal."
Perry has called a second special legislative session beginning July 1 to work on bills covering abortions, transportation, and juvenile setencing.


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Artists M. River and T. Whid formed MTAA in 1996 and soon after began to explore the internet, video, software and sculpture as mediums for their conceptually-based art. The duo's exhibition history includes group shows and screenings at The New Museum of Contemporary Art, Postmasters Gallery and Artists Space, all in New York City, and at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. In "New Media Art" (Taschen, 2006), authors Mark Tribe and Reena Jana describe MTAA's "One Year Performance Video (aka samHsiehUpdate)" as "a deftly transparent demonstration of new media's ability to manipulate our perceptions of time." The collaboration has earned grants and awards from Creative Capital, Rhizome.org, Eyebeam, New Radio & Performing Arts, Inc. and The Whitney Museum of American Art.
Upgrade Vancouver//with Jeremy Isao Speier
It's that time again!
At the Upgrade on Wednesday, December 14th at 8pm we will be hearing from Jeremy Isao Speier. After the talk we'll adjourn to the Whip Gallery [209 east 6th avenue] for a little holiday drink. Join us for the last Upgrade of 2005!
In his work Isao Speier manufactures objects using obsolete technologies, creating new art forms and visual models. Isao Speier will talk about his kinetic sculptures, which work with rudimentary technology and explore the science of motion, space and time, and about the process of working with electro - mechanical bodies of motion. He will also talk about his background in film and painting, and show work from his installation, Kinetics.
Jeremy Isao Speier is a graduate of The Emily Carr College of Art & Design. A Japanese-Canadian, Speier is an interdisciplinary artist who works in film/video, new media, kinetic sculpture and sound, painting and assemblage and installation. He is a Vancouver based artist and his work has been exhibited in Canada in various group or solo exhibitions, including at: The Red Head Gallery, Latitude 53, Access Artist Run Centre, Vancouver New Music, p | m Gallery, Helen Pitt ARC, The Ministry of Casual Living, Gallery 101, The Western Front.
When: Wednesday, December 14th at 8pm
Where: Western Front, 303 East 8th Avenue, Vancouver, Canada
FREE! Everyone welcome.
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Artbrain.org #3 will launch its new website at Artist Space on Tuesday, Dec. 13th from 6-9 p.m.. Artist Space is located at 35 Green Street. Admission is free.
Artbrain.org#3 was created in 2000 by co-founders Warren Neidich and Nathalie Anglès, as a site for works of visual art, film, writing, architecture whose ideas are in the territory of perception, cognition and cultural studies.
For more information contact: Stefania Heim at Artists Space (212)-226-3970 EXT. 306 or Liz Webster at Pointed Leaf Press (212) 535-1086.
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Last week when I was in New York, I saw Love, Loss & What I Wore, an off-Broadway play written by the ever-prolific Ephron sisters. Delia and Nora Ephron have an uncanny way of weaving stories that are universal to all women. The play focuses on five women who reminisce about different articles of clothing they've owned such as bathrobes, shoes, purses and bras, and the roles each one has played in their lives. One of my favorites vignettes was about bras that had balloon inserts and came with a plastic straw that allowed you to blow them up. When I was 14, I owned something similar only they were called "falsies."
The summer of my 14th birthday, bikinis were all the rage. Everyone was talking about Raquel Welch's animal skin bikini in the movie, One Million Years B.C. A few years earlier, Ursula Andress had emerged from the sea in a James Bond film, wearing a white bikini and a knife. The sizzle over that bathing suit had made her the quintessential Bond girl. When I asked my mother if I could have a bikini she said, "No. It'll make you look like a prostitute." She did, however, let me stuff falsies into a blue Jantzen one piece. Go figure!
The first week of summer vacation I wore my new bathing suit to a public pool. I remember the song Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini was playing through a speaker mounted over the 'Lifeguard on Duty' sign. Slowly I slipped into the pool, hoping all the boys, at least the ones over 12, were admiring my shapely new figure. As I settled into the pool, one of my falsies went floating past Greg Duncan, a guy I had a crush on, while my other falsie was being batted around like a volleyball by the older guys in the deep end. Humiliated, I drug myself out of the pool, vowing never to go out in public again.
I've more than survived the falsies episode. Now I have little to no modesty when it comes to disrobing or trying on clothes. After 10 breast cancer surgeries and a multitude of sonograms, MRIs and mammograms, plus being the focus of endless probes by doctors and surgeons, I've developed an "everyone in town's already seen them" attitude. Breasts, however, are a big part of who we are. The female quest for beauty and positive self-image dictates what we eat, what we wear and how we feel about ourselves as women. We all know what it's like to be obsessed with covering up a flaw we think we have, or feeling like we don't measure up to the models in the magazines. Add the aftereffects of breast cancer to the ongoing conversations in our head, and our self-esteem sometimes gets left on the operating table.
Many of us feel as though our bodies betrayed us, leaving us bald, battle-scarred and shell-shocked. Make no mistake, we've been in a war, and what's worse, the enemy is hiding in our body. No wonder we often emerge from breast cancer with something akin to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Like soldiers who've fought in other kinds of wars, we may need counseling, yoga or hypnosis to help us reclaim our self-image and remember the woman we were before we went to war.
As I was leaving the theater in New York, I noticed a young woman in front of me who had a huge Venetian Carnival mask tattooed across her back. You know the kind with the long white nose that looks like an anorexic duckbill? I had to wonder what made her choose that design, and what does I t say about her self-image? Did it appeal to her because, on some level, she's hiding something? I understand why some breast cancer survivors feel the need to hide their figures. I have mismatched mastectomy scars and reconstructed nipples; one has a faded tattoo while the other has no tattoo at all, but I don't care. I'm still here. We must give ourselves permission to grieve for the things we've lost and work at becoming the new person inside us who's waiting to be freed.
Has your self-image changed with breast cancer or age? Have you stopped wearing clothes you used to wear? Is there something you can do to feel better about your body? Makeovers don't just pertain to makeup, hair and clothes. Are you ready to makeover the way you think about yourself? While we may not have the same body, hair or skin texture we had before breast cancer, we are alive. Find ways to embrace the new you; cut yourself some slack. We may or may not feel like wearing falsies or teeny bikinis, but then again, who says we can't?


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Sadly, the time has come…
Now that "Fugitive Plan B" has come to an end, and all the eps have been subbed, FUGITIVE625 is no longer an active blog. HOWEVER, we will be posting articles related to the drama from time to time since FUGITIVE is scheduled to air in other countries in 2011. Please follow us on our Facebook & Twitter to be notified of any future updates!
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We will be keeping the blog opened for archiving & posting another Open Thread so that everyone can stay on touch!
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I feel like I haven't posted anything is ages! Littleheart and I went on a trip to the States to visit family (my fleece jumper post and fleece top with a zip post were written before we left). We started out in Portland Oregon, where we saw my grandfather, aunt and a few cousins. It was great seeing everybody, and Littleheart had a blast! Then we flew to Washington DC to visit my sister and had Thanksgiving with her and some more family. We had so much fun, Littleheart got to wear her turkey jumper (I will post new photos soon) and we ate lots of yummy food of course.
We also celebrated my nephew's fist birthday, which is what I am going to talk about today :)


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A Better Foundation for Random Values in Haskell
September 2, 2010
RandomGen – The Old Solution
Mathematicians talk about random bits and many programmers talk about streams of random bytes (ex: /dev/urandom, block cipher counter RNGs), so its a bit odd that Haskell adopted the RandomGen class, which only generates random Ints. Several aspects of RandomGen that are non-ideal include:
- Only generates Ints (Ints need to be coerced to obtain other types)
- By virtue of packaging it is often paired with StdGen, a sub-par generator
- Mandates a 'split' operation, which is non-sense or unsafe for some generators (as BOS pointed out in a comment on my last post)
- Doesn't allow for generator failure (too much output without a reseed) – this is important for cryptographically secure RNGs
- Doesn't allow any method for additional entropy to be included upon request for new data (used at least in NIST SP 800-90 and there are obvious default implementations for all other generators)
Building Something Better
For these reasons I have been convinced that building the new crypto-api package on RandomGen would be a mistake. I've thus expanded the scope of crypto-api to include a decent RandomGenerator class. The proposal below is slightly more complex than the old RandomGen, but I consider it more honest (doesn't hide error conditions / necessitate exceptions).
class RandomGenerator g where -- |Instantiate a new random bit generator newGen :: B.ByteString -> Either GenError g -- |Length of input entropy necessary to instantiate or reseed a generator genSeedLen :: Tagged g Int -- |Obtain random data using a generator genBytes :: g -> Int -> Either GenError (B.ByteString, g) -- |'genBytesAI g i entropy' generates 'i' random bytes and use the -- additional input 'entropy' in the generation of the requested data. genBytesAI :: g -> Int -> B.ByteString -> Either GenError (B.ByteString, g) genBytesAI g len entropy = ... default implementation ... -- |reseed a random number generator reseed :: g -> B.ByteString -> Either GenError g
Compared to the old RandomGen class we have:
- Random data comes in Bytestrings. RandomGen only gave Ints (what is that? 29 bits? 32 bits? 64? argh!), and depended on another class (Random) to build other values. We can still have a 'Random' class built for RandomGenerator – should we have that in this module?
- Constructing and reseeding generators is now part of the class.
- Splitting the PRNG is now a separate class (not shown)
- Generators can accept additional input (genBytesAI). Most generators probably won't use this, so there is a reasonable default implementation (fmap (xor additionalInput) genBytes).
- The possibility to fail – this is not new! Even in the old RandomGen class the underlying PRNGs can fail (the PRNG has hit its period and needs a reseed to avoid repeating the sequence), but RandomGen gave no failure mechanism. I feel justified in forcing all PRNGs to use the same set of error messages because many errors are common to all generators (ex: ReseedRequred) and the action necessary to fix such errors is generalized too.
In Closing
The full Data.Crypto.Random module is online and I welcome comments, complaints and patches. This is the class I intend to force users of the Crypto API block cipher modes and Asymmetric Cipher instances to use, so it's important to get right!
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September 2, 2010 at 9:54 pm
I would rename genBytesAI to something else, AI sounds like Artificial Intelligence to me :) How about genBytesFromEntropy?
Adding failure to the interface makes it very painful to use. It might be needed for cryptographic random generators, but for less demanding general purpose randomness it is just a hassle.
A possible solution to this problem would be to use a monad like MonadRandom. Although that comes with other problems, most importantly how to combine the code with other monads.
September 2, 2010 at 10:50 pm
Couldn't the APIs-with-failure-are-painful problem be alleviated with convenience functions to some degree?
Also, using 'Tagged g Int' instead of 'g -> Int' is very nice. Should be obvious, but I never thought of it.
September 3, 2010 at 9:13 am
This is more about design philosophy, rather than API details but:
There are some very different uses of (P)RNGs, and I'd be extremely wary of trying to put them behind the same interface.
1. There are cases where you want a nicely repeatable PRNGs – Monte Carlo simulations and the like, where reproducability is important, and often performance is too. Splitting the state becomes useful for distributed MCs.
2. Then there's random numbers for cryptographic purposes – you'll want to seed from a real random source, mix in more real randomness, etc. Security is far more important than performance. Presumably you'll want an implementation that's reproducable for testing purposes, but that's more a special case. Splitting the state, as has been noted, could be horribly insecure.
Anyway, I assume you know all this, so sorry for the repetition, but my point is this:
I believe they should have separate APIs. You shouldn't be able to screw security up by using a non-cryptographic PRNG for crypto purposes. I think the API should mix in random data for you, if you're doing that, rather than let the user get it wrong.
I assume you're not really interested in the non-crypto PRNG case, and the name 'Data.Crypto.Random' is a bit of a giveaway, but my suggestion is that you put a big warning at the top of the docs as to what the module's intended for, and write it in such a way as to make it virtually impossible for a user to generate a non-cryptographically-secure random stream (unless they use a debug instance).
September 7, 2010 at 8:25 pm
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Fifty-seven percent of Czechs say they would welcome the introduction of electronic voting, according to the results of a survey conducted by the STEM agency. Politicians are increasingly open to the idea and the Christian Democrats of the ruling coalition have said they would like to see the option introduced as of 2017. Electronic voting was the subject of a seminar in the lower house on Thursday at which MPs could discuss various aspects of this practice. Estonia was the first and so far only European country to introduce electronic voting eight years ago.
Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka has thrown his weight behind Education Minister Marcel Chládek who is radically opposed to a proposed cut in financing for the education sector in 2016. Finance Minister Andrej Babiš has proposed slashing the education and research budget by more than a billion crowns next year which the education minister says would have devastating consequences. Following a meeting with Minister Chládek and university rectors on Thursday Prime Minister Sobotka said that he too disagreed with the proposed cuts saying that economizing in the education sector would not increase the country's competitiveness in the years to come. This year the education sector is operating on 22 billion crowns.
The Brno Municipal Court has sentenced former Brno police chief Jaroslav Přikryl to twenty months in prison for abuse of office and unauthorized handling of data. According to the state attorney, Přikryl repeatedly got his friends and acquaintances out of having to pay fines for traffic offences and he unlawfully manipulated the police database. The former police chief has appealed the verdict.
Prague Mayor Adriana Krnáčová has asked legislators to form a
parliamentary commission which would conduct a thorough investigation into
the problematic construction of Prague's Blanka tunnel. Following another
unsuccessful meeting with contractors at which she said everyone tried to
lay the blame of everyone else, the mayor said her patience was at an end
and she wanted to know who was responsible for the numerous failings
surrounding the tunnel's construction. The mayor said it appeared to be a
criminal conspiracy to get as much money from the city's coffers as
It recently emerged that the tunnel would not be open until next year at the soonest, as hundreds of kilometers of water-damaged cables have to be replaced. The tunnel which has cost Prague 37 billion crowns was originally meant to open in 2011.
The Czech Republic has one of the biggest discrepancies in pay between men and women within the European Union, according to data provided by Eurostat. While the European average is 16.4 percent, the average discrepancy in salaries for men and women in the Czech Republic is 21.1 percent. Estonia has the highest discrepancy – at 29.9 percent – followed by Austria with 23 percent. The smallest discrepancy in wages is in Slovenia where the difference is a mere 3.2 percent.
The Czech Republic has called for the immediate release of Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko who was persuaded to end her 82-day hunger strike in a Russian jail on Thursday. In a statement on its web page the Czech Foreign Ministry says that the decision of a Russian court to prevent Ms. Savchenko from attending the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is regrettable and violates her parliamentary immunity. The ministry calls for Ms.Savchenko to be released on humanitarian grounds together with other Ukrainian political prisoners. The ministry notes that this would be in keeping with the recently agreed "Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements" and the commitment to release all hostages and detained persons related to the conflict in Ukraine.
Bells tolled and sirens wailed around the country at midday on Thursday in memory of the eight victims of the Uherský Brod shootings. The town is still recovering from the worst incident of violence in the country's modern history when a deranged sixty-three-year-old man entered a pub and fired indiscriminately at those present. Seven men and one woman – the waitress –were killed. The incident has triggered debate on gun-ownership and the distribution of rapid reaction forces around the country. The Zlín region, where the incident occurred does not have its own rapid reaction force and is covered by the one in Brno which arrived at the scene too late.
An elite tax-evasion unit code-named Cobra, which was established by the government last year, is reported to have prevented losses to state coffers to the tune of 1.7 billion crowns in the first nine months of its existence. The squad uncovered 11 cases of large-scale tax fraud, opening the way for charges to be brought against 82 persons. Police President Tomáš Tuhý, who briefed the government on the squads' work on Thursday, said he wanted to expand it by 150 people over the next four years.
The Czech Republic has a vested interest in partaking in joint military exercises of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said in Thursday in response to the news that the US was considering expanding Operation Atlantic Resolve to cover the Czech Republic, Hungary and Russia's southern neighbor, Georgia. Exercises between US troops and Polish, Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian forces began last April at these countries' request as deterrence to possible Russian aggression. The Czech Prime minister said the country would offer to host some of the exercises at its military bases.
Minister of Interior Milan Chovanec has suggested that local councils be given more power in deciding who is issued with gun permits and their prolongation. Chovanec was speaking following Wednesday's meeting of the lower house of parliament's security committee which discussed the shootings in Uherský Brod last week. The minister also suggested that ways of getting the police special intervention squads faster to more distant parts of the country should be investigated. He said that probably would not mean the creation of special units in every region but more likely boosting the current units, for example by providing helicopters, so that they could get to the scene quicker, he added. A report on the options should be drawn up by the end of March. The special intervention squad had to travel from Brno to Uherský Brod, around 90 kilometres or at least an hour away by road.
Milan Kundera is a 'moral relativist' with much to hide, says Czech author of controversial new biography
Czech Republic opens up to more tourists from Europe and beyond as coronavirus travel restrictions eased
Brno scientists pair with Czech biotech firm to develop healing artificial tears
Czech nation pays tribute to Milada Horáková on 70th anniversary of her judicial murder
Janek Rubeš: The only question I get – and there are thousands of them – is, Can we come to Prague?


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Monday, 31 May 2010
Beijing Suspects False Flag Attack on South Korean Corvette
One of the main purposes for increasing tensions on the Korean peninsula was to apply pressure on Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to reverse course on moving the U.S. Marine Corps base off Okinawa. Hatoyama has admitted that the tensions over the sinking of the Cheonan played a large part in his decision to allow the U.S. Marines to remain on Okinawa. Hatoyama's decision has resulted in a split in the ruling center-left coalition government, a development welcome in Washington, with Mizuho Fukushima, the Social Democratic Party leader threatening to bolt the coalition over the Okinawa reversal.
The Cheonan, an ASW corvette, was decked out with state-of-the-art sonar, plus it was operating in waters with extensive hydrophone sonar arrays and acoustic underwater sensors. There is no South Korean sonar or audio evidence of a torpedo, submarine or mini-sub in the area. Since there is next to no shipping in the channel, the sea was silent at the time of the sinking.
However, Baengnyeong Island hosts a joint US-South Korea military intelligence base and the US Navy SEALS operate out of the base. In addition, four U.S. Navy ships were in the area, part of the joint U.S-South Korean Exercise Foal Eagle, during the sinking of the Cheonan. An investigation of the suspect torpedo's metallic and chemical fingerprints show it to be of German manufacture. There are suspicions that the US Navy SEALS maintains a sampling of European torpedoes for sake of plausible deniability for false flag attacks. Also, Berlin does not sell torpedoes to North Korea, however, Germany does maintain a close joint submarine and submarine weapons development program with Israel.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 31st, 2010.]
UK Defence Chiefs Gag Damning Iraq Invasion Findings
Former senior military officers and defence officials have already described their anger and frustration about the failures in damning testimony to the Chilcot inquiry into the 2003 Iraq invasion. One of the inquiry's key objectives is to spell out the lessons that should be learned from what is widely regarded in Whitehall as an ill-conceived operation of dubious legality and, in foreign policy terms, a disaster comparable to the 1956 Suez crisis.
If the study revealed the invasion of Iraq to be a War Crime then that'd be good reason for covering it up. I don't think the report here deals simply with mere incompetence.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 31st, 2010.]
CIA Agents killed Robert Kennedy
The same agent who coordinated the operation and was at the scene, was later brought out of retirement to "handle" the congressional investigation into the assasination.
All 3 members of the assasination team are now dead, but many of those connected to them still hold high offices in government.
Elements from within the CIA are prime suspects in the murder. Even if you can refute the identifications of the agents seen at the time of the assissination we know from the forensic evidence that the alleged killer, Sirhan Sirhan, could not have killed Kennedy.
The US people continue to live under the constrains of the military industrial complex.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 31st, 2010.]
Sunday, 30 May 2010
President Eisenhower Warns of the Military Industrial Complex
Eisenhower was right. He knew the dangers of the vast military system that had been created during World War 2, and he knew that only an informed public had a chance to defend their liberties and rights from those people calling the shots from on high.
But remember, there are a lot more common people than there are elites and once their game is exposed, then the game is up.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 30th, 2010.]
We didn't Sink South Korean Warship: North Korea
Whether or not South Korea received the inspection group from North Korea was the key to judging the "Cheonan" incident, Pak Rim Su, head of the policy bureau of North Korea's National Defence Commission (NDC), was quoted as saying by Xinhua.
If the investigation results of South Korea were "just and honest," it should receive the inspection group, Pak said, adding that the investigation should be "objective and fair".
Any investigation here, where there are strong objections from the alleged perpetrating country, should be open to the public lest we suspect a cover up.
At present the North Korean claims of innocence have merit. The torpedo wreckage retrieved from the sea floor and shown to the public does not match up to the schematics of the alleged type of North Korean torpedo claimed by the investigating team.
The truth here is vitally important. It may mean the difference between war and continued truce.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 30th, 2010.]
Alex Covers "Propaganda TV" on The Alex Jones Show
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 30th, 2010.]
UPDATE: Architects and Engineers For 911 Truth- More than 1200* Building Experts say 911 was an Inside Job
More than ONE THOUSAND two hundred experts now say that the attacks on the World Trade Centre Towers (and Building 7) were an inside job.
The reason for such a position is clear: there is overwhelming forensic evidence that demonstrates explosives MUST have been used on the buildings.
The official lies about 911 cannot be allowed to stand. Exposing the truth is necessary to stop any further staged attacks that could be used as an excuse to clamp down on civil liberties or as an excuse for a new War verses countries such as Iran. We live in dangerous times and we need experts like these to help fight against the lies.
Go to the AE911truth website and sign their petition. Become a sustaining member and donate money to further their operations. Use PayPal and give 10 dollars a month (or more if you can afford it). Don't let the criminals win.
The analysis provided by these Architects and Engineers MUST be used by honourable Law Enforcement, Judicial and Military persons in actions against the real suspects. Don't let the perpetrators of 911 go unpunished- spread the word about September 11 being an inside job !
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 30th, 2010.]
The Establishment Is In Full Blown Panic Over Rand Paul
Whatever your personal agreements or disagreements with the nuances of Paul's policies, the fact is that he represents the rarest breed of politician – one not controlled by special interests – and that is a fundamental threat to the status quo and the gravy train for the crooks and scoundrels in Washington DC.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 30th, 2010.]
Saturday, 29 May 2010
Bill Hicks on JFK: Two Critical lessons for the Citizens of the USA
[Language warning]
The two points being made here are vital ones:
1.) Think for yourselves- believe in scientific facts and common sense.
2.) Don't get brainwashed by trivial entertainment and miss out on what's really going on out there.
The country has been taken way from you, and it's time to wake up and start thinking independently.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 29th, 2010.]
9/11 - Ground Zero Molten Metal Confirmed (again !)
The molten metal reports are significant because some include accounts and physical proof of molten steel. The 600 degree Celsius fires in the Twin Towers and WTC 7 were not hot enough to melt steel (1400 degrees Celsius). Therefore the molten steel indicatates incendiary materials had to have been used on the buildings. There is no other way to cause such heating.
The forensic evidence here shows that the WTC destruction was due to inside help. Bin Laden's men could not have rigged the buildings with these materials.
(Story from Debunking the Debunkers blog).
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 29th, 2010.]
Molten Steel in the Rubble of the World Trade Centre Collapse = Inside Job
The picture here shows superheated Molten Steel being pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Centre buildings weeks after the collapses.
We know this is steel because other materials such as copper or aluminium exhibiting a yellow or near white colour would be completely liquid. The melting point of copper is 1080 degrees Celsius whilst the melting point of aluminum is only 660 degrees Celsius. The metal in the picture is still plastic even though some of it is well above 1000 degrees Celsius.
You are looking at building steel that has been heated to an extraordinary temperature in a rubble pile that had neither the fuel or air requirements to do so. For instance in a forge, that heats iron to a red hot appearance, we require a sea of hot coals wherein the iron is submerged. Air is pumped in into this mass to increase the temperature. The problem here is that the rubble pile was not a sea of coals and according to official reports, it presented conditions that were described as "oxygen poor"[US DELTA Study Group].
The ONLY other way of heating steel to such a high temperature here would necessarily require the use of large quantities of explosive incendiary materials. The building fires could never cause such melting and neither could later conventional fires in the rubble pile.
The reports of superheated metals seen throughout the rubble must be taken seriously and the implications recognised. Just from this evidence alone it would appear that large sections of the World Trade Centre Buildings were subjected to the actions of incendiary devices.
Most damningly, analysis of the slag from the steel and also from previously molten iron spheres (which were found all throughout the dust) has revealed the signature of the incendiary Thermate.
This smoking gun scientific evidence shows that the Twin Towers and Building 7 were subjected to large quantities of thermite-type incendiaries confirming that the collapses were not natural fire induced events. 911 was an Inside Job.
By Spookypunkos
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 29th, 2010.]
Ron Paul: Inside Sources Told Me Fed Is Panicking At Mass Awakening
"I had some information passed on to me, sort of inside information, somebody who knew somebody who was well tuned to the people at the Federal Reserve – and they said they are really really concerned about our movement to expose the Fed for what they're doing," said Paul, adding, "What they're upset or worried about is the fact that more and more people are aware of the Federal Reserve now like never before," explaining that exposure will lead to change and a reform of the Federal Reserve.
Because people KNOW about the Fed, things will change.
Things have changed in the past. Why not in the future ?
And given half a chance Congressman Paul, after auditing the Fed, will abolish it. Why keep a private institution that has control over the country's money supply ? The US Treasury should be in control of the dollar, not the Fed.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 29th, 2010.]
Friday, 28 May 2010
Top Construction Firm: WTC Destroyed By Controlled Demolition
Speaking on the Kevin Barrett show yesterday, Hart said he thought the 9/11 attack probably started as a Muslim operation headed up by Osama Bin Laden but that the plot was subsequently hijacked and carried out by Mossad agents in collusion with elements of the CIA, adding that since its formation, Israel has penetrated every Arab government and terrorist organization.
"My guess is that at an early point they said to the bad guys in the CIA – hey this operation's running what do we do, and the zionists and the neo-cons said let's use it," said Hart, making reference to how top neo-cons like Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and their fellow Project For a New American Century authors had called for a "catastrophic and catalyzing event––like a new Pearl Harbor," the year before 9/11.
"The twin towers were brought down by a controlled ground explosion, not the planes," said Hart, adding that this view was based on his close friendship with consultants who work with the world's leading civil engineering and construction firm.
Hart asked the company to study the collapse of the twin towers, after which they told him directly, "There's absolutely no doubt whatsoever that the towers were brought down by a controlled ground explosion."
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 28th, 2010.]
Do Not be Complacent about the Threat of False Flag Terror
The main problem we face is that most people have been conditioned towards a highly superficial (or a priori) view about staged terror events - one that is entirely negative. This extremely biased outlook tends to sabotage a person's ability to think independently and discourages basic fact checking. The population is inclined to believe the official story every time because they "know" any alternative narrative "has to be" untrue.
This presumptive anti-conspiracy point of view is a direct result of faulty or deceptive thinking pushed by mainstream academia and government spokespeople and amplified in the corporate media. It is a view based solely upon an appeal to authority rather than resting on established facts or verified scientific evidence.
It should be emphasised that understanding the truth about false flag terror has nothing to do with intelligence either. It has more to do with our propensity to avoid ridicule and to believe, at face value, many widely accepted arguments put by authority figures.
When mainstream intellectuals swear that Western false flag terror events fall within the domain of myth, these individuals always have either a conflict of interest with the establishment (they are authority figures representing defence/intelligence interests) or they have only a superficial understanding of the situation at hand. It follows that other educated people, influenced by these compromised peers, fall into line and accept the half baked assessments spewed forth.
The population has been trained to think that mature or intelligent people should always outright reject "crazy" ideas of conspiracy, especially those involving assassinations or false flag terror attacks. It is cultural conditioning that destroys an individual's ability to think for themselves and take action.
On another level many people simply don't care about false flag terror. They don't see how anything could be done about it anyway. It is the problem of apathy born out of lack of knowledge. Unfortunately many people in affluent Western society are too absorbed with their own immediate surroundings (having been conditioned on a diet of trivial entertainment) to care about critical world changing incidents resulting from the criminal actions of their own Governments.
Leading this apathetic mindset is the general non-acceptance of false flag terror events as FACT. Alas, too many people have lacked knowledge of past conspiratorial deeds-- such as Operation Gladio, Operation Northwoods, The Gulf of Tonkin "Incident", The Reichstag Fire etc -- that they don't realise how common false flag events are in the history of the world. Governments, corporations, military and intelligence groups DO conspire to kill their own citizens. Only information about these crimes can awaken the masses to the dangers of their present way of thinking.
In summary the 2 core problems with most people's world views are:
1). Conspiracy on a "large scale" by Western Governments are fanciful notions, especially those events dealing with assassination or mass murder, and;
2). We can't really do anything to change such things (there will will always be corruption)
Education and a level of imagination will solve this situation.
By remaining ignorant and apathetic, it's the lives of your friends, family and kids that are put at risk. Consider what sort of hell-future they will have to endure if no one has the courage to speak up.
Things CAN change for the better. The criminals running false flag scams are few in number and they are just men, not Gods. And remember, things that were hard or "impossible" to change in the past do change.
The time WILL come when EVERYONE knows the truth about 911 and 7/7. At that point independent Military, Law Enforcement and Judicial officers will be forced to take action to stop the corruption. With an informed population we will see a real criminal investigation (or revolution).
The first step is education. When the knowledge of 911 and 7/7 become COMMON KNOWLEDGE a deadly serious distrust will develop of those in positions of power. We will see a radical transformation of the present power structure towards an extremely open, transparent and accountable system. Justice will be done.
So be concerned about false flag terror. You can make a difference. Educate yourselves. Educate others. Things can change. The next attack may impact YOU. We have yet to see a biological, chemical or nuclear incident.
By Spookypunkos
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 28th, 2010.]
Chossudovsky – Don't Trust the Market Ups and Downs: It's Speculation + Austerity Cures will Kill Us
A VERY EXCELLENT summary dealing with what is really going on at the moment. Check this out. Pay attention ! :)
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 28th, 2010.]
Keiser Report – Markets, Finance, Guillotines, Conspiracies & Social Fury!
Essential News !! Essential !
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 28th, 2010.]
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Take a close look where the tail cone assembly (indicated by the bulkhead at the leading edge of the fins) attaches to the torpedo main hull. A major component of all modern torpedoes are the fin actuators. These are the small motors that adjust the rudder and dive planes of the torpedo in order to maintain the intended depth and course to target.
Note that the blueprints of the North Korean torpedo show these actuators forward of the tail cone assembly, that is to say in front of the bulkhead that marks where the fin assembly attaches to the torpedo.
Now let us look at the torpedo actually recovered from the bottom of the ocean near where the Cheosan was attacked.
Note that the recovered torpedo these actuators are built INSIDE the tail cone assembly, that is to say to the REAR of the bulkhead that marks where the fin assembly attaches to the torpedo.
The torpedo recovered from the ocean floor is not the same as the alleged North Korean one seen in the blueprints. Weapons experts should have recognised the difference very quickly. The recent reports we are getting in the mainstream media are highly suspect.
Perhaps the early report indicating this weapon was of German origin is correct.
So far we have seen invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan initiated upon lies. Now we may face the same with this incident. Post this story far and wide. We do not need another unnecessary war.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 27th, 2010.]
911 WAS an Inside Job: Proof versus Speculation
This is not mere speculation. It is proven fact.
Debunkers and defenders of the official 911 story imply that the "conspiracy theorists" have no basis to make this claim. However, the hard science has proven the case.
From the physical evidence we find at the World Trade Centre site we KNOW 911 must have involved inside help.
Why ? Because it is physically IMPOSSIBLE to find tons of melted steel, chemical traces of thermitic materials, the actual remains of high tech military explosives, and to see the freefall collapse of a steel framed building, WITHOUT employing incendiary or explosive devices.
The forensic material here represents hard SMOKING GUN evidence of the explosive demolition of these buildings.
On the other hand, the official 911 narrative deliberately avoids all of this damning forensic proof. The NIST computer simulations that form the "backbone" of the WTC investigation are built upon unverified and flawed speculation - especially in the case of WTC7 where we find that their collapse simulations diverge substantially with what was seen.
The key point to recognise here is that the computer modelling data NIST used to create their simulations has never been independently checked. These simulations may have the accuracy of a cartoon animation for all we know. No one can be sure. Consequently their simulations, that do not match with the video of the collapses, must be considered unconvincing and unproven hypotheticals- fanciful speculation in the face of the forensic proof of foul play presented by critics of official story.
Moreover, there are so many nonsensical and contradictory items appearing in the NIST version of the WTC collapses that it is obvious the official account constitutes a cover-up. Of particular note are the outright LIES highlighted by David Ray Griffin in this essay where he explains "Why NIST's Final 9/11 Report is Unscientific and False".
911 WAS an Inside job. This is not speculation, it is fact.
Everyone must be made aware of the 911 evidence so that a real criminal investigation can be launched. If we accept the official lies we'll never see an end to the War on Terror ...
[Note: A criminal investigation should start with those who lied under oath at the 911 Commission, those who testified behind closed doors (Bush and Cheney), and with those at NIST who are involved in covering up clear evidence of Treason. ]
By Spookypunkos
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 27th, 2010.]
Peter Schiff on CNBC - is US The Next Greece or Japan?
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 27th, 2010.]
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
The Sinking of the Cheonan: We Are Being Lied To
There simply is no "perfect match" like the recent unsigned report claims there is.
There are 4 clear differences in the design of these weapons and one is without a doubt, the key to proving these are not the same.
* "A" & "D" – Here you can clearly see major differences in the design of the hub of the propellers. In the diagram above you can see it has a smaller hub whereas in the evidence below it, the hub is larger.
* "B" – The actual shape of the propellers is very different. You can see a notch in the diagram above that doesn't exist in the actual evidence propeller below. The overall shape of the blades are vastly different as well, both the front and the rear propeller sets.
The wreckage does not match up as far as anyone can tell. If it is North Korean it has to be something that has not been thus far identified in the West.
It is possible that the torpedo is of German design as first reported in the press on May 6th. It could be a DM2 A-3 weapon. Unfortunately, there are no clear pictures of this weapon available online for comparison. As soon as more information comes to hand I will post an updated story.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 26th, 2010.]
Keiser Report – Goldman Sachs, Undeclared Enemy of the State
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 26th, 2010.]
20 Giant US Banks Still Vulnerable
With 73 bank failures so far this year, double last year's pace … with a new phase of the global debt crisis now unfolding … and with the dangers in the Dow I told you about Thursday … this news has far-reaching implications! So I wanted to give you this heads up.
We are not clear of the financial crisis by a long way ...
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 26th, 2010.]
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
The Obama Deception HQ Full length version
There is a global banking Mafia, in cahoots with other shadowy groups, that IS pulling the strings here. Obama is just another puppet.
Despite their nefarious agenda, things can be changed if the game is exposed.
These elites are not Gods. They are not all powerful, they over-reach, misunderstand the social environments they operate within (especially with regard to the Internet), and they make mistakes. The development of information technology, the spread of knowledge, has torpedoed their long term goals.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 25th, 2010.]
The Physics of WTC 7
Explosive demolition is the only valid explanation that can account for the collapse features of WTC7. 911 was an Inside job making the entire War on Terror completely unnecessary.
(Videos sourced from Debunking the Debunkers blog.)
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 25th, 2010.]
Monday, 24 May 2010
Nuclear Fuel Swap Deal: US Sabotages 'Unique Opportunity' for Peaceful Resolution with Iran
Well, we better return to examine everything else promised in that address – about "decent jobs and affordable healthcare" and "America being a friend to each nation and to every man, woman and child" – because the 44th president is now shown to be a liar.
The US is pushing for war here - same as they did for Iraq. Obama is merely a relatively sophisticated puppet of the establishment.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 24th, 2010.]
On the Edge with Max Keiser & Gerald Celente
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 24th, 2010.]
War Is Making You Poor Act
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan can be stopped immediately if we all accept the truth about 911.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 24th, 2010.]
Sunday, 23 May 2010
Goldman Sachs Hands Clients Losses in 'Top Trades'
Seven of the investment bank's nine "recommended top trades for 2010" have been money losers for investors who adopted the New York-based firm's advice, according to data compiled by Bloomberg from a Goldman Sachs research note sent yesterday. Clients who used the tips lost 14 percent buying the Polish zloty versus the Japanese yen, 9.4 percent buying Chinese stocks in Hong Kong and 9.8 percent trading the British pound against the New Zealand dollar.
As Max Keiser has pointed out repeatedly, the way Goldman Sachs wins on every trade is via fraud. Please listen to the radio clip below. It explains, in a very clear way, exactly how this is done [MUST SEE vid below]:
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 23rd, 2010.]
New U.S. Taxpayer Funded Website: "There is No Conspiracy"
"Conspiracy theories exist in the realm of myth, where imaginations run wild, fears trump facts, and evidence is ignored. As a superpower, the United States is often cast as a villain in these dramas."
Translation, it is unpatriotic to question the "official story" on anything. Its too bad that the Founders wrote in that "Freedom of the Press" and "Freedom of Speech" provisions to the Constitution. Otherwise, there would be no need for a taxpayer funded website to debunk "Conspiracy Theorists".
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 23rd, 2010.]
32 States Have Borrowed from the Federal Government to Make Unemployment Payments; California Has Borrowed $7 Billion
The state of California has borrowed $6.9 billion. Michigan has borrowed $3.9 billion, Illinois $2.2 billion ...
If there were no unemployment benefits the US would be a disaster area. Things are not good. The level of economic dysfunction is higher than outwardly apparent or reported.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 23rd, 2010.]
With Flu Season Over, Canada Shows Flu Shot To Be Worse Than Worthless
In fact, last October in a world-wide teleconference to discuss Skowronski's and De Serres' Canada Study, U.S. CDC participants said they could not find any flaws in the Canada Study but nevertheless, no matter, Skowronski and De Serres just had to be incorrect. Is it not wonderful American citizens have such inquisitive, open minds at CDC? -- "just take your damn flu shot."
More research is needed here. One thing that can be said for sure is that there is a lot of money involved in producing flu vaccines. Making money trumps good science and safe flu shots that actually work.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 23rd, 2010.]
Saturday, 22 May 2010
Keiser Report – Markets! Finance! Scandal! – And The Gold Standard with J.S. Kim !
Essential economic news - stuff that impacts everyone ! Even if you don't understand economics it's worth checking out each episode.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 22nd, 2010.]
A New Era In Science: "Synthia" The First Synthetic Life Is Created
Today, in Science, the first artificial cell was born.
Scientists from the J Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) in Maryland and California announced today that they have developed the first synthetic living cell. Though theoretically this cell is the first step in the creation of artificial life, the inventors are focusing their efforts on creating new fuels, effective ways to clean polluted water, and faster vaccine production....
If the results of this research mean that creating new life is not so difficult (as opposed to near on impossible) then we can expect life to exist in many other regions of the Galaxy. The research here will add to the likelihood of intelligent life being present as defined by the Drake equation. The Fl value will be higher. (Fl = fraction of habitable planets around stars that have life). 10 years ago the chances of life forming would have been considered as much lower.
Also note: All the new planets being discovered at present, have added to the likelihood of life being present as per the Drake equation's Fp value. (Fp = fraction of stars with planets).
I'd guess that life is fairly common out there. The building blocks of life are common throughout the Universe and now it appears that putting them together to form a living organism may not be as impossible as previously reckoned.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 22nd, 2010.]
The 9/11 Building "Collapses" In Perspective
Even ignoring all the forensic evidence, that proves explosive thermite was used on the Twin Towers and Building 7, it's obvious from the historical record that there are SERIOUS problems with the collapses of the 3 World Trade Centre Buildings on 911. The official explanation, that fires caused the collapses, doesn't make any sense. Moreover, the "reasoning" put out by the debunkers, to account for the building implosions, is obviously nonsensical.
The very fact that WTC7 collapsed at all- a building that was designed to be resistant to hurricanes, earthquakes and fires- was the key evidence that rang alarm bells for myself and led to a second look at the official story.
(thanks to Debunking the Debunkers for the You Tube clip and intro !)
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 22nd, 2010.]
911 was an Inside Job: CONSPIRACY PROVEN FACT, NOT THEORY
Thanks to the work of numerous independent scientists, we have confirmed, unimpeachable evidence, showing that the buildings could ONLY have been brought down using explosive demolition.
Simply put, it is physically IMPOSSIBLE to find tons of melted steel, chemical traces of thermitic materials, the actual remains of high tech military explosives, and to see the freefall collapse of a steel framed building, WITHOUT employing incendiary or explosive devices.
It does not matter what problems we face with other details of the attacks, we KNOW, from the key forensic evidence, that the WTC buildings were brought down using explosives.
The forensic material here represents hard SMOKING GUN evidence. It is actual PROOF that 911 was an inside job.
The next step is to launch an aggressive criminal investigation into the attacks- starting with those individuals who lied at the 911 Commission Hearings and with those responsible for the fraudulent NIST Reports into the WTC building collapses.
By Spookypunkos
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 22nd, 2010.]
Climate Change Has No Scientific Consensus
However, according to a peer-reviewed analysis of Oreskes by Dr. Benny Peiser, a world-renowned expert on 'neo-catastrophism,' it appears the claims by Oreskes are false. Dr. Peiser uncovered from the 928 abstracts that; "just over a dozen explicitly endorse the 'consensus' while the vast majority of abstracts do not mention anthropogenic global warming." Moreover, the term 'catastrophic warming' appears nowhere in any of the papers.
I am not against clean technology, but I am FOR truth in science. At the moment we have a situation with corrupted data from the CRU and NASA being used to back people's false premises that we are in a period of significant warming. The Earth's temperature fluctuates. It was hotter during the medieval warming period and now global temps appear to be in decline.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 22nd, 2010.]
Friday, 21 May 2010
George Carlin on "Freedom of Choice"
The owners of the USA make sure the choices you have available are limited. This can change, but it will take a lot of work. Education is the key. If EVERYONE knew about this predicament, and thought the situation was dire enough to take action, then things would change.
If you can imagine what is necessary so that things can be made different, then a solution IS indeed possible.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 21st, 2010.]
Why they Lied to Have a War in Iraq: The NeoCon Agenda.
Lies were told by Western political leaders so that we saw War in Iraq. If we recognise 911 for the inside job that it was, we can see the agenda here was to weaken any, and all, opponents to the State of Israel. The fact there is oil in Iraq provides further cause for war by the corrupt.
The fact that Obama has done nothing to address what happened, that his Administration has failed to investigate the Iraq War lies, failed to hold Bush Administration officials accountable for torture, failed to restore the US Constitution and abolish the Patriot Act- reveals this President to be just another puppet of the establishment and its interests.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 21st, 2010.]
In Search Of - The Coming Ice Age
Although we are pumping tons of carbon into our atmosphere, which I don't think can be a good thing, Ice Ages are thought to occur due to the (lack of) heat coming from the Sun. The Sun's intensity waxes and wanes as part of its natural cycle and there's nothing we can do about it. At present the sun is waning. Furthermore, NASA has determined that the upper atmosphere has cooled somewhat in recent months. So rather than warming, we might see a period of global cooling.
Having said that, it is still a good idea to make plans to lessen our impact on the environment in the expectation there will be no immediate return to a glacial period. Clean technology is good from a pollution and sustainability standpoint.
I have re-posted this story in light of recent claims that we might soon experience a new "Little Ice Age".
(Originally posted on December 20th, 2008)
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 21st, 2010.]
Thursday, 20 May 2010
Max Keiser Interviewed on Athens International Radio
Up to date info on the European financial crisis.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 20th, 2010.]
Keiser Report w/ Jim Rogers – Banks! Bailouts! Scandals!
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 20th, 2010.]
Crisis in New Zealand Climatology: The Warming That Wasn't
The official temperature record is wrong. The instrumental raw data correctly show that New Zealand average temperatures have remained remarkably steady at 12.6°C +/- 0.5°C for a century and a half. NIWA's doctoring of that data is indefensible.
The NSS is the outcome of a subjective data series produced by a single Government scientist, whose work has never been peer-reviewed or subjected to proper quality checking. It was smuggled into the official archive without any formal process. It is undocumented and sans metadata, and it could not be defended in any court of law. Yet the full line-up of NIWA climate scientists has gone to extraordinary lengths to support this falsified warming and to fiercely attack its critics.
It seems to me that indications of Global Warming have stemmed from short term temperature fluctuations (likely caused be changes in the Sun's output) and from variations in ocean currents like seen with el Nino. Some areas have warmed slightly and some have remained constant. At present the Global Temperature seem to be in decline (aka "hide the decline").
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 20th, 2010.]
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Iran's Uranium Deal a Serious Blow to War Party
The deal was announced last night but details were only made available this morning. According to the announcement, Iran will ship 1,200 kg of its 3.5% enriched uranium to Turkey, exactly the amount sought in the P5+1 enrichment deal, and will receive fuel rods for its medical reactor one year later, again the amount of time given in the P5+1 deal.
Though the inclusion of Turkey is a new rub, everything else about the deal seems to be designed to be verbatim to the P5+1 deal in October, which the Obama Administration has repeatedly demanded Iran sign.
Iran's problem with the initial deal with the use of France as an intermediary, as France has previously reneged on nuclear deals with Iran and was not trusted by many in the government, who thought they might simply make off with Iran's stockpile.
This is an important development. Iran has not broken any laws and has always fulfilled its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Claims that Iran has broken International Law are simply not true.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 19th, 2010.]
RECAP: 9/11 Truth from Former Director of US ARMY War College
The game is up.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 19th, 2010.]
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 19th, 2010.]
On the edge with Max Keiser & Dr Steve Keen
Max and Dr Keen talk about the danger of private debt - the fact that sophisticated banking corporations loaned out money to people who could not easily afford to pay back the loans. The Global Financial Crisis was fuelled on this easy money. However, while the banks can be bailed out of trouble, the people remain stuck in their predicaments.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 19th, 2010.]
Tuesday, 18 May 2010
"War without Borders": Obama's "Long War"
The diabolical nature of this military project was adopted and implemented from the very outset of the Obama administration. With a new team of military and foreign policy advisers, Obama has been far more effective in fostering military escalation than his predecessor in the White House.
Under the Obama presidency, this global military project has become increasingly pervasive. Military escalation as well as the Worldwide deployment of US military might are an integral part of America's "long war" military doctrine, to which the current administration is firmly committed.
Obama's just another stooge for the military industrial complex. Nothing has changed. Even the torture program continues unabated in hidden locations. A revolution or military coup is desperately needed in the US so the people can kick out their corrupted political "representatives". There is no easy way out of this fight, but things MUST change.
Presently the future appears to be one of endless Middle East wars, and possibly war in Africa or South America, using the War on Terror as the justification. Added to this nightmare scenario is the horrific fact that the US military employs genocidal Depleted Uranium munitions as part of its war fighting arsenal. D.U. is an anti armour munition that also causes extremely long lasting radiological contamination.
US leaders who push for more war must be stopped. The people of the USA will have to stop them.
And remember, it is because of 911 that these wars exist.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 18th, 2010.]
RECAP: 7/7 Mind the Gap
Part 1
This excellent documentary deals with the London 7/7 bombings and opens with a rundown of the lies that started the Iraq war, a brief review of the 911 false flag terror attacks and the involvement of Western intelligence services in past incidents.
Most people don't realise there are HUGE problems with the official story about the 7/7 bombings. For anyone who has bothered to look at the evidence, it becomes clear tha the official narrative is highly suspect and completely false with regard to certain critical aspects of the story. This documentary is highly recommended viewing.
Remember, the threat of false flag terror attack will always be with us until these crimes are fully exposed and justice served.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 18th, 2010.]
Knowledge, Truth and Human Action: America Hits the Wall
Americans have a problem with the truth. They seem to be unable to accept it, which is difficult to understand at a time in history when knowledge plays a larger and larger role in determining human action.
Paul Craig Roberts writes, "Today Americans are ruled by propaganda. Americans have little regard for truth, little access to it, and little ability to recognize it. Truth is an unwelcome entity. It is disturbing. It is off limits. Those who speak it run the risk of being branded 'anti-American,' 'anti-semite' or 'conspiracy theorist.' Truth is an inconvenience for government and for the interest groups whose campaign contributions control government. Truth is an inconvenience for prosecutors who want convictions, not the discovery of innocence or guilt. Truth is inconvenient for ideologues."
This debasement of truth stems from two misguided beliefs that many Americans hold. They affect much of American society and define the American psyche. One belief is that the truth emerges from a debate between adversaries. The other is the belief that everyone has a right to his/her own opinion.
Many American activities are based on the these beliefs. In law, the system is called adversarial. The prosecutor and defense attorneys are adversaries. Each side presents its evidence and the truth is somehow supposed to emerge. In journalism it is called balance. Two adversaries are asked to give their sides of an issue, and the truth is somehow supposed to emerge. In politics, it is called the two party system, where the majority party and the minority party, often called the opposition, are adversaries who present their sides of the issue. Again, somehow it is believed the truth will emerge and effective legislation will then be enacted. But it doesn't work, never has, never will.
In a corrupt world ruled by big money and corporate media it is more important than ever NOT to take mainstream points of view for granted. I am reminded of the quote, "If they can get you asking the wrong questions then they don't have to worry about the answers."
In today's society it is vitally important to challenge mainstream sensibilities (propaganda) and consult the online alternative press. It is fine to consider differing opinions when the matter at hand is truly debatable, but it should be remembered that some opinions can be blatantly false ones.
Having a blatantly wrong opinion, which flies in the face of established fact, is something that needs to become a new talking point in society. Too few media articles deal with facts. Often the media simply pushes PR, especially those stories that have a corporate agenda or those supporting the US War on Terror.
The idea that people (or journalists) are entitled to have any opinion that they like, without considering the consequences as to whether their view is false, cannot stand.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 18th, 2010.]
Monday, 17 May 2010
Keiser Report 42: Flying Pigs to the Rescue !
Even if you don't know much about economics this is a MUST WATCH show. Max and Stacy provide all the warning you need of impending trouble in the financial world.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 17th, 2010.]
Now a backup plan was required to create reasons to initiate a war into North Waziristan. – Here enter Faisal Shehzad – a false flag operation to implicate Pakistani Taliban and then threaten and force Pakistan to "do more" in North Waziristan! Another Pakistani is arrested in Chile in the US embassy with traces of explosives on his luggage and clothes. More Pakistanis are being arrested and a massive media disinformation war is being launched that all global terrorism is emerging from Pakistani tribal pocket of North Waziristan and ISI/army is either hands and gloves with Taliban or nor willing to do more.
So now, you understand the tone, language and demeanor of Hillary and US media over Faisal Shehzad! Despite the fact that US army Generals have confirmed that Faisal had no links with anyone in FATA.
These intelligence games are played via proxies (assets) who pull strings in order to get the desired results. Sometimes a direct hand is involved, but often not.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 17th, 2010.]
The Iraq War Lies
We know that the WMD lies in question were part of a deliberate, politically driven, deception since the intelligence indicated there was no credible threat from Saddam. It is therefore imperative that leaders such as Bush, Blair, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice and others be arrested and sent to the Hague for prosecution. As evidence I cite:
1. The Dodgy Dossier: The UK Government's obviously "sexed up" (2002) report on Saddam's WMDs containing the infamous "45 minute threat": http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s1041136.htm
2. Expert Testimony from the House Judiciary Committee Hearings: Executive Power & the Bush Administration (impeachment hearings): Note the books cited by the Committee Chair in the introductions to the speakers (from 2008):
a). Vincent Bugliosi. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcfpms98GeQ&feature=PlayList&p=9F833EE81EC327C0&index=28
b). Elizabeth Holtz. See time 7:46 where the witness talks about "deceptions with respect to the Iraq War..."
3. The Downing Street Memos (2005) http://downingstreetmemo.com/ According to this highly placed UK memo, I quote: "the [US] intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy" so that War could be waged against Iraq.
4. US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence review of Iraq War Intelligence (June 5, 2008) http://intelligence.senate.gov/press/record.cfm?id=298775 Quote: "In making the case for war, the Administration repeatedly presented intelligence as fact when in reality it was unsubstantiated."
5. Australian Documentary "Truth, Lies and Intelligence" (from 2005) References to expert testimony on Iraq War Intelligence being fabricated: Greg Thielman, Joseph Wilson et al. The following is a short clip taken from the full length program: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztzu0G8KcSA&feature=player_embedded
6: US 60 minutes Interview (2004) with ex-Bush Administration insider Paul O'Neal who stated that the Administration was looking for ways to launch a war with Iraq 10 days after the inauguration. Please ignore the sound effects on this promo clip and recognise the importance of the 60 minutes information: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEZnL_VVHPc&feature=player_embedded
7: NBC Keith Olbermann report on the non-profit Center for Public Integrity (google them) - tallied 935 false statements made by eight top members of the Administration in the two years after September 11th, including, obviously, the run up to the Iraq war (story from Feb 2008): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhKYc7cTZR4 One could postulate that the intelligence might have been mistaken, but as we have seen previously, in the other clips, the raw intelligence assessments did not correlate with what they were saying publicly (ie these are therefore more deliberate lies, unsubstantiated statements in conflict with intelligence facts).
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 17th, 2010.]
Sunday, 16 May 2010
The picture above shows MOLTEN STEEL being removed from the World Trade Centre rubble pile. However, from all accounts (even the official NIST report concedes this point) the fires in the WTC buildings were far too weak to cause such melting. Conventional building fires, including ones initiated with aviation kerosene, simply cannot raise the temperature of structural steel to its melting point of around 1300 degrees celsius. According to all the available data, the fires in the Towers could only have reached a maximum temperature of around 650 degrees celsius- yet here we can see steel so hot that it has taken on a yellow look (an observation that indicates the temperature must be between 1050-1100 degrees celsius !!).
There are ONLY two ways which would enable this steel to reach such a high temperature:
1. In a blast furnace.
2. From Explosives.
The rubble pile was not a blast furnace.
Therefore one must assume that explosives were the most likely agent.
Furthermore, we have supporting eyewitness testimony from firefighters and civilians which reveals that many of them felt, and were knocked over by, huge explosions occurring in the lower floors of the WTC buildings -far away from the fire zones.
Critically, scientific analysis conducted by physics Professor Steven Jones has uncovered the chemical signature for the explosive THERMATE in multiple samples taken from the WTC steel and dust- proving, without doubt, that explosives were used.
The science here is clear cut. Whatever one thinks about the various theories floating around out there, one thing is certain: The Twin Towers (and Building 7) at the World Trade Centre site were rigged with explosives. Most importantly, such an operation would take many weeks to plan and carry out. Therefore, part of the 911 attacks against the World Trade Centre complex MUST have been an "Inside Job" as Bin Laden's men would not have had the necessary time or access to wire these buildings.
The charade must end. If we are honest with ourselves we must now accept there is damning physical (forensic) evidence that undermines the official story. Certain elements within the US government appear complicit in the attacks of September 11.[1] A new independent criminal investigation must be launched and the phony "war on terror" stopped.
(For a more detailed analysis on the physics of the WTC collapses see Steven Jones' paper: Why Indeed Did the World Trade Center Buildings Completely Collapse? [PDF] and visit Architects and Engineers for 911 Truth, an organisation with over 1200 building professionals who agree with these findings.)
UPDATED: In a peer reviewed scientific paper it has been show conclusively that particles of high tech explosives were present all throughout the WTC dust. There is no doubt about it. These buildings WERE destroyed using thermite-type incendiary explosives.
Note: I will continue to post 911 information at this blog, ad infinitum, until we see a proper criminal investigation. Once everyone can see that 911 was an inside job (and be able to openly talk about the crime) action WILL follow.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 16th, 2010.]
Later analysis by physicist Steven Jones revealed these spheres to bear the chemical signature of the incendiary THERMATE. Traces of Aluminium, Fluorine, Manganese, Sulphur and Potassium indicated the exotic nature of the metal. The physical match was unmistakable.
Significantly the THERMATE signature, that was evidenced from these iron spheres, ruled out their origin as being from the welding done during the WTC construction or the clean up following the attacks. Iron spheres from welding would not have a mix of these highly unusual elements.
One other observation: the heat required here, necessarily over 1500 degrees celsius (the melting point of steel), which is needed to form the spheres through surface tension while the steel is liquid, was far in excess of the temperatures reached in the building fires. Official reports put these fires at below 1000 degrees celsius. This temperature gap cannot be ignored. The only way we can account for such a huge discrepancy is to consider another agent, which in this case is clearly THERMATE.
It was not only the dust that showed signs of foul play. Further analysis on a sample taken from a steel beam recovered from the rubble pile also showed the thermate signature.
From the high percentage of iron spheres found in each dust sample it has been deduced that a great deal of the building steel had been subject to the action of high temperature incendiaries.
The evidence here is damning. The highly unusual collapse of all three buildings was undoubtedly due, in part, to the action of the incendiary Thermate. See this link for more information: http://www.ae911truth.org/twintowers.php and here for a video lecture on this evidence.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 16th, 2010.]
RECAP: WTC7: NIST Finally Admits Freefall [And Destroys its Own Cover-Up Theory of a Progressive, Fire Induced Collapse]
The clear significance of a period of freefall collapse indicates absolutely no resistance was being offered by the building structure. This is obviously impossible in terms of the fire induced collapse model since, during the collapse, undamaged portions of the structure would slow the fall rate. The resistance offered here should be more than that of air alone. Steel columns, even ones that might be buckling, would still resist the fall.
However, in the case of the WTC7 building, the massive structural columns appear to have vanished into thin air for at least 2 and a half seconds !
Of course the most reasonable explanation to account for this incredible phenomena is the use of an explosive agent that can remove resistance almost instantaneously. In this regard we have abundant physical evidence showing that this is exactly what occurred in the form of the molten steel and the thermate products that were discovered in the rubble subsequent the collapse. Without doubt, Building 7 WAS brought down using explosives.
An earlier video excellently and more fully explains the significance of the freefall collapse, see below:
Readers should note that deliberately covering up a crime is, in itself, a crime.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 16th, 2010.]
NIST Report on WTC7 Debunked and Exposed!
Adding to the damning material presented in the clip are the two witnesses inside WTC7 who were almost killed by explosions going on inside, explosions that happened before any of the Towers came down. Clearly bombs were present in this building.
(Thanks to Debunking the Debunkers for the story !)
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 16th, 2010.]
The World Trade Centre Explosions (9/11/2001)
From Loose Change: Final Cut.
Very obviously there were massive secondary explosions occurring throughout the World Trade Centre buildings- in the lower levels, in the basement, the lobby and subway areas- far way from the fire zones. These explosions were not insignificant, indicating they were the likely result of pre-planted devices. From eyewitness testimony alone one would have to conclude that the fires and aircraft impacts would have been able to cause these effects.
Even more damning are the reports of explosions in WTC 7, before the Twin Towers came down. There is no reasonable explanation to account for the testimony of WTC 7 survivor Barry Jennings other than to conclude that bombs had been planted inside this structure.
The final proof that explosives were present is the forensic evidence of Molten Steel and Thermate found at the WTC disaster site- phenomena that simply cannot exist without the use of incendiary type explosives.
911 WAS an Inside Job. Tell everyone so that this information becomes public knowledge. When EVERYONE KNOWS the truth the perpetrators will be unable to hide from the hand of justice.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 16th, 2010.]


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Modified Mustangs & FordsHow To Chassis Suspension
Classic Ford Suspension Strut Upgrades - Strut Your Stuff
Equip Your Classic Ford With The Latest In Front Suspension Strut Technology
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On most classic Ford cars, the front strut rod positively locates the lower control arms. In addition to keeping the lower arm in place during vehicle movement, it also provides for adjustment of vehicle suspension caster, a critical factor of a correct frontend alignment.
In the factory arrangement, the rear of the strut is attached to the lower control arm, while the front end of the strut is held in place by two rubber bushings and washers that sandwich the forward strut-mounting point. Caster adjustment is achieved by moving the rod forward or back, thus changing the location of the lower ball joint in relation to the upper ball joint. The forward end of the rod is threaded, and to accomplish caster adjustment, the washers and bushings are moved along the threads to the desired position, moving the lower ball joint, and then locked into place between two jamb nuts. The rubber bushings also help cushion the transfer of road impacts from the suspension to the chassis of the car, allowing for a quieter and smoother ride.
The downside to this factory arrangement is that the rubber bushings allow strut-rod movement forward and back during vehicle motion. They compress and expand as the wheel hits an imperfection, such as a bump or pothole, and the vehicle alignment changes as the caster angle is moved to and fro. For precise steering, whether for road racing or to create the safest possible vehicle for street use, this condition must be eliminated.
The good news is that the suspension-upgrade experts at Revelation Racing Supply (RRS) now offer two solutions to this problem. For those interested in the ultimate high-performance solution, the rubber bushings are replaced with a spherical end which allows the strut rod to move up and down along with the vehicle suspension. However, it eliminates any movement of the rod forward or back. For those interested in minimizing fore and aft movement while retaining some of the advantages of the cushioned arrangement, RRS offers a strut-retaining setup utilizing urethane bushings. These bushings are resistant to compression and expansion, yet still provide some of the noise and vibration dampening found in the factory configuration. With either upgrade, the result is a more stable frontend alignment, resulting in better vehicle control and handling.
Installing the RRS front strut-rod kit isn't difficult, but there are a few tips to make the installation easier. Let's look in on a spherical-end installation on a '66 Ranchero. Keep in mind that RRS offers a strut rod setup for Ford vehicles from '60-'73.


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Japan Times Interview: "Tokyo is still in danger of being lost and the gov't should be acting accordingly"
By ENENews
June 11th, 2012
Flyjin' feel vindicated, worry for those left in Japan
The Japan Times Online
By PATRICK BUDMAR
June 12, 2012
Ivan Stout, Former Ibaraki resident
Faced with a seemingly unimaginable nuclear crisis brewing in northeast Japan, Stout remembers trying to downplay the situation at first after reading a news article saying that there was zero chance of any radiation getting out of the nuclear plant, company emails reassuring everyone that there was no danger, and statements from the Japanese government.
"However, at a certain point, this view of the situation no longer seemed to reflect reality," he says. "At that moment, there was no turning back and I no longer trusted those sources anymore."
Stout, though, feels he will only be vindicated for leaving Japan once the "criminals responsible for this accident" and the "ongoing gross negligence of the situation" are brought to justice.
"Tokyo is still in danger of being lost and the government should be acting accordingly, prioritizing the safety of its residents," he says
"I miss every little thing about Japan," Stout says. "I was planning to live the rest of my life there, but the nation has been sabotaged by criminal politicians and a toxic nuclear industry."
"Had the Japanese government been forthcoming a year ago and provided support to evacuate western Japan, instead of trying to contaminate the rest of Japan by burning contaminated debris, I would still be in Japan today, even if it meant living indefinitely in a refugee tent," he says.


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Ventura Lambrate and Zona Tortona: Design Trends An Insights of Fuorisalone 2015
A Glance At The New Trends of Fuorisalone, Especially Those in Via Ventura and Via Tortona Areas. Colours, Materials, Sensorial Experiences and Innovation Are The Key Words of The Projects Driven by An Army of Young People, by Design Academies of All Over
Design categories and combinations of materials, techniques and colors are endless. Ventura Lambrate moreover combines designers and visitors ("Unite and Connect", is the exposition main theme), offering an innovative and interactive experience in project observing. "Breaking The Mold" is the first exposition I decide to visit: it is a project by a Dutch Fund (Creative Industries Fund NL, www.creativeindustriesfund.nl) exposing functional sculptures in thermoplastic material whose molding process captures the human interaction.The artisanship and manual processes prevail among the expositions, but always combined with innovative techniques. The international lighting company Castellani & Smith proposes for Fuorisalone the "Casa della Luce" (in eng. "House of Light"). I walk through an embellished house with suggestive, warm and cozy lights and artistic installations composed by accurate hand-garnished materials, related to natural elements like water, vapor and fire. About the theme of handmade and approaching to the Expo, we have to talk about food. The Fuorisalone trend are Food Trucks, minivans or Ape cars carrying alternative "from farm to fork" foods and beverages at affordable prices. There is design even in those little trucks that definitely tempts consumers to buy the products (which are tasty too). I move to Via Tortona, another project and fresh ideas container. In the first courtyard I visit color is definitely the main theme. I quickly reach the Overdrive stand (https://www.facebook.com/Overdrive.Italy). 100% handmade products and a live performance during which some incredible artists draw and paint on skateboards. Backpacks are as interesting as skateboards; they are handmade too, showing cool graphics that keep up with the times.IF simil leather backpacks (http://www.ifbags.it/) attract me in the same way. They are an example of how Made in Italy products can always stand out in the crowd. There are infinite combinations of colors, ropes and tips.Technology is another element that is required for those occasions: here startups and big companies show their progress. A little drone flied above my head, then I see Parrot store (www.parrot.com). A young woman inside was piloting with her iPad the flying robot which was filming me with its integrated camera. Asus design presents in Via Tortona 20 "Zensation, Experience the Pulse" to promote the new Zenfone 2. Lightened waterfalls flow and move to the bit of the music in a total black room. It is Lexus time. Lexus considers itself a brand that offers a truth delight of driving. It invites you to try a unique sensorial experience. In the first zone, the prototype of the new Lexus LF-SA, surrounded by mirrors that generates reflections and unexpected light games. In the next area, there are three scenes: the first one emulate a rainy day; the second one dives you into a tree; the last one represents the symbol of hospitality. Through suggestive images and tasting of strange foods, Lexus aim is to imitate the feeling of guiding their cars. Hyundai shows its project too at Superstudio Più of Via Tortona 27. Sculpture in Motion 2.0 is a huge installation that perpetually moves thanks to two mechanical wheels. The soundtrack was developed in-house by Hyundai Research Lab. From cars to materials, at Superstudio Più there is the Materials Village, an area composed by different stands that presents products made with the most innovative materials. XL Extralight (http://www.xlextralight.com/) is one example: expanded material produced by Finproject Spa labs for many different industrial products. Also IVANKA, leading designer concrete brand (http://ivanka.hu/news/the_sound_of_textures), presents an interactive installation. Every time you touch the concrete, a melody is produced. The aim should be to combine the different sounds in order to create the symphony of concrete.In front of IVANKA exposition, the Polish designer and artist Izabela Boloz presents "Intersections", a system of modular elements, good places to sit as well as place for play. Here form and color meet and interweave, like two combs. Colors melt in the Tolix stand too, which shows unique models of designers from all over the wolrd, for the 80th anniversary of Chaise A.Almost at the end of my path, in another courtyard of via Tortona, a huge sofa totally covered by real soil and grass. Do not sit. However, if you want, you can sit around little trees on this bench/picnic table wooden system. Finally yet importantly, I suggest following the progresses of this Startup, which I think could quickly develop in the next times. Its name is "Myhoming" (http://www.myhoming.it/) and, just for now, it covers only Milan's area. It is a web platform that catalogues and collaborate with new services (shops, bars, restaurants, etc.) in order to offer a better life experience to the citizens. Exerpt:Design categories and combinations of materials, techniques and colors are endless. Ventura Lambrate moreover combines designers and visitors ("Unite and Connect", is the exposition main theme), offering an innovative and interactive experience in project observing. "Breaking The Mold" is the first exposition I decide to visit: it is a project by a Dutch Fund (Creative Industries Fund NL, www.creativeindustriesfund.nl) exposing functional sculptures in thermoplastic material whose moldin..
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