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{ Monthly Archives } June 2005

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Tomorrow I will be starting my annual vacation. In fact this will be my first annual vacations since three years� yes three [...]

Bush promotes Web site to show support for troops

Support the Troops! Bush asked Americans to log onto www.americasupportsyou[dot]mil, a Department of Defense Web site, and register support for the troops… Yeah, because email will stop bullets. What a fu**** ass****… You wanna support them… take them back home!

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One in six countries facing food shortage

One in six countries in the world face food shortages this year because of severe droughts that could become semi-permanent under climate change, UN scientists warned yesterday… Expect more war, and because of fighting over resources, more resources to be used to get those resources… just think about how much oil they are stealing from [...]

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New WTC tower design made public

New York officials released the latest design for the signature building at the World Trade Center site Wednesday after revising it to make the tower more secure.

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Google Earth

Have you seen where do you live from space? Google Earth just launched the beta version. It's amazing view. Give it a try, it's worth it!

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MIT Weblog Survey

This is a general social survey of the greater weblog community being conducted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The goal is to help understand the way that weblogs are affecting the way we communicate with each other. Specifically they are interested in issues of demographics, communication behaviors, experience with weblogs and other technology, and [...]

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My name using Egyptian Hieroglyphs

Haitham using Egyptian Hieroglyphs!

Try your name

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50 Coolest Websites 2005

According to Time, this is the coolest websites 2005 in Arts & Entertainment, Blogs, Lifestyle, Health & Hobbies, News & Information and finally Shopping. A lot of good stuff, mix of newcomers, new discoveries and veterans that have learned some new tricks!

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France gets nuclear fusion plant

A Star on Earth: France build a 10bn-euro nuclear fusion reactor. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Iter) will be the most expensive joint scientific project after the International Space Station. Nuclear fusion is seen as a cleaner approach to power production than nuclear fission and fossil fuels.

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In the name of science, zombie dogs walk on earth!

Did you read this story? Scientists Raise The Dead In Dog Experiments:

US SCIENTISTS have created eerie zombie dogs, reanimating the canines after several hours of clinical death in attempts to develop suspended animation for humans.
Pittsburgh's Safar Centre for Resuscitation Research has developed a technique in which subject's veins are drained of blood and filled with [...]

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Hijab: a Must, OR a Choice?

One of the reasons I'm writing about this topic today, is this comment by Gladwyn, which clearly implies unclear understanding of Hijab in particular and Islam in general.
Hijab has been the subject of much controversy and debate, especially since the French government decided to ban hijab and other religious "symbols" from public schools. Everyone [...]

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It's the oil, stupid!

For years now, British Petroleum (BP) has published a fascinating annual report entitled Statistical Review of World Energy. Publicly available on their website, this report provides excellent insight into the sources and uses of fossil fuel energy around the world. Now what does this report have to do with the political issues canvassed on this blog? As it turns out, quite a bit.

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Saddam's Novel: "Get out, damned one"

A novel Saddam Hussein reportedly finished writing a day before the U-S-led war in Iraq began will be published next week. The book includes a dedication from his daughter which reads: "to the one who taught us all the great values."
Saddam Hussein's family will publish next week a novel written by the ousted Iraqi leader [...]

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Jordan River Pollution

The Jordan River, where Jesus was reportedly baptized, is now just an extra-large toilet.
Jordan River threatened by dams and sewage
By Ibon Villelabeitia, Fri Jun 24, 9:08 AM ET
Reuters
The Jordan River, where Christians believe Jesus was baptized, is heavily polluted with sewage and is in danger of drying up after decades of conflict and intense agricultural [...]

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The Audiopad

Audiopad is a composition and performance instrument for electronic music which tracks the positions of objects on a tabletop surface and converts their motion into music. One can pull sounds from a giant set of samples, juxtapose archived recordings against warm synthetic melodies, cut between drum loops to create new beats, and apply digital processing [...]

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