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From the description: Pittsburgh's Grant Building has a replica of a 1930s-era morse code aviation beacon that's supposed to blink out the letters P-I-T-T-S-B-U-R-G-H. On July 5th, 2009, it wasn't really doing that.

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Colors could disappear from terror alert system

About frigging time.

The problem with the colour code system is the problem that a bunch of people pointed out back in 2002 when it first came along - it'll never go below yellow. There's ALWAYS a threat of terrorist attack, somewhere. According to the article, the system hasn't changed since 2006 - and so, as a warning system, it's now useless because nobody's paying attention to it anymore. We've come to accept 'yellow' as the new 'green'.

Quite frankly, even though I think the idea of a warning system is good (good communication is a key foundation to any sort of crisis management), the colour coded system was too simple, too easily manipulated for political gain, and too easily ignored, especially in the situation the United States has been facing since 2001.

If there's a real threat, publish an advisory for a region. That way, you're actually conveying useful information, while protecting yourself from charges of political manipulation. It's an old psychological lesson - nobody can remain at enhanced levels of readiness and alertness forever. Otherwise, stop crying wolf, because eventually, people stop listening... and then the real wolf comes.

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You know, I admit, I was curious about this myself, as to how Obama would pitch. But I didn't think they would write a full length article about it...

Obama doesn't bounce it

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I've never been in the middle of a protest before.

Read more... )

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Faith can be, and should be many things. Inspiration, courage, devotion, humility, piety and many others.

It can even be the basis of a legislative agenda, if you really want to dance with that particular devil.

But what it isn't, and should never be, is an excuse. In the end, you bear responsibility for your actions.

If you cause pain on others in the name of God, you're causing the pain.

You.

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I was looking around at some stuff about Area 51, and I came across the town of Rachel, Nevada, which is apparently the closest town to the complex.

Anyway, I was looking around on Google maps, and decided to look at the satellite photo of Rachel.

Which is when an image of Colonel Sanders (of KFC fame) staring back at me...!?

Image behind the cut to keep the table from blowing out right... )

So THAT'S where the secret recepie is hidden. (8-)

I can't tell if that's photoshopped in, or if somebody is playing a joke by doing something in their field, or if it's a 'canary trap' of some sort, to ferret out copyright violations. But it's certainly not what you expect to find in the desert.

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Ottawa reviewing 'value' from Pride funds

Look, just admit you don't want to support Pride Week. All this 'value for money' crap just makes you look more idiotic. If you're going to have a belief structure that holds a person's sexual orientation against them, at least have the guts to admit it. Or admit that what you're doing is silly, and re-evaluate your belief structure in that context.

Good freaking grief. If you're going to condemn people, then at least do so honestly. Stop hiding in the shadows, stop trying to control the message, and govern openly, the way you say you would... and have the courage to let all of society judge you accordingly. Or admit that you're no different then any other previous government.

Gaaaaaaaaaaah.

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Between Main Street and King Street in Hamilton, located along Dundurn St., is a shopping plaza that, for the longest time, had a single house on a small lot jutting into the parking lot.

I first moved into the area in 1998, and ever since then, I've always wondered about that house. I wondered who they were, and how they hung on to their home in the face of corporate development. Now it's gone. Over the past couple of months, the windows were boarded up, then the protection fence went up, then the sign warning about rezoning and demolition went up, and then the house was destroyed, gone, in the space of days. Now, all that's left is some new concrete curb, a rapidly fading piece of asphalt, and the fading memory of somebody's home, which became a house, which became a parking lot and a fading memory.

I always meant to take a picture, because of just how weird the whole situation was... now, I'll never be able to. So I suppose the moral of the story is simple; do stuff while you can.

Updated: [info]intenselaura found an article in the Spec: Sad legacy of a little house on Dundurn

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