American Sign Museum website: historic signs and lettering
The museum is in Cincinnati, Ohio (800-925-1110), if you want to visit. I love this kind of stuff.
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http://www.signmuseum.com
The museum is in Cincinnati, Ohio (800-925-1110), if you want to visit. I love this kind of stuff.
art, cool, fonts, history, museum, posttumblr saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.signmuseum.com
How to wreck $100,000,000 worth of cars
Mazda Corp. decides to destroy almost 5000 new vehicles after an almost-sinking freighter exposes them to unknown environmental stresses. Turns out wrecking a lot of new cars isn't as eas...
business, cars, news, posttumblr, strange, viabrijit saved by: nbr more details ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120942873506551291.html
Mazda Corp. decides to destroy almost 5000 new vehicles after an almost-sinking freighter exposes them to unknown environmental stresses. Turns out wrecking a lot of new cars isn't as eas...
business, cars, news, posttumblr, strange, viabrijit saved by: nbr more details ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120942873506551291.html
American Sign Museum website: historic signs and lettering
The museum is in Cincinnati, Ohio (800-925-1110), if you want to visit. I love this kind of stuff.
art, cool, fonts, history, museum, posttumblr saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.signmuseum.com/home.php
The museum is in Cincinnati, Ohio (800-925-1110), if you want to visit. I love this kind of stuff.
art, cool, fonts, history, museum, posttumblr saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.signmuseum.com/home.php
"Where Boys Grow Up to Be Jihadis," by Andrea Elliott - New York Times, 11/25/2007
Important piece of journalism about a Moroccan town which has seen a number of young men vanish into the world of jihad.
international, islam, journalism, news, postfacebooksource, postgooglereadersource, posttumblr, religion, rels327, toread, More... saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/magazine/25tetouan-t.html?_r=1&ei=5088&en=b90d4fd66c48a0e1...
Important piece of journalism about a Moroccan town which has seen a number of young men vanish into the world of jihad.
international, islam, journalism, news, postfacebooksource, postgooglereadersource, posttumblr, religion, rels327, toread, More... saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/magazine/25tetouan-t.html?_r=1&ei=5088&en=b90d4fd66c48a0e1...
A blog about coffee and the environment [4]
I've been wondering lately about the environmental impact of my fairly serious coffee habit, since I know coffee farming and trade has a pretty hefty ecological footprint. I came across t...
blog, coffee, environment, food, posttumblr saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.coffeehabitat.com
I've been wondering lately about the environmental impact of my fairly serious coffee habit, since I know coffee farming and trade has a pretty hefty ecological footprint. I came across t...
blog, coffee, environment, food, posttumblr saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.coffeehabitat.com
A blog about coffee and the environment
I've been wondering lately about the environmental impact of my fairly serious coffee habit, since I know coffee farming and trade has a pretty hefty ecological footprint. I came across t...
blog, coffee, environment, food, posttumblr saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.coffeehabitat.com/2008/02/blogging-the-sh.html
I've been wondering lately about the environmental impact of my fairly serious coffee habit, since I know coffee farming and trade has a pretty hefty ecological footprint. I came across t...
blog, coffee, environment, food, posttumblr saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.coffeehabitat.com/2008/02/blogging-the-sh.html
Thomas Merton on "sanity" and Christianity in the modern world
Merton's thoughts on the finding that Eichmann was legally "sane": "sanity" is overrated in a world where mass destruction is considered an acceptable way of waging war. Given the modern ...
christianity, history, politics, posttumblr, primary_source, religion, roman_catholicism, violence, war saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.tomjoad.org/eichmann.htm
Merton's thoughts on the finding that Eichmann was legally "sane": "sanity" is overrated in a world where mass destruction is considered an acceptable way of waging war. Given the modern ...
christianity, history, politics, posttumblr, primary_source, religion, roman_catholicism, violence, war saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.tomjoad.org/eichmann.htm
"Fogcatchers": a new source for potable water
In remote Chilean villages where fresh water is often scarce and contaminated, a simple new technology -- mesh sheets strung between posts -- captures condensation from coastal fog, provi...
international, news, postfacebookclip, posttumblr, south_america, sustainability, technology, water saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-26965-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
In remote Chilean villages where fresh water is often scarce and contaminated, a simple new technology -- mesh sheets strung between posts -- captures condensation from coastal fog, provi...
international, news, postfacebookclip, posttumblr, south_america, sustainability, technology, water saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-26965-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
A Deadly U.S.-Iran Firefight | TIME
US and Iranian troops exchanged small-arms and RPG fire last September on the Iran-Iraq border. This has been kept very quiet until recently.
iran, iraq, middle_east, military, posttumblr, war saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1605487,00.html
US and Iranian troops exchanged small-arms and RPG fire last September on the Iran-Iraq border. This has been kept very quiet until recently.
iran, iraq, middle_east, military, posttumblr, war saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1605487,00.html
Radar: Instant Picture Conversations
Sort of like a cross between Flickr, Twitter, and Zemble. Send MMS photos to the site and they are shared instantaneously and privately with your contacts.
2.0, image, mobile, photo, posttumblr, social saved by: nbr more details ...
http://radar.net/index.html
Sort of like a cross between Flickr, Twitter, and Zemble. Send MMS photos to the site and they are shared instantaneously and privately with your contacts.
2.0, image, mobile, photo, posttumblr, social saved by: nbr more details ...
http://radar.net/index.html
The Riot Act (1714)
Full text of the Riot Act of 1714 (took effect August 1715), transcribed by Jonathan Walther.
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http://reactor-core.org/riot-act.html
Full text of the Riot Act of 1714 (took effect August 1715), transcribed by Jonathan Walther.
history, politics, posttumblr, primary_source saved by: nbr more details ...
http://reactor-core.org/riot-act.html
Thich Chon Thien - Personality - 1-2
Contains excerpts from the narrative describing the events of the night of Siddhartha Gautama's enlightenment. -- "Thus with mind composed, quite purified, quiteclarified, without ble...
buddhism, posttumblr, primary_source, religion saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.zencomp.com/greatwisdom/ebud/personality/person-12.htm
Contains excerpts from the narrative describing the events of the night of Siddhartha Gautama's enlightenment. -- "Thus with mind composed, quite purified, quiteclarified, without ble...
buddhism, posttumblr, primary_source, religion saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.zencomp.com/greatwisdom/ebud/personality/person-12.htm
Interactive Tour of the Buddhist Wheel of Life (flash movie)
An interactive explanatory graphic of the Wheel of Becoming, created around a spectacular modern Bhutanese painting.
buddhism, flash, image, nbrrrb, posttumblr, primary_source saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.buddhanet.net/wheel2.htm
An interactive explanatory graphic of the Wheel of Becoming, created around a spectacular modern Bhutanese painting.
buddhism, flash, image, nbrrrb, posttumblr, primary_source saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.buddhanet.net/wheel2.htm
AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: Birth of the Christian Soldier: How Evangelicals Infiltrated the American Military
Excerpt from "Mikey" Weinstein's new book on the rising power of hard-right Christian evangelicalism within the U.S. military today.
christianity, evangelicalism, nbrrrb, posttumblr, religion, rels327, toread, violence, war saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.alternet.org/rights/50696
Excerpt from "Mikey" Weinstein's new book on the rising power of hard-right Christian evangelicalism within the U.S. military today.
christianity, evangelicalism, nbrrrb, posttumblr, religion, rels327, toread, violence, war saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.alternet.org/rights/50696
LearnOutLoud.com Free Audio & Video - Free Audio Books, Lectures, & Speeches on MP3 Download and Streaming Video
Free audio for education -- books, lectures, historical sources, etc. Worth looking into.
audio, check_this_out, education, podcasting, posttumblr saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video
Free audio for education -- books, lectures, historical sources, etc. Worth looking into.
audio, check_this_out, education, podcasting, posttumblr saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video
Let them sing it for you
Enter a short message, and it will be translated to speech -- but not ordinary speech, little clips from songs. Very weird. You can then email the audio to anyone.
music, posttumblr, random_sht saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.sr.se/P1/src/sing/index.htm?key=QQJ8HOH8
Enter a short message, and it will be translated to speech -- but not ordinary speech, little clips from songs. Very weird. You can then email the audio to anyone.
music, posttumblr, random_sht saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.sr.se/P1/src/sing/index.htm?key=QQJ8HOH8
PowerSnap :: A Singular Experience For Photos
Slick-looking program to allow you to automate photosharing using tags, also supports syncing with Flickr. I am just installing it now. The main page is all Flash.
check_this_out, flickr, free, photo, photography, photos, photosharing, posttumblr, social, software, More... saved by: nbr and 2 people more details ...
http://www.powersnap.com
Slick-looking program to allow you to automate photosharing using tags, also supports syncing with Flickr. I am just installing it now. The main page is all Flash.
check_this_out, flickr, free, photo, photography, photos, photosharing, posttumblr, social, software, More... saved by: nbr and 2 people more details ...
http://www.powersnap.com
Radiant City :: A Documentary About Urban Sprawl
A documentary in which a two-man team consisting of a journalist and "Canada's king of surreal comedy", heavily influenced by James Howard Kunstler, heads off to document life in the mass...
architecture, cities, documentary, environment, film, popular_culture, posttumblr, sprawl, suburbs saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.radiantcitymovie.com
A documentary in which a two-man team consisting of a journalist and "Canada's king of surreal comedy", heavily influenced by James Howard Kunstler, heads off to document life in the mass...
architecture, cities, documentary, environment, film, popular_culture, posttumblr, sprawl, suburbs saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.radiantcitymovie.com
Audio resources on church history from Monergism.com
From willhelm's clips (http://snurl.com/1jzu0 ). Looks to be worth checking out, though I have no idea what the "Monergism" site is about.
audio, christianity, church, history, podcasting, posttumblr, toread, viaclipmarks saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.monergism.com/directory/link_category/History/Multimedia
From willhelm's clips (http://snurl.com/1jzu0 ). Looks to be worth checking out, though I have no idea what the "Monergism" site is about.
audio, christianity, church, history, podcasting, posttumblr, toread, viaclipmarks saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.monergism.com/directory/link_category/History/Multimedia
The Mod Squad TV Show Unofficial Home Page w/ Pictures & Episode Guide
Via Kore7's links page (http://snurl.com/1jqg9).
popular_culture, posttumblr, television saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.chezgrae.com/modsquad
Via Kore7's links page (http://snurl.com/1jqg9).
popular_culture, posttumblr, television saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.chezgrae.com/modsquad
The world's subway maps, presented at the same scale
I'm not sure why I like this, but somehow it seems very cool. A bunch of subway maps from around the world, shown as simple line drawings and presented at equal scale so you can compare t...
cool, image, maps, posttumblr, transportation saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.fakeisthenewreal.org/subway
I'm not sure why I like this, but somehow it seems very cool. A bunch of subway maps from around the world, shown as simple line drawings and presented at equal scale so you can compare t...
cool, image, maps, posttumblr, transportation saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.fakeisthenewreal.org/subway
Army news release on "uppercasing 'Families'"
The official press release announcing the new Army policy of capitalizing the phrase "Army Families" in all official documents. Explains that [quote]this rule applies to all documents in...
funny, military, news, posttumblr, weird saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.army.mil/-news/2007/04/24/2831-uppercasing-families-highlights-support
The official press release announcing the new Army policy of capitalizing the phrase "Army Families" in all official documents. Explains that [quote]this rule applies to all documents in...
funny, military, news, posttumblr, weird saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.army.mil/-news/2007/04/24/2831-uppercasing-families-highlights-support
AlterNet: Christian Reconstructionists Are Trying to Take Dominion in America -- and They Have Powerful Friends
Another alarmist (?) article on Christian Reconstructionists and how they are taking over everything, from Alternet. Probably ought to read it.
christianity, conservatives, evangelicalism, politics, posttumblr, religion, toread, viaclipmarks saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.alternet.org/stories/55717
Another alarmist (?) article on Christian Reconstructionists and how they are taking over everything, from Alternet. Probably ought to read it.
christianity, conservatives, evangelicalism, politics, posttumblr, religion, toread, viaclipmarks saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.alternet.org/stories/55717
'Tolkien was not a writer' - A.N. Wilson, Telegraph
The most reliable-looking source I've found thus far for the Hugo Dyson line, "Oh no, not another fucking elf!"
criticism, literature, opinion, posttumblr saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2001/11/24/bfanw24.xml
The most reliable-looking source I've found thus far for the Hugo Dyson line, "Oh no, not another fucking elf!"
criticism, literature, opinion, posttumblr saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2001/11/24/bfanw24.xml
Polygamous sect ousts boys for worldly vices - International Herald Tribune
Odd story about the fate of young boys expelled from "fundamentalist" (usually polygamous) Mormon communities for offending against the very strict moral standards. Kind of depressing.
conservatives, nbrrrb, news, postfacebooksource, posttumblr, religion, toread, u.s.-news saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/09/america/polygamy.php
Odd story about the fate of young boys expelled from "fundamentalist" (usually polygamous) Mormon communities for offending against the very strict moral standards. Kind of depressing.
conservatives, nbrrrb, news, postfacebooksource, posttumblr, religion, toread, u.s.-news saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/09/america/polygamy.php
Main Page - Project VRM (Vendor Relationship Management)
A project to equip web users and other consumers with the tools needed to manage their relationship with vendors, primarily (I think) in terms of privacy.
crm2.0, law, posttumblr, privacy, search, vrm, web saved by: nbr and 2 people more details ...
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/projectvrm/Main_Page
A project to equip web users and other consumers with the tools needed to manage their relationship with vendors, primarily (I think) in terms of privacy.
crm2.0, law, posttumblr, privacy, search, vrm, web saved by: nbr and 2 people more details ...
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/projectvrm/Main_Page
Doc Searls Weblog · Go from hell
Doc Searls lets loose: whatever you might say, the whole business of marketing is fucking evil. It's the Matrix. It's all about controlling what you do by controlling what you think. Anyo...
blogclip, blogging, commentary, criticism, economics, marketing, posttumblr, psychology saved by: nbr more details ...
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/09/28/go-from-hell
Doc Searls lets loose: whatever you might say, the whole business of marketing is fucking evil. It's the Matrix. It's all about controlling what you do by controlling what you think. Anyo...
blogclip, blogging, commentary, criticism, economics, marketing, posttumblr, psychology saved by: nbr more details ...
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/09/28/go-from-hell
Docufarm - Online document viewer (pdf, ppt, doc, rtf, ps, xls)
Handy tool. Give it the URL of a document on the web (non-HTML -- handles .doc, .pdf, .rtf, .ps, .ppt and .xls) and it will give it back to you as a series of clickable thumbnails. Fast, ...
2.0, file, posttumblr, tools, web saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.docufarm.com/index.jsp
Handy tool. Give it the URL of a document on the web (non-HTML -- handles .doc, .pdf, .rtf, .ps, .ppt and .xls) and it will give it back to you as a series of clickable thumbnails. Fast, ...
2.0, file, posttumblr, tools, web saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.docufarm.com/index.jsp
Typotheque: Cult of the Ugly by Steven Heller
Overview of various perspectives on "ugly" graphic design.
art, commentary, criticism, design, postfacebooksource, posttumblr, toread saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.typotheque.com/site/article.php?id=68
Overview of various perspectives on "ugly" graphic design.
art, commentary, criticism, design, postfacebooksource, posttumblr, toread saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.typotheque.com/site/article.php?id=68
Students for Concealed Carry on Campus - ConcealedCampus.com
An advocacy organization fighting for the rights of students to carry concealed firearms on college campuses. There are various state initiatives to ban concealed weapons from campuses in...
crime, education, law, organizations, postfacebooksource, posttumblr, violence saved by: nbr more details ...
http://concealedcampus.org
An advocacy organization fighting for the rights of students to carry concealed firearms on college campuses. There are various state initiatives to ban concealed weapons from campuses in...
crime, education, law, organizations, postfacebooksource, posttumblr, violence saved by: nbr more details ...
http://concealedcampus.org
Mini-diaper-changing kit for $50
A miniature version of a diaper bag, including changing pad and various compartments and pockets. I hate huge, unwieldy diaper bags, especially when I'm on foot. Now I guess I'll have ...
bag, children, cool, i_want_this, parenting, posttumblr, product saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.loomlife.com/zoom_kit.shtml
A miniature version of a diaper bag, including changing pad and various compartments and pockets. I hate huge, unwieldy diaper bags, especially when I'm on foot. Now I guess I'll have ...
bag, children, cool, i_want_this, parenting, posttumblr, product saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.loomlife.com/zoom_kit.shtml
Intense Debate
Comment-management system. Comparable to Disqus and maybe to Tangler.
blog, blogging, comment, commenting, debate, design, discussion, no_tag, posttumblr, tools, More... saved by: nbr and 3 people more details ...
http://intensedebate.com
Comment-management system. Comparable to Disqus and maybe to Tangler.
blog, blogging, comment, commenting, debate, design, discussion, no_tag, posttumblr, tools, More... saved by: nbr and 3 people more details ...
http://intensedebate.com
"No Reservations" | Salon Arts & Entertainment
I was subjected to this twice last week, without audio - once on the plane from Houston to San Diego and once on the plane from Las Vegas to Philadelphia. It really irritated me and this ...
film, gender, posttumblr, review saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/07/27/no_reservations
I was subjected to this twice last week, without audio - once on the plane from Houston to San Diego and once on the plane from Las Vegas to Philadelphia. It really irritated me and this ...
film, gender, posttumblr, review saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/07/27/no_reservations
Václav Havel's 1994 speech on transcendence
Inspiring, but also provocative and fascinating. Havel basically insists that some kind of religiousness is all that can "save" us now, though he doesn't really say how or what.
international, metatheolgy, politics, postfacebookclip, postmodernism, posttumblr, primary_source, religion saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.worldtrans.org/whole/havelspeech.html
Inspiring, but also provocative and fascinating. Havel basically insists that some kind of religiousness is all that can "save" us now, though he doesn't really say how or what.
international, metatheolgy, politics, postfacebookclip, postmodernism, posttumblr, primary_source, religion saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.worldtrans.org/whole/havelspeech.html
Map Gallery of Religion in the United States
American Ethnic Geography A Cultural Geography of the United States and Canada
america, atheism, christianity, church, faith, maps, mashup, nbrrrb, pluralism, posttumblr, More... saved by: Kleverson and 2 people more details ...
http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/geo/courses/geo200/religion.html
American Ethnic Geography A Cultural Geography of the United States and Canada
america, atheism, christianity, church, faith, maps, mashup, nbrrrb, pluralism, posttumblr, More... saved by: Kleverson and 2 people more details ...
http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/geo/courses/geo200/religion.html
Slavoj Žižek on the Matrix
This is Žižek's famous 1999 essay, "The Two Sides of Perversion." I'm clipping it because I intend to read it; the bits I've looked at are very good.
commentary, film, popular_culture, postmodernism, posttumblr, psychology, review, toread saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.lacan.com/zizek-matrix.htm
This is Žižek's famous 1999 essay, "The Two Sides of Perversion." I'm clipping it because I intend to read it; the bits I've looked at are very good.
commentary, film, popular_culture, postmodernism, posttumblr, psychology, review, toread saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.lacan.com/zizek-matrix.htm
BBC religion podcast: "Beyond Belief"
Something I'm going to have to investigate. It sounds like a great program.
interview, journalism, podcast, posttumblr, radio, religion saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/beyond_belief/index.shtml
Something I'm going to have to investigate. It sounds like a great program.
interview, journalism, podcast, posttumblr, radio, religion saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/beyond_belief/index.shtml
Flickr: The Commons
"The key goals of this pilot project are to firstly give you a taste of the hidden treasures in the huge Library of Congress collection, and secondly to how your input of a tag or two can...
check_this_out, design inspiration, flickr, history, image, library, library of congress, museum, photos, posttumblr, More... saved by: BaldTechnologist and 2 people more details ...
http://flickr.com/commons
"The key goals of this pilot project are to firstly give you a taste of the hidden treasures in the huge Library of Congress collection, and secondly to how your input of a tag or two can...
check_this_out, design inspiration, flickr, history, image, library, library of congress, museum, photos, posttumblr, More... saved by: BaldTechnologist and 2 people more details ...
http://flickr.com/commons
Museo del Templo Mayor: Tenochtitlan temple musem, Mexico City
A thorough, well-designed (Flash-based) site for a Mexican museum devoted to Aztec religion and culture. All in Spanish. Includes many photos of artifacts, architectural diagrams, timeli...
museum, posttumblr, religion, rels327, violence saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.conaculta.gob.mx/templomayor
A thorough, well-designed (Flash-based) site for a Mexican museum devoted to Aztec religion and culture. All in Spanish. Includes many photos of artifacts, architectural diagrams, timeli...
museum, posttumblr, religion, rels327, violence saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.conaculta.gob.mx/templomayor
Pope Urban II's speech at Clermont (1095): five versions | Medieval Sourcebook
From the indispensible Medieval Sourcebook at Fordham: the five versions (all put in writing long after the fact, and thus reflecting later theological developments) of Pope Urban II's ca...
christianity, history, posttumblr, primary_source, religion, rels327, violence, war saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/urban2-5vers.html
From the indispensible Medieval Sourcebook at Fordham: the five versions (all put in writing long after the fact, and thus reflecting later theological developments) of Pope Urban II's ca...
christianity, history, posttumblr, primary_source, religion, rels327, violence, war saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/urban2-5vers.html
DNA evidence suggests ancient Mexican sacrifices involved victims from other cultures | MSNBC.com
At Teotihuacan, Mexico's oldest archeological site (the civilization there flourished around 1500 years ago), archaelogical and DNA evidence reveals the existence of a large-scale human s...
native_american, posttumblr, religion, rels327, viaclipmarks, violence saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18063260
At Teotihuacan, Mexico's oldest archeological site (the civilization there flourished around 1500 years ago), archaelogical and DNA evidence reveals the existence of a large-scale human s...
native_american, posttumblr, religion, rels327, viaclipmarks, violence saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18063260
"Alive in Baghdad": a documentary series on Iraq at Blip.tv
Interviews with ordinary Iraqis in various walks of life. Probably about as close as most of us will come to seeing what it's "really" like in Baghdad today.
check_this_out, documentary, iraq, posttumblr, video, war saved by: nbr more details ...
http://aliveinbaghdad.blip.tv
Interviews with ordinary Iraqis in various walks of life. Probably about as close as most of us will come to seeing what it's "really" like in Baghdad today.
check_this_out, documentary, iraq, posttumblr, video, war saved by: nbr more details ...
http://aliveinbaghdad.blip.tv
Tezcatlipoca as an Aztec "trickster figure"
An interesting, unusual perspective on Tezcatlipoca, the Aztec deity variously called "Lord of the Here and Now," "He Whose Slaves We Are," "Enemy on Both Sides," "Obsidian Blade," and "T...
native_american, posttumblr, primary_source, religion, rels327, toread, violence saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.trinity.edu/org/tricksters/trixway/current/Vol%201/Vol%201_1/Tstocker.html
An interesting, unusual perspective on Tezcatlipoca, the Aztec deity variously called "Lord of the Here and Now," "He Whose Slaves We Are," "Enemy on Both Sides," "Obsidian Blade," and "T...
native_american, posttumblr, primary_source, religion, rels327, toread, violence saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.trinity.edu/org/tricksters/trixway/current/Vol%201/Vol%201_1/Tstocker.html
Aztec Calendar: Today in the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec Calendar of Mexico.
Jonathan Riley-Smith's 1995 editorial in The Economist on the contemporary lessons of the Crusades. Thanks, Ian.
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http://www.azteccalendar.com
Jonathan Riley-Smith's 1995 editorial in The Economist on the contemporary lessons of the Crusades. Thanks, Ian.
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http://www.azteccalendar.com
Jonathan Riley Smith: Religious warriors. Reinterpreting the crusades (Economist, Dec. 23, 1995)
Jonathan Riley-Smith's 1995 editorial in The Economist on the contemporary lessons of the Crusades. Thanks, Ian.
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http://www.grailwerk.com/docs/economistarticle.html
Jonathan Riley-Smith's 1995 editorial in The Economist on the contemporary lessons of the Crusades. Thanks, Ian.
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http://www.grailwerk.com/docs/economistarticle.html
ABC's Nightline looks at BattleCry, an evangelical youth group
An eight-minute profile of Ron Luce's (of Teen Mania Ministries) evangelical youth group BattleCry. Powerful.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZyDHdeLoI0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com%2Fnational...
An eight-minute profile of Ron Luce's (of Teen Mania Ministries) evangelical youth group BattleCry. Powerful.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZyDHdeLoI0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com%2Fnational...
Jeff Sharlet on BattleCry
Also check out the related YouTube videos.
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http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/14021621/teenage_holy_war
Also check out the related YouTube videos.
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http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/14021621/teenage_holy_war
"Sacred Destinations": religious tourism travel guide
An extensive collection of travel-related information, maps, links, and photos focusing on "sacred places" of all religious traditions around the world. Provides some interesting food for...
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http://www.sacred-destinations.com
An extensive collection of travel-related information, maps, links, and photos focusing on "sacred places" of all religious traditions around the world. Provides some interesting food for...
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http://www.sacred-destinations.com
Clipmarks + Tumblr.com mashup with Yahoo Pipes
I made my second Yahoo Pipes hack. It takes a Clipmarks username and tag, loads the feed, and then strips it down to title, link, clipper's remarks and clip source and outputs the result ...
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http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=usTCozzx2xGVAoBKEpPZnA
I made my second Yahoo Pipes hack. It takes a Clipmarks username and tag, loads the feed, and then strips it down to title, link, clipper's remarks and clip source and outputs the result ...
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http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=usTCozzx2xGVAoBKEpPZnA
"Ear-Ripping-Off Battles" against the devil
Fascinating interview, prob. 2005, with Bob Welch, author of "You, the Warrior Leader." Welch, an evangelical Southern Baptist pastor and former Green Beret and wounded Vietnam vet, discu...
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http://www.beliefnet.com/story/159/story_15983_1.html
Fascinating interview, prob. 2005, with Bob Welch, author of "You, the Warrior Leader." Welch, an evangelical Southern Baptist pastor and former Green Beret and wounded Vietnam vet, discu...
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http://www.beliefnet.com/story/159/story_15983_1.html
