String art tutorial

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String art: made with strings and paper

Network Thinking

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In Ersilia, to establish the relationship that sustain the city’s life, the inhabitants stretch strings from the corners of the houses, white or black or gray or black-and-white according to whether they mark a relationship of blood, of trade, authority, agency. When the strings become so numerous that you can no longer pass among them, the inhabitants leave: the houses are dismantled; only the strings and their supports remain.From a mountainside, camping with their household goods, Ersilia’s refugees look at the labyrinth of taut strings and poles that rise in the plain that is the city of Ersilia still, and they are nothing.They rebuild Ersilia elsewhere. They weave a similar pattern of strings which they would like to be more complex and at the same time more regular than the other. Then they abandon it and take themselves and their houses still further away.Thus, when traveling in the territory of Ersilia, you come upon the ruins of abandoned cities, without the walls which do not last, without the bones of the dead which the wind rolls away: spiderwebs of intricate relationships seeking a form.
Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities

Brain Patterns

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Christ+12 Apostles= 13

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A large circular painting depicting Jesus, on the ceiling of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, at the site of the burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Superstitions

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Friday the 13th...!
kill the superstitions by a thumbnail.

Shaksepear's King John

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http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/kingjohn/summary.html

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Lily

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a feminine name
any of a large genus (Lilium) of perennial plants of the lily family, grown from a bulb and having typically trumpet-shaped flowers, white or colored.
designating a family (Liliaceae, order Liliales) of monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous, plants, including the tulips, hyacinths, onions, and asparagus
like a lily, as in whiteness, delicacy, purity, etc.The Oriental Lilies have an outstanding perfume and come in many shades of whites and pinks, either pure, toned or speckled.
gild the lily:
to attempt vain improvements on something that is already excellent or perfect---to over embellish.It's origin is from Shakespeare's King John, 1595

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City of Lilies

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Do not gild the lilies

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SWAT Elite Troops mobile game is Vivendi’s sequel to it’s award-winning SWAT Force. It’s now available in Europe and will soon be available in the US. The Java mobile game introduces a breakthrough in design with it’s unique Instant Tactical Decision System.

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Swat Valley: Whose war is this?

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Swat is a valley and an administrative district in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) located 160 kilometers from the capital Islamabad. The capital of Swat is Saidu Sharif, but the main town in the Swat Valley is Mingora. With high mountains, green meadows and clear lakes, it is a place of stunning natural beauty, so much so it earned the tag "the Switzerland of Pakistan". All that has changed in the past year; it has now become a hotbed for the Taliban.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KA31Df01.html

The Revolt of the Cockroach People

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The Revolt of the Cockroach People is a novel by Oscar Zeta Acosta. The novel is a semi-autobiographical fictionalized account of the August 29, 1970 Chicano Moratorium, a mass protest of the Vietnam War. In addition to political protest, the characters engage in insurrection against religious, educational, and legal systems. During the Moratorium, demonstrations are held while buildings are bombed and people die. The protagonist, Buffalo Zeta Brown, represents the rioters who were indicted unjustly but attracted media to make Latinos aware of their social condition. Eventually, the pressures from the court, the community, and his life become too overwhelming, and Buffalo Zeta Brown loses his mind. The title of this novel and its references to "cockroaches" is often thought of as a metaphor for society's undesirables, particularly minorities, and their constant presence.