#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Blood, Tear Gas, and Twitter: On the Front Lines With Turkey’s ‘Occupy’ Kids http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/06/on-the-front-lines-with-turkeys-occupy-kids.html When all hell finally breaks loose in Gezi Park in the early hours of Tuesday morning, after days living in a dreamlike tranquility in their Zuccotti-style camp, the young, hip protestors spilling out of their tents into the darkness are still half-asleep. Clouds of tear gas billow all around. A line of riot police waits in Taksim Square, just outside the park’s walls.The young people mill around, increasingly roused by adrenaline, and try to organize themselves. A girl hands out lemons — apparently they help with the effects of the gas. At first it’s just the kids who have been camping in the park, but as word spreads, crowds of supporters materialize out of the night. Soon there are tens of thousands of people in a tense standoff with with the cops. Some people are throwing rocks and Molotovs at the police, and volleys of tear gas…http://www.twitpic.com/cwwrdl
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Umbrella Lottery http://nowiknow.com/umbrella-lottery/ Flip a coin. There’s a 50% chance it will come up heads. Roll a six-sided die, and you have about a 33% chance of rolling a one or a two. Buy a lottery ticket and your odds of winning are astronomical, but at least it’s pretty straightforward. Check your weather forecast, and you may see something like this: “Mixed clouds and sun this morning. Scattered thunderstorms developing this afternoon. A few storms may be severe. High 93F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%.” Does that mean you’re probably going to need an umbrella? Maybe not. Because if you stay roughly where you are all day long, the chance you’ll be rained on aren’t actually 60%…http://www.twitpic.com/cacygh
Dubai at Night City lights of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, are featured in this image taken by the Expedition 30 crew aboard the International Space Station. The City of Dubai–the largest metropolitan area within the emirate of Dubai–is a favorite subject of astronaut photography largely due to the unique artificial archipelagos situated directly offshore in the Persian Gulf, which were built such that their full design is only visible from the vantage point of an airplane — or an orbiting spacecraft. The city presents an eye-catching appearance at night that vividly displays the urban development pattern. In this detailed image, taken with a long focal length lens and digital camera optimized for fast response and high light sensitivity, several interesting patterns can be observed. The highways and major streets are sharply defined by yellow-orange lighting, while the commercial and residential areas are resolved into a speckle pattern of individual white, blue and yellow-orange lights. Several large and brilliantly lit areas are large hotel and mall complexes, including the Burj Khalifa Tower, the world's tallest building at 2,717 feet, or 828 meters. The brilliant lighting of the city contrasts sharply with both the dark Persian Gulf to the northwest, and largely undeveloped and unlit areas to the southeast. Likewise, the clusters of lighting in the Palm Jumeira complex at bottom right correspond to the relatively small part of the archipelago that has been developed. Isolated areas of blurred city lights are due to patchy clouds. Image Credit: NASAhttp://www.twitpic.com/98gxl0