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  • from a cow..... ( notes on ) biology

    • 21 Dec 2011
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  • Death, Taxes and War 2012

    • 8 Nov 2011
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    • 07November11 Death Film Shorts Infographic Taxes War
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     "Starting as a lark several years ago, Death and Taxes has grown into a powerhouse of information. 

    In it's 4th year, this poster now contains over 500 departments, agencies, programs and just about everything else the goverment can spend money on. It is still the single most open and accessable record of government spending ever created.

    WallStats (wôlstăts) n.1. Complex and elusive information synthesized into palatable and insightful visual pieces. 2 Friggin' awesome posters. 

    I'm Jess Bachman and I love information. But far too often, chewing on a raw data set can leave a salty and dry taste in your mouth. That is why I use my pseudo- culinary-visualizing skills to form data into sweet and savoury design.

    Understanding, clarity and perspective. That is my stock and trade.

    All in six square feet."

    click to open a full sreen, zoomable image...
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    World military spending has now reached one trillion dollars.
    (via Princeton)

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  • None of Us Would be Here Today, if Not for You...

    • 5 Nov 2011
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    VJ Day, Honolulu Hawaii, August 14, 1945
    by Richard Sullivan

    "65 Years Ago my Dad shot this film along Kalakaua Ave. in Waikiki capturing spontaneous celebrations that broke out upon first hearing news of the Japanese surrender. Kodachrome 16mm film: God Bless Kodachrome, right ?"

    via vimeo.com  

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  • World War II: The Holocaust

    • 21 Oct 2011
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    "An emaciated 18-year-old Russian girl looks into the camera lens during the liberation of Dachau concentration camp in 1945. Dachau was the first German concentration camp, opened in 1933. More than 200,000 people were detained between 1933 and 1945, and 31,591 deaths were declared, most from disease, malnutrition and suicide. Unlike Auschwitz, Dachau was not explicitly an extermination camp, but conditions were so horrific that hundreds died every week."

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    "World War II is the story of the 20th Century. The war officially lasted from 1939 until 1945, but the causes of the conflict and its horrible aftermath reverberated for decades in either direction. While feats of bravery and technological breakthroughs still inspire awe today, the majority of the war was dominated by unimaginable misery and destruction. In the late 1930s, the world's population was approximately 2 billion. In less than a decade, the war between the nations of the Axis Powers and the Allies resulted in some 80 million deaths -- killing off about 4 percent of the whole world.  

    This series of entries will last from June 19 until October 30, 2011, running every Sunday morning for 20 weeks. In these photo essays, I hope to explore the events of the war, the people involved at the front and back home, and the effects the war had on everyday lives. The entries will follow a roughly chronological sequence, with some broader themes (such as "The Home Front") interspersed throughout. These images will give us glimpses into the real-life experiences of our parents, grandparents and great grandparents, moments that shaped the world as it is today."

    Alan Taylor

    Read the 20 part series at The Atlantic 

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  • The Night America Trembled

    • 26 Aug 2011
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    • 25August11 Broadcast Invasion Panic Program Radio Television War World
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    "Like the later 1975 telefilm The Night That Panicked America, this is a dramatisation of the events of October 30th 1938, when Orson Welles scared a nation witless with his adaptation of The War of the Worlds. However, this is a virtually unknown gem of a production dating back to 1957. Made for the renowned weekly anthology series "Studio One", it is a really extraordinary 50 minutes of live television."   War of the Worlds

     "War of the Worlds" by Jaime Jones

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  • How Not to Hide a 300 Acre Mexican Marijuana Plantation

    • 25 Jul 2011
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    "Mexican soldiers discovered the largest marijuana plantation in the country's history, hidden under black cloth in the middle of the desert.  

    The 300-acre plantation is four times larger than the previous record discovery by authorities and workers had even installed toilet facilities, the Defence Department said.

    The towering pot plants sheltered under black screen-cloth in a huge square on the floor of the Baja California desert, more than 150 miles south of Tijuana, across the border from San Diego."

     
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  • FARMAGEDDON : The Unseen War on the American Family Farm

    • 25 Jul 2011
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    • 24July11 Agriculture Family Farm Life Government Repression War
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    Farmageddon - Movie Trailer from Kristin Canty on Vimeo.

    "Americans’ right to access fresh, healthy foods of their choice is under attack. Farmageddon tells the story of small, family farms that were providing safe, healthy foods to their communities and were forced to stop, sometimes through violent action, by agents of misguided government bureaucracies, and seeks to figure out why."   

    via farmageddonmovie.com

     

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  • The Coming Water Wars

    • 22 Jul 2011
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  • Names of Vietnam War Casualties

    • 6 Apr 2011
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    • 06Apr11 Memorial Military Vietnam War
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    Links to other index pages on www.VirtualWall.org Virtual Wall Home Page Alphabetical by Last Name Panels of The Wall by Date Photograph Index Highest Military Awards Indexes by Military Unit

    State names are listed left to right.

      Click on a state name to see the personal memorial pages of casualties from that state.


    ALABAMA   -  -  > ALASKA ARKANSAS
    ARIZONA   -  -  > CALIFORNIA COLORADO
    CONNECTICUT   -  -  > DELAWARE FLORIDA
    GEORGIA   -  -  > HAWAII IDAHO
    ILLINOIS   -  -  > INDIANA IOWA
    KANSAS   -  -  > KENTUCKY LOUISIANA
    MAINE   -  -  > MARYLAND MASSACHUSETTS
    MICHIGAN   -  -  > MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPI
    MISSOURI   -  -  > MONTANA NEBRASKA
    NEVADA   -  -  > NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY
    NEW MEXICO   -  -  > NEW YORK NORTH CAROLINA
    NORTH DAKOTA   -  -  > OHIO OKLAHOMA
    OREGON   -  -  > PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND
    SOUTH CAROLINA   -  -  > SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE
    TEXAS   -  -  > UTAH VERMONT
    VIRGINIA   -  -  > WASHINGTON WISCONSIN
    WEST VIRGINIA   -  -  > WYOMING
         
    AMERICAN SAMOA   -  -  > DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PANAMA CANAL ZONE
    PUERTO RICO   -  -  > US VIRGIN ISLANDS  
         
    CANADA   -  -  > GUAM OTHER PLACES


    To the home page of The Virtual Wall (TM)®

    Contact Us Copyright© 1997-2011 www.VirtualWall.org, Ltd ®(TM) Last update 03/17/2011 js
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  • Safety Garb for Women Workers, ca. 1943

    • 13 Jan 2011
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    • 13Jan11 Historical War Women photography
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    "Original Caption: Safety garb for women workers. The uniform at the left, complete with the plastic "bra" on the right, will prevent future occupational accidents among feminine war workers. Los Angeles, California. Acme, ca. 1943  

    This selection of photographs from the Records of the Women's Bureau contains images depicting women and their contributions to the war effort during World War II. The photographs show women for the first time on a mass scale and from every social and economical background preforming jobs that have been traditionally considered as men's work."

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