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You Can Sit 12 Different Ways On The Loop Transformer Chair

September 16, 2010

images via Designboom

Imagine what Mel Brooks could do with this; instead of The Twelve Chairs, he just gets one transformer chair that can work twelve different ways. DesignBoom shows Boaz Mendel’s Loop Chair can be reassembled as a bar stool, a ch…

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With Light Rail Stalled, A Push for BRT in Tel Aviv

August 22, 2010

A layer of smog hovers over the Tel Aviv skyline (photo by the author).

After a decade of fits and starts, the Tel Aviv light rail project finally collapsed last week. Following months of last-ditch negotiations, government officials announced that …

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Military-style ’3G Drone’ Hunts Down Water Loss

August 20, 2010

Photos courtesy of Arad Technologies LTD

They say that wars will some day be fought over water. In the meantime, a military-inspired flying “3G Drone” is helping pinpoint water loss in Israel. The “advanced meter intel collection” system was developed…

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Battle Over Natural Gas Royalties Heats Up in Israel

August 1, 2010

“The gas belongs to the public” – one of Civil Action Forum’s publicity cartoons.

When massive natural gas reserves were discovered off the coast of Israel in early 2009, it seemed as if the country’s energy problems were solved. Many expected that a…

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Centuries-Old State of the Art Still Useful Today

June 27, 2010

The 2,000-year-old aqueduct system found in the Turkish town of Patara would have met current engineering standards. Photo by Jennifer Hattam

Outside the southeastern Turkish city of Mardin lie the 6th-century ruins of the Roman settlement of Dara, w…

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Video: ‘The Three Terrors’ Skewers Palestinian Supporters

June 22, 2010

The folks at the Hebrew language opinion and news site Latma have done it again. A new effort revealing the hypocrisy of the Palestinians and their slavish supporters across the world are skewered in yet another parody video….

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Amazing Land Art by Andrew Rogers (Slideshow)

June 21, 2010

chile land art small photo“Ancient Language,” 2004, Atacama Desert, Chile. Photo by Andrew Rogers

From high plains to deep gorges, deserts to rural fields, sculptor Andrew Rogers uses rock walls to outline the forms of symbols important to cultures around the world. Over the past decade, his massive land art pieces have spanned five continents.

The wor…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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2nd District: Hayes Issues Position Paper on Israel

June 19, 2010

From the Hayes for Congress campaign (2nd District)… CHICAGO: Republican nominee for Illinois 2ndCongressional District Isaac Hayes released the following position paper on the relationship between America and Israel: Supporting Israel’s Right of Self-Defense The United States and Israel have…

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Vlog: News Analysis of ‘We Con The World’ Video Controversy

June 14, 2010

-By Warner Todd Huston This is my first vlog (that’s video blog for the uninitiated) using my new HD camera. I see I have to fix my lighting problem in the room I was using to record it in,…

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Terrorists Rejoice: YouTube Pulls Pro-Israeli Video

June 13, 2010

-By Warner Todd Huston In the week following the Israeli boarding of boats piloted by Turkish "peace activists" off the coast of Gaza Caroline Glick and the good folks at the Hebrew language Israeli news site Latma created a parody…

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