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Whitney Music Box

Joe sent me this link today. This spinning combination of circles of different sizes, color and placement, all cross the line in certain patterns of chromatic scales. For example, on the first one on the page, in three minutes, the largest dot will travel around the circle once, the next largest dot will travel around the circle twice, the next largest dot three times, and so on. Seems boring? Not at all. Check it out to hear what kind of music it creates. Check out, var. 6 microtones, var. 8 chromatic 88 organ pipes, var. 15 stereo 120 and var. 17 hand cranked which lets you crank up the spin and make your own.

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American War Dead Peer Out from the Portraits of Their Killer

Two different initiatives have put the presidency of George W. Bush into perspective. At last count (in 2004, when article written), nearly 1,000 American soldiers were sent to Iraq thinking they were fighting for American security. They returned to America in boxes, hidden by their Government in the darkness of night. They now have their proud faces peering out from the portraits of the man who is responsible for their death.

The image on the left was created by "a group of us, concerned and patriotic Americans." According to their website, they began in February 2004, when there were about 400 fallen U.S. soldiers. Due to their busy schedules, however, they were unable to get together until June 2004 (by then there were over 850 fallen soldiers) to finish the image.

The image on the right was posted to a blog in April 2004, without much of a story or attribution.

These pictures were found this this website, http://www.whywehatebush.com

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