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George Lawrence and his amazing Lawrence Captive Airship

spock — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:00:26 -0800

Motto: "The Hitherto Impossible in Photography is Our Specialty." Meet George Lawrence. Saying that "he took pioneering aerial photographs using kites" doesn't quite do Lawrence Captive Airship justice. Dubbed the Lawrence Captive Airship it utilized a string of seven kites to lift the specially designed cameras to heights of 2,000 ft. Cameras weighing as much as 49 pounds and capable of producing negatives from 10 x 24 inches to a staggering 30 x 87 inches in size. The largest negatives yet taken from any airborne vehicle. He holds a significant place in the History of Remote Sensing, Aerial Photography. See multiple galleries of his aerial photography (scroll down) including his historic shots of (1906) earthquake striken San Francisco.

Character. Integrity. Do.

zenzizi — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:44:57 -0800

20 minutes or so on why I am 4Barack. A very thoughtful and eloquent comparison (transcript) of the core differences between Obama and Clinton - by Creative Commons CEO and Professor Lawrence Lessig.

Passing on the right

atchafalaya — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:12:55 -0800

Lawrence Dennis: Harvard grad, soldier, fascist... with a secret.

Lawrence Welk meets Velvet Underground

JeffL — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:59:28 -0800

Velvet Welk

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billysumday — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:12:05 -0800

Whereas: Dada is a virgin microbe which penetrates with the insistence of air into all those spaces that reason has failed to fill with words and conventions. .

The mayor of Lawrence, Kansas proclaims February 4, April 1, March 28, July 15, August 2, August 7, August 16, August 26, September 18, September 22, October 1, October 17, and October 26, 2006 as International Dadaism Month.

beat-generation photos

lilboo — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:07:05 -0800

Still romanticizin' the beat generation? Lovely shots from the Venice West Picture Essay - a photo chronicle of the beat generation in venice west, california circa 1958….from the out-of-print "the holy barbarians" by lawrence lipton

Loomis v. Unites States of America

Steve_at_Linnwood — Tue, 08 Jul 2003 18:22:06 -0800

The first lawsuit in the wake of Lawrence v. Texas was filed today.

Lieutenant Colonel Steve Loomis is a decorated Vietnam combat veteran and recipient of the Purple Heart, who was eight days away from his twenty year retirement date and a million dollar pension, when an arsonist set fire to his home. A private sex tape involving Loomis was found during the arson investigation, and turned over to the Army.

Shortly there after LTC Loomis was discharged, losing his pension, because he was gay. His complaint[PDF] seeks to reverse his 1997 discharge.