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"The Emperor was a highly competent leader and a wise negotiator, but was nonetheless hindered in several respects. To start with, the insurgency did not die with their leaders on Mustafar. A shadowy group of imperial senators took advantage of the power vacuum, and assumed leadership of the terrorist rebellion. Furthermore, there was widespread political resistance to the rule of the Empire, due to several individual star systems unwisely rejecting the fact that they would benefit from Imperial rule, both economically and militarily. ¶ To resolve these niggling issues, the Emperor adopted a two-pronged strategy. Firstly, he dissolved the Imperial Senate, which meant that the inefficiency of bureaucracy could be replaced by a more streamlined decisioning process, thus greatly accelerating the pace of governance and legislation. Secondly, the Emperor ordered the construction of a space station known as the Peace Moon.” • #now_this_is_awesome ∙ #рубрика_прекрасное - urbansheep@gmail.com

“The Peace Moon was meant to be a symbol of the Empire's technical advancement, as well as the advantages of hegemony. While it could theoretically be used in an offensive manner, its commanding officer, Grand Moff Tarkin, gave repeated statements that he had no intention of using it in such a way. However, the fact that the Peace Moon could be used for attack gave the rebels an opening. In IY19, a prototypical false flag operation, the terrorist rebellion timed their attack for when the Peace Moon was touring near the planet of Alderaan. Using means that have yet to be fully understood, the terrorists detonated the entire planet, and blamed it on the Peace Moon.” - urbansheep@gmail.com

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“Florian Kohler was born in France the 10 of july 1988, speaks 3 languages, is a licensed Optometrist and holds a black belt in Judo. Forgot to mention that he is also a pool phenom, redefining the sport of trick shot pool though a combination of artistry and breathtaking skill. ¶ Florian first picked up a pool cue and began "fooling around‟ at the age of 18, when he received a mini-pool table for his birthday. He learned his first trick shots from videos on the Internet, watching and imitating what he saw. Not satisfied, Venom quickly moved on to inventing his own, modern version of old trick shots.” • #now_this_is_awesome - × × ×

http://blog.laurenoneilldesign.com/2012... — “So, that's not exactly a 'holding pattern' you say... You're right, but I love the idea of circling above an airport waiting to land. I feel like that mirrors my process of searching for + cropping the right shot. Plus, I love the fact that a lot of the taxiway markings are patterned across an airport's tarmac.” • #рубрика_прекрасное ∙ #now_this_is_awesome - × × ×

“Box explores the synthesis of real and digital space through projection-mapping on moving surfaces. The short film documents a live performance, captured entirely in camera.” #now_this_is_awesome • #конкультура - × × ×

Фичер в Нью-Йорк Таймс. С комиксами, аудиоверсией и комиксами • #now_this_is_awesome • Очень, очень, очень. - × × ×

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Три года назад в Боинг-Боинг: http://friendfeed.com/urbansh... - × × ×

“It took photographer Jeffrey Martin two days of shoot and four months of editing to create the interactive panorama you’re about to experience. At 600,000 pixels wide, it would measure 50 meters by 100 meters if printed at photographic resolution. And yes, it is every bit as awesome as it sounds.” - × × ×

“The computer I was using had 192GB of RAM, and still lots of stuff was fairly unresponsive.” • #now_this_is_awesome • #профото - × × ×

“Two of the most challenging problems tackled with quadrocopters so far are balancing an inverted pendulum and juggling balls. My colleagues at ETH Zurich’s Flying Machine Arena have now combined the two. As part of his Master thesis Dario Brescianini, student at ETH Zurich’s Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control, has developed algorithms that allow quadrocopters to juggle an inverted pendulum. If you are not sure what that means (or how that is even possible), have a look at his video “Quadrocopter Pole Acrobatics”. • #now_this_is_awesome ∙ #гудрон - × × ×

Ждём квадрокоптеры, укрощающие тигров. И лезгинка. - × × ×

робонинзя. немного же нам осталось, брате - ʕノ•ᴥ•ʔノ ︵ StandardError

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“If you are tired of posed, stiff and cheesy family portraits, then take a look at these incredibly creative pictures taken by Jason Lee. Jason who is a wedding photographer started taking photos of his two little daughters back in 2006 when his mom was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. The girls were constantly sick, with colds and coughs so he couldn’t always bring them to visit their grandmother. Jason wanted her to be able to see her granddaughters without catching their kid germs so he started a blog where his mom could see what was going on in their lives. Most of the ideas come from his daughters – eight-year-old Kristin and five-year-old Kayla. Jason says that they are never-ending source of ideas.” #now_this_is_awesome • #фотосерии - × × ×

“I love this image because it shows three events: Fireworks to celebrate Australia Day; lightning from a beautiful thunderstorm and in the middle of the two you can see Comet McNaught” - × × ×

Одна из немногих мирных фотографий там. - mindszenty

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