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Amazing Pictures of Wikileaks Server Bunker in Stockholm
I wondered to myself, "where Wikileaks keep all the data?" It would surely have to be pretty safe, and in a fairly "politically neutral" country. My first thought was a server lab somehow implanted into a Swiss bank account. It turns out I was pretty close. With his eccentric personal life and air of mystery, the flamboyant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange seems to be doing his best to impersonate a James Bond villain. The servers are actually hosted by Stockholm based "Banhof ISP", a server lab located in a nuclear bomb shelter, situated 100ft under a rock mountain.
These amazing pictures where taken by swedish photographer Jann Lipka. I recommend visiting Jann's website, and blowing up the images to fullscreen.
These amazing pictures where taken by swedish photographer Jann Lipka. I recommend visiting Jann's website, and blowing up the images to fullscreen.
‘Jetman’ Yves Rossy Flies Over The Grand Canyon
Swiss pilot and stuntman Yves Rossy (previously featured) who is nicknamed Jet Man for being the first person to fly using a jet-powered engine on his backpack, flew over the Grand Canyon in a jet suit, last Saturday. Rossy soared 200 feet above the Canyon rim to complete the eight-minute flight over a five-mile radius.
The custom-built jet suit that Rossy wears on his back weighs 120lb and has a 79" wing span. It averages speeds of 125mph and has four engines.
The 51-year-old had stepped casually onto the side of a helicopter before it took off and into the sky above Guano Point on the Hualapai Indian Reservation. Once it had reached 8,000 feet Rossy, who flew fighter jets for 17 years in the Swiss Air Force, simply let go, plummeting to the earth below before firing up his engines. Then, looking like a high-tech, Lycra-clad Icarus, he soared 200 feet above the canyon rim reaching speeds of up to 190mph before opening his parachute and landing safely on the canyon floor.
Rossy said the flight, which was his first in the U.S., was among the most memorable experiences of his life. Previously he has flown his jet suit across Lake Geneva in 2002 and the English Channel in 2008.
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Stone House – Seven Century Old Stone Houses in Iran
Iran has been in news for quite some time now. Although a popular and a strategic nation, Iran was known for its 7 century old stone houses too. The informative creative highlights as to what the life and times would have been at those testing times. Those were the days when a man’s heart was as brittle as a stone and as sharp as a sword. However, as the times have unfolded both seem to be of spurious quality.
Probably you’d be thanking your stars that you were not born in there that time. The fun and the games were of all together of different sort in those times.
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Monowi: The Town With Population of One
Monowi is a village in Nebraska, United States, whose only remaining resident is a 77-year old woman named Elsie Eiler. Eiler lives in a mobile home a half-block from the only business left in Monowi, a dark, wood-paneled tavern, thick with smoke which Eiler runs. She also runs the town library, a tiny building jammed with 5,000 books left behind by her late husband who was a devoted reader. Elise is also the mayor of Monowi.
Elsie Eiler poses with the town population sign outside of the village of Monowi, Nebraska (Rick Wilking / Reuters)
Monowi's peak years were in the 1930s, when it had a population of 130. Monowi, like many other small communities in the Great Plains, lost its younger residents to cities that were experiencing growth and offering better jobs. During the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 2 - only one married couple, Rudy and Elsie Eiler. Mr. Eiler died in 2004, leaving his wife Elsie Eiler as the only remaining resident.
Eiler's life as its mayor and sole resident is surreal. Once a year she raises taxes from herself to keep the four street lights on and a few other basic amenities going. She runs the town's only business, the Monowi Tavern, and lives in the only remaining habitable building. She grants her own liquor licence and elects herself mayor. Her customers come off the highway that runs through Monowi or from nearby towns.
This town is an extreme example of what has happened across America's heartland. The depopulation of the countryside over the last 50 years has been called the largest migration in American history. Nowhere is that more starkly illustrated than on the Great Plains, which includes Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma.
An abandoned building that was once a general store leans into trees as it slowly decays in Monowi. The general store closed when World War II started and the owner moved out of town to serve on the draft board. (Rick Wilking / Reuters)
Monowi's peak years were in the 1930s, when it had a population of 130. Monowi, like many other small communities in the Great Plains, lost its younger residents to cities that were experiencing growth and offering better jobs. During the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 2 - only one married couple, Rudy and Elsie Eiler. Mr. Eiler died in 2004, leaving his wife Elsie Eiler as the only remaining resident.
Eiler's life as its mayor and sole resident is surreal. Once a year she raises taxes from herself to keep the four street lights on and a few other basic amenities going. She runs the town's only business, the Monowi Tavern, and lives in the only remaining habitable building. She grants her own liquor licence and elects herself mayor. Her customers come off the highway that runs through Monowi or from nearby towns.
This town is an extreme example of what has happened across America's heartland. The depopulation of the countryside over the last 50 years has been called the largest migration in American history. Nowhere is that more starkly illustrated than on the Great Plains, which includes Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma.
A 1908 photo of the town of Monowi.
Monowi Tavern (Image courtesy: Flickr user Overduebook)
Abandoned Louisa Street in Monowi is seen completely grown over with vegetation (Rick Wilking / Reuters)
Rudy’s library (Image: Wikipedia)
