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BARROW Raiders have pulled off a triple transfer coup by signing three Fijian stars of the World Cup writes PAUL TURNER.
Hooker Waisale Suka, stand-off Alipate Noilea and centre Seva Koroi have all been snapped up by the Craven Park club in a move sure to send shockwaves through the Rugby League Championship.
Noilea was one of the stand-out performers of Fiji's World Cup campaign, where they were knocked out by hosts Australia in the semi-finals, with Koroi and Suka also playing big parts in the tournament.
Barrow club officials have been in talks with the trio for the last month, desperate to bring them on board and strengthen coach Dave Clark's squad.
And the Australian boss was delighted to have bagged three players of such talent with less than a month to go before the start of the Northern Rail Cup.
He said: "It's fantastic for us.
"It's massive for the club. I don't know how long it has been since Barrow have signed three international players like that.
"It's great for the club, great for the town, great to see players of their quality wanting to come to Barrow.
"I'm sure they will have had lots of opportunities from other clubs and it's good to see that they have recognised – like a lot of other people – that Barrow RL want to go places, have a good squad in place and hopefully, with their help, we can challenge this year."
Koroi impressed Clark when he appeared for the Australian Fijians at Craven Park last month, a game in which the other two did not feature.
Both Clark and chairman Des Johnston spoke openly before and after the 26-all draw between Barrow and the touring Fijians about their desire to recruit several of the promising players from their side – although the names had been kept under wraps to allow the deals to be finalised.
Clark added: "Des has worked really hard to bring in a good squad and these are another three quality players we have got in.
"They will give us some depth and people will really be challenging each other now for positions, which is something that you really want.
"It's healthy for the club and it's good for the players to need to play at their best every week."
All three have been playing their rugby league in Australia, with 24-year-old Suka appearing for Terrigal Sharks, Koroi, 28, for Wests Magpies and 25-year-old Noilea for Parkes Spacemen.
The club are now just waiting for approval from the RFL for the signings before they can be brought over to Barrow.
Johnston said: "Negotiations have been going on for some time and we have been in competition with other clubs for their signatures. It has been hard work, particularly with the time difference.
"They have been waking up in sunny Fiji and I've been on the phone to them from Barrow where it is 2.30am and I've had to sell them the both the club and town as being places where they want to be.
"They are now convinced that Barrow Island and Walney are simply misplaced South Sea Islands!"
The trio bring the total number of signings made by Barrow during the close-season to 10, with Clark and Johnston determined to build a squad that will compete with everyone in the division.
Already signed on have been Barrow-born pair Liam Campbell and Gary Broadbent, Australian Chris Young – who returns from his homeland to start training tomorrow – and former Super League players Ian Bell, Paul Noone, Andy Bracek and Andy Brocklehurst.
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In order to survive in the Championship and hopefully strive for a playoff spot, Barrow needed to sign top players with experience. The kind of players we just don't have locally anymore. Des has managed to pull off several amazing coups, giving the Raiders every chance to do well in 2009. In my opinion we have the perfect blend of local, out of town and overseas players, with real strength in depth to cover for loss of form and injuries.
Barrow RL are back!
Last season I saw nearly all Barrow's home games and a couple of away fixtures and generally thought the rugby was brilliant. I am a fan, and I do want to see Barrow go well, and fully appreciate that good players are required when you go up a level. Now the "BUT" - Broadbent and Campbell apart, how many have of these signings have the interest of the Barrow club at heart, and are not here purely for the money and / or the visa? Eight non Barrovian signings seems too many as good as they may be.
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- ^ Record for Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness on thepeerage.com
- ^ History of England (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1975), p. 16 n. 14.
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Acrylic Portrait Asignment(UPDATE:Finished. Critique on final anatomy & color please)
I'd appreciate critiques on this. Please be harsh. I'm sure my professor will be.
I'm working on an acrylic portrait of a friend of mine for class on Thursday. This is my very first time working with acrylic. I'm really not loving now fast it dries. I used the background to fiddle around with how the acrylic goes and on dries and shades so I didn't completely ruin the face. I needed to lay down the background anyway so that the wispy hair could be painted over it.
There IS more to the lower right of the painting but I needed background behind the hair there so the bg went over the pencil. There will also be a hint of shoulder under the hair on the right.
I'm painting more of this tonight so I'll update as I go.
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Good start!
Acrylics are indeed no fun. I don't know why they make people start painting with it.
I think your eyes are looking kind of flat. The lids don't look like they are wrapping around a spherical form. Remember that the lid shape is more angular towards the tear duct. If you try and make the curve with a smooth stroke it will flatten out.
Also i think her left eye is too wide and is running off the side of her face. If your using referance double check that.
Her nose looks a little too long and out of line with the rest of the features on the face. Check the tip of the noses relationship to the wings of the nostrils. Which one is lower in perspective? Right now the wing looks lower, in this position i would think it would be more in line, if not above the tip of the nose (but then again i haven't seen your referance )
The mouth looks a tad too low. I think probably because the nose is too long and is crowding it. Shorten the nose, and move the mouth up a little. Keep the chin where it is though, just create more space between the bottom of the lip and the top of the chin.
Hope this helps. Good Luck!
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January 24th, 2008 #3
Thanks, Mute. I moved the nose and mouth up a tad and I fiddled with the eyes. I'm still not 100% happy with the eyes but I think they're better.
I'm finished with this one (new homework to move on to) but I'd love a critique on it to see what I should do differently next time. Oh and NOW my teacher tells me about retarder that slows the drying time of acrylic. That would have been a helpful bit of knowledge yesterday.
Here it is. I need to get some better daylight to get a picture of this thing. My camera is having issues picking up colors in artificial light.


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Miley Cyrus has her fair share of critics, but the teen superstar can count Canadian songstress Sarah McLachlan among her supporters.
Sarah, who is mom to daughters India, 8, and Taja, 3, tells Parade,
"She's 17. Imagine if you had a camera following you around. Do you remember what you were doing when you were 17? In a way, I feel really bad for her. She can't just be a stupid teenager, because everything she does is so scrutinized. She's 17! And she's probably thinking, 'Screw you all!' She's been a good girl for so long and she's rebelling now," Sarah says, adding, "You know what, she's got a lot of talent. So, there's going to be some pissed off people and some upset kids, and probably some even more upset parents. But it's kind of a natural progression that she does this. I'm sure she's a good kid at heart."
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I agree 100%, stop treating the child in Miley Cyrus like she is adult. Yes she sings about adult situations, and yes she markets to young children. The only person a parent can blame for their child wanting to be like Hannah Montana is themselves. Just because she markets herself does not mean that you have to buy into it.
Parents take responsibility and stop buying her Hannah Montana gear if YOU are unhappy with what she is doing, DO NOT criticize her.
SHE IS JUST 17, half of the decisions made are probably made for her, just like you would make a decision about what is right for your child at that age.
Aside from that aspect, she is human and again a CHILD!
IF you hadn't notice not all kids make the best decision. Not all kids learn from wrong decisions but they do have to learn it is all a part of growing up.
Miley Cyrus comes from a famous family and she should have known what she was getting herself into when she decided to go in the music and acting industries. You can't live a "normal" life….regardless of your age.
I love Sarah McLachlan but have to disagree. 17 is FAR from a child! Sorry, when I was 17 I totally knew right from wrong and how to behave in public. The things Miley does is pretty far from just typical "stupid" teenage behavoir.
Miley wanted fame and money and popularity. She can't be crying about a camera following her around now.
I do agree w/Bri though – if you don't like her, don't buy her products. I just don't like how she's playing both sides – her "innocent" Hannah Montana character and then she's all ho-ed out. She clearly does not want to be the Hannah Montana kid anymore but doesn't want to give up the money it brings in.
Marie,Miley was just a kid when she got into this business.Saying she should have known what she was getting into is unfair.She was a child and you can't expect a child to make a adult decision.
Saying "She should have known what she was getting into" is unfair to her, yes. She was about 13 when she started, wasn't she? I mean yes, she made the decision and she now has to own up but do you really think that at 13 she thought that going into the industry was bad? At 13, I thought being famous meant everyone knew your name, you were rich, you were pretty, you were envied and talked about and considered perfect.
17 is not old enough either. Everyone still sees her as a child. Her music, her appearance, her name. All for children from a child. She wants to break that and I don't think she knows how, so what's she turning to? Other artists that seem less child like, maybe? The world won't let her grow up and she's rebelling because she is in -puberty- and she is changing and she doesn't know who she is.
The only difference between her and any regular teenager is that every dumb mistake she makes on the path to finding out who she is digs her further into a hole of becoming a joke. Child stars that try to cling to what they had often do this, don't they? It's Britany Spears all over again. Her fans want her to go back to being a child and her haters are laughing at her, pressuring her to turn into someone she's not.
I feel sorry for her too, and anyone that's dove headfirst into that industry not understanding what they're giving up… :/


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Kajol Devgn has refused to comment on the Competition Commission of India (CCI) rejecting Ajay Devgn Films' (ADF) complaint against Yash Raj Films (YRF) alleging monopolistic practices.
"I am not going to comment on that. Thank you," the 38-year-old said here Tuesday at the opening of Disney Princess academy.
ADF complained to the CCI against YRF alleging malpractice in connection with the release of the former's "Jab Tak Hai Jaan" (JTHJ), with the latter's "Son Of Sardaar" (SOS) on Diwali, Nov 13. It was alleged that YRF was using its dominant position to ask exhibitors to dedicate more screens to JTHJ instead of SOS.
She not only had a good working relation with YRF, but is also a good friend of Shah Rukh Khan.
When asked if she sees herself being caught in the crossfire, Kajol said: "Again, I am not going to comment on that. I have come for an event, let's stick to that."
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bHHAHahahahahh. ajay devgan and salman khan will kick srk's asss. dont involve kajol into this lol.
Kajol is usually known to speak her mind, even if that means offending someone.
I think she should just simply state her viewpoint since she was asked on the matter. Nothing wrong in stating an opinion.
And since you're in this business, you may get criticized or you may get praised. Depending on what way you go.
Anyways wishing Ajay and team and Shahrukh and team both the very best on their film! Both are great actors! :)
Disz strange!! Kajol stucked betwn best frnd nd hubby...
in all fairness, such monopolistic behavior is wrong. to take away the opportunity from the competition does not really suit the YRF image. they should have faith in their product. i am glad ajay devgan is speak up against such giants. its about time...
awww poor kajol stuck in the middle lets hope no tension arises
wish SRK and JTHJ all the best the movie will rock
and may this be the best we get from Yash ji as everyone stores best for last
may Yash ji soul rest in peace and his last movie break all records in entertaiment industry
and Ajay get the lesson of not to be prouddy he could shift the date of movie in respect to Yash ji but he is being stubborn
love you kajol you are the best
why they even hv to drag her whn she is nt even part of the movies in anyway
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Thunder, Bulls to Play in San Jose
ECHL teams, Northern California counterparts to compete in regular season battle at 7:30 p.m. on prestigious National Hockey League ice surface
STOCKTON, Calif. –
STOCKTON, Calif. –The Stockton Thunder, a two-time recipient of the ECHL "Award of Excellence," announced in conjunction with the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League that an ECHL regular season game between the Thunder and San Francisco Bulls has been scheduled for Monday, Dec. 17 at 7:30 p.m. at HP Pavilion at San Jose.
It will be the first game in Thunder history to be played on a current NHL ice surface – located only 80 miles away from the Thunder's home ice of Stockton Arena. The Thunder has drawn over 1.5 million fans to Stockton Arena since 2005-06, its first season in the ECHL, and led the league in attendance from 2005-09.
Season ticket holders of the San Jose Sharks and San Francisco Bulls will have first-priority for seating. Tickets that can be printed at home will be made available to the general public, space permitting, at www.ticketmaster.com beginning on Wed., Dec. 12 at 10 a.m. Admission is free. All guests MUST have a ticket to enter the building.
Parking for the event is free for all attendees on a first-come, first-served basis in HP Pavilion-controlled parking lots.
"We all miss having the game of hockey at HP Pavilion," said Sharks Sports & Entertainment's Executive Vice President of Business Operations Malcolm Bordelon. "This free event is a way for us to say thank you to our loyal and patient fans, while also trying to assist those who have been directly impacted by the labor dispute between the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players' Association."
With a full capacity of 17,562 seats for hockey, HP Pavilion at San Jose has served as home ice of the Sharks since 1993 and underwent a $16.5 million renovation in 2007, offering an enhancement in audio and video experiences for fans in attendance. HP Pavilion at San Jose was named the "toughest road arena" by NHL players in a survey conducted by Sports Illustrated in 2010.
"It will be a great opportunity for our players to play in an environment that rivals the NHL experience," said Thunder head coach Matt Thomas. "It will be two Northern California teams competing in an NHL market in front of NHL executives which is sure to bring added intensity to an already growing rivalry."
In addition, the Sharks Foundation will be hosting a "Toys for Tots" toy drive at the North and South Entrances of HP Pavilion. Guests can bring a new, unwrapped toy or make a monetary donation to support those less fortunate during the holiday season. All donors will receive a raffle ticket for prize drawings to be held that night.
The Thunder carries an extensive connection with the NHL as the affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers since the 2006-07 season. Eight players assigned by Edmonton have advanced from the Thunder to make their NHL debut. Most recently, forward Milan Kytnar became the first Thunder player to play in the NHL after being directly recalled from Stockton last season.
Stockton was also the ECHL affiliate of San Jose from 2010-12. The game is a rescheduled date from a Bulls home game on Wednesday, Jan. 16 which was originally set for the Cow Palace.
For more information about tickets, merchandise, or other inquiries contact the Stockton Thunder offices at (209) 373-1500 or visit www.stocktonthunder.com.
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All right, let's "push it, how about Barry Bonds for BOND?????? Run or fun?
Again this is from TheSlyStallone twitter.
I'm having a difficulty of understanding the last line"Run or fun?".
My guess is that this may means "agree or disagree" or something like that.
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If you are looking for an interpretation of the question, I would go so far as to say that "Run or fun?" means either "Run" since Barry Bonds would NOT make a good choice for the next James Bond figure (typically this character is suave, debonaire, charming, ultra-intelligent, willing to put himself in harm's way for others, and armed with the latest gadgets to escape whatever sticky spot in which he may find himself) or "Fun" if you think Barry Bonds would be the perfect choice to give the character of James Bond a quirky and fun quality that perhaps, in years past, he has been missing.
Most people will agree that "Run" or "Fun" applies depending on your personal liking for Barry Bonds. My vote, however, would be for "Run". While Barry is definitely physically strong, fit, and handsome, he does not possess many of the above qualities which would make him an ideal 007. Barry used illegal substances to enhance his performance, and then he lied about it repeatedly. He is not what I would consider a "hero" who would act for the better good of humanity and society, a quality that James Bond should possess. Barry Bonds is also very much about the money and his own personal gain, another quality that a James Bond figure should not possess.
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The surface of the islands is generally low and rocky, with few trees and spare soil. In places cliffs rise above 1,000 ft (305 m). The climate is humid and, despite the northern latitude, rather mild. Oats and barley are the chief crops; fishing and cattle and sheep raising are very important. The region is famous for its knitted woolen goods and for the small, sturdy Shetland ponies originally bred there. With the discovery of North Sea oil in the early 1970s, a major oil terminal was built at Sullom Voe in the north of Mainland. Tourism is also significant.
The Shetlands are known for their ancient relics. Pictish forts are scattered throughout the islands, and a village from the Bronze Age has been unearthed at Jarlshof on Mainland. By the late 9th cent. the islands were occupied by the Norsemen; traces of their speech and customs survive. The Shetlands were not annexed to Scotland until 1472, when the islands were taken over as an unredeemed pledge of King Christian I of Norway and Denmark for the dowry of his daughter, Margaret, who married James III of Scotland.
The Islands have been claimed by the UK since 1908 and are part of British Antarctic Territory since 1962. They are claimed by Chile (since 1940) as part of the Antártica Chilena Province and by Argentina (since 1943) as part of Argentine Antarctica, Tierra del Fuego Province.
Several countries maintain research stations on the Islands. Most of them are situated on King George Island, benefitting from the airfield of the Chilean base Eduardo Frei.
There are sixteen research stations to date in different parts of the islands, with Chilean stations being the uttermost in number. Research is often a shared duty of nations, with Chilean-American Shirreff base being an example of this.
The Dutchman Dirck Gerritsz in 1599, or the Spaniard Gabriel de Castilla in 1603 travelled through these Antarctic lands, both of them supposedly sailing south of the Drake Passage in the South Shetland Islands area. In 1818 Juan Pedro de Aguirre obtained permission from the Buenos Aires authorities to install an establishment for sealing on "some of the uninhabited islands near the South Pole".
Captain William Smith in the British merchant brig Williams, while sailing to Valparaiso, Chile in 1819 deviated from his route south of Cape Horn, and on 19 February sighted Williams Point, the northeast extremity of Livingston Island. Smith revisited the South Shetlands, landed on King George Island on 16 October 1819, and claimed possession for Britain. Thus Livingston Island became the first land ever discovered south of the 60th southern latitude.
Meanwhile, the Spanish Navy ship San Telmo sank in September 1819 whilst trying to go through the Drake Passage. Parts of her supposed wreckage were found months later by sealers on the north coast of Livingston Island.
In December 1819 - January 1820 the islands were surveyed and mapped by Lieutenant Edward Bransfield onboard the Williams, with the ship chartered by the Royal Navy.
Already on 15 November 1819 the American agent in Valparaíso, Jeremy Robinson informed the US Secretary of State John Quincy Adams of Smith's discovery and Bransfield's forthcoming mission, and suggested the dispatch of a US government ship to explore the islands where "new sources of wealth, power and happiness would be disclosed and science itself be benefited thereby."
The discovery of the islands attracted British and American sealers. The first sealing ship to operate in the area was the brig Espirito Santo chartered by British merchants in Buenos Aires. The ship arrived at Rugged Island off Livingston Island, where its British crew landed on Christmas Day 1819, and claimed the islands for King George III; a narrative of the events was published by the brig's master Joseph Herring in the July 1820 edition of the Imperial Magazine. The Espirito Santo was followed from the Falkland Islands by the American brig Hersilia commanded by Captain James Sheffield (with second mate Nathaniel Palmer), the first American sealer in the South Shetlands.
The first overwintering in Antarctica took place on the South Shetlands, when at the end of the 1820/21 summer season eleven British men from the ship Lord Melville failed to leave King George Island, and successfully survived throughout the austral winter to be rescued at the beginning of the next season.
Having circumnavigated the Antarctic continent, the Russian Antarctic expedition of Fabian von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev arrived to the South Shetlands in January 1821. The Russians surveyed the islands and named them, landing on both King George Island and Elephant Island. While sailing between Deception and Livingston islands, Bellingshausen was visited by Nathaniel Palmer, master of the American brig Hero, who informed him of the activities of dozens of American and British sealing ships in the area.
The name "New South Britain" was used briefly, but was soon changed to South Shetland Islands (in reference to the Shetland Islands off the northern coast of Scotland). The name South Shetland Islands is now established in international usage. Both sets of islands actually lie at a similar distance from the South Pole and North Pole respectively, but the South Shetlands are much colder (see below).
Seal hunting and whaling took place on the islands in the 19th and early 20th century. From 1908 the islands were governed as part of the Falkland Islands Dependency but the islands have only been occupied since the establishment of a scientific research station in 1944. The archipelago, together with the nearby Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia, is an increasingly popular tourist destination during the austral summer.
The South Shetlands consist of 11 major islands and several minor ones, totalling 3687 square kilometres of land area. Between 80 and 90 percent of the land area is permanently glaciated. The highest point on the island chain is Mount Foster in Imeon Range on Smith Island at 2105 metres above sea level.
The South Shetland Islands extend about 280 miles from Smith Island and Snow Island in the west-southwest to Elephant Island and Clarence Island in the east-northeast.
The islands have experienced measurable glacier retreat in recent years but despite this they remain more than 80% snow and ice covered throughout the summer. The climate is cloudy and humid all year round and very strong westerly winds blow at all seasons. Some of the sunniest weather is associated with outbreaks of very cold weather from the south in late winter and spring.
Mean summer temperatures are only about 1.5°C and those in winter are about -5°C. The effect of the cold ocean tends to keep summer temperatures low and winter temperatures from falling as low as they do inland to the south.
From north to south the main and some minor islands of the South Shetlands are:
(The Russian names above are historical, and no longer the official Russian names of the relevant islands.)
Several nations maintain research stations on the Islands:


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Vampire Diaries' Taylor Kinney to Girlfriend Lady Gaga: Drop the Act!
If you think Lady Gaga slips out of her machine gun bra and into sweats and slippers when she gets home, you'd be wrong — and that's been causing some friction between her and her man. The Queen of Little Monsters has been linked to Vampire Diaries hottie Taylor Kinney (Mason Lockwood) for the past few months, but In Touch Weekly is reporting there's trouble in paradise for the pair because Lady G won't keep her extravagant alter-ego in check.
According to the mag, Taylor is annoyed with Gaga's (née Stefani Germanotta) over-the-top persona. Not that he doesn't enjoy her ensembles made of meat, but a source tells In Touch that "Gaga started living and breathing her character 24/7 because she felt her fans wanted that." However, as fate would have it, Taylor would rather be dating a real person.
But don't fret, fans: The bizarre-o duo aren't splitting up! Taylor has told Lady G he's over the act and convinced her "he loves the real Stefani," another insider says. And Mama Monster must share the sentiment: The source adds that she has happily promised TVD's former werewolf she'll be "more human."
Needless to say, that's something we never thought we'd hear — from either of them!
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Digital cameras focus on revised reality
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Fire hazard sparks recall of HP digicamsJune 6, 2006
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With photo-editing packages widely available, Southwick said he has seen a change over the years in people's attitude toward the integrity of photos. During lectures or speaking engagements, Southwick asks his audience how many people have heard of Photoshop. Ten or 12 people used to raise their hands, but now everybody does. Still, as big as Photoshop's impact, Southwick said, in-camera photo-editing features will have an even greater effect on the way people relate to photography.
If pictures are indeed captured memories, as camera marketers would have consumers believe, these new features enable people to create a rosier vision of their personal history.
Spina pointed out that the creation of these tools and the fact that there is a market for them, speaks to the societal pressure to achieve physical perfection, as well as some people's deceptiveness when creating online personas.
"It almost does contribute to people changing their identities, for whatever reasons they are motivated to do that," Spina said. "Particularly, I can see it being used on a dating service. Now you can say the picture is current and still lie. But what I want to know is: What's going to finally happen when you meet that person? Even if you are not using it for that, its only interest is to make you look better. But why would you take a picture of yourself and give it to people who know you if it doesn't really look like you?"
But does it really matter? Photos have been "lying" for years in one respect or another. For example, photography from the 1940s, because it was black and white, gave a clean orderly appearance, with people in photos from that era appearing consistently crisp, with bright white teeth and seemingly matching outfits.
Spina said that he finds most technology of this nature as nothing more than entertainment. But he does see the trend leading to a larger philosophical question.
"Does social change drive technology change, or do changes in technology change social behavior?" he asked. "No one has won that debate...It just depends on where you fall on that continuum. My own personal bias is that technology advancements lead to social change."
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- Grow Up!
- There are people who believe photos? Are these the same gullible ones who believe all that spam that the democrats are bad because they do this, and the republicans are good because they do that?
Come on, folks, grow up! Photos, unsolicited Internet e-mail, advertising and much of what the news media reports have been distorted forever! At least Jon Stewart has the nerve to admit it!
--mark d.
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- Yeah, John did a beutiful thing
- I caught his interview a while back with a big-wig journalist who was giving him grief for reporting false news to which he replaied: "It's a comedy show"
Good on him for reporting news while providing comedy and a beutiful comentary on mainstream disinformation services.
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- Get Real!
- There are people who believe photos? Are these the same gullible ones who believe all that spam that the democrats are bad because they do this, and the republicans are good because they do that?
Come on, folks, grow up! Photos, unsolicited Internet e-mail, advertising and much of what the news media reports have been distorted forever! At least Jon Stewart has the nerve to admit it!
--mark d.
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- For Legal use: GPS + MD5 checksum. WORM memory
- Because there is no sure way to verify the authenticity of an electronic image, their use in a court of law is diminished.
One possible solution Write Once Read Many (WORM) memory cards and MD5 checksums would aid investigators in proving the unfakedness of their evidence photos.
I am begging SONY for a GPS reciever in a camera and editing software that could read the EXIF GPS information, and pin each photo to GOOGLE EARTH.
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- Photographers want reality
- There will always be those who want to look better than they do. But the majority want reality. A camera feature with the ability to make people look thinner may be used but not many will buy a camera for that reason. Most want easy, accurate and quick.
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- Dig Cams
- It Started a long time ago, I mean "the lying" with a camera. Chaplin did a great job, now I want to play that game too.I stopped believing the media (with a few exeptions) quite a while back.
Not taking it to serious though, perhaps
Reuter destroyed the idea completely, so now I come to the conclusion why not everybody jump on the waggon and deceive themself and others, perhaps everything is like a movie, lie back and enjoy, or leave the theater.
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- Those aren't the fakes we're worried about
- So someone wants to hide a few pounds for their vacation pix, big deal. I don't care if your fake tan came from camera software or out of a can ofdarkening lotion. Those aren't the fakes I'm concerned about.
The fakes we should care about are the photojournalists, which we've heard of altering photos for dramatic effect. That's the kind of thing which is a step toward the inner party continuously rewriting history to suit their goals, and that's what I don't like happening. I don't know if skin toning or weight hiding features can accomplish this journalistic fraud, I suspect probably not, at least for now they'll need a laptop and some decent photo editing software there.
Only when cameras can copy portions of one photo into another, such as adding a person in one photo to another photo, will truely worrisome faking be done without the help of a computer.
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- The biggest concern
- the biggest authenticity concern isnt fancy cameras that automatically airbrush blemishes from people's faces. Its the staged news photography that so-called news outfits such as Reuters have published. Who needs a fancy camera when you can just have a kid at gunpoint pose next to an unexploded bomb?
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- Good point
- Boy, have I seen that technique in "journalism". I am convinced that most of the "riots" and "demonstrations" that are portrayed to the public as major events are nothing more than a dozen people with a couple of dozen onlookers. I have learned that if the picture only shows 10 people, that's probably the total count, even though the photo is framed to make it look like the "crowd" goes on forever.
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- We wonder why people throw up to be skinny
- Its so sad that HP has to make this feature availiable on there
cameras . People feel bad enough about them selfs, why does HP
need to feed to americas disorders. Thanks HP now maybe us fat
people out there will take more pictures of our selfs, and throw up
a little less. FU HP!
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- the real question is... who's the girl??
- the real question is... who's the girl.
with or without edits; very nice :)
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- Inductive Fallacy
- "But does it really matter? Photos have been "lying" for years in one respect or another. For example, photography from the 1940s, because it was black and white, gave a clean orderly appearance, with people in photos from that era appearing consistently crisp, with bright white teeth and seemingly matching outfits."
That's a hasty induction. Images don't appear more orderly just because they're monotone: Look at some Civil War battle-aftermath images for examples. Since North Americans up through the early 1960's (which I presume is the author's photographic reference culture) were crisply-pressed, snappy dressers, perhaps that's why B&W (and color) images show as much. Finally, most photo emulsions compress tonal values to some extent; B&W press emulsions do that by design, better matching the tonalities to those reproducible on newsprint. Off-white values get pushed towards white, and light-colored objects such as teeth teeth are represented as more white. That's necessary compromise in image reproduction, not lying. That most mid-20th century press images were exposed using flash units certainly contributed to the crisp appearance of those images, but that no more results in a lying image than the sun suddenly shining on a formerly overcast scene you're viewing and causing an increase in contrast.
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- What's the old saying?...
- the camera puts on 10 pounds? Well, not any more. (Of course, you can still make it do that, too.)
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Governor Charlie Crist has said he wants to call a special session of the Florida Legislature to discuss oil drilling. The Legislature could place an amendment on Novemberâs ballot that, if passed by citizens, would forever ban fossil fuel drilling in state waters.
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Happy birthday munky!!! you are a very huge influence on me and what kind of music i make these days!!! i am a very huge fan, been loving your guitar playing since i was born...literally. i am so happy that u are going to have a SON and i am very happy to say CONGRATS TO YOU and Evis!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Ware County residents celebrated the legacy and ideals of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. with five days of events in Waycross beginning on Thursday. The 23rd annual celebration focused on the theme "The Dream Alive - Season of Change" signifying the past, present and future hope of King's dream.
The Waycross commemoration historically has been one of the largest in Georgia. More than three dozen community groups and churches participated in the parade, along with the Ware County High School band and the Albany State University marching band.
Waycross Mayor Clarence Billups
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Do the Ingredients in Energy Drinks Work?
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What is it?: A chemical compound that stimulates your central nervous system. Most energy drinks contain between 140 and 170 milligrams (mg) of caffeine in a 15- or 16-ounce can.
Does it work?: Java junkies certainly think so. As for the science, an Austrian study showed that men who swallowed 100 mg of caffeine had a bigger boost in brain activity after 20 minutes than those who took a placebo.
Plus, a new University of Chicago study found that a 200 mg jolt made fatigued people feel twice as alert as noncaffeinated participants. "Caffeine indirectly affects many different neurotransmitters," says Andrew Scholey, Ph.D., an herb and nutrition researcher at Australia's Swinburne University of Technology.
Is it safe?: The most caffeine-packed energy drink contains the equivalent in caffeine of about two 8-ounce cups of coffee. If downing that much joe doesn't make you jittery, then quaffing a can shouldn't pose a problem. Of course, if you combine that with other caffeinated beverages throughout the day, then the sum total stimulation could cause headaches, sleeplessness, or nausea.
On the other hand, if you're not a regular coffee or cola drinker and you battle high blood pressure, the occasional energy drink could be trouble. Researchers in Finland reported that the caffeine in two to three cups of coffee can cause BP to spike by up to 14 points.
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Male Birth Control Could Be on Its Way to a Pharmacy Near You — But Would Your Man Really Take the Pill?
As the stars of MTV's 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom have demonstrated, women carry most of the burden when it comes to sex. Sure, men have to worry about a variety of issues, including STIs and the emotional repercussions of intimacy, but they don't have to worry about missing their next menstrual cycle.
Thankfully, ladies were blessed with a little miracle called birth control, which first became legal after an epic Supreme Court ruling in 1965. Since then, women have enjoyed sexual freedoms that were once deemed impossible. However, the pill isn't always 100 percent effective — just look at Farrah Abraham, who got pregnant the night she lost her virginity.
The onus of family planning has long fallen on the woman, but according to a new study by The Cell, all of that could change in the next few years with the development of male birth control.
Say what?!
It may sound crazy, but researchers have recently made a major breakthrough in the quest for male contraceptive. We'll leave the science part to the scientists and sum it up for you in layman's terms: A new chemical was discovered that can make a man temporarily "forget" how to produce sperm. And not only that, but the chemical might also prove useful in treating cancer patients!
If you're thinking it sounds too good to be true, you might be onto something. Although the pill didn't produce any known side effects in laboratory mice, it failed to stop the creation of all new sperm — it simply reduced the number. But according to io9, those sperm were much weaker swimmers.
So while scientists are busy working to bring male contraceptives to a pharmacy near you, the reality could be years away. Regardless, we want to get your thoughts on this new little pill that could change everything.
Would you ask your man to take birth control, or should the responsibility fall on the woman indefinitely?
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Dine at Ki, our new Izakaya Bar, now serving fresh Japanese cuisine and sushi! Dine at Ki on Friday or Saturday and receive free entry to Temple ($25 minimum per person for free entry).
Parties larger than six that wish to receive free entry to Temple Nightclub must purchase pre fixe meals. Reservations are required two days prior. For Reservations call (415) 278-0495 or click here. For more information on Ki, visit ki-sushisf.com. Large parties receive free tickets to the nightclub and avoid long lines.
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Exeter Dog Training Club's Show was awarded Championship Obedience status from 2012. Our show is one of 46 shows that include a Championship Class C (Obedience Certificate), sometimes referred to as a 'ticket' class. Winning this class will qualify a dog to compete at the Crufts the following year. See the Kennel Club website for more information.
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Exeter Dog Training Club holds an annual two day Kennel Club licensed Open Obedience Show every May in Cullompton.
In 2010, due to popular demand, we held our first ever two day show. This arrangement is set to continue.
Our Show venue is the Cullompton Community Association fields and Cullompton Rangers Football Club at Speed's Meadow in Cullompton. Click to find the Show venue.
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Inserting Multiple Amplicons into a plasmid
Hi all,
So I need to insert multiple genes (a peptide coding gene and the two genes which code for its transport to the outside of the cell, which were amplified via PCR) into a plasmid vector. The genes are not located next to each other, meaning I have three different amplicons, one of each gene. The only plasmid vector we have access to is the one included in a TA TOPO kit i.e. only has one amplicon insertion site.
I wanted to know if there as I a way I could connect the three gene amplicons together to make one large amplicon, which I would then insert into the plasmid. I can think of numerous reasons why this wouldn't work orwould give me unintended results, but I'm just trying anything at this point to insert these three genes, in order, into one vector.
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I disagree with your statement that charging a laptop battery "little and often reduces its capacity to charge" (15 November, p 42). This may have been true in the past - when nickel-cadmium batteries were the standard - but lithium-ion/metal hydride batteries do not suffer the same affliction. With more intelligent chargers, the necessity to charge-cycle your batteries has gone.
From Matthew Walker, www.earthpill.com
You say that electrical items that are turned off and not left on standby use no electricity. In creating our online power-consumption database, we have found that this isn't always true and is sometimes alarmingly false. For example, we discovered a microwave oven that uses 80 watts while doing nothing, and a cathode-ray-tube monitor that consumes 7 watts just by being plugged in. On the other hand, the TV set-top box you mention may use 17 watts on standby, but mine uses just ...
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WE have all sorts of reasons for believing or disbelieving a particular claim, say Theodore Schick and Lewis Vaughn, but which reasons are good and which are bad? Let us not forget all those times when scientists flatly insisted that certain things - such as stones falling from the sky (meteorites) - were impossible.
A lot depends on your definition of "weird". The authors list some examples: Elvis sightings, UFO abductions, unorthodox medical claims, Nostradamus's predictions, levitation, tarot cards. They also tackle some common notions about truth, for example, debunking the idea that science is just another belief system, if an idea feels right it is right, there's no such thing as objective truth or objective reality.
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Maybe Apple will open things up a bit with the thunderbolt plug but I doubt it.
Having trouble moving the CN map to the SD card. I first tried just dragging it over on my desktop but it choked at the end saying there was an error reading the file. Then I tried Javawa MOVE function and it appeared to be working and then apparently choked at the end as well. I renamed the file and inserted spaces so I'm going to see if that's the issue.
One thing I'm a little confooosed about is the gmapsupp.img file. So when you install using MapInstall it wants to create one large gmapsupp.img, then you need to move that to the card and rename it to install something else to the internal...is that right?
Or use Javawa to move the file?
Also in Javawa I see how you can enable the maps to be seen in Basecamp but is this even necessary if I've installed the maps in Basecamp?
I've done it and they are being loaded now by Basecamp, just not sure why you'd want that.
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Romantic, gastronomic and hedonistic pleasures on the River Thames
the young, vibrant crowd Bingham attracts, the dining terrace overlooking the river and cocktail lounge bar whose seasonal cocktails are an inspiration.
When Samantha Trinder took over her family's B&B
in 2005 her vision of a contemporary, boutique-style town house
began to unfold. Echoing Samantha's very own stylish, chic
appearance, the Bingham in Richmond is a lesson in effortless
on-trend refinement. An artful display of genteel colour schemes,
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elegant, and possibly Bingham's most captivating element of all:
its River Thames views. There's nowhere better to admire this
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tended English garden. It's the setting brides-to-be dream of for
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Events take place within the self-contained Garden Rooms, which can
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| Pyongyang, April 11 (KCNA) -- Jordan's Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh at a press conference with the Austrian Foreign Minister on Wednesday warned against violence between the Israelis and the Palestinians, which he said will increase tensions and hamper efforts to resume peace talks.
Such violence, Judeh said, obstructs efforts to restart serious peace talks that lead to the creation of an independent Palestinian state on the Palestinian territories.
Judeh condemned all Israeli settlement activities and its unilateral measures that alter the geographic and demographic situation on the ground, adding that these Israeli measures negatively affect the peace process.
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The style we have come to know as Art Deco was influenced by a number of factors. Its inspirations often came from India, Asia and Egypt. From the late 1920s through the 1930s the jewelry houses of Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels began to incorporate old Indian Mughal jewels into their own innovative and original pieces of jewelry.
The Mughal style (late 1500s to 1850s) is the one we associate with the opulent display of wealth with lavishly designed gem-laden jewelry and the exotica of a Mughal emperor's furnishings. The carving of gems, especially emeralds is a distinctive characteristic of the gems of that empire.
Delicate and fine, this platinum pendant circa 1935 features what appears to be an old Mughal carved emerald from the 19th century or earlier. The drop shaped gem is an estimated 6 carats and is topped with a platinum cap with scalloped edge and transitional cut diamond bale.
The body of the platinum pendant is a mastery of gem and metal work with a transitional cut diamond clad in a platinum bezel suspending a triangular cut diamond. At each corner of the base is a series of four (4) single cut diamonds (eight diamonds in all) attached to a platinum semicircle channel set with ten (10) natural rubies with a baguette diamond at each terminal and centering the curve. The estimated diamond weight for the pendant is .45 carats.
Chain is not included; please contact us for details on purchasing.
Date: Circa 1935.


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