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Compare Insurance Rates, Get Insurance Quotes, Save Money with N The Funniest T-Shirt Designs of the Decade –nextpage– More stories across the network: NSFW: I Chose Not To Choose iPhone… or Android. I Chose Something Else. I promised myself I wouldn’t get drawn into this nonsense. The ridiculous “my mobile operating system is better than your operating system” back-and-forth that seems to comprise 80-85% of TechCrunch’s journalistic output (and – just before you get too smart-assy about it – a similar percentage of comments and page impressions). There are, after all, actual things happening in the world. But all those stories will have to wait. I’m going to buy a Blackberry. Why? In fact I’d go so far as to say – as one is expected to do in these arguments – that Blackberry OS is the operating system that suits my own particular needs so perfectly that all other handsets seem pathetic by comparison. Another glance at my contract. So here goes. It Allows Me To Pretend I Have A Proper Job When I Don’t My history of purchasing Blackberries (Blackberrys?) (The ruggedness extends inside too: Blackberry OS boasts superior encryption to all but the most military-grade operating systems on the market. Whatever.

Bolts From the Blue: The Electric Colors o Though a lightning bolt radiates pure white light, various atmospheric conditions can tint the brilliant flash into a rainbow of electrical colors. Red, yellow, green, blue, pink, purple, violet, cyan, and orange are all possible lightning colors, depending upon the presence of water vapor, dust, pollution, rain, or hail. Just as lightning is said never to strike twice in the same place, no two lightning bolts are ever exactly the same color. In fact, different branches of the same bolt can exhibit different colors, due to temperature variations. By jahdakine. Weather expert Dan Robinson explains that different film stocks, exposure times, and camera types can also bring colour to lightning. Lightning Fun facts: A lightning bolt can travel 60,000 miles per hour.Lightning temperatures can reach nearly 30,000 K (55,000° F), which is five times hotter than the sun.In addition to thunder storms, dust storms and volcanic ash eruptions can trigger lightning. By andrewomerknapp. By phatman.

CO2 emissions, birth & death rates by country, simulated real-time Democrats Abandon Plans to Skip Vote on Senate Health Bill -- Po With the abortion issue still unresolved and House Democrats seemingly just short of votes to pass their bill, President Obama arrived at the Capitol just after 3:30 Saturday to speak to the entire membership of the House Democratic caucus and implore them to unite behind the issue that has become the signature effort of his presidency. Earlier in the day, House Democratic leaders walked away from plans to deem the Senate's health care bill to have passed the House without ever taking an up-or-down vote on it. Brendan Daly, a spokesman for Speaker Nancy Pelosi, said the House would vote separately on the Senate bill. The idea had come under withering assault from Republicans and some Democrats. House members will first vote on changes they had sought to the Senate bill and then they will vote on the bill itself, Daly told Politics Daily. The decision came after members of the House Rules Committee clashed for hours Saturday over a procedure known as "deem and pass." Rep. Rep. But Rep.

Music Improves Learning, Memory | Brain Benefits of Music Training | Musicians Learn Foreign Languages More Easily Learning to play a musical instrument changes the brain, leading to a slew of potential benefits, including improved learning and understanding of language, according to a recent review article. Studies highlighted in the review suggest connections made between brain cells during musical training can aid in other forms of communication, such as speech, reading and understanding a foreign language. "The effect of music training suggests that, akin to physical exercise and its impact on body fitness, music is a resource that tones the brain for auditory fitness," the researchers say. The studies suggest society should "re-examine the role of music in shaping individual development," and schools should consider boosting efforts to incorporate musical training into the curriculum, the researchers say. The findings are published today in the journal Nature Reviews Neuroscience. Musical brains A musician's ear must be particularly attuned to musical sounds, timing and quality.

TX Introduces New Classic 610 Fly-Back Chronograph, 310 Perpetua IN STYLES FROM WAY OUT! Vintage Inspired, Complicated & AFFORDABLE! Lovin the new classic models just introduced by TX at Baselworld. They'll be available in Fall 2010 but here are the very first looks! A perfect blend of antiquity and modernity... The TX 610 Flyback Chronograph collection with retrograde registers. The TX 310 Perpetual Calendar collection with retrograde month and day of week. The TX 810 Linear Chronograph collection with retrograde linear functions. Product pages: Tips For Better Out of Camera Images | Photogeneralist.com With all that we can do today in Photoshop a lot of the techniques we used to use to get it right in camera “back in the film days” have been over shadowed. But today I think they are as important as ever. In the following video I point out how I think about a scene when shooting it, how I approach it technically, and how I use simple tools like filters and even a flashlight to improve my images before they ever see post processing. Again don’t think I don’t post process. Both shoots discussed in the video show a few before and after images that I normally wouldn’t have taken to begin with. Sometime in the next few weeks I’ll do a “what’s in my bag” post to further discuss the tools I use in the field.

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