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Photo of the Week – July 21, 2010

Thistle Photo © olmail with permission to About.com, Inc. To submit your photos for possible photo of the week winners just visit our forum and post in the photo sharing area

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Photo of the Week – July 21, 2010

Panasonic Debuts New Rugged, ‘Bright-Lens’ Cameras (PC Magazine)

PC Magazine – On Wednesday, Panasonic announced five new digital cameras. They’re basically divided into three categories; super-zooms, rugged models and “bright lens” versions.

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Panasonic Debuts New Rugged, ‘Bright-Lens’ Cameras
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Winner and Finalists of Assignment #69 – Flower Photography

For our flower photography assignment we focused our lenses on blooms of all sorts. There were an amazing 98 entries for this assignment! We had some great lessons to help everyone capture better flower photographs and overall the entries were really well done. Flower Photography Depth of Field Lesson Preventing Blurry Photographs Color Temperature There was a tendency among several entries to shoot in a less optimal orientation and exposures were off a bit.

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Winner and Finalists of Assignment #69 – Flower Photography

Forum Flashback Series – 17 July 2010

Photo © Mossypine with permission to About.com, Inc. Each Saturday, an image will be posted here that was originally posted somewhere in our forum roughly one year prior.

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Forum Flashback Series – 17 July 2010

Dance India Dance Little Masters July 16 Episode Video, Master Terence Enters the Show

Guest Judge Master Terence arrives in the show while performing a humorous dance number with host Manish Paul in the July 16 episode of Dance India Dance Little Masters aired on Zee TV.

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Dance India Dance Little Masters July 16 Episode Video, Master Terence Enters the Show

The January 2010 Julie Anne pencil sketch – Now Being Inked… (Progress Report 1)

Julie Anne M. posted a photo: You may have seen this nearly six months ago. I’m inking it now, because I felt it was time to do it

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The January 2010 Julie Anne pencil sketch – Now Being Inked… (Progress Report 1)

Art from Diana’s family homes on sale

Art, antiques, and even carriages owned by the family of Diana, Princess of Wales, are to go on auction.

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Art from Diana’s family homes on sale

Career in the markets

Hi guys and girls, I had ambitions of becoming a financial planner until recently speaking to a few people in and some that have left the industry. It seems all is not well or as well as I thought it would be. Anyway my interest’s lie more so in the market then SOA’s and insurance, however I believe that becoming a broker or analyst is a lot harder then an fp, is this correct?

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Career in the markets

Wayhomer Review #29: Inception

Episode #29 for Inception , in which our protagonist feels like he’s been kicked in the head by a mule, is almost (for the first time) lost for words, and accuses Christopher Nolan of mental impropriety. Direct link for the feedreaders.

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Wayhomer Review #29: Inception

BP, scientists try to make sense of well puzzle (AP)

AP – In a nail-biting day across the Gulf Coast, engineers struggled to make sense of puzzling pressure readings from the bottom of the sea Friday to determine whether BP’s capped oil well was holding tight. Halfway through a critical 48-hour window, the signs were promising but far from conclusive.

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BP, scientists try to make sense of well puzzle
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Senators look for smoking gun in BP-Lockerbie link (AP)

AP – BP’s oil spill notoriety is reviving unwelcome attention from Congress on another issue: whether the oil company sought the release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi to help get a $900 million exploration agreement with Libya off the ground.

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Senators look for smoking gun in BP-Lockerbie link
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GE breaks string of profit drops but revenue falls (AP)

AP – Cost cutting and an improved financial business helped General Electric Co. post its first increase in quarterly profit since 2007 on Friday, but sales remained sluggish for the industrial and financial giant.

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GE breaks string of profit drops but revenue falls
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GOP’s jobs ideas: Keep Bush tax cuts, freeze regulations (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor – As President Obama prepares to sign the second historic reform bill of his administration – health care in March, finance reform next week – Republicans are offering their own answers to why jobs have not recovered and enlisting business groups to help make their case.

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GOP’s jobs ideas: Keep Bush tax cuts, freeze regulations
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Stocks drop on weak consumer sentiment, bank earns (AP)

AP – Investors are finding disappointment everywhere and taking out their frustration on stocks.

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US stocks dive on falling consumer sentiment, mixed earnings (AFP)

AFP – US stocks plunged Friday after sagging consumer confidence and a mixed batch of second-quarter earnings revived fears about the health of the economic recovery.

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US stocks dive on falling consumer sentiment, mixed earnings
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Art of the Garden, at Van Dop Gallery, 421 Richmond St., New Westminster, featuring the work of Carole Arnston, Joanna …

Art of the Garden, at Van Dop Gallery, 421 Richmond St., New Westminster, featuring the work of Carole Arnston, Joanna Lovett and Kermodi Living Art. Info: www.vandopgallery.com. To book a viewing, call 604-521-7887.

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Art of the Garden, at Van Dop Gallery, 421 Richmond St., New Westminster, featuring the work of Carole Arnston, Joanna …

Gannett’s stock dives after 2Q results disappoint (AP)

AP – Gannett Co., the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, moved closer to ending a 3 1/2-year slump in print advertising during the second quarter.

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Gannett’s stock dives after 2Q results disappoint
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Public Art – Team Sport of Invividual Accomplishment? | Art&Seek …

After years of admittedly not acknowledging the importance or relevancy of the arts as a topic of discussion on a par with world politics, the renown Aspen Institute Ideas Festival offered a separate tract for arts and culture last week …

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Art League’s Rediscovered Treasures Sale under way

Art lovers who also happen to like good deals are scoring big at the Art League’s Rediscovered Treasures Sale, which runs through July 22.

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Art League’s Rediscovered Treasures Sale under way

Same-Sex Marriage Inches Toward High Court

A federal court in Boston ruled last week that same-sex married couples deserve federal recognition — moving the battle closer to the Supreme Court. Opponents are encouraging voters to put pressure on courts to say no. Advocates see the decision as a major breakthrough, but some are worried they’re pushing the issue too far, too fast.

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Same-Sex Marriage Inches Toward High Court

Difficult Births: Laboring And Delivering In Shackles

Although no one knows how widespread the shackling of inmates during childbirth is, there’s evidence it’s still being practiced. In a recent survey, prisons in six states say they cuff either a woman’s hand or ankle at the beginning of labor, and four say they shackle an ankle during delivery. But a growing number of states have moved to ban the practice

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Through Rain, Sleet, Snow, Lifesaving

On Saturday, Keith McVey was delivering mail in Akron, Ohio, when he came across a man frantically shaking his friend, who was unconscious and not breathing. McVey, a former firefighter and EMT, revived the friend using CPR. It wasn’t the first time the mail carrier has saved someone’s life while delivering mail — it was the THIRD time in the past 20 years.

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Through Rain, Sleet, Snow, Lifesaving

GE ends long profit slump, but revenue falls short (Reuters)

Reuters – General Electric Co posted its first quarterly profit increase in more than two years on Friday, but a sharper-than-expected drop in revenue spooked investors and its shares fell about 4 percent.

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