tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71132975660779660602024-02-22T12:50:39.430-08:00Dont Be Affraid In the DarkFREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113297566077966060.post-3192922638926241162011-08-09T04:51:00.000-07:002011-08-09T06:11:16.355-07:00Got broadband? There’s no need to shell out your hard-earned cash for movies and TV shows<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dbzIGpdx_XIrElRkrWsOK4AjKCaqg54Gj4U1S_phQ5_vBMT_dINo7xR7km4C0mRSCnTFTLfMQ-M0_z0CDv3qzTcmchiUpMvjxwu7ODmSlWuE0E6LG-CyDe7_-OhV0Fh7sYPC_7ttKPQA/s1600/Hulu%25E2%2580%2599s+desktop.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dbzIGpdx_XIrElRkrWsOK4AjKCaqg54Gj4U1S_phQ5_vBMT_dINo7xR7km4C0mRSCnTFTLfMQ-M0_z0CDv3qzTcmchiUpMvjxwu7ODmSlWuE0E6LG-CyDe7_-OhV0Fh7sYPC_7ttKPQA/s400/Hulu%25E2%2580%2599s+desktop.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638842478199271026" border="0" /></a>
<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Cable and satellite TV deliver a lot of shows and movies, very conveniently… and very expensively. If you want features like DVR and high-defi nition cable TV and a few extra channels, your bill could easily hit $100 or more a month. That’s a cool $1,200 a year. If you’re a sports junkie, count on adding another few hundred bucks a year to follow your favorite team, player, or sport. Is it possible to satisfy your TV and movie jones while ditching the cable/satellite bill? Sure it is—the secret lies in that broadband connection you already pay for every month. Let’s look at ways to fulfill our couch-potato cravings for fewer dollars.
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >NETWORK AND CABLE TV SHOWS</span>
<br />Whether you’re a hardcore fan of a particular TV series or you just like the occasional episode, you can fi nd the current episode of most of your favorite TV shows online. If you know the network or cable channel, you can go directly to those sites and watch recent episodes. Few of these are real-time streaming—in other words, you may have to wait a few hours or days aft er the show airs to catch it online. Aggregator sites, particularly Hulu.com, also off er recent episodes of many series. The base Hulu service is free, but coverage of shows is spotty. It’s also in standard defi nition, and you can only technically watch it on a PC. Hulu Plus, which costs $7.99 a month, is Hulu’s premium service. Hulu Plus adds high-defi nition support, more shows, and compatibility with a variety of different devices, including Apple iOS devices, the PS3, and certain Internet-enabled TVs. But even with Hulu Plus, coverage can be spotty; sometimes this service leaves out a couple of episodes of a given season.
<br />Netflix Watch Instantly, ata minimum cost of $7.99 for the streaming-only service, off ers an increasingly large array of shows, plus access to a huge variety of movies. What we like the most about Watch Instantly, though, is ample access to shows not commonly available on Hulu, such as documentaries and BBC miniseries.
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >OVER-THE-AIR HDTV</span>
<br />Windows Media Center, built into Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows Ultimate, also contains an Internet TV streaming service. Coverage of shows is inconsistent, however, so you may only see samplers of various TV series with just a few episodes to give you a taste. Our preference—and one of the hidden secrets of HDTV— is to add a high-defi nition, over-the-air TV tuner to our HDTV or our HTPC. This is particularly useful if you live in a metropolitan area with a large media market. Free OTA high-defi nition plus Windows Media Center gives you full DVR capabilityfor local stations, without added cost. You don’t need Media Center, of course. Third-party applications like SageTV (www.sagetv.com) also support HDTV tuner cards and have similar scheduling soft ware built in.
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >MOVIES</span>
<br />Film buff s have a rich array of online services to choose from when it comes to great content at low cost. We’ve already mentioned Netflix Watch Instantly,at $7.99 a month, which is probably the best deal on the planet right now. Other streaming services, like Amazon.com’s Video on Demand and CinemaNow charge per movie, either for renting or for owning a DRM’d version. That can get pretty pricey pretty fast. If you’re happy with standard defi nition on your PC, Hulu off ers a variety of free movies, although advertisements are present.
<br />A variety of “free” movie aggregator sites exist, but the legality of many of these are questionable. These sites don’t actually host movies, but stream from other sources, including off shore sources and BitTorrent sites. Our guidance here? Approach with caution.
<br />If you really want free and legal, a number of old movies, documentaries, and shows are now in the public domain. Sites like Entertainment Magazine Online (<a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.emol.org">www.emol.org</a>) offer tons of free, legal movie downloads, albeit of older films. EMOL also aggregates links to TV network and studio sites that off er free streaming of their shows.
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >SPORTS</span>
<br />Watching your favorite teams online is usually not a bargain. You can watch some less-popular sports events at sites like ESPN.com, but major sports, like the NFL, Major League Baseball, and NASCAR can’t be found legally, unless you’re willing to pay substantially. In a pinch, we’ve used aggregator services, but these sites exist in a gray area. For example, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.atdhe.net">www.atdhe.net</a>, one such popular aggregator service, had its domain seized by the U.S. government for copyright infringement during the course of us writing this story.
<br />If you do follow a single sport, then the cost might still undercut cable. An NFL all-season pass, for example, is $14.99 a month. But that’s not exactly cheapskate territory.
<br />The two best deals around are the NBA and MLB. Both off er aff ordable season passes, and both allow you to watch games across diff erent devices—your PC, smartphone, and, in the case of MLB, your PS3.
<br /></div>FREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113297566077966060.post-65302130765839167342011-08-08T20:54:00.000-07:002011-08-08T21:30:42.631-07:00Top 10 Most Visited Parks<span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>Great Smoky Mountains</b></span>
<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Photograph by Kushal Mukherjee</span>
<br />The clouds covering the valley of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The nation's busiest park, Great Smoky Mountains to pay more than nine million visitors a year, twice the number of other national park. It is located in Tennessee and North Carolina.
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<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>Grand Canyon</b></span>
<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Photograph by Mihail Diaconu</span>
<br />The setting sun frames the Grand Canyon North Rim. Nearly five million people travel through the canyon each year.
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<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>Yosemite</b></span>
<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Photograph by Phil Hawkins</span>
<br />The 317-foot Vernal Fall is seen from a canyon in Yosemite National Park in California. In addition to the waterfalls, the park has deep valleys, ancient trees, and hundreds of animal species.
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<br />Winter sun seems to set the Yosemite National Park, Horsetail Falls in flames. Thirdly, the most visited national park, Yosemite is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>Yellowstone</b></span>
<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Photograph by Rade Svorcan</span>
<br />The Lone Star Geyser eruption of Yellowstone National Park. Located in Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, the park has more geysers and hot springs than anywhere else on Earth.
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<br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >Rocky Mountain</span></b>
<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Photograph by Mark Sanders</span>
<br />Panoramic views are a major attraction in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. The park includes 150 lakes and 450 miles of streams and wetlands ecosystems ranging from pine forests in mountain areas of alpine tundra.
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<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>Olympic</b></span>
<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Photograph by David Yegerlehner</span>
<br />Outcrops called sea stacks are home to birds and other animals on the Pacific coast of <a href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/national-parks/olympic-national-park/">Olympic National Park</a> Washington. The coast is one of three different ecosystems within the park.
<br />Olympic National Park covers 1441 miles square of the Olympic Peninsula. Due to the conditions of the park is relatively untouched and unforgettable landscapes, UNESCO declared both an International Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site.
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<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>Grand Teton</b></span>
<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Photograph by Daman Sidhu</span>
<br />Autumn brings brilliant colors, and the valley of Wyoming Grand Teton National Park. While visitors may enjoy the park throughout the year, September and October bring a pleasant day, windy nights, fewer crowds and better chances of seeing moose in summer.
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<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>Zion</b></span>
<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Photograph by Victor Novikov</span>
<br />Rising in Utah’s high plateau country, the Virgin River carves its way through Zion Canyon to the desert below. The park’s striking vertical topography—rock towers, sandstone canyons, and sharp cliffs—attracts 2.5 million visitors a year.
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<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>Acadia</b></span>
<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Photograph by Alex Filatov</span>
<br />Eagle Lake is visible from a wooded hill in Acadia National Park. The park has over 120 miles of trails ranging from easy walks along the ocean to climb steep mountains and Cadillac others.
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<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>Cuyahoga Valley</b></span>
<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Photograph by James Crotty</span>
<br />Although the Brandywine Falls based mostly tourists, Ohio Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Blue Hen Falls in less crowded, pictured here, is like an oasis in the wooded valley.
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<br /><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >PACKAGE DEALS </span></b></div><div>Some resellers will bundle <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motherboard" title="Motherboard" rel="wikipedia">motherboards</a>, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_processing_unit" title="Central processing unit" rel="wikipedia">CPU</a>, and memory, or <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_card" title="Video card" rel="wikipedia">graphics cards</a> and PSUs. These deals can save you some money, but make sure you know the components in the bundle.</div><div>
<br /></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >REFURB OR NOT?</span></b> </div><div>Sometimes open-box or refurbished deals can be good, but be wary. Gear refurbished by the manufacturer itself can also be a good deal.</div></div><div>
<br /></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >TRY TO BUY FROM ONE RESELLER</span></b> </div><div>You may fi nd yourself saving a few bucks here and there by purchasing components from different sites—but you may lose all those savings in shipping costs. Many e-tailers will waive shipping costs if you buy above a certain dollar amount.</div></div><div>
<br /></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >SELL YOUR OLD STUFF!</span></b> </div><div>Considerate builders will often hand down gear to family members, but you can also fi nance your PCbuilding hobby by selling old gear on eBay. You’d be amazed at how much you can get for an old motherboard or graphics card.</div></div><div>
<br /></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >WATCH AND WAIT FOR PRICE REDUCTIONS</span></b></div><div>When Nvidia launched the GTX 560 GPUs recently, AMD dropped the prices on a number of its products. A spiffy new GPU might be expensive when it fi rst launches, but at the same time, a competitor’s products might be a steal. Best of all, these components are often still part of the current generation.</div></div><div>
<br /></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >CPU PRICE-DROPS</span></b> </div><div>Intel (and AMD to a lesser extent) cuts CPU prices regularly—as often as quarterly—as new processors hit the streets. Even current-generation CPUs will drop in price after a quarter or two.</div></div><div>
<br /></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >STOCK UP ON MEMORY</span></b> </div><div>DDR3 prices are amazingly cheap currently, so buy more than you originally think you need. Get 8GB instead of 4GB, or 12GB instead of 6GB.</div></div><span class="”fullpost”"></span> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top:10px;height:15px"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=ad8d9a8a-3650-418d-8049-c92afbe2ed09" alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" style="border:none;float:right" /></a></div>FREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113297566077966060.post-3321257213670574572011-08-08T04:43:00.000-07:002011-08-08T07:05:55.882-07:00Live Free(ware) and Prosper<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBWsCwlBSGIL_ArDn0IEXyCRJr5XfKYDzBAU1OZ9Q1dV8iW7FcjFXyIQiKpEAizAsD0XWFxEOKj2-g1g3_9v2hFPpPps6TwLoDFtKux9mKrPx2v_Zvno3-Gi11rbQ0kK6eZ8hul28Xiebi/s1600/phooshop.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBWsCwlBSGIL_ArDn0IEXyCRJr5XfKYDzBAU1OZ9Q1dV8iW7FcjFXyIQiKpEAizAsD0XWFxEOKj2-g1g3_9v2hFPpPps6TwLoDFtKux9mKrPx2v_Zvno3-Gi11rbQ0kK6eZ8hul28Xiebi/s400/phooshop.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638485974555179890" /></a>
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<br /></div><div><div>You just dropped a wheelbarrow full of cash upgrading your videocard and CPU, leaving only a</div><div>little bit of pocket lint left over for software. Relax, Bobby, it’s going to be fine. The truth is that soft-ware is mother-lovin’ expensive. Seven hundred smackers for Photoshop? Pshaw! Thankfully, free and powerful alternatives to the most popular apps abound. Put your <a class="zem_slink" href="http://paypal.com/" title="PayPal" rel="homepage">PayPal</a> card away and follow along.</div></div><div>
<br /></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >GIMP YOUR PHOTOS, NOT YOUR WALLET</span></b></div><div>GIMP, or <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.gimp.org/" title="GIMP" rel="homepage">GNU Image Manipulation Program</a> if you can’t stand acronyms, is a popular opensource alternative to Photoshop. Don’t let the fact that it’s free fool you; even though it’s not quite as polished or feature-rich as Photoshop, there’s a lot you can do with GIMP beyond just resizing and re-touching. A robust set of integrated tools and an extensive plugin library make it a more-than-capable image manipulator, not just an editor. GIMP is also platform-fl exible in that it supports Windows, Mac OS X, and of course, Linux. FREE, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.gimp.org">www.gimp.org</a></div></div><div>
<br /></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.microsoft.com/" title="Microsoft" rel="homepage">MICROSOFT</a> ANSWERS THE CALL FOR FREE ANTIVIRUS </span></b></div><div>What started off as Windows Live <a class="zem_slink" href="http://onecare.live.com/" title="Windows Live OneCare" rel="homepage">OneCare</a> eventually morphed into a capable and free antivirus solution known as <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials" title="Microsoft Security Essentials" rel="homepage">Microsoft Security Essentials</a>. Surprisingly effective for a relative newcomer, the latest version adds heuristic scanning and improved Firewall integration. Just be sure you’re rocking a legit copy of Windows. FREE, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.bit.ly/9ikpqC">www.bit.ly/9ikpqC</a></div></div><div>
<br /></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >USE PHOTOSHOP FOR FREE (LEGALLY)</span></b></div><div>Don’t need the feature-rich complexity of GIMP? No problem. Most photo-sharing sites, like Flickr and Photobucket, let you make basic changes, but the cool thing about Adobe’s online Photo Express Editor is that it aggregates your photos from those and other portals, including Facebook, and neatly organizes them. You can also upload up to 2GB of photos for free. FREE, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.photoshop.com">www.photoshop.com</a></div></div><div>
<br /></div><div><div>KICK MALWARE IN THE NADS… TWICE</div><div>Microsoft Security Essentials does an outstanding job at beating back viruses, but sometimes you need an extra bodyguard or two to keep things in line. Unlike antivirus soft ware, which digs deep into your OS, antispyware applications can be run in tandem. Malwarebytes and SuperAntiSpyware provide a potent one-two punch combo, oft entimes catching what the other doesn’t. Combined with Microsoft Security Essentials, you’ll have a three-headed monster that loves to munch on malware. FREE, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.malwarebytes.org">www.malwarebytes.org</a> and <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.superantispyware.com">www.superantispyware.com</a></div></div><div>
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<br /></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >LIVE IT, LOVE IT WITH UBUNTU</span></b></div><div>Whether you’re rocking a desktop, server rig, or a netbook, there’s a version of Ubuntu designed just for you. Ubuntu is perhaps the easiest of all Linux distros to use, providing a pain-free way of cutting those costly Windows shackles. What about games, you ask? If a title isn’ t supported natively, use <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.winehq.org/" title="Wine (software)" rel="homepage">WineHQ</a>, which lets you run Windows software in Linux. FREE, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.ubuntu.com">www.ubuntu.com</a> and <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.winehq.com">www.winehq.com</a></div></div><div>
<br /></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >SUGARSYNC BRINGS SWEET FILE SHARING TO THE DESKTOP AND BEYOND</span></b></div><div>We still adore Dropbox, we really do. It’s just that <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.sugarsync.com/" title="SugarSync" rel="homepage">SugarSync</a> is a tad more fl exible. It offers cloud-based fi le syncing, just like Dropbox, and you can easily share fi les between PCs. But SugarSync goes the extra mile by letting you sync multiple folders across multiple systems. We also appreciate its robust mobile platform support (iPad, iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Symbian devices) and remote access from any web browser. You get 5GB for free, and 500MB for every successful referral (if they sign up for a paid plan, you both get an additional 10GB). FREE, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.sugarysync.com">www.sugarysync.com</a></div></div><div>
<br /></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >CLONING MADE FREE AND EASY</span></b></div><div>Let Professor Penny Rich and Doctor Deep Pockets debate which is better, Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image. Both are great, but both will set you back at least $50. Sir Savea- Lot’s solution? Macrium Reflect, a no-cost cloning program that works with XP, Vista, and Windows 7 in both 32-bit and 64-bit form. With it you can create a disk image even while running Windows, a rare trick for free cloning software. There’s a built-in scheduler and you can even image to a network, USB, or <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_enclosure" title="Disk enclosure" rel="wikipedia">FireWire drive</a>, as well as optical media. FREE, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp">www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp</a></div></div><div>
<br /></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >PARTITION LIKE A PRO</span></b></div><div>Microsoft continues to improve upon Windows’ built-in partitioning tool, but sometimes it’s not enough. Easeus Partition Master Home Edition comes to the rescue with a robust partition manager priced at 100 pennies less than a buck. It supports hard disks as small as 2GB and as massive as 4TB, and it also works with removable devices. The list of tricks is long, including the ability to extend a system partition; resize, move, merge, split, and copy partitions; redistribute free space; scan a disk for bad sectors; support hardware RAID; rebuild the MBR; convert FAT to NTFS; convert partition types; secure fi le deletion; and more. FREE, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm">www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm</a></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEify4mwiAd_fcI5-XhsmVyqL5q247hT1d9i4-3nEHoup3wv3VIJM10EZQBcpv0v5q8cegDLxi45iz_h6lfY6-RtQDIUoT2ea9q9x8pFjBSoAeO8Q-hiBl70RRHx_PuK5LnSARfSEKfJOCvu/s400/easus.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638485660256875506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 345px; height: 315px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">
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<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">BEIRUT, Lebanon - The Syrian Army has defied growing condemnation and launched a new assault on the most contentious in the country on Sunday, the deployment of dozens of tanks and armored vehicles in the parts of a city is that Syria had always feared provoking activists and residents. Dozens of people died, they said, and thousands have fled the city.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The attack before dawn in the eastern part of the city, in Deir al-Zour came exactly one week after Syrian troops attacked Hama, Syria, in the city center, in turn largely wrested control of the state this summer . As Hama, Deir al-Zour, Syria's oil and gas production, was the scene of mass protests, with hundreds of thousands in the streets. But the military, wary of powerful and well-armed clans advanced cities, had largely stayed out.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Together, the two cities - the fourth and fifth of Syria - were the most suspicious of a survey of five months against four decades of rule by the Assad family. After a week of sharp rebuke by a chorus of international voices, the United Nations for the Pope renewed the attack confirmed what many consider the determination of President Bashar al-Assad to stay in power through violence.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Including some human rights groups, has more than 2,000 people were killed in the attacks so far.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Other signs of pressure on the government were introduced, perhaps above all indications that the business elite in Damascus, he began to prepare for the fall of the government. This elite has long proven one of the most important pillars of the Syrian authorities, especially during the Islamic uprising in 1982.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The regime is its own worst enemy, and can be saved from itself," said a Damascus-based analyst, who asked to remain anonymous. "It has been the collapse, but the question is what will lead to and when."</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Residents of the death toll at Deir al-Zour, 42, and one of them said that a family of six people trying to escape - a couple with four children - was among the dead. The activists said that many residents have left in recent days. A local man who gave his name as Mamun said the truck filled with no fewer than 25 women and children fled to the streets every abandoned.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said there were shortages of fuel and bread. Other residents said the private hospitals have closed, but that families were reluctant to take their wounded to the government, not to be arrested. At night, another resident said that Syrian forces had come to a roundabout in the center of the city, formerly called Assad and the Plaza of Martyrs name. "</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The city has never known a day like this," said Maamoun telephone, with bursts of gunfire heard in the background.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On weekends, calls for restraint mounted. The Arab League expressed "growing concern" Sunday and asked the authorities to stop attacks against the demonstrators. Pope Benedict XVI called Sunday for Assad to meet the "legitimate aspirations" of the people of Syria and Turkey announced it was sending his foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu in Damascus on Tuesday, with a similar message.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In a statement to Al Arabiya television on Monday, called King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to the violence unacceptable and said he remembers the Saudi ambassador in Damascus.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For weeks, activists had predicted that the Syrian Muslim holy month of Ramadan would bring an escalation of the insurgency, as every night demonstrators gathered in mosques, then organized the demonstrations. Instead, the government decided it was time for a large-scale assault on the cities seemed most determined to shake off the yoke of the security forces everywhere.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">From Deir al-Zour and Hama are the targets of repression that involve risks specific to Syria.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In 1982, Hama was the victim of one of the bloodiest moments in the history of the Modern Middle East, where the army crushed an Islamist revolt there and killed at least 10,000 people. The attack last week in which more than 200 people lost their lives, feelings inflamed by Syria.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Deir al-Zour may be no less frustrating for the government, but for different reasons. Armed and fiercely independent, the clans have extensive ties there are tribes in eastern Syria and western Iraq. In recent days, some of its leaders had sworn to give to the peaceful demonstrations and to take up arms if the attacking force, but no reports of injuries on Sunday the government.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The city is also home to the complaints of government neglect, compounded by the feeling that people have not participated in the region's oil and gas wealth. "I can say that the clock will never return," said a leader of a clan, who identified himself as Abu Mohammed Ala'aqidi.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Days, the army forces had been built on the outskirts of Deir al-Zour. Traveler recently there about 150 tanks, 200 armored vehicles and 200 microphones mounted machine guns were posted throughout the city. Local Coordination Committees, a group that has tried to document and organize the protests, said the attack began before dawn, the soldiers captured nine suburbs.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We're completely surrounded," said the pilot who gave the name of Abu Omar.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Introduction The attack was familiar. Although no weapons were seen Hama visit shortly before the siege, officials claimed the army had come there to fight the armed Islamists, who were terrorizing the city of 800,000</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Saturday, he offered a narrative similar to that of Deir al-Zour, with a population of 500,000. A report by the official Syrian news agency, SANA, the clan elders had called the army to go into "protect citizens and preserve public and private property."</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Residents reached by telephone offered a different account.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Syria needs to now be managed by the officials hard, not politicians," said Ammar, a 26 year old activist in Deir al-Zour. "I fear that the country is entering a dark cave, and everyone is a loser. Loser The first is President Assad and his regime."</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tensions have mounted in Deir al-Zour last month when security forces arrested Sheikh Nawaf al-Bashir, a figure bearing the clan. Clan elders and Syrian security officials and military have been negotiating for several days, but Sunday assault seemed to signal the government's intention to take the city by force, activists said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The government has been very careful to start a military operation in our region," Ammar said, "because most of the tribesmen are armed with AK-47 rifles and others, and are willing to fight and let the system to do the same thing as he did in Hama, or Dara'a "the city where the rebellion began in March.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"If the government has attacked Deir al-Zour, which all the tribes in the other provinces show against the Assad regime," he added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There have been periodic reports of defections in the military Deir al-Zour, although still seem to be limited, and does not constitute an immediate threat to Assad, who inherited power in 2000. Coordinating Committees, said that other soldiers have deserted Jour quarter of the city on Sunday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"He jumped soldiers trying to protect residents of the storm the city," the committee said. There was no immediate confirmation of the report by the inhabitants there.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Deir al-Zour was not only to attack the government. Syrian forces also attacked Houla, near Homs in central Syria, and northwest of Idlib. The committee said 12 people died in Hula, including three children.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The scale and ferocity of the repression gave a facade almost surreal persistent desire to reform government. In the last Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said Saturday that the real multiparty elections for Parliament in the first rule of the Assad family, would take place later this year. SANA quoted him as saying that the elections "free and transparent."</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The same day, the promise of Mr. Moallem, security forces arrested Walid al-Bunni, a leading opposition figure and former political prisoner, with his two children. Mr Bunni has been a driving force called Damascus Spring, an attempt to organize a movement for democratic reform in 2000, Assad soon crushed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/08/world/middleeast/08syria.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><i>source</i></b></span></a></div><span class="”fullpost”"></span>FREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113297566077966060.post-86074599002963590492011-08-07T01:17:00.000-07:002011-08-07T01:22:26.444-07:00How Planets Can Survive a Supernova<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqoO9mo3_Yu0c6GdlqMS_Gug0HTPXTgYyLeiB-slc2jqzc6CrPWEcp1W3uIQdIYwhvDD5PTXJ5FtilHKQ9m_HYBkncahUC7Fq16P1_vptXqPTZxDFVw-w_5F2aWSFs4spQiKPHXXFy4hE/s1600/supernova+remnant+1987A.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqoO9mo3_Yu0c6GdlqMS_Gug0HTPXTgYyLeiB-slc2jqzc6CrPWEcp1W3uIQdIYwhvDD5PTXJ5FtilHKQ9m_HYBkncahUC7Fq16P1_vptXqPTZxDFVw-w_5F2aWSFs4spQiKPHXXFy4hE/s400/supernova+remnant+1987A.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638026434269232914" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">When a star dies in a violent supernova, some of the planets survive the explosion, but to be thrown out of orbit and sent wandering the galaxy, a new study.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The theory offers an explanation of a handful of free-roaming planets discovered so far, and can mean a number of other worlds as rogue exist throughout the Milky Way.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Because each star dies, and many of these stars are massive enough to cause warming of ejection, there is ample opportunity throughout the galaxy of stellar death contribute to the floating population," said chief Dimitri Veras study, is an astronomer at Britain's University of Cambridge.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We do not know yet how these planets are common, but observational evidence suggests that there may be more planets floating between the two stars that orbit them," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The new model also indicates that in very rare cases, some surviving planets can remain linked to supernova remnants, find new ways around neutron stars or black holes left by the explosions. (See images of supernova remnants.)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A wrinkle in the two-body problem</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The new theory is based on a complex computer models that take into account anything known in physics as the problem of two bodies.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This formula for classical mechanics, helps to determine the orbits of two bodies interact, the electron around the atomic nucleus of a planet around a star.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As long as astronomers can measure the masses, positions and velocities of the two objects, they can determine their past, present and future tracks using simple mathematical equations.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The new study, except for a ride on the two-body problem, Vera said, because the stars are losing mass, as they go through their agony.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"In this situation, we do not know if a solution exists only simple equations, so in many cases, we must use computers to simulate the trajectories," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Depending on the model, when the stars at least 7 to 10 times the mass of our sun supernova, the swallows of encouragement to all the inner planets that orbit at several times the distance between Earth and sun.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Planets orbiting hundreds of times the Earth-Sun distance will be rather disturbed and their orbits are elongated so that they are finally thrown into interstellar space.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In some cases, disturbing planets be pushed into more distant orbits, but stable at around supernova remnants.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Planets orbiting these stellar remnants can continue as pulsars and black holes themselves far enough they would not be swallowed up by their intense gravitational pull, but the survivors would be charred, dead worlds.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">What's more, these worlds can be easily pulled to the limit the system and become a thief whose attraction to draw others close to the stars.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Billions of rogue planets out there?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In May 2011 a different set of observations, astronomers described the tests up to ten planets, which appear to migrate independently through interstellar space.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">New ejection mechanism could explain how they escaped from their planets found in stellar systems, Steinn Sigurdsson said an astronomer at Pennsylvania State University is not connected to research. (See the commentary on the book blog Sigurdsson Dynamics of cats.)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But Sigurdsson warns that there might be another way to play is how the planets are thrown out of their star systems.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Others may be the dominant mechanism is the planet-planet scattering, in which the planets of mass, remove the other planets in their orbits, and a fraction is launched into space than the bound, Rogues," says Sigurdsson.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is possible, even the two mechanisms work together, Sigurdsson said, with the scattering effect of putting the planets in orbit and out of the supernova and then expelled from the system.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Regardless, he thinks opportunities add up to a large number of floating planets.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The numbers [with two mechanisms of expulsion] are broadly consistent, and both involve billions of planets in total thugs," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Worlds can accommodate expelled life underground</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A big question, which new research is whether life could survive the separation of planets in the clan.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The answer may be yes, if the world had enough internal heat and is already supported the underground life, says John Debes, a planet hunter are not affiliated team Veras.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The moons like Europa, which is heated by the tides of Jupiter due to constant interaction with other moons, is probably the best of Paris to eject a survivor," said You, a postdoctoral fellow at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland .</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"One Earth could live under certain conditions, if there is a moon to survive the expulsion," from the Moon is tidal heating.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Life could also find a way to respond on planets outside the host stars, in good conditions, Debes said. (See "Earth-size" Lone Wolf "planets can support life.")</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There have been studies showing that climatic, geodynamic, and biogeochemical might be able to support life on planets without stars, especially those with underlying ocean hot springs, where the movement of energy can still be sufficient to run a biosphere .</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ejection very hard to detect planets</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The main objective of Veras and his team had really taken note of the star giving away the planets, which can be difficult if not impossible.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is because the current technology, the chances are low to find planets of the dying star about to explode.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now is the test results of what happens to stars when they die, a large orbiting planets, and the free-floating planets, Veras said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"All the ingredients are there," he said. "But the time to really observe a planet being ejected in most cases is longer than a human life."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The study is currently projected warming on the website arXiv.org preprint and have been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">source from <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/08/110805-planets-survive-supernovas-ejected-rogues-space-science/?source=link_fb20110807planetssurvivesupernova">here</a></div><span class="”fullpost”"></span>FREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113297566077966060.post-79276933041865362912011-08-06T06:22:00.000-07:002011-08-06T14:24:55.656-07:00DEATHMATCH; UEFI vs. BIOS<div style="text-align: justify;">As the first bit of code that’s run when you hit the power button, the PC’s Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is responsible for tickling the other pieces of hardware awake, checking their condition, and then fi nally passing control over to the operating system. It’s also ancient and dates back to the very fi rst PC. But there’s a new sheriff in town, fi nally. Called Unifi ed Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), it’s meant to update one of the oldest legacy technologies in personal computing. As we know, newer is not always better. This month we rank the major factors in both technologies and determine which you should have in your next PC.</div><span class="”fullpost”"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeQjmEeloJibikwNVEDTg6ex7KSwjVCpyZN3n03k3y-C_CSEK-SziB0WvAjD7SUrvfCDOscJiqGdEdQRuvhyLlbepbZjcKwwxY1sSK9dfdsfD5Dn9lHVoZA80sWks2vJBkQCpppfLtPohM/s1600/UEFI.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeQjmEeloJibikwNVEDTg6ex7KSwjVCpyZN3n03k3y-C_CSEK-SziB0WvAjD7SUrvfCDOscJiqGdEdQRuvhyLlbepbZjcKwwxY1sSK9dfdsfD5Dn9lHVoZA80sWks2vJBkQCpppfLtPohM/s400/UEFI.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637735376393044402" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><b>ROUND <span class="Apple-style-span" >1</span></b></span></div><b>FEATURES</b> The BIOS is written in Assembly, cannot be translated to another CPUarchitecture, runs in 16-bit real mode, and can only address 1MB of RAM. UEFI, on the other hand, is written in C, supports both 32- bit and 64-bit, and even has network access. UEFI also promises faster boot times over the BIOS, although we have yet to see it in our Lab.<b><span class="Apple-style-span" >WINNER: UEFI</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >ROUND <span class="Apple-style-span" >2</span></span></b></span><div><span class="”fullpost”"><b>PARTITION LIMIT</b> The BIOS would likely continue to be supported if not for its most glaring problem: its inability to support partitions beyond 2TB (2.2TB to be specifi c). UEFI, on the other hand, will support up to 9.4ZB, or 9.4 billion terabytes.</span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="”fullpost”"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >WINNER: UEFI</span></b><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="”fullpost”"><br /></span></div><div><span class="”fullpost”"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >ROUND <span class="Apple-style-span" >3</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>INTERFACE</b> If you went back in time and sat down in front of your PC and booted into the BIOS, you wouldn’t be able to tell if it was 1989, 1995, or 2010. Yeah, it’s that freaking creaky. Peep a UEFI board and you know you’re not in Kansas anymore. Of the ones we’ve seen, Asus’s implementation (pictured on the previous page) is particularly striking. Not all UEFI interfaces are pretty, though. Intel’s UEFI boards and Gigabyte’s P67 boards, for example, are based on UEFI but still use a standard BIOS interface. Nevertheless, the possibilities with UEFI make it the clear</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >winner. WINNER: UEFI</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >ROUND 4</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>PRONUNCIATION</b> Rightly or wrongly, we pronounce BIOS as buy-ohs and everyone knows</div><div style="text-align: justify;">what we mean. UEFI, though, is a tough one. You can truncate it C-3PO (3PO) style to EFI or effy, but we’re leaning toward oofy, as in Goofy without the g. Either way, the winner is clear.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >WINNER: BIOS</span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >ROUND 5</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">EASE OF USE The BIOS has been with us so long, you’d think that most of us could drive it in our sleep. Unfortunately, it’s not always that easy. Every board maker has its own BIOS interface and they are often as diffi cult to set as a digital watch sometimes. UEFI’s graphical interface promises greater ease of use, and, indeed, Asus’s drag-anddrop interface for boot devices is evidence of that. Still, some UEFI settings are as diffi cult to decipher as those in the BIOS, but it’s only going to get easier</div><div style="text-align: justify;">and better from here. WINNER: UEFI</div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuAMYvRBRIKhS9wfEB4Ubklrd9IusBWPFyx2Hiu27ksG87yaX-uT4mifDFKUB1eq_Tr2oeQmlmtzBk9VL3DoaBXVE56nqrwhXpNbvqYTCwffdhYp6YGSWLyrKPhy-HwCg8i8bxJuBalxiZ/s400/BIOS.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637855977266183218" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 275px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>And the Winner Is...</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Change is difficult for many. It’s like making the switch from Office 2003 to Office 2010, or getting rid of your favorite mouse—many regret it immediately. But moving from the BIOS interface and its legacy underpinnings is more akin to finally getting rid of your 15-year-old skivvies—you know, the ones with worn-out elastic. Yeah, they work, but would you r eally miss them if they were gone? That’s the way we feel about the BIOS at this point. If you’re against change, deal with it. <b><span class="Apple-style-span" >UEFI</span></b> is the future and we’re only at the beginning.</div></div></span></div></div>FREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113297566077966060.post-54893425154516925482011-08-05T13:55:00.000-07:002011-08-05T14:20:40.613-07:00Is this Jack the Ripper?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJoWRYA5j6iM1vgDpqtGKG9wLwTX_qp-y9nNoNC4zUHIPiHVL3kDjqV8bHBaY_VjVRRbFknQqiCU9qMqlk8ZY9a27Ar7XBo_nOLGpB5kaaNS8s9I3uw7qTIYNsz4nnLzw3a00TOaeb_eG/s1600/Chief+Inspector+Frederick+Abberline.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJoWRYA5j6iM1vgDpqtGKG9wLwTX_qp-y9nNoNC4zUHIPiHVL3kDjqV8bHBaY_VjVRRbFknQqiCU9qMqlk8ZY9a27Ar7XBo_nOLGpB5kaaNS8s9I3uw7qTIYNsz4nnLzw3a00TOaeb_eG/s400/Chief+Inspector+Frederick+Abberline.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637483470406235010" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">New book claims to reveal sensational <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper" title="Jack the Ripper" rel="wikipedia">Jack the Ripper</a> - as Scotland Yard detective who led the hunt for a serial killer.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Spanish researcher names Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline a man who was brutally murdered at least five women in Victorian London.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">José Luis Abad, 84, says in "Jack the Ripper: The murderer the most intelligent of the story of his book, published this week in Spain.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mr. Abad is an expert in calligraphy and based their claims on a comparison of the editor in chief inspector Abberline with Jack the Ripper diary - a 63-page document that emerged from Liverpool in 1992.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He compared the newspaper writing, quoting the Chief Inspector Abberline 24 times, the police report written by a detective, and his signature at the end of his memoirs.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mr. Abad, a member of the Spanish Society for Graphology, said: "After comparing the handwriting I have no doubt the inspector Abberline was Jack the Ripper seems incredible, but the fact is that his writing does not lie ..</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"His sets are identical."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">M. Abad, who studied writing since 1975, began his study Ripper murders seven years ago.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Ripper Area newspaper in 1992 and was assigned to a cotton broker named James Maybrick Liverpool, other researchers have identified as the Ripper.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Many experts rejected the Ripper diary as a hoax. Mr. Abad think that's true, but the author was Chief Inspector Abberline, not James Maybrick.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhato0DGt3XmOruyaU35j8YV0k35bOt1yjiO84Omghk5Fkmqv8La1t81PzerPlUIGgIt9_C0R-tPMo6dvd388ECybJrInwVx9ETj4iIquKmpqAMQAbN7nkVjM6BiPfv7gsMVTgSawt2c7ok/s400/%2527Killer%2527+among+the+cops.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637479742703708050" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 188px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>'Killer' among the cops: Abberline (circled) in a group photo of officers in Whitechapel in 1888 - the year of the Ripper murders</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVn71KRlpw992U_NFqSMet0Egw72kjEfQ26h_s4Og9lVmLZrJSMcKqrQMJlUPs1k5BO0j3suCQt8LBYlZIM9A-D1ZbxlGWYLDCMY3RZO4ewOB6WYSdQV2tNTNO63KlxxbUbGSj18_A11a0/s400/Sickening.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637480352813136194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 339px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >Sickening: The Ripper walks away from his victim in the film From Hell, starring Johnny Depp</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span><br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div><b>JACK THE RIPPER'S VICTIMS: 1888</b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-Cs3hFpVtLqBCb1FfsSWY0tgUJBsotYk8Bv9McunRJLuvTlExi3cK7fIl0V_QCrrxsOoMBWLdKKINTymwnuS0-IEway6W16sYlSHeAx1WHWRDchrFyPdrdGZ75_jpdlTEEHiJoZfojN9/s400/JACK+THE+RIPPER%2527S+VICTIMS.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637481319325988946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 352px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><div>The detective was put in charge of the investigation following the murder of the Ripper, Mary Ann Nichols, in August 1888. He died in 1929 at age 86 at his home in Bournemouth.</div><div><br /></div><div>Michael Caine played Abberline chief inspector in 1988 in the TV movie Jack the Ripper, and Johnny Depp was a policeman in 2001 of From Hell.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><br /></div></div><div><div>Jack the Ripper and the capital brought the terror of the meat processing capacity of at least five prostitutes in Whitechapel, East London, in August and November 1888. According to an infamous night, he killed two women in a few minutes away from each other.</div><div><br /></div><div>The analysis of his methods, has revealed that a number of Ripper victims had their throats slit, while the killing was also removed from the body, like the uterus or heart.</div><div><br /></div><div>It was argued that, first of all Ripper killing would have to spend some 'time to drink alcoholic beverages in the pub before walking around the Whitechapel district, lower inhibitions.</div><div><br /></div><div>After each murder, he would return to a safe area where it can wash the blood from his hands and get rid of dirty clothes.</div><div><br /></div><div>The case is one of the greatest unsolved murder mysteries in the world, and over the years, many suspects have been imported into the frame, including Prince Albert Victor, grandson of Queen Victoria, Sir William Gull, physician to the Queen, and Sir Walter und Sickert, a famous painter of his time.</div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-eoRGyBGh6jQ-anjZGVV5YLwssrAGY2_faTC5vXXoZqLP6Kw24yD2JhPWIzwYOeD1ry5xEh2s0072jeZJ8KK19TMoiFq48r-gKfFL7ORD8WwDbm7P2GOjA-4Cbk8vjozbcL9iOheSdMMc/s400/Identity+parade.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637482657975024818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 156px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>Identity parade: New Scotland Yard's four suspects in the Ripper case (from left to right) include Montague John Druitt, Michael Ostrog, Aaron Kosminski and Dr Francis J.Tumblety</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div>At that time, the events of New Scotland Yard, was reduced to four suspects, but at the same time, they were not able to nail the murderess.</div><div><br /></div><div>The pseudonym Jack the Ripper came from a letter to a London news agency at the time of the murders, allegedly by the killer himself, but was later dismissed as a hoax.</div><div><br /></div><div>Last month Scotland Yard revealed it is fighting a legal battle reserves the Ripper and the secret files compiled by the protection of police officers in 1880.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span">source</span></i></b></a></div></div><span class="”fullpost”"></span> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top:10px;height:15px"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=3a27a067-a6f0-4649-8182-1699dd7a4ae4" alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" style="border:none;float:right" /></a></div>FREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113297566077966060.post-53191078384851385432011-08-05T10:20:00.000-07:002011-08-05T10:32:24.949-07:00Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6L0egmcNIPTUONz6H4KxZ4qzk_qJGr3DYTrO7cMpUqd67-cIbsLKtlCho00E4A9pkxuqKZFuNix74Ex6qP4ag8I_YUwU8eBV5RboMt9Tv00zYnO2j2nFUKisGBuJrTPcaxZ8pl7TPK1IA/s1600/bromo+tengger.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6L0egmcNIPTUONz6H4KxZ4qzk_qJGr3DYTrO7cMpUqd67-cIbsLKtlCho00E4A9pkxuqKZFuNix74Ex6qP4ag8I_YUwU8eBV5RboMt9Tv00zYnO2j2nFUKisGBuJrTPcaxZ8pl7TPK1IA/s400/bromo+tengger.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637425911711713586" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-8.01666666667,112.916666667&spn=0.01,0.01&q=-8.01666666667,112.916666667 (Bromo%20Tengger%20Semeru%20National%20Park)&t=h" title="Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park" rel="geolocation">Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park</a> is located in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.jatim.go.id/" title="East Java" rel="homepage">East Java</a>, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.indonesia.go.id/id/index.php" title="Indonesia" rel="homepage">Indonesia</a>, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.malangkota.go.id/" title="Malang" rel="homepage">Malang</a> to the east and south-east of the capital, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.surabaya.go.id" title="Surabaya" rel="homepage">Surabaya</a> East Java. And 'the only nature reserve in Indonesia, which is a sea of sand, Tengger Sand Sea (Indonesian: Laut Pasir Tengger), which is the caldera, an ancient <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano" title="Volcano" rel="wikipedia">volcano</a> (Tengger) which was founded four new volcanic cones. This unique feature will cover a total area of 5250 hectares at an altitude of about 2,100 m. The plateau is also the highest mountain in Java, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-8.108,112.92&spn=0.1,0.1&q=-8.108,112.92 (Semeru)&t=h" title="Semeru" rel="geolocation">Mount Semeru</a> (3,676 m), four lakes and 50 rivers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Tengger Sand Sea has been protected since the Bromo Tengger Semeru 1919th The national park was declared a national park in 1982.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">The national park is named after its two mountains, Mount Semeru (the highest in Java) and Mount Bromo (most popular), and the people who live in the Tengger region. The park also includes large areas that are very rich, fed by rivers from the high summit. The average altitude dressed in a much thinner forest before it gives way to the arid plateau and peaks.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">The national park is named after its two mountains, Mount Semeru (the highest in Java at 3,676 m), Mount Bromo (the most popular) and the Tengger people who inhabit the area.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mount Semeru also known as Mahameru ("Great Mountain"), is one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes. What stands out most about this mountain is the fact that it erupts periodically (and very reliably so). Every 20 min or so, the volcano belches out a huge cloud of steam and smoke, sometimes interspersed with ash and stones. Climbing Mount Semeru requires some planning and a permit from the national park authority. The mountain is often closed due to its highly active nature.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5-5FJHgpZUghrgGIbycpsZOtpMg1_u8Jixr9qJCE2QK6bOf98EVRaxYV0VXvEQBEbizt6kxk51SXhsvIYDsTB2XkZoM6wB1fxhJJHvgXd2FEc2YJ5FeYdMypImLqEDCwI3pNONhtbzxKL/s400/Mount+Semeru.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637424500325701666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi160ofDBoMIuyvnVl6e2bW3lHIowcZJeJgWe0lE3jyX66DxP7Z_sBSgm_w8WCy516lWEipeji5DYco_vs04YONsEYesr44b-qY5qLthB6MeFRASxqfSf1L4tHOpdFiOy2J7_AcnNqCfziV/s400/semeru-national-park.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637425020888757458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjovzsHQCC17opem6MWtCXeUq1rrwjfqzgEfhg8aZh0M2bIJf51DqH0tjVjrrlkTqI4rtzfts7bxCePe33sfRBurRjXtxf1Z1xEzrcCnz4wzfQ4gFfwVnI0_4ByP_ANTell0ghdMbSry3/s400/lighthouse-lengkuas-island.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637425749861718882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mount Bromo (2,329 m) is easily recognized as the entire top has been blown off and the crater inside constantly belches white sulphurous smoke. It sits inside the massive <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-7.94166666667,112.95&spn=0.1,0.1&q=-7.94166666667,112.95 (Mount%20Bromo)&t=h" title="Mount Bromo" rel="geolocation">Tengger caldera</a> (diameter approximately 10 km), surrounded by the Laut Pasir (Sea of Sand) of fine volcanic sand. The overall effect is unsettlingly unearthly, especially when compared to the lush green valleys all around the caldera.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The major access point is <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cemoro_Lawang" title="Cemoro Lawang" rel="wikipedia">Cemoro Lawang</a> (also Cemara Lawang or Cemora Lawang - blame the East Javanese accent!) at the northeastern edge of the caldera, but there are also trails from Tosari (northwest) and Ngadas (southwest). The village of Ngadisari, on the road from <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-7.75,113.216666667&spn=0.1,0.1&q=-7.75,113.216666667 (Probolinggo)&t=h" title="Probolinggo" rel="geolocation">Probolinggo</a> about 5.5 km before Cemoro Lawang, marks the entrance to the national park. Both Cemoro Lawang and Ngadisari are rather picturesque, with brightly-painted houses and flower beds outside.</div></div><span class="”fullpost”"></span> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top:10px;height:15px"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=524adde1-e924-4f73-ba17-e33396c5f459" alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" style="border:none;float:right" /></a></div>FREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113297566077966060.post-7287027876816912011-08-05T08:34:00.000-07:002011-08-05T09:06:40.510-07:006 Technologies That Will Stick Around<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">6</span> Media Players</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Somehow, the portable MP3 player is one of the few gadgets to defy the pending onedevice-to-rule-them-all convergence. Why? Smaller non-phone form factors, jogging, and simplicity, for starters. All we know is that Apple sold a whopping 17 million iPods in the fourth quarter of 2010, that’s 3 million more MP3 players than iPhones.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_QLxlCczKG-W2qUxGf51ckGPY-btrxPSh_cAe22sZhDfLcQfEDI8kaLvqU6WfMximzNNLSejhEIAeCkDW32GjVJeYT-2SbJmRgEOicHzX1nYig-Pa0AdFlNnmsDQwS5Fg4MxDOtt1qBY/s1600/media+player.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 184px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_QLxlCczKG-W2qUxGf51ckGPY-btrxPSh_cAe22sZhDfLcQfEDI8kaLvqU6WfMximzNNLSejhEIAeCkDW32GjVJeYT-2SbJmRgEOicHzX1nYig-Pa0AdFlNnmsDQwS5Fg4MxDOtt1qBY/s400/media+player.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637397725729405650" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="”fullpost”"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">5</span> Landline Telephone</span><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="”fullpost”">More and more people are ditching their landlines, but they’ll never go away entirely. Service is cheap, call quality is reliable, and given how easy it is to overload mobile networks, they’ll probably work better in case of an emergency. And we don’t see businesses and corporations switching anytime soon.</span><br /></div><span class="”fullpost”"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuq-unfCPJr-2apCNMEWf-5VDIXUQ6nxgL7T-BZrc2Ne4IFEfa8J27s02LPqeeM592oYEMSSFt2Ij0km907PxcfzBTi5Ajdlirql2DPPkiSgbLAz4f2_5uk_37FwzHpqlIXQfu2HZjYKZ9/s1600/Landline+Telephone.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 324px; height: 324px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuq-unfCPJr-2apCNMEWf-5VDIXUQ6nxgL7T-BZrc2Ne4IFEfa8J27s02LPqeeM592oYEMSSFt2Ij0km907PxcfzBTi5Ajdlirql2DPPkiSgbLAz4f2_5uk_37FwzHpqlIXQfu2HZjYKZ9/s400/Landline+Telephone.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637399216739248738" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">4</span> Internal Combustion Engine</span><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="”fullpost”">Hybrid tech is intriguing, but it’s a stop-gap measure that, ultimately, is still gas-powered. With lots of oil left on the planet, slow-moving auto makers, and no good fuel alternative, we’re going to be driving internal combustion engines for a long, long time.</span><br /></div><span class="”fullpost”"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizhg2an14E8EU5tEFkD_3uKlA5nFbUyjKj-UkRpa00FRNUymaMaXYHEQHrfoIrLfqz9ccLd7jh8sQUtG1-4LQjP9hfqdteKvWj-whzX_SOFiNEb-bolywDcQcFhysDVdZeME19l8Ecs3ce/s1600/Internal+Combustion+Engine.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 343px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizhg2an14E8EU5tEFkD_3uKlA5nFbUyjKj-UkRpa00FRNUymaMaXYHEQHrfoIrLfqz9ccLd7jh8sQUtG1-4LQjP9hfqdteKvWj-whzX_SOFiNEb-bolywDcQcFhysDVdZeME19l8Ecs3ce/s400/Internal+Combustion+Engine.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637400156566958418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">3,2,1</span> The PC, Keyboard, and Mouse</span><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="”fullpost”">We lump them together because in our minds, they’re a package deal. We hope we’re not jinxing ourselves, but in some way, shape, or form, the desktop computer will continue to sit at the center of our technological lives for some time to come.</span><br /></div><span class="”fullpost”"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxezJrZgkNmFKilWhTXxK7HmMzcDhuh_r7liWPmSa59UGkVdrImq6xuSk2kTIuggyRuHfH7Af0GV2rVedJeS6ca0dBlblhmYSgOFARZPkkf6WN8tI7vvuouDTKUN-oiztySNylMzEmcINt/s1600/PC.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 359px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxezJrZgkNmFKilWhTXxK7HmMzcDhuh_r7liWPmSa59UGkVdrImq6xuSk2kTIuggyRuHfH7Af0GV2rVedJeS6ca0dBlblhmYSgOFARZPkkf6WN8tI7vvuouDTKUN-oiztySNylMzEmcINt/s400/PC.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637401283086460306" border="0" /></a><br /></span>FREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113297566077966060.post-90843539726969913802011-08-04T22:56:00.000-07:002011-08-04T23:13:07.153-07:00Things to Do in U.K. Parks<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-QoIZSg7Evi8Z3A1rMfxYtd0tguRFDJr7RkqY4ta7SmcwlU4kxoHD03-wzM_tkkNtgYUoamRDQJuLZTioz7PnFx4ueJ8qs3Qw7Yg-OikM1C1TYSQ_9myTJ0A08-P7Bp7_FiulgKj9Tvs/s1600/cliffs+lure+climbers+and+other+adventurers.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-QoIZSg7Evi8Z3A1rMfxYtd0tguRFDJr7RkqY4ta7SmcwlU4kxoHD03-wzM_tkkNtgYUoamRDQJuLZTioz7PnFx4ueJ8qs3Qw7Yg-OikM1C1TYSQ_9myTJ0A08-P7Bp7_FiulgKj9Tvs/s400/cliffs+lure+climbers+and+other+adventurers.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637250568396900978" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>Pembrokeshire National Park's steep cliffs lure climbers and other adventurers; local outfitters provide assistance.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJy8rX08y5w8kQ_FQ2HdQQHBHnJZqa1q0Cizpfsh1H3mV_mpQM43XdJpuj6rWLRZbo4T4CftkVA3njjKjJKgoyl2xo0dWvseGDpcy8shFVSB48SplEqsJ7JyYc5patckOTwSu9gZ4dpami/s1600/Lake+District..JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: large; ">Go Fishing at Loch Lomond and the Trossachs</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">Loch Lomond is the largest lake in Britain, and the park of the same name includes dozens of other lakes, and about 50 rivers. Much of this cold, clear water teeming with salmon, sea trout, rainbow trout and grayling. Some lakes also hold fiery brown trout and coarse fish such as pike to the full. Tens of Loch fishing is in the park, each selling its own license, restricting address to enforce the daily limits. Boats and guides are widely available for rent.</span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggKAYRdUQKb5fs8cK8Bgao_GvibELKe9aPMsquOAKrOavmoSjurruOQ1V9Vq66JU1caCaxsC60nbl7_kdyRd1ec0i18k465WdHCndaLlCKJxr7ORmnDbi9qwjHnFL0mcDJMh2Vlzf9DQz6/s400/Loch+Lomond.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637247904947391586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><span class="”fullpost”"></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><h4 title="please wait 2 seconds for an uncompressed image, or press Ctrl+F5 for original quality page" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 21px; font-weight: bold; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 0px -39px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></h4></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: large; ">Climb the Cairngorms</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">Head of the high terrain of the mountainous country. Cairngorms National Park has four of the five highest peaks in Scotland and much of upland barren, but beautiful. Earth over 1970 feet (600 meters) is more organically linked to the Arctic than in the plains near UK. Those who are afraid of heights can walk or climb mountains region more accessible or tackle difficult journey vertical rock. In winter, the mountains become a playground of choice for ice climbers. Mountain weather is notoriously variable, climbing and camping in the mountains is a serious effort in all seasons. Guides are available for those with great enthusiasm but little experience.</span></span></div></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2xKHdI_V1ivIBrcb0YACg21u1X_0j9x-AFH1U82xjgdq3QgS7LTLg-G9mSmXHzCdf-mjA7wdqs52wnrGPDGMxSJ_vBrvDsHANy4cClZjmH7uPfDikxOtMwc4trdLNpFN0d1WrSRh3QSl/s400/Cairngorm+plateau.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637248451237093122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: large; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: large; "><br /></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: large; ">Visit Historic Homes in the Lake District</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">The lake is located in the beautiful landscapes in a way that many of the important people in Britain have homes here. Visiting his home country and offers a glimpse into the good life. Mirehouse, built in 1666, is a good example. Wordsworth and other famous poets were once definitely here today, the family welcomes all visitors. Townend was built in 1626 and still has the lifestyle of that era, wealthy landowners. Architect MH Baillie-Scott Blackwell built much later period of time (it was completed in 1900) and his Arts and Crafts style, skillfully bridges the styles Victorian and modern architecture.</span></span></div></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJy8rX08y5w8kQ_FQ2HdQQHBHnJZqa1q0Cizpfsh1H3mV_mpQM43XdJpuj6rWLRZbo4T4CftkVA3njjKjJKgoyl2xo0dWvseGDpcy8shFVSB48SplEqsJ7JyYc5patckOTwSu9gZ4dpami/s400/Lake+District..JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637249012120744418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: large; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: large; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: large; ">Go Caving in Brecon Beacons</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">Explore the world in the picturesque Brecon Beacons National Park, home to some of the systems of the UK's most incredible cave. More than 300 million years ago, the ancient seas set a layer of limestone, which became the basis of a karst landscape with large caves cut now. Caving requires special equipment and experience, but the Brecon Beacons is a great place to start. Several local clubs and companies can give a first overview of novices into the underworld of the park and help experienced discover its wonders. For those who have no interest in caving technique, but a desire to place the head in the sand, the National Centre for Wales offers visitors Showcaves well-lit rooms.</span></span></div></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbfnOUlX46FwV42jx1fS9es-EWNM5JjSJoYvGxmCCjaFx-V6LhjG1Sk5uLoc5cLhQ-Ml11kSOsWc_NMG0L9mfKmcnAKZ0GyeRR0F-HtYhP3Dep1j2VQ2OXHdQOMi6CZslsTE4AutFsfYY/s400/Brecon+Beacons.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637249632929934914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: large; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: large; "><br /></span></div>Go Coasteering at Pembrokeshire</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; ">The rugged, rocky border between land and sea is a playground for the well-equipped and wild animation. Sign up for an adventure canyoning and rock climbing, cliff jumping, splashing, swimming and wave-riding through some of the most picturesque scenery in Britain. Suits, helmets, life jackets and other gear makes the wild coast accessible. Pembrokeshire Coast National Park is to work with a half-dozen outfitters eager to help you get started.</span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNyG7poobF9myrIIx0zQQ61yQ7wpqrLdrTjLH2zyrcCNx4rrTEpXTcyBg59FQVatV50VfHEUwWhXhXVE2Lqo1oLhu8DS5YZr95520QK6HxzPfXXOJWFCqfXFc9EyUXdPUxENIuG4UqLS4k/s400/Pembrokeshire.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637250365079474002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " ><a href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/"><i><b>source</b></i></a></span></div>FREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113297566077966060.post-59048365906053838012011-08-04T14:06:00.000-07:002011-08-04T14:34:51.672-07:00Best Fall Trips 2011<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=46.4919444444,6.74611111111&spn=0.1,0.1&q=46.4919444444,6.74611111111 (Lavaux)&t=h" title="Lavaux" rel="geolocation">Lavaux</a> Vineyard Terraces, Switzerland</span></div><span style="font-style:italic;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Photograph by Davide Erbetta, SIME</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;">The terraced vineyards of Lavaux coverage of the lower slopes along the north shore of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=46.4333333333,6.55&spn=0.1,0.1&q=46.4333333333,6.55 (Lake%20Geneva)&t=h" title="Lake Geneva" rel="geolocation">Lake Geneva</a>. Each fall, the 2,050 hectares of old vines established by the Benedictines and Cistercians in the 11th century and protected as a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site" rel="wikipedia">World Heritage Site</a> by UNESCO since 2007, attracts hikers who walk and taste your way along the Great Lavaux Crossing 21 miles of Ouchy in Lausanne, Château de <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=46.4141666667,6.9275&spn=0.01,0.01&q=46.4141666667,6.9275 (Ch%C3%A2teau%20de%20Chillon)&t=h" title="Château de Chillon" rel="geolocation">Chillon Castle</a>. Yellow arrows mark the main road leading to the vineyards of work (Chasselas is the predominant grape in the region) and its medieval villages, which makes frequent stops for refueling cellars, bars and restaurants. Saturday 15 October Lavaux tourism scenic tasting tire rolls, no clues for the people of Chardonne Chexbres Saphorin Rivaz and Santa. A network of public and private rail network, it is easy to explore the whole region of Lavaux, on foot or by bicycle.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Or, if you're ready to take up the challenge, join the thousands of runners are expected in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lausanne_Marathon" title="Lausanne Marathon" rel="wikipedia">Lausanne Marathon</a> on October 30, following the Shore Road, Lake Geneva and the row of houses on the slopes.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKMXDDjBcEoLEKQ_8ndNIGqXpWbV0mFjKsk-Q1RKlub_7IeviXHcc6V9ygQkIbEYBVfFr4Uz9cnwnjeNlhFD9FteuSPiy0YJ7ECqTiLVN1G0b_QJlVZVmtLkXgBcIfB8FGAG8Ev9BcZeSK/s1600/Lavaux+Vineyard+Terraces.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKMXDDjBcEoLEKQ_8ndNIGqXpWbV0mFjKsk-Q1RKlub_7IeviXHcc6V9ygQkIbEYBVfFr4Uz9cnwnjeNlhFD9FteuSPiy0YJ7ECqTiLVN1G0b_QJlVZVmtLkXgBcIfB8FGAG8Ev9BcZeSK/s400/Lavaux+Vineyard+Terraces.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637110930229194258" /></a><br /><span class="”fullpost”"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Cannstatter Volkfest, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttgart" title="Stuttgart" rel="wikipedia">Stuttgart, Germany</a></span></div><span style="font-style:italic;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Photograph by Sascha Feuster and Thomas Meier</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;">Oktoberfest in Munich may be larger, but Stuttgart Cannstatt Volkfest-billed as the second largest in the world of beer drinking event is considered more authentic German celebration of local heritage and beer of course. Launched as an Agricultural Show in 1818, a symbolic 78 meters "column fruits" high tribute to the festival spent three weeks (September 23 to October 9, 2011) live music, a recreated village, downhill, and rides. The plot is centered around the massive festival tent can accommodate up to 5000 guests each. Between the Steins Käsespätzle sample of beer, traditional (Swabian noodles with cheese) and have time to retreat to hills Stuttgart region terraces and natural mineral springs and Black Forest. Recognized as an aggregate of two Mercedes-Benz and Porsche museums worth visiting, Stuttgart is also a part of one of the regions of Germany's most famous vineyards.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Get a taste of vintage and homemade Swabian this year in a warm Besenwirtschaften or "Besa" (the wine Inn). Hosted by local farmers and vineyard owners in their dining rooms, kitchens and gardens, these restaurants are only a temporary four months from September to April, when they serve some of the freshest in the area, the price of production.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZs4UmPbl3M5khTcXQW1ZU_W2rvECw3JxC-RiB7AhHC12f-Ll3gII763wMkB74Ohopgxh29H1cZ5FvmOuAWIhaYew8ZTfgHsv_QaUdb2r9_3qGjJKLIEl-zVJeogBG2jB2fv-sHaOL0ycR/s1600/Cannstatter+Volkfest.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZs4UmPbl3M5khTcXQW1ZU_W2rvECw3JxC-RiB7AhHC12f-Ll3gII763wMkB74Ohopgxh29H1cZ5FvmOuAWIhaYew8ZTfgHsv_QaUdb2r9_3qGjJKLIEl-zVJeogBG2jB2fv-sHaOL0ycR/s400/Cannstatter+Volkfest.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637111616865808338" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.3935337,-86.4957833&spn=1.0,1.0&q=30.3935337,-86.4957833 (Emerald%20Coast)&t=h" title="Emerald Coast" rel="geolocation">Emerald Coast</a>, Florida</span></div><span style="font-style:italic;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Photograph by Jim Vail, My Shot</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;">Autumn along the Northwest Florida Coast 24 miles long Esmeralda has fewer tourists and lower rates of "time value" of the range, white sugar beaches of Destin, Fort Walton and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.420199,-86.616727&spn=1.0,1.0&q=30.420199,-86.616727 (Okaloosa%20Island)&t=h" title="Okaloosa Island" rel="geolocation">Okaloosa Island</a>. worthy summer temperatures (highs in the 80's, low in the years 60) are ideal for swimming in the clear emerald waters of the Gulf of Mexico or to play golf to more than 1,080 holes of championship care. October Fishing Rodeo destination attracting more than 30,000 saltwater fishing competition from the Village of self-proclaimed world's luckiest fishing daily, weekly and overall prizes. See the daily weighing of mackerel, marlin, swordfish and other fish in the docks at AJ Seafood & Oyster Bar shows the cost of the docks seafood restaurant in the personal history, the first restaurant in the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Esmeralda" title="Costa Esmeralda" rel="wikipedia">Costa Esmeralda</a>, who 1913 in a warehouse in Fort Walton barrel-shaped and is open daily for dinner.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Signature Skillet-roasted grouper, shrimp, scallops and crab stuffing sprinkled with cheese, comes with baskets of freshly baked wheat bread.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53Rxpln4p94HU4wDD3hX20eVZS-z7b_GGxikACASS8BK6w1B3-W2AeiwT6nc_R4wl5iY4ALeHAmO_CyCJ2xDrM5nB5H2GsDrf6C4OwdzE3neo0V6qkXE0sm40Rh6RgvFQwoSz3tK-yZyX/s1600/Emerald+Coast.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53Rxpln4p94HU4wDD3hX20eVZS-z7b_GGxikACASS8BK6w1B3-W2AeiwT6nc_R4wl5iY4ALeHAmO_CyCJ2xDrM5nB5H2GsDrf6C4OwdzE3neo0V6qkXE0sm40Rh6RgvFQwoSz3tK-yZyX/s400/Emerald+Coast.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637112319381794690" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Columbus, Ohio</span></div><span style="font-style:italic;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Photograph by Shari Lewis, Dispatch Photos</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;">Ohio's capital and largest city celebrates the harvest season with lots of fall festivals traditional markets for farmers and corn mazes. Apple picking (September) and pumpkins (October) in the Lynd Fruit Farm in Pataskala, and the first week of October (subject to harvest), the jump in the barrel to crush the grapes whole to smash through Bodega Vecchi annual grape. Enjoy the spectacular fall colors of east-central Ohio on foot, bicycle, hiking or camping in one of 17 parks in Columbus metropolitan area. The largest, Battelle Darby Creek in Galloway, covering over 7000 hectares of flower meadows, restored wetlands, and forests and is home to diverse wildlife, including six women presented bison in the park in February. In October, Columbus is also home to thousands of migratory birds in the Grange Insurance Audubon Center. The 72-hectare oasis Scioto River, built on a recovery of industrial waste sites, is a ten minute walk from downtown.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Other areas to explore on foot the cobbled streets of the historic town settled by German immigrants in Germany in mid-1800 and the Short North Arts District, home to galleries, restaurants, pubs, and a favorite of the city Splendid home-ice shops Jeni.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj77i8LdFRVYOmRWOIZMitc5KNjUyKqYWjczzVVjg6w7AU6s4e-bzKj1PPKFwqLh8E1HRpS4XYkxJ1jDcUMzwmsl1l9wQyrL72IHATJ8hYGEV63o-XLsJXXjSKz5ZmFcGPYRBhzjQT1DB4H/s1600/Columbus.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj77i8LdFRVYOmRWOIZMitc5KNjUyKqYWjczzVVjg6w7AU6s4e-bzKj1PPKFwqLh8E1HRpS4XYkxJ1jDcUMzwmsl1l9wQyrL72IHATJ8hYGEV63o-XLsJXXjSKz5ZmFcGPYRBhzjQT1DB4H/s400/Columbus.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637113078161949282" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-6.13333333333,39.3166666667&spn=0.1,0.1&q=-6.13333333333,39.3166666667 (Zanzibar)&t=h" title="Zanzibar" rel="geolocation">Zanzibar, Tanzania</a></span></div><span style="font-style:italic;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Photograph by Paul Bruins</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;">Sultans, sailors, slaves and spice merchants, have passed through the archipelago in the Indian Ocean off the African coast swahili mystique. Located 22 miles from mainland Tanzania, Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous consists of two main islands, Unguja (Zanzibar) and Pemba, plus many small islands. The diverse history of man (which goes back at least 20,000 years, from the Paleolithic) and the natural beauty (turquoise water, coral reefs and white sand) to create an exotic setting for a series of falls or diving holiday based at a station in a small scale, such as Chumbe Island Coral Park, a private nature reserve with thatched bungalows. The sky is usually clear until the end of October, with "short rains" in November. Support the efforts of the Geotourism Islands respecting the code includes the majority Muslim population of modest clothing, especially when wandering through the maze of cobbled streets in the beautiful old town of Zanzibar from Stone Town.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Join a living history tour to learn the stories of this World Heritage Site. Top firm Haunting memorial was erected in the block auction of former slaves, and the Beit al-Ajaib, the 19 th century Sultan Palace is now the House of Wonders museum of history and culture of Zanzibar and the Swahili coast.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrTmdhzTzifBEwNVCfJn9tUhDnaRzSw_jofn04EURE6MjmDNiK-DDoi5znTTgRYCmYuncee9SgIKDreQNLx5Z6Qb7zKk2EZRtPfInQUBfYb_eIZrx8_AhyphenhyphenrHH4JBIHrAWi_iUgF3b7Jks/s1600/Zanzibar%252C+Tanzania.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 340px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrTmdhzTzifBEwNVCfJn9tUhDnaRzSw_jofn04EURE6MjmDNiK-DDoi5znTTgRYCmYuncee9SgIKDreQNLx5Z6Qb7zKk2EZRtPfInQUBfYb_eIZrx8_AhyphenhyphenrHH4JBIHrAWi_iUgF3b7Jks/s400/Zanzibar%252C+Tanzania.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637113852250352274" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Churchill, Manitoba, Canada</span></div><span style="font-style:italic;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Photograph by Paul Nicklen, National Geographic</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;">No roads lead through the remote desert of northern boreal Churchill directly into small, so arriving by train or plane to see the region's most famous resident, diminishing polar bears. More than a thousand of the world's largest land carnivores migrate through the "polar bear capital of the world" in October and November, when the first ice forms on the edge of Hudson Bay. Frozen conditions facilitate hungry bears to hunt seals (walking instead of swimming) and gives a super-size Tundra Buggy solid foundation on which to bring in small groups to view wildlife. Get ready for a snowy, winter insulated boots, jacket and gloves, layered clothing, thermal underwear and wool socks and a hat are required. Living in a warm, post-trading style of Lazy Bear Lodge (dog sled races, and hop around Wapusk General Store), or a bunk bed with a stripped-down among the bears in the Polar Bear Tundra Buggy Lodge Point.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">These modules are mounted units each year in a wildlife site is chosen for optimal viewing 24 / 7 support poles.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBtcIR5aDAb6BsMOJJrG7xg9OaNofsQyGVZIF1UkcaiTIutd0s6fNPQss2bq0pqvvOY3banS4unAUUQLuOL-60xp83nMDGh-0ZhhucbYoezGafuk_92UF-djHXf1qxHMtU92dnhILtjU8a/s1600/Churchill%252C+Manitoba%252C+Canada.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBtcIR5aDAb6BsMOJJrG7xg9OaNofsQyGVZIF1UkcaiTIutd0s6fNPQss2bq0pqvvOY3banS4unAUUQLuOL-60xp83nMDGh-0ZhhucbYoezGafuk_92UF-djHXf1qxHMtU92dnhILtjU8a/s400/Churchill%252C+Manitoba%252C+Canada.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637114414985900498" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Dublin, Ireland</span></div><span style="font-style:italic;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Photograph by Raul Touzon, National Geographic</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;">Birth place Beckett, Joyce and Yeats, Ireland's capital and largest city is a young art, entertainment, culture and the hub of commerce. Autumn brings fewer tourists and low temperatures (40 and 50 in October), ideal for walking the streets and historic Georgian cruise on the River Liffey. Discover your own Irish history The Shelbourne in Dublin, where amenities include a butler genealogy. Package a hooded rain jacket (just in case) to explore the city 4900 acres of parks, nature reserves and parks, including the green center of Saint-Etienne, which borders the Grafton Street, one of the world's most expensive retail stores. Walk to the main stage productions and film screenings in the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival (September 16 to October 29). Way. Nosh on traditional paper wrapped fish and chips at Leo Burdock</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Healthy eating menu, Oct. 31, when more than 10,000 runners are expected for the National Lottery in Dublin Marathon, said, "Friendly Marathon" for friendly crowds cheering on the packaging.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUfQELIk1rK90UdVRhqk4dzbaX-n_BJOKXtwKcNFgFuI0hVFOy3erd3DC7EPaWvXeQrzeV1hOzmwxsA-Nf6qIiHrZNmSdysJkdXE8zOkGqzzByncm0bjSu84juFAhgZ9Vc1Gq4UbWVjK2g/s1600/Dublin%252C+Ireland.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUfQELIk1rK90UdVRhqk4dzbaX-n_BJOKXtwKcNFgFuI0hVFOy3erd3DC7EPaWvXeQrzeV1hOzmwxsA-Nf6qIiHrZNmSdysJkdXE8zOkGqzzByncm0bjSu84juFAhgZ9Vc1Gq4UbWVjK2g/s400/Dublin%252C+Ireland.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637115029163717746" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">White Mountains, New Hampshire</span></div><span style="font-style:italic;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Photograph by Pat and Chuck Blackley</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;">As the peak of fall foliage varies each year, the 100-mile mountain road white usually provides bright colors of autumn from late September until the second week of October. However, even after the leaves are wilted and the leaves peeping crowds have gone home, this National Scenic Byway meanders reveals classic New England covered bridges historic fall scenes, granite peaks, spectacular gorges, waterfalls and colonial farms and bucolic barns. Each section of the circuit shows a unique personality. Kancamagus Highway drive 37 miles, "the KANCO" of mountain landscapes, the observations of seeing moose and birds, visit to North Conway tax-free output, the largest concentration of the track in restaurants, train travel and Conway Scenic Railroad, and travel to Crawford Notch to Bartlett stretch to ride the Mount Washington Cog Railway to the summit of 6288 meters the highest peak in New England, or drive through the mountains. Washington Auto Road.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">New Hampshire legendary tourist attraction is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2011, and, weather permitting, will be open for your travel, up to October 23 this season.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJvBg-JqZCWUitzeBVj9GTiv1Zgr_Q264oHzPmFGbZfNeqMb_SP0yISZ0pvVkSJ5q3zDvdUZxvkdxeIzze7DzKVT_BVrHR2_anOLnF_Okx8kjTZ8-X5ZJTdn1d-e6DShMNQ_AIK2jm-p9/s1600/White+Mountains%252C+New+Hampshire.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJvBg-JqZCWUitzeBVj9GTiv1Zgr_Q264oHzPmFGbZfNeqMb_SP0yISZ0pvVkSJ5q3zDvdUZxvkdxeIzze7DzKVT_BVrHR2_anOLnF_Okx8kjTZ8-X5ZJTdn1d-e6DShMNQ_AIK2jm-p9/s400/White+Mountains%252C+New+Hampshire.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637115580761207186" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Shoreline Highway, Marin County, California</span></div><span style="font-style:italic;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Photograph by Greg Lato</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;">Coast Highway in Marin County, winding, two-lane stretch of Highway 1 from Sausalito and Sonoma County line snakes with the Marin headlands, dramatic cliffs hugging the coast, and passes through the Stinson Beach, a classic California beach communities. Off-road mountain biking was born here-and-road cyclists are everywhere, so take slow, preferably in a hybrid car to reduce emissions and to avoid running out of gas. Temps can be 10-to-15 degrees cooler near San Francisco, so a jacket even on hot days. You can enjoy the sight of the wider Pacific, wait until the morning mist to clear before driving north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Fuel in Sausalito, and then stop at Muir Woods National Monument to walk among the thousands of giant redwoods old. Before the evening, because the natural beauty of the curves can be deadly in the dark, check in at the Inn at Roundstone Farm, located in Point Reyes National Seashore.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Spend a day exploring the coast, dramatic rocky headlands, 150 miles of trails and 2600 acres Tule Elk reserve, where the fall rut (late summer to early fall season of selection) to inspire magnificent bull elk bugle, of the struggle, and wood ass affection.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBukyGO8ahzcMQbUX5CrxF6JLIqTwB3ajxGAYjxsgzgzzRRBvwXUKsGmJqwSqm0lUA66qFIzzDrY39jrxnt3ViLUShyphenhyphenDoc03kObzrzvP0focutkehpgjQmxKG51q05bgjg8m-gBcTVb9S0/s1600/Shoreline+Highway%252C+Marin+County%252C+California.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBukyGO8ahzcMQbUX5CrxF6JLIqTwB3ajxGAYjxsgzgzzRRBvwXUKsGmJqwSqm0lUA66qFIzzDrY39jrxnt3ViLUShyphenhyphenDoc03kObzrzvP0focutkehpgjQmxKG51q05bgjg8m-gBcTVb9S0/s400/Shoreline+Highway%252C+Marin+County%252C+California.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637116198127924738" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Day of the Dead, Puebla, Mexico</span></div><span style="font-style:italic;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Photograph by Russell Gordon, Aurora Photos</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;">There are better known Dia de los Muertos celebrations in Mexico, but to use the extended holiday (November 31 OKTOBER-2) in the state of Puebla capital puts you close to the Day of the Dead ofrenda extent (offerings) Huaquechula in lowercase. Families here spend thousands of dollars to build massive, multi-storey altars (typically a cardboard base satin sheets) decorated with candles, a photo of the deceased, and a sample of his favorite foods and beverages. Hire a local guide to Puebla to make the bumpy journey to the west of 35-mile, then follow the trail of marigold petals to private homes where guests are invited to pay their respects (and perhaps share a tequila toast to leave expensive). Bring some coins or Calavera sugar, or cranial available from suppliers of the village to put on the ofrenda table. Back in Puebla, at the head of the Casa de la Cultura see indigenous and modern contest entries altar building, and guest artists.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6nmQud6xQqAs-isyQA1znJw9CWa6t3psgoj7rWQ_LRiSk24k7nhyBcAwzSoJzR2qUxMsH_JSI9TPgeepv8w0w4FqvYr-MkSyXlJZDwzhF9vD32-rRuOunYmY5AT2bavoZ0KqC6Uy3LKl/s1600/Day+of+the+Dead%252C+Puebla%252C+Mexico.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6nmQud6xQqAs-isyQA1znJw9CWa6t3psgoj7rWQ_LRiSk24k7nhyBcAwzSoJzR2qUxMsH_JSI9TPgeepv8w0w4FqvYr-MkSyXlJZDwzhF9vD32-rRuOunYmY5AT2bavoZ0KqC6Uy3LKl/s400/Day+of+the+Dead%252C+Puebla%252C+Mexico.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637116786997380018" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><i>source</i></b></span></a><br /></span> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top:10px;height:15px"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=e64302b2-17cf-4855-ba10-6233efff6738" alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" style="border:none;float:right" /></a></div>FREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113297566077966060.post-86788825778720849922011-08-04T09:27:00.001-07:002011-08-04T10:12:21.271-07:00Photo Gallery: Island Getaways<span style="font-weight:bold;">Bora-Bora</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Photograph by Tim McKenna</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Bora Bora has so many natural advantages, which deserves its long-standing reputation in retreat most fascinating island South Pacific "has all the Polynesian islands would be the Blue Lagoon, sand fringed motus, high peaks," says the founder of Lonely Planet <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/" title="Lonely Planet" rel="homepage">Tony Wheeler</a>.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwLlPp5a9bcMiKXgrG6B0WuYndNbDfCmF9mTBsORBRjr23aheHAe6_YgHstxOzgpKCEg02tGpzXwL_dJO2uk1TcyDamVQhK0kNryr0isVmx0WKyhTWKkhJ_NFLpxNqsZuPmfJSYNzrGOu/s1600/Bora-Bora.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwLlPp5a9bcMiKXgrG6B0WuYndNbDfCmF9mTBsORBRjr23aheHAe6_YgHstxOzgpKCEg02tGpzXwL_dJO2uk1TcyDamVQhK0kNryr0isVmx0WKyhTWKkhJ_NFLpxNqsZuPmfJSYNzrGOu/s400/Bora-Bora.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637038458410390626" /></a><br /><span class="”fullpost”"><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Bali Dancers</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">Photograph by Dallas and John Heaton, Aurora</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A small Hindu island of Bali is one of the few companies in the world where modernity and tradition side by side in harmony. Several hundreds of dance companies on the island, dancing is the very center of life balinese.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqMeM8loZAawpn6k_AVZwTN3RDwpbulpuM5pvEekf4lAapI9l_otnCTrLaoAx5eer3EIv24GdfnHgKDfQOSZ2-EmC42WD4PelslrYB158tOvjiGVZtrfChyvTXvjWMsYxS-qm_-yDPdgbj/s1600/Bali+Dancers.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqMeM8loZAawpn6k_AVZwTN3RDwpbulpuM5pvEekf4lAapI9l_otnCTrLaoAx5eer3EIv24GdfnHgKDfQOSZ2-EmC42WD4PelslrYB158tOvjiGVZtrfChyvTXvjWMsYxS-qm_-yDPdgbj/s400/Bali+Dancers.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637038909547178834" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Palawan Island</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">Photograph by Christian Kober, Photolibrary</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A canoe glides over the crystal waters of the island of Palawan in the Philippines. It is an island of Jules Verne-like funds, where the giant eagles soar, the trash from the beaches calm rare shells and exotic orchids in the forests of dark mahogany.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnFLJ3r3Xcj1-F_0aNy85MPqEQ2uUpUjRgtvg07sLy4cSAw8O-664LPK5lZ2bornp2Zh02keM4f9DnOADJVhm5GYgxTICdgB7MX3EPSb5rk-n40o0_ZVGZmYDAncxpWJBXUu_-W2oTf2q/s1600/Palawan+Island.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnFLJ3r3Xcj1-F_0aNy85MPqEQ2uUpUjRgtvg07sLy4cSAw8O-664LPK5lZ2bornp2Zh02keM4f9DnOADJVhm5GYgxTICdgB7MX3EPSb5rk-n40o0_ZVGZmYDAncxpWJBXUu_-W2oTf2q/s400/Palawan+Island.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637039386111507026" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Falkland Islands: Birds</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Photograph by Frans Lanting,</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Black-browed albatrosses nest by the thousands in the Falkland Islands at a distance. With few crowds or restrictions make this archipelago of 778 islands and islets 300 miles (483 kilometers) off the east coast of Patagonia a wildlife experience that offers an intimate alternative to that of the most famous of the Galapagos.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQrcI2KHFgnWRarBO3Qko7ZX1m6ex82E8OCW__GLU-jMQArvvnSWQh3IvRy0LywzQGzvBJe02Xg0NdGDVq80FeYjXFCKbBKK8TfeALTVO8DpvUd7ks2qF451_JCZeUKX1KbMR8_5x-nrx/s1600/Falkland+Islands+Birds.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQrcI2KHFgnWRarBO3Qko7ZX1m6ex82E8OCW__GLU-jMQArvvnSWQh3IvRy0LywzQGzvBJe02Xg0NdGDVq80FeYjXFCKbBKK8TfeALTVO8DpvUd7ks2qF451_JCZeUKX1KbMR8_5x-nrx/s400/Falkland+Islands+Birds.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637040620157929842" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Palau Rock Islands</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Photograph by Andrea Booher, Getty Images</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Full of exotic marine life, and Crayola-colored cliffs, more than 300 islands of Palau in the Pacific southwest of Guam, featuring some of the best diving spots in the world and unique satin leaf rock islands. Palau is also a living museum of the Second World War, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II" rel="wikipedia">World War II</a> shipwrecks in the waters near the islands of rock.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgw5_wJPgKIsm2uEdqAuFd7DhMh7z9INZDrbCtQ_WwLcqymZ9Q8-YCxKFvdVKQmbzjyB8z1o3mdgE6Kgc7J2TuVZof0yPMkxqA8Crh_P1zralKDh9BZ6o9mDSUP4znTBNQpmzVvX9Vsyw/s1600/Palau+Rock+Islands.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgw5_wJPgKIsm2uEdqAuFd7DhMh7z9INZDrbCtQ_WwLcqymZ9Q8-YCxKFvdVKQmbzjyB8z1o3mdgE6Kgc7J2TuVZof0yPMkxqA8Crh_P1zralKDh9BZ6o9mDSUP4znTBNQpmzVvX9Vsyw/s400/Palau+Rock+Islands.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637041115767728818" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">New York: <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=44.3338888889,-75.9947222222&spn=0.01,0.01&q=44.3338888889,-75.9947222222%20(Thousand%20Islands)&t=h" title="Thousand Islands" rel="geolocation">Thousand Islands</a></span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Photograph by Will Van Overbeek, National Geographic</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Children immersed in the Thousand Islands Park, a historical society in New York from Wellesley Island. Community was built over a century earlier, during peak of the region as a summer retreat golden. The Thousand Islands archipelago straddles the Canada-US border in the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lawrence_Seaway" title="Saint Lawrence Seaway" rel="wikipedia">St. Lawrence Seaway</a> St. Lawrence.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGS_28_cDBuPijlefGilDDhrvtOXqK464-z1p5kwBzPtlQlivzCE-X9ucYJoAzbNX0YAoMHUzois_vCtBUpGDrKFMGDVcUCuuYYJLl63pZDiKSZ3cxBuYHnXnPEmvUdI3S7_-bzUGoBn2F/s1600/Thousand+Islands.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGS_28_cDBuPijlefGilDDhrvtOXqK464-z1p5kwBzPtlQlivzCE-X9ucYJoAzbNX0YAoMHUzois_vCtBUpGDrKFMGDVcUCuuYYJLl63pZDiKSZ3cxBuYHnXnPEmvUdI3S7_-bzUGoBn2F/s400/Thousand+Islands.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637041642870198386" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Hawaii: Waimoku Falls</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Photograph by Brandon Morris, Your Shot</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The difference Waimoku Falls in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=20.7166666667,-156.166666667&spn=0.01,0.01&q=20.7166666667,-156.166666667%20(Haleakal%C4%81%20National%20Park)&t=h" title="Haleakalā National Park" rel="geolocation">Haleakala National Park</a> on Maui is one. Two miles (three kilometers) of hiking trails to Hana, the most popular tourist route to the Haleakala National Park island centers around the active but not currently erupting Crater, Haleakala.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnYYWPF38ZuEutE5aiICDIoxlHYxwLe204aPhhuJ9ZQg_nABydUdG2MydR_ia_-_Gds4YjYR-IesqxP6pp7XIiFYRx2o1sBNiVcVsGcCOHV3SCDJJ46v7mZIUXAaI7atChy9tcc0g3HyyP/s1600/Waimoku+Falls.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 223px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnYYWPF38ZuEutE5aiICDIoxlHYxwLe204aPhhuJ9ZQg_nABydUdG2MydR_ia_-_Gds4YjYR-IesqxP6pp7XIiFYRx2o1sBNiVcVsGcCOHV3SCDJJ46v7mZIUXAaI7atChy9tcc0g3HyyP/s400/Waimoku+Falls.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637042164644290162" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Easter Island: Moai</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Photograph by Jim Richardson, National Geographic</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Easter Island is inserted by the beautiful stone statues, called Moai, that silently watches over serene landscape of the island. They were carved in tuff locally mined, a soft volcanic rock between 800 and 1722, when Dutch explorers discovered the island. The Moai average of 14 feet (4 meters) and weighs ten tons.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PLAdfy4zOuKtMZDVAcK7YbHgqifIR7PGfJtLN6ojDmhwmLoRtbKJCHRRn_lCAbP-tHd1b2TNGFjK_eRjtmzIUialThX07jozZKqa51I8T9HTD-Gwyd1Fz5iG9N2AtBbABFpk-gBmdbfE/s1600/Easter+Island.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PLAdfy4zOuKtMZDVAcK7YbHgqifIR7PGfJtLN6ojDmhwmLoRtbKJCHRRn_lCAbP-tHd1b2TNGFjK_eRjtmzIUialThX07jozZKqa51I8T9HTD-Gwyd1Fz5iG9N2AtBbABFpk-gBmdbfE/s400/Easter+Island.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637042737298142882" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Cuba</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Photograph by Marc Pokempner, Getty Images</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Birds of a paper festoon street during the carnival of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, the largest island in the Caribbean. "Allure of Cuba is not only the beautiful landscapes and beaches, or its colonial history, or even the sight of his capture in the past," writes Jon Bowermaster. "The real magic is in the optimistic people that exercise, and even to celebrate life in the midst of what appears to many as a failed experiment, politically and economically."</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjROAiFsk9Bl7_htVQMS5pIenW9xyKynPWUsxoM5X4YEE0NG1i9UmcrhHE31qPyUeQDXHYLsI45KRLM-qPyBx_kfuOcxsvwyenYzl7Zwt1A5Rfqj_pyvpEO8GNEfjnwd0VVrXMnnrHz7Bha/s1600/Cuba.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjROAiFsk9Bl7_htVQMS5pIenW9xyKynPWUsxoM5X4YEE0NG1i9UmcrhHE31qPyUeQDXHYLsI45KRLM-qPyBx_kfuOcxsvwyenYzl7Zwt1A5Rfqj_pyvpEO8GNEfjnwd0VVrXMnnrHz7Bha/s400/Cuba.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637043249020332178" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Puerto Rico: Mar Chiquita Beach</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Photograph by Keiji Iwai, Getty Images</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Although the beaches and the beach of Mar Chiquita draw Boogie-boarders and other water sports, Puerto Rico also offers plenty of entertainment landlubber with its main city, San Juan. Roam the largest fortress built by the Spanish in the Americas, go antique wood Santos, and taste traditional dishes such as chicken cracklings Puerto Rico.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbE_oBe4seDNt96BQD4sO__Rzg6j3WOQcPzo8tv-MalzTLhRdRufRuGPF6KD8otJ82ri5-pZRcYk6J3FOfYX-CuAijfHun5DtKiL59g1x9r_g36nCcabAoPiNNahvf_Ne0xV-_3LivzN7B/s1600/Mar+Chiquita+Beach.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbE_oBe4seDNt96BQD4sO__Rzg6j3WOQcPzo8tv-MalzTLhRdRufRuGPF6KD8otJ82ri5-pZRcYk6J3FOfYX-CuAijfHun5DtKiL59g1x9r_g36nCcabAoPiNNahvf_Ne0xV-_3LivzN7B/s400/Mar+Chiquita+Beach.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637044108149846562" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sardinia: Emerald Coast</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Photograph by David Yoder, National Geographic</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Soft pastel twilight cloaks Castelsardo is a fortified Hilltown on the northwest coast of Sardinia. Yet little is known, in the majority of Americans, on the north coast of Sardinia is in a corner of the Mediterranean, and adored by Italians in-the-know Europeans.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN88EIFmdT1QlfJLOMAg5jW-4R7riy2YYeXmLpqrMD9oKyQD7WPZ9w6lu9Z8xTWLI0Ib8fCdf7dPl72kkNIX08e4IOHAsptRUx2Acqv7vUUXbdvISiWUyH340I1m9Sh9sD8RjRYjlhwXn8/s1600/Emerald+Coast.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN88EIFmdT1QlfJLOMAg5jW-4R7riy2YYeXmLpqrMD9oKyQD7WPZ9w6lu9Z8xTWLI0Ib8fCdf7dPl72kkNIX08e4IOHAsptRUx2Acqv7vUUXbdvISiWUyH340I1m9Sh9sD8RjRYjlhwXn8/s400/Emerald+Coast.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637044960642131634" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Australia: Lord Howe Island</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Photograph by Tom Till, Getty Images</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A scene from Jurassic? No, just one disc type clock Lord Howe Island, located off the east coast of Australia. Based in Sydney sailor Ian Kiernan calls "Australia's own Galapagos", the island was completely isolated except for a bat devoid of mammals native to the creation of European explorers in 1788.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitthgiK7_-hN4719c2S9T75TT3J4xbK55o3a_sdu7I9HgXUzluuA5Ov6WGKgsM6exARlGcblwCwRgqEarKXvul4Y2UEgzqK8wYSeOdidnOYXikMJTj_p8TI7xaTs0gF1eNrIfVgWGwG_AS/s1600/Lord+Howe+Island.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitthgiK7_-hN4719c2S9T75TT3J4xbK55o3a_sdu7I9HgXUzluuA5Ov6WGKgsM6exARlGcblwCwRgqEarKXvul4Y2UEgzqK8wYSeOdidnOYXikMJTj_p8TI7xaTs0gF1eNrIfVgWGwG_AS/s400/Lord+Howe+Island.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637046800392396594" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><i>source</i></b></span></a><br /></span><div> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top:10px;height:15px"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=7e77a891-5786-4152-9182-0a54df7b0cf3" alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" style="border:none;float:right" /></a></div></div>FREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113297566077966060.post-60800637602821772632011-08-04T09:03:00.000-07:002011-08-04T09:13:50.503-07:00Virginia Tech under lockdown because of report of gunman<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6PEcq-sJWwp-4wFB5oEYlwY0AmfyIbHvTj1cDXS0glke5HpmfapBEkxfLusL6fhyphenhyphen-LHO1YCtizmUCMYYGBqtMjzrRM1yhQ2vQDtShyphenhyphend6ayuVqTZH8FMCTSMbL0kW4hSn4WxjmSWOd2Xck/s1600/Virginia+Tech.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6PEcq-sJWwp-4wFB5oEYlwY0AmfyIbHvTj1cDXS0glke5HpmfapBEkxfLusL6fhyphenhyphen-LHO1YCtizmUCMYYGBqtMjzrRM1yhQ2vQDtShyphenhyphend6ayuVqTZH8FMCTSMbL0kW4hSn4WxjmSWOd2Xck/s400/Virginia+Tech.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637034726660627746" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyyqwYRCV3qP4C0B9hX3Zjsvw4SPzjOaya4TKjIWDGfWW1R_h03gQ_oeKzw1xRz5TDe9ZuvrlhjluVhTc-o-ofVWAVkfb-hN_ZCF9ORuRDuQ-5DyTBeItmT8YIWs3xmEgGOACEutXuNqZ/s1600/inbox.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.vt.edu/" title="Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University" rel="homepage">Virginia Tech</a> officials say students on its website to keep the interior doors and secure because of one report of a person with a weapon in the region.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The alert, issued at 9:37, said the person with a gun had been seen near <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_campus" title="Virginia Tech campus" rel="wikipedia">Dietrick Hall</a>, a dining room.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dietrick, a story of three, a center of 93,000 square meters of eating, also houses a convenience store, laundry center and Bake Shop, the <i><a class="zem_slink" href="http://www2.timesdispatch.com/" title="Richmond Times-Dispatch" rel="homepage">Richmond Times-Dispatch</a></i> notes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.ap.org/" title="Associated Press" rel="homepage">The Associated Press</a> says the dining room is just steps away from where the shooting took place in 2007.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyyqwYRCV3qP4C0B9hX3Zjsvw4SPzjOaya4TKjIWDGfWW1R_h03gQ_oeKzw1xRz5TDe9ZuvrlhjluVhTc-o-ofVWAVkfb-hN_ZCF9ORuRDuQ-5DyTBeItmT8YIWs3xmEgGOACEutXuNqZ/s400/inbox.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637034536911696354" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 310px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Upgrade to 11:23 ET Huchler Amanda, a student on campus, says Rachel Roubein <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.usatoday.com/" title="USA Today" rel="homepage">USA Today</a> that he is among the students closed in Hahn Hall. "The professor is still teaching," he says. "Everyone is calm, and nobody seems worried. Tech does a great job to keep everyone safe."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Updated at 11:12 ET:.</b> "Desired result" Larry Hincker, associate vice president for University Relations, said the report was of three students participating in a camp called He says there are a number of camps held during the Consumer school year, a few days to some others. Asked about the alert, Hincker said: "The watch is in effect until further notice. We are asking people to stay indoors until they hear again."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update at 11:09 ET:</b> Virginia Tech police chief Wendell Flinchum says no one is in custody, and the alarm remains in force.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Upgrade to 11:07 ET:</b> In a press conference on campus, Virginia Tech police officer tells reporters that the alert remains in force.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Updated at 10:46 ET:</b> Here's the latest warning from the school:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">At 9:09 three young people to participate in a camp at the University reported seeing a white male, 6 feet tall, with light brown hair outside of New Residence Hall East holds what could be a weapon fire. They say the arms were covered with a cloth or blanket of some sort. He walked quickly to the volleyball. He wore a blue shirt and white stripes (stripes were vertical), gray shorts and brown sandals. The subject had no facial hair or glasses.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The officers immediately responded to the area but found no one matching the description. The police found no reports of other witnesses to this person or anything suspicious. <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Police" title="Virginia Tech Police" rel="wikipedia">VTPD</a> police officers, Blacksburg PD, PD Christiansburg, Virginia State Police and sheriff's patrol Montgomery County campus, while searching the subject. ...</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">People should stay inside the campus.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update at 10:35 ET:</b> John Beck, a student who is on campus for the summer, but no official announcement at school, says he got the first warning text 9:41 ET.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update at 10:32 ET:</b> the police at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Christiansburg and Montgomery County were on campus in search of the subject, Richmond Times-Dispatch reports.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update at 10:25 ET:</b> the school website says three young people who participate in the field of Virginia Tech reported seeing a man holding what could be a gun, according to the Associated Press.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">They said it was covered by a cloth or some sort, and the man was walking in the direction of volleyball.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lynn Davis, a spokesman for the school, told CNN the man is described as a white man with light brown hair, wearing a blue shirt and white striped. He is also wearing shorts and sandals, she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Police in Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Christiansburg and Montgomery County were on patrol on campus, while searching the subject.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Virginia Tech in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.blacksburg.gov/" title="Blacksburg, Virginia" rel="homepage">Blacksburg, Virginia</a>, was the scene of a shooting in April 2007 that left 32 dead and 25 wounded.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://content.usatoday.com/"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >source</span></b></i></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span class="”fullpost”"></span> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top:10px;height:15px"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=0402b73a-1ae6-4ed9-9433-d3b172241d4d" alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" style="border:none;float:right" /></a></div>FREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113297566077966060.post-50673111131735709582011-08-04T05:47:00.000-07:002011-08-04T05:53:54.520-07:00WSClient++ Blackberry Issue “WSClientForBlackberry not found”<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08eIa03SuknynkNz9HJofLeVGPuZd9SWaCALoLjPndIvO7yo0Tv46gsQwyjLf2Dlcy1GwyOcAphnrvhwLtbZGXirfxG7rB_Y7PYxj8Kt5HQo0dH8_qgysycUaBZ3m0vIaFce5EYnEAw8D/s1600/WSClient%252B%252B+Blackberry.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08eIa03SuknynkNz9HJofLeVGPuZd9SWaCALoLjPndIvO7yo0Tv46gsQwyjLf2Dlcy1GwyOcAphnrvhwLtbZGXirfxG7rB_Y7PYxj8Kt5HQo0dH8_qgysycUaBZ3m0vIaFce5EYnEAw8D/s400/WSClient%252B%252B+Blackberry.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636983121160692994" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We recently discovered that the BlackBerry has Packager module package references correctly in the case of some <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_code_compatibility" title="Source code compatibility" rel="wikipedia">source code compatibility</a>. And this post explains how to solve this problem.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">WSClient + + comes with the file that contains compiled <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/" title="Java (programming language)" rel="homepage">Java</a> classes wsclient.blackberry.jar with the source code needed to run the project. But if the file is not packaged correctly wsclient.blackberry.jar the BlackBerry, the runtime will fail with an error</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_programming" title="Modular programming" rel="wikipedia">Module</a> "WSClientForBlackberry" is not</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is because of the difference between the compiled version wsclient.blackberry.jar, and the version of your BlackBerry goal. Since we can not build and ship each version separately, it is following to solve this problem.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ol><li>Unzip the contents of wsclient.blackberry.jar</li><li>This file contains the source code. <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_class_file" title="Java class file" rel="wikipedia">Class files</a></li><li>Ignore all. Class and create a package to the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.eclipse.org" title="Eclipse (software)" rel="homepage">Eclipse</a> project as "com.neurospeech.wsclient" and paste all the Java <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_code" title="Source code" rel="wikipedia">source files</a> in your project.</li><li>Now you can build and Blackberry Packager includes all the necessary files needed to run WSClient + + connect to a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_service" title="Web service" rel="wikipedia">Web service</a></li></ol></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://wsclient.neurospeech.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><i>source</i></b></span></a></div><span class="”fullpost”"></span> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top:10px;height:15px"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=1c0dbc34-cc49-4e26-9d59-6d9e3145251f" alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" style="border:none;float:right" /></a></div>FREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113297566077966060.post-82017990421527089942011-08-04T00:10:00.000-07:002011-08-04T00:58:18.646-07:006 Technologies That Are Destined to Disappear....<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>6</b> </span><b><i>Handheld Gaming Consoles</i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sometime in the near future, our children all smartphones, and fi and hanging around the idea of a second hand absurd and archaic. If we had Nintendo, it begins to look today and IOS Android development.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51e5-PwVsZfn4tyxv49v3MxCci0SUucgrxnjNUyRe9VGfdwc5Dxcb9g6qUNdDQ8ufnjS84cTQA8tM78aT2FVOIgMccvXFOyF1rjmRcul29ojlaVgp1eQ6k7x59PkjOv4Gbkm8kVMkOKQT/s400/Handheld+Gaming+Consoles.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636897048502469074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >5</span> Pre-Recorded Physical Media</i></b></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Obsolescence has already cratered the CD. Soon, the media-swallowing black hole will demolish DVDs and Blu-ray discs. The only real question is how fast it will happen. Our call? Five years.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkx8dDIYZ8jfJPtEfmHq9RjaWVjVJMIMF_PRD1_e-ZwTYRnvDQAqcyUg09z80C94_SbJWkELr1g76T5aBwrRfUEPB6VEwcWXM6uIz3l_jIs-rE-s5isF44hcAZ-ZtYeVBGrgPdY3zKTKP9/s400/Pre-Recorded+Physical+Media.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636900835803979538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >4</span> Consumer-Level Hard Drives</i></b></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Solid-state and other memory-based drives are one threat for mechanical drives, but the bigger threat is the cloud. Our proof? Hard drives are crazy cheap these days—just like floppy drives and HD DVDs were when they neared extinction.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNrnyhvk-qSymmoviE0h6cmXij-vxVl9tqF7xV4zItDteHGHJzBLCX5b_6477Zmzujrb3jOFq9P1rR8rFyLIyvxcJc_y9yke62cdSGlwYhJQ1LJpzTDvCCi8W3acr3F_MrUnmc-BMI4Y_6/s400/Consumer-Level+Hard+Drives.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636901076814750818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 355px; height: 271px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >3</span> Stereoscopic 3D TVs — with Glasses</i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Wearing 3D glasses at home is a hassle, and in general, the technology feels like a temporary bridge to a point in time when we all have autostereoscopic TVs or holographic displays in our homes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPkemrf6oNY3j4fAhopG2urd78uVQR2I7nAW0ads1hOW4iSgzV_F55czPAA585Bt4iJoVeXpevq3hWJSPn7SLMAG5ol4-komCopfQmp_vo76Yc5pHGug_3H65rEB7-6gFOJ8lYze6EZF_F/s400/glasses.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636904698930016530" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 183px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >2</span> Ebook Reader</i></b></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;">This one’s a bummer, but it’s true. Ebook readers are going to be swallowed whole by tablets and other multifunction devices that hopefully feature secondary e-ink displays. Amazon could fight this by incorporating web browsing and apps into the Kindle, but wouldn’t that make it an, erm, tablet?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrpueYkSYPSy60WjSJ0sp-l74bimR5mYD7PTud_P-L1Jg5p_opFXPW3kIWiRrDfVB-8ZyxOPmXwu6CWEWpZPEnzlfD2Ny2qqthrUJASV74uNEusFhalzV1AX3Sz_ZLdMpoi654Hefuktem/s400/Stereoscopic+3D+TVs+%25E2%2580%2594+with+Glasses.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636902937101593202" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 289px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >1</span> Keys</i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;">It might take a while and it won’t be easy, but keys suck and they deserve to be banished forever. They’re already being replaced by pushbutton ignition systems, keypads, biometric locks, and proximitybased systems.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9RGt2xkTfn_S6LQO6I11chQ9Fggl8-nOGiKTfvs06zrv8bQuMtZfEqLuS9Z3mfeEOPMpzU_8GkepNG9IH6xj47K1vVg83mVY90C4LQ7vKg3VMXuTrNfRasJd7FOn5pCeYEC1k9Ky-wKKC/s400/keys.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636906927701619522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 279px; height: 185px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><span class="”fullpost”"></span>FREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113297566077966060.post-88033874963215977422011-08-03T23:02:00.000-07:002011-08-03T23:22:40.257-07:00Earth Had Two Moons, New Model Suggests<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7IjuarlcutyCJbWePVTYC3u09YBwX-Kn7GuUO4RncMKpqE2FNhe9OLenobg3z8xLWdEzKbQ1AcDMf1-0SPz6UCcbfn9yxolJNBtLpq-SmwQCHz653ZVDz1Wuy0LMwWejszBXByrQ3dhMX/s1600/near+side+of+the+moon.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 392px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7IjuarlcutyCJbWePVTYC3u09YBwX-Kn7GuUO4RncMKpqE2FNhe9OLenobg3z8xLWdEzKbQ1AcDMf1-0SPz6UCcbfn9yxolJNBtLpq-SmwQCHz653ZVDz1Wuy0LMwWejszBXByrQ3dhMX/s400/near+side+of+the+moon.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636882280276921650" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Earth may have already had two moons, but one was destroyed in an accident that left idling our current lumpy lunar orbit on one side than the other, scientists say.<br /><br />Astronomers have long been puzzled that differences in the side of the moon always faces the Earth, almost half and half and always on the opposite side. Topography near the hand is relatively low and flat, while the other side is high and mountainous, much thicker shell.<br /><br />According to a new computer model, this discrepancy can be explained if the smaller is the "companion of the moon", we met the other side of the moon in its history. Such a collision would have been splashed across a particularly hard stone material now forms the current lunar highlands.<br /><br />For the theory to work, the little moon crashed into the largest in about 4400 miles (7081 km) per hour.<br /><br />"This is the slowest possible collision of two massive bodies could have been dropped in another gravity," said co-author Erik Asphaug, a planetary scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC).<br /><br />This relatively slow speed, the collision on the other side would not have enough energy to melt rock and carve out a crater. It would have been powerful enough to cast material of the small moon, the moon bigger.<br /><br />"It's like a car accident, where you have crumpled fenders, but that will not melt when they hit cars," Asphaug said. "It's the same kind of phenomenon."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Collision Created moon meteor shower</span><br /><br />The new theory, Asphaug and postdoctoral researcher Martin Jutzi UCSC, is detailed in the latest issue of the journal Nature.<br /><br />According to their model, the two moons side by side peacefully about 80 million years, each in its stable orbit. Moons were the same color and texture, but one was about three times larger than the others, Asphaug said.<br /><br />"Our moon looked like a large dish in the sky ... and when it goes down, there was a moon is another leak of about 60 degrees," he said.<br /><br />This short period of harmony was broken moon, depending on the model where the gravitational interactions with the Earth's natural because the two moons to slip further from our planet. Sun's gravitational tug to destabilize the small lunar orbit and dropped it in its larger siblings.<br /><br />Although not very energetic, the collision would have pushed trillion tons of lunar dust, out of the room, obscuring the two moons for several days.<br /><br />"When the dust is removed, it had a moon, which may seem similar to our moon today," said Asphaug.<br /><br />Up to a million years after the event, the earth was bombarded by fragments of different sizes of the moon, the largest of which could be as much as 62 miles (100 kilometers) across.<br /><br />"You meteor in the sky for a long time," Asphaug said, although probably not have been life on earth are not attending a spectacular sky show.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lunar Smashup opens "Problems Cool"</span><br /><br />Astronomer Jeffrey Taylor of the University of Hawaii said the theory of the new moon is very interesting and worth further investigation.<br /><br />Asphaug and Jutzi Model is not only a share of asymmetry of the Moon, Taylor said, but the results also explained the fates of smaller satellites theory predicts that another friend was supposed to be on the side of the Moon.<br /><br />One of the main theories about how our Moon formed is that he was born after a Mars-sized planet collided with Earth shortly after the solar system formed about 4.5 billion years. (See "Earth-Moon formed later collision of an asteroid than previously thought.")<br /><br />Scientists think past smashup created by molten rock ring of debris around the Earth, which eventually merged in many different organs, like the Moon. (Theme: "The moon has fallen, and may still be in a Contracting State.")<br /><br />But "if so, what happened to [the smaller moons] This is the only thing that could happen to them," said Taylor, who was not involved in the study.<br /><br />The new theory is not without problems, however. For example, it explains why the opposite side of the moon package shows high concentrations of aluminum, said Taylor.<br /><br />If the two moons were formed from the material itself, as has been assumed, a moon and splatterings companion, would be a bit 'of aluminum, as the moon's interior.<br /><br />However, this problem could be solved by future lunar studies, says Taylor, and it's not serious enough a reason to reject the theory.<br /><br />"In any case," he says, "opens up the cool work problems."<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/">source</a><br /></div>FREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113297566077966060.post-61528171584915135392011-08-03T13:43:00.000-07:002011-08-03T13:48:37.258-07:00The Analyst To Clarify His Concern For Nvidia<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjplPIQnsMUFgQQPiXqZG71NqXpj2xyHy-HfGB1f7KMGrns1Thf5JQoqAbFvNDMh0i4lpeIlteSEbCfyio7Ys_LZVJ57ctjUoGTTd49xxlszCjZO2sDF5YLarJC1fJVW54VYU8TjQ4vy5I/s1600/amdlogo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >Gill downgraded its shares rose celebration</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjplPIQnsMUFgQQPiXqZG71NqXpj2xyHy-HfGB1f7KMGrns1Thf5JQoqAbFvNDMh0i4lpeIlteSEbCfyio7Ys_LZVJ57ctjUoGTTd49xxlszCjZO2sDF5YLarJC1fJVW54VYU8TjQ4vy5I/s400/amdlogo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636734352540952034" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 110px; height: 88px; " /></span><div style="text-align: justify;">Needham analyst Rajvindra Gill, is to clarify why it was so hard Nvidia has had to jump after the company's stock price.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Gill downgraded the company even though it was a great leap in graphics processing unit (GPU) market share over AMD.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But Gill said he is worried about sales office charts.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mercury Research shows that the total sales of desktop discrete graphics were reduced by 15 percent. While the proportion of Nvidia in the market remained virtually unchanged during the quarter, which have been lost shedloads. There is also concern that the gap between integrated Intel graphics on the desktop and what Nvidia and AMD has a unique narrow, making it vulnerable desktop discrete graphics.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Gill said the next version of Barrons Sandy Bridge will provide a noticeable improvement in the relative power and low power consumption "compared to discrete components. He sees desktop discrete graphics as still being at risk and" attach rate "for desktop GPUs are decreasing over time, not up. Sales of notebook discrete graphics on the back shipments of Sandy Bridge is temporary, and that over time, mobile discrete graphics are also at risk in general said Gill.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He noted that sales in China accounted for 60 percent of revenues Nvidia GPU. But they are in danger of fiscal tightening there, and cooling consumer spending.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span class="”fullpost”"></span>FREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113297566077966060.post-56021598370571007922011-08-03T08:50:00.000-07:002011-08-03T09:58:14.643-07:00TRANSFORMING A DAYLIGHT IMAGE INTO A WILD NIGHT<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg240PceQIDte2U-BeDw5RxooUsoDy1WAJ2jDd846Wy5ID42LD1vqxBV16S04gYvwpUfY0b2PhtpPE_6G1T-WsbnKjdLDkrkWaJNTPD9UbSH8oBOVFDyU1LsiBwFYC5meP0QbdvPWg-kXnH/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg240PceQIDte2U-BeDw5RxooUsoDy1WAJ2jDd846Wy5ID42LD1vqxBV16S04gYvwpUfY0b2PhtpPE_6G1T-WsbnKjdLDkrkWaJNTPD9UbSH8oBOVFDyU1LsiBwFYC5meP0QbdvPWg-kXnH/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636671809700151202" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">INTRODUCTION</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In this tutorial we'll learn how to convert a plain daylight shot into a night shot and add some special effects to it. We'll not only turn a daylight image into a nighttime image, but we'll also add some stormy rain to the scene.<span class="”fullpost”"><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 1:</span><br />Open the building photo first. We're going to select the front gate and isolate it from the background. Press Ctrl + J to duplicate the background layer. Rename this new layer “Gate.” Choose the Polygonal Lasso Tool (L) and draw a selection around the gate.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWHaU09B71FM33xrmP3z7hAZ16wQmubUYw4XLFNipwvL42JardERHIjBPGoL5BpMv9T0XaJZV2jbs2GilHdohcOUYLdXhzv-c2RbT8bt7XG7yMU_MQQvMuCMf57vplWOpufcfdLTC2pdI/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWHaU09B71FM33xrmP3z7hAZ16wQmubUYw4XLFNipwvL42JardERHIjBPGoL5BpMv9T0XaJZV2jbs2GilHdohcOUYLdXhzv-c2RbT8bt7XG7yMU_MQQvMuCMf57vplWOpufcfdLTC2pdI/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636659203137683874" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 2:</span><br />Hold down the Alt key and subtract the areas that don‟t belong to the gate. After you finish press the Add Layer Mask button. Then set the blend mode to Linear Burn.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qrvuPm7Lct2gPbiWM8TIhtFd14nQzNLuYenu2kvG4oznsQMQoSNUIj29U8NhbWUPtPp4olXuMKASKwyID_-iN1Jyzu29Om-tRBbv-T_MU-ig_6DWqq6AMviHA9RFGViUuVV4C4dGtkdy/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE2.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 370px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qrvuPm7Lct2gPbiWM8TIhtFd14nQzNLuYenu2kvG4oznsQMQoSNUIj29U8NhbWUPtPp4olXuMKASKwyID_-iN1Jyzu29Om-tRBbv-T_MU-ig_6DWqq6AMviHA9RFGViUuVV4C4dGtkdy/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636659590967121762" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 3:</span><br />Select the “Background“layer, then press Ctrl + J and rename this layer “Lighting.”<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1XNcSdZLG0aRr_SoZ2jpWdxse08MrSaJj9GwCxtjdPkDIWDyaAv3k9GpiKyFFTgQfxLTNrqe1ePKZ5WndCYNdhqfewQFoHqeXh8emNK9cbB_80Tgo4OjRUnkCH01WnJd0y4Li_tqSX6k/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE3.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1XNcSdZLG0aRr_SoZ2jpWdxse08MrSaJj9GwCxtjdPkDIWDyaAv3k9GpiKyFFTgQfxLTNrqe1ePKZ5WndCYNdhqfewQFoHqeXh8emNK9cbB_80Tgo4OjRUnkCH01WnJd0y4Li_tqSX6k/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE3.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636660622988168786" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 4:</span><br />With the layer “Lighting” selected, go to Filter > Render > Lighting Effects. Select style „three down‟. Rotate them upside down, and place them in accurate positions. Then move the Exposure Slider to 93 and set the Ambience to 3, as shown below.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNGTBrbp8B8cFRi3mvkaX9ABcna_peNBhGgqUFiwLAVVwnoMOeMUwEJdsYLoqs6QkiAXEbABgHhZLRcTd9nkISlv9lXRBrDtoUiiUq3xRbizW4hfhII_djzren8CKpJ2m5VrFkixMjgL1/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE4.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNGTBrbp8B8cFRi3mvkaX9ABcna_peNBhGgqUFiwLAVVwnoMOeMUwEJdsYLoqs6QkiAXEbABgHhZLRcTd9nkISlv9lXRBrDtoUiiUq3xRbizW4hfhII_djzren8CKpJ2m5VrFkixMjgL1/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE4.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636661437751605458" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 5:</span><br />Open the”birds” photo and drag it to your composition. Place it behind the “Lighting” layer. Then rename it to “Birds.”<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCyuKsczBBtzJyOeXsutqu_V-nj3HkMfdunHZwptI1r11W4AzOaztYk8aEFLqY5NFf6cZJCgTdTBmd-V3b2oGCiH99NbFEWQpe-ndZebT-sZhCJtV_Mh2nlOVmhOWNtqOqBRo7yDX48ta_/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE5.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCyuKsczBBtzJyOeXsutqu_V-nj3HkMfdunHZwptI1r11W4AzOaztYk8aEFLqY5NFf6cZJCgTdTBmd-V3b2oGCiH99NbFEWQpe-ndZebT-sZhCJtV_Mh2nlOVmhOWNtqOqBRo7yDX48ta_/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE5.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636661766377452930" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 6:</span><br />Select the layer named “Lighting.” Choose the Polygonal Lasso Tool (L), and draw a selection around the house. Then click on the Add Layer Mask button.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVoSnLJ6inAC4NFKP_AgiYG6WdrXx_KqQyOsku7SSvbSapizzvg5hOx1hX4dQyq1TAHY4siPIhg6jMmhFZ_1VZdx4ydB9PkZsS0ixhmB7BDK0KwBpzpaN21JsoAcmu_Sy0-WR4DtTqvsef/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE6.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVoSnLJ6inAC4NFKP_AgiYG6WdrXx_KqQyOsku7SSvbSapizzvg5hOx1hX4dQyq1TAHY4siPIhg6jMmhFZ_1VZdx4ydB9PkZsS0ixhmB7BDK0KwBpzpaN21JsoAcmu_Sy0-WR4DtTqvsef/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE6.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636662838464306386" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ0FP0bqrNMGq_TGyloqxBVXYRKvYKXqd4lbjsnRbGV-i2w-LSa1qJ-YmbaBpW2ZsO7Z3zXfngEgI_eIil1wtvGWzuMmCMmJLlHNoRzSlXBSxhb_iLgFX-WOMmk7-zeSNfxZbW6imBWTTX/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE6b.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ0FP0bqrNMGq_TGyloqxBVXYRKvYKXqd4lbjsnRbGV-i2w-LSa1qJ-YmbaBpW2ZsO7Z3zXfngEgI_eIil1wtvGWzuMmCMmJLlHNoRzSlXBSxhb_iLgFX-WOMmk7-zeSNfxZbW6imBWTTX/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE6b.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636663312819837058" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 7:</span><br />Go to the Background Layer, duplicate it, and place it below the “Gate” layer. Change the Layer Blend Mode to Overlay. Then rename the layer to “House Overlay.”<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWvF7IiZQhQUhfonLBozHZb0DsJzv3NasiTZaTL_KT52pkDTJku4ZQZrjiyaCo5vAx-ru2LrAyWzENtWdge8YNx-2RuSz5j0GnVZF-6kACpcHfloCQzt0Y-ZX4wzRLmDL_bUqm6bxfAcj/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE7.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWvF7IiZQhQUhfonLBozHZb0DsJzv3NasiTZaTL_KT52pkDTJku4ZQZrjiyaCo5vAx-ru2LrAyWzENtWdge8YNx-2RuSz5j0GnVZF-6kACpcHfloCQzt0Y-ZX4wzRLmDL_bUqm6bxfAcj/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE7.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636663774232744194" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 8:</span><br />Press Ctrl + L for the Levels command. Enter the values shown below.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgu4rpwZP917A8C-tyDKg9iyP16EO3guaR92t92AFY2AcCGIB27VmEcXXGAzcGVR1CUBwoV-fHzFoBT8eSHfujLEvHhaeww5PpYYYwGhaOvbt_YJoYWDwdGlU29Q60gsk8k5K2zYRfgQt/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE8.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 328px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgu4rpwZP917A8C-tyDKg9iyP16EO3guaR92t92AFY2AcCGIB27VmEcXXGAzcGVR1CUBwoV-fHzFoBT8eSHfujLEvHhaeww5PpYYYwGhaOvbt_YJoYWDwdGlU29Q60gsk8k5K2zYRfgQt/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE8.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636664709404024562" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 9:</span><br />Press Ctrl + U for the Hue/Saturation command. Make sure the Colorize option is selected and enter the values shown below.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglO4NQPabZDFnZdFpIJ5YWxO7o7N1Jhpte0E0y9qRKpoF8fkb69ahHZMJp5EXJ-nuTgY3Ov3sPu3GHIAMy5K311g6GpRmIF5xexn-lrmpmSOT696qxMAogUJ0iBhZBwDKR7z5KWqytaz2i/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE9.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglO4NQPabZDFnZdFpIJ5YWxO7o7N1Jhpte0E0y9qRKpoF8fkb69ahHZMJp5EXJ-nuTgY3Ov3sPu3GHIAMy5K311g6GpRmIF5xexn-lrmpmSOT696qxMAogUJ0iBhZBwDKR7z5KWqytaz2i/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE9.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636664994869861618" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 10:</span><br />Make sure the layer “Birds” is highlighted. Then select Sponge tool (O). Set the Mode to Desaturate and Flow to 100%. <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag-and-drop" title="Drag-and-drop" rel="wikipedia">Click and drag</a> on over-saturated areas, as shown below.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_31vY7SvlPhM8SeaYaoBiszb55kSlQK3ds708RqIcPpjLbwrnI9MP647DsvLxMaaUGApvXkaTL6Oiho86XyQAygexS8vIZeJJdluI8ArdQlgGlqsTKlIMwg9H8WfcKmHtvLs-jj1meAZ/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE10.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_31vY7SvlPhM8SeaYaoBiszb55kSlQK3ds708RqIcPpjLbwrnI9MP647DsvLxMaaUGApvXkaTL6Oiho86XyQAygexS8vIZeJJdluI8ArdQlgGlqsTKlIMwg9H8WfcKmHtvLs-jj1meAZ/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE10.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636665374788136482" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 11:</span><br />Select the Burn tool (O). Set the Range to Shadows and Exposure to 50%. Click and drag over the bright branches.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRyr-VMLd1W8Hu8zY6-miiFLbcwN-ko24fSywniRZ3wF9juYQNZtColwPo01gPDYYYjDV1Y-TQeM4WtxF_ELs2VX6KKfMC2FOmgOaI7aohwqcHi6MKKfCSrA_plkClIGGT_pFy7oFggbD/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE11.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRyr-VMLd1W8Hu8zY6-miiFLbcwN-ko24fSywniRZ3wF9juYQNZtColwPo01gPDYYYjDV1Y-TQeM4WtxF_ELs2VX6KKfMC2FOmgOaI7aohwqcHi6MKKfCSrA_plkClIGGT_pFy7oFggbD/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE11.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636665838171164402" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 12:</span><br />Select the layer “Lighting.” Then Press Ctrl + Shift + U to desaturate the layer.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnfk1DxtMolMXAlGOaN0KzYR85RyJ8reYRAy3To4Nqxf3UYGDy4YZvw_OQJdtSC4x3btwxSEDf68TSNIfmiUyJfFfkPyfm0EHOMqXQelZ0UJOQAHvtyyHOnbnf7igrot63iTHPmg7xibW/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE12.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnfk1DxtMolMXAlGOaN0KzYR85RyJ8reYRAy3To4Nqxf3UYGDy4YZvw_OQJdtSC4x3btwxSEDf68TSNIfmiUyJfFfkPyfm0EHOMqXQelZ0UJOQAHvtyyHOnbnf7igrot63iTHPmg7xibW/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE12.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636666250993346258" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 13:</span><br />Make a new layer named “Fog,” and place it on top of the “House Overlay” layer.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6DOBSjFhYKWj6Y3qK3ZT-EEY0MMV9BXpC0CuqHIG0o9QJJXMMBdwYwVFGUQcltGbw8COd1PDIuvIVKruGyJ0tuzw0RYfqAfozEUOJAhMC55QOuSyQM9yta6YAT9sUqWwkNYhvpmXZB3yU/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE13.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6DOBSjFhYKWj6Y3qK3ZT-EEY0MMV9BXpC0CuqHIG0o9QJJXMMBdwYwVFGUQcltGbw8COd1PDIuvIVKruGyJ0tuzw0RYfqAfozEUOJAhMC55QOuSyQM9yta6YAT9sUqWwkNYhvpmXZB3yU/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE13.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636666617388626802" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 14:</span><br />Press D to make sure the foreground color is black and background color is white. Press Alt + Backspace to fill the layer with the foreground color. Go to Filter > Render > Difference Clouds. Then press Ctrl + F twice to make the effect more Volumetric.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Y1sEla9IOcQxyxH-PP-m9qG4FmTFCkFN1t5DeNnKF-T1SgZp2ukmAvd37U-r6izv-jEO-sQ-VNnvHZxR7z8DDOVqyU1oIVHv0MLcDYnAzSzKRqSZAUnRYi5QSamQfbC90fI59Sy__Jbj/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE14.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Y1sEla9IOcQxyxH-PP-m9qG4FmTFCkFN1t5DeNnKF-T1SgZp2ukmAvd37U-r6izv-jEO-sQ-VNnvHZxR7z8DDOVqyU1oIVHv0MLcDYnAzSzKRqSZAUnRYi5QSamQfbC90fI59Sy__Jbj/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE14.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636667019754020690" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 15:</span><br />Change the Blend mode to Linear Dodge (Add) for the “Fog” layer. Then set the Opacity to 18%.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE7B-5GFOBhfr-QduNPPcawTk_ieomxRggJsukDBxDIfsbPA6O8JwJupEeBwwrMHaCRSgebQhOMoX2qreomH-bbKNZrcTOpmx5n8wDOthBzbWJDQBP3FRa8YyjvZ8Esnl1KyWc5mhyD7DL/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE15.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE7B-5GFOBhfr-QduNPPcawTk_ieomxRggJsukDBxDIfsbPA6O8JwJupEeBwwrMHaCRSgebQhOMoX2qreomH-bbKNZrcTOpmx5n8wDOthBzbWJDQBP3FRa8YyjvZ8Esnl1KyWc5mhyD7DL/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE15.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636667361136658434" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 16:</span><br />Press Ctrl + L for the Levels command. Then enter the values shown below.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_CXDIYj-C6s_8ilJ551MgvjACVhdMBOTw2NvlXB2hRtKGePraaU9Qw7nvO_fI4Toajql70poSrKtsq38TCIk4CHOabnsI8gexuD2WwhC2B7t24F6rsBf4Sc2sd9ovt0S05NkuHaPrsWJZ/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE16.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_CXDIYj-C6s_8ilJ551MgvjACVhdMBOTw2NvlXB2hRtKGePraaU9Qw7nvO_fI4Toajql70poSrKtsq38TCIk4CHOabnsI8gexuD2WwhC2B7t24F6rsBf4Sc2sd9ovt0S05NkuHaPrsWJZ/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE16.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636667801270167266" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 17:</span><br />Select the “Gate” layer, and add a Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer. Make sure Colorize is selected. Enter the values shown below.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YdVoqKKXyxK5Rcod8KfnUpojZVlDojTGWYKZrjGyoKzQ29oFYes0ZIBetqnq6uuk-HBbyl-dhPibDvlDzoc6uveQ10OopGBp9UR0fvXugizso88EMtCOTEaY4htgeRXy4pR8edMg4kpv/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE17.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YdVoqKKXyxK5Rcod8KfnUpojZVlDojTGWYKZrjGyoKzQ29oFYes0ZIBetqnq6uuk-HBbyl-dhPibDvlDzoc6uveQ10OopGBp9UR0fvXugizso88EMtCOTEaY4htgeRXy4pR8edMg4kpv/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE17.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636668184964759106" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 18:</span><br />Ok, we haven‟t finished yet. Let‟s make another stormy version of the same image. Save this image. Then go to the “birds” layer, select the Move tool (V), and move the layer until you can‟t see the birds.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSMiNBgLR6_L4werZzSVCm-vofMgyxTTCiaKObp8Ggv_ryYvwMP6-_FKzMvg8Ll0B_aKGb_MuOYiXmp0_5zSj_qqKutTBilEMuk9RB4zyPJs7KT3vuAX8WJU_MKBpgKtNVCtvInBXtm5vw/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE18.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSMiNBgLR6_L4werZzSVCm-vofMgyxTTCiaKObp8Ggv_ryYvwMP6-_FKzMvg8Ll0B_aKGb_MuOYiXmp0_5zSj_qqKutTBilEMuk9RB4zyPJs7KT3vuAX8WJU_MKBpgKtNVCtvInBXtm5vw/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE18.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636668466020989250" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 19:</span><br />Set the Opacity of the “Fog” layer to 30%.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3B_Xd9au8d3rgIPSeS8kJY1W1wbh3GwLgRrM7r01Q0qxF2hdnePcF92hj4oYidCor-blnl3e_I2Vgcd4ZiVQJiHqhCWoy63piWUd5Ts_n4-QGR6QE7Q5XocJLW4qMHXD4XiK4oyyXl287/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE19.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3B_Xd9au8d3rgIPSeS8kJY1W1wbh3GwLgRrM7r01Q0qxF2hdnePcF92hj4oYidCor-blnl3e_I2Vgcd4ZiVQJiHqhCWoy63piWUd5Ts_n4-QGR6QE7Q5XocJLW4qMHXD4XiK4oyyXl287/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE19.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636668778009192018" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 20:</span><br />Make a new layer named “Rain” and place it behind the “gate” layer.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0byZQzrm4Q_4hzshxIZn-VZu6b3TxJLWBWRYhXUXYoXhtd2S6RVNkrMk4ATSXD3_i1wmOr4DvYqQ3XwaEcdzbQ1nXw0Vtm6tpGxSeousIPcrYyoJbTDePXiEAbSg8Lnd1GgWQjWeShOR6/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE20.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0byZQzrm4Q_4hzshxIZn-VZu6b3TxJLWBWRYhXUXYoXhtd2S6RVNkrMk4ATSXD3_i1wmOr4DvYqQ3XwaEcdzbQ1nXw0Vtm6tpGxSeousIPcrYyoJbTDePXiEAbSg8Lnd1GgWQjWeShOR6/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE20.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636669088981114146" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 21:</span><br />Press Alt + Backspace to fill the layer with a foreground color. Then go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise. Turn on the Monochromatic option. Then set the Amount to 170%.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUPZN1Z-7tdfldzlflct8OaH0fPAHIcl4Bsdj0jZA5rfRYgtGFVCDw6tBaahvxZNmL4h0Va6GMy2EZ5CXk9mbfmkt2wYq0ZvKOLTrp4eGdPSYCEHovj4RT0X1vO6GxnBITfZtIG4VoC3X/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE21.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUPZN1Z-7tdfldzlflct8OaH0fPAHIcl4Bsdj0jZA5rfRYgtGFVCDw6tBaahvxZNmL4h0Va6GMy2EZ5CXk9mbfmkt2wYq0ZvKOLTrp4eGdPSYCEHovj4RT0X1vO6GxnBITfZtIG4VoC3X/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE21.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636669421841732194" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 22:</span><br />Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur. Set the Angle to -50 and the Distance to 32. Then press Enter to apply the filter.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKH0ffhRaNAgbPKgV7WYh5AEui5Q5J2hIYypDB2ait3eAVY_kgMB9KbMrterrJrJeuSAbBeyCuPawQL2oQTZw4zfOimWiiLoBxBXvpKj9G3QYrhovIaQhriKcN_UTy3af5X9LcQpYz1K3/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE22.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKH0ffhRaNAgbPKgV7WYh5AEui5Q5J2hIYypDB2ait3eAVY_kgMB9KbMrterrJrJeuSAbBeyCuPawQL2oQTZw4zfOimWiiLoBxBXvpKj9G3QYrhovIaQhriKcN_UTy3af5X9LcQpYz1K3/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE22.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636669680727187682" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 23:</span><br />Press Ctrl + T for the Free Transform command. Scale the layer up to 115% to move unwanted layer edges outside the frame.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWmm-KRmHpISWBEdE9k9la43d5aSDec_wPwrqLbDn6JPWtDAiQje3x_SknjxXlpBNzqhWlto8iM_5D4qgKDJMtFF9fk3a3RMfwBJdeA_Ba_DV5y18hbuKxEWJE4SSfT-LCurKNSo3eLHo/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE23.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWmm-KRmHpISWBEdE9k9la43d5aSDec_wPwrqLbDn6JPWtDAiQje3x_SknjxXlpBNzqhWlto8iM_5D4qgKDJMtFF9fk3a3RMfwBJdeA_Ba_DV5y18hbuKxEWJE4SSfT-LCurKNSo3eLHo/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE23.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636669983036767362" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 24:</span><br />Hold down the Alt Key and click on the Eye next to the “Rain” Layer to hide all layers except “Rain. “ Then press Ctrl + L for the Levels command. Then set the values shown below.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9fWnnQ0Hpev2F-QSb58WwZZmMJTkxx9TNLJocrPLJLD2lXyhHKvRzjDsXAjlTwa8Ox-bW5yTYogsmn8-VhlKPx2JcH66EdKc5Yec-8zTGWjviX_CS3l_8xeQv17v6NXpt1yWfe1QHwTy/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE24.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 328px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9fWnnQ0Hpev2F-QSb58WwZZmMJTkxx9TNLJocrPLJLD2lXyhHKvRzjDsXAjlTwa8Ox-bW5yTYogsmn8-VhlKPx2JcH66EdKc5Yec-8zTGWjviX_CS3l_8xeQv17v6NXpt1yWfe1QHwTy/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE24.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636670289339219410" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 25:</span><br />Hold down the Alt Key and press the Eye next to “Rain” layer to unhide all the layers. Then change the Opacity of the “Rain” layer to 80%. Then change the Blend Mode to Multiply.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEive1G18Dc7MMJ9sAz1puKaHbS3QbOxd_Wi4v2Mg-I2S0ldy7hSdJqRgvwYThFC7wn4WvrL0g0qkHgmapXs3k41o43Zmn8x4D_7r5pn8IuizKidA5rtEPifchZhaQtKImuNPimfm9uPTsgY/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE25.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 340px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEive1G18Dc7MMJ9sAz1puKaHbS3QbOxd_Wi4v2Mg-I2S0ldy7hSdJqRgvwYThFC7wn4WvrL0g0qkHgmapXs3k41o43Zmn8x4D_7r5pn8IuizKidA5rtEPifchZhaQtKImuNPimfm9uPTsgY/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE25.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636670620200606178" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 26:</span><br />Double-click on Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer. Then change the values, as shown below.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLME31TRtEYZfmskCROBbFx-q3aZzRj1AOTPEUm5oY8TJcf70xIM5yTdpOo61sLVAzcyccglxqGzVIfABBIW0N8o3O6Qc2gcBokSa6CIZPA914Ovywy-2M1W7TtcLiIazbbdGF6PI9b4nP/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE26.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLME31TRtEYZfmskCROBbFx-q3aZzRj1AOTPEUm5oY8TJcf70xIM5yTdpOo61sLVAzcyccglxqGzVIfABBIW0N8o3O6Qc2gcBokSa6CIZPA914Ovywy-2M1W7TtcLiIazbbdGF6PI9b4nP/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE26.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636670971525245554" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 27:</span><br />Add a Levels Adjustment Layer and enter the following values.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWKQVa1W_AQ1AikmrjFsI77k3XFTn6IHwdSQj7K8VqSy0SxhoURycRPZzdkMK4RHSmzkU9pbKsGl2brXbX6rHCQ7deTRJh2K_w54-BmrE5N1J5bVVBfwdqgkATied6dlPALBnpfTVDyYi/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE27.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 329px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWKQVa1W_AQ1AikmrjFsI77k3XFTn6IHwdSQj7K8VqSy0SxhoURycRPZzdkMK4RHSmzkU9pbKsGl2brXbX6rHCQ7deTRJh2K_w54-BmrE5N1J5bVVBfwdqgkATied6dlPALBnpfTVDyYi/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE27.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636671225004562082" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 28:</span><br />Select the “Rain” layer. Then click on the Add Layer Mask button. Select the Brush Tool (B). Change the Opacity to 50% and make a few clicks on some areas to minimize the <span style="font-style:italic;">rain effect</span>.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6FyE3zrTCHnSonRgrC8suj-BcdpfikvFvcxbcHB8xgBfeOqDF7tBkM3k8F9sVPQcV0OJ6BI9JmmjAPvG5ZiqKat6LdOOZPAWjB3KG_Ue9RyOuAQQ7HIgJhc6_x8lvW2gecCtezkibRb1/s1600/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE28.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6FyE3zrTCHnSonRgrC8suj-BcdpfikvFvcxbcHB8xgBfeOqDF7tBkM3k8F9sVPQcV0OJ6BI9JmmjAPvG5ZiqKat6LdOOZPAWjB3KG_Ue9RyOuAQQ7HIgJhc6_x8lvW2gecCtezkibRb1/s400/DAYLIGHT+IMAGE28.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636671638018938962" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">CONCLUSION:</span><br />You could use this technique on any building photo taken in daylight. In this tutorial, I used a photo I took at sunset. That‟s why there are no harsh shadows on the building, which makes the image a good sample to use to show these effects. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.<br /></span></div> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top:10px;height:15px"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=ef4e6cc7-c18d-402a-a7f8-4d38e8012ff5" alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" style="border:none;float:right" /></a></div>FREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113297566077966060.post-86758220310687946082011-08-03T06:43:00.000-07:002011-08-03T09:52:08.034-07:00Apple Finally Lets You Google Voice Application From The App Store (yet)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxa0Sxjy-721ns9Fardx6CE1smsLG68jTc2ZweM6SAn6X9_j7Bz5i1EyfURN0x6SvQJi9mFqRCPcNISBfZTJhEksX3WURrIZHh0h_NMMPp9ZL-g3AFg3cTFsnBNMIZ0dBrJAZqEUBgjDjq/s1600/pretty+friggin%25E2%2580%2599+mad..JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxa0Sxjy-721ns9Fardx6CE1smsLG68jTc2ZweM6SAn6X9_j7Bz5i1EyfURN0x6SvQJi9mFqRCPcNISBfZTJhEksX3WURrIZHh0h_NMMPp9ZL-g3AFg3cTFsnBNMIZ0dBrJAZqEUBgjDjq/s400/pretty+friggin%25E2%2580%2599+mad..JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636625343798365026" /></a><br /><div><a class="zem_slink" href="https://www.google.com/voice" title="Google Voice" rel="homepage">Google Voice</a> <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_software" title="Application software" rel="wikipedia">applications</a> have a fairly turbulent history in the App Store. At first, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com" title="Apple" rel="homepage">Apple</a> has adopted, and the people rejoiced. Then, seemingly out of nowhere and shot him with "duplicate functionality that comes with the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/iphone" title="iPhone" rel="homepage">iPhone</a> (Dialer, SMS, etc.)." Cited as the reason. People were naturally fucking crazy.</div><div><br /></div><div>Over the last few days, developers have at least two applications were indicating they had heard good news from Apple, suggesting that the Apps would be a approved by Apple, no jailbreak required return. Actually, they just started to appear in the App Store.</div><div><br /></div><div>The first application for approval, as I can tell, by Andreas Amann GV Connect, App Store, which weighs a few moments ago. Going for $ 2.99, powered by <a class="zem_slink" href="http://google.com" title="Google" rel="homepage">Google</a> Apps-based support for voice calls, text messages and voice - in other words, all these applications were initially banned.</div><div><br /></div><div>We reached out to Sean Kovacz, GV developer of Mobile, which was pretty good the first Google Voice application, when such things were originally permitted. Its application, unfortunately, is still pending approval - a little discouraging when he was one of the first off the bat in the opening round.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hoping that Apple continues to approve these things - and more importantly, they stick to that time.</div><div><br /></div><span class="”fullpost”"></span> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top:10px;height:15px"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=1a5afcbf-9ba7-42ef-b4e1-cfd8a4f08941" alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" style="border:none;float:right" /></a></div>FREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113297566077966060.post-30038944738749638822011-08-03T06:18:00.000-07:002011-08-03T06:29:57.094-07:00It's racist to bar me from your country! Meet the Indian husband in immigration battle<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAw24kAVlgr9rYMPonvHd7PcIJPCAtjj5rBCKAgo6GqyYSMHMHaAkg0cGURjFwfmln5kB-btpBeUaVMEAtNLMKf9V3t_hb7izvV7HxqmSmBO1mI_sCIwlsayyt_3de5TiBoMkqP67szOpG/s1600/Vali+Chapti.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAw24kAVlgr9rYMPonvHd7PcIJPCAtjj5rBCKAgo6GqyYSMHMHaAkg0cGURjFwfmln5kB-btpBeUaVMEAtNLMKf9V3t_hb7izvV7HxqmSmBO1mI_sCIwlsayyt_3de5TiBoMkqP67szOpG/s400/Vali+Chapti.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636621047105509362" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9HGZV-_3Lw2SRRNIfUUdYePRLHqCM7pV9y9uCKNHCnshDkL1epx7J85abQaBVLaKuLntd9QHvlFoDEBzW7hPKUwNiUJny98GjdZwThYSFTbIlInB3yyPA6M503LGS84EthCUhBxUasB7/s1600/Mrs+Chapti.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><span class="”fullpost”"><div style="text-align: justify;">India immigration laws that block is not difficult to speak English to come and live in Britain, said yesterday that he expects "many others" will come if he wins.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Discuss your case first, Vali Chapter, a farmer who wants to join his wife in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.leicester.gov.uk/" title="Leicester" rel="homepage">Leicester</a>, also insisted that they never learn English.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Speaking to the Daily Mail in his remote village, said that he could easily "get by" without the English, because there was a lot of Gujarati speakers in Leicester and it would be the main language, in which he lives.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">57 years, also branded Britain's immigration system, "racist and discriminatory" and said his human rights had been violated, "shameful" the rules have been introduced interior minister Theresa May require immigrants to have a basic understanding of the English language.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">His wife, Rashida, 54, began a legal challenge funded by Legal Aid against the rules, which aims to ensure that migrants can integrate into British society.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mr. chap said he was convinced that his case would be a success and said he hoped to bring his son with him in the UK.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9HGZV-_3Lw2SRRNIfUUdYePRLHqCM7pV9y9uCKNHCnshDkL1epx7J85abQaBVLaKuLntd9QHvlFoDEBzW7hPKUwNiUJny98GjdZwThYSFTbIlInB3yyPA6M503LGS84EthCUhBxUasB7/s400/Mrs+Chapti.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636620606782170674" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"How can the British government deny me the right to live with my wife in this late phase of my life, because I can not speak the language?" asked Mr. chapt, who has been married for 37 years.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said that many of their seven children had previously applied for a visa to join their mother, but they too had been rejected.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">M. chapter, he saw his wife once in the last six years, said: "I believe in the right of a husband and wife to be together. I want to go as soon as possible to England.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"However, the time it takes to fight until we have justice in this case. If we refused, we turn again and again, our human rights are respected."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And he said that if the challenge is successful, it will create a precedent that will "open doors" for the spouses of others around the world are separate rules established under the government's attempts to curb net immigration.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"My wife can not fight for me, but when we win, it will help many other people who want to come to England, but can not because of the current immigration law that makes the English mandatory. "</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Chapt M. said he had left school at the age of nine years - he can barely read or write in their mother tongue, Gujarati - and have no intention of trying to learn the English.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"It is easy to learn a foreign language at the end of life, especially when I have not even finished my studies in good schools in India except Gujarat, who do not speak another language correctly."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The High Court challenge last week, has attracted wide-ranging discussion with Mrs. chapt, arguing that even if the husband does not learn the language, if it has received permission to join him home he shared with relatives in Leicester, is can work in garment factories, where a driver.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He moved to the UK to his parents six years ago, to travel protected by the British passport is issued for the first time, when the family lived in Malawi, Africa, the then British colony.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Later, Mrs. chapt successfully applied for civil rights as a British citizen, was trying to "send" her husband and younger son.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Manjit Gill QC, that Mrs. chapt, told the High Court in Birmingham the challenge of new rules on the basis of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_8_of_the_European_Convention_on_Human_Rights" title="Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights" rel="wikipedia">Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights</a>, which protects the right to "private and family life, and the 'Article 12, the right to marry.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If it is further stated that the language tests for immigrants on the basis of race discrimination against immigrants from India, Pakistan and the Middle East.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Throughout the discussion of a critical voice was missing - that of Mr. Ch. Yesterday, the mail back to Valan agricultural area, about 250 miles from Bombay.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The community of 15,000 is dominated by seven mosques and has close links with Leicester and Blackburn, families send money regularly to their families. Unlike many other similar cities, there is no center of learning in English.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">His lack of English, Mr. chapt said: "I do not think it has any problems for me - my wife speaks and understands some English, and relatives speak it very well why should it matter?".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">M. chapter, a deeply religious Muslim who prays five times a day at the mosque, who divides his time between his family and religious Valan farm work, teaching the virtues of Islam and spend 45 days a year visiting religious shrines.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Follow a strict Islamic lifestyle and unlike its neighbors is no TV in the house of mud brick three-bedroom flat with roof tiles, which shares with six family members.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">His income of about £ 4 a week, working on the family of eight acres, is increased by the money sent by both child living in Africa.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">They Chaptis' five sons and two daughters, one has visited his mother in Britain. "We're not asking for money for my wife as she fights to save on his meager salary hosiery factory machine operator," said chapt.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earn around £ 200 per week, but also works part time as a machinist in a factory seconds when work is available, which adds about 400 pounds per month in revenue. Her monthly rent is £ 525.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Chaptis are so determined to save money to buy visas that Mrs. chapt not to return home four months ago, that marriage is one of his sons, Javed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I lost my mother was the most important role in my life, but I think he is involved with the fight against our rights," said Javed's main shopping area, Vala.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said that the family first visa application in 2008, but was rejected.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It applies the following year with the same result. "We spent a lot of money in this process and is disappointed about not getting a favorable outcome," said Javed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Family see Mrs. cap as a "defender of human rights" and are convinced he will win the case.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another son, Juneda, said: "My mother is very courageous woman and fight this case to bring justice for us."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Last night, Ms Ch said: "If we win this and other cases in India and other countries will also benefit. I fight for my husband and all those people too, who deserve the opportunity to visit the UK to be with their partners.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"If I lose, I can take the case to a higher court - the European Court of Human Rights."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><i><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/">source</a></i></b></span></div> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top:10px;height:15px"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=337934b6-df5c-4d0d-8542-e5d5a519873d" alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" style="border:none;float:right" /></a></div>FREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113297566077966060.post-32175871290980338372011-08-03T00:30:00.000-07:002011-08-03T00:36:15.778-07:00"Spectacular" Three Cat Monolith Unearthed In Mexico<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8SvgQhMUnDQMiT313Qhs29C9VkKyNCAoYFSYg2VdfOok_CMlB1fjsII0vv1O5eUljzEz4WlDAQgnWxKpb4W-LerTUlRPJCTGsi1i3BrByDCKW3UQV8H3lBWfAnMWyCNR9g91MOfRZmdi/s1600/Triad+of+Felines.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8SvgQhMUnDQMiT313Qhs29C9VkKyNCAoYFSYg2VdfOok_CMlB1fjsII0vv1O5eUljzEz4WlDAQgnWxKpb4W-LerTUlRPJCTGsi1i3BrByDCKW3UQV8H3lBWfAnMWyCNR9g91MOfRZmdi/s400/Triad+of+Felines.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636530049039222050" /></a><br />With a little help from archaeologists, three giant cat slunk into view after spending thousands of years underground in central Mexico.<br /><br />Olmec style made from a guard in a monolith of stone, jaguars or pumas sitting can possibly be part of a decorative wall slope with plenty of cups of big cats, experts suggest.<span class="”fullpost”"><br />British Columbia approximately 700 sculptures, called the "triad of cats" by archaeologists, was discovered about 60 miles (one hundred kilometers) south of Mexico City on <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalcatzingo" title="Chalcatzingo" rel="wikipedia">Chalcatzingo</a>, an archaeological site known to have been attached to civilization Olmec.<br /><br />It measures about 5 feet (1.5 meters) long and 3.6 meters (1.1 feet) wide, sculpture was originally housed in the hills, and its purpose was clearly visible in the village below, experts say .<br /><br />The discovery is the latest of about 40 large stone carvings found on Chalcatzingo since 1935-many of them representing cats, said David Grove, an anthropologist at the University of Florida, who has conducted research in Chalcatzingo for 30 years from 1970.<br /><br />As an example of Olmec art style, Grove added, "Triad cat" is "fantastic."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Former Billboard?</span><br /><br />It took months to rebuild and restore the 11 experts fragments that make up the trio cut the cat. Meanwhile, researchers are assembling a theory in which the "Triad" is itself a pawn in a large puzzle.<br /><br />"Feline Triad" may have been part of a collection of petroglyphs, which dotted the landscape Chalcatzingo, perhaps as a spiritual being "signs" along a pilgrimage route, the archaeologists suggest.<br /><br />"One hypothesis is that time to 800-500 BC, was along the Frisian Chalcatzingo Cerro" or "Chalcatzingo hill", a project member Mario Cordova Tello, an archaeologist with the Mexican <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instituto_Nacional_de_Antropolog%C3%ADa_e_Historia" title="Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia" rel="wikipedia">National Institute of Anthropology and History</a> (INAH) said in a statement.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Traces of Olmec</span><br /><br />Olmec occupation of southern and central Mexico around 1500-400 BC, and is considered by many to have a big impact on other Mesoamerican civilizations like the Maya and the Chalcatzingo people.<br /><br />Although technically not Olmec themselves, the people of Chalcatzingo probably acted Olmec cities, said Grove, who was not involved in the latest discovery.<br /><br />Olmec influences appear in the rock art site, for example the use of Olmec symbols. But unlike the Olmecs, who tend to carve three-dimensional sculptures, Chalcatzingo fork tends to create an image on a raised surface, such as, "a trio of cats."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Flaming Cats eyebrows suggest Supernatural</span><br /><br />Many other cuts of big cats, domestic cats arrived in North America only a few centuries ago was found Chalcatzingo.<br /><br />"Triad Cats," however, is unique in representing animals sitting, said Grove. Cats in the sculpture of the new features also seem supernatural, such as eyebrows and mouth swollen stylized masks reminiscent of the traditional Olmec.<br /><br />Why are little threat to humans at that time, big cats such as Jaguar had been revered by many of the Mesoamerican cultures, Grove said. Often suggest the presence of Olmec art, cats were important Olmec religion and mythology, but their exact role is still unknown.<br /><br />(See a photo of the Jaguar is alive first seen in central Mexico since 1900.)<br /><br />"Anything that has to do with the mythology that is expressed in the cuts ... but I am still trying to figure out exactly what it is," said Grove. "Not much is known about the Olmec religion ".<br /></span> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top:10px;height:15px"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=9c7916ef-ba13-4c2a-9da7-e092140b83ce" alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" style="border:none;float:right" /></a></div>FREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113297566077966060.post-7656543357956129482011-08-02T23:19:00.000-07:002011-08-03T00:07:32.069-07:00After Shaking Pipette Wasps Ladybugs "Zombies"<span style="font-weight:bold;">Taking Aim</span><br />The parasitic wasp Dinocampus coccinellae prepares to inject a ladybug spotted with a single egg in an image file. The ladybug was paralyzed by the venom of the wasp.<br /><br />When the eggs hatch into larvae that developed a few days and then bite a small hole through the abdomen of the beetle. The larvae will spin a cocoon between the legs of the beetles, whose body will rest at the top of the cocoon the larva undergoes metamorphosis. (See pictures of insects from egg).<br /><br />A recent study, Journal of Biology Letters, the researchers note that some larval ladybugs survive at birth, and in those cases, D. coccinellae Bug larva then "brainwashed" in defense of the most vulnerable to predators, Cocoon, said co-author, Jacques Brodeur, a biologist at the University of Montreal.<br /><br />"The parasite is capturing the behavior of its host, which is why we call it a manipulation of a bodyguard," said Brodeur, who has worked as a doctoral student Fanny Moor.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0CLZICG-RmRTeDcSyUhGxvh9-NVSDazYOXUNyTfPbMFfopsmoTxxfd9Ow8xh5l1quG7ZvhYPkBkaUCTPmB2M3jVY5nXIhT4447BpHbl8McHw9p7KI3OMUDY5XGq9G1DTPTlgMb4Vz7vL/s1600/Taking+Aim.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 340px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0CLZICG-RmRTeDcSyUhGxvh9-NVSDazYOXUNyTfPbMFfopsmoTxxfd9Ow8xh5l1quG7ZvhYPkBkaUCTPmB2M3jVY5nXIhT4447BpHbl8McHw9p7KI3OMUDY5XGq9G1DTPTlgMb4Vz7vL/s400/Taking+Aim.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636511970981876034" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Emerging Larva</span><br />Wasp larva worm is the host of beetles in a recent photo.<br /><br />Although most of the parasites eventually kill their hosts, infected wasps ladybugs have a "destination atypical" ladybugs in the study, some survive their "horrible" event. For example, Brodeur's team observed in the field experience of 30 to 40 percent of infected beetles lived after the wasp-born youth, including some who later laid their eggs clean.<br /><br />It houses the bug can survive, because the wasp larva feeds only tissues that are not crucial for the survival of a ladybird, such as fat, the researchers say.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi179bv42LgpKRvQKm9KTFo8_XqzTdgasGgak2gQXlrr8QUjWxhFrIxmUSckcxkbEj2MSYqpt9Gv415L1j49Q-QnxH0D630AzqE3sme4nMY21FOKjiZewqq0HVJwYYzvU8oXLIoqSMPc1bX/s1600/Emerging+Larva.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi179bv42LgpKRvQKm9KTFo8_XqzTdgasGgak2gQXlrr8QUjWxhFrIxmUSckcxkbEj2MSYqpt9Gv415L1j49Q-QnxH0D630AzqE3sme4nMY21FOKjiZewqq0HVJwYYzvU8oXLIoqSMPc1bX/s400/Emerging+Larva.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636519335802429922" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">"Bodyguard" On Duty</span><br />Once a ladybug still takes his job in the cocoons of the wasp as seen in a recent photo-l'insecte act aggressively toward intruders, for example, moving the legs. Scientists suspect that behavioral tics derived from the venom left in the body of the beetle larva emerges after and builds its cocoon.<br /><br />In the laboratory, Brodeur and his team placed lacewing predators in Petri dishes containing buds covered by the beetles live buds covered by other dead beetles or ladybird cocoon of bodyguards needed.<br /><br />The results showed that lacewings were forced to be flexible in its ambition to attack the cocoons are protected by the "zombified" ladybugs.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZALFdbD-L5UulX_N9-BLpkQW7wTb5j3MuOdFEBYiSlhvXhhprw7XcTjIKGAM-q_sA1uP4WsF-ANv9254_Op1vcpbOFJGvGNmTHEJjaGNh8Es8LPDvRKQLyZ7gbFupDzAebe5EPIlyzWJ/s1600/Bodyguard+On+Duty.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZALFdbD-L5UulX_N9-BLpkQW7wTb5j3MuOdFEBYiSlhvXhhprw7XcTjIKGAM-q_sA1uP4WsF-ANv9254_Op1vcpbOFJGvGNmTHEJjaGNh8Es8LPDvRKQLyZ7gbFupDzAebe5EPIlyzWJ/s400/Bodyguard+On+Duty.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636519878917178546" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Wasps in Waiting</span><br />The length of time a ladybug larva of the wasp managed to protect its cocoon also vary from insect to insect. In some cases, the beetle remained alert until the larvae emerged from its cocoon as a young wasp. In other cases, the beetle was under the control of the wasp a few days, Brodeur said.<br /><br />The team found that the wasp larvae that has invested more time and energy in the control of his bodyguards Mariquita put less of their own eggs and larvae and adults who have not.<br /><br />It's the first time researchers have demonstrated trade-offs and host manipulation<br /><br />fertility, he said.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1eOnvJu0ZPKAEoTmIKTd7AbShyphenhyphenSozoCgLjg7mvZ9tTQYh5Bd4AFJZM-aWpzpvxQKevFBcTxBJ6xQJuWMefrebuYKjXoB67L7f0WWMBjBJkEeq9G_JmdlJfS_U13MLx4Dhbe1YQxd0_Y1q/s1600/Wasps+in+Waiting.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1eOnvJu0ZPKAEoTmIKTd7AbShyphenhyphenSozoCgLjg7mvZ9tTQYh5Bd4AFJZM-aWpzpvxQKevFBcTxBJ6xQJuWMefrebuYKjXoB67L7f0WWMBjBJkEeq9G_JmdlJfS_U13MLx4Dhbe1YQxd0_Y1q/s400/Wasps+in+Waiting.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636520606169123346" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Wiry Cocoon</span><br />Wasp cocoons D. Coccinella seen in a close-up image. The species is widespread throughout the world, including Asia and Europe, Brodeur said: "It is quite cosmopolitan."<br /><br />The parasites are very proud when they choose their bodyguards: they only infects beetles.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWoSb9T2yqc5NU8648NgecmKmN97AQeX4LvITLQGoayflvjqi5Gj-hnIjQ2szMhAwFpkK_YCEmX-7tLMKqMgitS4qiO2yVWYPSqmQPFFwXqMpcqK7-586XRsUkRiG342DQ9klXgqaPHdXo/s1600/Wiry+Cocoon.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWoSb9T2yqc5NU8648NgecmKmN97AQeX4LvITLQGoayflvjqi5Gj-hnIjQ2szMhAwFpkK_YCEmX-7tLMKqMgitS4qiO2yVWYPSqmQPFFwXqMpcqK7-586XRsUkRiG342DQ9klXgqaPHdXo/s400/Wiry+Cocoon.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636521750677590578" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Newborn Wasp</span><br />Finally a new wasp, as seen above, shows the protected cocoon.<br /><br />With new research, Brodeur said he has solved a mystery that arose during a walk outdoors in Canada.<br /><br />"It 'is quite common when you're in the woods to see the ladybugs Cocoon above, we wondered why it was so," he said.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC01rLYuEOAv2I-FWk7fBVxnj1Ze5Dw_KSTVARtY1x_0JRWZV7jMgZrjP6kRb6hzBTQcW0fyvCfZyVp2gpiNXo2i7bShO8zvSnzYpJI8diQpSBztT4Myj7_2PBKjOBJsYidUtPG8v5ZKOZ/s1600/Newborn+Wasp.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC01rLYuEOAv2I-FWk7fBVxnj1Ze5Dw_KSTVARtY1x_0JRWZV7jMgZrjP6kRb6hzBTQcW0fyvCfZyVp2gpiNXo2i7bShO8zvSnzYpJI8diQpSBztT4Myj7_2PBKjOBJsYidUtPG8v5ZKOZ/s400/Newborn+Wasp.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636522689326746018" /></a>FREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113297566077966060.post-19033841884792580552011-08-02T08:17:00.000-07:002011-08-02T10:41:21.590-07:00HOW TO PUT SMOKIN’ BULLET HOLES AND A WANTED SIGN INTO A PIECE OF WOOD<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1t7Zwfkxctc3UVupLe9ABh0eacC3fYayGl3fdM9fgpDvlaB7A7oLkOvKkjaE5JaDz05YAAqXMR8ReV8je1VaBwKx0kviceCQUj0JCcLDx5Y0NkSh7aGg8MJhGEDwvRI1Utdq-hwGl93OL/s1600/SMOKIN+BULLET.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1t7Zwfkxctc3UVupLe9ABh0eacC3fYayGl3fdM9fgpDvlaB7A7oLkOvKkjaE5JaDz05YAAqXMR8ReV8je1VaBwKx0kviceCQUj0JCcLDx5Y0NkSh7aGg8MJhGEDwvRI1Utdq-hwGl93OL/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636315065769081538" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSpzQAX9rgu5pR2L_KsPEPTacRX8VZ75CGDnaxTHR1wUtGe-jt04Cja3U_L7MAfbDAMXDHEOVgxr4PfhN76jLGK9ZN2kTdvbDOjIw623s1mN6MEwR_f8JlfA2k4L9r9NItNQHoPVjTqMg/s1600/SMOKIN+BULLET4.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><span style="font-weight:bold;">INTRODUCTION</span><br />Ok, so this tutorial is like three tutorials in one. We will make an awesome wood emboss, put bullet holes in the wood and finally smoke 'em up to a gnarly Wyatt Earp-just-came-on appearance.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 1:</span><br />First, we need a wood texture. I used the search tool that searches a large <a href="http://www.everystockphoto.com/photo.php?imageId=275731">EveryStockPhoto</a> a lot of free image banks to find an image. We must be especially careful at this point PSDTUTS because the agreements to use and what not. This image is ImageAfter (SRC) who were willing to allow you to use their images in commercial projects, yay!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttgjxdxZ3c8TbegqJLMW2ymLEAN38oOwCsZ9ao3s8n5ntlCXvoC1Pag01Q3ylGfVKJohY3D6QVy7t1qqzmowBBVoSLY558fiNSoC_LQHGm-kG_RpjcnicKOcNLVsLTanUEJzxnVmCaD5K/s1600/SMOKIN+BULLET1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttgjxdxZ3c8TbegqJLMW2ymLEAN38oOwCsZ9ao3s8n5ntlCXvoC1Pag01Q3ylGfVKJohY3D6QVy7t1qqzmowBBVoSLY558fiNSoC_LQHGm-kG_RpjcnicKOcNLVsLTanUEJzxnVmCaD5K/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636281433844008946" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 2:</span><br />So here's my lovely wood texture!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidCviFYJ_lt-SHCT_ve1pGgo6d0ZnltK2i5qu9Apje8GB-Qr_n-VO4V64PW75FkwdIkQL7O6nOm7YyL8d_QkcWEQC5ajng75n-FjXlp0VF_LVtsYog75xzvkds6px3mbQwba_jB1QJEWLL/s1600/SMOKIN+BULLET2.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidCviFYJ_lt-SHCT_ve1pGgo6d0ZnltK2i5qu9Apje8GB-Qr_n-VO4V64PW75FkwdIkQL7O6nOm7YyL8d_QkcWEQC5ajng75n-FjXlp0VF_LVtsYog75xzvkds6px3mbQwba_jB1QJEWLL/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636282114167082850" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 3</span>:<br />First, we need some text. In a new layer, add your text in a nice brown color (#803508). The color is important because we're going to set it to Multiply to get a nice darkening of the wood texture behind it.<br />The font I've used is Anatole Display SSi, it's kind of Western-looking without being too over the top. Use whatever you please.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1RTEEvdUOIGTxf0_UfJdSTbkMjkjabySBkYhVOQQct7Bji9d5hdwi4KvKoO-AvX8hQ1_C4elayfjy1aSGyVRXD9wiT63RydKYBStIMPp4V2vBjHG33m4SpkzcXyxsaC7Z0zd_mH7IYDTp/s1600/SMOKIN+BULLET3.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1RTEEvdUOIGTxf0_UfJdSTbkMjkjabySBkYhVOQQct7Bji9d5hdwi4KvKoO-AvX8hQ1_C4elayfjy1aSGyVRXD9wiT63RydKYBStIMPp4V2vBjHG33m4SpkzcXyxsaC7Z0zd_mH7IYDTp/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET3.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636282921975292802" /></a><br /><br /><b>Step 4:</b><br />Basically, next I added a whole bunch of layer styles. Here's how it comes out; in the next step I'll show you all the styles I applied. Before we get to the styles though, there are two settings you need to apply:<br /><ul><li>Set the Fill of the layer to 90%. (If you're not sure what Fill is, it's right below Opacity. Opacity controls how transparent everything on the layer is, while Fill controls how transparent only the layer and not the layer styles are) </li><li>Set the layer blending mode to Multiply</li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSpzQAX9rgu5pR2L_KsPEPTacRX8VZ75CGDnaxTHR1wUtGe-jt04Cja3U_L7MAfbDAMXDHEOVgxr4PfhN76jLGK9ZN2kTdvbDOjIw623s1mN6MEwR_f8JlfA2k4L9r9NItNQHoPVjTqMg/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET4.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636283579969422866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><div><b>Step 5:</b></div><div>Ok there are a bazillion styles here. The main points to take away are: </div><div><ul><li>Drop Shadow — I've used the drop shadow in an unusual way here. It's set to put a 1px highlight on the bottom right. This is where the light (which in this example we're going to have coming from the top left) hits the edge. </li><li>Inner Shadow — I've used the inner shadow to make it seem like the text is stamped on to the wood. </li><li>Inner Glow — This is used to give a general stamped-in look on top of the inner shadow. </li><li>Bevel / Emboss — I've used this to double-over the drop shadow highlight and give it even more of an embossed feel. </li><li>Gradient Overlay — This is used just to give a bit of variation in the color of the item it's applied to.</li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc146Z91FAEszisXRmlTkqfH7Nbkvne_wbzwLE3xTKX8bv1SG329zZEwzfZso4z9YOBKOCNOqJ8dHEoDcMVd6fhezmAurjT1Xxlxlj03LBOX_AARJX0BFZPGqPCiDXis9nIeemzITD-0fs/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET5.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636284566662253298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 277px; height: 400px; " /></span></div></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNx-p96JtjZTH1zpUtrOPlb0jlFUqLeK61EA49EdedqqFJq-BOVq7BNHz1IyCMS4DtNScY5x5JjlLzkgxpJQDY19iHX5OFBuf2lO3qSQ5au0gbthpHxNGrLPVUTO7N3lpUPwWTtzhZuqe/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET5b.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636285950411998514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJew-DXmzBRXj9R8rOg4M9F9kDE0uc6lfA7Jv5lOeWrpmTTc68Ws3UofP2XpMX9XfqCTkJEs3HWvYiIlAj3U-fHS8Pt6IiDvk8OChzeork9Oy2ELZLd_m9iSJHQ7ue_P6Wjo4M_fgg1pN/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET5c.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636286874429776802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuX8-HRm3I2tNzwT0bDfzb-EzGcpjr9XESET5xTykqNcFy1aAaXAlagUgpPpNhbGOs8p5ekxwNlxopokU3nfgxeQ5-7t2AJwYZC6gNm4BERHFpU2mfzzFcCt7UJHJowdWmz5Vf6Oj78APQ/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET5d.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636287087438840178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 293px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><b>Step 6:</b></div><div><div>Now this is looking pretty good. One problem, though, is it's a bit too clean cut. It would be nicer if the text looked a bit worn down. To do that, we'll apply a Displacement map. Actually, we're going to do this step quite a few times over during the rest of the tutorial, so it's quite important to learn (and quite simple).</div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJyuysiLxwRuxMEUcz9Il3yjNUWiqvDpblYnOoJJ8LdrZT5_I-ejqyz3xUIRJ8cqntklehUqPrpLKfq4wj2QQOnFWtfpqXUCtKYIAkqcGc2qf01foeRMPvRsz5yM5ZnxtahY0o7_lkTd58/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET6.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636287833818459234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><b>Step 7:</b></div><div>First, create a new file and paste in the wood texture. Press Ctrl+Shift+U to desaturate it and then save it as Displacement.psd</div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxTPR0yvhJBIDg2JiSilsug0djLIXCtUYqUgRzjmgoXJHnBVVr70KSWla7SNlGQqeHwZ8OcXbiYJpXLXmrRfFK5CTj1vTquSHPuZAfZkX22v3LRz5KzXrfbiYaSqgXWAQXsOyswAy__7T/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET7.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636289306339970402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><b>Step 8:</b></div><div>Now back on the main file, duplicate the Wanted text. Rasterize one copy by going to Layer > Rasterize > Type. Then set the other non-rasterized layer to 40% Fill. Then switch it off for the time being so it doesn't get in the way. Now back to the rasterized version, go to Filter > Distort > Displace and use values of 5 and 5 for the scale as shown below. Press OK and then it will ask you what file to use as the displacement map, choose Displacement.psd from the previous step. You can read a bit about displacement maps and how they work in this post at <a href="http://www.worth1000.com/tutorial.asp?sid=161117">Worth1000</a>. They can be quite powerful. For our purposes, we're mainly using them to roughen up edges to match the background.</div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvsM_ST-_xEU7LOvHqgGqVmWKNoS0i7Hs4_1dSRD_iIAmbB0RVV_L-j-mjmkyEY-GD5ljAEmAp4wycEmAjbsuIDK2-OTy1zt_rlIaLcZV1LnLOBDDfATJ5C-v5eV-5ndXipWwVuhca5wjx/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET8.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636290053351802658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><div><b>Step 9:</b></div><div>Now we switch the other non-rasterized layer back on, and together they make a rougher-looking version of the original.</div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1tBIzUzUyfcHlizhm-PbIwhDLz9whBGqFVmgn0vruuftQHHA172bBaapGqYn-1i5jhTC79m84U0wNzhHRfrcuNEdzTvFzZYpXrj2oaC4ZvDj-uHiE5GGQK_nEZL2kNfBImER71CnFUBH/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET9.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636292043018416578" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><b>Step 10:</b></div><div>Now I wanted to add some shapes and more text to embellish my wanted text. I used Photoshop shapes like stars and added some extra text below. Then I just copied steps 4-10 for each one. The one difference is that because the objects/text is smaller, I adjusted the layer styles to suit. So, for example, I made the inner shadow 1px instead of 3px for the distance, and so on.</div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrTiNMqNJNNwZHNswXODHt_rR0HvfiTcr3Li8y_4XNATLwcVBNCLmDlkvPuAZ-rAT8GOLh8JqoTJkcUOL65ID3QHoqqhpVPf6E86chU_SnOtIO9l8Z4mEIIp03jCq8sDzQHHKXlinvYWe_/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET10.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636292655743481362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 316px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><b>Step 11:</b></div><div>So here we are. It's looking pretty cool already! But to make this image really kick, we're going to need a bit more bazoomph!</div><div>At this point, I selected all the layers so far except the background wood texture and stuck them in a Layer Group and called it Wanted Text or something like that. The utility of this is that I can now switch it on or off while doing the other parts of the image without it getting in the way. I suggest you do the same.</div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihiO6mgBeF6x6v1zhiBB430AfnI456orgU4vdRzwvaoMb1UFlOL809juyLs85gfO4kDExeuph3qSc76P5xi6xEXEK7kagx3oeyLMkbhYNoPrLZ48dR-O3MZo6UywynZL1fUYtjB3MECQ1z/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET11.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636293244709587666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><b>Step 12:</b></div><div>So with the Wanted Text group switched off for the time being, it's time to make the bullet holes. First, we create two new layers. On the lower one, we draw a largish circle of grey. Then in the upper layer, we draw a smaller circle of black. You should have something like shown. The idea here is the black bit will be the actual hole; the grey bit is going to be the roughed-up wood texture around the hole.</div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6XstDa6vxLPdaffcL7L1dmef9xQOuV2UaoYX9kwwKi9GwOnhBGDrVlCtQSS1Sz2P5MJaK8o3Vwr_t7yWkKC2B-Wn3f9Y7weI1mvy1pc0ttNMIcADObbgdVkZEvxPXFUZw0hIKAZ_oK5qh/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET12.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636293793663736914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><b>Step 13:</b></div><div>Now we need some neat layer styles to make this work. Here I've applied them already; in the next steps I'll show you the actual settings.</div><div>Note that the bullet-hole part is set to Normal and 100% Opacity / Fill, but the outer circle is set to Screen, 100% Opacity, 30% Fill.</div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAWBDNZHmzwPyii6uzXpv3T4AnrgjUmYHbVDae9eVzkZydCYy9ToI5ZlenaE9R8mxrJC9_rm2YVUkKPFkY8eJBqDqIhoJA6p541VnJ5ErQRCsrgzkb8PM7PBHHkJ_muIkb5cY6adW8e2JZ/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET13.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636294744204569874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><div><b>Step 14:</b></div><div>For the bullet hole part it's really simple, we use an Emboss with these settings. Note that the highlight I've used a beige color that I picked out of the wood texture so it would match.</div></div><div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRlQrcmXLrLhD1WxvAyf86C1oex8806sFH-KaSznqdbJsImM_EiGbUm6HZ0NUAu_0pz5fPnzzMxmd11MgKZgXaIBaRAoORouuOuQLNrTORvLoXXcVOJQoB_pAoOtb3in5yLPgQ3O1o7_mT/s1600/SMOKIN+BULLET14.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRlQrcmXLrLhD1WxvAyf86C1oex8806sFH-KaSznqdbJsImM_EiGbUm6HZ0NUAu_0pz5fPnzzMxmd11MgKZgXaIBaRAoORouuOuQLNrTORvLoXXcVOJQoB_pAoOtb3in5yLPgQ3O1o7_mT/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET14.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636296615248897954" /></a><br /><br /><b>Step 15:</b><br />The back layer is more complicated. The main points to notice are: <div><ul><li>I've used the Drop Shadow in the same way as with the text earlier (i.e. to create a highlight) but much fainter this time </li><li>I've used Color Overlay to lighten it up </li><li>I've used the Gradient to make it seem indented </li><li>I've used Inner Shadow to generally make it seem depressed</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1G6EgkLHRTHt5f53Z3ePZlU9TLrdOeLQ2GCJ5neia4sCwUe6gT0iLbzXP6srdyxBKZjGag0TUpSuybLPmrrm-4Z-rkwqHlo9nNXtPXfnWPy21XtODK9mC4V9o7fAHldHPv2ToaaXeXw7t/s1600/SMOKIN+BULLET17a.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1G6EgkLHRTHt5f53Z3ePZlU9TLrdOeLQ2GCJ5neia4sCwUe6gT0iLbzXP6srdyxBKZjGag0TUpSuybLPmrrm-4Z-rkwqHlo9nNXtPXfnWPy21XtODK9mC4V9o7fAHldHPv2ToaaXeXw7t/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET17a.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636297393795681458" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsROICJ-iCMiX0DamfVAciJxBlXMf7MHcX937GrX9eoLl1ilqtP31IC94Pby4yNcK2FK4OPiebx_IMPn2lk09YVrjzOyIsnM74IXmJcQ4NOg1rdDP79w8FCZ26nOJTxhLFjyuPicfw39m/s1600/SMOKIN+BULLET17b.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsROICJ-iCMiX0DamfVAciJxBlXMf7MHcX937GrX9eoLl1ilqtP31IC94Pby4yNcK2FK4OPiebx_IMPn2lk09YVrjzOyIsnM74IXmJcQ4NOg1rdDP79w8FCZ26nOJTxhLFjyuPicfw39m/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET17b.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636297570620633842" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 16:</span><br />Now that we've got our main bullet hole, I suggest making a layer group out of it, then duplicating this layer group. Because all our bullet holes need to look different, we need a bunch of these and then we apply some randomizing stuff (like displacement maps and wave distortions) to each of them, in turn, to make them different. So duplicate the pair of layers. Then select the black hole layer and go to Filter > Distort > Displace. Again use the same Displacement.psd as your map. This time I set the scale to 10,10.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU4v-SVia0gS5Tly5ItB48woHlWESFgE9lHqrnN0WuKYYRF8qQqoMEIi5zuerKI4nupxdiC3avwnOCHLH7UYqFT8exyHu36I1i6pRqvOQIbUtX7oLDIlj3NgFgLGZlulHyIxMGbmOtDmLA/s1600/SMOKIN+BULLET16.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU4v-SVia0gS5Tly5ItB48woHlWESFgE9lHqrnN0WuKYYRF8qQqoMEIi5zuerKI4nupxdiC3avwnOCHLH7UYqFT8exyHu36I1i6pRqvOQIbUtX7oLDIlj3NgFgLGZlulHyIxMGbmOtDmLA/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET16.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636298320625272354" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 17:</span><br />Next, we select the back layer and apply Filters > Distort > Wave transform. You may need to fiddle with the settings, as you don't want to distort it too much. I've never fully understood the wave tool, I just move sliders around and press Randomize a lot until I get the look I want ... makes you wonder if I should be teaching Photoshop really :-)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzifwcEhpoweTpjrv26chHakM_kAGvZqXEo47IW4qTzvb8QMgiGDVOdVjaTvzAYJo-sCxP8squWLdXvlo1v0mrBwp_7Sy3G1thEy_hItj-q79G1OvmFfpK4XxjFAYx3vSZ-hjYbkH4Ox6/s1600/SMOKIN+BULLET17.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzifwcEhpoweTpjrv26chHakM_kAGvZqXEo47IW4qTzvb8QMgiGDVOdVjaTvzAYJo-sCxP8squWLdXvlo1v0mrBwp_7Sy3G1thEy_hItj-q79G1OvmFfpK4XxjFAYx3vSZ-hjYbkH4Ox6/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET17.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636299924540680226" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 18:</span><br />After that, apply a Filters > Distort > Displace to this backing layer too. This time use a scale of 50,50 to make it really rough (see image).<br />Additionally, I found that because of the wood texture it actually looked best when I placed the bullet holes on the natural grooves of the wood. You can see an example below where I have the same bullet hole layers in two different places on the wood. The right one looks more natural because it uses the texture to good effect.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLnWBcqwFQ82jQ3UdxBqDfpoI-pEczlwX4p9dSLm2NEg8CfBTQjGU4J_jSux7dvcAH-7zWMe9arQYRjOdtO6U5uaOMRuxOvQkgL9xEnlVjOXRGUC0Zv1Y16221Q7Z7NLA-W2pYBDEyVVOe/s1600/SMOKIN+BULLET18.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLnWBcqwFQ82jQ3UdxBqDfpoI-pEczlwX4p9dSLm2NEg8CfBTQjGU4J_jSux7dvcAH-7zWMe9arQYRjOdtO6U5uaOMRuxOvQkgL9xEnlVjOXRGUC0Zv1Y16221Q7Z7NLA-W2pYBDEyVVOe/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET18.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636301568740808978" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 19:</span><br />Now we do this whole bullet thing a few times over. Make sure to move them around and then use the displacement maps so that they come out differently. Also make sure to press "Randomize" on the wave distortion so again they come out differently. Here's what I've got now...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKYzD73htKwb5c7_H0PxKdR6YeND19wcjINjqV7Mug1CGSLSdL5ONwrHYDjpJ5qxOTNju8IpYZkXIskNaMFeWtd5JFtxRO92oJ6wrHWRyQH2_0gf51Zaf1vtRELzYOuDZiWxEApVb903d/s1600/SMOKIN+BULLET19.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKYzD73htKwb5c7_H0PxKdR6YeND19wcjINjqV7Mug1CGSLSdL5ONwrHYDjpJ5qxOTNju8IpYZkXIskNaMFeWtd5JFtxRO92oJ6wrHWRyQH2_0gf51Zaf1vtRELzYOuDZiWxEApVb903d/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET19.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636302615812975602" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 20:</span><br />One drawback to the current image is it looks flat, so it'd be a good idea to apply a bit of lighting and shadow. I put all the bullet layers into a Layer Group called Bullets, and then in a brand new layer above all the others, we draw a Radial Gradient going from White to Transparency as shown.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSzs3KkCtF5IfLnDrd41CNEs6_rvol2UVxvGBX4tuOjIjM7Ef41SAAW8Nq9HhFOOzljT94DXsR133mvCsrRx6Kbuvg2208-OjaFlvQnQ9QMWnrwa22hOsP5JtYDLY9-JdVboki8ou7nE_/s1600/SMOKIN+BULLET20.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSzs3KkCtF5IfLnDrd41CNEs6_rvol2UVxvGBX4tuOjIjM7Ef41SAAW8Nq9HhFOOzljT94DXsR133mvCsrRx6Kbuvg2208-OjaFlvQnQ9QMWnrwa22hOsP5JtYDLY9-JdVboki8ou7nE_/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET20.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636302914580874018" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 21:</span><br />I then set that layer to Overlay and 50% Opacity, then duplicated it and set the duplicate to Soft Light and 50%. This gave me a nice subtle lighting as shown below.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQc6nYefRMqQQDuFmAorV0zrvNdGR8kFL7W1Aq6jov42tamIremWss3OJPYjSTPX0Vqzgk_euAF4e3r11LHmquGc4go5K_LrFotRpv8FBFwyfPftDeA-ht3LM4sck2m62_ahoKT22l9Pl/s1600/SMOKIN+BULLET21.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQc6nYefRMqQQDuFmAorV0zrvNdGR8kFL7W1Aq6jov42tamIremWss3OJPYjSTPX0Vqzgk_euAF4e3r11LHmquGc4go5K_LrFotRpv8FBFwyfPftDeA-ht3LM4sck2m62_ahoKT22l9Pl/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET21.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636304114525213810" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 22:</span><br />Next, I duplicated the very back texture layer, pressed Ctrl+Shift+U to desaturate, placed it above all the other layers, and then set the layer to Overlay and 40% opacity. This basically ups the contrast on the image.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNiiTqGELLKZ9MgrQBDvuakHo91eVu1IhDVPcjisoUJwICS8KqzhlU-qJF5uPYfPzNFgB4wVSXQP0R626dimEDXE7raduXDEJBMHrL66v5zcof3rXbnVm6X3llU6ABhMuRMcWQQytXl401/s1600/SMOKIN+BULLET22.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNiiTqGELLKZ9MgrQBDvuakHo91eVu1IhDVPcjisoUJwICS8KqzhlU-qJF5uPYfPzNFgB4wVSXQP0R626dimEDXE7raduXDEJBMHrL66v5zcof3rXbnVm6X3llU6ABhMuRMcWQQytXl401/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET22.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636305440772977778" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 23:</span><br />This is it so far — already looking much better!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpc6AUBTPczAtneybsDcrl5thtfWZDjBKJv-QvsLf9gCyDhrfEL4qDFPvWao8ArY2KmjMLTYA3lD5wPp651nUJOB3Uy-UNjFNu_sotE_NBqaNx57nSdjsQl_NGjNE_znWbD6_cm0ajcDBE/s1600/SMOKIN+BULLET23.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpc6AUBTPczAtneybsDcrl5thtfWZDjBKJv-QvsLf9gCyDhrfEL4qDFPvWao8ArY2KmjMLTYA3lD5wPp651nUJOB3Uy-UNjFNu_sotE_NBqaNx57nSdjsQl_NGjNE_znWbD6_cm0ajcDBE/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET23.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636306196327527410" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 24:</span><br />Now create one more layer above the others and draw a Radial Gradient going from white to black, looking something like this. You don't want too much black because that's going to be the shadowy part.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJej0tZaP7SHU9vyFKt1JZF_AOEE4iJy0I0ClPMUZcNUStqvP_w5B9fsDGRO5XF95rLs97gPNEXQN7L0c_dmnz1Lc8hxdWZMo3qrC_LzRN3qDfXoTL3KRzLtBk7GqyJtsRtlEI-lCG7kNx/s1600/SMOKIN+BULLET24.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJej0tZaP7SHU9vyFKt1JZF_AOEE4iJy0I0ClPMUZcNUStqvP_w5B9fsDGRO5XF95rLs97gPNEXQN7L0c_dmnz1Lc8hxdWZMo3qrC_LzRN3qDfXoTL3KRzLtBk7GqyJtsRtlEI-lCG7kNx/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET24.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636307665172484738" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 25:</span><br />We set this latest layer to Soft Light and 50% Opacity, and finally we have a nice lighting effect. All of a sudden our image is really coming to life.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-C-RlCd42qgO-lk9GbWCDZFi44jveCrTmE4NdEjgxBM93piQD1jq9tjbxYwN2YXgFI4MWGsOxDROG8Osrv3vXPJRbTpl0N-5NG6snA1-AP6RKXXff256jr02fYeJTGJaMarHcGx120Grq/s1600/SMOKIN+BULLET25.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-C-RlCd42qgO-lk9GbWCDZFi44jveCrTmE4NdEjgxBM93piQD1jq9tjbxYwN2YXgFI4MWGsOxDROG8Osrv3vXPJRbTpl0N-5NG6snA1-AP6RKXXff256jr02fYeJTGJaMarHcGx120Grq/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET25.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636309280247239730" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 26:</span><br />We have one last mission, and that is to add smoke! For this effect we're going to use the smoky effect. First create a new layer and with a small soft brush, just draw in some wavy lines like shown.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNd0DTz-EDNz2E_r4KjV9ccZ2ch3VZbbmn4nBbP_iKOVyuw6hza2EfdTbuocYNoD51_z3OtttPbCWpuhkdPI_g7H2_99N_9v1KViezP3GTvxbxWdGw_mmOdEfAFXq3QIoJ5qEuvfKZbytc/s1600/SMOKIN+BULLET26.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNd0DTz-EDNz2E_r4KjV9ccZ2ch3VZbbmn4nBbP_iKOVyuw6hza2EfdTbuocYNoD51_z3OtttPbCWpuhkdPI_g7H2_99N_9v1KViezP3GTvxbxWdGw_mmOdEfAFXq3QIoJ5qEuvfKZbytc/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET26.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636309960012719490" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 27:</span><br />Next, we go to Filters > Distort > Wave and mess about to make a nice wave distortion. When that's done we press Ctrl+F to redo the same filter (the wave) again a couple of times to make it look even more distorted. Occasionally use the eraser to erase bits that are looking weird.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckp5hetkEceTRyZGA91TjJlz7zLDZ-_ds0aiUNcs1KZcB4SyyR1hdj1nX3YyCLZ65zdMV3tUvBV_Q_TP9yjj6gkVITKlBdCzUvoZbZHOMxhRE3EUQ9h0xjykPwmX1ZL74XryDE_brLpo4/s1600/SMOKIN+BULLET27.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckp5hetkEceTRyZGA91TjJlz7zLDZ-_ds0aiUNcs1KZcB4SyyR1hdj1nX3YyCLZ65zdMV3tUvBV_Q_TP9yjj6gkVITKlBdCzUvoZbZHOMxhRE3EUQ9h0xjykPwmX1ZL74XryDE_brLpo4/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET27.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636311252650569250" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 28:</span><br />Basically, we repeat those steps over a few times, fade out the layer, do it again with another one, and you'll get some small smoky waves like this.<br />Just keep going and make a bunch more to add to the other bullet holes. You can learn a bit more about the effect in the supernatural tutorial that I linked to earlier.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp_SZ6vg3tteqvGFdubhMzEtwe2jrHZYJkaM6OJVLb-xLOgX7mB6RZYKCZ14nfIJAwgw8djKdlTQgH7A1tzpRB_HqA96hntMfgAM4G-L9jaxS_j1D8xSDYvhJqnl_tz2UtiOT5tSary7SN/s1600/SMOKIN+BULLET28.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp_SZ6vg3tteqvGFdubhMzEtwe2jrHZYJkaM6OJVLb-xLOgX7mB6RZYKCZ14nfIJAwgw8djKdlTQgH7A1tzpRB_HqA96hntMfgAM4G-L9jaxS_j1D8xSDYvhJqnl_tz2UtiOT5tSary7SN/s400/SMOKIN+BULLET28.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636314296935390306" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">FINAL IMAGE</span><br />And voila! One awesome Wild West Photoshopped-to-the-max image. Hope you enjoyed the tutorial and learned something useful, or failing that, at least found out where to get good wood textures :-)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6DqQviaHfYgb5pUOlY0dyaFMJkoDDj6xjXCRp8Vmz2vnNcSJgOSm8Kh-BiqvIWS-Wkm9dCnZ4XnC7ELcld1FehJQpeVnWeNcqRbUPVrq0rtqrprWMgJ4JmocJVNZQ4HzQIeHj1dyhmOw/s1600/SMOKIN+BULLETfinal.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6DqQviaHfYgb5pUOlY0dyaFMJkoDDj6xjXCRp8Vmz2vnNcSJgOSm8Kh-BiqvIWS-Wkm9dCnZ4XnC7ELcld1FehJQpeVnWeNcqRbUPVrq0rtqrprWMgJ4JmocJVNZQ4HzQIeHj1dyhmOw/s400/SMOKIN+BULLETfinal.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636314855740889538" /></a>FREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113297566077966060.post-5219930551117727392011-08-01T22:07:00.000-07:002011-08-01T22:15:55.857-07:00American Debt Crisis: U.S. House Passes Bill Debt<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2Cd4vwY7KjGNI9Ub2mKSIPoWs8vIkYZCVjdq34npRzaO3r1c5icVHTbQ7SLExitusOtB0x3mV2YdbPmOGRWbwLhAgCQfLF60rJOWzn4AdW6I_zkfnVIp534WQT3-55QCDMmsotKI4LiC/s1600/74710_01_215935.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2Cd4vwY7KjGNI9Ub2mKSIPoWs8vIkYZCVjdq34npRzaO3r1c5icVHTbQ7SLExitusOtB0x3mV2YdbPmOGRWbwLhAgCQfLF60rJOWzn4AdW6I_zkfnVIp534WQT3-55QCDMmsotKI4LiC/s400/74710_01_215935.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636122782461977586" border="0" /></a><br />The U.S. House of Representatives passed a last-minute agreement to avoid a failure of the federal debt - 269 votes against 161 when angry Democrats have turned their fire on President Barack Obama accused of capitulating to the Republicans.<br /><br />As the House of Representatives passed a bill last minute to raise the debt limit of the United States and reduce costs by $ 2.4 trillion, the left felt betrayed by the White House, saying that the price paid for Republican support was too high.<br /><br />Legislation must be approved by the Senate on Tuesday, hours before the United States was due to the breach of its obligations for the first time in its history.<br /><br />It was approved by 269 votes against 161 votes as liberal and Republicans unhappy Tea Party, who wanted more spending cuts voted against it.<br /><br />Representative Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, said: "This agreement is a sugar-coated sandwich Satan If you take the bread, you do not like what you see .."<br /><br />Another, Cedric Richmond to New Orleans, said he feared that it would be "devastating" for working and middle class families, who said he would take responsibility for the cuts.<br /><br />The agreement between the leaders of the White House and the party in the House of Representatives and Senate during the tense discussions over the weekend will allow Obama to take the same amount, 2.4 billion dollars to enable the government to meet its debt obligations in 2013.<br /><br />But it came with strings attached to cut large dollar debt ballooning national 14300000000000.<br /><br />About $ 1000000000000 immediately cut public spending, with an additional $ 1.4 billion to an agreement before year's end.<br /><br />Liberals who once idolized Obama was furious that the White House has failed to turn their arms in Congress the Republicans', and includes the income of the transaction by closing tax loopholes for oil companies, and removes a series of tax cuts for the benefit the rich. The savings made entirely of spending cuts, even if conservatives are forced to swallow the expected savings for the military.<br /><br />The liberal organization MoveOn base, described the agreement as "grotesquely immoral."<br /><br />"Our members are asking," What in God's name is going on in Washington DC? "Said Justin Ruben, executive director of the group, which claims five million members.." The country needs jobs, and Washington to discuss this vital program to cut "," Michael Tomasky, a liberal commentator wrote: "This is the lowest point of the Obama presidency."<br /><br />While George W. Bush has destroyed the country "by the rank incompetence," Obama "is to simply give the Republicans the keys to the house and say," Take what you want, "he told The Daily Beast.<br /><br />In the New Republic, Jonathan Chait, said: "There is a limit to the amount of faith can be placed on a man who so badly misjudged the political opponents time and again."<br /><br />Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America's Future, a liberal think tank, accused Obama of giving in to the "Tea Party terrorists - the extremist faction willing to hold the economy hostage to achieve their goals" .<br /><br />The cuts will not improve the slow recovery, which in turn affect the prospects of Obama for a second term, he argues.<br /><br />The figures released yesterday showed that U.S. manufacturing grew at its slowest pace in two years in July as new orders received.<br /><br />"I think it is in increasing danger. The whole argument against it was four years ago and no job is not an argument that will be stronger and stronger," said Borosage.<br /><br />Without a major effort to create jobs, the Alliance of young voters, African Americans, Hispanics and single women that Obama is elected in 2008 could be a vote for the first time, he added.<br /><br />"Right now, his base is all that he left in 2008. Self-Democrats and the working class began to flee," said Ed Morrissey, Hot Air is a blog. "This agreement will not bring those voters, and his organization and the source of funding could largely abandon it."<br /><br />The White House defended the deal, saying it "is not the case that the Democrats" did nothing ".<br /><br />"We believe that presidential leadership is essential for this process," said Jay Carney, a spokeswoman for the White House.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >source</span></a>FREEDOM FOR WHAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06416616672124776360noreply@blogger.com0