"It is dramatically fascinating, however, to witness these men literally getting hell beat out of them by the media and Congress while the Wall Street honchos -- the crew who Henry Paulson has fed billions to over the past few weeks without next-to-no accounting, accountability or demand for modifying their business practices -- remain out-of-sight and out-of-mind." - Vox
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"In a highly unusual move, U.S. Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has asked his colleagues on the court to consider the request of an East Brunswick, N.J. attorney who has filed a lawsuit challenging President-elect Barack Obama’s status as a United States citizen.
Thomas’s action took place after Justice David Souter had rejected a petition known as an application for a stay of writ of certiorari that asked the court to prevent the meeting of the Electoral College on Dec. 15, which will certify Obama as the 44th president of the United States and its first African-American president.
The court has scheduled a Dec. 5 conference on the writ -- just 10 days before the Electoral College meets.
The high court’s only African American is bringing the matter to his colleagues as a result of the writ that was filed by attorney Leo Donofrio. Donofrio sued the New Jersey Secretary of State Nina Wells, contending that Obama was not qualified to be on the state’s presidential ballot because of D" - Vox
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This is the same guy that claims his Ivy League Law School diploma is worthless because of the taint of Affirmative Action. Self-loathing FTL... - Mark VandenBerg
The diploma isn't worthless (employers will pay you good money just for having the school's name on that piece of paper), but the actual education certainly is. Opinion withheld as to whether affirmative action has a role in that worthlessness. - Brian Chang
"Here is a quick behind the scenes look at the Canon 5D MKII - mounted on a Steadicam. This is a project that involves both video and stills, one that I’ll be working on for the foreseeable future with the Acroback group - a group that amongst quite a few things, is expert in the art of Parkour. Wanted to share this quick peak with you all." - Vox
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Either the steadicam was doing a great job of keeping the image stable, or there was no movement of the camera. Great shots though. - Michael Fidler
"You could argue that, as Philadelphia International faded in the 1980s and Gamble and Huff eventually retired later that decade, the original golden age of soul music died. But what an age it was, and a big piece of it can be found in this indispensable collection." - Vox
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"Without getting into any of the specifics and technical explanations, change CF4 to 3, then exit the Menu and (here's the part you have to get used to) press (and release) the * button (2nd button from right) on the back on the camera on the right side by your thumb and you will see that this button now has taken on the same function as when you press the shutter half way down to focus and meter. Now the camera has performed the auto focus and the shutter button is used only to meter and release the shutter to take the picture, and that can be done in one motion now instead of pressing the shutter half way and then depressing fully. You can re-focus without changing exposure and you can change exposure without refocusing. Make sense?" - Vox
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I've been using this technique for years and wouldn't go back. - Ole Begemann
"Sams's Club is offering a special Black Friday Wii Family Bundle (pictured below) in a "Members Only Day After Thanksgiving Event". The bundle includes a Wii console, three Wii Remote controllers, three Nunchuk controllers, Wii Sports (duh), Mario Super Sluggers, and King of Clubs Mini Golf." - Vox
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"ZAGG's invisibleSHIELD™ is a thin polyurethane film originally created for the military to protect the leading edge of helicopter blades. What's unique about this military-grade, patented film is how tough it is - it doesn't scratch. What makes ZAGG's exclusive invisibleSHIELD™ so strong, flexible and scratch-proof? Its Nano-Memory technology™. With this technology, it also allows it to curve and contour around an entire device (not just the screen) and adhere to the device unless you want to remove it (without leaving adhesive)." - Vox
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"The world first non official short movie shot with the Canon EOS 5D MarkII
1 cameraman with Canon 5D MarkII - 3 days in Tokyo
1 video editor with MacBook Pro - 2 days in France" - Vox
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Impressive. Alas, the 5D Mk II will be a hard sell to my CFO. The video reminds me of my time in Japan though. Very accurate portrayal of the train commute experience. - Aaron Schaub
"Shipments of the Canon EOS 5D Mark II will begin leaving Canon USA's distribution centres en route to U.S. dealers starting November 25, 2008, says Chuck Westfall, Technical Advisor at Canon USA. This should translate into some dealers being able to put cameras into the hands of customers before the end of the week, though shipping times, the speed at which dealers can absorb the arriving stock and the U.S. holiday weekend will all impact when Canon's newest 21.03 million image pixel digital SLR comes available in the U.S. in the days ahead." - Vox
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"I knew it was coming and like the last 22 years it was right on schedule. Every 2 years I go into a new cluster that lasts for about 3 weeks. Up until today I was having "shadows", then this morning I got the full wallop. All I can say is thak goodness for "Imitrex" and while it doesn't work for everyone it is a miracle drug for me. Administered the shot 15 minutes into the headache and had full relief 5 minutes later. Now that I know I am fully into the cluster I will administer the shot when the headache first presents. Going to be a long 3 weeks!" - Vox
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"Cluster headache,nicknamed "suicide headache", is a neurological disease that involves, as its most prominent feature, an immense degree of pain. "Cluster" refers to the tendency of these headaches to occur periodically, with active periods interrupted by spontaneous remissions. The cause of the disease is currently unknown" - Vox
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"Video filmed by Guardian photographer Dan Chung entirely on a production Canon EOS5DmkII and adapted Nikon and Zeiss lenses using manual focus. The camera was purchased to use solely as a video camera with existing Nikon kit." - Vox
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man, if i had the extra cheese i'd do it without hesitating. i'd even consider smashing up some plastic to get it home...but with the holidays coming up, i am holding off for a minute. dont forget to rub it in once it arrives. /mumblez - Carlos Ayala
I'm gonna go rub the wife for giving the O.K. LOL - Vox
