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Sculptures of Native Americans dancing and hunting made out of paper. Very awesome

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Scott Lively would rather be hanging out on a beach somewhere than dealing with homosexual Nazis. Airdate - //

Equal parts comics and commentary, Penny Arcade features Tycho and Gabe, the alter egos of creators Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Read about the antics and thoughts of the Penny Arcade crew, updated every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

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Let's be honest -- you saw this one coming, didn't you? Today Amazon is introducing a new reading device for e-book aficionados dubbed simply... the Kindle. The new handheld -- slated to be released on August 27th -- is 21 percent smaller and 15 percent lighter than the previous model, has a 20 percent faster refresh rate on its E Ink (yep, still E Ink) screen, and will now come in two colors (graphite, like its big brother the DX, and the original white). In addition to the color changes, there will be two radio configurations available: a $139 WiFi only version, and a $189 3G version (utilizing AT&T's network, just like the last model). The screen will remain the same 6-inch size as the last two Kindles, though the company claims page turns are faster and contrast is improved. The internal storage on the device has been cranked to 4GB, and the battery life is now rated at a month with no wireless, and 10 days with wireless switched on. The company also announced plans for a UK-localized version at £109 and £149, respectively, as well as a UK e-book store.

Along with the big changes, there have been minor tweaks as well -- the keyboard and five-way controls have been streamlined and altered slightly. The rocker is now more compact and flush with the device, and the side buttons have been modified in length to emphasize the forward paddles, while the back buttons have been downsized. Software wise, there are some interesting new features, the most notable being the inclusion of an "experimental" Webkit-based browser. If you're expecting future iterations to go even bolder with their multimedia capabilities, we kindly direct you to some choice quotes by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, care of WSJ: "For the vast majority of books, adding video and animation is not going to be helpful. It is distracting rather than enhancing. You are not going to improve Hemingway by adding video snippets," adding later, "there are going to be 100 companies making LCD [screen] tablets... why would we want to be 101? I like building a purpose-built reading device. I think that is where we can make a real contribution."

We had a chance to play with the device for a short while during a meeting with the company, and we can report that the Kindle is still very much the reading device you know and love (or hate, depending on your preferences). The build quality and materials used did seem slightly more polished than the previous version, and we really liked the new, more subtle rocker. We can also attest to screen refreshes and overall navigation feeling noticeably more responsive and snappy compared with the previous generation. Amazon was showing off a jacket accessory which will be made available at launch that includes a small, pull-out light for late-night reading sessions. We're sure it will please a lot of folks eager to keep their partners undisturbed while they tear through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. We'll have a full review as soon as we can get our hands on the device, but for now, check out all the details in the video and PR after the break, and feast your eyes on the handful of press shots in the gallery below.

Continue reading New Amazon Kindle announced: $139 WiFi-only version and $189 3G model available August 27th in the US and UK

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I lost it when she sprays it.

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The package arrived at Cindy Lohman’s home in Great Mills, Maryland, just two weeks after she learned that her son, Ryan, a 24-year-old Army sergeant, had been killed by a bomb in Afghanistan. It was a thick, 9-inch-by- 12-inch envelope from Prudential Financial Inc ., which handles life insurance for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Disgusting

Oil spill - Dalian - Greenpeace - China - People's Republic of China

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Is it our pains or our pleasures that do us most the damage?

Is it our pains or our pleasures that do us most the damage?

Yesterday, this was the number one book at the bestseller list of Apple's book store: Blonde and Wet, The Complete Story, followed by Big Sis, both erotic short stories written by English auteur Carl East. Well, not anymore. More »

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After more than three years of intense debate, discussion, and speculation and over a fifteen hundred articles on GM-Volt.com, the moment has finally arrived The lease price is zomg.

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lulz juno so funy

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Nifty music site- no scrobbling, though which is a deal killer for me.

samurai.fm - new music generation. International music radio broadcasting platform. Nifty music site- no scrobbling, though which is a deal killer for me.

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The Ballerina Project is a worthy blog and fabulous art project that coaxes graceful, fragile dancers away from the barre and into the gritty, graffiti-ed streets of New York. An image of a ballerina in pointe shoes arching her back over a net near the East River precedes a photo of a ballet dancer in silhouette posing in a Boston-based window frame.

WASHINGTON — Owners of the iPhone will be able to legally unlock their devices so they can run software applications that haven't been approved by Apple Inc., according to new government rules announced Monday. The decision to allow the practice commonly known as "jailbreaking" is one of a handful of new exemptions from a 1998 federal law that prohibits people from bypassing technical measures that companies put on their products to prevent unauthorized use of copyright-protected material.

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Sigur Rós lead wailer Jónsi is currently touring behind his overflowing solo bow, Go, and he's lined up a last round of U.S. dates for this fall starting in October. All upcoming dates are below.

A Sigur Rós live movie is being made by director Vincent Morisset, who helmed Arcade Fire's Miroir Noir. The film is based on the band's London gigs in November 2008.

Jónsi:

07-24 Vienna, Austria - Arena Open Air
08-01 Woodford, Australia - Splendour in the Grass
08-02 Sydney, Australia - Enmore Theatre
08-04 Melbourne, Australia - Palace Theatre
08-07 Osaka, Japan - Summer Sonic Festival
08-08 Tokyo, Japan - Summer Sonic Festival
08-12 Oslo, Norway - Oya Festival
08-13 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West
08-15 Helsinki, Finland - Flow Festival
08-17 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
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Sorry, no votey! I forgot to draw one before I left. But, I'll put one up when I get home.

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