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    LHommeQuiMent

    Munch created several versions of The Scream ("Skrik") on various media:

    1893 Crayon on cardboard (original one with washed out colors)

    1893 Tempera and crayon on cardboard (the best known version, stolen and recovered in 1994)

    1895 Pastel on board (this one sold at Sotheby's)

    1895 Lithograph transfer (which popularized the series)

    1910 Tempera and oil on cardboard (stolen in 2004 and recovered in 2006)

    Sotheby's version has the most vibrant orange and blue (complementary colors), it is the only version where one of the background figures turns to look outward. Also in this version the right nostril of the main figure is brown and the left nostril is blue.

    Posted in: Munch's 'The Scream' fetches record $119.9 mil at New York auction

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    Is there a French Ron Paul?

    There is. Marine Le Pen.

    Posted in: French voters head to polls

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    LHommeQuiMent

    homosexuality is against nature.

    Well, not really.

    Homosexual behavior is well documented for more than 500 species.

    Giraffes, for example, are well known for their remarkably high frequency of homosexual interactions. Lions, elephants, bulls, bottlenose dolphins, bonobos (apes), mallards, penguins, dragonflies are just a small part of a long list.

    Posted in: AKB48 candy ad criticized for encouraging homosexuality

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    LHommeQuiMent

    "Much Ado About Nothing"

    Posted in: Japan's rocket alert system failed due to lack of info from defense ministry

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    LHommeQuiMent

    21:05 JST 14 Mar 2012 Chiba-ken Toho-oki M6.1

    19:49 JST 14 Mar 2012 Sanriku Oki M5.9

    18:09 JST 14 Mar 2012 Sanriku Oki M6.8

    http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/quake_singendo_index.html

    Posted in: M6.1 quake jolts Chiba, surrounding areas

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    It seems like he couldn't afford a blu-ray Disc.

    Posted in: Student arrested for inserting CDs in train door mechanism

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    This is why "OPEN SOURCE" software is not secure. Because anyone can see source of soft, it is easy to hack.

    Source code of closed source software can be regenerated with disassemblers and decompilers. Although such source code will not be adequate for maintaining the application, it will be enough to create malicious code. Among security experts it is well known that "security by obscurity" does not work at all (Microsoft, Sony, Skype etc.).

    Closed source is just a business model where the source code is considered a trade secret. Companies who support closed source model rely on armies of lawyers to protect their trade secret. They will sue you if you reverse engineer their software, that's all.

    When it comes to security it really does not matter if it's open source or not. Source code is always available.

    Posted in: Cybercriminals target phones; Android most exposed: analysts

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    This idea dates back to 19th century.

    Discussion of a space elevator dates back to 1895 when Konstantin Tsiolkovsky proposed a free-standing "Tsiolkovsky Tower" reaching from the surface of Earth to geostationary orbit 35,786 km (22,236 mi) up. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator

    And 36,000 km seems to be the limit.

    Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO), is a circular orbit 35,786 km (22,236 mi) above the Earth's equator and following the direction of the Earth's rotation. An object in such an orbit has an orbital period equal to the Earth's rotational period (one sidereal day), and thus appears motionless, at a fixed position in the sky, to ground observers.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_orbit

    And apparently Google too is working on a similar project.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_X_Lab

    Posted in: Going up: Company says it could build space elevator

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    LHommeQuiMent

    Why not use the verb "to host" instead of "to emcee" (Americanism, circa 1933)?

    As far as I know, an "emcee" presents a one-time particular event, such as an awards ceremony, on the other hand a talk show "host" appears regularly at every broadcast of the show.

    "Arisa Mizuki to host TV talk show"?

    Posted in: Arisa Mizuki to emcee TV talk show

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    It lowered Italy's and Spain's by two notches and did the same for Portugal and Cyprus.

    Portugal and Cyprus were downgraded to junk-bond status and Cyprus risks another downgrade in the short-term future. Although Cyprus was doing good in managing its deficit levels, their exposure to Greek debt seems to be crucial in this downgrade.

    If Greece goes through a disorderly default on its debt in 10 weeks from now, the consequences will be huge not only for Cyprus but for the entire eurozone.

    Posted in: Noda says Japan must tackle debt to avoid credit rating cut

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    Not a good sign for the New Year especially if this was on the Tokai fault line?

    This one seems to have a different mechanism.

    In March 1984 and April 1984 two deep earthquakes like this one occurred near Torishima. On June 13th 1984 an anomalous seismic event followed in the same region.

    The earthquake with a body-wave magnitude m (sub b) = 5.5, which occurred near Tori Shima, Japan, on June 13, 1984, (OT: 2:29:25.3 GMT, 31.448 degrees N, 140.036 degrees E, depth = 10 km, mb = 5.5, M (sub S) = 5.5) is anomalous because of unusually large tsunamis associated with it. At Hachijo Is., 150 km from the epicenter, tsunamis were visually observed with peak-to-peak amplitude of 130 to 150 cm. These tsunamis are disproportionately large for the magnitude of the earthquake.

    Source: < http://www.mendeley.com/research/an-anomalous-seismic-event-near-tori-shima-japan-a-possible-magma-injection-event/>

    On February 26th 2010, a magnitude 7 earthquake with a focal depth of 25 km happened in the same region and caused very small tsunami waves in southern Okinawa islands.

    This one was very deep, near the bottom of earth's upper mantle and did not cause any tsunami waves. There might be a submarine volcanic activity in this region.

    Posted in: M7.0 quake rocks Tokyo, eastern Japan; no danger of tsunami

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    LHommeQuiMent

    I prefer Superman's hendiatris(*): "Truth, Justice, and the American Way".

    (*) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendiatris

    Posted in: Spiritual reminders

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    The first kanji of the year was "shin" (quake) in 1995, the year when Kobe earthquake occurred. This year it made 3rd place. If it was not already selected it would make a good choice.

    Number two was "sai" (disaster).

    Number four was "nami" (wave) as in tsunami, my personal favorite.

    Posted in: 'Kizuna' chosen as kanji character of 2011

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    Now Sarkozy can safely pick up the votes of half a million ethnic Armenians in next year's presidential and legislative elections.

    Posted in: Turkey warns of sanctions against France over genocide bill

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    Governments, corporations and organized religion should never be trusted.

    That's what history has taught us. And this is not specific to Japan or to this nuclear accident.

    Posted in: Noda's declaration on Fukushima met with cynicism

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    Most probably his illness is not related to radiation exposure.

    Major cause of esophagus cancer is alcohol. Even moderate drinkers can develop esophagus cancer. People who show flushing response to alcohol have an increased risk, this is due to a deficiency in ALDH2 enzyme and it is quite common among North-Eastern Asians.

    Smoking and consumption of salty food increase the risk.

    Posted in: Ex-chief of Fukushima nuclear plant has cancer: TEPCO

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    As far as I know, Japan and Germany are only high-income countries where restrictions on tobacco advertising are quite lax.

    In both countries governments have traditionally placed economic considerations ahead of public health concerns and tobacco companies can promote their products in various ways.

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    Almost all of of those arrested were Share (a P2P application) users. http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20111201-00000092-zdn_n-inet (Japanese content)

    Japanese police mostly concentrates on tracking file-sharing applications popular in Japan, like Winny, Share and Perfect Dark.

    Posted in: 30 arrested for illegally sharing manga, music, movies, TV shows online

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    It seems like Tokyo and Istanbul have equal chances for 2020 games.

    Istanbul, Turkey; = maybe, an appeasement for the muslims (but athletes want to wear shorts and singlets and swimmers want to wear swimming trunks) can they deal with the bodily expsosure [sic]?

    You're joking, right? Take a short trip to Istanbul and surprise yourself. If you can't afford it, just do a search in YouTube.

    Posted in: Noda to support Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid

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    According to a recent study by Germany's Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research "a man's chances of dying early are cut by a fifth if their bride is between 15 and 17 years their junior". The study also shows that "a man who is between seven and nine years older than his wife has an 11% lower mortality rate than a man whose wife is the same age as him. However, a woman who is between seven and nine years older than her husband has a 20% greater mortality rate than if she were with a man the same age."

    Posted in: Joji Takahashi, Mika Mifune chosen as 'Partners of the Year'

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