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Daniel, a friend of mine and the son of one of my coworkers, is currently serving in Iraq with the 3rd Infantry Division. He recently e-mailed some pictures to his mom, and she passed them on to me. On patrol with a Bradley View from the .50 cal. Patrolling through cows and palm trees Daniel and Hassim, an Iraqi soldier, prepare to sweep a building Close-up of Daniel Patrolling through a grove of palm trees An Iraqi girl and Pebbles, the bomb-sniffing wonder dog Pebbles and his handler take a break during an urban patrol

Daniel, a friend of mine and the son of one of my coworkers, is currently serving in Iraq with the 3rd Infantry Division. He recently e-mailed some pictures to his mom, and she passed them on to me. On patrol with a Bradley. View from the .50 cal. Patrolling through cows and palm trees. Daniel and Hassim, an Iraqi soldier, prepare to sweep a building. Close-up of Daniel. Patrolling through a grove of palm trees. An Iraqi girl and Pebbles, the bomb-sniffing wonder dog. Pebbles and his handler take a break during an urban patrol.

Miss New Jersey thought her online photos were private. So did an "American Idol" contestant from Point Pleasant. Amy Polumbo and Antonella Barba instead discovered that their racy just-for-fun photos, posted on members-only sites such as Facebook and MySpace, were accessible to everyone, including would-be blackmailers with modems. But it's not just Jersey girls who fail to realize that deleting images and gossip from Web pages -- or placing them in password-restricted areas -- can't keep them from prying eyes. Many people are at risk because they don't understand how data are stored and shared. "When you delete it, content...

Since 1977, Camilo Jose Vergara has been using photography to document the the transformation of urban landscapes in America. He describes his approach as interdisciplinary, using techniques from fields that include sociology, architecture, photography, urban planning, history and anthropology. Vergara has focused upon the gradual erosion of urban neighborhoods through neglect and abandonment, often photographing the same structures repeatedly over decades in order to capture this process of of urban decay. The photography presented here is from Vergara’s project entitled Invincible Cities.

Non-Canadian Abortion Advocate Recruited to Face Young Pro-Life Leader By Elizabeth O'Brien CALGARY, August 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - After avoiding public face-offs with pro-lifers for many years, abortion advocates are stepping up to the platform. Responding to the Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform (CCBR) abortion truck campaign, a pro-abortion top-gun has been brought in all the way from the States to be interviewed with young pro-life leader Stephanie Gray on the issue of abortion. Abortion advocates have carefully avoided such encounters in the past, but a recent media frenzy over the giant billboards depicting aborted fetuses have caused a long-time...

Abortion Billboard Trucks Cause Media Uproar, Provoke Pro-Abortion Advocate to Publicly Debate Issue By Elizabeth O'BrienCALGARY, August 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Less than one week after the Canada Center for Bioethical Reform (CCBR) launched its pro-life, Reproductive "Choice" Campaign (RCC), featuring massive billboards of aborted fetuses on the sides of transport trucks, the media is still going haywire over the initiative.Following top-secret routes through the city, the trucks will be weaving through the streets of Calgary for an indefinite period of time. The images are approximately 11-meters long and display the torn-up limbs of a first trimester aborted fetus. The...

Some High Resolution Wallpapers & Pictures of the Porsche 911 GT3 / GT3 RS vehicles The 911 GT3 is created for the driving enthusiast who craves track days but who also demands such a capable car on regular roads. The 911 GT3 is propelled by the most powerful normally aspirated engine ever offered in a Porsche 911 in the North American market, a 3.6-liter powerplant that pumps out 415 horsepower – an astounding 115.3 horsepower per liter – and rockets the GT3 to 60 mph in an amazingly quick 4.1 seconds (0-100 km/h in 4.3 seconds).

It's incredible what you can find in an ordinary garden if you look closely enough. Amateur photographer Brian Valentine specialises in making the everyday look exotic with the wonders of macro photography, using special lens to magnify his subjects

A mysterious blonde paid a visit to a petrol station shop in the small eastern German town of Doemitz on Sunday -- wearing nothing but a pair of golden stilettos and a thin gold bracelet. The tall, slender woman strolled into the shop in the town of Doemitz on the warm afternoon and bought cigarettes, petrol station employee Ines Swoboda told Reuters on Monday. "I wasn't surprised because she's come in naked before -- she's a very nice woman," Swoboda said, adding none of the other customers were bothered. The woman could have faced charges of creating a public disturbance...

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ndianapolis - A recent visitor to Indianapolis says police are crossing a fine line when it comes to tourists and suspected terrorists. The criticism comes after a camera confrontation outside a major city landmark. Last Sunday, Walter Miller wanted lasting images to take back with him to Houston. He got them. To cap off his first F-1 race experience, he and his lens headed downtown. He had just snapped a photo of the Julian Opie Signs exhibit when signs of trouble converged. "Two police cars came up," Miller said by phone Friday. "One on the side of me and one...

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Paper Photog Quits Over Altered Picture Monday April 9, 2007 11:01 PM By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Writer TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A staff photographer for The Blade who digitally altered a front-page photo has resigned, the newspaper said Monday. Allan Detrich had told Blade editors that he altered a photo of a college baseball team for his personal files and mistakenly sent it to the newspaper. The photo showed Bluffton University players kneeling March 30 at their first game after a bus crash killed five players in Atlanta. Photos of the team in other Ohio newspapers showed the legs...

Astronomers just got their most detailed look yet at supersonic 'bullets' of gas piercing through dense clouds of hydrogen gas in the Orion Nebula. Each bullet [image] is about ten times the size of Pluto's orbit around the Sun and travels through the clouds at up to 250 miles (400 kilometers) per second-or about a thousand times faster than the speed of sound. The bulk of both the bullets and the surrounding gas cloud [image] consists of molecular hydrogen. The tip of each bullet is packed with iron atoms that are heated by friction and glow bright blue in the...

Joyce Mucci, the Southern Field Representative for the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is coming to Little Rock March 3rd -5th! Keeparkansaslegal has created some events for citizens who want to do something about illegal immigration can attend. Saturday March 3rd at 12:00pm Julie's, 110 South Shackleford Rd Little Rock, AR 72211-5721 (501) 224-4501 (just off I630 and I430) We will have a lunch/meeting at Julie’s where we will discuss legislation, the Mexican Consulate, banking, ballot initiatives, and other items concerning immigration in Arkansas. Monday March 5th at 2:30pm State Capitol (Exit 2B off I630) We will also have...

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Our adopted Uncle Joseph Mangus sent these pictures today from Iraq. He is on his third tour in Iraq and will soon be coming home.

LONDON (Reuters) - Reuters named a new chief photographer for the Middle East on Thursday and said it had tightened its editing procedures after the publication last year of two photographs that had been digitally altered. The measures were among several steps announced by David Schlesinger, editor-in-chief of the global news and information agency, following an internal investigation that he said had resulted in disciplinary action. The two photos, both of Israeli military action in Lebanon during the war there last August, were taken by a freelance photographer, Adnan Hajj. Reuters ended its relationship with Hajj following an initial inquiry...

BE HERE, OR BE NOWHERE!

BE HERE, OR BE NOWHERE!

Europe's second-highest ranking commissioner was fighting to save his political career last night over pictures showing him naked on a beach with his chief of staff.Günther Verheugen, who is married, is shown — wearing only a baseball cap — with his newly promoted aide, Petra Erler, on a nudist beach in Lithuania. José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, rushed to the aid of his German Vice-President yesterday, saying that he expected “people’s private spheres” to be respected. However, controversy over Mr Verheugen, 62, who is also Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry, is raging in Germany, three weeks before...

November 2006 - Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft from 3Sqn, 17Sqn and 29Sqn of the Royal Air Force take to the skies over the Lincolnshire coast to perform a ’Diamond Nine’ formation. It is the first time that only single-seat aircraft are used in this formation, with the lead aircraft piloted by Group Captain Bob Judson. All three squadrons are based at RAF Coningsby, UK

Famed photog takes us inside the human experienceIt's a journey through the human body never imagined. Here are the most stunning, detailed photos of new human life ever photographed - published in the United States for the first time. Titled "Life," the collection of oversize color images from scientific photographer Lennart Nilsson magnifies the wonders of the human body like never before. Nilsson is best known for his iconic 1965 Life magazine cover shot of a living human embryo - the first time that life at such an early stage was captured on camera. Using the world's most powerful electron...

Sean Hannity visited Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. Hannity's lecture included the time he tricked Paul Begala with the quotes John Kerry made supporting invading Iraq. He also spoke about facing the evil of our time in the same way we had to face Hitler. Hannity did many impersonations of Bill Clinton and talked about how the democrats had lost the South. He briefly talked about his disagreements with Repubicans on the issues of over-spending and illegal immigration. His ending statement was that in times of war, we need the right people in power. During Q/A session, most of the...

Happy 3rd Anniversary Dragonflies' Lair and Poets Our Poets bentfeather fatima Hope and Glory Knitting A Conundrum Lady Jag Liberty Belt NicknamedBob Reaper Freeper Scubie Nuc starbase Texas Songwriter WayzataJohnn We the poets of the Lair, thank all who support us. We hope to be here a long time, singing our songs riding the stars, writing our own visions, and best of all, loving all who continue to lurk and visit here over the years. We write of love, we write of war, we write of sorrow, we write of Knights and Kingdoms from before, we write of drawing...

A friend sent this link to a remarkable set of pictures of Israeli soldiers on the front lines. It is well worth a look, even if you don’t read Hebrew.

With the Reuters photo fiasco having come to light, one has to wonder what the editors do. How do doctored pictures get released into a global tinder box that will likely incite an already tense situation and possibly spark further violence? The answer could be that the photos fit their agenda, or it could just be a simple mistake. If we assume that was a simple mistake, then we could file this under a one time incident and accept Reuter’s retraction. This would be the end of it and the media could return to business as usual. The new component...

The 2006 Freedom Concert is upon us! http://www.freedomalliance.org/2006_concert_page.html The NJ Freedom Concert is Friday, July 21. http://www.freedomalliance.org/06freedomconcert.html The CA Freedom Concert is Wednesday, August 2. http://www.freedomalliance.org/06freedomconcerCA.html Who is going?

THE heart-stopping moments when Neil Armstrong took his first tentative steps onto another world are defining images of the 20th century: grainy, fuzzy, unforgettable. But just 37 years after Apollo 11, it is feared the magnetic tapes that recorded the first moon walk - beamed to the world via three tracking stations, including Parkes's famous "Dish" - have gone missing at NASA's Goddard Space Centre in Maryland. A desperate search has begun amid concerns the tapes will disintegrate to dust before they can be found. It is not widely known that the Apollo 11 television broadcast from the moon was...

Matt Hamill sent me pictures of himself with Tito Ortiz and his buddies. You won't find these pictures anywhere else on the internet except on ...

I guess I'm not politically correct if this makes me LMAO: Oh, yeah, while I'm at it: Stop the "Pride" parade in Jerusalem!!

"Without the brave men and women of the Army, battles being fought abroad might be fought on our own soil." http://capnbob.us/blog/ Be strong America. Remember. Thank you! Thank you all be good persons be strong America good country!!!!

Let's see how America celebrates her 230th birthday! Post your pictures here of your local parades, picnics, festivals, etc. It'd be especially nice to see pictures of how Americans are honoring our fallen war heros.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - King Abdullah has told Saudi editors to stop publishing pictures of women as they could make young men go astray, newspapers reported Tuesday. The king's directive, made in a meeting with local editors, caused surprise as the monarch has been regarded a quiet reformer since he took office in the ultra-conservative country last August. In recent months, newspapers have published pictures of women — always wearing the traditional Muslim headscarf — to illustrate stories with increasing regularity. Usually the stories have had to do with women's issues. The papers have also started publishing a range of...

Greetings All, I'll be posting the afteraction report on the roadtrip to Colo. Springs, via Albuquerque, and the return trip to LHC via Cortez, CO and the gun shoot on the VetsCoR forum on Monday. I'll include pics and links to videos of me and Jim shooting. Look for it by Monday.

Fifty ways to kill Zacharias Moussaui It looks like Zacharias Moussaui may have to be sent to meet the 72 virgins in hell. With that in mine, here are some the ways the Government can administer Justice to Zacharias Moussaui. 1. Place Zacharias Moussaui in a chair. Using an industrial strength crane, hoist 150 ft. above Zacharias Moussaui a 900 lbs. pot-belly pig. Drop the 900 lbs. pig onto Zacharias Moussaui. 2. Force Zacharias Moussaui to watch GIGLI, BASIC INSTINCT 2, ALEXANDER, CATWOMAN, SUPERBABIES: BABY GENIUSES 2, WHITE CHICKS, JERSEY GIRL, and other Razzie Award winning movies. This will force...

As dozens of anti-war demonstrators heckled President Bush outside an Indian Wells resort last weekend, a plainclothes Riverside County sheriff's deputy and another man moved through the crowd, the deputy waving a protest sign as the two snapped digital photographs of the demonstrators. Riverside County Sheriff Bob Doyle said that the U.S. Secret Service asked that members of his department's intelligence unit monitor the protest. Any photos taken Saturday of the protesters were snapped "under the auspices of the Secret Service," Doyle said. But Eric Zahren, a spokesman for the Secret Service in Washington, D.C., said the agency did not...

There is a simple but moving tribute to our troops here. We truly can never thank them enough.

CBS's Chicago station took the lead in reporting the large immigrant protest yesterday in Chicago. And once again it looks like CBS is blatently manipulating the news, to support their viewpoints. Case in point are the pictures featured prominantly on their web site. Here is the lead picture: Notice the prominant American flag. If you choose to "view slideshow" here is the front image: Five of the first 10 slides have large obvious flags in the, such as this: The complete library can be viewed HERE (at least until they wise up and pull it like the did the fake...

I've searched for this on the site and I'm coming up blank. Can anyone give me some idea on how this is done? Thanks in advance.

Internet giant Google Inc. infringed copyright rules by posting thumbnail-size photos from other websites on its search results pages, a US judge said in a ruling issued. US District Judge Howard Matz's ruling, handed down in Los Angeles, stems from a lawsuit filed in 2004 by the pornography firm Perfect 10 Inc., which accused Google of breaching on its copyrights. The type of search with which Perfect 10 took issue is Google's "Image Search" function, which returns a page with tiny images -- known as thumbnails -- that fit the searcher's query. The image search function also allows searchers to...

Stromboli OnLine is one of my favorite sites, with suberb volcano photography. They recently posted a new "Nyiragongo Expedition" feature. Below are three pictures sampled from the site. Go there for more. Nyiragongo at night from Goma View from the crater rim at twilight Active Nyiragongo lava lake

Topless beaches are good for the travel industry's bottom line. But they do more than boost sales of Coppertone. They attract tourists to some of the world's most beautiful beaches. For that, hotel operators are paying attention--and not for the reason you think. In Europe and Australia, for example, topless beaches have long been the norm. But in the U.S.--and for U.S.-run hospitality companies--acceptance has been slower. In most parts of the U.S., going topless is not only frowned upon, it's against the law. But in the industry's corporate suites, at least, that attitude is mellowing. "Tolerance for the trend...

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NEW YORK — The New York Civil Liberties Union sued the city yesterday, challenging restrictions on people's right to photograph public places after an award-winning filmmaker from India was blocked from videotaping near the MetLife building. In its lawsuit, the civil rights group highlighted the plight of Rakesh Sharma, who said he was left feeling ashamed and humiliated when he was detained in May 2005 after police saw him use a hand-held video camera on a public street in midtown Manhattan. Sharma was taping background footage for a documentary examining changes in the lives of ordinary people such as taxi...

The world of bin Laden: no drinks, no gambling, no pictures of women By Francis Harris in Washington (Filed: 17/11/2005) Osama bin Laden wants the United States to convert to Islam, ditch its constitution, abolish banks, jail homosexuals and sign the Kyoto climate change treaty. The first complete collection of the Saudi's statements published today portrays a world in which Islam's enemies will take the first steps towards salvation by embracing the "religion of all the Prophets". Osama bin Laden Messages to the World: The Statements of Osama bin Laden is billed as the first accurate compendium of the terrorist...

Pictures of world leaders in their youth.

Hello all. I am the guy in the cowboy hat and Club G'itmo shirt on 24 September during the counter protest. Can the official Free Republic photographer post or send the pictures he took of me and Lindsey on Saturday (Club G'itmo and straw cowboy hat) as well as the one he took of me on Sunday (wearing ACLU Enemy of the State shirt)? Have not found them yet, but have found lots of other GREAT pictures. Also, I am the guy who alerted the police to a suspicious person, in the middle of the crowd, during G. Gordon Liddy's...

Ryan Bowman, of Philadelphia, Penn., holds a sign on the National Mall in support of U.S. troops fighting abroad on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005 in Washington. Across the street were anti-war demonstrators. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (According to this FR thread, . Ryan Bowman, served 12 months in Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division, from February 2003 to February 2004.) A group of demonstrators who chose not to be identified huddle during a rally on the National Mall in support of U.S. troops fighting abroad on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Hundreds of demonstrators stand on the...

This is from a friend of mine. He put it together, and I wanted to share it with FreeRepulic. I thought it was pretty cool. I hope it is not in the wrong catagory. Praise_you_in_this_storm_hurricane_reliefsm.wmv