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[NASA]

This image is from a region to the north of Hellas Basin. The CRISM experiment on MRO has shown that there are hydrated minerals on the surface throughout this area and several targets in this region have been acquired. This HiRISE image has considerable diversity in color suggesting a range of surface compositions. The subimage shown is one example. It appears here that a face has been revealed by a rock-fall (note the large boulders at the bottom of the image). The exposed face is markedly bluer in color suggesting the presence of hydrated minerals. Written by: Nicolas Thomas

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[Georgie Thompson]

Amir Khan retained his WBA light-welterweight title after a technical points decision over Paul McCloskey in Manchester.

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[Carl Culture]

New Bajoran style uniforms are available now in the C-Store for “Star Trek: Online.” SUCKINGHOBBITDICKSThere’s also a sale going on too. SUCKINGHOBBITDICKSCheck it all out right HERE.



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[BluffMagazine]

A statement issued by John Pappas, Executive Director of the Poker Players Alliance, about the federal action taken against online poker sites on April 15: “Millions of Americans across the country today are outraged over the U.S. Department of Justice’s clear attack on internet poker. While the government’s focus may be on the companies who operate [...]

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[PokerNewsDaily]

The future of the CEREUS Network sites UB.com and Absolute Poker appear to be in question. According to information obtained by Poker News Daily, the two USA-friendly sites will continue to allow existing USA players to fire up the virtual felts and play as normal. However, for the foreseeable future, they will be unable to deposit, withdraw, or transfer their funds. No official statement from either site has been released.

UB.com has now become UBPoker.eu, while AbsolutePoker.com has transformed into AbsolutePoker.eu. The moves follow a similar one from PokerStars, which ditched its seized dot-com site for PokerStars.eu, which is a mirror of the old site. Full Tilt Poker is now accessible through FullTiltPoker.co.uk, while a dot-org site also exists, which is also apparently a valid Full Tilt domain.

In addition, no new USA players will likely be accepted on UB.com or Absolute Poker going forward, although CEREUS officials have not yet released anything official. Meanwhile, one poster on TwoPlusTwo seemed more optimistic: “Withdraws and Deposits are suspended temporarily because they need to find new payment processors. VIP Support is telling me they are working on it, but the show will go on.”

Other players had issues connecting to the Absolute Poker client, while a player allegedly from the United States wrote about his cashout experience: “Requested payout yesterday and it is still pending.”

So, it appears that the four largest USA-facing sites could be vacating the real money U.S. market within 24 hours of the Justice Department’s indictment on Friday. PokerStars banned U.S. players almost immediately after the indictment was released, while Full Tilt Poker followed suit a few hours later.

Named in the indictment were Absolute Poker founders Scott Tom and Brent Beckley, who both hail from Costa Rica. Tom and Beckley are charged with conspiracy to violate the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), violation of the UIGEA, operation of an illegal gambling business, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud (Beckley only), and money laundering conspiracy (Beckley only).

Team UB pros Prahlad Friedman, Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin, Maria Ho, and Tiffany Michelle, among others, all still grace the UBPoker.eu web page. Visiting the old UB.com site still results in the now familiar FBI warning. Many of the links off the UBPoker.eu site were not operational.

UB pro Joe Sebok opted to make light of the situation, quoting on Twitter, “In every life we have some trouble, but when you worry you make it double. Don’t worry, be happy.” He then quoted the blockbuster musical Wicked and watched the movie “Point Break.”

When we receive an official statement from the CEREUS Network, we’ll have it for you right here on Poker News Daily.



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[Adolf Hitler]

Forum: Down Under Newslinks Posted By: Dragonmaidenqueen Post Time: 04-17-2011 at 01:38 AM

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[Big Gay Al]

Sweetie Pie's Kittens
Tia says: These kittens were born to our cat Sweetie Pie and were adopted by two ladies I used to work with. They're probably still happily living in Texas now.
Courtesy of: Tia Doran


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[NASA]

What would it be like to stand




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[Carl Culture]

About Cindy:

The photorealism of Cindy Wright’s large-scale portraits and still life paintings can often (perhaps ironically) bleed into abstraction. From a distance, her monumental paintings display snapshot characteristics, like cropped composition and intense single source lighting. However, upon closer inspection, the range of mark making and painterly application becomes astoundingly apparent. The paintings become a perceptual conundrum as an easily recognizable object dissolves into nonrepresentational shapes and brush strokes. Similarly, Wright’s juxtaposition of alluring mimesis and the subtly grotesque alludes to the intricate relationship woven between life and death, latent and manifest. They are conceptually rooted within an artistic tradition that forces the viewer to question the nature of how we read and understand the world, and they yet remain entirely contemporary in their technique. Her subjects are taken from her immediate milieu and are transformed into iconic meditations on our own mortality.








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[Percy The Perv]

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