2012-09-28, 12:33 | Link #23961 | |
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Possible predecessor to Da Vinci’s most famous portrait unveiled
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2012-09-28, 12:36 | Link #23962 |
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@vexx: I don't know, one bit of credit I have to give Catholicism is that they're not nearly as "Science hostile" as protestant denominations often are.
Now they do defend some dubious relics, but I think that's a different branch of the church. The more scholarly end, which is in focus here, tends to be fairly solid. |
2012-09-28, 12:36 | Link #23963 |
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@RRW - Hm, that's incredibly intriguing that they have the confidence level to go public with it .. I was at a Da Vinci exhibit recently and there was discussion at length about the difficulty with authentication of some of Da Vinci's later works and some of the ones that were inspired by him and/or those that were created by his students.
For those that are unaware, there are an incredible number of "Mona Lisa" inspired paintings created by artists that either learned from Da Vinci or copied him produced during his lifetime or shortly after his death. |
2012-09-28, 15:53 | Link #23966 |
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2012-09-28, 19:29 | Link #23969 |
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U.S. intelligence now says Benghazi attack "deliberate and organized"
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...88R1EG20120928 Not much of a surprise on this one.
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2012-09-29, 02:08 | Link #23970 |
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Fox News apologises over live 'suicide' in Phoenix, Arizona
So they apologize for something horrible like this but never for their inaccurate reporting?
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2012-09-29, 03:45 | Link #23972 | |
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<shrug> not that the other mega-corp broadcasters are hugely different. News is no longer a "community service to keep a license to broadcast", it is a profit center. That didn't *used* to be the case - it changed during the 80s along with deregulation of the broadcast industry (which also meant that the many independent stations could be gobbled up by the likes of Clear Channel, Fox, Disney, General Electric, etc).
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2012-09-29, 09:39 | Link #23973 |
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Guantanamo's last Western detainee returned to Canada
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...88S0AN20120929
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2012-09-29, 09:47 | Link #23974 | |
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2012-09-29, 10:17 | Link #23976 |
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http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx...bCategoryId=63
Nothing raged us off than the unexpected signing of the Cybercrime Bill, which had a unconstitutional provision calling for stiffer prison times for libelous online statements, but without being put through a public discussion and/or further consultation. The most dangerous thing about the libel provision is that it could be exploited by the privileged seeking protection from online criticism. Heck I even tried to get the EFF looking into it. We're already a country who got blackmarked for having one of the worst environments for journalists, and then this. All because of a senator/cheeseball comedian who got owned for plagiarizing a blogger's entry and called it his own speech.
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2012-09-29, 15:10 | Link #23977 | |
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2012-09-29, 18:16 | Link #23978 | |
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2012-09-29, 22:13 | Link #23980 | |
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Attempted Honor Killing of daughter by Afghan-Canadian Mother
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