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I think you should modify that to : Serious look on faces of a bunch of people who think they know what they're doing, meeting in committee. Now that's a classic

Welcome to HyeForum mbscalise Boston's a great city - Enjoy the forum.

There's always Propecia - this stuff is REALLY supposed to work! I'm not a big fan of pharmaceutical intervention - especially for something cosmetic - That's why I'll be bald soon! But don't forget, there's always this: SOURCE

Thank you Domino! You're right about attracting an unwanted 'buzz' over here. Nice of you all to take this to PMs - it's always better to avoid bringing the intrigue of other forums to this one. We all appreciate Domino's efforts & research - and we've all learned a thing or two as a result.

Don't worry Azat jan... maybe L'il Red Riding Hood will be visiting Bruinchik soon (jk! sorry!)

Well, I think I can safely say that most don't really mind being used for sexual gratification. This usually ends up getting us in trouble. I think the real rare case is where we have combination of criteria: 1. the woman is the sexually aggressive type and truly 'uses' the male for sexual purposes 2. the woman desires absolutely nothing else from the male (friendship, financial gain, career advancement) 3. the male is 'in love' with the woman and truly wants to make more of the relationship (and is willing to do just about anything for her) In such a case, yes, the male will feel hurt, used etc. But I think more often, he will blame the whole scenario on 'evil, heartless, manipulative women...' or simply think that she had a bone to pick with men, and he just happened to be the hapless victim.

Thanks maral

Yes, my question exactly!

None of us have anything against what you're describing. As a matter of fact, it has occurred on several occasions - and we've even had members stick around for months discussing the merits of the Turkish/denialist positions verses the evidence brought forth by Armenians. But discussion is rare, wolf - by and large most of the 'deniers' that visit have absolutely no intention of discussing anything, and visit to merely hurl insults and cause disruptions.

Hitler ran for the leadership upon the well-documented platform of the NSDAP party - the program is quoted below: Based on some of the points - particularly #4,8 & 25 - the description of 'B' as Hitler, although not untrue, is clearly lacking much precision; and this deliberately in order to incite votes for candidate B. I'm sure we could claim the same imprecision for 'A'. Source: Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression Volume IV Office of the United States Chief Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality Washington, DC : United States Government Printing Office, 1946

The Hip-hop/jazz fusion started in the late eighties (ie. before hip-hop was actually hip-hop) but most of the time ended with horribly bad repetitive vocals combined to some half-ass horns & a basic hip-hop beat. I always though that there was high potential to bring together innovative sounds (as jazz was, and hip-hop purported to be at the time) Overtime, there have been a few that have attempted this mix with marginal success - but I still haven't heard anything that really moved me.... I think that jazz composition is much too complex/sophisticated to be properly harnessed by the majority of rap/pop/hip-hop artists (and i say this with no prejudice). I think far more successful fusions occur without jazz, but rather more roots oriented (and consequently simpler) musical forms. Reggae&DnB - Dancehall&hip-hop, Reggae&Soul, Funk&Hip-hop and so forth. The only examples of solid jazz & hip-hop fusion I've ever heard are actually just 'intelligent' use of sampling - where that original music was so incredible that it stands the test of time, and end up carrying the new remix. And then it's not even Hip-hop... See the Verve Remixed series where the music is actually composed/performed by the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Wayne Shorter, Hugh Masekela (who's fabulous BTW!) etc... and then just remixed into 'electronica' tunes. Ah, alas, it's still pretty damn good.

This was one of my favourites:

Thanks Armen! That was great! (i hope all you did was Copy & Paste! )

I saw them live at some point (it's not very clear in my mind - maybe in Toronto, or NYC) - thought that their live show was a bit hoaky but good.... although I'm not a big fan of Guru as a vocalist. Haven't heard anything recently. On a similar note, I saw the Herbaliser live twice - they put on a great show! I had a great time, and much enjoyed the music...

I never liked Roni Size much - I was much more into DJ Food, Amon Tobin and some other stuff on the Ninja Tune Label in general. But I though DnB was dead !?!

Don Carlo is wonderful - one of my favourites by Verdi As for Pucini, no one has mentioned Tosca - which I recently saw here in Montreal.

And why exactly is your dog so worried??? (oh, nice pooch BTW )

Oh, I don't think it's ever going to stop...

The point of my post actually was that there's nothing WRONG with (merely) exposing boobs when there a whole lot more ugly stuff going on. No one would have complained about the halftime show, if there hadn't been a boob sighting. People don't complain when they watch similar entertainment shows or videos with plenty of crotch-grabbing, hip-thrusting/gyrating - or even justin/janet pretty much 'mate' on stage - but as soon as there's a boob sighting, look out! Their revulsion is completely in the wrong place.

I think that's called a slow-sync flash - and it can give very nice effects at night (The flash fires just before the shutter closes) you can also use this to get more realistic motion blur effects. Sip try using the spot metering function to expose for the main object (much like you use focus-lock) you can 'exposure' lock as well

What gevo? only old folks like opera???

And Anoushik - I do like opera...

Anileve - I totally agree with you re: JJ's boobs. I think there were much more vulgar things during the superbowl (i think they call it choreography now)... oh, and BTW - i see nothing vulgar about boobs, nor do I see anything vulgar about dancing, if that's the impression I give above... It's just level of 'freak-out' going on over a nipple being is completely out of sync IMO with some of the other action in the same show!

Sorry, no time tonight - but my personal favourite (well, at least right now): The Pearl Fishers (Bizet, i think)...