The feeding patterns of seabirds around the UK coastline can be used to help identify the location of possible Marine Protection Areas, a study says.
See the rest here:
Feeding areas key for conservation
This might pose a problem to the U.S. and Pakistan’s new joint counterterrorism plan. The U.S. has given Pakistan the location of insurgent bomb-making factories several times in recent weeks, only to have the insurgents learn their cover had been…
A Lake District mountain rescue team finds an injured climber after they are sent a photo of his location.
Read more here:
Lake District fall man found after texting photo
Next up: The Washington Post is reporting that the soldiers who killed Osama bin Laden also discovered intelligence materials that might reveal the location of Ayman al-Zawahri, al Qaeda’s Egyptian deputy and bin Laden’s most likely successor. “That’s…
View post:
Zawahri’s Location Discovered?
An up and coming French photographer talks his way into subjects’ homes for striking eccentric portraits By Isabelle Doal A once aspiring Jazz bassist, Baudouin has found his calling as a photographer. His portraits are all of strangely familiar French characters and he has gained notoriety by creating ironic collections like “Friends,” “Unknown But Nice” and the “The Parisian Ladies.” I recently spoke with Baudouin to get some insight on his process—he confessed to having a systematic, almost ritualistic method, following a strict set of rules every time he shoots. In his work the process isn’t just as important as the result, it is an inherent part of it. Baudouin explained that the whole process begins by picking a girl on the street, usually from a terrace cafe. The next part is the trickiest, convincing the subject to let him into her apartment. Each photo takes anywhere from one to four hours, the ritual begins immediately upon entering the location. The camera is always the same distance from the subject, always the same angle and focus. Baudoiun shoots on medium format film which forces him to put more thought in each photo. Baudouin’s lighting is equally deliberate, avoiding shadows and dramatic intensity, he works to make the subject blend in to the background. The natural looking setting is contrasted by the disturbing or eccentric poses he coaxes his subjects into. Baudouin is more concerned with composition, with the graphic aspect of his set ups as opposed to catching a moment or telling a story. In this regard he is a portraitist but also an interior photographer, using the subjects as a platform to construct what he calls “nice pictures.” Baudouin refers to his photos as, “a momentary interpretation” and advises not to take any of it too seriously, “after all, it’s just a picture,” he says. And Baudouin’s photos don’t aim to be anything more than just that, which in itself can sometimes tell a story. Baudouin is currently working on finishing his series “Parisian Ladies,” once complete he will be publishing the collection as a book.
See more here:
Baudouin: Serial Photographer
The virtual Easter egg has been around for more than three decades now. Coined — as far as anyone can tell — by Atari’s Adventure , which was released in 1979, the virtual Easter egg is a hidden message or in-joke built into a computer program, icon, or video game. Apple has been playing along since the very beginning, building small Easter eggs into many of their most famous icons. Earlier this week, Electricpig called attention to many of the secret messages hidden inside the icons, sparking a series of follow-up posts on other websites and blogs . But they got some things wrong — “Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Etiam” is not Latin for “Hello world! Etcetera,” but rather a Latin-esque string of nonsense that’s been used as a placeholder by designers and editors for years — and guessed on others: Does the Find My iPhone app actually show the location of Steve Jobs’ Manhattan apartment in the San Remo building? Here, we pulled together nine Apple Easter eggs that were definitely added to the icons on purpose and one that has been a mystery for years: Apple’s calculator icon displays the number 12374218.75. In putting this story together, I spent a considerable amount of time looking for an explanation, a reason this number is the default. It must mean something, right? All of Apple’s other dates and icons have been carefully chosen. At least a dozen forums and message boards pose the question, but none seem to point to a definitive answer. One discussion on the official Apple support forum dates back to September 11, 2006: ”Curious minds want to know… what is the significance of Calculator’s icon having 12374218.75 as the number?” Any idea?
Read the rest here:
The Secrets Hidden Inside Apple’s Most Famous Icons
Julian Assange is hiding in Britain after a Swedish judge indicted him on multiple charges of rape and sexual assault. Assange’s lawyer confirmed that he’s in the U.K., but refused to give any specifics about his location; Sweden is preparing to issue…
Read the original:
Assange Hiding in U.K.
The government announces the location of the rural areas that will pilot super-fast broadband, part-funded by the BBC.
See the rest here:
Rural broadband to survive cuts
Private Bradley Manning is currently in prison for the largest leak in military history. While his motives are complicated, perhaps his hometown of Crescent, Oklahoma predisposed him to look favorably upon leaking: It was the location or a prior
A Madonna fan arrested for scrawling messages outside the star’s New York home is ordered to stay 10 blocks away from the location.
Excerpt from:
Fan must stay away from Madonna
Prosecutors say Faisal Shahzad, the 30-year-old Pakistani-American suspect in the failed Times Square bombing case, carefully selected his location as a highly populated target, and intended to strike again if he wasn’t caught the first time.
Read this article:
Officials: NYC plotter eyed 2nd attack
Facebook’s location-based service Places is launched in the UK, allowing users to list their location and see where friends are.
Read the rest here:
Facebook’s Places launches in UK
Conservative talk show host Glenn Beck comes under fire for scheduling a rally at the location of an iconic 1963 civil rights demonstration.
Read more:
Beck under fire for rally plans
