Bin Laden's Death; Real Or Hoax?

I've searched around the net about this triumphant win  of the US over Bin Laden.

 An image circulating on the Internet and displayed on some television news programs abroad purports to show Osama bin Laden’s bloody corpse. No U.S. or Pakistani officials have confirmed its authenticity, and two U.S. officials have warned NBC News that the image is a hoax.

Based on an initial look into the image file, we agree, and think it’s a fake. At first glance, the pixelation around the “wound” area and the odd lack of transition between different colored cloth and flesh indicate that the image has been manipulated.

Furthermore, the facial expression and beard are very reminiscent of a 1998 image of bin Laden, the first picture shown below. Next to it, we show the original resolution of the “corpse” image as we’ve seen it (197 by 263 pixels), “flopped” 180 degrees on the horizontal axis to conform to the original 1998 image’s beard orientation. The third image is a blended image of the two, with the “corpse” image at 100 percent opacity below the original image at 43 percent opacity. The way the images “lock” in place at the mouth, beard and nose indicate to us that the image circulating on the Web and some foreign television outlets is nothing but a clumsy fake:

The picture on the left is a file photo from Reuters. The center image was sent in by a number of readers as an email attachment--it's initial provenance is unknown. The image on the right is a blend of the two others we made here at msnbc.com.

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Horrifying Stories From Ipad Factories In China

Factories making sought-after Apple iPads and iPhones in China are forcing staff to sign pledges not to commit suicide, an investigation has revealed.

At least 14 workers at Foxconn factories in China have killed themselves in the last 16 months as a result of horrendous working conditions.

Many more are believed to have either survived attempts or been stopped before trying at the Apple supplier's plants in Chengdu or Shenzen.

Appalling conditions: An investigation by two NGOs has found new workers at Foxconn factories in China are made to sign a 'no suicide' pledge

After a spate of suicides last year, managers at the factories ordered new staff to sign pledges that they would not attempt to kill themselves, according to researchers.

And they were made to promise that if they did, their families would only seek the legal minimum in damages.

An investigation of the 500,000 workers by the Centre for Research on Multinational Companies and Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour (Sacom) found appalling conditions in the factories.

They claimed that:

• Excessive overtime was rife, despite a legal limit of 36 hours a month. One payslip showed a worker did 98 hours of overtime in one month, the Observer reported.
• During peak periods of demand for the iPad, workers were made to take only one day off in 13.
• Badly performing workers were humiliated in front of colleagues.
• Workers are banned from talking and are made to stand up for their 12-hour shifts.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1382396/Workers-Chinese-Apple-factories-forced-sign-pledges-commit-suicide.html#ixzz1LH1uHlIb

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Predicting The Future in 1964

This clip from the BBC’s Horizon programme was shot in 1964 and features famous science fiction writer Arthur C Clarke predicting the future. Astonishingly, he seems to be fully aware that the internet would be around, which would change the way we conduct business.

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Al-Qaida head bin Laden dead

WASHINGTON – Osama bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was slain in his luxury hideout in Pakistan early Monday in a firefight with U.S. forces, ending a manhunt that spanned a frustrating decade.

"Justice has been done," President Barack Obama said in a dramatic announcement at the White House.

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Pacquiao VS Mosley " Pacman Wins "

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Do You Want To Smell Like Pacquiao?

Do You Want To Smell Like Pacquiao? , TRY "MP8" Scent Of A Champion. 


During his latest performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao stopped by to discuss his May 7th fight with Shane Mosley, a bout set to take place inside the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Towards the end of their conversation the duo also discussed another of Pacquiao's latest projects; his new cologne called 'MP8'. 

Pacquiao originally had a cologne called 'MP7', a reference to him winning titles in a record seven weight divisions. At the time Kimmel had asked him what would take place if he would happen to win another belt in an eighth weight class and Pacquiao playfully said he would be forced to come up with a different fragrance. 

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