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    The Football Thread - Season 2012/2013

    It is a part of the FA process that they have to notify the player that they believe that the incident is worthy of a ban over and above the standard punishment. "Where the Charge is not accompanied by an offer of the standard punishment, the Charge will state that The FA claims that the...
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    The Football Thread - Season 2012/2013

    I have a mate who does, although it’s pronounced slightly differently to when he does the “yid army” chants. When I asked him about it he said that “yid” wasn’t offensive in itself and used between friends was a respectful term but depended on context can also be derogatory, a little bit like...
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    Another cycling controversy

    That sort of thing goes on at every level of cycling and always will. At an amateur level I’ve been in breakaways before when another rider has offered the prize money to let them win (to get the points to move up a category usually). I just went for the win anyway, if I won then full...
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    Ipad apps for kids (6yr old)

    Thanks for the suggestions, I had seen some of Joe's stuff - I'm just a bit worried there will be some subliminal 'support Liverpool' messages embedded in there somewhere! I only had a few minutes last night and the first thing she wanted was a "top model" app that one of her friends has...
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    Your top 10 albums of all time

    In no particular order; Siamese Dream – Smashing Pumpkins In Utero – Nirvana The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses Black Holes and Revelations – Muse Making Bones – Red Snapper Let it bleed - Rolling Stones What’s the Story Morning Glory – Oasis Loveless – My Bloody Valentine Sea...
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    Ipad apps for kids (6yr old)

    I know, I think it a bit silly myself and wouldn’t have bought her one, but it’s free so I don’t mind so much. She’s actually pretty deprived compared to her friends, no TV in her bedroom, no DS, no PSP, no iPod Touch, no laptop, no cell phone, so this will be her...
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    Ipad apps for kids (6yr old)

    I’ve won another iPad at work, I can’t stand the things myself but my daughter is quite keen on keeping this one because some of her friends have them. Does anyone have any recommendations for apps suitable for a 6 year old girl, preferably with at least some educational content? Something...
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    Somebody found a particle ... cost around $3 Billion apparently!

    Therein lies the problem, even in space F=G(m1.m2)/R^2
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    Street photography - is it worth it?

    I wouldn't pin all your hopes on the Dutch being any more friendly, The Netherlands is pretty close geographically to Yorkshire afterall! Plus they are a bit more forthright if they don't like what you're doing.
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    To Raw or not to Raw

    Yes, I’m sure that could be partially the reason – but yet again I do not think the images shown are the least bit useful in answering the OP’s question. The JPEG looks like it does because of choices made by the photographer, not limitations of the file format. Has it...
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    To Raw or not to Raw

    I know what ETTR is thanks, but then the statement accompanying the photo; “Here's the jpeg. As you can see the exposure and white balance are totally wrong” is misleading, the JPEG is displaying exactly what you would expect because you have instructed the camera to bias the...
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    To Raw or not to Raw

    I don’t think the example images posted above are very good examples of the benefits of raw to be honest and if I were the OP I wouldn’t see any of the examples as a compelling reason to switch away from JPEG. In all of the above cases it isn’t any fault of the JPEG format that...
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    Fishing portrait shots

    You can make a softbox if your at all handy; http://www.sonicartistry.net/zemlinphotos/MiniSoftbox/Softbox%202/ Once you grasp the principle it's easy to scale to larger sizes.
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    Canon refuse to tell me shutter count

    It must be getting close to the end of its life then, I'll give you a fiver for it :D
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