JPEG Image Compressed 600 Times

The final image looks not even remotely like the first.

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First rule of ant traffic: no overtaking

Ever seen an ant traffic jam? Researchers studying ant traffic are beginning to understand why.

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Dreamcatchers by Bart Scagnelli

It is late, probably two or three. Linda catches me awake, staring at the ceiling fan as it traces endless circles in the dark. This happens often. When she first moved in I told her it was the noise of the cars outside our apartment that kept me from sleeping. We live above the Chippewa Bar in Crivits.

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World's largest model train railway.

Very impressive detail in this model train diorama. Way better than my childhood toy set!

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WTF!? Bonuses Expected at Fannie, Freddie

Fannie Mae is due to pay retention bonuses of as much $470,000 to $611,000 this year to some executives despite enormous losses at the government-backed mortgage company. Fannie's main rival, Freddie Mac, also plans to pay such bonuses but hasn't yet provided details.

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Merle Haggard Never Sounded As Lonely As Mermaids In The Riv

“Merle Haggard Never Sounded As Lonely As Mermaids In The River” by Trey Moore from SFWP.org is a plain spoken, fantastical story set in a world resembling our own. The story is told in third person with a good mix of dialogue and description. The basic form is that of a fairy tale, but it lacks a moral. Lefty fathers two children, a girl and a boy

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New bill would tax AIG bonuses at 100 percent

The $165 million in bonuses set to go to American International Group executives would be taxed at 100 percent under a new bill introduced Tuesday in the House. President Barack Obama is moving to block the AIG bonuses, but it's unclear whether he can get the payments back from the company, which is awaiting a $30-million installment in fed bailout

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''Family Guy'' wins court battle over song

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Creators of the U.S. television show ''Family Guy'' did not infringe copyright when they transformed the song ''When You Wish Upon a Star'' for comical use in an episode, a U.S. judge ruled on Monday. Music Publisher Bourne Co., the...

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Political Punch: 'Amtrak Joe' is Tired of Defending Amtrak,

Vice President Biden, perhaps the nation’s most famous Amtrak passenger, announced today that Amtrak will receive $1.3 billion in stimulus money to expand passenger rail capacity.

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SXSW 2009 on BitTorrent: 6 GB of Free Music

The South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival is one of the largest and most popular in the United States. For the fifth year in a row, SXSW has released a DRM-free, RIAA-safe collection of songs totaling 6 GB, which can all be downloaded for free, thanks to BitTorrent.

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Broken English by Nina Ki

ACT ONEScene 1Brackets indicate lines being spoken in Korean.AT RISE: KYLE, twenty-two years old, stands across the stage from his MOTHER, fifty-three.KYLEHey. I’m Kyle.His mother shakes her head.MOTHERTae-hu.KYLE(to Mother)Kyle, Mom. You know I don’t like being called that.

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The Pirate Bay Trial Day 10: Calls for Jail Time

As we enter the final days of The Pirate Bay trial, today the prosecution has been giving the court its closing arguments. Håkan Roswall, Peter Danowsky, Henrik Pontén and Monique Wadsted all appeared, with Roswall calling on the judge to jail all four of the defendants.

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Today is the Hybrid's 100th Birthday:We Still have Gas Only?

Today we celebrate a unique anniversary. One hundred years ago today, US Patent No. 288,181 was granted to Henri Pieper for a "Mixed Drive for Autovehicles. Yes, on March 2, 1909, the US Patent Office--in its infinite wisdom--granted bragging rights for the guts of a Toyota Prius to a Belgian gunsmith and inventor born in Germany.

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