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Nikon makes a Racist Camera

When Joz Wang and her brother bought their mom a Nikon Coolpix S630 digital camera for Mother’s Day last year, they discovered what seemed to be a malfunction. Every time they took a portrait of each other smiling, a message flashed across the screen asking, “Did someone blink?” No one had. “I thought the camera was broken!” Wang, 33, recalls. But when her brother posed with his eyes open so wide that he looked “bug-eyed,” the messages stopped.

Wang, a Taiwanese-American strategy consultant who goes by the Web handle “jozjozjoz,” thought it was funny that the camera had difficulties figuring out when her family had their eyes open. So she posted a photo of the blink warning on her blog under the title, “Racist Camera! No, I did not blink… I’m just Asian!” The post was picked up by Gizmodo and Boing Boing, and prompted at least one commenter to note, “You would think that Nikon, being a Japanese company, would have designed this with Asian eyes in mind.”

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Famous Quotes by Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King, Jr’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech was delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom rally on August 28, 1963.

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Over 200,000 civil rights supporters gathered to hear one of the greatest speeches ever delivered.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 which would have made him 81 today. However, King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, thus ending his young career and life as a Baptist minister, husband and father at the age of 39.

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On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2010, it’s an appropriate time to revisit some of his most memorable quotes, which continue to inspire today.

Here are collection of 25 famous Martin Luther King Jr. quotes:

“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”

“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”

“A lie cannot live.”

“A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan. ”

“A man can’t ride your back unless it’s bent.”

“A right delayed is a right denied.”

“A riot is the language of the unheard.”

“At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.”

“Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.”

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”

“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.”

“I am not interested in power for power’s sake, but I’m interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.”

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”

“I submit to you that if a man hasn’t discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.”

“I want to be the white man’s brother, not his brother-in-law.”

“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’”

“Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.”

“Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.”

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

“The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.”

“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”

“We must use time creatively.“

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The Worlds first Sex Robot Revealed

THE world’s first “sexbot” — a life-sized rubber doll named Roxxxy who can chat about football — has been unveiled.

The dark-haired, lingerie-clad robot has inbuilt artificial intelligence — meaning she can talk footie and cars with her owner.

Roxxxy also boasts impressive, flesh-like, synthetic skin.

The revolutionary invention — set to take the sex toy industry by storm — also comes with FIVE different “personalities”.

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Owners can customise Roxxxy’s features and change her race, hair colour and breast size.

The anatomically correct robot has a fake skeleton, letting her move like a REAL woman.

Intelligent … Roxxxy can talk

She also utters different phrases depending on how she is touched.

Prospective owners can pick from the five different “personalities” depending on their individual preference.

There is Wild Wendy – who is outgoing and adventurous, Frigid Farah – who is reserved and shy, Mature Martha and S&M Susan – available for more adventurous types.

The doll costs between US$7,000 (£4,350) to US$9,000 (£5,993), and was unveiled at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas at the weekend.

Douglas Hines, the robot’s football loving inventor, said the real aim was to make the doll someone the owner can talk to and relate to.

Mr Hines said: “She can’t vacuum, she can’t cook but she can do almost anything else if you know what I mean.

“She’s a companion. She has a personality. She hears you. She listens to you. She speaks. She feels your touch. She goes to sleep. We are trying to replicate a personality of a person.”

Mr Hines, from TrueCompanion, said the doll could carry out simple conversations and was designed to “know exactly what you like”.

He said: “Sex only goes so far, then you want to be able to talk to the person.

“She knows exactly what you like. If you like Porsches, she likes Porsches. If you like soccer, she likes soccer.”

The sex robot is available in Europe and the United States and will eventually be sold all over the world.

A male version of the doll, dubbed Rocky, is also planned.

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The Charges against former Heavyweight Champ Mike Tyson have been dropped

The Charges against former Heavyweight Champ Mike Tyson have been dropped. Iron Mike was arrested in November following a scuffle with a photographer at Los Angeles airport.

Tyson, who was with his wife and child, claimed they felt threatened by the photographer and allegedly floored him with a single punch.

The City Attorney in Los Angeles rejected an assault prosecution against Tyson, citing ‘insufficient evidence’.

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Michael Jordan Sues two Chicago Grocery Stores for 10 Million

Michael Jordan the greatest basketball player of all time wants $10 million from two grocery stores that he says used his identity without permission in ads published in a commemorative Sports Illustrated issue, “Jordan: A Hall of Fame Career.”

In the pair of lawsuits filed in Chicago court, Jordan says Dominick’s Finer Foods and Jewel Food Stores took their Hall of Fame congratulations a little too far.

According to the suit, the Dominick’s ad features MJ’s name with the phrase “You are a cut above” and a photo of a steak. (Witty!) Below the congratulations is an ad for $2 off a Rancher’s Reserve steak, a trademark of Dominick’s parent Safeway.

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The mesquite-flavored kicker: There are already two steakhouses and an online steak company named after Jordan. As Matt Bortosik at NBA Chicago points out, there is absolutely no way Jordan would want to sell steaks in direct conflict with his restaurants and companies.

In the Jewel ad, a pair of Jordan’s Air Jordan basketball shoes with number 23 on the tongues sit below a message of support that ends with Jewel’s friendly “just around the corner” slogan. Apparently, the picture is an “inaccurate and misleading copy” of his famous Nike kicks.

Jordan seeks $5 million from each grocery store for false endorsement, consumer fraud, deceptive trade practices and unfair competition.

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