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...that snaps taken with a $500 digital camera often aren't as sharp as those from a $20 disposable? Because unlike the light-sensitive chemicals in ordinary analog film, each sensor on a digital chip saves only one-third of the color data it receives--either red, green or blue, but not all three at once. With the new Foveon X3 technology, however, three sensors are stacked on top of one another, so that each pixel absorbs the full color spectrum. Result: a 3.5-megapixel camera using Foveon technology will produce images as clear as today's 7 MP models...
...Public address announcer Chip Dale, announcing Reiman’s powerful tackle on a Columbia kickoff return...
Russia must choose its way—either its government can continue to chip away at press rights, allowing crony capitalism and corruption to run rampant, or reverse its course and steer itself towards accountability and openness. Without aggressive, muckraking journalists, Russia’s democratic experiment will fail as its electorate remains uninformed, and government officials stay unresponsive to popular sentiment. Russia’s economy will also suffer as long as foreign investors remain skeptical of the government’s commitment to basic Western freedoms...
...snack on Patricio’s chips. They are brown and do not look like Tostitos, so I assume that they are authentic. The salsa, especially the delightfully spicy salsa verde, is excellent. As I speak and eat at the same time, a chip rotates vertically in my mouth and I bite down. The chip does not give. The roof of my mouth continues to hurt as I write this article a day later. I swear out loud in Spanish, demonstrating how my ability to offend people crosses cultural barriers...
...second goal was more impressive. Maasdorp intercepted the ball, cut her way around three defenders and, as she fell to the ground, lifted a reverse chip into the back of the net to extend the Crimson lead...