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		<title>Battle of the Galaxies, S2 vs. S3 Nearly Underway!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No it&#8217;s not a battle of actual galaxies, it&#8217;s a battle of the Samsung mobile phone galaxies, the Samsung galaxy<a href="http://www.bookchoy.com/battle-of-the-galaxies-s2-vs-s3-nearly-underway.html" class="searchmore">Read the Rest...</a><div class="clr"></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No it&#8217;s not a battle of actual galaxies, it&#8217;s a battle of the <a href="http://www.samsung.com">Samsung</a> mobile phone galaxies, the <a href="http://www.thegalaxys3.com/samsung-galaxy-s2-vs-galaxy-s3">Samsung galaxy s2 vs. Galaxy S3</a> Android phones. The Samsung galaxy S2 has been dubbed the best Android phone in the world and it&#8217;s not surprising considering it packs a 4.3-inch with a 800 x 480 pixels resolution &amp; a Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touch-screen with 217 ppi pixel density. These are specs that tech geeks could only have dreamed of to have in their bedrooms, now they have these computer specs in the palm of their hands.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-27" title="galaxy-s2-vs-galaxy-s3" src="http://www.bookchoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/galaxy-s2-vs-galaxy-s3-300x172.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="172" /></p>
<p>But wait&#8230; The specs get better, the Samsung Galaxy S3 a true super phone that could likely be more powerful then your computer sitting in your room as it is rumoured to be released with a Quad core processor. Some of the other rumoured Samsung Galaxy S3 specs include:</p>
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<li>4.6-inch HD with a 1280 x 720 pixels resolution</li>
<li>Super AMOLED Plus capacitive with TouchWiz screen</li>
<li>319 ppi pixel density</li>
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<p>Your eyes will definitely notice the difference in these specs as you will visually be blown away by the colours of the Galaxy S3. Are you going to buy the new Galaxy S3?</p>
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		<title>A Little History About Makeup</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Makeup as cosmetics is very old. Makeup surely has come a long way there is no questioning that, woman now get free<a href="http://www.bookchoy.com/a-little-history-about-makeup.html" class="searchmore">Read the Rest...</a><div class="clr"></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span><span>Makeup as </span></span><span><span>cosmetics</span></span><span> is very old. Makeup surely has come a long way there is no questioning that, woman now get free deals from Clinique, Lancome and <a href="http://www.makeupbonustime.com/estee-lauder-gift-with-purchase">Estee Lauder gift with purchase 2012</a>. Enough about makeup deals let&#8217;s learn about the history of makeup.</span></p>
<p><span><span>Three thousand years before </span></span><span><span>Jesus Christ</span></span><span><span> , the </span></span><span><span>Egyptians already know the makeup</span></span><span><span>  : </span></span><span><span>lipstick</span></span><span><span> , </span></span><span><span>kohl</span></span><span><span> , eye makeup made ​​from ore </span></span><span><span>lead</span></span><span><span> , of </span></span><span><span>antimony</span></span><span><span> and </span></span><span><span>malachite</span></span><span><span> . </span><span>The caravans which carry the </span></span><span><span>spices</span></span><span><span> and </span></span><span><span>silk</span></span><span><span> in </span></span><span><span>Europe</span></span><span><span> , introduced cosmetics and makeup in </span></span><span><span>Greece</span></span><span><span> and the </span></span><span><span>Roman Empire</span></span><span><span>.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>The </span></span><span><span>i </span></span><sup><span><span>st</span></span></sup><span><span>  century</span></span><span><span> , </span></span><span><span>Nero</span></span><span><span> and </span></span><span><span>Poppea</span></span><span><span> thinned their skin with </span></span><span><span>white lead</span></span><span><span> and </span></span><span><span>chalk</span></span><span><span> , highlighted their eyes in </span></span><span><span>kohl</span></span><span><span> and enhanced their complexion and their </span></span><span><span>lips</span></span><span><span> with the red </span></span><sup id="cite_ref-invention_0-1"><span><span>one</span></span></sup><span><span> .</span><span>Women such as Cleopatra maquillaient lot, but the products of the time were mainly due to toxins such as metals, which destroyed the appearance of the skin and caused a premature aging of the latter.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>It&#8217;s the return of the </span></span><span><span>Crusaders</span></span><span><span> that makeup is spreading in northern Europe where it was used for ritual paintings. </span><span>From the </span></span><span><span>xiii </span></span><sup><span><span>th</span></span></sup><span><span>  century</span></span><span><span> , nobles wear of </span></span><span><span>foundation</span></span><span><span> , to </span></span><span><span>dye</span></span><span><span>hair and </span></span><span><span>perfume</span></span><span><span> . </span><span>At the </span></span><span><span>xvi </span></span><sup><span><span>th</span></span></sup><span><span>  century</span></span><span><span> , women poudrent the </span></span><span><span>white lead</span></span><span><span> and the </span></span><span><span>red ocher</span></span><span><span> and color the lips with a mixture of </span></span><span><span>tincture</span></span><span><span> of </span></span><span><span>cochineal</span></span><span><span>. </span><span>Eyes, unlike the ancient period, are never made ​​up for not betraying the &#8220;mirror of the soul&#8221;</span></span><span><span>.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>From the </span></span><span><span>xvii </span></span><sup><span><span>th</span></span></sup><span><span>  century</span></span><span><span> makeup is used in all social classes, the upper classes by using </span></span><span><span>preciousness</span></span><span><span> of cosmetics containing gold dust, silver, precious stones. </span><span>The manuals of civility in the XVI </span></span><sup><span><span>th</span></span></sup><span><span> and XVII </span></span><sup><span><span>th</span></span></sup><span><span> century recommend not open his mouth, symbol of orality and animality, with bad teeth since the introduction of sugar in the West.</span><span>Thus, make-up mouth fails in these centuries</span></span><span><span>. </span><span>The makeup made ​​from metallic substances, borrowed from the arts of painting and </span></span><span><span>miniature</span></span><span><span> , continue to be very toxic, &#8220;sublimate of mercury&#8221; in the XVI </span></span><sup><span><span>th</span></span></sup><span><span> century, </span></span><span><span>white lead</span></span><span><span> , </span></span><span><span>bismuth</span></span><span><span> and tin ice for white makeup, mercuric sulfide ( </span></span><span><span>cinnabar</span></span><span><span> , </span></span><span><span>vermilion</span></span><span><span> of mercury) or </span></span><span><span>minium</span></span><span><span> for red makeup from the XVII </span></span><sup><span><span>th</span></span></sup><span><span> century</span></span><span><span>.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>The modern makeup was made ​​popular by the </span></span><span><span>film</span></span><span><span> in the </span></span><span><span>1920s</span></span><span><span>.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>Until the beginning of </span></span><span><span>xix </span></span><sup><span><span>th</span></span></sup><span><span>  century</span></span><span><span> cosmetics contain lead, modern products are manufactured and tested in laboratories with neutral products such as </span></span><span><span>talc</span></span><span><span> , the </span></span><span><span>kaolin</span></span><span><span> , the</span></span><span><span>rice starch</span></span><span><span> to which are added to </span></span><span><span>oils</span></span><span><span> and </span></span><span><span>dyes,</span></span><span><span> synthetic</span></span><span><span>.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>Advances in cosmetic research led to the development of makeup and facial care without risk to health or the skin.</span></span></p>
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		<title>The History of Android Tablets</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In September 2010, Samsung presented at the IFA in Berlin the Galaxy Tab , running Android 2.2 (FroYo) and released in late 2010. Archos 7 with his generation<a href="http://www.bookchoy.com/the-history-of-android-tablets.html" class="searchmore">Read the Rest...</a><div class="clr"></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span><span>In September 2010, </span></span><span><span>Samsung</span></span><span><span> presented at the </span></span><span><span>IFA</span></span><span><span> in Berlin the </span></span><span><span>Galaxy Tab</span></span><span><span> , running Android 2.2 (FroYo) and released in late 2010. </span></span><span><span>Archos</span></span><span> 7 with his generation of internet tablets introduced Android (launched in September 2009). In the same vein, the tablets Archos Generation 8 (Gen <img src='http://www.bookchoy.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif' alt='8)' class='wp-smiley' /> integrate <a href="http://www.android.com">Android</a> 2.2 (FroYo).</span></p>
<p><span><span>Motorola</span></span><span><span> presented at </span></span><span><span>CES</span></span><span><span> 2011 the </span></span><span><span>Xoom</span></span><span><span> , the first tablet benefiting from the new version of the mobile system of Google, Honeycomb (Android 3.0). </span><span>There she received the award for best innovation. </span><span>Ensue as many tablets </span></span><span><span>Android Honeycomb</span></span><span><span> proposed by a very wide range of manufacturers, including Samsung, Acer, ASUS, Toshiba and Sony.</span></span></p>
<p>In 2 short years Android tablets have caught up to the tablet pioneer the iPad and since Amazon entered the tablet industry in the fall of 2011 with the Kindle Fire Android tablets got a massive surge in popularity. Because the Kindle Fire was such a success, rumor has it they are releasing a <a href="http://www.fire2.net">Kindle Fire 2</a> sometime in 2012 and it is expected to compete with the iPad 3 which is being launched by Apple this year.</p>
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		<title>What is a Book?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The book is defined by Webster as &#8220;a meeting of several sheets for supporting a handwritten or printed.&#8221; In his New Universal Dictionary (edition 1870 ), Maurice Lachâtre defines<a href="http://www.bookchoy.com/what-is-a-book.html" class="searchmore">Read the Rest...</a><div class="clr"></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span><span>The book is defined by </span></span><span><span>Webster</span></span><span><span> as &#8220;a meeting of several sheets for supporting a handwritten or printed.&#8221; </span><span>In his </span></span><em><span><span>New Universal Dictionary</span></span></em><span><span> (edition </span></span><span><span>1870</span></span><span><span> ), </span></span><span><span>Maurice Lachâtre</span></span><span><span> defines it as &#8220;a collection of several sheets of paper, vellum, parchment, printed or handwritten and sewn together forming a volume covered with a sheet of paper , cardboard, parchment, sheepskin, calf, morocco, etc.. </span><span>&#8220;</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>As for the </span></span><span><span>French Academy</span></span><span><span> , it gives the following definitions:</span></span></p>
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<dd><span><span>&#8220;I. </span><span>Assembly of printed or handwritten notes to be read. </span><span>In Antiquity and the Middle Ages, following handwritten pages together in a band wrapped around a cylinder, or folded and sewn into signatures. </span><span>In modern times, assembly of printed sheets of paper, forming a bound or unbound.</span></span></dd>
<dd><span><span>II. </span><span>Associating sheets, where you register carries various information, various information. </span><span>&#8220;</span></span></dd>
</dl>
<p><span><span>A more technical definition is given by the </span></span><span><span>UNESCO</span></span><span><span>  :</span></span></p>
<dl>
<dd><span><span>&#8220;Non-periodical printed publication of at least 49 pages of the cover pages, published in the country and made available to the public. </span><span>&#8220;</span></span></dd>
</dl>
<p><span><span>The book is a </span></span><span><span>technical object</span></span><span><span> extending human capacities of communication beyond space and time. </span><span>It can convey meaning in a particular material form. </span><span>It is a volume of bound pages, or presenting a text in a common title page. </span><span>The manufacturing techniques used to fix definitely lead content. </span><span>Form induces a linear organization (pagination, chapters, etc..). </span><span>It also includes access tools &#8220;synchronic&#8221; (index, index).</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>There are many books by genre, structuring intellectual recipients, according to the method of manufacture and formats by custom &#8230;</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>Intellectual work designed by an author, a book was published &#8211; with some exceptions, such as the </span></span><span><span>artist&#8217;s book</span></span><span><span> - a multiple by a publisher, as evidenced by the identification details must include it.</span><span>Interface between a reader and writer, is a cultural artifact related to Western history.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>A physical description of the book can help retain the following three functions: medium of writing, dissemination and preservation of various types of texts, transportability.</span></span></p>
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