*shudder* horrible horrible free market - right wing propaganda. "Built in welfare transfer system" = *lies

And these 'spontaneous' interviews with the token maximally pigmented dude and the painted dude? *lies

Early buyers are impatient idiots. The companies knows that there will always be impatient idiots who want to have the prestige of owning sth "first!" <-- (these people). So why not charge more if there are impatient idiots? When the companies run out of impatient idiots, they lower their prices. *lies .

Sorry, but I dislike ideologues (must have sth. to do with growing up in Germany)

secret ingredient is ferric iron oxide powder, used to make black oil painting pigment, sold at art supply stores.

pretty nifty!

As an artist and a painter, there is nothing new here that I didn't already know or understand.
I had hoped he would zoom in more and identify the bonding precess of the latex particles.

Different types of paints bond differently. (oil, water colours, latex, acrylic, gouache, egg)

Acrylic is quite different than most paints as once the medium evaporates and the pigment binds, it cannot be redissolved.Once the barrier between the pigment particles is removed, the pigments bond to one another to become a larger particle, on and on until the paint is dry and the particles form one large piece of solid plastic - never again to be separated.

Water Colours have no binders in them at all so once the water evaporates, the pigment just drys on the paper. Re-introducing water again will lift the pigment again as the process starts over. (minus pigment particles that get caught in the tooth of the paper.)

Oil paints stick together in linseed oil and are bonded by the linseed. It causes a strong bond but oil paint can be dissolved again using the right solvents. A varnish is used not to adhere (or fix) the pigment but to both hide linseed imperfections and to protect the paint surface from scratches.

Latex paint is a rubber (unlike plastic acrylics) and the process for the drying is different again. Anyone ever watch a foam rubber pour?

With all the differences, this video gives a rather slim and elementary vision of what is going on. It's more a document of evaporation more than anything as we watch the water dissipate and leave the pigment behind to stack on itself.

I would really like to have seen the actual pigments bonding with each other. I would also have liked to have seen different paints in comparison.

Suddenly racist white people everywhere are for affirmative action. I say complicated but more bad than good. You don't want to discourage underrepresented groups from trying. But at the same time there's nothing more crushing being told you don't qualify for a position because too many people with the same skin pigment or sexual organs as you have already qualified, and they need to let in more less qualified people because they have different skin pigments or sexual organs.

Maybe if we invested more in SCIENCE, and less in war there'd be enough positions for everyone with the drive and skill to obtain them.

My 200,000 melanin-pigmented dopaminergic neurons in the rostral and caudal nucleus linearis of the ventral tegmental area, caudal to the pons Varolii tissue at the base of the mesencephalon just told me that if I buy one of these they will get me high.

>> ^HugeJerk:

I love the guy at the end. Christians know how to make people who were one color into another, they turned Jesus white thru propaganda!


Please don't generalize all Christians like this. Jesus was Jewish (Israelites). That is one of the biggest qualifications of the Messiah, i.e. to be of the line of David. Therefore he had a Mediterranean pigmentation. He was not black, nor was he white.

In regards to race...

There has been two major dispensations from God. In one he dealt with the Israelites, and everyone else was referred to as Gentiles (Asians, Africans, Whites, Hispanics, Canadians :-) , etc.). The gentiles during the time of the old testament were regarded somewhat (a generalization) as heathens. Then after Jesus came and went everyone (Jews and Gentiles) are dealt pretty much the same. This is an over-generalization but it is generally close enough. During the tribulation period God will once again work only through the Israelites.

And for the white supremists out there... Acts 8 is a passage in the Bible where God specifically cares for a black person. You can read a commentary about it here:

http://www.biblegateway.com/resources/commentaries/IVP-NT/Acts/Philip-Ethiopian-Eunuch

To summarize... Philip is in the middle of a great revival. Many people were being saved. Yet God calls him away so he can go to a desert and witness to a black man, an Ethiopian. Is this not convincing enough to show how God cares for everyone of the world? There is also the passage about the good-samaritan. This passage also refers to race since Samaritans were considered half-breeds (half Jewish and half gentile).

So there is enough Biblical evidence to show that God cares for all people of the world.


This video is about white trash. Don't lump all Christians with them.

It really wasn't all that bad up until the end, when the guy with glasses fails to understand skin pigmentation, shame it cuts off, I would have liked to see the reaction, if the "science" teacher would correct him.

I don't have a problem with the class, however it is quite evident that the teacher is not giving evolution a "fair shake", as his students appear woefully under informed.

Really I just feel bad for the kids, they are being denied an education.

This video is unfortunately dead now but there is a copy of it on YouTube. There's big news about the drug melanotan-1 featured in this video.

melanotan-1 (afamelanotide / Scenesse) has gotten approval in Italy as a dermal photoprotective melanin pigmentation inducing drug for those who suffer the painful photosensitivity stemming from the orphan disease erythropoietic protoporphyria. With the drug these folks are able to go out into light more and live more ordinary lives.

Here is the news.

more info: melanotan-1 Scenesse

Halt! Ich bin ein Offizier des Gesetzes! Alle von euch, Papiere bitte.

The Godwin is so easy, but its exactly why we have a constitution that allows for citizens the right to be free.

This law does exactly what I feared. Stop and Identify, no you are not free to go. You must first Identify.

The problem with this law, is that it will enable racial profiling, to be legal, when at the federal level it is not legal.

So just because I look Slavic, Irish, or Russian means that I have to identify? Perhaps if the majority where a darker pigmentation then the whites would have to stop and identify? Its so uncomplicated from a place of relative comfort. I weep for the state of Arizona's civil rights, where it is not so civil to be right.

See the link below for the Federal Stance on Racial Profiling, section 1 I. GUIDANCE FOR FEDERAL OFFICIALS ENGAGED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES
http://www.justice.gov/crt/split/documents/guidance_on_race.php

This bill ignores the real problem. Not justly dealing with the illegal immigration problem that exists in the western states. Tijuana any one, or Nogales? What about the 100 mile inland search and identify checkpoints? I was stopped but never searched every time I went from Arizona to Texas; I was questioned as well.

That's the hardest thing about this bill is that it seems to be doing some good, when in reality it is not. It skirts the issues, and only tightens its grip around civil rights and the freedom of citizens to move from place to place; without fear of repercussion or because of their pigmentation. It also puts a heavy hammer over the police to force them to do their jobs; whatever that may be.

There is an illegal immigration issue, but it hardly requires racist, or unconstitutional laws to solve it. As stereotypical as this sounds, a large amount of people will think that if a bill is not in place then illegal immigrants will get a free ride. That does a disservice to all Naturalized Citizens(Some of which may be more informed of US history than any Naturally Born Citizen), and it disenfranchises the conservative right; hardly needed at the moment.

Whether it is liked or not; illegal immigration is Illegal and that will probably never change.

From wiki:

Change of color

Some chameleon species are able to change their skin colors. Different chameleon species are able to change different colors which can include pink, blue, red, orange, green, black, brown, light blue, yellow and turquoise.[7][8]

Some varieties of chameleon - such as the Smith's dwarf chameleon - use their color-changing ability to blend in with their surroundings, as an effective form of camouflage.[9]

Color change is also used as an expression of the physiological condition of the lizard, and as a social indicator to other chameleons. Some research suggests that social signaling was the primary driving force behind the evolution of color change, and that camouflage evolved as a secondary concern.[10][11]

Chameleons have specialized cells, collectively called chromatophores, that lie in layers under their transparent outer skin. The cells in the upper layer, called xanthophores and erythrophores, contain yellow and red pigments respectively. Below these is another layer of cells called iridophores or guanophores, and they contain the colorless crystalline substance guanine. These are particularly strong reflectors of the blue part of incident light. If the upper layer of itchromatophores appears mainly yellow, the reflected light becomes green (blue plus yellow). A layer of dark melanin contained in melanophores is situated even deeper under the reflective iridophores. The melanophores determine the 'lightness' of the reflected light. These specialized cells are full of pigment granules, which are located in their cytoplasm. Dispersion of the pigment granules in the cell grants the intensity of appropriate color. If the pigment is equally distributed in the cell, the whole cell has the intensive color, which depends on the type of chromatophore cell. If the pigment is located only in the center of the cell, cell appears to be transparent. All these pigment cells can rapidly relocate their pigments, thereby influencing the color of the chameleon.

>> ^breaddoughrising:
Correct, they lose lots of heat through those highly vascularized big ears. They wouldn't be able to survive the heat in the Sahara without them. The pigment, language, and accent of the owner puts this unknown location much further north from the equator. The fox will not be able to retain heat well in that climate (most of the year) and therefore requires an additional source.
While they are not aggressive, they are also not truly tame. I'd bet dollars to donuts that those noises were stress/distress noises and it didn't want to be pet.
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why thank you, kindly. I think.

>> ^blankfist:
Why is there a rock in his bed? I'm... not entirely sure, but that IS a heat rock.
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They have the ears that help to lose heat, but don't forget that they also have to survive the desert nights, and they are cold. Not just cool, but cold. The fox can retain heat well enough to survive in non-equitorial areas. Certainly if the temperature is such that the young lady is comfortable with just a vest top and a thin skirt, the fox will have no problems keeping warm. Average daily temperature in the winter is 13ºC, so not exactly roasting.

>> ^Frynge:
http://www.videosift.com/video/One-of-us-from-the-movie-Freaks
why thank you, kindly. I think.

>> ^blankfist:
Why is there a rock in his bed?
I'm... not entirely sure, but that IS a heat rock.


Correct, they lose lots of heat through those highly vascularized big ears. They wouldn't be able to survive the heat in the Sahara without them. The pigment, language, and accent of the owner puts this unknown location much further north from the equator. The fox will not be able to retain heat well in that climate (most of the year) and therefore requires an additional source.

While they are not aggressive, they are also not truly tame. I'd bet dollars to donuts that those noises were stress/distress noises and it didn't want to be pet.

>> ^Thumper:
>> ^yourhydra:
Why would anyone of that size living in a green and brown forest habitat evolve to be blue????

Duh! So they can attract James Cameron to film them...


Many humans are white/orange despite living in green and brown terrain, so camouflage isn't always the most important factor.

If blue pigmentation was associated with greater fitness in some way (e.g. health or dominance) due to some kind of chemical factors, sexual selection alone could create it.

Overall, though, such strong pigmentation has a calorie cost, so it would tend to be lost unless a significant selective pressure was maintained. However, they show a blue monster also, so maybe there's some factor in the environment that causes it more directly.

That... was epic.

Especially when he hit on the Asian chick!

I think, from an evolutionary standpoint, that Diversity among species is a good thing.

Last time I checked, just because one person was a different color did not mean that they were a different species.

Now time for a sweeping, generalized insult to all those who think that having different skin pigmentation makes people a different species, pick up a fucking science book. Preferably one that does not have a warning on it about evolution.