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부천 처음교회 /

2015-07-22T07:56:00.002-07:00

bbhbbhro 00:06|twitter

PD수첩, 부천C교회.. 우리집 근처인데.. 문제 많은 교회군요. 클로징 멘트에 동감이 간다.
"교회가 사회를 걱정하는게 아니라 사회가 교회를 걱정한다"
00:12|twitter

돈받고 면죄부 팔던 카톨릭을 개혁한다고 생긴 개신교가 돈가지고 저렇게 장난치는거 보면
진짜 영혼은 커녕 자기 뿌리도 모르는거다. #피디수첩 #교회 #개신교

해당 게시물이 신고를 받았다. 나는 저 c교회가 뭐였는지도 몰랐고 이런 글 썼는지도 가물가물 했는데, 직접 신고하셔서 이름을 이렇게 밝혀주셨네. 그리고 난 아직도 이 글이 왜 신고 당했는지도 모르겠다. 내가 특정 교회를 언급했나?

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안녕하세요
Daum 권리침해신고센터 입니다

고객님의 Daum 서비스 이용에 대하여 안내말씀 드립니다.

고객님께서 작성하신 게시물에 대해 권리침해신고가 접수되어 아래와 같이 조치되었습니다. 조치내용을 확인하시어 서비스 이용에 불편이 없도록 많은 협조 부탁드립니다.

• 신고대상 : [2013년 8월28일 Twitter 이야기]

• 신고자　 : 처음교회 (구. 대한예수교장로회 부천제일교회)

• 신고내용 : 명예훼손 게시물 삭제 요청

• 조치일자 : 2015/07/20

• 조치내용 : 해당 게시물 임시조치

임시조치는 '정보통신망 이용촉진 및 정보보호 등에 관한 법률 제44조의2(정보의 삭제요청 등)'에 의거 합니다.

Daum 내 게시물로 인해서 명예훼손 등 권리를 침해 받고 있음을 소명하는 신고가 접수되면, 권리침해 여부를 판단할 수 없거나 당사자 간의 다툼이 예상되는 경우 해당 게시물 등에 대한 접근을 임시적으로 차단하는 임시조치를 취합니다.

그렇다고 해서 고객님께서 타인의 권리를 명백히 침해하셨다는 것은 아니며, Daum에서는 고객님의 권리를 보호하고자 게시물 복원 신청 제도를 두고 있습니다.

임시조치된 게시물의 복원을 원하실 경우, [게시물 복원 신청 안내] 페이지를 참고하시어 게시물 차단일로부터 30일 이내에 복원 신청을 접수하여 주시기 바랍니다. 단, 게시물 차단일로부터 30일 이내에 복원 신청이 접수되지 않을 경우 해당 게시물은 임시조치 기간 만료 이후 삭제됩니다.

불필요한 분쟁에 휘말리고 싶지 않아 해당 게시물의 즉각적인 삭제를 원하신다면, 아래와 같이 삭제 신청서를 보내주세요. 언제든지 해당 게시물의 삭제가 가능함을 알려드립니다. ① 제목 : 본인 글 삭제 신청서 ② 내용 : 이름 / 게시자 아이디 / 삭제를 신청하는 게시물의 주소,제목 ③ 보내실곳 : [권리침해신고 문의하기]

※ 블로그,요즘,tv팟 서비스 내 게시물 또는 뉴스 댓글이 임시조치되었을 경우에는 별도의 삭제 신청 절차 없이 해당 게시물(댓글)을 작성하신 계정으로 로그인하여 고객님께서 직접 게시물을 삭제하실 수 있으니 참고해 주시기 바랍니다.

권리침해신고와 관련하여 궁금하신 사항은 언제든지 [권리침해신고센터]로 문의주시면 성실히 답변해 드리겠습니다.

감사합니다.

※ 권리침해신고센터 도움말

조웅목사 관련 기사들 스크랩.

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안단테 사랑 TV안단테사랑 VJ홈

클릭! <삼성캠 재방송>조웅 목사 2차 폭로 방송♤향린교회 부정선거 시연회 < 팝업창 실행 >

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팝업창 시청/채팅 참여

<동영상 자료>

충격적인 엄청난 폭로 증언 동영상 <분류 당선 ㅂㄱㅎ 뒤에는 최태민 사위 정윤회가 실세다.> 18대 대선 부정선거공청회 및 시연. 1987년 노태우 당선 때 구로구

분류당선ㅂㄱㅎ뒤에는최태민사위정윤회가실세다
윤정 강 게시 시간: 2013. 02. 16. http://youtu.be/QW7USse_j2g

조웅목사님 5.16쿠테타세력이고 중앙정보부창설멤버
분류당선범 ㅂㄱㅎ 뒤에는최태민의사위 정윤회가있다고 폭로!!
도덕적으로도말이안됀다고개탄!! 또장자끄꾸르와라고 상공회의소소장은
북한7년살고 북한방문도주선한 북한첩보원으로본다고하심!!
시간: 토요일, 2월 16, 2013 Label: YouTube_News

18대대선부정선거공청회및시연~수개표안한동영상공개
윤정 강 게시 시간: 2013. 02. 16. http://youtu.be/qSeb51TWvSk

선관위가 국회시연회를하였고 그때 수개표안한시간대가증명이되었다 이에부정선거시연과공천회도함!! 수개표안한동영상 폭로~!!

18대대선부정선거공청회및시연~이경목교수님편
윤정 강 게시 시간: 2013. 02. 16. http://youtu.be/b4yrscySzgc

선관위가 국회시연회를하였고 그때 수개표안한시간대가증명이되었다 이에부정선거시연과공천회도함!! 수개표안한동영상 폭로~!!

18대대선부정선거공천회후 질의응답
윤정 강 게시 시간: 2013. 02. 16. http://youtu.be/e7-VJ0TY5Us

선관위가 국회시연회를하였고 그때 수개표안한시간대가증명이되었다 이에부정선거시연과공천회도함!! 수개표안한동영상 폭로~!!

1987년노태우당선때구로구부정선거
윤정 강 게시 시간: 2013. 02. 16. http://youtu.be/qxDwu7dsHRQ

그때나지금이나...서민들만죽는구나~~!! 이런역사는 알려지지도않았음!!

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1월12일 대한문 수개표 촛불집회 1편

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갑자기 나타난 동영상인데 이거 뭐 목숨걸고 동영상 찍은거 같네요,,,,뭐지금 인터넷에는 벌써 박시후 성폭행이 실시간으로 주웅목사1위를 밀어내버렸지만 언제나 그렇지만 벌써 잡업은 들어간거 같고 검,경,정 어디하나 말이 없네요, 지금 부랴부랴 뭔가를 준비중이겠지만,,,이거 인터넷강국 답게 엉청 빠ㅓㄹ리 퍼져버려서 관계자도 힘을 못쓴듯하네요,,,글쓰는 와중에 다시 조웅목사님 이 1위 탈환했네요 ㅎㅎㅎ 완전 리얼이다...ㅎㅎ

● 인터뷰 조 웅 목사
- 박정희와 함께 5.16쿠테타를 주도. [중앙정보부(現 국정원) 창설멤버]
- 황태성 사건을 미 CIA에 제보 하여 미국에 한.미 합동조사단을 요구하였으나 무산 됨.
- 그 일(황태성 사건)을 CIA에 제보했다는 이유로 박정희로 부터 무수한 암살 위협을 받음.
- 박정희가 조 웅을 암살하라고 하자 김형욱(前 중앙정보부장)이 반대 (김형욱은 조 웅 목사님을 커버해

주셨으나 1979년 프랑스에서 실종. 조 웅 목사는 또 김재규를 보호하려다가 테러도 당했다고 함.)

--------------- 인터뷰 내용 요약. ---------------
● 현재 상공회의소 소장인 '장자크구로아(EU 코리아 이사장)'는 북한에 7년 거주,

김정일의 첩보라인. 박근혜는 EU코리아 이사이며 현재 박근혜와 밀접한 관계.

● 박근혜, 정윤회(최태민 딸의 남편), 장자크구로아,

수행비서 총 4명이 김정일 전용기 편으로 평양 도착.

● 박근혜와 김정일이 4시간 30분간 독대. 만찬에서 박근혜는 마약이 섞인

'백두산삼독주'를 마심, 3박4일 동안 김정일을 만났고. 김정일과 동침(잠자리)함.

(미국 CIA 정보라고 함)

● 박근혜는 평양 방문 시 정부의 허가를 받지 않은 500억을 들고 감.

(미국 CIA 정보 /조 웅 목사가 외환관리법위반으로 고발)

● 박근혜는 김일성의 묘소에 참배

( 고려연방제를 창설 하겠다고 선서 / 조 웅 목사가 국가보안법 위반으로 고발)

● 박근혜는 최태민과 15년을 동거를 했고, 그의 아이를 두 번 지움.
[조 웅 목사는 검사에게 박근혜 생식기 조사(임신 여부)를 하자고 했지만 검사가 거절.]

● 박근혜는 최태민 사망 후 정윤회(최태민 딸의 남편)와 불륜관계를 가지며 16년을 동거.
[현재 정윤회는 최태민이 박근혜에게 준 재산관리를 하며 인수위원 안에서 모든 키를

쥐고있다.]

● 박근혜 뒤에는 정윤회가 있다. 돈. 인사 등등.. 박근혜는 허수아비다.

실질적인 실세는 정윤회라고 함.

정윤회와의 불륜관계는 최태민 본처의 첫째 아들 최재석이 폭로한 것이고 함.

● 박정희 집안 전체가 마약을 하고있다. 현재도 박근혜는 정윤회와 마약을 할 것이다.

박지만 뿐만아니라 집안 전체가 마약을 한다. (마약 제공자는 '장자크구로아')

● 박근혜 뒤에는 북한첩보라인인 장자크구로아가 있음.

● 정윤회는 현재 박근혜의 통치자금을 관리하고 모든 인사권을 가지고 밀실정치를 한다.
현재 인수위 및 공직 임명자들도 모두 정윤회의 작품이며, 모조리 허수아비 일 뿐이다.

● 증거는 책과 수백장의 고발장이다. 책(제목: 황태성 박정희 김종필 커넥션) 은

조 웅 목사가 직접 씀. 겨우10000부 발행만 허가를 받았고 현재는 품절.

● " 박근혜의 집권을 필히 막아야 한다. 목숨걸고 하는 말이다.아직까지도 신변의

위협을 받는다. 박근혜는 도덕성, 이념에도 문제가 있고 절대 대통령이 되서는 안되는

인물이다. 이런 사실이 알려지지 않았기에 답답하고 원통해서 말한다.
박근혜가 안보 안보 하는것은 다 쑈이다. 북한첩보라인(장자크구로아)과 이미 깊숙히

연관되어있다. 또 이 사실을 아는 분은 이항(?) 목사님 및 고발장 쓴 거 본 사람들이다 "

-조 웅 목사-
● 조 웅 목사는 불륜 및. 국가보안법위반. 외환관리법위반 사건으로 대검찰정에

박근혜 고발을 수백번 하셨지만 흐지부지 되다가 묻혔다고 함.

등장인물들

왜 이렇게 불안하지 옆집에 도둑 들은것 처럼.....

태국 방콕 알카자쇼 3화 (게이쇼)

2013-02-03T05:43:00.001-08:00

High Shock Lingerie Show at Salon International De La Lingerie, Paris | ...

2013-02-03T05:40:00.001-08:00

Going wild with AJ Fosik

2012-12-15T04:48:00.001-08:00

Going wild with AJ Fosik:
Vibrant colours and eclectic animal faces are two of the signature elements of the American sculptor AJ Fosik. His three-dimensional constructions, transforming everyday objects into something extraordinary by carefully assembling hundreds of individually cut pieces of wood and found materials. That this artist was meant to be a sculptor is obvious when seeing these American Folk Art and street art (just to name a few) influenced pieces. They are awesome and leave the viewer fascinated by the dynamic tension and impressed by the details they have to offer.

Sounds Of The Night - Tiësto x Melanie Iglesias

2012-11-20T20:02:00.001-08:00

Almost Human: animal photography by Tim Flach

2012-11-19T17:35:00.001-08:00

Almost Human: animal photography by Tim Flach:
Tim Flach photographs animals. But, unlike most anyone who simply snaps photos of their pets or animals at the zoo, he somehow seems to have some phenomenal way of making them share their feelings with us. His visual portrayal of our beastly brethren is captivating, to say the least.

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The Power of Sleep: PBS NewsHour on why we can't stop snoozing

2012-11-18T21:14:00.001-08:00

The Power of Sleep: PBS NewsHour on why we can't stop snoozing:

Miles O'Brien has a wonderful piece on NewsHour about the neuroscience of sleep and other forms of brain-rest, including meditation. I was present for some of the taping and research, and I love how the story turned out.

Sleep deprivation can cause serious health and cognitive problems in humans. In short, it can make us fat, sick and stupid. But why do humans need so much sleep? Science correspondent Miles O'Brien talks to scientists on the cutting edge of sleep research and asks if there's any way humans might evolve into getting by with less.

And below, some out-takes from Miles' time swimming with dolphins at SeaWorld. Dolphins sleep in a very interesting way, and you'll want to watch the piece to learn more. PBS Link, and YouTube Link.

Share Your Next Airport Taxi With This Website

2012-11-18T21:07:00.001-08:00

Share Your Next Airport Taxi With This Website:

You know the drill. You touch down at the airport and claim your luggage; maybe grab some coffee, run to the restroom or make a quick phone call. But your trip's not over quite yet. You still need to get into the city. Outside, there's a line of people -- bags in hand, tempers short -- waiting for cab rides. You could get lucky and find someone who's willing to split one if they're going the same direction as you. It's a tough find, though. Chances are, you end up waiting for ages.
And on it goes.
A new website called Shairporter aims to fix that. It's a basic platform that connects you with others to share taxi rides to and from New York City airports -- the end goal being to save…
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Export Google Reader Data in Google Takeout

2012-11-18T20:21:00.001-08:00

Export Google Reader Data in Google Takeout: When Google Reader dropped support for the built-in sharing features and integrated with Google+, the settings page added a long list of JSON files you could save to your computer to export your followers, the items you've shared or starred, your notes and more. Until then, you could only export your subscriptions.

Now all these files can be downloaded from Google Takeout, a service that lets you export data from Google+, Google Drive, Google Contacts, Picasa Web, YouTube and more. Reader is probably the only Google service that sends users to Google Takeout to export data.

Unfortunately, you need to download 8 files even if you only want to export the subscriptions OPML file. Google has to create a ZIP archive first, so you'll have to wait a lot more. Instead of downloading a small XML file, you need to download a large archive (34MB for my account). That's a general issue with Google Takeout, which only lets you download all your YouTube videos, all your Picasa Web photos, all your Google Drive files.

Another service recently added to Takeout is Google Latitude. You can download a JSON file with your location history data.

Let's hope that developers will create cool apps that parse these JSON files and make them more useful. Maybe Google should also offer human-readable formats like HTML.

{ via Data Liberation Blog. Thanks, Herin. }

How Droughts Can Cause Power Outages

2012-11-18T20:15:00.001-08:00

How Droughts Can Cause Power Outages:

Hundreds of millions of people in India lost power this summer, in part because of a delayed monsoon season. Rainfall may seem far removed from power plants, but the fate of water in a region often affects the power there, too. In India's case, the late rains meant farmers took more water from rivers to water their crops. The rivers were left with too little energy for the country's hydropower plants.
In the future, water shortages could lead to simultaneous electricity and fuel shortages, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency. The Paris-based agency studies the global energy market and helps 28 nations coordinate with each other during an oil supply emergenc…
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Tokyo Compression, Photos of Commuters in Overcrowded Tokyo Trains

2012-11-18T18:23:00.001-08:00

Tokyo Compression, Photos of Commuters in Overcrowded Tokyo Trains:

“Tokyo Compression” is an ongoing photo series by Hong Kong-based Michael Wolf that shows commuters pressed uncomfortably against or standing behind the sweaty windows of Tokyo, Japan’s overcrowded underground trains. Wolf recently authored his third book on the subject, titled Tokyo Compression Three, which is available to purchase at Amazon. Additional images from the series can be viewed at Wolf’s website.

The third edition of the classic picture book. With “Tokyo Compression” Michael Wolf has hit a nerve. The award-winning portraits of people who are sandwiched between glass, steel and other passengers are in the Tokyo subway on the way, have been shown in exhibitions around the world, the first two editions of the book are out of print. Michael Wolf was also the subject of not going. He went once more back to Tokyo to once again dive into the underground madness. With “Tokyo Compression Three” now appears the third, completely revised edition of the classic with many previously unpublished photos and a completely new guy at the end of the book. Before Michael Wolf, other artists have photographed in the subway, including such famous names as Bruce Davidson, Walker Evans, the approach and the visual language of “compression” but are new. Michael Wolf is not interested in seat cushions, graffiti, interior design of the cars and drivers to the ratio of the Metro. Instead, he discovered the subway system is a good place to explore the soul and physical states of the city folk. Wolf saves from sämtliches accessories focused exclusively faces and figures and creates with his radical aesthetics tremendously intense images that are directly aimed at disturbing, even shocking way into the inner life of the sitter. With its accompanying essay TOKYO SUBWAY DREAMS provides Christian Schüle a grim diagnosis for mass loneliness in modern mega Cities.

photos by Michael Wolf
via Slate Behold

Then and Now Photos of Kids & Their Dogs

2012-10-29T19:48:00.001-07:00

Then and Now Photos of Kids & Their Dogs:

The site DogHeirs has compiled several ‘then & now’ family photos of kids and their dogs. Each one is a sweet tribute to the longtime friendship that kids have with their canine companions. The entire image gallery can be viewed at DogHeirs.

images via DogHeirs

Luxury Chicks, A Fashion Photo Series With Chickens

2012-10-29T19:29:00.001-07:00

Luxury Chicks, A Fashion Photo Series With Chickens:

“Luxury Chicks” is a fashion photo series by Peter Lippmann that features some very posh chickens. Lippmann created the series for Marie Claire magazine. We previously wrote about “Paradise Parking,” Lippmann’s stunning photo series of decrepit cars.

Peter Lippmann

Facebook Barely Beats Twitter, Trounces Google+ Among Teens [VIDEO]

2012-10-25T20:26:00.001-07:00

Facebook Barely Beats Twitter, Trounces Google+ Among Teens [VIDEO]:

It came as little surprise that Facebook was the social network of choice in a recent survey of 7,700 teens across the U.S. But now that the study's authors have revealed its numbers, we can see just how much -- or indeed, how little -- Facebook won by.
The teenagers in the survey, conducted by Gene Munster and Douglas Clinton at analyst firm Piper Jaffray, were asked to rank social networks in order of preference, from 1 to 3. Alternatives to Facebook included Twitter, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr and LinkedIn.
Facebook was the first choice for 3,280 of the teens, followed by Twitter with 2,118 and Instagram with 928. Google+ won the he…
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Facebook Barely Beats Twitter, Trounces Google+ Among Teens [VIDEO]

2012-10-25T20:25:00.001-07:00

Facebook Barely Beats Twitter, Trounces Google+ Among Teens [VIDEO]

Explosions, High Speed Photos of Items Exploding by Alan Sailer

2012-10-23T00:03:00.001-07:00

Explosions, High Speed Photos of Items Exploding by Alan Sailer:

Breaking Up is Hard to Do by Alan Sailer
Photographer Alan Sailer continues his ongoing high-speed photography war by taking photos of more exploding items for his excellent Explosions series. You can view more explosive photos by Alan Sailer on Flickr and 500px.

Achoo Pikachu by Alan Sailer

Mr. Potato Dead by Alan Sailer

Troll Face Lift by Alan Sailer

Bullish by Alan Sailer

I Blue Up My Purple Skirt by Alan Sailer

Shutter Malfunction by Alan Sailer

Just For Show Horse by Alan Sailer
photos by Alan Sailer
via Diary of a Manman and Alex Pardee’s TUMBLRCULOSIS

The human face of big data

2012-10-22T23:59:00.001-07:00

The human face of big data: Every day, Twitter users send 400 million Tweets expressing a vast array of ideas and opinions. Collectively, and studied in aggregate, public Tweets are not only measurable. They can reveal any number of clues and trends about who we are: our cultures, our mindsets, who we favor or disfavor, and much more.

For instance, analyzing billions of Tweets helped two researchers unlock new insights about public health issues and the way disease is spread.

Each week the millions of Tweets about the U.S. presidential candidates provide a real-time barometer of voter sentiment. Sometimes Twitter data can even help people when they need it most: during moments of crisis like natural disasters.

Capturing these trends and ideas involves processing and deriving insights from enormous amounts of data. Since we live increasingly connected lives about which we share information on Twitter and other services, there is a growing desire to understand what this kind of data can tell us about ourselves.

This is one reason we’re pleased to take part in a significant project called The Human Face of Big Data. It's a project that represents a captivating attempt to explain humanity's new ability to collect, analyze, triangulate and visualize vast amounts of data in real time, creating what amounts to a central nervous system for our world. A free mobile app in A free mobile app for Android and iOS versions lets anyone in the world be a part of the conversation. You’ll be able to share everything you learn about yourself on Twitter via the app.

The Human Face team is also publishing a large-format book on November 20th featuring the remarkable stories and images that illustrate the immense range of big data efforts that already shape our world. With the project’s permission, we’re able to share this wonderful spread about Twitter from the book with you, designed by famed infographics guru Nigel Holmes (@nigelblue).

Finally, at 11am PT/2pm ET tomorrow (Oct. 19) I will be doing a Twitter chat with the @FaceOfBigData team about the role of Twitter in capturing and revealing our patterns and interest trends. Join us on the chat by including #bigdatachat and #HFOBD in your Tweets. Look forward to speaking with you all then.

Posted by Isaac Hepworth - @isaach
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X-Ray Bones Athletic Tights For Women by Nike

2012-10-22T23:55:00.001-07:00

X-Ray Bones Athletic Tights For Women by Nike:

The Nike Women’s Exclusive Print tight are athletic pants (tights) designed with images of X-ray bones to “show what women are made of” by giving a “glimpse of [their] inner toughness.” They are digitally printed and are available to purchase in black and grey, green and purple or all-nude.

The new Nike Women’s Exclusive Print tight is a performance based pant for the athlete unafraid to make a statement. On the outside, she might be the girl next door, but on the inside, her body has survived grueling workouts, often pushing through pain, broken bones, pulled muscles and harsh tears…
The silhouette is borne from the Nike Pro tight with Dri-FIT and spandex materials, and is meant to withstand the harshest of workouts but is stylish for wearing post boot-camp or out on the town. The tight features a wide, elastic embossed waistband that is slimming and comfortable, and debuts this season in black and grey, green and purple or all-nude. Engineered visible X-Ray bones on both the front and back of the legs will create more than a few double-takes.
They are not to be worn by the timid, the weak or the wallflower. They are for the woman who wants to let people know she’s not just an average girl – she’s an athlete.

images via Nike
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Korean messaging company Kakao partners with Yahoo Japan, eying larger Japanese profile

2012-10-22T23:33:00.001-07:00

Korean messaging company Kakao partners with Yahoo Japan, eying larger Japanese profile:
Kakao, the Korean maker of mobile focused WhatsApp-like VoIP app Kakao Talk, has announced a significant deal with Yahoo Japan which sees the two firms club together to promote and market the service, which it says has 65 million global users, in Japan.
Rival Line, which recently passed 60 million users at a rate of 5 million new sign-ups per 3 weeks, is the dominant player in the Japanese mobile messaging space but Yahoo Japan — which itself is a joint-venture between Yahoo Inc and operator Softbank — is aiming to bring greater competition, and new monetization streams, by promoting the Korean app through its popular and visible services.
Yahoo Japan is buying into Kakao Japan, the existing Japan based subsidiary, and the investment will see both sides take 50 percent stakes in the business.
“The deal will help increase the smartphone penetration rate in Japan and combine Kakao’s mobile expertise with Yahoo Japan’s userbase and profile,” a Kakao representative told The Next Web.
The companies have confirmed that they have plans to expand to offer additional services in due course, although further details of that are not being divulged for now.
It’s interesting to see this deal struck as mobile messaging apps are increasingly popular, particularly in Asia, where they are rivalling established social networks for attention on smartphones. The coming-together is a significant one for Kakao Talk, which has so far failed to replicate its success in Korea overseas, and it can look forward to a massive boost. Yahoo Japan is the country’s top news portal, and search firm, bringing in 2.3 billion page views per day, as Serkan Toto points out, and already the news is the talk of Twitter in Japan.
For Yahoo Japan, the deal is another piece of its growing mobile content strategy, and, in the announcement, the company cites the growth of smartphone and device-based services — such as Twitter and Facebook — as examples of new business opportunities and consumer trends.
Just last month, Yahoo Japan forked out $12.8 million to buy mobile content startup Community Factory– maker of popular photo app Decopic — as part of new CEO Manabu Miyasaka’s goal to strengthen the company’s mobile and social footprints.
Toto, an analyst who closely follows Japan’s Web and mobile trends, believes the coming-together is a match “made in heaven” that was much needed for Kakao.

“Kakao Talk clearly lost against LINE in Japan, and I think this deal is the only way for them to possibly turn things around. LINE already reached a high penetration among smartphone users in Japan, is still considered to be ‘cool’, and invests millions of yen into TV advertising in order to maintain its position.”
“Given that Yahoo Japan has been focusing on mobile and social recently, this is a match made in heaven.”

Kakao Talk makes its money through the sale of virtual content and opt-in advertising for businesses. The startup was recently reported to have attracted the interest of Korean Internet firm SK Communications — which runs popular local social network Cyworld — however a Kakao spokesperson rejected the rumor when contacted by TNW.
Kakao Talk has a reported 90 percent attachment rate in Korea’s growing smartphone market — which numbered 30 million devices as of August — and it will be interesting to see whether Line makes a move to defend its home territory. The startup recently boosted its presence through a tie-in with operator KDDI.
Though clamshell-style Web-enabled feature phones are still popular, smartphone ownership is growing in Japan. Research from comScore suggests that Android leads the way, accounting for 68 percent of the estimated 24 million smartphones there.
Though Yahoo Japan is independent to Yahoo Inc, the ‘Big Y’ has been busy in Asia today, where it announced plans to withdraw from South Korea this year.
Image via Getty Images / AFP / Park Ji-Hwan - hat tip Andy Tebay

Color photos of Nazi-occupied Poland, 1939-1940

2012-10-22T23:24:00.001-07:00

Color photos of Nazi-occupied Poland, 1939-1940:
German photographer Hugo Jaeger traveled around Poland after the Nazi invasion and documented daily life there. Life has a selection of Jaeger's color photos from that time.

Why would Hugo Jaeger, a photographer dedicated to lionizing Adolf Hitler and the "triumphs" of the Third Reich, choose to immortalize conquered Jews in Warsaw and Kutno (a small town in central Poland) in such an uncharacteristic, intimate manner? Most German photographers working in the same era as Jaeger usually focused on the Wehrmacht; on Nazi leaders; and on the military victories the Reich was so routinely enjoying in the earliest days of the Second World War. Those pictures frequently document brutal acts of humiliation, even as they glorify German troops.

The photographs that Jaeger made in the German ghettos in occupied Poland, on the other hand, convey almost nothing of the triumphalism seen in so many of his other photographs. Here, in fact, there is virtually no German military presence at all. We see the devastation in the landscape of the German invasion of Poland, but very little of the "master race" itself.

It is, of course, impossible to fully recreate exactly what Jaeger had in mind, but from the reactions of the people portrayed in these images in Warsaw and Kutno, there appears to be surprising little hostility between the photographer and his subjects. Most of the people in these pictures, Poles and Jews, are smiling at the camera. They trust Jaeger, and are as curious about this man with a camera as he is about them. In this curiosity, there is no sense of hatred. The men, women and children on the other side of the lens and Jaeger look upon one another without the aggression and tension characteristic of the relationship between perpetrator and victim.

It's still amazing the extent to which early color photography can transport us back to the past in a way that black & white photography or even video cannot.
Tags: early color photography Hugo Jaeger photography Poland World War II

REI’s Essential Tools & Skills for Surviving a Zombie Outbreak

2012-10-22T23:12:00.001-07:00

REI’s Essential Tools & Skills for Surviving a Zombie Outbreak:

Outdoor clothing and gear retailer REI has created a tongue-in-cheek zombie survival infographic which provides a list of the essential tools you will need to “keep from becoming a snack for ravenous hordes of flesh-eating ghouls.” It also provides step-by-step illustrations that demonstrate “critical zombie survival skills” (for example, learn to neutralize a zombie with a cast-iron skillet) and a list of recommended zombie research materials (films/books/etc.). They are also offering in-store zombie preparedness classes which they say “are not only a fun way to get ready for zombies, they are even more useful for other disasters such as earthquakes and major storms.”

Zombie outbreaks happen. Gear up with REI to avoid getting eaten by moaning masses of undead cannibals.

images via REI

LG trolls elevator passengers to show how ‘lifelike’ its new IPS monitors are [Video]

2012-10-22T19:11:00.001-07:00

LG trolls elevator passengers to show how ‘lifelike’ its new IPS monitors are [Video]:
For technology manufacturers, there’s no better way of showing off what your new product can do than deploying it in a real-world environment, where people can see for themselves.
To show off its new IPS monitors, LG combined nine of its displays, arranged them in a three-by-three grid, and fix them to a floor of an elevator.
Cue some good old-fashioned trolling:

Ghosts of War, Then and Now Composite Photos of World War II

2012-10-22T18:33:00.001-07:00

Ghosts of War, Then and Now Composite Photos of World War II:

“Ghosts of War” is an ongoing series of then and now composite photos of Europe during World War II. Dutch historian Jo Teeuwisse creates each image by first tracking down the location depicted in the photo. She then replicates the photo with her own camera (some modern day photos were taken by claude.demeester) and digitally combines the images into a ghostly composite. For more of her then and now composites, see her Flickr collection “The Ghosts of History.”

via PetaPixel
images by Jo Teeuwisse