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With roots in the modern art movement of 1960s Japan, designer Tadashi Shoji is passionate about designing his own luxurious fabrics and achieving an impeccably tailored fit. Utterly classic yet refined for the moment, scalloped ivory lace takes a neckline dip before floating gracefully into a lightly flared, floor-skimming silhouette.
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WASHINGTON — About 100 U.S. troops have deployed to the West African country of Niger to help establish a drone base for surveillance missions, in the latest step by the United States to aid French forces battling Islamic militants in neighboring Mali.
In a letter to Congress on Friday, President Obama said the deployment would "provide support for intelligence collection and will also facilitate intelligence sharing with French forces conducting operations in Mali, and with other partners in the region."
The last 40 American troops in the deployment arrived in Niger on Feb. 20 with the consent of the government, Obama said.
A senior U.S. officer described the troops as a security unit that will protect crews flying and maintaining U.S. Air Force drones now operating from an airfield near the capital, Niamey. The force includes drone pilots, intelligence liaison officers and aircraft maintenance personnel, the officer said.

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As consumer debt has skyrocketed to over $3 Trillion, many believe the only way out from under the mountain of bills is to declare bankruptcy. But is it right for you?
Many myths persist to misinform the public.
Myth: People who file bankruptcy can't get credit for 10 years
Nonsense. People in Chapter 13 can borrow money during the case; people who've filed Chapter 7 get inundated with credit card offers after they get their discharge. This is not credit at the best rates, but credit is available.
Myth: You lose everything you own in bankruptcy
Well over 95% of bankruptcy cases filed by individuals are "no asset" cases in which the debtor keeps everything he owns. That's because exemptions provide for assets that the debtor can keep and some assets, like pensions, are beyond the reach of bankruptcy trustees and creditors.
Myth: Bankruptcy represents personal or moral failure
More than 90% of bankruptcy filings are traceable to job loss; illness; or divorce, factors largely out of anyone's control. Bankruptcy is a safety value to prevent individuals from being buried by debts they can never repay.
Myth: You can't file bankruptcy if you have a job
The new "means test" is supposed to divert some filers who make more than the median income for households of their size in their state of residence to Chapter 13. The only way to fund a Chapter 13 plan is to HAVE a job. So, this is utterly untrue.
Myth: "You need to be flat broke before you should file."
"Probably the worst myth about bankruptcy is that you need to be flat broke before you should file," says Sacramento bankruptcy attorney Gerald B. Glazer. "It is not good to wait until creditors are knocking on your door," according to Glazer. Planning can prepare you for a bankruptcy that causes the least amount of financial disruption.
You Need a Bankruptcy Attorney On Your Side ... to stop those -
- Bill collectors' calls and letters
- Prevent home foreclosures
- Block garnishments from your paychecks
- Stop repossession of your car, boat,truck or other property
With a bankcruptcy attorney on your side, you can get immediate debt relief. You may even discharge all or part of your debt forever!
Make a fresh start without the burden of your old debt! Contact the Sacramento bankruptcy attorney now!


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Griffin debuts LightBoard case for iPad
Griffin Technology has debuted its new LightBoard case for the Apple iPad. Designed for use by children, the LightBoard is shatter-resistant polycarbonate case with openings for the speakers and headphone jack, a built-in polycarbonate screen protector, and a clipboard frame for holding pieces of 8.5" x 11" paper on the screen. The case is designed to work with LightBoard Trace app, a free application that offers more than 35 different coloring activities and figures. Griffin's LightBoard case for the Apple iPad includes a black washable felt-tip marker and is available now and sells for $40.
AG Findings intros Vent Shell for iPhone 4
AG Findings has introduced its new Vent Shell case for the iPhone 4. Made from polycarbonate, the Vent Shell features a one-piece perforated design, soft touch coating, and open access to all ports, controls, and the camera. The Vent Shell is available now in a variety of colors and sells for $20 for one case or $30 in a two-case combo pack, which is available at AT&T stores.
Survey: iPad, Kindle dominating e-Reader market
According to the results of the latest ChangeWave survey, the Apple iPad and Amazon Kindle are dominating the e-Reader market, despite differences in the devices' usage patterns. When asked what eBook reader they currently owned, 47 percent said the Kindle—down 15 percent since the prior survey—while 32 percent said they owned an iPad, double the 16 percent of the market it held in August. Other entrants in the market included the Sony Reader at five percent and the Barnes and Noble Nook at four. In terms of customer satisfaction, 75 percent of iPad owners said they were "very satisfied" with their device, compared to just 54 percent of Kindle owners; overall satisfaction numbers, which include both "very" and "somewhat" satisfied responses, were even at 96 percent.
Another question the survey posed was what type of content users read on their respective devices. While Kindle owners were more likely to read books on their device than iPad users—at a count of 93 percent to 76 percent, respectively, iPad owners were nearly five times more like to read newspapers and magazines than Kindle owners, and 15 times more likely to read blogs and news feeds using their devices. Finally, while just five percent of respondents said they were very likely to buy an e-Reader over the next 90 days—10 percent said they were somewhat likely—42 percent of those respondents said they were most likely to purchase an iPad, compared to 33 percent who said they were most likely to buy a Kindle. The survey was completed November 8 and included responses from more than 2,800 consumers.
Acrylic Times rebrands as Pulp, adds Magic Reader
Acrylic Software has released an update to its RSS reader for the iPad, adding several new features and renaming the application Pulp for iPad. Pulp provides iPad users with a customizable newspaper-style layout for reading RSS feeds, combining multiple feeds into a single page and allowing users to quickly scan through headlines, previews and photos. Users can create their own categories to separate feeds into newspaper-like pages and customize the column layout and presentation of information on each page. The application also includes support for importing feeds from Google Reader and sharing articles via e-mail and services such as Facebook and Twitter. Pulp 1.2 adds a new Magic Reader mode that allows users to view full stories from preview-only feeds presented in a clean iPad-friendly format. The update also redesigns the reading view to take better advantage of the iPad screen and provides full support for iOS 4.2 multitasking support. Pulp was originally released as Times and was renamed to Acrylic Times and then finally renamed to Pulp as a result of legal and trademark issues. Pulp for iPad is available from the App Store for $5.
Steve Jobs confirms AirPlay for Safari, 3rd-party apps?
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has reportedly responded to a customer email, saying the company hopes to expand the scope of its AirPlay streaming feature in 2011. Mac Rumors reports that a reader emailed Jobs, asking whether Apple planned to make AirPlay video streaming available in Safari and to third-party app developers. In typically terse fashion, Jobs supposedly responded, "Yep, hope to add these features to AirPlay in 2011." The inability to stream video from Safari or third-party apps, as well as the inability to stream videos shot on an iPhone 4 or iPhone 3GS directly to an Apple TV, have been discussed as major shortcomings of AirPlay.
Yelp adds Check-in Offers
Yelp has released an update to its social location app for the iPhone and iPod touch adding a new Check-in Offers feature. Yelp allows users to search for nearby businesses such as restaurants, bars and cafes using iOS Location Services, browse through reviews by other users and add their own quick tips, photos and reviews right from their iPhone. Yelp 4.5 adds a new Check-In Offers feature that allows users to take advantage of discounts and specials being offered by participating businesses by checking in to those locations on Yelp. Users can tap the "check-in" button within the app to indicate that they are at a business and will be presented with any available deals and offers upon checking. Businesses providing offers will be highlighted in search results and users can see a list of all offers near their location directly on the Nearby tab. Yelp is available from the App Store as a free download.
iPad launches in 11 countries, subsidy offered in Japan
Apple today officially launched the iPad in 11 more countries, while SoftBank announced a steep subsidy on iPad 3G models in concert with multi-month contracts. Included in today's launches are the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Malaysia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the previously announced South Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan. As Mac Rumors notes, pricing, retail distribution, and cellular data providers vary from country to country; interested customers should check with Apple to find out more information regarding availability. In addition, SoftBank is now offering a new pricing plan (Translated Link) which makes the 16GB 3G model free with a 24 month contract; customers must agree to pay 4,725 yen, or roughly $56, monthly for 3G service, with the 32GB and 64GB 3G models adding 400 and 790 yen to the monthly cost, respectively. [via Engadget]
Virgin Digital releases Project iPad magazine, early thoughts
Virgin Digital has released Project, a new multimedia magazine designed specifically for the iPad. Project promises coverage of a wide range of topics including international culture, entertainment, design, business and travel though a free reader app that sells individual monthly issues for $3. Each issue includes content updated daily throughout that month, as well as videos, photo galleries and music. Previously purchased issues can be kept in the app or re-downloaded later at no additional charge. Project requires an iPad running iOS 4.2 or later and is available from the App Store as a free download.
Initial Thoughts on Project from iLounge's Editors: Despite the hype that's been circulating recently over the very existence of Project as a rival to News Corp.'s upcoming iPad-exclusive publication Daily, it's safe to say that you can easily save $3 by skipping this new magazine. Excited by the prospect of a publication guided by Virgin's Richard Branson, we instead found Project to be a third-rate clone of the many Adobe-aided iPad magazines we've seen before, filling pages with weak, laddie mag-class writing and quite possibly the most useless Jeff Bridges interview we've ever read. Apart from its back end, which seeks to fuse what amount to blog-like web updates and comments into the application, there's precious little novelty here.
Apple updates Game Center ToS, adds full names
Apple has updated its Game Center terms of service, notifying users that their full names will be used in conjunction with friend requests. "We have changed the Game Center terms and conditions to provide you notice that if you send a friend invitation, the full name associated with your Apple ID will be shared with the recipient," the new document states. "If you accept a friend invitation, the full name associated with your Apple ID will be shared with the sender." Notably, it appears users' full names will not be shared with other users sending unknown friend requests, unless they accept the invitations.
Apple's data center chief passes away
Olivier Sanche, Apple's Director of Global Data Center Operations, passed away last week after suffering a heart attack, according to a new report. Citing Tweets and blog postings from some of Sanche's friends, Data Center Knowledge reports that Sanche joined Apple in August 2009, and oversaw the preparations for the company's new $1 billion data center in North Carolina. Prior to Apple, Sanche headed data center teams at AT&T, Telecity Group and eBay; for the latter, he oversaw the design and construction of eBay's "Topaz" data center in Utah, which recently received LEED Gold certification for its sustainable construction. "Olivier loved being at Apple as he could do things he could get done nowhere else," friend Dave Ohara wrote. "He had vision, passion, and drive to do the right thing, especially for the environment."
iPhone leads in smartphone owner loyalty
The iPhone leads the smartphone industry in owner loyalty, according to a new study. Citing a survey by German market research company GfK, Reuters reports that just 25 percent of planned to stay loyal to the operating system running on their phone, with Apple grabbing the highest loyalty rating at 59 percent. Apple was followed by RIM—35 percent of BlackBerry users said they would stay loyal—then Android at 28 percent, 24 percent for Symbian users, and just 21 percent for Microsoft Windows Phone users. "Loyalty with a handset is a lot more complicated these days in that people buy into experiences at the high-end level," said Ryan Garner, the lead analyst on the survey. "If a phone doesn't do what it says it will do or what the owner hopes it will do, the maker will lose loyalty." GfK conducted the survey of 2,653 mobile phone users in Brazil, Germany, Spain, Britain, the United States and China online during October and November.
AirPrint Hacktivator expands iOS printing functionality
Netputing has released version 1.7 of its AirPrint Hacktivator for Mac OS X, a free utility that allows printing from an iOS device to any shared printer over Wi-Fi. According to the utility's release notes, the new version was rewritten to modify only one file, which is backed up prior to installation. After installing the software and turning it on, users simply need to remove and add back the printers they would like to share with their iOS devices. AirPrint Hacktivator for Mac OS X is available now as a free download from Netputing's website.
Apple adds lawyers ahead of patent legal battles
Apple has added to its legal team ahead of key legal battles with rival companies Nokia, HTC, and Motorola. Bloomberg Businessweek reports that Apple and Nokia are squaring off before the International Trade Commission this week, with each side alleging intellectual property violations. "These are very well-known, deep-pocketed, high-end manufacturers," said Lyle Vander Schaaf, an attorney at Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione in Washington, who handles cases before the ITC. "Usually you have one 800-pound gorilla going after a new entrant. Here you've got 800-pound gorillas fighting each other." According to the report, Apple has been the most-sued technology company since 2008, and has hired some of the country's top patent lawyers as outside counsel, with experience representing companies such as Creative Technology, Broadcom, and Merck & Co. Apple also added an in-house attorney to its ranks this year, hiring former Sun Microsystems head of IP counsel Noreen Krall; Krall now focuses on intellectual property litigation for Apple.
Download our 2011 iPod/iPhone/iPad Buyers' Guide today
Don't forget to download our 2011 iPod/iPhone/iPad Buyers' Guide if you haven't already. Topping 200 pages, the 2011 Guide includes tons of helpful shopping information, like lists of the lowest-priced and smartest places to buy iPods, iPhones, and accessories, selling prices so you can trade up your old model, sections dedicated to the best 100 games and 100 essential apps for the iPod, iPhone, and iPad, up-to-date lists of top-rated accessories—sorted by device model and by category, and more. It's a must-download for anyone who has an Apple-minded loved one on their holiday shopping list.
PC / Mac / iPad: Download Single-Page / Download Double-Page
iPhone/iPod touch: Download 1 of 3 / Download 2 of 3 / Download 3 of 3
The 2011 iPod/iPhone/iPad Buyers' Guide is available in a computer- and iPad-friendly wide-screen version, a single-page version suitable for printing, and a small-screen version for viewing on the iPhone or iPod touch. iPad users: The two-page version is entirely readable on the iPad; the one-page version increases the amount of page-turning but makes text larger on the iPad, and is easier to print if need be. We strongly recommend that iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad users download the Guide to their computers, then drag and drop it into iTunes for reading in iBooks. Each version is completely free for iLounge readers, and distributed in PDF format for maximum compatibility across devices. For additional details, click here to see the full story. And please do your part to share the Guide by telling a friend, or hosting it on your file sharing network of choice. Enjoy!
AR.Drone Free Flight adds iPad support
Parrot has released an update to the Free Flight app for its AR.Drone Quadricopter adding native iPad support. Free Flight 1.6 is now a universal app that can be used on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, scaling the AR.Drone's camera images to fit the iPad display. Control sizes within the app have also been appropriately adapted for the larger iPad screen and users can now adjust the transparency setting for control buttons. Free Flight 1.6 also includes a firmware update for the AR.Drone and is available from the App Store as a free download.
Apple purchases former HP campus in Cupertino
Apple has confirmed the purchase of a 98-acre site near its existing headquarters in Cupertino, CA. The site has served as a longtime campus for rival tech company Hewlett-Packard, and sits across the street from a 50-acre site that Apple acquired in 2006 and had previously announced as the location for a planned second campus. "We now occupy 57 buildings in Cupertino and our campus is bursting at the seams," Apple spokesman Steve Dowling told the San Jose Mercury News. "These offices will give us more space for our employees as we continue to grow." Apple and HP declined to give the sale price or any specifics of the transaction, although local real estate experts suggest the asking price may have been $300 million or more.
Survey: 11% of consumers likely to buy iPad
According to a new study of consumers conducted by The NPD Group, 11 percent of consumers are likely to purchase an iPad by February 2011. Citing a NPD "fact sheet," AppleInsider reports that the survey also found that iPad usage increases with length of ownership; consumers who owned an iPad for two months or less use it for around 15 hours per week, a stat that increases to 18 hours/week in those who have had their iPads for more than three months. According to the report, NPD also found that 58 percent of iPad owners purchased the Wi-Fi only model, suggesting the sales ratio of Wi-Fi to 3G models is around 6 to 4.
Apple offers 'Cyber Monday' discounts
Apple is offering discounts on a select group of accessories for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod in celebration of "Cyber Monday," the online counterpart to Black Friday. The discounts include $40 off the Beats by Dr. Dre Beatbox speaker, $20 off Beats by Dr. Dre Solo HD Headphones, $4 off the Twelve South Compass Portable Stand for iPad, and $13 off an iPhone-friendly Cole Haan Zip Wallet. These and the other discounts are available today only on Apple's online store.
Black Friday deals on the App Store
Several iOS developers are offering Black Friday specials today on the App Store, with discounts of up to 80% off normal prices and popular games and apps selling today for as low as $1.
In the GPS and navigation category, ALK Technologies is offering three of its CoPilot Live apps at approximately 50% off the normal prices. CoPilot Live USA is available for $3, CoPilot Live North America at $10, and CoPilot Live HD North America, for the iPad, at $20.
Navigon is also offering 50% off on its USA and MyRegion GPS navigation apps, with MobileNavigator USA priced at $30 today, and MobileNavigator MyRegion East, MyRegion West and MyRegion Central at $20 each.
Vito Technology, creators of the popular Star Walk stargazing guide has marked all of their apps down to a dollar for both Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Apps on sale for $1 include Star Walk for iPhone, Star Walk for iPad, Solar Walk, Geo Walk for iPad and Family Doctor. The company is also offering its Geo Walk for iPhone for free during the sale. All of the apps can be found on Vito Technology's App Store page.
Readdle has marked down its apps by 80%, including its popular Readdle Docs document viewing app which is selling for $1 (iPhone) and $2 (iPad). Readdle's other apps have been similarly marked down, including PDF Expert ($2), Calendars ($2), Scanner Pro ($1), Printer Pro ($2). These apps can be found on Readdle's App Store Page. Readdle's sale runs until November 30th, 12:00 PM PDT.
Open Door Networks is selling Art Authority at 50% off. Art Authority for iPad has been marked down to $5, and Art Authority for iPhone to $4 for today only.
On the gaming front, Namco Networks has slashed prices on almost all of its titles down to $1. Games on sale include all of the PAC-MAN titles, Pole Position Remix, Pool Pro Online, Star Trigon and more. Other Namco games are also on sale including Ace Combat Xi, I Love Katarmari and Ridge Racer Accelerated at $3 each and Time Crisis 2nd Strike at $5. The games can all be found on the Namco Networks App Store page.
Gameloft has marked down several of its popular iPhone and iPad titles to $1 today, including Iron Man 2 and Iron Man 2 for iPad, Hero of Sparta II and Hero of Sparta II HD, Asphalt 5, Brothers in Arms 2: Global Front and Brothers in Arms 2: Global Front HD, UNO, The Settlers and The Settlers HD, NFL 2011, Let's Golf 2 and Let's Golf 2 HD, Shrek Kart and Shrek Kart HD, Splinter Cell: Conviction and Splinter Cell: Conviction HD and Shrek Forever After: The Game HD. The sale runs until Sunday, November 28th.
Electronic Arts has slashed prices on many of its popular games by up to 80% with many titles marked down to $1, including The Sims 3 World Adventures, The Sims 3 Ambitions, SimCity Deluxe, NCAA Football by EA Sports, Need for Speed Shift, Tetris, Littlest Pet Shop, Need for Speed Undercover, Yahtzee HD, RISK, The Game of Life, Monopoly, Monopoly Here & Now The World Edition, Scrabble, Reckless Racing HD and The Simpsons Arcade. MADDEN NFL 11 by EA Sports for iPad, Rock Band, Mirror's Edge for iPad and Scrabble for iPad are on sale for $5 each.
Chillingo is also offering deep discounts of up to 80% off many of its popular titles, including Cogs HD ($2), Billabong Surf Trip ($1), Radio Flare Redux ($1), Radio Flare Redux HD ($1), Parking Mania HD ($1), Defender Chronicles - Legend of the Desert King ($1), Master of Alchemy HD ($1), Master of Alchemy ($1) and Fiona's Flowers HD ($1). Chillingo's sale runs until Sunday, November 28th.
Pangea Software is selling all of its games for $1 for a limited time. The list of games includes Enigmo, Enigmo 2, Enigmo Deluxe, Cro-Mag Rally, Nanosaur 2, Billy Frontier, Bugdom 2, Warheads, Otto Matic and Antimatter. All of the games can be found on Pangea's App Store page.
Happy Thanksgiving from iLounge!
As today marks the holiday of Thanksgiving in the U.S., all of us here at iLounge would like to take this opportunity to say how thankful we are for your continued readership and support, and to wish you a happy holiday. We will be on a limited posting schedule today and tomorrow; we will return to normal updates on Monday, November 29th. Happy Thanksgiving!


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Conrad Goeringer on "Answers in Atheism" Tonight by Edwin Kagin
"Answers in Atheism," the new Internet radio sensation, is honored to present, in a prerecorded program (Yes that means you cannot call in tonight. Sorry about that), Conrad Goeringer of American Atheists. He will be engaged in a lively conversation on the origins of Christmas in America, on Atheism, and other diverse matters. Joining us for this presentation are Ashley and Barbara from Columbus, Ohio.
CONRAD GOERINGER is Director of Public Policy for American Atheists and staff writer for the American Atheist Magazine. He is a former freelance reporter, and his writings have appeared in such diverse publications as The Humanist, Schism, New Times, and Sky & Telescope. His articles and talks to diverse Atheist, Freethought and other nonbeliever audiences frequently explore the intersection between popular culture, history, politics and religion. Mr. Goeringer has also been an antiquarian book dealer and collector, and he is presently working on a political biography of the late Hollywood actress and activist Frances Farmer.
WHERE: www.answersinatheim.net
WHEN: TONIGHT, Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 7:00 PM Eastern.
Should you be unfortunate enough to not hear this program tonight, it will be archived for you to listen to later.
Next week should be a call in program. Topic to be announced.
"Answers in Atheism" has a new server, and we should now be able to accommodate many more listeners.
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Another bloody brilliant prog! Dredd really gets all my love though from a brilliant creative team, and who would have though we could squeeze out another Bad Bob story after Origin?! Tharg really does employ the best writers to work on Dredd.
It's all a deep end.
Fantastic cover, Cliif at his very best.Dredd is probably Star Baker this week, an intriguingly extrapolated plot rich with satire, and beautifully drawn and coloured. Some of the best city environments in recent years.Defoe continues to be buoyed by Colin's glorious art, and Mills' meditations on the writing game are amusing, but maybe we need to get on with the plot now.Brink takes some time out to bring us all up to speed, but is none the worse for that. I think this terrific strip works brilliantly as a weekly serial, with constantly rising tension and layered mysteries, but I wonder whether it would seem a bit slight in collected form? Anyway, it's still fantastic stuff.Scarlet Traces continues to be a joy to behold, some of Edginton and Brooker's best ever work, working its way briskly through a strong plot that gives ample opportunity for great visuals. Deadworld is just hideous.


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Microsoft: Halo 4 top-selling MS Studios Game of all time in US
Microsoft has declared Halo 4 as MS Studios best-selling title ever in the US.
The company announced that 343 Industries' franchise entry has bested Halo 3 for sales during each respective launch year," – meaning the game has surpassed its predecessor in terms of launch year sales, but not yet in total sales.
In related news, Major Nelson has announced 'The Halo 4 Global Championship' planned for later this summer. It will be made up of live and online events, and promises to boast $500k in prizes – with $200k of that set aside for the tournament winner alone.
The worldwide event kicks-off at this weekend's Rooster Teeth Expo in Austin, with play-offs beginning July 15 on Xbox Live.


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Who Were the Babbitts and Bohemians?
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|• Small Town Babbitt
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Small Town Babbitt
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis's satiric novel, Main Street took America by storm in 1920. Its unflinching look at small-town life seemed perfectly timed to meet the post-war need for cultural reflection. The travails of Carol Kennicott, the novel's heroine, are modeled on Lewis's own experience of growing up in a small midwestern town. A bookish, romantic-minded boy with bad skin and red hair, Lewis was ostracized for being different. Carol, too, is an outsider in her doctor-husband's small Minnesota town, Gopher Prairie. After having worked as a librarian in Chicago, she is by turns despondent over the town's small-minded ugliness, and inspired to introduce the new and the "strange" to it.
Her efforts at culture—Chinese-themed dinner parties, theater
and building initiatives among them—all fail, and she falls victim
to the
paralyzing "village virus." But she revives herself after
narrowly avoiding an affair with a romantic young tailor. Her brush with
the social annihilation risked by such an affair prompts her to move to
the east coast to reevaluate her life. Her husband accepts her move and
waits for her decision on the future. After a year and a half, she
returns, strengthened and still determined to improve the town, but
humbler and more realistic about people's capacity for change.
His "photographic" narrative lays out the nuances of small-town business practices, class divisions, family life, religion, education, cultural activities, leisure pursuits, charities, and civic efforts. Lewis continued his satirical documentation of American life throughout the Twenties, offering critiques of the American middle class in Babbitt (1922), the medical profession in Arrowsmith (1925), and of popular religious leaders in Elmer Gantry (1927).
The Ultimate Businessman
Even as many writers, including Sinclair Lewis, found fault with the ideals of the American businessman, legendary advertising executive Bruce Barton believed that the qualities of a good businessman dated back to a rather auspicious figure. In his 1925 non-fiction bestseller, The Man Nobody Knows, Barton claimed that Jesus was the forerunner of the modern business executive.
In the book's introduction, Barton explained that as a child he had been bored by depictions of Jesus as "a pale young man with flabby forearms and a sad expression." As an adult, Barton determined that such a man could not have been a successful leader and so set about trying to find the "real" Jesus.
For Barton, the results were startling. Jesus, he found, was a muscular carpenter, "the most popular dinner guest in Jerusalem," and, ultimately, the "founder of the modern business." Barton's depiction of Jesus provides a glimpse of the qualities deemed necessary for business in the 1920s: leadership, masculinity, sociability, and organization.
Critics labeled the book an example of "Babbittry" and indicative of the materialism of the decade. Barton's book, however, struck a chord with many Americans, and the book went through almost thirty printings in less than three years.


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Team Led by Two Top-10 Field Finishes
PRINCETON, N.J. - The first cadre of Bulldogs competed in the Friday Night Races at the Sam Howell Invitational on Friday. Two Bulldogs placed in the top 10 of their field events, while two runners placed in the top 15. The Sam Howell Invitational continues on Saturday, when much of the rest of the team will compete.
Sophomore Teresa Parent came within 0.03 meters of her personal best in the long jump on Friday night. Her leap of 5.25m (17'2.75") allowed her to stake her claim to 10th place, just 0.02m longer than 11th place Samantha Osadacz of Georgian Court. Sophomore Amanda Snajder was 12th with a jump of 5.20m (17'0.75"). Freshman Elle Brunsdale was 23rd (4.43m - 14'6.5").
Junior Antonia Renker was another high-scoring Bulldog. She picked up 10th place in the discus throw with a toss of 34.33m (112'7").
Sophomore Sarah Barry placed 14th in the elite edition of the 1,500-meter run, a race filled with professional athletes. Though she was 14th overall, Barry was actually the seventh-fastest collegian in the race, as professional athletes claimed the first six spots. Her time of 4:31.05 was good for fifth in her heat.
In the 10,000-meter run, junior Jennifer Donnelly was 14th in 37:32.83. She was able to out-kick Lara Shegoski of Johns Hopkins University by just over four seconds.
Live results from Saturday's events can be found here.
Report by Natalie Villa '13, Yale Sports Publicity


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Join Date: Dec 2007
Age: 31
minor hint: expect another kiss
@ westlo
i dont know the concrete answer to your query but i'll try to know later.
@ Mykas
KMTS has HQ++ scans, ours is just medium to High quality because we focus more on speed rather than the quality.
|2008-03-10, 03:02
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Join Date: Jan 2007
good for you guys..
hope you can make it as fast you can till ch. 62 (just finished reading the raw)
i like the art, i like the tension between the student-teacher as it might be something you are dreamed of, but i don't want many fighting scene coz this would remind me of GTO
as of now, it's been okay. maybe they should release more often
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Nick of Time~
Is there no discussion about the next chapter (Thanks supahem!) other than when the releases are out?
Anyway, nice little chapter there. Shows quite a couple of things that are working in Jin-Ho's and Hae-Young's favour, as well as the indication that Carrie truly does care for her sister.
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Wu Di Jin Gang Tui
Join Date: Jan 2007
she (Carrie) does? i got the impression that she was more concerned they were alone together than that they could be hurt or lost.... maybe it was just me. on one site that rates books based on number of downloads it was an 80 for comparision naruto was a 23 and hajime no ippo (with one of the largest dl libraries) was an 18. what does this tell you? UxU is still a young title and gaining steam and frankly speaking it is a harem title so you will see a lot less discussion unless it somehow becomes the phenomenon that Suzuka manged to be, if you don't believe that just go see how many posts were made for it.
|2008-03-11, 08:58
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Join Date: May 2007
I just finished reading it and far as I'm concerned she was obviously worried for their wellbeing. There wasn't a inch of jealousy showing on her face and remember her intentions is to get them together in the first place. Also she says "Jin'ho you're okay right? Even if there is a mishap you're protecting my sister right?".
Anyway that was a great chapter, it's a pity most harem leads aren't even 1/8th the man Jin'ho is, also lol @ the cpr...
|2008-03-11, 09:11
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Nick of Time~
Anyway, if this is in regards to whether Carrie still feels jealous in that kind of a grave situation or not...Give it a few more chapters, and the evidence will show.
|2008-03-11, 21:32
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Join Date: Jan 2007
is this going to be a long discussion like suzuka was?
coz, i guess i 'm more into this manhwa like suzuka was. i tried to follow ai kora just to find out that i skipped many chapters since the story can't get into my preference.
as of cpr, lol. i won't tell myself it was a cpr if i were him. no cpr is done while sitting
still, it's okay if the writer wants to drag a little bit of that kiss
|2008-03-13, 03:42
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For some reason I really like this manhwa(sp?) Maybe because finally the male lead isn't an indecisive dorky lame ass brat unlike 90% of all animes/mangas I know. His character can even fit into a shoujo series lol.
/And lol at the CPR. Thats a lame excuse there haha. She french kissed him and you call that a CPR. Jin-ho might be laughing his ass off/smirking about that lol.
|2008-03-13, 11:07
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|2008-03-17, 23:07
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Wu Di Jin Gang Tui
Join Date: Jan 2007
the full volume 8 of this title is out and it was good on a sad note for those of us who like to actually spend money on titles we like, infinity who publishes this title has started doing thier books as e-books I honestly can't imagine spending money on a bunch of pdf files. I am not sure how many of you bought hard copies of this title in english but they are really well done, each one has had color pages and a wrap around dust jacket. it has been a quality production that i couldn't wait to get my hands on and now it looks like that won't happen anymore....
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July 1. 8500 block Shawnee Street. Complainant was approached by a black male who pointed a small black semi-automatic handgun at her and said, "Give me your pocketbook and ring." Male then ran westbound on Evergreen Avenue. Taken was a black Coach handbag containing various identifications, a library card, Chase and Bank of America cards, white gold ½ karat diamond engagement ring, house and car keys.
July 1. 8000 block Seminole Street. Complainant called police to report that he heard someone walking on the second floor just above him. He called upstairs and heard a loud banging noise. Complainant went upstairs and found rear office window open and flower pot that was on window sill was outside on lawn.
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Sept. 19, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - After suffering an 11-4 loss to Brown University last Wednesday night, the MIT water polo team bounced back with a 2-1 outing at the CWPA Northern Division Tournament over the weekend. In their first league action of the year, the Engineers defeated Queens College (20-8) and Iona College (10-9) on Saturday. MIT's only loss came on Sunday to fourteenth nationally ranked St. Francis College, 14-4.
While not perfect, MIT saw some improvement in their offense this weekend. Still, the Engineers have work to do.
"The Iona win was critical for our league standing," said head coach Felix Mercado. "I am very pleased with the overall play of this team, and we are in great position to finish with a top three seed at Northerns."
Leading the way for the Engineers again on offense were seniors John Rogers and Grady Snyder, who finished with seven goals and nine goals respectively. Freshman Mike Smith Bronstein continued to be impressive in his first year, adding five goals for MIT. Sophomore Morgan Laidlaw also had five goals for the Engineers. Sophomore goalkeeper Robert Truax had a solid weekend in net for MIT, making 15 saves in three games.
MIT heads into their league game Thursday night at Harvard University with a 5-5 record overall and a 2-1 mark in league play.


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Shooting suspect gets new attorney
LOCKPORT – Paul E. Buck Jr., one of three men under indictment in the case of the near-fatal shooting of a Niagara Falls 18-year-old, received his new attorney today.
Dominic Saraceno, of the Niagara County conflict defender's office, was assigned to the case after Buck asked for the removal of Assistant Public Defender Matthew P. Pynn, whose work was criticized in open court by County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III earlier this month.
Murphy said Pynn should have questioned Niagara Falls Detective John Conti more closely at an evidence suppression hearing, after a video of Buck's interrogation showed Buck had repeatedly asked to leave, something Conti denied on the witness stand.
Murphy said Buck is the only one of the three defendants who gave anything resembling a confession, but if the statement is suppressed, there will be no need to try the three separately. The evidence hearing will continue Dec. 17 with Conti on the stand.
Buck, 23, of Niagara Falls Boulevard; Marlyn M. Rubin, 20, of Niagara Street; and Jacob J. Taggart, 23, of Niagara Avenue all have rejected plea offers in connection with the shooting of Anthony McDougald, who was left with a bullet lodged in his chest after the April 25 shooting at 12th and Niagara streets.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT's rifle team was back on the range today, taking on the University of the Sciences at the MIT Rifle Range. The Engineers won the smallbore competition by 103 points and then rolled in the air rifle portion of the match to come away with a victory by a final combined score of 4,434-4,194. With the win MIT improved to 2-1 on the season.
Senior Elizabeth Phillips (Anchorage, Alaska) and freshman Sarah Wright (Christchurch, New Zealand) led the way for MIT in the smallbore competition which the Engineers took by a 2,193-2,090. Phillips led the Engineers with a 568, turning in a consistent performance that saw her score 95 in five of her six rounds. Her score was also the high for the match among all shooters, just edging out Brad Driscoll of USP who had a 567. Wright turned in a solid 561, including a 99 and 98 in her prone rounds. Senior Timothy Jenks (The Woodlands, Texas) also had a round of 98 on his way to a 544, with junior Kaiying Liao (Issaquah, Wash.) adding a 520 for MIT to complete its scoring.
Phillips turned in an outstanding performance in air rifle, turning in three of her six rounds with a 99 on her way to a 583, again leading all competitors. Driscoll had the high score again for USP, turning in a 558, a score that was matched by Liao as she carded the second highest score for MIT, which had a team score of 2,241 to USP's 2,104. Just three behind Liao was Wright with a 555, with Jenks adding a 545 for the Engineers.
MIT will be back in action next week when it hosts SUNY Maritime on November 10 at 9:00 a.m.


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So proud of this team for making the playoffs. Make no mistake though, we still have a lot to improve on, but for this team to make the playoffs with everyone doubting us gives me a little sense of pride. Even our local beat writers doubted us. They didn't think we would have a winning season let alone make the playoffs. Anyway, kudos to the Warriors' owner first and foremost. Without him manning the ship, A LOT of this probably wouldn't have happened. Also, big ups to the front office. Mostly Myers, West, and Riley for making all the right draft choices, signing Landry, and trading for Jack. Can't forget the players too. Jack mentioned in the post-game interview that everyone showed up even before preseason started (he forgot that Beans didn't make it). The way he and Landry was talking about it, all the players put forth the effort it was going to take to turn this ship around. So, even though they're not gonna read this ****, I still want to thank all of them.
So, after saying all that, it pains me a little to say that we're probably going to have a 1st round exit. This isn't like 07 when we had a favorable matchup against Dallas who we owned during that regular season. We were a nightmare for that Dallas team and that allowed us the make one of the biggest upsets in NBA history. This time around it's going to be 10x tougher. I don't know about you guys, but I'm already assuming we're either going to play either Denver, San Antonio, or OKC, and if we do we're going to get smashed. I know Denver has some injury problems, but as the last couple of games has shown, they are not slowing down. They've only lost 3 games at home the entire season and in order for us to win a series, we have to steal a game on the road which I don't see happening if we're matched up with the Nuggets. I'm not even going to talk about OKC, cuz let's just face it, they're going to bitch slap whoever they see in the 1st round. San Antonio has injury problems as well and they have an element of "oldness" to them, but we haven't beaten them in their house for YEARS.
I sound pessimistic as fuk, but I'm hoping we can push a series to 7 games. It would be very entertaining and give us Dub fans something to cheer for. Another thing I'm hoping for is that we don't make a fool out of ourselves on the big stage. With that said, there's 3 things that we need to do in order to be competitive, and that's taking care of the ball, making sure we handle the glass, and guard the 3 point line. If we do those things, we're a tough team to beat.
Damn, man. My 2nd playoff series since I was 5 years old. Cheers, fellas. Let's hope we make some noise in the playoffs!
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Jan. 25, 2009
BOSTON, Mass. – The MIT women's track and field team posted several impressive individual performances Friday night at the Boston University Terrier Invitational, including two varsity and two freshman records in the indoor arena.
Jacqui Wentz set a new varsity record in the 5000 meters, becoming the first runner in the country to qualify for the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship, with a time of 17:05.20. Also in the 5000, freshman Margaret Lloyd reached a new personal best of 18:43.68. Four Engineers, including Anna Holt-Gosselin and Jennifer Doyle in addition to Wentz and Lloyd, placed in the top 33 of the event. Another freshman, Katherine Eve, raced to a personal record of 5:14.26 in the mile, the fourth best time in MIT history.
Portia Jones had a very impressive showing in the 200m, breaking the MIT freshman and varsity records with a time of 26.28 seconds. Jones had the second fastest time among Division III runners in the meet. In the 400 meters, Martha Gross became the new freshman record holder, finishing in 61.65.
The only women to compete in the field events were the pole-vaulters, three of whom had very strong performances. Hazel Briner cleared 10' for a new personal best while Emily Hwang and Karin Fisher each vaulted 10' 6'', good for a share of 11th place.
MIT will travel to Brunswick, Maine next Saturday to compete against Bowdoin, Colby, Springfield and Tufts.


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Drummers Beating
From 1759 to 1843, His Majesty's 29th Regiment had black drummers. Adm. Edward Boscawen bought the first batch of those musicians at Guadaloupe and gave them to his brother, the regiment's colonel. At least three of those original men were still with the regiment in 1775.
When the 29th was sent to Boston in 1768, locals were surprised to see black soldiers whipping white ones. Within a week of the troops' arrival, the 6 October Boston Evening-Post reported:
In the Morning nine or ten Soldiers of Colonel [Maurice] Carr's Regiment for sundry Misdemeanors, were severely whipt on the Common. To behold Britons scourged by Negro Drummers, was a new and very disagreeable Spectacle!Whigs played up this inversion in one of their one-sided dispatches to newspapers in colonies to the south about life in occupied Boston. In February 1769, however, they also reported that a black drummer was himself whipped because he "had adventur'd to beat time at a concert of music."
The Continental Army was mostly modeled after the British army, and the drummers' punitive responsibilities was one of the customs carried over. However, Americans drummers were more likely to be teenagers than those in the royal ranks.
That also caused a stir, as recalled by Israel Trask, an eleven-year-old boy who had accompanied his father to the siege of Boston. Recalling the spring of 1775, he said:
It was here I witnessed for the first time public punishment inflicted in the regiment. Five or six soldiers were condemned to be flogged for the crime, I believe, of being concerned in the mutiny at Boston. This incident was impressed on my memory with increased force from the interest made to exonerate Major [Ezra] Putnam's son from his share of the duty of applying the cat to the naked backs of the criminals that fell to him as a drummer in the regiment. A year or two older than myself, he was, however, obliged to submit and take his share of the unpleasant duty with his colleagues.Drummer Ezra Putnam, Jr., was actually sixteen years old. After the war he and his family moved out to the Ohio Territory, and in January 1791 he died in what became known as "the Big Bottom Massacre."


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Vanessa Hudgens: Blonde for 'Spring Breakers'!
Vanessa Hudgens goes blonde in a long wig as she arrives on the set of Spring Breakers on Monday (March 5) in Sarasota, Fla.
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ADDISON COUNTY — Only Otter Valley won as all four local union high school boys' basketball teams saw action on Tuesday.
The Otters snapped a 36-36 tie after three periods to defeat Poultney, 49-40, in the consolation game of Mount St. Joseph's Tip-Off Tournament. John Winslow's 25 points and a fullcourt press were key for OV as the Otters pulled away to even their record at 1-1 against 0-2 Poultney.


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Ladar Levison Explains How The US Legal System Was Stacked Against Lavabit
from the because-secrecy-for-the-government-triumphs-all dept
In the first two weeks, I was served legal papers a total of seven times and was in contact with the FBI every other day. (This was the period a prosecutor would later characterize as my "period of silence".) It took a week for me to identify an attorney who could adequately represent me, given the complex technological and legal issues involved – and we were in contact for less than a day when agents served me with a summons ordering me to appear in a Virginia courtroom, over 1,000 miles from my home. Two days later, I was served the first subpoena for the encryption keys.This is, without a doubt, problematic, and shows the kind of massive imbalance that is set up in these situations. The government has the power to force companies to do what it wants, and companies have little ability to push back, especially when they're left scrambling under gag orders and with limited information.
With such short notice, my first attorney was unable to appear alongside me in court. Because the whole case was under seal, I couldn't even admit to anyone who wasn't an attorney that I needed a lawyer, let alone why. In the days before my appearance, I would spend hours repeating the facts of the case to a dozen attorneys, as I sought someone else that was qualified to represent me. I also discovered that as a third party in a federal criminal indictment, I had no right to counsel. After all, only my property was in jeopardy – not my liberty. Finally, I was forced to choose between appearing alone or facing a bench warrant for my arrest.
In Virginia, the government replaced its encryption key subpoena with a search warrant and a new court date. I retained a small, local law firm before I went back to my home state, which was then forced to assemble a legal strategy and file briefs in just a few short days. The court barred them from consulting outside experts about either the statutes or the technology involved in the case. The court didn't even deliver transcripts of my first appearance to my own lawyers for two months, and forced them to proceed without access to the information they needed.
Then, a federal judge entered an order of contempt against me – without even so much as a hearing.
That said, Levison still should shoulder some of the blame. Yes, he had to scramble to find lawyers, but if you're setting up a "private" and "secure" email service, in which you're making certain promises to users that you must know the government won't like, you need to have ready and competent legal help on call from the beginning. In the last year or so, there has been an explosion of new startups and services promising more private and secure messaging. I hope that all of them are reading what happened here and that they all have competent legal representation who understands the underlying issues ready to go now, rather than waiting until the DOJ knocks on their doors. There will still be some issues, depending on the specifics of the request and jurisdiction, but from what Levison is saying, he was starting from scratch at a point when he should have been much more prepared.
Again: if you are offering private or secure services, you need to have a competent and knowledgeable lawyer on call who can pick up your case immediately.
In the end, while the ruling against Lavabit was disappointing, perhaps it's a blessing in disguise. Hopefully, the next time this issue comes up, it comes up with a company that's much more legally prepared to deal with it, and can present a much stronger case.


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Looking at these comics makes me wish life was this simple and fun :).
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I love the way he draws girls too.
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The boy on the cover looks like a younger version of Archie.
Some of those girl heads look kind of cute-looking.
Whoa-Cookie attempted to punch out that brunette
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Lance Armstrong came clean (no pun intended) in an interview with Oprah recently, and that video has spawned a number of remixes and parodies on the internet. Here's a particularly good one, in which the Radiohead song Creep is used rather effectively. Warning-some NSFW language.
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The corn got shucked and added (raw) to some massaged kale (1 large head of kale, 1/2-1 avocado, juice of 1 lemon, coarse sea salt) and halved cherry tomatoes. Absolutely delicious.
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BOSTON, Mass. – In a hard-fought battle, the MIT women's basketball team emerged with a 65-49 victory over Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in the consolation game of the Emerson College Tip Off Tournament on Sunday. Junior Lauren Sascha Burton (Seattle, Wash.) led all scorers with 16 points and tacked on seven rebounds and three assists en route to All-Tournament Team honors for the Engineers.
Sophomore Rachel Hunt (Arlington Heights, Ill.) registered 11 points on a 9-of-10 performance for the charity stripe to go along with 11 rebounds and two blocks. Freshman Mari Kordell (Ijamsville, Md.) posted 14 points as she converted seven of her eight attempts at the free throw line in addition to dishing out five assists. Sophomore Tamara Pena (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) tallied eight points, four assists, and three steals while freshman Alexxis Isaac (San Antonio, Texas) posted nine points and eight boards. Sophomore Margo Batie (Los Angeles, Calif.) hauled in a career-high nine rebounds, helping MIT finish the day with a 41-34 advantage on the glass.
The Panthers opened the game with seven unanswered points which resulted in a timeout by MIT. Following the break, Burton and Pena both drained a three-pointer causing Albany to use a timeout. After a basket by the Panthers, Kordell buried a trey that evened the score at nine while Isaac tacked on a free throw to put the Engineers in front at 13:54.
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The Panthers stayed close during the early stages of the second stanza as they trimmed their deficit to five on two occasions, the last at 33-28 after five minutes elapsed. The Engineers doubled their margin on three free throws from Hunt and two by sophomore Sharon Hao (San Jose, Calif.) during the next minute, but Albany registered nine straight points to come within one (38-37) at the 10:52 mark.
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Gareth Evans' "The Raid 2," for instance, does for the blood-soaked Asian action film what "The Dark Knight" did for the superhero film, injecting it with a seriousness, a depth of characterization and a scope of storytelling that raises it to a new level of legitimacy.
Despite its deep ties to the notion of cinema as art, Sundance is also very much an adjunct part of the movie business, and so the selections are not immune to larger market forces. And many of the top box office draws of 2013 — including a young adult adventure film, a comic-book superhero sequel, a kids sequel, an animated children's film and a superhero reboot as well as numerous sci-fi films, a car chase sequel, another comic-book superhero and a series of broad comedies — might be thought of as genre films as well; but somehow, because of their size and box-office heft, they break free of the grubby bonds of being pigeonholed as such.
Genre film, although as old as moviemaking itself, is a term often used as some kind of backhanded dismissal, the stuff of entertainment and distraction but not serious filmmaking — potboiler horror and run-of-the-mill thrillers for die-hard fans and insomniacs watching late-night cable or streaming. So it was something of a surprise when the program for this year's Sundance Film Festival, which wrapped up barely a week ago, included in the prestigious cornerstone of its U.S. Dramatic Competition such titles as the crime drama "Cold in July," the zombie rom-com "Life After Beth" and the supernatural young adult story "Jamie Marks Is Dead."
Sundance is something of an industry incubator, where talent gets discovered, ideas tested and trends first set. So the influx of genre storytelling — traditional, revisionist, inside-out, straightforward and everything in between — points toward a mode we may be getting more of throughout the year.
Part of the reason, perhaps, for the emergence of genre at the Sundance level is that with the recent boom in video-on-demand, the short descriptions in the menu window have become ever more important. Early VOD axioms tilting toward sex and a title near the beginning of the alphabet have become slightly more sophisticated, leaning instead to easily digestible synopses. (And the influx this year of cable outlets into documentary distribution is said by some to have influenced the subject matter and storytelling on the nonfiction side as well.)
The new hybridized distribution deals — which may include different partners for theatrical, digital and home video platforms — may contribute to some kind of hybridization of storytelling. Movies can be more than just one thing, a horror film and a comedy, for example, or a fight film and crime epic. Without dumbing down, filmmakers nevertheless have found ways to tell their stories that can be boiled down to something simple and direct. In turn, a number of these new genre films were among the splashiest premieres and higher-profile sales of the festival.
"The Raid 2" was the most exciting and inventive genre film at the festival. It's a huge step forward from 2011's
Any one of the set pieces in "The Raid 2" might be the climax to any other movie, leaving audiences buzzing about the prison fight, the car chase, the nightclub fight, the subway fight, the kitchen fight. Taken together, they are astonishing. It's easy to be swept away by the fervor of Evans' action and powerful fighting, such that suddenly you're rooting for the ostensible villains because they're unexpectedly sympathetic and just so cool. (The film's getting a U.S. release in March, so don't be alarmed when Hammer Girl becomes a cult
The festival also featured two films that purposefully reference lowdown '80s crime thrillers, Adam Wingard's "The Guest" and Jim Mickle's "Cold in July." Both share scores reminiscent of the throbbing sounds in high-period John Carpenter films, something of a godfather to just the sort of self-conscious high-low, smart-trashy oscillations that are percolating throughout these new genre creations.
Jim Jarmusch, still defining indie cool at 61, had his most recent film screen at the festival. Having previously tackled the road movie, the samurai picture and the western, he now takes on the vampire film in "Only Lovers Left Alive." In this story of love, longing and legacy starring Tilda Swinton and
The same goes for "What We Do in the Shadows," written and directed by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, a faux documentary focusing on the lives of a group of vampires who share a house in modern-day Wellington, New Zealand. Steeped in vampire lore, the film is affectionate, playful and affecting, a comedy of vampire manners and etiquette.
Science fiction came in for a bit of tweaking as well, with "The One I Love" recontextualizing it amid a rom-com setup and "Young Ones" playing as a post-apocalyptic parable. Even the musical came in for reconsideration. "Song One" features
Even those films that didn't explicitly engage with genre — from the acerbic literary hyper-awareness of "Listen Up Philip" to the breezy satire on race and identity in "Dear White People" — still managed to break the mold of what makes for a Sundance movie. Pointing toward the constant reinvention within the industry of independent filmmaking itself, the films this year at Sundance that did take on genre trappings did so in a way that made them familiar enough not to be alienating, fresh and distinctive enough to seem somehow new.


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Zebulon Dak wrote:SacHawk2.0 wrote:Cloud Atlas - Seriously, if you guys haven't seen it you should.
Haven't seen it. Heard less than flattering things from people I normally trust with movie opinions. If you burn me on this I will find you and I will destroy you.
Kind of harsh there Zeb. It's a good movie, but one you definitely have to pay attention to. Don't think you can cook dinner while it's on and follow what's happening.


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My fellow Princeterns and I arrived at Spry Incorporated not quite sure what to expect from our three day stay. We had read the materials the company had sent us and we had combed through its website, but what Spry actually did was still not quite clear. However, once we met Spry CEO Brooke Stevenson '01, the Princeton alum who brought us out to Maryland, she showed us around the office and fully elucidated the company's field of work. Spry endeavors to allow client companies and corporations to easily search their data by connecting their individual databases that are often disjointed and inflexible. As she duly noted, scattered data precludes any attempts at a thorough analysis, preventing a company from making important and pivotal decisions in this fast-paced world that waits for no one. At the heart of their approach is the use of ontologies to organize the data. This kind of semantic architecture emphasizes the relationships between information, making it easier to query for the desired answers. An equally important aspect of Spry is their agile approach to development. Instead of the traditional waterfall approach where a company releases a single end-product after completing development, Spry espouses an agile scheme that allows them to not only quickly turn over a working intermediate product, but also show clients realized value. The incremental releases allow Spry to easily meet the ever-changing needs of its clients.
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Spry Incorporated has a casual dress code that many tech startups often have, but it also has a lively and enjoyable atmosphere that may not necessarily reside in companies of any size. The employees feel comfortable bouncing ideas around daily progress off their coworkers, regardless of their seniority at the company. Spry thrives on this mutual assistance attitude that naturally manifests itself.
This Princeternship let me explore the new and constantly-changing field of analytics. Perhaps the most profound discovery was that this sort of job exists. It is filling a much-needed role in the relentlessly-expanding global data paradigm. The most valuable knowledge I gained is that, according to many of the employees with whom we spoke, learning how to learn in college is the most important thing to take away from those four years. Although the actual material of academic courses is definitely important, the ability to problem-solve proved to be the most helpful skill from college in their daily projects.
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Bruce Lee Fans Offended by Johnnie Walker Ad
Bruce Lee was recently resurrected to sell Scotch whisky, leaving many of his fans offended. The WSJ's Wei Gu asks Jason Chow if Lee's image can help to revive Chinese demand for Scotch whisky.
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