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If my Twitter feed is any indication, approximately 97 percent of the world's population is currently crammed into a small town in the Wasatch Mountains, navigating the 2011 Sundance Film Festival with only buzz as their compass. (If film bloggers were dolphins, hype would be their echolocation.) At this very moment thousands of cinephiles and industry insiders are shuffling up and down Main Street in the hopes that they'll stumble upon the next 'Clerks' or 'Reservoir Dogs.' Sundance can be exceptionally rewarding, but it's just as often a dangerous game of chance, as at any moment Park City, Utah, can suddenly become 'Happy, Texas.'
The festival has been known to put cultural cache before quality, and some cinephiles deride Robert Redford's baby for not being quite as stringently curated as other fests of similar prestige. The lineup would sooner include a slideshow of Zoe Kazan's baby pictures than the latest Jia Zhangke film, and therein lies the silver lining of enjoying Sundance from the sidelines: Thanks to the brave souls who make the trek to Utah, the rest of us are ostensibly spared of everything but the best of the fest. So while most of the Cinematical team is currently queued up for the premiere of 'Hamlet 3,' doing their duty to bring us first word of some future classics, let's sit back and enjoy some guaranteed great moments from some of the best films that Sundance has ever shared with us.
The following is not an all-inclusive list, but the scenes included are in a particular order.
'SLC Punk!'
The opening night feature of the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, James Merendino's 'SLC Punk!' exemplifies what Sundance is all about: getting the best out of Matthew Lillard. It's a fun flick, one bristling with the energy of an uncle telling his nephew all the stories about the good ol' days, when a man was measured by the size of his Mohawk and the anger of his subculture. An occasionally potent portrait of disaffection, 'SLC Punk!' plays more frequently like a bunch of kids getting addicted to their own sense of cool -- it's the kind of movie wherein the inimitable Devon Sawa accidentally gets nailed by 100 hits of acid while running to The Stooges in slow-motion. In other words, it's a bona fide American treasure.
'The Tao of Steve'
Whatever happened to Donal Logue? (Spoiler alert: Logue starred on the FX show 'Terriers.' Follow-up question: Whatever happened to 'Terriers?'). Logue carries 'The Tao of Steve' on his husky, huggable shoulders, in the process providing the romantic comedy genre with one of its most charmingly wayward heroes. He's Dex (not Steve), a lazy barrel of a man who nevertheless gets all the ladies by sticking to a simple tripartite Zen credo which he lays out for you in this scene. Writer / director Jenniphr Goodman's only film is the kind of slight, gimmicky pleasantness that Sundance exists to hype beyond all comprehension, but this sequence alone is proof enough that 'The Tao of Steve' goes through the motions of its ragged shuffle with the kind of fat, flair, and fearlessness that Hollywood wouldn't dare entertain.
'Hedwig and The Angry Inch'
'Hedwig' is vintage Sundance; a raw and exuberantly messy slice of something different. A plot summary of John Cameron Mitchell's lovable debut sounds like the stuff of a Stefan sketch: It's got an East German transgendered rock singer, the Origin of Love (it's like that thing when Plato's two-faced, four-legged beings split apart), botched sex-change operations, Michael Pitt being Michael Pitt (it's like that thing where Michael Pitt is all blond and spacey?). Seriously, folks, 'Hedwig' is beautiful stuff-- a clarion call for outsider art and universal fulfillment to which you can sing along. And nowhere in the film is that recurring motif of emotional completion better expressed than in the show-stopping musical number, "The Origin of Love."
Mitchell plays it like a self-contained music video, complete with expressive and endearingly crude animation and the obligatory performance footage. This scene bottles the essence of the film, the raw emotion on display perfectly clashing with the tacky decor of the bar in which Hedwig and the Angry Inch is sledgehammering the crowd with Aristophanes.
You've gotta hand it to Kevin Smith, the man knows how to work Sundance. He made a name for himself with the micro-budgeted 'Clerks' all the way back in 1994, and 17 years later his latest film ('Red State') is the talk of the 2011 festival. Smith's films have always been dedicated to repurposing culture as content, though some might suggest that between 'Cop Out' and Twitter it's starting to seem as if he's now confusing content with culture. But at the end of the day there's always 'Clerks,' the DIY sensation that still melds hockey and necrophilia as well as any movie ever made.
This scene involves neither of those things, but it does feature a penetrating discussion on the ethics of agreeing to do construction work for Darth Vader, which is something that was sorely lacking from American cinema at the time. The dialogue epitomizes everything that makes Smith's debut such a treasure: It's charming, idiosyncratically labored, and scored by a hard rock song about Wookiees.
'Primer' (winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2004) is a compact, raw and spookily mundane bit of sci-fi, a suburban saga that was famously pulled together for $7,000 (or 0.0058% of the budget for 'How Do You Know'). Shane Carruth's film -- the tale of two latently brilliant engineers who discover that they've invented a time machine -- ultimately sacrifices its characters in a miasma of chaos and details, but if 'Primer' resolves itself as more of an impression than a genuine experience, it's an impression that's mighty hard to shake. What we've got here is a scene that perfectly captures the film's chilling modesty, as two friends darken the windows of a Texas garage and -- with nothing more than spare parts and some ominous fluorescent lighting -- begin to change the world forever.
It's kinda like a more sinister version of the Facemash scenes from 'The Social Network,' but instead of messing with college girls they're violating the space-time continuum. And no film since David Fincher's 'Se7en' has provided such a great answer to the eternal cinematic question: "What's in the box!?"
'American Splendor'
Few American icons get the biopic they deserve (just ask Amelia Earhart), but filmmakers Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman did right by graphic novelist Harvey Pekar (Paul Giamatti, obviously), who became Cleveland's proudest son after the guy from that sitcom ate Bob Barker. One of the best films to come out of Sundance and certainly the best film to come out of Pulcini and Berman (just ask anyone who sat through 'The Nanny Diaries'), 'American Splendor' is a delightfully honest and peripherally patriotic celebration of the rich textures inherent to quotidian life. But this scene here is first and foremost a celebration of nerds (and their revenge).
Toby -- a virtually unrecognizable Judah Friedlander -- wants to go to the movies, but Harvey has a previous engagement, so to speak. The exchange draws laughs but it doesn't trawl for them, it's too busy observing the heroic power of pop culture, and drawing the battle lines between the stories we love and the stories we live. "Wow, well you know you've got this movie and I'm getting hitched, we both had a good month, huh?" Gets me every time.
'Hoop Dreams'
'Hoop Dreams' was initially conceived as a modest 30-minute program for PBS, but by the time it unfurled at Sundance eight years later it was three hours long and incontestably among the greatest American documentaries ever made. According to Wikipedia, Steve James' film -- an epic chronicle of two Illinois teens who view basketball as their ticket out of a marginalized life -- made more critics' top ten lists in 1994 than any other film, including 'Pulp Fiction' and 'The Shawshank Redemption.' Get busy dribbling, or get busy dying.
James' film vitalizes and venerates William Gates and Arthur Agee without ever dipping a toe into the murky waters of poverty porn -- if dubious Sundance hit 'Precious' had a diametric opposite, it would be 'Hoop Dreams.' What we've got here illustrates the pressures exerted upon these kids... even as young teenagers the fortunes of their entire family are foisted upon their shoulders.
'Big Night'
In the future, movies will be judged solely based upon how quiet they can keep Marc Anthony, and when that time comes 'Big Night' will formally unseat 'Citizen Kane' as the "Greatest Film Ever Made." In the meantime it'll have to suffice that 'Big Night' is merely a perfect film. The story of two immigrant brothers (Stanley Tucci and Tony Shalhoub) who pull out all the stops to save their heavenly Italian restaurant, 'Big Night' isn't just a sly and tender bit of writing or an acting showcase for the ages (has there ever been such a mellifluous chorus of fake accents?), it's also the 'Caligula' of food porn.
This mid-90s treasure resolves itself with one of cinema's most appropriately understated final shots, but to divorce that scene from its proper context would be as awful as ordering risotto with spaghetti. Instead, I offer you a short and sweet moment from the middle of the film, a silly little exchange that underscores the films eminent warmth, showcases Ian Holm's impeccable timing, and hopefully sends you reeling towards Netflix Instant where 'Big Night' is ready to order.
So 'Big Night's' finale was sacred, but Spoiler Alert: This is the last scene of 'Memento.'
Of course, the beauty of Christopher Nolan's time-twisting sophomore feature is that it defies spoiler culture by not predicating its power on surprise. Sure, it's as hypnotically thrilling as ever to piece together why Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce's memory-challenged hero) shoots Joe Pantoliano in the brain, but 'Memento' resonates because Shelby -- for all of his unique eccentricities -- is ultimately revealed to be something of an ordinary guy who's just trying to put one foot in front of the other. It's the kind of revelation that elevates a gimmick into a purpose, and it's the way that Nolan ties it all together that elevates 'Memento' from a time-twisting noir to a modern masterpiece.
'Memento' emerged from the 2001 Sundance Film Festival as a must-see, and less than two months later it was a bona fide indie sensation. In a post last summer I wrote that, "Nolan's films don't move forward so much as they spiral inward... [his films] unravel their stories by beginning at the deepest layer and then slowly winding their way back to the surface so that we can join them for the eventual plunge." 'The Prestige' remains my favorite of his films, but this scene instantly reminds me that Nolan has never led viewers to a higher precipice than he did at the end of 'Memento.'
'Me and You and Everyone We Know'
Miranda July's debut feature isn't a linear narrative so much as it's a ten-car pile-up of Scenes We Love, a series of wistful and sharply separated vignettes about the sad hilarity of communication in the Internet Age. When taken together, it often feels like a particularly precious precursor to 'The Social Network' (apparently a bunch of movies do), one in which Facebook is two slippers that can't touch, and Mark Zuckerberg is a doomed goldfish in a plastic bag.
What resonates most about this sequence is July's dangerously gentle touch -- at the risk of losing her more jaded viewers, she dotes upon that goldfish with a concern that borders upon satire. Such a coy and darling moment becomes a veritable war of attrition between cute hipster poetry and eye-rolling cynicism, but July sticks to her guns and eventually brings everything together, her masterful sense of tone ultimately pushing that sad little swimmer from metaphor to martyr. And if that sounds like flowery B.S., don't forget that the movie's centerpiece is a scene in which a young boy and a middle-aged anonymously woman instant message about sharing a log of poop between them forever.
Miranda July's second feature is called 'The Future,' and it debuts at Sundance this week.
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T&F Heads To Ohio State For Jesse Owens Track Classic
MUNCIE, Ind. - - The Ball State outdoor track & field team returns to action Friday and Saturday, when it joins more than 24 teams and numerous unattached competitors at Ohio State University for the 29th-annual Jesse Owens Track Classic.
Action begins at 4 pm Friday with the women's javelin, while track events start at 8 pm with the women's 5000m run. Saturday's events begin at 10 am.
More information about the Jesse Owens Track Classic can be found at the following link: http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-track/JO-Classic/welcome.html
The Ball State track & field team enters this weekend's meet fresh off of a strong showing at last Friday's Cardinal Invitational. The Cardinals posted 14 event wins in a 290-168 victory over IPFW, which also saw Ball State's student-athletes posted 29 career-best efforts.
Entering this weekend's Jesse Owens Track Classic, the Cardinals have 23 student-athletes ranked in the top 30 in the Mid-American Conference in their respective events.
Junior Haley Austin (Avon, Ind./Avon) is the top-ranked Cardinal, holding the fourth slot in the high jump after posting a career-best and MAC outdoor championship automatic qualifying mark of 1.70m at last weekend's Cardinal Invitational.
Junior Christina Crawford (Belleville, Mich./Romulus) has tallied MAC championship automatic qualifying marks in the long jump in all three outdoor meets this season, including a career-best effort of 5.95m last Friday, which is currently the fifth-best mark in the league this season. Crawford also enters the Jesse Owens Track Classic with the league's 25th-best mark of the year in the 100m dash at 12.38.
Other Cardinals currently ranked in the top 10 in the MAC include: Zenée Gadson (Glassboro, N.J./Glassboro) in the triple jump (eighth at 11.22m), Courtney Edon (New Palestine, Ind./New Palestine) in the 3000m steeplechase (ninth at 11:16.02), Mindy Marx (Grand Haven, Mich./Grand Haven) in the high jump (ninth at 1.65m) and Gabrielle Perryman (Beachwood, Ohio/Beachwood) in the triple jump (10th at 10.90m).
In the throws, sophomore Michaela Hull (Bloomington, Ind./South) is poised to qualify for the league meet in three events after posting career-best mark in the javelin (33.15m / 14th in MAC), discus (44.36m / 18th in MAC) and shot put (11.97m / 23rd in MAC) at last weekend's Cardinal Invitational.For the most up-to-date news on Ball State track & field, follow @bsuathletics and @BallStateTrack on Twitter.

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Legend Of Transylvania V Pinot Noir
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Pinot Noir V Legend of Transylvania 2006, Recaş; Cellars presents as we expected with a light color, intense cherry red but transparent glass shown in the middle. The nose is dominated by red fruit, which I remember strawberries, cherries, ripe plums can something. As it aired strawberry jam to give a slight touch of jam, but also feel and a hint of barrel. I do not know if the wine was barrel as percent was barrel or what, but something is there! Acidity is very high, with a light body (to be expected from a Pinot Noir), tannins in the end stronger than I had expected. The body is light, but not skinny. It's rather delicate and balanced. Maybe the first light red wine that I like. Fruit flavors in the mouth feel mentioned above, plus a little spice in the genus Piper.


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Wherever we go, whatever we do, we always notice cyclists. The Danes looks immaculate gliding through well engineered, super safe bike lanes. The Chinese carry insane loads and brave crazy road conditions. This post series is dedicated to images of cyclists from around the world.
For our first (official) installment, we're featuring Rio. Our friend Julie Ruvolo is writing in Rio and took this photo yesterday in the favela Vila Autódromo. One thing we do *not* get in San Francisco, is warm rain riding, like they do in Rio. See more vibrant photos of Vila Autódromo here.
A young rider puddle hopping in Vila Autódromo, Rio.


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Vegan Weight Loss for Vibrant Living!
When it comes to weight loss most people think about metabolism as the body using energy, hopefully burning fat. The idea is that if you can speed up your metabolism you will lose fat faster. So, is there a way to boost your metabolism and burn fat faster? Yes indeed! Unfortunately it isn't as easy as taking a pill or drinking some special tea.
The absolute best way to burn fat fast and boost your metabolism on your vegan weight loss program is eating less (and healthier-tons of fruits and veggies) and moving more. If you are eating less and moving more and still not losing weight, guess what? You need to eat even less and move even more.
There are limits of course. You shouldn't eat less than 1200 calories a day or exercise intensely for more than about an hour per day.
If you are obese, you can unbalance your metabolism for a long time before you are in danger of getting too skinny.
Usually when you decide you want to lose weight, the first thing you think of is eating less. You are on the right track. That will surely get you burning fat to make up for the caloric deficit you create.
But, you can only lose fat for so long with diet alone before your brilliant body tries to bring everything back into balance by getting rid of expendable, calorie burning tissue—your muscles.
Each pound of muscle burns about 50 calories a day. If your body gets rid of 2 pounds of muscle your daily metabolism goes down by 100 calories. This makes your vegan weight loss program come to a standstill. But standing still is better than...
Did you get that? Dieting without exercise actually lowers your metabolism. That is exactly the opposite of what you want. You want to boost your metabolism.
Lowering your metabolism with diet alone is why it is so easy to gain all that weight back when you go off your diet. Have you ever experienced this scenario? After you gain the weight back, you're frustrated and not happy with how you look so you go on the diet again because, hey, it worked the last time.
You go on the diet, lose weight, lower your metabolism, go off the diet, gain the weight back plus a little extra. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you yo-yo dieting.
If you want to lose weight without lowering your metabolism and riding the weight loss/weight gain rollercoaster, you must move.
Exercising tells your body that muscle is important to keep the it and burn fat. You have got to move to boost your metabolism. Moving, exercising, is the only way to increase the number of calories your body burns--The Only Way. The good news is it doesn't take a lot and moving your body feels good. Walking for just 30 minutes a day would give your metabolism a boost and make your vegan weight loss program even easier.
If you walked at a good clip (about 3.5 miles per hour) you would burn at least 100 calories a day. That may not seem like a lot, but over a year that is 36500 calories, or 10 pounds of fat. Not bad for 30 minutes a day!
Here are some other things you can do to tell your body to keep your muscle and lose the fat:
• Walk during your lunch hour
• Take a family walk after dinner
• Mow the lawn with a push mower
• Walk your dog
• Wash the car by hand
• Run or walk fast when doing errands
• Pace the sidelines at your kids' athletic games
• Walk to a co-worker's desk instead of emailing or calling them
• Make time in your day for physical activity
• If you find it difficult to be active after work, try it before work
• Take a walk break instead of a coffee break
• Perform gardening and/or home repair activities
• Play with your kids 30 minutes a day
• Dance to music you love
• Take the stairs instead of the escalator/elevator
• Go for a hike
Take away Tips:
If you want to lose weight, you need to boost your metabolism. The best(because it is the only) way to do that is to eat less and move more.
Do you want to feel better than just OK? Do you want boundless energy? Do you want to feel powerful and strong? Do you want to be lean and fit? Do you want optimal health and vitality?
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I was watching a funny movie the other day and it gave me the weakies.
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Can you define these popular missing words?
The feeling one has when he or she is unable to clench one's fingers into a fist, due to lack of strength.
Oh my goodness, I've got the weakies!
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>the SBC6120 single board PDP8 clone is taking names for a new run of
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To all those boppin' chicks and crazy dudes who get off on his tunes, Michigan deejay Rockin' Robby says, "Keep those calls coming in." But, hey, don't ring between 1 and 2 p.m., dig? That's when Robby's mom makes him take his nap.
At age 5, Robby Naismith works the Sunday morning Top Five slot on his father's 3,000-watt radio station, WFXZ, in Pinconning, Mich. (pop. 5,561). Now a six-month radio veteran, Robby has an eclectic following that includes the elderly (his show follows the Polka Hour) and college students (it precedes the Top 40).
Robby has been rocking—so the story goes—since the cradle, where he liked to kick time to his parents' disco records. But it was only when Robby was 3, and he began spinning platters on his own and imitating the patter of his deejay dad, that his mom, Yolanda, thought of putting her son's talent to use. Robby usually tapes the half-hour show on Saturday and receives a $1 allowance for the effort. So far the kindergartner has had to memorize the spiels that open and close the show: Reading is still a career goal. As far as anybody can tell, Robby is the youngest regular deejay in the country. But that may not be true for long—not if 2½-year-old Annie Naismith, a/k/a Rockin' Sister, has anything to say about it.
Jeff Davis is, admittedly, something of a rara avis. For the past two years the 23-year-old aspiring actor has winged his way across the country as "Seymore D. Fair"—get it?—the promotional pelican for the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, which concludes November 11. Davis describes his avian alter ego as "a cross between W.C. Fields and Groucho Marx." He has bemused the White House staff by dancing with the wives of Russian diplomats and ruffled the feathers of Bob Hope on a TV guest shot. Davis is used to such flights of fancy. When he signed on at the exposition, he had only recently molted his previous persona as the "Golden Eagle" mascot for the University of Southern Mississippi, where he majored in hotel and restaurant administration.
"Just a country boy" at heart, Davis grew up on a farm in tiny Midway, Miss. Besides the 80 hours a week (for which he is paid about $400) he puts in as "Seymore," he tends bar at a local club and is saving his money to feather a nest early next year in L.A., where he hopes to hatch his acting career. "Acting is something I want to do more than anything," Davis says. "But I'm not going to let it ruin my life. I'll give it six or seven years and if it doesn't work, I'll probably say, 'Well, I'll give it another few years.' "
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Halo: Combat Evolved
(Xbox, PC, 360)
Bent on Humankind's extermination, a powerful fellowship of alien races known as the Covenant is wiping out the Earth's fledgling interstellar empire. You and the other surviving defenders of a devastated colony-world make a desperate attempt to lure the alien fleet away from Earth. Shot down and marooned on the ancient ring-world Halo, you begin a guerilla-war against the Covenant. Fight for humanity against an alien onslaught as you race to uncover the mysteries of Halo.
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Halo: Combat Evolved Review
Score: A+
Say Halo to my little friendMay 09, 2004
User Reviews> Write a Review of This Game
Wonderful FPS. Just wonderful.
Score: A+
by Cody Jackson
March 05, 2012 2 0
One of the best games 3V@R!!
Score: A+
by Isaiah Bryant
October 08, 2011 0 0
Halo 1 is one of the best games ever! Nuff' said.
Score: A+
by Larry Mario
July 21, 2011 0 0
Halo: a revolutionary game
Score: A-
by Subject R88
Just finished replaying Halo on Heroic setting.
Let me summarize what i had been playing up to Halo's arrival, it helps to see what the games were around when halo came...
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April 18, 2010 0 0
Great Game!
Score: A+
by Matthew Helfrich
Really solid FPS for Xbox and one of the best to play coop with buddies. I personally like 2 a little better, although the bugs were annoying, but this bad boy started it all!...
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December 04, 2009 0 0
My first love.
Score: A+
by Ryan Roache
This was my first love, my addiction. This is how I fell in love with
my first original xbox. I love this game. The gameplay is epic. The
storyline is spectacular. I could...
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July 16, 2008 0 0
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Score: A+
by Erik Innocent
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May 22, 2008 0 0
My all time favorite game!
Score: A+
by s s
This is what gets my gaming enthusiasm going, a long LAN session of Halo 1 with some good LAN buddies on a Friday night. Although Halo3 and H2 before it along with other...
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March 14, 2008 0 0
The Roots of the great halo tree
Score: A+
by Ron ismyname
Your the last of your kind, The pillar of ataum (your main ship) is under attack by the covenent, you end up on the planet that started the flood.....not master cheif's...
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January 20, 2008 0 0
A True Modern Classic
Score: A+
by Matt Dawkins
Halo is one of those games that gets everything right. From the intense shootouts, epic story and surprising twists, this game serves as something that following games can try...
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January 11, 2008 0 0
Score: A+
by Zenin Murawski
I cannot believe that some people have actually docked this game a point for lack of online multiplayer. To me that is truly disgusting.
November 04, 2007 0 0
Halo ce is amazing!
Score: A+
by Jakob Howell
maverickscomputer is a dumass.Halo ce. Is probably one of the greatest Fps to this date.Others like gears and call of duty still equall up with it,But there is just something...
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July 20, 2007 0 0
Halo: Combat Evolved (XBOX, 2001)
Score: A+
by Nick H.
It seems like only yesterday that this game was being released for the XBOX and people went crazy over it. It's hard to believe that this game was old enough to be a launch...
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July 15, 2007 0 0
Score: A+
by Tanner W
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June 26, 2007 0 0
Judge it on its own terms
Score: A
by Half Full
No, it didn't reinvent the wheel. But it did blaze the trail for console shooters and, well, pretty much the entire 360 library. One of the best campaigns to play through-...
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May 27, 2007 0 0
Why is this so good?
Score: D+
by Max Teplitzky
Best Game ever? hardly.
A first person shooter. that is what this is. there is nothing special. i know that this was revolutionary for the time, but there is so much wrong...
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May 12, 2007 0 0
My Halo: Combat Evolved Review
Score: A+
by PSP Maverick
I got my Xbox on launch day 11/15/01 along with Halo and Dead or Alive 3. I managed a Funco Land Store so I had played all the Games in our demo unit, and I actually had all...
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December 28, 2006 0 0
Score: A+
by Brandon Hughes
Best shooter ever...nuff said.
August 21, 2006 0 0
pretty good
Score: B+
by Patrick Bello
This game is pretty good. I like the weapons. I like a lot of things about this game. But I hate the levels. They are bland and repettitive. They are also very easy to get...
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March 20, 2006 0 0
Score: A+
by Shadow ????
This game is prefect, I loved all the single player levels and I enjoyed the multi-player. I never and I'll say it again Never had a camera problem. If you like good games get...
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December 27, 2005 0 0
Score: A+
by Ian (Brrnout) Tyracek
I have a Ps2 but me & my freind switched systems 4 a while. WOW this might give me a great excuse to by a XBOX 360! Like i love my ps2, but u just cant compete with halo,...
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October 19, 2005 0 0
Damn Good Game
Score: A
by Cody Norman
The game is overrated, sure, but the weapons are (for the most part) awesome, but there is a LOT of backtracking, so therefore I give Halo a 5 out of 5
October 06, 2005 0 0
Score: A+
by James Halbrook
I've been through this game many a time, killed countless Covenant, Marines, and other Spartans in deathmatches, and I can honestly say it never really gets old. I've even...
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August 29, 2005 0 0
Score: B-
by Ravaged Warrior
(This review is for single player only)
This has to be the most overrated game I've ever played. People talk about how great it is, but it's just average at best. The gameplay...
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August 16, 2005 0 0
Score: A+
by Bryan Stermer
User's rating is too low
Halo is by far one of the best games out there. The storyline was very unique. The gameplay was extremely fun and the replay value tops all FPSs to...
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August 07, 2005 0 0
good game
Score: A+
by Eric Graham
i love this game i thank the game is good i like every thing about it that is all by
May 01, 2005 0 0
Come on....
Score: B+
by Andrew Tattersall
Very good game, weapons are not nearly as balanced as they should be, level desing is alright even though at times I found myself thinking "have I been here...
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March 22, 2005 0 0
Score: A+
by Edward Davyduck
Halo is probably the single most influential 3D FPS ever made.
Not to mention it rocks.
Here is my review:
Very good, the controls are solid and stick once you get...
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March 16, 2005 0 0
Score: A+
by Ethan Maas
I was addicted to this game when my friend got it on Xbox three years ago, and I'm still addicted after getting it and its sequel for my new Xbox at Christmas. The graphics...
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March 01, 2005 0 0
The best review ever
Score: A+
by FEaR the Unknown
January 08, 2005 0 0
this game is bad ass
Score: A+
by seth grubel
like i said this game is bad ass and i love it alot
December 20, 2004 0 0
Score: A+
by Tony Busby
Goldeneye started first person shooters, games like Perfect Dark, any 007 game continued first person shooters but Halo revolutionized first person shooters. I bought my Xbox...
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December 07, 2004 0 0
Score: A+
by daniel walters
halo is the best fucking game ever made. i don't care what anyone else says. this game blows away halo 2... the campain is the best. and playing with 2 people makes it a...
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December 07, 2004 0 0
LAN is the best thing since ROCK.
Score: A+
by Caio M. Rodrigues
This game absolutely blows the compitition away in multiplayer. It is fast paced and just plain addicting. LAN games are the funnest. seperate the X-Boxes and just go all out...
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November 03, 2004 0 0
Not so fast....
Score: B-
by Tank diesel
Some of you say this is a shooter of the age becuase of its "realistic combat". I am not sure if you are from this planet because as far as I know our troops in...
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November 03, 2004 0 0
Score: A+
by Dan Phelan
wow. this game is so good, i can't wait for halo 2
November 02, 2004 0 0
I Love Halo!!!!!!!!!!
Score: A+
by Daniel Owen
This game blows my mind! It is just wonderfulawesomegreat. That about sums it up.
October 10, 2004 0 0
A shooter for the ages.
Score: A
by Josh Wood
Halo is a game for the ages it will be played for gennarations to come. It is such a good interpratation of the feeling of combat . The game has relly good graffics and it is...
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August 30, 2004 0 0
halo, what a game
Score: A+
by Joshua Go
This, is without a doubt, the best game on xbox. It contends with games like the original super mario, the mindblowing gameplay and graphics of the final fantasy series when...
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August 25, 2004 0 0
Halo mania
Score: A+
by Joseph Go
Halo is arguebly one of the best console games of all time its easy controls and stunning multiplayer mode has revolutionized the way games were made. Not since 007...
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August 19, 2004 0 0
Score: A+
by Mike "Mikenike" Campbell
In the words of Lionel Ritchie, "OUTRAGEOUS".
August 14, 2004 0 0
Score: A+
by Wilkins Scott
August 05, 2004 0 0
Score: A+
by Joseph Robledo
Halo is the greatist game ever. EVER!!! Anyone thats played it will tell you that. Its been out for like almost 3 years and its still the greatist game around. The campain is...
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August 04, 2004 0 0
Score: A+
by Rivera Wilfred
I have been playiing Halo for almost 2 years on the PC and its awsome. Grapics are great. Only drawback is that you can play only as a human and I wish that you could decide...
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July 13, 2004 0 0
Score: A+
by William Powell
Halo is the best game I have EVER PLAYED!!! I have been playing games since before the Atari 2600, and Halo just enveloped me in a world of Science Fiction heaven. I would...
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July 09, 2004 0 0
Score: A+
by William Powell
Halo is the best game I have EVER PLAYED!!! I have been playing games since before the Atari 2600, and Halo just enveloped me in a world of Science Fiction heaven. I would...
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July 09, 2004 0 0
Score: A+
by Jeremy Winkle
July 02, 2004 0 0
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"I spoil my nephew," Kardashian told PEOPLE at the 7th Annual Leather and Laces Super Bowl Party that she co-hosted with Holly Madison and Roselyn Sanchez. "He really loves me; I already know it. He never cries every time I hold him."
"I take pictures of him all day and we have a really special bond," she continues. "I know I'm his favorite aunt."
Not Khloe? "No, I'm his favorite aunt," she laughs.
And Kardashian, 29, says that she's not above bribing him with gifts. "I gave him these little onesies that say Mason Dash Disick," she says. "They were adorable."
Big sister Kourtney, 30, gave birth to Mason with beau Scott Disick in December. It has been a growing experience for them both. "He has changed Kourtney's life," says Kardashian, "She's so happy; she's such a good mom. And Scott is such a great dad. It's been really exciting to see the two of them grow up so much."
Mom Kris Jenner agrees that Mason had brought new joy into everyone's life: "I will babysit him anytime, anywhere," she says. "He has just brought the whole family so much happiness. We're all really blessed."
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Edinboro's Schopp receives weekly awards from EWL, PSAC
Edinboro's A.J. Schopp has been recognized as the EWL and PSAC wrestler of the week for his effort's in Sunday's tri-meet with Northwestern and Clarion.
The 133-pound sophomore played a big part in the Fighting Scots' 22-15 upset of Northwestern and 28-12 win over Clarion.
Against Northwestern's Levi Mele, Schopp earned a 10-2 major decision. In the Clarion match, Schopp recorded his sixth fall of the season by pinning Joe Waltko in 1 minute, 11 seconds.
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June 28 at Intermedia Arts | 12 to 5 p.m. | $5 | 21+ |~DWIGHT HOBBESI'd love to see the looks on the faces who, back in 2005, figured an all-female Hip-Hop summit wouldn't fly. Or, at any rate, would not last. What the shortsighted dismissed as p.c. spark has so caught fire it's now the national and international beacon, B-Girl Be Summit. Artists and audiences literally flock from across the country and around the globe to get to this. For which one can thank Intermedia Arts and Desdamona. B-Girl Be is billed as a series of events, workshops, exhibits and performances celebrating women in Hip-Hop. That's kind of like saying the Amazons could fight. To merely take in the breadth of this event is to realize, like the fella said, there is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come. Go to their website. You'll see. The third annual B-Girl Be Summit is at Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Ave. S. in Minneapolis and at other Twin Cities venues. June 28 thru July 1 with an exhibit that continues through Sept. 9. Gallery Hours: Monday-Saturday from 12 to 5 p.m. 612-871-4444.


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2009 Carlisle Winery Zinfandel Dry Creek Valley
Producer: Carlisle Winery
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Origin: California
Region: Sonoma
Appellation: Dry Creek Valley
92 Points | Stephen Tanzer's IWC - May/June 2011
(includes 7% petite sirah): Glass-staining ruby. Sexy aromas of candied dark berries, dried flowers, incense and cola. Broad, expansive and sweet, offering lush blackcurrant and mulberry flavors and an exotic note of candied rose. Shows noteworthy depth but has impressive energy as well, finishing with strong spiciness and mineral cut. There's a lot going on here already. About two-thirds of the vines are over a century old, according to Officer. The alcohol level here is 15.5% but I don't detect any excess heat.


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What is a ball turret?
was a plexiglass sphere into the belly of a b-17 or b-24 & inhabited by two .50 caliber machine gun & 1 man & a short small man
Why can't paul share his feelings about the war?
He finds it hard to share his feeling with his father about the war because he wishes had been more courageous
What do the descriptions of the stagnant lake and the people going about their business suggest?
indifference in the war
What is the significance of the story taking place on the fourth of july?
It is a day to celebrate patriotism but he doesn't feel like a patriot
Paul symbolizes what segment of society?
A group of people, young soldiers that returned from vietnam
What does shotwells obsession with jacks tell the reader about his mental state?
Shotwell is an anti-social character, selfish, & possesive
What is the purpose of he authors use of repetition?
He keeps repeating sentences to show that the narrator is going crazy
According to line 2 what does the mirror do with whatever it sees?
The second line says "whatever I see I swallow immediately"
What does the women see at the end of the mirror?
She stated "each morning it is her face that replaces the darkness"
What can you infer about the relationship between the speaker and the father?
Its the reflection of the sounds that bells make & emotions from that sound that she enjoys she just remember her father
In what way does this statement apply to berlin and his conflicts about war experience?
Paul berlin learned that he would have to overcome his fear of the war. Paul had to have determination to stay strong in the war. When he could have dropped out of the terryfing war, he decides to fight through it & not give up.


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Mr. BFS and I need to cut down our spending, so we are bringing our total food expenditure down to $500 or less a month. Then we'll start aiming for $450. Here are the results for May-June 2014!
Food Spending from May 13, 2014 – June 12, 2014
In order to track our spending without logging into our credit card account every day, we keep a running tally on a sheet of paper stuck to our refrigerator. The weird "month" from the 13th through the 12th is because that is our main credit card statement term. It's not the prettiest method ever, but it usually works great to keep our eyes on the prize. We stayed on top of it pretty well this past month. I had some blanks to fill in.
Here's how we did:
Eating Out – $362.17
Groceries – $140.73
That comes to $502.90 total. Yay!
So we didn't hit the target on the head, but we also didn't start cracking down on ourselves until mid-month. Our friends meet up with my husband 2-3 times a week at restaurants like Jason's Deli and Steak and Shake for board game play testing (testing out unpublished board games). We're pushing the eating-at-home-for-fun thing way more now.
What We've Been Eating
Mr. BFS and I have been eating all kinds of stuff this month…
- Spaghetti
- Restaurants like Mexican, Jason's Deli, and Black Eyed Pea
- LOTS of cereal
- Frozen pizza
- Peanut butter and jam sandwiches
- Milk
Knowing that we need to start cutting back long-term is very motivating. We'll see if we beat the $500 mark for June-July. 🙂
Did you hit any specific goals lately? How is your food budget coming along?


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Carozza SE, Li B, Wang Q, Horel S, Cooper S. 2009. Agricultural pesticides and risk of childhood cancers.. International journal of hygiene and environmental health. 212(2):186-95. Abstract
Carozza SE. 2015. Re: "the next generation of large-scale epidemiologic research: implications for training cancer epidemiologists".. American journal of epidemiology. 181(5):360.
Carozza SE, Li B, Elgethun K, Whitworth R. 2008. Risk of childhood cancers associated with residence in agriculturally intense areas in the United States.. Environmental health perspectives. 116(4):559-65. Abstract
Carozza SE, Howe HL. 2006. Patterns of cancer incidence among US Hispanics/Latinos, 1995-2000.. Cancer causes & control : CCC. 17(8):1067-75. Abstract
Carozza SE, Langlois PH, Miller EA, Canfield M. 2012. Are Children With Birth Defects at Higher Risk of Childhood Cancers? American journal of epidemiology. Abstract
Chow EJ, Puumala SE, Mueller BA, Carozza SE, Fox EE, Horel S, Johnson KJ, McLaughlin CC, Reynolds P, Von Behren J et al.. 2010. Childhood cancer in relation to parental race and ethnicity: a 5-state pooled analysis.. Cancer. 116(12):3045-53. Abstract
Felini MJ, Olshan AF, Schroeder JC, North KE, Carozza SE, Kelsey KT, Liu M, Rice T, Wiencke JK, Wrensch MR. 2007. DNA repair polymorphisms XRCC1 and MGMT and risk of adult gliomas.. Neuroepidemiology. 29(1-2):55-8. Abstract
Felini MJ, Olshan AF, Schroeder JC, Carozza SE, Miike R, Rice T, Wrensch M. 2009. Reproductive factors and hormone use and risk of adult gliomas.. Cancer causes & control : CCC. 20(1):87-96. Abstract
Huber CJ, Carozza SE, Gorman DM. 2006. Underage driving as an indicator of risky behavior in children and adolescents.. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. 38(5):612-6. Abstract
Johnson KJ, Carozza SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, McLaughlin CC, Mueller BA, Puumala SE, Reynolds P, Von Behren J et al.. 2011. Birth characteristics and childhood carcinomas.. British journal of cancer. 105(9):1396-401. Abstract
Johnson KJ, Carozza SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, McLaughlin CC, Mueller BA, Puumala SE, Reynolds P, Von Behren J et al.. 2009. Parental age and risk of childhood cancer: a pooled analysis.. Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.). 20(4):475-83. Abstract
Krishnan G, Felini M, Carozza SE, Miike R, Chew T, Wrensch M. 2003. Occupation and adult gliomas in the San Francisco Bay Area.. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 45(6):639-47. Abstract
Langlois PH, Scheuerle A, Horel SA, Carozza SE. 2009. Urban versus rural residence and occurrence of septal heart defects in Texas.. Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology. 85(9):764-72. Abstract
Langlois PH, Jandle L, Scheuerle A, Horel SA, Carozza SE. 2010. Occurrence of conotruncal heart birth defects in Texas: a comparison of urban/rural classifications.. The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association. 26(2):164-74. Abstract
Messer LC, Luben TJ, Mendola P, Carozza SE, Horel SA, Langlois PH. 2010. Urban-rural residence and the occurrence of cleft lip and cleft palate in Texas, 1999-2003.. Annals of epidemiology. 20(1):32-9. Abstract
O'Connell SG, Kerkvliet N, Carozza SE, Rohlman D, Pennington J, Anderson KA. 2015. In vivo contaminant partitioning to silicone implants: Implications for use in biomonitoring and body burden.. Environment international. 85:182-8. Abstract
O'Neill KA, Murphy MF, Bunch KJ, Puumala SE, Carozza SE, Chow EJ, Mueller BA, McLaughlin CC, Reynolds P, Vincent TJ et al.. 2015. Infant birthweight and risk of childhood cancer: international population-based case control studies of 40 000 cases.. International journal of epidemiology. Abstract
Okcu MF, Goodman KJ, Carozza SE, Weiss NS, Burau KD, Bleyer AW, Cooper SP. 2002. Birth weight, ethnicity, and occurrence of cancer in children: a population-based, incident case-control study in the State of Texas, USA.. Cancer causes & control : CCC. 13(7):595-602. Abstract
Puumala SE, Carozza SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, Johnson KJ, McLaughlin C, Mueller BA, Reynolds P, Von Behren J et al.. 2009. Childhood cancer among twins and higher order multiples.. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology. 18(1):162-8. Abstract
Spector LG, Puumala SE, Carozza SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, Johnson KJ, McLaughlin CC, Reynolds P, Von Behren J et al.. 2009. Cancer risk among children with very low birth weights.. Pediatrics. 124(1):96-104. Abstract
Thompson JA, Carozza SE, Zhu L. 2007. An evaluation of spatial and multivariate covariance among childhood cancer histotypes in Texas (United States).. Cancer causes & control : CCC. 18(1):105-13. Abstract
Thompson JA, Carozza SE, Zhu L. 2008. Geographic risk modeling of childhood cancer relative to county-level crops, hazardous air pollutants and population density characteristics in Texas.. Environmental health : a global access science source. 7:45. Abstract
Thompson JA, Carozza SE, Bissett WT, Zhu L. 2010. Risks of childhood cancer among Texas watersheds, based on mothers' living locations at the time of birth.. Journal of water and health. 8(1):139-46. Abstract
Von Behren J, Spector LG, Mueller BA, Carozza SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, Johnson KJ, McLaughlin C, Puumala SE et al.. 2010. Birth order and risk of childhood cancer: A pooled analysis from five US States.. International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer. Abstract
Wu X-C, Chen VW, Steele B, Roffers S, Klotz JB, Correa CN, Carozza SE. 2003. Cancer incidence in adolescents and young adults in the United States, 1992-1997.. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. 32(6):405-15. Abstract


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A unique and distinct form of ugly. Worse than ugly, but better than ugly ugly.
Simpsons reference, from Episode #242: "Pygmoelian". pug fugly was first used by Moe the Bartender.
Simpsons reference, from Episode #242: "Pygmoelian". pug fugly was first used by Moe the Bartender.
"I've been called ugly, fugly, pugly, pug fugly... but not UGLY ugly!"
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Can you define these popular missing words?
A term used to describe someone of extreme facial defficiency. Combines the following terms: Ugly, Pug Ugly, Fugly into one, manageable compound word.
"That flaming, homeless guy that fell face first onto a landmine is PUG FUGLY!"
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A person so ugly, that when you look at them you're all, "HOLY FUCK!!!"
"HOLY FUCK, she's not ugly, SHE'S PUG-FUGLY!!!"
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the ugliest of the ugly, pug added to fugly, which means fucking ugly, because pugs are ugly.
he was really pugfugly!
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someone who is so ugly, I mean really f*ckin' sick. So damn ugly that it must be some kind of bad joke. Someone who's face looks like my dogs ass.
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I took this class to polish my stars! I liked your version with all different colors but decided to try something different. I think I will add a border with small stars. Next time, I will make this quilt from my scrap pile. I loved the discipline required to make good points.
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Peco Energy Co. electricity customers are about to get a jolt in their bills.
The Philadelphia utility's residential price for electricity is slated to increase 21.5 percent on Monday.
The increase from 8.64 cents per kilowatt hour to 10.5 cents amounts to $13.95 a month for a customer using 750 kilowatt hours (kWh).
The quarterly adjustment only pertains to the supply charge on the bill, and won't affect the 30 percent of Peco customers who have switched to competing suppliers. Peco has 1.6 million customers in six counties.


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"What we need is better default rules of the road for how privacy occurs on the Internet [so] you don't have to worry about opting-out," said Peter Eckersley, senior staff technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
"One of the biggest concerns that we have with the current regime is that when opt-outs are present, they're frequently kind of dummy opt-outs," Eckersley continued. "What you're opting out of is not the collection of information about you, but rather the targeting of advertising to you based on the information that was previously collected. You have no option of being surveilled, you can only opt out of being marketed to."
Today, the digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a friend-of-the-court brief on Power's behalf. The EFF rightly points out that the problem with accepting Facebook's argument is doing so would allow a private company to transform millions of Web users into criminals simply by issuing terms of service that people ignore.
A coalition of consumer and privacy groups is taking its fight for online consumer privacy to Capitol Hill. In their sights: online advertising practices and behavioral targeting. In a joint letter to Congress, the groups warn that tracking and targeting of consumers have reached "alarming levels."
They say they want legislation, not self-regulation. The coalition includes the Center for Digital Democracy, Consumers Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group.
"It's a very, very, very huge potential privacy invasion because we're talking about very, very small sensors that can be undetectable, effectively," said Lee Tien, an attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a privacy advocate.
What remains is a sobering combination — on one hand, there is the detailed information held by companies like Amazon and Google, which have a strong business incentive to fight off the government. Yet even as they go to court to protect the information they have collected, that information still represents a "honey pot for the government," Cindy Cohn, legal director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, says.
In her talk, Boyd suggested that social networking sites could save themselves potential embarrassment by vetting potential new features and changes through privacy rights watchdogs like the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
"When (Facebook) started, it was a private space for communication with a group of your choice," the EFF's timeline written by attorney Kurt Opsahl explains. "Soon, it transformed into a platform where much of your information is public by default. Today, it has become a platform where you have no choice but to make certain information public, and this public information may be shared by Facebook with its partner websites and used to target ads."
A group of privacy groups sent their principles for controlling data collection and use, in a letter to be sent to members of Congress on Monday. The groups include the Center for Digital Democracy, the Consumer Federation of America, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the United States Public Interest Research Group and the World Privacy Forum.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has written a 12-step guide to protecting your online privacy. The guide explains how to make sure you are not "shedding" your personal details online and provides handy tips about configuring your web browser preferences, setting up "clean" email addresses, and common sense tips about staying safe (and private) on the web.
We aren't lawyers. If you don't believe us, take a look at our paychecks. The Electronic Frontier Foundation's civil liberty director (how rad is that job title?), Jennifer Granick, however, is in fact, a lawyer. Granick took a few minutes out of her hectic civil liberty directing schedule to give some smart answers to some of Brian's dumb questions about the recent raid of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen's home.


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CHATHAM — Mr. Cupcakes will soon open a store in Chatham, which will be its fourth.
Owner and founder of what is arguably the top site for cupcakes in the state, Johnny Manganiotis, said Monday only a few more details need to be taken care of before he can open.
The first detail is putting the granite countertops down, which he said will be done this week, and then it's a matter of "waiting for the final inspections."
Originally he hoped to be open for Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, but now he says, "I'm hoping for next week."
The store, his first to be located outside of Bergen County, will be at 247 Main St. Asked why he ventured outside of his home territory, Manganiotis said, "I wanted a town in Morris County and after spending time in Chatham, I really like the town."
He said whether dining in Chatham, walking along Main Street or chatting to people, he's discovered "people in Chatham are very supportive" of the town and the merchants. Also there are a "lot of family events" in town and he said his company is "very family oriented," and participates in many local events.
Fixing up the store for the opening wasn't a big problem. As the fourth store in his cupcake empire, Mr. Cupcakes now uses "a lot of branded items," from the color scheme — "royal blue and baby blue" to its mascot, Mr. Cupcakes. The store is "kid friendly, yet elegant" with crown molding, he said.
He said he hopes to have his grand opening event the first week of March, but that all depends upon when the borough's inspectors give him the green light to open.


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"The budget was $50,000 to start," Rogers recalled. "We weren't allowed to compete for Southeastern Conference championships. We had to call them `SEC Invitationals.'"
Now the University of Alabama competes for SEC championships in 11 women's sports, with a women's annual budget of just less than $11.5 million.
The story is repeated in similar fashion at every institution in the country, as the passage of Title IX forced schools to begin creating opportunities for women to compete in intercollegiate athletics in proportion to opportunities for men.
But the SEC didn't settle for merely meeting minimum requirements of federal legislation. It made a commitment to compete at the highest level, and it has done so in multiple sports.
The league is also still adding women's sports. The future may include more offerings in lacrosse, crew (rowing), equestrian riding and beach volleyball.
Pay now or later
Although the SEC celebrates its 75th anniversary, the first SEC women's championship was not held until 1980, in basketball. Florida won the conference's first women's NCAA title in 1982, in swimming and diving.
In the 25 years since, SEC teams have won 69 NCAA championships. This year Tennessee has already won the NCAA title in women's basketball, with championships still to be decided in five sports in which SEC teams are national contenders: golf, tennis, gymnastics, outdoor track and softball.
"When Harvey Schiller came in as commissioner (in 1986), it was a new era in women's athletics in the SEC," said Pat Wall, hired by Schiller away from the NCAA to become the first woman to hold the position of associate commissioner in the SEC. "He realized there were inequities that needed to be addressed. And my mandate was to usher in a new attitude about our commitment to women's sports."
Schiller sought to spread the message, Wall said.
"Harvey Schiller told the (school) presidents that they could either pay now or pay later, meaning either put money into women's sports now and make it equitable, or pay later in potential lawsuits. And once the presidents bought into it, the athletic directors bought into it, and they went with full force in terms of salaries, coaches, budgets, facilities and equipment."
Another significant initiative came in 1992 when the league approved a set of gender equity principles for all members.
"The decision was that every SEC member would have two more women's team sports than men's sports," said SEC Associate Commissioner Debbie Corum. The aim, she said, was to even out scholarship numbers, and the large number of football scholarships required having more women's sports than men's.
"It was a big stand for a conference to make at that time," she said.
Beyond that, the league didn't pick just any sports. Senior women's administrators decided that "if we're going to do this thing, let's do it right. Let's add sports we know we can compete in," Corum said.
New sports coming
The evolution of women's sports is tied to specific federal legislation, the Education Amendments of 1972, commonly referred to as Title IX. The law states that "no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance."
While the law applies to a broad range of activities, its most prominent impact was in the area of women's sports. Initially passed in 1972, the final regulations were not agreed upon until 1974, and schools were given until 1978 to come into compliance using a "three-prong" test:
Provide athletic opportunities that are substantially proportionate to the male/female breakdown in enrollment;
Or, demonstrate a continual expansion of athletic opportunities for the underrepresented sex;
Or, show full accommodation of the interest level of the underrepresented sex.
Lamar Daniel is a consultant for schools seeking to stay in compliance with Title IX. For 21 years he worked with the Office for Civil Rights, investigating Title IX cases throughout the Southeast.
"It took a while, but most of the SEC schools are doing very well in compliance," Daniel said. "The schools that are in the best shape tend to be schools that can afford to be, basically because of football (revenue)."
Adding sports remains an issue, he said.
"There are a few schools in the SEC that could have a problem because they are not adding sports in which there is a demonstrated interest," he said. "The next big sport I see coming is lacrosse. A lot of schools are adding rowing or equestrian to increase the participation for women, because those sports give you big numbers."
The SEC sponsors championships in 11 women's sports: basketball, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track (indoor, outdoor and cross country) and volleyball. SEC teams compete in five other sports (crew, equestrian, lacrosse, rifle, and bowling), but the conference requires four schools to have a sport before initiating a conference championship.
"It used to be six, but we wanted to jump-start women's sports so we reduced it to four, or a third of our institutions," Corum said. "We've got three institutions with equestrian. Florida announced it will start lacrosse, and Vanderbilt is looking at lacrosse. A few have rowing, so we're close to adding more championships for women."
One sport that may come quickly is beach volleyball. A beach volleyball tournament met with great success at the University of Florida. It would be an easy addition because, initially at least, it could involve the same athletes and coaches who participate in indoor volleyball.
"The NCAA doesn't recognize beach volleyball, but it's close to being presented as an `emerging sport,' said Marie Robbins, Alabama's senior women's administrator. "That means a certain number of schools commit to adding it by a certain date. Initially, it would help meet the participation goal, and ultimately it might be a completely separate sport (from indoor volleyball) that would offer more scholarship opportunities."
Robbins is a former Alabama gymnast who has worked in the conference office and now in administration at her alma mater.
"I feel like I'm a beneficiary of Title IX," she said. "I came along in the mid-1980s. And I've seen the growth of opportunities for women firsthand."
Daniel doesn't believe Title IX caused the loss of some men's sports. "Usually it's a lack of funds. A school simply can't afford all the sports it is carrying with rising costs. But Title IX gets blamed."
In some other cases, he said, a school chose to drop a men's sport instead of adding a women's sport to meet the Title IX requirement of proportionality.
Had to get fans first
One of the biggest issues facing women's coaches in the 1980s was creating interest in their sport.
"I remember being told that if we wanted financial support, we had to show we could put people in the stands and sell tickets," said veteran Alabama gymnastics coach Sarah Patterson. "I remember that vividly, just like I remember talking to (newspaper reporters) who told me the only way we'd get coverage is if we had people interested in us and in the stands.
"So we got out and marketed our program. I remember when we had 50 people in the stands, competing in Foster Auditorium. Then we moved to the coliseum and hung a curtain up to hide the empty seats on one side of the arena. Then we finally took down the curtain and now we put 15,000 in the stands for home meets."
Creating interest in women's programs is still a struggle.
"We have to get crowds to our programs," said Rogers, UA's first director of women's sports. "We have to get media to cover our events. We need more visibility. That's the big thing. We still have a long way to go in that area."
Some programs do draw large crowds, such as gymnastics at Alabama and Georgia, Tennessee women's basketball, Florida volleyball, and Georgia women's tennis.
Senior women's administrator Joan Cronan is in her 25th year at the University of Tennessee. "From day one, we had some of the strongest women's sports in America," Cronan said. "The University of Tennessee said `yes' to building women's athletics before it was cool."
For Cronan, the way to tell how far women's athletics has come has nothing to do with surveys or research.
"All I have to do is get on an airplane and sit down next to a gentleman," she said. "Once he finds out what I do, he generally asks two questions.
"The first is, `Does she stare at you the way she stares at everybody else?' and I know he's talking about (basketball coach) Pat Summitt. That means they are paying attention to women's athletics.
"The second question is, `I have a daughter or granddaughter who is a great athlete. How do they get to that level?' To me, it's working when daddies and granddaddies know their daughters have opportunities in college athletics."
Preferably, of course, in the SEC.


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I worked with a man who recently took a vacation. He was known for being fit, playing golf, and being extraordinarily competent. He was with his wife, walking along the beach, when he dropped dead of a heart attack. I read about his death in the local newspaper and was stunned. He was 56.
Long-time fans of Mr. Cranky know the handle "Beast" well. "Beast" was a regular member of the message boards here at Mr. Cranky. He posted often and current readers can easily find his many posts by looking under movies that came out six or seven years ago. "Beast" was the handle of Ed Cowell. Ed was into music and writing and an attempt to describe his many interests in more detail would do him a disservice as I really only knew him as "Beast". Ed died suddenly of a blood clot on April 17, 2005. He was 27. News of his death only recently rippled through the Mr. Cranky community.
For reasons that should be obvious, I am not one to describe personal details of my life on this site, but a recent incident suddenly seems apropos. To make a long story short, I went over to the house of one of my best friends in February to return some mason jars and found him dead inside after his suicide. I had to call his mother, his best friend, and the police. I had to have a very surreal discussion with the 911 operator. "How do you know he's dead," he asked. I had to sit outside in sub zero temperatures freezing my ass off for hours while the police secured the scene and dealt with the body. To say the least, it was one of the worst days of my life. It is a situation I would wish on nobody.
In his suicide note, my friend asked a question: "Why should I live a life that brings me no joy?" That question, along with the passing of these three people, has produced quite a bit of thought on the topic of life, its meaning, and what the whole point might be. Pondering that question is basically a cliché, but I'm going to do it anyway.
It's occurred to me that believing that the point of life is happiness is a fallacy. Happiness is not only relative, but it's dramatically affected by culture and the definitions of happiness attached to material objects. One can derive as much happiness from owning a fancy car as having sex or watching one's favorite television show. I don't think that being happy or seeking happiness are the keys to living life well, though certainly being happy rarely is a cause of death.
I think that the key to living life well, to being happy, to making the most out of things regardless whether one is a professional athlete or a clerk at a gas station, is approaching and overcoming challenges of being an active participant in life as much as possible as opposed to a passive participant. More specifically, I think the key to life is how we respond to our failures, not the length of our list of successes. Life will always seem worthless to those who are waiting for it to give them something. People get both lucky and unlucky, but the one thing we can control is how we respond to the different challenges we face in life, no matter what they might be. We can let those challenges, particularly the ones at which we fail, cripple us, or we can get back on our feet, laugh failure in the face, and try again. From my somewhat limited experience, those who have the most difficult time finding a purpose in life are those who limit their experiences to the point where they no longer see opportunities around them.
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Stackers race against the clock, compete in relays and often combine sport stacking with fitness challenges.
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Priest is now a New Release on IndieFlix! You can see the marquee page at http://indieflix.com/films/?a=g&genre=new-releases&a=l&a=i&audience=-2&range=-1
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Bachelor Contestants Who Found Love After Heartbreak
Originally posted 03/10/2014 07:15PM
As Bachelor fans wait to see whether Juan Pablo Galavis chooses Nikki or Clare on Monday's Final Rose episode, at least one contestant has already moved on after being dumped by the Venezuelan hottie.
Single mom Renee Oteri, 32, who Galavis said goodbye to after their hometown date, is engaged to Bracy Maynard, a guy she's known since she was 12. But she's not the only former contestant to find love off-camera.
While newly engaged former Bachelorette Emily Maynard is hoping that the fourth time is the charm, and two-time contestant Kacie Boguskie is engaged, these former contestants have also found their happily ever after.
Bachelor Alum Andrew Firestone Welcomes Third Child
Originally posted 01/27/2014 02:05PM
The former reality star and wife Ivana are new parents to son Shane, born Monday, he tells PEOPLE exclusively
Bachelor Baby! Third Child on Way for Andrew Firestone
Originally posted 07/30/2013 06:00PM
"I figure since our kids are already outsmarting us, they might as well outnumber us too," the former reality star tells PEOPLE
Bachelor Party! What Jake Pavelka, Bob Guiney and Andrew Firestone Are Up To
Originally posted 05/02/2013 01:35PM
Adjusting to life after being the Bachelor can be a challenge. Just ask the men themselves.
"I tell all the girls I meet: Just know, I won't be airlifting you to the top of a glacier on our first date," says former franchise star Bob Guiney, 42. Joined by Andrew Firestone, 37, and Jake Pavelka, 35, at a March photo shoot for PEOPLE's special issue celebrating 25 seasons of The Bachelor, three of the show's biggest stars hammed it up – and shared the inside dish on the roses, romances and, yes, hot tubs, that made their seasons so very special.
Bachelor Andrew Firestone & Wife Expecting Second Child
Originally posted 10/18/2010 02:20PM
Everything is coming up roses for former Bachelor Andrew Firestone and his wife, Ivana Bozilovic – the two are expecting their second child in April, a rep for the couple confirms to PEOPLE.
As with son Adam Brooks, 19 months, the pair plan to wait until the delivery to find out the sex of their baby.
"Ivana, Brooks, and I are thrilled to be adding another little Firestone to our family," the proud papa tells PEOPLE.
Firestone currently co-owns Confidential, a San Diego eatery and nightclub, and runs the Curtis Winery in Los Olivos, Calif.
Andrew Firestone and Wife Welcome a Baby Boy
Originally posted 03/22/2009 10:00AM
It's a boy for The Bachelor star Andrew Firestone and his wife Ivana Bozilovic, Firestone's rep confirms to PEOPLE.
The couple welcomed their first child, an 8-lb. baby boy, three weeks before he was scheduled to arrive at 6:48 a.m. on Saturday in Santa Barbara, Calif.
According to Firestone's rep, the new parents have named their son Adam Brooks after Firestone's father, Santa Barbara County Supervisor Brooks Firestone.
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His TV romance didn't work out, but former Bachelor star Andrew Firestone has found his bride.
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Originally posted 05/08/2004 5:40PM
Bachelor Andrew Firestone was back on track Saturday, finishing up the One Lap of America racing event in South Bend, Ind., following a near-disastrous accident during a time trial Friday at a racetrack in Elkhart Lake, Wis.
Former Bachelor Andrew Crashes in Race
Originally posted 05/07/2004 9:00AM
Former Bachelor Andrew Firestone crashed during a time trial for the Cannonball One Lap of America racing event, emerging unharmed. "He crashed today," said Bridgestone/Firestone rep Mark Robinson, "but he's okay. The car sustained a lot of damage in the front but as Andrew says, 'Only my ego is bruised.'"
Daily Insider for March 29, 2004
Originally posted 03/26/2004 1:24PM
March 29, 2004 TRAFFIC STOPPER You would think the sight of Sean Penn would be enough to stop traffic. But when director Sydney Pollack brought him and costar Catherine Keener in to shoot a scene for his next film, The Interpreter, at Manhattan strip club Scores, the Oscar winner went practically unnoticed. It wasn't until the glamorous Scores girls – 25 of them, dressed in gowns – came outside to get lunch off the catering tables that the city seemed to grind to a halt. Cars were stopping on the Queensboro Bridge overpass, and 60th Street got so clogged with neck-craning motorists that the crew had to quickly shuffle the girls back inside. "When the strippers took their lunch break they literally stopped traffic," an eyewitness tells Daily Insider. "So they had to ask the strippers to go back inside and the aides and interns brought food in to them." How did Penn react? "Sean was very polite to all the girls," the source says.
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