Almost Perfect: A Review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
If you love action, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the novel for you. The book is as action-packed as any John Grisham or Tom Clancy thriller. War, mayhem, and death haunt every page – unfortunately, sometimes the death of a character we really care about.
Speaking of character, readers who relish character development, what writers call “arc,” will be happy as well. Harry, Ron, and Hermione have grown and matured since we first met them in volume...
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Designs on the White House
What presidential campaign stickers tell us about the candidates.
Illustrations By Justin Gabbard
Words By Ryan Bowman
You know the story. President starts war. President appears on aircraft carrier dressed in a pilot costume and declares in front of a “Mission Accomplished” sign that war is over. President goes home and watches in denial as 3,000 more Americans die in so-called finished war. It’s been told and...
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UAE father of 78 eyes new brides for century target
Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:17AM EDT
DUBAI (Reuters) - A one-legged Emirati father of 78 is lining up his next two wives in a bid to reach his target of 100 children by 2015, Emirates Today reported on Monday.
Daad Mohammed Murad Abdul Rahman, 60, has already had 15 brides although he has to divorce them as he goes along to remain within the legal limit of four wives at a time.
"In 2015 I will be 68 years old and will have 100 children," the local tabloid quoted Abdul...
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August 16, 2007
R. Kelly’s Killer Serial: Video, Music, Cliffhangers, Midgets
By MELENA RYZIK
The story began simply enough: the love triangle of Sylvester, Kathy and Rufus. But after 12 chapters the triangle was more like a lopsided octagon, with a dozen characters and as many cliffhangers. The dramas hinged on unlikely plot devices: leg cramps, pie allergies, the surprising things one finds hiding in cupboards.
Now “Trapped in the Closet,” the tale of infidelity, violence and violent infidelity by R. Kelly, the R&B star, is...
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BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese couple tried to name their baby "@," claiming the character used in e-mail addresses echoed their love for the child, an official trying to whip the national language into line said Thursday.
The unusual name stands out especially in Chinese, which has no alphabet and instead uses tens of thousands of multi-stroke characters to represent words.
"The whole world uses it to write e-mail, and translated into Chinese it means 'love him'," the father explained, according to the deputy chief of the State Language...
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Monday, August 13, 2007
Interview with Justin Cooper, Passenger
Last week, Los Angeles-based Passenger (www.thinkpassenger.com) raised $8.3M in a funding round from Steamboat Ventures, Shelter Capital Partners and StarVest Partners. We spoke with Justin Cooper, the firm's chief innovation and marketing officer, about the firm and the funding. Ben Kuo conducted the interview.
Congrats on the funding. For people who aren't familiar with Passenger, what does your company do and what do you offer to brands?
Justin Cooper: Passenger's...
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Web 2.0, Real Estate, Web Services
Civilizing the Rental Market with Web 2.0 Tools
Wade Roush, 8/16/07 11:58 am
There are few things in life more stressful than finding a decent apartment—or, if you’re a property owner, finding a decent tenant. It’s often one of those frustrating situations where each party has to make a decision without sufficient information. Is this landlord charging a reasonable rent for the neighborhood? Will this guy pay up every month? There’s no way to know, so mutual suspicion reigns. And in a city...
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