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Freelance writing is a rewarding career for those that can make it work. Here are 12 common problems many budding freelance writers face. Consider them all carefully.
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Published: Sep 04, 2007
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In 2004, Danger Mouse revealed The Grey Album, a now classic mash-up of Jay-Z's The Black Album and The Beatles' White Album. It's impact on the music industry has been felt ever since.
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Published: Sep 04, 2007
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World of Warcraft is one of the most popular games in the world. It also gathers the most cheaters in the world, meaning regular gamers must know what risks are involved before playing.
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Published: Sep 04, 2007
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Once you have a whole list of ideas ready to work with, you need to consider just how well you know your topics. And once you realize that you know nothing, it's time to go research a little bit.
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Published: Jul 24, 2007
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If you've decided that writing a novel is your next major life goal and dream, your first step is to come up with a great idea. Here are a couple of quick starters to get you going.
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Published: Jul 24, 2007
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Once you have a good idea, it's time to brainstorm the rest of your masterpiece and start gathering all of your amazing ideas together.
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Published: Jul 24, 2007
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America's Next Top Model is a show that has long relied upon its laurels as a show devoted to the exploitation of young new talent in the modeling industry. It also gives the wrong message to young gi...
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Published: Jul 23, 2007
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The classic tale of Broadway comeuppance is the number 16 movie of all time according to the AFI.
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Published: Mar 25, 2007
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Caviar is one of the finest delicacies around. What options do you have when buying caviar?
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Published: Mar 23, 2007
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Caviar is an expensive and fickle delicacy. Make sure to take your time and learn how to properly serve your caviar for optimum freshness.
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Published: Mar 23, 2007
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Diamonds have long been a source of power, mystique and intrigue. The history of diamonds stretches back thousands of years and since then they've only grown in influence.
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Published: Mar 23, 2007
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For those on the go, a one cup coffee maker is a perfect solution, offering quick, convenient coffee early in the morning.
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Published: Mar 23, 2007
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Black and Decker's slick and inexpensive single cup machine is a perfect one cup coffee making option.
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Published: Mar 23, 2007
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It's getting to that time of year and when you go camping, you'll need a decent coffee maker to get you up in the morning. Here are some of your better options.
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Published: Mar 23, 2007
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A One cup coffee maker is perfect for any coffee drinker on the go. What are the best one cup options out there though, and which makes the best cup of coffee?
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Published: Mar 23, 2007
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The NES introduced the console RPG to the world. These are the best of the many groundbreaking games that stole our after school hours so many years ago.
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Published: Mar 21, 2007
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Epic fantasy, thanks to Tolkien's work has become a major publishing genre. Looking through history, there are many influential pieces of literature to thank for that work. Here are some of the most i...
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Published: Mar 17, 2007
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The classic puzzle genre will never die, and these are five games that we'll likely be seeing in many iterations for years to come.
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Published: Mar 17, 2007
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Starbucks is a huge industry, grown from nearly nothing on the Seattle waterfront. With that success comes a great deal of controversy.
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Published: Mar 17, 2007
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Spring is here and it's time to get out of the house and enjoy it. These are five ways that you can remind yourself that winter is finally passed.
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Published: Mar 17, 2007
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The number 15 movie of all time, and one of the greatest pop culture phenomenons is George Lucas's original Star Wars film.
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Published: Mar 17, 2007
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Nintendo's newest and last consoles are sparse on the fighting games, but innovation means there's a lot of potential for the Wii
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Published: Mar 17, 2007
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The action/adventure genre exploded in the 32 bit ere, the Playstation offering up a slew of new genres and options. These are the best of those.
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Published: Mar 17, 2007
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These two icons of comedic action flicks are the faces of Hong Kong film and their unique blend of comedy and high flying action are the two best reasons why.
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Published: Mar 17, 2007
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Anyone in grade school during the 90s remembers The Disney Afternoon fondly, classic Disney characters in new situations being funny. These are the best and most memorable of those many shows.
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Published: Mar 17, 2007
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There are dozens of bird watching binocular options. Make sure you're prepared to make the right decision when buying yours.
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Published: Mar 17, 2007
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Unity Candles are a new tradition among protestant weddings, and an increasingly expensive one. So, why not make your own?
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Published: Mar 17, 2007
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All animals need food and water. When bird watching, don't forget to offer ample supplies of both.
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Published: Mar 17, 2007
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Hybrid cars are the wave of the future for the automotive industry. How do they work though?
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Published: Mar 17, 2007
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The hybrid car market is still rather small, but the demand is rabid, and the supply is growing. Here's a look at the currently available hybrid cars on the market.
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Published: Mar 17, 2007
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The SNES was a breakthrough in RPG development with Squaresoft offering some of their best games. These are a few of the better options for all of you still out there with SNES consoles plugged in.
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Published: Mar 17, 2007
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Caviar has long been one of the premier delicacies of civilization. Where did it come from and why is it so expensive though?
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Published: Mar 17, 2007
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As a symbolic act, the unity candle has only been around in Protestant Weddings for 40 or so years. What might have caused its appearance?
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Published: Mar 17, 2007
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The unity candle symbolizes the unity of bride and groom, but is a fairly new ceremony. There are many other ceremonies however that have been around for longer and do the same thing.
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Published: Mar 17, 2007
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Backyard bird watching is a serious way to get outside and enjoy spring time. It's a great way as well to get to know some local bird species. But if you don't know what you're doing off the bat, you'...
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Published: Mar 17, 2007
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Most colleges have a few hundred student organizations for you to get involved with, and if you can't find one that interests you, you can start your own.
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Published: Mar 13, 2007
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The fighting genre is one of the Playstation's biggest draws. These are the best games out there right now for you to play on your brand new Playstation 3.
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Published: Mar 11, 2007
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The Playstation introduced the dual shock controller and the possibility of shooters finally on the home console. These are the best ones to make it there.
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Published: Mar 11, 2007
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Billy Wilder's venerable cross-dressing classic is the number 14 film of all time according to the AFI, and also the AFI's funniest film of all time.
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Published: Mar 11, 2007
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There are dozens of methods to backing up your files. Make sure you're practicing at least a couple of these. With technology so freely available these days, there's no reason not to.
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Published: Mar 11, 2007
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How long ago did humans actually discover the wondrous necessities of toothbrushes and toothpaste. As we know them, not that long at all.
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Published: Mar 11, 2007
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The Crocodile Cafe in Seattle is a landmark of music and hip weekend hangout spots.
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Published: Mar 11, 2007
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Spring is almost upon us and that means a lot of people are pulling out their rusty old bicycle and polishing it up in anticipation of the clear skies and warm weather. Cycling is a wonderful sport fo...
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Published: Mar 11, 2007
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Drinking games are everywhere. For those wanting to make their own, make sure you don't fall into the traps of too many rules and not enough fun.
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Published: Mar 11, 2007
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Every kind of writing is different, and for those wanting to write about video games, there's no exception.
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Published: Mar 11, 2007
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David Lean's 1957 World War II masterpiece is the number 13 film of all time according to the AFI.
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Published: Mar 07, 2007
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Baseball sees a lot of movement and changes every year in the rosters and this year was no different. Which major changes happened in baseball and what's looking different for the coming 2007 season.
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Published: Mar 07, 2007
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The best playstation sports and racing games
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Published: Mar 07, 2007
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Naruto is the next major export from the country that brought the Dragonball Z, Pokemon, and Yu-Gi-Oh phenomena. The show, a shonen about a boy ninja, is a massive success still airing in Japan even n...
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Published: Mar 07, 2007
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The PSP's video format can be slightly confusing and hard to put together. Follow this simple guide to getting those youtube clips from your hard drive to your PSP.
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Published: Mar 07, 2007
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Those first few months of owning a puppy can be trying. Through my own trials, I offer advice on what you should make sure you're doing every day.
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Published: Mar 07, 2007
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There are hundreds of digital camera options. But, for those on the cheap, it's good to know which is the best, or you might get stuck with a clunky piece of junk that doesn't take pictures at night o...
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Published: Mar 07, 2007
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The spring and summer are just around the bend and so to are the desire to get out and enjoy the weather. Here are a couple of hotspots that all Seattle visitors should check out
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Published: Mar 07, 2007
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The Seattle Mariner's have lost a lot of that mojo in the last few years and I don't see them getting it back anytime soon. Here are a few reasons why the management hasn't fixed the problem this year...
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Published: Mar 07, 2007
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Getting to the NCAA Tournament is almost as complicated mathematically as it is athletically. Here's a little rundown of how the process works.
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Published: Mar 07, 2007
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The fighting genre grew up a lot in the Playstation days, finally jumping to full 3d. These are the five best games you can play when going a little be retro.
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Published: Feb 28, 2007
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The classic Ken Kesey novel as filmed by Milos Forman is voted in as the number 11 film of all time by the users at IMDB.
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Published: Feb 28, 2007
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Billy Wilder's classic tale of murder, Hollywood fantasy, and lost chances takes the number 12 spot on AFI's top 100 films list.
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Published: Feb 28, 2007
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Microsoft has made their machine a perfect home for fighting games, offering stellar graphics and online play. Which are the best games available?
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Published: Feb 28, 2007
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Fox tends to cut some of the best shows on television, and as fans its become the viewers' duty to bring them back.
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Published: Feb 28, 2007
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Akira Kurosawa put a collage of his own personal dreams together in one of his last films, Dreams. The film explores not only the levels of reality, but the reality of dreams themselves.
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Published: Feb 28, 2007
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Corruption is a disease in Hamlet, one that requires cleansing. As such, the only way the play can end is in tragedy, with Hamlets fate sealed as it is.
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Published: Feb 28, 2007
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Great Expectations has two endings as written by Charles Dickens, the original more fitting ending and the second, happier ending recommended by his friends and publishers. Herein I outline why the fi...
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Published: Feb 28, 2007
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The most inspirational film of all time and a Christmas Time staple, It's a Wonderful Life, is the number 11 film of all time according to the AFI.
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Published: Feb 28, 2007
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The Playstation was a breakout for RPGs and video gaming technology. Together they took the market by storm. These games are the best places to start for anyone interested in getting a little retro ga...
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Published: Feb 28, 2007
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In Jennifer Michael Hecht's award winning Funny, she takes classic jokes and twists them to her poetic liking. I try to take these twisted results apart and look at how she does this.
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Published: Feb 28, 2007
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I discuss how science fiction utilizes the noir metropolis as seen the aforementioned book and film to position humanity. Starting with Fritz Lang's Metropolis and moving up to Proya's Dark City
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Published: Feb 28, 2007
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I examine how Salman Rushdie's "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" takes the archetype of the Hero Quest as described by Joseph Campbell and uses it to display both the humanity and divinity in its protagon...
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Published: Feb 28, 2007
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Emma is a novel of social manners, one which does not immediately have a clear purpose. Therefore upon the conclusion of the second book, one wonders why it could not end there. I discuss what must ha...
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Published: Feb 28, 2007
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Mikhail Bulgakov was a downtrodden result of Soviet Censorship. In The Master and Margarita he wrote of the absolutist views that created such a state and rejected them via his re imagining of the Gos...
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Published: Feb 27, 2007
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Tenacious D's February 17th show in Seattle, WA was an incredible display of epic rock showmanship and classic Jack Black comedy.
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Published: Feb 27, 2007
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There are dozens of theories postulated by fans of where and how George Lucas compiled his epic Star Wars trilogies. However, Lucas has actually cited specific influences himself in interviews.
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Published: Feb 27, 2007
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Irenen Nemirovsky died in 1942 in Auschwitz, a victim of Nazi Germany, but her notes for one final series of novellas, a chronicling of the German occupation of Paris survived with her daughter to be ...
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Published: Feb 27, 2007
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The retro games of our childhood are nostalgic reminders of how great simplicity can be. With the growing up of that generation, how are the game companies reacting and where can you find copies of yo...
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Published: Feb 27, 2007
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The acronym littered world of RPGs is hard enough to dissect without a proper glossary. Consider this your first stop for all things turned based, random battled, or just plain crazy other-worldly.
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Published: Feb 27, 2007
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An analysis of the rhetorical techniques as used by Eiseinhower in his second inaugural address.
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Published: Feb 27, 2007
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What motivates and encourages the actions of each hero in the classic alliteration of Beowulf? Is it that each character's words directly motivate another to act?
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Published: Feb 27, 2007
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A comparison study of the narrative structures as described in two of the great short literary works of their time.
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Published: Feb 27, 2007
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The novel is about young Mario, but the role of the two title characters is key in highlighting and offsetting the importance of that young character due to his own blandness, in a similar manner to F...
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Published: Feb 27, 2007
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In Gawain and the Green Knight, the use of animal symbols is focused to the point of directly utilizing the act of hunting; Gawain himself becoming a symbol in his own narrative, both the hunter and t...
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Published: Feb 27, 2007
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The use of reflections, in glasses, glass, and the fabric of reality itself help to delineate what is and what is not real in the Wachowski Brothers' The Matrix
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Published: Feb 26, 2007
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As we enter an energy crisis, alternate forms are necessary to keep us from running out of the fossil fuels on which we rely. Nuclear fusion has long been the holy grail of alternate energy sources.
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Published: Feb 24, 2007
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The Battle for Iwo Jima was a 36 day long assault by US Marines on Japanese soil to gain a foothold in the Pacific. Clint Eastwood's films are poignant recreations of those days.
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Published: Feb 24, 2007
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Akira Kurosawa's epic masterpiece is the ninth best film according the users of IMDB.
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Published: Feb 24, 2007
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The Gene Kelley musical, rated as the greatest musical of all time, is also the 10th best film of all time according to the AFI.
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Published: Feb 24, 2007
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The second Star Wars film is regarded as the greatest by the users at IMDB, rating as the number 10 film of all time.
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Published: Feb 24, 2007
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Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji is a classic of world literature and the first novel ever written. It stands as a work of monumental importance and it's protagonist still fits the classic archety...
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Published: Feb 24, 2007
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As one of the truly great Russian writers of the last century, Bulgakov was unfortunate enough to live under Stalinist rule. His greatest work was an eviscerating attack on that regime.
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Published: Feb 24, 2007
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Akira Kurosawa made 28 films in his life, and a third of them were samurai epics. His career was one of the greatest of any director of the 20th Century, and these films are all reasons why.
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Published: Feb 23, 2007
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Tarantino's first full budgeted film changed how movies were made in the 90s, and its pretty darn cool too.
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Published: Feb 23, 2007
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The field is getting crowded quickly and it's easy to forget that there are more than just Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama running. Here's a quick list of who's currently running and where they're com...
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Published: Feb 23, 2007
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It's easy to wake up the next day and find that your wallet is significantly smaller than when you last remembered, but keep in mind, you don't have to go broke when you go out.
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Published: Feb 23, 2007
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The college application process is a long and arduous journey; don't let it get you down by not being prepared.
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Published: Feb 23, 2007
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DVDs are expensive, and for the collectors among us irresistible, so why not do whatever you can to find them cheaper than your local Best Buy.
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Published: Feb 23, 2007
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The oldest and most enduring of literary art forms, the epic poem. Here's a basic how to guide to getting started on your own.
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Published: Feb 23, 2007
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The seventh most important film according to the IMDB users is Schindler's List, by far one of the best movies of the 1990s.
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Published: Feb 23, 2007
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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court overturned the $79.5 million reward in the case of Mayola Williams against the tobacco companies.
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Published: Feb 20, 2007
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The Australian Environmental Minister announced Tuesday plans to phase out the use of the incandescent light bulb in favor of more energy efficient fluorescent bulbs over the course of the next 3-8 ye...
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Published: Feb 20, 2007
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The long dispute burial of James Brown has finally been resolved, nearly 2 months after his death. The singer will be laid to rest in the next few days at an undisclosed location.
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Published: Feb 20, 2007
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The two biggest names in satellite radio have agreed on terms to a merger that might put the two in the hotseat as FCC rules and anti-trust laws loom.
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Published: Feb 19, 2007
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There aren't too many Japanese celebrities in America these days, but their influence is growing with the influx of cultural export. Here a few names you've probably heard and if not, will soon enough...
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Published: Feb 16, 2007
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Miramax and Sony have started importing more and more asian films to the US market. Why though must they insist on butchering them endlessly in an attempt to dumb down the material for an American aud...
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Published: Feb 16, 2007
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The Nintendo Wii had an amazing launch and I was there for every second of it. Why can't the PS3 match up and why is the Wii so much fun?
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Published: Feb 16, 2007
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The magical realism genre is a little known subset of quirky, thoughtful literature started by Kafka and Borges. Here are some of the best books in the genre to get you acquainted.
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Published: Feb 16, 2007
