This must be an American made car, who are we kidding it must be foreign

Jake fills in for Kari as she is hard at work on the Halo 3 beta. We break down every detail of the beta and drool over its greatness. Crackdown has a massive amount of DLC but it has a massive bug. Metal Gear Solid on the PS3 this year? Maybe not?Another Final Fantasy 4 remake? A number of games are announced for all platforms.

A backstage look at the inner workings of the Colbert report. Its strange to see him out of character when he's not on stage. John Kerry also admits he loved Colbert's now famous whitehouse speech.

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A first look at the 6 Peice Drum kit used in Guitar hero 4

Intrigue! Betrayal! Sex (sort of)! With Rupert Murdoch's hostile takeover attempt momentarily stalled, the Weekend Wall Street Journal turns the mirror on the sprawling clan that pays the bills and fields the buyout offers. Four reporters and 3,000 words later, it turns out the Bancrofts are just like your family, except with a few more horses and sailboats. And maybe their smelly old people tell better stories:

Short and ribald, Mrs. Cox enjoyed surprising friends and family with brash comments. One visitor to the Oaks recalls her telling a story about traveling across the Atlantic as a young girl and playing mah-jongg with Franklin D. Roosevelt, the New York governor and later U.S. president. She told of catching FDR cheating and calling him on it.

So, "mah-jongg" is what they called it then? After the jump, an introductory viewer's guide to the wondrous world of the Bancrofts, with illustrations!

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Clarence Barron, Morbidly Obese Media Baron, Dead (1928).

330 Pounds!

Paragon of a time when journalists could dream of upward mobility, have a six-figure net worth:

The family's ties to the Journal began 105 years ago when Jessie Waldron, a wealthy widow with two daughters, married Mr. Barron, a Dow Jones correspondent. Mr. Barron bought the company for $130,000.

Paragon of a time when wealthy widowhood was an inheritable trait:

The Barrons passed their shares to Ms. Waldron's older daughter, Jane, who married Hugh Bancroft, a successful Boston lawyer. After Mr. Bancroft committed suicide in 1933, the shares moved to a set of trusts benefiting the Bancrofts' three children and their grandchildren.

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Jessie Bancroft Cox, Matriarch and Red Sox Fan, Dead (1982).

Step-granddaughter of Clarence Barron.

FDR mah-jongg partner.

Short and ribald.

Always had to be the center of attention:

"What the hell's the matter with my Red Sox?"

These feisty last words of 73-year-old Jessie Bancroft Cox brought to a tragic end what was supposed to be a joyous evening: the 100th anniversary of Dow Jones & Co., held in April 1982 at a private room inside Manhattan's famed "21" Club. Collapsing at her table, Mrs. Cox was rushed past 30 horrified relatives who had gathered to celebrate. She soon was pronounced dead.

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William Cox, Jr., 76-year-old Trust Fund Baby, Alive (mostly).

Son of Jessie

"The only living family member to spend his entire career with the company."

Because you can't take it with you:

He says he wouldn't sell if News Corp. offered more than $100 a share. "It's been in the family for a long time," he adds. "I want to see it stay in the family."

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William Cox III, 50-something Trust Fund Baby, Alive (entirely).

Son of WC Jr.

"Worked for the company for 18 years in various positions including as head of sales and marketing for Dow Jones Global Indexes."

Raised a stink in the '90s after Dow Jones failed to make information-age zillions off its purchase of Telerate:

Mr. Cox quit the company after the public flap and left Dow Jones in 1997. He lives in Rome and couldn't be reached to comment.

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Elisabeth "Lizzie" Goth, Likes Horsies, Alive (and how!)

Grandniece of Jessie.

Joined WC3 in raising of stink.

Put out to pasture:

A passionate equestrian, Ms. Goth recently married for a second time and uses her new husband's name, Chelberg. She divides her time between Prague and Kentucky, where she breeds saddle bred horses, and isn't actively involved now in family affairs. She declined to comment.

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Jane Bancroft Cook, Lady, Dead (2002).

Step-granddaughter of Clarence, sister of Jessie.

Children sprung from her womb are "viewed by some other members of the family as the most fervent about maintaining The Wall Street Journal's independence."

Knew her place:

The late Mrs. Cook was tall and shy. She gave to charities anonymously and avoided the limelight her sister enjoyed.

Emphasized hygiene as well as horsies and seamanship in the home:

Some family members pursue equestrian sports and live on small, well-groomed farms. One daughter, Elizabeth Steele, owns a real-estate development company focusing on environmental projects. Another daughter, Martha Robes, is married to a cabinet maker and spends half the year on her boat docked in St. John.

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The Oaks, House, Still Standing (presumably).

Located on Cohasset Harbor, Mass.

28 Rooms.

Kind of like the mansion in Clue:

The "Oaks," as it was known in the family, was staffed by a butler, cook and a maid who served Mrs. Cox breakfast in bed each day on fine china with equestrian-related designs. She was an avid sailor and pony-cart racer as well as a horticulturist.

Also, the landscaping suggests where the late Mrs. Cox stood on that whole segregation thing:

Her attic was filled with historical artifacts such as Mr. Barron's canes and hats. Her vast garden was filled with flowers -- white, her favorite color.

And that's not even mentioning the Hill branch of the family. To say nothing of the Bancroft-Kavadas! Oh, the charms of idleness. —Jon

Dynasty's Dilemma: For Bancrofts, Dow Jones Offer Poses Challenge [WSJ]

Amazing footage of Joe Jennings and his skydiving wouldnt want to be anywhere near when that car comes crashing down

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Dip a toe into the game that Midway claims will redefine the first-person shooter genre.
Out of the blue, Midway has released a demo of its forthcoming first-person shooter Blacksite: Area 51 on Xbox Live.

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Gotye releases Heart A Mess through Lucky Number on May 26th 2008, watch the video.

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Title: Haven
Original Air Date: November 30, 1987
Teleplay By: Tracy Torme
Story By: Tracy Torme and Lan Okun
Directed by: Richard Compton
Episode: S01E011
Stardate: 41294.5

Synopsis: The Enterprise is in orbit around a planet known as Haven, a planet so beautiful, Picard tells us, legends say it has mystical healing powers. Data intelligently points out that the legend is entirely unsupported by fact, so Picard gives him a copy of Loose Change and The Secret to straighten him out on the whole "Facts vs. Bullshit" thing.

Yar calls Riker out of his quarters, where he's been watching two holographic young women play the harps together. (Uh, yeah. I have an easier time suspending my disbelief for faster-than-light travel and kids on the bridge than accepting that a dude, alone in his quarters, pulls up two pretty young holographic women to play harps together.) Riker arrives in the transporter room and wants to know what was so goddamn important that Yar had to call him away from his harp watching thing. It turns out that there's an object from Haven waiting to be beamed aboard the ship. Riker, vision of harp playing nymphs dancing in his head, tells her to beam the stupid object over, already.

Transporter Chief Buffalo Bill puts the lotion in the basket, and beams over . . . a mysterious box. What's in the box? Should they trade the red snapper for what could be inside? Red snapper is very tasty, but there could be anything inside! There could even be a boat in there!

Before we get to open the box and find out what it contains, a face on the front of the box (played by Armin Shimmerman, in a cool non-Ferengi role) announces that it has a message for Troi: Lwaxana Troi and the Miller family are pretty excited for a big event of some sort. Ah! It's a Betazoid Gift box, of course, and it's there to announce the joyous joining of Wyatt Miller and . . . someone. The box then takes a big jewel shit all over the transporter. While Tasha rubs the box's nose in it so it can think about what it's done, Troi tells Riker that the box didn't contain a boat after all. They should have kept the red snapper, because that someone getting married is her. Gulp.

Oh boy. Is it going to be one of those episodes?

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It's a shame that guy did not have a career post Star Wars

Another Comparison. This time is between Forza 2 and Project Gotham Racing 4 against Grand Turismo HD.

Bruce Willis Interview (vs Nets) Apr. 29/07

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It pleases me to no end when I see how many fellow TV lovers are ready and able to answer my trivia questions. Last week it only took "Tammy" twelve minutes to share with us Keith Partridge's middle name of Douglas.

As many of you may already know, I interviewed Danny Bonaduce during my live show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. He shared many great Partridge Family stories. My favorite would have to be how he got the job as Danny. Before he became Danny Partridge he was working with veteran TV director (and Dick Van Dyke's neighbor on The Dick Van Dyke Show) Jerry Paris on a TV movie. They were way behind schedule, and Danny made a joke about how Jerry might be fired if they went over budget. Mr. Paris was not in the mood to be mocked by an eight year old boy so he grabbed Danny's script, ripped out the pages with his dialogue and shouted, "There, we're all caught up now, kid." As horrible as that sounds, Danny insists that Paris felt so bad about the incident that when he auditioned to be a Partridge, Paris, who was directing the pilot, made it up to Danny by casting him as the red-headed scamp we all came to love.

Now on to this week's question...

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You'll smile when you watch this...

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A new dream sequence and a couple of new items make up the cut price downloadable content of Mistwalker's RPG...

Inspired by Apple's recent TV ads, CNET UK have set up their own debate over the two operating systems in the unlikely form of a traditional Elizabethan duel. On one side we have the big and brash "Baron Vista", on the other the well-moisturised "Count OS X" both of which are trying to win the hand of the fair "Maiden Mainstream".

Don't worry, despite the settings and characters, the article is very comprehensive and covers the expected areas such as Performance, Security and Usability. All the time keeping the Elizabethan setting going with the text and photos of the "characters" in battle.

A modern tale, told in a traditional way, if you will.

The bill would allow licensed companies to accept bets from U.S. residents to the extent permitted by individual states, Indian tribes and sports leagues.

Rewind: Inspired by Jamie Kennedy's "Kickin' It Old Skool," we pick 10 quintessential '80s double-features, including the greed-focused "Wall Street" and "Risky Business."

Curt Conners was surgeon who, after a horrible accident and a series of experiments, finds himself transformed into a reptillian monster.

Niche gaming rules the week, as headliners join SE's The World Ends With You; Battle of the Bands jams on Wii, NBA Ballers slams 360, PS3.

Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars (X360)
Download a sampling of the futuristic strategy title.

For safely removing every rootkit trace on your system, Panda is the way to go.

This video features Sakura in action.

Stiller and Cruise will say different words than planned.

So, normally, when I see a celebrity in a tight shirt not wearing a bra, it's a good thing. But not quite when it comes to Cameron Diaz and her rapidly diminishing frame. Since breaking up with, or rather,...

This video was made as a tribute to the students, friends, and families of Virginia Tech. It is to help illustrate the solidarity that has been shown and continues to be shown to this fine university. Our nations' thoughts are with you all. Make sure to make an I.WILL Statement at www.myiwill.com to show everyone that this tragedy will not slow you down.

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Actress Leah Remini is moving to the internet for her next gig, now that The King of Queens is over. She'll star in a series of webisodes called In the Motherhood. It's an interesting premise, really. The episodes will be based on, or at least incorporate, consumer-generated stories about being a mom. It's all on this website, which is being promoted heavily on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. There's a video on the website where Remini asks moms to write in about their funny stories and then vote on the other stories that were submitted. The favorites will be written into episodes of In the Motherhood.

Right now, there are five episodes planned for a ten-week stretch starting on May 11.

 

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The video is sacred geometry, if you dont know about sacred geometry, Metatron`s Cube, Platonic Solids, Flower Of Life, Egg of Life, Tree Of Life, Tetrahedron, Hexahedron, Octohedron, Icosahedron, Dodecahedron, Tube Torus, Vesica Piscis, Fruit of Life, Tripod of Life or Borromean rings...

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Microsoft gives a name to its Flash-killer technology. The technology formerly known as WPF/E is now known as Silverlight.

Konya'daki feci kaza öcensi ö?renciler

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"Since the PS3 launched, sales have been less than what Sony might have been hoping for. While the Wii was flying off the shelves, the PS3s were collecting dust on the shelves in stockrooms across America. That problem seems to be going away. The question is, why? Is it because Sony decided to enable some of the video-scaling technology that it had previously left inaccessible? Perhaps it was the ease with which one can swap out the hard drive on the PS3. While those things help, the simplest explanation is often the truth: Decent games are starting to be released."

Make a sturdy little pill box for under a dollar. Uses household items and can be built in less than 45 minutes.

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This truck just had too much power that one of its wheels fell right off

Intel is rolling out five new Atom microprocessors and a collection of chips designed for portable gadgets that access the Internet and for other uses.

Look how i can draw on this beautiful girl body

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...Unfortunately, there were no superheroes in the theater to save me from the injustice of being subjected to this film...

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Nintendo's advertising efforts have apparently hurt the company's kid-friendly image with at least a few Britons. An adjudication statement from Britain's Advertising Standards Authority outlines seventeen distinct complaints over the animated violence in an ad for Twilight Princess and Red Steel. One complainant even thought the ad was "reminiscent of recent videos released by hostage-takers in Iraq." Yikes!

Fear not, freedom-of-speech loving Brits; the Authority reviewed the content and determined that "the ad was unlikely to cause serious or widespread offence. [sic]" Surprisingly, we have yet to hear any similarly official complaints about Sony's excessively weird PS3 ad campaign. Apparently a creepy guy in a jock strap ranks below simulated sword violence on the British disturb-o-meter.

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Telecom software and services provider Enea has acquired QiValue Technologies, a small Swedish company specializing in embedded and enterprise Linux development and training services. Enea said the deal will bolster its Linux expertise, strengthen its software offering, and increase its ability to offer embedded Linux solutions.

Preview: MotoGP has a new rival.
Bikes racers are nothing new (Hang On, anyone?) but THQ's MotoGP series took the sport to the mass market. Superbike World Championship 2007 now wants a slice of that pie and has pulled out all the stops to give it a run for its money.



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A viral site for the Will Smith superhero action-comedy Hancock has been launched at HancockWasHere.com . The site is "run" by Hancock (Smith) himself.

A young Rush Limbaugh on drugs

Date Added: what our troops are training for 03/27/2007 23:14

Johnny BooLaura Hudson talks to Kochalka about his latest book for kids from Top Shelf, Johnny Boo: PW Comics Week: Why did you choose a ghost as the main character for a children’s book? James Kochalka: I always liked Casper the Friendly Ghost, but I could never figure out how to draw him. [Now] Casper is kind [...]

The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.According to its creator, Christoffer Nøkleby, the Merium Home Theater PC has a "sky high wife approval factor." According to my wife, any home theater PC should be hidden away in another room, although "the zebra cover could be cute. Hidden under the table." The 10.4 x 9.2 x 3.6 inches Merium runs Windows Home Premium, comes loaded with ports and cables, and has interchangeable plates for a whooping $1,561, which is the premium you pay normally for Scandinavian design (probably manufactured in China.) Full gallery and specs after the jump.

OS: Microsoft® Windows® Vista Home Premium 32 Bit Chipset: Intel® 945GM + ICH7M Chipset Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 (1.66GHz) RAM Memory: 2GB DDR2 667 MHz (2x1GB) Dual Channel Memory Storage: 250GB internal storage 2.5" SATA (5400rpm) Integrated ATA100 and Serial ATA Controller Optical Disc Drive: Multi format Dual Layer DVD & CD Recorder 8x speed in the formats DVD-R, DVD +R, DVD +RW, 6x speed for DVD-RW, 5x speed for DVD-RAM and 4x speed for DVD-R DL and DVD +R DL Audio: Realtek ALC888 HD Audio CODEC on-Board 7.1 Channel and above Integrated Intel® High Definition Audio Digital output: S/PDIF out interface (Optical Toslink) Video/Graphics: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 Outputs: DVI-I, HDMI & VGA via Converter, S-Video Networking: Integrated Realtek Gigabit PCI LAN Chipm Intel WLAN-PCI - 802.11 a/b/g 54MB I/O: 5-1 card reader S-Video COM port DVI-I (HDMI and VGA with included converter) LAN 1 x Firewire 1394 6 x USB 2.0 PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard 6 x 3,5 mm plug Adapter for Optical Toslink (S/PDIF) Power: 90 Watt External power supply - Input AC100-240V ~ 1.5A - Output DC 19V ~ 4.74A Chassis: PCB front and top interchangeable panels Aluminium stand and metal inner casing

What's in the box

• White front and top cover
• Remote controller
• Remote receiver
• Wireless keyboard
• USB dongle for keyboard
• USB extension cable for keyboard
• DVI extension cable
• DVI to HDMI converter
• DVI to VGA converter
• Audio cable
• WLAN antenna
• S/PDIF converter
• Power supply

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On his vacation to visit his friend Rob, Brandon receives a strange tape in the mail which turns his life upside down.

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