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| Topic: Film Noir |
4:10 pm EST, Mar 12, 2005 |
Jacques Tourneur directs this definitive noir classic about a trio to reckon with -- troubled private investigator Jeff Bailey (Robert Mitchum), drop-dead beauty Kathie (Jane Greer) and moneyed mobster Whit Sterling (Kirk Douglas). Bailey is hired to find Kathie, Sterling's former mistress. When he finds her, the unexpected occurs. (From NetFlix) Out of the Past |
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4:09 pm EST, Mar 12, 2005 |
Napoleon spends his days drawing mythical beasts, duking it out with his brother, Kip, and avoiding his scheming Uncle Rico. When two new friends enter Napoleon's life -- shy Deb and mustachioed Pedro -- the trio launches a campaign to elect Pedro for class president and make the student bodys wildest dreams come true. But if Pedro is to beat stuck-up Summer, Napoleon will have to unleash his secret weapon... Napoleon Dynamite |
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| Topic: Movies |
4:08 pm EST, Mar 12, 2005 |
Federico Fellini's lush and intoxicating masterpiece, La Dolce Vita, is a meditation on the meaning of life and love and stars Marcello Mastroianni as Marcello, a gossip writer who seeks the fleeting excesses and decadence of life and sex. He sleeps with the beautiful Maddalena, alienating and driving his lover, Emma, to suicide. When he meets an elusive actress, Sylvia, he dives deep into the abyss. (From NetFlix) La Dolce Vita |
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| Topic: Movies |
4:06 pm EST, Mar 12, 2005 |
In 1913, the end of the frontier West forces Pike (William Holden) and his gang of bandits (including a crazed Ernest Borgnine) to flee to Mexico. They're blackmailed into working for a brutal generalissimo as Holden's former comrade, Robert Ryan, leads a hunt to track down Holden. Director Sam Peckinpah's masterpiece stunningly portrays the choices people make when they think they have no choice. (From NetFlix) The Wild Bunch |
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
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| Topic: Movies |
4:03 pm EST, Mar 12, 2005 |
Upon arrival at a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients together to take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched, a woman more a dictator than a nurse. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
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| Topic: Movies |
4:01 pm EST, Mar 12, 2005 |
A Greek saying states that only women who have washed their eyes with tears can see clearly. This saying does not hold true for Manuela. All About My Mother |
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| Topic: Documentary |
3:58 pm EST, Mar 12, 2005 |
Why are Americans so fat? SUPER SIZE ME |
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Continentalism Of A Different Stripe |
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| Topic: Politics and Law |
3:27 pm EST, Mar 12, 2005 |
Are Canadian provinces and the blue states in the US quietly forging a radical new North American Union? by Jeremy Rifkin This article is not available online. Pick up a copy of Walrus at your local newsstand. Continentalism Of A Different Stripe |
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Making a Truly Autonomous Robot |
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| Topic: Technology |
3:06 pm EST, Mar 12, 2005 |
Stiquito Controlled! is a widely accessible, user-friendly book that provides step-by-step instructions for building Stiquito, a small, multi-legged robot that resembles a "walking-stick" insect. The book includes comprehensive instructions and all the parts needed to complete assembly. Most notably, the kit contains a microcontroller board that allows Stiquito to walk on its own. Making a Truly Autonomous Robot |
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No Place to Hide: Behind the Scenes of Our Emerging Surveillance Society |
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| Topic: Surveillance |
3:03 pm EST, Mar 12, 2005 |
"... a thoroughly researched and naggingly disquieting chronicle ..." In No Place to Hide, award-winning Washington Post reporter Robert O'Harrow, Jr., lays out in unnerving detail the post-9/11 marriage of private data and technology companies and government anti-terror initiatives to create something entirely new: a security-industrial complex. Recognizing the appeal of state-of-the-art systems, the author recognizes, too, that the same devices can mistakenly destroy reputations and cast a pall over a free society. No Place to Hide: Behind the Scenes of Our Emerging Surveillance Society |
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