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The “The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep" came in 7th place this weekend. This is a fanciful film about the fabled Loch Ness Monster. Here are the top ten box office winners this weekend: See what others are saying and join the discussion at our Forum .
Wal-Mart encourages employee blog
On the same blog, a video game buyer for Wal-Mart slammed a "Star Wars" film as a "debacle" even though Wal-Mart still sells the movie. Known for its strict, by-the-books culture - accepting a cup of coffee from a supplier can be a firing offense - Wal-Mart is now encouraging its merchants to speak frankly, even critically, about the products the chain carries. This unusual new Web site, which was quietly created during the holiday shopping season, has become a forum for unvarnished rants about gadgets, raves about new video games and advice on selecting environmentally sustainable food. .
Pak Lah: We’re realistic and responsible
KUALA LUMPUR: Barisan Nasionals promises outlined in its 21-page election manifesto are realistic and responsible and not merely empty promises, its chairman Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said. Our promises must be based on an awareness that the responsibility is on us to deliver. They are not empty promises or just to entertain the people, or irresponsible promises. We are not like that, he said in launching the Barisan manifesto entitled Security, Peace and Prosperity and its campaign website (www.BN2008.org.my) at the Putra World Trade Centre here yesterday. .
Video Conferencing As It Should Be: Multi-Party, Affordable, Cross ...
OoVoo is a new free videoconferencing solution that works across PCs and Macs (Linux version coming) and which allows up to six participants in a video call, as well as recording, text chat, direct file sharing and a lot more. In general, OoVoo is rather easy to use as it mimics many Skype interface conventions, icons and tools. So, for those who already use Skype, OoVoo feels right away not too intimidating. There are yes a lot of other buttons and functions but the basic operations can be learned quite rapidly without the need to read a manual. Videoconferencing quality is also good, and at least on a par with Skype (which only allows two people per video conversation) if not altogether better. The viewing interface is also effective, with clear name labels above each participant window and an overall layout which organizes all conferencing participants in an automatic way.ù This new video conferencing technology from OoVoo is not launching today and it has been available for over six months already, just enough time to make it ready for prime time and for a full review.
Who Has What It Takes to Be Commander-in-Chief?
The presumed recipient of highly compartmented briefings profiling our most secret intelligence, Clinton is far too gifted to have misunderstood that we are at a historical tipping point where victory or a particularly bloody and ignominious defeat looms as an equal possibility. But does she display unblinking courage, telling us which difficult course we should choose and her candid judgment about the consequences for the nation if we do? While she talks a good game about such verities as caring for wounded soldiers and their families, these are easy touchdowns. More fundamentally, Clinton has tied her presidential ambitions to the defeatist MoveOn.org wing of her party. Any flag officer contemplating the prospect of serving under her command can do so only after recalling the icy contempt with which she sneered that the Senate testimony of Gen.
Entry to EU 'automatic' for Scotland, says Deputy First Minister
There is very clear legal opinion that backs up that position. I don't think the legal position, therefore, is in any doubt." She said that the political position was "clearer still". As the EU was expanding, "the idea that Scotland would somehow be cast out is incredible and does not bear any sensible scrutiny". Asked whether an independent Scotland would be required to renegotiate the terms of membership, Ms Sturgeon replied: "No." Ms Sturgeon said that under international "law of successor states", Scotland "would assume the rights and responsibilities of the UK and that would include automatic membership of the European Union and the overwhelming weight of legal opinion backs up that view". She said that she could not find credible the argument that the EU would not "enthusiastically" want to have "oil rich" Scotland as a member.
The ultimate sacrifice
A new play, One Night in November, which opens at Coventry's Belgrade Theatre this week, dares to suggest that this might have been the case. Playwright Alan Pollock was a schoolboy in Coventry in the 1970s - just as postwar boom was turning to bust - when he first heard rumours that Churchill was forewarned but did nothing. "I was stunned," recalls Pollock. "We all were. That wasn't the story as we'd always been told it. It didn't fit with our idea of ourselves, the plucky Coventry that had picked itself up after the blitz. We were the Phoenix City and proud of it. But the rumours came at a time when the city was no longer feeling confident about itself. Factories were closing down. It made us wonder whether the city had been considered expendable - and if that was why the fire, ambulance and air-raid protection services hadn't been warned." Drawing on this sense of grievance, the play is a love story about a young Coventry woman, Katie, whose chance encounter with language specialist Michael turns to love.
Kiplinger's Long-Term Care Consumer Video Sponsored by John Hancock ...
BOSTON, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- "Who Cares: Kiplinger's No- Nonsense Look at Long-Term Care," a consumer education video sponsored by the long-term care department of John Hancock Life Insurance Company, has won an Aegis Award for excellence in film and video. The Aegis Awards, one of the oldest and most respected video/film production contests in the United States, is the only competition that features true peer judging by professionals who work in the video/film industry every day. Written and produced by Kiplinger Washington Editors and Baney Media Inc., "Who Cares" is an educational personal finance video on long-term care that covers what it is, how it's delivered, how much it costs and how to pay for it. It is designed to be an informative, consumer-friendly review that encourages people to prepare for the possibility of someday needing this care.
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