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Star Wars Samurai Art
If Star Wars had been set in feudal Japan, this is what a Storm Trooper would look like: That?s from digital artist Clinton Felker. See more amazing images at BuzzFeed. Now I kind of wish they?d extend the Star Wars universe into a more Far Eastern setting? See also: Star Wars Isn?t a Religion It?s ...
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A Bar Called Murphs - New Jersey Politics - Understated Income - Shocking Combination
There are some cases I just cannot resist.??ANTHONY MURPHY, INC. t/a MURPHS LIQUOR & BAR and PETER MURPHY, Individually, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DIRECTOR, NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF TAXATION, Defendant-Respondent is one of them. Murphs Liquor & Bar in Totowa strikes me as the type of??place I spent too much time in??while young.?? Undoubtedly it is the ...
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Note to Newt: Many Food Stamp Families are Working
Newt Gingrich has accused President Obama of being a ?food stamp president.? Yesterday he broadened the attack to include Mitt Romney, after the ex-governor said that he would fix the safety net if people were falling through the cracks. (Ironically, Romney?s actual campaign proposals would shred the safety net.) About Obama, Gingrich??said, ?He will always ...
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Hack Attack Nation
Entrust's Tim Moses, director of Advance Security at Entrust, is not very reassuring on the subject: "Nearly everyone will be hacked eventually. The measure of a company is how they respond." Great.
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Hyundai MPG Claim Dropped From Super Bowl Ad
Last minute edits are prevalent in the advertising business - here's one important tidbit that was reportedly cut (as of Friday night) from one of Hyundai's ads running during Sunday's Super Bowl broadcast.
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Have Patience With Valve: The Next 'Half-Life' Will Be Amazing
Valve?s Half-Life 2 is one of the most enduring, beloved shooters of all time. So where?s Half-Life 3? My first real PC gaming crush was on Half-Life 2, still one of the best, smartest, and most engaging first-person-shooters ever made . The graphics, dialogue, voice-acting, and game mechanics are all flawless. The two episodic follow-ups ...
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Did Piracy Kill Exclusive PC Games?
According to??Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Lead Designer, Ian Frazier, the real culprit behind the demise of the exclusive PC title is piracy. Others have speculated that the modern consoles, with their high-definition graphics and uniform hardware specs have been the main driver behind the decline of PC gaming. Frazier disagrees. ?A game this big is ...
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I'm Okay with Mitt Romney's Income and Estate Tax Planning
Americans are allowed to pay the lowest tax they are legally obligated to pay. Taxpayers who pay more do so usually because they are unaware of rules or planning opportunities applicable to them or fail to implement planning. It is the job of the President and Congress to enact legislation delineating the public's tax obligations, ...
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During Super Bowl, Indianapolis Arts Scene Gets Ready For Its Close-Up
The Turf Art Pavilion showcases large-scale works by 20 local artists just steps away from the big game.
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Share of Up Rounds is Back to Normal
When well-performing venture capital-backed start-ups raise an additional round of capital, the valuation of the business is usually higher than it was at the previous fund raising round.?? The portion of VC-financed start-ups that experiences "up rounds" ? as new fund raising at a higher valuation is called -??is an indication of how well venture ...
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Car of the Week: 2012 Mercedes-Benz C250
Editor's note: I'm kicking off a new feature on my Forbes blog. I test drive a new car on most weeks of the year. Here's the lowdown on what's in my driveway. The Car: 2012 Mercedes-Benz C250 Where I drove it: City. First Impressions: A sleeper. At first glance it's a modest sedan that looks ...
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Empowering Consumers: A Fantastic Voyage To Unseen Information
Stefani Bardin is an artist whose latest project is an important contribution to the cause of helping people make more informed???and therefore healthier and more pleasurable???food choices, a cause that simultaneously creates opportunities for sustainable food businesses nimble enough to serve the needs of increasingly empowered consumers. I saw her latest video, the one posted ...
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Bills Led By Animal Welfare Group Best Friends And Miami Marlins' Mark Buehrle Give Dogs A Chance In Florida And Ohio
It?s been a good week for dogs.??In Florida, lawmakers recently unanimously decided, in two committee votes, to remove the state's breed discriminatory law from its books. If that bill continues through the legislative process and passes, the practice of canine profiling, where dogs for years have been singled out for their looks and not their ...
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Stolen 1965 Shelby GT Found 25 Years Later
What once was lost has now been found.
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Putin Tries to Counter Mass Demonstrations With His Own
The organizers of the planned "For Honest Elections" demonstration scheduled for today (February 4) held their breath. They knew the Moscow temperature would be minus 10 Celsius at noon. Could they get a hundred thousand protestors for the demonstration at Bolotnaya Square? If weather had kept Putin protesters away, the government would cheer that the ...
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The Surprising Secret to Innovation
Anyone who's had a blazing insight in the shower or leaped ahead at work after a languorous vacation recognizes that sometimes, the path to creative insight isn't a direct line. On the surface, it might even look random or wasteful ? but that process is often necessary for real innovation. That's the view of Michael ...
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Using Twitter as a Posse Comitatus
this piece about an African chief?s use of Twitter I was immediately reminded of the old English practice of hue and cry which is akin to the American posse comitatus. The parallels are not entirely exact but similar enough to be worth noting: When an incident occurs, the victims or eyewitnesses send text messages to ...
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Capitalism, Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurialism: Words That Do Have Meanings
It?s terribly important to remember that words do in fact have specific meanings. For if we forget it then we end up driving around in circles as this Washington Post piece does. It?s titled ?The end of lone-wolf capitalism? but that?s not the fault of Neal Gabler, the writer. It?s only here on blogs that ...
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Restaurant Of The Day: Michael Mina
Forbes Travel Guide highlights Michael Mina at Bellagio Las Vegas.
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Making the World Go Round: What You Must Know About Success and How Business Really Works
Success always results from unpredictable "happy accidents." The secret to success is becoming happy accident prone, and these 6 steps will teach you how to do just that.
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