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You're about to read one of the most startling, but probably accurate, new discoveries about airline shenanigans in recent travel history. A book by USA Today reporter William J. McGee, titled "Attention All Passengers: The Airlines' Dangerous Descent," is claiming that numerous airlines have begun collecting data on their passengers and would-be passengers - their previous purchases, the extent of their cost-conscious attitudes, their race, income and gender, whether they make impulse purchases or else "shop around" - and then tailoring the prices offered to them according to those personal characteristics. Two passengers requesting the same flight at the same time are quoted different prices on the airlines' websites!
In other words, according to McGee, you are being watched.
Tracking what you have earlier purchased, and your pattern of purchasing, the airlines tailor their airfares to your personality.
And this accounts for why other people accessing the airlines' websites at the same time as you are being quoted differing fares.
It's an amazing indictment, but it seems to be supported by - at the very least - the anecdotal evidence that many of us have chanced upon. I've been surprised, for example, to find differing ads appearing on my laptop on a particular website, at the same time someone else using a different laptop is seeing other ads. I've encountered that phenomenon too many times to doubt that ads are being chosen according to my own past history of accessing them and clicking on certain ads.
Though many airlines already are engaging in these maneuvers, according to McGee, the International Air Transport Association is, remarkably, petitioning the U.S. Department of Transportation for the right to quote different airfares to different classes of people. In other words, they want to do legally what other airlines are already doing without regard to legality.
To repeat: The airlines want to quote one set of prices to people whose history is that of making quick, impulse purchases, and another set to people who shop around. They want to engage in "dynamic pricing," in "customized fares." They want to quote one level of prices to low-income people and another to higher-earning people. If all this seems out of a science-fiction novel, it isn't; the Department of Transportation actually has announced it is accepting comments from the public by May 7, responding to IATA's petition.
Have any of my readers had experience with the airlines' dynamic pricing? Have you noticed such customized pricing during your use of computers to buy other products? Have you actually seen that advertisements appearing on your computer are different from those of friends using another computer? I'd be fascinated to hear of your experiences, and will be voicing in a later column my own reactions to this (rather disturbing) development.
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I've been learning a huge amount from this book. I've never gotten the fantastic textures I get after following Andrea's directions and tips. Read morePublished 2 months ago by Lloyd Putman III
another great book by this author. very interesting read. looking forward to trying my hand at making the tofu cheese.Published 2 months ago by Gordon Quan
This is one of the most useful books I have ever found on tofu. If you want to know how to make tofu or just soymilk this is your book.Published 4 months ago by Rachel Shankman
Good book, only it doesn't have what I want. I want to make puffy tofu. And the author suggest just buy in asian store.Published 4 months ago by Yvonne Brilhart
This is a great, well researched book that is unique and informative. Diverse and stimulating recipes.Published 6 months ago by scotto60
Complete step by step on making tofu. Andrea has thoroughly researching tofu and present it in a simple way for us to understand on how to make different tofu. Read morePublished 8 months ago by Dee Dee


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Advanced Cyclone Systems, S. A.
based in Porto, PORTUGAL
Advanced Cyclone Systems, S.A. (ACS) is a company exclusively dedicated to the development and commercialization of high efficiency cyclone systems, worldwide. The company works in a very close cooperation with its clients in order to design custom made cyclone systems that really solve their unmet needs.
AquaSwiss AG
based in Frauenfeld, SWITZERLAND
AquaSwiss AG was founded in 2009 following the acquisition of technologies and solutions from the leading company in the field of sea-water desalination (MED and MVC) and water treatment solutions. AquaSwiss AG was founded by a group of entrepreneurs, together with a group of investors, who have experience in successfully operating large and diverse international ...
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based in Richmond, VIRGINIA (USA)
English Boiler and Tube, Inc., recognized as a leading industrial watertube boiler manufacturer, is located in Henrico, Virginia. English Boiler & Tube, Inc. originated in 1963, primarily as a Mechanical Contractor specializing in Field Assembly and repair of Industrial Watertube Boilers. However, as the company grew in size, it began to design and fabricate components ...
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A major player with forty years of experience in sectors ranging from industrial dismantling, environmental reclamation/decontamination, disposal and recycle of waters to metal trading, marketing of industrial assets, services for the industry and projects of real estate development.
JFE Engineering America Inc.
based in Long Beach, CALIFORNIA (USA)
JFE offers advanced systems for waste gasification. Our technology can transform any waste including MSW, RDF, Sludge, Landfill, medical, hazardous and industrial waste to electricity. Plant reliability and safety are proven through the track records of more than 10 plants since 2003, and all plants built by JFE have been achieving much lower dioxins emission level than ...
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Royal Imtech N.V. is a European technical services provider in the fields of electrical solutions, ICT (information and communication technology) and mechanical solutions. With 30,000 employees, Imtech achieves annual revenue of more than 5.4 billion euro. Imtech holds attractive positions in the buildings and industry markets in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, ...
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ISVE, a leader in wood treatment in Italy and abroad, is the first to have used vacuum technology as an element of innovation to support the processing of wood. For over 30 years, armed with a business philosophy based on innovation ISVE designs and manufactures vacuum drying kilns, impregnation plants, handling systems, vaporizers, sprayers and systems for heat ...


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[Editor's Note: It's always good to have some new snack ideas to turn to on busy days, and this no-bake snack is a great one. It can be totally customized to fit your family's favorite flavors and ingredients. Though Kelly of In Everything originally found this recipe on Smashed Peas and Carrots, I love how she adapted it to fit the dietary needs of her family members. --Genie]
Allergy Friendly, no Bake Energy Balls
But I went out on a limb on this simple recipe. First it came from a mom of little ones;) And it was easily adaptable to our food allergies. It was pretty easy to prepare and I loved that it didn't include soy, milk products, wheat or sugar:) YAY!!
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Picture a cozy scene, with mom and dad bracketing smiling children all seated neatly around the table, talking about our day and eating broccoli casserole with nary a complaint. Now smash that Rockwellian fantasy to bits because that is definitely not what happened at my house tonight. (Or really any other night). Tonight: My husband was out of town, two of my boys were seated on the floor in separate corners after brawling over an olive ("You're going to act like animals? Then you can eat like animals."), the third boy was under the table licking my sock (don't ask) and Jelly Bean was whining about… well, I don't really remember because I wasn't listening to her. Mother of year, that's me. But those weren't even the real problems. No the real issue began with – what else? – what to eat.
One of you commented on one of my posts last week (and I'm sorry that I'm too tired to go look it up and credit you properly) asking about how I cook for and eat with my family while still dealing with my dietary restrictions (i.e. dairy is my one-way ticket to a ride on the vomit comet). She wanted advice on how to make a family meal for people with different dietary needs. I don't want to brag or anything, but thanks to all my bizarre-o self restrictions in the past, I'm kinda perfect to answer this question. For years I was a vegan married to a carnivore! And no, the answer does not involve eating a bowl of cereal every night while everyone else dines on herb-crusted salmon and asparagus in citrus sauce.
And for entertainment purposes, I've interspersed my ideas with some recipes that no one anywhere should ever eat.
1. Learn to cook. When you have family members with lots of different needs and/or likes, it can be very tempting to just buy a can of ravioli for one, a box of Fruit Loops for another and enjoy your brown rice California rolls in peace. But not only is that unhealthy and expensive, it does a disservice to the family meal. And I may be old fashioned but I think breaking the figurative bread together is important both for connecting with other people and for teaching kids (and adults) to be well-rounded eaters. So, your first step is to get comfortable with cooking various meats and veggies and having a few staple side dishes you can throw together.
3. Use the LEGO method. I often cook meals that allow the eater to build the dish themselves by adding different pieces. You provide the ingredients and they provide the assembly. This has the added benefit of being entertainment as well as nutrition. Things like taco salads, breakfast burritos, baked potatoes, chili, salad bar, fajitas, hay stacks and stir fries work well for this.
4. Discover yummy substitutions. I've become a huge fan of all things coconut since losing my beloved dairy. Coconut ice cream, coconut milk, and coconut whipped cream are not just good for a substitute but amazingly delish in their own right! Just because you can't have gluten or sugar or strawberries or whatever doesn't mean you can't have yummy food! It's worth your time to find substitutes that the whole family loves.
5. Make them eat your food. (Or make yourself eat their food.) I think far too many people allow their food preferences or intolerances to morph into picky eating. For instance, I eat a lot of vegetables and sometimes I'll make cashew "cheese" to put over the top. I expect my kids to eat the veggies and it's fine for them to eat the cashew cheese too. And if it's the reverse? Like, for instance, you have a kid who can't eat gluten, then have the whole family learn to enjoy rice pilaf with them.
8. Have a few "safe" options on hand. I put this one way at the bottom of the list because I don't like it very much – I think offering someone an entirely different meal than the one everyone else is eating sets a bad precedent, not to mention making a ton more work for you. But sometimes it is necessary to have a box of mac-n-cheese or chicken nuggets or whatever handy.
9. I have nothing else to add to this list but I'm hoping you do! Plus, I haven't run out of funny, er disgusting, pictures yet! You're welcome!
10. Okay, I do have one more (gotta make it an even 10!): Let go. Let go of trying to make the "perfect" meal. Let go of trying to please everyone. Let go of freaking out over calories. Let go of your preconceived notions of what a "family dinner" should look like. Let go of your mother's standard. Let go of food that makes you feel icky and/or tastes icky. Sometimes you have to let go of a lot of things so that you can embrace the one truly important thing about a family meal: to connect with your loved ones.
What are dinners like at your house – do you have multiple food intolerance/allergies/restrictions you have to work around? What are your tips to add to my list? Anyone have a fave gross recipe?


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His colleagues in the surveillance industry think Harry Caul is such a genius that we realize with a little shock how bad he is at his job. Here is a man who is paid to eavesdrop on a conversation in a public place. He succeeds, but then allows the tapes to be stolen. His triple-locked apartment is so insecure that the landlord is able to enter it and leave a birthday present. His mail is opened and read. He thinks his phone is unlisted, but both the landlord and a client have it. At a trade show, he allows his chief competitor to fool him with a mike hidden in a freebie ballpoint. His mistress tells him: "Once I saw you up by the staircase, hiding and watching for a whole hour."
Harry, the subject of Francis Ford Coppola's "The Conversation" (1974), is not only bad at his job, but also deeply unhappy about it. Once his snooping may have led to the deaths of a woman and child. Now he fears that his new tapes will lead to another murder. In the confessional, he warms up by telling the priest that he has taken the Lord's name in vain and stolen some newspapers from a rack. Then he says: "I've been involved in some work that I think will be used to hurt these two young people. It's happened to me before. People were hurt because of my work, and I'm afraid it could happen again and I'm . . . I was in no way responsible. I'm not responsible. For these and all my sins of my past life, I am heartily sorry."
If he's not responsible, why is he sorry? Harry, played by Gene Hackman in one of the key performances of a great career, tries to distance himself from his work. But even Meredith (Elizabeth MacRae), the hooker he brings home from a convention, can see how worried he is. "Forget it, Harry. It's only a trick--a job. You're not supposed to think anything about it. Just supposed to do it." She's talking for herself as well. When he wakes, it's to discover that she has taken her own advice and stolen the tapes.
Coppola, who wrote and directed, considers this film his most personal project. He was working two years after the Watergate break-in, amid the ruins of the Vietnam effort, telling the story of a man who places too much reliance on high technology and has nightmares about his personal responsibility. Harry Caul is a microcosm of America at that time: not a bad man, trying to do his job, haunted by a guilty conscience, feeling tarnished by his work.
The movie works on that moral level, and also as a taut, intelligent thriller. It opens with a virtuoso telephoto shot, showing a San Francisco plaza filled with people. Faraway music mixes with electronic sounds. There is a slow zoom in to the back of Caul's head, and then the camera follows him. Other shots show a man with a shotgun microphone, on top of a nearby building, holding in his cross hairs a young couple (Cindy Williams and Frederic Forrest) who are the subject of the investigation. Eventually we go inside a van packed with electronic gear, where Stan (John Cazale), Harry's assistant, is waiting.
"Who's interested in these people, anyway?" Stan asks. One of Harry's crosses is that Stan is irreverent about their work, which to Harry is a sacred calling. Later we find out who's interested: Harry has been hired by the director of a large corporation (Robert Duvall), although at first he deals only with the man's assistant (Harrison Ford). It becomes clear that Ann, the young woman, is the director's wife, and Mark, the young man, is her lover. But what will happen next? "He'd kill us if he had the chance," says Mark. Will he? Harry plays the tapes back and forth, juggling a bank of three tape recorders, in a scene Coppola says was partly inspired by the photographer trying to coax the truth out of his prints in Michelangelo Antonioni's "Blow-Up." Snatches of conversation advance and recede, maddeningly mixed with a band in the plaza that's playing "Red, Red Robin."
Harry is impatient with Stan, impatient with everyone. At home, he's shocked to find that his landlord entered his apartment, knows it is his birthday, and knows how old he is. On the phone, the landlord explains he needs his own key for an emergency. "I'd be perfectly happy if all my personal things burnt up in a fire," Harry tells him, "because I don't have anything personal. Nothing of value--only my key." He visits his mistress Amy (Teri Garr). She knows it's him from the way he thinks he comes quietly through the door. She asks him to share something personal with her.
"I don't have any secrets," he says.
"I'm a secret," she says.
The best supporting performance is by Allen Garfield, as Moran, Harry's successful competitor. At a trade show, Harry discovers that Stan has left him and gone to work for Moran. Yet he recklessly invites Moran, Stan and a crowd back to his office, an area behind steel mesh in an otherwise empty warehouse. He is humiliated to discover Moran bugged him, and of course later that night is betrayed by the hooker. A nightmare gives key information: As a child, Harry was paralyzed on one side, and nearly drowned during a bath. The word "Caul" has two meanings, both relevant: It is a spider's web, and the membrane that encloses a fetus. If it is found on a child's head after birth, we learn, "it is supposed to protect against drowning."
From his troubled childhood, Harry has grown up into a lonely man. He lives alone, has no entertainment except playing his saxophone with jazz records (again trying to make a recording more complete). No woman has any influence over him, that's for sure, or he wouldn't be seen in that crappy plastic raincoat, the kind that folds up into a travel pouch. His Catholicism is rooted not in faith and hope, but in shame. Searching his apartment for a hidden bug, he rips everything apart, but hesitates at a statue of the Virgin Mary.
As pure thriller, the movie works best during a scene where Harry checks into a hotel room next door to a rendezvous between Mark and Ann. Listening through the wall, he hears a struggle and perhaps a murder. His reaction is to hide in terror under the covers. Much later, when he enters the room, it's spick-and-span. But when he flushes the toilet, it overflows with bright red blood.
Much has been written about that scene. Is it real or imagined? The new DVD of "The Conversation" has commentary tracks by both Coppola and Walter Murch, the editor and sound wizard, but neither addresses that question. Coppola says the scene was suggested by the shower scene in "Psycho," and for Murch, the guilty evidence welling up reminds him of his adolescent shame when he tried to flush some porno magazines and they came floating back at just the wrong time. I think the scene is meant to be real. Later, the quick cuts of what might have happened in the room are, I think, Harry's speculations.
"The Conversation" comes from another time and place than today's thrillers, which are so often simple-minded. This movie is a sadly observant character study, about a man who has removed himself from life, thinks he can observe it dispassionately at an electronic remove, and finds that all of his barriers are worthless. The cinematography (opening scene by Haskell Wexler, the rest by Bill Butler) is deliberately planned from a voyeuristic point of view; we are always looking but imperfectly seeing. Here is a man who seeks the truth, and it always remains hidden. He plays the conversation over and over, but does Mark say, "He'd kill us if he had the chance," or "He'd kill us if he had the chance"?
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Viviane Sassen
Viviane Sassen was awarded the 2015 David Octavius Hill Medal from the German Photography Academy, and the Arts Award of the city of Leinfelden-Echterdingen. Her retrospective UMBRA shows at Atelier Néerlandais, Paris (11 September - 1 November 2015) and is included in RAY 2015, Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt/RheinMain (20 June - 20 September 2015), and When I Give I Give Myself, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (19 May 2015 - 17 Jan 2016).
Exhibitions / Works
- Umbra (2014)
- Pikin Slee (2014)
- Etan & Me (2013)
- Parasomnia (2007-11)
- In and out of Fashion (2003-11)
- Flamboya (2000-10)
- Unpublished works (2002-11)
- Umbra (2014)
- Pikin Slee (2014)
- Etan & Me (2013)
- In and Out of Fashion (2012)
- Roxane (2012)
- Die Son Sien Alles (2012)
- Parasomnia (2011)
- Flamboya (2008)
Recent Articles
- Viviane Sassen's Parallel Universe of Mirrors, Shadows and Dreams, by Lucia De Stefani (Time Lightbox, 21 August 2015)
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- Pikin Slee reviewed by Bojana Kozarevic (i-D magazine, 3 February 2015)
- Pikin Slee by Rachel Spence (The Financial Times, 10 February 2015)
- Marcel Feil review (Wallpaper, March 2015)
Viviane Sassen was born in 1972 in Amsterdam, and lives and works there. She first studied fashion design followed by photography at Hogeschool voor Kunsten Utrecht and fine art at Ateliers Arnhem. Sassen grew up in East Africa and has been taking photographs on the continent since her first return visit in 2002. Selected solo exhibitions have taken place at Forma in Milan (2009) and Foam in Amsterdam (2008). Sassen was one of six artists selected for the annual New Photography exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 2011. Recent group exhibitions include The Encyclopedic Palace at the 55th Venice Biennale (2013); No Fashion, Please! Photography between Gender and Lifestyle at the Vienna Kunsthalle (2011); Figure and Ground: Dynamic Landscape at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art in Toronto as part of the Contact Photography Festival (2011); and Six Yards: Guaranteed Dutch Design at the Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem (2012). In 2007 Sassen received the first prize of the Prix de Rome, and in 2011 she won the International Center of Photography Infinity Award for Applied/Fashion/Advertising Photography. Her book In and Out of Fashion, published by Prestel, won the Kees Scherer prize for best Dutch photography book of 2011/2, and a gold medal for best photo book of 2013 in Germany.
Also see www.vivianesassen.com


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I sold my 80 and bought a 60.
On trips I found out that the 80 was often to long for me when i stood at the back of the wall.
With the 60 I force myself to crop the scene to the most important part.
besides that i use the 120 macro and the 250 and have a vivitar 2x converter which does a pretty good job on the 250 i found out. I did not expect this quality from it. They are a bargain around 100 dollar.
But it's just what you are going to do with it....
For landscape (wide) I use my 4x5, not the hassy.


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Altec Lansing inMotion Air iMW725
Low price, sound quality, reliability, USB dongle for lossless sound, multi-room possibilities
Drab styling, no Apple AirPlay
The iPhone dock is dead. Despite all the fuss surrounding iPod-iPhone-iPad docks over the past few years, it was inevitable that the very notion of sitting apart from a beloved phone would be the genre's downfall (as well as the arrival of the "too big to dock" iPad), and at last we're seeing an influx of wireless speaker systems like this one from Altec Lansing.
Small - just 33cm across - and weighing just 450g, the iMW725 is fully portable, with a built-in rechargeable battery. The wireless speaker sector was revitalised by Apple's own AirPlay standard, notable largely because of its capability with streaming lossless music files, but that's not on offer from the iMW725. Instead, it relies on the much lower-spec Bluetooth technology; even then, the iMW725 will only playback tunes streamed from your smartphone if it's compatible with the stereo-capable A2DP protocol. Happily, most are, and the absence of Apple AirPlay is a veritable bonus for anyone with a non-Apple gadget.
The disadvantage is that Bluetooth isn't exactly renowned for delivering high quality audio. With that in mind, Altec Lansing has fitted this product with apt-X Bluetooth technology, which, it claims, delivers "CD quality audio" - though only if your device is capable of sending it in that format. Apple's Mac Book Pro is, though most laptops and PCs will require the Apt-X USB dongle included with the iMW725. Apt-X is increasingly being used on the current generation of Bluetooth speakers, receivers and headphones, and claims to offer low latency and high quality from compressed music files.
For devices that don't have a USB slot to take the apt-X dongle, Waves' Maxx audio algorithms are used within the iMW725 itself to nudge sound quality up a notch or two.
Altec Lansing claims this unit can receive a wireless stream from a phone up to 10 metres away, and in our test that proved about right, but that's not all the iMW725 can manage. Using the Apt-X USB dongle in the box it's possible not just to stream in lossless quality to the unit from a PC or Mac desktop or laptop, but from as far away as 100 metres. Since the unit can manage north of 5 hours playback without mains power, that could come in handy.
Use that dongle and a really high-end feature comes into play: multi-room music. Once the reserve of custom installations, and more recently on pricey products from Sonos or Naim, a couple of iMW725's can serve the same purpose (albeit in a non-extendable rudimentary manner). Great for a house party, with a more cost effective solution being to wire-up a laptop to an existing hi-fi for one room while simultaneously streaming to a iMW725 in another; to make this easy, the apt-X USB dongle also boasts an analogue line output. There's also an auxiliary button just below the iMW725's function buttons for hooking-up any external audio device.
The product itself has a rather retro feel, with a soft-to-the-touch grey plastic finish, though the moulded carry handle and a detachable remote control (which clicks into place on the unit's rear) are nice touches on this thoroughly solid, well made product.
From an iPhone (over regular Bluetooth without apt-X) we streamed some tracks off REM's "Collapse Into Now" album to the iMW725, with great results. Totally reliable, the built-in speakers somehow manage to dredge out a thoroughly decent amount of low frequency sound, with some excellent detail and stereo imaging, to boot. An "ESS" button on the remote creates an oddly effective soundstage where Michael Stipe's vocals appear to be placed behind the instrumentation, though this is where bass is at its tightest and most profound. The same tunes pumped into the iMW725 from a netbook fitted the apt-X dongle produced a sound with noticeably less hiss and bags of detail, though it's presence or otherwise shouldn't be a deal breaker unless the 100m distance is crucial to you; the Waves Maxx Audio codec puts in a fine performance with standard Bluetooth audio.
Bluetooth'ed straight to the iMW725 from an iMac (again, without apt-X at work), Radiohead's "Morning Mr Magpie" - stored on iTunes as a 47.3MB WAV file - sounds fabulous and significantly better than some MP3s compressed to 320kbps, though even 128kbps files remain highly listenable.
The maker of both the first iPod docking station and "Works with iPhone" speaker system has turned its back on the latest AirPlay spec to configure its own Bluetooth-based wireless speaker - and it's an absolute steal. Carefully thought-out and fine-tuned, it's the iMW725's abilities as a two-room audio system we like best, though it's the generally impressive sound quality on this everyman wireless solution that scores it victory. Who needs cables, docks or even apps?
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The Opening Credits of 'Star Wars' If It Was Made by the People Who Do '30 Rock'
I don't know WHY someone did this, but it's AWESOME.
I don't know WHY someone did this, but it's AWESOME.
Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe' is THE hit of the summer. It's so popular that there are literally thousands of covers of the song all over YouTube, rock stars are performing the song in concert and people are making videos like this one...
A 'Star Wars' version of Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used to Know' has racked up over two million views on YouTube over the weekend.
Earlier this month, Volkswagen released a trailer for their Super Bowl ad, which hinted that it was going to be about dogs and 'Star Wars'. And to follow this year's trend, they've now released the whole thing EARLY.
Back in 2009, a guy named Casey Pugh decided to do a shot-for-shot remake of the original "Star Wars" using 15-second clips submitted by fans over the Internet. Well, he finally finished it, and you can watch the full two-hour remake on the next page!
Remember the scene in "Return of the Jedi" when Yoda dies? Well, someone re-cut it. And added in a bunch of flatulence sound effects.
By now, we've all seen the silly YouTube feud between "Star Trek" stud William Shatner and "Star Wars" star Carrie Fisher. Well, "Trek" star George Takei wants it to stop.
Someone combined the soundtrack from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" with scenes from the "Star Wars" movies...and it's AWESOME!
Jabba the Hutt of 'Star Wars' fame may be a ruthless gangster and crime lord feared in the Outer Rim, but he's somehow less menacing when done up in fondant icing. Still, we don't like the way this Jabba cupcake is looking at us. Eat at your own peril.
In a recent interview, William Shatner pulled no punches, calling "Star Wars" derivative of "Star Trek" and saying the only thing it had over "Trek" was the advanced special effects. See the interview on the next page!
The celeb-driven Stand Up 2 Cancer initiative may have just gotten the best promo in the galaxy — and in those far, far away.


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Something for everyone at Ballygally Castle
Ballygally Castle offers a wide variety of activities, to satisfy guests' every desire. So whether you're looking for an energetic, action packed break or a reviving, relaxing get-away, our Castle Hotel on the Antrim Coast has something to offer.
On site in the Castle we provide a variety of events. Please click below to find out more about our upcoming events.
Please view our Local Attractions Page to find out more about activities to do near the Castle.
The Dolly and Kenny Show is coming to Ballygally Castle on Saturday 19th September 2015
Doors Open: 7pm
Show: 8.30pm
Tickets are available from hotel reception
Join us at Ballygally Castle for our Wedding Show on Sunday 18th October 2015. This very special event which will give brides-to-be the opportunity to experience all those special finishing touches that the hotel has to offer. A full team of experts and wedding specialists will be on hand to give you advice and tips on how to create your dream wedding. Plus, you'll get the chance to enter our fabulous prize draw, and enjoy some special offers!
To book a Wedding Showround please contact either Scott Weatherup or Sarah Corken on email@example.com or Tel: +44 (0) 28 2858 1066
Join us for the ultimate Elvis Tribute Show on Saturday 2nd January 2016
Tickets are priced £18 and are available on Ticketmaster here or at the Hotel Reception
Tel: 02828 581066
Join us for the ultimate Michael Buble Tribute show on Saturday 9th January 2016
Tickets are priced £18 and are available from Ticketmaster or at Hotel Reception Desk
Book in for a Pre-Show Dinner or Make a Night of It and stay over with our special "Moondance" package.
The "Moondance" package is available on hastingshotels.com or Telephone 028 9047 1066 and quote "Moondance" which includes an overnight stay, tickets to the show, and a full Irish breakfast the next day.


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Houston Astros @astros
It's celebration time Inside the #Astros clubhouse... pic.twitter.com/6N9ZlfwTP2
It's celebration time Inside the #Astros clubhouse... pic.twitter.com/6N9ZlfwTP2
Dallas Keuchel was DOMINANT for the @astros against the Yankees in 3 outings this season. #wildcard pic.twitter.com/smtABFdChd
Said Astros starter Dallas Keuchel: "I thought [the Astros] were going to play a little bit better than average, but to come to Yankee Stadium and play that well was really remarkable."
Last time Astros won a playoff game, they were in the National League.
We did it ... Lo hicimos ???? gracias Dios mio
"This was a club that fought all year long. It hurts." -Joe Girardi fighting back tears postgame pic.twitter.com/ydfTkY7Jdo
This is starting to become a habit for the Astros.
Jose Altuve enjoying his moment after his RBI helps the Astros advance. #WildCard pic.twitter.com/hpjdFYkmQo
Dallas Keuchel becomes just 3rd 20-game winner since '61 to make postseason debut by beating #Yankees in Bronx. Joins Mark Mulder & Joey Jay
FEAR THE BEARD! Dallas Keuchel was AWESOME tonight on 3 days rest. pic.twitter.com/nilEBENdlS
Maybe Dallas Keuchel will be this year's Madison Bumgarner. (We'll be saying that until we're all six feet under.)
Yankees made the playoffs, forgot to show up. Ugly end to year.
That's it! #Astros win! We're going to the #ALDS! #Astros 3, Yankees 0. #HustleTown #HTownPride
In the final analysis, the 2015 Yankees turned out to be just one game better than the 2014 Yankees, and that game turned out to be a harmless 3-0 loss in the one-game WC playoff to the Houston Astros. And in a disturbing parallel with last years team, this one was undone by their bats, or lack thereof.
ASTROS WIN! Houston gets great pitching and timely hitting to defeat the Yankees and advance to the ALDS vs KC. pic.twitter.com/TMb9FvfMBt
On just three days rest, Dallas Keuchel tossed six shutout innings, and Colby Rasmus and Carlos Gomez homered to beat the Yankees in the AL wild card game 3-0. It's Houston's first postseason win since Game 6 of 2005 NLCS. Box score
That's a strikeout of Beltran for the first out! Two outs away from the #ALDS. #Astros
The Yankees trail the Astros 3-0 heading into the bottom of the ninth in the AL wild-card game. If New York can't come back, it'll have lost five straight postseason games (last win was Game 5 of 2012 ALDS), tying the longest losing streak in Yankees history. Live on ESPN, WatchESPN
Tonight's attendance of 50,113 is the biggest of the season at Yankee Stadium
Miller in to pitch the 9th. Too bad it's not a save situation
Will Harris just completed an 11-pitch 1-2-3 inning against the Yankees. #Astros lead 3-0 after 8 complete. #WildCard
Dellin Betances DEALING in the 8th inning for the Yankees striking out the side. #WildCard pic.twitter.com/0fVoCLvJZW
Catchers do not like the phrase 'pitch framing.' Their preferred word is 'presentation.' Jason Castro doing a great job with that tonight.
And a fly ball to right field retires the Yankees in the 7th! #Astros lead 3-0 heading to the 8th inning. #WildCard


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sugarplumfairy2 1957 days ago
hehehehe love it and she is obviously likes her body, few people in this world are like her
HanzChristianNL 1958 days ago
Anybody ever seen Homer naked?
tnerak 1958 days ago
As long as no one does a 'Where's Marge?' :P
caggypants76 1958 days ago
1st thought in my head- ooh, gads!, 2nd thought- ooh gads!
hiscoresboards 1958 days ago
That is the ultimate couch gag!!
The_Alan_Clark 1958 days ago
I have that pic on my phone, is a classic!!
papacass84 1958 days ago
someone asked abt Hommer having a goatee,It looks more like a "soul patch" OMG I am going to need mindbleach.I won't sleep tonight.
Sarawooly 1958 days ago
ha ha ha oh my god
tobylee26 1958 days ago
I would. In fact, I think I have.
maskiflynn 1958 days ago
ahhh, like that ;) LOL
maskiflynn 1958 days ago
how do I RT this pic to my Twitter? This is LEGEND!!!
bluesshoe 1958 days ago
Can I kill myself now?
sojennyhill 1958 days ago
Drhuwjones 1958 days ago
I want to see him eat a donut
SpeckBella 1958 days ago
That's hilarious!!
Innaura 1958 days ago
You are one sick puppy ha ha ha
Hannyness 1958 days ago
okay what the fuck I'm scarred for life.
kinaton 1958 days ago
lol love it
ElbNerd 1961 days ago
dingle88 1962 days ago
haha this is the funniest thing!!!!


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Wadju Tag
By Volume Industries
Open iTunes to buy and download apps.
Everyone has a big game story--now you can brag yours!
Plus, keep Field Guide information for each trophy:
• Take a photo of your trophy
• List the stats associated with your trophy: Species, Gun/Bow, Ammo, Score, and Notes
• With GPS capability to pinpoint your location
• Automatic Date & Time capture
Then, brag your photo and information to a predetermined group of friends with the push of a button.
What's New in Version 1.3
This version updates the graphic for the "Calls" page.
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- Category: Sports
- Updated: 08 April 2011
- Version: 1.3
- Size: 3.9 MB
- Language: English
- Developer: Volume Industries LLC
- © 2009 - 2010
Compatibility: Requires iOS 3.1.2 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.


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