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Even if Amazon were to promise not to do it again (as part of a settlement with Gawronski, say) it won’t be possible to unring that bell. Amazon now will undoubtedly face demands (and perhaps court orders) in future copyright disputes to use its powers to zap t

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Tickets for the Broadway run of AMERICAN IDIOT are now available exclusively to American Express card holders. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on February 14th. AMERICAN IDIOT will begin previews on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 and open on Broadway Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at the ST. James Theatre.

The show features scenic design by Tony-nominee Christine Jones (Spring Awakening), costume design by Baryshnikov fellow Andrea Lauer (The Butcher of Baraboo), lighting design b

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The group on Thursday released a report that recommends governments fund research on geoengineering, or large-scale fixes for climate change. The report, a year in the making, is targeted at policymakers and is meant to inspire engineers to develop ways to cut greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere.

Algae would grow from pumped-in carbon dioxide and sunlight and be harvested for use either as a liquid fuel to run in a combined heat-and-power unit or turned into biochar, or

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The show features scenic design by Tony-nominee Christine Jones (Spring Awakening), costume design by Baryshnikov fellow Andrea Lauer (The Butcher of Baraboo), lighting design by two-time Tony-winner Kevin Adams (Hair), Sound design by Obie Award-winner Brian Ronan (Cabaret), as well as video design by Darrel Maloney.

AMERICAN IDIOT will be produced on Broadway in association with Berkeley Repertory Theatre.For more information, visit www.AmericanIdiotOnBroadway.com.

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Controversy over “Kill Switches”

Even if Amazon were to promise not to do it again (as part of a settlement with Gawronski, say) it won’t be possible to unring that bell. Amazon now will undoubtedly face demands (and perhaps court orders) in future copyright disputes to use its powers to zap the offending files en masse, thus turning unwitting Kindle users into legal cannon fodder. The capability could also land Amazon in the middle of the brewing controversy over software “kill switches,”


This year in conjunction with Granger Homestead’s Christkindl Market, All Things Art will host a Gingerbread Competition. If you like to create with gingerbread, this is your opportunity to join in on the holiday fun! It is free to enter. There is a category for everyone: Children (under 8), Youth (9 -12), Teen (13 -17), Adult (18 and older), and Professional. You can enter as an individual or as a team or group.

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Afghanistan’s international backers, the US and the United Nations had earlier called for the election authorities to be reformed before funding the next ballot.

Afghans postpone legislative vote: official
January 24, 2010

Afghanistan’s election authorities said Sunday that they would postpone parliamentary elections from May to September due to a shortage in funding and

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Aicon Gallery Presents Home and the World Photography Exhibition

The exhibition takes Rabrindranath Tagore’s novel ‘Home and the World’ (Ghare Baire) and Satyajit Ray’s film as its starting point and examines t

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Air France Frets Over How to Seat the Obese
NICE (Jan. 21) — Air France this week was embroiled in a public relations debacle that proved what a delicate issue obesity is becoming even for the once proudly svelte French.

The air

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The core of the existing ABL is a chemical oxygen iodine laser, or COIL, and it’s hardly man-packable machinery. The COIL system itself takes up the back half of a modified 747-400F, while the front half of the jumbo jet is given over to the beam control/fire control system.

A number of increasingly complex tests still lie ahead for the ABL, including firing the high-energy laser through the Lockheed Martin-developed beam control/fire control system and out of the nose-mounted turre

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