| New DVD releases include 'Across the Universe'
A variety of featurettes on the making of the movie, the casting, the music and dance, as well as extended musical performances, deleted scenes and a commentary track comprise the bonus materials. Elizabeth: The Golden Age Details: 2007, Universal Studios Home Entertainment Rated: PG-13, violence, sexual situations, brief nudity The lowdown: Cate Blanchett reprises her role as England's greatest queen, earning another best actress Oscar nomination in the process. The movie is an uninspired sequel that saddles Blanchett with some hoary dialogue. The DVD's digital transfer, though, is very good. Don't miss: Your standard making of featurette, a look at the effects used the create the Spanish Armada, deleted scenes, peeks at the production design, sets and locations as well as a commentary track comprise the extras.
GIULIANI'S BUDDIES 'SIT SHIVA' FOR POL LIFE
On financial-disclosure forms released in May, Giuliani reported earned income of $16.1 million over 16 months, including $11.4 million from speaking fees paid between January 2006 and February 2007. But one source said Giuliani Partners, the consulting group that launched the empire, would likely be downsized. Ken Fisher, a former Democratic city councilman who is now a prominent lawyer, said he thought Giuliani's poor performance on the campaign trail would impact his bottom line. "The Rudy Giuliani franchise is clearly not worth the same as it was two years ago," he said. En route to California, Giuliani told reporters he was well aware his strategy of bypassing early primary states carried high risks. "We were defying conventional wisdom. We had no choice but to do that.
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Cold turkey is no way to quit e-addiction
It's been two weeks since my last major dose. I've been pretty much cold turkey ever since. Sure, I've mooched off of my roommates when they weren't around. It's the advantage of having several other users living with me. Without them, I might be writhing half-naked in a cold sweat somewhere. I've even managed to sneak a couple hits during class, until my professors call me out for "double-tasking." Not the worst chiding one could expect for ignoring the lesson in search of mere minutes of euphoria. Despite the challenges, I'm really surprised how well I've held up since that fateful day at the beginning of the semester when my livelihood and my love was ripped violently from my hands. It's at that time that a blunt realization came to me.
Coming Soon: SR to Release E-mail Exchanges ... (Not so fast...)
Update: After reviewing the messages and our options (none good), we've decided not to post the messages. Here's the situation: Of the 50 messages, a few have explicit photos embedded in the message. We can't publish those photos (one shows a toddler's penis). We also have a strong ethical policy against blurring or otherwise manipulating photos. Some of the messages are completely innocuous. The rest of the messages only refer to attachments. Those attachments are explicit, so we can't publish them. We've also gone through each message to blur e-mail addresses for privacy reasons. So, if we don't publish any of the explicit images, and we refuse to blur, crop or otherwise alter them, all we're left with is a bunch of forwarded messages that say things like "take a look at this!" We decided that did not advance the story in any significant way.
Scenic drive: Yuma to Quartzsite
Some people think of western Arizona as a wasteland. But desert rats treasure its scrubby plants, ragged mountains and, to steal a phrase from Buzz Aldrin, its magnificent desolation. The drive along U.S. 95 contains a wealth of quirky sights and natural wonders: outlandish landscapes, a gift shop in the middle of nowhere, an isolated oasis of rare palm trees and a sprawling RV community that in winter becomes one of Arizona's largest cities. Things to note along the way:
Castle Dome Mountains: If you've been to southwestern Arizona, chances are good you've seen Castle Dome Peak. The castlelike silhouette, high on the mountains' ridgeline, is visible for miles and one of the region's most recognizable landmarks. You'll see the peak for much of the drive north on U.S. 95, with especially good views between mile markers 60 and 62.
Urioste named top Title I principal
For him, failure was not an option," Smukler said. "That was the piece that came through."
Even Urioste's toughest "critics" had kind words to say about him.
"He's cool," fifth-grader Hugo Martinez said of Urioste, who often eats his lunch with students.
Bianca Sota, another fifth-grader, said Urioste is a tough, but good, principal.
"He wants us to get on track."
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2 Azerbaijani pilots killed in jet crash
An Azerbaijani Air Force fighter jet crashed into the Caspian Sea during a training flight Tuesday, killing the two crew members on board, the Defense Ministry said. Rescuers were looking for the flight data recorders from the MiG-29, which went down around midday about 60 kilometers (40 miles) off shore, the ministry said. The oil-rich, ex-Soviet republic has in recent years embarked on a spending spree to expand and modernize its armed forces. In Russia, meanwhile, military officials blamed flight controllers for the crash of a L-39 training jet on Monday that killed a pilot-instructor and left a student pilot hospitalized in intensive care. .
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