‘Hunger Games’ Set Visit: Lucky Fans Take Us Behind The Scenes
Moviegoers have to wait until March 23 to get a full-blown look at the world of Panem in the big-screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins best-selling The Hunger Games, but a group of enviable sweepstakes winners recently got to walk in Katniss footsteps during a behind-the-scenes visit to the North Carolina set. Keep reading for their [...]
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‘My enjoyment is feeding others’
The neatly stacked plastic containers that cover the top of Marie Macpherson Gordons refrigerator speak volumes about her generosity in the kitchen. She uses them constantly to dish up leftovers for guests to take home. My enjoyment is feeding others, she says in her soft Scottish lilt. Gordon, 74, spends her mornings in a choreographed [...]
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Writer scared to brag to negative mom
Dear Carolyn — Im in a bit of a pickle. I recently signed a deal with a large publishing house to write a technical book for them. Im super-jazzed, and Ive told pretty much everyone about it … but Ive left out my mother. Why? Well, she has a downer way of looking at anything [...]
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Sharing Connections Furniture Bank helps those in need
Sharing Connections Furniture Bank in Downers Grove photographed, Jan. 23, 2012. Volunteer Pat Flavin (right) helps client Randall Morris load up a van with donated furniture items. snapshots.mysuburbanlife.com/1400683
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Feds Warn of Dark Side of ICANN Domain Name Expansion
Protests about the pending worldwide expansion of top-level domain names have picked up as the Jan. 12 rollout date approaches. Lawrence Strickling, a US Department of Commerce official, weighed in with a Jan. 3 letter to the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which approved the upcoming expansion last June. As of the [...]
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Games of 2011 that will last through 2012
The reason you can see off most games releases in about a weekends worth of sofa usage is that most players have other distractions: work, family, eating to name but a few. Dabbling isnt for everyone though, and there were some games from last year that will prove far more loyal companions … Dark souls, [...]
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Seven-time WX SBX gold medalist Lindsey Jacobellis is fast, yes — but that’s …
Lindsey Jacobellis is the dominant force in womens boardercross, winning seven Winter X Games gold medals and standing on top in 23 of the 33 FIS World Cup races shes podiumed in so far. The nearly unbeatable snowboarder from Vermont will be going for the first five-peat by a woman in WX history when she [...]
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UAE residents have renewed appetites for eating out
This suggests a positive outlook for the UAEs hospitality sector. This year sees a renewed appetite for eating out. Eleven per cent of UAE consumers said they were likely to eat out more in the latter half of 2011 compared to previous months. However, consumers in Qatar look set to catch up with 41 per [...]
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Chamber of Commerce Officially Neutral on Oaks III
Chamber of Commerce Officially Neutral on Oaks III A rumor that one of the county supervisors was pressuring the Chamber of Commerce to take a stand in favor of the proposed Oaks III rezoning prompted a quick response from Occoquan Mayor Earnie Porta and Chamber CEO Robert Clapper.
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Mobile commerce played an integral part of the 2011 holiday season
Mobile commerce became an increasingly important factor in web retailing during the 2011 holiday season as more retailers saw significant increases in mobile traffic and mobile sales. IBM, for example, reports 18.3% of all traffic to online retail sites came from a mobile device on Christmas Day, up from 8.4% a year ago. Overall, consumers [...]
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