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Star Wars has invaded our movie screens, TV sets, books, comics, video games and board games. It has taken hold of our language and has provided us with an endless supply of easily recognizable Halloween costumes. It turns up in our children’s toyboxes and in the stand-up routines of our favorite comedians. Eddie Izzard , has perpetrated one of the most screamingly funny stand-up routines called “Deathstar Cantina” in which Darth Va1. What year did Disney’s Magic Kingdom open its doors? A) 1955 B) 1971 C) 1975 2. What Orlando attraction is known as “The Alligator Capital of the World”? A) Gatorland B) Jungle Adventures C) Holy Land Experience 3. Which Major League Baseball team plays its home games at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex during Spring Training? A) Houston Astros B) Atlanta Braves C) Milwaukee Beers 4. What is the talleFormat changes, like the current switch from DVD to Blu-ray we’re experiencing, sure are annoying to most of us because we’re suddenly forced to buy a second or third copy of our favorite movies. Movie studios, though, can use the new format to make a whole lot of money because whenever they re-release their classic movies, people rush out to buy them. That’s exactly what Disney is doing. They’ve announced plans to bring a lot of their classics out of the “Disney vault” and give them a Blu-ray

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Science fiction imagines strange and wondrous cities in our future, but many are less paradise than prison. We take an ill-advised vacation inside the cities that will never let you leave. Gilded Cages The Axiom : The luxury liner Axiom has taken humanity on a multi-generational space cruise so successful that humans have lost the drive to even contemplate leaving. But when the Axiom's marginally more self-aware captain gets it into his head that it's time to return to Earth, he ____________________________________________ Mongol General: Hao! Dai ye! We won again! This is good, but what is best in life? Mongol: The open steppe, fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind in your hair. Mongol General: Wrong! Conan! What is best in life? Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women. ____________________________________________ As I get older and wiser (much wiser than I was when I wa

NewsPlayStation Store Update: Turtles & TakeiBy Michael McWhertor on September 11, 2009 at 8:20 AM Ever since Sony got serious about adding PSone Classics to the North American PlayStation Store, the weekly updates to the service have been pretty solid. With Silent Hill and Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain hitting today, we’re issuing another “solid.”There’s a lot to play with this week, including the remake TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled, a Katamari Forever demo and yet another PSone Classic in SypIchiro SuzukiFinal Score: Boston 3, Tampa Bay 1 Final Score: Boston 4, Tampa Bay 0 Boston, MA – Jon Lester hurled eight scoreless innings and Jason Varitek drove in two runs, as Boston downed reeling Tampa Bay, 4-0, in the back end of a day-night doubleheader from Fenway Park. Jason Bay homered and Mike Lowell knocked in the other run for the Red Sox, who took the opener by a 3-1 count thanks to Dustin Pedroia’s game-winning two-run homer in the eight

Our monthly fighter rankings are determined by a panel of Inside Fights staff writers and outside journalists. A first place vote is worth 10 points, second place is worth 9 points, and so on. The votes are then totaled and placed in the order in which they scored. They are published in the first week of every month and take into account all shows leading up to the beginning of the voting process. The most recent set of rankings: August 2009 HEAVYWEIGHT 1. Fedor Emelianenko 2.Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Unveils the ‘Diamond Collection’ The Definitive Collection of Disney Classics Debuting on Blu-ray Hi-Def ANAHEIM, Calif., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — — Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment announced the launch of the new Diamond Collection today at the D23 Expo. Diamond Collection is the definitive collection of the Walt Disney Studios most historic and beloved animated classics that will debut on Blu-ray Hi-Def. (Photo:

Posted 3 weeks, 5 days ago around lunchtime by oso This coming Saturday September 5th I will be joined by an illustrious group of speakers here in Linz to map a new framework to think about collective intelligence in the era of cloud computing. A schedule of the day’s events is available on the Ars Electronica website. All of the presentations will be streamed live and you can participate via Twitter, chat, and the symposium blog. I’ll post more detailed instructions about how to pLying about the Debt The Job Market Needs to Hold Up Its End U.S. slashes $30 million in aid to Honduras Gross: Double-Dip Recession Possible Cash for Clunkers Failed to Create Auto Jobs Why the “Trigger” is a Bad Idea With Cap and Trade, It Will be Laborless Day The August Jobs Report: Mission Not Accomplished Townhall Downfall: Rep. Baron Hill “This Is My Town Hall” The Obama Jobs Gap: 5 Million Is the Public Option Dead? Morning Bell: PresidMicrosoft really has swept across the gaming community with the launch of the Xbox 360 in 2005, the second video game company has ever done. With many features and improvements to the first generation Xbox, thousands of Xbox 360 games have been made to use all these features as Xbox Live multiplayer gaming, etc. One can easily play with people around the world without having to use third party software as it can go online through your Xbox 360 console itself already. The Xbox 360 player can als