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...appointment by President Bush in 2001, Powell has championed increased media deregulation, delivering disgraceful amounts of power into the hands of ever-influential media moguls. Moreover, the current FCC has pursued a thoroughly flawed campaign against violators of media regulations. The commission recently issued CBS News the largest fine it has ever issued—for the less-than-horrifying sin of broadcasting a split-seond shot of one of Janet Jackson’s nipples last year. But, despite the commission’s problematic record, we must give credit where credit is due. And, it seems...
Welcome to the networking website aSmallWorld--if, that is, you're the right sort of person. The six-month-old site connects style-conscious professionals so that they can share jet-setting tips and fine-dining picks. But unlike other cybercommunities like Friendster, you must be invited to aSmallWorld by a member to gain access. Once you're in, four more members have to "connect" to you before you can ask like-minded friends to join. You connect when you click on a name and the person "accepts...
Although not up to the sublime level of a typical South Park episode, the film has a fine array of raunchy gags, from a volcano of vomiting to the already notorious sex scene comprising many positions and much anatomically incomplete nudity. Parker, Stone and their marionettes also have fun at their own expense, detailing things puppets can't do (shoot pool, dance, plausibly engage in martial arts). The real kick, however, is in the grandeur and detail of the production design, by Jim Dultz and David Rockwell. Paris, Cairo, the Panama Canal, the inside of Mount Rushmore and a terrorist...
...music. "It's a sleek, trendy product with a very attractive price point," says Vamsi Sistla, an analyst at ABI Research. "But we think the market will trend towards nonentertainment uses, [adding] applications like videoconferencing." So bosses could track workers on their portable players? Perhaps the iPod is just fine as is. --By Sean Gregory
...Sistani sees a steady stream of aides and agents based around the country as well as Iraqi leaders eager to court and consult him. Sheik Jameel al-Qurayshi, who represents Sistani in Baghdad's restive Sadr City district, visits the ayatullah at least once a week to discuss the fine points of Islamic practice and get political advice for handling his neighborhood. Sistani's declarations are succinct and to the point. "He makes no decision until he is totally clear he has come to the right conclusion," says Shahristani. "He says exactly what he means, and he sticks...