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...There's never been a compelling reason to have a portable TV. Do we really need another way to rot our brains? Flo TV certainly thinks so. The Qualcomm-developed technology began appearing on a handful of mobile phones last year and offers live and previously aired content from a variety of networks including Comedy Central and the Disney Channel. Flo TV's new Personal TV (PTV) is a direct-to-consumer device that streams content without the hassle of having to deal with a mobile-phone carrier. But does someone with an iPhone or even a DVR need another...
...care-free way to pass time during Reading Period. It has helped forge new friendships and house spirit in the past and I hope it is able to do the same thing this year," he wrote. "Please refrain from doing anything to upset other Eliot residents and NEVER enter a room that is not yours without the assistance of a person who lives in that room...
...military and anthropology soured during the 1960s and early '70s. In 1964 the U.S. Army recruited scholars for Project Camelot, a program whose goals included helping the U.S. Army "assist friendly governments in dealing with active insurgency problems," such as in Chile, the project's test case. The project never moved out of Chile, however; in 1965, once the public got wind of it, Project Camelot was canceled. Later, in 1970, documents stolen from a U.S. anthropologist's office implicated a number of social scientists in clandestine counterinsurgency efforts in Thailand. These two scandals created an uproar...
...second reason ratings might not totally tank: fans will want to know what a tour without Tiger feels like. When Woods was hurt, people wouldn't watch, because they knew he'd be back eventually. What was the point? Now, what if he never comes back? That's the longest of long shots, of course. But at this point, would anything in this story surprise...
...dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet - to prosecute Mapuche militants. The measure, used by Pinochet to hound political opponents, allows fewer pretrial rights for defendants, who can be accused by anonymous and masked witnesses. It also imposes longer prison sentences and augments the powers of the police and judicial system - never a comfortable prospect in a country that is still shaking the ironfisted ghosts of the Pinochet regime. "This law is an abomination," says Richard Caifal, a Chilean human-rights lawyer, "and the government is using it in a discriminating way, only against Mapuches...