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...final eight years of the life of Harvey Milk, an openly gay politician in California in the 1970s—seems appropriate. “Milk” shows us how far we have come, but also how far we still have to go. Harvey Milk, played by Oscar winner Sean Penn, is a man disturbed by the discrimination he experiences after coming out of the closet in New York City. Milk moves to San Francisco with his boyfriend, Scott Smith (James Franco). In California, the two become politically active, enlivening and inspiring the gay community to speak out against...
...winner this year was the free app Pandora, a streaming-music utility that allows users to create "customized" Internet radio stations. Since the launch of the Pandora app in July, the growth of the music site Pandora.com has "been insane," said Tim Westergren, Pandora's founder. "It doubled our growth rate the day we launched, and it's still growing." Westergren said nearly 2 million people have downloaded the iPhone...
...algorithm that weighs two expert polls and six intricate computer rankings. Its mastermind, former Southeastern Conference commissioner Roy Kramer, had a simple mission when he unveiled the system in 1998: pinpoint a formula that would pit the nation's two top-ranked teams against each other in a winner-take-all contest. Since 1902, postseason bowl matchups had been based largely on historic rivalries and conference affiliations. Schools reaped financial windfalls, but the process failed to crown a definitive champion...
...right place at the right time, and that’s an important natural gift that he has.”Perhaps the most important goal of Akpan’s career came in the first round of the tournament. In the 103rd minute, Akpan scored the double-overtime winner to beat the University of Massachusetts 1-0 and send the team through to the second round.His ability both to score goals and set them up helped Akpan break the Crimson’s all-time points mark, previously held by Chris Ohiri ’64. The Grand Prairie...
...Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang, "the summit cannot be held in a sound atmosphere, nor can it achieve expected goals." The reason? The French President's plan to meet with Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on December 6 as part of an event honoring fellow Nobel peace prize winner Solidarity leader Lech Walesa in Poland.(See pictures of the Dalai Lama's decades of spiritual leadership...