Flickme Applies Gamification to Streaming Films, But Costs Too Much

I just found flickme.com, a new streaming film rental/buying site. The thing I liked is that I could login quickly with Facebook, which got me a Beta badge for being an early adopter. I instantly noticed the gamification for the site. Completing certain


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Breastfeeding tied to kids’ brainpower

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study from the UK, kids who were breastfed as babies had higher scores on tests of vocabulary and reasoning at age five than those who weren't breastfed.
Breastfeeding seemed to make the biggest difference for babies


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VH1 to re-run 'Concert for New York'

NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- VH1 says it will air a special called "The Concert for New York City: Ten Years Later" to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on America. The concert was taped at New York's Madison Square Garden weeks afte


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The tune-up game: Hokies may benefit from softer early schedule

“In college, we started every season against Appalachian State or some slack-Division II team — kick the living s*** out of them; get our confidence up.”
According to Paul Crewe from the Longest Yard — Adam Sandler, not Burt Reynolds — everyone needs a t


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Pssst, the secret of The Helps success is word of mouth

Reviews for the film were mixed and its subject matter – racism in the Deep South in the early sixties – isn’t the usual summer escapist fare. Yet three weeks after its release, the movie has surpassed a $100-million (U.S.) domestic box office.
The Help


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Fall movie guide

Is it just us or are you also ready for some meatier material now that Transformers and barbarians and superheroes have trampled through the movie theaters for the last three months? We’ve rounded up some of the most noteworthy films coming out this seas


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Latest Bachmann Religion Rumor: She’s Jewish?

The New York Post’s bizarre story today about Jewish donors considering supporting Michele Bachmann because she’s “Jewish” is the latest example of the often humorous record of Jews claiming celebrities as members of the tribe because of their last names


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