A Day at the Races: In Antitrust Appeal Studded with Big Firm Litigators ... Am Law Litigation Daily Imagine the stands at a NASCAR Sprint Cup race filled with high-powered litigators from the likes of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft; Boies, ...

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When following another vehicle closely, the airflow off the lead vehicle does not travel across the following one(s) in a normal manner. Therefore, downforce on the front of the trailing vehicle(s) is decreased and it does not turn in ...
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Who Were the Best NASCAR Drivers of the Decade? Stock Car Spin You are here: Home � NASCAR � Who Were the Best NASCAR Drivers of the Decade? 10 years of racing have passed since the green flag waved over the 2000 ...

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SimpleViewer, a customizable image gallery package for displaying photos on your site, just hit version 2.0 and added some slick new features. SimpleViewer can now grab photos directly from Flickr, and it also has the ability to automatically create galleries from Lightroom and Photoshop. The latest free version offers three gallery styles, it's also customizable via XML.

Other new features include full-screen mode and the ability to add links to your gallery images. The free version of SimpleViewer handles 50 images per gallery, which ought to be enough for most people's needs. Going pro ($45) gets you 500 images per gallery. SimpleViewer is Flash-based and cross-platform, so it should work on any site. If you need to set up a gallery without a lot of fuss, SimpleViewer is worth checking out.

[via John Nack on Adobe]

Simpleviewer 2.0 creates galleries from Lightroom, Photoshop and more originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Motorola's European version of the Droid -- the Milestone -- is on the verge of release in the UK, so it's not surprising to see ads starting to pop up. This is the first we've seen, and we'll say that the approach is... interesting. In contrast to the over the top, explosive (literally -- did you see that banana?!) Verizon Droid ads, the Milestone ad is all about information, delivered in a soothing, sophisticated tone. "Intelligence and versatility converge" here, and we have to say we much prefer this approach over the it's a "frickin' robot" one taken by Verizon. Decide for yourself -- the video is after the break.

Continue reading Motorola Milestone's ad campaign less likely to leave you in a bloody heap than Droid's

Motorola Milestone's ad campaign less likely to leave you in a bloody heap than Droid's originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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For more than a century, Beemster has been hand-making gourmet cheese on its sustainable farm in the Netherlands. The cheese is matured for a minimum of 18 months and carefully crafted by master cheese makers. Michael Blum, Beemster's resident cheese expert, has some tips for holiday entertaining ranging from presentation to accompaniments and wine pairings:

1. Consume at Room Temperature: Cheese is most flavorful to consume at room temperature. All cheeses are best stored below 7 degrees Celsius/45 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Make the Cut: allow cheese to sit at least one hour at room temperature before cutting. Remove the rind by cutting back into the cheese half an inch before grating. Cut small snack-sized squares for cheese-plates or salads and grate cheese into small slivers for pasta or pizza.
3. Go Nutty: Cheese pairs excellent with nuts. Spruce up your cheese plate by including pecans, walnuts, macadamias or cashews. If you or your guests have a nut allergy, other snacks that go well with cheese are apples, grapes, pears, figs, dates, olives and picles.
4. Old and Sweet: Older cheeses, such as Beemster X-O, pair well with sweeter wines like Rieslings and ports.
5. Get Fresh: Young and fresh cheeses taste best with lighter beers. A good rule of thumb is the more mild the cheese, the lighter the beer.

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How to Serve Gourmet Cheese for the Holidays originally appeared on Luxist on Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We're just not sure if we can get behind the aesthetic of the Yager-developed, 2K-published shooter Spec Ops: The Line which was officially revealed during last night's Spike Video Game Awards. It just looks way too gritty for us.

Now that we've gotten that pun we've been wanting to make since we first saw the game last night out of the way, we can tell you that the debut trailer is posted after the jump. Despite our irreverent panning during last night's festivities, it doesn't look half bad. According to the last screen of the trailer, it's coming to 360, PS3 and PC. Check out the video if you're a fan of sandy environments, ruined landscapes, female vocalists and egregious violations of the Geneva convention.

Update: We've added a hi-res version of the trailer above.

Spec Ops: The Line VGA trailer is serious business [update] originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Car Buying, Europe, BMW

Normally we can think of some cute little anecdote to kick these here posts off with, but today... can't do it. BMW is raising their prices by 0.4 percent across the board on vehicles sold in North America. This price increase takes effect on January 1, 2010. Why? BMW isn't saying. And while less than a percent may not sound like much, if you're buying a stripper 760Li ($136,600), that's like $600!

There is a tiny sliver of good news. The three vehicles that just got introduced to this continent in December -- the ActiveHybrid X6, ActiveHybrid 7 and the 550i Gran Turismo -- are unaffected by this price increase. Of course as all three of those vehicles haven't proved themselves in the marketplace yet, so that sliver is even tinier upon second glance.

But it's not just the base prices that are going up. Destination & Handling fees are on the rise as well. Every new BMW is coming with an additional $50 tacked onto the 2009 $825 price, for a total of $875. And yes, this fifty dollar increase applies to the two new hybrids and the Gran Turismo as well. Happy New Year!


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Happy New Year! BMW rings in 2010 with price increases across the board originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As a record industry executive and owner of Minty Fresh Records, Chicago's Jim Powers has proved his creativity and eye for talent time and again. He discovered the Cowboy Junkies, was one of the first to sing the praises of Liz Phair, brought the music of the Cardigans to America, and turned Ralph Covert from an aging club rocker into a kids-music phenom.

So why is a guy like Powers dabbling in the world of iPhone apps, especially those designed to sniff out beer? It turns out that Powers, a beer connoisseur, found himself intrigued by the possibility of turning a pastime passion into a viable cash cow. And so, BeerCompass was born -- an app that locates suds and pubs anywhere on the planet.

WalletPop spoke with Powers not long after BeerCompass went public to find out what inspired his sudsy smart-phone creation, and how his detour into applications has fared financially.

WalletPop: Where did the idea for BeerCompass come from? Where were you, how did the idea come to you, and what was your first impulse once the light bulb went off?

Powers: I was talking with someone who was looking for marketing ideas for an app they were making for a festival, and I blurted out the idea of a compass dedicated to finding beer ... a "beer compass." I loved the idea and thought the compass had potential, so I made one.

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Will Jim Powers' BeerCompass point the way to money? originally appeared on WalletPop Blog on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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• G-Force (Walt Disney)
• The Hangover (Warner)
• 2009 World Series Highlights (Shout! Factory)
• Basilisk: The Complete Series (Funimation)
• HD Moods: Blu Ocean (Topics)
• Inglourious Basterds (Universal)
• La Boheme (Kultur)
• The Mel Brooks Collection (Fox)
• The Other Man (Image)
• Samurai Champloo: The Complete Series (Funimation)
• Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 3 (Paramount)
• Taking Woodstock (Universal)

Blu-ray releases on December 15 th 2009 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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