Vaseline

The room still smelled of Vaseline.  The night before was still there. The remnants of her hair was still on the sheets where they made love that morning.  Even though she had left for work, it was as if her ghost filled the room.

The TV was on mute with the captions on, the local cable morning news was playing.  The radio was playing a CD mixtape she had made him.  Big Sean, The Weeknd and Dwele.  The Weeknd's 'High For This' was playing.

Paul was in the bathroom feeling guilty of the turn his life was taking, he had a woman his age who was in love with him, but he was falling in love with someone ten years younger than him.  His face was over the bathroom sink ashen with guilt.  He tried to wash the pain away with the shaving cream that was mixed with the facial hair he had just sheared.  The hair and shaving cream washed away,  his angst ridden conscience didn't.

His heart never felt more heavy.  At this age, how could this happen to him again.  He should know better than to put his heart on the roulette wheel again.  But a gambler is just a gambler.  And Paul was addicted.

The first time was vicious because it was unexpected.  This time however, the loss would not be Paul's, it would be the world's

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Reuters - Shakespeare goes digital

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Shakespeare goes digital

Wednesday, Mar 26, 2008 1:19PM UTC

LONDON (Reuters) - A U.S. and British library plan to reproduce online all 75 editions of William Shakespeare's plays printed in the quarto format before the year 1641.

The Bodleian Library in Oxford and Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC have joined forces to download their collections, building on the work of the British Library which digitized its collection of quarto editions in 2004.

"There are no surviving manuscripts of Shakespeare's plays in his handwriting so the quartos are the closest we can get to what Shakespeare really wanted," said Bodleian spokeswoman Oana Romocea.

"Some quartos do, however, have his annotations around the printed text."

The project is designed to make all of the earliest printed versions of Shakespeare's plays, many of which are only accessible to scholars, available to the wider public.

The process of downloading the quartos will begin next month and take a year to complete. Online visitors will be able to compare images side-by-side, search the plays and mark and tag the texts.

"We (at the Bodleian) have about 55 copies, although some of them are duplicates," said Romocea.

"Each quarto is different, so it's very interesting from a research perspective to compare the quartos.

"For example, some of the famous lines in 'Hamlet' exist in one quarto and in another they don't, or they are very different."

Shakespeare wrote at least 37 plays and collaborated on several more between about 1590 and 1613. He died in 1616.

(Reporting by Mike Collett-White, editing by Paul Casciato)

Reuters - Steve McQueen's estate sues over clothing line

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Steve McQueen's estate sues over clothing line

Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008 10:6PM UTC

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Steve McQueen's estate sued a clothing
company on Tuesday, alleging the unauthorized use of the late
film star's image and name as part of its "Steve McQueen
Celebration" line of fashion and accessories.

The McQueen heirs accuse Clothing Company S.P.A. and parent
company Belstaff USA and Belstaff International LTD of "willful
and brazen unauthorized use of the name, image, signature and
likeness" of the actor known as the King of Cool for his roles
in films in the 1960s and 1970s.

British-born Belstaff, whose trademark biker jackets were a
favorite of soldier and writer T.E. Lawrence, is owned by
Italy's Malenotti family. A company representative was not
immediately available for comment.

The suit alleges a representative of Belstaff contacted the
estate in 2007 requesting a license for use of McQueen's image
on a clothing and accessories line which was denied after
negotiations broke down.

In August 2007, the company began producing the line
anyway, the lawsuit said.

Belstaff's actions jeopardize "the goodwill and value" of
the McQueen trademark.

The actor, who died at age 50 in 1980, starred in such
films as "Bullitt," "Papillon" and "The Towering Inferno."

(Reporting by Edith Honan; Editing by Daniel Trotta)

USA TODAY - Report: Sony BMG developing music service

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BERLIN
By Matt Moore, Associated Press

The CEO of Sony BMG Music Entertainment says that the company is developing an online music subscription service that would give users unlimited access to its music and be compatible with a host of digital music players.

Sony BMG's artist roster includes newcomers like Leona Lewis, along with stalwarts like Alicia Keys and Celine Dion, as well as country singer Carrie Underwood among others.

In an interview with the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung published Monday, chief executive Rolf Schmidt-Holtz did not offer a timeline for unveiling the service.

As for costs to subscribers, the newspaper quoted him as saying that the "simplest option would be a flat rate" fee per month of around 6 to 8 euros ($9 to $12) for unlimited access to Sony BMG's entire music catalog and that the downloads would be compatible with all players, including Apple's ubiquitous iPod.

He said that it was "even possible that clients could keep some songs indefinitely, that they would own them even after the subscription expired."

A Bertelsmann spokesman confirmed that the interview was accurate but declined to provide further details.

Schmidt-Holtz was quoted as saying the unit was in talks with other major music distributors but did not disclose with whom and added that it was possible mobile phone operators could be brought on board, with the aim of letting users download their songs to their cellphones.

Besides the book publisher Random House, Bertelsmann's interests include music business BMG, which is comprised of its 50% holding in the Sony BMG Music Entertainment joint venture with Japan's Sony Corp., and radio and television including broadcaster RTL, magazines and media services.

Bertelsmann is headquartered in Guetersloh, Germany, but most of its 97,000 employees are scattered over its divisions. The company is controlled by the Mohn family, directly and through a foundation.

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