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April 25 to May 1, 2005
An "alarming
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" of young American girls are taking steroids to emulate the look of "models and movie stars"...
April 11 to 17, 2005
This week saw a
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of profiles of a new generation of activists. Some use the latest technology to promote the environment, some are resorting to radical measures to make their voices heard, an...
The
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one buyer of rice in the U.S. threatens a boycott if GMO crops are grown...
March 7 to 13, 2005
How about making some green roofs, or at least solar panels? Here's a
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of North American green roof case studies...
Giant Steps - a great animated visualization of John Coltrane's classic jazz
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February 28 to March 6, 2005
Ira Rennert's house was featured on VH1 this week. It's the largest in the world, containing over 100,000 square feet worth of structures, 30 bathrooms, and its own power plant. He owned the compan...
February 21 to 27, 2005
The first Grammy winner in the Best Hawaiian Music Album category, "Slack Key Guitar Volume 2", hit
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one on Billboard's World Music chart and
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two on the New Age chart. If you buy it, kee...
February 7 to 13, 2005
Allan Schiffman offers a few quick
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s on federal debt, spending, etc....
Designing product packaging? Here are professional competitive analyses in a
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of categories...
January 24 to 30, 2005
The 101 dumbest moments in business.
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three: the chairman of gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson was forced to resign after it was discovered that he spent 15 years in prison for a string of arme...
Ever been taken by one of these? Here's the 25 hottest urban legends, with "tsunami photos" at
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one...
January 17 to 23, 2005
Since 2003 airport security screeners have stolen $36 million in items from travelers. The Transportation Security Administration spokesman says, "We have a few bad apples. That is unfortunate. We'...
January 10 to 16, 2005
* Average
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of clothing items an adult American acquired in 2002: 5...
November 22 to 28, 2004
The chief economist at MorganStanley predicts that America has a 90% chance of an economic "armageddon", citing a
number
of "alarming facts"...
How the government uses laser printers to track documents. Since about 1995, color laser printers have microencoded the printer's serial
number
on every printed document. Use a blue LED light to se...
November 15 to 21, 2004
The
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of corporations that control U.S. media, 1983-2000...
August 30 to September 5, 2004
Do you like Jim Woodring's surreal comic Frank? Here's the first animated short based on same: http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/sakuhin_back
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/15/frank.htm...
June 28 to July 4, 2004
Car VIN (vehicle identification)
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s are running out. This is a much thornier problem than the Y2K issue. With fascinating information about how VIN
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s are encoded...
June 21 to 27, 2004
Second, the Carlyle Group is looking to buy Verizon Hawaii - this is just part of their recent massive purchases of telecoms in the Pacific region. The deal is "complex", as it involves a
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o...
May 10 to 16, 2004
More about the RIAA fudging
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s to claim sales lost to file sharing...
March 31, 2004
These projects are perfect for Hawaii - they are low-cost, replaceable, expandible/evolveable, tough, and designed beautifully with a sense of environment. A
number
of them incorporat...
March 15 to 21, 2004
"The Dunbar
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as a Limit to Group Sizes...
January 26 to February 1, 2004
"There has been a dramatic rise in the
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of people detained or sentenced for internet-related offences in China, according to the London-based rights group Amnesty International"...
December 8 to 14, 2003
It's legal (and has been for years) in over half the states to sell your voter registration information - including name, race, email, street address, phone
number
, birth date, political affiliation...
November 3 to 9, 2003
The world's first disposable cellular phone just hit the market. It comes with 60 minutes of prepaid time, its own phone
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, and you can add more minutes as needed...
October 27 to November 2, 2003
On November 24 you can switch cell phone carriers while keeping your
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. If you do this, please participate in a cell phone recycling program.....
September 8, 2003
"We have almost 30 percent of our prison population in Texas infected with hepatitis. That’s not so different from the
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s you see in the Dark Ages with the plague....
July 8, 2003
I personally believe that RFID will happen in some form whether consumers like it or not - it's just a matter of when and how it is implemented. As with any revolutionary technology, there are grea...