Archive for June, 2008

Well: The 11 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating

Monday, June 30th, 2008

An unusual list of foods that probably aren’t in your shopping cart.

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Working Alone in a Group

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Co-working spaces are a cross between home, work and Internet-equipped cafe, and are based on the hard-won realization that while avoiding an office is liberating, it’s also energizing to have one to which you can go.

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Love, Honor, Leave No Carbon Footprint

Monday, June 30th, 2008

These days many newlywed couples are choosing a bed draped with mosquito netting over one dotted with rose petals.

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The Tyranny of the Heirloom

Monday, June 30th, 2008

It is often difficult to get rid of family furnishings, which carry not only your memories, but your relatives’ as well.

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Career Programs Stress College, Too, and Give Students a Leg Up

Friday, June 27th, 2008

An evaluation of nine career academies has found that eight years after graduation, participants had significantly higher employment and earnings than similar students in a control group.

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Ruthless Philanthropy - Forbes.com

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Watch out, mosquitoes. Bill Gates is coming for you.

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Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Why is it that in an age when we can create community anywhere, we often don’t know the people who live next door?

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Wi-Fi Memory Card: The Camera That Knows Where It Is

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

A new technology lets your digital camera detect thousands of silent wireless networking beacons, decide exactly where you are and then transmit a batch of photos wirelessly to your computer.

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Albania Custom Fades: Woman as the Family Man

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

The sworn virgin is a disappearing ritual in Albania, as sexual equality and modernity have come to the country.

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The New Trophy Home, Small and Ecological

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Homes are a new arena for LEED ratings, environmental badges of honor usually given to commercial buildings.

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