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Young Bolivians Discover Hip-Hop |
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| Topic: Music |
9:37 am EDT, May 26, 2005 |
Remember when you first discovered hip-hop? http://www.discoverhiphop.com/ "I do not care if my music is pirated. The money is not important. What we want is to send out our lyrics so they can influence." Be sure to watch the multi-media presentation. Young Bolivians Discover Hip-Hop |
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Johnson Gets Good Taste of His Own Bad Medicine |
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| Topic: Media |
9:31 am EDT, May 26, 2005 |
If today's video games are, as Steven Johnson says, repetitive and often frustrating, and if they make up for monotony by offering infrequent but exciting rewards, the same can be said for his book, "Everything Bad Is Good for You." Ouch. (I think.) Without a zero-sum model for the kinds of changes in thought that are cataloged here, Mr. Johnson need not explore the real price of new pop-cultural intelligence. He understands what skills we have gained. He'd rather not think about what we've lost. Johnson Gets Good Taste of His Own Bad Medicine |
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Council Passes a Bill to Shorten the Line at the Ladies' Room |
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| Topic: Politics and Law |
9:28 am EDT, May 26, 2005 |
The measure, called the Women's Restroom Equity Bill, will require all new establishments falling under the terms of the legislation to maintain roughly a two-to-one ratio of women's bathroom stalls to men's stalls and urinals. "If there was ever a bill I was afraid of being on the wrong side of, it is this bill," said a councilman. Council Passes a Bill to Shorten the Line at the Ladies' Room |
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How to order food in a restaurant |
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| Topic: Health and Wellness |
9:22 am EDT, May 26, 2005 |
When you're out to eat with friends and family, it can be challenging to decide what to order off the menu. There are often too many choices on the menu, everything sounds good, nothing sounds good, you're unfamiliar with a particular type of cuisine, you'd like have what that woman over there is having but you don't know what that is, etc. etc. Luckily, a group of authors has recently released a series of pop science books focused on solving this particular problem. Here are some lessons on ordering food from those books. How to order food in a restaurant |
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Rumsfeld Laments Global Reach of War News |
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| Topic: Media |
9:20 am EDT, May 26, 2005 |
"We'll need to develop considerably more sophisticated ways of using these new means of communication that are now available to reach the many and diverse audiences." General Memetics, anyone? Rumsfeld Laments Global Reach of War News |
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| Topic: Music |
9:19 am EDT, May 26, 2005 |
Imagine hearing great musicians of the past or present play today - performing any recording they ever made! Rachmaninoff, Horowitz, Glenn Gould, Fats Waller, and Thelonious Monk can literally play "live" again - and be recorded afresh. The opportunity to hear great musicians of the past century play again live is an unparalleled thrill. Our business is creating modern recordings from revered originals and recapturing the magic of hearing these artists perform again. Zenph Studios |
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Das Keyboard - UberGeeks Only |
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| Topic: Technology |
9:16 am EDT, May 26, 2005 |
If you are an elite programmer who can write sophisticated code under tight deadlines, someone who makes impossible projects possible; or a Silver Web Surfer your colleagues turn to when they need IT advice: this keyboard is for you. Das Keyboard - UberGeeks Only |
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Student's Start-Up Draws Attention and $13 Million |
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| Topic: Tech Industry |
9:15 am EDT, May 26, 2005 |
Five years after the Internet bubble burst, a new generation of Web start-ups is quietly attracting investment capital. Thefacebook.com typifies the breed: a company that is built on substance rather than high expectations. "[Investment is focused on companies] which have built a deep relationship again and again with the customer." Social sites, as well as those involving music and video, are among those that are particularly attractive right now. A successful company needs to have a "clearly articulated product and service," that will "save time or money, offer something someone can't find somewhere else and fulfill a greed or lust factor." The service offered should be "compelling," and one which "draws in new users to get organic grass-roots growth." Student's Start-Up Draws Attention and $13 Million |
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'American Idol,' Zootopia, and the Real Ingredients of Pop Success |
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| Topic: Music |
9:10 am EDT, May 26, 2005 |
Making hits depends more upon finding (or writing) the right song, getting the right producer or band, telling the right story (through your interviews or your videos or even your clothes), creating the right persona. For any pop star, the trick is to sing songs that can survive the distorting effects of popularity itself: songs that fans can adopt and warp to suit their own perceptions. 'American Idol,' Zootopia, and the Real Ingredients of Pop Success |
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| Topic: Society |
9:50 am EDT, May 25, 2005 |
America faces a huge set of challenges if it is going to retain its competitive edge. As a nation, we have a mounting education deficit, energy deficit, budget deficit, health care deficit and ambition deficit. The administration is in denial on this, and Congress is off on Mars. And yet, when I look around for the group that has both the power and interest in seeing America remain globally focused and competitive -- America's business leaders -- they seem to be missing in action. I am not worried about the rise of the cultural conservatives. I am worried about the disappearance of an internationalist, pro-American business elite. C.E.O.'s, M.I.A. |
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