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...that itch in 1999 and went scuffing around India to recalibrate his life. And the product of his two years of soul searching? A scheme he started in 2003 to help others to find their inner Che?and do some good along the way. Every February, Smith, an avid biker, leads 120 or so riders on the Enduro India tour, a two-week, 2,500-km motorcycle trek from Goa to Cochin via the magnificent Western Ghat mountains. To join in, you need at least $6,000 in private sponsorship (plus $35 a day for fuel...
...playlist sites so they can restructure their marketing strategies accordingly. In addition, Slater and McGuire encourage online music services to improve playlist-publishing capabilities and to solidify links to other consumer-to-consumer music-sharing sites in order to attract more traffic to their Web pages. Slater, an avid music fan who spends much of his free time attending concerts, began studying internet and copyright issues because he has a genuine love for music. “The struggle over music file sharing has unfortunately turned ‘sharing’ into a bad word,” Slater...
...content of Scene may very well be a reality for a small group of students here, but I refuse to believe that it “is representative of…diversity.” Avid Scene readers might point out that the Scene’s editors use the phrase “representative of the diversity that we aim to cover,” not simply “diversity”—but if your conception of diversity is limited to those whose incomes fall in the top 1 percent of the country, don?...
...film fright. Haneke's camera, so quietly predatory, is the herald of disaster. And we the viewers are its beneficiaries, watching and waiting for something awful to happen. Here it does, first subtly, then spectacularly. The twist is not revealed until the last shot--if you keep your avid eyes open...
...divides the book into three separate sections, each of which explores the company’s unique facets. The first, and most interesting, part deals with history. Chouinard gives a short, scatter-shot autobiography that hopscotches across time from one rock climbing adventure to another. The founder is an avid outdoorsman who loves extreme sports. He entered the world of business haphazardly by making and selling climbing equipment. The Patagonia clothing line started after Chouinard discovered a market for corduroy knickers and rugby shirts among mountain climbers. From this humble beginning, the company has become an international force with sales...