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During the great blackout of August 2003, millions of Americans learned two important lessons: that it is possible to spend an entire evening at home without watching TV and that we should all have backup batteries for our cell phones. For those who need a better contingency plan, this portable fuel-cell generator provides a kilowatt of continuous power for eight hours on a single tank of environmentally correct hydrogen. The AirGen is a tad bulky (about the size of a mini-fridge), but you can roll it under a desk. Unlike a gas-powered generator, it emits only water...
Trailing 29-7 early in the third quarter, Harvard took over on the Quaker 47-yard line. Fitzpatrick deftly drove the team to the Penn four-yard line before injuring his knee on a desperate scramble—a move that prompted an appearance by backup quarterback Garrett Schires. Coach Murphy—who apparently hadn’t watched the Columbia debacle last weekend—decided to let Schires attempt two pass plays on third and fourth downs, resulting in an incompletion and a sack, respectively. This prompts the question—on fourth-and-goal from...
...going around." Watching the taping from the wings, though, one hardly notices. Spears sure looks hearty enough, prancing up and down the stage at Manhattan's Gotham Hall, lip-synching songs from In the Zone while peeling off layer after layer of ever-tighter clothing. Her eight leather-clad backup dancers seem pretty robust too, particularly in a routine for a tune called Toxic, during which they blindfold Spears, roll her around the studio on an ottoman and run their hands - among other things - over her half-naked body. (Come to think of it, that guy who licked Spears' face...
While neither the quarterback nor the coaching staff is ready to declare whether he or junior backup Garrett Schires will start, Fitzpatrick has been taking limited reps in practice all week and will likely see significant action against the Quakers...
...Leaving the Matrix, Frumin notices yet another underage patron, this one dressed in a fishnet top and tight black pants, in trouble with a bouncer. “I’m telling the truth,” she pleads. “My boyfriend took my backup [ID] inside.” The bouncer threatens to call the police, and she backs down...