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...creation of a team of 60 top engineers--veterans of Apple, Flickr and Firefox--and has already wowed bloggers who have had an early look. "Joost could make YouTube, Google Video and Apple TV look like 1988," gushes tech-blog UtahSaint...
...taxing on both the psyche and the pocketbook. Following the success of Bag, Borrow or Steal, the online purveyor of premium handbags for rent, comes Wardrobe, which leases couture gowns straight off the runways. Neva Lindner, a stylist and former assistant to Katie Ford, offers the latest creations from designers like Dolce & Gabbana, Carolina Herrera and Behnaz Sarafpour in various sizes and at 15% of the retail price. Lindner's beautiful array of evening and day wear is too tempting for most of her grateful leasers to resist. Many come on a regular basis to check out the inventory, pick...
...Khazei said. “You’ve got to take the time to understand the context [of the community].” Khazei described himself as a “rugged idealist,” citing that quality as a primary reason behind the creation of City Year. Along with college roommate Michael H. Brown ’83, Khazei founded the organization in 1988 in Boston. Now in its 20th year, City Year is a member of AmeriCorps and has programs in 17 cities around the country. The organization was built, according to its Web site...
...efforts to expand interdisciplinary science initiatives will also be valuable for Faust. From his appointment to lead the newly-created Mind, Brain, and Behavior program at Harvard in 1994 to his close involvement with the University Planning Committee on Science and Engineering and his vocal support of the creation of University-wide departments today, Hyman personifies academic collaboration and progress at Harvard. Interdisciplinarity is an issue that Faust will need to address immediately, and the presence of an adviser who has thought deeply about how to improve interdisciplinary research and who understands the politics involved in breaking down departmental barriers...
...reports, wasn’t half bad, though it does have a sex scene (a disturbing thought). A whole bevy of celebrities, from Jodie Foster to Jamie Lee Curtis, have written children’s books. Not all approve of these celebrity compositions. The MotherReader blog argues for the creation of a new organization called BACA—Bloggers Against Celebrity Authors—pointing out that for every book deal with a celebrity, there’s one less contract given to a new author. But before we all rush to join BACA, we have to ask ourselves...