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...glimpse from another monitoring station that gives hourly updates shows a very different picture. The U.S. Embassy operates a single station in eastern Beijing that records levels of PM2.5, fine particles considered particularly dangerous to human health. At noon that same day, the hourly measure of PM2.5 crept up into the "hazardous" range, according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency standards, and hit a maximum value of 500 for several hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Twittering Bad Air Particles in Beijing | 6/19/2009 | See Source »

...Cream, a location this person frequents. Arriving early at Herrell's, Brewer watched from a booth as his victim walked to the back of the shop where she awkwardly introduced herself to some other students who she thought was there to meet the same man. Brewer then crept up behind her and dispatched his victim. After such a ruthless kill, Brewer apologized and asked if he could buy the girl ice-cream. She declined and went back to the library. FlyBy is no dating expert but identity theft does not strike us as the best way to get a girl...

Author: By Elias J. Groll | Title: Assassins Round Up | 5/1/2009 | See Source »

...Twitter is the latest phenomenon in the recent surge of social interaction applications that have transformed the very idea of communication. A steady stream of constantly updated, readily available information has accompanied the emergence of an increasingly exhibitionist public. Moving beyond the sphere of interpersonal relations, this trend has crept into the artistic realm, raising questions about the status of art and its exhibition in society.Once predominantly a static creation relegated to the gallery or stage, art increasingly faces the same struggle as print media, grappling with the pressing need to remain relevant in a constantly changing world. Rather than...

Author: By Denise J. Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Web and Flow of Art | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...hear what’s going on in my own head.” Even so, she can’t ignore the sweeping changes that her efforts in the women’s music movement initiated. “I think that women standing up for themselves has crept into music,” she says. She also realizes that several boundaries remain in the way of musical liberation for women. “Sex sells… so they say. To me, it just kind of looks ridiculous,” she says. “It?...

Author: By Roxanne J. Fequiere, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Women In Music | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...soldiers crept into the village of Loi Kolay under the light of a crescent moon, slipping into defensive positions around a darkened house, gun sights trained on the rocky cliffs above. Four sharp knocks on the wooden door echoed through the silent valley. "Niazamuddin, we know you are in there!" the interpreter shouted. After a few tense moments, the tribal elder appeared. For months the village leaders of the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan's northeastern province of Kunar had complained about the U.S. and Afghan armies' searching of houses, a practice that went against tribal custom. Niazamuddin had suggested that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. in Afghanistan: The Longest War | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

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