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...materials and methods of instruction because they aren't happy with what they have." And who better to create such a site than McNealy, whose company has led the way in designing open-source computer software? He quickly raised some money, created a nonprofit and--voilŕ!--Curriki.org made its debut January 2006, and has been growing fast. Some 450 courses are in the works, and about 3,000 people have joined as members. McNealy reports that a teenager in Kuwait has already completed the introductory physics and calculus classes in 18 days...
Striking a balance between efficiency and atmosphere is largely why it took 3 1/2 years to roll out ovens, the biggest thing to hit Starbucks since the blender's 1995 debut. Starbucks knew there was demand--witness the bags of food carried in--but creating a good-looking oven that could cook a range of items and contain the odor--lest a store not smell first and foremost of coffee--was a challenge. Even after some breakfast sandwiches were developed, entirely new deployment routines had to be created so that employees would not slow the line. "If our espresso-only...
...first appearance of Ingber and Greenbaum’s new group: the Harvard Stand-Up Comedy Society (HSUCS). Say the acronym out loud and you’ll get a sense of the kind of wonderfully low-brow humor we can expect in their future outings. Hopefully this promising debut paved the way for continued success...
...reminiscent of your awful prom night, Brand New returns with their lyrically smart, emo-laced rock concoctions that promise to reunite you with your darker side. Their new album, “The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me,” is their third studio album after debut “Your Favorite Weapon” and 2003’s mainstream success, “Deja Entendu.” This new album marks the major label debut for the Long Island band. Typically classified under the broadening genre of emo, Brand New writes songs with...
...quest to win a series of awards that exist only in her head: Least Comprehensible Number One Hit You Will Never Get Out Of Your Head (2004’s fight-song-cum-spelling-lesson “Hollaback Girl,” off her solo debut “Love.Angel.Music.Baby”), Most Discomfiting Use Of Actual People As Fashion Accessories (her so-called Harajuku girls, contractually forbidden to speak English in public), and of course the Madonna Wannabe Award For Utter Lack Of Shame In Self-Promotion (she namedrops her own design line, L.A.M.B, in as many...