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...rare and vintage shoes, include a pattern of cigars and 40-oz. beer bottles, whose labels read, WE SELL TO MINORS & DRUNKS. While Price, 26, uses a paintbrush, Chris Hui, a high school sophomore in Milwaukee, Wis., has gained a national reputation for applying unusual materials such as carbon fiber to sneakers, an idea he got after he saw the flexible composite on the hood of a car. Hui, who goes by the name C2, is something of a celebrity at his school for customizing shoes for people like NBA star LeBron James. Despite his fame, Hui, 16, admits that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Freaking for Sneakers | 3/5/2006 | See Source »

...Grains of Wisdom: The Rice Diet Solution Rice is low fat, low sodium and low just about everything except fiber and calories. But what other diet dares to promise a 10-to-15-kg weight loss per month? Let's hope the rice shipment is not on a slow boat from China. BUZZWORDS: Ricers; Dieta; Mindfulness; Detox...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Feast of Diet Books | 2/20/2006 | See Source »

...that occasion, and those that follow, seem gratuitous, Malcolm explains in an interview with The Crimson that she intended the episode to account for the gradual dissolution of Leo’s moral fiber...

Author: By Natalie I. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: What Dark Secret ‘Lies’ Beneath | 2/15/2006 | See Source »

...Prevention is crucial with dementia, as medicines do no more than alleviate the symptoms for the 200,000 sufferers in Australia and New Zealand. The most common type of dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, is characterized by the spread of sticky plaques and clumps of tangled fiber that disrupt communication between brain cells. Gradually robbing people of their memory, personality and eventually all cognitive function, it typically kills within 5 to 10 years. Apart from the distress it causes sufferers and their loved ones, Alzheimer's is extremely costly: in Australia it drains an estimated $A3 billion a year from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boosting Brain Fitness | 2/13/2006 | See Source »

...success of ayurvastra would not only mean more income for Thumbod. It would also be a boon for nearby hill tribes, who could grow the plants required. India's coir industry-which produces matting and mattresses from coconut fiber-may also find a new market if weavers can be persuaded to work with coir as well as yarn. But for now, the weavers must be patient, and hope that the present trickle of buyers can be converted into steady orders. "[Ayurvastra] seems like the next logical step for us," says Satish, a weaver who has researched ayurvedic formulas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thread of Hope | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

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