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...Destinations to restore your sense of wonder quotidian needs in order to reduce time spent in front of the computer. "Nabaztag is a way to stay connected without burnout," explains Violet co-founder Olivier Mével. Its creators wanted a noncomputer form for their invention, and a bunny fit the bill. "We wanted something that was cute, modest and not intimidating,"says Mével. Retailing for $120, Nabaztag is scheduled for launch in France at the end of June, and the firm is planning for a global release next year. Will the rabbit catch on? The folks...
...newspapers. Since Britain's Times and Independent downsized fully last year, circulation has soared. Expect more to make the change. "Readers are bamboozled" by big papers, says Chisholm. And with the number of Web-based newspapers rising almost 11% last year, what can't be shrunk to fit can go online. - By Adam Smith...
Does getting fit always have to take a lot of time? A training regimen of just four to seven 30-sec. all-out sprints on a stationary bike three times a week built muscle and endurance, according to researchers from Ontario's McMaster University. But, they caution, sprints like that are very demanding and require an unusual level of motivation...
...rhythm of the race and no longer feels as if she is playing catch-up with her teammates. "As the race gets longer, women tend to do better and better," she says. "I think that has a lot to do with body fat, since women, even athletic and fit women, have more stores to pull from. Guys have about 6% body fat, while women will carry about 12%." The calculus of human exertion, however, is working against all the contestants. Adventure racers typically burn as much as 500 calories an hour, but the body running full steam can process only...
Giamatti appreciates the sympathy, and he is happy to play a lead when the fit is right (he's a bird-loving auto upholsterer in this fall's indie The Hawk Is Dying), but really, he'll do anything. "I love that up-at-2-a.m.-and-a-bizarre-movie-comes-on feeling," says Giamatti. "I enjoy being in those things." One of them, Duets, a 2000 karaoke-road-trip killing-spree film that the New York Times said "flops around like a carp on the kitchen floor," was actually not bad enough for his taste. "In the script there...