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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...bedroom is another major hazard area that can be made much safer with a few adjustments. Avoid satin sheets and comforters, and opt for nonslip material like wool or cotton. Easy access to devices is important, so place a lamp, telephone and flashlight near the bed within arm's reach. Make sure the pathway between the bedroom and bathroom is completely clear, and install a night-light along the route for those emergency late-night trips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Fall Insurance | 1/29/2001 | See Source »

...gotta keep your flashlight on, because you never know where you're going to find a skunk," he says...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 24 Hours with HUPD | 9/15/2000 | See Source »

...three Industrial Design Excellence Awards last year, including one for a hanging cap rack that neatly holds the hats by the little buttons on top. Beck's firm also creates its own line of products, which includes a surprising amount of pet items, from a retractable leash with a flashlight to a covered Kitty Litter box. Says Beck: "It's just simple things, like trying to make life more pleasant even though it's just a cat taking a dump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Industrial Design: Sense and Sensibility | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

Forget it, though. You'll never go that fast. Albert Einstein said so. His special theory of relativity had at its heart an astonishing claim: the speed of light in a vacuum is always the same, for all observers. Shine a flashlight out into space and the light goes at 186,000 m.p.s. Jump into a spaceship and chase the beam at 185,000 m.p.s. and it recedes from you not at 1,000 m.p.s. but at 186,000 m.p.s. If you head in the opposite direction at 185,000 m.p.s., the light beam still moves away at...you guessed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will We Ever... Travel At The Speed Of Light? | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

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