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...buck a day doesn't sound like much to keep your PC revved for a 24/7 Google fix. But powering down to sleep mode between, say, 4 p.m. and 10 a.m. could save 75˘ a day--or $273.75 a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Future of Energy: How to Save $$$ Now | 10/23/2005 | See Source »

...weaknesses, ranging from a collective memory stored in one’s genes to the suggestion that the real narrator might be a teenage Christopher forging his past. The novel runs more smoothly when the bizarre, the supernatural, and the downright impossible are delivered deadpan and unexplained. In this mode we meet a kaleidoscopic whirl of characters: scientist grandparents who invent an Inconsumable Taco to end Mexican hunger, man-eating apocalyptic coyotes, and Machiavellian politicians who hide microchips in sugar to read opponents’ minds over morning coffee. Christopher’s voice leaps in style from snake...

Author: By Laura E. Kolbe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fuentes Epic Given New Life | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

...bustling Sukhumvit Road, and you could be forgiven for thinking that you had come across a temple. Set amid lush greenery and running water, the building looks like a sanctuary from the clamor of the Thai capital. But in this case, coffee drinking?rather than meditation?is the preferred mode of retreat. Welcome to Banrie: Thailand's answer to Starbucks. It's a flag-flier for local coffee culture and serves a selection of domestically grown brews prepared the Thai way?with plenty of sugar and coconut milk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Temple of Tradition | 10/17/2005 | See Source »

...working on a campaign to require that big box retailers like WalMart pay their workers at least $10 per hour plus benefits. Through a series of successful campaigns, living wage activists in Illinois have changed the political culture in that state. “Collaboration is the mode of getting things done now,” says Madeleine Talbots, an ACORN organizer in Chicago. “It didn’t used to be that way.” Living wage initiatives may not always be enough to get Democrats elected, but they do provide a great impetus...

Author: By Samuel M. Simon | Title: Days of Wage | 10/17/2005 | See Source »

...bustling Sukhumvit Road, and you could be forgiven for thinking that you had come across a temple. Set amid lush greenery and running water, the building looks like a sanctuary from the clamor of the Thai capital. But in this case, coffee drinking - rather than meditation - is the preferred mode of retreat. Welcome to Banrie, Thailand's answer to Starbucks. It's a flag-flier for local coffee culture and serves a selection of domestically grown brews prepared the Thai way - with plenty of sugar and coconut milk. "In Thailand we think of coffee as a dessert, so we make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Temple Of Tradition | 10/16/2005 | See Source »

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