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...generous stock options to go with it. As a result, she has chosen to forgo a salary at the foundation. But she runs it with the ferocity of a Wall Street titan. When she met with Senator Jesse Helms on Capitol Hill, he called her a spark plug--twice. "None of us knew much about health," she says. "We just kept finding people whom we trusted. And we learned and learned. We used the same skills we'd applied to business prospects." At one point, baffled by the organizational complexities of the U.N., Stonesifer called a man who works there...
...pioneerelectronics.com; $1,200): This mammoth audio-video surround-sound receiver takes all different types of video, from DVDs, VCRs, cable boxes - you name it-and routes them through one wire to your high-definition TV. It's compatible with XM satellite radio's new "Connect and Play" technology: you plug in the special XM antenna and, as long as you've got a subscription, you get all of the XM stations listed right on the receiver's display, and on the TV. In fact, this receiver has so many bells and whistles, it's easy to forget that...
...Plug it in and you see, on your TV screen, a simulated iPod screen with all of your songs, and the familiar Playlists/Artists/Albums menu structure. Scroll through and play whatever you want, whether you bought it from iTunes or ripped it from CDs. The reason the Denon can play iTunes purchases is that it takes the analog audio straight from your iPod, unlike the Xbox 360, for instance, which digitally accesses your musical content...
...dismayed by the lack of professionalism The Crimson displayed in its Dec. 5 election-day issue. While I recognize The Crimson’s prerogative to endorse any candidate of its choosing, its use of additional prime headline space to plug John Voith and Tara Gadgil was ethically troubling...
...high degree of cold-calling between the two countries, each of which has 5 million subscribers. Skype, which has been acquired by eBay, is looking into adding translation services as a possible pay feature in 2006. Last week it released a long-awaited 2.0 edition that enables users to plug in their Web cameras and make free video calls. But one country refuses to get caught up in all the chatter. North Korea remains steadfastly Skype-free, which means Kim Jong Il won't have to worry about any callers catching him on a bad hair...