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...after five lazy years of Japanese beer and Korean barbecue, he had an epiphany: "I was only talking about my past, not my future. I wanted to challenge my dreams again." Miura decided that it was time to retire from retirement, and what better way to reverse his downhill slide than to go back to the top of Everest? Friends thought he was nuts, but in 2003, after five years of training, Miura?then 70?became the oldest person ever to reach the roof of the world. The remarkably buff septuagenarian is now planning another Everest ascent...
...thick smartphone has a slide-out keyboard. When it's extended, the screen automatically adjusts to "landscape" view for easy typing. The 2.8-in. screen is large enough to work on a Word document, although when looking at Web pages, it's still a tad cramped. There's also a 1.3-megapixel built-in camera-camcorder and a MiniSD card slot for transferring files, including movies and music, from your PC--a reward, perhaps, for all your hard work...
Each Ig Nobel winner was accompanied by an irreverent slide show detailing animated drawings of the recipients’ research, 24/7 lectures—in which famous thinkers explained their field of research in 24 seconds and then in 7 words geared towards the average audience members—and other humorous non sequiturs...
...disappoint. Once the cap is removed the entire balance of the pen changes. This is because the inside of the cap is lined with a soft rubbery material. The pen now balances perfectly in the hand. The rubber coating is also a plus when it comes to sliding the cap back on. Instead of roughly fitting back on, the lining allows the pen to slide gently into and out of the cap, allowing overworked first-year analysts to at least simulate what they no longer have time to actually experience. One negative, however, is that the rubber creates...
...nasty it could get. Icahn bought a stake in the company last year, and after management resisted his calls for change, Icahn publicly derided the CEO for taking an excessive pay package with the company losing money and called his budget "a spending spree." The stock has continued to slide...