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...manages to escape his own tale's bullet-riddled climax. That, we can only hope, is fodder for another book. Church says there's a second in the works: in Inspector O, the author has crafted a complex character with rough charm to spare, and in eternally static North Korea, he has a setting that will fascinate readers for sequels to come...
...bars from the Vitamin Shoppe, $14.66. 12) For your boyfriend: a pair of earrings from Zinnia (for when he forgets to buy you a gift), $6.99. 13) Make your own model kit for molecular bio (marshmallows and toothpicks from CVS), $2.50. 14) For your friend at Yale: a Harvard static sticker from the Coop, $4.98. 15) For that person you forget about until last minute: 15 copies of Spare Change Times...
...course, this isn’t to say that people can’t have multi-faceted personalities and changing moods. After all, the constantly changing profiles might just be a reflection of those less static characteristics. And for the celebrity extremists of our generation, the periodic reinvention of the self may, apart from garnering them the attention they crave, just come as a natural requirement of their “jobs” if they hope to stay relevant and interesting to the prying masses...
...about a blank canvas. This retro FM radio from Dutch studio wouter Geense won't even function until properly adorned. Grab a hanger for the antenna, trinkets for the volume and tuning knobs and drill your own set of holes for the speaker. Then sit back and enjoy the static. woutergeense.nl...
...federal minimum wage inspired initiative proponents to add a powerful element to each of their proposals: indexing the wage floor to inflation. The idea is to ensure that low-wage workers don't see their purchasing power decline every year as costs rise and their wages remain static. Washington, Oregon, Florida and Vermont have already enacted such indexes. Opponents argue that indexing could lead to spiraling labor costs, but a recent analysis by Michael Ettlinger of the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a progressive research institute, suggests that there is minimal risk of the so-called "runaway wage" effect...