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...basic. The rangers live in tents near a shallow river flowing past overgrown farmland abandoned during the conflict but now slowly being recultivated by returning locals. Insects shriek from the thick jungle beyond. The rangers have discovered that they can get a weak signal - just enough to send text messages to family or friends - if they strap their cell phones to lengths of bamboo driven into the ground at certain points around the camp. So outside every tent there are phones on sticks, like tribal totems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Protecting Jungles: One Way to Combat Global Warming | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

Each post begins with a subject line, like an e-mail, and follows with a boundless (as far as Shahabi knows) text entry box, like a blog post. You can post anything from a 140-character rant to a manuscript-in-progress. Unlike FML, it's not monitored except for potential spam that is flagged by other users. Shahabi says to think of it like YouTube, but for written content...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dantoon (No, Not a Parody of 'Lampoon') | 11/29/2009 | See Source »

...give credit to Army for playing well and really out-toughing us on their home court,” McNally continued in the text message...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Doomed by 30 Turnovers | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

...definitely had our chances, but didn’t take care of the ball and didn’t convert at the foul line,” sophomore guard Oliver McNally wrote in a text message...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Doomed by 30 Turnovers | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

...have a lot to learn from tonight as a team, but we have a quick turn around,” Casey said in a text message. “We need to refocus ourselves and get ready for wins...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Doomed by 30 Turnovers | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

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