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...posting, taking digital photos and videos, using instant-messaging tools and sites like Flickr, Twitter and Skype - often working with people who had never even turned on a computer before. Isaac Mao, co-founder of Chinese site CNBlog.org, describes Zhou as someone who "represents the beginning of a new trend of Chinese Internet users ... It's brave for him to express his opinion on his blog...
Heightened attention to all elements of the environment is only one of the factors driving the increasing popularity of nature-inspired décor. Technology, says Tony Whitfield, chair of product design at Parsons The New School for Design, is also playing a role in the current trend. "If you look at the proliferation of [the designs] over the past few years, it goes with digital technologies that allow designers to do fairly complex kinds of patterning and laser cutting," he says. The intricate flora-and-fauna-filled curtains of Dutch designer Tord Boontje, who has made florals cool...
...enjoying increasing success in Iraq, the war itself seems to be driving down the quality of the fresh recruits the U.S. military needs to continue the campaign. A new analysis of Pentagon data shows that only 71% of Army recruits in 2007 earned high-school diplomas, extending a downward trend that began in 2004, the first full year of the Iraq war, and well below the Army's goal...
It’s no surprise that Harvard students will go to great lengths to find an effective study technique. But study drugs are old news. The latest trend? Study cocktails. Sometimes you just need a lil’ buzz to get past that writer’s block or finish that book. And to assist you with your scholarly inebriation, FM has whipped up some delicious concoctions for each one of your study spots. Just make sure that you serve them in library-appropriate disguises. Widener Russian 2 oz. vodka 1 oz. coffee liqueur 3 oz. cream or milk...
...Hollywood, the latest fashion trend continues to be baby bumps as more and more starlets trade in their haute coutour for stretch pants. Everyone from J. Lo (twins!) to Nicole Kidman is preggers, including Halle Berry, Pamela Anderson and Nancy Kerrigan. People magazine is starting to sport more pregnant women than Maternity Monthly. But one pregnancy in particular has ignited a media frenzy, even winning more coverage than that war in Iran or whatever. Famed megastar Tracey Gold, who ascended to superstardom on hit-TV show Growing Pains…it was a show on ABC Family back...