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Time, unfortunately, is not on the Bay Area's side. Scientists say the "shadow" of the 1906 earthquake--a kind of protective umbra generated by the enormous release of stress 10 decades ago--is already beginning to dissipate. That means the Bay Area will soon be rocked by the next cycle of seismic unrest, with smaller but still damaging earthquakes signaling the start of a new era of danger for a city that's had more than its share...
...Been tossing your trash in CVS bags? The cyclindrical Umbra grand and mini dispensers are guaranteed to make your garbage look good. Coastal blue, platinum, black (grand only) and white (mini only). $14.99 (grand), $4.99 (mini). Dickson Brothers...
...Most industrial-design studios try to interpret a client's needs and come up with a style," says Paul Rowan, co-founder of housewares manufacturer Umbra. "Karim has his own personal vision." It helps that Rashid's vision incorporates things that Rowan needs, like a design that will stack and ship easily and that creates little waste in the making...
...competition have made "commodity chic" not just affordable but also mandatory. Americans are likely to appreciate style when they see it and demand it when they don't, whether in boutique hotels or kitchen scrub brushes. "Design is being democratized," says Karim Rashid, designer of the Oh chair by Umbra and winner of a 1999 George Nelson award for breakthrough furniture design. "Our entire physical landscape has improved, and that makes people more critical as an audience." And more willing. Says Mark Dziersk, president of the Industrial Designers Society of America: "This is the new Golden Age of design...
...Intelligence and Research Bureau, analyzing developments around the world. (In this case the mystery visitor left the briefing book behind.) The pouch could also have contained the daily digest of National Security Agency intercepts gathered by ultrasecret satellites and listening devices. These often bear the special code-word classification UMBRA, a category beyond TOP SECRET, reserved for the most sensitive electronic intelligence. Most riveting would have been pages of NSA intercepts dealing with Iraq. Typically, the NSA targets not only hostile countries but also U.S. allies...