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Going without rest is a disturbing American trend, like overachieving. But sleep deprivation will catch up with us in the end. Falling asleep at the wheel because of lack of sleep has killed innocent drivers. Why do we feel the need to be constantly doing something? To pump up our self-esteem? I'm with William Shakespeare, who referred to "sleep that knits up the raveled sleeve of care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 17, 2005 | 1/9/2005 | See Source »

With GPS guidance, Mitchell can dig a small furrow in the land and then pinpoint to within an inch where each seed is placed. With such precision farming, he injects fertilizer right on top of the seeds without ever touching the wheel. The heavy machinery takes the exact path every time it passes through the rows, also allowing him to minimize the amount of land that is compacted--a serious cropping problem. Since installing a GPS three years ago, the Mitchell Farm has seen a 30% to 40% drop in fertilizer costs and an 8% annual increase in yield over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Change Agent: Farm Of the Future | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...would, if built, completely transform the state's highways over the next 50 years, creating a 4,000-mile network of multimodal corridors for transporting goods and people by car, truck, rail and utility line. Each corridor would have six lanes for cars, four additional lanes for 18-wheel trucks, half a dozen rail lines and a utility zone for moving oil and water, gas and electricity, even broadband data. The corridors could measure up to a quarter of a mile across. The projected cost, at least $183 billion, is more than the original price tag for the entire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next Wave in Superhighways, or A Big, Fat Texas Boondoggle? | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...stretching, extended to all. Who needs the sounds of the birds and the bees, or even friends, when 40 gigabytes of unprotected mp3 files divided into 261 different playlists to suit every mood are available with a simple touch of Apple’s signature “click wheel...

Author: By John Hastrup, JOHN W. HASTRUP | Title: iPretend You Don't Exist | 12/16/2004 | See Source »

...times they like to put Oullette back on their defensive side, and once they win it back she just wields with the puck,” Chu said. “When we give them too much space to wheel it and build up momentum, that’s when they can beat us wide. That’s when they can create a little opportunity. We were just having our D meet them a little higher as opposed to having them drive them right back and then letting them get into the zone uncontested but stopping them...

Author: By John R. Hein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hockey Searching For Answers | 12/6/2004 | See Source »

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