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...Robert Pinsky’s “The Broken City” set to Wayne Shorter’s haunting “They Speak No Evil.” His voice, a piercing jet of sound, flew over the jagged melodics, weaving them into a blindingly rapid melody, as Malone and Barron easily grounded him in a modal swing. On the other hand, his rendition of the 13th century mystical poet Rumi’s “I Like The Sunrise,” set to a Von Freeman sax solo, told a melodic story in which...

Author: By Sophie O. Duvernoy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour Hits All the Right Notes | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...this not-so-subtle allegory of the Cold War turned out to be sadly accurate. My hard-earned money quickly fell to the capitalists who had the most rapid development and the largest cash reserves. I was like the India of the 1960s, attempting to chart my own course yet constantly being pulled in two directions. After I fell, the Communist bloc quickly dissolved too, burdened by the costs and failure to expand, much like Soviet Russia and Red China were by vast populations and energy but a lack of capital. Like the result of the Cold War, the Monopoly...

Author: By James L. Wu | Title: The Meaning Behind Monopoly | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...infrastructure for its 100-Mbps FiOS network, which reaches only 18 million people around the U.S. Rolling out nationwide high-speed connections would likely break the bank, even at Google. But if successful, Google's pilot could be a spark to help push U.S. telecommunications companies toward more rapid development...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Google Wants a Faster Internet | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

...cousin's one-bedroom Hollywood apartment, and Barker sleeps on the roof of the apartment building - or in his 2003 Ford Ranger pickup. "I'm 47, and I've never lived in my car," says Barker, a husky 220-lb. single father with sandy hair and a rapid-fire voice. In January, as torrential rains pelted the streets of Southern California, father and son were sleeping in the truck in San Pedro, next to the Los Angeles Harbor. "We were able to spend four nights in the Vagabond Motel, but for two nights we slept in the car," says Barker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Last Refuge for the Homeless: Living in the Car | 2/12/2010 | See Source »

...began when my (admittedly well-used) Dell Inspiron laptop began to die. To make a long story short, the battery, graphics adapter, and internal wireless card all started to bug out in rapid succession...

Author: By Eugene Kim | Title: Apple of My Eye | 2/11/2010 | See Source »

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