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...China, Hummers are rare among the compact and midsize vehicles that jam city streets. Last year, just over 500 were sold on the mainland. As in the U.S., in China large SUVs have a certain cache, but with high taxes on imports, there is little demand. "To drive a Hummer, for rich people it fulfills a certain dream," says Yale Zhang, a Shanghai-based analyst with CSM Worldwide, an auto-industry consulting firm. "In China, it's a niche market for sure. It's too big; it consumes too much gasoline. The price is very high, and very few people...
Sure, buying a green product like one of those long-life compact fluorescent bulbs means giving up the understated softness of a regular incandescent. But you also gain something precious when you buy a compact fluorescent: status. When your friends see the bulb screwed into the socket of your lamp, many of them will think you're a better, more socially conscious person (which you may well be). And as the aphorist Publilius Syrus wrote a couple thousand years ago, "A good reputation is more valuable than money...
...Compact and friendly are Christchurch's operative words. Studios and galleries flourish in the Cultural Precinct, www.culturalprecinct.co.nz, a small but artistically rich quarter featuring the Arts Centre, the Christchurch Art Gallery, the Centre of Contemporary Art and other must-see cultural outlets. Chic boutiques are concentrated in the rejuvenated alleyways of the Poplar Lane and High Street heritage districts. In the area south of Lichfield Street (or simply SOL), lively venues like the Base dance club, www.thebase.co.nz, and Fat Eddie's jazz bar, www.fateddies.co.nz, rock their respective houses. Pub server Debbie Cartwright says "all ages hang together comfortably." Bryan Pearson...
...Rent When You Can Own? If you're skeeved out by the idea of renting used snorkeling equipment, check out Body Glove's Enfold mask and snorkel set ($30). Made of flexible silicon, the mask folds in half, and the snorkel winds around it, making the gear light, compact and eminently packable...
...Africa and had come back to a fairly dormant job market in the U.K. She said, " Ben, have a look. I think you've probably got what it takes to at least get through to the next round." We wrote a little script and headed out with a tiny compact camera and shot some footage of me jumping into a pond in the freezing cold. And I just tried to summarize what I'd done over the past few years and why I thought my application was suitable to get me through...