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...from solio.com. Brand New Bag Voltaic's bags and backpacks feature solar panels to provide power, as well as a battery to store power for later use. Bags come with adapters for charging common types of cell phones and other devices, and cost $239 at voltaicsystems.com. The Grass is Greener As a grass, bamboo grows far quicker than trees. What's more, stands of bamboo, unlike forests, can be replanted and harvested rapidly. This sustainability, plus the fact that it's durable and malleable, is bringing bamboo to the attention of hip furniture designers like Adapt Design. Check...
...interest I have in sporting events gets packed away with the pre-made championship T-shirts of the unfortunate loser.As an almost lifelong resident of Oklahoma, I’ve never been attached to professional sports. Franchises appropriately shun the underpopulated and geographically-dispersed Sooner State for the greener pastures of big cities and more loyal fan bases.Most of the time, I don’t really mind. The NBA lost its luster for me when Michael Jordan retired, and even the enormous Oklahoma City Hornets billboards on I-35 have trouble wresting attention from a populace rabid for college...
...Saturday, Feb. 18. 7:30 and 10:00 PM. Regattabar at the Charles Hotel. $18. Who needs college? Not Kurt Rosenwinkel. In 1992, after spending two-and-a-half years studying jazz guitar at the Berklee School of Music, Rosenwinkel dropped out, leaving Boston for the greener pastures of international jazz stardom. This weekend, he returns to his college town—only this time he’ll be playing across the Charles in Cambridge’s Regattabar Jazz Club. After leaving school, Rosenwinkel toured internationally with famed vibraphonist Gary Burton. He later joined Paul Motian?...
With rising oil prices, a consumer push for greener products and the growth of take-back legislation--which pressures manufacturers to recycle their end-of-life products--demand for the less expensive recycled plastic exceeds supply. Which means that none of Biddle's new plastic will go to waste. That should make him happy...
...city’s best known salon-cum-den-of-prostitution. Recent research suggests that our college town hosts thousands of tons of chemical toxins and carcinogens, making it one of the most environmentally disastrous parts of the Commonwealth. Clearly, my naive belief that the grass would be greener on the other side turned out to be entirely without merit. There is actually very little grass left in Cambridge. Perhaps the most troubling aspect of urban life, however, is crime. Through the joint efforts of bicycle gropers and the armed bandits who periodically rob Harvard undergraduates, an evening in Cambridge...