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ConsumerMan: Clean clothes, stinky problem - ConsumerMan- msnbc.comWhen you buy a new washing machine, you don’t expect it to stink up your house. But that seems to be a common problem for people who own high-efficiency front-loading washers. Rae Lembersky of Seattle likes her front-loader. It saves water and electricity and gets the family’s clothes clean. ...
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Pushchair amputation risk recallPushchair-maker Maclaren USA has announced a recall of 1m pushchairs in the US after a dozen children had their fingertips amputated in the hinge. The amputations happened when children placed their finger in the hinge while the pushchair, or stroller, was being unfolded. The recall involves ...
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Malalai Joya: The woman who will not be silenced - World, News - The IndependentEnraged by Taliban oppression Malalai Joya became a women’s rights activist, and after the US-led invasion, took on the new regime as an MP. But speaking out has come at a cost. She tells Johann Hari why death threats won’t stop her exposing ugly truths about Afghanistan. The warlords who make ...
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80% of People Quietly Despise Their Lives | How To Split An Atom80% of People Quietly Despise Their Lives This isn’t a statistic, it’s a casual observation based on talking to way more people about their careers than any normal person should. I’m convinced that most people dislike their lives, not in any robust way but with the kind of casual contempt ...
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The Most Dangerous Myth of Entrepreneurship | How To Split An AtomThe Most Dangerous Myth of Entrepreneurship Overnight success. You know, the two guys who throw together a brilliant idea in some West Coast garage, stitch it up with $10 hosting and a few week’s later sit down to give interviews for their Wired cover story. The media runs these stories ...
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93. Citizens As Budding Reporters And Editors (1999) | 93 Studios93. Citizens As Budding Reporters And Editors (1999) 1999 doesn’t seem like so long ago but in Internet time it might as well be the beginning of the last Ice Age. In 1999, J.D. Lasica wrote what might be my favorite article in this story (which is why I saved it for last). He was speaking ...
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85. Monster and the Boston Globe | 93 Studios85. Monster and the Boston Globe Hindsight is 20/20. The Boston Globe , like many of the nation’s newspapers, have faced buyouts and layoffs over the last few months. A successful round of such buyouts reduced the number of people who needed to be fired, but the paper – which is owned by ...
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39 Strange But True Newspaper Headlines | 93 Studios39 Strange But True Newspaper Headlines We spent a lot of time on the gloom and doom surrounding the newspaper industry , but we can’t forget that newspapers have brought us some of the funniest moments this side of media. Here are just 39 of them. Where possible, we have linked to the ...
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63. Warren Buffet on Newspapers | 93 StudiosAnother interlude, this time we look to Warren Buffet to see what he thinks of the newspapers and why he wouldn't be willing to invest in one today at any
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The 17 Cheesiest Lines In Movie History | 93 StudiosThe 17 Cheesiest Lines In Movie History Above is a scene from Star Crash , Italy’s homage to Star Wars . They dialed the cheese factor up to ten for this entire movie, but it’s especially clear in this scene. At one point, I’m pretty sure the emperor-to-be forgets his line and is looking ...
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