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POPSGetting Better, Not Bitter, In Pennsylvania The picture painted by the data is far less bleak than the candidates would have us believe. Indeed, the data show widespread, steady progress and rising standards of living. You would never know that from the debate. Perhaps it's not the picture that a candidate focused on "change" needs to show. Individual voters don't need a picture to know how they are doing. The vast majority are living the good life. They know they have more and better cars and bigger TVs than their parents. They have cell phones and computers, better health care, and access to high-quality fresh food year-round.
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The VW ball is in a private collection. Mr. Fisk, who was born in Vermont in 1970, has made other balls with auto themes: a school bus, a green John Deere tractor, a drab brown U.P.S. truck and a white Mister Softee ice cream truck, complete with lights. “A U.P.S. guy saw the U.P.S. ball and stopped by the house of the owner,” Mr. Fisk said. “He thought it was a package ready for shipping.” His spheres come with windows and steering wheels. He does all the work using metal and glass fabrication skills he taught himself. He has also sculptured a street ball, a sphere of asphalt marked with painted dotted lines. Mr. Fisk’s barn ball, with wood painted red and a window, was used for the cover of the Phish album “Round Room.” He has moved beyond the balls into new modes of sculpture. “The new theme for some reason seems to be garbage,” he said. Among his latest pieces, shown at the Taxter & Spengemann Gallery in Manhattan, is a sculpture of a garbage can and another of a garbage b
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POPSIran's 30 Projects In Venezuela By End Of 2008 The Venezuelan officials praised the inauguration of the Iranian projects and welcomed the opening of more projects in Venezuela. The agreement on producing machinery for milk products, flour and plastic will be signed by the two parties soon, Mehrabian said, adding that the red tape for the sale of Samand cars in Venezuela should be slashed.
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POPSKAYAK--the Google of Travel Sites Kayak.com is like Google for searching the web for low-cost travel arrangements. It doesn't sell anything, so it's not promoting something just to earn a commission. It simply wants to help you find the lowest fares possible, from over 140 websites. Check it out and bookmark it.
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POPS"Back-to-the-land": personal reflections Interesting piece about the tensions surrounding rural life and farming in today's culture. Everybody recognizes that we've catastrophically lost touch with the natural world, but at the same time it seems impossible to regain that connection.
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POPSZooop car! Electric Speed! This is awesome! And so NOT uncool! hee hee. I'd own one in a heartbeat. I think car manufacturers need to get off their bee-hinds and do something different. Too many cars look the same these days man.
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