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With just one brush stroke you can make it happen. Barbie, Mattel’s best-loved, famously controversial doll and Estée Lauder’s MAC cosmetics have collaborated to create a new make-up line targeting adults. You can even buy your very own Mac Barbie doll.

Despite the market strength and longevity of Barbie, the brand has been the centre of repeated controversy regarding negative female image. MAC’s reluctance to court such negative sexist attention is understandable; to risk offending its customer base of, “professional make-up artists and fashion forward consumers… All races, All sexes, All ages”.

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Hydrogen, after all, is “the most common element in the universe,” as former Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham pointed out. Since it is so plentiful, surely President Bush must be right when he promises it will be cheap. And when you use it, the waste product will be nothing but water—“environmental pollution will no longer be a concern.” Hydrogen will be abundant, cheap, and clean. Why settle for anything less?
Unfortunately, it’s all pure bunk.

Critics are suggesting that if America wants to be serious about energy policy then it needs to abandon the false promise of the hydrogen age...

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Chicago Auto Show: Toyota boss says company supports Pres. Bush on CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy)
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The Hydrogen Hoax, The New Atlantis
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Download the premier issue of dormant forces, a life affirming collection of stories, ideas, quotes, images and resources that awaken, inspire and honour each of our own limited unlimited potential.

From editor and founder, Kim Jacobs.
"For way too long, I'd been asleep, and it wasn't in my best interest to carry the baggage of the past into what I wanted to be my very bright future. To all of us who share the belief that there's more to life than what appears on the surface and that we can and should do something about it, I offer you Dormant Forces, a place where the ideas we have deep down inside can be brought into the open, bestowed on friends, enjoyed by loved ones and digested in the spirit of a wonderful meal shared with good company.

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January 20th marked the release of the New Balance trio sneakers "Super Team 33" pack, in selected stores worldwide, with tropical fish inspired designs using high quality material for assembly.

What is Super Team 33 ? Presently, there are 6 New Balance factories in the US, with the factory at Cohagen, Maine known to be the one with the best people around in shoe/sneaker manufacturing (The factory at Cohagen was established in 1882). The name “Super Team 33" comes from the selected 28 employees and 5 veteran craftsman that contributed in the Cohagan factory and a special manufacturing line, No. 33, within the factory.

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The reason seemingly sane people snap up everything from puppy sandals to canine cashmere (go quick to pick up Ralph Lauren's version on sale for $54.99 from $95 at Polo.com) is clear: "Pets are acquiring a more significant role in the family, and with that, they are tending to be treated more in human terms," said Bob Vetere, president of the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association.

With owners lavishing $44 billion on their pampered pooches -- more that $1 billion of that on canine couture -- it was only a matter of time before fashion-forward brands such as Ralph Lauren, Burberry, Juicy Couture and Kiehl's went sniffing around four-legged divas. It seems that designers looking to expand their business, having exhausted options from teens and young children to babies, are now -- yes, you saw it coming -- going to the dogs.

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This Lightening stick, designed by Oliver Heath is a free standing low energy light that will help banish those dark corners and wash walls with colour.

The understated steel lamp has a row of low energy colour changing LEDs concealed down its spine. The LED's shine onto the wall, or any surface they are in front of, to give a warm lively glow. A simple control box allows you to adjust the colour of the lamp and the speed at which the LED's change. You can fix them at one colour or set them to gently move through the colour cycle from blue, to red, to orange, to and mauve.

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