As the Washington Wizards were introduced at Verizon Center on Saturday, John Wall already had the look of a defeated man. He slouched over in his chair, slapped five with his fellow starters, then trudged through a tunnel of teammates as his name was announced. The game hadn’t started, but his detachment was already palpable. Read full article > >

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John LaPides leans back in his chair and watches as the next young entrepreneur takes a seat across from him at a long wooden table. LaPides’s student assistant sets a timer for 10 minutes, and Pitch Dingman , a weekly speed-pitching session at the University of Maryland’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship, begins. Read full article > >

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Student entre­pre­neur­ship in college is on the rise in poor economy

Britain takes the chair of the international body that organises satellite imagery to support relief efforts during major natural disasters.

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UK leads space disaster charter

This can happen? A morbidly obese man in Ohio has died after he was found with his skin fused to the fabric of his recliner. Apparently, he had not left the chair for two years, and was covered in urine, feces, and maggots. He lived there with his…

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In a Congressional hearing today , Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI), chair of the House Budget Committee, strongly criticized Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke for failing to contain the severe inflation threat posed by the Tooth Fairy. read more

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Eero Aarnio launches an update to his renowned 1968 Pastil Chair on a new private-sale site Getting a “do-over” usually only happens in video games, and it’s even rarer still in the world of design. With Eero Aarnio ‘s molded fiberglass Soap Chair, he’s improved on his own classic design, creating a version of his revered 1968 Pastil Chair for today’s lifestyle. The designer says, “I like to keep my design range as wide as possible. For example, the smallest object I designed is a tooth pick for Finnair and the largest one is my studio home.” For the chair he added an integrated handle for easy transport and a built-in cup that holds mobile phones or remote controls—updates that allow for spontaneous furniture rearranging for those always-on-the-go. Also in keeping with current sustainable thinking, Aarnio explains that to “confirm the quality and trust that my new chair lasts for generations to come and thus be part of sustainable development,” the seating is produced in Finland at the same factory where his arguably more famous Ball Chair was made. Like Ball and his other furniture, the living legend (he’s worked for five decades as a photographer and furniture and interior designer) derived the Soap Chair’s name from its shape. Drawing by hand in full 1:1 scale before forming a model in wood, Aarnio then studied the shape from every angle and test sat to ensure it’s balanced and ergonomically correct. The new design features soft corners and only comes in two colors—white because “it always looks good in fiberglass” and light blue because that is one of the colors typically occurring in Savon de Marseille (although he may add more soap colors to the collection later). The Soap Chair (photographed at Aarnio’s home in Finland) launches today exclusively on the new members-only site DesignStory (joining is a snap). Available for one week only alongside other notable works, each of the ten on offer is signed by Eero Aarnio and sells for $1,850.

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