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      Seattle's Flexcar merges with rival Zipcar

      Posted by Jon from Seattle Times

      The nation's largest urban car-sharing company, Cambridge, Mass.-based Zipcar, is absorbing Seattle-based Flexcar in a move that could hasten the spread of a business whose rapid growth relies on lifestyle marketing as much as its promise to save people money. Executives said Tuesday the two will combine by week's end to create a company three times the size of Flexcar, with more than 5,000 vehicles and 180,000 subscribers in 48 cities. Terms of the merger were not disclosed.

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      Living And Loving In Lebanon

      Posted by Orato

      I’ve been living in Lebanon for 22 years now, my whole life. I was born during war, so all the memories and sound clashes of this horrible experience still flow in my head nowadays. I hold visions of power and resistance against all major disturbances in our society from our well-built civilization. All these years living amidst political tension prevents us from living a normal life, but we love Lebanon.

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      I Graduated From

      Posted by Orato

      SageWalk, a place for "troubled" teens, which is now being featured on the reality TV show Brat Camp. SageWalk's mantra is: "Committed to bringing harmony and laughter back into the homes of families by offering help for today and hope for tomorrow." Being a teenager is bleak for a wide array of reasons...

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      It's "Sh

      Posted by Orato

      Ethan Crough lives in San Francisco. While he used to work for the Department of the Environment instructing schools how to recycle and compost, he is currently a stay-at-home dad. He is also a ‘little person,’ as are his wife and young girl. Crough has seen the show Little People Big World, and while he’s not a huge fan of reality television, he sees...

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      The High Price of Twinkies: Driven By a Demon Called The Inner Fat Kid

      Posted by Orato

      I was a timid little kid. So much so that I’ve often wondered if my caesarian birth simply sprang me from that comfy womb before I was ready. By the time I was halfway through elementary school, I had managed to shield myself from the growing number of bullies with a growing armor of fat... Eventually I came to feel terribly isolated and freakish. There was only one kid in class fatter than me. Little solace; I saw my own misery in his. My parents tried to help, but it came to nothing.

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      Civixen: A Blog For Bon Vivants, Potty-Mouths And Shirt-Lifters

      Posted by Orato

      Why do I blog? Believe it or not, laziness has been a great motivator. I grew increasingly fatigued of repeating all my HILARIOUS anecdotes over and over and passing around my digital camera so my drunk friends could squint at the display screen. I also spend about 27 hours a day on the Internet reading other people's blogs anyway, so it wasn't much of a stretch to find a format I liked and make the jump myself. Plus, I still haven't found...

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    Jon

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    Jon does technology and communications strategy consulting for environmental nonprofits at ONE/Northwest. He blogs a bit.

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