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Girls Gone Graphic: Poseurs Parses LA Nightlife

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Sigman

Poseurs, Deborah Vankin's funny, touching graphic novel about the adventures of young adults immersed in L.A. party culture, reminds me of how I learned to decode the notorious "Hollywood No."

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Monsters of Shamisen Rock in Colorado Concert

Gil Asakawa | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gil Asakawa

The shamisen is a folk instrument. But the Monsters of Shamisen don't play just old-time folk music.

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Franketienne: Haiti's First Nobel Laureate - Hopefully

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

As a cultural area studies graduate, seldom do I feel over my head culturally. Standing in the home of possibly the next Nobel Prize recipient for Li...

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Toyota - Why It's all Happening Now

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Osaka, Andy Borowitz, Akio Toyoda, The Samurai, Mercedes-Benz, Torrance California, American Honda, Toyota Recall, W. Edwards Deming, Unintended Acceleration, Kiichiro Toyoda, Tokyo, General Motors, Drive-by-Wire, Daihatsu, Japan, Huffington Post, Kabuki, Brake-by-Wire, Business News
Steve Parker

Toyota pioneered the "Q circle" system, which involved workers at all levels tackling problems in small groups. The "Toyota Way" became almost a religion within the car business.

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Meatless Monday: Mint Condition

Ellen Kanner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ellen Kanner

It is prime season for herb-growing, but in Miami, it is the season for burning up both people and produce. My Obama victory garden is fallow except for the collard greens which thrive on abuse.

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