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  • Dirty White Gold: a Film That Exposes Cotton Farming’s Dark Side

    Fund “Dirty White Gold,” a Film That Exposes Cotton Farming’s Dark Side ecouterre.com Photo by Shut­ter­stock Jour­nal­ist Leah Bor­romeo’s documentary-in-the-making, “The Cot­ton Film: Dirty White Gold,” fol­lows the life of cot­ton from seed to store, trac­ing who it touch­es and how their live are effect­ed. The incred­i­ble… http://flpbd.it/5ti7j

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  • Infographic: Women’s health connections

    Infographic: Womens’ health connections By Madhumita Venkataramanan, wired.co.uk Magazine This arti­cle was taken from the Octo­ber 2012 issue of Wired mag­a­zine. Be the first to read Wired’s arti­cles in print before they’re post­ed online, and get your hands on loads of addi­tion­al con­tent by sub­scrib­ing… http://flpbd.it/b1HK1 Related articles Heart Health Infographics – This Chart Gives…

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  • Birds with cameras take flight

    Birds with cameras take flight in ‘Winged Planet,’ tonight on the Discovery Channel By Justin Rubio, theverge.com The lat­est entry in the critically-acclaimed Plan­et series from the Dis­cov­ery Chan­nel and the BBC airs tonight at 8:00PM ET. “Winged Plan­et” — like “Blue Plan­et” and “Plan­et Earth” before it — is a nature doc­u­men­tary that uti­lizes……

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  • Clayton Christensen: “Disruptive Innovations Create Jobs, Efficiency Innovations Destroy Them

    Clayton Christensen: “Disruptive Innovations Create Jobs, Efficiency Innovations Destroy Them” Rip Empson, techcrunch.com If you get the oppor­tu­ni­ty to hear Clay­ton Chris­tensen hold court, seize it. Chris­tensen is a Har­vard Busi­ness School pro­fes­sor and renowned author and inno­va­tion expert, per­haps best known for his book “The Inno­va­tor’s Dilemma,” wh… http://flpbd.it/vxutu Related articles Turning openness into…

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  • Late Environmentalist Barry Commoner On How Biology-Based Tech Could Save The Planet

    Late Environmentalist Barry Commoner On How Biology-Based Tech Could Save The Planet By Rose Pastore, popsci.com From the archives: The “Paul Revere of ecology” sounded early warnings about the polluting effects of manmade products in 1972. Barry Com­mon­er, the scientist-activist who found­ed mod­ern ecol­o­gy and helped ban above-ground nuclear test­ing,… http://flpbd.it/rPUAD Related articles Must See…

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  • Daily Infographic: A Mesmerizing Map Of Water Currents On The Great Lakes

    Daily Infographic: A Mesmerizing Map Of Water Currents On The Great Lakes By Emily Elert, popsci.com Researchers at the Great Lakes Envi­ron­men­tal Research Lab­o­ra­to­ry bor­rowed some code from the design­ers who made this incred­i­ble wind map to cre­ate the world’s first beau­ti­ful water cur­rent map. The image above is just a snapshot—ch… http://flpbd.it/RccNm Related articles…

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  • TechAmerica Foundation Big Data Commission

    TechAmerica Foundation : TechAmerica Foundation Big Data Commission techamericafoundation.org TechAmerica Foundation Big Data Commission Data in the world is dou­bling every 18 months. Across gov­ern­ment every­one is talk­ing about the con­cept of Big Data, and how this new tech­nol­o­gy will trans­form the way Wash­ing­ton does busi­ne… http://flpbd.it/Q2zai Related articles “Big Data” Can Save Money and Lives…

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  • Giant Meditation Chamber Made from Shipping Pallets

    Giant Meditation Chamber Made from Shipping Pallets By Michael Colombo, makezine.com At the same time, the name of the piece, Forêt (trans­lat­ed to “For­est”) harkens to the mate­r­i­al ori­gins of the pal­lets them­selves. As the user sits in the mid­dle of the struc­ture, light pass­es through the slats much like the sun… http://flpbd.it/M7cNm Related articles…

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  • Google Search Mocks Romney

    Google Search Mocks Romneythedailybeast.com OOPSIE Team Obama got a good chuck­le Wednes­day when it was revealed that a Google Image search of the phrase “com­plete­ly wrong” yield­ed a series of pho­tos of GOP chal­lenger Mitt Rom­ney. A spokesper­son for the search giant says that ther… http://flpbd.it/r781Z

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  • Measuring debate performance on Twitter

    Measuring debate performance on Twitter – POLITICO.com Related articles Things Get Rough on Twitter Over Gun Debate (mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com) Social Media Strategy for Small Business 2013: A Totally Honest Look at Social Networks (amsterdamprinting.com) Shocking NASCAR Crash Video Raises A Serious Debate (businessinsider.com) Infographic: 2012 Service Desk Industry Round-Up (sunrisesoftware.co.uk) oLyfe Reveals Social Media Sentiment around…

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  • Stewart, O’Reilly Duke it Out – The Daily Beast

    Stewart, O’Reilly Duke it Out – The Daily Beast

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  • Survey Says GOP Women Are Prettier

    Survey Says GOP Women Are Prettier – The Daily Beast Related articles House GOP Strips LGBT, Native American Provisions In VAWA (addictinginfo.org) You: As House GOP leaves women unprotected from violence, citizens fight back (allvoices.com) The GOP’s sequester messaging muddle (politico.com) Americans aren’t buying what GOP is selling (maddowblog.msnbc.com) Poll: Obama approval hits 3-year high,…

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  • 7 Web Tools Every Start-Up Needs

    7 Web Tools Every Start-Up Needs | Inc.com Related articles Afghan president orders US forces out of key province – NBCNews.com (worldnews.nbcnews.com) Cuban leader Raul Castro says he will retire in 2018 – Reuters (reuters.com)

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  • How Big Data Is Improving Healthcare

    How Big Data Is Improving Healthcare Related articles Big Data To Become Powerful Driver Of IT Spending – Gartner (misco.co.uk) MIT Partners with hack/reduce to Bring Big Data to Healthcare (bostinno.com) New Report Shows How to Turn Big Data into Big Bucks (domo.com) Big Data Myths Persist (informationweek.com) Is Healthcare Big Data Ready For Prime…

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  • Fake Reviews Shadow Brands Selling Online

    Fake Reviews Shadow Brands Selling Online Related articles Reality Check: 10-15% Of Brands’ Social Media Fans, Likes And Reviews Will Be Fake By 2014, Says Gartner (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) (techmeme.com) Facebook cracking down on fake ‘Likes’ (cnn.com) Operation Unlike Is A Go: Page Fan Counts Are Dropping Because Facebook Is Deleting Fake Accounts (techcrunch.com) Facebook deleting…

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  • Fast Exercises To Find Your Purpose And Passion For Work

    Fast Exercises To Find Your Purpose And Passion For Work | Fast Company Related articles 5 Easy Steps To Make Your Job Descriptions Go Viral (mashable.com) Job Hunting? (RED) and 180+ Others Are Hiring (mashable.com) Why Most Employees Wish They Had A Different Job (forbes.com)

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  • What Teddy Bears, Picture Frames, And Condoms Have In Common

    What Teddy Bears, Picture Frames, And Condoms Have In Common | Fast Company What Teddy Bears, Picture Frames, And Condoms Have In Common Related articles What does a Mantis and a Teddy Bear have in common? (motleynews.net) Interactive Talking Teddy Bears – The Teddy Sitter is a Clever Way to Keep Your Kids Occupied (TrendHunter.com)…

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  • Peter McFarlane Transforms Old Circuit Boards into Gorgeous, Poignant Fossil Art

    Peter McFarlane Transforms Old Circuit Boards into Gorgeous, Poignant Fossil Art | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Andrew Michler INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Green Architect & Cradle to Cradle Founder William McDonough INHABITAT: What inspired you to write ‘Cradle to Cradle‘ (the book) and launch the Cradle to Cradle system? William McDonough: From…

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  • Paul Testa Designs an Earth-Sheltered Home to Meet Passivehaus Standards in the UK

    Paul Testa Designs an Earth-Sheltered Home to Meet Passivehaus Standards in the UK Mark Boyer, inhabitat.com This month, Paul Testa Archi­tec­ture obtained plan­ning approval to build an earth-sheltered home in the Unit­ed King­dom. The Bur­rows is a high­ly sus­tain­able single-family home that will be built into a hill­side in South York­shire. Because… http://flpbd.it/xjzfJ Related articles…

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  • LaunchPad Shipping Container Computer Labs

    LaunchPad Shipping Container Computer Labs Let South African Students Connect With Mentors Bridgette Meinhold, inhabitat.com Perkins+Will has part­nered with Infi­nite Fam­i­ly, a U.S.-based non prof­it orga­ni­za­tion, to build ship­ping con­tain­er com­put­er labs in South Africa to help stu­dents con­nect with men­tors. The firm com­plet­ed their first Launch­Pad… http://flpbd.it/hhYBw Related articles Twenty-eight containers transform orphange in…

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  • Terreform Proposes Covering NYC With Vertical Gardens

    Terreform Proposes Covering NYC With Vertical Gardens & Urban Farms to Become Self-Sufficient inhabitat.com In response to glob­al urban pop­u­la­tion, Ter­reform, Inc.* has come up with an inno­v­a­tive way for New York City to deal with the issues that arise from this world wide prob­lem. The plan, called New York City Steady State (NYCSS), calls…

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  • Obama Lost the Debate the Right Way by Deepak Chopra, thedailybeast.com Romney walked away happy. But at least the president defended his own record with integrity. Deepak Chopra on why Mitt’s Etch-a-Sketch shake won’t last. Per­son­al­ly, I was glad that Pres­i­dent Obama debat­ed the way he did, despite alarmist… http://flpbd.it/kjygJ

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  • Blacksocks, App For Sorting Socks

    Blacksocks, App For Sorting Socks, Is In Fact A Real Thing Reuters, huffingtonpost.com By Natasha Baker TORON­TO (Reuters) – If match­ing socks is a daily prob­lem a new app that sorts them into pairs and even lets users know when it is time to buy a new pair may help. The free iPhone app called…

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  • Body Language Expert: Romney ‘Hyperactive,’ Obama ‘Measured’ in Debate

    Body Language Expert: Romney ‘Hyperactive,’ Obama ‘Measured’ in Debate by Lloyd Grove, thedailybeast.com The pundits may be calling Denver a slam-dunk for Romney, but David B. Givens, who analyzed the candidates’ mannerisms, disagrees: the governor looked ‘aggressive and manic, simultaneously,’ while Obama was ‘cool.’ The gov­er­nor was manic and t… http://flpbd.it/uwyKR Related articles Jimmy Carter:…

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  • Perhaps The Only Good Thing About Expensive Gas Is The Decrease In Teens Driving Drunk

    Perhaps The Only Good Thing About Expensive Gas Is The Decrease In Teens Driving Drunk Mary Beth Quirk, consumerist.com (Stu­dio d’Xavier) Try­ing to think of any rea­son pay­ing more at the pump is a good thing would stump the aver­age con­sumer (thin­ner wal­lets after pay­ing with cash?), but one and pos­si­bly the only good side…

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  • Feds: 20% Of Weight Loss, Immune System Supplements Making False Claims

    Feds: 20% Of Weight Loss, Immune System Supplements Making False Claims Mary Beth Quirk, consumerist.com (nathan­mac87) It’s not just that the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment doesn’t want the mar­keters of dietary sup­ple­ments to just make up what their prod­ucts can do for con­sumers, accord­ing to a new study on the preva­lence of weight loss and immune… http://flpbd.it/OJ7NI…

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  • Inside the Latest Office-Design Craze: Hot Desking

    Inside the Latest Office-Design Craze: Hot Desking Flash Steinbeiser, inc.com Inc.com staff As cloud computing and wireless Internet become ubiquitous, workers are cordless. Who needs a cube, much less an office? Just follow the leads of these cool companies. The cubi­cle’s days are num­bered. A con­cept called “hot… http://flpbd.it/M8sTt Related articles 9 Sentences That Could…

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