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November 2011
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June 2011
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May 2011
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April 2011
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WSJ: The Sleepless Elite, Why Some People Can Run... →
For a small group of people—perhaps just 1% to 3% of the population—sleep is a waste of time.
Natural “short sleepers,” as they’re officially known, are night owls and early birds…
March 2011
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Hans Rosling and the magic washing machine →
“What was the greatest invention of the industrial revolution? Hans Rosling makes the case for the washing machine. With newly designed graphics from Gapminder, Rosling shows us the magic that…
Carl Sagan’s “Earth the Pale Blue Dot” (Egyptian &... →
“Footage of the Tunisian and Egyptian democratic revolutions mixed with timelapses and set to Carl Sagan reading from his book “Earth – The Pale Blue Dot.””
A fascinating digital re-edit of…
Use art to turn the world inside out →
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“JR, a semi-anonymous French street artist, uses his camera to show the world its true face, by pasting photos of the human face across…
Watchlookin rather rather fit after Rikers.
February 2011
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New Beginnings, Power to the Egyptions →
“Battle Of Algiers” Has played a big part in how i see the world, Watching it in the broken formica chair of Seattle Central Community College, As the middle eastern studies professor,…
January 2011
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WatchThe things people will do to get on the screen, possible anti-example of philanthropy. Did I mention it’s 5* out.
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December 2010
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“How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America” Don... →
Don Peck’s piece on the lasting effects of the recession and joblessness, March 2010
Since last spring, when fears of economic apocalypse began to ebb, we’ve been treated to an alphabet soup of…
November 2010
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Sun Ra →
My fascination and love of Sun Ra comes from my freshmen year of college. Sun Ra, well he is from Saturn, is one of the forgotten and yet most influential Jazz and American music composers…
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Anxiety is secretive. He does not trust anyone, not even his friends, Worry, Terror, Doubt and Panic … He likes to visit me late at night when I am alone and exhausted. I have never slept with him,…
This Is Your Brain on Metaphors By ROBERT SAPOLSKY... →
Despite rumors to the contrary, there are many ways in which the human brain isn’t all that fancy. Let’s compare it to the nervous system of a fruit fly. Both are made up of cells, of course,…
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The N.B.A.’s Oligarch and His Power Games →
Chip Browns Profile of Mikhail Prokhorov and the inevitable challenge of revamping the New Jersey(Brooklyn) Nets
Inside he began rummaging through closets and drawers. Here was a four-inch nail…
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October 2010
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The Desk →
Multi Level marketing never looked so good, here yet this short film i found really interesing in its questions about our relationship to the desk.
The question is whether we want to buy a…
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Being Glenn Beck →
MARK LEIBOVICH Glen Beck Profile is an investment of time, but fully worthwhile.
Beck’s Anchorage show started late — around 9 p.m. — and Beck was still speaking as 11 o’clock approached. He…