May 2010
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Chicago firefighters go vegan to improve job... →
Following the advice of talk show host and cardiac surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, and under the tutelage of Austin, Texas-based firefighter Rip Esselstyn, three Chicago firefighters went vegan for 60 days in order to lose weight and improve their health. Almost two months after taking the plunge, one firefighter is now off his cholesterol-lowering medication, another is excited by his lower grocery bill...
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April 2010
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“Personally, I believe that the damage was mostly done during the tenure of poor...”
– James Howard Kunstler via azspot
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“Despite talk about the need for ’21st century’ energy sources, federal spending...”
– Bill Gates Argues for Government-Backed Energy Technologies The new Bill Gates, the one with time on his hands and billions in his pockets, is busy fighting for the environment. His latest salvo, outlined in a Washington Post editorial, includes the creation of the American Energy Innovation...
Apr 25th
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Nissan Leaf Pre-Orders Exceed Expectations
The Nissan Leaf is proving the validity of the electric car market by becoming one of the most hotly pre-ordered cars in production. The total pre-orders in the USA and Japan currently total 20% of the Leafs (yes, surprisingly that is the correct plural) first production run, many are hoping that this is going to open the somewhat sluggish eyes of the automotive industry and result in a boost of...
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CenturyTel and Qwest in $10.6 Billion Deal →
CenturyTel said Thursday that it would acquire Qwest Communications in a $10.6 billion stock-swap that would combine the two landline and Internet service providers and count as one of biggest telecommunications deals in years. CenturyTel will also assume the nearly $11.8 billion in net debt that Qwest had as of the end of last year, giving Qwest an enterprise value of $22.4 billion, the company...
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Free Market of Fear: The Short List →
Loud white people with badly spelled signs want me to fear a black planet. Everyone at Fox News wants me to fear everything, but especially nebulously defined “socialism.” GE wants me to fear global warming that doesn’t have GE as the “green” solution. Alan Dershowitz desperately wants me afraid of Palestinians with ballot boxes. The US Chamber of Commerce wants me to tremble at the thought of...
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“I remember one woman walking by. She was carrying a huge bag, and she looked...”
– Jason Washburn, a corporal in the US Marines who served three tours in Iraq (via unburyingthelead)
Apr 14th
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“Where the sea meets the land, life has blossomed into a myriad of unique forms...”
– Hiroshi Ishii, father of tangible media sreikanth: the land of atoms and the sea of bits…isn’t that metaphor so subtly amazing? just had a tiny chat with Ishii at CHI about my work going forward. His advise to me was to ask the right questions and to focus on doing radically new work, as...
Apr 14th
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“The West Virginia coal mine where an explosion killed 25 workers and left...”
– From Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-Ga): “My philosophy of what government needs to be doing for small business is getting out of the way. … Westmoreland said he frequently comes into contact with small-business owners who are having negative experiences with governmental regulation. “Typically, what...
Apr 14th
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The Amazing Media Habits of 8-18 Year Olds →
infoneer-pulse: What is a surprise is how little parents seem to care about this.  (Or, alternatively, how much parents encourage this media consumption by consuming a huge amount of media themselves.)\ * In 2/3 of households, TVs are on during meals * In 75% of households, TVs are on when no one is watching them. * More than 70% of kids have TVs in their bedrooms * Only 1/3 of households have...
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Iraq War Vet: "We Were Told to Just Shoot People,... →
azspot: Brian Casler, a corporal in the Marines, spoke of witnessing the prevalent dehumanizing outlook soldiers took toward Iraqis during the invasion of Iraq. “… on these convoys, I saw Marines defecate into MRE bags or urinate in bottles and throw them at children on the side of the road,” he stated. Scott Ewing, who served in Iraq from 2005-2006, admitted on one panel that units...
Apr 9th
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Appropedia on Interdependence
Interdependence is in contrast to self-sufficiency. It recognizes that specialization and cooperation give many benefits. While local food gives resilience, so does trade in food, through the efficiencies of trade (comparative advantage) and the ability to compensate for short or medium term variation in growing conditions. Cities are places of interdependence - rural environments are the typical...
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“Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and...”
– Robert F. Kennedy Address, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, March 18, 1968
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stArlab: An open-source platform for... →
Co-operative Vehicle-Infrastructure Systems (CVIS), an integrated project financed in part by the EU’s Sixth Framework Program for Research and Technological Development, presented extensive demonstrations in and around Amsterdam March 23-26 at the Cooperative Mobility Showcase. Over 60… via smarterplanet
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