December 2011
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'Facebook Privacy' is like 'Nude Beach Privacy'
An excerpt from a slate.com article entitled It’s Not All Facebook’s Fault:
“Mark Zuckerberg would never acknowledge this, but I think it will ultimately benefit both his site and its users if we adjusted our expectations about “privacy” there. You should approach Facebook as cautiously as you would approach your open bedroom window. However restrictive your privacy...
November 2011
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“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s...”
– Pema Chödrön
October 2011
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"Unwanted" Indian girls redefine themselves
“MUMBAI, India — More than 200 Indian girls whose names mean “unwanted” in Hindi have chosen new names for a fresh start in life.
A central Indian district held a renaming ceremony Saturday that it hopes will give the girls new dignity and help fight widespread gender discrimination that gives India a skewed gender ratio, with far more boys than girls.”
Read more at...
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“We may understand that money does not buy happiness, but over the past few...”
– LZ Granderson - “The question on everyone’s mind” (CNN.com)
Watchmarcescence:
Premium Blend’s “Monster Mashup” is here at last!
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August 2011
3 posts
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Arizona vs. Mogadishu
Susanne Eman, Arizona, USA
Mother of two
Consumes 20,000 calories a day
Life Goal: Become the fattest person alive
Kaltum Mohamed, Mogadishu, Somalia
Mother of one - four of her five children are buried in graves like this, having starved to death
Consumes a small amount of peanut butter paste once a day if she can get her hands on it
Life goal: Survive with her one remaining child
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“It is here that we encounter
the central theme of existentialism:
to live is...”
– Victor Frankl
July 2011
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WatchGamifying Education
because we are the video game generation
June 2011
5 posts
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a conversation with a little girl
“I went to a dinner party at a friend’s home last weekend, and met her five-year-old daughter for the first time.
Little Maya was all curly brown hair, doe-like dark eyes, and adorable in her shiny pink nightgown. I wanted to squeal, “Maya, you’re so cute! Look at you! Turn around and model that pretty ruffled gown, you gorgeous thing!”
But I didn’t. I...
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Gay Marriage and Jesus →
“If you want to look at the fundamental message of Jesus, it’s about love, and loving your neighbors — all of your neighbors,” said Crow. “That’s the challenge of it. The challenge for me is to love the guy that rolled up yesterday, screaming at us and arguing that we’re not a real family. That’s my spiritual challenge: to love him.”
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May 2011
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April 2011
4 posts
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.”
– Dr. Seuss
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
– Mother Theresa
March 2011
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New Cheap Energy: Photosynthesis →
“Researchers at MIT have created an artificial leaf that they say can generate energy 10 times more efficiently than actual plants. The tiny solar cell is also said to be made out of inexpensive materials and, with sufficient water, could power an entire house.”
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King Henry VIII's health problems explained →
“Among a long list of personality quirks and historical drama, Henry VIII is known for the development of health problems in midlife and a series of miscarriages for two of his wives. In a new study, researchers propose that Henry had an X-linked genetic disorder and a rare blood type that could explain many of his problems.”
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NY Millionaires Offer to Pay Extra Taxes to Offset... →
“About 100 wealthy New Yorkers, including actor Mark Ruffalo, say they want to do their part to help the state out of its budget crisis, and they are encouraging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to extend the so-called millionaire’s tax.
“‘Many of us New Yorkers are troubled that you’re giving a $5 billion tax cut to 2 percent of New York’s most wealthy, while cutting $9 ...
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“After the verb ‘to love,’ ‘to help’ is the most...”
– Bertha von Suttner (1843-1914) - first female Nobel Peace Prize recipient
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Instead of Nuclear Power ...
Wave energy refers to the harnessing of the Herculean power of water waves. Waves hold a gargantuan amount of untapped energy, some of which we can use to power at least a portion of the world’s everyday electricity. Though estimates vary about how much power waves could contribute to the world’s energy consumption, some say it could realistically contribute about 10 percent...
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Disaster in Japan: How you can help (TIME)
The first thing on most people’s mind after hearing the news of a disaster like the earthquake in Japan is, What can I do to help?
Even if you’re thousands of miles away, there are ways that you can offer support to the earthquake and tsunami relief effort in Japan. Here are a few of them:
Red Cross: The Japanese Red Cross has already deployed 11 disaster-response teams, but you...
“To love another person is to see the face of God”
– Les Miserables
