February 2012
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In Rio, a Day Care Evolves Into a Sustainable...
In the lowlands on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro is a woman known as Mother Eunice e Rosangela.
In 1997, Eunice and her husband began hosting a day care so that single mothers in the community could work without fearing for their children. But eventually, some mothers stopped coming back. So Eunice started adopting.
Today, in addition to Eunice’s 32 adopted children, more than 50...
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“So what would our mornings look like if we re-engineered them in the interest of...”
– New neurosciences studies show most morning routines kill creativity, but there might be something we can do about it. (via curiositycounts)
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FLATTR Support great web content
Flattr is a microdonation system that launched in March 2010 on an invite-only basis and then opened to the public on 12 August of the same year.
Flattr is a virtual tip jar that allows you to say a monthly thank you for the content you find valuable. Simply dedicate a dollar amount of your choosing to your Flattr account each month, and record your support by clicking the “Flattr” button...
January 2012
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WatchHow about that table?
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Make It Do Or Do Without: A Resolution To Buy Less...
After one too many online purchases, one blogger is trying to buy nothing new for the entire year to try to prove that happiness isn’t about the accumulation of more stuff.
On the website she created for the project, dubbed Make It Do, she lists her guidelines. If she uses something up—food or lipstick, for example—she can replace it. With the exception of running shoes, she’s...
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Generation Flux: The future of business is pure...
“There are some times,” Patil explains, “when you can predict weather well for the next 15 days. Other times, you can only really forecast a couple of days. Sometimes you can’t predict the next two hours.”
The business climate, it turns out, is a lot like the weather. And we’ve entered a next-two-hours era. The pace of change in our economy and our...
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Political scientist maps militant groups
By Michael Freedman
What’s the difference between Hamas in Iraq, the Islamic Army in Iraq and the Jihad and Reform Front? The three militant Islamist groups are based in Iraq, but they have different historical roots and leadership structures. And their goals and strategies do not necessarily align.
These differences highlight one of the biggest challenges to tackling terrorism:...
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Watch“Your favorite local spots aren’t just businesses. They’re part of your life.”
Lucky Ant hopes to do for neighborhood merchants what Kickstarter does for creators, inviting micro-patronage from supporters to help local businesses achieve their big goals. (via)
WatchResolutions For Good
by TBD
This New Year’s season, TBD (ourfutureistbd.com) is hosting Resolutions for Good, a campaign to flip the switch on making resolutions and designate 2012 the year of doing good for others.
“How Martin Luther’s message went viral.
An article from The Economist...”
– The media environment that Luther had shown himself so adept at managing had much in common with today’s online ecosystem of blogs, social networks and discussion threads. It was a decentralised system whose participants took care of distribution, deciding collectively which messages to...
