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Sad that this is a part of our first-world country.
You have to be rich to be poor. That's what some people who have never lived below the poverty line don't understand. Put it another way: The poorer you are, the more things cost. Mor...
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Good food for thought. I would like healthcare reform to make it easier to tell what a particular plan is covering as opposed to companies hiding it in fine print and then rescinding policies on people.
Polls consistently show that a m...
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So Bing’s Visual Search is pretty slick for those times when you know what it looks like, not what its named. I took a little movie of my search for dogs, and while the animations weren’t captured all that smoothly, you get the gist of … Read More →
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This looks awesome, but why do i need the plant in a bubble with a fan?Wouldn't a regular plant in a regular planter also filter the air in your house?
Andrea, a naturally air purification system, looks like a futuristic prop in S...
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Borlaug appears in the list of Things I Learned on the West Wing. Season 2 Episode 26 "In this White House" if you're curious.
Norman Borlaug has died.
He justly lived a long life. But his death won’t get a thousandth of the coverage...
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Sigh. More from the excerpt "With Wal-Mart's rise, the same traditional values that underpinned Sam Walton's cheating and threatening of his workers -- contempt for Yankee laws and regulations, and a preference for the authoritarian, l...
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If anyone is trying to come up with a great group gift for me, this is it.
If you're going to be standing around, discussing international espionage on a regular basis, you're going to need a Globe Bar ($300-$2,045). Handcrafted i...
National Flags Made Out of Food
A promotion for Sydney’s International Food festival had these dishes made up using the foods of the participating nations. Really slick! National Flags Made Out of Food.