Category: Knowledge Management
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Nokero Sunray solar charger saved my life
How The Nokero SunRay Pro Power Solar Charger Saved My Skin & My Sanity During Hurricane Sandy Jill Fehrenbacher, inhabitat.com When Hurricane Sandy hit last week, and the power in my lower Manhattan apartment went out, my first thought, as I dug around for candles and LED lamps was “Well this will be a fun…
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Wealth and health of nations info graphic
The Wealth & Health of Nations tumblr.com An interactive graphic on “The Wealth and Health of Nations” by Mike Bostock, the graphics editor at the New York Times and creator of the D3 JavaScript Data Visualization Library. This is a recreation of the famous GapMinder… http://flpbd.it/66nDz Related articles Comparing the Perception of Wealth Inequality in…
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Floating sheep: mapping racist tweets in election
Mapping Racist Tweets in Response to President Obama’s Re-election Matthew Zook, floatingsheep.org Note: for questions about the methodology/approach of this post, see the FAQ (added 16:20 EST 11/9/2012). Note: as of 11:00 EST 11/10/2012, we have disabled commenting on this post. During the day after the 2012… http://flpbd.it/nZi5W Related articles Judge who sent racist email…
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Why we need better voting systems
Shame on the Republicans Who Curtailed Early Voting James Fallows, theatlantic.com Hours-long election lines stretching many city blocks are a national embarrassment. And those responsible should be condemned across ideological lines. In 32 states and Washington, D.C., voters are eligible to cast their ballot early with … http://flpbd.it/6byNS Related articles From the Director of the…
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The decline of the Fox News brain trust
‘There is some holy hell to pay’ Steve Benen, msnbc.com Getty Images I’ve never fully understood how Karl Rove developed a reputation as a strategic genius. In 2000, it was Rove’s idea to keep George W. Bush in California in the campaign’s waning days, instead of stumping in key… http://flpbd.it/juBYP Related articles Karl Rove Responds…
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Charles Darwin gets 4000 write-in votes against Rep. Paul Broun in Georgia election
upi.com Remember Rep. Paul Broun, the Georgia Republican whose speech decrying evolution and the Big Bang Theory (the science, not the hit TV show) as lies “from the pit of hell”? At least a few Georgia voters did: at least 4,000 of them wro… http://flpbd.it/43sDn Charles Darwin gets 4000 write-in votes against Rep. Paul Broun…
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Data about God and belief
This Week in God Steve Benen, msnbc.com First up from the God Machine this week is a look at the 2012 presidential election, and the differences along religious lines. The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life published a report this week based on exit polling data, and I put… http://flpbd.it/uLnnb
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Do natural disasters redistribute wealth?
NYC Crime Rate Drops After Storm thedailybeast.com HURRICANE SANDY Hurricane Sandy may have devastated areas of New York City, but there was one silver lining in the otherwise massively destructive storm cloud: the city’s overall crime rate dropped 27 percent compared with the sam… http://flpbd.it/NBBoL Related articles A History of Disaster Capitalism (motherjones.com) How capitalism…
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