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Most Doctors Fail To Warn Pregnant Patients About Environmental Risks That Could Endanger Their Fetuses Jennifer Chait, inhabitots.com Image courtesy of ShutterstockA new nationwide survey, conducted by University of California, San Francisco researchers, shows that most doctors are not informing their pregnant patients about environmental risks they may encounter while… RT @inhabitat: A troubling survey…
Why Waldorf Education Is A Great Choice For Environmentally Conscious Parents inhabitots.com Finding decent education options for your kids is no doubt one of the most challenging and frustrating aspects of being a parent in today’s society; and we’ve spent a lot of time on Inhabitots with our Green Education Series, trying t… RT @inhabitat:…
The Importance Of Reading With Children Zoë Triska, huffingtonpost.com It’s safe to say that I’ve always been a big reader. I can clearly remember the first time I sat and read a full book, when everything just clicked. It was magical. I grew into a full on reading nerd. When I was around seven, I…
Life With Mind-Reading Machines Bianca Bosker, huffingtonpost.com Smile: Your computer is watching.Affectiva, a nearly 2-year-old startup that grew out of MIT’s Media Lab, is teaching machines to understand what you feel.Affectiva has developed a way for computers to recognize human emotions based on facial cues… RT @HuffingtonPost: What happens when machines know what you’re feeling?…
Simon Johnson, bloomberg.com Numerous articles and commentaries from inside and outside of academia are raising the alarm that American public higher education faces an unprecedented financial crisis. For years, state legislatures have been disinvest… RT @BloombergNews: Jeb Bush & Randy Best: Online classes mean no dorm, gym or debt | http://flip.it/YsCYp (via @BloombergView) http://flip.it/cbBuR Online…
lifehack.org So, you were looking for a great alternative to Apple’s Mail.app on OS X and iOS and stumbled upon Sparrow. It was fast, handled mail in a comfortable and familiar Gmail fashion, and was full featured. It was all good until you heard th… http://flip.it/WU03e Goodbye Sparrow: 8 Alternatives to Sparrow for Email Related…
After a Disaster, Japan Looks for Alternatives to the Office bloomberg.com Courtesy Sococo Think your boss is stubborn about letting you work from home? Try going to Japan. Telecommuting is simply not built into the business culture there. Just 12 percent of Internet-connected Japanese office workers woul… RT @BloombergTech: After a disaster, Japan looks for…
Job Recruiters Eschew Monster to Find Hidden Talent on LinkedIn By Olga Kharif -, bloomberg.com In his more than 15 years as a headhunter, Jeff Vijungco has tried Monster, Craigslist, CareerBuilder, and other online job boards. Lately the head of recruitment at Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE) has scrapped most of them. “I think job posti……
businessweek.com Some states are posting their graduates’ salaries online RT @BW: What’s a college degree really worth? | http://flip.it/TbD8l http://flip.it/wx3kw Calculating a College Degree’s True Value Related articles Is the value of a college degree dwindling away? (bizjournals.com) Is this the ‘definitive guide’ to the college grad job market? (costofcollege.wordpress.com)
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