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  • Built to win: Deep inside Obama

    Built to win: Deep inside Obama’s campaign tech Sean Gallagher, arstechnica.com The reelec­tion of Barack Obama was won by peo­ple, not by soft­ware. But in a con­test as close as last week’s elec­tion, soft­ware may have given the Obama for Amer­i­ca orga­ni­za­tion’s peo­ple a tiny edge—mak­ing them by some mea­sures more… RT @NathanMattise: This is…

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  • UK puts entire government on the web, others to follow

    Government’s digital services portal Gov.uk comes out of beta By Ian Steadman, wired.co.uk Technology The gov­ern­ment’s cen­tralised por­tal for all its online ser­vices, Gov.uk, final­ly launched today after two years of devel­op­ment. It rep­re­sents the flag­ship of the gov­ern­ment’s “dig­i­tal by default” pol­i­cy, an idea fir… http://flpbd.it/VuGse Related articles Designs of the Year (digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk) GOV.UK…

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  • Infographic: Women’s health connections

    Infographic: Womens’ health connections By Madhumita Venkataramanan, wired.co.uk Magazine This arti­cle was taken from the Octo­ber 2012 issue of Wired mag­a­zine. Be the first to read Wired’s arti­cles in print before they’re post­ed online, and get your hands on loads of addi­tion­al con­tent by sub­scrib­ing… http://flpbd.it/b1HK1 Related articles Heart Health Infographics – This Chart Gives…

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  • A Disappointing Presidential Debate For Energy And Climate

    A Disappointing Presidential Debate For Energy And Climate By Climate Guest Blogger on Oct 5, 2012 at 10:30 am, thinkprogress.org by Bill Beck­er If Mitt Rom­ney and Barack Obama had been able to look through the tele­vi­sion cam­eras at who was watch­ing their first debate, it undoubt­ed­ly would have been more inter­est­ing than the debate…

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  • Report says 15 percent of Mitt Romney Twitter followers are paid fakes

    Report says 15 percent of Mitt Romney Twitter followers are paid fakes Dan Goodin, arstechnica.com More than 15 per­cent of Mitt Rom­ney’s Twit­ter fol­low­ers may be gen­er­at­ed by paid ser­vices that use fake accounts to arti­fi­cial­ly inflate the num­ber of peo­ple sub­scribed to the pre­sump­tive Repub­li­can nom­i­nee for US Pres­i­dent,… http://flpbd.it/BNd2F Related articles Mitt in…

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  • Madagascar Institute: Brooklyn DIY lab

    The Madagascar Institute is an art combine in Brooklyn that specializes in large- scale sculptures and rides, live performances, and guerilla art events. Madagascar Institute | Fear is Never Boring. Related articles Madagascar Hissing Cockroach Makes It To Late-Night (blogpestcontrol.com) Join Madagascar 3′s Wild Circus (costumediscounters.com) The White Stuff: Mining Giant Rio Tinto Unearths Unrest in Madagascar…

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  • gringoes.com: great site for South American, Brazilian nomads

    gringoes.com – Brazil Travel, Brazil Guide, Brazil News. Related articles RANDOM NOMAD: Andy Martin, UK-qualified Social Worker, Football Geek & Now a São Paulo Resident (thedisplacednation.com) My South America Trip #17 – Brazilian Food and Beverages – Caipirinha, Charrascaria, Brazilian Coffee and Coconut Water (msamba.wordpress.com) Think Nemo’s Bad? In Brazil It’s Raining Spiders (gawker.com) Will…

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  • Ushahidi :: Crowdsourcing Crisis Information (FOSS)

    via www.ushahidi.com My friend Bill told me about this company which uses crowdsourcing to address crisis situations in developing countries. Related articles Ushahidi at Five (ushahidi.com) Why Ushahidi Should Embrace Open Data (irevolution.net) 5 Innovative Ways to Crowdsource Better Governance (wamda.com) Kenyan election bloggers become cyber-activism pioneers (rawstory.com) Jakarta Floods – Social Media Landscape in…

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  • National Science Foundation (NSF) databases for science information

      Best database for government science information: nsf.gov – National Science Foundation – US National Science Foundation (NSF). Related articles AUI and NRAO Comment On NSF’s Astronomy Portfolio Review Committee (spacedaily.com) Kauffman Foundation joins with NSF and the Deshpande Foundation to form Innovation Corps Program (kauffman.org) Seminar on Student Funding Opportunities at the National Science…

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  • gringoes.com – Brazil Travel, Brazil Guide, Brazil News

    gringoes.com – Brazil Travel, Brazil Guide, Brazil News. Related articles VIDEO: Parrot chicks rescued in Brazil Brazil: A User’s Guide Brazil To Clone ‘At Risk’ Animals: DNews Nugget Brazil With Michael Palin…Road to Rio Saving Brazil’s parrots The Glamour of International Travel – Sao Paulo, Brazil After Two Year Wait UBS Said to Get Brazil…

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  • From maverick to misguided renegade: Inside the McCain campaign

    From maverick to misguided renegade – The Boston Globe. Interesting summary of the media tactics of the current McCain campaign. Related articles America and Democracy Are Not For Sale Boys (planetpov.com) Plouffe: Mitt ‘throwing spaghetti’ at wall (politico.com)

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  • Bio-Link: a National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education Center for Biotechnology

        Bio-Link.   Bio-Link is a National Science Foundation NSF Advanced Technological Education ATE Center for Biotechnology.     Related articles Kauffman Foundation joins with NSF and the Deshpande Foundation to form Innovation Corps Program (kauffman.org) Security first: New NIST guidelines on securing BIOS for servers (phys.org)  

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