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We’re addicted to this map of average commute times in the U.S.

April 10, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Knowledge Management

slaskow, grist.org

On average, in America, it takes a person 25.4 minutes to get to work. But averages elide so much wonderful, painful information about location and the burden of commuting. Information that this map, put together by WNYC, lets you explore in…

http://flip.it/MRPyk

We’re addicted to this map of average commute times in the U.S.

BIKE COMMUTING SKYROCKETING, esp. in “Bike Friendly Communities” (spiritandanimal.wordpress.com)
Make Label’s NO_ELIDE setting actually not elide, and change the default (chromiumcodereview.appspot.com)
Rebuilding WNYC AM 820 (karlzuk.wordpress.com)
The Irrationality of Giving Up This Much Liberty to Fight Terror (theatlantic.com)

TerraCycle Renovates Its New Jersey Offices With Quirky Upcycled Designs TerraCycle Office

March 1, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Systems Science

inhabitat.com

We here at Inhabitat have long been huge fans of TerraCycle’s fun and fresh upcycled products and events throughout New York. Now their recent, homemade office renovations solidify their …

TerraCycle Renovates Its New Jersey Offices With Quirky Upcycled Designs TerraCycle Office

Cash For Purses Partners With TerraCycle to Repurpose Designer… (prweb.com)
Terra Tech Corp. Announces $5 Million Equity Enhancement Program With Magna Group (virtual-strategy.com)
Terra Tech Subsidiary, Edible Garden, Signs Distribution Deal with NB Plants with Projected Annual Revenue of $2 Million (virtual-strategy.com)
TerraCycle’s Writing Instruments Brigade (1800recycling.com)

Countries where climate change kills

December 27, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Network Science, Systems Science

The 10 Countries Where Climate Change and Pollution Is Killing the Population
Timon Singh, inhabitat.com

When you hear about the effects on climate change on global populations, some of the places that might immediately spring to mind might include the low-lying island of Tuvalu or Haiti, which is increasingly bearing the brunt of ever-more powerful…

RT @inhabitat: Top 10 countries where climate change and pollution is killing the population: http://flip.it/QBEcu http://flip.it/oR3rw

Earth Day 2013: Monday April 22nd (theobamacrat.com)
Tokelau, 1st country with 100 per cent renewable energy, leads call for climate action (eco-business.com)
Earth Day – 22nd April 2013 (envirowanderer.wordpress.com)

Christie flip flops after hurricane Sandy

December 10, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Chris Christie listened to Rupert Murdoch’s warning, re-backed Romney – Salon.com
By David Daley, salon.com

After the Fox News chief threatened the governor on Twitter, the two men quickly talked, and Christie got on board

Rupert Murdoch’s warning tweet — telling Chris Christie in the midst of Hurricane Sandy cleanup that the New Jersey governo…

RT @Salon: This just in: After an ominous tweet from Murdoch, Chris Christie heeded the Fox News chief’s warning, re-backed Romney http://flip.it/thA47 http://flip.it/equob

Chris Christie caves on Obamacare (salon.com)
Salon contributor David Sirota applauds AP’s stand against ‘dog-whistle bigotry’ (twitchy.com)
Christie signs bill prohibiting kids under 17 from using tanning salons (nj.com)

Cory Booker goes on food stamps to show us what food insecurity feels like

December 10, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Digital health, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science

Cory Booker goes on food stamps – Salon.com
By Mary Elizabeth Williams, salon.com

The Newark mayor goes on a food-stamp diet to show us what poverty tastes like

Cory Booker is a rare and unique brand of politician. Cory Booker is a human being. Since taking office in 2006, the mayor of Newark has made a name for himself …

RT @Salon: .@CoryBooker’s food stamp challenge: NJ mayor vows to eat on a $30 budget this week http://flip.it/erDTN via @embeedub http://flip.it/bG6ax

Mayor Cory Booker ‘preparing’ for Senate run (tv.msnbc.com)
Cory Booker helps N.Y. man propose to girlfriend (nj.com)
Cory Booker charms tech crowd with Twitter tales at annual SXSW conference in Austin (nj.com)

Power grid flaws exposed by Sandy hurricane

November 9, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Security & Privacy, Systems Science

Superstorm Shines A Light On Power Grid Vulnerabilities
Scott Neuman, npr.org

The storm that has spawned so many worst-ever superlatives managed a few more when it comes to electricity, with record-breaking power outages across 18 states stretching from Michigan and Indiana to Maine and North Carolina, according…

http://flpbd.it/hDP1l

Preparing The Grid For The Next Superstorm (forbes.com)
Better power grid synchronization may enable smart grids to self-recover from failures (phys.org)
National Grid to Lead LIPA ‘Blizzard’ Response (longislandpress.com)
Some of State’s Most Powerful Lobbies Oppose PSE&G’s $4 Billion Grid-Upgrade Plan (njspotlight.com)
Should You Add Backup Batteries to Your Grid-Tied Solar Array? (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
Off-Topic – Re: 750,000 Households in America have gone off-the-grid (disclose.tv)
NJ Frets Over Smart-Grid Technologies, While U.S., Other Countries Move Ahead (njspotlight.com)

New Jersey’s trial by fire of electronic voting

November 5, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Security & Privacy

Security Researchers Warn New Jersey’s Emergency Email Voting Could Be An Insecure, Illegal Nightmare
Andy Greenberg, forbes.com

New Jersey’s decision to allow voters stranded by superstorm Sandy to vote by email in Tuesday’s election may be an innovative experimental response to a badly-timed natural disaster. But security researchers are warning that t…

http://flpbd.it/7DWj0

Possibility of liquor privatization in Pa. has NJ businesses concerned (nj.com)
Morristown Cosmetic Dentist Named “New Jersey Top Doc” (sys-con.com)
Sixty-Four Percent Of New Jersey Voters Support Gay Marriage (ontopmag.com)
The Trick To Selling Fancy Wine From New Jersey: Don’t Say It’s From New Jersey (wnyc.org)
Dry Eye Relief: From New Jersey to Maryland (drazmanreviews.com)

After Sandy, New Jersey Becomes an Unwilling Test Case for Internet Voting

November 5, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

After Sandy, New Jersey Becomes an Unwilling Test Case for Internet Voting
Arik Hesseldahl, allthingsd.com

Holding an election is complicated. Holding an election eight days after a historically significant disaster? Probably exponentially so. This is the circumstance in which the state of New Jersey will find itself…

http://flpbd.it/WCGB4

Hurricane Sandy: another climate wake up call

November 5, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Sandy Raises Questions About Climate And The Future
Fresh Air from WHYY, npr.org

Sandy Raises Questions About Climate And The Future Fresh Air from WHYY

If you ask climate scientist Radley Horton, it’s difficult to say that Hurricane Sandy was directly caused by climate change, but he sees strong connections betw…

http://flpbd.it/L0BSs

Connecting the Dots: Hurricane Sandy, Climate Change & Poverty (wholeness4all.wordpress.com)
Warming Has Doubled Risk of Katrina-like Storm Surges (climatecentral.org)
Climate Change Denialism (scienceblogs.com)
Steven Cohen: Understanding the Shifting Politics of Climate Policy and Sustainability Management (huffingtonpost.com)
Christie to personally call out residents who fight dunes in wake of Sandy (nj.com)
Warming Has Doubled Risk Of Katrina-Like Storm Surges (huffingtonpost.com)
Study: ‘Katrina-Like’ Hurricanes to Occur More Frequently Due to Warming (usnews.com)

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