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Salvation Mountain is a candy-colored mountain, three stories high and the width of a football field, in the middle of the Californian desert. One man's labor of love to spread the message that "God is Love". The video and photos of the place look absolutely amazing!

— Faris (ifuzz) on May 18, 2013
The Fight To Save Salvation Mountain
- By Angela Carone
- Jan. 27, 2012
Along dusty Highway 111 in Niland, California, the Buckshot Deli and Diner is the place to get a strong cup of coffee, and directions to the area’s most famous landmark. If you follow the directions you will see Salvation Mountain in the distance, rising out of the landscape like a technicolor desert mirage.
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Reuters is establishing itself as the place to go for in-depth reporting about the violence and persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Burma. This is a story that deserves more attention than it is getting.

— John French (johnmfrench) on May 15, 2013
Special Report - In Myanmar, apartheid tactics against minority Muslims
- By Jason Szep
- May 14, 2013
SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - A 16-year-old Muslim boy lay dying on a thin metal table. Bitten by a rabid dog a month ago, he convulsed and drooled as his parents wedged a stick between his teeth to…
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#in Creative Thinking, boldness & Great Customer Service is what it takes to make a business from a hassle (for most).

— Alfonso C. Betancort (abetancort) on May 15, 2013
#in College Startup Rethinks Laundry
Cleaning up: Jeremy Young (left) and co-founder Faton Begolli of HillFresh Laundry. | Photography by John Dolan Jeremy Young enrolled at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., to study art history. He…
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The Final Frontier is slowly becoming a common space, and will soon be as known as home... (maybe.) Retelling the adventure of Commander Chris Hadfield, this interesting text takes us to the outer space and its increasing reality TV scenario. An interesting take in how science is gaining influence in our lives. Let's just hope so.

— Filipa Barreiros (fiwipa) on May 14, 2013
Space Is Now a Reality TV Show
- By Megan Garber
- May 14, 2013
"Why are people so fascinated with @Cmdr_Hadfield?" the tweeter asked. "Can someone enlighten me?" The answers were swift and sharp and unsurprising. "Dude, he's a frigging astronaut!" one replied. Picture caption: Chris Hadfield experiments with water drops in microgravity, January 2013. (CSA/NASA)
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Mobile is eating the world. But mobile is not a screen, nor a channel. It's a concept, mobility, always-on access. This article doesn't touch upon all the touchpoints, but it's a good start.

— Paul Papadimitriou (papadimitriou) on May 14, 2013
Having a Mobile Strategy is Like Having a Laptop Strategy 20 Years Ago
- By Jon Steinberg
Having a mobile strategy understates the importance of mobile. It’s like having a side dish of steak.
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What do you regret the most ?

— seth (set) on May 12, 2013
The Things You Will Regret
- By Brianna Wiest
You will regret that you didn’t tell someone you loved them. In the moment, the fear of rejection is so poignant you’re afraid to be so honest and vulnerable, I get it. But trust me, you will look back and realize that the possibility of being rejected would have been worth the other possibility of something incredible happening with you and the person you always had eyes for.
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Indie director Noah Baumbach given a full New Yorker profile

— Helen McNeil-Ashton (helenmcn) on May 9, 2013
Apr 29, 2013
- By the editors
- April 29, 2013
TURN PAGES using the arrows. zoom in by clicking on the page. move the zoomed-in page around by dragging it. ZOOM OUT by clicking on the zoomed-in page. THIS ISSUE displays thumbnails; jump to a page…
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Recently, user experience has seen a more elevated role in product development and design. The discussion around it can often get cluttered and unfocused. Interface designer, Shawn Borsky offers a simplified lens to how we think about and define an "experience".

— Daniel Feeney (Daniel) on May 9, 2013
We Design Memories
- By Shawn Borsky
- May 9, 2013
It’s surprising how bad people are in the memory department, at least in the details. It’s even more surprising given how we think we are awesome at remembering experiences, life,…
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For anyone with an interest in Art Toys, this interview with Pixar animator and toy designer Jeff Pidgeon is a must read.

— Joel (SmileyToad) on May 8, 2013
How One Pixar Animator Manufactures His Own Toys
- By Joseph Flaherty
- Dec. 22, 2012
Jeff Pidgeon is a toy fanatic. By day he works as a story artist at Pixar, where he helped craft the Toy Story series — he even provided the voice of the little green aliens. In his…
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An older article, but a great profile of Maelle Gavet, the French CEO of Russia's Amazon (Ozon).

— Sheena (xsheenasinghx) on May 8, 2013
Is This The Jeff Bezos Of Russia?
- By Max Chafkin
Gavet, photographed on the Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge, in Moscow, is that rare outsider who has thrived in Russia's insular business community. | Photo by Yuri Kozyrev "We will have dinner," Maelle Gavet…
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The federal government making charge master prices public is an important step. I'm happy that so much is coming out right now about how broken our health care system is.

— Ben (bfsesq) on May 8, 2013
Hospital Prices No Longer Secret As New Data Reveals Bewildering System, Staggering Cost Differences
- By Posted: 05/08/2013 12:00 am EDT
- May 8, 2013
When a patient arrives at Bayonne Hospital Center in New Jersey requiring treatment for the respiratory ailment known as COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, she faces an official price…
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Do you know that the Butterfly Palm filters xylene and toluene from the air?

— Liv Guides (rockbleeder) on May 8, 2013
Air Purifying Houseplants: Butterfly Palm
One of the air-filtering plants compiled by +NASA is the Dypsis lutescens (synonyms: Chrysalidocarpus lutescens, Areca lutescens). It is also known as Bamboo Palm, Golden Cane Palm, Areca Palm,…
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On RG3, Obama, DC and RG3 as future president...?

— Timothy Meaney (timothymeaney) on May 3, 2013
The Mag: What the future holds for RG3
- By J.R. Moehringer | ESPN The Magazine
- May 1, 2013
DEAR MR. PRESIDENT,I'm writing to you on behalf of a young man who recently moved to your district.…
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Short, sweet, and to the point.

— Nic Barajas (nic) on May 1, 2013
How to Be Gracious, and Why
- By Tom Chiarella
Graciousness looks easy, but of course it is not.
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Great article on a Pennsylvania company making a real difference in healthcare with a low tech "innovation": in-home nursing visits.

— Chris LoSacco (closacco) on April 29, 2013
If this was a pill, you’d do anything to get it
- By Ezra Klein
- April 28, 2013
When Ken Coburn has visitors to the cramped offices of Health Quality Partners in Doylestown, Pa., he likes to show them a graph. It’s not his graph, he’s quick to say. Coburn is not the sort to take credit for other’s work. But it’s a graph that explains why he’s doing what he’s doing. It’s a graph he particularly wishes the folks who run Medicare would see, because if they did, then there’s no way they’d be threatening to shut down his program.
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Excellent, in-depth look at why the newly adopted Arms Trade Treaty isn't the success that the NGOs claim.

— Neil Parry (flashparry) on April 29, 2013
The Arms Trade Treaty: A historic and momentous failure
- By Kirk Jackson
- April 29, 2013
Perhaps the most important lesson, which had seemed self-evident to the treaty’s critics, is that if a piece of proposed arms control legislation has the support of the world’s biggest arms producing states and the support of the arms industry itself, then that’s a fair indication that the legislation will be useless or worse than useless.
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Combine with the NHL's "If you can play, you can play" campaign, it's great to see professional sports coming around to being a place for *everyone* to play.

— Tom Sartain (xiian) on April 29, 2013
NBA player Jason Collins says he is gay | SI.com
- April 29, 2013
"I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay," says Jason Collins.Kwaku Alston/SI This story appears in the May 6, 2013, issue of Sports Illustrated. I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black.…
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Tide's upscale brand identity is so compelling that it's become a target for organized crime, allowing thieves to steal a portable item with high resale value while only risking shoplifting fines.

— Josh Diehl (bugle) on April 29, 2013
Suds for Drugs
- By Ben Paynter
- Jan. 6, 2013
The call that came in from a local Safeway one day in March 2011 was unlike any the Organized Retail Crime Unit of the Prince…
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— fred woeber (fredwoeber) on April 26, 2013
Air Delays Get Swift Political Response
- By KRISTINA PETERSON, PETER NICHOLAS, JACK NICAS
- April 26, 2013
In a deal expected to end long delays for fliers soon, Congress speedily approved a bill to revoke the furlough of federal air-traffic controllers, tackling a short-term political problem but…
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Nice profile of the Icelandic company behind Eve Online and of the game's community, with special reference when it came together to support the family of a victim of the Benghazi attack in 2012.

— Richard Eriksson (sillygwailo) on April 26, 2013
Multiplayer Game 'Eve Online' Cultivates a Most Devoted Following
- By Ashlee Vance
- April 18, 2013
Six men in their 30s and 40s have gathered in a trendy Reykjavík hotel bar. They’re trying to stave off the brutal mid-December cold while they wait for Death. He’s their friend and the leader of the…
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A mind-blowing story, backed by hard science, about how the western world came to believe one of two competing hypotheses on how people become overweight — possibly the wrong one.

— Avi Flax (aviflax) on April 26, 2013
The science of obesity: what do we really know about what makes us fat?
- By Gary Taubes
The history of obesity research is a history of two competing hypotheses. Gary Taubes argues that the wrong hypothesis won out and that it is this hypothesis, along with substandard science, that has exacerbated the obesity crisis and the related chronic diseases. If we are to make any progress, he says, we have to look again at what really makes us fat
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Análise sobre o caso da revogação, por parte do governo indiano, de patentes do medimamento contra o câncer da Novartis.

— JottaElle on April 26, 2013
Company profits depend on the 'welfare payments' they get from society
- By Ha-Joon Chang
- April 5, 2013
Swiss drugmaker Novartis's headquarters in Basel. ‘Switzerland infamously had no patent law until 1888, half a century after its introduction in most of rich capitalist countries.’ Photograph:…
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Gamers, please don't become complacent!

— Cassandra Gauthier (casgauthier) on April 24, 2013
The Power Of Silence: Why The SimCity Story Went Away
- By John Walker
- April 22, 2013
Sticking your fingers in your ears helps too. By John Walker on April 22nd, 2013 at 1:00 pm. Why has the SimCity story gone away? It’s a good question. And the answer for it reveals much about…
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Alfred Jarry: truly unique!

— Ed Price (edprice7) on April 19, 2013
Alfred Jarry
Ian Pindar A lfred Jarry (1873–1907) is best known for creating Père Ubu, the monstrous anti-hero of his plays Ubu Roi, Ubu Cocu and Ubu Enchaîné, but, as Alastair Brotchie…
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A very nice article about programming type systems

— Ashutosh (Ashu) on April 18, 2013
Weak, Strong, Static And DynamicAn Introduction To Programming Type Systems
- By Zack Grossbart
- April 18, 2013
Static typing is great because it keeps you out of trouble. Dynamic typing is great because it gets out of your way and lets you get your work done faster. The debate between strongly and dynamically…
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