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March 2010
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WatchQuite the cast…
February 2010
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The Happiness Project
The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin I consider myself a happy person, but I always felt happier after reading this book. It’s a quick read that contains a great deal of wisdom - most of it obvious, but often overlooked. It may not make depressed people...
January 2010
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Random rules for ideas worth spreading →
If you’ve got an idea worth spreading, I hope you’ll consider this random assortment of rules. Like all rules, some are made to be broken, but still…
[via Seth Godin’s Blog]
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10 cost effective preventive medicine services →
Here are the top 10 preventive services. These items were chosen by the National Commission on Prevention Priorities, and highlight those preventive services including immunizations, screenings, preventive medications, and counseling that give “the most bang for the buck.”
[via KevinMD.com]
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“Obama should make the centerpiece of his presidency mobilizing a million new...”
– More (Steve) Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs by Thomas Friedman
[via Fred Wilson]
Why there needs to be a national healthcare... →
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The Internet Usage in 2009 →
[seen at Marketing.fm]
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Conan O'Brien Hates My Homeland →
(via bexfinch)
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What will happen when "health reform" goes into... →
jayparkinsonmd:
via Vijay Goel, MD:
If “Health Reform” as presently constructed gets passed, what happens? Would love to hear what you think. Here are my predictions:
The actual calculation of “Cadillac” plans will create a new audit function that will increase the cost of all plans
Community Rating approaches will dramatically drive up premiums in individual-rated states. This will force...
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Health reform could further erode retiree health... →
jayparkinsonmd:
via health populi:
In the long run, it’s said, nothing is sure but death and taxes. In addition to those, there’s an increasingly sure thing: no retiree health benefits from employers.
Once considered a “throw-away benefit” in the 1940s and 1950s when there were few retirees, retiree health benefits are an endangered species.
In Implications of Health Reform for Retiree Health...
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Things startups do and don't need
fred-wilson:
yancey:
cdixon:
Things startups do need
Sunny office
Windows that open
Democratically controlled music system
Two forms of internet access
Beer on fridays
EVDO cards
Video game system
Good coffee maker
Proximity to public transportation
Proximity to park
Heating that goes all night
Health care plans for everyone
Mac laptops with second monitors
Plants
Lots of...
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Make Voyages →
Great thoughts from Dean Karnazes as we head into 2010.
Show me a man who is content and I will show you an underachiever. Be restless. Search, endeavor, wander. Push your limits and step beyond your comfort zone. The familiar breeds contentment and complacency. True growth only occurs when you journey into unchartered territory and tackle the unknown. As Tennessee Williams once said,...
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Washington Bullets →
“This is unprecedented in the history of sports,” said Player’s Association Executive Director Billy Hunter. “I’ve never heard of players pulling guns on each other in a locker room.”
December 2009
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Ten gadgets that defined the decade →
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Put a name on it →
Here’s a positive step to avoid the faceless bureaucracy that wants to take over your organization:
Every new rule needs to be associated with one and only one person who is willing to stand up for it and explain it (to your people and to the public).
[via Seth’s Blog]
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WatchJeremy Cowart on CNN.
Seth's Blog: What Matters Now: get the free ebook →
jayparkinsonmd:
Seth Godin contacted me a while back to write something for his new ebook. It is now published. And it’s awesome:
Now, more than ever, we need to shake things up.
Now, more than ever, we need a different way of thinking, a useful way to focus and the energy to turn the game around. I hope a new ebook I’ve organized will get you started on that path. It took months, but I...
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WatchHe can go overboard at times, but in this video Michael Pollan delivers a great presentation while making a compelling argument about food consumption in America.
[via Rafe Furst]
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Photos from our November adventure in SE Asia now... →
November 2009
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2009: The Year in Innovation →
[via Inc.com]
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October 2009
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America's Safest Cities →
Forbes.com
Minneapolis tops our list of America’s safest cities, and not just for its crime rate. In ranking the cities on our list, we looked at workplace fatalities, traffic-related deaths and natural disaster risk; the City of Lakes ranked in the top 10 of all four categories. It’s also one of America’s best places to live cheaply and offers easy access to some of the most...
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Have You Stepped on a Secular Religion?
John Stewart has Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt on The Daily Show, and asks about the “sh*t” he has received from certain climate activists. Will Stewart now get the same treatment? The following comment surely won’t win Stewart many friends among Levitt’s critics:
Have you stepped on a secular religion?
[via Roger Pielke...
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Goby.com →
Check out this new search tool at goby.com. There are plenty of search engines out there, but this one is designed for a specific purpose (finding fun things to do) and appears to have a innovative approach in producing meaningful results.
[via Mossberg Solution]
Calorie Postings Don’t Change Habits, Study Finds →
jayparkinsonmd:
A study of New York City’s pioneering law on posting calories in restaurant chains suggests that when it comes to deciding what to order, people’s stomachs are more powerful than their brains.
The study, by several professors at New York University and Yale, tracked customers at four fast-food chains — McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King and Kentucky Fried Chicken — in poor...
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Cory Booker on The Tonight Show.
He’s going places…firing back on a joke Conan makes about Newark via YouTube and a few weeks later he’s on the national stage getting the word out about his work in Newark and making $100,000 for his charity, Newark Now.
Here’s part 2:
Cory Booker is one of the most promising politicians in America. In fact, I almost consider it an...
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Best Time I’ve Had in 15 Million Years →
Science Daily reports on an online article published in the Oct 8 Science that CO2 levels haven’t been this high in 15 million years. Yale Environment 360 picks up the thread. This recent finding was unearthed by examining ancient marine algae, not tree rings.
[via Cruel Mistress]
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Man and superman →
It is convenient to think you can take greatness and bottle it up and sell it in a book. In fact, life is unfair: there are geniuses and then there are the rest of us. When great leaders go away, so does the greatness of their companies.
As usual, Chris Dixon provides great insight in his most recent blog post.
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'Killer' Southeast U.S. Drought Low On Scale, Says... →
A 2005-2007 dry spell in the southeastern United States destroyed billions of dollars of crops, drained municipal reservoirs and sparked legal wars among a half-dozen states—but the havoc came not from exceptional dryness but booming population and bad planning, says a new study.
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“Free is not a business model. We are a commercial company, we will look to gain...”
– – Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer