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Submitted by Breebop from Google Reader: You Need It To Live, But Too Much Will Kill YouSeldom in history has a product worn the horns of the Devil and the wings of an angel at the same time. Loved and respected because it provides the energy we need to work, to play, even to breathe, sugar is so important to our diet our bodies take several things we eat and conv (Read More)

13 hours ago

Submitted by Magitam from Google Reader: By Justin Dixon of A little BetterEvery year it gets easier to start a blog, and as this ease brings more blogs into the picture it becomes more important to set yourself apart. But with so many blogs already out there, and so many ideas already being put in to action, aren’t all the good ideas taken? The answer is no. Each (Read More)

1 day ago

Submitted by Breebop from Google Reader: "Who is this person, really?" Your mind may start to wonder as you meet someone for the first time. Countless methods, whether by reading stars, palms, faces, or minds, have been recommended throughout time as the ultimate doorways to the inner landscape of a person.But what about examining the foods they eat as a window in (Read More)

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Submitted by Breebop from Google Reader: There was a story on the CBC News last night that I would have liked to link to. Unfortunately it is not on their web site so I will have to summarise it from memory. When the Canada Line opened, bus service along Granville Street was significantly reduced. This has had a significant effect on the merchants of Marpole, at t (Read More)

1 day ago

The Simple Dollar Yesterday, I read a fascinating research paper by Stacy Berg Dale and Alan Krueger (you can read the abstract here) which offers up a surprising result. In a nutshell, once you take a student’s pre-existing talents into account (as shown by standardized test scores), the school they attend has almost no impact on their lif (Read More)

4 days ago

Techdirt We recently wrote about how booksellers were freaking out over the "price war" between Amazon and Wal-Mart, whereby they're starting to offer certain books at a very cheap price to bring in more customers. The whole thing was a bit silly. Reader Robin Trehaeven alerts us to a fantastic opinion piece in the Library Journal (Read More)

4 days ago

Generation X Finance Retirement is one of the major end goals for many of us. After putting in a few decades of hard work we hope to be able to break free from the daily grind and do what really makes us happy. That could be starting a new career, traveling the world, or simply enjoying a slower paced lifestyle. Whatever your idea of retiremen (Read More)

4 days ago

Techdirt The copyright industry lobbyists absolutely love to throw around the bogus and debunked stat that copyright contributes $1.52 trillion to the economy. That number is derived by taking any business that kinda sorta maybe touches copyright (including things like furniture and jewelry) and then assuming that all of the revenu (Read More)

5 days ago

Submitted by Breebop from Google Reader: Some Federal agencies are experimenting with interesting approaches to public engagement online, even in the absence of specific guidance about how they should approach these online opportunities. These are the themes I heard in attended the interesting Open Government: "Strategies and Tactics from the Playbook" event this (Read More)

6 days ago

Techdirt I believe that we were the first publication to report on the study released by PRS in the UK, way back in July, indicating that overall music revenue was up, even as the sale of recorded music was dropping. It showed how live revenue was making up a good part of the difference, and other aspects of the business were makin (Read More)

6 days ago

Boing Boing "When I say there is no water crisis, you must be wondering, 'Is this guy talking to his hat?'" That's how Asit Biswas led off his speech last month at the 2009 Nobel Conference. And--oddly worded idiom aside--he was right. That's exactly what everyone was thinking.The Conference--really a lecture series timed to coincide w (Read More)

Nov 09, 2009

Submitted by Breebop from Google Reader: A few of my contacts at Google (i.e. owners of YouTube) have recently informed me that the branded YouTube channel (formerly $50,ooo to setup), is now being offered for free to all government departments (this includes the Canadian Government of course).What’s the difference between a branded and non-branded channel? Here a (Read More)

Oct 29, 2009

Submitted by Breebop from Google Reader: Because I’m doing a blogger relations training on Friday, and because everyone loves a good Ten Rules piece, let’s do…Ten Rules for Blogger Outreach1. Know Your TargetsHow do you know whom to pitch if you’re not following the right folks in the first place? Before you reach out, get to know who’s writing about your field, (Read More)

Nov 06, 2009

vehicle | Kris Smith has read these articles about "vehicle" | www.filome.com Social media is not a silver bullet or panacea that will magically provide the answers to all of your personal or business needs. Rather, social media can be a valuable and interesting way to augment, enhance and jump-start your communications, marketing and sales efforts. By effectively using some of the tools (blogs, Twit (Read More)

Nov 11, 2009

Freakonomics When does transit fare policy treat people unequally? When it treats them exactly the same.Why?At the risk of overgeneralization, there are two major constituencies for mass transit. First are wealthier workers who commute to jobs in city centers where parking is expensive. The other group consists of the very poor. Unlike (Read More)

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