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Chinese Youth Embracing Collaboration

Chinese Youth Embracing Collaboration

The original premise of the activity was simple, it was basically just to recruit Guangzhou residents who support Chen Yang, an outspoken...

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Obama's call to action

For those of you not on Obama's mailing list, this is the full message, of which you may have heard snippets elsewhere, that came earlier today in...

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Interactive Bike-planning Workshop, Los Angeles

Interactive Bike-planning Workshop, Los Angeles

Dear Bike-riders, Los Angelenos, and Urban planning lovers, Join the LA County Bicycle Coalition's CicLAvia committee and James Rojas for an...

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Cast Your Vote on the Cap and Trade Bill

Cast Your Vote on the Cap and Trade Bill

Most likely you're not a congressman and won't get to participate in the official vote on the cap and trade bill in the House tomorrow. But, most...

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Where's My Chia Obama?

I was shocked to learn moments ago that the Chia Obama was pulled from the shelves of Walgreens, and the above (very real) commercial pulled...

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Did You Fall For It Like I Did?

Did You Fall For It Like I Did?

If you've recently found yourself in one of the cities inundated with TAP Project ads maybe they got you too. In the event these ads haven't yet...

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Meanwhile in China... Sweet Powerpoint-style Graphics of Government Growth Plans (Updated)

Meanwhile in China... Sweet Powerpoint-style Graphics of Government Growth Plans (Updated)

While most of the developed world is freaking out about the ongoing economic fallout-The Great Recession if you will (something I heard Kurt...

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Cash for Clunkers Killing it in Germany

Cash for Clunkers Killing it in Germany

A couple weeks ago, one of our resident columnists Ben Jervey wrote about Cash For Clunkers programs starting in various locales around the...

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Book Report: Cradle to Cradle and Understanding Our Ecosystem

Book Report: <i>Cradle to Cradle</i> and Understanding Our Ecosystem

After quite a long while of hearing about and even owning a copy of Bill McDonough's and Michael Braungart's Cradle to Cradle, I finally got...

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There's More Voting to Be Done—Tomorrow

There's More Voting to Be Done—Tomorrow

If you live in Los Angeles, there's big election coming up tomorrow. March 3rd. You've got all day-from 7am to 8pm-to cast your ballot at your...

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Farewell Rocky Mountain News(paper)

Farewell Rocky Mountain News(paper)

Just two months shy of their 150th Anniversary, the Rocky Mountain News printed and distributed their final edition today. The Denver-based...

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What Is Wrong With This Picture? (UPDATED)

What Is Wrong With This Picture? (UPDATED)

This photo, which appeared on the front of the Business Day section of the New York Times last week, features the executives from the...

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Superb Idea: A Toilet that Uses Runoff Water from Your Sink

Superb Idea: A Toilet that Uses Runoff Water from Your Sink

The AQUS System is a simple way to capture the water from your sink's drain, do some basic filtering, and then run it into your toilet.

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Coach Obama Calls T.O. and Dresses Down Wall Street

If you haven't yet seen this clip of President Obama speaking harshly yesterday at the leaders of Wall Street and calling their recent actions...

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Retrofuturistic Predictions of the End of Print News

Remember back when The Atlantic predicted the end of The New York Times print edition coming later this year? Remember back when, in 1981, San...

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Government 2.0: Recovery.gov Coming Soon?

Government 2.0: Recovery.gov Coming Soon?

Earlier today I posted a PDF of the full Economic Stimulus Bill the House was voting on today (and asked for some help reading through it). Well,...

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Getting to the Source: The $825 Billion Economic Stimulus Bill PDF

Getting to the Source: The $825 Billion Economic Stimulus Bill PDF

Here you go: This is a PDF of the full stimulus bill our Congressmen and -women are voting on this afternoon or evening. If you have any last...

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Free Music for a Free Nation

Free Music for a Free Nation

If you're looking for some patriotic tunes to accompany your inauguration festivities later-or your news watching and internet surfing now-check...

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On to Whitehouse.gov

On to Whitehouse.gov

In case you had a doubt, the Obama Administration is on top of it. By 12:01 pm et Change.gov had moved over to Whitehouse.gov. You can see their...

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Are You Getting Pysched for Tuesday?

Well, Daft Punk and Adam Freeland are, and this OBAMA remix and amazing stop motion video by directing group GOLD will help get you there...

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