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Advocate for Southeast Asian girls honored – San Francisco Chronicle
Advocate for Southeast Asian girls honored San Francisco Chronicle, USA - 1 hour ago So Sy spent two years as a San Francisco stripper to get out of debt . “But I was addicted to the money, and it was hard to break out,” she said. …
Claims of Fraud by Debt Relief Companies Soaring
Claims of debt fraud soaring Palm Beach Post, United States - 2 hours ago As for her credit card debt , the company "made a couple of calls" and came back to her with a proposal to make a reduced, lump-sum payment of $5000 – an …
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Bailout Plan Wants to Push More Credit On Overloaded Consumers
Bailout plan to perpetuate our house of cards Times Herald-Record, NY - 56 minutes ago By Christian Livermore The average client who seeks help at the Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Central New York has $47000 in credit card debt and …
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Business Noticing Increase in Credit Card Purchases. Not a Good Sign.
Business noticing increase in credit card purchases Bay News 9, FL - 1 hour ago Americans now owe an estimated $850 billion in credit card debt , which is four times as much as in 1990. Consumers aren't the only ones affected by the …
TEDTalks : Naturally 7 beatboxes a whole band – Naturally 7 (2009)
One-of-a-kind R&B group Naturally 7 beatboxes an orchestra’s worth of instruments to groove through their smooth single, “Fly Baby.”
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Today, I had to go visit my grandma. While in her bathroom, the floss I was using cut my gum, I then proceded to make sounds of slight pain. My grandma was, at the same moment, walking by and said “Don’t masturbate in side of my bathroom you sick teen!” Now my grandma thinks I am a sexual pervert.
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TEDTalks : Tour the AlloSphere, a stunning new way to see scientific data – JoAnn Kuchera-Morin (2009)
JoAnn Kuchera-Morin demos the AlloSphere, an entirely new way to see and interpret scientific data, in full color and surround sound inside a massive metal sphere. Dive into the brain, feel electron spin, hear the music of the elements …
TEDTalks : Discovering bacteria’s amazing communication system – Bonnie Bassler (2009)
Bonnie Bassler discovered that bacteria “talk” to each other, using a chemical language that lets them coordinate defense and mount attacks. The find has stunning implications for medicine, industry — and our understanding of ourselves.
TEDTalks : Hunting the next killer virus – Nathan Wolfe (2009)
Virus hunter Nathan Wolfe is outwitting the next pandemic by staying two steps ahead: discovering deadly new viruses where they first emerge — passing from animals to humans among poor subsistence hunters in Africa — before they claim millions of lives.
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TEDTalks : Coaching for people, not points – John Wooden (2001)
With profound simplicity, Coach John Wooden redefines success and urges us all to pursue the best in ourselves. In this inspiring talk he shares the advice he gave his players at UCLA, quotes poetry and remembers his father’s wisdom.
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TEDTalks : Cool new things you can do with your mobile phone – David Pogue (2008)
In this engaging talk from the EG’08 conference, New York Times tech columnist David Pogue rounds up some handy cell phone tools and services that can boost your productivity and lower your bills (and your blood pressure).
TEDTalks : Inventing a super-kite to tap the energy of high-altitude wind – Saul Griffith (2009)
In this brief talk, Saul Griffith unveils the invention his new company Makani Power has been working on: giant kite turbines that create surprising amounts of clean, renewable energy.
TEDTalks : How to grow your own fresh air – Kamal Meattle (2009)
Researcher Kamal Meattle shows how an arrangement of three common houseplants, used in specific spots in a home or office building, can result in measurably cleaner indoor air.
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TEDTalks : Nostalgia for a future that never happened – Bruce McCall (2008)
Bruce McCall paints a future that never happened — full of flying cars, polo-playing tanks and the RMS Tyrannic, “The Biggest Thing in All the World.” At Serious Play ‘08, he narrates a brisk and funny slideshow of his faux-nostalgic art.
TEDTalks : Second Life, where anything is possible – Philip Rosedale (2008)
Why build a virtual world? Philip Rosedale talks about the virtual society he founded, Second Life, and its underpinnings in human creativity. It’s a place so different that anything could happen.
TEDTalks : What I’m worried about, what I’m excited about – Bill Joy (2006)
Technologist and futurist Bill Joy talks about several big worries for humanity — and several big hopes in the fields of health, education and future tech.
Beware Of Zombie Debt Collectors
Beware Of Zombie Debt Collectors Forbes, NY - 15 minutes ago Read “Debt Consolidation Made Easy” to learn five steps to help you get out of debt faster.) The statute of limitations on debts varies by state, …
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Credit cards face bad debt
Credit cards face bad debt SunJournal.com, ME - 1 hour ago Asked in a recent TV interview if credit card debt would be "the next shoe to drop" for the banking industry, Lewis replied: "It, in some ways, already is," …
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Living (too) Large?
Living (too) large? Lancaster Newspapers, PA - 2 hours ago The average American household carries a credit card debt of more than $8000. According to The New York Times, as household debt has mounted, incomes have …
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Searching For a Debt Consolidation Loan or Credit Card Counseling Service
When faced with credit card debt and suddenly looking for a credit card debt payoff it is not unusual for people to search out solutions they feel might be able to provide debt consolidation for bad credit.
See if this sounds familiar, you wake up, in the middle of the night, worried about your debt problems. [...]
TEDTalks : Why we don’t understand as much as we think we do – Jonathan Drori (2007)
Starting with four basic questions (that you may be surprised to find you can’t answer), Jonathan Drori looks at the gaps in our knowledge — and specifically, what we don’t about science that we might think we do.
TEDTalks : Picturing excess – Chris Jordan (2008)
Artist Chris Jordan shows us an arresting view of what Western culture looks like. His supersized images picture some almost unimaginable statistics — like the astonishing number of paper cups we use every single day.
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TEDTalks : The birth of the computer – George Dyson (2003)
Historian George Dyson tells stories from the birth of the modern computer — from its 16th-century origins to the hilarious notebooks of some early computer engineers.
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TEDTalks : Our cell phones, ourselves – Jan Chipchase (2007)
Nokia researcher Jan Chipchase’s investigation into the ways we interact with technology has led him from the villages of Uganda to the insides of our pockets. He’s made some unexpected discoveries along the way.
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TEDTalks : Educating a new generation of African leaders – Patrick Awuah (2007)
Patrick Awuah makes the case that a liberal arts education is critical to forming true leaders.
TEDTalks : How I built my family a windmill – William Kamkwamba (2007)
When he was just 14 years old, Malawian inventor William Kamkwamba built his family an electricity-generating windmill from spare parts, working from rough plans he found in a library book.
TEDTalks : Cheetahs vs. Hippos for Africa’s future – George Ayittey (2007)
Ghanaian economist George Ayittey unleashes a torrent of controlled anger toward corrupt leaders in Africa — and calls on the “Cheetah generation” to take back the continent.
TEDTalks : Fantastic voyage inside a cell – David Bolinsky (2007)
Medical animator David Bolinsky presents 3 minutes of stunning animation that show the bustling life inside a cell.
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TEDTalks : Is 4 a.m. the new midnight? – Rives (2007)
Poet Rives does 8 minutes of lyrical origami, folding history into a series of coincidences surrounding that most surreal of hours, 4 o’clock in the morning.
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TEDTalks : Inspired ideas for a sustainable future – Alex Steffen (2005)
Worldchanging.com founder Alex Steffen argues that reducing humanity’s ecological footprint is incredibly vital now, as the western consumer lifestyle spreads to developing countries.
TEDTalks : Sliced bread and other marketing delights – Seth Godin (2003)
In a world of too many options and too little time, our obvious choice is to just ignore the ordinary stuff. Marketing guru Seth Godin spells out why, when it comes to getting our attention, bad or bizarre ideas are more successful than boring ones.
TEDTalks : 12 sustainable design ideas from nature – Janine Benyus (2005)
In this inspiring talk about recent developments in biomimicry, Janine Benyus provides heartening examples of ways in which nature is already influencing the products and systems we build.
TEDTalks : "If I controlled the Internet" (a poem) – Rives (2006)
How many poets could cram eBay, Friendster and Monster.com into 3-minute poem worthy of a standing ovation? Enjoy Rives’ unique talent.
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TEDTalks : Secrets of success in 8 words, 3 minutes – Richard St. John (2005)
Why do people succeed? Is it because they’re smart? Or are they just lucky? Neither. Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow on the real secrets of success.
TEDTalks : How technology’s accelerating power will transform us – Ray Kurzweil (2005)
Inventor, entrepreneur and visionary Ray Kurzweil explains in abundant, grounded detail why, by the 2020s, we will have reverse-engineered the human brain and nanobots will be operating your consciousness.
