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Dollar Wise: Credit crunch pressures consumers to get out of debt – Denton Record-Chronicle
More than anything else, Sondra Page wants to be a homeowner again. But before she can qualify for a loan, she needs to raise her credit score. And, to raise her score, she has to cut her debt level. GUY REYNOLDS/DMN Sondra Page, who helped 8-year …
TEDTalks : Ex-Moonie Diane Benscoter: How cults think – Diane Benscoter (2009)
Diane Benscoter talks about how she joined the Moonies — and stayed for five long years. She shares an insider’s perspective on cults and extremist movements, and proposes a new way to think about today’s most troubling conflicts.
TEDTalks : Liz Coleman’s call to reinvent liberal arts education – Liz Coleman (2009)
Bennington president Liz Coleman delivers a call-to-arms for radical reform in higher education. Bucking the trend to push students toward increasingly narrow areas of study, she proposes a truly cross-disciplinary education — one that dynamically combines all areas of study to address the great problems of our day.
TEDTalks : Nandan Nilekani’s ideas for India’s future – Nandan Nilekani (2009)
Nandan Nilekani, visionary CEO of outsourcing pioneer Infosys, explains four brands of ideas that will determine whether India can continue its recent breakneck progress.
COA
Today, at my job at an ophthalmology office I was checking a patient’s vision. In broken English he tried to explain to me that he couldn’t see out of his eye. After trying to asses his vision for 5 min, I finally realized what he was trying to tell me. I was checking his vision in his FAKE eye.
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xxbobsan
Today, I told my girlfriend I was quitting the town baseball team. She said “Great. Now we can get someone with actual talent on the team.” I laughed because I thought she was joking. She then replied “What’s so funny?”
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imanidiot
Today, I ordered take out, and paid with a credit card. The cute cashier gave me the receipt to sign, and under ‘tip’ I gave a couple of dollars. I realized that I had given too much, crossed it out, and changed it. Unaware she was watching, She then responded, “Did you just lower the tip by $1?”
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TEDTalks : Hang in there! 9 rules of rock climbing – Matthew Childs (2009)
In this talk from TED University 2009, veteran rock climber Matthew Childs shares nine pointers for rock climbing. These handy tips bear on an effective life at sea level, too.
Peta
Today, I was driving and I saw was a dog running onto the road, I slammed on the brakes to a completely stop. Multiple cars crashed into the back of my car. It turns out it wasn’t a dog, it was just newspaper blown by the wind.
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GotPunched
Today, my girlfriend’s friend told her she had seen me shopping with a cute girl. When I came back home my girlfriend punched me in the face and asked who the girl was. Apparently her friend didn’t tell her the cute girl was my three years old niece. I lost a tooth because of that punch.
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aviators
Today, I got back my math test. Instead of taking the time to mark the mistakes, my professor just circled the bottom half of the page and wrote “OMG.”
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TEDTalks : Fulfilling the dream of flight in a high-tech wingsuit – Ueli Gegenschatz (2009)
Wingsuit jumping is the leading edge of extreme sports — an exhilarating feat of almost unbelievable daring, where skydivers soar through canyons at over 100MPH. Ueli Gegenschatz talks about how (and why) he does it, and shows jawdropping film.
TEDTalks : Can design save the newspaper? – Jacek Utko (2009)
Jacek Utko is an extraordinary Polish newspaper designer whose redesigns for papers in Eastern Europe not only win awards, but increase circulation by up to 100%. Can good design save the newspaper? It just might.
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TEDTalks : The next Web of open, linked data – Tim Berners-Lee (2009)
20 years ago, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. For his next project, he’s building a web for open, linked data that could do for numbers what the Web did for words, pictures, video: unlock our data and reframe the way we use it together.
TEDTalks : Why play is vital — no matter your age – Stuart Brown (2008)
A pioneer in research on play, Dr. Stuart Brown says humor, games, roughhousing, flirtation and fantasy are more than just fun. Plenty of play in childhood makes for happy, smart adults — and keeping it up can make us smarter at any age.
TEDTalks : The three ways that good design makes you happy – Don Norman (2003)
In this talk from 2003, design critic Don Norman turns his incisive eye toward beauty, fun, pleasure and emotion, as he looks at design that makes people happy. He names the three emotional cues that a well-designed product must hit to succeed.
TEDTalks : Do the green thing – Andy Hobsbawm (2008)
Andy Hobsbawm shares a fresh ad campaign about going green — and some of the fringe benefits.
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TEDTalks : I walk the Earth – John Francis (2008)
For almost three decades, John Francis has been a planetwalker, traveling the globe by foot and sail with a message of environmental respect and responsibility (for 17 of those years without speaking). A funny, thoughtful talk with occasional banjo.
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Therapist: Financial Infidelity Can End Couples
Therapist: Financial Infidelity Can End Couples Fox5 KVVU, NV - 41 minutes ago It can be anything from keeping credit card debt a secret to hiding money from a spouse. "I'd say finances and financial stress is one of the number one …
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In this economy, layaway is in vogue
In this economy, layaway is in vogue Tampabay.com, FL - 2 hours ago Consumer credit is getting tighter at a time when rising joblessness, foreclosures and prices make it harder to pay off credit card debt . …
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10 ways to protect your family in a financial crisis – The Coloradoan
10 ways to protect your family in a financial crisis The Coloradoan, CO - 19 hours ago Harrine Freeman, personal finance expert and author of “How to Get Out of Debt ,” said small changes, such as skipping Starbucks in the morning, packing your …
Ten Books to Read in the Financial Crisis – Wall Street Journal
Ten Books to Read in the Financial Crisis Wall Street Journal - 2 hours ago The book’s advice: Take charge and get out of debt . “The World is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy” by David M. Smick. …
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Green-eyed monster bothers ‘Ms. Right’ – Southtown Star
Green-eyed monster bothers ‘Ms. Right’ Southtown Star, IL - 4 hours ago Can you foresee whether or not we will be able to get out of debt ?
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Still Stormy? – Fort Worth Weekly
Texas Ballet Theater may be down financially, but it isn’t out artistically. Last weekend’s performances of Mozart’s Requiem and Stormy Weather at Bass Performance Hall showed the group to be in better shape than ever. One of the joys of …
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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 : African fractals, in buildings and braids – Ron Eglash (2007)
‘I am a mathematician, and I would like to stand on your roof.’ That is how Ron Eglash greeted many African families he met while researching the fractal patterns he’d noticed in villages across the continent.
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 : Simplicity patterns – John Maeda (2007)
The MIT Media Lab’s John Maeda lives at the intersection of technology and art, a place that can get very complicated. Here he talks about paring down to basics.
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TEDTalks : How to listen to music with your whole body – Evelyn Glennie (2003)
In this soaring demonstration, deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie illustrates how listening to music involves much more than simply letting sound waves hit your eardrums.
TEDTalks : Can we know our own minds? – Dan Dennett (2003)
Philosopher Dan Dennett makes a compelling argument that not only don’t we understand our own consciousness, but that half the time our brains are actively fooling us.
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TEDTalks : Slowing down in a world built for speed – Carl Honore (2005)
Journalist Carl Honore believes the Western world’s emphasis on speed erodes health, productivity and quality of life. But there’s a backlash brewing, as everyday people start putting the brakes on their all-too-modern lives.
TEDTalks : TED Prize wish: Finding new cures for migraine, depression, malpractice – Robert Fischell (2005)
Accepting his 2005 TED Prize, inventor Robert Fischell makes three wishes: redesigning a portable device that treats migraines, finding new cures for clinical depression and reforming the medical malpractice system.
TEDTalks : Unveiling the genius of multi-touch interface design – Jeff Han (2006)
Jeff Han shows off a cheap, scalable multi-touch and pressure-sensitive computer screen interface that may spell the end of point-and-click.
TEDTalks : TED Prize wish: Unite the world on Pangea Day, a global day of film – Jehane Noujaim (2006)
In this hopeful talk, Jehane Noujaim unveils her 2006 TED Prize wish: to bring the world together for one day a year through the power of film.
