An award-winning photograph of a herd of endangered Tibetan antelopes apparently undisturbed by a passing train on the controversial Qinghai–Tibet railway has been exposed as a fake (via Acclaimed photo was faked : Nature News)
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the City Council have come up with an innovative solution. Pressed by Speaker Christine Quinn, the Council withstood protests from the retail food industry and approved 1,000 new licenses for mobile fruit and vegetable stands — designating them for the parts of the city that need them most. There are already about 4,000 so-called green carts, but they rarely venture far from the tonier — and healthier — neighborhoods. The new initiative will put green carts on the sidewalks of the poorest areas, which are home to a disproportionate share of roughly half of the city’s residents who are overweight.
…Mr. Bloomberg and his health commissioner, Dr. Tom Frieden, and Ms. Quinn deserve credit for turning common sense into good health policy: banning smoking in public places, limiting trans fats in restaurant food and forcing calorie disclosure from chain eateries. We can now add the green carts to that sound list.
” A Streetcart Named Healthy - New York TimesMy girlfriend Clare showed me this video and she’s right, it’s awesome!
A great article translated from the original Russian on the future of Russia and the impact that Putin has had on the country from a Russian citizen -a very different tale from what we Westerners tell ourselves.
One of my favorite humans, Will Wright the creator of Sim City and the Sims, explains and demos his new toy -an incredible game that redefines imaginative design and just looks jaw-dropping! Note the robotic arm that he built for himself after he broke his arm -it’s controlled by a Wii remote! What a legend.
I’ve posted some stuff from TED before and if you haven’t checked it out, just look at this AMAZING video.
Here is the description of the BIL conference:
BIL loves TED. TED is a great place to sit and listen to interesting ideas. Many of those ideas make it online, and millions get to experience them. The catch for many of us is that TED is $6,000, which is too expensive for most people, including a great number with good ideas worth spreading. BIL has been created as a free space for people with ideas to come together and share them. Our event is self-organizing, emergent, and anarchic. Nobody is in charge. If you want to come just show up. If you’ve got an idea to spread start talking. If someone is saying something good, stop and listen.
An inquest is to be held on a man who died during a contest to see who could eat the most fairy cakes.
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Answer?
All of the above.
Here is a website where you see mug shots of people and you can guess their crime, ha!
Two minutes with Ricky Gervais…hilarious!!!!!
Star Wars according to a 3 year old. HAHA!!
