Barack Obama: the college years

Source: Guardian Unlimited

Obama with his father, Barack Obama, Sr. Photograph: Obama For America Obama with former lover Genevieve Cook. ‘He is very beautiful,’ Cook wrote in her diary. ‘Oooooo, I can’t wait to be in Brooklyn with spring coming.’ ...
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Blip Festival 2012 starts tonight in NYC, featuring Bit Shifter, Nullsleep, and many more

Source: The Verge

Blip Festival, the three-day showcase of chip music that has been running since 2006, is back in New York City starting tonight. The entire lineup includes some two dozen acts, as well as visual artists and likely a few surprise team-ups. There's ...
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A people’s revolt in Bar Harbor

Source: Bangor Daily News

Rev. Ryushin Sean Malone of the Engaged Zen Foundation in Sedgwick joins other demonstrators during a rally in front of the Margaret Chase Federal Building in Bangor in January 2012. Occupy groups from Blue Hill, Bangor, and MDI ...
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Nearly 3M pageviews later: The exclusive story behind the inspirational SteveTold.Us

Source: The Next Web

Last week we told you about a neat single-serving site called SteveTold.Us that gave you some great quotes from Apple’s Steve Jobs upon every refresh. Since its launch, the site has nabbed nearly 3M pageviews, and the group behind it ...
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The future of anti-aging and rejuvenation

Source: Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—We’ve always been told that excess fat—specially those around our bellies—is bad. But these unwanted tissues that plastic surgeons have been removing and throwing away for decades may be more valuable than they could e ...
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The Scienceblogging Weekly (May 25th, 2012)

Source: Humanitarian News

Over the years, Better Posters blog has become the "Go To" place to send students when they start preparing posters for their first scientific meetings. Updated weekly, on Thursdays, this blog by Dr. Zen Faulkes (who also blogs at his other two awesom ...
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Portraits de Mode: Outdoor Exhibition in Bangkok

Source: Société Perrier

What do Yves Saint Laurent, Monica Bellucci, Yohji Yayamoto and the busy Bangkok have in common? At first glance, it’s quite hard to say, yet when you look a little closer, the answer lies in the heart of Thailand’s ever-awake ...
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Weekend Reading: Memorial Day edition

Source: Chronicle of Higher Education

I currently feel like this squirrel looks: pancaked by, yet ready to flee from a semester that refuses to end, and so rather than talk much here, I’ll simply wish American readers a happy Memorial Day holiday, and everyone a good weekend ...
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The Scienceblogging Weekly (May 25th, 2012)

Source: Scientific American

Over the years, Better Posters blog has become the “Go To” place to send students when they start preparing posters for their first scientific meetings. Updated weekly, on Thursdays, this blog by Dr. Zen Fau ...
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