11 days ago by dmills

I came across this NYT article today in my Twitter account . It’s about Google being able to predict flu trends around the country by analyzing search terms that people are using. Fascinating. This led me to Google Trends, which allows you to look at search terms and see how often they are used geog ...

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11 days ago by jed

It’s everywhere - investors, co-workers, family, and friends yelling “Recession!” from the rooftops. Yes, America is in a recession. By definition a recession is two consecutive quarters of decreasing GDP, and we’ve had nine of them since World War II (not including the Great Depression). If we’re e ...

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11 days ago by njg

What came first? The trendy clothes or the reverse-thread lockring? No one can say at this point. However, like it or not…fixed gear bikes have become just as important in the world of streetwear as a Hundreds hoodie or Casio G-Shock. Why, you ask? What in the holy living fuck do bicycles have to do ...

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11 days ago by Sharyl

Meet Samantha, the owner of an online boutique called Peaches & Pixies. Her colourful bold prints caught my eyes instantly. She??was such a dear??to spend a couple of minutes to answer some questions despite that she was so busy attending to her customers. Her headband was purchased from Bangkok. Th ...

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11 days ago by Brody Stinson

Today’s Market Commentary: RATES FALL ON WEAK ECONOMIC DATA Interest rates improved this week on generally weaker than expected economic data. Today’s employment report for October showed job losses of 240,000 on expectations of 200,000 lost jobs. The unemployment rate increased 0.4% to 6.5% on expe ...

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11 days ago by Erica Hartfield

I’m on the search for a new phone! I currently have a Blackberry Pearl but it’s time for me to raise my game. I have been sold on the iPhone for a while now and decided that the purchase would be my Christmas present to myself. A few applications the phone offers that stand out in my opinion are Oba ...

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11 days ago by Urbanminx

A far cry from the futuristic bent experienced by the fashion world last fall, this season is all about embracing a decadent past, from the golden eras of the forties and fifties, all the way back to our Victorian fashion forebears. Tuck away the micros and minis, the minimalist and mass produced pr ...

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11 days ago by Edward Michalik

Michele FoucaultDuring the early nineties, I had the good fortune or bad luck—I’m still not sure whether I rolled lucky sevens or snake eyes—to witness the birth of postmodernity. From my seat in the fusty seminar room, I watched boomer academics grapple with the onset of middle age as well as their ...

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11 days ago by Under Construction

I decided recently to branch out from journalism, just as an exercise for myself. I wanted to write, produce, and direct a fictional short film, and I somehow managed to do it in a weekend. (Even with the most amateurish of films, getting all the right shots in a weekend can prove pretty challenging ...

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11 days ago by Edward Michalik

The North American economy may be tanking, but there's one “hospitality” industry that's recession proof: the funeral business. As funeral insurance salesman Bob Hanson said at the recent National Funeral Directors Association meeting in Orlando, Florida, “Everybody's affected by the economy. But pe ...

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