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Dancing Girls of Lahore (Taxali Gate)

By Zohaib Butt on August 9, 2010 in Asia, Featured, Lahore, Pakistan, Photos

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Taxali Gate is also known as the red light area (Heera Mandi). It is the only opening of the Walled City to the West. Once it was also called Lakhi Gate. Behind...

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MIT and Thomas Malone: Climate Collaboratorium Project

By Katherine Hui on August 9, 2010 in Boston, Featured, Massachusetts, New England, North America, Photos, USA

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MIT's Centre for Collective Intelligence has launched a platform for user created plans on how to save the world, basically. Thomas Malone refers to the Climate Collaboratorium Project as "Electronic democracy on steroids". The web-based...

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Tomato, Mozzarella Cheese, and Shiso Salad

By Naomi Kuwabara on August 8, 2010 in Asia, Japan, Photos

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Insalata Caprese (tomato, fresh mozzarella cheese and basil) is a popular antipasto (first course) in Italian cuisine. Since I eat a lot of Italian food, I often make it and season with salt and pepper,...

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Land Acquisitions: Is There a Win-Win Solution?

By Bernard Pollack on August 8, 2010 in Africa, Congo, Featured, Photos, Sudan, West Africa

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This is the second in a series of articles on large-scale agricultural investments, or land-grabs. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that in order to feed the anticipated 9.1 billion people in 2050, agricultural production worldwide...

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Innovations in Access to Land: Land Grab or Agricultural Investment?

By Bernard Pollack on August 7, 2010 in Africa, Photos, West Africa

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This is the first in a series of posts about the increasing prevalence of large-scale land acquisition, or “land grabs” in Sub-Saharan Africa. Background: There has been a documented trend in recent years of foreign governments...

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Locavoration: The Benefits of Playing It Close to Home

By Deborah Crooks on August 6, 2010 in California, Featured, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA, Videos

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I spent the first part of 2010 touring a fair amount and taking some extended trips to the East Coast. Travel, even short getaways, is one of my addictive tendencies. While I love it (and...

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Steve Blank: History of Silicon Valley Tech vs Silicon Valley NOW

By Renee Blodgett on August 6, 2010 in California, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA, Videos

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I haven't heard a 'university' lecture in awhile.....as for the style of one? Sure, I go to LongNow events and some academia shows up at TED, PopTech and others conferences I support and love. Yet,...

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HealthTap for Latest Updates on Personal Medicine, Health & Well Being

By Renee Blodgett on August 5, 2010 in Europe, North America, Photos, USA

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Introducing the new HealthTap Blog, who sees a future of true individualized medicine, where people’s increased control of their health reduces anxiety and increases optimism. Their first responsibility is to ‘do good’ for individuals....

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