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Co-operatives outpace the growth of British economy in 2012
Co-operatives have out-grown the British economy by more than ten times in 2012, according to figures released by Co-operatives UK. The trade body for co-operatives said that in 2012 the turnover of t
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Reality Drop: Spread Science about Climate Change, Global Warming
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Community Toolbox - Bringing Solutions to Light
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When Ivory Towers Fall: The Emerging Education Marketplace: Thomas Frey at
TEDxReset bir zihin konferansıdır ! http://www.tedxreset.com/ 'u ziyaret ediniz. https://www.facebook.com/TedxReset https://twitter.com/TEDxReset THOMAS FREY Futurist/ Gelecek Tasarımcısı ...
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'Pitchfork' protesters clash with police as Italy hit by week of anti-austerity
Protesters in several Italian cities have clashed with police amid anti-austerity protests which have lasted for almost one week. The so-called "Pitchfork" protesters are marching against cuts and ...
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Legal Weed, One Year Later: Thousands Not Arrested for Marijuana, Millions of
One year ago, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed an executive order ratifying the overwhelming victory Amendment 64, the nation's first statewide vote to end marijuana prohibition. At that ...
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Major US telecom patents system to detect, neutralize file-sharers
Internet service provider AT&T recently added a new anti-piracy patent which features technology that can detect file-sharers on its own network, assigning risk assessment to users and potentially ...
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NSA infected 50,000 computer networks with malicious software
The American intelligence service - NSA - infected more than 50,000 computer networks worldwide with malicious software designed to steal sensitive information. Documents provided by former ...
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Portugal Decriminalized All Drugs Eleven Years Ago And The Results Are
On July 1st, 2001, Portugal decriminalized every imaginable drug, from marijuana, to cocaine, to heroin. Some thought Lisbon would become a drug tourist haven, others predicted usage rates among ...
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Ex-CIA chief: Amnesty for Snowden idiotic, he 'should be hanged by his neck'
A former head of the Central Intelligence Agency has said that anyone thinking about granting NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden amnesty is out of their mind and that Snowden should be "hanged" if he
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Twitter, Facebook and more demand sweeping changes to US surveillance
The world's leading technology companies have united to demand sweeping changes to US surveillance laws, urging an international ban on bulk collection of data to help preserve the public's "trust ...
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What Happens When A New Age Spiritual Guru Becomes A Congressional Candidate
Author Marianne Williamson told BuzzFeed that if everyone who read her books donates $5, she can be competitive in the race to represent California's 33rd Congressional District. She has sold more ...
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WATCH: Glenn Greenwald Calls Out MSNBC
Glenn Greenwald's interview with MSNBC's Kristen Welker got testy on Thursday when he turned to the subject of the network's political leanings. Greenwald - whom Edward Snowden approached with ...
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Opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership explodes on Twitter (Includes
Tonight on Twitter, activists from around the world will begin attempting to create a twitterstorm in opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The opposition is coming from activists on ...
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Green Party doubles caucus as former NDP MP Bruce Hyer joins
OTTAWA-The tiny Green Party caucus has just doubled in size, with the announcement that former NDP MP Bruce Hyer is teaming up to sit as a Green in the Commons, beside leader Elizabeth May. Hyer ...
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America Is the Most Inhumane Developed Country on the Planet - Are We Going to
This week marked the 65 th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was drafted by a commission of the United Nations that was chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt. The ...
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Socialist politicians dreaming big in Seattle
Originally published December 24, 2013 at 7:02 PM | Page modified December 25, 2013 at 9:43 AM BETTINA HANSEN / The Seattle Times The Socialist Alternative party, fresh off a surprise win in ...
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The Business Of Impact Is The Business Of The Future
Today, more than ever, for-profit ventures have the capability to change culture quickly and with huge impact. In less than a decade, YouTube has significantly changed how we experience education ...
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It's Time For The Sharing Economy To Become The Sharing Society
In New York City today, you can rent a room on Airbnb, catch a ride with Uber, sell your old threads on Modabound, and leave your nine-month-old with a shared nanny. The so-called "sharing economy"
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70+ USS Ronald Reagan Crew Members, Half Suffering From Cancer, to Sue TEPCO For
After U.S. Navy sailors on the USS Ronald Reagan responded to the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan for four days, many returned to the U.S. with thyroid cancer, Leukemia, brain tumors and more. At ...
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Benefit cuts blind man committed suicide after Atos ruled him fit to work
Desperate agoraphobe Tim Salter was left penniless when his benefits were slashed despite his failing eyesight and he faced eviction A depressed blind man killed himself after he was left penniless
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Zappos Is Building An Intentionally Inconvenient Office In Downtown Las Vegas
Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh recently jumped into the debate over working from home that was sparked by Yahoo's recall of its remote workers, telling CNBC that he feels that it's difficult to build a ...
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Zappos Is Getting Rid Of All Titles And Managers
Zappos, the Las Vegas based apparel retailer, is transitioning away from a traditional management structure to a less hierarchical, manager-free system called Holacracy, according to an article by ...
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The "middle class" myth: Here's why wages are really so low today
Let me tell you the story of an "unskilled" worker in America who lived better than most of today's college graduates. In the winter of 1965, Rob Stanley graduated from Chicago Vocational High ...
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The Government Is Quietly Giving Way More Housing Aid To Rich People Than Poor
The Center for Budget Policy Priorities released a number of charts today that shows how much the federal government favors high-income households over low-income ones in housing benefits.This ...