April 2012
97 posts
“I have a motto: it’s never too late to give up. It’s never too late to give up...”
– Data visualization magician Hans Rosling, who previously delighted us with such gems as a history of 200 countries over 200 years in 4 minutes and a data-driven meditation on how the washing machine sparked the reading revolution, adds an important voice in the advice choir on how to find your...
Amazing story: Little boy lost finds his mother... →
thelearninglife:
1981: Saroo is born
1986: He loses his family and ends up living on the streets of Calcutta
1987: He is adopted by an Australian couple and grows up in Tasmania
2011: He finds his home town on Google Earth
2012: He is reunited with his mother in Khandwa
Amazing story: Little boy lost finds his mother... →
thelearninglife:
1981: Saroo is born
1986: He loses his family and ends up living on the streets of Calcutta
1987: He is adopted by an Australian couple and grows up in Tasmania
2011: He finds his home town on Google Earth
2012: He is reunited with his mother in Khandwa
Vermont Senate calls for a constitutional... →
socialuprooting:
The Vermont State Senate voted today calling for an amendment to the Constitution that would make clear that corporations are not people and money is not speech and can be regulated in political campaigns. The vote was 26-3. State Senator Virginia Lyons (D) spearheaded the effort, working with Move to Amend in 2011 to introduce a resolution that came back this year.
Vermont is...
