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New Ideas at TED2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Improving childhood nutrition. I explained Benetech’s efforts to grow the impact of our Bookshare library globally, specifically discussing partnerships with groups in India and Kenya. The human brain is an extremely complex organ, but it should be getting easier to tune up different exercises for different recovery needs.

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Still Confused About AI, Learn the Facts A-Bot Us!

.orgSource

AI creates context in much the same way as a human brain establishes meaning. For example, the smell of chocolate chip cookies baking might cause you to remember a recipe, family holidays, or some other scene from childhood. AI creates context in much the same way as a human brain establishes meaning.

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It’s time to invest in volunteer engagement  

Candid

To better understand the challenges nonprofits face in boosting volunteering, Points of Light commissioned a report , informed with research conducted by The Bridgespan Group, a global nonprofit advisory firm. Despite these benefits, volunteering remains underfunded and undervalued. Its time to do the same for volunteering.

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How four-person startup Luminopia is using TV to treat lazy eye 

TechCrunch

Lazy eye is the most common childhood form of vision loss, and affects about three out of every 100 kids. . Over time , the brain learns to depend upon vision in one eye, while the other gets weaker, eventually, in severe cases, leading to permanent vision loss. . Overall, the kids in the treatment group improved their sight by 1.8

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How To Build Immunity To Burnout In The Workplace

Eric Jacobsen Blog

In every study I’ve read and every study I’ve conducted, there was always a group of people who, despite experiencing dangerous levels of stress, were not burned-out. Usually the origins of these automatic, unconscious responses can be traced to childhood, where we learned them from caregivers. What was going on with these people?

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How an Excel TikToker manifested her way to making six figures a day

The Verge

Around March, I stopped traveling and I found myself at my parents’ house in my childhood bed. I ordered a green screen and a ring light and set it up in my childhood bedroom.”. I ordered a green screen and a ring light and set it up in my childhood bedroom. What happened in March? Some nice pandemic stuff going on then.

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14+ Excellent Nonprofit Annual Reports

Whole Whale

Their use of joyful photos of individuals or small groups helps personalize the program descriptions, as does highlighting an employee’s efforts, like those of Margaret Mary Debre, PoP’s Lead WASH Coordinator in Ghana. Want to get your site checked for inclusive language before the end of 2021? offers a profound analysis of #MeToo.

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