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Saving ‘The Onion’: An extremely brief oral history

Fast Company Tech

I had helped a friend run a cheese shopI was the chief technology officer of New Yorks best cheese shop. I remember seeing The Onion on newsstands in New York right after 9/11, and I was like, Wow, The Onion is here. The universe would just be right if I bought The Onion. Were going to bounce back.

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An astronomer gave us tips for watching the imminent total lunar eclipse

Mashable Tech

See it with your own eyes," Emily Rice, an astronomer at Macaulay Honors College of the City University of New York, told Mashable. The good thing about all types of lunar eclipse is that, unlike a solar eclipse, they are safe to view with the naked eye," the Natural History Museum in London explains.

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Blackbaud Headed to SXSWi 2011

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With more than eight years of experience in the nonprofit arena, he has worked with a diverse group of organizations including LIVESTRONG, United Methodist Church, American Heart Association, Family Life, Darkness to Light, University of Richmond, Big Brother Big Sisters, ChildFund Int’l, and more. Follow Frank on Twitter. You coming?

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What do the mega gifts of 2024 say about giving? 

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However, several of those gifts also addressed health and health care, such as Ruth Gottesmans gift of $1 billion to eliminate tuition at Einstein Medical College and Roy and Diana Vageloss $400 million commitment to Columbia University for biomedical research and education.

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More than just fans: How women are reshaping baseball on and off the field

Fast Company Tech

The Philadelphia Phillies offer behind-the-scenes tours and clinics for their female fans, while the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees offer fantasy camps that are geared to women. Kim Ng made history in 2020 when she became the first woman general manager of an MLB team, the Miami Marlins.

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The 10 most innovative augmented and virtual reality companies of 2025

Fast Company Tech

Texas A&M University has brought AR/VR production into its celebrated Visualization program , letting students learn to build state-of-the-art virtual productions before they leave college. It soon established a permanent venue in New York. In addition, the university debuted a new minor in virtual production.

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Local history buffs are turning to Facebook to share memories of bygone eras

Fast Company Tech

Facebook history groups and pages have popped up in major cities like New York and Seattle and in small towns and suburbs across the U.S. “It never stops,” says Mike McGinness, who founded a Florida history group that now has more than 300,000 members and 75,000 photos.

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