The Water Cooler

July 2nd, 2010

This Week’s Topics…

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    Geography
    Tom Walsh, one of our beloved contributors, is an accomplished Jeopardy champion, and…
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    Technology
    Addicted to email? Maybe you need... a ten step program. Listen to John Freeman's…
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    Art
    How does a drawing show go from local access television to 150 stations across the…
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    Entrepreneurship
    How do you stimulate groups of college students to solve real-world problems in…
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    Charity
    Can you imagine only having one medical facility that covers an area of 176,000 people?…
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    Sports
    A wonderful compilation of reactions to Landon Donovan’s goal, from around the globe.…
Geography

Think You Know This Nation?

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by Nancy French
Tom Walsh, one of our beloved contributors, is an accomplished Jeopardy champion, and could probably do this quiz while in a coma.

How well can you do? Do you dare to start with "expert" level?

Click here, to see if you can distinguish between the Dakotas!

Technology

Ending Email Addiction

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by Mark Basnage
Addicted to email? Maybe you need... a ten step program. Listen to John Freeman's manifesto for Slow Communication, and then check out his ten steps to email freedom. Unless, of course, you have a video addiction problem.

Watch it all...

Art

For the Young Artists Out There

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by John Kingston
How does a drawing show go from local access television to 150 stations across the country?

See this link to find out more.

Entrepreneurship

Saving the world, one invention at a time

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by Mark Basnage
How do you stimulate groups of college students to solve real-world problems in innovative ways? Encourage them to start their own entrepreneurial ventures-- not just coming up with a new product or service, but also figuring out how to make it sustainable. It's all part of the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance's effort, and it seems to be bearing fruit.

Read more...

Charity

How Many Doctors Are in Your Town?

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by Nancy French
Can you imagine only having one medical facility that covers an area of 176,000 people? When David and I were in Ethiopia, we got to tour Holt's Shinshicho Health Clinic, and witnessed first hand the line of people who started forming at the opening hour -- many of whom had walk for miles with malnourished and sick children in their arms.

Would you like to help bring a new surgery center to the children and families in Ethiopia?

Click here.

Sports

Reaction

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by John Kingston
A wonderful compilation of reactions to Landon Donovan’s goal, from around the globe.

This gives me one more opportunity to say – as I say so often – I love sports.

Watch it here!

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