Earth Day 2015

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Click Here to Read: Earth Day 2015: It’s Our Turn to Lead on the Earth Day Action Network Website.

Click Here to Read:  Obama turns up heat on climate change debate in Florida By Kevin Liptak on the CNN website on April 22, 2015.

Click Here to Read: Earth Day 2015 Quotes: 23 Inspirational, Funny And Wise Sayings That Pay Homage To Mother Nature By Philip Ross on the International Business Times website on April 21 2015. Continue reading Earth Day 2015

They monitor hearts, count calories … but are health apps any good for you?

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Click Here to Read: They monitor hearts, count calories … but are health apps any good for you? by Dominic Rushe in The Guardian on April 19, 2015.

Click Here to Read: Fitness trackers are popular among insurers and employers – but is your data safe? by Sarah Shemkus in the Guardian on April 17, 2015.

Smart watches can upload our vital signs to phones and the internet. Photograph: Guido Mieth/Getty Images

The price of public shaming in the Internet age

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Click Here to Read: The price of public shaming in the Internet age By Todd Leopold on the CNN website on April 16, 2015.

In the Internet age, shaming has become a subject for social media, sometimes haunting subjects well after they have apologized.  After author Jonah Lehr was found to have made up quotations and accused of plagerizing passages,  he apologized in a speech — only to be ripped in live Twitter feed while delivering the address.  “So you have been publically shamed,” author Jon Ronson said.