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Rachel Bilson & Hayden Christensen Are A Cute Couple At Cannes!

14 hours agoLifestyle / Fashion : CocoPerez

They're practically BLINDING us with their cuteness! Oh no wait, that's just the blazing Cannes sun, LOLz! Rachel Bilson and her loverman of 6ish years Hayden Christensen were spotted strolling along La Croisette while at the Cannes Film Fest Monday (above)! As always, Rachel looked adorable in a light, patterned dress, while Hayden kept it [...]

Judith E. Glaser: Conversational Blind Spots at Work

Twenty-eight years ago I began my first experiment in what I call conversational intelligence. I was hired by Union Carbide to work with 17 high-powered sales executives in danger of losing a bid for a key contract.

The Voice Top 12 Recap: The Heat is On (and Usher's Shirt is Off)!

After weeks of blind auditions, sudden-death battle rounds, instant elimination knockouts and live playoffs, Season 4 of The Voice has come down to this. Only 12 contestants remain, with 10 spots to fill and no margin for error. The competition heated up quickly... Show More Summary

John Gray’s New Book, ‘Work With Me,’ Dishes Gender Blind Spots & How to Overcome Them

If you’re a fan of author John Gray, Ph.D., you’re schooled by now on his countless relationship books such as Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. Well, after years of conducting research and workshops along with consulting, he and co-author Barbara Annis, have a new book dropping tomorrow called Work With Me. Show More Summary

Matt Welch on How Margaret Thatcher Won the War of Economic Ideas

last weekNews : Reason

Margaret Thatcher, like almost all of he late–Cold War generation of larger-than-life politicians, mixed keen insight and political bravery with massive blind spots and errors. But in discrediting the socialism preached by European leaders...Show More Summary

Tesla CEO Elon Musk likes autonomous driving cars, but prefers term 'autopilot'

Looks like Tesla might be hiding more in its software than blind spot detection and adaptive cruise control. According to Bloomberg, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is "discussing" autonomous cars with Google, specifically the Lidar laser tracking system. Show More Summary

Netflix Plays a Sarah Palin Hashtag Game, Gets Burned

Iron SkyStephanie Paul plays The President of the United States in "Iron Sky" by Blind Spot Pictures. Sarah Palin's totem is the mama grizzly, and her admirers are as protective of her as the fabled bear is of her cubs. Their target today is the resurgent Netflix (NFLX), which reported its first quarter results earlier this week. Show More Summary

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A PORTRAIT OF OCEANA, WV, AN OLD COAL MINING TOWN THAT HAS BECOME THE EPICENTER OF THE OXYCONTIN EPIDEMIC, EARNING THE NICKNAME OXYANA. Oceana, West Virginia, sits squarely in one of God’s blind spots. It’s one of the old coal mining communities that feeds the nation’s insatiable appetite for energy. Show More Summary

Judith E. Glaser: Effective Communication to Effectively Persuade

Many of us act as though we all see the same reality, yet the truth is we don't. Human beings have cognitive biases or blind spots.

Big Brother's Blind Spots

During a big chunk of the Bush years, there was a good deal of legitimate concern about the extent to which the government was monitoring us. And then there was some flat out crazy stuff. Naomi Wolf spoke for many when she periodically would come unglued about one imagined violation or another. Show More Summary

Weekend #longreads: Making Connections

last monthArts : Art Fag City

This weekend we're reading Malcolm Harris' "So You Want to Be a #Longreads Superstar," Caitlin Jones' "Conceptual Blind Spots", and B. Wurtz's "History Works".

Crime and punishment: First things

last monthUS Politics / Liberal : BlueNC

North Carolina is like the rest of America in many ways. Our biases and blind spots are similar to what we see in other states, and our instinct to “lock ‘em up” is very much alive and well. Because of that instinct, prisons and criminal justice expenses have exploded to become the third largest budget item for our state. Show More Summary

GM Engineering Debuts New TugCam

GM Engineering Services released its latest version of in the TugCam series. The manufacturer claims TugCam eliminates blind spots for tugboat captains and allows them to see in complete darkness.

Murray Rothbard on Big Business

via John Kersey “For some time I have come to the conclusion that the grave deficiency in the current output and thinking of our libertarians and “classical liberals” is an enormous blind spot when it comes to big business. There … Continue reading ?

American oligopolies are the new monopolies

last monthOdd : Boing Boing

Tim Wu sez, "I wrote something quick in the New Yorker about America's big blind spot when it comes to big business -- if its not a monopoly, its no problem, so highly concentrated industries can get away with whatever they want." This blind spot is of particular significance during an age when oligopolies, not [...]

Europe backs safer lorry design to save cyclists and pedestrians

A major advance in making roads safer for cyclists and pedestrians was announced yesterday by Europe. HGVs will be redesigned to give drivers a better view of the road and eliminate the “blind spot” responsible for countless deaths. At least 28 London cyclists have been killed in collisions with lorries...

RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Ready For Love’ Debuts Soft, ‘NCIS’, ‘Splash’ & ‘DWTS’ Hit Lows, ‘The Voice’ Slips, ‘Golden Boy’ Up

It was the last night of Blind Auditions on The Voice (4.2/13) on Wednesday. With one spot left in each of the judges’ teams, the one-hour show had a Fleetwood Mac cover, an unsuccessful effort by the lead singer of LA’s own Venice and Shakira shown some of her own moves. Show More Summary

‘The Voice’: Former ‘Idol’ Contestant And ‘Glee’ Warbler Luke Edgemon Completes Team Shakira

With just one spot left to fill on each team, the coaches enter the final night of The Voice Blind Auditions filled with a weird amount of love for one another. It’s kind of like when summer camp is over and it’s time to go home. Only…they still have, like 24 weeks left of the... More »

The Voice Recap: Blind Auditions End; Who's Got the Best Team?

The Voice blind auditions are in the books, a week earlier than we saw last season. The timing feels right, as each coach has chosen 12 singers to move on. Who filled the final spots on night six of the blinds? Let's find out! BlakeShow More Summary

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