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Posted on 09.14.06 by Emily
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Ann Richards, the famously silver-tongued and silver-haired former governor of Texas, died Wednesday from complications of esophageal cancer at 73. Here’s just some of what we’ll remember and miss about her…
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Intriguing new print magazine and website with aim to stimulate the culture of good by creating dialogue around things that matter: “We see a growing number of people tied together not by age, career, background, or circumstance, but by a shared interest. This revolves around a passion for potential mixed with fierce pragmatism and creative engagement. We sum all this up as the sensibility of giving a damn. But to shorten it, let’s call it GOOD.” 100% of subscription fees go to organization of your choice.
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A tetrachromat is a woman who can see four distinct ranges of color, instead of the three that most of us live with. A true tetrachromat has another type of cone in between the red and green — somewhere in the orange range — and its 100 shades theoretic
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Good Magazine New York launch party. This magazine started by Ben Goldhirsh was described by party guest Emily Davidow, “It’s like George[magazine] for people who are too young to remember JFK Jr. . …
Trackback by David Neubert — September 25, 2006 @ 7:16 pm
[...] Good Magazine piqued my interest from the first glance. They offered a compelling subscription model (for a susbscriber… for an investor, maybe not so much, unless you’re going on the Google Story lessons): give $20 to the organization of your choice (within a well selected array including some of my favorites Oceana, Witness, Ashoka and Creative Commons), get 6 issues and an invitation to the launch parties in LA and NY. The dyanmic site shows how far along they are on their goal and how many subscribers choose each organization so you can direct your dollars accordingly if you’re torn between worthy causes. [...]
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