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A?Future of Self-Surveillance? Tech Pioneers Track Bodily Functions Day and Night - SPIEGEL ONLINE
spiegel.de — “Using smartphone apps and sensors, high tech pioneers?are monitoring their own bodily functions?such as heart rates,?sleep patterns and blood. The 'self trackers' dream of a digitalized medicine that will?enable people to lead healthier lives by getting around-the-clock updates on what goes on inside their bodies.” View full resource at spiegel.de
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Another Great #QuantifiedSelf article RT: @lsmarr: Fun article on quantified self-tracking just out from Der Spiegel http://t.co/MsK95CVS
Competing under False Pretenses: Fake Handicaps a Growing Problem for Disabled Sports - SPIEGEL ONLINE
spiegel.de — “Cheating is becoming an increasing problem in sports events for athletes with?disabilities. Rigorous inspections are supposed to root out those who are only faking a handicap, but some imposters get through -- like the supposedly blind athlete who cheered when she saw her result on the board.” View full resource at spiegel.de
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Fake Handicaps a Growing Problem for Disabled Sports http://t.co/YWdMjXU9 @SPIEGEL_English
Memorial?to Slave Trade: French City Confronts Its Brutal Past - SPIEGEL ONLINE
spiegel.de — “The slave trade once made the people of Nantes rich, but the French city covered up its dark history for decades. It recently erected a memorial to the victims in a project believed to be the first of its kind in Europe. But the effort to shed light on the Continent's role in the 18th century slave trade with Africa and the New World has not been popular with some residents.” View full resource at spiegel.de
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Memorial to Slave Trade - French City of Nantes Confronts Its Brutal Past http://t.co/quh9RHFp @SPIEGEL_English
The Junkie Old Folks' Home: Aging Addicts Find Refuge in Dutch Care Facility - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
spiegel.de — “The junkies from the 1970s are getting older and many still haven't kicked the habit. An experimental home in the Netherlands provides them a safe place to live -- and do drugs. Many will likely stay there for the rest of their lives.” View full resource at spiegel.de
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Junkie Old Folks' Home - Aging Addicts Find Refuge in Dutch Care Facility http://t.co/qIVkPb7v @SPIEGEL_English
Fear of Honor Killings: Immigrants Flee Families to Find Themselves - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
spiegel.de — “Hundreds of young female immigrants are hiding from their families in Germany after fleeing oppression, physical violence and even death threats. Charities and social workers help the women get new identities and build independent lives for themselves, but the risk of revenge from honor-obsessed relatives remains.” View full resource at spiegel.de
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Fear of Honor Killings - Immigrants Flee Families to Find Themselves http://t.co/CrYrffMD @SPIEGEL_English
Hunting For WWII Duds: German Firm Uses Aerial Photos to Find Bombs - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
spiegel.de — “A small German?firm offers a unique service to the country's construction industry: It uses historical British and American aerial photography from World War II air strikes to determine the location of unexploded bombs.?Thousands of tons of bombs still lie in the soil and the duds are becoming?more dangerous.” View full resource at spiegel.de
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German Firm Uses Aerial Photos to Find Unexploded WWII Bombs http://t.co/IGGH6lx7 @SPIEGEL_English
An Immigrant Tells His Story: The Daily Racism of Life in an East German Town - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
spiegel.de — “Mozambique-born Ibraimo Alberto was the only black man in the eastern German town of Schwedt. But half a year ago, after 21 years, he fled the daily racism and moved to the western city of Karlsruhe with his family. The social worker and?former boxer is trying to?come to?terms with?his experiences.” View full resource at spiegel.de
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Immigrant Tells His Story - Daily #Racism of Life in E German Town http://t.co/uutSf0SA #Mozambique @SPIEGEL_English
Victim of the Media: Rare Bunny With No Ears Crushed by Cameraman - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
spiegel.de — “A baby rabbit born with no ears was being filmed by a news team?when the cameraman stepped on him by mistake on Wednesday. The bunny?didn't suffer, said the distraught director of the zoo in Germany who had hoped to turn the rare rabbit into a media star.” View full resource at spiegel.de
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Victim of Fame and Media: Rare Bunny With No Ears Crushed by Cameraman http://t.co/E5r68CNe
Blessing or Curse? Competing Visions of a Computer-Controlled Future - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
spiegel.de — “Computers dominate how we live, work and think. For some, the technology is a boon and promises even better things to come. But others warn that there could be bizarre consequences and that humans may be on the losing end of progress.??” View full resource at spiegel.de
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RT @hnfirehose: Blessing or Curse? Competing Visions of a Computer-Controlled Future: http://t.co/I6cns4Ai
Resistant Bacteria: Antibiotics Prove?Powerless as Super-Germs Spread - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
spiegel.de — “Antibiotics were once the wonder drug. Now, however, an increasing number of highly resistant -- and deadly -- bacteria are spreading around the world. The killer bugs often?originate in factory farms, where animals are treated whether they are sick or not. By SPIEGEL Staff” View full resource at spiegel.de
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#Antibiotics Prove Powerless as Super-Germs Spread http://t.co/xpKvOasC via @derspiegel
Bridges and Benches: Homeless Tour Guides?Show a New Side to London - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
spiegel.de — “The Globe Theatre is part of the tour, complete with Shakespeare anecdotes. But so too are the benches retro-fitted to prevent the indigent from sleeping on them. Tours led by the homeless in London offer locals a whole new look at their city.” View full resource at spiegel.de
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Bridges & Benches: #Homeless Tour Guides Show a New Side to London http://t.co/IAdfJCUa
From Guant?namo to Palau: Exchanging One Prison for Another - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
spiegel.de — “Ahmad Tourson spent eight years in Guant?namo as an innocent man. Then, in 2009, he was shipped off to the tiny island nation of Palau. His new situation, though, is untenable -- but the US government seems unwilling to do anything about it.” View full resource at spiegel.de
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From Guantánamo to #Palau - Exchanging One Prison for Another http://t.co/NkOsU9rk #Uighurs
UN Food and Agricultural Chief: 'Speculation Is an Important Cause of High Prices' - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
spiegel.de — “In a SPIEGEL interview, Jos? Graziano da Silva, 62, the new head of the United Nations aid organization FAO, discusses his plans to combat hunger as well as his efforts to?limit speculation and the impact it has on dramatically fluctuating food prices.” View full resource at spiegel.de
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FAO head: "It took us 100 years to introduce chemistry into agriculture. We can get rid of it much more quickly." http://t.co/AYYpEdgU
'Witness to Extermination': Auschwitz Museum?Publishes Prisoner Sketchbook - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
spiegel.de — “Found hidden away in a bottle, the Auschwitz Memorial Museum has published sketches drawn by a prisoner?at the Birkenau?extermination camp. They provide?a rare first-hand glimpse?of life and death inside.?The book is?part of?the museum's plans to launch a catalogue of 6,000 artworks in its archives.” View full resource at spiegel.de
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'Witness to Extermination' - Auschwitz Museum Publishes Prisoner Sketchbook http://t.co/OOqyiGiN #Photoessay +
Stress on the High Seas: Germany's Wind Power Revolution in the Doldrums - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
spiegel.de — “The construction of offshore wind parks in the North Sea has hit a snag with?a vital link to the onshore power grid hopelessly behind schedule. The delays have?some reconsidering the ability of wind power to propel Germany into the post-nuclear era.” View full resource at spiegel.de
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Germany's Offshore Wind Parks Hit a Snag: Some Questioning Ability of Wind to Fill the Need in Post-Nuclear Era http://t.co/aX7Qdnnx
