March 2012
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WatchSource: Reuters
Apple and Foxconn have pledged to seriously improve working conditions at factories in China, where millions of iPads and iPhones are assembled each year, following an audit by the Fair Labor Association
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“Like every black parent in Britain, I’ve had to have “the...”
– Ava Vidal on Trayvon Martin and why the criminalisation of black children must end
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Carbon map infographic: a new way to see the earth... →
guardiandata:
• Who made this graphic? Duncan Clark and Robin Houston • Where can I find it? carbonmap.org
All part of our data team’s show and tell series.
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My worst shot - the photographs the professionals... →
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The job reaction letter to end all job rejection...
There’s nothing worse than getting turned down for a job and not being given any feedback.
So how about an eight-page long, 42-point plan from the interviewer including such tips as:
Do be a badass
Don’t tell me that you are sceptical of me
Don’t tell me you’re afraid of Facebook
The email, written by Shea Gunther, was sent out to respondents to an ad he put on...
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WatchSource: Reuters
An elephant walks into a coffee shop… [insert punchlines here, please]
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Who says science is boring? Watch the world's most... →
From a duck to a skeleton to a robot dinosaur: scientists created this fabulous kinetic sculpture, called On the Move, to demonstrate to children the concept of energy transfer. The Launchpad team at London’s Science Museum and Engineered Arts Ltd created this cause-and-effect chain of events in a warehouse in Cornwall. No soft toys were injured in the making of this film
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“Dissatisfaction is a symptom of ambition. It’s the coal that fuels the...”
– Follow Mad Men with our blog series on Guardian TV (spoiler alert!). Oh and if you haven’t seen it yet, here’s the video of Megan singing Zou Bisou Bisou to Don for his 40th birthday. If you haven’t got Sky, here are some tips on how to survive Mad Men season in the UK.
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These are beautiful – Nasa's animations, from the... →
guardiandata:
These are just stunning!
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Gillian Wearing takeover: How would you dance in public? As her Whitechapel Gallery retrospective opens, we look back at the artist’s 1994 shopping centre dance-athon to a soundtrack ranging from Nirvana to the Bee Gees. Where would you throw some shapes in public today – and to what tunes?
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“My Darlings. Once again our beloved Mummy has been arrested and now she and...”
– The letter was written from prison on 23 June 1969 by Nelson Mandela to his daughters, Zeni and Zindzi, after their mother, Winnie, had been detained by apartheid-era police. Now, in Mandela’s original handwriting, complete with crossings out and corrections, it can be read for free by anyone...
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If there’s one thing you watch today - make it this incredibly moving animation
As part of Amnesty International’s 2012 death penalty campaign the Guardian and animators from Sherbet tell the extraordinary story of Mohammad Mostafaei, a lawyer who has saved 20 of the 40 juveniles he has defended from execution in Iran. Actor Paul Bettany speaks the lawyer’s words
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“It was Richard Littlejohn’s worst nightmare. Not just Cloake’s fruit...”
– Stephen Moss sums up the Guardian’s first Open Weekend event, where we opened our offices and news organisation up to the public. More details on the events, the speakers - and some ways to catch up on highlights from the weekend.
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Q&A with Alan Rusbridger, Guardian editor, on open... →
Our Comment is free team is running a Q&A session with Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger about what open journalism means and what its future is. You can post your questions from 2.30pm GMT and he’ll be online to answer them 30 minutes later.
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The man behind Mad Men: 'I know how things will... →
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The Forgotten Story of … Abraham Klein, the... →
The little Israeli Abraham Klein survived politics, prejudice and even the Holocaust to become the best referee in the world
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WatchSource: Patrick Kingsley/xtranormal
Still don’t get what the UK budget announcement means?
With the help of his animated friends, Patrick Kingsley takes you through stamp duty, tax evasion and cuts to child benefit
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Video: a day in the life of a ballet dancer →
Not many people would volunteer for a life of 12-hour days, gruelling exercise, constant physio and relentless performance schedules – but then not everyone dances with the Royal Ballet. Soloist Yuhui Choe takes us through a day in her life, from first rehearsal to curtain-up.
On Friday 23 March we’ll have a full day of video coverage, streamed live from backstage at London’s Covent...
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WatchJapan’s tattoo master: inside the studio of Horiyoshi III
As his artwork is exhibited for the first time in the UK at Somerset House in London, we take a rare glimpse into the Tokyo studio of this true craftsman
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Iron Lady lost in Russian translation →
Is The Iron Lady the new Downfall?
“Speaking to a crowd of supporters, Margaret Thatcher, as played by Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady, explains what she would do as prime minister: “Crush the working class, crush the scum, the yobs.”
At least that is a scene from a pirated version of the film in Russia, which has been inadvertently reviewed by one of the country’s top film...
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WatchSource: De La Warr Pavilion
Conceptual artist Cerith Wyn Evans uses fireworks to write the lyrics of Jimi Hendrix’s 1968 rock classic Voodoo Child (Slight Return) in an installation at the De La Warr Pavilion
