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Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism, The. The anti-capitalists are still with us, and how. Robert Murphy has decided to give them an in-your-face economics education that they won't forget — ever. His approach comes from years of teaching undergraduates and dealing with the most common errors. He also draws from his teaching experience at the Mises University to offer an Austrian perspective on economics. He offers explanations and examples that are clear and compelling. Joseph campbell. Farmers Market Coalition » Blog Archive » National Farmers Market Week Social Media Cheat Sheet. National Farmers Market Week Social Media Cheat Sheet Posted by Liz on August 03, 2011.

Farmers Market Coalition » Blog Archive » National Farmers Market Week Social Media Cheat Sheet

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12 Top Buddypress Plugins for Customizing Your Social Network

Most of these plugins offer small, helpful features that would be well-suited to nearly every BuddyPress community. Not all are hosted in the WordPress repository, so grab a cup of coffee and check out all the latest from the BuddyPress ninjas. BP Custom Background For User Profile This plugin was created by Brajesh Singh of BuddyDev.com. It gives your BuddyPress site members custom background images for their profile pages. Download Plugin BuddyPress Default Data This plugin enables you to test BuddyPress on your own hosting and instantly add lots of users, messages, friends connections, groups, topics, and activity items.

Download Plugin BP Community Activity on Profile This plugin shows all the community activity on a user’s profile. Download Plugin BP Auto Login On Activation Plugin. How To: Merge Wordpress Themes with PHP Link Directory. Wumblr. Reveal. Open source wars: Wordpress vs Drupal vs Joomla. Every IT person, developer, and programmer has an opinion when it comes to the various open source content management systems out there.

Open source wars: Wordpress vs Drupal vs Joomla

Dollar Shave Club. Center for Peace and Commerce. 6 Posts That Build Engagement on Facebook. Aaron Lee is the social media manager at Binkd Promotion, a comprehensive platform for social media marketing through digital promotions and contests.

6 Posts That Build Engagement on Facebook

He also writes social media tips on the Binkd Blog. Follow him at @AskAaronLee. When Mark Zuckerberg first built Facebook, the purpose of it was to keep people connected with their friends. That was its first purpose. And it worked well. As Facebook grew, its purpose grew to accommodate businesses. Location Independent Living for the Masses. 4 Billing Systems Entrepreneurs Need to Know About. Scott Gerber is the founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council, a nonprofit organization that promotes youth entrepreneurship as a solution to unemployment and underemployment.

4 Billing Systems Entrepreneurs Need to Know About

Follow him @askgerber. For web startups, with a product to sell, having a virtual cash register that's always available is key. Thanks to a host of new web apps and smartphone additions, that virtual cash register can now fit into the palm of a person's hand. I asked four successful young entrepreneurs to suggest the online payment services that are changing the way they conduct sales and business, especially when they're on the road. How Sephora Used Facebook to 'Thrill' Its Fan Base. There are a lot of beauty junkies out there, and they've taken to social media networks to fuel their obsession.

How Sephora Used Facebook to 'Thrill' Its Fan Base

A list of the most-followed Pinterest accounts is dominated by beauty brands, and some of Instagram's most engaging accounts offer beauty and fashion tips. There's a huge market for beauty lovers, and Sephora plans to own it. The brand has proven itself to be incredibly savvy when it comes to digital and social. Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies. President and Founder of SBI: B.

Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies

Alan Wallace SBI Staff: Sangay Wangmo At the beginning of the 21st century humanity is poised for a revolution in our understanding of consciousness, as the first-person modes of inquiry of the contemplative traditions of the world are integrated with the third-person methods of modern science. The Institute’s research emphasizes the integration of scientific approaches with contemplative methods adhering to equally high standards, radically expanding the study of the mind to explore its potentials more fully than ever before. Five Tips For Making Ideas Happen. Advertisement Creative types have a problem.

Five Tips For Making Ideas Happen

We have so many great ideas, but most of them never see the light of day. The Open Society and Its Enemies. The Open Society and Its Enemies is a two-volume work on political philosophy by Karl Popper.

The Open Society and Its Enemies

Written during World War II, it failed to find a publisher in the United States and was first printed in London by Routledge in 1945. The book was published in Russia in 1992.[1] Popper criticises theories of teleological historicism in which history unfolds inexorably according to universal laws, and indicts as totalitarian Plato, Hegel and Marx for relying on historicism to underpin their political philosophies. The work was on the Modern Library Board's 100 Best Nonfiction books of the 20th century.[2] Publication[edit] A veritable who's who of philosophy and the social sciences were involved in its path to publication, as Popper was writing in academic obscurity in New Zealand for the duration of World War II. Synopsis[edit] In The Open Society and Its Enemies, Popper developed a critique of historicism and a defense of the open society, liberal democracy.

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