Alan Siegel: Let’s simplify legal jargon!

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http://www.ted.com Tax forms, credit agreements, healthcare legislation: They’re crammed with gobbledygook, says Alan Siegel, and incomprehensibly long. He calls for a simple, sensible redesign — and plain English — to make legal paperwork intelligible to the rest of us.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

GoPro HD HERO camera: Hawaiian Longboarding with Daize Girl

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Learn about the new GoPro HD HERO® camera at http://gopro.com.

Daize Shayne Goodwin dazzles us with fancy footwork from the shores of Waikiki. When the versatile GoPro HD Hero Camera found it’s way into the hands of the innovative photographer Pete Hodgson, this is the magic that happens.

Music: “Echoes of Dub” – Burning Babylon

Food Wishes Recipes – How to Make Pie Dough – Pie Crust Recipe

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HELP!!! Chef John Needs Your Vote! Food Wishes has been nominated in the video category for the Saveur Magazine 1st Annual Best Food Blog Awards! Please follow this link to cast your vote now!! http://www.saveur.com/contest_bow.jsp?ID=1000011143 …..

Make your own homemade pie crust. It’s easy!! Visit http://foodwishes.com, to get the ingredients and more info, and watch over 350 free video recipes. Thanks and enjoy!

Juliana Machado Ferreira: The fight to end rare-animal trafficking in Brazil

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http://www.ted.com Biologist Juliana Machado Ferreira, a TED Senior Fellow, talks about her work helping to save birds and other animals stolen from the wild in Brazil. Once these animals are seized from smugglers, she asks, then what?

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

Doctor Who – The New Trailer – Follow Me

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Watch the Doctor Who premiere Saturday, April 17th, 9/8c on BBC America, and visit http://www.bbcamerica.com/doctorwho for more info!

And watch a 9 minute sneak peek of the Doctor Who premiere episode on iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewTVSeason?id=364033199&s=143441

Doctor Who Cast & Crew Interview: The Tardis

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Actor Matt Smith (The Doctor) and lead writer/Exec Producer Steven Moffat explain the wonders of the TARDIS, the Doctor’s time machine.

A new season of Doctor Who premieres April 17th, 9/8c on BBCAmerica. Find out more at http://www.bbcamerica.com/doctorwho

Eric Schmidt, Alec Ross & Jared Cohen on 21st Century Statecraft

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt speaks with Alec Ross and Jared Cohen of the U.S. Department of State at Google’s Mountain View headquarters. Alec and Jared have spent the past five years advocating for improved access to the web and other digital resources in war-torn and underdeveloped areas of the globe, including the Middle East, Africa and Central/South America.