In this issue: Open office space, understanding nutritional
labels, and the Olympics.
---Biggest Loser---
AskMen rants about The Biggest Loser's fat-shaming tone and
dangerous method after a winner drops 60% of her body weight.
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---Business---
Many companies are offering freebies to customers that tweet
about them. Fast Company wonders, is this an effective form
of marketing, and is it good for credibility?
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These days, you're more likely to toil in a huge communal
room packed with rows of keyboard-tapping, phone-yakking,
nose-blowing, colleagues. To some, this allows for easier
collaboration and smoother workflow. For others, it
signifies the death of privacy, concentration, and dignity,
according to Fast Company.
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---Cyber Security---
When experts rank U.S. industries' abilities to ward off
potentially damaging cyber-attacks, National Defense says
the electric utilities are normally near the bottom.
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Real-Time Predictive Coding
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---Emerging Markets---
Just like Americans returning from winter vacations,
American dollars are also flying back to the U.S. from
warmer climes right now -- which could be bad news for
emerging markets, according to AskMen.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=468496
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---Fitness---
AskMen has fitness and nutrition tips from Olympic athletes
Shani Davis, Mikaela Shiffrin, Chris Mazdzer and Erin Hamlin.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=468513
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---Gay---
Despite the increasing acceptance of gay men and women -- in
the arts, in politics and even in the military -- it can
still be a dangerous career move to out yourself,
particularly if you're an athlete, according to AskMen.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=468514
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---Light Hacking---
AskMen says many studies have linked late-night exposure to
light to some really unpleasant things, like obesity, breast
cancer, prostate cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and more.
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---Nutrition---
AskMen provides a handy guide to understanding nutritional
labels.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=468503
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---Olympics---
With billions of dollars on the line at this year's troubled
Winter Olympics, HBS Working Knowledge breaks down what's at
stake for the brands of NBC, key corporate sponsors, Russia
-- and Vladimir Putin.
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Fast Company looks at five free apps for getting in the
Olympic spirit.
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Chemistry World says the Winter Olympics games in Sochi will
be a test bed for new technologies and materials that will
both enhance the arenas and the equipment that the athletes
are using.
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Fast Company says Geoff Bodine and his design team have
built 18 bobsleds for Olympic teams that have gone on to win
a number of gold medals.
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