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Stay tuned for the reason for this statement by Sumati.

Starbucks is continuing to close stores. Will they recover. I think so, only because they already own the best locations. Location is everything. I saw last week even in Kuwait that Starbucks is closing some stores in Kuwait. The one in Salmiya by the International Clinic is closed down.

I found these sites via The Strobist.

Kiva and here’s a documentory.

Wikipedia says:

Kiva allows microfinance institutions around the world, called “Field Partners”, to post profiles of qualified local entrepreneurs on its website. Lenders browse and choose an entrepreneur they wish to fund. Kiva aggregates loan capital from individual lenders and transfers it to the appropriate Field Partners to disburse to the entrepreneur chosen by the lender. As the entrepreneurs repay their loans, the Field Partners remit funds back to Kiva. As the loan is repaid, the Kiva lenders can withdraw their principal or re-loan it to another entrepreneur.

World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo.

Best to view at full screen.

Via John Nack at Adobe

I’ve always liked this Rumsfeld quote.

As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.

We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.

But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don’t know
We don’t know.

Toward a Unified Epistemology of the Natural Sciences | Cosmic Variance

A gripping story of why not to even try drugs.

Unfortunately I think the videos only play from Canada.
CBC.ca The National Project Stay on Side

And here’s another about bicycles that as you see is related.