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How Hospital Gardens Help Patients Heal

To get an inkling of what a well-designed hospital garden can mean to a seriously ill child, watch the home video posted on YouTube last August of Aidan Schwalbe, a three-year-old heart-transplant recipient. The toddler is shown exploring the meandering paths, sun-dappled lawn and gnarled roots of a branching shade tree in the Prouty Garden at Children’s Hospital Boston. “He loves to be out in the garden feeding the birds and squirrels,” wrote Aidan’s grandmother in an August blog entry

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Fast Talk: How Truthy Maps Influence On Twitter

Meet Fil Menczer, the Twitterologist behind the political meme-analyzing site, Truthy. Yes, the name was inspired by Stephen Colbert. Fil Menczer has quite a title.

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4 Lin-sane Leadership Lessons

In business terms, Jeremy Lin is the underdog that took on the 800 pound gorilla and won. Here's what entrepreneurs can learn from him

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10 Steps To Great Leadership

I never went to CEO school. But here's how I learned to drive my business forward profitably. Hint: Its not just about number crunching

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Microsoft Acquires VideoSurf

The video search technology, which cost Microsoft a reported $70 million, will be integrated into XBox.

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Video: Jon Bon Jovi opens pay-what-you-want restaurant

Jon Bon Jovi is giving back to the Garden State, opening the Soul Kitchen restaurant in Red Bank, N.J., where patrons can pay whatever they please for meals. CBSNews.com's Ken Lombardi reports

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Garden On The Go Brings Fresh Produce To Food Deserts

Obesity is undoubtedly a major problem in the U.S, but it's nearly impossible to stop in the nation's food deserts, which lack access to affordable, healthy food. The California Freshworks Fund announced recently that it is giving $200 million to food vendors (everything from grocery stores to food trucks) in the state's food deserts, but Indiana already has a potential solution on the ground in the form of Garden on the Go , a truck filled with local and regional fruits and vegetables that stops throughout the week in an area that lacks easy access to healthful food. The truck, created through a partnership between Indiana University Health and Green B.E.A.N.

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Reader Mail: October 2011

Readers respond to our our story about globetrotting 21-year-old Ankur Jain and our How I Did It feature package, along with columns by Jason Fried and Meg Hirshberg. Tales From the Front Readers of all ages enjoyed our cover story about 14 entrepreneurs and their successes, failures, and lessons learned (" How I Did It ," July/August) .

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Green Sports Alliance: Go Green Or Go Home

Sports teams finally find something to agree on. .title {text-transform:uppercase;font-family:arial;font-size:11px;} .caption {color:#666;font-size:11px;margin-bottom:15px;} .caption img {padding-bottom:2px;} Photo by Annie Marie Musselman Sports in America will always be an indulgent birthright. You don't go to the ball game to worry about whether the world will melt

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Sell on Value, Not on Price

Don't want to compromise on price? Experts explain how to stay competitive based on the value of your product or service to consumers.

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Even With New $50 Million Funding, Eventbrite Is Not Taking Aim At Ticketmaster

"Really, it doesn't make the most sense for us to go right after Ticketmaster now, when we have such a large opportunity in all these other markets," says Eventbrite CEO Kevin Hartz. Popular ticketing startup Eventbrite is known more for selling tix for local indie acts than Madison Square Garden headliners

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Room for Wine at the Palace

For more than 130 years, Commander’s Palace in New Orleans has been a bastion of the ultimate in genteel Southern dining. Now, after a post- Katrina $6.5 million makeover, this Garden District icon has also become a mecca for serious wine aficionados. The Wine Room and cellar area has doubled in ...

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