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Friday, February 27, 2009
Peggy Noonan Says Barack Obama Begins to Look Presidential - WSJ.com
Peggy Noonan Says Barack Obama Begins to Look Presidential - WSJ.com: "Anyway, it was in there somewhere that he became the president. And it wasn't just bearing or dignity, which he has by nature, it was more mysterious. He put on the cloak."
Peggy Noonan Says Barack Obama Begins to Look Presidential - WSJ.com
Peggy Noonan Says Barack Obama Begins to Look Presidential - WSJ.com: "Anyway, it was in there somewhere that he became the president. And it wasn't just bearing or dignity, which he has by nature, it was more mysterious. He put on the cloak."
Peggy Noonan Says Barack Obama Begins to Look Presidential - WSJ.com
Peggy Noonan Says Barack Obama Begins to Look Presidential - WSJ.com: "Anyway, it was in there somewhere that he became the president. And it wasn't just bearing or dignity, which he has by nature, it was more mysterious. He put on the cloak."
Peggy Noonan Says Barack Obama Begins to Look Presidential - WSJ.com
Peggy Noonan Says Barack Obama Begins to Look Presidential - WSJ.com: "Anyway, it was in there somewhere that he became the president. And it wasn't just bearing or dignity, which he has by nature, it was more mysterious. He put on the cloak."
Why Good Managers Make Bad Decisions - WSJ.com
Why Good Managers Make Bad Decisions - WSJ.com: "People need to recognize that we are biased in every single situation. There's no such thing as objectivity."
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Repairing Brand India - WSJ.com
Repairing Brand India - WSJ.com: "Yet Satyam was ever-present, like the awkward relative misbehaving in the corner of the room. Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman of Infosys, couldn't even bring himself to say the word.
He referred to it instead as the 'episode in Hyderabad' then credited the government for moving swiftly to replace the company's board and conduct criminal investigations. He also pooh-poohed the idea that the matter may languish in the courts without a convincing conclusion."
He referred to it instead as the 'episode in Hyderabad' then credited the government for moving swiftly to replace the company's board and conduct criminal investigations. He also pooh-poohed the idea that the matter may languish in the courts without a convincing conclusion."
Repairing Brand India - WSJ.com
Repairing Brand India - WSJ.com: "Yet Satyam was ever-present, like the awkward relative misbehaving in the corner of the room. Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman of Infosys, couldn't even bring himself to say the word.
He referred to it instead as the 'episode in Hyderabad' then credited the government for moving swiftly to replace the company's board and conduct criminal investigations. He also pooh-poohed the idea that the matter may languish in the courts without a convincing conclusion."
He referred to it instead as the 'episode in Hyderabad' then credited the government for moving swiftly to replace the company's board and conduct criminal investigations. He also pooh-poohed the idea that the matter may languish in the courts without a convincing conclusion."
More Fruits and Vegetables Equal Lower Risk, Less Weight -- Hendry 3 (10): 8 -- DOC News
More Fruits and Vegetables Equal Lower Risk, Less Weight -- Hendry 3 (10): 8 -- DOC News: "* Store fruits and vegetables in plain view. Use an eye-level shelf in the refrigerator and keep a bowl of fruit on the counter.
* Use convenient frozen vegetables and precut, prewashed fresh produce.
* Experiment with sauces, dressings, and spice blends. Add nuts and small amounts of low–trans fat margarines or oils to enhance the flavor of vegetables.
* Enjoy fruit smoothies for breakfast, dried or fresh fruit in cereals, and orange or other fruit juice, or grab a banana when on the run.
* When baking, replace oil cup for cup with unsweetened applesauce, pureed prunes, or bananas.
* Add vegetables to casseroles and soups.
* Drink tomato and other vegetable juices.
* Create salads with tomatoes, red peppers, cucumbers, and other brightly colored vegetables to supplement leafy greens.
* Eat a bowl of berries for dessert.
When people heed advice to eat more fruits and vegetables, 'they tend to lose weight, feel full, have less craving, experience better blood glucose control, and generally feel better,' Blatner says."
* Use convenient frozen vegetables and precut, prewashed fresh produce.
* Experiment with sauces, dressings, and spice blends. Add nuts and small amounts of low–trans fat margarines or oils to enhance the flavor of vegetables.
* Enjoy fruit smoothies for breakfast, dried or fresh fruit in cereals, and orange or other fruit juice, or grab a banana when on the run.
* When baking, replace oil cup for cup with unsweetened applesauce, pureed prunes, or bananas.
* Add vegetables to casseroles and soups.
* Drink tomato and other vegetable juices.
* Create salads with tomatoes, red peppers, cucumbers, and other brightly colored vegetables to supplement leafy greens.
* Eat a bowl of berries for dessert.
When people heed advice to eat more fruits and vegetables, 'they tend to lose weight, feel full, have less craving, experience better blood glucose control, and generally feel better,' Blatner says."
More Fruits and Vegetables Equal Lower Risk, Less Weight -- Hendry 3 (10): 8 -- DOC News
More Fruits and Vegetables Equal Lower Risk, Less Weight -- Hendry 3 (10): 8 -- DOC News: "* Store fruits and vegetables in plain view. Use an eye-level shelf in the refrigerator and keep a bowl of fruit on the counter.
* Use convenient frozen vegetables and precut, prewashed fresh produce.
* Experiment with sauces, dressings, and spice blends. Add nuts and small amounts of low–trans fat margarines or oils to enhance the flavor of vegetables.
* Enjoy fruit smoothies for breakfast, dried or fresh fruit in cereals, and orange or other fruit juice, or grab a banana when on the run.
* When baking, replace oil cup for cup with unsweetened applesauce, pureed prunes, or bananas.
* Add vegetables to casseroles and soups.
* Drink tomato and other vegetable juices.
* Create salads with tomatoes, red peppers, cucumbers, and other brightly colored vegetables to supplement leafy greens.
* Eat a bowl of berries for dessert.
When people heed advice to eat more fruits and vegetables, 'they tend to lose weight, feel full, have less craving, experience better blood glucose control, and generally feel better,' Blatner says."
* Use convenient frozen vegetables and precut, prewashed fresh produce.
* Experiment with sauces, dressings, and spice blends. Add nuts and small amounts of low–trans fat margarines or oils to enhance the flavor of vegetables.
* Enjoy fruit smoothies for breakfast, dried or fresh fruit in cereals, and orange or other fruit juice, or grab a banana when on the run.
* When baking, replace oil cup for cup with unsweetened applesauce, pureed prunes, or bananas.
* Add vegetables to casseroles and soups.
* Drink tomato and other vegetable juices.
* Create salads with tomatoes, red peppers, cucumbers, and other brightly colored vegetables to supplement leafy greens.
* Eat a bowl of berries for dessert.
When people heed advice to eat more fruits and vegetables, 'they tend to lose weight, feel full, have less craving, experience better blood glucose control, and generally feel better,' Blatner says."
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Ask the Mole: 10 tips to protecting your nest egg - Jan. 28, 2009
Ask the Mole: 10 tips to protecting your nest egg - Jan. 28, 2009: "6. To find our biggest enemy, look in the mirror. Sure, financial planners reinforce our feelings but never forget we are often our own worst enemy. This column has also focused on our human behavior that tends to make us invest in things at just the wrong moment - after they have done well."
Ask the Mole: 10 tips to protecting your nest egg - Jan. 28, 2009
Ask the Mole: 10 tips to protecting your nest egg - Jan. 28, 2009: "6. To find our biggest enemy, look in the mirror. Sure, financial planners reinforce our feelings but never forget we are often our own worst enemy. This column has also focused on our human behavior that tends to make us invest in things at just the wrong moment - after they have done well."
Amazon.com: iMoney: Profitable ETF Strategies for Every Investor: Tom Lydon, John F. Wasik: Books
Amazon.com: iMoney: Profitable ETF Strategies for Every Investor: Tom Lydon, John F. Wasik: Books: "How to Buy, Sell and Choose ETFs
3:56 PM PST, February 18, 2009
We love hearing from our readers when they have questions about exchange traded funds (ETFs) or the trend-following strategy. This reader had specific questions about when we buy ETFs, when we sell them and how we choose them.
1. Is the 200-day moving average the SMA or EMA?
We use the 200-day EMA. What’s the difference? The simple moving average (SMA) is calculated by tracking the price of a security over a particular time period. The exponential moving average (EMA) involves a trickier mathematical formula which puts greater weight on the most recent price movement rather than an equal weight over past 200 days. The moving average you choose is a matter of personal preference, but the EMA is consistently closer to the actual price, which is why we use it.
2. When selling an ETF after it declines 8% from a high, do you set an 8% trailing stop loss order at the time of purchase?
Yes, this is what we do. A trailing stop loss order is when the stop loss is set at a fixed percentage below the market price. As the market price rises, the stop loss prices rises proportionately. If the price falls, the stop loss stays in place.
3. How do you"
3:56 PM PST, February 18, 2009
We love hearing from our readers when they have questions about exchange traded funds (ETFs) or the trend-following strategy. This reader had specific questions about when we buy ETFs, when we sell them and how we choose them.
1. Is the 200-day moving average the SMA or EMA?
We use the 200-day EMA. What’s the difference? The simple moving average (SMA) is calculated by tracking the price of a security over a particular time period. The exponential moving average (EMA) involves a trickier mathematical formula which puts greater weight on the most recent price movement rather than an equal weight over past 200 days. The moving average you choose is a matter of personal preference, but the EMA is consistently closer to the actual price, which is why we use it.
2. When selling an ETF after it declines 8% from a high, do you set an 8% trailing stop loss order at the time of purchase?
Yes, this is what we do. A trailing stop loss order is when the stop loss is set at a fixed percentage below the market price. As the market price rises, the stop loss prices rises proportionately. If the price falls, the stop loss stays in place.
3. How do you"
Amazon.com: iMoney: Profitable ETF Strategies for Every Investor: Tom Lydon, John F. Wasik: Books
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3:56 PM PST, February 18, 2009
We love hearing from our readers when they have questions about exchange traded funds (ETFs) or the trend-following strategy. This reader had specific questions about when we buy ETFs, when we sell them and how we choose them.
1. Is the 200-day moving average the SMA or EMA?
We use the 200-day EMA. What’s the difference? The simple moving average (SMA) is calculated by tracking the price of a security over a particular time period. The exponential moving average (EMA) involves a trickier mathematical formula which puts greater weight on the most recent price movement rather than an equal weight over past 200 days. The moving average you choose is a matter of personal preference, but the EMA is consistently closer to the actual"
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3:56 PM PST, February 18, 2009
We love hearing from our readers when they have questions about exchange traded funds (ETFs) or the trend-following strategy. This reader had specific questions about when we buy ETFs, when we sell them and how we choose them.
1. Is the 200-day moving average the SMA or EMA?
We use the 200-day EMA. What’s the difference? The simple moving average (SMA) is calculated by tracking the price of a security over a particular time period. The exponential moving average (EMA) involves a trickier mathematical formula which puts greater weight on the most recent price movement rather than an equal weight over past 200 days. The moving average you choose is a matter of personal preference, but the EMA is consistently closer to the actual"
Bloomberg.com: Opinion
Bloomberg.com: Opinion: "Anthony cites three durable rules that remain relevant in the face of a global financial crisis: “You will do well if you spend less than your income, save as much as you can and don’t do anything stupid.”
Market Myths
In recent years, those truisms were eclipsed by market myths -- that home values would continue rising far faster than income growth and inflation, that the stock, bond and mortgage markets were becoming less risky even in the face of massive speculation, hedge-fund trading and derivative activity.
Many bought these myths lock, stock and barrel, ignoring their need for financial security in the process.
My best source for financial sanity comes from Polonius in Shakespeare’s Hamlet: “to thine own self be true.” Translated into a mantra for fiscal sanity that becomes: “Listen to your inner grandmother.”
If investment returns sound unrealistic, avoid them. If you don’t understand what you’re buying or can’t afford losses, the decision should be easy. Lower your debt burden. Refinance your mortgage if you can."
Market Myths
In recent years, those truisms were eclipsed by market myths -- that home values would continue rising far faster than income growth and inflation, that the stock, bond and mortgage markets were becoming less risky even in the face of massive speculation, hedge-fund trading and derivative activity.
Many bought these myths lock, stock and barrel, ignoring their need for financial security in the process.
My best source for financial sanity comes from Polonius in Shakespeare’s Hamlet: “to thine own self be true.” Translated into a mantra for fiscal sanity that becomes: “Listen to your inner grandmother.”
If investment returns sound unrealistic, avoid them. If you don’t understand what you’re buying or can’t afford losses, the decision should be easy. Lower your debt burden. Refinance your mortgage if you can."
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Alexis de Tocqueville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alexis de Tocqueville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Slavery...dishonors labor; it introduces idleness into society, and with idleness, ignorance and pride, luxury and distress. It enervates the powers of the mind and benumbs the activity of man. On this same English foundation there developed in the North very different characteristics."
The Guardian profile: Susan Greenfield | UK news | The Guardian
The Guardian profile: Susan Greenfield | UK news | The Guardian: "Like electricity, Lady Greenfield can be shocking, but also illuminating"
Monday, February 16, 2009
iGoogle
iGoogle: "I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.
- Henny Youngman
Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.
- Robert Benchley
When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe"
- Henny Youngman
Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.
- Robert Benchley
When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe"
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush on Immigration, School Choice and the Republican Party's Limited-Government Foundation - WSJ.com
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush on Immigration, School Choice and the Republican Party's Limited-Government Foundation - WSJ.com: "The thing with politics is that it's focused on the here and now.' However, 'by focusing on the longer-term things I had a chance to take conservative ideas and reform-minded thoughts and put them into practice. It was invigorating."
Education:Top 10 colleges of India
Education:Top 10 colleges of India: "Perhaps the last repository of the Oxbridge culture in India, St Stephen's has often been accused of being a finishing school, a networking society and even a dilettante's paradise. Of course, it is all these. But underneath the public school veneer lurks a fierce work culture and competitive spirit. Stephanians love understating the atmosphere of excellence that permeates the college's corridors, but are nevertheless very conscious of it. With one difference: excellence is not measured in academic achievement alone.
This may be why the college comes alive after the formal teaching is over. When every day at least six of the two dozen or so societies -- ranging from the Shakespeare Society, the Wodehouse Society and the Informal Discussion Group -- meet. As Principal Anil Wilson puts it, 'That's when the real education starts.' There are day scholars and boarders, but in the college hierarchy 'gentlemen (and, since last year, ladies) in residence' are the brahmins. And 'residence' spawns its own sub-culture and breed of snobbery."
This may be why the college comes alive after the formal teaching is over. When every day at least six of the two dozen or so societies -- ranging from the Shakespeare Society, the Wodehouse Society and the Informal Discussion Group -- meet. As Principal Anil Wilson puts it, 'That's when the real education starts.' There are day scholars and boarders, but in the college hierarchy 'gentlemen (and, since last year, ladies) in residence' are the brahmins. And 'residence' spawns its own sub-culture and breed of snobbery."
Education:Top 10 colleges of India
Education:Top 10 colleges of India: "Perhaps the last repository of the Oxbridge culture in India, St Stephen's has often been accused of being a finishing school, a networking society and even a dilettante's paradise. Of course, it is all these. But underneath the public school veneer lurks a fierce work culture and competitive spirit. Stephanians love understating the atmosphere of excellence that permeates the college's corridors, but are nevertheless very conscious of it. With one difference: excellence is not measured in academic achievement alone.
This may be why the college comes alive after the formal teaching is over. When every day at least six of the two dozen or so societies -- ranging from the Shakespeare Society, the Wodehouse Society and the Informal Discussion Group -- meet. As Principal Anil Wilson puts it, 'That's when the real education starts.' There are day scholars and boarders, but in the college hierarchy 'gentlemen (and, since last year, ladies) in residence' are the brahmins. And 'residence' spawns its own sub-culture and breed of snobbery."
This may be why the college comes alive after the formal teaching is over. When every day at least six of the two dozen or so societies -- ranging from the Shakespeare Society, the Wodehouse Society and the Informal Discussion Group -- meet. As Principal Anil Wilson puts it, 'That's when the real education starts.' There are day scholars and boarders, but in the college hierarchy 'gentlemen (and, since last year, ladies) in residence' are the brahmins. And 'residence' spawns its own sub-culture and breed of snobbery."
Gmail - The worst returns in 10 years - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - The worst returns in 10 years - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "In this business (investing) if you're good, you're right six times out of ten. You're never going to be right nine times out of ten' - Peter Lynch"
A special report on the new middle classes in emerging markets: Burgeoning bourgeoisie | The Economist
A special report on the new middle classes in emerging markets: Burgeoning bourgeoisie | The Economist: "“Middle-class” describes an income category but also a set of attitudes. In the words of Shashi Tharoor, an Indian commentator, it is a category “more sociological than logical”."
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Gmail - India can save the US
Gmail - India can save the US: "It is well to consider the financial strength and debt structure to see if a few bad years would hinder the company's long-term progress' - Peter Lynch"
Gmail - Gold will rise to over US$ 1,000...
Gmail - Gold will rise to over US$ 1,000...: "In security analysis the prime stress is laid upon protection against untoward events. We obtain this protection by insisting upon margins of safety, or values well in excess of the price paid.' - Benjamin Graham"
Big Indian Grocer Shutters Stores as Crisis Hits - WSJ.com
Big Indian Grocer Shutters Stores as Crisis Hits - WSJ.com: "Money is like blood. If the blood flow stops, the entire brain stops working.'"
Gmail - More money, faster - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - More money, faster - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "Cash combined with courage in a crisis is priceless' - Warren Buffett"
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Prince Harry to attend ‘equality course’: reports -DAWN - Top Stories; February 13, 2009
Prince Harry to attend ‘equality course’: reports -DAWN - Top Stories; February 13, 2009: "Heyman said the courses were designed to let soldiers know “that the world is a bit different than they might think, and that it’s good manners to treat people the way they would like to be treated themselves.”—AP"
Shortcuts - The Popular Practice of Putting Stuff Off - NYTimes.com
Shortcuts - The Popular Practice of Putting Stuff Off - NYTimes.com: "Procrastination is nothing new. Academics cite references to it in early Roman and Greek military documents and 15th-century religious texts denouncing it as a sin. But with the advent of all our new distracting technology, including e-mail, cellphones and social networking sites, it has become easier and easier to spend countless hours avoiding doing what we should be doing.
“How often have we said, ‘We’ll check e-mail, it’ll only take a minute,’ and three hours later we’re still on it?” Professor Pychyl asked. “Technology provides us with immediate rewards without moving from our seats. We know that 50 percent of the time people are online, they are procrastinating.”"
“How often have we said, ‘We’ll check e-mail, it’ll only take a minute,’ and three hours later we’re still on it?” Professor Pychyl asked. “Technology provides us with immediate rewards without moving from our seats. We know that 50 percent of the time people are online, they are procrastinating.”"
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
7. A State of Denial -- Printout -- TIME
7. A State of Denial -- Printout -- TIME: "Every Administration spins and sugarcoats the economic truth. But the Bush White House took this disingenuousness to new levels. The surest way to get yourself fired as a Bush economic adviser was to say something that was true. Paul O'Neill was ousted from Treasury for warning about deficits. Larry Lindsey was kicked out of the top White House economic job for predicting in 2002 that the Iraq war would cost $100 billion to $200 billion — far below the actual cost but much more than what the White House was officially projecting. This disdain for reality, and for expertise, pervaded the Bush economic approach, and made it impossible for the Administration to react intelligently to real-world economic problems like the housing bubble."
Breaking News, Analysis, Politics, Blogs, News Photos, Video, Tech Reviews - TIME.com
Breaking News, Analysis, Politics, Blogs, News Photos, Video, Tech Reviews - TIME.com: "'We will have to try things we've never tried before. We will make mistakes.'"
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Michael Tomasky: Be happy, worried liberals. Obama's bill is a triumph | Comment is free | The Guardian
Michael Tomasky: Be happy, worried liberals. Obama's bill is a triumph | Comment is free | The Guardian: "Liberals should press the administration for the most progressive outcome possible. That's fine and laudable. But at the same time, let's understand that they got about 80% of what they wanted here, and getting 80% of what you want is awfully rare, in politics or marriage or at the office or anywhere."
Activist Teacher: 1 - Chomsky
Activist Teacher: 1 - Chomsky: "In reality, one must first act. The world cannot be correctly perceived from involuntary observation and thought. Only knowledge from action allows one to realistically evaluate the proposals of others. Action, reaction, communication, reflection, action… There is a natural sequence that cannot be adulterated without separating us from ourselves.
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Activist Teacher: 1 - Chomsky
Activist Teacher: 1 - Chomsky: "In reality, one must first act. The world cannot be correctly perceived from involuntary observation and thought. Only knowledge from action allows one to realistically evaluate the proposals of others. Action, reaction, communication, reflection, action… There is a natural sequence that cannot be adulterated without separating us from ourselves.
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Macmillan: Full Excerpt for Bakunin: The Creative Passion: Books: Mark Leier
Macmillan: Full Excerpt for Bakunin: The Creative Passion: Books: Mark Leier: "Alexander and Varvara produced eleven children over the next fourteen years. Large families were not just the result of insufficient birth control. They were common in preindustrial societies, where children were a potential source of wealth and status rather than a net cost. In peasant families, more children meant less work for everyone and a greater chance that someone might make good, while in the nobility they increased the chances for successful marriages and well-rewarded service to the regime. Even in industrializing England, the average noble family had six children in this period. In Russia, a higher infant mortality rate due to the greater distances and worse medical care encouraged childbearing. Furthermore, the custom among Russian nobility was to employ wet nurses, which deprived mothers of breast-feeding as an unreliable but statistically significant form of birth control"
Macmillan: Bakunin: The Creative Passion Mark Leier: Books
Macmillan: Bakunin: The Creative Passion Mark Leier: Books: "Mark Leier shows that the “passion for destruction” is a call to build a new world free of oppression, not a cult of violence. He argues that anarchism is a philosophy of morality and solidarity, based not on wishful thinking or naïve beliefs about the goodness of humanity but on a practical, radical critique of wealth and power. By studying Bakunin, we can learn a great deal about our own time and begin to recover a world of possibility and promise. It is often said that we are all anarchists at heart. This book explains why."
Monday, February 9, 2009
Amazon.com: Stumbling on Happiness: Daniel Gilbert: Books
Amazon.com: Stumbling on Happiness: Daniel Gilbert: Books: "He concludes with the provocative recommendation that, rather than imagination, we should rely on others as surrogates for our future experience"
Newsweek Plans Makeover to Fit a Smaller Audience - NYTimes.com
Newsweek Plans Makeover to Fit a Smaller Audience - NYTimes.com: "I give anybody credit in this difficult environment for saying, ‘What we’re doing doesn’t work anymore and we have to change our model"
Op-Ed Contributor - Education Is All in Your Mind - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Contributor - Education Is All in Your Mind - NYTimes.com: "and keep in mind that sometimes very small influences in children’s lives can have very big effects."
9 healthy foods that may surprise you - Diet and nutrition- msnbc.com
9 healthy foods that may surprise you - Diet and nutrition- msnbc.com: "Small indiscretions can create bigger health issues,' Nelson says. 'The good news is that small attempts, the more we chip away at it — we can get big results too"
Friday, February 6, 2009
Amazon.com: Einstein: His Life and Universe: Walter Isaacson: Books
Amazon.com: Einstein: His Life and Universe: Walter Isaacson: Books: "Five Questions for Walter Isaacson
Amazon.com: What kind of scientific education did you have to give yourself to be able to understand and explain Einstein's ideas?
Isaacson: I've always loved science, and I had a group of great physicists--such as Brian Greene, Lawrence Krauss, and Murray Gell-Mann--who tutored me, helped me learn the physics, and checked various versions of my book. I also learned the tensor calculus underlying general relativity, but tried to avoid spending too much time on it in the book. I wanted to capture the imaginative beauty of Einstein's scientific leaps, but I hope folks who want to delve more deeply into the science will read Einstein books by such scientists as Abraham Pais, Jeremy Bernstein, Brian Greene, and others.
Amazon.com: That Einstein was a clerk in the Swiss Patent Office when he revolutionized our understanding of the physical world has often been treated as ironic or even absurd. But you argue that in many ways his time there fostered his discoveries. Could you explain?
Isaacson: I think he was lucky to be at the patent office rather than serving as an acolyte in the academy trying to please senior professors and teach the conventional wisdom. As a patent examiner, he got to visualize the physical realities underlying scientific concepts."
Amazon.com: What kind of scientific education did you have to give yourself to be able to understand and explain Einstein's ideas?
Isaacson: I've always loved science, and I had a group of great physicists--such as Brian Greene, Lawrence Krauss, and Murray Gell-Mann--who tutored me, helped me learn the physics, and checked various versions of my book. I also learned the tensor calculus underlying general relativity, but tried to avoid spending too much time on it in the book. I wanted to capture the imaginative beauty of Einstein's scientific leaps, but I hope folks who want to delve more deeply into the science will read Einstein books by such scientists as Abraham Pais, Jeremy Bernstein, Brian Greene, and others.
Amazon.com: That Einstein was a clerk in the Swiss Patent Office when he revolutionized our understanding of the physical world has often been treated as ironic or even absurd. But you argue that in many ways his time there fostered his discoveries. Could you explain?
Isaacson: I think he was lucky to be at the patent office rather than serving as an acolyte in the academy trying to please senior professors and teach the conventional wisdom. As a patent examiner, he got to visualize the physical realities underlying scientific concepts."
Amazon.com: Einstein: His Life and Universe: Walter Isaacson: Books
Amazon.com: Einstein: His Life and Universe: Walter Isaacson: Books: "Amazon.com: What kind of scientific education did you have to give yourself to be able to understand and explain Einstein's ideas?
Isaacson: I've always loved science, and I had a group of great physicists--such as Brian Greene, Lawrence Krauss, and Murray Gell-Mann--who tutored me, helped me learn the physics, and checked various versions of my book. I also learned the tensor calculus underlying general relativity, but tried to avoid spending too much time on it in the book. I wanted to capture the imaginative beauty of Einstein's scientific leaps, but I hope folks who want to delve more deeply into the science will read Einstein books by such scientists as Abraham Pais, Jeremy Bernstein, Brian Greene, and others.
Amazon.com: That Einstein was a clerk in the Swiss Patent Office when he revolutionized our understanding of the physical world has often been treated as ironic or even absurd. But you argue that in many ways his time there fostered his discoveries. Could you explain?
Isaacson: I think he was lucky to be at the patent office rather than serving as an acolyte in the academy trying to please senior professors and teach the conventional wisdom. As a patent examiner, he got to visualize the physical realities underlying scientific concepts. He had a boss who told him to question"
Isaacson: I've always loved science, and I had a group of great physicists--such as Brian Greene, Lawrence Krauss, and Murray Gell-Mann--who tutored me, helped me learn the physics, and checked various versions of my book. I also learned the tensor calculus underlying general relativity, but tried to avoid spending too much time on it in the book. I wanted to capture the imaginative beauty of Einstein's scientific leaps, but I hope folks who want to delve more deeply into the science will read Einstein books by such scientists as Abraham Pais, Jeremy Bernstein, Brian Greene, and others.
Amazon.com: That Einstein was a clerk in the Swiss Patent Office when he revolutionized our understanding of the physical world has often been treated as ironic or even absurd. But you argue that in many ways his time there fostered his discoveries. Could you explain?
Isaacson: I think he was lucky to be at the patent office rather than serving as an acolyte in the academy trying to please senior professors and teach the conventional wisdom. As a patent examiner, he got to visualize the physical realities underlying scientific concepts. He had a boss who told him to question"
Books of The Times - ‘Passing Strange,’ by Martha A. Sandweiss, Explores the Dual Life of Clarence King - Review - NYTimes.com
Books of The Times - ‘Passing Strange,’ by Martha A. Sandweiss, Explores the Dual Life of Clarence King - Review - NYTimes.com: "Civilization so narrows the gamut!” King once wrote to Hay. “Respectability lets the human pendulum swing over such a pitiful little arc.” But in rebelling against that notion of respectability, King created an arc wider than anything he might have imagined and lived a more profound lie than dissemblers about race or gender usually can"
Books of The Times - ‘Passing Strange,’ by Martha A. Sandweiss, Explores the Dual Life of Clarence King - Review - NYTimes.com
Books of The Times - ‘Passing Strange,’ by Martha A. Sandweiss, Explores the Dual Life of Clarence King - Review - NYTimes.com: "“Passing Strange” offers ample evidence of the way Clarence fetishized dark-skinned women as the warm, exotic alternative to the white women he met in polite society. He loathed those white women. (“To see her walk across a room, you would think someone had tilted up a coffin on end and propelled the corpse spasmodically forward,” he said about one.)"
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Style expert tells how to decorate for cheap - CNN.com
Style expert tells how to decorate for cheap - CNN.com: "'I always tell people, 'Start with what you have.' Work as much with what you have as possible, and then fill in where necessary,' Filicia said.
CNN recently asked the design guru about decorating on a budget and helpful tips to make your home look its best.
CNN: When you walk into a room that you're going to redesign, where does your mind first go?
Thom Filicia: I look at the layout, I look at the way the space is being used, and I try to figure out what the best use of the space is; that it works really well, it looks good, that you're getting the best views, you're seeing the space, and that you're getting through the space.
CNN: And that's focusing mainly on furniture?
Filicia: That really focuses on all the furniture. You want to look at where the rug is and where the sofa is and coffee tables and chairs -- just how the room works. Even if it's great-looking stuff, it sometimes doesn't look as good as it can look.
CNN: What can people on a tight budget do to rearrange their living room and make it look better with what they have?
Filicia: Make sure that your furniture layout works. Make sure that the things you love to look at, you're seeing. Make sure things aren't cluttered.
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CNN recently asked the design guru about decorating on a budget and helpful tips to make your home look its best.
CNN: When you walk into a room that you're going to redesign, where does your mind first go?
Thom Filicia: I look at the layout, I look at the way the space is being used, and I try to figure out what the best use of the space is; that it works really well, it looks good, that you're getting the best views, you're seeing the space, and that you're getting through the space.
CNN: And that's focusing mainly on furniture?
Filicia: That really focuses on all the furniture. You want to look at where the rug is and where the sofa is and coffee tables and chairs -- just how the room works. Even if it's great-looking stuff, it sometimes doesn't look as good as it can look.
CNN: What can people on a tight budget do to rearrange their living room and make it look better with what they have?
Filicia: Make sure that your furniture layout works. Make sure that the things you love to look at, you're seeing. Make sure things aren't cluttered.
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Gmail - How to dry salad greens with a salad spinner or a towel | Wonder How To - Sent Using Google Toolbar - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - How to dry salad greens with a salad spinner or a towel | Wonder How To - Sent Using Google Toolbar - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "Make a Laotian egg salad (yum salad)Make a Laotian egg salad (yum salad)3:49"
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Snapshots from Davos: Seeking Opportunity in Crisis - Knowledge@Wharton
Snapshots from Davos: Seeking Opportunity in Crisis - Knowledge@Wharton: "One device for doing so, urged Yunus, would be for all those responsible for the fiscal crisis to give 10% of their personal wealth to its unwitting victims. The concept sparked little response, but drawing on his own experience in building Grameen, a microfinance enterprise in Bangladesh, Yunus pressed more generally for creating poverty-eradicating organizations that run like a business. 'Take off your profit-maximizing glasses,' he urged, 'and put on your social-maximizing glasses. The world does not look the same.' One example: His organization now sells purified water, essential for rural health, at just one cent per gallon"
Gmail - The government turns pharmacist - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - The government turns pharmacist - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "You should not buy a stock because it's cheap but because you know a lot about it' - Peter Lynch"
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