Saturday, July 31, 2010

NYTimes: Catch of the Day

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" ... showcases of human frailty in the face of commerce, greed and hunger.... The story of the bluefin tuna, meanwhile, is one of the ...
Friday, July 30, 2010

NYTimes: Learning a Language From an Expert, on the Web

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Websites to help you learn a language: livemocha.com offers correction by another user in exchange for corrections you submit in your own l...

NYTimes: Technologies Help Adult Children Monitor Aging Parents

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Monitor aging parents online with motion sensors - cheaper than a nursing home. Technologies Help Adult Children Monitor Aging Parents New t...
Thursday, July 29, 2010

NYTimes: Getting Into Med School Without Hard Sciences

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Med school admission without MCAT or organic chemistry. Getting Into Med School Without Hard Sciences A program admits students if they stud...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Portmanteau words

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'Portmanteau' words are combinations of two words into an invented, blended word. Some portmanteau words I've collected: A word...
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NYTimes: What Do You Lack? Probably Vitamin D

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Take vitamin D to fight cancer - a bold claim.TE " Studies indicate that the effects of a vitamin D deficiency include an elevated ris...
Monday, July 26, 2010

NYTimes: Exploring Algae as Fuel

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Update on bioengineereed algae to make fuel in brackish ponds - so as not to impact arable land. The fear of escaped 'frankenalgae' ...

NYTimes: Tesla Electric Cars: Revved Up, but Far to Go

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This is the personality it takes to build your own car company: audacious, thick-skinned, and optimistic to a fault. TE Tesla Electric Cars:...
Sunday, July 25, 2010

Single Screening Question May Identify Drug Use in Primary Care (mobile format)

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" were asked 1 screening question: "How many times in the past year have you used an illegal drug or used a prescription medicatio...
Saturday, July 24, 2010

NYTimes: There’s Only One Way to Stop a Bully

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The antidote to bullying is teaching interdependence, cooperation, and the strength that comes from our differences. Teachers, janitors, sch...
Friday, July 23, 2010

NYTimes: New Guidelines Seek to Reduce Repeat Caesareans

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"Immediately available" New Guidelines Seek to Reduce Repeat Caesareans The guidelines aim to help women who had Caesarean section...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010

NYTimes: [Number of] E-Books [sold] Tops Hardcovers at Amazon

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First, there was the news that Apple had outpaced Microsoft. Now news that ebooks are outselling actual books. These are watershed moments. ...
Monday, July 19, 2010

NYTimes: Taking Lessons From What Went Wrong

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Why do engineers fail? Because they are tasked "the art of molding materials we do not really understand into shapes we cannot really ...

Gulf graphics.

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Interesting graphic of the massive pool of oil circulating in the gulf. And a very informative diagram of blowout preventers and equipment.
Saturday, July 17, 2010

NYTimes: Europe Without Hotels

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AirBnB.com iStopOver.com  and  Crashpadder.com  are sites to find rooms to rent online. And warmshowers.org is for avid cycle tourists onl...