LLPOH Digital Archives: February 2004
Sunday, February 29, 2004
'... there's a blindness not of the eye, and there is a vision that surpasses optical vision ... in greater measure or less ... these organs and faculties emancipate me from the bonds of the fortuitous and make me a controller of events. Their function is to substitute choice for chance, to introduce aimed collisions in place of random encounters.' ... (Alfred J. Lotka) [more]
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What's new in the medical world ...Revisited, Anesthesiology Research, Biology ResearchCancer Research, Cardiology Research, Toxicology Research, Epidemiology Research
are only some of the topics ... there's much more ...
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In light of the attention on the Passion, Gospels are worth exploring. Included in these areGospel of Matthew, Gospel of Mark, Gospel of Luke, Gospel of John, Gospel of Hermes, Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Philip. According to Wikipedia, the Gospels are "a genre of ancient literature concerning the life of Jesus. The word derives from the old English word for "Good News". The Greek word for gospel is euangelion which also means 'good news', since they retold the 'good news' of Jesus redeeming a fallen world. Each of the books reveals, by telling the story of Jesus Christ's life, the "Good News" about Christ's life and presence. The word gospel can also have a narrower meaning, especially when used by evangelical Christians, to mean the specific actions of Christ which are necessary for salvation.
The usage of gospel (or its Greek equivalent) to denote a particular genre of writing dates back to the 2nd century. It was clearly used to denote a genre in Justin Martyr (c. 155) and more ambiguously so earlier in Ignatius of Antioch (c. 117).
Also worth exploring are the Speculations concerning Mary Magdalene, Exegesis and Hermeneutics (these also refer to the issues raised by Dan Brown in the Da Vinci Code). [more]
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The Real Tax Problem ... its been bothering me for a while ... Why when we're getting technologically better, are we getting financially poorer? It dawned on me that we're just not replacing the tax base. As we're trading labor for machines, the income generated by machines is not taxed, while the income generated by people always got taxed. Take away the people jobs, not only are you not taxing the machines income (to the machine's owner) (and losing the ability to tax the income), you're letting machines depreciate as well, resulting in even less tax base. The same goes for outsourcing ... out goes the labor, out goes the tax base ... this needs a little bit of work, but it may be time to rethink the whole shebang ... Value Added Tax anyone? [more]
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Sharma's story Himalayan glaciers head towards hot finish is scary ... according to the report in the Hindustan times ... Fears of global warming threatening the Himalayan glaciers have come true. For the first time, Indian space scientists have gathered concrete evidence that four glaciers in the Baspa basin in Himachal Pradesh are facing "terminal retreat." Put simply, they are disappearing. ... Fifteen more glaciers in the same basin also face extinction. All of them are showing negative mass balance. That means glaciers are losing more mass of ice due to melting in summers than accumulation of snow in winters. ..." ... don't know 'bout you but this is a cause for concern ...
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Revisiting Glycation ... we looked at it before, so what's new? THe related topic lists include - Diabetic nephropathies, Pathophysiology, Glycation, Glycosylation Glycoproteins, Kidney Diseases, Enzymology, Nephrology [more]
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Saturday, February 28, 2004
Peas in a Pod?
Paula Poundstone
Dorothy Parker: "Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves."
Pat Paulsen: "Assuming either the Left Wing or the Right Wing gained control of the country, it would probably fly around in circles."
Pablo Picasso: "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."
Elvis Presley
Miss Piggy: "Never eat more than you can lift."
Wolfgang Pauli
Blaise Pascal: "I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room."
Pliny the Elder
Plato: "They certainly give very strange names to diseases." [more]Posted by E Moritz @ 10:54 PM CST [Link] [No Comments]
What would you get if you just asked Once More? You'd get this:
Once Upon a Tart... : Soups, Salads, Muffins, and More by Jerome Audureau
Once More Around the Block by Judy Hopkins
Naked Once More by Elizabeth Peters
Never Again Once More by Mary B. Morrison
The Once-a-Week Cooking Plan: The Incredible Cooking Program That Will Save You 10 to 20 Hours a Week (and Have Your Family Begging for More!) by Joni Hilton
Once More Around the Park: A Baseball Reader by Roger Angell
Yesterday Once More: Memories of the Carpenters and Their Music by Randy Schmidt
"Once More, With Feeling" : The Script Book by Various
Once More With Feeling by Peggy J. Herring
Straight from the Heart II: More True Stories of Remarkable Encounters with Once-in-a-Lifetime Horses by Laurie Prinz
I Shouldn't Have To Scream More Than Once! by Rick Kirkman
Once More With Feeling (Wheeler Large Print Book Series (Cloth)) by Nora Roberts
Once More with Feeling by audible.com
Once Again, La Fontaine: 60 More Fables (Wesleyan Poetry with Audio CD) by Jean De LA Fontaine
Once More With Love: A Guide to Marrying Again by Bobbi Coyle-HennesseyPosted by E Moritz @ 10:14 PM CST [Link] [No Comments]
Happiness is Dancing -- Did you say lets dance?
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Marketing Mechanics? ...well ... just a note about the Marketing and Mechanics Updates.
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Paul Thigpen has a lot to say ... but where does Eschatology fit in? Some of his topics include: The Rapture Trap: A Catholic Response to "End Times" Fever, Building Catholic Family Traditions, Gehenna, Blood of the Martyrs, Seed of the Church: Stories of Catholics Who Died for Their Faith, A Dictionary of Quotes from the Saints, The Passion: 40 Reflections on the Death and Resurrection of Jesus ... [more] Posted by E Moritz @ 05:56 PM CST [Link] [No Comments]
Peter, Paul, Mary, God, .... and NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF: Exegesis and Hermeneutics ... it had to come to this eventually ... with the Da Vinci Code and Passion of Christ. We started addressing the topic earlier (see summary); NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF of New York Times provides eloqunet discussion of Gospel of Mary of Magdala, and in particular The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle by Karen L. King. This is what Nick says " ... a provocative look at the emergence of Christianity two millenniums ago, skip Mel Gibson's "Passion of the Christ" and examine instead some of the fascinating recent scholarship on the early church. Interest in the early church has blossomed because of "Passion" and the "Da Vinci Code" thriller. But "Passion" and especially "The Da Vinci Code" take great liberties with history, while serious research has gotten much less attention.
Consider the newly published "Gospel of Mary of Magdala." It offers a new translation by Karen King, a Harvard Divinity School professor, of the obscure Gospel of Mary, which was lost for 1,500 years before two fragmentary versions were found. ..." - Mabe something good will come of this ...
Of course ... all of this must be viewd with the appropriate Exegesis and Hermeneutics filters. [Also, look for more on more on Mary here] [more]
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Thursday, February 26, 2004
watch the asteroidwatch ... in the news ..
Asteroid warning guidelines are urged...
SignOn San Diego Thu Feb 26 10:52:00 CST 2004
Armageddon Was *This* Close...
San Francisco Chronicle Thu Feb 26 10:16:00 CST 2004
Rosetta Comet Chaser Launch Delayed Again...
Red Nova Thu Feb 26 09:58:00 CST 2004
Scientists weigh system for asteroid warnings...
Orlando Sentinel Thu Feb 26 09:23:00 CST 2004
Red alert How the Earth was almost put on alert for an asteroid impact...
BBC Thu Feb 26 07:39:00 CST 2004
Wind Forces Delay for European Spacecraft...
Macon Telegraph Thu Feb 26 06:26:00 CST 2004
Wind Forces Delay for European Spacecraft...
Ledger-Enquirer Thu Feb 26 06:26:00 CST 2004
The day the Earth was not threatened by an asteroid Astronomers almost alerted Bush to doomsday fears...
San Francisco Chronicle Thu Feb 26 05:12:00 CST 2004
Speedera Easily Handles Public's Curiosity for the European Space Agency's Rosetta Comet Chaser...Posted by E Moritz @ 09:53 PM CST [Link] [No Comments]
Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Family Law: Essential Terms and Concepts By: Randy F. Kandel is welcome ... a reviewer writes "... As a woman in the midst of a divorce, I found Randy Kandel's Family Law: Essential Terms and Concepts both fascinating and helpful. While many books can tell you how to get through or do-your-own-divorce, this book gave me a real understanding of the concepts of family law that practicing lawyers know, and did it in plain English that anyone with a college degree can understand. Even more, the chapters on child custody, children's rights, premarital agreements and the rights and obligations of spouses during marriage were a real eye-opener. If I had known these things years ago, I might have made basic family and financial decisions differently." ...
Its good to know that some of these Family Law pubs are considered welcome ...
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2000's Main Essentials include some fascinating topics like ... The Essential seafood cookbook, Manila Forum 2000 : strategies to fortify essential foods in Asia and the Pacific : proceedings of a Forum on Food Fortification Policy for Protecting Populations in Asia and the Pacific from Mineral and Vitamin Deficiencies, Means Spanish/English construction dictionary, The men's essential guide to prostate health, The Little, Brown essential handbook for writers, Adobe Systems, The essential guide to data warehousing, Early childhood workshops that work! : the essential guide to successful training and workshops, Dark domain (what is this Dark Domain? Would naming Eugénio de Andrade as the author and the fact that he's Portgual's best known living poet be a giveaway? )
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Is Tennessee Williams as popular as he's made out to be? Ask Marlon Brando. Does Street Car Named Desire ring a belle? or a Blanche? How about Cat on a Hot Tin Roof or The Glass Menagerie? [more]
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Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ is getting a lot of attention. A reviwer notes that "A great study guide to Mel Gibson's movie "The Passion of the Christ" is being offered by the National Council of Churches USA to help Christians think through the issues raised by this controversial film. The NCC Interfaith Relations Commission, which issued the guide, does not comment on the film but rather offers Christian viewers a framework in which to see the film and to discuss it in their families and congregations." Truly interested individuals might want to start by looking at The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ / From the Manger to the Cross ...reviewer Peters says of this .. "The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ is a stunning film. It was begun in 1902 and completed in 1905. It equals or surpasses any other film I have seen from this period. It depicts various scenes in the life of Christ, from the Annunciation to the Ascension. ... "
A question of interest is the fact that it opened today Ash Wednesday at Loews Cinema at Kips Bay in Manhattan for the first showing. Does this have anything to do with financial gain? Are there any ethics here or is there some behind the scene financial manipulation, that in the end will turn out to detract and confuse people?
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Tuesday, February 24, 2004
and now for the truth ... U.S. Consumer Price Index - All Urban Consumers 1913-2004 is pretty revealing!
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This might just be worth getting .... the kids would eat it up ... 21st Century Complete Guide to the Chandra X-Ray Observatory - Images and X-ray Astronomy Scientific Observations of Supernovae, Pulsars, Neutron Stars, Quasars, Galaxies, Clusters, Black Holes, and the Milky Way- Images and Movies (Two CD-ROM Set)
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Neutron Stars are just plain hungry ...according to this CNN story " ....The neutron star, named 4U 1820-30, is about 25,000 light-years away. It is on a list of those that erupt hourly, and so it was being monitored by NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. There was no indication when the next superburst would occur, but the satellite serendipitously recorded the whole event. ... Scientists have obtained a rare glimpse of the chaotic environment just miles from the surface of an explosive corpse of a star that is slowly consuming its companion." ... another of nature's wonders!
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Colgate’s Center for Ethics and World Societies has a collection of interesting material ... their Francis Fukuyama resources are pretty decent. Debbie Huerta did a great job in pulling the references and data together.
BY the way ... beyond ethics ... there's Pragmatism. The Enlightment (Condorcet, Progress of the Human Mind, Jeremy Bentham, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Montesquieu, Thomas Jefferson, d'Alembert, David Hume, Edward Gibbon, Benito Montenegro, Cesare Beccaria, John Locke, Thomas Hobbes and the rest of the Gang) should always be kept in mind.
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* Quick and Easy Boat Maintenance: 1,001 Time-Saving Tips -- THIS ONE IS PROBABLY THE MOST POPULAR ... Msays 'Sandy Lindsey has compiled 1,001 tips to help you keep your boat running--and looking--its best in Boating Magazine's Quick & Easy Boat Maintenance. From deck to hull, from paint to the electrical systems, and from winterizing to preparing for opening day, Lindsey offers up advice to help you maintain your boat in less time and with less expense. Many of these tips are also happily environmentally friendly--for example, replacing expensive boat cleaners with cheaper and less caustic substitutes. With its concise text and clear layout, this guide will become a welcome addition to your boating library"
* The Practical Mariner's Book of Knowledge: 420 Sea-Tested Rules of Thumb for Almost Every Boating Situation by John Vigor -- "filled with wisdom "
* Getting Started in Powerboating by Bob Armstrong --- reviewer comments ... " ...I highly recommend this book to all new boaters who take the United States Power Squadron Boat Safety class I teach because of the first chapter. It poses and explains all the questions one should ask oneself before purchasing a power boat: size, total cost of ownership, type and style, mooring or trailer considerations, etc etc ..."
and these may be of interst too ..
* Boat Maintenance: The Essential Guide Guide to Cleaning, Painting, and Cosmetics by William M. Burr, William, Jr. Burr
* Boating 101: Essential Lessons for Boaters by Roger Siminoff
* Boat Docking: (Close Quarters Maneuvering for Small Craft) by Charles T. Low [more]Posted by E Moritz @ 04:46 PM CST [Link] [No Comments]
The first stop is here ... but these are useful too:
* 422 Tax Deductions for Businesses & Self-Employed Individuals by Bernard B., C.P.A. Kamoroff
* Lower Your Taxes - Big Time! : Wealth-Building, Tax Reduction Secrets from an IRS Insider by Sanford C. Botkin, Sandy, Cpa, J.D. Botkin
*Smart Tax Write-Offs, 4th edition by Norm Ray
*Taxes for Dummies 2004 by Eric Tyson
*Personal Finance for Dummies, Fourth Edition by Eric Tyson
*The Ernst & Young Tax Guide 2004 by Ernst & Young LLP
*Ernst & Young's Personal Financial Planning Guide, Special Tax Edition by Ernst & Young LLP
*The Ernst & Young Tax Saver's Guide 2004 by Ernst & Young LLP, Peter W. Bernstein
*J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2004 by J.K. Lasser InstituteTM
*J.K. Lasser's Taxes Made Easy for Your Home Based Business, 5th Edition by Gary W. Carter
*JK Lasser's New Rules for Estate Planning and Tax by Harold Apolinsky
* Investing for Dummies, Second Edition by Eric Tyson
*The Ernst & Young Tax Saver's Guide 2004 by Ernst & Young LLP, Peter W. Bernstein
* PricewaterhouseCoopers Guide to the New Tax Rules : Includes the Latest 2004 Income Tax Numbers! by Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP
* ItsDeductible: Tax Year 2003 Workbook by Income Dynamics, Jeff A. Schnepper
*How to Pay Zero Taxes 2003 : Your Guide to Every Tax Break the IRS Allows! by Jeff A. SchnepperSo save already?
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The Mapping of New Spain: Indigenous Cartography and the Maps of the Relaciones Geograficas by Barbara E. Mundy* looks interesting looks interesting ... The description reads " ... Although Cortés conquered the Aztec empire in 1521, imperial Spain knew little about the Mexican territory under its control when Philip II acceded to the throne in 1556. As part of a vast project to learn about its territories in the New World, Spain commissioned a survey--the Relaciones Geográficas--of Spanish officials in Mexico between 1578 and 1584, asking for local maps as well as descriptions of local resources, history, and geography. Offering the most complete contemporary record of what sixteenth-century Mexico looked like, the sixty-nine manuscript maps from this survey also highlight the gulf between colonial and indigenous conceptions of Mexico. ... The eight color plates and numerous other illustrations from the Relaciones Geográficas maps reproduced in this volume provide unique insights into how people from different cultural traditions--from Spanish officials to small-town indigenous artists--perceived the landscape of colonial Mexico. ... will interest not only historians of art and cartography, but also scholars and general readers interested in Mexican history." .... fascinating
* Winner of the 1995 Nebenzahl Prize from the Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography at the Newberry Library
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Monday, February 23, 2004
The Soul of the American University: From Protestant Establishment to Established Nonbelief by George M. Marsden - makes a few interesting clains. According to reviews ..."Harvard's transition to liberal Chrisitianity had been going on since the revolutionary era. Charles Eliot of Harvard mobilized forces of professionalism and modern technique. He founded the elective system. He initiated practical reforms to implement religious ideals. He struck one observer as having Unitarianism to the nth degree. The moral purpose was to build character. Philosophers like James and Royce played a mediating role in the era of transition in cultural authority from the minister to the scientist.
At Princeton there was insistence that it be a Christian university in the traditional sense. When Woodrow Wilson was president of Princeton religious emphasis was toned down. Wilson unsuccessfully sought to reform the social life at Princeton. His plans for reform were the outgrowth of his Christian vision. Wilson was thwarted in his efforts to build a model Chrisitan and nation-serving educational community. The issues were social as much as they were religious.
Whereas Cornell had stood for democracy and Johns Hopkins research, the University of Chicago stood for pragmatism and innovation. William Rainey Harper was a quintessential organizer. Harper's enthusiasm for popular education was fortified through his connection to the Chautauqua movement. The Chautauqua network was an extension of Methodist technique. Harper had a tendancy to conflate Christianity and democracy. The religious stance of Stanford was expressed most vividly in its architecture. " ... and from there to where? Do you believe this? Where is American University Education heading?
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where can we find the constants .... here's one place, here's another, and another, and another, and yet another, and there's plenty more ...
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Introduction to Telecom Switching : Circuit Switching, Packet Switching, Optical Switching, Crossbar, TSI, Data Routing, and Virtual Circuits may be just the right PDF Download for you ... The Download Description states "Switching systems provide interconnected paths between points or nodes in communication networks. Some of these connections provide for continuous (circuit oriented) communication while others provide for independent bursts (packet oriented) data transmission. This excerpted chapter from Telecom Basics, 2nd Edition provides an overview of how circuit and packet switching systems operate. It describes the operation of crossbar, time slot interchange (TSI), optical, and high-speed packet switches. Packet data communication along with jitter buffers are explained. An introduction of switching in data networks using routers, switching hubs, gateways, and bridges is provided along with the theory and operation of permanent and switched virtual circuits (PVCs and SVCs)." ... of course the Brushed Chrome Cuisinart DLC-2011BC Prep 11 Plus Food Processor is nifty too, as does anything to do with food. What would Woody Allen say?
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Vacu Vin Concerto Wine Saver Extra Stoppers should be part of the Metrosexual tool kit ... Wine cork and screw might not be sufficient ... it just might be the right thing to get out a stopper to it ... the product review puts it this way "Wine should breathe a little, but not overnight. Putting an end to the oxidation process, which turns a favorite Merlot into vinegar, is easy with the Vacu Vin Concerto Wine Saver. These long-lasting extra stoppers are designed to work with the vacuum-style pump (sold separately) to keep a wine fresh. Made of high-quality rubber, they won't affect the taste of the wine. And the method is simple--just place a stopper in the opening of a bottle, place the pump over the stopper, and pump air out until the pump clicks to indicate that the correct vacuum level has been attained. This process is suitable for preserving all but sparkling wines, and will save Chiantis, Syrahs, and others for up to two weeks." -- thanks Mad ... and there more to chase at the Wine Toool Cabinet ...
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Metrokane Deluxe Rabbit with Foilcutter Metrosexual ... yeah ...
Features:
* Strikingly designed, easy-to-use, powerful wine-cork puller
* Ruggedly constructed of die cast metal and reinforced nylon
* Foil cutter and hinge-top storage case included
Product Review: "A great gift for wine lovers, this powerful tool effortlessly extracts the cork from any wine bottle with simple lever action. Gripping handles clamp on a bottle's neck; pushing down the lever drives the tough corkscrew into the cork, and raising the lever pulls the cork out cleanly. Releasing the cork from the screw involves the same action, only with the gripping handles clamped on the cork. For strength and longevity this model is ruggedly constructed of die cast metal and reinforced nylon, giving it the heft of a fine, precise high-tech tool. The device comes by the Rabbit name because its gripping handles and lever resemble ears and the gear's housing resembles a bunny's head. Accompanying the cork puller is a foil cutter that strips away the foil covering a cork. Both the cork puller and foil cutter fit into a handsome storage case with a hinged lid. The cork puller carries a two-year warranty against failure." what else culd you want?Posted by E Moritz @ 12:50 AM CST [Link] [No Comments]
A little bit of Kitchen Knowledge might be useful, as well as knowing your way around chromosomes.
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Sunday, February 22, 2004
apparently David Wagner takes this seriously in Life As a Daymaker: How to Change the World by Simply Making Someone's Day. ["David Wagner's experience in the salon industry and as a "Daymaker" spans over two decades. As president of the Salon Association of America and the CEO of the prestigious Juut Salonspas, the original Aveda salons, he and each of his 400 employees consider themselves personally responsible for their client's days."] ... we don't know all the details ... but this sounds interesting enough to note ... this is what the rest of the story is [according to the self desciption] ... "A client came into David Wagner's salon to have her hair done for the evening. When asked about her plans she answered, "I just want to look and feel good tonight." They laughed and joked throughout the appointment and when the client left, she smiled radiantly and hugged David goodbye. To David, this was another pleasant half an hour spent with a client. He didn't know then that he had changed this woman's life. A few days later David received a letter from the woman. She explained that she had planned to commit suicide the day she came in and wanted to look good for her funeral. David's attention and caring had made her feel that maybe things could get better. She checked herself into a hospital and got professional help. He had made her day - and saved her life. This encounter changed David Wagner's life as well. When he realized the difference you can make for others, whether by spending a light-hearted half an hour together, giving them a smile, or simply letting them into traffic, his whole approach to life shifted. He asked himself, why have random acts of kindness when you can have intentional acts of goodwill? David's life work became "Daymaking," a conscious effort to touch the heart and soul of every person he encounters. Just as it has for David, Life As A Daymaker is sure to create a revolution of love and light in your life." --- worth a look, wouldn't you say? (consider the fashion implications)
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Handbags : A Lexicon of Style by Valerie Steele and Laird Borrelli set the tone ..."Valerie Steele is Chief Curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, and is editor of the journal Fashion Theory. Laird Borelli also works at The Museum at F.I.T. and is an avid fashion follower."
.... the question is asked "Does a woman go anywhere without her bag? ... From the tiny hand-held jewel with just enough room for a lipstick to the trendy Prada backpack, handbags are our most essential accessory and the ultimate status symbol. As clothing becomes increasingly minimal, handbags have been embraced as the quintessential fashion statement. Handbags also make it possible to indulge in designer wares without spending thousands of dollars on a single outfit. These compact icons of style speak volumes of our personal approach to fashion. .... Focusing on our fascination with bags, this book presents the best of contemporary design from the world's leading firms. From the status bags of Gucci and Hermès to the exquisite beaded purses of Jamin Puech and Nathalie Hambro, the book includes numerous design sketches and brilliant advertising photos that speak of each creation in its own language. An engaging text by Valerie Steele and Laird Borrelli reveals the trade secrets of the designers who created these signature looks' [from the book's self description].[more]
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Cytogenetics -- in the laboratory trenches ... [more]
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Voltaire: "To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered."
Fortune Cookie: ""Cigarette smoking is a major cause of statistics."[via Rhymezone]
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Great American Scandals? apparently so ... "Following on the heels of his national bestseller A Treasury of Royal Scandals, Michael Farquhar turns his attention to matters a little closer to home with A Treasury of Great American Scandals. From the unhappy family relationships of prominent Americans to the feuds, smear campaigns, duels, and infamous sex scandals that have punctuated our history, we see our founding fathers and other American heroes in the course of their all-too-human events. Ineffectual presidents, lazy generals, traitors; treacherous fathers, nagging mothers, ungrateful children, embarrassing siblings; and stories about insanity, death, and disturbing postmortems are all here, as are disagreeable marriages, vile habits, and, of course, sex: good sex, bad sex, and good-bad sex too. We can take comfort in the fact that we are no worse and no better than our forebears. But we do have better media coverage. Bonus educational material:
* A brief history of the United States, including scandals!
* The American Hall of Shame!
* A complete listing of presidential administrations!"
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Saturday, February 21, 2004
The Age of Cars is coming to an end. ... it might not feel that way ... but it will happen sooner than you or I might expect. Last week saw several accidents in close proximity here ... by itself, nothing more than a statstical fluke ... it wasn't the accidents though ... it was the instant creation of an immensely long line of cars that couldn't go anywhere. That's what triggered the insight. One high school reported that half the teachers couldn't get to school, and neither could many of the students and the school buses. When you couple that to downward revision of oil reserves, its clear that there's a move afoot.
It all started with Edwin Laurentine "Colonel" Drake "discovering" oil on August 27, 1859 near Titusville, Pennsylvania. [Folks knew about Petroleum earlier, but Drake's was the first big find]. We're now closing in on 150 years of having oil ... with all likelihood we're peaking, and the car machines are peaking too. Sure there're a lot of wannahaves who would like to have as many cars per capita as we have in the US, but --- I sense that autombiles have distorted the human endeavor significantly, and about 500 years from now, historians will look back at the proliferation of [gasoline] powered cars as a curiosity or fad. Having so many cars, and having an economy that revolves around cars is not sustainable! It is not progress - its mereley 'gress', whatever this gress is.
Cars have provided a glimpse into unrestricted personal freedoms ... a sort of social addiction that we don't quite understand yet. It looks and feels real good up close; but upon reflection its not clear that these will persist at the level we've been accustomed to. In many ways, cars have contributed to ills and crimes that we've hardly started to recognize.
In this site we claim 'Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness' are essentially the ultimate good, so what's wrong with unrestricted personal freedoms? Denials of the same for others. And that's a calculus we've yet to fully evolve. And cars figure in that too. --- more to come [more]
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Ananova Reports: "New research suggests that Henry VIII was a 16th century footballer. ... The King, born in 1491 and married six times in all during the 1500s, owned a pair of football "shoes", research in archives at the University of Southampton has revealed." At least someone is keeping up with the Henries ... or is it Hanks ... from the 'lest the royals be ignored' columns ...
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WIKI WALKING in Honduras - From Wikipedia, --- Honduras is a nation of northern Central America, bordered to the north by Guatemala and El Salvador, to the south by Nicaragua, to the west by the Pacific Ocean and to the east by the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea. The nation of Belize (formerly "British Honduras") is some 75 km away across the Bay of Honduras at the two nation's closest points. Official language Spanish, Capital Tegucigalpa, Capital's coordinates 14° 6' N, 87° 13' W, Area 112,090 km²
History: Part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became a state of the nation of Central America in 1821, and became an independent republic at the demise of the union in 1840.
After two and one-half decades of mostly military rule, a freely elected civilian government came to power in 1982. During the 1980s, Honduras proved a haven for anti-Sandinista contras fighting the Nicaraguan government and an ally to Salvadoran government forces fighting against leftist guerrillas. [more]
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Following up on Byzantium - Adapted From Wikipedia, .... Byzantium was an ancient Greek city, founded by colonists from Megara in 667 BC and named after their king Byzantas. The name "Byzantium" is a Latinization of the original Greek name Byzantion (Âõæáíôéïí). [The text to read is History of the Byzantine State by George Ostrogorsky]. After siding with Pescennius Niger against the victorious Septimius Severus the city was besieged and suffered extensive damage in AD 186. Byzantium was rebuilt by the now Roman Emperor Septimius Severus and quickly regained its previous prosperity. The location of Byzantium attracted Constantine the Great who, in AD 330, refounded it as Nova Roma or Constantinoupolis (Constantinople) after a prophetic dream was said to have identified the location of the city.
Of course it did not take a prophet to see that this combination of imperialism and location would play an important role as the crossing point between two continents (Europe and Asia), and later a magnet for Africa and others as well, in terms of commerce, culture, diplomacy and strategy. At a strategic position, Constantinoupolis was able to control the route between Asia and Europe, as well as the passage from the Mediterranean Sea to the Euxinos Pontus (Black Sea).
In 1453 the city fell to the Ottoman Turks, and it has remained a part of Turkey to the present day.
In the 20th century the city was renamed Istanbul.
See also: Roman Empire, Roman Emperors, Constantinople, List of Byzantine Empire-related topics, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine Empire, and Byzantine Emperors.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantium" - This page was last modified 15:19, 4 Feb 2004. All [Wiki] text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (see Copyrights for details). Disclaimers. Wikipedia is powered by MediaWiki, an open source wiki engine. [more]Posted by E Moritz @ 04:40 PM CST [Link] [No Comments]
OK ... to inject some excitement into the process, we clicked on wiki's random page button, and this is what we got - De Administrando Imperio From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
De Administrando Imperio is a scholarly work from ca. 950 by Byzantine emperor Constantine VII. Its name is translated as On the Administration of the Empire and was meant to give his successors advice on running the ethnically-mixed empire as well as how to fight external enemies. It is an important source for the early Slavic Balkan history as it describes the arrival of the Serbs and Croats in the 7th century as well the respective territories that they had settled. It is also an important source of information for the early Kievan Rus', as well as other groups such as the Pechenegs and Arabs. For this reason its original Greek title was "Περι ετνον" which translates as "About the Nations".
One theme of the work is the idea that various enemies can be manipulated to fight each other, rather than use imperial money and resources to wage war against them. It is also notable that the work describes the use of Greek fire. Unfortunately, Constantine does not give its ingredients, as its composition was such a secret that he could not describe it even to his own son (for whom the work was originally written). [more]Posted by E Moritz @ 04:25 PM CST [Link] [No Comments]
Egyptian Hieroglyphs are always of interest [more]
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Friday, February 20, 2004
LIFE: Resveratrol in Grapes Fights Cancer, so claims group of FFH Program scientists led by Dr. John Pezzuto (shown below) in the College of Pharmacy at the UIC. According to the NY Times, David Sinclair, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School,and a former student of MIT's Lenny Guarente's, founded a biotech company called Sirtris and "found that resveratrol, a compound commonly found in red wine, activates the same longevity-triggering reactions in yeast that calorie reduction does." So Resveratrol is HOT!
Melissa Q.B. McElderry introduction to the topic states: "Resveratrol (trans-3,5,4'-trihydroxystilbene), a compound found largely in the skins of red grapes, is a component of Ko-jo-kon, an oriental medicine used to treat diseases of the blood vessels, heart and liver. It came to scientific attention only four years ago, however, as a possible explanation for the "French Paradox" -- the low incidence of heart disease among the French people, who eat a relatively high-fat diet. Today, it is touted by manufacturers and being examined by scientific researchers as an antioxidant, an anti-cancer agent, and a phytoestrogen. It is also being advertised on the Internet as "The French Paradox in a bottle." Arkopharma, of Wallingford, Connecticut, even markets a red-wine extract antioxidant product called "French Parad'ox." This article reviews the recent research on resveratrol's physiologic activity."
some, like Soleas, Diamandis, and Goldberg, dispute the emphasis give to Reserrvatol. [Still, all about Life] [more]
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Wednesday, February 18, 2004
there are those who find pedestrian transients amazing ... what I find truly amazing is the ever increasing computational power associated with the fact that a lot of data and knowledge is being made available for the cost of an online connection. Can you even begin to contemplate what people had to go through in past centuries? There were very few places that accumulated knowledge and accredited random individuals for access to that precious collection. You just about had to go to Alexandria, study a dozen or so languages, talk/bribe/beg your way into the library, and then spend years reading, taking notes, copying material ... and that's during the good times, until the fire ... its unbelievable how good we have it, and we're hardly aware ...
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Alfred J. Lotka - brilliant! one of the very few ... His Elements of Mathematical Biology is a true classic. Unfortunately it is out of print. Fortunately, I have one of the remaining copies, and will post some of his remarks and quotations of other luminaries, like the one attributed to Elliot (Am. Math. Monthly, 1922, p.331) "The main reason for the painfully slow progress of the human race is to be found in the inability of the great mass of people to establish correctly the premises of an argument".
Personally, I believe most of advertising's succes is based on this principle ... [more]
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Simulacra and Simulation (The Body, in Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism) by Jean Baudrillard is another one to add to the reading list. Reviewer Steinhebel says "Everything you have heard about this book is true. It is dense, complicated, annoyingly analytical, and fairly pointless. Yet it's also genius. ... It IS dificult to understand, yes, but no where near as bad as most people in these reviews seem to think. Anyone with a basic understanding of Objectivism v. Subjectism, Platonism, and the empirical philosphers can get plenty out of it. The vocabulary is no worse then most other philosophy, and a lot less complicated then some (this isn't Kant). Baisically, Baudrillard shows us that reality no longer exists, and has been replaced by simulacra via the process of simulation, creatin what he calls the "hyperreal". ... In the end though, it is a book that anyone interested in contemporary philosophy should read." OK its on the reading list ... [more]
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"Adapt or You're Toast" so says The Theory of the Virtual Class ... what if I like toast? By the way ... its time to revisit Life.
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Woodrow Wilson is still relevant today ... especially when you consider Congressional Government ... [more]
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Handbook of Industrial Crystallization, (Purification of Laboratory Chemicals) by Allan Myerson is getting positive attention. .... from the description "Crystallization is an important separation and purification process used in industries ranging from bulk commodity chemicals to specialty chemicals and pharmaceuticals. In recent years, a number of environmental applications have also come to rely on crystallization in waste treatment and recycling processes. .... The authors provide an introduction to the field of newcomers and a reference to those involved in the various aspects of industrial crystallization. It is a complete volume covering all aspects of industrial crystallization, including material related to both fundamentals and applications. This new edition presents detailed material on crystallization of biomolecules, precipitation, impurity-crystal interactions, solubility, and design."
Crystallization by J W MULLIN is also being widely used. .... it is hailed for "Incorporating all the recent developments and applications of crystallization technology, Crystallization gives clear accounts of the underlying principles, a review of the past and current research themes and guidelines for equipment and process design. This new edition introduces and enlarges upon such subjects as:
* Control and Separation of polymorphs and chiral crystals
* Micro- and macro-mixing and the use of computer fluid dynamics
* Seeding and secondary nucleation in batch crystallization processes
* Incorporation of upstream and downstream requirements into design procedures for crystallization plant
* Computer-aided molecular design and its use in crystal habit modifier selectionCrystallization provides a comprehensive overview of the subject and will prove invaluable to all chemical engineers and industrial chemists in the process industries as well as crystallization workers and students in industry and academia. .... written with the precision and clarity of style that is John Mullin's hallmark .... large number of appendices that provide relevant physical property data."
How can you miss ... before we forget ... we need to mention another resource page on Crystallization and Chemical Engineering Operations
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Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Oh Deere, that's John Deere, dear. [more]
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Is it too early to think about Easter? ... its never too early ... There's Easter Resurrection, Easter Decorations, Easter Eggs, Easter Sunday, Easter Recipes, and all the preparation ... you think about it ... and then ... its right around the corner ... [more]
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Is Happiness a Riding Lawn Mower? [more]
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What do Ernst Mayr, Mind and Matter, Erwin Schrodinger, and Erma Bombeck have in common? They do have it and the clues are here ... [more]
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Protein folding ??? Easy ... [more]
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Just in case you searching on Isomerases and Ligases .... [more]
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Did you ever want to know the right terms used for describing flavor and smells of foods? Do you need to develop protocols for preparing food for a taste test? Check Aroma and Flavor Lexicon for Sensory Evaluation: Terms, Definitions, References, and Examples [more]
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Art of Makeup: Information, Clues, Links, and Other Useful Starting Points - revisited. We periodically check to see what's new ... and you might want to as well. Makeup Your Mind, while Stage Makeup is THE classic. [more]
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Monday, February 16, 2004
Getting The Search Engine Ranking Your Website Deserves: (META Tags Yield To Google's PageRank As Search Engine Standard) is another one of these very popular, top ranked, best selling downloads ... worth checking as well.
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How to Use Google (The 30 Most Important Tips, Hacks and Tricks [DOWNLOAD: PDF]) is one of those really nifty little downloads that cost less then a latte .... check it out. More nifty downloads to keep handy on your PDA are right here.
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HEY DONALD: YOU'RE FIRED! is the new phrase for Donald Trump, if you believe the National Enquirer [more]
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When the Sun Goes Down by Kenny Chesney tops The Billboard 200 TM [more]
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Aquaporins? Until yesterday I had no clue what Aquaporins were ... now I find "Aquaporin water channels are part of a family of proteins that reside in the cell membranes and cell walls of all organisms. They are essential for the regulation and control of body water balance in cells. As such, they play a key role in diseases associated with altered water and salt transport. Understanding of aquaporins may lead to cures and treatments in such cases. Aquaporins summarizes the present knowledge in this expanding field of research, starting with the structural analysis of water channel proteins. Subsequent chapters begin with mammalian aquaporins, examining physiology and pathophysiology, analysis of knock-out model animals, and regulation of aquaporin function. Also covered are the distribution and regulation of aquaporins in plants and the function of water and glycerol channels in microbial systems." and "Aquaporin water channels mediate and control the transport of water and small solutes across cellular membranes. The aquaporins belong to an ancient protein family and have been found in all organisms, ranging from bacteria to humans. In this volume, leading researchers discuss recent advances in the analysis of structure, genetics, and physiology of aquaporins. We are now beginning to understand the mechanisms that determine the unique transport specificity of aquaporins. Present knowledge of the role of aquaporins suggests that they will be important targets for drugs treating water imbalances in humans as well as for the genetic engineering of crops for improved performance under limited water availability"
interesting ... [more]Posted by E Moritz @ 07:46 PM CST [Link] [No Comments]
Yes, there are those who still look for information on William McKinley, United States President. [more]
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The Ethical Imperative is making a comeback ... despite attempts to outsource it ... "More and more, corporations are being evaluated by how they conduct themselves, not just on the numbers they deliver" and so will individuals.
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"Terrence Kaufman and John Justeson struck that blast in 1993 when they cracked one of the planet's few remaining undeciphered writing systems - a hieroglyphic script from the mysterious Isthmian civilization, which occupied southern Mexico 2,000 years ago." or so some thought according to the Baltimore Sun [we're talking of Isthmian writing, named for the civilization located on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec] Kaufman and Justeson used Mixe-Zoquean instead of a bi-text, and that's the source of the problem according to Brigham Young University linguist Stephen Houston and Yale University archaeologist Michael Coe. So we must wait for the Acula River to yield another basalt slab and wonder about La Mojarra stela and Mixe-Zoquean. Life will stay interesting ... [via cronaca] [more]
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Logitech io Personal Digital Pen is really cool ...
the claims:
* Ball-point pen that digitally captures everything you write or draw
* USB cradle lets you download your notes in handwritten form to your PC
* Optical sensor captures everything you write
* Processor digitizes your words and images
* Rapid-charge USB cradle transfers digitized data to your computer
* Ink cartridges let you write like you normally do
* Memory stores up to 40 pages between transfers
* Battery lasts up to 25 pages between recharges
* Cap controls on/off -- remove to turn on, replace to save battery[more]
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Roland Piquepaille's Technology Trends reports "Project Halo Aims to Develop a 'Digital Aristotle' "-- What a Terrible Idea! IF you read David L. Hull's chapter "The Effect of Essentialism on Taxanomy: Two Thousand Years of Stasis" in Ereshfsky's Units of Evolution, you would immediately agree that Aristotle is a rather poor role model for scientists and technologists, espcially those not wanting to be trapped for another 2000 years!
Hull's article quotes Karl R. Popper "the development of thought since Aristotle could, I think be summed up by saying that every discipline as long as it used the Aristotelian Method of definition has remained arrested in a state of empty verbiage ..."
So Project Halo, Paul Allen and, investment group, Vulcan Inc. -- How about dropping Digital Aristotle and replacing it by something more profound like say a digital Thomas Jefferson :-) [more]
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Based on earlier research, we found Raising Venture Capital From a Tier 1 VC Firm - INSTANT DOWNLOAD describing Over 50 Leading Venture Capitalists on What VCs Really Look For [in Adobe e-reader format] to be the key sought after resource. [more]
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Emergic reports Dan Bricklin returns to roots ... cool!
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Venture Capital Reports for professionals who can withstand the adventure ... there are some sizable gains to be made ... [more]
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In the last post, we didn't provide sufficient links for Prostaglandins, Thromboxane, and Neutrophil. Here they are .... [more]
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Raffaele De Caterina, and Antonella Zampolli's paper From Asthma to Atherosclerosis — 5-Lipoxygenase, Leukotrienes, and Inflammation appears in New England Journal of Medicine Volume 350:4-7 January 1, 2004 Number 1 ... according to the intro "Eicosanoids are lipid mediators of inflammation; they include a variety of compounds (prostaglandins, thromboxanes, leukotrienes, hydroxy- and epoxy-fatty acids, lipoxins, and isoprostanes) that are derived from the ubiquitous 20-carbon atom arachidonate (20 in Greek is "eicosa") and a few similar polyunsaturated fatty acids. These fatty acids are esterified in the phospholipids of biologic membranes and then released in response to a variety of stimuli to become substrates for metabolizing enzymes. More than 20 years ago, Samuelsson and coworkers identified leukotrienes as a class of eicosanoids that are derived through the action of 5-lipoxygenase ...." interesting ... and a promising area of future research. Earlier we provided links to Lipoxygenase, Leukotrienes and Eicosanoids and Other Bioactive Lipids. Its nice to see that in fact someone is pulling these things together. By the way, did you know that NIST maintains a database that identifies things like Alias Names (lipoxygenase L3),Common Name (soybean), Total Molecular Weight (97000), Prosthetic Group (Fe non-heme), and other interesting facts (e.g. L3 isozyme contains 857 aa per monomer). [The database's name:Biological Macromolecule Crystallization Database and the NASA Archive for Protein Crystal Growth Data (version 2.00) [more]
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Robert Anton Wilson's Cosmic Trigger I : Final Secret of the Illuminati deserves close scrutiny ... irridium calls it BRILLIANT & PROVOCATIVE. [more]
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What would you find if you looked for Trifles? or Truffles? [more]
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Sunday, February 15, 2004
Argentina:What's new, what's old ... where are the guides? - well if you're looking for information ... these might help ... Frommer's Argentina and Chile and Fodor's Argentina: The Guide for All Budgets, Completely Updated, with Color Photos and Many Maps. There's also the extensive background information -- check here for
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Lactose hydrolysis resources may be of some use ... [more]
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Listen ... we just found out, The TRUTH is right here! the whole entire story is here ... no ifs whens or buts ...if you need to know ... all the details [more]
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Human Molecular Genetics by Tom Strachan and Andrew P. Read is considered a Rolls Royce amongst textbooks ... topics include structure, evolution, and mutational instability of the human genome and human genes, mapping of the human genome, manipulation of genes, DNA microarrays, genetic diseases, and much more
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Recent Reports in Nature Magazine state ... 'Virus built from scratch in two weeks' ... The virus was created by genome sequencing pioneer Craig Venter and his team at the Institute for Biological Energy Alternatives in Rockville, Maryland, and revealed at a press conference yesterday.
.... "It is the second virus to be synthesized from commercially available ingredients. The first - a poliovirus completed by Eckard Wimmer and his colleagues in 2002 - took three years to make. "If we had to do it over, I would use [Venter's] method," says Wimmer, who works at the State University of New York at Stony "
the story goes on to report " ...Venter's team cobbled together the virus, called phi-X174, following its published genetic sequence. .... The team used enzymes to glue the oligonucleotides together accurately into the complete 5,386-base genetic strand, and to copy it many times. When the synthetic viral genome was injected into bacteria, the bacterial cell's machinery read the instructions and created fully fledged viruses .." awesome, scary, hopeful, alarming, chilling, formidable, frightening, frightful, menacing, nightmarish, ominous, petrifying, unnerving yet hopeful, extraordinary, fantastic, marvelous, terrific, tremendous, wondrous ... what can we say ... TRULY AMAZING ...
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Hold the presses..... Burr claims Number Theory is Unreasonably Effective!
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Today's Topology / Manifolds subject: Diffeomorphism. According to MathWorld(1) "A diffeomorphism is a map between manifolds which is differentiable and has a differentiable inverse." -- Believe it or not, we think that's how Buckaroo Banzai goes from one dimension to another .... he just sneaks in between the manifold interstitial spaces using a well disguised quantum tunneling fork. [more]
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just in case you're wondering ... according to the USA NETWORK website Neal Moritz is the executive producer of the USA Original Movie Return to Cabin by the Lake. He also executive produced the USA Original Movie Cabin by the Lake, which premiered in February 2000." also ... "Moritz is the owner of Original Film, an established feature film, television, commercial and music video production company. Moritz has a degree in economics from UCLA and a graduate degree from the Peter Stark motion picture producing program at the University of Southern California.", but to the best of my knowledge he is not related, nor is Michael Moritz. .... who knows though ... may be some future twig will end up in the SOCAL, MIDCAL, or NOCAL area .... we do like adventure stories and films like Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Gone with the Wind ... and of course Buckaroo Banzai (exploring the 8th Dimension).
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Thinking about Sturm und Drang ... it came up suddenly .... and so its time to capture some notes ... [via Wikipedia] ... "Sturm und Drang (literally: "storm and urge") was a revolutionary protest movement in German literature during the latter half of the 18th century, so named after a play by Friedrich Maximilian Klinger. It marks the return of romanticism to what was seen as an overly rationalist literary tradition. The period is variously characterized as having lasted from 1767 - 1785 (most common view), 1769 - 1786, or 1765 - 1795. Its best known manifestation is the 1774 novel Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (The Sorrows of Young Werther) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. .... The movement also informed some classical music of the period, resulting in stormy minor key writing in pieces such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni (in the overture and Don Giovanni's descent into hell) and certain symphonies by Joseph Haydn, such as the Symphony No. 45." much has been written about SandD, most recently popular is David Hill's Literature of the Sturm und Drang by David Hill ".... "Sturm und Drang" refers to a set of values and a style of writing that arose in Germany in the second half of the eighteenth century, a particularly intense kind of pre-Romanticism that has often been represented as marking the beginning of an independent modern German culture. The circle of writers around the young Goethe, including Herder, Lenz, Klinger, and later Schiller, felt frustrated by the Enlightenment world of reason, balance, and control, and turned instead to nature as the source of authentic experience. Inspired by Rousseau and Herder, by Shakespeare, and by folk culture, they rebelled against propriety and experimented with new literary forms, their creative energy bursting through conventions that seemed staid and artificial. The Sturm und Drang has often been cited by those attempting to legitimate nationalism and irrationalism, but scholars have more recently emphasized the diversity of the movement and the links between it and the Enlightenment. This volume of essays by leading scholars from the UK, the US, and Germany illuminates the guiding ideas of the movement, discussing its most important authors, texts, and ideas, and taking account of the variety and complexity of the movement, placing it more securely within late-eighteenth-century European history. The main focus is on literature, and in particular on the drama, which was of special importance to the Sturm und Drang. However, the essays also outline the social conditions that gave rise to the movement, and consideration is given to different currents of ideas that underlie the movement, including areas of thought and bodies of work that traditional approaches have tended to marginalize. Contributors: Bruce Duncan, Howard Gaskill, Wulf Koepke, Susanne Kord, Frank Lamport, Alan Leidner, Matthias Luserke, Michael Patterson, Gerhard Sauder, Margaret Stoljar, Daniel Wilson, Karin Wurst." [more]
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LIFE LIBERTY and the PURSUIT of HAPPINESS comes at a price .... Just finished seeing Charles Krauthammer talking about his Democratic Realism vision for American Foreign Policy for a Unipolar World. I'm impressed! The talk was 2004 Irving Kristol Lecture of the American Enterprise Institute. Basically he says that America is what stands between barbarism and civilization. [explore HUntington's CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS AND THE REMAKING OF WORLD ORDER]
Krauthammer's recommendations: "Hence, the fourth school: democratic globalism. It has, in this decade, rallied the American people to a struggle over values. It seeks to vindicate the American idea by making the spread of democracy, the success of liberty, the ends and means of American foreign policy.
I support that. I applaud that. But I believe it must be tempered in its universalistic aspirations and rhetoric from a democratic globalism to a democratic realism. It must be targeted, focused and limited. We are friends to all, but we come ashore only where it really counts. And where it counts today is that Islamic crescent stretching from North Africa to Afghanistan.
In October 1962, during the Cuban Missile crisis, we came to the edge of the abyss. Then, accompanied by our equally shaken adversary, we both deliberately drew back. On September 11, 2001, we saw the face of Armageddon again, but this time with an enemy that does not draw back. This time the enemy knows no reason.
Were that the only difference between now and then, our situation would be hopeless. But there is a second difference between now and then: the uniqueness of our power, unrivaled, not just today but ever. That evens the odds. The rationality of the enemy is something beyond our control. But the use of our power is within our control. And if that power is used wisely, constrained not by illusions and fictions but only by the limits of our mission--which is to bring a modicum of freedom as an antidote to nihilism--we can, and will, prevail"
These are words to pay close attention to ... Charles may in fact be so on the mark with this that he will breath real life into the American Vision of many years to come ...
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Saturday, February 14, 2004
" .... A strange purple dust is killing off the population of Earth, leaving a telltale purple smudge on the foreheads of its victims!" What is it? Is it the dreaded Bird Flu? Is this a new round of terror? Did the Bad O finally manage to do it? NO ... ist MING THE MERCILESS ... but have no fear ... " ... Together, Flash Gordon, Dale Arden, and Dr. Zarkov trace the plague to the planet Mongo and archfiend Ming the Merciless! There's hope for the Earth, though, when the intrepid team discovers Polarite, the antidote to the pandemic, found only in the barren, cold reaches of Frigia." Yes ... its a Flash to get! Earth is saved again!
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It happened to others ... so, don't let it happen to you; Don't confuse Flesh Gordon with Flash Gordon ... (some neato Flasho: Flash Gordon - Space Soldiers, Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940), Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938), Flash Gordon - Spaceship to the Unknown (1936)] ... there are some strong connections though between Flesh and Flash ... rmember though .. Flash is a Smash!
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Friday, February 13, 2004
according to Sondow "Transcendental Number: A number which is not the root of any integer polynomial, meaning that it is not an algebraic number of any degree, is said to be transcendental. This definition guarantees that every transcendental number must also be irrational, since a rational number is, by definition, an algebraic number of degree one" while "An irrational number is a number that cannot be expressed as a fraction p/q for any integers p and q. Irrational numbers have decimal expansions that neither terminate nor become periodic. Every transcendental number is irrational." ... so what's in between? ... We thought and thought about this until we thought we would platz .. the answer is so well hidden that Fermat would be jealous ... take a look at the clues to the mystery
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The Instant Dowload Adobe Reader/PDF Version of Our Posthuman Future by Francis Fukuyama [Format: Adobe Reader ] is getting some serious attention and looking over ... wow ... many hail it as "a great primer on the biotech revolution" ... [more]
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Thursday, February 12, 2004
Lipoxygenase has its own following ... [more]
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Leukotrienes are worth watching too ... [more]
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Eicosanoids and Other Bioactive Lipids --- Revisited --- there's [more]
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This was a rather pleasant surprise ... running into David Bohm's On Dialogue while exploring how to make it in Hollywood. David Bohm is a physicist interested in Quantum Theory, Wholeness and the Implicate Order, Limits of Thought, Creativity, Relativity, and Hidden Variables (among other things). So how does nature of collective thoughts play out? Neat!
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IS HAPPINESS MAKING IT IN HOLLYWOOD? Hollywood Creative Directory, Hollywood Representation Directory, Producing, Financing, and Distributing Film/a Comprehensive Legal and Business Guide, Hollywood Distributors Directory How Not to Write a Screenplay: 101 Common Mistakes Most Screenwriters Make ... all these are critical components ...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Stuck in the Wrong Career? this downloadable file may be your answer ... [more]
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Believe it or not, Amelia Jones' Feminism and Visual Culture Reader is making a big splash ...
self description: "Feminism is one of the most important perspectives from which visual culture has been theorized and historicized over the past thirty years. The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader brings together a wide array of writings addressing art, film, architecture, popular culture, new media and other visual fields from a feminist perspective, combining classic texts by leading feminist thinkers with polemical new pieces. Challenging the notion of feminism as a unified discourse, The Reader explores how issues of race, class, nationality and sexuality enter into debates about feminism in the field of the visual and includes work by feminist critics, artists and activists. The Reader includes six previously unpublished texts written specifically for this volume.
Amelia Jones' introduction to The Reader traces historical and theoretical developments in feminism and visual culture. Articles are grouped into thematic sections, addressing Representation; Difference; Disciplines/Strategies; Mass Culture/Media Interventions; Body; and Technology. Each section opens with an introduction by the editor.The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader provides a framework within which to understand the shifts in feminist thinking in visual studies as well as an overview of major feminist theories of the visual."
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Chitin-chitosan; can it help the body's natural healing power to combat diseases and disorders? Some think that there's a pony here
There are some pretty technical books that explore the biochemical structures in detail, like this one, and this one [more]
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Venus in Exile: The Rejection of Beauty in Twentieth-Century Art .... (downloadable, adobe, pdf) ... "Whereas previous eras had celebrated beauty as the central aim of art, the modernist avant-garde were deeply suspicious of beauty and its perennial symbols, woman and ornament, preferring instead the thrill and alienation of the sublime. They rejected harmony, empathy, and femininity in a denial still reverberating through art and social relations today. Exploring this casting of Venus, with all her charms, into exile, Wendy Steiner's brilliant, ambitious, and provocative analysis explores the twentieth century's troubled relationship with beauty."
Uncontrollable Beauty: Toward a New Aesthetics is worth exploring too.
Instant Gratification? - The PDF (and e-book) Way ...
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X Files (of a different kind)
Possiblities:
x.1 X exists [always]
x.2 X existed, but no longer exists
x.3 X may exist in the future
x.4 X exists intermittently
x.4.1 exists intermittently, but doesn't exist now
x.4.2 exists intermittently, and exists right now
x.5 X never existed, and will never existOptions +
x.1.1.1 X is omnipotent
x.1.1.2 X is powerful but not omnipotent
X.1.1.3 X has variable powersAttributes: [not necessarily exclusive]
X.1.2.1 X is goal oriented
X.1.2.2 X is arbitrary
X.1.2.3 X is playful
X.1.2.4 X is disengaged'nuff for now ... (if you're looking for the series or the movies, go here)
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Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Dark Energy, Supernova Cosmology, and Einstein - Enisteing Got it Right! Jim Wilson, in Popular Mechanics " .... Fast-forward to 1998 and an announcement from Saul Perlmutter, head of the Supernova Cosmology Project based at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) in California. It turns out Einstein got it right the first time. Somewhere out there in the cosmos, a mysterious force is causing stars and other cosmic structures to fly apart faster than gravity would otherwise allow. ... "You have masses attracted to each other through gravity. If they're being forced apart through the expansion of the universe, then you can see that you have forces working in opposite," says John Carlstrom, a Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. He is the organizer of the conference at which scientists from throughout the world will attempt to finally resolve the mystery. Their first step is to map out a series of experiments to explain the nature of Einstein's repulsive force, which has come to be known as dark energy." .. GUESS WHAT, we believe in Einstein all the way!
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Need to know more about Proteoglycans and Protein Phosphorylation? --- chondroitin sulfate, heparan sulfate, hyaluronan, proteoglycan degradation; cell surface proteoglycans, syndecans,glypicans, serglycins, basement membrane, versican; aggrecan, the nervous system. There are ways ... whats growth differentiation factor 9 anyway? [more]
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Happiness is Chocolate - reported on CNN ... "Chocolate sweet for the heart, research shows - Confection may lower blood pressure, improve circulation ... Chocolate, perhaps the world's favorite confection, contains chemicals like those in red wine and green tea that can help improve circulation, cut blood pressure and might produce other health benefits, according to researchers speaking Tuesday at the National Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Norman K. Hollenberg of Harvard Medical School said he found cocoa was effective in lowering the blood pressure in his study of the isolated Kuna Indians who live on islands off the coast of Panama. ... Despite a high salt diet, the Kuna have normal blood pressure, he explained, and they consume large quantities of locally grown cocoa which is high in flavonoids. When Kuna moved to a city and switched to commercial cocoas with fewer of the chemicals their blood pressure tended to rise, he noted.
... Over the last decade or so researchers have come to see a relationship between consuming more flavonoids and lowering the death rate from heart disease, said Dr. Helmut Sies, chairman of the department of biochemistry at the University of Duesseldorf, Germany. "
We always suspected that ... Its the Flavonoids silly ....
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Monday, February 9, 2004
Albert Einstein 2.9.04 b [more resources here]
"If A equals success, then the formula is: A=X+Y+Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut."
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat."
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
"An empty stomach is not a good political advisor."
"The only source of knowledge is experience"
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There really are all kinds of archives ... [more]
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its always interesting to reflect on what true luminaries have to say, especially after many years under their belts ... we'll work towards capturing some insights one of the brightest candles has left us with. Big Al without a doubt has had the most extensive scope of vision. The source Albert Einstein: Out of My Later Years
AE 15.1 - "We all try to escape pain and death, and seek what is pleasant"
AE 18.1 - "Everything is dominated by the cult of efficiency and of successand not by the value of men in relation to the moral ends of human society"
AE 19.1 - "For everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom"
AE 22.1 - " ... knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be"
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DEFIANT DISORDER ... there's [more]
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Automatic Components ... the need's still there ... [more]
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The New York Times reports "SEOUL, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Rock-throwing South Korean farmers clashed with riot police outside parliament on Monday in a battle against passage of a free trade agreement with Chile which growers fear will flood their markets with cheap produce ..." Whats going on here? Why are SKOREANS afraid of free trade with Chile? Are they sensing a path to poverty? Aren't the SKOREANS beneficieries of some pretty free trade allowing them to sell their electronic and other wares without too much fear? Perhaps the free-trade issue needs some closer examination, rethinking, and recasting ...
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US AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES REPORT 2002 [DOWNLOADABLE: PDF] contain 5 yr historical data for market size, segmentation, shares and 5 year forecasts. Most reports will also include distribution where appropriate plus further sources. If you're in the ATM business you could easily spend ten times the amount for labor just looking for clues to the information ...this hands it to you on a silver platter. More silver platters please ...
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Sunday, February 8, 2004
Whale Rider ... what a story! [more]
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Seduced By Moonlight by Laurell K. Hamilton appears to be gaining. PW hints "Merry Gentry, heir to the faerie throne, [in A Kiss of Shadows (2000) and A Caress of Shadows (2002)], .... no surprise to find the start of Hamilton's third book in her erotic fantasy series weighed down by attempts to conversationally recap earlier convolutions" ... This was totally random. I bet it has nothing to do with Richard Silverman's ORGANIC CHEMISTRY OF ENZYME-CATALYZED REACTIONS ... then again ... there's that deconstruction thing that would argue that enzyme catalyzed reactions underly the physical mechanisms permiting erotic fantasy ... physiology, philiosophy and phantasy meet in the p(h)ark.
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Today's word ... Antineoplastic
related:
Organic Chemistry of Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions, Revised Edition
The Organic Chemistry of Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions
Comprehensive Enzyme Kinetics
Enzymes: A Practical Introduction to Structure, Mechanism and Data Analysis
Biochemistry, Vol. 1: Biomolecules, Mechanisms of Enzyme Action, and Metabolism
Enzymes: A Practical Introduction to Structure, Mechanism, and Data Analysis
Biochemistry, Biomolecules, Solutions Manual
Structure and Mechanism in Protein Science: A Guide to Enzyme Catalysis and Protein Folding
[more]Posted by E Moritz @ 09:46 PM CST [Link]
Blood Brain Barrier Revisited ... there's the Nanotechnology danger -- yet Gyre reports this 'Ray Kurzweil argues that "the union of human and machine is well on its way" through developments in nanotechnology, virtual reality, and brain-machine interfaces. He predicts that humanity will soon "vastly expand our intellect as we merge our biological brains with non-biological intelligence." But what would your average Cetacean say? watch for the Zonulin connection
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Lippincott's Review for NCLEX-RN (Book with CD-Rom for Windows) by Diane Billings ... is highly touted ... self description "... This essential review text is an excellent study and preparatory tool for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). More than three thousand questions for practice testing, now completely revised and updated to meet current NCLEX standards, prepare students for even the most challenging exams. Questions are coded for the step of the nursing process, client need, and cognitive level, and tests are followed by a self-evaluation grid so students can target areas for further study. Rationale is provided for correct and incorrect responses so that students understand the thinking behind each question, allowing greater retention. Organized by practice area -- psychiatric/mental health, adult, child and child-bearing family -- the review offers defined and comprehensive coverage. A free practice computer disk provides an additional one hundred questions for Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT). New in this edition: / Practice questions have all been revised to reflect the National Council of State Boards of Nursing test plan revision / Case studies now include community-based content."
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Codex What? [more]
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Saturday, February 7, 2004
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US Patent 6687523: Fabric or garment with integrated flexible information infrastructure for monitoring vital signs of infants -- from the Glass Search ... interesting ... [more]
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relooking glass (not looking glass) ... some of this doesn't make too much sense, other does ... [more]
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NY Times says this of David Goodstein's Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil " ... you might imagine him to be one of those insufferably enthusiastic prophets of doom, the flannel-shirted, off-the-grid types who take too much pleasure in letting us know that the environment is crumbling all around us. But Goodstein, a physicist, vice provost of the California Institute of Technology and an advocate of nuclear power, is no muddled idealist. And his argument is based on the immutable laws of physics. ... The age of oil is ending, he says. The supply will soon begin to decline, precipitating a global crisis. Even if we substitute coal and natural gas for some of the oil, we will start to run out of fossil fuels by the end of the century. ''And by the time we have burned up all that fuel,'' he writes, ''we may well have rendered the planet unfit for human life. Even if human life does go on, civilization as we know it will not survive.'' " YUP we need to do something!
... if we can spend $80 BILLS for a war supplemental ... can we not do the same for ... say a FUSION ENERGY Supplemental ... or a WIND and SOLAR ENERGY Supplemental? Come-on guys (that means Congress [Congressional Gals too]).. we can do it!
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BP changes logo ... sort of snuk up (is that really a word)? Used to British Petroleum had a recognizable kind of Oil Company Shield ... now they're doing a green and yellow starburst kind of thing. BP still claims to be "One of the world’s leading oil, gas and energy businesses". Interesting to see the shift ... we'll see how the others follow ...
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sifter shmifter - why would any one need one?
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Did You kow about Gary C Jacobson's, The Politics of Congressional Elections? ... self description ... "Jacobson's classic work offers readers a systematic and engaging account of what goes on in congressional elections and demonstrates how electoral politics reflect and shape other basic components of our political system. The Fifth Edition brings everything up to date through the 1998 elections, analyzing new electoral trends that have appeared in the 1990s-including the Republicans' rise to majority status and their current precarious hold on Congress-while also offering a thorough consideration of impeachment politics in 1998 and 1999. For those interested in Political Campaigning and voting and elections."
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Friday, February 6, 2004
Discussing Justine Cassell's Embodied conversational agents ... "computer-generated cartoon-like characters that demonstrate many of the same properties as humans in face-to-face conversation, including the ability to produce and respond to verbal and nonverbal communication. They constitute a type of (a) multimodal interface where the modalities are those natural to human conversation: speech, facial displays, hand gestures and body stance; (b) software agent, insofar as they represent the computer in an interaction with a human or represent their human users in a computational environment (as avatars, for example); and (c) dialogue system where both verbal and nonverbal devices advance and regulate the dialogue between the user and the computer. With an embodied conversational agent, the visual dimension of interacting with an animated character on a screen plays an intrinsic role. Not just pretty pictures, the graphics display visual features of conversation in the same way that the face and hands do in face-to-face conversation among humans. This book describes research in all aspects of the design, implemenation and evaluation of embodied conversational agents as well as details of specific working systems. Many of the chapters are written by multidisciplinary teams of psychologists, linguists, computer scientists, artists and researchers in interface design. The authors include Elisabeth Andre, Norm Badler, Gene Ball, Justine Cassell, Elizabth Churchill, James Lester, Dominic Massaro, Cliff Nass, Sharon Oviatt, Isabella Poggi, Jeff Rickel and Greg Sanders." (from the synopsis)
interesting ...
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If you were looking to "Augment Humans" you would run into these patents ...
6549915: Storing and recalling information to augment human memories
6513046: Storing and recalling information to augment human memories
6506884: Variant of vascular endothelial growth factor
6442242: Multifunction autoattendant system and method of operation thereof
6434579: System and method of constructing a photo album
6396963: Photocollage generation and modification
6389181: Photocollage generation and modification using image recognition
6362900: System and method of constructing a photo album
6358164: Strike zone indicator measurement device[more]
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Meanwhile, on the Biosynthetic Gene front:
Recent Biosynthetic Genes Patents6682923: Thermostable alkaliphilic xylanase
6682891: Methods of identifying nucleic acid sequences encoding plant riboflavin synthase enzymes
6677301: Truncated keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) having increased biological activity
6677134: Fermentative carotenoid production
6676948: Haemophilus adherence and penetration proteins
6676938: Vaccine formulations comprising antiidiotypic antibodies which immunologically mimic group B streptococcal carbohydrates
6670168: Recombinant Streptomyces hygroscopicus host cells that produce 17-desmethylrapamycin
6660908: Genetic sequences encoding substrate-specific dihydroflavonol 4-reductase and uses therefor
6660862: Polyketide synthase enzymes and recombinant DNA constructs therefor
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Believe it or Nuts ... there are all these Haircut related patents
6659339: Working cabinet for barber and beauty shops
6655387: Towel for hair styling
6654727: Method of securitizing a portfolio of at least 30% distressed commercial loans
6652601: Agent for dyeing fibers comprising an indoline/indolium derivative
6587835: Shopping assistance with handheld computing device
6541455: Methods and kits for removing, treating, or preventing lice with driable pediculostatic agents
6539560: Head support device[more]
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What would Einstein do with a great computer?
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Sunday, February 1, 2004
Fashion Design on Computers by M. Kathleen Colussy, (via the Fashion Bibliography) is worth exploring ...
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