LLPOH Digital Archives: March 2004
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Standard Life believes that, by 2050, China will be the second largest market in the world, with 25 per cent of global capitalisation while India will have 10 per cent. The stock markets of the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China) could collectively be as large as the US, Japan, the UK and Germany put together.
—"Time to be bullish over China stocks," Investment Adviser, February 9, 2004 [via wordspy] [more]Posted by E Moritz @ 11:19 PM CST [Link] [No Comments]
Core Bibliography Blog is checking time with Brian Greene's The Fabric of the Cosmos : Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality. Which by the way got a big write up in the new york times ...
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"American exceptionalism is the belief that the United States of America and the American people are unique in the world and that America offers opportunity and hope for humanity. The phrase is thought to have originated by Alexis de Tocqueville in his famous book Democracy in America." (from Wikipedia). Do you Believe in it? Jefferson did! ANd here's what other's have to say ...
American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword by Seymour Martin Lipset
Offside: Soccer and American Exceptionalism. by Andrei S. Markovits
The Roots of American Exceptionalism : Institutions, Culture and Policies by Charles Lockhart
Left Out: Pragmatism, Exceptionalism, and the Poverty of American Marxism, 1890-1922 (New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History) by Brian Lloyd
Death of a Nation: American Culture and the End of Exceptionalism by David W. Noble
American Exceptionalism: A Double Edged Sword by Seymour Martin Lipset
The Making of American Exceptionalism: The Knights of Labor and Class Formation in the Nineteenth Century by Kim Voss
American Exceptionalism: Us Working-Class Formation in an International Context by Rick Halpern
American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword by Seymour Martin Lipset
Manifest Design: American Exceptionalism and Empire, Revised Edition (Cornell Paperbacks) by Thomas R. Hietala
American Exceptionalism by Deborah L. Madsen
Marks of Distinction: American Exceptionalism Revisited by Dale Carter
Is America Different?: A New Look at American Exceptionalism by Byron E. Shafer
American Exceptionalism: The Effects of Plenty on the American Experience by Arnon Gutfeld
The Roots of American Exceptionalism : Institutions, Culture and Policies by Charles LockhartPosted by E Moritz @ 08:26 PM CST [Link] [No Comments]
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Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections: Clinical and Epidemiological Aspects by C. Adlam is included in the Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections core topics to monitor.
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Biocatalysis and Biosynthesis Core Bibliography is here [more]
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Monday, March 29, 2004
Apparently glutathione S-transferase (GST) is elevated in those born in highly elevated environs ... like Tibetians .. mountain climbing teams seem to have significant Hypoxia induced muscle damage reflected via mitochondrial volume decrease ... according to the Gene Ontology Browser one observes "Catalysis of the reaction: R-X + glutathione = H-X + R-S-glutathione. R may be an aliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic group; X may be a sulfate, nitrile or halide group". More about glutathione S-transferase is available in Glutathione S-Transferases and Drug Resistance by J.D. Hayes, Glutathione S-Transferases: Structure, Function and Clinical Implications by G.J. Mulder, and Structure and Function of Glutathione S-Transferases by Kenneth D. Tew as well as in Glutathione S-Transferases by Taylor and Francis and in Glutathione S-Transferases and Carcinogenesis by T.J. Mantle.
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Regarding Media Relations Handbooks; looks like there a few interesting ones like The Media Handbook: A Complete Guide to Advertising Media Selection, Planning, Research, and Buying by Helen E. Katz and How to Win in Washington: Very Practical Advice About Lobbying the Grassroots and the Media by Ernest Wittenberg ... Brad Fitch's Media Relations Handbook for Agencies, Associations, Nonprofits and Congress appears to be the key resource for the Washington Wonks though .. THE CORE BIBLIOGRAPHY IS LOCATED HERE [more]
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Sunday, March 28, 2004
This interesting storyline from Hindustan Times ... Simputer ... a computer for India's Poor ... A cheap handheld computer, designed by Indian scientists for use by the poor, was being launched for retail sale on Friday after a delay of nearly three years. ... The Simputer was envisioned to sell for about $200. ... The device will be available in stores soon, said chief executive Swami Manohar of Picopeta Simputers, one of two companies licensed to make the computers. .. The other is Encore Software. The price will be close to the original target, Manohar said. He said government-owned Bharat Electronics, based in Bangalore, has agreed to manufacture the Simputer, which was developed in 2001 by scientists at the Bangalore-based Institute of Science in response to low levels of computer use in India."
... now there's an intersting policy ... designing affordable products for the poor ... is anyone listening?
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Some interesting people ... John Adams
Muhammad Ali
Marie Antoinette
Hannah Arendt
Arthur Ashe
Attaturk
Margaret Atwood
Saint Augustine
Johann Sebastian Bach
Lucille Ball
Ludwig Beethoven
Norman Bethune
Larry Bird
Napoleon Bonaparte
Kobe Bryant
Buddha
Warren Buffett
George Bush
John Cage
Maria Callas
Albert Camus
Emily Carr
Jim Carrey
Jimmy Carter
Johnny Cash
Samuel Champlain
Winston Churchill
Bill Clinton
Kurt Cobain
Ty Cobb
Leonard Cohen
Christopher Columbus
James Cook
Bing Crosby
Crowfoot
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Hardy's Wessex added to the core ...
Wessex ... xesseW does look sort of interesting ...
you could find some neat stuff on Wessex like:
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
The Mayor of Casterbridge: The Life and Death of a Man of Character (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Hardy
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
Fortress 14: Fortifications in Wessex c. 800-1016: The Defenses of Alfred the Great Against the Vikings by Ryan Lavelle
Crown and Country : Royal London by Edward Wessex
Far from the Madding Crowd by Margaret Drabble
Edward Windsor: Royal Enigma: The True Story of the Seventh in Line to the British Throne by Wendy Leigh
Omnibus 1: The Space Machine / A Dream of Wessex by Christopher PriestPosted by E Moritz @ 07:24 PM CST [Link] [No Comments]
Apple 15 GB iPod M9460LL/A appears to be the early adoptor's toy of choice .... the claims:
"15 GB model holds up to 3,700 songs; supports MP3, AAC, WAV, MP3 VBR, Audible (6), and AIFF formats
+ Mac and Windows compatible; FireWire and USB 2.0 interface for fastest digital transfe+ r available
+ More than 8 hour battery life on a 3 hour charge (1-hour fast charge to 80% capacity)
+ Features redesigned and backlit navigation, includes earbud headphones, FireWire Cable, PC FireWire Adapter, and AC adapter
+ Equipped with a range of built-in utilities and games"seems rather sweet ... [more]
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Updates to the Data Mining Bibliography include Latest on: Data Mining:
Amazon Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools by Paul Bausch
Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques with Java Implementations by Ian H. Witten
Principles of Data Mining (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning) by David J. Hand
Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques by Jiawei Han
Data Mining Techniques : For Marketing, Sales, and Customer Support by Michael J. A. Berry
Developing Bioinformatics Computer Skills by Cynthia Gibas
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services by Brian Larson
Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics by James Tisdall
Mastering Data Mining: The Art and Science of Customer Relationship Management by Michael J. A. Berry
Mining the Web: Analysis of Hypertext and Semi Structured Data by Soumen Chakrabarti
Data Mining with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Technical Reference by Claude Seidman
Investigative Data Mining for Security and Criminal Detection, First Edition by Jesus Mena
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Core Bibs will be tracked via the b2 tool.
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Saturday, March 27, 2004
Core Bibliography will contain additional bibliographies on a variety of topics; initial lists are noted here.
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WordSpy says ... "This word combines pomo, shorthand for postmodern, with the suffix -sexual.Although she didn't invent the word, pomosexual was made famous (in certain circles, anyway) by editor Carol Queen who used it in the title of a 1997 anthology of essays, PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality (Cleis Press). On the back cover of the book, PoMoSexual is described, unhelpfully, as the "erotic reality beyond the boundaries of gender, separatism, and essentialist notions of sexual orientation."
Do take a look at: Pomosexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality by Carol Queen
Also recommended for the book lover ... Word Spy : The Word Lover's Guide to Modern Culture by Paul McFedries
by the way Paul authored many interesting titles ...
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Tuesday, March 23, 2004
What about purple? [more]
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Damien Broderick 's Spike and Vernor Vinge 's Singularity ... Damien acknowledges relentless, unpredictable change ... indeed ... but who listens? Is it merely a nice slogan for fuzzy intellectuals ... or do the hard core CEOs discuss it in the penthouse boardrooms? We've got to face it ... ivory tower is great ... for those who are there ... but there are the billions and billions who'se only accelerating change is vanishing purchase power and increasingly vanishing options ...Technology can certainly change things ... but to date ... The Passion seems to have more draw. So how DO YOU square the circle?
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Whence InstaCeleb? I've always wondered what brings the masses to glenn instapundit reynolds site. Well, its hidden in plain sight ... according to the site's tracking software ... research shows that some of the terms and URLs bringing in the InstaTraffic are: instapunditcom wwwinstapunditcom sex wwwinstapundit realclearpolitics political professor world instant john picture natalie pictures law bikini krinsky photo kerry bush genova wwwinstapunditorg relatedwwwdrudgereportcom http://www.andrewsullivan.com/links.php http://www.opinionjournal.com/ http://www.aldaily.com/ favorite http://www.realclearpolitics.com/links.html http://volokh.blogspot.com/ http://www.tonguetied.us/ http://www.msnbc.com/news/752664.asp http://www.vodkapundit.com/ http://www.scrappleface.com/ http://www.andrewsullivan.com/
As the InstaReader would say ... InstaNeat ...Posted by E Moritz @ 10:06 PM CST [Link] [No Comments]
muniwireless reports Wireless broadband gets big push in Ireland. According to the story " ... Irish Ministry for Communications is funding wireless pilot projects around the country and rolling out wired broadband to rural areas. ... Irish Broadband, a subsidiary of NTR plc, Ireland’s leading private sector developer and operator of public infrastructure, has 3.5 GHz licences to provide fixed wireless access in Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford, Drogheda and Dundalk. Irish Broadband already has wireless sites around Dublin."
Go Green ... Go Emerald ... Go Emril ...
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Singularity Resources is a great compendium. The MORE NEWS section is quite current. Thank you Peter Y. Chou!
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Monday, March 22, 2004
Regarding Bio-Nuclear Receptors ... there are these works:
The Nuclear Receptor FactsBook by Vincent Laudet
Principles of Molecular Regulation by P. Michael Conn
Nuclear Receptors by David Russell
Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptors: From Basi by International Symposium on Ppars: From Basic Science to Clinical Appli
Molecular Basis of Sex Hormone Receptor Function: New Targets for Intervention (Ernst Schering Research Foundation Workshop, 24) by H. Gronemeyer
The Identities of Membrane Steroid Receptors: ...And Other Proteins Mediating Nongenomic Steroid Action by Cheryl S. Watson
Nuclear Receptors: A Practical Approach by Didier Picard
Nuclear Receptors: A Practical Approach (Practical Approach Series, 207) by Didier Picard
Growth Regulation by Nuclear Hormone Receptors (Cancer Surveys Series, Vol 14) by M. Parker
Visualization of Receptors: Methods in Light and Electron Microscopy by Gerard Morel
Molecular Biology of Steroid and Nuclear Hormone Receptors by Leonard P. Freedman
Nuclear Localization of Growth Factors and of Monoclonal Antibodies by Ewa M. Rakowicz-Szulczynska
Brain Dopaminergic Systems: Imaging With Positron Tomography (Developments in Nuclear Medicine, Vol. 20) by J. C. Baron
Nuclear Hormone Receptors: Molecular Mechanisms, Cellular Functions, Clinical Abnormalities by Malcolm G. Parker
Nuclear Receptors and Genetic Disease by Thomas Burris
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GLYCOPROTEINS PLUS ... PLUS WHAT? ... this is what the net-mesh turns up ...
Glycoproteins
Carbohydrates
Hypoglycemic Agents
Glycoconjugates
Glycolipids
Glycopeptides
Glycoproteins
Lipopolysaccharides [more]Posted by E Moritz @ 12:52 AM CST [Link] [No Comments]
Sunday, March 21, 2004
So what's hotter than hot these last few days? Sizzling Hot Topics, of course ...
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Saturday, March 20, 2004
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Protein Kinase Information Experiments are located here (also with Nucleic Acids) [more]
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Monday, March 15, 2004
What else can you find over at more about more? You could find stuff like ... automotive car truck manuals, reference computer, modern alchemy, Authors and Poets, mathematics physics papers, medical priors, medical specialties, music and musicals, new_topics, notables a j, notables k q, notables r z, datacenter, philosophy 1, philosophy 2, philosophy 3, james ... is that enough?
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What more can you ask for? Everything about Everything? - well not quite ... but there's a lot to choose from there
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Thursday, March 11, 2004
Porsche restoration appears to be a bog deal ... there's more to it than meets the eye. [more]
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Monday, March 8, 2004
Abstract Art, American Art, Arshile Gorky, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Modern Art, Abstract Expressionism, Surrealism, and Modern American Art are always fun topics to explore ...
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The Stone Puzzle of Rosslyn Chapel: The Last Secret of the Templars and Masons ... according to Philip Coppens, author of many articles published in magazines in Europe, a student of the Templars and Masons: the mysterious Scottish Rosslyn Chapel has fueled controversy and debate for centuries. Revered by Freemasons as a vital part of their history, believed by some to hold evidence of pre-Columbian voyages to America, it is assumed by others to hold important relics, from the Holy Grail to the Head of Christ.
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Sunday, March 7, 2004
Essentially ... just another way [or esentail kust another qay?] Donde es el Bee?
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It seems that whatever we perceive is organized into patterns for which we, the perceivers, are largely responsible. Perceiving is not a matter of passively allowing an organ—say of sight or hearing—to receive a ready-made impression from without, like a palette receiving a spot of paint.…It is generally agreed that all our impressions are schematically determined from the start. As perceivers we select from all the stimuli falling on our senses only those which interest us, and our interests are governed by a pattern-making tendency, sometimes called a schema. In a chaos of shifting impressions, each of us constructs a stable world in which objects have recognizable shapes, are located in depth, and have permanence.…Uncomfortable facts which refuse to be fitted in,we find ourselves ignoring or distorting so that they do not disturb these established assumptions. By and large anything we take note of is preselected and organized in the very act of perceiving. We share with other animals a kind of filtering mechanism which at first only lets in sensations we know how to use. ... from .... Mary Douglas, Purity and Danger forward to Chapter 1, GOD AND HISTORY IN THE CHRISTIAN WEST c. 600 of Saracens: Islam in the Medieval European Imagination, Book by John V. Tolan; Columbia University Press, 2002 (via Questia) ... more on Saracens.
Look again at:
Exegesis and Hermeneutics
Dead Sea Scrolls -- Copper Scroll of Qumran, The Essene Record of the Treasure of Akhenaten
EschatologyPosted by E Moritz @ 01:11 AM CST [Link] [No Comments]
Saturday, March 6, 2004
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN spells is out in The Secret of Our Sauce .... America is the greatest engine of innovation that has ever existed, and it can't be duplicated anytime soon, because it is the product of a multitude of factors: extreme freedom of thought, an emphasis on independent thinking, a steady immigration of new minds, a risk-taking culture with no stigma attached to trying and failing, a noncorrupt bureaucracy, and financial markets and a venture capital system that are unrivaled at taking new ideas and turning them into global products.
... These institutions, which nurture innovation, are our real crown jewels that must be protected — not the 1 percent of jobs that might be outsourced. But it is precisely these crown jewels that can be squandered if we become lazy, or engage in mindless protectionism, or persist in radical tax cutting that can only erode the strength and quality of our government and educational institutions.
from his NYTimes column today
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Essential Fact Archives are here!
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Basic Facts Blog will connect to the essential-fact cyberverse.
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Friday, March 5, 2004
Business Essentials will be collected here.