Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Sadistic Earthquake- message to SCITECHDAILY

For the second time this year, one of the best, most intelligent, informative,highest
quality sources of the Internet http://www.scitechdaily.com was hit by a destructive
earthquake. It is in Christchurch, New Zealand. I am missing their
excellent selection.
My deepest sympathy to Wicki Hyde and colleagues, we are waiting you back
on the bright zone of the Web!
Peter

Sunday, June 12, 2011

INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No 459

Dear Friends,

A new issue of my newsletter, nothing sensational
but a lot of progress in many place.
May I call your kind attention to the revised edition
of my problem solving news - 5 new ones plus one
object of a CONTESTnow, secret but the most relevant
of all see please:
http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com/2011/06/all-my-rules-of-problem-solving.html

It was published yesterday, now we can go to systematic
solutions for all the major problems- starting with energy.

Here comes the newest Informavore:

SEARCH

INTERNET

A big test for the new Internet addresses: http://www.technologyreview.com/web/37704/?nlid=4566&a=f

?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&tag=nl.e703

World IPv6 Day: Tech industry's most-watched event since Y2K: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/060711-ipv6-expect.html

Bob Rankin what is the fastest Internet connection?: http://askbobrankin.com/what_is_the_fastest_internet_connection.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=JrX9Ga5zM8P6SL

SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.

Search Market Share Static, 2.2 Billion Local Queries On Google: http://searchengineland.com/search-market-share-static-2-2-billion-local-queries-on-google-81143

The top ten job search engines on the Web: http://websearch.about.com/od/enginesanddirectories/tp/jobsearchengine.htm?nl=1

Free search tools:

http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/free-cool-tools.html

BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES

How Facebook can put Google out from business: http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/03/facebook-google-out-of-business/?utm_source=sel&utm_medium=scap&utm_campaign=email

Tracking Down Twitter's Best Rumor Spreaders: http://www.technologyreview.com/web/37712/?nlid=4574

New Conference Paper: “How People Use Twitter in Different Languages”: http://infodocket.com/2011/06/08/new-conference-paper-how-people-use-twitter-in-different-languages/

5 truly creative uses of social media: http://searchengineland.com/5-truly-creative-uses-of-social-media-80246?utm_source=sel&utm_medium=scap&utm_campaign=email

Five stages of social media maturity: http://socialmediatoday.com/billives/305522/five-stages-social-media-maturity

GOOGLE

Google’s best doodle- Paul Les guitar: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2001766/Les-Paul-Google-guitar-doodle-search-engines-best-yet.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Google’s daily puzzle:

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/06/a-google-a-day-puzzle-for-sunday-june-12th/

WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES

Powerful Word Tips, Tricks, and Ideas http://wordribbon.tips.net/

Be It Numbers or Words, the Structure of Our Language Remains the Same http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110606171418.htm

Huge Ancient Language Dictionary Finished After 90 Years: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607100134.htm

4000 books published by the National Academy Press are available for downloading: http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=06022011

100 Must-Read Books: The Essential Man’s Library

http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/14/100-must-read-books-the-essential-mans-library/

SCIENCE

Asteroid served up ‘custom orders’ of life’s ingredients: http://www.kurzweilai.net/asteroid-served-up-custom-orders-of-lifes-ingredients

Are humans extinction proof?:

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-humans-extinction-proof.html

8 things humans can learn from ants:

http://thisorthat.com/blog/7-things-humans-can-learn-from-ants

Researchers Map, Measure Brain's Neural Connections:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110601131755.htm

A huge amount of information and pictures about spiders http://www.spiderzrule.com/

How the diving bell spider uses physics to breathe underwater:

http://io9.com/5809525/how-the-diving-bell-spider-uses-physics-to-breathe-underwater

10 ways our minds warp time:

http://www.spring.org.uk/2011/06/10-ways-our-minds-warp-time.php

Water's Surface Not All Wet: Some Water Molecules Split the Difference Between Gas and Liquid: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608131322.htm

A brief introduction to infinity:

http://io9.com/5809689/a-brief-introduction-to-infinity

TECHNOLOGY

Will nuclear U-turn leave an energy gap?:

http://www.theengineer.co.uk/opinion/comment/will-nuclear-u-turn-leave-an-energy-gap?/1008850.article

Is The Future Of Nuclear Power In Minireactors?:

http://www.npr.org/2011/06/06/137004383/is-the-future-of-nuclear-power-in-mini-reactors

Noise Research to Combat 'Wind Turbine Syndrome:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110601091446.htm

MIT Researchers Developing Batteries Which Can Be Recharged In Seconds

http://www.softsailor.com/news/82102-mit-semi-solid-battery-electric-cars.html

Deep inside the worlds longest tunnel:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20069118-52/deep-inside-the-worlds-longest-tunnel/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&tag=nl.e703

Pixel Trickery Helps Create a Brighter Screen: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37730/?nlid=4573

Nanotechnologists Must Take Lessons from Nature:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110428132240.htm

I.B.M. Researchers Create High-Speed Graphene Circuits: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/10/technology/10chip.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26

Engineers Envision 'Two-Dimensional' Graphene Metamaterials and One-Atom-Thick Optical Devices: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609141552.htm

Material Turns Hard or Soft at the Touch of a Button:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110606113106.htm

Self-taught metallurgist creates lighter, stronger steel in a flash: http://www.gizmag.com/stronger-steel-in-a-flash/18882/

Applying Conductive Nanocoatings to Textiles:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110606113411.htm

Why It's Hard to Replicate Silicon Valley's Successes Abroad:

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2011/tc20110516_162999.htm

Computerworld’s tablet database: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217357/_i_Computerworld_i_s_tablet_database?source=CTWNLE_nlt_pm_2011-06-09

A practical way to make invisibility cloaks: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37720/?nlid=4583&a=f

EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART

Large-Scale Early Education Linked to Higher Living Standards and Crime Prevention 25 Years Later: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609141556.htm

DIY U: The Future of Learning [Video]: http://www.fastcompany.com/1758162/diy-u-video-premiere-the-future-of-learning

The Physics Professor's Ultimate Resources: http://www.collegeonline.org/library/articles/physics-professor-resources/

Teaching resources” botany and plant pathology: http://www.ag.purdue.edu/btny/pages/teachingresources.aspx

A visual glossary of religious symbols: http://symboldictionary.net/

A world of myths- mythology from around the world:

http://aworldofmyths.com/

Expertise Provides Buffer Against Bias in Making Judgments, Study Finds: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110606152204.htm

12 great decisions by Nicholas Bate:

http://blog.strategicedge.co.uk/2011/06/to-become-so-damn-good-nobody-thats-nobody-can-mess-with-you-in-any-way-and-to-use-that-amazing-power-see-1-to-make-the.html

The Naipaul test: Can you tell an author's sex?: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/quiz/2011/jun/02/naipaul-test-author-s-sex-quiz

The long great history of zeppelins:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20069413-52/the-long-great-history-of-zeppelins/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&tag=nl.e703

Sand sculpture tips and tricks:

http://www.sandcastlecentral.com/

Bacteria That Clean Art: Restorers and Microbiologists Use Bacteria to Make Works of Art Shine Like New: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607063411.htm

Can you see me now? Welcome to Deaf World:

http://thesmartset.com/article/article05231101.aspx

Why we love horror films and violent sports:

http://earthsky.org/human-world/jeffery-kottler-on-why-we-love-horror-flicks-and-violent-sports

BUSINESS

Gerry Mc Govern- NEW THINKING: The web is critical. The web team is not: https://mail.google.com/mail/?hl=en&shva=1#inbox/130616e4967d10a7

Want innovation? Hire an entrepreneur!

http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/may2011/id20110527_276850.htm?campaign_id=rss_topStories

A remarkable leadership blog: http://people-equation.com/

Leadership and ego: http://linked2leadership.com/2011/03/30/on-leadership-and-ego/

Four surprising sources of leadership power:

http://www.greatleadershipbydan.com/2011/06/four-surprising-sources-of-leadership.html

Is Creativity a Bad Trait for a Senior Leader?: http://www.strategy-business.com/article/11212?gko=75d9f&cid=20110609rr

Leadership lessons from living in a cult: http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/jun2011/ca2011066_631138.htm?link_position=link14

CEOs Say Innovation Is Most Important Factor For Growth: http://www.voxy.co.nz/business/ceos-say-innovation-most-important-factor-growth/1861/91475

Stop mixing business with pleasure

http://blogs.hbr.org/glickman/2011/03/stop-mixing-business-with-plea.html

Five Techniques for Avoiding Short- Sighted Decision-Making: http://www.spring.org.uk/2011/06/five-techniques-for-avoiding-short-sighted-decision-making.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PsychologyBlog+%28PsyBlog%29

Why leaders lose their way: http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6741.html?wknews=06062011

Ordered Fear Plays a Strong Role in Market Chaos: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608122819.htm

The Downside -- And Surprising Upside – Of Microcredit:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609141546.htm

HEALTH & MEDICINE

30 Years In, We Are Still Learning From AIDS: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/health/31aids.html?_r=1&ref=science

The search for E.coli gains speed: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/37714/?nlid=4577

How advances will alter the medical landscape:

http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2011/06/06/how_advances_will_alter_the_medical_landscape/

An alternative to antibiotics: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608093745.htm

Infographic Of The Day: The Dirty Ties Between Docs And Drug Makers http://www.fastcodesign.com/1664027/infographic-of-the-day-the-dirty-ties-between-doctors-and-drug-companies

Keeping neurons alive in Parkinson’s patients:

http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/37708/?nlid=

Stimulating new therapy in epilepsy: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/37697/?nlid=4559&a=f

Fighting Cancer With Cancer: Researchers Find Promising Use for Thyroid Cancer Gene: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110604181850.htm

FOOD & COOKING

The strange history of Ramen Noodles: http://www.alternet.org/story/151235/the_strange_history_of_ramen_noodles?akid=7080.112117.mTScKi&rd=1&t=21

The art of making food beautiful:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marilinda-hodgdon/the-art-of-making-food-be_b_873584.html

19 burger toppings and recipe ideas

http://kidscooking.about.com/od/groundbeefrecipes/a/19-Burger-Toppings-And-Recipe-Ideas.htm?nl=1

Gourmet burgers: http://bbq.about.com/cs/hamburgers/a/aa061601a.htm?nl=1

It All Depends on the Coffee: The Eco-Balance of Coffee Capsules: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110510074440.htm

MISCELLANEA

Older people ‘worse liars’: http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20112905-22208.html

Canine Connection: Study Explores How Dogs Think and Learn About Human Behavior: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609084808.htm

Online stopwatches: http://www.online-stopwatch.com/

SELECTED NEWS

SPAM & SPYWARE

VIRUSES & e-CROOKS

Introducing future crimes: http://bigthink.com/ideas/38651

The trouble with catching crooks online:

http://www.sciencealert.com.au/opinions/20110206-22230-2.html

How to secure your Gmail account?: http://netsecurity.about.com/od/secureyouremail/a/How-To-Secure-Your-Gmail-Account.htm?nl=1

Can Google Know Where the Gmail Attack Came from?:

http://www.technologyreview.com/web/37698/?nlid=4559&a=f

Hackers may try to disrupt World IPv6 Day: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/060611-ipv6-security.html

How to Guard Against Phishing & Social Engineering Attacks:

http://antivirus.about.com/od/securitytips/a/How-To-Guard-Against-Phishing-And-Social-Engineering-Attacks.htm?nl=1

Bob Rankin- beware the free credit scam: http://askbobrankin.com/beware_the_free_credit_report_scam.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=J7kAX5Xa28P6SL

WiFi

Android vs. iPhone and iPad by the numbers: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217437/Android_vs._iPhone_and_iPad_by_the_numbers?source=CTWNLE_nlt_dailyam_2011-06-09

The Difference Between The Top Ten IPhone & Android Applications

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/06/03/the-difference-between-the-top-ten-iphone-android-applications/

Saturday, June 11, 2011

ALL MY RULES OF PROBLEM SOLVING

As I have promised, today I am offering you the extended list of rules for problem solving. The first variant, at:

http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-rules-of-problem-solving.html could solve perfectly some 93-95% of all the problems. Today, with the following list of rules, this value raises to over 98%. Actually, I have already found the complete and universal Solution to real life problem solving but unfortunate circumstances are forcing me to keep secret the very last, decisive, rule till the other rules will be known by the majority of those interested. i.e. human beings or communities that have problems.

My aim is to make known and accepted and learned all these rules by practically everybody and therefore the lack of success and low impact of the first edition of the Rules was very disappointing for me. In this case, the Web, the entire blogosphere, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, other groups, my aggressive comments on many sites etc. have not contributed a bit to the dissemination of the Rules. A simple calculation shows that one human has `150 contacts in avearge, that means it’s a good result if 46,6 million people from the 7 billion- have accessed this page of my blog- then there are good chances that my teachings will be taken in consideration.. However the statistical data shows that Rules I had only 424 pageviews- more than 100,000 times less than absolutely necessary number. This has to be defined as a fiasco, failure and if I don’t make some good strategic decisions, multi-billion of problems will remain unsolved.

The first decision:

ONLY THOSE READERS WHO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY HAVE PROMOTED THESE RULES WILL RECEIVE THE SECRET RULE, ESSENCE OF PROBLEM SOLVING! USE THE INTERNET BUT ALSO ALL FORMS OF MASS MEDIA, PLEASE.

Later when I start to feel that ALL my problems will be solved

forever by the most radical and usual method, I will make the last Rule public, according to the very principle of Ego-Out reduction.

The Rules are good, much better than anything offered by the competition during the last 2500 years, therefore this marketing disaster is my fault. I have written about two factors that could be used as excuses: see please: http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com/2011/03/first-rule-of-probletence.html and Rule no. 14 that says people like better if other people solve their problems. But, no excuses! I have my dignity of problem solver

It is against my personal mentality, nature and character to keep an important and beneficial information secret- if somebody guesses or deduces what it is about even approximately and sends a comment or a message to me, I will make the Rule public immediately. It is more general, a bit more paradox-like than other

Rules based on surprise ergo having a logical structure of “NOT the…but the…” Please try! Thank you!

ALL MY PROBLEM SOLVING RULES

1. There are NO isolated problems, they always come in dynamic bunches

2. There are NO final solutions for the really great problems, these have to be solved again and again.

3. NOT solving the problem, but defining it is the critical step .

4. NOT the unknown data, but those known and untrue are the greatest obstacle to ths solution.

5. .NOT what we know, but what we don’t know is more important for solving the problem.

6. NOT the main desired positive effect, but those secondary negative and/or undesired effects decide in most cases if a solution is implemented.

7. NOT all problems have a complete, genuine solution.

8 .NOT the solutions that seem perfect from the start, but those which are very perfectible are the best in many cases.

9. NOT the bright, shiny, spectacular solutions but those elaborated, worked out with difficulty and effort and patience are more valuable and have a larger area of applicability.

10.NOT the solutions that are logical and perfectly rational, but those that are adequate for the feelings of the potential users, even if they are ilogical, have the greatest chances of fast implementation.

11. NOT the quality of the solution but the speed of its implementaion is the decisive factor in many cases. It can be better to have a partial solution applied fast than a slower almost perfect solution.

12. NOT always long hours of hard work and great efforts, but (sometimes) relaxation and fun is the best way to obtain solutions for (awfully) difficult problems.

13. NOT our own problems, but the problems of other people are usually more boldly and creatively solved by us

14 NOT the solutions worked out by us, but those borrowed. Bought or stolen from others are more easily accepted and implemented.

15 NOT the enhancement of human strengths but the limitation

of human weaknesses is more useful for efficient problem solving

16- NOT the very careful perfect planning, but the smart assuming of risks and firm decision taking are the practical keys to successful problem solving.

17. Do NOT accept the premises of the problem, change them as necessary and possible.

18. Do NOT stop at the first solution, seek for alternatives.

THE LAST SECRET RULE, and the most important of all, only for the true promoters of my rules: (later!!!)

Don’t despair; you too will know it soon.

The Motto and remarks for the first edition of they remain valid.

Perhaps the following septoes are also relevant:

My favorite metasport is swimming counter-stream.

The problems are here to be solved

My aim: to solve humanity’s real problems.

Old researchers need infinite and impossible tasks

Please help me to fulfill my duty of problem solving researcher.

Sunday, June 5, 2011

INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No. 458

A new issue of my struggling info newsletter- again many interesting serious news
signs of progress but also of painful failures in problem solving. By the way, next
week I have to up-to-date my problem solving rules. (there are 16 rules now Plus I have to perform
some accelerated Ego Out diminishing actions, time flies and a lot of important
things have to be initiated. I still have much to say.
My initiative or call for a Perfect E-cat Experiment has found attention and
even sympathy but zero success. Future will show whose insuccess it was.\

Please enjoy and disseminate these news:

SEARCH

INTERNET

Global Internet traffic to quadruple by 2015:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/global-internet-traffic-to-quadruple-by-2015

SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.

20 things I learned about browsers and Web:

http://www.20thingsilearned.com/

A great source of quality information/knowledge sometimes even wisdom: http://www.ted.com/conversations

Find out what you really want with specialized search engines:

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/tech/news/article_1643433.php/Find-what-you-really-want-with-specialised-search-engines

Wendy Boswell Deep Web People Search http://websearch.about.com/od/invisibleweb/tp/deep-web-people-search.htm?nl=1

Wendy Boswell-Zabasearch: http://websearch.about.com/od/freepeoplesearchengines/p/zabasearch.htm?nl=1

How to Find Information Using a Reverse Email Search

http://websearch.about.com/od/emailsearch/qt/How-To-Find-Information-Using-A-Reverse-Email-Search.htm?nl=1

The Best 15 People Search Engines on the Web:

http://websearch.about.com/od/peoplesearch/tp/free-people-search-engines.htm?nl=1

Top best 100 free iPad apps:

http://savedelete.com/top-100-best-free-ipad-apps.html

Introducing schema.org- search engines come together for a richer Web: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/06/introducing-schemaorg-search-engines.html.

BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES

Social media is a form of entertainment , say users:

http://www.bizreport.com/2011/05/social-media-is-a-form-of-entertainment-say-users.html

Twitter intros instant follow button:

http://searchengineland.com/twitter-intros-instant-follow-button-79211?utm_source=sel&utm_medium=scap&utm_camtpaign=email

New Pew report on Twitter usage: http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/64419

The 10 most creative people on Twitter: http://www.fastcompany.com/1757066/the-10-most-creative-people-on-twitter

Wendy Boswell: find Someone on Facebook Using Just An Email Address: http://websearch.about.com/od/emailsearch/qt/facebook-email-search.htm?nl=1

5 ways you can use Facebook to find someone online:

http://websearch.about.com/od/socialnetworking/tp/5-Ways-You-Can-Use-Facebook-To-Find-Someone-Online.htm?nl=1

GOOGLE

Wendy Boswell: Google People Search

Use Google to Find a Phone Number, Address, Map, and More!:

http://websearch.about.com/od/peoplesearch/tp/googlepeoplesearch.htm?nl=1

Google Wallet turns phones into credit cards

http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2011/0526/Google-Wallet-turns-phones-into-credit-cards?cmpid=ema:nws:Innovation%20Weekly%2006022011&cmpid=ema:nws:NTI5OTYyOTAzMwS2

Google Wallet- 5 things you need to know: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217100/Google_Wallet_Five_things_you_need_to_know?source=CTWNLE_nlt_wireless_2011-06-01

Google Wallet- everything you need to know: http://cellphones.about.com/od/androidapps/a/Google-Wallet.htm?nl=1

One out of eight people now uses Chrome:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20065430-264.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&tag=nl.e703

WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES

Metaphors we do everything by?:

http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2011/05/metaphors&fsrc=nwl

The Kindle Swindle: http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/37652/?nlid=4534&a=f

The Kindle Tablet’s Bookish Legacy:

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/guest/26789/?nlid=4548

20 best free e-book websites for downloading free e-books:

http://savedelete.com/20-best-free-ebook-websites-for-downloading-free-ebooks.html

SCIENCE

Examining the Brain as a Neural Information Super-Highway: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110602171833.htm

Physicists Explain the Long, Useful Lifetime of Carbon-14: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110526122913.htm

Gold mine A trove of worms found in the deep subsurface biosphere illustrates the ubiquity of life.: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7349/full/474006b.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20110602 \

Hungry worms fom Hell: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/06/hungry-worms-from-hell.html?etoc&elq=3c41267cb2f64fbca79e5b19bddba8be

Reverse engineering the infant mind: http://www.kurzweilai.net/reverse-engineering-the-infant-mind

Critics weigh in on arsenic life: http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110527/full/news.2011.333.html?WT.ec_id=NEWS-20110531

15 natural disasters that could kill us all:

http://www.popcrunch.com/15-natural-disasters-that-could-kill-us-all/

Reindeer See a Weird and Wonderful World of Ultraviolet Light: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110526064627.htm

Scientists Crack the Spiders' Web Code: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110531102249.htm

Researchers Solve Mammoth Evolutionary Puzzle: The Woollies Weren't Picky, Happy to Interbreed: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110531085004.htm

River Mystery Solved: Scientists Discover How 'Didymo' Algae Bloom in Pristine Waters With Few Nutrients: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110603161819.htm

TECHNOLOGY

The Sky Really Is Falling and Our Only Salvation Is the Rapid Dismantling of the Fossil Fuel Industry: http://www.alternet.org/story/151148/the_sky_really_is_falling_and_our_only_salvation_is_the_rapid_dismantling_of_the_fossil_fuel_industry?akid=7039.112117.Yk4z3u&rd=1&t=8

10 Clean Energy Trends To Watch In 2011 And Beyond

http://www.fastcompany.com/1757125/10-clean-energy-trends-to-watch-in-2011-and-beyond

What will a nuclear-free Germany cost?:

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/37693/?nlid=4554&a=f

Phase Change Memory-Based 'Moneta' System Points to the Future of Computer Storage: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110602153046.htm

Chameleon Magnets: Ability to Switch Magnets 'On' or 'Off' Could Revolutionize Computing: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110527162509.htm

Graphene Can Polarize Light: Researchers Demonstrate World's Thinnest Polarizer: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110530105202.

EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART

The Optimism Bias: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2074067,00.html

The link between creativity and eccentricity:

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2011/05/21/the-link-between-creativity-and-eccentricity/

3003 principles of engineering practice;

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/materials-science-and-engineering/3-003-principles-of-engineering-practice-spring-2010/

Free literature website: http://www.freeliterature.org/index.html

Internet reviews of books:

http://internetreviewofbooks.blogspot.com/

Dave Pollard what we believe and what we care about drives what we do:

http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2011/06/01/what-we-believe-and-what-we-care-about-drives-what-we-do/

Peter Cochrane's Blog: How tech alters human needs:

http://www.silicon.com/management/cio-insights/2011/05/26/peter-cochranes-blog-how-tech-alters-human-needs-39747443/

A visual glossary of symbols: http://symboldictionary.net/

Pigments through the ages: http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/

A book- loving and hating mathematics:

http://plus.maths.org/content/loving-hating-mathematics

Snapshot of the drug culture:

http://culturaloffering.com/2011/05/30/snapshot-of-the-drug-culture.aspx

Africa Map: http://africamap.harvard.edu/

Terrorist Organizations Profiles: http://www.start.umd.edu/start/data_collections/tops/

BUSINESS

Bret L. Simmons- Book Review. Leadership Is Dead: How Influence is Reviving It

http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2011-05/book-review-leadership-is-dead-how-influence-is-reviving-it/#ixzz1NkFwCr3d

Has success eluded you because you eluded failure?:

http://www.greatleadershipbydan.com/2011/06/has-success-eluded-you-because-you.html

The missing link in innovative research:

http://www.strategy-business.com/article/00077?gko=a8008&cid=20110531enews

Character strengths of entrepreneurs: http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/peter-worrell/2011060118041

New views on Capitalism:

http://www.strategy-business.com/article/11211a?gko=24b21

New views on management:

http://www.strategy-business.com/article/11211b?gko=4c868

Solving the Rubik Cube of the organizational structure: http://blogs.hbr.org/ashkenas/2011/03/solving-the-rubiks-cube-of-org.html

Scheduling a meeting the right way:

http://blogs.hbr.org/glickman/2011/03/scheduling-a-meeting-the-right.html

Don’t be nice, be helpful: http://blogs.hbr.org/bregman/2011/03/dont-be-nice-be-helpful.html

HEALTH & MEDICINE

EHEC Outbreak: Rare Strain of E. Coli Unknown in Previous Outbreaks: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110602184851.htm

Springer offers free access to research articles on E. coli bacteria:

http://www.springer.com/biomed/ehec?SGWID=0-1728613-0-0-0

DNA Sequence Yields Clues to Germany's 'Super Toxic'E. coli Outbreak: http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/06/sequence-yields-clues-to-germany.html?etoc&elq=3c41267cb2f64fbca79e5b19bddba8be

New Treatment Dissolves Blood Clots in Brain Tissue:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110527123421.htm

Super-Sticky 'Ultra-Bad' Cholesterol Revealed in People at High Risk of Heart Disease: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110526204953.htm

Social Life and Mobility Are Keys to Quality of Life in Old Age: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110528191542.htm

What Odors Throw Off Mosquitoes? New Findings Hold Big Promise for Fight Against Mosquito-Borne Diseases: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110601134255.htm

The unstoppable march of tobacco giants:

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110530/main6.htm

A blood test for depression: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/37630/?nlid=4536

Researchers Show Aging Brain's Reduced Ability to Respond to Experience: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110524171255.htm