May 2011
Whip It
http://www.amazon.com/Whip-Ellen-Page/dp/B002VPTJOA/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1306883510&sr=1-1
Washington and Wall Street: The Revolving Door, By...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/books/review/book-review-reckless-endangerment-by-gretchen-morgenson-and-joshua-rosner.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print
http://www.amazon.com/Reckless-Endangerment-Outsized-Corruption-Armageddon/dp/0805091203/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1306883080&sr=1-1
The New York Times’s Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist reveals how the financial...
THE GREATER JOURNEY: Americans in Paris, By David...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/books/review/book-review-the-greater-journey-americans-in-paris-by-david-mccullough.html?_r=1&ref=books&pagewanted=print
http://www.amazon.com/Greater-Journey-Americans-Paris/dp/1416571760/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1306882727&sr=8-1
The Greater Journey is the enthralling, inspiring—and until now, untold—story of the adventurous American...
Harold Bloom's Influence. Sam Tanenhaus, the Book...
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/05/20/review/100000000828027/harold-blooms-influence.html?ref=books
Naomi Wolf on the 'Aging Myth'
http://live.washingtonpost.com/naomi-wolf-on-the-aging-myth/print.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/a-wrinkle-in-time-twenty-years-after-the-beauty-myth-naomi-wolf-addresses-the-aging-myth/2011/05/11/AGiEhvCH_print.html
Gaga’s Oprah Moment. The lady’s hotter than ever,...
http://www.newsweek.com/2011/05/29/gaga-s-oprah-moment.html
Lady Gaga has taken a lot of heat lately for “borrowing” Madonna’s express-yourself-like-a-virgin shtick. But maybe the person who really should be crying “plagiarism” is Oprah Winfrey. “Be yourself and love who you are and be proud, because you were born this way,” Oprah told fans during her swan song last week. Oh, wait, Oprah...
The Big Idea: The Facebook Bubble.
http://www.newsweek.com/2011/05/29/the-facebook-bubble.print.html
Facebook sometimes seems invincible. The company has 600 million members and raked in $4 billion in revenue last year. But the social-networking juggernaut may be more vulnerable than it appears at first glance.
Think of it this way: Facebook has two assets, data and members. Data, by itself, is worthless. Facebook is betting...
Tough Times for Graduates. A look at the low pay,...
http://www.newsweek.com/2011/05/29/tough-times-for-graduates.html
Austerity Works. In bemoaning the pain of fiscal...
http://www.newsweek.com/2011/05/29/austerity-works.html
Playing well with others has become a Merkel...
http://www.newsweek.com/2011/05/28/angela-merkel-germany-s-wonder-wom.print.html
Man's best friends: How animals made us human
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028141.400-mans-best-friends-how-animals-made-us-human.html?full=true
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: Your mission, if you choose to...
—-Joel Pursner
Studies show that in healthy adults, increased...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/health/31really.html?ref=science&pagewanted=print
A Good Night’s Sleep Isn’t a Luxury; It’s a...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/health/31brody.html?ref=science&pagewanted=print
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/science/31qna.html?ref=science&pagewanted=print
Q. Is there research on whether fish oil supplements help ease joint pain?
A. There is considerable research on fish oils and the inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis, as well as some limited early research on fish oils and osteoarthritis, or degenerative joint disease, said Dr. Sheldon S. Hendler, co-editor...
Groundwater Depletion Is Detected From Space
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/science/31water.html?ref=science&pagewanted=print
Instead of Student Loans, Investing in Futures
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/30/instead-of-student-loans-investing-in-futures/
Under an Arizona Plan, Smokers and the Obese Would...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/us/31questions.html?hpw=&pagewanted=print
Are Taxes in the U.S. High or Low?
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/are-taxes-in-the-u-s-high-or-low/?hp
Explore museums from around the world, discover...
http://www.googleartproject.com/
"We live in a proud nation -- one flush with...
The Grand Design, Stephen Hawking
http://www.amazon.com/Grand-Design-Stephen-Hawking/dp/0553805371/ref=pd_sim_b_48
THE FIRST MAJOR WORK IN NEARLY A DECADE BY ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT THINKERS—A MARVELOUSLY CONCISE BOOK WITH NEW ANSWERS TO THE ULTIMATE QUESTIONS OF LIFE When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Why is there something rather than nothing? What is the nature of reality? Why are the laws of nature...
Cosmology, Steven Weinberg
http://www.amazon.com/Cosmology-Steven-Weinberg/dp/0198526822/ref=pd_sim_b_45
This book is unique in the detailed, self-contained, and comprehensive treatment that it gives to the ideas and formulas that are used and tested in modern cosmological research. It divides into two parts, each of which provides enough material for a one-semester graduate course. The first part deals chiefly with...
50 Years Of Yang-mills Theory
http://www.amazon.com/50-Years-Yang-mills-Theory-Hooft/dp/9812389342/ref=pd_sim_b_34
On the 50th anniversary of Yang-Mills theory, this invaluable volume looks back at the developments and achievements in elementary particle physics that ensued from that beautiful idea. During the last five decades, Yang-Mills theory, which is undeniably the most important cornerstone of theoretical physics,...
The Rise of the Standard Model: A History of...
http://www.amazon.com/Rise-Standard-Model-History-Particle/dp/0521570824/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306844923&sr=8-1
Based on a conference held at Stanford University, this book gives the most comprehensive and up-to-date account of an exciting physics revolution—the rise of the Standard Model. The third volume of a series recounting the history of particle physics, this volume...
Readers Comment on the Rise of India, By NICHOLAS...
http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/28/readers-comment-on-the-rise-of-india/
Bubble-debt Denialism, Paul Krugman
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/30/bubble-debt-denialism/
DSK and Conspiracy Theory, By ROGER COHEN
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/opinion/31iht-edcohen31.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print
Testing Students to Grade Teachers
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/05/30/testing-students-to-grade-teachers?ref=opinion
The Numbers Are Grim
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/opinion/31tue1.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print
More important, their lives have been perversely...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/opinion/31brooks.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&pagewanted=print
Personality is easy to read, and we’re all experts...
http://www.happinessinthisworld.com/2011/04/03/personality-vs-character/
Of Mirror Neurons And Social Media
http://www.happinessinthisworld.com/2011/03/20/of-mirror-neurons-and-social-media/
Regret is premised on the notion that we have the...
http://www.happinessinthisworld.com/2011/03/13/the-faulty-premise-of-regret/
Viktor Frankl famously said, “When we can’t change...
By nature I’ve always been an excessively...
http://www.happinessinthisworld.com/2010/11/21/the-unlived-life/
It’s far easier to watch others swim in life’s currents than to swim in them oneself. Further, watching others engage in life while remaining disengaged does bring some benefits:
You can avoid disappointment by remaining disconnected from any strong desires.
You can more easily learn from others’ mistakes without having to ...
Russian Mathematics Education: History and World...
http://www.amazon.com/Russian-Mathematics-Education-History-Significance/dp/9814277053/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306789543&sr=8-1
This anthology, consisting of two volumes, is intended to equip background researchers, practitioners and students of international mathematics education with intimate knowledge of mathematics education in Russia.
Volume I, entitled Russian Mathematics...
Ruben Gonzalez Signs with Ektelon
http://www.irt-tour.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=173:ruben-gonzalez-signs-with-ektelon&catid=3:newsflash
Then Versus Now: Who Stacks Up?
http://www.irt-tour.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=181:then-v-now-ektelon-nationals-presented-by-penn&catid=3:newsflash
Kane versus Cliff? Who’s the modern day “Sledge?” Can anyone’s tan match Rocky’s? With Ektelon Nationals returning as Ektelon Nationals presented by PENN, a Grand Slam tournament featuring the Finals for amateurs...
100 Straight Victories and the Power of Focus
http://www.irt-tour.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=189:100-straight-a-the-power-of-focus&catid=3:newsflash
Jack Huczek Retires From Racquetball. The sport’s...
http://www.irt-tour.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=203:jack-huczek-retires-&catid=3:newsflash
Migration then assembly: Formation of Neptune mass...
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1105/1105.2050v1.pdf
We demonstrate that the observed distribution of ‘Hot Neptune’/‘Super-Earth’ systems is well reproduced by a model in which planet assembly occurs in situ, with no significant migration. This is achieved only if the amount of mass in rocky material is ∼ 50–100M⊕ interior to 1 AU, so significant radial migration of material is likely still...
How to Explain the Decrease in Major Crime?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/30/opinion/l30crime.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print
IRT - Waselenchuk wins 2011 Ektelon Nationals....
http://theracquetballblog.blogspot.com/
