Disclaimer: I don’t subscribe to creationism. I’m an ardent believer of evolution and a long-time student of biology. Much like DNA, I believe happiness is embedded in each us. I don’t believe it’s some mystical, mercurial, ephemeral phenomenon. I believe it’s the product of an alignment with our true self and the more we try to …
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Levitated Mass – walk under a 340-ton granite boulder – new LACMA sculpture by Michael Heizer
The DNA of Happiness
Another Happy Day: A Lesson on Family Pain
There are some pieces of art that just hit you in all the right places. That’s how I felt when I saw “Another Happy Day” at Sundance last year. The film, set in Annapolis, MD and loaded with an A-list cast including Ellen Burstyn, Ellen Barkin, Demi Moore, Kate Bosworth and Thomas Haden Church, tackles one …
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The definition of investment banking and its lines of business
An investment bank is a financial institution that: Assists individuals, corporations and governments in raising capital by underwriting and/or acting as the client’s agent in the issuance of securities. Assists companies involved in mergers and acquisitions. Provides ancillary services such as market making, trading of derivatives, fixed income instruments, foreign exchange, commodities, and equity securities. …
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Is Mars really red?
It’s really the butterscotch or the rust planet…another cool video from the JPL.
1984 Apple Ad: "..in America, only a fraction can use a computer"
Not much has changed…well there are 300 million people in America now.. photo via web designer depot
1984 Apple Ad: “..in America, only a fraction can use a computer”
Not much has changed…well there are 300 million people in America now.. photo via web designer depot
Future of wind power? I vote for Dutch Windmills and small pinwheels
I recently encountered a state-of-the-art wind tower on the freeway. The base was separated into three parts and the turbine into another three. Carried by six trailers flagged with “wide load” and trailed by escort cars. Yeah, it was big. The current trend in wind power is to go bigger and bigger with more complex …
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Android's new Ice Cream Sandwich release – still can't beat the iPhone?
I’m still rooting for Android to compete with the iPhone but this Wall Street Journal review of the latest release, Ice Cream Sandwich, isn’t very inspiring