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• Imagine/Jonah Lehrer (and thoughts on failure)

  
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  Among the books I am now reading is Imagine by Jonah Lehrer, the same writer who brought us How We Decide and Proust was a Neuroscientist .   The History and Sociology of Science major in me likes this kind of book—the melding of popular questions with current science, the anecdotal proof points that take us ...
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• Even newer math

  
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  It was Tom Lehrer who derided New Math way back when: “It’s so very simple that only a child can do it.” Diana Senechal notes that things haven’t improved that much: I was recently looking at AMSCO’s Geometry — better than many in terms of presentation. Very little clutter. But even AMSCO has word ...
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• Ones to watch in accounting

  
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  Alex Balko Vice President of Finance, South Nassau Communities Hospital Balko was recently promoted after serving as assistant vice president of finance since 2008. His career at the Oceanside hospital has been marked by progressive advancement within financial operations. Balko joined South Nassau as a controller in ...
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• Heartland Institute facing uncertain future in the aftermath of criminal ads

  
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  Remember the Heartland Institute advertising campaign ? The one climate scientists to criminals and terrorist? If you don’t let’s just refresh a little: they displayed this kind of ads in Chicago, displaying criminals supporting climate change, suggesting that all those who support climate change are criminals. ...
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• What Happens In The Brain As We Choose Between Effort And Indulgence?

  
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  An insightful piece by Jonah Lehrer on some recent research covering what happens in the brain when we choose between effort and indulgence. Lehrer argues that individual differences make it slightly easier for some people to engage in hard effort. “These diligent souls,” he writes, “seem to get a bit more ...
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• Beste Lehrer Hamburg 2012

  
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  Alea iacta est: Die Wahl zu den besten Lehrern Hamburgs 2012 ist gelaufen und die Gewinner stehen fest: Die HASPA und das Hamburger Abendblatt haben den besten Lehrer Hamburgs für den diesjährigen Lehrerpreis 2012 gesucht und gefunden.Aus 52 Bewerber-Innen wurden letztendlich von der Jury 4 Pädagogen ausgezeichnet ...
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• Gaithersburg Book Festival Interview

  
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  With sunshine, books, and thousands of visitors, this weekend’s Gaithersburg Book Festival was a lot of fun. Featured authors included Jennifer Miller, Sarah McCoy, Buzz Bissinger, Keith Donohue, Siobhan Fallon, Kate Feiffer, Judah Friedlander, Alex George, Meredith Goldstein, Marvin & Deborah Kalb, Jen ...
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• Famous and Celebrity Birthdays for May 19 2012

  
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  Here are your famous & celebrity birthdays for today: 1991 Jordan Pruitt (singer) 1988 Lily Cole (British model) 1978 Kim Zolciak (Real Housewives of Atlanta) 1956 Steve Ford (actor) 1954 Phil Rudd (original drummer, AC/DC) 1952 Grace Jones (singer, model, actress) 1951 Joey Ramone (pop rocker) 1949 ...
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• Read This: Recent Character Approved Selections

  
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  I realized it had been a while since I mentioned any of the books I’ve been reading for my regular column with the USA Network’s Character Approved blog—like the centennial editions of Edgar Rice Burroughs that the Library of America put out. It’s been something close to 30 years since the last time I’d ...
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• "Human Friction Makes Sparks"

  
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  This NPR podcast about creativity discusses how the late Steve Jobs created creative sparks at Pixar.  The speaker in the podcast is Jonah Lehrer authored " Imagine: How Creativity Works " Interesting that alpha waves are conducive to producing creative moments.  Think about those alpha waves, increased by ...
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• The Business Survival Reading List

  
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  Disruption. If one word exemplifies what’s happening to the world of business today, that’s it. The high-speed pace of technological change, with its ability to disrupt business models and pricing has made disruption an everyday reality.  This point came home to me when I heard Ray Kurzweil speak at a Shop.org ...
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• The Secrets of Creativity?

  
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  The best thing about bad art is that it makes fodder for great reviews. Take the opening line of Mina Strohminger’s review of Colin McGee’s “The Meaning of Disgust”: “In disgust research,” she writes in The Journal of Aesthetics and Critical Art, “there is shit, and then there is bullshit.”  Guess ...
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• The Secrets of Creativity?

  
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  The best thing about bad art is that it makes fodder for great reviews. Take the opening line of Mina Strohminger’s review of Colin McGee’s “The Meaning of Disgust”: “In disgust research,” she writes in The Journal of Aesthetics and Critical Art, “there is shit, and then there is bullshit.”  Guess ...
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• Featured Author at Gaithersburg Book Festival

  
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  Good news: I’ve been selected as one of the featured authors for this year’s Gaithersburg Book Festival! City of Gaithersburg is proud to welcome readers and writers to the region’s premier literary event! Join us for the third annual Gaithersburg Book Festival on Saturday, May 19 , 2012, where you’ll ...
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• Tony awards 2012: nominations in full

  
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  http://www.guardian.co.uk Tony awards 2012: nominations in full See who’s up for Broadway’s biggest awards, from best musical to best original score … plus the restBest playClybourne ParkOther Desert CitiesPeter and the StarcatcherVenus in FurBest musicalLeap of FaithNewsiesNice Work If You Can Get ...
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• In a Brainstorming Quandary? Get over it and get on with generating ideas.

  
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  Just saw another newsletter on brainstorming because of our friend Jonathan Lehrer’s assertion that it’s dead.  Can we please move on beyond the hyperbole? good ideas and problems - morning session brainstorming (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Here’s the scoop.  Brainstorming describes a process of people ...
  4 weeks ago

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