SF Giants Pitcher Matt Cain On August 20, San Francisco Giants starter Matt Cain, after an excellent seven and two-thirds innings against the Florida Marlins, left the game ahead 5-2. Giants reliever Tyler Walker got the last out in the eighth, and with the score unchanged, closer Brian Wilson came in in the top of [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Schweppervesence…and Malaria
August 18, 2008 – 8:35 am
Commander Whitehead Mixers…and medicine. In 1968, Commander Edward Whitehead came to Harvard Business School to give a talk on the continuing importance—in the face of computers and other rapidly advancing technologies—of people in industry. (A similar, and rather drier talk he gave in 1955 is here.) Perhaps the first CEO to become his company’s advertising [...]
Science in the Muslim World
August 9, 2008 – 11:44 am
Egypt’s Library of Alexandria In a guest editorial published in the 8/8/08 issue of Science, the magazine of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Director of Egypt’s Library of Alexandria, Dr. Ismail Serageldin, states: “Throughout the Muslim world we are witnessing an increasingly intolerant social milieu that is driven by self-appointed guardians [...]
Short Film Winner–Cannes 2008
August 7, 2008 – 7:31 pm
Just watch. I need not comment. YouTube – Historia de un Letrero (Story of a Sign)
Solar Breakthrough at MIT? A Lesson for Politicians
August 3, 2008 – 12:47 am
On July 31, researchers at MIT announced a “revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source. Requiring nothing but abundant, non-toxic natural materials, this discovery could unlock the most potent, carbon-free energy source of all: the sun.” Funded in part by a $10 million grant from [...]
Julia Quinn Wins RITA Award
August 2, 2008 – 10:59 pm
From the RWA website: Romance Writers of America proudly sponsors the romance-publishing industry’s highest award of distinction — the RITA Award. RITA awards are presented annually to the best published romance novels of the year. The award itself is a golden statuette named after RWA’s first president, Rita Clay Estrada, and has become the symbol [...]
