The Wishing Tree
The Strange Story of William Faulkner’s Only Children’s Book*by Maria Popova * *A rare vintage treasure, with stunning black-and-white illustrations and a side of controversy.* As a lover of obscure children’s books by famous authors of grown-up literature, I was delighted to discover *The Wishing Tree* (*UK*; *public library*) by none other than *William Faulkner* — a sort of grimly whimsical morality tale, somewhere between *Alice In Wonderland*, *Don Quixote*, and*To Kill a Mockingbird*, about a girl who embarks upon a strange adventure on her birthday only to realize the importan... mais »
Futurologia
You Tomorrow [Kindle Edition] author Ian Pearson [image: You_Tomorrow] If you wonder what your life tomorrow will bring, this is the book for you. It discusses how your everyday life will change over the next few decades. First it covers the various stages of life, from pre-birth genetic design of your offspring all the way through to death and potential immortality. Along the way … more…
Culture
Found in Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the WorldDecember 26, 2012 Author: Nataly Kelly, Jost ZetzschePublisher: Perigee Trade (10/2/2012) *[+]*Translation affects every aspect of your life – and we’re not just talking about the obvious things, like world politics and global business. Translation affects you personally, too. The books you read. The movies you watch. The food you eat. Your favorite sports team. The opinions you hold dear. The religion you practice. Even your looks and, yes, your love life. Right this very minute, translation is saving lives, ... mais »
Google Zeitgeist 2012
[image: zeitgeist2012] Google Zeitgeist 2012: Year In Review
New Nano-scale window
A high-resolution nanoscale window to the live biological worldDecember 27, 2012 [image: vtech_nanoscale_window] A novel microfluidics platform allowed viewing of structural details of rotavirus double-layered particles; the 3-D graphic of the virus, in purple, was reconstructed from data gathered by the new technique and is ~80 nm. in diameter (credit: Virginia Tech) Investigators at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute haveinvented a way to directly image biological structures at nanometer-resolution in their natural habitats (a liquid environment). The technique is a majo...mais »
Social media: 2013
Social media: Five predictions for 2013 The big players got bigger in 2012, and they show no sign of slowing down. But Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram have company. Just don't bet on MySpace ever being an important player again. [image: Daniel Terdiman] by Daniel Terdiman December 28, 2012 12:01 AM PST (Credit: Illustration by James Martin/CNET) When you think of social media these days, you probably think primarily of Facebook and Twitter, and perhaps Instagram. But while those services have massive -- and growing -- user bases, they're of course not the only games in town./.../
Current industrial revolution
Is growth over?December 28, 2012 Growth in real GDP per capita, with actual (from .2 to 2.5 percent per year) and hypothetical paths (credit: Robert J. Gordon) Global growth from the current industrial revolution (computers, the web, mobile phones) is slowing — especially in advanced-technology economies, and long-term economic growth may grind to a halt, Robert J. Gordon, Stanley G. Harris Professor in the Social Sciences and Professor of Economics at Northwestern University, has argued. Now economist Paul Krugman counters in *The New York Times*that we are moving toward a world in ... mais »
DSM-5
A depressing financial justificationby vaughanbell [image: Image from Wikipedia user LuciusCommons. Click for source.]One of the most controversial changes to the recently finalised DSM-5 diagnostic manual was the removal of the 'bereavement exclusion' from the diagnosis of depression - meaning that someone could be diagnosed as depressed even if they've just lost a loved on *The Washington Post* has been investigating the financial ties of those on the committee and, yes, you guessed it:/.../
Psychology of judgment and decision-making
[image: File:Daniel KAHNEMAN.jpg] *Daniel Kahneman *(Hebrew: דניאל כהנמן) (born March 5, 1934) is an Israeli American psychologist and winner of the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He is notable for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making, behavioral economics and hedonic psychology. With Amos Tversky and others, Kahneman established a cognitive basis for common human errors using heuristics and biases (Kahneman & Tversky, 1973; Kahneman, Slovic & Tversky, 1982; Tversky & Kahneman, 1974), and developed prospect theory (Kahneman & Tversky, 1979). He ... mais »
Opinion Art 2012
SLIDE SHOWNotable Opinion Art of 2012 A selection of illustrations that reflects on the issues of 2012 using exemplary wit, incisiveness, beauty and provocation. Notable Opinion Art of 2012Published: December 29, 2012 Multimedia Slide Show Notable Opinion Art from 2012 The New York Times opinion section commissions at least 30 original illustrations each week, more than 1,500 each year. Our tradition of using art to bring an incisive, witty or provocative perspective on current affairs dates to the creation of the Op-Ed page in 1970, and expanded with the creation of the Sunday Revie... mais »
The Lives of 2012 died personalities
MAGAZINE The Lives They Lived A celebration of the writers, thinkers, athletes, scientists and others who died in 2012.
Colégio Santíssima Trindade
Curso secundário e Normal da Dra. Valderês De 1943 a 1950 Valderês Antonietta Robinson, depois de Casada também Achutti, estudou em Cruz Alta no RS, no Colégio Santíssima Trindade. Encontro de três colegas, no dia 17 de dezembro de 2012, em Porto Alegre, no apartamento de uma delas Lúcia Westphallen Etchegoyen. Aparecem na foto a partir da esquerda: Inalda da Costa Villas-Boas, Lúcia, Enice Zazeron e Valderês. Izar Aparecida de Moraes (casada) Xausa, também ex-colega visitando Valderês no dia 29/12/2012
Dementia: Nondrug Management
Medscape Medical News > Neurology 6 Steps to Nondrug Management of Dementia Pauline Anderson Dec 27, 2012 Editors' Recommendations - New Guidelines on Screening for Cognitive Impairment - Amyloid Tracer Clinically Useful in Cognitive Impairment - Alzheimer's Disease News & Perspectives Drug & Reference Information - Delirium, Dementia, and Amnesia in Emergency Medicine - EEG in Dementia and Encephalopathy - Alzheimer Disease in Down Syndrome From existing evidence and their own clinical experience, researchers at Johns Hopkins University have come up with 6 nonpharma... mais »
Why Music Moves
Understanding Why Music Moves Us By Maia SzalavitzDec. 24, 20120NICHOLAS MONU / GETTY IMAGES [image: 85577665a] According to a study published in the *Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences*, music and dance share a parallel expression of emotion. The new research suggests that the two disciplines can express a mood together, with complementary methods of generating the dynamics of feeling.They say that writing about music is like dancing about architecture. But why don’t we dance to paintings— or for that matter, buildings— anyway? The latest research hints at why. The in... mais »
Silhouettes 2012
*2012: The Year in Silhouettes* JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 Ebrahim Noroozo—AFP/Getty Images Jan. 1, 2012. Iranian navy conducts the "Velayat-90" naval wargames in the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran. [image: Click here to find out more!]Prior to the invention of photography in the mid-19th century, the silhouette was considered an effective and inexpensive way to record a person’s likeness or capture a scene. Although the practice can be traced back to the early 17th century, the ... mais »
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