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If you are reading this then you already know the first way to access the blog’s content. Through the webpage. The other two are RSS, Twitter and Newsletters.

RSS: maybe one of the most popular mediums for content distribution. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. RSS works by creating a feed ...

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Will It Blend? – iPad

This is how I feel about the iPad for two reasons. One: I lost money.  Two: I’m tired that everyone is talking about it -Apple always find a way to make you talk about their products even when you don’t like them, watch-.

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No english? No problem. I just added a translation plugin for those of you who don’t feel comfortable reading english.
At the bottom of every post you’ll find a button to translate the contents of the blog to up to 40 different languages from a drop down menu. You will also ...

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April’s Guest Bloggers

by Fernando on April 1, 2010

This months’ guests are Steve Hartkopf and Suprio Ghatak. They are both bloggers and professionals with extensive and successful careers in Marketing and Finance respectively. Steve’s article will air on Monday 4/5. Meet them after the jump. Suprio’s will follow on Monday 4/12.

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This video has been circulating the internet for some time now but I still think it´s worth posting. The animation comprehensively summarizes the crisis in just 11 minutes. If I were a high-school or college teacher I’d be showing it to my students. But I’m no teacher so I’m sharing ...

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Windows to the World

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by Fernando on February 24, 2010

NASA’s Space Shuttle Endeavour landed safely  in Florida on Sunday evening. The crew attached a new bus sized module to the International Space Station (ISS) and the largest observation deck ever launched into space.
The Cupola, a 1.5 meters (4.9 ft) Forged Aluminium structure  features 7 windows, the central one measuring ...

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We all occupy roles in our lives. We are fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters. We grow up performing these roles. You are born a son, you build relationships with peers, maybe you’ll have children to then become a grandfather or grandmother. And so, these roles get hard-wired into our ...

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Weekly news mashup

by Fernando on February 13, 2010

I just finished perusing these last couple of days’ news and I couldn’t decide wether to blog about Bill Clinton’s  heart surgery, the Georgian luger that lost his life in a training session (on the world’s fastest track) of Vancouver’s Winter Olympics or the blogosphere’s outrage at Googles’ new product, Buzz, ...

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This are the places where I spend the most time when I’m not looking for anything specific, in no particular order.
 

Global Voices:  aggregates, curates, and amplifies the global conversation online – shining light on places and people other media often ignore. That’s their tagline. It’s a great way to find ...

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Thanks to ALT1040 if found Readability. If you spend a lot of time reading on the internet then this is something you must try. You just need to drag a bookmarklet to your browser’s bookmarks bar and that’s it; clutter and ad free reading. After configuring font style. size and ...

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February 6, 2010, West Chester, PA 11:50 PM.
Looks like it’s not gonna stop snowing so I’m stranded here until the glaciers recede. Probably sometime during the day after tomorrow (pun intended).
According to Tom Moore, Lead Meteorologist of the Weather Channel this is a [rephrase] historic storm which will paralyze the ...

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Via Physorg.com
The finding, published in the December 24 issue of the journal Neuron, could eventually lead to the development of new drugs to aid memory.
Previous studies have proven that  synapses cement memories into place. What was recently discovered is how those  synapses are strengthened and the role that proteins have ...

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ScienceDaily (July 29, 2009) — A year ago, a study by Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University researchers reported that fewer than half the patients previously diagnosed with bipolar disorder received an actual diagnosis of bipolar disorder after using a comprehensive, psychiatric diagnostic interview tool –the Structured Clinical Interview for ...

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There’s something paradoxical about organizational culture. The higher you go the more responsibility and power you have to develop or establish you own company’s culture. At the same time, you lose control over the elements that configure that culture.
Pretend (unless you are) that you are a CEO or an HR ...

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Hi everyone!
I arrived home from a day trip to Hershey Park, PA and found the three books I ordered from Amazon in the mail. The Tipping Point, Blink and Outliers. All from Malcolm Gladwell. I’m really exited :-D (I have been thinking of getting a Kindle, but the feeling I ...

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I don’t regard myself as an unusually intelligent guy. I’d say I’m average. But life has treated me well so far. Looks like I’ve been making good decisions, I’ve sometimes had good timing and why not, I’m might even have been a bit lucky (I haven’t won the lottery though).
This ...

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Have you ever wondered if there was any  difference in human brain development or a change in personality when a person has grown up in a bilingual household or environment?
Researchers from Baruch College and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, studied how bilingual people’s personality is unconsciously affected when switching languages, according ...

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