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SESSION 7: SPECIAL SESSION, 17th Annual EOS/ESD Symposium THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1995, 8:00 am SESSION 7: SPECIAL SESSION: ELECTROSTATIC CONSIDERATIONS IN INDUSTRY MODERATOR: D. http://amasci.com/weird/unusual/e-wall.html

David Swenson's electrostatic "invisible wall"

The Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera photographs a full spherical panorama when it is thrown in the air (see a demo video ). The ball’s 36 cell phone cameras capture the panorama, which is stitched together afterwards on a computer. http://laughingsquid.com/throwable-ball-camera-captures-spherical-panoramas/

Throwable Ball Camera Captures Spherical Panoramas

memoria utrum habeat quiddam artificiosi, an omnis ab natura proficiscatur, aliud dicendi tempus idoneum dabitur. Nunc proinde atque constet in hac re multum valere artem et praeceptionem, ita de ea re loquemur. http://www.utexas.edu/research/memoria/Ad_Herennium_Passages.html

Rhetorica ad Herennium Passages on Memory

OpenSecrets Blog May 22 - If President Obama's attacks on Mitt Romney's long career at Bain Capital are a liability, as some Democrats now worry, they don't seem to bother many of Romney's old colleagues: Employees of Bain Capital and Bain & Company have given more than $152,000 to Obama's campaign and the joint fundraising operation he runs with the Democratic National Committee.

OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics -- See Who's Giving & Who's Getting

http://www.opensecrets.org/
http://projecteuler.net/ What is Project Euler?

Project Euler

http://www.rense.com/general4/bac.htm Dr. Rothschild backed up his point by telling us the story of the discovery of the Bacillus subtilis, a bacterial microorganism that is commonly found in the environment rather than in humans, yet is well known by modern science to be very friendly to the human system.

The Bacillus Subtilis Story

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6679.html Businesses that offer their customers the highest levels of service might like to believe that all their efforts to pamper and please will pay off with an extremely loyal following. "Customers you might expect to be the most 'stuck' are the ones who are disproportionately vulnerable to service competition."

What Loyalty? High-End Customers are First to Flee — HBS Working Knowledge

Because I drove the night shift, my cab became a moving confessional. http://www.zenmoments.org/the-cab-ride-ill-never-forget/

The Cab Ride I’ll Never Forget | Zen Moments

http://zomgscience.net/ Huge thanks to Ben Langley and Nick Black for proof-reading this post. They're more awesome than a zombie dinosaur being ridden by a robotic ninja.

ZOMGscience!

We love both Android and iOS, but the open nature of Android just means it can do things others just can't.

tips and downloads for getting things done

About | XBMC

XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media.

How To Train Yourself To Speed Read | Mindflash

Speed reading is big business: Hundreds of companies host training seminars and courses, offer speed reading packages (offline and on), and hold patents on speed-reading formulas. If your organization or team is looking to bolster reading speed and retention, here’s an infographic that will give anyone a head start — with some basic DIY tactics and other helpful tips and supporting data.