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Natalie Warne: Being young and making an impact

Natalie Warne: Being young and making an impact

Guest Post: Auditing Astronomy Class I’m not sure exactly where this story begins, but maybe it’s here: Sometime this summer, my mom decided to take an astronomy class. She had taken drama and philosophy classes through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC Berkeley and audited a history of theater course. She’d heard that this particular astronomy class was aimed at non-science majors, and that the professor, Alex Filippenko, had won all sorts of teaching awards. She emailed him to see if it was okay for her to sit in – it was – and then convinced a few friends to join her. Maybe what I should say next is that my mom has never been that interested in science. I actually didn’t know how much she didn’t like it until we talked about it recently. Astronomy had also gotten on her bad list. This class had no formaldehyde, just a professor who has enough astronomy-themed T-shirts to cover three afternoons a week for a whole semester without repeating a shirt. That’s how I first heard about what was going on in class.

CineSkates Camera Sliders by Justin Jensen Update 3: The CineSkates Kickstarter project has come to a close, and the support from our backers has been amazing. We are working to get all the CineSkates sent out quickly, and we are now taking pre-orders on the Cinetics web site: store.cinetics.com Update 2: By popular demand, we added a new reward level for a ready-to-go CineSkates System for iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S! This reward includes CineSkates, the GorillaPod Focus tripod, the GorillaPod BH1 Ballhead, and The Glif iPhone mount... one of our favorite Kickstarter projects! Update 1: Wow! Thanks for checking out my Kickstarter project! What are CineSkates? CineSkates work specifically with the GorillaPod Focus tripod. What rewards are available? What's the money for? When will rewards ship? What makes CineSkates so cool? Filmmakers will find CineSkates perfect for weddings, music videos, product demos, real estate ads, web videos, corporate films, and even for narrative and documentary films. How do you use them? What is Cinetics?

How to run a successful research lab without having a lab At the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Atul Butte gave a talk entitled, "Translational Medical Discoveries Through Data Transparency and Reuse." It could just as easily been called "how to run a successful research lab without having a lab." Butte, who is faculty at Stanford, was part of a panel that discussed the open sharing of data, and he used his own experience to provide a compelling case study that showed that, when researchers share their data, it enables others to drive a field forward in new ways. Butte focused on a specific type of data, generated by what are called DNA or gene chips. A chip that can contain sequences from every single human gene can now be had for only about $250, and each one can survey the expression of all these genes in a single cell type—say a cancer cell, or nerve cells from a Parkinson's patient. The two major repositories now hold over 850,000 data sets between them.

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40 Photo-Illustrated Questions to Refocus Your Mind Asking the right questions is the answer… It’s not the answers you get from others that will help you, but the questions you ask of yourself. Here are 40 thought-provoking questions to help you refresh and refocus your thinking: Please share your thoughts with us in the comments section below. Also, check out our sister site, Thought Questions, for more photo-illustrated questions like these; and check out The Book of Questions if you’re interested in reading even more inspiring, thought-provoking questions.Title photo by: Helga Weber For all other photo credits please refer to ThoughtQuestions.com Related 40 Questions Everyone is Afraid to Ask Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. April 13, 2012 In "Aspirations" 40 Questions that Will Quiet Your Mind Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers … because asking the right questions is the answer. August 5, 2015 In "Happiness" 25 Photo-Illustrated Reminders to Help You Find Happiness

Dine Out Non-GMO If you have a favorite restaurant, and you eat there often, you should only need to ask these questions once. It's helpful to have a knowledgeable server or chef guide you through the menu to help you avoid GM foods. It’s not too hard to identify the non-GMO options. A good first question is, "What oil do you cook with?" If they use soy, cottonseed, canola, or corn oils they are likely GM if they are not organic. Since most processed foods contain GM derivatives (corn and soy, for example), ask what foods the chef prepares fresh, and choose those items. Try to avoid processed foods with the oils mentioned above, or with soy and corn derivatives, including: soy flour, soy protein, soy lecithin, textured vegetable protein, corn meal, corn syrup, dextrose, maltodextrin, fructose, citric acid, and lactic acid. Other potential sources of GM foods at restaurants include salad dressings, bread, and mayonnaise, and sugar from GM sugar beets. Other Sources of GMOs

Peter Weyland at TED2023: I will change the world Peter Weyland has been a magnet for controversy since he announced his intent to build the first convincingly humanoid robotic system by the end of the decade. Whether challenging the ethical boundaries of medicine with nanotechnology or going toe to toe with the Vatican itself on the issue of gene-therapy sterilization, Sir Peter prides himself on his motto, “If we can, we must.” After a three year media blackout, Weyland has finally emerged to reveal where he’s heading next. Conceived and designed by Ridley Scott and Damon Lindelof and directed by Luke Scott. Sir Peter Weyland was born in Mumbai, India at the turn of the Millennium. In less than a decade, Weyland Corporation became a worldwide leader in emerging technologies and launched the first privatized industrial mission to leave the planet Earth.

A Teenager’s Plea: Don’t Suck There are some things that just get to me. When I leave the Taco Bell drive through knowing, without even looking into the bag, that they have messed up my order.I certainly don’t like it when I end up shaking hands and it was supposed to be a fist bump. That’s just awkward. Those are little. What seriously gets to me is when there is a lack in how the church talks to us. I would walk into a service, and I would feel like I didn’t belong. We (teens) are a group who want to belong. Targeted It’s one thing to tell us we’re important, it’s another thing to show us. Side note: Everything matters: the colors you use, the layers you put on each other, the graphics you use or don’t use, and the way you give it to us. If we don’t feel targeted, you lose us. Experienced I want to be able to go into a church and have a serious experience with God. Everyone has an experience, it’s the churches’ goal to see that experience is a great one. There have been some things that work: “Go after them.

Sex Diaries Editor Gets Personally Inspired by the Diarists It began with the hedge fund guy who crossed state lines for sex. When I read his sex diary, my expectations were low; they sunk to a nadir when I opened the e-mail introducing his submission: I am a loyal reader, and this diary combines a decent week sexually with an insight into a complex psyche, if I say so myself. A self-centered finance guy. His was the 150th diary I'd read; the other 110 or so were by women in my demographic: late twenties, child-free, with the time and inclination to respond to my ads seeking diarists, usually spending a week hanging off various Manhattan and Brooklyn chandeliers, often fueled by a combination of alcohol, cocaine, and breakup. The finance guys were also all the same: pre-dawn CNBC market check, job, home, porn, sexting with women, not enough sleep—all of which they found fascinating. Overnight bag packed. Well. My modus operandi is simple. When my egg timer dinged, I kept reading. I told my shrink that I think I am a misogynist.

Victoria's Secret model Kylie Bisutti quits over religious beliefs Model Kylie Bisutti said wearing lingerie down the catwalk clashed with her Christian beliefs. Picture: Frazer Harrison Source: Getty Images Kylie Bisutti says her body is for her husband's eyes only. YOUNG beauty Kylie Bisutti is quitting Victoria's Secret at just 21 because modelling lingerie does not conform with her Christian beliefs. Bisutti won Victoria's Secret Model Search in 2009 when she was 19, beating 10,000 other hopefuls. "Victoria’s Secret was my absolutely biggest goal in life, and it was all I ever wanted career-wise," she told FOX411. "I actually loved it while I was there, it was so much fun and I had a blast. Bisutti, from Simi Valley, California, was married shortly before getting her wings, and she said that was also a factor in her decision. "My body should only be for my husband and it’s just a sacred thing," Bisutti continued. Bisutti, however, is not giving up the catwalk just yet.

DAVID FOSTER WALLACE, IN HIS OWN WORDS A cache of over 40 letters reveals the artist’s humour and imagination ... From THE ECONOMIST online When René Magritte was 13 years old, his mother drowned herself in a local river. When the body was recovered her face was found to be covered with her nightdress. No one knew whether she had deliberately shielded her eyes from death or if the river current had simply veiled her face. He would become obsessed with the hidden. For nearly a century fans of Magritte have studied his works, determined to find hidden meanings within them. The letters, most of which are undated and not included in the collection that was published in 1994, span more than 20 years and cover a wide range of topics—artistic, literary and surreal. Magritte had met the pretty Georgette Berger when they were both schoolchildren. The artist and the poet had met three years earlier and quickly became close friends. In writing, Magritte is unremittingly cheery.

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