Thursday, March 25, 2010

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Language: B.C. = before Christ;  A.D. = anno Domini, "in the year of the Lord". B.C.E. = before the common era; C.E. = common era
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Philosophy: Analekts of Confucius: Full text in Chinese and English. Also in the translation of James Legge
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People: NNDB: Intelligence aggregator that tracks the activities of people both living and dead, determined to be noteworthy. Includes mapping tool NNDB Mapper
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Technology: Mikrokopter. Small helicopters for fun and technical applications
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Umweltschutz: Info zur Entsorgung von Energiesparlampen bei Lichtzeichen.de
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Astronomy: Asteroid 2008 TC3 collided with earth on Oct 7, 2008. Fragments were found afterward in the Sahara desert.
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Literature: Johann Georg Kruenitz (1728 – 1796): Oekonomische Encyklopädie oder allgemeines System der Staats-, Stadt-, Haus- und Landwirthschaft
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Photography: Quang-Tuan Luong: Scientist turned landscape photographer
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Philosophy: Chinese Text Project by Donald Sturgeon. Many ancient Chinese texts with English translations.
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Music: Chetan Joshi: flute, traditional Indian music
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Shopping: Compare prices for electricity in Germany (Strompreise): Stom-Magazin
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Science: Microscale thermophoresis to study enzyme kinetics. Used by NanoTemper, a startup company by Philipp Baaske and Stefan Duhr in Munich in their Monolith instrument. Can measure enzyme kinetics in biological fluids, such as serum
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Travel: The National Parks by Ken Burns. Includes 'Park Explorer' map
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Medicine: Alzheimer's Disease: Richard Taylor, Ph.D. has been diagnosed with AD in 2001 and is now an advocate for treating AD patients in an enabling manner. His condition is progressing rather slowly.
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Economics: Bernard Mandeville: The Fable of The Bees: or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits. Develops the 'paradox of thrift', i.e. that increased individual savings during recession will lower aggregate demand and in turn lower total savings in the population due to decrease of consumption.
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