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Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | Express Yourself :: The DaVinci Lode

2012-05-07T02:04:00.001-04:00

Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | Express Yourself :: The DaVinci Lode: "...contemporaries didn’t quite understand how amazing they were. It’s a dense and complex body of material. It wasn’t until 1900 when the drawings were finally published and properly analysed by modern medics that people understood what Leonardo had achieved.”

Of the 150 sheets in the Royal Collection, 87 are included in the exhibition; between them they contain hundreds of drawings and hundreds of thousands of words in Leonardo’s tiny cursive mirror writing."

Black Quarterbacks Take Hits in the Media as Well as on the Field - Duke's Fuqua School of Business

2012-02-10T00:20:00.000-05:00

Black Quarterbacks Take Hits in the Media as Well as on the Field - Duke's Fuqua School of Business:

"Professors Andrew Carton from Pennsylvania State University's Smeal College of Business and Ashleigh Shelby Rosette from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business analyzed online news reports on college football to provide a new perspective on the persistence of negative evaluations of black leaders. The researchers found that when their teams win, black quarterbacks are lauded in the media for their athleticism rather than for great leadership. When their teams lose, black quarterbacks are depicted in the media as incompetent and lacking in general leadership skills."

Travel The World Without Leaving Your Desk | Culture of Science

2012-01-15T15:53:00.000-05:00

Travel The World Without Leaving Your Desk | Culture of Science: Photographer Kien Lam quit his job, packed a bag, grabbed his camera, and traveled the world. This is what he saw in 17 countries over 343 days in 6237 photographs:

What We Can Learn From Old Animals - NYTimes.com

2011-12-29T11:23:00.001-05:00

What We Can Learn From Old Animals - NYTimes.com:

"I would never have guessed the trauma she experienced,” said Ms. Leshko, a vegan. “She had a very peaceful day. She was bathing herself and lying in the grass and basking in the sunlight. That really tripped me up, to see this creature that had suffered so much in her life finding a moment of happiness."

Here is a video from her website:

Elderly Animals: Photographs by Isa Leshko from Mark & Angela Walley on Vimeo.

Alberto Cairo: There are no scraps of men - YouTube

2011-12-24T21:04:00.000-05:00

Alberto Cairo: There are no scraps of men - YouTube:

"Alberto Cairo's clinics in Afghanistan used to close down during active fighting. Now, they stay open. At TEDxRC2 (the RC stands for Red Cross/Red Crescent), Cairo tells the powerful story of why -- and how he found humanity and dignity in the midst of war."

Massive 1,100+ year old Maya site discovered in Georgia's mountains - National Architecture & Design | Examiner.com

2011-12-23T03:41:00.000-05:00

Massive 1,100+ year old Maya site discovered in Georgia's mountains - National Architecture & Design | Examiner.com:

" Archaeological zone 9UN367 at Track Rock Gap, near Georgia’s highest mountain, Brasstown Bald, is a half mile (800 m) square and rises 700 feet (213 m) in elevation up a steep mountainside. Visible are at least 154 stone masonry walls for agricultural terraces, plus evidence of a sophisticated irrigation system and ruins of several other stone structures. Much more may be hidden underground. It is possibly the site of the fabled city of Yupaha, which Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto failed to find in 1540, and certainly one of the most important archaeological discoveries in recent times."

Watch "TEDxSF - Louie Schwartzberg - Gratitude" Video at TEDxTalks

2011-12-23T01:15:00.000-05:00

Watch "TEDxSF - Louie Schwartzberg - Gratitude" Video at TEDxTalks:

Even if you choose to ignore the message, watch for the pictures/video a the start. Wow.

"Louie Schwartzberg is an award-winning cinematographer, director, and producer whose notable career spans more than three decades providing breathtaking imagery for feature films, television shows, documentaries and commercials. As a visual artist, Louie has created some of the most iconic and memorable film moments of our time. He is an innovator in the world of time-lapse, nature, aerial and "slice-of-life" photography - the only cinematographer in the world who has literally been shooting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week continuously for more than 30 years."

Khan Academy Blends Its YouTube Approach With Classrooms - NYTimes.com

2011-12-21T20:54:00.000-05:00

Khan Academy Blends Its YouTube Approach With Classrooms - NYTimes.com:

"This semester, at least 36 schools nationwide are trying out Mr. Khan’s experiment: splitting up the work of teaching between man and machine, and combining teacher-led lessons with computer-based lectures and exercises.

As schools try to sort out confusing claims about the benefits of using technology in the classroom, and companies ponder the profits from big education contracts, Khan Academy may seem like just another product vying for attention.

But what makes Mr. Khan’s venture stand out is that the lessons and software tools are entirely free — available to anyone with access to a reasonably fast Internet connection."

Kathryn Schulz: Don't regret regret | Video on TED.com

2011-12-19T01:50:00.000-05:00

Kathryn Schulz: Don't regret regret | Video on TED.com:

"We're taught to try to live life without regret. But why? Using her own tattoo as an example, Kathryn Schulz makes a powerful and moving case for embracing our regrets."

Email in the enterprise: entering its twilight at 40?

2011-12-05T11:55:00.000-05:00

Email in the enterprise: entering its twilight at 40?:

"While it’s certainly premature to declare email — which turned 40 years old in 2011 — “dead” as a technology, it’s fair to acknowledge that a new generation of communication tools is gaining traction as a more effective means of communication for the enterprise.

Email is without a doubt the most tried and true technology for both enterprise and personal communication, but it’s not without its shortcomings."

NFL: The All-22 Football Footage the League Won't Show You - WSJ.com

2011-11-09T00:41:00.000-05:00

NFL: The All-22 Football Footage the League Won't Show You - WSJ.com:

"For decades, NFL TV broadcasts have relied most heavily on one view: the shot from a sideline camera that follows the progress of the ball. Anyone who wants to analyze the game, however, prefers to see the pulled-back camera angle known as the "All 22."

While this shot makes the players look like stick figures, it allows students of the game to see things that are invisible to TV watchers: like what routes the receivers ran, how the defense aligned itself and who made blocks past the line of scrimmage.

By distributing this footage only to NFL teams, and rationing it out carefully to its TV partners and on its web site, the NFL has created a paradox. The most-watched sport in the U.S. is also arguably the least understood. "I don't think you can get a full understanding without watching the entirety of the game," says former head coach Bill Parcells."

Space Junk: NASA Can't Predict Re-Entry With Certainty - ABC News

2011-09-23T09:59:00.000-04:00

Space Junk: NASA Can't Predict Re-Entry With Certainty - ABC News:

"...according to Nicholas Johnson, NASA's chief orbital debris scientist, any one person's chances of getting hit by debris are tiny -- something like 1 in 21 trillion. The chances that of the 7 billion people on Earth, one of them, somewhere, could be hit are more like 1 in 3,200."

well assuming uniformly distributed people. LOL..

SF Giant's GM Brian Sabean

2011-08-18T02:47:00.000-04:00

ForaTv's Channel - YouTube:

"All of the sudden, we're not the national pastime," says Brian Sabean, general manager of the San Francisco Giants. Sabean attributes the fall of baseball to a lack of scholarships for young players. With star athletes pursuing more lucrative deals in other sports, viewers follow them to the NFL and NBA, causing baseball ratings to plummet."

ForaTv's Channel - YouTube

2011-08-18T02:16:00.000-04:00

ForaTv's Channel - YouTube:

"Elevation Partners managing director Roger McNamee predicts HTML5 will be a huge disruptive force for both web publishers and online advertisers. "HTML5 allows you to treat a web page as a brand new canvas, with no rules, no limits"

Hulu - American Experience: Robert E. Lee - Watch the full episode now.

2011-08-17T01:46:00.000-04:00

Hulu - American Experience: Robert E. Lee - Watch the full episode now.: "The American Experience: Robert E. Lee"

Crows are really smart!

2011-08-15T00:09:00.000-04:00

Fascinating

For Yankees’ Teixeira, Would-Be Hits Are Swallowed by a Shift - NYTimes.com

2011-08-08T10:43:00.000-04:00

For Yankees’ Teixeira, Would-Be Hits Are Swallowed by a Shift - NYTimes.com:

"Long said the team’s research had shown that Teixeira was losing 15 to 20 points off his average because of would-be hits that were swallowed up by the shift, making it a primary reason for Teixeira’s declining average"

‪Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America‬‏ - YouTube

2011-08-03T15:03:00.000-04:00

Looks like a good book.

‪Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America‬‏ - YouTube: "David O. Stewart takes a fascinating look at the young United States through the unlikely story of Aaron Burr, one of the most vilified and puzzling figures in our history"

The Body Odd - Crying shame: Tears don't make you feel any better, study shows

2011-08-02T16:12:00.000-04:00

The Body Odd - Crying shame: Tears don't make you feel any better, study shows:

"Scientists ended up with 1,004 crying episodes to analyze: Their results showed that the average boo-hoo lasted eight minutes and took place in the living room, usually alone or with one other person present. Conflict, loss, or seeing others suffer were the most common triggers for tears.

For the majority of cases -- 61 percent of them -- sobbers reported no change in mood compared to how they felt before moisture streamed down their cheeks. Thirty percent experienced a better mood afterward and nine percent felt worse."

Larger Brains May Have Evolved Due to Sports, Not Smarts | Playbook

2011-07-22T01:18:00.000-04:00

Larger Brains May Have Evolved Due to Sports, Not Smarts | Playbook:

"Endurance exercise has been shown to boost the levels of chemical messengers that promote growth and reorganization in the brain. It’s therefore possible that animals with an increased penchant for endurance exercise may have beefed-up brains. Though a definite cause-and-effect relationship has not been proven, researchers have shown that within a species, the animals with the bigger brains are the ones that run longer than the rest."

It goes on to say that the data were too noisy to show that it applied within humans, but I will go with yes ;) lol

Biking in Olean

2011-07-17T01:46:00.001-04:00

YES it is a short short season due to 6 months of winter, and cold falls and springs, but for a few months, it is nice.

YouTube - ‪TEDtalksDirector's Channel‬‏

2011-07-12T00:17:00.000-04:00

YouTube - ‪TEDtalksDirector's Channel‬‏: "Diving under the Antarctic ice to get close to the much-feared leopard seal, photographer Paul Nicklen found an extraordinary new friend. Share his hilarious, passionate stories of the polar wonderlands, illustrated by glorious images of the animals who live on and under the ice"

Pictures We Love: Best of June

2011-07-02T01:20:00.000-04:00

Pictures We Love: Best of June--

Some amazing pictures from the National Geographic.

:) :) Smile!!! :) :)

2011-06-30T01:04:00.001-04:00

Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds | Video on TED.com

2011-06-29T10:48:00.000-04:00

Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds | Video on TED.com

Very interesting.