Nice Guys Do Finish Last

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That’s right- and nice gals don’t do much better.  Drs. Livingston, Judge, and Hurst presented these findings on Monday (15 Aug 2011) to the Academy of Management in San Antonio.  It is expected to be published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, soon (however, it is not yet approved in final form). Continue reading Nice Guys Do Finish Last

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144 to 120? Really?

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I do not consider myself an expert on K-12 education, but I have opinions. (You can find some of my thoughts on Stuart Nager’s blog.)  But, I do understand undergraduate and graduate education.  And, over the past 30 years, I have seen changes that scare the bejesus out of me.

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Big Brother Owns Your Phone!

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I wrote a few weeks ago about some new devices the police are acquiring to enable facial recognition.  I said, we can expect such devices to find widespread use- way beyond their original intent.  (You do know the GPS on your phone not only tells you where you are, but everyone else, as well?)

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The stars (oops, the moons) are aligned…

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This is an auspicious month.  The First of August, The First of Av, Ramadan.  The confluence of  all three of these events is rare, indeed.  This period has certainly  brought into evidence the failure of the US Government branches to deal with issues that they were specifically elected to preclude- the preservation of the United States of America.  Because of this failure, the credit rating of this country has fallen; it’s regard by the rest of the world has fallen; and the regard of its citizens has also withered. Continue reading The stars (oops, the moons) are aligned…

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Solar Panels on Paper- really! And, more!

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Drs. Gleason and Bulovic (ChemE and EE departments of MIT), along with 7 other researchers (ChemE, EE, and Materials Science of MIT) have made a tremendous breakthrough in solar “panels”.  Why is “panels” in quotes?  These panels can be “printed” on copy paper, tracing paper, tissue, and newsprint.  They can even be folded into different shapes. (These results were published in Advanced Materials.)

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