I’ve read an interesting article in the latest Economist print edition (Feb 3rd- Feb 9th) about Netvibes and Tariq Krim, its founder and CEO. Find below some excerpts from the article, dealing with the (unavoidable) political capital that comes with his very succesful (so far) enterprise.
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For quite a while now I’ve been an enthusiastic fan of Hayley Westenra, a young singer with an incredible voice, from New Zealand, of Irish descent. She’s already shown a lot, but just watch her in 5-10 years from now!
→ Read more Remodeling Europe’s churches (with a focus on Transylvania’s old ‘fortress churches’)
This is a very, very interesting article from Newsweek International about the status of old churches throughout all of Europe (with pros and cons to maintaining or converting them etc). Inter alia, they do not forget mentioning Paradiso, one of the most famous clubs in Amsterdam (and certainly one of my favourites), obtained by transforming an old church.
→ Read more Triple blind review (and other idealistic thoughts on improving scientific publishing)
I really don’t think this should be THE priority in this area- and I also don’t think it would in fact change a lot in the scientific publishing process (not to mention that I doubt it would ever work: eg, I bet with everyone that I can find the author of a paper from its title and content, in most cases- hence, ‘double blind’ is already useless).
→ Read more Today’s song: Zece
Fara sa-l fi urmarit in mod continuu pe Florin Chilian-artistul (Chilian-comentatorul, de la Jurnalul National, e de multe ori prea…melodramatic, si asta in ciuda a ceea ce declara ca doreste a fi…; pe de alta parte scrie mai bine decat alti -multi- melodramatici), nu pot sa nu observ un progres considerabil, mai mult curaj (si cu asta, mai mult feeling) in melodiile sale.
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