January 2009
11 posts
“This March, high school juniors taking the SAT will have the option of choosing...”
– SAT Changes Policy, Opening Rift With Colleges - NYTimes.com
All I can say is THANK GOD my standardized-test-taking days are behind me!!
December 2008
11 posts
“The concept of the passive house, pioneered in this city of 140,000 outside...”
– The Energy Challenge - No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in Innovative ‘Passive Houses’ - Series - NYTimes.com
Sounds fabulous. Can’t wait for the US to start really using this technology…
“The two most important rules about energy innovation are: 1) Price matters —...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Win, Win, Win, Win, Win … - NYTimes.com
It is all about structuring and aligning incentives and disincentives. I hope Obama has the strength to do this immediately.
“Mr. Bush defends his decisions as necessary to keep the nation safe, yet sounds...”
– White House Memo - After 8 Years, Bush and Cheney Let Differences Show - NYTimes.com
Thankfully these guys are gone. The puppet and the puppet master.
“The Bush administration has made relatively little use of special envoys....”
– Clinton Moves to Widen Role of State Dept. - NYTimes.com
Finally, diplomacy is back. And it seems to come with trusting key people to do their jobs instead of making one person (Condi) do everything.
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“Most successful people begin with two beliefs: the future can be better than the...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Lost in the Crowd - NYTimes.com
I completely agree with Brooks. While I agree with Gladwell that the social setting and influences have a lot to do with what the individual can achieve, I have seen individuals with strikingly similar opportunities and social milieu who achieve on...
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Colored Toys by Rabindranath Tagore
When I bring to you colored toys, my child,
I understand why there is such a play of colors on clouds, on water,
and why flowers are painted in tints
—-when I give colored toys to you, my child.
When I sing to make you dance
I truly know why there is music in leaves,
and why waves send their chorus of voices to the heart of the listening earth
—-when I sing to make you dance.
When I...
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This is the song from the Where the hell is Matt...
“The white piglet, barely year old, suddenly appeared in front of Sri...”
– Huge crowds throng Vishnu temple to see a circumambulating piglet- Hindustan Times
