Monday, August 17, 2009

Monday, August 17, 2009

Aug 17

Today’s Quote:

“Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.”

– Chinese Proverbs

Today’s Most Important Stories, Information & Links:

• Eight Marks Of A Mind-Control Cult
• Scientology Escapee Tells Skeptics’ Group How It’s Done (Village Voice)
• Scientology on Pulse – Scientology on NHNE Mothership
• New Computer Techniques To Analyze Historic Hebrew And Arabic Documents (Science Blog)
• Climate, Culture, and Consciousness: Growing Green by Corey W. deVos
• As Arctic Ocean Warms, Megatonnes Of Methane Bubble Up (New Scientist)
• NHNE on Climate Change (news feed, primers, videos, authoritative websites, skeptic-watch websites, blogs, reports)
• Brain Activity In Nondual Meditators & Alzheimer’s Sufferers “Strikingly Similar” (Tricycle)
• Tweets are 40% pointless babble, 37% conversation, 10% promotion/spam, 9% useful info (BBC News)
• Super Models Without Makeup (Trend Hunter)
• Dove Evolution (& Parodies)
• Contemplating Oneness: The Neuroscience Of Meditation (ScienceLine)
• America’s 10 Brainiest States (U.S. News & World Report)
• Physical Inactivity “The Biggest Public Health Problem Of The 21st Century” (Medical News Today)
• 2009 State of the Future Report
• Thai Elephant Takes 1st Steps With Artificial Leg (AP)
• Hackers Put Social Networks Such As Twitter In Crosshairs (PC World)

Today’s Recommended Book:

• Dream Work: Techniques For Discovering The Creative Power In Dreams by Jeremy Taylor

Today’s Video: Hans Rosling Shows The Best Stats You’ve Ever Seen

You’ve never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called “developing world.” To view the Top 10 TED videos on Pulse, go here.