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		<title>Wow!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogging of surprises, check out the following video of a kid seeing lobsters for the first time. This is the truest expression of amazement  and wow! I have ever seen. Posted in Pieces of Information Tagged: boy, lobster, Video, wow!, youtube<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3325&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wow! Siverdome Sells for &lt;0.4% of Cost to Build It!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you thought you&#8217;d seen all there is to be surprised about, hold your breath as this will truly amaze you. Washington Post reports that the 80,000-seat enclosed Silverdome , built for $55.7 million in 1975 to house the Detroit Lions, has sold for $583,000. Stop and think about it and also take a look [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3317&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Media Bias</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/media-bias/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taibbi has two commentaries on the state of media viewed through the prism of the Palin Phenomenon: (1) Yes, Sarah, There is a Media Conspiracy and (2) &#8220;Sarah Palin, WWE Star.&#8221; Below is my take on the state of media environment The danger of the current media climate is that there is no rational assessment [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3310&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Voices of the Times</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/voices-of-the-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is impossible to watch the following and not worry about the state of politics and political leadership in our country. The ability of a representative democracy to work effectively is predicated up on informed citzenary. Those with the means to inform abuse the privilege by inciting fear and hate. Those with the burden of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3296&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Progress</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is incredible how much progress has been made in just a short one year. This is a wonderful summary of what is in the Senate bill, which for all the screaming and counter-screaming going on about public option or other tangential issues, has managed to accomplish a great deal. There is an incremental and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3211&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ardipithecus ramidus</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Science magazine dedicates its pages to 11 papers that present a detailed analysis on and introduction of our 4.4 million year old ancestor, Ardipithecus ramidus, authored by a diverse international team. &#160; &#8220;These 4.4 million year old hominid fossils sit within a critical early part of human evolution, and cast new and sometimes surprising light [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3200&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Military Expenditures: Price of Safety or Superpowerdom?</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/military-expenditures-price-of-safety-or-superpowerdom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is a revealing chart, via The Economist, showing the list of big military per capita spenders. Is this the price of safety or superpowerdom? How much of these expenditures is truly directed towards achieving these goals? &#8220;&#8230;Israel spends most on defence relative to its population, shelling out over $2,300 a person, over $300 more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3198&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scientific Perspective on Healthcare Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you take out the passion, obsession, and fear mongering out of the healthcare reform debate, you are left with hard to deny facts about cost, coverage, health outcomes, and geographic disparities. These facts are nicely summarized in the following video from NewScientist. Therein, they discuss data obtained from Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3196&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare Bill Will&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/healthcare-bill-will/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is Google not giving the healthcare bill a chance? Posted in Pieces of Information Tagged: google, healthcare, search<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3194&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Heathcare Reform in Graphs: Cost, Coverage, Per Capita Spending, and Public Support</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the interest of setting up a one-stop reference regarding health-care reform, included here are graphs that highlight the issues of cost, per capita spending, coverage, and etc. Some of these graphs have previously been discussed here and here. More graphs will be be appended as they are discovered. Heath spending by population: The graph [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3192&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Advancements in Automotive Safety</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/advancements-in-automotive-safety/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is an interesting video, courtesy of Marginal Revolution, showing the progress made in improving automotive safety features. It shows a crash between a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu and a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air. We have indeed come a long way! Posted in Pieces of Information Tagged: 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air, 2009 Chevrolet Malibu, automotive safety, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3189&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The State of Politics in America</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Friedman makes an accurate diagnosis of the crippled state of politics in America today. He brings a much needed perspective to the assessment of the insanity in the rhetoric pushed by the far right in order to de-legitimize his presidency. &#8220;Sometimes I wonder whether George H.W. Bush, president “41,” will be remembered as our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3187&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Media Metamorphosis</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/media-metamorphosis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just watch. You&#8217;ll be amazed by the transformation that is taking place in the media landscape in such a short span of time with little fanfare or attention. Posted in Pieces of Information, Science and Technology Tagged: Did you know?, media, metamorphosis, The Economist, transformation<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3155&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Epigenome</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/epigenome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Incredible! Posted in Pieces of Information, Science and Technology Tagged: epigenome, genetics, inheritance, nature, nurture, the human genome project<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3152&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Honor Of Senator Kennedy</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/in-honor-of-senator-kennedy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, I&#8217;ll re-post and share a poem I wrote a while back, In the Sense of Time. As he said it best, the dream will never die&#8230; He lives on in the dreams he birthed and in the dreams he fulfilled. In the Sense of Time In the sense of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3147&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Impressive High-speed Robot Hand</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/impressive-high-speed-robot-hand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to know how far robots have come towards rendering us almost replaceable? Check out this video showing Ishikawa Komuro Lab&#8216;s high-speed robot hand performing incredible acts of dexterity and skillful manipulation. Indeed, an impressive demonstration of advances in robotics and A.I. Posted in Pieces of Information, Science and Technology Tagged: A.I., dexterity, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3144&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ramadan Kareem!</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/ramadan-kareem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama continues to extend the unclenched fist forward to improve relations with the Muslim world by building on the Cairo speech and extending best wishes to Muslim communities here in the U.S. and around the world. A smart strategy of forging good relations based on respect and understanding. Posted in Pieces of Information Tagged: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3140&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Multiverse?</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/08/22/multiverse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Michio Kaku discussing about the universe&#8230; Posted in Pieces of Information, Science and Technology Tagged: HARDtalk, Michio Kaku, multiverse, physics, string theory, universe<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3137&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>He Did It Again!</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/he-did-it-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just look at the distance between him and the rest of the field at the finish line&#8230; Posted in Pieces of Information Tagged: 19.19, 200m, IAAF Berlin 2009, Usain Bolt, World Championships<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3135&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alone</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/alone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hands tied together, he looked up As if to beg for a sliver of hope Mercy maybe to a life short lived Looked down to see the suffering and misery To find, the hands which were thought to be tied Free, but crippled and incapable of reach For the hope dangling upfront to silence the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3131&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform 101</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/health-care-reform-101/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a distilled (&#60;1000 words!) version of all the issues concerning the health care reform debate via Alec MacGillis of The Washington Post. Posted in Pieces of Information Tagged: Alec MacGillis, cheat sheet, health care, health care reform, health care reform 101, The Washington Post<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3125&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spreading the Cost Saving Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The crux of the matter about health care reform is that something needs to be done to address the exploding cost of care, which is incommensurate to the quality of care provided and makes the U.S. an outlier among all the nations. Atul Gawande et al. discuss this in a recent article. Here is an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3123&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Universal Coverage Will Be A Major Achievement</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/getting-universal-coverage-will-be-a-major-achievement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Granted it would be great to have a bill that will magically half the cost of health care, to the level other industrialized nations spend per capita, and still provide universal coverage. It would be great if we could simply control the exploding cost that is pacing to bankrupt our country. It would be great [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3121&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Price of Modernity?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The concept of friendship is one that is being loosely applied in the advent of virtual inter-connectedness that social media is affording. However, is modernity stealing the honesty and intimacy out of relationships and filling the void with superficial means of interaction? Is the essence of friendship being lost? What does friendship mean and what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3117&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform Is Coming!</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/health-care-reform-is-coming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For all the hoopla and shameless hypocrisy of the opponents of health care reform, major change is on the way. And there is nothing the other side can do about it. Just look at this nice summary from Ezra Klein about what is already agreed upon and other pertinent issues. &#8220;Here are the things that, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3098&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>9.58: Lightning Bolt Strikes Again!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simply Supernatural! Posted in Pieces of Information Tagged: 100m, 9.58, IAAF Berlin 2009, lightning bolt, supernatual, supernatural, Usain Bolt, World Championships, world record<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3103&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fractal Dendrites on Ice</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/fractal-dendrites-on-ice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is another glorious manifestation of fractal geometry to go along with a previous post on fractals in nature. This time it is dendrites in the cracking pattern of a sheet of ice. Posted in Arts and Culture, Pieces of Information Tagged: dendrites, fractal geometry, Fractals, fractals in nature, nature<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3094&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Here Comes the President!</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/here-comes-the-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You had to know President Obama was simply not going to allow the opponents of health care reform continue to spread lies and scare people in an effort to throttle this necessary and much too delayed effort at change. This is the kind of inspired, passionate, and reasoned argument, which he has shown to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3090&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care: Canada versus the United Kingdom</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/health-care-canada-versus-the-united-kingdom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nate Silver has a great demonstration of and comparison between health care systems in Canada and the U.K., both of which are frequently vilified by the opponents of health care reform here in the U.S. Enjoy! Posted in Pieces of Information Tagged: canada, health care, health care reform, Nate Silver, national health care, single payer, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3083&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Problem with Recommender Systems</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a recommender system that is clearly broken. Six to seven years back I purchased a book on graduate schools from Amazon. You can then imagine my surprise when I keep getting this type of solicitation to buy more of the same. Don&#8217;t they understand that this is a type of commodity you use [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3076&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Essence of Viral</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/the-essence-of-viral/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The essence of viral spreading of information is one that can surprisingly be explained by quantum mechanical concepts, as discussed in a previous post, &#8220;Why Some Ideas Go Viral and Others Do Not.&#8221; Now, here comes a real world example, in fact one of ROL&#8217;s own escapade into the viral realm thanks to &#8220;The Little Imperfections.&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3061&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Modern Day Conservatism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is an intriguing quote: &#8220;The modern conservative is engaged in one of man&#8217;s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.&#8221; &#8211; JK Galbraith Posted in Pieces of Information Tagged: conservatism, JK Galbraith, modern day, moral philosophy, philosophy, quote<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3058&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Epitome of Hypocrisy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Working to address the inefficiency, waste, and unsustainable cost in the dysfunctional health care system (if there is one) is hard enough a task to bring about reform without having to deal with such hypocrites. How do they sleep at night?! Posted in Pieces of Information Tagged: Glenn Beck, health care reform, hypocrisy, Jon Stewart<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3054&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy National Relaxation Day!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I bet you didn&#8217;t know August 15th is a special day unlike any other. Yes, it marks the National Relaxation Day. It says a lot about the breakneck speed at which our everyday life unfolds for us to need a reminder to take time and relax. In any case, if you are not the relaxing-type [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3050&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is Happening to Us, America?</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/what-is-happening-to-us-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is happening to us, America? Unable to listen, screaming at each others&#8217; throat Quick to affirm our rights, in a shouting match of sound bites Denying the right of others, are we growing intolerant of the other Who appears foreign, forgetting that this land we call home Is a gift to all, to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3040&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fulcrum of Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the fulcrum, hangs the balance between I and we Defining the equilibrium of love and belonging. Does she worry about asserting of her right Or her happiness, her body, or her income All used to define the essence of an independent woman Does he care just about his needs Gratification of self, stroking of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3036&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Golden Glory</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[They claim thousands of years of glory A civilization unlike any other The foundation of humanity and being Philosophy, architecture, art and history But, where is civilization now In a population, tied down to the barrel of a gun Where is the glory now In the millions of people suffering everyday Poor, sick, illiterate, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3033&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hubble&#8217;s Gift to Humanity</title>
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		<title>Songs That Heal</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted in Pieces of Information Tagged: Mark Johnson, One love, Peace Through Music, Playing for Change, song, Stand by me<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3025&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>U.S.A.: The Outlier in Health Care Expenditure</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous post, a comparison of per capita spending and life expectancy for some of the developed countries in the world was compared. In it, the incommensurate cost to the quality of care being delivered to the population was discussed. Then (at the beginning of the year), the post was more of an exercise [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3021&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Transitions</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/transitions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted in Arts and Culture, Expressions Tagged: art, Expressions, transitions<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3015&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ill</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/ill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feeling ill, dysfunctional and sick Lack of interest reaching the peak Like a fruit wasting away; nearing harvest pick Uncovered by fashion, which normally sleak Hiding the rote, masking the stink Frustration, disgust, and hate; piled like a rick All matters of cure, unable to break The vicious cycle, stuck in a wreck Soul dripping [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=3005&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Flying Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/flying-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like a bird in the sky With wings spread out to fly My thoughts sit above clouds Textured and smooth, fluffy and light Separating earthly life from heavens Entrapped in a thin can With a comfort of air conditioned home Bound to a seat, in a moment of liberation. Oh! The cruelty of creation Delivering [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=2997&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hourglass</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/hourglass/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speckles of sand flow From one side to the other In obedience to gravity Marking the timeless evolution of time In symbolism of a body figure sculpted at the waist Into a proportion of man-made beauty. The narrowness of the neck dictates The flow of time in the hourglass Separating the present from the past [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=2988&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rollercoaster</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/rollercoaster/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ups and downs rendered in formation Like a marching band befitting of a dawn The oneness of rhythms and the imbalance of movement Up and jumpy, happy and limitless at once Down and thumping, deafening and hardened in instant. Where is the sigh when it is sought Where is the melody when one dances [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=2970&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Priceless!</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/priceless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the kind of priceless picture that really says more than a thousand words. As the president said: &#8220;I do so recognizing that change cannot happen overnight. No single speech can eradicate years of mistrust, nor can I answer in the time that I have all the complex questions that brought us to this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=2966&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Parallel Universes</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/parallel-universes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They ask why; why are you not jovial? Alone, pensive, and distant They ask why; why are you so banal? Small, shallow, and trite Their wills live on parallel universes Governed by rules disparate and diverging Unbeknownst to them the gulf widens Like the parting of the sea, only to come Together at last up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=2960&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>falling; miserably!</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/falling-miserably/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Genetics, Intelligence, I.Q., and Success</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/genetics-intelligence-i-q-and-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do Asian-Americans, Jews and West Indian blacks have in common? Well, these groups are considered to be relatively successful in the U.S. Nicholas D. Kristof provides, yet again, another insightful opinion piece on the connection (or lack thereof) between genetics, intelligence, I.Q., and success. He debunks the myth of the connection between genetics and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=2955&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Truth Telling: A Pragmatist&#8217;s Foreign Policy</title>
		<link>http://wolafen.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/truth-telling-a-pragmatists-foreign-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many things can be said of the speech (I would say it is more of a lecture and a lesson in smart diplomacy than a speech) President Barack Obama gave to the Muslim world in Cairo, Egypt. One thing is certain; the president believes in truth telling and partnership built on mutual respect and appreciation. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wolafen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5769467&amp;post=2953&amp;subd=wolafen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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