amusing ourselves to death public discourse in the age of show business

... akin to writing a history of American business by concentrating on the history of bankruptcies.41 The influence of the printed word in every arena of public discourse was insistent and powerfulnot ... opinions of the numerous readers of the original edition of Amusing Ourselves to Death (translated into a dozen languages, includingGerman, Indonesian, Turkish, Danish and, most recently, Chinese), ... possible. I amreferring here not to the potentialities of the individual mind but to the predispositions of a culturalmind-set. In a culture dominated by print, public discourse tends to be characterized...

... differences in exposure times during western blot-ting. We also observed a slight increase in SREBF1protein level triggered in the presence of the NTsiRNA, in agreement with the slight increase in SREBF1 ... silencing with ‘specific’ small interferingRNA goes beyond specificity – a study of key parameters to take into account in the onset of small interfering RNAoff-target effectsSe´bastien Vankoningsloo1, ... account in the normalization.Furthermore, in order to consider the purity and quality of the mRNA, a second normalization step was performed on the basis of the average of fluorescence intensities...

... desferrioxamine cluster.Indeed, binding of the pure DmdR1 protein to the S. coelicolor desA promoter region was shown for the first time in this work. As described previously, bind-ing of DmdR1 to the ... islocated inside the iron box of desA (nucleotides 7–12 of the iron box), explaining the regulation of desAexpression by binding of DmdR1 to the iron box. The same overlapping was found in S. pilosus.DmdR1 ... usedclinically for the treatment of iron overload duringmetabolic alterations in humans. Initial work on the biosynthesis of desferrioxamine B in S. pilosus indica-ted that the first step in the...

... feeling like I was insulting their way of doing things, or that I was some kind of prima donna or “diva” for not wanting to be available through email.Interesting: the simple act of giving ... book lies the key to many of the struggles we face these days, from being productive and achieving our goals, to getting healthy and t in the face of fast food and inactivity, to nding simplicity ... focus. There are many variations on this, but some ideas might include: 10 minutes of focus + 2 minutes of rest; 25 minutes of focus + 5 minutes of rest; 45 minutes of focus + 15 minutes of rest....

... sense of humour: the information฀demands in genomics฀are฀staggering. The genome฀contains฀two฀kinds of digital฀information,฀one฀that฀encodes the protein฀and฀RNA฀‘molecular฀machines of life’,฀and the other฀being the regulatory฀networks฀that฀specify฀how฀these฀genes฀are฀expressed in time,฀space฀and฀amplitude.฀DNA฀information฀is฀layered฀and฀arranged in a฀hierarchy,฀starting฀with the gene,฀then฀ the RNA,฀ then฀ the protein,฀ then฀ the protein฀ interactions,฀ then฀ the protein฀complexes,฀then the networks of protein฀complexes฀ in a฀ cell,฀then฀ the tissues฀ and฀organs,฀then the individual฀organism,฀followed฀by฀populations฀and the ecosystems in which฀they฀live. In this฀kind of discovery฀science,฀mastering฀such฀vast฀quantities of information to answer฀important฀questions฀is฀a฀skill฀and฀an฀art.And the hardware? The first฀automated฀sequencing฀machine฀took฀a฀day, in 1986,฀ to sequence฀250 of the three฀billion฀base฀pairs.฀It฀took the human฀genome฀project฀ten฀years to sequence the human฀genome,฀two฀years฀shorter฀than฀predicted;฀and the private฀company฀Celera฀with฀its฀so-called฀shotgun฀approach฀took฀less฀than the public consortium’s฀ ... of human฀beings,฀we฀now฀know,฀terribly฀wrong.฀He฀claimed฀that the sex of a฀person฀was฀determined฀by the heat of the male฀partner฀during฀intercourse. The more฀heated the passion, the greater the probability of male฀offspring.฀He฀had฀counselled฀elderly฀men฀ to conceive in the summer฀if฀they฀wished to have฀male฀heirs.฀Scott฀Gilbert in his฀text฀Developmental฀biology฀says฀about฀Aristotle฀that฀he฀‘promulgated฀a฀very฀straightforward฀hypothesis of sex฀determination.฀Women฀were฀men฀whose฀development฀was฀arrested฀too฀ ... Or,฀perhaps,฀it฀related to trading฀with฀neighbours,฀or,฀more฀on฀a฀deeply฀existential฀level,฀observing the astronomical,฀with,฀as฀Georges฀Ifrah฀puts฀it฀so฀beautifully in the Universal฀history of numbers,฀a฀fascination฀with the regularity of the phases of the moon, the eternal฀return of day฀and฀night, the cycle of the seasons’฀or,฀we฀might฀add,฀given the context, the elliptical฀phases of the tides of great฀and฀marvellous฀oceans฀(Ifrah฀2000:฀xvi). In the history of counting, the San฀and฀Khoi฀perhaps฀joined฀other฀human฀beings฀and,฀ in observing฀that฀birds฀have฀two฀wings,฀animals฀four฀legs,฀and฀they฀ten฀fingers to their฀hands฀and฀ten฀toes to their฀feet,฀developed฀a฀numbering฀system฀using฀their฀fingers฀or฀toes฀as the base฀ten, the most฀common฀type of counting฀found฀among฀earlier฀peoples.฀Or฀perhaps฀they฀joined the Mayans,฀Aztecs,฀Celts฀and฀Basques฀who฀looked฀down฀at฀their฀feet฀and฀realised฀that฀their฀toes฀could฀be฀counted฀like฀fingers฀and฀chose the much฀more฀unusual฀arithmetic฀base of 20.SCI...

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... chose to vertically integrate into internet retailing. Vertical integration into internet retailing would resolve the incentive issue because the manufacturer would fully take into account the incentive ... response to the free riding problem in the absence of the instruments of differential pricing, RPM, or vertical integration into internet retailing. 90. The solution of restrictions on internet ... capture the full value of increasing the likelihood of a sale, leading to too little effort in matching the customer with the right product. Achieving a better match can improve both the joint profits...

... applied to sell video media in the marketplace  Competitiveness Firms engage in competitive pricing and services to compete in the marketplace  Online social media networks how effective the ... Questions, comments ? BACKGROUND INFORMATION  Internet usage i.e. numbers in Finland has been 86% in 2010, out of which 42% aged 16 to 74 have subscribed to social media network  Social ... FRAMEWORK IN THE FIELD OF PROJECT BUSINESS FOR NOVEL MEDIA Nafis Iskander PhD Student Tampere University of Technology, EMMi Lab, www.tut.fi/emmi Department of Business Information...

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... interface of business websites  Identifying the formation and meaning of English terms used in interface of business websites  Giving some sugguestions in translating technical terms in business ... translation principle according to which a translator seeks to translate the meaning of the original in such as way that the TL wording will trigger the same impact on the TC audience as the original ... used in the interface of common business websites is the Latin prefix In- ” with 14 terms. It is typically used with adjectives of French or Latin originins. The negative prefix In- ” added to...