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Archive for December, 2009

How a Conductor leads- aTEDtalk by noted conductor Itay Talgam

Posted in Entertainment, Music, tagged , , , , , on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Since my wife joined the Peninsula Symphony in the Bay Area this past year as a violinist, I’ve had the good fortune to attend several of their performances.    They really put on some fantastic performances, here’s their schedule for 2010 which includes performances with Taylor Eigsti playing Gershwin, a performance with the legendary Red Violin [...]

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My review of Avatar

Posted in Entertainment, Pop Culture, tagged , , , on December 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Like many others, this weekend I watched the blockbuster movie Avatar with family.   I had high expectations going in as relatives and friends who had already seen the movie had rave reviews, a must see.   Here’s what I thought about the movie overall, what I liked and didn’t like.

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Stefana Broadbent- How the Internet enables intimacy- a TED lecture

Posted in Internet, Pop Culture, Social Media, tagged , , on December 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Recently, I’ve been spending time listening to interesting TEDtalks.  If you aren’t familiar with TED, here’s a description from their own website: “TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become [...]

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My Best Sports Moments of the decade- 2000-2009

Posted in Sports, tagged , , , , , , , , on December 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »

As we hit the end of 2009, I’ve seen in various publications, articles about the top games, upsets, and moments in the  decade of sports (2000-2009).   Looking at a few of these lists have made me reflect on what my own top sporting moments of the decade  would be.  My list will be colored by [...]

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The decline of baseball amidst a changing society

Posted in Book Review, Pop Culture, Sports, tagged , , , , , , on December 13, 2009 | 7 Comments »

Last month, I watched part of Game 2 of the World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees with a colleague.  While watching, it dawned on me that this was the first game of this year’s baseball post-season that I’d seen.  To me, that is a significant revelation regarding the plight of Major [...]

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