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	<description>Robert Giannini: Information on finance, cycling, natural language processing (NLP) and technology and computing</description>
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		<title>Goldman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a RollingStone article about the history of Goldman Sachs&#8217;  involvement in the financial markets.  It is a bit cynical and jaded&#8230;.but a nice look at the progression of one of the most important institutions of our time none the less.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/12697/64796?RS_show_page=0
Robert Giannini



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		<title>Tour Power Output</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an interesting article that analyzes power output from this years Tourmalet stage.  It shows that the output from Contador and Schleck was well below the averages seen in the 90s and 2000&#8217;s&#8230;..so maybe the tour IS cleaner than it used to be
http://www.sportsscientists.com/2010/07/power-from-tourmalet-6wkg-anyone.html?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=twitter&#38;utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/cJKs+(The+Science+of+Sport)



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		<link>http://rcgiannini.com/2010/07/23/tour-power-output/</link>
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		<title>Hidden Motives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You can loose when you get Alan Alda taking about science.  Here is a nice piece about hidden motives.

Watch the full episode. See more Scientific American Frontiers.



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		<link>http://rcgiannini.com/2010/07/20/hidden-motives/</link>
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		<title>Facebook: The Evolution of Privacy Settings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out this Link http://mattmckeon.com/facebook-privacy/






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		<link>http://rcgiannini.com/2010/06/03/facebook-the-evolution-of-privacy-settings/</link>
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		<title>Synthentic Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Craig Venter and his team recently unveiled that they have created fully synthetic life.  In this talk he explains the long rode that the team had to travel before they were able to successfully produce life from a computer.

Robert Giannini



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		<link>http://rcgiannini.com/2010/05/25/synthentic-life/</link>
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		<title>The UCI</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Very interesting article on doping and the UCI from NYVelocity.
http://nyvelocity.com/content/features/2010/dirty-deal﻿
Robert Giannini



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		<link>http://rcgiannini.com/2010/05/22/the-uci/</link>
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		<title>Nicholas Christakis: The hidden influence of social networks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is some interesting commentary about social networks. Nicholas Christakis shows that a social network can affect your weight, health, habits and happiness.  
You can read one of his recent papers on obesity here: Spread of obesity




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		<link>http://rcgiannini.com/2010/05/21/nicholas-christakis-the-hidden-influence-of-social-networks/</link>
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		<title>Esther Duflo: Social experiments to fight poverty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is an interesting video on poverty and some interesting new research.  This was sent to me by my buddy Roland Lochoff.




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		<link>http://rcgiannini.com/2010/05/20/esther-duflo-social-experiments-to-fight-poverty/</link>
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		<title>CT Bikin&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am up in CT visiting the family for a couple of weeks&#8230;..and I have hit up a few nice rides in my old territory.  The roads are sweet up here&#8230;but it has been a little cold and dreary out. I hit up some sweet dirt roads and road on my newly rebuilt Fuji [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rcgiannini.com/2010/05/13/ct-bikin/</link>
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		<title>charleston sc</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Erin and I took a trip to Charleston SC last weekend.  Here are some pics from one of our adventures.  We went on the USS Yorktown&#8230;one of the aircraft carriers that served in WW2 and Vietnam.  We also got to crawl through a submarine.  Very cool:-) 



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		<link>http://rcgiannini.com/2010/05/12/charleston-sc/</link>
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