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THE LEADING BIOTECH CLUSTER ARE BOSTON AND SAN FRANCISCO? Check out the data for Illinois: 2.9 Bn USD in tax revenue from over 98 Bn in output, creating 377,900 jobs. This economic engine is an example of what the junior biotech leagues can do. http://lnkd.in/5i4Rr9 View in LinkedIn

HAVING A PSYCHOLOGIST ON YOUR INVESTMENT TEAM is a valuable consideration. Entrepreneurs tend to self-select for a degree of narcissism, and like most trends it has a bell curve. A little is a good defense against failure, but too much is simply toxic. Add other personality types at the far extreme including sociopaths, and you want to be quite sure you are not backing a whacky. In reality, most of us are clueless about picking out these (and more) personality types to avoid, and to our peril. Get smart and have a psych consult as part of your investment process. http://lnkd.in/SJzRqi View in LinkedIn

HOW DID OUR LIFESTYLES GET SO OUT OF CONTROL IN THE WEST? Step back for one minute. We multi-task, work 7-24, commute long distances, juggle kids, put our parents in old people's homes and are bombarded by violent TV. The previous generation of Americans did not live under such pressure. Their economy permitted one salary to suffice for a family. Their TV was more innocent. The political dialogue was kinder. Perhaps even the family was less far-flung. Whatever the factors are, they are toxic, and we have obesity and malnutrition as devil twins creating all manner of pathological consequences. View in LinkedIn

LIVESTOCK FEED CAKE is a byproduct from oily harvests like olive, canola, groundnut, sunflower, where following mechanical squeezing of the oils, the remaining oil is extracted by toxic solvents, leaving Press Cake. The UK government issued warnings about these solvents and the Spanish government banned the oils. Regardless, these cakes are used as livestock feed additives. Cows and grass? How far have we strayed to save a buck? http://lnkd.in/VqCZTf View in LinkedIn

CATALAN'S ECONOMIC MINISTER IS OPTIMISTIC. I met with Minister Dr. Andreu Mas-Colell at his Barcelona office. He was charming and thoughtful. This world famous economist and Harvard Professor has committed a chunk of his life to Catalan economics: over the last 13 years, he had created the Knowledge Revolution in Catalunya. He spoke of the continuing Catalan transition away from old mistrust by public entities of the private sector. He was animated about efforts to attract and retain international talent to the region. But above all, he was optimistic. View in LinkedIn

ENHANCED EBOOKS FROM HARPER COLLINS: 13 titles in this genre have been released, where the eBook has video, multimedia or interactive features. This is 3D reading. I saw a business plan along these lines several years ago and was skeptical , but here it is. This enhances not only the density of information, but also changes the reading experience from relatively passive to interactive. http://lnkd.in/U_pQhn View in LinkedIn

PIEZOELECTRIC SMART SKINS FOR ROBOTS have been developed at Georgia Institute of Technology by Professor Lin Wang (BBC News April 26, Science magazine) using zinc oxide nanowire transistor arrays that turn mechanical pressures into small electric currents, in the same range of sensitivity of human fingertips. The goal is to enable robots or human-computer interfaces to have a sense of touch. 4-27 View in LinkedIn

SET THEORY SOLUTIONS USED FOR GENOME DATA to work through data handling and interpretations by this small Do-It company. They have married Big Data handling with diagnostics aimed at actionable results in prenatal screening applications. Great confluence of disciplines. http://lnkd.in/DKUxsH View in LinkedIn

BETATROPHIN CONTROLS REPLICATION OF PANCREATIC BETA CELLS IN MICE, and this has been a diabetes drug researcher's dream. Insulin producing beta cells are depleted in diabetes, so this is a stunning finding. While a long way to go, it is an encouraging discovery. http://lnkd.in/n5xsfH View in LinkedIn

THE GHASTLY YAWING SOUND OF A VENERABLE INDUSTRY GOING DEEP SIX: publishing as we knew it is changing and it is not clear that the old dinosaurs will wake up in time. Just like Boston's Kodak could not grasp the entry of digital film, so the great publishing houses are thrashing around trying to grasp Publishing On Demand and Digital Books. Blanky time for Noddy? http://lnkd.in/4c9wHa View in LinkedIn