links for 2008-12-31

• Edge: CHANGING LIFESTYLE CHANGES GENE EXPRESSION: A Talk with Dean Ornish
  (tags: health genomics mindfulness)
• Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study — Fowler and Christakis 337: a2338 — BMJ
  (tags: mindfulness)
• Edge: SOCIAL NETWORKS AND HAPPINESS By By Nicholas A. Christakis & James Fowler
  (tags: web2.0 socialmedia socialnetworking mindfulness)
• DIGERATI: The Scribe [John Markoff to Science Columnist]
  (tags: media)
• Blood Sugar Control Linked to Memory Decline, Study Says – NYTimes.com
  (tags: neuroscience dementia aging)
• Micro Persuasion: Reading Tea Leaves for 2009 in Google Search Data
  (tags: predictions web2.0)
• 5 Trends That Will Separate the Strong From the Weak in 2009
  (tags: predictions)
• Audiolizer Puts Your iTunes Library In The Cloud, But Lala Does It Better
  (tags: multimedia)
• Top 30 iPhone Apps for Organization and Productivity
  (tags: iPhone)
• The Frontal Cortex : Kandel on Psychotherapy
  (tags: neuroscience Brain)
• Pajamas Media » The Gaza War: Is It Really So Hard to Understand?
  (tags: Israel terrorism)
• Pajamas Media » Spain’s ‘Jewish Problem’
  (tags: anti-semitism)
• The IDF’s new weapons of war: Twitter and You Tube : Global Dashboard
  (tags: terrorism Israel)
• Dec 31: What lies ahead in 2009? FT
  What does 2009 hold?
  FT journalists make their predictions, from Israel to equities
  (tags: predictions)
• Ten foreign policy predictions for 2009* : Global Dashboard
  (tags: predictions)
• The FASTForward Blog » War 2.0 – The IDF are using YouTube and Twitter: Enterprise 2.0 Blog: News, Coverage, and Commentary
  (tags: Israel terrorism)
• A jab of hope : Malaria & Alzheimer's Disease The Economist
  Vaccines may help defeat both a scourge of the poor and a rich-world affliction
  (tags: alzheimer's genomics)
• University of Michigan Spending $2.5 Billion to Grow – NYTimes.com
  (tags: philanthropy)
• Human evolution and music | Why music? | The Economist
  (tags: music neuroesthetics)
• Israeli Air Force Strikes Hamas Government Complex in Gaza 30 Dec. 2008
  (tags: Israel terrorism)
• How To Speed Up Your Mac Without Spending Any Cash | MakeUseOf.com
  (tags: mac)
• The Evidence Gap – Genetic Tests Offer Promise of Personalized Medicine – Series – NYTimes.com
  (tags: genomics)
• The great promise of personalized medicine – The Boston Globe
  (tags: genomics)
• 'Personalized medicine' poised for progress in 2009 – San Jose Mercury News
  (tags: genomics)