Archive for July, 2012

Garmin/Nike interoperation

Saturday, July 14th, 2012

this is the garmin uploader (converts with Nike)….
http://www.awsmithson.com/tcx2nikeplus/

Harnessing Gene Codes as Sleuths of Food Ill

Saturday, July 14th, 2012

The gene catalog for bacterial species is important !

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/13/health/genetic-database-of-bacteria-aims-to-track-food-borne-illness.html

clinical variant resource funding

Saturday, July 14th, 2012

http://www.genomeweb.com//node/1105316?hq_e=el&hq_m=1308293&hq_l=2&hq_v=b71e4120cb This award is going to made only to one institution!

HudsonAlpha timeline for Biotech history

Friday, July 13th, 2012

http://timeline.hudsonalpha.org

An Art Mystery Solved: Mogul Is ‘Scream’ Buyer

Friday, July 13th, 2012

An article appeared online last night revealing Leon Black as the buyer of “The Scream.” Richard Feigen is quoted toward the end of the article.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304373804577521240470769420.html?mod=djemalertNEWS An Art Mystery Solved: Mogul Is ‘Scream’ Buyer
Financier Leon Black Paid Nearly $120 Million for Munch Pastel at May Auction

Ray Kachel’s Journey from Seattle to Zuccotti Park : The New Yorker

Friday, July 13th, 2012

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/12/05/111205fa_fact_packer All the Angry People
A man out of work finds community at Occupy Wall Street.
by George Packer

Can Engineered Mosquitoes Eliminate Dengue? : The New Yorker

Thursday, July 12th, 2012

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/07/09/120709fa_fact_specter ANNALS OF SCIENCETHE MOSQUITO SOLUTION
Can genetic modification eliminate a deadly tropical disease? by Michael Specter
JULY 9, 2012

Pure Health Lounge – Restaurant/Cafe – New Haven, CT

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012

https://www.facebook.com/purehealthloungenewhaven
near coffee bar , good food

widespread statistical error

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012

http://www.badscience.net/2011/10/what-if-academics-were-as-dumb-as-quacks-with-statistics/ +
http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v14/n9/full/nn.2886.html

QT:

“Sander Nieuwenhuis and colleagues … identified one direct, stark statistical error that is so widespread it appears in about half of all the published papers surveyed from the academic neuroscience research literature.”

“When making a comparison between two effects, researchers should report the statistical significance of their difference rather than the difference between their significance levels.”

This tends to reduce the amount of significance !

Champion Swimmer Found Dead + Heart Risk in Athletes Gaining Attention – NYTimes.com

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012

Heart Risk in Athletes Is Gaining Attention – NYTimes.com
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/30/heart-risk-in-athletes-is-gaining-attention/?pagewanted=print

Champion Swimmer Found Dead in Arizona
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/02/sports/world-champion-swimmer-found-dead.html