Archive for October, 2012
Comparing Hurricanes Sandy And Irene — Photos – WSJ.com
Monday, October 29th, 2012http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203880704578084772419442066.html
Will be an even more dramatic image when their “eyes” line up more….
As Sandy descends, tips from Katrina survivors – CNN.com
Monday, October 29th, 2012http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/29/opinion/koch-storm-advice
Some useful tips, including:”
• When you make a video of your home for insurance purposes
beforehand, open drawers and closets so the contents are visible.
• Have a tire plug repair kit and pliers to pull out nails or screws, since debris in the roadway causes flats and leaks that are tough to repair when everything is closed.
• Bank safes and safe deposit boxes are not waterproof. During flooding, items left in them may be damaged and not accessible for weeks.
“
ScienceDirect.com – New Scientist – Taking back what’s yours
Monday, October 29th, 2012http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0262407912622787
your info has value
AJHG – Divergent Whole-Genome Methylation Maps of Human and Chimpanzee Brains Reveal Epigenetic Basis of Human Regulatory Evolution
Monday, October 29th, 20122010 Academic R&D Spending Trends | C&EN
Monday, October 29th, 2012Comparatively low spending on chemistry at Yale
http://cen.acs.org/articles/90/i43/2010-Academic-RD-Spending-Trends.html http://cen.acs.org/content/dam/cen/90/43/09043-scitech1.pdf
regression – Intuitive explanation of the bias-variance tradeoff? – Cross Validated
Monday, October 29th, 2012Hurricane Sandy’s Five-Fold Flood Threat, with Local Maps | Climate Central
Sunday, October 28th, 2012Norwalk, Bridgeport and parts of Westport are quite vulnerable
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/hurricane-sandy-five-fold-flood-threat-with-local-maps-15168