Archive for October, 2012

Mercury Levels in Fish | NRDC

Saturday, October 20th, 2012

Some highlights:

GOOD:
Alaska salmon, Whiting, Flounder, catfish, tilapia, trout, whitefish, perch, hake, haddock

BAD:
grouper, sea bass, tuna, swordfish, shark

MID:
halibut, skate, snapper, Mahi Mahi

Mackerel is in different places (see below)

http://www.nrdc.org/health/effects/mercury/guide.asp
also
http://www.eatingwell.com/food_news_origins/green_sustainable/the_best_and_the_worst_seafood_choices ==

LEAST MERCURY
Enjoy these fish:
Anchovies
Butterfish
Catfish
Clam
Crab (Domestic)
Crawfish/Crayfish
Croaker (Atlantic)
Flounder*
Haddock (Atlantic)*
Hake
Herring
Mackerel (N. Atlantic, Chub)
Mullet
Oyster
Perch (Ocean)
Plaice
Pollock
Salmon (Canned)**
Salmon (Fresh)**
Sardine
Scallop*
Shad (American)
Shrimp*
Sole (Pacific)
Squid (Calamari)
Tilapia
Trout (Freshwater)
Whitefish
Whiting

MODERATE MERCURY
Eat six servings or less per month:
Bass (Striped, Black)
Carp
Cod (Alaskan)*
Croaker (White Pacific)
Halibut (Atlantic)*
Halibut (Pacific)
Jacksmelt
(Silverside)
Lobster
Mahi Mahi
Monkfish*
Perch (Freshwater)
Sablefish
Skate*
Snapper*
Tuna (Canned
chunk light)
Tuna (Skipjack)*
Weakfish (Sea Trout)

HIGH MERCURY
Eat three servings or less per month:
Bluefish
Grouper*
Mackerel (Spanish, Gulf)
Sea Bass (Chilean)*
Tuna (Canned Albacore)
Tuna (Yellowfin)*

HIGHEST MERCURY
Avoid eating:
Mackerel (King)
Marlin*
Orange Roughy*
Shark*
Swordfish*
Tilefish*
Tuna
(Bigeye, Ahi)*

How to Clear Your iPhone Keyboard Dictionary

Saturday, October 20th, 2012

http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Clear-Your-iPhone-Keyboard-Dictionary&id=4732832

SaneBox looks to tame busy email inboxes – TUAW

Saturday, October 20th, 2012

http://m.tuaw.com/2012/10/18/sanebox-looks-to-tame-busy-email-inboxes/?post=1&icid=tuaw_home_latest_art

Wi-Fi MicroSD Adapter Lets You Swap In As Much Storage As You Need

Saturday, October 20th, 2012

http://m.gizmodo.com/5952654/wi+fi-microsd-adapter-lets-you-swap-in-as-much-storage-as-you-need

A Turn of the Page for Newsweek – The Daily Beast

Friday, October 19th, 2012

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/18/a-turn-of-the-page-for-newsweek.html

Nice graphics: Engineering The Internet | Open Site

Friday, October 19th, 2012

http://open-site.org/blog/engineering-the-internet/

Predicting Publishing Futures | The Scientist Magazine(R)

Friday, October 19th, 2012

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/32603/title/Predicting%20Publishing%20Futures http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v489/n7415/full/489201a.html http://klab.smpp.northwestern.edu/h-index.html

Spectrum of somatic mitochondrial mutations in five cancers

Friday, October 19th, 2012

http://www.pnas.org/content/109/35/14087.abstract
Allusion to whole genome data, but focus is on coding regions & mitochondrial mutations

CloudMagic – a better life with every search

Sunday, October 14th, 2012

Multi-account (Gmail, Evernote, gDocs, etc.) search tool.
https://cloudmagic.com/

3 options for handling preliminary results in New NIH format (Significance, Innovation, Approach)

Sunday, October 14th, 2012

http://www.bridgew.edu/sponproj/SigInnovApproachSections.pdf
http://www2.astate.edu/a/research-transfer/Docs/TipsonWritingaCompetitiveNIHGrantProposal.pdf

Option 1, pending any clarification

* Significance
* Innovation
* Approach
– Preliminary Studies supporting Aims
– Aim 1
– Aim 2
– Aim 3

Option 2

* Aim 1
– Significance, Innovation, Approach
* Aim 2
– Significance, Innovation, Approach
* Aim 3
– Significance, Innovation, Approach
* Preliminary Studies/Progress Report

Option 3

* Aim 1: Preliminary studies, Significance, Innovation,
Approach
* Aim 2: Preliminary studies, Significance, Innovation,
Approach
* Aim 3: Preliminary studies, Significance, Innovation,
Approach

12 pages for Sig. + Innov. + Approach
1 pages for Spec. Aims