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http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/3d-object-printing-coming-to-staples-in-2013-181201

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.164.6687

http://ideas.repec.org/p/ces/ceswps/_1948.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/realestate/07cov.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/science-figures-2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/technology/personaltech/reviewing-all-in-one-luxury-pcs-from-vizio-hp-and-apple-state-of-the-art.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&smid=tw-nytimes&pagewanted=all

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1764183/

http://humanfaceofbigdata.com/

http://genome.cshlp.org/content/22/12/2529.full

http://www.sacbee.com/statepay
[categories x78update]

A great reference site for academic salaries. It seems to work ostensibly even for luminaries such as Nobel Laureates.

Some useful tidbits I’ve learned about the site:

Putting in a blank often gives a ranked list of salaries in a unit — e.g. a dept. at UCLA .

Total pay is everything received, including summer salary and can include things like one-time housing/moving supplements etc. The total is not accurate, reflecting the fact that many professors get salaries from other sources.

For academic year salary, the ‘base pay’ is 9-month salary. That’s the actual number set by the University and is the most reliable number to use as a guide to salary scales.

In the UC system, there is a different salary scale for engineers and for other faculty. Also, for faculty in ‘health science’ (HCOMP in title) are on 11-months salary — for them the total is the only meaningful number.

In connection with this it’s good to look at:
http://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel/compensation
esp.
http://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel/compensation/2011-academic-salary-scales.html