Archive for January, 2013

White House Releases New Official Portrait of Obama – NYTimes.com

Saturday, January 19th, 2013

more gray hair 4 years later
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/for-obama-second-term-brings-a-new-look/?smid=tw-nytimes

Lance Armstrong Interview With Oprah Winfrey Lacked Emotion – NYTimes.com

Saturday, January 19th, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/arts/television/lance-armstrong-interview-with-oprah-winfrey-lacked-emotion.html?_r=0

Search of DNA Sequences Reveals Full Identities – NYTimes.com

Friday, January 18th, 2013

hapmap ceph people revealed
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/health/search-of-dna-sequences-reveals-full-identities.html?_r=0

-29 kelvin

Friday, January 18th, 2013

http://phys.org/news/2013-01-atoms-negative-absolute-temperature-hottest.html http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6115/52

Joshua Foer: John Quijada and Ithkuil, the Language He Invented : The New Yorker

Monday, January 14th, 2013

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/12/24/121224fa_fact_foer

Mixing and Matching to Create the Near-Perfect Digital Calendar – State of the Art – NYTimes.com

Saturday, January 12th, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/08/technology/personaltech/mixing-and-matching-to-create-the-near-perfect-digital-calendar-state-of-the-art.html?ref=technology

Americans Under 50 Fare Poorly on Health Measures, New Report Says – NYTimes.com

Saturday, January 12th, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/health/americans-under-50-fare-poorly-on-health-measures-new-report-says.html?_r=0

Free exchange: The scam busters | The Economist

Saturday, January 12th, 2013

Bedford’s law (lots more leading 1s than 9s) used for fraud detection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford‘s_law
http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21568364-how-antitrust-economists-are-getting-better-spotting-cartels-scam-busters

2012 Was Hottest Year Ever in U.S. – NYTimes.com

Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

Not much with keeping warm in ’12

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/science/earth/2012-was-hottest-year-ever-in-us.html

The Least Stressful Jobs Of 2013 – Forbes

Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

hair dressers and profs have in common a de-stressed life; most v least stressful : military v academia
http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/01/03/the-most-stressful-jobs-of-2013/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/01/03/the-least-stressful-jobs-of-2013/