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1 hr ago | NorCalBlogs

Comparing climate models - Part One

This short note was inspired by Viscount Monckton writing on 13th June on WUWT about the leveling of global temperatures since 1997 or so, and the increasing mismatch with a number of climate models.

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Wed Jun 19, 2013

Crawfish Boxes

Midseason 2013 Update: Fielding- and Environment-Independent...

I published a series of FanPosts at the start of the season that graded the 2012 minor league performances of virtually all pitchers in the Astros organization who had thrown mostly in a starting role that season .

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Related Topix: Science, Sports, Major League Baseball, Houston Astros

Montreal Gazette

Metro crime on the decline

MA©tro crime has steadily decreased since Montreal police started patrolling the subway network six years ago this week, with the number of criminal infractions dropping by 14 per cent in 2012.

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PC Magazine

Adobe Photoshop CC

Sleek interface. Content-aware move and patch. Fast performance. Updated Camera Raw.

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, Science, Photography

CiteULike

Differential Equations on Networks

To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document.

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InformationWeek

Google Challenges Surveillance Gag Order

Google argues it has a First Amendment Right to report the number of demands for information it receives under national security laws.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Widevine Technologies, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Prison, Science, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Softpedia

Jstacs 2.1

Jstacs was developed as an accessible and open source framework that can be used for classifying biological sequences.

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The Tennessean

Pascal's intellect helped him blaze trails in mathematics

In 1642, when he was 19, Blaise Pascal thought he would try to ease his father's burdens.

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The Huffington Post

Blake Fleetwood: 'Stupid' Spending on the Military and Health Care Is Leading to National Suicide

All other spending is minor compared to spending on healthcare and the military.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

NorCalBlogs

The "ensemble" of models is completely meaningless, statistically

This comment from rgbatduke , who is Robert G. Brown . at the Duke University Physics Department on the No significant warming for 17 years 4 months thread has gained quite a bit of attention because it speaks clearly to truth.

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CiteULike

Non-Perturbative Renormalization Flow in Quantum Field Theory and Statistical Physics

We review the use of an exact renormalization group equation in quantum field theory and statistical physics.

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CBS News

U.S. smoking rate falls for adults, says CDC study

Last year, about 18 percent of adults who participated in a national health survey described themselves as current smokers, according to the latest figures.

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Journal of the San Juans

Spring Street '12': new journey begins

Graduation of five students from China underscored "international" in the Spring Street International School name, as the school on Sunday celebrated its 15th high school graduation ceremony.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education, Science, Portland State University, George, WA, University of Southern California, UC Irvine

Rhizome.org

A Queer History of Computing, Part Five: Messages from the Unseen World

Born in London in 1949, Andrew Hodges attended Cambridge University from 1967 to 1971, where he trained as a mathematician.

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MoCo Loco

Tool The Mathematician Draftsman's Kit by Tom Dixon

An adult version of the childhood geometry set, Tool The Mathematician Draftsman's Kit by Tom Dixon , as evocatively appealing as it is functional, includes ruler, protractor, set square and paper clips, in precision etched sheet brass.

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Internet Retailer

Orbitz finds a more efficient route to updated price quotes

With a statistical analysis, its hotels team figured out the optimal length of time to wait before requesting an updated room rate quote from a hotel.

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Intelligencetesting.blogspot.com

The reservoir model: A differential equation model of psychological regulation. [feedly]

Differential equation models can be used to describe the relationships between the current state of a system of constructs and how those constructs are changing .

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The Des Moines Register

Former teacher gets 5 years for sex acts with teens

A former math teacher at a rural Iowa high school headed to prison Monday after a judge sentenced her to up to five years for engaging in sex acts with three male students.

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China Daily

China's home price rise continues to slow

New home prices continued to see slower rises in Chinese cities last month, signaling that the government's recent tightening measures were showing effects, according to official data released Tuesday.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

BroadcastNewsroom

RPG Celebrates 30 Years of Developing Innovative Acoustical Solutions

Dr. Peter D'Antonio began his career as a diffraction physicist at the Naval Research Lab in 1967.

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