Tidbits on March 14 2019
Bob Jensen at Trinity University

Historic Photographs (Set 07) of the Sunset Hill House Resort Shared by Gunsmith Ron Resden from Vermont
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Resden/2019/07ResdenSSH.htm

Tidbits on March 14, 2019
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Bob Jensen's Tidbits ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/TidbitsDirectory.htm

For earlier editions of Fraud Updates go to http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudUpdates.htm
For earlier editions of New Bookmarks go to http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookurl.htm 
Bookmarks for the World's Library --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm 

My Latest Web Document
Over 400 Examples of Critical Thinking and Illustrations of How to Mislead With Statistics ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/MisleadWithStatistics.htm
 

Bob Jensen's past presentations and lectures --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/resume.htm#Presentations   

Bob Jensen's Threads --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/threads.htm

Bob Jensen's Home Page is at http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/

More of Bob Jensen's Pictures and Stories
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Pictures.htm

Updates from WebMD --- Click Here

Google Scholar --- https://scholar.google.com/

Wikipedia --- https://www.wikipedia.org/

Bob Jensen's search helpers --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/searchh.htm

Bob Jensen's World Library --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob2.htm

USA Debt Clock --- http://www.usdebtclock.org/ ubl

Mathematical Association of America: On This Day --- www.maa.org/news/on-this-day

Animated  Visualization of the United States’ Exploding Population Growth Over 200 Years (1790 – 2010) ---
A Visualization of the United States’ Exploding Population Growth Over 200 Years (1790 – 2010)

Online Video, Slide Shows, and Audio

TED Talks:  Self-Assembling Computer Chips of the Future ---
https://www.ted.com/talks/karl_skjonnemand_the_self_assembling_computer_chips_of_the_future?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2019-03-02&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_content=top_right_button 

I Couldn’t Solve This TED-Ed Riddle – Even After I Saw the Answer ---
https://www.jborden.com/i-couldnt-solve-this-ted-ed-riddle-even-after-i-saw-the-answer/

Video:  Trump and Jobs --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h1ooyyFkF0

Animated  Visualization of the United States’ Exploding Population Growth Over 200 Years (1790 – 2010) ---
A Visualization of the United States’ Exploding Population Growth Over 200 Years (1790 – 2010)

The Big Pond: Stream 50 Audio Stories from the Goethe-Institut, Available Free Online ---
http://www.openculture.com/2019/03/the-big-pond.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OpenCulture+%28Open+Culture%29

The Inn on Sunset Hill (just down from our cottage) ---
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5cqUX0LcbU&t=9s

Free music downloads --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/music.htm
In the past I've provided links to various types of music and video available free on the Web. 
I created a page that summarizes those various links --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/music.htm 

Going Back in Time --- https://www.jborden.com/music-monday-going-back-in-time-way-back/

The Top 25 Songs That Matter Now (not my top choices) --- https://www.jborden.com/music-monday-the-top-25-songs-that-matter-now/

The 100 Top Punk Songs of All Time, Curated by Readers of the UK’s Sounds Magazine in 1981 ---
http://www.openculture.com/2019/02/the-100-great-punk-songs-of-all-time-sounds-magazine-in-1981.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OpenCulture+%28Open+Culture%29

A Stunning Live Concert Film of Queen Performing in Montreal, Digitally Restored to Perfection (1981) ---
http://www.openculture.com/2019/03/a-stunning-live-concert-film-of-queen-performing-in-montreal.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OpenCulture+%28Open+Culture%29

The Man Who Wasn’t Gershwin (Oscar Levant) ---
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/the-man-who-wasnt-gershwin/
YouTube Clips --- https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Oscar+Levant
Tap dance lovers should especially note these clips with Gene Kelly ---
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJtXkorMZII

Bob Jensen's threads on nearly all types of free music selections online ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Music.htm

Photographs and Art

All the Rembrandts: The Rijksmuseum Puts All 400 Rembrandts It Owns on Display for the First Time ---
http://www.openculture.com/2019/02/all-the-rembrandts.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OpenCulture+%28Open+Culture%29

How to Talk about Art History --- www.howtotalkaboutarthistory.com

Van Gogh’s Ugliest Masterpiece: A Break Down of His Late, Great Painting, The Night Café (1888) ---
http://www.openculture.com/2019/03/van-goghs-ugliest-masterpiece-a-break-down-of-his-late-great-painting-the-night-cafe-1888.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OpenCulture+%28Open+Culture%29

The Life & Work of Edvard Munch, Explored by Patti Smith and Charlotte Gainsbourg ---
http://www.openculture.com/2019/02/the-life-work-of-edvard-munch-explored-by-patti-smith-and-charlotte-gainsbourg.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OpenCulture+%28Open+Culture%29

Captivating Colorized Portraits of Russian Fighters In World War 1 --- 
https://flashbak.com/captivating-colorized-portraits-of-russian-fighters-in-world-war-1-411895/

Puffin eats fish (photo).

74 years ago, US troops got their first foothold in Nazi Germany — here are 8 photos of the Battle for Remagen ---
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-troops-capture-bridge-at-remagen-entering-nazi-germany-in-wwii-2017-3

Bob Jensen's threads on art history ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm#ArtHistory

Bob Jensen's threads on history, literature and art ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob2.htm#History

Online Books, Poems, References, and Other Literature
In the past I've provided links to various types electronic literature available free on the Web. 
I created a page that summarizes those various links --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/ElectronicLiterature.htm

Bob Jensen's threads on libraries --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm#---Libraries

Mrs. Stoner Speaks: An Interview with Nancy Gardner Williams ---
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/02/20/mrs-stoner-speaks-an-interview-with-nancy-gardner-williams/

The British Library Digitizes Its Collection of Obscene Books (1658-1940) ---
http://www.openculture.com/2019/02/the-british-library-digitizes-its-collection-of-obscene-books-1658-1940.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OpenCulture+%28Open+Culture%29

Dialect in British Fiction, 1800-1836 --- www.dialectfiction.org

ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World --- https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/en/

The Atlantic:  What Was the Best Sequel in History?  ---
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/04/q-what-was-the-best-sequel-in-history/583261/

Two Free Books (thank you Sira Schulz)

Tana French The Trespasser
Viet Than Nguyen The Refugees (short stories)

Free Electronic Literature --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/ElectronicLiterature.htm
Free Online Textbooks, Videos, and Tutorials --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/ElectronicLiterature.htm#Textbooks
Free Tutorials in Various Disciplines --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob2.htm#Tutorials
Edutainment and Learning Games --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/thetools.htm#Edutainment
Open Sharing Courses --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI

Now in Another Tidbits Document
Political Quotations on March 14, 2019
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2019/TidbitsQuotations031419.htm             

Entitlements are two-thirds of the federal budget. Entitlement spending has grown 100-fold over the past 50 years. Half of all American households now rely on government handouts. When we hear statistics like that, most of us shake our heads and mutter some sort of expletive. That’s because nobody thinks they’re the problem. Nobody ever wants to think they’re the problem. But that’s not the truth. The truth is, as long as we continue to think of the rising entitlement culture in America as someone else’s problem, someone else’s fault, we’ll never truly understand it and we’ll have absolutely zero chance...
Steve Tobak ---
http://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/2013/02/07/truth-behind-our-entitlement-culture/?intcmp=sem_outloud

"These Slides Show Why We Have Such A Huge Budget Deficit And Why Taxes Need To Go Up," by Rob Wile, Business Insider, April 27, 2013 ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/cbo-presentation-on-the-federal-budget-2013-4
This is a slide show based on a presentation by a Harvard Economics Professor.

Peter G. Peterson Website on Deficit/Debt Solutions ---
http://www.pgpf.org/

Bob Jensen's threads on entitlements --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Entitlements.htm

Bob Jensen's health care messaging updates --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Health.htm

Politico:  Progressives want a government-managed single payer insurance program to replace (in two years) all USA private sector medical insurance companies  ---
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/26/house-democrats-medicare-for-all-1189139

Excel:  How to Calculate a Z-Score Using Excel (with great illustrations) ---
https://www.howtogeek.com/400178/how-to-calculate-a-z-score-using-microsoft-excel/
This article also shows why more researchers should report Z-scores

Nearly one-in-five Americans now listen to audiobooks ---
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/08/nearly-one-in-five-americans-now-listen-to-audiobooks/

Bob Jensen's suggestions for audio books ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/ElectronicLiterature.htm#Audio

Jim Borden on the March 4 Nashenal Grammar Day ---
https://www.jborden.com/nashenal-grammer-deigh/

In honor of such an important day, I thought I would share Grammar Girl’s top 10 grammar myths:

1.    A run-on sentence is a really long sentence.

2.    You shouldn’t start a sentence with the word “however.”

3.    “Irregardless” is not a word.

4.    There is only one way to write the possessive form of a word that ends in “s.”

5.    Passive voice is always wrong.

6.    “I.e.” and “e.g.” mean the same thing.

7.    You use “a” before words that start with consonants and “an” before words that start with vowels.

8.    It’s incorrect to answer the question “How are you?” with the statement “I’m good.”

9.    You shouldn’t split infinitives.

10.   You shouldn’t end a sentence with a preposition.

And if you would like to read more detail on why these are considered myths, here is the link.

 

 

Jensen Comment
I'm too old to change my ways when starting sentences with "However," And I'm also too old to commence beginning that phrase with a semicolon ---
https://www.grammar.com/however 

However, I don't like calling most of the above "myths." If I'm an assigned grader or article referee I will probably red-line the above "myths."
And I always liked "alright" being counted as a spelling error, but that seems to no longer be the case.

In my opinion the most dangerous words in writing are "always" and "proof or proved." (mathematicians excepted)

But since I don't "proof" read a lot of my Web postings I do make a lot of "phonix" errors like "to instead of too" and "your instead of you're"  or using "its" as a verb. It's sad when old guys write that way on the fly when they know better.

How do you deport a helpless person dropped off and lying 10 feet inside the USA border?

These surprising spending truths could upend your retirement ---
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/05/these-surprising-spending-truths-could-upend-your-retirement.html

Jensen Comment
One of the real surprises is how medical costs alone pretty well eat up Social Security Income, especially the costs Medicare (it's not free), Medicare Supplements (ours are really expensive), and expenses that aren't covered like dentists and eyewear and the many drugs not fully covered by Medicare D. Congress sneaked in a surprise surcharge for Medicare for persons having taxable income of $85,000 or joint return income of $170,000.

If you take out long-term nursing insurance, premiums recently doubled. Nursing homes can be really, really, really expensive if you want one that's halfway decent. Insurance companies must charge enough to cover their losses.

Be sure to vote for a Democratic candidate since they all promise free long-term nursing care for 330 million citizens and all resident non-citizens. At current prices that alone adds trillions more to the estimated $32 trillion cost of Medicare-for-All. The problem is that none of them have a clue how to pay for Medicare-for-All.

Nursing Homes --- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursing_home_care

How to Mislead With Statistics (distortions)
Median prices per month for nursing homes in all 50 states ---
https://www.businessinsider.com/nursing-home-private-room-monthly-median-price-by-state-2019-3#10-delaware-10950-per-month-1

Jensen Comment
Firstly I might note that Medicare does not pay for long-term nursing care whereas Medicaid does pay for long-term nursing care, and this leads to a scramble by heirs to drain off parent or grandparent assets five or more years before those older folks come into need of long-term care. However, Medicaid caps of monthly care result in most of those "poverty" cases to be put in low-standard nursing facilities well below the median prices in each state. Also it's a crap shoot predicting if and when those folks will need long-term care.

Long-term care insurance has always been expensive and is often limited in terms of what it will pay per month. To add pain to misery the premiums almost doubled recently because insurance companies were losing so much money on long-term care insurance do to such factors as exploding prices of nursing homes and increased demand for nursing home care relative to supply --- due mostly to the bubble of aging baby boomers ---
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_boomers

One of the things greatly increasing the new Democratic bill for Medicare-for-All to over $30 trillion is that it proposes adding extremely expensive long-term care coverage to everybody in the USA (including millions of undocumented immigrants) ---
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/26/house-democrats-medicare-for-all-1189139

Now what's so misleading about the median prices reported by state?
https://www.businessinsider.com/nursing-home-private-room-monthly-median-price-by-state-2019-3#10-delaware-10950-per-month-1

Firstly, averages (whether mean or median)  should be accompanied by variance and skewness distribution information. Skewness at the low end for cheap and substandard nursing homes in particular brings down those averages such that heirs wanting better care for their elders can expect to pay much more than the medians reported in this study.

Prices can also vary greatly in terms of services provided. My granddaughter is a licensed pharmacist for a nursing center in Bangor, Maine. Many nursing homes cannot afford pharmacists, expensive therapists, and expensive recreational facilities. The quality of available physicians also varies a great deal such when a nursing home in the boondocks is very far away from physicians. I suspect this is one of the factors that greatly increases the cost of nursing care in Alaska where, I suspect, that there's a shortage of physicians in most of the state.

Most nursing homes also offer a menu alternative services that vary with varying patient needs. This distorts medians reported in the above study ---
https://capitalretention.com/jimmy-buffett-long-term-care/

Insurance considerations ---
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/03/04/nursing-home-cost-care-makes-planning-ahead-important/3004694002/

And beware
Reports of elder financial exploitation have increased ---
Financial elder fraud reports quadruple; amount reaches $1.7 billion
https://www.mcknightsseniorliving.com/home/news/financial-elder-fraud-reports-quadruple-amount-reaches-1-7-billion/

Wealthy Americans contemplating a move to a low-tax state might want to reflect on these five tales of woe ---
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-03-04/rich-people-find-it-hard-to-flee-states-targeted-by-salt-limits
Jensen Comment
Note that these examples apply to people still doing business in a high-tax state or getting wages other than retirement income from a high-tax state. For example over a million New Yorkers have retired in Florida without tales of woe.
There are ways of getting around your own tale of woe. For example, two of our doctors left high-tax Vermont to live near the border in low-tax New Hampshire. They now make their Vermont patients travel to New Hampshire for medical services.
If you live out of state and want to have a second home in Vermont be sure to check with your tax adviser before spending too much of the year in Vermont.

The end of Blu-ray?
https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-end-of-blu-ray/

A traveler tried to smuggle 1,529 live turtles into the Philippines. The reptiles were worth about $87,000, or nearly $60 a turtle ---
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2019/03/04/traveler-1-500-exotic-live-turtles-into-philippines-luggage-airport/3053422002/

Elsevier --- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsevier

The University of California system is calling it quits with Elsevier, one of the biggest academic publishers in the world in an effort to promote open sharing ---
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-terminates-subscriptions-worlds-largest-scientific-publisher-push-open-access-publicly?elqTrackId=d33d910ed53c41839e05a7c88b53acf1&elq=401766e275df4f8bb5d628f7f61360f4&elqaid=22388&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=11031

Also see
https://www.chronicle.com/article/U-of-California-System/245798

Bob Jensen's threads on how some publishers rip off research libraries by charging extortion-like fees to libraries (but not necessarily individual researchers)  ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudReporting.htm#ScholarlyJournals

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) --- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course

2,000 MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses from Prestigious Universities) Getting Started in March: Enroll Today ---
http://www.openculture.com/2019/03/2000-moocs-massive-open-online-courses-getting-started-in-march-enroll-today.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OpenCulture+%28Open+Culture%29

FYI. 2,000+ MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are getting underway in March, giving you the chance to take free courses from top flight universities. With the help of Class Central, we've pulled together a complete list of March MOOCS. And below we've highlighted several courses that piqued our interest. The trailer above comes from the University of Edinburgh's Introduction to Philosophy.

·  How Music Can Change Your Life - University of Melbourne - March 4

·  Scandinavian Film and Television - University of Copenhagen - March 4

·  Introduction to Machine Learning - Duke University - March 4

·  Human Rights Theory and Philosophy - Curtin University - March 4

·  Moral Foundations of Politics - Yale University - March 4

·  Mindfulness for Wellbeing and Peak Performance - Monash University - March 4

·  Reasoning Across the Disciplines - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - March 4

·  Introduction to Philosophy - University of Edinburgh - March 4

·  Design Thinking - University of Virginia - March 4

·  Conscious Capitalism - Babson College - March 5

·  The Science of Beer - Wageningen University - March 5

·  Ancient Philosophy: Plato & His Predecessors - University of Pennsylvania - March 11

·  Journey of the Universe: The Unfolding of Life - Yale University - March 11

·  The Psychology of Thrill Seekers - Emory University - March 11

·  The Science of Well-Being - Yale University on Coursera - March 11

 

Why Goodwill (Not Udacity, EdX Or Coursera) May Be The World's Biggest MOOC ---
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brandonbusteed/2019/02/26/why-goodwill-not-udacity-edx-or-coursera-may-be-the-worlds-biggest-mooc/#348b34839048

Bob Jensen's threads on MOOCs ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI

Freeman Dyson --- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman_Dyson

Biological and Cultural Evolution:  Six Characters in Search of an Author
by Freeman Dyson
https://www.edge.org/conversation/freeman_dyson-biological-and-cultural-evolution

In the near future, we will be in possession of genetic engineering technology which allows us to move genes precisely and massively from one species to another. Careless or commercially driven use of this technology could make the concept of species meaningless, mixing up populations and mating systems so that much of the individuality of species would be lost. Cultural evolution gave us the power to do this. To preserve our wildlife as nature evolved it, the machinery of biological evolution must be protected from the homogenizing effects of cultural evolution.

Unfortunately, the first of our two tasks, the nurture of a brotherhood of man, has been made possible only by the dominant role of cultural evolution in recent centuries. The cultural evolution that damages and endangers natural diversity is the same force that drives human brotherhood through the mutual understanding of diverse societies. Wells's vision of human history as an accumulation of cultures, Dawkins's vision of memes bringing us together by sharing our arts and sciences, Pääbo's vision of our cousins in the cave sharing our language and our genes, show us how cultural evolution has made us what we are. Cultural evolution will be the main force driving our future.

Continued in article

John Cleese --- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cleese

John Cleese Revisits His 20 Years as an Ivy League Professor in His New Book, Professor at Large: The Cornell Years ---
http://www.openculture.com/2019/03/john-cleese-revisits-his-20-years-as-an-ivy-league-professor-in-his-new-book.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OpenCulture+%28Open+Culture%29

Tech gadgets that make my life easier — from a $14 cable to a $1,049 iPad Pro ---
https://www.businessinsider.com/my-favorite-tech-gadgets-accessories

Bob Jensen's threads on gadgets ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob4.htm#Technology

TED Talks:  Self-Assembling Computer Chips of the Future ---
https://www.ted.com/talks/karl_skjonnemand_the_self_assembling_computer_chips_of_the_future?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2019-03-02&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_content=top_right_button 

MIT:  Triton is the world’s most murderous malware, and it’s spreading ---
Click Here

Rarest orangutans 'doomed' by Indonesia dam project ---
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47451354

From a MIT Newsletter on February 28, 2019

Teh Recent Breakthrough Technologies as Selected by Bill Gates

Here are the top ten—and why they matter:

 

·         Robot dexterity. Robots are teaching themselves to handle the physical world. Why it matters: If robots could learn to deal with the messiness of the real world, they could do many more tasks.

·         New-wave nuclear power. Advanced fusion and fission reactors are edging closer to reality. Why it matters: It could make this power source safer and cheaper. Read more here.

·         Predicting preemies. A simple blood test can predict if a pregnant woman is at risk of giving birth prematurely. Why it matters: 15 million babies are born prematurely every year; it’s the leading cause of death for children under age five. Read more here.

·         Gut probe in a pill. A small, swallowable device captures detailed images of the gut without anesthesia, even in infants and children. Why it matters: The device makes it easier to screen for and study gut diseases, including one that keeps millions of children in poor countries from growing properly.

·         Custom cancer vaccines. The body’s natural defenses can be incited to destroy only cancer cells by identifying mutations unique to each tumor,. Why it matters: Conventional chemotherapies take a heavy toll on healthy cells and aren’t always effective against tumors.

·         The cow-free burger. Both lab-grown and plant-based alternatives approximate the taste and nutritional value of real meat without the environmental devastation. Why it matters: Livestock production causes catastrophic deforestation, water pollution, and greenhouse-gas emissions. Read more here.

·         Carbon dioxide catcher. Practical and affordable ways to capture carbon dioxide from the air can soak up excess greenhouse-gas emissions. Why it matters: Removing CO2 from the atmosphere might be one of the last viable ways to stop catastrophic climate change. Read more here.

·         An ECG on your wrist. It’s now easier for people to continuously monitor their hearts with wearable devices. Why it matters: They could turn wearables into serious medical devices, for example helping to detect heart attacks. Read more here.

·         Sanitation without sewers. Energy-efficient toilets can operate without a sewer system and treat waste on the spot. Why it matters: 2.3 billion people lack safe sanitation, and many die as a result.

·         Smooth-talking AI assistants. New techniques that capture semantic relationships between words are making machines better at understanding natural language. Why it matters: AI assistants can now book restaurant reservations or coordinate package drop-offs rather than just obey simple commands.

The full list is here to read.

Also, in this essay, Gates explains the thinking behind his selections. While many previous inventions focused on quantity of life, our focus is starting to shift to quality of life, as well. Eventually, he hopes the list will center almost entirely on wellbeing: How do we make people happier? How do we create meaningful connections? How do we help everyone live a fulfilling life? There surely can’t be a greater sign of progress than that, because it would mean we’ve successfully fought back against disease, and dealt with climate change, he says.

 

Bill Gates also sat down with our editor-in-chief, Gideon Lichfield, to talk through his choices. He explained why he’s an optimist, and why he thinks everyone else should be too. “I think the big picture is that it’s better to be born today than ever, and it will be better to be born 20 years from now than today,” he says. Watch the full video of the interview here.

 

Ten Fascinating Things

 

1 This AI lets you deepfake your voice to speak like Barack Obama

Advances in machine learning mean you’ll soon be able to impersonate anyone. (TR)

 

2 Karaoke app TikTok has been fined $5.7 million for illegally collecting kids’ data

It’s the largest settlement yet in the US law’s 20+ year history. (Axios)

 

3 FedEx has joined the growing list of companies trialing autonomous deliveries

Pilots start this summer with AutoZone, Pizza Hut, Target, and Walmart on board. (Engadget)

  + South Korea’s biggest food delivery app is turning to robots, too. (South China Morning Post)

 

4 The discovery of desert “dead zones” could help find life on Mars

The exceptionally dry Atacama desert in Chile could help NASA plan its Mars 2020 Rover mission. (TR)

  + The solar system’s hidden “Planet X” may finally be spotted soon. Maybe. (CNET)

 

5 A video of a troupe of dancing children singing Huawei’s praises went viral in China

Lyrics include “Chinese microchips are the most precious!” (NYT)

 

6 Facebook is set to launch a “clear history” tool later this year

But its CFO warned the feature will make it harder for the company to target adverts to users. (The Verge)

  + Right-wing social network Gab wants to add a comment section to everything on the internet. Shudder. (CNET)

 

7 The hipster effect: here’s why anti-conformists always end up looking the same

It’s the inevitable outcome of the behavior of large numbers of people. (TR)

 

8 How to spot fake photos online

Check if it’s been debunked, check the metadata, and be very wary of spectacular sharks. 🦈 (Fast Company)

 

9 Turns out, you shouldn’t cremate radioactive dead people

A crematorium became polluted after incinerating the remains of a cancer patient who'd undergone treatment just days before. ️ (Ars Technica)

 

10 Do you listen to music while you work? Well maybe you should stop

It could significantly hamper your ability to perform creative tasks, according to a new study. (New Atlas)

Netflix loses about $192 million a month because we share our logins It still has roughly 137 million subscribers, though (thanks Mom and Dad.) (Cord Cutting) ---
https://cordcutting.com/research/subscription-mooching/?utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=70381626&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8AE5mAwSbyOLXPa6MVsECFYVjjSVWOVhNHPwI42IhIEjPxC-LweAUqXrQRiEhY-U3mqYxqD4UtqkRokVHeozv5bq3jow&_hsmi=70381626

Jensen Comment
Because Netflix has so few licenses for my favorite movies (mostly BBC films) I now buy the disk sets (mostly from Amazon). It struck me that local film clubs could be created to buy and share films among families and friends. That could easily be cheaper than having them continue to subscribe to Netflix (although I've not completely cut the cord yet). The film clubs could be social events much like local/campus book clubs.

Gap will shutter 230 stores as sales plunge ---
https://www.businessinsider.com/gap-to-close-230-stores-2019-2

Can competitive bridge players enhance performance with banned substances?
https://deadspin.com/worlds-top-bridge-player-suspended-for-doping-with-synt-1832959247
Jensen Comment
This raises a question of how well banned substances improve competitiveness in bridge, chess, computer games, and other mental "sports." I doubt that these are really brain enhancers as much as endurance enhancers.

Are these also becoming the "no-doze" enhancers for college students and researchers?

New York City’s Secret (Tiny) Subway ---
http://nowiknow.com/new-york-citys-secret-tiny-subway/

The University of Michigan thought its misconduct investigation was complete. Then a PubPeer comment appeared ---
https://retractionwatch.com/2019/03/06/a-university-thought-its-misconduct-investigation-was-complete-then-a-pubpeer-comment-appeared/

Plagiarism prompts retraction of 25-year-old article by prominent priest ---
https://retractionwatch.com/2019/03/04/plagiarism-prompts-retraction-of-25-year-old-article-by-prominent-priest/

NYT:  Former Missouri Professor Stole Student’s Research to Sell New Drug, Lawsuit Alleges ---
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/01/us/university-missouri-cequa-lawsuit.html
Thank you Elliot Kamlet for the heads up

New study finds “important deficiencies” in university reports of misconduct ---
https://retractionwatch.com/2019/02/25/new-study-finds-important-deficiencies-in-university-reports-of-misconduct/

Bob Jensen's threads on professors who cheat ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Plagiarism.htm#ProfessorsWhoFabricate

The University of Houston system exceeded a fund-raising campaign’s $1-billion goal 18 months ahead of schedule ---
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/education/campus-chronicles/article/University-of-Houston-System-exceeds-1-billion-13653410.php?elqTrackId=0217dd15aa6540a1801f4224596699b0&elq=52b2c1102c2445ae923c16793e11f6e5&elqaid=22397&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=11037

How UT-Austin’s Bold Plan for Reinvention Went Belly Up ---
https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/Project2021?cid=db&elqTrackId=94df8bb3315547f2ae5899add5c1d808&elq=52b2c1102c2445ae923c16793e11f6e5&elqaid=22397&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=11037

The University of Texas at Austin in 2016 set out to shake up undergraduate education, using its research heft to rethink everything about how students learn. The five-year plan, called Project 2021, had grand ambitions. Two years later, top administrators quietly killed it — without giving it much support to ever succeed. Interviews and a review of emails, reports, and other documents show how Project 2021 marks another failed attempt in higher education to nail down the elusive act of transformation.

What Is ‘Indoctrination’? And How Do We Avoid It in Class?
https://chroniclevitae.com/news/2163-what-is-indoctrination-and-how-do-we-avoid-it-in-class?cid=VTEVPMSED1

Bob Jensen's threads on political  correctness ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/HigherEdControversies2.htm#PoliticalCorrectness

Closing?  College of New Rochelle has been unable to recover from scandal involving false budgets and unpaid payroll taxes ---
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/02/25/college-new-rochelle-announces-it-will-likely-close-year?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=05af0dfa51-WNU_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-05af0dfa51-197565045&mc_cid=05af0dfa51&mc_eid=1e78f7c952

Western Illinois University laid off 132 faculty and staff ---
https://wgem.com/2019/03/01/wiu-announces-layoffs/?elqTrackId=b2aeb30ec0da4670b6cacbab3e245d87&elq=52b2c1102c2445ae923c16793e11f6e5&elqaid=22397&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=11037

A Texas jury found a former Baylor University football player not guilty of raping another student ---
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/26106699?elqTrackId=6fc49181c75340fea59206ab3790db6e&elq=52b2c1102c2445ae923c16793e11f6e5&elqaid=22397&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=11037
It only took two hours for the jury to conclude the sex was consensual
The guy certainly is not a choir boy, especially in his earlier life at Penn State

Farmers cling to a dream that, for some, has become a nightmare ---
https://www.jsonline.com/in-depth/news/special-reports/dairy-crisis/2019/02/21/wisconsin-dairy-farms-failing-milk-prices-fall/2540796002/

Jensen Common
The woman that delivers our mail milked cows twice a day with her husband on a small dairy farm (35 cows) here in the White Mountains. She says that at last they had sell the herd due to financial losses. Their family might've carried on if there was any way to make a living on this dairy farm.

It's a doubly tough life in winters like the one we're having this year with deep snow covering the pastures and below zero days as well as nights. Most people don't think about the farmers when they grab bottles of milk in a market. Some huge dairies are carrying on with robots doing the milking and barn cleaning, but this is not an attainable "life" for small dairies --- in economics it's called "economies of scale." The day will come when chemists make the milk without the cows.

From David Giles in March 2019 ---
https://davegiles.blogspot.com/2019/03/some-recommended-econometrics-reading.html

Some Recommended Econometrics Reading for March

This month I am suggesting some overview/survey papers relating to a variety of important topics in econometrics:

• Bruns, S. B. & D. I. Stern, 2019. Lag length selection and p-hacking in Granger causality testing: prevalence and performance of meta-regression models. Empirical Economics, 56, 797-830.
• Casini, A. & P. Perron, 2018. Structural breaks in time series. Forthcoming in Oxford Research Encyclopedia in Economics and Finance. 
• Hendry, D. F. & K. Juselius, 1999. Explaining cointegration analysis: Pat I. Mimeo., Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
• Hendry, D. F. & K. Juselius, 2000. Explaining cointegration analysis: Part II. Mimeo., Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
• Horowitz, J., 2018. Bootstrap methods in econometrics. Cemmap Working Paper CWP53/18. 
• Marmer, V., 2017. Econometrics with weak instruments: Consequences, detection, and solutions. Mimeo., Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia.

Books about the biggest business scams of our time — including Enron, Bernie Madoff, and Theranos ---
https://www.businessinsider.com/business-books-about-fraud-scandal

Bob Jensen's Fraud Updates ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudUpdates.htm

The Mormon asymptote? How millennials are changing the Mormon Church ---
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2019/03/the-mormon-asymptote.html

Depauw University --- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DePauw_University

Depauw University Budget Problems:  Mandatory buyouts for dozens of staff members and hefty voluntary retirement packages for a graying faculty ---
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/02/27/depauw-offers-buyouts-early-retirement-more-100-faculty-staff?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=3afe8fb6e8-DNU_2019_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-3afe8fb6e8-197565045&mc_cid=3afe8fb6e8&mc_eid=1e78f7c952

Medicare:  What's very significant about the numbers $85,000 and $170,000?
Medicare beneficiaries can see their premiums go up if their income rises, although for some that increase will be only temporary ---
https://www.kiplinger.com/article/retirement/T039-C001-S003-how-changes-in-income-affect-medicare-premiums.html

Comics retailers are struggling to adapt to changes among consumers and publishers ---
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/79292-comics-is-a-market-in-transition.html

Free Online Tutorials, Videos, Course Materials, and Learning Centers

Education Tutorials

The Physics Classroom: Physics Interactives --- www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Interactives

How to Talk about Art History --- www.howtotalkaboutarthistory.com

Bob Jensen's threads on general education tutorials are at http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob2.htm#EducationResearch

Bob Jensen's bookmarks for multiple disciplines --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob2.htm

Bob Jensen's links to free courses and tutorials --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI

Engineering, Science, and Medicine Tutorials

Why the Periodic Table Needs to be Redesigned ---
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24132190-400-three-reasons-why-the-periodic-table-needs-a-redesign/?utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=70381626&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8AE5mAwSbyOLXPa6MVsECFYVjjSVWOVhNHPwI42IhIEjPxC-LweAUqXrQRiEhY-U3mqYxqD4UtqkRokVHeozv5bq3jow&_hsmi=70381626

The Physics Classroom: Physics Interactives --- www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Interactives

Clara Barton Papers --- www.loc.gov/collections/clara-barton-papers/about-this-collection

Bob Jensen's threads on free online science, engineering, and medicine tutorials are at --http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm

Bob Jensen's links to free courses and tutorials --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI

Social Science and Economics Tutorials

The Mormon asymptote? How millennials are changing the Mormon Church ---
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2019/03/the-mormon-asymptote.html

Biological and Cultural Evolution:  Six Characters in Search of an Author
by Freeman Dyson
https://www.edge.org/conversation/freeman_dyson-biological-and-cultural-evolution

Bob Jensen's threads on Economics, Anthropology, Social Sciences, and Philosophy tutorials are at
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm

Bob Jensen's links to free courses and tutorials --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI

Law and Legal Studies

Bob Jensen's threads on law and legal studies are at
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm
Scroll down to Law

Math Tutorials

Mathematical Association of America: On This Day --- www.maa.org/news/on-this-day

Bob Jensen's threads on free online mathematics tutorials are at
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm
Scroll down to Mathematics and Statistics

Bob Jensen's links to free courses and tutorials --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI

History Tutorials

All the Rembrandts: The Rijksmuseum Puts All 400 Rembrandts It Owns on Display for the First Time ---
http://www.openculture.com/2019/02/all-the-rembrandts.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OpenCulture+%28Open+Culture%29

How to Talk about Art History --- www.howtotalkaboutarthistory.com

The British Library Digitizes Its Collection of Obscene Books (1658-1940) ---
http://www.openculture.com/2019/02/the-british-library-digitizes-its-collection-of-obscene-books-1658-1940.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OpenCulture+%28Open+Culture%29

ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World --- https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/en/

Out of a century's worth of unsolved disappearances that TIME has revisited, here are five of the most mysterious cases ---
Click Here

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
D.B. Cooper
Jimmy Hoffa
Amelia Earhart
Lauren Spierer

Jensen Comment
This is a subjective ranking. There are competitors such as
https://www.grunge.com/103829/unsolved-disappearances-will-haunt/
https://people.com/crime/unsolved-missing-persons-cases-gallery/

The Life & Work of Edvard Munch, Explored by Patti Smith and Charlotte Gainsbourg ---
http://www.openculture.com/2019/02/the-life-work-of-edvard-munch-explored-by-patti-smith-and-charlotte-gainsbourg.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OpenCulture+%28Open+Culture%29

New York's Broadcasting History --- https://www.topviewnyc.com/packages/new-york-s-broadcasting-history

Clara Barton Papers --- www.loc.gov/collections/clara-barton-papers/about-this-collection

The Incomplete KGB Museum ---
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/incomplete-history-told-new-yorks-kgb-museum-180971458/

John Cleese --- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cleese

John Cleese Revisits His 20 Years as an Ivy League Professor in His New Book, Professor at Large: The Cornell Years ---
http://www.openculture.com/2019/03/john-cleese-revisits-his-20-years-as-an-ivy-league-professor-in-his-new-book.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OpenCulture+%28Open+Culture%29

When Americans Loved Reading ---
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/03/07/george-hutchinson-abyss-reading-age-catastrophe/

Project Anqa (ancient Mesopotamia) --- https://cims.carleton.ca/anqa/#1

Dialect in British Fiction, 1800-1836 --- www.dialectfiction.org

Washington University Women in Law Resource Center ---
https://onlinelaw.wustl.edu/blog/women-law-infographic/

The Man Who Wasn’t Gershwin (Oscar Levant) ---
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/the-man-who-wasnt-gershwin/
YouTube Clips --- https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Oscar+Levant
Tap dance lovers should especially note these clips with Gene Kelly ---
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJtXkorMZII

Bob Jensen's threads on history tutorials are at http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm
Scroll down to History
Also see http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/ElectronicLiterature.htm  

Bob Jensen's links to free courses and tutorials --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI

Language Tutorials

Dialect in British Fiction, 1800-1836 --- www.dialectfiction.org

Bob Jensen's links to language tutorials are at http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2-Part2.htm#Languages

Music Tutorials

The Man Who Wasn’t Gershwin (Oscar Levant) ---
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/the-man-who-wasnt-gershwin/
YouTube Clips --- https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Oscar+Levant
Tap dance lovers should especially note these clips with Gene Kelly ---
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJtXkorMZII

Bob Jensen's threads on free music tutorials are at
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm
Scroll down to Music

Bob Jensen's threads on music performances ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/music.htm

Writing Tutorials

Bob Jensen's helpers for writers are at http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob3.htm#Dictionaries

Bob Jensen's threads on medicine ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2-Part2.htm#Medicine

CDC Blogs --- http://blogs.cdc.gov/

Shots: NPR Health News --- http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots

Updates from WebMD --- http://www.webmd.com/

February 27, 2019

• Keytruda May Help Put Melanoma Into Remission
• Single Moms Often Put Kids' Health Care First
• Cervical 'Microbiome' Could Help Predict Cancer
• Smokers May Fare Worse Vs. Deadliest Skin Cancer
• Green Space Good for Your Child's Mental Health
• Will Your Flu Shot Weaken as Flu Season Drags On?
• Almost 87 Tons of Boston Market Pork Ribs Recalled
• Don't Be Fooled: Thermography No Substitute for Mammograms, FDA Says
• Weedkiller Chemical Found in Popular Beer and Wine

February 28, 2019

• Mom Blazes Path to Cure for Son’s Rare Disease
• Has America's Fight Against HIV Stalled?
• Prenatal Vitamins May Lower 2nd Child Autism Risk
• Tick Bites Even More Likely to Cause Meat Allergy?
• Is At-Home Stool Test a Colonoscopy Alternative?
• Keytruda May Help Put Melanoma Into Remission
• Single Moms Often Put Kids' Health Care First
• Cervical 'Microbiome' Could Help Predict Cancer
• Smokers May Fare Worse Vs. Deadliest Skin Cancer

March 1, 2019

• Sleeping In on Weekends May Not Repay Sleep 'Debt'
• Danger Abounds When Meds and Your Genes Don’t Mix
• Could Blood Tests Replace Surgical Lung Biospies?
• Study: Seniors With UTIs Need Antibiotics Fast
• Women Who Work Long Hours May Face More Depression
• High-Fiber Diet May Help Your Gut Battle Melanoma
• Cholesterol Meds May Not Help Ward Off Dementia
• Why Do Some Kids With Eczema Get Food Allergies?
• Mom Blazes Path to Cure for Son’s Rare Disease

March 2, 2019

• Flu Shot Won't Cause Miscarriage, Study Confirms
• Fast Food Delivers More Calories Than Decades Ago
• Sully Gets New Gig As Walter Reed Facility Dog
• Medicinal Pot May Help Old-Age Ills, Study Says
• Study: Vaccine Law Evasion Fuels Measles Outbreaks
• Sleeping In on Weekends May Not Repay Sleep 'Debt'
• Danger Abounds When Meds and Your Genes Don’t Mix
• Could Blood Tests Replace Surgical Lung Biospies?
• Study: Seniors With UTIs Need Antibiotics Fast

March 4, 2019

• New Study Reinforces Sleep Apnea-Alzheimer's Link
• Pop Warner Bans Low Stance For Young
• Flu Shot Won't Cause Miscarriage, Study Confirms
• Fast Food Delivers More Calories Than Decades Ago
• Sully Gets New Gig As Walter Reed Facility Dog
• Medicinal Pot May Help Old-Age Ills, Study Says
• Study: Vaccine Law Evasion Fuels Measles Outbreaks
• Sleeping In on Weekends May Not Repay Sleep 'Debt'
• Danger Abounds When Meds and Your Genes Don’t Mix

March 5, 2019

• High Deductibles May Threaten Breast Cancer Patients' Survival
• Daily Aspirin Might Ease COPD Flare-Ups
• Acne Drug Accutane May Not Depress Mood After All
• Survey: 1 in 3 Older Adults Feel Lonely
• Drug Maker To Sell Cheaper Version of Insulin
• Fungi in Breast Milk? These Kinds Are Good for Baby
• Luke Perry Dies of "Massive Stroke"
• Online 'Influencers' Get Kids to Want Junk Food
• New Study Reinforces Sleep Apnea-Alzheimer's Link

March 6, 2019

• Could Too Much Soda Worsen MS?
• Low-Dose Aspirin Little Help Vs. Prostate Cancer
• New Parents Can Expect to Lose Sleep for 6 Years
• FDA Expected to OK Ketamine-Like Depression Drug
• Second Man Is HIV-Free After Stem Cell Transplant
• Drug Company Recalls Birth Control Pills
• Study: Raw Dog Food Can Be Risky for Pet, Family
• Hot Cocoa May Ease the Fatigue of MS
• Largest Study Ever Finds No Link Between Measles Vaccine, Autism

March 7, 2019

• CDC Probing Suspect Raw Milk at Pennsylvania Dairy
• Man Broke Measles Quarantine For Gym, Faces Charge
• FDA: Some Claire's Cosmetics May Contain Asbestos
• Teen Testifies On Vaccine Choice
• FDA OKs Ketamine-Like Drug for Severe Depression
• NFL Players' Enlarged Hearts May Harm Health for Decades
• FDA Chief Dr. Scott Gottlieb Resigns
• Could Too Much Soda Worsen MS?
• New Parents Can Expect to Lose Sleep for 6 Years

March 8, 2019

• Hidden FDA Reports Show Harm From Medical Devices ,
• Study Disputes Pregnancy Link to MS Relapses
• Could Olive Oil Help Keep Stroke at Bay for Obese Americans?
• Yo-Yo Dieting Can Take a Toll on Your Heart
• Anti-Vaxxers' Son Who Got Measles Speaks Out
• Heart Attacks Striking More Young Adults
• An Afternoon Nap May Lower Your Blood Pressure
• HRT Linked to Slight Rise in Alzheimer's Risk
• Could Common Germs Be Tied to Alzheimer's?

March 8, 2019

• Hidden FDA Reports Show Harm From Medical Devices
• Study Disputes Pregnancy Link to MS Relapses
• Could Olive Oil Help Keep Stroke at Bay for Obese Americans?
• Yo-Yo Dieting Can Take a Toll on Your Heart
• Anti-Vaxxers' Son Who Got Measles Speaks Out
• Heart Attacks Striking More Young Adults
• An Afternoon Nap May Lower Your Blood Pressure
• HRT Linked to Slight Rise in Alzheimer's Risk
• Could Common Germs Be Tied to Alzheimer's

March 9, 2019

• Unvaccinated Boy's Tetanus Treatment Cost $800K
• Many Black Americans Live in Trauma Care 'Deserts'
• Facebook To Act On Wrong Vaccine Info
• Getting Fit in 40s, 50s Still Can Add to Life Span
• Study: Dry Eye and Migraines Might Be Linked
• Hookah Smoke Called Worse than Cigarettes’
• In U.S., Female Genital Mutilation's Lasting Scars
• Daylight Saving Time: Beware of Drowsy Drivers
• 'Jeopardy' Host Alex Trebek Has Pancreatic Cancer

March 11, 2019

• Many Parents Think Their Vaping Won’t Harm Kids
• SIDS Risk Doubles If Mom Smoked in Pregnancy
• Mumps Outbreak Reported at Temple U.
• Many Black Americans Live in Trauma Care 'Deserts'
• Unvaccinated Boy's Tetanus Treatment Cost $800K
• Facebook To Act On Wrong Vaccine Info
• Study: Dry Eye and Migraines Might Be Linked
• Hookah Smoke Called Worse than Cigarettes’
• Getting Fit in 40s, 50s Still Can Add to Life Span

March 12, 2019

• FDA OKs Import of Genetically Engineered Salmon
• Study: Diet Supplements Don't Ward Off Depression
• Pillsbury Flour Recalled Over Salmonella Fears
• Poor Asthma Control Can Mean Worse Grades for Kids
• Many Parents Think Their Vaping Won’t Harm Kids
• Breast Implants Top List of Plastic Surgeries
• SIDS Risk Doubles If Mom Smoked in Pregnancy
• Mumps Outbreak Reported at Temple U.
• Many Black Americans Live in Trauma Care 'Deserts'

View All Health News

• FDA OKs Import of Genetically Engineered Salmon
• Study: Diet Supplements Don't Ward Off Depression
• Pillsbury Flour Recalled Over Salmonella Fears
• Poor Asthma Control Can Mean Worse Grades for Kids
• Many Parents Think Their Vaping Won’t Harm Kids
• Breast Implants Top List of Plastic Surgeries
• SIDS Risk Doubles If Mom Smoked in Pregnancy
• Mumps Outbreak Reported at Temple U.
• Many Black Americans Live in Trauma Care 'Deserts'

The Flawed Evidence for Antidepressants ---
https://aeon.co/essays/the-evidence-in-favour-of-antidepressants-is-terribly-flawed?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=bc1e69a10d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_07_04_24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-bc1e69a10d-68951505

The right way to cook high-antioxidant veggies ---
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-03-cook-high-antioxidant-veggies.html

NYT Cooking. Tried. Tested. And truly delicious.---
https://cooking.nytimes.com/?&mcid=NYT&mc=EInternal&subid=Cooking

Why Wikipedia’s Medical Content Is Superior ---
https://slate.com/technology/2019/01/wikipedia-doctors-medical-knowledge-study.html

Jensen Comment
I've long thought that Wikipedia's content on most technical issues is quite good (albeit not perfect). However, biographical data obtained for names of people gets pretty whitewashed these days, especially living people who can either whitewash a wiki themselves or hire expert wiki whitewashers.
See below.

Can competitive bridge players enhance performance with banned substances?
https://deadspin.com/worlds-top-bridge-player-suspended-for-doping-with-synt-1832959247
Jensen Comment
This raises a question of how well banned substances improve competitiveness in bridge, chess, computer games, and other mental "sports." I doubt that these are really brain enhancers as much as endurance enhancers.

Are these also becoming the "no-doze" enhancers for college students and researchers?

Reports of elder financial exploitation have increased ---
Financial elder fraud reports quadruple; amount reaches $1.7 billion
https://www.mcknightsseniorliving.com/home/news/financial-elder-fraud-reports-quadruple-amount-reaches-1-7-billion/

Current and past editions of Bob Jensen's blog called Fraud Updates --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudUpdates.htm
 

Humor for March 2019

John Cleese --- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cleese
John Cleese Revisits His 20 Years as an Ivy League Professor in His New Book, Professor at Large: The Cornell Years ---
http://www.openculture.com/2019/03/john-cleese-revisits-his-20-years-as-an-ivy-league-professor-in-his-new-book.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OpenCulture+%28Open+Culture%29

Video:  Trump and Jobs --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h1ooyyFkF0

Ig Nobel Prizes --- https://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2017

And the Winner for Best (Worst) Puns and One Liners Is… Eye Roll Please ---
https://www.jborden.com/and-the-winner-for-best-worst-puns-and-one-liners-is-eye-roll-please/

Forwarded by Glen Gray
47 tips to keep you out of the emergency room ---
https://www.radajonesmd.com/47-tips-to-keep-you-away-from-my-er/?fbclid=IwAR0RY9CpCkRWoeEuRFNQDYat2GMJINyYcvoptCSrazjv64CkjDx4tXSxYp8

Five Funny Books --- Click Here

Church Signs --- https://expo.nj.com/news/g66l-2019/01/91161c614f6936/these-hilarious-church-signs-in-nj-will-have-you-praying-for-more.html

The Cringe-Inducing Humor of The Office Explained with Philosophical Theories of Mind ---
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=mm#inbox/FMfcgxwBVztVpLfCBpngCwDsbKJRhzdK

Forwarded by Paula

NUMBER 1:
If you ever testify in court, you might wish you could have been as sharp as this policeman. He was being cross-examined by a defense attorney during a felony trial. The lawyer was trying to undermine the police officer’s credibility. Q: 'Officer --- did you see my client fleeing the scene?' A: 'No, sir. But I subsequently observed a person matching the description of the offender, running several blocks away.' Q: 'Officer, who provided this description?' A: 'The officer who responded to the scene.'
Q: 'A fellow officer provided the description of this so-called offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?'
A: 'Yes, sir. With my life.'
Q: 'With your life? Let me ask you this then officer. Do you have a room where you change your clothes in preparation for your daily duties?' A: 'Yes sir, we do!' Q: 'And do you have a locker in the room?'
A: 'Yes, sir, I do.'
 Q: 'And do you have a lock on your locker?'
A: 'Yes, sir.'
Q: 'Now, why is it, officer, if you trust your fellow officers with your life, you find it necessary to lock your locker in a room you share with these same officers?'
A: 'You see, sir, we share the building with the court complex, and sometimes lawyers have been known to walk through that room.’
The courtroom EXPLODED with laughter, and a prompt recess was called.
The officer on the stand has been nominated for this year's 'Best Comeback' line -- and we think he'll win.

NUMBER 2:
Now We Know Why He Was a General -----

In an interview, General Norman Schwarzkopf was asked if he thought there was room for forgiveness toward the people who have harbored and abetted the terrorists who perpetrated the 9/11 attacks on America. His answer was classic Schwarzkopf. The General said, "I believe that forgiving them is God's function. OUR job is to arrange the meeting."

NUMBER 3:

Dana Perino (FOX News) describing an interview she recently had with a Navy SEAL. After discussing all the countries that he had been sent to, she asked if they had to learn several languages? "Oh, no ma'am. We don't go there to talk."

NUMBER 4:
Conversation overheard on the VHF Guard (emergency) frequency 121.5 MHz while flying from Europe to Dubai. Iranian
Air Defense Site: 'Unknown aircraft, you are in Iranian airspace. Identify yourself.'
Aircraft: 'This is a United States aircraft. I am in Iraqi airspace.'
Air Defense Site: 'You are in Iranian airspace. If you do not depart our airspace, we will launch interceptor aircraft!'
Aircraft: 'This is a United States Marine Corps FA-18 Fighter.
Send 'em up, I'll wait!' Air Defense Site:
(... Total silence)

A Final Thought…
The guys at the golf course asked me to name an actress I would like to be stuck in an elevator with. 
I told them: the one who knows how to fix elevators. 
...I'm old, I'm tired, and I have to pee a lot.

 

Humor June 2018--- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book18q2.htm#Humor0618.htm

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Humor December 2017--- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book17q4.htm#Humor1217.htm

Humor November 2017--- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book17q4.htm#Humor1117.htm

Humor October 2017--- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book17q4.htm#Humor1017.htm

Humor September 2017--- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book17q3.htm#Humor0917.htm 

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Humor July 2017--- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book17q3.htm#Humor0717.htm

Humor June 2017--- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book17q2.htm#Humor0617.htm

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Humor April 2017--- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book17q2.htm#Humor0417.htm

Humor March 2017--- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book17q1.htm#Humor0317.htm

Humor February 2017 --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book17q1.htm#Humor0217.htm

Humor January 2017 --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book17q1.htm#Humor0117.htm

Tidbits Archives --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/TidbitsDirectory.htm

More of Bob Jensen's Pictures and Stories
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Pictures.htm

Click here to search Bob Jensen's web site if you have key words to enter --- Search Site.
For example if you want to know what Jensen documents have the term "Enron" enter the phrase Jensen AND Enron. Another search engine that covers Trinity and other universities is at http://www.searchedu.com/

Online Distance Education Training and Education --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Crossborder.htm
For-Profit Universities Operating in the Gray Zone of Fraud  (College, Inc.) --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/HigherEdControversies.htm#ForProfitFraud

Shielding Against Validity Challenges in Plato's Cave ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/TheoryTAR.htm

• With a Rejoinder from the 2010 Senior Editor of The Accounting Review (TAR), Steven J. Kachelmeier
• With Replies in Appendix 4 to Professor Kachemeier by Professors Jagdish Gangolly and Paul Williams
• With Added Conjectures in Appendix 1 as to Why the Profession of Accountancy Ignores TAR
• With Suggestions in Appendix 2 for Incorporating Accounting Research into Undergraduate Accounting Courses

The Cult of Statistical Significance: How Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives ---
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/temp/DeirdreMcCloskey/StatisticalSignificance01.htm

How Accountics Scientists Should Change: 
"Frankly, Scarlett, after I get a hit for my resume in The Accounting Review I just don't give a damn"
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/temp/AccounticsDamn.htm
One more mission in what's left of my life will be to try to change this
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/temp/AccounticsDamn.htm 

What went wrong in accounting/accountics research?  ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/theory01.htm#WhatWentWrong

The Sad State of Accountancy Doctoral Programs That Do Not Appeal to Most Accountants ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/theory01.htm#DoctoralPrograms

AN ANALYSIS OF THE EVOLUTION OF RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE ACCOUNTING REVIEW: 1926-2005 ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/395wpTAR/Web/TAR395wp.htm#_msocom_1

Bob Jensen's threads on accounting theory ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/theory01.htm

Tom Lehrer on Mathematical Models and Statistics ---
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfZWyUXn3So

Systemic problems of accountancy (especially the vegetable nutrition paradox) that probably will never be solved ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudConclusion.htm#BadNews

World Clock --- http://www.peterussell.com/Odds/WorldClock.php
Facts about the earth in real time --- http://www.worldometers.info/
Interesting Online Clock and Calendar --- http://home.tiscali.nl/annejan/swf/timeline.swf
Time by Time Zones --- http://timeticker.com/
Projected Population Growth (it's out of control) --- http://geography.about.com/od/obtainpopulationdata/a/worldpopulation.htm
         Also see http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/P/Populations.html
         Facts about population growth (video) --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U
Projected U.S. Population Growth --- http://www.carryingcapacity.org/projections75.html
Real time meter of the U.S. cost of the war in Iraq --- http://www.costofwar.com/ 
Enter you zip code to get Census Bureau comparisons --- http://zipskinny.com/
Sure wish there'd be a little good news today.

Free (updated) Basic Accounting Textbook --- search for Hoyle at
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/ElectronicLiterature.htm#Textbooks

CPA Examination --- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cpa_examination
Free CPA Examination Review Course Courtesy of Joe Hoyle --- http://cpareviewforfree.com/

Rick Lillie's education, learning, and technology blog is at http://iaed.wordpress.com/

Accounting News, Blogs, Listservs, and Social Networking ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/AccountingNews.htm

Bob Jensen's Threads --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/threads.htm 
Current and past editions of my newsletter called New Bookmarks --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookurl.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called Tidbits --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/TidbitsDirectory.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called Fraud Updates --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudUpdates.htm

Online Books, Poems, References, and Other Literature
In the past I've provided links to various types electronic literature available free on the Web. 
I created a page that summarizes those various links --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/ElectronicLiterature.htm

Accounting program news items for colleges are posted at http://www.accountingweb.com/news/college_news.html
Sometimes the news items provide links to teaching resources for accounting educators.
Any college may post a news item.

Many useful accounting sites (scroll down) --- http://www.iasplus.com/links/links.htm

Bob Jensen's Sort-of Blogs --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/JensenBlogs.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called New Bookmarks --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookurl.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called Tidbits --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/TidbitsDirectory.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called Fraud Updates --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudUpdates.htm

Some Accounting History Sites

Bob Jensen's Accounting History in a Nutshell and Links --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/theory01.htm#AccountingHistory
 

Accounting History Libraries at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) --- http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/accountancy/libraries.html
The above libraries include international accounting history.
The above libraries include film and video historical collections.

MAAW Knowledge Portal for Management and Accounting --- http://maaw.info/

Academy of Accounting Historians and the Accounting Historians Journal ---
http://www.accounting.rutgers.edu/raw/aah/

Sage Accounting History --- http://ach.sagepub.com/cgi/pdf_extract/11/3/269

A nice timeline on the development of U.S. standards and the evolution of thinking about the income statement versus the balance sheet is provided at:
"The Evolution of U.S. GAAP: The Political Forces Behind Professional Standards (1930-1973)," by Stephen A. Zeff, CPA Journal, January 2005 --- http://www.nysscpa.org/cpajournal/2005/105/infocus/p18.htm
Part II covering years 1974-2003 published in February 2005 --- http://www.nysscpa.org/cpajournal/2005/205/index.htm 

A nice timeline of accounting history --- http://www.docstoc.com/docs/2187711/A-HISTORY-OF-ACCOUNTING

From Texas A&M University
Accounting History Outline --- http://acct.tamu.edu/giroux/history.html

Bob Jensen's timeline of derivative financial instruments and hedge accounting ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudRotten.htm#DerivativesFrauds

History of Fraud in America --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/415wp/AmericanHistoryOfFraud.htm
Also see http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Fraud.htm

Bob Jensen's Threads ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/threads.htm

More of Bob Jensen's Pictures and Stories
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Pictures.htm

All my online pictures --- http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/PictureHistory/

Professor Robert E. Jensen (Bob) http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen
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Phone:  603-823-8482 
Email:  rjensen@trinity.edu