{"id":309,"date":"2013-01-19T23:27:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T03:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevincreamer.net\/panda\/?p=309"},"modified":"2013-01-19T23:27:12","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T03:27:12","slug":"reading-and-listening-january-19-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevincreamer.net\/panda\/2013\/01\/19\/reading-and-listening-january-19-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading and Listening | January 19, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Reading<\/h2>\n<h3>The Wall Street Journal | Saturday, January 19, 2013<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kevincreamer.net\/panda\/2013\/01\/19\/reading-and-listening-january-19-2013\/book\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-317\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-317\" alt=\"book\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kevincreamer.net\/panda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/book.gif?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/professional.wsj.com\/article\/SB20001424127887324468104578248451947354498.html\" target=\"_blank\">Putting Statistics to Work in a Land of Illusions<\/a> by Carl Bialik &#8211; The introduction of statistics in North Korea highlights the dearth of reliable state data.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/professional.wsj.com\/article\/SB20001424127887323635504578213502177768898.html\" target=\"_blank\">Health Law Pinches Colleges<\/a> by Mark Peters and Douglas Belkin &#8211; The impact of The Affordable Care Act on adjuncts.\u00a0 &#8220;I think colleges and universities are going to have to rethink their model for how they compensate adjuncts.\u00a0 It&#8217;s clear to me over time the current model isn&#8217;t going to be sustainable,&#8221; Mr. King said.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/professional.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424127887323783704578250172985679006.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tough Flu Season Hits Elderly Hard<\/a> by Jennifer Corbett Dooren<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/professional.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424127887323783704578250152613273568.html\" target=\"_blank\">TSA to Halt Revealing Body Scans at Airports<\/a> by Jack Nicas &#8211; &#8220;This solves our most significant concern&#8221; about full-body scanners, said Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a privacy advocacy group.\u00a0 &#8220;Not having TSA agents in darkened rooms looking at naked pictures of people getting on a plane is a good outcome.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/professional.wsj.com\/article\/SB20001424127887323468604578249281850442130.html\" target=\"_blank\">Labor-Pool Worries Fuel Calls to End One-Child Policy<\/a> by Laurie Burkitt &#8211; &#8220;China&#8217;s top national statistician on Friday called for changing the country&#8217;s one-child policy because of the nation&#8217;s shrinking pool of workers, adding to a chorus of opponents who say the policy will have long-lasting effects on the country&#8217;s economic stability.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The New York Times | Saturday, January 19, 2013<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/01\/19\/technology\/with-graph-search-facebook-bets-on-more-sharing.html?pagewanted=all\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Bets On Sharing&#8230; And Searching<\/a> by Somini Sengupta and Clair Cain Miller<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/01\/19\/world\/europe\/sergei-filin-bolshoi-ballet-director-is-victim-of-acid-attack.html\" target=\"_blank\">Acid Attack on Bolshoi Official Shocks Moscow<\/a> by Ellen Barry &#8211; Officials are unsure if the attack was personal, over money, or if it was motivated by professional jealousy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Foreign Affairs | November \/ December 2012<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/138154\/neil-gershenfeld\/how-to-make-almost-anything\" target=\"_blank\">How to Make Almost Anything: The Digital Fabrication Revolution<\/a> by Neil Gershenfeld &#8211; Turning data into things and things into data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Books<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Lightspeed: Year One<\/em> edited by John Joseph Adams<\/li>\n<li><em>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets<\/em> by J. K. Rowling<\/li>\n<li><em>Writers Writing Dying<\/em> by C. K. Williams<\/li>\n<li><em>Too Big to Know <\/em>by David Weinberger<\/li>\n<li><em>Mr. Penumbra&#8217;s 24-Hour Bookstore<\/em> by Robin Sloan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Listening<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Making Movies &#8211; Dire Straits<\/li>\n<li>A Momentary Lapse of Reason &#8211; Pink Floyd<\/li>\n<li>Led Zeppelin I &#8211; Led Zeppelin<\/li>\n<li>Mahler Symphony No. 1, &#8220;Titan&#8221; &#8211; Bruno Walter and the NBC Symphony Orchestra<\/li>\n<li>Kind of Blue &#8211; Miles Davis<\/li>\n<li>Renaissance &#8211; Branford Marsalis<\/li>\n<li>Brahms Symphony No. 1 &#8211; Marin Alsop and the London Philharmonic Orchestra<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading The Wall Street Journal | Saturday, January 19, 2013 Putting Statistics to Work in a Land of Illusions by Carl Bialik &#8211; The introduction of statistics in North Korea highlights the dearth of reliable state data. 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