Tuesday, October 16, 2012

WEB BOHEMIAN (Tuesday, October 16, 2012)

(1)- DO POLLS MAKE SENSE? -- American politics has gone gaga for poll numbers—while polling pros feel less and less certain about the methodology behind the madness. Many times experts are puzzled.

(2)- ODD THEFT -- Police seek thieves who stole a mummified hand from a church in western Germany, leaving the small congregation heartbroken over the loss of their popular relic in a box for more than a century.

(3)- IDEAS -- Ideas conferences have lost their spontaneity, says Richard Saul Wurman. His solution? A $16,000-a-ticket event featuring David Blaine, Herbie Hancock and 72 hours of ‘intellectual jazz.’

(4)- NEW TELESCOPE -- A space-based telescope that uses a thin plastic membrane as a lens is being developed. Called a photon sieve, it bends light through billions of tiny holes in the "cling film" style optic.

(5)- USELESS -- Lake Superior State University releases its latest “List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse, and General Uselessness.” Among the words: trickeration, ginormous, and…

(6)- WHAT HAPPENED? -- She ascended to a level of power and wealth few women have known in banking. Her rise tells an unlikely story of what it takes to succeed as an interloper in the Wall Street boys’ club. But …

(7)- JOLTING TREES -- University of Canterbury researchers say they have made a breakthrough by using high voltage electricity to heat export logs and kill any pests they are carrying.

(8)- EARNINGS -- Princeton grads draw the highest salaries while graduates of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh’s online division garner the lowest pay. After 10 years Princeton alums earn an average…

(9)- EXPLAINING JANE – Austen lovers accuse one another of “misreading” Austen, of failing to appreciate her subtle engagement with social history, or of twisting Austen’s own necessarily perfect novels to suit some selfish political or professional need.

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