Gyoju's Wordlog

conscription

gyoju — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:08:15 +0000

Length of military conscription, 48 major long-established nations, 1970-2010

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flout, propriety

gyoju — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:00:32 +0000

Flouting conventions of cleanliness and propriety in the 1960s.

p.112

smore

gyoju — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:43:36 +0000

We have an outdoor fire pit where the kids can make smores and will have some other outside games.

Focaccia

gyoju — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:15:25 +0000

Focaccia Steak Sandwich 9.5

Pioneer Zephyr

gyoju — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 02:25:49 +0000

Step back in time — to May 26, 1934 — as a passenger on the Pioneer Zephyr.

Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient

gyoju — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:22:44 +0000

I ran into another issue with the Spearman’s rank correlation (NCL function spcorr).

throw under the bus

gyoju — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:58:16 +0000

King released an excerpt of Goodell’s comments (more to appear in this week’s magazine) that painted Roethlisberger as an ostracized member of the Steelers and, more importantly, threw nearly two dozen of his teammates under the bus.

Brigadeiro

gyoju — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:18:17 +0000

Brigadeiro (Portuguese for Brigadier; also known in some southern Brazilian states as negrinho, literally “blackie”) is a simple Brazilian chocolate bonbon, created in the 1940s and named after Brigadier Eduardo Gomes, whose shape is reminiscent of that of some varieties of chocolate truffles.

http://www.slideshare.net/jwtintelligence/2f-100-things-to-watch-in-2011-6306251

tsuris

gyoju — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 02:14:35 +0000

In the end, Joe Lieberman decided he didn’t need any more tsuris.

dither

gyoju — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 04:38:15 +0000

Don’t Dither – Say Yes or No

p.54