Links (Part 1)

Business:

Christian Dior boss: Fashion success through reinvention - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38611409 Ignore the title, it's actually about female bosses in the fashion industry

Design:

The Type Snob: And how to turn into one - https://thedesignteam.io/the-type-snob-f221969a884b

Economics:

Will Finland's basic income trial help the jobless? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38593513

Food:

When fast food gets an Indian twist - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-38633567

History:

Why was the Zimmermann Telegram so important? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38581861

Mathematics:

Making sense of principal component analysis, eigenvectors & eigenvalues -https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/2691/making-sense-of-principal-component-analysis-eigenvectors-eigenvalues/140579#140579 Or the PCA primer I have been looking for for years.

Media:

How To Use Facebook And Fake News To Get People To Murder Each Other -
https://www.buzzfeed.com/jasonpatinkin/how-to-get-people-to-murder-each-other-through-fake-news-and?utm_term=.lwa76O25d#.pqN4JpvZV

Miscellaneous:

The commuters who enjoy being creative with their time - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38506378

'I'm allergic to my husband' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38507160

The defeat of Davos: Are the global elite in retreat? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38632145

Protect, Serve And Take Care Of The Bees - https://www.npr.org/2017/06/02/531048619/protect-serve-and-take-care-of-the-bees

Music:

7 hit songs you probably didn’t know were originally written for other people -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3zvW0JQ1HfCYXHQBKbzpWy9/7-hit-songs-you-probably-didn-t-know-were-originally-written-for-other-people

News:

May can think big all she likes. Britain’s about to find out just how small it is - Rafael Behr - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/17/theresa-may-britain-prime-minister-speech?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Tweet From January

The problem with the English: England doesn’t want to be just another member of a team -
http://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/the-problem-with-the-english-england-doesn-t-want-to-be-just-another-member-of-a-team-1-4851882?platform=hootsuite From January

A full English Brexit is on the menu - https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/01/full-english-brexit-menu/ From January

Politics:

Enhancing the EU’s Engagement With Separatist Territories - http://carnegieeurope.eu/2017/01/17/enhancing-eu-s-engagement-with-separatist-territories-pub-67694 From January

Why do Indians vote for 'criminal' politicians? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-38607255

Science:

Study uses bacteriophages to treat livestock as an alternative to antibiotics -
https://www2.le.ac.uk/news/blog/2017-archive/june/study-uses-bacteriophages-to-treat-livestock-as-an-alternative-to-antibiotics

Sport:

Snooker:

Mark Selby interview: 'I don't bottle it, that's why I've spent 100 weeks at number one' -
http://www.eurosport.co.uk/snooker/the-masters/2016-2017/mark-selby-interview-i-don-t-bottle-it-or-give-up-that-s-why-i-ve-spent-100-weeks-at-number-one_sto6018251/story.shtml From January

Technology:

The Secrets of LinkedIn - https://webbreacher.com/2017/01/14/the-secrets-of-linkedin/

Can your voice reveal whether you have an illness? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38637257

The hidden strengths of unloved concrete - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38317186

Links (Part 2)

Economics:

“Side Hustle” as a Sign of the Apocalypse - Uber and Seamless ads reveal how Silicon Valley is screwing us - https://medium.com/sandpapersuit/side-hustle-as-a-sign-of-the-apocalypse-e7027a889fc2 I have been saying this about "disruptive technologies" for years.

Health:

Signs of breast cancer explained, using lemons - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38609625 This is clever. And useful.

History:

Decoder: The Slave Insurance Market - How much did slave owners pay for antebellum-era policies from Aetna, AIG, and New York Life? - http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/16/decoder-slave-insurance-market-aetna-aig-new-york-life/

Who was second-longest serving US president? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38634235

Miscellaneous:

Coffee shops on the march as pubs decline, town centre data shows - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38609692 This interests me. I was in Stoke with D and R and I noticed that as we were walking round there was a dearth of pubs. The area we were walking round was heavily Pakistani (guessing from the amount of signs in Urdu), so it makes sense, and I'm wondering if it's the same deal in the rest of the country.

Amputated foot gets its own Instagram account - http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38621920/amputated-foot-gets-its-own-instagram-account

The Year of Conquering Negative Thinking - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/well/mind/the-year-of-conquering-negative-thinking.html?_r=0

‘James Bond of Philanthropy’ Gives Away the Last of His Fortune -
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/nyregion/james-bond-of-philanthropy-gives-away-the-last-of-his-fortune.html?_r=0

How to Sleep - Should you drink more coffee? Should you take melatonin? Can you train yourself to need less sleep? A physician’s guide to sleep in a stressful age. -
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/01/how-to-sleep/508781/

Science:

Rewriting the Code of Life - Through DNA editing, researchers hope to alter the genetic destiny of species and eliminate diseases.- https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/02/rewriting-the-code-of-life

The Hermit Who Inadvertently Shaped Climate-Change Science -
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/01/billy-barr-climate-change/512198/

Sport:

Football:

Disabled access: Premier League clubs may face sanctions over lack of improvement -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38630964

Formula 1:

FIA simulated Fernando Alonso crash with halo - http://www.eurosport.co.uk/formula-1/fia-simulated-alonso-crash-with-halo_sto6015334/story.shtml

Snooker:

Marco Fu interview: 'It is heartbreaking and embarrassing that snooker can’t fund 128 players’ -
http://www.eurosport.co.uk/snooker/the-masters/2016-2017/marco-fu-interview-it-is-heartbreaking-and-embarrassing-that-snooker-cant-fund-128-players_sto6016215/story.shtml

Swimming:

Fran Halsall: Three-time Olympian retires after 10-year international career -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/38636644

Tennis:

Angelique Kerber an inspiration for WTA's frustrated bridesmaids -
http://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/australian-open-women/2017/kerber-an-inspiration-for-wta-s-frustrated-bridesmaids_sto6011892/story.shtml

Technology:

Why do lithium batteries explode? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37255127

Title of the First Post of Each Month Meme

January - Links
February - Today in Truly Unreasonable Boss Behaviour
March - Yearly Book Location Update
April - How d'you solve a problem like Italian rugby?
May - Another plant photo
June - 100 Things Related - Now With "I, Robot" added
July - Links (Part 1)
August - Film Locations
September - Alvarez vs Golovkin
October - Links
November - In Which Mother's Boyfriend Has Invited Himself For Christmas
December - Rugby League World Cup 2017 Final Thoughts

You'll notice there's variety this year :)

Rugby League World Cup Final Network Data Visualisation

First, the semifinal highlights.

The BBC haven't bothered to put their "funny" one up yet, so instead, have the 5 minute highlights of Fiji vs Australia, of which the important details are Fiji were in the lead and they did score a try this time. That Australia won is a completely unimportant detail.

In much the same way, of the Tonga vs England match, the 70 minutes that England were way ahead are unimportant when you consider Tonga's glorious near-comeback, which involved 3 tries in 10 minutes. The third try in particular was a thing of beauty. If only they didn't keep giving other teams a head start!

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Final Network Data Visualisation

( Large image underneath the cut )

Going into the final, the team closest to the centre are Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. The other teams which would have had World Cup winners no matter who won are St George Illawara and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.

Interestingly, all of Canberra and South Sydney Rabbitohs representatives are playing for England, Josh Hodgson and Elliot Whitehead for Canberra and Sam and Tom Burgess for the Bunnies.

The team with the most players in the final are Melbourne Storm, with 7, all for Australia, with their two Fijians having gone out in the semifinals. Next are Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Warrington and St Helens with 4 players each. The Sharks lost 1 Tongan in the semis, Warrington 1 Fijian, while Saints have the same number in the final as they had in the semis.

( Community view version of the previous diagram )

The community view makes little sense, as it tends not to when down to only two teams. Most of the English and Australian players are the same colour as England or Australia, the players that play for teams that join the two countries are coloured by club but for some unknown reason so are Leeds, Canberra, Wests Tigers and Penrith, all of whose players play in one country. If that was because there's a large number of them, you'd think Melbourne Storm would be coloured a different colour too, because they're a (relatively) large community. One day I will understand how the community concept works in Gephi!