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--- reading_journal_2022 [2022/01/23 16:03] – admin
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+===== 2022-09 =====
+==== 2022-09-11 ====
+Notes from https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/artificial-sweeteners-health-risks-heart-disease-blood-sugar-rcna46717
+  * aspartame - found in the tabletop sweeteners Equal and NutraSweet as well as cereals, yogurt, candy and diet soda.
+  * sucralose - found in Splenda as well as baked goods, ice cream, canned fruit, flavored yogurt and syrups
+  * acesulfame potassium - often used in "sugar-free" soda
+  * agave - has a very high fructose content
+===== 2022-06 =====
+==== 2022-06-10 ====
+  * https://www.payflex.com/en/footer/news-events/Millennium-Trust-Company-Completes-Acquisition-of-PayFlex.html - Millennium Trust Company has completed its acquisition of PayFlex
+===== 2022-05 =====
+==== 2022-05-31 ====
+  * https://www.hyrumslaw.com/ <code>
+With a sufficient number of users of an API,
+it does not matter what you promise in the contract:
+all observable behaviors of your system
+will be depended on by somebody.
+</code>
+===== 2022-04 =====
+==== 2022-04-21 ====
+Notes from https://ourworldindata.org/ukraine-russia-food
+<code>
+Country         Ukraine                 Russia
+                % of global exports     % of global exports
+Sunflower oil   42.21%                  21.40%
+Wheat            8.91%                  14.20%
+Barley           9.74%                   9.50%
+Maize (corn)    16.43%                   1.60%
+Country         Ukraine                 Russia
+                % of global production  % of global production
+Sunflower oil   29.53%                  26.96%
+Barley           5.61%                  12.89%
+Wheat            3.70%                   9.72%
+Maize (corn)     3.12%                   1.24%
+</code>
+==== 2022-04-18 ====
+Notes from https://abc7ny.com/colonia-high-school-brain-cancer-new-jersey-nj-woodbridge-township/11756571/
+  * The environmental engineering firm T+M Associates
+  * an inoperable brain tumor called Anaplastic Astrocytoma
+  * Glioblastoma Multiforme or GBM
+Notes from https://www.foxnews.com/us/colonia-high-school-rare-cancer-link
+  * Acoustic Neuroma (AN)
+  * Radiation exposure is a well documented cause of brain tumors
+  * The Middlesex Sampling Plant, which has since closed, is located on 9.6 acres, about a 30-minute driving from Colonia.
 ===== 2022-01 =====
+==== 2022-01-31 ====
+  * https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-01-31/quant-strategies-have-proved-their-worth
+    * Value factor lost about half as much as the S&P 500.
+    * The pandemic did not respect historical earnings, book value or other common value metrics.
+    * Momentum did great.
+    * During bubbles and crashes momentum does well and value lags behind during the event. Their performance reverses in the aftermath.
+    * highly consequential unexpected event
 ==== 2022-01-27 ====
   * [[https://sethmlarson.dev/blog/strict-python-function-parameters | Strict Python function parameters]] (sethmlarson.dev)