BuzzFeed - utef http://buzzfeed.com/utef BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:33:18 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) USA: Outlier in Health Care Expenditure http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/usa-outlier-in-health-care-expenditure-44e A graph that highlights how much of an outlier the U.S. is in terms of health care expenditure, which is incommensurate to the quality of care being delivered to the population at large.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/usa-outlier-in-health-care-expenditure-44e Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:27:16 -0400 A graph that highlights how much of an outlier the U.S. is in terms of health care expenditure, which is incommensurate to the quality of care being delivered to the population at large. utef adult What You Need to Know About Swine Flue http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/what-you-need-to-know-about-swine-flue-44e Facts about Swine Flu you should be aware of. Please make sure you understand the risks of dissemination and seek for medical help if and when you start seeing the symptoms.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/what-you-need-to-know-about-swine-flue-44e Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:25:51 -0400 Facts about Swine Flu you should be aware of. Please make sure you understand the risks of dissemination and seek for medical help if and when you start seeing the symptoms. utef adult States Above and Below National Unemployment "water" http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/states-above-and-below-national-unemployment-wate-44e A graph of (national - state) unemployment rates. Twenty states have unemployment rates above the national average with Michigan leading the way at 12%.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/states-above-and-below-national-unemployment-wate-44e Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:33:08 -0400 A graph of (national - state) unemployment rates. Twenty states have unemployment rates above the national average with Michigan leading the way at 12%. utef adult Word Religions http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/word-religions-44e A map showing the distribution in the prevalence of various “types” of religions across the globe. What does this say about the universality of claims of singular pathway to salvation made by each of the religions practiced in the various corners of the world?

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/word-religions-44e Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:34:43 -0400 A map showing the distribution in the prevalence of various “types” of religions across the globe. What does this say about the universality of claims of singular pathway to salvation made by each of the religions practiced in the various corners of the world? utef adult Why Do Men Lose More Than Women? http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/why-do-men-lose-more-than-women-44e An astounding trend in the level of employment between women and men. Somehow, men seem to be losing their jobs at significantly larger rate than women. Why?

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/why-do-men-lose-more-than-women-44e Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:02:17 -0500 An astounding trend in the level of employment between women and men. Somehow, men seem to be losing their jobs at significantly larger rate than women. Why? utef adult "Terrorism is a Deadly Tactic, Not an Institution Or an Ideology" http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/terrorism-is-a-deadly-tactic-not-an-institution-44e

The idea of a “war on terror” is a “mistake”, putting too much emphasis on military force, Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/terrorism-is-a-deadly-tactic-not-an-institution-44e Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:33:43 -0500 The idea of a "war on terror" is a "mistake", putting too much emphasis on military force, Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said. utef adult Sex Ratio: The Missing Women in the World http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/sex-ratio-the-missing-women-in-the-world-44e A comparison of sex ratio for countries around the world in 1960 and 2000. Canada and Australia were among the most female-deficient countries in the world. After forty years, they have finally caught up with underdeveloped countries in Africa, Asia, and South America. Then and now, Russia has the highest and China and India have among the lowest female:male ratio.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/sex-ratio-the-missing-women-in-the-world-44e Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:44:07 -0500 A comparison of sex ratio for countries around the world in 1960 and 2000. Canada and Australia were among the most female-deficient countries in the world. After forty years, they have finally caught up with underdeveloped countries in Africa, Asia, and South America. Then and now, Russia has the highest and China and India have among the lowest female:male ratio. utef adult Africa is Raped by Poverty of Leadership! (poem) http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/africa-is-raped-by-poverty-of-leadership-poem-44e

…Raped by egoistic, selfish, and ignoramus buffoons who pretend to stand for her; humiliated world-over; left behind to die impoverished and in despair; stained by the blood of innocents falling victim to violence, cruelty, and lawlessness; hemorrhaging her precious resources - living and non-living…

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/africa-is-raped-by-poverty-of-leadership-poem-44e Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:24:35 -0500 ...Raped by egoistic, selfish, and ignoramus buffoons who pretend to stand for her; humiliated world-over; left behind to die impoverished and in despair; stained by the blood of innocents falling victim to violence, cruelty, and lawlessness; hemorrhaging her precious resources - living and non-living... utef adult The Passing of a Presidency Torch: Look at Their Hands! http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/the-passing-of-a-presidency-torch-look-at-their-h-44e With B.C. grasping his behind his back, G.B. streching his out wide by the side, and B.O. holding his upfront in public view, a presidency torch is passed by virtue of a body language from the past to the present and the future!

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/the-passing-of-a-presidency-torch-look-at-their-h-44e Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:16:37 -0500 With B.C. grasping his behind his back, G.B. streching his out wide by the side, and B.O. holding his upfront in public view, a presidency torch is passed by virtue of a body language from the past to the present and the future! utef adult The Fat Country http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/the-fat-country-44e That is getting fatter by the year: A comparison of obesity map of the U.S. for the years 1986, 1996, and 2007. This obesity epidemic is sparing no state and is dramatically worsening. A strong leadership is required to stop it!

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/the-fat-country-44e Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:52:26 -0500 That is getting fatter by the year: A comparison of obesity map of the U.S. for the years 1986, 1996, and 2007. This obesity epidemic is sparing no state and is dramatically worsening. A strong leadership is required to stop it! utef adult Africa Is Dying! http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/africa-is-dying-44e A comparison of life expectancy for countries around the world in 1962 and 2004. It is simultaneously amazing and depressing that almost no change has been made in African life expectancy in almost half a century!

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/africa-is-dying-44e Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:49:45 -0500 A comparison of life expectancy for countries around the world in 1962 and 2004. It is simultaneously amazing and depressing that almost no change has been made in African life expectancy in almost half a century! utef nonadult The Shrinking Map of Palestine http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/the-shrinking-map-of-palestine-44e The evolution in land occupation in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/the-shrinking-map-of-palestine-44e Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:16:16 -0500 The evolution in land occupation in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. utef adult A Robot Invasion http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/a-robot-invasion-44e

Where do the 1 million industrial robots around the world live? The answer will surprise you…

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/a-robot-invasion-44e Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:26:45 -0500 Where do the 1 million industrial robots around the world live? The answer will surprise you... utef adult A Mosquito Foreplay http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/a-mosquito-foreplay-44e

A musical insight into Mosquito mating.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/a-mosquito-foreplay-44e Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:19:22 -0500 A musical insight into Mosquito mating. utef adult O! And Leadership By Example http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/o-and-leadership-by-example-44e

There is a tremendous amount of buzz spreading all over the internet around the shirtless pictures of President-elect Barack Obama, O! I could not help but be impressed by the subtle, but symbolic, example it sets for the nation.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/o-and-leadership-by-example-44e Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:21:36 -0500 There is a tremendous amount of buzz spreading all over the internet around the shirtless pictures of President-elect Barack Obama, O! I could not help but be impressed by the subtle, but symbolic, example it sets for the nation. utef adult “I Am Everywhere At Once; I Have Lost My Identity…” http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/i-am-everywhere-at-once-i-have-lost-my-ide-44e

In an excerpt from a NOVA program on “The Race for Absolute Zero,” Prof. Daniel Kleppner of MIT explains how matter changes as it nears -459.67 °F, or absolute zero. This state of matter, the Bose-Einstein condensate, was discovered, in 1995, to exist in alkali metals at twenty-billionth of a degree (20 nK) above absolute zero by Eric Cornell, Carl Weiman and Wolfgang Ketterle. The three were awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics for this work.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/i-am-everywhere-at-once-i-have-lost-my-ide-44e Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:03:08 -0500 In an excerpt from a NOVA program on “The Race for Absolute Zero,” Prof. Daniel Kleppner of MIT explains how matter changes as it nears -459.67 °F, or absolute zero. This state of matter, the Bose-Einstein condensate, was discovered, in 1995, to exist in alkali metals at twenty-billionth of a degree (20 nK) above absolute zero by Eric Cornell, Carl Weiman and Wolfgang Ketterle. The three were awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics for this work. utef adult The Making of A President: Seminal Obama Speeches in Word Cloud Representation http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/the-making-of-a-president-seminal-obama-speeches-44e

The seminal speeches of Barack Obama shown in a condensed word cloud representation with the exclusion of common words in the English language. It is very striking to note that each of these speeches have a particular and unmistakable message and theme as exemplified in the most frequently used words in the respective speeches (In the case of the word cloud representation, those words are the ones that are seen to be of the largest font size in the cloud). What this goes to show is Obama’s ability to communicate effectively.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/the-making-of-a-president-seminal-obama-speeches-44e Thu, 25 Dec 2008 13:47:54 -0500 The seminal speeches of Barack Obama shown in a condensed word cloud representation with the exclusion of common words in the English language. It is very striking to note that each of these speeches have a particular and unmistakable message and theme as exemplified in the most frequently used words in the respective speeches (In the case of the word cloud representation, those words are the ones that are seen to be of the largest font size in the cloud). What this goes to show is Obama’s ability to communicate effectively. utef adult Null Information http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/null-information-44e

Null Information is the kind that is of no determined value or relevance. There is an astounding need for not only search for information, but also sorting and customizing it. As search technologies become more powerful, this may be accomplished with ease granted that there is an existing data connecting individual with pieces of information. There is also a need for providing venues for expressions of one kind or another. With the rapid rise in content creation and dissemination, it is going to be a battle fought over a long period of time with entities playing catch up with the population at large. Now that is a battle for the ages!

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/null-information-44e Thu, 25 Dec 2008 13:44:26 -0500 Null Information is the kind that is of no determined value or relevance. There is an astounding need for not only search for information, but also sorting and customizing it. As search technologies become more powerful, this may be accomplished with ease granted that there is an existing data connecting individual with pieces of information. There is also a need for providing venues for expressions of one kind or another. With the rapid rise in content creation and dissemination, it is going to be a battle fought over a long period of time with entities playing catch up with the population at large. Now that is a battle for the ages! utef adult Why Writing Well Is Hard http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/why-writing-well-is-hard-44e

The process of writing transforms thoughts into structured composition of words… the difficulty in writing, for that matter in any creative process, lies exactly in the challenges posed by the extraction of the inherent randomness in the thought process while transforming them into ordered synthesis and description of ideas.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/why-writing-well-is-hard-44e Thu, 25 Dec 2008 13:39:50 -0500 The process of writing transforms thoughts into structured composition of words... the difficulty in writing, for that matter in any creative process, lies exactly in the challenges posed by the extraction of the inherent randomness in the thought process while transforming them into ordered synthesis and description of ideas. utef adult Why Some Ideas Go Viral And Others Do Not http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/why-some-ideas-go-viral-and-others-do-not-44e

The primary factors determining the ability of an idea/information to go viral are its potential of impact and the time-length of refinement it requires. In the cases where the idea does undergo refinement, much like the wave that has a diminished amplitude, the refinement process condenses and filters the idea to make it more strong-reaction-inducing. The reality of this formulation is that if an idea/information does not have the necessary potential for impact to tunnel through the refinement barrier mostly by itself, that is, if it requires the help of major advertising push, its long-term acceptability and utility will most likely be minimal and will not last in the viral-land for a long time.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/utef/why-some-ideas-go-viral-and-others-do-not-44e Thu, 25 Dec 2008 13:37:46 -0500 The primary factors determining the ability of an idea/information to go viral are its potential of impact and the time-length of refinement it requires. In the cases where the idea does undergo refinement, much like the wave that has a diminished amplitude, the refinement process condenses and filters the idea to make it more strong-reaction-inducing. The reality of this formulation is that if an idea/information does not have the necessary potential for impact to tunnel through the refinement barrier mostly by itself, that is, if it requires the help of major advertising push, its long-term acceptability and utility will most likely be minimal and will not last in the viral-land for a long time. utef adult