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Stunning New Book! Hats For All
On Foot I'm traveling this week to the Air Force Research Lab at Kirtland AFB, in the Space Weather Center of Excellence. Not just "Center," mind, but Center of Excellence.…
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Free Mumia! And Tunisia! A Play In One Act
Update: I have been informed that this play is anything but clear (thank you!). So. Every resolution listed below was indeed adopted by the California Federation of Teachers at their…
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I Am The Cause Of All Discrimination In The United States Of America
Today's post is at Pajama's Media, "The Cause of All Discrimination? Me: One man makes a shocking confession." Logically, if there is discrimination, there must be discriminators and discriminatees. Who,…
Put Down That Salt!
This is an appropriate day to repost a classic article, especially given this story in the Daily Mail with the headline "The town that's banned salt." And don't forget our…
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March Madness Tournament Analysis: Which Seed Has Best Chance Of Winning?
Most know what the structure of the March Madness basketball tournament looks like. I am not most; I had to look it up; what I don't know about college basketball…
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And The Winner Goes To…Oscar Statistics Wrap Up
Our model was right: The King's Speech won. In this weekend's Oscar Statistics post, we modeled the chances of each nominated movie. We guessed that the movie most likely to…
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Oscar Statistics: Money, Men, and Maturity; Plus Our Predictions
This article was written with the assistance of the very employable John Briggs, who did all the grunt work. Also see And The Winner Goes To...Oscar Statistics Wrap Up. Which…
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Weekly Mail
I receive regularly a lot of red hot tips from regular readers, but as the week goes on they are often buried by newer mail. Thus I will try out…