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Mathematics News

News on Mathematics continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

3 hrs ago | Daily India

New method could help planners predict food shortages

Washington, July 6: Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology in the US are working on a method that could help government planners and relief agencies better prepare for future shortages by ...

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Related Topix: Science, Agriculture

11 hrs ago | Viet Nam News

Vietnamese professor wins prestigious US maths prize

A Vietnamese mathematician is to be awarded the George Polya Prize by the US Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in San Diego, California, for his work in combinatorial theory.

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Related Topix: San Diego Metro, Science

19 hrs ago | Belleville News

Transcom on the move

Gen. Norton Schwartz bounds out of bed at 4:30 each morning and charges off for a four-mile run.

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Related Topix: Science, US Military, Scott Air Force Base, US Air Force, Offutt Air Force Base

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Gulf Times

Qatar statistics body launches its new website

QATAR Statistics Authority yesterday launched its new website to allow users and researchers "easier access to key statistical data". QSA acting president Sheikh Hamad bin Jabor al-Thani said the revolution in ...

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Related Topix: Science

Blowin' In The Wind

Outlier, according to Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell popularised the phrase,"tipping point". Now, another word may become fashionable because of him: "outlier". He is not using it in the statistical sense in which it has begun to show up in ...

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Related Topix: Science, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, John McCain, 2008 Presidential Election

The Daily Reflector

Editorial: A safer public - Perception doesn't match numbers

Greenville residents keeping close tabs on the criminal activity in this community likely reacted with surprise to the release of preliminary crime statistics for the first five months of this year.

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Related Topix: Science, Greenville, NC, Greenville Metro, Opinion

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Prince George Citizen

Average selling price for single-family homes up slightly in city

The average price of a single detached house sold in Prince George increased slightly during the first half of this year compared to the first six months of 2007, according to statistics released Friday by the ...

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Related Topix: Science, Home, Mortgage, Real Estate, Home Listing

Rochester IMC

The Odds of Change: A Statistical Look at Our Democrat's Voting Records

We want change. Obama says he will deliver change, as did the Democrats in '06. Yet nothing could be farther from the truth.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Science, 2008 Presidential Election, Patriot Act

The Torrington Telegram

School District to evaluate math dept.

Students attending Goshen County schools could experience new teaching strategies to help improve test scores in the upcoming school year, according to Goshen County School District Assistant Superintendent ...

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Goshen County, WY, Science

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Off the Kuff

It's not a dead heat if someone is leading

I know the media loves a horse race and all, but this is pushing it. With the dust having finally settled after the prolonged Democratic presidential primary, a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll shows ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, Barack Obama, Science, 2008 Presidential Election

Mental Nurse

A Prime time

I was called upon to escort a patient that had presented in A&E to a hospital out of area recently.

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The Honolulu Advertiser

Will Smith movie star

LOS ANGELES - The biggest star on the planet is sucking his thumb. 'Damn,' Will Smith says on the set of 'Hancock,' trying to shake the pain of a thumbnail that split in two as he was thrown through a mock ...

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Related Topix: Science, Will Smith, Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop, Bad Boys II, Comedy Movies, Thriller, I, Robot, Crime Movies, Action, Science Fiction Movies

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Daily Mail

Lecturers told to award more first-class degrees to make university look better than rivals

Academics are being urged to award more top degrees - to make their university look better than rival institutions, it was revealed yesterday.

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Related Topix: Science

MSN Money

What I Did at VC Camp

In the spring of 2007, Michael Sullivan was trying to figure out how to add some mojo to his startup, Affine Systems.

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Related Topix: Computers, Highland Capital Partners, Science, Venture Capital, Emerging Technology

Fraud, Phishing and Financial Misdeeds

Data Theft Grows 68 Percent in 2008

Having worked around financial crimes for a number of years, I noticed they seemed to be on the rise.

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Related Topix: Science, Computer Security, Science / Technology, Software

Tue Jul 01, 2008

The Post and Courier

District might try to eliminate summer school to save money

Temerous Gadsden, who attends Garrett Academy, is taking probability and statistics during summer school at West Ashley High School so he can graduate by the end of the summer.

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Related Topix: Science, Charleston County, SC, Education Etc.

English Dong-A

Wrong Data on the Korea Statistical Information System

A considerable volume of nationally approved statistical data on the Korea Statistical Information System, an on-line statistical database system run by the National Statistical Office, turned out to be ...

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Related Topix: Science

WSYR

Ithaca launches car share program

It's the convenience of a car without the hassles. The Ithaca Carshare Program launched Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Science

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Mississauga

Robberies, sex assaults on the rise in Peel

June 24, 2008 11:58 AM - The number of robberies and sexual assaults in Peel is on the rise, the latest police statistics show.

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Related Topix: Science

WisInfo

Boys basketball: Murphy to leave North Fondy

North Fond du Lac will soon be looking for a new varsity athletic coach. Head boys basketball coach Steve Murphy was recently approved by the Random Lake School Board to teach upper-level mathematics classes ...

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Related Topix: Science, Random Lake, WI, North Fond du Lac, WI, Oostburg, WI, Whitefish Bay, WI

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