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A few weeks ago, a well-known U.S. military expert gave a wise speech about the near impossibility of making a counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy work in Afghanistan. He gave two examples. The first was digging a well: "How could you do anything wrong ...
2009-10-08 05:30:00
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NEW YORK, Oct 8 (Reuters) - James Simons, a mathematics professor who became one of the best paid hedge fund managers in the world, is retiring as chief executive of his Renaissance Technologies firm on Jan 1, a person briefed in the matter said ...
2009-10-08 05:45:00
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NEWARK, N.J. - Israel Gelfand, a Russian immigrant who was considered one of the world's top mathematicians, has died at age 96. Gelfand's son, Sergei, said his father died Monday in New Brunswick. The distinguished professor of mathematics at ...
2009-10-08 06:06:00
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Elizabeth Howell of North Central Texas College is one of 24 instructors in the nation selected to attend a prestigious professional development and mentoring program for two-year college mathematics faculty. Howell is chair of the College ...
2009-10-08 02:10:00
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NEW YORK, Oct 8 (Reuters) - James Simons, a mathematics professor who became one of the most successful hedge fund managers in the world, is retiring as chief executive of his Renaissance Technologies firm on Jan 1., a person briefed in the matter ...
2009-10-08 05:30:00
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - James Simons, a mathematics professor who became one of the most successful hedge fund managers in the world, is retiring as chief executive of his Renaissance Technologies firm on Jan 1., a person briefed in the matter said ...
2009-10-08 05:52:00
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Throughout history, different dates have spawned curisoity and apocalyptic predictions. Sixteenth-century German mathematician Michael Stifel applied mathematics to the Bible to determine that a hidden message revealed the world would end on Oct. 3 ...
2009-10-08 04:47:00
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has selected 1,732 high school students from 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to participate in its Interdisciplinary National Science Program Incorporating Research Experience ...
2009-10-08 04:26:00
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A book about a gang of logicians, philosophers and other super-geeks struggling to establish the foundational truth of mathematics doesn't sound like one of those things you just can't put down. But then, "Logicomix" isn't just a book. It's a graphic ...
2009-10-08 06:06:00
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FEELING LIVELY - Math Professor Mauricio Marroquin. In a mathematics course with Professor Mauricio Marroquin one thing is certain; there is no place to hide. His unique style of teaching and keen sense of observation frustrates even the most ...
2009-10-08 03:00:00
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In light of this week's celebration of World Architecture Day (October 5), and the recent debate in your paper over unregistered draughtsmen submitting drawings to parish councils, I'd like to offer a word in support of registered architects in ...
2009-10-08 07:43:00
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Has the music industry ever seemed madder than it did following Nirvana's rise to stardom? Wrongfooted by Nevermind's success, US major labels began a goldrush, desperately signing anything "alternative", regardless of how uncommercial it might be ...
2009-10-08 09:16:00
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ORILLIA, ON, Oct. 8 /CNW/ - The OPP Career Development Bureau was the recipient of an award from the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) at its annual conference recognizing a partnership with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP ...
2009-10-08 07:58:00
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[ Prof. M. S. Krishnan is a Hallman e-business fellow and a professor of business information technology at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has co-authored a book titled "The New Age of Innovation: Driving Co ...
2009-10-08 08:12:00
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Beginning this school year, the Osceola County School District's Department of Elementary Curriculum and Instruction is launching a new report card for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Elementary schools throughout the district will use ...
2009-10-08 06:53:00
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