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MILWAUKEE — They are the odds-makers of life. With computers, calculations and curiosity they place a financial value on risk and can run the numbers on everything from health insurance to pensions to hurricanes. They are actuaries. “We are kind ...
2010-01-23 05:41:00
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Stanford mathematics professor Keith Devlin tells NPR's Audie Cornish "it's actually a very clever use of simple mathematics." "The formula tells you exactly how much extra space you need, beyond the length of your vehicle, in order to park it in a ...
2010-01-23 07:21:00
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DeShazo Elementary School in Muleshoe received an award from the National Center for Educational Achievement Tuesday in Austin for being a 2009 "Just for the Kids" Higher Performing School in Texas for Mathematics. Teachers and administrators from ...
2010-01-23 12:12:00
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If you read this column you probably know I graduated from Rhinelander High School in 1963. My class was the first to go four years in the new high school. It’s not new anymore. Sorry, there’s a referendum coming up and I alternate between anger ...
2010-01-22 10:53:00
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Louisiana College has announced the names of graduates from its Dec. 12 commencement – the first winter graduation in the school’s history. U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman, was the speaker for the college’s 104th commencement, held in ...
2010-01-23 02:42:00
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Berkeley, CA, January 23, 2010 --( PR.com )-- She’s Geeky, the two-year-old concept born in Silicon Valley that gathers women of all tech interests and backgrounds, comes to The Bay Area for the third time on January 29, 30, and 31. She’s Geeky ...
2010-01-23 01:59:00
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said Megan Greene, representing the Lawrence organization Save Our Neighborhood Schools. "I'm not the only person I know who would be happy to pay more tax if it would support the maintenance of a high standard of public education." There is a ...
2010-01-23 01:30:00
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NATHANIEL HIRAI, Ken Okada and Steven Uriu, members of Troop 20, Union City, received Boy Scouts of America's highest award at an Eagle Court of Honor held Jan. 16 at the Southern Alameda County Buddhist Church of Union City. For their Eagle projects ...
2010-01-23 01:59:00
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I bet you Coral Shores has more Ph.D.s in mathematics than all the high schools together," Swango said. "It's a cultural thing; we have to create that value system, but it takes time to build the program. It only takes a heartbeat to destroy such ...
2010-01-23 12:12:00
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If you live in a big city, this will sound all too familiar. Traffic is bad. You're late for work. And, of course, the parking garage is now full. So you're forced to parallel park on the street. You finally find a spot between two hulking SUVs, but ...
2010-01-22 11:14:00
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Anyone looking at today's Department of Mathematics at Rochester would be easily convinced of its national prominence. Its algebraic topology group is among the best the second best in the country, and its undergraduates came in 10th out of 405 teams ...
2010-01-22 03:15:00
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