Archive for April, 2009
Next Entries »The Electric Car Market is Set to Rev Up
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009The biggest names in the automotive industry want to change the way you drive – or more specifically, what you drive. These companies hope the popularity of the hybrid – a car that operates on batteries and gasoline – could signal the public’s willingness to embrace the fully electric car. Electric vehicles – those powered [...]
Baseball – Our Natinol Metaphor for Hope
Monday, April 6th, 2009The stadium doors have now opened to welcome tens of thousands of fans to start of Major League Baseball’s 2009 season. There are fewer things more reminiscent of an American summer than the crack of a bat, of popcorn and peanuts, and bleached white uniforms. And something less tangible – for the true believers, a [...]
The New Truth in Numbers
Saturday, April 4th, 2009Statistical analysis and data mining are having their day in the sun. Over the past several years, what has been a staid and incomprehensible science has evolved into a (semi) pop culture darling as economists, government officials and business leaders around the world have started using statistics to show us surprising social truths, hidden behind [...]
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