English Premier League: Manchester United one point from title
Sophia Echo
The Red Devils will have to lose every single match from now until the end of the campaign in order for Liverpool to maintain mathematical possibility of clinching it, but this is highly unlikely. Alex Ferguson was delighted with his team's...
Should we still read books in the age of television?
Xinhua News Agency
Mathematical theories are better demonstrated in a book than in a TV program since it's too abstract to illustrate in pictures and too boring to be explained by TV presenters. That's why people rarely watch mathematic related educational .....
Have the tests passed the test?
BBC News
Even though there are mathematical models, these are all assumptions that are very difficult to prove one way or the other." The stress tests conducted on the banks made a whole range of assumptions, about future economic growth, the level ...
Fixed-Income Watch
Forbes
It is a simple mathematical fact of the stock market that if you want to protect against losses you have to give up some gains. That said, convertibles provide a good balance of virtues, and the time is especially ripe for buying these beca...
People and the mathematical challenge are the draws for casino CEO
Daily Territorial
Wendell Long was born into Oklahoma’s Choctaw Nation. He attended Princeton University and worked in New Jersey’s casino industry dealing blackjack on weekends and holidays. In 1983, two years into Princeton, his roommates decided to travel...
Zinfest speaker says Lodi wines 'instantly likable'
Lodi News-Sentinel
I kind of want to empower people to enjoy themselves with wine and cheese instead of making it some type of complicated mathematical equation," she said. Zinfest Wine School is one of the many events at Saturday's Zinfest at Lodi Lake. Gate...
Chicago is using 'smart' cameras to spot threats
NWITimes.com
Mathematical algorithms embedded in the stores' new security system pick out sweethearting on their own. There's no need for a security guard watching banks of video monitors. When the system thinks it's spotted evidence, it alerts manageme...
NCAA penalizes academically subpar schools
Philadelphia Daily News
A mathematical formula is used to correlate a final team score, with 1,000 points being perfect. Teams that fall below 925 can be subjected to immediate penalties. Those falling below 900 consistently, such as Centenary and Tennessee-Chatta...
J. Ben Rosen helped establish U computer science unit
Minneapolis Star Tribune
J. Ben Rosen, a pioneer in the area of mathematical programming who helped establish computer science departments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Minnesota, died of a heart ailment April 28 at an assisted living...
17th eXplomaths launched in KB
BruDirect
The objectives of the eXplomaths include applying students' Mathematical knowledge into their daily practice, solving Mathematical problems through games, trails and the use of ICT, and also to further enhance problem solving skills ...
Smart cameras set to spot what human eyes miss
Monterey County Herald
Mathematical algorithms embedded in the stores' new security system pick out sweethearting on their own. There's no need for a security guard watching banks of video monitors or reviewing hours of grainy footage. When the system thinks it's...
Rod Blagojevich case: Defense says it would take 51 years for one ...
Chicago Tribune
With modern medicine, who knows?" he said. The projected mathematical trial start date without more lawyers? Spring 2060, or about 121.6 more requests by Blagojevich to appear in TV reality shows, if the unemployed long-distance runner main...
Weather Eye: What does 'a chance of rain' really mean?
Times Online
The chances of rain are based on vast numbers of weather observations fed into a super computer, which uses mathematical equations to calculate the forecast. However, there are times when the atmosphere behaves so chaotically that the compu...
Making math matter
Rutland Herald
Math teachers at Rutland Intermediate School, Rutland Middle School and Rutland High School will be adding mathematical problems students in grades 3 through 8 and 11 see on state-mandated tests each October. Based on NECAP data, the state ...
