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Most of my life I have been a math geek. I pursued a PhD in applied mathematics and came away with a Masters degree from the University of Minnesota. This has helped me in all of my walks of life because we were basically taught how to pose and solve problems.

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Entertainment > Music (Other) What is music?: 1 of 37
What is music? In order to talk about popular music we must first place it in its setting. Music means something different for each generation. My generation came of age during the 1960s. War was all around. In specific we had the Vietnam War. The country was divided between hawks and doves. The young people were mostly again... More..
Autos > Autos (Other) Does "Made in America" still mean anything when it comes to cars?: 1 of 7
Made in US America never meant much when it came to cars. People talk about the current demise of the US American auto industry as if it is a surprise. How can it be when they, the auto makers, have been insulting the car buying public as long as we can remember? Some people say that the trouble is that the unions ja... More..
Entertainment > Music (Other) The importance of music in our lives: 22 of 108
Music is important because it is one of two faculties which express the sense we call hearing the other being speech. I'm not saying that the rest of the hearing world is mere noise. We recognize the sounds of nature: dog barks, cat meows, bird chirps, lion roars, the rustle of wind in the trees, the patter of rain on the roo... More..
Sciences > Anthropology (Other) Flaws in the evolution theory: 8 of 28
Sunday 14 June 2009 First of all there is no reason why evolution theory should be at odds with either Creationism or Intelligent Design. As humans live longer we find out more facts about the universe. We have discovered ways to date the ages in the history of earth, as well as the age of the universe. ... More..
Sciences > Sciences (Other) How we define science: 2 of 7
Science means a collection of facts, ideas, and procedures that represent learning in a branch of knowledge. How does science come up with these ideas? There is a method to its madness. I say madness because when an idea is new everybody is against it, and when an idea is old it gets dumbed down toward superstition.... More..
Arts & Humanities > Philosophical Concepts What is science?: 4 of 11
We are all aware that science is a descriptive study of nature. Most people are hard wired into believing that science is a force which we harness when we produce technology. For most of the public science and technology are the same thing. People who don't practice science and who do not produce technology have no rea... More..
Sciences > Sciences (Other) Science explained: 3 of 5
Science consists of overcoming a series of obstacles to reach a verifiable truth. There are two types of obstacles which oppose a scientist. One can be likened to climbing a hill. The other to surmounting a barrier. A hill is a creation of nature. The difficulty consists in just going up. I'm not talking about climbing ... More..
Business > Marketing Competing in a global economy: 3 of 5
When we hear the words global economy today, in 2009, we think of outsourcing and the Internet. Outsourcing started out as a new term for an old thing. It used to be that manufacturing companies relied on a lot of outside sources. The digging up and putting into a usable form of raw materials is such an old and hones... More..
Business > Management Ethics Good examples of corporate social responsibility: 2 of 3
This corporation exists in the abstract. This model is offered for any company. The ethic involved is the proper way to treat employees. There is always an exchange between management and labor. Management is concerned with the balance sheet bottom line as well as indices to show the investing community that the company has a... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory What can individuals do about the evils of globalization?: 4 of 5
Friday 5 June 2009 US American policies contain two major evils for individuals. These are: 1) isolationism and 2) protectionism. This is not to say that on the national level these policies are evil. When the copy cat-monkey see monkey do mentality gets hold of big ideas, though, they can be translated; devoid of their mean... More..