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Syntopical Reading On Poverty (A Partial List)

Syntopical Reading On Poverty (A Partial List)

I am extremely interested in learning more on poverty and its effects on our society and what are some solutions that seem to have promise. My wife and I have previously worked with homeless and through our church at a budget apartment complex if you could call it that. I was pretty dismal and the problems seemed somewhat insurmountable. This is a partial list for our readers who may be…

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Currently Reading: The Theory That Would Not Die By Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

Currently Reading: The Theory That Would Not Die By Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

I am about halfway through and this was not what I expected when I began. However, I am thrilled to get the history of Baye’s Theorem and the upheaval that it caused and is still causing. In my line of work, I can see tremendous benefits in understanding and using Baye’s Theorem in quite a few areas. This book has given me, thus far, the upside of the theorem as well as possibly some of the…

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Book Of Interest: July 14th, 2015

Book Of Interest: July 14th, 2015

I ran across this book,Two Hours: The Quest To Run The Impossible Marathon, while reading The Economist this week and it reminded me of reading The Sports Gene by David Epstein. The author, Ed Caesar, explores the role genetics and how it is involved in top-level sports and how a young Kenyan, Geoffrey Mutai, may be the candidate to break the barrier of two hours in the marathon.

According to…

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