Charts of Interest 05/12/2014
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The Value Of Numbers
Two pieces on how numbers conflict with emotion and expectation. Star statistician Hans Rosling takes on Ebola The Case Against Early Cancer Detection
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Oil Versus Shale
With current pissing contest that is the US versus OPEC I thought it would be interesting to see at what point everyone begins to feel pain. Knowing everyones pain point is always an interesting thing. Intriguingly finding this data took a little bit of digging through various sources, there is also a little bit of…
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In Praise of Melancholy and How It Enriches Our Capacity for Creativity
“One feels as if one were lying bound hand and foot at the bottom of a deep dark well, utterly helpless,” Van Gogh wrote in one of his manyletters expounding his mental anguish. And yet the very melancholy that afflicted him was also the impetus for the creative restlessness that sparked his legendary art. In his diary,…
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Gold Reserves
I know nothing about gold fundamentals – nor do I want to. However, I had excel open and thought it might be interesting to look at the pattern of gold reserves. And a chart always makes things more interesting….. A few things about this interest me. 1. Australia despite being the second largest gold producer…
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Oil
I have in the recent past been tempted to write something about the fall in the price of crude oil. In part I have hesitated because to me the fall is merely a movement in price as evidenced by the chart below which I referenced in Charts of Interest. However, some of the recent commentary…
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How a Single Mom Created a Plastic Food-Storage Empire
………. For five hours that day, they prospected for mink stoles and freezer units, gold watches and diamond rings. One of them, Fay Maccalupo of Buffalo, New York, dug up a toy car. When she saw the real Ford it represented, she planted her face against the hood and began to weep, repeating, “I love…
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How Do You Improve When You’re Already The Best?
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