Archive for April, 2007
Courting the court
The neighbour from hell, a 82 year-old woman, has been sentenced to six months jail term for making her neighbour life miserable, BBC reported (see: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/6560537.stm).
It’s utterly shocking. Even though it is correct by law that the woman has to be sentenced, but judging from the age, it is rather ridiculous. It is a 82 year-old [...]
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whose water?
It is appalling hearing the movement to prevent the selling of the unprofitable French water companies to foreign buyers. Afterall, French itself is one of the active advocates privatisation worldwide and has been setting up subsidiaries overseas. Two of the world biggest private water companies are French, Suez and Veolia.
They used the reason of nationalism that water is important industry and [...]
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which is better
Well, I must say I am quite surprised by the casuality of drug use here.
In Asia, or certainly in Singapore and Indonesia, it is a big deal to use drug. It is not common among the youth. Only certain people who are very adventurous will try it.
I spent a great deal of my youth in [...]
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Lie with statistics
I just finished reading a book How to lie with statistics written by Darrell Huff, first printed in 1954. It is an enjoyable book with jokes, satires and cartoons. It talks about the blunders, misinterpretation, misrepresentation and lie using statistics, which is still very much applicable today.
I have been looking at statistical value -mean, median etc – from science perspective. [...]
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Save Darfur demonstration
For those who are interested, there is a UK national demo in support of the International Global Day for Darfur in London.
When: 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm, Sunday 29 April
Where: Whitehall, opposite Downing Street, London
The Aegis Trust, Amnesty International UK, National Union of Students, the Darfur Union, Aegis Trust Student Society, Union of Jewish Students.
Thousands [...]
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