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Numberscruncher: Earthquakes

Ann Logue March 2, 2010 3

On Saturday, another devastating earthquake hit, in Chile, and that gives us another chance to look at some of the numbers associated with earthquakes and rebuilding. The Richter scale, used to measure the magnitude

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Numberscruncher: Missing Women Manage to Cause Trouble

Ann Logue August 25, 2009 10

Having too many dudes around can be a terrible problem -- especially on a cultural level, as explored in the latest edition of Ann Logue's Numberscruncher

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Book Review: Zachary Mexico, “China Underground”

Ann Logue August 10, 2009 1

Who is Zachary Mexico and what's he doing in the China Underground? Read Ann Logue's review of the new Soft Skull release to find out

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DVD Review: “The Enforcer” and “Protégé”

Bob Cashill February 27, 2009 2

Dragon Dynasty, which put out an action-packed package of Jackie Chan’s Supercop in January, serves up a double helping of Hong Kong genre cinema this month. The Enforcer, from 1995, kicks it old school,

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Sugar Water: Celebrity Soapbox!

Robert Cass August 24, 2008 8

Bad news — my girlfriend, Aimiee, and I are still on that steamship we boarded in China two weeks ago. You know the phrase “slow boat to China”? Well, it turns out the boats

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