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"What has struck me throughout all of these discussions, however, is that Honda's and Toyota's current lower wages and benefits are seen as 'natural', while the Big Three's are seen as inflated. It's odd to hear progressives and liberals argue that the Big Three autoworkers really aren't getting paid that much more than Toyota's."
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A web interface to a lot of social-science survey data, if you want to kill time by making graphs.
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"[I]n recent months, almost unnoticed by the mainstream media, the school voucher movement has abruptly stalled. Some stalwart advocates of vouchers have either repudiated the idea entirely or considerably tempered their enthusiasm for it."
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With notes on why Mike isn't a high school teacher.
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A talk discussing linking patterns in the science blogosphere in graph-theory terms. Women scientist bloggers form a particularly tight community.
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That didn't take long. As soon as a gallon of gas stabilized around $2 and change, hybrid sales started to flatline. Now Toyota needs to use incentives to push the Prius:
The U.S. Department of Transportation has analyzed dozens of data recorders from Toyota Motor Corp.
If you live in a city, you're probably familiar with Zipcar. It's the car rental service that let's you rent by the half-hour, which is very useful if you don't own a car, and need one to run the occasional errand.
With all the problems Toyota's had lately, I have to wonder if some day when I get behind the wheel of my car I might have a ride like this.
Haha, looks like "Detecting Communities in Science Blogs" presentation gave a little shoutout to Uncle Al.