Gerrymandering, the politicians’ practice of drawing district lines to favor their party and expand their power, is nearly as old as the republic itself. Today, we see it in Ohio’s “Lake Erie Monster” and Pennsylvania’s “Goofy Kicking Donald Duck.” But where did the name come from,...
U.S. Nutter Butter is an American sandwich cookie brand, first introduced in 1969 and currently owned by Nabisco, which is a subsidiary of Mondelez International. It is claimed to be the best-selling U.S. peanut butter sandwich cookie, with around a billion estimated to be eaten every year...
The days are getting longer, with about 3 minutes of more daylight each day. Yet, sunbreaks are still a welcome sight during the frequent cloudy ‘dark’ days of the winter season. But where did the term sunbreak originate? The term itself describes the sun peeking through a nearly solid ...
IN THE DAYit was called Hoberg's Desert Resort, and guests reveled in the star-studded night sky. We did the same recently, after hiking and biking the retreat and exploring nearby Palm Canyon. The stars -- like the inn itself -- have a timeless appeal. Information: To book a room at...
The term ‘farm-to-table’ has become as clichéd as a hipster’s waxed moustache. But in Sonoma County, an hour’s drive north of the Golden Gate Bridge, the phrase is more than just words punched onto menus with a vintage typewriter: it’s a way of life. Here, farms and ...
Where did the term 'lambda' come from? Java lambda expressions explained Due to various language constraints, lambda expressions had, until recently, never made it into the Java language. The concept had long been baked into other languages, such as Groovy and...
Though the term, MPB, has been frequently cited in the study of BNT-based materials, the designation of this term is controversial because of the relaxor nature of BNT system. Given that this topic will appear again in the later sections, this section presents a brief review on how PPB ...
We find that the actual change in debt-to-value ratios has been substantially smaller than the models predict.” The finding of a weak corporate leverage response to tax changes has been confirmed over much longer sample windows. For example, in their study of long-term changes in US capital...
with a reliable and easily understood consistent structure. However, this homogeneity did not always meet the needs of every application with different data needs. Thus, the solution was to create multiple databases with different structures, sometimes with the same underlying information — a difficult...
The latter, especially, might be an important factor in shared mobility’s ability to replace private-car ownership in the long term. Notably, availability is the most important feature for German consumers.When it comes to commuting, which is the most important mobility use ...