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The Armies of the Homeless

• "One of every 50 American children experiences homelessness, according to a new report that says most states have inadequate plans to address the worsening and often-overlooked problem,"
  
  - Associated Press (10 Mar 2009)

• "These kids are the innocent victims, yet it seems somehow or other they get left out,"
  
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Now that we know how to measure our Xs (and Ys) we need to select units on which we will make the measurements not only for the model baseline and calibration, but also for the input data used in running the model later.The Eighth Uncertainty: Cheery Picking


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Let's talk about models.


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Fifty years ago this past week, LBJ declared war on poverty.

Poor people lost.


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Stuart Rojstaczer and Christopher Healy tracked grades at numerous colleges from 1903 to 2006.The plot is here:


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