Entries Tagged as 'Education'

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

Insanity in Seattle

I received email from a parent in Seattle about the battle many parents have been fighting with the school district there. These parents have pulled together a lot of information showing that the block schedule system in Seattle has fared poorly and needs to be changed. “The group is at an in pass with the [...]

Friday, May 4th, 2007

Thinking of a Career? Consider Geology

Surprising fact: there is a shortage of geologists for companies that do exploration and mining of natural resources like gold, silver, and oil. According to precious metals expert Jim Willie CB: Don Lindsay, CEO of Teck Cominco, paints a bleak labor picture… Lindsay traced the origins of the labor shortage back to 1997. According to [...]

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

Review of Brent Maxfield’s Engineering with Mathcad

Review of Engineering with Mathcad Jeff Lindsay Senior Scientist Kimberly-Clark Corporation 2100 Winchester Road Neenah, WI 54956 Title: Engineering with Mathcad: Using Mathcad to Create and Organize your Engineering Calculations Author: Brent Maxfield, P.E. Publisher: Elsevier, © 2006 ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-6702-9 ISBN-10: 0-7506-6702-8 Number of Pages: 494 Brent Maxfield’s Engineering with Mathcad is a valuable contribution [...]