Posted by spooneybarger
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:25:00 GMT
Three hundred dollars’ worth of meals later, the young researchers had their data back from Guelph: 2 of the 4 restaurants and 6 of the 10 grocery stores had sold mislabeled fish.
The results of Ms. Strauss and Ms. Stoeckle’s research are being published in Pacific Fishing magazine, a publication for commercial fishermen. The sample size is too small to serve as an indictment of all New York fishmongers and restaurateurs, but the results are unlikely to be a mere statistical fluke.
Really? How exactly is that unlikely to be mere statistical fluke given a sample size of 4 restaurants and 10 grocery stores.
O wait, how about we also get into sampling methodology…
Nah,
really, if you are going to make a statistics statement or use statistics to back something up, you should have at least a basic understanding.
Other than that, its an interesting article…
Posted by spooneybarger
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:12:00 GMT
A federal jury today convicted the former mayor of Newark, Sharpe James, of fraud for conspiring to sell city-owned properties to a former girlfriend, who quickly flipped them and earned hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits.
The former girlfriend of Mr. James, Tamika Riley, was also found guilty. Under federal guidelines both could face about seven or eight years in prison.
Posted by spooneybarger
Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:34:15 GMT
what kind of idiot complains about getting free sex shows all day long? maybe they are just jealous that no one asked them to join in…
Maintenance workers have filed suit against their old bosses at Equinox gyms, charging they allowed their workplace to become like a live peep show – and made them the mop-up men.
The six men’s suit says they were “exposed to in appropriate, lewd, embarrassing and humiliating sexual behavior and activities occurring in the showers, saunas, steam and [men’s] locker rooms” that they then had to clean up at Equinox clubs around Manhattan.
Posted by spooneybarger
Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:02:00 GMT
Subway late? Blame the lady wearing a size 0.
These women, many fainting during the morning rush hour due to crash diets, have been a leading cause of subway delays in the past year, according to MTA personnel.
“Sick customer,” MTA-speak for a subway delay caused by an ill passenger, was the No. 3 cause of disruptions between October 2005 and October 2006, an analysis of agency statistics shows.
“You have women trying to get their bodies tight for the summer and they won¹t eat,” said Asim Nelson, a Transit emergency medical technician based in Grand Central Station. “Not eating for three or four days, you are going to go down. If you don¹t eat for 12 hours you are going to get weak.”
