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Top 5 trends that are changing how we do big data

Time to rethink the who, what, where, why and how of big data.

It is probably time to rethink the who, what, where, why and how of big data. There has been a surge of important news in the past couple weeks, where we are approaching a period of relative calm and can finally assess how the space has evolved in the past year. Here are the top five trends shaping up that should change almost everything about big data in the near future, including how it’s done, who’s doing it and where it’s consumed.

 

 

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Culture, Health & Fitness, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Japan’s obsession with blood types

In Japan, a person’s blood type is popularly believed to determine temperament and personality.

One thing that unites the entire human race is blood.  Most people don’t think about our blood type very much unless we need a blood transfusion.  But, in Japan, blood type has big implications for life, work and love.

 

 

 

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Business, Globalism, Latest Trend

Skilled professionals leaving China in record numbers

Lee Yangang and his wife, Wang Lu, emigrated to Sydney, Australia, from Beijing.

Chen Kuo, at 30 years old, had what many Chinese dream of: her own apartment and a well-paying job at a multinational corporation. But Ms. Chen, in mid-October, boarded a midnight flight for Australia to begin a new life with no sure prospects.

 

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Health & Fitness, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

The unintended consequences of moving death certificates to the digital age

Moving paper death certificates to an online process should be easy.

The EDRS, or the Washington State Electronic Death Registry System is an online system that is moving paper death certificates to an online process.  This system should make the process of completing death certificates faster and easier.  But, the government designed the system.

 

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Analysis, Globalism, Latest Trend, Spirituality

Are we on the verge of a Holy War?

The latest bombing in Nigeria shows how Christians are increasingly suffering for their faith.

Can you imagine the unspeakable fury that would erupt across the Islamic world if a Christian-led government in Khartoum had been responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Sudanese Muslims over the past 30 years. Or if Christian gunmen were firebombing mosques in Iraq during Friday prayers. Or if Muslim girls in Indonesia had been abducted and beheaded on their way to school, because of their faith.

Alternative Transportation, Analysis, Business, Latest Trend, Report, Science & Technology News

Understanding why airline travel has become an expensive, annoying and cramped experience

Fewer flights and smaller aircraft leading to many more passengers per flight.

Airline travel today mostly stinks.  It is thanks to higher costs, worse service, and truly uncomfortable in-flight conditions. But understanding why life in the air isn’t particularly good takes a little work. Actually, it takes a lot of work because the Department of Transportation’s new assessment of the airline industry runs a lugubrious 78 pages and is laden with enough charts, statistics, and graphs to make Battlefield Earth seem entertaining.

 

 

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Analysis, Business, Economy, Latest Trend

More Americans working part-time as hours shrink and shift

There have always been part-time workers, especially at restaurants and retailers but employers today rely on them far more than before.

 The Fresh & Easy grocery store chain has opened up 150 stores in California since it was founded five years ago.  It has positioned itself as a hip and socially responsible company.

 

 

 

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Analysis, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

It pays to code, but how long will that last?

Everyone knows that software experts make big bucks.

Glassdoor published its most recent software engineering salary report last week. It found that it pays to code. Google and Facebook employees earn a base salary of ~$125K, not counting benefits, 401k matching, stock options/grants, etc., and even Yahoo! developers pull in six figures. Everyone knows that good engineers are awfully hard to find. Demand has skyrocketed, supply has stagnated, prices have risen. Basic economics.

 

 

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