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US leasing companies Aircastle and Guggenheim Aviation Partners are responding to the increased demand for widebodies, in the wake of Boeing 787 delivery.....

US leasing companies Aircastle and Guggenheim Aviation Partners are responding to the increased demand for widebodies, in the wake of Boeing 787 delivery delays, by switching orders for freighter aircraft to passenger versions.

New Portaspec X Series Bench Top X-Ray Analyzer

The WDXRF Portaspec X Series bench top model performs multi-elemental sequential analysis in the range of Ti through U and is suited for measuring coating weights of chrome, titanium, phosphorus or zirconium pretreatments; analyze liquids, powders, solids and thin films. Comes complete with built-in computer and software. Phone: 800-569-9400; Fax: 412-787-5022; Website: www.cianflone.com

How Close Were US Presidential Elections?

Mike Sheppard writes "I'm a graduate student in Statistics at Michigan State University and spent some time analyzing past US presidential elections to determine how close they truly were. The mathematical procedures of Linear Programming and 0-1 Integer Programming were used to find the optimal solution to the question: 'What is the smallest number of total votes that need to be switched from one candidate to another, and from which states, to affect the outcome of the election?' Because of the way the popular and electoral votes interact, the outcome of the analysis had some surprising and intriguing results. For example, in 2004, 57,787 votes would have given us President Kerry; and in 2000, 269 votes would have given us President Gore. In all there have been 12 US Presidential elections that were decided by less than a 1% margin; mean


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