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Not about Goldfinger, nor a new version of Dylan.
I will start with the most recent story I saw:
New Jersey man, 55, is latest case of tourist’s death in Dominican Republic
The State Department confirmed to Fox News the latest American tourist to die in the Dominican Republic — reportedly a...
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Okay, before I begin. A few videos I did on my favorite teachers:
Those are all positive. In case you...
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With Bernie Sanders officially in the Democratic 2020 Presidential Candidate race (currently 77 years old), people are talking once again about “too old”.
I’ve investigated this a few times for prior races:
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Meep contrasts the distinction between birth year (cohort) mortality tables and calendar year (period) mortality tables. Also, I look at the difference in life expectancy calculated between these two tables.by meep
I am not talking about table selection yet, but I do want to talk about survival probabilities, because of one of the dumbest mortality-related tweets I’ve seen [mainly because I do not collect or search out mortality tweets. Yet. I’m sure far dumber exist.]
If it were...
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Let’s start with the juicier story:
France’s Jeanne Calment, widely recognized as history’s oldest woman upon her death at age 122, may have actually been a 99-year-old imposter, according to an explosive new theory being...
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One of the major causes of the French Revolution was the parlous state of the government finances. Now, poor public finance is something that occurs often in history, especially European history. Both Britain and France had public finance issues in the 18th century, partly driven by their propensity to...
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I kick off a new video series - mortality with meep! Start at the very beginning: q_xby meep
Announcing the return of Mortality Monday (yes, on a Wednesday), a look at mortality rates in light of recent news.by meep
Going over probabilities of spouses outliving each other... and expected number of years to outlive.meepbobeep