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October 2011

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TRENDS IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME BETWEEN 1979 AND 2007 → cbo.gov

I have only seen a few data points out of this work now; but quite intriguing.

Source: Congressional Budget Office

Oct 31, 2011
#CBO #Congressional Budget Office
Candy Corn → upload.wikimedia.org

In 2004, Brach’s Confections, Inc. was on track to sell 2 BILLION kernels of candy corn and, according to the National Confectioners Association, sales of candy corn was about 20 million pounds per year.

Source: Brach’s Confections, Inc. Press Release

Oct 25, 20115 notes
#Candy Corn #Candy #Halloween #Brach's Confectioners
Odd statistic while researching composting

It is fall and I am thinking I really need to start composting again. Came across this interesting tidbit while doing some preliminary research.

“It takes just 8 red worms to produce 1500 new red worms in only six months.”

Source: Yardener.com artcile

Oct 18, 201125 notes
#Compost, #Composting #Worms #Gardening #Autumn
Oct 14, 20117 notes
#Federal Outlays #GDP #Percent of GDP #Government Spending
Oct 11, 20113 notes
#Poverty #Poverty Thresholds #Census Bureau
Oct 10, 201111 notes
#BLS #Unemployment #Structural Unemployment
Sprint stock performance chart for 3 months (7/11/11 - 10/10/11) → google.com

I had not really paid much attention to KC-based Sprint stock recently. With the iPhone topic/issue flying about the news and social media streams lately I wanted to check it out. Link is sourced via Google Finance.

Oct 10, 201116 notes
#Sprint #Stock Price #KC #Kansas City
Oct 6, 2011
#Net Change in Firm Births and Deaths
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