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Science News June 25, 2005 Ivars Peterson |
Magic Squares of Squares People have been toying with magic squares for more than 2,000 years--setting themselves increasingly difficult challenges to find arrays of numbers that fit given patterns. Here are some examples. |
Science News July 1, 2006 Ivars Peterson |
Magic Square Physics Taking a magic square or cube for a spin reveals some interesting properties. |
Science News June 24, 2006 Ivars Peterson |
Counting Franklin's Magic Squares One mathematician finds that Benjamin Franklin's remarkable magic squares are just three of more than 1 million possibilities. |
Science News January 26, 2008 Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Math Trek: Benjamin Franklin Plays Sudoku Founding father entertained himself devising beautiful mathematical puzzles. |
Science News January 3, 2004 Ivars Peterson |
Perfect Magic Cubes A magic cube is a three-dimensional array of whole numbers, in which each row, column, and body diagonal adds up to the same total. A perfect magic cube is one in which the diagonals of each vertical or horizontal slice through the cube also sum to the same value. Mathematicians are intrigued. |
Science News October 4, 2003 Ivars Peterson |
A Magic Knight's Tour For as long as chessboards have existed, there have been puzzles involving chessboards and chess pieces. Some of the most enduring conundrums involve knights. |
Science News May 6, 2000 |
Completing Latin Squares Latin Squares have proved useful for a variety of purposes. However, their generation is a "quasigroup completion problem" which can involve difficult computation and a phase transition. |
Science News August 24, 2002 Ivars Peterson |
Probabilities in Bingo What makes the game suspenseful is the tantalizing uncertainty about when someone will achieve a Bingo. It's natural to wonder how long a typical game would last. More precisely, what is the average number of calls required to complete a game for a given number of players? |
Science News November 25, 2000 Ivars Peterson |
Square of the Hypotenuse A history of the well-traveled and perpetually youthful Pythagorean Theorem... |
This Old House John Kelsey |
Choosing and Using Squares These simple but indispensable measuring tools can do some amazing tricks |
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider |
Jack Dorsey: "I Believe That The Square Wallet Experience Was The Peak" Square Wallet, the digital wallet from mobile payments company Square that allowed people to pay with just their name, may not stay dead for long. |
Science News October 26, 2002 Ivars Peterson |
Tetris Is Hard As many computer- and video-game players have long known, the insanely addictive, immensely popular game of Tetris is tough. Now, researchers from MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science have analyzed Tetris from a computational perspective. |
Popular Mechanics June 2004 |
PM Tips And Hints Tips on how to get perfectly square cuts using a speed square saw guide and how to make that drywall job easier using flexible drywall knives. |
This Old House Larry LeMasters |
Cutting Fair and Square A foolproof way to make perfectly square, 90-degree crosscuts with a circular saw... |
HBS Working Knowledge January 12, 2004 Jonathan Byrnes |
Bridge the Gap Between Strategy and Tactics: Part 3 The Magic Matrix enables managers to go far beyond core integrated planning into much more sophisticated, powerful advanced integrated planning. Here are six applications. |
Fast Company Austin Carr |
Why Jack Dorsey Killed The Square Credit Card Despite buzz about the potential of a Square credit card, other company sources indicate the project was recently killed. |
Fast Company David Lumb |
Square Goes After Branded Payments With $Cashtags Square is opening up its Square Cash quick-payment service, previously used only for exchanging money between individuals, to, well, almost anyone. |
National Real Estate Investor December 24, 2003 |
Bank of America to Anchor Major Manhattan Office Project The 2.1 million sq. ft. office tower to be called One Bryant Park will be developed by the Durst Organization. |
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2005 |
In Progress: The Streets of Copperfield The $50 million open-air shopping center complex in Houston will feature an 83,000 sq. ft. Rave Theatre, a 25,000 sq. ft. bookstore and 142,000 sq. ft. of specialty retail and restaurant space. |
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider |
Square's New Contactless Card Reader Supports Apple Pay The new Square hardware is compatible with Apple Pay and Android Pay as well, and will be rolling out to customers this week. |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2008 |
In Progress: Opus Corporate Center at Westlake Village The $180 million, 435,000 sq. ft. mixed-use development has freeway access and an array of on-site amenities and services. |
HBS Working Knowledge December 1, 2003 Jonathan Byrnes |
Bridge the Gap Between Strategy and Tactics Core integrated planning is a five-step process. Here are the key Magic Matrices, and some important planning issues they enable managers to address. |
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider |
Square Reportedly Files For IPO Square, which offers credit card payments to small businesses, has become an increasingly powerful player in the crowded payments industry. |
Science News October 28, 2000 Ivars Peterson |
Dots and Boxes The familiar pencil-and-paper game of Dots-and-Boxes sounds exceedingly simple. Despite the simplicity of its rules, the game can be played on several different levels of sophistication... |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2003 |
American Financial Buys $769 Million Office Portfolio Fresh after its IPO last week, American Financial Realty Trust has purchased 158 properties from Bank of America Corp. for nearly $800 million. The 8.1 million sq. ft. portfolio consists of office buildings, banking and operations centers scattered throughout 19 states. |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2007 |
In Progress: Arcola Center The Buchanan Partners project is planned for up to 2.1 million sq. ft. of office and commercial space, up to 1.1 million sq. ft. of retail, and approximately 80 acres of town homes and multifamily housing over the next 10 to 20 years. |
National Real Estate Investor December 11, 2002 |
Mills Corp. acquires six malls for $621 million The Mills Corp. has agreed to acquire six mall properties in two transactions for a total of $621 million. The purchases are expected to generate a return of approximately 9% and are scheduled to close by Jan. 31, 2003. |
National Real Estate Investor September 23, 2003 Parke Chapman |
Office REIT Stung By Competitive Manhattan Market A decision last week by law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft to lease 450,000 sq. ft. at One World Financial Center was terrific news for lower Manhattan and WFC landlord Brookfield Properties, but quite the opposite for Boston Properties. |
The Motley Fool September 9, 2011 Shubh Datta |
Magic on the Move Magic Software is moving in the right direction. |
Science News July 17, 2004 Ivars Peterson |
Waring Experiments The different ways of expressing whole numbers as sums of parts has long fascinated both professional and amateur mathematicians. |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2004 |
In Progress: 2200 Westlake The 555,000 sq. ft., mixed-use project in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood is scheduled for completion in 2006. |
Science News August 23, 2003 Ivars Peterson |
SET Math The card game known as SET is deceptively simple. Invented in 1974 by population geneticist Marsha Jean Falco, the game has become a popular, even addictive pastime for both children and adults. It has also attracted mathematical attention. |
National Real Estate Investor December 17, 2003 |
AMB Buys Industrial Properties In Europe and Japan Industrial REIT AMB Property Corp. is expected to announce today that it has bought 1.3 million sq. ft. of European and Japanese distribution facilities. The combined deals are valued at $108.4 million, according to The Wall Street Journal. |
Fast Company Austin Carr |
The Four Myths About Square's IPO Filing This week Square filed for its long-rumored and long-anticipated IPO, and the public finally got a look at how Square's business is actually performing. |
Science News May 27, 2000 Ivars Peterson |
Math Trails in Ottawa ...math teacher Ron Lancaster of Hamilton, Ontario, has been creating "math trails" for both students and teachers as a way to demonstrate that mathematics can be found anywhere and everywhere... |
PC Magazine July 7, 2009 Julie Sartain |
Use Excel as an Architectural Design Tool Here's how to you can use the spreadsheet app to design and build simple projects such as decks, porches, dog houses, and even furniture. |
National Real Estate Investor November 18, 2003 Parke Chapman |
Georgia Tech Completes 1.5 Million Sq. Ft. Technology Square Project The Georgia Institute of Technology has completed its 1.5 million sq. ft. Technology Square development, a mixed-use, urban redevelopment project in Atlanta's Midtown business district. |
National Real Estate Investor June 20, 2003 |
California Office Campus Sells For $46M A 437,000 sq. ft. Orange County office center has traded for $46 million. Voit Commercial Brokerage represented both the buyer, PS Business Parks, Inc. and the seller, Orange County Business Center. |
Linux Journal October 2000 Jon Valesh |
Magic Enterprises Edition 8.3 for Linux Magic Enterprise 8.3 provides the back end, and Magic Tool Kit 8.3 provides the rapid development environment for e-commerce and other database-intensive applications. Between the two, you'll have everything you need for your database/web site integration. |
Chemistry World October 25, 2010 |
Playing Games with Enzymes US researchers have shown that a solution of biological molecules can be taught to play any strategy of a simple board game against a human opponent and never lose. |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2002 Ira Breskin |
Office Development Survives Tech Wreck Developers of i.park -- a 1.4 million sq. ft. reconfigured office complex 15 miles outside of Manhattan -- had to shelve their original vision of opening a "telco hotel." But i.park Holdings LLC is having success with a new strategy of luring tenants with special post-9/11 needs. |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2004 |
In Progress: NorthPlace The mixed-use project located along Georgia 400 will include office buildings with ground-level retail space and residential condominiums. |
HBS Working Knowledge November 3, 2003 Jonathan Byrnes |
Bridge the Gap Between Strategy and Tactics Profitability management, the theme of this column, is all about translating great strategies into sound plans -- and sound plans into effective tactical actions. |
Technology Research News December 3, 2003 |
Layers promise cheap storage Princeton University and Hewlett-Packard Laboratories researchers have constructed a very low cost data storage device from plastic and silicon that can potentially store one hundred megabits of information per square centimeter. |
AskMen.com Michael A. Lubarksy |
Pocket Square Folds Few accessories for men have the ability to go from fashionable to functional in the blink of an eye like a well-folded pocket square. |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2004 |
Sares-Regis Expands Development Plans in the Inland Empire West Coast developer The Sares-Regis Group and RREEF Real Estate Investment Managers are developing an ambitious multi-phased industrial project consisting of a pair of industrial buildings that will total more than 1.1 million sq. ft. |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2004 |
Deals & Projects Prime Group Realty Trust has sold a 3.4 million sq. ft. industrial portfolio to Centerpoint Properties Trust... Panattoni has broken ground on a 360,000 sq. ft. industrial building... Alter Group developing Stone Bridge Corporate Center... etc. |
Fast Company September 2014 Austin Carr |
Back To Square One The coming months for Square will be pivotal. As it burns through cash, the company must create new sources of revenue to justify its high valuation; in the process, it will try to prove that it can create a hugely profitable business as well as a transformative one. |
Wired September 2001 Tom McNichol |
Split Screen Play Square built a videogame empire with Final Fantasy. The next target: Pixar... |
Science News October 30, 2004 Ivars Peterson |
Squaring Circles Laczkovich proved that "squaring the circle" is possible, provided that the pieces have the right form. The proof applies not only to circles but also to nearly any plane figure with a mathematically well-behaved boundary... Puzzle of the Week... |