Ian Stewart
Ian Stewart
Ian Kenneth Stewartis a former American professional baseball third baseman. He previously played for the Colorado Rockies, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth5 April 1985
CityLong Beach, CA
hit kid seems since
I hit off him since I was a little kid so (facing left-handers) seems normal.
domestic economy export false loose monetary policy recovery
Loose monetary policy is working its way through the economy and what started as an export recovery is broadening out into domestic demand. There have been false dawns before but this does look encouraging.
learn
Right now, I just want to do well and learn from the other guys.
costs labor pricing rising
Labor costs are moderating, productivity is rising and pricing indicators are all very subdued.
unlikely
For those two reasons, his candidacy is, if not doomed, unlikely too succeed.
business confidence data french gain government labor market political positive reading rest sets sign strong theme
The gain in French business confidence is a positive sign because of the political unrest and the setback for the government on labor market reform. It's a very strong reading and sets the theme for the rest of the confidence data this week.
flak kinds
I think he got all kinds of flak for that.
knocks picked squad strength team three training until
I had a full-strength squad until three of my first team picked up knocks at training on Thursday.
assessment bet european reality smart
We like to think of this as a smart assessment of the European economy. But in reality it is a bet - one that could fail.
simple brain enough
If our brains were simple enough for us to understand them, we'd be so simple that we couldn't.
patterns mathematics mathematical
Mathematics is the science of patterns, and nature exploits just about every pattern that there is.
education teaching school
Our teaching of mathematics revolves around a fundamental conflict. Rightly or wrongly, students are required to master a series of mathematical concepts and techniques, and anything that might divert them from doing so is deemed unnecessary. Putting mathematics into its cultural context, explaining what is has done for humanity, telling the story of its historical development, or pointing out the wealth of unsolved problems or even the existence of topics that do not make it into school textbooks leaves less time to prepare for the exam. So most of these things aren't discussed.
beautiful education agency
I don't want to convince you that mathematics is useful. It is, but utility is not the only criterion for value to humanity. Above all, I want to convince you that mathematics is beautiful, surprising, enjoyable, and interesting. In fact, mathematics is the closest that we humans get to true magic. How else to describe the patterns in our heads that - by some mysterious agency - capture patterns of the universe around us? Mathematics connects ideas that otherwise seem totally unrelated, revealing deep similarities that subsequently show up in nature.
technology ideas missing
To criticize mathematics for its abstraction is to miss the point entirely. Abstraction is what makes mathematics work. If you concentrate too closely on too limited an application of a mathematical idea, you rob the mathematician of his most important tools: analogy, generality, and simplicity. Mathematics is the ultimate in technology transfer.