Big Data and Predictive Analytics are encapsulated in the reality that nothing can be taken for granted. Dave Bratt's win this month against longtime House Majority leader, Eric Cantor, reminds me of Maya Angelou's sentiments: I love to see a young girl who goes out and grab life by the lapels. Life is bitch, you have to go out and kick ass." And so David Brat, a little unknown college professor will sit on Eric's throne in the foreseeable...
Of course there are a myriad number of things to be rescued from, but the ultimate rescue is from death. Big Data can help. Did you know that the top 5 killers in America include obesity and smoking, heart disease, cancer and chronic lower respiratory disease? I expected to see guns at the top of this list. I was wrong. According to the FBI uniform crime statistics and statistics from the U.S. center for Disease control, the most sinister...
Solar eclipse watchers know that Sunday's 'hybrid' solar eclipse comes around only once in 159 years. A hybrid solar eclipse happens when one kind of eclipse morphs into another, according to Mark Sappenfield, a staff writer at the The Christian Science Monitor. At what other time in history have we seen the morphing of so many different types of data sets? We are in the throes of an accelerated data evolution; "a techno tsunami, an...
Oops, apparently Oscar does not know when big is big enough either. I think he should consider getting a coach to help him wrap his mind around his 'Big' life. It is expected that when you have both your legs cut from beneath you, that you submit to the cards you are dealt and just survive. No, not this guy. He thrives. Not only did he make it to the Olympics, he wins! He is the reigning, renowned champion and representative for an entire...