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BABs are listed in the order in which they were created during the Fall 2008 semester.
- July 2008 PPI Up 1.2%, Core PPI Up 0.7% [19 August 2008]
- About the Number 1742 (One Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-Two) [19 August 2008]
- About the Number 18 (Eighteen) [20 August 2008]
- College Presidents Want Drinking Lowered to 18 [20 August 2008]
- Tyler's Age + Bree's Age = Dad's Age [21 August 2008]
- $145 For a Basic Arithmetic Textbook [21 August 2008]
- The Gold in Olympic Gold Medals [22 August 2008]
- The Web is a Sinkhole? [22 August 2008]
- BABbling at a Linear Rate [23 August 2008]
- Phelps Wins By One One-Hundred of a Second [24 August 2008]
- The Games of the XXIX Olympiad (and About the Number 29) [24 August 2008]
- About the Number 69 (sixty-nine) [24 August 2008]
- Carl Yastrzemski Hospitalized, Then He Turns 69 [24 August 2008]
- Beer Kegs Popular With Thieves [25 August 2008]
- Political Polls Every Nanosecond? [26 August 2008]
- The Sound of Thunder and the Speed of Sound [28 August 2008]
- 90 Percent Does Not Equal 95 Percent [28 August 2008]
- TGen is Not a CSI, But... [29 August 2008]
- Chandler, Arizona, Landscaping Firm Raided [31 August 2008]
- About the Number 127 (one hundred twenty-seven) [31 August 2008]
- Comcast To Restrict Bandwidth Usage [01 September 2008]
- Using the Vertical Line Test on Graphs [01 September 2008]
- About the Number 1764 (one thousand seven hundred sixty-four) [01 September 2008]
- Burning Man 2008 [01 September 2008]
- Digital Angel Receives VeriChip Dividend [02 September 2008]
- Dilbert Comic--Turning $100 Into $1 Million [02 September 2008]
- Cash Discount For Buying Gas With Cash [02 September 2008]
- One Share of Google or 'N' Shares of Yahoo!? [03 September 2008]
- Web Searches for July, 2008 [04 September 2008]
- "Humble Bob" Likes His Chili [05 September 2008]
- About the Number 10 (ten) [07 September 2008]
- UPS Driver Drives One Million Accident Free Miles [08 September 2008]
- The Zombie Network Explosion [09 September 2008]
- Dell's Insider Buy of DELL [09 September 2008]
- LHC Turned On on 10 September 2008 [10 September 2008]
- Imagine No Fractions (Song) [10 September 2008]
- Texting Prices Up 100 Percent in Three Years [11 September 2008]
- 10 September 2001 Stock Market Comparison With 11 September 2008 [11 September 2008]
- About the Number 911 (nine hundred eleven) [11 September 2008]
- August 2008 PPI Down 0.9%, Core PPI Up 0.2% [12 September 2008]
- Dirty Bathroom; Drunk Rock Singer; Hurricane Ike [13 September 2008]
- Happy Square-Root Pi Day [14 September 2008]
- Hurricane Ike and Gas Prices [15 September 2008]
- Text Messaging is Popular [15 September 2008]
- Powers of Ten [16 September 2008]
- August 2008 CPI Down 0.1%, Core CPI Up 0.2% [16 September 2008]
- Federal Reserve Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged At 2.0% (2008.09.16) [16 September 2008]
- Short Man He Pingping Meets Long Legged Svetlana Pankratova [17 September 2008]
- AIG Yet Another Government Bailout [17 September 2008]
- ASU Brickyard Parking Cost is a Function of Time [18 September 2008]
- About the Number 60 (sixty) [19 September 2008]
- BARS:: NE Hwy-2 and NE Hwy-61 in Nebraska [21 September 2008]
- Obama and McCain Spent $94 Million in August [21 September 2008]
- Political Headline From the LA Times [21 September 2008]
- Microsoft Buying Back MSFT Shares [22 September 2008]
- Is It Dangerous To Visit Wickenburg These Days? [23 September 2008]
- Google Turns Ten Years Young [23 September 2008]
- About the Number 1800 (one thousand eight hundred) [23 September 2008]
- Two Million Minutes [24 September 2008]
- BARS:: Road Signs Along I-10 in California [24 September 2008]
- Clay Thompson and the Thickness of Razor Blades [24 September 2008]
- Moo Campaign Crowds Grow Exponentially [24 September 2008]
- BARS:: 21 Miles East of Payson on AZ Hwy-260 in Arizona [29 September 2008]
- BARS:: 25 Miles South of St. Johns on US Hwy-191 in Arizona [29 September 2008]
- BARS:: Park Fees at Lyman Lake State Park in Arizona [29 September 2008]
- Weekend Roadtrip To Lyman Lake State Park [29 September 2008]
- House of Representatives Vote NO on $700 Billion Bailout [29 September 2008]
- U.S. Debt Limit Keeps Increasing [29 September 2008]
- New Penny Being Designed [29 September 2008]
- About 10^n [30 September 2008]
- The Power of Bits (2^n Minus 1) [30 September 2008]
- DJIA Has Greatest Point Loss Ever on 29 September 2008 [30 September 2008]
- Approval Ratings: Bush Versus Congress [01 October 2008]
- Bailout Arithmetic Talk on Talk Radio [02 October 2008]
- StemCells Inc. Receives a Hepatitus-C NIH Grant [02 October 2008]
- Illegal Immigration Population Declines [02 October 2008]
- BARS:: 7226 Miles From London on HI Hwy-83 in Hawaii [04 October 2008]
- The 2009-10 Tuition Rate Story Begins [06 October 2008]
- Consumer Debt Level a Function of Disposal Income [06 October 2008]
- Robert House Peters Jr. Dead at Age 92 (about ninety-two) [07 October 2008]
- More Mammals Heading for Extinction? [07 October 2008]
- Arizona Republic Front-Page Headline: Pool Sales Plunging [07 October 2008]
- BARS:: Cross Roads on Parker Dam Road in California [07 October 2008]
- BARS:: Nearing Foothills Blvd. on I-8 East in Yuma, Arizona [08 October 2008]
- BARS:: Exit 13A on I-H3 in Hawaii [08 October 2008]
- BARS:: Nearing Wahiawa on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu [08 October 2008]
- BARS:: Nearing the Honolulu Airport on I-H1 in Hawaii [08 October 2008]
- Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates From 2.0% to 1.5% (2008.10.08) [08 October 2008]
- Road Signs From an Artichoke (i.e. SCC Student) [08 October 2008]
- BARS:: 3-Way Stop Sign in Guadalupe, Arizona [11 October 2008]
- New BARS Function--cuberoot [11 October 2008]
- BARS:: School Sign at Frank Elementary in Guadalupe, Arizona [11 October 2008]
- BARS:: No Parking Sign in Guadalupe, Arizona [11 October 2008; 500th BARS]
- 500th BARS Posted on 11 October 2008 [11 October 2008]
- About the Number 500 (five hundred) [12 October 2008]
- U.S. Debt Clock Runs Out of Digits [13 October 2008]
- MathBabbler's 401K 2008 Decay Factor: 0.7185834 [13 October 2008]
- BARS:: Speed Humps on N. 23rd Ave. in Phoenix, Arizona [13 October 2008]
- Stock Market Update (Early-October 2008) [13 October 2008]
- 57 Films in 123 Hours--New World Record? [13 October 2008]
- Joey Chestnut Sets Pizza-Eating Record [13 October 2008]
- College Students Pulling All-Nighters--Good or Bad? [15 October 2008]
- ASU To Require Freshmen To Live On Campus [15 October 2008]
- The Making of a BARS (Basic Arithmetic Road Sign) [15 October 2008]
- September 2008 PPI Down 0.4%, Core PPI Up 0.4% [15 October 2008]
- Keeping Up With Inflation [15 October 2008]
- Song: Findin' The Line [15 October 2008]
- September 2008 CPI Unchanged, Core CPI Up 0.1% [16 October 2008]
- Brain Decay [16 October 2008]
- Google Reports 3rd-Quarter 2008 Results [16 October 2008]
- Earmarks as a Percentage of the Federal Budget [17 October 2008]
- About the Number 87 (eighty-seven) [18 October 2008]
- About the Number 73 (seventy-three) [18 October 2008]
- BARS:: 8 Miles South of Wayland on US Hwy-61 in Missouri [19 October 2008]
- Mining Math From the Political World [21 October 2008]
- Prop. 300--Give Arizona State Legislators a Raise? [22 October 2008]
- Families Closer Thanks to the Internet [24 October 2008]
- Math Found in a Political Spam Email Message [25 October 2008]
- Yahoo! Reports 3rd-Quarter 2008 Results [27 October 2008]
- Google Presents $4.4 Trillion Clean-Energy Plan [27 October 2008]
- Politician Goo Proposes a Tuition Tax Credit [27 October 2008]
- Coffee Prices Going Down? [27 October 2008]
- Health Care Costs Continue To Rise [27 October 2008]
- Tracking Foreign Political Monies [28 October 2008]
- ASU Undergoing Budget Cuts [28 October 2008]
- Arizona's Population Nearing 6,666,666 People [28 October 2008]
- Booz Allen Hamilton Uses Red Hat For Document Processing [29 October 2008]
- Iceland Central Bank Raises Interest Rates [29 October 2008]
- Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates From 1.5% to 1.0% (2008.10.29) [29 October 2008]
- Exxon Mobil Reports 3rd-Quarter 2008 Results [30 October 2008]
- Consumer Confidence Hits an All-Time Low [30 October 2008]
- BARS:: 8 Miles From Middlesex on US-Hwy2 in Vermont [01 November 2008]
- Football Player Salary Versus SCC Instructor Salary [02 November 2008]
- Maricopa Community Colleges Employee to Student Ratio [02 November 2008]
- Politician Foo Wants to Increase Minimum Wage [03 November 2008]
- Circuit City Closing Some Stores [03 November 2008]
- About the Number 86 (eighty-six) [04 November 2008]
- About the Number 44 (forty-four) [05 November 2008]
- About the Number 24 (twenty-four) [05 November 2008]
- Electoral College of the United States [06 November 2008]
- ASU Cutting the Nursing Program [07 November 2008]
- About the Number 63 (sixty-three) [08 November 2008]
- US Airways Reports October 2008 Traffic [10 November 2008]
- Democratic Gains in 2008 Thanks in Part to Young Voters [10 November 2008]
- Industrial Robot Market Growing Exponentially [10 November 2008]
- Negative Equity [10 November 2008]
- About the Number 1919 (one thousand one hundred nineteen) [11 November 2008]
- Veterans Day 2008 [11 November 2008]
- 12 November 2008--Neil Young at 63 and WWW at 18 [12 November 2008]
- Yuma, Arizona, Growing Exponentially? [12 November 2008]
- StemCells Inc. Floats More STEM Stock [12 November 2008]
- About the Number 11 (eleven) [13 November 2008]
- Entering the Zettabyte-Era? [14 November 2008]
- About the Number 12 (twelve) [15 November 2008]
- Track Hurdle Rung Height is a Function of Rung Position [16 November 2008]
- Lucky Larry #88 From AMATYC [16 November 2008]
- Gov. Schwarzenegger Wants To Raise CA's Sales Tax [16 November 2008]
- About the Number 1900 (one thousand nine hundred) [BAB# 1900] [16 November 2008]
- 1900 BABs and Counting [16 November 2008]
- BARS:: Granite Reef Diversion Dam in Phoenix, Arizona [18 November 2008]
- BARS:: Approaching Power Road on US Hwy-60 in Mesa, Arizona [18 November 2008]
- BARS:: Approaching AZ Hwy-87 on Loop 202 in Mesa, Arizona [18 November 2008]
- October 2008 PPI Down 2.8%, Core PPI Up 0.4% [18 November 2008]
- Words Will Never Hurt Me (never say never) [18 November 2008]
- MACE Per Share Book Value is $3.14 [19 November 2008]
- October 2008 CPI Down 1.0%, Core CPI Down 0.1% [19 November 2008]
- Habbo--World's Largest Virtual World for Teenagers? [19 November 2008]
- Bruker Doing Business With KAUST [19 November 2008]
- BARS:: Approaching Recker Road on Loop 202 in Mesa, Arizona [19 November 2008]
- Tricky or Testy? [20 November 2008]
- International Space Station Turns 10 [20 November 2008]
- Search Results for Road Signs in Mesa, Arizona [21 November 2008]
- Sodium (Salt) Consumption [21 November 2008]
- Summer To Fall Transition [22 November 2008]
- Using Pseudo-Algebra to Morph a Motto [22 November 2008]
- Functioneers are Finders of Functions [22 November 2008]
- The MCCCD's Backup System [22 November 2008]
- World's Fastest Supercomputers: Roadrunner and Jaguar [23 November 2008]
- BABEs on 23 November 02008 [23 November 2008]
- Demand For Energy Growing Exponentially [23 November 2008]
- About the Number 43 (forty-three) [23 November 2008]
- About the Number 41 (forty-one) [23 November 2008]
- A Linear Function Related to YouTube [24 November 2008]
- Prime Number Generating Quadratic Polynomial [25 November 2008]
- Human Rockets Himself Over the Royal Gorge [25 November 2008]
- Horsepower as a Linear Function [25 November 2008]
- Google Calculator Moments [26 November 2008]
- Russia Versus the United States [26 November 2008]
- About the Number 1565 (one thousand five hundred sixty-five) [27 November 2008]
- About the Number 1621 (one thousand six hundred twenty-one) [27 November 2008]
- Thanksgiving Day 2008 [27 November 2008]
- About the Number 115 (one hundred fifteen) [28 November 2008]
- From Edna Parker to Danica McKellar [29 November 2008]
- About the Number 33 (thirty-three) [29 November 2008]
- Housing Prices "Plummet" [30 November 2008]
- Housing Prices "Plummet" (Exponential Decay?) [30 November 2008]
- The Hurricanes of 2008 Recap [30 November 2008]
- U.S. HIV-Living Population is Growing [01 December 2008]
- Google Translate Keeps Growing [01 December 2008]
- 9 November 2008 Revisited [02 December 2008]
- Centered Square Numbers [02 December 2008]
- University Tuition Rates Going Up in Arizona [05 December 2008]
- 21st Admendment Ratified on 5 December 1933 [05 December 2008]
- About the Number 75 (seventy-five) [05 December 2008]
- About the Number 21 (twenty-one) [05 December 2008]
- From QTBree To Paul Volcker To Britney Spears [06 December 2008]
- BABEs on 6 December 2008 [06 December 2008]
- New Collection Created: BABEs (BAB Exercises) [06 December 2008]
- BARS:: IL Hwy-100 and IL Hwy-16 Signs in Illinois [07 December 2008]
- About the Number 67 (sixty-seven) [07 December 2008]
- About the Number 16 (sixteen) [07 December 2008]
- About the Number 100 (one hundred) [07 December 2008]
- About the Number 28 (twenty-eight) [08 December 2008]
- Leyland Numbers (x^y + y^x) [08 December 2008]
- Tempe Community Action Agency [09 December 2008]
- The Padovan Sequence [10 December 2008]
- The Fibonacci Sequence [11 December 2008]
- Golden Ratio Quadratic [12 December 2008]
- November 2008 PPI Down 2.2%, Core PPI Up 0.1% [12 December 2008]
- About the Number 85 (eighty-five) [12 December 2008]
- About the Number 88 (eighty-eight) [12 December 2008]
- About the Number 36 (thirty-six) [13 December 2008]
- Nestle Recalls 900,000 Pounds of Lean Cuisine [14 December 2008]
- Cost of an Arizona Republic Subscription is a Function of Time [15 December 2008]
- November 2008 CPI Down 1.7%, Core CPI Unchanged [16 December 2008]
- Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates From 1.0% to Near 0% [16 December 2008]
- BABEs on 17 December 2008 [17 December 2008]
- New BARS Operator--Modulo (or Remainder) [18 December 2008]
- About the Number 90 (ninety) [18 December 2008]
- U.S. Auto Industry Gets Federal Loans [19 December 2008]
BABs::Updated During Fall 2008 Semester
The following are existing BABs that were updated during the Fall 2008 semester.
- New BARS Operator--Modulo (or Remainder)
[updated 19 December 2008; created 18 December 2008]- Google Calculator Moments
[updated 19 December 2008; created 26 November 2008]
[updated 17 December 2008; created 26 November 2008]- BARS:: I-55 and IL Hwy-53 in Bolingbrook, Illinois
[updated 17 December 2008; 25 June 2007]
[updated 28 November 2008; 25 June 2007]- The Padovan Sequence
[updated 16 December 2008; 10 December 2008]- About the Number 1957 (one thousand nine hundred fifty-seven)
[updated 15 December 2008; created 05 October 2005]
[updated 09 December 2008; created 05 October 2005]
[updated 06 December 2008; created 05 October 2005]
[updated 29 November 2008; created 05 October 2005]
[updated 21 November 2008; created 05 October 2005]
[updated 11 November 2008; created 05 October 2005]
[updated 08 November 2008; created 05 October 2005]
[updated 27 October 2008; created 05 October 2005]
[updated 19 October 2008; created 05 October 2005]
[updated 13 October 2008; created 05 October 2005]
[updated 04 October 2008; created 05 October 2005]
[updated 29 September 2008; created 05 October 2005]
[updated 18 September 2008; created 05 October 2005]
[updated 16 September 2008; created 05 October 2005]
[updated 07 September 2008; created 05 October 2005]
[updated 24 August 2008; created 05 October 2005]
[updated 24 August 2008; created 05 October 2005]- BARS:: 109 Miles to Twentynine Palms on CA Hwy-62 in Earp, California
[updated 14 December 2008; created 05 December 2007]- Songs With Numbers In Their Titles
[updated 12 December 2008; created 18 November 2007]
[updated 07 December 2008; created 18 November 2007]
[updated 07 December 2008; created 18 November 2007]
[updated 05 December 2008; created 18 November 2007]
[updated 05 December 2008; created 18 November 2007]
[updated 30 November 2008; created 18 November 2007]
[updated 28 November 2008; created 18 November 2007]
[updated 23 November 2008; created 18 November 2007]
[updated 23 November 2008; created 18 November 2007]
[updated 13 November 2008; created 18 November 2007]
[updated 08 November 2008; created 18 November 2007]
[updated 05 November 2008; created 18 November 2007]
[updated 04 November 2008; created 18 November 2007]
[updated 18 September 2008; created 18 November 2007]
[updated 18 September 2008; created 18 November 2007]
[updated 25 August 2008; created 18 November 2007]
[updated 24 August 2008; created 18 November 2007]
[updated 20 August 2008; created 18 November 2007]- BARS:: E. 8th St. and S. Dorsey Ln. in Tempe, Arizona
[updated 10 December 2008; created 03 December 2006]- About the Number 1941 (one thousand nine hundred forty-one)
[updated 07 December 2008; created 09 December 2007]- Math Stuff from the US Hwy-61 and Great River Road Roadtrip of 2006
[updated 07 December 2008; created 08 July 2006]- The 2009-10 Tuition Rate Story Begins
[updated 06 December 2008; created 06 October 2008]- University Tuition Rates Going Up in Arizona
[updated 06 December 2008; created 05 December 2008]- BARS:: Exit 50 on Northbound Loop 101 in Arizona
[updated 05 December 2008; created 13 May 2007]- About the Number 18 (eighteen)
[updated 05 December 2008; created 20 August 2008]- The Hurricanes of 2008
[updated 30 November 2008; created 8 July 2008]
[updated 10 November 2008; created 8 July 2008]
[updated 29 September 2008; created 8 July 2008]
[updated 13 September 2008; created 8 July 2008]
[updated 08 September 2008; created 8 July 2008]
[updated 06 September 2008; created 8 July 2008]
[updated 01 September 2008; created 8 July 2008]
[updated 31 August 2008; created 8 July 2008]
[updated 29 August 2008; created 8 July 2008]
[updated 27 August 2008; created 8 July 2008]
[updated 19 August 2008; created 8 July 2008]- BARS:: 15 Miles From Cripple Creek, Colorado
[updated 28 November 2008; 30 July 2007]- BARS:: 10 Miles North of Yuma on US Hwy-95 in Arizona
[updated 28 November 2008; 17 December 2007]- Happy 115th Birthday To Edna Parker
[updated 28 November 2008; created 20 April 2008]- BARS:: Prime Number and Square Number Highway Signs
[updated 22 November 2008; created 22 March 2006]
[updated 01 November 2008; created 22 March 2006]
[updated 18 October 2008; created 22 March 2006]- BARS:: 10 Miles From US Hwy-60 on AZ Hwy-72 in Arizona
[updated 21 November 2008; created 05 January 2007]- BARS:: Nine Miles Away From Jct. 1 in Arkansas
[updated 21 November 2008; created 03 July 2006]- BARS:: 4, 6, 2 -- Land Between the Lakes in Kentucky
[updated 21 November 2008; created 03 July 2006]- BARS:: No Trespassing at Town Lake in Tempe, Arizona
[updated 17 November 2008; created 02 September 2007]- BARS:: Nawiliwili Park on the Island of Kauai in Hawaii
[updated 14 November 2008; created 05 August 2008]- Prop. 300--Give Arizona State Legislators a Raise?
[updated 05 November 2008; created 22 October 2008]- BARS:: One Mile From Ft. Apache on AZ Hwy-73 in Arizona
[updated 31 October 2008; created 16 March 2008]- BARS:: Pi Sign on AZ Hwy-73 in Arizona
[updated 31 October 2008; created 16 March 2008]- BARS:: 3 Miles From McNary on AZ Hwy-260 in Arizona
[updated 31 October 2008; created 16 March 2008]- BARS:: Phi Highway and Parking Signs in Brush, Colorado
[updated 25 October 2008; created 19 May 2007]- BARS:: CO Hwy-30 Exit 9 on I-225 in Aurora, Colorado
[updated 25 October 2008; created 21 May 2007]- BARS:: I-25 From Downtown Pueblo, Colorado
[updated 25 October 2008; created 27 May 2007]- BARS:: Southern Terminus of Az Hwy-587 at I-10 Heading North
[updated 17 October 2008; created 29 April 2006]- Big Numbers
[updated 16 October 2008; created 6 September 2006]
[updated 04 October 2008; created 6 September 2006]
[updated 29 September 2008; created 6 September 2006]- Singing About Math
[updated 14 October 2008; created 15 November 2007]- BARS:: I-8 East Road Sign in Downtown Yuma, Arizona
[updated 08 October 2008; created 17 December 2007]- BARS:: CA Hwy-209 Road Closed Sign in San Diego, California
[updated 05 October 2008; created 16 October 2007]- About the Number 3 (three)
[updated 30 September 2008; created 1 March 2008]- BARS:: Campground at Lyman Lake State Park in Arizona
[updated 29 September 2008; created 17 October 2006]- BARS:: Gila Bend On Presidents Day 2006
[updated 22 September 2008; created 20 February 2006]- Noting Changes To U.S. Population Component Settings
[updated 22 September 2008; created 18 November 2006]- A Closer Look at Napster Stock
[updated 15 September 2008; created 17 April 2008]- National Debt Growing At Linear Rate
[updated 14 September 2008; created 3 December 2007]- Texting Prices Up 100 Percent in Three Years
[updated 13 September 2008; created 11 September 2008]- BARS:: 17 Miles From Whitewater When in East Troy, Wisconsin
[updated 07 September 2008; created 29 December 2006]- BARS:: Highway Signs in Lordsburg, New Mexico
[updated 07 September 2008; created 26 December 2005]- Modeling with Functions
[updated 23 August 2008; created 28 January 2007]- About the Number 82 (eighty-two)
[updated 18 August 2008; created 3 January 2006]GDT::BABs Home Page
Creator: Gerald Thurman
[gdt@deru.com]
Created: 18 August 2008