For a cyclically alternating electric current, RMS is equal to the value of the direct current that would produce the same power dissipation in a resistive load. In econometrics the root mean square error of an estimator is a measure of the imperfection of the fit of the estimator to the data.
Falcons mascot apologizes for tweet. An apology was posted to the Twitter account of Freddie Falcon, the Atlanta Falcons' team mascot, following a tweet about suicide. According to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, the following tweet was posted Sunday on the mascot's official Twitter account: Had a good time at the #ood suicide prevention walk today.
Texas A&M-Kingsville is the only university in the United States with a javelina for its mascot. The university's first students chose the javelina (in Spanish pronounced hah-vay-lee-nah and in South Texan pronounced hah-vuh-lee-nuh) as the mascot because of its fierce and tenacious behavior.