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Please, contact your representatives and call all media sources demanding the truth be told. Share this information with your friends, family, neighbors, coworkers --WE the People!
There are two groups of people in this world: those who believe the official explanation of the events of September 11th, 2001, and those who have examined the evidence and realize that the official version of events is totally unbelievable.
An Open Letter to: Mr. George W. Bush, Mr. Richard Cheney, Members of PNAC and your supporting cast:
Guess what? WE KNOW WHAT YOU DID THAT SUMMER - that long ago time of innocence before the events of September 11th, 2001. We know what you did, and the game is over - even though you don't yet know it.. The work of the independent 9/11 researchers is paying off. The evidence is steamrolling through the information super highway and is now creeping into the clogged arteries of the mainstream media. We may not know every detail and we may not agree on your individual motives, but two facts are now irrefutable: the official story of what happened on September 11th is not true and you were involved.
Somebody, somewhere does not like you guys anymore. Somebody, somewhere has given the corporate media the OK to open the one topic that has been totally verboten up till now. Somebody, somewhere has made it permissible for hints to be dropped into the public arena.. Those hints - which focus on the reasonable suspicion that has been raised about the attacks of 9/11 - have been well received. The cover-up is disintegrating slowly but surely.
Books and documentaries are now trickling into the awareness of the general population. That trickle is turning into a steady flow that will increase every time a new set of eyes is opened to the evidence that has been amassed. Until now, the mainstream media have been the hull of the vessel that has kept the official conspiracy theory afloat. But now, for the first time, that vessel is sinking under the weight of its own lies. At this very moment, because of the distortions and secrets of the official version of 9/11, you all are beginning to drown in your own pool of lies.
Understand that this is not a case of people having different opinions as to what happened that day. This is a terribly serious situation in which some people accepted your version of 9/11 because you frightened them into doing so. They believed everything you said without asking for any corroborating evidence because you asked them to take your word as the Gospel truth. But other people looked at what you told them and began to ask common sense questions about the holes you left in the official story. They could not understand why you refused to allow a bipartisan, impartial investigation into the events of that day. They realized that the Kean Commission, formed a year after the attacks, was NOT charged with finding out what really happened. They realized that this commission was there to document your official story, regardless of how it conflicted with the evidence that had been unearthed. This second group refused to sit back and ignore what was being revealed by scholars and other experts among them, and they continued investigating this most fateful day for themselves.
Keep in mind the large majority of Americans were completely unaware there were any questions at all being raised about your official story. You guys did a yeoman's job of getting the corporate media to do your dirty work. You got them to repeatedly report the bogus elements of the story you wanted us to accept. They did that for the better part of four and a half years, but now their shell game is over because they are no longer relevant. The independent 9/11 Truth community has bypassed your conduits to the public. Finally, researchers, authors, scientists, film makers and real journalists have assumed the role of protecting our nation from enemies domestic and it is only a matter of time before your little story is all but a bloodstain on the history files of the ruling elite.
If you don't believe this, here's something that will open your eyes. Get a hold of the many fine documentaries on the topic such as Loose Change 2 (click here to watch this documentary for free.) This documentary, despite its few minor flaws and disputable assertions, lays out a sampling of the unquestionably damning evidence that has been gathered. None of this evidence is speculation or accusation; it is in fact part of public record and will be hitting 300 movie screens come September. It will be viewed at even more college campus events around the nation in the months leading to the anniversary date of the attacks you have so deftly covered up.
And, just to unnerve you a bit more, at this very moment, thanks to the generosity of researchers, documentarians and individual citizens of the world, informative DVDs and books that expose the truth about 9/11 are finding their way into the hands of police officers, fire fighters, members of the military, politicians and even members of the media.
You guys aught to wake up and deal with the reality that it is only a matter of time. You can run from the truth only so long as you can keep the public from examining the evidence. And thanks to the hard work of some dedicated patriots ( a group of which I am proud to be a part), the cloak of media deception that has hidden the truth of 9/11 is being pulled aside. The truth is out there now and we are succeeding beyond all our expectations in exposing your lies.
And so, Mr.Bush, Mr. Cheney, PNAC cabal, and supporters: WE KNOW WHAT YOU DID THAT SUMMER! We know it, and you know it, but we are not going to rest for a single moment until every one else knows too!
From a patriot and a citizen of the world who wants his democracy back.
Jesse - Editor, TvNewsLIES.org


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Return of the Native Book 4: The Closed Door, Chapters 1 - 4
The passing summer days are pleasant for the newly married Clym and Eustacia. A few weeks after their wedding, Clym resumes his studies, while Eustacia ponders the best way to get Clym out of the heath. Her dreams of leaving for Paris are unbeknownst to Clym, for she has never mentioned them to him since they married. Meanwhile, Thomasin sends a thank-you note to her aunt for the guineas. Mrs. Yeobright wonders why Clym has not mentioned the guineas. Clym has no idea that he has money coming his way and it's unlikely he'll find out, for Thomasin has been instructed by her aunt not to say anything about the guineas, and neither Wildeve nor Christian will admit the truth about the money.
Mrs. Yeobright decides to see Eustacia about the guineas. Upon hearing Mrs. Yeobright's decision to visit Eustacia, Christian finally admits to Mrs. Yeobright that Wildeve had won the money, both Thomasin's and Clym's share. Christian suggests that perhaps Wildeve will give half the guineas to Eustacia. Fueled by this new suggestion, Mrs. Yeobright goes to see her daughter-in-law. Mrs. Yeobright bluntly asks Eustacia if Wildeve had given her money as a gift; Eustacia vehemently denies that she has the money and is deeply insulted at the implication that Clym needs guarding against her and that she is committing adultery with Wildeve. Eustacia then accuses Mrs. Yeobright of having hated her all this time for no reason. When Eustacia furiously proclaims that she married beneath her, Mrs. Yeobright hotly retorts that her son's lineage is far better than Eustacia's. Eustacia explodes, "If I had known then what I know now, that I should be living in this wild heath a month after my marriage, I--I should have thought twice before agreeing" Book 4, Chapter 1, pg. 185. The two women part in silence and anger.
Clym notices that Eustacia is deeply upset and asks her why. He is confused when his wife mentions the money. Eustacia expresses her anger and frustration at the fact not only Mrs. Yeobright, but also Clym himself, would accuse her of having a relationship with Wildeve. She passionately declares that she hates the heath and desperately needs to escape. Clym is shocked and hurt that Eustacia has not reconciled herself to the idea of living in Egdon. The next day, Thomasin brings Clym's share of the guineas. Thomasin tells Clym that his mother had visited her after seeing Eustacia. She also tells him how disturbed and angered his mother had been. Clym regrets that the argument between his mother and wife happened, and fears they will never be friendly.
Greatly disturbed by his mother and wife's argument, he immerses himself in his studies. Clym's eyesight weakens from his staying up late at night to study. He is devastated when the surgeon informs him he must give up reading for a while. Clym is nearly an invalid--he can hardly see. A sad Clym goes out for a walk one day, meeting Humphrey, who is cutting furze. When Humphrey tells Clym that furze and turf-cutting would be an ideal occupation for Clym, as his poor eyesight would not conflict with the work, Clym seriously contemplates the job and then decides to become a furze-cutter.
Topic Tracking: Heath Customs 10
When Eustacia hears of Clym's new job, she is devastated and humiliated. Clym finds furze-cutting useful and actually rather comforting--he enjoys being on his beloved heath. He is content with his job, which consumes most of his time. One afternoon, Eustacia sees her husband cutting furze and weeps bitterly. She feels that her husband's job is degrading and her pride is wounded by the working-class status furze-cutting implies. Watching Clym sing while working, Eustacia confronts him angrily. They argue about the job, and Clym asks if she is sorry she married him. Eustacia does not deny that she wanted a better life than the one she now leads on the heath.
Topic Tracking: Natives' Attitude Toward Heath 7
Topic Tracking: Man Against Nature 8
Eustacia, despondent about Clym's job, becomes forlorn and listless. Clym tries to comfort her by promising he will cease furze-cutting as soon as he finds something better. Wanting to cheer her up, Clym agrees that she should attend the village picnic and dance, called a 'gipsying'.
Topic Tracking: Heath Customs 11
The gipsying is in full swing when Eustacia arrives. She only attends the gipsying because she does not want anyone to think that she is suffering and miserable. Eustacia is not enjoying herself until Wildeve approaches her, to her surprise. He asks her to dance, and she gladly accepts. Eustacia and Wildeve have mixed feelings about the dance--for Eustacia, the dance lifts her spirits and gives her much-needed pleasure and excitement; for Wildeve, the dance makes him long for Eustacia even more. After they dance, they confide in each other. Wildeve admits that he is miserable without her. He also has heard of Clym's weak eyesight and new job as a furze-cutter and offers his sympathy. Eustacia weeps when Wildeve mentions that he thought Clym would have taken her back to Paris by now. He offers to walk her to Throope Corner, the area near Clym and Eustacia's home, where Eustacia is to meet Clym. However, when they see that Clym is accompanied by Diggory Venn, Wildeve leaves in a hurry.
As Eustacia and Clym walk toward their house, Venn heads in the direction of the Quiet Woman Inn. He had seen a man leaving Eustacia's side just before she met him and Clym at the corner, and he is sure that the man is Wildeve. He arrives at the inn to find Thomasin alone and asks where her husband is. When Thomasin tells him that Wildeve has gone to buy a horse, Venn cryptically replies that he had seen her husband leading a "beauty with a white face and a mane as black as night." Thomasin wonders what she can do to keep her husband at home more. Hearing that Venn has talked to Thomasin about the "beauty with a white face and a mane as black as night," Wildeve knows that Venn must be suspicious of his involvement with Eustacia.
Venn decides to thwart Wildeve from seeing Eustacia. Knowing that Wildeve will head toward Mistover to see Eustacia, he sets up a trap for Wildeve in the path, tying two tufts of grass so that Wildeve may get caught in the trap and fall down.
Topic Tracking: Natives' Attitude Toward Heath 8
Wildeve does fall in Venn's trap, and he realizes that Venn and Mrs. Yeobright must be plotting against him and Eustacia when he sees reddish color in the grass. He decides to see Eustacia despite Venn's efforts to prevent him. He sends a moth in the Vyes' window to fly around Eustacia's candle. Eustacia immediately recognizes the moth as her and Wildeve's signal and is about to meet him outside when she hears a loud knock on the door. Clym answers the door himself before Eustacia can and finds no one there. Meanwhile, Wildeve is heading home when he is shot at from the bushes. He tries to ask the constable for help, but the constable is not home. Hurrying home, Wldeve decides to see Eustacia during the daytime. At the same time, Venn goes to see Mrs. Yeobright and tells her that Wildeve may be seeing Eustacia again and persuades her to make up with Clym, just as Clym decides that he must try to reach out to his estranged mother.

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At ALK, we understand that navigation and routing optimization form a component of total end to end mobility workforce solutions.
Working with leading ISVs to validate CoPilot Professional across a broad range of the world's leading hardware manufacturers, we ensure that our software is flexible and robust enough to meet the most demanding of corporate requirements.
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Providing the link between back office applications and integration with third party field service, data capture and other task orientated applications on device, the SDK enables the active management of a mobile workforce. A schedule of appointments sent directly into a business application on the device can be shared with CoPilot Professional and optimized for the most efficient route. With options to retrieve data from the field, such as current location, next destination and ETA, CoPilot Professional provides the options to maximize efficiency by balancing task activities with the mobile work force and keep end-customers informed of real-time ETAs.
Through the introduction of the CoPilot Integration Kit (CPIK), ALK can now provide the ability for business application vendors to integrate CoPilot as a navigation component within their mobile business apps for iOS and Android. The navigation can be pre-configured to meet their customer's specific needs while being simple and effective to deploy.
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While we wait for Microsoft's .NET vision to evolve, the company's Visual Studio.NET (originally Visual Studio—VS—7.0) and Office 10 betas provide some tantalizing previews of .NET technology. Visual Studio.NET includes the .NET Framework, which future versions of Windows 2000 (i.e., Whistler, Blackcomb, and Windows.NET) will also contain. The .NET Framework is the heart of Microsoft .NET, according to Paul Maritz, vice president of Microsoft's Platforms Strategy and Developer Group. The framework provides a language-neutral development and execution environment for building and running the Web services that will power Microsoft .NET. With support for the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), the .NET Framework extends two of Microsoft's most popular technologies: Active Server Pages (ASP) and COM+.
Visual Studio.NET also includes updates to Visual Basic (VB), Visual C++ (VC++), and Visual FoxPro, while providing support for a new language called C# (pronounced "C sharp"). Notably absent from this list are Visual InterDev, the company's previous Web site editor, and Visual J++ (VJ++), which supported Java. Microsoft says Sun Microsystems' lawsuit has forced the company to stop development of its Java product but says C# should fill the gap nicely. Visual Studio.NET provides one user interface (UI) for all its development tools, finally realizing the IDE goal that Microsoft first discussed in late 1996.
Microsoft demonstrated the next version of its Office productivity suite, Office 10, to financial analysts before releasing the first beta to testers earlier this year. The Office 10 beta features a minor subset of .NET technology, such as smart hyperlinking and a voice-activated interface, as well as some non-.NET-exclusive ease-of-use features, such as simpler dialog boxes and a streamlined UI. An upcoming XML-based server application, code-named Tahoe, will work with Office 2000 and Office 10, simplifying the products' ability to collaborate, find, share, and publish information online. Microsoft has slated the Tahoe document-management software to ship in early 2001.
To facilitate the transition to .NET, Microsoft said it will spend $4.4 billion on .NET-related research and development during the next fiscal year. ".NET is our platform," announced Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates. "Everything that exists on Windows will exist here." Of course, with a strategy shift this dramatic, Microsoft executives warn that the company won't be able to maintain mammoth growth rates. "I won't call our desktop business mature," Microsoft President and CEO Steve Ballmer said. "But it isn't going to grow 25 or 30 percent a year."


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The 5 Most Heartwarming Things The Internet Has Spawned
The Internet is many things. For some, it is the primary source of news. For others, the Internet is a communication platform. A number of educational and entertainment options are available on the Internet as well. What the Internet truly excels at, however, is creating new content and communities. In particular, there is a considerable amount of heartwarming content that has come into existence due to advancements in computer science. Here are the five most heartwarming things that the Internet has helped create.
1. Cat Videos
Before the Internet, the only popular cat video was Keyboard Cat, that was first introduced to the world in the 1980s. Today, however, it is far more difficult to avoid cat videos entirely than it is to find great ones. Between Maru, Bub and a host of other Internet celebrities who happen to be cats, those who enjoy watching cats and kittens do what they do can spend hours enjoying their favorite animals. The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis recently hosted the first Internet Cat Film Festival which drew more than 10,000 local residents and received coverage in newspapers from around the world.
2. Flash Mobs
While mobs are generally viewed as out-of-control crowds that can cause damage and destruction, flash mobs are based on spontaneous demonstrations. These demonstrations often involve dancing, and some have been used as marriage proposals. Without the Internet, organizing flash mobs would be all but impossible. Today, however, flash mobs occur around the world on a regular basis, and most bring joy to those who see them online.
3. Charity
People are inherently charitable, but they often do not know where to donate their time or money. Thanks to the Internet, those who are looking for donations and volunteers can advertise for free. With social media, those who are interested in helping a particular charity can share information with their followers. As a result, many charities that would not have been able to sustain themselves in the past can now find large audiences of sympathetic viewers through the Internet. Further, people can use the Internet to find the charities that they truly wish to donate to.
4. Online Romance
Internet dating was initially viewed as creepy, but opinions have changed considerably since then. Meeting a romantic partner can be difficult, and many people simply do not know where to start. Thanks to the Internet, those who have unique interests can find others who they will be compatible with. The popularity of online dating is growing, and a number of marriages would not have occurred without the Internet.
5. Online Interest Groups
In the past, people often toiled away at their hobbies or interests in solitude, and those who lived in small towns had no means of finding others who shared their favorite hobbies. Because of the Internet, people can find others with similar interests in forums and on social media. No matter how selective or unusual one's interest, there will be a community online that can provide information, support and friendship. The Internet's ability to facilitate communication and the spread of information it provides has helped people enjoy their hobbies more than they ever thought possible.


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Saints Row: The Third is the latest game in the GTA-inspired crime series from Volition. Whilst Rockstar took a sharp turn towards realism with GTA IV, the Saints Row series has maintained the over-the-top trajectory established with last generation's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and Saints Row: The Third pushes the exaggerated action to new heights - and the toilet humour to new lows.
The Saints Go Marching In
So what's the story?
The third in the series sees the Saints gang relocate from the Stilwater setting of the first two games to the Chicago-inspired fictional town of Steelport. What that essentially amounts to is an entirely new city to takeover via more turf wars with a new set of gangs - the Morning Star, the Luchadores and the Deckers - with each gang reporting to one huge international crime organization known as the Syndicate. There's also the government-employed Special Tactical Anti-Gang force to contend with (yep, that's 'STAG' for short).
That's all well and good, but can I slap homeless people in the face with comically-sized sex toys?
We're glad you asked, and yes, yes you can. You can also dress up in a bunny suit and crane-kick people in the balls. Or load up hapless pedestrians in your man-cannon car and launch them face-first into the skyline. Or call in a freaking airstrike on a rival gang.
But it's not all Jackass-style shenanigans, Saints Row: The Third is also capable of delivering some seriously intense action set pieces, such as one of the very first missions in the game which sees you attach a helicopter winch cable to a bank vault and airlift it out of a high rise - whilst dangling from the dislodged vault by the fingertips of one hand and shooting pursuers with an Uzi in the other.
Wow - it sounds like they took everything I loved about Saints Row 2 and added an awesome button!
As a matter of fact, that's exactly what Volition has done. In Saints Row: The Third there's one button on the controller - dubbed the 'awesome button' - that you can hold down whilst performing almost any action in the game to add a little bit of flair and speed to it. So instead of stealing a car by cumbersomely opening the door, wrestling the driver out of the car and onto the pavement, getting into the driver's seat and driving away; you can hold down the awesome button, missile-kick the driver right out of the passenger side window and land with both your feet on the accelerator.
On top of that Volition has added choice and consequence to a lot of the game's missions. For example in one you're given the option of using a large bomb to level a skyscraper. Take the building out and you'll earn respect from your rivals, yet the city skyline will remain altered for the rest of the game and the Steelport citizens will be antagonistic towards your gang as a result. Spare the skyscraper and you can move your gang into the penthouse and use it as a new HQ. So it's kind of like the Megaton moment in Fallout 3.
... With more dick jokes.
This all sounds like something I'd like to share with friends. How's the multiplayer?
As with Saints Row 2 you can play the entire game in co-op with a friend online - whether it be story missions, side activities, or just dogfighting in jump jets in the Steelport skies.
Unfortunately, as with Red Faction: Armageddon, Volition has decided to remove competitive multiplayer from the game in order to put all of the developmental focus on the single-player and co-op. It stings a little, but it's kind of understandable given that every man and his FPS-playing dog will probably be playing either Modern Warfare 3 or Battlefield 3 online come November.
So when can I get my dirty mitts on it?
Saints Row: The Third should be another guilty pleasure when it hits the streets on November 15th of this year.


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|Saint Patrick's Oratory – Croagh Patrick
Saint Patrick's Oratory – Croagh Patrick
Opening Times July & August
10:00am – 4:00pm Tuesday to Sunday as well as Bank Holiday Monday.
Please check the weekly parish bulletin for up to date information on time changes! :Click here
The Reek Pilgrimage was revived by the Administrator of Westport, Fr. Michael McDonald in 1903. Following the Pilgrimage in 1904 Fr. McDonald set about building the Oratory which was completed in 1905. It is without the church with the highest elevation in Ireland.
The Oratory is a functioning church which is open to visitors Tuesday to Sunday during the months of July and August from 10:00am – 4:00pm when conditions permit.
There is an opportunity for pilgrims to come and pray, sign the visitors book, leave a prayer request and light a candle when the church is open.
When Mass is celebrated in the Oratory, visitors are asked to enter only to attend Mass.
Mass is celebrated in the Oratory on Garland Friday (The Friday before Reek Sunday) at 10:00am.. On Reek Sunday Mass is celebrated every hour beginning at 8:00am, with the last hourly Mass beginning at 2:00pm.. Mass is celebrated on the 15th of August at 12:00noon.
Visiting priests are most welcome to celebrate Mass at any time on the summit, providing the Oratory is available and the priest has a valid Celebret. The priest should contact the Parish Secretary in Westport 098-28871 to book the Oratory.
The key of the Oratory should be collected before climbing at the Presbytery in Westport and returned there afterwards. The priests Celebret should be presented to be copied in the Presbytery.
Priests should take their Celebret with them up the mountain, as they may be asked to produce it again by Parish Staff.
When Parish Staff are on the summit, their instructions must be heeded at all times. Staff have the right of final decision on all matters pertaining to the Oratory and the toilets on the summit pertaining to their use.
The Oratory is available for Marriage Ceremonies of the Roman Catholic Rite, provided that the usual requirements for getting married are fulfilled.
For booking and information please contact the Presbytery Office in Westport, 098-28871 .


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Action4Acomb (A4A) is a community led organisation constituted to help realise the aspirations of people living and working in Acomb, Northumberland. Anyone living and/or working within the Parish is part of A4A. A constituted committee has been elected to support the activities and projects of A4A.
Who is on the committee?
This website has been developed to improve communication within Acomb Parish. Lots of residents have said that communication is not good and they don't know what is going on. Tell us what you want to see and hear about. If you have an event, let us know and we will post it on the site.
A4A was formed after an Acomb Parish Council public meeting held on 4 April 2012. Here are the pages of the leaflet published after the April 2012 meeting and distributed to all households within Acomb Parish.
A4A have become involved in some of the issues originally raised both at this meeting in 2012 but also through engagement and consultation with established groups. Emerging from this early consultation have been 4 main themes:
- Community e.g: village hall; communication; pride in Acomb's history; buses; activities for young & old
- Environment e.g: flood plan; approach to the village
- Health & Social Care e.g: support networks
- Housing & Planning e.g: having an active say in future planning
It became apparent that there were urgent priorities, as identified by the community, such as developing a Flood Plan. With other areas, such as the Approach to the Village, it was felt there was the ability and desire to take action.
Following the A4A AGM – (see Chair's Report Download ) in October 2016, the constitution Download was revised and agreed. The following were elected as A4A Committee Members:
- Michael McElroy, Chair
- Lorna Farr,
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- Rachel Gagliano, Treasurer
- Julie Foster
In addition, at our last Committee meeting in November, John Cook was co-opted and welcomed onto the committee.
Inevitably, given that all on the Committee are volunteers, individual's circumstances change. Warm thanks are extended to Jim Wright, Linda Wright, Clare Maltby and Mark Dowthwaite who are standing down. Thanks are extended to those above for their involvement.
If you would like to join the committee, contact to ask more or come along as an observer to one of the A4A Committee meetings, by contacting the Committee Secretary. The next Annual General Meeting is on Monday 24 October 2016 at 7pm at the Village Hall.
A questionnaire to all Acomb Parish households was distributed in November 2014 with volunteers collecting from each household to encourage a high rate of return (56%). The analysis of the information is completed and the results Download were shared at the Parish Council Annual Public meeting (3 June 2015)and at several venues throughout the village.
The Community Led Plan has been distributed to all household in Acomb Parish ( early October 2016). The original questionnaire can be viewed here Download.
The data from the analysis of the questionnaire can be viewed here Download.
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At any stage of life, it's a good idea to plan for how your affairs will be handled. A few simple steps today can give you peace of mind tomorrow by ensuring that you and your loved ones are well protected. Your estate plan can also be used to support charitable causes that matter most to you, such as the quality programs and educational services offered to our community by SCETV and SC Public Radio.
Planned Giving doesn't require a lot of time or money—it's something anyone can do. Our Planned Giving Officer, Rachel Chesser, will be happy to walk you through the process.
If you have already included the ETV Endowment in your estate plans, we would appreciate it if you could fill out a statement of intent form. The form is not binding in any way, it just helps us plan for the future and show gratitude to our donors.
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Forest Heights Park Trail is a 3.9 kilometer moderately trafficked loop trail located near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada that features a river and is good for all skill levels. The trail offers a number of activity options and is best used from March until October. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
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Wander from the top of Forest Heights into historic Cloverdale Forest Heights Park is a mature park that was created in 1960 and offers fantastic views of the river valley and downtown Edmonton. Recent flooding of the North Saskatchewan has resulted in serious riverbank slumping and erosion which has closed the riverside trail. There is parking along 83 Street if you want to cross the pedestrian bridge over Rowland Road and enter Forest Heights Park. The views and photos from the pedestrian bridge are worth the extra effort as you are looking over the river valley just as it is dropping away to the riverside down Dawson Hill. Once you pass the school, there is a fantastic lookout point with the entire river valley spread out before you. Here you will enjoy views of the river as it curves along its banks. The Muttart is also visible from this viewpoint. The paved trail is in constant use from the residents of the surrounding communities, so please share the trail. The bike path used to be the old main road into Cloverdale from Forest Heights and was called Dowler's Hill. Because of the elevation of the park, you get nice views all along the walk as you walk down towards 92nd Street and into historic Cloverdale. At 101 Ave, you can exit the park or carry on down into the city. Once you enter the trees, there is an assortment of wildlife and many bike paths to enjoy. An enjoyable walk into Edmonton's history.
Most of the trail was washed out so it is great for a .5km walk in and then .5km back out on the same path.


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Discussion in 'Politics' started by Annie, Nov 9, 2005.
I'm surprised that no one has commented on this article, that was supposed to be published in December's Commentary . It may be the best piece of researched journalism I've seen in close to thirty years.
For some reason, (perhaps Bush's speech yesterday?), it was pushed up. Well the dems certainly didn't like it:
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Professor Gliboff's research and teaching interests are in the history of biology, especially evolution and genetics, and the science in modern Germany and Austria. He is the author of H.G. Bronn, Ernst Haeckel, and the Origins of German Darwinism: A Study in Translation and Transformation (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2008). His 1999 article, "Gregor Mendel and the Laws of Evolution" (History of Science 37: 217–35) was awarded the Ivan Slade Prize by the British Society for the History of Science. Currently he is working on a book on Darwinian evolution around the turn of the twentieth century and a series of articles on Erich Tschermak and early Mendelism.
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"Ascent, Descent, and Divergence: Darwin and Haeckel on the Human Family Tree," Konturen 7 (2014): 103–130.
"The Many Sides of Gregor Mendel," in Outsider Scientists: Boundary Crossers and Innovation in Biology, edited by Michael Dietrich and Oren Harman, 27–44 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013).
"Monism and Morphology at the Turn of the Twentieth Century," in Monism: Science, Philosophy, Religion, and the History of a Worldview, edited by Todd Weir, Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History (New York: Palgrave USA, forthcoming in 2012).
"The Golden Age of Lamarckism, 1866-1926," in Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology, edited by Snait Gissis and Eva Jablonka, 45–55 (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2011).
"Did Paul Kammerer Discover Epigenetic Inheritance? No and Why Not," Journal of Experimental Zoology, Part B (Mol. Dev. Evol.) 314B (2010): 616–624.
"H. G. Bronn and the History of Nature," Journal of the History of Biology 40 (2007): 259–94.
"The Case of Paul Kammerer: Evolution and Experimentation in the Early Twentieth Century," Journal of the History of Biology 39: 525–563 (2006).


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Polar Pooch Reviews
Polar Pooch claims to contain self-cooling gel that activates as soon as your dog lays down, which can help keep them cool throughout the hot summer months.
About Polar Pooch
Polar Pooch is a pressure activated gel pad that's claimed to begin cooling as soon as your dog lies down and their weight is applied to the surface. Because Polar Pooch also features durable construction, it simply wipes clean, and its portability means you can bring it with you in the car, on walks, to the park, or wherever your four-legged friend needs to keep cool.
According to the manufacturer, Polar Pooch is different than other cooling pads because it doesn't require batteries, electricity, or refrigeration, while its cooling power lasts 3 hours and only requires 15 minutes to recharge. Even when your dog is laying on it, Polar Pooch is claimed to reactivate every time they shift their weight or change position.
You definitely wouldn't leave your dog locked in a hot car, but the reality is that when you're out and about with them, hot summertime temperatures can be just as dangerous. But is Polar Pooch the solution you've been looking for, or just a cheap gimmick that you'll regret?
To answer these important questions, let's first take a look at why hot temperatures can be dangerous for your dog.
Why Dogs Get Hot
As humans, when we become overheated, one of our body's first responses is to begin sweating, which cools us down using moisture to change our skin's ambient temperature, while helping to decrease our core temperature through evaporation.
However, except for small sections of their paws, dogs don't have sweat glands. Instead, the primary methods their bodies use to release extra heat is panting and vasodilation (blood vessel dilation). As such, your dog's built-in cooling mechanisms are thought to be less efficient than a human's, so they might overheat even if you think the temperature is relatively comfortable.
Because of this concern, it's generally a good idea to help your dog stay cool as much as possible during the hot summer months, especially when you're out and about. But can Polar Pooch's gel help you accomplish this?
How Does Polar Pooch's Cooling Gel Work?
Although Polar Pooch's manufacturer might want you to think that the gel it contains is revolutionary, the fact of the matter is that it's a widely used substance called a phase change material, found in everything from dog pads and cooling vests for people, all the way to mattress toppers.
While the complicated definition is "a substance with a high heat of fusion which, melting and solidifying at a certain temperature, is capable of storing and releasing large amounts of energy," in layman's terms, this term simply references something that changes phases, or states (such as going from a "solid" to a "liquid"), at a certain temperature.
For example: The gel contained in Polar pooch might remain in one phase when stored at room temperature, but will change phases when your dog lays on it (dogs have a higher normal temperature of about 102 degrees) by releasing energy.
For a fairly in-depth look at this phenomenon, we'd recommend reading through this Instructables thread. You can also see a cross section of a similar product named the Green Pet Cooling Pad in their patent application.
Similar Options to Polar Pooch
Speaking of similar products, there are a whole lot of cooling pads for dogs out there, so you have hundreds and hundreds of products from which to choose. This not only includes self-cooling gel pads like Polar Pooch, but also options that use water, ice, or a small electrical current to cool your dog.
Granted, some of these may be more expensive than Polar Pooch (many are not) and may be less convenient, but they also might be more effective, especially if you live in a hotter climate.
On top of this, these types of cooling pads are so popular that you'll almost certainly be able to find one at your local pet store or big box retailer, which might help you save a decent chunk of change on lost S&H charges (we'll talk more about this in the Pricing section).
Before we do though, let's talk about the company behind Polar Pooch.
Who Makes Polar Pooch?
Polar Pooch is manufactured by "As Seen on TV" giant Telebrands, who have been in business for decades and made some very popular ASOTV products, most recently the Hurricane 360 Spin Mop, Mighty Blaster, Light Angel, and many more.
At the time of our research, these products had an average rating of 2 stars here on HighYa, based on common complaints of failure to work, poor quality, and difficulty with customer service personnel. Certainly, this doesn't mean this is what you can expect with Polar Pooch, although it's certainly noteworthy.
Telebrands also had a D- rating with the Better Business Bureau (up from an F a couple months ago) based on 1,216 closed complaints, most of which referenced the same concerns above. Telebrands was also investigated by the NJ Attorney General's office for allegedly violating the Consumer Fraud Act in 2014.
Polar Pooch Pricing & Refund Policy
One small Polar Pooch cooling pad is priced at $19.99 plus $7.99 S&H, medium is priced at $29.99 plus $8.99 S&H, and the large version at $29.99 plus $9.99 S&H.
At checkout, you can also purchase a second small, medium or large pad for an additional $12.99, $14.99, or $17.99 S&H charge, respectively.
Regardless of the size you choose, you order will also include a free Crazy Critter no-stuffing toy.
All Polar Pooch purchases come with a 30-day refund policy, less S&H charges. This means that if you take advantage of the BOGO offer, you'll lose more in S&H charges than you'll ultimately receive as a refund.
In order to request a refund, you'll need to contact customer service at 855-668-1655.
Is Polar Pooch a Good Dog-Cooling Solution?
Although we're not informed exactly about the self-cooling gel it contains, there are dozens of similar products to Polar Pooch out there, whether online or at local retailers. And based on feedback, it seems like most customers are pleased with their purchases, so you probably can't go wrong.
However, considering Polar Pooch's high, non-refundable S&H charges, we'd recommend exploring some of these local options before placing your order. After all, the money you save could be spent on an extra toy for your four-legged sidekick!
My dog loves her Polar Pooch!
My dog Mocha, a Shih Tzu, tends to get hot fairly easily and quickly. My boyfriend got her the Polar Pooch pad to try out. She absolutely loves laying on it! She sits on my lap in the car, and the other day we were on a 1.5-hour drive. She wouldn't settle for the first 45 minutes, and as soon as I put the Polar Pooch pad down to try to get her to calm down, she did! She didn't move for the rest of the car ride. This product is definitely worth trying! I hope your dog loves it as much as mine!
Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Wasted money
We had this for one hour before my dog tore it by walking on it, and now it leaks some unknown substance.
Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend
3 out 3 people found this review helpful
Absolutely LOVE!
This is an incredible comfort to our home. Not only for my wonderful Brin, but also for me and my hot flashes! Seriously, it is worth it. Peace.
Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
4 out 4 people found this review helpful
My dog loves this cool mat
I purchased this in a store, not online, but it is the "Polar Pooch" as seen on TV. My dog is a Bichon mix and has long ears and tail with thick hair. He was always panting, but as soon as I opened this up, he runs to it constantly. He falls asleep like a little baby on it. I actually bought two, one for up and one for downstairs. Yes, it is slippery so you need to put it on the side of couch or in back of a recliner like I do or on the side of your bed, out of the way, where the dog can rest comfortably. I would love to have about 4 more, one for each car and one in each bedroom. I think they are great.
Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
5 out 6 people found this review helpful
My dogs love this!
I bought this product hoping it would work for my 2 dogs. They love to sit outside and often come in hot and panting. Well, this has worked far better than I ever expected. They now come in and look for their mat. I can move it from their beds to the couch and even the car. I am very, very pleased and would highly recommend this product.
Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
6 out 6 people found this review helpful
Great product
This product is awesome. I bought one for my 60 plus pound Pit bull King, and he loves it. I have to buy another one for his son Prince who now wants to share the mat with his dad.
I also stepped on the side of the mad and almost broke my neck but common sense told me to move it out of traffic areas in the house and that it was gel, so I had to be cautious of stepping on it. I would highly recommend this product my guys love it!
Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
10 out 10 people found this review helpful
Great product
My dog loves this product. Since I live on an island the humidity gets pretty bad and my dog gets really hot. I put it on either his mesh bed while I'm home or on my bed when I leave home and he's always on it. He doesn't pant as much as he used to since I've bought this mat. I've bought a few of them for other people and would highly recommend buying it. I'm not sure how durable it is if a dog chewed on it but my dogs don't do that, so luckily I didn't have to worry about that. But it does what it says and I'm happy with it.
Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
8 out 19 people found this review helpful
Slippery when dry
I bought this for my dog because I love his long hair and thought it would help to keep him cooler. It does work, but really needs a LARGE WARNING SIGN on the box.
I was in the room with him and started to step over the pad and accidently stepped on it with one foot, and went in two directions with my one foot flying out from under me. What a surprise. I was fortunate that I didn't do more damage to myself. Walking all sideways for a few days is no fun, but it could have been much worse.
Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend
14 out 34 people found this review helpful
This is the most dangerous item I have ever had in my house. Bought them yesterday because I thought they would be great for my dogs. I was walking in my living room where the mats were located and I happened to step on one of them. Both feet went flying out from under me and I fell flat of my back. The liner on the outside does not move but the gel on the inside is like stepping on snot (sorry for the visual). Needless to say they are back in the box and headed back to the store.
Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend


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Cassie Scerbo: 'Cast thought Sharknado was a joke'
Actresses Tara Reid and Cassie Scerbo thought the director of their monster movie was playing a joke on them when he told them he was changing the title to Sharknado.
The film, about a freak storm which scoops up man-eating sharks in tornadoes and deposits them in cities, became an unlikely phenomenon after it aired on TV in America on Thursday, taking Twitter by storm and earning a legion of fans.
However, Bring It On star Scerbo has revealed the film was originally called Dark Skies, but had be changed after a horror movie of the same name hit cinemas in February, and she thought director Anthony C. Ferrante was joking when he told them the new title.
She tells The Hollywood Reporter, "When our director Anthony Ferrante came on set and was like, 'Guys, we think we have to change the title. We're thinking about Sharknado.' We actually thought it was a joke. We were like, 'Haha, that's funny.'
"He was like, 'No, I'm serious.' We were dying. 'There's no way!'…
"We were like, 'This is ridiculous and embarrassing.' He was like, 'Just you wait, this name will actually do so much for the project.' We were like, 'All right, whatever!'"
Scerbo admits she was stunned by the film's instant success, adding, "It's trending (on Twitter) for more than 24 hours. I can't even believe it… I'm completely stunned and blown away. This funny little film we did called Sharknado has caused so much buzz, I would have never imagined. It's literally caused more buzz than anything else I've ever done. I had no idea that it was going to turn into this phenomenon."


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A fiery head-on collision Wednesday night between 18-wheelers on Interstate 10 killed both drivers and closed eastbound traffic near the Estherwood/Iota exit for several hours, State Police announced.
The crash occurred shortly before 6 p.m. when a westbound tractor-trailer truck crossed the median, colliding with eastbound truck, Trooper Brooks David said in a press release.
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Federal judge Barbier ordered Anadarko, a non-operated partner in the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico when in blew out in 2010, to pay a fine of $159 million for its role.
Anadarko Ordered to Pay $159 Million for BP Spill
Obama Administration Cancels Arctic Lease Sale
Today, the Obama administration cancelled planned lease sales in the offshore Arctic. Apparently (and thankfully) offshore drilling above the Arctic Circle is dead for the foreseeable future.
LNG Export Wave Dies on the Vine
Interesting article from gCaptain about LNG export projects dying on the vine.
A Moment in Time Lost: The Fifth Anniversary
Tonight at 9:50 pm will be the 5th anniversary of the worst blowout in US history that took the lives of eleven men and spilled over 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. At the height of the crisis in the late spring of 2010 we, as a society, had a moment in time to grapple with our energy future fueled by an insatiable appetite for hydrocarbons. The moment passed, and we failed seize that moment. In true form our elected leaders simply kicked the can down the road, confident in the short memory and shallow engagement of the American electorate in issues that are critical and generational to all of us. After a brief interlude and re-arranging of deck chairs, the US government resumed issuing deepwater drilling permits with no substantial improvements in drilling technologies or requirements.
Today, BP is still in court fighting the US government about its own culpability in the blowout, and even went all the way to the Supreme Court appealing the financial settlement agreement that it had negotiated three years before, claiming the company didn't really mean to agree to what it agreed to in the original settlement. The Court rejected it's appeal last December. Government agencies, as well as the press, have gone easy on BP in recent years, having long since moved on to the latest contestants on The Voice and breathlessly reporting on the ebola outbreak in Africa, at least up to election day last November.
BP's biggest accomplishment since the blowout? Succeeding in obfuscating the amount of oil that flowed into the Gulf of Mexico for the 87 days in 2010. The amount of oil that fouled the Gulf will determine the amount of the fine that BP will ultimately pay. Even though BP had equipment on site in the Gulf to contain the entire flow of the well, BP never actually captured (or measured) 100% of the flow. Not measuring total flow allowed BP to argue that we really couldn't calculate the actual number of barrels that spilled, and that argument worked. Consensus from the scientific community was that the well flowed over 5 million barrels into the Gulf (4.2 million after collection efforts). BP argued that mysteriously it was only 2.5 million barrels after collection. In January, Judge Barbieri in New Orleans split the baby, calling it 3.2 million barrels. The lower number will save BP billions of dollars in fines. After getting a huge break from the court, BP, of course, is appealing. The company is also arguing that its US unit can only afford to pay $2.3 billion or it will go insolvent, ignoring it's parent's global presence and resources. The court battles continue.
As long as we burn hydrocarbons to fuel our economy, and that is for the foreseeable future, we must find those hydrocarbons more safely. That includes extreme deepwater environments where the margin for error is narrow, if not zero in certain conditions. Earlier this month, almost 5 years after the BP disaster, the BSEE (Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement) issued proposed rules touting improved safety standards, but these rules really just codify current drilling practices adopted after the blowout. It does improve blowout preventer centering capability, a key failure in the BP blowout, and increases accumulator size that increases capability to close the BOP. It also mandates redundancy in shear rams by mandating a minimum of two shear rams in the stack. All that helps, but the real problem here? Congress. Congress has been MIA since the 2010 elections, killing all legislation to put new rules into law or increasing the statutory limited for liability which is still pegged at $75 million as it has been since adoption in 1990. As long as Congress shirks its responsibility to govern, all these changes made to offshore drilling safety can easily be undone by a future president more friendly to the oil and gas industry.
We are at the 5 year mark from this tragedy. Unlike virtually every other developed country on the planet, there have been no proposals from our government for comprehensive US energy policy. Many states are seeking to undo clean air standards and kill alternative fuels including wind and solar. With oil price now in a 50% decline, burning of hydrocarbons continues unabated, and our politicians are clearly more concerned for their own re-election and satisfying their largest donors who are contributing into huge dark pools of money than actually governing. I fear that we are, once again, at risk for another Macondo like event. When (not if) it happens again, my fervent hope is that the American electorate finally wakes up and demands accountability from those who represent us. I'm not optimistic. I mean, after all, Dancing with the Stars is on tonight.
Note: The Great Invisible, the award winning documentary about the the BP oil spill and its aftermath airs tonight on PBS's Independent Lens. The film was produced by Peabody winner Margaret Brown. I was proud to play a small part in the making of the film.
Cross posted on the Huffington Post.
Pemex Extinguishes Platform Fire
Pemex announced last night via Twitter that the fire on their Bay of Campeche platform had been extinguished and that there was no oil spill. The platform was a processing facility and had no wells directly connected.
Platform Explosion in the Bay of Campeche
Pemex has confirmed that 4 workers were killed and 2 injured in a fire on a production platform in the Bay of Campeche off of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Water there is generally pretty shallow, around 100 feet deep, and well control is usually performed above water level. The platform is still on fire and 8 fireboats are battling the blaze.
We'll keep following the story.
Saudi Prince: "Oil is Never Going Back to $100"
Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said in an interview yesterday that "oil is never going back to $100." Let me translate: "We are sick of Americans and Russians taking our market share, and we're taking it back forever." These were strong words from one known to publicly disagree with his government, and whose personal wealth has been estimated at over $20 billion.
Continued weak oil prices are seriously damaging US energy companies with companies like Breitburn Energy, Goodrich Petroleum, and Continental Resources among it's biggest losers in recent months. I remain very bearish for several reasons…the Saudis' apparent serious resolve to reset the markets, downward trend in heavy hydrocarbon demand, and the high break-even costs for unconventional resources. I believe we are in for a long haul here.


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I'll return to my Dawkins series later in the week. But after all our exertions recently trying to resolve the mysteries of the universe, I find myself in the mood for a straight math post. So, inspired by some comments from this post, let's talk about perfect numbers.
A number is said to be perfect if it is equal to the sum of its proper, positive divisors. By "proper" divisor we mean a divisor not equal to the number itself. For example, the proper divisors of 20 are 1, 2, 4, 5 and 10. But since
we see that 20 is not perfect.
On the other hand, the proper divisors of 28 are 1, 2, 4, 7 and 14, and we have that
So 28 is a perfect number.
From now on I will only refer to the divisors of a number, as opposed to the proper, positive divisors.
The smallest perfect number is 6. The divisors of 6 are 1, 2, 3 and we have that 1+2+3=6. The next perfect number after 28 is 496, and the next one after that is 8128.
There are currently 44 known perfect numbers, the largest having more than nineteen million digits. If you were taking a stroll among the integers, it would be a remarkable thing if you came across even one perfect number. That notwithstanding, it is an open question how many perfect numbers there are. I'm betting there are infinitely many, but I wouldn't want to have to prove it.
If you look at the four examples I gave, you might notice something interesting:
6=2 x 3
28=4 x 7
496=16 x 31
8128=64 x 127
Why is this interesting? Well, look at the first numbers in the products on the right. We have 2, 4, 16 and 64. These are all powers of 2.
Now look at the second numbers. We have 3, 7, 31 and 127. These are all prime numbers. And if we add one to each of these numbers, we get 4, 8, 32 and 128. These are all powers of two. This is not a coincidence.
It turns out that if n is a positive integer such that 2n-1 is prime, then the number
2(n-1)(2n-1) is perfect. Let us try to prove this.
Let x=2(n-1) (2n-1).
First, notice that 2(n-1) is a power of two. As such, all of its divisors are powers of two. In particular, with the exception of the number 1, they are all even. But 2n-1 is an odd prime number. So all of its divisors are odd. It follows that 2(n-1) and 2n-1 are relatively prime,
which means simply that the only number that divides both is 1.
Consequently, every divisor of x has the form ab, where a divides 2(n-1) and b divides 2n-1.
Next, notice that the only divisors of 2n-1 are 1 and the number itself. The sum of these two numbers is
Now consider the divisors of 2(n-1). They all have the form 2j where j is a positive integer less than n-1. It can be shown that the sum of all such divisors is 2(n-1)-1. This is
straightforward to prove if you are familiar with the formula for the sum of a geometric series. If you are not familiar with that formula, then simply consider the following examples:
- The divisors of 4 are 1 and 2, and 1+2=3 which is one less than 4.
- The divisors of 8 are 1, 2 and 4, and 1+2+4=7 which is one less than 8.
- The divisors of 16 are 1, 2, 4 and 8, and 1+2+4+8=15 which is one less than 16.
- The divisors of 32 are 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16, and 1+2+4+8+16=31, which is one less than 32.
This pattern always holds. However, the number 1 was already counted as a divisor of 2n-1.
Since we do not want to count it twice, we find that the sum of all of these divisors is
Finally, we must consider the divisors of the form ab. The only such divisors we have not yet considered have the form 2j(2n-1), where j is a positive integer less than n-1. The sum of all
such numbers is
2(2n-1)+4(2n-1)+ . . . + 2(n-2)(2 n-1)=
(2n-1)(2+4+. . .+2(n-2))=(2n-1)(2(n-1)-2).
If you do the algebra, you obtain
Now we can show that x is perfect. The sum of the divisors of x is:
Notice that the terms with 2(n-1) cancel out, as do the 2 and the -2. Thus, we can simplify
this to:
since the difference between consecutive powers of two is always the smaller of the two powers. (For example, 32-16=16 and 64-32=32.)
Finally, if we do a little factoring we obtain
as was to be shown.
Well, that got a bit complicated. So why don't we illustrate the main idea of the proof by considering the perfect number 496.
We know that 496=16 x 31.
The only divisors of thirty-one are 1 and 31, and their sum is 32.
The only divisors of sixteen are 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16. But since we have already counted 1 we drop that from the list. Then we find that 2+4+8+16=30.
Finally we consider the divisors obtained by multiplying a divisor of 16 by 31. The only such divisors we have not considered are 2 x 31=62, 4 x 31=124 and 8 x 31=248, and 62+124+248=434.
Putting everything together gives
So we have shown that every number of that form is perfect. It turns out that, actually, every even perfect number has that form, but this is harder to prove.
From this it follows that we can find even perfect numbers simply by finding prime numbers that are one less than a power of two. Such primes are called Mersenne primes, after a seventeenth century French monk and amateur mathematician. The search for perfect numbers is really the search for Mersenne primes.
By now you must be wondering whether there are any odd perfect numbers. No such numbers are known, and a number of results have been proven showing that an odd perfect number would have to have some strange properties indeed. But the fact remains that there is no proof showing that odd perfect numbers are impossible.
Sometimes number theorists talk about abundant numbers, which are numbers that are smaller than the sum of their divisors. As shown at the start of this post, 20 is an abundant number. LIkewise there are deficient numbers, which are larger than the sum of their divisors. Every prime number is deficient, since their only proper divisor is 1. But my favorite notion along these lines is that of an amicable pair of numbers. For example, consider the numbers 220 and 284.
- The proper divisors of 220 are 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 20, 22, 44, 55 and 110.
- The proper divisors of 284 are 1, 2, 4, 71and 142.
- We have 1+2+4+5+10+11+20+22+44+55+110=284
- We also have 1+2+4+71+142=220
And if that doesn't bring a smile to your face, I don't know what will. See you tomorrow!


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Program Overview
This Master of Science in Epidemiology with Specialization in Biostatistics is is a 12 month full time program (part time available case by case). All students are required to complete eight courses in two terms (including 6 core courses and two elective courses) and a one-term supervised practicum project in biostatistics. In the practicum, students will complete either a research project pertaining to some aspect of the biostatistics methodological research work of their supervisor or a practicum placement with an academic or industry-based research group pertaining to the biostatistics applications. When all program requirements are completed satisfactorily, students will be awarded either a M.Sc. in Epidemiology with Specialization in Biostatistics (if they are registered in the Department of Public Health Sciences), OR M.Sc. in Mathematics and Statistics with Specialization in Biostatistics (if they are registered in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics).
Completing Your Degree
Students are accepted for a September start date and, if enrolled in full-time studies, are expected to meet the milestones listed below:
- Introduction to Epidemiology (EPID 801)
- Statistical Inference (STAT 853)
- Computational Data Analysis (STAT 862)
- One Elective
- Intermediate Epidemiology (EPID 804)
- Advanced Methods in Biostatistics (EPID 823)
- Survival Analysis (STAT 886)
- One Elective
- Practicum (EPID 888)
The following is a brief overview of course content of the Master of Epidemiology specializing in Biostatistics program, including six core courses offered by the Department of Public Health Sciences and Department of Mathematics and Statistics and some elective courses offered by the various departments identified.
EPID 801: Introduction to Epidemiology
This course deals with the design and analysis of research in epidemiology. Topics include: measures of health status; risk factors and associations between them; study design including descriptive, analytical, experimental, and theoretical approaches; validity issues; critical appraisal; sources of data; and data collection and management.
Three term hours, Fall.
EPID 804: Intermediate Epidemiology
This course deals with advanced methods and issues in the design, conduct, analysis and interpretation of epidemiologic studies. The content focuses on observational study design and analysis, and builds on epidemiologic principles presented in EPID 801. Data analysis will emphasize te application and interpretation of statistical concepts in epidemiologic research.
Three term hours, Winter.
EPID 823: Advanced Methods in Biostatistics
An advanced course in the theoretical issues and analytical practices in epidemiology, and biostatistics. Major topics include the life-table method, demography and confounding and its solutions. Detailed design and analysis of cohort, case-referent and experimental studies shall be performed. Multi factor techniques including log-linear logistics and Cox's proportional hazards models will be discussed detail.
Three term hours, Winter.
Prerequisites: EPID 822 or equivalent ("equivalent" option applicable to MSc Collaborative Biostatistics students only
STAT 853: Statistical Inference
Decision theory and Bayesian inference; principles of optimal statistical procedures; maximum likelihood principle; large sample theory for maximum likelihood estimates; principles of hypotheses testing and the Neyman-Pearson theory; generalized likelihood ratio tests; the chi-square, t, F and other distributions.
Three term hours, Fall.
Offered jointly with STAT 463
STAT 862: Computational Data Analysis
An introduction to aspects of computer software consistent with modern professional practice of statistics. Particular attention is given to the use of the statistical packages SAS and S-Plus.
Three term hours, Fall.
Offered jointly with STAT 462
Introduces the theory and application of survival analysis: survival distributions and their applications, parametric and nonparametric methods, proportional hazards models, counting process and proportional hazards regression, planning and designing clinical trials.
Three terms hours, Winter.
Offered jointly with STAT 486
EPID 810: Controlled Clinical Trials
This course will cover material relevant to the design and conduct of controlled clinical trials. Design topics will include methods used to achieve unbiased results with improved precision, such as adequate sample size, randomization, blinding, pre- and post-stratification, cross-over designs, placebos and the counting of relevant events. Attention will be given to the problems of conducting multi-centre clinical trials. Topics covered will include drafting of protocols, design of data forms, logistics of data flow, methods of follow-up, data management and quality control, periodic reporting, final data analysis and the production of final reports. Ethical issues and the role of randomized trials in clinical investigation will be discussed.
Three term hours, Winter. Instructor: H. Richardson.
EPID 815: Independent Study
This course is designed for individual students interests that are not covered by existing courses offered in the Department. Normally, this will take the form of a closely supervised reading course in the area of a graduate instructor's expertise but may also include practical field experience. The proposed study must be improved by the appropriate instructor and Program Director, the Coordinator of Graduate Studies and the Head of the Department.
EPID 817: Foundations of Cancer Control
This course is intended for graduate students, clinical fellows and postdoctoral fellows who are engaged or interested in cancer research. This course will provide students with training in the fundamentals of epidemiologic methods in cancer research and with knowledge of how epidemiology could contribute to better understanding of cancer etiology and control in human populations. The course will focus on concepts and methodological issues central to the conduct of epidemiologic studies of cancer etiology and control. Topics will include: an introduction to basic epidemiologic concepts, biologic concepts central to the investigation of cancer, study design, clinical epidemiology, and cancer control and prevention.
Three term hours, Fall. Instructor: H. Richardson. Not offered 2017-18.
EPID 822: Applied Regression Analysis
This course deals with the commonly used regression methods proven useful in health services research and the epidemiologic analysis of the relationship between traits, exposures or treatments, and diseases or other medical outcomes. The course emphasizes the statistical modeling approach with topics including multiple regression, analysis of variance and covariance, reliability of measurements, analysis of categorical data, logistic regression, Poisson regression and survival analysis. This course includes a compulsory SAS Programming component.
Three term-hours, plus a two-hour tutorial, Winter. Instructors: P. Peng and C. O'Callaghan. SAS Tutorial instructors: A. Day and J. Zhang-Salomons. PREREQUISITE: EPID 821.
EPID 828: Infectious Diseases
This course provides an introduction to the principles of infectious disease prevention and control relevant to public health practice. The course focuses on the etiology, history, societal impacts, and determinants of infectious diseases of major public health importance. There is an emphasis on modern prevention and control efforts that can be applied at the local, national and international levels.
Not offered 2017-18.
EPID 829: Foundations in Global Health
Students will be exposed to various global health concepts and be trained to work through potential solutions in a public health context. The course will be taught through formal lecture, seminar and small group learning and online modules. The course be taught through formal lecture, seminar and small group learning, and online modules. Topics may include: health, public health, and development; Aboriginal health; health systems and policies; Canada's role in global health and social justice; and special populations.
Three term hours, Fall. Instructor: C. Davison.
EPID 831: Chronic Disease Epidemiology
This course will provide an overview of the epidemiology of some of the leading non-infectious causes of morbidity and mortality in Canada and will highlight the key methodological considerations for the study of each disease or health problem.
Three term hours, Fall. Instructor: H. Richardson. PREREQUISITE: EPID 801 AND EPID 821 or equivalents with permission of course coordinator.
EPID 832: Mental Health/Critical Inquiry
This course will provide students with in-depth substantive knowledge about the evolution of health issues that have shaped policy and mental health services.
Three term hours, Winter. Instructor: H. Stuart. PREREQUISITE: EPID 801 or permission of course instructor.
EPID 833: Issues in Military and Veteran Health Research
Students are exposed to health issues associated with military experience that includes both veterans and military families. As a weekly webinar, the course will include presentations from Canadian specialists who will contextualize military mental and physical health needs and introduce theoretical and methodological approaches to conducting applied health research among this population.
Three term hours, fall, every year. Instructors: S. Belanger.
STAT 855: Stochastic Processes and Applications
Markov chains, birth and death processes, random walk problems, elementary renewal theory, Markov processes, Brownian motion and Poisson processes, queuing theory, branching processes.
Three term hours.
Offered jointly with MTHE/STAT 455
STAT-864: Discrete Time Series Analysis
Autocorrelation and autocovariance, stationarity; ARIMA models; model identification and forecasting; spectral analysis. Applications to biological, physical and economic data.
Three term-hours; lectures.
Offered jointly with STAT-464
STAT 865/465: Quality Management
An overview of the statistical and lean manufacturing tools and techniques used in the measurement and improvement of quality in business, government and industry today. Topics include management and planning tools, Six Sigma approach, statistical process charting, process capability analysis, measurement system analysis. (Offered jointly with STAT 465.)
Three term hours.
Not offered in 2017-18.
STAT-871: Design and Analysis of Experiments
Analysis of variance for fixed, random and mixed models; analysis of covariance; distribution of mean squares; classical designs including fractional factorial experiments, Latin squares and split plot designs. Modern topics including Taguchi methods and designs for nonlinear models.
Three term hours; lectures.
(Offered jointly with STAT-471)
STAT 873: Generalized Linear Models
An introduction to advanced regression methods for binary, categorical, and count data. Major topics include maximum-likelihood method, binomial and Poisson regression, contingency tables, log linear models, and random effect models. The generalized linear models will be discussed both in theory and in applications to real data from a variety of sources.(Offered jointly with STAT-473*.)
Not offered in 2017-18.
MATH 895: Probability Theory
The course provides basic knowledge in probability at the graduate level. Topics will include: basic notions and concepts of Probability Theory; characteristics functions; law of large numbers and central limit theorem; martingales; stochastic processes.
Three term hours, Winter.
Students in the past have completed electives within the listed departments. Any electives taken within other departments require approval from the MSc specializing in Biostatistics Program Director.


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Madras CafeManhattan, New York City
I got pretty excited about this place when I looked at the menu and saw vegan mango lassies on it! And the lassi was a delicious treat indeed. Unfortunately our entrees were lackluster and we didn't even finish them, despite being quite hungry. The "Nine Jewels" vegetable curry was bland and had huge pieces of onion and green pepper in it, and only a couple small florets of cauliflower, which is a much more appropriate vegetable for such a dish. The samosas were okay, and the other entree we got (something about a potato stuffed with peas) was slightly better. Still it was a quality of Indian food I'd expect to eat out of desperation in some suburb or something--certainly I had hoped for more deliciousness than this in New York City.
Most impressed by this little place when i walked in i was not sure since i was the only person there. But the waiter with his sense of humour and helpful personality made sure i felt like i had nothing to worry about. The only bad thing is it took a while to get your appetizer but when I got it, it was worth the wait. Each dish we ordered was completely different in taste, color, and appearance, which is pleasantly surprising because being a chef i have always felt indian food is a one ingredient/curry sauce cuisine. Price is reasonable but drinks are expensive.
$2.50 for chai is expensive even by starbucks standards but worth it by taste and fresh ness standards