UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE By Bill FrayerConditional Probability: Not So Simple Last spring, Lakeside resident Charlie Smith sent me a New York Times article entitled “Chances Are” by Steven Strogatz. The article discusses the importance of examining the actual numbers when assessing probability. The article presents the following scenario: Assume a population of women 40-50 […]
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BRIDGE BY THE LAKE By Ken Masson Herself and I consider ourselves fortunate to have made many new friends during our first four “snowbird” seasons in Lakeside. It is even more gratifying that a number of them live within driving distance of our Northern home in Richmond Hill, Ontario so we can get together
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Editor’s Page Guest Editorial by Fred Mittag “Bring ‘Em Home, Send ‘Em To College” Obama was methodical and wanted to hear all views about a strategy for Afghanistan. But the consensus resulted in a flawed decision. Helen Thomas wrote that Obama failed to mention the greatest contrast between Vietnam and Afghanistan – the draft.
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