The local paper referenced this work, partially paid for by the feds, this morning. Some of the phase 3 trial was done at the children's hospital in Denver. A new treatment protocol raised the cure rate for some forms of childhood leukemia from 87% to 96%, even among those deemed high relapse risks.
Grandpa drawings for holidays and birthdays seem to have become a tradition rather quickly. Here is this year's glorified Christmas doodle, "Little monster characters decorate a tree".
The federal CISA security agency reported yesterday that the PRC has burrowed deep enough into the telephone networks they can capture SMS text messages to/from highly-targeted individuals. The new guidance pointed to from that page suggests not using SMS in multi-factor authentication.
The guidance also recommends using end-to-end encryption. I'm an old, so I can remember when the Dept of Defense and the intelligence community were fighting like hell to keep people from getting hold of strong end-to-end encryption algorithms.
The Montana supreme court upheld a landmark trial court decision last August in favor of 16 young people who said their health and futures were being jeopardized by climate change, which the state aggravates through its permitting of energy projects.... The 6-1 decision, the first of its kind by a US state supreme court, came in the first lawsuit to go to trial nationwide by young environmental activists challenging state and federal policies they say are exacerbating climate change.
This is interesting to me because it happened in a conservative western state. I have trouble imagining the top courts in North Carolina or Florida -- other states where the legislature has forbidden consideration of climate change -- making the same ruling.
So what happens? Johnson brings the CR, including some Democratic priorities, to the floor and passes it with Dem votes and a handful of Republicans who are retired come Jan 3? Johnson already has to take his chances with being voted Speaker in the new Congress. Doesn't seem like he has much to lose.
There were a series of confirmed nighttime drone flights in 2019-20 in NE Colorado and western Nebraska. No one ever publicly identified the operators. Some of the speculation was environmental groups looking for methane leaks, which are much easier to see with IR at night. Or even the gas companies, because leaks are easier to see at night.
My complaints about the SLS are about the total failure from a systems perspective. Congress spent $20B developing a heavy launch vehicle that can't actually meet Artemis objectives. It's not big enough to send a capsule plus lander that meet the Artemis specs in a single launch. It can't launch frequently enough to split the payload and do the job with two launches. The per-launch cost is non-competitive for anything except Artemis, and launches not committed to Artemis won't be available before 2030 anyway.
What will have to happen for another investor to open a store there?
Who owns the land and the building? We have a former Albertsons here locally that closed a decade ago. The company is not interested in leasing the building or selling the land. They're interested in the asset is appreciating at something over 10% per year. It looks like something will finally happen, but only because the city started waving around attractive nuisance (homeless people lighting fires) and eminent domain.
It is amazing that in the space of 18 months, Grandpa's glorified doodles for birthdays and Christmas have become a tradition. I have the sketch for Christmas this year done, and with any luck will finish it this next week.
Granddaughter #2's birthday was this past Friday. Neither she nor her older sister recognized that the idea was not original. "Your children have never seen The Wizard of Oz?" I asked my daughter, outraged. "What is wrong with you?" Always interesting to read about elderly special effects. The Surrender Dorothy effect used a hypodermic needle to draw the letters in black ink across the bottom of a glass tank filled with tinted water.
25 or so years ago when USWest was breaking up, the new CEO for the telco side of the split put a team of accountants and lawyers to work trying to find a way to break the promises that had been made about health insurance for retirees. I mentioned at the time that if he was successful, some retiree who lost a spouse to cancer because of the lack of insurance would murder the CEO. I wasn't really kidding.
I'll just casually note that this shooting bears at least a passing resemblance to a how-to description given by the assassin in The Eiger Sanction novel.
Have started trying to catch up on the stuff that got put off while my broken ribs healed enough to get around in reasonable comfort.
My sister broke a bone in her foot. Earlier this week the surgeon put in pins and a screw. The next day there were more x-rays to make sure everything was properly aligned. She'll wear a boot for 4-5 weeks to make sure it stays aligned. For my lower ribs, the medical profession sort of waved their hand and said, "Yeah, they'll heal, alignment's not important." Ribs need a union.
With the small problem that Dept of Energy has f*ck-all to do with fracking. Environmental regulations for oil and gas production? EPA, not Energy. Leases of federal land on which to drill? Various parts of Interior, not Energy. Markets and such? FERC, not Energy.
The Department of Energy is nuclear weapons and a whole bunch of R&D (not all energy related). Not to pick on Rick Perry too much, but early on he announced the Dept of Energy would be issuing rules that greatly favored new power plants that were dispatchable and could store six months of fuel on site (ie, coal and nuclear). That lasted about a week until FERC held a press conference to say rules like that were FERC's remit and the Secretary should stick to subjects where he actually had authority.
Energy is a very good example. All of the national labs fall under DOE, doing everything from nuclear weapons to exotic materials science to math. The traditional appointee is a PhD in some hard science with a bunch of experience administering other PhDs. Recall Rick Perry expressing public surprise when he discovered that he would be responsible for development and maintenance of the entire nuclear arsenal. Wright has apparently been in graduate school, but has no graduate degrees. He's going to be responsible for a lot of the early decisions in the $1.5T program to upgrade all of the US nuclear warheads and delivery systems.
Californians have been fleeing to Colorado for longer than that. I first heard the term "California diaspora" from a U of Colorado history professor in 1989.
Jumped up from the couch, tripped, staggered a couple of steps, then hit the ribs square on a wall corner when I fell. The ribs don't hurt too badly, but from time to time most of my "core" muscles spasm at once. Think the world's largest charlie-horse. Those are debilitatingly painful for several seconds until the muscles relax again.
Just an informational note... Like most blog platforms, WordPress's built-in spam filter is a black box. Or special sauce if you prefer that analogy. They think their algorithm is superior and don't want to reveal the inner workings. No way to determine why WP decided the comment was spam.
With a trifecta in DC, it may be time for the governors. Newsom and Inslee look to be preparing to take on the Trump administration. Polis in Colorado has strong Democratic majorities in both legislative chambers, so also in a position to fight. Shapiro can't attempt the same things because the Republicans retained control of the Pennsylvania state senate. Whitmer in Michigan will have the same problem because Republicans won the house there. Any others come to mind?
When I was a kid a border collie adopted us -- we got home from a weekend at my grandparents and she was sitting on the front porch waiting. No collar, no tags, no one claimed her despite ads in the local paper and radio station. Scary smart dog.
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The local paper referenced this work, partially paid for by the feds, this morning. Some of the phase 3 trial was done at the children's hospital in Denver. A new treatment protocol raised the cure rate for some forms of childhood leukemia from 87% to 96%, even among those deemed high relapse risks.
On “The Church Entertainment”
Grandpa drawings for holidays and birthdays seem to have become a tradition rather quickly. Here is this year's glorified Christmas doodle, "Little monster characters decorate a tree".
http://mcain6925.com/obsidian/xmas-2024.pdf
On “Open Mic for the week of 12/16/2024”
The federal CISA security agency reported yesterday that the PRC has burrowed deep enough into the telephone networks they can capture SMS text messages to/from highly-targeted individuals. The new guidance pointed to from that page suggests not using SMS in multi-factor authentication.
The guidance also recommends using end-to-end encryption. I'm an old, so I can remember when the Dept of Defense and the intelligence community were fighting like hell to keep people from getting hold of strong end-to-end encryption algorithms.
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From the Guardian:
This is interesting to me because it happened in a conservative western state. I have trouble imagining the top courts in North Carolina or Florida -- other states where the legislature has forbidden consideration of climate change -- making the same ruling.
On “Are Republicans Waking Up?”
So what happens? Johnson brings the CR, including some Democratic priorities, to the floor and passes it with Dem votes and a handful of Republicans who are retired come Jan 3? Johnson already has to take his chances with being voted Speaker in the new Congress. Doesn't seem like he has much to lose.
On “Open Mic for the week of 12/16/2024”
On paper Sarah was a successful governor which is better than Harris’ on-paper experience.
Size has to matter for something, doesn't it? California's population is 12% of the US total. Alaska's total is a good-sized city.
On “Weekend Plans Post: Back Into the Swing of Things”
Excellent. Your previous descriptions make my two broken ribs last month seem pretty easy once I got past the first week.
On “Droning On In New Jersey”
There were a series of confirmed nighttime drone flights in 2019-20 in NE Colorado and western Nebraska. No one ever publicly identified the operators. Some of the speculation was environmental groups looking for methane leaks, which are much easier to see with IR at night. Or even the gas companies, because leaks are easier to see at night.
On “Thursday Throughput: RFK Jr Edition”
My complaints about the SLS are about the total failure from a systems perspective. Congress spent $20B developing a heavy launch vehicle that can't actually meet Artemis objectives. It's not big enough to send a capsule plus lander that meet the Artemis specs in a single launch. It can't launch frequently enough to split the payload and do the job with two launches. The per-launch cost is non-competitive for anything except Artemis, and launches not committed to Artemis won't be available before 2030 anyway.
On “Open Mic for the week of 12/9/2024”
What will have to happen for another investor to open a store there?
Who owns the land and the building? We have a former Albertsons here locally that closed a decade ago. The company is not interested in leasing the building or selling the land. They're interested in the asset is appreciating at something over 10% per year. It looks like something will finally happen, but only because the city started waving around attractive nuisance (homeless people lighting fires) and eminent domain.
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I admit to a fondness for Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962), probably because I was a kid when I saw it.
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It is amazing that in the space of 18 months, Grandpa's glorified doodles for birthdays and Christmas have become a tradition. I have the sketch for Christmas this year done, and with any luck will finish it this next week.
Granddaughter #2's birthday was this past Friday. Neither she nor her older sister recognized that the idea was not original. "Your children have never seen The Wizard of Oz?" I asked my daughter, outraged. "What is wrong with you?" Always interesting to read about elderly special effects. The Surrender Dorothy effect used a hypodermic needle to draw the letters in black ink across the bottom of a glass tank filled with tinted water.
http://mcain6925.com/ordinary/birthday.webp
On “From the New York Post: UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot outside Hilton hotel in Midtown in targeted attack: cops”
25 or so years ago when USWest was breaking up, the new CEO for the telco side of the split put a team of accountants and lawyers to work trying to find a way to break the promises that had been made about health insurance for retirees. I mentioned at the time that if he was successful, some retiree who lost a spouse to cancer because of the lack of insurance would murder the CEO. I wasn't really kidding.
I'll just casually note that this shooting bears at least a passing resemblance to a how-to description given by the assassin in The Eiger Sanction novel.
On “Movie of a Man Awakened at Night”
Barely on topic... I am so looking forward to being able to sleep on my left side again.
On “I Told You So”
The biggest difference in the two terms, I suspect, will be the SCOTUS is prepared to make drastic changes to the rules.
On “Weekend Plans Post: On a Plane to Iceland”
Have started trying to catch up on the stuff that got put off while my broken ribs healed enough to get around in reasonable comfort.
My sister broke a bone in her foot. Earlier this week the surgeon put in pins and a screw. The next day there were more x-rays to make sure everything was properly aligned. She'll wear a boot for 4-5 weeks to make sure it stays aligned. For my lower ribs, the medical profession sort of waved their hand and said, "Yeah, they'll heal, alignment's not important." Ribs need a union.
On “How Republicans Can Save Trump’s Presidency”
With the small problem that Dept of Energy has f*ck-all to do with fracking. Environmental regulations for oil and gas production? EPA, not Energy. Leases of federal land on which to drill? Various parts of Interior, not Energy. Markets and such? FERC, not Energy.
The Department of Energy is nuclear weapons and a whole bunch of R&D (not all energy related). Not to pick on Rick Perry too much, but early on he announced the Dept of Energy would be issuing rules that greatly favored new power plants that were dispatchable and could store six months of fuel on site (ie, coal and nuclear). That lasted about a week until FERC held a press conference to say rules like that were FERC's remit and the Secretary should stick to subjects where he actually had authority.
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Energy is a very good example. All of the national labs fall under DOE, doing everything from nuclear weapons to exotic materials science to math. The traditional appointee is a PhD in some hard science with a bunch of experience administering other PhDs. Recall Rick Perry expressing public surprise when he discovered that he would be responsible for development and maintenance of the entire nuclear arsenal. Wright has apparently been in graduate school, but has no graduate degrees. He's going to be responsible for a lot of the early decisions in the $1.5T program to upgrade all of the US nuclear warheads and delivery systems.
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Symptoms have improved markedly this morning.
On “Open Mic for the week of 11/11/2024”
Californians have been fleeing to Colorado for longer than that. I first heard the term "California diaspora" from a U of Colorado history professor in 1989.
On “Weekend Plans Post: Garlic (Specifically Toom)”
Jumped up from the couch, tripped, staggered a couple of steps, then hit the ribs square on a wall corner when I fell. The ribs don't hurt too badly, but from time to time most of my "core" muscles spasm at once. Think the world's largest charlie-horse. Those are debilitatingly painful for several seconds until the muscles relax again.
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As little as possible. I broke two ribs last Sunday.
On “Open Mic for the week of 11/11/2024”
Just an informational note... Like most blog platforms, WordPress's built-in spam filter is a black box. Or special sauce if you prefer that analogy. They think their algorithm is superior and don't want to reveal the inner workings. No way to determine why WP decided the comment was spam.
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With a trifecta in DC, it may be time for the governors. Newsom and Inslee look to be preparing to take on the Trump administration. Polis in Colorado has strong Democratic majorities in both legislative chambers, so also in a position to fight. Shapiro can't attempt the same things because the Republicans retained control of the Pennsylvania state senate. Whitmer in Michigan will have the same problem because Republicans won the house there. Any others come to mind?
On “Puppy Love in the IG Era: Ten Favorite Dog Breeds”
When I was a kid a border collie adopted us -- we got home from a weekend at my grandparents and she was sitting on the front porch waiting. No collar, no tags, no one claimed her despite ads in the local paper and radio station. Scary smart dog.
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