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Data On Drug Use Is Disappearing Just When We Need It Most

June 30, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

An in-depth article covering the data gathering on opioid and street drug use, who has data and the problem of getting good data today. From the folks at FIVE THIRTY EIGHT . com …

Posted in: Politics, Science, Thinking about Tagged: data, drug use, Heroin, opiates

Red Alps, Blue Alps

June 27, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Red Alps, Blue Alps, Ville de Neuchatel In 2007, we moved to Rue du Rocher in Neuchatel. It was a fabulous apartment with a remarkable view to the south taking in the lake, the Bernese Alps down to Mount Blanc. This video contains some of the photos we took during our stay.

Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, Thinking about Tagged: Blue Alps, Lac de Neuchatel, Photography, Red Alps, Ville de Neuchatel

Not the CDNC but

June 25, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

It looks like reading old newspapers isn’t a new pastime and remains as addictive as ever … Sonoma Democrat > 10 December 1857 OLD CALIFORNIA PAPERS. Californian. — We are indebted to W. H. Crowell, our esteemed County Clerk, for the perusal of a file of the Californian, a weekly paper published in San Francisco … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Thinking about Tagged: 1848, Benicia, Monterey, Sacramento, San Francisco, Sonoma, The Californian

This really bugs me

June 23, 2017 by sergneri 1 Comment

I suspect this is more common than I know but my first sighting of a kid riding a bike with a cell phone in one hand really bothered me. I use a dash cam and took the trouble to download the recording, find the kid, and clip it to a jpg file. He’s wearing a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Thinking about Tagged: Bicycle, Cell Phone, Pre-Teen, SAFETY FIRST, Traffic

ARS Technica on the Death of the IEEE 1394 FireWire

June 22, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

ARS on the Death of the IEEE 1394 FireWire Richard C. Moss – Jun 22, 2017 Good, bad, I’m the guy with the plug From our “Brief history of the USB,” here’s a quick summary on the pros and cons of FireWire’s tech: FireWire had a few advantages over USB in its time. FireWire devices … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Science, Thinking about Tagged: 1394, Apple Computer, FireWire, IBM, IEEE, INTEL, SONY

RNC DEEP ROOT DATA SAFE NEEDLE DROP

June 19, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

WAPO reports on another data screw up with the political machines !

Posted in: Politics, Thinking about, This Day in History Tagged: Analytics, DEEP ROOT, NEEDLE DROP, RNC

An Old List

June 11, 2017 by sergneri 1 Comment

Pre-List: Bridgit Lee KAD – Katherine Downey Bob Bennett Gail (married Bob B above) John Forbes Kimberly Brown Mauri Laitenen Thomas Mahood Terri Morrison Alvar Green Chris Record John Walker Nina Roy Ray Roy John McCloud Mike Ford Joan Ford Stephanie Ford Melissa (sales 1984?) Kim Young Kevin O’Lone Jeane O’Lone Jamie Clay Lance Kemp … [Read more…]

Posted in: Thinking about Tagged: 1996, Autodesk

Frequently Beastly Drunk

June 9, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Well, I’ll be dimmed, who’d have thought that things like this would be happening on the open sea? In my brief 5 years on the main, I swear things like this never happened! SONOMA DEMOCRAT 19 November 1857 The P.M.S.S. Company. Give it to ’em.— The following from the Morning Call, gives a rather deplorable … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, Sea Stories, Thinking about Tagged: abusive, beastly drunk, California, courtezans, deplorable morals, pregnant with profligacy, revolting indecencies, Steamer John L Stephens

Climate Denier’s Materials Package

June 8, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In a heartbreaking article in the Washington Post about Secretary DeVos’ stand on climate change, the author, Valerie Strauss, adds a letter written by Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Democratic Senator where the Senator writes of the efforts of the Heartland Institute, a climate denial “think tank” to promote a climate denial information packet sent to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Politics, Science, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: climate change, Department of Education, Education, Heartland Institute, Paris climate agreement

Us and Them

June 7, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

The history and basis for discrimination is highlighted in a Science News article about a new exhibit at the Musée de l’Homme in Paris.

Posted in: Science, Thinking about Tagged: essentialism, Immigration, Musée de l’Homme, Paris, prejudice, racism, science, UNESCO
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