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New Ad Causes Uproar In Illinois[Click] Can’t say as I know enough about Illinois politics to make complete sense of this, but it does seem interesting; not your typical humdrum political advertisement, certainly. Note—I read the linked politico.com story, and that provides considerable clarity. I didn’t at first realize that it was a Republican’s campaign ad. Kind of adds to the news about the Nazi poised to win the GOP nomination for Illinois’ third district.
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The actual race in IL-3 is the Democratic primary, where some people believe a progressive challenger may have a chance against long-term conservative incumbent Dan Lipinski. I've worked by challengers in this district before, and it hasn't happened yet. But maybe 2018 is different.
DeletePaul Simon says his upcoming tour will be his last.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.cnn.com/2018/02/05/entertainment/paul-simon-announces-last-tour-trnd/index.html
So glad we got to see him in concert in Vermont.
Still listening after all these years.
Today is World Nutella Day. Now, if that doesn't give cause to celebrate, I don't know what does!
ReplyDeleteAlan, the Pluto hoax article thingy was from April Fools Day of last year.
So sorry to hear about the tremor. I sincerely hope you're right about the cause and cure.♥ There is something called essential tremor [click]. My dad and sis have this. And of course there's Parkinson's. If you don't see an improvement with rest and reduction of stress by the summer, it might be worth seeing a neurologist.
Thanks for your concern, Cat, but it is neither essential tremor (which would not be surprising at my age) nor Parkinson's disease. It is secondary to carpal tunnel syndrome, which I had under control for several years until it was aggravated by excessive work since the beginning of November last year. And I have had it significantly worse in times past. The pattern of pain and (at least partial) relief from certain stretching exercises are distinctive.
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Ooh, carpal tunnel. That stuff's nasty! Okay, if you know exactly what it is and what to do for it, that's all right. Sorry you're having a bad bout. ♥
DeleteI was in pain (and sometimes numbness) from carpal tunnel syndrome for about thirty years. Once in a while it would get bad enough that I would think about surgery, but was always disinclined to go that route. Then a few years back I stumbled across some exercises that were intended just for limbering up that gave me mind-boggling improvement--like 95+% reduction in pain if I did them regularly, while continuing with the work that caused the problem. But the recent increase in workload pushed me (temporarily) over the edge. Stretching exercises, working smart, and liniment will get me through the final few weeks.
DeleteHmmmm... for some reason I am reminded of a bumper sticker I saw recently:
"I'M RETIRED; GO AROUND" Maybe I need one of those--my sweetie thinks I drive too slow.
--Alan
About "clearing the orbit:" Moons are part of the planetary system, not independent objects. I suppose the same could be said about Trojans, since their positions are specifically controlled by the major planet.
ReplyDeleteI see, I think. Thanks.
DeleteBut since Pluto's orbit is tilted with respect to the ecliptic and so its orbit and planetary system can't interfere with any other, clearing its orbit is sort of moot, isn't it? I mean, Pluto is literally on a different plane from the rest of the solar system.
Interesting point. Although I'm not really sure how coplanar the other planets' orbits are.
DeleteBeing as my googling skills leave something to be desired, checking may be difficult. Off the top of my head, though, seems to me Pluto's orbit is tilted some seventeen degrees from the ecliptic, by far the most of any major solar system object. In fact it is this very tilt that insures that Pluto and Neptune can never collide. I'll do some investigating about the plane of the ecliptic.
DeleteThat sounds about right, Cat. I think Pluto's orbit is also notably more eccentric than those of the other planets, and carries it out into the Kuiper Belt. Ceres and Vesta stay in the asteroid belt, so their orbits are just barely elliptical. Another interesting thing is that the Pluto-Charon system rotates about a point outside of Pluto. Thinking of Ceres and Vesta, I read that meteorites from both of them have been found on Earth, but how anyone could know I cannot guess and have been too lazy to research.
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According to this preliminary search result [click] Pluto's orbit is indeed at a seventeen degree angle to the ecliptic. I had forgotten that Mercury's is at a seven degree angle. The orbits of the seven remaining major planets all lie on the plane of the ecliptic as near as makes no nevermind.
DeleteThe high degree of conformity to the plane is seen as bolstering the view that the sun and solar system developed from a spinning disk of gas and dust, whereas the relatively steep angle of Pluto's angle throws doubt on it's origin. OTOH seems to me I've come across reference to one of the outer planets having a moon that orbits, not around the primary's equator, but along what one might call its prime meridian, at right angles to the equator, and other anomalies. Heck, doesn't Venus rotate backwards? Nature is messy. The solar system wasn't created by Swiss watchmakers! If everything in the solar system ran with Swiss precision, I for one would find that creepy.
Boycott the Republican Party[Click] “If conservatives want to save the GOP from itself, they need to vote mindlessly and mechanically against its nominees.”
ReplyDeleteThis from Fellows of the Brookings Institution, no less.
—Alan
P.S.: I haven't had time to keep up with the news today; any more Nutella riots? [He ducks.]
The authors of One Nation after Trump come to much the same conclusion about saving the GOP.
DeleteListener [and others]—here’s a little light bedtime reading for you:
ReplyDeleteBOB MUELLER’S INVESTIGATION IS LARGER—AND FURTHER ALONG—THAN YOU THINK[Click]
And now back to work post dinner.
—Alan