A year ago was the trough of the pandemic. Eyeballing the graph it looks like Illinois hospitalizations may be 50% above that low point. Mostly in the southern part of the state, I believe.
I finished the gray-tone chalk pastel of the Greater Indian Rhinoceros on black paper during class and turned it in. It actually turned out pretty well. I am surprised. Putting in the background shading and shadow really had a big effect. Never having worked with the medium before, the value studies I did for the previous project helped a lot.
Richmond Robert E. Lee statue removed [Click] Crowd seemed to be made up of removal supporters. The state Supreme Court reasoning (link in story) is interesting.
What the Sturgis Rally Tells Us About the Delta Variant [Click] “South Dakota has high population immunity — and still saw a huge covid surge in August.” Well, they have a high population immunity IF having earlier been infected by another variant confers immunity. That doesn’t seem to be the case.
The original article in the Washington Post points out that there have been large gatherings that have not spread the virus because the organizers took reasonable precautions.
Boeing: Directors to face investor lawsuit over fatal crashes [Click] Sounds reasonable to me.
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Nearly 300% more Covid patients in US hospitals at weekend than a year ago [Click] Yes, the headline writers have it right—about 300% more, or four times as many.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/us/professor-unmasked-students-delta.html [Click]
And now to bed; drawing class in the afternoon. With a bit of luck I may finish the rhinoceros tomorrow.
Or rather, I may finish it today.
DeleteHow'd it turn out?
DeleteHasn't yet. Off to class as soon as I finish lunch.
DeleteA year ago was the trough of the pandemic. Eyeballing the graph it looks like Illinois hospitalizations may be 50% above that low point. Mostly in the southern part of the state, I believe.
DeleteI finished the gray-tone chalk pastel of the Greater Indian Rhinoceros on black paper during class and turned it in. It actually turned out pretty well. I am surprised. Putting in the background shading and shadow really had a big effect. Never having worked with the medium before, the value studies I did for the previous project helped a lot.
DeleteGood work.
DeleteRichmond Robert E. Lee statue removed [Click] Crowd seemed to be made up of removal supporters. The state Supreme Court reasoning (link in story) is interesting.
ReplyDeleteQAnon Backers Push Chicago Hospital to Give Woman Horse Drug [Click]
ReplyDeleteMissouri Parents Fight in Parking Lot After School Board Reinstates Mask Mandate [Click] Follow the link to the source story and scroll down to read some unrelated but very notable tweets from Joe Biden.
ReplyDeleteDad threatened by anti-mask crowd says son has Covid-19
Deletehttps://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2021/09/08/michael-miller-threatened-by-anti--mask-crowd-intv-son-got-covid-19-newday-vpx.cnn?fbclid=IwAR3qTgPAVIP7EVvydBL_VSDbgQcK9Vkb_jEsam-D5BEr3HDsWzSM3XEzr6w
Florida judge allows school mask mandates to continue despite governor's appeal
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What the Sturgis Rally Tells Us About the Delta Variant [Click] “South Dakota has high population immunity — and still saw a huge covid surge in August.” Well, they have a high population immunity IF having earlier been infected by another variant confers immunity. That doesn’t seem to be the case.
ReplyDeleteThe original article in the Washington Post points out that there have been large gatherings that have not spread the virus because the organizers took reasonable precautions.
DeleteToday and tomorrow are predicted to be hot here--105F.
ReplyDeleteAnd I thought our 81ºF was bad!
DeleteWhat's your humidity and dew point?
Ours is 57%, but the dew point is 64, so it's not so bad.
Humidity 19% and probably falling. Dew point 47F.
DeleteCurrent temp = 97F
DeleteHitler’s favourite artists: why do Nazi [artists’] statues still stand in Germany? [Click]
ReplyDeleteMexico earthquake: Lights seen in sky during tremor near Acapulco [Click]
ReplyDeleteYeah, that was triboluminescence!
DeleteThe Plan to Stop Every Respiratory Virus at Once [Click] “The benefits of ventilation reach far beyond the coronavirus. What if we stop taking colds and flus for granted, too?”
ReplyDeleteWe’re Just Rediscovering a 19th-Century Pandemic Strategy [Click] “The first way to fight a new virus would once have been opening the windows.”