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It would be good if the parents of kids going on shifts at school, could work for their employer on the same shift. In 2008 I had a job that allowed me to work two days a week at home. It helped a lot because it was over an hour commute each way when I did go into work. Perhaps with what the last two months have been like, employers may have a different viewpoint of working at home.
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8 minutes ago, debluvscanucks said:
I imagine the theme would be "leave your mask on/alone". Unless you made it fun/a game..."superheroes" or something.
What about masks with the Vancouver Canucks Logo on them?
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11 hours ago, Jimmy McGill said:
It is a a grave mistake to think that older work is less quality than the up to date. Often it is the opposite.
In my research, I've come across the work of Alexander Thom from the 1920's to 1980's. He studied the megalithic stoneworks and realized that they were using a unit of measurement that he called the megalithic yard (about 2.72 feet) and a 366 day year, and tied their unit of time to there unit of length. We still see some of this in our present day units for if you have a cube that is 1/10 th of a megalithic yard on each side, it holds exactly a British Imperial pint of water (or beer!), and fill it with barley seeds (or something similar and it weighs a pound. So some our units of measure came from measurements 4000 years ago. And there is a theory, that since Masons have kept up with the Ancient Sacred Geometry, that Washington DC (that was laid out by Masons) is filled with megalithic yard distances. Also, does anyone know that a cubic foot of water weighs 62.5 pounds? Sort of weird number. Until you think, oh there is 16 ounces in a pound so, 62.5 pounds is 1,000 ounces. So, if you had a cube 1 foot on each side, then it holds 1,000 ounces of water. Yes, these ancients knew their stuff, and that the Earth was a Sphere, and how big it was.....
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In between talking to you guys, I'm writing a course on the History of Math. So I'm reading Buckminster Fuller's Book "Synergetics" from 1975 and I have to show you this quote: "Although the polio virus is quite different from the common cold virus, and both are different from other viruses, all of them employ frequency to the second power times 10 plus 2 in producing those most powerful structural enclosures of all the biological regeneration of life. It is the structural power of these geodesic-sphere shells that makes so lethal those viruses unfriendly to man. They are almost indestructible." Now I'm not sure how that works with COVUD-19, but it was neat to see it in a math book from 1975.
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44 minutes ago, bree2 said:
are you for real. or is this some kind of joke in very bad taste!!!
NO, he was using sarcasm! Don't get upset.
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23 minutes ago, Standing_Tall#37 said:
Oh well. What has anyone between 60-85 ever done that’s good anyways? They lived in the most prosperous and promising times and P***ed it away for all future generations...
He used sarcasm.....
An interesting thought along this line. The average retired person retires at about 60 after 40 or years of work after high school. Myself, I am still working at 72, but that's another story. So after a life time of work, raising children, curtailing their own wants in favour of the family's needs, they now have a chance to actually enjoy life, do some travelling (Pre-COVID times), do more around the house, help out the grandchildren, pick up a new hobby, etc.
Point out to some of these "Boomer Bashers", that maybe they deserve their retirement years. I'm in no way referring to any of you guys, it's just a different way to look at the "retiree". 10Q
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35 minutes ago, debluvscanucks said:
saw...turds in the pool.
What a bummer!
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30 minutes ago, Timbermen said:
He's a science guy, science guys hate hockey.
Nope, not true.
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1 hour ago, Down by the River said:
University here announced majority of Fall classes will be online. Presumably regardless of what happens with the virus.
A few years ago, Stanford University was leading the way with MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). They had a course in 2nd or 3rd Year artificial intelligence going. They thought that maybe 300 or so may take it online. The only thing is, when finished the online course they did not get Stanford credit, as opposed to those 200 or so at Stanford that were enrolled in his course. It ended up there were over 8000 taking the course from around the world. His class dropped to about 50 as the other 150 took the course online, but still took the Stanford evaluation to get Stanford Credit. They just found it better on line at their own pace. There was a really neat story about this though, so bear with me. A Southern US cleric put up an anti-muslim rant on the internet, and the whole Muslim world went wild. The Benghazi incident I believe happened then. Anyway, the country of Pakistan immediately closed their internet to everybody. Just at the time it was shut down, a lady was online, with the Stanford MOOC, writing the final exam! She wanted to finish it then, so that she and her younger brother could take another Stanford MOOC starting in two days. The word got out and work around was done, and she finished the course the next day. The kicker was, she was in a smallish Pakistan town, and was 14 years old! Her younger brother was 12! I would tell my classes about this as sort of a "Hey look what some students in other countries are doing".
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14 hours ago, NewbieCanuckFan said:
Windows 2000 hadn't even come out yet when I graduated from University.
I started programming in 1967 using punch cards. I programmed on and off for ten years, all on some sort of cards (which I still have), before I saw and touched my first computer. It was a TRS-80 from Radio Shack, with 4K of memory (not 4MB or 4GB), and you saved your program on a cassette recorder. I still have one the early Macintoshs. It, and a printer, and a 20Mg Hard drive cost me $6000 in the 1980's. I actually owned one of the first Macintoshs on Vancouver Island, receiving mine about two weeks after they were unveiled in that great Super Bowl commercial in the early 80's.
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I find that, with all of this going on, when I reach for the Whisky bottle, instead of saying, "It must be five o'clock somewhere", I'm now saying, "It must be four o'clock somewhere"!!
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4 minutes ago, BPA said:
Kudos to the lady who sought to stop the bullying. Sad that she was hurt in the process.
It's too bad that other people on the bus did not jump in and help her.
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Just received this in a post:
The UK Covid story so far. (How we came to find ourselves with the 2nd highest death toll in the world and the importance of competent governance)
December 31st China alerts WHO to new virus.
January 23rd Study reveals a third of China’s patients require intensive care.
January 24th Boris Johnson misses first Cobra meeting.
January 29th Boris Johnson misses second Cobra meeting.
January 31st The NHS declares first ever ‘Level 4 critical incident’ Meanwhile, the government declines to join European scheme to source PPE.
February 5th Boris Johnson misses third Cobra meeting.
February 12th Boris Johnson misses fourth Cobra meeting. Exeter University published study warning Coronavirus could infect 45 million people in the UK if left unchallenged.
February 13th Boris Johnson misses conference call with European leaders.
February 14th Boris Johnson goes away on holiday. Aides are told keeps Johnson’s briefing notes short or he will not read them.
February 18th Johnson misses fifth cobra meeting.
February 26th Boris Johnson announces ‘Herd Immunity’ strategy, announcing some people will lose loved ones. Government document is leaked, predicting half a million Brits could die in ‘worse case scenario’
February 29th Boris Johnson retreats to his country manor. NHS warns of ‘PPE shortage nightmare’ Stockpiles have dwindled or expired after years of austerity cuts.
March 2nd Boris Johnson attends his first Cobra meeting, declining another opportunity to join European PPE scheme. Government’s own scientists say over half a million Brit’s could die if virus left unrestrained. Johnson tells country “We are very, very well prepared.”
March 3rd Scientists urge Government to advise public not to shake hands. Boris Johnson brags about shaking hands of Coronavirus patients.
March 4th Government stops providing daily updates on virus following a 70% spike in UK cases. They will later U-turn on this amid accusations they are withholding vital information.
March 5th Boris Johnson tells public to ‘wash their hands and business as usual’
March 7th Boris Johnson joins 82,000 people at Six Nations match.
March 9th After Ireland cancels St Patrick’s day parades, the government says there’s “No Rationale” for cancelling sporting events.
March 10th - 13th Cheltenham takes place, more than a quarter of a million people attend.
March 11th 3,000 Atletico Madrid fans fly to Liverpool.
March 12th Boris Johnson states banning events such as Cheltenham will have little effect. The Imperial College study finds the government’s plan is projected to kill half a million people.
March 13th The FA suspends the Premier League, citing an absence of Government guidance. Britain is invited to join European scheme for joint purchase of ventilators, and refuses. Boris Johnson lifts restrictions of those arriving from Coronavirus hot spots.
March 14th Government is still allowing mass gatherings, as Stereophonics play to 5,000 people in Cardiff.
March 16th Boris Johnson asks Britons not to go to pubs, but allows them to stay open. During a conference call, Johnson jokes that push to build new ventilators should be called ‘Operation Last Gasp’
March 19th Hospital patients with Coronavirus are returned to care homes in a bid to free up hospital space. What follows is a boom of virus cases in care homes.
March 20th The Government states that PPE shortage crisis is “Completely resolved” Less than two weeks later, the British Medical Association reports an acute shortage in PPE.
March 23rd UK goes into lockdown.
March 26th Boris Johnson is accused of putting ‘Brexit over Breathing’ by not joining EU ventilator scheme. The government then state they had not joined the scheme because they had ‘missed the email’
April 1st The Evening Standard publishes that just 0.17% of NHS staff have been tested for the virus.
April 3rd The UK death toll overtakes China.
April 5th 17.5 million Antibody tests, ordered by the government and described by Boris Johnson as a ‘game changer’ are found to be a failure.
April 7th Boris Johnson is moved to intensive care with Coronavirus.
April 16th Flights bring 15,000 people a day into the UK - without virus testing.
April 17th Health Secretary Matt Hancock says “I would love to be able to wave a magic wand and have PPE fall from the sky.” The UK has now missed four opportunities to join the EU’s PPE scheme.
April 21st The Government fails to reach its target of face masks for the NHS, as it is revealed manufactures offers of help were met with silence. Instead millions of pieces of PPE are being shipped from the UK to Europe.
April 23rd - 24th Government announces testing kits for 10 million key workers. Orders run out within minutes as only 5,000 are made available.
April 25th UK death toll from Coronavirus overtakes that of The Blitz.
April 30th Boris Johnson announces the UK has succeeded in avoiding a tragedy that had engulfed other parts of the world - At this point, The UK has the 3rd highest death toll in the world.
May 1st The Government announces it has reached its target of 100,000 tests - They haven’t conducted the tests, but posted the testing kits.
May 5th The UK death toll becomes the highest in Europe.
May 6th Boris Johnson announces the UK could start to lift lockdown restrictions by next week.
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I was wondering if there really is a dog?
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1 hour ago, coho8888 said:D$%n, and I just spent a bundle on dried deer penis
Is that called "Penison"??
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8 minutes ago, RWMc1 said:
How does the Age of Aquarius fit in?
Doesn't it "Let the sun shine in?". Maybe Mr. T-rump from south of us should use it to get rid of COVID-19, a great theme song!
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You know, I have spent 60 or so years in mathematics, science and, since 1967 with computers. This is all necessary to try to battle this COVID-19 problem. But when I see what really brings tears to my eyes makes me feel so good are things from the non Sciences and the arts. Music, songs, art work, dance, flash mobs, writing humour, animation and so on. So recently I find that when the schools reopen, some of those areas may not comeback until later. I have a new understanding of how important they are. Don't cut them, or call them "frill" courses.
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42 minutes ago, Monty said:
Businesses slowly starting to reopen (ie: hair salons and green houses). Some restaurants that have the parking lot capacity are beginning to do car hops.
Man I miss the days of evening cruising the local A & W and having car hops coming out (sometimes on roller skates), to serve! cue: "Those were the days my friend..."
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5 minutes ago, stawns said:
I think I read that come September that there will be a mix of in classroom and virtual classroom. Too lazy in the morning to check. Sorry.
A few years ago the concept of the flipped classroom came out. A student would watch the lesson on line at home, then come to school and discuss the lesson with the teacher, do the assignments, and get help as needed. It was good, "in theory", I tried it, but the failure was a tremendous number of students did not do their work at home and watch the lesson. By the way, these lessons can be watched on a smart phone, tablet or a computer. Maybe now, with them learning so much from home lately, it might work. 15 at home watching the lesson for the next day, and 15 in the classroom discussing what they watched the night before. Khan academy has good videos, I put up 115 math videos on youtube for the students to try this. We'll see....
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45 minutes ago, Sean Monahan said:
What did he say?
Generally he said that the money to help New York is easily balanced out by the amount that Kentucky receives each year. New York pays billions into a fund that Kentucky (McConnell's state) takes money out from.
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Just saw Governor Cuomo's comments ablout Mitch McConnell's statements about Blue States getting "Bail outs". I think Cuomo enjoys having a battle of wits against an unarmed opponent! LOL..
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If your kids need a bedtime story tonight:
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9 minutes ago, Cerridwen said:
got tested for Covid while getting checked at the docs, they stick a swab so far up your nose it feels like it touches your brain
I went somewhere and got some white stuff up my nose. It felt okay, but sort of weird. LOL
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13 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said:57 minutes ago, wloutet said:
Interesting about the countries that have banded together to raise $11 billion to find a vaccine. Canada has said they will send about $850 million (I think). However, the United States has joined this consortium. Comments?
They have? The article that I read this morning said that the US wasn't part of this. Has that changed?
Sorry, I blew it. The US has NOT joined. I meant to write that, but didn't, I'll go back and edit it! THanks
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Remember something about teacher wages, they get to $75,000 only after a minimum of 15 years out of high school. That would be if they walked into a full time continuing job right after their University was over. They also had to pay for their training for at least 5 years. They work up to 50 hours a week for 40 weeks of the year. Now, here are the advantages: a decent wage, that DOES NOT increase if they do a better job. There is no extra pay if you coach or teach a drama class after school, unless you go to a private school like St. George's or Shawnigan. I coached over 80 high school teams over a period of 37 years or so, and it did not add 1 penny to my income. In fact, one year I spent $800 on new socks and shorts for the entire rugby team. Because of the coaching (10 weekends a year in basketball), my Sundays were my marking days. However, it is really hard to get fired for incompetence. So, you are fairly set up for a mid-level income. You can get a fully indexed 70% pension after 35 years. And, you have some decent holiday time. September to June you are rushed. July and half of August you relax. About August 15th or so, you start getting geared up for the new year. Also, you may have carried on with your learning in some fashion over the summer break, and of course that is unpaid too. It's a solid job, I did not complain, but it isn't for everyone.