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Fri Jun 12 06:00:01 EDT 2020 ======================================== Slept from nine-thirty to seven. Sunny in the morning, then partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs around 70. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Work ---------------------------------------- - Call Sherri Done. - Muck out email inbox Done. - Ask Heather if Jim's phone is still on his desk Done. His phone is still there. - Sign Tom W out of door fob system Done. - Order check scanner for MW? Done. - 2:30 PM weekly Entrata call Done. - Check on missing phase 1 monitors (and other phase 1 hardware) Done. - Approve phase 2 Dell PO Reviewed, but I had to email our Dell rep about a price problem. - Place final(?) Dell order No. Twenty-minute walk at lunch. Breezy, sunny, and warm. Home ---------------------------------------- - Buy stock Done. - Laundry? Done. Ed asked again if I'm up for drinking a few beers in his backyard this weekend. I just can't see doing in-person stuff until either I've been vaccinated, or an effective treatment is widely available, or Michigan has a credible contact tracing program. Granted, Michigan's cases have come down, but nothing has fundamentally changed about the pandemic yet. Good inspiration for a D&D dungeon: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellfire_Caves > The Hellfire Caves (also known as the West Wycombe Caves) are a network of man-made chalk and flint caverns which extend 0.25 miles (400 m) underground. They are situated above the village of West Wycombe, at the southern edge of the Chiltern Hills near High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, Southeast England. > They were excavated between 1748 and 1752 for Francis Dashwood, 11th Baron le Despencer (2nd Baronet), founder of the Dilettanti Society and co-founder of the Hellfire Club, whose meetings were held in the caves.[1] The caves have been operating as a tourist attraction since 1863 > The caves run into the hillside above West Wycombe village and directly beneath St Lawrence's Church and Mausoleum (which were also constructed by Sir Francis Dashwood around the same time the caves were excavated). West Wycombe Park, ancestral seat of the Dashwood family and also a National Trust property, lies directly across the valley. The caves' entrance resembled the façade of a mock gothic church.[2] This area can be viewed directly from West Wycombe House. > The unusual design of the caves was much inspired by Sir Francis Dashwood's visits to Italy, Greece, Turkey, Syria and other areas of the Ottoman Empire during his Grand Tour. The caves extend 0.25 miles (400 m) underground, with the individual caves or "chambers" connected by a series of long, narrow tunnels and passageways. > A route through the underground chambers proceeds, from the Entrance Hall, to the Steward's Chamber and Whitehead's Cave, through Lord Sandwich's Circle (named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich), Franklin's Cave (named after Benjamin Franklin, a friend of Dashwood who visited West Wycombe), the Banqueting Hall (allegedly the largest man-made chalk cavern in the world), the Triangle, to the Miner's Cave; and finally, across a subterranean river named the Styx, lies the final cave, the Inner Temple, where the meetings of the Hellfire Club were held, and which is said to lie 300 feet (90 m) directly beneath the church on top of West Wycombe hill. In Greek mythology, the River Styx separated the mortal world from Hades, and the subterranean position of the Inner Temple directly beneath St Lawrence's Church was supposed to signify Heaven and Hell. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/us/seattle-autonomous-zone.html > But facing a growing backlash over its dispersal tactics in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, the Seattle Police Department this week offered a concession: Officers would abandon their precinct, board up the windows and let the protesters have free rein outside. > In a neighborhood that is the heart of the city’s art and culture — threatened these days as rising tech wealth brings in gentrification — protesters seized the moment. They reversed the barricades to shield the liberated streets and laid claim to several city blocks, now known as the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone.” > “Take back your city NOW,” Mr. Trump wrote in a tweet directed at Mayor Jenny Durkan and Gov. Jay Inslee. “If you don’t do it, I will. This is not a game.” > Ms. Durkan responded with a tweet of her own: “Make us all safe. Go back to your bunker.” > The demonstrators have also been trying to figure it out, with various factions voicing different priorities. A list of three demands was posted prominently on a wall: One, defund the police department; two, fund community health; and three, drop all criminal charges against protesters. > But on a nearby fence, there was a list of five demands. Online was a list of 30. > While Mr. Floyd’s death in Minneapolis drove most of the energy in the streets toward ending police violence and racial injustice, some of those here in recent days have pushed for a wider focus. Some of the messages mirror the 2011 Occupy movement and seemed aimed at targeting corporate America for its role in social inequities. > On Tuesday night, Kshama Sawant, a City Council member affiliated with the Socialist Alternative Party, led protesters down to City Hall, holding a gathering inside the building in which she promoted her plan to tax Amazon, which is headquartered in the city. > But some of those who mobilized here over race and policing have begun to worry that these broader priorities could cloud the agenda at a time when vital progress for African-Americans seemed within reach. > “We should focus on just this one thing first,” said Moe’Neyah Dene Holland, 19, a Black Lives Matter activist. “The other things can follow suit. Because honestly, black men are dying and this is the thing we should be focusing on.” > John Moore, 23, said he hoped to see the autonomous zone become legally recognized. Mr. Moore wore a stethoscope and paramedic apparel in a makeshift health center set up on the patio of a taco restaurant. The medic team was looking for a more permanent space to provide health services, and Mr. Moore said they had dozens of people with a range of qualifications, from C.P.R. certifications to experience in a Level 1 trauma center. > Mr. Moore said the experiment in a place without police could work. > “We are trying to prove through action and practice that we don’t need them and we can fulfill the community’s needs without them,” he said. Callback to occupy Wall Street. Conflict over priorities — class and race. It's encouraging that almost everyone in the autonomous zone photos is wearing a mask. Chatted with Ed on Jitsi for a long time, and Jay joined for a while. https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/just-10-20-of-covid-19-cases-behind-80-of-transmission-studies-suggest/ > In the op-ed, Cowling noted that Japan—which has been relatively successful at managing the pandemic—has employed an anti-superspreading policy called the three Cs: Avoid (1) Closed spaces with poor ventilation, (2) Crowded places, and (3) Close-contact settings, such as close-range conversations. The risk for superspreading is highest in situations with all three Cs. > When Cowling and colleagues studied transmission in Hong Kong, which at the time had 1,038 cases, they found that those three Cs seemed to stand out. Superspreading played an outsized role in local transmission, with large clusters of cases linked to superspreading at bars, weddings, and temples. Other clusters linked to work parties, karaoke, and dinner parties. US tests / positive results (higher is better, ideally dozens): 22 16 18 25 18 21 22 19 23 22 23 23 20 20 25 (today) 3-day avg: 19 21 21 23 22 US new deaths: 1176 766 1008 613 875 1353 → 1186 → 989 → 656 → 469 → 1172 → 1015 → 909 → 1100 → 746 → 453 → 640 → 941 → 933 → 751 (today) 3-day avg: 1176 766 1008 613 875 MI tests / positive results (higher is better, ideally dozens): 28 65 31 99 46 54 75 4 163 25 36 54 1 54 71 (today) 3-day avg: 41 66 81 38 42 MI new deaths: 34 → 57 → 28 → 25 → 37 → 17 → 25 → 260 → 36 → 4 → 17 → 31 → 12 → 30 → 5 (today) 3-day avg: 40 26 107 17 16 Oakland county new deaths: 1 → 3 → 1 → 4 → 2 → 4 → 1 → 1 → 1 → 2 → 1 → 1 → 1 → 1 → 1 (today) 3-day avg: 2 3 1 1 1 Beaumont 5/11: COVID-19 patients: 322; COVID-19 ICU patients: 185; all patients bed occupancy: 70% Beaumont 5/14: COVID-19 patients: 315; COVID-19 ICU patients: 185; all patients bed occupancy: 72% Beaumont 5/18: COVID-19 patients: 283; COVID-19 ICU patients: 84; all patients bed occupancy: 71% Beaumont 5/21: COVID-19 patients: 255; COVID-19 ICU patients: 75; all patients bed occupancy: 76% Beaumont 5/25: COVID-19 patients: 215; COVID-19 ICU patients: 63; all patients bed occupancy: 57% Beaumont 5/28: COVID-19 patients: 227; COVID-19 ICU patients: 70; all patients bed occupancy: 68% Beaumont 6/01: COVID-19 patients: 178; COVID-19 ICU patients: 70; all patients bed occupancy: 61% Beaumont 6/04: COVID-19 patients: 163; COVID-19 ICU patients: 67; all patients bed occupancy: 65% Beaumont 6/08: COVID-19 patients: 130; COVID-19 ICU patients: 54; all patients bed occupancy: 55% Beaumont 6/11: COVID-19 patients: 132; COVID-19 ICU patients: 64; all patients bed occupancy: 70% Servings: grains 4/6, fruit 1/4, vegetables 2/4, dairy 1/2, meat 2/3, nuts 0/0.5 Brunch: egg and avocado wrap, banana, coffee Lunch: salami and avocado wrap, carrots Dinner: potato chips -33

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