Daily Shaarli
August 8, 2023
The argument against LNT is simple and conclusive. LNT cannot replicate both the increased cancer incidence we clearly see when a large dose is received over a very short period and the lack of detectable increase when the same or much larger doses are acquired over far longer periods.1 Any model that cannot do that must be rejected.
This means we must have a replacement. That replacement harm model must be well defined. Unless you can program your harm model, you do not have a model. No qualitative handwaving about unspecified thresholds and hormesis need apply.2 The replacement must allow one to compute the harm (eg Lost Life Expectancy) associated with a given plume and population distribution. LNT can do that. The replacement must as well.
At the same time, the replacement must recognize our ability to repair radiation damage, and the fact that repair takes time. LNT cannot do this. Einstein once said ``as simple as possible, but no simpler". The Sigmoid No Threshold Model (SNT) is about as simple as you can get and still replicate both the clear harm inflicted by a dose rate spike and the lack of detectable harm from the same dose spread over a long period. //
1 In some cases, LNT is off by more than a factor of 100.
2 Hormesis holds that small, properly timed doses of radiation can be beneficial, in much the same way as vaccines.
The NTSB has issued its final report on the incident, listing the probable cause as “the Hop-a-Jet flight crew taking off without a takeoff clearance which resulted in a conflict with a JetBlue flight that had been cleared to land on an intersecting runway.” The NTSB says the the aircraft were in closest proximity when the JetBlue flight was in its landing flare about 30 feet above ground level. //
The Hop-a-Jet crew correctly read back the controller’s instructions to Line Up and Wait (LUAW), but instead began their takeoff roll as they entered the runway. The image above is taken from a video recording made by the jump seat occupant on the JetBlue E190.
They found that those requiring a small cuff reported consistently low blood pressure readings. In contrast, those requiring a large or an extra-large cuff reported high blood pressure measurements with major errors. //
In the end, the experts concluded that the traditional, one-size-fits-all approach too often yields incorrect blood pressure readings that mislead medical professionals, resulting in incorrect diagnoses and health advice.
Davey Jones' Locker
12 hours ago
I don't know if you've read Rick Atkinson's trilogy on the African and European theaters of WWII, but I learned a lot from reading these books. //
Davey Jones' Locker Reddog
11 hours ago
Another great trilogy read is Ian Toll's War in the Pacific. The first book is The Pacific Crucible. Toll also authored one the best American history books I've read: Six Frigates. The beginning of the U.S. Navy.
(a) Braces ({}) are used to unambiguously identify variables. Example:
$ VARIABLE=abcdef
$ echo Variable: $VARIABLEVariable: abcdef
$ echo Variable: $VARIABLE123456
Variable:
$ echo Variable: ${VARIABLE}123456
Variable: abcdef123456
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Millard Fillmore White House Library @FillmoreWhite
No, it's flowing faster and shrinking.
"Petermann is generally thinning, retreating, and its flow is accelerating. The acceleration stretches and thins the glacier, which makes it more prone to fractures, or rifts, that can break and form an iceberg."
earthobservatory.nasa.gov https://t.co/3sytzszdeF
Retreat at Petermann Glacier
Decades of retreat are visible from above, but harder-to-see changes below the waterline could also affect this iconic glacier’s future.
How to add programs to chrooted shell environment template in Plesk?
The Court recognizes both the vital importance of a free press and the critical role that confidential sources play in the work of investigative journalists like Herridge. But applying the binding case law of this Circuit, the Court concludes that Chen’s need for the requested evidence overcomes Herridge’s qualified First Amendment privilege in this case.
Really now.
Regardless of how one feels about the press, its ability to work freely cannot be hindered by the government in any manner, including the allowance of legal action designed to silence media information sources. It bears mention that in a 2020 ruling in the matter, in the course of denying a Department of Justice request to dismiss the matter the court neither affirmed nor denied that the Privacy Act, under which Chen’ makes her claims, covers said claims.. //
While Herridge has made no public announcement regarding whether she will comply with the order instead of appealing the decision, one hopes she will not. This is important not only to her personally and professionally but to all genuine newsgathering efforts and national security itself. Without immunity from court-ordered harassment of such journalistic efforts, the Washington Post’s joke of the slogan “democracy dies in darkness” becomes chillingly real.
[[ is bash's improvement to the [ command. It has several enhancements that make it a better choice if you write scripts that target bash. My favorites are:
It is a syntactical feature of the shell, so it has some special behavior that [ doesn't have. You no longer have to quote variables like mad because [[ handles empty strings and strings with whitespace more intuitively. For example, with [ you have to write
if [ -f "$file" ]to correctly handle empty strings or file names with spaces in them. With [[ the quotes are unnecessary:
if [[ -f $file ]]Because it is a syntactical feature, it lets you use && and || operators for boolean tests and < and > for string comparisons.
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Tony Heller @TonyClimate
Greenland's Petermann Glacier has been growing about three meters per day for the past eleven years. This will not be reported by the
@nytimes
@NPR
or
@BBCNews
What are the 9 freedoms of the air?
What are transit rights and traffic rights?
Why are they vital to commercial aviation?
The freedoms of the air are a set of internationally recognized rights or privileges that govern the operations of commercial air services between different countries. The freedoms were laid down in the Chicago Convention of 1944 and are essentially designed to facilitate the movement of people and goods across borders in aircraft.
Of the nine freedoms, the first five are classed as the main ‘freedoms of the air’, and the remaining four are referred to as ‘special freedoms’.
We are in the midst of one of the most radical revolutions in American history. It is as far-reaching and dangerous as the turbulent years of the 1850s and 1860s or the 1930s.
Every aspect of American life and culture is under assault, including the very processes by which we govern ourselves, and the manner in which we live.
The Revolution began under the Obama administration that sought to divide Americans into oppressed and oppressors, and then substitute race for class victimization.
It was empowered by the bicoastal wealth accrued from globalization, and honed during the COVID lockdown, quarantine-fed economic downturn, and the George Floyd riots and their aftermath.
The Revolution was boosted by fanatic opposition to the presidency of Donald Trump.
And the result is an America that is unrecognizable from what it was a mere decade ago.
Here are 10 upheavals that the Left has successfully wrought.
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FREE EXPRESSION
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THE WEAPONIZATION OF JUSTICE
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THE ATTACK ON THE SUPREME COURT
We are in the midst of one of the most radical revolutions in American history. It is as far-reaching and dangerous as the turbulent years of the 1850s and 1860s or the 1930s.
Every aspect of American life and culture is under assault, including the very processes by which we govern ourselves, and the manner in which we live.
The Revolution began under the Obama administration that sought to divide Americans into oppressed and oppressors, and then substitute race for class victimization.
It was empowered by the bicoastal wealth accrued from globalization, and honed during the COVID lockdown, quarantine-fed economic downturn, and the George Floyd riots and their aftermath.
The Revolution was boosted by fanatic opposition to the presidency of Donald Trump.
And the result is an America that is unrecognizable from what it was a mere decade ago.
Here are 10 upheavals that the Left has successfully wrought.
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FREE EXPRESSION
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THE WEAPONIZATION OF JUSTICE
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THE ATTACK ON THE SUPREME COURT
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THE MEDIA DEMOCRATIC FUSION
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THE DESTRUCTION OF COMMON LAW
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THE EROSION OF THE MILITARY
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SEXES
The heterosexual male and female, marriage, and the nuclear family are all to be suspect. //
Sex, but not race, is constructed, and thus a matter not of biology but of individual choice.
- RACE, NOT CLASS
Racial inequality and lack of parity are due to “whiteness.” //
- DEBT IS A CONSTRUCT
Modern monetary theory proved that annual deficits and national debt are just a state accounting challenge.
So printing more money is an act that properly diminishes the value of existing capital improperly horded by parasitic profiteers.
Spreading the ensuing cash wealth to the more deserving and victimized is long overdue social justice. //
- UNIVERSITIES
It is now heresy that universities should be places of disinterested inquiry and inductive investigation. //
None of the above was true at the millennium; all are now — with more still to come.