diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml index 65f64f82..40d03b04 100644 --- a/_config.yml +++ b/_config.yml @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -title: Blog -tagline: on GitHub Pages -description: Content-focused template for a blog hosted on GitHub Pages. -url: http://YourName.github.io +title: NolansBlogs +tagline: Accurate, Curated +description: Global, Local & International News. +url: http://scannerradio.github.io author: - name: Your Name - url: https://twitter.com/YourName - email: YourName@gmail.com + name: Nolan Tanzman + url: https://twitter.com/JewHefner_ + email: ClearlyElevated@iCloud.com # GitHub Pages / Jekyll configuration baseurl: '' diff --git a/_posts/2015-11-21-typesetting-math-in-texts.md b/_posts/2015-11-21-typesetting-math-in-texts.md deleted file mode 100644 index 3959e9a2..00000000 --- a/_posts/2015-11-21-typesetting-math-in-texts.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,289 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Typesetting Math in Texts ---- - -Basic math ----------- - -Whenever you typeset mathematical notation, it needs to have “Math” style. For -example: If $$a$$ is an integer, then $$2a+1$$ is odd. - -Superscripts and subscripts are created using the characters `^` and `_`, -respectively: $$x^2+y^2=1$$ and $$a_n=0$$. It is fine to have both on a single -letter: $$x_0^2$$. - -If the superscript [or subscript] is more than a single character, enclose the -superscript in curly braces: $$e^{-x}$$. - -Greek letters are typed using commands such as `\gamma` ($$\gamma)$$ and -`\Gamma` ($$\Gamma$$). - -Named mathematics operators are usually typeset in roman. Most of the standards -are already available. Some examples: $$\det A$$, $$\cos\pi$$, and -$$\log(1-x)$$. - -Displayed equations -------------------- - -When an equation becomes too large to run in-line, you display it in a “Math” -paragraph by itself. - -$$ -f(x) = 5x^{10}-9x^9 + 77x^8 + 12x^7 + 4x^6 - 8x^5 + 7x^4 + x^3 -2x^2 + 3x + 11. -$$ - -The `\begin{aligned}...\end{aligned}` environment is superb for lining up -equations. - -$$ -\begin{aligned} - (x-y)^2 - &= (x-y)(x-y) \\ - &= x^2 -yx - xy + y^2 \\ - &= x^2 -2xy +y^2. -\end{aligned} -$$ - -$$ -\begin{aligned} - 3x-y&=0 & 2a+b &= 4 \\ - x+y &=1 & a-3b &=10 -\end{aligned} -$$ - -To insert ordinary text inside of mathematics mode, use `\text`: - -$$ -f(x) = \frac{x}{x-1} \text{ for $x\not=1$}. -$$ - -This is the $$3^{\text{rd}}$$ time I’ve asked for my money back. - -The `\begin{cases}...\end{cases}` environment is perfect for defining functions -piecewise: - -$$ -|x| = -\begin{cases} -x & \text{when $x \ge 0$ and} \\ --x & \text{otherwise.} -\end{cases} -$$ - -Relations and operations ------------------------- - -- Equality-like: $$x=2$$, $$x \not= 3$$, $$x \cong y$$, $$x \propto y$$, - $$y\sim z$$, $$N \approx M$$, $$y \asymp z$$, $$P \equiv Q$$. - -- Order: $$x < y$$, $$y \le z$$, $$z \ge 0$$, $$x \preceq y$$, $$y\succ z$$, - $$A \subseteq B$$, $$B \supset Z$$. - -- Arrows: $$x \to y$$, $$y\gets x$$, $$A \Rightarrow B$$, $$A \iff B$$, $$x - \mapsto f(x)$$, $$A \Longleftarrow B$$. - -- Set stuff: $$x \in A$$, $$b \notin C$$, $$A \ni x$$. Use `\notin` rather - than `\not\in`. $$A \cup B$$, $$X \cap Y$$, $$A \setminus B = \emptyset$$. - -- Arithmetic: $$3+4$$, $$5-6$$, $$7\cdot 8 = 7\times8$$, - $$3\div6=\frac{1}{2}$$, $$f\circ g$$, $$A \oplus B$$, $$v \otimes w$$. - -- Mod: As a binary operation, use `\bmod`: $$x \bmod N$$. As a relation use - `\mod`, `\pmod`, or `\pod`: - - $$ - \begin{aligned} - x &\cong y \mod 10 \\ - x &\cong y \pmod{10} \\ - x &\cong y \pod{10} - \end{aligned} - $$ - -- Calculus: $$\partial F/\partial x$$, $$\nabla g$$. - -Use the right dots ------------------- - -Do not type three periods; instead use `\cdots` between operations and `\ldots` -in lists: $$x_1 + x_2 + \cdots + x_n$$ and $$(x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_n)$$. - -Built up structures -------------------- - -- Fractions: $$\frac{1}{2}$$, $$\frac{x-1}{x-2}$$. - -- Binomial coefficients: $$\binom{n}{2}$$. - -- Sums and products. Do *not* use `\Sigma` and `\Pi`. - - $$ - \sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{x^k}{k!} \not= \prod_{j=1}^{10} \frac{j}{j+1}. - $$ - - $$ - \bigcup_{k=0}^\infty A_k - \qquad - \bigoplus_{j=1}^\infty V_j - $$ - -- Integrals: - - $$ - \int_0^1 x^2 \, dx - $$ - - The extra bit of space before the $$dx$$ term is created with the `\,` - command. - -- Limits: - - $$ - \lim_{h\to0} \frac{\sin(x+h) - \sin(x)}{h} = \cos x . - $$ - - Also $$\limsup_{n\to\infty} a_n$$. - -- Radicals: $$\sqrt{3}$$, $$\sqrt[3]{12}$$, $$\sqrt{1+\sqrt{2}}$$. - -- Matrices: - - $$ - A = \left[\begin{matrix} 3 & 4 & 0 \\ 2 & -1 & \pi \end{matrix}\right] . - $$ - - A big matrix: - - $$ - D = \left[ - \begin{matrix} - \lambda_1 & 0 & 0 & \cdots & 0 \\ - 0 & \lambda_2 & 0 & \cdots & 0 \\ - 0 & 0 & \lambda_3 & \cdots & 0 \\ - \vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\ - 0 & 0 & 0 & \cdots & \lambda_n - \end{matrix} - \right]. - $$ - -Delimiters ----------- - -- Parentheses and square brackets are easy: $$(x-y)(x+y)$$, $$[3-x]$$. - -- For curly braces use `\{` and `\}`: $$\{x : 3x-1 \in A\}$$. - -- Absolute value: $$\vert x-y\vert$$, $$\vert\vec{x} - \vec{y}\vert$$. - -- Floor and ceiling: $$\lfloor \pi \rfloor = \lceil e \rceil$$. - -- To make delimiters grow so they are properly sized to contain their - arguments, use `\left` and `\right`: - - $$ - \left[ \sum_{n=0}^\infty a_n x^n \right]^2 = - \exp \left\{ - \frac{x^2}{2} \right\} - $$ - - Occasionally, it is useful to coerce a larger sized delimiters than - `\left`/`\right` produce. Look at the two sides of this equation: - - $$ - \left((x_1+1)(x_2-1)\right) - = - \bigl((x_1+1)(x_2-1)\bigl). - $$ - - I think the right is better. Use `\bigl`, `\Bigl`, `\biggl`, and the - matching `\bigr`, etc. - -- Underbraces: - - $$ - \underbrace{1+1+\cdots+1}_{\text{$n$ times}} = n . - $$ - -Styled and decorated letters ----------------------------- - -- Primes: $$a'$$, $$b''$$. - -- Hats: $$\bar a$$, $$\hat a$$, $$\vec a$$, $$\widehat{a_j}$$. - -- Vectors are often set in bold: $$\mathbf{x}$$. - -- Calligraphic letters (for sets of sets): $$\mathcal{A}$$. - -- Blackboard bold for number systems: $$\mathbb{C}$$. - -The text above is based on a paper by Edward R. Scheinerman[^1]. - -[^1]: - -A few more examples from mathTeX tutorial[^2]. - -[^2]: . - -$$ -e^x=\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{x^n}{n!} -$$ - -$$ -e^x=\lim_{n\to\infty} \left(1+\frac xn\right)^n -$$ - -$$ -\varepsilon = \sum_{i=1}^{n-1} \frac1{\Delta x} - \int\limits_{x_i}^{x_{i+1}} \left\{ - \frac1{\Delta x}\big[ - (x_{i+1}-x)y_i^\ast+(x-x_i)y_{i+1}^\ast - \big]-f(x) - \right\}^2dx -$$ - -Solution for quadratic: - -$$ -x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a} -$$ - -Definition of derivative: - -$$ -f^\prime(x)\ = \lim_{\Delta x\to0}\frac{f(x+\Delta x)-f(x)}{\Delta x} -$$ - -Continued fraction: - -$$ -f=b_o+\frac{a_1}{b_1+\frac{a_2}{b_2+\frac{a_3}{b_3+a_4}}} -$$ - -Demonstrating `\left\{…\right.` and accents. - -$$ -\tilde y=\left\{ {\ddot x \mbox{ if $x$ odd}\atop\widehat{\bar x+1}\text{ if even}}\right. -$$ - -Overbrace and underbrace: - -$$ -\overbrace{a,...,a}^{\text{k a's}}, -\underbrace{b,...,b}_{\text{l b's}}\hspace{10pt} -\underbrace{\overbrace{a...a}^{\text{k a's}}, -\overbrace{b...b}^{\text{l b's}}}_{\text{k+l elements}} -$$ - -Illustrating array: - -$$ -A\ =\ \left( \begin{array}{c|ccc} -& 1 & 2 & 3 \\ \hline -1&a_{11}&a_{12}&a_{13} \\ -2&a_{21}&a_{22}&a_{23} \\ -3&a_{31}&a_{32}&a_{33} -\end{array} \right) -$$ - -See [Wikibook on -LaTeX]() for more -examples. diff --git a/_posts/2015-11-24-texts-github-pages-blog.md b/_posts/2015-11-24-texts-github-pages-blog.md deleted file mode 100644 index 8840269d..00000000 --- a/_posts/2015-11-24-texts-github-pages-blog.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,80 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Texts + GitHub Pages = Blog ---- - -Follow simple [instructions]() to publish -your blog on GitHub Pages and write posts in Texts. - -Texts is “rich editor for plain text”—you can write documents in visual -interface and they will be saved in plain text format with Markdown markup. This -document shows some of the styles available in Texts. - -Images ------- - -![](<../images/radcliffe-camera.jpg>) - -Math ----- - -Formulas can be placed inline like $$E=mc^2$$ or in a separate paragraph, like -the following one. Standard LaTeX syntax is supported. - -$$ -\frac{n!}{k!(n-k)!} = \binom{n}{k} -$$ - -Code ----- - -Inline `code` gets monospaced font. - -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ruby -def print_hi(name) - puts "Hi, #{name}" -end -print_hi('Tom') -#=> prints 'Hi, Tom' to STDOUT. -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Press “Enter” key inside code block to insert a line break or “Shift+Enter” to -end code block. - -Footnotes ---------- - -Notes can be placed anywhere[^1] in the source file. When document is published -to a paper-oriented format (PDF or Word) footnotes are displayed at the bottom -of the page. E-book readers usually display notes in popups. - -[^1]: Yes, right here. - -Lists ------ - -- First bulleted item. - -- Second bulleted item. - -Lists can be styled via menu, keyboard shortcut, or using autoformatting: type -minus and space for bulleted item or “1”, point and space for numbered item. -Press “Tab” to indent paragraph and create subitem, “Shift+Tab” to unindent. - -1. First numbered item. - -2. Second numbered item. - -Tables ------- - -| **Features** | **Editable in Texts** | **Export to PDF** | **Export to HTML** | -|--------------|-----------------------|-------------------|--------------------| -| Basic Styles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | -| Footnotes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | -| Images | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | -| Tables | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - -Happy writing! -============== - -Got a question? Visit . diff --git a/_posts/2020-9-1-Heat-Warning.md b/_posts/2020-9-1-Heat-Warning.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0a8ef853 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2020-9-1-Heat-Warning.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +#### ISSUED: 1:06 PM SEP. 1, 2020 – NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE +...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH +TUESDAY AFTERNOON... + +---- + +* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with afternoon highs 100 to +110 for the Valley, and 95 to 105 for the foothills. Overnight +lows in the mid to upper 60s to around 80. + +* WHERE...Central Valley, Delta, foothills, and mountains +southwestern of Shasta County to western Colusa County. + +* WHEN...From Saturday morning through Tuesday afternoon. + +* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses such as heat exhaustion and +heat stroke can occur due to prolonged exposure to hot +temperatures, even to the general population. People most +vulnerable include those who spend lots of time outdoors, those +without air conditioning, young children, the elderly and those +with chronic illness. + +PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... + +Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates on this +situation. Be prepared to drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air- +conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives +and neighbors. + +Young children and pets should never be left unattended in +vehicles under any circumstances. This is especially true during +warm or hot weather when car interiors can reach lethal +temperatures in a matter of minutes. + +&& diff --git a/_posts/2020-9-2-Trump Conspiracy?.md b/_posts/2020-9-2-Trump Conspiracy?.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1360fde1 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2020-9-2-Trump Conspiracy?.md @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +--- +title: Trump Loves Conspiracys? +--- + +Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump has been a conspiracy theorist for years. Perhaps never before, though, has he pushed so many conspiracy theories at one time. + +With two months to go until Election Day, Trump is simultaneously promoting at least nine baseless conspiratorial tales -- about protests, about the coronavirus, about voting and about opponent Joe Biden -- while embracing believers in the QAnon conspiracy nonsense. +Here's a breakdown of what he's saying and why it's wrong. +Protests + +Thugs on a plane +In a Monday interview on Fox News, Trump told a story about what he claimed was a flight to Washington in which the plane was "almost completely loaded with thugs wearing these dark uniforms," people bent on causing destruction in the streets. +He repeated a version of the story on Tuesday -- but that time said the flight was traveling from Washington rather than to Washington. +Facts First: As of Wednesday, neither Trump nor anybody around him had presented any evidence for the story. +Wealthy funders +In the Monday interview, Trump suggested that violent protesters were being funded by "some very stupid rich people." This was similar to a claim he made earlier in August, when he alleged on Fox that antifa activists were being funded by the Democrats, billionaire George Soros or "other people." +Facts First: There is no basis for the claims that the Democrats, Soros or another wealthy mystery patron is funding antifa or violent protesters in general. +Some famous and wealthy people have donated to organizations affiliated with the Black Lives Matter racial justice movement, but that's not what Trump was insinuating. +The coronavirus + +On Twitter and in the Fox News interview (parts of which aired on Tuesday), Trump promoted a claim -- touted on Twitter by a supporter of the QAnon conspiracy theory -- that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had admitted that only 6% of reported Covid-19 deaths are people who "actually" died from Covid-19. +Facts First: Trump was wrongly describing the 6% statistic. The CDC simply said that 6% of Covid-19 victims' death certificates listed only Covid-19 as a cause of death. The other 94% of death certificates included other conditions as well -- but the presence of "comorbidities" does not mean Covid-19 didn't cause the death. +The CDC's chief of mortality statistics, Bob Anderson, noted in a statement to CNN on Wednesday that the other causes listed on Covid-19 victims' death certificates may include "chronic" conditions like hypertension and diabetes -- with which many people can live normal lives for years until a Covid-19 infection kills them. Anderson noted that the causes may also include problems that occurred because of Covid-19, like respiratory failure or pneumonia. +Anderson added in the email that "in 92% of all deaths that mention Covid-19, Covid-19 is listed as the underlying cause of death" -- "the condition that began the chain of events that ultimately led to the person's death." +Dr. Anthony Fauci, similarly, said on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Tuesday that the presence of comorbidities "does not mean that some who has hypertension or diabetes who dies of Covid didn't die of Covid-19. They did." Fauci said there should be no "confusion": "It's not 9,000 deaths from Covid-19. It's 180-plus thousand deaths." +Elections and voting + +The 2016 popular vote +Trump, who earned about 2.9 million fewer votes in the 2016 election than opponent Hillary Clinton, claimed in the Fox interview that he actually won the popular vote "in a true sense." Part of his reasoning: "I think there was tremendous cheating in California, there was tremendous cheating in New York and other places." +Facts First: This is false. There is no evidence of any mass fraud in California or New York in the 2016 election. +The general fairness of the 2020 election +In a speech to the Republican National Convention, Trump said, "The only way they can take this election away from us is if this is a rigged election." +Facts First: This is false. There is no evidence that the election is or will be rigged. Trump, who has been trailing for months in national polling, can certainly lose in a legitimate contest. +Mail voting in the 2020 election +Trump has repeatedly alleged in the last month that the increased use of mail-in voting this year will produce a rigged election. +He has tried to cast doubt on the safety of drop boxes where mail ballots can be deposited. He has claimed that foreign countries can easily interfere with mail voting. On Wednesday, he suggested that there is something nefarious about the fact that he may have a lead in votes counted on election night but then turn out to lose the election after mail ballots are counted in the following days. +Facts First: All of this is wrong. Mail voting is not rife with fraud; drop boxes are secure; experts say it would be extraordinarily difficult for foreign countries to interfere with mail ballots, and US intelligence has said there is no evidence they are even trying to do so; and there is nothing "rigged" about states taking time to count all of their votes. +Joe Biden + +Biden's independence +Trump, who has repeatedly tried to portray Biden as a puppet of the far left, went further in the Fox interview -- saying Biden's strings are being pulled by "people that you've never heard of. People that are in the dark shadows." +Facts First: This is pure nonsense. Biden's senior campaign staff is made up of Democrats, many of whom have been involved in Democratic politics for decades, and there's no basis for the claim that shadowy figures are controlling him. +Biden and spying +Trump has now dragged Biden into his frequent allegation that President Barack Obama spied on his 2016 campaign. He said on August 12: "... they spied on my campaign, President Obama, Biden and everybody else, and they got caught." +Facts First: There is no evidence Biden or Obama had any personal role in ordering the FBI surveillance of Trump's campaign, which came as part of its investigation of the campaign's relationship with Russia. +Biden and drugs +Trump alleged, in the Fox interview and in an interview with the Washington Examiner last week, that Biden is taking some sort of performance-enhancing drug or drugs. He told the Examiner that Biden could not possibly have improved so much in his final Democratic debate against Sen. Bernie Sanders without artificial help. +Facts First: This is more nonsense; there is no basis for the claim. Trump made a similar and equally groundless suggestion about Clinton during the 2016 campaign. diff --git a/_posts/2020-9-2-Washington-State-DOH-Update.md b/_posts/2020-9-2-Washington-State-DOH-Update.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1205d240 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2020-9-2-Washington-State-DOH-Update.md @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +Statement from the Department of Health + +The Washington State Department of Health is closely monitoring progress toward development of a vaccine for COVID-19. We are engaged in vaccine planning efforts and we will be ready to distribute a safe and effective vaccine as soon as the time comes. However, all vaccine candidates are still in clinical trials to determine their safety and efficacy. + +DOH’s position is that any COVID-19 vaccine should complete Phase 3 trials before being distributed, unless an independent board of scientists reviewing the data finds otherwise based on data from those trials. At this crucial juncture, it is incumbent upon the federal government to critically evaluate these new vaccines for their safety and efficacy in an unbiased way. + +In the meantime, DOH will continue working with federal and local partners to build the infrastructure needed for distribution. When a vaccine is ready, we will be prepared to deploy it in a manner ensure that is equitable, safe and timely for the people of Washington.