Fur flies over 16th century ‘rocket cats’ warfare manual
Researcher baffled by document written by artillery master Franz Helm featuring pictures of jetpacks strapped to cats and doves
Jetpacks in 1530?
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Monday Night Irish Class, March 3, 2014
Irish Class, March 3, 2014
Rang Gaeilge, 3ú lá Mí na Márta 2014
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Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé #5 — More from Chicago
Monday Night Irish Class, February 24, 2014
Irish Class, February 24, 2014
Rang Gaeilge, 24ú lá mí Feabhra 2014
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Wes’s Class
Wes was out sick, so Will took his class. Three of us from Will’s class assisted. I had an attack of imposter syndrome but managed to hide it.
Here are the official notes from Will:
GOP’s “inane” war on science
Plasma physicist congressman takes on the denialists
I met Rush Holt back in 1970, when we were both undergraduates at Carleton College, majoring in Physics.
Right-Wing Globe Contains Less Than Two Percent Of The Earth
Goals Gone Wild
From The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking, which I am reading now. Excellent book.
Too many books
In Church this morning some announced that there was a group being formed to read and discuss the recent book Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. I have heard good things about this and my first reaction was Sure, I should get the book, read it, and join the group. My second thought was Wait a minute, I am reading several books already. My third thought was Just how many books am I reading now? So I made a list. Here it is, in no particular order or organization:
Arizona State Senator Says He Opposes Common Core Because…
It has been cold and snowy here in Minnesota, but ….
2013 Is the Fourth Hottest Year on Record
Believe It Or Not, Last Month Was One Of The Hottest Januaries Ever Recorded
While the United States of America is a big country, its total extent is only about 2% of the Earth’s total surface area. Our local fluctuations do not mean much for the overall global totals.
Suicide Wave? Not really, just a consequence of innumeracy
MathBabe looked at JPMorgan suicide is 3rd mysterious death in weeks. The result is a clear debunking using simple mathematics: JP Morgan suicides and the clustering illusion
Apparently nobody at the New York Post thought about making this simple calculation.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 