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Post by james on Jun 14, 2020 13:13:02 GMT -5
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Post by Cornflake on Jun 14, 2020 14:27:47 GMT -5
I can actually tie a comment about music into a virus thread.
Today we watched our church's semi-live-streamed service. For the first time, there was choral music assembled from a couple of dozen choir members recording their parts individually. Diane was one of them. It came together very well.
Diane told me that there were complications in getting permission to record and replay the piece. I hadn't thought about it but of course there would be. The piece was "Old Hundredth." I would assume that by now the words and music are in the public domain. The arrangement probably isn't. It's been a while since I read a license for music but I would bet that the sheet music the church purchases ordinarily prohibits broadcasting a performance. Just because you can sing it in church doesn't necessarily mean you can put the result on the internet.
I ran into a twist on this when I was advising a community college. They wanted to hold some classes over the internet. Using copyrighted material in those classes is problematic. There's an exemption from the copyright laws for using copyrighted material in classroom instruction but the exemption is lost if you broadcast the class.
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Post by theevan on Jun 14, 2020 14:42:23 GMT -5
Another in-person service for us this morning.
There is a section in the main sanctuary reserved for those who want/need it, as well as the balcony. For the rest it is church as it always was. Laughter, tears, love, touches, hugs, singing, praying...
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Post by brucemacneill on Jun 14, 2020 14:58:22 GMT -5
I think this might be the way most people view the risk. There are so many distortions in this illustration, I don't even know where to begin. They left out "Living in a nursing home" and "Working at a meat packing plant". If they had added those the other bars would be invisible.
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Post by epaul on Jun 14, 2020 16:29:55 GMT -5
What North Dakota's and Minnesota's records so far show very clearly. Infection rates for young people are high and the consequences are low. Infection rates for old people are low and consequences are very high. I don't believe ND and MN are outliers, but I haven't paid any attention to other states (other than Montana, where Covid 19 is inconsequential across the entire spectrum... great place to move!) Again, solid numbers from one of the most thoroughly tested states in the country, ND (over 11% of the population, unique individuals, multiple-tested individuals only counted as one test... which isn't always/often the case): Covid 19 test results/deaths in the 20-29 and 29-30 age group. 1328 positive cases, no deaths. Covid 19 test results/deaths in the 70-70 and 80+ group. 312 positive cases, 63 deaths. www.health.nd.gov/diseases-conditions/coronavirus
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Post by epaul on Jun 14, 2020 16:39:05 GMT -5
But again, if you want to be really, really safe, Montana is the place you want to be. Not even South Korea can beat Montana. Great Place. Lot's of room, great doors!
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Post by majorminor on Jun 14, 2020 16:46:40 GMT -5
(other than Montana, where Covid 19 is inconsequential across the entire spectrum... great place to move!) No no no. I’m telling you it’s an absolute s***hole here! You’ll hate it!
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Post by billhammond on Jun 14, 2020 16:52:39 GMT -5
(other than Montana, where Covid 19 is inconsequential across the entire spectrum... great place to move!) No no no. I’m telling you it’s an absolute s***hole here! You’ll hate it! It's not a shithole unless the president says it is!
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Post by Cornflake on Jun 14, 2020 18:27:28 GMT -5
We're getting about twice as many new cases per day as we were in mid-May. Meanwhile, the high temperatures are routinely over 100. I'm beginning to speculate that summer heat may not do the trick.
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Post by aquaduct on Jun 14, 2020 18:45:13 GMT -5
(other than Montana, where Covid 19 is inconsequential across the entire spectrum... great place to move!) No no no. I’m telling you it’s an absolute s***hole here! You’ll hate it! We're telling everyone to go there. You think we want them here?
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Post by jdd2 on Jun 14, 2020 18:54:09 GMT -5
The hotspot states in the south and SW, in June, have put that "it'll fade away in the summer" dream to rest.
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Post by epaul on Jun 14, 2020 18:58:59 GMT -5
Dr. Fauci has stressed recently that the numbers to watch as states reopen is not the number of new cases but the number of #1, new hospitalizations, and #2, new deaths. (fine tune the hospitalizations numbers by cross-checking with average lenght of stay... increasing, decreasing.
A rise in new cases alone may just be an indicator of increased testing. Until testing is a constant, increases or decreases in cases is a squishy indicator.
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Post by epaul on Jun 14, 2020 19:15:05 GMT -5
Say, Don, have you considered perhaps moving to Montana? You would love the Mountains and I expect you would really take to fly fishing. And the people are real nice, most them are Californians, or soon will be. Talk to all your neighbors, there may be lots of Arizonians ready to move, and once they hear about the Montana advantage... Don't tarry!
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Post by Cornflake on Jun 14, 2020 20:54:46 GMT -5
epaul, yes, I've considered Montana. After I married an Arizona native, though, I knew it would never happen. Also, I took depositions in Missoula in the winter of '88. The temperature was below zero and a strong wind was blowing. It was pretty ghastly. The romantic allure of Montana took a dip.
You and Fauci are right. We had a big increase in testing in the first three weeks of May in particular. The new cases found as a result of that blitz have already been reported. The higher level of testing in general no doubt increases the numbers some but public-health officials say we're beyond that. It's people lowering their guard.
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Post by epaul on Jun 14, 2020 21:43:56 GMT -5
Steve says the winters have gotten a lot milder. Light fresh snows every other day, enough to keep the landscape glistening, but not enough to be a bother for travel or tax your new John Deere skid steer snowblower with heated cab and vibrating comfort seat.
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Post by Cornflake on Jun 14, 2020 22:12:25 GMT -5
Yeah, Steve talks about his banana crop too, but he's just trying to get people to move there.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2020 5:59:51 GMT -5
We have some land on Montana outside of Basin if anyone is looking at moving. There isn't anything on it, but we'll let you park there.
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Post by TKennedy on Jun 15, 2020 9:12:20 GMT -5
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Jun 15, 2020 10:54:12 GMT -5
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Jun 15, 2020 10:58:18 GMT -5
I went for a little bike ride yesrpterday. Passed a park in a residential area. 300-500 cars in the parking lot, with more trolling for non-existent parking spaces, and baseball fields crowded with multiple teams and maybe 800 spectators, non of which were social distancing. I see a bad moon rising.
By the way, my daughter and her boyfriend are in quarantine for three days after taking his Mom to the ER for suspected heart attack. Her heart was ok so they tested for Covid. Results on Tuesday and told the kids to quarantine.
Mike
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