IT'S DESKTOP CLEARANCE DAY

From Worldometer (new deaths yesterday):

DAY USA WORLD Brazil India South Africa

June 9 1093 4732 1185 246 82

July 22 1205 7128 1293 1120 572

Aug 12 1504 6556 1242 835 130

Sept 3 1094 5886 830 1083 174
9 1208 6222 1136 1168 82

Oct 8 957 6420 730 967 160

21 1225 6849 571 703 85

Nov 4 1199 8192 276 511 74

11 1479 10178 564 550 60

17 1615 10502 676 472 118

18 1964 10970 754 587 124

Summary:

As predicted, getting worse for the USA. How do we compare with other countries?

New Cases

USA 173,768
India: 45,439
Brazil: 35,345

Deaths/million people

Belgium: 1278
Peru: 1068
Spain: 899
Brazil: 786
UK: 783
USA: 772
Mexico: 765
Japan: 15
South Korea: 10
China: 3
Taiwan: 0.3

In the U.S. many red states (followers of Donald Trump) are having real problems getting their citizens to wear masks. However:

South Korea reported a jump in COVID-19 cases recently. Six days above 100 new cases/day, but all below 200. Notice that the U.S. yesterday had 173,768 new cases. This surge in South Korea resulted in the announcement of a $90 fine for not wearing masks in public. This penalty from a country that has experienced 10 deaths/million, compared to the U.S. with 772 deaths/million.
Why are there so few cases and very little deaths in Taiwan? Remember, Taiwan has had only 0.3 deaths/million, a factor 2570 less than the U.S. On April 3 the fine for not wearing a mask on public transport could get you a $500 fine.

While those democratic countries are perhaps a bit more authoritarian, do you think, perhaps, that the White House Administration and Republican governed states should take this pandemic a lot more seriously? You don't need to totally close down the economy. There are problems with a lot of people in an indoor setting, and you can't really continuously wear masks in bars and restaurants, but you can enforce office and school mask-wearing.

My desktop is getting full. Here are some of the better ones. The rest, I'm deleting.

About China:

About Japan:

Hey, the USA, too, is advancing:

Mysteries about the Egyptian Pyramids:

The amazing onion:

Chinese geese/ducks are well-trained, but I guess where they end up?

Food prep:

Dogs:

A few about Donald Trump:

Monster mask:

Good news:

Cute dogs and cats:

Baby exercising:

My favorite #39 is the 1896 Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss. While the typical performance lasts for half an hour, you only remember the first few seconds. Of course, Stanley Kubrich's 1968 film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, is the reason why.

The first recording was made in 1935 by Serge Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The first stereophonic record was by Fritz Reiner with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1954.

Elvis Presley used this as his opening fanfare in 1973 in Honolulu. Here is Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite. That is the full one hour concert, with 3 minutes of explanation first.

HONOLULU TO SEATTLE

The story of the day is Hurricane Milton, now a Category 4 at 145 MPH, with a track that has moved further south and the eye projected to make landfall just south of Sarasota. Good news for Tampa, which is 73 miles north. Milton will crash into Florida as a Category 4, and is huge, so a lot of problems can still be expected in Tampa Bay with storm surge. If the eye had crossed into the state just north of Tampa, the damage would have been catastrophic. Milton is a fast-moving storm, currently at 17 MPH, so as bad as the rainfall will be over Florida, again, a blessing. The eye will make landfall around 10PM EDT today, and will move into the Atlantic Ocean north of Palm Bay Thursday morning. My first trip to Seattle was in June of 1962 just after I graduated from Stanford University. Caught a bus. Was called the Century 21 Exposition . Also the Seattle World's Fair. 10 million joined me on a six-month run. My first. These a...

OSAKA EXPO: Day One

Well, the day finally came for us to go to the Osaka Expo. We were told ahead of time that the long walks would be fearful, giant lines will need to be tolerated just to get into the Expo, with those ocean breezes, it would really be cold, and so forth. Maybe it was pure luck, but we avoided all the above warnings We had a grand day, and are looking forward to Sunday, our second day at the Expo. So come along for an enjoyable ride. Our hotel is adjacent to the Tennoji Station, a very large one with several lines. We upgraded our Suica card and caught the Misosuji red line towards Umeda. Transferred to the Chuo green line at the Hommachi Station. This Osaka Metro train took us to the Yumeshima Station at the Expo site. It was a very large mob leaving the train and heading to the entrance. Took only a few minutes to get to the entrance. This mob was multiplied by at least a factor of ten of those already waiting to enter. However...

WHY YOU SHOULD CONVERT TO A JAPANESE HIGH TECH TOILET

Did you know that Oktoberfest in Germany is mostly in September? The very first day of Oktoberfest 2021 was supposed to be today, September 18, extending into October 3. Well, as in 2020, Oktoberfest was cancelled. So why is it called by that month when it is held mostly in September? The first celebration in 1810 was in October. Did you also know that Oktoberfest is held only in Munich? These days seven million drink more than a liter ( about three typical cans ) of beer each, costing around $11. Except for my wife and I when we followed the crowd to board the S-Bahn to the fairgrounds near Old Town. It was drizzling a bit. We bought a large pretzel outside of a typical barn where beer is served. We did not know that you needed to get this inside the hall. So no one came to serve us beer. After a while we decided to have lunch, and the restaurant we settled on only served wine. Thus, we might have been the ...

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