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i. The news came by Internet, and then passed on by voice. Cecelia told me a great is gone. So, teardrops will fall. I am here today to mourn a most soulful and heartfelt musical talent. That is because Peter Green is dead at 73. I count him as a giant of the Blues. Certainly, among people from across the Atlantic, he was one of the bravest and brightest to contribute to the Blues. Green was the founder of what was and is now called “Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac” – convenient naming as the eventual, successful, and very Californian Fleetwood Mac bore slight resemblance to Green’s blues bashing open-for-anything original. That would be the late 1960s. Green and cohorts John McVie, Mick Fleetwood and Jeremy Spenser came out of the London blues scene of 1967 somewhat in the wake of Cream. Previously, Green had replaced Eric Clapton in John Mayall’s Blues Breakers, and had proved replacing “God” was possible, as Mayall’s band missed not a beat with Peter Green on guitar. ...

Exciting competition in the Trillium Stakes, a Grade 3 affair at Woodbine, July 18, 2020 (Race 8). At 1/1/16th mile. The winner was the able Souper Escape, held in the morning line at 10/1 but one of three horses that went off at 5/2 when the gates opened. The horse was  trained to a “T” by Michael Trombetta and ridden smartly by Luis Contreras. The horse did not have the highest Beyers numbers going in, but had consistent numbers. After Amalfi Coast’s (vet) scratch, the horse became the sole speed, and the jockey managed the pace artfully, while the trainer’s training evinced itself as the horse grew stronger down the stretch. I like the horse because of a profitable trainer angle (Trombetta does 34% in similar situations), the fact he was lone speed, and because the consistent numbers augured good form.  Also had the second placer, Painting, a come-from-behnider that was slow getting going, and all out for second. The winner led all the way setting fractions of: :24 and 4;...

Hospital data on coronavirus patients will now be rerouted to the Trump administration instead of first being sent to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed to CNN on Tuesday. https://t.co/R2SJStk3Jn — CNN (@CNN) July 15, 2020 Thinking people value data, as has been available on the Pandemic to help judge what one should do. Placed on a map it is very insightful, appearing in the news every day it is current, and it is the future of intelligent discourse. That is why I find it very alarming that the Trump Administration is sending its people into hospitals to gather Covid data. This is straight out of the Russian Disinformation catalog [for more on that,Ggoogle The Fog of Falsehood authored by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs which knows the Way of the Ruskies very frigging well.] He and crew have penchant for lies - I know whereof I speak because I recently Aced a Cognitive Test where I did better th...

The Parking Space A fellow is struggling to find an open parking space  in a crowded city. He has an important meeting. A half hours goes by as he is driving around and he is getting very frustrated. He's not very religious - has given up many of the ways of his folks.  But he needs a parking place, please, G*d. He decides to call on G*d. "Lord, I know I haven't been very reverent or faithful. I don't sit shiva. But," he says aloud as he drives around and around the block, "if you will find me a parking place, I will return to the synagogue." "Help me and I will be thankful. I will change my ways!" Just at that moment, he sees a parking place open up! And he says: "Oh! Wow! Never mind, Lord, I just found a space!" Cleaning the garage One Father’s Day past, visiting the home-house, with not much to offer in way of a gift. But, the same as in most any visit, I asked if there was a chore I could  help with, and ended up sweep...

Avant Garde was a pivotal magazine in its day - Testimonianze: libri e documenti dell'arte contemporanea | Asta 54 - Roma, giovedì 16 luglio 2020 https://t.co/Zl7yVwIxPy via @issuu — Jack Vaughan (@JackIVaughan) July 9, 2020

This is a view from Hingham Harbor looking toward Hull (Hull neck) and little Grape Island , with the Atlantic Ocean beyond. (Hingham was my family's home for 37 years - actually still is, cause its my brother's dear locale.) I took the picture a year ago today when I was embarking on new adventure. That was to semiretire, and start my own little writer's practice. Mark that, sailor! What an incredible year span it's been for the universe - like 1967-1968 - an agitating cycle. The meteor showers are coming as they always do, and I am concerned this July will be a whopper. To me, there is a reason that the Declaration of Independence and the Fall of the Bastille both happened in July.... and there is electric fire in the air - but I am going to trust in the Lord - and always look for better days. Yesterday, Massachusettes had Zero Coronavirus deaths to report - that I take as a sign. Pick a sign, any sign! I am listening to Bob Dylan's new record. This is so great...

[This also appears on our Progressive Gauge blog. ] - Few may have ever heard of Ted Fujita, the professor of meteorology who diligently researched the paths of tornados after arriving from Japan in the 1950s. But his work changed the way people in the United States prepare for weather, go about their lives and travel by air. His ways of analyzing wind, weather and related phenomena were unique, based on his own home-brewed forensic techniques. His mix of keen observation, statistical acumen and persistent pursuit of details are a guidepost for anyone pursuing any kind of analysis. Determination to counter and rise above the criticism of staid colleagues helped too. He brought to the world a greater understanding of tornados, which were still a near mystical event in the American Midwest in the early and middle 20th Century, but one that gained greater attention as military aviation and commercial air travel expanded. His endeavors also included a vital study toward the end of ...