Hereford wrote:
The house looks to be one of the smaller buildings on the homestead. Maybe an unhappy wife caused the downfall and abandonment.
The story of many old farmsteads: no children that wanted a life so hard... that had gotten an education and had better options than their father previously had.
Nice! What a beautiful waterfall.
Next year will possibly be the best chance most Americans alive today will ever have of seeing a total eclipse of the sun. It will be visible through a huge swath of the Southwest - where the weather in October is often clear and "sunny". Large cities such as San Anotnio and Albuquerque will be plunged into darkness - for a few minutes anyway. The relative location of the moon is expected to create a "ring of fire" effect during this eclipse.
Location of the eclipse: http://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/october-14-2023
A guide from "Mr. Eclipse" on photographing a solar eclipse: http://mreclipse.com/SEphoto/SEphoto.html
I am looking forward to it. The paths of some of the past few eclipses visible in the US have been in areas and seasons with high expectations of bad weather which have ended up dampening the event.
Is it real science? Hard to tell. Several years back legislation passed that blocked the CDC from doing any legitimate research on gun violence in America. That was a shame, because any research they did would be submitted for peer review. That is when a team of experts reviews the methods, the results, and the interpretation of the results, to make sure that the scientific principles followed were appropriate. This was unfortunate (regardless of what you might think of the CDC), because otherwise, we see weak "science". "Research" published in non-peer-reviewed publications should be met with some skepticism, and any published in paid publications should be even more questioned.
This "research" is a case in point. While I do not necessarily disbelieve their results, I have no way of knowing how valid their results are. An "online survey" can mean many things. The published article has no discussion of how the survey was conducted. Surveys are prone to large amounts of bias, and online surveys more so than in-person surveys. For example, in "sample bias", those selected for the survey - or those who self-select to respond to the survey - skew the results. A famous example of this is when Ann Landers asked her readers to answer the question: Are you happy or unhappy that you ever had children"? Something like 80% of the responses were "unhappy'. But in real life, 80% of parents are not unhappy that they ever had children - but those who are unhappy, who feel that they are the outliers - were more likely to answer this question. There is also "response bias" - do people answering the survey select an answer because that answer is expected of them?
So any discussion of a survey needs to go into great detail about how the participants were chosen, what questions were asked, and what steps were taken to eliminate bias and make sure that the survey was a random sampling.
In addition, the "journal" that this report was published in is apparently not peer-reviewed. From their website:
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So - do I believe the results of this survey - well, no, but I don't disbelieve the results either. It just makes me wish it was a legitimate source of information.
I have seen a number of posts this past week with a subject that goes something about "liberals" or "the left" being miserable, intolerant people with no friends. It seems interesting to me that all these posts seem to be by folks on the right that appear to be miserable and intolerant, and who apparently are in need of a life because of all the time they spend trolling on a photo blog. Possibly mostly incels. (Google it if you are not familiar with the term...)
Racmanaz wrote:
They had no problem with Biden doing the same thing by flying unaccompanied minors to other cities and states?
Well, I think they had things prepared for the migrants at the receiving end... But it is a well-played poker hand by Governor Abbott no doubt.
Nice set - it looks like you had a beautiful day!
Also be aware that all sorts of electronic devices that connect to your phone via Bluetooth or your wireless network ask permission (or maybe they don't ask...)to use ALL of the aps on your phone! Read the fine print for sure. I purchased a wireless OBD2 scanner that plugs into your car's diagnostic port and provides engine data in real time to an ap on your phone. I sent it back to Amazon after downloading the AP and having it requesting permission to access anything on my phone. I don't think so...