Wishing everyone a safe and happy Memorial Day, as we remember those who gave their lives in service to our country for the securing and protection of the freedoms we enjoy. May the fallen rest in the Lord's peace.
Fifteen uncoupled simple pendulums of monotonically increasing lengths dance together to produce visual traveling waves, standing waves, beating, and (seemingly) random motion.
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The period of one complete cycle of the dance is 60 seconds. The length of the longest pendulum has been adjusted so that it executes 51 oscillations in this 60 second period. The length of each successive shorter pendulum is carefully adjusted so that it executes one additional oscillation in this period. Thus, the 15th pendulum (shortest) undergoes 65 oscillations. ...
Today's pro-life talk, from Monsignor O'Reilly, given in London on May 18th, 2011. About 75 minutes. Good stuff. In the latter half of the talk, Monsignor O'Reilly shares some real-life examples of the power of prayer:
Today's example of "When you're trying to get out of a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging" - Danish movie director Lars Von Trier goes off on an, uh, tangent during a presser at this year's Cannes Film Festival for his film Melancholia, starring actress Kirsten Dunst, who is sitting next to him at the press conference. Watch Ms. Dunst's obvious discomfort at Mr. Von Trier's remarks:
By the way, Ms. Dunst won the best actress award for her performance in Mr. Von Trier's film. Congrats to her.
Tonight's visual measurement video - some folks in Norway build a 4 meter (about 13 feet) tall light stick that responds to WiFi (wireless network) signals, and make light paintings of the variation in WiFi signal strength across various urban landscapes:
YAY! Lawdog's book is almost ready!
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I'm delighted to hear that Lawdog's first book is scheduled for publication
next month. Miss D. and I have been part of the cheerleading squad urging
him...
Disturbing
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I am deeply disturbed, not by the news that Justice Scalia has passed, but
by the reactions of so many of my acquaintances. The man died. His family
is gri...
Really, Japan? REALLY?
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I’ve heard it told that all the really strange stuff we see out of Japan is
even odd to the Japanese. So explain this. Who’s going to buy this stuff?
One o...
Petition of the day
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[image: Petition of the day]The petition of the day is: Town of East
Hampton, New York v. Friends of the East Hampton Airport, Inc. 16-1070
Issues: (1) W...
Conscience Driven Capitalism Revisited
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I haven’t written about Conscience Driven Capitalism in a while, but that
does not mean it is any less important to EveryEventGives. Our dream,
really, i...
FT 300: Top Registered Investment Advisers
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click for full list We are honored to announce that our firm, Ritholtz
Wealth Management, has been named to the FT 300 list for 2017. This is a
ranki...
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