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Building Luxury Apartments in a PANDEMIC

Building Luxury Apartments in a PANDEMIC

Remarkably construction of luxury apartments in Northern California (notably Santa Clara County) is continuing despite the coronavirus pandemic and widespread claims by authorities and the media that the coronavirus has an unusually high mortality rate compared to typical viruses and bacteria that cause deaths usually classified as pneumonia and influenza.

Links: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/cal…

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John F. McGowan, Ph.D. solves problems using mathematics and mathematical software, including developing gesture recognition for touch devices, video compression and speech recognition technologies. He has extensive experience developing software in C, C++, MATLAB, Python, Visual Basic and many other programming languages. He has been a Visiting Scholar at HP Labs developing computer vision algorithms and software for mobile devices. He has worked as a contractor at NASA Ames Research Center involved in the research and development of image and video processing algorithms and technology. He has published articles on the origin and evolution of life, the exploration of Mars (anticipating the discovery of methane on Mars), and cheap access to space. He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

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Doomsday Virus? Coronavirus Cases NOT Boosting Weekly Death Numbers…YET

Doomsday Virus? Coronavirus Cases NOT Boosting Weekly Death Numbers…YET

Doomsday Virus? Coronavirus cases are NOT boosting the weekly death numbers for pneumonia and influenza from the CDC and National Center for Health Statistics yet. This would be expected if the coronavirus is unusually deadly compared to other diseases that contribute to deaths categorized as pneumonia and influenza… YET! (Based on data through March 14, 2020)

CDC Pneumonia and Influenza Mortality Surveillance: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/#S2

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John F. McGowan, Ph.D. solves problems using mathematics and mathematical software, including developing gesture recognition for touch devices, video compression and speech recognition technologies. He has extensive experience developing software in C, C++, MATLAB, Python, Visual Basic and many other programming languages. He has been a Visiting Scholar at HP Labs developing computer vision algorithms and software for mobile devices. He has worked as a contractor at NASA Ames Research Center involved in the research and development of image and video processing algorithms and technology. He has published articles on the origin and evolution of life, the exploration of Mars (anticipating the discovery of methane on Mars), and cheap access to space. He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

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Why Don’t Shelter in Place Orders Apply to Luxury Apartment Construction Projects?

In this video I ask why Shelter in Place Orders in Northern California don’t seem to apply to luxury apartment construction projects. Public health authorities issuing the orders seem to claim the coronavirus (COVID-19) is unusually deadly compared to typical viruses, flus, common colds etc., even raising or implying the spectre of a super-disease such as the Black Death in Europe in the 14th century. Nonetheless, they seem to be allowing continuing luxury apartment construction projects with many workers in densely populated residential neighborhoods with families and children — some of the most expensive and wealthy neighborhoods in the world.

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John F. McGowan, Ph.D. solves problems using mathematics and mathematical software, including developing gesture recognition for touch devices, video compression and speech recognition technologies. He has extensive experience developing software in C, C++, MATLAB, Python, Visual Basic and many other programming languages. He has been a Visiting Scholar at HP Labs developing computer vision algorithms and software for mobile devices. He has worked as a contractor at NASA Ames Research Center involved in the research and development of image and video processing algorithms and technology. He has published articles on the origin and evolution of life, the exploration of Mars (anticipating the discovery of methane on Mars), and cheap access to space. He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

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Super Flu? Are Coronavirus Cases Increasing Weekly Death Numbers?

Super Flu? Are Coronavirus Cases Increasing Weekly Death Numbers?

This video reviews weekly death figures for pneumonia and influenza from the National Center for Health Statistics to see if the coronavirus is increasing weekly deaths as expected if coronavirus is unusually deadly.

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CDC Pneumonia and Influenza Mortality Surveillance: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/#S2

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John F. McGowan, Ph.D. solves problems using mathematics and mathematical software, including developing gesture recognition for touch devices, video compression and speech recognition technologies. He has extensive experience developing software in C, C++, MATLAB, Python, Visual Basic and many other programming languages. He has been a Visiting Scholar at HP Labs developing computer vision algorithms and software for mobile devices. He has worked as a contractor at NASA Ames Research Center involved in the research and development of image and video processing algorithms and technology. He has published articles on the origin and evolution of life, the exploration of Mars (anticipating the discovery of methane on Mars), and cheap access to space. He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

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Coronavirus Death Numbers in Context (March 17, 2020)

This is a short video about current coronavirus (COVID-19) United States death numbers on March 17, 2020 compared to expected deaths from similar diseases usually categorized as influenza and pneumonia.

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John F. McGowan, Ph.D. solves problems using mathematics and mathematical software, including developing gesture recognition for touch devices, video compression and speech recognition technologies. He has extensive experience developing software in C, C++, MATLAB, Python, Visual Basic and many other programming languages. He has been a Visiting Scholar at HP Labs developing computer vision algorithms and software for mobile devices. He has worked as a contractor at NASA Ames Research Center involved in the research and development of image and video processing algorithms and technology. He has published articles on the origin and evolution of life, the exploration of Mars (anticipating the discovery of methane on Mars), and cheap access to space. He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

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A Brief History of Virus Scares

A Brief History of Virus Scares

(C) 2020 by John F. McGowan, Ph.D.

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John F. McGowan, Ph.D. solves problems using mathematics and mathematical software, including developing gesture recognition for touch devices, video compression and speech recognition technologies. He has extensive experience developing software in C, C++, MATLAB, Python, Visual Basic and many other programming languages. He has been a Visiting Scholar at HP Labs developing computer vision algorithms and software for mobile devices. He has worked as a contractor at NASA Ames Research Center involved in the research and development of image and video processing algorithms and technology. He has published articles on the origin and evolution of life, the exploration of Mars (anticipating the discovery of methane on Mars), and cheap access to space. He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

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How to Highlight Text in An Image as Spoken Using the LibreOffice Impress Presentation Software

(C) 2020 by John F. McGowan, Ph.D.

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John F. McGowan, Ph.D. solves problems using mathematics and mathematical software, including developing gesture recognition for touch devices, video compression and speech recognition technologies. He has extensive experience developing software in C, C++, MATLAB, Python, Visual Basic and many other programming languages. He has been a Visiting Scholar at HP Labs developing computer vision algorithms and software for mobile devices. He has worked as a contractor at NASA Ames Research Center involved in the research and development of image and video processing algorithms and technology. He has published articles on the origin and evolution of life, the exploration of Mars (anticipating the discovery of methane on Mars), and cheap access to space. He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

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How to Highlight Text in an Image Using LibreOffice

How to Highlight Text in an Image Using LibreOffice

This is a short video on how to highlight text in a bitmapped image such as a JPEG or PNG image using the Free Open Source LibreOffice Draw program available on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

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John F. McGowan, Ph.D. solves problems using mathematics and mathematical software, including developing gesture recognition for touch devices, video compression and speech recognition technologies. He has extensive experience developing software in C, C++, MATLAB, Python, Visual Basic and many other programming languages. He has been a Visiting Scholar at HP Labs developing computer vision algorithms and software for mobile devices. He has worked as a contractor at NASA Ames Research Center involved in the research and development of image and video processing algorithms and technology. He has published articles on the origin and evolution of life, the exploration of Mars (anticipating the discovery of methane on Mars), and cheap access to space. He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).