marmara, thomas guide, road grade
24-03-14 Don't Kill the Cat! Episode 9 - choo-choo!
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Timestamps
00:00 uhh... hello
00:13 DKTC!
00:16 opening
00:20 "rushing spoils the job"
00:45 marmara - geography / history
03:35 sea of marmara - geography / history
06:16 thomas guide - navigation / travel
09:36 grade / slope - transport / city planning
13:55 closing
14:01 DKTC!
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Social Media
- contact - https://instagram.com/kuchesezik
- https://youtube.com/dktc0
- https://odysee.com/@dktc
- https://rumble.com/c/c-5352710
- https://dailymotion.com/dktc
- https://instagram.com/dktc0
- https://tiktok.com/@dktc000
- https://twitch.tv/kuchesezik
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Materials
Reference
- https://search.brave.com
- https://wikipedia.org
- https://duckduckgo.com
- https://goodreads.com
- https://etymonline.com
- https://knowyourmeme.com
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Resources
- Boris the Cat - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mime_cat.jpg
- https://wikipedia.org
- YouTube Automatic Subtitles - only the source language subtitles have been proofread and edited; you can take advantage of automatically translated subtitles in over 40 other languages but keep in mind there might be errors and unintelligible inconsistencies
- Apple macOS Terminal
- DeepL Translator
etymology (bulgarian):
- https://chitanka.info/text/3316-byrza-rabota-sram-za-majstora
road angle:
- https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-maximum-gradient-allowed-on-the-road
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Memes
- R. Kelly - Ignition (Remix) - Chocolate Factory (2003)
- Dave Chapelle - Pee on You (Remix) - Chapelle's Show (2003)
- Not Bad Obama (2011)
Soundtrack
- Matt Uelmen - Desert - Diablo II Soundtrack (2000) - https://youtu.be/P3ZrN-m7VJA
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Gear / Tools
- https://tinyurl.com/ystrwcya
__________
Timestamps
00:00 uhh... hello
00:13 DKTC!
00:16 opening
00:20 "rushing spoils the job"
00:45 marmara - geography / history
03:35 sea of marmara - geography / history
06:16 thomas guide - navigation / travel
09:36 grade / slope - transport / city planning
13:55 closing
14:01 DKTC!
__________
Social Media
- contact - https://instagram.com/kuchesezik
- https://youtube.com/dktc0
- https://odysee.com/@dktc
- https://rumble.com/c/c-5352710
- https://dailymotion.com/dktc
- https://instagram.com/dktc0
- https://tiktok.com/@dktc000
- https://twitch.tv/kuchesezik
__________
Materials
Reference
- https://search.brave.com
- https://wikipedia.org
- https://duckduckgo.com
- https://goodreads.com
- https://etymonline.com
- https://knowyourmeme.com
__________
Resources
- Boris the Cat - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mime_cat.jpg
- https://wikipedia.org
- YouTube Automatic Subtitles - only the source language subtitles have been proofread and edited; you can take advantage of automatically translated subtitles in over 40 other languages but keep in mind there might be errors and unintelligible inconsistencies
- Apple macOS Terminal
- DeepL Translator
etymology (bulgarian):
- https://chitanka.info/text/3316-byrza-rabota-sram-za-majstora
road angle:
- https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-maximum-gradient-allowed-on-the-road
__________
Memes
- R. Kelly - Ignition (Remix) - Chocolate Factory (2003)
- Dave Chapelle - Pee on You (Remix) - Chapelle's Show (2003)
- Not Bad Obama (2011)
Soundtrack
- Matt Uelmen - Desert - Diablo II Soundtrack (2000) - https://youtu.be/P3ZrN-m7VJA
__________
Gear / Tools
- https://tinyurl.com/ystrwcya
Transcript
00:06Oh, it's really dark.
00:10Hello and welcome to
00:13"Don't kill the cat!"
00:15number nine.
00:16We're about to look into a series of very curious topics.
00:20The quote of this episode is in Bulgarian.
00:23A job that is rapidly done is shameful for the master craftsman that does it,
00:28for the professional or specialist,
00:31meaning that if you do something too fast, then you're probably going to make mistakes.
00:36This quote is actually contradictory to the one from the previous episode.
00:39Gather what you will from them both
00:41to determine how you're going to handle about your business.
00:45Today's episode is kind of interesting, in the sense that the three topics are slightly connected
00:50and have to do with geography.
00:51The etymology, actually
00:53we're going to be looking at the etymology of the first topic.
00:55There's a sea. It's right below the Bosporus, so it's within Turkey,
01:01even though there are two straits that separate mainland Turkey from the Bosporus region.
01:09It's called and I guess in Turkish, the original name is Marmara.
01:13But what was interesting to me is that the Bulgarian nomenclature is
01:18Marble sea. It translates to marble sea. Sea of marble.
01:22Which maybe it could be a coincidence, but let's see.
01:25The Sea of Marmara is named after the largest island on its south side called Marmara Island
01:33Because it is rich in marmal ...marmle - marmelade... marble!
01:39So, Greek "marmaron" - marble.
01:42And I think that there is a Greek name Marmaris.
01:47Oh interesting. It's a different part of Turkey,
01:50and I'm sure that the name has a Greek origin because as we know that this was
01:54where ancient Greece extended to.
01:56Oh, Rhodes.
01:57Marble, Turkish - mermer.
02:01We could maybe there's a connection between murmuring as well.
02:23Marble trade.
02:24In classical antiquity, it was known as Propontis from the Greek words pro - before, pontus - sea.
02:31Interesting, pont, so point, pont, point, translates to sea?
02:36Like a port?
02:37Reflecting the fact that the ancient Greeks used to sail through it to reach the Black Sea,
02:42which they called Pontos. Oh, so this is "before Pontos".
02:45In Greek mythology, a storm on the propontis brought the Argonauts back to an island they had left,
02:53precipitating a battle in which either Jason or Heracles killed King Sysius,
03:00who had mistaken them for his Pelasgian enemies.
03:04So it's right above the Aegean Sea.
03:08So we're looking at Marmaris as well, the etymology.
03:11During the period of Beylik of Mantens, the city became known as Marmaris,
03:18a name derived from the Greek "marmaron" - marble, Turkish - mermer,
03:23in reference to the rich marble deposits in the region and the prominent role of the city's port and marble trade.
03:35The Sea of Marmara, also known as Sea of Marmara, or the Marmara Sea,
03:42is an inland sea located entirely within the borders of Turkey.
03:48It connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea via the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles Straits,
03:56separating Turkey's European and Asian sides.
03:59So mainland Turkey is, I guess, considered a part of Asia, even though it's
04:04practically in Europe, or at least the Arabian region.
04:08It has an area of 11,350 km².
04:13Dimensions are 280 km by 80 km. Its greatest depth is 1,378 meters.
04:21So it goes deep. There's compression in the tectonic plates.
04:26So maybe that's what causes the extreme depressions within the faults
04:31and a mountain, I guess, along Turkey's north side.
04:34So here are some images.
04:38Here are some statistics - facts, as they call them.
04:42This one was interesting.
04:43Algael bloom on the Sea of Marmara,
04:46rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in freshwater or marine water systems.
04:52You can see it from above. It's really interesting, it outlines all the currents.
04:57I wanted to read some history, but I'm not seeing any.
05:00The Turkish Straits are two internationally significant waterways in northern Turkey.
05:07The Straits create a series of international passages that connect the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas to the Black Sea.
05:14They consist of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus Straits. The Straits are on opposite ends of the Sea of Marmara.
05:23Part of the sovereign sea territory of Turkey and are treated as Turkish internal waters.
05:30Located in the western part of the landmass of Eurasia, the Straits are
05:35conventionally considered the boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia,
05:41as well as the dividing line between European Turkey and Asian Turkey.
05:46Owing to their strategic importance in international commerce, politics and warfare,
05:53the Straits have played a significant role in European and world history.
05:57Since 1936, they have been governed in accordance with the Montrux Convention.
06:02Crucial international waterways, in particular for the passage of goods coming in from Russia.
06:12So, Turkey is playing war games with the straits - it has been, at least.
06:16This episode is particularly special because of the connection between the three topics.
06:21They all have to do with travel or geography as I said.
06:25The Thomas Guide.
06:31Thomas Guide is a series of paperback spiral-bound atlases featuring detailed street maps of
06:38various large metropolitan areas in the United States.
06:42The map books are usually arranged by county.
06:45For example, separate Thomas Guides have been published for Los Angeles County and
06:50San Diego County.
06:52There are also guides that will have two or three counties combined,
06:57for example, Los Angeles and Orange County.
06:59Each guide has a detailed index of streets and points of interest as well as aerial maps
07:05for easy page location.
07:07It's hard to imagine what it is without actually seeing it.
07:11This is pretty much how we used to do map navigation before there was the internet and GPS.
07:17Thomas Guides were a local icon in Southern California for decades with many companies
07:22including the Thomas Guide map grid information for their locations and the other pages listings
07:28and other advertisements.
07:30After January 2004, many important things in the guides were cut to save money.
07:35The valued POI index was no longer updated, thinner and cheaper paper was used in the
07:41map guides, the Irvine source department was closed and no customer corrections
07:46were taken or recorded.
07:48Many guides were no longer printed yearly.
07:50The book name was dropped to just Thomas Guide and colors changed to match
07:56Rand McNally colors, the company that purchased them, and product line releases.
08:01The popular map store was closed at Irvine building which was the last TBM store to close.
08:08An updated Thomas Guide
08:09was published in 2021, three years after its previous update.
08:13Larry Thomas, majority owner of the Thomas Maps brand noted that California state legislation
08:19requires police and fire vehicles to carry Thomas guides and that the brand sold
08:251000 to 1500 guides per year.
08:28So it means that everyone's relying on their internet now.
08:32Oh they have a lot of regions documented.
08:35They started printing these maps in 1915.
08:39It's crazy, it's a very useful tool.
08:41Of course.
08:41So this is pretty much what it is.
08:43It's a really thick book binder that, it's like a ring binder that you have a detailed
08:52index where you find the specific location that you're going to be going to,
08:56and then you go to the page that it says that it's on and you look for the specific directions,
09:02the specific streets and roads which you're going to turn at.
09:04And it's easy in the US because all streets have name plates, their names on each
09:10And it's easy in the US because all streets have name plates, their names on each corner, each crossing.
09:15So you know which street you're on and which street you want to turn on.
09:19It's unfortunate that it's gone overboard but it was really...
09:23I remember my father used this in the early days.
09:27Here it is and it gives you area codes as well.
09:29So that's the Thomas Guide.
09:30Here it is.
09:33This is the page number which each of these areas is on.
09:36And the last topic, random topic, is grade or slope of road.
09:49The grade, US or gradient UK, also called stepth, slope, incline, mainfall, pitch or rise
09:59of a physical feature, landform or constructed line refers to the tangent of the angle
10:06of the surface to the horizontal.
10:08It is a special case of the slope where zero indicates horizontality, a larger number indicates
10:16higher or steeper degree of tilt.
10:19Often slope is calculated as a ratio of rise to run or as a fraction, see rise over run,
10:28in which run is the horizontal distance, not to the distance along the slope
10:34and rise is the vertical distance.
10:37Okay that was a bunch of math talk but anyway.
10:40Oh, and here's the image. Slopes of existing physical features such
10:44as canyons and hillsides, stream and river banks and beds are often described as grades
10:52but typically the word grade is used for human made surfaces such as roads, landscape grading,
11:00roof pitches, railroads, aqueducts and pedestrian or bicycle routes.
11:06The grade may refer to the longitudinal slope of the perpendicular cross slope.
11:13A bunch of math here.
11:15Okay, examples of slopes in various notations.
11:19So I wanted to see examples of what's considered possible for vehicles to climb.
11:28So here it says 25 degrees for a railway, 30 degrees for a railway, what is this?
11:3647°? Cable cars, okay.
11:41So we're seeing 20° maximum grade. What's a rack railway?
11:50It's another small cart type of vehicle.
11:54So 16°, 17°, a 30 percentage of slope I guess is already considered an extremely
12:07steep road, very steep road is 14°, steep road is considered 11.3°,
12:175° is considered a steep road so maybe it has a different effect on vehicles,
12:24it's harder to climb up a road if it's too steep for the vehicle.
12:2910% slope warning sign in the Netherlands, what was 10%?
12:3410% is 5° so just considered a steep road, 7% Finland,
12:4225% Wales, yeah 18%.
12:52Environmental design: grade, pitch, and slope are important components in landscape design,
12:57garden design, landscape architecture, and architecture
13:00for engineering and aesthetic design factors.
13:03Drainage, slope stability, circulation of people and vehicles, complying with building
13:08codes, and design integration are all aspects of slope considerations in environmental design.
13:14So here it's in a fraction.
13:16Steepest railway that do not use a rack system, 13.5 is the steepest in Portugal.
13:28So I guess it's easier for trains to move up a slope than it is for vehicles I guess.
13:36Quora says 7% by law in the US.
13:39Federal interstate systems but up to 15% for local roads.
13:46Meaning? We love our tables! So 15% is about 8° and 7% is about 4°.
13:55Okay.
13:56Thank you for joining me on episode number 9 of...