Today in history, greetings, and social banter here. (More)
Self-proclaimed emperor Macrinus banished Julia Maesa to her home in Syria, where she and her daughter Julia Soaemias began planning the restoration of Rome’s Severan Dynasty (218). Also, Count Baldwin IX of Flanders was crowned Baldwin I of Constantinople, the first emperor of the Crusade-era Latin Empire (1204), citizens of Florence drove out the House of Medici for the second time and reestablished their republic (1527), Thomas More resigned his post Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII (1532), 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, the future Louis XVI, married 14-year-old Marie Antoinette (1770), the Treaty of Bucharest ended the Russo-Turkish War and added Bessarabia to the Russian Empire (1812), the authoritarian absolutists of Dom Miguel I were defeated by the progressive constitutionalists of Dom Pedro at Asseiceira, the decisive engagement of Portugal’s Liberal Wars (1834), 1000 pioneers set out from Elm Grove, Missouri in the first major wagon train on the Oregon Trail (1843), Congress replaced the half-dime coin with the nickel (1866), the Senate acquitted President Andrew Johnson on impeachment charges (1868), 139 people died as the Williamsburg Reservoir dam burst and the Mill River flooded four towns in Massachusetts (1874), the French Parliament passed a vote of no confidence against the prime minister appointed by Royalist President Patrice MacMahon, who days earlier had dismissed the Parliament’s chosen prime minister (1877), Nikola Tesla delivered a lecture on the generation of alternating current (1888), the International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, featuring the world’s first long-distance transmission of three-phase electrical current (1891), Brooklyn Field Club defeated Brooklyn Celtic 2-1 to win the first National Challenge Cup, now soccer’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (1914), Congress passed the short-lived Sedition Act that made criticizing the government in wartime a felony (1918), Benedict XV canonized Joan of Arc (1920), the first Academy Awards were given (1929), El Al Israel airline began the first regular transatlantic flights between New York City and London (1951), U.S. journalist William Oatis was released after 22 months of a 10-year sentence for espionage in Czechoslovakia (1953), Theodore Maiman operated the first optical laser at Malibu’s Hughes Research Laboratories (1960), Park Chung-hee seized power in the coup d’état that ended South Korea’s Second Republic (1961), China’s Communist Party issued the declaration that began the Cultural Revolution (1966), the Soviet Venera 5 probe landed on Venus (1969), Josip Tito was elected President for Life in Yugoslavia (1974), Sikkim became India’s 22nd state, on the same day Junko Tabei became the first woman to summit Mount Everest (1975), UNESCO adopted the Seville Statement on Violence (1986), Elizabeth II addressed a joint session of Congress, the first British monarch to do so (1991), 45 people were killed as 12 suicide bombers struck Casablanca, Morocco (2003), Kuwait’s National Assembly voted to permit women’s suffrage (2005), Nicolas Sarkozy was inaugurated as President of France (2007), STS-134 launched at Kennedy Space Center, the last flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavor and the penultimate flight of the 30-year shuttle program (2011), and 12 people were killed when two bombs exploded in the Gikomba market area of Nairobi, Kenya (2014). And 2 people died when a passenter train struck a tractor-trailer that was stuck on a crossing in Ibbenbüren, Germany (2015).
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Yesterday on Campus
Morning Feature – Who Are the Real ‘Bathroom Police?’ (Ask Ms. Crissie)
Campus Question – On Sunday State Press This Face: Would a Trump-Gingrich ticket be a black hole ego mass?
Our Earth – Eco News Roundup
Today on Campus
Things We Did This Week – Share your stories of political activism!
Mixed Nuts – What Happens in Vegas…
Midday Matinee – Linda Lee with Freedom
Campus Question at 6pm ET
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Good morning!
Good morning! It’s a mostly cloudy 33 degrees here, and expected to hit near 50 today. We have a (sigh) light dusting of snow on the ground, but that should disappear shortly. I’m off to the field in a short while. On today’s agenda, finish the water system set-up, get some repair parts for some plumbing and fix the plumbing, and get a few other things set up. I also have to see if we’re allowed to get things at the hardware store (budget delays), or if I have to put in an order for them. Everyone have a good day!
The local plumbers say you’ve only gotta know 3 things to be a plumber. (Stuff) flows downhill, payday’s Friday, the boss is a sonofa(gun)… Plumbing in cold weather isn’t too much fun. May the Force be with you!
I’ll just add that when someone is replacing the wax ring on a downstairs toilet, it is not a good idea to use and flush the upstairs toilet.
I hope it all goes well for you, Norbrook. And I hope you can get what you need at the hardware store without waiting.
Have a good day. 🙂
I have camp charging privileges at the local hardware store. It certainly makes my life and my boss’s life much easier. He is 50 miles south of me and I am handy enough to fix little stuff.
Remember the cool basement and stairway that I posted pics of a couple of days ago? Well, I have to rebuild it all over again, from (almost) zero. Sigh.
I won’t bore you with technical details, but I made some mistakes while I was building it. I couldn’t see those mistakes until I moved it from Hexagon (my 3D modeling software) to DAZ Studio (my 3D imaging software). Apparently these are not mistakes I can undo, for technical reasons, so I have to start all over.
But I’m not (quite) starting from zero. I learned a lot of skills along the way, so it should be easier to build this time.
The learning curve is very frustrating….
Good morning! ::hugggggs::
Dang, I missed that…
Here’s a wide-angle pic of the basement:
http://bpicampus.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/BasementStairs.png
And here’s a close-up view of the base of the stairway:
http://bpicampus.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/BasementStairDetail.png
That’s what it *should* look like. Alas, the stairway stringers have an extraneous face that doesn’t show up here — but does show up in DAZ Studio — and the texture ‘maps’ that tell DAZ Studio how to place patterned images (like wood paneling and carpeting) are a complete mess. And apparently there’s no way to fix them. I just have to start all over. 🙁
Good morning! ::hugggggs::
That’s quite an amazing build. I’m so sorry there’s no easy fix. That just s*cks.
“There’s no easy fix” is the most discouraging part of the process.
In a video game, if you make it through Level One you can usually save your progress. So if you lose in Level Two you at least don’t have to repeat Level One again.
This feels like a video game with no save option. Yes, I saved what I’ve done so far, but the mistakes seem to be embedded in stuff that can’t be undone. So I have to dump it and start again.
Good morning! ::hugggggs::
Ah, time for the line,”Thanks for the lesson.” I am so sorry for you that this happened because I saw a. bit of just how much work it takes to build a set. FYI this is how graphic novels etc get built.
This seems to be an exercise in infinite patience. I suppose at some point I’ll reach a level of competence sufficient to finish this basement set with enough quality that it could sell. Right now it feels like I’m spinning my wheels….
Good morning! ::hugggggs::
I hope it works better this time. It’s awful when something doesn’t work and you have to start all over again. 🙁
On principle I hate learning curves. Necessary, but seldom fun.
Good morning!
We’ve light rain and 53 degrees. About a half an hour ago we had a red sky in the east, it’s been raining for 15 minutes or so… This afternoon Aurora gets her plaster casts removed and will get “boots and braces,” I think it’s called. It’s a modern day wonder, a testament to the compassion, creativity and ingenuity of the human race… For the families involved, it’s also extremely stressful and horrific… We’ll eat an early lunch,PW and I, then head in to care for Ady while little sister has her appointment. In the meantime,it’s supposed to rain for 2 days, I’ve the back porch project to occupy my time and plenty of wood to cut, fit, and install. I’m a lucky man! (A la Allison Kraus?)
Hoping all are well!
Best, Mr. Outadata
That’s a big step moving from plaster casts to boots and braces. I hope Aurora adjusts rapidly.
As for her family… my heart is with you all.
Great news about Aurora’s progress. Does Ady have his little house yet? Have fun working on the porch project.
Good morning! Huggs if you want them. Chrissie will have to claim hers.
Bright sun shine at 46 degrees. High of 67 predicted with rain tomorrow.
Why did the Hillery folks steamroller the NV Sstate convention? Are three delegates now worth loosiing in the long run?
Steamrolling will have to be proved. It appears 58 of the Bernie delegates were not registered Democrats in the state by May 1. When asked to provide their credentials and addresses, they failed to do so. If this proves true, then there is no further argument. If this proves false, then something needs to be done.
We will have to await further developments.
What can one person do to make the world a better place? A shining example out of India, where a 17 yr old man saw a problem and spent the next 30 years fixing it:
He has now built a 1365 acre forest, and plans to start another:
http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/indian-man-who-planted-1360-acre-forest-now-plans-plant-another.html
Hugggs and good morning, everyone. 🙂
Wow and good for him! What an achievement and a story to inspire all of us.
Good Morning! We finally ran out of rain! Yea! We will have sunshine and highs in the mid 50s. I am counting my blessings, amongst which are two nice walleye fillets dropped off by my boss yesterday. He was fishing in the snow so these are extra special.
We have a very full garage for the sale next Saturday and most everything is priced. Last year we raised just over $2000 for scholarships for high school girls.
Is anyone else sick of the endless primaries? I’m beginning to hate Tuesdays and that is irrational.
Hope everyone has a great day!
It sounds like your empower group is going to create another nice scholarship fund for this year. 🙂
Enjoy those fresh walleyes. I was wondering if anyone fished in the sleet and snow. Now I know.
Enjoy your day!