Today in history, greetings, and social banter here. (More)
Pope Gregory IX excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II for refusing to participate in the Crusades today (1227). Also, Henry Robinson opened his Office of Addresses and Encounters in London’s Threadneedle Street (1650), the U.S. War Department established the first standing army, on the same day the first U.S. Congress adjourned (1789), the Metropolitan Police of London was founded (1829), the first practical electric public tramway opened in Blackpool, England (1885), the cornerstone was laid for the Washington National Cathedral (1907), the British Mandate for Palestine took effect (1923), the Duke vs. University of Pittsburgh football game on NBC became the first live, nationwide sports television broadcast (1951), Nikita Khrushchev’s outbursts disrupted a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (1960), Canada launched the Alouette 1 satellite (1961), the Argentine comic strip Mafalda premiered (1964), the Chevrolet Panther, now the Camaro, was introduced (1966), Japan ended diplomatic relations with Taiwan and opened relations with China (1972), Detroit’s WGPR became the world’s first black-owned and -operated TV station (1975), John Paul II became the first pope to visit the Republic of Ireland (1979), the first victims of the Tylenol Murders died in Chicago (1982), the Washington National Cathedral was completed (1990), Burt Rutan’s Ansari X Prize entry SpaceShipOne made the first of two successful flights needed to win the $10 million prize, on the same day the asteroid 4179 Toutatis passed within four lunar distances of Earth (2004), the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped a single-day record 777.68 points after the bankruptcies of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual (2008), and at least 189 people died as a magnitude 8.1 earthquake near Samoa triggered a tsunami in the South Pacific (2009). And 42 people were killed when Boko Harum terrorists attacked the College of Agriculture in Gujba, Nigeria (2013).
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Yesterday on Campus
Mixed Nuts – Trump, Trade, and White-Guy-Ness
Midday Matinee – Linda Lee with Random Thoughts
Campus Question – Trump’s debate prep … wait, Chelsea Clinton is 36 years old?!?
Today on Campus
Mixed Nuts – Trump Spent His Life Rehearsing for Monday’s Debate
YouTube Treasures – Lake Toba with Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species
Campus Question at 6pm ET
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Photo Credit: British Wildlife Centre
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Good morning! ::hugggggs::
Good morning, BPI! It’s currently a partly cloudy 39 degrees here, and it’s supposed to fairly warm today. We’re getting close to doing the concrete work, quite a bit of “clean the area” and doing some measurements are in store today, along with painting. The road in to our station has been getting a new bridge built all summer, and according to the highway people, today is the day they’re finally paving it and finishing the job.
Sounds like a full plate, Norbrook, but you forgot to add: after the Worker Comp paperwork is completed.
I used to love that dark, rich brown. I still like it but wouldn’t buy it for personal use. Too many picnic tables painted. Good luck.
Angela Merkel, Bibi Netanyahu, Justin Trudeau, Francois Hollande — just some of the foreign leaders Gary Johnson couldn’t name. On his show last night, Chris Mathews asked Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson to name ANY foreign leader, “from anywhere, Europe, Asia, Central America, South America, Africa, anywhere, name a leader. Johnson’s response, “I’m having an Aleppo moment.” Unbelievable! Millennials — please note!
Good grief! My niece is still posting about writing in Sanders. If we didn’t live in Minnesota we’d be having a big talk. She, an IT business analyst, is smart but beyond reason on Hillary. Otherwise, she is a fine Democrat with an Angie Craig lawn sign. She is 35. At least she isn’t a Johnson supporter.
Good Morning. We’ll be getting into the low 60s today. Yes. More pole replacement activity yesterday in the electrical “run” behind my campsite. They keep the areas underneath the wires cleared of trees. I watched the guy with a big scoop roll a boulder the size of my Saturn with great skill. I wondered how long it takes to get good at Boulder moving. He said he’d been doing it forever and couldn’t remember. He did grin though. I bet not many people get to see him work or appreciate it. I told him it’d be a great competitive event at a fair.
If you missed it yesterday, the NYT’s has a book review of a biography of Hitler. If you read it and replace Hitler with Trump, it is scary and too possible for comfort.
I have a massage later today. I am so looking forward to it.
Have a good one everyone!
And don’t forget, Linda, the Ryder Cup starts tomorrow in Hazeltine, Minn. How far are you from Hazeltine?
About 275 miles. If anyone went it’d be my oldest son.
Um, about that massage…
Giving or getting? 🙂 🙂 🙂
“Doctor Gardener’s Hot Baby Oil Full-Body Massage,” was the road to me losing my medical license you know… 🙂
Just teasing, have fun!
Getting one. Sorry about your medical license. 😉
I read some excerpts, Linda. S-C-A-R-Y with similarities to one Mr. Trump.
It takes a combination of the leader and the congress. I am worried about the composition of our House of Representatives and Senate. The Senate can’t even confirm Judges. .
Good morning!
We’ve a cold breeze out of the north, looks like from the pond, and 56.7 degrees… We had fun yesterday staying with the kids. It’s really odd how the day is divided, or not. Some days we were 50/50 with them, yesterday I spent with Ady, PW with Aurora… The little guy wears me out, he has SO much energy and curious? Well, I guess… We are truly blessed!
Did I see where a cop killed a 6 year-old by accident in a shooting? In the modern military, when stuff like that happens, they cease operations and have a “Stand Down,” to go over events and have some classroom time. It’s an excellent practice, IMO. I wish the cops and crooks would do the same.
Have a decent day. Hope all are well!
Best, G
OMG, that is terrible. Truly blessed is a good way to put it, G.
The number of police shootings has me so sad and slack jawed. I can’t even remember all the victims’ names. Maybe training in implicit bias will help but I’m thinking that the initial selection process really needs to be examined. Wearing blue should be about serving and not about shooting people by ‘mistake.’
Good morning! ::hugggggs::
It is 67 degrees and rain out the window. High of 70 degrees predicted. Same prediction for the next two days.
Just caught up with Steve Horvath’s cellular biological clock. He is studying the chemical and
structural modifications made to the genome that do not alter the DNA
sequence but that are passed along as cells divide and can influence how
genes are expressed. As cells age, the pattern of epigenetic
alterations shifts, and some of the changes seem to mark time. To
determine a person’s age, Horvath explores data for hundreds of
far-flung positions on DNA from a sample of cells and notes how often
those positions are methylated — that is, have a methyl group attached. What is next?
.http://www.nature.com/news/biomarkers-and-ageing-the-clock-watcher-1.15014
Good morning and hugggs to all. Late again. I hope I can get my schedule under control, but lately I seem to be sleeping late every morning.
Hope everyone has a blessed day. 🙂
Time to get going…
Enjoy your day, eh?