November 7, 2016 Open Thread; October Revolution Day
November 7 is the 311th day of the year. There are 54 days left.
11-7 is 7-11 backwards, go spill a Slurpee into the slurpifier machine
Today's number is 7
7 is a prime (the 4th prime)
999,999/7 = 142,857. Any fraction consisting of an integer divided by 7 will have a repeating decimal consisting of those digits in that order starting at a different, determinable digit unless the numerator is an even multiple of 999,999 or 7. For example, 1/7 = 0.142857142857..., 2/7 = 0.285714285714..., 3/7 = 0.42857142857....
The short-cut is to multiply 0.142857 by the remainder of the long division, and then repeat that decimal component. Thus, the fractional part of 11/7 is 4/7 = 4 x 0.148257 repeated, generating 0.571428571428571428 etc.
This arithmetic oddity was something of a pain for accountants in days of yore because the shortest depreciable life to generate the maximum investment tax credit was 7 years. As a result, 7 was a very popular useful life and the computation of 150% and 200% declining balance depreciation would involve using a rate of either 1.5 x 1/7 or 2 x 1/7.
7 is the most likely result from rolling 2 regular 6 sided dice.
7 is a come out win in craps
7 is neutral pH
7 is Nitrogen
Old No. 7 is
There are 7 days in a week, 7 colors in the rainbow, 7 seas, 7 continents, 7 Wonders of the ancient world, 7 Dwarves, Rome's 7 hills, the Plieades, and
There were Seven Samurai
and therefore
And the magnificent Lotus 7 & super 7.
Seven is and has been a magik and magikal number in many of cultures and religions. I'm just going to take a pass on all of it.
The sole exception is that the Seventh Son is present throughout the US blues and folk genres.
Title 7 of the US Code is AGRICULTURE
7 BCE was the Year of the Consulship of Nero and Piso
Emperor Cheng of Han and his royal consort Zhao Hede died
7 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Metellus and Nerva
Caesar Augustus was emperor and appointed Publius Quinctilius Varus (yep, that Varus) governor of Germania. Varus almost immediately created a lot of dissension among the various and sundry German tribes, just as he had pissed off the residents of Syria and Judea when stationed in those outposts. This would bite him in the ass in 9 CE at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest where some of said German tribes annihilated him and his 3 legions. The Romans did, much later, recover their 3 "Eagles", but never again had a 17th, 18th or 19th legion.
On this day in:
1665 -- The first publication of the London Gazette
1874 -- Thomas Nast represented the GOP by an elephant in a cartoon in Harper's Weekly, it stuck.
1885 -- Canada completed its first transcontinental railway
1893 -- Women won the right to vote in Colorado
1910 -- The first cargo shipment by air
1914 -- The first publication of The New Republic
1916 -- Jeannette Rankin became the first female US Congressperson.
1917 -- The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution
1919 -- The first of the Palmer Raids
1929 -- MOMA opened to the public
1940 -- The Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed in a wind storm
1944 -- FDR was elected to a fourth term
1956 -- The UN adopted a resolution calling for Israel, France and the UK to get their troops out of Egypt
1967 -- Carl B. Stokes became the first black mayor of a major US city (Cleveland)
1973 -- Congress passed the War Powers Resolution over Nixon's veto. It has yet to be enforced.
1989 -- Douglas Wilder became the first black governor of a US state (Virginia)
1989 -- David Dinkins became the first black mayor of NYC
1990 -- Mary Robinson became the first female President of the Republic of Ireland
2000 -- Al Gore lost the Presidential election, or didn't, as the case may be
Born this day in:
1728 -- James Cook, captain, navigator, and cartographer
1832 -- Andrew Dickson White, co-founder of Cornell
1867 -- Marie Curie, chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1878 -- Lise Meitner, physicist and academic who should've shared Otto Hahn's Nobel Prize
1879 -- Leon Trotsky, theorist and politician, founded Red Army, had affair with Frida Kahlo
1886 -- Aron Nimzowitsch, chess player and theoretician
1888 -- C. V. Raman, physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1893 -- Margaret Leech, historian and author, won a pulitzer
1913 -- Albert Camus, philosopher, journalist, absurdist and author, Nobel Prize laureate. L'etranger
1915 -- Philip Morrison, astrophysicist and academic, dirty commie
1918 -- Billy Graham, preacher
1921 -- Lisa Ben, singer, songwriter and journalist, created Vice-Versa, a seminal lesbian publicatin
1922 -- Al Hirt, trumpet player and bandleader
1926 -- Joan Sutherland, soprano
1938 -- Dee Clark, singer and songwriter
1942 -- Johnny Rivers, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1943 -- Joni Mitchell, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1949 -- David S. Ware, saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
Died this day in:
1962 -- Eleanor Roosevelt, humanitarian and politician,
1981 -- Will Durant, historian
1994 -- Shorty Rogers, trumpet player and composer
2006 -- Johnny Sain, baseball player and coach, "Spahn & Sain & pray for rain"
Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such:
October Revolution Day
So, for music we gots:
Al Hirt
Joan Sutherland
Dee Clark
Johnny Rivers
Joni Mitchell
Davis S Ware
Shorty Rogers
7
Al Hirt
If you thank that was silly here's
Joan Sutherland (& friends)
Dee Clark
Johnny Rivers
Joni Mitchell
Davis S Ware
Shorty Rogers
7
OK, what's on your minds?
Just for grins:
I'll be out of town when this posts, but I'll drop in as soon as I get back.
Comments
The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman
A fine movie
"The justness of individual land right is not justifiable to those to whom the land by right of first claim collectively belonged"
many seven wonders
The Original Seven Wonders of the World
1. The Colossus of Rhodes: A statue of the Greek sun god Helios. Built in the city of Rhodes in 280 BC, the nearly 100-foot-high statue was destroyed in an earthquake in 226 BC.
2. The Great Pyramid of Giza: With construction that ended around 2560 BC, the pyramid is the oldest of the original seven wonders. The massive structure still stands in Egypt.
3.The Hanging Gardens of Babylon: With little historical documentation, not much is known of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. They may be mythical, they may have been built by king Nebuchadnezzar II around 600 BC, or they may have been located in the Assyrian city of Nineveh by king Sennacherib around 700 BC.
4. The Lighthouse of Alexandria: Built around 280 BC, the Lighthouse of Alexandria stood around 400 feet tall and was the tallest building in the world for centuries. It was damaged by several earthquakes, and in 1480 its ruins were used to construct the Citadel of Qaitbay, a fortress that still stands on PHaros Island.
5. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus: Located in today's Bodrum, Turkey, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was built as the tomb of Mausolus around 350 BC. The structure was destroyed by a series of earthquakes between the 12th and 15th centuries.
6. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia: Built sometime around 435 BC by the Greek sculptor Phidias, the statue stood over 40 feet tall and represented Zeus on a cedar throne. The work was ornamented with gold and ivory. The statue was lost or destroyed sometime in the 5th century although the exact nature of the work's loss remain unknown.
7. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus: Located in eastern Turkey, the Temple of Artemis's age is unknown, for it was rebuilt several times. The third temple, and the one referenced by the Greeks as a wonder of the world, was constructed beginning in 323 BC. The structure was destroyed by the Goths in 268 AD.
Less interesting are:
The Seven Wonders of the Modern World
1. Channel Tunnel: The 50 kilometer tunnel running under the English Channel to connect England to France.
2. CN Tower: The 533 meter-high needle-like tower in downtown Toronto, Canada. At the time of its construction in 1976, it was the tallest building in the world.
3. Empire State Building: The iconic skyscraper in Manhattan, New York City. The 102-story building was the tallest in the world from 1931 to 1970.
4. Golden Gate Bridge: San Francisco's iconic bridge first opened in 1937 and was the world's longest suspension bridge for nearly 30 years.
5. Itaipu Dam: Located on the border of Brazil and Paraguay, the Itaipu Dam is the second largest in the world for energy generation.
6. Netherlands North Sea Protection Works: A massive series of dams, levees, locks, and barriers that protect the low-lying Netherlands from the sea.
7. Panama Canal: Completed in 1917, the massive engineering project connects the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. A new and larger canal opened in 2016.
Seven Natural Wonders of the World
In 1997, CNN announced a listing of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World...
1. Grand Canyon
2. The Great Barrier Reef
3. The Harbor at Rio de Janeiro
4. Mt. Everest
5. Northern Lights
6. Paricutin Volcano
7. Victoria Falls
The "New" Seven Wonders of the World
On July 7, 2007 (7-7-07) an organization announced a "new" set of the Seven Wonders of the World based on online voting from around the world...
1. Chichen Itza, Mexico - Mayan City
2. Christ Redeemer, Brazil - Large Statue
3. The Great Wall, China
4. Machu Picchu, Peru
5. Petra, Jordan - Ancient City
6. The Roman Colosseum, Italy
7. The Taj Mahal, India
I guess it all depends on what you are wondering about?
Thanks for the number fun el!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Ray Charles with Willie Nelson
I played in a band in the Santa Cruz mountains for a few years.
We played Old Number 7... One of the band leaders favorite songs. We also did "Shades", which was a favorite of mine, and a girl named 'Whitney, who led and sang that one. I don't run across many people that are familiar with Devil Makes Three...thanks for posting it!
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
You scared me!
I had this vision of Ted in a white beard and red suit. They might want to consider a name change.
There is no such thing as TMI. It can always be held in reserve for extortion.
Thanks for the Miles
Davis.
"You can't just leave those who created the problem in charge of the solution."---Tyree Scott
Having coffee in wifi enabled lobby, thanks for all of
the great contributions, you folks. Will be back later.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
(No subject)
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
7!
The Four Tops...
Love
and I don't necessarily endorse this one by Paul Evans
let's cleanse the palette with more Dee Clark