July 10, 2017 Open Thread; Nikola Tesla Day
July 10 is the 191th day of the year. There are 174 days left.
Today's number is 10
10 is the base of the decimal number system. Since many others such as 12 make more sense, we must assume that it is because humans have 10 manual digits.
10 years is a decade, well, 10 anything, sort of, though "decad" also means a set or group of ten
To reduce something by 10 is to decimate.
10 is the sum of the first 4 integers
That might be why bowling is also known as ten pins
10 is the sum of the first 3 primes (2,3,& 5)
A polygon with 10 sides is a decagon
A crustacean with 10 legs is a decapod
A person with 10 or more vices is decadent (needs a citation)
10 is neon
10 is also Capricorn which is also a sea goat
A specific selection of 10 track & field events is a decathalon
10 yards is a first down in US football
The end zones in US football are 10 yards deep
The Rim of the hoop in roundball is 10 feet high
The highest score possible is often 10
Bo Derek may or may not have been a perfect 10.
10 High is a barely potable, but inexpensive, whiskey
The "10-Code", good buddy, is numerical shorthand used by cops, emergency responders, truckers and CW artists
Tennis has nothing to do with the numeral 10.
10 factorial is 3,628,800, the number of seconds in 6 weeks
10 Years after is both a book and a band
10 cents (US) is a "dime", as in
Just One Thin Dime, one Tenth of a Dollar:
And, there were once Ten Thousand Maniacs
Title 10 of the US Code is ARMED FORCES.
10 BCE
was the Year of the Consulship of Maximus and Antonius
Claudius, the future emperor, of PBS fame, was born
10 CE
was the Year of the Consulship of Dolabella and Silanus
Illyria was split into Pannonia and Dalmatia.
Ovid completed Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto
Wang Mang outlawed the private purchase and use of crossbows
Hero of Alexandria was born
On this day in:
1499 -- Nicolau Coelho returned to Lisbon having found the sea route to India with Vasco da Gama.
1821 -- The US took possession of Florida
1913 -- The temperature in Death Valley hit 134 F
1925 -- Meher Baba began his 44 year silence
1925 -- The Scopes Trial began
1940 -- The Vichy government was established
1951 -- Negotiations to end the Korean War began
1962 -- Telstar was launched
1966 -- The Chicago Freedom Movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., held a rally at Soldier Field
1985 -- Assassins of the French DGSE bombed and sunk the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland killing Fernando Pereira.
1991 -- Boris Yeltsin took office as President of Russia
1992 -- Manuel Noriega was sentenced to 40 years for pissing off his former boss and the US' first CIA president, Bush the elder. This was the first application of the Bush doctrine, according to which the US can pass extraterritorial laws and edicts governing the behavior of foreign citizens and governments within their home countries and enforce such edicts and laws by military invasions, kidnappings, and other acts of war.
Born this day in:
1509 -- John Calvin, preacher
1723 -- William Blackstone, lawyer and judge
1804 -- Emma Smith, religious leader
1830 -- Camille Pissarro, influential painter
1832 -- Alvan Graham Clark, astronomer and telescope maker who discovered Sirius B
1834 -- James Abbott McNeill Whistler, painter famous for his mom
1856 -- Nikola Tesla, physicist, engineer, and inventor
1871 -- Marcel Proust, writer
1875 -- Mary McLeod Bethune, activist and educator, started what became Bethune-Cookman U.
1878 -- Otto Freundlich, sculpter and painter
1891 -- Edith Quimby, medical researcher and physicist, a founder of nuclear medicine
1895 -- Carl Orff, composer
1897 -- Legs Diamond, businessman
1905 -- Mildred Benson, author (Nancy Drew)
1907 -- Blind Boy Fuller, Piedmont Blues guitarist and singer
1911 -- Cootie Williams, trumpet player and bandleader
1920 -- David Brinkley, journalist
1920 -- Owen Chamberlain, physicist, co-discoverer of anti-proton
1921 -- Harvey Ball, illustator and recognized creator of the smiley face
1921 -- Eunice Kennedy Shriver, activist and co-founder of the Special Olympics
1922 -- Jean Kerr, author and playwright
1931 -- Alice Munro, author
1938 -- Lee Morgan, trumpet player and composer
1939 -- Mavis Staples, THE Mavis Staples
1943 -- Jerry Miller, guitarist, singer and songwriter
1947 -- Arlo Guthrie, singer, songwriter, guitarist, activist
1974 -- Imelda May, singer and songwriter, plays: bodhran, guitar, bass guitar and tambourine. She has a truly bodacious bodhran
Died this day in:
0138 -- Hadrian, Roman emperor, walled off the Scots
1851 -- Louis Daguerre, photographer and physicist, invented the daguerreotype
1941 -- Jelly Roll Morton, pianist and bandleader
1954 -- Calogero Vizzini, Sicilian mafia leader
1979 -- Arthur Fiedler, conductor
1987 -- John Hammond, record producer and activist
1989 -- Mel Blanc, voice of nearly all but Fudd
Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such:
Nikola Tesla Day
Silence Day (Meher Baba)
TESLA !!
So, for music Meher Baba Tellstar Noreiga Carl Orff Blind Boy Fuller cootie Williams Lee Morgan Mavis Staples Jerry Miller Arlo Guthrie Imedla May Jelly Roll Morton Arthur Fiedler John Hammond Mel Blanc-
(insert 44 years of silence here)
Scopes
Tellstar
Noreiga
Carl Orff (sort of)
Blind Boy Fuller
Cootie Williams
Lee Morgan
Mavis Staples
Jerry Miller
Arlo Guthrie (Now lissen up, Tim)
Imedla May
Jelly Roll Morton
Arthur Fiedler
John Hammond - the people he "discovered" will boggle your mind
Mel Blanc
Bonus:
Blind Boy Fuller
Mavis Staples
Another side of Imelda May:
What an Ornament sounds like:
I'm somewhere on the road to the sierras and will not participate, sorry, but not so much 
Comments
Have a great trip el
beware of fires as you travel the Sierras.
Hey Brother can you spare a dime?
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCtIEeO-NrY]
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Enjoy el...
in hospital after open heart surgery, the nurses would ask "from one to ten, what's your pain level?
Screamed, "ten."
Do enjoy the mtns. and thanks for the OT!
Thanks for the good wishes, and have a nice week.
Hey - have a nice forever too.
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 --
Morning EL
Really impressive OT this morning... Not expected early on a Monday.
Happy Tesla Day!
Enclosed is an image a building mural from my former town of ST. Petersburg, Fl.
The reflection is perfect and shows the street and behind the traffic light is a view of the baseball stadium.
I want a Pony!
FYI...
The artist is Carrie Jadus...The piece is called 'Resonance'.
http://www.carriejadus.com/
I want a Pony!
Thank you. Enjoy your day too.
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 --
Etta Baker:
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReZ8-OpYogI]
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
Thanks.
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 --
I guess
, that the Title doesn't appear anywhere. That's the One Dime Blues.
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
OOPS - when I wrote that today was travel day, but today,
tomorrow is. Today is, instead, final get ready. No fires on my route yet.
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 --
Eastern or Western Sierras
now I'm being nosy, curious if you are going to go over any passes, which ones. Last road trip I did was 395 and it gobsmacked me, the valley views were so awesome from waay up high. Tioga Pass campground was snowed in June so we kept going down to Yosemite. omg we were so lucky, they opened the campground almost the moment we pulled up, so we go a choice spot for three nights there too no reservations required.
Have a great trip, east or west it is all incredibly beauitiful. We are lucky to live near it, I think. Bon voyage tomorrow.
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"Another Juan Brown Adventure" I watched this vid with sound off at 1.5 speed, quite enjoyed it. All the "stuff" kind of gives me the creeps now, but did enjoy riding along with Juan and seeing the back roads and views.
Adventure Bike Packing 5 Day 1000 Miles Ca. Nv. Or. Honda CB500X Rally Raid
Some minor quibbles:
1992 -- Manuel Noriega was sentenced to 40 years for pissing off his
formerboss and the US' first CIA president, Bush the elder. This was the first(???) application of the Bush doctrine, according to which the US can pass extraterritorial laws and edicts governing the behavior of foreign citizens and governments within their home countries and enforce such edicts and laws by military invasions, kidnappings, and other acts of war."I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
Greetings Bisbonian,
Long time no see. Looks like Wednesday is the 100th anniversary of the Bisbee Deportation.
Are you going to be in town for the commemoration ?
We wanted decent healthcare, a living wage and free college.
The Democrats gave us Biden and war instead.
Hi
On the 16th, I am going to be an extra in a film about it. They need more, if you are interested.
Then there is another movie that night at the Central School Project.
Building railroad cars (stage sets) in my yard as we speak.
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
Could be a plan.
I will commence discussions with Significant Other.
We wanted decent healthcare, a living wage and free college.
The Democrats gave us Biden and war instead.
"Clairvoyant"
Had to look the word up after my provider used it on me the other day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clairvoyance
Sorry, nope I reject clairvoyance because it says "pseudoscience" and that always makes me really uncomfortable. I don't like unexplained stuff, but all my life I have sometimes felt these "strong feelings" about "places or things", I mean really strong to the point it changes my future actions.
The other day I guess I was coming down with something but I had also been battling this strange fear of being around cars for a couple days before, it was keeping me off going for a walk outside. Then Friday morning a car crash happened one block from here. A parked car got rear ended, the driver who hit it did not even brake so it was pretty pretty loud. Scared the heck out of me. Turned out no one seriously injured, good. I thought maybe my weird car energy would dissipate.
Then a little later, feeling even worse I called my provider for new meds and he told me his car was totaled so couldn't deliver that day, maybe Saturday if he could get a rental. I was like "wow", he was unhurt thanks goodness. I ended up getting really sick by the afternoon, I think that was the hottest day of the year too. I remember asking for good thoughts here before I logged out to lie down.
Then, for me the miracle happened just when I was feeling like... I don't know who would I call when I'm 911? Our private ambulance service? Nope, I didn't sign up because who can afford the hospital bills? Not me. Anyway my provider called back and he did deliver that evening so within hours I was recovering, able to drink and eat a little bit. I told him to be careful on the road and we agreed a sage smudge might be in order, for "cleansing" the car stuff. lol
Also on Friday this happened right down the street: Southern California man jailed after Highway 101 pursuit, standoff
And now he's in jail of course, I hope he doesn't kill himself. I think? Surprised the cops didn't shoot him, I guess he wasn't brown or black. This is kinda how I imagined a general breakdown of society would look from a couple decades ago, I should stop thinking such things.
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Our garbage truck drivers voted to become Teamsters, good for them. Meanwhile our garbage sat rotting in the street all day Friday (hottest day) and half of Saturday because I don't know why. It is the second week they are one day late, maybe they changed the schedule and told no one. Again. I kept getting notices about what they no longer accept for recycling, shredded paper wtf. It can't go in compost either, has to go in the trash. For that pleasure the rates are going up again, just a little (wink wink).
I worked backward from Melvil Dewey to get here this morning, a guy who always falls out the lint trap on number ten day. List of Dewey Decimal classes > Natale Battezzati > Positivism example coincidence. Oops back to pseudoscience with that one. ~shrug~
think peace
think happy thoughts
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Another summer, another garbage pile
eXperience Cloverdale. Free camping, no water or restrooms, no downstream, etc.. No Public Facilities.
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Monte Rio Beach on Russian River to remain closed due to bacteria levels
Monte Rio is downstream and they have their own problems (most homeless evah). "Unrelated". lol, I have to laugh, laughter is medicine. The Bohemian Club now announces their summer entertainment right in town. Next I guess there'll be little self-infernos dedicated to the The Cremation of Care. I spent many years growing up on the Russian River south of Monte Rio, my dad's dad was a Bohemian Club member in the late 30's. The family vacation house was called Sans Souci its sign is still there last time I drove by, about a year ago.
Pray for the Russian River, think healing thoughts, that's what I do. Water is life.
http://www.russianriverallrivers.com/
Thanks.
Oh yah, Claire Voyant, I knew her.
Good you got your meds, bad about the Russian River. I wish it well.
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 --
Ummm, excuse me but ...
Patriotic Americans are now calling it the Freedom River, or are your Kremlin bosses telling you otherwise ?
We wanted decent healthcare, a living wage and free college.
The Democrats gave us Biden and war instead.
Uh, that part of CA was under Russian control
long before the US conquered CA.
Fort Ross was built in 1812 on land legally purchased by Russia from the local Native Americans for “three blankets, three pairs of breeches, two axes, three hoes, and some beads.” The Spanish had pre-emptively countered in 1776 with the San Francisco Presidio, to discourage further southward expansion of the Russian west coast fur traders.
This didn't stop SF from winding up with a Russian Hill.
Pieroshki, pelmeni, tamales and enchiladas are all California favorites. Yankee pot roast not so much.
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 --
The entire mission chain,
so well known to California fourth-graders, was originally planned to counter Russian expansion. The Spanish Crown had claimed most of the western hemisphere, but possession being 9/10 of the law, they decided they needed an actual presence there.
How different might our country have been if the Russians, rather than the Spanish, had colonized California ? We can only speculate but Russian treatment of native Americans was no more enlightened that of the Spanish.
We wanted decent healthcare, a living wage and free college.
The Democrats gave us Biden and war instead.
Well, for starts, there's the food, the music, and the
culture. The Tsar did make a claim, but I note that we have WA and OR regardless, as well as Seward's Folly, so the US probably would've wound up owning the place anyway, just without fiestas and vodka instead of cerveza.
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 --
Thank you, nobody has hacked California history
... yet. Who knows what history will tell in fifty years, or even ten? When every archived memory can be "wiped", like with a cloth? heh I looked back at my posting history in Liepar's BNR, how great if felt to cheer for Bernie from the very beginning. I noticed all of the video links that were critical of Clinton had been scrubbed from every comment, MSNBC mostly. What is the point? To change history? Cover it up? Pretend it didn't happen? Good thing it was only comments on a blog, but still. The idea is repugnant, repulsive, clueless.
Screen shot or it didn't happen, that's about where we are now trying to preserve what really happened over the course of 2016 primary. Stolen Democracy indeed.
Thanks for the history.
Clairvoyance...
Once upon a time (or in the vernacular, prepare for a brain scroggin'), I read a fiction story where the author addressed fortune tellers. His premise was that as we go through life we're constantly, unknowingly picking up seemingly unconnected data points which are buried in our brains. What the fortune teller does is go into an alternate conscious state, free associating allowing these data points to coalesce into a thought function.
I can't say how valid this hypothesis is or how you'd even go about testing it. I do feel this is a better explanation than the FM Principle--"I don't know so it must be Friggin' Magic".
There is no such thing as TMI. It can always be held in reserve for extortion.
"In our nation’s capital, weed is seemingly everywhere"
Good news everyone.
Did you just smell that too? In our nation’s capital, weed is seemingly everywhere
Great!
Welcome the new Wake & Bake overlords! Let peace and calm take over the Pentagon why not. Just kidding, heh. I better watch what I'm saying eh?
Oh, Grouch bag. That one's gonna stick. Thanks.
Naturally, they were studying to be musicians, wonderful.
Thanks for the clip.
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 --
Unintended duplicate so, instead
@#
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 --
May the force be with you
back at ya with a rollin' number. Good times.
Neil Young - Roll Another Number (for the Road)(Unreleased)
peace
I ordered online some CBD oil
but I am in NY, where it may not get here if someone reads the return address (company insists that it should be available in all 50 states because you don't get high). For a metro area of 100K, two doctors can prescribe Medical Marijuana. And their names are secret.
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
"Could be a spoonful of sugar, laced with LSD,"
sang Robert Plant at a Band of Joy gig in Wolverhampton prior to joining Led Zeppelin, according to a Birmingham writer.
The club's owner was a woman who was married to a police sergeant, who "threw them all out of the pub."
Planty was a bit of a rebel and also a walking music compendium, who got heavy into the West Coast psychedelia scene.
Just picked up from the library this really enjoyable "oral history" book by Barney Hoskyns, who collected an incredible breadth of firsthand voices about their career and history beginning with when they were kids.
"If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:
THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
WAS MUSIC"
- Kurt Vonnegut
Um,
decimate is not to remove ten from something. It's to reduce something by 10%. When a Roman legion performed poorly the men were required to count off by 10s. A number was called out. All those having that number were forced to step out and were executed. It gave the remainder an incentive in future battles.
great selections!
I'd give it a 10
On Nikola Tesla:
He forgot to add, "and then humanity will all die off due to global warming."