Monday Open Thread: December 3 is International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 3 is the 337th day of the year
It is also Boomtime, The Aftermath 45, 3184 YOLD (discordian)
And let us not forget 13.0.6.0.13 by the Mayan Long Count
How many birds ya got?
Well, it's 12 - 03 so, mebbe 3?
Twenty years of schooling and they put you on the day shift, look out kid, ...
On this day in history:
1901 – In his State of the Union message, Teddy Roosevelt asked Congress to curb the power of trusts. Heh.
1910 – Modern neon lighting was first demonstrated
1964 – Cops arrested over 800 students at UC, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the admin building during the Free Speech Movement
1976 – An unknown would be assassin tried to kill Bob Marley, his wife, and his manager.
1984 – A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, killed more than 3,800 people and injured between 150,000 and 600,000 more, of whom about 6,000 later died.
2005 – The first manned rocket aircraft delivery of U.S. Mail took place between Mojave, California and California City, California, a distance of roughly 12 miles and about a 20 minute drive by car. Porque? No sabe.
Born this day in:
1596 – Nicola Amati, instrument maker
1616 – John Wallis, mathematician and cryptographer
1810 – Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord, author, poet, and political essayist
1833 – Carlos Finlay, epidemiologist and physician
1842 – Phoebe Hearst, suffragist, and feminist
1842 – Ellen Swallow Richards, industrial and safety engineer, environmental chemist
1857 – Joseph Conrad, author
1863 – Gussie Davis, songwriter, the first Black songwriter to become famous on Tin Pan Alley as a composer
1886 – Manne Siegbahn, physicist
1907 – Connee Boswell, jazz singer
1925 – Ferlin Husky, country singer
1927 – Andy Williams, singer
1931 – Jaye P. Morgan, singer and actress
1933 – Paul J. Crutzen, atmospheric chemist
1938 – Sally Shlaer, mathematician methodologist, and software engineer
1944 – Ralph McTell, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1948 – Ozzy Osbourne, singer and songwriter
1949 – Mickey Thomas, singer and songwriter
1953 – Rob Waring, vibraphonist and composer
1963 – Terri Schiavo, religionista political football
1988 – Melissa Aldana, saxophonist
Died this day in:
1888 – Carl Zeiss, physicist and lens maker, credited with inventing the optical instrument
1894 – Robert Louis Stevenson, author
1973 – Emile Christian, trombonist, cornet player, bassist, and composer
1999 – Scatman John, (scat) singer, songwriter and pianist
2014 – Ian McLagan, singer, songwriter, and keyboard player
2015 – Gladstone Anderson, singer and pianist
Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Music goes here, iirc, well,
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Gussie Davis
Connee Boswell>??
Ferlin Husky
Ralph McTell
Mickey Thomas
Melissa Aldana
Emile Christian
Scatman John
Ian Mclagan
Gladstone Anderson
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It's an open thread, so do your thing
EDIT: Changed 33tth to 337th, thanks to eyo.
Comments
Good morning, el~~
This is not a disability friendly world. When I my foot was immobilized and I was restricted to crutches or my knee scooter, I found out pretty quickly that the disabled encounter many challenges in their day to day lives. Even with ADA, the disabled are at a disadvantage. I give permanently disabled folks a lot of credit for managing to live in this world in spite of their affliction and the unfriendly world in which they exist.
Have a beautiful day and week, folks!
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
Good morning, RA. All of my life I've had friends with
"disabilities" of all types so I became somewhat sensible to their plight early and before the ADA, which helps a little, but that's all. The effort it takes so many to just get through the day is really something else. I've had some times with my back when I was walking very gingerly and tenderly and using a stick and quickly learned just how much very small obstacles mean and the extent to which everyday small impediments become major issues for those who are, even temporarily, not 100%, especially those without a help-mate.
When I was at Cal, and afterward while still living in Berkeley, the Center for Independent Living was ramping up and getting more activist. It was something else to behold and one thing I quickly learned from them is that they don't want help or special treatment, they just want the obstacles and impediments to living a productive and fulfilling life removed. It was really an eye opener. A bigger eye opener is the fact that the Bay Area was and I think still is ahead of the curve in that area, and is yet still so far behind what it should be.
Have a great day and thanks for reading.
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
et al...
Wow, Phoebe Hearst and Sally Schlaer in one day. Woo hoo. Gotta run, but back later w more on those two women. Thanks for the ot and have a good one ...
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Good morning, magi, thanks for reading. I almost skipped
Ms. Hearst because her bio's seem to start with "(noted) philanthropist" and my instinctive reaction is "philanthropy is easy when you're feelthy rich"., but I quickly noted that she was much more. She is called a suffragist and feminist, but in a strange manner as she didn't necessarily espouse women gaining political power, but merely thought that they should be able to defend and protect themselves and their households via the franchise and to empower themselves to control their own finances. OTOH, her contributions to education and anthropology, even though greatly facilitated by her wealth, were huge.
Shlaer was a gimmee. Her major programming projects were phenomenal. I've done a drib of programmng in Fortran, Algol, Assembler and Dbase III and for a while routinely did some scripting in AWK, but am far from certain that I at all fully grasp the Shlaer–Mellor method other than that it is a vast improvement over old school methods.
Have a great one.
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 33tth day of the year"
Cheers & Happy Monday. I love curb cuts, use 'em every time out walking for groceries now. Thanks, they help a lot. barrier removal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curb_cut
peace
Good morning, eyo, and thanks for the editorial assist, I'll go
fix that. Yeah, I've been known to use curb cuts now and then myself. Thanks for reading and have a great day.
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 --
Oh darn, I liked that typo
lol thanks. I'm too lazy to fix my own "atrraction" mishap. Grreat!
Jim Wood is the D I never vote for, he represents this district, overwhelmingly.
“I don’t want to see any more of them die”: No legislator has confronted the effects of wildfire like this forensic dentist
I happened to read that article after my rant on double-dippers... and so felt instant regret. We are all cogs in the machine together, I still can't vote to reward his donors though. Too big, too bossy.
PEACE
How is your back, eyo?
Been wondering if it had gotten better yet. Hope so.
A leftist is someone with morally correct politics. A liberal is someone who wants to feel morally correct w/o ever putting themselves at odds with power or costing themselves opportunities or experiencing the uncomfortable emotions that truth causes.
Four hours of sleep last night, no pain
thanks, it feels so much better I am sitting here with no pain and I finally slept a solid four hours which felt really good. Still tired, and sudden movement gives a jolt but slowly things are returning to normal, I hope. Soon I will try some gentle yoga, and after that my breathing should be easier too. The rains have cleared the air, it is clear and cold today. Good day for a walk.
cheers
Yay for the Elvin Bishop tune.
"Why would you risk your life for this?"
Best line:
"Who put the sticks up their butts?"
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
Good morning, CStMS, thanks for the interesting clip. Never
saw that. Elvin Bishop was an interesting case, but never too far from Tulsa and/or Pigboy Crabshaw.
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 --
This is what democracy looks like.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
Good morning and thanks, dk. Can't imagine that happening
here. Multiparty systems with the power to terminate any government at a moment's notice give the people a lot of power short of revolutionary action that is lacking in the duopoly of corporate right and corporate center-right.
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 --
Our two guys won city council seats
we now have four progressive folks on the council which means that we will not become the silicon beach. Our campus crew ran an amazing campaign. We had last day voter reg and nailed the campus vote. whoo hoo
Justin Cummings and Drew Glover
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Cool, congrats.
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 --
Just an impromptu pol
The last few months saw an increase in the "Emergency broadcast network" tests coming across the tv. It used to be once a month for the longest time and almost always took place on Fridays.
Then it went to once a week, and on different days.
Today marks the third day straight a test banner with the irritating buzzer has come across my screen.
Is anyone else noticing an uptick in tests where they live?
Thanks for the OT, EL.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
I watch very, very little TV, and hence noticed nothing.
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 --
great Ian Maclagan and Elvin Bishop
What no ozzy?
I saw Ian "Mac" a few times, he was a great great keyboard man, and that song you posted is a neat little rocker. Saw Elvin a couple or few times too, and he was outstanding. Saw Ozzy a couple times as well, 74 or so, they were great too. And Zeiss glass rules. I have a 1955 400mm 4.5 Telemegor lens, with Zeiss glass. It was awesome in its heyday. On Jaye P. Morgan, wasn't she always on the panel on the game shows like maybe I've Got a Secret or ?
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
I was never an Ozzie fan and figured I already had plenty of
videos without him. Not sure about Jay P. Morgan, but "I've Got a Secret" usually had Wes Morgan on the panel. My wife and I both have Zeiss Binos, bought about a decade apart. They're fabulous.
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 --