10/26 Open Thread- Intersex Awareness Day
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~~ Bearded Dragon
Some bearded dragons are intersex. This condition occurs in other animals as well. That includes humans, where an estimated 1 to 2 percent of all humans are intersex. Hermaphroditic animals and humans are technically a subset of intersex animals and humans. All banana slugs are not just intersex but hermaphroditic
A somewhat related factoid: Since days of yore there has been a type of sailing vessel known as a hermaphrodite brig. They're two masted, square rigged on the foremast, and schooner rigged on the main mast. That is a classic "schooner rig" with a triangular topsail above a gaff rigged main sail. I was going to use a picture of one for this column and discovered that use of the term is now limited to Europe, while modern US usage is to call such a vessel a "Brigantine", a word that used to be used for a different type of two masted vessel having a square rigged topsail and sometimes even a top gallant above the gaff rigged mainsail. (Of course, in large portions of the US, they use yawl as a pronoun instead of the noun applying to a two masted craft with the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post, so what can you expect.) 
On this day in history:
1689 – General Piccolomini of Austria burned down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera; he died of the disease soon after.
1774 – The first Continental Congress adjourned.
1825 – The Erie Canal opened, providing direct passage from the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
1860 – The Expedition of the Thousand ended when Giuseppe Garibaldi presented his conquests to King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia.
1892 – Ida B. Wells published Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.
1905 – King Oscar II recognized the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
1921 – The Chicago Theatre opened.
1936 – The first electric generator at Hoover Dam went into full operation.
1943 – First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil". an advanced "push-pull" design.
1955 – Austria declared that it will never join a military alliance.
1955 – Ngô Ðình Diem declared himself Premier of South Vietnam.
1958 – Pan American Airways made the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707
1967 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowned himself Emperor of Iran.
1970 – Muhammad Ali boxed for the first time after his three-year hiatus
1977 – The last natural case of smallpox
1985 – The Australian government returned ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals.
1999 – Britain's House of Lords voted to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.
2001 – The United States passed the unconstitutional and highly authoritarian USA PATRIOT Act into law.
Some people who were born on this day:
Audacity, more audacity, always audacity.
~~ Georges Danton
1685 – Domenico Scarlatti, harpsichord player and composer
1694 – Johan Helmich Roman, composer and academic
1747 – Ivan Mane Jarnovic, violinist and composer (
1757 – Karl Leonhard Reinhold, philosopher and academic
1759 – Georges Danton, lawyer and politician
1849 – Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, mathematician and academic
1871 – Guillermo Kahlo, photographer
1902 – Henrietta Hill Swope, astronomer and academic
1911 – Mahalia Jackson, singer
1913 – Charlie Barnet, saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (
1919 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, usurper, tyrant, US stooge, CIA tool
1927 – Warne Marsh, saxophonist (Supersax)
1929 – Neal Matthews Jr., country/gospel singer
1935 – Gloria Conyers Hewitt, mathematician and academic
1936 – Al Casey, guitarist
1940 – Eddie Henderson, trumpet player and educator
1941 – Charlie Landsborough, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1942 – Milton Nascimento, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1944 – Jim McCann, singer and guitarist
1946 – Keith Hopwood, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1951 – Bootsy Collins, singer, songwriter ,and bass player
1951 – Tommy Mars, keyboard player
1952 – Bobby Bandiera, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1952 – David Was, singer, songwriter, and producer
1953 – Keith Strickland, guitarist and songwriter
1962 – Jack Morelli, comic book professional and author
1963 – Natalie Merchant, singer, songwriter and pianist
1966 – Sverre Gjørvad, drummer and composer
1966 – Masaharu Iwata, keyboard player and composer
1967 – Keith Urban, singer, songwriter ,and guitarist
1981 – Guy Sebastian, singer and songwriter
1984 – Amanda Overmyer, singer and songwriter
Some people who died on this day:
The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls. Every truth we see is ours to give the world, not to keep for ourselves alone, for in so doing we cheat humanity out of their rights and check our own development.
~~ Elizabeth Cady Stanton
899 – Alfred the Great, king, a key to a chunk of European history
1631 – Michael Maestlin, astronomer and mathematician
1764 – William Hogarth, painter and engraver
1866 – John Kinder Labatt, brewer,
1902 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton, activist
1966 – Alma Cogan, singer
1972 – Igor Sikorsky, engineer and academic
1994 – Wilbert Harrison, singer and guitarist
1995 – Gorni Kramer, bassist, songwriter, and bandleader
1999 – Hoyt Axton, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor
2002 – Sally Hoyt Spofford, ornithologist
2009 – George Na?ope, singer and dancer
2013 – Al Johnson, singer, songwriter, and producer
Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
Worldwide Howl at the Moon Night
National Mule Day
National Day, the anniversary of Austria's 1955 Declaration of Neutrality
Intersex Awareness Day
Today's Tunes
Howl at the Moon Night
The E-rye-e Canal
Domenico Scarlatti
Mahalia Jackson
Wayne Marsh
Al Casey
Keith Hopwood
Bootsy Colling
Tommy Mars
Bobby Bandiera
Keith Strickland
Natalie Merchant
Sverre Gjørvad
Wilbert Harrison
Hoyt Axton
George Na'ope
Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. What's on your mind?
Cross posted from http://caucus99percent.com
Open Thread, Intersex Awareness, hermaphrodite brig, Georges Danton, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Erie Canal, Dominico Scarlatti, Mahalia Jackson, Bootsy Collins, Natalie Merchant
Comments
Hey, good morning
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Happy to hear Lula eked out a victory in Brazil in spite of the
interferences by 3 letter US spooks. Neither trumpet nor
Bolsonaro accept the results. The left still has a toe hold in
Latin America, which is good IMO. A balance is necessary. And
Iran wants to strengthen ties with them. Imagine China is pleased
with the results as well.
Thanks for helping with the sign-in snafu. Went with another browser
per your suggestion and it works!
Zionism is a social disease
Good morning...
As to your topic, there are apomictic plants that produce viable seed without fertilization.
In other news, I agree with QMS about the Brazilian election. Brazil saved it self from becoming a US colony ... for now.
Thanks for the OT and all the music!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
One of the locals
On the way home from kyo wei yesterday, as we approached the last leg home, we encountered a young gator maybe 30 inches long crossing the street. The car racing ahead of us, in a largely residential area per usual, miraculously barely missed him. Like the proverbial old man from up north, driving slow, I had no trouble avoiding him. Seeing your lizard above, so to speak, I looked for a photo of the local 3 legged gator I had seen limping through the construction area on my street a few months ago. I have lost it or never took the photo. So here's an earlier one from last May.
I can't think of the correct terminology in English or Korean that identifies me or other Usians like me, in relation to local Korean community. Something like 本省人 in Taiwan. At the kyo wei 교회yesterday, Ms. So introduced me to a woman who knew us thirty years ago in the Clearwater community. Our appearances had changed so much...I think Ms. So is still easily recognizable but... So I thought yesterday was 本省人 Sunday but apparently it's next week, so now I have to attend 2 weeks in a row. Ms. So did the prep for wonderful lunch for about thirty people, which a team of Korean-American ladies then put together.
After the service, which reminded of a theme I had just read in an English translation of the Bhagavad Gita, I was seated at a table with three other herabojis 할아버지 grandfathers/ old men for lunch. So the whole experience will help me to practice my verbal skills which have faltered somewhat lately.
Now that Ms. So is up I can listen to your music selections, EL. Thanks!
己所不欲，勿施于人。