10/23 - Mole Day starts at 6:02 am
~~ Molecule (ATP)
At 6:02 it will be 6:02 10-23, and thus it is mole day because 6.02x10**23 particles constitute a mole.
More?
OK, moving on
“A boy has never wept… nor dashed a thousand kim for nothing.”
On this day in history:
1707 -- The first meeting of Great Britain's Parliament
1739 -- The War of Jenkins' Ear began.
1850 -- The US' first National Women's Rights Convention began
1861 -- Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, today it is merely ignored
1906 -- Alberto Santos-Dumont achieved the first heavier than air flight in Europe
1915 -- 25,000 - 33,000 women marched on NYC's Fifth Avenue demanding suffrage ***
1917 -- Lenin called for the October Revolution.
1929 -- The New York Stock Exchange began to crash.
1935 -- Dutch Schultz and others were gunned down in a bar in Newark, New Jersey
1942 -- The Second Battle of El Alamein took place
1942 -- The Battle for Henderson Field on Guadalcanal began
1944 -- Battle of Leyte Gulf began
1946 -- The UN General Assembly convened for the first time
1955 -- Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem took control of "South Vietnam"
1956 -- The Hungarian revolution began
1972 -- A 5 month US bombing campaign against North Vietnam ended
1973 -- Nixon agreed to turn over the tapes
1983 -- The Marines barracks in Beirut was hit by a truck bomb
1989 -- The Hungarian Republic was declared
1998 -- "Land for peace" between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat
*** Note that they didn't waste time with DC or other socio-political backwaters, but went straight to the seat of power.
Some people who were born on this day:
“The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I’ve parodied over the years.”
~~ "Weird Al" Yankovic
1875 – Gilbert N. Lewis, chemist and academic, coined the word photon
1892 – Speckled Red, piano player, singer and songwriter
1894 – Emma Vyssotsky, astronomer and academic
1905 – Gertrude Ederle, swimmer, first woman to swim the English Channel
1927 -- Sonny Criss, saxophonist and composer
1933 -- Carol Fran, singer, songwriter and pianist
1937 – Johnny Carroll, rockabilly musician and singer
1940 -- Ellie Greenwich, singer, songwriter and producer
1943 -- Alida Chelli, actress and singer
1944 -- Mike Harding, singer, songwriter and comedian
1945 -- Kim Larsen, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1947 -- Greg Ridley, bass player, Humble Pie co-founder
1949 -- Wurzel, singer and guitarist
1951 -- Charly Garcia, singer, songwriter and keyboard player
1952 -- Pierre Moerlen, drummer (Gong, tubular bells,)
1956 -- Dianne Reeves, singer
1956 -- Dwight Yoakam, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1958 -- Rose Nabinger, singer
1959 -- "Weird Al" Yankovic, singer, songwriter, comedian, actor
1960 -- Mirwais Ahmadzai, keyboard player and songwriter
1964 -- Robert Trujillo, bass player and songwriter
1967 -- Dale Crover, singer, songwriter, and drummer
1972 -- Jimmy Wayne, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1974 -- Christine Yoshikawa, pianist
1975 -- Jessicka, American singer and songwriter
1990 -- Paradise Oskar, singer, songwriter and guitarist
Some people who died on this day:
We didn't have any instruments, so I had to use my guitar.
~~ Maybelle Carter
1939 -- Zane Grey, dentist and author
1950 -- Al Jolson, actor and singer
1978 -- Maybelle Carter, singer and autoharp player
2004 -- Robert Merrill, singer and actor
2012 -- Michael Marra, singer and songwriter
2013 -- Gypie Mayo, guitarist and songwriter but not Wilco
2014 -- Joan Quigley, Whitehouse astrologer under Reagan
2014 -- Alvin Stardust, singer and actor
2015 -- Leon Bibb, singer
2016 -- Pete Burns, singer and songwriter
Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
Mole Day (International observance)
Today's Tunes
Parliament
October Revolution
Speckled Red
Sonny Criss
Carol Fran
Johnny Carroll
Ellie Greenwich
Alida Chelli
Mike Harding
Greg Ridley
Wurzel
Charley Garcia
Pierre Moerlen
Dianne Reeves
Dwight Yoakam
Rose Nabinger
Wierd Al Yankovic
Mirwais Ahmadzai
Robert Trujillo
Dale Crover
Christine Yoshikawa
Jessicka
Paradise Oskar (Look Ma, no effing truetone!)
Zane Grey
Al Jolsen
Maybelle Carter
Robert Merrill
Michael Mara
Gypie Mayo
Leon Bibb
Pete Burns
Bonus:
Parliament
Dianne Reeves
Sonny Criss
Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. So what's on your mind?
Cross posted from http://caucus99percent.com
Open Thread, Mole Day, Parliament, October Revolution, Dutch Schultz, UN General Assembly, Sonny Criss, Zane Grey, Dianne Reeves, Maybelle Carter, National Women's Rights Convention
Comments
Thanks for sorting out the mole
Imagine! All this time I thought Avogadro's number was the number an Aardvark
did on an avocado. Let's just say my primary education was somewhat lacking
in these regards.
Lots of good tunes today, thanks for the OT!
question everything
Heh, before I got me any science learning I thought it
it was abogado's number and wondered it that was the bill, the billable hours, of the phone number of the nearest spanish speaking attorney.
be well and have a good 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 --
I’m wondering what the world would be doing
.
if Russia had been bombing Kiev for the last 10 days after cutting off all utilities and had told people that they either leave or they get slaughtered. And if they had been targeting every hospital there and told them that they had 24 hours to evacuate them before they started bombing them in earnest. Do you think that world leaders would be saying that Russia has the right to defend itself from the Kiev Nazis that had been bombing the Donbas for 8 years which are now part of Russia?
Scientists are concerned that conspiracy theories may die out if they keep coming true at the current alarming rate.
Good morning Snoops. An interesting question.
would WWIII already be over, would we have kept it conventional and watched Europe get decimated, or would NATO have backed down but tried to impose a total blockade of the Russian Federation.
be well and have a good 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 --
My mole
is guacamole.
Mole mileage varies.
I had a great weekend, but I am now in work mode, about as much fun as having you teeth pulled with pliers.
People are becoming more and more violent. I have had to call the cops to escort my own damn clients out of the office.
Oh well, if everyone were normal and perfect, I would have no clients.
Thanks for the OT, friend!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Good morning otc. You have picked possibly the best
mole. We have had to trap a few in the yard, but that's seemingly over for now. Work wouldn't be called work if it weren't actually work. Try to get the satisfaction that you can out of the good you do and keep your head down. Meanwhile, like you said '''
be well and have a good 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 --
Mole traps
They must be pretty good traps. I've tried a couple and they didn't work. I've had a mole infestation here ever since a neighbor had a swimming pool put it. I think it was the noise of the construction equipment more than anything else that drove them all onto my yard. Can't get rid of them.
語必忠信 行必正直
Gopher hawk brand and, fwiw, we were traping pocket gophers,
not moles. I misspoke. Gophers are very territorial so you only get one per so many square yards. The gopher hawk trap is really good if you can find a relatively recent burrow - I think there are you tubes.
Noise, btw, will drive them away. A guy across the street would fill empty wine bottles with a couple of inches of water and bury the bottom few inches in an active burrow with the neck pointing up. The noise created by the wind blowing across the neck drove the gophers out of his yard and into one of the other neighbors'.
be well and have a good 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 --
Thanks EL
Yes, I think the noisemakers work fairly well. I was using some solar powered ones, but eventually they stop working from weathering I guess usually in two or three months. I've also experimented with castor oil mixed with water, which is also fairly effective. After a couple of heavy rains, which are frequent here, the effect is gone. I don't use the poison baits because of the hazard. Ms. So grows food in the yard, and eventually water runoff ends up in the local storm drainage.
語必忠信 行必正直
One "organic" solution I've never tried, which would
only work on relatively simple and short burrows where you can locate all the openings is to drop significant amounts of dry ice in each burrow opening. As it sublimates, the CO2 floods the burrow(s) because heavier than air and suffocates the critters.
be well and have a good 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 --
There is no evidence of corruption in Ukraine.
On second thought maybe just a little bit.
Clear proof that the Ukies are supporting Hamas and
are very probably behind Hamas' unprovoked stealth attack on Israel.
/s
be well and have a good 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 --
@humphrey
I lean towards believing it has been with the USA's full knowledge. Weapons to Ukraine were always meant to be redistributed. All part of the plan to destroy Syria and Iran. I find it difficult to believe Israel had no knowledge of what was being planned by Hamas.
They'll sell to the highest bidder
Whoever that may be. Usually it's an arms dealer working at arms length from some state actor, in a similar deniable role. This shows how meaningless end user certificates are.
語必忠信 行必正直
That must be so embarrassing to Biden and the war hawks
that is if they possess any ability for self reflection.
question everything
When I taught chemistry...
...we always celebrated Mole Day. If my memory serves it ends at 6:02 this evening.
I see it has its own website.
Hope you are all having a good one. Been busy here.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
I took the basic required
science courses in high school and in college. I made straight "A"s in every course.
At the end of each semester, I managed to forget every damn thing I had learned.
I mean, no factoids, terminology, theory...not a thing stayed in my brain.
It was not as interesting as Shakespeare, or the French Revolution.
Bet you had lots of mole day fun, friend.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
So, since you taught chem, how many grams is a mole of weed?
asking fro a friend.
be well and have a good 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 --
late thanks
Hi EL!
Sorry I didn't make it by yesterday... Thanks for the great sounds man!
I thought this was going to be a thread about subterranean mammals with poor eyesight, or fine Mexican sauces.
Hope all is well yer way!
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
Hola Dysto! Thanks for dropping in. You now have me hankering
for chicken mole, and it's my week to cook. My current recipe for the mole
be well and have a good 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 --