Sunday Open Thread: October 15th is Breast Health Day in Europe
World History this day
1529 -- The Austrians clobbered the Turks at Siege of Vienna
1894 -- Alfred Dreyfus was wrongfully arrested for spying.
1904 -- The Russian Baltic Fleet set sail for Port Arthur
1934 -- The beginning of The Long March
1940 -- The President of Catalonia was executed by the Spanish under Franco
1990 -- Mikhail Gorbachev won the Nobel Peace Prize
2011 -- The 2011 Global Protests
US History this day
1863 -- The Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley sunk during a test, killing Horace L. Hunley.
1878 -- The Edison Electric Light Company started operations
1939 -- The New York Municipal Airport was dedicated
1951 -- The first episode of I Love Lucy aired
1966 -- The creation of the Black Panther Party
Science & Technology this day
1783 -- The Montgolfiers' hot air balloon made the first human ascent
1951 -- Luis E. Miramontes successfully synthesized norethisterone
1956 -- Fortran was shared with programmers for the first time
1991 -- The "Oh-My-God particle" was observed in Utah.
1997 -- The first supersonic land speed record was set
The Arts this day
1764 -- Edward Gibbon was inspired to start work on his magnum opus
Misc. this day
1582 -- October 15 followed October 4 in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
Birthdays of Note this day
99 BC -- Lucretius, poet and philosopher
70 BC -- Virgil, poet
1218 -- Hulagu Khan, Khan
1608 -- Evangelista Torricelli, physicist and mathematician
1814 -- Mikhail Lermontov, author, poet, and painter
1829 -- Asaph Hall, astronomer
1836 -- James Tissot, painter
1844 -- Friedrich Nietzsche, composer, poet, and philosopher
1881 -- P. G. Wodehouse, novelist and playwright
1905 -- C. P. Snow, chemist and author
1906 -- Victoria Spivey, singer, songwriter and pianist
1908 -- Herman Chittison, pianist
1908 -- John Kenneth Galbraith, economist
1912 -- Nellie Lutcher, singer and pianist
1916 -- Al Killian, trumpet player and bandleader
1917 -- Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., historian
1920 -- Mario Puzo, author
1925 -- Mickey Baker, guitarist
1931 -- Freddy Cole, singer and pianist
1935 -- Barry McGuire, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1938 -- Marv Johnson, singer, songwriter, and pianist
1938 -- Robert Ward, guitarist and songwriter
1942 -- Don Stevenson, singer, songwriter, drummer, and grape
1946 -- Richard Carpenter, one of the Carpenters
1946 -- Palle Danielsson, bassist
1948 -- Chris de Burgh, singer, songwriter and pianist
1953 -- Tito Jackson, a Jackson
1959 -- Emeril Lagasse, cook
1966 -- Bill Charlap, pianist
Deaths of Note this day
1564 -- Andreas Vesalius, physician and anatomist
1817 -- Tadeusz Kosciuszko, general and engineer: "And freedom shriek'd, as Kosciusko fell!"
1917 -- Mata Hari, dancer and spy
1958 -- Elizabeth Alexander, geologist, physicist, radio astronomer
1964 -- Cole Porter, composer and songwriter
1976 -- Carlo Gambino, businessman
2008 -- Edie Adams, actress, comedian and singer
2012 -- Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian politician deposed in US backed coup for being neutral.
So now some music
Bonus:
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Photo: picture suitable for all US audiences, John Ashcroft, from 1889 Ladies Home Journal
I'll be on the road when this posts, FWIW. Enjoy and play nice.
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BOOBS ...? Happy Breast Health Day! A good exercise for healthy boobs is to stand tall and open arms as wide as you can. Okay, now wider, wider .... keep going, okay hold it. Deep breaths, aaah. Daily practice, mamo rules. U.S. can do it too, guys and gynes alike.
baby burl bark box:
One on the left is my doorstop downstairs now, works great. First time my friend saw it she said "boobs". Doh! the whole time peeling I was thinking "breastplate", but hey "boobs" why not. I cleaned up the chainsaw marks before deployment, it is lovely.
The single burl in photo still has its second skin, I did not peel it yet. Might make a nice paper weight, or pen holder. Fritter away the hours in an off hand way.
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None of the bubble people have any imagination, but they have lots of money. More than they will ever need. "That's the system." Gov. Jerry Brown in Santa Rosa: Fires ‘a horror no one could have imagined’
Clap clap clap. Thank you, thank you (taking a bow).
"We're capitalists." The intent was clear.
hear us fear us
good luck
good morning el and all
Hope the western fires are not effecting you, el. We had an easy ride through Nate last weekend...much easier than Irma. Still picking up limbs (5,6 pick up sticks).
Thanks for the songs and tunes. Hope you all have a nice Sunday!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Is European Breast Health Day also pink-tinged?
Can anyone find a statement or ad? Grumpy this AM. Below is an explanation.
Another two nights of no sleep. Any hint of dietary meat sends me into a tailspin. I feel more functional every day since my hospitalization but obviously less rested. In hospital, I got none. Try to book a room remote from nurses' station. Another night of winds, my harbor wind chime clanging as leaf loss around the house makes it more accessible. Still warmish, but Monday night temps may fall into the 30's. Rain later today.
Seed-staring later, indoors. Several salad greens, some new to me. I adore mustard greens.
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.
Pepto linky enclosed
omg bismol?
http://www.breasthealthday.org/foryourbreasthealth
I see water, weights, an apple and tennis shoes. No breasts but go on.
https://www.pepto-bismol.com/en-us
"WE'VE GOT THE 5 SYMPTOMS OF OVERINDULGENCE COATED."
Booya!
The EU breast health org has a web site and you tube channel
They have a you tube channel