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- Tue May 21, 2024 3:25 pm
- Forum: Zooniverse, BOINC, and other citizen science/humanities news
- Topic: Zooniverse
- Replies: 5
- Views: 138
Re: Zooniverse
Hello there, Please help us test a possible new Zooniverse project - Science Scribbler: Synapse Safari. What the researchers say: "Our brains have tens of billions of neurons connected with each other. Most of these connections were made during the first few years of our lives. By studying this...
- Tue May 21, 2024 1:57 pm
- Forum: The voyages, the work, the people, the places
- Topic: Weather history miscellany
- Replies: 299
- Views: 2673
- Tue May 21, 2024 1:48 pm
- Forum: The voyages, the work, the people, the places
- Topic: Weather history miscellany
- Replies: 299
- Views: 2673
Re: Weather history miscellany
https://www.weatherforyou.com/weather_history/5-21 1860 - A swarm of tornadoes occurred in the Ohio Valley. Tornadoes struck the cities of Louisville, KY, Cincinnati, OH, Chillicothe, OH, and Marietta, OH, causing a million dollars damage. (David Ludlum) 1896 - The mercury soared to 124 degrees at ...
- Tue May 21, 2024 1:38 pm
- Forum: The voyages, the work, the people, the places
- Topic: Coast Guard miscellany
- Replies: 147
- Views: 1186
Re: Coast Guard miscellany
https://www.history.uscg.mil/research/chronology/ 1986 — Japan's Maritime Safety Agency (MSA) vessel Settsu arrived in Juneau for three days of meetings with 17th District staff members, SAR talks, softball games (against the crew of CGC Morgenthau – the MSA crew won one game out of three), and comp...
- Tue May 21, 2024 1:35 pm
- Forum: The voyages, the work, the people, the places
- Topic: Navy miscellany
- Replies: 151
- Views: 1197
Re: Navy miscellany
1776 – Launch of USS Raleigh, one of thirteen ships that the Continental Congress authorized for the Continental Navy in 1775 New Hampshire's state seal depicts the frigate USS Raleigh 1918 - A World War I naval engagement between an American armed yacht and a German submarine in the Atlantic Ocean...
- Tue May 21, 2024 1:22 am
- Forum: Dockside Cafe
- Topic: Not exactly Scrabble...
- Replies: 45
- Views: 1548
Re: Not exactly Scrabble...
C6 across (reversed) RESCUE, J18 across DOG
The 20th of May is Rescue Dog Day
The 20th of May is Rescue Dog Day
- Mon May 20, 2024 8:56 pm
- Forum: Dockside Cafe
- Topic: Chat
- Replies: 2633
- Views: 268706
Re: Chat
A bit late since Chris is no longer here to post them...
The 2023 Ig Nobel Prize Winners
The 2023 Ig Nobel Prize Winners
- Mon May 20, 2024 2:30 pm
- Forum: Dockside Cafe
- Topic: Not exactly Scrabble...
- Replies: 45
- Views: 1548
Re: Not exactly Scrabble...
N12 across world LAUGHTER day
(first Sunday in May)
(first Sunday in May)
- Mon May 20, 2024 1:31 pm
- Forum: The voyages, the work, the people, the places
- Topic: Weather history miscellany
- Replies: 299
- Views: 2673
- Mon May 20, 2024 1:18 pm
- Forum: The voyages, the work, the people, the places
- Topic: Weather history miscellany
- Replies: 299
- Views: 2673
Re: Weather history miscellany
https://www.weatherforyou.com/weather_history/5-20 1894 - A record late snow of two to eight inches whitened parts of central and eastern Kentucky. Lexington KY received six inches of snow. (The Weather Channel) 1916 - A tornado struck the town of Codell, KS. A tornado struck the town on the same d...
- Mon May 20, 2024 1:18 pm
- Forum: The voyages, the work, the people, the places
- Topic: Coast Guard miscellany
- Replies: 147
- Views: 1186
Re: Coast Guard miscellany
https://www.history.uscg.mil/research/chronology/ 1882 — The lookout of Station No. 10 (Louisville, Kentucky), 9th District, spotted two men and a skiff being swept toward the dam and falls of the Ohio River. He sounded the alarm and "a boat at once shot out from the station, and reached the me...
- Mon May 20, 2024 1:18 pm
- Forum: The voyages, the work, the people, the places
- Topic: Navy miscellany
- Replies: 151
- Views: 1197
- Mon May 20, 2024 1:41 am
- Forum: Geographical help
- Topic: Chat
- Replies: 29
- Views: 12235
- Sun May 19, 2024 6:06 pm
- Forum: The voyages, the work, the people, the places
- Topic: Weather history miscellany
- Replies: 299
- Views: 2673
- Sun May 19, 2024 1:23 pm
- Forum: The voyages, the work, the people, the places
- Topic: Weather history miscellany
- Replies: 299
- Views: 2673
Re: Weather history miscellany
https://www.weather.gov/abr/This_Day_in_Weather_History_May_19 1780: The infamous "dark day" in New England tradition. At noon, it was nearly as dark as night. Chickens went to roost, and many persons were fearful of divine wrath. The "dark day" was caused by forest fires to the...
- Sun May 19, 2024 1:23 pm
- Forum: The voyages, the work, the people, the places
- Topic: Coast Guard miscellany
- Replies: 147
- Views: 1186
Re: Coast Guard miscellany
https://www.history.uscg.mil/research/chronology/ 1846 — Secretary of Treasury Walker assigned Revenue Captain John A. Webster to control movements of vessels assigned to Army and to cooperate with the Navy in the War with Mexico. 1896 — Congress authorized the Secretary of Treasury to patrol regatt...
- Sun May 19, 2024 1:23 pm
- Forum: The voyages, the work, the people, the places
- Topic: Navy miscellany
- Replies: 151
- Views: 1197
Re: Navy miscellany
https://www.history.navy.mil/today-in-history/may-19.html 1882 — Commodore Robert W. Shufeldt, onboard USS Swatara, arrives in Korea to negotiate the first commerce treaty between Korea and a Western power. The treaty is signed on May 22, opening Korea to United States trade. https://s3.amazonaws.c...
- Sat May 18, 2024 4:14 pm
- Forum: The voyages, the work, the people, the places
- Topic: Weather history miscellany
- Replies: 299
- Views: 2673
Re: Weather history miscellany
NASA Earth Observatory https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/152000/152832/yawajaba_oli2_20240421.jpg April 21, 2024 https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/152000/152832/yawajaba_oli_20240429.jpg April 29, 2024 Montgomery Reef Revealed https://www.geonames.org/2074108/colli...
- Sat May 18, 2024 4:13 pm
- Forum: The voyages, the work, the people, the places
- Topic: Coast Guard miscellany
- Replies: 147
- Views: 1186
Re: Coast Guard miscellany
https://www.history.uscg.mil/research/chronology/
1920 — Coast Guard officers and enlisted personnel were granted the same pay, allowances and increases as the Navy.
1920 — Coast Guard officers and enlisted personnel were granted the same pay, allowances and increases as the Navy.
- Sat May 18, 2024 1:07 pm
- Forum: The voyages, the work, the people, the places
- Topic: Weather history miscellany
- Replies: 299
- Views: 2673