The
rise of fake news has dominated the world of politics since the last
U.S. election cycle. But fake news is not at all new in the world of
science, notes University of Wisconsin-Madison Life … Read more
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Communications expert explains how science should respond to fake news
The
rise of fake news has dominated the world of politics since the last
U.S. election cycle. But fake news is not at all new in the world of
science, notes University of Wisconsin-Madison Life … Read more
Dimbulb Says Dumbass Trump Has Racial Disadvantage
Monday, February 20, 2017
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Today in History
| 1513 | Pope Julius II dies. He will lay in rest in a huge tomb sculptured by Michelangelo. | |
| 1725 | New Hampshire militiamen partake in the first recorded scalping of Indians by whites in North America. | |
| 1792 | The U.S. Postal Service is created. | |
| 1809 | The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the power of the federal government is greater than any individual state in the Union. | |
| 1831 | Polish revolutionaries defeat the Russians in the Battle of Grochow. | |
| 1864 | Confederate troops defeat a Union army sent to bring Florida into the union at the Battle of Olustee, Fla. | |
| 1900 | J.F. Pickering patents his airship. | |
| 1906 | Russian troops seize large portions of Mongolia. | |
| 1915 | President Woodrow Wilson opens the Panama-Pacific Expo in San Francisco to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal. | |
| 1918 | The Soviet Red Army seizes Kiev, the capital of the Ukraine. | |
| 1938 | Hitler demands self-determination for Germans in Austria and Czechoslovakia. | |
| 1941 | The United States sends war planes to the Pacific. | |
| 1942 | Lt. Edward O’Hare downs five out of nine Japanese bombers that are attacking the carrier Lexington. | |
| 1943 | German troops of the Afrika Korps break through the Kasserine Pass, defeating U.S. forces. | |
| 1954 | The Ford Foundation gives a $25 million grant to the Fund for Advancement of Education. | |
| 1959 | The FCC applies the equal time rule to TV newscasts of political candidates. | |
| 1962 | Mercury astronaut John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth. | |
| 1963 | Moscow offers to allow on-site inspection of nuclear testing. | |
| 1965 | Ranger 8 hits the moon and sends back 7,000 photos to the United States. | |
| 1968 | North Vietnamese army chief in Hue orders all looters to be shot on sight. | |
| 1971 | Young people protest having to cut their long hair in Athens, Greece. | |
| 1982 | Carnegie Hall in New York begins $20 million in renovations. |
Water spills into Lake Berryessa’s iconic Glory Hole
Last Friday,
for the first time in 10 years, water spilled into the Lake Berryessa
Glory Hole, marking the lake at full capacity.
by Dom Pruett
“Surprising,” said Solano County Water Agency General Manager Roland Sanford. “Given where we started, nobody initially thought it could spill this year.” Sanford’s shock is warranted. In October of 2016, Lake Berryessa was just half full. In fact, October 26 recorded the lake level at 398.6 feet.
“It wasn’t until January when we had those heavy storms that we thought it had a chance,” Sanford explained. On Jan. 28, the lake level was a modest 427.3 feet.
By 7 a.m. Friday, thanks in large part to another wave of rain, Berryessa was officially full with the lake level at 440.01 feet.
With the lake at full capacity, the Solano Irrigation District, which is in charge of the operations at the Monticello Dam, continued to execute their routine procedures.
“We’re continuing to monitor elevation and the lake levels,” said SID Water and Power Operations Manager Kevin King.
A week ago, as water slowly gravitated toward the top of the Glory Hole, SID turned on all three of the Monticelo dam’s 11.5 megawatt-powerhouse generators, which are currently releasing almost 100 cubic feet of water from the reservoir and into Putah Creek, as of Friday evening. At the same time, King added that there is roughly 50 cubic feet of water going into the spillway.
“One cubic foot per second is about 450 gallons per minute,” King explained. With the reservoir full, there is no more water going into storage.
“If the powerhouse weren’t on, water would be running through the spillway without any benefit,” said King.
According to Sanford, the lake level is still rising, with water expected to continue to spill over until at least next weekend.
“It will depend on the weather,” said Sanford.
But while many locals are exhilarated about a full Lake Berryessa, which provides irrigation and water for Solano County, the nearby scare at the Oroville Dam is making many unnerved.
To King, no locals should be worried, for now at least.
“We still have quite a ways to go before there is any flooding downstream,” said King of the release into the Putah Creek. “It’s nothing close to what’s going on in Oroville.”
Short Documentary About The Art Of Clowning
This wonderful episode of the American Theatre Wing series Working In The Theatre focuses on the art of clowning and reveals the true power of the clown- universal appeal.
Vintage, Colorized Photos of the Greatest Show on Earth
The school has spent ample time and money to preserve the history of the circus through digitizing thousands of posters, photographs, circus route books and Kodachrome slides.
While the glory days of the circus may have ended, it's legacy will live on for years to come.
You can see the pictures for yourself on the Milner Library website, where you can casually browse or search for specific images based on location, performer, circus and more.
While the glory days of the circus may have ended, it's legacy will live on for years to come.
You can see the pictures for yourself on the Milner Library website, where you can casually browse or search for specific images based on location, performer, circus and more.
Stoners Make Great Test Pilots For Drones
If someone high as f#*@ can safely operate a quadcopter, so can you
Sunday, February 19, 2017
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Today in History
| 1408 | The revolt of Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, against King Henry IV, ends with his defeat and death at Bramham Moor. | |
| 1701 | Philip V of Spain makes his ceremonial entry into Madrid. | |
| 1807 | Vice President Aaron Burr is arrested in Alabama for treason. He is later found innocent. | |
| 1847 | Rescuers finally reach the ill-fated Donner Party in the Sierras. | |
| 1861 | Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom. | |
| 1902 | Smallpox vaccination becomes obligatory in France. | |
| 1903 | The Austria-Hungary government decrees a mandatory two year military service. | |
| 1915 | British and French warships begin their attacks on the Turkish forts at the mouth of the Dardenelles, in an abortive expedition to seize the straits of Gallipoli. | |
| 1917 | American troops are recalled from the Mexican border. | |
| 1919 | The First Pan African Congress meets in Paris, France. | |
| 1925 | President Calvin Coolidge proposes the phasing out of inheritance tax. | |
| 1926 | Dr. Lane of Princeton estimates the earth’s age at one billion years. | |
| 1942 | Port Darwin, on the northern coast of Australia, is bombed by the Japanese. | |
| 1944 | The U.S. Eighth Air Force and Royal Air Force begin “Big Week,” a series of heavy bomber attacks against German aircraft production facilities. | |
| 1965 | Fourteen Vietnam War protesters are arrested for blocking the United Nations’ doors in New York. | |
| 1966 | Robert F. Kennedy suggests the United States offer the Vietcong a role in governing South Vietnam. | |
| 1976 | Britain slashes welfare spending. | |
| 1981 | The U.S. State Department calls El Salvador a “textbook case” of a Communist plot. | |
| 1987 | New York Governor Mario Cuomo declares that he will not run for president in the next election. |
What She Really Tells Her Friends About Your Sex Life
The Girl Next Door reveals the dirty truth about what women talk about when you're not around
You Should Beware Of Rude Doctors
A new study suggests that they’re more likely to make dangerous mistakes
How The Toilet Changed History
Our
poop customs go way back. I was surprised about ten years ago when I
read the instructions for dealing with "that which comes from your body"
in the Bible. After watching this video, you'll know more about the
history of toilets than you ever thought you would.
Why is a Lazy Person Called a Couch Potato?
The term was actually trademarked. Imagine that. Simon Whistler of Today I Found Out tells us the story.
Texture, Not Flavor
And scientists are harnessing that fact to make healthy foods that people actually like
‘You and your family are fired – Love you’
Nine people flee US border patrol to seek asylum in Canada
‘He’ll NEVER measure up’
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