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Join the chorus of Happy Birthday, Roget

While Adrian Edmondson has thrown away his glasses, studies show other ways older generations mature like a fine wine

Slide rule, a device consisting of graduated scales capable of relative movement, by means of which simple calculations may be carried out mechanically. Typical slide rules contain scales for multiplying, dividing, and extracting square roots, and some also contain scales for calculating trigonometric functions and logarithms. The slide rule remained an essential tool in science and engineering and was widely used in business and industry until it was superseded by the portable electronic calcu...

Looking backward

Weather in northwest Orange County for Friday, April 29, 2022

Today is International Dance Day!

Circles are central to Questlove. He loves a circular connection and a sidelong glance. Circles overlap and connect in his artful book, Music Is History.

I usually write about non-fiction books, but I do read fiction, albeit slowly, in bed (on a good night, I can get through one page). But I did manage to finish two books that I highly recommend.The . . .

10 years ago April 29, 2011: The 2010-11 flu season was mild, thanks to the vaccine being a good match for the virus, according to public health officials. Jefferson County Public Health Service reported 180 confirmed cases in Jefferson County as of Thursday, while Lewis County Public Health reported 130 confirmed cases. St. Lawrence County Public Health officials could not be reached for comment. According to officials, the mild year was also due in part to more people being vaccinated at vari...

Today in 1861,the Maryland House of Delegates voted against seceding from Union. Today in 1945, Adolph Hitler married his mistress Eva Braun. The next day, they committed suicide together in a German bunker. Today in1957,the SM-1, America’s first military nuclear power plant, was dedicated at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Today in 1980, legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock died at the age of 80. He was named “The Master of Suspense” and best known for his films: “Psycho” (1960), “Vert...