Dog Tip of The Day, April 2

You wouldn’t go on a trip and not take toys for the kids would you?  The dogs are like kids, take their favorite toy or toys with them.

Dog Tip of The Day, April 1

Don’t forget, no chocolate for dogs.  Watch where the kids lay down the Easter candy. The dog will pick it up and eat it whether its good for them or not.

Dog Tip of The Day, March 31

Keep a checklist of what you keep in your pet “go bag” and update it with every use. Keep the checklist in the bag or better yet in your pets notebook so you can periodically make sure the bag is up to date and ready to go.

Science Birthdays, March 30

Robert Bunsen was born on this day in 1811, a German chemist he investigated emission spectra of heated elements. He discovered cesium and rubidium.  He developed the Bunsen burner which are still used in laboratories today.  He died in 1899 at the age of 88.

Also born on this day was Bernhard Schmidt, he invented the Schmidt telescope to correct distortion when trying to enlarge something while keeping the field enlarged at the same time,  he died in 1955 at age 76.

Maimoides was born in 1135. He was the physician to Saladin, wrote a book called Guide for the perplexed, he died in 1204 at age 69.

 

Natural Disasters, March 30

1823    Great Northeast storm, hurricane force winds raged from Pennsylvania to Maine with heavy snow inland.

1899    The mining town of Ruby, CO was buried under 141 inches of snow when the storm came to an end.

1987    A snow storm struck the Ohio Valley and Lower Great Lakes Region. Cleveland received 16 inches of snow in 24 hours. There were 100 record lows in three days.

1989    Thunderstorms, hail and a tornado, developed ahead of a slow moving cold front with damaging winds at more than 50 locations in the southeast quarter of the US. The tornado injured 11 people in Northampton, NC.

Dog Tip of The Day, March 30

My “go bag” is yellow, that way I can find it easy if there is reduced light.  I responded to a tornado one night and you can’t believe how dark it is when all of the power is out. It is hard to find your way in towns and cities that you think you know very well. You might need to get to the bag quickly for extra leashes, flashlights etc.

Dog Tip of The Day, March 29

Make sure you carry any medications and medication records your pets might need in the “go bag”.

Science Birthdays, March 28

Wilhelm Kuhne, born in 1837, biologist, he coined the word enzyme in 1876. He died in 1900 at age 63.

Natural Disasters, March 28

1920    Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak Midwest 380 people killed.

1970    Gediz earthquake: a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck western Turkey at about 23:05 local time killing 1086 and injuring 1260.

1979    A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown.

2005    Sumatra Earthquake, shook northern Sumatra with a maximum intensity of VI which is Strong, leaving 915-1314 people dead.

Science Birthdays, March 27

Karl Nageli, born in 1817, botanist, his work hindered the development of botany and genetics. He died in 1891 at the age of 74.

Johann Hittorf, born in 1824, chemist, he developed the concept of transport number, which means that ions do not travel to electrodes at the same speed. He died in 1914 at the age of 90.

Wilhelm Roentgen, born in 1845, physicist, he got expelled from school for ridiculing a teacher. In1895 he discovered X-Rays. The unit of X-Rays is called the Roentgen. The first person to be honored with the Nobel prize in physics was Roentgen in 1901. He refused to patent the invention or to gain financially from it because he thought that all humanity should have it.  With the rising inflation of the war, he died in poverty in 1923 at age 78.

Otto Wallach, born in 1847, chemist, he studied under Wohler, Hoffman and Kekule, discovered terpenes. He died in 1931 at age 84.

John Pierce, born in 1910, engineer and author, he liked science fiction and believed in satellites.  He worked with vacuum tubes, developed the concept of Code Pulse Modulation, and he coined the term transistor. He is also credited for the saying “nature abhors a vacuum”.  He wrote science fiction under the pseudonym of J.J. Coupling and had a hobby flying gliders.  He died in 2002 at the age of 92.