FYI August 30, 2020

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On This Day

1936 – The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
The RMS Queen Mary is a retired British ocean liner that sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line (known as Cunard-White Star Line when the vessel entered service) and built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland. Queen Mary, along with RMS Queen Elizabeth,[3] were built as part of Cunard’s planned two-ship weekly express service between Southampton, Cherbourg and New York. The two ships were a British response to the express superliners built by German, Italian and French companies in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Queen Mary sailed on her maiden voyage on 27 May 1936 and won the Blue Riband that August;[4] she lost the title to SS Normandie in 1937 and recaptured it in 1938, holding it until 1952 when it was taken by the new SS United States. With the outbreak of the Second World War, she was converted into a troopship and ferried Allied soldiers during the conflict.

Following the war, Queen Mary was refitted for passenger service and along with Queen Elizabeth commenced the two-ship transatlantic passenger service for which the two ships were initially built. The two ships dominated the transatlantic passenger transportation market until the dawn of the jet age in the late 1950s. By the mid-1960s, Queen Mary was ageing and was operating at a loss.

After several years of decreased profits for Cunard Line, Queen Mary was officially retired from service in 1967. She left Southampton for the last time on 31 October 1967 and sailed to the port of Long Beach, California, United States, where she remains permanently moored. The ship serves as a tourist attraction featuring restaurants, a museum and a hotel. The ship is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has accepted the Queen Mary as part of the Historic Hotels of America.[5]

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Born On This Day

1906 – Olga Taussky-Todd, Austrian mathematician (d. 1995)[10]
Olga Taussky-Todd (August 30, 1906, Olomouc, Austria-Hungary (present-day Olomouc, Czech Republic) – October 7, 1995, Pasadena, California) was an Austrian and later Czech-American mathematician.[1][2] She is famous for her more than 300 research papers in algebraic number theory, integral matrices, and matrices in algebra and analysis.

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FYI

Kathryn’s Report: Letter: Drone operator should be prosecuted
Will counseling be enough if an air tanker or helicopter goes down in a collision with a drone?

Surely investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration, Forest Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation can press charges in the public interest. Who do they think they are protecting?

Debbie Collazo
Disclaimer: As submitted to the Arizona Daily Star.
 
 
 
 

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Ideas

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Step 1: SAFETY FIRST!

First and foremost, I cannot stress safety enough!

When working with glass, saws, and even cement / concrete, safety should be a priority. You could easily be cut, scratched, or worse – severely injured. You might even develop a rash from the cement. Always, always be safe, wear protective gear, and think like a safety inspector.

Recipes

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