FYI May 27, 2019

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1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
The Battle of Tsushima (Russian: Цусимское сражение, Tsusimskoye srazheniye), also known as the Battle of Tsushima Strait and the Naval Battle of the Sea of Japan (Japanese: 日本海海戦, Nihonkai-Kaisen) in Japan, was a major naval battle fought between Russia and Japan during the Russo-Japanese War. It was naval history’s only decisive sea battle fought by modern steel battleship fleets,[2][3] and the first naval battle in which wireless telegraphy (radio) played a critically important role. It has been characterized as the “dying echo of the old era – for the last time in the history of naval warfare, ships of the line of a beaten fleet surrendered on the high seas”.[4]

It was fought on 27–28 May 1905 (14–15 May in the Julian calendar then in use in Russia) in the Tsushima Strait between Korea and southern Japan. In this battle the Japanese fleet under Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō destroyed two-thirds of the Russian fleet, under Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky, which had traveled over 18,000 nautical miles (33,000 km) to reach the Far East. In London in 1906, Sir George Sydenham Clarke wrote, “The battle of Tsu-shima is by far the greatest and the most important naval event since Trafalgar”;[5] decades later, historian Edmund Morris agreed with this judgment.[6] The destruction of the Russian navy caused a bitter reaction from the Russian public, which induced a peace treaty in September 1905 without any further battles.

Prior to the Russo-Japanese War, countries constructed their battleships with mixed batteries of mainly 6-inch (152 mm), 8-inch (203 mm), 10-inch (254 mm) and 12-inch (305 mm) guns, with the intent that these battleships fight on the battle line in a close-quarter, decisive fleet action. The Battle of Tsushima conclusively demonstrated that battleship speed and big guns[7] with longer ranges were more advantageous in naval battles than mixed batteries of different sizes.[8]

The battle was also the first time that wireless telegraphy was used in naval combat.[9] The wireless telegraph had been invented during the last half of the 1890s, and by the turn of the century nearly all major navies were adopting this improved communications technology. Nonetheless Tsushima would be “the first major sea battle in which wireless played any role whatsoever”.[10]

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Born On This Day

 
 
1818 – Amelia Bloomer, American journalist and activist (d. 1894)
Amelia Jenks Bloomer (May 27, 1818 – December 30, 1894) was an American women’s rights and temperance advocate. Even though she did not create the women’s clothing reform style known as bloomers, her name became associated with it because of her early and strong advocacy. In her work with The Lily, she became the first woman to own, operate and edit a newspaper for women.

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By Quin Hillyer: As NFL role model, Bart Starr was the greatest of all time

Bryan Bartlett Starr (January 9, 1934 – May 26, 2019) was a professional American football player and coach. He played quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1956 through 1971. Starr was the only quarterback in NFL history to lead a team to three consecutive league championships (1965–1967). Starr led his team to victories in the first two Super Bowls: I and II.[1] As the Packers’ head coach, he was less successful, compiling a 52–76–3 (.408) record from 1975 through 1983.

Starr was named the Most Valuable Player of the first two Super Bowls[1] and during his career earned four Pro Bowl selections. He won the league MVP award in 1966.[2] He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Packers Hall of Fame in 1977.

Starr has the highest postseason passer rating (104.8)[3] of any quarterback in NFL history and a postseason record of 9–1.[1] His career completion percentage of 57.4 was an NFL best when he retired in 1972.[4] Starr also held the Packers’ franchise record for games played (196) for 32 years, through the 2003 season.[4]

Starr played college football at the University of Alabama[1] and was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the 17th round of the 1956 NFL draft (200th overall).

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The Bohemian Blog: Nagorno-Karabakh: Exploring the Unrecognised Republic of Artsakh
 
 
 
 
By Nick Fouriezos: The Next Stage of the Roe v. Wade Debate: Abortion Pills by Mail
Why you should care
Because it’s not hard to imagine the ways telemedicine could confound abortion restrictions.
 
 
 
 

By Andrew Urevig: ow Well Could You Manage a Prison? Play This to Find Out
The Warden Game: How to “Win”

At the end of the game, you receive a score out of 100. It’s determined by how well you, as warden, manage to balance the conflicting pressures laid out in the storylines.

The better you are at keeping the peace — without offending the politicians and the Department of Corrections — the higher your score will be.

If you’re too repressive and inmates riot, your score will be low.

And if you’re too lenient, you’ll simply get fired by the state government and receive “no score.”
 
 
 
 

Maria Popova’s Brain Pickings: My Heart: An Emotional Intelligence Primer in the Form of an Uncommonly Tender Illustrated Poem About Our Capacity for Love and more ->
 
 
 
 
GlacierHub.org Weekly Newsletter 5-27-19: GlacierHub is seeking contributions for a new, ongoing feature that we are launching this summer. We’re calling it “Dispatches from the Cryosphere.”
 
 
 
 
Open Culture: How Carl Jung Inspired the Creation of Alcoholics Anonymous ; Watch Patti Smith’s New Tribute to the Avant-Garde Poet Antonin Artaud and more ->
 
 
 
 
The Passive Voice: The Soldier Above All Others; ‘It’s a Lifelong Burden’: the Mixed Blessing of the Medal of Honor and more ->
 
 
 
 
By MessyNessy 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCCLIII): A dandelion wish-making facility in L.A.; A Mummified Dinosaur Found (Accidentally) by Miners in Canada; The mansion next to the Eiffel Tower “owned by 2 mysterious sisters of a rich French dynasty” is for sale and more ->
 
 

The interviewer examined the job application then turned to the prospective employee. “I see you have put ‘ASAP’ down for the date you are available to start, meaning as soon as possible, of course. However, I see you’ve put ‘AMAP’ down for required salary. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen that before, what does it mean?”

The applicant replied, “As much as possible!”
 
 

At their high school reunion, Sarah and Esther meet up for the first time in fifty years.

Sarah begins to tell Esther about her children: “My son is a doctor and he’s got four kids. My daughter is married to a lawyer and they have three great kids. So tell me Esther, how about your kids?”

Esther replies, “Unfortunately, Morty and I don’t have any children and so we have no grandchildren either.”

Sarah says, “No children and no grandchildren… so tell me, Esther, what do you do for aggravation?”
 
 

I once fell in love with a girl who only knew 4 vowels…

She didn’t know I existed.
 
 

An investment banker decides she needs in-house counsel, so she interviews a young lawyer. “Mr. Cohen,” she says, “would you say you’re honest?”

“Honest?” replies Mr. Cohen. “Let me tell you something about honesty. My father lent me $75,000 for my education, and I paid back every penny the minute I tried my first case.”

“Impressive. And what sort of case was that?”

“Dad sued me for the money.”
 
 

When a trick went wrong, an amateur magician accidentally turned his wife into a couch and his two children into armchairs. He tried everything he knew to reverse the trick but when all attempts failed, he took them to a hospital.

He paced up and down in casualty for hours until finally a junior doctor came out to see him.

“My wife is a couch and my two children are armchairs,” said the magician. “I need to know how they’re doing.”

The doctor glanced at his notes and said, “They’re comfortable.”


 
 

 
 

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