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Friday, March 28, 2014

2014[13]A -- Ins-Net As for Mar 28, 2014_Mixed Bag -- #09: I survived TMI! [B - B - A ]

Insomniac-Net ANSWERS -- Friday[13], Mar 28, 2014  [ B - B - A ]
Tonight's Topic: "Mixed Bag of 3 Trivia Questions -- #09: I survived TMI!"
Answers = B - B - A
    Good morning/evening, everybody! Thank you for joining us last night.
    We hope you discovered something interesting during the time we spent together on the Insomniac Net last night.
      -- The ever-delightful Shelley [KF7TBA] and LW [K7LWA]
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   For tonight's Net, we have selected 3 Trivia questions about an event that LW witnessed only 35 years ago on this day -- March 28, 1979.
    Some of you may remember the worst US nuclear power plant disaster -- that nearly resulted in the nuclear core meltdown of the Three Mile Island (TMI) reactor along the Susquehanna River in south central Pennyslvania.
     Although many "experts" claim that there could not have been a nuclear core meltdown -- in which the radioactive core becomes so hot it melts through the earth's crust and then ejects like a radioactive volcano -- and anything east (downwind) of the site (like New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wahington D.C. and most of eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey) would become uninhabitable possibly for hundreds, if not thousands of years.
    Living then in Hershey, PA -- about 15 miles downwind of TMI Reactor Unit 2 -- LW remembers the crisis-circus, the confusion among the plant's owners (who safeguarded their  investors by claiming they could manage the "accident"), the State and Federal government agencies (who were trying to find out how bad the disaster was being managed -- or not), the Emergency responders and nuclear workers (who were trying to keep the disaster from getting worse), the avalanche of neo-tabloid media (who were dishing out fear and conjecture as fast and as far as their capped teeth could flash), as well as the nearly total lack of disaster management procedures or experience.
    Despite the seriousness of the event, several ironies surfaced during and after that event.
    So, how much do you know about TMI?
    Please give us your best answers from any of the 3 (reuseable) answers of "A", "B", or "C" (if applicable!) for each question.   

      ++ "Mixed Bag of 3 Trivia Questions -- #09: I survived... TMI!" ++
Question #1: What's the popular name used when a nuclear accident might result in a total core meltdown?
        A. "Say Hello to my Little Boom", or
        B. "The China Syndrome", or
        C. "Dancing With the Stars".
Main Entry:       China syndrome
Part of Speech:       n
Definition:       a hypothetical sequence of events following a nuclear reactor meltdown, in which the core melts through its container and deep into the earth
Etymology:       from China's being on the opposite side of the earth from a U.S. nuclear reactor
  Question #2: Ironically, the US President at the time of the TMI "accident" was Jimmy Carter. Why is that ironic?
        A. President Carter was tired of the Iranian hostage crisis and wanted to deal with a crisis closer to home, or
        B. With his graduate work in reactor technology and nuclear physics, President Carter had served as a senior officer of the pre-commissioning crew of the Seawolf, the second US nuclear submarine, or
        C. TMI took the heat off his stupid comment he made in a 1967 Playboy interview: "I've looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times."
 The damaged reactor at Three Mile Island was not the first President Jimmy Carter had viewed up close. While in the Navy, Carter was part of a team that helped dismantle the damaged nuclear reactor at the Chalk River plant in Ontario, Canada. A trained nuclear engineer, Carter worked under famed Admiral Hyman Rickover, the father of the Navy's nuclear program, on the "Sea Wolf," an atomic submarine. He also studied nuclear physics at Union College in New York. Given his background, Carter had a firm grasp of the potential disaster that would ensue should a nuclear meltdown occur. As a seasoned politician, he was also aware of the possible panic that would ensue should people come to believe a meltdown was imminent. (1, 2, 3, 4)
  Question #3: Speaking of "The China Syndrome" -- a film starring Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas -- about a nuclear power plant accident: When was it released to theaters in the US?
        A. On March 16, 1979 -- 12 days before TMI, or
        B. On March 28, 1980 -- the first anniversary of TMI, or,
        C. Despite political and corporate energy cover ups and originally mis-titled "The Bad News Bears", it was released only on video tape and DVD -- never in theaters.
                The China Syndrome (1979)  --  122 min  -  Drama | Thriller  -  16 March 1979 (USA)
[SOURCES]
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++ QUOTE(s) OF THE DAY ++  
        -- Walter Cronkite led off the CBS Evening News broadcast on March 28, 1979 with...
    “The world has never known a day quite like today. It faced the considerable uncertainties and dangers of the worst nuclear power plant accident of the atomic age.”
 [SOURCE: The Lasting Fallout of a Nuclear Meltdown’s Data Gaps]
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Thank you!
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2014[13]Q -- Ins-Net Qs for Mar 28, 2014_Mixed Bag -- #09: I survived TMI!

 Insomniac-Net Questions -- Friday[13], Mar 28, 2014
Tonight's Topic: "Mixed Bag of 3 Trivia Questions -- #09: I survived TMI!"
    Good morning/evening, everybody! Thank you for joining us tonight.
    We hope you'll discover something interesting during the time we spend together on the Insomniac Net for the next 90+ minutes.
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   For tonight's Net, we have selected 3 Trivia questions about an event that LW witnessed only 35 years ago on this day -- March 28, 1979.
    Some of you may remember the worst US nuclear power plant disaster -- that nearly resulted in the nuclear core meltdown of the Three Mile Island (TMI) reactor along the Susquehanna River in south central Pennyslvania.

    Although many "experts" claim that there could not have been a nuclear core meltdown -- in which the radioactive core becomes so hot it melts through the earth's crust and then ejects like a radioactive volcano -- and anything east (downwind) of the site (like New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wahington D.C. and most of eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey) would become uninhabitable possibly for hundreds, if not thousands of years.
    Living then in Hershey, PA -- about 15 miles downwind of TMI Reactor Unit 2 -- LW remembers the crisis-circus, the confusion among the plant's owners (who safeguarded their  investors by claiming they could manage the "accident"), the State and Federal government agencies (who were trying to find out how bad the disaster was being managed -- or not), the Emergency responders and nuclear workers (who were trying to keep the disaster from getting worse), the avalanche of neo-tabloid media (who were dishing out fear and conjecture as fast and as far as their capped teeth could flash), as well as the nearly total lack of disaster management procedures or experience.
    Despite the seriousness of the event, several ironies surfaced during and after that event.
    So, how much do you know about TMI?

    Please give us your best answers from any of the 3 (reuseable) answers of "A", "B", or "C" (if applicable!) for each question.   

      ++ "Mixed Bag of 3 Trivia Questions -- #09: I survived... TMI!" ++
Question #1: What's the popular name used when a nuclear accident might result in a total core meltdown?
        A. "Say Hello to my Little Boom", or
        B. "The China Syndrome", or

        C. "Dancing With the Stars".  


 Question #2: Ironically, the US President at the time of the TMI "accident" was Jimmy Carter. Why is that ironic?
        A. President Carter was tired of the Iranian hostage crisis and wanted to deal with a crisis closer to home, or
       
B. With his graduate work in reactor technology and nuclear physics, President Carter had served as a senior officer of the pre-commissioning crew of the Seawolf, the second US nuclear submarine, or
        C. TMI took the heat off his stupid comment he made in a 1967 Playboy interview: "I've looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times."

  Question #3: Speaking of "The China Syndrome" -- a film starring Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas -- about a nuclear power plant accident: When was it released to theaters in the US?
        A. On March 16, 1979 -- 12 days before TMI, or
        B. On March 28, 1980 -- the first anniversary of TMI, or,

        C.
Despite political and corporate energy cover ups and originally mis-titled "The Bad News Bears", it was released only on video tape and DVD -- never in theaters.
[SOURCE: LW's Super-Secret Treasure Trove of Trivia]
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++ QUOTE(s) OF THE DAY ++    -- Walter Cronkite led off the CBS Evening News broadcast on March 28, 1979 with...
   
“The world has never known a day quite like today. It faced the considerable uncertainties and dangers of the worst nuclear power plant accident of the atomic age.”
 [SOURCE: The Lasting Fallout of a Nuclear Meltdown’s Data Gaps]
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Friday, March 21, 2014

2014[12]A -- Ins-Net As for Mar 21, 2014_Mixed Bag -- #08: What's the Hubbub, Bubb? [ C - A - B ]

Insomniac-Net ANSWERS -- Friday[12], Mar 21, 2014  [ C - A - B ]
Tonight's Topic: "Mixed Bag of 3 Trivia Questions -- #08: What's the Hubbub, Bubb?"
Answers = C - A - B

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    Good morning/evening, everybody! Thank you for joining us last night.
    We hope you discovered something interesting during the time we spent together on the Insomniac Net last night.
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    Last Tuesday, the residents of Lubbock, Texas encountered a "haboob" (pronounced “huh-boob” [Arabic: هَبوب‎ habūb "blasting/drafting"]).
    According NOAA National Weather Service, "...derived from the Arabic word haab, which means wind or blow, haboobs are very strong dust and sand storms that move through hot and dry regions."

        So for tonight's Net, we ask: How much do you know about Lubbock and its haboob?
    Please give us your best answers from any of the 3 (reuseable) answers of "A", "B", or "C" (if applicable!) for each question.   

      ++ "Mixed Bag of 3 Trivia Questions -- #08: What's the Hubbub, Bubb?" ++
Question #1: What is the nickname for the City of Lubbock, TX?
        A. "The Peoples' Republic of Jed Clampett", or
        B. "Lubbock It, or Leave It", or

        C. "Hub City".
            Lubbock is located in West Texas. Our great city is surrounded by five major Texas highways giving the appearance of a hub on a wagon wheel, hence the nickname “Hub City.”

Question #2: One of Lubbock's popular historic and cultural venues is the Buddy Holly Center?
        A. True, or
        B. False.

            The Buddy Holly Center, a historical site, has dual missions; preserving, collecting and promoting the legacy of Buddy Holly and the music of Lubbock and West Texas, as well as providing exhibits on Contemporary Visual Arts and Music, for the purpose of educating and entertaining the public. The vision of the Buddy Holly Center is to discover art through music by celebrating legacy, culture and community.
Question #3: Lubbock is considered the hub of the Texas High Plains area which is the largest contiguous producing region in the world of a certain crop. What is the name of this crop -- which is also derived from an Arab word -- just like "haboob"?
        A. Artichoke, or
        B. Cotton, or

        C.
Cow.
           
cotton - qutn  -- Some words are borrowed directly from Arabic; but most of these words have taken the scenic route, through Spanish, Italian, and/or French; or through Turkish, Persian, or Urdu; or through Hebrew or Latin. This produces a good deal of phonological deformation; as does the dialect variation within Arabic. 

            Common English words derived from Arabic:
                (from: English Words from Arabic)

admiral - ami:r-al-bahr 'ruler of the seas' (and other similar expressions) - amara command
adobe - al-toba 'the brick'
albacore - al-bukr 'the young camel'
alcohol - al-koh''l 'the kohl'
alcove - al-qobbah 'vault' - qubba vault
alfalfa - alfas,fas,ah 'fodder'
algebra - al-jebr 'reintegration' - jabara reunite
alkali - al-qaliy 'calx' - qalay fry, roast
amber - `anbar 'ambergris'
Arab - `arab
arsenal - dar as,s,ina`ah 'house of making', i.e. 'factory' - s,ana`a make
artichoke - al-kharshu:f
assassin - h'ashsha:shi:n 'hashish eaters', from the Isma`ili sectarians
azure - al-lazward 'lapis lazuli' - from Persian
Betelgeuse - bi:t al-jauza:' 'shoulder of the Giant'
borax - bu:raq - from Persian
carafe - gharra:f - gharafa 'dip'
check - sha:h 'king' - from Persian
checkmate - sha:h ma:t 'the king is dead'
coffee - qahwah
cork - qu:rq
cotton - qutn
gazelle - ghaza:l
genie - jinni: 'spirit'
gerbil - yarbu:`
giraffe - zara:fa
harem - h'aram 'prohibited, set apart' - h'arama prohibit
hashish - h'ashi:sh 'dried herbs, hemp'
hazard - yásara 'play at dice'
jar - jarrah 'large earthen vase'
jasmine - ya:smi:n - from Persian
julep - jula:b 'rose water' - from Persian
lilac - li:la:k - from Persian
lemon - laymu:n - from Persian
lime - li:mah 'citrus fruit'
loofah - lu:fah a plant whose pods were used as sponges
lute - al-`u:d
macramé - miqramah 'striped cloth'
magazine - makha:zin 'storehouses' - khazana store
monsoon - mausim 'season' - wasama mark
mummy - mu:miya: 'embalmed body' - mu:m '(embalming) wax'
safari - safari:y 'journey' - safara travel
saffron - za`fara:n
Sahara - çah'ra: 'desert'
sequin - sikkah 'die for coinmaking'
spinach - isfa:na:kh
syrup - shara:b 'beverage' - shariba drink
tambourine - a small tambour, from tanbu:r - from Persian
tariff - ta`ri:f 'notification' - `arafa notify
tarragon - tarkhu:n - possibly from Greek
zero - s,ifr 'empty'
[SOURCEs: Please see below]
(1) Lubbock, TX
(2) Buddy Holly Center
(3) The proclamation recognizes Texas as the largest cotton producer in the United States
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++ QUOTE(s) OF THE DAY ++  
        -- Jody James (Lubbock NWS office) commenting on the word "haboob":

         "It is a word of Arabic origin. We have a lot of words like that, like algebra.., so whether we know it or not, we have a lot of Arabic words in our lexicon."

            Photos:
                Massive Haboob Barrels Through Western Texas
                NWS Lubbock Link for March 11th, 2014 - Wall of Dirt I

                NWS Lubbock Link for March 18th, 2014 - Wall of Dirt II

 
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Thank you, everyone!
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