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A horse race came off at Stockton

April 4, 2018 by John Sergneri Leave a Comment

San Joaquin News, Stockton: A horse race came off at Stockton on Saturday last, and the Journal thus deplores its inability to furnish the time : Our reporter unfortunately lost $5,50 together with eight drinks, and came home with sufficient building material in his hat to construct a brick house he has under contract, provided … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, Thinking about Tagged: 1851, Dame Rumor, horse race, Stockton, Stockton Journal

Escape at Niagara Falls

April 3, 2018 by John Sergneri Leave a Comment

Sacramento Daily Union, October 2, 1851 A young Cincinnati lawyer, Thomas A. Logan, had a narrow escape at Niagara Falls, recently. A young lady, a stranger to him, had ventured too far out on a projecting rock over the rapids above the cataract; she became giddy and screamed for help. Young Logan, who happened to … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers Tagged: 1851, Niagara Falls, October, Sacramento Daily Union, whirlpool

The Miner’s Band of Downieville

April 3, 2018 by John Sergneri Leave a Comment

Sacramento Daily Union, October 2 1851. The echoes of the midnight air were awakened on Tuesday evening last, by an instrumental performance by the Miners Band of Downieville. We do not remember ever having heard in California music equal to that with which they regaled the few who were fortunate enough to be in the … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, Thinking about Tagged: 1851, California, Downieville, Miners Band, October, Sacramento, Sacramento Daily Union

RISK FACTOR

January 27, 2018 by John Sergneri Leave a Comment

Here is a listing of the RISK FACTOR blogs by Robert N. Charette in the IEEE Spectrum. Others will be added as discovered. Great to have Mr. Charette back online in the Specturm. Michigan’s MiDAS Unemployment System: Algorithm Alchemy Created Lead, Not Gold Will U.S. Corporations Ever Take Cybersecurity Seriously? 2018’s IT Failures Already Have … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, IT Failures, Politics, Science Tagged: cyber-security, IEEE, IT Failures, RISK FACTOR, Robert N. Charette, Spectrum

The Legend of the Geysers

January 24, 2018 by John Sergneri Leave a Comment

Reading the Healdsburg Enterprise of Feb. 21, 1878, I came across a feature article titled “The Legend of the Geysers”. It is a story about how the geyser area east of Healdsburg between there and Calistoga was discovered by the local Indians. You can read the article here and, for another take on the same … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, Thinking about Tagged: 28 February 1878, Ashochimi Indian tribe, Grizzly Bear, Healdsburg Enterprise, Independent Calistogian, Legend, Russian River, San Francisco, the Geysers

Trashy Day at Salmon Creek

January 12, 2018 by John Sergneri 1 Comment

Today was a lovely day between rain storms. A quick call to my friend Jeff and we decided to meet up at Salmon Creek Beach South to pick trash for a couple of hours. When we arrived at 13:30 it was calm with a misty sun, high tide was at 14:00, about 4 feet, which … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Sea Stories, Thinking about

What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings?

November 8, 2017 by John Sergneri Leave a Comment

In the NY Times, a review of a study from by Adam Lankford, a professor at the University of Alabama, found that the enormous number of guns owned by Americans was the major correlation in mass killings. In rankings, Yemen is second to the US in both mass killings and gun ownership. Why are we … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Politics, Racism, Science, Thinking about

the Label Ball – Part 2

September 21, 2017 by John Sergneri 1 Comment

Part one, Creation of the Label Ball, can be read here . I entered the label ball into the Sonoma County Fair’s Amateur – Adult Home Arts – Other Paper Arts – Altered Art (yes, that is the full category) and won a 2nd place ribbon! This also comes with a $4 check, so, after … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Science, Thinking about Tagged: 2017, 2nd Place, Apple, digestion, Fruit, grower, Label Ball, labels, Organic Food, produce, Recycling, Sonoma County Fair, Vegetable

The real question about the Equifax hack

September 10, 2017 by John Sergneri Leave a Comment

It seems to me that this breach as outlined by F. Manjoo in the NYT today is about trust. The crown jewels have been stolen. Because they all use the same dataset and we’ve always considered them interchangeable, there is no difference, TransUnion and Experian are as culpable as Equifax. So, now that the data … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Politics, Thinking about, This Day in History Tagged: 2017, Credit Report, EQUIFAX, EXPERIAN, Hacking, Identy Theft, TRANSUNION

A Rascally Hackman

September 7, 2017 by John Sergneri Leave a Comment

Daily Alta California > 3 December 1857 — Information was given at the Police office yesterday, that a negro had been robbed by a hackman whose name we did not learn, but who is known by the name of “Sinbad,” an appropriate name, if the account given of him is correct. It appears that the … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, Racism Tagged: 1857, Hackman, prejudice, racism, Robbery
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