Word out of Pittsburgh this week is that an Erie cancer researcher has discovered a way to burn salt water. John Kanzius, trying to desalinate seawater, took a radio-frequency generator he developed to treat cancer and voila, guess what? It burns salt in water. Who knew? This discovery is being touted as the "most remarkable" water science discovery in a century...
The prospect of using salt water, the most abundant resource on earth as a fuel supply has the science world dribbling on their bunsen burners. Penn State chemist, Rustum Roy held his own demonstrations to confirm his own observations and calls the Kanzius discovery, "the most remarkable in water science in 100 years". Roy will meet with officials from the Departments of Energy and Defense to solicit research funding. Scientists want to find out whether the energy output from the burning hydrogen which eliminates salt, would be enough to power a car or other heavy machinery. One other use not mentioned is the ability to desalinate sea water for drinking...
I can see it now - your radio station can be number one 12+, 18-34 females and desalinization. Hey you might even win a Pulitzer Prize...
10 Timeline Memories:
- 1960] Pay for play: The FCC adopts payola rules a.k.a. The Alan Freed rules after Freed and other disc jockeys were accused and in some cases fined and jailed for payola in the late 50s...
- 1963] Wedding Bells: Barbra Streisand and Elliot Gould walk down the aisle. The bride was described as looking "just like buttuh"...
- 1969] Premiered on this date: John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band makes its debut at the Toronto Rock Revival Festival which features Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Gene Vincent, The Doors and Alice Cooper. Jerry Lee Lewis pulls out at the last minute with a bad throat...1990] The original version of "Law & Order" premieres on NBC-TV...1993] "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" debuts on NBC. In 2009, Conan will replace Jay Leno on the Tonight Show...
- 1970] Marathon man: The 1st NYC Marathon is won by Freeport (LI) firefighter Gary Muhrcke. Only 175 runners compete with 55 finishing. That race consisted of 4 laps around Central Park with no TV coverage or prizes. The race now covers all 5 boroughs and the number of runners could fill Shea Stadium. It's also run the first weekend in November...
- 1971] Att-i-ca, Att-i-ca: The 4-day inmates' rebellion at the correctional facility in upstate NY ends as police and guards storm the prison. Forty-three die in the rioting...
- 1989] What's in a name?: Fay Vincent (whose name should have been reversed at birth) is named Commissioner of Baseball, succeeding the late A. Bart Giamatti...
- 1993] Count your fingers Yitzhak: Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shake hands on an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy...
- 1996] "Happy Trails": Rapper Tupac Shakur dies 6 days after being shot in a drive-by shooting. Tupac was 25...1998] Former Alabama Governor George C. Wallace is a victim of Parkinson's disease at 79...
- 1998] Emmy Gold: "Frasier" wins a record 5th consecutive Emmy as TV's "Best Comedy Series". This clip features a snippet of one of the best episodes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13W48C5tAT8 ...
- 2001] Osama fingered: Secretary of State Colin Powell names Osama bin Laden the prime suspect in the terrorist attacks of 911. Limited commercial flights are restored for the 1st time since the attacks...
Music Memories:
- 1962] Number One on this date: "Sherry" - Four Seasons...
- 1965] Released on this date: "Yesterday" - Beatles...
- 1965] Grammy Gold: "Best Group of 1964": Beatles... "Best Male Vocalist": Louis Armstrong for "Hello Dolly". Watch this live version in glorious black & white: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd4HPipfceU ...[To ensure accuracy of dates and content, multiple reference sources are used in each timeline]...
Commentary...
For those of you wondering why I haven't commented on the Bill Belichick mess, there's a reason. I don't know what to say about it. This is the guy who coaches the team that I root for. I think I'll let the dust settle on this case. I can only hope he stops what he's done, takes his punishment and moves on. How badly the image of the Patriots suffers is any one's guess. All I can say is they better beat San Diego, a very good team, or all their previous success (including the 3 Super Bowl championships) will be questioned...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Former Yankees star Bernie Williams (39), Zak Starkey (Ringo's son) (42), Jean Smart (56), Peter Cetera (63), Jacqueline Bisset (63), Blood, Sweat & Tears lead singer David Clayton-Thomas (66) this is one of the songs BS&T did when WRKO had them in concert at the Boston Garden: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CRaVKmDGWY&mode=related&search= and TV mogul Fred Silverman (70)...
Timeline Countdown: 10 days until autumn in New York, 20 days until MLB playoffs start and 41 days until the first game of the World Series...
