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GLITCH: AN OPEN WINDOW • In 1982, the deep sea oil drilling rig “Ocean Ranger” had been drilling offshore for six years, and had weathered around 50 big storms. It was one of the world’s largest offshore rigs and was built to survive waves up to 110 feet high. On February 14, 1982, it was stationed off the coast of Newfoundland when a storm came in.

• An offshore oil rig does not sit on the ocean floor; instead, it sits on underwater pontoons which can be filled with either air or water to keep the rig floating at the right level. On calm days, they are filled with water to keep the rig low; during storms the water is pumped out to lift the rig above the waves.

• The storm was bad but not the worst. Still, a wave broke a pane of glass that covered the window in the ballast room. Seawater shorted out the electronic controls that operated valves in the pontoons. The ballast valves started to open and close at random. The crew shut down all electricity to the panel, then decided to manually close the valves using long pipes designed for the purpose. Unfortunately, they accidentally opened the valves instead of closing them, and the pontoons began to fill with seawater.

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• Because the control panel was out of whack, there was no way to monitor what was happening under water. By the time the oil rig began to tilt, it was too late. It was the worst offshore drilling accident in North American history. In its six years of service, the Ocean Ranger never did hit oil.

• Little Glitch: One pane of broken glass.

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• The ferry called the “Herald of Free Enterprise” crossed the English Channel from Zeebruge, Belgium, to Dover, England every day. It took four hours each way. On March 6, 1987, the ferry left Belgium after dark. Assistant Boatswain Mark Stanley, who was working a 24-hour shift, went to his bunk while waiting for departure. His job was to close the huge bow doors of the ship after all vehicles were loaded. Unfortunately, on this night he fell asleep. There were 540 people on board.

• When the call to report to stations came over the loudspeaker, Stanley slept through it. The ramp was lifted, the ferry got underway, and no one knew that the bow doors were still open. There was no emergency signal indicating the problem on the deck for the Captain to see, and the bow doors could not be seen from the deck. The ship headed into the North Sea with the doors wide open. As the ferry gained speed, the bow wave rose higher, and water began flooding through the open doors. 200 tons per minute gushed over the football-size bottom level of the ferry. Within 90 seconds, the ferry tipped over.

• That is when Mark Stanley woke up. He survived, and even heroically rescued many people. But not all.

• Little Glitch: A short nap.

• Big Problem: 188 dead.

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GLITCH: BOLTS FROM THE BLUE

• Around 8:30p.m. on July 13, 1977, a lightning bolt hit an electrical transmission line in upstate New York, putting both of its high voltage wires out of service. Circuit breakers were tripped as they were designed to do, and the sudden lack of power shut down the Indian Point No. 3 nuclear power plant on the Hudson River a few miles away. The nuclear power plant, unable to send its power anywhere, went off-line. That reduced the amount of electricity flowing into New York City by 833 megawatts.

• Combined with the failure of the two high voltage wires killed by lightning, the electrical supply was down by 1,310 megawatts. There were still five heavy-duty powerlines heading into the city, enough to make up for the loss of power. Unfortunately, another lightning bolt hit a major powerline in upstate New York around 9:00p.m. and 1,044 megawatts carried into New York from Con Edison failed. Now two of the six power lines supplying the city were out. All of the electricity coming into the city was automatically rerouted to the four remaining lines. And all four of them became dangerously overloaded.

• At 9:19p.m., one of the four lines shorted out, throwing its load of electricity to the remaining three lines. At 9:22p.m., an operator at the Long Island Lighting Company cut the power on the line into Manhattan to avoid shorting out. Now there were only two lines left. At 9:29p.m. another line failed, and now all of the power was flowing through the one remaining line. At 9:36 it went down too, and all of Manhattan was plunged into darkness. It took 25 hours to restore power, during which time much rioting and looting took place.

• Little Glitch: A couple of lightning bolts.

• Big Problem: Eight or nine million people without power. ...continued

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GLITCH: A CUP OF WATER

• The original estimate for building Three Mile Island nuclear power generator was $130 million; the final cost was over $700 million. General Public Utilities hurried to get the plant in operation by December 31, 1978, so the company could qualify for tax credits.

• One of the persistent problems that never got fixed was a pipe leading out of a water filtering tank that kept getting stopped up with resin beads that removed contaminants from the water. The only way to get it unclogged was to blast compressed air through the pipe from another pipe that was attached underneath the clog. But on March 28, 1979, for some reason, the clog wouldn’t break up. The engineer kept blasting it with compressed air over and over again. Unbeknownst to him, a few ounces of water leaked backwards into the compressed air line he was using.

• It was the same compressed air line that powered the instruments that monitored and controlled the nuclear reactor. When the automatic controls sensed the water in the air lines, they automatically shut all valves down to prevent more water from leaking. This caused a roadblock in the steam pipes.

• Normally 5,000 gallons of water per minute ran through the pipes. Now 5,000 gallons of water per minute came to a crashing halt. Pipes tore loose, scalding water sprayed everywhere, controls went haywire, the turbine shut down, and a critical valve that should have closed got stuck open instead, draining the cooling water away from the nuclear reactor. The reactor had no water to carry away the heat. It’s estimated that by the time water flow was restored to the reactor, the power plant was within 30 minutes of a full-scale nuclear meltdown of China syndrome proportions.

• Little Glitch: A few ounces of water.

• Big Problem: A near nuclear meltdown.

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• A Chinese father hired virtual assassins to kill his son's World of Warcraft character, hoping that would stop the young man from playing after he'd quit his day job.

• American death row prisoners are given a physical to ensure they're fit enough to die.

• During the 1984 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles, McDonald's announced a promotion offering free food and drink every time an American athlete made it to the medals podium. After the former Soviet Union boycotted the games, it turned out to be quite a costly promotion.

• The French duo Daft Punk took their name from a negative review they received from "Melody Maker" magazine regarding a trio of which they'd previously been members.

• Between 1887 and 1950, American weather forecasters were not allowed to use the word "tornado."

• A particularly pessimistic fan of football's Cleveland Browns requested in his obituary that six members of the team serve as pallbearers at his funeral so "the Browns could let him down one last time."

• In the early 1970s, the first Nike shoe was inspired by ... a waffle. After watching his wife make waffles, the company's co-founder, Bill Bowerman, poured urethane into a waffle iron to see what would happen. The Waffle Trainer debuted soon after. *** Thought for the Day: "The difference between a smart man and a wise man is that a smart man knows what to say; a wise man knows whether or not to say it." -- Frank M. Garafola ©2022 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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• Astronauts endure high G-forces during takeoff and landing. They need support from their seats. The variability in astronauts’ physiques was problematic, and their body shapes change during training. In 1966, NASA engineer Charles Yost invented a material that would mold to the astronaut’s body shape and then return to its original state when not in use. It was dubbed “slow springback foam.” NASA released memory foam into the public domain in the 1980s.

• NASA collaborated with Diatek Corporation to develop the infrared aural thermometer which measures the temperature inside a patient's ear using the same technology that measures the temperature of stars and planets. The device consists of a lens which focuses light from the object being measured onto a detector, which absorbs the infrared radiation and converts it into an electrical signal.

The device converts the signal to temperature, which is then displayed. Today they are used in a wide range of applications, monitoring temperatures in mechanical and electrical systems.

• In the 1960s, NASA developed a small, lightweight water purifier for the Apollo spacecraft that would require minimal power and would not need to be monitored around-the-clock by astronauts in orbit.

The 9-ounce purifier, slightly larger than a cigarette pack, dispensed silver ions into the spacecraft’s water supply to successfully kill off bacteria. This “Electrolytic Silver Ion Cell” has now been adapted for a wide range of water purification needs.

• The wireless headset was developed for astronauts during the Apollo program in the 1960s. Perhaps the most famous use of the original headphones was when Neil Armstrong delivered his immortal quote during the first manned mission to the Moon.

• Mylar, a heat-reflecting plastic shield coated in aluminum, was designed by NASA to protect spacecraft from the sun’s heat. The intense fluctuations in cold and heat experienced in space made it extremely difficult to regulate the temperature of the space shuttle and the astronauts on board. Mylar insulation solved the issue. Today most insulation is based on Mylar, and Mylar is also used widely in packaging.

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• Astronauts needed to have compact, durable cameras. In 1965, a NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist named Eugene Lally invented a sensor that collects photons, then switches them into electrons. The electrical signal from the electrons is converted into a picture. This invention gave rise to digital photography. The word “pixel” was also his invention. By the 1980s digital photography was being marketed to the general public.

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• During the Apollo missions, astronauts needed to take samples of the moon’s surface, and that required tools that could be carried easily. NASA worked with Black & Decker to create efficient battery-operated tools. This paved the way for a range of battery-operated cordless tools of all kinds.

• The technology for air purifiers was developed

by NASA to help astronauts grow plants in space.

In the 1990s, NASA needed to remove ethylene from the air to prevent plants from aging and fruit from ripening too soon. They designed an ethylene scrubber that uses titanium oxide and UV light to chemically convert ethylene into trace amounts of water and carbon dioxide. The first working model was launched on the space shuttle Columbia and installed onboard the International Space Station in 1995. Since then, the technology has been adapted for commercial and domestic air purifiers.

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• “Planning a new roof? Choose a light color for cooling benefits.

Also check with your home-insurance company to see what discounts it might offer for different styles or options, like upgraded hurricane clips or fire-retardant materials.” — R.E.W. in Tennessee • Cut a cord of firewood in the spring, and cure it yourself. Store it away from the house and properly care for the wood by stacking it where it will have access to the sun and wind to dry it. Let it season for six months or longer, and you’ll have firewood ready when the temperatures drop again.

• “If you’re melting chocolate in your microwave, do yourself a favor: Line the bowl with wax paper or parchment paper. The chocolate is still easy to stir, but when you take it out, you can scrape all the chocolate off the paper so that none is wasted!” — A.A. in Florida • “Place a bit of clear tape over the spot where you are going to drive in a nail to prevent the nail from cracking drywall.

It will go right in. Also, if you’re nailing into wood, drag your nail through some soap (bar soap is fine) before striking it.

This does the same thing — it will keep the wood from splitting. You can even keep a travel-size bar of soap in your nail apron for just this purpose.” — P.K. in New Jersey • Shopping for bagged frozen vegetables? Give them the squeeze test: If the vegetables feel hard and solid, they have thawed and refrozen. Choose another bag.

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• On May 24, 1883, after 14 years and 27 deaths during construction, the Brooklyn Bridge in New York is opened, the largest suspension bridge ever built to that date.

• On May 27, 1894, Dashiell Hammett, author of "The Maltese Falcon," is born in Maryland. He worked as a Pinkerton detective for eight years and turned his experiences into fiction. The novel was filmed three times, the last in 1941, starring Humphrey Bogart.

• On May 26, 1940, President Franklin Roosevelt makes a radio appeal for the support of the Red Cross. Belgian and French civilians were "running from their homes to escape bombs and shells and machine gunning, without shelter, and almost wholly without food," FDR told Americans.

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• On May 29, 1932, the so-called Bonus Expeditionary Force, a group of 1,000 World War I veterans seeking cash payments for their veterans' bonus certificates, arrives in Washington, D.C. One month later, that number had swelled to nearly 20,000 strong.

• On May 28, 1902, Owen Wister's "The Virginian" is published. It was the first serious Western and one of the most influential in the genre. The book became a sensation and inspired four movies and a Broadway play.

• On May 23, 1960, a tsunami caused by an earthquake off the coast of Chile travels across the Pacific Ocean and kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii. The massive 9.5 magnitude quake had killed thousands in Chile the previous day.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning System, established in 1948, worked properly and warnings were issued to Hawaiians six hours in advance, but some people ignored the warnings and others actually headed to the coast to view the wave.

• On May 25, 1977, the communist government of China lifts its decade-old ban on the writings of William Shakespeare. Mao Tse-Tung's 1966 revolution had banned any cultural work that did not have the required ideological content.

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THE HUMAN HEART

• The heart beats about 115,000 times each day, pumping 2,000 gallons of blood daily.

• A normal heart pumps approximately 4 tablespoons of blood with each beat.

• When resting, it takes 6 seconds for blood to travel from the heart to the lungs and back again, 8 seconds to go to the brain and back, and 16 seconds to go to the toes and back.

• Other than the cornea, every cell in the human body gets blood from the heart.

• The right side of the heart pumps blood into the lungs. The left side of the heart pumps blood through the body.

• An adult heart beats about 60 to 80 times per minute. The average heartbeat of a woman is about 8 beats a minute faster than a man's heartbeat. Newborns’ hearts beat faster than adult hearts, about 70 -190 beats per minute.

• The beating sound of the heart is caused by the valves of the heart opening and closing. A normal heart valve is the size of a half dollar.

• The human heart weighs less than 1 lb. However, a man’s heart is 2 oz. heavier than a woman’s heart on average.

• If the blood vessel system were stretched out, it would extend 60,000 miles.

• Heart cells stop dividing at an early age, which means heart cancer is extremely rare.

• Every day, the heart creates enough energy to drive a truck 20 miles. In a lifetime, that’s equal to driving to the Moon and back.

• The heart of an average man beats about 70 times a minute, whereas the average woman has a heart rate of 78 beats per minute.

• During an average lifetime, the heart will pump nearly 1.5 million barrels of blood—enough to fill 200 train tank cars.

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• Heart disease is the number 1 cause of death in the United States.

• The earliest known case of heart disease was found in a 3,500-year-old Egyptian mummy.

• More heart attacks happen on a Monday than any other day. The most number of heart attacks occur on Christmas followed by the day after Christmas and New Year’s Day. • An electrical system called the cardiac conduction system controls the rhythm of the heart which is why the heart can continue beating even when removed from the body.

• The first open-heart surgery occurred in 1893.

It was performed by Daniel Hale Williams, one of the few black cardiologists in the U.S. • The first implantable pacemaker was used in 1958. Arne Larsson, who received the pacemaker, lived longer than the surgeon who implanted it. Larsson died at 86 of a disease that was unrelated to his heart.

• The first heart pacemakers plugged into a wall socket.

• On December 3, 1967, Dr. Christiaan Barnard of South Africa transplanted a human heart into the body of Louis Washansky. Although the recipient lived only 18 days, it is considered the first successful heart transplant.

• The youngest person to receive heart surgery was only a minute old. She had a heart defect that many babies don’t survive. Her surgery was successful.

• The more education you have, the lower your risk of heart disease.

• Happiness and a strong sense of emotional vitality help lower your risk of heart disease.

• The 26.2-mile marathon can be now run in less than 2 hours, but studies showed that no matter how quickly or how slowly the marathon is run, the runners all shared a 45% lower chance of heart attack or stroke.

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