Blog Heap of Links for the day 4 March 2018

…a buildup of cement-like ear cerumen. Lacking access to professional equipment for its removal, ingenuity was required. A child's Super Soaker Max-D 5000 proved to be the solution… filled with body-temperature water and then mildly pressurized using the blue hand-pump.…

• Bannister set world record by running mile in 3min 59.4 secs
• Former athlete died in his sleep [age 88] surrounded by family
…at the Iffley Road sports ground in Oxford on 6 May 1954 …Bannister, then a 25-year-old medical student, had broken a mark many felt was impossible. His record stood for just 46 days but his place in history was instantly assured.…

…On this day in 1794 the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the U.S. Congress. You don't hear too much about this in these days. What the 11th says is The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State. However during the liberal court days the court ruled that the States did not have sovereign immunity when being sued by the federal government.