I note that it is almost a month since my last posting to the blog. I am believing the adage that time goes faster as one gets older. I have be convetings some VHS tapes to DVD discs and then hve been makeing copies of the DVD's to give to family. The Salina library technology section hs the equipment to do this. I do not have a DVD burner athome. The Nero software at the library did not always work as it shold so I have had to ;make several sessions, but it is grat to have the capability. It is a great asset for the community.
In our lab at the Senior Center we are hoping that in the first of the year we will be able to get broad band connection, which willbe grat for the classes and workshops.The winter solstice is 4 days away. The erth will begin its tilting to increas the length of the day and warming the northern hemisphere. Mother nature decided to prove to us that she still controlls the seasons and this morning there is about 5 inches of snow on the ground! When we go to the library today, I am signing up for a Kansas library card, my old one is out of date. This card allows access to several databases for research--genealogy etc and even the world book. Also, there are some 12000 e-books, so we wil be preparedshold we have to "hunkerdown" until Spring--which is unlikely.
I have added a couple of links to the side bar of this blog. One is a link to Thomas P M Barnett's page and blog. He has information on his thiking and analysis of the world problems. The other lilnk is to "Baghdad Burning" which is a blog by an Iraqi young lady who has been publishing for some time and she gives insite into what it is like to be living conditions they have--limited electricity etc. Her analysis and report of the recent election is interesting. It is amazing that 70% + of registered voters voted, This is better than we do in the USA! The Google "news" link is also ther and clicking on onay of the links will take you to that site.
I question whether the huge oil storage fire in England was all an accident and that the Jihadists did not have a hand in it. Regardless, the international terorist network has to be defeated. The book "The Wests last Chance" by Tony Blankley likens the threat as equal to the Nazi quest for the world in the late 1930's. Probably, the Senate's blockage of the Patriot Act is not the way to do it. In WWII we had to come together and also to temporarily restrict some priveliges to be able to mobilize to get the job done.
We send our very best wishes to all, not just for the Season but for the whole year-and more.
AF AKA Happy Doc
PS. The link to Baghdad burning may not be in the side bar
The URL is:www.riverbendblog.blogspot.com
Saturday, December 17, 2005
Friday, November 18, 2005
THANKSGIVING
The golden leaves are now gone and the trees are bare. Large piles of leaves are on the parkings for the vacuum machine to come along. We have mulched all of ours as we ususlly do so hopefully are adding more back to the soil. Of course running the mower adds a little more carbon (5 pounds per gallon)to the atmosphere so you can not win every thing but one does what one can!
I have finished reading Thomas P. M> Barnetts new book "BLUE PRINT FOR ACTION" which is a sequel to "THE PENTAGON'S NEW MAP". I am making my book notes on the book the main part of this blog. Also at his web page (www.thomaspmbarnett.com) you can get mor information and listen to audio recordings of some radio interviews and also his blog etc. I thought that his writings were inportant enough that some time ago I was promted to write my one and only letter to my congressman suggesting his book should be read--I did not get an answer--perhpas the folks there do not read!
TITLE: BLUE PRINT FOR ACTION A future worth creatingAUTHOR: THOMAS P.M. BARNETTlibrary no. 327.73contents:1.what the world needs now Understanding the Seam between war
and peace. A department for what lies between war
and peace. Barnett's A to Z Rule set for processing
politically bankrupt states2. Winning the war through connectedness Connecting the middle east and the
world. creating the new rule set on global terrorism3. Growing the core by securing the east Locking in China at today's prices. In the
Future, America's most important allies will be new
core states. The Trains's engine can travel no
faster than its caboose.4. Shrinking the Gap by ending disconnectedness The coming choices. Tipping points in
the journey from the Gap to the Core. Essential
building blocks for shrinking the gap from within.5. We have met the enemy The resumption of history and the latest
enemy. The convergence of civilizations. The
world made one or just nonzero.This is a sequel or continuation of his earlier book
"The Pentagon's New Map"FUNCTIOINING CORE' Those parts of the world that are actively
integrating their economies into a global economy
and that adhere to globalization's emerging
security rule set. Old Core--America, Europe and
Japan. New Core, whose pillars are China, India,
Brazil and Russia.NON=INTEGRATING GAP: Regions of the world that are disconnected from
the globl economy and the rule sets that define its
stability,--The Caribbean Rim, Andean South
America, virtulayy all of Aftica, portions of the
Balkans, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Middle East
and most of Southeast Asia. The main goal and effort of globaliztion is
th "shrink the gap". The military needs to revamp its self into
a war-making component and a peace keeping,
nationbuilding component--post conflict activities.
Thes SysAdm part needs to be just as important as
the warmaking as far as funding etc. In time
should have cabinet level representation.
(?replace Homeland security) To shrink the Gap need to replace hunger. "The
most telling example of misplace funding priorities
is seen in what the Core currently spends on
agricultural subsidies to its own farmers versus
what it would ned to spend to eradicate hunger
inside the Gap....Because we don't facilitate agricultural exports
from the Gap to the Core, we inadvertenlyl lock
many of those nations into long term dependence
on commoditis as their main exports, delaying their
industrial development. The less connected these
states are to the global economy, the more likely
they are to fall into conflict and instability. Spend 10 billion on SysAdmin reconstrucion work
inside the Gap and you'll save the global economy a
good 2- billion or more.
We enjoyed an excellent performance of the "MIKADO" last noght and we will seen the play "The Odd Couple" this Sunday. I have been woking of some power point presentation for use at the Senior Computer learning center and also at some of the Elder living centers. So far, only minimum progress being made in the living centers as many fee that they are "too old" or do not want to try as the machine is too frightening.
Hope that you all have a great THANKSGIVING, we truly do have much to be thankful for.
AF aka happydoc
I have finished reading Thomas P. M> Barnetts new book "BLUE PRINT FOR ACTION" which is a sequel to "THE PENTAGON'S NEW MAP". I am making my book notes on the book the main part of this blog. Also at his web page (www.thomaspmbarnett.com) you can get mor information and listen to audio recordings of some radio interviews and also his blog etc. I thought that his writings were inportant enough that some time ago I was promted to write my one and only letter to my congressman suggesting his book should be read--I did not get an answer--perhpas the folks there do not read!
TITLE: BLUE PRINT FOR ACTION A future worth creatingAUTHOR: THOMAS P.M. BARNETTlibrary no. 327.73contents:1.what the world needs now Understanding the Seam between war
and peace. A department for what lies between war
and peace. Barnett's A to Z Rule set for processing
politically bankrupt states2. Winning the war through connectedness Connecting the middle east and the
world. creating the new rule set on global terrorism3. Growing the core by securing the east Locking in China at today's prices. In the
Future, America's most important allies will be new
core states. The Trains's engine can travel no
faster than its caboose.4. Shrinking the Gap by ending disconnectedness The coming choices. Tipping points in
the journey from the Gap to the Core. Essential
building blocks for shrinking the gap from within.5. We have met the enemy The resumption of history and the latest
enemy. The convergence of civilizations. The
world made one or just nonzero.This is a sequel or continuation of his earlier book
"The Pentagon's New Map"FUNCTIOINING CORE' Those parts of the world that are actively
integrating their economies into a global economy
and that adhere to globalization's emerging
security rule set. Old Core--America, Europe and
Japan. New Core, whose pillars are China, India,
Brazil and Russia.NON=INTEGRATING GAP: Regions of the world that are disconnected from
the globl economy and the rule sets that define its
stability,--The Caribbean Rim, Andean South
America, virtulayy all of Aftica, portions of the
Balkans, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Middle East
and most of Southeast Asia. The main goal and effort of globaliztion is
th "shrink the gap". The military needs to revamp its self into
a war-making component and a peace keeping,
nationbuilding component--post conflict activities.
Thes SysAdm part needs to be just as important as
the warmaking as far as funding etc. In time
should have cabinet level representation.
(?replace Homeland security) To shrink the Gap need to replace hunger. "The
most telling example of misplace funding priorities
is seen in what the Core currently spends on
agricultural subsidies to its own farmers versus
what it would ned to spend to eradicate hunger
inside the Gap....Because we don't facilitate agricultural exports
from the Gap to the Core, we inadvertenlyl lock
many of those nations into long term dependence
on commoditis as their main exports, delaying their
industrial development. The less connected these
states are to the global economy, the more likely
they are to fall into conflict and instability. Spend 10 billion on SysAdmin reconstrucion work
inside the Gap and you'll save the global economy a
good 2- billion or more.
We enjoyed an excellent performance of the "MIKADO" last noght and we will seen the play "The Odd Couple" this Sunday. I have been woking of some power point presentation for use at the Senior Computer learning center and also at some of the Elder living centers. So far, only minimum progress being made in the living centers as many fee that they are "too old" or do not want to try as the machine is too frightening.
Hope that you all have a great THANKSGIVING, we truly do have much to be thankful for.
AF aka happydoc
Saturday, October 08, 2005
LEAVES OF GOLD
The Fall colors are beginning. Trees are turning gold and yellow. We do not have many reds--none yet. We have had a lot of butterflies at the zinnia and marigold plants but with begnning to have some cooler temps they are decreasing and continuing on their trek to Mexico.! Witht the beginning of Fall the winter season of the theater and symphony has begun. The theater has performed "Beauty and the Beast". They did a good job. Mary is not into fantasy but it was very good production. The symphony had as its first production of the season, Beethoven's 5th. and the guest performer for the production was Tracy Silverman playing a "strange" instrument--the electric violin. I had never heard one and it can make a lot of different sounds, however and few of them sound like a regular violin. It does go well with modern music so we had a wide variety of musical experience.
With Fall comes football which takes up a lot of the news and ink in the paper as well as TV time. I am sure that it is very popular but I can not get very interested in watching it on TV. Our grand-daughter, Kirsten, who lives in Durago has been playing ladies Rugby footbal, which is more straineous that regular footbal. She did not get it from her grandfather. I have a problem getting on the treadmill and walking as much as I should. Always easy to have an excuse to not do it and be involved in something else.
Let us all hold our breath for the 15 of Oct. The date hopefully of the Iraq referendum on the constitution. I have just finished the book "Night draws Near--Iraq's people in the shadow of American War", by Anthony Shadid. The author is an Arabian-American journalist who has lived in Iraq befor, during the war and after the war and with contacts and friends he has known and met gives a very good reporting of the feeling of the ordinary citizen. We have done some things right but also manythings poorly or wrong. The Infra structure was broke and as some have said it is ot a problem of re-building--it is a problem of re-creating. The author also gives a good reporting of the influence of the religion and of the mosques. He knows the language and the culture .
Of course the problems are not limited to Iraq--bombing in Bali, etc. A book that I have not read as yet, "THE WEST'S LAST CHANCE--will we win the clash of civilizations?", written by Tony Blankley was exerpted in the Washington Times--the newspaper that he is an editor of. "The threat of the radical Islamists taking over Europe is every bit as great to the United States as was the threat of the Nazis taking over Europe in the 1940s. ....The radical Isllamist ae able to rationalize concessions to mofernity with ancient-sounding mumbo jumbo while still sounding like authentic fundamentalists, the only true voice of Islam.
The Nazis overwhelmed german society with these methods 70 years ago. Thjer is bulding evidence that the radical islamists are moving ever more successfully down the same path--particularly withing the younger generations in Europe and , to a lesser extent, in the United States."
The Washington Times is a good newspaper available on the internet--register but it does not cost.
The last posting of "Baghdad Burning" blog--www.riverbendblog.blogspot.com of OCT 3 has an interesting take on the feeling of some regarding the referendum. Of more concern for many is how to live with the problems of scarcity of electricity-transportation, gas, security, food etc.
To change the subject--I have been making some audio-video files using "snagit" as training files--it works quite well. We are trying to get some action going in the Senior living facilities for people to get connected to computing. So far, only minimal success.
Well, I have rambled long enough, I note that it hs been about a month since the last posting--so much for every 2 week plan.
Hope that this finds all in good health and spirit
HAF AKA Happy Doc
With Fall comes football which takes up a lot of the news and ink in the paper as well as TV time. I am sure that it is very popular but I can not get very interested in watching it on TV. Our grand-daughter, Kirsten, who lives in Durago has been playing ladies Rugby footbal, which is more straineous that regular footbal. She did not get it from her grandfather. I have a problem getting on the treadmill and walking as much as I should. Always easy to have an excuse to not do it and be involved in something else.
Let us all hold our breath for the 15 of Oct. The date hopefully of the Iraq referendum on the constitution. I have just finished the book "Night draws Near--Iraq's people in the shadow of American War", by Anthony Shadid. The author is an Arabian-American journalist who has lived in Iraq befor, during the war and after the war and with contacts and friends he has known and met gives a very good reporting of the feeling of the ordinary citizen. We have done some things right but also manythings poorly or wrong. The Infra structure was broke and as some have said it is ot a problem of re-building--it is a problem of re-creating. The author also gives a good reporting of the influence of the religion and of the mosques. He knows the language and the culture .
Of course the problems are not limited to Iraq--bombing in Bali, etc. A book that I have not read as yet, "THE WEST'S LAST CHANCE--will we win the clash of civilizations?", written by Tony Blankley was exerpted in the Washington Times--the newspaper that he is an editor of. "The threat of the radical Islamists taking over Europe is every bit as great to the United States as was the threat of the Nazis taking over Europe in the 1940s. ....The radical Isllamist ae able to rationalize concessions to mofernity with ancient-sounding mumbo jumbo while still sounding like authentic fundamentalists, the only true voice of Islam.
The Nazis overwhelmed german society with these methods 70 years ago. Thjer is bulding evidence that the radical islamists are moving ever more successfully down the same path--particularly withing the younger generations in Europe and , to a lesser extent, in the United States."
The Washington Times is a good newspaper available on the internet--register but it does not cost.
The last posting of "Baghdad Burning" blog--www.riverbendblog.blogspot.com of OCT 3 has an interesting take on the feeling of some regarding the referendum. Of more concern for many is how to live with the problems of scarcity of electricity-transportation, gas, security, food etc.
To change the subject--I have been making some audio-video files using "snagit" as training files--it works quite well. We are trying to get some action going in the Senior living facilities for people to get connected to computing. So far, only minimal success.
Well, I have rambled long enough, I note that it hs been about a month since the last posting--so much for every 2 week plan.
Hope that this finds all in good health and spirit
HAF AKA Happy Doc
Monday, September 05, 2005
GREEN GREEN GRASS ALL AROUND
HI ALL
With the rain that we had in August the grass is more like spring rather that the beginning of Fall. Usually the grass is dry and brown by the end of summer but this year we are having to mow every week and the old saying tht you can seit aroung and watch the grass grow is true!
OF COURSE THE MAJOR CONCERN AND THOUGHTS AT THIS TIME IS THE PLIGHT OF THE POOR PEOPLE OF LA. AND THE SOUTHERN COAST. tHE HAVOC OF KATRINA CAN BE HARDLY FATHOMED. Communities and business, large and small are rallying, but it will be lears if ever that things can be back to "normal" NORMAL will have a different meaning after this . A semi trailer truck left Salina today filled with water and supplies to LA, I do not know how many "bloggers" here might be in the region but there will certainly be many stories of both heroism and despair, and emotional scars running deep. It was thought that we might be getting some refugees here but it is now decided that they willnot come to Salina but to larger cities (I do not know that larger cities are better!).
The $3 a gallon or more for gas may start the country to begin to think about conservation, lower carbon output which iin the longrun might have a beneficial effect on the climate and less destruction..
I just finished reading "The Bell Curve" book. The authors theory is that much of the world's trouble is at the base related to the intellectual capacity of the people, whether by nature or nurture. One thing is certain the re-inventing the Scopes MAN/MONKEY trial is not good evidence of a high intellectual capacity and Kansas is right in the middle of that. Perhaps with the genome projects and reserch we can find some way to improve the intellectural capacity and everyone could take a pill and all problems would go away. Like Dorothy we could follow the yellow brick road from Kansas!
We are trying to develoop a program and interest for computing in the senior/reitement living facilities. I got a laptop computer and am developing some powevpoint presentations to take out the to the locations. I also got SNAGIT AND DUBBIT software which enables stilland video capture from the computer and adding audio if desired. This has good presentation and training potential. I have to learn how to use it now!
This months Atlantinc Monthly magazine has an article on President Lincoln and his depression. It also hs the ideal that perhaps the psychological state of Lincoln also was what enabled him to persevere and guide the country at the time and prevent the breakup and free the slaves.
Time does get away and the posting of the blogs does not happen as regular as it probably should . Best wishes are sent to all
HAF AKA HAPPYDOC.
With the rain that we had in August the grass is more like spring rather that the beginning of Fall. Usually the grass is dry and brown by the end of summer but this year we are having to mow every week and the old saying tht you can seit aroung and watch the grass grow is true!
OF COURSE THE MAJOR CONCERN AND THOUGHTS AT THIS TIME IS THE PLIGHT OF THE POOR PEOPLE OF LA. AND THE SOUTHERN COAST. tHE HAVOC OF KATRINA CAN BE HARDLY FATHOMED. Communities and business, large and small are rallying, but it will be lears if ever that things can be back to "normal" NORMAL will have a different meaning after this . A semi trailer truck left Salina today filled with water and supplies to LA, I do not know how many "bloggers" here might be in the region but there will certainly be many stories of both heroism and despair, and emotional scars running deep. It was thought that we might be getting some refugees here but it is now decided that they willnot come to Salina but to larger cities (I do not know that larger cities are better!).
The $3 a gallon or more for gas may start the country to begin to think about conservation, lower carbon output which iin the longrun might have a beneficial effect on the climate and less destruction..
I just finished reading "The Bell Curve" book. The authors theory is that much of the world's trouble is at the base related to the intellectual capacity of the people, whether by nature or nurture. One thing is certain the re-inventing the Scopes MAN/MONKEY trial is not good evidence of a high intellectual capacity and Kansas is right in the middle of that. Perhaps with the genome projects and reserch we can find some way to improve the intellectural capacity and everyone could take a pill and all problems would go away. Like Dorothy we could follow the yellow brick road from Kansas!
We are trying to develoop a program and interest for computing in the senior/reitement living facilities. I got a laptop computer and am developing some powevpoint presentations to take out the to the locations. I also got SNAGIT AND DUBBIT software which enables stilland video capture from the computer and adding audio if desired. This has good presentation and training potential. I have to learn how to use it now!
This months Atlantinc Monthly magazine has an article on President Lincoln and his depression. It also hs the ideal that perhaps the psychological state of Lincoln also was what enabled him to persevere and guide the country at the time and prevent the breakup and free the slaves.
Time does get away and the posting of the blogs does not happen as regular as it probably should . Best wishes are sent to all
HAF AKA HAPPYDOC.
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
ENERGY
i labeled this posting ENERGY. As we wind down ths Summer with the dog days Mary and I could use some ENERGY. However the title does not refer to personal energy but is related to the notes on the book "The end of oil" wich I will include.
The computer lab is not active during the month of August--time to get some things caught up etc however. I have made a couple of power point presentations but need some improvement. I have used the library tech center's machne to transfer VHS tape to a DVD. I have transferred some old family movies and some family reunions which I will try to duplicate and then share with the family. I have more that I want to get done. Mary is reading "1776" by David McCullough and likes it very much. we are looking forward to the coming Theater and Symphony seansons.
It is impressive how the British have rounded up the terrorists and in a very short time. I think that their secret service is probably better than ours.
Trust that this finds you hale and hearty and COOL AF AKA HAPPY DOC
BOOK NOTES 12:46 PM 8/2/2005
"THE END OF OIL" by PAUL ROBERTS
Energy and power are inexorably intertwined and
since the industrial revolution energy translates
into hydrocarbons (oil, gas, coal). One of the
striking statistics in book is that for every one
gallon of gas used--5 pounds of carbon are
released!!! The carbon dioxide can not be
cleansed as fast as it is produced, so there is a
global warming and it can not continue especially
as the worlds' energy need will increase
dramatically as the "third" world progresses to
develop and thereby use more energy.
...the warming trend in less than a century has
shown 15 percent shrinking of the polar ice caps, a
ten inch rise in the sea level and widespread
retreat of glaciers, ...longer, more severe droughts,
warmer winters, more floods and hurricanes, the
spread of tropical diseases.
...climate change is not an equal opportunity
disaster....a half-degree change in temperature will
alter the monsoon patterns that now provide much
of Asia with critical rainfall and will reduce crop
yields and displace tens of millions. With even a
small temperture change, more than twenty six
million Bangladeshis would become refugees. As
many as twelve million people would flee Egypt,
while more than twenty million Indians would be
force to migate.
Given the anticipated growth in worldwide
population and economic acivity, most
climatologists believe that even 550 ppm carbon
dioxide is impossible ceiling to impose on an
energy economy that is still even partly reliant on
fossil fuels. If were to have any chance in
stabilizing at that level, it means divesting
ourselves of fossil fuel sometime during the next 4
decades....we must begin developing new energy
technologies and deploying them on a massive
scale in the next twenty years.
Gas being a cleaner source may be a stop-gap to
buy a little time while cleaner and renewable
forms can be developed, Wind -- hydrogen -- clean
nuclear, solar.
The other major factor will be for a change in
life style and conservation of energy use. This
may be a hard sell ("after they have seen Paree!")
but will be important. I listened to a BBC program
where they made an inventory of the energy use of
an English middle class family and compared with
an Indian probably upper class family and the
English one would have to reduce their energy
consumption by two thirds to equal the Indian
Family.
The computer lab is not active during the month of August--time to get some things caught up etc however. I have made a couple of power point presentations but need some improvement. I have used the library tech center's machne to transfer VHS tape to a DVD. I have transferred some old family movies and some family reunions which I will try to duplicate and then share with the family. I have more that I want to get done. Mary is reading "1776" by David McCullough and likes it very much. we are looking forward to the coming Theater and Symphony seansons.
It is impressive how the British have rounded up the terrorists and in a very short time. I think that their secret service is probably better than ours.
Trust that this finds you hale and hearty and COOL AF AKA HAPPY DOC
BOOK NOTES 12:46 PM 8/2/2005
"THE END OF OIL" by PAUL ROBERTS
Energy and power are inexorably intertwined and
since the industrial revolution energy translates
into hydrocarbons (oil, gas, coal). One of the
striking statistics in book is that for every one
gallon of gas used--5 pounds of carbon are
released!!! The carbon dioxide can not be
cleansed as fast as it is produced, so there is a
global warming and it can not continue especially
as the worlds' energy need will increase
dramatically as the "third" world progresses to
develop and thereby use more energy.
...the warming trend in less than a century has
shown 15 percent shrinking of the polar ice caps, a
ten inch rise in the sea level and widespread
retreat of glaciers, ...longer, more severe droughts,
warmer winters, more floods and hurricanes, the
spread of tropical diseases.
...climate change is not an equal opportunity
disaster....a half-degree change in temperature will
alter the monsoon patterns that now provide much
of Asia with critical rainfall and will reduce crop
yields and displace tens of millions. With even a
small temperture change, more than twenty six
million Bangladeshis would become refugees. As
many as twelve million people would flee Egypt,
while more than twenty million Indians would be
force to migate.
Given the anticipated growth in worldwide
population and economic acivity, most
climatologists believe that even 550 ppm carbon
dioxide is impossible ceiling to impose on an
energy economy that is still even partly reliant on
fossil fuels. If were to have any chance in
stabilizing at that level, it means divesting
ourselves of fossil fuel sometime during the next 4
decades....we must begin developing new energy
technologies and deploying them on a massive
scale in the next twenty years.
Gas being a cleaner source may be a stop-gap to
buy a little time while cleaner and renewable
forms can be developed, Wind -- hydrogen -- clean
nuclear, solar.
The other major factor will be for a change in
life style and conservation of energy use. This
may be a hard sell ("after they have seen Paree!")
but will be important. I listened to a BBC program
where they made an inventory of the energy use of
an English middle class family and compared with
an Indian probably upper class family and the
English one would have to reduce their energy
consumption by two thirds to equal the Indian
Family.
Monday, July 18, 2005
DOG DAYS
We are entering the DOG DAYS of summer. Cleo wonders why there are not CAT DAYS? However I guess that all of the other days ARE cat days. She tells us when to get up, when to feed her, when to get on her perch and look out the door, and when to be combed. The grass is brown, the daisies are gone, the chiggers are ready to attack in the grass, the light of the day has a different appearance and "feel". and of coarse the temperature is hot . Being spoiled Americans, however, we contribute to the imbalance of the planet resources and rate of utilization and somewhtat guiltily enjoy air-conditioning. I trust that we will lnot be as stupid as the EASTER Islanders. The book "COLLAPSE" is very interesting. I will append some notes to this blog. Currently I am reading "THE END OF OIL", recommended by my grand son , Zach. The book is very interesting.. Well, HARRY POTTER is alive and well and the main benefit for humankind is that he has inspired countless kids around the world to READ.. This is great. I noticed that it was released in about 50 languages and even in Braille! There are many areas of the world however that the kids do not have access or money to be able to enjoy a book. The "ROOM TO READ" program tries to do what it can to help . www.roomtoread.org -- establishing libraries, schools, publishing in native languages, scholarships for girls etc. "100 million school age children in developoing world are not enrolled in primary school"
My projedt for August is to convert some of the old VHS tapes to DVD. The new tech center of the library has the facility to do that and next week we will be having a meeting to learn more about it. This is a part of the effort to downsize, organize, and eliminate. and simplify!!! This is at least a year project that Mary and I are committed to.. Wish us luck!
I will append some notes from "COLLAPSE".
BOOK NOTES
COLLAPSE--How societies Choose to Fail or
Succeed--by Jared Diamond see other book notes
by same author "third Chimpansee"
This book is a study of the societies in the past
that have disappeared (Easter Island, Pitcairn,
Anasazi, Maya, Ancient Greece, Norse Greenland),
and of some that were able to adapt or change and
survive.
Societies failed because of one of more of 5
factors
1. damage to environment (usually by people)
2. climate change--temperature --drought
3. hostile neighbors
4. decrease in friendly or supporting neighbors
5 societies response to its problems
The full title of the book should be "Societal
collapse involving an environmental component ,
and in some cases also contributions of climate
change, hostile neighbors, and trade partners, plus
questions of societal responses."
The parallels between Easter Island and the whole
modern world is chillingly obvious. Thanks to
globalization, international trade, jet planes, and
the Internet, all countries on Earth today share
resources and affect each other, just as the
Easter's dozen clans. Polynesian Easter Island
was as isolated in the Pacific Ocean as the Earth
is today in space. When the Easter Islanders got
into difficulties, there was nowhere to which they
could flee, nor to which they could turn for help,
nor shall we modern Earthlings have no recourse
elsewhere if our troubles increase. Those are th
reasons why people see the collapse of Easter
Island society as a metaphor, a worse case
scenario, for what may lie ahead of us in our own
future.
In the study of modern societies the author refers
to Australia, China, Haiti/Dominican Republic.
....the world cannot sustain China and other Third
World countries and current First World countries
all operating at the First World levels. ...My best
case scenario for the future is that China will
recognize that its environmenetal problems pose
an even graver threat than did its probelm of
population growth. It may then conclude that
China'a interests require environmental policies as
bold, and as effectively carried out as its family
planning policies.
....these past and recent reappraisals of values
were achieved despite being agonizingly diffficult.
...They may inspire modern First World citizens
with the courage to make the most fundamental
reappraisal now facing us: How much of our
traditional consumer values and Fisrst world living
standard can we afford to retain?
...it won't be easier to reduce our impact, it won't
be impossible either....cause for hope is another
consequence of the globalized modern world's
interconnectedness. ...While the Easter Islanders
were busy deforesting the highlands of their over
populated island'''they had no way of knowing
that, thousands of miles to the east and west at
the same time, Greenland Norse society and the
Khmer Empire were simultaniously in terminal
decline, while the Anasazi had collapsed a few
centruries earlier, Maya society a few more
centuries before that, and the Mycenian Greece
2,000years before that. Today...we see, hear or
read about what hapened in Somalia or
Afghanistan a few hours earlier. Our television
documentaries and books show us in graphic
detail why the Easter Islanders, Maya and other
past societies collapsed. We have the oportunity
to learn from the mistakes of distant peoples and
past peoples. That's an opportunity that no past
society enjoyed.
My projedt for August is to convert some of the old VHS tapes to DVD. The new tech center of the library has the facility to do that and next week we will be having a meeting to learn more about it. This is a part of the effort to downsize, organize, and eliminate. and simplify!!! This is at least a year project that Mary and I are committed to.. Wish us luck!
I will append some notes from "COLLAPSE".
BOOK NOTES
COLLAPSE--How societies Choose to Fail or
Succeed--by Jared Diamond see other book notes
by same author "third Chimpansee"
This book is a study of the societies in the past
that have disappeared (Easter Island, Pitcairn,
Anasazi, Maya, Ancient Greece, Norse Greenland),
and of some that were able to adapt or change and
survive.
Societies failed because of one of more of 5
factors
1. damage to environment (usually by people)
2. climate change--temperature --drought
3. hostile neighbors
4. decrease in friendly or supporting neighbors
5 societies response to its problems
The full title of the book should be "Societal
collapse involving an environmental component ,
and in some cases also contributions of climate
change, hostile neighbors, and trade partners, plus
questions of societal responses."
The parallels between Easter Island and the whole
modern world is chillingly obvious. Thanks to
globalization, international trade, jet planes, and
the Internet, all countries on Earth today share
resources and affect each other, just as the
Easter's dozen clans. Polynesian Easter Island
was as isolated in the Pacific Ocean as the Earth
is today in space. When the Easter Islanders got
into difficulties, there was nowhere to which they
could flee, nor to which they could turn for help,
nor shall we modern Earthlings have no recourse
elsewhere if our troubles increase. Those are th
reasons why people see the collapse of Easter
Island society as a metaphor, a worse case
scenario, for what may lie ahead of us in our own
future.
In the study of modern societies the author refers
to Australia, China, Haiti/Dominican Republic.
....the world cannot sustain China and other Third
World countries and current First World countries
all operating at the First World levels. ...My best
case scenario for the future is that China will
recognize that its environmenetal problems pose
an even graver threat than did its probelm of
population growth. It may then conclude that
China'a interests require environmental policies as
bold, and as effectively carried out as its family
planning policies.
....these past and recent reappraisals of values
were achieved despite being agonizingly diffficult.
...They may inspire modern First World citizens
with the courage to make the most fundamental
reappraisal now facing us: How much of our
traditional consumer values and Fisrst world living
standard can we afford to retain?
...it won't be easier to reduce our impact, it won't
be impossible either....cause for hope is another
consequence of the globalized modern world's
interconnectedness. ...While the Easter Islanders
were busy deforesting the highlands of their over
populated island'''they had no way of knowing
that, thousands of miles to the east and west at
the same time, Greenland Norse society and the
Khmer Empire were simultaniously in terminal
decline, while the Anasazi had collapsed a few
centruries earlier, Maya society a few more
centuries before that, and the Mycenian Greece
2,000years before that. Today...we see, hear or
read about what hapened in Somalia or
Afghanistan a few hours earlier. Our television
documentaries and books show us in graphic
detail why the Easter Islanders, Maya and other
past societies collapsed. We have the oportunity
to learn from the mistakes of distant peoples and
past peoples. That's an opportunity that no past
society enjoyed.
Sunday, June 19, 2005
Saturday, June 18, 2005
SUMMER
Summer solstice minus 1 or 2 (I never can remember). The Swedes in Linsborg (little Sweden) will be celebrating. I almost made my deadline of posting every 2 weeks. The past two have gone by rapidly. Some of you know and some do not that Mary fell and broke a rib so we are operating with only one horse and a half. I have learned some new skills such as doing the laundry. Mary is healing but impatient and tired of hurting. I may not hear too well but I am faintly hearing the swish of the scythe of Father Time. We look at other living settings but are well situated where we are, we just havt to stay on our feet!
Presently, I am reading "COLLAPSE- how societies choose to fail or succeed" by Jared Diamond who also wrote "Guns, Germs and Steel" and "The Third Chimpanzee". He is a remarkaable mental giant . So far I have just got the story of the Easter Islanders, South Polynesian islands, Anasazi, Maya. I am sure that there will be some guidelines drawn for our own times. I will let you kknow in future posting. Grandson Zach commented to my last post on June 3 that he was reading "the end of oil" by Paul Roberts and he recommends it, highly. I suspect that it has to do with the hydrogen revolution, perhaps he will let us know more about it.
We are glad that the CLASS (Community Learning and Skills Sharing) program which was stopped because of funding problems is being taken over and sponsored by the library and will start up in September . They have hired a new director/coordinator. The new technology center at the library is top of the line with new computers fast internet, WiFi for portable, teaching area-with 10 work stations--design studio area to create DVD--copy VHS and slides etc.
Compuiterwise, I have been making a couple of POWEROINT presentations to use in our learning center program at the Senior Center.
Queen Cleopartra, the cat, has just made and edict from her throne (the chair which was supposed to have been mine) that you all must take care of yourselves and enjoy. We have a symbiotic relationship--she commands and I obey!
HAF AKA HAPPY DOC
Presently, I am reading "COLLAPSE- how societies choose to fail or succeed" by Jared Diamond who also wrote "Guns, Germs and Steel" and "The Third Chimpanzee". He is a remarkaable mental giant . So far I have just got the story of the Easter Islanders, South Polynesian islands, Anasazi, Maya. I am sure that there will be some guidelines drawn for our own times. I will let you kknow in future posting. Grandson Zach commented to my last post on June 3 that he was reading "the end of oil" by Paul Roberts and he recommends it, highly. I suspect that it has to do with the hydrogen revolution, perhaps he will let us know more about it.
We are glad that the CLASS (Community Learning and Skills Sharing) program which was stopped because of funding problems is being taken over and sponsored by the library and will start up in September . They have hired a new director/coordinator. The new technology center at the library is top of the line with new computers fast internet, WiFi for portable, teaching area-with 10 work stations--design studio area to create DVD--copy VHS and slides etc.
Compuiterwise, I have been making a couple of POWEROINT presentations to use in our learning center program at the Senior Center.
Queen Cleopartra, the cat, has just made and edict from her throne (the chair which was supposed to have been mine) that you all must take care of yourselves and enjoy. We have a symbiotic relationship--she commands and I obey!
HAF AKA HAPPY DOC
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
TIME PASSES
Where does time go? If we stand still will it come around again? I think that once it passes it is gone. A friend sent us an email with som interesting information of conditions in 1905. In 1905 just 2 years after my mother and father's marriage there were only 800 miles of paved roads in the country.I will try to be more regular in posting to the blog in the future. However good intentions alone will not get it done.
Taking care of the medical items first so more interesting things might come to mind. Mary has , with her new medical program from Mayo's has been having her blood pressure TOO LOW. After consulting with our Mayo contact the dosages have been reduced and she is better but further adjustments may still be needed. I decided that I would see what my pressure was doing and it got my attention because I did not have the divice positioned properly. However, even after doing it correctly my systolic pressure is higher tht they recommend so I have been keeping a record and have seen the Dr and some tests are in the works and I suppose that I will be put on som type of program.
Saline received quite a bit of good publicity with the GLOBAL FLYER, now it is a location for casting call for the TV series SURVIVOR. I undertand tht they interview about 800 people to come up witn 16 for the show. It is possible that the next segment may have a Salinian or at least a Kansan. We will hve to watch to see. The main Tv that I watch is C-span on the week ends. Even the French open this year is not of as much interest as Americans have not been doing well and the names of the participants are all strange to us.
The Rolling Hills Wild Life Adventure museum has opened and it is trly remarkable. All of the animals are in a natural habitat and there is no glass. There are also animated figures with audio. It should increas tourism and also attendance to the Zoo which is part of the same complex.
The library has opened its new technology section and it is state of the art. It has a bank of computers with internet and hi speed connection, a training room with computers and projection for classes, computers for business software. There are also 4 computers for searching library information data bases. Also a digitaldesign center for scanning, converting VHS to DVD or CD, slides to cd etc.My reading has been varied, from Thomas Friedman's :The world is flat", Karen Armstrong's "The battle for God", Richard Miniter's "Shadow War" with some "fluff" such as "The Cat Who--". Have to keep up with Koko and Yum Yum.
I am trying to learn about Power Point to make up some slide show for the Senior learning center. I have a lot to learn. With time it seems to go more slowly!
I will try to be more regular in posting. I do want to let all know that it is possible to make comments and they will show up on my "Gmail" email in box. Just click on the "comments at the end of the blog and a dialog window open to make a comment and send it.
For now will close this but will send a brief note that new has been added--saves writing as many letters and can be utilized in other ways as one gets on to how to do it all.
you all take care A Flanders aka Happy Doc
Sunday, April 24, 2005
Home in Salina, KS
| The trek home was by modern Plny express or stage coach route. John drove us to Bethany, Mo and the "Old folks" changed at the McDonalds "stage stop" and Phil drove and delivered us in Salina in time to see the youngest Grandchild and he friendds in their Junior-Senior Prom finery. I will not go into the "old days" when tuxes, limos etc were not part of the "scene". However it was fun to see the yong ladies and young men and of course there were doting parents and grandparents. The city and parents make quite a deal--all the high schools (3) have their parom on the same night and after their dinner they have a "lock in" at the mall with dancing, games, prizes etc. until morning hours--a safe and sane celebration! Finally, we are un-packed and the mail sorted and we are about ready to resume our life here; including mundane things like laundry, mowing, spraying dandelions etc. Our cat "Cleo" has had a lot to tell us and we agree with her but do not know what we are agreeing to. Mary has started on her new medicines and is soing ok. This is enough for this posting. More later Happy Doc aka SENIORGEEK aflanders_98@yahoo.com haflanders@gmail.com |
Friday, April 15, 2005
Mayo Experience
The Mayo clinic covers a large part of the downtown of Rochester, Mn. The 2 major buildings are some 20 stories high and there are other smaller buildings and hospital which are all connected by subway corridors or by skyways so that people can move from on building to another. People come from all over to have their health p;roblems evaluated and for tretment.
This made me think of Hippocrates, the father of medicine, on the Greek island of Kos in the 400's BC. There, people came to be evaluated and treated. Much of the treatment then was only with simple measures and a certain amount of mysticism. The modern evaluations and treatment is p;erformed by doctors, nurses and technicians with the use of complicated machines using w-rays, ultra-sound waves and the "magic of 1's and 0'sof digitization. All the records and results of the tests are fed into the computer system. Every examining and consultation room has sits computer. The patient's record can be brought up and checked from any location.
"Pilgrim" Mary was checked by doctors, nurses and technicians and all of the mocern machins were used to evaluate her health. The end result is that she is doing ok except the high blood presssure needs to be brought under better control and to wear compression stockings for her varicose veins.
So, we are going home relieved and planning on enjoying and "keep on keeping on". We are returning home Saturday, Ap;ril 16.
For myself, I have had a relaxing time and able to do some interestsing reading and finding some new interesting books to follow up on. Also, I have been thinking about some special interests courses we could get together for the Senior Computer Lab.
Hope is all is well with all HAPPY DOC aka Alden
This made me think of Hippocrates, the father of medicine, on the Greek island of Kos in the 400's BC. There, people came to be evaluated and treated. Much of the treatment then was only with simple measures and a certain amount of mysticism. The modern evaluations and treatment is p;erformed by doctors, nurses and technicians with the use of complicated machines using w-rays, ultra-sound waves and the "magic of 1's and 0'sof digitization. All the records and results of the tests are fed into the computer system. Every examining and consultation room has sits computer. The patient's record can be brought up and checked from any location.
"Pilgrim" Mary was checked by doctors, nurses and technicians and all of the mocern machins were used to evaluate her health. The end result is that she is doing ok except the high blood presssure needs to be brought under better control and to wear compression stockings for her varicose veins.
So, we are going home relieved and planning on enjoying and "keep on keeping on". We are returning home Saturday, Ap;ril 16.
For myself, I have had a relaxing time and able to do some interestsing reading and finding some new interesting books to follow up on. Also, I have been thinking about some special interests courses we could get together for the Senior Computer Lab.
Hope is all is well with all HAPPY DOC aka Alden
Sunday, April 10, 2005
SPRING
Hi all
Spring is breaking out here in the North Country. The grass is getting green and the trees are budding. I have not seen any flowers blooming yet but undoughtably they will be very soon. We had jonquils blooming in Salina when we left so I suspect that more flowers and trees are blooming by now.
I am glad to get some responses from the SENIORGEEK blog. I am learning more about the process. Apparantly with this program you have to register and have ID and password to enter comments on the blog.
Mayo Clinic is really an amazing place. Thursday and Friday we were there all day. Between seeing a couple of doctors and getting all kinds of tests, both Mary and I were pooped and glad to have Sat and Sun to catch up. This coming week we are scheduled thru Thursday and of course there may be some additional changes that may come up. We should really have the answers when we get through. Mary got up to go to BR Wed night and fell and sprained her knee some so we are using a wheel chair to go from one place to another. Everyone is so very helpfull and it is amazing that they can keep everything organized and on schedule for the appointments etc. They really have a great system and it is all done with computers. We did cause the Nephrologist Dr to be concerned when Mary told him in the history that she had been at Mayos in 1996, he looked at her clinic number and said that her number did not jibe so he went the computer and punched some and found that she had been issued a new number because she was Mary Elizabeth in 1996 and Mary E. in 2005 but he said they should have caught that and it would be corrected. They are proud of their system.
John brought home Thomas Friedman's new book "The World is Flat". It is very interesting. He to be the guest on May 1 "In Depth" program on Cspan 2. I think that we have not seen anything yet as to what the technology changes will be made in the next few years.
Ezra sent me this Url address which I thought was good enought to pass along-- there is good music with it so turn on the speakers.
http://www.andiesisle.com/Flowers.html
Until the next time, enjoy and smell the roses HAPPYDOC aka Alden
Spring is breaking out here in the North Country. The grass is getting green and the trees are budding. I have not seen any flowers blooming yet but undoughtably they will be very soon. We had jonquils blooming in Salina when we left so I suspect that more flowers and trees are blooming by now.
I am glad to get some responses from the SENIORGEEK blog. I am learning more about the process. Apparantly with this program you have to register and have ID and password to enter comments on the blog.
Mayo Clinic is really an amazing place. Thursday and Friday we were there all day. Between seeing a couple of doctors and getting all kinds of tests, both Mary and I were pooped and glad to have Sat and Sun to catch up. This coming week we are scheduled thru Thursday and of course there may be some additional changes that may come up. We should really have the answers when we get through. Mary got up to go to BR Wed night and fell and sprained her knee some so we are using a wheel chair to go from one place to another. Everyone is so very helpfull and it is amazing that they can keep everything organized and on schedule for the appointments etc. They really have a great system and it is all done with computers. We did cause the Nephrologist Dr to be concerned when Mary told him in the history that she had been at Mayos in 1996, he looked at her clinic number and said that her number did not jibe so he went the computer and punched some and found that she had been issued a new number because she was Mary Elizabeth in 1996 and Mary E. in 2005 but he said they should have caught that and it would be corrected. They are proud of their system.
John brought home Thomas Friedman's new book "The World is Flat". It is very interesting. He to be the guest on May 1 "In Depth" program on Cspan 2. I think that we have not seen anything yet as to what the technology changes will be made in the next few years.
Ezra sent me this Url address which I thought was good enought to pass along-- there is good music with it so turn on the speakers.
http://www.andiesisle.com/Flowers.html
Until the next time, enjoy and smell the roses HAPPYDOC aka Alden
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
M minus 2
Hi
I have just finished the book "American Soldier: General Tommy Franks". So, I have taken on some of the military lingo. M minus 2--2 days until Mary checks into the Mayo Clinic and perhaps we start to get some answers to some questions. In the meantime we have a relaxing and non-stressful time.
I mentioned the book reviews on CSpan "The end of Poverty" by Jeffery Sachs. I thought I would include some of the review which was in the Barnes and Noble Page.
Taking issue with international-development economists concerned mostly with capital and credit formation, Sachs urges an account of poverty that takes a multifaceted view of the kinds of capital the poor lack (health, nutrition, infrastructure, biodiversity, an impartial judiciary, access to knowledge, and so forth). While agreeing with those economists that private initiatives are generally more effective than state programs, Sachs also proposes amany-pronged, needs-based attack on the worst extremes of poverty that requires, yes, the rich to help the poor, but that is eminently practical and minimally pipe-dreamy-and that, he notes in passing, would help restore the reputation of the US and the usefulness of the UN in the world. A solid, reasonable argument in which the dismal science offers a brightening
prospect for the world's poor.
He maintains it is possible and we should have the goal of a world without war.
Another book which I want to read is "Collapse:how some societies choose to fail or succeed" by Jared Diamond
This past week-end the "indepth" session on C-Span was with Robert Kaplan He is a reporter and has traveled widely in parts of the world where there are troubles and has written 10 books--it was very good.
Until next time, probably next week, the best to all Happy doc HAF
I have just finished the book "American Soldier: General Tommy Franks". So, I have taken on some of the military lingo. M minus 2--2 days until Mary checks into the Mayo Clinic and perhaps we start to get some answers to some questions. In the meantime we have a relaxing and non-stressful time.
I mentioned the book reviews on CSpan "The end of Poverty" by Jeffery Sachs. I thought I would include some of the review which was in the Barnes and Noble Page.
Taking issue with international-development economists concerned mostly with capital and credit formation, Sachs urges an account of poverty that takes a multifaceted view of the kinds of capital the poor lack (health, nutrition, infrastructure, biodiversity, an impartial judiciary, access to knowledge, and so forth). While agreeing with those economists that private initiatives are generally more effective than state programs, Sachs also proposes amany-pronged, needs-based attack on the worst extremes of poverty that requires, yes, the rich to help the poor, but that is eminently practical and minimally pipe-dreamy-and that, he notes in passing, would help restore the reputation of the US and the usefulness of the UN in the world. A solid, reasonable argument in which the dismal science offers a brightening
prospect for the world's poor.
He maintains it is possible and we should have the goal of a world without war.
Another book which I want to read is "Collapse:how some societies choose to fail or succeed" by Jared Diamond
This past week-end the "indepth" session on C-Span was with Robert Kaplan He is a reporter and has traveled widely in parts of the world where there are troubles and has written 10 books--it was very good.
Until next time, probably next week, the best to all Happy doc HAF
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
SNOW
Greetings from Minnesota
Last Friday we arrived in Rochester without any problems. The week before they had had one of the biggest single snow-falls; 20 inches. So, we were greeted with snow on the ground and cooler weather than we were used to.
We had a nice Easter. Nick and Sean came home from Mankato State University for the week-end. They are doing well and adapting to college life. It was good to see them and to visit with them.
Mary does not see the Dr for her first evaluation until April 7. In the meantime we are having a relaxing time with visiting, reading, TVing. John and Gail have ESPN etc which we do not subscribe to in Salina, so we have been able to catch up on some of the current tennis as the NASDEC 100 tournament is on this week. Most of the names have changed since we used to follow the tennis world. However Andre Agessi is still going and winning. He is a great example of "keep on keeping on" as at one point he had to start over with entering the qualifying rounds. We always enjoy the Cspan program on the week-ends as they have interviews and authors etc. One gets a lot of information about books to look into or at least to know about. 2 such this past weekend was "Mr. China ,a memoir" by Tim Clissold and "The End of Poverty, economic possibilities for our time" by Jeffery Sachs. Currently, I am reading "American Soldier, generan Tommy Franks".
It is great to have some email responses to my blog posting. I am learning more about blogs. We may try to have a special interest session on blogging in the Senior Computer program when we get back to Salina. Keeping all posted --- happy doc
Last Friday we arrived in Rochester without any problems. The week before they had had one of the biggest single snow-falls; 20 inches. So, we were greeted with snow on the ground and cooler weather than we were used to.
We had a nice Easter. Nick and Sean came home from Mankato State University for the week-end. They are doing well and adapting to college life. It was good to see them and to visit with them.
Mary does not see the Dr for her first evaluation until April 7. In the meantime we are having a relaxing time with visiting, reading, TVing. John and Gail have ESPN etc which we do not subscribe to in Salina, so we have been able to catch up on some of the current tennis as the NASDEC 100 tournament is on this week. Most of the names have changed since we used to follow the tennis world. However Andre Agessi is still going and winning. He is a great example of "keep on keeping on" as at one point he had to start over with entering the qualifying rounds. We always enjoy the Cspan program on the week-ends as they have interviews and authors etc. One gets a lot of information about books to look into or at least to know about. 2 such this past weekend was "Mr. China ,a memoir" by Tim Clissold and "The End of Poverty, economic possibilities for our time" by Jeffery Sachs. Currently, I am reading "American Soldier, generan Tommy Franks".
It is great to have some email responses to my blog posting. I am learning more about blogs. We may try to have a special interest session on blogging in the Senior Computer program when we get back to Salina. Keeping all posted --- happy doc
Monday, March 21, 2005
Times of Change
These are times of change; globally--seeds of representive governance sprouting,climatically--winter passing and jonquils blooming, and perhaps change in life-style and activity. Friday of this week, son JOhn is coming to Salina and taking the "old folks" back to Rochester, MN. for a visit. Originally this was planned to be just an Easter visit, but as my best friend has been having some health issues which have not been completely explained it is thought to be a good time to be checked at the Mayo Clinic. Especially concerning the significance of the patent foramen ovale and her cardiac dynamics and the "little strokes". There are also some other problems to be checked out. Our return and our activity in Salina is in limbo at present. I plan to communicate with the blog. A. Geek
Friday, March 04, 2005
GLOBAL FLYER
Steve Fossett left Salina in the Global flyer aircraft Tues evening and returned to the Salina Airport Thursday at about 1:30. He had traveled around the world solo and without refueling for22,867 Miles and he had 1500 pounds of fuel left. It was an amazing effort and Salina was anxiously holding its collective breath until he landed. He was helped by a strong wind current, especially from Japan to Hawaii. see the Guardian reporters Blog.
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/archives/cat_globalflyer.html
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/archives/cat_globalflyer.html
Saturday, February 19, 2005
great link
exceptional link
http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/archives2/001518.html
Also, check his article on the new rule set availabel on the home page of www.thomaspmbarnett.com
Thomas Barnett is an orginal thinker and his book "The Pentagons New Map" is very worthwhile.
Friday, February 18, 2005
Thursday, February 17, 2005
seniorgeek
Feb 17, 05 First posting . Spring is coming to Kansas, the crocus is blooming! Sure signs of Spring!
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