WINTER SOLSTICE

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 When we go to the library today, I am signing up for a Kansas library card, my old one is out of date.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
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