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July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
 Prompt one of Mysterious 5 day challenge: Named after the island near where it was found by sponge divers 115 years ago, the Antikythera mechanism is an incredible machine of finely calibrated gears that appeared to be technology not available until at least the 10th century—but the mechanism was at least 2,000 years old. Then in 2016, it was found in Andre the Blog Monkey's luggage when he returned to Canada from a magical mystery ship vacation. Can anybody shed some light on this mysterious object?{{/b} Is Andre related to Curious George by any chance? I guess not they are both just often up to Monkey Shines. I have to say if this item was in Andre's luggage he must have visited the National Archaeological Museum at Athens. This is where the original parts and the more modern models of the Antikythera reside. The original Antikythera Mechanism is believed to have been built between 150 and 100 B.C. However, because the parts brought up from the sea at the time of the recovery were in such a difficult state of preservation it was not easy to figure out how the mechanism was used. Derek J de Solia Price, who lived from 1922-1983, was a Yale University Professor. He began to work on the mystery of the mechanism in 1951. He actually built a replica model during his lifetime, while he studied the original. Wikipedia has an article called Antikythera Mechanism, that contains a picture of Price with his model. If you click on the picture it gives other pictures, which show in depth, the original object taken from the sea and it explains many things in picture form about the object that Price built using his studies. The original mechanism is a calculator. Its' function is basically to use comparative science to reach conclusions about how the sun and planets revolved around the earth's two poles. Using data fed to the mechanism it predicted positions and motions of planets and moons. Also, it used gears and hand power. Most recently, because of new discoveries in 2021; about the ancient parts of this mechanism, by history scientist working for UCL. A new and more accurate model was built. Andre should return the object to the museum. Word Count = 382 this also contains the prompt at the beginning which makes the article 300. Reference: Wikipedia and UCL article /size} apondia#1781748 |
 December 10 = Human Rights Day--United Nations slogan--All Human, All Equal "Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home -- so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. [...] Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world." Eleanor Roosevelt Today's Date: January 7, 2022 This is being written specifically for Blogville. It is a question for any who will give opinionated answers. Do you think the United States of America needs to address better Human Rights. issues, that will affect the way the nation is run in a better way? At my home we watched a movie about treasure hunters in the UK. It was a humorous movie about two groups of treasure hunters trying to find their fortunes by hunting farm lands and fields with metal detectors. The two groups were in competition against each other and the resulting situations were entertaining to watch. Today, I read an article about real treasure hunters in Pennsylvania, that call themselves Finders Keepers. They think they found a treasure of gold bars lost during the civil war, that belongs to the USA treasury (worth approximately 50 million dollars). However, the FBI got involved and may have removed the treasure. You can read an article about this in "The Guardian" or other sources as well. Using "The Freedom of Information Act" as a guide Finders Keepers is attempting to get proof that the treasure was removed from where they found it,by the FBI, without the FBI giving them any knowledge about the find? The USA has always been quick in the news to notice and bring to bear light on the absence of Human Rights in other countries. Does the USA address other countries Human Rights issues without taking note of its' own problems? Do we as a nation need a forum to reveal unnoticed Human Rights issues, that maybe affecting the mental anguish being revealed in the circumstances of politics? What do you think? |
| Blog about your most memorable flight or other form of transportation. Was it your dream trip or nightmare journey? 1963 I flew to the Panama Canal Zone. Actually, my destination was a USA Air-force Base outside of Panama City. I was traveling with my 9-month old son. He sat in my lap the whole way. It was a two day journey. We flew two commercial flights to South Carolina. Stayed over night in an Air Force Base Hotel. Then on day 2 caught an early morning flight from there to Panama on a MAT plane.. On the commercial flights my son Ricky entertained me by watching out the window. We had window seats on both planes. He watched the clouds and patted the window when he saw the ground below us at times. Sometimes, whatever he was looking at excited him he would jump up and down and crow baby words. One of the problems with the trip was having to carry him, the diaper bag stuffed with everything a baby needs for couple weeks, and a small carry bag of my own with legal papers for traveling out of the country. Day 1 we arrived in Charleston South Carolina and were transported by taxi to the Air-force base hotel. We arrived to late to go to the base cafeteria for food so I dived into the baby's bag and ate animal crackers and water for dinner. Next morning early base taxi took us to our flight. It was actually really nice. Military Air Transport hauled cargo and supplies to different bases {at that time}. On a flight with other military families we sat on benches along both walls of the aircraft. There was actually a flight attendant. A young airman. He distributed sandwiches, which we had to eat before we disembarked, because of regulations, about bringing food into the country. No one mentioned baby food, which I carried in my diaper bag. So, when I disembarked it went with me. He also apologized for the seating arrangements explaining that it was necessary because the aircraft also hauled crates and other items between passenger flights. Planes moved on and off the bases quickly which made the changing of special passenger seats impractical for cargo changes. Between the commercial flight and the Mat flight. I probably appreciated the Mat flight more. I was with other wives and children going to Panama to live with their husbands and fathers. I remember one woman was traveling with 3 small active children. We talked about common experiences of travel and our children. It was something I remember but, I have lost some of the particulars, like how long the flight was at the time. I doubt these kinds of flights are exactly the same after all these years. When we were evacuated because of the riots I was upset at the short time of stay. We had anticipated being in Panama for at least a year. I liked the climate and the city. It was one of my life adventures. |
| When I think about my life so far, I would have to say the most frightened I've ever been was the day.. Panama Canal Crisis 1964 On January 9,1964, grievances between native Panamanians and “Zonians”, or Americans residing within the U.S.-controlled Canal Zone, boiled over into a series of anti-American riots which resulted in an evacuation of the U.S. embassy in Panama City, widespread looting, and dozens of deaths.Google I was living in an apartment building with my husband and 10 month old son. My husband was an airman and was called in morning early hours to return to the base. After he left my landlady appeared at our apartment door and told me the situation was dire. She hid us in a trailer on her property along with an army Sgt. and his wife. After a 3 day wait the violent crowds were suspicious of her, thinking, that she was hiding USA military. She was able to reach government Guadia National, who arrived with an armored car and escorted us out of the trailer into the armored car pointing machine guns at the crowd, that was deathly silent and very threatening. At the time, our automobile, the landlady's automobiles, and other cars from the neighborhood were removed from the property and burned in the street by screaming hostile crowds of young boys and men. I have written this before in my blog so it isn't new. It will always be one of the most startling memories of first hand violence I have. |
 “The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate...Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Martin Luther King, Jr. In the 1960's I was living in an apartment on a street in the Panama Canal Zone. People were listening to a man, who was standing on a crate, screaming out directions to a crowd of young men. They were seizing residents automobiles, piling them like match sticks in heaps in the street and burning them. My land lady hid my 10 month old son and I. Literally saved out lives. On January 6 I watched coverage on TV as violence struck the Capitol Complex. As I watched the camera panning crowds and people I particularly noticed how many people seemed to be wandering aimlessly, as a more compressed group of people stormed the building. I saw officers of the law being beaten. I saw guns waved. I saw people enter the building and break up furniture. Many spectators were moving away, trying to leave the scene as violence escalated. Later coverage showed officials being escorted quickly from the building and provided assurance of their safety. I was horrified that such a large amount of people were willing to show this kind of violence and disrespect not only for the laws of the nation, also, for just ordinary civilian people, who were at the time trying to produce a calm atmosphere to achieve a simple legal change over in government. Even as this was occurring I realize, that many people just don't know what to believe, because for years an atmosphere of lies has produced disassociated thinking in this country. Where I live people spread lies as if it is a normal thing to do. People don't have or take time to dig into any situation and discover the truth about any particular subject that may arise in the news. When it comes to law making and bills being passed in any congress within the USA states, often the real meat of any bill is not explained in news to the public. We need open free public explanations and content of laws, that are being passed. News, that is not something that you have to dig on the internet or anywhere else to find the true content and reasons for the bills. The working public is busy. They work jobs, raise children, keep house, regularly dealing with every day schedules. Keeping informed of public needs and other news is not an easy thing. Small groups resorting to violence will not prove anything. Watching this brought back all the helpless feelings I felt in the Panama Canal Zone. Once violence takes over no one will be safe. ![Merit Badge in Every Moment Matters
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| I started a new me time habit to add to my many that I have. I read , crochet, play my guitar. Now, I am learning to play music on the 17-note Kimbala. I found this on my Facebook page in December. It was called a thumb piano. Real name of the instrument is Kimbala. I was intrigued so I scraped together the money and purchased one. I like the harp sounds I can make with it. Many years ago I took Music theory when I attended a Christian College. Now, it is coming in handy so, I can translate music into Kimbala notation. It is a good stress fighter. And, just plain enjoyment of sounds. Happy New Year to every one. |
| A = C: First, It is very difficult to keep up right now because I lost my own computer and it will be awhile until I can get another one. K is letting me use his which he doesn't spend a lot of time on a computer any more because he uses his phone and kindle more than I do. So, it is working out for now. Second: My son-in-law is ill with covid and news this morning is really bad, so the whole family is worried. I put him in the hands of Jesus this morning. I'm getting more and more news of people who would not be vaccinated who are getting ill. K also has a friend, who is recovering from covid but still on oxygen after being released from the hospital many weeks later. Covid is real. It is a virus, vaccines are the present way to have some protection from the illness they cause, when they attack the physical body. If you are not vaccinated get vaccinated, better to be a little sick for a couple days from the vaccination than dead when the virus attacks in full form. And, Christianity will never die. If you read the book of Hebrews you will see that there is a spiritual growth that goes on in individuals as you grow physically year by year. Growing in any relationship is seen as the relationship ages. a Christian is someone who sets out to follow the wisdom of God. And, when you do that you become God's friend. We can call it Spiritual growth. We learn to lean on the Wisdom imparted to us by the holy spirit. Paul's writings to the churches he encountered also show how spiritual growth is normal. It affects different churches in different ways. Yes if you believe something you will seek more information about it. You will stand up for what you have learned to be true. Sometimes, what a church teaches will clash with what God is actually telling you in your individual life. I always view individual churches as containers holding different types of plants. Each one growing in a different way. In the end they usually arrive at the same place and the same viewpoints if they are on the same track with God. The new testament teachings as expressed by Christ are better at expressing this than I am. The article that was part of this prompt tried to reveal some of the things that are normal parts of knowledge about churches. Wishing everyone a New Year filled with good knowledge. Bye for now. . |
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