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Monday January 29, 2007 5:50 am Lethbridge Sunrise 8:09 Sunset 17:20 Hours of daylight: 9:11
A. Morning Musings
5:50 am It is -11 C at the moment with a high of -1 C forecast.
Here are the news.
CBC Headline: Suicide Bomber Kills 3 in Israeli Resort Town
This is the first suicide bomber to attack Israel in 9 months. With the daily reports out of Iraq and the frequent reports out of Palestine of deaths between rival factions, I was surprised to read that it had been 9 months since such an attack in Israel.
Canadian Headline: Parliament Expected to Focus on Tories Green Plan
The Clean Air Act is expected to dominate debate in the House of Commons as all three opposition parties pledged to revise and improve the legislation which they said did not go far enough to address problems associated with climate change. The conservatives appear to be listening to public opinion and are beginning to address environmental issues after beginning their term in office by saying that everything was okay. I cannot recall a time when such issues were the main priority item for our government. Oops, sorry. I can - when there was concern about acid rain in the 1970's.
Australian Headline: (from The Australian): Rudd Plan: Education to Begin at Preschool
The Labor opposition party is advocating that all 4-year old children be able to attend early childhood education classes. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. A few months back, in Canada , the Liberal opposition party came out with a plan for the environment and the ruling conservative party took the ideas and made it part of their new policies. Will Howard do a similar thing in Australia, or is this simply political posturing?
My weight is down 1 to 191. I was surprised as I didn't think I would see any difference after only one day of exercise & walking (and reduced calorie intake). I can still feel the effect of the exercise routine in my thighs this morning. The exercise program is only operational on alternate days, so today I will only have walking on the schedule.
I am hoping to hear from the 3rd PlanIt people today about my difficulties in registering my software. The new version looks very impressive and I am eager to begin using it.
We received a brochure in the mail about Culligan water softeners - a good reason to visit their showroom and see what it costs. This has been on my "chores" list for months.
B. Plan
Immediate Health Walk 1 hr Model Trains Continue assembly of coaling tower 1 hr Technology Digital photography - learn about using the various manual settings 1 hr Review & edit iPhoto files for 2005 1 hr Literature Continue reading "A Spot of Bother" by Mark Haddon 1 hr Chores Investigate water softeners for home 1 hr Later Technology Read manual for cell phone Make notes for chap. 4 of "Switching to the Mac" Begin reading "iPhoto" Burn backup of images onto DVD Mathematics Make notes for "Mathematics: A Human Endeavor" ch 1 Read "Fearless Symmetry" chap 9: Elliptic Curves Model Trains Add ground cover to oil refinery diorama Follow tutorial for 3rdPlanIt (Manual p. 13 - 20) Purchase DCC system History Read Watson "Ideas" Philosophy Read & make notes for "Breaking the Spell" GO Complete reading "Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go" Puzzles The Orange Puzzle Cube: puzzle #10
C. Actual/Note
8:35 am iPhoto: My 2005 file folder originally contained 2095 photos and occupied 3.0 GB. Yesterday it had 1839 photos (2.7 GB) and I was at #487. As a result of an hours work this morning it now has 1736 photos (2.6 GB) and I am at #730. Not quite half way through the file. This certainly brings back many memories. I notice, it is not too difficult, that I take many more photos when in Australia than I do when in Canada. This is an incentive to spend more time focusing on local places and taking photos when we do. I am doing a better job with my model trains and recipes, but those both occur within our home. Time to get out more.
9:00 am Here is a photo of a Northern Flicker at our suet feeder.
D. Reflection