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Saturday March 24, 2007 5:50 am Lethbridge Sunrise 7:26 Sunset 19:49 Hours of daylight: 12:23
A. Morning Musings
5:50 am It is +8 C at the moment with a forecast high of +17 C
CBC Headline: Tests Find Rat Poisin In Recalled Pet Food
The head of an Ontario-based pet food company says he has no idea how the poison got into the food and that they still have a lot of work to do. There are rumors that it may be due to wheat that had been imported from China. What caught my eye was that this company is importing wheat from China. I am surprised. I would have thought it would be too expensive to do that given that Canada produces wheat for export. The network of corporate transactions defies belief.
Canadian Headline: see above
Australian Headline: (from The Australian): Hostage Fears Over British Troops Seized By Iran
Iran had seized 15 British navy personnel, claiming that they strayed into Iran territorial waters "illegally". There is speculation that they may be used as hostages in the increasingly difficult negotiations about Iran's nuclear program.
My weight is steady at 188.
B. Plan
Immediate Mathematics Read & make notes on The Humongous Book of Calculus Problems 1 hr Technology Read manual for cell phone 1 hr Convert LPs to MP3 format 3 hr Literature Begin reading "Of This Earth" by Rudy Wiebe
2 hr History Begin reading "Maya" 1 hr Later Technology Make notes for chap. 4 of "Switching to the Mac" Burn backup of images onto DVD Mathematics Make notes for "Mathematics: A Human Endeavor" ch 1 Read "Fearless Symmetry" chap 9: Elliptic Curves Begin reading "Algebra: Abstract and Concrete" by Frederick Goodman Model Trains Add ground cover to oil refinery diorama Follow tutorial for version 8 of 3rd PlanIt Continue assembly of coaling tower 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
Major Goals Learning Review week's pages each Sunday Review all pages for the month at the end of each month Technology Review & edit iPhoto files for 2006 Become proficient with cell phone Done Model Trains Become proficient with 3rd PlanIt software Install DCC on model train layout GO Learn to play GO at something better than a beginner level Drawing Learn to draw!! (I keep saying this, yet I have yet to put a pencil to paper). Mathematics Continue to play with mathematics. Literature Continue to read Literature Bird Watching Continue to engage in bird watching activities.
C. Actual/Note
6:10 am I am vascillating this morning between doing some mathematics and converting a couple of LPs to MP3. I will begin with the LP task, but will leave the mathematics item as a possibility for later today.
11:50 am Here are two more photos showing the beginning of the spring activity of the May tree in our backyard.
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9:15 PM I converted 3 LPs to MP3 files in iTunes this morning. Two big band records (Billy Vaughn and Paul Mauriat) plus one folk record (Peter, Paul & Mary). I am beginning to feel comfortable with the cell phone. I have text messaging under control as well as speed dialing. I decided to push myself a bit and did two loops into (and out of ) the coulee this afternoon. I am a bit stiff at the moment, but it felt good at the time. I now have the time for such walks. That is a real luxury. I also saw a Ring-necked Pheasant while walking toward the university - the first I have ever seen on these coulee walks. I also settled in and read about a third of Rudy Wiebe's memoirs of growing up in rural Saskatchewan in the 1930's and '40's. His words just flow off the page.
D. Reflection