Friday May 25, 2007 7:40 am Lethbridge Sunrise 5:35 Sunset 21:21 Hours of daylight: 15:46

A. Morning Musings

7:40 am It is +6 C with a high forecast of +15 C. There will be some showers this morning, then clearing.

Here are the news.

CBC Headline: 1 Canadian Dead, 1 Injured in Afghanistan

One Canadian soldier was killed and another injured Friday as troops began a major offensive against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan. He is the 55th Canadian soldier to be killed in Afghanistan since the mission started in 2002. Our casualties continue to mount in this war with little real evidence that the situation is improving.

Canadian Headline: see above

Australian Headline: (from The Australian): No Hope Of Assimmilation Without English - Howard

Indiginous Australians have no hope of being part of mainstream society unless they can speak English, Prime Minister John Howard said today. Mr Howard today backed a proposal by Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough to ensure indigenous children in remote communities learn English. This makes sense to me.

B. Actual/Notes

Here is a link for today's bird watching activity.

C. Plan

Immediate
Literature	Read "A Long Way Gone"	1 hr
Technology	Read & make notes for chap. 1 from "Macromedia Dreamweaver 8"	2 hr
Birds	Bird watching at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump	1 hr
Later
Technology	Make notes for chap. 4 of "Switching to the Mac"
	Learn how to attach a digital camera to my spotting scope
	Burn backup of images onto DVD
Mathematics	Read & make notes on The Humongous Book of Calculus Problems
	Continue reading "Algebra: Abstract and Concrete" by Frederick Goodman
	Read "Symmetry" by David Wade
	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 version 8 of 3rd PlanIt
	Continue assembly of coaling tower
	Purchase DCC system
History	Begin reading "Maya"
	Read Watson "Ideas"
Philosophy	Read & make notes for "Breaking the Spell"
	Begin reading "How Are We To Live?" by Peter Singer
Literature	New York Times easy crossword puzzles
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
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.

D. Reflection