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Saturday May 26, 2007 5:50 am Lethbridge Sunrise 5:34 Sunset 21:23 Hours of daylight: 15:49
A. Morning Musings
5:50 am It is +3 C with a high forecast of +21 C.
Here are the news.
CBC Headline: Petawawa-based Soldier Killed In Afghanistan Offensive
This is a repeat of yesterday's headline, this time giving the identity of the slain soldier.
Canadian Headline: see above
Australian Headline: (from The Australian): $1 bn Rail Logjam Hits Exports
The bottleneck at one of Australia's biggest coal ports is costing mining companies more than $1 billion a year, threatening hundreds of jobs in the industry and risking the future of exports to key Asian customers. It warns that the coal chain in central Queensland "is currently in a crisis which has the potential to cost the Queensland coal economy over $1 billion in revenue and additional costs in 2007 alone". It describes the "poor performance" as being of extreme concern, and blames most of the shortcomings on "QR causes" arising from locomotive faults and cancellation of trains due to a lack of crews. "The multiplier effect of this situation on the overall Queensland economy is difficult to estimate, but it is undoubtedly substantial," it says. The documents and investigations by The Weekend Australian show the inability of QRNational, QR's freight arm, to consistently provide manpower, locomotives and wagons is largely responsible for the backlog. I would think that a news item like this would likely go a long way to solving the problem as it can quickly become a major embarrassment to the state government.
B. Actual/Notes
7:45 am I have just completed my web page for yesterday's bird watching at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump.
C. Plan
Immediate Literature Read "A Long Way Gone"
Technology Read & make notes for chap. 1 from "Macromedia Dreamweaver 8" Birds Bird watching in southern Alberta 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