Thursday May 31, 2007 6:00 am Lethbridge Sunrise 5:30 Sunset 21:28 Hours of daylight: 15:58

A. Morning Musings

6:00 am It is +3 C with a high forecast of +23 C.

Here are the news.

CBC Headline: Military Investigating Whether Canadian Killed in Afghanistan

The military is investigating whether a Canadian soldier may have been among the seven people that were killed when a Chinook helicopter was apparently shot down Wednesday night in Afghanistan. The U.S. military said five American soldiers, a Canadian soldier and a British soldier died when the helicopter went down in Helmand province. The toll continues to mount.

Canadian Headline: see above

Australian Headline: (from The Australian): Jakarta Governor Happy With Iemma Apology

Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso has declared an apology from NSW Premier Morris Iemma as "more than I need" after this week's incident in a Sydney hotel in which NSW police entered his room. The police were attempting to serve him a subpoena to appear at the inquest into the killing of one of the Balibo newsmen in East Timor in 1975. The small games that little boys play and that the media love.

B. Actual/Notes

6:10 am Today will be a travel day as we head north to Edmonton, with a quick stop in Three Hills to visit a friend.

9:00 PM We stopped off at the Narrows near Mirror on our way to Edmonton. This is a marshy area but we saw a Spruce Grouse in the camping area and an American Bittern after we left the campground and drove a hundred yards to the end of the road. Later than evening we saw some Chipping Sparrows while on our walk around the neighborhood. The American Bittern was a Canadian lifer for us (#146).

C. Plan

Immediate
Literature	Begin reading "Book of Longing" by Leonard Cohen	1 hr
Later
Technology	Make notes for chap. 4 of "Switching to the Mac"
	Read & make notes for chap. 4 from "Macromedia Dreamweaver 8"
	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