We need to learn quickly to keep up with the massive change around us so we don't get run over. We need to outrun change.
Explained earlier Why am I posting airplane videos on this blog?
Short answer is to demonstrate the ease of high-quality tech, to learn, and to have fun.
Here are two videos. The first of two opposing Korean War era fighters, an F-86 and MiG-15. Second video is of World War II era bombers, a trio of B-25s.
Video of F-86 and MiG-15 at the May 2012 airshow in Chino, CA presented by the Planes of Fame museum.
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To learn.
To show the simplicity and ease of quality technology.
To have fun.
What videos?
I’ve produced several videos of airplane flybys at the Planes of Fame museum’s airshow in Chino, California. I’ll start mentioning them on this blog.
Learning
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Fraud has tragic effects on innocent people who didn’t commit the fraud. The person who did the deed will pay a severe price far beyond what the judge imposes. Just like a stone thrown into a pond causes ripples all across the water, so a fraud ripples out to cause all sorts of harm.
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Available in Epub for iPad, iBooks, Nook, and Sony Reader.
Also in mobi for Kindle, PDF for desktop reading, and 5 other formats.
Newest versions can be found here.
Has been available at Amazon since February.
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GCF LearnFree has an intro to copyright, creative commons licensing, and fair use. It’s a high level overview, but still has a lot of good, basic info. If you are writing in the social media world, might be worthwhile to check it out:
Here is my fifth list of good stuff on our surveillance society that I’d like talk about but only have time to recommend with a quick comment.
Washington Post – NSA infiltrate links to Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide, Snowden documents say – Continue reading “More good stuff on surveillance – 11-1-13”
Back in September, Peter Wallison said Five Years Later: Don’t Mention the Feds – Washington and the media are peddling a narrative that discounts the government’s role in the financial crisis.
He makes the same point I’ve mentioned before. Specifically, that federal legislation required Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy subprime loans. Over time, the portion of their acquisitions that had to be subprime was increased.
There is a lot of blame to go around. The point I’m trying to make is the big banks don’t get 100% of it.
Haven’t noticed much news from Mali lately, but that is probably a reflection on my observation skills, or lack thereof.
10-25 – France 24 – French forces to combat Mali ‘terrorists’, says Hollande – Troops from France, Mali, and the U.N. stepped up operations on Thursday in northern Mali against Islamists forces. The goal is to provide stability in advance of legislative elections the end of November.
My friend, John Bredehoft, celebrates his tenth blogiversary today at Empoprise-BI. His post highlighting that achievement is Ten-year anniversary of my first blog post.
He writes five blogs each addressing a different topic, one of which I mention here frequently: tymshft
That’s quite an achievement. Congratulations John!
The Cyngus resupply capsule reached the international space station and successfully docked on Sunday (9-29-13). The capsule carried 1,300 pounds of supplies. In a month it will be loaded with trash and unneeded equipment and burned up in reentry.
That means both Orbital Sciences Corp and SpaceX have the capability to launch privately developed supply ships on top of privately developed rockets to safely deliver supplies into space.
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Maybe I’m just slow to catch on to how eagles behave, how wind farms are set up, and how hard eagles work to stay out of the way of said turbines.
While I struggle to get myself educated, I found some bemusement (confused, bewildered) in a report from Bismarck Tribune as the PSC hears facts of Hettinger-area wind project.
Last week I mentioned Adams county approved zoning for a 75 tower wind farm. See Slice-and-dice farm approved in North Dakota.
The Public Service Commission still needs to approve the plan. At the hearing a few things were mentioned.
(Cross-post from my other blog, Attestation Update.)
That’s the internet era version of the old line:
Don’t pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel.
Here is today’s illustration of the concept: Francine McKenna was invited to debate the question “Does ethics training change behavior?” She was going to argue the ‘no’ position.
The Ethics and Compliance Officer Association Annual Conference disinvited her after protests by other speakers and some sponsors, according to her post, Canceled: Why I Won’t Be Speaking At Ethics And Compliance Officers Association Annual Conference.
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At least 67 golden and bald eagles have been killed in the last five years by wind farms. That is according to a report published in the Journal of Raptor Research discussed by the AP at “Alarming’ number of eagles killed by wind farms, new study finds.
But that’s just for starters.
That death count is small potatoes because it does not include the casualty count from the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area.
Last week, August 28th, marked the third blogiversary of my lead blog. (Cross-post from my other blog, Nonprofit Update).
Many thanks to those who have stopped by to read. By now you have sensed that I’m having a blast in this blogging journey.
In celebration, I’d like to provide a few stats for my three main blogs. I realize my sites are infinitesimally small in the overall blogosphere. Yet I hope in some small way stats from a small site might be an encouragement to current bloggers and others thinking of jumping into the fun world of blogging.
There is a huge amount of blame to be spread for the Great Recession that started in 2008. While the recession technically ended four years ago back in June of 2009, most people in California and lots of charities here are still feeling the effects.
I see exquisitely little discussion of how intentional federal policies created the distortions that led to the financial crisis. An op-ed in the Wall Street Journal by Phil Gramm and Mike Solon help explain why much of the blame belongs to the federal government: The Clinton-Era Roots of the Financial Crisis.
To make this non-partisan, I’ll point out that the flawed policies from the Clinton administration were ratified, continued, and extended by the Bush administration. Not to worry, both parties have worked lots of overtime to earn their share of blame.
While you can argue on the proportionate blame between the two parties, I’ll point out that regardless of the allocation you determine, 100% of that particular allocation falls on deliberate federal policy.
Initial efforts to persuade private pension plans to fund low-income housing failed. The administration forced Continue reading “Lots of blame for the financial crisis of ’08 falls on the federal government”
Wow. Election is resolved in Mali a day after the balloting and before the official results are announced.
On Monday Soumaila Cissé, former finance minister, conceded to Ibrahim Keita, a former prime minister.
Not that my voice matters to anyone, but I wish from the bottom of my heart that Mr. Keita will have a successful presidency and bring peace and prosperity to his country.
See Wall Street Journal – Keita Wins Mali Vote After His Opponent Concedes for the news.
Other background articles
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