Don,
glad to hear that your weather is “holding” and that the “s” is not a part of
your experience yet. We’ve been watching the trees change and have marveled at
how each tree seems to do it “their way”, sub species does not dictate how the
color changes. Some trees change from the top down, slowly, elegantly; others
change from the farthest leaves from the trunk inward in streaks that don’t necessarily
follow a limb; and our favorite right now is a tree that is changing from the
innermost leaves to the outer leaves. The inside of the tree is bathed golden
while the outer leaves remain green – it makes the tree look like it glowing on
the inside.
Our
Mexican standoff for the U.S. government continues. I really appreciated your recipe
including fear-mongering and everything being served on a bed of righteous
indignation. Several democratic politicians are being recalled because small
groups within their district feel they are not being truly represented. The
fact that the small group is less than 5% of the voters does not seem to phase them.
They have their rights and majority approval does not apply to them. Yeah, it
is not a school-yard scuffle, it is bullying at its best. And I’m with you, I
have no idea how the Republicans are going to overcome this. Several of my
students lost their food stamps because of this “scuffle” – compassion does not
seem to be a Republican word.
Climate
change due to global warming – the most disconcerting is that weather will
become more volatile – storms will be bigger, droughts will be harsher and last
longer, floods will be more wide-spread. The droughts in Africa have been devastating,
and even though a large lake has been discovered under Kenya, getting that water
to the surface and not having water wars will be difficult. In the meantime,
many farmers in the drought areas have started using an ancient technique call
sand dams. The article I read didn’t provide me with enough words to create a
good visual description so I’ll spend some time later today getting a visual
look at what a sand dam is. But it is a technique that was created and used by
the Romans, those smart people from way back when that gave us aqueducts and
the coliseum! Boy! We had practical ancestors who were good problem solvers!
I’m
also reading an article on cyborg enhancements that I’ll use to demonstrate
conceptual mapping for my Research class. Artificial skin that is 1000 times
more sensitive than real skin – remember Data from Star Trek and how sensitive
his skin was? There have been advancements in prosthesis advancement for hands,
ears, eyes, using the tongue to aid vision (not sure about that one)… there are
also advances in developing supersenses. I’m not sure I want to see the same
way a fly does, and there are times when I can smell just fine – I don’t need
that particular sense enchanced! But I am intrigued by the idea of seeing sound.
Can you imagine what Bach might look like in 3d? What colors would the various
sounds be? How would I resolve the different instruments and their sounds? What
music, sound, would you like to experience, Don?
On
to the cave – Tweezers? Really? I could kick myself! That is what I thought it was, and
as I was typing last week, I changed it to chopsticks thinking that you’d never
give such a straight forward riddle that didn’t have a twist somewhere!
Forks, yup. And
there really is such a thing as an ice cream fork. Some of my culinary students
take great pride in being able to show what one looks like.
My
guess for yours this week is: veins or arteries
And
for your examination, I present:
Bouncing balance
Exercise and back relief
Rolling side to side, front to back
Tush relief
Have
a great week everyone!
And
Canadians – Happy Thanks Giving! You are so sensible having it this far
from Christmas!
Enjoy!
Carolyn
Images
are downloaded from Google Images:
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1 – Sand dams: Old technology saves lives retrieved from www.hydratelife.org
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2 – What are sand dams: retrieved from www.excellentdevelopment.com
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3 – Particle tests – 3D music retrieved from Visualizer on Vimeo: vimeo.com
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4 – 3D computer animation in music video
for 'SQ… retrieved from www.prweb.com
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5 – Whiting Division – Silvr Lily retrieved from www.replacements.com
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