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General Wes Clark, former “Supreme Allied Commander” of NATO, at Pierre’s pad.
He seemed like a great guy. The only part of the discussion that surprised me was that this Rhodes Scholar in economics & politics advocated protectionism for American manufacturing jobs. I guess politics trumps economics.
This conversation echoes in my head as an example of the fundamental failure of American politics: the votes and the lobbyists represent the "old". The "new", by definition, lacks any political power, as it is the future. This plays out in copyright extensions, farm subsidies, steel tariffs, and other props to old industries. Funding for nanotech is the anomaly.
The economic policies it takes to get elected are generally corrosive to the long term health of the nation. In the past, this could be absorbed by an economic juggernaut. Given the accelerating pace of technological change and the increasing percentage of the economy that is driven by technology, we can no longer afford to protect the past at the expense of the future. A "parenting" concern for future generations does not apply to industries, organizations or companies - they are driven entirely by self preservation, even when their members recognize that they are dinosaurs.
New-entrant economies, like Singapore, are not straddled with this political baggage and can pursue more enlightened policy, to great effect. They will eventually ossify, like the U.S. political system, into a preservation of the present, but they show the essential power and ascendancy of new entrants – in companies, industries and unfortunately, countries.
So many politicians propose protectionist expediencies that do long term economic harm. No politician seems willing to address the core issue – primary math and science education – because it is a long-term investment. Maybe a focus on adult education and retraining could hit the political time frame of relevance. The truth is a difficult political issue: how can we face the failure of our educational system and the long-term shift of so many manufacturing jobs and not lose most voters by insulting the current constituency?"
This is the entrance to Fat Man Squeeze at Rock City. It's a very tight natural corridor that is about 30 or so feet long to walk through.
My wife had halved a lemon and there it was a shot for today!!
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Union Pacific and CSXT power an eastbound ethanol load for the CSX at Calumet City on the Indiana Harbor Belt at MP 7.
Dronfield register their only try during defeat by Market Bosworth in a promotion battle at Gosforth Fields. Despite this 65th-minute score in the corner from their right wing, the hosts went down 22-11 in rugby union's Midlands Two East (North) league.
Admission: free. Programme: £1 (16 pages). Attendance: 98.
Squeeze, ‘Up the Junction’, 1979. Squeeze are like Abba or Madness: you know all their songs even if you never bought them. And there’s at least one song that grabs you even if you’re not a fan. This song is a classic. If it had been written by the Kinks back in the Sixties it would be immortal, steeped in an Englishness speaking universal truth. Love. And loss.
A melancholy happy/sad melody and genius lyrics. It reads like a poem or short story. Only a British band could rhyme ‘telly with ‘smelly’ and make you cry. Three minutes of magic.
This foot has been blogged on bettersmarterkids.com/baby-massage/2007/02/07/ as an illustration of an article about baby massage.
Update: The foot has been blogged again for an article of Comme à la maison.
Suki: *squeezes Jon's hand* "So, um, have you ever thought about, you know, visiting Hawaii long-term?"
Jonathan: "Since you will soon reside there, then, yes. I am thinking about it at this very moment, in fact."
Suki: "Okay, good, well...*squinches eyes closed, speaks quickly* How-about-you-just-forget-the-visits-and-move-down-there-to-live-permanently?"
**Stunned Silence**
Suki: *opens one eye* "You still there?"
Jonathan (faintly): "Yes. Quite. I would like clarification on the statement you just made, however. You wish for me to move to Hawaii permanently, so that I can be closer to you?"
Suki: *flushes, begins to babble* "I know it's a lot to ask, and you're probably thinking, 'Who in the hell does this chick think she is?!' But since you can work from anywhere, and I can't exactly move the surf to NYC...*sighs* Well, never mind. It was a stupid idea, and I knew the chances were pretty slim that you'd just say--"
Fashion Credits
**Any doll enhancements (i.e. freckles, piercings, eye color changes) were done by me unless otherwise stated.**
Suki
Dress: Mattel - Hilary Duff Stuff Closet - Removed the floral decals
Belt: Mattel - John Deere Barbie
Cuff Bracelet: Randall Craig - Accessory Pack
Earrings: Me
Doll is London by Night Ayumi transplanted to a Misaki body.
Two frames taken with a Minolta Vectis S-100 camera in week 221 of my 52 film cameras in 52 weeks project:
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The Minolta Vectis S-100 is the first APS camera that I have used. The APS (Advanced Photo System) was introduced in 1996, it used 24mm wide film, and had provisions for three different aspect ratios to be selected, though the negative always recorded the full frame, and the different formats were implemented at the printing stage, with data being read from the film to tell the machines which aspect to use.
APS was a short lived format as soon after it was introduced digital cameras started to become more affordable, and the non-technically minded snap shooter, for whom the APS system was ideal, soon switched to digital. The film is no longer made, but is still fairly easy to find online, this is Fujicolor Nexia A200 colour negative film which expired in 2001. I adapted one of my 35mm spirals to take the 24mm wide film, and developed it in the Tetenal C41 kit.