Great presentation by Bill Fulton on economic development. http://ht.ly/ms6cF
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The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect is an idea that has been thought about and studied since the 1800’s by both scientists and science fiction writers. The Butterfly Effect describes a very small effect, such as a butterfly flapping its wings in one place, which in later developments causes a hurricane half way around the world.
People who study highway traffic patterns observe similar events. A car far ahead hits his brakes which radiates back though the column of cars behind him. What was once a fast-moving column of cars turns into a long line of red lights. What seems like a small thing has far-reaching consequences. Continue reading The Butterfly Effect
Leadership Merced is now recruiting for
Leadership Merced is now recruiting for Class 29. Learn what makes your County tick and how you can improve it. http://ht.ly/meEg4
The Condition Is Hopeless
On August 5, 2010, 33 miners were trapped 2,000 feet below ground at the San Jose mine in Chile’s Atacama Desert. Seventeen days passed without any contact with the surface. In darkness. Without fresh air. Without the sun. Without friends and family. Without fresh food.
On the surface, rescuers were giving the miners a 2% chance of deliverance, and they were predicting a 4-month long effort. It was pretty hopeless looking by any measure. Continue reading The Condition Is Hopeless
Wake Up Merced breakfast feature Gayla J
Wake Up Merced breakfast feature Gayla Jurevich of Merced College on Wednesday, June 19. http://ht.ly/m148m
Alert, alert!
A recent, local radio program gave listeners information about a local emergency alert system. The free service provides residents information that could be helpful in the event of weather, health, public safety, and other emergencies.
Our local paper reported in May that only about 1500 residents had signed up for the service. This is a disappointing number given the fact that the service is free and can save lives and reduce stress caused by ignorance. Continue reading Alert, alert!
Discouragement Is A Bacteria
Discouragement is a bacteria
That lives microscopically
On the door knobs of our lives
And infects hosts opportunistically.
Discouragement lives in a colony
Dormant without a reason
Wanting to spring to action
Waiting for a time to spread its poison. Continue reading Discouragement Is A Bacteria
Great is Diana!
Ephesus was a city in ancient Turkey, and it was the location of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, a colossal temple to the goddess Diana, also called Artemis.
Having a temple to one of the gods in your town was like being near Yosemite or the Eiffel Tower. People flock to such sites fora variety of reasons – religious and secular.
Around the Diana/Artemis’ temple various sorts of tourist vendors cropped up peddling likenesses of the many-breasted Diana. “Get your genuine statue of Artemis. You’ll love having this silver ornament on your mantel for all your guests to see. Pray to her when you’re about to give birth or go on a hunting trip. The goddess of women and hunting will help you.” Continue reading Great is Diana!
I notice that you are very religious…
I’ve noticed that there is a common desire on the part of humans to have a divine imprimatur on everything we do, be that a car purchase or a job selection or a person married. On the face of it, this seems like a good thing – to want to make divine choices.
But sometimes we just want God or god/s to approve our choices and leave us alone.
This god-desire may be found across the breadth of human opinion and experience. Conservatives and liberals, southerners and northerners, religious and non-religious, believers and unbelievers – all want to believe that something or someone affirms them. Continue reading I notice that you are very religious…
White Frame Church
In the 80’s a little white frame church building used to sit on the road between Lubbock and Lamesa (long e), Texas. It was a very small building that could have seated 50 at the most. On Sunday mornings you’d probably find just a handful of congregants, all silver-haired.
The absence of change either of its size, color, or location was ironic given how the world all around was and is changing. New businesses, new people moving into the community, new political elections, and a thousand other changes in communication, medical care, and education. The world flies by the little church building at warp speed.
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