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Years ago, I started a company called "The Oz Corporation." Since I was the CEO, I became "The Wizard of Oz." Fortunately, I was offered another job without all the headaches of top management, so The Oz Corporation went the way of the dinosaurs. I filled up the time left over by teaching computer science part time. In computer science, a wizard is a program that steps one through a process step by step, like an "installation wizard" or a "setup wizard." I told my students that was what I did, so I'm the wizard. Finally, after I retired, I took a trip to New Zealand to see where Peter Jackson shot "The Lord of the Rings" because I have always been a big fan. Many of the people I met asked me, "What's a Yank doing in New Zealand?" I'd give them one of my cards and remark, "Oh, I'm a wizard visiting Middle Earth." It was an effective ice breaker.CIVILIAN EXPERIENCE
MILITARY EXPERIENCE - U.S. Army Officer, Active Duty (DOD TS Clearance) - 08/62 - 02/78
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A couple of my buddies in the space business sent me the link to this photo. The image is a panoramic view of the world from the new space station, taken on a perfect night with no obscuring atmospheric conditions. It is a composite night photo with the lights clearly indicating the populated areas.
You can download the actual picture, which is almost 3 feet wide, by clicking on the photo below, and then scroll east-west and north-south. Note that Canada's population is almost exclusively along the U.S. border. Moving east to Europe, there is a high population concentration along the Mediterranean Coast. It's easy to spot London, Paris, Stockholm and Vienna. Check out the development of Israel compared to the rest of the Arab countries. Note the Nile River and the rest of the "Dark Continent." After the Nile, the lights don't come on again until Johannesburg.
Note the Australian Outback and the Trans-Siberian Rail Route. Moving east, the most striking observation is the difference between North and South Korea. Compare both to the density of Japan.
It takes a little while to down load but it is worth it....
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This is our beach at Long Beach, Mississippi. Isn't it beautiful?
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Does your second grader know more about HTML than you do? Would you like to be able to make your own HTML documents? Start with "Second Grade HTML" by clicking here.
What happens when stupid people with authority over children get scared? Read the Long Beach School Board policy on substance abuse testing
My father died in 2002. His life ambition was to see the year 2000 to see if we called it "two thousand" or "twenty hundred." He didn't want any memorial service, but I thought these words were appropriate.
Here is the text of my Internet presentation on laser safety. It is the text for a one-day class I taught at Lockheed Martin.
The Management Oversight and Risk Tree (MORT) method of analysis has gone out of favor somewhat since the Department of Energy reduced funding for it. Here is a text of a presentation I gave at the System Safety Society Convention in 1997 on the use of MORT to analyze a potentially unsafe condition. You can look at the chart without the text by clicking here. (Be careful, the chart is 674,742 bytes! It may take a long time to download)
NASA's method of communication of hazard information between the rocket scientists and their managers isn't very good, as indicated by the two space shuttle disasters. Here is my attempt to fix it. Their definition and determination of part criticality isn't much better. Here are my thoughts on the subject. Finally, this is what the real problem is. Feel free to comment.
Would you like to know what the Catholic Church believes? It's all in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Click here for the introduction and then, if you're still interested, download the file from there.
Click here to find out what the teaching of the Catholic Church really is about conscientious objectors and here about the Elephant in the war room.
There is so much talk about Islam these days, and most of it comes from people who have no clue what they're talking about. If you are interested in what the Koran (Al Quran) says about things, you can read an English translation and commentary here. You can read the entire KJV here and the Apocrypha here
And for those who want to read the Revised Standard Version of the King James Bible (RSV), you can find a good source here.
Have you ever had questions about the meaning of adversity? The answer is here! (Please read it before you form a judgment.)
Why did Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walk into their high school and kill 13 fellow students and a teacher? This is why
It has always intrigued me that the Christmas season is so much more popular than any other religious holiday. This is what I think the reason is.
Here are my thoughts on prayer in public schools.
What are the moral principles involved when two conjoined twins share one heart? Click here to find out.
Here is a little story about God and the Cockroach.
Finally, I owe a great debt to my mentor, Mr. Earl McNail, for whom I was privileged to work for about ten years. This is my attempt to repay it.
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