February 24, 2021 a thought for today, Read critically, and you will find each word worth a thousand ounces of gold. Chinese Proverb
I have gotten a lot done today. I think it is all ready for printing tomorrow. I may have a few last minute updates to make but other than that there are three items completed today and to be printed tomorrow. I would also like to take time to archive data from the memory card and straighten up the four posters used for HM3 while I am at the church.
Finishing the newsletter, bulletin and message/hymn sheet has taken all morning. Now I will move onto other chores.
I have had a roast beef in the freezer and planned for a while now to make some barbequed beef. So I have that in the pressure cooker right now.
The word today is shadow. The shadows of the mind are like those of the body. In the morning of life they all lie behind us; at noon we trample them under foot; and in the evening they stretch long, broad, and deepening before us, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Now is the time to unite the soul and the world. Now is the time to see the sunlight dancing as one with the shadows, Rumi. Word is a shadow of a deed, Democritus. It is only through shadows that one comes to know the light, St. Catherine of Siena. When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder, Laozi. What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the Sunset, Crowfoot. What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: our life is the creation of our mind. If a man speaks or acts with an impure mind, suffering will follow him as the wheel of the cart follows the beast that draws the cart. If a man speaks or acts with a pure mind, joy follows him as his own shadow, Gautama Buddha. I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion upon the sunset of life, when the dusk of evening begins to gather over the watery eye, and the shadows of twilight grow broader and deeper upon the understanding, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Character is the tree, reputation is the shadow, Abraham Lincoln. Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization, Ralph Waldo Emerson. My hands were weak, but I reached them out To feebler ones than mine, and over the shadow of my life Stole the light of a peace divine, Frances Harper. I couldn't live in peace if I put the shadow of a willful sin between myself and God, George Eliot. For each thorn, there's a rosebud... For each twilight - a dawn... For each trial - the strength to carry on, For each storm cloud - a rainbow... For each shadow - the sun... For each parting - sweet memories when sorrow is done, Ralph Waldo Emerson.
This one is at a local park a bit further from my home than the one I frequent at least weekly for photo excursion.
This is helpful and interesting to know....the article is about cameras around Columbus. I found this article as I was searching for something that may be of interest/humorous/educational/ informational/food related/social. This particular article may fit several of these descriptions, it concerns surveillance cameras located throughout our city. The article title mentioned how these cameras may mean as it relates to crime and privacy. There is a good chance that our “image is being captured on video nearly everywhere you (we) go”. These types of cameras can be found in most cities all over the US. In Columbus there are at least 3,428 public cameras. There was a study that counted cameras used “primarily public safety, traffic management and public transit purposes”. It showed that “3.82 public cameras per 1,000 people (which) was below the average of about 6 cameras per 1,000 people for (other) 39 cities”. During the study mentioned in the article surveillance didn’t include cameras at state-government properties or public “institutions” like OSU. A couple of the negative thoughts about the cameras are restricting freedom of movement, and a “chilling” effect on freedom of assembly. On the other hand, their use in public safety as with the cameras in helicopters to identify suspects during protests and other criminal observation incidents can be instrumental in arrests, gathering evidence to prevent further criminal activities by individuals documented in the captured photos. This sentence interested me, “An overwhelming majority of the cameras identified in the study are not hanging above intersections, as you might think, but are installed on Central Ohio Transit Authority buses”. There are cameras at 83 locations in high-crime areas, eight mobile surveillance cameras used for special events. There are license-plate readers along with another type to be installed at a later date called ShotSpotters. They will be used to detect gunfire. Another thing that interested me is “city's cameras aren't monitored in real time to detect criminal activity as it occurs, but instead capture video that can be accessed later as part of the evidence-collection process”. There are “traffic” cameras, 131, throughout the city that capture live-stream images for traffic regulation. Another surveillance type camera available to the general public are the Ring doorbell cameras. There are privately owned cameras in businesses and homes. I learned that the “Ring” cameras can by used by police as part of criminal investigations. The public and private surveillance cameras are growing in number and lead to concerns about potential abuses.
I am making beef barbeque in the pressure cooker for dinner.
Joy
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