Category: A Day in the Life
This subject covers things (often events) related to every-day life. They are not necessarily profound, but simply things that just happen.
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Observations: New use for Satellites
Muslim scholars, academics and politicians have agreed to launch an Islamic satellite. It will perform numerous duties in space, but its prime assignment will be to watch the moon (”image the hilal”) and report precisely the beginning of each month, and other important calendar dates including the schedule for movements during the annual Haj at…
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A Day in the Life: Blogger
Found another source that represents news in another way: newsmap.
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A Day in the Life / Golf: September 32nd, 2005
My “player’s receipt” from the golf course I played today was stamped “2005 SEP 32.” I have a sense there is a deeper meaning to this, but I just don’t see it right now. “You are allowed 5 minutes to search for a ball, after which if it is not found or identified it is…
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A Day in the Life: Blogger
With the never-ending opportunity to tweak, adjust, tune, personalize, etc. blogs are a delight. I have just added a “blogger hack” that provides a link to “On this day” in history. The code was kindly published New Links. I found a site that displays news head lines superimposed over a map of the world. The…
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A Day in the Life: The Banker’s Cup
I recently participated in the Banker’s Cup Golf Tournament held at Copper Creek. This is an annual event sponsored by a number of companies, including Microsoft. The tournament includes teams from each of the five large Canadian Banks (Royal Bank of Canada, TD-Canada Trust, Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal, and CIBC). Although my…