ten ₱esos

I visited campsites of homeless persons a mile-and-a-half from Panama City Rescue Mission.  I made a few low-quality photos with my camera phone, without photographing the denizens (except my escort).

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……found on a travel weblog: “Wow and you did not give the reason why you cannot use a cell phone on a plane! OK, let me tell you why. It interferes with the planes on- flight communication, meaning the piolet and flight attendants cannot talk to one another. No cofee or pee pee break for the poilet. That is the ONLY reason you cannot use them. I just had a flight where I forgot to turn mine off- no big deal.”

at E & A Budget Hotel in Penang, in which bedbugs fed on my legs one night last year

See the truck owners’ website, OnceAroundtheWorld.com or EinmalUmDieWelt.Ch.

……..Text-messaging, or ‘texting,’ is the sending of short messages between cellular phones via messaging services, and instant-messaging (IM) via personal computers connected to the Internet.  Normally chat lingo is used for the sake of brevity in phones’ SMS and MMS messages, which are limited to 160 characters, and in IM via computer, in which rapid communication is desired.  The abbreviations of words, new words, and acronyms include, “LOL,” which represents ‘laugh(ing) out loud,’ which means ‘I consider that humorous.’  Texters write, “TLK2UL8R” rather than ‘I will talk to you later.’  “Texts are brief, spontaneous, and informal — even more so than e-mail … [omitting] the minimal greetings and pleasantries usually contained in email messages” (Hunton & Williams, 2009). »→

Smart coupe seen in George Town, Penang last year

can be seen in the Tom Cruise/Cameron Diaz action movie, Knight and Day

…….Mercantilism is an economic theory that asserts that the prosperity of a nation depends upon its supply of capital (gold, silver, or other money) and that the volume of international trade is finite and unchangeable.  Economic capital is represented by bullion held by each state, which is best increased through a positive balance of trade with other nations (more exports than imports).  Mercantilism suggests that governments should play a protectionist role in their nations’ economies, by encouraging exports and discouraging imports, commonly through the imposing import tariffs and subsidizing domestic industry. »→

rickshaw pedaler in George Town, Penang, Malaysia – last year

Check the toenails.

The answer to (a) should end: XLI to represent 41 (ten less than 50, plus 1)

With my iPhone I can make many more candid photos wherever I go.

Here’s my office in Panama City Rescue Mission. Like the yellow walls?

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Forty-one years ago, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first explored Earth’s moon. If they’re not already in history books, following Lewis and Clark and Cristoforo Colombo, they soon will be.

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……The mechanical clock was invented in the late 1200s and perfected in the next century. In the mid-1300s was invented a mechanical clock which struck a bell to mark each hour.  The new machines were not miniature and were not affordable for commoners, but they found acceptance by governments and churches during the High Middle Ages, as today, and were bought and installed in public spaces such as city halls, courthouses, and church bell towers.  Large, ticking and ringing clocks actually marked time, visibly and audibly, in population centers and thus induced observers to be conscious of passage of time and to begin to measure the durations of their activities.  »→

(textbook assignment) Find the image of the point A(4, 2) in the plane for the given rotations about the rotocenter, O, where O is the origin in the plane.
RO, 180 : A is _____.

(textbook answer) A 180 degree rotation is considered a half-turn about the given rotocenter, the origin in this case. Notice how the letter-L is rotated to help determine the image of the point (4, 2) under this transformation. Because a 180 degree rotation is a half- turn it really does not matter in which direction the rotation occurs. You will still end up at the same place.

(textbook answer, continued) RO, 180 : (4, 2) is (-2, -4)

I assert that the location of the red end point is (-4,-2)

U.S. Navy Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornet #6 climbs

The first Celtic monasteries were merely settlements where the priests and laity, men, women, and children — lived together as a clan.  Later, actual monasteries of monks and nuns were formed, and later the cloistered life was developed. The desire for extreme austerity, in contrast to licentious hedonism of continental Europe, has been a hallmark of Irish monasticism to today.  The eremitical life was regarded as the height of monasticism, and the means of perfection have been austerity, poverty, obedience, celibacy, fasting, prayer vigils, and hard work.

Irish monks are famous for preserving literature, history, and philosophy from ancient civilizations in Asia Minor and Europe by copying and translating ancient documents and literature in addition to copying contemporary manuscripts of various genres.  In the Dark Ages, the monastic scribes preserved Western history in their scriptoria by diligently copying by hand, with quill and ink, borrowed and acquired scrolls and books.

Irish monks and friars have also gained renown by leaving their cloisters to re-evangelize continental Europe and proselytize in Africa and the Americas.

U.S. Air Force photo