New Activity on the Hill

One of the actions I promised myself was to read Roman and Greek history when I had the time to do so. Recently I discovered an organization called "The Teaching Company." They offer hundreds of courses on Science and Math, Religion, Literature and the English Language, Classics, History and Philosopy on DVD taught by professors of top standing. At the moment I am pursuing "Masters of Greek Thought: Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle,"in 36 half hour lectures taught by Robert Bartlett from Emory University.

Earthquake Science

Here in Crockett we probably spend more time discussing possible earthquakes rather than the election or Paris Hilton. The only thing ranking higher in our interest is the coming desert (read drought) and the size of our water bill. Who would have thought that this North Dakota raised Crockettonian would concern himself with the movement of tektonic plates??

RUSSIAN RIDGE — At the summit of Rolph Hill, in a corner of the Russian Ridge
Open Space Preserve closed to the public, stands an alien-looking machine — a
small white dome balanced on three long 'legs' sunk deep into moss-covered
bedrock.
Inside is a small, powerful GPS receiver that's measuring the
movement of the earth via satellite every 15 seconds and a cellular modem that
sends the data hundreds of miles away. Scientists are using it to calculate
earthquake hazards across the San Andreas Fault, which lies a few miles to the
east."