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THANKSGIVING

 

Thanksgiving has always been a special day for me, especially when I was young.

Our family lived in Alexandria, Virginia until the summer of 1962.  Every Thanksgiving, we would pack up the car and drive to NC, specifically Winston-Salem, the tobacco capital of the USA.

The trip lasted about 5-6 hours as I recall and as we got closer to Winston-Salem, when the windows of the car were rolled down, you could actually smell the tobacco in the air.

Thanksgiving in Winston-Salem was a real treat.  We all sat at a long dining room table that held all the Thanksgiving dishes in the middle.  One by one these dishes were passed around while my grandfather, my dad's father, cut the turkey.

We had everything that you could imagine in terms of side dishes to go with the turkey like casseroles, rice, mashed potatoes, gravy, biscuits, peas, lima beans, salad, sweet potatoes, etc.

The day after Thanksgiving, all our relatives would get together and rent a meeting hall in a nearby park and all the families would gather there and bring their leftovers.

While my memories are a little foggy, I would suspect that about 150 relatives would show up, most of whom I had no idea who they were.  These relatives would represent both my mother's and father's side of the family.

It was a very memorable time that our entire family/relatives lost sight of as we all got older.

Somewhat Political

 

A Living World in Space

A generation ship is a hypothetical spacecraft designed for long-term interstellar travel, potentially lasting centuries. The concept involves an initial crew living, reproducing, and dying aboard the ship, with their descendants continuing the journey.

Originally conceived by US rocket pioneer Robert H. Goddard, this enormous space ark is an enclosed, self-sustaining world with its own ecosystem, designed to meet all the needs of its crew as they travel for centuries or even millennia to their destination.


Equipped with agriculture, habitation, and life-support systems, these ships are intended to ensure survival across multiple generations.

Project Hyperion is part of a study aimed at assessing the feasibility of crewed interstellar flight using current and near-future technologies and hoping to guide future research and technology development while educating the public on the logistics and potential of interstellar travel.    READ MORE...

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Worried Democrats

 

Democrats are worried about the next four years because the 2024 election CAUGHT THEM OFF GUARD...

Democrats had assured themselves that 91 felony charges and 34 felony convictions would convince the American Voter not to vote for TRUMP...  However, the American Voter knew the DOJ charges were BOGUS and therefore, they, like me, ignored them.

The other part of their political ignorance was the fact that when they said BIDENOMICS WAS WORKING, the American Voter knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that it was not working, at least not for them.

THAT WAS A HUGE POLITICAL BLUNDER.

Finally, the Democrats just KNEW that their programs were the right programs for the American Voter and again, their thoughts were WRONG.

Consequently, the Democrats are worried about all the damage that the GOP is going to be able to do during the next four years.

They are worried because Trump is now experienced with WASHDC politics and knows how to play the game.  Hence, his cabinet and political teams are going to be assembled before the end of the month so he can hit the ground running.

Trump want to RUN in office, because he knows he only has a guarantee of 2 years before he might lose the HOUSE.

If Trump can drill so much oil that it really reduces gasoline prices and inflation, then Dems are going to have a hard time trying to go green in 2028.

ALSO, if Trump really SHRINKS the federal government and there are positive impacts on society, then the Dems are going to have a hard time increasing govt employees.

Lastly, the removal of illegal immigrants will impact the American Voter so much, that they will never want an OPEN BIDEN BORDER again.

If I was a Democrat, I would be worried that the Republicans might be in control for the next 8-12 years.

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Women Innovators

Aramco’s R&D work focuses on innovations that aim to help future generations to continue to have access to reliable energy

Dr. Nadrah Alawani, Dr. Amani Musharah and Maryam Altaher have led and worked on innovations that have raised the bars in their respective fields and the energy sector as a whole

From gaining new understanding of hydrocarbons, to formulating better performing fuels that could help lower emissions, women innovators at Aramco continue to break new scientific ground

Aramco’s research and development work focuses on innovations that aim to help future generations to continue to have access to the benefits of a more secure, more sustainable energy supply. 

Scientific and technological advances that can help us to achieve this goal are happening in our R&D centers around the world, including three in Saudi Arabia. Women have long played a leading role in Aramco’s drive for innovation, and their talents and expertise are continuing to help us to make advances in science, technology and engineering.

Three leading female scientists based at our Research and Development Center in Dhahran explain how their innovative work in fuel analysis, catalysis and petroleomics is raising standards in fuel performance, efficiency and emissions reduction across the Company’s operations, and across the oil and gas industry.     READ MORE...

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