-- Baby Olive Makes a Discovery
I Can Count to Two |
She happily grabbed and nibbled on either that came into her grasp. The most interesting observation was made when she had both at the same time. She could corral both but was frustrated that she couldn't get both into her mouth at the same time. Together with her previous achievement of grabbing various toys and force-feeding herself with them, she continues to explore her surroundings.
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Overhead View of Village |
The winter village vignette that we installed on the living room fireplace mantle has been a bit hit. Visitors are drawn to it and marvel at some of the fine detail in the buildings and accessories. I took a few photos from various angles to see how realistic it all may appear. I was pleased in general that the scene seems coherent even if it's not very realistic. There is a certain patina to the structures and the small vehicles that make them seem more like artwork and less like a toy.
-- Cold War Code Warriors
One of the Elephant Cages near USSR |
-- Elephant Cages Formed Ring Around USSR
Karamursel is lower left on the map |
- My experience with the “elephant cage,” was in Karamursel, Turkey, on the shores of the Sea of Marmara, about three hours from Istanbul. The location permitted excellent monitoring of southern Russia, where they had most of their elaborate missile testing sites, air bases, and other strategic facilities. The other principal locations for an elephant cage were Italy, West Germany, England, Alaska, Japan, The Phillippines, and Thailand. Together, these eight stations formed a necklace around the neck of Soviet Russia.
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READING UPDATE: I had a lot of fun this week reading Code Warriors by Stephen Budiansky. It's a highly readable description of NSA's (National Security Agency) codebreakers and the secret intelligence war against the Soviet Union for over 40 years. I had fun reading about it because I was reading about me. I was part of the USAF Security Service in the late 1960s and early 1970s serving overseas with the specific assignment to spy on Russia to determine what their capabilities were for missile technology, high-speed bomber, fighter, and reconnaissance aircraft and to some degree, satellite telemetry too.
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