Monday, April 7, 2008

Radiation Training

Over the weekend I completed a long Army course on line about testing and maintaining equipment that uses radiation in its illumimation or operation. In the Army way, each instrument was covered in detail, but the bottom line on every one was: if anything is wrong, double bag the entire instrument, put it in a new box and ship it back to the people who are actually authorized to work on it. The introductory material on sources of radiation was very clear and easy to follow.

The Life of the Mind* by Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt ’s The Life of the Mind —left unfinished at her death in 1975—explores what it means to live a reflective human life. Though o...