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MODERN MARVELS: Supply-side Warfare
History Channel Magazine
excerpt
On June 21, 1941 Adolf Hitler’s Army chafed against
the border of the USSR. Meanwhile, a negligent Josef
Stalin and his forces napped. The next day 3 million
German soldiers roused the sleeping Soviets to ignite
the largest land battle, ever. As the Nazi Army
galloped for Moscow, the Soviet Union was in
pandemonium. Hitler’s Operation Barbarossa was aiming over
3,300 tanks, 7,200 artillery pieces, and 2,800 aircraft at not
only Mother Russia herself, but alsoher industrial capacity .
Consequently, Stalin
directed that factories in the Ukraine, Belarus, and
Western Russia be relocated safely beyond the Ural
Mountains.
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Climate Change
Ripsaw
December 2004
--reprints available
excerpt
Climate change has begun to leave its imprint on Lake
Superior. According to a 2003 study by the Union of
Concerned Scientists, global climate change will leave Lake
Superior warmer, shallower, and home to different species.
Climate change is caused primarily by the use of fossil fuels
that emit heat-trapping gasses, such as carbon dioxide, that
warms the Earth. “Global climate change is not happening in a
vacuum. We’re already seeing shorter periods of ice cover on
Lake Superior,” said Dr. Lucinda Johnson of the University of
Minnesota Duluth’s Natural Resources Research Institute.
“The ice is setting up later in the fall and ice is out earlier in the
spring. That pattern is really consistent.”
Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
City Pages
27 October 2004
--reprints available
excerpt
In some respects, ProRally most closely resembles the
lesser-known sport of orienteering--a cross-country
foot race where competitors use a map and compass to
negotiate unfamiliar territory. In ProRally, driver
and navigator don't know where they are going until
just before the race begins. At that point, the
navigator is supplied with a course book. A
description reads, "This is a fast, short, uphill
stage on moderately poor quality pavement. It is
narrow and a bit rough, but plenty of speed can be
generated. There are lots of places to get airborne so
be prepared."
J.B. Ford Photo by Jason Amundsen from his
sailboat, Finlandia.
Jason P. Amundsen
articles
a virtual resume
Idle
Cover Story in the Duluth Weekly Reader
--reprints available
Two ships sit idle in the Duluth-Superior bay. Unnoticed by most,
they are the John Sherwin and the J.B. Ford.
The J.B. Ford is one hundred years old and sits a half-mile down the
bay from her sea-sister, the forty-six year old John Sherwin. Since
1981, the John Sherwin has been laid up and out of service because
she needs expensive upgrades. It’s not nostalgia or tired engines
that keeps these ships in the harbor, but economics. With both
ships it’s a business decision.
The real value in these old ships is in scrap. The Chinese economy
is booming and demand for steel is high. Everyday massive
shipbreaking facilities in Turkey and India, unencumbered with
environmental and worker protections, are meeting Chinese needs
with worn out American ships. Even with the international price of
steel at $500.00 a ton, both size and distance make the J.B. Ford
and the John Sherwin unlikely candidates for sale abroad.
