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0404 - Summary/Objective
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040501 - Follow up ref SDS 7 0000. ref SDS 6 0000.
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0408 - Progress
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040901 - Last Sunday, we planned to see Grand Central Station today, but only
040902 - as an after thought, reported on 100829 0700. ref SDS 4 WT3M
040904 -  ..
040905 - Took the train into Grand Central Station near Park Avenue and 5th
040906 - Avenue.  Takes about 90 minutes, and is a bumpy ride, unlike BART.
040908 -  ..
040909 - During the ride into New York, Ross got a call or text message from
040910 - Mike asking about playing golf tomorrow at Richter Park, where we hit
040911 - this past Tuesday, on 100831 1445. ref SDS 6 FW5G  So, this was
040912 - scheduled to hit with Mike and George in a 4-some tomorrow, following
040913 - up the party last night, on 100903 2016. ref SDS 7 2H8J
040914 -
040915 -            [On 100905 1000 played another round of golf at Richter
040916 -            Park in a 4-some with Ross, and Mike and George, and did
040917 -            much better -- lost fewer balls and scored better.
040918 -            ref SDS 8 RE7N
040920 -  ..
040921 - Ross also helped send a "text" message on his cell phone, suggesting
040922 - that Mike not open welchco from Google, which is typical way folks
040923 - would do this.  Last night, had an introductory discussion with Mike,
040924 - who seems to be a partner in a major Construction Manager and
040925 - contracting firm. 100903 2016, ref SDS 7 504K  Did not want Mike to
040926 - run into the virus warning message that Google has been throwing up on
040927 - welchco home and other pages, since the report on 100825 1037,
040928 - ref SDS 3 KD5I  While investigation shows welchco is not actually
040929 - infected, the appearance and explanation necessarily creates tension
040930 - that disrupts understanding of already complex stuff on welchco.
040932 -  ..
040933 - In any case, using Ross' cell phone for sending a message to Mike was
040934 - the first time this technology has been tried.  It is very slow, and
040935 - very cursory, as expected.  Editing is difficult, and the screen is
040936 - no conducive to careful thorough analysis.
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040939 - Ross checked the copy of the letter sent to Patty earlier this
040940 - morning.  He seemed disappointed by comprehensive treatment of complex
040941 - issues, reflecting Doctor Rugo's concern that solving difficult
040942 - management problems required to provide comprehensive health care is
040943 - not fast and easy using very small computer screens and keyboards
040944 - available on cell phones, that do not fit human ergonomics, reported
040945 - on 081017 0021. ref SDS 1 215I
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040947 -            [On 100905 1930 Ross presented comprehensive analysis
040948 -            comparing Renaissance and Impressionist painting.
040949 -            ref SDS 9 TE9H
040951 -  ..
040952 - Grand Central Station is truly a "grand" facility.  Has many levels,
040953 - with many restaraunts, and is massive to behold with classical
040954 - artworks generously displayed.  It is a museum of construction
040955 - grandure.  The main ceiling must be 100 feet high.  Grand Central
040956 - Station follows the model of marketing in Las Vegas building hotels
040957 - into marvels of hight quality construction that attracks customers.
040959 -  ..
040960 - We walked from Grand Central Station on East 42nd Street and Madison
040961 - Avenue, a block from 5th Avenue, into Central Park on East 59th
040962 - Street, and through the park to 89th Street to the Guggenheim Museum
040963 - of modern art.  It was very crowded, with a great may activities,
040964 - including people playing sports. sunning, picknicking. weddings.
040965 - muscians, and dancing.  This is a huge park facility, about .5 miles
040966 - wide and 2.5 miles long from East 59th Street to East 110th Street.
040968 -  ..
040969 - The Guggenheim was designed by Frank Loyd Wright.  It is a circular
040970 - building, shown by the picture with Claudia...
040971 -
040972 -              http://www.welchco.com/pic/armstrongross/100904/rod%20&%20claudia%20at%20the%20gugenheim.jpg
040974 -  ..
040975 - Floors spiral from the ground up about 6 levels to display art pieces.
040976 - Inside, Claudia took a picture of Ross and I in front of a large
040977 - photograph of an Empty Warehouse...
040978 -
040979 -              http://www.welchco.com/pic/armstrongross/100904/rod%20and%20ross%20in%20the%20garage.jpg
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040982 - After visiting the Guggenheim, we walked back on 5th Avenue to the
040983 - Metropoliton Museum of Art and entered on East 82nd Street.  This is
040984 - a huge facility from 80th to 84th Street.
040985 -
040986 -              http://www.panoramio.com/photo/269479
040988 -  ..
040989 - Actually, enjoyed the Metropoliton Museum of Art more than the
040990 - Guggenheim.  This has literally miles of art organized in differnt
040991 - forms and periods.  There is a huge atrium with classical sculptures.
040992 - The collection of renasance paitings was magnificant.  Also saw on
040993 - display a terrific array of musical instruments from piror periods and
040994 - cultures.  Most notable was the number of different types of string
040995 - instruments.
040997 -  ..
040998 - Ross mentioned that today is the first time he has actually gone into
040999 - the Guggenheim and the Metropolotin museums.  He has driven by many
041000 - times in the 11 years they have lived here. But, today he finally got
041001 - to experience the tresure of art stored in these elegant structures.
041002 -
041003 -            [On 100905 1930 Ross presented comprehensive analysis
041004 -            comparing Renaissance and Impressionist painting.
041005 -            ref SDS 9 TE9H
041007 -  ..
041008 - We then walked on 5th Avenue down to St Patrick's Cathedral on 51st
041009 - Street for Saturday Mass.  With more instruction from Ross, did better
041010 - with Communion today, by consuming the offering immediately, and so
041011 - avoided having the priest chase me down the isle, like last week on
041012 - 100829 0700. ref SDS 4 7G6I
041014 -  ..
041015 - Finally returned to Grand Central Station and caught a train at 1845
041016 - for the train ride home to Brewster New York, which is about 15 miles
041017 - from the house in Danbury, Connecticut.
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041020 - Probably walked to 6 miles today.
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