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erics, May 4th, 2025
Author: Eric M. Stone Date: April 28, 2025 Abstract This paper explores the theoretical redirection of $2.7 trillion in global military spending to humanitarian causes beginning in 2026. We model the year‑over‑year impact on global poverty, health, education, climate‑change mitigation, and infrastructure over a 20‑year period. We further analyze the political, social, and psychological obstacles to such a reallocation […]
Categories: Nature, Philosophy, Policies, Policy, Politics, Question, Technology Tags: Climate Change, global spending, humanitarian aid, military budget, political transition, poverty eradication, psychological resistance
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erics, May 6th, 2020
Categories: Home and Garden, Nature Tags: Hummingbird
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Author:
erics, November 17th, 2017
Another dusting, but oh so pretty!
Categories: Nature, Weather Tags: Snow
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erics, November 7th, 2017
I am SO happy to see the first snow!
Categories: Nature, Weather Tags: Snow, Weather
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erics, January 11th, 2016
Too many people have gone this past 12 months, people who have been influencers. Many icons of my youth have passed on, and the gray in my beard seems to be taking over the black. A harsh reminder of the inexorable ticking of Time. There is a line in the poem “Desiderata” that seems to […]
Categories: Nature, Philosophy, Rants Tags: Changes, Desiderata, Ehrmann, Max Ehrmann, Poem, Poetry
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erics, April 23rd, 2013
Categories: Nature, Weather Tags: Flare, NASA, Solar, Spot, Sun, Sunspot, Video
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Author:
erics, February 22nd, 2013
Check out this stellar video of a beautiful, curved solar flare “arch”, raining super-heated plasma on the Sun’s surface: http://youtu.be/HFT7ATLQQx8
Categories: Nature Tags: Arch, Flare, NASA, Solar, Sun
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Author:
erics, November 3rd, 2012
We were extraordinarily lucky! Summary: • Without power from Monday around 8pm until Wednesday around 6pm. • Without Internet connectivity from Monday around 8pm until Saturday around 7am. • Number of trees down in yard: 2 • No water in the basement at all. • We lost our shelter. The structure was large enough to […]
Categories: Nature, Weather Tags: 2012, Hurricane, PSE&G, Storm
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erics, August 31st, 2012
Categories: Nature Tags: 2012, Blue Moon, Moon
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