So MapQuest has much better satellite images of north eastern PA than Google does. Their street maps are better too. For example, here's mapquest for Beltzville State Park. Here's google for the same park. Obviously, mapquest offers much better resolution. This may have something to do with the fact that mapquest maintains an office in Mountville, Pennsylvania.
Why do I bring this up? Because if you live in Eastern PA like I do then the northern part of the state is like a big theme park with some great places to be outdoors, like the Beltzville park or the interestingly named town of Jim Thorpe. In fact, Jim Thorpe (once called "Mauch Chunk") was home to one of America's first roller coasters, the Switchback Gravity Railroad.
I took the boys up to Glen Onoko last weekend and we had a great time exploring. Long ago, Glen Onoko was home to a large hotel with terraced gardens, and the crumbling ruins of the terraces and other assorted structures remain on the hillside above the river. There is a mountain pathway that leads to spectacular waterfall as well but as we had spent much of the morning exploring elsewhere we ran out of energy well before we reached the top and had to turn back.
I subscribe to the audio version of the Harvard Business Review and in the most recent edition there is an article about women's careers and how the "glass ceiling" is more like a labyrinth. The article pointed out that because of family commitments women often are unable to spend as much time at the office as men, which often impaired their ability to be promoted. The article also included an interesting observation. The authors quoted a study that revealed that aspiring managers who were most likely to be promoted were the ones who spent the most time socializing. These managers were much more likely to be promoted, regardless of their general relative competence. Surprise, surprise.
On a political note, from this Christian Science Monitor article comes an interesting observation:
Finally, it has been observed that if Hillary Clinton is elected president in November 2008, Americans will have had at least six terms – 24 years – of Bushes and Clintons in the White House. In a country of 300 million people, it seems improbable that so many consecutive presidencies would have emerged from just two families.
Why do I bring this up? Because if you live in Eastern PA like I do then the northern part of the state is like a big theme park with some great places to be outdoors, like the Beltzville park or the interestingly named town of Jim Thorpe. In fact, Jim Thorpe (once called "Mauch Chunk") was home to one of America's first roller coasters, the Switchback Gravity Railroad.
I took the boys up to Glen Onoko last weekend and we had a great time exploring. Long ago, Glen Onoko was home to a large hotel with terraced gardens, and the crumbling ruins of the terraces and other assorted structures remain on the hillside above the river. There is a mountain pathway that leads to spectacular waterfall as well but as we had spent much of the morning exploring elsewhere we ran out of energy well before we reached the top and had to turn back.
I subscribe to the audio version of the Harvard Business Review and in the most recent edition there is an article about women's careers and how the "glass ceiling" is more like a labyrinth. The article pointed out that because of family commitments women often are unable to spend as much time at the office as men, which often impaired their ability to be promoted. The article also included an interesting observation. The authors quoted a study that revealed that aspiring managers who were most likely to be promoted were the ones who spent the most time socializing. These managers were much more likely to be promoted, regardless of their general relative competence. Surprise, surprise.
On a political note, from this Christian Science Monitor article comes an interesting observation:
Finally, it has been observed that if Hillary Clinton is elected president in November 2008, Americans will have had at least six terms – 24 years – of Bushes and Clintons in the White House. In a country of 300 million people, it seems improbable that so many consecutive presidencies would have emerged from just two families.
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