Random observations from Vatchira Hospital and STOU educational TV

I got up early so I turned on the TV to see the STOU TV course. The courses are broadcast at 5:00 AM on channel 11. The show was professionally done educational TV with a good interview format. There was additional information about the schedule and the radio broadcasts. The presentation looks much better then the lectures from University of Alaska Southeast that I see on TV sometimes.

The proper spelling for the hospital we visited yesterday was Vatchira

Random observations and thoughts from the last few days.

I saw a women wearing a shirt like a Kuspuk in the hospital. The shirt had the same length and was a pull over. The shirt also had similar embroidery. Of course there was not hood. It was a very nice design. I have not seen it before. If you are not from Alaska a Kuspuk is a traditional pull over coat that is worn by Inupiat and Yupik people. It is a beautiful and functional coat.

Some writing on clothes that I saw yesterday at the hospital...
Mouth to Mouth
Fcuk
US Military Bike
Thai Party written in English and Thai. The writing was on the back of a coat that looked like a bar jacket. A bar jacket is a coat that people wear to advertise where they drink, something like Ernie's Bar Soldotna Alaska.

At the hospital there was a man who met all the taxis and lifted people from the cars onto stretchers or into wheelchairs. He also did the same for people leaving the hospital. He was a strongly built man. I wonder what he thinks about and feels when confronted with all the frailties of humanity? It seems like it could be an intense job.

Cell phones mean that there is a communication infrastructure set up for the technology of the future.

Goggle's announcement about creating a free wireless internet network for San Francisco is pretty amazing.

We will be going to STOU today for a meeting and lunch. We will be able to meet with somebody who is knowledgeable about Non-formal education.