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Post by Registrar on Dec 12, 2014 18:22:48 GMT 8
Karl, Normally, when I'm impressed, I give a post the thumbs up signal, and leave it pretty much at that. This time, let me express what a great job I think you have been able to accomplish in delivering this book to the place of its literary origin, a journey across the mountains and forty years into the past. To your repute as a Trailmaster, we must add "Pony Express". Paul
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Post by Registrar on Dec 12, 2014 15:34:54 GMT 8
The tunnel where the weak of spirit turn back is the QM tunnel, which extends to a 100% fall as it approaches the south road around Malinta Hill. Most turn back at the first major fall, where you have to climb several metres up a pile of shattered rocks which have fallen from the roof above. It has puzzled us for many years how far the 100% fall (which is a way further) actually is from the road, but (a) roots of trees grow from the roof, and (b) whistles and shouts by people on the road can be heard inside the tunnel. One has to get there through some dead air areas, and then crawl along on your back. There is nothing quite so scary as a dead air area when you know you can't run because you are on your back looking at the roof a few inches away. I would always keep my cigar lit so that I could be reassured the air was sufficient to move the smoke.
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Post by Registrar on Dec 11, 2014 15:57:33 GMT 8
They're called Activists and community organizers, mate. They have something other than the truth as their goal.
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Post by Registrar on Dec 11, 2014 15:52:09 GMT 8
MLQ, the very people who are likely to be called to investigate are those who already know the most about what's going on. Remember the old joke "The PNP are the most efficient police force in the world, because whenever there is a crime, the PNP are already there."?
The most effective means of protecting Drum may well be to take MORE paying tourists there, not discourage them.
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Post by Registrar on Dec 10, 2014 20:30:29 GMT 8
John,
I have two colleagues, Parsons and Jurica, who are keen to take you up on your offer. I am familiar with both Sakakida and Provoo, though not to the depth and breadth that they are.
I will establish contact with you privately.
As Sakakida and Provoo crossed paths, there are clearly issues to be weighed and resolved, and there will undoubtedly be some nary responses triggered.
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Post by Registrar on Dec 3, 2014 20:03:45 GMT 8
No, you have not been harsh at all. It's a puff piece, as light as a blancmange, and with a similar IQ. It's the sort of space filler that lifestyle & travel sections feature as paid pieces, an advertorial where accurate history has no place.
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Post by Registrar on Dec 2, 2014 20:41:06 GMT 8
Very pleased to be of assistance. I'm just one of several who had spotted it. I was waiting for a polite time to mention it, so that it didn't seem too impolite. That's my excuse, I'm sticking to it.
As for any weirdness, please be assured that it's all Bill Gates' fault, not any of us here. My own approach to moderating the forum is largely that of inactivity, because I believe we have developed a really good group of great people who enjoy a strong camaraderie in what is essentially a very esoteric area, and who tend to be moderate of character. Sure, I stir a bit, but that's what moddys sometimes must do to keep the troops awake. But I am intensely proud of our members who are all people I wish I could have over on a Sunday afternoon for tea and scones with the archbishop. They're dedicated to their hobby.
The Loss of the S.S. Corregidor is a very interesting topic, and there are a two or three of us who believe there is much more to it than meets the eye, even now. I did not realize how truly significant it was until I went down south, and learned how it had resulted in the deaths of the core of the educated sons of the best families throughout the region. I would like to see a courtroom drama written around it, as I believe there are aspects of it which remain relevant.
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Post by Registrar on Dec 2, 2014 15:22:26 GMT 8
There's a discrepancy between the minefield map featured by Chad, and that of the illustrated version of the Presidential Museum & Library with regards to the sinking of the S.S. Corregidor, posted courtesy of MLQ. Sharp eyes will notice that the sinking shown on Chad's diagram was between La Monja and Corregidor rather than in the South Channel between Corregidor and Carabao Is. Theoretically, Chad's map shows it was an Army mine, and the other shows it as a Navy one, though 99.99% of people would not think it matters. Those following the saga will recall that it was the Navy's Official Chronology which eventually attributed the sinking to an Army mine, and that the Army has pretty-much kept schtum on the issue. I guess that the Army preferred to stay silent than make any admission, and thus it was the Navy which eventually blew the whistle. Of course, this was only after years of the US official story implying that the Japanese did it. Whilst there has been a cover-up of the truth of the tragedy for decades, I do not for a second consider that the discrepancy between the diagram (this post) and the illustration (in Chad's post) is anything more than purely accidental, and entirely innocent.
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Post by Registrar on Nov 30, 2014 11:14:08 GMT 8
My publisher sprung this on me as a surprise - a one day special. So I advanced the publishing date to take advantage of it. I have set the FULL PREVIEW for today. Check it out at: corregidor.org/exo/aftermath_RELEASE.html
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Post by Registrar on Nov 28, 2014 16:14:36 GMT 8
Welcome. I sure agree that the way to build awareness and understanding across a society is now by using the Internet, and that the reference book of yesteryear has now become the website. The amount of money being spent on publicly funded libraries is constantly contracting per head of population, making the website correspondingly more important. On the other hand, the cost per head of getting the message conveyed is significantly improved via the internet. This is not a local trend, but worldwide. Websites will become the school-books of the future.
Earlier this year I was involved in a "roadshow" which involved displaying a movie I had co-produced concerning the retaking of Corregidor. The roadshow visited a number of university level educational institutions in various Luzon provinces, and I was struck by two things in the main: (a) the desire of intermediate and undergrad students for obtaining knowledge and (b) their lack of knowing where to start so as to acquire it.
The development of a more active digital community interested in the history of the Philippines will surely begin to address both of these.
This supports the role of the Presidential Library in showing other institutions, much like a guide, where they hould be heading. The Presidential Library has an innate advantage, of course, because it is able to leverage its prestige to maximise its presence. Private institutions need to raise funding, and they operate under constraints which never would apply to the Presidential Library. For example, I have been involved in trying to establish a digital archive project but have found it slowed - perhaps to a stall - by concerns over how far the educational use of images can be taken vis a vis copyright restrictions applicable locally. Their concern about copyright has literally paralyzed them. (The same fears do not appear to affect foreign developed websites.)
This is not to diminish the role of the Presidential Library, for indeed, I believe that it is the best vehicle to lead by example. In one respect, the better part of leadership is not the actual dleading, but the ability to create, train and encourage numerous other people to embrace the leadership role-model. The best leadership creates more leaders, not followers.
I have had a look at the selection of pages you have been involved with, and they are quite impressive. You clearly are able to call upon some very talented people.
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