http://peteashdown.org/journal Fast Forward the Future Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:24:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en David Culp, Legislative Representative, Quaker Nuclear Disarmament Program, will be speaking in Salt Lake City on “Utah’s Important Role in Permanently Ending Nuclear Weapons Testing” SLC Events: A renewed national discussion about the role and future of nuclear weapons is underway in the United States. President Barak Obama, and his ... http://peteashdown.org/journal/2010/01/21/david-culp-speaking-in-salt-lake-city/ When I ran for Senate in 2006, Representative Jim Matheson was kind enough to meet with me more than once to offer help and advice. I met with him in both his Salt Lake City office and his Washington D.C. office. In one of those meetings he ... http://peteashdown.org/journal/2009/11/16/representative-matheson-and-the-democratic-party/ Two weeks ago, I sat in on a roundtable with Senator Bennett, sponsored by the Utah Technology Council. Senator Bennett started his discussion on healthcare by assailing England's National Health System, with the claim that Senator Ted Kennedy would not have received any treatment at all for his cancer ... http://peteashdown.org/journal/2009/09/17/nhs-doctors-defend-uk-healthcare/ Alan Turing is widely considered to be the father of computer science. He cracked the German Enigma Codes in World War II, which saved countless lives and is estimated to have ended the war in Europe two years early. His genius with computer processing showed when he wrote ... http://peteashdown.org/journal/2009/09/12/alan-turing-apology/ Saturday, September 19th, 9:00 AM - The Electroregeneration Society needs your help! Saturday, September 19th, we will be unloading a storage unit previously owned by Computers For Kids, a non-profit with a similar mission to ERGS. There are over 500 CRT monitors there! We will load them on a large ... http://peteashdown.org/journal/2009/09/10/electroregeneration-society-crt-day/ Utahns for Ethical Government contacted me recently about their proposed ballot initiative for ethics reform in the Utah Legislature. The initiative creates an independent panel that would investigate legislator ethics violations and recommend action back to the legislative leadership. In addition, a "Code of Conduct" is set down ... http://peteashdown.org/journal/2009/08/28/ethics-reform-initiative/ Some years ago, XMission held a computer parts "recycling" event in cooperation with Salt Lake City. We were permitted use of a parking lot on the corner of State Street and 400 South, near our offices, for people to bring their household electronics for proper disposal. This disposal ... http://peteashdown.org/journal/2009/07/07/the-electroregeneration-society/ In January of 2005, I had a meeting with Bill Orton. My campaign for U.S. Senate was in the exploratory stage, and I had heard through the grapevine that Bill was considering running. I had never met Bill before, but he worked nearby and came in to talk ... http://peteashdown.org/journal/2009/04/20/bill-orton/ Today at 2:00PM, the Utah Senate Public Utilities Committee will consider a joint resolution expressing support for nuclear power in Utah. This is the letter I sent to Public Utilities Committee chair, Steve Urquhart. Hello Steve, I'd like you to consider a few points in relation to nuclear power in ... http://peteashdown.org/journal/2009/02/17/utah-senate-and-nuclear-power/ I set my alarm this morning for 7:00AM planning to get up and get out to collect my tickets to the inauguration. A foreign bed and sick kids conspired against me and left me groggy when the alarm went off. For some reason I figured that there probably ... http://peteashdown.org/journal/2009/01/19/waiting-for-tickets/