Stephen Holland  sholland@softwaves.net

I am a retired science and vocational teacher. Below are a few of my hobbies and interests over 70 years, I now live solo in Ucluelet , a very friendly small town on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

Amateur Seismology I grew up in California and became fascinated with earthquakes, and have a homemade seismograph.  Earthquake models As a volunteer at the Pacific Geoscience Centre near Victoria I made earthquake demonstration models	Emergency Services Ucluelet Emergency Program 2012 -- PowerPoint presentations on earthquakes and tsunamis. Help with Tsunami Debris planning, Studying effects of 1700 tsunami on First Nations history, art and culture (see novel) Juan de Fuca Emergency Program in Sooke 2006-2011 -- Helped with instruction,courses, and weekly VHF radio nets Land Search and Rescue, 1971-84 , Vernon, BC Amateur Radio VE7SVR - 2009- Have VHF and HF radios at home and and in a van, with battery backup. 80m for BC contacts, and 20m for DX.
Some useful websites for emergency planning Radiation Following Japan 2011 Earthquakes Vancouver Island Tsunamis Juan da Fuca Strait Solar Activity Magnetic storms radio reception... Alerts Ucluelet - Tofino weather, etc.
Novels There are many booklets on coping with disasters, but few people read them. I thought novels might be another way to pass on useful tips. My novels are aimed at young adults because most of my career was working with teenagers While the settings are in major disasters of earthquakes and tsunamis, the plots are old-fashioned, pro-marriage, teen romances, with tips about how a girl can catch and keep Mr. Right. They both emphasize the importance of high skill levels for promoting success in personal life and careers.
Disaster Dancing disasterdancing.com This is a novel about the next big earthquake and tsunami on the West Coast. The girl is an artist and Mr. Right is a 15-year-old taking flying lessons to be a float plane pilot. It includes many useful details about how a small neighbourhood can survive and have fun doing it without depending on a government to do everthing for them, which also frees the government to work on other problems. It starts around Victoria and ends up in Ucluelet-Tofino,	1700 This is a "you are there" novel about the effects of the 1700 earthquake and tsunami on the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation on the west coast of Vancouver Island, and the Mowachaht-Muchalat people in Nootka Sound..Many strong villages would have been reduced to barren beaches with mainly men survivors, with a big impact on their economy, culture, art and history. The girl in the novel is a skilled weaver and the man is a canoe-builder and artist.
Hidden Talents.org -- How Your Brain Works As a teacher of subjects ranging from academic physics to vocational logging, I wanted to learn about why my students had such varied talents. After studying textbooks on the brain, I developed simple diagrams about how the brain works, and brain maps. After putting in on the Internet around 1995, it has proven useful to others, and the material has been used in four university textbooks and in many clinics helping people understand brain injuries.(feedback) A very popular page on the Internet is one on natural brain differences between men and women, and how that can affect theiir talents, motivations, personality and careers. Lack of respect for such differences can cause much stress in a marriage.
Vocational Education & Flying I have taught both academic physics and vocational logging programs in high school, along with Flying Clubs from grades 5-12 where students learned to fly at local airports. More than 90% of youth are not "academic" but unfortunately are often treated as "dummies" and 2nd class citizens in schools.. As a result of the logging program success, the Ministry of Education in 1975 asked me to join several other shop teachers to develop the "Career-Preparation" program concept, which is still used in many BC High Schools as a framework for serious teaching of a variety of vocational careers. More of the past
Little Farm Little Farm in Sooke was an example of Urban Agriculture on a 1/5 acre city lot, with a strong focus on organic gardening and recycling. 13 fruit trees and 3 happy chickens 2000-2011		My beloved 79 Triiumph Spitfire which finally retired with too many mechanical problems. I gave it to my young neighbour who would revive it for another future life. Rotary Club of Sooke Member 7 years Rotarian of the Year due to help with newsletter, website, and computerized data
Science ideas -- As a physics teacher and amateur astronomer in the past, I have been working on a few radical ideas in physics and astronomy for many years. I just toss these ideas out if anyone may be interested.
Virtual Pair Bonding  A muon may be just an electron bonded to a virtual pair, hence a "massive electron." Therefore, Higgs bosons may be just another name for virtual pairs.	Galactic Tectonics -- A Galactic Life Cycle Suggestions about galaxie that contradict the Big Bang idea.