Gene Keyes: Nonviolence; Mercy Force; Esperanto; URLfriend; HyperCard; World Maps

Gene Keyes Website
25th ed.; latest update 2008-04-24
Various works by Gene Keyes (1941-2041): sometime peace activist, political science prof,
strategic nonviolent defense analyst, and amateur in
Esperanto, HyperCard, world map cartography, and science-fiction.

CONTENTS aka Site Map
(click on main categories to scroll down to their respective title-links)
What's New 2008-04-24: and Site Updates List Click above for complete list. In this edition, see: 9) Scott Keyes, light verse, A Second Helping and previous update, 2.3.2) Cahill's longest article expounding the Butterfly Map (1912)	1) Strategic Nonviolence 1.1) Strategic Nonviolent Defense 1.2) Stalin's Finland Fiasco: Nonviolent Defense Clues from the Winter War 1.3) Heavy Casualties and Nonviolent Defense 1.4) Force Without Firepower 1.5) Mercy Force 1.6) Peacekeeping Buffer Action by Unarmed Forces	2) World Maps 2.1) Cahill-Keyes "Real-World" Map 2.2) Geocells and the Megamap 2.3) B.J.S. Cahill Butterfly Map Resource Page 2.3.1) Cahill's original article introducing the Butterfly Map (1909) 2.3.2) Cahill's longest article expounding the Butterfly Map (1912) 2.4) Cahill Gallery [25 maps so far]
3) Esperanto 3.1) Dr. Esperanto's International Language (the original 1887 pamphlet, online here) 3.2) Yuletide Carols / Jula Karolaro 3.3) The Me Clone / La Mi-Klono 3.4) Libraro Ludovika	4) HyperCard: URLfriend 1.0 If you can still run a Mac with OS 9, here is a stack that can handle thousands of bookmarks. open any URL in any browser, and keep copious notes on each.	5) Helpful Hints for My Next Incarnation 5.1) How to Eat a Watermelon 5.2) How to Prevent Jock Itch with Rubbing Alcohol 5.3) How to Make a Moebius Towel (and Why)
6) Blog Some current-affairs miscellany; most recent: 6.7) 2008-02-26: Obama's Afghanistan War	7) S-F: online book or zip, The Me Clone / La Mi-Klono a romantic comedy, somewhat s-f romantika komedio, iomete s-f	8) Links: My other web pages
9) Presenting light verse and poetry by my father, Scott Keyes (1910-1992)	10) Presenting poetry and publications by my mother, Charlotte E. Keyes (1914-1980)	11) Presenting Works by Others (tba) [and see also] 2.3) B.J.S. Cahill Butterfly Map Resource Page 3.1) Dr. Esperanto's International Language (the original 1887 pamphlet, online here) 6.1) Eugene McCarthy's 1960 Nomination Speech for Adlai Stevenson

1) Strategic Nonviolence

Six GK articles reposted here:

1.1) STRATEGIC NONVIOLENT DEFENSE: THE CONSTRUCT OF AN OPTION (Journal of Strategic Studies, 4 / 2, 1981-06) p. 125-151 Condensation of my 1978 doctoral thesis; offers a newer theory of national nonviolent defense. HTML.

1.2) STALIN'S FINLAND FIASCO: NONVIOLENT DEFENSE CLUES FROM THE WINTER WAR (Crossroads: An International Socio-Political Journal, Number 17, 1985) p. 27-58. Reformatted in HTML, with extra material and maps.

1.3) "HEAVY CASUALTIES AND NONVIOLENT DEFENSE" (Philosophy and Social Action, 17 / 1 & 2, 1991-01/06) p. 71-88. Also, see introduction by Brian Martin. [Thanks to Brian Martin, http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/pubs/peace.html#lead.

1.4) "FORCE WITHOUT FIREPOWER: A DOCTRINE OF UNARMED MILITARY SERVICE" (CoEvolution Quarterly [now Whole Earth Review], #34, 1982 Summer) p. 4-25. Be patient; this is a 2.2 MB pdf with illustrations. [Thanks to Howard Rheingold and Whole Earth Review Special Collection at OSS.net.]

1.5) MERCY FORCE: "BIG HUMAN NEEDS CRY FOR BIG ANSWERS" (USA Today, 1992-02-24) p. 7A

1.6) PEACEKEEPING BUFFER ACTION BY UNARMED FORCES (Peace and Change: A Journal of Peace Research, Volume V, Numbers 2 & 3, Fall, 1978, p. 3-11

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2) World Maps

2.1) The Cahill-Keyes "Real-World" Map

Below is a reduced preliminary draft printed in 1984:

• Original size: 1/200,000,000 version (20 cm wide or 8") (195 kb).
• Bigger: 1/100,000,000 version (40 cm wide or 16") (715 kb).

They are replicas of an existing 1/20,000,000 "Jr. Master" wall map 2 meters wide, and an exact floor plan of a proposed 1/1,000,000 "Mega-map" with sides 40 meters or 132' wide.

This map is adapted from the B.J.S. Cahill octahedral "Butterfly" projection, published in 1909. The graticule was newly devised, computed, and drawn by Gene Keyes in 1975, along with the coastlines, boundaries, and overall map design.

1975-11-11, original GK version
1980-05-02, first print
1984-02-15, second print
2006-04-22, first online posting

c. 1978, 1980, 2006 by Gene Keyes

(But I'm not a big stickler on intellectual property rights.) ;-)

Note: the printed caption on each posted map states that it is 1/200,000,000. However, the original was 1/100,000,000, reduced by 50% for the second-print hard copy, and re-expanded for this website image. Moreover, scale will vary depending on your monitor size, browser, and whether you have a PC or Mac. Meanwhile, the stated span across the map remains constant, 40,000 kilometers, the approximate circumference of the earth.

2.2) Geocells and the Megamap

In a 1983 conference paper I coined the word "geocell" to designate a one-degree unit of latitude and longitude. That neologism has recently been (re?)-invented in several technical-military publications, which I cite as a PS to my online reprint here.

ABSTRACT: Broaches the concept of "geocell", one degree of latitude and longitude, as a design criterion for world maps and globes in general, and for a proposed 1/1,000,000 "Megamap" in particular: a single frame conspectus adapting B.J.S. Cahill's octahedral projection. Emphasizes proportionality of geocells in the Cahill-Keyes variant.

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2.3)

B.J.S. CAHILL BUTTERFLY MAP RESOURCE PAGE
OCTAHEDRAL MAP OF THE WORLD

B.J.S. Cahill's octahedral Butterfly Map of the World, first published in 1909, is a sadly neglected monument of world map design. This sub-page will gather and present some of Cahill's articles, papers, and map variants.

2.3.1
Cahill's original Butterfly Map, 1909

To begin with, I have reproduced his original 1909 article, which, after a strong critique of the prevailing Mercator, sets forth the origin and logic of the Butterfly.

B.J.S. Cahill, "An Account of a New Land Map of the World"
(The Scottish Geographical Magazine, 1909-09) p. 449-469

2.3.2
Cahill elaborates on the Butterfly Map, and International Map of the World, 1912

Reproduced here in HTML is a 33 page article plus 50 illustrations, Cahill’s longest and most thoroughgoing exposition of his world map design, as published in the Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies in 1913 (orig. 1912). Over three decades before Buckminster Fuller’s 1943 Dymaxion map, Cahill had already created a far more elegant octahedral world map, and shown how it is designed for thinking “planetarily”.

B.J.S. Cahill, "A Land Map of the World on a New Projection"
(Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies, 1913-10; orig. 1912-10)
p. 153-207, with 50 illustrations. Reformatted in HTML by Gene Keyes.

2.4)

B.J.S CAHILL'S BUTTERFLY MAP AND BEYOND:
A COMPARATIVE GALLERY OF OCTAHEDRAL WORLD MAPS

The Cahill Gallery is an initial compilation of 25 versions of a Butterfly Map, from 1909 through 2007: Cahill's own variants and development, and more recent octahedrals by others.

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3) Esperanto

Esperanto is the international second language for all countries, first presented in 1887 by Ludovic Lazarus Zamenhof; now with hundreds of thousands of users around the world. Here are some of my contributions to it:

3.1) My reprint, online or paper, of the original version:

Click here to read the entire HTML version of this 50-page classic:

The original 1887 Esperanto proposal,
back in print for a new millennium

Dr. Esperanto’s
International Language,

Introduction &
Complete Grammar

by Ludovic Lazarus Zamenhof

por Angloj

English Edition
translated by
R.H. Geoghegan
Balliol College, Oxford
1889

New printing,
edited and preface by
Gene Keyes
2000
Halifax, Nova Scotia: Verkista

HTML version with updated preface
2006
Berwick, Nova Scotia
Gene Keyes Website http://www.genekeyes.com

3.2) My own Christmas carol translations, a set in progress: English and Esperanto, with melody score:


In English and Esperanto Unabridged versions Melody line for every verse Guitar chords Score printable as 8.5x11" jpegs Or HTML lyrics only	En kaj la Angla kaj Esperanto Netranĉitaj versioj Melodio-linio por ĉiu strofo Gitaraj akordoj Partituro elpresebla kiel jpeg-oj, 8.5x11" Aŭ HTML-lirikoj nure

[Ready so far:]

[Pretaj ĝis nun:]

Coventry Carol	Koventria Karolo
Good King Wenceslas	Venceslas' la Bona Reĝ'
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing	Aŭdu! Kantas Anĝel-ĥor

3.3) My science-fiction romantic-comedy novel, in English and Esperanto:

The Me Clone / La Mi-Klono

Now posted, online or as an HTML zip download: The Me Clone, a science-fiction romantic comedy, 33 chapters, 220-page equivalent. It also has a complete Esperanto translation, La Mi-Klono, in the adjoining column. Even if you don't read Esperanto, you might enjoy getting a little flavor of it this way.

To read the online version, click here for Contents of the e-book (with links to every chapter).

If you want to read it offline, download the HTML-zip version. The zip file is about 1 MB, and expands to about 3 MB. Be sure to follow the "Read Me" instructions. Update 2006-12-01: Problem with opening zip file on PC's now corrected.

3.4) An Esperanto library catalog I compiled for Dr. Stevens Norvell Jr.:

Libraro Ludovika

Click below to read the catalog of Libraro Ludovika, North America's largest active Esperanto library, ca. 2,000 titles. Collected by Dr. Stevens Norvell Jr. in Halifax; indexed by GK:

Enkonduko [Introduction] and/or Katalogo [Catalog] (Both in Esperanto.)

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4) HyperCard

URLfriend 1.0 is a versatile HyperCard stack for full-screen note-taking, managing, updating, and opening thousands of URLs in any browser. Works on Macs which can run OS 9. For full details and screenshot, go here.

To download URLfriend 1.0, click icon above. The compressed file is 195 k; the unstuffed URLfriend folder is 520 k, comprising the Stack (163 k), two Read-me's (65 k each), and the Bookman font (228 k). My 2,900 URLs not included ...

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5) Helpful Hints for my Next Incarnation

• How to Eat a Watermelon
• How to Prevent Jock Itch With Rubbing Alcohol
• How to Make a Moebius Towel (and Why)

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6) Blog

Some current-affairs miscellany, on a separate page of this website:

Blog Contents

2008-02-26 7) Obama's Afghanistan War

2006-08-18 6) Chester Bowles: A Liberal's Quotation on Prophecy

2006-08-03 5) Call for Anchors' Revolt Against HeadOn Ads

2006-06-08 4) Let the Veepstakes Begin

2006-06-07 3) Draft-Gore '08: A Front-Porch Campaign in Cyberspace?

2006-06-06 2) A Sherman Variant: "If nominated I won't run, but if elected I'll serve."

2006-05-30 1) Eugene McCarthy's 1960 Nomination Speech for Adlai Stevenson Presages Draft-Gore 2008

This is not a full-fledged blog with comments, but feedback can be posted at the Daily Kos version of this page:
http://www.dailykos.com/user/esperanto41

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7) Science Fiction

See link / description above (at #3, Esperanto) of my online or HTML-zip 33-chapter S-F romantic comedy, The Me Clone / La Mi-Klono, in adjoining English and Esperanto versions.

To read the online version, click here for Contents of the e-book (with links to every chapter).

If you want to read it offline, download the HTML-zip version. The zip file is about 1 MB, and expands to about 3 MB. Be sure to follow the "Read Me" instructions. Update 2006-12-01: Problem with opening zip file on PC's now corrected.

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Gene Keyes: who, me?

b. 1941, Washington, D.C.
55 Douglas Ave., Berwick, Nova Scotia, B0P 1E0, Canada.

gene.keyes AT gmail DOT com