{"id":690,"date":"2006-08-02T23:07:11","date_gmt":"2006-08-03T03:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/on_top_of_the_w"},"modified":"2006-08-02T23:07:11","modified_gmt":"2006-08-03T03:07:11","slug":"on_top_of_the_w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=690","title":{"rendered":"On top of the world&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/fearless.jpg\" title=\"Fearless\" alt=\"Fearless\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;\" \/><br \/>\nThis is the experimental wind generator at the Jacksonville Center and the blades are rarely stationary.<\/p>\n<p>As I got out of my van yesterday morning, I saw that the blades were still for a change and there was a small bird perched on top of the highest blade.<\/p>\n<p>I dropped my gear and dug out my camera and managed to get just one shot before the blades started moving and the bird abandoned his perch.<\/p>\n<p>Wind generators and birds do not mix, as they have discovered in California. Here in Floyd, things seem to move at a more leisurely pace.<\/p>\n<p>For a brief moment however, this bird served as a metaphor for the &quot;apparently successful&quot; business executives who sit on top of the world oblivious to the instability of their perch. Hopefully they will be able to dismount as easily as this bluebird did.<\/p>\n<p>What is supporting you and how long will it last?<br \/>Do you have a Plan B ready to execute when the wind changes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the experimental wind generator at the Jacksonville Center and the blades are rarely stationary. As I got out of my van yesterday morning, I saw that the blades were still for a change and there was a small &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=690\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1804],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-b8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}