Monday, May 23, 2016
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Saturday, May 21, 2016
Do Nuclear Accidents Generate a "Garden of Eden" for Wildlife?
Do Nuclear Accidents Generate a "Garden of Eden" for Wildlife? - YouTube
Published on May 21, 2016
This lecture was recorded May 19th,. 2016 at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California
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Given increasing energy needs related to global development, and the specter of climate change related to CO2 emissions from fossil fuels, there is an urgent need for large scale energy production that does not involve the production of greenhouse gasses. Nuclear energy is one possible solution that has been embraced by many developing countries (e.g. China). But the accidents at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and most recently Fukushima, Japan, have demonstrated the vulnerability of this technology to human error, design flaws and natural disasters and these accidents have resulted in enormous health, environmental and economic costs that must be factored into any energy policy that includes nuclear as an option. Studies of natural systems are essential since they provide a bellwether for the potential long-term consequences for human populations that by necessity and policy continue to inhabit contaminated regions. Professor Mousseau, discusses his studies of plants and animals living in Chernobyl and Fukushima. Extensive research on birds, insects, rodents and trees has demonstrated significant injury to individuals, species and ecosystem functioning related to radiation exposure He presents an overview of the effects of radiation on DNA, birth defects, infertility, cancer, and longevity, and its consequences for the health and long-term prospects of wildlife living in radioactive regions of the world.
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Tim Mousseau (PhD '88, McGill) is a Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of South Carolina. Past positions include Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Vice President for Research at USC, and as a Program Officer for Population Biology at the National Science Foundation. His research is concerned with the ecology and evolution of animals and plants with special interests in how adaptations to changing environments evolve in natural populations and the evolution of adaptive maternal effects. He has authored or edited 10 volumes and published more than 190 scientific papers. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, The American Council of Learned Societies, and the National Explorers Club. Tim Mousseau full bio: http://cricket.biol.sc.edu/Mousseau
Video editing by Ace Hoffman
www.acehoffman.org
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Given increasing energy needs related to global development, and the specter of climate change related to CO2 emissions from fossil fuels, there is an urgent need for large scale energy production that does not involve the production of greenhouse gasses. Nuclear energy is one possible solution that has been embraced by many developing countries (e.g. China). But the accidents at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and most recently Fukushima, Japan, have demonstrated the vulnerability of this technology to human error, design flaws and natural disasters and these accidents have resulted in enormous health, environmental and economic costs that must be factored into any energy policy that includes nuclear as an option. Studies of natural systems are essential since they provide a bellwether for the potential long-term consequences for human populations that by necessity and policy continue to inhabit contaminated regions. Professor Mousseau, discusses his studies of plants and animals living in Chernobyl and Fukushima. Extensive research on birds, insects, rodents and trees has demonstrated significant injury to individuals, species and ecosystem functioning related to radiation exposure He presents an overview of the effects of radiation on DNA, birth defects, infertility, cancer, and longevity, and its consequences for the health and long-term prospects of wildlife living in radioactive regions of the world.
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Tim Mousseau (PhD '88, McGill) is a Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of South Carolina. Past positions include Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Vice President for Research at USC, and as a Program Officer for Population Biology at the National Science Foundation. His research is concerned with the ecology and evolution of animals and plants with special interests in how adaptations to changing environments evolve in natural populations and the evolution of adaptive maternal effects. He has authored or edited 10 volumes and published more than 190 scientific papers. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, The American Council of Learned Societies, and the National Explorers Club. Tim Mousseau full bio: http://cricket.biol.sc.edu/Mousseau
Video editing by Ace Hoffman
www.acehoffman.org
Steve Steve Steve Steve
Shirley you can be serious once in a while
and why why not
is it because of all your history
days and all the love
that has fallen in
your forest
without you ever
taking an axe or a saw
in hand
the long harvest
walks in your land
with fire
and shrooms
in the roots
and moss
it sinks so deep
around your feet
with every step
and the smell is
so fresh
it defies
temperature.
Think Tank
· Think Tank
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"1)An organization that attempts to use creativity and higher levels of cognition to help to make the world a better place.2)A place where neo-conservatives remove their brains and place them in a pot of boiling water. The results are then eaten just before the participants go on talk shows. Sometimes the hosts are even brought a small plate of the delicacy before the taping, to help them concentrate" - · think tank
Friday, May 20, 2016
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Trump Ahead of Clinton - Time to Vote Sanders
TRUMP 45%
CLINTON 42%
SANDERS 46%
The poll shows Bernie Sanders has a 46-42 percent advantage over Trump in a hypothetical matchup. Sanders was up by 53-39 percent in April. However, the Vermont senator trails Clinton in the Democratic nomination race by what is considered an insurmountable number of delegates.
This reveals just how wrong not only pollsters but also the electorate has misjudged Trump. With Hilary Clinton now firmly in his sights, armed with all the lies and litigation hanging over her head, trump will move in for he kill. Ironically, the much overlooked Sanders, fares better in the polls than Clinton in beating Trump.
Bernie Sanders is nothing like a radical. However, he is a true progressive and one nott burdened by lies and deceit or an ego big enough to sink Bolivia.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Monday, May 16, 2016
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Saturday, May 14, 2016
the coming extinction of mankind on earth
Bruce Pennington art
We are on a train
heading into a brick wall
at 200 miles per hour
towards our extinction
and everyone knows it
Halliburton Girl
Haliburton Girl was raised by wolves
and can live on red meat
cooking is optional which is
ironic for teh naturally hot
Haliburton girl needs no cosmetics
to be Kardashian
its just sunlight that makes her
shine
she had northern exposure
and gives me northern lights
all of the time
Haliburton girl does not need GPS
to navigate
its a fluid calculation about the destination
and if we do not arrive in good
shape
we are not turning back and driving
into some lake
by mistake
Haliburton girl knows her man
is just weakj
he got all kinds of spiders
running round his brain
wanting to conquer the world
and play in the NHL
and its not going to happen
and she knows how to tell\
him so well
Halliburton girl has fat on her bones
cause its always a long winter
and she loves to make the fat move
from her bones
Halliburton girl is color blind
the snow is white and then its brown
and they for a few weeks
green all around
that is her rainbow
and that is her bite
worse than mosquitoes
and she gives
black flies frights
Friday, May 13, 2016
Thursday, May 12, 2016
better man 4U
Pearl Jam covered this pretty well
so its understandable if your thinking
you would expect I could not do
nearly as well
as a rock god
when it came to finding
a women to love
But I did exceed the altitude
of even Nirvana waves
of pleasure filling the neighbour
hood full of love
where everybody knows
they are there for you
no matter what the colours
even a few black and blue
as long as they were inflicted
by distant planets not joined
forever by gravity
like me and you
So I still dont know
if I am rocket fuel or
just sniffing fumes
at Johnny Rockets
hamburger emporium
where the order is processed
without my cheese
Should you choose to be wrapped in
balloons and LED instead of goose feathers
we could talk about pillows and every
kind of bedding in the world.
oh not me the better for U man
and its not me saying
it aint a great plan
its just
I IIIIIIII got out of sync for a quiet a while
and hey it was great and
this is sure a big
universe
and we meet many characters
and that's
me and you
The Real Robinson Crusoe
"One may see that solitude and retirement from the world is not such an insufferable state of life as most men imagine, especially when people are fairly called or thrown into it unavoidably, as this man was." Captain Rogers commenting on Alexander Selkirk's fate when he rescued him.
Orwell meet Dick
meets Dick
today
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
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