Sunday, February 17, 2013

17 February - The View

The Unhealthy Truth, by Robyn O'Brien
The Unhealthy Truth, by Robyn O'Brien (Photo credit: elycefeliz)
Fifteen Issues, Eight Demands, One People, One...
Fifteen Issues, Eight Demands, One People, One Revolution (g1a2d0022c1) (Photo credit: watchingfrogsboil)
English: Orangutan at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
English: Orangutan at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
 
Best friends, Surya the orangutan and Roscoe the Blue Tick hound dog.
Best friends, Surya the orangutan and Roscoe the Blue Tick hound dog.  

The orangutan was out for his daily elephant ride when he spotted “a worn-out old hound dog.” They ran right toward each other and hugged like long lost best friends.

Dr Bhagavan Antle, founder of The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (TIGERS), said:

“Roscoe looked really thin and a little lost, so we fed him and took care of him. He followed us through the gate and ran over and found Suryia. As soon as he saw Roscoe, Suryia ran over to him and they started playing. It was unusual because dogs are usually scared of primates but they took to each other straight away. We made a few calls to see if he belonged to anyone and when no-one came forward, Roscoe ended up staying.

“They will spend a few hours each day together rolling around, swimming,’”said Dr Antle. “Suryia will take Roscoe for walks around the enclosure and even feeds him some of his monkey biscuits. When they are both feeling a little lazy they will go for a ride on the back of Bubbles, our 27-year-old African elephant.”

Article and more photos of Surya and Roscoe: http://www.thriveinlife.ca/thrive/index.php/the-orangutan-and-the-hound-dog/

video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDStH49W5Hk
Best friends, Surya the orangutan and Roscoe the Blue Tick hound dog.

The orangutan was out for his daily elephant ride when he spotted “a worn-out old hound dog.” They ran right toward each other and hugged like long lost best friends.

Dr Bhagavan Antle, founder of The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (TIGERS), said:

“Roscoe looked really thin and a little lost, so we fed him and took care of him. He followed us through the gate and ran over and found Suryia. As soon as he saw Roscoe, Suryia ran over to him and they started playing. It was unusual because dogs are usually scared of primates but they took to each other straight away. We made a few calls to see if he belonged to anyone and when no-one came forward, Roscoe ended up staying.

“They will spend a few hours each day together rolling around, swimming,’”said Dr Antle. “Suryia will take Roscoe for walks around the enclosure and even feeds him some of his monkey biscuits. When they are both feeling a little lazy they will go for a ride on the back of Bubbles, our 27-year-old African elephant.”

Article and more photos of Surya and Roscoe: http://www.thriveinlife.ca/thrive/index.php/the-orangutan-and-the-hound-dog/

video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDStH49W5Hk
Jack Andraka is a fifteen year old freshman in high school. He developed a paper sensor that could detect pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancer in five minutes for as little as 3 cents. He conducted his research at John Hopkins University. This research could change the face of cancer and promote early detection. To think that scientists spending millions of dollars to find more about cancer, a 15 year old finds out by doing a science fair project!
15 year old invents New Method of Diagnosing Cancer
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Jack Andraka developed a paper sensor that could detect pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancer in five minutes for as little as 3 cents. He conducted his research at John Hopkins University. This research could change the face of cancer and promote early detection.
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The massive DC rally to stop the Keystone XL pipeline is live on C-Span right now and being live streamed at 350.org and other sites. Speakers to include Bill McKibben, Naomi Klein and more. Follow #ForwardonClimate #noKXL
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Since its origins, the IPCC has been open and explicit about seeking to generate a ‘scientific consensus’ around climate change and especially about the role of humans in climate change 
 
Fom UC Berkeley! Students on campus in science and research upset about the BP's largest academic endowment ever to buy science meet to develop a strategy to kick "BP OFF CAMPUS CAMPAIGN" and look what happened today -UCPD illegally busted the campaign up. The campaign continues to gather strength as Berkeley brass get a little bit nervous...
Fom UC Berkeley!  Students on campus in science and research upset about the BP's largest academic endowment ever to buy science meet to develop a strategy to kick "BP OFF CAMPUS CAMPAIGN" and look what happened today -UCPD illegally busted the campaign up. The campaign continues to gather strength as Berkeley brass get a little bit nervous...
 
Sierra Club leads civil disobedience at White House, 48 arrested
~~Sandy
In January of this year, the Sierra Club announced that for the first time in its 120 year history they would be participating in "peaceful civil resistance" in the fight against climate change.
Today members of the Sierra Club made good on that pledge, as 48 activists were arrested at the White House.
Democracy Now reports on today's arrests:

Forty-eight people, including civil rights leader Julian Bond and NASA climate scientist James Hansen, were arrested Wednesday in front of the White House as part of an ongoing protest calling on the Obama administration to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The action came before a rally planned for Sunday on Washington’s National Mall, which organizers have dubbed "the largest climate rally in history."

Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club, explained the justification for breaking the law in protest:
For civil disobedience to be justified, something must be so wrong that it compels the strongest defensible protest. Such a protest, if rendered thoughtfully and peacefully, is in fact a profound act of patriotism. For Thoreau, the wrongs were slavery and the invasion of Mexico. For Martin Luther King, Jr., it was the brutal, institutionalized racism of the Jim Crow South. For us, it is the possibility that the United States might surrender any hope of stabilizing our planet's climate.
Today was just the beginning of a new phase for the climate movement. President Obama has made his intentions to address climate change clear in his inaugural address and Tuesday's State of the Union. But as I wrote last month, action will depend on the pressure placed on the President and Congress by the public. To that end, there is a big rally planned in DC on Sunday, 2/17. Follow 350.org, and ForwardOnClimate.org for more on how you can help this cause.
http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/sierra-club-leads-civil-disobedience-white-house-48-arrested.html
Sierra Club leads civil disobedience at White House, 48 arrested
~~Sandy
In January of this year, the Sierra Club announced that for the first time in its 120 year history they would be participating in "peaceful civil resistance" in the fight against climate change.
Today members of the Sierra Club made good on that pledge, as 48 activists were arrested at the White House.
Democracy Now reports on today's arrests:

Forty-eight people, including civil rights leader Julian Bond and NASA climate scientist James Hansen, were arrested Wednesday in front of the White House as part of an ongoing protest calling on the Obama administration to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The action came before a rally planned for Sunday on Washington’s National Mall, which organizers have dubbed "the largest climate rally in history."

Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club, explained the justification for breaking the law in protest:
For civil disobedience to be justified, something must be so wrong that it compels the strongest defensible protest. Such a protest, if rendered thoughtfully and peacefully, is in fact a profound act of patriotism. For Thoreau, the wrongs were slavery and the invasion of Mexico. For Martin Luther King, Jr., it was the brutal, institutionalized racism of the Jim Crow South. For us, it is the possibility that the United States might surrender any hope of stabilizing our planet's climate.
Today was just the beginning of a new phase for the climate movement. President Obama has made his intentions to address climate change clear in his inaugural address and Tuesday's State of the Union. But as I wrote last month, action will depend on the pressure placed on the President and Congress by the public. To that end, there is a big rally planned in DC on Sunday, 2/17. Follow 350.org, and ForwardOnClimate.org for more on how you can help this cause.
http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/sierra-club-leads-civil-disobedience-white-house-48-arrested.html
 
Blogger opit said...
http://www.ucsusa.org/ssi/climate-change/scientific-consensus-on.html Right under their name "Citizens and Scientists for Environmental Solutions" http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/reprint/consensus_on_climate_change.html
Debate over whether human activity causes Earth climate change obscures the immensity of the dynamic systems that create and maintain climate on the planet. Anthropocentric debate leads people to believe that they can alter these planetary dynamic systems to prevent what they perceive as negative climate impacts on human civilization.
http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-scientific-consensus.htm
.the debate on the authenticity of global warming and the role played by human activity is largely nonexistent among those who understand the nuances and scientific basis of long-term climate processes”. (Doran 2009). In other words, more than ***95% of scientists working in the disciplines contributing to studies of our climate****, accept that climate change is almost certainly being caused by human activities ( In other words - those who have professional activities in studies which are funded ) Yet in Comments
roverdc at 17:32 PM on 27 September, 2007
Concensus only has meaning if there is no pressure to conform in either direction. In the climate debate this is extremely far from being true. How far could we reasonably expect a questioner to go in an IPCC panel when that instantly collects a denialist label and probably guarantees a dead end to even the most able career? In the current climate it is reasonable to assume the dissent camp is at least ten times the admitted size. I know that as an admittedly uninformed questioner I get some pretty vitriolic responses from the eco faithful.
Wondering Aloud at 06:54 AM on 10 November, 2007
Roverdc hits the nail on the head. To say there is bias in the science at this point is a wild understatement. What the public hears is claims that "all scientists except a few kooks agree that catastrophic global warming is immenent and caused by your car.". This is what they think you mean by consensus.
Consensus is not science but if it was the supposed 2500 scientists of the IPCC report have every failing you mention of the petition project and more important the people who signed the petition agreed with what it said. The same can not be said for the IPCC and its supposed 2500. Counted in that IPCC number are hundreds of non scientists, NGO reps (these are people with an agenda)and most importantly reviewers, many of whom don't even agree with the conclusions of the IPCC report. In fact most of the famous "deniers" are included in the 2500 IPCC counts.

Someone made the mistake of asking them after the second IPCC report (surveyed participants) and found that over 60% did not agree with the summary for policy makers.

Maybe we should stop pretending numbers and NGOs are scientists and that consensus is science. It's that claim that raises huge red flags for me.
.....Pretty much. Appeal to Authority is not scientific proof such as one would expect when discussing anything that conformed to scientific method and its need for contrasting ideas, but is rather a political debater's trick. Predicting the future, in fact, as a scientific exercise usually results in ribald hilarity and guffaws at credulity.
8:25 PM, February 14, 2013
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Blogger The Mound of Sound said...
Political debater's tricks? Do you expect anyone to take you seriously with that sort of nonsense? I'm sorry, Opit, but I can't take your position as credible. You're drifting into the tinfoil hat brigade territory.
11:54 PM, February 14, 2013
Blogger opit said...
Guess tinfoil hat brigade includes debaters, then. http://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/
And someone who puts their trust in a culturally appropriate crystal ball is no one to talk about tinfoil hats.
10:09 AM, February 17, 2013

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It is 6 am on February 17, 2013, and I can hear the birds outside the window of my hotel room, inviting in the
 
 
 Property owners in a part of North Carolina targeted for fracking are discovering that they own only the surface of their land. Other people and corporations -- including timber giant Weyerhaeuser -- actually own the rights to any gas below.
Lee County records reveal who owns rights to drill for natural gas | Local/State | NewsObserver.com
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Lee County records reveal 12 square miles of “split estates” where residents don’t own the legal rights to drill (or not to drill) for natural gas under their properties. Residents who don’t own the rights under their land have few
A scientist’s doubt opens a new world of beauty. Watch and share this meditation on our wondrous planet.
 
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‎6.50pm Parliament Square: the androids appear to serve their masters - is an umbrella a bigger crime than genocide?

These people don't give a shit. They just do what their masters tell them without question.

'Last night the state went into Parliament Square to try and kill off our campaign [protesting against state mass murder of the innocent], once and for all ...'

The police officer here quoting laws, clauses, sections and years while holding a protestor on the ground is the absolute personification of the robotic mentality that the system uses to get the target population to enslave the target population.

The 'crime' that caused all this? Sitting peacefully with an umbrella which these idiots are trying to claim is some sort of 'dwelling'.

But never mind British people, never mind British media. It is not affecting you so who gives a damn?

Scott Dro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9oC6WA0q6dY



A must watch. Who needs drones when the government has M.A.V.s

Here is an android voicing-over the latest technology of surveillance and tyranny concocted by the lunatics that created and now control the asylum

But hey, don't worry, did you see that red dress that Beyonce was wearing? Bit risqué eh?

Nothing to see here, go back to sleep. What time does the game start?

Scott Dro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_0KbuE1z9_k
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