the intersection of emergency preparedness, public health and environmental policy
In 100 years our descendants will not be burning coal, oil, natural gas or using nuclear fission. They might be using terrestrial nuclear fusion. They will be using solar, wind, geothermal, marine current hydro, tidal energy systems - clean, renewable, sustainable energy systems. No fuel: No Waste. No mines, mills, wells, spills. No arsenic, lead, [...]
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[Many thanks to Bill Seidel of Revanche, a long-time ham operator, for his infinite patience in explaining ham and RF operations. We're going to try to keep reporting on ham operations in, to, and from Haiti.] KE2YK's Random Oscillations reports on ham radio efforts in Haiti. From ARRL Sends Ham Aid To Haiti: Even though the [...]
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Ethics in the Workplace Improved During the Recession, "A national employee survey shows that like the Enron era, ethical conduct improves temporarily during periods of economic stress. "Arlington, VA – Do Americans in the workplace behave better in a down economy? Apparently yes, according to the Ethics Resource Center, which today announced the results of [...]
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Dancing Naked On The Bridge - While You're Building ItPart 3 in a Series.Robert Quinn describes wresting with uncertainty as "Building the Bridge as You Walk Across It" (ISBN 0-7879-7112-X Amazon / City Lights)I just spent a day configuring an iPhone to "talk" to a Microsoft Exchange email system, to transmit "packets of data" back [...]
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Observations on society and civilizationPart 2 in a series.John Muir once told Edward Harriman that he was “wealthier” because while he had much less money, he knew exactly how much he needed to live comfortably. Stepping back and looking at society and civilization from the perspective of a John Muir ...I commute, on a daily [...]
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Google asked "How will we read in 100 years?"Here's what I think.If we reinvent our economy to run on solar, geothermal, and kinetic energy, we will get our news and technical information electronically. We will still read classics on paper and mount on our walls images of loved ones and special places. If we don't [...]
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Popular Logistics salutes Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, who on July 20, 1969, took "A small step for a man, a giant leap for mankind." We also salute President John F. Kennedy, who on May 25, 1961 put America on the path ... "I believe that this nation should commit itself of achieving the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth."
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What was once called "Shell Shock" is now called "PTSD." But maybe we should call it "Shell Shock," Provide treatment, and work to prevent it.
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“There's no success like failure, and failure's no success at all.” Dylan.
Failure is a fact of life. Don't give up. Try something else.
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Popular Logistics needs several laptops and laptop drives. We need Macs running OS X, Linux machines, or netbooks running Windows or Linux. Non-operational machines that can be used as spare parts are also of interest. If you would like to donate, e-mail Larry at "L Furman 97 '@' gmail . com". Donations to Popular Logistics are [...]
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There really is no such thing as "Clean Coal." Mining coal destroys mountains, and often kills the miners. Burning coal releases tons of carbon into the atmosphere and the oceans, and even if you could sequester the carbon, burning coal releases other pollutants, including mercury into the biosphere. The mercury makes its way into fish. [...]
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