YouTube - Elephant painting
Youtube video of an amazing elephant painting a portrait of himself!! Great video!! You just have to see it!!
The Miscellaneous Ramblings of a Warped Mind!!
Oct 17, 2010
May 21, 2008
Our Climate Numbers Are a Big Old Mess - WSJ.com: "These records have been revised a number of times, and I examined the two major revisions of these three records. They are the surface record from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the satellite-sensed temperatures originally published by University of Alabama's John Christy, and the weather-balloon records originally published by James Angell of the U.S. Commerce Department."
Interesting look at Greenland and global warming......
Interesting look at Greenland and global warming......
May 1, 2008
Birthrates Help Keep Filipinos in Poverty - washingtonpost.com: "'I knew it existed, but I didn't know how it works,' said Espinoza, who lives with her husband and children in a squatter's hut in a vast, stinking garbage dump by Manila Bay."
Good comparison of two countries, Thailand and the Philippines, and the effect of birth rates on the living standard of the local people.
According to the article, the Thais made low cost birth control aids available, the Filipinos did not. 'In 1970, the population of each country was about 36 million people and growing at about 3 percent a year. But with an aggressive family planning program that provides the poor with free contraceptives, Thailand has since reduced its population growth rate to 0.9 percent. In the Philippines, the rate has declined sluggishly to about 2.1 percent.
There are now about 26 million more people in the Philippines than in Thailand.
"It's a no-brainer," said Ernesto M. Pernia, professor of economics at the University of the Philippines.
The Philippines now produces 16 million metric tons of rice a year -- and needs to import 2 million tons more to meet local demand.
"If the Philippines had pursued what Thailand has done, the Philippines would be only consuming 13 metric tons of rice per annum," Pernia said. "We could be a net exporter of 3 million metric tons."
Besides increased food security, the Philippines could have lifted 3.6 million more people out of poverty if it had followed Thailand's population growth trajectory, according to Pernia's analysis.
"Even when there is widespread corruption, insurgent violence and other powerful reasons for poverty, the evidence from across Asia is that good population policy by itself contributes to significant poverty reduction," he said.'
Why the difference? "Birth and poverty rates here are among the highest in Asia. And the Philippines, where four out of five of the country's 91 million people are Roman Catholic, also stands out in Asia for its government's rejection of modern contraception as part of family planning."
This is the same future vision that the Pope and his cohorts have for the US. He was just here parading around the US, espousing his views on immigration and birth control. It is very obvious that these policies have nothing to do with god and everything to do with the collections and coffers of the catholic church. Catholic Americans have done the correct thing and are no longer breeding beyond the capacity of the land to support them. They have also rejected these outmoded primitive beliefs that this church tries to shove down their throats.
As a result, this church has embarked on a journey to force Americans to accept a huge influx of catholics from other countries, an excess I might add, mainly due to these same outmoded church birth policies. This church breaks our laws, uses our resources, and ignores the will of the American people to chose their own path.
If this criminal, the pope, was not affiliated with a powerful foreign governmemt, the church, he would be arrested and the church charged under the Rico statutes.
It is time we stopped honoring these crooks and started to treat them like the criminals that they really are.
Good comparison of two countries, Thailand and the Philippines, and the effect of birth rates on the living standard of the local people.
According to the article, the Thais made low cost birth control aids available, the Filipinos did not. 'In 1970, the population of each country was about 36 million people and growing at about 3 percent a year. But with an aggressive family planning program that provides the poor with free contraceptives, Thailand has since reduced its population growth rate to 0.9 percent. In the Philippines, the rate has declined sluggishly to about 2.1 percent.
There are now about 26 million more people in the Philippines than in Thailand.
"It's a no-brainer," said Ernesto M. Pernia, professor of economics at the University of the Philippines.
The Philippines now produces 16 million metric tons of rice a year -- and needs to import 2 million tons more to meet local demand.
"If the Philippines had pursued what Thailand has done, the Philippines would be only consuming 13 metric tons of rice per annum," Pernia said. "We could be a net exporter of 3 million metric tons."
Besides increased food security, the Philippines could have lifted 3.6 million more people out of poverty if it had followed Thailand's population growth trajectory, according to Pernia's analysis.
"Even when there is widespread corruption, insurgent violence and other powerful reasons for poverty, the evidence from across Asia is that good population policy by itself contributes to significant poverty reduction," he said.'
Why the difference? "Birth and poverty rates here are among the highest in Asia. And the Philippines, where four out of five of the country's 91 million people are Roman Catholic, also stands out in Asia for its government's rejection of modern contraception as part of family planning."
This is the same future vision that the Pope and his cohorts have for the US. He was just here parading around the US, espousing his views on immigration and birth control. It is very obvious that these policies have nothing to do with god and everything to do with the collections and coffers of the catholic church. Catholic Americans have done the correct thing and are no longer breeding beyond the capacity of the land to support them. They have also rejected these outmoded primitive beliefs that this church tries to shove down their throats.
As a result, this church has embarked on a journey to force Americans to accept a huge influx of catholics from other countries, an excess I might add, mainly due to these same outmoded church birth policies. This church breaks our laws, uses our resources, and ignores the will of the American people to chose their own path.
If this criminal, the pope, was not affiliated with a powerful foreign governmemt, the church, he would be arrested and the church charged under the Rico statutes.
It is time we stopped honoring these crooks and started to treat them like the criminals that they really are.
Goldfish Rights: Switzerland Joins the Marching Morons of PETA @ AMERICAN DIGEST: "From guinea-pigs to budgerigars, any animal classified as a 'social species' will be a victim of abuse if it does not cohabit, or at least have contact, with others of its own kind."
The new regulation stipulates that aquariums for pet fish should not be transparent on all sides and that owners must make sure that the natural cycle of day and night is maintained in terms of light. Goldfish are considered social animals, or Gruppentiere in German. - New Swiss law protects rights of 'social' animals - Times Online
When I see the above type of legal activity, it reminds me of the Peta fools that demanded that the Amdro, used to control Fire Ants, ad be removed from TV because, "Fire Ants have a right to life too"!!
Real obvious that these people have never been bitten nor have they seen the devastation that these "harmless" little guys can cause to a piece of land with their 2-3 foot high mounds every 3 feet or so..
The new regulation stipulates that aquariums for pet fish should not be transparent on all sides and that owners must make sure that the natural cycle of day and night is maintained in terms of light. Goldfish are considered social animals, or Gruppentiere in German. - New Swiss law protects rights of 'social' animals - Times Online
When I see the above type of legal activity, it reminds me of the Peta fools that demanded that the Amdro, used to control Fire Ants, ad be removed from TV because, "Fire Ants have a right to life too"!!
Real obvious that these people have never been bitten nor have they seen the devastation that these "harmless" little guys can cause to a piece of land with their 2-3 foot high mounds every 3 feet or so..
Apr 27, 2008
Experts hack power grid in no time - Network World
Here is an interesting article. Seems a power company hired "hackers" to see if they could break into the power grid! The scary part is that they succeeded and way ahead of their own schedule. And it was sooo easy!!
Way to go. And they published how they did it!!
Ira Winkler, a penetration-testing consultant, says he and a team of other experts took a day to set up attack tools they needed then launched their attack, which paired social engineering with corrupting browsers on a power company's desktops. By the end of a full day of the attack, they had taken over several machines, giving the team the ability to hack into the control network overseeing power production and distribution...
Here is an interesting article. Seems a power company hired "hackers" to see if they could break into the power grid! The scary part is that they succeeded and way ahead of their own schedule. And it was sooo easy!!
Way to go. And they published how they did it!!
Ira Winkler, a penetration-testing consultant, says he and a team of other experts took a day to set up attack tools they needed then launched their attack, which paired social engineering with corrupting browsers on a power company's desktops. By the end of a full day of the attack, they had taken over several machines, giving the team the ability to hack into the control network overseeing power production and distribution...
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