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2.09.2013

vid Pr. Obama - West Wing Week: 02/08/13

***** MALALA vid. Hosp. Release: "I WANT TO SERVE."

And U? Public Pressure, Background Checks Central To Obama Gun Control Strategy. NPR

Public Pressure, Background Checks Central To Obama Gun Control Strategy

NPR (blog) - ‎3 hours ago‎
Gun control historically has been one of the most divisive issues in Congress, between the parties and even inside the Democratic coalition.

02.09.13 AVERTING ECOCIDE - WAR ROOM - Tracking Plan B blog

  • Higher Oil Taxes Would Lift the Economy. Council on Foreign Relations
  •     Fossil fuel subsidies and tax breaks are still rising The Guardian
  •     Will Solar Eclipse Wind Power In 2013? KCET
  •     Despite uncertainties in solar sector, 31 GW solar installations made in 2012 Times of India
  •     Solar set for a comeback? MSN Money
  •     4.4 GW Of New Solar Power Infrastructure Expected To Be Announced In India ... CleanTechnica
  •     The Scary Truth About How Much Climate Change is Costing You, Your Kids... National Journal
  •     ***** nd 'To Save Earth, Pr. Obama should APPROVE Keystone - Massive Political Capital gained - Mid term un-Economics will Kill Keystone. OBVIOUSLY. And the Furry of the Lip-service Libs will Unify the Does-Stuff Committed Ctr w/ Pr. Obama, and disarm the Raving Right.' Loving
  •     ***** Climate change is National Security 'threat multiplier' Politico
Posted: 08 Feb 2013 09:44 AM PST
Higher Oil Taxes Would Lift the Economy Council on Foreign Relations - ‎1 hour ago‎ Higher Oil Taxes Would Lift the Economy. Authors: Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment and Director of the Program on Energy Security and Climate Change, and Daniel P. Ahn, Adjunct Fellow for Energy ...
Posted: 08 Feb 2013 06:32 AM PST
Fossil fuel subsidies and tax breaks are still rising The Guardian (blog) - ‎1 hour ago‎ Last week the OECD published two new reports which shine a light on our complex and confused relationship with fossil fuels. The first looks at how we subsidise them, the second at how we tax them. The picture they paint can be summed up in two words: ...
Posted: 08 Feb 2013 06:29 AM PST
EcoChunk Will Solar Eclipse Wind Power In 2013? KCET - ‎18 hours ago‎ According to one energy executive, solar power will likely outstrip wind in the pace of new installations in 2013. This is as a result both of uncertainty late last year over the fate of the Wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) and the ever-decreasing ... Solar Energy MapsCrowdsourcing.org In
Posted: 08 Feb 2013 06:27 AM PST
Despite uncertainties in solar sector, 31 GW solar installations made in 2012 Times of India - ‎1 hour ago‎ The fall in prices has continued to be a boon for installers and downstream companies, particularly third-party finance providers, who have profited from the falling module prices, with many of them deploying solar leasing finance models, according to ...
Posted: 08 Feb 2013 06:27 AM PST
International Business Times Solar set for a comeback? MSN Money - ‎19 hours ago‎ This Arizona-based maker of solar modules and photovoltaic solar power systems has a market cap near $2.5 billion. Its forward earnings multiple is less than the industry average price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio, but the long-term earnings per share (EPS) ... Solar: Citi Sets Buys On
Posted: 08 Feb 2013 06:26 AM PST
Financial Times (blog) 4.4 GW Of New Solar Power Infrastructure Expected To Be Announced In India ... CleanTechnica - ‎10 hours ago‎ 20130207-010126.jpg. The group is anticipating the “announcement of 1.6 GW of new solar capacity under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (NSM) along with an additional 2.8 GW of projects under five state solar programs,”
Posted: 08 Feb 2013 05:29 AM PST
The Scary Truth About How Much Climate Change is Costing You National Journal - ‎8 hours ago‎ The reason: rapidly rising sea levels due to climate change. Among the chief causes for that rise, according to the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, are carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels, which trap heat in the ...
Posted: 08 Feb 2013 05:03 AM PST
*****  nd 'To Save Earth, Pr. Obama should APPROVE Keystone -  Massive Political Capital gained - Mid term un-Economics will Kill Keystone.   OBVIOUSLY.  And the Furry of the Lip-service Libs will Unify the  Does-Stuff Committed Ctr w/ Pr. Obama, and disarm the Raving Right.'  Loving
Posted: 08 Feb 2013 05:01 AM PST
Climate change is 'threat multiplier' Politico-9 hours ago The CNA Military Advisory Board — a panel of our nation's highest-ranking retired military leaders — has identified climate change as a “threat ...

2.08.2013

***** "Ahimsa [nonviolence] - Infinite Loving" Gandhi

"Ahimsa [nonviolence] - Infinite Loving"  Gandhi

Ahimsa [infinite love] is a weapon of matchless potency. It is the summum bonum of life. It is an attitude of the brave, in fact it is their all. It does not come within the reach of a coward. It is no wooden or lifeless dogma but a living and lifegiving force. It is the special attribute of the soul. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

nd 'By 'Truth' Gandhi meant: What needs to be done for our global neediest by me, right now. The one thing worth instantly dying for, he said; correctly.' Loving

nd' By 'Truth' Gandhi meant:  What needs to be done for our global neediest by me, right now.  The one thing worth instantly dying for, he said; correctly.' Loving

JOIN TarSandsBlockade National Action March 16-23

Last week I was arrested for telling the truth. I became one with the sound system at a pipeline industry convention...
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Howdy,

Last week I was arrested for telling the truth. I became one with the sound system at a pipeline industry convention where TransCanada was lecturing on pipeline safety compliance. I chained myself to the loud speaker because I had a message to deliver! [1]
 
The tar sands industry and its investors are spending billions on dangerous pipelines to open the Canadian tar sands to unbridled exploitation: the Keystone XL, the Northern Gateway, and the Trailbreaker, to name a few….but there’s one thing standing in their way: you. Yes, you! 
 
Grassroots resistance begins with you, and together, we can send a message to TransCanada and their profiteers: Stop scheming to expand Alberta tar sands exploitation and bankrolling Keystone XL.
 
Investors are becoming uncertain about the future of Keystone XL and that’s why Tar Sands Blockade and our allies are calling for a Week of Action to Stop Tar Sands Profiteers, March 16 – 23. 
 
 
From my indigenous brothers and sisters in Alberta most impacted by tar sands extraction to the environmental racism of refining in Houston’s toxic East End, TransCanada’s business as usual means death and destruction for the biosphere and our communities. Together we can confront these toxic profiteers by showing up at their offices, public events, and extraction sites to demonstrate that we won’t stop until they do. You don't need to come to Texas or Oklahoma or go to DC to rise up and defend your home!
 
 
Extreme energy extraction like mountain top removal, fracking, and tar sands exploitation are fueling climate chaos and disproportionally poisoning low income and communities of color at an alarming rate. Institutional avenues of change –corrupt politicians and regulators – have failed to protect our most impacted, vulnerable communities.

Tar Sands Blockade has done many things to stop KXL, from tree sits to locking ourselves to heavy machinery, and we've asked for help before. But to help us stop KXL now means we must go straight to the folks investing in the projects that are poisoning our friends and families and tell them enough is enough! Investing in Keystone XL is as toxic as the contents of their pipe!

Sign up to plan an action to Stop Tar Sands Profiteers, March 16-23!
 
To stop the most destructive project on Earth and preserve any hope of a liveable planet, we must put a end to “business as usual.” It’s time to act now and stop those working to poison our world and strip-mine our future. It's time to take direct action to build the world we know is possible.  
 
In Solidarity,
 
Ramsey Sprague 
Tar Sands Blockade

PS. A new direct action group just sprung up in Oklahoma! Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance is brand new and already taking action to stop KXL. They’ve announced a Training Camp March 18-22nd. Sign up today on their website.

1. Video: Ramsey disrupts TransCanada Exec at Oil and Gas Conference in Houston: http://www.tarsandsblockade.org/17th-action/

Malala Yousafzai discharged from hospital. The Guardian

Malala, Pakistani teen shot by Taliban, leaves hospital after stunning recovery

CNN - ‎3 hours ago‎
Malala Yousufzai left Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, on Friday. In the past two weeks, the girl famous for advocating that girls in Pakistan be educated -- which stoked the ire of her attackers -- proved her incredible strength by ...

Malala Yousafzai discharged from hospital

The Guardian - ‎3 hours ago‎
The hospital said Malala would continue her rehabilitation at her family's temporary home in Birmingham and visit occasionally for outpatient appointments.

'DC City Threatening to Throw Out All my Belongings' Loving

While I was at the library making final preparations for 6 months in chemo prison the DC City guys came by to throw out my belongings.  I'll guess the Canadian Embassy made a complaint.  I bear no grudges.  The City is within their Rights.  I Pray it doesn't come down to my stuff being thrown out with just several weeks before I enter prison, and have the stuff stored.  Hmmmm.

I'll stay on a much shorter leash than I have in recent weeks, as I've been preparing for prison, and fortunately that prep work is all but done.

We'll see.  If someone is out to get me, they will. I'll still leave for 20 min if I need the rest-room and late afternoon for 50 min for the homeless dinner truck.

If they are not out to 'get' me, it will be ok.  We'll see.

I have a 3 hour med cancer screening next week, and a three hour cancer consult the following week.  It will be interesting.  There probably isn't anyone to watch it for me.  :-(

NOTE: The reason I know of the city's visit?  A homeless guy, black, late 60ish, very staunch, very solitary, not 'friendly,' saw the city messing with the stuff and spoke up for me.  I've been here 8 months, and he maybe 15 years, I've heard.  In all but the last 3 weeks he has treated me like pariah.  But while respecting his space, I'm his brother, and when I know of a bad-weather report, I'll quickly pass word to him.  When I receive extra food, I'll offer it to him.  I literally don't look at him for a reply, because that is what I think he expects, someone offering something expecting something in return, even 'thanks.'  I NEVER look for anything in return.  My every breath is given as a brother.  The 'giving' is the Joy - it is the Gift, to Self.  But obviously it has engendered in him a higher level of humanity.  That is the entire reason we are here - to bring Loving into the world.  That is the work of Saving.

Hmmmm. Survival rate Colon, Liver cancer -

Colon Cancer
Colon cancer diagnosis is often delayed due to absence of definite symptoms. The treatment option at this stage include surgical removal of the tumor along with affected surrounding organs. However, this treatment option is not viable in case the cancer has spread to other organs like liver, lungs etc. Five year survival rate for this cancer is about 8 to 15%.

Liver Cancer
It is pretty rare in western countries but quite common in developing countries. If stage 4 liver cancer goes untreated, about 90% of patients will succumb to disease within a year. If a successful liver transplant with no complications has been performed, the patient may leave for another 5 years. About 36% people may live beyond that.
Read more at Buzzle: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/stage4-cancer-survival-rate.html

Gunmen in Nigeria kill nine polio health workers. The Guardian

Gunmen in Nigeria kill nine polio health workers

The Guardian - ‎2 hours ago‎
Gunmen on motorbikes have shot dead nine health workers who were administering polio vaccinations in two separate attacks in the northern city of Kano.

China jails 1, detains 70 to quell Tibet protests USA TODAY

China jails 1, detains 70 to quell Tibet protests

USA TODAY - ‎52 minutes ago‎
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese court sentenced a Tibetan man to 13 years in prison Friday for goading a monk to self-immolate, as Beijing steps up a crackdown on self-immolations aimed at protesting communist rule.

Fox: Solar doomed in US cuz unlike Germany - it is not sunny here

Fox News Claims Solar Won't Work in America Because It's Not Sunny Like ...

Slate Magazine (blog) - ‎13 hours ago‎
Thanks to Fox News and its expert commentators, millions of Americans now understand the real, hidden reason why Germany's solar-energy industry is so much further along than ours. Turns out it has nothing to do with the fact that Germany's government ...

***** Climate change is National Security 'threat multiplier' Politico

Climate change is 'threat multiplier'

Politico-9 hours ago
The CNA Military Advisory Board — a panel of our nation's highest-ranking retired military leaders — has identified climate change as a “threat ...

***** nd 'To Save Earth, Pr. Obama should APPROVE Keystone - Massive Political Capital gained - Mid term un-Economics will Kill Keystone. OBVIOUSLY. And the Furry of the Lip-service Libs will Unify the Does-Stuff Committed Ctr w/ Pr. Obama, and disarm the Raving Right.' Loving

 nd 'To Save Earth, Pr. Obama should APPROVE Keystone -  Massive Political Capital gained - Mid term un-Economics will Kill Keystone.   OBVIOUSLY.  And the Furry of the Lip-service Libs will Unify the  Does-Stuff Committed Ctr w/ Pr. Obama, and disarm the Raving Right.'  Loving

02.08.13 AVERTING ECOCIDE - WAR ROOM - Tracking Plan B blog


  •   Smog Exposure During Pregnancy Tied to Tinier Babies. U.S. News & World
  •     Climate Activist Failure to Convince Americans of Carbon Fee
  •     ***** Northeast snowstorm could be among the worst of all time NBCNews.com
  •     ***** Climate change threatens food security ABC Online
  •     ***** Head of IMF: climate change is 'the greatest economic challenge of the 21st ... Mongabay.com
  •     A Cleaner Way to Use Coal Kevin Bullis. MIT Technology Review
  •     Areva Studies Asia Offshore Wind Projects as Turbines Get Bigger Bloomberg
  •     Solar farm eyed for closed landfill The Daily News
  •     Nanoantenna Solar Cell Efficiency Can Blow Silicon Out Of The Water. CleanTechnica
  •     ***** Bloomberg: Whiny, Cowardly, Responsibility-denying Enviros Dooming Action - AGAIN
  •     ***** Legislators' Climate Change Panel Catches Ag Industry's Attention Farm Futures
  •     Media Let Climate Change Off The Hook In Fishing Debate Media Matters for America
  •     Amazon forest more resilient to climate change than feared. - study Reuters
  •     ***** Report outlines climate change options for Obama administration. MiamiHerald.com
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:02 PM PST
Smog Exposure During Pregnancy Tied to Tinier Babies U.S. News & World Report - ‎Feb 6, 2013‎ WEDNESDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women exposed to particulate air pollution -- commonly known as smog -- have a significantly greater risk of having a baby with a low birth weight, according to a large new international study. Pollution has shrunk Indian newbornsTimes of
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 01:14 PM PST
Climate Action Programme Poll: Americans back climate change regulation, not taxes EurekAlert (press release) - ‎3 hours ago‎ DURHAM, N.C. -- Now that President Obama has put climate change back on the table in his second inaugural address, a new national poll finds growing public support for regulating greenhouse gas emissions and requiring utilities to switch to
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 08:53 AM PST
NPR Blizzard alert: Northeast snowstorm could be among the worst of all time NBCNews.com - ‎1 hour ago‎ Millions of Americans brace for a massive storm that threatens to pummel the Northeast and dump more than 2 feet of snow on parts of New England. Winter Storm Warning Issued for FridaySalamanca Press (blog) Northeast Braces For Powerful Winter Storm,
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 07:29 AM PST
Climate change threatens food security ABC Online - ‎5 hours ago‎ SARAH CLARKE: With climate scientists warning of a long term global warming trend, the forecast across the Asia Pacific region is one of greater variability. See realtime coverage »
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 07:23 AM PST
Environmental Leader Head of IMF: climate change is 'the greatest economic challenge of the 21st ... Mongabay.com - ‎Feb 6, 2013‎ Climate change not debt or austerity is "the greatest economic challenge of the 21st Century," according to Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). "Future generations will be roasted, toasted, fried and
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 07:07 AM PST
Columbus Dispatch A Cleaner Way to Use Coal Kevin Bullis MIT Technology Review - ‎9 hours ago‎ In ordinary coal plants, coal is pulverized to make a fine powder and then burned in air to produce steam to drive turbines. OSU process gets 'clean coal' energyColumbus Dispatch New Coal Technology Harnesses Energy Without Burning, Nears Pilot-Scale ...Science Daily (
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 06:44 AM PST
Areva Studies Asia Offshore Wind Projects as Turbines Get Bigger Bloomberg - ‎1 hour ago‎ Areva, Vestas Wind Systems A/S and Siemens AG aim to expand in Asia as China plans 5,000 megawatts of offshore wind by 2015.
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 06:19 AM PST
Solar farm eyed for closed landfill The Daily News of Newburyport - ‎5 hours ago‎ Mayor Thatcher Kezer and city councilors this week confirmed there is interest in using the former landfill at the intersection of Route 150 and South Hunt Road for solar power, which could bring a considerable amount of revenue into Amesbury. But ...
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 06:17 AM PST
Nanoantenna Solar Cell Efficiency Can Blow Silicon Out Of The Water CleanTechnica - ‎5 hours ago‎ Today, conventional silicon solar cells are 10% to 20% efficient (this means that they generate 100 watts to 200 watts per square metre of cells, respectively).
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:40 AM PST
Changing the Conversation on Climate Change. Bloomberg
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:35 AM PST
Farm Futures Legislators' Climate Change Panel Catches Ag Industry's Attention Farm Futures - ‎6 hours ago‎ Though it's a controversial topic, U.S. Rep Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., stand firmly behind climate change as a risk to the country - and now National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson announced his ...
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:34 AM PST
Media Let Climate Change Off The Hook In Fishing Debate Media Matters for America (blog) - ‎17 hours ago‎ As government scientists and policymakers attempt to safeguard disappearing populations of Atlantic Cod off of the New England coast with stricter catch limits, state and national media continue to ignore the role of anthropogenic climate change in ... Climate change
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:32 AM PST
Straits Times Amazon forest more resilient to climate change than feared - study Reuters - ‎18 hours ago‎ The boost to growth from CO2, the main gas from burning fossil fuels blamed for causing climate change, was likely to exceed damaging effects of rising temperatures this century such as drought, it said. Climate science: Global warming and tropical
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:31 AM PST
MiamiHerald.com Report outlines climate change options for Obama administration MiamiHerald.com - ‎14 hours ago‎ ... Resources Institute, a think tank that focuses on the environment and socioeconomic development, looks at the technical and legal authority President Barack Obama could use to build on the pledge in his inaugural address to address climate change.

2.07.2013

02.07.13 AVERTING ECOCIDE - WAR ROOM - Tracking Plan B blog

  •     US Moves Toward Near-Zero Emission Coal-Fired Power Plant. Yahoo
  •     Minnesota Power to convert coal plant to gas. Duluth News Tribune
  •     US power plant emissions drop as coal loses favour. Sydney Morning Herald
  •     NAACP Releases Coal Blooded Report and Toolkit. Clean Energy News
  •     A Manmade Island to Store Wind Energy. MIT Technology Review
  •     Wind Power Breaks Records In Spain — Produces More Electricity Than Any ... CleanTechnica
  •     Every Two Megawatts of Wind Power in Your County Create One Job and Make ...Motherboard (blog)
  •     Novel Designs Are Taking Wind Power to the Next Level Kevin Bullis MIT Technology Review
  •     How Climate Change Impacts America's Energy Infrastructure. World Resources Institute
  •     IMF Chief: 'Unless We Take Action On Climate Change, Future Generations Will ... ThinkProgress
  •     New England climate change results 'dramatic'. Eagle-Tribune
  •     Climate change means catastrophe in UK, not café culture says professor. Telegraph.co.uk
  •     Report: Climate change could devastate agriculture. USA TODAY


Posted: 06 Feb 2013 09:12 AM PST
PennEnergy (press release) US Moves Toward Near-Zero Emission Coal-Fired Power Plant Yahoo! News (blog) - ‎19 hours ago‎ The U.S. Department of Energy announced this week that Phase II of an agreement with FutureGen Industrial Alliance has begun, taking the country one step closer to making commercial-scale carbon capture and storage technology -- and dramatically
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 09:09 AM PST
Finance and Commerce Minnesota Power to convert coal plant to gas Duluth News Tribune - ‎Jan 30, 2013‎ Minnesota Power announced Wednesday it will convert its coal-fired power plant in Hoyt Lakes to natural gas and close one of three coal units at its Taconite Harbor plant on the North Shore as the utility continues a move away from carbon dioxode ... Minnesota
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 09:08 AM PST
San Francisco Chronicle US power plant emissions drop as coal loses favour Sydney Morning Herald - ‎19 hours ago‎ In its second-annual accounting of greenhouse gases, the US Environmental Protection Agency today released details of emissions from about 8,000 factories, power plants and refineries. Two Southern Co. coal-fired power facilities topped the list ...
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 09:07 AM PST
Clean Energy News (blog) NAACP Releases Coal Blooded Report and Toolkit Clean Energy News (blog) - ‎2 hours ago‎ Coal Blooded systematically studies 378 coal-fired power plants nationwide and evaluates each plant in terms of its environmental justice performance - how the plant affects low-income communities and communities of color. This same type of analysis is ...
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:24 AM PST
MIT Technology Review A Manmade Island to Store Wind Energy MIT Technology Review - ‎20 hours ago‎ When the wind farm produces excess energy for the local electricity grid, such as off-peak times in the overnight hours, the island will store the energy and release it later during peak times. See realtime coverage »
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:23 AM PST
Wind Power Breaks Records In Spain — Produces More Electricity Than Any ... CleanTechnica - ‎4 hours ago‎ Denmark, the US, and Germany aren't the only countries breaking wind power records these days. Spain is also a notable leader seeing strong wind power growth. In fact, it just saw its wind farms produce more electricity than any other source for a 3 ... Spanish Wind Farms'
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:21 AM PST
Every Two Megawatts of Wind Power in Your County Create One Job and Make ...Motherboard (blog)
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:20 AM PST
KOKH FOX25 Novel Designs Are Taking Wind Power to the Next Level Kevin Bullis MIT Technology Review - ‎8 hours ago‎ The technology is part of a trend that's made wind power almost as cheap as fossil fuels. In 1991, wind power cost 15 cents per kilowatt hour. Wind War in OklahomaKOKH FOX25 Wind-farm efficiency examined at UWWyoming Business Report See realtime
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:16 AM PST
World Resources Institute How Climate Change Impacts America's Energy Infrastructure World Resources Institute - ‎15 hours ago‎ As we've seen recently with Hurricane Sandy, epic drought, and wildfires, climate change visibly impacts lives and livelihoods throughout the United States. See realtime coverage »
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:11 AM PST
ThinkProgress IMF Chief: 'Unless We Take Action On Climate Change, Future Generations Will ... ThinkProgress - ‎13 hours ago‎ At the World Economic Forum in Davos, she said, “the real wild card in the pack” of economic pivot points is “Increasing vulnerability from resource scarcity and climate change, with the potential for major social and economic disruption.”
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:09 AM PST
MPBN News New England climate change results 'dramatic' Eagle-Tribune - ‎7 hours ago‎ “No doubt we've seen some very important changes to the ecological system from climate change,” said Rick Wahle, a research associate professor from the University of Maine. Report: Climate change affects region's wildlifeSan Francisco Chronicle Report: Climate Change Causing Rapid
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:08 AM PST
Climate change means catastrophe in UK, not café culture says professor Telegraph.co.uk - ‎59 minutes ago‎ Professor Kevin Anderson, Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, said Government and local authorities are failing to grasp the risks to Britain for global warming.
Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:06 AM PST
Report: Climate change could devastate agriculture USA TODAY - ‎15 hours ago‎ A comprehensive USDA study concludes rising temperatures could cost farmers millions as they battle new pests, faster weed growth and get smaller yields as climate change continues. farming. The country was battered by the worst drought to hit in more ...

Federal Prison Population Spiked 790 Percent Since 1980. ThinkProgress

Federal Prison Population Spiked 790 Percent Since 1980

ThinkProgress - ‎9 hours ago‎
The U.S. federal prison population has increased almost 790 percent since 1980 from about 25,000 inmates to 219,000 in 2012, according to a new Congressional Research report.

02.07.13 Cancer Update

Pet scan from base of brain to lower thighs completed on the 5th.

Brain scan the 13th.

Meeting with oncologist 18th.

Met with Dr. that did the colonoscopy today. Asked him, 'what stage is my cancer?'  We don't know yet.  It depends on what the PET scan showed about that spot on your liver.  If that is spot is cancer, uh, not so good - stage IV - it has spread.  If that spot is NOT cancer, then maybe not so bad.  Depends on what else the PET scan shows.

Given the current issues, Pr. Obama likely to make global warming center to his SOTU, Organizing for Action... I'd be of more use to our kids if this less than stage IV.  However, not business - Creator's business.  I'm fine with whatever She He It decides [but my preference is as long as I can be given.]

If it is Stage IV, might not be worth the resources for the chemo - too little upside.  I'll inquire on the 18th, and reevaluate then.