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The humble vampire squid counts its earnings from new media appearances.
Squid are cool. The Giant Squid is one of the coolest, but it’s rarely been photographed in the wild, and never filmed in the wild. Until now. This LA Times story is the most detailed I’ve found so far. This is the most detailed video so far released. Warning: Begins with a commercial and has voiceover. Discovery will be doing a special on it.
We can now play with heat just as if it was sound. Possible applications would include a heat diode, where heat can only pass one direction. Imagine a house coated with this stuff.
Fukushima is under control, eh? I don’t think so. Cesium amounts are up 10x from a year ago. I’m sure this and this are just a coincidences, they’d have died of lukimia anyway.
Well, it’s still carbon but it’s better. And $10M is still a drop in the bucket.
Energy from water vapor. This opens up all kinds of micromachine possibilities. Unclear if it would scale up to anything beyond that.
The fact that creationists consider evolution an unproven theory doesn’t stop us from doing it. Here pupfish evolution based on environment is actually observed. Officially, the creationism folks do not consider natural selection to be evolution. In related news, why human skin wrinkles in water.
Myths hurt healthcare all over the world. In Pakistan, they fear iodized salt. They also kill polio vaccine workers.
Largest known spiral galaxy spotted by accident. 5x the size of the Milky Way. This is the most massive currently known star, 320x the size of the sun. This is currently the largest known star. Mass and size are related, but it’s not a consistent ratio in stars.
Cool new kind of telescope. This one measures space-time fluctuations AKA gravity waves.
Another reason biofuels aren’t perfect. But they’re still better than petroleum. Coal plants are becoming uncompetitive with the environmental regulations we’ve got now even though they still paying only a small percent of the actual costs of their emissions.
Boxturtle (Short post today because of very busy weekend)
Image by DonkeyHotey released under a Creative Commons license.
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Popping in to say Good Morning, Box Turtle.
That giant squid kind of looks like a space ship to me. And, being that large, I think I’m glad they live so far away from me.
(Back to clicking links.)
Good morning firepups. Thanks for the post BT.
Poor coal-fired plants. Couldn’t be happening to a nicer bunch of folks.
Giants squid = awesome.
POLARBEAR and the Simons Array, very very cool. Coolness along the lines of when I learned that around 1% of static on the TV screen is background radiation from the big bang.
Genuine treasure trove this morning BoxTurtle. Thank you and good morning.
Thanks, BT, nice roundup. Squids sound like such silly things, it’s nice to see one that lives up to its reputation as stupendous.
Actually the technology to make coal burning clean has been around for awhile. It’s expensive, but not like pollution is expensive and we’re sweating through its effects on everyone.
Or, freezing through it. No pictures of kitties at an open window today, huh?
Morning, Ruth.
The only thing that protects you from the giant squid is that it hunts too deeply to find you. But it exists near both coasts.
Be glad the colossal squid only lives in Antarctica. It hunts the entire water column and it likes toothfish, things that are about the same size and shape as a human.
No human deaths have ever been reported from either of those species. However, the Humboldt squid, while smaller, has killed fishermen. Don’t fall into the water when fishing for those squid.
Boxturtle (being bitten to death one beakfull at a time *shudder*)
The kitties were curled up on me keeping warm today, like I hear they’re up to chez So.Cal.
Good morning, everyone. I haven’t gotten to all the links yet because I am enthralled with the squid. I had no idea there were giant squid living under the sea! Yikes!
Remember this: Coal build this country. It heat the buildings, and ran the railroads. Coal mining was probably the single largest employer in America for a time.
While we need to shut the coal plants, we shouldn’t forget the coal miners. Their jobs are going away, there should be a plan to help them through that.
Boxturtle (A shame the coal mining states keep electing republicans)
Wow. Thanks so much for painting that picture!
Good morning everyone.
Thank you for the post BoxTurtle.
Cold clear day in in NW Illinois. We ain’t got no stinking global warming. *g*
Squids and platypus are proof that god has a sense of humor.
Boxturtle (A nocturnal, aquatic, egg laying mammal with a venomous leg spur. Jokes on us!)
Climate change is making my front steps pelleted at the moment.
Goggie generates more btu’s. Nice big goggie.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/85310452@N05/8041561787/in/photostream/
I see that I am stuttering in the early morning hours too.
Sure wish we had the edit function.
Farmers probably would contest primacy, and they too now seem to have turned into self-destructive voting patterns.
I am confused. The “video link” above actually is to a clip of an interview on CNN with pictures of the squid in the background. Is that what I’m supposed to be seeing? No commmercial or voice over because I have AdBlock Plus, but I thought there would be the actual video of the squid.
They don’t stay so still for so long. But sure got BTU’s.
I’m not seeing stuttering. ??
Gah Morning, Mr. Canyon. No subbing today? Good. Stay home and cook for you’re honey. Hope she’s feeling well.
It’s expensive AND it does nothing for CO2. I haven’t seen a system yet that can sequester CO2 and the suggestions I’ve seen to deal with it don’t seem like great ideas. Bury it in caverns. Or at the bottom of the ocean.
And if you want to see something REALLY nasty, take a look at the stuff the scrubbers do get. A mix of heavy metal oxides and sulfates that you shouldn’t just dump in a landfill.
Boxturtle (Coal is the best form to store carbon)
He takes a nap with me most days. We share a glass of milk and a cracker or cookie and he usually stays for the entire nap.
Good morning demi. No stuttering showing? Good, then it is only on my computer which has been doing strange things lately.
I have been reading about your cold weather in the Los Angeles Basin.
Hope you are toasty warm.
The colossal squid is even bigger and has hooks in it’s clubs. Wonder what exists even deeper that we haven’t found yet.
Examining beak sizes from sperm whales stomaches tells us there are much larger squid than we’ve seen out there. And you have to wonder if there are squid out there too big to eat.
Boxturtle (Those old tales about squid sinking schooners ain’t THAT farfetched)
The byproducts of nuclear power are worse, but that didn’t stop the power producers from diving into it over their heads. (squid metaphors!)
Discovery has an exclusive deal on the video. All that has been released so far are the handful of still images taken from the vid that were playing in that CNN clip.
Gotta watch Discovery Channel later this month for the premier of the vids.
We’re back to more normal weather, after hitting 70 on Saturday. Temps in the high 30′s and sunny.
Boxturtle (Rained too much to really take advantage of the day, darn it)
Fearing for your tangerines? Here, our news is full of scary freezing citrus pics.
I am, thank you. Sweat pants and a big thick terry cloth bathrobe. Glad we don’t use Skype at Over Easy.
And, I will not be streaking here.
They have released only a few still photos from the videos they shot. They’re planning a Discovery Channel special at the end of the month to show the entire thing, these are just teasers. That CNN link had most of the stills release. At least when I snagged it.
Boxturtle (they may have pulled the ad, it’s been several days so it’s old news)
70 degrees! Oh how I envy you.
With the rollercoaster weather though, not a good sign for all the cold and flu. I would have been (dumb) and out in my shirtsleeves that day.
That clip on the same page about the squid eye that guy found on the beach (which isn’t actually from a giant squid, I guess) is fascinating, too.
Nice collection of links, BT.
Sleet and a little snow here yesterday, gray and chilly today.
There was a discussion the other day about Minneolas and other citrus fruit so I went out and looked for the Minneolas, but could only get Tangelos and Navel Oranges (3 bags) and they are almost all gone, so now onto another shopping trip before the prices go through the roof.
We got to high 50s on Saturday and I got my bike off it’s rack and rode 14 miles. Then I put it back on the rack and covered it again, and by evening it was raining and then sleeting.
Where’s Crane-Station this morning? I want to offer my condolences.
I think Minneolas are just coming into season now. They are readily identifiable because they have a knob on top. Very distinctive. I was able to buy a bag of them last week.
Do you have Meijer where you are? That’s where I found them.
HUH?? What did I miss?
We’re under attack by the flu here in Ohio. Some schools have closed 2-3 days to try to deal with it. The debate seems to be if it’s flu or if it’s FLI (Flu Like Illness). Not sure the difference matters to anyone but doctors.
Boxturtle (Both require you to decide which end to point at the toilet)
Sorry I did not answer your question earlier, no subbing so far in the new year, but it will get crazy later on so I am enjoying getting some things done around the house.
Glad you are staying warm.
That and avocados, but everything I’ve heard is that they will not be all gone. Not a deep freeze anyway.
What happened?
Good morning msmolly.
We are too far west for the Meijer stores. I see they are in the Chicago area so maybe in the future.
I love their stores and go to one everytime we are in the Grand Rapids area.
On another note, you were right about Brian Kelly. I see a raise and contract extension in his future and thought about your comments when I read that he decided to stay at Notre Dame.
Hmmmm. I seem to recall a football discussion last week.
Ah, it sounded so ominous. Guess I’m not serious enough.
I love the squid story! So beautiful, but small wonder no one ever sees them, when they live at such great depths. Great Over Easy this morning, thank you.
This will be just a good opportunity to raise the prices.
No doubt. Every time I go shopping, it seems something that’s a staple has gone through the roof.
I heard milk is the next thing to go UP, due to the Moo factor.
They are in Urbana, too, but that’s not far enough west for you either. I have shopped at Meijer since they were “Meijer Thrifty Acres” in the 70s.
I sorta think I found Minneolas at Sam’s Club last year. I rarely shop there, and haven’t looked there this year. When I find Minneolas, I usually buy a couple of bags at a time and keep them in the garage.
Bad news indeed, my coffee has to have cream in it.
Milk prices could double as farm bill stalls.
I know it sounded ominous and I was worried, since C-S went to see her elderly mother over the holiday…but then I remembered some football trash talk, so…
(And she’s upthread now. Let the games begin!)
Football. :)
I buy my milk from a vendor in the Farmer’s Market who has a milk delivery business. His cows are grass fed and the milk really tastes better. He might not be affected by the farm bill.
My grandkids drink lots of milk, though. Not good.
Adults live at great depths. We’ve discovered that young Giant Squid (less than 3″ or so) live near the surface in the plankton. That’s why we never managed to find ‘em for so long, we were looking in the wrong place.
They’ve managed to keep juvies alive 2-3 days in an aquarium with no special help and at least one team thinks they’ll be able to raise one to full size in captivity with a few years work.
I would travel to the WORST part of Australia to see a full size live giant squid. Even If I had to swim from Hawaii.
Boxturtle (Hopefully, new Zealand gets a full size one first. NZ doesn’t really have a “worst”)
No games :) I just want to be sure to say ‘I told you so’.
I said that her team were 3 point dogs and wouldn’t win, and they lost by 3 points!
I must be psychotic or something.
The guy ahead of me in the grocery store line yesterday had a huge container of Vanilla Haagen Daz. I commented on his good taste and he told me that he and his wife use it in their coffee. Yum.
Reminds me of Charlie Weis. ND gave him a big raise and contract extension after one good season, and then he produced…nothing.
Ah yes, the glories of college football.
If they raise the price of my Ice Cream, I’m gonna get REALLY upset.
Boxturtle (I blame Obama)
Good Morning Box Turtle and Firedogs
deep in to cake project (shocking, I know !) so just a drive-by
the ‘first time filmed’ aspect of the Squid story was driving me nuts because I recalled seeing something a few years back – here it is from 2010 – don’t have time to pfish for video, but here is pic
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/photogalleries/giant_squid/index.html
I do recall the researcher having to spend weeks at sea, underfunded, and under staffed, being treated like some Ahab – sure hope he is among those who are presently making a splash
Excellent post, BT
I wonder if this will be possible. Are they like some lizards and fish, do you think, that grow only in proportion to the size of the habitat?
cbl, been looking for you. My daughter does want to try that cake recipe, and asked me to ask for baking directions. Are they the same temp and time as on the cake mix box?
Not the same fellow who got the stills. I remember watching a LONG discovery channel special on those photos. Or maybe it just seemed long because they saved what I really wanted to see until the end.
Boxturtle (Which I’m sure they’ll do again this time. Hope Morgan Freeman narrates)
dad and I saw Monk Parakeets yesterday – 15 mins from house
flock of about 20
adorable & very cooperative
I’m thinking of getting a cow. A big dog is nice, but the milk sounds like a plus. Wonder if they scare off burglars.
What the hell are 20 monk parakeets doing here? They’re not native, are they?
Good question. I don’t think anybody knows the answer, but perhaps we’re finally in a position to find out. They’ve got films of the cute little squid scooting around in a 30gal or so aquarium.
I would also wonder about the effects of light and pressure. Among other things.
Boxturtle (I wanna be the fellow with the aquarium of babies on his desk)
Fuck.
Oh all right, now we have to join forces:)
#Niners
I understand they are protected, so when they nest in light fixtures it gets really hard to keep the lights maintained.
325 degrees, takes about an hour depending on the oven – she can start checking for done-ness around 45 min mark
tip for even baking/ no dome – take an old clean t shirt — cut across the middle, giving yourself about a 2-3″ high strip. heavily soak it in water and tie it around pan
I recommend the large box of instant pudding and don’t be stingy with the sour cream
hope she likes it :D
The Ravens. Evermore.
Just for you, Ruth.
Har-bowl. Please. John vs. Jim. Epic.
That milk from they Farmer’s Market guy is excellent, but expensive. I don’t drink much, about 1/2 gallon a week. For a family, it’s pretty out of reach.
I have trouble reading these Vegas odds things. Who is favored? Think it will be a Niners/Patriots Super Bowl?
LOL!
there are several “naturalized” flocks in the area.
also got the always gorgeous male Hooded Merganser not 2 blocks away
I had a hooded merganser once. That’s how Charlotte happened.
one more thing… did I include almond extract when I posted the recipe ? – not necessary if she does chocolate, but it puts white cake flavor over the moon :D
You are so right, win one season and get a contract extension, pay raise, then flame out and these Universities are stuck with firing the coach and paying a large sum to get rid of them.
We see that among players as well, when approaching free agency in sports like baseball. Use PEDs, have a great year, get a major contract, then go back to being an average player.
Yes, you did include that. But you didn’t say how long to bake or at what temp. We were wondering if she should just use the time/temp on the mix box?
See @70.
Good morning pups.
My favorite science pub is Fermilab Today. You can sign up to receive the bulletin by e-mail. Lots of stuff about the experiments results and the technology. Right now, they are instrumenting up for a neutrino study, sending a beam of them 2000miles to detectors in the Homestake mine in South Dakota, termed the long Baseline Neutrino Experiment, or LBNE.
Fun Stuff. It comes every weekday.
Oh, and she did say I should tell you she wouldn’t share your recipe. I told her that since you are in Texas and she’s in Indiana, I didn’t think that would worry you. LOL.
Watch out below.
OOPS. I missed that. Thanks. These comment threads can be a challenge sometimes.
Kris,
I agree with you, I would love to see the Harbaugh brothers in the Super Bowl, of course there is still a tough road ahead for both of them.
I think far tougher for the Ravens.
The 49ers against the Falcons is a match up in favor of SF. All of the things the Falcons are good at, the 49ers are better at. The offense is a little more potent, the defense is certainly better. If you look at yesterday’s game, the same scenarios against the 49ers play out to about a 2 touchdown win, somewhere along the lines of 35 – 21.
As for the Ravens, if they play the way they did in Denver, they’ll be fine. The 49ers proved that you can go into New England and beat Tom Brady. Down-the-field offense, stout running, and dynamic defense. The Ravens have all of these. Just a matter of whether they can fire on all cylinders again like they did on Saturday.
s’okay
there are a bazillion versions on the interwebs, eg — White Almond Sour Cream Cake, Vanilla Mud Cake, etc. In fact, there are entire sites devoted to doctoring box mixes
p.s.s. normally not a fan of fruit fillings, but this is one that really lends itself to it – yes, use the canned stuff in the baking aisle :D
Dern. That should read – All of the things the SEAHAWKS are good at, the 49ers are better at.
Neat. Added to my list of sources for Over Easy. Thanks!
Boxturtle (Great article on the Higgs on the main page)
Do you mean for a sheet cake pan? Or for layer pans too? I’ve never heard of this!
I think Charlie Weis got a hefty buyout. It was news last summer.
Here is some big science news.
… not really.
They could not escape nuclear fission but they did a pretty good job of corralling it and keeping it to a minimum while setting up the business model for maximum profit extraction and minimum impact on their mainstay of carbon fuels.
That’s where you get ironic facts like the elites funding both the uranium fission industry, with all of its nasty drawbacks, and also quietly slipping cash to the anti-nuke movement which impedes any attempt at changing the fission status quo.
This isn’t a slam at the “no-nukes” movement… most are unaware or believe this to be propaganda and those who are aware have damn little choice if they want to keep spent fuel pools out of their backyards.
It all has worked out fine… if you’re one of our owners.
Kris,
What an analysis!
I have to admit, I do not watch pro sports that much but when it gets to the playoffs and having a sick wife in bed, I have watched a lot more this weekend than all season.
Now if we mention college basketball, or football, my Saturdays are usually scheduled around the big games.
By the way, Tom Crean the Indiana coach is married to the Harbaughs sister. The only reason I know that trivia, is when Indiana was in the tournament last year, the Harbaughs were shown in the audience.
And this:
Calamari? This American Life Enjoy.
I was looking at the commercial version ($25 !) called bake even strips and flashed on my great aunt and grandma doing it –
yes, tie it around any pan (the wetter the better)
msmolly, that is just plain sick.
That money could be used in so many other ways but here i am rationalizing things again.
Like I said before, I love college football and basketball, but those figures are just outrageous.
Big sports, Big money I guess.
I did not know that Crean was married into the Harbaugh clan. That’s an awesome piece of trivia.
That must be tough. Jim and John are pretty weird dudes.
$2.4 million could subsidize a lot of education for under-privileged kids.
… and somewhat troubling as it seems to be almost bigger than the size of the universe should permit it to be at that distance…
I wish I’d thought to look it up for last Friday’s Over Easy.
Thanks msmolly, you are so in touch with what goes on around the Notre Dame campus and I appreciate your information.
Thanks, I will pass that along. She’ll be anxious to try one of the cakes!
That link will take you to today’s publication in about an hour or so.
FermiLab had the largest Hadron Collider, called the Tevatron, until the current one in Switzerland.
Two interesting things about Fermilab Today. One, all the photos are available full res by clicking on them and two, you can correspond with them asking a question or even with a humorous comment and they generally get back to you.
They have a Dark Field camera on top of a mountain in Chile.
Factoid: The MRI has it’s origins at Fermilab and others doing similar experiments.
Thanks for doing this, Box Turtle. Fascinating.
Well, I live here and still see friends, but I’m not on campus much. But South Bend is a small place and ND dominates the area. Largest employer, among other things.
You and I think alike on that one.
How many bake sales would it take to make that much money?
O, never mind. *g*
TX is receiving nuclear waste, which Perry’s bud has a permit to store over the Oglalla and contaminate a major portion of the center of the country.
Maybe this will lead to the discovery that space does indeed bend profoundly over time. That the universe, as we observe it on a straight line in any given direction, is actually curving into itself.
I considered including links to that story. Several times. What I think is the real discovery from this is that the universe was a LOT more organized a lot earlier than we think. Think of the processes involved with the creation of that structure and how long they’d take.
This had to start within a few million years of the big bang.
Boxturtle (For once, creationists have a better explanation than science does: God just waved his hand)
Not much longer and Hanford will be spilling it’s guts into the Columbia big time.
I’m thinking of moving north of Hanford on the Columbia, like around Chelan WA
Indeed!
My bet is that it leads to the discovery that dark matter was much more common in the early universe and possibly send dark energy the way of the epicycles.
Boxturtle (Still thinks dark energy is simply a large fudge factor and we’re missing something basic)
…or leading to something more basic.
It’s there in the equations. Dark matter is also a subject at FermiLab.
I posted this diary a couple months back. Ever wonder where used naval reactors go?
They’ve create a major mess there, probably bigger than we know. I’d be moving well out of that watershed.
Boxturtle (The crap ain’t safe at Yucca Mt, yet it can be chucked into a trench)
So we’re missing the identity of a fundamental building block of the universe? Either some form of energy or some physical principal? Is that what you’re saying?
(pardon me for the parenthetical stepping on toes, but space physics is where my knowledge gets limited)
Dark Matter>Chocolate Fudge. ∴ space is partially made up of chocolate fudge.
Aluminum and fertilizer waste is too dangerous to dispose of in any manner, so we put it in drinking water and call it fluoridation for the kids teeth.
Same bunch of crock!
Not a bad plan. Being here in the wasteland has some advantages, I realize, too.
Dark matter at the Universe dimension, Higgs Bosun at the micro Physics dimension.
Many years ago, a physicist did some math work and ended up with negative mass. Since that wasn’t really possible, he assumed a mistake and only worked with the positive values which matched his results quite well.
It was sometime after that when we realized what we were interpreting as “negative mass” was in reality antimatter and shortly thereafter the positron was identified.
So I think we’re simply misinterpreting what the math tells us. And adding epicycles to make the data match reality.
Boxturtle (I hope I live long enough to know if I’m right or wrong)
Kinda spendy at Chelan itself, but lots of opportunities nearby.
Wow is that gorgeous. Too bad it’s so far from my kids & grandkids in Indiana. But WOW.
Einstein said God does not play dice with the universe. I believe him. But fizzbin had not been described when he said it.
Boxturtle (Anybody besides Kris recognize that reference?)
Boson, not bosun!
So there is anti-matter. How does that relate to these massive Quasars? Would anti-matter explain the energy needed for these Quasars to come together so early on in Universal development?
And what powers the TARDIS?
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
The lake itself is quite long, and terminates at the North Cascades, itself as magnificent as anything in New Zealand’s Southern Alps, or the Alps themselves. I’ve spent a couple of weeks incrementally, hiking the North Cascades, starting back in ’68.
Damn, I’m beginning to sound like an old codger!
Subscribe to FermiLab Today and you will have links to wonderful discussions of such things. Symmetry Magazine is one of the links from time to time.
Again.
He said that when exposed fully to Quantum Theory.
I’m not sure I fully believe it myself, at the concrete level. However, concrete can be the occasion of drowning!
I subscribed when you first posted the link :)
I really enjoy learning, and this is one area where my knowledge is sorely lacking. I’ve only read a couple of books on the subject and didn’t understand quite a bit.
Quite possibly. We still do not fully understand why matter dominates, when the equations imply that both should be created in equal amounts.
However, I think the explanation lies with gravity having more of an influence than theory currently predicts. Obviously, that structure was built by gravity.
Boxturtle (Or by God waving his hand. Or by the FSM tying things together with a noodle)
I hereby theorize that a super-gravitational noodle is at the heart of all Quasars.
Universe explained.
Good! Now if enough folks here subscribe, we could have even more discussions! Maybe even some of the folks from FermiLab involved, assuming they have the time.
I would like that!
Noodles, like superstrings, perhaps.
Another believer in String Theory!
Boxturtle (Would that not make Quasars meatballs?)
Argh! beat me by two minutes. Looks like I owe you a drink.
Boxturtle (imagine two pastafarian scientists talking drunk at a bar!)
The Old Testament FSM went around overcooking them whenever we got irreverent.
Ah. then the gravy would be the dark matter!
Let’s do it!
The new Fermilab Today is up.
You are an old codger — and so am I!! There is nothing so lovely here in Indiana. But I remember hiking in the foothills of the Maroon Bells and taking three steps, stopping to pant and wheeze, taking three more steps, stopping again to pant and wheeze, etc. And I was nearly 15 years younger then!
Thanks Boxed One,
Excellent post, I look forward to Monday mornings more than ever. Long check list to work through, coffee break and first reading of things here.
Yeah, I do that too. I am on a self-imposed regimen of Nattokinase to keep the arteries open. Goes a long way to minimize the wheezing.
I probably wasn’t in the good physical shape I’m in now (despite being 70), with my bike riding, but I think it was the altitude more than anything. It was a side trip from a week in Breckenridge, CO with friends, and I even got winded just walking around town. I understand your body gets accustomed to the altitude.
It’s also the change to uphill/downhill stride. I can walk for hours without getting winded as long as it’s a flat walkway/beach. Start up a hill, and I have to struggle with breathing. No, I don’t smoke.
A good idea. I had a relative who worked either at Hanford or very near to the site, who passed away with something like three kinds of cancer.
Oh, Kris! You-hooo. You got you another Niner fan here!
:) We’ll see what happens on Saturday. I’m thinking a 10 point win for the 9ers.
I am aware of the high altitude thingy. Several years ago, I was at pass level on the Trail Ridge road in Rocky Mountain NP, over 12,000 ‘. Walking from the car to a vantage point with my camera on a tripod (Hasselblad with a long lens…heavy!)I was amazed at how out of shape I was. And this was after being acclimatized first at about 5300′!
When I got back to PDX, I ran around like I had lungs of a teenager…for approx 3 days.
Here is a good technique. When you feel like not enough oxygen, take a deep breath, hold it like you are blowing up a balloon, which expands little crevices in the lungs,exhale deeply to clear out the CO2, repeat then walk on invigorated.
Morning, pups! Excellent links, BoxTurtle. I heard something about the giant squid on the radio this weekend. How exciting to still be discovering new critters we humans knew nothing about.
I’ve got a webinar starting on the hour, so must finish setting up without reading all the comments, and don’t have time to run down a link, but:
I think I recall reading that the “milk cliff” had been solved; a partial farm bill was approved after Christmas, I think. Can’t swear to it. If I had more time I’d track down what I think I read.
So, milk is supposedly not going to triple in price.
BBL–actual work to do today, in addition to the webinar.
Yes, the milk price support part of the Ag bill was approved, just before the later arrangement came up that did raise taxes on over $400K earners.
Ah, thanks, Ruth! Good to know I didn’t imagine that.
My webinar was excellent…a little scary, and convinced me that I can’t afford to put all my legal docs in the cloud yet because I can’t afford the due diligence to make sure the service providers are securing the data properly, and can be trusted to maintain confidentiality, that I can retrieve data in case of trouble, etc., etc.
However, I did learn that it’s easy to encrypt pdf’s and even Word docs for transmission, so at least I can do that for now.
And yes, lawyers do have a duty to keep up (reasonably) with technology, though not at an expert level. Whew.
Sadly, it means reading, and re-reading, those service level Terms of Service very carefully. Oh, joy.
And now back to the telephone.
The Giant Squid isn’t the largest squid. The colossal squid is larger.
Some people think that Microbots are really small. But actually, Eentsybots – the ones that build one-atom-thick wires, atom by atom – Eentsybots are really a lot smaller that your run of the mill Microbots.