Update on the Bees

Cell phones are not the problem. read the article here.

Thanks again media, always willing to distort the truth to make a good story, it's so nice that they'll go out of there way like that......

I read another article that makes me feel a bit better about honey, I guess we import a ton of it so prices shouldn't actually go up too much this summer, however that's just honey.

Tagged

I don't play these games but I haven't blogged in a while so I will.

1. I don't have favourites like most people have favourites, ex. I don't get excited over certain colors, foods, places, smells, etc.

2. I've been playing LOTRO (Lord Of The Rings Online) it was free open Beta for the last month, it ends in 1 day :-(

3. I don't Like Jeans, specifically I don't like the way they feel. Ive owned prob 1 pair of jeans since 2000

4. I am not a decisive decision maker, unless of course your willing to wait......

5. I do get excited about Heroes - the TV show, starts again tonight !!!!! :-)

6. I like to watch the TV show Lost because it's so messed up. 3 seasons and no one knows what the H.... is going on. (BTW I missed last weeks, so don't spoil it)

7. If I start watching something I have to finish it, worst movies ever, chick flicks, it doesn't matter if I watch the first couple minutes, its over.

Tagged
Bilbo
Frodo
Legoals
Gimli
Sauron
Gollum
Gandalf

Yea I'm a geek, get over it.

Thoughts on Getting Real

Getting Real is a Post on Treehugger that I read today, and it made me think... go off on several tangents and eventually write the following post/rant. Read the article and comments first as it will make much more sense once you do.

My first thought was about the media and how they really really do influence how we feel towards anything, I never used to think they had there marketing powers over me, however I realize that watching the news in the first place allows them to tell me what the news is, not whats really going on, but what they decide to tell me and how they decide to tell me it.

If people realize that the media is deceitful, misleading, misdirecting etc. would people watch news based solely on the truth, could they handle it, or would it even be good for us to be aware of how horrible life really is. Would it make us rise to action? or would it make us sink into despair?

Why do I actually wish in the back of my mind that the world just come to a crashing end? It seems somewhat comforting that all my woes may finally be over, even if that means that billions die and the second coming is upon us. I would for some reason deal with all the trials that we know of during the second coming, then willfully deal with global warming. I imagine that many people feel this way, even though there is much more proof that global warming will be a problem before the second coming (that is to say that there is proof of when the second coming will happen).

Then there's marching down to city hall, which probably wouldn't accomplish much anyway, all that time and energy should be focused elsewhere, pull up your bootstraps (myself included) and do what you know you can, since really what would be written on your banner anyway?

People have the power, how we use, or don't use that power ultimately decides the outcome of our society. Sometimes I think we just forget that the world revolves around money and wherever we put our money is how it revolves. Businesses cannot succeed if no one buys there product, the Hummer after all, would still be a military vehicle if no one bought it.

Since banging down the political doorway is not the answer, what is? I think there's not an answer per say, but that if we want change then we can drive that change from our pocketbooks.

In fact an interesting quote from "The Corporation" a movie I think very interesting and should be watched by all, says "the corporation is legally bound to put its bottom line ahead of everything else, even the public good". besides the public good thing (which is an entirely different topic), its important to note that if we, can change the bottom line, than legally the corporation must change in order to improve its bottom line.

Science Quiz

found this quiz linked off of realclimate.org, it's actually pretty hard, it took me almost 48 minutes to complete and got only 70% on stuff that I should probably know. however there were at least 2 questions I knew the answer to, but put the opposite because of the phrasing of the question.

check it out here

1 more day?

1 more day is all I have left..... or not. It seems that just as I am about to be done with this contract, they are about 2 days away from actually needing me, hmmmm... not sure if they are willing to spend that much again on me, but who knows. I'm not even sure I'm excited about staying on longer, I mean except for the pay, I have been extremely bored playing online games and reading blogs for almost 6 of the 8 hrs I'm here, and, it's been condoned every time.

I should find out later on today wether or not there gonna keep me around for a while. stay tuned....

** I left early, but still it doesn't look like I will be continuing on.

*** Nope it's back to babies and diapers for me.

Colony Collapse Disorder

In case you haven't been in the loop about this problem, it's still getting worse. Bees are dying in LARGE numbers and for unknown reasons. They have theories about what may be going on but essentially all they know is that Honey bees are dying by the colony in matters of days, one day they're all where there supposed to be and the next they're gone, workers, larvae and queen all dead and missing. The bees that have been found are apparently riddled with disease which is why they are assuming some sort of immune deficiency, allowing the bees to become infected with pretty well all known Bee diseases, at once.

I bring this up today because I came across another article about the 'Colony Collapse Disorder', however this one is from Europe, where they are experiencing the same thing, link to that article here.

In case you don't bother to read the article, one thing that struck me was a quote by Albert Einstein that reads “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.”

In other articles they have mentioned that 1 of every 3 bites of food we take is dependant upon a Bees pollination.

Although I don't claim to understand Stocks, I think it a fair assumption that certain foods that are almost 100% pollinated by Bees are gonna change in price pretty dramatically, Almonds for one and apples another that I know of. However if we have no bees, Lets just say it would be the least of our worries.

other recent articles of interest on 'Colony Collapse Disorder', of course a google search would turn up 1000's more

Also from Celsias
KSL News
http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2007/03/29/sparta_independent/news/26.txt

5 Things I want and Can't afford

1. Land - Specifically though close to the mountains, south-ish facing hillside, Stream or more preferably river running through my property, Lots of Trees, also lots of open space as well, 10 Acre Minimum, absolutely no Drilled wells (Oil, H2S, etc.) even close to my land or potentially affecting the water table or Earth under foot, other then that I won't be too picky.
2. An Earthship Home - 3 Level Split, 2 levels partially exposed, 1 buried into the hillside. And all the goodies that go with a house like this. At least that's my vision of it right now.
3. All the Alternative energy Equipment I can get my hands onto, ie. Wind, Hydro, PV, Batteries, Inverters, etc.
4. Electric Car - Right now it would be the Tesla Roadster, but if I was on my Land I would get me a SUT from Phoenix Motorcars
5. Lot's of money ( don't really care how I get it ) so I Can afford all this stuff.