Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Radiation biology, "news" and the Fwench.............from Rico
Japanese Government and media reporting about "millisieverts" prompted me to ask wtf is a 'millisievert?' of myself.
- My ongoing ignorance giving me some cause for concern.
For example, I read today that a radiation exposure of 100 mSv (millisieverts=mSv) per year can cause cancer, and that 400 mSv per hour are being recorded at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Gibberish to me, and possibly rendering even the dubious journalism/reporting on Japan's radiation 'problem' obtuse, opaque, and meaningless gibberish to many others who are more conversant with the traditional Western units of measurement.
- Also, the words "obtuse, opaque and meaningless" made me think of the Fwench.
In the anglophile world (at least in the US and Australia at present) we STILL use 'curies, rads, roentgen and rem' as units of radiation measurement, BUT......
those oh-so-continental Fwench and the "metric" crowd have a 'new' (at least to me 'new') metric system of 'grays' and 'sieverts' to replace 'rads' and 'rems' [I must admit here I still find it easier to 'think' in terms of yards and gallons than I do in meters and liters].
Called the "Systeme' International" I completely blame the Fwench for this "metric' nonsense re: radiation measurement!
OK, so I still 'think' in terms of 'rads' for example.
>100 rads=radiation sickness
>250 rads=hemopoietic failure
>250-450 rads=LD (lethal dose) for 50% of the population
So, WHAT do millisieverts (mSv) mean exactly? I've attached the scan of a printout of mSv exposure levels. Skipping the details and the MEGO (my eyes glaze over):
>1,000 mSv=radiation sickness and 4,500 mSv=LD
That puts the above reporting of 100 mSv and 400 mSv into perspective THIS dumkopf can unnerstand.
- Gee, thanks MEDIA and thanks FWENCH for making this so clear!!!! Love 'ya!
SENDAI, Japan (March 12, 2011) An SH-60B helicopter assigned to the Chargers of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron (HS) 14 from Naval Air Facility Atsugi flies over the city of Sendai to deliver more than 1,500 pounds of food to survivors of an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and a tsunami. The citizens of Ebina City, Japan, donated the food, and HS-14 is supporting earthquake and tsunami relief operations in Japan as directed. (U.S. Navy photo)
H/T Marc
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
The Paleostinians..........by Dan Friedman
It’s time Jews stopped asking Jew-killing animals to act like human beings. Better to understand the breed and act accordingly. Giving them Jewish land to roam while arming them with weapons and three-piece suits only provides camouflage and opportunities to get close to us and move in for the kill. The slaughter of the Fogel family (OBM) while they were fast asleep on Shabbat is a microcosmic warning to Israel of bigger things to come if we give Paleostinians a “Palestinian” state. Surely, the tiny Jewish Nation which seeds the world with men and women of the arts and sciences who routinely unravel nature’s deepest mysteries can find a better solution for national salvation than that.
Dan Friedman
NYC
Movie Review: Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
Short Review: They were going to make Battle: Berkley, but then they figured no one would be able to tell which one's were the freaks from another world.
Full Review Here
News...........
Global warming not so alarming
14 Hours, 29 Minutes, 49 Seconds Of Democrat Sacrifice
SECDEF goes Air-Sea?
Happy in their Work
Britain won't scrap spy planes
Curiouser and curiouser...
Obama did not read Roosevelt
Spider-Man debut sells for $1.49m
Dutch flock to royal garage sale
Healthy diet of Russian cosmonauts ruins NASA's space toilets
The Ultimate Anti-Bullying PSA: Kid Fights Back With Devastating Body Slam
Time to call in Mad Max! Libyan rebels resemble iconic 70s film scene starring Mel Gibson
Saudi troops head to Bahrain to quell protests
Libya: David Cameron warns time is running out to stop Gaddafi
Russian bomb squad called in to defuse sex toy
61 pirates seized in Arabian Sea
Why is there no looting in Japan?
Jeremy Clarkson 'in altercation with fan'
The West's Nightmare: Europe's Leaders Fear Libya Could Become Next Afghanistan
Despite Contamination, U.S. Navy Continues Aid Missions in Japan
Glossy 'Jihad Cosmo' combines beauty tips with suicide bombing advice
and finally..........
20 Awesome Movie Posters of 2010
9 types of people you will meet in a casino
Planes TV: O'Brien's Flying Circus
Renowned aviator and airshow commentator Brendan O'Brien has formed his own Flying Circus
How things seem to............from Rico
This just seems to be how things work, how the World works...
- The Antonine Plague coincided with a major turning-point in the Roman Empire.
- Major sovereign debt defaults were followed by the Black Plague.
- WWI was followed by the 1918 Flu pandemic.
- The Great Depression was made even worse by the Great Dustbowl.
And now?
- What will follow the current sovereign (and municipal) global debt crises? What?
Monday, 14 March 2011
Fiddlin'
submitted by the fiddleteers at GrEaT sAtAn"S gIrLfRiEnD
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