Colossal Squid Thaw to Be Webcast Live

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:51:25 GMT

clipped by: tabsey
clipper's remarks: Webcast

Enjoy live video from the tank and dissection room. We are trying to make sure we record when the scientists lay out the squid for display so that Northern Hemisphere people can catch up on what has happened.

> Wide angle camera
http://www.r2.co.nz/20080427/camera-4.asx

> Dissection table
http://www.r2.co.nz/20080427/camera-2.asx

> Thawing bath - fixed camera
http://www.r2.co.nz/20080427/camera-3.asx

> Thawing bath - scanning camera
http://www.r2.co.nz/20080427/camera-1.asx

> Rotating view - switches between cameras every 30 seconds
http://www.r2.co.nz/20080427/rotate-1.asx

> 4 cameras on the same page
You will need a broadband connection to view this page. Be aware that this page is sending a lot of data and will increase your data usage.10 minutes is around 75 MB. http://www.r2.co.nz/20080427/matrix.htm

The webcast is best viewed in Windows Media Player, Real Player or Mplayer under Linux or Os-X. Totem and VideoLan also work well. Apple users

Clip Source: dsc.discovery.com

April 29, 2008 -- Marine scientists in New Zealand on Tuesday were thawing the corpse of the largest squid ever caught to try to unlock the secrets of one of the ocean's most mysterious beasts.

No one has ever seen a living, grown colossal squid in its natural deep ocean habitat, and scientists hope their examination of the 1,089-pound, 26-foot long colossal squid, set to begin Wednesday, will help determine how the creatures live. The thawing and examination are being broadcast live on the Internet.

The squid, which was caught accidentally by fishermen last year, was removed from its freezer Monday and put into a tank filled with saline solution. Ice was added to the tank Tuesday to slow the thawing process so the outer flesh wouldn't rot, said Carol Diebel, director of natural environment at New Zealand's national museum, Te Papa Tongarewa.

The Discovery Channel is producing a new documentary about the squid, in cooperation with the museum.

Tags: science

Half of Vets Suffering Brain and Mind Injuries Go Untreated, but Pentagon Pretends Nothing's Going O

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:06:07 GMT

clipped by: tabsey
clipper's remarks: It's been left up to Lt. Col. Steven Pflanz, the senior psychiatry policy analyst for the Air Force surgeon general, to report on the mental healthcare practices that have been developed for those on active duty. Kerry Knox, director of the VA's Center for Excellence on Suicide Prevention, was scheduled to share with him these introductory remarks, but is not in attendance. Apologies are made, but no one mentions how obviously difficult it would be for her to get into the self-congratulatory HOOAH! spirit of this conference when her boss just got busted big time for hiding VA suicide statistics, not just to the media but to Congress as well.

Clip Source: www.truthout.org

An activist travels to the DoD's annual suicide prevention conference, only to find the military brass living in a parallel universe.

The silverbacks are grooming and posturing at the microphones.

Camo and khaki, wall to wall. Bob Ireland, an Air Force psychiatrist and consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General, welcomes the audience to the Department of Defense's sixth annual Suicide Prevention Conference and makes jokes about how suicide prevention has been the DoD's bastard child, homeless and parentless.

In January 2008, the child nobody wanted finally managed to find a home. The Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury assumed responsibility for an issue and an injury that the military has hidden and denied for generations.

Tags: maltreatment, doesn't, count, as, help

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Colossal Squid Thaw to Be Webcast Live

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