Halibut Herald March 12

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ALIBUT HERALDMarch 12, 2009

Bits and Bites

Robots!Robotic systemscontinue to evolve,slowly penetratingmany areas of ourlives, frommanufacturing,medicine andremote explorationto entertainment,security andpersonal assistance.Developers in Japanare currently buildingrobots to assist theelderly, while NASA

develops the nextgeneration of spaceexplorers, and artistsare exploring newavenues ofentertainment

TOP: Mentalcommitment roboticbaby seals named"Paro" arerecharged at robotexhibition RoboJapan 2008 inYokohama, Friday,Oct. 10, 2008. The350,000 yen(US$3,480) Paro, acooing baby harpseal robot fitted withsensors beneath itsfur and whiskers, isdeveloped byJapan's IntelligentSystem Co, tosoothe patients inhospitals andnursing homes. (APPhoto/Itsuo Inouye) BOTTOM: Abiomimeticunderwater robot,named"RoboLobster",designed byProfessor JosephAyers, is seen, Aug.

17, 2007, in Nahant, Massachusetts. RoboLobster is intended to be used to recognize changes in seawater and tolocate and destroy underwater mines. (Robert Spencer)MORE PHOTOS: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/robots.html


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Cycling into the Future: Concept Bicycles

Top to bottom, left to right: Josef Cadek Locust Bicycle, Di-Cycle Goes Over Both Water and Land, Rotation

Folding Bike, Sideways Bike, One Folding Bicycle by Thomas Owen, The Shift Bicycle, Eco-Friendly and AdaptableVersabike, Square-Wheeled BicycleREAD ON & SEE MORE BIKES: http://weburbanist.com/2009/03/03/futuristic-strange-concept-bicycles-designs/

Cruising for a Cause As Hugh Patterson, Ryan Robertson, and Bryson Robertson began to

learn these horrific facts while living in Vancouver, Canada, they got an idea.What if they took a few years off to sail around the world? While they were atit, why not sail for a cause? As the wheels began to turn, they wrote, Beforesettling downwhy not go out with a noble cause, on a bold and ambitiousmission of education to make a difference in the world by addressing aserious issue? Well, why not?

So they began their journey. They created a website, oceangybe.com, andpooled their money to outfit Khulula , their Tradewinds T40. They set off fromLa Paz, Mexico, in July 2007 in search of gnarly waves, new people, anddirty, dirty seas.

What they found was astonishing.Only two years into their three-year journey,these surfer/sailors have already realized that ocean pollution is far worsethan they imagined. In Indonesia, Bryson said, villagers walk down to thebeach at low tide, deposit their daily refuse and wait for the tide to take itaway. Ryan explained this as a prime example of cultural lag becausewhile the local habits have not changed for generations, the nature of theirwaste has. Historically, the trash was coconut husks, bamboo, and banana

leaves, now it is plastic and polystyrene, explained Ryan, but unfortunately they still get rid of it the same way. In


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All they saw was a stick, stuck in sand, with a small ropeleading away from it, into the water. Elson walked up to thestick and was amazed to find the smallest whale shark hehad ever seen a mere 15 inches long!

READ ON:http://www.wwf.org.ph/newsfacts.php?pg=det&id=144#

Cocos Keeling Island in the mid-Indian Ocean, hermit crabs made their homes in washed-up film canisters and thegarbage was ankle-deep. In a 10-meter area alone, the crew picked up over 300 sandals and 150 water bottles.READ FULL ARTICLE: http://sailmagazine.com/cruising/destinations/cruising_for_a_cause/index.aspx FOLLOW KHULULAS JOURNEY: http://www.oceangybe.com/

Aurora Poses During a Show for our own Chef de Partie, Dawn Sayers

Smallest Whale Shark Rescued in

Sorsogon (My Mamas Home Province inthe Philippines )

Mosha Outfitted with Prosthetic Leg

This Asian elephant, Mosha, was outfitted with aprosthetic leg after losing hers to a landmine on theThai-Burmese border at the tender age of sevenmonths old. She was taken in by the Friends of theAsian Elephant hospital in Lampang, Thailand and in2007, became the first elephant ever to receive aprosthetic leg.READ ON & WATCH VIDEO:http://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/2009/03/mosha_ outfitted_with_prostheti.php


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NEAQs Octopus Video is Tops!

As part of the New England Aquarium's "Killer Instincts" program, aquaristBill Murphy interacts with a "friendly" giant Pacific Octopus.

New England Aquarium 1970s Commercial*Gotta Love Old Marketing Tactics* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddBt5p-Uqew

Make Your TV TwitterThe folks over at Make Magazine have constructed a way to make the Kill-A-Watt(energy consumption monitor) twitter. Twitter, if youre not familiar, is like blogging inhaiku.READ ON: http://magblog.audubon.org/node/338

Carcinogens Found in Baby Bath ProductsOf the 48 kids' products tested for 1,4-dioxane, 67 percent showed uppositive. The lab also uncovered the presence of formaldehyde in 82 percent

of the 28 products it tested. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/03/carcinogens-in-baby-products.php

Ceramic Water Filters Win IWA Award for Cambodia Developed in a joint effort between UNICEF and the WSP, these ceramicwater filters rely upon porous ceramic (fired clay) to filter microbes or othercontaminants from drinking water.READ ON: http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/03/09/ceramic-water-filters-win-iwa-award-for-cambodia/

Intro to Plastic Smithing

How to make really good hard plastic while reusing and recycling plastic bags at home! Via this method, you canmake ANYTHING you want to, out of hard, lightweight, real plastic that's astoundingly durable. It comes out verysimilar in texture to recycled plastic lumber.READ ON: http://www.instructables.com/id/HomemadePlastic/

Holi: The Festival of Colors

SEE PHOTOS OF NEAQS OCTOPUS FIT IN A 15 BOX:http://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/2009/03/8_foot_octopus_15_inch_box.phpWATCH VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6DWQZkgiaU

What do you get if you mix millions of South Asians around theworld, tons of powdered colors and many liters of water? Right Holi, the Festival of Colors! This spring festival is celebrated onthe first full moon in March, so this year, Holi falls today on March11. Though its not the same as being in India and celebratingwith everyone, see the Holi madness in pictures.READ ON & MORE PICS:http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/holi-festival-colors/8708


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Archival Photo

In honour of his recent birthday, a shot of Dr. Murray Newman & Jane vanRoggen shot by Wendy Bradley, 1986.

Library News

New! Book! Review!* If you have read a book or watched a movie in the library collection lately,wed love to have your review. Please contact Dawn Bassett for more information.

The Sensuous Seas : tales of a marine biologist by Eugene H.KaplanThe feeding and mating habits of some of the ocean's strangest creatures is thesubject of these 31 entertaining essays by ecologist Kaplan. He introduces eachchapter with a story dramatizing the factual informationsuch as the tale of hispainful encounter with the tentacles of a Portuguese man o' warbut theinducement is unnecessary, as the biology is fascinating in its own right. Thisbook spells out, the mysteries, the drama and the variations in the day-to-daylives of organisms in the sea

For example, he tells of the Pearlfish, which lives inside the five toothed sea


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cucumber. Dracula-like, it emerges only at night to feed. At dawns first ray, it finds an anus any anus will do andwaits for the cucumber to exhale. It then darts in, pointed tail first.

All combined, Kaplan's writing appeals to the story lover, the scientist and anyone who just wants to know how crabsget it on.

Vicki Booth is a wife, mom and librarian. She has been volunteering at the Aquarium since 2006 in the Spineless Wonders program

New Movies:Charles Darwin: Genuis - BiographyDarwins Nightmare Documentary about the Nile perch in Lake VictoriaEarth Cinema Circle Volume Includes the following documentaries and short films:

Peoples Grocery, Trashed, Saba and the Rhinos Secret , and Renewal Rivers and Tides Andy GoldsworthyThe 11 th Hour: Turn Mankinds Darkest Hour into its Finest Window to the Sea Stories from four of North Americas greatest aquariums:

Monterey Bay, New England Aquarium, Shedd Aquarium and Waikiki Aquarium

New Books:A Good Catch: Sustainable Seafood Recipes from Canadas Top Chefs by Jill LambertEssentials of Supervising and Managing Volunteers by Stevenson IncGetting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David AllenHistorical Atlas of the Arctic by Derek HayesMarine Fish and Invertebrates of Northern Europe by Frank E. Moen and Erling SvensenNot One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill by Riki OttSea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis by Alanna MitchellSnakebit: Confessions of a Herpetologist by Leslie AnthonyState of the Worlds Oceans by Michelle AllsopStrategic Communications for Nonprofit Organizations: Seven Steps to Creating a Succesful Plan by Sally J.Patterson and Janel M. RadkeSustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity edited by Eric Chivian and Aaron BernsteinThe Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World by Robert McGheeWho Moved my Cheese by Spencer Johnson

Green News Cut your (meat) carbon

Looking for ways to reduce your carbon footprint? Did you know that ~ 30% of global greenhouse gas (GHG)emissions come from food production?

Here are the facts: Roughly 50% of GHG emissions due to human diets comes from meat (though Beef is in a class by itself) GHG emissions from meat production broken down:

o 78% comes from beef (30% of industrial worlds meat consumption)o 14% = pork (38% of consumption)o 8% = chicken (32% of consumption)

Comparing CO2 emissions generated from food production:o One kg of beef served = 19 kg of CO2 generated!o One kg of pork served = 4.25 kg of CO2 generatedo One kg of potatoes = just 280 grams CO2 generated

How do you reduce your impact? Eat a healthy balanced diet, with a minimum amount of processed food, Eat a moderate amount of dairy and meat (or better, go vegetarian, for most of your meals), Eat more whole grains and veggies, and Eat local! (check out www.eatlocal.org )


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Want more information? Check out these articles:

AAAs: Climate-Friendly Dining... Meats: The Carbon Footprints of Raising Livestock for Foodhttp://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/40934/title/AAAS_Climate-friendly_dining_%E2%80%A6_meats Its the Meat Not the Miles: Diet Substance Has a Greater Impact than Diet Origin on Greenhouse GasEmissions http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/31673/title/It%E2%80%99s_the_meat_not_the_miles

Maze of livestock pens & walkways at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1947SOURCE: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Livestock_chicago_1947.jpg

40% of World's Electricity Will Come From Wind and Solar Power by 2050,With Proper Supporthttp://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/03/40-percent-worlds-electricity-will-come-from-wind-power-solar-power-by-2050.php

Amount of Space Required to

Transport People by Car, Bus, orBicycleAnd That's Just Space... They say an image is worth a thousand words. Inthis case, it really is. You can write about urbanplanning and air pollution and traffic congestion, butthe three photos above show you at a glance thedifference between these three means oftransportation. And space isn't everything: Cars alsocost more money, pollute more, increase risks ofobesity and all kinds of diseases, etc. READ ON:http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/03/space-required-cars-bus-bicycles-image-poster-photos.php


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EventsDesign the Next Vancouver

'FormShift Vancouver' contest invites new ideas for a vibrant, greener,denser city. A new competition invites the world to help Vancouver imagine itself as notonly a denser city, but one more green, livable and exciting to the eye.

And though the contest welcomes entries from the best architects in B.C. and

beyond, you don't have to be in the business of designing buildings orneighbourhoods to enter and win.READ ON:

CONTEST DETAILS: http://formshiftvancouver.com/

http://thetyee.ca/News/2009/02/23/FormShift/?utm_source=mondayheadlines&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=230209


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LAST WEEK TO ENJOY!!! Mt. Seymour Girls Ride FREE*

More excitingevents here:

http://www.vanevo.ca/events01.html

Check outvideos of pastlectures here:http://www.sfu.ca/cstudies/science/darwin.htm


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For anyone who cares about theenvironment, appreciates art,enjoys a good party and loveslooking good..

Energy Awareness Through Art(eatART) is throwing a family-friendly fundraiser at theirspace.

The Hangar at 577 GreatNorthern Way.

Entrance by donation(suggested $5-10) Members getin free.

Date: Mar 14 - Mar 14Location: Vancouver


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