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Freakonomics Radio: You eat what you are 1 and 2
Taoism argues that there is a natural order in the world that determines the behavior of all things in existence. Early Taoist thinkers believed in the “oneness” of things the unity of everything in the universe and hoped that by studying the world of nature they would discover essential laws.
This attention to the spirit of things particularly naturally occurring phenomena like water or wind lend Taoists into a systematic investigation that became the beginning of science in China. Later on Taoism operated on a more popular level the belief that inanimate objects had their own spirit or god gave rise to a system of warship designed to appease these power which was far removed from the early Taoist principles.
– From Ancient cultures: Chinese gods and myths
Show notes:
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Segment 1: The current state of Kathleen’s religious beliefs subject to change at my time without notice.
Segment 2: Holidays! Can’t we all just get along?
Segment 3: Fluvial systems! The super short version
Meandering River
Braided River
Segment 4: Control of Nature by John McPhee: wrapping up Atchafalaya and introducing cooling the lava
CONTEST to win one of these:
next episode discussion questions will be out, to enter answer them along with the following question:
– What famous hollywood moving has a scene based on the events from Cooling the Lava?
– What is the name of the movie and what is the scene?
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Season 2 Episode 2 – Sumatra M8.6 and some other stuff!
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Show Notes: Sorry everyone! I am coming down with a cold and was SUPER tired when I recorded! That aside I still hope you enjoy the show!
Sumatra Quake USGS page: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2012/usc000905e/ Strike Slip Focal Mechanism
Normal Fault Focal Mechanism
Thrust Fault Focal Mechanism
NPR story page: http://www.npr.org/2012/04/11/150440356/quakes-caused-by-waste-from-gas-wells-study-finds
Say hi to Kate: @AnthroKate
Seismoscope from China: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/eqmonitoring/eq-mon-6.php#earliest
Control of Nature on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/The-Control-Nature-John-McPhee/dp/0374522596
Questions:
– Old River Control Structure:
Sumatra Quake USGS page: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2012/usc000905e/ Strike Slip Focal Mechanism
Normal Fault Focal Mechanism
Thrust Fault Focal Mechanism
NPR story page: http://www.npr.org/2012/04/11/150440356/quakes-caused-by-waste-from-gas-wells-study-finds
Say hi to Kate: @AnthroKate
Seismoscope from China: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/eqmonitoring/eq-mon-6.php#earliest
Control of Nature on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/The-Control-Nature-John-McPhee/dp/0374522596
Questions:
– Old River Control Structure:
Lat: 31° 4’35.86″N
Long: 91°35’51.70″W
Questions:
– Before you read this section, did you have any thoughts or feelings about flood control systems and has that changed since you read this section? How about on the Mississippi?
– What are your feelings on the fact that we are keeping the Mississippi River in its current bed and not letting it migrate across the delta?
– What is the closest river or stream to where you live? Are there any man made modifications to it? How do you feel about it?
– What factors along the drainage and path of the Mississippi river have changed since the water flux for the Project Flood was calculated that add to the increase in flux of water through the lower Mississippi during high stands?
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This is the first episode for Season 2 (the season of slightly organized chaos)
of the Borealis Meditation Podcast
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The Main topic of this episode was Sonification of Data
The first featured data set was the 2011 earthquake catalog of events over Magnitude 4.5
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwWn_W6ZbT4]
the audio segment I shared was from Feb 1 – April 15
Question 1) What can you hear about the change in world wide earthquakes after the Tohoku earthquake? What can you hear that might be hard to see in the data set if you were to pause the video on April 15th?
The next featured data set was star oscillations by the artist Jeff Talman. I played a segment of his piece Nature of the night sky (2011)
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Here are the stars used and my brief descriptions.
KIC 7457184
KIC 2424822
KIC 6928997
KIC 8366239
KIC 6802438
KIC 11026764
KIC 9139151
Nu Indi – is a tight binary system. A blue-white +6.0 magnitude star is separated from a +6.1 magnitude yellowish-white star by only 0.1 seconds of arc.
Eta Bootis – a star in the conetallation Bootis and also has the traditional names of Muphrid and Saak
Procyon – brightest star in the constellation canis minor and is the seventh brightest star in the night sky
Mu Herculis – in the constellation Hercules and is in a system about 27.1 light years from earth
Beta Virginis – is a star in the constellation of virgo and has a traditional name of Zavihava and alaraph, it is the fifth star in order of brightness
49933 – a solar like star that is located about 98 light years from the sun in the constellation Monoceros the Unicorn
Alpha Centari B – brightest star in the constellation of Centaurus, it is a binary star system and only B was used in this recording
Tau Ceti – in the constellation Cetus and specrtally similar to the sun, centus is a sea monster in greek mythology and it is also often called the whale today
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The Control of Nature by John McPhee (link to amazon but go to a local bookstore!)
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