Filed under: Probability
I heard recently one of my constituents decision to shave his head in Obama wins, due to the fact that the beat was made in favor of McCain. You figured the odds of probability, and how races we have become, by noticing early prediction of the outcome of the elections, compare with the actual numbers after Nov 2nd, 2008
Look a this graph carefully and consider the odds, who would you bet for, and what would you bet?
Oct 28 Yahoo prediction of the final race
Filed under: extinct
Union Valley Reservoir is a public land area and El Dorado National Forest, maintained by the USDA Forest Service.
The forest area for this study is located in the foot of the California Sierra, inside public land of El Dorado National Forest, surrounding Union Valley Reservoir. The area of the study is a 40 square mile area designed as public land, to the west of Union Valley Reservoir.
Objective: to expose private owners clear cutting on the public land and report to the government, EPA, the Sierra Club so they can pressure to implement Sustainable Forestry practices.
This study corresponded to superimposing a map from the National Atlas of the US, which clearly shows the public land, and private land demarcations, and by noticing that the public land in question, has been eroded due to clear cutting.
El Dorado National Forest Map
El Dorado National Forest showing clear cutting
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&ll=38.907064,-120.397797&spn=0.341432,0.480652&z=11&msid=114551097380186191855.00045a902066934757372
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/eldorado/recreation/dev-camp/union/
west of lake tahoe, California
over a google earth shot, to find out that clear cutting is going on in the public side of Union Valley Reservoir, and between the reservoir and Loon Lake, West site of Lake Tahoe, in California.
impose map + google earth
10 miles marker inside park area:
west side of Union Valley Reservoir
Google earth shot, showing 40miles square area:
Union Valley Reservoir
Close up of the lake region that has been sacked and clear cut:
Union Valley Northern area
Background:
California old growth forest has been reduce to 3% left!
CHICAGO – A World War II-era air traffic network that often forces planes to take longer, zigzagging routes is costing U.S. airlines billions of dollars in wasted fuel while an upgrade to a satellite-based system has languished in the planning stages for more than a decade.
The $35 billion plan would replace the current radar system with the kind of GPS technology that has become commonplace in cars and cell phones. Supporters say it would triple air traffic capacity, reduce delays by at least half, improve safety and curb greenhouse gas emissions.
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