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Sep 24, 2015
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this is a cicada hawk. this thing feeds are regular cicadas. check this out. notice the cicada she's dragging around, that is her prey. this is something that typically happens. she's dragging this thing back to her nest so when her eggs hatch, they can feed on it. the problem is this nest is underneath the porch. she can't fit the bug through there. look how many bugs are stuck in the deck. i would have look at my deck saying how are they ending up right here? i never would have known that the cicada hawk tried to bring it back and got it stuck. >>> it's giveaway time again. we're giving away an ipad mini. >> to enter you're going to need tuesday's buzzword, be at least 18 years old and a legal u.s. resident. stand by, everyone with fthe "rtm" giveaway. >>> that moment you're on the plane all geared up for your skydive just like these guys, but of course -- >> there it is. wait for that shoe to drop. give it to me. i'm waiting patiently. >> what's the hook? >> there is no hook. >> day four, charity already knows there's a hook. >> this skydiver tries to make
this is a cicada hawk. this thing feeds are regular cicadas. check this out. notice the cicada she's dragging around, that is her prey. this is something that typically happens. she's dragging this thing back to her nest so when her eggs hatch, they can feed on it. the problem is this nest is underneath the porch. she can't fit the bug through there. look how many bugs are stuck in the deck. i would have look at my deck saying how are they ending up right here? i never would have known that the...
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Sep 7, 2015
09/15
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. >> people here tell us that when the atomic bomb dropped on this city 70 years ago, even the cicadas chirping in the trees around me fell silent. japan remains the only country to have been attacked by nuclear bombs but in the years that followed, it embraced nuclear energy more than others. harry fawcett reports on how a population recovering from a nuclear strike has been able to separate nuclear energy from nuclear weapons. >> 70 years ago nagasaki became the site of the world's second nuclear attack. with two cities in radioactive ruins, japan's government made plans for surrender. 70 years on, nagasaki's recovery mirrors japan's remarkable transformation. one that saw its leaders embrace the technology that had defeated the country - to help power its resurgence. >> because japan had suffered from nuclear bombing, so we have a right - they say - to promote and change the possibility of atomic energy. >> it was a policy that coincided with us president dwight eisenhower's "atoms for peace" initiative - with promotional exhibitions across japan. but the sales pitch was made harder
. >> people here tell us that when the atomic bomb dropped on this city 70 years ago, even the cicadas chirping in the trees around me fell silent. japan remains the only country to have been attacked by nuclear bombs but in the years that followed, it embraced nuclear energy more than others. harry fawcett reports on how a population recovering from a nuclear strike has been able to separate nuclear energy from nuclear weapons. >> 70 years ago nagasaki became the site of the...
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Sep 1, 2015
09/15
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. >> cicadas. >> what is the significance? >> we are looking at what is commonly referred to the a-bomb dome. it was an industry hall built in 1915 and had a couple of different names. as the war went on they changed it to reflect more of the war-time footing. it was one of the few western style stone buildings in hiroshima at the time. and so survived the blast. although the explosion occurred nearly directly above it. everybody in the building was killed. but the structure is survived. very much in fact, as you saw it there with the steel of the dome still standing. and it's become a symbol, pretty much a worldwide symbol for the destruction. >> as a symbol, how did it resonate with you? >> i got a chill. because i have been looking at pictures of that dome for years. sit common in history and literature about the atomic bombing of hiroshima. i have been seeing it for years. it is really something to stand and look at it, to be near it. >> now, here's an image of the two of you, japanese survivor and yourself the grandson of
. >> cicadas. >> what is the significance? >> we are looking at what is commonly referred to the a-bomb dome. it was an industry hall built in 1915 and had a couple of different names. as the war went on they changed it to reflect more of the war-time footing. it was one of the few western style stone buildings in hiroshima at the time. and so survived the blast. although the explosion occurred nearly directly above it. everybody in the building was killed. but the structure...
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Sep 29, 2015
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this past spring the shutdown key national cicada programs the foreign intelligence surveillance act.why? they were fighting among themselves. their book and later wanted a bill for certainly the time and people in his caucus wanted another. it was a fight among them, not among us but it came close to wreaking havoc. it did wreak some havoc because they have program was shut down for a while. more recently they shut down expert import bank endangering hundreds of thousands of bank -- jobs and is still close. now we are just days from another shutdown. .. the measure is really shortsig shortsighted. december 11. that means within the coming weeks we will again be negotiating with republicans to avoid another shutdown. we'll also have to pay a find to pay -- have to find a way to pay our bills. republicans tried that once. we came within minutes of doing that. the federal government, this great country of ours, wouldn't be able to pay its bills. but we see the press, we see all the stories about the speaker who stepped down -- who will step down in five years and we hear the republicans
this past spring the shutdown key national cicada programs the foreign intelligence surveillance act.why? they were fighting among themselves. their book and later wanted a bill for certainly the time and people in his caucus wanted another. it was a fight among them, not among us but it came close to wreaking havoc. it did wreak some havoc because they have program was shut down for a while. more recently they shut down expert import bank endangering hundreds of thousands of bank -- jobs and...