What's It All About, eh?

Cape Breton evokes deep memories and strong emotions for me as well as a deep appreciation for the beauty of my adopted island. My hopes are that you too might find the photos evocative - maybe a view you've not enjoyed before, or an 'Oh I've been there', or if from away that you may be encouraged to visit this fair isle so that you might come to love and breathe Cape Breton as I do. One word about place names that I use - some are completely local usage while others are from maps of Cape Breton that I've purchased over the years. I frequently post travel and other photos that are of interest to me - and hopefully you.

On the right hand side bar find my take on Single Malt whiskey - from how to best enjoy this noble drink to reviews (in a most non-professional manner) of ones that I have tried and liked - or not. Also musings, mine and others, on life in general.

Photographs are roughly 98%+ my own and copy-righted. For the occasional photo that is borrowed, credit is given where possible - recently I have started posting unusual net photographs that seem unique. Feel free to borrow any of my photos for non-commercial use, otherwise contact me. Starting late in 2013 I have tried to be consistent in identifying my photographs using ©smck on all out of camera photos I personally captured - (I often do minor computer changes such as 'crop' or 'shadow' etc but usually nothing major), and using
©norvellhimself on all photos that I have played around with in case it might not be obvious. Lately I have dropped the ©smck and have watermarked them with the blog name.

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Taming The Genie: How Fear of the Atom Threatens Our Future

 Nuclear Power Plants


I have been reading a science fiction magazine, presently called Analog Science Fiction and Fact, since about 1946 without ever missing an issue. This great science fiction magazine started in January1930 as Astounding Stories of Super-science - four years before I was born - and has survived in the publishing business that has seen many great magazines, of all ilk, flourish and then disappear. The Science Fact portion of the magazine - usually one fact article per issue - are truly about science and touch on many fronts that are at best only mentioned in passing in the world of publishing for Mr.and Mrs. Everyman. And they are well documented as to source of information. 

The reason for this long build-up is that their most recent issue contained a science fact article called 'TAMING THE GENIE, by C. Stuart Hardwick', which is an article on nuclear power plants and their importance to the world at the present time. I have been anti-nuclear power plant for sometime and was surprised to find my mind's horizon be so changed by this presentation of facts - in particular about power generation with associated deaths, and secondly but most importantly about radiation hazards. 

This first post is a quick look at the ratio of deaths to power generation - data from National Resource Council, Natural Academy of Sciences




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