[ RadSafe ] Link to "Terrorism and Radiation" article; Doctors for Disaster Preparedness (DDP) July 13-14, 2013, annual meeting in Houston

[Robert J. Cihak]

My old friend, Jon Utley, has a new article on reason.com "Terrorism and
Radiation: Understanding the Real Threat To Our Cities. The importance of
understanding the real levels of radiation risk."

 

http://reason.com/archives/2013/05/07/terrorism-and-radiation-understanding-
th 

 

He also first learned about the failure of the linear no-threshold
hypothesis (LNT) hypothesis at Doctors for Disaster Preparedness (DDP)
http://www.ddponline.org/ meetings. At the July 13-14, 2013, meeting in
Houston, Matthew Robinson, Ph.D. candidate in nuclear engineering, will
speak about "The Nuclear Energy Future: Thorium Reactors?" 

 

For more details, see my copy of the plain text of the e-mail announcement
below.

 

Bob Cihak

 

Robert J. Cihak, M.D.

 

home phone: (425) 822-6884 

cell phone: (425) 466-5698 

 

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DDP 31st Annual Meeting

Science and Common Sense v. Alarmism and Disaster

 

July 12-15, 2013

Houston Marriott South at Hobby Airport

 

cosponsored by:

Access to Energy

Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine

Physicians for Civil Defense

 

Friday, July 12, 2013 

 

9 am-3 pm. (optional) Mass Casualty Care Course by Steven Hatfill, M.D.
(course is $100/person. Includes Lunch.)

 

7-9:30 pm. Welcome Reception

Saturday, July 13, 2013

7:45 am        

Welcome.  Jane Orient, M.D., DDP President

8:00 am         

Five or More Failed Experiments in Measuring Global Sea Level Change. Willie
Soon, Ph.D.

Dr. Soon, an astrophysicist, authored The Maunder Minimum and The Variable
Sun-Earth Connection.

9:00 am         

Planning and Design of Habitats in Space and Other Extreme Environments.
Larry Bell. 

Author of Climate of Corruption, Bell is a professor of space architecture
at the Univ. of Houston. He founded several high-tech enterprises.

10:15 am        

Three False Foundations of Sustainable Development. Steve Goreham.

Goreham is executive director of the Climate Science Coalition of America
and author of The Mad, Mad, Mad World of Climatism.

11:15 am        

The Ten Tests to Determine Whether You Should Be Concerned about Global
Warming. Anthony Watts.

A broadcast meteorologist and Al Gore target, Watts edits the world's most
popular global warming website, wattsupwiththat.com.

12:15 pm       

Lunch: Pursuing the Truth on the Kennedy Assassinations. Donald W. Miller,
M.D.

Dr. Miller teaches cardiac surgery at the University of Washington School of
Medicine and frequently contributes to LewRockwell.com.

2:00 pm         

Bioweapons: The Bad and the Ugly (There Is No Good). Lee D. Hieb, M.D.

Dr. Hieb practices orthopaedic surgery in Iowa, specializing in spine
surgery, and is a past president of AAPS.  

 

3:00 pm         

EPA Exposed: the Economic Predation Administration. Howard Maccabee, Ph.D.,
M.D.

Dr. Maccabee earned a Ph.D. in nuclear physics and practices radiation
oncology. He is a founder and past president of DDP.

4:00 pm        

How Commercial Jets Are Made Safer (and Improving Your Own Safety and
Comfort). Gordon Claycomb. 

An aerospace engineer and commercial pilot, Mr. Claycomb worked at
Lockheed's Skunk Works for 20 years and consulted for 5 more yrs.

6:30 pm        

Reception and Banquet. Mars in 39 Days?: the VASIMR Plasma Engine. Franklin
Chang-Diaz, Ph.D.

Astronaut Chang-Diaz has been launched into space 7 times. He is President
and CEO of the Ad Astra Rocket Company.

 

Sunday, July 14, 2013

8:00 am        

Evidence-Based Forecasting for Global Warming. J. Scott Armstrong, Ph.D.

Dr. Armstrong is professor at the Univ. of Pennsylvania, author of
Principles of Forecasting, and creator of forecastingprinciples.com.

9:00 am          

Why "Clean" Energy Won't Reduce CO2 Emissions by Much. Herbert Inhaber,
Ph.D.

Dr. Inhaber is president of Risk Concepts, a fellow of the American Nuclear
Society, and author of 8 books and more than 150 articles.

10:15 am        

NIPCC to IPCC: Why Does Obama Continue to Prioritize Climate Change? S. Fred
Singer, Ph.D.

Dr. Singer, a pioneer in rocket and satellite technology, founded NIPCC
(Non-governmental IPCC), which opposes the UN IPCC.

11:15 am        

Vulnerabilities in the U.S. Financial System. Kevin D. Freeman, CFA.

Freeman is founder of Freeman Global Holdings and author of Secret Weapon
and other works on economic terrorism.

12:15 pm       

Lunch. Merchants of Despair: Radical Environmentalism and the Cult of
Anti-Humanism. Robert Zubrin.  

Aerospace engineer Zubrin authored The Case for Mars, First Landing, How to
Live on Mars, Energy Victory, and Entering Space.

2:00 pm         

Expanding "Depletable" Resources: Julian Simon Lives! Robert L. Bradley, Jr.

Dr. Bradley is CEO and founder of the Institute for Energy Research in
Houston and the author of 7 books.

3:00 pm         

The Nuclear Energy Future: Thorium Reactors? Matthew Robinson.

Matthew Robinson is a Ph.D. candidate in nuclear engineering.

4:00 pm        

Quashing Fake Silicosis and Lupus Epidemics and Putting out Huge Fires.
Harrison Brundage.

Mr.Brundage, a retired geologist and technical writer, is recognized in
Louisiana as an expert witness in geology.

 5:00 pm         Adjourn

 

 

SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS

  

Friday, July 12, 2013  9 am-3 pm. Course by Steven Hatfill, M.D., on mass
casualty care includes hemorrhage control, rapid airway management,
emergency management of penetrating chest injury, shock, and hypothermia.
Any of us could be a first responder and save lives using these techniques.
No previous medical training required.

Ship Channel Tour ($25/person) of the port of Houston, one of the world's
busiest industrial ports, handling 7,700 ship calls per year, Tour departs
Sam Houston Boat Pavillion at 2:30 p.m. Friday. Bus will leave hotel at
1:15pm for Boat Pavillion .  Photo ID required. Experience an unforgettable
waterborne voyage through one of the busiest ports in the world and learn
about the industrial development on the Houston Ship Channel.

Ad Astra Rocket Factory, Professional Tour ($50/person) on Monday, July 15.
8:15am to 11:30am.  Limit is 25 persons, so reserve early! See the VASIMR
plasma rocket engine, advanced superconductors, one of the world's largest
vacuum test chambers, and animations of future space exploration missions.
You need not be a U.S. citizen, but the company needs to know your name and
citizenship in advance.  We will depart the hotel at 8:15am and will be back
at the hotel no later than 11:30am.

 

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

 The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) will supply a
certificate of participation for up to 5 hours of CME credit for Friday's
course and 15 hours for the meeting. This is not accredited as AMA/ACCME
"Category 1," but is accepted in some states for at least part of the CME
requirement for license renewal.

 

Registration Fee:  $250 for the entire seminar includes a welcome reception,
a banquet, and two luncheons ($200 for each additional family member). The
mass casualty course led by Steven Hatfill, M.D., (3 hours of lecture and 2
hours practice), on Friday is $100 per person. (You need not be a physician
to attend.) Houston Ship Channel cruise and Ad Astra Rocket Company tours
are $25 or $50 each, respectively.

 

Houston Marriott South at Hobby Airport

9100 Gulf Pkwy . Houston, Texas

Group rate $84/night

CALL (713) 943-7979 and mention DDP to get the group rate.

 

TRANSPORTATION

The Houston Marriott South is near Hobby Airport - HOU - (NOT Bush
Intercontinental Airport) and offers a free airport shuttle from Hobby only.
AirTran, American, Southwest, Delta, and Jet Blue provide service into
Houston Hobby.

 

Our mailing address is:

DDP

1601 N Tucson Blvd

Suite 9

Tucson, AZ 85716