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For 14 years, Scott Shafer has been the voice of "The California Report," the current affairs show produced at KQED-FM in San Francisco and carried by more than 30 public radio stations from Arcata to San Diego.

The award-winning host and correspondent has reported on everything from health care to veterans issues to gay marriage , and has no plans to leave what he considers the best job in the world - a job that allows him to "be a student forever."

Q: Where did you grow up?

A: In the suburbs of Buffalo, N.Y., in a little town called Kenmore.

Q: What did you want to be?

A: A bus driver. We lived across the street from a bus stop. ... One of the first words I uttered was "bus."

Q: Did you live in a political household?

A: My dad was a political junkie; I grew up watching "Face the Nation" and "Meet the Press" and reading newspapers. When I was 10, my best friend and I randomly called names in the phone book and conducted presidential polls. Humphrey was ahead, if my memory serves.

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Kelly Scientific Resources has an excellent entry level opportunity for a Environmental Chemist position for an environmental company located in Garden Grove.
Local Candidates Please!!!

Job duties and requirements:
Previous experience working in an environmental Lab is preferred Good work ethic Will be running GC, GCMS and/or other analytic equipment Running soil and water samples
Experience: BS in Chemistry, Biochemistry or Evnrionmental Science 0-2 years of GC, GC/MS, ICP and/or AA experience working with air, water and/or soil samples Entry-level candidates are welcome to apply!

Source: ACS Careers: jobs, Garden grove jobs, California jobs, Entry Level ...

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Scientists around the world are closing in on some dirty truths about carbon emissions and climate change.

A cover-up is plainly involved; it’s not about scandal but dirt itself. That means soil, the upper layer of earth typically a few feet but sometimes 10 feet or more thick, usually black or dark brown. Below is rock or other material that contains little of the organic matter, derived mainly from plants, that gives good farmland its fertility.

The last few decades have seen a string of discoveries that not only upset long-cherished theories about soil, but also could lead to ways of improving agriculture by altering factors that control soil quality, say to favor certain soil microbes over others.

Perhaps more important in the long run, the findings will bring a far deeper understanding of soil’s response to climate change. This new understanding may include whether soil will speed up the pace of warming or slow it down as atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and other carbon-rich greenhouse gases build up. Soil scientists don’t question the urgency of dealing with fossil fuel emissions, but forecasting the course of global warming depends on understanding how the planet deals with carbon. Soil, for now, is a major wild card.

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