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Today's topics: * Two Imp Messages from Propagation Team! - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/28cc51348252e230 * Plain talk on vaccines: Do we really need them? - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/21540173faf20edd * Bt Cotton: Biotech companys' evil genes show up in India. - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/d8b628376d6da401 * Uttaranchal Chief Minister rejects GM seeds. - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/8c672b4f49ad4807 * ===Nominations are invited for drafting committee!=== - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/ce11bfee827f97f4 ============================================================================== TOPIC: Two Imp Messages from Propagation Team! http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/28cc51348252e230 ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Fri, Jun 16 2006 11:42 am From: "Abhijit K" ============================================================================== TOPIC: Plain talk on vaccines: Do we really need them? http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/21540173faf20edd ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Sat, Jun 17 2006 3:51 am From: Jagannath Chatterjee From: Patrick Quanten, MD. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006. http://www.activehealthcare.co.uk for knowledge and well-being - in truth and in health Vaccination Information Most micro-organisms that cause serious illnesses live within healthy people without causing any symptoms at all. No vaccine containing pure micro-organisms elicits an immune response. Only when a toxin is added to the vaccine does the body respond to it. The presence of antibodies is not an indication of immunity. They are only a small part of the blood immune response. Government statistics show that death rates of ALL infectious diseases had drastically fallen BEFORE the introduction of the specific vaccinations. (The only exception is smallpox, which showed a 275% increase after vaccination was introduced. The program was consequently terminated and smallpox vaccination disappeared.) An unvaccinated child is not an unprotected child - it still has its natural immunity. The Lancet (12 January 1980) reported that the BCG vaccine, against tuberculosis, showed no evidence of protection but rather an increase in tuberculosis cases. This has been the only double-blind vaccine test ever to have been published. Micro-organisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites) do not cause diseases, they aid in the cleaning up process of healing, the road back to health. Natural immunity is not disease-specific; one does not need to have come in touch with all diseases in order to gain immunity against them. All so-called infectious diseases are the result of a toxic condition within the organ or the whole body. The symptoms relate to the elimination effort the system is making to clear out the toxins. Susceptibility to disease depends solely on the state of health of the body, not on the exposure to micro-organisms. HOWEVER, if you believe that your vaccination gives you full protection against infectious diseases, then it should not matter to you whether somebody else has been vaccinated or not! Courtesy: ZEUS INFORMATION SERVICE. "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Next-gen email? Have it all with the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. ============================================================================== TOPIC: Bt Cotton: Biotech companys' evil genes show up in India. http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/d8b628376d6da401 ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Mon, Jun 19 2006 3:38 am From: Jagannath Chatterjee Study report shows foul practices in Bt cotton sales ASHOK B SHARMA COMMODITIES BUREAU Financial Express, September 22, 2005 http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=103320 NEW DELHI, SEPT 21: A report released by the Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MEC) set up by Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has alleged that transgenic seed companies have resorted to false and misleading claims and unethical practices to sell Bt cotton to farmers. The CSOs namely Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Greenpeace India, Adivasi Ekta Sangathan, AKRSP, Dead, Grameen Vikas, Jan Saahas, Kheti Virasat Mission, Krishnadevaraya Rythu Sankshema Sangam, Krushi, Mari, Navajyoti, Pasumai Tayagam, Prasun, Rashtriya Satyagrah Dal, Sampark, Sarvodaya Youth Organisation, Secure, Vasps and Yuva had jointly set up a MEC on Bt cotton. This MEC was coordinated by Greenpeace India and Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA) and the study was undertaken in Punjab, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. The study compiled evidences to show numerous unethical practices for its products and then claiming it as "the willingness of Indian farmers". The MEC has called for accountability mechanisms to be put in place, to ensure that aggressive and unethical practices used by the Bt Cotton seed corporations to gain market share are put under check. "The aggressive and misleading selling techniques adopted by the Bt Cotton companies show utter disregard for the farmers' choice to buy seed. This also severely limits the options available for promoting safer alternatives like organic farming," alleged Dr GV Ramanjaneyulu, executive director, Centre for Sustainable Agriculture. According to Ms Thangamma Monnappa of Greenpeace India, "Agriculture is a state subject and most states have failed utterly to evaluate the frightening scale of this Bt Cotton disaster. "The agricultural department needs to take a firm stand to ensure that the regulatory regime is strengthened for the protection of the farmer." A researcher in CSA, Ms Kavitha Kuruganti said, "The Bt cotton industry would like us to believe that their sales are an indication of farmers' acceptance of the technology and that it is a science-based industry. We have a different story to tell. "This compilation of various marketing practices, including stories of outright lies on the Bollgard posters, misleading advertisements of farmers with exaggerated claims to lure other farmers, of using a variety of incentives and even questionable means to attract and entrap farmers makes us question the claims of the company." "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. ============================================================================== TOPIC: Uttaranchal Chief Minister rejects GM seeds. http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/8c672b4f49ad4807 ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Mon, Jun 19 2006 4:18 am From: Jagannath Chatterjee Request kindly circulate widely. GM WATCH daily http://www.gmwatch.org --- "Uttaranchal will not give permission for GM seeds": Chief Minister Coalition for GM-Free India , PRESS RELEASE Dehradun, June 19, 2006: In a meeting on June 18th 2006 with representatives of Coalition for GM-Free India including the President of Bhartiya Kissan Union [BKU] Chowdhary Mahinder Singh Tikait, the Chief Minister of Uttaranchal Mr Narain Dutt Tiwari assured that there would no permission given to GM seeds in Uttaranchal. This follows the call given by BKU and other members of Coalition for GM-Free India to make Uttaranchal a "GM-Free state". Earlier in the day, Chowdhary Tikait and thousands of BKU members started marching towards Dehradun, the state capital from Haridwar, to secure their demand for a GM-Free state. The Chief Minister invited a delegation to a meeting on the issue later in the day. Leading a delegation of the "Kissan Kumbh", Mr Tikait met the Chief Minister at Dehradun. Complimenting Mr Tiwari for his 'vision' to declare Uttaranchal as an organic state, Mr Tikait said that the organic status can only be preserved if genetically modified crops and foods are not allowed in the hilly state. "We are glad that the Chief Minister has seen through the design of the GM industry, which is keen to contaminate the environment and is not at all concerned about the grave risks that such crops and foods pose to human and animal health." The Chief Minister was appraised about the likely introduction of Bt Brinjal through large scale trials and the serious health and environmental concerns it poses for the country. The Chief Minister sought more information on all such crops from the delegation. The annual convention "Kissan Kumbh" of Bhartiya Kissan Union which ended at Haridwar on June 18th 2006 resolved that India does not need GM crops. 30,000 farmers have congregated for the 3-day Kissan Kumbh from the states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal. Farmers attending the convention decided that they will send their protests to the Prime Minister through the district administration on July 10. There would be a massive education campaign launched with farmers in all villages about the various hazards of GM crops including Bt Brinjal, it was decided. Meanwhile, members of the Coalition for GM-Free India are following up with the health and environment ministry on the assurances provided by the Ministers on the concerns raised. For more information, contact: 1.Yudhvir Singh, BKU: 098-681-46405 2.Dharmendar Malik, BKU: 092-196-91168 3.Devinder Sharma, Forum for Biotechnology and Food Security: 098-113-01857 4.Kavitha Kuruganti, Centre for Sustainable Agriculture: 093-930-01550 "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football 06 - Go with the leader. Start your league today! ============================================================================== TOPIC: ===Nominations are invited for drafting committee!=== http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/ce11bfee827f97f4 ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Mon, Jun 19 2006 7:28 pm From: "Moderator BharatUdayMission" Dear Brothers and Sisters, Objective : We invite nominations for drafting committee in three categories: 1. One legal thinker 2. One administrative/management thinker 3. One social worker Rest 5 members will be chosen by constituent assembly. Reference : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bharatudaymission/message/2047?l=1 LAST DATE : June 22, 2006. Kindly send your Nomination with following details. 1.Name: 2.Contact Details Address: Contact Numbers: E_mail: 3.Educational Qualification: Details of degrees and institute starting from HSC. 4.Date of Joining of BM: 5.Responsibility taken so far at chapter level: 6.Contribution to BM so far: 7. Relevant experience in past: 8.Your vision for BM constitution: Regards Moderators. -- "We have only one Passion The Rise of a Great Nation." www.bharatudaymission.org ============================================================================== You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BM_discussion" group. 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