Re: [Biofuel] Closing the Garden - Ottawa version
MK DuPree wrote: Hi Darryl...and Robert...your posts on the garden are beautiful...please let us hear more, whatever thoughts you may have, experiences, tips, meditations on the wonderments (and sorrows) of gardening, etc etc. The weather has finally turned cool and rainy up here. I had these great intentions to load up a bunch of barn litter last week, but my schedule makes it hard to do this, and the one afternoon I had time to go, my sweetheart had other plans for me. We're still getting strawberries, though. I've told my clients and the neighborhood kids that they can eat as much fruit as they like. Some of the kids stop by two or three times a week to check for strawberries, and since we have WAY more than we can eat ourselves, I've encouraged them. I realize that some of you are having problems with this, but I would rather have young people enjoying my garden's fruit than trampling through it. So far, they've been pretty good about not wrecking my plants! (They're in one of my raised beds, so they don't get trampled.) As I've trimmed the ornamental plants, I've shredded the trimmings and piled the resulting mulch up to decompose over the winter. I'm waiting for my next batch to finish, but I should have enough compost to finish "feeding" the soil around my trees before their leaves fall off. There is still a fair amount of work that needs doing before I'm done with everything, so my compost pile will be even more substantial than has been the case in the past. My one complaint is that the shredder doesn't really do a very effective job with the woody portions of stems I trim off. Oh well . . . Someone posted a question about using "compost starter liquid." I use just enough in my plastic bin to keep things moist, put more on the outdoor pile and dump the rest directly beneath my tree drip lines after it rains. We have a magnolia out in front that looked like it was dying in the spring, but after a singular treatment with about 2 liters, its leaves darkened nicely and it even bloomed TWICE for us this year! It's really great to hear about gardens starting up on the other side of the equator. May all of you enjoy growing things this year, may the bees come back where they're needed, and may each of you find a blessing in working the soil! robert luis rabello "The Edge of Justice" Adventure for Your Mind http://www.newadventure.ca Ranger Supercharger Project Page http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Is there any diesel powered bicycles?
Hello all,Does anyone know of any diesel powered bicycles? Any motors you know of that could be used for a bicycle? I am interested in a motor from 1-2 horsepower.Thanks for any help,IBB.$ $ $ $LARRY KING LIVEAired May 30, 2005 - 21:00 CNN Transcripts/0505/30/lkl.01.htmlKING: When do we leave? You expect it in your administration?D. CHENEY: I do.KING: It's not going to be a 10-year event?D. CHENEY: No. ... But I think the level of activity that we see today, from a military standpoint, I think will clearly decline. I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.http://zfacts.com/p/87.html$ $ $ $ All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Isuzu Pickup
So did everyone else, Jim, except Bob...m:D - Original Message - From: JAMES PHELPS [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 9:34 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Isuzu Pickup Hehe yes it's a Diesel, I guess I forgot there was anything else ;^) Jim - Original Message - From: MK DuPree [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 7:16 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Isuzu Pickup Of course, if it's not a diesel, then you will need to drop a diesel in it, check for any rubber in your fuel line, and ride on. Mike DuPree - Original Message - From: Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 8:08 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Isuzu Pickup We're running B100 in a Isuzu - so far so good. Might want to check the fuel lines - I think there is some rubber in the system. -Mike bob allen wrote: Of course that's assuming it is a diesel engine. ;- Keith Addison wrote: Can any one on the list tell me what I need to do to convert my newest vehicle to B-100. Its an 88 Isuzu pickup and has less than 100k miles. Put the fuel in the tank. Best Keith Thanks, Jim ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Opening the garden -- Uruguay
Hi Jim, Yes, I do. I prefer winters that don't have to be shoveled. Tom From: JAMES PHELPS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]To: biofuel@sustainablelists.orgSent: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:31:46 -0300Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Opening the garden -- UruguayTom,Do you spend the Uruguay winters in the US?Jimsnip___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Is there any diesel powered bicycles?
Near as I can tell there are no diesel bicycles or mopeds that are in production.That said, there are several homebuilt motorcycles and scooters that work well.Look here, http://www.peace65.freeserve.co.uk/Pictures/dorsett.htmI like the diesel scooter towards the bottom of the page.fredOn 10/16/06, ItalysBadBoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all,Does anyone know of any diesel powered bicycles? Any motors you know of that could be used for a bicycle? I am interested in a motor from 1-2 horsepower.Thanks for any help,IBB .$ $ $ $LARRY KING LIVEAired May 30, 2005 - 21:00 CNN Transcripts/0505/30/lkl.01.htmlKING: When do we leave? You expect it in your administration? D. CHENEY: I do.KING: It's not going to be a 10-year event?D. CHENEY: No. ... But I think the level of activity that we see today, from a military standpoint, I think will clearly decline. I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.http://zfacts.com/p/87.html$ $ $ $ All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. ___Biofuel mailing listBiofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever:http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.htmlSearch the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Solar Campus - Google
Google to create largest U.S. solar-powered campus http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20061017:MTFH81983_2006-10-17_01-12-03_N16392412type=comktNewsrpc=44 ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Will the EEStor Revolutionize the Electric Car?
I agree, the claims of a 5 minute charge seem outlandish. Given the power requirments of an electric car (10 to 20kWh storage or more), charging that in 5 minutes would take more power than the maximum service size for the average house. I still don't see what's wrong with an 8 hour charger -- my car sits at my house all night while I'm sleeping anyway road trips of course, but I already have 3 cars, so I choose whichever one fits the needs of the day the best. I would like to see better batteries though, because thats' really the weak link in electric cars now. With the new AC drive systems, they could be powerful enough to match head to head with any ICE car, but the batteries can't keep this up for the demands people make on them. ZOn 10/16/06, Jason Katie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: maybe some kind of capacitance? i havent heard of such a high density ceramic capacitor before, but ive never heard ofone you'd need a car to carry around either. JasonICQ#: 154998177MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: D. Mindock To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 12:04 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Will the EEStor Revolutionize the Electric Car? Will the EEStor Revolutionize the Electric Car? By Jeff McIntire-Strasburg Thanks to celebrity activist Tod Brilliant for passing along this news: Texas stealth company EEStor has patented a new ceramic electrical storage device (which we can't call a battery because it has no chemicals) that can power a car for 500 miles on a $9 charge of electricity. Even more exciting is their claim that fully charging the system will take all of five minutes. And even more exciting: we're not talking about cars that drive like golf carts. According to Business 2.0 : A four-passenger sedan will drive like a Ferrari, [Toronto-based Feel Good Cars CEO] Clifford predicts. In contrast, first electric car, the Zenn, which debuted in August and is powered by a more conventional battery, can't go much faster than a moped and takes hours to charge. (note: Feel Good Cars plans to incorporate the EEStor into cars by 2008) The cost of the engine itself depends on how much energy it can store; an EEStor-powered engine with a range roughly equivalent to that of a gasoline-powered car would cost about $5,200. That's a slight premium over the cost of the gas engine and the other parts the device would replace -- the gas tank, exhaust system, and drivetrain. But getting rid of the need to buy gas should more than make up for the extra cost of an EEStor-powered car. EEStor is tight-lipped about its device and how it manages to pack such a punch. According to a patent issued in April, the device is made of a ceramic powder coated with aluminum oxide and glass. A bank of these ceramic batteries could be used at electrical energy stations where people on the road could charge up.EEStor is backed by VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, and the company's founders are engineers Richard Weir and Carl Nelson. CEO Weir, a former IBM-er, won't comment, but his son, Tom, an EEStor VP, acknowledges, That is pretty much why we are here today, to compete with the internal combustion engine. He also hints that his engine technology is not just for the small passenger vehicles that Clifford is aiming at, but could easily replace the 300-horsepower brutes in today's SUVs. Not being an engineer, I have no idea how this might work. But I'm very impressed to see Kleiner Perkins on board, and, obviously, very intrigued by the concept. If this turns out to be the real deal, it's hard to imagine how the internal combustion engine, or even gas-electric hybrids, could survive the competition, as the EEStor claims to have all of the qualities potential buyers would want: price, power and efficiency. At the same time, I remember the old saying about If it seems too good to be true Others that are much more knowledgeable about such things, such as J.C. Winnie , Mike Milliken , and TH compadre John Laumer, seem cautiously optimistic... ___Biofuel mailing listBiofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.orgBiofuel at Journey to Forever:http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.htmlSearch the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages):http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ No virus found in
Re: [Biofuel] Solar Campus - Google
Interesting. My business partner was actually camped right next to the founders of Google at Burning Man this year. I wonder if he sold them on the idea of solar power... though I'm sure they knew about it long ago... ZekeOn 10/17/06, Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Google to create largest U.S. solar-powered campus http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20061017:MTFH81983_2006-10-17_01-12-03_N16392412type=comktNewsrpc=44___ Biofuel mailing listBiofuel@sustainablelists.orghttp://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever:http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.htmlSearch the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Solar Campus - Google
Be nice to get a piece of that job! Zeke Yewdall wrote: Interesting. My business partner was actually camped right next to the founders of Google at Burning Man this year. I wonder if he sold them on the idea of solar power... though I'm sure they knew about it long ago... Zeke On 10/17/06, *Mike Weaver* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Google to create largest U.S. solar-powered campus http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20061017:MTFH81983_2006-10-17_01-12-03_N16392412type=comktNewsrpc=44 http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20061017:MTFH81983_2006-10-17_01-12-03_N16392412type=comktNewsrpc=44 ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org mailto:Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Closed-Mindedness (Was Hypnosis as Anesthesia WasTestimonials as Evidence)
HI Bob, The Western world has the highest rate of Cancer, Heart disease, Diabetes, Respiratory problems and other ailments in the world. On the other hand there is a valley in the middle of the Himalayan mountains called Hunzaland that is an almost disease free area. A pure organic food diet and almost no pollution could be the reason for people having good health. Terry Dyck From: bob allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Closed-Mindedness (Was Hypnosis as Anesthesia WasTestimonials as Evidence) Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 16:20:36 -0500 Keith Addison wrote: The main edifice of conventional allopathic (cure-the-symptom) so-called Western medicine, ie industrialised medicine, is all the hospitals. interesting term allopath, none of which as far as I am aware use the term. It was coined by Hahnemann, the founder of the most ridiculous counter-intuitive form of medicine , homeopathy. But that is another discussion. Occupying very many of those hospital beds are patients suffering from iatrogenic illnesses, that is sickness caused by medical treatment (225,000 deaths per year in the US from iatrogenic causes - JAMA. 2000 Jul 26;284(4):483-5). nocosomial infections are not surprising considering sick people are in the hospital. Could more be done to control secondary infections, sure. more space, more equipment, more personnel, and more money. And I doubt don't that there are yeast infections due to over prescribing of antibacterials. But whose fault? At least here in the US many, many folks expect some medicine even if it is called for or not. Or hospital visits could be reduced by diet and lifestyle modifications, but whose responsibility is that? The patient of course. Regardless, if my appendix ruptures then I will take my chances with western medicine and a hospital. I don't disagree with your general position. But I don't see how replacing western medicine with homeopathic nonsense or high colonics a la naturopathy would be the way to solve the problem. Nonetheless a fairly august medical practitioner once got angry with my questions and shouted: Of COURSE we're more healthy now, we've got so many more hospital beds! LOL! At another time, at a meeting of the steering committee of a primary health care group working on development projects in 3rd World countries, I mentioned that there's more to health than just the absence of disease. There was a polite pause, one of the doctors said, Of course there is, and the discussion continued as if I hadn't said anything. The Western doctor who shouted at me didn't know what I was talking about when I told him that. What's the difference? The glaring difference is that there's no market in 3rd World people who earn less than $2 a day, it's just not worth all the spin and corruption. There's no money in health anyway, maintaining disease is much more profitable, whether you're Big Pharma or a GP. Twenty-five years ago after I first started working with organic growing, a young doctor who was working with me got the idea that eating properly grown food might have something to do with it. He was working in a fishing community, quite poor people, and got very enthusiastic about the success he was having with this approach (nothing new - see, eg, The Medical Testament http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library.html#medtest). But later he complained that healthy patients didn't visit the doctor very often. Eventually he moved back to the city and became a surgeon. Every health education council I've talked to has stressed that health maintenance is primarily the patient's responsibility. But the patients are seduced by the quick cure that makes the symptom go away, and who needs more responsibility anyway? That's what doctors are for. Especially in the industrialised countries, millions of people now suffer from systemic candida albicans yeast infections, and not many of them can get effective medical treatment for it. They're quite likely to be referred to a psychiatrist instead because when they report the large variety of symptoms candida produces it's assumed to be psychosomatic. Most of the medical profession is in denial about candida because it's brought on by overuse of antibiotics and steroids. So a lot of people just die, with whatever symptom did it on the death certificate. Again to name just one, a study published in the BMJ a while back reported that back pain was the fastest-growing and one of the biggest medical problems in Britain at the time, and that conventional medicine had a very poor track record in treating it. The authors reported that several alternative therapies achieved much better results. They called for the alternative treatments to be made available via Britain's National Health scheme. That
Re: [Biofuel] Closed-Mindedness (Was Hypnosis as Anesthesia WasTestimonials as Evidence)
Howdy Terry, Terry Dyck wrote: HI Bob, The Western world has the highest rate of Cancer, Heart disease, Diabetes, Respiratory problems and other ailments in the world. oh really, and your source for these facts is? are the data age adjusted, etc. and just what other ailments are included. This is the issue I have with you and others, you make what I feel are overly broad statements as fact, without little or no support. So give me reference or two so I can draw my own conclusions. or how about just statistic at a time to discuss. How about age adjusted cancer rates? (age adjusting is necessary as cancer is essentially inevitable, the longer you live the more likely you are to get cancer. show me the data please. On the other hand there is a valley in the middle of the Himalayan mountains called Hunzaland that is an almost disease free area. I have heard this canard before. I googled hunzaland and about the only thing I got were people hawking their particular cure The Apricot Kernel Anti-Cancer Theory http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/land_of_hunza.htm or how about 160+ year olds http://www.arthritis-nature-cure.com/people.htm do really believe that? really, you don't think someone could be less than forthright to make a point about a product the promote? or maybe it's the magnetized water http://www.stopcancer.com/magnetpHFoundation2.htm A pure organic food diet and almost no pollution could be the reason for people having good health. or it could all be a bunch of hype. How do we know with out better documentation? -- Bob Allen, http://ozarker.org/bob = The modern conservative is engaged in one of Man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness JKG ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ _ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] [PMX:SUSPECT] Who Can We Trust?
Well...it aint just an indictment now. But on the other hand...let's see, fine this guy $50,000, but he grosses $130,000. $80,000 net...and a little jail time...not bad...not bad at all. Hey, but it aint about the money...it's about protecting Americans...taking care of us...aint it?Yeah right, to make sure we spend our money on fools like this. Thanks again, Big Pharma and BushCo. Mike DuPree http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101706B.shtml Ex-FDA Chief Crawford to Plead Guilty to US ChargesBy Justin Blum and Cary O'ReillyBloomberg Monday 16 October 2006 Lester Crawford, the former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, will plead guilty to federal charges of failing to disclose owning shares in companies regulated by the agency, his attorney said. Prosecutors charged Crawford, 68, with filing a false document and violating federal conflict-of-interest laws. Crawford may face as much as six months of jail or house arrest and a fine of $50,000, said his lawyer, Barbara Van Gelder, in a phone interview today. Government investigators have been probing Crawford's financial dealings since he stepped down as FDA commissioner in September 2005, two months after his Senate confirmation. He stated in 2004 that shares of Sysco Corp. and Kimberly-Clark Corp. had been sold when he and his wife continued to hold them, and he failed to disclose income from Embrex Inc. stock options, U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Taylor said in a court filing. "Crawford did not disclose his income from the Nov. 14, 2004, exercise of Embrex stock options" or the Kimberly-Clark and Sysco stock, Taylor said in the charging document. Crawford and his wife earned more than $130,000 from the investments that year, he said. Channing Phillips, spokesman for Taylor, declined to comment. Crawford didn't return a phone message left at Policy Directions Inc., a Washington lobbying firm where he works as senior counsel. "Errors and Omissions" The former drug regulator didn't intentionally mislead anyone, Van Gelder said. Crawford made "errors and omissions" in his disclosures, she said. She said federal disclosure forms are "very confusing" and cited "some issues with changing financial advisers." "It happened, and it happened on his watch, and he will take responsibility," Van Gelder said. Crawford, who was acting or deputy FDA commissioner for more than three years, also served as chairman of the FDA's Obesity Working Group in 2003 and 2004 while owning shares of Sysco, a distributor of snack foods, and Pepsico Inc., the world's second- biggest soft drink maker, according to court papers. The panel was formed to study the link between weight and health. The panel's report recommended giving calorie content greater prominence on food and beverage labels, provided guidance on labeling the carbohydrate content in foods and urged the restaurant industry to provide more nutrition information to consumers. During his time on the panel, Crawford and his wife owned 1,400 shares of Pepsico and 2,500 shares of Sysco, according to the federal charging document. "Should Have Known" "If anyone should have known the rules, he should have," said Carl Tobias, a professor of law at the University of Richmond in Virginia. "He's not the typical appointee. He'd been at the agency a long time." Crawford declared in January 2002 that he and his wife owned stock in 12 "significantly regulated" organizations: Drugmakers Abbott Laboratories, American Home Products, Pfizer Inc. and Merck Co.; medical device makers Boston Scientific Corp., Medtronic Inc. and Johnson Johnson; consumer health products maker Kimberly-Clark; Merrill Lynch Biotech Holdings; Pepsico; Sysco; and testing equipment maker Waters Corp., the document said. He was advised by an HHS ethics official to sell all of them, court records show. "Crawford and his wife subsequently sold all their shares in all these entities, with the exception of Kimberly-Clark, Pepsico and Sysco," Taylor said. Embrex Options Crawford also exercised options in Durham, North Carolina- based Embrex, a maker of products to deliver biotechnology drugs, in 2003 and 2004, according to the charging document. Crawford obtained the options while on the Embrex board, before joining the FDA, according to prosecutors. President George W. Bush nominated Crawford to become FDA Commissioner in February 2005. Crawford, from Demopolis, Alabama, holds a doctorate in veterinary medicine from Auburn University in Alabama. He also has a doctorate in pharmacology from the University of Georgia. Crawford ran the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine from 1978 to 1980 and from 1982 to 1985, taking time out to serve as head of the department of physiology-pharmacology at the University of Georgia's College of Veterinary Medicine. He then served as the administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's food safety and inspection service from 1987 to 1991 before taking a
Re: [Biofuel] Closed-Mindedness (Was Hypnosis as Anesthesia WasTestimonials as Evidence)
Hi Bob Nutrition and Health, by Sir Robert McCarrison -- McCarrison's Cantor Lectures, to the Royal Society of Arts in 1936, Faber and Faber, London, 1953. After joining the Indian Medical Service in 1901 Robert McCarrison spent his early years in the Northern Frontier region investigating the legendary Hunza tribe, mountain people who lived to a vigorous old age and never got sick. He discovered why, and proved it in a series of experiments at the Nutrition Research Laboratories at Coonoor in India. It was the food they ate -- and, just as important, not just what food, but how it was grown. Unless it was grown in fertile soil, it was not health-giving food. Most doctors study disease; McCarrison had the rare opportunity to study health instead, as well as the lack of health among other races in the southern part of India subsisting on a poor diet. His findings put the fledgling science of nutrition on a whole new footing. McCarrison's Cantor Lectures describe his experiments as Director of Nutrition Research in India, the results, and the implications for health and nutrition. With photographs. Full text online at the Small Farms Library. http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library/McC/McCToC.html The Wheel of Health by G.T. Wrench, Daniel, 1938 Dr. Wrench's classic exploration of the Hunza, a mountain people renowned for their longevity and vigor. By approaching the problem of disease from the angle of a study of a perfectly healthy people, Wrench shows that health depends on environmental wholeness, of which a whole diet is the vital factor, and that a whole diet means not only the right sorts of foods, but their right cultivation as well. An examination of the agricultural technique of the most successful cultivators of East and West shows what an essential part of the wheel of health -- from man to soil, from soil to plant, from plant to man -- is the farmer's renewal and protection of the soil. Full text online. http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library/Wrench_WoH/WoHToC.html Lots more in the Small Farms Library if you care to look. http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library.html Small Farms Library - Journey to Forever Try Price, or Cleave - you'll HATE it! LOL! Especially since it's real science. Keith Howdy Terry, Terry Dyck wrote: HI Bob, The Western world has the highest rate of Cancer, Heart disease, Diabetes, Respiratory problems and other ailments in the world. oh really, and your source for these facts is? are the data age adjusted, etc. and just what other ailments are included. This is the issue I have with you and others, you make what I feel are overly broad statements as fact, without little or no support. So give me reference or two so I can draw my own conclusions. or how about just statistic at a time to discuss. How about age adjusted cancer rates? (age adjusting is necessary as cancer is essentially inevitable, the longer you live the more likely you are to get cancer. show me the data please. On the other hand there is a valley in the middle of the Himalayan mountains called Hunzaland that is an almost disease free area. I have heard this canard before. I googled hunzaland and about the only thing I got were people hawking their particular cure The Apricot Kernel Anti-Cancer Theory http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/land_of_hunza.htm or how about 160+ year olds http://www.arthritis-nature-cure.com/people.htm do really believe that? really, you don't think someone could be less than forthright to make a point about a product the promote? or maybe it's the magnetized water http://www.stopcancer.com/magnetpHFoundation2.htm A pure organic food diet and almost no pollution could be the reason for people having good health. or it could all be a bunch of hype. How do we know with out better documentation? -- Bob Allen, http://ozarker.org/bob = The modern conservative is engaged in one of Man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness JKG ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Closed-Mindedness (Was Hypnosis as Anesthesia WasTestimonials as Evidence)
From the can't-help-but-stick-my-toe-in dept. Caveat: No proof other than what I've read over the years. It has always seemed to me that the maladies that people suffer from are in large part due to environment/lifestyle. In the third world, disease is far more likely to be as a result of the lack of food and adequate nutrition, wheras in the developed world, we suffer from the diseaeses of affluence: diabetis being the one that comes to mind, along with obesity-related ailments such as heart disease, high blood pressure, strokes and so on. Smoking is another factor. Another interesting item, from Harvard University's website: In particular, these studies suggest that high calcium intake doesn't actually appear to lower a person's risk for osteoporosis. For example, in the large Harvard studies of male health professionals and female nurses, individuals who drank one glass of milk (or less) per week were at no greater risk of breaking a hip or forearm than were those who drank two or more glasses per week.(2, 3 http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/calcium.html#references) Other studies have found similar results. It is odd human beings are the only animal that develop a disease if they don't eat the milk of another species. Dogs don't need cat milk. bob allen wrote: Howdy Terry, Terry Dyck wrote: HI Bob, The Western world has the highest rate of Cancer, Heart disease, Diabetes, Respiratory problems and other ailments in the world. oh really, and your source for these facts is? are the data age adjusted, etc. and just what other ailments are included. This is the issue I have with you and others, you make what I feel are overly broad statements as fact, without little or no support. So give me reference or two so I can draw my own conclusions. or how about just statistic at a time to discuss. How about age adjusted cancer rates? (age adjusting is necessary as cancer is essentially inevitable, the longer you live the more likely you are to get cancer. show me the data please. On the other hand there is a valley in the middle of the Himalayan mountains called Hunzaland that is an almost disease free area. I have heard this canard before. I googled hunzaland and about the only thing I got were people hawking their particular cure The Apricot Kernel Anti-Cancer Theory http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/land_of_hunza.htm or how about 160+ year olds http://www.arthritis-nature-cure.com/people.htm do really believe that? really, you don't think someone could be less than forthright to make a point about a product the promote? or maybe it's the magnetized water http://www.stopcancer.com/magnetpHFoundation2.htm A pure organic food diet and almost no pollution could be the reason for people having good health. or it could all be a bunch of hype. How do we know with out better documentation? -- Bob Allen, http://ozarker.org/bob = The modern conservative is engaged in one of Man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness JKG ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ _ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Opening the garden -- Uruguay
Tom, You lucky (hard working) dog! I just got to shovel it today! My compost must be working as the 6 of snow is melting faster there than on the ground beside it. I would send you some pea seed that has been in my family for years if you think they will make it. We have grown seed from it for over thirty years now. Very good eating not monsters but you can raise your own seed each fall. Jim - Original Message - From: Tom Irwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 6:49 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Opening the garden -- Uruguay Hi Jim, Yes, I do. I prefer winters that don't have to be shoveled. Tom _ From: JAMES PHELPS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:31:46 -0300 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Opening the garden -- Uruguay Tom, Do you spend the Uruguay winters in the US? Jim snip ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Closed-Mindedness (Was Hypnosis as Anesthesia WasTestimonials as Evidence)
Mike, Keith, Amen. Ps. We all form opinions based on our experiences. These often lead to folly but just as often they can steer us in a good direction as well. One of the reasons we have so little hard evidence on many of these matters is there are only a few studies on health and nutrition vs. the reams done on sickness. (as Keith mentioned) I must agree that testimonials are worthless when sources are narrow, but when they come from voluntary non commercial separate sources from all over the world,- well - Where there is smoke is there not often Fire? My best to all, Jim - Original Message - From: Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Closed-Mindedness (Was Hypnosis as Anesthesia WasTestimonials as Evidence) From the can't-help-but-stick-my-toe-in dept. Caveat: No proof other than what I've read over the years. It has always seemed to me that the maladies that people suffer from are in large part due to environment/lifestyle. In the third world, disease is far more likely to be as a result of the lack of food and adequate nutrition, wheras in the developed world, we suffer from the diseaeses of affluence: diabetis being the one that comes to mind, along with obesity-related ailments such as heart disease, high blood pressure, strokes and so on. Smoking is another factor. Another interesting item, from Harvard University's website: In particular, these studies suggest that high calcium intake doesn't actually appear to lower a person's risk for osteoporosis. For example, in the large Harvard studies of male health professionals and female nurses, individuals who drank one glass of milk (or less) per week were at no greater risk of breaking a hip or forearm than were those who drank two or more glasses per week.(2, 3 http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/calcium.html#references) Other studies have found similar results. It is odd human beings are the only animal that develop a disease if they don't eat the milk of another species. Dogs don't need cat milk. bob allen wrote: Howdy Terry, Terry Dyck wrote: HI Bob, The Western world has the highest rate of Cancer, Heart disease, Diabetes, Respiratory problems and other ailments in the world. oh really, and your source for these facts is? are the data age adjusted, etc. and just what other ailments are included. This is the issue I have with you and others, you make what I feel are overly broad statements as fact, without little or no support. So give me reference or two so I can draw my own conclusions. or how about just statistic at a time to discuss. How about age adjusted cancer rates? (age adjusting is necessary as cancer is essentially inevitable, the longer you live the more likely you are to get cancer. show me the data please. On the other hand there is a valley in the middle of the Himalayan mountains called Hunzaland that is an almost disease free area. I have heard this canard before. I googled hunzaland and about the only thing I got were people hawking their particular cure The Apricot Kernel Anti-Cancer Theory http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/land_of_hunza.htm or how about 160+ year olds http://www.arthritis-nature-cure.com/people.htm do really believe that? really, you don't think someone could be less than forthright to make a point about a product the promote? or maybe it's the magnetized water http://www.stopcancer.com/magnetpHFoundation2.htm A pure organic food diet and almost no pollution could be the reason for people having good health. or it could all be a bunch of hype. How do we know with out better documentation? -- Bob Allen, http://ozarker.org/bob = The modern conservative is engaged in one of Man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness JKG ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ _ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
