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U.S. Troops in Afghanistan Drinking Unsafe Water
Pentagon once again cutting major health and safety corners for deployed troops
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Every year there are new reports of abuses being heaped on American troops in the field. They were provided with cheap and unnecessarily heavy body armor instead of lightweight titanium layered Kevlar. They were issued canvas-covered Humvees. There were unconscionable delays in deploying armored Humvees and in ordering 1970's vintage MRAPs. They have to fight with jam-prone M-4s and live on bases blanketed by toxic burn pit smoke.
Now the method used to "purify" our troops' drinking water is being severely criticized by organizations no less than the World Health Organization and the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs.
"Pure, Clean Drinking Water" is not necessarily healthy. Potable water must contain a certain level and mix of minerals in order to be safe to drink. In 2008, (and possibly before that) the U.S. military in Afghanistan changed its drinking water policy. In order to reduce its logistics convoys, which were trucking in bottles of drinking water from Pakistan, the military began to install water purifications systems on its bases in Afghanistan. This enabled it to extract and treat local Afghan water.
Unfortunately for American service members, the Pentagon chose a treatment method called "reverse osmosis" or ROS. ROS systems have been in the military inventory since Operation Desert Storm, but in the past they have generally been used for short-term emergency situations. The problem is that ROS strips the essential minerals out of the water along with the contaminants, resulting in water that is unhealthy if consumed over an extended period. This is the position of the World Health Organization.
The ROS concept is to pressurize and then force water through submicron size synthetic membranes which filter out bacteria, sewage, cysts, protozoa, dirt and minerals. The result is supposed to be ultra-pure water. There are three primary problems with ROS-treated water:
ROS systems produce unhealthy water;
ROS water is not consistently pure; and
ROS membranes are mechanically fragile and potentially toxic.
1. ROS systems produce unhealthy water.
ROS produces water which is stripped of most of its minerals. The resulting water is similar to distilled water. Distilled water sold in the United States used to be labeled: "not fit for human consumption."
In 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO) completed a landmark study that was published under the simple title of "Nutrients in Drinking Water." The report emphasized that healthy drinking water is not simply a mix of hydrogen and oxygen, but includes a host of essential minerals. Those minerals perform two functions. They balance and stabilize the water, and they are transferred in part to the human body when consumed. The WHO cautioned again the consumption of distilled or ROS-treated water.
A second WHO report was prepared following its 2005, Nutrition Meeting. Entitled "Health Risks from Drinking Demineralised Water" it was authored by Frantisek Kozisek of the National Institute of Public Health for the Czech Republic. The report outlines the WHO's health concerns with demineralized water and sets out its recommendations for minimal levels of total dissolved solids and essential minerals in potable water. Both reports are publicly accessible at the WHO's website.
These WHO reports were followed by similar warnings by the German Society for Nutrition, and by experts in the field. See: "Early Death Comes From Drinking Distilled Water" by Zoltan Prona, M.D. and "The Dangers of Distilled Water and Reverse Osmosis (RO) Water" at SnyderHealth.Com.
The origin of the problem is that ROS-treated "pure water" (i.e., water composed of just hydrogen and oxygen) is chemically unstable. Such water has a natural attraction to other minerals, therefore when they are stripped away the water aggressively seeks to replace the missing minerals from within the human body. ROS-treated water becomes a scavenger soaking up any available sodium, potassium, chlorides, calcium, magnesium and other minerals, pulling them out of bones and organs.
The above studies list some of the potential health consequences of consuming chemically aggressive ROS-treated water. They include:
Cardiovascular disease
Reduction of red blood cells
Reduction of hemoglobin
Abdominal changes
Kidney problems
Increased urine output
Electrolyte imbalance
Vascular problems
Cerebral edema
Neuro degenerative diseases
Effects can be seen within one (1) year of ingestion.
This reporter interviewed an official from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VA has been documenting cases of kidney problems and other ailments from troops returning from Afghanistan, with no known causes. VA staff has begun pointing the finger at military burn pits as the culprit, but the official admitted that ROS water could also be the cause. The dangers of ROS water are apparently not currently under review by the VA.
2. ROS water is not consistently pure.
The second problem with ROS water, as with all filtered water, is that filtration efficiency functions on a curve. The longer the filter functions the less effective it is. Therefore not all water treated by ROS is of the same purity.
3. ROS membranes are mechanically fragile and potentially toxic.
The third problem with ROS is that the membranes are chemically manufactured and they can become "mechanically fragile" (i.e., they break up under compaction pressure and begin to disintegrate). The result is that troops wind up drinking micron size (invisible to the eye) pieces of the filtration membrane. This is a problem because the membranes can be made of toxic materials including aromatic polysulfones and 1.4.dioxane, which is a suspected cancer causing chemical.
In general, there are three types of ROS membranes:
A. Cellulose Acetate; the cheapest and most toxic,
B. Aromatic Polyamides; more expensive and less toxic, and
C. Thin Film Composite (TFC); most effective and most expensive.
It is hoped that the Pentagon is using TFC but its contractors may be using the cheapest and most toxic membranes.
This has been a brief summary of problems with ROS. ROS has many other deficiencies. For example: all intake water should be pre-filtered to remove sediments before it is treated. ROS may not remove all submicron viruses. ROS has no residual disinfectant effects, therefore bacteria and algae may readily grow in ROS-treated water. ROS systems reuse their filters so they have to be cleaned. Many companies use toxic chemical cleaners which can be absorbed into the filters.
ROS is not a cost-effective technology as it requires significant amounts of electricity and water (some of which is wasted). Some ROS users have attempted to compensate for the loss of minerals by either introducing liquid minerals into the ROS-treated water or by providing consumers with mineral supplements. This is a haphazard remedy as the liquid minerals do not always evenly re-energize the water and the supplements can have significantly different absorption rates for each consumer.
(1) Evaluate using a less aggressive filtration system such as a nano membrane system. It will leave more minerals in the water;
(2) Switch to a filtration system that uses a sediment filter, a carbon block filter, then a ceramic filter and finally ultra violet treatment to disinfect. This system will produce high quality drinking water in Afghanistan, although it will not work on the high saline source water found in parts of Iraq; or
(3) Return to the previous practice of supplying the troops with bottled spring water from a reputable source (keeping the plastic bottles out of the sun as the heat can cause potentially toxic phthalates to leach from the plastic into the water).
It used to be said that a soldier's rifle was his best friend. In hot climates, under the stress of wearing body armor on long patrols, the soldier's best friend is healthy drinking water. With ROS-treated drinking water, the well being of American troops is once again being put at risk by the Pentagon. Better water would be a good start, but ultimately better generals and admirals are needed.
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Dép. Tarn [et] Garonne | Montauban
25th Oct. 1864.
My dear Sharpey
Busk and myself have made every effort to be back in London by the 27th. inst. but we have been persecuted by mishaps—through the breakdown of trains, diligences, &c., so that we have been sadly put out in our reckoning—and have lost some of the main objects that brought us round by this part of France—none of which were idle or unimportant.
Busk started yesterday for Paris from Briunquel to make sure
of being present at the meeting of the R. Council on Thursday. He will tell you that there were strong reasons for my remaining
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Referring to the classified list—which I drew up—of Mr. Darwin's scientific labours, ranging through the wide field of 1. Geology; 2. Physical Geography; 3 Zoology; 4. Physiological Botany; 5 Genetic Biology; and to the power with which he has investigated whatever subject he has taken up, ``Nullum tetegit quod non ornavit'' I am of opinion that Mr. Darwin is not only one of the most eminent naturalists of his day, but that hereafter he will be regarded as one of the Great Naturalists of all Countries and of all time. His early work on the structure and distribution of Coral reefs constitutes an era in the investigation of the subject. As a monographic labour it may be compared with Dr. Wells Essay upon Dew, as original, exhaustive and complete—containing the closest observation with large and important generalizations.
Among the Zoologists, his monographs upon the Balanidæ and Lepadidæ, Fossil and Recent in the Palæontographical and Ray Societies' Publications are held to be models of their kind.
In Physiological Botany, his recent researches, upon the Dimorphism of the Genital organs in certain plants, embodied in his papers in the Linnean Journal, on Primula Linum and Lythrum, are of the highest order of importance. They open a new mine of observation, upon a field which had been barely struck upon before. The same remark applies to his researches on the structure and various adaptations of the Orchideous flower, to a definite object connected with impregnation of the plants through the agency of insects with foreign pollen. There has not yet been time for their due influence being felt in the advancement of the science. But in either subject, they constitute and advance per saltum. I need not dwell upon the value of his Geological Researches, which won for him one of the earlier awards of the ``Wollaston Medal''—from the Geological Society—the best of judges on the point.
And lastly Mr. Darwin's great essay on the Origin of Species by Natural Selection. This solemn and mysterious subject had been either so lightly or so grotesquely treated before, that it was hardly regarded as being within the bounds of legitimate philosophical investigation. Mr. Darwin after 20 years of the closest study and research, published his views, and it is sufficient to say that they instantly fixed the attention of mankind throughout the civilized world. That the efforts of a single mind should have arrived at success on a subject of such vast scope, and encompassed with such difficulties was more than could have been reasonably expected—and I am far from thinking that Charles Darwin has made out all his case. But he has treated it with such power and in such a philosophical and truth-seeking spirit and illustrated it with such a vast amount of original and collated observation, as fairly to have brought the subject within the bounds of rational scientific research. I consider this great essay on Genetic Biology to constitute a strong additional claim on behalf of Mr. Darwin for the Copley Medal.
In forming an estimate of the value and extent of Mr. Darwin's researches, due regard ought to be had to the circumstances under which they have been carried out—a pressure of unremitting disease—which has latterly left him not more than one or two hours of the day which he could call his own.
Yours sincerely | H. Falconer
Dr. Sharpey, F.R.S.
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Falconer and George Busk were both members of the Council of the Royal Society of London, which was due to meet to discuss the candidates for the Copley Medal on Thursday 27 October 1864; voting on the award of the medal was due to take place on 3 November 1864 (Royal Society, Council minutes). William Sharpey was secretary of the Royal Society (DNB). - +
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Busk and Falconer were returning from a visit to Gibraltar to examine the geology of Genista Cave, Windmill Hill, and the fossil remains recently recovered from it; Busk gave an account of the trip to the Philosophical Club of the Royal Society on 27 October 1864 (see Bonney 1919, p. 168, and letter from J. D. Hooker, 26[--8] October 1864). The expedition was financed by the British Association for the Advancement of Science (see letter to J. D. Hooker, [1 September 1864] and n. 11, and Falconer 1868, 2: 554--63). On the return journey, Busk and Falconer evidently intended to visit natural history museums and archaeological sites in France, including the cave of Les Eyzies in the Dordogne, which had recently been explored by Henry Christy and Edouard Lartet, and had yielded what Lartet regarded as some of the earliest known examples of Stone Age engravings, and the cave at Bruniquel (see letters from Hugh Falconer to Grace Milne, 5 October 1864 and 19 October 1864, the Falconer Museum, Forres, Scotland, and Falconer 1868, 2: 627--8). See also n. 3, below, and letter from Hugh Falconer, 3 November 186[4]. - +
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Bruniquel, a town in Tarn-et-Garonne, forty-one miles east of Montauban in the south of France, was the site of a cave rich in artefacts of early humans, including weapons and implements. These archaeological finds had already been purchased by the British Museum and formed part of the national collections (see Falconer 1868, 2: 630--1). Busk and Falconer had presumably gone to visit the site on their return from Gibraltar to compare it with the cave at Windmill Hill (see n. 2, above). - +
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The list has not been found. To assist him in constructing his case in support of CD's nomination for the Copley Medal, Falconer had obtained a list of CD's publications (see letter from E. A. Darwin, 27 June [1864], letter to E. A. Darwin, 30 June 1864, and letter from E. A. Darwin to Hugh Falconer, 2 July 1864). See Appendix IV. - +
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Balanidae and Lepadidae are families of Cirripedia (barnacles). Fossil Cirripedia (1851) and (1854) were published by the Palaeontographical Society, and Living Cirripedia (1851 and 1854) was published by the Ray Society. For a discussion of CD's study of Cirripedia, carried out between 1846 and 1854, see Correspondence vol. 4, Appendix II. - +
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The reference is to `Dimorphic condition in Primula', `Two forms in species of Linum', and `Three forms of Lythrum salicaria'. George Bentham commented on the new interest in flower dimorphism stimulated by CD's researches in his anniversary address to the Linnean Society on 24 May 1864 (see Bentham 1864a, pp. xviii--xix). For discussions of CD's research on dimorphism, and presentation lists for these papers, see Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix III, Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix IV, and this volume, Appendix III. - +
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A conditional simulation technique has previously been presented for variance reduction when estimating rail probabilities. particularly extreme ones. for a wide class of moving-average processes. Here. ve generalize the technique from continuous ro discrete random variables. Two distinct approaches to this generalization are presented and compared. We describe some of the empirical properties of the preferred method in simple examples. and present some more general examples including autoregressive moving-average processes in one and two dimensions. We show that the technique performs well for processes with a wide range of structures, provided the tail probability to be estimated is not too large. We discuss briefly the application of this technique in investigating volatility in financial models of. for example, asset prices.
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Exhibit highlights city's ties to military flight
A new exhibit at the Institute of Texan Cultures celebrates the centennial of the first military flight at Fort Sam Houston in 1910.
By Scott Huddleston : October 16, 2009
Mitsunori Miki examines a folk art airplane from Nepal, one of many featured in the new exhibit "A Salute to Military Flight," at the Institute of Texan Cultures.
The biggest challenge researchers faced in creating an exhibit on San Antonio's ties to aviation was deciding what to leave out.
But officials at the Institute of Texan Cultures feel they've done a pretty good job of telling the story of the city's role as the birthplace of military flight. The exhibit officially opens today and runs through July 4.
"We've tried to pull together the history of aviation with a focus specific to San Antonio," said Rhett Rushing, a researcher who runs the institute's oral history program.
The exhibit celebrates the upcoming centennial of the first military flight on March 2, 1910, by Benjamin Foulois at Fort Sam Houston. Titled "A Salute to Military Flight," it also covers the city's evolution as an aviation hub, from the creation of Kelly Field during World War I to pioneering space research at Brooks AFB. It also takes a look at the future of military aviation.
A display dedicated to the late Flying Tigers ace David Lee "Tex" Hill shows excerpts from a videotaped interview a few years before his death in 2007. Other famed aviators who trained in San Antonio, including Charles Lindbergh and Jimmy Doolittle, are prominently featured.
The exhibit also honors others who contributed, including the "Kelly Katies," women who worked in civil service at Kelly during World War II.
"Hopefully people will recognize family members and friends from the past and make that connection," said Carey Eagan, educational specialist and project coordinator.
The exhibit on the institute's lower level has more than 100 items, including a collection of paintings and photos from Air Force bases across the country, as well as the Pentagon.
Sherry Kafka Wagner, local creative consultant, loaned 22 folk art model planes she's collected worldwide, made of everything from reeds to recycled Coke cans. Also featured is the work of Texas aviation photographer Jay Miller and photos of planes vibrantly painted for Braniff Airlines in the 1970s by the late artist Alexander Calder.
One item from the Air Force collection, a rare 1918 panoramic photo of Camp John Wise, an Army balloon camp north of downtown, shows Pearl Brewery and other landmarks in the background.
Three new works were commissioned by the Air Force for the exhibit, said Bob Crawford, staff curator with Randolph AFB's Air Education and Training Command.
"Many of these pieces have never been seen outside the places where they've been displayed," Crawford said.
One work, "American School of Aviation at Tours," on loan from the Air Force Academy, is one of the early major works of aviation art. It was painted in 1917 by Henry Farre, widely considered the first aviation combat artist.
The institute, a campus of the University of Texas at San Antonio, also plans to post excerpts from oral histories of early aviators on its Web site later this month. Online users will hear personal accounts recorded in the 1980s from aviators who since have died, of Foulois' pioneering flights and the early days of Kelly Field.
The institute also recently added a brief segment on Texas aviation to its multimedia show, "Faces and Places of Texas," shown on its dome-shaped, multi-screen ceiling.
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If bad publicity could be converted to dollars, the Transportation Security Administration would be so flush with cash it could forego congressional budget requests for years. Congress and the media have focused their ire on the ineptitude and alleged criminality of some airport screeners, to the exclusion of equally salient, yet less publicized factors. An accurate assessment of the current state of airport security requires an examination of the variety of issues that have contributed to its wounds.
In fairness to the TSA, it is important to remember that the agency was created in just 11 weeks following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Billie Vincent, an aviation consultant and former director of the FAA Office of Civil Aviation Security, noted that given the haste in which the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA) was drafted, passed and signed into law by President Bush, we should have expected problems to develop.
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Senior management turnover has been troublesome for the TSA. In May, President Bush nominated Edmund "Kip" Hawley to be the agency's new chief, which will make him the fourth new TSA director in as many years. What is interesting about the first three appointees-John McGaw, Admiral James Loy, and Admiral David Stone-is that the words "commercial aviation security" did not figure prominently in their professional backgrounds. Hawley, on the other hand, has been a member of the FAA Air Traffic Services committee.
Richard L. Duncan, CPP, aviation security director at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, said these senior management shifts have had an impact on the overall interpretation of security policies and procedures at his airport.
"In the early phases of the TSA, they were heavily pushing a law enforcement type of agency," said Duncan. "Today they have started focusing on the things they do best, which is passenger and baggage screening activities."
These frequent changes in management and their accompanying policy shifts sometimes present unexpected challenges to the rank-and-file screening personnel. For instance, during Admiral Loy's tenure, Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta pushed the TSA to get airline passengers through screening points in 10 minutes or less. Billie Vincent describes this mentality as "facilitation, not security."
"That has happened throughout the history of aviation security," asserted Vincent. "The moment the FAA used to try to do something meaningful, the airlines would say, 'Well, that will affect our bottom line,' or 'That will affect our customers' movement' and so on. And before they ever reached a good security measure, they were talking about how to compromise the process and get the people through quicker."
More-No, Fewer Screeners
Adding to the TSA's security woes was the initial rapid expansion and subsequent contraction of its screening program. Vincent said that in its short history, the agency has "located, tested, hired, trained and indoctrinated over 60,000 persons in less than one year. It has also lost some 10,000-plus employees after having ramped up to an initial employment level beyond its congressionally authorized strength." The remaining 45,000 screeners now appear to be stretched too thin, and some federal security directors at busier airports are requesting additional personnel.
"Congress limited the TSA to 45,000 screeners in 2001, and that cap has not changed," said Duncan. "We're now into 2005, and if you look at Atlanta, our traffic has increased tremendously. In 2004 we did 83.4 million passengers, but there has been no growth in the TSA workforce at airports. In fact, TSA is threatening to cut screeners based on Congressional limitations."
This led to charges from individual screeners that the mandated three-hour-per-week training they were supposed to receive was more like a few minutes. Their concerns were validated in a report issued by the General Accountability Office in May. It states that almost half of the local TSA managers reported that there was not sufficient time for screeners to receive recurrent training within regular work hours because of understaffing.
Crossed Wires
It is important to understand that federal security directors and aviation security directors serve different functions at the same airports. The FSD works for the TSA and is responsible for the screening of passengers and bags. Conversely, an ASD like Richard Duncan works for the Department of Aviation for the local authority-in Duncan's case, the City of Atlanta-and has responsibility for ensuring the safety and security of persons at the airport and preventing unauthorized items getting to the aircraft. This overlap means that sometimes information such as screener performance is not disseminated from the FSDs to ASDs.
"We talk about screener performance," said Duncan, "but the FSD is not obligated to provide detailed information to the airports about how well the screeners are performing."
Given these concerns, what is the current status of airport security in the United States? Let's begin with the screeners, who are the easiest target of critics.
Screening Improvement
Despite all the bad press, there has been considerable improvement in the TSA's screening program since 9/11.
"Screener performance is still lacking in what it should be," said Vincent. "But it is far superior now to what it was (when the TSA took over). The next question one has to ask: Is it what it ought to be? And the answer is unquestionably no."
Richard Duncan added, "There is a difference in the quality of employees at the checkpoints. The TSA workers are better trained coming into the job."
Some have remarked that the screening system relies too heavily on technology. Vincent believes that you cannot build an effective screening system if you do not first build a good people system.
"You first start by selecting the right people, give them the right training, the right supervision and technology. And not just any technology, the right technology. Too often the solution to everything is technology."
The major problem with screening is the expectation that technology or screeners alone can prevent 100% of weapons and other dangerous items from entering sterile areas and airplanes. They can't-not alone, that is. "That is why you build a layered system," said Vincent. "You have to have the right procedures and processes, but no layer is going to be 100%."
Vincent suggests several enhancements to the screening program:
- Accelerate the training and deployment of pilots with guns (in the United States).
- Accelerate the enhancement of explosives detection systems by removing them from airport lobbies and incorporating them into the airports'/airlines' conveyor systems.
- Install covert CCTV throughout aircraft passenger cabins for viewing in cockpits.
- Design and implement a three-stage vehicle surveillance, assessment, inspection and barrier system to address the potential use of suicide vehicle-bomb attacks against airport terminal buildings.
- Screen all persons (including crews, employees and staff) and inspect their accompanying articles whenever they attempt to enter a restricted area.
- Accelerate R&D for enhanced explosives detection systems for passenger screening.
Vincent considers the implementation of the surveillance, assessment and barrier system to be one of the most critical elements in airport security today. However, resistance is inevitable because of the cost, the disruption and the lack of a specified threat.
"That's going to come from the airports, that's going to come from the airlines, that's going to come from people who are dissatisfied that someone is interrupting their routine. None of us want it," said Vincent, "but the consequences of not doing it are horrendous."
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Holidays evoke moments of reflection. Americans just celebrated Memorial Day, a time to honor those who have fought and died in wars for the nation. Traditionally, people hold parades, gather in cemeteries and rally around monuments to fallen soldiers.
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Sen. Marco Rubio's rebuttal to State of the Union last night was notable mostly for what it didn't do: spend more than a hot second on the subject of immigration. I've been impressed to see the Florida Republican working to convince conservatives that it's time for immigration reform. Sure, his urgency may be as electoral as it is moral. But that doesn't make him wrong.
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I don't get that excited about the perennial calls for civility in politics. Treating others with respect is important, and I certainly have no problem with political discourse that's even friendly and good-humored. But it's not clear that the latter serves any purpose beyond itself—that it builds understanding or encourages useful moderation or enables compromise. Chatting may be generally preferable to yelling, but it's not really a solution to division and gridlock.
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Jamelle Bouie recently lamented that liberals continually fall into the trap of focusing on crafting good policy arguments, while what wins debates (and even elections) are appeals to ideals and principles.
Per usual, Ross Douthat is in this post occasionally wise but often infuriating:
It's useful to think of Obama's stimulus bill and Walker's budget repair bill as mirror image exercises in legislative shock and awe, and the Tea Party and the Wisconsin labor protests as mirror images of backlash.
No, that really isn't useful at all.
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Our president embodies [America's] uncentered spiritual landscape in three ways. First, like a growing share of Americans (44 percent), President Obama changed his religion as an adult, joining Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ in his 20s after a conversion experience brought him out of agnosticism into faith. Second, he was converted by a pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, whose highly politicized theology was self-consciously at odds with much of historic Christian practice and belief. Finally, since breaking with that pastor, Obama has become a believer without a denomination or a church, which makes him part of one of the country's fastest-growing religious groups — what the Barna Group calls the "unchurched Christian" bloc, consisting of Americans who accept some tenets of Christian faith without participating in any specific religious community.
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I am just beginning on making menus and grocery shopping by the menu. I was wondering...when making your menu do u include all meals, breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack? I will have both my kiddos homewith me for the yr as I am homeschooling them. SO I would want to include it all in the menu right?
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I don't because it is easier for me not to, but I have a list of things I eat and pick from there.
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I do all meals and Fiance's lunch pail. ( usually leftovers but not always ) and snacks
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07-13-2008, 11:10 AM #4I usually do the main meal for our family which is supper but I keep extra's for say an unexpected meal I have to cook. For breakfast I just keep cereal, oatmeal, eggs, and sausage since a lot of times we all want something different. Lunch is usually leftovers from the night before or just something quick like spaghetti.
07-13-2008, 12:39 PM #5Have done this for years. I realize it does not work for everybody. I do a two week menu, inc snacks and leftovers in the menues.
We have a 12 mile drive to the military commissary (grocery store on base), so bundle it into a trip for pharmacy refills, etc. while there.
07-13-2008, 12:51 PM #6I usually only add dinner in our menu because I always keep cereal, eggs, pancake mix, and oatmeal on hand for breakfast. So breakfast is easy. For lunch, we eat leftovers from dinner and I also make sure we have lunch meat, peanut butter/jelly, canned soups, and fruits/vegetables on hand for lunches. These are given things I will add to my list if we are out. So, I usually plan my menu around dinner.
07-13-2008, 01:02 PM #7That's pretty much how I do my menu. I like to go through my cupboards when I'm planning my menu to see what I have so I can make my dinners from that, too. Sometimes I'll plan to make something and never get around to it and I'll have random things hanging around in my pantry.
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I plan all meals, snacks, etc. Otherwise my budget gets blown. Plus I can make sure we get all the nutrients this way.
07-13-2008, 02:56 PM #9I plan just dinners, but I also make enough for leftovers and those are lunch the next day. If there are no leftovers, then I have a bunch of stuff on hand that they can eat, eggs, pizza stuff on bagels or English muffins, cans of soup, etc.
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07-13-2008, 06:37 PM #11I really only menu plan for dinners, taking into account leftovers, but then I always keep on hand eggs and potatoes for breakfast, oatmeal, and fresh fruit. Lunches are leftovers, sandwiches, pizza, soup, etc. Sometimes we do breakfast for lunch too, pancakes or eggs and hash browns, etc. I do always make a list, but don't really need a menu for anything but the dinners.
07-13-2008, 07:13 PM #12I plan my menus and the days dh is off for things he likes to eat for breakfast, snack etc. But I go by what I already have in my cupboards and freezer and then what I need is what I buy or if a meat sale is coming I plan for that. Usually look at the ads to see what fruits, veggies are on sale for the week and plan that into our meals.
07-13-2008, 08:19 PM #13I start with breakfast. Go through the essential things to have on hand. Here would be cereal, oatmeal, waffles, pancakes, bacon, sausage, pop tarts for the sat morning treat, biscuits, eggs, hashbrowns, gravy, and bread. Do not go through these very fast it seems. Then I make list of snacks ( I do daycare so use alot in a month) then drinks.
I write down lunches for month and try to buy enough to make it through. Fish sticks, bread, peanut butter, jelly, ham, cheese, chicken nuggets, noodles, sauce, and lots of fruits and veggies. etc
Dinner will be easier for me anyway. That is only meal I just feed me and my 2 kids. I can make a batch of anything and it could last at least 2 dinners. I like it that way. We have list of about 10 dinners we eat a month. Easy, each of em twice, then with their dad other nights.
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Reconsiderations for Latin American Studies
Edited by Ciro A. Sandoval and Sandra M. Boschetto-Sandoval
José María Arguedas (1911-1969) is one of the most important authors to speak to issues of the survival of native cultures. José María Arguedas: Reconsiderations for Latin American Cultural Studies presents his views from multiple perspectives for English-speaking audiences for the first time.
The life and works of José María Arguedas reflect in a seminal way the drama of acculturation and transculturation suffered not only by what we think of as the indigenous and mestizo cultures of Peru, but by other Latin American societies as well. Intricately reflecting his pluricultural and bilingual life experience, Arguedas's illuminating poetic visions of Andean culture cross multidisciplinary borders to transfigure pedagogical and social practices.
Few texts convey the complexity and contradictions of an Andean cosmopolitanism with the intense accuracy of Arguedas's anthropological, ethnographic essays and literary writings. The ramifications of Arguedas's cultural critiques have yet to be assessed, particularly as a response to the disruptive forces of modernity, acculturation, and essential identity.
José María Arguedas was a Peruvian ethnographer, anthropologist, folklorist, poet, and novelist. He based his novels and stories on the life and outlook of the Quechua-speaking Indians and was a pioneer of modern Quechua poetry.
The present anthology brings his work to the attention of broader audiences by pulling together diverse scholarly views on Arguedas's aesthetic and multicultural contributions to the contemporary and political archipelago. It is a synthesis of his views on cultural change as it impinges upon considerations and theories of Latin American cultural studies.
Ciro A. Sandoval is associate professor of Spanish and Comparative Studies at Michigan Technological University.
Sandra M. Boschetto-Sandoval is an associate professor of Spanish at Michigan Technological University.
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I imagine that this isn't a standard enquiry.
I've been mulling over an idea about trying to grow mould cultures into shapes through exposing bits of media through stencils for a while. I briefly and unsuccessfully tried this back in April using food grade agar as a medium: http://www.jamiedobson.com/pointlessendeavour/archives/1008.
I've done some research online this afternoon and discovered that this is probably more complicated but potentially much more interesting than I initially imagined.
This train of thought started back in 1997 with this:
Could you recommend some media and some catalysts with which to grow visible types of interesting mouldy stuff (ideally non-life threatening)?
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This is a really interesting idea. Admittedly, somewhat akin to ideas that we have toyed with in our own labs – sometimes accidentally, sometimes intentionally – see the attached picture where we tried to recreate the 'M' from our logo with bacteria in a Petri dish (this took a fair bit of practice – making the right dilution of bacteria so as not to get a solid 'lawn' of growth, and see individual colonies).
What you're trying to achieve is entirely possible, with some refinement of the method you're using and perhaps the choice of agar.
In terms of agar, there are a number of different media you could use and your choice depends on how colourful you want your artwork to be. Some moulds produce pigment naturally (e.g. Penicillium chrysogenum (green with white border) or Aspergillus niger (black with white border). Most media designed for growing moulds media will encourage pigment production and therefore you will see a stronger pigment than on a basal agar (like the food grade agar you used in your experiment. Some media are coloured, so with careful selection of species you can see coloured moulds on a coloured background (see links 2 & 3). To give you some perspective, have a look at the following links on our website – the links are for a selection of different product pages which carry images of the prepared media with mould cultures growing.
1. http://www.labm.com/product.asp?id=1675
2. http://www.labm.com/product.asp?id=1680
3. http://www.labm.com/product.asp?id=1614
I had a look at both the links you provided, and from the information you've put on I can see where you can make some adjustments to get better results – I've made some suggestions below (I hope you don't mind! – the suggestions aren't intended to patronise, but I have assumed (perhaps wrongly) that you don't have a big science/lab back ground as your studies were/are architecture and design).
The best way to prepare the agar in the absence of lab equipment would be to add room temperature water to the powder, leave it to soak for 10 minutes (to remove any lumps/clumps), then bring it to the boil on a hob, mixing (by swirling the pan/flask) regularly. Any product with agar content needs to be boiled to dissolve the agar fully in the water (the melting point of agar is quite high – around 80oC or so). Once you've done this, you can dispense the agar into plates. Boiling the agar will also provide a good (though not perfect) degree of sterilisation in a non-selective (without antibiotics) medium. What this means in practice is that the potential for contaminating bacterial growth to overgrow your mould cultures is reduced.
In terms of the agar you use, food grade is possibly too pure to encourage good growth with pigment production. Basic bacteriological grade agars (see http://www.labm.com/products/agar-no-2-bacteriological-general-purpose/ or http://www.labm.com/products/agar-no-1-bact–high-clarity/) which will do a fair job alone for what you need. You only need around 15g per litre of water to produce a solid agar, so it's not much at all. Petri dishes are usually poured with a 18-25ml fill depending on method used to pour plates.
Using the whisk as you did was a good idea, but you, quite rightly, attributed the bubbles to the whisk. The swirling method I recommended above should ensure that your preparation is mixed but not bubbly. The formation of some bubbles is inevitable when preparing media by hand. An easy way to get rid of bubbles on the surface of a poured agar plate is to flame them with a Bunsen burner (which burns off the oxygen). You could recreate this by using a gas lighter (like the sort used at home for lighting barbecues / candles as opposed to a small cigarette lighter). You need to do this immediately after pouring the plate, before the agar begins to set.
The biggest thing to consider in all of this is that by culturing moulds you're creating a biohazard. Microorganisms are classified in safety levels for laboratory purposes. Most are minimum category 2 meaning laboratory containment and handling procedures. Even schools are limited in what they can use in science levels (I think they can only culture probiotic/live yoghurts now as anything else is potentially too dangerous with a large group of pupils). Moulds are particularly hazardous as they form spores which can easily become airborne. Spores are also able to survive on surfaces for long periods of time.
What might be a good idea if you want to continue with the culturing of microorganisms is to see if you can attach to a university (with microbiology laboratories) who may be able to give some basic training in lab techniques and good laboratory practice and also where you can work – safe in the knowledge that you, your art subjects and others in the vicinity are safe from biohazard. They may also be able to help you with preparation of the agar. Realistically speaking, I think you need to be in a laboratory to SAFELY work on what you're trying to achieve.
I do hope this gives you some assistance.
With best regards, Lisa
A few days research leave has become one day, oh well.
I've filled some petri dishes with agar, cut stencils and used a discarded toddler nappy to blot through the stencil and on to the agar. Now I just need to wait for mould…
There are a few things I'll do differently next time:
+ I used a powered whisk to mix the agar with boiling water which whipped tiny bubbles into the substance, unfortunately this has left a pitted surface on the set agar.
+ I think the ratio of agar to water is incorrect, I've got a very hard opaque substance rather than a soft jelly.
+ I cut stencils from paper, next time I'll cut stencils from a non-permeable material.
In December 2003 I started work on what would become 'record trace'. I put the rear light from my bicycle on my turntable and watched it revolve… I imagined that in a long exposure photograph it would look like a cylinder of light, a little like the cylinder of data I'd tried to visualise in 'record colour order – data visualisation'.
Bicycle light on turntable
I've got a few days research leave next week and some experiments and updates to my websites planned.
Years ago (it was 1997), as part of my architecture degree final project I made a machine which used a welded PVC jacket, a pump, transparent plates and agar to grow mould cultures from the wearers body. After my creative practice moved from architecture to graphic design I toyed with the idea of growing type in a petri dish but this remained an idea. A few years ago one of my Graphic Communication students tried to grow type using swabs from her dog, this was fleetingly interesting before becoming a biohazard. I've googled 'mould type' and found one reference; Jonathan Bobrow, he has tried but with little success. I'll try next week and post my results.
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