Re: UPDATE ON HUGH IN OZ?
- Original Message - From: James Hedley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 8:09 PM Subject: Re: UPDATE ON HUGH IN OZ? Hi James Some places around Albury (north and east) had a quite good season last year - east of the Hume highway was like eden last october - so they should have good water on farm - Hume dam is an irrigation storage and is leaking out the tap at the bottom for the purpose of keeping some flow in the murray river . The others you would have seen with good water levels up in the mountains are the Snowy hydro storages Geehi, Tooma. Tumut Pond, Talbingo etc (you probably could have seen Eucumbene and the others too from the plane) - these storages are for the purpose of holding and delivering water for hydro power generation - only when the power authorities can no longer hold it does this water get into irrigation storage like Hume dam, and Blowering Dam. Some hydro water was offered to farmers late last year at the generation cost (around 180+ dollars per megalitre) but that is not economically feasible for most crops. I think the lack of greenery is likely due to the rapid decline in water levels and the fact that the soil (if you could call it that has been so long under water and eroded to nothingness by wave action. The country east and north of Albury is renowned as some of the best cattle grazing country in eastern Australia - home to many of the major beef stud breeding operations and sought after by people with big money to spend - its right up there with the victorian western districts as far as price per head of stock carried. When it finally rains that country will kick into gear real good. On a different tack I was contacted by a fellow yesterday who is in a group building a cloudbuster - west of me - I had not thought about this much but if there is one in that town then based on population there would be five of them around Albury - scary hey! I am aiming to meet these guys and attempt to dissuade them from using the thing by trying to show some of what was at Albury. The lady at Albury who talked so agitatedly about 'chemtrails' also worried me - I saw the vapour trail she was on about in the sky early that morning and all I saw was a jet vapour trail same as I have been looking at since I was a kid and it was a novelty to see one - I've always seen one that hangs in the sky for a while as a sign of upper level moisture or cold air masses. Too many people jumping at shadows I think, if we start pointing Reich style cannons at every jet trail in the sky we will have untold damage to repair. My 2c's worth anyway Cheers Lloyd Charles , > as we were heading out to catch the > plane home I noticed that in the next valley over, all the dams were full, > even although there was only 5% in the Hume Dam. Seems as if it is leaking > out from the weir >. There isn't green grass even on the edges of the dams. > The city of Albury cuts a dragon line that runs from Mount Elephant in the > west and Table Top Mountain near Albury.
Re: UPDATE ON HUGH IN OZ?
Dear Roger, A very interesting area around Hume Weir.as we were heading out to catch the plane home I noticed that in the next valley over, all the dams were full, even although there was only 5% in the Hume Dam. Seems as if it is leaking out from the weir The earth energies anywhere in that area weren't conducive to life. There isn't green grass even on the edges of the dams. The polarity of the soil and the so called improved pasture are acting against each other. In a fertile area you would find soil as nett negative electrical charge, and the plants as mostly nett positive electrical charge. When you have a clay soil with water running through it there will mostly be positive electrical charge. Positive charge from the soil, positive charge plants and positive cosmic rays bombarding the atmosphere. Consequently you will have a deficit of life forces because there is not polarity changes in that area. I bet if you were to dowse over a large area surrounding Albury - Wodonga you would find that it was mostly positive charge and that the incidence of cancer and other so called 20th century diseases would be very high compared to the Western Districts of Victoria. The area was the proposed site for the national capital but the old time surveyors who would also have done a geobiological survey must have noticed the potential problems. That combined with the political constraints stopped the area from being our national capital. The city of Albury cuts a dragon line that runs from Mount Elephant in the west and Table Top Mountain near Albury. Even today in China it is considered an offence against nature to cut through water or dragon lines. The Fon- Chei or Wind/Water man was called in, if he said that it was alright to build then the house was built, if he said no the house or structure was not built. The amount of noxious rays that must emanate from that area would easily account for some people getting headaches. This is not an attempt to bag Albury Wodonga, I am just using it as an example of how harmful emanations from earth energies can affect the lives of people without them knowing what is causing the problems. There are many simple and effective ways of counteracting the effects of geopathic stress. If you believe that there is a problem with your property contact Roger or I and we may be able to help you as to the best way of counteracting the harmful radiations. Regards James - Original Message - From: "Roger Pye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 6:52 PM Subject: Re: UPDATE ON HUGH IN OZ? > Lovely health-giving soft and gentle rain here in Canberra, still going > strong after 16 hours, in our garden perhaps 30-40mm already. Sullivans > Creek which runs through the Australian National University grounds was > 'running a banker' as the saying goes when I went to collect Robin at > 4.30pm. > > Whether Hugh 'brought' the rain or not is impossible to know. There will > always be some people who were at the workshops who will believe he did > and some who will believe he didn't. To me, the important thing is that > he saw value in coming to Oz and that as a result his ideas will spread > thoughout the community. Furthermore, the very fact of his desire to > come here enabled BACA to build a substantial workshop around him which > will be of considerable benefit to the community. > > One unwelcome surprise I had (on Day 3) was that the venue had not been > checked for adverse energies. This fact came to light when the person > sitting to my left complained of a migraine similar to the one she had > developed when sitting in the same chair on Day 1. With pendulum and > rods I detected a 3-metre wide series of adverse energy flows running > diagonally across the room. This was the main meeting room, > incidentally, where much of the forum took place. Anyone consistently > sitting in the way of the stream could have been affected in one way or > another (eg, headache, tiredness, nausea). As it happened I had a chunk > of energised quartz in my bag which was sufficient to stop the flow > through the wall behind us which was affecting my neighbour, and I was > able to alleviate her condition with healing energy. > > Roger > >
Re: MAD COW UPDATE ( 2) Mark Purdey theory
Thanks, Alberto. Mark Purdey spoke with Will Winter at the Mid-Atlantic Biodynamic Food and Farming Conference Oct 3-5 this past year right here in Virginia, USA. He has also been a 'guest speaker' on BD Now! on a couple of occasions. I find the article of great interest, aside from what Mark's investigations have revealed. And, I appreciate your willingness to share what you know. What do you make of this particular story, after reading it carefully? -Allan
Bonds with the Natural World (WARNING: Contains Violent Images)
From today's Washington Post. Posted here for insight and not for the story. -AB Cockatoo's Defense of Owner Helps to Convict His Killer Sunday, February 23, 2003; Page A02 Cockatoo's Defense of Owner Helps to Convict His Killer Looking to upgrade your home security system with a little animal ferocity? Forget pit bulls -- try a cockatoo. That was one possible lesson from a Dallas trial that ended Tuesday with a murder conviction, thanks in large part to DNA evidence furnished with the help of the victim's protective bird. As prosecutors described it, Kevin Butler's white-crested cockatoo swooped down on one of two men who attacked Butler, 48, with knives in his home on Christmas Eve 2001. Butler was stabbed to death, but the bird's insistent pecking bloodied one of the assailant's heads. Daniel Torres, 30, then wiped the blood from his scalp and touched a light switch, leaving the DNA police used to arrest him, prosecutors said. The genetic data apparently sealed the deal for the jury, which convicted Torres of capital murder and sentenced him to life in prison. The other alleged attacker, Johnny Serna, 22, a former employee of Butler's swimming pool company, is expected to face similar charges. The 18-inch cockatoo, named Bird for basketball legend Larry Bird, "stayed there valiantly and fought," to the end, prosecutor George West said. At the crime scene, police found Bird's lifeless, feathered body stabbed with a fork. Cockatoos bond with their owners like mates and will protect them at all costs, West said. "Torres admitted that he had to fight the bird over and over," he said. "That bird was more courageous than many a wife would have been." -- Lee Hockstader
MAD COW UPDATE ( 2) Mark Purdey theory
My ola to the gruop , with all my respect I am a A Brazilian Organic Veterinarian , who recently finished the treining in a Biodynamic . In relation with the mad cow disease are you aware of Mark Purdey theory - High-dose exposure to systemic phosmet insecticide modifies the phosphatidylinositol anchor on the prion protein: the origins of new variant transmissible spongiform encephalopathies? and his biography and eco-detective journeys to the centre of scientific truth http://www.markpurdey.com/ Alberto ( Sorry for my spelling )
Re: delaying budbreak with FB
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: delaying budbreak with FB Hi Laura Did you have any success with your broadcaster - slowing the vines down? > Hugh and all other FB users > this is my first season with my FB from Hugh. We had an unusually warm > winter and still warmer spring (30 C yesterday) with lots of rain fall. The > result is that my grapevines are hurdling towards budbreak much faster than > I can prune. > I am looking for advise on how to slow them down, hold the sap back ... ? I had a look at your website recently and recommend it to all (especially newcomers to BD) - I have read and heard a lot about the plant 'gestures' associated with BD - in Alex Podolinskys books,-also Allan Balliet said about his own home garden plants 'standing to attention' for weeks after spraying preps, Hugh Lovel and others have said similar things, all over my head until I SAW IT in your pictures of the vines - particularly the picture of the red variety in the 'a little about Biodynamics', this is a classic case of 'a picture worth a thousand words'. We have a lot of wine grapes near us so I am used to the look of commercial chemical nutrition vines - yours sure are different - I also observed this growth pattern at the Castagna vineyard at Beechworth in NE Victoria (they farm Biodynamic) - then went on to an organic vineyard where I am helping install a broadcaster pipe and it was totally absent - these people have been doing some BD but are in the process of falling off the (Podolinsky regulated) cart, and have slipped back to organic management, their vines have a similar growth habit as chemical farmed ones do. Anyway thanks for putting the link to your site on BDnow for us to see. Cheers Lloyd Charles
Re: thanks, Jane!
What a great idea! The sound of water moving is so soothing. Let me know how this progresses. > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 12:41:01 -0600 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: thanks, Jane! > > > Bryan / college Station has two hospitals, St Joseph and > The Med Center, both have or are currently undergoing > some major revamping projects. I've been wondering > how a fountain type flowform would work in some area > where healing is most needed.
thanks, Jane!
I'd like to try to get in touch with this person: < ³Nature is in some fundamental way important for the human psyche, and as such it is really central to public health,² says Roger Ulrich, director of the Center for Health Systems and Design at Texas A&M University. A pioneer in the field, Ulrich has tested these theories on patients recovering from cardiac and abdominal surgery. He found that patients whose hospital rooms overlooked trees required less pain medication and recovered more quickly than those whose rooms overlooked brick walls.> Bryan / college Station has two hospitals, St Joseph and The Med Center, both have or are currently undergoing some major revamping projects. I've been wondering how a fountain type flowform would work in some area where healing is most needed.
FW: [globalnews] Dying Vietnam Vet Restores Health by RestoringLocal Creek, Watershed
Title: FW: [globalnews] Dying Vietnam Vet Restores Health by Restoring Local Creek, Watershed YES! Magazine restoring nature, restoring yourself by Francesca Lyman photo by Joel Sackett For a man broken by war, John Beal found himself an unlikely place of refuge. Hamm Creek was an open sewer, plugged up with garbage. The disabled Vietnam veteran hadn’t known where to turn. Told that he had less than four months to live and advised by his doctor to find a hobby to take his mind off his pain and suffering, he wandered down to the stream behind his house to contemplate his future. He stood on the shores of a backwater tributary of the Duwamish River, a dredged shipping channel on the outskirts of Seattle, edged by concrete factories and laced with toxic waste. He was still recovering from bullet wounds and haunted by flashbacks. Besides suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, he had gone through three heart attacks, followed by a serious motorcycle accident. “I went down to the stream behind my house and just cried, wondering how I’d care for my wife and four kids,” says Beal. “Then the idea came to me: If you’re going to check out, so to speak, try to leave this place better than it was when you found it. I looked at this wreck of a stream, filled with refrigerators, computers, old tires, torn garbage bags, broken swing sets, and stinking carpets, and all I wanted to do was clean it up.” Maybe it was a way of processing his memories of the wreckage of war, he admits. Maybe it was survivor’s guilt. Or maybe his doctor’s advice propelled him. Instead of despairing, he started simply pulling out the garbage. “When I yanked out this huge refrigerator, I thought it would surely kill me. Instead I felt better.” Since that day 23 years ago, Beal has directed all of his energies to cleaning up and restoring this polluted stream flowing out of Seattle’s industrial south end. During the last ten years he has moved on to restoring the entire watershed of which it is a part. “John really deserves credit for realizing that the Duwamish River and its estuaries could be restored to health, at a time when many people had written off the urbanized Duwamish as a lost cause,” says Kathy Fletcher, executive director of The People for Puget Sound, a citizen’s organization that involves local citizens in protecting and restoring local streams. Beal has recruited hundreds of crews to clean up and replant around the streams and has now established a network of volunteer groups living in the area, as well as drawing the support and interest of the local Duwamish tribe. Through sheer persistence, and with the help of groups like People for Puget Sound, Beal eventually raised enough public awareness and pressure to persuade the local utility to allow Hamm Creek, which had been channelized and paved into a culvert, to be daylighted and rerouted over its property. “The most dramatic thing is how quickly the creek began reviving,” Fletcher says, adding that within days of a huge effort to daylight and replant the area little salmonids began appearing. What was once a culvert dripping with waste is now a beautifully recontoured and replanted stream brimming with beaver, salmon, and other fish. For Beal, the impulse to do environmental restoration is itself restorative: “It has empowered me and kept me alive.” That same impulse has spurred the energies of thousands of volunteers. “I’ve seen remarkable things happen to people who connect with Mother Earth,” he concludes, describing dozens of cases of people disabled physically or psychologically who benefit from the exercise and feeling of accomplishment. “They see a light go on when they get here.” “I remember watching a young man who had been in a wheelchair for eight years come out to help us weed and plant,” he says. “After two years, he’s almost able to walk.” At first, the disabled man would fall out of his wheelchair, Beal recalls. But now, he says, the man is able to clamber down the slope of the shore, willing himself through. “He was out there every single day. And lately he’s saying, ‘Now I’ve got a mission in life.’” No matter how stressed, angry, depressed or troubled they are, whether it’s a jail crew sent to clean up litter for the day or a class of disabled students, they seem to derive pleasure from the activity, says the riverkeeper. The redemptive feelings Beal describes are echoed by thousands of visitors and volunteers who have come to his restored creeksite. They are also confirmed by an emerging movement loosely called “ecopsychology,” the study of nature’s therapeutic benefits. Look around, says Michael Cohen, founder of a hands-on wilderness therapy course called Project Nature Connect. People long to be put back into nature, crave having their lives fit into some ancient order. For evidence, one need look no further than the widespread reaction of Americans in the wake of the September 11 terror attacks, he notes. Compelled to go to a
pre-emergence weed control
Maybe something for Merla's roadside project? Have you tried using corn gluten meal as a pre-emergence? I'm trying it this year in some of the areas that have tough annual weeds that are hard to get into to mow. It's supposed to deter any seed from sprouting, while acting as a fertilizer to existing root systems. I have some tough grassburrs that seem to multiply in my yard the harder I try to dig it out. Since it's a blade, I don't recognize it until it actually forms the seedheads, and by then, it's a large clump. You can use it in the garden in an organic program, BUT, no where you're going to direct seed anything. Ok for use around transplants and crops already up out of the ground, but I don't know how long the effectiveness is, so I don't know what the wait period would be considered safe to plant. Does anyone here use it?
Re: Re [Humore]Theory of Everything these daze
> > > > Hi Markess Thanks for this good chuckle. Our organic group has > > just gone through and experience with our local council in an > > effort to get the organics industry acknowlegded in there District > > plan. They turned us down as they did not want to be seen us > > picking winners, as it may mean that other industries may want > > the same thing as well and that would mean extra work for > > council.So much for fostering economic developement. > > > > Thanks Tony R. > > > Who's the council, Tony? > > roger HI Roger Horowhenua District Council an elected group of people who are allowing this area to stagnate. Cheers Tony R
