Re: New Zealanders
Eric et al On 15 Jul 03, Eric Myren wrote: > What is this I hear about farmers in New Zealand mailing the > government sheep and cow poop to protest a flatulence tax? http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/article.asp?channelid=32&articleid=4100 We wonder if Marie's few milking sheep are going to cop the proposed tax? 8-] Rex ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/bdnow
Pleomorphism - Orthopathy: "The Seven Stages of Disease"
More from Dr C, a compilation of a series of posts to Usenet: The Seven Stages of Disease Dr. Cee. PhD. The orthopathic doctors determined that disease in the human occurred in seven stages. First Stage: Enervation. Enervation is simply insufficient nerve energy, or vital energy, to carry out the needed and necessary daily functions of the living organism. The living organism needs energy in two forms. The human (a living organism) needs chemical energy. The energy source of humans is glucose, a sugar. The waste end products of this internal combustion is water and CO2. Fats can be converted to sugar type chemicals to fit into the glucose system. Amino acids can be converted to sugar type chemicals which fit into the glucose system. The second type of energy is vital energy. What is it? I have no idea. However, living foods have this energy as does sunshine, fresh air, and pure water. The human needs all of these. An insufficiency of energy coming in contributes to enervation. So does excessive energy expenditure. Burning the candle at both ends leads to enervation. Excesses of all types can enervate a person. So does stress. There are five areas where the body uses its energy: Thinking, movement, digestion, metabolism, and elimination. When enervated, the area which is most easily slighted is elimination. The body strives to keep itself clean internally. The elimination cycle is continuous, but at a maximum from about 4 AM to 12 PM. If elimination is checked due to enervation, the un-eliminated bodily wastes accumulate. This accumulation of un-eliminated wastes is what fuels TOXEMIA, the second stage or step into disease. Enervation is then a double edged sword. Not enough energy coming in, or too much energy going out. Stage Two: Toxemia Toxemia to the Orthopaths meant a foul or morbid state of the blood and tissues resulting from the accumulation of un-eliminated toxic matter. Toxic or noxious materials or chemicals must be eliminated from the body in order to maintain homeostasis and body purity. These toxins come from our own metabolism (eg carbon dioxide), ingested foods containing toxins (eg hot peppers or garlic), and absorbed toxins from the intestinal bacteria (from fermentation of our undigested foods). Additional toxic components now come from all the chemicals in our food, air and water. The body of modern man is being taxed in its ability to handle this toxic load. On top of all this modern man insists upon even more direct blood poisoning with his vaccines. As a consequence of the rising toxemia, the vitality of the body drops as energy is drained to combat the inflow. All this sets the stage for disease. In an effort to maintain body purity and homeostasis, the body can conduct an internal housecleaning. I call it dis-ease, the body is not at ease, while others call it disease. Initially the disease will be of the acute type. These diseases are always of short duration and never fatal. The body will never, of its own accord, conduct a fatal disease of the acute type. The diseases of the acute type are the colds, and the flu. In children, the common childhood dis- eases such as measles, and chickenpox are seen. Even smallpox is an acute dis-ease and not a fatal disease (depending upon the actions of the physician). The second type of disease is those of the chronic type. These represent the degeneration of the body. Since the body is being prevented from maintaining internal cleanliness and providing the owner (you) with perfect health, in order to prolong life, the default mode is to store the un-eliminated crap. This storage of un- eliminated material interferes with the proper oxygenation and nutrition of the cells and contributes to our internal pollution. The body begins to degrade and sink deeper into disease. Typical examples are heart disease, osteoporosis, arthritis, etc, exactly those diseases for which modern medicine has no clue as to cause and no cures, but does have lots of theories and treatments. Stage Three: Irritation. As the enervated body becomes more and more polluted with the accumulating un-eliminated wastes, the interstitial space between the cells begins to resemble a toxic waste dump. In addition, water is used to dilute the effects of these wastes, causing the tissues to become water laden. Guyton (Textbook of Medical Physiology) explains that the dry cell state is the state of healthy tissues. The wet cell state, or the hydrated cell state is the state of the tissues in disease. The body tissues are then very much like a sponge. While the dry cell state is the state of health, the tissues can absorb a great deal of water and toxins, just like a sponge, if it is forced to in order to extend life. These waste products interfere with the proper oxygenation and feeding of the cells as well as causing the accumulation of excess water in the tissues. Pain signals coming from the tissues have at least three
Pleomorphism - Orthopathy: "The Physiological Laws of Life"
More from Dr C, a compilation of a series of posts to Usenet: The Physiological Laws of Life. Dr Cee PhD Orthopathy had its genesis 1802 in the US with the studies of Dr. Isaac Jennings. He published his work in 1822. Many allopathic doctors of the day threw down their bleeding lancets and began anew as orthopaths once they realized the truth. This medical paradigm fueled the medical reform movement of the 1800's. As MDs, they were trained in all aspects of medicine from diagnosis to surgery. What they did not accept was the germ theory of disease, the useless and excessive use of drugs, and needless and useless surgery. They viewed sanitation as necessary, drugs as temporary expedients, and surgery was for emergencies and trauma. They became known as the Natural Hygienists. Natural Hygiene remains a part of American history and America today. The orthopaths had 16 physiological laws of life to guide them in their understanding of the human organism. With the renewed interest in "alternative" medicine, perhaps it is time to post these laws for those who have an interest in "alternative" medicine. 1. Life's Great Law: Every living cell of the organized body is endowed with an instinct of self-preservation, sustained by an inherent force in the organism called "vital force" or "life force." The success of each living organism--whether it be simple or complex--is directly proportional to the amount of its life force and inversely proportional to the degree of its activity. 2. The Law of Order: The living organism is completely self- constructing, self-maintaining, self-directing, self-repairing, self- defending, and self-healing. 3. The Law of Action: Whenever action occurs in the living organism, as the result of extraneous influences, the action must be ascribed to the living thing which has the power of action--and not to the lifeless, the leading characteristic of which is inertia. 4. The Law of Power: The power employed, and consequently expended, in any vital or medicinal action is vital power, that is, power from within--and not from without. 5. The Law of Distribution: The power of the body, whether that power is great or little, is distributed in a manner proportionate to the importance and needs of the various organs and tissues of the body. Comment: There are five basic areas where the body expends energy (power). Mental activity ( the brain), movement and muscle action, cellular metabolism, digestion and assimilation , and elimination. Of these, elimination is the one most often shortchanged or slighted. 6. The Law of Conservation or The Law of Autolysis: Whenever nutritive abstinence is affected, the living organism's reserves are autolyzed in the inverse order of their usefulness, while toxic substances are being eliminated. Comment: This was a principle used for Hygienic fasting under close medical supervision. 7. The Law of Limitation: Whenever and wherever the expenditure of vital power has advanced so far that a fatal exhaustion is imminent, a check is put upon the unnecessary expenditure of power ; and the organism rebels against the further use of even an accustomed stimulant. Comment: Excessive physical exertion is one example. Alcoholics becoming ill at the smell of alcohol is another. 8. The Law of Special Economy: The vital organism--under favorable conditions--stores up all excess of vital funds above the current expenditures as a "reserve fund" to be employed in time of special need. Comment: This factor allows man to go for lengthy periods of time without food. Jesus fasted for 40 days. In older times a fast of 40 days was required to gain entry into college. The record goes to an MD. This MD, under close observation by his detractors (other MDs) went without food for 102 days before the symptoms of starvation presented themselves. 9. The Law of Vital Accommodation: The response of the vital organism to external stimuli is an instinctive one, based upon a self- preservative instinct which adapts or accommodates itself to whatever influence it cannot destroy or control. Comment: The ability of the living organism to adapt and tolerate is necessary to sustain life in the face of adversity and to prolong the life of the organism. 10. The Law of Stimulation or Dual Effect: Whenever a toxic or irritating agent is brought to bear upon the living organism, the bodyputs forth vital resistance--which manifests itself in an action at once accelerated, but also impaired. This resistance diminishes the bodily power precisely to the degree to which it accelerates action. The increased action is caused by the extra expenditure of vital power called out, not supplied, by the stimulatory process. In consequence, the available supply of power is diminished by this amount. Comment: This law applies directly to the use of drugs and medicinals as well as the effects of toxic herbs and many of our condiments. The drugs and herbs m
Pleomorphism/Orthopathy (was: Search for results of Elaine's testing of bd preps)
On 13 Nov 02, Moen Creek wrote: > By the by your belief is miss guided. Your own germs recycling through > you will be destructive and could account for "chem" sensitivities. > > Thank you Gil, your right on! I wonder! 8-7 It is a while since I regularly monitored the newsgroup on Usenet - it has degenerated into a rabble! Dr C endured the brick-bats for months and I saved several of his posts because they added considerably to a train of intuition I've had for many years. Below is a cut 'n paste of one his posts. Gaston Naessens is a notable modern day pleomorphic/orthopathic researcher. For background on Naessens see (et seq): http://www.ralphmoss.com/html/naessens1.shtml Cheerio... Rex ---Cut 'n paste begins--- From: drceephd@... (DRCEEPHD) Newsgroups: misc.health.alternative Date: 31 Mar 2001 20:02:35 GMT Subject: Re: Branches of the Hygienic System This question is rather like the chicken and the egg. Which came first? Thanks for the references. I note that the scientists are still trying to determine how the Salmonella bacteria get into the egg and cause it to rot. We are still trying to figure out how the bacteria get through the egg shell, the protective membranes, and the other protective factors in the egg to cause it to rot rather than form a chicken. I find this interesting since the answer was provided very nicely in 1870. In Bechamp's research he discovered that the smallest unit of life in the living organism was not the cell, nor bacteria, but "little bodies" which he named microzymas. He found these microzymas in all living matter, both plant and animal. He further determined that upon death of a living organism, it was the microzymas that caused the total destruction of the organism to return it to the soil for recycling while the microzymas themselves continued to live. He also measured and published the size of the microzymas. He found that these basic life units were nearly immortal, and resistant to destruction even when heated to "carbonizing temperatures." Kind of reminds you of a prion, doesn't it? His research on the rotting of the egg is a further proof of his general theory. He found that the microzymas assist in the normal life functions, but when the conditions for life, or the production of life, are destroyed, the microzymas set about conducting the destruction of the organism while perpetuating their own kind. Thus, in a healthy egg, you wind up with a chicken. When you shake the egg, destroying the possibility of life formation, the microzymas proliferate and even form a higher life form to assist in the destruction of the egg, the salmonella. As you can see from this work and this theory, it is not necessary for salmonella to enter the egg through the shell, they will be formed by the microzymas within the interior of the egg. All this, of course, runs counter current to "modern" guess work, and proves that the germ theory of an egg rotting is just as false as the overall "germ theory of disease." If Bechamp could see all this with his microscope, I would have to believe that you, armed with a modern microscope and darkfield equipment, should be better able to see the same thing. You cannot see these things viewing dead, stained specimens. Dr. C. Ph.D. Sit down before fact as a child. Be prepared to give up every pre-conceived notion. Follow humbly where nature leads, or learn nothing at all. Thomas Huxley. ---Cut 'n paste ends---
Re: FWD: Corporations
On 11 Nov 02, Barry Carter wrote: > Here is the second of two articles that were just forwarded to the > Ecological Economics forum. Snipped a comprehensive analysis of corporations' wiles but the synthesis misses Lincoln's wisdom - as quoted in: > "I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me > and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. ... > corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high > places will follow, and the money power of the country will > endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the > people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the > Republic is destroyed." Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 21, 1864 Lincoln is quoted extensively in "The Money Masters" video and his wisdom is effectively elaborated. 8-] >From the synopsis: "THE MONEY MASTERS is a 3 1/2 hour non-fiction, historical documentary that traces the origins of the political power structure that rules our nation and the world today." More at... http://www.themoneymasters.com/how.htm. Then again Bernard Lietaer explains: "My analysis of this question is based on the work of Carl Gustav Jung because he is the only one with a theoretical framework for collective psychology, and money is fundamentally a phenomenon of collective psychology. A key concept Jung uses is the archetype, which can be described as an emotional field that mobilizes people, individually or collectively, in a particular direction. Jung showed that whenever a particular archetype is repressed, two types of shadows emerge, which are polarities of each other. For example, if my higher self - corresponding to the archetype of the King or the Queen - is repressed, I will behave either as a Tyrant or as a Weakling. These two shadows are connected to each other by fear. A Tyrant is tyrannical because he's afraid of appearing weak; a Weakling is afraid of being tyrannical. Only someone with no fear of either one of these shadows can embody the archetype of the King." From: http://www.transaction.net/press/interviews/lietaer0497.html Cheerio... Rex
Re: What is Magic?/Making Money
On 11 Nov 02, Hugh Lovel wrote: > No doubt we all get to put up with a lot. But personally I have a > tendency to be offended by such pitches. I guess I'm a reluctant > huck, so I'm also a reluctant huckster. Hugh... woven through Roger's post was a thread that had nothing to do with hucksterism. Napoleon Hill's classic "Think and Grow Rich" parleys the theme to exhaustion. A common mistake is equating the _rich_ in his title, solely with money. In brainstorming mode... Rex
RE: Industrial Timber Plantations - Sustainable?
On 14 Oct 02, Philip Owen wrote: > Begging your pardon, I would insist that grasslands are the climax > vegetation for the region, having evolved over at least 200 million > years. ---8<--- On Lawrence London's Permaculture list, Mark Ludwig is a strong advocate of US prairielands. Inspection of the archives at http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/permaculture may add a string or two to your bow? > Note that I hesitate to use the word 'forest' in association with > these timber plantations. There is no undergrowth, few birds, > minimal soil life and no sounds of insect's buzzing around. ---8<--- Oliver Rackham, now a retired Cambridge don, is scathing in his criticism of UK forestry (= plantation) development. His strong advocacy of 'woodmanship' clinched my resolution of the wilderness/productivity dichotomy as it applies to the progress of our property. Closed canopy 'forestry' (long practiced in parts of Europe) with its close attention to the 'underwood' is gaining recognition in New Zealand. Rackham has written several readable books, there isn't a great deal of his iconoclastic stuff on the Internet. Try: http://medievalarchaeology.unisi.it/NewPages/COLLANE/TESTIQDS/paesaggio/07.rtf http://www.hamar.fsnet.co.uk/teg/7/EcologistsAgainstTriumph.html http://www.hamar.fsnet.co.uk/teg/7/Falacy.html http://www.logrus.demon.co.uk/Rackham.htm eg: "We live in an age in which accuracy is called pedantry; presenting both sides of an argument is called complacency; and who says something is considered more important than whether it is true. The line between education and entertainment is dangerously thin." Cheerio... Rex
Re: Biodynamics and Darwin
On 26 Sep 02, Don/Eve Cruse wrote: > What I really meant, however, was a battle between ideas. Such a > battle should not ever descend into physical conflict, although it can > do. Call me naive but the sentiments of the following article - not to mention the motivation for writing such an attack - bewilder me. I hesitate to pass it along, it may however be grist to Don's mill? NBR = 'National Business Review' a New Zealand newspaper and McShane's website is listed at the end, in his signature file. ---Cut 'n paste begins--- From: Owen McShane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: nz.politics Subject: My NBR column on Biodynamics Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 09:23:09 +1300 Taking Pepper with a Grain of Salt The New Zealand Skeptics awarded this years Bent Spoon Award to Jeanette Fitzsimons. The Green Party Co-leader had been advocating Biodynamic Peppering as a means of getting rid of possums. She dismissed the award as silly nonsense. Some readers might sympathise, thinking Surely, there are more important things for the Skeptics to be worried about, than obvious nonsense like this. But the Skeptics got it right. Australias Painted Apple Moth was first recorded in the Waitakere suburb of Glendene in 1999 and was later found in Aucklands Mt Wellington. The insect could cause millions of dollars of damage to New Zealands trees and plants. MAF launched an eradication programme. Thats what Biosecurity is supposed to be about. The Greens and their mates saw an opportunity to stamp out a bit more science. Dr Ruth Frampton, MAFs Director of Forest Biosecurity, headed up the technical team, and recommended a programme which would use aerial spraying if necessary. The pest has been wiped out in Mt Wellington. But, in Waitakere City, a bunch of failed political candidates took control of the Community Advisory Group (CAG) which was supposed to help MAF work with the community while implementing the programme. MAF commissioned an independent survey of residents in the infested area which revealed that seventy-three per cent wanted to eradicate the moth, while 89% had no objection to the use of targeted aerial spraying. But a vocal minority on the CAG demanded that MAF consider alternative Ground Based Approaches. Sure enough, one of these turned out to be Ms Fitzsimons very own bent-spoon-award-winning Biodynamic Peppering. Garuda Biodynamics a Te Puke based purveyor of Biodynamic Peppering, runs a web page which explains that Biodynamics, first articulated in 1924 by Austrian Rudolf Steiner, is based on a concept of life forces which work in nature to bring about balance and healing and that in Peppering the insect is gathered and burnt to an ash, which is then spread over the land you wish to protect. In December 2001, the Community Advisory Group presented MAF with a formal Peppering Trial Proposal against the Painted Apple Moth. The submission had been prepared by Hana Blackmore (a Green candidate in the Tamaki electorate) assisted by Garuda Biodynamics, Meriel Watts (a Green candidate in the Waitakere electorate), Glenys Bean, and John Clearwater (a former scientist with HORT Research who favours the use of pheromones over the sprays). None of these people were living in the affected area. In November 2001, the Waitakere City Council sponsored a meeting at which Garuda Dynamics tabled their initial thoughts on the use biodynamic peppering recipes against the painted apple moth in West Auckland. The formal proposal ultimately explained that the insect ashes produce the negative Energy of the pests reproductive force, operating on a vibrational level, not a material one. Used in the field it enters the soil and surrounding vegetation producing an unfriendly and inhibiting environment. It is host specific and non-toxic, and does not have a lethal effect. The proposal advocated the use of Field Broadcast pipes which are PVC pipes with internal copper circuits that can radiate the biodynamic preparation that is placed within it. I am not making this up. Surely the meeting should have sprinkled the Garuda man and his friends with some crematorium ash, which, according to Biodynamic theory, would have sent this bunch of pests packing. Believe it or not the proposal was prepared and submitted to MAF and MAF actually referred it to their Technical Advisory Group, and to ERMA and to its Agricultural Compounds Group for assessment. So our response to a biosecurity crisis was to divert some of our best and brightest minds into examining a system which did not even claim to kill the moths. The initial proposal explained that the ethereal vibration, which must be in tune with astrological events, chases the insects out of the territory and may inhibit their reproduction - possibly because they are so busy running away. When a member of the Technical Advisory Group pointed out that they did not want to cha
Re: solar dryers
Better late than never, the first attempt to get this away bounced. On 24 Sep 02, Lloyd Charles wrote: > Gooday David and Rex ---8<--- > The Grainger installation worked by the use of a system of > interconnected curved collector panels covered with glass mirrors > that focussed sunlight to heat a water pipe system - hot water was > accumulated and stored in a large tank (2000gal+) and this was > used via a heat exchanger system to replace the propane heat source > in the drying tunnel. Using hot water allowed energy storage and > longer running times.It worked well when first installed - a major > benefit is that the burnt gases are no longer there to contaminate > the fruit. I can post more on this if youre interested, my friend > has gone to the happy hunting ground but I still have some of the > leftover bits in my yard Complexity!! After many years as an engineer I'm looking for the simple (ie Fukuoka's "do nothing" or taoist) solution. 8-] The simplicity of Poisson's design appealed at first sight but both Ron P and Dave R have pointed out that it lacks efficiency. Daughter Sonja has been researching and testing a range of dehyrating methods and the pdf file Dave referenced gives construction plans for a successful solar unit that has repeatedly come up in her search. It will be a good step along in our dehydrating endeavours. Thanks to all... Rex
Re: solar dryer
On 20 Sep 02, Dave Robison wrote: > I built the one that was based on a 55 gallon metal drum, encased in > fiberglass. Is that the one you mean? Yes, that's the one. > It worked -- sort of. My conclusion was that it didn't have enuf > collector area to generate enuf heat. I added a small fan to help > draw air thru and a bank of light bulbs for backup heat at night. Interesting adaptation. Ron P has conveyed the same opinion offlist, he has seen several in backyards as "field sculptures". 8-) > I would recommend a different design. Any thoughts or pointers? We have the sunshine and I'm keen to add value by dehydrating a portion of our produce. Thanks... Rex
Re: Advice for cold frames
On 18 Sep 02, gary elliott wrote: > An Idea I have used for cold frames came from Elliot Coleman's book > "The 4 Season Grower", and it worked quite well for me. Like Eliot, Leandre & Gretchen Poisson are influenced by Scott & Helen Nearing and published by Chelsa Green. Their book "Solar Gardening" has a wealth of advice about growing vegetables with snow on the ground. B... not my experience! http://www.chelseagreen.com/IndHome/ch1501.htm Has any listee built and used the solar dehydrator developed by Lea? I'm interested in any feedback on its performance. Cheerio... Rex
Re: Not Stripped Attachments
On 21 Aug 02, Allan Balliett wrote: > I've been asked to ask the list how many people are receiving their > mail just fine? No problems here, no empty emails in my BDnow email folder. My suggestion is the new server software is stripping out the HTML bloat that the mainstream email software insists on sending and reading by default setup. When I inspect the raw message data of the posts that have caused conternation with other listees, there is a telltale end of line marker that indicates that the text was part of a MIME post, the HTML code isn't there. IMO... good on the new software! Lets keep the archives and download times lean and mean by switching our emailers to TEXT only. My version of Pegasus emailer does that by default. ;-) HTH... Rex
Re: Steiner's BD and the Forest
On 25 Jul 02, Robin Duchesneau wrote: > On the topic of biodynamic forestry... (yes, it's a long and complex > post, but so should be all good efforts...) Gilles Lemieux's scope is quite wide. As he states in one of the papers at http://www.sbf.ulaval.ca/brf/ because there was no finance forthcoming for the research he lead there was no constraints in the direction it took. My guess is he will be receptive to your enquiry, his email address is at the 'Université Laval' website. Rex
Re: The Wizards weekend
On 10 Jul 02, Glen Atkinson wrote: > Hugh > As always your posts are full of wonderful pictures. Agreed. 8-) ---8<--- > Dennis has written an article on this which I struggle to fully > comphrend (http://www.weather-week.com/paper_capacitance.shtml), and I > have not found where Dan Winter has written about this. Dan Winter's stuff is reappearing on the Web, following the links from http://www.alternativeapproaches.com/editorial/winter.htm will get you there. Cheerio... Rex
Re: A Neo-agrarian culture and a question
Very good Peter thanks for the lead. I'm due to go South for a couple of weeks so it will be a task for when I get back. Thanks... Rex On 25 May 02, Peter Michael Bacchus wrote: > Hi Rex, I didn't get to make that trip and as I am now part time > caring for my aging mother I'm unlikely to be going far for a while. > This information should be in the files of The House for Nutritional > Research in the early to mid 1960's section. To get to them you would > need to write to The Goethanum. The would more than likely have an > e-mail address. Another suggestion is to try cooking something on a > wood fire in an earthenware container and the other half in a metal > pot on an electric stove and experience the difference. You could > share this experince with a group of friends so its not just your > "imagination" Cheers, Peter.
Re: Trouble Brewing: Science, Compost Teas and Organic Certification
On 25 May 02, Lloyd Charles wrote: ---8<--- > Dig deep (if you're brave enough) and you will find connections > from these researchers back to the multinational chemical > companies. Watch out for "Viral Marketing" too. George Monibot in his recent "The Fake Persuaders" article wrote: "An article on its [Bivings Group] website, entitled "Viral Marketing: How to Infect the World" warns that "there are some campaigns where it would be undesirable or even disastrous to let the audience know that your organization is directly involved ... it simply is not an intelligent PR move. In cases such as this, it is important to first "listen" to what is being said online ... Once you are plugged into this world, it is possible to make postings to these outlets that present your position as an uninvolved third party. ... Perhaps the greatest advantage of viral marketing is that your message is placed into a context where it is more likely to be considered seriously." A senior executive from Monsanto is quoted on the Bivings site, thanking the PR firm for its "outstanding work"." Full story: http://www.monbiot.com/dsp_article.cfm?article_id=511 Cheers... Rex
RE: OFF: [globalnews] IMF and World Bank Blamed for Health Crisis
On 20 May 02, Doug & Jay wrote: > Pardon me, but I thought that copulation of some sort with an > infected person caused the spread of AIDS. Now, it appears that > poverty causes AIDS. Oh, wait a minute, maybe the author is saying > that only poor people copulate. Or, maybe poor people have more > time to copulate. A couple of items to broaden your canvas... 1. Ichiro Kawachi's pioneering work shows that life expectancy and illness are closely related to the structure of a society and that variations in health achievement across populations are primarily related to socio-structural factors, including income equality, lack of educational opportunities, breakdown of social cohesion, and racism. The following abstract is to a British Medical Journal article by Kawachi, I. and B.P. Kennedy, 1997, "Socioeconomic determinants of health: Health and social cohesion: why care about income inequality?" "Throughout the world, wealth and income are becoming more concentrated. Growing evidence suggests that the distribution of incomein addition to the absolute standard of living enjoyed by the pooris a key determinant of population health. A large gap between rich people and poor people leads to higher mortality through the breakdown of social cohesion. The recent surge in income inequality in many countries has been accompanied by a marked increase in the residential concentration of poverty and affluence. Residential segregation diminishes the opportunities for social cohesion. Income inequality has spillover effects on society at large, including increased rates of crime and violence, impeded productivity and economic growth, and the impaired functioning of representative democracy. The extent of inequality in society is often a consequence of explicit policies and public choice. Reducing income inequality offers the prospect of greater social cohesiveness and better population health." The full paper is at: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/314/7086/1037 Further "Social Capital" abstracts: http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/inequal/abstracts/health/read.htm 2. Boudewijn Wegerif produces a regular newsletter "What Matters". In the latest (#84) which arrived today he writes: I am pleased to be in a circle of friends who know that we can have a world without poverty, given a money system that is genuinely for people - everybody - and who have made it their business to do something about it. One such friend, through the Internet, is Vincent R. LoCascio. It has been my privilege to read Vince's book, Special Privilege: How the Monetary Elite Benefit at Your Expense. Below is an excerpt from chapter six, Dollars and Sense "Three separate and distinct groups oppose the still prevailing money creation process. They differ in that they each identify a different element of the process as the root cause of the problem. Specifically, the point of view that Special Privilege has put forth is that fractional reserve banking is the root of the problem and the elimination of it is the solution. This would remove the money creation privilege from banks and give it to no one else. While maintaining this solution as the best solution, Special Privilege, nonetheless, sees merit to each of the other two positions. As different as these other two schools are from each other, either is preferable to the current system." More at... http://www.whatmatters.nu/wmemails/wmemails17.html#WM-84 Then again you maybe playing devil's advocate? 8-] Cheerio... Rex
Re: A Neo-agrarian culture and a question
On 19 May 02, Peter Michael Bacchus wrote: > One ten year cycle that comes to mind that is effective in weather is > the Saturn cycle. It is one third of a full cycle which puts it in a > symilar value constelation. When it has a watery element behind it the > seasons are ususaly wetter, the production higher and the prices > lower. Cheers, Peter. Interesting?? 8-) My prosaic understanding of cycles is very much limited to the "big lines" as Marie puts it... it's a Dutch expression. Ray Tomes popped up on another list I was on and he struck me as having a good command of the subject hence the reference I sent along. Peter a question I've been meaning to ask you. If I remember correctly you were to visit Europe in the first half of this year and time permitting, hunt out some research on heating sources for cooking. Any joy... I'm extremely curious? Cheerio... Rex
Re: Fukuoka on microorganisms (Was: vortex pump)
On 12 May 02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Precisely wrong... Steve... I'm always leary of emphatic statements. 8-] > biodynamics is about man's interaction with Nature and the > beneficial effect we may choose to have on the wave of the future > that is coming towards us. If what was previously stated is true, > why even plant a seed in the ground. It is all about co-creativity > with Nature and the elementals which guide these processes. The bd > remedies are exactly about interaction and bringing about some > predictability to the future in relation to our work upon the > land...SStorch Delve more deeply into Fukuoka and he isn't saying otherwise albeit from a different culture perspective. Jim Bones' "On a Green Mountain" at http://www.seedball.com/gmmfpa.html sets the opening scene quite nicely. To quote a morsel: Energetically he said, "Most farmers begin by asking, what if I do this or what if I do that, but only dissipate themselves that way. My approach is just the opposite, seek the pleasant, natural way of farming. In order to make the work easier, not harder, I ask, how about not doing this or how about not doing that? By actual practice I finally reached the conclusion there is no need to plow, no need to apply artificial fertilizer, no need to use pesticides at all. Most of the work of farming is created by tampering with Nature which causes negative side effects. Very few agricultural practices are even necessary, just scattering seed, spreading straw on the soil and harvesting." My purpose isn't to preach Fukuoka merely rattle a few skeletons! Cheerio... Rex
Fukuoka on microorganisms (Was: vortex pump)
On 11 May 02, Frank Teuton wrote: ---8<--- > However, I will say that I am frustrated that Elaine seems to be more > tied in to manufacturers of teamakers than to the core process of > teamaking and the paramaters that would help us all to make good tea > without going more deeply into hock. I expect that this alliance from > the inception has kept us from doing more in the DIY department. Good heavens such impiety! My disenchantment was cemented by the snotty response I received to my suggestion at newsletter 2 or 3 that the essence be placed at the beginning of the newsletter rather than woven into the commercials. 8-] ---8<--- > Like Jose's, it makes good bac tea, but had poor fungal aspects. And > with chunky tea, such as if the sock falls in the vat, (bin and dun > it), the thing can get pretty clogged up. In some quarters Masanobu Fukuoka will fall into Jose's 'eco-icon' definition but in my book he just makes darn good sense. To quote a little from Fukuoka's "The Natural Way of Farming"... "I would like to give one more example of just how amazing nature is when we take even a causal look at what transpires there. I remember searching once, while at the Kochi Perfecture Agricultural Testing Centre, for a benefical bacterium with which to prepare compost from straw and brush. I needed an organism capable of quickly decomposing straw and other coarse plant material. This was something like the benefical bacteria scientists search for today to convert garbage and sludge into artifical manure for use as fertiliser. I collected refuse from garbage sinkholes as well as cattle, hog, chicken, rabbit and sheep droppings. From these, I isolated and cultured microorganisms, obtaining samples of many different bacteria, fungi, slime moulds and yeast. I was able in this way to collect a large number of microbes suited to preparing compost. I then inoculated samples of each of these into straw in test tubes or within concrete enclosures and observed the rotting rates. Later, however, I realised that such an experiment was really quite worthless. To one concerned with how long things take, an investigation such as this may seem useful, but a closer look reveals that nature makes use of far better methods of treating garbage and preparing compost. Rather than going to all the trouble of isolating benefical microbes and inoculating straw with this "fermentation promoter", all I had to do was scatter a handful of chicken droppings or clumps of soil over the straw. Not only was this the quickest way, it also gave the most completely rotted compost. There is no call for making a lot of fuss over "microbial" and "enzymatic" farming methods. The following transformations take place on a rice straw casually dropped onto the earth. The straw draws a lot of flies and other small insects that lay eggs from which maggots and other larva soon emerge. Before this happens however, rice blast disease, leaf blotch and rot causing fungi already present on the rice leaves, spread rapidly over the straw but spider mites are soon crawling over this fungal growth. Next, different microbes begin to proliferate at once. The most common include yeast, blue mould, bread mould and trichoderma fungi, which destroy the pathogens and begin to decompose the straw. At this point, the number and types of organisms drawn into the straw increase. These include nematodes that feed on the fungi, bacteria that feed on the nematodes, mites that consume the bacteria, predaceous mites that feed on these mites, and also spiders, ground beetles, earwigs, mole crickets and slugs. These and other organisms mingle and live in the straw, which undergoes a succession of "tenants" as it gradually decomposes. Once the fibrin-decomposing fungi run out of food, they stop growing and are supplanted by lipoid- and lignin-decomposing bacteria which feed on the fungi and the scraps left over by the fungi. Before long, parasitism and cannibalism sets in among the aerobic bacteria, and these are gradually replaced by anaerobic bacteria. Lactic acid bacteria round off the process with lactic acid fermentation, at which point all trace of the straw disappears. This is just the briefest of looks at the total decompostion of a single piece of straw on the ground over a period of several days. Microbiologists are well aware of how rapidly and perfectly the process of decomposition and rotting break down garbage in the natural world. Yet man, believing that he has to make intense use of beneficial microbes to speed up putrefaction or that he must raise the temperature to promote bacteria growth, prepares compost. He should stop and consider how worthless and undesirable such efforts are. Frankly, anything that he does just disturbs the rapid and perfect nature processes. People must not forget, in looking at the rotting of a straw, at the fertiliser response, at soil improvement and at all the other proce
Re: A Neo-agrarian culture
On 6 May 02, Anthony Nelson-Smith wrote: > Thanks, Christy, for the notes on Wes Jackson's talk. On a minor > point, I picked up on the '1 nuclear accident every 10 years' > estimate. As a coastal marine ecologist, I figured out that (around > the NW European coastline) we have averaged one severe winter and one > serious oil-spill every ten years. Is there something special about > this period ? I seem to remember that the sunspot cycle runs over 11 > years (near enough ?). Try http://homepages.kcbbs.gen.nz/rtomes/ed100.htm for a brief description of Dewey et al's work on cycles including the sunspot one. Ray Tomes' index page explores cycles much further: http://homepages.kcbbs.gen.nz/rtomes/index.htm. To quote Ray: "There are cycles in everything. There are cycles in the weather, the economy, the sun, wars, geological formations, atomic vibrations, climate, human moods, the motions of the planets, populations of animals, the occurrence of diseases, the prices of commodities and shares and the large scale structure of the universe. None of these are independent of each other. Research shows that very different disciplines often find the same cycle periods in their data. The inter-relatedness of all things is an idea who's time has come. The study of cycles is an excellent way to understand this because the periods of cycles are as easy to recognise as fingerprints or DNA sequences." Cheerio... Rex
Re: RES: First Tea Analysis Results
On 29 Apr 02, Jose Luiz M Garcia wrote: > This site is not working. Are you sure that this is the proper > URL ? One less 't' http://simplici-tea.com but the details are still to come. Cheers... Rex
Re: How about $100 fees for permits for ALL seeds and plants moving interstate
On 26 Mar 02, Gil Robertson wrote: > I'm with Gandhi. The Political Compass test at http://www.politicalcompass.org helped me clarify my political leanings... ended up in the same quadrant as Gandhi. 8-/ Cherio... Rex
Re: Fwd: Off Topic; A Scary Story
On 19 Mar 02, Hugh Lovel wrote: > >USE CAUTION WHEN YOU'RE OUT ALONE ---8<--- 2 out 10 - no where near your usual dramatic, edge gripping tales of reality Hugh! The briefcase in the boot (trunk) was the give away... http://www.snopes2.com/horrors/madmen/hairyarm.htm. ;-) Cherio... Rex
Re: Planting Spuds - How do you do it?
Hugh... a couple of quick queries. On 13 Mar 02, you wrote: ---8<--- > After that I do nothing, other than mowing the paths between beds > while the potatos are young, until I dig potatoes. How wide are the grass paths and what type of mower do you use? >From the photographs in 'Acres USA' the strips appear too narrow to mow with a tractor without running on the beds and the total area such that it would become tedious without some form of mechanisation. Thanks... Rex
Re: CEc balancing i for ornamental
Tony and fellow Kiwis On 7 Mar 02, Lloyd Charles wrote: > It might be useful to direct a question to Elaine Ingham... FYI... Elaine will be in NZ later this month. I've only learned about this in the last few days, it maybe old news to you? The itinerary includes Tauranga, Cambridge, Napier and Christchurch. Bill Quinn is the contact <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Cheers... Rex
Re: NZ Teachers and Innovators
On 24 Feb 02, Allan Balliett wrote: > Looking into BD in NZ a little bit. Not getting very far, of course. Have you checked http://www.biodynamic.org.nz? What plot are you hatching, if you are more specific I maybe able to help further? ;-\ Rex
Re: Malcolm Rae cards [was lady bugs]
On 19 Feb 02, D & S Chamberlain wrote: > I recently purchased cards via e-mail using a credit card number, it > is not "secure" in that you e-mail the card number. Send enquiry to > Wendy Foster at Magneto Geometric Applications [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aha... thanks for the updated information David. I send credit-card details split between two emails to minimise the risk of interception. Rex
Intellectual Property [was Radionics (Drought update)]
On 18 Feb 02, Gil Robertson wrote: ---8<--- > I do not believe Demeter can claim any contribution to the > intellectual property. I do not think that RS claimed that anything he > offered was uniquely his original work. I understand that in the > "Agricultural Lectures", he was reintroducing old customs, that had > been lost through changing practises and offering some explanation as > to how they may function, as he encouraged us to innovate. Your views tally with mine. FYI... the following is a message I sent to another list on the subject of intellectual property rights. Owen McShane is a man of many parts including international expertise on intellectual property rights. His website is http://mcshane.orcon.net.nz and below I have extracted a few of Owen's thoughts from his many messages to the NZ newsgroups on Usenet. Cheerio... Rex == Owen McShane compilation starts: Copyright is a subset of intellectual property which includes the following: Know how (the most common) Trade secrets (how the above is protected) Copyright Trade marks Service marks Registered designs Patents McShane's rule of thumb is that a patent is what you use in the short term while you build the value of your service mark. But already in this thread we are seeing that different industry sectors have different attitudes to intellectual property mechanisms. Computerland (patents are meaningless) is different to Engineering which is different to Pharmaceuticals (patents are everything). This is because of the difference in the product life cycles. You do not seem to understand that the purpose of intellectual property law is to encourage innovation. It does this in two ways. First is by granting monopolies to provide a reward to those who take the early risk. But the granting of those monopolies is designed to encourage their breaking. Trademarks do last in perpetuity but the trick is to keep them out of the language because trademark (and now service mark) law has always said that you cannot trademark a word from the English language. Xerox and Hoover and Vaseline and Frig(idare) have all had to fight these battles. But what is wrong with that? Similarly patents are intended to be broken by innovators. That is the whole idea. Queen Elizabeth the First understood this. It seems to be taking a while for others to catch on. It is not possible to suppress an invention in spite of popular mythology. Letters Patent mean just that - public letters which disclose the invention. Queen Elizabeth 1st was the first to see the advantage of the process and triggered the innovative wave of England. If you invent the engine which runs on hydrogen and patent it then everyone can read the patent. If you don't then you run the risk that someone else will and can justifiably claim the patent rights. Your shareholders will demand a few explanations. There is a difference between working within the law and totally breaching copyright and all intellectual property rights by theft. I used to recommend not filing in South America because it served only to hasten the process of Government sponsored theft. Eventually the governments realised that if they consistently stole then they were denied all the know how etc for economic development. Many nations go through the process - and copying is is probably a useful approach as long as you know when to stop. Trademarks are a different matter altogether and are frequently more valuable than any patent. The big M is worth more than many nation states but there is no patent on a McDonald's burger. My own advice is to regard a patent as a temporary protection to be used while you build the value of your trademark. Which is what the drug companies understand as evidenced by your example above. My general definition of profit is the "rent you can charge during your short term monopoly over some facet of business". In a genuine free market all profit is eventually ground out of existence. Economists are always trying to get governments to level the playing field so that monopoly profits disappear quickly because this encourages entrepreneurs to invent Schumpeters waves of creative destruction - which generate a further round of temporary monopoly rents (profit) Customers are the major benefit of this process which is why I find it curious that so many New Zealanders seem to hate the free market. They seem to prefer the corporate state of Fascism which benefits the producers (Fat cat businessmen) who of course hate the level playing field as Adam Smith so wisely observed. The great dichotomy or irony of our time. But all this has little to do with the myth which I set to challenge which is that vaults are full of patents for cars running on water, cures for cancer, everlasting light bulbs etc which have been bought up and denied to humanity. The probl
Malcolm Rae cards [was lady bugs]
On 17 Feb 02, Hugh Lovel wrote: > Laura Sabourin is looking for a ladybug reagent, as the Japanese > ladybugs have taken over in southern Ontario. We seem to have a lot of > them here too, if these are the ones who sometimes bite. Can anyone > send me specimens for peppering? Does anyone have any other specimens > of problem bugs? Or weeds? I'm working on getting up a data-base for > Malcolm Rae Cards so that anyone anywhere in the world need only get > the card to get the remedy for that conundrum. Will these and your other cards be available via the Internet, Hugh? Last time I checked the Malcolm Rae organisation in England weren't setup for Internet/credit-card distribution. 8<[ Cheerio... Rex
Convergent - Divergent tension [was Radionics (Drought update) FOR BDNOW]
On 17 Feb 02, Greg Willis wrote: ---8<--- > You may disagree with these characterizations. That's OK. This is how > I see it, however. You have neatly categorised the two aspects of the pedagogical model viz 'convergent/divergent minds' that I've mentioned here before. Convergent people (eg bureaucrats) generally are stable, finishers, establishers, follow rules, systems implementers cf divergent people (typically males) who are generally bright, creative, humourous, inventive, innovative, adventurers, visionary ie world changers! Rosalie Pedder who presented the concept at home-education seminar I attended several years ago made the point that neither is 'right' nor 'wrong' the key is to recognise each others talents and capitalise on the synergy. HTH lighten your load Greg. ;-) Cheerio... Rex
Re: BD healing Chernobyl?
On 24 Jan 02, Gil Robertson wrote:
---8<---
> The breakdown of a Radioactive element takes place in nature, so it
> could be assumed that a good health BD situation would aid the
> process.
Not BD and at a slight tangent but interesting all the same:
http://www.ratical.org/LifeWeb/Articles/rushes.html.
To quote a little:
"At eighty-two, Dr. Kaethe Seidel, head of the former Limnology
Group of the Max Planck Institute, long nicknamed Bulrush Kate ("Die
Binzen Kaethe"), is a tough-minded, clear-thinking scientist with a
remarkable record of pioneering work in a kind of biological
wastewater treatment that should be far better known and used than
is the case. In the course of a professional career spanning over sixty
years, she has demonstrated the effectiveness of naturally growing
plants in breaking down ballast substances, transposing toxic into non-
toxic substances, destroying pathogenic bacteria, viruses and worm
eggs, removing heavy metals, cleaning oil spills, removing salt,
neutralizing pH, enriching with oxygen, transforming waste water into
drinking water and replenishing groundwater --- all with
photosynthesis as the sole energy source."
Cheerio... Rex
Hoax Warning : Re: ADMIN: No Attachements to this LIST!!!
This is a hoax, a friend succumbed yesterday! is a non- critical Window's operating system file - for repair instructions see: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.e xe.warning.html Always check before passing on warnings. 8<) Cheerio... Rex On 11 Jan 02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I recently received an email from a relative that informed me that he > may have sent me a virus. As I don't remember receiving an attached > file from him I was skeptical but when I followed his directions I > found that I did indeed have it in my hard drive. Yesterday I sent his > instructions for finding and deleting the virus to people I knew I had > written to recently and this morning received one response saying that > he too had the virus, but didn't remember receiving an attached file > from me. I've never heard of a virus being transmitted without an > attachment but as I sent a couple of emails to this list I thought I > would send my cousins remedy anyway. > > Sorry for any inconvienience, here is his letter; > > Hey All- > > I got a letter from someone on my mailing list saying they had a virus > which was probably passed on to me and anyone on my mailing list, > ergo...You!! I did indeed have it, so I assume you're cursed also. > Its easy to remove and is supposed to be dormant for 2 weeks so here's > directions on how to remove it before its a problem: > > 1.) mash the "start" button on desktop > 2.) go to "find or search" button > 3.) in "search for files or folders" type insulfnbk.exe > 4.) make sure your "c" drive (hard drive) is where its looking > 5.) it has a black, ugly icon which you'll see, Don't Open It!!! > 6.) right click on the file and then choose "delete file" thereby > sending it to the recycle bin 7.) empty recycle bin, now you're ok > 8.) let everyone else in your address book know too as evidently they > got it if you do > > RB > > > >
Re: Brix
On 2 Jan 02, Rambler wrote: > Hi Rex Thankyou for info on Brix websites. Just what i have bben > looking for.Rex Harrils article is the reason why i have ben > interested in useing brix levels for crop monitering all i have to do > now is purchase a refractometer at $350-400nz they are a bit expensive > add it to thelist of wants. Try http://www.plantsfood.com/refractometer.htm. Previously David offered a much sharper deal on the BrixTalk list. It may have passed - perhaps you can query him? Mine is a from Meopta in the Czech Republic: http://www.meopta.cz/products/measuring_instruments/refractometers reasonable value for money at $225nz three years ago. At the time I couldn't convince them that their flat rate international freight cost was too much for a small item such as the refractometer - I haven't checked if that is still the case. Co-incidently Stuart Ecroyd was importing some "Honey Testers" from Meotpa and added a "Wine Tester" to his order for me. You can contact him at: Ecroyd Beekeeping Supplies Ltd 26B Sheffield Crescent, Burnside, Christchurch, New Zealand Box 5056, Papanui, Christchurch, New Zealand tel: +64 3 358-7498 fax: +64 3 358-8789 toll free EBS orderline: 0800 335-056 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cheerio... Rex not Harrill ;-)
Re: Albrecht System and plant sap analysis
On 31 Dec 01, Rambler wrote: > Hi Stephen There is a method called Brix testing that a farmer can do > himself. It uses a refractometer to measure suger levels in plants and > fruit. When suger levels get above a certain level for each group of > plants then you have reached a balanced soil energy level. A figure > between 9-15 is my understanding. This is also subject that i would > like to study this coming year. It is one of the means which Dan Skow > uses in his book Mainline farming for the 21st Century to get his soil > nutrient levels to balance and you can do it your self. There is a good amount of Brix information at http://www.brixpage.com. Note it is not just a measure of sugar rather plant sap solids. Rex Harrill has written a helpful book(let) which can be clicked through to from the above website or http://www.crossroads.ws/brixbook/BBook.htm. The BrixTalk list is linked from the Crossroads website but because of the unwieldy frames it maybe easy to go straight to it at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk. Further links at http://www.crossroads.ws/brix/index-page7.html. HTH... Rex
Re: Off: Life in perspective
On 5 Dec 01, Allan Balliett wrote: > Yes, the differences between the rich and poor won't be quite so > arguable once genetic engineering and human cloning come into their > own. At that point, we have the possibility of a caste system with > physical distinctions - - acquired by cash - - beyond our wildest > imaginations. Below is a recent snippet from another list I'm on. The irony of your comment will be missed by the perpetuators of this empty rhetoric! Of course the salient point is in the last sentence the same [ir]rationale I've heard used by "organic farmers". Sorry... Rex 8<] NUTRIGENOMICS From: http://www.iftf.org/html/features/ncng_report.html "The report, The Future of Nutrition: Consumers Engage with Science, published in June 2001, is the culmination of research conducted by the New Consumer, New Genetics (NCNG) program. The Future of Nutrition is an examination of how nutrigenomics--the study of the relationship between what we eat and how our genes function--will change our conception of food and will enable individuals by 2010 to choose foods selectively in order to prevent diseases to which they may be genetically predisposed. The possibilities for personalized diets using existing or new foods tailored to genetic profiles will ripple through the food, health care, biotech, pharmaceutical, agricultural, grocery manufacturing and retailing industries, with dramatic strategic implications. The report focuses on the ways that consumers can change diet-related behavior by responding to better information and includes in-depth analyses of the NCNG program's major national household survey and consumer focus groups. The market for nutrigenomics-based products and services by 2010 will encourage one third of consumers in the U.S. to be willing to pay more for their food products in order to enhance their health."
(Fwd) We have a massive increase in virus-infected e-mails
FYI... this information was posted on today. I've had a rash of virus infected email from unsuspecting members of these Lists, in the last 2 - 3 days. Microsoft email software users are the most vulnerable, one reason why I use Pegasus, a very professional NZ produced emailer. See http://pmail.com - it's free! NB: Version 4.01 is new and I'm not sure that it has settled down yet. Versions 3.xx are available at ftp://risc.ua.edu. Cheers... Rex --- Forwarded message follows --- Date sent: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 09:30:24 +1300 From: "Markus Winter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: We have a massive increase in virus-infected e-mails Hi all, We are currently seeing a massive increase in virus infected e-mails. It is a virus which is designed to collect logins and passwords (ie account information) and transmit them back to it's originator. Furthermore the virus tends to change the return e-mail address to make it more difficult for people to mail back and warn the sender. For more information see: > [CNET] "While Badtrans.B is not destructive, it does install a > keylogger, a program that records what a person using the infected > PC types and then sends the information to the virus writer's e-mail > address. The key-logging program, known as Backdoor-NK.server, > focuses specifically on four software functions that are used by > programs to allow a person to enter a password, so it mainly records > account information entered. [...] > " The virus uses a vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer > 5.01 and 5.5 to automatically execute itself on PCs that don't have > a patched Web browser. Opening the e-mail in a separate window or > Outlook's preview pane will cause the worm to execute on unpatched > machines." > > [Symantec] "This worm arrives as an email with one of several > attachment names and a combination of two appended extensions. The > list of possible file names is: > > * HUMOR > * DOCS > * S3MSONG > * ME_NUDE > * CARD > * SEARCHURL > * YOU_ARE_FAT! > * NEWS_DOC > * IMAGES > * PICS Best Regards Markus -- Dr. Markus Winter 1st Floor, Room 15 The Liggins Institute University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 2-6 Park Avenue Grafton Auckland New Zealand Tel: 0064 (0)9 373 7599 (wait for message then extension) 3960 Fax: 0064 (0)9 373 7497 mobile: 021 150 9621 --- End of forwarded message ---
