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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 09:36:42 EST
From: "BOBBI TOUSEY" <Bobbi_Tousey@owr.ehnr.state.nc.us>
Subject: (Fwd) Fwd: [Fwd: NMC: darwin award winner 1997] (fwd)
Couldn't resist sending this to you as a little midweek humor. Bobbi
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From: Karen Shore <karen@igsb.com>
Subject: Fwd: [Fwd: NMC: darwin award winner 1997] (fwd)
>From: bill_wisialowski@rsco.com
>Date: Mon, 28 Apr 97 13:09:21 -0800
>To: <tswisialowski@phjw.com>, <johnwiz@laborletter.com>, <karen@igsb.com>,
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>>DARWIN AWARD WINNER FOR 1997 ANNOUNCED
>>
>>You all know about the Darwin Awards - an annual honor given to the person
>>who did the gene pool the biggest service by meeting their demise in the
>>most extraordinarily stupid way.
>>
>>The 1995 winner was the fellow who was killed by a Coke machine which
>>toppled over on top of him as he was attempting to tip a free soda out of
>>it.
>>
>>In 1996 the winner was an air force sergeant who attached a jet engine
>>(JATO) unit to his car and crashed into a cliff several hundred feet
>>above the road.
>>
>>And now, the 1997 winner: Larry Waters of Los Angeles -- one of the few
>>Darwin winners to actually survive his award-winning accomplishment.
>>
>>Larry's boyhood dream was to fly. When he graduated from high school, he
>>joined the Air Force in hopes of becoming a pilot. Unfortunately, poor
>>eyesight disqualified him. When he was finally discharged, he had to
>>satisfy himself with watching jets fly over his backyard.
>>
>>One day, Larry, had a bright idea. He decided to fly. He went to the
>>local Army-Navy surplus store and purchased 45 weather balloons and
>>several tanks of helium. The weather balloons, when fully inflated,
>>would measure more than four feet across.
>>
>>Back home, Larry securely strapped the balloons to his sturdy lawn chair.He
>>anchored the chair to the bumper of his jeep and inflated the
>> balloons with the helium. He climbed on for a test while it was still
>> only a few feet above the ground.
>>
>> Satisfied it would work, Larry packed several sandwiches and a six- pack
>>of Miller Lite, loaded his pellet gun -- figuring he could pop a few
>>balloons when it was time to descend -- and went back to the floating lawn
>>chair. He tied himself in along with his pellet gun and provisions.
>>
>>Larry's plan was to lazily float up to a height of about 30 feet above
>>his back yard after severing the anchor and in a few hours come back
>>down.
>>
>>Things didn't quite work out that way.
>>
>>When he cut the cord anchoring the lawn chair to his jeep, he didn't
>>float lazily up to 30 or so feet. Instead he streaked into the LA sky as
>>if shot from a cannon.
>>
>>He didn't level of at 30 feet, nor did he level off at 100 feet. After
>>climbing and climbing, he leveled off at 11,000 feet. At that height he
>>couldn't risk shooting any of the balloons, lest he unbalance the load and
>>really find himself in trouble.
>>
>>So he stayed there, drifting, cold and frightened, for more than 14 hours.
>>
>>Then he really got in trouble. He found himself drifting into the primary
>>approach corridor of Los Angeles International Airport.
>>A United pilot first spotted Larry. He radioed the tower and
>>described passing a guy in a lawn chair with a gun. Radar
>>confirmed the existence of an object floating 11,000 feet above the
>>airport.
>>
>>
>>LAX emergency procedures swung into full alert and a helicopter was
>>dispatched to investigate. LAX is right on the ocean. Night was falling
>>and the offshore breeze began to flow. It carried Larry out to sea with
>>the helicopter in hot pursuit.
>>
>>Several miles out, the helicopter caught up with Larry. Once the crew
>>determined that Larry was not dangerous, they attempted to close in for a
>>rescue but the draft from the blades would push Larry away whenever they
>>neared. Finally, the helicopter ascended to a position several hundred feet
>>above Larry and lowered a rescue line. Larry snagged the line and was
>>hauled back to shore. The difficult maneuver was flawlessly executed by
>>the helicopter crew.
>>
>>As soon as Larry was hauled to earth, he was arrested by waiting members of
>>the LAPD for violating LAX airspace. As he was led away in handcuffs, a
>>reporter dispatched to cover the daring rescue asked why he had done it.
>>
>>Larry stopped, turned and replied nonchalantly, "A man can't just sit
>>around."
>>
>>Let's hear it for Larry Waters, the 1997 Darwin Award Winner.
>>
>>
>>solo/92 Indigo
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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 16:29:06 +0100
From: mappelho@madison.tdsnet.com (Mary Appelhof)
Subject: Earth Day in Kalamazoo
Report on Earth Day '97 Kalamazoo Nature Center, April
19, 1997
Earth Day In Kalamazoo Combines Soil Tests,
Organic Growers' Recommendations, and Native American Gardening Lore
. . . "like having all your ducks in a row." So it seemed to three groups
who shared adjacent booth spaces at the celebration of Earth Day at the
Kalamazoo Nature Center on April 19. The organizations were Organic
Growers of Michigan, Southwest Chapter; Two Worlds Intertribal Lodge; and
Western Michigan University Environmental Studies department. Each booth
had unique offerings, but dove-tailed in important ways.
Western Michigan University's Environmental Studies department, under the
leadership of Molly Cole, provided soil analysis for individuals who
brought soil from their home gardens. Previous to Earth Day, the
availability of this service was publicized. About twenty people brought
soil to be tested.
The Organic Growers of Michigan (OGM), with their table next to that of the
fore-mentioned group, provided information to those poeple whose soil
sample indicated deficiencies. Their expertise included how to use natural
remedies such as compost, mulch, potting mix made of rock powders, blood
meal, peat moss, perlite, and vermiculite. These materials may be needed
as additions to soil to give it the healthy balance of NPK plus the
structure conducive to vigorous plant development. The individuals of this
organization also provided literature on other organic groups,
certification standards used by the OGM, plus membership information. Mary
Frances Fenton, OGM member, commented that the group of people which
attended this event seemed already informed about earth-friendly gardening.
Many were interested in gaining more extensive information on organic
gardening and asked if there was a bibliography available.
Two Worlds Intertribal Lodge, whose tables were next in the row, featured
some of the organically grown seedlings from one of the women in OGM. It
was good to have plants available which were grown in ways which honor
Mother Earth, i.e. without use of toxic or synthetic materials. Another
aspect of this booth emphasized traditional Native American gardening,
particularly the "Three Sisters," corn, beans, and squash, plus sunflowers.
Seed packets containing this combinationwere available. Information on
how to plant them in the traditional way, plus harvest and use them in
Native American recipes was also there. It is interesting to note that
many of the methods used by organic gardeners, such as interplanting
certain crops, have been used by Native gardeners all around the planet for
thousands of years. It seems appropriate that local organic growers, the
WMU Environmental Studes department and a Lodge which seeks to honor and
respect the Earth and all life upon it, stood side-by-side at the
celebration of Earth Day, "97. "Mitacuye oyasin" (we are all relatives).
Contributed by Carolyn Buskirk, member of Two Worlds Intertribal Lodge
We're on the WEB! Visit me at: http://www.wormwoman.com
Mary Appelhof
Author of "Worms Eat My Garbage"
Co-author of "Worms Eat Our Garbage: Classroom Activities
for a Better Environment"
Worm Woman in 26 min video "Wormania!"
Flowerfield Enterprises
10332 Shaver Road
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49024USA
Phone: 616-327-0108 FAX 616-327-7009
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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 13:06:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: "David A. Kirkpatrick" <david@kirkworks.com>
Subject: NC Take-Back Bill introduced
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA=20
SESSION 1997=20
S 1=20
SENATE BILL 846=20
Short Title: Retailers to Accept Goods for Disposal. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Odom; and Kinnaird.=20
Referred to: Commerce.
April 15, 1997=20
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED=20
AN ACT TO REQUIRE RETAILERS OF CERTAIN GOODS TO TAKE THEM BACK TO BE=
RECYCLED
OR PROPERLY DISPOSED.=20
Additional Information Available on:=20
Section 1. Article 9 of Chapter 130A of the General=20
Statutes is amended by adding a new Part to read:
"Part 2E. Retailer Acceptance of Hard-to-Dispose Items.
"=A7 130A-309.90. Retailers required to accept certain=20
hard-to-dispose items; posting of notice required.
(a) A person who sells or offers for sale any hard-to-dispose=20
items at retail in this State shall accept from customers, at the point of=
=20
transfer or sale, used items of the type and in the quantity at least=20
equal to the number of new such items purchased, if offered by=20
customers.
(b) A person who sells or offers for sale any hard-to-dispose=20
items at retail in this State shall post written notice that is at least 8=
=20
1/2 inches by 11 inches in size and that contains the universal recycling=20
symbol and that states that State law requires retailers to accept used=20
items of that type for recycling in exchange for new items purchased of=20
the same type.
(c) Any person who fails to post the notice required by=20
subsection (b) of this section after receiving written warning from the=20
Department to do so shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than=20
fifty dollars ($50.00) per day for each day the person fails to post the=20
required notice.
(d) For purpose of this Part, `hard-to-dispose items' means=20
all of the following:
(1) Telephone books.
(2) Nickel-cadmium batteries.
(3) Mercuric oxide batteries.
(4) Automobile tires.
(5) Fluorescent lights that the=20
Department determines contain toxic levels of substances.
(6) Hypodermic needles.
(7) Propane tanks.
(8) Smoke detectors.
(9) Pesticide containers specified by=20
the Department.
(10) Products with cathode ray tubes=20
specified by the Department.
(11) Motor oil.
(12) Antifreeze.
(13) Oil-based paint and solvents.
(14) White goods as defined in G.S.=20
130A-290.
"=A7 130A-309.91. Wholesalers required to accept hard-to-dispose=20
items.
(a) No person selling new hard-to-dispose items at wholesale=20
shall refuse to accept from customers, at the point of transfer, any used=20
item of the type and in a quantity at least equal to the number of new=20
such items purchased, if offered by customers. A person accepting a=20
hard-to-dispose item in transfer from a retailer of those items shall be=20
allowed a period not to exceed 90 days to remove these items from the=20
retail point of collection.
(b) Any person who violates this section shall be assessed a=20
civil penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) per violation. Each item refused=20
by a wholesaler or not removed from the retail point of collection within=20
90 days is a separate violation.
"=A7 130A-309.92. Inspections of retailers authorized;=20
construction of this Part.
(a) The Department may inspect any place, building, or premise=20
subject to the provisions of G.S. 130A-309.90. The Department may issue=20
warnings to persons who fail to comply with the provisions of this=20
Part.
(b) The provisions of this Part shall not be construed to=20
prohibit any person who does not sell any of the hard-to-dispose items=20
from collecting and recycling such items.
"=A7 130A-309.93. Landfilling and incineration of hard-to-dispose=20
items prohibited; delivery for recycling.
(a) No person shall knowingly place or dispose of a used=20
hard-to-dispose item in a landfill, an incinerator, or a waste-to-energy=20
facility. Any person may deliver any hard-to-dispose items to a retailer=20
or wholesaler of that item, or to a collection or recycling facility=20
authorized under this Chapter or by the United States Environmental=20
Protection Agency.
(b) No retailer of any hard-to-dispose items shall knowingly=20
place or dispose of those used items in a landfill, incinerator, or=20
waste-to-energy facility. A retailer of any hard-to-dispose items may=20
deliver those items to an agent of a wholesaler of those items, to a=20
manufacturer of those items, or to a collection or recycling facility=20
authorized under this Chapter or by the United States Environmental=20
Protection Agency.
(c) Any person who knowingly places or disposes of any=20
hard-to-dispose items in violation of this section shall be assessed a=20
civil penalty of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) per violation. Each=
=20
such item improperly disposed of is a separate violation."
Section 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 1998.
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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 97 06:06:39 PST
From: jennie.alvernaz@sfsierra.sierraclub.org
Subject: Zero Waste Beer
>
>Excerpts from a press release forwarded by Beth Graves, North Carolina
>Division of Pollution Prevention & Environmental Assistance, Raleigh, NC:
>
>A new brewery in Namibia (Southern Africa) sounds too good to be true: "Good
>beer, no chemicals, no pollution, more sales and more jobs"
>
>The system at the Namibian Breweries sorghum brewery in Tsumeb, a five-hour
>drive north of Windhoek, the capital city, is the result of extensive
>research and design over the Internet. A group of scientists supported by
>the United Nations University asked questions to fellow scholars on how to
>make best use of the spent grain, the alkaline waste water, and the CO2 gases
>that make up 98% of the waste from the brewery. The solution does not
>intervene in the core processing of the industry, but carefully tailors a
>system which reuses all waste into valuable products.
>
>The opening of the brewery in January, 1997, was not just a local affair.
>Representatives from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and Latin America were
>scheduled to participate in a special training course to show how this Zero
>Emissions industrial design concept could be put to use in other countries.
>Gunter Pauli and his team at United Nations University have expanded their
>research on the application of the zero emissions concept to vegetable oils
>(palm, coconut and olive), construction materials (cement, bamboo), paper,
>fruits (pineapples), sugar, seaweed and sisal. It is hoped that this training
>course will unleash entrepreneurship and creativity, resulting in more jobs
>and a better use of natural resources. The United Nations Development Program
>(UNDP) has pledged full support.
>
>For questions to UNDP about their support to the Zero Emissions vision and
>the response from donor countries, please contact Anders Wijkman, director
>for the bureau of policy coordination and deputy administrator at phone
>212-906 5020 or fax 212-906 5857, or email wijkman@undp.org.
>
>For questions to Namibian Breweries and their reasons for undertaking this
>initiative, please contact Mrs. Brigitte Sass or Mr. G. Roux, head of public
>affairs at phone 264-61-262 915 ext. 2122 or fax 264-61-262 945.
>
>For questions to the United Nations University on the methodology of this
>research initiative, please contact Prof. Dr. Tarcisio Dellasenta, the
>director of the UNU Institute for Advanced Studies, at phone 81-3-5467 1388
>or fax 81-3-5467 1247, or email dellasenta@ias.unu.edu.
---------------------------------------
Excerpted from 4/14/97 Recycling Times:
COKE UNVEILS HEAVIER, CONTORTED SODA CAN
The Coca-Cola Company's new contorted soda can is now being sold in five
test markets: El Paso, TX; Terre Haute, IN; Las Cruces, NM; Tucson, AZ;
and San Angelo, TX. The new container mimics the distinctive curvy
shape of traditional glass and plastic Coke bottles. Although the cans
still hold 12 fluid ounces of liquid, they contain about 20 percent more
aluminum than the regular soda cans, according to William Neslage,
general manager of the Las Cruces Coca-Cola plant.
-------------------------------------
>Also excerpted from 4/14/97 Recycling Times:
CHALLENGE TO COCA-COLA TO CUT WASTE GOES UNANSWERED
In a March 19 letter, the Grassroots Recycling Network (GRN) wrote to
the chairman of the Coca-Cola Co. to ask the corporation to take several
recycling and waste reduction measures, including:
-- reestablish a nationwide system of refillable containers during the
next five years; and
-- commit to reinstate deposits on all containers within 18 months.
Because Coca-Cola did not respond to the proposal, GRN staged a
demonstration April 7 at the corporation's headquarters in Atlanta.
> - end -
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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 97 06:08:41 PST
From: jennie.alvernaz@sfsierra.sierraclub.org
Subject: Zero Waste Beer
>
>Excerpts from a press release forwarded by Beth Graves, North Carolina
>Division of Pollution Prevention & Environmental Assistance, Raleigh, NC:
>
>A new brewery in Namibia (Southern Africa) sounds too good to be true: "Good
>beer, no chemicals, no pollution, more sales and more jobs"
>
>The system at the Namibian Breweries sorghum brewery in Tsumeb, a five-hour
>drive north of Windhoek, the capital city, is the result of extensive
>research and design over the Internet. A group of scientists supported by
>the United Nations University asked questions to fellow scholars on how to
>make best use of the spent grain, the alkaline waste water, and the CO2 gases
>that make up 98% of the waste from the brewery. The solution does not
>intervene in the core processing of the industry, but carefully tailors a
>system which reuses all waste into valuable products.
>
>The opening of the brewery in January, 1997, was not just a local affair.
>Representatives from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and Latin America were
>scheduled to participate in a special training course to show how this Zero
>Emissions industrial design concept could be put to use in other countries.
>Gunter Pauli and his team at United Nations University have expanded their
>research on the application of the zero emissions concept to vegetable oils
>(palm, coconut and olive), construction materials (cement, bamboo), paper,
>fruits (pineapples), sugar, seaweed and sisal. It is hoped that this training
>course will unleash entrepreneurship and creativity, resulting in more jobs
>and a better use of natural resources. The United Nations Development Program
>(UNDP) has pledged full support.
>
>For questions to UNDP about their support to the Zero Emissions vision and
>the response from donor countries, please contact Anders Wijkman, director
>for the bureau of policy coordination and deputy administrator at phone
>212-906 5020 or fax 212-906 5857, or email wijkman@undp.org.
>
>For questions to Namibian Breweries and their reasons for undertaking this
>initiative, please contact Mrs. Brigitte Sass or Mr. G. Roux, head of public
>affairs at phone 264-61-262 915 ext. 2122 or fax 264-61-262 945.
>
>For questions to the United Nations University on the methodology of this
>research initiative, please contact Prof. Dr. Tarcisio Dellasenta, the
>director of the UNU Institute for Advanced Studies, at phone 81-3-5467 1388
>or fax 81-3-5467 1247, or email dellasenta@ias.unu.edu.
---------------------------------------
Excerpted from 4/14/97 Recycling Times:
COKE UNVEILS HEAVIER, CONTORTED SODA CAN
The Coca-Cola Company's new contorted soda can is now being sold in five
test markets: El Paso, TX; Terre Haute, IN; Las Cruces, NM; Tucson, AZ;
and San Angelo, TX. The new container mimics the distinctive curvy
shape of traditional glass and plastic Coke bottles. Although the cans
still hold 12 fluid ounces of liquid, they contain about 20 percent more
aluminum than the regular soda cans, according to William Neslage,
general manager of the Las Cruces Coca-Cola plant.
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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 10:00:44 -0400
From: "Blair Pollock" <bpollock@town.ci.chapel-hill.nc.us>
You asked about grass growth rates, I don't have any direct info but at NC
State University in Raleigh NC there is a turf grass program within the ag
school and they are expert in all matters related to lawn grass in the
department of crop science
919 515-2647. A few years ago there was a spate of "Don't Bag It" programs
esp. from Texas that had info on growth rates.
From: Wayne Fenton <Wfenton@city.london.on.ca>
Subject: Grass clippings - quantities
Dear List Members -
I am looking for any available information regarding average grass
clippings generation rates, such as number of pounds per 'X' square
feet, per average residential lot, etc., over a growing season. I am
interested in data from throughout North America.
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