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Galaxies in our universe seem to be achieving an impossible feat. They are rotating with such speed that the gravity generated by their observable matter could not possibly hold them together; they should have torn themselves apart long ago. The same is true of galaxies in clusters, which leads scientists to believe that something we cannot see is at work. They think something we have yet to detect directly is giving these galaxies extra mass, generating the extra gravity they need to stay intact. This strange and unknown matter was called "dark matter" since it is not visible.
Dark matter
Unlike normal matter, dark matter does not interact with the electromagnetic force. This means it does not absorb, reflect or emit light, making it extremely hard to spot. In fact, researchers have been able to infer the existence of dark matter only from the gravitational effect it seems to have on visible matter. Dark matter seems to outweigh visible matter roughly six to one, making up about 27% of the universe. Here's a sobering fact: The matter we know and that makes up all stars and galaxies only accounts for 5% of the content of the universe! But what is dark matter? One idea is that it could contain "supersymmetric particles" – hypothesized particles that are partners to those already known in the Standard Model. Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) may provide more direct clues about dark matter.
Many theories say the dark matter particles would be light enough to be produced at the LHC. If they were created at the LHC, they would escape through the detectors unnoticed. However, they would carry away energy and momentum, so physicists could infer their existence from the amount of energy and momentum "missing" after a collision. Dark matter candidates arise frequently in theories that suggest physics beyond the Standard Model, such as supersymmetry and extra dimensions. One theory suggests the existence of a "Hidden Valley", a parallel world made of dark matter having very little in common with matter we know. If one of these theories proved to be true, it could help scientists gain a better understanding of the composition of our universe and, in particular, how galaxies hold together.
Dark energy
Dark energy makes up approximately 68% of the universe and appears to be associated with the vacuum in space. It is distributed evenly throughout the universe, not only in space but also in time – in other words, its effect is not diluted as the universe expands. The even distribution means that dark energy does not have any local gravitational effects, but rather a global effect on the universe as a whole. This leads to a repulsive force, which tends to accelerate the expansion of the universe. The rate of expansion and its acceleration can be measured by observations based on the Hubble law. These measurements, together with other scientific data, have confirmed the existence of dark energy and provide an estimate of just how much of this mysterious substance exists.


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I was wondering whether anyone could help me distinguish how to pronounce tone 4 (mostly low flat) and tone 3 (mid flat).
I read in tone 4, you should feel your throat vibrate. Honestly, I have my finger touch my adam's apple and try to feel the difference but I don't feel it between 3rd and 4th. Is there any way to better work out my tones alone? The only thing I do about my 4th tone is shorten my 3rd tone. Thus, 4th tone to me = 3rd tone, but in a shorter burst.
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The ASRock X399 Phantom Gaming 6 Motherboard Review: $250 Sixteen Core Stunner
by Gavin Bonshor on March 12, 2019 10:00 AM EST- Posted in
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- ASRock
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- Phantom Gaming 6
The ASRock X399 Phantom Gaming 6 hardware is one of the cheapest X399 motherboard currently on the market and brings the Phantom Gaming name to the high-end desktop market. This entry-level option for Threadripper uses a 2.5 gigabit ethernet controller, and is one of only a few boards to do so. It also offers a trio of M.2 slots, a full x16/x16/x16 for multiple GPUs, but supports only for Threadripper processors up to 16 cores due to its design.
Other AnandTech Ryzen Threadripper Coverage
- The ASRock X399 Taichi Motherboard Review: Cost-Effective Threadripper
- The MSI MEG X399 Creation Motherboard Review: The New 16-Phase Shark In Town
- The ASUS X399 ROG Zenith Extreme Motherboard Review: Top Tier Threadripper
- GIGABYTE's X399 Aorus Extreme: The Threadripper 2 Halo Motherboard
- The ASRock X399 Professional Gaming Motherboard Review: 10G For All
- The GIGABYTE X399 DESIGNARE EX Motherboard Review
The ASRock X399 Phantom Gaming 6 Overview
One of the often labelled criticisms at the high-end desktop market is the motherboard price. In order to take advantage of more cores, more memory slots, and overall more features, users have often needed to step up their motherboard choice, as well as paying $1000 or more for the processor and memory. There are some forces at some of the motherboard companies to bring the high-end desktop motherboard market to something more cost sensitive, and this is what ASRock has produced in the X399 Phantom Gaming 6, which has a list price of only $250. This is extremely beneficial when a lot of motherboards in this segment start at $320. To add to the basket of positives, ASRock also enabled this motherboard with a few unique features, such as 2.5 gigabit ethernet, and expanded on common features, like triple M.2 for storage. The X399 Phantom Gaming 6 represents the cheapest of four Threadripper motherboards from ASRock under $400, with the others being the X399 Taichi ($320), the X399 Fatal1ty Professional Gaming ($390) and the micro-ATX X399M Taichi ($300).
Being cheaper than normal doesn't detract from the feature set. Aside from a Realtek Gaming 2.5 gigabit ethernet, the board has full support for two DIMMs per channel of memory (up to DDR4-3400), three full-sized PCIe slots connected to the CPU, space for an M.2 Wi-Fi module, enhanced audio, and dual networking ports.
One of the ways that makes the X399 Phantom Gaming 6 one of the cheapest boards is the processor support: ASRock has built this motherboard to support AMD Threadripper with a thermal design point of up to 180 W, which means it can only support up to 16 core processors such as the AMD Threadripper 2950X. Because ASRock's focus for this model is to offer users an entry-level pathway to the high-end desktop, this is a fair compromise.
Moving away from the old Fatal1ty gaming branding has been a smart move for ASRock. ASRock's new Phantom Gaming series has adopted a subtler color theme with black metallic heatsinks. The X399 chipset heatsink has integrated RGB LEDs as well as ASRock has included two regular RGB headers and a single addressable RGB header. Users can use the tool within the UEFI firmware or with the ASRock Polychrome RGB software.
ASRock X399 Phantom Gaming 6 Block Diagram
Differing slightly in PCIe slots from the ASRock X399 Taichi that we reviewed, the ASRock X399 Phantom Gaming 6 has three full-length PCIe 3.0 x16 slots with support for both 3-way NVIDIA SLI and AMD Crossfire multi-graphics cards configurations. There are no PCIe 3.0 x1 slots present, but there is a trio of M.2 slots which all have support for NVMe boot drives and ASRock's U.2 kit which is supplied separately. The eight SATA ports offer support for RAID 0, 1 and 10 arrays.
In our testing, the ASRock X399 Phantom Gaming 6 when paired with a Threadripper 2950X processor was as expected and did perform better than the first generation Threadripper 1950X. The system tests showed that with our test bench, it was quicker at POSTing into Windows than the MSI MEG X399 Creation model, but way off the mark of other boards on test. On the other hand, the deferred procedure call latency performance was much better which can be attributed to the change of processor as much as the board; we do intend to add an addendum with some 1950X testing too in the very near future. In gaming, there is very little difference in performance between the 1950X and 2950X, with Total War: WARHAMMER still showing the same signs of multi-core optimization issues we faced with the 1950X. Other than that, performance is in the same ballpark we would have hoped for.
It's understandable why the ASRock X399 Phantom Gaming 6 is limited to supporting 180 W due to the 6+2 power phase power delivery. The power delivery consists of six Intersil ISL69147 60 A power stages for the V-Core without doublers. It's more than ample for 180 W CPUs, but it could struggle with 250 W and the decision to lock down support is appropriate. The overclocking performance with the Ryzen Threadipper 2950X was very competitive and VDroop didn't show any cause for concern. From 3.9 GHz to 4.2 GHz with our manual overclocks, VDroop was positive with around 0.0.1 V between the CPU Core voltage in the BIOS and when at load. This reversed itself at 4.2 GHz when it undervolted by a margin of around 0.02 V at full load. By default, the ASRock X399 Phantom Gaming 6 doesn't fully apply Precision Boost Overdrive with the automatic setting and by enabling it, the performance increase at the cost of temperature and power does seem a fair compromise.
The ASRock X399 Phantom Gaming 6 not only enters the market as the cheapest Threadripper board at a price of $250, but it brings about gaming specific features such as the Realtek 2.5 GbE gaming NIC to a more price sensitive point.. ASRock has aimed at the entry level for enthusiasts who like to have fun and capped support at 180 W but offers plenty of premium features commonly associated at the price point. Dual NIC, triple M.2 and three-way SLI support at $250 is impressive and ASRock looks to make the entry point to Threadripper more affordable without sacrificing on the feature-set and overall quality.
Pages In This Review
- Overview [this page]
- Visual Inspection: Analysis of the Boards Components
- BIOS and Software: Looking at the non-hardware portion
- Board Features and Test Bed: The full specifications, and how we test
- System Performance: Component testing, such as power, boot times, and DPC Latency
- CPU Performance
- Gaming Performance
- Conclusion
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drajitshnew - Tuesday, March 12, 2019 - link
Thanks for this review, this mobo has some very good design choices. Is there some way the post latency can be improved in THIS board. -
EliteRetard - Tuesday, March 12, 2019 - link
On a similar note, why is it listed as "Non-UEFI POST Time"? Are you actually disabling UEFI and going with a legacy BIOS for post time? Why, and how does that affect post time? I imagine anybody using this board will want to use UEFI.
I am glad that POST time is being measured though, it's an important metric for me and many people I build computers for. Some people might think it unimportant, but when POST vary so drastically the differences are very tangible. Most of the people I build computers for also directly correlate bootup times to the performance of the machine (no matter how many times I try to explain it). I know I still would never accept a MOBO with a 30sec POST time. -
GreenReaper - Tuesday, March 12, 2019 - link
They may mean "non-Graphical", but still using UEFI under the hood. It's unlikely to have display acceleration, so it takes extra CPU time to draw fancy pictures (as I found when using graphical console modes on my Linux microserver - 8-bit and 16-bit were proportionately faster than 24-bit). -
gavbon - Wednesday, March 13, 2019 - link
You can't disable UEFI as UEFI and BIOS are both types of firmware and in themselves, they aren't the same. With the UEFI firmware and CSM, it can emulate or pretend to POST like a non-UEFI BIOS. This is a more consistent way of doing things to show performance across a range of boards etc -
close - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
But it would help to tell us what the boot time is with "optimized defaults" so to speak. I mean it's great if you can "show performance across a range of boards" but why mention only how long it take is non-UEFI mode for comparison? Why not also in UEFI mode? Is that comparison not useful? Or is the board always in non-UEFI mode? -
kobblestown - Wednesday, March 13, 2019 - link
Yes, this MB has some good design choices. For the price. I would have preferred to have either a 10G Ethernet adapter or a PCIe2.0x4 slot, e.g. where the heatsinked M.2 slot is (and the battery should be moved somewhere else. In my opinion 10G is taking off (I already have a direct 10G link between my X399 and my server) and will soon be within reach for most consumers. Having to occupy a x16 slot for a 10G adapter sends shivers down my spine. Plus, you could also wish to use a 4x4 bifurcation adapter board to install more nvme SSDs (3 is sometimes not enough) and then you'll be left with a single slot for a GPU.
As for the POST times, I hope they can get them down to the other X399 boards. I see no reason why it should be twice longer. I have the Asrock X399 Professional Gaming and POST is already excruciatingly slow. Probably the panoply of PCIe devices is to blame (lspci shows more than 60 devices apart from the user-installed ones!) -
Kevin G - Tuesday, March 12, 2019 - link
I think this needs to be edited a bit for clarity on page 1:
"The audio PCB is separate from the rest of the PCB"
There is no separate audio PCB from the pictures I see as implied by that statement. I think the intent was to read 'the audio circuitry is separate from the rest of the PCB'. -
Kevin G - Tuesday, March 12, 2019 - link
Two more on page 4:
"For the start of our Z390 reviews" I think should read "Since the start of our Z390 reviews"
"Many due to..." I thank you missed a word there. ;) -
Ryan Smith - Wednesday, March 13, 2019 - link
Thanks! -
lmcd - Tuesday, March 12, 2019 - link
*separate PCB layer
which is in fact true (or at least their marketing claims as much)


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BEIJING (AP) — Military planners in Washington and elsewhere will be taking note of new missile technology displayed by China, particularly a hypersonic ballistic nuclear missile believed capable of breaching all existing anti-missile shields deployed by the U.S. and its allies.
The vehicle-mounted Dong Feng 17, or DF-17, was the standout among weapons showed off at a military parade on Tuesday marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese state. Those also include the Dong Feng 41, or DF-41, an intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 15,000 kilometers (9,300 miles) — China's longest-range weapon — that that could reach the United States in 30 minutes.
Also featured at the event were the JL-2 submarine-launched strategic missile believed to be standard weaponry for China's nuclear-powered subs, as well as the CJ-100 cruise missile.
Beijing insists all are homegrown, and though China is believed to have benefited from industrial spying and imported technologies, its massive military research and development program and the size of its economy have put its weapons technology at the forefront along with Russia and the U.S.
"The overall combat ability of China's missile force has been enhanced significantly," said Song Zhongping, a military commentator for Hong Kong's pro-China Phoenix TV.
The DF-17 hyper-glide vehicle can be launched from a missile and once separated can reach more than five times the speed of sound, according to analysts. That speed, and its use of multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles, a technology known as MIRV, to deliver its warheads makes it far more difficult to detect and intercept.
It also flies at a much lower altitude just prior to delivering its warhead, further frustrating attempts to detect and intercept.
Some analysts have called the missile a threat to regional stability because its speed allows far less time to determine whether to fire nuclear weapons in response.
As with the DF-17, little has been officially released about the DF-41, which was shown publicly for the first time. It was loaded aboard a formation of launch vehicles but is also transportable by train. Analysts say they believe it may be housed in silos in the country's northeast.
The Center for Strategic & International Studies in Washington says the missile may have the world's longest range at 15,000 kilometers (9,400 miles). Flying at 25 times the speed of sound, it might be able to reach the United States in 30 minutes and send up to 10 warheads to separate targets using MIRV technology.
China also displayed an upgrade of its mainstay missile, the Dongfeng 31, which has a range of more than 11,200 kilometers (6,990 miles) that puts most of the continental United States within reach. The second-generation Dongfeng-31AG, which like the DF-41 uses solid fuel for ease of deployment and speed of launch, comes with "high mobility and precision," according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
Displayed for the first time, the JL-2 is the standard weapon for China's Jin class nuclear-powered subs, each of which can deploy 12 missiles with one warhead each. Their range of 7,200 kilometers (4,473 miles) makes more of a threat regionally than to the continental United States.
China's latest CJ-100 supersonic cruise missile also made its public debut Tuesday, carried aboard 16 trucks in formation. Little is known about the weapon that is speculated to be a replacement for the PLA's current CJ-10 cruise missile which has an estimated range of about 1,500 kilometers (930 miles).
The CJ-100s are "characterized by a long range, high precision and quick responsiveness and are the latest addition to the CJ missile series," Xinhua reported.
All those weapons seemed intended to imbue China with the ability to back up its territorial claims with credible threats, especially against the possibility of U.S. intervention. Many, including the already deployed DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missile, are seen as standoff weapons to keep U.S. aircraft carriers at bay while subjecting bases such as Guam to the possibility of attack.
China has also responded to what it sees as U.S. moves in the region that threaten its own security. That includes the deployment of the advanced THAAD air defense system in South Korea and Washington's stated determination to deploy a land-based intermediate-range missile in the Asia-Pacific "sooner rather than later," following its withdrawal last week from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
China said in August it "will not stand idly by" and would take countermeasures if the U.S. goes ahead with those plans.
"China should develop missiles that can hit any corners of the world especially the U.S. as a means of counter-attack," Yue Gang, retired colonel and military commentator said. "China must have the deterrent to curb the use of nuclear weapons ... China has been forced to do so by the situation."
The renewed attention focused on China's missile programs comes largely following the formation in 2015 of the latest branch of the People's Liberation Army, the Rocket Force. Tuesday's military parade featured 350 members of the force in their dark green uniforms and was their first group participation in such an event.
Apart from missiles, China also showed off new technologies, such as its "Sharp Sword" unmanned aerial vehicle believed capable of attacking targets such as radar stations and military bases, as well as drone submarines that could reach depths far deeper than those of crewed subs.
Drones are becoming increasingly important for the Chinese military in a range of fields, including for use by artillery units in reconnaissance and damage evaluation, TVBS's Song said.
Technology gaps still remain with the U.S. and Russia, who have had longer to develop their strategies, especially in the nuclear field, Song said.
However, the advances align with commander of the armed forces and President Xi Jinping's calls for a military that is capable of fighting and winning wars under modern conditions.
Observing the new hardware first from his staff car then from the viewing platform atop Tiananmen Gate, he gave off an aura of satisfaction, although he said little on the matter in his address other than that "no force" could block China's progress.


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Fritz Springmeier: The Man The Illuminati Hates and are Afraid Of
I was introduced to Fritz Springmeier in 1992 by a friend and researcher who is still to this day deep undercover.
Fritz became one of my Insiders and contributed to the original THEI newsletter which was mailed out to my subscribers who were made up of underground researchers and interested people in all 50 states and 36 countries during the 1990's.
Fritz sent me between 100 to 150 pages of information EVERY MONTH until he was setup, busted and framed for a bank robbery. The Controllers are VERY afraid of this man. No person I will be presenting in this series of the New World Order "Resistors" has been more demonized, persecuted and messed with than Fritz Springmeier except of course Bill Cooper. You can prove this for yourself by looking at all the negative lies and misconceptions about Fritz found on the internet including YouTube.
However, having known Fritz and studying the thousands of pages of his research I personally know that his research, writings and lecturers are from the heart and his information is light years ahead of ALL other researchers. I also have seen many of the things that Fritz reported in the 90's come true in the last few years.
WARNING: If you are afraid of knowing just how far, and just how much control the Controllers have over the world today then skip this report on Fritz Springmeier.
But you make up your own mind, watch the videos we present in this presentation, read some of Fritz Springmeier's books, and then look at the negative out there about Fritz, and decide for yourself the truth or untruth being reported by my friend and early contributor to THEI . Myself, I listen to what he has to tell us. . .Your Editor Dennis Crenshaw
THEI Eyeballs The Resistors Series:
Part I William "Bill" Cooper America's #1 Patriot Hero
Part 3 The MOTHER of all Conspiracy Researchers Mae Brussel.
From Rumor Mill News Reading Room Archive
Friday, March 2, 2001 Stuart Tomlinson of The Oregonian staff
"CORBETT — Federal agents and Clackamas County sheriff's deputies arrested a Corbett couple Thursday as part of an ongoing investigation into the
activities of a white separatist group."
"Fritz A. Springmeier, 45, also known as Victor E. Schoff, and his wife,
Patricia Springmeier, 46, are accused of first-degree manufacture and
distribution of a controlled substance, and conspiracy to manufacture and
distribute controlled substances. They are being held in the Clackamas County
Jail. . ."
". . . Blanchard said police seized equipment used to grow marijuana, several
weapons and white separatist literature. The weapons were not "anything
illegal to have in your home," she said. . ." . . . Read Complete Report
Political Prisoner Fritz Springmeier Speaks 1/4
YouTube ~ The Alex Jones Channel
Alex talks with the author of Bloodlines of the Illuminati, Fritz Springmeier. In 2003, Springmeier was framed and sentenced to 12 years in prison. He was convicted on the testimony of a bank robber who claimed Springmeier visited his house on the same day the man discussed the robbery with two accomplices.
Who really controls world events from behind-the-scene?
Political Prisoner Fritz Springmeier Speaks 2/4
Political Prisoner Fritz Springmeier Speaks 3/4
Political Prisoner Fritz Springmeier Speaks 4/4
Fritz Springmeier World System The Illuminati Full Length
YouTube ~ urthnet1


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Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), run by Fred Krupp, is a US-based Environmental organization and is considered a Big Green environmental group, one of the largest and most prominent in the world. It describes itself as being "dedicated to protecting the environmental rights of all people, including future generations. Among these rights are clean air and water, healthy and nourishing food, and a flourishing ecosystem. Guided by science, Environmental Defense evaluates environmental problems and works to create and advocate solutions that win lasting political, economic and social support because they are nonpartisan, cost-efficient and fair." EDF prides itself on the formal corporate partnerships it forms with companies such as McDonald's, Walmart, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and most recently The Carlyle Group, home of Synagro the sewage sludge giant.
Sharon Beder notes that: "The influence of neoliberal think tanks on environmental policy has been pervasive. Yet their efforts to replace legislative solutions with free market programs have been accepted largely without scrutiny of the ideological agenda behind them. Many environmentalists have been persuaded by the rhetoric of free market environmentalism. For example the Environmental Defense Fund has been at the forefront of the push for tradeable pollution rights and the Natural Resources Defense Council has also supported them." [1]
- Executive Director - Dan J. Dudek
- Former Executive Director - David Yarnold
- 1 Greenwashing Corporations and Raising Money via Partnerships
- 2 EDF Partners with Synagro, The World's Leader in Dumping Sewage Sludge on Farms and Gardens
- 3 History
- 4 TXU Deal
- 5 EDF OKs Tenaska Coal Plant
- 6 EDF board member Stanley Druckenmiller invests in Massey Energy
- 7 Corporate Partners
- 8 Contact details
- 9 Board of Trustees
- 10 National Council
- 11 Advisory Trustees
- 12 Executive Staff
- 13 References
- 14 Other SourceWatch resources
- 15 External links
Greenwashing Corporations and Raising Money via Partnerships
According to its own guidelines [1], EDF does NOT accept direct funding from corporations that are engaged "in any significant activities that are in direct conflict with EDF's environmental protection objectives or activities."
However, this is extremely misleading, since EDF does aggressively seek funding from employees, board members and investors in corporations including (and probably especially) its formal corporate partners. EDF also considers on a case by case basis whether to accept major donations from foundations set up by corporations.
Thus, corporate partnerships are extremely lucrative for EDF since it aggressively fundraises among the individuals on the Boards of Directors, in management, and who are investors in its partners. Meanwhile, the corporate partners such as Carlyle Group and Wal-Mart can greenwash themselves by pointing to a forma partnership with one of the world's most established Big Green environmental groups.
EDF Partners with Synagro, The World's Leader in Dumping Sewage Sludge on Farms and Gardens
EDF creates formal corporate partnerships between itself and major corporations, such as the Carlyle Group with which it partnered in March, 2010. [2] The Carlyle Group, a private investment corporation, owns Synagro, the world's largest company producing sewage sludge "compost" and "fertilizer," often called "biosolids," that is dumped on farms and gardens.
It would seem that by partnering with Synagro EDF is in fact endorsing the practices of Synagro in dumping sludge on farms and gardens, and in misleading millions of people by selling its sewage sludge products as "compost" and "natural organic fertilizer."
According to its own guidelines [3], EDF does accept direct funding from corporations that are engaged "in any significant activities that are in direct conflict with EDF's environmental protection objectives or activities." This is misleading, since EDF does aggressively seek funding from employees, board members and investors in such corporations, including its formal corporate partners such as Carlyle Group. And EDF also considers on a case by case basis donations from foundations set up by such corporations.
Such partnerships are extremely lucrative for EDF since it aggressively fundraises among the individuals on the Boards of Directors, in management, and who are investors in its partners. Meanwhile, the corporate partner such as Carlyle Group can greenwash itself by pointing to its partnership with one of the world's best funded Big Green environmental groups.
In the 1970s and 1980s EDF and other major environmental groups including Natural Resources Defense Council worked closely with the sewage industry and endorsed moves by the Environmental Protection Agency to rename toxic sewage sludge as "biosolids" and dump the waste onto farmland. Until May, 2011, when EDF requested it be removed, the following quote appeared on a sludge industry website showing endorsement of this practice.
- "EDF and NRDC have been steadfast proponents of reusing biosolids of appropriate quality as the best biosolids management alternative. Biosolids can be a valuable natural resource."
- FRED KRUP, Executive Director - JOHN ADAMS Executive Director
- Environmental Defense Fund - Natural Resources Defense Fund"[4]
EDF's Sean Crowley had the quote taken down, and he points out that there is no date or citation for the quote, which likely came from a consent decree among major environmental groups and the sewage sludge industry. While it is partnered with the world's largest sewage sludge company, Synagro of Carlyle Group, Crowley claims that EDF has no position what so ever on the practice of using agricultural farms and gardens as waste dumps for sewage sludge.
NRDC, on the other hand, became a critic of sludge dumping in 2002 and 2003, based on the dioxin contaminants in sewage sludge.
An article in In These Times described the beginnings of Environmental Defense:
"Created in 1967 by a small band of lawyers seeking to ban DDT, Environmental Defense Fund evolved into George Bush's favorite environmental group. The group is the premier advocate of market-oriented solutions to environmental problems. EDF was a cheerleader for NAFTA, and gets excited about pollution credits, emissions trading systems and user fees for recreational use of public lands. It hosts the Barbra Streisand Chair of Environmental Studies, the perch of scientist Michael Oppenheimer, who advocates buying up development rights in the Third World as a solution to global climate change. EDF convinced McDonalds in 1991 to reform its solid-waste disposal practices and to move from Styrofoam to paper packaging (but remained mum on quality of food, ecologically destructive ranching practices and abusive treatment of animals and workers.) In cooperation with major timber companies, the group developed a 'paper-use task force,' whose recommendations discreetly ignored sustainable alternatives to paper such as industrial hemp and kenaf. Inc. magazine praised president Fred Krupp for his ability to 'speak capitalism.' "[5]
TXU Deal
As part of the estimated US$45 billion buyout, Texas utility TXU (now Luminant) settled a series of lawsuits with Environmental Defense and the Natural Resources Defense Council and agreed to cancel 8 of its planned 11 new Texas coal-fired power plants as well as several new coal-fired plants in Pennsylvania and Virginia, back federal legislation to create a cap-and-trade system regulating CO2 emissions, and double spending on energy efficiency. In return, Environmental Defense and NRDC agreed not to campaign against TXU's remaining three Texas coal-fired plants.[6] In March 2007, TXU announced its official withdrawal of the air permit applications for the eight cancelled plants.[7]
The following proposed Texas coal plants were cancelled in TXU deal:
The following plants were allowed to proceed:
EDF OKs Tenaska Coal Plant
In April 2010, EDF announced, alongside Tenaska Energy, that the group would not oppose the issuance of air quality permits for Tenaska's proposed plant east of Sweetwater, TX, in light of the plant's "advanced environmental features." Tenaska and the Environmental Defense Fund signed an agreement under which the company agreed that the plant, which could open as early as 2015, will contain equipment designed to capture "at least 85 percent" of the carbon dioxide produced by the plant. Tenaska plans to sell the gas to Denbury Resources for "enhanced oil recovery" in west Texas oil fields.[8] The company also agreed to limit water usage at the plant to an average of 1 to 2 million gallons daily - to do this they will use fans run off electricity, which will require more coal burning.[9]
According to Tom "Smitty" Smith, director of the Texas office of Public Citizen, "While this deal may reduce some concerns about CO2, it doesn't mean that this still isn't a dirty old coal plant."[9]
EDF board member Stanley Druckenmiller invests in Massey Energy
EDF board member Stanley Druckenmiller is a billionaire hedge fund manager that has invested roughly $200 million into Massey Energy, a company that is a leading practitioner of mountaintop removal mining, has little regard for Mine Safety and Health Administration regulations leading to the the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, and has a CEO, Don Blankenship, who is an outspoken climate change denier.[10] Massey has a 6% stake in Duquesne Capital Management[11] which is controlled by Stanley Druckenmiller.[10]
Corporate Partners
Contact details
257 Park Avenue South,
New York, NY 10010
Phone (Media Contact): 1-212-505-2100
Donations/Membership 1-800-684-3322
Fax: (212) 505-2375
Email: media AT environmentaldefense.org
Email : general members AT environmentaldefense.org
Web: http://www.environmentaldefense.org
Board of Trustees
- Carl Ferenbach, Chair, Managing Director, Berkshire Partners, LLC
- Arthur Kern, Vice Chair, Investor
- Arthur P. Cooley, Secretary, Naturalist and former Expedition Leader, Lindblad Expeditions
- G. Leonard Baker, Jr., Managing Director, Sutter Hill Ventures
- Rod Beckstrom, President and CEO, ICANN
- James W. B. Benkard, Senior Counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell
- Sally G. Bingham, M.Div., President, The Regeneration Project, Interfaith Power and Light
- Shelby W. Bonnie, Co-founder, CNET Networks
- William K. Bowes, Jr., Founding Partner, U.S. Venture Partners
- Ruth DeFries, Ph.D., Denning Family Professor of Sustainable Development, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University
- Ann Doerr, Philanthropist
- Susan Ford Dorsey, President, Sand Hill Foundation
- Stanley Druckenmiller, Investor
- Roger Enrico, Chairman, DreamWorks Animation, SKG; former Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo, Inc.
- Kirsten J. Feldman, Former Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
- Jeanne Donovan Fisher, True Love Productions
- Lynn R. Goldman, M.D., M.P.H., Pediatrician; Dean, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
- Hannelore Grantham, Director, Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment
- Charles J. Hamilton, Jr., Esq., Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP
- Mark W. Heising, Managing Director, Medley Partners
- The Honorable Thomas H. Kean, Chairman, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Sarah Liao Sau-tung, Ph.D., Former Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works, Hong Kong SAR Government
- Frank Loy, Former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs
- Susan Mandel, Community Advocate
- Kathryn Murdoch, Advisory Board Member, Clinton Climate Initiative
- N. J. Nicholas, Jr., Investor
- Signe Ostby, Advisor, Center for Brand and Product Management, University of Wisconsin at Madison; Director, The Intuit Scholarship Foundation
- Stephen W. Pacala, Ph.D., Petrie Professor of Biology in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, Princeton University; Director of the Princeton Environmental Institute
- Robert M. Perkowitz, Managing Partner, VivaTerra, LLC; President, ecoAmerica
- Julian H. Robertson, Jr., Founder and Chairman, Tiger Management, LLC
- Peggy M. Shepard, Co-founder and Executive Director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice
- Douglas W. Shorenstein, Chair and CEO, Shorenstein Properties, LLC
- Sam Rawlings Walton, Boatman, Philanthropist, Entrepreneur
- Paul Junger Witt, Partner, Witt-Thomas Productions
- Charles F. Wurster, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences, Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook
National Council
- Frank Loy, Chair
- Wendy Abrams
- Robert L. Bachner
- Jim Bildner
- Sally Lyons Brown
- Michael Browne
- Gilbert Butler
- Brook H. Byers
- Douglas Campbell, Jr.
- Ann Colley
- Susan J. Dawson
- D. Wilson Ervin
- Jay Faison
- Howell Ferguson
- Jesse M. Fink
- Irvine D. Flinn
- Gordon T. Geballe
- Tim Gomes
- Alison Holtzschue
- Al Jubitz
- Barbara Kingsolver
- Sidney R. Knafel
- Roger Liddell
- George A. Miller
- Gilman Ordway
- George D. Phipps
- Christopher A. Pilaro
- Samuel Reeves
- John Sall
- Roger W. Sant
- Lynn Stern
- Barbra Streisand
Advisory Trustees
- Nancy Alderman
- Karen M. Barnes
- Wendy Benchley
- W. Michael Brown
- Tom Castro
- Mimi Cecil
- Norman L. Christensen, Jr., Ph.D.
- David G. Crane
- Lewis Cullman
- John Curry
- Christopher J. Elliman
- Jane Geniesse
- Robert E. Grady
- Pricey Taylor Harrison
- Norbert S. Hill, Jr.
- Freeborn G. Jewett, Jr.
- Lewis B. Kaden
- Gretchen Long
- Susan Manilow
- Harold A. Mooney, Ph.D.
- Bunny Murray
- Robert W. Musser
- William A. Newsom
- David O'Connor
- Lewis S. Ranieri
- E. John Rosenwald
- Adele Simmons
- Farwell Smith
- Richard B. Stewart
- W. Richard West, Jr.
- Joanne Woodward
- Blaikie Worth
- Joy B. Zedler, Ph.D
Executive Staff
- Fred Krupp, President
- Liza Henshaw, Chief Operating Officer
- Marcia Aronoff, Senior Vice President for Programs
- Steven Hamburg, Chief Scientist
- Paula Tupper Hayes, Senior Vice President for Development
- Cynthia Hampton, Vice President for Marketing and Communications
- Peter Accinno, Vice President for Finance and Administration,Chief Financial Officer/Treasure
- Carol Kinzler, Chief of Staff
- ↑ EDF Corporate Funding Guidelines, 2011
- ↑ Carlyle Group Teams Up With EDF, The Wall Street Journal, March 18, 2010.
- ↑ EDF Corporate Funding Guidelines, 2011
- ↑ Bio Solids - Notable Quotes, Accessed May 6, 2011.
- ↑ Jeffrey St. Clair and Bernardo Issel, [http://www.lightparty.com/Economic/EnvMovement.html "A Field Guide to the Environmental Movement," In These Times, Jul. 28, 1997.
- ↑ A Buyout Deal That Has Many Shades of Green, New York Times, February 26, 2007.
- ↑ "TXU Halts Efforts To Obtain Permits for Eight Coal-Fueled Units", press release, March 1, 2007.
- ↑ "Company ties 2 planned power plants to emissions bill, financing" EE News, April 21, 2009.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Proposal for West Texas coal plant gets environmental group's praise" Star telegram, April 19, 2010.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "How Bubble Barons Protected Their Influence While the Economy Tanked" AlterNet, April 16, 2010.
- ↑ "Duquesne Capital Management" Littlesis.org],
Other SourceWatch resources
- Citizen groups working on coal issues
- Big Green
- Chilling and Gassing with the Environmental Defense Fund
- Environmental Defense and Free Market Environmentalism
- Environmental Defense Dances With DuPont On Nanotechnology
- Environmental Resources Trust
- Environmental organizations
- Nongovernmental organizations
- Peter C. Goldmark - Directs the Climate and Air program
- Jane Lubchenco
- Luminant
- George M. Woodwell - founder
- Gretchen Long - former vice chair
- Evelyn Ames - former trustee
External links
- Jeffrey St. Clair and Bernardo Issel, "A field guide to the environmental movement", In These Times, 28 July 1997.
- Jessica Bosanko, "Ad Council and Environmental Defense Launch Nation's First Global Warming PSA Campaign," Planet Save, March 23, 2006: "Leading Climate Scientists Say Campaign Is Urgently Needed; New Survey Reveals Public Willing to Change Habits to Reduce Climate Change." Also see Ad Council and the Robertson Foundation.
- Daniel Brook, "Climate shift: Some environmental groups are sitting down with big business. But others say the fate of the planet is non-negotiable," Boston Globe, March 18, 2007.


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Weingut Ziereisen, Zunderobsi, 2006
At times, I am quietly envious of my fellow Wine Rambler, who recently won British citizenship. I sometimes think I was born into the wrong country, as I rather fancy I would make a passable Brit myself. Case in point: I get acutely embarrassed in situations that nobody else would find even mildly troubling. When strolling through the heart of Munich recently, I stepped into the Dallmayr wine department on an impulse to see if any exclusive and glamorous new discoveries were on display. Having looked around and seen what I had come in to see, it suddenly occurred to me that I could not possibly leave without buying something (that would have been embarrassing, you see, because the shop assistants would form all kinds of disadvantageous opinions about me). Dallmayr, on account of their general adventurous pricing and the kind of impulse shopper they cater for, is not the best place to have a fit like this. At least I was sane enough to not want to leave a lot of money, so, fighting a rising sense of completely self-induced panic, I was relieved to find this bottle from my very favourite German winery lying invitingly beneath a fine cover of dust. I already knew its story: 2006 had been so poor a vintage in Baden that Hans-Peter Ziereisen, quality-obsessed ruddy-cheeked devil that he is, did not want to bottle either his usual top-of-the-range Pinot Noir nor his varietal Syrah. His solution: Mix the Syrah with Pinot Noir to make a mid-range cuvée that would be interesting, but no more than it claimed to be.
Hence the completely unusual grape mix, hence the name, Zunderobsi being a lovely dialect term for "topsy turvy". This is classic Wine Rambler territory.


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The Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) was established in 1992 with more than $2 million from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, more than $5 million from the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Rockefeller Foundation, and an initial $8 million from the temperance-oriented Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which several years later gave over $13 million more. In under 10 years CASA raised $150 million. It currently sits on over $45 million in the bank, pays at least ten people six-figure salaries, with the head, Joe Califano, given compensation estimated at nearly one million dollars per year.
The driving force behind CASA is Joe Califano, Jr., who was Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under Jimmy Carter. However, Carter fired him in 1979, largely because of his "blunt, high-profile, self-promoting approach cost Carter too many political allies," according to Washingtonian Magazine. 1
Although Califano is not a scientist, his former political position nevertheless gives him credibility when he presents his organization's reports and recommendations. He also attempts to obtain credibility by associating the Center with Columbia University, although it is not part of that institution and apparently not a single person at CASA holds a faculty position there. Dr. Craig Reinarman's advice to Califano: "Don't pretend you're a Columbia University scholar when you're not." But it's illusion rather than reality that brings the desired prestige.
The Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse has virtually always refused to submit its reports to peer review, which is contrary to the way real science operates. In peer review, an editor or other neutral person submits the report to a number of peer experts in the subject of the research. These authorities read the report to determine if it meets the minimum standards for research. By examining the adequacy of the research methods, the statistical analyses performed, the logic of the analysis, and other essential criteria, approval by peer experts reduces the chances that the findings are erroneous.
CASA has a "proven disdain for the facts."
Peer review is fundamental to science. Without it, there is absolutely no reason to have any confidence in the findings of a report. Peer review is the major mechanism science uses to maintain quality control. It's a fundamental defense against incompetence, quackery, pseudo-science, and downright dishonesty.
Without peer review, a political report full of erroneous and misleading statistics can be passed off to the public as a scientific report. That's exactly what CASA does.
With good reason, CASA is not held in high regard by scholars and other alcohol researchers. For example, William London, the long-time Public Health Director of the American Council on Science and Health, told The Chronicle of Higher Education that CASA "is a group that is interested in painting the most alarming picture possible."
When CASA released a political report called Rethinking Rites of Passage: Substance Abuse on American Campuses, it called a press conference and passed it off as a research study. 2 Assertions in the press release prompted headlines such as "College Students Wade Deeper Into Sea of Booze" and "Students Majoring in Binging." On national television programs, Califano reported horror stories of alcohol abuse among college students, associating it with assault, rape, and even murder.
The CASA report asserted that
"60 percent of college women who have acquired sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS and genital herpes, were under the influence of alcohol at the time they had intercourse."
"90 percent of all reported campus rapes occur when alcohol is being used by either the assailant or the victim."
"The number of women who reported drinking to get drunk more than tripled " within a recent 16 year period."
"95 percent of violent crime on campus is alcohol-related."
These are disturbing statistics. But relax. Not a single one is supported by the facts!
After reporter Kathy McNamara-Meis investigated, she concluded that the "news" that 60% of college women who contracted sexually transmitted diseases did so while under the influence of alcohol "appears to have been pulled from thin air." 3 What about the assertion that 90% of all campus rapes occur when alcohol is being used? CASA's director of research "couldn't remember" the source of the statistic, and after exhaustively searching the published research on rape, McNamara-Meis was force to conclude that "there is none." 4 And the three-fold increase in college women drinking to get drunk" over a 15-year period? It was a most dubious figure, inconsistent with all nation-wide studies conducted over that time period and was based on an inadequate survey limited to a few colleges in only one state. While the CASA report presented this highly suspect statistic as fact, it failed to mention that the study also found stability in the proportion of frequent heavy drinkers and an 11 percent increase in abstainers! But those findings were not consistent with their doomsday scenario. The assertion that 95% of violent crime on campus is alcohol-related is also highly suspect. It was based on an estimate that 95% of such crimes are alcohol or drug-related. But the CASA report falsely and deceptively presented it as a fact referring only to alcohol. 5 CASA never acknowledged or retracted its erroneous assertions.
CASA then prepared and publicized a report asserting that more than one in four women (27%) who receive welfare are alcohol or drug abusers. This is a disturbing statistic and CASA called for strong action. But again, relax. The real statistic as reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the original source of the figure, was 4.5 percent. So CASA over-reported the true figure by 600 percent! CASA never acknowledged or retracted its erroneous assertion. Indeed, it used its press release to repeat the bogus statistic that the proportion of college women who drank to get drunk had tripled! 6
The Department of Health and Human Services also objected to other problems, asserting that "The CASA study is seriously flawed." For example, by CASA's overly broad definition, any adult who consumed at least five drinks on an occasion twice in a month was labeled an abuser. And an occasion could be a day-long picnic. Anyone who experimented with marijuana once during the previous year was labeled a drug user. 7 Thus, CASA dramatically inflated the proportion of users and abusers.
The Center for Consumer Freedom point out that
...a CASA study financed by the Kaiser Family Foundation concluded that a whopping 89 percent of teens who used drugs or alcohol were "at risk" of having unprotected sex. A look at the original survey data, however, reveals that only five percent of high school seniors had actually engaged in unprotected sex after using drugs or alcohol. This, of course, was before CASA and Kaiser cooked the books. In order to inflate its statistics by 1,790 percent, the 15-17 age group was lumped together with those between 18 and 24. In making this "adjustment," they also included married couples! Lastly, they made allowances for student's vague guesses about whether "people my age" just might mix drinking and sex. The result: the five percent of 15-17 year-olds who actually engaged in high-risk behavior were ignored in favor of the 89 percent of 15-17 year-olds who thought someone in their age group "might" do so. Guess which number made the evening news? 8
In Teen Tipplers: America's Underage Drinking Epidemic, CASA asserted that "underage drinkers account for 25% of all the alcohol consumed in the U.S." and issued a "clarion call for national mobilization to curb underage drinking. 9
The idea that underage (inconsistently referred to in the report as children, teenagers, underaged, and 12-20 year olds) drinkers could consume a quarter of all the alcohol consumed in the nation simply doesn't make sense. They comprise only 13 percent of the population and have to rely on fake ID's, older friends, careless sales clerks, and so on in order to obtain alcohol beverages. So how could they possibly consume "twice their share," especially when some are only 12 years old? They don't, and any logical, objective person would realize the impossibility of the statistic.
For CASA's assertions to be correct, underage drinkers -- including 12-year- olds -- would have to consume nearly 100 drinks each and every month. That would mean that half of all 12 to 20-year-olds are going to school everyday with a hangover.
CASA said the figure came from a survey by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, but the agency quickly issued a statement repudiating CASA's statistic and revealing that the actual number was 11.4 percent, which is less than half the amount claimed by CASA. 10
CASA had ignored the fact that the age group in question had clearly and intentionally been "over-sampled" to assure accurate results for the relatively small part of the population in question. The Center failed to make the necessary adjustment.
Dr. Dwight Heath, a leading alcohol researcher, has emphasized that
That big an error cannot be easily dismissed as merely a careless oversight, especially when it was the focus of an institution's own press release. Either Califano and the staff at CASA are so naive about social surveys and demography that they have no business pretending to do scientific research on them, or it was intentional misrepresentation -- or both. 11
It's hard to believe that the staff of high-trained and experienced Ph.D.'s and other graduate-degree specialists at CASA made a fundamental error that few undergraduate students would make. And CASA has a long record of making grossly incorrect assertions. Indeed, the CASA staff has been described as "serial abusers of statistics of self-serving, sensationalistic propaganda." 12 One observer said "It looks like Mr. Califano and CASA have adopted Enron's accounting practices." 13 Most important is the fact that CASA had been alerted the day before the press release that the statistic was false but chose not to correct it.
The "Center for Addictions and Substance Abuse specializes in pseudo science."
When questioned at the press conference about the discrepancy, Califano said CASA thought the 11.4 percent found by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration was "too low" and that the actual figure might be higher than the 25 percent CASA reported. 14 Then why didn't the CASA report explain why it didn't make the required adjustment? Why didn't it explain its rationale, if it had one? If it didn't agree with the survey findings, why did it use them without critique?
The subtitle of the Teen Tipplers report is America's Underage Drinking Epidemic. During the same press conference, Califano acknowledged that underage drinking has been dropping for years and actually quoted statistics demonstrating that drop. 15 So why does the CASA report refer to an underage drinking epidemic? And why does it call for a "national mobilization" to deal with a declining problem?
CASA has never retracted any of its earlier erroneous assertions, and it hasn't retracted its 25 percent consumption statistic either. While The New York Times along with other newspapers and news networks across the country were quickly retracting the CASA report, Califano actually went on the offensive. He issued another press release insisting that "America has an underage drinking epidemic" and argued that the actual proportion of the nation's alcohol consumed by 12 to 20 year olds was approaching "30 percent or more." 16 Thus, Califano inflated the figure by nearly three hundred percent!
CASA has followed that discredited report with another, this time on underage and excessive drinking. As should be expected, the report is seriously flawed and misleading.
Co-author Califano is not a scientist but a lawyer. That may explain, but it certainly can't excuse, the credibility-destroying inadequacies of the report.
Scientists and other experts tend to be critical of CASA's "research." For example,
Exaggerating the extent of alcohol problems actually makes them worse. For example, when young people go away to college they generally believe that the incidence of drinking and of heavy drinking is much higher than it really is. In order to fit in, they tend to try to conform to this inflated perception of what other students are doing.
"CASA is continuing to denounce responsible consumption (of alcohol) with half-baked advocacy disguised as real research."
The most consistently successful way to reduce the incidence of drinking and of heavy drinking is to conduct an anonymous survey on campus and then to publicize the results. When students discover that most students consume less alcohol and do so less frequently than they thought, they promptly modify their own behavior by drinking less and less often. This "social norms marketing technique" is also being used in high schools, middle schools, and even throughout the entire state of Montana.
Therefore, by consistently exaggerating the extent of drinking and of alcohol abuse, CASA actually contributes to the problem. CASA is a very big part of the problem rather than the solution.
It's a shame that some people will do almost anything, including putting young peoples' lives at risk, for power and a big salary. Perhaps CASA should be called the Center for Alcohol Statistics Abuse.
Joe Califano has a very positive view of the failed social experiment of National Prohibition (1920-1933). He insists that Prohibition was actually a great success, and writes that
"alcohol consumption dropped from 1.96 gallons per person in 1919 to 0.97 gallons per person in 1934, the first full year after Prohibition ended. Death rates from cirrhosis among men came down from 29.5 per 100,000 in 1911 to 10.7 per 100,000 in 1929. During Prohibition, admission to mental health institutions for alcohol psychosis dropped 60 percent; arrests for drunk and disorderly conduct went down 50 percent; welfare agencies reported significant declines in cases due to alcohol-related family problems, and the death rate from impure alcohol did not rise. Nor did Prohibition generate a crime wave. Homicide increased at a higher rate between 1900 and 1910 than during Prohibition, and organized crime was well established in the cities before 1920." 33
While Joe Califano seems to believe that he is morally superior to others, not everyone agrees. The U.S. Congress brought contempt proceedings against him, as reported in Contempt Proceedings against Secretary of HEW, Joseph A. Califano, Jr. 34 Similarly, the New York State Legislature passed legislation specifically barring Califano from the state's Commission on Ethics. 35 These don't appear to be votes of confidence in Califano's supposed moral superiority.
"Using Mr. Califano's false logic, I can prove with statistical precision that eating bread leads to a life of crime."
But that's not all. Although Califano had the advantage of a rigorous Jesuit education, says his worldview as a good Catholic is pervaded by the concept of doing God's will, and he decries the immorality of others, he divorced his first wife, with whom he had three children, and has remarried. 36
Califano stresses his education in logic, yet repeatedly promotes the illogical. He promotes the idea that alcohol is a "gateway" drug, in spite of all the empirical evidence to the contrary. He insists on drawing the conclusion that, because people who drink at a very young age tend to have a higher rate of alcohol-related problems later, simply preventing young people from drinking would prevent them from developing alcohol-related problems later. He often considers evidence irrelevant if it is inconsistent with his beliefs.
Although Joe Califano seems to have an exalted self-concept, many view his integrity and actions less favorably. Books by Chris Matthews of TV's "Hardball," Katherine Graham, publisher of The Washington Post, and many others describe Joseph Califano as a person who, among other things, has humiliated his staff, used poor judgment, distorted facts, been manipulative and insulted the intelligence of others. 37
Then there's that matter of repeated insider trading. 38
It appears that the good Jesuits failed utterly in their efforts to create a morally superior Joe Califano. They might be appalled to see that he seems to have become a follower of situational ethics who believes that the end justifies the means.
"Now CASA has some new data. Actually, they're old data, but CASA has fiddled with them so they fit its prejudices better."
A careful researcher "examined some of the references in the CASA paper and found that conclusions in the articles to be shockingly different from the way CASA depicted them."
"CASA seems willing to twist information" in order to promote its anti- alcohol agenda."
One CASA report includes material "lifted almost word-for-word from an AAUW [American Association of University Women] report that was conducted several years ago and that has since been thoroughly discredited."
CASA has "a reputation among social science researchers for producing methodologically suspect work."
Scholars have a lot of negative things to say about the Center on Alcohol and Substance Abuse, "some of it unprintable."
"The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) has questionable academic integrity."
"As far as CASA is concerned, there is no significant difference between use and abuse" (of alcohol).
"CASA's latest effort to define excessive underage and adult drinking is a veritable font of calculated misinformation."
The Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse is guilty of "scaremongering" by grossly misusing "words like 'epidemic" and 'fatal attraction.'"
"The spirit of Carry Nation, the legendary hatchet-wielding anti-alcohol campaigner who smashed up saloons in the early 1900s and became a hero of the Prohibition movement, is alive and well at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University."
Joseph Califano is a "researcher" drunk with power, but "there's no excuse for political activism masquerading as science."
"It is too bad that Joseph Califano inflated the statistics pertaining to underage drinking" (by well over 100%).
"The study does not show the epidemic Califano warned us of."
"Mr. Califano's article is an amazing exercise in chutzpa."
Joseph Califano is "a very well-funded prohibitionist propagandist."
Joe "Califano is essentially a reincarnation of the old temperance warriors."
"CASA has long been noted for its scare-mongering" and "the group's work is obviously driven by the prohibitionist agenda of Califano."
"Joseph Califano is notorious as an inveterate liar."
"The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SMSHA) has rejected the results put forth earlier today by Joseph Califano and his organization, Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA)."
"CASA researchers have their work cut out for them in dispelling the myths spread by their own director, Joseph A. Califano."
"Mr. Califano's most recent antics have consolidated a hard won reputation for fearlessly bringing politics into scientific research and shrugging off standard research processes in favor of rules of the pit."
Joseph Califano is guilty of "McCarthyism" that's "as rotten and dangerous as the original McCarthyism."
"Mr. Califano, it seems, is an ex-bureaucrat in search of a mission -- and there's nothing more dangerous than a Don Quixote looking for windmills to tilt at."
This is the personal web site of Dr. David J. Hanson, who has received no financial support or other consideration from any agency, company, organization, group or person to post or maintain it.


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