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Roswell's Memory Metal: The Air Force Comments; NASA Gets Involved & New Clues Are Found by Anthony Bragalia
The "memory metal" debris found at the UFO crash site at Roswell in 1947 was both the conceptual and the technical impetus for today's "Shape Memory Alloys" or "Morphing Metals" such as Nitinol. The Roswell debris was analyzed by Battelle Memorial Institute in the late 1940's under a Wright-Patterson Air Force contract. These historical truths were established in a years-long (and continuing) investigation which has been detailed in the second edition of the book Witness to Roswell and which has been updated, expanded upon and defended in the following articles, originally appearing on the UFO Iconoclasts website:
"Roswell Debris Confirmed as Extraterrestrial: Lab Located, Scientists Named" (May 26,2009)
"Roswell Metal Scientist: The Curious Dr. Cross" (May 31, 2009)
"The Final Secrets of Roswell's Memory Metal Revealed" (June 7,2009)
"Scientist Admits to Study of Roswell Crash Debris" (August 16, 2009)
"Roswell, Battelle & Memory Metal: The New Revelations" (August 8, 2010)
Now this author reveals for the first time:
- NASA's extraordinary and telling interest in morphing metals research and why this is so
- The US Air Force's opinion on the Roswell-Nitinol Connection
- The reason that the memory metal is the vital clue to the solution to both the Roswell crash and the entire UFO mystery
- Further insight into the astounding history, significance and "meaning" of the memory metal
This line of investigation continues to bring forth additional documents, witnesses and circumstantial evidence which supports the fact that an unknown craft of unknown origin -and comprised of previously unknown materials- crashed to Earth over six decades ago. It also confirms that the overriding concern was to find out what the craft was made of.
The official "co-inventor" of Nitinol shape memory alloy at the US Naval Labs (along with Fred Wang) was William Buehler. In an authorized Oral History, Buehler complained that after his "discovery" that is was the space agency NASA that "independently retained Battelle" to "conduct further characterization studies" on Nitinol.
And this makes complete sense. The memory metal was inspired by the materials of construction from a spacecraft found at Roswell. This means that the material must have application in aerospace. And indeed it does. Today, NASA itself plans to apply the material in its most revolutionary and technologically advanced craft ever developed. And even more incredibly, the memory metal itself may hold the clue to "Free Energy" and interstellar propulsion using Nitinol Heat Engines! Recent research confirms that Roswell's memory metal is going back into space, the Outer Space from which it originated.
NASA's Langley Research Center in VA is key to this endeavor. Its Center for Excellence in Materials is working feverishly on Shape Changing aircraft. The following video demonstrates this fact- and that they want to transfer this technology to industry:
Short Video on NASA & "Intelligently Adaptive" Materials for Spaceflight
Dr. Anna McGowan is NASA's Program Director for Morphing Materials. She is a champion of such materials because they "allow change from one configuration to another." In a recent interview (that did not mention potential Roswell-impetus) McGowan expanded on these themes.
She states that this "change" can have real-world applications in the development of advanced spacecraft. By having shape-changing craft, one can control drag reduction, load reduction, noise reduction and the control of sensors and actuators using such material. Most importantly, such material may one day be used as the basis for a "self-healing spacecraft skin" which can repair itself. Such morphing allows the craft to "remember" prior configurations or "remember" itself for future function. When the material can morph, the shape of the craft can be changed to best suit the environment in which it traverses. And such a material can "self-disguise" aircraft and spacecraft- allowing it to "confuse" onlookers.
McGowan participated in a workshop in France in 2007 entitled "Aerospace Workshop on Adaptive Aerospace Structures and Materials" which you can view here:
She explains that emphasis should be placed on the range of potential Shape Memory materials such as alloys, polymers and composite constructions. Of course the debris at Roswell was described as "like both metal and plastic (polymer)" by several witnesses. And incredibly, General George Schulgen (in a Secret Memo composed just months after the Roswell crash) wrote to select staff on the potential "Items of Construction" of UFOs that they were likely of "composite construction."
McGowan then goes on to say that specific attention must be applied to the extreme challenges of "processing and fabrication" of such materials. In this same Secret Memo from General Schulgen in 1947 he speaks specifically of UFO material being made "by unusual fabrication methods." General Arthur Exon, Base Commander of Wright Patterson in the 1960s (who was Roswell-aware) commented to author Kevin Randle of the debris that he had learned that "the processing of the material was somehow different."
Sixty four years after the Roswell crash, the US government is still grappling with the challenges of Nitinol and Shape Memory. Although engineers and scientists have conducted countless studies, have composed numerous white papers and have diagrammed and micro-photographed such material for decades, the precise mechanisms behind "material that remembers itself" has yet to be fully understood.
NASA has a long history of conducting materials science and engineering experiments in space. Many of these studies remain classified. This author has reason to believe that NASA took Nitinol into space for secret experimentation. Emerging information indicates that it was placed in specialized testing chambers during the Space Shuttle and Space Station missions in the 1990s. The weightlessness and gravity-free environment of Outer Space may have revealed clues to the "strange fabrication and processing" as well as insight into just how and why material can "morph." More on this will be reported in a future article.
Finally, Nitinol -or morphing memory metals- may hold the clue to cosmic propulsion and potentially infinite energy. NASA (and other government entities including the US Naval Labs in MD where Nitinol was "invented") have been quietly working on "Nitinol Heat Engines." Work on such engines as to date been largely theoretical. In the video below, the basic principles of such a Nitinol Heat Engine are showed in model-scale:
Nitinol Heat Engine (Table-Top Model)
By using dual hot water/cold water chambers and a unique pulley system, the Nitinol wire's precise cycle of continuous shrinkage and expansion makes the "water wheel" spin perpetually in motion.
However this author has learned that NASA has been working on Nitinol Engines for space propulsion for over 20 years! A December 1, 1988 document (declassified and entitled "Direct Conversion Technology") features a chapter beginning on Page 29, "Thermoelastic Convertors-Nitinol Engines." Though the report is generated by the US Department of Energy (interestingly authored by a scientist from EG&G, a company recently Roswell-implicated) the report is not a DOE report. Buried within the document we learn that this work was done "through an agreement with NASA" and that "the work herein was performed by NASA."
This author has heard from a former US Air Force official about the Roswell-Memory Metal scenario. Colonel Richard Weaver is the author of the official Air Force's 1994 debunking report "The Roswell Report: Case Closed." He contacted me on April 27th, 2011 in reply to my email to him. Weaver held several high-level roles in intelligence (and in disinformation operations) with the USAF and he now heads a corporate security consulting firm. He commented at some length on my Roswell memory metal "angle" :
"Very interesting material, Mr. Bragalia. And you have obviously done a great deal of research on this particular topic, to which I must confess that I am almost totally ignorant." Weaver continues by explaining to me that he never thought to thoroughly investigate the reports of memory metal found at Roswell: "Until actually looking up those terms (Nitinol, shape memory) in Google/Wikipedia, I had no previous knowledge of them… I was though aware of various claims made by Jesse Marcel, Jr. and others about and amazing material that sprung back to its original shape after having been wadded up."
I asked Weaver if he had ever examined any of the National Laboratories (like Sandia) or its contract-operators (like Battelle Memorial Institute) for "clues" during his Roswell investigation. If there was material recovered from the site, it makes absolute sense that such material would be analyzed by such labs. Weaver admits the government's failure to do so:
"We had no charter or authority to examine any records stored or maintained by any of the National Laboratories- that would have been up to the GAO." Weaver excuses their neglect in doing so by saying: "Their purpose was to search for existing records …and not conduct an investigation of every claim that has been made concerning the event."
This author is convinced that had the GAO and USAF Roswell investigations were more genuinely "investigative" – to include examining the records and talking to the former employees of our National Laboratories- that the Roswell mystery would have been long-solved. I asked Weaver if he knew then what he does now about this Roswell avenue of investigation what he would think about Nitinol. He responded:
"Based upon the descriptions that I have found for the material 'Nitinol', I would say that the foil-like material used in the Rawin targets (of Project Mogul), while flexible, did not meet the description of the characteristics for the alloy Nitinol."
Weaver still believes that the Roswell crash was resultant from an errant Project Mogul balloon. But he clearly finds this information fascinating and that it was "reasonable research upon which reasonable men can disagree."
There are in fact other (though very rare) mentions of such memory metal in the historical UFO literature that this author has uncovered:
Researcher Leonard Stringfield wrote in a book in 1978 called "Situation Red" of such a report. He recounts the story of MD in Argentina who said that he had encountered a landed UFO in 1950. Stringfield writes, "He was also amazed at the skin of the saucer, which was metallic in appearance, but had a 'rubbery' feel to it." Researcher Coral Lorenzon tells of the same incident in his 1966 "Flying Saucers: The Startling Evidence" and says that the Doctor "said that the disk appeared metallic but had the resilience of rubber." Of course the skin of the alien spacecraft sounds suspiciously like what was reported at Roswell, having the power to return to its original form or position after being bent, compressed or stressed.
Although a more "esoteric" story, in 1957 Cynthia Appleton of Birmingham, UK reported an encounter that she had with an alien presence. This report is recounted online and in the UFO literature. Cynthia asked the "presence" why there were visiting our Earth. She got the reply that "We have to visit your world to obtain something of which we are running out." When she later attempted to recall the name of the material they wanted to recover, she thought that they might have said "Titium" (tite-ee-um). When she told her husband this, who knew his way around metals, he replied "You mean Titanium." Of course "Titanium" is one of the two essential elements need to create the memory metal Nitinol. And when researcher Kevin Randle asked General Arthur Exon of Wright Patterson what metal/s were used in the Roswell debris, Exon specifically referred to Titanium.
Former engineer Ralph Ring claims in an online video interview that consciousness and morphing metal have a great deal to do with interstellar travel. Ring was associated with the very controversial inventor Otis T. Carr in the late 1950s. Carr was, in this author's opinion, a self-taught scientist who was onto great discoveries but who was also an "over-claimer," greedy and alcoholic. Carr made attempts at the development of an interstellar spacecraft utilizing electro-magnetic and electro-gravity propulsion concepts. He even constructed several prototypes. Engineer Ring states that when they powered up the craft, Carr counseled them to achieve a certain pre-arranged "mental state." As the power wound up and they achieved they desired "state" Ring said, "The metal turned to rubber and it was resilient to the touch." He says that it was like "rubber metal." There is an amazing parallel to this story, one that is verified: In the early 1970s the US Navy Labs' Fred Wang (co-inventor of Nitinol) tested a psychic's ability to bend or morph Nitinol using mental energy.
What material could be better for an interstellar vehicle that one that could provide its own energy source, disguise itself at will, work in all environments and be able to heal itself when compromised? Perhaps there is "Intelligent Material" of which the UFO is made that is so "malleable" that it may be able to change state, allowing for interstellar travel. Morphing is key to cosmic transport. The craft's material must be eminently adaptable, changing and restructuring itself at the crystalline and molecular levels- and likely even at the interdimensional level. It may be both physical and paraphysical. Though the craft are comprised of elements and are comprised of 'material' - they are also 'amorphous' and in some way must manipulate time and space. So the material must be able to "change up" instantly and at will. It must morph. Here we see in the video below an example of a morphing UFO. This is a stabilized version of the video. Though some believe it to be of balloons, I do not think so- and there are countless (and increasing) examples of such craft in our skies beyond this video, whatever one may think of it:
Morphing UFO Video
The Roswell memory metal revelations have been met with the gamut of responses from far and wide. But it is one, simple, small post that was made on an online discussion group related to unexplained mysteries that gave me pause. This individual made an extraordinarily perceptive comment on that site and it has stuck with me. Its beauty is in its simplicity:
"When you have a number of people from different locations of the country identifying the exact same exotic properties of the materials recovered from New Mexico, then there is no room left for claims of 'active imaginations' because these folks were all singing to the same tune of the exotic nature of the materials, which were not known at the time, and were alien to mankind."
In other words, they described a material with such unusual properties years before such material became known to the general public (or would even have been invented!) The very fact that many credible first-hand witnesses recounted a remarkable metal that would "remember itself" is in and of itself remarkable. Not only was such a material never even speculated on (even in cartoons) in 1947- most people today in 2011 would have no idea what you were talking about! Remember that even Colonel Richard Weaver of the USAF himself told me that he had never even heard of Nitinol or Shape Memory alloys in his life before my articles! Well then how would 80+ year old Roswell witnesses know about Nitinol? Even if they were recounting it in 1980? What would even possess such elderly and rural people in the first place to conceive of such an idea as "morphing metal"? What would even make them think of such a thing unless it did not actually happen? What would instill such a novel idea as "moving metal" into so many different people –separated now by time, years and distance- had they not seen it? It simply makes no sense whatsoever. In fact, I strongly suspect that if one were to conduct a national poll of US adults, far less than a half-percent would have ever heard of Nitinol- or be able to in any way define "shape recovery."
Metal in Motion-Who Thinks of These Things?
There is of course a far "deeper" meaning to the memory metal. It is found within the illusive intricacies of the "morph" itself- the one that scientists toil today to understand. Such material represents the potential for change and the need for intelligent adaptation. Without it, life ceases.
And more concretely, we live in an ever-changing Universe. In order to traverse it, the material we use to do so must be able to "change" as well. If galactic flight exists, matter must not be immutable. It must be able to change state- and then "remember" its original form. It must morph. Our linear thinking makes it difficult to conceive of such "malleable matter" - which is why our very mind's relationship with matter must change if we are to ever enter the Interstellar Age.
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"Weaver continues by explaining to me that he never thought to thoroughly investigate the reports of memory metal found at Roswell."ReplyDelete
Ha, neither did I, but then I'm not a paid investigator looking into the Roswell crash. As compelling as some of the first hand accounts from Roswell are, it's what happened on the back end that's most important.
Ever since I read the very consistent testimony about the anomalous Roswell debris clear back in 1994, I have been very impressed with the Roswell case. Two important early witnesses were Jesse Marcel and Bill Brazel Jr., who gave almost identical descriptions of the types and properties of the debris, the size and shape of the debris field, and Brazel Sr.'s story of a huge explosion preceding the discovery of the debris. Impressive because these two men had never known one another.ReplyDelete
When you throw in about 2 dozen other debris witnesses, again tending to be very consistent with their debris descriptions, quite unlike anything available in 1947, then you have a case that I find to be very convincing. It was the debris, not the bodies, that got me interested in the Roswell case right from the beginning. That's why I compiled an extensive list of witness debris descriptions from multiple sources for comparison, which I have at my website:
That said, I'm not sure nitinol fits the bill as the mysterious memory foil, though it has some of the same shape-memory properties. A better match are modern "glassy metals", which also usually include some titanium. These also have shape-memory properties, are harder, and very difficult to cut even when very thin.
Maybe better still are fabrics made of carbon-nanotubes, or maybe composites of nanotubes and glassy metals. These would have super-strength, super-resiliency (memory), great hardness, and great resistance to high temperatures.
Needless to say again, such materials did not exist in 1947, and the modern super-materials now emerging from laboratories have been developed only in the last 10-20 years. Some descriptions of the properties of these new materials here:
But the first Roswell witnesses like Marcel and Brazel Jr. were talking about such things before 1980. And even many of the debris witnesses that followed were speaking of these properties before the modern real super-materials were invented. Nobody even knew such materials were possible until very recently.
Like Tony, I find this a strong argument in favor of the reality of the Roswell crash being extraterrestrial--from a civilization more advanced than us in material's technology.
Thanks for sharing this, David. Your website is a great resource that I have turned to many times. The shape-memory metal witness compilation is especially thorough. I encourage anyone who has interest in the event to visit the Roswell Proof site. It is perhaps the most comprehensive website on the incident that exists- and it continues to be updated with new information on the many facets of Roswell.ReplyDelete
Of course, I do not believe that Nitinol itself is the actual Roswell material. But I do believe that Nitinol was inspired by early analysis of some of the Roswell debris and represents our best attempts at replication. It has Roswell-impetus but is not itself the "Holy Grail" as Tom Carey would say. Other shape memory alloy research was early on directed by Wright Patterson (where the debris was flown) including TiZr (Titanium Zirconium.)
Have you heard of research into magnetic memory metal? as these also may be trickle down technologies gleaned from research with unos .I agree that the material is probably one of our early attempts to replicate the unos material. I had been giving memory metal from my university teacher on a whim after playing with it in convinced that the material Roswell was an advanced form shape memory alloyReplyDeleteReplies


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Education "vouchers" solve the fiscal crisis, and also lead to economic recovery?
Simply open up K-12 education to the market place, with government only playing a role by financing the students with a yearly education check of $8000.
*www.usagovernmentspending.com shows American local governments spending $458.3 billion for K-12 education in 2012.
*(Sir Ken Robinson says this education system is a complete failure)
*The new education cost of $8000 education check to 50 million K-12 students is $400 billion per year
*This saves $58.3 billion
*(a $6000 check would save $158.3 billion)
*The yearly education check allows students(and their parents) to choose how, when, where, and what they learn, and also who teaches them
*The yearly education check of $8000 opens up a $400B/year market to entrepreneurs, teachers, and creatives
*($6000 check opens up a $300B/year market to entrepreneurs, teachers, and creatives)
State fiscal crisis solved, federal fiscal crisis solved, and the new education market leads America's economic recovery.
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Jan 7 2013: This requires some thought. I have heard many complaints that such a system will server the rich by decreasing the demands on their taxable income. I've also heard that it will only serve to educate the children of the rich.
Now consider this. How many rich families are there and how many teachers will it require to service them? I think that will leave a lot of teachers variable to organized themselves in such a manner as to produce some healthy competition in the educational market. So, perhaps there is something to this type of program to educate our society.
I've heard the Norwegian plan is working very well in a social environment and making great strides in increasing the general educational level of the population. They do it without vouchers and totally dependent on government to subsidies the educational system. Also, their economy is growing (after some effects from the 2007 financial downfall).
I hope no one actually believes that the educational system actually gives each student $8,000.00 dollars worth of education a year. If there are 50 million k-12 kids that would suppose, at least, 25 million working families generating an income to support those kids (using an average of two kids per family).
How can 25 million working families generate enough tax revenue to support the voucher system? If they earned on average 60,000.00 per year and paid in, say, 25 % to taxes, that yields about 375 billion dollars a year, somewhat less than the 400 billion figure you listed and leaves nothing for National security, social security, Veterans, or social medical insurance road maintenance and other national infrastructure, just to name a few odds and ends.
It's high time we all started doing the math ourselves and look at these figures that are being tossed about. They don't add up. Is all the money coming from borrowing to run our country? We need more tax revenues to offset the debt and, of course, less borrowing by our government.
Jan 7 2013: John, the numbers and assumptions in your comment are wrong! The rich people have tricked you.
-Most state tax revenue comes from income tax, sales tax, property tax, and business taxes. This comes from everyone.
-For 2012, $458.3 billion dollars of tax revenue was spent by local governments on K-12 education in America.
-With about 50 million K-12 students, that is a little more than $9,000 per student.
-So for public schools, each student is "giving" $9000 to politicians to spend on them at their local public school.
-Every K-12 student going to a private school spends additional $1000-$10,000/yr (their parents money) on top of the $9000 that they give to politicians
-The current system serves the rich because they can pay for private schooling and buy houses in rich areas with good schools
-The current system hurts the poor because the poor are trapped by zipcode, have no money to buy new houses, and have no money to send their kids to private schools.
-My system gives $8000 to every K-12 student instead of giving $9000 to politicians.
-The $8000 would allow the poor to choose private schools with their money, continue to choose their public school with the money, homeschool, or simply hire tutors. They have $8000 and educational liberty.
-The rich *say* that vouchers will serve them and hurt the poor because $8000 would allow all the poor kids to attend the public and private schools that only rich children can currently go to. Also, when vouchers are implemented, every school that raises their prices will immediately be known as racist or elitist and probably get sued. And that's why many rich pull the wool over your eyes on vouchers -- they want their white flight and want inner city students to remain in the inner city. Are you also a rich man trying to fool the poor?
Does that clear some of your questions up?
Jan 8 2013: "The $8000 would allow the poor to choose to private schools with their money, or continue to choose their public school with the money. They $8000 in their hands. " Petar Ivanov
Petar, I appreceate your ernest feeling to eradicate the afflictions on the poor. However, I don't believe you can solve the poverty problem by giving each poor kid $8,000.00 to pursue an education? How long will it take the savvy management personnel to take that money and give them nothing? At least, under a federal program we can have oversight and dole the money out little at a time to cut loses in case of corrupt practices. The poor are poor precisely because they can't handle money (predominately) or circumstances beyond their control.
By simply raising the price of education, the Rich can assure that $8,000.00 won't allow the poor to integrate the precious schools their children attend. In fact, by using the voucher program we may be giving them the very tools they need to assure this situation
When it comes to money wars, the rich always have the edge over the poor. It's a no win situation without some type of central governmental control. That's why the educational system we have today was created in the first place, to assure the poor, at least, had the opportunity to get an education.
The voucher system is a big step backwards, I belive, Petar--backwards to a time when only the rich could afford to send their kids to universities. A time when a poor student had to be sponsored by a rich person.
I do agree that giving the money to the poor will help the economy, at least in the first part of the year, when they will spend every penny but the politicians will just find some more money to replace that lose, probable taking it from SS and Medicare, increasing our overall indebtedness. I doubt it will help teachers find work with higher pay.
Jan 9 2013: John, you have it backwards, the rich have tricked you again. They are good at that.
-By making sure poor students are mandated public schooling by zip code and not given welfare money for education, the rich have assured that the poor will not get into the public schools in their White flight neighborhoods or into the private schools in their white flight neighborhoods.
-The current system gives the poor $0 and a public school
-Vouchers give the poor $8000 and the choice of any school, including all public ones that are $8000/yr or less.
-$8000 pays for most private schools, and schools that discriminate based on race and background would be sued immediately.
-Private schools that cater to the rich already exist. And the rich already send their kids to them.
-Should the rich be prevented from eating at expensive restaurants too?
-The poster Morton Bast had similar thoughts: Use something like a Gestapo to stop the rich from spending their own money on their family for education. Do you agree with her? Send everyone to vanilla boarding schools like Marx suggested?
The rich and racist know exactly what will happen with vouchers:
"School District Board President Charlotte Hummel actually compared herself to infamous segregationist George Wallace. She told The Philadelphia Inquirer recently that, "I will be standing in the schoolhouse door" to block vouchers, an allusion to the former Alabama governor who stood in the doorway of the University of Alabama in 1963 to protest integration."
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They're joining a 17-company North American alliance aimed at heading off more disasters in the country's economically critical textile industry.
The facts are plain, and very stark: Western retail companies depend on cheap labor from developing countries, especially Bangladesh, to produce large volumes of clothing at competitive costs.
At the same time, Bangladesh has been rocked by two recent horrific disasters involving its garment industry. Over 1,100 people died this past April, when an eight-story factory building collapsed (pictured) in a Dhaka suburb, making it one of the worst industrial accidents in history. And last November, 112 garment workers died when fire swept through a Bangladesh factory that made clothing for Wal-Mart (WMT), Disney (DIS) and other Western brands.
Under intense international pressure, 17 North American retailers announced Wednesday the formation of the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety and unveiled new safety plans as part of a five-year initiative.
"The safety record of Bangladeshi factories is unacceptable and requires our collective effort," said CEOs of the companies involved in a joint statement. "We can prevent future tragedies by consolidating and amplifying our individual efforts to bring about real and sustained progress."
The Alliance members have raised $42 million so far toward a fund meant to raise Bangladesh factory safety standards "across the board" and will use third-party experts to monitor any progress or setbacks. They will also offer over $100 million in loans and "access to capital," to help the factories improve safety conditions.
The North American retailers' alliance comes after news that 72 European companies -- including Swedish retailer H&M and Italian clothing company Benetton -- had signed a legally binding safety pact requiring the companies to fund safety inspections and renovations at the factories that have the biggest safety threats.
According to The Associated Press, U.S. retailers balked at the European pact "because they believe it exposes them to unlimited liability. They also say that the pact sought major funding by private businesses without providing accountability for how the money is spent."
The 17 current members of the alliance are:
Canadian Tire, Limited, Carters (CRI), Children's Place (PLCE), Gap (GPS), Hudson's Bay, IFG, J.C. Penney (JCP), Jones Group (JNY), Kohl's (KSS), L.L. Bean, Macy's (M), Nordstrom (JWN), Public Clothing, Sears (SHLD), Target (TGT), VF (VFC) and Wal-Mart.
More companies are expected to join in the near future. A Hong Kong-based sourcing company that currently does business with many of the alliance members, Li & Fung, is also taking part in an advisory role.
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Far as anyone can tell, other than in the bottle industry, Michigan's 10 cent bottle deposit law enjoys strong support from regular folks who in 1976 decided to reduce litter by slapping the highest deposit in the nation on pop and beer bottles.This came after a costly and bitter campaign with the industry fighting as hard as it could to bottle this up. But the Michigan United Conservative Club, the Michigan Farm Bureau and the League of Women Voters prevailed as the number of citizens voting for this law outnumbered the citizens voting for president that year. It garnered a respectable 64% of the vote.So perhaps a word to the wise is in order as a heretofore undisclosed "work group" is busy studying ways to possibly revamp the law. The work group is not under the tutelage of the bottle industry, as you might expect, but in the very state department charged with protecting the environment which the bottle law was designed to do."Dan Wyant from the Department of Environmental Quality has a work group meeting on how to improve Michigan's re-cycling rate across the board. Some recommendations are coming but it's not clear what role the bottle bill plays in that," reports Sen. Rebekah Warren (D-Ann Arbor.) who wants to protect the law.After nosing around, it was learned that one of the possibilities would be to allow some stores that have to take the bottles back, to opt out of the law sending their customers instead to newly created regional redemption centers.Just a second, suggests the current head of the MUCC. That's a non-starter for Erin McDonough who confirms that she had heard about the suggestion."We are very concerned," echos Jim Cliff over at the Michigan Environmental Council who thinks the work group ought to be working on expanding the bottle bill to include containers that weren't even invented in 1976 but litter the country side now.An industry source reveals, the bottle folks may be willing to expand the law to include those newly invented containers if the greens agree to the redemption centers.While all of this is in the "concept" stage it could lay the groundwork for an interesting compromise where each side gets something it wants but has to give up something it doesn't want to get there.
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What Are The Different Formulas Of ELEOTIN®?
ELEOTIN® comes in many different blends and formulas. Currently, ELEOTIN® is available in ELEOTIN® Gold, ELEOTIN® Silver, ELEOTIN® M and ELEOTIN® Mb. The most popular product is ELEOTIN® Gold. Each different blend has a corresponding beneficial function, which is described in the following sections. All the formulas are available in a tradition herbal tea form, while a few formulas are available in a more convenient capsule form.
What Is ELEOTIN® Gold (Tea Form)?
ELEOTIN® Gold is primarily recommended for advanced diabetics. Keep in mind that it can also be used safely for general health improvement because it is beneficial for everyone.
What Are The Different Formulas In ELEOTIN® Gold And What Do They Do?
Having read about the gentle combination synergy approach of ELEOTIN®, you can see why there is more than one ELEOTIN® formula. ELEOTIN® Gold consists of three formulas: A, B, and C.
Blend A (Orange/Morning Formula) should be taken before big meals as it helps to maintain healthy blood sugar levels after a meal. Usually, diabetic patients experience a sudden peak in the blood glucose levels after meals. This is called Post-Prandial Peak. It is known to be damaging to many parts of the patient's body. Blend A works by increasing insulin production from the pancreas and delaying the breakdown of carbohydrates into glucose. Therefore, this Post-Prandial Peak virtually disappears. While other blends of ELEOTIN® are for long term purposes, this blend is for short term defense with smaller long term effects.
Blend A is also a good source of natural fiber. It also contains substances that help digestion. Remember, Blend A helps to gently control blood sugar in a healthy and natural way without any side effects. In contrast, most herbal products and most sulfonylurea drugs attempt to control blood glucose artificially.
Insulin is shown to secrete when it is most needed only when ELEOTIN® is used. Other blood glucose control products do not seem to have this self-regulating, self-timing mechanism. As a result, hypoglycemia, as we discussed earlier, occurs more often than not.
The well-timed insulin secretion happens when ELEOTIN® is used. Even though it is also called Morning Formula, many people use this blend at other times too. If they feel that they need more help to control their blood glucose, they can take this blend a few times during the day.
Blend B (Green/Afternoon Formula) should be taken on an empty stomach. Blend B improves the health of insulin receptors so that glucose is more efficiently absorbed into muscle or liver cells. This reduces blood glucose levels and allows cells to properly burn this energy. In other words, Blend B creates a beneficial effect on the muscles of patients, like that of "pumping iron." The muscles become more efficient burners of blood glucose. Blend B cleanses the blood system through diuresis. This assists many areas of the body, especially the function of kidneys.
Many kidney disease patients reported improved kidney function after 3 to 6 months of using Blend B. The testimonies of less frequent dialysis are also reported. This is only logical since the kidneys are the body's blood filtration system made of tiny capillaries. High blood glucose in the blood stream creates a burden on these tiny capillaries.
Imagine what would happen when you try to push honey though a tiny sipping straw. Once or twice is fine, but if you try this 24/7, it is only a matter of time before this sipping straw bursts. It is no wonder why so many diabetes patients have kidney problems. That is why ELEOTIN® is good for these people. So if the glucose levels in the blood system are reduced, the strain on the kidneys is decreased. Contrary to other diuretic agents, ELEOTIN® is shown to induce no "too low" blood pressures. Diuresis induced by ELEOTIN® is known to be natural and safe even for those people with difficulties in maintaining healthy blood pressure, which happens so often to those people who have diabetes.
There is also medical evidence of a few patients whose immune systems were boosted after the use of ELEOTIN®. These benefits can be mainly attributed to Blend B. That is why many people take this blend for general health purposes. A U.S. distributor of ELEOTIN® has indicated that there are a number of cancer patients who use ELEOTIN® products for an immune system boost.
As Blend B strengthens and leads to the healthy restoration of insulin receptors, these insulin receptors remain healthy for a long time. The long term beneficial effects of ELEOTIN® can last well after a person stops using ELEOTIN®.
Another aspect which deserves to be mentioned is that people usually have many unhealthy substances in their blood system (other than just too much sugar), which in turn causes many complications. Blend B cleanses the blood system of many of these unhealthy substances such as fats and dead cells. As this cleansing process happens, people feel much stronger and full of energy. This blend is mainly attributable for remarkable improvements of those diabetic gangrene cases.
Blend C (Violet/Night Formula) should be taken before bedtime. Blend C provides essential nutrients that strengthen the pancreas. Also, this blend provides other nutrients that are often lacking due to the nutritional imbalances experienced by many diabetics. The jujube, a certain Tibetan species, used in this blend is known to contain a rich sugar. But this sugar bypasses the normal digestion/blood glucose raising process. Therefore, this sugar is known to provide needed energy and nutrients to the cells without raising the blood glucose levels. Even though this is a new finding in western medicine, this has been known in TCM for many thousands of years.
Blend C results in a long term benefit from these rich nutrients. The lack of these essential nutrients has been known to permanently damage various part of a person's body. Also, these nutrients help the individual to sleep better by providing analgesic (pain killing) help to those aching and tingling nerve senses all over the body. This is especially important to individuals who have serious neuropathy (nerve damage).
Now you can see why it is recommended that an individual take the different blend at different times. Blend A should be taken to provide the most help when blood sugar control is essential. So take Blend A before big meals. Blend B should be taken to facilitate the cleansing process, so take Blend B on an empty stomach. Blend C should be taken so that the fundamental cellular-level nourishment and improvement take place without being interrupted. A good time is before going to bed so that Blend C can stay in the body as long as possible.
What Would Happen If You Mixed All Three Blends, Or Simply, If You Are Mixed Up?
There are definitely no safety concerns with mixing all three blends together in one drink or taken at the same time. The mixed blend will still have beneficial effects, but it will work at a slightly slower speed. If you find that taking all three blends at different times causes too much inconvenience, feel free to mix the three herbal blends. Please take this new blend the same number of times per day. Taking a mixed blend when you are pressed for time is better than skipping or temporarily stopping your ELEOTIN® consumption due to its inconvenience. But, with the capsule form, they are clearly marked with different colours, leaving the chance of being mixed up very small. Also, taking a capsule is far more convenient than making and then drinking an herbal tea.
What Is ELEOTIN® Gold Capsule?
ELEOTIN® Gold Capsule was developed as a simple alternative and more convenient form of the ELEOTIN® Gold Tea form. It is the equivalent to the tea form. This product is not available in all countries due to the differences in regulations. One unit of the capsule form comes in three different bottles: Morning, Afternoon, and Night. One unit is intended to last for one month, with one capsule from each bottle every day, or 3 capsules a day. This capsule form lasts for 30 days, whereas the tea form can last for about 60 days.
ELEOTIN® Silver is an herbal blend recommended for mild diabetics and for general health improvement. Currently it is only available in the traditional tea form.
ELEOTIN® M is traditionally for general health improvement and for those who want mild control over their glucose levels. Currently it is only available in the traditional tea form. Many people use this formula for the prevention of diabetes. Also, many people who used ELEOTIN® Gold and became normal use ELEOTIN® M as a maintenance program. Even Dr. Kim, CEO of Eastwood Bio-Medical Research Inc. takes this blend regularly, even though he does not have diabetes. He says, "I know what is inside. It is good for your health anyhow. Just take it."
ELEOTIN® Mb is a special herbal blend developed for general health improvement and weight control. The difference between ELEOTIN® Mb and other weight control products is a lengthy discussion. You can find more detailed information on the internet or more specifically on the EBMR website at www.eastwoodcompanies.com .
Disclaimer : Eleotin is classified as a health food in the U.S and Canada. We make no claims, either expressed or implied, that this product will cure disease, replace prescription medication, or supersede sound medical advice.
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Labor force participation rate of mothers
December 04, 2006
From 1975 to 2000, the labor force participation rate of mothers with children under age 18 rose from 47 to 73 percent.
By 2005, the rate had receded slightly to about 71 percent.
In general, mothers with older children (6 to 17 years of age) are more likely to participate in the labor force than are mothers of younger children (under 6 years of age).
The labor force participation rate of mothers with older children rose from 55 to 79 percent during the last quarter of the 20th century, before declining to 77 percent by 2005. The rate for mothers with younger children has ranged from 39 to 65 over the last three decades, peaking in 2000.
These data are annual averages from the Current Population Survey. For a wide variety of information on women and work, see Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2006 Edition), BLS Report 996.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Editor's Desk, Labor force participation rate of mothers on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2006/dec/wk1/art01.htm (visited September 19, 2014).
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Crafts for a Cause: Sock Monkeys?! Yes!
If you're looking for an original baby gift with special meaning, look no further than these adorable, handmade sock monkeys made by The Las Artesanas Mariposas, a dedicated group of mothers and other women in the Dominican Republic.
Mom Alert: Baby Monitors Recalled, Linked to 2 Deaths
The strangulation death of two infants has led to a recall of nearly two million Summer Infant video baby monitors, according to Associated Press.
More Hospitals Ban Cameras in Delivery Room: Is It a Mother's Right?
If it's your baby, do you have the right to take pictures and videotape upon arrival?
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No one knows why... Honeybees across North America are literally disappearing in mass numbers, leaving behind hives still laden with honey, and pollen stores. The sudden death toll has taken scientists and beekeepers by surprise and left them with a puzzle that is not easily solved. "It may not be a simple answer," said Jeff Pettis, the top scientist at the United States Department of Agriculture.
The recent phenomenon has been termed "Colony Collapse Disorder" (CCD) and at present does not have a recognizable underlying cause, though research is underway.
The main symptom of CCD is a hive that is almost or completely empty of worker bees, yet still contains a living queen and immature bees. This is strange because honeybees are very social insects and their lives revolve around the hive. There are also no dead bees around the hive. Another odd characteristic of this disorder is that predators of abandoned hives, such as hive beetles and wax moths, will not enter the infected hives for weeks or even longer. "It's as if there is something repellent or toxic about the colony," said Jerry Hayes, from the Florida Department of Agriculture and President of the Apiary Inspectors of America.
The first reports of the sharp decline of honeybee colonies appeared in the Eastern United States around October of 2006. Although colony loss is expected, especially during winter, the losses suffered were highly unusual, with American beekeepers reporting 30 to 90 percent of colonies gone. Since then, honeybee colonies in 35 American States, 5 Canadian provinces, and several European countries
have been affected by this mysterious bee illness.
These death reports immediately became front page news and there has been intense publicity since early 2007 about the serious issue and its implications. The CBC reported in September 2007 that there was a serious illness killing tens of thousands of honeybees across the US, causing industry experts to be baffled and Canadian beekeepers to be concerned about their hives.
Canada has not experienced the same severity of CCD, but nevertheless, the loss is present. "Those hives were boiling last fall when I put them away, and now there's a tiny little cluster in them. A lot of bees have absconded and not come back," said beekeeper Paul Vautour, president of the New Brunswick Beekeepers Association. He has lost 80 percent of his 180 hives and says that half of the beekeepers in the province are experiencing the same problems.
The Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists released a statement in 2007 that professional apiculturists in Canada have not diagnosed the Canadian honeybee deaths as CCD. The losses have been attributed to the possible factors of the parasitic mite Varroa, unusual warm fall and winter weather, and a late wet spring. However, Canadian experts have not dismissed the possibility of CCD in Canada, and are very concerned about the state of honeybees. Canadian researchers are monitoring the situation and are in close contact with researches in the United States, for example the U.S. CCD Working Group, and are exchanging scientific information.
According to the Canadian Honey Council, there are about 10,000 beekeepers in Canada, operating a total of 600,000 honeybee colonies. The majority are commercially operated and Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba produce 80 percent of Canada's 154 million kilograms of honey annually.
In Ontario, the winter of 2007 saw the province's 150-250 apiarists lose about 23,000 of their 76,000 hives, representing approximately a $5 million dollar setback.
The recent honeybee die-off has raised many fears and questions about the state of pollinators and the future of food. One third of our food depends on pollinators. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has estimated that the value of honeybee pollination in Canada is more than $1-billion a year. The value of the honeybee in the United States is much larger, estimated to be approximately $15 billion a year. The Washington Post reported that not all scientists foresee an immediate food crisis, since large-scale bee die-offs have happened before, although never with such strength.
"Everybody's got their own little pet theory, but it's really hard to say," said Mr. Halsall, president of the Ontario Beekeeper's Association.
In fall 2006, the National Research Council of the United States recommended that collaboration be made between the United States, Canada, and Mexico to form long-term monitoring projects, to better research pollinators.
Researchers in both Canada and the United States are collecting samples of dead honeybees for examination, tying to find an answer. Jeff Pettis of USDA, who coordinates the detective work, says that they have more suspected causes to research than time, people and money will allow.
There is a lack of funding for research, despite of the recent public awareness and the seriousness of the situation. At Penn State University, entomologist and researcher Diana Cox Foster, says, "We do feel that we need additional monies to come in for grants to work on this problem. We also need to have collaboration internationally to address what the role of different pathogens is." The ice cream maker, Haagen-Dazs has recently in 2008 donated $250,000 to honeybee research, a large amount, but not much when compared to the void of questions surrounding CCD. The American researchers are waiting for the government to put money to their words of interest and promises of support.
In Canada, new government funding was announced on May 25, 2007, by Joe Preston, Member of Parliament for Elgin-Middlesex-London, on behalf of the Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board. "Canada's New Government is proud to invest more than $136,000 in two projects that will help the industry address the unexplained losses in the bee population and support the long-term sustainability of the industry," said Mr. Preston. "This support for the Ontario Beekeeper's Association means that important research can be done, which could help beekeepers in future years."
Research is being conducted in Ontario on methods to control the infestation of hive beetles in honeybee colonies, and the possible common causes of the recent colony deaths, what the United States calls Colony Collapse Disorder.
The mysterious plague on the honeybees is confusing scientists, researchers, and beekeepers alike. Still, after years of research, no end is in sight, no one has discovered the cause, let alone possible prevention methods. Scientists have entertained many possible theories about the cause of CCD, but none have been proven. However, it seems to be agreed that there is more than just one solitary cause, but rather a combination of causes acting together against the honeybee.
Cell Phones and bin Laden: At Least We Know What Is Not Causing It
Through ignorance, the media has encouraged several false theories. For example, the theory that cell phone radiation is killing the honeybees. This story was reported in many newspapers. The Globe and Mail released the following on April 17, 2007: "The small study, led by (German) professor Jochen Kuhn of Landau University, suggests that radiation from widely used cell phones may mess up the bees' homing abilities by interfering with neurological mechanisms that govern learning and memory. To conduct the study, Prof Kuhn placed cell phone handsets near hives and observed that radiation in the frequency range of 900 to 1800 megahertz caused the bees to avoid their homes." Entomologist May Berenbaum, of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign called the cell phone theory "a complete figment of the imagination."
Other false theories include one that Osama bin Laden has engineered the honeybee die-off to ruin American agriculture. Another theory claims that the bees are being harmed by genetically modified corn that contains the pesticide B.t.
A Perfect Storm of Minor Stresses
Experts' scientific research has brought to light many possible factors and stresses that could be contributing causes of CCD. The Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists (CAPA) recently released a statement on Colony Collapse Disorder in June of 2007. The following is a summary of currently identified possible contributing factors: "the effects of migratory beekeeping practices (transportation and confinement of bees, overcrowding), nutritional deficiencies (in adult bees), the effects of known and unknown pathogens (a biological agent that causes disease or illness to its host), parasitic mites such as varroa, a lack of genetic diversity among breeding stock, the effects of systemic pesticides and improper use of mite control products. One or a combination of these factors may cause CCD; no specific cause of CCD has been identified at present."
Dr. Peter Kevan, an associate professor of environmental biology at the University of Guelph, Ontario, has examined the effects of beekeeping practices and has told the CBC that the bees are stressed out and are pushed too hard. The practice of transporting colonies by truck to different places to pollinate crops has huge negative effects. After conducting a study, Kevan reported that the bees get the equivalent of human jet lag after a trip.
Since the mid-1980's the honeybee has had two enemy mites.
The tracheal mite burrows into the bee's windpipe and sucks its blood, and the varroa mite lives inside the bee, destroying its reproductive organs. Dennis vanEngelsdrop, the acting apiarist for the state of Pennsylvania, examined bee samples from Pennsylvania and Georgia. He dislodged any varroa mites with soapy water, and cut the thorax of the bees to find any tracheal mites, and found that the number of mites was not unusually high.
Scientists have mapped the honeybee genome and found that the bee does not have a high amount of genes that effectively fight off disease. Entomologist May Berenbaum said that a fruit fly or mosquito has twice the number of toxin fighting genes in their bodies. This suggests that the honeybee is therefore more vulnerable to disease and toxins.
April of 2007 brought the discovery of the single-celled protozoan called Nosema in bees from colonies with CCD. However, Jerry Bromenshenk, an entomologist at the University of Montana says that there are equal amounts of Nosema in healthy and unhealthy bees. The level of infection is not high enough to prove anything.
On September 6, 2007, a team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Pennsylvania State University (PSU), and Columbia University (CU), announced that they had found an association between Colony Collapse Disorder and a honeybee virus called the Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV). The pathogen was first discovered in honeybees in Israel in 2002, when the bees started to have strange behaviours, such as twitching their wings outside the hive, and also a loss of the worker bee population. This is the first instance of IAPV in the United States, but this virus is related to the Kashmir bee virus, which has been previously found in the country.
In the process of finding IAPV, this team of scientists conducted genetic screening on samples of honeybees, from colonies with CCD and also from those without. The technology termed "high-throughout sequencing" was used to compare the bees' DNA and thereby compare any pathogens present. IAPV was the pathogen found in most of the samples.
Canadian entomologists say that IAPV is probably opportunistic, and affects honeybees that are already stressed and weakened.
"This does not identify IAPV as the cause of CCD," said Jeff Pettis."What we have found is strictly a strong correlation of the appearance of IAPV and CCD together. We have not proven a cause-effect connection."
Mass bee disappearances have happened before. Scientific literature shows that such events took place in the 1880's, the 1920's, and the 1960's. However, there is no way to tell if the agents that caused past disappearances are the same as those involved today.
The death rate of honeybees has risen since the phenomenon started. This year is worse than the last. Honeybee loss in the United States, in spring of 2008, was 34%.
In Canada, calculated between September 2007 and 2008, the rate was 36.3% overall.
Beekeepers, commercial and non-commercial, are facing a lot of challenges ahead. They will have to deal with the stress of losing their honeybee colonies and trying to replace the thousands of lost bees. Jerry Hayes, President of the Apiary Inspectors of America said in an interview, "I don't know if this is Darwin in action and that this might go away as the weak are culled out and the strong survive-because if this continues on for another year or two, there won't be many commercial beekeepers left."
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This is predominately an American coffee, and perhaps that's why the flavors come together so harmoniously. It's like subtle shades of the same palette (or palate, if you choose) with complementary flavor notes that don't compete for attention. Typical of a breakfast blend, it's a lighter roast; however, it doesn't have alarmingly bright, teeth-tingling acidity.
Rating: 87 Points (out of 100)Rich, sweet-toned, toasty aroma with soft hints of nut and cinnamon. Medium to full body with a delicately soft mouthfeel. Quite complex in the cup: toast, cedar, chocolate, raisin and flowers. The roasty dark chocolate persists into a rich, simple finish. — Kenneth Davids, CoffeeReview.com, August 2009
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Comments about Green Mountain Coffee 10oz. GRND Org House Blend:
I love this coffee. The only problem is that I love it so much I have to make it 50-50 with Green Mountain Organic Decaf so that I can (almost) drink as much as I want. I pour it in a mug, then aerolatte some warmish 2 percent organic milk to pour over it. Heaven!
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The BEST coffee I have ever tasted! Nothing comes close!
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I was introduced to GMCR products while attending graduate school and, as a retired Navy Corpsman and now as an environmental biologist, am very pleased with the House Blend. A great coffee to get the eyes open in the morning, as well as opening eyes to the needs of our planet. This coffee is my first choice to give for holiday and birthday presents.
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It's great anytime. Not too strong, bitter, or bland. It's a staple in my coffee collection.
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You see, i cared about this coffee enough to say a few words.This is the only brand available at my college, but since it comes in so many varieties, it don't really matter. I've tried many flavors, yet i always come back to this organic house blend. Remember those saturday mornings you wake up, and it FEELS GOOD. This coffee reminds me of those perfect sat mornings where i just sit around, read the paper (or surf the net). It smells good and it has no funky taste. it just tastes like GOOD COFFEE. Sweeten it with splenda and soymilk and/or half and half. Coffee and chocolate, life just doesn't get better
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Bought it unaware of the product line but fascinated by the name and Wow! was I ever thrilled!
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I enjoy this coffee any time of the day. It is full-bodied and flavorful. Very enjoyable! Whenever I serve it to guests they always comment on the quality of the coffee.
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