subject: Re: Outsiders Observation of Nursing wa

text:
On Dec 04, 1995 22:15:18 in article <Outsiders Observation of Nursing was
Why no Nurse's Union?>, '[email] (Rick Williams)' wrote:

to
I find it disgusting as well.  I'll bet you that man revels in his 8 hour
day, his forty hour week, his health care, his vacation and his retirement.
 .all of which Unions obtained for the American worker.
Look at what is going on in the USA today, because of people like
that dolt.  No doubt he's a clipboard nurse. . .probably hasn't touched a
patient (soil his hands) in years.

I am a longtime member of the musicians union, the Service Employees
International Union, an ex member of the Air Transport Workers Union, and
an ex member of the merchant mariners union.
Also, an ex member of the Operating Engineers Union, and the Teamsters
Union.
Every benefit I enjoy now, health care, retirement, and compensation
benefits were obtained by a union.  I am grateful, and will pay my dues
until I die.

Chuck in California


author: jane

subject: Re: Outsiders Observation of Nursing was Why no Nurse's Union?

text:
First of all who says that a doctoratally prepared nurse is not in the
trenches with the rest of us.


author: Browntimdc

subject: NiMH trickle charging

text:
Someone in another forum claims that he gets good results, for long term
maintenence charging, by pulse charging at an average rate of C/5. All the
manufacturer's literature I've seen says that long term charging of NiMH
should be C/20 to C/40, and that's what I do in my own non pulsed designs.
Is this guy whack or what?

Tim


author: Graham Holloway

subject: Re: NiMH trickle charging

text:
-- "Browntimdc" <browntR*E*M*O*V*[email]> wrote in message
news:Xns935067C19E5FDtbflash@207.115.63.150...

For NiMH you can bulk charge at quite high rates (C, C/2), provided you
monitor the battery voltage and temperature, possibly C/4 if you don't. Once
charged, it is advisable to trickle at very low rates, eg. C/64 or less.
This is only a generalisation. Verify with the manufacturer.

Graham Holloway


author: Alexandra

subject: Fast method for free surface flow, anyone?

text:
Hi all CFD gurus!

I have been assigned this problem where I have to solve a complex free
surface flow problem in three dimensions with wave breaking etc. I am
to aim for a fast method rather than an accurate one. Witch method are
you suggesting.

Best,
/Alexandra


author: Devadatta Mukutmoni

subject: Re: Fast method for free surface flow, anyone?

text:
In article <[email]>,
Alexandra <[email]> wrote:

Try the SPH (Smoothed particle hydrodynamics) methods.


text:
[email] (Devadatta Mukutmoni) wrote in message news:<9mk3sp$m74$[email]>...

Thank you for answering!

I have heard of the SPH method and I have also found some information
about it on the Internet. However, most papers refer to astrophysics.
I'd really like to read a basic article where fluid dynamics and free
surface flow is more emphasized.

As I understand it, one of the major subjects is to find a smart
algorithm to keep track of the neighbourhood particles. Do you have a
good reference on this also?

Finally I'd like to know what kind of computational speed we are
talking about. You don't happen to know of a reference on this to.

Tanks! in advance,
/Alexandra


author: Jeremy Furtek

text:
Here are a couple of references that might be useful:

"A Particle-Based Model for Water Simulation," Stein, C.M., and Max, N.L.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Preprint UCRL-JC-129378, 1998.
http://www.llnl.gov/tid/lof/documents/pdf/233792.pdf

"Simulating Free Surface Flows with SPH," Monaghan, J.J. Journal Of
Computational Physics, 110:399-406, 1994.

Hope this helps....

Jeremy Furtek
mailto:[email]

"Alexandra" <[email]> wrote in message
news:[email]...
news:<9mk3sp$m74$[email]>...


text:
In article <[email]>,
Alexandra <[email]> wrote:

The information I have on SPH is very sketchy and is only based
on vendor information (ESI corporation if you must know :-))

My understanding is that SPH is a severe approximation on the
physics of Free Surface flows. But, qualitatively, they seem to
be quite okay. I have seem graphical comparisons, but no hard
data matching simulations.

Unfortunately, that seems to be the only game in town, considering
that the alternatives are prohibitively expensive.

We have attempted the full physics free surface flows that some
vendors provide, and they take weeks on the Cray machines for even
the simplest flows. In contrast, an SPH simulation could be done
overnight. Hope that helps.


text:
Thank you very much Jeremy!
I'll check this out.

/Alexandra

"Jeremy Furtek" <[email]> wrote in message news:<9mlra7$2v239$[email]>...


author: Gib Bogle

text:
Jeremy Furtek wrote:

I won't be surprised to find I'm wrong, but I wouldn't have thought this
would be a particularly fast method.  Comments?


author: Joel M. Eichen

subject: Mailgate

text:
Mine has two options that you can toggle between:

1. Threaded
2. Chronological

Both are fed from index.html.

Example: Chronological" www.mailgate.org/sci/sci.med.dentistry/sort.html

Here is threaded version ...

http://www.mailgate.org/sci/sci.med.dentistry/index.html#37452


author: SB

subject: Re: Mailgate

text:
.mail=gate.org/sci/sci.med.dentistry/sort.html

ex.html#37452">h=ttp://www.mailgate.org/sci/sci.med.dentistry/index.html#3
7452<=/DIV>

Thank you for the reply.  I'm tending to think the limitation is within AOL's
service.  Or... maybe I've lost the touch!  ;-)

Maybe I'm one of those old dogs they say can't learn new tricks???  Hmmm.  I
hope not...

SB
good email address coming next week.  Please do not remember/note this one.


subject: Re: Mailgate

text:
For aol, just go to keyword newsgroups, click on last box in lower right hand
corner. This willl ead you to a page where you type in sci med dentistry, then
you can subscribe. Then put it in your favorite places.

Hope this helps.

Jan


author: Karl Johanson

subject: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
The World Health Organization estimates that emissions from 'renewable'
biomass energy kill around 2.5 million people (many of them children)
every year. Some put the estimate slightly lower, some a bit higher.
Either way, it adds to a death toll greater than that of the Chernobyl
accident *every day*.

Using the above number, we can estimate that somewhere around 52.5
million people have died since Chernobyl. I've seen estimates from the
death toll of biomass energy as low as 1 million per year, which would
put the number dead in the last 21 years at around 21 million. Either
way, millions dead, because they didn't have access to nuclear energy.

Karl Johanson


author: Bush Lost Iraq War

subject: Re: Karl Johanson is a Cho Seung-Hui of Usenet.

text:
On Apr 28, 2:11 pm, "Karl Johanson" <[email]> wrote:

Wrong tumbleweeds. Usually a brain-dead republican 4th reich liar like
yourself has to helplessly wait until some marginally more intelligent
troll like HaHa Hanson comes to your recuse and actually reads the
headers for you.

You started the thread on the basis of a psychopathic lie, that
greenies are standing in the way of people who make less than $1 a day
from getting their full share of nuke-power "too cheap to meter".  If
only those mean greenies would stand aside, there's be cheap nukes for
the homeless masses sleeping on the sidewalks of Calcutta.

Everything about you is a lie, down to the core, penetrating the bone.


text:
On Apr 28, 2:48 pm, "Karl Johanson" <[email]> wrote:

Modern science of psychology says we outnumber you sociopaths 24 to 1.

Karl Johanson is a Cho Seung-Hui of Usenet.

Karl Johanson is Choosing You to be a victim of Mass Murder.

Like Cho Seung-Hui, Karl Johanson is a sociopath utterly without pity
for his randomly chosen victims -- it's just a violent video game for
him, where he tries for the "most points" using weather of mass
destruction. 20,000 dead in France from Heat Wave, 3,000 wacked in New
Orleans, just points to keep score.

The longer you stay unaware that your death is his goal, the more his
words can infect you like poison to delay your self-defense plan.

Global Warming briefings were being given to tobacco company
executives two decades ago, while they were in the midst of carrying
out serial murders of 400,000 Americans per year with delay tactics of
hired science-falsifiers. They loaned part of their propaganda
apparatus to the OILY INC liars to delay actions on Global Warming, as
the court records show as early as 1988.

It wasn't until 1998 that the evidence came to light in courts of law,
but nine years later the same people are still doing the same frauds.

Since 1988 to 1998, 4 million Americans were killed by frauds that
said that the science on tobacco was unsettled. These are willful
deliberate premeditated murders, using people like Karl Johanson to
spread their message.

Since 1998 another 3.6 million have been murdered by falsified science
"debate" keeping the settled science from being taken seriously by
thew victims of opportunity whom have been knowingly addicted by
corporate serial murderers, and their henchmen like Karl Johanson.

The A.S.S. Coalition (TASSC) & Global Warming
 http://TobaccoDocuments.org Court Records

http://tobaccodocuments.org/landman/158433.html
Abstract
To circumvent its lack of credibility with the public, policy makers
and the media, Philip Morris (PM) uses the strategy of creating front
groups. Forming an artificial third party and then assigning it an
"umbrella cause" (one which happens to mesh perfectly with the tobacco
industry's) gives PM and the industry the opportunity to create a
wholly separate, and far more credible, mouthpiece advance its
policies and political desires. In PM's front group "Associates for
Research in Substance Enjoyment," (ARISE) "scientists" lumped tobacco
use together with innocuous substances like tea and chocolate, put out
worldwide press releases saying substance use was good for you and
declared public health advocates to be puritanical, neo-prohibitionist
party poopers. After the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
declared secondhand smoke as a Class A Human Carcinogen, PM needed a
powerful group to rise up help discredit EPA's findings. Thus PM
formed "The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition," or TASSC.
Recognizing that the chemical, paper, metal, petroleum and other
environmentally-dubious industries would also be thrilled to have a
group of "committed experts" who would publicly say that scientific
warnings against their activities were not credible, PM invited these
industries to join TASSC. With the needs clear and a host of willing
help-mates waiting in the wings, PM created TASSC through a public
relations firm called APCO Associates, which helped PM distance itself
from the group. After a 2-month, $50,000 feasibility study done hand
in hand with PM's law firm of Covington and Burling, APCO began
forming TASSC. APCO did an admirable job of recruiting members for
TASSC, too. The "supporters list" (found in another document) includes
businesses from the "Family Loompya Seafood Market" and "Pinckneyville
Lighting" to sawmills, mining and chemical companies, including W.R.
Grace, Co., Amoco, and Dow Chemical. Today's document reveals the
goals of TASSC, and also APCO's enthusiasm for creating a similar
group in Europe based on its success in America and elsewhere. Title:
Thoughts on TASSC Europe Type of Document: Memo From: Tom Hockaday of
APCO Associates To: Matt Winokur, Director, Worldwide Regulatory
Affairs for Philip Morris Date: 19940324 Site: Philip Morris Tobacco
Company http://www.pmdocs.com/ Bates No. 2025492898/2905 Page Count: 8
URL: http://www.pmdocs.com/getallimg.asp?DOCID=2025492898/2905

03/28/94 15:25 '8`202 466 6004 APCO ASSOCIATES 0004 -3 - As a starting
point, we can identify key issues requiring sound scientific research
and scientists that may have an interest in them. Some issues our
European colleagues suggest include: . Global warming Â· Nuclear waste
disposal Â· Diseases and pests in agricultural products for
transborder trade Â· Biotechnology . Eco-labeling for EC products

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http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2024233595-3602.html
Thoughts on Tassc Europe
Date: 25 Mar 1994

-3- As a starting point, we can identify key issues requiring sound
scientific research and scientists that may have an interest in them.
Some issues our European colleagues suggest include: . Global
warming . Nuclear waste disposal . Diseases and pests in agricultural
products for transborder trade . Biotechnology . Eco-labeling for EC
products . Food processing and packaging

-5- decisions. The supporters of the Appeal are a loose-knit group.
The effort to expand the support of the Appeal is handled through Dr.
M. Saloman of the International Center for Scientific Ecology (Paris).

In discussions with a number of our scientific supporters and with Dr.
Fred Singer (a member of the Board of the International Center for
Scientific Ecology), there is belief that this initial support could
be organized into a more "formal movement" internationally. The
benefits of attempting to use this group as a basis of extending TASSC
include:  Several of TASSC's scientists have signed the Appeal,
providing the opportunity to approach the supporters with a "peer to
peer" approach, i.e. , a "Dear Colleague" letter.

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http://tobaccodocuments.org/nysa_ti_m2/TI15842109.html
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1993 THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER A truth squad
for monitoring shaky science
Date: 28 Dec 1993

TASSC should work to make fiascos like the Alar scare as familiar to
students as rain forests or global warming.

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http://tobaccodocuments.org/mayo_clinic/82000099.html
TASSC The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition

"It is neither reasonable nor prudent for major political decisions to
be based on presumptions which, in the current state of knowledge, are
still only hypotheses, although they must certainly be examined and
even taken into account. The more or less apocalyptic scenarios evoked
in the preparatory, work for the Rio conference are not the kind of
certitudes which can be used as a basis for political decisions likely
to entail major upheavals and heavy expenditure on a global scale."
~Michael Salomon, Editorial Director, Projections Quarterly, Autumn-
Winter 1992

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http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2028363773-3791.html
Scientists for Sound Public Policy Assessment Project and Symposium
Date: 1994 (est.)
Length: 19 pages

EXPLANATIONS · The political decision-makers are vulnerable to
activists' emotional appeals and press campaigns · The opinion climate
tends to favour overly simplified solutions The precautionary
principle is now the accepted guideline. Even if a hypothesis is not
100 per cent scientifically proven, action should be taken, e.g.
global warming Europe's industry is often on the defensive. Action is
typically taken when it is too late. And industrial resistence is
perceived as protection of commercial self-interests.

Burson-Marsteller

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http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2025493202-3207.html
Date: 26 Apr 1994 (est.)
Length: 6 pages

Many industries trying to establish groups to "communicate science"
and "to lobby" EUFIC (food industry) SAGB (biotechnology) Heidelberg
Appeal (global warming)

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http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2024102283-2287.html
Date: 1992 (est.)
Length: 5 pages

SEITZ SYMPOSIUM
*Late lst quarter/early 2nd quarter
*Procedural Options for Addressing the Scientific Issue Highlighted in
Global Warming and Ozone Hole Controversies, Dr. Frederick Seitz of
the George C. Marshall Institute
*40-60 regulators--Ensure credible science
*TASSC

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http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2046451070-1139.html
Science, Economics, and Environmental Policy: A Critical Examination
Date: 11 Aug 1994
Length: 70 pages

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http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2025802450-2451.html
Scientific Integrity in the Public Policy Process Semi-Final Program
930524 - 930525 the Madison Hotel 15th and M Streets, Nw Washington,
D.C.
Date: 19930525/D
Length: 2 pages

CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: From global warming and ozone depletion to
biotechnology and food additives

Dr.. S. Fred Singer (Moderator) University of Virginia; president, The
Science & Environmental Policy Project

Dr. S. Fred Singer, president The Science & Environmental Policy
Project. 9:15

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Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Date: 09 Dec 1996
Length: 13 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/batco/800298146-8158.html

Press Release of The Science & Environmental Policy Project "TOP FIVE
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 'MYTHS' OF 1995 TO BE RELEASED BY SCIENCE AND
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PROJECT: List Challenges Costly Policies Not
Supported By Sound Scientific Data," January 10, 1996

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Philip Morris
Date: 31 Mar 1993
Length: 1 page
2025802449
Jump To Images
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2025802449.html

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http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2021178213-8216.html
Philip Morris
Possible Individuals to Be Approached for Opinion Editorials
Date: 02 Mar 1993
Length: 4 pages

Candace Crandall -- Executive Vice President of the Science and
Environmental Policy Project (SEPP).

She has published extensively on junk science issues in the past.
Crandall' was the Director of Communications for the Center for
Strategic and International' Studies before joining, SEPP. The primary
focus of SEPP is too document the use of scientific data in the
development of federal environmental policy. SEPP is an independent,
non-profi research group that relies on private funding.

It will co-sponsor a conference with George Mason University in May on
scientific integrity in  the political process, Crandall has arranged
for a number of prominent scientists to be participants, including Dr.
Bernard Davis of Harvard University and1 Sir William Mitchell of'
Oxford University.

Crandall is Dr: Fred Singer's wife.

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Issue Report Alexis Whither Environmental Regulation
Date: 01 Jul 1993
Length: 6 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/nysa_ti_s2/TI31741185.html

Dr. S. Fred Singer is Professor of Environmental Sciences at the
University of Virginia and directs the Washington- based Science &
Environmental Policy Project. He is currently working on a study on
environmental regulation for the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution.

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Philip Morris
Anthology of 950000's Environmental Myths
Date: 11 Feb 1996
Length: 3 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2048280356-0358.html

Copyright 1996 News World Communications, Inc. The Washington Times
February 11, 1996, Sunday, Final Edition SECTION: Part B; COMMENTARY;
Pg. B3 LENGTH: 1377 words HEADLINE: Anthology of 1995's environmental
myths BYLINE: S. Fred Singer

BODY: The primary mission of the Science & Environmental Policy
Project has been to study and analyze how science is used - or
missused - in the setting of federal environmental policies, and then
expose the most egregious examples of environmental malfeasance. There
are so many: Superfund, asbestos, Alar, acid rain, to mention just a
few - all of them costing mega-billions and backed by insubstantial
science. When we decided to list the greatest environmental myths of
1995, our board _ of experts finally settled on the following five
topics that demonstrate distortion or misuse of science in shaping
policies. We present them here to educate policy-makers and the public
in the hope that the publicity will lead to more cost-effective
policies and a healthier environment. (1) Global warming and the
Climate Treaty: During 1995, scare stories about a future catastrophic
greenhouse warming gained much momentum, while at the same time the
evidence for such warming became weaker and weaker. At the first
"Conference of the Parties" to the Global Climate Treaty in Berlin in
April, the science was ignored while the assembled "statesmen" went
ahead to establish a permanent secretariat and plan further mega-
meetings. In September, at the initiative of Al Gore, a Washington
conference promoted a new fear tied to global warming: a spread of
tropical diseases putting 3 billion people at risk. Finally, in
November (in Madrid) and December (in Rome), the U.N.-sponsored
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the scientific arm
of the Treaty, managed to approve two pre-drafted summary reports.
These can charitably be described as being "economical with the
truth."...

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Philip Morris
Is the Concept of Linear Relationship Between Dose and Effect Still A
Valid Model for Assessing Risk Related to Low Doses of Carcinogens? A
Restricted International Scientific Seminar 930510 - Paris (France)
Date: 10 May 1993
Length: 5 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2028385383-5387.html

International Center for a Scientific Ecology Is the concept of linear
relationship between dose and effoct still a valid model for assessing
risk related to low doses of ets? A restricted international
scienfific Seminar May 10, 1993 - Paris (France)

The seminar is organised by the International Centre for a Scientific
Ecology (see Introduction to the Centre in the appendix). The
scientific work is organised by Dr Michel Salomon, the coordinator of
the Heidelberg Appeal.

Prof. S. Fred Singer, Doctor of Physical Science; President of the
Science & Environmental Policy Project; former Director, US Weather
Satellite Program; Dean of the School of Environmental Sciences,
University of Miami; Deputy Assistant Administrator of US
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); American. nationality;

Dr. Michel Salomon, coordinator of the Heidelberg Appeal; former
science journalist; magazine editor; French nationality.

===============
Philip Morris
Dr. S. Fred Singer, Director the Science and Environmental Policy
Project
Date: 08 Mar 1993 (est.)
Length: 1 page
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2021178209.html

===============
Brown & Williamson
Public Affairs Strategies.
Date: 1900
Length: 4 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/bw/1059809.html

(#8) SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PROJECT From a strategic
standpoint, we believed the most effective way to publicize the report
would be through a credibl]e highly respected "third party".

So we brought the report to the attention of the 'Science &
Environmental Policy Project", SEPP, as it is known, is a Fairfax,
Va., think-tank that studies and analyzes how science is used in
federal policy-making and encourages the use of sound science. After
reading the CRS report, SEPP was equally concerned the EPA's
conclusions and agreed more visibility was in or@er.

{#9) SEPP NEWS RELEASE With B&W's assistance, SEEP launched a media
relations campaign in January calling attention to the "Top Five
Environmental Myths of 1995." While such issues as "global warming"
and radon were on the list, the focus was on ETS.

(#10) WASHINGTON TIMES "OP ED" In addition to news releases, SEPP
wrote "Op ed" pieces and conducted interviews on radio and television.
SEPP is continuing the "environmental myths" campaign, extending
discussion of the subject to speeches by Dr. Fred Singer, SEPP's
executive director. It's one strategy to help balance the debate.

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Mayo Clinic
Length: 37 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/mayo_clinic/85002238.html

THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR A SCIENTIFIC ECOLOGY The Center has been
created at the beginning of 1993 under the French law for nomprolit
organizations.

The Board of the Center includes in particular:
 - Mr Pierre Joly. President of the Association Francaise pour la
Recherche Therapeutique : former President of the International
Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association ;

- Mr Constant Burg. honorary member of the State Council ; honorary
managing director of INSERM : President of the lnstitut Curie:

- Mr Gilbert Rutman. chief mining engineer: President of the Conseil
Natioflal des Ingenieurs et des Scientifiques de France:

- Prof. S. Fred Singer. Doctor of Physical Science : President of the
Science & Environmental Policy Project : former Director US Weather
Satellite Program : Dean of the School of Environmental Sciences.
University of Miami : Deputy Assistant Administrator of US
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) :

- Mr Gary Nash. Secretary General of the International Council on
Metals and the Environment (ICME) : former Director General in the
Canada Department of Energy. Mines und Resources :

- Dr. Michel Salomon, coordinator of the Heidelberg Appeal ; former
science journalist : magazine editor.

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Philip Morris
Top Five Environmental Policy "Myths" of 950000 to Be Released by
Science and Environmental Policy Project
Date: 1995 (est.)
Length: 1 page
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2065122118.html

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Philip Morris
the Delaney Clause - Linchpin of the Environmental Policy Edifice
Date: 10 May 1993
Length: 4 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2501171259-1262.html

The Delaney Clause-Linchpin of the Environmental Policy Edifice Prof.
S. Fred Singer

S. Fred Singer Director, Science & Environmental Policy Project
Arlington, Virginia

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Philip Morris
Junk Science at the Epa
Date: 08 Mar 1993 (est.)
Length: 3 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2021178206-8208.html

S. Fred Singer Visiting fellovv at the Hoover Institution at Stanford
University and President of the Washington. D C.-baed Science &
Environrnental Policy Project

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http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2065122122.html
Philip Morris
Sepp - Environmental Myths of 950000 - Smt Participant Broadcast
Details
Date: 1995 (est.)
Length: 1 page

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http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2065122119-2121.html
Philip Morris
Top Five Environmental Policy "Myths" of 950000 to Be Released by
Science and Environmental Policy Project
Date: 10 Jan 1996
Length: 3 pages

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Philip Morris
Seminar of 930510 on the Linear Relationship
Date: 31 Mar 1993
Length: 3 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2028443741-3743.html

Opening speech by Chairman of the Seminar, Prof. Bruce N. Ames
(Biologist'4 Dir., Nat. Inst. of EnvironmentallHealth Sciences Center,
Berkeley, U.S.A.). 9/9.20 a.m. Â· How biofogically based modeis may
help extrapolating cancer risk to low doses.

· The Delaney amendment and its consequences on the American
regufation. Prof. S. Fred Singer (Physicist, former Dir., US Weather
Satellite Program; President, Science & Environmental Policy Project,
U'.S.A.). 10.20/10.30 a.m.

Noon · Case studies: Predictions and reality. - The Arsenic case.
Prof. Gerhard Stohrer (former chief, Dept!. of chemical risk, Research
Inst. Sloan-Kettering~ U.S.A.).

The DDT case. Dr. William Hazeltine (Ph.D., entomo!bgist, former
Manager of mosquito abatement in California, U.S:A.).

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Philip Morris
Update 930419
Date: 19 Apr 1993
Length: 7 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2025475593-5599.html

CONFERENCE/MEETING: Scientific Integrity in the Public Process
SPONSOR: International Institute of George Mason University and the
Science and Environmental Policy Project DATE: May 24-25, 1993
LOCATION: The Madison Hotel, Washington, DC TELEPHONE NUMBER:
703-993-8200

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BATCo
[Note from Heather Cooke to Tom Fitzgerald regarding report issued by
The Science & Environmental Policy Project SEPP]
Date: 27 Feb 1996
Length: 1 page
http://tobaccodocuments.org/batco/700520244.html

BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY LIMITED To: FACSIMILE MR TOM
FITZGERALD I From: HEATHER COOKE Company: Brown & Williamson Phone
01784 448045 'Tobacco Corp Number: Fax No: Fax No: 0"784 448654 Date:
27/02/96 Pages To Follow: 3 Comments: I am trying to get hold of a
report issued by The Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP)
which relates to the attached press release. Do you have a copy that
you can fax to me or know where I might be able to get hold of a copy?
Many thanks Heather Cooke Administrator, Smoking Issues

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Philip Morris
Toxic Policy at Dead End: the Case of Arsenic
Date: 10 May 1993 (est.)
Length: 6 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2502146148-6153.html

International Center for a Scientific Ecology Seminar on linear risk
assessment May 10, 1993 Toxic Policy at Dead End: The Case of Arsenic
Gerhard Strohrer Science and Environmental Policy Project 2101 Wilson
Boulevard, Suite 1003 Arlington, Virginia 22201

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Philip Morris
Give Industry A Bigger Science Rol
Date: 19921229/P
Length: 1 page
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2074144040.html

Patrick J. Michaels is associate professor of environmental sciences
at the University Virginia and is affiliated with the Washington-based
Science & Environment Policy Project. The Science & Environmental
Policy Project, 2101 Wilson Blvd., #1003, Arlington, VA 22201 .(703)
527-0130

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text:
Peter Muehlbauer is a Cho Seung-Hui of Usenet.

Peter Muehlbauer is Choosing You to be a victim of Mass Murder.

Like Cho Seung-Hui, Peter Muehlbauer is a sociopath utterly without
pity for his randomly chosen victims -- it's just a violent video game
for him, where he tries for the "most points" using weather of mass
destruction. 20,000 dead in France from Heat Wave, 3,000 wacked in New
Orleans, just points to keep score.

The longer you stay unaware that your death is his goal, the more his
words can infect you like poison to delay your self-defense plan.

Global Warming briefings were being given to tobacco company
executives two decades ago, while they were in the midst of carrying
out serial murders of 400,000 Americans per year with delay tactics of
hired science-falsifiers. They loaned part of their propaganda
apparatus to the OILY INC liars to delay actions on Global Warming, as
the court records show as early as 1988.

It wasn't until 1998 that the evidence came to light in courts of law,
but nine years later the same people are still doing the same frauds.

Since 1988 to 1998, 4 million Americans were killed by frauds that
said that the science on tobacco was unsettled. These are willful
deliberate premeditated murders, using people like Peter Muehlbauer to
spread their message.

Since 1998 another 3.6 million have been murdered by falsified science
"debate" keeping the settled science from being taken seriously by
thew victims of opportunity whom have been knowingly addicted by
corporate serial murderers, and their henchmen like Peter Muehlbauer.

The A.S.S. Coalition (TASSC) & Global Warming
 http://TobaccoDocuments.org Court Records

http://tobaccodocuments.org/landman/158433.html
Abstract
To circumvent its lack of credibility with the public, policy makers
and the media, Philip Morris (PM) uses the strategy of creating front
groups. Forming an artificial third party and then assigning it an
"umbrella cause" (one which happens to mesh perfectly with the tobacco
industry's) gives PM and the industry the opportunity to create a
wholly separate, and far more credible, mouthpiece advance its
policies and political desires. In PM's front group "Associates for
Research in Substance Enjoyment," (ARISE) "scientists" lumped tobacco
use together with innocuous substances like tea and chocolate, put out
worldwide press releases saying substance use was good for you and
declared public health advocates to be puritanical, neo-prohibitionist
party poopers. After the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
declared secondhand smoke as a Class A Human Carcinogen, PM needed a
powerful group to rise up help discredit EPA's findings. Thus PM
formed "The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition," or TASSC.
Recognizing that the chemical, paper, metal, petroleum and other
environmentally-dubious industries would also be thrilled to have a
group of "committed experts" who would publicly say that scientific
warnings against their activities were not credible, PM invited these
industries to join TASSC. With the needs clear and a host of willing
help-mates waiting in the wings, PM created TASSC through a public
relations firm called APCO Associates, which helped PM distance itself
from the group. After a 2-month, $50,000 feasibility study done hand
in hand with PM's law firm of Covington and Burling, APCO began
forming TASSC. APCO did an admirable job of recruiting members for
TASSC, too. The "supporters list" (found in another document) includes
businesses from the "Family Loompya Seafood Market" and "Pinckneyville
Lighting" to sawmills, mining and chemical companies, including W.R.
Grace, Co., Amoco, and Dow Chemical. Today's document reveals the
goals of TASSC, and also APCO's enthusiasm for creating a similar
group in Europe based on its success in America and elsewhere. Title:
Thoughts on TASSC Europe Type of Document: Memo From: Tom Hockaday of
APCO Associates To: Matt Winokur, Director, Worldwide Regulatory
Affairs for Philip Morris Date: 19940324 Site: Philip Morris Tobacco
Company http://www.pmdocs.com/ Bates No. 2025492898/2905 Page Count: 8
URL: http://www.pmdocs.com/getallimg.asp?DOCID=2025492898/2905

03/28/94 15:25 '8`202 466 6004 APCO ASSOCIATES 0004 -3 - As a starting
point, we can identify key issues requiring sound scientific research
and scientists that may have an interest in them. Some issues our
European colleagues suggest include: . Global warming Â· Nuclear waste
disposal Â· Diseases and pests in agricultural products for
transborder trade Â· Biotechnology . Eco-labeling for EC products

===============
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2024233595-3602.html
Thoughts on Tassc Europe
Date: 25 Mar 1994

-3- As a starting point, we can identify key issues requiring sound
scientific research and scientists that may have an interest in them.
Some issues our European colleagues suggest include: . Global
warming . Nuclear waste disposal . Diseases and pests in agricultural
products for transborder trade . Biotechnology . Eco-labeling for EC
products . Food processing and packaging

-5- decisions. The supporters of the Appeal are a loose-knit group.
The effort to expand the support of the Appeal is handled through Dr.
M. Saloman of the International Center for Scientific Ecology (Paris).

In discussions with a number of our scientific supporters and with Dr.
Fred Singer (a member of the Board of the International Center for
Scientific Ecology), there is belief that this initial support could
be organized into a more "formal movement" internationally. The
benefits of attempting to use this group as a basis of extending TASSC
include:  Several of TASSC's scientists have signed the Appeal,
providing the opportunity to approach the supporters with a "peer to
peer" approach, i.e. , a "Dear Colleague" letter.

===============
http://tobaccodocuments.org/nysa_ti_m2/TI15842109.html
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1993 THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER A truth squad
for monitoring shaky science
Date: 28 Dec 1993

TASSC should work to make fiascos like the Alar scare as familiar to
students as rain forests or global warming.

===============
http://tobaccodocuments.org/mayo_clinic/82000099.html
TASSC The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition

"It is neither reasonable nor prudent for major political decisions to
be based on presumptions which, in the current state of knowledge, are
still only hypotheses, although they must certainly be examined and
even taken into account. The more or less apocalyptic scenarios evoked
in the preparatory, work for the Rio conference are not the kind of
certitudes which can be used as a basis for political decisions likely
to entail major upheavals and heavy expenditure on a global scale."
~Michael Salomon, Editorial Director, Projections Quarterly, Autumn-
Winter 1992

===============
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2028363773-3791.html
Scientists for Sound Public Policy Assessment Project and Symposium
Date: 1994 (est.)
Length: 19 pages

EXPLANATIONS · The political decision-makers are vulnerable to
activists' emotional appeals and press campaigns · The opinion climate
tends to favour overly simplified solutions The precautionary
principle is now the accepted guideline. Even if a hypothesis is not
100 per cent scientifically proven, action should be taken, e.g.
global warming Europe's industry is often on the defensive. Action is
typically taken when it is too late. And industrial resistence is
perceived as protection of commercial self-interests.

Burson-Marsteller

===============
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2025493202-3207.html
Date: 26 Apr 1994 (est.)
Length: 6 pages

Many industries trying to establish groups to "communicate science"
and "to lobby" EUFIC (food industry) SAGB (biotechnology) Heidelberg
Appeal (global warming)

===============
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2024102283-2287.html
Date: 1992 (est.)
Length: 5 pages

SEITZ SYMPOSIUM
*Late lst quarter/early 2nd quarter
*Procedural Options for Addressing the Scientific Issue Highlighted in
Global Warming and Ozone Hole Controversies, Dr. Frederick Seitz of
the George C. Marshall Institute
*40-60 regulators--Ensure credible science
*TASSC

===============
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2046451070-1139.html
Science, Economics, and Environmental Policy: A Critical Examination
Date: 11 Aug 1994
Length: 70 pages

===============
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2025802450-2451.html
Scientific Integrity in the Public Policy Process Semi-Final Program
930524 - 930525 the Madison Hotel 15th and M Streets, Nw Washington,
D.C.
Date: 19930525/D
Length: 2 pages

CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: From global warming and ozone depletion to
biotechnology and food additives

Dr.. S. Fred Singer (Moderator) University of Virginia; president, The
Science & Environmental Policy Project

Dr. S. Fred Singer, president The Science & Environmental Policy
Project. 9:15

===============
Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Date: 09 Dec 1996
Length: 13 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/batco/800298146-8158.html

Press Release of The Science & Environmental Policy Project "TOP FIVE
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 'MYTHS' OF 1995 TO BE RELEASED BY SCIENCE AND
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PROJECT: List Challenges Costly Policies Not
Supported By Sound Scientific Data," January 10, 1996

===============
Philip Morris
Date: 31 Mar 1993
Length: 1 page
2025802449
Jump To Images
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2025802449.html

===============
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2021178213-8216.html
Philip Morris
Possible Individuals to Be Approached for Opinion Editorials
Date: 02 Mar 1993
Length: 4 pages

Candace Crandall -- Executive Vice President of the Science and
Environmental Policy Project (SEPP).

She has published extensively on junk science issues in the past.
Crandall' was the Director of Communications for the Center for
Strategic and International' Studies before joining, SEPP. The primary
focus of SEPP is too document the use of scientific data in the
development of federal environmental policy. SEPP is an independent,
non-profi research group that relies on private funding.

It will co-sponsor a conference with George Mason University in May on
scientific integrity in  the political process, Crandall has arranged
for a number of prominent scientists to be participants, including Dr.
Bernard Davis of Harvard University and1 Sir William Mitchell of'
Oxford University.

Crandall is Dr: Fred Singer's wife.

===============
Issue Report Alexis Whither Environmental Regulation
Date: 01 Jul 1993
Length: 6 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/nysa_ti_s2/TI31741185.html

Dr. S. Fred Singer is Professor of Environmental Sciences at the
University of Virginia and directs the Washington- based Science &
Environmental Policy Project. He is currently working on a study on
environmental regulation for the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution.

===============
Philip Morris
Anthology of 950000's Environmental Myths
Date: 11 Feb 1996
Length: 3 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2048280356-0358.html

Copyright 1996 News World Communications, Inc. The Washington Times
February 11, 1996, Sunday, Final Edition SECTION: Part B; COMMENTARY;
Pg. B3 LENGTH: 1377 words HEADLINE: Anthology of 1995's environmental
myths BYLINE: S. Fred Singer

BODY: The primary mission of the Science & Environmental Policy
Project has been to study and analyze how science is used - or
missused - in the setting of federal environmental policies, and then
expose the most egregious examples of environmental malfeasance. There
are so many: Superfund, asbestos, Alar, acid rain, to mention just a
few - all of them costing mega-billions and backed by insubstantial
science. When we decided to list the greatest environmental myths of
1995, our board _ of experts finally settled on the following five
topics that demonstrate distortion or misuse of science in shaping
policies. We present them here to educate policy-makers and the public
in the hope that the publicity will lead to more cost-effective
policies and a healthier environment. (1) Global warming and the
Climate Treaty: During 1995, scare stories about a future catastrophic
greenhouse warming gained much momentum, while at the same time the
evidence for such warming became weaker and weaker. At the first
"Conference of the Parties" to the Global Climate Treaty in Berlin in
April, the science was ignored while the assembled "statesmen" went
ahead to establish a permanent secretariat and plan further mega-
meetings. In September, at the initiative of Al Gore, a Washington
conference promoted a new fear tied to global warming: a spread of
tropical diseases putting 3 billion people at risk. Finally, in
November (in Madrid) and December (in Rome), the U.N.-sponsored
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the scientific arm
of the Treaty, managed to approve two pre-drafted summary reports.
These can charitably be described as being "economical with the
truth."...

===============
Philip Morris
Is the Concept of Linear Relationship Between Dose and Effect Still A
Valid Model for Assessing Risk Related to Low Doses of Carcinogens? A
Restricted International Scientific Seminar 930510 - Paris (France)
Date: 10 May 1993
Length: 5 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2028385383-5387.html

International Center for a Scientific Ecology Is the concept of linear
relationship between dose and effoct still a valid model for assessing
risk related to low doses of ets? A restricted international
scienfific Seminar May 10, 1993 - Paris (France)

The seminar is organised by the International Centre for a Scientific
Ecology (see Introduction to the Centre in the appendix). The
scientific work is organised by Dr Michel Salomon, the coordinator of
the Heidelberg Appeal.

Prof. S. Fred Singer, Doctor of Physical Science; President of the
Science & Environmental Policy Project; former Director, US Weather
Satellite Program; Dean of the School of Environmental Sciences,
University of Miami; Deputy Assistant Administrator of US
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); American. nationality;

Dr. Michel Salomon, coordinator of the Heidelberg Appeal; former
science journalist; magazine editor; French nationality.

===============
Philip Morris
Dr. S. Fred Singer, Director the Science and Environmental Policy
Project
Date: 08 Mar 1993 (est.)
Length: 1 page
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2021178209.html

===============
Brown & Williamson
Public Affairs Strategies.
Date: 1900
Length: 4 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/bw/1059809.html

(#8) SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PROJECT From a strategic
standpoint, we believed the most effective way to publicize the report
would be through a credibl]e highly respected "third party".

So we brought the report to the attention of the 'Science &
Environmental Policy Project", SEPP, as it is known, is a Fairfax,
Va., think-tank that studies and analyzes how science is used in
federal policy-making and encourages the use of sound science. After
reading the CRS report, SEPP was equally concerned the EPA's
conclusions and agreed more visibility was in or@er.

{#9) SEPP NEWS RELEASE With B&W's assistance, SEEP launched a media
relations campaign in January calling attention to the "Top Five
Environmental Myths of 1995." While such issues as "global warming"
and radon were on the list, the focus was on ETS.

(#10) WASHINGTON TIMES "OP ED" In addition to news releases, SEPP
wrote "Op ed" pieces and conducted interviews on radio and television.
SEPP is continuing the "environmental myths" campaign, extending
discussion of the subject to speeches by Dr. Fred Singer, SEPP's
executive director. It's one strategy to help balance the debate.

===============
Mayo Clinic
Length: 37 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/mayo_clinic/85002238.html

THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR A SCIENTIFIC ECOLOGY The Center has been
created at the beginning of 1993 under the French law for nomprolit
organizations.

The Board of the Center includes in particular:
 - Mr Pierre Joly. President of the Association Francaise pour la
Recherche Therapeutique : former President of the International
Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association ;

- Mr Constant Burg. honorary member of the State Council ; honorary
managing director of INSERM : President of the lnstitut Curie:

- Mr Gilbert Rutman. chief mining engineer: President of the Conseil
Natioflal des Ingenieurs et des Scientifiques de France:

- Prof. S. Fred Singer. Doctor of Physical Science : President of the
Science & Environmental Policy Project : former Director US Weather
Satellite Program : Dean of the School of Environmental Sciences.
University of Miami : Deputy Assistant Administrator of US
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) :

- Mr Gary Nash. Secretary General of the International Council on
Metals and the Environment (ICME) : former Director General in the
Canada Department of Energy. Mines und Resources :

- Dr. Michel Salomon, coordinator of the Heidelberg Appeal ; former
science journalist : magazine editor.

===============
Philip Morris
Top Five Environmental Policy "Myths" of 950000 to Be Released by
Science and Environmental Policy Project
Date: 1995 (est.)
Length: 1 page
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2065122118.html

===============
Philip Morris
the Delaney Clause - Linchpin of the Environmental Policy Edifice
Date: 10 May 1993
Length: 4 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2501171259-1262.html

The Delaney Clause-Linchpin of the Environmental Policy Edifice Prof.
S. Fred Singer

S. Fred Singer Director, Science & Environmental Policy Project
Arlington, Virginia

===============
Philip Morris
Junk Science at the Epa
Date: 08 Mar 1993 (est.)
Length: 3 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2021178206-8208.html

S. Fred Singer Visiting fellovv at the Hoover Institution at Stanford
University and President of the Washington. D C.-baed Science &
Environrnental Policy Project

===============
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2065122122.html
Philip Morris
Sepp - Environmental Myths of 950000 - Smt Participant Broadcast
Details
Date: 1995 (est.)
Length: 1 page

===============
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2065122119-2121.html
Philip Morris
Top Five Environmental Policy "Myths" of 950000 to Be Released by
Science and Environmental Policy Project
Date: 10 Jan 1996
Length: 3 pages

===============
Philip Morris
Seminar of 930510 on the Linear Relationship
Date: 31 Mar 1993
Length: 3 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2028443741-3743.html

Opening speech by Chairman of the Seminar, Prof. Bruce N. Ames
(Biologist'4 Dir., Nat. Inst. of EnvironmentallHealth Sciences Center,
Berkeley, U.S.A.). 9/9.20 a.m. Â· How biofogically based modeis may
help extrapolating cancer risk to low doses.

· The Delaney amendment and its consequences on the American
regufation. Prof. S. Fred Singer (Physicist, former Dir., US Weather
Satellite Program; President, Science & Environmental Policy Project,
U'.S.A.). 10.20/10.30 a.m.

Noon · Case studies: Predictions and reality. - The Arsenic case.
Prof. Gerhard Stohrer (former chief, Dept!. of chemical risk, Research
Inst. Sloan-Kettering~ U.S.A.).

The DDT case. Dr. William Hazeltine (Ph.D., entomo!bgist, former
Manager of mosquito abatement in California, U.S:A.).

===============
Philip Morris
Update 930419
Date: 19 Apr 1993
Length: 7 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2025475593-5599.html

CONFERENCE/MEETING: Scientific Integrity in the Public Process
SPONSOR: International Institute of George Mason University and the
Science and Environmental Policy Project DATE: May 24-25, 1993
LOCATION: The Madison Hotel, Washington, DC TELEPHONE NUMBER:
703-993-8200

===============
BATCo
[Note from Heather Cooke to Tom Fitzgerald regarding report issued by
The Science & Environmental Policy Project SEPP]
Date: 27 Feb 1996
Length: 1 page
http://tobaccodocuments.org/batco/700520244.html

BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY LIMITED To: FACSIMILE MR TOM
FITZGERALD I From: HEATHER COOKE Company: Brown & Williamson Phone
01784 448045 'Tobacco Corp Number: Fax No: Fax No: 0"784 448654 Date:
27/02/96 Pages To Follow: 3 Comments: I am trying to get hold of a
report issued by The Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP)
which relates to the attached press release. Do you have a copy that
you can fax to me or know where I might be able to get hold of a copy?
Many thanks Heather Cooke Administrator, Smoking Issues

===============
Philip Morris
Toxic Policy at Dead End: the Case of Arsenic
Date: 10 May 1993 (est.)
Length: 6 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2502146148-6153.html

International Center for a Scientific Ecology Seminar on linear risk
assessment May 10, 1993 Toxic Policy at Dead End: The Case of Arsenic
Gerhard Strohrer Science and Environmental Policy Project 2101 Wilson
Boulevard, Suite 1003 Arlington, Virginia 22201

===============
Philip Morris
Give Industry A Bigger Science Rol
Date: 19921229/P
Length: 1 page
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2074144040.html

Patrick J. Michaels is associate professor of environmental sciences
at the University Virginia and is affiliated with the Washington-based
Science & Environment Policy Project. The Science & Environmental
Policy Project, 2101 Wilson Blvd., #1003, Arlington, VA 22201 .(703)
527-0130

===============


subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
On Apr 26, 6:47 pm, "Karl Johanson" <[email]> wrote:

You mean those dung-burning indians, and twig-burning nomads in the
sahal deserts? DOH! If only we realized to tell them to build nukes
instead of sending the girls and women to spend all day gathering
renewable biomass to cook dinner.

I feel terrible about not telling them. Simply awful.


text:
Karl Johanson is a Cho Seung-Hui of Usenet.

Karl Johanson is Choosing You to be a victim of Mass Murder.

Like Cho Seung-Hui, Karl Johanson is a sociopath utterly without pity
for his randomly chosen victims -- it's just a violent video game for
him, where he tries for the "most points" using weather of mass
destruction. 20,000 dead in France from Heat Wave, 3,000 wacked in New
Orleans, just points to keep score.

The longer you stay unaware that your death is his goal, the more his
words can infect you like poison to delay your self-defense plan.

Global Warming briefings were being given to tobacco company
executives two decades ago, while they were in the midst of carrying
out serial murders of 400,000 Americans per year with delay tactics of
hired science-falsifiers. They loaned part of their propaganda
apparatus to the OILY INC liars to delay actions on Global Warming, as
the court records show as early as 1988.

It wasn't until 1998 that the evidence came to light in courts of law,
but nine years later the same people are still doing the same frauds.

Since 1988 to 1998, 4 million Americans were killed by frauds that
said that the science on tobacco was unsettled. These are willful
deliberate premeditated murders, using people like Karl Johanson to
spread their message.

Since 1998 another 3.6 million have been murdered by falsified science
"debate" keeping the settled science from being taken seriously by
thew victims of opportunity whom have been knowingly addicted by
corporate serial murderers, and their henchmen like Karl Johanson.

The A.S.S. Coalition (TASSC) & Global Warming
 http://TobaccoDocuments.org Court Records

http://tobaccodocuments.org/landman/158433.html
Abstract
To circumvent its lack of credibility with the public, policy makers
and the media, Philip Morris (PM) uses the strategy of creating front
groups. Forming an artificial third party and then assigning it an
"umbrella cause" (one which happens to mesh perfectly with the tobacco
industry's) gives PM and the industry the opportunity to create a
wholly separate, and far more credible, mouthpiece advance its
policies and political desires. In PM's front group "Associates for
Research in Substance Enjoyment," (ARISE) "scientists" lumped tobacco
use together with innocuous substances like tea and chocolate, put out
worldwide press releases saying substance use was good for you and
declared public health advocates to be puritanical, neo-prohibitionist
party poopers. After the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
declared secondhand smoke as a Class A Human Carcinogen, PM needed a
powerful group to rise up help discredit EPA's findings. Thus PM
formed "The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition," or TASSC.
Recognizing that the chemical, paper, metal, petroleum and other
environmentally-dubious industries would also be thrilled to have a
group of "committed experts" who would publicly say that scientific
warnings against their activities were not credible, PM invited these
industries to join TASSC. With the needs clear and a host of willing
help-mates waiting in the wings, PM created TASSC through a public
relations firm called APCO Associates, which helped PM distance itself
from the group. After a 2-month, $50,000 feasibility study done hand
in hand with PM's law firm of Covington and Burling, APCO began
forming TASSC. APCO did an admirable job of recruiting members for
TASSC, too. The "supporters list" (found in another document) includes
businesses from the "Family Loompya Seafood Market" and "Pinckneyville
Lighting" to sawmills, mining and chemical companies, including W.R.
Grace, Co., Amoco, and Dow Chemical. Today's document reveals the
goals of TASSC, and also APCO's enthusiasm for creating a similar
group in Europe based on its success in America and elsewhere. Title:
Thoughts on TASSC Europe Type of Document: Memo From: Tom Hockaday of
APCO Associates To: Matt Winokur, Director, Worldwide Regulatory
Affairs for Philip Morris Date: 19940324 Site: Philip Morris Tobacco
Company http://www.pmdocs.com/ Bates No. 2025492898/2905 Page Count: 8
URL: http://www.pmdocs.com/getallimg.asp?DOCID=2025492898/2905

03/28/94 15:25 '8`202 466 6004 APCO ASSOCIATES 0004 -3 - As a starting
point, we can identify key issues requiring sound scientific research
and scientists that may have an interest in them. Some issues our
European colleagues suggest include: . Global warming Â· Nuclear waste
disposal Â· Diseases and pests in agricultural products for
transborder trade Â· Biotechnology . Eco-labeling for EC products

===============
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2024233595-3602.html
Thoughts on Tassc Europe
Date: 25 Mar 1994

-3- As a starting point, we can identify key issues requiring sound
scientific research and scientists that may have an interest in them.
Some issues our European colleagues suggest include: . Global
warming . Nuclear waste disposal . Diseases and pests in agricultural
products for transborder trade . Biotechnology . Eco-labeling for EC
products . Food processing and packaging

-5- decisions. The supporters of the Appeal are a loose-knit group.
The effort to expand the support of the Appeal is handled through Dr.
M. Saloman of the International Center for Scientific Ecology (Paris).

In discussions with a number of our scientific supporters and with Dr.
Fred Singer (a member of the Board of the International Center for
Scientific Ecology), there is belief that this initial support could
be organized into a more "formal movement" internationally. The
benefits of attempting to use this group as a basis of extending TASSC
include:  Several of TASSC's scientists have signed the Appeal,
providing the opportunity to approach the supporters with a "peer to
peer" approach, i.e. , a "Dear Colleague" letter.

===============
http://tobaccodocuments.org/nysa_ti_m2/TI15842109.html
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1993 THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER A truth squad
for monitoring shaky science
Date: 28 Dec 1993

TASSC should work to make fiascos like the Alar scare as familiar to
students as rain forests or global warming.

===============
http://tobaccodocuments.org/mayo_clinic/82000099.html
TASSC The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition

"It is neither reasonable nor prudent for major political decisions to
be based on presumptions which, in the current state of knowledge, are
still only hypotheses, although they must certainly be examined and
even taken into account. The more or less apocalyptic scenarios evoked
in the preparatory, work for the Rio conference are not the kind of
certitudes which can be used as a basis for political decisions likely
to entail major upheavals and heavy expenditure on a global scale."
~Michael Salomon, Editorial Director, Projections Quarterly, Autumn-
Winter 1992

===============
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2028363773-3791.html
Scientists for Sound Public Policy Assessment Project and Symposium
Date: 1994 (est.)
Length: 19 pages

EXPLANATIONS · The political decision-makers are vulnerable to
activists' emotional appeals and press campaigns · The opinion climate
tends to favour overly simplified solutions The precautionary
principle is now the accepted guideline. Even if a hypothesis is not
100 per cent scientifically proven, action should be taken, e.g.
global warming Europe's industry is often on the defensive. Action is
typically taken when it is too late. And industrial resistence is
perceived as protection of commercial self-interests.

Burson-Marsteller

===============
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2025493202-3207.html
Date: 26 Apr 1994 (est.)
Length: 6 pages

Many industries trying to establish groups to "communicate science"
and "to lobby" EUFIC (food industry) SAGB (biotechnology) Heidelberg
Appeal (global warming)

===============
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2024102283-2287.html
Date: 1992 (est.)
Length: 5 pages

SEITZ SYMPOSIUM
*Late lst quarter/early 2nd quarter
*Procedural Options for Addressing the Scientific Issue Highlighted in
Global Warming and Ozone Hole Controversies, Dr. Frederick Seitz of
the George C. Marshall Institute
*40-60 regulators--Ensure credible science
*TASSC

===============
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2046451070-1139.html
Science, Economics, and Environmental Policy: A Critical Examination
Date: 11 Aug 1994
Length: 70 pages

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Scientific Integrity in the Public Policy Process Semi-Final Program
930524 - 930525 the Madison Hotel 15th and M Streets, Nw Washington,
D.C.
Date: 19930525/D
Length: 2 pages

CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: From global warming and ozone depletion to
biotechnology and food additives

Dr.. S. Fred Singer (Moderator) University of Virginia; president, The
Science & Environmental Policy Project

Dr. S. Fred Singer, president The Science & Environmental Policy
Project. 9:15

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Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Date: 09 Dec 1996
Length: 13 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/batco/800298146-8158.html

Press Release of The Science & Environmental Policy Project "TOP FIVE
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 'MYTHS' OF 1995 TO BE RELEASED BY SCIENCE AND
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PROJECT: List Challenges Costly Policies Not
Supported By Sound Scientific Data," January 10, 1996

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Philip Morris
Date: 31 Mar 1993
Length: 1 page
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Philip Morris
Possible Individuals to Be Approached for Opinion Editorials
Date: 02 Mar 1993
Length: 4 pages

Candace Crandall -- Executive Vice President of the Science and
Environmental Policy Project (SEPP).

She has published extensively on junk science issues in the past.
Crandall' was the Director of Communications for the Center for
Strategic and International' Studies before joining, SEPP. The primary
focus of SEPP is too document the use of scientific data in the
development of federal environmental policy. SEPP is an independent,
non-profi research group that relies on private funding.

It will co-sponsor a conference with George Mason University in May on
scientific integrity in  the political process, Crandall has arranged
for a number of prominent scientists to be participants, including Dr.
Bernard Davis of Harvard University and1 Sir William Mitchell of'
Oxford University.

Crandall is Dr: Fred Singer's wife.

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Issue Report Alexis Whither Environmental Regulation
Date: 01 Jul 1993
Length: 6 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/nysa_ti_s2/TI31741185.html

Dr. S. Fred Singer is Professor of Environmental Sciences at the
University of Virginia and directs the Washington- based Science &
Environmental Policy Project. He is currently working on a study on
environmental regulation for the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution.

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Philip Morris
Anthology of 950000's Environmental Myths
Date: 11 Feb 1996
Length: 3 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2048280356-0358.html

Copyright 1996 News World Communications, Inc. The Washington Times
February 11, 1996, Sunday, Final Edition SECTION: Part B; COMMENTARY;
Pg. B3 LENGTH: 1377 words HEADLINE: Anthology of 1995's environmental
myths BYLINE: S. Fred Singer

BODY: The primary mission of the Science & Environmental Policy
Project has been to study and analyze how science is used - or
missused - in the setting of federal environmental policies, and then
expose the most egregious examples of environmental malfeasance. There
are so many: Superfund, asbestos, Alar, acid rain, to mention just a
few - all of them costing mega-billions and backed by insubstantial
science. When we decided to list the greatest environmental myths of
1995, our board _ of experts finally settled on the following five
topics that demonstrate distortion or misuse of science in shaping
policies. We present them here to educate policy-makers and the public
in the hope that the publicity will lead to more cost-effective
policies and a healthier environment. (1) Global warming and the
Climate Treaty: During 1995, scare stories about a future catastrophic
greenhouse warming gained much momentum, while at the same time the
evidence for such warming became weaker and weaker. At the first
"Conference of the Parties" to the Global Climate Treaty in Berlin in
April, the science was ignored while the assembled "statesmen" went
ahead to establish a permanent secretariat and plan further mega-
meetings. In September, at the initiative of Al Gore, a Washington
conference promoted a new fear tied to global warming: a spread of
tropical diseases putting 3 billion people at risk. Finally, in
November (in Madrid) and December (in Rome), the U.N.-sponsored
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the scientific arm
of the Treaty, managed to approve two pre-drafted summary reports.
These can charitably be described as being "economical with the
truth."...

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Philip Morris
Is the Concept of Linear Relationship Between Dose and Effect Still A
Valid Model for Assessing Risk Related to Low Doses of Carcinogens? A
Restricted International Scientific Seminar 930510 - Paris (France)
Date: 10 May 1993
Length: 5 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2028385383-5387.html

International Center for a Scientific Ecology Is the concept of linear
relationship between dose and effoct still a valid model for assessing
risk related to low doses of ets? A restricted international
scienfific Seminar May 10, 1993 - Paris (France)

The seminar is organised by the International Centre for a Scientific
Ecology (see Introduction to the Centre in the appendix). The
scientific work is organised by Dr Michel Salomon, the coordinator of
the Heidelberg Appeal.

Prof. S. Fred Singer, Doctor of Physical Science; President of the
Science & Environmental Policy Project; former Director, US Weather
Satellite Program; Dean of the School of Environmental Sciences,
University of Miami; Deputy Assistant Administrator of US
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); American. nationality;

Dr. Michel Salomon, coordinator of the Heidelberg Appeal; former
science journalist; magazine editor; French nationality.

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Philip Morris
Dr. S. Fred Singer, Director the Science and Environmental Policy
Project
Date: 08 Mar 1993 (est.)
Length: 1 page
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2021178209.html

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Brown & Williamson
Public Affairs Strategies.
Date: 1900
Length: 4 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/bw/1059809.html

(#8) SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PROJECT From a strategic
standpoint, we believed the most effective way to publicize the report
would be through a credibl]e highly respected "third party".

So we brought the report to the attention of the 'Science &
Environmental Policy Project", SEPP, as it is known, is a Fairfax,
Va., think-tank that studies and analyzes how science is used in
federal policy-making and encourages the use of sound science. After
reading the CRS report, SEPP was equally concerned the EPA's
conclusions and agreed more visibility was in or@er.

{#9) SEPP NEWS RELEASE With B&W's assistance, SEEP launched a media
relations campaign in January calling attention to the "Top Five
Environmental Myths of 1995." While such issues as "global warming"
and radon were on the list, the focus was on ETS.

(#10) WASHINGTON TIMES "OP ED" In addition to news releases, SEPP
wrote "Op ed" pieces and conducted interviews on radio and television.
SEPP is continuing the "environmental myths" campaign, extending
discussion of the subject to speeches by Dr. Fred Singer, SEPP's
executive director. It's one strategy to help balance the debate.

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Mayo Clinic
Length: 37 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/mayo_clinic/85002238.html

THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR A SCIENTIFIC ECOLOGY The Center has been
created at the beginning of 1993 under the French law for nomprolit
organizations.

The Board of the Center includes in particular:
 - Mr Pierre Joly. President of the Association Francaise pour la
Recherche Therapeutique : former President of the International
Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association ;

- Mr Constant Burg. honorary member of the State Council ; honorary
managing director of INSERM : President of the lnstitut Curie:

- Mr Gilbert Rutman. chief mining engineer: President of the Conseil
Natioflal des Ingenieurs et des Scientifiques de France:

- Prof. S. Fred Singer. Doctor of Physical Science : President of the
Science & Environmental Policy Project : former Director US Weather
Satellite Program : Dean of the School of Environmental Sciences.
University of Miami : Deputy Assistant Administrator of US
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) :

- Mr Gary Nash. Secretary General of the International Council on
Metals and the Environment (ICME) : former Director General in the
Canada Department of Energy. Mines und Resources :

- Dr. Michel Salomon, coordinator of the Heidelberg Appeal ; former
science journalist : magazine editor.

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Philip Morris
Top Five Environmental Policy "Myths" of 950000 to Be Released by
Science and Environmental Policy Project
Date: 1995 (est.)
Length: 1 page
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2065122118.html

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Philip Morris
the Delaney Clause - Linchpin of the Environmental Policy Edifice
Date: 10 May 1993
Length: 4 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2501171259-1262.html

The Delaney Clause-Linchpin of the Environmental Policy Edifice Prof.
S. Fred Singer

S. Fred Singer Director, Science & Environmental Policy Project
Arlington, Virginia

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Philip Morris
Junk Science at the Epa
Date: 08 Mar 1993 (est.)
Length: 3 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2021178206-8208.html

S. Fred Singer Visiting fellovv at the Hoover Institution at Stanford
University and President of the Washington. D C.-baed Science &
Environrnental Policy Project

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http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2065122122.html
Philip Morris
Sepp - Environmental Myths of 950000 - Smt Participant Broadcast
Details
Date: 1995 (est.)
Length: 1 page

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http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2065122119-2121.html
Philip Morris
Top Five Environmental Policy "Myths" of 950000 to Be Released by
Science and Environmental Policy Project
Date: 10 Jan 1996
Length: 3 pages

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Philip Morris
Seminar of 930510 on the Linear Relationship
Date: 31 Mar 1993
Length: 3 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2028443741-3743.html

Opening speech by Chairman of the Seminar, Prof. Bruce N. Ames
(Biologist'4 Dir., Nat. Inst. of EnvironmentallHealth Sciences Center,
Berkeley, U.S.A.). 9/9.20 a.m. Â· How biofogically based modeis may
help extrapolating cancer risk to low doses.

· The Delaney amendment and its consequences on the American
regufation. Prof. S. Fred Singer (Physicist, former Dir., US Weather
Satellite Program; President, Science & Environmental Policy Project,
U'.S.A.). 10.20/10.30 a.m.

Noon · Case studies: Predictions and reality. - The Arsenic case.
Prof. Gerhard Stohrer (former chief, Dept!. of chemical risk, Research
Inst. Sloan-Kettering~ U.S.A.).

The DDT case. Dr. William Hazeltine (Ph.D., entomo!bgist, former
Manager of mosquito abatement in California, U.S:A.).

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Philip Morris
Update 930419
Date: 19 Apr 1993
Length: 7 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2025475593-5599.html

CONFERENCE/MEETING: Scientific Integrity in the Public Process
SPONSOR: International Institute of George Mason University and the
Science and Environmental Policy Project DATE: May 24-25, 1993
LOCATION: The Madison Hotel, Washington, DC TELEPHONE NUMBER:
703-993-8200

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BATCo
[Note from Heather Cooke to Tom Fitzgerald regarding report issued by
The Science & Environmental Policy Project SEPP]
Date: 27 Feb 1996
Length: 1 page
http://tobaccodocuments.org/batco/700520244.html

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FITZGERALD I From: HEATHER COOKE Company: Brown & Williamson Phone
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27/02/96 Pages To Follow: 3 Comments: I am trying to get hold of a
report issued by The Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP)
which relates to the attached press release. Do you have a copy that
you can fax to me or know where I might be able to get hold of a copy?
Many thanks Heather Cooke Administrator, Smoking Issues

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Philip Morris
Toxic Policy at Dead End: the Case of Arsenic
Date: 10 May 1993 (est.)
Length: 6 pages
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2502146148-6153.html

International Center for a Scientific Ecology Seminar on linear risk
assessment May 10, 1993 Toxic Policy at Dead End: The Case of Arsenic
Gerhard Strohrer Science and Environmental Policy Project 2101 Wilson
Boulevard, Suite 1003 Arlington, Virginia 22201

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Philip Morris
Give Industry A Bigger Science Rol
Date: 19921229/P
Length: 1 page
http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2074144040.html

Patrick J. Michaels is associate professor of environmental sciences
at the University Virginia and is affiliated with the Washington-based
Science & Environment Policy Project. The Science & Environmental
Policy Project, 2101 Wilson Blvd., #1003, Arlington, VA 22201 .(703)
527-0130

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author: Alex Terrell

subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
On 27 Apr, 05:24, T. Keating <[email]> wrote:

This figure needs to be reevaluated. Chernobyl was 20 years ago in a
part of the world where life expectancy is about 60 years. So why have
only one quarter died?

"[Studies show] that
What is the incidence of cancer in the population? Without knowing
that, its just a scare statistic. Bear in mind Cancer is more
prevelant in the West because of an older population.

The WHO should have a good reason. What was the infant mortality rate
in the Soviet Union?

Is this anecdotal or properly researched? I don't think the WHO has a
particular axe to grind on the subject - I would be more inclined to
believe them than Greenpeace or the IAEA.


author: Giuseppe

subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
"Karl Johanson" <[email]> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:yCcYh.132230$DE1.109646@pd7urf2no...

Where did you find/read this statement?


author: [redacted]

subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
On Apr 26, 10:06 pm, Eeyore <[email]>
wrote:

Well, yes, reactor designs differ depending the produce. IT was, as
some welse stated, re-engineered to produce power, but the reactor was
designed to output Pu. It was not typical of even Russian reactors. It
was, very much, an aberation, this based on bypassing safety
considerations. This has now been engineered out of all the VVER
reactors of the Chernobyl design (which are in turn being phased out)
and replaced with newer, safter, designs.

David


author: Eeyore

subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
[email] wrote:

No. That series of reactors (RBMK) was widely used in the former USSR. It wasn't
an abberation at all.

The RBMK had no containment and also had a positive void coefficient (boiling
coolant leads to more output). Not clever. It's a textbook example of a bad
reactor design.

Graham


subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
Karl Johanson wrote:

You mean like smoke from fires ?

Graham


author: nada

subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
On Apr 26, 6:47 pm, "Karl Johanson" <[email]> wrote:

The WHO believes that from 100 to 4,000 were killed. In actuallity,
the number is probably a lot closer to the lower number than the
higher one. At any rate, at least fossil fuel saved us from renewables
for the 140 years, not it's time to go from fossil to nuclear.

Did you know that Chernobyl was NOT a commercial reactor? Rather it
was a bomb making monstrosity. Designed to make plutonium, not power.

David


author: T. Keating

subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:47:10 GMT, "Karl Johanson"
<[email]> wrote:

Without a steady supply of renewable chemical energy sources (Biomass
energy contained in plants, AKA Food.. ) humans would NOT exist.


text:
"Bush Lost Iraq War" <[email]> wrote

The wrong one? How many of you are there?

Republican? I don't even live in the US & I'm more of a Tommy Douglasite
(but I don't think he was perfect either).

Everything else deleted. I appreciate the boost in reputation that comes
part & parcel to having someone like you disagree with me, but you're a
bit over the top with the Nazi comparisons & all.

Karl Johanson


text:
"Bush Lost Iraq War" <[email]> wrote

Is that you tumbleweeds? (How many pseudonyms do you have to hide
behind?) You all upset that I pointed out you were wrong when you said
that Tritium can't decay to Helium 3?

Karl Johanson


author: Mishagam

subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
[email] wrote:
Half of current Russian nuclear plants are of RBMK (or Chernobyl) type -
so they are rather typical. They were improved after Chernobyl to be safer.


subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
"Eeyore" <[email]> wrote

Fires for energy use. Cook fires primarily.

Karl Johanson


subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
"nada" <[email]> wrote

Yes. Some of the anti-nuke published stats on how many of the clean up
crew died, shows a death rate lower than for the average in the area.

It was a modification of a weapons grade Plutonium Production reactor,
intended to produce electricity.

Karl Johanson


subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
nada wrote:

A meaningless statement in the context of the former Soviet Union. Was
*anything* commercial over there back then ?

Graham


author: Peter Muehlbauer

text:
"Karl Johanson" <[email]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:wiPYh.141353$DE1.31259@pd7urf2no...

Please do not feed this well known troll.
Simply killfile him.


author: Vendicar Decarian

subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
"Karl Johanson" <[email]> wrote

  Well by all means then give the African bushman Nuclear power, and the
North Koreans and the Iranians and Syrians and Lebanese.


subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
Karl Johanson wrote:

I assumed that's what you meant but you were being disingenuous not to say so.

Please explain how the likes of underdeveloped African countries can afford
nuclear generation to avoid this problem. And btw how can they afford the
electricity transmission infrastructure to get that power to rural villages too
?

Graham


subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:15:39 GMT, "Karl Johanson"
<[email]> wrote:

Yeah, somewhere between 20% to 80% deceased by the 20th anerversity.
  The rest suffering from various radiation effects.

Something like 100,000 to 1/2 million dead(so far) from than one
incident.. tens of millions at risk.. (A condition which will
continure for hundreds of years)..

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/chernobyl-deaths-180406
"Chernobyl death toll grossly underestimated"

IAEA admits it lied..

"http://www.guardian.co.uk/ukraine/story/0,,1739339,00.html"
"UN accused of ignoring 500,000 Chernobyl deaths"

"At least 500,000 people - perhaps more - have already died out of the
2 million people who were officially classed as victims of Chernobyl
in Ukraine," said Nikolai Omelyanets, deputy head of the National
Commission for Radiation Protection in Ukraine. "[Studies show] that
34,499 people who took part in the clean-up of Chernobyl have died in
the years since the catastrophe. The deaths of these people from
cancers was nearly three times as high as in the rest of the
population."

""We have found that infant mortality increased 20% to 30% because of
chronic exposure to radiation after the accident. All this information
has been ignored by the IAEA and WHO. We sent it to them in March last
year and again in June. They've not said why they haven't accepted
it."

"Evgenia Stepanova, of the Ukrainian government's Scientific Centre
for Radiation Medicine, said: "We're overwhelmed by thyroid cancers,
leukaemias and genetic mutations that are not recorded in the WHO data
and which were practically unknown 20 years ago.""

"In the Rivne region of Ukraine, 310 miles west of Chernobyl, doctors
say they are coming across an unusual rate of cancers and mutations.
"In the 30 hospitals of our region we find that up to 30% of people
who were in highly radiated areas have physical disorders, including
heart and blood diseases, cancers and respiratory diseases. Nearly one
in three of all the newborn babies have deformities, mostly internal,"
said Alexander Vewremchuk, of the Special Hospital for the
Radiological Protection of the Population in Vilne."

"Figures on the health effects of Chernobyl have always been disputed.
Soviet authorities covered up many of the details at the time. The
largest radiation doses were received by the 600,000 people involved
in the clean-up, many drawn from army conscripts all over the Soviet
Union."

I.E.. Soviet military Conscripts== Young men..

And finally ..

http://www.radjournal.com/articles/radiation/low%20levels%20risk.htm
"The National Academy of Sciences panel reports
Very Low Radiation Levels Pose Cancer Risk"

"The preponderance of scientific evidence shows that even very low
doses of radiation pose a risk of cancer or other health problems and
there is no threshold below which exposure can be viewed as harmless,
a panel of prominent scientists concluded Wednesday."


subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:15:39 GMT, "Karl Johanson"
<[email]> wrote:

Yeah, somewhere between 20% to 80% deceased by the 20th anniversary.
  The rest suffering from various radiation effects.

I.E.. Soviet military Conscripts == Young men who shouldn't be dead
yet..

Overall, Something like 100,000 to 1/2 million dead(so far) from than
one incident.. tens of millions at risk.. (A condition which will
continue for hundreds of years)..

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/chernobyl-deaths-180406
"Chernobyl death toll grossly underestimated"

IAEA admits it lied..

"http://www.guardian.co.uk/ukraine/story/0,,1739339,00.html"
"UN accused of ignoring 500,000 Chernobyl deaths"

"At least 500,000 people - perhaps more - have already died out of the
2 million people who were officially classed as victims of Chernobyl
in Ukraine," said Nikolai Omelyanets, deputy head of the National
Commission for Radiation Protection in Ukraine. "[Studies show] that
34,499 people who took part in the clean-up of Chernobyl have died in
the years since the catastrophe. The deaths of these people from
cancers was nearly three times as high as in the rest of the
population."

""We have found that infant mortality increased 20% to 30% because of
chronic exposure to radiation after the accident. All this information
has been ignored by the IAEA and WHO. We sent it to them in March last
year and again in June. They've not said why they haven't accepted
it."

"Evgenia Stepanova, of the Ukrainian government's Scientific Centre
for Radiation Medicine, said: "We're overwhelmed by thyroid cancers,
leukaemias and genetic mutations that are not recorded in the WHO data
and which were practically unknown 20 years ago.""

"In the Rivne region of Ukraine, 310 miles west of Chernobyl, doctors
say they are coming across an unusual rate of cancers and mutations.
"In the 30 hospitals of our region we find that up to 30% of people
who were in highly radiated areas have physical disorders, including
heart and blood diseases, cancers and respiratory diseases. Nearly one
in three of all the newborn babies have deformities, mostly internal,"
said Alexander Vewremchuk, of the Special Hospital for the
Radiological Protection of the Population in Vilne."

"Figures on the health effects of Chernobyl have always been disputed.
Soviet authorities covered up many of the details at the time. The
largest radiation doses were received by the 600,000 people involved
in the clean-up, many drawn from army conscripts all over the Soviet
Union."

Again .. Soviet military conscripts == Young men (who would still  be
alive if not for Chernobyl).

And finally ..

http://www.radjournal.com/articles/radiation/low%20levels%20risk.htm
"The National Academy of Sciences panel reports
Very Low Radiation Levels Pose Cancer Risk"

"The preponderance of scientific evidence shows that even very low
doses of radiation pose a risk of cancer or other health problems and
there is no threshold below which exposure can be viewed as harmless,
a panel of prominent scientists concluded Wednesday."

Any nuclear power plant can be turned into a weapon of Mass murder and
Dislocation&improverishment(just as deadly,  20% reduction in
lifespan).     This fact is of special importance in a world of
small/portable nuclear weapon proliferation.


subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
"Eeyore" <[email]> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:[email]...

It's better to say it was (and still is,there are unfortunately other Rbmk
reactors in former Ussr) not an "only electricity generation" reactor,its
first purpose was weapon grade plutonium production and unfortunately the
design was optmized to do that,even sacrificing security requiriments


subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
"Eeyore" <[email]> wrote >

The problem is in India as well & they've managed to get a good start on
nuclear power plants & infrastructure. They even have a desalination
plant on one of their reactors.

How can poorer countries afford it? If there were less wars, fought over
access to fossil fuel supplies, they might be better suited to affording
it.

Karl Johanson


subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
"T. Keating" <[email]> wrote

The number 125,000 was thrown out at one point, but was latter admitted
to be all deaths from all causes.

21 years, and 600,000 clean up crew, all of whom were adults at the time
of the accident. Again, lower than expected death rate, not higher
(these are your numbers, not mine.)

Karl Johanson


author: Richard The Dreaded Libertarian

subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:35:00 -0400, T.Keating wrote:

So don't build another Chernobyl reactor, duh. Find out how the French and
Japanese are maintaining zero defects, and copy them.

Cheers!
Rich


subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
"T. Keating" <[email]> wrote

Even if true, it's dwarfed by deaths from 'renewable' energy.

The level of radioactivity from the reactor core material declined by
around 10,000 times in the first 10 years after the accident.

Karl Johanson


subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
"Karl Johanson" <[email]> wrote

  Ah the great nuclear weapons state of India who threatens nuclear war
against the great nuclear weapons state of Pakistan.

  As I said, North Korea needs about 400 new nuclear reactors, so too does
Iran.


subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
Karl Johanson wrote:

To compare India with most of Africa (actually any part of Africa apart from S
Africa) is crazy. They're utterly different. India is developing fast and has a
strong and growing scientific and commercial / industrial sector. Not to mention
damn fine academics and education too.

They even have the atom bomb. Can you imagine say Zimbabew with the atom bomb ?

No wars are fought in Africa over these things.

Time to think again.

Graham


subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:40:58 GMT, "Karl Johanson"
<[email]> wrote:

Both the IAEA and WHO are LYING to promote their agenda.
  (When have we heard that before??)

Given the massive scale of the coverup.. The number will run into the
millions.

"United Nations nuclear and health watchdogs have IGNORED evidence of
deaths, cancers, mutations and other conditions after the Chernobyl
accident, leading scientists and doctors have claimed in the run-up to
the nuclear disaster's 20th anniversary next month."

"In a series of reports about to be published, they will suggest that
at least 30,000 people are expected to die of cancers linked directly
to severe radiation exposure in 1986 and up to 500,000 people may have
already died as a result of the world's worst environmental
catastrophe.".

You left out the next sentence. ..
"The deaths of these people from cancers was nearly three times as
high as in the rest of the population."

And you failed to quote the beginning part of the paragraph
"Figures on the health effects of Chernobyl have always been disputed.
Soviet authorities covered up many of the details at the time."

The government cover up suppressed the real numbers.. Most.  if not
all of the clean up crew are either dead or very sick. You really
should watch the documentaries about the subject..

The article was published as a run up to the 20th anniversary.. Since
their is a time lag in collecting data.. I who estimate that those
numbers are some subset of the time period.   E.G.. 15 years.. maybe
18 years.. tops..

Say's who??   For that demographic, (barring war), young adults who
never made it to 45,  that death rate is exceptionally HIGH !!

=========

Lastly, the Chernobyl accident was NOT the WORST CASE!!  An
intentional "Jericho" style terrorist  attack on a nuclear power plant
would release 20x to 2000x more medium decay rate / food chain
affinity  radioactivte isotopes into the atmosphere which would turn
into fallout contaminating the air/soil boundry layer/food chain for
hundreds of years, killing ten's, if not hundred's of millions.


subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
Richard The Dreaded Libertarian wrote:
And don't believe greenpeace too much


subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
Richard The Dreaded Libertarian wrote:

Or BUY them !

Graham


subject: Re: ~50 million dead since Chernobyl

text:
"T. Keating" <[email]> wrote

Yeah, but if you look at *their* numbers, it's wrong. 34,499 deaths over
21 years from 600,000 people who were adults at the time of the accident
is *lower* than the expected death rate. Do the math.

The article *you* quoted said that only 34,499 of them are dead. Less
than expected in a population that size.

You should do some math.

See below.

Says the numbers YOU quoted!!!! Work it out!

34,499 people have died over a period of just under 2 decades, out of
the 600,000 people were involved in the clean up (all of whom, as army
conscripts, were already adults at the time of the accident). Around
5.7% over around 20 years. That's about 57 per 1,000.

The over all death rate in Russia (per year) is 14.5 per 1,000 per year
(2005 estimate), which includes pre-adults unlike the clean up crew
which were already all adults at the time of the accident.

-Over 20 years that would be 20*14.5 or '290 per thousand'. *Your*
figure of
around 57 deaths per thousand shows a substantially lower death rate
than the
average for all of Russia (adults and children). Around 5 times lower...

-Over 15 years (to use your lowest suggested figure above, we would
expect the normal death toll to be 15 * 14.5 or '217.5 per thousand'.
Your* figure of around 57 deaths per thousand shows a substantially
lower death rate than the average for all of Russia (adults and
children). Around 3.8 times lower, assuming your 15 year figure...

Don't go on the show "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader" if you can't
handle math that complex. (Again, those are Your numbers, not mine.)

Innumerate. There wasn't 20 times as much material in the Chernobyl
core, let alone 2,000 times more. (If you're going to just make numbers
up, why not say 'millions or billions of times more'?)

If an atomic bomb is used on a nuclear power plant, with an exclusion
zone, would be preferable to it being used on a city, especially one
with gas or oil storage facilities, or large tankers).

Karl Johanson


author: Jasjeet Singh

subject: Digital simulator

text:
Does anybody know if there are any digital design simulation/synthesis tools
( for VHDL/Verilog) available for free.

Thanks


author: Joe Murphy

subject: Re: Digital simulator

text:
See the ALTERA website
joe
"Jasjeet Singh" <[email]> wrote in message
news:tT3x9.13386$[email]...
tools


author: John Eaton

subject: Re: Digital simulator

text:
Jasjeet Singh <[email]> wrote:
: Does anybody know if there are any digital design simulation/synthesis tools
: ( for VHDL/Verilog) available for free.

: Thanks

http://www.icarus.com/


author: Simon

subject: Re: Digital simulator

text:
You can get a free version of Modelsim from the Xilinx website

On 6 Nov 2002 19:25:01 GMT, John Eaton <[email]>
wrote:


author: Steve

subject: Re: quirks of English

text:
On Mar 3, 8:01 am, grammatim <[email]> wrote:

Is an island connected by a causeway
to the mainland still an island?

What's the status of the volcanic islands
that are surrounded by reefs in a chain of atolls?

Can an iceberg the size of Rhode island
and covered with boulders, stones and gravel
be considered an island?


author: grammatim

subject: Re: quirks of English

text:
On Mar 4, 8:31 am, "Anna Timby" <[email]> wrote:

Precisely. The Shetland and Orkney Islands are not "in" or part of the
island of Great Britain.


subject: Re: quirks of English

text:
On Mar 2, 7:59 am, "Anna Timby" <[email]> wrote:

Great Britain is the large island to the west of Ireland. By
definition, the Shetland and Orkney Islands can't be part of Great
Britain!


subject: Re: quirks of English

text:
On Mar 3, 4:02 am, "PaulJK" <[email]> wrote:

Islands are discrete objects -- they have water all around them.

Even if there's an island in a lake on an island, would that little
island be "part of" the big island, or would it simply be "in" it?


subject: Re: quirks of English

text:
On Mar 2, 2:27 pm, Harlan Messinger
<[email]> wrote:

I looked at the map in my head, figured out that it was east, and
wrote west anyway.


subject: Re: quirks of English

text:
On Mar 2, 7:13 pm, "Anna Timby" <[email]> wrote:

I don't care who islands belong to, but the fact is that Shetland and
Orkey are, officially, part of the United Kingdom.

Great Britain doesn't "include" anything. It is the island on which
England, Scotland, and Wales are.

You are confusing the geographical term, Great Britain, with the
political term, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland.


author: Prai Jei

subject: Re: quirks of English

text:
[email] wrote:

The most northerly part of Great Britain is called Sutherland.

So named by Viking invaders who came from even further north.


author: Harlan Messinger

subject: Re: quirks of English

text:
[email] wrote:

It isn't a quirk of English. It's a reference to a portion of a place
whose name itself includes a cardinal direction. This happens regardless
of which of the world's languages you are speaking.


author: John Atkinson

subject: Re: quirks of English

text:
Peter wrote:

You're both right, of course.  The "official" situation is explained rather
well in the wikipedia article "Great Britain".

Hey Anna.  How about fixing the chevron thing?  People have explained two
different ways to do it.  In my experience, OEQuotefix is the way to go.

John.


author: Anna Timby

subject: Re: quirks of English

text:
Great Britain is the large island to the west of Ireland. By
definition, the Shetland and Orkney Islands can't be part of Great
Britain!

Well, apart from not knowing your east from your west, your attitude would
go down very well here - many Shetlanders do not regard their islands as
belonging to Great Britain, but to Norway!!  The fact is that Shetland and
Orkney are, officially, part of Great Britain.

And the name of the 'large island to the east of Ireland' is Britain, not
Great Britain.

Great Britain includes England (and its islands, like the isle of Wight),
Scotland (and its islands, like Shetland), and Wales (and its islands, like
Ynys Mï¿½n).  Great Britain does not include the Channel Islands (Jersey,
Guernesey, Alderney etc), the Isle of Man, nor Northern Ireland.

As I said, I live in Shetland, and I do know that I live in Great Britain.
Perhaps you were just teasing?

Why isn't my computer putting the chevrons next to 'old' text?


author: Trond Engen

subject: Re: quirks of English

text:
grammatim skreiv:

It's an island of the second degree.

And that prompts the question: Which is the highest degree island in the
world?


author: PaulJK

subject: Re: quirks of English

text:
grammatim wrote:

Well, nevermind, it's just considerably farther west than east. :-)

???
pjk


subject: Re: quirks of English

text:
I don't care who islands belong to, but the fact is that Shetland and
Orkey are, officially, part of the United Kingdom.

Great Britain doesn't "include" anything. It is the island on which
England, Scotland, and Wales are.

You are confusing the geographical term, Great Britain, with the
political term, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland.

I'm not confusing anything.  The United Kingdom includes Great Britain,
exactly as I described it above, and Northern Island.  The UK, therefore,
does not include the Channel Islands, nor the Isle of Man.  The UK and GB
are not the same thing.


subject: Re: quirks of English

text:
Prai Jei wrote:

Well, they already called both Shetland and Orkney islands
Mainland, so what else could they call the land farther down
to the south of them?  :-)

pjk


subject: Re: quirks of English

text:
Anna Timby wrote:

I spy with my little bloodshot eye, you are using Microsoft
Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138.

Zo, doo dis ting:

Select menu "TOOLS"
In Tools select tab "SEND"
In "NEWS SENDING FORMAT", click on radio button "PLAIN TEXT"
Click button "PLAIN TEXT SETTING"
Place a tick in "INDENT THE ORIGINAL TEXT WITH"


author: António Marques

subject: Re: quirks of English

text:
Anna Timby wrote:

Becasue the outfit that produces your newsreader, after a dozen years of
development on it or so, still is unable to make it correctly interpret
some garden varieties of messages, in which is included the one you're
replying to, and no amount of lipstick will even attempt to begin to
disguise that.


subject: Re: quirks of English

text:
Anna Timby wrote:

No, actually, it's Great Britain, though it's informally referred to as
just Britain. It's in contest to Lesser Britain, i.e., Brittany, the
region of France that was inhabited by the Bretons.

It's a setting in your news reader.


subject: Re: quirks of English

text:
Ysgrifennodd "PaulJK" <[email]> mewn neges
newyddion:gofnu6$v6n$[email]...

This is not true.
Shetland and Orkney are both part of Great Britain, and are both well to the
north of Sutherland.
It is not even true to say that the most northerly part of mainland Scotland
is called Sutherland.  Sutherland lies to the south of Caithness.

Shetland and Orkney both consist of a large number of islands.  Each call
their most important island Mainland.  I live in the (Shetland) island of
Yell, which is to the north of the (Shetland) Mainland.  To the north of us
we have Unst, and to the east Fetlar.
And snow is forecast for tonight - again!


subject: Re: quirks of English

text:
PaulJK wrote:

That's how you set up said piece of 'software' to indicate quotations
with chevrons. But from Anna's question, she's been using chevrons
already. What happens here is that her 'newsreader' can't understand
messages escaped with MIME QP, which has pretty much led everyone in the
past to avoid MIME - leaving us with no reliable method to use any
character outside the 128 of the ASCII set.
(If you read Peter's source, you'll see a 'Mime-Version: 1.0' there.)


subject: Re: quirks of English

text:
Antďż˝nio Marques wrote:

Ah, okay Antďż˝nio.

It seems that I am using the same OE news reader as she does
with no problems. This is what I also had to do:

I have MIME enabled, Base64, and allow 8-bit chars in headers.
Some years ago I downloaded and installed free OE-Quotefix.
That fixed most of the OE silliness. I have no problems with MIME,
quotenesting or high value ASCII chars. Quotefix can be made to
display contributions from different people in different colours
as well as handle chevrons correctly. That is quite convenient
when reading long heavily nested messages. One doesn't have
to keep counting the chevrons all the time.

I also use a free AllChars which installs itself between the keyboard
and the rest of the system. I can easily enter chars betw values
127 and 255. It also allows me to define my own global use macros.

pjk

P.S.
I have no commercial or any other relationship with these people.
After I researched the various available packages, as far as I remember,
these were the URLs I used to get hold of the s/w.

http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/
http://allchars.zwolnet.com/


subject: Re: quirks of English

text:
PaulJK wrote:

I don't like that rainbow thing, but it's easy to edit Quotefix so it
doesn't happen.

The only significant thing I found with Quotefix that I don't like is that
when I click on a link in a post it doesn't go there -- I have to cut and
paste the URL.  A minor inconvenience.  Is this the case with you too Paul?

[...]

John