Subject:  Daddy Warbucks/ UN Grim (Shano)..
Date:     Sat, 27 Nov 1999 194153 -0600 (CST)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" 
To:       emfguru 
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Celine:

.......It is happening like this everywhere.....  Too many people
are willing to hit the "delete" button.....  Too many people are
willing to let Daddy Warbucks have HIS way.....  As he befuddles and
obfuscates the truth about what what he is doing ... with his seductive
"Pollyanish" gobbledy-gook ... that fills the pages of our industry-owned
public news media, like the Chicago Tribune.....

We do not have control over our own (or our planet's) destiny.....
Because we have GIVEN UP that control......  We must stop hitting the
"delete" button.....  EMF is a good place to start......

Cheerio....

Roy Beavers (EMFguru)
roy@emfguru.com

.....It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.....
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 19:43:22 -0500
From: CG 
To: rbeavers@llion.org
Subject: Daddy Warbucks/ UN Grim

Dear Roy, 


     I always appreciate a different point of view, but the "UN Grim
Global Picture" reinforces what I have observed occurring in my hometown
in Massachusetts where the loss of natural habitat has been accelerating
for the last 20 years. In particular the developing/building is seriously
jeopardizing our migrating birds' habitat along our coastline. We are in
the process of totally destroying their food source which  is crucial for
the endurance of these birds to be able to complete their long journeys
south. Their  nesting habitat has been severely diminished not to mention
the telecommunication towers that they are colliding into or the
interference from electromagnetic waves that could be affecting their
ability to migrate properly.

      In our town the developers clear-cut the land for the convenience
of maneuvering their equipment. The landscapers do not replant native
species; they bring in foreign plants which look pretty but serve no
purpose in support of our local wildlife. Our Officials then wonder why
we have an insect problem which they try to remedy by using pesticides.
The use of pesticides then poses more hazards to the species which
naturally keeps them under control and also contaminates our
groundwater.

     A study published in the journal Ecology (November
1994) found that songbirds play a vital role in the health of trees by
eating the insects that cause leaf damage and stunt plant growth. For the
study, which was conducted in the forest at Washington's University Tyson
Research Center near Eureka, Mo., the researchers built net cages around
white oak trees. The nets had holes big enough to let insects in, but
small enough to keep out birds that might eat the insects. When the
researchers compared the trees with cages against those that had no
cages, they found that the former had twice as much leaf damage. The
caged trees also grew one-third less than those visited by songbirds.
Ecologists from around the country say this is the first time science has
shown just how important insect-feeding birds are to trees. Previous
studies did show that songbirds play a role in eating insects but no one
ever followed their impact all the way down to the plants. So, therefore
, why are we threatening our bird population which protects our forest
which in turn protect our human species?

     Mr. Bob Durand from the Executive office of Environmental Affairs in
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts felt so strongly about the fact that we
are losing land that he writes on September 28, 1999 "Every week in
Massachusetts, another 300 acres of open space is converted into
residential, commercial or industrial lands while existing infrastructure
is ignored, abandoned or demolished. We are running out of time to
preserve land and history that will be lost forever if we do not take
action now."

     He also writes "The Cellucci-Swift Administration recognizes
the urgency of protecting important but vulnerable resources. In response
to this problem, Governor Cellucci has directed me to protect
200,000 acres of open space by 2010, and the legislature is contemplating
passage of the Community Preservation Act"

     I can only directly observe what I see in our local area of
the world but I do take credence in the UN report in that there were 850
individuals who participated in that study.I do not think of this as
"Gloom and Doom" study  but in fact as a wake-up call.


     Celine 



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