What is pasteurized milk?

Found this at http://www.rawmilk.org/raw-milk.php:

Processed dairy is any dairy that has been altered from its raw state by heating the dairy above a cow's body temperature. Pasteurization, irradiation, boiling or homogenization are the most commonly known forms of processing. Also, the processes of chemical treatment are used to enhance flavor, fortify and preserve bad-tasting milk that has been heat-treated and putrefactive. The common store type of milk is processed to the extent it turns blue. They add large amounts of dolomite (mined calcium carbonate, that is rock) to make it white and add irradiated hydrogenated vegetable oil as Vitamin D. Hydrogenated oil has the same molecular structure as plastic unlike natural raw milk. Additionally, irradiated oil is not Vitamin D yet the FDA allows them to call it that.

Found out where you can buy raw milk here.

e-waste

The results of our high-tech, high waste consumer society:
PBS

I have not reviewed all of the information on the PBS show but it definitely begs the question: How are we stewarding what we have?

TEXANS - Call governor to veto SB 1440

The bill would give the court wide and arbitrary powers to make a ruling based only on an affidavit from Child Protective Services.
Press Release from Parent Guidance Center.
For more info.
Please call the governor's office and ask him to veto this SB 1440.

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(800) 843-5789
Citizen's Opinion Hotline [for Texas callers] :
(800) 252-9600
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(512) 463-1782
Office of the Governor Main Switchboard [office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST] :
(512) 463-2000
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If you are using a telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD),
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(512) 463-1849

State of the Economy - a Mess!

Here is an excellent article on the condition of the economy:

Mountain Vision

At the end of the page is a story, in layman's terms describing the derivatives market.

World Hunger

Here is an emotionally moving video on hunger in the world.

View this movie at cultureunplugged.com

No statistical facts but it makes a very strong case. Before we blame overpopulation, let's examine how the lack of some compares with the excesses of others.

swine flu statistics similar to death rates for normal flu

I did some checking concerning swine flu. From what I find the death rate is very similar to regular flu, at least in the USA. CDC reports 6552 probable and confirmed cases and 9 deaths.

This site has slightly higher case numbers but no more deaths:
USA
confirmed - 7751
suspected 1014
fatal - 9

Reports from Mexico show (not sure how this would compare to normal flu there):
confirmed cases - 5234
suspected cases - 3971
fatal - 212
The WSJ proposes that the reason for the higher death rate in Mexico could be the lack of quality health care and the delay in accurately identifying it.

Canada:
confirmed - 787
suspected - 5
fatal - 1

even the Wall Street Journal weighs in with insights on eating healthy

Wall Street Journal site