FIELD NOTES

HOW TO PEE GREEN

ROEDIGER - No Mix toilet separates urine from feces. Urine can then be
stored and processed separately. The No Mix toilet can be used as any
other toilet, with one small difference: everybody, including men,
should sit when urinating. All of these toilets consist of two different
compartments. Urine is collected in the front compartment and reaches a
collection tank via a separate urine outlet. Feces are collected in the
rear compartment and are flushed into the sewage system, as in a
conventional toilet.

Some No Mix toilets use very small amounts of water to flush the urine
into the collection tank. The front and rear compartments can be flushed
individually.

Urine separation is by no means a new idea. In China for example, urine
is collected in simple toilets since centuries and is then used as a
fertilizer in agriculture. Until this day, urine is collected separately
in traditional houses of Yemen. The urine is conducted to the outer face
of the building, where it slowly evaporates, whilst trickling down the
wall. Since the 1970s, Sweden has been developing more modern versions
of urine separating toilets.

http://www.novaquatis.eawag.ch/english/No Mix_e.html

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ARMY MANUAL ON PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS

SECRECY NEWS - A U.S. Army manual on psychological operations elaborates
upon the role of PSYOP in military activities. . . The 179 page manual
has not been approved for public release, but a copy was obtained by
Secrecy News.

http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-05-30.pdf

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GOOD ONLINE BLACK HISTORY STUFF AT LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
http://www.loc.gov/africanamericans/

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A 1932 SOLUTION TO THE ENERGY CRISIS
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/02/07/putting-natures-power-to-work/

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62% SAY IT'S TIME TO REESTABLISH TIES WITH CUBA
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/02/08/
poll_says_most_in_us_favor_ties_with_cuba?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+National+News

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WHERE WOULD JESUS BANK?

Do you know who is your banker is? Do you know what your banker is doing
with your money right now? The corruption and violence we are witnessing
today could only be happening with the complicity and leadership of the
major banks. When we do business with these banks, we are "voting with
our money" to finance the Wall Street-driven government and financial
policies we say we despise.

We have the power to transform events by making some simple choices
about who we bank with on Main Street. According to Catherine Austin
Fitts, former Assistant Secretary of Housing during Bush I and
successful Wall Street investment banker, this is the single most
effective action that consumers can take to clean up government and
dirty money.

In an audio seminar, Fitts illuminates the relationship between our
banks and growing corruption; identifies the "Tapeworm Banking 20" --
our vote for the 20 worst offenders; walks you through how to affirm
your existing bank or choose a new local bank or credit union; describes
why a small number of people shifting their deposits locally can have a
dramatic impact in a highly leveraged financial system; explains why the
first step to decentralized energy solutions and new job creation is
decentralizing our bank deposits.
http://solari.com/outreach/telesem/WB04t6.htm

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CONSERVATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYER Bruce Fein is unflinching in his
critique of the president's tyrannical abuses of power in this podcast
with George Kenney

http://www.electricpolitics.com/podcast/2007/01/a_republic_or_a_monarchy.html

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SMITHSONIAN EXECS PAID LIKE CORPORADOS

JACQUELINE TRESCOTT, WASHINGTON POST - Nineteen top-tier executives at
the Smithsonian Institution earned more than Vice President Cheney last
year and three earned more than President Bush. That is possible because
the Smithsonian has a two-tier pay system. Most of its 6,000 employees
are paid through federal appropriations. But about 90 executives and top
scientists are paid from money raised privately for a special trust
fund. Those salaries were scrutinized in a special report issued
yesterday by the Smithsonian's acting inspector general, A. Sprightley
Ryan. . . Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence M. Small earned $884,733 in
2006, according to the report. Ned Rifkin, undersecretary for art,
earned $440,000. Sheila P. Burke, deputy secretary and chief operating
officer, earned $400,000. Undersecretary for Science David L. Evans is
listed at $315,000.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/30/
AR2007013001854.html

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THE TEN THINGS STORES HATE FOR YOU TO DO
http://consumerist.com/consumer/shopping/10-shopping-tricks-
that-stores-hate-232498.php

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