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Friday, September 2, 2016

#DidYouGetTheMemo: #PhytoReMeetMeInStLouis

DATE: July 4, 2016
To Whom It May Concern:
This memo shall serve as a Declaration RE: #TheSituation #AboutTheWater of #Missouri and #HowToPhytoremediateTheWater.
There is already a lot of information on the subject of #Phytoremediation. Please find out more and consider approval of pilot programs to study the efficacy, especially in
SuperFund sites that are #NotSuper.
In the meanwhile, the children and families of the areas affected need to be evacuated immediately if not sooner and relocated with the same support given to other American climate refugees in the wake of environmental disasters.
You can participate in raising awareness from wherever you are by filming a fifteen second clip singing along with the virtual flashmob to raise awareness for this important issue and sharing memes under the hashtag #WestlakeLandfill #PhytoREMeetMeInStLouis #MOSupport & #MOSolidarity #ForTheChildren of #WestlakeLandfillCrisis
CHORUS and FlashDance for virtual #HempEnvironmentalForum: (to the tune of a Judy Garland parody protected by parody laws https://youtu.be/4JARDvdrAxk)
Meet Me In Saint Louis - Louis
Meet Me At The Fair
Don’t Tell Me The Water’s Cleaner Anywhere Than There!
We Will Dance The #HoochieCoochie You Will Be My #TootsieWootsie
If You Will Meet Me In Saint Louis - Louis
ReTweet Me RE: The Forum!
Meet Me in SaintLouis - FOOEY! Meet You At The Forum
Don’t Tell Me The Water’s Clean Because You Held A Quorum!
We Will Dance The #Hoochie #Coochie I Will Be Your #Tootsie #Wootsie
But You Won’t See Me In Saint Louis FOOEY
Tweet #PhytoREMeetMe at The Forum!
[PLEASE NOTE: We realize this is no laughing matter to the people currently suffering around the globe from living in or near toxic superfund sites, however we are willing to pledge to #FlashDance with the Stars to raise awareness to this serious and immediate relocation issue. #FlashDance shall refer to sixty seconds of spontaneous and ecstatic dancing for a cause that you care deeply about.]
FlashDance references:
*HoochieCoochie sophisticated moves (aka Belly dancing style) for reference: https://youtu.be/dUSZhHpjbUQ
*HoochieCoochie moves for beginners (aka hula style) for reference:
#PhytoReMeetMeInStLouis Action Solution for Westlake Landfill
#PhytoReMeetMeInStLouis Action Solution for Westlake Landfill


Westlake Landfill Community Weblinks
Last update: 9/4/2016 12:16 AM

Westlake Landfill Web Links the stories from the locals
  • State senator says inaction on environmental 'crisis' more offensive than her language
    Chappelle-Nadal stepping up effort on behalf of Bridgeton area residents.
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/state-senator-says-inaction-on-environmental-crisis-more-offensive-than/article_a69d5820-4d31-5eb3-b237-08de0c213a66.html
  • Spot On & Observant breakdown of Bridgeton Community meeting with EPA. https://www.facebook.com/groups/630852290258112/permalink/1251775361499132/
  • I was the only candidate for Lt. Governor to attend the West Lake candidate forum and was moved by the testimonials we heard. This WWII era waste from the Manhattan Project cannot be swept under the rug any longer. Thank you to the Moms group for building the coalition to finally get this addressed so that public health is not sacrificed to private profit. I look forward to working with you in the months ahead.
    Please like and share my FB page below with others who feel the same and please vote for candidates that will join the right side of this fight. https://www.facebook.com/RussforMissouri/
  • Just Moms STL held the second forum last night and we had an amazing turnout. We would like to say thank you to all the candidates from both the first and second forum that took the time to come out and personally address this issue or send a video. We heard every candidate indicate they support the efforts and platform of Just Moms STL.
    For the last four years, we have worked so hard to educate leaders of the community, and elected officials across the board, both Republican and Democrats. We had a great candidate turnout between both forums and we are very proud of that.
    It is a good feeling to hear these candidates profess their commitments to the landfill issues. When Dawn and I first started this movement most people looked at us like we had two heads.
    We have built a strong coalition of GREAT people that are dedicated to doing everything in their power to save and protect this extremely abused community!
    So much goes on behind the scenes to organize these events including our monthly community meeting. We want to say a special thanks to CA Glis,Meagan Beckermann, Christen Commuso and Robbin Ellison Dailey! We couldn't do any of this without these amazing ladies! These moms move mountains to make sure things go smoothly for Dawn and myself to be able to do the things we do. They are definitely our rock!! Next time you see them, or maybe here on facebook let them know how thankful this community is to have them!!
    We also would like to say a special thanks to Missouri Coalition for the Environment,Ed Smith& interns, Lois Marie Gibbs & Center for Health, Environment & Justice Laura Eliza Barrett & interns International Brotherhood of Teamsters Matteo Colombi, Gale Thackrey Franciscan Sisters of Mary for their helping hands, love, prayers and support for the Just Moms STL group.
    Thank you to all of the community members that attend the meetings, watch the livestream, make phone calls, email and tweet about this issue.
    If you haven't ever been to a community meeting, I hope you will join us on September 15th at the John Calvin Presbyterian Church of Bridgeton at 6:30pm. Bring a friend, or family member. Make a commitment to share this information with others everyday. We need ALL OF YOU!!!! https://www.facebook.com/karen.nickel.52?fref=nf
  • West Lake Candidate Forum Part II - August 31, 2016 https://www.facebook.com/cody.starwalker/videos/1229312380432472/
  • “Despite Republic’s last-minute attempt to keep the state from sampling all the relevant groundwater wells at the landfill, the special master has approved our request to proceed with testing as planned," said an emailed statement from the attorney general's office. "Republic is clearly worried about what the tests will reveal, and the public deserves to know why.” https://www.facebook.com/dawn.chapman.182?fref=nf

    State wins approval to test groundwater near radioactive waste at West Lake Landfill
    A special master has allowed the state to proceed with groundwater testing at wells in the portion of the West Lake…
    NEWS.STLPUBLICRADIO.ORG|BY ELI CHEN http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/state-wins-approval-test-groundwater-near-radioactive-waste-west-lake-landfill#stream/0
  • This will be an opportunity to hear from those candidates that couldn't make our last forum. Even if you attended the first one you should plan to be at this one to as you will be hearing from additional candidates. We have invited all candidates running for office to this 2nd candidate meeting. As of today, we have already confirmed participation from the following:

    Attorney General Chris Koster for Governor
    Russ Carnahan - (running for Lieutenant Governor)
    Secretary of State--Jason Kander (running for U.S. Senator)
    Curtis Faulkner-(running for STL County Council 4th District)
    Alderwoman Amy Poelker Poelker-(running for STL County Council 2nd District)
    State Rep Bill Otto -(U.S. Representative - District 2)
    Steven Bailey-(running for U.S. Representative - District 1)
    Byron DeLear-(running for State Rep District 70)

    This is a very important issue for the entire state of Missouri and we need to know where these candidates stand and if they will publicly support our platform if elected. While it is very important for them to participate in this event, it is also very important that all of you that are concerned and following this issue attend this meeting too. We have to show them we are an army of constituents ready to hold elected officials accountable for doing everything in their power to help protect and save our community.https://www.facebook.com/events/193989174351265/

Westlake Landfill Facebook Public Group Page
This group has been formed by concerned residents to inform and keep the public updated about the radioactive waste in the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton, Mo


EPA Missouri Westlake Landfill News and Updates
  • https://www.epa.gov/mo/west-lake-landfill-news-and-updates


#PhytoReMeetMeInStLouis #DidYouGetTheMemo ???

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Hemp Can Save The Planet!: What Does Lemon Meringue Pie Have To Do With Hemp ...

 Activists Present USVI Senators with a Lemon Meringue Pie in support of Bill No. 29-0350



August 15, 2012 - ST. CROIX -  Celebrities and activists associated with volunteer group Hemp Can Save The Planetpresented USVI Senators with a locally made gourmet Lemon Meringue Pie on behalf of USVI Culinary Ambassador, Chef Theo Gumbs, filmmaker Melissa Balin; the late, great civil rights activist,Jack Herer, and countless celebrity activist Hemp Can Save The Planet volunteers, in support of Bill No. 29-0350 - An Act to conduct a referendum on the issue of promoting the production, processing, manufacture and distribution of Industrial Hemp in the Virgin Islands.  Senator Terrance "Positive" Nelson, the first and only Rastafarian senator in the Virgin Islands, is bringing the bill forward. Senator Shawn-Michael Malone of St. Thomas has signed on as the bill’s co-sponsor. 

The pie was accompanied with a note that read:

This gift is a delicious token symbolizing the following food for thought:
The lemons used to make this gourmet Lemon Meringue Pie are not indigenous to the Virgin Islands and must be imported.  While the Mainland is the #1 Importer of Industrial Hemp (which much like a lemon, does NOT have psychotropic effects), the United States is currently the only Industrialized Nation that Prohibits the growing of Industrial Hemp, due to antiquated laws based on studies that have since been scientifically debunked.  As one of the remaining “Non-Self Governing Territories” on the United Nations’ list, we enthusiastically encourage the United States Virgin Islands to explore the economic and agricultural solutions presented by what was already being referred to as a “Billion-Dollar Crop” back in 1936, with the USVI Territory having already experienced almost 20 years of legal Cannabis Hemp use without incident, after Denmark’s sale to America in 1917, until Prohibition was implemented under false pretenses in 1937.

The lemon meringue pie was also accompanied with the verbiage of the resolution being presented to the United Nations declaring the End of the Prohibition of Cannabis Hemp, through an online petition on Change.Org.  Filmmaker Melissa Balin says, "I don't think it is a common or advisable policy for government officials to accept food stuffs from constituents, but when the gift is coming from a two-time Iron Chef Winner, who is the Culinary Ambassador for the entire USVI, those are exceptionally delectable circumstances worthy of consideration.  Still, whether the Senators actually eat the pie, or not, we hope it will bring a global awareness to the core issues surrounding Industrial Hemp as a sustainable resource."

National Lemon Meringue Pie Day is celebrated in the United States on August 15th.  To find out more about the many uses of Industrial Hemp, please visit http://www.VoteHemp.org






Hemp Can Save The Planet!: What Does Lemon Meringue Pie Have To Do With Hemp ...:   Activists Present USVI Senators with a Lemon Meringue Pie in support of Bill No. 29-0350 August 15, 2012 - ST. CROIX -   Celebritie...





Tuesday, August 9, 2016

MOhemp Energy Startup Decision Time



Planned Kenaf Tests for 1st Round of Kenaf Plants

Question on sharing information on test results: Decision Time: to make the info public or private? How much should be shared?

Kenaf Test Plant Documentation


Timeline 1st Batch Kenaf Test Plants:
  1. started from seed
  2. Germination
  3. Moved Outdoors
  4. 1st Transplanting
  5. Flowers Developed

  1. All Above Previously Published 

    1. {Decision Time will this be public or private information. If you go public: 1) how far or how much information should or 2) will be shared?  What if any should be kept private?}
  1. Harvesting
    1. Height above ground
    2. Height with Root System
    3. Weight of Total Plant
    4. Weight of Root System with 4 inch Stem Cut {Ave Farm Equip Cut Bar Height}
    5. Weight of Stem, Branches, etc before dissection
      1. Weight of Individual parts Wet and Dry
Description
Weight Wet
Weight Dry
Fibers


Core


Lignin


Bast


Leaves


Branches


      1.   Fibers
      2.   Core
      3.   Lignin
      4. Bast
  1. Liquefied Lignin Data






























  1. Lignin Burn Temperature Testing

Before Temp
After Temp
? will it burn in liquid form?


When applied to Charcoal


Notebook Paper


wood shavings

  1. Lignin Testing Dry State:









  1. Fiber Data
    1. Length
    2. Size
    3. Strength
  2. Core Data
    1. Length
    2. Size
    3. Strength?

Monday, August 8, 2016

HempLogic: HEMP "GRAPHENE

By: Leah Maurer 
Source: dopemagazine.com

Tech Thursday: Hemp "Graphene": Changing Our Perception Of Modern Technology


Although industrial hemp is only permitted to be grown in a few areas within the United States, this variety of Cannabis sativa never ceases to amaze. Hemp’s many uses from food to paper to modern technologies such as hempcrete are just astounding. The most ground breaking of these though, is hemp “graphene.”
To explain, regular graphene is comprised of a two-dimensional, hexagonal honeycomb lattice layer of tightly packed carbon atoms, and is one of the strongest, lightest and most conductive compounds ever discovered. It is considered one of the best materials for supercapacitor electrodes. The term was also used in early descriptions of carbon nanotubes, and can be considered a type of nanotechnology. Many of graphene’s uses are in the area of energy storage; some uses that are under development include electronics,biological engineeringfiltration and strong, lightweight composite materials.
However, a scientist by the name of Dr. David Mitlin, from Clarkson University in New York, says he’s found a way to manufacture hemp waste into a material that appears to be better than graphene. Dr. Mitlin and his team were able to recycle leftover hemp-based fiber, cook it down and then dissolve it until carbon nanoseheets that resembled the structure of graphene were left behind. They proceeded to build these nanosheets into powerful energy-storing supercapacitors with high energy density, thus creating a hemp based “graphene.” Essentially, Mitlin’s team discovered a process for converting fibrous hemp waste into a unique graphene-like nanomaterial that many say outperforms graphene.
Creating this graphene-like hemp material costs only a fraction of regular graphene production. Graphene costs as much as $2,000 per gram to manufacture, while the hemp-based nanomaterial can be manufactured for less than $500 per ton. To give proper perspective, there are 907,185 grams in one ton.
Hemp professionals and activists in Oregon and elsewhere are thrilled about this new technology and its potential for energy. Ben Christensen, owner of Oregon Hemp Works in Portland, said, “As a renewable energy major and hemp business owner, I find this very exciting. One of the bigger challenges with renewable energy is storage. I often find hemp being left out of the renewable energy conversation, but I feel you can’t really talk about renewable energy or sustainability unless hemp is being talked about as well. It also seems that when hemp is introduced as a replacement, it is just as good as what it’s replacing and even better in a lot of cases.”
Amy Peradotta, hemp activist and chairwoman of the Portland Women Grow chapter, agreed. She expressed, “Using hemp cellulose to replace graphene in supercapacitor batteries will change how we store energy and how we mass produce electronic products from computers and phones to electric cars. Imagine a future where your electric car battery is made with hemp supercapacitor electrodes, the body of the car is made with nontoxic, lightweight hemp cellulose composite materials and the interior door panels and upholstery are made from hemp fiber. Then, we can also use hemp supercapacitors to store renewable energy for our indoor cannabis grow houses made of hempcrete. Pair that with solar panels and you have a sustainably designed, energy efficient cannabis production facility.”
Most people don’t understand the truly diverse value of hemp. Cultures have relied on this hardy plant for centuries to produce textiles such as clothing, fabric and paper. Today, hemp is also used for food, fuel, medicine, building materials and plastics. Now with the energy storage industry starting to take notice, perhaps more government authorities will take a closer look at this plant.
Joy Beckerman, principal at Seattle-based Hemp Ace International and a 20+ year veteran in the industrial hemp movement said, “As activists and entrepreneurs, we simply did not see this coming 25 years ago. No one was sufficiently intellectual back then to predict the unique and exponential power within micro fibrils from hemp bast fiber or hemp’s ability to completely revolutionize the most critical areas of research and development. Graphite whisker and carbon nanotube are highest in stiffness and strength, but they are severely cost-prohibitive. Hemp cellulose nanocrystals are a considerably low cost nanoparticle, which makes them enormously attractive and competitive when one looks at the larger picture including price, availability, toxicity and sustainability.”
To think that the cannabis plant can supplement modern technology so dramatically is incredible. This only reaffirms why we must continue to defend our plant everywhere and push the federal government to deschedule this plant. It is time that hemp be researched, grown and mass produced for its infinite uses and unexplored technological applications.


HempLogic: HEMP "GRAPHENE: By:  Leah Maurer   Source:  dopemagazine.com Although industrial hemp is only permitted to be grown in a few areas within the United S...









Kenaf Plant Timeline Pictures






Kenaf Stem is over 1 inch in Diameter
Kenaf Stem is over 1 inch in Diameter

2 weeks prior to this photo a windstorm blew the Kenaf plants over breaking 2 branches - somehow the leaves have stayed green on the broken stem as not all the branches outer cover was severed
2 weeks prior to this photo a windstorm blew the Kenaf plants over breaking 2 branches - somehow the leaves have stayed green on the broken stem as not all the branches outer cover was severed

Kenaf Plants Towering over a 6 foot tall standard wood fence
Kenaf Plants Towering over a 6 foot tall standard wood fence

2nd batch of invention test kenaf plants growing in garden plot less than 2 weeks old
2nd batch of invention test kenaf plants growing in garden plot less than 2 weeks old

Kenaf Seedlings less than 1 week after seeding.
Kenaf Seedlings less than 1 week after seeding.

close to 1 inch diameter Kenaf Stem
close to 1 inch diameter Kenaf Stem

Kenaf Plant Height to top of planter 92 inches
Kenaf Plant Height to top of planter 92 inches

92 inch kenaf plant height
92 inch kenaf plant height

Windstorm blew over the Kenaf Plants- only 2 branches were broke on 1 of the plants see earlier photo
Windstorm blew over the Kenaf Plants- only 2 branches were broke on 1 of the plants see earlier photo


Kenaf Root System growing out of the planter
Kenaf Root System growing out of the planter

Little Green Thumbs helping with Kenaf plants 6 foot tall wood fence background
Little Green Thumbs helping with Kenaf plants 6 foot tall wood fence background


Kenaf Flower
Kenaf Flower












Not too long ago I planted the Kenaf Plant Seeds for the Hemp Inventions!
Not too long ago I planted the Kenaf Plant Seeds for the Hemp Inventions!




Saturday, July 9, 2016

The founders of western civilisation were prehistoric weed dealers







Founders of Western civilisation were prehistoric dope dealers: The ancient tribes of the Eurasian steppes that helped lay the foundations of Europe might have initiated a cross-continental trade in cannabis



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