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  cermic = ceramic

  need more coffee!On Umbra on travel mugs posted 2 years, 11 months ago 22 Responses

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  Another vote for cermic

  The Jomondo line of mugs from Highwave includes the original wide base Hotjo and a newer narrow base Autotray that fits in a cup holder.  Both come with a silicone drink through top to prevent spills.  All are dishwasher and microwave safe.  My Hotjo is rated for 24 Oz. but holds more like 28.  It is sort of charcoal gray-black, which means you can't see the stains.  Most people can't drink 28 Oz of coffee before it cools.  Lucky for me, I like it hot or cold.On Umbra on travel mugs posted 2 years, 11 months ago 22 Responses

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  One other thing

  Willa said:

  Eating a diet of all grain and no hay, which is not what ruminants are designed for, gives them ulcers and breeds superbugs by raising the acidity of their stomachs to unnatural and harmful levels, allowing the proliferation of acid-resistant strains of normal bacteria.

  And it may or may not be the case in the spinach outbreak that the source of the manure was a feedlot.  However, since Ec O157:H7 has been isolated from Deer, Dogs, Pigs and Horses (not to mention dairy cattle and cattle grazing in pastures and orchards), I think it is safe to say that the diet of feedlot cattle is not the "cause" of the organism.On See post-bovine methane generate clean electricity! posted 3 years ago 12 Responses

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  making manure safe

  No argument that post digestion (or composted, for that matter) manure should be safe.  I interpreted the comment above as suggesting the use of fresh (undigested) manure on vegetables, which is a bad idea.On See post-bovine methane generate clean electricity! posted 3 years ago 12 Responses

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  manure as fertilizer

  It's fine to put manure on, say, a vegetable garden

  Actually, since many, if not most cattle harbor E. coli O157:H7, using raw manure to fertilize food crops is a particularly bad idea, as the recent spinach outbreak showed us.

  Yes, I know that it may be that the source in that particular outbreak may have been animals who wandered into the field, and not the use of feedlot contaminated water to irrigate, but there have been a couple of dozen similar outbreaks traced to leafy greens in the last few years. Not to mention to apple juice from orchards where the cattle were allowed to roam.  In general eating cow poop is a really bad idea. (Public Health is my schtick.  Could you tell?)

  In 1972, I did a study (unpublished) that demonstrated that a methane digester serving a 100 head cattle feedlot would pay for itself in 10 years, based on the then current costs of energy, fertilizer, materials and interest.  It was based on ideas put forth by Ram Bux Singh in India in the 1960's.  It's only taken our technologically advanced nation 40 years to catch up to the 3rd world.On See post-bovine methane generate clean electricity! posted 3 years ago 12 Responses