Thursday, March 28
Mad cow
disease
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But it could take up to two
years of research to establish firm
proof of a direct link between the
two.
WHO stressed that there had
been a marked decline in the mad
cow epidemic in Britan.
They said that British control
measures were effective and have
removed dangerous animal parts
(such as the brain and spinal cord)
from the food chain.
They added that the chance of
human subjects becoming
contaminated by the disease is
absolutely remote.
Another meeting occurred
between 708 animal and public
health experts when the US
Department of Agriculture
reviewed current policies.
To: Whom It Does Concern
itega riling the Information on Equal Access
None mipliance at Penn-State Behrend, of tne
Penn A hania State tiniversit; that )ou ma,
.)e CU fIOUS in:
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen.
I. IN. keep it concise and mellifluous:
(A) Their are NO PLACES at Penn-State
Behrend including m. apartment at 407 Arid
Hall in The Quad Apartments, Dobbins Hall
Dining Facilit:‘, Academic Buildiri.t.
Reed Union Building, Eric Hall, Turnbull
;:adding, Glennhill Farm House, Behrend
Science Building, Nick Building, and
Hammermill Computer Center: which,
must travel to and from b mobility of an
electric is heelchair at Penn-State Bchrend;
that does not cause HAVOC on in:t erel%
1 nstible Cervical and Thoracic Spine; a
Prec:irious Problem for each individual ‘lith
(1) Cervical and Upper Thoracic Injuries :►nd
Severe Weakness caused by the (I) Nerve
and/ or Neurological Ener%ation Deficits. (II)
ligament Weakness because they hale bccn
stretched to far by injury like a rubber band
:1114HIMe lost their vibrant holding poser and
origiii,il elasticity. and (111) Muscle Holding
'rimer Weakness; that is medically. physical
espial access. and civil rights %Ike, the reasons
%1 , 1” the C'ongress in 1913 created the
s. Rehabilitation Act and in 1990 Amen.. 4ns
With Disabilities Act ohich is codified !milt r
30 IFR, Part 1191, Paragraphs 4.3. 4.5.
4.8„ 4.'►, 4.19, and 1.11. Requiring at least one
safe stable properly sloping/graded paths
andlor sidewalk between each Academic
r:‘ pi' Building, Medical-Rehabilitation
Buildings, Sports Complexes. Administrative
Mires, Financial Type Offices. and Campus
Residences; of Wheelchair Mobility Impaired
Msahled Students. Facultv. and. Citizens
Ctilifing Campus Facilities!
.Also per my doctors orders it is further
injurious in my cervical and thoracic
Lio.table vertebrae area for me to (1) ride.
2) he loaded and/or unloaded in wheelchair
ans more than. once eveq two weeks. and
(3) that the wheelchair vans are required air
suspension type: this is further required slt ict
compliance and codified under the 1990
Americans With Disabilities Act, Sections 310,
And !Ol(d), 1973 U.S. Rehabilitation Act,
Paragraph LIM Section 504 and Section 497.
and 11. S, Federal and Penimlyania Medical
CGdeS both fond under Title Twenty (20).
The meeting concluded without
recommending any further
safeguards - however, the number
of cattle brains routinely tested
for mad cow disease will be
increased.
Federal officials are confident
because mad cow disease has
never been identified in the US.
This is compared to the
162,000 animals in Britain who
have been stricken with the
diceace since 1986.
According to US officials, only
10 of the countries Britain
exports cattle to have had mad
cow disease - and in six of those
countries (including Canada) the
disease did not spread to cattle
already living in the country.
Of the 499 cattle imported to
the US from Britain before 1989
none were found to be infected
with the dis6ase.
Of the 2,660 brains tested from
British cattle imported in 1990
through 1995, no evidence of the
disease was found.
However, Dr. Richard F.
Marsh of the University of
Wisconsin in Madison disagrees.
According to him, scrapie exists
among sheep in the US. He
added that rendered sheep parts are
fed to cattle in the US.
Marsh said that he would like
to see better testing of cows for
mad cow disease.
In 1994, the federal Food and
Drug Administration proposed
banning the sheep fced for cows,
but it found resistance from the
agricultural industry.
The proposal is being re
examined after the British
statement.
There is no evidence from any
country that scrapie can be
transmitted directly to people
who eat lamb or mutton.
This is a Paid Advertisement
(IS) due also to ms post-troumatic wrist
thritis and neurological 0-1 out of 5
%%lakness in m) hands, arms, and wrist; and
ether quad disabled indisiduals medical
difficulties; that is tsh, the U.S. Congress
under ADA/504 & 407; Required EQUAL
ACCESS PANIC DOOR PUSHBARS
under 36 CFR, Part 1191. Paragraph 4.13;
which are missing in the following listed
Penn-State Bchrend Buildings of Hammermill
Computer Center. Bchrend Science Building.
Turnbull Building. Glennhill Farmhouse. and
Reed Building; "this safel allows a disabled
person to slide along the FLAT Equal Access
Panic Bar Surfaces without getting caught-up
and injured on the Protruding Old-Sqle
Hardw are;"
(C) Maintenance of already installed
ittatomatic doors as Required by 36 CFR. Part
1191. Paragraphs 4.13. 4.26. and 4.27 with
electronics like (a) Supernova Infrared Strips.
:hat hold the door open when someone is in th,
"fiddle of the doorway. (h) interference proot
, lectronics for (I) Inclement Weather.
2) Microwave Interference Wines like
(Cellular Handheld) Phones. Plane Landing
Radar. Owns. and Ecetera. and (3) Radh;
Vases from (1) Mfrs ement of Fault lines
she Earth, (2) Radio Stations, and
3) - rein ision Stations. These doors halt
malfunctioned and/or not properly operated a
,111 since 5 October 1994. about es er) (2-3)
Iwo to Three days: causing grievous bndßt
harm to my quadriplegic self: and
(D) The U.S. Congress in its infinite
‘Visdom; knew different people had differens
disabilities to mercome in order to be a li ‘4.1.
flaying field of Actual Realistic Equal
Opportunity; That is why they created
Paragraph UK Section 504, of the
U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973; which
S TATES VERBATIM < A postsecondary
educational institution that is the recipient of
:zderal aid must take necessary steps to instill
' NO HANDICAPPED STUDENT is
Abject to discrimination BECAUSE OF THE
ABSENCE OF EDUCATIONAL
*IL ILLARV AIDS for students with
Impaired Sensory, Manual, and Speaking
-kills > ! Medical Evidence distincth
!cm instrates. I, have Severe to Critical
I impaired Sensory, (2) Manual, and
1 ) makini Skills; which accordin to
British officials commented
that the most likely explanation
for the contraction of Creutzfeldt-
Jakob disease in humans is that
the cows were. exposed to mad
cow before the ban and the
feeding of rendered sheep parts in
1989. But the government added
that even though the number of
cases was small, there is still a
"cause for great concern."
Mad cow seems to be only
communicable among cattle
through contaminated feed -
studies have not found any
correlation between offspring of
afflicted cattle.
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II: Physician and the Disability Cis il Rißn,
lA% is;on, of I.S. Department of Justice:
13 disability is ratable for the following
ssistance. sexy ices, aids. benefits of
I ) Installation of Additional Automatic 1.
specially in the Hammermill Computer
Center, (b) Tutors in Math and Computers.
•c) Notakers for post-traumatic wrist arttlriti ,
.nd neurological wrist problems, (d)
for printed matter visual problems,
le) Doorholders when Necessary due to my
Quadriplegic problems of (1) ONE POUND
PRESSURE RESISTANCE LIMIT; on all
hydraulic door closures and/or
malfunctioning-nonoperating automatic (bier.
and (f) Heat in Buildings Like Reed and
Rehrend Science Center, due to less blood
circulation and body temperature in paral3
ndisiduals. The Initial Major Key for Penn-
Itate Behrend and Pennsylvania State
L'nisersity to ABSOLUTELY, TIMELY,
FFFECTIVELY COMPLY; in that they a; 4'
the Recipient of Hundreds of Millions in
effluence of Federal Subsidies Annually:
therefore, there are NO EXCUSES
~ h at-'n-eser recognized at all by the (a) U
'mike Department and/or (h) Federal Cot!, ;
f Apprpriate Jurisdiction; for Refusing
rid/o. failing to Comply with Paragraph
t.Stf, ‘wetion 504 and Section 407, of the (9
S. Rehabilitation Act!" The foregoing
4. , tell information is understood to he total
rue and correct in law and in fact to ms ht
A%ledge in accordance with
Federal Decree and Petinsttania Stat
1 6 tree.
Veo trul3, and respectfull y
's' Jobn M. Emerson
JOHN M. EMERSON
=Fifteen Years Honorable U.S. Marine
=Veteran: SERVICE INCURRED
:SEVERELY QUADRIPLEGIC
=3rd Year Computer Science/MIS Major
Box 595, 407 Ariel Hall,
Penn-State Behrend,
Station Road,
Erie, PA 16563:
(814) 898-6906
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