Well, I came across this article about chronic fatigue and exercise. Rebounding, or jumping on a mini-trampoline, seems like it might be helpful to those suffering from CFS.
You can read the article here:
http://www.fatigueanswers.com/mini-exercise-trampoline.html
Just thought this was something that searchers should be aware of. I know that when you are 'tired' the last thing on your mind is exercise. The motivation is not there. But this simple, gentle bouncing might be something to help you slowly build up a tolerance and a good place to start. They even make rebounders with a bar attachment that you can hold onto. All you need is 2 minutes ! Just give it two minutes first thing in the morning - the best time to clear your lymph system. At least, that's what I've read.
Remember, this is not medical advice. This is information to be aware of.
~ The Mediator
ps......there is another website you might want to read here:
http://www.wholisticresearch.com/info/artshow.php3?artid=359
Friday, March 14, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Internet Free Speech Under Threat! Eric Pepin - Higher Balance Institute Sue SOTT for 4.47 Million Over SOTT Forum Comments!
Hey, Internet freedom of speech is under attack again.
This article brings back memories of when I, many years ago, got involved with a group. They were loving, kind and welcoming. It took me such a long time to realize that most of the members in this group were questionable individuals. The purpose of my joining was to help heal people. Many of the others, well they were there for other purposes. I left the group, thankfully.
This article is for all who value free speech. Read it here or go to:
http://www.sott.net/ and look for the article below:
Internet Free Speech Under Threat! Eric Pepin - Higher Balance Institute Sue SOTT for 4.47 Million Over SOTT Forum Comments!
Laura Knight-Jadczyk
sott.net
Fri, 07 Mar 2008
Yesterday, as I was working on finishing up the next installment of the Comet Series of Articles, FedEx delivered a packet of mail from our corporate registered agent in the U.S. It was "Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial" filed in the State of Oregon by Eric Pepin's Higher Balance Institute, LLC. The reason? A discussion on the SOTT Forum that begins HERE.
Well, that was entertaining enough when you think about the fact that the discussion that he objects to was centered on several newspaper articles that describe his close calls with the legal system in Oregon over charges of sex abuse.
The legal document I received is 10 pages long so I'm just going to summarize it here. If you want to read the whole thing (it's hilarious beyond belief!) go HERE for the pdf.
(....snip.....)
Whoah! That's some heavy duty stuff, eh? Sounds like we just ripped up on that poor guy for no reason at all!
But that's not quite the situation. The original article about Eric Pepin that was brought to our attention on page 5 of the above-mentioned forum thread:
Check out the above links for more information. Knowledge does protect.
~ The Mediator
This article brings back memories of when I, many years ago, got involved with a group. They were loving, kind and welcoming. It took me such a long time to realize that most of the members in this group were questionable individuals. The purpose of my joining was to help heal people. Many of the others, well they were there for other purposes. I left the group, thankfully.
This article is for all who value free speech. Read it here or go to:
http://www.sott.net/ and look for the article below:
Internet Free Speech Under Threat! Eric Pepin - Higher Balance Institute Sue SOTT for 4.47 Million Over SOTT Forum Comments!
Laura Knight-Jadczyk
sott.net
Fri, 07 Mar 2008
Yesterday, as I was working on finishing up the next installment of the Comet Series of Articles, FedEx delivered a packet of mail from our corporate registered agent in the U.S. It was "Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial" filed in the State of Oregon by Eric Pepin's Higher Balance Institute, LLC. The reason? A discussion on the SOTT Forum that begins HERE.
Well, that was entertaining enough when you think about the fact that the discussion that he objects to was centered on several newspaper articles that describe his close calls with the legal system in Oregon over charges of sex abuse.
The legal document I received is 10 pages long so I'm just going to summarize it here. If you want to read the whole thing (it's hilarious beyond belief!) go HERE for the pdf.
(....snip.....)
Whoah! That's some heavy duty stuff, eh? Sounds like we just ripped up on that poor guy for no reason at all!
But that's not quite the situation. The original article about Eric Pepin that was brought to our attention on page 5 of the above-mentioned forum thread:
Check out the above links for more information. Knowledge does protect.
~ The Mediator
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Freedom of Speech and Your Mental Health
Since my passion is alternative medicine, and I love to write about ways I've found to keep myself healthy 'in body', I thought I'd also let you in on how I keep myself healthy 'in mind'.
I'm sure that most of you realize stress can be a killer. And, we all have stress to deal with each and every day. It just depends on how much stress is involved and how well you can cope. From the commute to work, worry about family, job, health, the economy, it's pretty much an in-your-face daily struggle not to have a nuclear meltdown emotionally.
I've had my share of stresses thoughout the last 30 years.......what with having a child born with a disability, an alcoholic husband, divorce, suffering from panic attacks, even having my car repossessed while I was at work and all my co-workers knew.......there were times when I thought that checking-out would be the best and only option for getting some peace of mind.
I was a worrier. My mom worried and I thought I'd inherited the familial gene and my fate was sealed. Once, when I was a teenager, I went to an amusement park, had my palm read. The woman took one look at the lines on my hand and said to me "My dear, you worry so much, you worry about worrying." She hit the nail on the head. But what was I to do. Then I devised a plan (too bad it took me soooo many years to come up with this workable idea). The Plan: I allowed myself 24 hours to worry/stress over any given situation or problem that popped into my life. It worked ! ! !
Yes. I would cry, scream, agonize, think about the most horrific end-of-the-world scenarios and literally get it all out of my emotional system. Phew; sometimes it was really exausting. But it worked.
The reason I'm writing about stress and mental health is that I read this article where an independent new site was being sued for telling the truth.
It seems that ever since 911 people have been more and more fearful of speaking what is it that they really think or feel about what is going on in our world, our country. And that bothers me. Not only because I can see fear in other people, but I can also sense fear in myself about speaking up.
Anyway, it is this article that's got me all worked up. So I had to implement my "Plan" and I guess part of the plan is my writing about it. This is an article about truth, freedom of speech, and some questionable individuals. As a mom, I would want my family to be aware of what's out there and that's why this rant. Maybe you'll read the article.
It's time we stop being afraid.
Here's the link to the blog
or......go read about it here
~ The Mediator
I'm sure that most of you realize stress can be a killer. And, we all have stress to deal with each and every day. It just depends on how much stress is involved and how well you can cope. From the commute to work, worry about family, job, health, the economy, it's pretty much an in-your-face daily struggle not to have a nuclear meltdown emotionally.
I've had my share of stresses thoughout the last 30 years.......what with having a child born with a disability, an alcoholic husband, divorce, suffering from panic attacks, even having my car repossessed while I was at work and all my co-workers knew.......there were times when I thought that checking-out would be the best and only option for getting some peace of mind.
I was a worrier. My mom worried and I thought I'd inherited the familial gene and my fate was sealed. Once, when I was a teenager, I went to an amusement park, had my palm read. The woman took one look at the lines on my hand and said to me "My dear, you worry so much, you worry about worrying." She hit the nail on the head. But what was I to do. Then I devised a plan (too bad it took me soooo many years to come up with this workable idea). The Plan: I allowed myself 24 hours to worry/stress over any given situation or problem that popped into my life. It worked ! ! !
Yes. I would cry, scream, agonize, think about the most horrific end-of-the-world scenarios and literally get it all out of my emotional system. Phew; sometimes it was really exausting. But it worked.
The reason I'm writing about stress and mental health is that I read this article where an independent new site was being sued for telling the truth.
It seems that ever since 911 people have been more and more fearful of speaking what is it that they really think or feel about what is going on in our world, our country. And that bothers me. Not only because I can see fear in other people, but I can also sense fear in myself about speaking up.
Anyway, it is this article that's got me all worked up. So I had to implement my "Plan" and I guess part of the plan is my writing about it. This is an article about truth, freedom of speech, and some questionable individuals. As a mom, I would want my family to be aware of what's out there and that's why this rant. Maybe you'll read the article.
It's time we stop being afraid.
Here's the link to the blog
or......go read about it here
~ The Mediator
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Ya Gotta Have "Hope"
Do any of you like to re-read books that you've enjoyed in past. I do. Sometimes I have three books by my bedside, one new and two old books that I just have found so interesting that I need to bring them out and read through them from time-to-time.
Anyway, I only mention my quirky book reading style because I was going through my blog and re-read an article that has much relevance as to what is going on around our planet today. With the constant sightings of fireballs and meteors, here's an article which, if you haven't read it the first time, you should.
Kinda gives you the shivvers, but this article is packed with things you should know.
Note, this article is not mine. Click on the link to read the whole thing.
THE HOPE
My last contribution to the Blogosphere must have been pretty scary. Geeze! You shoulda seen my mail! People going bananas and writing "what to do? what to do!?"
Well, this one's not going to be any better. But let me say in advance that today's particular collection of items will lead us to a certain point of hope which I wish to elucidate at the end.
It is 7.17 am, Eastern Standard Time, on the thirtieth of June [some year in the not-too-distant future]. Suddenly the power fails.
The basement centre of the Defense Communication Operations Unit adjoining the White House is plunged into darkness, and only the distant rumble of early morning traffic reminds the duty officer that another day has already begun. There have been power failures before, however, and there is no hint of impending crisis
Almost immediately, an automatic switch brings in the emergency supply. But now the duty officer observes that something is wrong. Telephone links to the outside world have gone. These include the open links, via commercial cables, to NORAD's bunker a thousand feet under Cheyenne Peak in Colorado, and to the Offutt command post near Omaha
Within seconds it is ascertained that neither the President nor Vice-President, both of whom are out of town, can be contacted: radio communications are blacked out, on all frequencies. Further, because of the telephone failure, none of the Presidential stand-ins scattered around town and country can be expected to call in to give their exact locations, as they would normally if there were a recognized national emergency. However, the Secretary of Defense, third in the chain of command, is at breakfast somewhere in the White House
It has taken 45 seconds to confirm the general breakdown of communications; it takes another 45 seconds to locate the Secretary of Defense and inform him of the problem; and it is another 90 seconds before the Secretary finds himself in the cramped underground Situation Room along with his advisors. He is aware that the travel time of a missile from a hostile submarine off the Atlantic coast to Washington is just over fifteen minutes; three of these minutes have gone
Emergency procedures for transferring authority are now in hand and the Secretary of Defense becomes in effect the new President. The 'gold codes', which would enable him to initiate a nuclear response, are placed before him. The black SIOP books with their theoretical scenarios are produced. The 'Mystic' and 'Nationwide' communication systems are successfully activated utilizing deeply buried, protected cables. He now has control of the National Command Authority, the channel of communication for execution of a nuclear strike; and another two minutes have gone
The underground cables to Cheyenne, Offutt and other SAC bases are now open with secure links to the radar lines covering the northern approaches. None of them - Dew Line, the 55th Parallel or Pine Tree - is functioning properly, however; their screens are strongly upset with many spurious signals: there seem to be huge scattering modes in the ionosphere.
Satellite communication with military forces abroad is impaired. No information is coming in from the big synchronous DSP satellites over South America, the central Pacific or the Indian Ocean; nothing is arriving from the relay stations near Aurora in Colorado or Pine Gap in Australia. And the 'hot line' is dead. On the other hand in the minutes before the confusion they had reported no anomalous infrared emissions and hence no evidence of heat from the exhausts of rising missiles. At the moment all that can be said is that there is a very unusual atmospheric disturbance, that telephone lines are dead and that there are widespread power failures. The disturbed atmosphere might just be some strange effect due to sunspots or the like, but the telephone and power failures are ominous. On such a scale, the only plausible explanation is an electromagnetic pulse caused by nuclear fireballs
Eight minutes into the emergency - if it is an emergency - the Secretary issues a number of precautionary orders. His deputy is ordered upstairs to await the arrival of a helicopter from Quantico Marine Corps base about 30 miles away. This will transport the deputy to the waiting 'Nightwatch', a Boeing 747 which functions as an airborne command post. Another helicopter is dispatched to retrieve the President. A 'flash alert' is sent to Hawaii, to get a second command post aloft, but the message goes unacknowledged. SAC missile silos and bomber bases are put on full alert
Nine minutes on, ............... gotta go here to read the rest.
Anyway, I only mention my quirky book reading style because I was going through my blog and re-read an article that has much relevance as to what is going on around our planet today. With the constant sightings of fireballs and meteors, here's an article which, if you haven't read it the first time, you should.
Kinda gives you the shivvers, but this article is packed with things you should know.
Note, this article is not mine. Click on the link to read the whole thing.
THE HOPE
My last contribution to the Blogosphere must have been pretty scary. Geeze! You shoulda seen my mail! People going bananas and writing "what to do? what to do!?"
Well, this one's not going to be any better. But let me say in advance that today's particular collection of items will lead us to a certain point of hope which I wish to elucidate at the end.
It is 7.17 am, Eastern Standard Time, on the thirtieth of June [some year in the not-too-distant future]. Suddenly the power fails.
The basement centre of the Defense Communication Operations Unit adjoining the White House is plunged into darkness, and only the distant rumble of early morning traffic reminds the duty officer that another day has already begun. There have been power failures before, however, and there is no hint of impending crisis
Almost immediately, an automatic switch brings in the emergency supply. But now the duty officer observes that something is wrong. Telephone links to the outside world have gone. These include the open links, via commercial cables, to NORAD's bunker a thousand feet under Cheyenne Peak in Colorado, and to the Offutt command post near Omaha
Within seconds it is ascertained that neither the President nor Vice-President, both of whom are out of town, can be contacted: radio communications are blacked out, on all frequencies. Further, because of the telephone failure, none of the Presidential stand-ins scattered around town and country can be expected to call in to give their exact locations, as they would normally if there were a recognized national emergency. However, the Secretary of Defense, third in the chain of command, is at breakfast somewhere in the White House
It has taken 45 seconds to confirm the general breakdown of communications; it takes another 45 seconds to locate the Secretary of Defense and inform him of the problem; and it is another 90 seconds before the Secretary finds himself in the cramped underground Situation Room along with his advisors. He is aware that the travel time of a missile from a hostile submarine off the Atlantic coast to Washington is just over fifteen minutes; three of these minutes have gone
Emergency procedures for transferring authority are now in hand and the Secretary of Defense becomes in effect the new President. The 'gold codes', which would enable him to initiate a nuclear response, are placed before him. The black SIOP books with their theoretical scenarios are produced. The 'Mystic' and 'Nationwide' communication systems are successfully activated utilizing deeply buried, protected cables. He now has control of the National Command Authority, the channel of communication for execution of a nuclear strike; and another two minutes have gone
The underground cables to Cheyenne, Offutt and other SAC bases are now open with secure links to the radar lines covering the northern approaches. None of them - Dew Line, the 55th Parallel or Pine Tree - is functioning properly, however; their screens are strongly upset with many spurious signals: there seem to be huge scattering modes in the ionosphere.
Satellite communication with military forces abroad is impaired. No information is coming in from the big synchronous DSP satellites over South America, the central Pacific or the Indian Ocean; nothing is arriving from the relay stations near Aurora in Colorado or Pine Gap in Australia. And the 'hot line' is dead. On the other hand in the minutes before the confusion they had reported no anomalous infrared emissions and hence no evidence of heat from the exhausts of rising missiles. At the moment all that can be said is that there is a very unusual atmospheric disturbance, that telephone lines are dead and that there are widespread power failures. The disturbed atmosphere might just be some strange effect due to sunspots or the like, but the telephone and power failures are ominous. On such a scale, the only plausible explanation is an electromagnetic pulse caused by nuclear fireballs
Eight minutes into the emergency - if it is an emergency - the Secretary issues a number of precautionary orders. His deputy is ordered upstairs to await the arrival of a helicopter from Quantico Marine Corps base about 30 miles away. This will transport the deputy to the waiting 'Nightwatch', a Boeing 747 which functions as an airborne command post. Another helicopter is dispatched to retrieve the President. A 'flash alert' is sent to Hawaii, to get a second command post aloft, but the message goes unacknowledged. SAC missile silos and bomber bases are put on full alert
Nine minutes on, ............... gotta go here to read the rest.
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Comets, Meteors, Fireballs......Does Humanity Have A Chance???
A few years ago I witnessed a ginormous meteor fly overhead (um, I am assuming, since I am not a scientist, that it was a meteor) while driving home one winter's night. The whole area lit up like it was noon and a bright light went zooming past high up in the night's blackened sky. To this day, I still have a vision of what I saw that night very clearly in my mind. I've never seen anything like it before or after. And I truly didn't know what to make of it until lately when I've been reading more and more articles about people seeing meteors streaking across the skies.
There are several articles I have come across recently, and one can be found here if you are inclined to find out more about these celestial objects that seem to be coming into frequent contact with our living space these days. It seems that there may be alot more to these meteors than just watching a pretty shooting star.
The other article is from a blog I read frequently. The beginning of the article is below. It's title is:
Wars, Pestilence and Witches
~by Laura Knight-Jadczyk
It was a warm, clear afternoon in the capital. The bustle of metropolitan commerce and tourism filled the streets. Small sailing vessels dotted the sheltered waters within sight of the government buildings, riding on a soft southerly breeze. The Sun sparkled on the gentle swells and wakes, lending a luminous glow to the poppies and tulips nodding in the parks along the water's edge. All was in order.
But suddenly, the sky brightened as if with a second, more brilliant Sun. A second set of shadows appeared; at first long and faint, they shortened and sharpened rapidly. A strange hissing, humming sound seemed to come from everywhere at once. Thousands craned their necks and looked upwards, searching the sky for the new Sun. Above them a tremendous white fireball blossomed, like the unfolding of a vast paper flower, but now blindingly bright. For several seconds the fierce fireball dominated the sky, shaming the Sun. The sky burned white-hot, then slowly faded through yellow and orange to a glowering copper-red. The awful hissing ceased. The onlookers, blinded by the flash, burned by its searing heat, covered their eyes and cringed in terror. Occupants of offices and apartments rushed to their windows, searching the sky for the source of the brilliant flare that had lit their rooms. A great blanket of turbulent, coppery cloud filled half the sky overhead. For a dozen heartbeats the city was awestruck, numbed and silent.
Then, without warning, a tremendous blast smote the city, knocking pedestrians to the ground. Shuttered doors and windows blew out; fences, walls, and roofs groaned and cracked. A shock wave raced across the city and its waterways, knocking sailboats flat in the water.......
continue here
~ The Mediator
There are several articles I have come across recently, and one can be found here if you are inclined to find out more about these celestial objects that seem to be coming into frequent contact with our living space these days. It seems that there may be alot more to these meteors than just watching a pretty shooting star.
The other article is from a blog I read frequently. The beginning of the article is below. It's title is:
Wars, Pestilence and Witches
~by Laura Knight-Jadczyk
It was a warm, clear afternoon in the capital. The bustle of metropolitan commerce and tourism filled the streets. Small sailing vessels dotted the sheltered waters within sight of the government buildings, riding on a soft southerly breeze. The Sun sparkled on the gentle swells and wakes, lending a luminous glow to the poppies and tulips nodding in the parks along the water's edge. All was in order.
But suddenly, the sky brightened as if with a second, more brilliant Sun. A second set of shadows appeared; at first long and faint, they shortened and sharpened rapidly. A strange hissing, humming sound seemed to come from everywhere at once. Thousands craned their necks and looked upwards, searching the sky for the new Sun. Above them a tremendous white fireball blossomed, like the unfolding of a vast paper flower, but now blindingly bright. For several seconds the fierce fireball dominated the sky, shaming the Sun. The sky burned white-hot, then slowly faded through yellow and orange to a glowering copper-red. The awful hissing ceased. The onlookers, blinded by the flash, burned by its searing heat, covered their eyes and cringed in terror. Occupants of offices and apartments rushed to their windows, searching the sky for the source of the brilliant flare that had lit their rooms. A great blanket of turbulent, coppery cloud filled half the sky overhead. For a dozen heartbeats the city was awestruck, numbed and silent.
Then, without warning, a tremendous blast smote the city, knocking pedestrians to the ground. Shuttered doors and windows blew out; fences, walls, and roofs groaned and cracked. A shock wave raced across the city and its waterways, knocking sailboats flat in the water.......
continue here
~ The Mediator
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Rebounding ... ever tried it
Yesterday I came across this article on "rebounding", it's a trampoline you use indoors to strengthen the cells of your body - not to make you physically strong - but to keep you healthy and your immune system working at top notch speed. Most people call rebounders 'mini-trampolines'. And, I've been rebounding for years. My children, when they were young, thought that it was the best thing since jumping on your bed.
Rebounding for health was what got me started and this was about 26 years back. After my son was born 23 years ago, (he was born with Down's Syndrome and as a result had a depressed immune system, low muscle tone - flabby arms, legs, neck) I brought him home from the hospital and would hold him in my arms and jump and sing to him on a daily basis. I did this hoping to help him grow strong and healthy. He still jumps today, although today I have to remind him that it's part of his exercise routine.
Anyway, the reason for writing all the above is that I saw this great article that I thought I'd include below. It's how rebounding for only two (yes 2) minutes a day can clean your lymph system. I had always been under the impression that I needed to jump 15-20 minutes for needed health benefits. But read the article.........two minutes, several times a day boosts your immune system and increase production of your white blood cells.
You can also find more great articles on health here.
The article was taken from:
http://www.naturalnews.com/z022716.html
* * * * * * * *
Whole Body Detox (Part 1): Lymphatic Cleansing With Rebound Exercise
by Mary Laredo (see all articles by this author)
With each passing decade since the end of World War II our planet has become silently, yet increasingly, toxic as pollutants from pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, industrial chemicals and other residual offenders choke the land, water and air that sustain us. As our planet becomes dangerously congested with debris so do our bodies, as evidenced by the alarming rate of deaths due to preventable illness and disease. We are neither helpless nor hopeless in this dire state, and just as we can strive to minimize our imprint on the planet, we can also take measures to reduce, eliminate and cleanse toxins from the blood, tissues and organs of our bodies. One of several effective methods of detoxification is through lymphatic cleansing.
Among the various functions of the lymphatic system is its ability to carry waste away from the cells and bloodstream to the body's organs of elimination. The system is comprised of veins and capillaries, with one-way valves, that contain a clear fluid called lymph. This fluid also surrounds cells throughout the body and collects cellular debris before draining it into the lymphatic system. Lymph carries the waste on a one-way path toward the heart and passes through many filters (lymph nodes) where special white blood cells attack and eliminate foreign molecules.
Once the lymph fluid approaches the heart it is returned to circulation and makes its way for further cleansing of toxins by the liver and kidneys. The lymphatic vessels are not connected to the blood circulatory system, and unlike blood which is pumped by the heart, lymph fluid relies on bodily movement and exercise to drive it through the lymphatic system. Forceful flushing of the system cleanses lymph nodes, contributes to healthy, clear lymph fluid, and boosts the immune system. Stagnant, slow-moving and thick lymph fluid is due to a lethargic, toxic body and weakened immune system.
When the lymph fluid remains sluggish the lymph nodes become clogged and lose their filtering ability. Without routine flushing of the lymph, debris becomes trapped in the body, creating a toxic overload and contributing to the onset of disease.
Exacerbating the problem caused by lack of exercise is the constant onslaught of toxins from processed, denatured food and exposure to environmental pollutants. Regular exercise will help to offset these offenders.
Rebounding on a mini trampoline is perhaps the most efficient and forceful means of flushing the lymph while stimulating the immune system and defending against cancer and other ailments. During rebound exercise the forces of the upward and downward bounces – acceleration and deceleration – are vertically aligned on the same plane with gravity. It was proven by Albert Einstein in 1911 that the aligned forces of acceleration, deceleration and gravity result in an increased gravitational load (1). What this means for the body is that during rebound exercise cells adjust to the increased load by becoming stronger. Rebounding strengthens virtually every cell of the body at the same time and is equivalent to resistance training for the cells.
It takes only two minutes of rebounding to flush the entire lymphatic system, while cleansing and strengthening cells and lymph nodes. A further benefit to the body is that during this brief time span the white blood cells of the immune system triple in number and remain elevated for an hour. These specialized cells play a major role in the body's defense against illness and disease. For one full hour their activity is increased as they perform their tasks of destroying and eliminating cancer cells and other toxins, expending themselves in the process. An hour after rebounding for two minutes the white blood cell count returns to normal (1, 2, 3).
At this point another two-minute rebound session would increase the demand for white blood cells as the process of cleansing, strengthening, and the flushing away of spent cells and other cancerous debris is repeated. A therapeutic strategy to rebuild health would be to rebound for two minutes every waking hour, or as many times a day as possible. Two minutes of gentle bouncing throughout the day is more effective for healing than one long session. Repeated short sessions sustain an active immune system, oxygenate and strengthen cells, and continuously cleanse the lymph. Therapeutic rebounding has been shown to reduce cancerous tumors and improve or heal a host of other ailments (3).
Those who are too weak to exercise or have difficulty standing can use a stabilizer bar which is available with most quality rebounders, such as the Needak model. This enables the weak individual to feel secure while bouncing gently. It's important to begin slowly, and gradually increase to two minutes.
Rebounding can be performed by healthy individuals for health maintenance and disease prevention. One or more long sessions of aerobic rebounding will help stimulate the immune system, improve digestion, control weight, tone and strengthen the body, and build endurance – especially when done with hand-held weights.
When beginning a program of regular rebounding it's best to gradually increase time and intensity as the body – including bones and internal organs – adjusts to the increased gravitational load and becomes stronger.
A healthy existence can only be sustained when we recognize the correlation between our toxic planet and our polluted bodies and become conscious stewards of both. One means toward this end is through daily rebounding combined with an alkaline diet to detoxify the body and profoundly contribute to optimum healing.
Future reports will cover the effectiveness and physiology of fasting, enemas and infrared sauna use for therapeutic detoxification.
References:1. Brooks, Linda: Rebounding and Your Immune System. Urbana, OH: Vitally Yours Press, 29; 33-46, 20032. Brooks, Linda: Cancer – A Simple Approach. Urbana, OH: Vitally Yours Press,33-6, 20023. Brooks, Linda: Rebounding to Better Health. Sixth Printing, KE Publishing, 51-2; 39-56; 71-6, 2006
About the authorMary Laredo is an artist, educator and gallery curator who lives and works in Detroit, MI. As a breast cancer survivor who shunned conventional treatment, she is writing a book about her experience with natural therapies and nutritional healing. Visit http://marylaredo.blogspot.com/
UPDATE 3/09/08: found another web site that has good solid information on rebounding and your health. If you please, visit here:
http://pals2u.tripod.com/id34.html
~ The Mediator
Rebounding for health was what got me started and this was about 26 years back. After my son was born 23 years ago, (he was born with Down's Syndrome and as a result had a depressed immune system, low muscle tone - flabby arms, legs, neck) I brought him home from the hospital and would hold him in my arms and jump and sing to him on a daily basis. I did this hoping to help him grow strong and healthy. He still jumps today, although today I have to remind him that it's part of his exercise routine.
Anyway, the reason for writing all the above is that I saw this great article that I thought I'd include below. It's how rebounding for only two (yes 2) minutes a day can clean your lymph system. I had always been under the impression that I needed to jump 15-20 minutes for needed health benefits. But read the article.........two minutes, several times a day boosts your immune system and increase production of your white blood cells.
You can also find more great articles on health here.
The article was taken from:
http://www.naturalnews.com/z022716.html
* * * * * * * *
Whole Body Detox (Part 1): Lymphatic Cleansing With Rebound Exercise
by Mary Laredo (see all articles by this author)
With each passing decade since the end of World War II our planet has become silently, yet increasingly, toxic as pollutants from pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, industrial chemicals and other residual offenders choke the land, water and air that sustain us. As our planet becomes dangerously congested with debris so do our bodies, as evidenced by the alarming rate of deaths due to preventable illness and disease. We are neither helpless nor hopeless in this dire state, and just as we can strive to minimize our imprint on the planet, we can also take measures to reduce, eliminate and cleanse toxins from the blood, tissues and organs of our bodies. One of several effective methods of detoxification is through lymphatic cleansing.
Among the various functions of the lymphatic system is its ability to carry waste away from the cells and bloodstream to the body's organs of elimination. The system is comprised of veins and capillaries, with one-way valves, that contain a clear fluid called lymph. This fluid also surrounds cells throughout the body and collects cellular debris before draining it into the lymphatic system. Lymph carries the waste on a one-way path toward the heart and passes through many filters (lymph nodes) where special white blood cells attack and eliminate foreign molecules.
Once the lymph fluid approaches the heart it is returned to circulation and makes its way for further cleansing of toxins by the liver and kidneys. The lymphatic vessels are not connected to the blood circulatory system, and unlike blood which is pumped by the heart, lymph fluid relies on bodily movement and exercise to drive it through the lymphatic system. Forceful flushing of the system cleanses lymph nodes, contributes to healthy, clear lymph fluid, and boosts the immune system. Stagnant, slow-moving and thick lymph fluid is due to a lethargic, toxic body and weakened immune system.
When the lymph fluid remains sluggish the lymph nodes become clogged and lose their filtering ability. Without routine flushing of the lymph, debris becomes trapped in the body, creating a toxic overload and contributing to the onset of disease.
Exacerbating the problem caused by lack of exercise is the constant onslaught of toxins from processed, denatured food and exposure to environmental pollutants. Regular exercise will help to offset these offenders.
Rebounding on a mini trampoline is perhaps the most efficient and forceful means of flushing the lymph while stimulating the immune system and defending against cancer and other ailments. During rebound exercise the forces of the upward and downward bounces – acceleration and deceleration – are vertically aligned on the same plane with gravity. It was proven by Albert Einstein in 1911 that the aligned forces of acceleration, deceleration and gravity result in an increased gravitational load (1). What this means for the body is that during rebound exercise cells adjust to the increased load by becoming stronger. Rebounding strengthens virtually every cell of the body at the same time and is equivalent to resistance training for the cells.
It takes only two minutes of rebounding to flush the entire lymphatic system, while cleansing and strengthening cells and lymph nodes. A further benefit to the body is that during this brief time span the white blood cells of the immune system triple in number and remain elevated for an hour. These specialized cells play a major role in the body's defense against illness and disease. For one full hour their activity is increased as they perform their tasks of destroying and eliminating cancer cells and other toxins, expending themselves in the process. An hour after rebounding for two minutes the white blood cell count returns to normal (1, 2, 3).
At this point another two-minute rebound session would increase the demand for white blood cells as the process of cleansing, strengthening, and the flushing away of spent cells and other cancerous debris is repeated. A therapeutic strategy to rebuild health would be to rebound for two minutes every waking hour, or as many times a day as possible. Two minutes of gentle bouncing throughout the day is more effective for healing than one long session. Repeated short sessions sustain an active immune system, oxygenate and strengthen cells, and continuously cleanse the lymph. Therapeutic rebounding has been shown to reduce cancerous tumors and improve or heal a host of other ailments (3).
Those who are too weak to exercise or have difficulty standing can use a stabilizer bar which is available with most quality rebounders, such as the Needak model. This enables the weak individual to feel secure while bouncing gently. It's important to begin slowly, and gradually increase to two minutes.
Rebounding can be performed by healthy individuals for health maintenance and disease prevention. One or more long sessions of aerobic rebounding will help stimulate the immune system, improve digestion, control weight, tone and strengthen the body, and build endurance – especially when done with hand-held weights.
When beginning a program of regular rebounding it's best to gradually increase time and intensity as the body – including bones and internal organs – adjusts to the increased gravitational load and becomes stronger.
A healthy existence can only be sustained when we recognize the correlation between our toxic planet and our polluted bodies and become conscious stewards of both. One means toward this end is through daily rebounding combined with an alkaline diet to detoxify the body and profoundly contribute to optimum healing.
Future reports will cover the effectiveness and physiology of fasting, enemas and infrared sauna use for therapeutic detoxification.
References:1. Brooks, Linda: Rebounding and Your Immune System. Urbana, OH: Vitally Yours Press, 29; 33-46, 20032. Brooks, Linda: Cancer – A Simple Approach. Urbana, OH: Vitally Yours Press,33-6, 20023. Brooks, Linda: Rebounding to Better Health. Sixth Printing, KE Publishing, 51-2; 39-56; 71-6, 2006
About the authorMary Laredo is an artist, educator and gallery curator who lives and works in Detroit, MI. As a breast cancer survivor who shunned conventional treatment, she is writing a book about her experience with natural therapies and nutritional healing. Visit http://marylaredo.blogspot.com/
UPDATE 3/09/08: found another web site that has good solid information on rebounding and your health. If you please, visit here:
http://pals2u.tripod.com/id34.html
~ The Mediator
Monday, February 25, 2008
HONEY.....a cure for the common ailement
I've been away again. There has been so many family issues over the last couple of months that it's all I can do to turn on the computer and check out my favorite sites. But, this article about honey and cinnamon has really peaked my 'health' curiosity. The reason for it is as follows:
My son, during the winter months, has always produced these big, ugly pimples. This only happens November through March and nothing but time has made them go away - until I happened upon a hand cream that I purchased over the holidays. It's made from honey. All natural ingredients (only a few). Anyway, one night I decided to apply some of this honey hand cream to his face (where another pimple was forming) and the next morning it was all but gone. A little more honey hand cream and two days later there was no sign of a big 'ole pimple.
We did this over and over this winter, whenever a pimple (and no, it's not just a tiny zit, but a boil type zit) would begin to form, I'd apply the honey cream and voila~~~gonezo. So, when I read this article, I just had to dig a bit and look further into the idea of honey (and cinnamon) being an incredible natural healer......and maybe you will look deeper into this too.
Read on and also check out some other health and wellness articles
here.
cinamon and honey the miracle cure
posted 2/9/2008 9:13:46 AM
read below OR can be read here...just scroll down half way on the page to find it:
http://mysite.verizon.net/mdmasters/healthtips.htm
or read the paper here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/48137/honey-cinnamon-multiple-cures
Facts on honey and cinnamon: It is found that a mixture of honey and cinnamon cures most diseases.
Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Scientists of today also accept honey as a "Ram Ban" (very effective) medicine for all kinds of diseases. Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases. Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients.
Weekly World News, a magazine in Canada, in its issue dated 17 January, 1995 has given the following list of diseases that can be cured by honey and cinnamon as researched by western scientists:
HEART DISEASES:
Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, instead of jelly and jam, and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Also those who have already had an attack, if they do this process daily, they are kept miles away from the next attack. Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heart beat. In America and Canada, various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that as you age, the arteries and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey and cinnamon revitalize the arteries and veins.
ARTHRITIS:
Arthritis patients may take daily, morning, and night, one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If taken regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured. In a recent research conducted at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon honey and half teaspoon cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week, out of the 200 people so treated, practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain, and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain.
BLADDER INFECTIONS:
Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder.
TOOTHACHE:
Make a paste of one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and five teaspoons of honey and apply on the aching tooth. This may be applied three times a day until the tooth stops aching.
CHOLESTEROL:
Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of cinnamon powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient, was found to reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10 percent within two hours. As mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken three times a day, any chronic cholesterol is cured. According to information received in the said journal, pure honey taken with food daily relieves complaints of cholesterol.
COLDS:
Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for three days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold, and clear the sinuses.
UPSET STOMACH:
Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root.
GAS:
According to the studies done in India and Japan, it is revealed that if honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.
IMMUNE SYSTEM:
Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks. Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral diseases.
INDIGESTION:
Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.
INFLUENZA:
A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural ingredient which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu.
LONGEVITY:
Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly, arrests the ravages of old age. Take four spoons of honey, one spoon of cinnamon powder and three cups of water and boil to make like tea. Drink 1/4 cup, three to four times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age. Life spans also increases and even a 100 year old, starts performing the chores of a 20-year-old.
PIMPLES:
Three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water. If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root.
SKIN INFECTIONS:
Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts cures eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections.
WEIGHT LOSS:
Daily in the morning one half hour before breakfast on an empty stomach and at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one cup of water. If taken regularly, it reduces the weight of even the most obese person. Also, drinking this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet.
CANCER:
Recent research in Japan and Australia has revealed that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month three times a day.
FATIGUE:
Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful rather than! than being detrimental to the strength of the body. Senior citizens, who take honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts, are more alert and flexible. Dr. Milton, who has done research, says that a half tablespoon of honey taken in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3:00 P.M. when the vitality of the body starts to decrease, increases the vitality of the bo dy within a week.
BAD BREATH:
People of South America, first thing in the morning, gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water, so their breath stays fresh throughout the day.
HEARING LOSS:
Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder, taken in equal parts restore hearing.
My son, during the winter months, has always produced these big, ugly pimples. This only happens November through March and nothing but time has made them go away - until I happened upon a hand cream that I purchased over the holidays. It's made from honey. All natural ingredients (only a few). Anyway, one night I decided to apply some of this honey hand cream to his face (where another pimple was forming) and the next morning it was all but gone. A little more honey hand cream and two days later there was no sign of a big 'ole pimple.
We did this over and over this winter, whenever a pimple (and no, it's not just a tiny zit, but a boil type zit) would begin to form, I'd apply the honey cream and voila~~~gonezo. So, when I read this article, I just had to dig a bit and look further into the idea of honey (and cinnamon) being an incredible natural healer......and maybe you will look deeper into this too.
Read on and also check out some other health and wellness articles
here.
cinamon and honey the miracle cure
posted 2/9/2008 9:13:46 AM
read below OR can be read here...just scroll down half way on the page to find it:
http://mysite.verizon.net/mdmasters/healthtips.htm
or read the paper here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/48137/honey-cinnamon-multiple-cures
Facts on honey and cinnamon: It is found that a mixture of honey and cinnamon cures most diseases.
Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Scientists of today also accept honey as a "Ram Ban" (very effective) medicine for all kinds of diseases. Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases. Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients.
Weekly World News, a magazine in Canada, in its issue dated 17 January, 1995 has given the following list of diseases that can be cured by honey and cinnamon as researched by western scientists:
HEART DISEASES:
Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, instead of jelly and jam, and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Also those who have already had an attack, if they do this process daily, they are kept miles away from the next attack. Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heart beat. In America and Canada, various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that as you age, the arteries and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey and cinnamon revitalize the arteries and veins.
ARTHRITIS:
Arthritis patients may take daily, morning, and night, one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If taken regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured. In a recent research conducted at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon honey and half teaspoon cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week, out of the 200 people so treated, practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain, and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain.
BLADDER INFECTIONS:
Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder.
TOOTHACHE:
Make a paste of one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and five teaspoons of honey and apply on the aching tooth. This may be applied three times a day until the tooth stops aching.
CHOLESTEROL:
Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of cinnamon powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient, was found to reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10 percent within two hours. As mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken three times a day, any chronic cholesterol is cured. According to information received in the said journal, pure honey taken with food daily relieves complaints of cholesterol.
COLDS:
Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for three days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold, and clear the sinuses.
UPSET STOMACH:
Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root.
GAS:
According to the studies done in India and Japan, it is revealed that if honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.
IMMUNE SYSTEM:
Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks. Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral diseases.
INDIGESTION:
Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.
INFLUENZA:
A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural ingredient which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu.
LONGEVITY:
Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly, arrests the ravages of old age. Take four spoons of honey, one spoon of cinnamon powder and three cups of water and boil to make like tea. Drink 1/4 cup, three to four times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age. Life spans also increases and even a 100 year old, starts performing the chores of a 20-year-old.
PIMPLES:
Three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water. If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root.
SKIN INFECTIONS:
Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts cures eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections.
WEIGHT LOSS:
Daily in the morning one half hour before breakfast on an empty stomach and at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one cup of water. If taken regularly, it reduces the weight of even the most obese person. Also, drinking this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet.
CANCER:
Recent research in Japan and Australia has revealed that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month three times a day.
FATIGUE:
Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful rather than! than being detrimental to the strength of the body. Senior citizens, who take honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts, are more alert and flexible. Dr. Milton, who has done research, says that a half tablespoon of honey taken in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3:00 P.M. when the vitality of the body starts to decrease, increases the vitality of the bo dy within a week.
BAD BREATH:
People of South America, first thing in the morning, gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water, so their breath stays fresh throughout the day.
HEARING LOSS:
Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder, taken in equal parts restore hearing.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
One Person's Trash is Another Person's Treasure
Thought I'd post a couple of thoughts on the Christmas (er....Holiday) Season and the shopping that goes along with it. Actually, I'm not one that enjoys shopping. The malls are too crowded, the roads are congested and prices are skyrocketing but.......
..........since we all seem to be avid consumers, and shopping is our game, you might want to take a look at the following video from www.mercola.com:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/need-to-see-before-you-start-holiday-shopping.aspx
It's a wonderful visual on what 'consumerism' does to the planet and how we've been set-up by the corporations to make those of us who live in the USA into nothing more than consuming piglets. We're trapped in a viscious cycle and can't stop it. But, there's one way to help the planet and your pocketbook.
So, after you watch the video, you might want to check out this website:
http://www.freecycle.org
Just type in your State or City, State and watch for a 'freecycle group' near you. I've been a user of freecycle and it is a wonderful way of cleaning out your overstuffed drawers, closets - or, if you're moving, giving away those items that could wind up in the dump. Likewise, if you're in need of something you can ask. Everything posted on freecycle is FREE.....and RECYCLED.
"The Freecycle Network™ is made up of 4194 groups with 4188044 members across the globe. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns. Membership is free, and everything posted must be FREE, legal and appropriate for all ages."
Also, there's this:
http://www.repairclinic.org
"RepairClinic.com® - The preferred resource for appliance parts and free repair help. Ask our RepairGuru® your repair question. Let our PartDetective® show the part photo, pricing and availability. Shop online or use our toll-free number. No-hassle returns."
Well Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to anyone reading this blog.
~ The Mediator
..........since we all seem to be avid consumers, and shopping is our game, you might want to take a look at the following video from www.mercola.com:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/need-to-see-before-you-start-holiday-shopping.aspx
It's a wonderful visual on what 'consumerism' does to the planet and how we've been set-up by the corporations to make those of us who live in the USA into nothing more than consuming piglets. We're trapped in a viscious cycle and can't stop it. But, there's one way to help the planet and your pocketbook.
So, after you watch the video, you might want to check out this website:
http://www.freecycle.org
Just type in your State or City, State and watch for a 'freecycle group' near you. I've been a user of freecycle and it is a wonderful way of cleaning out your overstuffed drawers, closets - or, if you're moving, giving away those items that could wind up in the dump. Likewise, if you're in need of something you can ask. Everything posted on freecycle is FREE.....and RECYCLED.
"The Freecycle Network™ is made up of 4194 groups with 4188044 members across the globe. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns. Membership is free, and everything posted must be FREE, legal and appropriate for all ages."
Also, there's this:
http://www.repairclinic.org
"RepairClinic.com® - The preferred resource for appliance parts and free repair help. Ask our RepairGuru® your repair question. Let our PartDetective® show the part photo, pricing and availability. Shop online or use our toll-free number. No-hassle returns."
Well Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to anyone reading this blog.
~ The Mediator
Monday, December 03, 2007
IF YOU WANT TO SMILE, THIS WILL DO IT FOR YA
Came across an article on another website and, although it gave me 'goosebumps', it is something everyone should see. It will really make you feel good, smile and want to see it again. So here is the link:
http://www.maniacworld.com/Phone-Salesman-Amazes-Crowd.html
It will make your day.
And a 'Oops', cuz I just want to add something else to this post:
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/144703-Town-of-Allopath
~ The Mediator
http://www.maniacworld.com/Phone-Salesman-Amazes-Crowd.html
It will make your day.
And a 'Oops', cuz I just want to add something else to this post:
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/144703-Town-of-Allopath
~ The Mediator
Sunday, November 25, 2007
DO YOU SUFFER.....Then Read This
With the Holiday Season all around us, and many, many parties to attend (both family and work), there's something I think you should be aware of - especially if you tend to put on too much weight during this season OR if you tend to 'feel unwell' during the month long celebrations leading up to Christmas.
There is a helpful website I have found which has lots of great information concerning health and wellbeing. So....
If you suffer from panic attacks, gas, anxiety, irregular heartbeat (these were actually MY SYMPTOMS ~ I am NOT diagnosing anyone), as I did, you might want to read the following:::
Website for the article: "Food for Thought" can be found here:
http://www.msgtruth.org/
[begin.....]
Food For Thought .... {from MSGTRUTH}
MSG is a nervous system stimulant.
Recent research at Johns Hopkins directly ties nervous system stimulation to the immune system.
The FDA admits that MSG has been proven to induce asthma attacks in certain individuals.
Asthma deaths have increased with the increased use of MSG in the US food supply.
Childhood allergies have increased with the increased use of MSG in the US food supply.
The EPA has approved a growth-enhancing crop spray for use on fruits and vegetables which contains free L-glutamic acid, which has the same action on the nervous system as the amino acid glutamate found in MSG.
The latest autism research links two genetic areas to the disorder
These genes code for proteins for glutamate receptors and synapses
Glutamate induces epileptic seizures
20% of autistic children also have epilepsy
Glutamate increases histamine response
Autistic children often have food allergies
Some autistic children improve on a gluten-free, casein-free diet
Glutamate is found in large amounts in gluten, and casein (wheat and milk proteins)
Glutamate reduces levels of taurine - essential to proper digestion
Autistic children often suffer digestive symptoms
Glutamate targets the amygdala of the brain
An overstimulated amygdala results in the most classic behaviour of autism:avoiding gazes perceived as threatening
MSG injected into mice reduces free glutathione levels
Glutathione protects children from mercury poisoning by chelating mercury
Both Mercury and glutamic acid are still found in certain vaccines
Vaccines are suspected of being an environmental trigger for autism in children
Mercury in the environment is increasing due to air pollution
The tobacco industry used ammonia in cigarettes because it enhances the addictive effects of nicotine.
Ammonia in the blood stream quickly crosses the blood brain barrier.
When ammonia in the bloodstream crosses the blood brain barrier, it is converted into glutamate.
There are glutamate receptors in the pancreas.
Excess Insulin release triggers hunger and can lead to obesity and insulin resistance in lab animals.
Laboratory researchers inject animals with MSG to induce obesity.
Ingested MSG has been shown in human subjects to increase blood levels of free glutamic acid and in turn, insulin.
Glutamate-induced obese animals become resistant to leptin - the substance released by fat cells that scientists hope will cure obesity.
Obesity and Type II Diabetes have increased to epidemic levels in the US in children since the introduction of MSG into the American diet.
Type II Diabetes has actually DOUBLED in the past 30 years in the U.S.
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/123/115231.htm
Obesity among young people in China is growing at 10% each decade. http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/11/02/china.obesity/
Over 85% of people studied with Type I Diabetes have tested positive for antibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) which is the enzyme responsible for turning excess glutamate into GABA.
The glutamate in MSG has a vasoconstrictive effect.
MSG is added mainly to salty, processed American foods.
Teens in Canada are now suffering from high blood pressure in record numbers.
Hypertension incidence in America is 30% higher now than it was a decade ago.
Some Americans have "salt-sensitive" hypertension.
High blood pressure is a leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease in the US.
Millions of Americans are taking calcium channel blocking medication to treat high blood pressure.
The Glutamate in MSG acts as a calcium channel opener.
High blood pressure is a risk factor for stroke.
Asians have been using MSG in large amounts since 1908 when it was discovered.
Young adults in Asian countries are now experiencing stroke in record numbers.
A dentist recently discovered that anti-inflammatory topical medicine can alleviate migraine headaches.He believes inflammation in the mouth above the upper rear molars presses against nerves - causing migraine
MSG induces histamine response
Histamine induces inflammation
MSG is a migraine trigger
The latest drugs to treat Fibromyalgia are anti-epileptic drugs which reduce glutamate levels.
Hospitals warn patients taking anti-seizure medications to avoid MSG.
GlaxoSmithKline's Lamictal (lamotrigine), a glutamate BLOCKER, has just been approved in the US for treating "Grand Mal" or primary generalized tonic-clonic (PGTC) seizures. http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-09-25T121424Z_01_WEN5872_RTRIDST_0_HEALTH-GLAXOSMITHKLINE-URGENT.XML&rpc=66&type=qcna
The anesthetic Ketamine is a glutamate BLOCKER.
Stroke victims are now given glutamate blocking drugs
MSG contains glutamate
Late stage Alzheimer's patients are now showing improvement on the glutamate blocker, memantine
MSG contains glutamate
A.L.S. victims are now being treated with glutamate blocking drugs
MSG contains glutamate
MS victims may soon be treated with glutamate blocking drugs
MSG contains glutamate
Many of the elderly in nursing homes are suffering the effects of stroke, Alzheimer's disease, and A.L.S.
MSG producers are now advocating the use of MSG in nursing homes
The glutamate blocker Lamictal is used to treat bipolar disorder (manic depression).
MSG was only added to the American food supply after World War II and has steadily increased.
Suicide among adolescents and young adults has nearly tripled since 1952.
Chinese processed foods are high in MSG.
China now accounts for 42% of the world's suicides:
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200609130358.htm
Ketamine - a glutamate blocker - relieved depression in 71% of study patients within ONE DAY of treatment
The blood brain barrier protects most of the human brain
The hypothalamus of the brain is not protected by the blood brain barrier
The hypothalamus of lab animals was damaged by MSG ingestion
The hypothalamus directs the action of the pituitary gland and entire endocrine system
Many MSG-sensitive individuals have been diagnosed hypothyroid
The hypothalamus regulates body temperature
Many young athletes are exhorted to use body-building products which contain free glutamate (MSG)
There has been an increase in heat stroke deaths in young athletes
[....end article]
Happy and Healthy Times to all,
~ The Mediator
There is a helpful website I have found which has lots of great information concerning health and wellbeing. So....
If you suffer from panic attacks, gas, anxiety, irregular heartbeat (these were actually MY SYMPTOMS ~ I am NOT diagnosing anyone), as I did, you might want to read the following:::
Website for the article: "Food for Thought" can be found here:
http://www.msgtruth.org/
[begin.....]
Food For Thought .... {from MSGTRUTH}
MSG is a nervous system stimulant.
Recent research at Johns Hopkins directly ties nervous system stimulation to the immune system.
The FDA admits that MSG has been proven to induce asthma attacks in certain individuals.
Asthma deaths have increased with the increased use of MSG in the US food supply.
Childhood allergies have increased with the increased use of MSG in the US food supply.
The EPA has approved a growth-enhancing crop spray for use on fruits and vegetables which contains free L-glutamic acid, which has the same action on the nervous system as the amino acid glutamate found in MSG.
The latest autism research links two genetic areas to the disorder
These genes code for proteins for glutamate receptors and synapses
Glutamate induces epileptic seizures
20% of autistic children also have epilepsy
Glutamate increases histamine response
Autistic children often have food allergies
Some autistic children improve on a gluten-free, casein-free diet
Glutamate is found in large amounts in gluten, and casein (wheat and milk proteins)
Glutamate reduces levels of taurine - essential to proper digestion
Autistic children often suffer digestive symptoms
Glutamate targets the amygdala of the brain
An overstimulated amygdala results in the most classic behaviour of autism:avoiding gazes perceived as threatening
MSG injected into mice reduces free glutathione levels
Glutathione protects children from mercury poisoning by chelating mercury
Both Mercury and glutamic acid are still found in certain vaccines
Vaccines are suspected of being an environmental trigger for autism in children
Mercury in the environment is increasing due to air pollution
The tobacco industry used ammonia in cigarettes because it enhances the addictive effects of nicotine.
Ammonia in the blood stream quickly crosses the blood brain barrier.
When ammonia in the bloodstream crosses the blood brain barrier, it is converted into glutamate.
There are glutamate receptors in the pancreas.
Excess Insulin release triggers hunger and can lead to obesity and insulin resistance in lab animals.
Laboratory researchers inject animals with MSG to induce obesity.
Ingested MSG has been shown in human subjects to increase blood levels of free glutamic acid and in turn, insulin.
Glutamate-induced obese animals become resistant to leptin - the substance released by fat cells that scientists hope will cure obesity.
Obesity and Type II Diabetes have increased to epidemic levels in the US in children since the introduction of MSG into the American diet.
Type II Diabetes has actually DOUBLED in the past 30 years in the U.S.
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/123/115231.htm
Obesity among young people in China is growing at 10% each decade. http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/11/02/china.obesity/
Over 85% of people studied with Type I Diabetes have tested positive for antibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) which is the enzyme responsible for turning excess glutamate into GABA.
The glutamate in MSG has a vasoconstrictive effect.
MSG is added mainly to salty, processed American foods.
Teens in Canada are now suffering from high blood pressure in record numbers.
Hypertension incidence in America is 30% higher now than it was a decade ago.
Some Americans have "salt-sensitive" hypertension.
High blood pressure is a leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease in the US.
Millions of Americans are taking calcium channel blocking medication to treat high blood pressure.
The Glutamate in MSG acts as a calcium channel opener.
High blood pressure is a risk factor for stroke.
Asians have been using MSG in large amounts since 1908 when it was discovered.
Young adults in Asian countries are now experiencing stroke in record numbers.
A dentist recently discovered that anti-inflammatory topical medicine can alleviate migraine headaches.He believes inflammation in the mouth above the upper rear molars presses against nerves - causing migraine
MSG induces histamine response
Histamine induces inflammation
MSG is a migraine trigger
The latest drugs to treat Fibromyalgia are anti-epileptic drugs which reduce glutamate levels.
Hospitals warn patients taking anti-seizure medications to avoid MSG.
GlaxoSmithKline's Lamictal (lamotrigine), a glutamate BLOCKER, has just been approved in the US for treating "Grand Mal" or primary generalized tonic-clonic (PGTC) seizures. http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-09-25T121424Z_01_WEN5872_RTRIDST_0_HEALTH-GLAXOSMITHKLINE-URGENT.XML&rpc=66&type=qcna
The anesthetic Ketamine is a glutamate BLOCKER.
Stroke victims are now given glutamate blocking drugs
MSG contains glutamate
Late stage Alzheimer's patients are now showing improvement on the glutamate blocker, memantine
MSG contains glutamate
A.L.S. victims are now being treated with glutamate blocking drugs
MSG contains glutamate
MS victims may soon be treated with glutamate blocking drugs
MSG contains glutamate
Many of the elderly in nursing homes are suffering the effects of stroke, Alzheimer's disease, and A.L.S.
MSG producers are now advocating the use of MSG in nursing homes
The glutamate blocker Lamictal is used to treat bipolar disorder (manic depression).
MSG was only added to the American food supply after World War II and has steadily increased.
Suicide among adolescents and young adults has nearly tripled since 1952.
Chinese processed foods are high in MSG.
China now accounts for 42% of the world's suicides:
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200609130358.htm
Ketamine - a glutamate blocker - relieved depression in 71% of study patients within ONE DAY of treatment
The blood brain barrier protects most of the human brain
The hypothalamus of the brain is not protected by the blood brain barrier
The hypothalamus of lab animals was damaged by MSG ingestion
The hypothalamus directs the action of the pituitary gland and entire endocrine system
Many MSG-sensitive individuals have been diagnosed hypothyroid
The hypothalamus regulates body temperature
Many young athletes are exhorted to use body-building products which contain free glutamate (MSG)
There has been an increase in heat stroke deaths in young athletes
[....end article]
Happy and Healthy Times to all,
~ The Mediator
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Haven't Heard Much About FLU.....Have You??
Usually every year, starting around the 1st of October, we hear reporting non-stop about the coming (deadly) flu season. The hype usually includes the information that there will not be enough flu shots to go around and to call your doctor asap to get your flu shot.
This year, I've hardly heard anything about the flu season.......this year it's all about your finances and the christmas and sales season. Of course, both of those can make you sick with worry: you get to worry about possibly getting the flu or worry about your income/assets disappearing with the falling dollar rising oil prices and/or you can worry even more about your job stability.
Also, you can go here:
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/144251-Disturbing-FDA-staff-urge-psych-warnings-for-two-flu-drugs
for other articles about health and fear.
So below is the article about the flu. Have a wonderflu season.
Disturbing! FDA staff urge psych warnings for two flu drugs
Kim Dixon
Reuters
Sat, 24 Nov 2007
[note: highlights and emphasis mine]
U.S. Food and Drug Administration staffers are recommending new warnings about psychiatric events observed in some patients taking Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu and GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Relenza, according to documents released on Friday.
An FDA advisory panel will review the recommendations for the anti-viral influenza drugs at a meeting next week.
The FDA held a similar meeting two years ago in response to reports of a dozen deaths of children in Japan who had been taking Tamiflu.
Experts then found no evidence of a direct connection between the drug and the deaths, although the FDA did ultimately update Tamiflu's label to add a caution urging close monitoring of patients for abnormal behavior such as delirium or self-injury.
In documents prepared for the meeting next week and posted on the FDA's Web site, agency staff recommended that Tamiflu's label be strengthened to note: "In some cases, these behaviors resulted in serious injuries, including death, in adult and pediatric patients."
The FDA staff also reviewed Relenza, a drug in the same class as Tamiflu, recommending its label be changed to note "reports of hallucinations, delirium and abnormal behavior" observed in some patients taking the drug.
The current Relenza label has no label warning related to psychiatric events.
The FDA staff said the evidence is "conflicting" as to whether the events are medication-related, a manifestation of disease or a combination of the two.
Tamiflu has been more widely used in Japan than in the United States, and there is some evidence that the Japanese are more vigilant about reporting side effects, the FDA has said.
Tamiflu, known generically as oseltamivir, is a pill, while Relenza, generically zanamivir, is inhaled.
A Roche spokesman said no causal relationship between Tamiflu and these psychiatric events has been proven.
"Roche has extensively investigated the issue and is conducting ongoing clinical and nonclinical studies. Roche takes all adverse events reports very seriously," spokesman Terence Hurley said in a statement.
About 48 million people have taken Tamiflu worldwide, including 21 million children, since approval in 1999, he said.
A Glaxo spokeswoman said a review of premarketing and post-approval trial data showed no worrying safety signals on patients taking Relenza. The drug is not a major revenue-generator for UK-based Glaxo.
FDA staff based its recommendations on a review of nearly 600 cases of neuropsychiatric events reported by patients on Tamiflu and 115 cases of such events by patients taking Relenza.
The FDA staff will present the advice to the advisory panel of experts meeting on Tuesday, November 27. The agency typically takes the advice of these panels but is not bound by them.
JAPAN PROBE
Japan in March warned against prescribing Tamiflu to those ages 10 to 19 as more than 100 people, mostly young, showed signs of abnormal behavior after taking the drug.
Earlier this year, Japan broadened its probe of Tamiflu to look at flu drugs Relenza and amantadine, after reports of abnormal behavior among young patients.
FDA staff reviewed recent side effect reports on amantadine and rimantadine, another flu drug in amantadine's class, but recommended no label changes. Amantadine already has a strong warning about suicide attempts and an increase in seizures seen in patients on the drug, while rimantadine notes seizure-like activity and hallucinations.
Tamiflu was having lackluster sales as a drug to prevent and treat seasonal flu but got a second life when it was the first drug to show real efficacy in treating and preventing bird flu.
The FDA staff documents for the advisory meeting were posted at:
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/07/briefing/2007-4325b-00-in dex-27and28.html.
(Additional reporting by Ben Hirschler in London)
(Reporting by Kim Dixon; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick and Carol Bishopric)
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~The Mediator
This year, I've hardly heard anything about the flu season.......this year it's all about your finances and the christmas and sales season. Of course, both of those can make you sick with worry: you get to worry about possibly getting the flu or worry about your income/assets disappearing with the falling dollar rising oil prices and/or you can worry even more about your job stability.
Also, you can go here:
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/144251-Disturbing-FDA-staff-urge-psych-warnings-for-two-flu-drugs
for other articles about health and fear.
So below is the article about the flu. Have a wonderflu season.
Disturbing! FDA staff urge psych warnings for two flu drugs
Kim Dixon
Reuters
Sat, 24 Nov 2007
[note: highlights and emphasis mine]
U.S. Food and Drug Administration staffers are recommending new warnings about psychiatric events observed in some patients taking Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu and GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Relenza, according to documents released on Friday.
An FDA advisory panel will review the recommendations for the anti-viral influenza drugs at a meeting next week.
The FDA held a similar meeting two years ago in response to reports of a dozen deaths of children in Japan who had been taking Tamiflu.
Experts then found no evidence of a direct connection between the drug and the deaths, although the FDA did ultimately update Tamiflu's label to add a caution urging close monitoring of patients for abnormal behavior such as delirium or self-injury.
In documents prepared for the meeting next week and posted on the FDA's Web site, agency staff recommended that Tamiflu's label be strengthened to note: "In some cases, these behaviors resulted in serious injuries, including death, in adult and pediatric patients."
The FDA staff also reviewed Relenza, a drug in the same class as Tamiflu, recommending its label be changed to note "reports of hallucinations, delirium and abnormal behavior" observed in some patients taking the drug.
The current Relenza label has no label warning related to psychiatric events.
The FDA staff said the evidence is "conflicting" as to whether the events are medication-related, a manifestation of disease or a combination of the two.
Tamiflu has been more widely used in Japan than in the United States, and there is some evidence that the Japanese are more vigilant about reporting side effects, the FDA has said.
Tamiflu, known generically as oseltamivir, is a pill, while Relenza, generically zanamivir, is inhaled.
A Roche spokesman said no causal relationship between Tamiflu and these psychiatric events has been proven.
"Roche has extensively investigated the issue and is conducting ongoing clinical and nonclinical studies. Roche takes all adverse events reports very seriously," spokesman Terence Hurley said in a statement.
About 48 million people have taken Tamiflu worldwide, including 21 million children, since approval in 1999, he said.
A Glaxo spokeswoman said a review of premarketing and post-approval trial data showed no worrying safety signals on patients taking Relenza. The drug is not a major revenue-generator for UK-based Glaxo.
FDA staff based its recommendations on a review of nearly 600 cases of neuropsychiatric events reported by patients on Tamiflu and 115 cases of such events by patients taking Relenza.
The FDA staff will present the advice to the advisory panel of experts meeting on Tuesday, November 27. The agency typically takes the advice of these panels but is not bound by them.
JAPAN PROBE
Japan in March warned against prescribing Tamiflu to those ages 10 to 19 as more than 100 people, mostly young, showed signs of abnormal behavior after taking the drug.
Earlier this year, Japan broadened its probe of Tamiflu to look at flu drugs Relenza and amantadine, after reports of abnormal behavior among young patients.
FDA staff reviewed recent side effect reports on amantadine and rimantadine, another flu drug in amantadine's class, but recommended no label changes. Amantadine already has a strong warning about suicide attempts and an increase in seizures seen in patients on the drug, while rimantadine notes seizure-like activity and hallucinations.
Tamiflu was having lackluster sales as a drug to prevent and treat seasonal flu but got a second life when it was the first drug to show real efficacy in treating and preventing bird flu.
The FDA staff documents for the advisory meeting were posted at:
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/07/briefing/2007-4325b-00-in dex-27and28.html.
(Additional reporting by Ben Hirschler in London)
(Reporting by Kim Dixon; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick and Carol Bishopric)
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~The Mediator
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Virtual Age.....how old are you?
Thought I'd add someting a little different for the Holidays:
This website calculates your 'virtual age'.
http://www.peterrussell.com/
just go down and click on the
'life expectancy calculator'.
So when I went to calculate my life, this is the result I got:
Biological Age: 59
Virtual Age: 37
Average Life Expectancy: 78
Your Life Expectancy: 99
Phew, I said to myself. Living until I'm 99 years old ! I have a ways to go before the end. Unfortunately, living where I do, I see first hand the result of living into old age - and it's not pretty. There are those exceptions, of course. But an argument I had with a friend who lives in Florida went like this: She said "the sunshine all year long keeps you healthier and living longer and better........". Another friend, who lives in New England said this: "the cold whether keeps and preserves you, so you live longer.....".
So, which is it?? Sunshine vs. cold??
Doesn't matter to me because I attempt to get as much vitamin d from the sun as I can all year long and then supplement with caster (yuck!) oil. Soooooo I'm thinking that as long as I am able to live an independent and purposeful life, it doesn't matter to me how long I live - just as long as I am living and doing and not plunked in front of my tv set 24/7.
So for the fun of it, check out your virtual age!
As an aside, if you are struggling to get a holiday gift for someone who loves to read, someone who loves to learn, then this is a (my opinion only) great book to give. It's called POLITICAL PONEROLOGY by Andrew Lobaczewski. Only 235 pages, but packed with punch.
I'm just finishing the book for the second time. It's about the nature of evil in politics and life. But more than that, it's a fascinating historical account of what happens when psychopaths become leaders (of a country, of a town, of a workplace, of relationships). . . . . .and what you need to know to survive these people who are in control of your life (they are everywhere on some level).
Good book, great read, a survival book for someone you love (and don't forget yourself).
~ The Mediator
This website calculates your 'virtual age'.
http://www.peterrussell.com/
just go down and click on the
'life expectancy calculator'.
So when I went to calculate my life, this is the result I got:
Biological Age: 59
Virtual Age: 37
Average Life Expectancy: 78
Your Life Expectancy: 99
Phew, I said to myself. Living until I'm 99 years old ! I have a ways to go before the end. Unfortunately, living where I do, I see first hand the result of living into old age - and it's not pretty. There are those exceptions, of course. But an argument I had with a friend who lives in Florida went like this: She said "the sunshine all year long keeps you healthier and living longer and better........". Another friend, who lives in New England said this: "the cold whether keeps and preserves you, so you live longer.....".
So, which is it?? Sunshine vs. cold??
Doesn't matter to me because I attempt to get as much vitamin d from the sun as I can all year long and then supplement with caster (yuck!) oil. Soooooo I'm thinking that as long as I am able to live an independent and purposeful life, it doesn't matter to me how long I live - just as long as I am living and doing and not plunked in front of my tv set 24/7.
So for the fun of it, check out your virtual age!
As an aside, if you are struggling to get a holiday gift for someone who loves to read, someone who loves to learn, then this is a (my opinion only) great book to give. It's called POLITICAL PONEROLOGY by Andrew Lobaczewski. Only 235 pages, but packed with punch.
I'm just finishing the book for the second time. It's about the nature of evil in politics and life. But more than that, it's a fascinating historical account of what happens when psychopaths become leaders (of a country, of a town, of a workplace, of relationships). . . . . .and what you need to know to survive these people who are in control of your life (they are everywhere on some level).
Good book, great read, a survival book for someone you love (and don't forget yourself).
~ The Mediator
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Gotta Laugh a Little
I was laughing out loud today as I watched the following spoof on cable news:
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/181.html
Then there's this:
http://www.theoinio.com/content/video/in_the_know_is_the_government?utm_source=videomrss_68210
Well, hoping this only makes people giggle. If you are into 'consipiracy theories' then these spoofs will give you something to relieve the tensions of late. Like the title said, gotta laugh a little.
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/181.html
Then there's this:
http://www.theoinio.com/content/video/in_the_know_is_the_government?utm_source=videomrss_68210
Well, hoping this only makes people giggle. If you are into 'consipiracy theories' then these spoofs will give you something to relieve the tensions of late. Like the title said, gotta laugh a little.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
How We Lie To Ourselves
Very interrresting article I found on
http://www.sott.net
How and Why We Lie to Ourselves: Cognitive Dissonance
UnknownPsyBlog
Mon, 15 Oct 2007
16:02 EDT
A classic 1959 social psychology experiment demonstrates how and why we lie to ourselves. Understanding this experiment sheds a brilliant light on the dark world of our inner motivations.
The ground-breaking social psychological experiment of Festinger and Carlsmith (1959) provides a central insight into the stories we tell ourselves about why we think and behave the way we do. The experiment is filled with ingenious deception so the best way to understand it is to imagine you are taking part. So sit back, relax and travel back. The time is 1959 and you are an undergraduate student at Stanford University...
As part of your course you agree to take part in an experiment on 'measures of performance'.
You are told the experiment will take two hours. As you are required to act as an experimental subject for a certain number of hours in a year - this will be two more of them out of the way.
Little do you know, the experiment will actually become a classic in social psychology. And what will seem to you like accidents by the experimenters are all part of a carefully controlled deception. For now though, you are innocent.
The set-up
Once in the lab you are told the experiment is about how your expectations affect the actual experience of a task. Apparently there are two groups and in the other group they have been given a particular expectation about the study. To instil the expectation subtly, the participants in the other groups are informally briefed by a student who has apparently just completed the task. In your group, though, you'll do the task with no expectations.
Perhaps you wonder why you're being told all this, but nevertheless it makes it seem a bit more exciting now that you know some of the mechanics behind the experiment.
So you settle down to the first task you are given, and quickly realise it is extremely boring. You are asked to move some spools around in a box for half an hour, then for the next half an hour you move pegs around a board. Frankly, watching paint dry would have been preferable.
At the end of the tasks the experimenter thanks you for taking part, then tells you that many other people find the task pretty interesting. This is a little confusing - the task was very boring. Whatever. You let it pass.
...............and you can read the rest of the article here:
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/142646-How-and-Why-We-Lie-to-Ourselves-Cognitive-Dissonance
or go here:
http://members.show.ca/positivedisintegration/gifted.htm
for more information.
~ The Mediator
http://www.sott.net
How and Why We Lie to Ourselves: Cognitive Dissonance
UnknownPsyBlog
Mon, 15 Oct 2007
16:02 EDT
A classic 1959 social psychology experiment demonstrates how and why we lie to ourselves. Understanding this experiment sheds a brilliant light on the dark world of our inner motivations.
The ground-breaking social psychological experiment of Festinger and Carlsmith (1959) provides a central insight into the stories we tell ourselves about why we think and behave the way we do. The experiment is filled with ingenious deception so the best way to understand it is to imagine you are taking part. So sit back, relax and travel back. The time is 1959 and you are an undergraduate student at Stanford University...
As part of your course you agree to take part in an experiment on 'measures of performance'.
You are told the experiment will take two hours. As you are required to act as an experimental subject for a certain number of hours in a year - this will be two more of them out of the way.
Little do you know, the experiment will actually become a classic in social psychology. And what will seem to you like accidents by the experimenters are all part of a carefully controlled deception. For now though, you are innocent.
The set-up
Once in the lab you are told the experiment is about how your expectations affect the actual experience of a task. Apparently there are two groups and in the other group they have been given a particular expectation about the study. To instil the expectation subtly, the participants in the other groups are informally briefed by a student who has apparently just completed the task. In your group, though, you'll do the task with no expectations.
Perhaps you wonder why you're being told all this, but nevertheless it makes it seem a bit more exciting now that you know some of the mechanics behind the experiment.
So you settle down to the first task you are given, and quickly realise it is extremely boring. You are asked to move some spools around in a box for half an hour, then for the next half an hour you move pegs around a board. Frankly, watching paint dry would have been preferable.
At the end of the tasks the experimenter thanks you for taking part, then tells you that many other people find the task pretty interesting. This is a little confusing - the task was very boring. Whatever. You let it pass.
...............and you can read the rest of the article here:
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/142646-How-and-Why-We-Lie-to-Ourselves-Cognitive-Dissonance
or go here:
http://members.show.ca/positivedisintegration/gifted.htm
for more information.
~ The Mediator
Saturday, October 27, 2007
SHORTAGES: Take Your Pick - Food, Water, Money
Ya know, it feels like we're living in a dream world at the moment.
Everything seems to be normal. Food available, water everywhere, working still and paying the bills. At the same time, there is a growing anxiety deep in my solar plexus. Some days the anxiety is so strong I can't ignore it - other days I want to run home, put on the tv, get some ice cream and let myself get swallowed up in a mind-less sugar high ((my version of pulling the covers up over my head and ignoring the warning signs going off all around me.))
Sooooooooo, rather than depress myself further, I'll post some links where you can read for yourself that the US is facing a water shortage crisis, the dollar is tanking and oil prices will be up over $100.00 a barrell soon, and what no one is speaking about too much is the growing food shortage that's gonna be all to apparent come this winter/spring (2007/2008).
Never mind the growing drumbeats for war, war, war. The only question there is whether it will be nuclear or not.
So, do you feel like you are on the verge of become extinct?? We're only a step away. The edge of the cliff is much closer than anyone dares dream.
Have a nice weekend!!!
~ The Mediator
LINKS BELOW:::
http://www.survivalacres.com/wordpress/?p=982
"Food Set To Become Next Big Global News Story"
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/142490-Much-of-the-U-S-Could-See-a-Water-Shortage
and
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/128992-Forget-About-Global-Warming-We-re-One-Step-From-Extinction-
Everything seems to be normal. Food available, water everywhere, working still and paying the bills. At the same time, there is a growing anxiety deep in my solar plexus. Some days the anxiety is so strong I can't ignore it - other days I want to run home, put on the tv, get some ice cream and let myself get swallowed up in a mind-less sugar high ((my version of pulling the covers up over my head and ignoring the warning signs going off all around me.))
Sooooooooo, rather than depress myself further, I'll post some links where you can read for yourself that the US is facing a water shortage crisis, the dollar is tanking and oil prices will be up over $100.00 a barrell soon, and what no one is speaking about too much is the growing food shortage that's gonna be all to apparent come this winter/spring (2007/2008).
Never mind the growing drumbeats for war, war, war. The only question there is whether it will be nuclear or not.
So, do you feel like you are on the verge of become extinct?? We're only a step away. The edge of the cliff is much closer than anyone dares dream.
Have a nice weekend!!!
~ The Mediator
LINKS BELOW:::
http://www.survivalacres.com/wordpress/?p=982
"Food Set To Become Next Big Global News Story"
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/142490-Much-of-the-U-S-Could-See-a-Water-Shortage
and
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/128992-Forget-About-Global-Warming-We-re-One-Step-From-Extinction-
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
TEN STEPS TO.........NAOMI WOLF SPEAKS
Today is a day to feel depressed. Well, maybe I'm feeling lower than depressed and I don't have a word to describe it - except for the fact that every cell in my body is screaming and my mind seems numb.
"It can happen here
"Naomi Wolf on "The End of America" It not only can happen here, it is happening here.
Mussolini created the blueprint (with inspiration from Lenin), Hitler elaborated on it, Stalin studied Hitler...
"Here's how it works (notice how many Bush & Co. is using now.):
"1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy
"2. Create a gulag
"3. Develop a thug caste
"4. Set up an internal surveillance system
"5. Harass citizens' groups
"6. Engage in arbitrary detention and release
"7. Target key individuals
"8. Control the press
"9. Dissent equals treason
"10. Suspend the rule of law
"Wolf's conclusion? Impeachment of Bush and Cheney is not enough. Prosecuting (and jailing) them for crimes committed is the only rational solution.
"Share this video widely."
~ The Mediator
If you are able to, go to the website:
or you can go to Brasscheck TV to watch this dna altering talk. But watch the video of Naomi Wolf speaking. It's one video that will hold your attention like a good 'thriller' movie. She speaks to an audience about the TEN STEPS TO FASCISM ...... a blueprint that is used to create a closed society. And, personally, I think we're up to number 9. Not much time left. Choose wisely Grasshopper !!
Video: The Fascist Blueprint
Naomi Wolf BrasscheckTV/Youtube
"It can happen here
"Naomi Wolf on "The End of America" It not only can happen here, it is happening here.
Mussolini created the blueprint (with inspiration from Lenin), Hitler elaborated on it, Stalin studied Hitler...
"Here's how it works (notice how many Bush & Co. is using now.):
"1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy
"2. Create a gulag
"3. Develop a thug caste
"4. Set up an internal surveillance system
"5. Harass citizens' groups
"6. Engage in arbitrary detention and release
"7. Target key individuals
"8. Control the press
"9. Dissent equals treason
"10. Suspend the rule of law
"Wolf's conclusion? Impeachment of Bush and Cheney is not enough. Prosecuting (and jailing) them for crimes committed is the only rational solution.
"Share this video widely."
~ The Mediator
Got Psychopaths
This morning I was reading an article and the following paragraph struck me as one of those 'aha' moments. You can read this entire article and more like it at:
http://friedgreentomatoes.org/articles/frontal_ventral_brain_study.php
or, just go to http://friedgreentomatoes.org/
But, over the years, the questions I had involving someone in my life - someone that I could never, ever come to understand - were answered. You might want to read more about psychopaths and narcissists.......that is if you are in an unhappy, frustrating, confusing relationship. And that relationship could be spouse, family, child, workplace, friendship. Anyone in your life that continually causes much drama and drains you of your energy and sanity.
Psychopaths are constantly searching for strong stimulation, and are therefore attracted by activities that involve risk. For psychopaths the mastery of their behavior is difficult: irritation can turn to verbally or physically aggressive behavior. They show intolerance to frustration, a lack of guilt, and an inability to plan coupled with a lack of concern for the future.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
How To Make A Rat "Fat"
You just never know what you'll find while surfing the web. And so, I've come across this article about MSG (monosodium glutamate). MSG is in a lot of the foods that we eat. To explain MSG in simple terms: MSG makes food taste good - even when you are on your third helping. That is the simple explanation of what MSG does. Another explanation is that MSG kills brain cells. It is an excitotoxin. But, I'm jumping way ahead of myself.
I used to always wonder WHY I look forward to ordering a particular sandwich / pasta dish from a local restaurant. I mean I would literally think about a certain food alot (sounds silly doesn't it). I thought maybe the reason I was developing these unusual cravings was that I was getting older and lazy about cooking, but apparently these were not the reasons.
So read on about the dangers of this potent product. Especially if you are young person, if you are thinking about having children, if you are worried about alzheimers disease, you should be afraid......be very afraid. MSG is a danger to your health and especially a danger to your BRAIN.
How Do You Make a Rat, Fat?And what it means for you.
By Chuck Fenwick, Director Medical Corps
http://www.medicalcorps.org/fat-rat.htm
"In the wild, rats and mice don't get fat.
When they are full they stop eating. Most animals, including humans, are like that. When we are full our brain says, "Stop Eating." And so we do. Enter the worldwide obesity epidemic, especially among European nations.
Why are people gaining weight? I know they are eating too much food, but the question begs to be asked, "Why are they eating too much food?"
While doing some studies on PubMed, National Institutes of Health, I kept running across research which involved "MSG treated" mice and rats. What stood out was not that researchers were researching monosodium glutamate (MSG), but that they injected or fed lab animals MSG to make them fat. That's how they do it.
It is a given in research that if you need a fat-rat then you give it MSG. Now that's interesting considering that MSG is often added to everything we eat.
It's found naturally in most food, but many food suppliers often add more of it to our food products. It makes bad food taste good. It makes good food taste better.
From the tree, one apple tastes good. The second apple doesn't taste quite as good and the third doesn't taste good at all because the body says, I'm full, don't give me another apple or I will give it back.
If you put MSG on the apples then the third one tastes as good as the first and your body won't give you the, "Stop Eating!" command. But, I think, that just doesn't make sense because my stomach gets full and I stop anyway.
Right, however, the body will adjust over a period of time and make room for the food by extending stomach capacity. From the body's perspective, it's still food and it makes sense to accommodate and store it for later use.
In medicine we call this process, establishing fat reserves. It's good to have fat reserves to carry you through times when you can't eat, like when you are sick or when no food is immediately available.
Another point to consider is if indeed MSG would correspondingly affect humans then why would two people eating the same MSG laced food, not gain weight the same way.
Too many calories, or just MSG?
The answer is, for the same reason that one drug does not always affect two people the same. Codeine makes one person drowsy while the other can't sleep because the codeine stimulates them. Similarly, some people seem to be ultra sensitive to MSG while others are not. After finding out about the MSG Treated Fat-Rat, I wondered if MSG might cause other problems in mice and rats.
Causing Other Problems?
As a result, I started looking for other tox problems with MSG. Granted, rats aren't human and humans aren't rats (except for some of those people in Washington… okay, and possibly at least one of my ex sons-in-law), but we do use animal research to see if a new drug is dangerous.
With that in mind, if a standard research practice causes a rat to get fat then what else does MSG Treatment do to the animal?
I'll put this in human terms: MSG treated rats and mice produce offspring that have learning problems, eating disorders and need glasses because their eyesight isn't very good after the MSG treatment.
Examination of their hypothalamus shows they also suffer brain damage.
Keep in mind what this article is about as well as what it is not about. It is about how to make a rat, fat. It is not about food industry conspiracies or how to lose weight.
The one thing I know for sure from the research is this: If you want to make a rat, fat then give it monosodium glutamate (MSG). "
There are other websites and articles you may want to check up on. Go here for more information:
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/137263+How+To+Find+Hidden+MSG+on+Food+Labels
http://www.msgmyth.com/hidename.htm
http://www.mercola.com/
~ The Mediator
I used to always wonder WHY I look forward to ordering a particular sandwich / pasta dish from a local restaurant. I mean I would literally think about a certain food alot (sounds silly doesn't it). I thought maybe the reason I was developing these unusual cravings was that I was getting older and lazy about cooking, but apparently these were not the reasons.
So read on about the dangers of this potent product. Especially if you are young person, if you are thinking about having children, if you are worried about alzheimers disease, you should be afraid......be very afraid. MSG is a danger to your health and especially a danger to your BRAIN.
How Do You Make a Rat, Fat?And what it means for you.
By Chuck Fenwick, Director Medical Corps
http://www.medicalcorps.org/fat-rat.htm
"In the wild, rats and mice don't get fat.
When they are full they stop eating. Most animals, including humans, are like that. When we are full our brain says, "Stop Eating." And so we do. Enter the worldwide obesity epidemic, especially among European nations.
Why are people gaining weight? I know they are eating too much food, but the question begs to be asked, "Why are they eating too much food?"
While doing some studies on PubMed, National Institutes of Health, I kept running across research which involved "MSG treated" mice and rats. What stood out was not that researchers were researching monosodium glutamate (MSG), but that they injected or fed lab animals MSG to make them fat. That's how they do it.
It is a given in research that if you need a fat-rat then you give it MSG. Now that's interesting considering that MSG is often added to everything we eat.
It's found naturally in most food, but many food suppliers often add more of it to our food products. It makes bad food taste good. It makes good food taste better.
From the tree, one apple tastes good. The second apple doesn't taste quite as good and the third doesn't taste good at all because the body says, I'm full, don't give me another apple or I will give it back.
If you put MSG on the apples then the third one tastes as good as the first and your body won't give you the, "Stop Eating!" command. But, I think, that just doesn't make sense because my stomach gets full and I stop anyway.
Right, however, the body will adjust over a period of time and make room for the food by extending stomach capacity. From the body's perspective, it's still food and it makes sense to accommodate and store it for later use.
In medicine we call this process, establishing fat reserves. It's good to have fat reserves to carry you through times when you can't eat, like when you are sick or when no food is immediately available.
Another point to consider is if indeed MSG would correspondingly affect humans then why would two people eating the same MSG laced food, not gain weight the same way.
Too many calories, or just MSG?
The answer is, for the same reason that one drug does not always affect two people the same. Codeine makes one person drowsy while the other can't sleep because the codeine stimulates them. Similarly, some people seem to be ultra sensitive to MSG while others are not. After finding out about the MSG Treated Fat-Rat, I wondered if MSG might cause other problems in mice and rats.
Causing Other Problems?
As a result, I started looking for other tox problems with MSG. Granted, rats aren't human and humans aren't rats (except for some of those people in Washington… okay, and possibly at least one of my ex sons-in-law), but we do use animal research to see if a new drug is dangerous.
With that in mind, if a standard research practice causes a rat to get fat then what else does MSG Treatment do to the animal?
I'll put this in human terms: MSG treated rats and mice produce offspring that have learning problems, eating disorders and need glasses because their eyesight isn't very good after the MSG treatment.
Examination of their hypothalamus shows they also suffer brain damage.
Keep in mind what this article is about as well as what it is not about. It is about how to make a rat, fat. It is not about food industry conspiracies or how to lose weight.
The one thing I know for sure from the research is this: If you want to make a rat, fat then give it monosodium glutamate (MSG). "
There are other websites and articles you may want to check up on. Go here for more information:
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/137263+How+To+Find+Hidden+MSG+on+Food+Labels
http://www.msgmyth.com/hidename.htm
http://www.mercola.com/
~ The Mediator
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
CONTROLLED BY F.E.A.R.
This is a great article taken from the website
http://www.signs-of-the-times.org/
But what caught my eye, after reading the article, was the video created on behalf of the book "The Shock Doctrine" by Naimi Klein. Words cannot describe it. It's short and you've gotta see it for yourself. The video can be seen here:
http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine/short-film
but to start, just read the article below. We have lost our country. We are now in a police state - it just hasn't been officially proclamed by the PTB. So, keep your head down, your nose clean and maybe stock up on toilet paper and cigarettes.
American lockdown: Law enforcement out of control and beyond the pale
Carolyn Baker, The Peoples Voice
Tue, 09 Oct 2007
22:21 EDT
"In my recent article "The End Of America: The Police State Is Right Here, Right Now" I included experiences of escalating intimidation on the part of law enforcement in the United States within recent months. I must confess that when I cite such incidents, I fear that in a few days or weeks, it will all go away, and everyone, myself included, will begin to question the validity of the examples, breathing a heavy sigh of relief and rejoicing that the situation isn't nearly as dire as I'm asserting it is.
"This time, however, I have nothing to fear because since that article was posted, the ante of out-of-control law enforcement in America appears to have been upped with a rapidity that I could not have imagined just a few weeks ago.
"Have we not all heard about the New York woman on her way to rehab who passed through the Phoenix airport, became distraught when she had just missed her flight, and was arrested for disorderly conduct by airport police? The suspect, Carol Ann Gotbaum, was handcuffed and then placed in a holding cell and left alone. According to police, when they returned, she was dead. At this writing, Gotbaum's family and officials are awaiting the autopsy report -- the "official" cause of death.
"Just a few days later, again in Phoenix, a male suspect was handcuffed after an on-foot chase by police, and shortly after being handcuffed, according to police, he lost consciousness. He was then taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
"In yesterday's New York Daily News, the story "Science teacher's brush with police ends in heart attack" relates an incident that happened back in June of this year when an African American Brooklyn high school teacher was mistaken for a perpetrator by police, suffered a heart attack, and was left on his own by the street cops who accused him of "acting."
"As outrageous as these incidents may be, the most chilling event appeared on networks across the nation yesterday morning with the story of a 20-year-old Wisconsin sheriff's deputy who shot and killed six young people at a party Saturday night. The most obvious question: How is it that a community of citizens allows a 20-year-old to become a deputy sheriff? Why not give an M-16 to a third-grader?
"Nevertheless, all of these stories are connected by a common thread: Law enforcement in the United States, whose duty it is to "protect and serve" have now become not just part of the problem but in fact, predatory devourers of those they are sworn to keep safe.
"Deepening collapse will be attended by manifestations of the unraveling of all institutions, one of the most frightening examples being law enforcement's hysterical repression of citizens.
"Although we are seeing more media attention given to private security companies such as Blackwater, we should not assume that the power and funding granted to these firms will dissipate anytime soon. They are an integral part of the Shock Doctrine brilliantly analyzed by Naomi Klein in her new book of the same title. The greater the extent of the empire's collapse, the greater the intensity of the shock applied to those who reside within the belly of the beast. From those shocks flow not only increased terror and social control, but flourishing profits for private security companies.
"The U.S. government is making it unmistakably clear that it intends to use every avenue of power at its disposal to lock down the nation. A story sent to my subscribers today from the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) reveals that in its correspondence with the Treasury Department, "The Treasury Department was surprisingly candid in that correspondence, asserting the U.S. Government's authority, in declared emergencies, to confiscate precious metals and to restrict ownership of mining shares -- and to confiscate and restrict every other financial asset as well."
"Almost daily we hear of increased surveillance of Americans as well as unprecedented restrictions on travel, not only on persons entering the U.S. but on persons traveling within the country and on dissenters who attempt to enter other countries as in the case of two activists, Medea Benjamin and Ann Wright, who were denied entrance into Canada last Thursday "because their names appeared on the FBI's National Crime Information Center database."
"Another relevant story relinked today pertains to the anti-terrorism Vigilant Shield 2008 exercise of U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM): "The series of exercises is mandated by the US government to prepare, prevent and respond to any number of national crises that would call for the use of the military inside the United States. Vigilant Shield 2008 builds a scenario of a domestic disaster in the US (terrorist attack or natural disaster). It posits the domestic use of the US military including a special role for the US Air Force." As we know, a precedent for using the U.S. military inside the U.S. was set in the aftermath of Katrina in 2005.
"For those considering expatriation, it will soon be too late to leave. For those who choose to remain within this increasingly locked down nation, it will be necessary to acquire survival skills, a strong community of friends, and a great deal of stealth in order to navigate this empire's exacerbating Orwellian treachery. "
YA GOTTA ADMIT, secretly, you've been trying to figure out how to get out of this country, right. So where would you go? There are no countries any longer, just corporations that own governments. Nowhere to hide, nowhere to run. Bummer.
I can suggest one thing though, read the book "Political Ponerology" by Lobaczewski. It just may save your life and the lives of your children. Up to you. http://www.qfgpublishing.com/
~ The Mediator
http://www.signs-of-the-times.org/
But what caught my eye, after reading the article, was the video created on behalf of the book "The Shock Doctrine" by Naimi Klein. Words cannot describe it. It's short and you've gotta see it for yourself. The video can be seen here:
http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine/short-film
but to start, just read the article below. We have lost our country. We are now in a police state - it just hasn't been officially proclamed by the PTB. So, keep your head down, your nose clean and maybe stock up on toilet paper and cigarettes.
American lockdown: Law enforcement out of control and beyond the pale
Carolyn Baker, The Peoples Voice
Tue, 09 Oct 2007
22:21 EDT
"In my recent article "The End Of America: The Police State Is Right Here, Right Now" I included experiences of escalating intimidation on the part of law enforcement in the United States within recent months. I must confess that when I cite such incidents, I fear that in a few days or weeks, it will all go away, and everyone, myself included, will begin to question the validity of the examples, breathing a heavy sigh of relief and rejoicing that the situation isn't nearly as dire as I'm asserting it is.
"This time, however, I have nothing to fear because since that article was posted, the ante of out-of-control law enforcement in America appears to have been upped with a rapidity that I could not have imagined just a few weeks ago.
"Have we not all heard about the New York woman on her way to rehab who passed through the Phoenix airport, became distraught when she had just missed her flight, and was arrested for disorderly conduct by airport police? The suspect, Carol Ann Gotbaum, was handcuffed and then placed in a holding cell and left alone. According to police, when they returned, she was dead. At this writing, Gotbaum's family and officials are awaiting the autopsy report -- the "official" cause of death.
"Just a few days later, again in Phoenix, a male suspect was handcuffed after an on-foot chase by police, and shortly after being handcuffed, according to police, he lost consciousness. He was then taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
"In yesterday's New York Daily News, the story "Science teacher's brush with police ends in heart attack" relates an incident that happened back in June of this year when an African American Brooklyn high school teacher was mistaken for a perpetrator by police, suffered a heart attack, and was left on his own by the street cops who accused him of "acting."
"As outrageous as these incidents may be, the most chilling event appeared on networks across the nation yesterday morning with the story of a 20-year-old Wisconsin sheriff's deputy who shot and killed six young people at a party Saturday night. The most obvious question: How is it that a community of citizens allows a 20-year-old to become a deputy sheriff? Why not give an M-16 to a third-grader?
"Nevertheless, all of these stories are connected by a common thread: Law enforcement in the United States, whose duty it is to "protect and serve" have now become not just part of the problem but in fact, predatory devourers of those they are sworn to keep safe.
"Deepening collapse will be attended by manifestations of the unraveling of all institutions, one of the most frightening examples being law enforcement's hysterical repression of citizens.
"Although we are seeing more media attention given to private security companies such as Blackwater, we should not assume that the power and funding granted to these firms will dissipate anytime soon. They are an integral part of the Shock Doctrine brilliantly analyzed by Naomi Klein in her new book of the same title. The greater the extent of the empire's collapse, the greater the intensity of the shock applied to those who reside within the belly of the beast. From those shocks flow not only increased terror and social control, but flourishing profits for private security companies.
"The U.S. government is making it unmistakably clear that it intends to use every avenue of power at its disposal to lock down the nation. A story sent to my subscribers today from the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) reveals that in its correspondence with the Treasury Department, "The Treasury Department was surprisingly candid in that correspondence, asserting the U.S. Government's authority, in declared emergencies, to confiscate precious metals and to restrict ownership of mining shares -- and to confiscate and restrict every other financial asset as well."
"Almost daily we hear of increased surveillance of Americans as well as unprecedented restrictions on travel, not only on persons entering the U.S. but on persons traveling within the country and on dissenters who attempt to enter other countries as in the case of two activists, Medea Benjamin and Ann Wright, who were denied entrance into Canada last Thursday "because their names appeared on the FBI's National Crime Information Center database."
"Another relevant story relinked today pertains to the anti-terrorism Vigilant Shield 2008 exercise of U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM): "The series of exercises is mandated by the US government to prepare, prevent and respond to any number of national crises that would call for the use of the military inside the United States. Vigilant Shield 2008 builds a scenario of a domestic disaster in the US (terrorist attack or natural disaster). It posits the domestic use of the US military including a special role for the US Air Force." As we know, a precedent for using the U.S. military inside the U.S. was set in the aftermath of Katrina in 2005.
"For those considering expatriation, it will soon be too late to leave. For those who choose to remain within this increasingly locked down nation, it will be necessary to acquire survival skills, a strong community of friends, and a great deal of stealth in order to navigate this empire's exacerbating Orwellian treachery. "
YA GOTTA ADMIT, secretly, you've been trying to figure out how to get out of this country, right. So where would you go? There are no countries any longer, just corporations that own governments. Nowhere to hide, nowhere to run. Bummer.
I can suggest one thing though, read the book "Political Ponerology" by Lobaczewski. It just may save your life and the lives of your children. Up to you. http://www.qfgpublishing.com/
~ The Mediator
Monday, October 08, 2007
Sunshine vs. Sunscreen: You Be The Judge
With the days getting shorter, I'm trying to get out in the sun more to build up an extra-abundance of Vitamin D for the fast approaching winter months.
Lately there has been lots in the news about (preventing) cancer and Vitamin D. And today I read this article on suncreens ... don't use them (sunscreens), never did. But, the following seven questions that were written up in this article will help your sort out the issue of whether or not to use sunscreens. Just use your LOGIC.
SEVEN IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT SUNSCREENS:
Reat the entire article at:
http://www.newstarget.com/021903.html
...(snip)...
The next time you see some public service advertisement urging you to smother yourself and your children with sunscreen chemicals, think hard before taking action.
Ask yourself these seven commonsense questions:
1) Is the sun really dangerous to humans? If so, how did humans survive for the last 350,000 years on planet Earth?
2) Have the chemicals used in sunscreen products ever been safety tested or approved by the FDA? (The answer is no.)
3) Who financially benefits when you keep buying and using sunscreen products?
4) What is the environmental impact of sunscreen chemicals washing off into the ocean, a lake, a swimming pool or being washed down the drain in your shower?
5) Sunscreen manufacturers say the skin doesn't absorb their chemicals. If that's true, then how do nicotine patches work? How do transdermal drugs get absorbed through the skin if sunscreen chemicals don't? (Answer: ALL these chemicals get absorbed through the skin. The skin is not selective about what it chooses to absorb.)
6) If the sun is so dangerous, then why is the vitamin generated by sunlight (vitamin D) so healthy for humans? Why would humans evolve a mechanism for generating a vitamin from sunlight if we weren't supposed to be exposed to sunlight in the first place?
7) If sunlight is so dangerous, then why is virtually every living creature on planet Earth dependent on sunlight for survival? Plants use sunlight to generate their nutrition, too, and most animals eat either plants or other animals that originally ate plants. Nearly all life on planet Earth is powered by sunlight.
Why does the cancer industry believe sunlight causes death when, in reality, sunlight delivers life? Once you answer these questions, the reality of the situation becomes obvious: Sunlight is good for you, and sunscreen is a hoax............(snip)........
And, if you're into getting your immune system turned up a notch before flu season hits, you can find lots of good articles on health at:
http://www.signs-of-the-times.net/
especially if you are a smoker, and you are tired of feeling guilty for smoking. Check out some of the smoking articles at the above website.
Well, gotta get outside for another "sun walk".
~ The Mediator
Lately there has been lots in the news about (preventing) cancer and Vitamin D. And today I read this article on suncreens ... don't use them (sunscreens), never did. But, the following seven questions that were written up in this article will help your sort out the issue of whether or not to use sunscreens. Just use your LOGIC.
SEVEN IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT SUNSCREENS:
Reat the entire article at:
http://www.newstarget.com/021903.html
...(snip)...
The next time you see some public service advertisement urging you to smother yourself and your children with sunscreen chemicals, think hard before taking action.
Ask yourself these seven commonsense questions:
1) Is the sun really dangerous to humans? If so, how did humans survive for the last 350,000 years on planet Earth?
2) Have the chemicals used in sunscreen products ever been safety tested or approved by the FDA? (The answer is no.)
3) Who financially benefits when you keep buying and using sunscreen products?
4) What is the environmental impact of sunscreen chemicals washing off into the ocean, a lake, a swimming pool or being washed down the drain in your shower?
5) Sunscreen manufacturers say the skin doesn't absorb their chemicals. If that's true, then how do nicotine patches work? How do transdermal drugs get absorbed through the skin if sunscreen chemicals don't? (Answer: ALL these chemicals get absorbed through the skin. The skin is not selective about what it chooses to absorb.)
6) If the sun is so dangerous, then why is the vitamin generated by sunlight (vitamin D) so healthy for humans? Why would humans evolve a mechanism for generating a vitamin from sunlight if we weren't supposed to be exposed to sunlight in the first place?
7) If sunlight is so dangerous, then why is virtually every living creature on planet Earth dependent on sunlight for survival? Plants use sunlight to generate their nutrition, too, and most animals eat either plants or other animals that originally ate plants. Nearly all life on planet Earth is powered by sunlight.
Why does the cancer industry believe sunlight causes death when, in reality, sunlight delivers life? Once you answer these questions, the reality of the situation becomes obvious: Sunlight is good for you, and sunscreen is a hoax............(snip)........
And, if you're into getting your immune system turned up a notch before flu season hits, you can find lots of good articles on health at:
http://www.signs-of-the-times.net/
especially if you are a smoker, and you are tired of feeling guilty for smoking. Check out some of the smoking articles at the above website.
Well, gotta get outside for another "sun walk".
~ The Mediator
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