Sunday, March 27, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
Lyme's disease
Are you aware of the dramatically opposing camps in the medical field regarding whether there is a real condition called chronic Lyme disease or if it is "all in your head." On one hand, the International Lyme And Associated Diseases Society reports that "a preponderance of evidence indicates that active ongoing spirochetal infection with or without other tick-borne co-infections is the cause of the persistent symptoms in Chronic Lyme Disease." On the other hand, the Infectious Disease Society of America insists that there is "no convincing biologic evidence for the existence of symptomatic chronic B. burgdorferi infection [the pathologic agent in Lyme disease]..." This latter view is accepted by the Centers for Disease Control.
Those experiencing the painful and debilitation symptoms of Lyme disease will tell you the symptoms are real. They will also tell how difficult it is to find medical professionals who can figure out what is wrong and how to help them.
The following articles have been selected to help you get better informed about chronic Lyme disease:
"Basic information about Lyme disease"
International Lyme And Associated Diseases Society
http://www.ilads.org/lyme_disease/about_lyme.html
"Lyme 101"
California Lyme Disease Association
http://www.lymedisease.org/lyme101/lyme_disease/lyme_disease.html
"Lyme Disease: Misdiagnosed, Underreported-and Epidemic"
Alliance for Natural Health USA
http://www.anh-usa.org/httpwww-anh-usa-orglyme-disease-misdiagnosed-underreported%E2%80%94and-epidemic/
CON
"Frequently Asked Questions About Lyme Disease"
Infectious Diseases Society of America
http://www.idsociety.org/lymediseasefacts.htm
"Chronic Lyme Disease Exemplifies What’s Wrong With Playing Doctor On The Web"
Forbes - David Whelan
http://blogs.forbes.com/davidwhelan/2010/12/08/chronic-lyme-disease-exemplifies-whats-wrong-with-playing-doctor-on-the-web/
"Dispelling the chronic Lyme disease myth"
MM Kemperman, JS Bakken, GR Kravitz
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18714930
Those experiencing the painful and debilitation symptoms of Lyme disease will tell you the symptoms are real. They will also tell how difficult it is to find medical professionals who can figure out what is wrong and how to help them.
The following articles have been selected to help you get better informed about chronic Lyme disease:
"Basic information about Lyme disease"
International Lyme And Associated Diseases Society
http://www.ilads.org/lyme_disease/about_lyme.html
"Lyme 101"
California Lyme Disease Association
http://www.lymedisease.org/lyme101/lyme_disease/lyme_disease.html
"Lyme Disease: Misdiagnosed, Underreported-and Epidemic"
Alliance for Natural Health USA
http://www.anh-usa.org/httpwww-anh-usa-orglyme-disease-misdiagnosed-underreported%E2%80%94and-epidemic/
CON
"Frequently Asked Questions About Lyme Disease"
Infectious Diseases Society of America
http://www.idsociety.org/lymediseasefacts.htm
"Chronic Lyme Disease Exemplifies What’s Wrong With Playing Doctor On The Web"
Forbes - David Whelan
http://blogs.forbes.com/davidwhelan/2010/12/08/chronic-lyme-disease-exemplifies-whats-wrong-with-playing-doctor-on-the-web/
"Dispelling the chronic Lyme disease myth"
MM Kemperman, JS Bakken, GR Kravitz
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18714930
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Mae Nam Khong: สุรินทราหู
this delightful musical piece caught my eye being called mother of water. medicine for the ears. Mae Nam Khong: สุรินทราหู
Monday, March 14, 2011
awareness
Dear Friends,
The nuclear crisis in Japan has taken a turn for the worse this afternoon, as Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) has reported that six to ten feet of the core of its Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 reactor has been uncovered for a considerable period of time despite efforts to pump seawater into the reactor. Moreover, Tepco says it believes water may be leaking and preventing the water from covering the core. According to a translation of a Tepco statement by our Japanese colleagues, "The fuel's integrity has been considerably compromised. We are assessing a considerably serious situation." This unit uses plutonium-based MOX (mixed-oxide) fuel; accident consequences from a reactor that uses MOX fuel are even higher than for a more traditional uranium-fueled reactor.
At this point it is clear there has been some fuel melting at Fukushima Daiichi, probably at both Units 1 and 3. What we don't know yet is whether that will continue or whether utility workers will be successful at preventing any further melting. We hope they are successful and wish them our best. They are working under intolerable conditions and getting exposed to high levels of radiation in their ongoing effort to prevent a broader disaster. We believe that a catastrophic accident still can be prevented.
In all, there remain six reactors in various stages of trouble at two sites in Fukushima. Another three reactors, further north at Onagawa, are in a low-level state of emergency, although the utility there says they are under control.
We are regularly updating the situation as we receive reliable information and posting new relevant documents as we identify them. Check the front page of our website, www.nirs.org, often for these updates.
Implications for the U.S.
It would be nice to think that U.S. politicians and authorities will suddenly snap to their senses and begin work to end nuclear power and prevent new nuclear reactor construction. It won't be that easy.
However, one prominent pro-nuclear politician, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) this morning did call for a moratorium on new reactors until any lessons from Japan can be incorporated. And Rep. Ed Markey wrote a strong letter to President Obama calling for a moratorium and other actions (we will post it on our website as soon as it is posted on Rep. Markey's site).
Still, it's going to take all of us working as hard as we can right now to make a real difference.
Our number one priority today: ending taxpayer subsidies for new nuclear power. If you haven't yet sent a letter to your Congressmembers, please do so now. If you haven't yet passed the word on to your friends and colleagues, organizational e-mail lists, shared the action page on Facebook, Twitter, etc., please do so now. We need the broadest outreach possible. More than 18,000 letters have gone in so far (thank you!), but we'll need more than that.
Beyond that, however, we want to know what your priorities are and help develop a coordinated plan of action. Thus, we are sponsoring two grassroots conference calls this week. The first is tomorrow, Monday, March 14, 2011 at 4 pm eastern time. This will be a "listening" call. We invite you to call in with your concerns and suggestions: we will listen to them and we ask all of you to listen respectfully to each other. The call-in number is 218-237-3840; the code is 110336#.
From that call and the ideas generated, we will put together a second grassroots strategy call later in the week. If you are interested in this second call (date/time have not been set yet), please send an e-mail with your name, organization (if one) and location to us at nirsnet@nirs.org.
Finally, we urgently need donations for a rapid response to the developments in Japan and the strongest possible actions here in the U.S. We need to be letting all Americans know that a nuclear future is not needed, that we can end nuclear subsidies now, that out of this disaster can come real hope for the future. Thank you to everyone who has donated this weekend. We ask everyone who can to please dig a little deeper right now and support our expanded efforts at this crucial time.
The nuclear crisis in Japan has taken a turn for the worse this afternoon, as Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) has reported that six to ten feet of the core of its Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 reactor has been uncovered for a considerable period of time despite efforts to pump seawater into the reactor. Moreover, Tepco says it believes water may be leaking and preventing the water from covering the core. According to a translation of a Tepco statement by our Japanese colleagues, "The fuel's integrity has been considerably compromised. We are assessing a considerably serious situation." This unit uses plutonium-based MOX (mixed-oxide) fuel; accident consequences from a reactor that uses MOX fuel are even higher than for a more traditional uranium-fueled reactor.
At this point it is clear there has been some fuel melting at Fukushima Daiichi, probably at both Units 1 and 3. What we don't know yet is whether that will continue or whether utility workers will be successful at preventing any further melting. We hope they are successful and wish them our best. They are working under intolerable conditions and getting exposed to high levels of radiation in their ongoing effort to prevent a broader disaster. We believe that a catastrophic accident still can be prevented.
In all, there remain six reactors in various stages of trouble at two sites in Fukushima. Another three reactors, further north at Onagawa, are in a low-level state of emergency, although the utility there says they are under control.
We are regularly updating the situation as we receive reliable information and posting new relevant documents as we identify them. Check the front page of our website, www.nirs.org, often for these updates.
Implications for the U.S.
It would be nice to think that U.S. politicians and authorities will suddenly snap to their senses and begin work to end nuclear power and prevent new nuclear reactor construction. It won't be that easy.
However, one prominent pro-nuclear politician, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) this morning did call for a moratorium on new reactors until any lessons from Japan can be incorporated. And Rep. Ed Markey wrote a strong letter to President Obama calling for a moratorium and other actions (we will post it on our website as soon as it is posted on Rep. Markey's site).
Still, it's going to take all of us working as hard as we can right now to make a real difference.
Our number one priority today: ending taxpayer subsidies for new nuclear power. If you haven't yet sent a letter to your Congressmembers, please do so now. If you haven't yet passed the word on to your friends and colleagues, organizational e-mail lists, shared the action page on Facebook, Twitter, etc., please do so now. We need the broadest outreach possible. More than 18,000 letters have gone in so far (thank you!), but we'll need more than that.
Beyond that, however, we want to know what your priorities are and help develop a coordinated plan of action. Thus, we are sponsoring two grassroots conference calls this week. The first is tomorrow, Monday, March 14, 2011 at 4 pm eastern time. This will be a "listening" call. We invite you to call in with your concerns and suggestions: we will listen to them and we ask all of you to listen respectfully to each other. The call-in number is 218-237-3840; the code is 110336#.
From that call and the ideas generated, we will put together a second grassroots strategy call later in the week. If you are interested in this second call (date/time have not been set yet), please send an e-mail with your name, organization (if one) and location to us at nirsnet@nirs.org.
Finally, we urgently need donations for a rapid response to the developments in Japan and the strongest possible actions here in the U.S. We need to be letting all Americans know that a nuclear future is not needed, that we can end nuclear subsidies now, that out of this disaster can come real hope for the future. Thank you to everyone who has donated this weekend. We ask everyone who can to please dig a little deeper right now and support our expanded efforts at this crucial time.
wishing this wasn't part of our reality
The book is at http://www.radiationdetox.com/ebook/0707RadiationDetox1.pdf .
natural product expo highlights
this dress is made out of nursing pads by the brain behind organic biodegradable feminine hygiene. Her materials are considered "textiles" as far as certification is concerned, so she, being the innovative creatrix she is created a dress. THIS IS FASHION! (even though some may not agree) The bustier includes paper/cardboard/post consumer waste recycled material
Marukan pickled vegetables in a banging way! Rice vinegar has an impressive amino profile and is aged for 20 months. Very much like apple cider, a great additive to every day digestion and excellent for flavoring.
I am delighted to know the product is the result of a family recipe, of Japanese origin of over 200 years.
These massive kernals are from INKA corn, and no, they are not GMO.
with an emphasis on the environment it is slightly paradoxical to attend and event deemed "healthy halloween" as a team member, Shannon suggests. She's absolutely right, with samples being pushed and the amount of waste produced, we do indeed had a similar situation. However, the samples and producers of these products are incredibly personable, passionate, and have answers to your questions...some go above and beyond by addressing concerns before questions even have the capacity to arise. I appreciate the products I "consume" or "aquire" to have a cradle to cradle impact with delicious ingredients that could potentially be edible or work. My theory of necessity and activity varies, but I am thrilled and delighted to be able to take part in such an event highlighting, what's new, what's good, and who's who. The international community was very much a part of this event in anaheim.. My heart pours compassion to those affected by the tragedy in Japan, and all of us that will have to pull together to clean up and cool this mess while managing the after effects. May we be blessed. may we get through this.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Inner-Eco I.m4v
a better option for those looking for affordable, dairy free, effective, full spectrum probiotics--WITH TRILLIONS of cultures all from coconut. I really can't get enough of this stuff and have started culturing my own. Whole foods was out of stock for a bit, but the problem seems to be resolved. Find it in the refrigerated supplement section. YUM. The founder formulated the product after suffering from candida for quite a while and reading the body ecology diet.
Your chakras are aligned
Your Root Chakra, which is responsible for your self esteem is Strong.
61% of respondents appear to have it weak or closed, while 39% have it strong.
Your Sacral Chakra, which influences your sexuality is Strong.
51% of respondents appear to have it weak or closed, while 49% have it strong.
Your Persona Power Chakra, which is responsible for your self-esteem is Strong.
70% of respondents appear to have it weak or closed, while 30% have it strong.
Your Hear Chakra, which influences your relationships is Strong.
49% of respondents appear to have a weak or closed, while 51% have it strong.
Your Throat Chakra, which is responsible for your self-expression is Strong.
65% of respondents appear to have it weak or closed, while 35% have it strong.
Your Intuitive Chakra is Strong.
57% of respondents appear to have it weak or closed, while 43% have it strong.
Your Crown Chakra which influences your connection to the divine is Strong.
58% of respondents appear to have it weak or closed, while 42% have it strong.
Now first of all, don't worry if your Chakras are weak or closed in certain areas!
It's called being human :)
61% of respondents appear to have it weak or closed, while 39% have it strong.
Your Sacral Chakra, which influences your sexuality is Strong.
51% of respondents appear to have it weak or closed, while 49% have it strong.
Your Persona Power Chakra, which is responsible for your self-esteem is Strong.
70% of respondents appear to have it weak or closed, while 30% have it strong.
Your Hear Chakra, which influences your relationships is Strong.
49% of respondents appear to have a weak or closed, while 51% have it strong.
Your Throat Chakra, which is responsible for your self-expression is Strong.
65% of respondents appear to have it weak or closed, while 35% have it strong.
Your Intuitive Chakra is Strong.
57% of respondents appear to have it weak or closed, while 43% have it strong.
Your Crown Chakra which influences your connection to the divine is Strong.
58% of respondents appear to have it weak or closed, while 42% have it strong.
Now first of all, don't worry if your Chakras are weak or closed in certain areas!
It's called being human :)
5 steps to avoiding the 'Blackberry Botox'
Personally botox is not an option especially with all the anti-aging damage reversing goodness out on the market...but these suggestions are helpful anyway.
5 steps to avoiding the 'Blackberry Botox'
5 steps to avoiding the 'Blackberry Botox'
Sunday, March 6, 2011
dishes
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