True leaders feel the suffering and spring into action, they are compassionate and empathetic. Folks who consider themselves compassionate, understanding , loving, can not get stuck in the suffering it is enough to stop anyone in their tracks. Focus is required, focus on the problem, lifting the sorrow and suffering.
As I write this I hear talking heads on tv discussing the wealth of BP, and how they can get it., how they want investigations on unethical business, etc etc..The focus is wrong, now is not the time to call names, try to grab money and start investigations, now is the time for us to gather together and take action to stop the suffering and sorrow. We need to team up with BP, and make this disaster go away from our people our shores! Congress is demonstrating its inability to lead because they can not focus on what is necessary when it is necessary, and that is clean up and prevention, so people can have their lives back, now!
Take it on a small individual basis. A child is drowning, you can be angry, complain focus on the lack of parenting, concentrate on calling authorities, etc or you can jump in the water and save the child. Action is the only need we have right now!
I agree with David DeCenzo . We should not boycott BP, they could go bankrupt and not pay any of the bills. They need money to make the reparations that will be enormous, do not punish those that are already suffering by being anxious to kill the perpetrator! This is the true meaning of "turn the other cheek." We need to support BP, so that they can be responsible for the damage.
If Hannity can spotlight the different methods to clean spills in water, then why is our President and Congress not doing anything! This is enormous, compared to Hurrican Katrina, why didn't we learn from that disaster the necessity of immediate action!
It boils down to government versus private business once again., if Hannity has the answers, why hasn't Congress been discussing them and springing into action.
What leadership emerged and what did not emerage and why? What would a businessman have done if this was his shore that was going to be devastated? You would run home to secure your home when you heard a hurricane was coming. You board up windows, remove anything that could fly around the yard etc. Nothing, was done, nothing! That is the true heartbreak! No preventive action was asked for from our people or considered by our Congress or our President, we waited for the company to figure it out while they tried to stop the break, and millions of gallons of oil spread on our shores.
My feeling is that we will develop new technology and preventive measures from this disaster that will benefit all of us. Hannity had wonderful ideas submitted on his show, to clean the oil spill. With these proven ideas demonstrated on the show, we know that we can establish new safety measures, that includes hugh nets that can mop up spills. It is wonderful to see the innovation, and it is sad to see the slow response of our government to clean up as BP trys to cap the pipe. We could have stopped the disaster from reaching our shores, and started the clean up. Now Florida is waiting for the oil to travel to it's shores and nothing is being done to capture it before it does its damage.
How can we move our Congress into action, what if this was an attack on our country? In retrospect, I wonder why Congress did not meet on the event immdediately and call for protective action from our brilliant scientists, inventors, and the many working companies that could have stepped up and instituted protective measures immediately. Instead they are discussing possible penalties, fines and actions against a company overwhelmed with guilt and responsibility.. Everything seems to be backwards in this world. Our people needed immediate action, not someone to think about future penalties.
We need to learn to turn the other cheek, this is an example of truly understanding that lesson. Turn the other cheek help to solve the problem, do not exacerabe the problem and increase the suffering! Quit complaining and call your Congressman and tell him or her to move the President off dead center, maybe he has to get the names of these people with the clean up ability, who are trying to contact the government from Hannity!
Our government is now facing the danger of losing our best friend, England, of destroying the pensions of our English friends, of killing a company, all because we are focusing on complaints, sorrow and suffering. This is not helpful to those who are crying, who have lost their life long jobs and businesses. They need to see action. The liberated countries of Europe are what come to mind, they saw action, marching through the streets when Victory in Europe was declared. Though devastated, hope was before their eyes. What have we done to give our people HOPE!
We need to create a positive attitude, we need a leader that knows how to do that, to speak to our people and say..".help BP to solve the problem, support clean up, suppor the locals, I am sending private businessmen to clean up the bayous, work will begin within so many days, and you will be back in business within a month!" Not just talk, mean it and get it done! Put together work crews, unemployed, trusted prisoners, national guard, whatever, but get it done.!
Now is the time to create jobs, offer hope, get the new clean up ideas out on the surface of the ocean and swamps to capture the oil. Action is what we need, compassion, understanding and all the help the brilliance of our country can bring to the table.
We can do it with leadership. Our government is lacking in what we as a country are known for,the men and women who braved public opinion and failure to step up to the plate and make things happen, right or wrong but get an action in place! Where are these leaders? We need to find them and vote them into office. We love our action figures, now we need to create action figures in government instead of complacent politicians, vote seekers who occupy office for life, who do not know the daily travails of surviving in business and the need to spring into action.
Let the oil clean up fund we hold languish, while are shores are polluted, hmmm? Could this possibly have a reason?
Saturday, June 12, 2010
breasthealthandhealing.com
This could bring a break through in the way we approach cancer, viral causes have been established in some cancers, and I would not be surprised to find out that there are many more. When I was a child, I often wondered when I ate the flesh of an animal, would I get cancer , if I inadvertenly ate that animal's cancer cells? Our bodies are suppose to be able to handle that according to....but, how does anyone really know?
For years, I have seen in the alternate health area, the idea that cancer is caused by a virus; the viral damage could linger for a long time before blooming into cancer, or it could trigger a cancer right away.
It boils down to the same thing we learn in teaching. There are multifaceted ways to look at everything, and approach problems. Maybe this is why so many of us are interested in alternate health. There are theories that say fungus, yeast , mold, alkaline acid balance in the body, are causes of cancer. We could be overwhelmed and we are, maybe all these things cause cancer.
For years, I have seen in the alternate health area, the idea that cancer is caused by a virus; the viral damage could linger for a long time before blooming into cancer, or it could trigger a cancer right away.
It boils down to the same thing we learn in teaching. There are multifaceted ways to look at everything, and approach problems. Maybe this is why so many of us are interested in alternate health. There are theories that say fungus, yeast , mold, alkaline acid balance in the body, are causes of cancer. We could be overwhelmed and we are, maybe all these things cause cancer.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Polyphenols in red wine and green tea halt prostate cancer growth, study suggests
Polyphenols in red wine and green tea halt prostate cancer growth, study suggests Lots of great information on new discoveries in health on this site. Get Dad some glasses, for his one glass a day!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Yoostar. Be Scene™
Yoostar. Be Scene™ This is a great gift for "kids" that want to act, produce or whatever! Take a look, decide for youself.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Life Extension article on cancer, smoking etc.
Researchers optimistic in cancer fight, as disease spreads
Agence France-Presse
06-08-10
Medical researchers are posting optimism in the long fight against cancer as advances were unveiled to combat the disease that continues to rise and remains the second biggest killer in the world.
"Our growing understanding of cancer's complex behavior is being translated into better, more targeted drugs against a variety of tumors," Douglas Blayney, president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), said at the group's annual meeting.
The most encouraging results unveiled in Chicago last week during the world's biggest gathering of cancer experts demonstrated the growing role of therapies targeting key tumor functions or helping the immune system destroy cancer cells instead of standard chemotherapy.
These advances showed increased rates of survival, particularly among patients with advanced or metastasized cancers, such as melanoma. There are few, if any, treatments against these types of cancers.
An experimental antibody known as ipilimumab activates the immune system's T cells, which then seek and destroy melanoma cells, instead of targeting the cancer cell itself like previous treatments.
Researchers found the drug was the first to extend the lives of patients with advanced melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. Melanoma cases have climbed faster than any other cancer type over the past 30 years.
Another new experimental drug, crizotinib was shown to shrink tumors in advanced lung cancer patients with a specific type of genetic alteration by neutralizing an enzyme implicated in cancer cell growth, known as anaplastic lymphoma kinase, or ALK.
Lung cancer is the most frequent and deadliest of all cancers worldwide.
Another clinical trial found that long-term treatment with the drug Avastin, which cuts off supply of nutrient-rich blood to tumors, may help control progress of advanced ovarian cancer.
Adding radiation therapy to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) was also found to cut by 43 percent the risk of death in men suffering from locally advanced or high-risk prostate cancer.
"We really want to improve the quality of life of the patients with fewer side effects and some of these new approaches really accomplished that," University of Pennsylvania professor of medicine Lynn Schuchter told AFP.
Driving home that point, the ASCO meeting devoted its theme this year to "advancing quality through innovation."
Despite the progress and improvement of care since president Richard Nixon declared war against cancer in 1971, the disease remains far too frequent in the United States.
The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that nearly 1.5 million new cases were recorded in 2009, killing over 560,000 people.
A recent report by the World Health Organization warned the number of cancer deaths could double worldwide by 2030, to reach 13 million.
As industrialized countries struggle to care for an aging population, nearly half of all men and one in three women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lives, according to the ACS.
Several types of cancers -- liver, pancreas, ovarian, lung and brain -- are particularly lethal and do not respond well to existing therapies.
But the incidence of cancer is tied to lifestyles, placing the onus on prevention efforts.
Nearly 40 percent of the drop in male cancer deaths from 1990 to 2006 owed to a reduction in lung cancer, whose main culprit is smoking.
Articles featured in Life Extension Daily News are derived from a variety of news sources and are provided as a service by Life Extension. These articles, while of potential interest to readers of Life Extension Daily News, do not necessarily represent the opinions nor constitute the advice of Life Extension.
Agence France-Presse
06-08-10
Medical researchers are posting optimism in the long fight against cancer as advances were unveiled to combat the disease that continues to rise and remains the second biggest killer in the world.
"Our growing understanding of cancer's complex behavior is being translated into better, more targeted drugs against a variety of tumors," Douglas Blayney, president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), said at the group's annual meeting.
The most encouraging results unveiled in Chicago last week during the world's biggest gathering of cancer experts demonstrated the growing role of therapies targeting key tumor functions or helping the immune system destroy cancer cells instead of standard chemotherapy.
These advances showed increased rates of survival, particularly among patients with advanced or metastasized cancers, such as melanoma. There are few, if any, treatments against these types of cancers.
An experimental antibody known as ipilimumab activates the immune system's T cells, which then seek and destroy melanoma cells, instead of targeting the cancer cell itself like previous treatments.
Researchers found the drug was the first to extend the lives of patients with advanced melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. Melanoma cases have climbed faster than any other cancer type over the past 30 years.
Another new experimental drug, crizotinib was shown to shrink tumors in advanced lung cancer patients with a specific type of genetic alteration by neutralizing an enzyme implicated in cancer cell growth, known as anaplastic lymphoma kinase, or ALK.
Lung cancer is the most frequent and deadliest of all cancers worldwide.
Another clinical trial found that long-term treatment with the drug Avastin, which cuts off supply of nutrient-rich blood to tumors, may help control progress of advanced ovarian cancer.
Adding radiation therapy to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) was also found to cut by 43 percent the risk of death in men suffering from locally advanced or high-risk prostate cancer.
"We really want to improve the quality of life of the patients with fewer side effects and some of these new approaches really accomplished that," University of Pennsylvania professor of medicine Lynn Schuchter told AFP.
Driving home that point, the ASCO meeting devoted its theme this year to "advancing quality through innovation."
Despite the progress and improvement of care since president Richard Nixon declared war against cancer in 1971, the disease remains far too frequent in the United States.
The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that nearly 1.5 million new cases were recorded in 2009, killing over 560,000 people.
A recent report by the World Health Organization warned the number of cancer deaths could double worldwide by 2030, to reach 13 million.
As industrialized countries struggle to care for an aging population, nearly half of all men and one in three women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lives, according to the ACS.
Several types of cancers -- liver, pancreas, ovarian, lung and brain -- are particularly lethal and do not respond well to existing therapies.
But the incidence of cancer is tied to lifestyles, placing the onus on prevention efforts.
Nearly 40 percent of the drop in male cancer deaths from 1990 to 2006 owed to a reduction in lung cancer, whose main culprit is smoking.
Articles featured in Life Extension Daily News are derived from a variety of news sources and are provided as a service by Life Extension. These articles, while of potential interest to readers of Life Extension Daily News, do not necessarily represent the opinions nor constitute the advice of Life Extension.
Monday, June 7, 2010
About TMS
Magnetic stimulation may lift some depression. (Poststroke Patients).: An article from: Clinical Psychiatry News
About TMS
Depression is a big problem for many people. Although I have read recently that people can take control of their minds, learn to refocus, and help themselves with guidance on mind control, some people just can not get control.
This is a great break through because it does not involve the use of medication, that travels thru your body and all your organs. It shows great promise!
About TMSDepression is a big problem for many people. Although I have read recently that people can take control of their minds, learn to refocus, and help themselves with guidance on mind control, some people just can not get control.
This is a great break through because it does not involve the use of medication, that travels thru your body and all your organs. It shows great promise!
3day diet
This works,and you can substitute a broiled small hamburger for the hotdog, or a few slices of roast beef.
the following is one version of the diet: On day one, dieters have half a grapefruit and one slice of toast with one to two tablespoons of peanut butter for breakfast; half a cup of tuna (or chicken) with a slice of toast for lunch; 3 ounces of lean meat, once cup of string beans, one cup of carrots (or beets), one apple and half a cup of vanilla ice cream for dinner
. On day two, dieters eat one egg, half a banana and one slice of toast for breakfast; one cup of cottage cheese and three saltine crackers for lunch; two hot dogs, one cup of broccoli, half a cup of carrots and one cup of vanilla ice cream for dinner
. On day three, dieters eat three saltine crackers, one slice of cheddar cheese and one small apple for breakfast; one hard boiled egg along with a slice of toast for lunch; one cup of tuna, one beet, one cup of cauliflower, half a cup of cantaloupe and half a cup of vanilla ice cream for dinner. There are no snacks in between meals, and with each and every meal, dieters are allowed black coffee, tea or water (some versions also allow diet soda.)
the following is one version of the diet: On day one, dieters have half a grapefruit and one slice of toast with one to two tablespoons of peanut butter for breakfast; half a cup of tuna (or chicken) with a slice of toast for lunch; 3 ounces of lean meat, once cup of string beans, one cup of carrots (or beets), one apple and half a cup of vanilla ice cream for dinner
. On day two, dieters eat one egg, half a banana and one slice of toast for breakfast; one cup of cottage cheese and three saltine crackers for lunch; two hot dogs, one cup of broccoli, half a cup of carrots and one cup of vanilla ice cream for dinner
. On day three, dieters eat three saltine crackers, one slice of cheddar cheese and one small apple for breakfast; one hard boiled egg along with a slice of toast for lunch; one cup of tuna, one beet, one cup of cauliflower, half a cup of cantaloupe and half a cup of vanilla ice cream for dinner. There are no snacks in between meals, and with each and every meal, dieters are allowed black coffee, tea or water (some versions also allow diet soda.)