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More ? SPANISH PROGRAMMING, and others kicked out.
More info has been gleaned and here edited, from:
http://pacificainexile.org/archives/1973 July 2 2016 =
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LA Observed printed a leaked memo to KPFK staff from General Manager Leslie Radford. She "explained" that she was clearing off the station's public affairs and arts section, which aired between 8pm - 9pm. These programs include Indymedia On The Air,
Deadline LA,
Poets Cafe
LA Theaterworks,
made effective July 11.
These programs will be replaced with 5 hours of not yet defined programs, but these will be all in Spanish language only. This is a distinct move from the English listener audiences - to one that has proven to be valued by some, but also unable to provide sufficient funds to sustain even their own time on-air on KPFK radio waves - with all the expenses entailed of Spanish language programming.
The breakdowns of what funds are received for each programs must be available for public view somewhere, or at least for KPFK donor-members, but it is not on the website and the LSB do not share the information they obtain. It is presumably available from the Gen'l Mgr. or Business Director of KPFK, somewhere, somehow, .... maybe...
Ms. Radford did not specify the names or the subject matter of the new programs yet, nor who would be hosting and producing these new Spanish-only programs. So KPFK will now be broadcasting exclusively in Spanish from 8 pm to 12
midnight every Mondays through Thursdays = 4 days/ week. Then on Fridays there is a program in English that is slanted towards Latino/Hispanic/Chicanos also.
The LA Observed article was illustrated with a paper "on-air" sign - described as "makeshift" indicator - created by the author/photographer Kevin Roderick. This looks like criticism indicating that the station is falling apart and poorly.
Meanwhile, other stations are not doing the same. Pacifica's [Berkeley ] KPFA, [ New York] WBAI, and [Houston] KPFT are ignoring the national board's prior [ June 2015 proclamation]
that each station must add 5 hours of weekday Spanish-
language programming.
Ms Radford insisted that she is "being forced" to implement what other radio stations nationwide are not. Meanwhile, a
[KPFA unpaid staffer], who claimed to be a management
confidante, posted on a Facebook page that "his under- standing is that the Spanish language mandate is not going to be enforced" or maybe at least at Berkeley's KPFA.
Furthermore, Ms. Radford has apparently also received instructions from the LSB local board to restore the previously cut d own "Sonali Kolhatkar's program Rising Up" to air for the prior schedule's 5-days a week and to also restore the "Something's Happening" night program back to its full length - airing from 12 midnight to 6am.
However, the Gen'l Mgr has instead insisted that the local LSB boards do not have any authority over programming.
A dispute appears to be in progress over who has authority or say-so over what and what else is causing KPFK to collapse or regress.
Website is weird at times, and premiums orders unfilled too ? huh ? what is going on at KPFK ?
see...holes in the land...in the air. KPFK is also eroding and yet beauty is not what results ...land is natural, KPFK is run by people who either cannot or do not do 'good business' and do not reveal their difficulties for others to assist or do more than 'give more money!" ... is this called a valuable media radio site or a hole, being blown away by .....
There continue to be ongoing problems with "our"KPFK's website. Remembering always that KPFK is "Our Radio Station" paid for by all the donors, sustainers, subscribers monies paid year after year.
Apparently, after the paid staff webmaster was laid off last September, the website became at times disabled and/or far from up-dated and without the needed information that most websites include, especially when paid-for by their members.
So, it seems that during the beginning of KPFK's June through July on-air fund drive, many website problems emerged. The station's online "web store", which is where paying-donors can also select premium gifts online, turned 'funny'.
It began when the fund drive started with describing KPFK as "a family run furniture store" and then the categories of products were made available, they were unusual: such as listing ... beer, wine, soda, mixers, and spirits ??? Screenshots can be seen on the Pacificainexile.org website.[see link above]
Even after these ridiculous mistakes were finally fixed on June 23rd, more problems still remained. Then the established regular membership department indicated that the online inventory of gifts included many things that KPFK was not prepared to fulfill ! what ?
Promises of trade-premium-gifts that were not even available from KPFK, when offered on-air in trade for monies /
donations ?
So Ms Radford indicated 2weeks ago, to her LSB local board that KPFK still had not acquired about the $77,000 in premium
gifts still then owed to the station's donors. What ? How could any business practice, even not 'good' but 'fair' operate this way ? And KPFK is a non-profit business, by any 'other' name...
So, at maybe an average cost of $15 per premium, the backlog may then be as high as 4,000 unfilled orders.
More about The PACIFICA ARCHIVES
Currently, the industry magazine for public broadcasting, covered the unfolding disaster happening - at the Pacifica Archives. This is where at least 3/5th of the entire collection has not yet been digitized and these then face physical
disintegration...maybe within a decade or so.
....." Both the Radio Preservation Task Force at the Library
of Congress and the American Archive of Public Broadcasting
(AAPB) have withdrawn any staffing and funds procurement assistance to Pacifica after Brian De Shazor resigned as the Archives Director.
Pacifica's 5 radio stations, in addition to being delinquent on paying their shared service fees to the Pacifica archives, [ fees which range from $1,500 to $4,900 a month] have to then decline to use the archive's products - as their fund-drive premium gifts. These 5 stations have also pulled needed CD/DVD duplication services away from the Archives as well."
More secrecy and lack of transparency has caused many loyal donors and members to worry and seek solutions that can best be determined by those who are leaving the Archives. There has been no mention of why DeShazor is resigning, nor his plans for the treasures he has helped preserve and accumulate under his directorship.
There has been no public mention nor open discussion of who else can assist or replace the manager leaving and what all the prior employees of the Pacifica Archives did/ or plan to do/ to assist the demolition or sale of their hard work and results.
some outside Pacifica sites that speak to this are listed here:
Mention is made in above link about Brian DeShazor's time being reduced and salary also, as was all the Archives staff.
A quote from above link says:
"The archives is one of the best centralized collections of media advocacy history by sound in North America, according to Shepperd. Last year, DeShazor discovered among the archives a recording from 1964 that is thought to be the only full recording of a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr....
"The Pacifica Radio Archives has restored thousands of historical recordings since it began in 1999. In 2013, it had only digitized one-fifth of its materials. Shepperd said that some of the tapes are endangered with a shelf life of only 15 years...."If they lose these archives, Pacifica has erased its own history," Shepperd said."
another source addresses the issues too:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/19664526892/?_fb_noscript=1 = Friends of Pacifica Archives
This site has posts from DeShazor and other interesting tidbits that may add to the story being unraveled now.....
and then there is more to be read/ found here too:
and writes: "GM Radford has not indicated any intention to make payments and says she is pursuing an $80,000 loan to fulfill unsent premium gifts. "
and the archives own webpage is here to read or write or pass on to those who want to be more than voyeurs and pacifists :
comments or more information on any of these topics are available on this blog or pointing to where More and Updated information is exposed would help everyone else too. Please participate if you want to help create TRANSPARENCY and thus honesty, stability, sustainability and reliability too...plus
keep KPFK on-air, more as it 'was' than it is be-coming'...undone.... duh.....
(c) 2016 mj ....please excuse Google's blogspot formatting Glitches, that refuse repeated corrections.. "They"are in control, not authors here.


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Monday, November 7, 2016
(No. 299) Donald Trump: media consensus & the echo chamber
"Donald Trump: media consensus and the echo chamber
offering tinned goods as fresh produce"
Alastair Rickard
As I write this column the American presidential election is just a few days away. As a longtime follower of American politics as well as those of Canada and several other countries I have never seen so much extreme rhetoric in a campaign (coming from both the Trump and Clinton sides) nor so much repetitive 'group think' comment by television talking heads and other members of the media. Much of the latter has been so ideological and determinedly politically correct as to render it next to useless as analysis.
The late English writer Christopher Hitchens, asked why he wanted to become a journalist, replied so that he wouldn't have to rely on the press for information. I can relate.
I have yet to read or hear a specific reference to what might well be the worst possible Nov. 8 election result in terms of increasing to even greater heights the pre-election toxicity, divisiveness and polarization in the American body politic: an election result which sees Hillary Clinton win based on securing 270 or more electoral college votes while Donald Trump (who will almost certainly declare ANY result other than a victory for himself the result of a "rigged election") actually receives a higher total of the popular vote than does Clinton. This anomaly of the U.S. electoral system has showed up before and as recently as Al Gore's loss to George Bush in 2000.
If/when he loses, Trump's tens of millions of supporters, doubtless egged on by widespread inflammatory post-Nov. 8 rhetoric, will generate ongoing popular unrest in American politics going forward the like of which has not been seen since the 19th century. Trump himself will doubtless carry on as a celebrity and a prime example of the arrogance of the self-assured.
The liberal media in the U.S. (as in Canada) have and will continue to stir the pot of political division by deprecating, inter alia, the intelligence of those who support(ed) Trump's candidacy. This widespread elitism among the chattering classes (it can be summed up as 'we know what is best') is just the sort of irritating and patronizing sermon that contributed so materially to the surprise this same gang suffered in the U.K.'s pro-Brexit vote.
In Canada the editorial approach of the Globe and Mail, self-styled as Canada's national newspaper, aping the New York Times and Washington Post has for months featured an ongoing, repetitive and increasingly tedious competition among its columnists and op-ed writers to determine who can express most emphatically and preciously how shocked and appalled they are by Donald Trump, his bullying demeanor and insulting statements and tweets, etc. etc., all the while offering readers tinned goods as if they were fresh produce.
All well and good to benefit certain media egos but nothing has changed materially involving Trump except for the quantity of examples since even before he declared his candidacy for president in June of last year. He was then clearly an inappropriate person to be president and his antics and declarations since have merely provided devotees of political correctness enhanced opportunities to declare their fear, shock, upset etc. (pick one).
What has changed as we near American election day?
Really only that for months and months after Trump launched his bid for the Republican nomination he was dismissed by the supposedly wise and best informed members of the media elite as a clownish reality TV celebrity; he had no chance of securing the Republican nomination much less the presidency.
While Clinton is likely to win next Tuesday, if only because of the curious American electoral college system, Trump has succeeded in demonstrating that the best and the brightest among the American media's talking heads have now lost even more credibility as political soothsayers.
George Bernard Shaw acidly observed that the media can't distinguish between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization. Just so vis-a-vis Donald trump.
Nothing that qualifies Trump (and there is much) to be labeled a sexist, misogynist, racist, narcissist, et al has changed except by accumulation. But once the mainstream media had ridden Trump to months of increased ratings, ad revenue and circulation the time came to get serious about helping the unpopular Clinton prevent a Trump presidency, an objective devoutly to be wished by a substantial majority of Canadians although (according to the latest U.S. opinion polls) apparently by somewhat less than half of Americans.
The fact of the matter is that, as the election nears, Clinton's biggest advantage is the high negatives of her opponent among voters. Her own high negative ratings as consistently shown in the polls would preclude her election if Trump's negatives were not somewhat higher.
Any one of several among the sixteen Republican primary election candidates defeated by Trump could have beaten Clinton in this election. Whatever the result on Tuesday -- but particularly if Trump were to win (although that is unlikely) -- the nearer term future of American politics today looks dark, rocky and unhappy.
Nov. 5, 2016
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A letter to my Marine
I wished you was here to hold me close through these cold nights. I wake up to
the memory of the dream I just had. A dream in which I could touch you and hold
you. In this dream I meet you at the door when you come home from work. You are
tired but I know what will make you feel better. I take off you boots and rub
your feet. Gently back and forth I rub taking care to press hard to rub out the
tension that has built up there all day. Them I help you get undressed and into
a pair of boxers and a pair of slippers that I have kept warm for you to slip
into. Then I bring you out a nice meal and a glass of wine. It looks to be a
strawberry flavored wine. I couldn't tell the make, just that it is something
you like. After dinner I bring you in a cup of coffee and sit down to finish
the foot and leg massage as you tell me about your day.
Then next thing I know we are in the bed room and I am giving you a full body
massage. You turn over and start to kiss me. As your hand moves down my back I
suddenly awake. I reach to touch you and I realize you are not there on that
empty side of the bed. It is cold without you. I turn over and start to fall
back asleep hoping this time I can do it without crying. I know this is your
job and I will always be right here waiting for you, but sometimes especially
late at night when I awaken expecting to find you there I do cry. Then I roll
back over and go back to sleep knowing I am one day closer to being with you
again. And as my eyes close I hope I speed back to the dream where you are
holding me close and I am warm in your arms once more.
I want you to know I would not change one day we have lived and I would not
wish to have a different life. For I know that no matter what this life is ours
and this has been our choice. That choice is one of the most precious things we
have done together. Besides our boys, I have to say that being the proud wife
of a Marine doing his job and standing for what is right is the greatest honor
anyone could ever give me. I am honored to be your wife and your best friend,
as you are mine.
I love you and wish God speed to you and the rest of the guys to come back home
to us.
Love Always And Forever
Toni Michelle Proud Wife Of Ssgt David Hostuttler
And Mother Of 3 Wonderful Little Demons: Alex(6), Tony(4), And Adriel(2).


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Coeds need to be protected from people who play golf. That's the gritty underbelly of the rape culture.
All the best.
Rich Kopf
December 22, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Just when it appears that the eager young minds fragile hysterics who currently attend American universities couldn't possibly outdo themselves when it comes to making a scandal out of anything they find under any rock, they manage to do something like this:
For three years, rapist Ben Holm walked the Loyola University Chicago campus – and now that he has been convicted, Loyola University Chicago is silent.
Students at Loyola University Chicago are disgusted by the institution's actions and do not feel safe on campus – the administration's silence is only making things worse.
We are calling Loyola University Chicago to make a statement apologizing for its lack of transparency in the case of Ben Holm (AS OF DECEMBER 16 LOYOLA HAS [sic] BROKE ITS SILENCE. ADMINISTRATION SENT AN EMAIL TO THE LOYOLA COMMUNITY.)
We are also calling for Loyola University Chicago educate students and faculty about rape culture and sexual violence.
That's from a change.org petition that was filed by Ashley Kennedy, a student at Loyola University Chicago. Never mind the all-caps, the typos, and the turgid prose. Ignore the fact that Loyola should refund Ashley her parents the $41K a year they shelled out so she could attend that "top-tier" university, or that her admissions officer must had been in a narcotic stupor when he digested her admissions essay.
Kennedy, and the 1,300 other signatories of her petition, are livid that Loyola did not notify them that Ben Holm had a pending case in Georgia's Fulton Superior Court. Yesterday, Scott Greenfield did the heavy lifting explaining the seriousness of the crime, the timing of the felony charge, and Holm's eventual plea during jury deliberations.
The grievance here is that Loyola should've notified its students while Holm's case was pending in Georgia, even though up until December 5 of this year, Holm: (i) had pled not guilty to the charges, and thus was presumed innocent; and (ii) was out on bond for over 3 years, and did nothing to have his prosecutors move to revoke it, let alone have Loyola take notice of anything.
Throughout those 3 years, Holm held the state of Georgia to its burden of proof and minded his P's and Q's while attending Loyola and playing on its golf team. Newsflash for these fragile teacups: no, Loyola didn't have to alert you of anything, and you are not entitled to an apology, let alone a "statement." Had Holm's crime occurred at Loyola, the school could've kicked him out and stamped him with a scarlet letter without due process by using Title IX, but that was not the case with Holm.
Still petrified and "literally shaking?" Well, there's more. Each year, law enforcement makes more than 10 million arrests nationwide, and every single one of those people who've been charged are entitled to the presumption of innocence until either the state meets its burden of proof or she pleads out her case. In most circumstances, they bond out while they duke it out with the state. It could be anyone, even that chef who grossly manipulated the traditional recipe for that bành mí you just had for lunch.
I understand Loyola students chose Holm's case as their outrage du jour, but this happens quite often. People get to walk around while their case is pending, even though they are shaking in their boots while they fight back against the might of the government. Odds are there are fellow primates walking around Loyola today who are facing criminal charges, but you would never know it because they followed one of the basic rules of co-existence: they left you and yours the hell alone while you went about your business.
Outside college campuses, there are people walking around, some with (gasp!) criminal convictions, but who otherwise lead normal lives, remain gainfully employed with whatever shit jobs society gives them, and feed their families.
All that time used to study and become enlightened write the petition and become the latest megaphone for campus hysterics could have been put to better use when it comes to being a professional alarmist. Since these students give much spare time and energy to these "causes," it would be more effective to look up every student's name within each docket system (some are not online, so they might have to go into those buildings called "courthouses") to see whether they have charges pending and what horrible things they have been accused of doing. Then start a petition for each case. It may take some time, but it seems like time is all they have.
Of course, this story couldn't have been devoid of some "expert" being consulted by the "press," only to have that expert's opinion published without basis. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's article on Holm's case cites "sexual violence prevention educator" Jamie Utt:
One expert says that what's really unusual in the Holm case is not how much time elapsed between crime and conviction, but the fact that Holm was charged at all.
"This case with him actually being held accountable is the exception," Jamie Utt, sexual violence prevention educator, said Tuesday. "There are plenty of people who perpetrate sexual assault who will never, ever be held accountable in any shape or form, let alone a prison sentence."
Cite? Stats? Nada. Does Utt have access to every prosecutorial memorandum in the country that concludes with a decision not to charge? That would be rather unprecedented. And what was Loyola's response to this fiasco? To educate and tell its students to toughen up grow up? No, quite the contrary, as no one became any more informed, and students were told that it's okay to continue acting like backward children.
With compliments of the season, see you folks next year at Fault Lines.
Coeds need to be protected from people who play golf. That's the gritty underbelly of the rape culture.
All the best.
Rich Kopf
Sorry Your Honor:
Everyone knows that golfers are trying to but balls into holes in the fewest strokes possible. That's the gritty underbelly of the golf culture.


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Maartje's report in English on her job shadow experience will be published online shortly.
Maartje Aukes, policy advisor at the Academy Bureau, shadowed Dorien Bisselink, HR team leader at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience.
It was an ideal match
I didn't list the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience as a specific choice, but Dorien had asked to shadow someone who worked on policy matters in the Bureau. It was an ideal match. I found it fascinating to look at support for research and researchers from the perspective of both our disciplines.
Former neuroscience researcher
We started by attending part of the new employee introductory meeting. I'm somewhat familiar with the institute because I attended classes there when I was doing my doctoral research. Not much has changed. The cafeteria and coffee lounge still look precisely the same. The building is a bit fortress-like. Trijntje Sjoerdsma, assistant manager of the MRI facility, gave me a tour of the new Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging, the result of a partnership between the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, the University of Amsterdam and its medical centre AMC, and VU University Amsterdam and its medical centre VUMC. What a fabulous building! So much light and space! And such an outstanding facility for researchers.
Turns out we run into the same issues
Dorien and I talked about our jobs. It turns out she and I run into the same issues, she in her work as P&O team leader and I in mine as a policy advisor. The issues were familiar ones: research assistants working like mad on their PhDs, the limited career options in research. All things that I too dealt with as a researcher. After I obtained my PhD, I worked as a postdoc for a time. But after a while, the money ran out. And then it was clear to me that my career in research was finished. I find what I do now – advising The Young Academy, the Social Sciences Council, and the Behavioural Sciences, Social Sciences and Law Domain on policy – interesting, and it suits me.
Street Knowledge and Science Buddies
Dorien had heard about two Young Academy projects, Kennis op Straat ('Street Knowledge', short lectures by young and eager researchers working in a range of disciplines) and Science Buddies, for refugee researchers (helping them get a foot in the door at Dutch universities). She wanted to know whether she could contribute. When Dorien shadows me in return, I'm going to hook her up with Jorrit Kafoe, our policy officer. I know he'll be delighted with her offer.
Looking back
I really enjoyed talking to someone from HR and hearing about her work. That gave me a good impression of the practical side of things. It's also useful to extend my network this way. Once you've met someone face-to-face, it's easier to give them a call or send an e-mail when you've got a question.


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TACOMA, Wash. – Time ticked away as Duncan White marched the Puget Sound football team down the field and eventually tied up the game with 21 seconds left. However, Pacific Lutheran was able to hit a 49-yard field goal as time expired to sneak out of Baker Stadium with a 31-28 win.
It is the second consecutive week that the Loggers have had their hearts broken with a field goal on the last play of the game.
White had the best game of his Logger career as he tossed four TD passes in the game on 21-of-34 passing for 235 yards, including the game-tying toss with just 21 seconds on the clock.
While White constructed an efficient passing attack, Casey Larson and Kyle Reynvaan each had breakout games to lead the Loggers to 168 rushing yards. Larson had a season-high 115 yards on 18 attempts, including a 44-yard scamper that set up a Loggers score. Reynvaan carried the ball 20 times for 84 yards.
White, Larson and Reynvaan led the Loggers down the field for the game-tying drive. The Loggers took over on their own 27-yard line with 4:14 remaining. A healthy dose of Larson and Reynvaan helped move the Loggers down the field and White connected on three of his six passes on the drive, including a nine yard TD strike to John Duncan on third-and-goal with 21 seconds left. The extra point tied up the game at 28-28.
A squib kick on the ensuing kickoff, coupled with a personal foul against the Loggers moved the Lutes to the Logger 32 to start the drive with seven seconds remaining. Nasser Abdelrasul knocked down a hail mary attempt with just one second remaining. However, Richrd Isett nailed a 49-yarder as time expired to end the game.
The Loggers and Lutes traded leads and kept the game close through all 60 minutes as both teams continued to fight. The Loggers scored first after Cory Dunn picked off a pass on the first play from scrimmage to give the Loggers the ball. White later found Adam Kniffin on a fade route to give the Loggers a 7-0 lead. In the second quarter, the Lutes tied up the game at 7-7.
The Loggers were quick to respond when White and Kniffin hooked up again on a two-yard slant route to regain the lead for the Loggers at 14-7. However, the Lutes marched down the field for another score just before halftime. A bad snap on the extra point was picked up and run in for the two-point conversion, giving the Lutes a 15-14 lead at the half.
The Loggers next strike came on a 43-yard pass to Lukas Diesing, who led the Logger receivers with 102 yards. Diesing had found his way behind the defense where White hit him in stride and he waltzed into the end zone to once again give the Loggers the lead, 21-15. About two minutes later, the Lutes responded with a 49-yard run by Alec Simmons to take a 22-21 lead. Jordan Rasmussen finally found Greg Ford on a 73-yard TD strike after Ford had been limited to just three catches for 39 yards in the game to seemingly seal the deal. However, the Logger defense responded .
Damarkus Millner pushed his way through the line to block the extra point and keep the Loggers within striking distance, down 28-21. The crucial block set up the final sequence of events as the Loggers hopes were lifted and dashed in just a few ticks of the clock.
The Loggers will conclude their three-game homestand next Saturday when they host nationally-ranked Linfield for the 2010 Homecoming game at 1 p.m.


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Who hasn't been inspired watching Olympic athlete Kerri Walsh and her beach volleyball partner, Misty May-Treanor pounce their way on the sand as they blaze by opponents like Cuba in just a 36-minute game?
It's their athleticism and their physical shape that is so captivating about this dynamic duo. It is one thing to see skinny models lying around on the beach in a bikini, but it's a whole different sight to watch women in world-class physical shape with real muscles and real physical prowess competing in a sport that is just as fun (and difficult) to play as it is to watch. So what does it take to have tightened and tone midsection like volleyball queen, Walsh? A lot. But don't be discouraged. She has let us in on a few of her secrets that keep her 6-foot-3-inch body looking and feeling amazing. In addition to practicing on the volleyball court, three hours a day, Walsh also practices pilates three days a week. She feels that it has given her greater flexibility, strength and stability.
Her favorite pilates move is called The Teaser. Here's how to do it:
1) Lie on your back against a flat and smooth surface, like a yoga mat. 2) Reach your arms over your head and place them on the floor behind you. 3) Roll your torso up as you extend your legs about 45 degrees in the air. As you do this, bring your hands to your toes. 4) Roll back down and repeat 3-5 times. Remember to stay in tune with your breath as you perform The Teaser. Inhale as you come up and exhale as you come down. Keep lifting up through your core and extending through the front of your chest. Also, try not to let you chin dip. Keep your gaze looking forward and your neck elongated.
Practicing this move a few times a week may not win you a gold medal, but it will firm up your tummy and create a more sculpted and refined look. And with plenty of beach days still ahead of us, that bikini will never look better on you.


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10 Financial Benefits to Taxpayers of Homeownership
In a previous post we laid out the basic arguments regarding whether or not there are societal benefits to homeownership vs renting. Now we take a look at the financial benefits to the individual taxpayer of owning vs renting. This will be a brief overview. In a future post we will dig down into a full and detailed financial analysis.
Unlike a list of social benefits which one could argue that the government might have a reason to subsidize, these benefits are those that the homeowner themselves get from purchasing. It is part of the equation they would consider in making a purchase rather than remaining a renter. It is certainly reasonable that this class of taxpayers and voters would "vote their pocketbook" to their advantage.
Top Ten Financial Benefits of Homeownership
1. Provides an asset
2. Stabilizes monthly payment
3. Control your own destiny
4. Forced savings
5. Equity available for other purposes
6. Potential gain in market value
7. Can add to value through improvements
8. Establishes credit
9. Allows for long term furnishing purchases
10. Mortgage Interest and property tax deductions
Clearly, these advantages don't depend on the mortgage interest deduction. It serves as an incentive, and one can make the argument that it lowers the cost of ownership, providing the owner with the ability to own more house than they could without the deduction.
Should homeowners vote their personal wallets? Many others choose their leaders and vote on issues that work to the advantage of a group they are part of. Or should Americans be more interested in voting for leaders and issues that are best for the country.
Also read:
- Shocking Unintended Consequences if Mortgage interest Deduction is Eliminated
- Schedule A Cap Another Way to Increase Tax Revenue Through Tax on the Rich
- Government and Mortgage Holders Fight Over $100 Billion Per Year Tax Advantage
- Options to Change or Replace Mortgage Interest Deduction
- President Obama News Conference: Tax Increase Still On for Rich to Fix Fiscal Cliff
- More on the Fiscal Cliff and Your Mortgage Interest Deduction - Diana Olick of CNBC
- 9 Reasons to Eliminate the Home Mortgage Interest Tax Deduction
- 7 Social Benefits of Home Ownership and 6 Social Benefits of Renting


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Last year, state lawmakers wrote a $10.5 billion check to run the state for two years. This year, they are finding out they are $290 million short.
How to chop the state budget will be the most controversial item before the Legislature when it starts its 2008 session Wednesday.
The shortage isn't in real dollars, but in revenue estimates, but it means that money promised for programs all over the state, from $3 million for the University of Hawaii's Academy for Creative Media to $20,000 for burial grants for decreased World War II Filipino veterans has been withheld.
"We have the projections for '08 and it is a scary scenario," said House Speaker Calvin Say.
"I am a little concerned and worried," said the veteran Democratic leader.
Already, Say is rejecting calls from Republican Gov. Linda Lingle for tax cuts.
"I am going to disagree with the governor on tax cuts, she can't take care of basic services and you want to do tax cuts, come on," Say said.
Lingle in her budget presentations has said the budget has room for specific, targeted tax cuts.
To get more money, Senate President Colleen Hanabusa wants the Legislature to look at the so-called streamlined sales tax, which would let Hawaii collect the 4 percent tax on items bought over the Internet by Hawaii residents. But Hanabusa said it is viewed as a tax increase and is not likely to pass.
"It is something that has not made its way through and I don't anticipate support," Hanabusa said.
Instead, Hanabusa predicted that the Legislature "will have to cut the budget."
"My calculation is that we are $280 (million) or $290 million short," she said.
Still both leaders acknowledge there will be pressure to add new items to the budget. Hanabusa said last week's discussion about repair and maintenance at the University of Hawaii points out the problems.
"We are just going to have to look at it and see what we can cover," Hanabusa said.
Say, who was House finance chairman during the state's last downturn in the 1990s said the state should have used a lower revenue projection last year.
"I said take the conservative approach ... don't say the rate of growth will be 6 percent, say 4.5 percent.
"Now we don't have the money and our hands are tied," Say said.
The state's prison system, with $52 million a year spent to keep 1,300 felons in a private prison in Arizona, continues to concern legislators.
Rep. Will Espero (D, Ewa Beach-Honouliuli-Ewa Beach) worries about a new state prison planned for Maui.
At hearings last week, the Department of Public Safety changed its estimate for building a new Maui prison from $50 million to $200 million and doubled the size from 300 to 600 inmates.
"It was made clear that they are going to have to come up with a less expensive prison," Espero said.
Say is also backing a resolution for the state to sell the Oahu Community Correctional Center site on Dillingham Boulevard in Kalihi and move the prison to vacant state land near the airport.
"The prison is sitting on prime industrial land, isn't it possible to find another parcel at the airport like the federal detention center?" Say asked.
"Every day we don't do this, it is going to cost us more, we have to be realistic," Say said.
As the Legislature gets ready for its 60-day session, one question remaining is who will lead the tiny Republican caucus in the senate.
With the switch of Sen. Mike Gabbard (D, Kalaeloa-Makakilo) to the Democratic Party, the GOP was left with only four senators. The leader is Sen. Fred Hemmings, but he is opposed by Sens. Sam Slom and Gordon Trimble.
Hemmings said he has the backing of Big Island Sen. Paul Whalen, who has not been available for a caucus.
But Hemmings said he won't call a Senate GOP meeting until the entire caucus is there, fearing Slom and Trimble will vote him out.
"The situation is pathetically humorous. It has gotten so bad I am afraid to go to the bathroom myself because I am afraid Trimble and Slom will show up and call for a caucus," Hemmings joked.
Also two Republicans became Democrats. Rep. Karen Awana and Sen. Mike Gabbard became Democrats and were awarded with committee vice chairmanships.
There are now 13 Republicans in the 76-member Legislature.


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Continuity mistake: 1-13 "Mourning After": The blood Ashe smears on her face changes its pattern and consistency several times as the shots change. (00:36:00)Jean G
Continuity mistake: 1-3 "Encore": Stone finds the side window of the blonde woman's house pried partially open. It's parted less than an inch in the wide shot, but in close-up, it's open at least four inches. (00:27:00)Jean G
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Continuity mistake: 1-4 "Repentance": The memorabilia dealer shows Stone slides of escaped Nazi war criminals. There's a page of text projected on the screen, which Stone asks the man to translate. While they talk, the image on the screen changes to a picture between takes, even though we can see that the projector's carousel tray hasn't moved. (00:17:45)Jean G


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Kox Koh the enterprising Carousell user who sells NDP tickets online may not even be a Singaporean??
Google for 'kox koh' and you'd come across to this Wikipedia entry, "Kokh Kox" which states that Kokh Kox (or Koh, as pronounced in Noon) is the creator god of the Noon people. And what is 'Noon people'? Well, the Serer-Noon also called Noon (sometimes spelt Non or None) are an ethnic people who occupy western Senegal. (I'm so dependent of Wikipedia. Heh.)
So is this just coincident or perhaps the online seller "kox koh" is not a Singaporean, but some Senegal scammer who tries to cheat the potential buyer with fictitious tickets?
I am so looking forward to seeing how the police can track this "kox koh". Then again, this may not be a crime itself so there may not be police involvement in cracking the case & unearth the bugger. Searching online for "selling ndp tickets illegally", I came across this Straits Times article, "NDP tickets this year available online - illegally" (21/06/2012) which said that if found to be involved in 'unauthorised distribution', sellers will be barred from participating in the ticket ballot for three years. That kind of penalty is not harsh enough, I guess.
Another article by Asiaone, "Debtor selling 6 balloted NDP tickets at $120 each" (10/07/2013) has the seller quoted to say:
"You say that selling is illegal, but what about the one who's buying? Would there be sellers if there isn't a demand for these tickets? This has been going on for many years now, and every year, there are as many buyers as there are sellers," he said.
"If I put the tickets up for sale but no one buys, I will be stuck with them in the end. I can't force people to buy the tickets. This will just keep happening every year."
That is so true. So why don't we have a punishment system not just for the seller of the NDP tickets but also for the buyer?! And please, to bar (both seller and buyer) from participating in the ticket ballot for three years is not really that deterring, for sure.
Just see the relevant Facebook page on this subject so far 1 commentator openly expressed his interest to buy. See? As long as the buyers do not feel it's wrong to purchase the NDP tickets, there will always be sellers. In short, I strongly suggest to start punishing the buyers as well.
- MSN, "The Singapore Golden Jubilee Black Market: NDP And Other Tickets Sold On Carousell".


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HSC Higher Mathematics 2nd Paper Suggestion and Question Patterns 2019. Mathematicians seek patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians solve the truth or falsity of conjectures by a mathematical proof. The research needed to solve mathematical problems can take years, or even centuries of investigation supported. Since the pioneering work of Giuseppe Peano (1858-1932), David Hilbert (1862-1943), and others on the axiomatic systems by the end of the 19th century, it became customary to show that mathematical research establishing the truth by rigorous deduction from axioms of appropriately chosen and definitions. When these structures are good mathematical models of real phenomena, mathematical reasoning can give an overview or predictions on nature.
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"Around 65% of smartphone sale is happening in the sub-Rs 10,000 category. We will expand our portfolio with entry level products, priced around Rs 8,000-Rs 9,000 to tap the opportunity in the high growth price segment," Chialin Chang, CFO and President Global Sales, HTC.
"India is not just important but crucial market for us. Our performance in India has a direct effect on our performance at the global level," he added.
HTC will be looking to acquire at least 10% market share in the Rs8,000-Rs 15,000 price band. Further, it will only launch 4G smartphones across price bands in India, Chialin said.
The company just announced two new two new 4G smartphones, One A9 and Desire 828 dual-SIM.
HTC, as per the German market research firm GFK, has just around 4% unit market share, which it aims to increase to 5% by the end of the current fiscal end. The handset maker is aiming to quickly increase the overall market share to 10% with new smartphone launches under Rs 15,000 price category.
"We have grown quite a lot in the last 12 months in India, as we are able to participate in various price tiers. We are seeing high double-digit growth this year," Chialin said.
HTC a few months back entered into an agreement with Global Devices Network (GDN) to make the handsets on contract. The GDN facility in Noida is currently assembling entry to mid-range phones for the company. HTC's global contract manufacturing partner Wistron too forayed in India through its recent joint venture with Optiemus Infracom, which is the parent company of Global Devices Network. April 2016 onwards, HTC smartphones will be assembled by this joint venture out of a bigger plant in Noida, which is currently under construction.
Chialin said that domestic manufacturing will result in significant cost saving, which will be passed on to Indian consumers.
HTC, which has a significant presence in the above Rs 20,000 segment in the smartphone market in the country, is also working on expanding its retail reach and improve penetration of after sales services, said Chialin said. It will also increase its service network through 100 centres from the existing 40.


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Discovery offers new target in pancreatic cancer treatment
6 January 2013Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Florida have identified a potential way to improve treatment of the most common form of pancreatic cancer, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, which accounts for more than 95 per cent of pancreatic cancer cases.
Published in the journal PLOS ONE, the study has made sense of a specific complex sequence of interactions between genes and proteins (known as a molecular pathway) that has become permanently 'switched on' in pancreatic cancer, promoting accelerated tumour growth.
The team believes that their findings offer a potential new target for drugs to help subdue or block the pathway, and suggest that treatment could involve the use of the drug bortezomib, which is already approved for use in treating several human blood cancers.
A key feature of pancreatic cancer is increased activity of a protein called NF-kB, which is known to play a role in switching on genes that keep cancer cells growing unchecked. There are two pathways by which NF-kB can be activated, known as the classical pathway and the alternative pathway. Although both of these are active in pancreatic cancer, they work in different ways.
When the researchers examined the NF-kB alternative pathway, they found that the increased activity of NF-kB was caused by the normal defences – a protein known as TRAF2 which protects cells from unregulated growth, being suppressed. They also found higher levels of other molecules becoming involved in the alternative pathway.
They tested this discovery in 55 human samples of pancreatic cancer and found that in over two thirds of these, the protective protein TRAF2 wasn't working properly.
Loss of TRAF2 promotes fast growth of pancreatic tumours and correlates with increased aggressiveness, said study leader Dr Peter Storz, a biochemist and molecular biologist from the Mayo Clinic. He added: "Targeting this pathway to decrease the proliferation of cancer cells may represent a new strategy for pancreatic cancer therapy."
Dr Storz said that using a combination of chemotherapy, bortezomib and other inhibitors of molecules activated along the pathway may help pancreatic cancer patients.
"Of course, this hypothesis requires extensive clinical testing, but our findings offer a new direction to investigate in improving treatment of pancreatic cancer," he said.
The study was funded by grants from the American Association for Cancer Research and the National Institutes of Health.


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Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic disorder of hemoglobin and afflicts ~110,000 African-Americans in the US. Because of its complex pathophysiology through chronic hemolytic anemia, microvascularocclusion, and a chronic inflammatory state, it affects multiple organ systems and leads to significant morbidity and organ damage as well as leads to frequent hospitalizations and health care encounters. During the past 35 years, primarily through research and patient care conducted by the NIH funded Comprehensive Sickle Cell Centers and some pivotal clinical trials, the life expectancy of patients with SCD has increased from the teens to mid- to late forties. This is still considerably shorter than that of African-Americans who do not have sickle cell disease and can be viewed as a major disparity even in this underserved minority population. While significant advances have been made in the understanding of the disease pathophysiology and in novel therapies through basic and translational research, these advances have been slow to be taken to clinical practice. The Southeastern Exploratory Sickle Cell Center of Excellence seeks to improve the care and quality of life of the SCD patient population by i) investigating the basic mechanism of action of a highly successful and effective hemoglobin F inducing drug, hydroxyurea, ii) identifying genetic variations underlying the frequency of pain, response to narcotics, and thus addressing the important issue of biologic/genetic bases of pain and its under treatment leading to the stigmatization of many SCD patients and its resulting disparity, iii) investigating the medical, social, and economic reasons for underutilization of hydroxyurea in SCD, iv) training primary care physicians with evidence based medicine in the care of patients with SCD, given the sobering reality that there will not be enough specialists in non-malignant hematology to meet the needs of the growing adult SCD population, and v) implementing innovative methods and concepts for the care of SCD patients in the ED and for transitioning from pediatric to adult care. Relieving the health disparity of SCD patients is the primary goal of this application.
Sickle cell disease in the United States primarily affects African-Americans and is considered an orphan disease. Because of the lack of knowledge of health care providers in the management and treatment of painful episodes and other complications of this disease, patients are most often undertreated or not treated at all, which has created an enormous health disparity for these patients.
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|Piel, Frédéric B; Adamkiewicz, Thomas V; Amendah, Djesika et al. (2016) Observed and expected frequencies of structural hemoglobin variants in newborn screening surveys in Africa and the Middle East: deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Genet Med 18:265-74
|Anea, Ciprian B; Lyon, Matthew; Lee, Itia A et al. (2016) Pulmonary platelet thrombi and vascular pathology in acute chest syndrome in patients with sickle cell disease. Am J Hematol 91:173-8
|Ikuta, Tohru; Sellak, Hassan; Odo, Nadine et al. (2016) Nitric Oxide-cGMP Signaling Stimulates Erythropoiesis through Multiple Lineage-Specific Transcription Factors: Clinical Implications and a Novel Target for Erythropoiesis. PLoS One 11:e0144561
|Baker, Charlotte; Grant, Althea M; George, Mary G et al. (2015) Contribution of Sickle Cell Disease to the Pediatric Stroke Burden Among Hospital Discharges of African-Americans-United States, 1997-2012. Pediatr Blood Cancer 62:2076-81
|Jaja, Cheedy; Bowman, Latanya; Wells, Leigh et al. (2015) Preemptive Genotyping of CYP2C8 and CYP2C9 Allelic Variants Involved in NSAIDs Metabolism for Sickle Cell Disease Pain Management. Clin Transl Sci 8:272-80
|Jaja, Cheedy; Patel, Niren; Scott, Stuart A et al. (2014) CYP2C9 allelic variants and frequencies in a pediatric sickle cell disease cohort: implications for NSAIDs pharmacotherapy. Clin Transl Sci 7:396-401
|Gutsaeva, Diana R; Montero-Huerta, Pedro; Parkerson, James B et al. (2014) Molecular mechanisms underlying synergistic adhesion of sickle red blood cells by hypoxia and low nitric oxide bioavailability. Blood 123:1917-26
|Ghoshal, Pushpankur; Rajendran, Mythilypriya; Odo, Nadine et al. (2014) Glycosylation inhibitors efficiently inhibit P-selectin-mediated cell adhesion to endothelial cells. PLoS One 9:e99363
|Ikuta, Tohru; Kuroyanagi, Yuichi; Odo, Nadine et al. (2013) A common signaling pathway is activated in erythroid cells expressing high levels of fetal hemoglobin: a potential role for cAMP-elevating agents in ?-globin disorders. J Blood Med 4:149-59
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Aspects of health that immune function affects: EVERYTHING!
If you have lowered immunity (meaning you pick up infections easily) or an immune system that is sensitive, over-reactive and generally not working properly, then this really can affect your day-to-day health and well-being and hugely affect the future of your health. In this day and age with the Western diet, medications and pollution being omnipresent everybody is affected. There is no reason for you to expect to get colds and flu every year – you can do something about it.
There are so many aspects of health that involves immune function –
far too many to mention here but the main areas are:
Immune protection against infection and disease
inside and outside
Removing toxins, pathogens and heavy metals from all tissues
Response to foods – food sensitivities
Putting out the fires of metabolism – energy production and removing waste
Removing rogue tissue and damaged cells
And much much more.
Intelligent immunity
Our immune system has an intelligence all of it's own. The very first immune response is SIgA – Secretary IgA (IgA is an antibody response) High SIgA can accompany fatigue –it can indicate either / or both infection and food sensitivities.
In the gut where 80% of immune function is there are tissues that decide intelligently what the immune function will or won't respond to. There are also trillions of bacteria and microbes in the intestines especially the colon. Your immune function depends on these being in the correct balance.
Immune Tissue
Your whole system depends on a healthy continuous production of different types of white blood cells to not only fight infection and pathogens, but to clean up toxins and general waste products. The lymph vessels and glands are vital to neutralise and remove all this out of the body via the elimination pathways.
Keeping your circulation strong by exercising regularly, helps move the lymph fluid that clears waste away taking it to the liver to be neutralised and dumped into bile which in turn is excreted through the bowel movements. Waste is also lost through sweating, breathing out, tears, hair, saliva and urine. People who are particularly toxic can show it through the quality of their skin, breath, hair and foul-smelling bowel movements and strong urine. Toxic overload is a real threat to the immune system. Detoxifying takes a lot more than just a few days or weeks of a 'Detox', in fact most 'Detoxes' are misleading and in some cases can be dangerous.
An acid bath
But lets go back a little way – the stomach produces a very strong acid that not only breaks down food, but also kills parasites, microbes and bacteria.
Many people nowadays, as they get older they produce lower amounts
of stomach acid.
Zinc is needed for both production of stomach acid and immune function – and is a co-factor in many reactions in the body – if there is not enough acid, you can't absorb zinc and if not enough zinc you cannot make hydrochloric acid (HCL). A vicious circle forms. Supplements are the most effective way to get back into balance – zinc and digestive enzymes or even HCL is supplement form is the most effective support, as well as major dietary changes.
Stomach acid also helps to break down proteins into particles that the rest of the digestion can handle – even proteins from grains and pulses that can cause sensitivities, which really is just an immune response.
So what do you think happens when people are given antacids? Many people take antacids if they get indigestion, not realising that it could be low stomach acid causing it. Getting properly diagnosed is vital – and this can be difficult if your doctor just makes assumptions without proper investigation, generally an esophageal manometry or an endoscopy is performed to properly diagnose.
All our food has a certain amount of bacteria on and in, some even have parasitic eggs, raw fish for example and 'Rare' cooked meet – it's normal, and a normal healthy digestion and immune function will keep all of this in check. Problems occur if there is not enough acid to kill off microbes or the immune system is not robust.
The population within
Healthy bacteria like we get from fermented foods like Natural live Yogurt (sugar-free NOT fat-free), Tempeh, Sauerkraut, kephir or other fermented foods (not alcohol) are very helpful in supporting the correct balance in the gut (small interesting and especially the colon. If you want to know more please go to my website and look at 'Digestion'. http://www.foodspa.org.uk
It is vital to have good gut flora in healthy / abundant amounts to keep everything in check.
An over growth of Candida (yeast) can have such severe effects that are very debilitating – including exhaustion and an immune function that doesn't work at it's best.
Candida feeds on sugar – from refined carbohydrates (all sugars and white flour products and sweet fruits/fruit juices/dried fruit etc) so does bacteria.
Candida in particular can have such a damaging effect to well-being as it secretes toxins that can affect the brain and immune function. Some people with Candida overgrowth can feel happy one minute, consume sugar and feel depressed and debilitated within a short period of time.
The main cause of bacterial and yeast imbalance?
Taking antibiotics once or over a life time can cause Candida (yeast) overgrowth, especially coupled with the high sugar Western diet, it why the symptoms of thrush can happen after antibiotics – this is literally a Candida overgrowth.
It can also cause undesirable bacterial overgrowth – this all upsets the fragile balance and leaves the door open for opportunistic bacteria and infections in the gut, and on the skin and tissues where microbes have access.
This is why you need to take BIG doses of probiotics to even get a small amount into the gut and it needs to be taken with foods to help it get to where it should be. Some experts are now implanting healthy faecal matter into people who have such severe dysbiosis that it is literally life threatening. Sugar has to be cut out or eliminated to support healthy bacteria and starve the undesirable microbes, yeasts and bacteria. Vegetable fibre needs to be consumed to feed the good bacteria and I say it again – wide use of probiotics are needed.
Lowered immunity – can also be caused by chronic stress, poor digestion or nutrient deficiencies due to poor diet.
Nutrient deficiencies can have a huge effect on immune function as well as energy production (among many other things) but we are concentrating on immune function.
Antioxidants support immune function by neutralising toxins looking to destroy cells and help immune function get rid of them.
All vitamins and minerals play a part in immune
function, but the following are particularly important:
Vitamin C – Increases production of interferon which coats the cell membrane preventing viruses from getting through. This is vital not only for preventing colds and flu but the very nature of stopping the virus actually can halt the triggers that cause immune dysfunction – i.e.: Serious viral infections like Glandular Fever can have a long-term detrimental effect on health.
Vitamin C is also one of the most potent antioxidants.
Vitamin A – Best in the form of Beta-carotene – Carotenoids are found on many vegetables like carrots, squash, courgettes, green leafy vegetables and orange fruits. Boosts natural killer cells, antioxidant and can help fight tumours through boosting 'Tumour necrosis factor'
Vitamin D – Mainly from sunshine, or in very small amounts in some foods. Best supplemented in the winter months (600iu to 2,300iu per day). Is vital to healthy immune function and speeds up the healing process amongst many other things. Getting into the sun is vital for immunity.
Vitamin E – Stimulates production of white blood cells and protects against oxidative damage (when toxins destroy atoms in cells that make up body tissues) Found in high quality oils, nuts and seeds, organic green leafy vegetables.
Essential fatty acids (Fish oils and flax oil)–stimulate white blood cell production and help regulate immune function, so protects tissues against over reactive immune response. I.e.: inflammation.
Zinc – Increases production of white blood cells, and supports production of killer cells. Best from rich dietary sources unless a Nutritional Therapist advises supplements. Seafood, nuts, Pumpkin seeds and green leafy veg, wheat germ and egg yolk.
Selenium – Stimulates natural killer cells as well as playing a vital role in major antioxidant activity. Founds in nuts and seeds, fish and seafood.
Bio-Flavonoids – A very important immune support for many conditions – these phytonutrients take up the receptor sites on cells and stop toxins and viruses. These have also been shown to stimulate immune function in a way that helps protect cardiovascular health.
All fruits and vegetables have some bioflavonoids but some are particularly high in them: Blueberries, elderfower, lemon and orange rind, green tea, green leafy veg, organic strawberries only, organic red bell peppers, orange fruits, garlic and onions,
Phytonutrients – from fruits and Vegetables and herbs have many protective properties as they can have stimulating effects on immune function.
Protein – Correct protein intake is VITAL – protein deficiency can lead to immune dysfunction, as every aspect of immune function needs sufficient protein. Too much can impair immunity as the metabolic by-product puts strain on immune function. It is vital to be able to digest protein properly.
Other Foods that support immunity:
shiitake and Maitake mushrooms
Herbs: Sage, Thyme, Oregano
Chili or cayenne pepper
Organic chicken broth
Fresh natural live yogurt
Substances that have a detrimental affect on immune function:
Antibiotics and other medications
Heavy metals in foods (i.e.: Mercury in Tuna)
Contraceptive pill / HRT
Food additives
Damaged fats
Refined carbs
Processed foods – including meats, dairy, carbohydrates and coffee
Foods grown in poor soil
Foods that can cause problems: Wheat, dairy, soya and sometimes eggs
Other elements that affect, reduce or inflame immune response:
Stress – chronic or acute from an upsetting event
Extreme physical training
Very busy social or work life, where opportunities for physical rest are reduced and poor dietary habits are followed.
Recreational drugs
Lack of sleep
Lack of exercise
All of the above can cause reduced immune function. Although we cannot always avoid the daily stressors of life there are actions that you can take to support the body through nutrition and rest. Some stress therapy can be very helpful too – like massage, Yoga Nidra, meditation, Yoga, acupuncture, and reflexology – and SLEEP!
Everyone is individual and what lowers your resistance may not affect the next person. Your childhood and the illnesses and medications (like antibiotics) you have taken in the past can still affect you even years later. It is a very rare doctor that will advise taking probiotics and cutting out sugar after taking medications, or encourage you to take buffered Vitamin C, due to their lack of knowledge in this area.
The above is a guide to help you to think about the changes you could make to support your own immune function.
After all you rely on it much more than you even realise.
What on the list can you address to protect your immune function now and in the future?
If there is nothing else that you do – TAKE A HIGH DOSE BUFFERED VITAMIN C more than once a day. 'Buffered' means it is less irritating to the gut wall and you can take higher doses. Increase your mineral intake by adding more organic leafy vegetables to your diet.


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( The events in this blog post took place between the 9th and 17th November 2017. )
This past week has not been great, for myself or Kittlen.
It should have been great. A chance for us both to recharge. But things didn't turn out the way they should have.
(I had pushed myself too far, and, when telling my owner, she decided that I should have a mind vacation—a hypnotic trance that would last until midnight Sunday my time. Kittlen was not involved in the decision—she was told of it, and given no choice. She has permitted me to use her own words from her point of view. The entire journal, with our commentary to each other, may never see the light of the internet. It was a tool she used to help her get through.)


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House panels will make haste on energy bill -- Hoyer
Expect another fast-paced month of committee action on a sweeping global warming and energy bill ahead of possible floor debate in late June or early July, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said today.
"I think the speaker and I will both be urging the committee chairs to consider these quickly," the Maryland Democrat said in an interview, referring to eight panels with jurisdiction on a bill approved last night by the Energy and Commerce Committee. "Frankly, they've been considering them for some time now. It's not like it's a great surprise."
For most committees, the work will be swift, Hoyer said. "Their level of concern," he said, "is not high."
But there are two committees that want a piece of the debate: Ways and Means and Agriculture. Hoyer said he would work with the chairmen of both panels and did not expect much of a problem.
House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) wants significant concessions for farm-state lawmakers, and he threatens to bring between 40 and 45 House Democrats along to vote "no" on the bill if that does not happen.
"I don't know that I have 45 Democrats in my pocket and the speaker may or may not," Hoyer said, adding, "Mr. Peterson has concerns. We'll work with his concerns."
And House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), said Tuesday that he would focus next month on health care while putting global warming on the back burner. "Maybe at some point we can do both at the same time," Rangel said. "But health being first is a priority."
That new agenda marked a reversal from comments Rangel had made in March, when he said climate ranked ahead of health care (E&E Daily, March 27).
Hoyer downplayed the competition between health care and climate change.
"We're going to move forward with the bills when they move forward," he said. "That may be energy and it may be health care. The issue isn't so much which goes first."
Also today, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a top ally of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and head of the Democrats' House campaign operations, said he did not think Rangel would need to spend much time changing the bill, offered by Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman of California and his top lieutenant, Ed Markey of Massachusetts.
"We'll be looking at what they did," said Van Hollen, who also serves on the Ways and Means Committee. "I don't expect any radical surgery on their bill in the Ways and Means Committee."
Hoyer said Democrats would try to get both health care and energy passed off the floor before the August recess, though he left himself some wiggle room for the climate bill. "It's not a timeline," he said. "It's not a deadline."
'Very good week' for energy policy
For her part, Pelosi reveled today in last night's Energy and Commerce Committee vote in favor of the energy bill.
"It's been a very good week for new energy policy," Pelosi told reporters, citing the 33-25 vote, as well as President Obama's plan to set stronger fuel economy regulations.
Pelosi, who will spend next week's recess in China to discuss global warming and energy as the head of a congressional delegation, called the House bill, H.R. 2454, "something transformational in how we address the climate change issue."
As for timing, the furthest Pelosi went today was to suggest that Democrats still hope to send President Obama a climate bill that he can sign into law before a major U.N. global warming conference this December in Denmark.
"We're hoping we're able to seal the deal by the time we go to Copenhagen, but we have to see what the possibilities are for common ground, learn from each other, as we go forward," Pelosi said.
Obama and his staff worked behind the scenes over the last few months with Waxman and Markey to prod the climate bill out of the committee. The president invited all 36 of the committee Democrats to the White House earlier this month, urging them to move quickly on global warming so that they could turn their attention to health care reform, another top item on his domestic agenda.
And Phil Schiliro, Obama's top legislative aide and a former Waxman staffer, visited the House markup several times this week to lobby Democrats.
In an statement issued minutes after the vote, Obama said, "We are now one step closer to delivering on the promise of a new clean energy economy that will make America less dependent on foreign oil, crack down on polluters, and create millions of new jobs all across America."
The president added, "This achievement is all the more historic for bringing together many who have in the past opposed a common effort, from labor unions to corporate CEOs, and environmentalists to energy companies. I applaud the committee for its action and look forward to signing comprehensive legislation."
Across the aisle, Republicans are largely unified against the Democratic climate bill.
"As this bill is now out there in the public domain, I think people will understand the extraordinary cost that this will impose to business and working families," House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia said yesterday. "And at the end of the day, that will be what will kill this bill."
And just before last night's final vote, the Energy and Commerce ranking member, Joe Barton (R-Texas), questioned the Democrats' decision to move forward with a sweeping overhaul to energy and climate policy during tight economic times.
"Those of you who support the bill, you have every right to believe those changes are necessary," Barton said. "For the sake of our nation, I hope to some degree you are right, I'm afraid that you're not, but we will see."
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