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Texans are not exceptions. Controlling weather is beyond the abilities of even the most intelligent of the state's scientists, engineers and climatologists. If anyone could have changed weather, Texas farmers, ranchers and not a few rural communities would have had an easier time the past three years and would have done something to reverse one of the worst droughts in the state's history.
Alas, despite recent rainfall, more than 90 percent of Texas remains in drought status ranging from moderate to severe, according to a recent report from the Texas Water Development Board. That same report shows reservoir levels at a near all-time low.
Recent predictions indicate that the ongoing drought may be part of a decade(s) long cycle that could linger for several more years. If that analysis is accurate, farmers will continue to suffer; ranchers will continue to sell off herds; and rural communities will continue to run out of water. And no one will be any closer to figuring out how to control weather.
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But Texans will have an opportunity on Nov. 5 to do something about the water shortage. Proposition 6 is one of nine proposed Texas constitutional amendments on the ballot. The proposition states: "The constitutional amendment for the creation of the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas and the State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas to assist in the financing of priority projects in the state water plan to ensure the availability of adequate water resources."
The proposition, if passed, will establish two funds to finance water plan projects—the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas (SWIFT) and the State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas (SWIRFT). Those funds would receive financial resources for water projects.
Also, the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) would have authority to enter into bond enhancement agreements to make bonds more attractive to purchasers. TWDB could issue bonds and related credit agreements and to make loans for water projects in the state water plan.
The long range plan for Texas water shows that, considering the current water availability level and estimated population growth, the state will not have ample water to meet demand in as short a time as 30 to 40 years.
The Texas legislature has passed legislation allowing transfer of $2 billion from an economic stabilization fund –the Rainy Day Fund—if the amendment passes. Those funds would be used as leverage for low-interest loans with more favorable repayment options as well as other borrower advantages. At least 10 percent of funds would be dedicated to improving water resources for rural areas and 20 percent would be marked for conservation or reuse.
A brochure from the League of Women Voters in Texas offers a pro and con analysis of how the amendment would affect Texas.
The pros include the necessity of assuring the state has an adequate water supply to maintain current economic activity and provide for future growth. Attracting new companies to a state without adequate water will be, at best, difficult.
The funding mechanisms will provide a good base from which to generate more revenue and investment in water projects across the state. Also, tapping funds from the Rainy Day Fund allows transfer of funds to vehicles that offer potential for better investment opportunities.
Another advantage is to avoid the catastrophe of doing nothing. "Texas stands to lose millions of jobs and suffer reduced economic activity and decreased tax revenue," the brochure reports, if the proposal does not pass.
Among the cons are assumptions that the two funds are not necessary and that funding is already available through TWDB. Also, some might argue that the Rainy Day Fund is not an appropriate source of financing since that coffer is reserved for emergencies such as natural disasters and that the legislature should "make separate appropriations from the general fund."
A final negative is that "the state should not take on the financing of water plan projects. Financing should be provided by those benefiting from the projects."
Texans will have the final say at the ballot box in what is often a low-turnout, off-year election.
A representative of the League of Women Voters in Texas said: "We don't tell people how to vote. Just vote."
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) � Maine's gay marriage law has taken effect, and some couples took advantage of it right away.
The law went into effect Saturday a minute after midnight, and some cities and towns held special hours to issue marriage licenses, with some granted in the wee hours of the day.
Portland, the largest city in the state, opened at midnight to accommodate couples who didn't want to wait to get married.
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Thank you for this bitter knowledge
Guardian angels who left me stranded
It was worth it, feeling abandoned
Makes one hardened but what has happened to love
Someone :) wrote this in Last.fm journal. (Oh yeah, I'm totally stalking her. Not.)
He gives his thanks, feels abandoned, looks at stars, vanishes into powder, suffers paranoia, bitter disappointment. My eyes close and I see a broken man with his back to Medusa, wanting nothing else but to turn back and look into her Gorgon eyes, over and over and over again, wanting to forget, choosing to throw it all away.
Only he doesn't.
What has happened to love.
It's repeated, but only as undertones. Not in the forefront, it isn't a question burning with curiousity, sung with sparkling passion. It's delivered with poignant echo, as if the answer, if it exists, isn't really sought after at this point.
Go, or go ahead and surprise me. Say you've lead the way to a mirage.
When you're on the edge, nothing'll do the trick anymore.
What do you do when you've been lead to a mirage?
You drop your guide. You turn around.
"Readings" December at Seksan was crowded with Awang Goneng a.k.a Wan A. Hulaimi fans (me included). I enjoyed the littoral sea creature shorts from Dina Zaman (with her parent). Patrick Teoh can-I-say-fuck?-I'll-say-that-again-FUCK! read the column snippet from The Edge Daily — poking fun at the Malaysian Malaise, and truly, saying what is truth out of principle is such a bitch, niamah! — and talking about leaking rooftops in Putrajaya as I stand nearby a plate of stencil print that parodied the incident:
[Picture of Perdana Putra]
Got a rooftop leak?
Call 1-800-idunno
Ah, the irony.
Sharon Bakar preceded with a reading of an intro out of Awang Goneng's Growing Up in Trengganu (GUiT) before the author took his seat. As he seat, he spoke of memories and recollections, rhythms and forms, nascent phonetization, and of course the idyllic Trengganu — T[e]rengganu that used to be. I can almost hear the susurration of the monsoon wind as vivid as the flickering DSLR and PS flash of the literati. The recital of the Arabic verses was heart warming and as AG said, it brought tears to the eyes and soul.
Amir Hafizi is the shit. This mofo having an autophilia-cum-autofellatio moment (a quickie, real quick) as he ejaculated to Jackie Chan crotch, lesbian, sex, gym, BMI, obesity, gigolo, prostitution, ass, tits and boo boo kitty fuck. Yes, he's the Ω Malay α Male. Got to lap up to his shit, non-scatological that is.
Here's Patrick Teoh, Amir Hafizi and A. Samad Said.
And Irmy Natasya, Liyana Yusof and Jane "Comel" Doe.
The Seksan Literati really love 'em DSLR and PS: Irmy Natasya (Natinski) with her Nikon D40, Liyana Yusof (Dizzyfirefly) with her Nikon Coolpix P5000; and a girl that frequently got molested with Sufian Abas's Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro. Oh, that's all Suf flickr set by the way. Credits to his highly saturated post-processing on Adobe Photoshop CS3. And there's more! The one with her Canon EOS 350D/Digital Rebel XT and a resident photographer (perhaps) with her Nikon D2X. And Panasonic's Lumix. And Sony HDR-CX7 too, cool camcorder, might replace my old JVC with that one.
It's a Seksan's camera obscura picturesque kodak moment!
In retrospect, I should have bring along my Canon EOS 40D. Those Canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 L IS USM lens would make such a good topic of the conversation, if I ever own one.
Click! Click! Click! 6.5 fps baby!
She got her red lips tasted and the hair dyed red. Good.
What has happened to love.
Sans me. [S]ad.
Go, or go ahead and surprise me. Say you've lead the way to a mirage.
Countdown to New Year 2008
I'm off to "this one simple cheap but surprisingly lovely restaurant at the top of a hill."
With some company.
Or just one.
I really need that 3 month bonus so I can buy an Apple MacBook Pro after Steve Jobs's keynote address at Macworld Expo 2008. Hopefully the new Intel's Penryn processors [Intel® 45nm high-k (Hi-k) metal gate silicon technology with 45nm architecture] would be ready for the January upgrade.
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Hpcsa - computer burglars strike again
Burglars stole scores of computers from the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) headquarters in Sunnyside in what police believe may be 'an inside job' that began as Pretoria's rugby-mad inhabitants joined the nation to watch the rugby world cup final kick-off.
It is the second burglary and theft of computers at the HPCSA in the past 18 months.
It is the second burglary and theft of computers at the HPCSA in the past 18 months.
This time it was 'well organised', with an estimated 14 night-time thieves systematically breaking open offices and locks, allegedly guided by someone giving instructions on a cell phone.
HPCSA spokesperson Greer van Zyl said a security guard was overpowered by 3 men, 2 of whom were armed, as he emerged from a lift in the building at 21h03 on 20 October 2007 - 3 minutes after the rugby world cup final kick-off.
One of the burglars reportedly wore a Magnum Security company uniform.
The guard was handcuffed and blindfolded before being ordered to lie on his stomach in one of the ground-floor committee rooms near the reception area. His attackers demanded the keys for the registration office where computers bearing the registration details of health care professionals are housed.
Investigating officer, Inspector Phineas Kgakwa, said that the guard overheard the cell phone conversations while 2 burglars stood guard over him. 'They were busy asking directions of where to find what, so it might be an inside job. They were saying OK, OK, where? OK ... ,' he quoted the guard as telling him.
Asked about the guard's estimate of 14 burglars, he said this was 'most likely as 3 people cannot take all those boxes in such a short time'.
The computer equipment is believed by Kgakwa to have been loaded into a vehicle parked in the building's basement parking lot.
Witness 'intimidated'
Kgakwa said the security guard had subsequently 'been getting some intimidation at work, saying he's involved in these things. I told him that if anyone had information they must come to me.' The HPCSA said it was unaware of this.
On 29 May 2006 an unknown number of thieves broke a panel of glass on the ground-floor level to gain access to the building, stealing 8 computer central processing units (CPUs).
Van Zyl said that on the rugby world cup final night the thieves made off with 67 CPUs, 27 flat screen monitors, 3 laptops, a microwave oven, a kettle and computer accessories. The detective said access was gained by forcing a ground-floor door.
Asked how the burglary had affected operations, Van Zyl said staff were 'still able to register people but we were back up and running at full capacity within 3 days'.
She joked that if it was an inside job, any suspects would have been extremely nervous because in the week following the break-in a Scorpions detective had addressed staff on white-collar fraud during a previously arranged address.
Detective 'unaware' of previous burglary
Inspector Kgakwa said he was unaware of the May 2006 computer burglary at the HPCSA but agreed that knowledge about this could prove helpful in solving the case.
He was awaiting results from the criminal records centre after several fingerprints were successfully lifted in the latest break-in, but this could take '6 months if we're lucky, or more than a year'.
Sunnyside detectives were 'now getting burglary results of fingerprints for 2001'.
Kgakwa had no leads at the time of the Izindaba interview (19 November 2007).
'They were busy asking directions of where to find what, so it might be an inside job. They were saying OK, OK, where? OK ... ,' he quoted the guard as telling him.
He speculated that the thieves 'seemed to know' that there was no camera surveillance system.
HPCSA spokesperson, Tendai Dhliwayo, later confirmed to Izindaba that they were aware of the possibility of it being an 'inside job', and were conducting their own internal probe with the security company.
The computers contained health care practitioners' biographical and qualifications data. He could not see 'the utility of this information to the criminals', as its possession was not capable of affording them any ground for possible abuse.
More security staff would be hired while cameras with off-site surveillance and access control would be installed and night patrols by an external, independent security company would 'continue in the meantime'.
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"X Factor" got a serious injection of star power Thursday when new judge Britney Spears made her big debut, to massive applause.
She garnered more cheers than any other judge – even more than the talent show's guru Simon Cowell – when she stepped out in front of the 4,000 people on set for the audition taping, Rolling Stone reported.
Spears kept her commentary mostly positive for the "X-Factor" hopefuls. She said "yes" to many of the contestants and even offered one young man inspiring words after his performance.
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Fortunately, there's a new app called Om Nom? to help us keep track of what foods and, in some cases parts of the foods should be avoided. For instance, apples are a good source of Vitamin A for your dog, but the stems, leaves and seeds contain substances that can cause vomiting, diarrhea, decreased heart rate, and, if large amounts are ingested, respiratory failure.
The app also provides instruction on what to do if your dog accidentally eats something he wasn't supposed to. While it's not a substitute for a veterinarian, it is a guide that can be used preemptively to prevent feeding your dog something that could cause him harm. All of the information featured in the app comes from the developer's own research based on published papers on toxicology and veterinary medicine from the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association.
Chris Morrell, the brains behind the Om Nom? app, was inspired by his own clueless-ness about his new friend, a now three-year-old Havanese named Scottie Pippen. "Once we actually adopted Pip, we quickly realized that neither of us knew the first thing about how to care for him," Morrell says.
After his vet ran through the list of foods to avoid, Morrell became concerned about what else might be on the "do not eat" list. Pip had a strong urge to snap up remnants left on the cutting board, which meant Morrell and his wife were constantly Googling ingredients.
"Each website had a slightly different list, so I figured I'd do everyone a favor and compile the most comprehensive resource available." Morrell also had a researcher interview Pip's vet about specific foods when he couldn't find the information anywhere else.
Om Nom? also includes a Chocolate Toxicity calculator, which pops up when you hit the "chocolate" entry. "The type of chocolate and the weight of the dog are both important factors in how dangerous chocolate is, so I thought an interactive tool would be particularly useful for that entry," Morrell says. In addition, users can submit requests for missing ingredients or foods to Morrell from the app itself.
And what about the peculiar name? Om Nom refers to the sound that people make when they're eating something tasty. (Think: Cookie Monster on Sesame Street).
Om Nom is a neat utility app for new and veteran dog owners alike, and at 99 cents it doesn't cost much to ensure your dog is eating right.
Currently, available for iPhone and iPad.
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Robert Maffei entered the landscape profession eleven years ago in a relatively unconventional company vehicle: an 86 El Camino. Along with some fellow football players from his high school, he started a lawn care service to earn college money. Business grew.
During his junior year of college, Maffei gained a major account with a Massachusetts golf course community, and his employee base jumped from six to 15 crew members. A second golf course community account pushed that number up to 22.
Today, Maffei Landscape Contractors in Marstone Mills, Massachusetts, is powered by up to 65 employees at the height of the season, yearly sales approach $4 million, and the El Camino has moved aside for a fleet of 40 trucks.
An open trailer carries a ZTR mower. Tacks for shovels and rakes are
built up on the sides of the trailer.
Currently, Maffei uses a mix of machines, including two refurbished 1986 Chevrolet C30 dumps, a 1992 Ford F250, a 1994 GMC 3500 HD diesel dump, 1994 F250s, a 1996 Dodge diesel dump, a 1998 GMC 2500 four-wheel drive, a 1999 GMC extended cab foremans truck, a 2000 F350 with a dump body and a 2001 F350 with a dump body. The fleet also includes a Nissan 2600 UD, an F450 and a few F150s. The vehicle of choice, however, and one that Maffei says his company is currently converting over to is the Ford F550 diesel, a super-duty truck that he feels can meet the demands placed on it by his company.
As for trailers, Maffei Landscape Contractors uses two enclosed units in the lawn maintenance division and a smaller enclosed one in the horticulture division. The rest are open trailers. Also, with the exception of those hauled by the mow trucks, single-axle trailers are used with a special box welded on each for hand tools. A shelf inside each trailer is used for blowers, gas cans. Pre-fabricated racks are used for weedeaters and edgers.
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Like Maffeis growth from his car to his present-day fleet, a landscape or lawn care company may spend years trying out one truck after another until finding the one that best suits its needs. Others may abandon the notion of looking externally for that perfect truck and come up with their own modified solutions.
It was during a six-month sabbatical in 1992 that Tony Bass, president of Bass Custom Landscapes in Bonaire, Georgia, had an epiphany. During this time of working on the company instead of in the company, Bass watched his crews carefully, conducting time and motion studies of their performance, and was shocked to learn that 80 man-hours per crew per year were devoted to the simple task of refueling.
I imagined myself standing at the back of a truck for two solid weeks, pumping gas, he says.
The revelation was a breakthrough, inspiring Bass to look for ways to reduce so much downtime not only where fueling was concerned, but also in regards to other fleet management issues. For example, Bass believed that the proper hooking and unhooking of trailers took a significant amount of time and instruction, and that a pickup/trailer combination was too cumbersome on the highway, especially in urban centers. In addition, theft was a problem, costing the company an average of two pieces of two-cycle equipment and $600 to $800 annually. So, along with his father, Bass (who has a background in agricultural engineering) designed solutions to meet his companys needs.
One of Basss inventions was a hydraulic ramp system mounted onto the trailer door of an Isuzu NPR forward-cab truck. The ramp allowed easy loading and unloading of mowers and other equipment, and because the closed ramp served as a locked door, theft was no longer an issue. And because the need for a trailer was eliminated, maneuverability was improved.
Bass also designed a tool storage system to be mounted within the trailer and a tank system with a capacity for 15 gallons of mixed fuel and 39 gallons of regular gasoline. The latter invention allowed for once-a-week fuel stops.
While landscape contractors need not be graduate engineers to solve their fleet management challenges, Basss case illustrates a very important point: you cant find solutions until you know what your problems are. Therefore, landscape contractors should strive to become intimately involved in their companys logistical issues, incorporating a thorough knowledge of load, route and fuel challenges into their vehicle selections. Only then will they be able to choose the trucks that serve their needs most efficiently.
In Maffeis lawn maintenance division, pickup trucks with dump bodies are the rule, and because these sometimes double as snow plows in the winter, four-wheel drive is another preferred feature.
Weve always said [to] put four wheels on the ground instead of six for lawn mowing, he says. You dont need a six-wheel dump truck to pull lawn mowers. Maffei believes the conventional pickup with the dump feature hosts all the capacity one needs for a days worth of grass clippings or so forth, plus gas mileages and maintenance are more tolerable from an economic standpoint.
Tips for truck/accessory shopping
In Maffeis experience, the Ford F550 is an ideal professional machine (and incidentally, a huge step above an El Camino!) Bass, on the other hand, sings the praises of the Isuzu NPR heavy-duty diesel for a variety of reasons, including a three-year, unlimited mileage warranty. Whether a company sees the benefits of pickups and trailers or chooses to eliminate this combination altogether, certain buying tips apply universally:
Only buy the trucks you really need.
According to Maffei, some of his competitors have fewer employees, but more trucks. Our trucks work every single, solitary minute of the day, he says, and while this means a degree of hardship when repairs are needed, he has found more cost-effective means of dealing with maintenance issues. For one thing, he utilizes rentals when necessary. Furthermore, he has worked out arrangements with local mechanics to do weekend repairs, and he relies on an onsite lubrication service to handle oil changes and other upkeep outside of business hours.
Recognize the truck as a true business expense.
Its a common misconception among contractors, explains Bass, to think that the truck is something you have to have anyway, when in fact, that truck exists because of your customers. Its a true equipment expense, he emphasizes, and it should bring back X number of dollars each day.
Purchase the right truck for the job.
Maffei divides his crews by distinct specialties edging, mulching, horticulture, etc. and then matches these jobs with the trucks that will best serve in that role. This means that a six-wheel dump truck wont be seen pulling a lawn maintenance trailer, as Maffei has seen other companies in his area do.
Dont use a truck thats underrated for the capacity youll need.
Early in the companys development, Bass relied on Ford F150s and F250s, but was dissatisfied with the degree of maintenance that was needed, especially brake work. In his opinion, a capacity of 3500 to 4500 pounds is a minimum for carrying mowers and other equipment, and for this reason, he doesnt agree that a pickup is always the ideal option for a contractor, as a tremendous amount of wear and tear is placed on them.
While many may consider such a position an extreme point of view, the underlying concept is one to bet on: if a heavy load will be the typical haul, a more powerful truck will compensate for its higher price tag in terms of long-term maintenance savings.
Its possible to purchase for the long haul.
By Basss estimate, a landscape contractor based near a metropolitan area will put, on average, only 10,000 to 15,000 miles per year on a truck. It isnt that hard, therefore, to keep a vehicle as a productive part of ones fleet for ten years or longer, assuming the purchaser doesnt put greater expectations on the truck than what its design will allow.
Consider an enclosed trailer.
Enclosed versus open trailers is another point of disagreement for contractors. While some may argue that open trailers suit their equipment needs very well, Bass expresses a dislike for them. He encourages other landscape professionals to consider enclosed trailers because of the difference in the image conveyed to the public. An enclosed trailer, he says, simply looks more professional and makes the whole industry look better.
Image concerns
And image is a very real piece of the trucks and accessories whole. In Basss case, the van body of the Isuzu serves as an effective advertising tool. You cant buy a billboard in a residential neighborhood anywhere in the United States, but your trucks are certainly going to be parked in neighborhoods if youre doing landscape maintenance work in residential areas.
Maffei equates his black trucks, chrome wheels, chrome diamond plates and flashy logos with the positive image that customers have of his landscape contracting business. Its our biggest sales tool, he explains. People know us because of our clean, black trucks with our very sharp, catchy logo, and it really says a lot about our company. Our trucks are very classy looking.
Keeping those trucks looking their sharpest is a priority, and factored into the first twenty-minute stretch of each workday morning between 7:00 and 7:20. Before Maffeis crews hit the road, designated people are washing and maintaining the vehicles. For instance, one person is delegated to check the oil in every truck every morning between 7:00 and 7:20. Three other crew members wash certain trucks on certain days trucks 1, 3 and 5 on Mondays, trucks 2, 4 and 6 on Tuesdays, etc. during this same time frame. Such a system, explains Maffei, allows problems to be caught early, and helps instill a sense of truck/equipment care in his employees.
It wasnt so very long ago that the major item of disagreement between U.S. truck owners was Ford or Chevy? Its certainly a different game today, though. Within the financial grasps of many successful landscape contractors is a wide range of manufacturers, an overwhelming number of features and specification lists that look more like a script from Star Trek. To choose wisely, contractors need to know their transportation needs inside and out. Otherwise, a dream machine could turn out to be a high-maintenance, gas-guzzling nightmare.
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Hi there. Here's my experience (sorry for my bad english):
After some experiences with fasting, a few years ago I became concerned about the way I feed myself, and about my health in general. I naturally became vegetarian, and later vegan. I quit smoking, I reduced tea and cofee intake, I started to drink distilled water to avoid chloride, fluoride and other poisons, and I made many other small changes that I considered to be good to my health.
One year ago, I started practising sungazing, as taught by Hira Ratan Manek. After only two months of practise I healed myself from several eye conditions.
Hunger started to lessen after 30' of sungazing, so I naturally began to eat less and less, and feeling better and better, both physical and mentally.
And finally I came across all the bretharianism and inedia stuff on the Internet, and I felt a strong attraction to it. I realized that I was already following the progressive path to inedia, as "taught" by Jericho Sunfire, and after looking at a very enlightening interview with Jericho, 4 months ago I decided to became fruitarian.
So here I am, eating only fruit and no water (the fruit gives me all the water I need), and feeling more healthy than ever. Joint pains are gone, I need much less sleeping, my breath is fresh, deep and smells good, I feel lighter but stronger, I can control the ejaculation naturally (which I tried to for years without success), I am in a better mood, etc... it's been a huge revolution in my life.
Now I am starting to realize that the fruitarian state is not a permanent one, but just another step towards inedia. I feel everytime less and less hungry. Some days I am eating only for fun and pleasure.
I know that sooner or later I would try to make the final step, and stop eating completely, but to me it's not clear how to do it.
Some weeks ago, I tried a dry fast, it was surprinsingly easy to go 3 days without eating and drinking, but I lost too much weight and I stopped. Looking at my slim body on the mirror made me start to eat fruits again. Now I am settled on a progressively lighter fruitarian diet.
I have learned that we don't need to eat matter nor liquids to survive. And I am pretty sure that we could live even without air and light.
Life is selfsustainable. We can live on life.
Thanks for reading.
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 11:25 am
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Hi there.
Two days ago I tried to make a further step and started a liquidarian diet. But I allowed myself to take tea, cofee and even beer again...
...what a mistake
the beer I drunk yesterday night while watching the football match on the bar kicked me down till today. I feel so sick now, I have eaten some bread this morning...
Back to fruits again
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 1:49 am
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Deshimaru wrote:
Hi there.
Two days ago I tried to make a further step and started a liquidarian diet. But I allowed myself to take tea, cofee and even beer again...
...what a mistake
the beer I drunk yesterday night while watching the football match on the bar kicked me down till today. I feel so sick now, I have eaten some bread this morning...
Back to fruits again
Deshimaru, how did you get distiled water ?
I'd like to drink distiled water too.
Somewhere I read that to remove the fluoride one needs to raise the water temperature to exact 100 degrees because the fluoride evaporates in 110 or 115 degrees, so it's not easy to get rid of it.
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 1:29 am
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Hi Rick.
Two years ago, I bought an electric distiller machine. It was not cheap, but it was a good investment. Distilled water is the purest you can get, it's clean and sweet, once you have tasted it you don't want any other!
Aside from the fluoride, you also get rid of any other unwanted element from the water, including chloride, bacteria, heavy metals, etc...
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I have sold my distiller machine a few weeks ago, I don't drink water anymore. I am living now on fruits, orange juice, cofee and some raw nuts (not toasted nor fried, and without salt).
The nuts are for pure pleasure, I have to admit. I just like to chew something that sounds cracky on my mouth. The cofee is for social reasons. Even the solid fresh fruits are not necessary to me, really. But I couldn't live without the juices for now.
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I don't have any home, neither. I have rent a small 1.5 square meter place to store all my material belongings, and I have moved to a van.
My life has become simple and cheap since. I am not attached to anybody or any place. I come and go as I want. If it's too cold I move to a warmer region. If it's too hot I move to the mountains on the north. But if possible, I prefer to stay at the same place, it's the cheapest and most simple alternative.
I am not attached to the society, but I don't reject it neither. I am not antisocial, I am social-free. I enter and leave the society at will. I take what it's worth of it, and I avoid what it's not.
Of course, you need some money to maintain this life style. But not much, really. With the money that I earned in a month when I used to work, now I can live for 3 or 4 months. With the money that people spend on houses or cars, I could live for years.
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Eating rubbish for the last 3 or 4 days. Mainly chips and pizza... now I am back to fruits, nuts and olives, but not without having understood the reason why I have "fallen".
The reason is that beeing fruitarian within a society that is so trongly addicted to food, is such a challenge that I cannot stand it with the power of my will alone. I need something else, I need understanding.
After these days when I gave myself full freedom to follow all my cravings for junky food, I finally have come to a point where a fundamental question have arised. The question is not whether I "give the breatharianism a try", nor it is whether I strugle for supreme mental and physical wellbeeing. The question is that I have come to a basic crossroad on my life, where there are two paths, which could simplistically be defined as the path of life and the path of death.
Virtually everybody in this world is following the path of death. Not because they have conscioulsy choosen it, but because they do not take any true responsability on their own life, and they simply follow the mainstream without questioning anything. That's the "quick and dirty" way to deal with life.
To me, becoming fruitarian, liquidarian or breatharian is a consequence of following the path of life and evolution. With this understanding, becoming fruitarian is not so much a struggle against anything, nor a technique for supreme health, but a stage on the evolution of my life, which is established naturally and maintained without any special effort.
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Hi, it's been a number of months since you posted, and I'm hoping you'll share where life has led you to currently.
I've really appreciated reading your posts, and can feel myself moving into breatharianism by tiny steps. Coming from a diet of vegan raw foods, it seems not so hard... yet, anyway.
I'm a beginner with the sun, only up to 1' -- excited to read that your appetite diminished at 30'. Have you continued this?
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:31 pm
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Hi Cameron.
Yes, I continue sungazing. I am looking at the sun for 43' now, so I am almost finishing the practice.
My thouths regarding sungazing have changed a bit. When I was on 20' / 30', I developed a strong attachement to the sun. My mood was almost synchronized to the sun. Sunny days were happy, cloudy days were sad. I was lucky to be in a very sunny region!
But this is not what it's supposed to be. I mean, I don't like to be so dependent on external conditions that may vary almost at random. That's not my path.
As of the food, I have been fighting hard to establish a fresh fruit diet, because I have come to a point were I have no other choice. Eating just a handfull of peanuts makes me sick for the rest of the day. It's like a poison. And even the fruits give me problems sometimes, but they are the only kind of food that I can take in a sustainable way.
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A few hundred birds found crowded into an Aurora man's trash-filled townhouse now are ready to be adopted.
The Greater Chicago Cage Bird Club began finding new homes for about 400 birds Tuesday morning, the majority of them removed in October from 57-year-old David Skeberdis' Aurora residence.
"Our main concern is finding the birds a good, healthy home to transition into," club President Barbara Morris said.
Anyone wanting to provide such a home can stop by the club's temporary shelter at 15 E. Park Blvd. in Villa Park to fill out an adoption application. Previous bird ownership is not necessary, and Morris said the club will provide information about proper care, feeding and cages to those who are inexperienced.
The birds, including parakeets, cockatiels and conures, were cleared for adoption by veterinarian Peter Sakas of Niles Animal Hospital & Bird Medical Center, who evaluated the animals found in Skeberdis' home for injuries and contagious diseases.
"Considering the number of these birds, they're really in good condition," Sakas said. "They're in perfect condition to be adopted out."
Adoptions are beginning after a 30-day quarantine period necessary to prevent infections even though the birds were deemed healthy, Sakas said. The shelter will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays or by appointment by calling (630) 640-4924.
The club began caring for 358 birds found in Skeberdis' home on Oct. 26. Adding to the nearly 400 available for adoption are about 15 birds from an animal hoarding case in McHenry County and several more from a breeder who became too sick to continue caring for her birds.
By Tuesday afternoon, 25 birds already had found new owners. Among the owners was Ernest Ferguson of Bensenville, a private breeder who left with two cockatiels he will care for and use for his business.
Ferguson said he was "almost in tears" when he heard the story of 478 birds -- 120 of them dead -- being found in Skeberdis' townhouse.
"I couldn't believe there were so many," Ferguson said.
The Greater Chicago Cage Bird Club is limiting the number of birds each person can adopt to four parakeets, or one cockatiel and two parakeets, or two cockatiels, or one larger bird. Adoption by non-club members comes with a fee ranging from $10 for a parakeet, finch or quail to $300 for a macaw.
"We're certainly going to make sure we avoid any future hoarding situations," Morris said.
As club members began finding new homes for the birds Tuesday, Skeberdis was in DuPage County court pleading not guilty to a misdemeanor charge of companion animal hoarding.
If convicted, he could face a $1,500 fine and court supervision or up to six months in jail. His next court date is Jan. 29.
Prosecutors sought a court order Tuesday barring Skeberdis from having pets, but Judge Bruce Kelsey denied it.
Twice since Skeberdis was charged, Aurora officials have received information indicating he has birds at the condemned townhouse on the 200 block of Shadybrook Lane. On a follow-up visit, authorities removed about a dozen additional birds, prosecutors said, but Skeberdis has continued to visit an animal sanctuary and has told people there he still has more birds.
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For the most part, I don't do much with stains. I let the washer do what it can do, and leave it at that. I accept that my kids will stain their clothes with spilt juice… or while doing our hands on activities, such as with shaving cream, or playing in the mud. It happens.
Its just a pair of pants or a shirt, that they'll be outgrowing soon anyway, right?
Well, I do like hand me downs too. So I have a couple tricks up my sleeve to keep the clothes clean in their drawers.
The first might be an obvious one, but it goes against my once-a-week laundry system.
I wash any stained clothes right away. No waiting until laundry day. They go straight to the washer. I may throw in a few towels to make it a small load. And it gets washed right then and there. This usually does the best for fighting stains in our house.
The Maytag Bravos XL Laundry pair does what it has to do. It has PowerSpray Technology that it uses with every single load. It evenly sprays the detergent on with the water, to instantly start cleaning those stains.
If the stain doesn't happen to come out after getting washed the first time. I don't dry it.
Tip number two. Don't dry anything that didn't come clean! The heat of the dryer will set it in for good, and then you're just out of luck.
Lastly. I haven't had any luck with stain products, so if you have any suggestions for me that really work, I'm all ears.
However, I have found that hydrogen peroxide does wonders on a few stains. Blood especially. Something I learnt from the nurses while Henry was in the hospital after his surgery. A blood stained blanket had me worried until they suggested hydrogen peroxide. Its not bleach. Many people think it'll bleach the fabric, it doesn't. It works wonders on colors. Pour a cap full of peroxide on the stain and it'll melt away instantly. Seriously, no exaggeration.
How do you get rid of all the stains that come with being hands on with your kids?
A couple other things to make sure your laundry appliances are doing their job:
- Clean out the lint filter. Not just removing the lint though, wash it. With hot soapy water and a toothbrush.
- Wash your washer! I had no idea this was such a thing. But there are detergents just for this (such as Affresh). The delivery/installation guys told me about this. Its how you keep your washer from getting that infamous musty smell.
Maytag has a special Facebook sweepstakes going on this month
where you can enter to win a Bravos XL Laundry Pair!
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Maytag's Twitter Page
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Disclosure: I wrote this post participating in an Maytag Moms Dependable Laundry Ambassador program by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Maytag. I was provided with the Maytag washer and dryer set to facilitate my post.


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Makes 24 squares
100ml double cream
1 tbsp instant espresso powder
125g unsalted butter, softened
300g white chocolate, broken into pieces
3 tbsp honey
200g shortbread
100g mini marshmallows
100g macadamia nuts, toasted
100g fudge, chopped into small cubes
Heat the double cream in a small, heavy-based pan over a low heat. Add the coffee powder and stir until dissolved, then put to one side. In another heavy-based pan, melt together the butter, white chocolate and honey over a gentle heat. Remove from the heat, then transfer one-third of the mixture to another, smaller bowl and set aside to cool. Pour the remainder, along with the coffee cream mixture, into a large mixing bowl.
Place the shortbread in a plastic freezer bag and bash with a rolling pin until you have small pieces. Tip the shortbread pieces, mini marshmallows, macadamia nuts and fudge into the mixing bowl with the other ingredients and mix together well.
Line a 24cm square brownie tin with clingfilm. Pour in the rocky road mixture and level off the surface. Pour on the reserved butter and white chocolate mixture and smooth the surface. Pop it into the fridge and leave to chill for at least 2 hours, or overnight. Lift the cling film up to take the biscuits out of the tin, and cut the rocky road into 24 squares to serve. They need to be kept chilled or they can become a bit sticky.


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Ala Moana Center's Shop a Le'a Event
Sponsored Edition: Spree for All
Alright, New York, London, Milan and Paris had their fun. This week, it's your turn.
Forget the white tents. Just head down to Ala Moana Center for Shop a Le'a and revel in seven days of hot spring looks, in-store events, and special deals.
Just like the celebrities, stylists, buyers and bloggers in those other cities, your itinerary is packed. Here are a few highlights to help you map out your week:
View from the Shop
For the first time ever, Ala Moana Center is installing a pink carpet runway that will span the entire length of the Center (that's almost a half-mile). Which means you're pretty much guaranteed a front row seat for stylish shows by fashion-forward brands like Diane von Furstenberg, Juicy Couture and White House | Black Market.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday at noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Flight of Fancy
Hit up Mall Level 2 and enter to win a luxe getaway for two to Chicago. The VIP treatment includes roundtrip airfare, three nights at The Ritz-Carlton Chicago (a Four Seasons Hotel), a $500 shopping spree to Water Tower Place, and dinner at deca RESTAURANT + BAR.
Entry forms will be accepted in boxes near Louis Vuitton. No purchase necessary, must be 21 years or older to enter. Details here.
Sweet Swag
Rack up $300 in Ala Moana Center store and restaurant receipts between now and Sunday and score your very own limited-edition Ala Moana Center umbrella (shown above with model and right) in one of the season's hottest colors.
Redeemable at the Customer Service Center while supplies last.
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Stop by your favorite shops for exclusive in-store events, gifts with purchase, and special discounts like 20 percent off purchases of $75 or more at American Apparel from 4-7 p.m. only, Friday through Sunday.
Click here for a list of in-store events and here for store offers.
Plus, donate new or gently used apparel, shoes, accessories or gift cards to YWCA of Oahu's Dress for Success Honolulu and receive special discounts or gifts from stores like Folli Follie, Dooney & Bourke, and LeSportsac.
Get ready to go Fashion Week in the knees.
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DOVER — Several of Dover's state representatives will speak at a meeting of the Dover Democratic Committee Thursday, Jan. 17, at 7 p.m. at Strafford Farms Restaurant, 58 New Rochester Road. They will discuss their first impressions of the new legislative session, and what they hope to accomplish in the 2013-2014 New Hampshire House, states committee chair Wendy Alley.
All Dover Democrats and Independents are encouraged to attend the meeting, which will be preceded by a social hour starting at 6 p.m., with the opportunity to order from the menu.
Dover State Representatives (all Democrats) are Jim Verschueren, ward 1; Bill Baber, ward 2; Peter Schmidt, wards 1 and 2; Janice Gardner, ward 3; Dot Hooper, ward 4; Marsha Pelletier, wards 3 and 4; Peter Bixby, Greg Burdwood, and Steve Ketel, wards 5, 6, and Somersworth 2; and Ken Ward of Rollinsford, representing Dover Wards 5 and 6, Somersworth 2, and Rollinsford. David Watters of Dover is the State Senator for District 4, Dover, Barrington, Rollinsford, and Somersworth.
Caroline French is the vice-chair of the Dover Democratic Committee; Bill Dudley, secretary, and Carole Appel, treasurer.
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The message starts out, "Missouri--Emergency Rally Tomorrow, May 24 in Jefferson City--Urgent!", but that HAD to be a typo because tomorrow is NOT the 24th! I'm sure they meant the 14th. Please attend if at all possible.
Please pass this on to all your MO friends!
Emergency Rally in Jefferson City, MO TOMORROW!
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Last week, on the eve of Jeff Zucker's appointment as president worldwide for CNN, I wrote about
for a very tough and important job.
I had the chance Sunday to further discuss Zucker and what he means to the future of TV news with former NBC newsman Fred Francis, who worked for Zucker at the network, and Frank Sesno, the former Washington bureau chief for CNN who is now at George Washington University. Howard Kurtz, Washington bureau chief for the Daily Beast, moderated the discussion Sunday, on his weekly media review show, "Reliable Sources," on CNN. Watch the video above.


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Salvatore speaking with Claude.
|Salvatore Leone
|Saint Mark's, Portland, Liberty City
Player death
Kill Maria Latore
Kill Chico before he gives SPANK to Maria.
Cutting the Grass
Triads and Tribulations
|Unlocked by
|Salvatore's Called A Meeting
Chaperone is a mission in Grand Theft Auto III given to protagonist Claude by Leone Family Don, Salvatore Leone from his mansion in Saint Mark's, Portland, Liberty City.
Salvatore and 'the fellas' are going to discuss business and he wants Claude to look after his wife, Maria Latore. Using the same black limousine driven in "Salvatore's Called A Meeting", Maria asks Claude to drive her to see her drug dealer, Chico, who is at the Kurowski Station for the Portland El service in Chinatown. Claude complies and whilst she is talking to Chico, he tells her of a party taking place in a warehouse in Atlantic Quays. Maria has Claude drive her to the party, which is raided by the Liberty City Police Department. Maria manages to get back into the car driven by Claude, who drives her back to Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club.
Salvatore Leone: Me an' the fellas need to talk business so you're gonna look after my girl for the evening. HEY MARIA! MOVE YOUR BUTT! Dumb broad does this every time. And here she is, the one and only Queen of Sheba! What were you doing up there? Whatever it was, I bet it cost me money.
Maria Latore: Well, you don't think I hang around for the conversation, do you?
Salvatore Leone: Get in that car and keep your big mouth shut. Take the limo but bring it back in one piece, y'hear me? And watch her, she can be trouble.
Maria Latore: Yeah, yeah, yeah! I'm sure your new lap dog has everything covered, and isn't he big and strong? Hey Fido, Let's go visit Chico and get some party treats! He's at the rail station at the Chinatown waterfront I think.
(Claude drives Maria to Chico)
Maria Latore: That's Chico over there, pull up next to him.
Chico: Hey Maria! It's my favorite lady! You looking for some fun? A little...hmm? Some SPANK?
Maria Latore: Hi Chico. Nah, just the usual.
Chico: Here you go lady. Hey maybe you should check out the warehouse party at the east end of Atlantic Quays.
Maria Latore: Thanks Chico. See you around.
Chico: Gracias and enjoy that's good stuff.
Maria Latore: C'mon Fido, let's go and check out this party!
(Claude drives Maria to the party in Atlantic Quays)
Maria Latore: Alright Fido, you wait here and look after the car while I go and shake my butt alright.
Police Scanner: Four-five to all units: Assist narcotics raid Atlantic Quays...
Bouncer: IT'S A POLICE RAID!
(The Liberty City Police Department arrive, with Maria entering the car and Claude driving her back to Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club)
Maria Latore: Come on Fido, Let's get outta here Wooooh!
Maria Latore: You know I enjoyed myself for the first time in a long while, and you treated me really good. With respect and everything. Oh, I'd better go. I'll see you around I hope.
The reward for completing the mission is $5,000. Completing the mission unlocks the Cutting the Grass mission. Toni Cipriani also pages the player for a job (Triads and Tribulations).
Claude parking up to Chico in Chinatown.
SWAT Teams raiding the party.
- On the Xbox version, the SWAT trucks are coloured blue, the same as their beta apperance.
- The player can kill Chico after he finishes talking to Maria Latore.
- The Stretch in this mission is damageproof, bulletproof, fireproof, explosionproof and has a unique black colour, which is permanent.
- The subtitles are incorrect when Maria is talking to Chico. He says "mira", which means "look" in Spanish, but the subtitles show "Maria" instead.
- A chaperone is a "person who accompanies and looks after another person or group of people". In GTA III, Claude is Maria's chaperone, while in Liberty City Stories the task is up to Toni Cipriani.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Sometimes dominance is easy to recognize. Tiger Woods from 1999-2002. Ronald Reagan in 1984. Microsoft all day, every day. Other times, it's less apparent. Take the Virginia-North Carolina football rivalry.
After the Cavaliers' 16-3 win muddied a postcard-perfect Saturday matinee for the Carolina blues at Kenan Stadium, Virginia has won four in a row, seven of eight and 10 of 12 in the series.
Looks like dominance. Smells like dominance. Can you call it domination, though, when comparable programs bang away at one another year after year and one simply finds ways to win?
Consider that Virginia managed only one touchdown in regulation in each of the past three games versus Carolina and won all three.
"It's toughness," Virginia defensive end Nate Collins explained. "Coach (Al) Groh preaches about toughness all the time and being relentless and making a team crack. I feel like that's what we did."
Virginia logged its first win of the season with defense, special teams and a shade more offense than its Carolina counterparts, who for the second consecutive week accomplished just this side of squat when they had the ball.
In last week's loss to Georgia Tech, the Tar Heels had the ball for only 17:54 and scored one touchdown. Saturday versus the Cavaliers, they had the ball for almost 10 more minutes, gained 20 more yards (174) and finished with four fewer points.
"It's a little bit of a carryover of the same thing from last week," Carolina coach Butch Davis said. "The defense played well enough at times, certainly, to give us a chance to win the game. But it's a team game, and we talk in the locker room all the time … you can't just win one phase of the game. We've got to find a way to win two of the three phases, and I thought our defense fought, they scratched and they kept it to a three-point, a six-point game, for an awfully long time."
The Cavaliers' defense limited Carolina's rushing attack to a net 39 yards and set up in quarterback T.J. Yates' kitchen much of the afternoon. Tailback Shaun Draughn, who gashed the Cavs for 138 yards rushing last season in Charlottesville, finished with just 25 yards Saturday.
The Tar Heels appeared allergic to taking shots downfield in their passing game. Yates' 20 completions netted just 135 yards.
"We were going in knowing that it was going to be on the front seven," said Virginia defensive end Matt Conrath, who batted down three of Yates' passes at the line of scrimmage, "and that they were going to try to run the ball on us, and if we stopped them we'd have a good chance of winning."
Indeed, Saturday's grindfest was the kind of day where folks cheered for first downs, punts were scrutinized like poll results, and field goals were precious gems.
The closest thing to a traditional big play came midway through the fourth quarter with the Cavaliers clinging to a 9-3 lead. Collins hit Yates' arm on a throw, altering the trajectory and allowing Chase Minnifield to come up with an interception at the Carolina 42.
The Cavaliers capitalized, scoring the game's only touchdown seven plays later.
In the absence of big plays, smaller plays took center stage: Conrath's knockdowns; quarterback Jameel Sewell covering his own fumble, followed by the first of Robert Randolph's three field goals; back-to-back Sewell completions for 32 yards after Carolina had cut the lead to 6-3 in the third quarter, which led to Randolph's third field goal; Chris Cook's open-field tackle against Devon Ramsay for no gain on third-and-1 late in the third quarter when the Tar Heels tried to mount a comeback; Jared Green's great 9-yard catch of Sewell's poor throw on third-and-4, keeping the touchdown drive alive.
"They had a chance to come back in the second half," Collins said, "but we stood in there and we kept going and we kept pushing and kept fighting and we didn't crack in the end, and that was the difference."
Though the Cavaliers were winless, they showed more life in their most recent loss at Southern Miss than in either of their first two games. With two weeks to prepare for their ACC rivals, did Groh foresee a performance such as Saturday's?
"I don't look at things that way," he said, "I just coach the team. Who's to say how it's going to go every week? What I could see is that the players were well prepared."
Plus, it was North Carolina on the other sideline, which makes it as close to a done deal as it gets for Virginia these days.
Dave Fairbank can be reached at 247-4637 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com. For more from Fairbank, read his blog at dailypress.com/fromthetarpit.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Sometimes dominance is easy to recognize. Tiger Woods from 1999-2002. Ronald Reagan in 1984. Microsoft all day, every day. Other times, it's less apparent. Take the Virginia-North Carolina football rivalry.


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pHARMa: Putting a price on the lives of American moms and babies
Oh, what did you see, my blue eyed son?
And what did you see, my darling young one?
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin'
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin'
I saw a white ladder all covered with water
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.
Two days ago, The MOTHERS Act and several other dangerous psych programs passed the house after being stuck in the 2400 page Senate Health Care Bill. Today, President Obama, a former co-sponsor of The MOTHERS Act in the Senate, signed the bill into law.
Two years and two months ago Dr. Ann Blake Tracy, Camille Milke and I, as heads of CHAADA, UNITE, COPES and ICFDA collaborated on a press release to be sent to the public, media and Congress regarding our opposition to The MOTHERS Act. We created a petition and within days we had hundreds of signatures from around the country. I spent the next two months calling people all day and sending emails, writing press releases and trying to update my website with the numerous radio shows where we would spread the word about the fight to save America's mothers from an invasive government screening program.
Continue reading "Yes, We Can Pretend We Did It All On Our Own (The MOTHERS Act – How at least $13 to $16.4 million in pHARMa dollars buys a bill)"