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Archive for the 'put your t-shirt on' Category
demon fist
Posted October 20, 2010on:
demon fist
this is kind of long overdue kase i got really sick… at heto na nga! this was inspired by one of my wavemates in si-bee-gi, paul, who also goes by silverdemonfist. eh naglogin kasi siya bigla sa ym. hahaha.
what makes this one really special is that i've finally mastered lining and shadowing when i did this. i know it's easy… i mean super dali but it just feels so nice when i envision something and i could really make it already in ps. the closest to this one is the one i made for moonlight avery. anyhoo, i've decided to turn this into a shirt, so please say hello to my model, ark.
kaya lang mukhang maamo … hahaha. cute boy is cute. ahaha! kind of looks like miming in person, except with bigger eyes. has the same energy level too. more pixxors soon at our n00bcakes store. i'm looking for far more appropriate brushes other than blots. hihihi. and yes, i have a short cutesy 'credits to' chervams post to follow.
yun lang.
♥ melai
candy killer kiss
Posted February 10, 2010on:
if you're reading this… then you've been sucked in by "the powar that is shimazuuuuuu~!" and resistance is futile. bweeeeh, quoted from miming. hehe! pis tayuuu bebs! read on…
candy killer kiss… get this shirt.
if you have a super power what would it be? marvs calls his… dun dun dun… candy killer kiss! wahehehe. miming and marvs were in bading mode and they were battling it out on chat… meh. candy killer kiss sounded like a super skill to me and i thought i'd make a t-shirt out of it.
si max pa din yung model kooo… kyot at ganda, neh? will have to photograph miming for the other shirt next time. he's busy being in music ninja mode these past few weeks. anyways, for inquiries, you can pm me or go to our official shirt site. although, di ko pa siya nauupdate. lolz.
nagpractice ulit sila sa bahay ko some days back. here's a nice outtake… and check out the rest here. credits to miming and nowie for the pics, ke?
it's the shimazu pout! everyone should try it… baket ba? hehehe. kyot! and here's what happens with too much shimazu-ness in your system…
how powerful?
monsters and pampam guys > (mga thousands sila) we gonna eat joo!
max > -_- battle mode on!
monsters and pampam guys > muhahaha
max > shimazu roundhouse kick! yaaaaaaaaaaaah!
monsters and pampam guys > deadz na sila lahat isang tirahan lang ni max. well, yung iba slaves na niya (see pic above). lolz.
the powarrrr!
yun lang. haha.
♥ melai
lmao my life
Posted January 26, 2010on:
miming was going to divisoria to buy his blanks… para dun sa manyak shirts nya, bweeeh. so he invited me to tag along since i make shirts too, tapos kasama din si marv a.k.a. leadista candy killer kiss… mula ngayon yan na code name mo! wala kang choice!
at lagi naman, my trips with miming and friends are eventful… and we can call that day, sabi nila… the-day-i-pwned-them-all! nyahahaha. gaaaah! di ko naman sinasadya noh. here goes…
bago kami umalis, ginutom muna ako nung dalawa… si marv mas matagal pang maligo kesa saken. tapos halos nakapambahay lang kami ni miming eh siya niplantsa pa niya yung marvin the martian shirt nya. si miming, daming stop over. hahaha. oh well, can't complain… i'm learning a lot from him about the shirt chervams industry. nagbus kami hanggang morayta, took the recto jeepney which goes to divisoria… tapos lakad lakad nalang kami from there.
divisoria still looks the same. madami pa ding nagtitinda ng kung ano ano. it was still humid, there were still weird smells, the jeepneys were still packed like sardines in the streets at madami pa ding chinese tao ke! hahahahaha! i actually knew the place… which was actually part of my first short film project nung college pa ako.
anyhoo… di ko alam, maybe from my lack of sleep or the food deprivation earlier that day, nung nasa tindahan na kami i actually declined buying kasi… meron pala akong alam na mas mura at malapit na tindahan! and miming and marv were like 0_0… and i was like "oh nooo" and they were like X(… waaaah!
i knew they were cool about it… but i felt bad right away. it might seem mababaw to some people pero importante sila para saken so it did not seem shallow to me at all… tapos the teasing started and it never ended. kahit nga ngayon eh… huhuhu.
melaikick, miming, and blue corner shirt
marv, melaikick, and blue corner shirt
the teasing continued hanggang pag-uwi… in my emotional and affective state, di ko na nakontrol and i effin cried in front of people (people i did not know…) stupid brain of mine. i ended up with swollen peepers for the rest of the day and the following day.
to make matters worse, i guess, sobrang pakiramdam ko na i was stupid and i made a really big mistake, i started choking …this was when i was home reflecting on what happened.
my asthma-anxiety attack… nilo to the reschuuu~!
nilo >o melai
melaikick >gagging on bed
nilo >…la lang…
baka na overwhelm siya sa kalat ng bahay ko. (malinis na poh ulet. bweeeeh!) after a few (hmmm maybe a few more? wahehe…) minutes though he was patting my back… and game me medicine too! reminded me of my brothers. ahaha, good kuya. para pala sa mga tagabasa ko ng hindi taga si-bee-gi, nilo is one of the kuya cheer twos at kapitbahay ko din siya.
i was expecting the sermon the following day and i did get it… lolz. it's hard for me to control my emotions… most especially the strong ones like sadness o iyakin lang siguro ako. bleeeh. on that day though, i did assume that my negative emotions reflected the way things really are… which was wrong. i'm just lucky i have friends who understand me but hopefully no more anx attacks from now on…
divi adventure was nice. divi adventure ulet? hehehe!
yun lang.
♥ melai
all systems go go go!
Posted January 17, 2010on:
o hai! guys, our online custom and statement tee shop is finally… well, online! yey! binago ko yung design coz even if i wanted to… not everything's supposed to be girly. hahaha. it has a jpop feel to it… not to mention that my models are partly japanese. on a side note, everyone is welcome to model for our shirts! pm nyo lang ako… add me up, my ym is amellehopia (oh don't laugh… hmmm let me explain the story then in another post. bweeeh)
hetong kalerky photoshoot namin…
kala mo mga seryoso… yun pala… hahahahaha! the rest of the crazy outtakes are here.
i love them so much. mga hapon talaga, iba ang appeal. gaki and max… not only are they goodlooking but they're really nice too. although minsan akala nyo tulog sila. lolz. for my si-bee-gi readers, max is my officemate sa streeem pero nagwork din siya sa si-bee-gi philcoa. so there, you have your main models… so lucky ne? me haz two live maneki neko! miao miao!
pero para saan ang model kung walang stylist? i thought i would have to style them pero buti nalang dumating si snowie who has a knack of making people look … in this case, more beautiful. he did the photography too with gaki's nikon d40 and natural light… good combo! ahihi! heto ang aming stylist…
styling the kitteh… more like trap the kitteh… ^^, just kidding!
i really appreciate you guys helping me out for this project. salamat sa patience, for wearing my art, for enduring the heat… i'm looking forward to our next photoshoot, with all the n00bcakes.
at siyempre, please do visit our site… tapos bili ka na rin! hehehe. there are two hyperlinks here at melaikick, one at the tabs at the top part and the pages section on the sidebar or just go to http://www.wix.com/melaikick/n00bcakesshirts.
yun lang.
♥ melai
p. s.
yes, we do customize shirts.
pure kitty evil genius
Posted January 10, 2010on:
pure kitty evil genius shirt…
i remember a few weeks back, miming and i were chatting how he couldn't do what i do, which was art… kasi masyado daw praktikal ang design ng utak nya. lo and behold, he's made his first typography art! and of course… he's selling it! nyahahahaha!
gumawa siya ng shirt with one of those memes… "will tease you beyond endurance…" the inspiration, from what i remember, ha… was one of those pokemon pictures from a memegenerator site. was that milftail? lolz. tapos, nagbabrowse na din siya sa dafont.com (a really cool font resource) ! hahaha…
some of my outtakes…
"will tease you beyond endurance…" is pretty wholesome pa… wahahaha. 'to tease' is 'to persistently annoy' but it is also subliminal… in n00bcake connotations, this measures up to the standards of a manyak shirt. ahihi! oh by the way, ito pala yung shirt na pang girls! there's a pedobear version for the boys. o diba? that's pure kitty evil genius (and yes, i know my adjectives, tama yan…)
>^.^< the girly girl girl
i really like this shirt… color suits my skin, subtle hints of manyak (bweeehehehe!), nice typograhy, and created by my bestfriend! kaya naman ladies and manyaks, please get em shirts at n00bcakes.wordpress.com. hyeah! start the teasing!
melai diggs, you have no choice but to… X(
yun lang.
♥ melai


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TVS Motors Company has challenged Bajaj Auto in the Madaras High Court for 'disparaging' its products through an ad campaign Tamil Nadu. HC has issued a two-week interim injunction on the ads. Mileage of the Bajaj CT100 and TVS XL100 were compared in these ads, and TVS claims the figures to be false.
The court in the interim injunction order says, "the respondents from continuing the ad which disparages the applicant's product TVS XL100 by comparing the fuel efficiency of the applicant's product with the respondent's product for a period of two weeks".
As per TOI, around nine dealer-level ads were circulated in Tamil Nadu, and TVS filed the case around 9 days ago. The decision of the court is based on the fact that Bajaj Auto pointed out the specific demerit in TVS's product. The court also said that Bajaj promoting its own product is not questionable and "permissible", but disparaging statement of TVS would surely be actionable. Having said that, the final decision can only be pronounced only after TVS files a detailed counter.
The problem in the series of ads is the mileage figure claims, as they claim the fuel-efficiency of TVS's product be less than 50 percent of the Bajaj's. The court also said that it is permissible to show a comparison between the two products, but it should not have "negative overtone" and it cannot belittle the rival. The court order further added that the ads should have reasonable restrictions.
Source – TOI
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Tara defeated Northeast 3-0 in volleyball action Wednesday at Tara in a match with interesting coaching story lines.
Cynthia Montgomery is the new coach at Northeast and spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach to Tara's Barry Jackson. Montgomery, who has 287 career wins after 19 seasons at Istrouma, is still seeking her first win at Northeast. The Vikings are 0-3.
Montgomery was in the last class at Chaneyville High in 1981. The school changed its name to Northeast in 1982.
"I like being back at home at Northeast, and we're going to get there as a volleyball team," Montgomery said. "We've had to change the culture here. We're capable of competing; it will just take time."
"Cynthia does a great job wherever she goes," Jackson said. "I know she's going to turn that program around."
Tara (2-2) got its second victory over Northeast. Tara prevailed in five sets in the first meeting and won 23-25, 25-19, 25-20 and 25-17 Wednesday.
"I thought we played well once we settled down," Jackson said. "We gave some points away in the first set. We passed the ball a lot better and were more consistent in the last three sets."
Northeast 6-foot-1 senior Pearl Jones was a factor at the net and when serving. Jones had 12 kills, 10 aces and three blocks.
Tara adjusted its play in the final three sets and worked the ball inside to 5-11 senior Mardaijah Varnado, who had nine kills, four blocks, six aces and 15 digs. Ke'Erra Johnson, a 5-6 senior, and Samantha Herrera, a 4-9 junior, were also spark plugs.
Johnson had seven kills, five assists, three aces and eight digs. Promise Kelly added three kills, four aces and 23 digs for Tara.
"Ke'Erra is our captain and does a good job," Jackson said. "She's good at making tips to open areas of the floor. Samantha Herrera plays non-stop and is a really good communicator."
Tara sophomore Arrielle Clark had an ace for the decisive point in the second set. The third set was tied at 16 when Tara's Johnson had a tip point and then got hot with her serve as Tara pulled ahead 21-16.
Northeast went on a 5-0 run in the fourth set with Jones serving to cut the Tara lead to 10-8. Tara pulled ahead 16-9 to take control.
"We have a bunch of hard workers here at Tara," Jackson said. "One of our strengths is our athleticism. We have areas we need to work on. I think we'll continue to improve."
Lauryn Jackson added 13 assists and an ace for the Vikings.
Montgomery said her team needs to improve its ball control and passing. She has started a middle school volleyball program at Northeast for the first time and that should help in future years.
"We've got to learn how to get on the court and play up to our potential," Montgomery said.


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Josh Turner Brings Country to Motown
January 29th, 2015, 3:49 PM
Josh Turner is no stranger to the country genre.
Since coming onto the scene nearly a decade ago, he has sold more than 5 million albums and had four #1 singles, making him one of the top selling artists in country music.
Turner, 37, a South Carolina native, recently released his new single "Lay Low" from his upcoming album.
On Thursday night, Turner joins several other country legends like Randy Houser and Big and Rich at 99.5 WYCD's Ten Man Jam at the Filmore Detroit on Woodward Avenue, downtown.
We talked to Turner.
DD: Why do you choose to do acoustic events like the 99.5 WYCD Ten Man Jam?
JT: It's funny because I spent my whole childhood dreaming of being a country singer, having a band, having a bus, traveling the country and playing big shows. Then when I got into the business, these acoustic shows kept popping up that people wanted me to play. I kept thinking, "Why would they want me to go out there with a couple of guitars?" I came to the realization that most of what the fans hear is the full band with the full production. They never hear their favorite songs stripped down. When they get to hear their favorite artist singing their favorite song with just a couple guitars, it's really cool to them. So, this is for the fans.
DD: Going into an acoustic jam, how do you prepare?
JT: At this point, I've been around long enough to know what to expect. I have a couple guys that I use on these acoustic shows. We go in and try to figure out how the station has it set up, whether it's one person at a time or all of us on the stage taking turns. A lot of preparation isn't required. You figure it out once you figure out how the flow of the show is going to be.
DD: Tell me a little bit about the Josh Turner Scholarship Program
JT: It's a fund that my wife and I set up in 2005. It's geared toward high school seniors who have a passion for music or art and want to pursue a career in those fields, but may or may not have the resources or the opportunities to go to the college of their choice. It's a way for me to support those specific students in those rural schools that don't have the music and art programs that they need to be a foundation for their college career. It's been really cool to watch this grow. It's fun to see young people benefit from it.
DD: You've had a very successful career. What's the coolest experience that you've had so far?
JT: I have a laundry list of cool things that I've experienced. The biggest one has been being able to collaborate with my heroes like Randy Travis. It's been a dream come true. Being able to sing for the president or when we get to go to a military base and play for our troops, is always a really cool thing. Just making records period is one of the most gratifying things that I've been able to do. I've dreamed and looked forward to doing this my whole life. When you finally get that record in your hand that you've slaved over for months, if not years, it's really cool.
DD: Going forward, do you have any goals that you're focused on?
JT: Honestly, it's just continuing to make great music. I'm in that mode now where I'm constantly looking for great songs. I'm constantly trying to write great songs. I'm constantly trying to figure out how to stay relevant and evolve in the ever-changing climate of country radio. I want to continue being a player in the game and keep my fans happy, interested and excited.


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Over 5000 residents of Oyo State on Tuesday gathered at the Lekan Salami Sports Complex, Adamasingba, Ibadan to pray for the safe return of President Muhammadu Buhari and the turn around of the political, socio-economic development of the country.
Those at the prayer meeting include members of various political parties, as well as clerics from both the Islamic and Christian faiths in the state.
Aside the numerous number of clerics, religious musicians from both the Christian and the muslim faithfuls were also on hand to add colour to the event
In their separate prayers, an Islamic Cleric and preacher, Sheik Muhideen Ajani-Bello and Apostle Sunday Popoola, of the Word Communication Ministriees (WOCOM), enjoined the people not to loose faith in the country or the present political administration.
They further called for peace and support of the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration, noting that regular prayers for the political leaders would go a long way in turning things around for the good of the country
The State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi in his remarks noted that the prayer programme was more than a prayer session for President Buhari's recovery alone but for the entire country to prosper and allow peace reign.
He expressed confident that the nation was getting better and things were improving by the day as the international price of crude was already improving.
He assured that within the next three to six months, things would have stabilised.
He said: "This event is organised for three reasons. First, it is to appreciate God for all he has done for us so that he can do more.
"Secondly, we are here to seek God's guidance as to how to lead this nation. And thirdly, it is to pray for the sound health of our President, vice President, leaders of the National Assembly and all our leaders both at the National and state level.
"I pray that the country will continue to progress. The prayer is not for Buhari alone but for all of us as the leaders and the led. It is not fair for anybody to wish another person death.
"Nigeria is getting better. The crude oil price has increased tremendously in the international market and I know for sure that within the next three to six months, things will have improved lot more. Let us all just work more together."
Dignitaries at the event include, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, representatives of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji and Eleruwa of Eruwa, Oba Samuel Adegbola, among others.


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Colin Gleadell rounds up all the latest news from the fine art and antiques market
Europe's longest-running modern and contemporary art fair, Art Cologne, has posted record numbers for visitors and sales. The fair, which ended last week, has been trying to regain ground since Art Forum Berlin opened 10 years ago, and also since the Frieze Art Fair arrived in London two years ago.
But under the energetic directorship of Gerard Goodrow, previously head of contemporary art at Christie's in London, it is beginning to look less provincial and more up to date.
Goodrow says that 72,000 visitors attended Art Cologne this year (compared with 48,000 at Frieze), and that £51 million was spent. Among the highest prices paid was £1.1 million for a 1978 wood sculpture of an aeroplane by American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein (top).
Frieze has not yet produced overall sales figures, but it is unlikely to match Cologne's. (Last year it was £26 million.) Goodrow says that this makes Art Cologne Europe's second modern and contemporary art fair after Art Basel.
But Frieze director Matthew Slotover is unperturbed. "Cologne is a much bigger fair," he says, "and it sells modern classics. Frieze is more focused on new art, which is not so expensive."
• Bernard Quaritch, dealers in antiquarian books and manuscripts since 1847, has opened its first exhibition devoted to photography. In its catalogue, Images of Asia, there are 137 19th-century photographs and albums of China, Japan and South-East Asia assembled for Quaritch by consultant Lindsey Stewart, formerly a photography specialist at Christie's.
The exhibition coincides with the Asian Art festival and photography auctions in London. Prices range from £160 to £175,000 for a rare, complete edition of John Thomson's travel book Foochow and the River Min (1873). Only two comparable copies are known, and both are in institutional collections.
Sales have been encouraging, says Stewart, and include the single albumen print, Foochow Female Musicians (circa 1871-74) by Emil Rusfeldt (below), priced at £320.
• An impressive array of art-world figures turned out last week for an exhibition of paintings by art critics William Packer (of the Financial Times) and William Feaver (formerly of the Observer and now Lucian Freud's official biographer) at the Piers Feetham Gallery in Fulham Road.
Artists Frank Auerbach, Jeffery Camp and Brendan Neiland mixed with ex-Tate curators Richard Morphet and David Fraser Jenkins. The scribes' skills with the paint brush are not to be sniffed at, and the show runs until November 26, with prices from £800 to £2,200.
• While Chris Ofili has been riding out the storm over the Tate's acquisition of his installation, The Upper Room, the Turner prize-winning artist has been experimenting with a new medium. On November 18, Ofili makes his debut as a sculptor in an exhibition at the Berlin gallery Contemporary Fine Arts. Hazy images of squatting figures with waves of crinkly hair painted in blue and silver have been seen, but no sign of any elephant dung.


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Quotes About Are Heavy
Always been a big heavy metal fan. I remember being 15 saying, Dude I'm going to love heavy metal forever. Heavy metal til I'm 60. I'm 35 now. I think I'm going to give it one more year.Send Quote
It's a heavy weight, the camera. Now we have modern and lightweight, small plastic cameras, but in the '70s they were heavy metal.Send Quote
Fools, art is a heavy task, more heavy than gold crowns; it's far more difficult to match firm words than armies, they're disciplined troops, unconquered, to be placed in rhythm, the mind's most mighty foe, and not disperse in air. I'd give, believe me, a whole land for one good song, for I know well that only words, that words alone, like the high mountains, have no fear of age or death.Send Quote
Blessed are they who, in the calm moments of retirement, of worship, of prayer, of silent waiting, have found that to "the weary and heavy laden " Christ can indeed give rest; that compared with the heavy bondage of the world or the exactions of human systems, His yoke indeed is easy, and His burden is light.Send Quote
But how powerful, how stimulating to the very faculty that produced it, was the invention of the adjective. ... The mind that thought of light, heavy, grey, yellow, still, swift, also conceived of magic that would make heavy things light and able to fly, turn grey lead into yellow gold, and the still rock into a swift water. If it could do the one, it could do the other; it inevitably did both. When we can take green from grass, blue from heaven, and red from blood, we have already an enchanter's power.Send Quote
Down is an incredibly important band to me. And there's one other project that may be a little tough for people to understand - it's not sonically heavy, but subject-wise it's absolutely heavy. It's a band that I've been in for many, many yearsm and I've just been waiting for the right itme, and boy, it sure is the right time. So, yeah, you will hear music from Philip Anselmo again, and it ain't gonna be nothing nice.Send Quote
Necessity, weight, and value are three concepts inextricably bound: only necessity is heavy, and only what is heavy has value.Send Quote
Understand me: I wish to be a man from somewhere, a man among men. You see, a slave, when he passes by, weary and surly, carrying a heavy load, limping along and looking down at his feet, only at his feet to avoid falling down; he is in his town, like a leaf in greenery, like a tree in a forest, argos surrounds him, heavy and warm, full of herself; I want to be that slave, Electra, I want to pull the city around me and to roll myself up in it like a blanket. I will not leave.Send Quote
In episodic television you'll have a good guy who's on every week and that's his show! He's the regular on it, and you're not going to be "gooder" than he is; I mean, he's the guy who's got to solve your problem! So if you're playing a good guy, you have to have a problem, and he's going to solve it for you. And the only really strong dramatic part is the heavy, because the meaner and crueler and rottener you are, the better the good guy looks when he whips ya' at the end because he always is gonna whip ya! So, the best dramatic guest shot is the heavy.Send Quote
Heavy Metal fans are buying Heavy Metal records, taking the records home, listening to the records and then blowing their heads off with shotguns? Where's the problem? That's an unemployment solution right there, folks! It's called natural selection.Send Quote
What uniform can I wear to hide my heavy heart? It is too heavy. It will always show. Jacques felt himself growing gloomy again. He was well aware that to live on earth a man must follow its fashions, and hearts were no longer worn.Send Quote
I wasn't that wild about that. I told them basically if they were really going to want to bring back heavy metal to a program on MTV, then they are really going to have to get in touch with what real heavy metal is.Send Quote
She had heard Papa sing so many songs about the heart; the heart that was breaking - was aching - was dancing -was heavy laden - that leaped for joy - that was heavy in sorrow - that turned over - that stood still. She really believed the heart actually did those things.Send Quote
There's no such thing as effortless beauty - you should know that. There's no effort which is not beautiful - lifting a heavy stone or loving you. Loving you is like lifting a heavy stone. It would be easier not to do it and I'm not quite sure why I am doing it. It takes all my strength and all my determination, and I said I wouldn't love someone again like this. Is there any sense in loving someone you can only wake up to by chance?Send Quote
The artist, viewing his fellows through his personal vision, has through the ages attempted to portray what he sees and to present his understanding of it. Censorship in his case has perpetrated heavy and sometimes reprehensible blunders.Send Quote
For me it's a dedication to your real interests. It's an ability to be open-minded. Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success. The great artists have been open-minded, even though they may seem, like Picasso, to be very directed, you can be directed and open-minded at the same time. I think you have to be really intensely serious about your work, but not so serious that you can't see the lightness that may also involve your life. You have to have that lightness too. You have to not be so heavy-handed and so ostentatious. It's very important not to be.Send Quote
In her dance, she controlled the bright paper birds with invisible wires and threads. She played the human: heavy, tied to earth. Her dances weren't pretty or delightful, but they were magical, [...] They called her a dancer and a puppeteer and an artist. They might have called her a witch, and not the good kind either.Send Quote
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Wired.com is hosting an audio interview that they recently conducted with id Software's John Carmack and with Trent Reznor, the musician and producer behind the music of Nine Inch Nails.
Most gamers will remember that Reznor was responsible for the visceral soundtrack of the legendary game, Quake. Now, Reznor has been recruited to handle the sound for the upcoming Doom III, the latest in the venerated series of games that made id Software famous and practically launched the first-person shooter genre into the gaming forefront.
Doom III was given high coverage at this year's E3 and is one of the most anticipated titles in the current crop of future games. Word on a Mac version has not yet been announced but, considering the fact that every previous version of Doom, as well as all three Quakes, has been popular on the Macintosh, the support of id seems likely.
The interview is offered in RealPlayer and Windows Media formats, so you'll have to download one of the two players to hear the interview if you only use QuickTime. Follow the link below to read the quick intro, then check out the interview.
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The Case FOR Homeopathic Medicine: The Historical and Scientific Evidence
An article by Dana Ullman…………
A lot of people today are confused about what homeopathy is (and isn't), and this situation is not helped by the skeptics of homeopathy who go to incredible extents to exaggerate and misconstrue what homeopathic medicine is and who commonly provide misinformation about it. It is more than a tad ironic that these "skeptics" who hold themselves out as "defenders of medical science" have exhibited an embarrassingly poor scientific attitude when evaluating what homeopathy is and what the scientific evidence does and doesn't say about it.
Because many skeptics of homeopathy today indulge in spreading misinformation about homeopathy, this blog is addressed at setting the record straight and is packed with references to confirm the veracity of what is being asserted here.
First, to clarify, advocating for or using homeopathic medicines does not preclude appreciation for or use of selective conventional medical treatment. Advocates of homeopathy simply honor the Hippocratic tradition of "First, do no harm" and therefore seek to explore and utilize safer methods before resorting to more risky treatments. This perspective has historical and international roots, and it is thus no surprise that American health care which has been so resistant to homeopathic and natural therapies in its mainstream institutions is presently ranked 37th in the world in the performance of its health care system.(1) In comparison, the number one ranked country in the world is France, a country in which around 40 percent of the population uses homeopathic medicines and around 30 percent of its family physicians prescribe them (2).
The Evidence IS There
The fact that homeopathy became extremely popular during the 19th century primarily because of its impressive successes in treating the infectious disease epidemics that raged during that time is a fact that is totally ignored by skeptics.(3)(4)(5) It is highly unlikely that a placebo response is the explanation for homeopathy's notable successes in treating epidemics of cholera, yellow fever, scarlet fever, typhoid, pneumonia, or influenza. Skeptics are wonderfully clever in trying to make up stories and excuses for the good and often amazing results that people get from homeopathic medicines. Most often, however, they simply say that "old news is no news," as they brag about not learning from the past as though this is a good thing.
There are more than 150 placebo controlled clinical studies, most of which have shown positive results, either compared with a placebo or compared with a conventional drug.(6-10)
If that were not enough, studies testing the effects of homeopathic medicines on cell cultures, plants, animals, physics experiments, and chemistry trials have shown statistically significant effects. (11-16) Needless to say, the placebo effect in these basic science studies is virtually non-existent, while the effects from homeopathic doses are significant and sometimes substantial.
Skeptics are virulently silent on the entire field of hormesis (the multidisciplinary science of evaluating the power of small doses of varied biological systems) and its thousands of studies in a wide variety of scientific disciplines. (17)(18) This silence on hormesis is completely understandable because their acknowledgement of this body of evidence obliterates much of their criticisms of homeopathy. The doses of homeopathic medicines that are commonly sold in health food stores and pharmacies throughout the world are in a similar low dosage range of the thousands of hormesis studies on low-dose effects. It is very odd that skeptics ignore the thousands of studies in this field, and yet, these same skeptics repeat their embarrassingly uninformed mantra of "where is the research?" It is indeed no wonder that these skeptics are often referred to as "denialists" rather than skeptics.
It is readily acknowledged that the pharmacological process of making homeopathic medicines is often misunderstood or inadequately understood. Homeopathic medicines are made with a specific process, called potentization, that is unique to homeopathy. Each medicine is made in double-distilled water in a glass test-tube, diluted in a 1:10 or 1:100 solution that is vigorously shaken 40 or more times. Then, this process of dilution and succussion (vigorous shaking) is repeated 3, 6, 12, 30, 200, 1,000, or more times. Although one would think that one is diluting out whatever was in the original solution, the immense worldwide experience using homeopathic medicines over the past 200 years prove otherwise.
There is a body of intriguing but not yet fully verified theories about how homeopathic medicines work. These theories are too technical for this article, though I sincerely hope that the "good skeptics" out there will work to explore and help figure out the many mysteries that may explain homeopathy, rather than repeat the old reactionary mantra that "it cannot work."
For instance, the new "silica hypothesis" is particularly intriguing, especially in light of the fact that approximately six parts per million of "silica fragments" or "chips" are known to fall off the walls of glass vials during the shaking process, and with the creation of nano-bubbles from the shaking process, the water pressure is changed dramatically, akin to being at over 10,000 feet altitude.(19)
Because a homeopathic medicine is selected for its unique ability to cause the specific pattern or syndrome of symptoms that it is known to cause in overdose, a living organism has a hypersensitivity to even extremely small doses of the correctly chosen homeopathic medicine. Just as a "C" note of a piano is hypersensitive to other "C" notes, living organisms are hypersensitive to extremely small doses of medicines that are made from substances that cause the similar symptoms that the sick person is experiencing. This ancient principle, "like cures like," was heralded by the Oracle at Delphi, the Bible, and various Eastern cultures, and the fact that modern-day immunology and allergy treatments derive from the primary principle of homeopathy, "the law of similars," provides additional substantiation to this system of medicine. Conventional allergy treatment and vaccination are two of the very few conventional medical treatments that do something to augment immune response, and yet, both of these treatments derive from the homeopathic principle of similars.
Actually, a better description of this principle of similars is the "principle of resonance," which any student of music knows has both power and hypersensitivity. The additional wisdom of this homeopathic principle is that it use leads to the prescription of medicines that mimic, rather than that suppress, the symptoms and the innate intelligence of the human body. Because homeopathic medicines are prescribed for their ability to mimic the similar symptoms that the sick person is experiencing, it is no wonder that people find that these medicines augment immune competence and improve body and mind health.
In this light, homeopathy can and should be considered a type of "medical biomimicry" and a "resonance medicine."
Homeopaths may not yet adequately understand precisely how their medicines work, but the body of historical and present-day evidence and experience is simply too significant to ignore. The fact that so many highly respected people and cultural heroes over the past 200 years have used and advocated for homeopathy provides additional evidence for this medical system. Some of these cultural heroes include eleven U.S. Presidents, six popes, JD Rockefeller, Charles Darwin, Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi, and scores of literary greats, corporate leaders, sports superstars, world-class musicians, and monarchs from virtually every European country.(20)
It is also important to acknowledge that hundreds of thousands, even millions, of medical doctors learned conventional medicine but have used homeopathic medicines in conjunction with or (commonly) in replacement of conventional medicines. In comparison, the number of medical professionals who have trained in homeopathy and who then stopped using these medicines is extremely small. The fact that homeopathic medicine represents the leading medical alternative in Europe and in significant portions of Asia (especially India and Pakistan) provides additional support for this often misunderstood medical science and art. In fact, over 100 million people in India depend solely on this form of medical care.(21) Further, according to an A.C. Neilsen survey, 62 percent of current homeopathy users in India have never tried conventional medicines and 82 percent of homeopathy users would not switch to conventional treatments.(22)
The So-Called Best Evidence that Homeopathy Does Not Work
Sadly and strangely, the skeptics of homeopathy put much of their belief that homeopathy does not work on a review and comparison of homeopathic and conventional medical research that was published in the Lancet in 2005.(23) The Lancet even published an editorial in this same issue entitled "The End of Homeopathy."
However, this "evidence" is a very controversial and some say extremely flawed review of homeopathic research.(24)(25) This review sought to compare 110 placebo-controlled homeopathic studies and with a "matched" group of 110 studies testing conventional medications. The researchers appropriately sought to only evaluate those studies that their criteria deemed to be a "high quality" study.
Although the idea of comparing studies is a good idea, the way that this group of researchers evaluated only a small subset of all studies showed an initial and ongoing bias, as you shall soon see…
First, it is important to know that the leader of this review of homeopathic research is A. Shang's boss (and co-author of this article) is M. Eggers, a noted vocal skeptic of homeopathy. Second, evidence of strong bias against homeopathy by these researchers was brought to light by the Lancet's senior editor, Zoe Mullan, who acknowledged that, "Professor Eggers stated at the onset that he expected to find that homeopathy had no effect other than that of placebo."(26)
Shang and his team deemed that "high quality trials" must fit certain criteria. It must be acknowledged that two other meta-analyses that have previously been published in the Lancet (1997) and the British Medical Journal (1991) have deemed several trials that had strongly positive effects from homeopathic treatment as "high quality" than was not deemed as such by Shang (and he has never commented about this discrepancy).
Despite the problems in comparing conventional medical research and homeopathic research, let's assume that the two groups of studies ARE comparable. It is therefore more than a tad ironic that they found 21 of the homeopathic studies fit this definition of "high quality" clinical researcher but only 9 of the conventional studies did so. One would have thought that the researchers would then compare these "high quality" trials. However, this result would have shown that there IS a difference between homeopathic treatment and a placebo in a variety of ailments, and authors (who are known skeptics of homeopathy) could not allow that conclusion.
Instead, Shang's group chose to only evaluate a much smaller subset of these high quality trials. They limited the review to the largest trials in both groups to 8 homeopathic trials (with at least 98 subjects) and six conventional trials (with at least 146 subjects). Strangely enough, when evaluating only this last group of larger studies, they were not comparable in ANY way. The diseases that they treated were all different. And conveniently enough, the researchers asserted that one of the large trials testing homeopathic medicines in the treatment of patients with polyarthritis (arthritis in multiple joints) did not have a comparable trial (they actually asserted with complete seriousness that there has never been a study of patients with this common malady, and rather than admit that this large trial of 175 patients which showed significant efficacy of treatment, they simply threw out the trial from their evaluation). When one realizes that NONE of the studies in the final evaluation matched each other in any way, the researchers' decision to throw out this study on the homeopathic treatment of people with polyarthritis is additional evidence of the researcher's strong biases and their efforts to prove homeopathy as a placebo "by hook or by crook."
The researchers put a higher value of those studies with larger numbers of patients because they asserted that smaller trials are "biased," even though they were randomized double-blind and placebo studies (and many of which were published in the Lancet, the BMJ, and other highly respected conventional medical journals). One group of four studies on patients with respiratory allergies which included 253 subjects and was published in the BMJ(27) was not a part of the final analysis without explanation. An earlier study published in the Lancet with 144 subjects suffering from hay fever was also missing from the final analysis.(28) The fact that these studies showed a significant benefit from homeopathic treatment was ignored entirely.
Using large number of subjects is "do-able" in homeopathy, though it is simply less frequent, due to the high costs of such studies and due to the fact that the profit margin for the sale of homeopathic medicines does not even approach that of conventional drugs. Also, it is a lot easier using conventional medicine than homeopathic medicine in studies because the very nature of homeopathy is the necessity to evaluate a person's overall syndrome, not just any localized disease. This type of sophistication in individualized treatment is a part of good acupuncture treatment as well.
It is therefore not surprising that six of the eight large homeopathic trials gave the same homeopathic medicine to every subject, no matter what symptoms of the disease the subjects in the experiments experienced. Astonishingly enough, the Shang review included a "weight-loss" study in their final review. The "study" used Thyroidinum 30C (a small dose of thyroid gland), even though this remedy is not reported in the homeopathic literature as an appropriate medicine for this condition.
Even though a study can be "well designed" and "well conducted," it will become a "junk science" study if the drug used is totally inappropriate for the sick person. As it turns out, six of the eight homeopathic studies in the final analysis by Shang used homeopathic medicines that were unlikely to be prescribed by a practicing homeopath (they prescribe their medicines based on the overall syndrome of physical and psychological symptoms the patient has, not just based on the diagnosed name of the disease, except in exceptional situations). In research and statistics, good studies need to have "internal validity" (how the study was designed and conducted) and "external validity" (how the treatment in the study can be generalized to clinical practice). The Shang group did not even seek to evaluate whether any of the studies had "external validity" or not. Sad, but true.
Perhaps the most interesting fact about this study was totally ignored by its authors. Of the six large and high quality conventional medical trials tested drugs that were deemed to be "effective," three of these medical treatments have been withdrawn from medical use due to the serious side effects that later research confirmed. In other words, while conventional medicines were "proven" to be initially effective, further studies "proved" that these treatments provided more problems than benefits (a fact totally overlooked by the authors of this review).
Finally, imagine if researchers evaluated ALL studies for which antibiotics were used. Although antibiotics are primarily effective in the treatment of bacterial infections, they have been tested to treat a wide variety of infections, not just bacterial, but as we all know, antibiotics are not effective for anything other than bacterial infection (and even then, the frequency of use of antibiotics will reduce their efficacy because the bacteria adapt to it). Just because antibiotics are not effective for most conditions does not mean that specific antibiotics are ineffective for specific conditions. Good science requires specificity, not over-generalized statements, as Shang and his ilk have made.
Although the above seems to be a simple and logical statement, skeptics of homeopathy prove their paucity of rational thought by lumping together ALL types of homeopathic research, then throwing out or ignoring the vast majority of studies (including MOST of the studies that the researchers defined as "high quality"), and using studies that are not good examples of how homeopathy is practiced.
For instance, the World Health Organization has deemed that childhood diarrhea represents one of the most serious public health problems in the world today because millions of children die each year as a result of dehydration from diarrhea. With this concern in mind, three randomized double-blind trials were conducted testing individually chosen homeopathic medicines for children with diarrhea. One of these studies was published in Pediatrics,(29) and another study was published in another highly respected pediatric medical journal.(30) All three of these trials showed a significant benefit from homeopathic treatment when compared with placebo.
Similarly, four double-blind placebo controlled trials has shown benefit from the homeopathic medicine, Oscillococcinum, in the treatment of influenza.(31) Research has consistently found it to be effective in the treatment of influenza, though it does not seem to be effective in its prevention.
As for homeopathy and respiratory allergies, reference above was already made to four studies that showed effectiveness of homeopathic treatment (2 of which were published in the BMJ and one of which was published in the Lancet). Further, a review of seven double-blind and placebo controlled studies showed that homeopathic doses of Galphimia glauca were effective in treating people with hay fever.(32)
The two new re-analyses of the Shang review of homeopathic research provide the old cliche, GIGO. Junk data indeed creates junk science which creates junk and meaningless results. And ironically, THIS study is considered the 'best" evidence that homeopathy does not work. If this is the best that they have, skepticism of homeopathy is not only dead, it is stupid dead.
While I would like to think that this article would finally put the last nail in the coffin of skeptics of homeopathy, I know that Big Pharma will not allow that to happen. Further, these skeptics are often like religious fundamentalists who will believe what they want to believe no matter what. And then, there's the impact from cognitive dissonance: many people who have invested their time and energy into conventional medicine simply cannot imagine admitting that homeopathy may have any benefit. It may be time to put that rotary telephone in the attic along with the typewriter and your former skepticism of homeopathic medicine.
A Simple Challenge to Skeptics
To adequately and accurately evaluate homeopathy, one has to evaluate the whole body of evidence that has enabled homeopathy to persist for 200+ years. While evaluating double-blind clinical trials is important, so is evaluating the wide body of basic sciences, as well as the clinical outcome trials, the epidemiological studies, the cost-effectiveness literature, and the serial case review trials. It is strange that these defenders of science would remain so ignorant of the whole body of evidence that homeopathic medicine stands. Some leading skeptics of homeopathy even pride themselves on the value of having a closed mind to homeopathy.(33)
Skeptics of homeopathy assume that homeopaths, more than any other type of health practitioner, have incredible magic powers to elicit a placebo effect. We all acknowledge a certain power of the placebo in treating the "worried well," but do skeptics of homeopathy really believe that a placebo effect is consistently effective to treat all of the serious illnesses that are commonly treated by homeopaths…and for which good double-blind studies show efficacy? Studies at the University of Vienna showed "substantial significance" in treating patients with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…the number four reason that people in the USA die!)(34) and severe sepsis (a condition which kills 50 percent of patients in hospitals who are inflicted with it, and yet, homeopathic treatment has been found to cut this death rate in HALF!).(35)
The vast majority of homeopaths throughout the world are medical doctors or some other licensed or certified health professional who practice family medicine and who see patients with varied acute and chronic ailments. Therefore, I personally challenge ANY skeptic of homeopathy to try to maintain a family practice and only dispense "sugar pills," rather than real homeopathic medicines. My challenge is simple: while seeing a wide variety of children and adults with various acute and chronic problems, take them off all of their conventional drugs (with the exception of insulin and a small selection of drugs of "medical necessity"), and prescribe only sugar pills…for just one week.
When you consider that homeopaths do this for 52 weeks of the year, skeptics of homeopathy should not have any problem IF they think that homeopaths are only prescribing placebos. Let's see how many patients complain, call you late at night expressing concern about the ineffectiveness of your "medicine," and simply do not return for future health care. Any skeptic of homeopathy will be "cured" by this experience in humility. (For the record, I have offered hundreds of skeptics with this challenge, and not a single one has agreed to "prove" that placebo treatment can work in family medicine).
To clarify, I honor good skepticism, for a healthy skepticism seeks to truly explore a subject with knowledge and without arrogance. Further, good skepticism seeks to understand the wide body of evidence that it is necessary to evaluate to determine veracity of phenomena. It is the bad or ugly skepticism that breeds an unscientific attitude and that is simply a form of denialism, or in some cases, hyper-denialism.
Sadly, many of today skeptics are fundamentalists who epitomize a "closed mind." Deepak Chopra said it so well when he asserted, "professional skeptics who are self-appointed vigilantes dedicated to the suppression of curiosity" (huffingtonpost, Dec 27, 2009). When such people do not want to learn from the past, do not even read the research (or only read those studies that confirm their own point of view), and maintain a high degree of arrogance, such "skepticism" isn't skepticism at all: it is bad scientific thinking, it is an unhealthy attitude towards science, and it is a model for how not to learn.
One of the leaders of the skeptics is famed magician James Randi, who like many skeptics is seemingly skeptical of everything (except conventional medicine). He, however, has begun to lose respect from his colleagues and scientists by his skepticism of global warming.(36)
When the denialists assert and insist that homeopathy "cannot" work, I remind them that "science" and "medicine" are not just nouns but verbs…science and medicine are ever-changing. ..and what may be today's medicine is tomorrow's quackery, and what may today's quackery may be tomorrow's medicine. This is not a prediction; this is history. I encourage everyone and anyone who is seriously interested in the science and art of real healing to explore what homeopathic medicine has to offer. As Mark Twain once asserted in 1890, "you may honestly feel grateful that homeopathy survived the attempts of the allopathists [conventional physicians] to destroy it."
New Study Shows Efficacy of Homeopathic Medicines in the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Depression
A new study published in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (other wise known as eCAM, an online journal published by Oxford University Press) showed that individually selected Q potencies (also called LM potencies) were as effective and were safer than Fluorxetin (also called Prozac).
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"14 Studies" Corrupt.
It is interesting how the critics of homeopathy are constantly harping on the dangers of homeopathy. How we cannot prove it is effective, that our studies are not "scientific" or at the very least flawed. How giving a remedy and seeing the individual get healthier is anecdotal and therefore worthless. The more I research the studies done on drugs the more I realize that "good science" has nothing to do with it. That their randomized clinical trials are manipulated to create a positive outcome for the benefit of the drug companies, not the individual. Just look at the long list of dangerous side effects of any given drug and you will quickly conclude that drugs are not about "cure", but about suppression and palliation with numerous risks. One thing the skeptics cannot say about homeopathy, is that the studies being done are for the benefit of the homeopathic pharmaceutical companies, there are no long list of side effects that come with every vile of remedy and no one is getting rich.
Here is the latest evidence of the continuing corruption behind drug companies:
The "14 Studies" commonly quoted in the press are corrupt:
- Contrary to popular belief, to date, their have only been a small amount of studies, most of those, if not all, are pharmaceutical influenced, that only look at two possible vaccine induced causes of autism –the MMR Vaccine and Mercury (one vaccine out of 36 and one ingredient out of 35)
- All of the 14 "studies" that are commonly spoken about in the media are heavily influenced by the pharmaceutical industry and often fraudulent.
- All of the 14 studies have serious, undisclosed conflicts of interest, are influenced by pharmaceutical companies or have serious design flaws.
- No independent vaccine-autism studies have been conducted.
- No studies asking questions about long-term side effects including health outcomes (like chronic illness and neurological disorders) or comparing the vaccinated and unvaccinated community have been conducted.
- No studies have been conducted to look at the present (or any) vaccine schedule to monitor vaccine interactions in individuals.
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Lancet Wrong: But We Knew That!
Natural News posted this article by Sherry Baker:
In August of 2005, the prestigious British medical journal the Lancet published a review comparing clinical trials of homeopathy with trials of conventional medicine. The conclusion of this study, which was widely hailed as evidence that homeopathy is worthless quackery, stated that homeopathic medicines are non-effective and, at best, just placebos. What's more, an accompanying editorial in the Lancet said this "evidence" should close the door on the non-toxic, alternative treatment method, and flatly proclaimed this review should mark "the end of homeopathy". Now two newly published studies, one in the journal Homeopathy and the other in the mainstream medical Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, have both gone on record to say the Lancet review was enormously flawed and downright inaccurate. Instead of showing homeopathy doesn't work, the conclusion should have been that, at least for some ailments, it is effective.
Homeopathy involves giving very small doses of substances called remedies that, according to homeopathy, would produce the same or similar symptoms of illness in healthy people if they were given in larger doses. The goal of homeopathy is to stimulate the body's defense system in order to prevent or treat illness. Homeopathy treatment is tailored to each individual and homeopathic practitioners work to select remedies according to a total picture of the patient, including not only symptoms but lifestyle, emotional and mental states, and other factors.
The original claim made in the Lancet review that homeopathic medicines are worthless treatments (other than being placebos) was based on six clinical trials of conventional medicine and eight studies of homeopathy. But what trials, exactly, were studied? It turns out the Lancet did not reveal this most basic information and, as the new studies point out, seriously flawed assumptions were made about the data that was presented. There are a limited number of homeopathic studies so it is not difficult to pick and choose facts to interpret selectively and unfavorably, which appears to be just what was done in the original Lancet anti-homeopathy article.
Bottom line: the Lancet's report showing homeopathy is worthless lacked the academic care and scientific approach called for in medical journals. In fact, it could well be seen as a hack job.
In a statement to the press, George Lewith, Professor of Health Research at Southampton University in Great Britain, stated: "The review gave no indication of which trials were analyzed nor of the various vital assumptions made about the data. This is not usual scientific practice. If we presume that homeopathy works for some conditions but not others, or change the definition of a 'larger trial', the conclusions change. This indicates a fundamental weakness in the conclusions: they are NOT reliable."
The two recently published scientific papers that investigated the previous Lancet review conclude that an analysis of all high quality trials of homeopathy show positive outcomes. What's more, the eight larger and higher quality trials of homeopathy looked at a variety of medical conditions. The new studies point out that because homeopathy worked consistently for some of these ailments and not others, the results must indicate that homeopathic remedies can't be simply placebos. In addition, the studies conclude that comparing homeopathy to conventional medicine was a meaningless apples-and-oranges approach. There are also concerns that the original anti-homeopathy review used unpublished criteria. For example, the researchers didn't bother to define what they meant by "higher quality" homeopathy research.
The new studies not only cast serious doubts on the original Lancet review, which was headed by Professor Matthias Egger of the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Berne, but they strongly indicate Egger and his team based their conclusions on a series of hidden judgments that were prejudiced against homeopathy. So far,Professor Egger has declined to comment on the findings of the new studies in Homeopathy and the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology,
A press statement from the National Center for Homeopathy explains that an open assessment of the current evidence suggests that homeopathy is probably effective for many conditions including allergies, upper respiratory tract infections and flu, but agrees that much more research is needed. To that end, the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has announced it is currently supporting research in these areas:
* Homeopathy for physical, mental, and emotional symptoms of fibromyalgia (a chronic disorder involving widespread musculoskeletal pain, multiple tender points on the body, and fatigue).
* Homeopathy to help relieve or prevent brain deterioration and damage in stroke and dementia.
* Homeopathy (specifically the remedy cadmium) to potentially prevent damage to the cells of the prostate when those cells are exposed to toxins.
Im Back………….
Sorry I have been gone for a few months, but family, work and the US election have been taking up all of my time. I have been poking around at the usual blogs of Gimpy, Andy, Ben, and the like…… and I have started to realize that they have TOO much time on their hands! Almost an OBSESSION with defamation of homeopathy (something a good remedy could help with!). It reminds me of the Shakespeare quote, "Me thinks thy doth protest too much"!
All of that aside, I believe that their rhetoric is soon to fail, just like the current US government. You can talk and talk and talk, but when the world around you starts to fall you have got to eventually look at the truth. The world as we know it HAS to change. The world financial markets are showing us that business can no longer be done as usual and that includes health care and government. Gimpy on his blog states he is in "despair" because homeopaths are working in Ghana and is not sure how to go about stopping our "blatantly dangerous woo-mongering". All I can say is; Gimpy, if you are in despair because of homeopaths working in the world to make a change for the better, you need to look at what is REALLY going on. I live in the US and drug companies OWN television, they campaign and campaign and feed on fear with NO promise of solutions (listen to the list of side effects), much like the republican party. Much of the impetus of both the current government and the drug companies is greed, and Gimpy et al, if you do not think so, then you are poster children for Big-Pharma brainwashing.
The success of the drug companies has less to do with weather their products workor not, it has EVERY thing to do with lobbyists and fear. I can just hear Andy and Gimpy moaning as they read this……..here they go again, but only an idiot would not recognize the corruption of the pharmaceutical companies. In contrast, lets look at the corruption of the homeopathic pharmacies of the world………..oh, hmmmmm. I can't seem to find any corruption, why would that be? Perhaps because the homeopathic paradigma does not lie and cheat and kill to make lots of money, because their motivation is not greed. Their success is not quantified by money, it is about true health and healing! Huh…go figure.
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Homeopathy and Randomized Clinical Trials
A very good friend of mine is an editor for an online homeopathic journal. He wrote a very interesting editorial this month and I wanted to replicate it here; I think it speaks to the frustrations homeopaths have in dealing with material science and "Evidence Based Medicine".
In homeopathy we discuss our science to a great extent with cases. This is in contrast with mainstream medicine, where journals are filled with double blind studies, more recently called "Randomized Clinical Trials", or abbreviated RCT's. The double blind studies are seen as the ultimate in science, the holy grail to prove if something works or not. Many homeopaths have the feeling that they are not effective for homeopathy, or even further that they cannot be used in homeopathy. But double blind studies can also be done in homeopathy as for instance; David Riley has done in 2 studies with hay-fever. He proved homeopathy did work, but the point is that homeopaths didn't learn anything from it. It was just a nice proof of homeopathy, but it did not give any insight that might help the homeopath in his daily practice.
That is indeed the central point, the insight. Double blind studies are a kind of black box idea, one symptom is evaluated when one impulse is given (mostly a medicine), but there is no idea what is going on inside the black box. Sometimes the researcher does not even want to know what is going on. Researching one facet is often done out of reasons of simplification; the living organism is too complex to take everything into account, but that is just the pitfall. Reduction of complex problems into simple ones can be revealing, but especially in living systems it can also lead to distorted conclusions. That is what we can see in practice: promising treatment leads, after a while, to disappointments as the benefits turn out to be not that great and the side-effects are growing. It was more complex than originally thought.
The main problem lies in the black box. It is typical that in the past double blind studies were called "double blind studies", it expresses that nothing is understood. What is the black box? It is the energy field, the soul or psyche or whatever one wants to call it, which is denied by mainstream medicine, by the materialism paradigm. That leads to strange and counter intuitive notions; like that intelligence does not exist, but is defined as the results of a test. The test then is not the result of intelligence, but intelligence is a result of the test. What other option does one have when there is no mind or soul? Behaviorism is a very striking example of this direction. [Homeopathic] case studies can show the in depth structure of disease, the origin in the mind and that gives understanding of health and disease. Statistics are then not necessary anymore. One can even say that statistics are only needed when understanding is lacking.


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Fred Hammond, Vickie Winans, Mary Mary and many more on a gospel compilation.
- 1. Let Everything That Hath Breath
- 2. We Lift Up Your Name
- 3. What A Mighty God We Serve Chorale
- 4. There's A Liftin' Of The Hands
- 5. What A Friend
- 6. It Is Good
- 7. Mighty Is Our God
- 8. Have Your Way
- 9. Give Thanks
- 10. Oh The Glory Of Your Presence
- 11. I Worship You Almighty God
Reviewed by Tony Cummings
The particular variant of "gospel" largely compiled here for Christian TV browsers is largely black choir music and when it moves away from that (with the Mary Mary and Anointed tracks for instance) it loses much of its impact. It's best when Fred Hammond and his Radical For Christ ensemble are giving it some worship welly or when Vickie Winans and a full blooded choir tear up the church with "What A Mighty God We Serve". Good stuff also from the Colorado Mass Choir and Bishop Carlton Pearson. If you haven't got too many of the albums from which these tracks were plucked you might find this useful while as an exuberant expression of worship it warmed me more that some of the other 'Songs 4 Worship' albums.
Cross Rhythms Product Code: 8397
Product Format: CD
Content Type: Album
Cat. Code: Integrity 23252
Items: 2
Release Date: 2004
Fred Hammond, Vickie Winans, Mary Mary and many more on a gospel compilation.
This exciting new addition to the best-selling Songs 4 Worship series brings together 22 top gospel songs. Featuring leading gospel artists/worship leaders like Mary Mary, Anointed, Trin-i-tee 5:7, T D Jakes, Alvin Slaughter, Kirk Whalum, Ron Kenoly, Colorado Mass Choir, Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, Israel Houghton, Vickie Winans, Dottie Peoples, Kurt Carr and more! Songs include: 'Adore you, I surrender all, Speak Lord, God is working.'


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Admission Fee: CNY80
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Location of Nanning Bus Station: 80, Chaoyang Road, Nanning
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Departure Station: North Passenger Transportation Center
Address of the Station: 26 Beida Bei Lu (Beida Road North)
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Fifteen-year-old Jackson Page's remarkable run at the Welsh Open is over after he lost 4-0 to world number four Judd Trump in the third round.
Welsh schoolboy Page, from Ebbw Vale, had been given a wildcard entry to the tournament in Cardiff.
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Thirty people showed up at noon on Saturday at the Fort Morgan Senior Center to enjoy a turkey dinner with all the fixings and participate in the annual gift exchange.
Erma Dechant greeted guests as they arrived. She also gave each person a ticket for festively wrapped door prize.
The Senior Center, which has been festively decorated for the season, was the place to gather for people of both genders, while the prior day's' cookie exchange was comprised of all females. The tables were covered in Christmas green and red, with a centerpiece, candy and holiday place settings.
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TORONTO HOUSING Single Family Detached, Town House and Condo Average Prices with Total Residential Listings and Sales
NON RESIDENT DWELLING Count Below
NOTE: Toronto Strata Unit Data changed from median to average at August 2011 and Toronto GTA - SFD average prices began March 2009. Prior SFD data points are actually combined residential + 24.5% which is the average percentage difference between combined residential and SFD over 24 months from March 2009 through February 2011.
In August 2018 Toronto housing prices in all sectors continued deteriorating as listings out-numbered sales by 2.6 times. Rising inventory, withering sales; it's time to start negotiating rather than auctioning.
The crumbling prices that began in 2017 have been producing the right side of the "Eiffel Tower" price series.
Absorption rates based on total listing inventory and total sales have come off their hysterical run and have plunged quickly from 154% in March 2017 to now only 38% this month.
This comparison chart of Vancouver vs Toronto shows the scale of the perceived value differential between the two most manic and expensive Canadian cities.
Toronto Has Over 99,000 Unoccupied Homes.
Here's Where They Are
The number of homes in the GTA that aren't being occupied is growing almost as fast as the price of shelter. The latest numbers show that 99,236 homes are not regularly occupied, as identified by the owner of the residence. This represents 4.5% of all homes in the city, and a 10.5% change over the past 5 years. The general population grew by 4.5% during the same period, which means this trend appears to be accelerating. Full report of February 9, 2017 at Better Dwelling
Here is another attempt to visualize the distortions of the market where the fundamental requirement of a yield to attract sustainable investment in real estate has been replaced with the lure of capital gains.
The chart shows the relative values of STRATA units as a percentage of average single family dwellings in the 3 hot markets of Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto.
Calgarians are willing to trade 1 house for only 1.4 townhouses. Torontonians will settle for 1.6 townhouses and Vancouverites demand 1.8
The "improvement" that sits on the land is a wasting asset. If serviced land is so valuable, shouldn't the ratio be 1 house equals at least 3 townhouses? If the numbers don't make sense you can always rent. When MOI is low & MAR is high, developers and vendors have the edge.


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If you received a blessing and want to tell about your experience, please click comment below and tell us about your blessing. Your post should list the following information:
Financial Blessing or Act of Service Blessing, Name, Location, comment about your blessing.
Financial Blessing, Joanne, Grand Prairie, TX, as I was standing in the checkout line at Target I offered for this person to be checked out before me. She was moved by my kindness and paid for all of the items in my buggy amounting to almost $60!!! What an awesome blessing this was and so unexpected. It made my day! This was a total stranger. She renewed my faith in the kindness of others and how being kind is repaid back to you.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
I Received a Blessing!!
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Thank you so much for the act of kindness today at Chick-fil-a, you paid for my lemonade. You showed me that kindness, love does still exist in the word, and Christ has shown me one of his many blessings today!!ReplyDelete
Today I met friends from my husband's work.. First let me say he was blessed to just have this job as he was unemployed with no income for 7 months... Upon meeting these great people at a Subway in Dallas on my lunch hour, we were pleasantly surprised Bill reached out and paid for our lunch.. it shows true character and his faith in God. Thank you God for bringing him and his family into our lives....This act of kindness remind us all there are good people in the world.ReplyDelete
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Safe - 4-25-2017 Manhattan
Manhattan Center
My name is TEDDY. My Animal ID # is A1108924.
I am a male white chihuahua lh and poodle min mix. The shelter thinks I am about 2 YEARS
I came in the shelter as a OWNER SUR on 04/15/2017 from NY 10452, owner surrender reason stated was NO TIME.
Teddy A1108924 is at risk due to New Hope Only behavior
04/17/2017 Exam Type VACCINATE – Medical Rating is 1 – NORMAL , Behavior Rating is NONE, Weight 18.0 LBS.
Date: 04/17/17 Rabies Product Name: Nobivac 1 Rabies Serial Number#143933 Location of Vaccination:RHL Revaccination Date: 04/17/18 Exp:09/19/17 Veterinarian : Dr. 1355
04/15/17 17:54 Basic Info Teddy is a 2 year old chihuahua/poodle mix whose owner just did not have enough time to care for him. He has not been to a vet since last with his owner. Socialization When strangers come around teddy will bark at them and lunge forward but if they approach he backs away while barking. Around children he is tolerant and sometimes lpayful, when he plays he is gentle. Around other dogs he is calm and relaxed and curious but he has not been around other cats before. He has never bitten a person or animal before. Behavior Teddy does not have many bathroom acidents indoors.He barks a lot throughout the day at sounds that he hears. He does not destroy household items. He is not bothered by loud or startling sounds. He is not bothered by having is food or toys touched but barks if you try to take his bones. If you try to push him off the furniture he will bark. Teddy is afraid and resists when it is bath time but allows it. He is not bothered by being brushed but does not like having his nails clipped and will continue to pull them away until you give up. If someone unfamiliar approaches his home or owner he will bark. New Family Teddy is shy and has a high level of activity at home. He loves to be around his family memebrs and follow them around the house. He enjoys playing with balls and sleeps in his dog bed. He is fed dry food every three hours.He is mostly house trained to use weewee pads but has accidents off the weewee pad about twice a week. He is well behaved when left alone in the house or in the yard. He knows the commands sit and stay in spanish.He is used to off leash walks for excercise and will wander a bit then come back when called. He pulls lightly on the leash when being walked. Intake behavior Teddy had his head and ears erect and tail up and wagging. When counselor approached he barked and jumped and did not let counselor put hand too close for scanning. Owner had to do initial handling for Teddy. During Teddy's intake children entered the shelter and he stopped barking and started wagging his tail and tried to run towards them and allowed them to get close without showing same behaviora he showed towards counselor.
No Web Memo
Exam Type BEHAVIOR
KNOWN HISTORY: Full Profile 4/15/17 Unaltered Male, Owner Surrender (length of time in previous home) Previously lived with: Adults Behavior toward strangers: Barks and lunges at them Behavior toward children: Tolerant and gently playful Behavior toward dogs: Calm and relaxed Behavior toward cats: Unknown Resource guarding: Barks if his bones are taken from him Bite history: None reported Housetrained: Goes on wee wee pads Energy level/descriptors: Teddy is described as shy with a high activity level. SAFER ASSESSMENT: 4/17/17 Look: 5. Bared teeth. Toy: 1. Minimal interest, dog sniffs toy. Summary: Teddy appeared fearful in the assessment room, avoiding the assessor. He allowed limited handling before the assessment began, but during positioning for look he bared teeth so the rest of the handling portions of the assessment were omitted. DOG-DOG INTERACTION ASSESSMENT: Summary PLAYGROUP: Summary MEDICAL BEHAVIOR: 4/15/17 During his initial medical exam, Teddy was growling and snapping. ENERGY LEVEL: Teddy's previous owner reported he has a high level of activity. We recommend long-lasting chews, food puzzles, and hide-and-seek games, in additional to physical exercise, to positively direct his energy and enthusiasm.
RECOMMENDATIONS: New Hope Only _X_No children (under 13): Due to how uncomfortable Teddy is currently with touch and novel stimuli, we feel that an adult-only home would be most beneficial at this time. _X_Place with a New Hope partner: Teddy has not acclimated well to the kennel environment and has allowed only minimal handling since intake. We recommend placement with a New Hope partner who can provide any necessary behavior modification (force-free, positive reinforcement-based) and re-evaluate behavior in a stable home environment before placement into a permanent home. Potential challenges: _X_Resource guarding: Potential resource guarding was noted in the previous home as Teddy was observed to bark engaged with items . For this reason we advise against ever removing items from Teddy's possession without safely trading for an item or greater or equal value. Guidance from a professional trainer/behaviorist is highly recommended to aid in safely managing/modifying this behavior in a new home environment. _X_Handling/touch sensitivity: Teddy has been noted to become uncomfortable with handling at the care center. It is important to always go slow and give Teddy the option to walk away from any social interaction. Teddy should never be forced to approach anything that she/he is uncomfortable with or to submit to petting or handling. It should always be Teddy's choice to approach a new person or thing. Teddy may do best in an initially calm and quiet home environment and should be given time to acclimate to his new surroundings. _X_Fearful/potential for defensive aggression: Teddy's previous owner reported that he barks and lunges at strangers. At the care center, he has growled and snapped at people. Because this appears to present a challenge outside of the care centers, guidance from a professional trainer/behaviorist is highly advised to assess this behavior and modify/manage as needed. _X_Kennel presence: Teddy barks and lunges at people approaching his kennel. When attempting to leash him, he growls and ducks away from the rope. While we cannot be certain if this behavior will appear in any other contexts, in highly emotionally charged or stressful environments Teddy may show behavior similar to what he is currently demonstrating in his kennel. We recommend potential adopters be comfortable managing this behavior and keeping themselves safe in any similar future situations.
No Group Behavior Summary
Medical rating was 1 – NORMAL , behavior rating was NONE
DVM Intake Exam Intact male Estimated age: 2 years old Microchip noted on Intake? positive 911002001291125 History : Owner surrender. Fractious and defensive. Subjective: Apparently healthy intact male dog Observed Behavior – Fractious. Tries to escape and to bite. Evidence of Cruelty seen – None Evidence of Trauma seen – None Objective T = Not taken P = 140 bpm R = not taken BCS 5/9 EENT: Eyes clear, ears clean, no nasal discharge noted Oral Exam: Not examined, Muzzled. Behavior is not appropriate. PLN: No enlargements noted H/L: NSR, NMA, CRT < 2, Lungs clear, eupnic ABD: Non painful, no masses palpated U/G: Intact male. Testicles present. MSI: Ambulatory x 4, skin free of parasites, no masses noted, healthy hair coat CNS: mentation appropriate – no signs of neurologic abnormalities Rectal: Not performed Assessment Apparently healthy Behavior Plan Rabies vaccine given Needs training and socialization Prognosis: Excellent Caution sign is indicated. SURGERY: Okay for surgery
No RE-EXAM or CAGE-EXAM found
– Normal,
No detailed description for a visit type RE-EXAM or CAGE-EXAM found!
For more information on adopting from the NYC AC&C, or to find a rescue to assist, please read the following: http://urgentpodr.org/adoption-info-and-list-of-rescues. If you are local to the Tri-State, New England, and the general Northeast United States area, and you are SERIOUS about adopting or fostering one of the animals at NYC ACC, please read our MUST READ section for instructions, or email [email protected] Our experienced volunteers will do their best to guide you through the process. * We highly discourage everyone from trusting strangers that send them Facebook messages, offering help, for it has ended in truly tragic events.* For more info on behavior codes and ratings, please click here: http://information.urgentpodr.org/acc-placement-status-descriptions. For answers to Frequently Asked Questions, please see: http://information.urgentpodr.org/category/frequently-asked-questions/. You can call (212) 788-4000 for automated instructions.
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Poor scared Teddy. He's frustrated to be at the shelter, and rightfully so. He didn't want the intake counselor to touch him, but when he saw kids, his tail started wagging and he wanted to go see them. There's definitely a big heart in this little guy.
So very happy for Teddy……hope your life will be nothing but roses from now on, little man <3
Congrats Teddy! 💕