Thank you.

Urte:

We have been waiting on Roi who is the Chair for the TAO to begin the discussions concerning the issue of fairness.

Our patience and the patience of many others is not being recognized. Should there be further delays, some may feel the urgency to take matters into their own care.

Working with the TAO affords, those of us willing to be patient, an opportunity to have unfettered access to certain corridors of time free expanse travel.

We thank the TAO for sharing their resources and knowledge of the Grid. However, we have serious concerns such as:

Supply needs put some of us in a more urgent position that others. This needs to be discussed immediately.

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Urte

If I were not white, I might consider voting for the brown party. But, I am white and, oh well, you know what I mean. Who wants to have his country run by someone who isn’t representative of his country.

I mean if he had more of his mother’s traits he could be more acceptable. But as is, please!

Give me a white man, honey. I know there are plenty of white women to choose from, but I’d sooner vote for a light hispanic or latino than someone from that gaggle of geese.

Doug

Would you rather wear a strange-looking and uncomfortable mask while you sleep… or tight stockings during the day?

The obvious answer is “um, neither”… but it is entirely possible that people who have a certain type of chronic obstructive sleep apnea may be presented with exactly this choice, based on new European research.

A study just published in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine reports that wearing compression stockings can reduce sleep apnea episodes significantly for one-third of the people whose apnea is caused by chronic venous insufficiency — a pretty dramatic difference for such an easy treatment.

Since it was a small, brief and preliminary study focused on just this one cause of obstructive sleep apnea, it’s entirely possible that longer treatment may yield even more impressive results that are helpful to even more patients.

OUT FROM BEHIND THE MASK

I don’t know if you have ever seen a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) mask, but — even though the designers have done their best and there now are quite a few different models to choose from — there’s not a single one that is truly comfortable.

They are bulky and uncomfortable on the face and force many wearers to sleep in positions they’d rather not sleep in. Many people who need them refuse to wear them.

That’s why the news that there is a safe, easy-to-use and inexpensive treatment option for a good portion of people with sleep apnea is quite welcome!

I contacted Stefania Redolfi, MD, of the University of Brescia in Italy, lead researcher of this practical and surprisingly promising study.

She explained that chronic venous insufficiency is a vascular problem in which veins (primarily in the legs) can’t efficiently pump blood back to the heart.

Fluid builds up in the legs during the day and then shifts at night to the neck, bloating tissue there.

This causes the person to experience the partial collapse of the pharynx in between breaths during sleep — and so begins the loud, unpleasant “gasp and snore” pattern that characterizes obstructive sleep apnea in these patients.

What does wearing tight stockings during the day have to do with insufficient oxygen at night? It is actually quite ingenious.

“Wearing compression stockings during the day helps to reduce the daytime fluid accumulation in the legs,” Dr. Redolfi explained, “which in turn reduces the amount of fluid flowing into the neck at night.”

Absent the pressure created by that fluid, the respiratory system does not narrow as much and, for many people, this intervention is enough to allow them to get adequate oxygen into their lungs by breathing — and sleeping — normally.

This is a wonderful thing, because sleep apnea and the constantly interrupted sleep that goes with it can severely undermine a person’s health.

WHAT THE RIGHT SOCKS CAN DO

The study was small, involving 12 patients — half randomly assigned to wear compression stockings during the day (putting them on as soon as they awakened and taking them off only after getting into bed for the night) for a week, while the other half served as the control, with the two groups switching places after the first week.

Subjects spent their nights at a sleep center, where their physiological signs (including brain waves, respiration and eye movements) were measured continuously.

Researchers also measured each person’s overnight changes in leg fluid volume and neck circumference at the start of the study and at the end of both the compression-stocking and control periods.

Dr. Redolfi told me that the researchers expected the compression stockings would help — but they were somewhat surprised by the degree to which they helped!

Wearing the stockings resulted in:
An average of a 62% reduction in overnight leg fluid volume change, as compared with when subjects did not wear the stockings.

A 60% reduction in neck circumference increase (used as a proxy measurement to estimate fluid shift into the neck).

A 36% reduction in the number of apnea episodes.

EFFECTIVE AND INEXPENSIVE

This is a very basic intervention that has the potential to make a big difference for patients who are struggling with obstructive sleep apnea.

The stockings cost less than $50 and, though they aren’t exactly cute or comfortable, Dr. Redolfi told me that all the study participants preferred them to the CPAP mask.

As simple as it sounds, though, she told me that people with sleep apnea shouldn’t try this on their own — she said it is important to have a sleep study done to measure whether the stockings are making a difference and if so, how much.

Talk to your doctor about this. Dr. Redolfi plans further research to ascertain whether wearing the stockings for longer than a week shows more significant results…

to learn whether other measures, such as using diuretics or exercises to reduce fluid volume, are useful…

and also to examine whether wearing compression stockings can help people with sleep apnea due to other causes, such as obesity.

I’ll keep a watch for further findings and keep you apprised of the results.

Source(s):

Stefania Redolfi, MD, university researcher, Respiratory Medicine Department, University of Brescia, Italy.

That was so well said. McCain is a typical republican. They will get in bed with anyone to get elected. They will tell any lie to get elected. They will destroy the country while wearing and waving a flag if it means making Obama look bad.

I will no longer support that dishonest, manipulative bunch. I read this article from the Pacific News Center and it made me want to vote to give Guam independence.
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Buildup Committee Chair Calls McCain’s Remarks “Irresponsible”

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 September 2011 11:44
Written by Kevin Kerrigan
Thursday, 22 September 2011 11:07
Guam News – Guam News

Guam -The Chair of the Legislature’s Buildup Committee, Senator Judi Guthertz is calling remarks made about the Guam Buildup by Arizona Senator John McCain “irresponsible.”
Senator McCain slammed the $33 million in Guam infrastructure spending approved last week by the Senate Appropriations Committee. On the Senate floor Wednesday in Washington, McCain mocked the spending for school buses, a mental health facility and a repository to house cultural artifacts.

Senator Guthertz today issued a statement saying: “If Senator McCain or his staff had bothered to look into why these decisions were made, rather than firing off cheap media shots, they would understand, unless they have been totally brainwashed by the Tea Party.”

Guthertz points out that it was the Defense Department itself that offered to fund the the museum [for cultural artifacts] because of their concern that the massive development planned for the buildup would destroy important archaeological sites on island.

The Senator accuses McCain of having “forgotten many promises that were made to pave the way for the buildup.”

And she concludes by remarking that Senator McCain’s remarks clearly show that he “doesn’t care one bit about the U.S. citizen civilians on Guam, who have been assured by the DoD that impacts on the civilian community would be mitigated in exchange for their support of the buildup.”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SENATOR GUTHERTZ: SENATOR MCCAIN’S REMARKS ON GUAM MILITARY BUILDUP ARE IRRESPONSIBLE AND SUGGEST HIS MEMORY IS FAILING

Guam Military Buildup & Homeland Security Committee Chairperson Judi Guthertz says Senator John McCain’s remarks ridiculing elements of the buildup that would benefit Guam’s civilian population suggest that he has forgotten many promises that were made to pave the way for the buildup.

McCain claimed to be outraged that the House Appropriations Committee has approved $33 million which among other things, is supposed to pay for a mental health facility and a ‘cultural repository’ (museum) in Guam. “Now I know the Marines will enjoy being on Guam,” McCain said, “I’m not sure it’s absolutely necessary for them to have a repository for cultural artifacts.”

“If Senator McCain or his staff had bothered to look into why these decisions were made, rather than firing off cheap media shots, they would understand, unless they have been totally brainwashed by the Tea Party,” Senator Guthertz said.

Guthertz explained that the Department of Defense offered to fund the museum in view of widespread concern that the massive development planned for the buildup would destroy archaeological and culturally significant artifacts on the island forever. It is supported by a 2010 Programmatic Agreement signed off on by both GovGuam and the military.

Senator Guthertz said the sniping at the construction funds for the mental health facility was particularly outrageous since the EIS process made it quite clear that the arrival of Marines and their dependents envisioned in the original buildup plans would push present mental health facilities in Guam past the breaking point. Senator Guthertz said that the military made no commitment to expand the existing system. “This item shouldn’t even be controversial,” Guthertz said.

Senator Guthertz said that the general thrust of Senator McCain’s remarks show that he’s not concerned or has forgotten the international agreements and defense needs that led to the Guam military buildup.

“The really sad part for me however, is that Senator McCain clearly doesn’t care one bit about the U.S. citizen civilians on Guam, who have been assured by the DoD that impacts on the civilian community would be mitigated in exchange for their support of the buildup,” Senator Guthertz said.
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No one respects Guam in that republican controlled house. We need to let them know that Guam is not their personal property.

Enrique