Wonderful Women Of The World
Posted by Michelle Moquin on July 30th, 2011
Good morning!
I watched and so enjoyed this video a few minutes ago. And being the girl that loves highlighting other girls, I wanted to share it with you.
Thandie Newton, whom I know only from watching her on the silver screen, talks about “otherness”. I love discovering a different side of women that I never knew existed. I’ve watched and enjoyed Newton as an actress. Now I am privileged to experience her “earthly essence”, and I have to say she is quite lovely and inspiring when she is just being herself. Her talk on “otherness and self” echos “Eckhart Tolle”, but her delivery, her story, and her words are all her own. Enjoy.
Thandie Newton: Embracing otherness, embracing myself
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July 30th, 2011 at 10:51 am
STRAWBERRIES JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER
Strawberries are high on a select list of super-healthy foods that virtually everyone likes. And listen up — now comes news that they are much more important to our health than previously thought.
A new study done at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center on freeze-dried strawberries and precancerous esophageal lesions found that the berries were extremely effective in slowing the development of those lesions.
Anything that helps the fight against esophageal cancer is very welcome news. Not only have the number of cases been growing, it’s also a very deadly cancer.
BERRIES BRING REVERSALS
The research (which was sponsored by the California Strawberry Commission) was done in China, where the incidence of esophageal cancer — the type known as squamous cell carcinoma — is extremely high.
Americans more typically suffer from a different type of esophageal cancer, known as adenocarcinoma.
Lead researcher Tong Chen, MD, PhD, assistant professor in medical oncology at Ohio State, told me that strawberries may similarly affect the type of cancer common in the West because they impact some genes common to both types.
The study had 36 participants, average age 54, all of whom had precancerous lesions of the esophagus.
Dr. Chen said that such precancerous lesions are graded mild or moderate (severe ones are clinically considered cancer) and that eventually about 25% of patients with mild lesions and 50% of those with moderate lesions progress to cancer.
However, in her study, in which each participant ate about two ounces of freeze-dried strawberries a day, 29 of the 36 participants — about 80% — experienced at least some reversal of lesion progress, with some moderate lesions becoming mild and some mild ones reverting to normal.
Dr. Chen said, “Our study is important because it shows that strawberries may be an alternative to — or may work together with — chemopreventive drugs to help stop esophageal cancer. But we will need to test this in randomized placebo-controlled trials in the future.”
BIG POWER IN A LITTLE BERRY
As a cancer fighter, strawberries have a powerful combination of molecular components, says Dr. Chen.
They contain antioxidant polyphenols, of course, and also vitamins A, C and E, folic acid, calcium, selenium and zinc. As she points out, you can buy all of these in supplemental form, but in strawberries there seems to be a synergistic effect among the components that makes them more potent than the individual components are on their own.
Freeze-drying the fruit takes it to an even more impressive level as a nutrient powerhouse — this process removes water from the fruit, leaving a much denser nutritional content within.
In the case of strawberries, which are 90% water, when freeze-dried, the end product is 10 times more nutritious than the equivalent weight of fresh berries.
Freeze-dried strawberries are widely available now in supermarkets and health-food stores.
This is one rare case in which a processed version of a food might be more healthful than the natural version — probably because freeze-drying takes out only water and adds no flavorings or sugar.
As to whether eating strawberries can prevent esophageal cancer in people who don’t already have lesions, I’d be surprised if studies on that question don’t follow — the potential is just too exciting.
Source(s):
Tong Chen, MD, PhD, assistant professor in medical oncology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus.
July 30th, 2011 at 11:04 am
Michelle, a few of my friends(8) have left for the Girlz thing. I know it. The things that were left behind continue to check out with accidents or suicides.
I didn’t believe when they said they were going to leave. Now I do. Can I still go?
I am 31, an attorney who works at the same firm as Marilyn. I am desperate. I like my work. The money is very good. The hours are not bad, but I want to be out there among the stars.
Please, can you make this happen for me?
Kelly
July 30th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
I want to remind people who see or know of a crime that has or is about to happen that they have a moral and civic responsibility to report it.
If that is not enough to get you to report a crime, then consider that the person(s) who is asking you to assist him/her after or before the fact maybe making you an unwilling accomplish.
That could be a crime punishable with almost as much time as he/she would get if they get caught.
No one is obligated to put themselves or others in jeopardy by exposing them to retaliation from the criminals you would be reporting. But most crimes can be reported anonymously.
I am especially concerned because of the high crime in OTW neighborhoods because of the lack of witness protection programs afforded them by the authorities.
The “Just-Us” white american justice system make every effort to protect white witnesses, but they leave OTW witnesses exposed to revenge killings.
Then they claim that crime is high in OTW communities because the victims and witness don’t come forward to report the crimes.
If you know that your relative or friend is a burglar or selling drugs, you should report it anonymously.
There is no law requiring you to report your friend or relative, but there is no law requiring you to save a drowning person either. That doesn’t mean you should look away.
You are not under any law or duty requiring you to report a crime, but I still think you should.
Depending on what happens when you are interacting with this relative, … if it is a relative who wants you to hide something after he or she has committed a crime, then you can get in trouble.
If you help hide a crime, you have crossed a line.
Although no one is required to reach out to investigators, bystanders who choose to keep silent run a risk of becoming accomplices, especially if they hamper a police investigation or receive stolen property or hide a weapon used to commit a crime.
You may not have to reach out to police, but the rules change when they reach out to you.
If a police officer shows up, and they have some suspicion that it’s your relative or friend has committed an crime and they ask you about it, then you are in a different situation.
At that point, if you have information, … if you hide that fact, or hide the criminal, or deny it, you could be found liable.
In that situation, if you lie to investigators, local prosecutors can charge you with unsworn falsification which in many jurisdictions is a misdemeanor.
If you hide crucial information, or hide a suspect, you could be charged with hindering apprehension, which can be a felony or a misdemeanor.
Parents should be inquisitive about their children’s belongings. Expensive personal electronics such as cell phones, iPads and laptops are widespread in today’s world, but if teenagers have new gadgets they shouldn’t be able to afford, parents should see a red flag.
If all of a sudden your kid shows up with an iPad, you need to ask ‘Where did you get that?” The burden is on you to be responsible parents.
Another way family members may get entangled in the crimes of their relatives comes from stolen property.
If you receive stolen property from a relative or friend, or if you hold the stolen property for that person, you can be charged with theft by receiving, which can be a felony or a misdemeanor.
Contrary to popular belief, this crime doesn’t require you to know for certain that property is stolen. If you have a reasonable suspicion that property is stolen, that alone can make you criminally liable.
You don’t have to be told it is stolen. If the requirement was, or if the element was that you had to know for certain, it would be too hard to prove.
The thing to do, once you receive that item and you have a reasonable suspicion that property is stolen, is to call the cops right away.
Think about it. If the relative or friend really cared about you why would he/she expect you to risk serving time for a crime you never intended to be involved in?
Hence, you have no obligation to that person to help him/her to get away with their crime. Call the authorities and let them sort it out.
Robert
July 30th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
My advice to any alien that would intercept the actions of either Bills would be to think it over carefully. Obviously they wouldn’t be the first being to attempt to impede the movements or desires of these two individuals.
The question should come to mind, “What happened to them.” Either way do not expect any intervention on your behalf from the TAO.
The TAO stands on record of stating their awareness of at least one Bill. The TAO dose not believe this being is the missing Prince, hence we will not intercede to assist or impede any action taken by Bill for whatever his reasons may be for that action.
Notice is hereby given that none need ask for assistance as none will be given.
Roi
Urte
July 30th, 2011 at 12:40 pm
Wonderful!
The personal power lies in understanding that self is a mirage. When you see things as they really are you, then and only then, become the real you and one with your surroundings.
July 31st, 2011 at 12:12 am
We are of the same opinion as the TAO. Hence the same admonition applies from us.
July 31st, 2011 at 12:48 am
Michelle, I was one of about 300 women that sought refuge in Uganda from the killing in Darfur. While I was there I became aware of the terrible hospital care the country provides for women delivering babies.
The women there say 50% of the mothers bleed to death if they have complications because of the poor health services provided by the government. Most of the country’s money goes toward paying western countries for military hardware.
White men come to the country and show the government how to get aid from other countries and then convince the government to spend the majority on their company’s military arsenal of fighter jets and other military hardware.
I hope this does not happen to my new country The Republic of South Sudan.
I do not wish to go before I thank you and your blog for all it has done. Also I bless all your readers for their support.
Shanira
July 31st, 2011 at 6:54 am
212
No. 212 of 365
Tell a joke:
Q: What’s the difference between Obama’s cabinet and a penitentiary?
A: One is filled with blackmailers, tax-evaders, and threats to society. The other’s for housing prisoners.
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The neat way they put the “black” in really titillates the boys suffering the serious bouts of racial neurosis. Giggles all around.
July 31st, 2011 at 7:24 am
Here in the UK we have discovered that Murdoch owns our government. They are paying homage to him once every three days. Link – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8664425/Phone-hacking-ministers-meet-Rupert-Murdochs-News-Corp-every-three-days.html
Phone hacking: ministers meet Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp every three days
A member of the Cabinet has met executives from Rupert Murdoch’s empire once every three days on average since the Coalition was formed.
Our Prime Minister, David Cameron, has just been a regular ass kisser. -
More than a quarter of the meetings were with David Cameron, while a further 17 meetings each were held with George Osborne, the Chancellor, and Dr Liam Fox, the Defence Secretary.
Mr Osborne’s meetings included a dinner in New York with Mr Murdoch, the chairman of News Corporation, on December 17 – two weeks before the media regulator was due to rule on the company’s bid for full share ownership of BSkyB.
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Murdoch figures that if he lies low. The noise will die down and he can return to business as usual.
Bab
July 31st, 2011 at 7:28 am
Social Isolation
Julianne Holt-Lunstad, PhD
Social isolation can be as harmful to health as smoking and alcoholism… and is worse for health than obesity or lack of exercise.
In a review of 148 studies, people with strong social ties had a 50% higher chance of survival than people with weak social connections.
Self-defense: Seek out company as much as possible—especially if you live alone.
Bottom Line/Personal interviewed Julianne Holt-Lunstad, PhD, associate professor of psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, and lead author of an analysis of 148 studies, including 308,849 participants, published in PLoS Medicine
July 31st, 2011 at 8:45 am
Now the racists bastards are attempting to justify to themselves that the founding fathers were not racists, self-centered opportunists.
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Dear Fellow Conservative,
Tom Brokaw labeled the World War II generation the “Greatest Generation” — but he was wrong.
That honor belongs to the Founders — the men who pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor for the cause of liberty, and who established the United States.
This was a generation without equality, and it deserves to be rescued from the politically correct textbooks, teachers, and professors who want to dismiss the Founders as a cadre of dead, white, sexist, slave-holding males.
Now, a clear-sighted conservative historian, Dr. Brion McClanahan, sets the record straight and revives the true history of these great men. In The Politically Incorrect Guide™ to the Founding Fathers, he profiles all the leading Founders (and some unjustly neglected ones), debunks false attacks on their reputations, and shows how they have better answers to today’s problems than our current politicians do.
CLICK HERE to learn more — and to get your FREE copy of The Politically Incorrect Guide™ to the Founding Fathers today.
Your friend,
Thomas S. Winter
Editor in Chief, Human Events
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That racism neurosis is rapidly heading into the psychosis stage.
Claire
July 31st, 2011 at 10:58 am
Claire, I like your post.
God, I am so tired too of white men trying to rewrite history. Just how is this “clear-sighted conservative historian, Dr. Brion McClanahan” supposed to set the record straight?
I mean the founding fathers were white, yes? They were sexist unless there is another definition for men who discriminate against women, yes? And the founding fathers did give the rights to WHITE MEN only, they did not include white women.
My issue is with the white women who get behind the white men promoting this shit. C’mon you are already considered the dumbest female group on the planet. Do you have to continue to confirm it by swallowing this “historian’s” lying sack of shit.
This is the time when we start referring to conservative historians as mystorians, meaning – MY story of how history happened.
That would explain how he will tell us that the founder fathers who owned slaves were not slave holders. But they did own slaves, Yes.
Oh and how about his story about how the founders risked their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor for the cause of liberty?
If I may first address that thrown in for general acceptance “sacred honor.” They may have some claim to honor, but “scared,” they were white, sexist, money grubbing, slave owners for God’s sake.
How the fuck does that translate into “sacred honor.” Could someone please bring a motherfucker to the table with clean hands before we start handing out the “scared honor” titles?
Those founding fathers did risk the lives, fortunes and honor of OTHERS in the battle with the British for the control of little fiefdoms for themselves. But it was not about establishing the United States.
Forget about political correctness, how about a little historical accuracy? The USA is a Federation. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the difference between a Federation and what the founding fathers were attempting to found which was a CONFEDERATION.
A FEDERATION is a group of states with a central government but independence in internal affairs.
That is not what the founding fathers had in mine when they penned the constitution. They were about a confederation. You need to understand the difference to understand the true motives of the “foundering fathers.”
Because if you understand the meaning of a Confederation which is an organization that consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league, then it may dawn on you that the United States as we know it today had a different set of founding fathers.
The others being lauded were a bunch of clever opportunists bent on carving out individual little independent organization, fiefdoms for personal profit and aggrandizement.
“Personal Aggrandizement is a tradition held in high esteem by most of the bankers and financiers in a the USA today.
Hence one of the reasons to continue this charade to make those men more that what they were. Greed becomes your new “Classic,” if one can maintain it against all legal attempts to stop you before you die.
But the “founding fathers” did not want a group of states with a central government. The wanted independent states they could rule in as kings. The only connection they wanted with the other states was to have a united means of defending themselves against a common enemy, something on the order of NATO.
So yes those white, sexist, slaving holding self aggrandizing bastards were the founding fathers of the NATO of the 13 colonies. But they were at best the accidental starters of what is today the Federated states of American that we know as the United States of America.
That is not politically correct it is historically correct. I defy any of the historical scholars to refute my claim with their extensive historical credentials and thereby supposed superior knowledge on the subject matter.
These United States of America were formed in the most part in defiance of most of the original founding fathers.
Alycedale