A Fun Look At The Awesome Evolution Of Earth
Posted by Michelle Moquin on December 10th, 2012
Good morning!
With all the Alien chitchat on my blog, I thought that it would be interesting to post something fun about Earth and the primitives of the planet…and if you haven’t guessed yet, that would be “us”. :)
‘Evolution Of Life On Earth’ VIDEO: 4.5-Billion-Year History Compressed Into Two Minutes
When the amazing 4.5-billion-year history of life on Earth is compressed into two minutes and 20 seconds, it quickly becomes apparent that humans are the new kids on the block.
The new “Evolution of Life on Earth” video starts with the planet’s first single-celled organisms and goes all the way to the evolution of modern-day humans. The whole story is told as if all those years were compressed into a single 24-hour day. And guess what: humans don’t show up until 11:58 p.m.
No, that was not a typo: 11:58 p.m.
“All of the recorded human history fits within a few seconds,” narrator Mitchell Moffitsays in the video, which was made by AsapSCIENCE, the online video team that brought us “The Science of Orgasms.”
“We thought it would be most effective/interesting to have a grand vision that follows the path towards humanity,” Moffit, a co-creator of AsapSCIENCE, told The Huffington Post in an email. “Makes you feel somewhat insignificant, but also showcases the beauty and awesomeness of life.”
Moffit wrote that this new video was inspired by an excerpt from the book “A Short History of Nearly Everything” by writer Bill Bryson. From there, Moffit and co-creator Gregory Brown took the idea to YouTube.
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December 10th, 2012 at 2:43 pm
How to Cure Chronic Pelvic Pain: Women and Men Can Finally Get Relief with These Very Simple Solutions…
It is one of the most common but least talked about medical conditions. Chronic pelvic pain (CPP)—dull aching, cramping and/or sharp pains in the area between the navel and the hips—is mostly thought of as a woman’s disorder. But men account for approximately 20% of the 11 million Americans who suffer from CPP.
It’s a tricky condition to diagnose because the symptoms—which in women and men may include painful intercourse, difficulty sleeping, low energy and/or alternating constipation and diarrhea—can be caused by many different conditions, such as endometriosis in women…or prostate enlargement in men.
In both women and men, infection of the urethra or bladder and food sensitivities can trigger CPP.
And even though the condition is chronic—that is, lasting for six months or longer—it might wax and wane daily…or you might have a weeklong flare-up after a pain-free month.
WHERE TO START?
Every woman with CPP symptoms should see a gynecologist, who will perform a thorough pelvic exam to look for such problems as abnormal growths and tension in the pelvic muscles.
Men affected by CPP symptoms should be seen by a urologist. Specific testing will depend on what your physician finds—or suspects—during the initial exam as the underlying cause of CPP.
Examples: Ultrasound to examine the organs for abnormalities such as ovarian cysts in women and prostate enlargement in men…and laboratory tests to look for infections.
In some cases, a woman may also undergo laparoscopy, the insertion of a thin tube into the abdomen to look for endometriosis.
Some patients get relief once the underlying problem is identified and treated, but many patients don’t.
Reason: Within just months, CPP can trigger sometimes permanent changes in the spinal cord that allow the persistent passage of pain signals to the brain—even when the underlying cause of the pain has been corrected.
THE NEXT STEP
Patients with CPP can improve with conventional treatments (such as the use of painkillers or surgery to remove growths), but these approaches won’t necessarily give them the greatest odds of adequately relieving their pain.
Better: Taking a complementary approach that combines conventional and alternative treatments.
Best therapies to try—in addition to mainstream treatments…
Relax trigger points. Most women and men with CPP have one or more trigger points (areas of knotted muscle) somewhere in the pelvic area—for example, on the lower abdomen or on the upper thighs.
Trigger points themselves can be excruciatingly painful and can transmit pain throughout the pelvic region.
Example: Vaginal pain could be caused by a trigger point elsewhere on the pelvis.
Massage therapists are typically trained to identify and treat trigger points. Simply pressing on one of these points for 20 to 30 seconds—and repeating the pressure several times during an hour-long massage—can relax the tension and help ease the pain.
Having a weekly massage for several months sometimes can eliminate symptoms of CPP.
To find a massage therapist who specializes in trigger point treatment, go to http://www.MassageTherapy.com, click on “Find a Massage Therapist” and select “Trigger Point Therapy.”
Drawback:
Pressure on a trigger point can be painful. You can get the same relief, with less discomfort, with electroacupuncture.
Two or more hair-width acupuncture needles are inserted into the skin above the trigger point. Then, a mild electrical current is administered, which causes the muscle to relax.
Treatment for CPP will typically require about six to 20 sessions of electroacupuncture. Many acupuncturists are trained in electroacupuncture.
However, because the technique is less well-studied than standard acupuncture, it may not be covered by your health insurer. Electroacupuncture typically costs about $70 to $100 per session.
Electroacupuncture should not be used on patients who have a history of seizures, epilepsy, heart disease, stroke or a pacemaker.
Try standard acupuncture.
Even if you don’t have trigger points, acupuncture is among the most effective treatments for CPP. A study of 67 women who had bacterial cystitis (infection of the bladder wall that commonly causes CPP) found that 85% of them were virtually pain-free after receiving 20-minute acupuncture sessions, twice weekly for four weeks. Reinfection rates were also reduced.
Acupuncture is believed to help block the transmission of pain signals. It’s also an effective way to reduce muscular as well as emotional stress, both of which increase all types of chronic pain.
Most CPP patients will need 10 to 20 treatments. Acupuncture is often covered by insurance.
Identify food sensitivities.
Many women and men with CPP are sensitive to one or more foods, particularly wheat and dairy.
What happens:
When these patients eat “problem” foods, they have increased intestinal permeability, also known as “leaky gut” syndrome.
Large, undigested food molecules that are normally contained within the intestine pass into the bloodstream, where they trigger the release of inflammatory chemicals that can cause pain throughout the body and in the pelvic region, in particular.
A blood test known as ALCAT (antigen leukocyte cellular antibody test) can identify specific food sensitivities.
Although it is reasonably reliable, the test usually isn’t covered by insurance because it is considered an “alternative” diagnostic tool. It costs about $400.
Another option:
An elimination-challenge diagnostic diet. What to do: Quit eating wheat, dairy and other likely food triggers, such as soy, wine and sugar, for 21 days.
If your symptoms improve, at least one of the foods was a problem. Then, reintroduce the foods, one at a time over a period of weeks, to see which food (or foods) causes symptoms to return.
Patients may get frustrated, initially, because they feel like there are few foods left to eat, but many of the foods that they give up during the test will turn out to be harmless.
Foods found to cause problems should be given up indefinitely.
Take probiotics.
Because infections, such as those described earlier, are a common cause of pelvic pain, patients often receive multiple courses of antibiotics.
Antibiotics eliminate infection, but they also kill beneficial bacteria in the intestine. This can lead to digestive problems such as irritable bowel syndrome and leaky gut syndrome—both of which are linked to CPP.
Helpful:
A daily probiotic supplement with a mix of at least 10 billion live, beneficial organisms, such as Acidophilus and Lactobacillus. A probiotic supplement should be taken indefinitely.
Also helpful:
Glutamine—100 mg to 200 mg, taken twice daily until symptoms improve. It nourishes the cells that line the intestine and can help prevent leaky gut syndrome.
People with liver or kidney disease should not take glutamine.
Caution:
Do not take a B-complex nutrient if you’re suffering from CPP. In my practice, patients who take B vitamins have more CPP symptoms for reasons that aren’t clear.
Learn to relax.
Emotional stress doesn’t cause CPP, but people who are stressed and anxious tend to be more aware of their pain. Women and men who practice stress-reduction techniques—such as deep breathing and meditation—report about a 50% reduction in CPP symptoms, on average.
Very helpful:
Yoga. It is probably the best workout if you have CPP. That’s because it relaxes muscle tension as well as trigger points…increases levels of painkilling endorphins…and promotes overall relaxation.
Source: Geo Espinosa, ND, LAc, a naturopathic doctor and acupuncturist who specializes in prostate disorders, male sexual health and chronic pelvic pain.
He founded the Integrative Urology Center at New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center in New York City and previously served as director of clinical trials at the Center for Holistic Urology at Columbia University Medical Center, also in New York City.
Dr. Espinosa has written extensively in numerous urology journals and is a contributor to the Textbook of Natural Medicine (Fourth Edition, Churchill Livingstone). http://www.DrGeo.com
December 10th, 2012 at 8:15 pm
I used to live in Amsterdam and I am married to a white dutchman! Zwarte Piet is very racist and the people are brainwashed to automatically say it is tradition! They celebrate it for 2 weeks and it is how they celebrate their Christmas! They even have names for them Dumb Piet, Stupid Piet etc. As an African American it insulting and it leads people to fear people of color! They even teach it in their schools. It is teaching Hate and fear of a race! And the DUTCH are very racist against Morocans and Suriname people! I lived it and I had to come back to America last year because I couldn’t take that kind of racism! And I feared for my son who used to come crying around this time when the kids called and bullied him for looking lik a ZWARTE PIET! At least in America people have a VOICE! I Hated that country and nothing we are believed to be true about The Netherlands is true it is all but LIES! Read the HISTORY on Zwarte Piet before you judge it by saying it is not racist! IT is!
December 11th, 2012 at 6:06 am
Cece, I am also from the Netherlands and yes it is racism if anyone denies it check this link out.
Visitors to the Netherlands in winter are often surprised to see the Dutch version of St. Nicholas’s helpers have their faces painted black, wear Afro wigs and have thick red lips — in short, a racist caricature of a black person.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/12/06/zwarte-piet-is-racism-criticism-of-dutch-fictional-christmas-figure-black-pete-grows/
December 11th, 2012 at 6:09 am
Much as I like and enjoy the verve which with the Dutch celebrate Sinterklaas, I do find it Garios’s treatment by the Dutch police disturbing to say the least.
December 11th, 2012 at 6:11 am
If blacks in the Netherlands were to switch the characters and make the white boy the evil nasty slave and Santa black…… would it be okay with the dutch.
December 11th, 2012 at 6:13 am
Nearly 15 years ago, while substituting for a middle school German teacher here in the U.S., I was introduced to a cartoon called “Asterix”.
Translated into several languages and popular in many European countries, it originated in France. Its Gallic title character lives in the lone village in Gaul that has successfully repelled Roman armies (through a strength-inducing potion developed by their herbalist).
My day’s instructions were to let the students watch an episode on VHS. I sat mortified while a class that included black students watched a blatantly racist portrayal of an African.
The character in question was not only drawn with exaggerated, minstrelish features, but also exhibited stereotypical mannerisms and vocal characteristics. It was a straight-up, undeniable jiggaboo.
I checked the VHS label to see if perhaps it was a much older cartoon, produced back when people didn’t know any better. It was produced in the 1990′s.
So I am not a bit surprised that the Dutch not only observe this tradition, but also do not understand what is so objectionable about caricatured representations of people of African descent.
What does surprise me is that so many American liberals continue to think that we should strive to emulate these same people economically.
December 11th, 2012 at 6:18 am
And Michelle, these were some of the people who had their feet on our necks for 50 years in South Africa.
Yet, when we took our country back they were allowed to not only stay but to keep the property they stole from us.
If I had my way, I would line up every white in my country and evaluate their actions, if they came up wanting I would hang the bastards on the spot.
Only about 15% of the whites in my country would survive. They are as us human beings. The rest should be stripped naked and turned loose in the jungles and if they make it to some country that would have them so be it, but get the hell our of my country.
Kianira
December 11th, 2012 at 6:32 am
Cece, you say you fled to America. Why do you think the whites there respect you more? Where do you think Europe got it racism? It was the racists whites from america that came to Germany and taught the germans to hate the blacks that were professors and high skilled workers in Germany in the 30′s and 40′s.
It was the whites from america in the 60′s and 70′s that supported the racists controlling those African countries.
It’s not about caricatures, it’s about American culture, with your slaves, lynchings, KKK, your history of racism and segregation.
Why do you think there’s no german, dutch or french equivalent for the word blackface? It may be a caricature, but the racist content is all thanks to who you refer here as the white boy in america.
Pretty revealing that you speak of a “a straight-up, undeniable jiggaboo”, Olga. You people have developed quite a vocabulary to describe your fellow man.
I guess in a few hundred years dressing up in prison clothes may be considered shocking. In 2007, the EU with it’s population of 495 million had 603,000 people in prison. The United States, population 302 million, had 830,000 African Americans in jail!
The “white boy” in America makes it his business as a legislature to write laws and appoint cops and judges who will incarcerate more blacks than their are people in jail in all of Europe combined.
Sentence for cocaine posession for black people was 100 times the sentence for whites, because their cocaine was mixed with baking soda (aka crack).
I bet white america would do the same with meth if it wasn’t largely a white mans drug. White America was forced to give up slavery.
So they commercialised the prison system and now you’ve got more African americans in jail than you imported in two centuries of slavery. “Assets” for the shareholders.
White america is as a nation is full of hypocrites. They feel proud februari 1, National Freedom Day.
BTW: if I were an American Indian, oops a native american, all the thanksgiving celebrations would seem a tad insensitive I think. Maybe you can add a Donner (kebab) party day, to remember how they took a bullet so the white man could eat.
But by all means, feel superior to those racist Europeans. White America is soo much better.
December 11th, 2012 at 6:35 am
I am disturbed by those who want to interrupt our festivities during our Christmas period. If you want to fight racisme than it’s a just an noble cause.
Yet if you choose to fight this, you have to have the balls to fight in on the propper stage. Disturbing a festivity, with the chance to make hundreds of childrens , black or white. and losing there believe can NEVER be a good thing.
Would this article have the same tone if someone in the states, tore of santa’s beard in a children infested mall, because the use od reindeir is animal cruelty? Or because his army of elves are an insult to al people with dwarfism?
You should take Sinterklaas or Santa Claus out of the politics and back where in belongs. In the hearts and minds of little children.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iXYvfRrmq8
December 11th, 2012 at 6:37 am
Let’s celebrate 2012 as the year when everybody has the right to determine how they are represented.
Let’s say that Black People are in control of how they are represented. Does that sound like a good idea?
Fact: Zwarte Piet is a black person. He has black skin, he has curly hair, he has large red lips.
Conclusion: if (black) people object to this representation, then that is their right.
It is NOT ok to tell black people that Zwarte Piet is not a “black” person. Black people should have control over how they are portrayed and represented.
To me, this is like telling women that they do not have the right to complain about being raped, or that it is their fault that they are offended.
The central issue here is that Zwarte Piet is not intended to be racist. That is why Dutch people are so emotional about this issue and are unable to understand the truth.
The truth remains however: Zwarte Piet is based on a black person.
So the question is: who should be in control of how black people are portrayed?
ongoing discussion here: http://zwartepietinfo.wordpress.com
December 11th, 2012 at 6:58 am
Cece, The source of this character grows out of the Dutch involvement in the slave trade, which I am sure they’d rather not be reminded of.
Hundreds of years of racist indulgence will die a slow and bitter death, if ever. Bigots want to hold on to their racism no matter who it hurts or offends.
December 11th, 2012 at 7:05 am
You people are just being silly. Odysseus killed his father and made love to his mother. Are you going to change all myths ?
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