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13 Year Old Girl Sleeps For 23 Hours a Day After Severe Reaction to Cervical Cancer Vaccine
Nov 23rd
Bad reaction: Lucy Hinks, 13, began to experience extreme exhaustion soon after having the cervical cancer vaccine alongside classmates
They were told the vaccine had few side-effects and would protect their daughter from cervical cancer.
But Steve and Pauline Hinks are convinced the controversial HPV jab is behind their daughter Lucy’s mystery illness which is making her sleep up to 23 hours a day.
Tests have so far ruled out a brain tumour and glandular fever and the 13-year-old’s paediatric consultant is investigating potential links with the vaccine Cervarix.
The jab was used in a national vaccination programme which started in September 2008. But it has already been linked to several cases of girls displaying severe side-effects.
Before she received the vaccine, Lucy was perfectly healthy, had an excellent school attendance record and was among the top students in her year.
But just weeks after she received the third dose of Cervarix in May this year she began to feel exhausted. By July she had lost a stone in weight and was sleeping almost round-the-clock.
‘Some nights I’ve been so worried that I wake several times to make sure she’s still breathing,’ said her mother.
‘I was concerned about the potential side-effects because Lucy had a severe reaction from the MMR vaccine.
‘But I was reassured by the school nurse that side-effects were extremely unlikely. We feel betrayed because, like most parents, we trust the health authorities with our children’s lives.’
Mr Hinks, a health and safety manager at the Pirelli tyre factory in Carlisle, said: ‘We are desperate to find some sort of treatment which will give us back the daughter we had before.
‘We have to keep hoping that recovery will be soon.’
Boycott These Companies & Help Save The Internet
Nov 22nd
By Madison Ruppert – End The Lie
SOPA would put completely legitimate sites, like End the Lie and countless other alternative news outlets at risk of being shut down, along with literally any site that freely allows users to post content.That includes YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, WordPress, Blogger, Craigslist, Dropbox and literally any website or service that allows users to upload content.
The United States Attorney General can not only seek court orders against “foreign infringing sites,” meaning any website with a non-U.S. domain name, but can also demand that internet service providers (ISPs) would have to cut off access to the site by not resolving domain name requests.
Furthermore, if served with one of the Attorney General’s court orders, search engines would have to remove any links to the site, payment networks would have to stop all payments to the site from U.S. customers and advertising networks would be forced to stop serving advertisements about the website or for the website.
But wait, it gets even worse.
SOPA would require that within five days of receiving an allegation by a copyright holder, payment services and advertising networks would have to cut off all business with the site either U.S. based or foreign.
All the copyright holder has to do is allege that the site is “dedicated to the theft of property,” and if the payment provider and advertising networks don’t cease business within five days, the copyright holder can file a private lawsuit against the site compelling the payment service and others to cut off relations.
Furthermore, The Atlantic reports that the definition of “dedicated” in this bill “has little relation to common usage,” and in addressing the bill they characterize it as “dangerous.”
As experts in the technical, operational, academic and research communities who are the leading domain name system (DNS) designers, operators, and researchers who have also published numerous peer-reviewed academic studies regarding the architecture and security of the DNS have pointed out (PDF), this will create major cybersecurity and other technical concerns that did not exist previously.
The above-linked technical whitepaper regarding the PROTECT IP Act also quite interestingly points out that the DNS filters could be easily circumvented, essentially making one of the biggest parts of the bill null and void
Continue Reading – Boycott These Companies & Help Save The Internet
Common Chemical Linked to Parkinson’s Disease
Nov 22nd
By Neil Bowdler Health reporter, BBC News
An international study has linked an industrial solvent to Parkinson’s disease.
Researchers found a six-fold increase in the risk of developing Parkinson’s in individuals exposed in the workplace to trichloroethylene (TCE).
Although many uses for TCE have been banned around the world, the chemical is still used as a degreasing agent.
The research was based on analysis of 99 pairs of twins selected from US data records.
Parkinson’s can result in limb tremors, slowed movement and speech impairment, but the exact cause of the disease is still unknown, and there is no cure.
Research to date suggests a mix of genetic and environmental factors may be responsible. A link has previously been made with pesticide use.
‘Significant association’
The researchers from institutes in the US, Canada, Germany and Argentina, wanted to examine the impact of solvent exposure – specifically six solvents including TCE.
They looked at 99 sets of twins, one twin with Parkinson’s, the other without.
Because twins are genetically very similar or identical and often share certain lifestyle characteristics, twins were thought to provide a better control group, reducing the likelihood of spurious results.
The twins were interviewed to build up a work history and calculate likely exposure to solvents. They were also asked about hobbies.
The findings are presented as the first study to report a “significant association” between TCE exposure and Parkinson’s and suggest exposure to the solvent was likely to result in a six-fold increase in the chances of developing the disease.
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OCCUPY CHRISTMAS! For a Sustainable Holiday Season
Nov 21st
Guest Writer for Wake Up World
With the holidays swiftly approaching and the Occupy movement finding new legs, we should be seriously considering where to cast our purchase-power votes for the holidays. Already the pollution factories in China are shifting into high gear to produce the cheap, throw-away goods that first-world cultures have supported for decades. Let’s all band together decrease this mindless addiction and pollution this year, shall we?
Christmas marks the return of the sun after the winter solstice—the resurrection of light and the perseverance of unconditional love (symbolized by birth of Jesus) which nature manifests each year in the new life and returning warmth of springtime from the desolate depths of winter. Hanukah celebrates the endurance of light as the miracle of a tiny amount of oil that unexpectedly burned and gave light for 8 days.
With the trillions of dollars spent each year on gift-buying, we owe it to the revolution now afoot for justice and the protection of the Earth—to our collective health on every level—to support our local economies this holiday season.
Here are a few sustainable and creative, if not revolutionary, gift ideas to support the planet and a truer light for the holidays.
CONSERVATION GIFTS – Support one of the many environmental organizations working to protect the rights of animals, plants, and Nature by lending your bucks to protect endangered species, fight pollution, sue a polluter, revive oceans, and save wild places. Donate to a charity of your liking on behalf of your gift recipient. Here is a link for these and more: https://www.nrdcgreengifts.org
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Tips for A Healthy Dining Out Experience
Nov 21st
By Valerie Bannos - alignlife.com
Lunch meeting, quick stop, date night, family occasion, or just pure laziness…restaurants are conveniently located everywhere! There are so many types to pick from that it may seem hard to make the right choices when dining out. However, with a bit of tweaking and some key words to watch out for, dining out doesn’t have to bulge your waistline or compromise your health.
Dining out is generally not the best choice for a healthy lifestyle because of the increased use of unhealthy oils and chemical additives, exaggerated portion sizes, decreased inhibitions, and poor quality ingredients. However, not everyone has the time to shop and prepare a meal for a family, let alone themselves. So while you’re seeking convenience, try to aim for no more than two or three times a week of restaurant food. Here are a few tips for each type of restaurant:
Breakfast/lunch:
- Have omlets prepared with vegetables and go easy on the cheese or skip it completely.
- Opt for fresh fruit instead of potatoes if you’re having toast; or opt for fruit instead of toast if you’re having potatoes.
- Steer clear of fake fats like margarine and limit jelly on toasts and pancakes. Avoid trying to save a few calories by using sugar-free syrup because you will be trading the sugar for toxic chemical sweeteners.
- Try to limit breakfast meats or ask for chicken or turkey sausage/bacon. Pork products can take up to four hours to digest and give you the urge to take a nap when you should be at your prime.
- Try to steer clear of biscuits and gravy, stuffed French toasts, and meatlover’s omelets. Good choices can be steak and eggs, oatmeal with fresh fruit, egg orders, omelets, etc.
- Ask for French toast on whole wheat instead of white.
- Lunch salads can become unhealthy if you don’t watch the ingredients. Go lightly on the cheese and choose grilled chicken or salmon for a protein (steer clear of crispy, breaded, and battered meats). Stay away from diet salad dressings; the oil will have been replaced by a large amount of processed sugar which can give you an insulin spike. Just use regular dressing sparingly, or better yet go for olive oil with lemon juice or red wine vinegar.
- Keep fountain drinks small, or better yet order lemon water.
- Substitute fruit or a side salad for fries, chips or potato salad. This can boost the nutritional value of the meal and easily save you up to 200 calories!
- Have burgers without their buns and eat them with a knife and fork.
12 Top Nutrients For A Healthy Heart
Nov 18th
By Tony Isaacs - tbyil.com
The heart is our most important and most active muscle. In addition to the benefits for the heart of having a healthy active lifestyle and eating a healthy diets, there are several key herbs, minerals vitamins and other nutritional items which can provide great boosts for heart health.
Here are 12 of the best:
1. Cayenne. Sometimes referred to as the “King of Herbs”, cayenne is one of the most powerful heart-healthy substances. It strengthens, stimulates, and tones the heart, balances circulation and blood pressure, and calms palpitations. Due to its fiery punch, you may want to start small and work your way up to larger amounts of powder or extract added to juice.
2. Hawthorn. Along with cayenne, hawthorn was one of famed herbalist Dr. Christopher’s favorite herbs for the heart. Hawthorn is rich in flavonoids that protect small capillary vessels from free-radical damage. It normalizes blood pressure, lowers cholesterol and fat deposits in the liver and aorta and helps conditions such as angina, arrhythmia, arteriosclerosis, blood clots, and hypertension. Though it may take months to realize hawthorn’s full benefits, often a dropper of hawthorn berry extract will settle irregular heartbeats in short order.
Meat Glue: Transglutaminase and Franken Vittles
Nov 18th
By Owen Myles,
Contributing Writer - Activist Post
“You can tell a lot about a fellow’s character by the way he eats jelly beans transglutaminase”
Welcome to Meat Glue, a covert and common additive to meat products. Meat Glue is an interesting – if not repulsive – creature. While not a registered product of Mary Shelley, royalties may be due. You might have never thought of resurrecting a hamburger back into steak, but somebody else has, and Activa (transglutaminase) is the enzymatic force of galvanism behind the ritual. Forming covalent bonds between scraps of food, they are so effectively fused together that even professional chefs and gastronomes are typically unable to distinguish veritable sausage from filet mignon once reanimated by this strange product.
In case you’re wondering if it’s kosher: If a hot dog can receive such an honor, I see no reason why meat-glue wouldn’t too.
As with most artificial food additives, it is likely that Activa has received no more safety testing than the average food substance – a trifle.
Continue Reading – Meat Glue: Transglutaminase and Franken Vittles
Are The Worlds Elites On The Run?
Nov 17th
By Zen Gardner
An awakened populace is the enemy of the would-be Controllers. The war on terror is a war on human freedom by a dystopian state structure disguising itself as a protecting surrogate parent from an enemy of their own making.
It’s all by assumption and generations of conditioning. But the veil is coming off.
Thanks to their own military invention called the internet millions are discovering the full truth. History is a lie. Religion is a control system. Money is a hoax. Government is a for profit corporation.
And we don’t need their goddamn hierarchy.
Conscious Truth Cannot Be Stopped!
Like they say, you may kill my body but you can never destroy my soul. Fear is the number one tool of the Powers That Would Be. If we don’t fear they have no power.
The cornucopia of laws and rules written, unwritten and subconscious is their method of entrainment. Crime, punishment. They define what’s a crime, and people get in line for fear of punishment.
Socially it’s the same. Break the social norms and be shunned or called out. Use the “wrong” language and you can face incarceration. All restrictions put in place by these would-be Controllers. Screw ‘em. They’re arrogant lying bastards and the truth is they’re scared to death of us.
Wanna know their mindset? The monster George Bush Senior said the following in an interview published by Sarah McClendon in 1992:
“If the people were to ever find out what we have done, we would be chased down the streets and lynched.”
Damn straight, buddy.
Percy Schmeiser – The Man Who Beat Monsanto
Nov 17th
Percy Schmeiser - The Man who Beat Monsanto and Won against GMO Farming
A Canadian Farmer tells the story of how a corporation by the name of Monsanto tried to take his farm, his land and his life away.
How he Fought Back and Won!!
This is not only a take over of Canadian farms but a problem that is happening all around the world and Monsanto is bent on controlling the seeds of plants that produce food for the world. Their believe is that “he who controls the seed, controls the world” and their goal is world domination to control the food greed and power.
Among the changes in agriculture in Canada and the United States and who owns life forms on the planet is at question. Here a large corporation called Monsanto claims they are God and own the seed to grow foods.
The presumption is that any genetically modified seed belongs to them by the form of a patent. But they intentionally spread the seeds to infect organic farms and then take the farmer to court basically to bankrupt them and put them out of business.
This is what happened to Percy Schmeiser of Saskatchewan in Canada which is the agricultural heartland of Canada’s food for Canadians.
GMO crops were introduced in 1996 in soya, corn, cotton and rapeseed (canola) crops and the promises were from Monsanto was increased yields, more nutritious, less chemicals and food that would be plentiful so we can feed the hungry world in sustainable agriculture. All of those promises turned out to be false.
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Genetically Modifying A New Human Species
Nov 16th
16th November 2011
If some of the information emerging from the technology, governmental, and academic worlds are any indication, not only is the police state here; the scientific dictatorship is right around the corner. Indeed, if recent comments made by Juan Enriquez are indicative of the coming state merger between technology and genetics, we have much to be concerned about.
For those that are unfamiliar with Enriquez, he may not be the most flashy of the science superstars currently on the scene, but he is not exactly a nobody either. Enriquez was the founding director of the Harvard Business School Life Sciences Project and is currently chairman and CEO of Biotechonomy LLC., a “life sciences research and investment firm” and managing director of Excel Venture Management. He is the author of numerous books, including As The Future Catches You: How Genomics And Other Forces Are Changing Your Life, Work, Health, and Wealth and The Untied States of America: Polarization, Fracturing, and Our Future.
Enriquez also serves on the boards of Cabot Corporation, The Harvard Medical School Genetics Advisory Council, The Chairman’s International Council of the America’s Society, the Visiting Committee of Harvard’s David Rockefeller Center, Tuft University’s EPIIC, and Harvard Business School’s PAPSAC.
Enriquez is a Harvard graduate himself who has previously served as CEO of Mexico City’s Urban Development Corporation, Coordinator General of Economic Policy and Chief of Staff for Mexico’s Secretary of State. Enriquez also boasts of working closely with Craig Venter, who is generally credited with the mapping of the human genome.
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What We Learned From A Year Without Food From A Grocery Store
Nov 16th
By Rachel – dogislandfarm.com
I can’t believe it’s been a year now since we started our year without groceries. We learned a lot in that year. We are definitely healthier, but also we’re happier. Our relationship with each other is stronger as we’ve had to learn how to really work well together.
When we first decided to do a year without buying food from the grocery store, convenience stores, box stores or restaurants we thought the challenge was going to be really difficult. And it kind of started out that way. We had difficulties getting local milk, even though we live near a lot of dairies, and our goats hadn’t been bred yet so we had to wait for them to start producing. We had an order on part of a steer that almost didn’t come in, and our first monthly co-op order was missed.
But as time continued onward we started to get into the groove of things. After a lot of research I had found a milk delivery service that actually came to my town. We made do that first month without our co-op order and the steer finally came in. We visited the farmers’ market every Saturday and if something came up and we couldn’t make our local one, we were able to always find another one in a nearby town that we could go to. Our little urban farm started to become more productive and eventually we were able to provide all of our own dairy from our two goats.
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Another Admission – UK Fracking Company Admits They Are Causing Earthquakes
Nov 15th
By Nick Jardine – businessinsider.com
Following seismic tremors in North-West England this Spring, the firm exploring for natural shale gas in the region has admitted that the disturbances were caused by the controversial exploration process of fracking.
Fracking involves cracking or fracturing rock, containing trapped shale gas, by using pressurized liquid. Shale gas is an increasingly important energy resource though there have been claims that it is worse for the environment than coal, largely due to the fracking process.
A press release from Cuadrilla Resources, who were responsible for exploration in the region, reported that:
“The hydraulic fracturing of Cuadrilla’s Preese Hall-1 well did trigger a number of minor seismic events.” “The seismic events were due to an unusual combination of geology at the well site coupled with the pressure exerted by water injection as part of operations.”
The company did add that the chances of such an occurrence happening again would be slim. It predicted that a worse case scenario would result in an earthquake measuring no more than 3.0 on the Richter Scale. Other European countries are also starting to look towards shale gas. Poland announced recently that it wanted to achieve “gas security” by 2035, shedding a dependence on Russian natural gas.
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