Merry Christmas tell us your thoughts and plans ..

Merry Christmas to you all
Thank you for being a reader and a friend here!
HUgs all around! please leave thoughts and greetings for this magical day...
What will you do? a walk on the beach or skiing? stay at home ro go to friends?
a long nap or a longer sleep? Or a jog?:):)
Hugggggggggggggs
natalie

Leave Comments for Hanukkah

Happy Hanukkah, Festival of Lights to our Jewish blogger s and their family...
will you travel or stay home? will you have family visit or not? let us know...

Happy Pearl Harbor Day

Jimmy's Journal mentions Pearl Harbor in detail...
I wish you say that we bloggers honor all of the victims of Pearl Harbor.
It was a terrible tragedy to see them cut down when they weren't expecting to be attacked in their ships in port...
Our Deepest Condolences to all you lost brave men and women that day.
Please leave comments and condolences for these people.

Who was Saint Nicholas? Saint day is December 6th

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http://www.stnicholascenter.org/Brix?pageID=76

Who was Saint Nicholas? Why do People Celebrate him December 6th?

Saint Nicholas is the main "gift giver" in many places of the world.
His feast day is Dec.6th; the main day he gives gifts. Small treats are left in shoes or stockings for the children. Children in Europe are often interviewed to see if they are following the Saint's good example on his birthday.
the original Saint Nicholas was born in Patara, Turkey to wealthy parents. Unfortunately, they died when Saint Nicholas was a mere boy. He decided to follow taht Christian rule:"sell what you own and give it to the poor". He gave to all sorts of people in need who were ill, needy, and suffering.
He developed a reputation for giving in the region...He was made Bishop of Myra.
the Roman Emperor Diocletian exiled and imprisoned Saint Nicholas.
What do you make of Saint Nicholas?

Intercool Therapies Save Lives

June 23, 2008
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http:// intercool.com/media/articles.htm/

University of Arizona News

This article says that therapeutic cooling is being used at the University Medical Center to prevent brain damage in cardiac arrest patients.
Dr. Sanders says it has been highly succesfulfor patients whose hearts have stopped due to sudden cardiac arrests and keeps a pulse.

Miracle on Ice: Freezing time to Save Lives

Google MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.com/id
Miracle on Ice: Feezing Time to Save Lives
Mikel Jollett has interviewed Physicians and he says hyperhermia slows cell death in stroke, head and trauma patients.
in this paper, Dr. Steinberg at Stanford University says that the patient normally starts surgery at 91.4 Fahrenheit temperature with this procedure and for major surgery, such as a cranial bypass, drilling into the skull and exposing arteries, this prevents damage for 30 to 40 minutes.
This is awesome becasue he is preventing the arteries and brain tissue from being damaged.
He says that the main artery from the heart get blocked with a heart attack ; depriving the heart muscle of oxygen and blood and causing part of ti to die. However if the body is cooled down to 90degrees fromits' usual 98.6degrees this slows down the cells and stops them from all dying off.
What do you think?
Isn't this remarkable?
Apparently some cities like New York and Sacramento requires the ambulances tot ake the patients to where they can have this cooling for their recovery...

Hyperthermia used to save your brain:heart attacks

http://cbs5.com/health/heart.attack.hypothermia2.88/270.html
Google
written December 5, 2006

Hyperthermia can be used to save your brain from further injury by slownig everything down.
CBS News INteractive Healthwatch in New Orleans (AP) stated that Cynthis Crawford had some mighty shocks to get her heart beating after she collapsed at Oschner Clinic.
"She was placed ina cocoon-like pool that sprayed her body with hundreds of icy jes of water; plunging her into hyperthermia..."
Her cardiologist said:"It was like jumping into the North Sea.."When Crawford recovered days later it was without the main damage she would have had.
Apparently some doctors have used this method for years to limit the damage from brain, spinal cord injuries and strokes..even to help prematurity in newborns..
What do you think of it? would you try this?

Happy Thanksgiving! What will you do?

Happy Thanksgivng!

We will go to the country and get together with family.
We will take some long walks and watch movies..
what will you do?
I am grateful for my friends here...

are you feeling thankful?

Happy Veterans Day! Thank you to All Veterans

Happy Veterans Day!
Thank you all veterans who have made our country strong and safe.
It is your hard work, sacrifices , injuries and deaths that have made our freedom survive tyranny.
Students in the United States now are studying the various wars in order to understand the world we live in better.
Have a wonderful day!
Please join me in leaving comments for our veterans!
We have some bloggers who are veterans; Johnny of "My Brain is in Pain Again",
tom of "Toms' Journal" and I think JImmy of "Jimmy's Journal".
Please let us know if you are a veteran and thanks again!

That Nasty h1n1 Vaccine is Alive!

http://public-healthcare-issues.suite101.com/articlecfm/live_h1n1_virus_im_nasal_spray-vaccination
Google
October 29, 2009

Scientists are trying to educate us about what the swine flu is and what the vaccine is in this writing. They Say:"the swine flu is created within chicken eggs to create a large patch of antigen , which provokes an immune response from a vaccinated individual."
They then caution us: " The virus in the nasal spray is alive; making is more powerful, but also more risky"....They say;" Live viruses can cause genetic instability..a alive virus can cause the spread of a disease..."
They say that the vaccine is not licensed for anyone under two years old and over fifty...
What? I never heard that anywhere....
Further they say"Anyone with a health concern should ask their physicians before taking this vaccine.They mention a large group of people who definitely should not go near the nasal spray. The list includes people with anemia, lung disease, diabetes, heart , lung or kidney disease, or pregnant women...
Wow...The list should include people who have had such diseases....
Do you think anyone should be given this risky product?
Anyone out there heard more about this? what do you think?

h1n1 Nasal Vaccine: Is it safe for anyone?

http://drbobsager.typepad.cpm/yhm/2009/10/side-effects-of-h1n1-vaccine.html
Blogger
October 29,2009

Nasal Vaccine:Is it Safe for Anyone?

Dr. Sager reported that no one should take the nasal vaccine if they have or have had; lung disease, asthma, or a weakened immune system..
Huhhhhhhh? I didn't hear this on the news nor read it in the newspaper.
He says parents should be warned prior to the children getting the vaccine.
Huhhhhhhhhhhhhh?
I have not been told at all...
And the word is that many elementary schools in my area and possibly yours will be given this nasal vaccine without any warnings being given out....
What do you think?

Swine Flu:Are They Safe?

http://gozounlimited.newswine.com/news/2009/10/02/3342883nvic-offers-just-the-facts-about-the-h1n1-
Google
October 28,2009

Barbara Loe Fishe, the administrator of the National Swine Information Center updated her report about the swine flu for you , the public.Swine flu she said is mild for most people.Howver by he end of September there were 600 deaths from it in the U.S.A> including 50 deaths of young children.
Ms. Fishe uttered a huge word of caution: Take No "Drive-By" shots. She refered to shots being given at schools, stores or kiosks, which she said can have enormous possibilities for complications.
Public, she said, be ware: there is no compensation for any h1n1 shot given . the Congress has shielded the manufactures from any lawsuits or legal action.
Oh and she said that some schools are asking students to get three or four shots this year.
She said that this is not safe.Whaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttt?
So What do you think?
Do you want the shot?

Ard: Is She Our New Common Ancestor?

"Ardi provides clues to human origin"
by Joel Achenbach
Washington Post
October 2, 2009

Mr. Achenbach points out that Ardi lived 4.4 million years ago in East Africa. According to him, she lived mostly in trees and she slept in the trees with her offspring.Sometimes she would come down to the ground and walk upright.
He thinks that she could represent a transitional figure between old primates and newer primates.
Ard lived before Lucy, the 3.2 million year old skeleton found before Ard.
Scientists are still earching for the "lsot common ancestor"; a creature tat is the ancestor of the humans and chimpanzees.Many of these lived 7million years ago.
Ard i doesn't ahve the cahractersitics of the chimpanzees nor look like them so chimpanzees probably developed on their own according to scientists.
Ironically, the chimp adn the gorilla have developed more than the hominid. The hominid is primitve except for its' upright walking adn its' brain development.
Lovejoy, an anthropologist from Kent University, says that the Ards broguth food to theri mates , something that was easier for thsoe who wakled upright. Lovejoy heralds the male parental involvelment as a key point of survivla in these hominids.
What do you think? Do you think we are related to these creatures?

Wow! The Things we Gained with cooking!?comment

Scientific American
September 2009
Cooking by Melinda Wenner

Ms. Wenner says that without cooking we humans had to chew raw food.
Cooking softens food and breaks starch and proteins into more digestible molecules .
Cooking gives us more energy and time to form social relationships , to fuel bigger brains and to create divisions of labor according to Mr. Richard Warngham, and anthropologist from Harvard UniversityWranfham thinks that we hammered meat to make it flatter and easier to eat. This caused sparks!
He stated that he learned this through archeological research that humans had theri first roast 1.9 billion years ago...
Do you beleive this?

How Did We Find Love? Weigh in on this...

Humans: How did we find love?
Scientific American
Fall 2009
by Kate Wong

Weigh in on this please... Kate Wong of Scientific American says that our large brains and upright walking have encouraged our love feelings to begin...Wong says that in humans romantic love is capable of sending us to bliss or despair.
Helen Fisher of Rutgers University said that our larger brains meant that babies were born earlier than other primate infants and that they have en extended childhood to learn and grow.This is all due to our larger brains. She said that our larger brains helped early humans write poetry, create art and dance 35,00 yeas ago.
What do you think? Do you side with them? How ?

Patrick Swayze has Died: Leave comments please

http://www.msn.com/
Patrick Swayze Died at 57. He died of pancreatic cancer.
Everyone in the media world thought he took his illness on the cuff.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nnoooo664/bio
Mr. Swayze had attended the Joffrey School of Ballet. He had danced for "Disney on Parade."
He was in the first Broadway production of "Grease".
He received a Golden Globe nomination for his role as a dance instructor i, Johnny Castle, in Dirty Dancing in 1987.He Received a second nomination for his portrayal of the ghost "Sam Wheat"
in "Ghost" in 1990.
He was a solidly established box star throughout the nineties.
He adored his wife his whole life.Family and friends meant the world to him.
Our condolences go out to his family and friends.
Please leave comments or condolences. thank you.

Remember 9/11

Remember 9/11?
Remember how we came together and how much we admired the heroes?
Remember how horrified we were at the plane going into the World Trade Center, and later at the Pentagon?remember the brave pilot , crew, and passengers who saved our White House by stopping one plane from going there?
I remember all of the heroism and all of the deep feelings that brought us together on that day.
What do you remember from that day?

9/11 Tributes/Frederic Neal Gabler

Frederic Neal Gabler was thirty years old. His idea of heaven was to be surrounded by friends.
He even dreamed of communal living in that sense his family wrote. Mr. Gabler was happily married to his wife Mindy.They med when they were sixteen.She wrote in the tribute that his loving natuer,honesty and sense of humor kept her at his side.
The couple was expecting theri first child when tragedy struck.
Mr. gabler was an equity trader aty Canto Fitzgerald.
HIs father escaped his own office at the WTC on September 11th.
He said that the overflow crowd was his son's eulogy. More than 1,500 people attended his eulogy.
My deepst condolences go out to his family adn friends.
Please leave condolences and comments.

9/11 Tributes/Mr. Thomas E. Sabella

Mr. Thomas E. Sabella was 44.
He was a New York firefighter. He was, above all things, a family man.
He loved his wife and his child Nicole.
Mr. Sabella was credited with rescuing a man from an upper East side tenement flatin 1998 in
upper East side New York.
His wife Diana accepted his high-risk occupation;noting that he always did his best.
He made his own wine adn gave it away to friends during the holidays.
Mr. Sabella was a great patriot.
Our Condolences go out to his wife adn children. Please leave condolences and comments here to honor Mr. Sabella.

Tributes to 9/11 heroes:Maria Rose Abad

Maria Rose Abad was a senior Vice President at Keele Bruyette and Woods.
She loved her husband Rudy and she loved her job.
She read hundreds of books every year.
My condolences go out to the family and friends of Mrs. Abad.
Please leave condolences and comments.

Fishermen create a contest to elliminate Lionfish invasion

CNN
This summer

Fishermen created an inventive way to solve a difficult problem.
Lionfish were spun out to seas during Hurricane Katrina.
They have en innate ability to procreate very rapidly and they eat all other species
of fish. The other fish cannot compete.There were so many Lionfish that
local fishermen and women got together . Fishermen were encourages to catch as many
lionfish as they could in a certain time of the contest. The person with he most fish would win $2,000.00.
Thousands of lionfish were captured.
Now there is hope that the balance of nature will be restored among the fish populations.
What do you think about this?

Ted Kennedy's Funeral to be set for Saturday August 29, 2009

Ted Kennedy's funeral set for August 29, 2009

Senator Ted Kennedy's funeral will be held this Saturday.
Our thoughts go out to the family and the nation.
Please leave comments.
Apparently, Senator Kennedy had visited a shrine for healing during his bouts wiht brain cancer.
Do you believe in spiritual healing?

Senator Ted Kennedy Passes Away

CBS
Google

August 26, 2009

Senator Ted Kennedy passed away Wednesday.
Many people have spoken about his great abilities to work with Democrats and Republicans alike.
He is known around the nation as a hard worker.
Please leave comments for Senator Ted Kennedy and his family.
Our condolences to his family and the nation.
Please leave comments for the last Kennedy icon.

You Can Write a Tribue to 9/11 Victims

You can write a tribute to 9/11 victims on your blog.
Look up the victims and pick one.
http://project2996.wordpress.com.
I enjoy this project and you might also.
I will post a tribute too.
Guido of Atlantic Lines provided this address also in his blog.

Horrifying: he Cove..Will you go?

The Cove is said to start out nicely; with nice shots of beautiful sea life under the ocean..nice!
Ok so then there are shots of Japanese killing dolphins for food!
Huh?!!!! Do you realize that they are equal to us in I.Q.? Isn't this illegal? Please leave comments!

Eunice Kennedy Shriver Dies :A Memorial

Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Google
August 2009

Eunice Kennedy Shriver passed away at 88 today. She was beloved by all Americans because she singlehandedly created the Special Olympics for people in 1968. Before her time, people who were mentally challenged than the norm were out away in institutions. One of her sister was "special ed" diagnosed.Shriver saw to it that these people were accepted and that they could compete in special
olypic events. Now her organisation is knwon world wide as a great one.
President Reagan gave Mrs. Shriver a Medal of Honor which is the highest order a civilian can receive.
Our deepest Condolences go out to her family and friends.
Please tell us your thoughts bloggers.

Lack of Isotopes For Cancer Therapy in USA

Google
August

We receive isotopes for cancer therapy here in the USA from a place in Canada that produces them
Their facility has developed a leak and they are now loosing their isotopes!They are saying in Canada that they need to create new ones!
Due tot his leak we are now facing a shortage...what can we do to help this problem?

Go Visit Bea! Her Nephew got Married!

Go visit Bea at " A New Bridge"...
Bea's nephew got married! the pictures are great!
the entry is great too!

Revolutionary BCI caps and computer! CBS 60 minnutes

CBS
Sixty Minutes
Sunday August 9, 2009
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New Hope for Lou Gehrig disease Victims and Paralyzed Victims

There was a famous scientist (neurologist) named Scot and he got Lou Gehrig's disease.
In this program Scott is working on an experiment. Scot's brain is covered with a BCI cap with a dish full of electrodes. There is gel in it. The gel connects brain signals wiht letters so that Scott can communicate! Scott's brain sel;ects a letter mentally adn then the computer provides a voice interface which relates the work he creates.
Scott says:"When I see a letter I want, my brain sends out a signal."
Scott says "The neuron cap has given me back my life."He can now communicate with his wife.
He is even continuing his scientific research now.
what do yuo think of this research? would you ask your family or friend to try it if needed?

Bill Clinton Frees Laura Ling and Euna Lee

Larry King Live
August 4, 2009

President Bill Clinton freed Laura Ling and Euna Lee according to Larry King .
They went to North Korea on an assignment by former Vice President Al Gore for his radio station. They were arrested for crossing the Northern Korean border.
Larry King was jubilant about their release which did show Bill Clinton at his best!
Are you happy for these valiant women?What do you think?

Pythons Take over parts of Florida:What do you think?

CBS
Google
July 27, 2009

Pythons take over parts of Florida

Pythons have been set free in natural marshes in parts of Florida and the police are alarmed. They are growing very large and eating wild pigs and sometimes alligators.One pet python got out of his cage and strangled a child in a house.The police want to destroy all of these snakes which number now in the high thousands. What do you think of this?

Is Our Food Nutritious?Weigh in...

CNN
The Daily Show
Google
July 18, 2009

Mr. Stewart interviewed Mr. Robert Kenner of Food, Inc. Kenner says that the food we make is not nutritious. He said we used to spend 18% of our salaries on food and now we spend 8% of our salaries on food. Kenner said that cows are piled on top of each other where they are kept.He says tomatoes are not grown nutritiously. He says that we are more diabetic as a nation due to the quality of food.
Kenner said that our healthcare costs are going to go up to 18%. We are paying for these changes in teh quality of the food at the store he said.
Kenner says to vote with your wallet and to buy , for example, healthier food, like hormone free milk.
He encourges people to watch the film "Food Inc."
Do you agree or dissagree? Why?

Columbians join American efforts in Afghanistan

July 27, 2009
CBS
Google

Colombians say that they will join efforts to find bin Laden in Afghanistan in August or September by sending their troops. They say they will do this because we sent them five Green Berets and 613 soldiers to help Columbia get rid of the huge drug cartel terrorism. We were successful they say business and families are doing well now in Columbia.
What do you think of this?

A Tribute to Walter Cronkite:CNN

July 23,2009
CNN

CNN had professionals who had worked with Cronkite speak.They said that Cronkite set the bar for accurate reporting."He was the one reporter who could tell Americans the hard truths of the 60s,70s and 80s.Katie Couric admired his accurate reporting and she said:"Maybe journalists have a lot to learn from his ethics".
Katie said that Mr. Doug Brinkley is researchinig the life of this giant for a book.
Mr. Brinkley said:"he was incredibly umble. He connected wiht taxi drivers and waiters the same way that he connected with the White House.
Bob Schieffer admired his curiosity when it came to the news.
Marlene Adler called him:"the most trusted amn in America."
Did you know about Walter Cronkite?
He is known to be the one man who shaped the face of modern journalism.
I send my deepst condolences to his family and friends.
He brought America throughWorld War II, the Vietnam era, andPresident Kennedey's assaination.
Please leave your thoughts for Walter Cronkite.

Trafficcare.net

July 22, 2009
CNN
Google
Trafficcare.net says that if you join their organisation online and pay $12.95 per year for moving violations they will pay for two tickets.
People join for peace of mind..would you?

Lynne please add me to your blog

Lynne thank you so much for your comments!
Please add me to your blog as you have gone private so I can write to you!
huggggggggggggggs
natalie

ATribute To Michael Jackson..What do you think?

CNN
Larry King Live
A Tribute to Michael Jackson..A Memorial

Larry King delivered a nice commentary on Michael Jackson..his life ...
the era ;"we are the world..we are the children.."his accomplishments in the music adn performing arts world are numerous..his acclaim worldwide..his love of his children and of the various charities he supported...
Is this you view of Michaal? Do you miss him? His music? tell us...

Some Bloggers say Teens Too Young

Some bloggers say that teen drivers need to be older....That they need more experience and ability to reason on the road... that this lack of experience and sense may cause fatalities...
Thanks for caring for these kids! Your voice means so much !

Are Teen Drivers Safe on th Road?

Are Teen drivers safe do you think?
We are all in shock here because of deaths ina DWI collision that killed so many gifted kids...
so people..why do we have so many of these?
What is the solution if any to avoiding so many?
tell us....

Happy Fourth of July!How will you celebrate

Happy Fourth of July!
What will you do to celebrate our independence from Great Britain?
Let us know!

A Killing at the Holocaust Museum:Questions Linger

A man named Mr. Amon Van Brun shot the guard, Mr. Stephen Tyrone Johns at the National Holocaust Museum, where he showed up sporting an armed rifle.Mr. Johns is now a ntional hero because it is thought that he protected the others in the museum at the ultimate cost.
Mr. Van Brun is a well known author of a white supremacist book about how the Jews in the world hurt gentiles worldwide.
The violence experienced here had many wondering why there are other people who want to suppress the evidence of genocide and racial hatred and deny that the holocaust even happened.
Why do you think this happened? Your thoughts please.

Julia Roberts touts "hole-in-the Wall-gang"

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CBS
Monday, June 2009
Julia Roberts went on CBS to express her support and appreciation for Paul Newman's creation : the Hole-in-the-wall camps.Growing up Paul loved the experiences that he had in camp. Julia said that Paul started these camps so that children with illnesses and disabilities could experience the same fun and growing up that healthy kids do.
Now his camps are all oer the world.
Did you like camp?
Do you think camps are worthwhile?

Ahead of time: Happy Fathers Day!

I am ahead of myself ; however Happy Fathers Day!
How will you celebrate?
We will get together with some family members and their family .
We will try to have a great time outdoors and eating out!
Happy Fathers Day all of you Dads and Granddads!
Is it a great day ?
And I hope you all have a great day!

Francis: the Magna Carta Memorial: Who Knew?

Silks By Felix and Dick Francis
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I have been enjoying a book given to me by a cousin called"Silks"by Dick and Felix Francis.
It talks about the Magna Carta Memorial in London; built in 1957 by nine thousand American lawyers to honor the Magna Carta document ; which is credited for shaping laws in the United States "and throughout Western Civilisation" according to the attorneys, according to authors Feix and Dick Francis.
The document made sure they wrote that King John upheld it.
It said:
1." that the church would be free from the Royal House ruling it.
2." that it would preserve the ancient freedoms that London enjoys,
3. "that no human will be destroyed, outlawed , imprisoned or condemned unless it is the legal judgement of his peersor the lawof the landthat this shall happen,
4."that we shall not deny or delay rightsor justice to anyone."
Apparently they write, at that time the English had takent their rights for granted .
Then , King John had abused their rights.
they wrote this document so that no king could do this again. It affected all of the Western world and eventually America.
So does his document and monument impress you?
Do you think our rights are safe?
Elaborate.

Larry King: Will North Korea Free American Journalists?

This is from Larry King's story on June 1st.
CNN: Larry King Live
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The Ling sisters held for court sentence in North Korea: Lisa Ling Speaks Out
June 1st, 2009

Lisa Ling apologized for her tow sisters; both journalists, who are being detained in North Korea awaiting trail (June 4th) for "illegal incursion into North Korea".The sisters were writing a piece which involved illegal trafficking across the border between North and South Korea.Lisa Ling is worried because the US and North KOrea do not have a formal diplomatic relationship, so she says it is ahrd to accomplish anything. She hopes taht NOrth Korea will show compassion upon her two sisters and set them free.
What do you think?
Should these two women have been detained for three months?
Do you think that North Korea will act compassionately adn set them free?
What if anything can be done?

Happy Memorial Day! How will you celebrate?

Happy Memorial Day!
Let's honor those heroic veterans who lived and died to preserve out freedoms!
How will you celebrate?Did you loose family members in one of our wars?
Do you have family members who served in a war?

The Stress Relief Patch: Would you take it?

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The Doctors tv show CBS
www. theramood.com

A Stress Relief Patch
Physicians unwrapped a patch "a trans dermal patch that deliver nutrients into the circulatory system by creating a state of deep relaxation and mental alertness.
The nturient 5HIP the compound has 5 hychoxytrphan is a derivitive of maino acid huptophan produced by teh African tree Grittoria Symplicifolia. The mood altering nutrient is a advanced version of the naturally occuring amino acid taht prompts the brain to create serotonin.
This :
1.ncreases serotonin
2. supports mood relaxation
3.promotes healthy sleep\4.improves weight loss

L-Theanine is an amino acid from green tea. It:
1. reduces anxiety
2makes a better mood
3. increases alertness
and
4. supports the immune system
So tell me would you take it or suggest it for family members?
Let us know!

The Swine Flu - Will you take the vaccine?

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CNN
April 28th, 2009

IN London manufacturers have started a vaccine after 149 people died from the swine flu in Mexico City.
The World Health Organization said it will only call for a large scale production of the vaccine if it believed we were going to see a "global outbreak"....
the vaccine will be available in five or six weeks..
Would you take it ?Do you think we need a vaccine?Why or Why not?

Happy Belated Save the Frogs Day April 28,2009

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Scientific American
April 28, 2009 entry
http://www,scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=worlds=frogs-disappearing-sar
http://www.rwf.org/frogwatchUSA/howtofrogwatch.ctm( for additional information)
http://www.savethe frogs.com/how-to-help/index.HTML(for additional information)
Save the Frog Day is according to Scientific American the call from scientists all over the world to save frogs from extinction.
the Save teh Frogs Foundation in Centerville, Virginia says :" one third of the 6,317 species are on the brink of extinction."
The chybrid fungus is known to be deadly to frogs according to the scientists at Scientific American, It prohibits amphibian's skin to absorb water and oxygen. No known cure exists.
Habitat destruction, over harvesting for the pet market and pesticides are knwon threats to frogs.
My family is partial to frogs, what about you?
What do you think of this post? Do you think we can stop using so many pesticides? Do you think we can grow enough frogs int eh lab to compensate for those killed by the chybrid fungus?

What are you lanning for Mothers Day?

What are you plans for Mother's Day?
What will you do?
And ahead of time
Happy Mother's Day!
I hope you all have a great family and, when possible,
I hope you get to see your mother!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter!
I hope you have a great time enjoying the great weather with your families and friends and having a nice meal.We will be seeing family and having a nice lunch with them and taking walks.
What will you be doing? :0 let us know!
hugs,natalie
p.s. leave links please
hugs

Happy Seder and Passover

hi guys!
I wish all of you a great weekend!In addition,
for the Jewish families Happy Passover and Seder!
have a wonderful feast and enjoy your time with your families!
hugs,natalie
p.s.
What festivities are you planning?What will you do?
leave holiday wishes!:0

Thanks Lynne of "I'm on a Mission"

I thank you Lynne for the kind words...
blush
and everyone
go see Lynne's blogs ; "I'm on a Mission".
She has written kind things about a number of blogs...
http://I'm on a Mission.blogger.com

Would you Sue Water Laser Dentistry?It's New!

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CBS
the Doctors
March 24, 2009

Hi!:) The Doctors show has documented a new form of treatment which involves
using water laser to clean teeth and provide a new form of filling.
The nice dentist pointed out that there are no shots and tht the water laser is like a water gun!
Lol!:):) guy guys wouldn't that be nice?the beam of light breaks out the water molecule and the water light breaks off the decay.They pointed out that the advantage is that people actually want to go to the dentist!
Hey!:) No kidding!:)
I would love it if my little place here has even heard of it!
The doctors did point out that the dentist needs to be skilled in laser work.
Etch is a soap that cleans off the tooth.
they rinse that off. the prime is teh dental resin they put in.
the bond layer attaches the composite resin to the tooth layer.
the tooth pillow hold up the mouth during this.
The laser light makes the resin dry up.
Hey guys it only takes five minutes!
I saw the kid get his cavity filled on tv!
Woohoo!
What do you think?

Was Caplan Right? Arthur Caplan, Bioethicist

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CBS
http://www.bioethics.upenn.edu/People/?last=Caplan8first=Arthur

Arthur Caplan is the author of 25 books .He is a well respected bio ethicist..
at the University of PA. He says it is unethical to pick sex, eye color and other characteristics of babies prior to birth. What do you think?
Do you think we have the right to harvest embryos ?
Do you think that we have the right to pick characteristics?

Sweetman to Find 48 new Dinosaur Species

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CBS
http://www.twine.com/search?tag=discovery8spot=radar

CBS reported this find three weeks ago off the Isle of Wight in England.
Richard Roth told the world about Whitman;s discoveries of a microscopic species
and there are 48 types that he has found and had documented and checked.
It would be fascinating for you to see the way he sifted through sand ... he made cuts of
huge lumps and then sifted them.

What do you make of this?
And are you surprised that they are so small?

Go See Cathy: Big Kudoes for Dare to Think

Cathy won inspiration and warm fuzzy feelings from me for her heroic entry:
"Daily Pain in a Different Light". People it is gutsy, it is emotional, it is philosophical and Cathyis quoted as saying" I use my energy of chronic pain to motivate me into transforming it into something I don't need..."
that's risky, innovative, and great.
Cathy you are a delight!
I also recommend her recent entry "No Single Creed".
It is a beautiful somewhat whimsical thought provoking entry on what we get from our faith and how we might use it!
bravo!

Sam is back! Go see! It's for real!

Sam is back for real!
(dances around the room...)
Yeayyyyyyyyyyy!!!
High Fives!
Sam (baldy) is at:http://www.sayit-baldy.blogspot.com
Go by and write a comment...he's up and at it and writing about
the spring and his childhood!

Visit Bill at Bears Den

Bill injured his hand while I was away...
please go visit him!
Bill is at Bears Den. http://www.Bears Den.com
hugs,nat

Slum Dog Millionaire What did you think?

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Slum Dog Millionaire took ten oscars!
What did you make of it?
Acclaim from two best friends sent me galloping over there...
The music , photography, and dance were wonderful...
I ahd not been prepared for the pathos and despair; not to mention the extreme events..
how about you?

Ode to Rudyard Kipling, If, Level thinking

"If you can keep your head
While all those around you
Are loosing theirs And Blaming it on you..."
Except from "If" by Rudyard Kipling
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I memorized this poem in second grade...please Google it.
It is a source of reflection for me...
Do you think that people are using level thinking these days?
If not, would it help?

"I'm your huckleberry" from Tom Sawyer

"I'm your huckleberry.. Tom"... Doc Halli day's comments to Wyatt Earp in the movie Wyatt Earp.
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One of the most important things in my life is good friends.. friends who bestow upon you kind remarks at times when my fortune appears bleak...
Such was my good fortune this week...
If you are my good friend ...Thank Heavens!
And thank you!
natalie
p.s.
Do you have friends who you are grateful for lately?

Visit Sam at:Http://sayit-baldy.blogspot.com

Sam is in the hospital with heart problems...I just found out recently.
Please leave your comments and prayers. thanks
ps.
Sam is really back now Guys! Go read the three new entries I read at:
http://sayit-baldy.blogpsot.com

Check out Paul's Curling:Auroras Walking Vacation

Check out Paul's interesting article on curling; the ancient sport that Canada inherited from the Dutch and the Scots.I think you'll be amused and intrigued... and keep in mind Paul is our Curling Captain in Canada.... yes he's a player!

Beth ask us to visit Marty at Heard at Starbucks

Beth at Nut wood Junction asks us to visit Marty at Heard at Starbucks and offer him support.
His father just had a heart attack.

What do you think are our rights? (Bill of Rights)

"My Country, 'tis of thee, Statue of Liberty, of the I sing...
....Long shall our land be bright
With freedom's holy light
Protect us with thy might
To Thee we sing"...

People.... What are your rights?
We have a Bill of Rights in this country that is scared to me
because it was won with the blood and sacrifices
of our forefathers...
so... you tell me which ones count for you the most!
I hope some of our other friends will consider which rights mean the most for them too...
Do we as a people want to give any of these up?

Visit Kelli "Thoughts of a Sober White Woman"

I was unaware that Kelli's sister passed away on January 14, 2009.
Please go visit her when you can
natalie

Go See Lynne at "Time and Thoughts TNTII"

Lynne's mother in law at "time an ThoughtsTNTII" has passed away...
she has written two beautiful tributes... please go visit her

Go See Estella, Penny, Penny, and Julia

Penny ,"Growing Old Gracefully", go visit and offer support.... her daughter's friend has passed away suddenly....Go See Estella "One Last Time at Bat"... she's just had surgery.... Janet is ill and recovering from her surgery....go see her.at "Janet's new Journal"...and Penny at "A Pennies' Worth" could use a visitor or two....

Dutchman to Save Borneo: Meet Smits

Scientific American 3.0
Jan through March 17, 2009
"Regrowing Borneo, tree by tree"
by Jane Braxton Little

This periodical is full of green hope!:)
Smits, A Dutchman by birht , now Indonesian,has succeeded in
recreating a new orangutan habitat "one square meter at a time."
Smits fought deforestation and the setting to fire of the orangutan habitat
for twenty years now.His partners in his venture are 600 families of the Dayak
tribe in the province of East Kalimantan in Indonesia.
Smits calls this" the people's forest".
He calls the project "Samora Lestart." He has not yet submitted the project according to
Little for public scrutiny or review.
Borneo is the third largest island in the world. Borneo has 15,000 plant species,
222 mammal species and hundreds of bird species , fresh water and amphibian fish.
It has 6,000 species that are found nowhere else.
Wallace, a contemporary of Darwin's, wrote about these species in 1858.

In the 1970s loggers started to tear this pqlce apart.
The roads that they cut inot the woods reduced the habitat and the temeprature warmed up considerably. Smits is hoping that the entire island will be restred.
What do you think about Smits?:)

Looking forward to Tuesday

I have been sick guys and I will catch up (nods) promise!

ummm....
he will have a very hard time due to the economy
and the war...
what plans do you have?
and do you support him?

Would you try the Acai berry? Why or why not?

http://www.acaiberryproductts.org
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According to the Acai berry organization the Acai berry is
a"perfect food that mankind has always been looking for.
It is far better than any other combination of other foods on earth, ounce
per ounce."
The Acai berry is a dark purple fruit that has little edible pulp.
It grows in a tree from the palm family and it grows in "large stringy bunches."
It only grows in Amazonia in northern Brazil in the rain forest.
Natives have been eating it for some time and ecologists are excited
with it because they have been able to stop the chopping trees
here and local people get jobs harvesting the berries;
(free trade product).

It is know for its' antioxidants.
There are very interesting studies of this fruit!
For example, Professor SteveTalcott at the University of Florida
thinks that the Acai berry in studies has caused a self-destruct process in 86%
of leukemia cells.
so..would you drink it?

Electronic cigarettes:Will they work? Do you like them?

the Doctors, CBS Jan.&, 2009

People can choose to buy electronic cigarettes to stop smoking. They provide nicotine is a cool mist without chemicals, CO2 and tar... Will they help people quit?Are they worth it?
They cost $150 with $50 replacements... what do you think?Do you like the lack of smoke?

Designer Babies:What do you think?

Doctors, CBS, Jan.7, 2009

Dr. Steinberg offers everyone the opportunity to pick : eye color, hair color and sex for their babies.
He uses "predictive embryos" which have certain percentage probabilities for getting the traits that the customer desires and the embryo of choice is"transferred in".
What do you think of this?Do you like the technology or find it offensive?What will the result bring us?

Danny is ok! Many Thanks

Danny was found.. and he did have hyporthermia but he is over that and over the shock...
Thanks for the support!

Dealing....

A best friend of my teen almost died...
Can't seem to shake those blues....

You Pulled Through

the snow
was blinding you
you pulled through
your hands
were freezing
you heart
was breaking
you pulled through...

Somewhere
people were wrapping you
In warm light
Somewhere
angels were guiding the guides
In the night

We didn't want to loose you Danny
We didn't want to loose you

So glad
the angels
heralded the morn'

So glad
their shrouds
kept you warm

sweet Danny

Jeanette lost two friends..Outside-looking in(Jeanette...

Please go visit Jeanette..she's lost two friends ina fire recently...

Go Visit Lynne: she lost her grandmother

Go and Visit Lynne: Time and Thoughts TNT:Chilly meets Chilli
Please send positive thoughts and prayers to Lynne's family following her
grandmother's death. It sounds as though her grandmother was wonderful.