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THESE KIND OF STONES ARE FOUND IN OTHER LESS-KNOWN AREAS OF ROMANIA...AND ALSO IN PORTUGAL, WHERE THEY CALLED THEM "THE BIRTHING STONES" !!
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| Subject: | [Health_and_Healing] How the Senate Really Works - 4 min video |
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| Date: | Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:05:51 -0800 (PST) |
| From: | Tony De Angelis <tntstuart@yahoo.com> |
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22 Signs That Barack Obama Is Transforming America Into A Larger Version Of
North Korea
By Michael, on January 28th, 2013
If there is one country in the world that you would not want to live in, it
would be North Korea. Unfortunately, the United States of America is
becoming more like North Korea with each passing day. North Korea is a
totalitarian police state hellhole where the state rules supreme, the
"leader" is lavishly worshipped, no dissent is tolerated, and the government
micromanages everything. America is supposed to be the opposite of that,
but now Barack Obama is implementing his version of "change" and he has
promised to engage in the "remaking" of this nation and to transform it
"brick by brick". A tremendous "cult of personality" has been built up
around Obama, and under his leadership the U.S. government has become larger
and more repressive than ever before. But do we really want to "change"
America so that it more closely resembles totalitarian regimes such as North
Korea, communist China, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany? After all, all
of those regimes have a nightmarish history of brutality and death. Even
today, there are starving North Koreans that are eating their own children.
Is that really where we want to end up as a nation?
The truth is that we desperately need to take America in the opposite
direction of where Barack Obama is trying to take us. We need a much
smaller federal government, a much greater emphasis on freedom and liberty,
a return to true free market capitalism, and politicians that are willing to
take a low profile and that are actually there to serve the American people.
But what we need and what we are getting are two very different things.
The following are 22 signs that Barack Obama is transforming America into a
larger version of North Korea…
#1 Obama has appointed numerous socialists and communists to important
positions in his administration. The following are just a few examples that
were highlighted in a recent article by John Perazzo…
a.. Obama named Van Jones, a longtime revolutionary communist who famously
declared that "we [are] gonna change the whole [economic] system," as his
"green jobs czar" in 2009;
b.. he appointed Carol Browner, a former "commissioner" of the Socialist
International, as his "environment czar";
c.. he appointed John Holdren, who not only views capitalism as a system
that is inherently destructive of the environment, but strongly favors the
redistribution of wealth, both within the U.S. and across international
borders, as his "science czar";
d.. he named Hilda Solis, a former officer of the Congressional
Progressive Caucus (the socialist wing of the House of Representatives), as
his labor secretary;
e.. and he chose Anita Dunn, a woman who has cited Mao Zedong as one of
her "favorite political philosophers," to serve as White House
communications director.
#2 As Paul Roderick Gregory demonstrated in an outstanding article for
Forbes, Barack Obama's economic agenda matches the November 2011 Declaration
of Principles of the Party of European Socialists almost point for point.
#3 If a totalitarian regime is going to be successful, it needs a massive
government bureaucracy to run things. Today, the number of employees of the
federal government is roughly equivalent to the entire population of the
United States in 1776.
#4 In North Korea, dissent is brutally repressed. In the United States, we
have continued to move rapidly in that direction under Barack Obama. In a
recent article entitled "Obama's War On Whistleblowers", author Stephen
Lendman wrote the following…
He said one thing. He did another. As president, he usurped diktat powers.
He wages war on truth. He targets whistleblowers. He prioritizes
surveillance powers.
They include warrantless wiretapping, accessing personal records,
monitoring financial transactions, and tracking emails, Internet and cell
phone use. It's done lawlessly to gather secret evidence for prosecutions.
In his book "Necessary Secrets," Gabriel Schoenfeld said he "presided over
the most draconian crackdown on leaks in our history – even more so than
Nixon."
Rhetorically he supports civil liberties and transparency. "Such acts of
courage and patriotism….should be encouraged rather than stifled," he said.
At the same time, he betrayed the public trust. He targets free expression
and dissent. He pursues police state prosecutions and intimidation.
He claims Justice Department immunity from illegal spying suits. He
exceeds the worst of all previous administrations.
His national security state targets activists, political dissidents,
anti-war protestors, Muslims, Latino immigrants, lawyers who defend them,
whistleblowers, and investigative journalists.
Law Professor Jack Balkin expressed alarm, saying:
"We are witnessing the bipartisan normalization and legitimation of a
national surveillance state." Obama exceeded the worst of George Bush.
#5 Under Obama, the United States has been developing "Big Brother"
surveillance technologies that dictators of the past never even dreamed were
possible. For example, a very highly sophisticated surveillance grid known
as "Trapwire" is being installed in major cities and at "high value targets"
all over the country. Sadly, the mainstream media has not covered this at
all, and most Americans still do not even realize that it exists.
#6 Under Obama, unmanned aerial vehicles are not just used for war anymore.
Police departments are now starting to deploy surveillance drones in the
skies over their cities all over the nation. In fact, this is something
that the federal government is greatly encouraging.
#7 It was the Obama administration that came up with the "See Something, Say
Something" campaign. Now the federal government has even created an iPhone
app that is designed to encourage all of us to take photos of "suspicious
activity" and report our neighbors to the authorities.
#8 It was the Obama administration that first instituted "enhanced
pat-downs" by TSA thugs at our airports. As a result, countless numbers of
men, women and children have had horrific experiences that they will
remember for the rest of their lives. You can read some of their horror
stories right here.
#9 The U.S. military now has the authority to arrest American citizens and
hold them indefinitely without trial. The Obama administration has no
problem with this horrible abuse of power.
#10 A key Obama ally in the U.S House of Representatives, Congressman José
Serrano of New York, has introduced a measure that would repeal the 22nd
Amendment of the U.S. Constitution so that Barack Obama can continue to run
for additional terms as president after his second term ends.
#11 The "cult of personality" that has built up around Barack Obama is
getting quite ridiculous. Shortly after he won the recent election, actor
Jamie Foxx referred to Barack Obama as "our Lord and Savior Barack Obama"
during a television broadcast of the 2012 Soul Train Awards in Las Vegas,
Nevada. Such "leader worship" would fit in very well in North Korea.
#12 Since Obama won in November, there has been an increasing number of
incidences in which Obama has been referred to in religious terms. For
example, a recent Newsweek article referred to Barack Obama's second term as
"The Second Coming".
#13 A painting by artist Michael D'Antuono that is now on display at Boston's
Bunker Hill Community College Art Gallery recently made headlines all over
the United States. In the painting, Barack Obama is wearing a crown of
thorns on his head and his arms are stretched out as if he was being
crucified. In the background of the painting is the presidential seal…
#14 Relentless praise from the mainstream media played a huge role in each
of Obama's election victories. The mainstream media is supposed to be
objective, but there have been reports of members of the media "swooning" in
his presence, and most mainstream news broadcasts leave little doubt that
Obama is the "good guy" and anyone opposed to him is the "bad guy".
#15 The Obama organization has tirelessly gathered data on potential voters.
At this point, the amount of information that the Obama campaign has
compiled on the American people is absolutely frightening…
If you voted this election season, President Obama almost certainly has a
file on you. His vast campaign database includes information on voters'
magazine subscriptions, car registrations, housing values and hunting
licenses, along with scores estimating how likely they were to cast ballots
for his reelection.
#16 The Communist Party USA is cheering on Barack Obama's efforts to disarm
the American people. According to one of their official publications, "the
ability to live free from the fear or threat of gun violence is a
fundamental democratic right — one that far supercedes any so-called
personal gun rights allegedly contained in the Second Amendment."
#17 Under Obama, the federal government is intruding in our personal lives
like never before. The following example is from a recent RT article…
Smokers, beware: tobacco penalties under President Obama's Affordable Care
Act could subject millions of smokers to fees costing thousands of dollars,
making healthcare more expensive for them than Americans with other
unhealthy habits.
The Affordable Care Act, which critics have also called "Obamacare", could
subject smokers to premiums that are 50 percent higher than usual, starting
next Jan 1. Health insurers will be allowed to charge smokers penalties that
overweight Americans or those with other health conditions would not be
subjected to.
A 60-year-old smoker could pay penalties as high as $5,100, in addition to
the premiums, the Associated Press reports. A 55-year-old smoker's penalty
could reach $4,250. The older a smoker is, the higher the penalty will be.
#18 Just as in North Korea, our lives are being increasingly micromanaged by
a government that is packed with control freaks. At this point they even
are telling us what kind of light bulbs we are allowed to buy.
#19 Federal agencies have become increasingly brutal under Obama. For
example, if you milk your cow and sell some of that milk to your neighbor
next door, you could end up having your home raided by federal agents.
#20 Obama has gone to great lengths to demonize his opposition. Since he
has been president, numerous government papers, studies and reports have
been released that identify groups of people that are opposed to Obama as
"potential terrorists". Some of the groups targeted as "potential
terrorists" include those that "revere individual liberty", "conspiracy
theorists", "returning veterans", anti-abortion activists, those that visit
"extremist websites", those that are "fiercely nationalistic", those that
"believe in the right to bear arms", anyone that is opposed to illegal
immigration, anyone that is anti-UN, and anyone that is "suspicious of
centralized federal authority". For much more on this, please see this
article.
#21 Obama's abuse of power is not just limited to the United States. The
truth is that he has increasingly been acting like some type of imperial
ruler that gets to tell everyone else in the world what they are supposed to
do. For example, according to a recent WND article Obama has actually
promised to give eastern Jerusalem to the Palestinians even though Israel
has already said that they will agree to no such thing…
Now that he has secured his second term, President Barack Obama has
already secretly pledged to the Palestinians he will press Israel into a new
round of so-called land-for-peace negotiations, a top Palestinian Authority
negotiator told WND.
The negotiator said top members of the Obama administration told the
Palestinians the U.S. president will renew talks aimed at creating a
Palestinian state in the so-called 1967 borders – meaning in the West Bank,
Gaza Strip and, notably, eastern Jerusalem.
#22 Many Obama supporters are becoming enamored with the idea that we should
either start ignoring the Constitution or that we should get rid of it
entirely. For example, Georgetown law professor Louis Michael Seidman
recently appeared on CBS and said the following to the American people…
"I've got a simple idea: Let's give up on the Constitution. I know, it
sounds radical, but it's really not."
Hey, if we got rid of the pesky Constitution, we could have a dictatorship
just like North Korea does!
Barack Obama could be our king, our lord and our savior for decades!
Of course I am being sarcastic, but this is the kind of dangerous thinking
that leads to tyranny.
Let us learn the hard lessons that history has tried to teach us. We don't
want to go down the same path that North Korea, Nazi Germany, the Soviet
Union, and communist China have traveled.
There is an absolutely amazing National Geographic documentary that shows
what life is like inside North Korea. You can view it on YouTube right
here. We don't want our children and our grandchildren to someday live in a
nation like that.
Freedom and liberty are precious things. They are very hard to win, and
they are very easy to lose.
Let us not be the generation that loses everything that our forefathers
worked so hard to build.
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Causes of heart failure
Coronary artery disease, previous heart attack, hypertension, cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, arrhythmia, drugs, alcohol, aortic stenosis, mitral or aortic regurgitation, pulmonary hypertension. Use of a class of painkillers known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) by patients with chronic heart failure is associated with increased risk of death and cardiovascular illness.
The risk of developing heart failure increases with a person's weight: rising slightly in those who are only slightly overweight, and eventually doubling in those who are obese.
Supplements that may be helpful in congestive heart failure
There are quite a number of herbs and supplements that could have a beneficial effect on heart disease. I have listed some below. You may click on each one for more information but ultimately the use of supplements has to be done with the full knowledge and approval of your health care provider.
Fish Oils or eating cold water fish reduces the risk for heart rhythm disturbances and may reduce the risk of heart palpitations, atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmia. For patients whose condition is controlled with standard care, omega-3 fatty acid supplements appear to improve their condition even more. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2011.
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with heart dysfunction, sudden cardiac death, and death due to heart failure. An association between vitamin D deficiency and heart trouble is physiologically plausible since vitamin D is known to affect contractility of the heart.
Arginine may prolong exercise capacity in those with congestive heart failure. Arginine supplements are available over the counter.
Carnitine is potentially helpful since the heart uses carnitine for energy production.
CoQ10 may be beneficial in heart failure, available on sale at Physician Formulas.
Garlic consumption improves blood flow and circulation.
Hawthorn helps dilate blood vessels, increases coronary flow, acts as an inotrope (stimulates heart contraction), decreases peripheral resistance, and has ACE-inhibitor-like effect. Daily dosage hawthorn berry herb 3 to 5g or 160 to 900 mg extract for a few weeks. Appears to be useful in mild heart failure.
Folic acid, vitamin B12 and vitamin B6 can help prevent reoccurrence of blocked arteries in patients who have undergone coronary angioplasty.
Psyllium fiber may help reduce cholesterol levels.
Magnesium mineral may help.
Ribose may be beneficial to individuals with congestive heart failure.
Taurine amino acid has been evaluated with some preliminary positive findings.
Astragalus has been studied in heart failure.
Natural Treatment for Heart Failure Research
Cutting calories may slow age-related changes in the heart's genes that lead to chronic disease. Reduce caffeine from coffee, tea, and guarana. Avoid stimulants of any sort. Heart failure patients who are even mildly depressed may have a poorer prognosis than others with the heart ailment. Eating fish that is broiled or baked seems to reduce the risk of developing an irregular rhythm of the heart's upper chambers, called atrial fibrillation. However, eating fried fish or fish sandwiches doesn't cut it.
Arginine and Heart Failure
Dietary supplementation with the amino acid L-arginine may improve the physical fitness of heart failure patients by enhancing their endurance to exercise. L-arginine is a precursor of nitric oxide, a compound that plays a key role in the heart and circulatory system, both at rest and during exercise. Nitric oxide helps the inner lining of blood vessels to dilate. Dysfunction of the "L-arginine-nitric oxide" pathway in heart failure leads to reduced blood flow at rest and during exercise, partly explaining the exercise capacity limitations of chronic heart failure patients. Dr. Stephane Doutreleau and colleagues from Institut de Physiologie, Strasbourg, France, examined the potential benefits of 6 weeks of L-arginine supplementation on endurance exercise in 10 patients with chronic stable heart failure and compared to a placebo group. Patients who took L-arginine experienced a significant decrease in their average heart rate throughout exercise and the recovery period. There were no significant changes in blood pressure and respiratory parameters. The current study supports a prior study in which a group of heart failure patients were shown to benefit from a combination of exercise and L-arginine supplements. In that study, the combination appeared to help correct the abnormal functioning of blood vessels seen in chronic heart failure. International Journal of Sports Medicine July 2006.
L-arginine supplementation prolongs duration of exercise in congestive heart failure.
Kardiol Pol. 2004.
In congestive heart failure, endothelial dysfunction may contribute to impairment of exercise induced vasodilatation and decreased exercise capacity. We hypothesised that administration of L- arginine, a precursor of nitric oxide (NO) and postulated antioxidant, may improve endothelium - dependent vasodilatation and exercise capacity and also exert antioxidant activity. AIMS: To investigate the effect of oral supplementation with L-arginine on exercise capacity and markers of oxidative stress in patients with mild to moderate heart failure. The study had a randomised double-blind cross-over design. Twenty one patients with stable NYHA II-III heart failure underwent three exercise tests: initially, after oral administration of L-arginine (9 g/day for 7 days) or placebo. Blood was sampled prior to each test for plasma lipid peroxides, reduced sulphydryl groups and leukocyte oxygen free radical production. We found a higher prolongation of exercise duration time after L-arginine than after placebo. There were no significant differences in markers of free radical activity. In patients with chronic stable congestive heart failure, oral supplementation with L-arginine prolongs exercise duration which may be due to NO-induced peripheral vasodilatation. The antioxidant properties of L-arginine have not been confirmed in this ex vivo study.
Fish oils as good or better than Crestor
Daily supplements of fish oil reduced deaths and hospitalizations of people with heart failure. But a cholesterol-lowering statin drug had no beneficial effect. The omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) study was done by a consortium of 357 Italian cardiology centers, and enlisted more than 7,000 people diagnosed with heart failure. Half took a daily capsule containing fish oil, the other half took a capsule with a placebo. The death rate in the fish oil group was 27 percent, compared to 29 percent in the placebo group. The statin trial included more than 4,500 people with heart failure, half of whom took the statin rosuvastatin (Crestor), while the other half took a placebo. The death rate was 29 percent in the statin group, 28 percent in the placebo group. Lancet, 2008.
Psyllium reduces cardiac risk
An article published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reports that supplementing the diet with psyllium fiber has positive effects on blood lipids while potentially cardiovascular risk. Sixty-eight adults with high cholesterol consumed a high-fiber and a control diet for 1 month each in a randomized crossover study. The high-fiber diet included 4 servings per day of foods containing psyllium that delivered 8 g per day of soluble fiber than did similar, unsupplemented foods in the control diet. Fasting blood samples and blood pressure readings were obtained at baseline and weeks 2 and 4, and the subjects' weight was monitored weekly. Compared with the control diet, the high-fiber diet reduced total cholesterol levels. Applying the Framingham cardiovascular disease risk equation to the data confirmed a reduction in risk of 4 percent. Small reductions in blood pressure were found after both diets. The subjects reported no significant differences in palatability or gastrointestinal symptoms between the diets.
Dr. Sahelian says: Even though the reduction of cholesterol was small, it was nevertheless a positive response. Adding psyllium to the diet, for instance about a teaspoon in a glass of water two or three times a day with meals will help reduce cholesterol and also helps regulate bowel movements.
Magnesium good for heart patients
Patients with heart disease are often placed on several medicines including beta-blockers and nitrates, but doctors rarely think about suggesting mineral supplements. In a study published in the American Journal of Cardiology, researchers enrolled 187 patients with heart disease to try oral magnesium and compare the results with those on placebo pills. The dose of magnesium was about 200 mg twice daily and it was in the form of magnesium citrate. At the beginning of the study, blood magnesium levels were similar in both groups, but increased significantly in those who took the magnesium supplements. After six months of treatment, those taking magnesium were found to have a significant improvement in the amount of time they could exercise without chest pain, but there were no changes in cholesterol levels between the two groups.
Dr. Sahelian says: In patients who are already taking heart medicines and still have not had the best results possible, it seems that magnesium is a safe, cheap, and effective natural mineral to add to the regimen. The ideal dose of magnesium is not known, but it would seem reasonable to take 100 to 200 mg twice daily.
Efficacy and safety of berberine for congestive heart failure secondary to ischemic or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
Am J Cardiol. 2003.
This study was designed to assess the efficacy and safety of berberine for chronic congestive heart failure. One hundred fifty-six patients with CHF and >90 ventricular premature complexes (VPCs) and/or nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) on 24-hour Holter monitoring were randomly divided into 2 groups. All patients were given conventional therapy for congestive heart failure, consisting of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, digoxin, diuretics, and nitrates. Patients in the treatment group were also given berberine 1.2 to 2.0 g/day. The remaining patients were given placebo. Symptoms, a 6-minute walk test, left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF), frequency and complexity of VPCs, and quality of life were assessed after 8 weeks of treatment and during a mean 24-month follow-up. After treatment with berberine, there was a significantly greater increase in LVEF, exercise capacity, improvement of the dyspnea-fatigue index, and a decrease of frequency and complexity of VPCs compared with the control group. There was a significant decrease in mortality in the berberine-treated patients during long-term follow-up. Proarrhythmia was not observed, and there were no apparent side effects. Thus, berberine improved quality of life and decreased VPCs and mortality in patients with congestive heart failure.
Exercise for heart failure
Just 30 minutes of exercise twice a week can reduce the risk of hospitalization or death in heart failure patients, according to study findings presented at the March 2009 annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology. With more exercise, the benefit is even greater. Walking at a rate of 2 miles per hour for 30 minutes a few times a week will make a difference. Yoga practice could be of benefit.
Moderate exercise may help boost sexual health and function in men with heart failure. The results may be good news for some men with erectile dysfunction, because Viagra and other similar impotence drugs can have dangerous interactions with medications commonly prescribed to treat heart failure.
Prolonged and sustained endurance training prevents stiffening of the heart, a condition associated with the onset of heart failure, according to researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. The researchers also report that a sedentary lifestyle, in addition to aging, puts older people at risk for heart failure, the leading cause of hospitalizations for patients over 65 and a condition that affects eight out of every 1,000 people older than 70.
Commuting to work on your own two feet, or while spinning two wheels, could help stave off this condition.And if your job keeps you active during the day too, even better. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2010.
Benefit of yoga
Yoga in heart failure patients: a pilot study.
J Card Fail. 2010.
Fifteen stable HF patients were recruited and completed 8 weeks of yoga classes. Data collected were: safety (cardiac and orthopedic adverse events); physical function (strength, balance, endurance, flexibility); and psychological function (quality of life [QOL], depression scores, mindfulness) before and after 8 weeks of yoga classes. No participant had any adverse events. Endurance and strength significantly improved, so did balance. Although no subject was depressed, overall mood was improved. Subjects subjectively reported improvements in overall well-being. Yoga practice was safe, with participants experiencing improved physical function and symptom stability.
Congestive heart failure symptom
The clinical syndrome of heart failure manifests when cellular respiration becomes impaired because the heart cannot pump enough blood to support the metabolic demands of the body, or when normal cellular respiration can only be maintained with an elevated left ventricular filling pressure. Congestive heart failure symptoms include shortness of breath, weakness, fatigue and and fluid accumulation in the legs and feet. Other common symptoms of congestive heart failure are weight gain, swelling of feet and ankles, swelling of the abdomen, and in more advanced cases pronounced neck veins. Some individuals with congestive heart failure also report symptoms of loss of appetite, indigestion, nausea, fatigue and weakness. A common congestive heart failure symptom is difficulty sleeping since fluid accumulates in the lungs while lying down. Other symptoms of congestive heart failure are irregular or rapid pulse, cough, and decreased urine production. Cognitive decline is common.
Is vomiting a symptom of congestive heart failure?
It can be, although nausea is more common. Vomiting would indicate a more serious condition.
