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Be warned - my ramblings are frequently free form and unedited - wild and hard to follow I find myself falliing through the rabbit hole looking for insight, tea parties and a good smoke. Mostly I find little bunny turds. Sometimes a small nugget of truth. They usually end up smelling the same. But the tea party is always worth the trip.
Kudzu - I have been in a losing battle with the stuff for the past 10 years of my life. Now that they finally find a use for the stuff, I am selling the house. I have always said that the only way to get rid of it was to have it be a cash crop or have it be a hallucinogen so the govt would get rid of it. It currently is in bloom, and I do have to admit it does smell heavenly. |
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Kudzu is a nuisance in the garden but might be a boon to the diet. In rats, an extract from the root of the runaway vine lowered blood pressure, cholesterol, and other markers of metabolic disorders, according to J. Michael Wyss, PhD, of the University of Alabama Birmingham, and colleagues. The findings suggest that kudzu extracts in humans might complement other strategies to reduce metabolic disorders, the researchers concluded online in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Kudzu, introduced to the U.S. from Japan, was long promoted as an erosion fighter. But in the South, where the climate is ideal for it, kudzu soon grew out of control, and in 1953 the U.S. Department of Agriculture officially named it a pest weed.
Extracts of the root, a part of traditional medicine in China, have recently become available in the U.S., Wyss and colleagues said. Among the extract's components that might affect blood pressure and other conditions are a range of isoflavone glucosides, including puerarin, daidzin, and daidzein. For this study, the researchers tested a commercially available extract on female, stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats. Half of the 28 animals had their ovaries removed before the experiments began, since there is some evidence that estrogen pathways play a role in the antihypertensive effects of some of the tested compounds. The rats were divided into two groups -- one fed a control diet and the other the same diet with the addition of 0.2% kudzu root extract. Within each diet group, half of the animals had intact ovaries and half did not. After two months, the researchers said, rats getting the supplement had significantly lower arterial blood pressure (11 to 15 millimeters of mercury), plasma cholesterol, fasting blood glucose (between 20 and 30% lower), and fasting plasma insulin. The reductions -- all significant at P<0.05 -- were found in both the ovariectomized and intact animals, the researchers said said. There was no effect on triglycerides. Although the animals on the kudzu diet ate the same amount as their littermates, they gained significantly less weight during the experiments (at P<0.05), the researchers found. There was no apparent effect on their health, and no signs of toxicity or adverse events, they said. Researchers said the exact mechanism is still unclear, but the results "suggest that incorporation of kudzu root supplements into a diet modulates glucose, lipids, and blood pressure." |
I don't know how many of your are aware, but one of the MOST POPULAR Saints is not actually a Saint. The Catholic Church denounced him as a Saint.
I have always worn his medal since I was small. Also, I went to St Christophers church growing up, an Episcopal church, which is why it always annoyed me so that the Catholic church denounced him as a St. I was in the military and we traveled so much and my dad wasway so frequently that I spent a large portion of my childhood praying to him. I am sure the fine print in the Catholic church does not matter at all.
I am also very convinced that as more and more people pray to him over the years, it gives him more power. I also believe in the quantum manifestation. So he is growing stronger by the day. As one of the most popular Saints around, it was rather silly to denounce him.
I also find it rather ironic that the catholic supply stores all sell St Christopher medals, etc. They are willing to make money off of him, but not willing to officially recognize him. I actully have bought a St Christopher medal at the Vatican when visiting once. Tell me how that is not wrong.
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Yes we are officially RV'rs!
We are the proud owners of a Class A motorhome, Gulf stream. We will be doiong lots of wandering about. I cant wait to hit the open road.
Owl Medicine - Part one
Owl sees and knows the truth. It's ability to navigate through the darkest night and bring back nourishment for itself and others is the foundation of this essence. When you have lost your way, owl essence will guide you back to your proper path and wisdom.Expanded Definition - Death and rebirth, releasing that which has outlived it's benefit and usefulness in your life, actual physical death transition, can be placed in a bowl of water and used to help earth bound Souls find their guides and loved ones. Clearing a home or land of negative energy. Starting over in a new life or releasing the ties that kept you bound to the old one. Enhances clairvoyance, clairaudience, communication from one's Master Guides and Totems.
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http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/comm
Inside the First Amendment
By Charles C. Haynes
First Amendment Center senior scholar
08.02.09
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski breathed new life into an old debate when he signed a law on July 16 protecting religious freedom for all workers — except for teachers in public schools.
Sikhs, Muslims, Jews, Seventh-day Adventists and adherents of other faiths are celebrating the Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act because it requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for workers who wear religious clothing or need to take holy days off.
But many of the same groups are bemoaning the failure of the law to include public school teachers, reaffirming a nearly century-old Oregon statute prohibiting teachers from wearing “sectarian clothing” in the classroom. Muslims, Sikhs and others who wear religious attire as an obligation of faith are effectively banned from teaching in Oregon’s public schools.
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Saint Expedite is the patron of those who hope for rapid solutions to problems, who wish to avoid or put an end to delays, and who want general financial success. His aid is also sought by those who wish to overcome procrastination as a personal bad habit, as well as by shop-keepers and sailors. His feast day is April 19.
Candles burned for Saint Expedite are usually red. They may be dressed with Red Fast Luck Oil or Saint Expedite Oil. If you are working with a statue or holy card of the saint and a plain offertory candle, it is customary to place a glass of water next to the image of the saint, forming a triangle with the glass at the front left of the triangle, the candle at the middle rear, and the statue at the front right. If a glass-encased votive candle with the saint's image on it is used instead of a free-standing candle and a statue, the water glass is placed to the left of the candle and the two objects are simply side-by-side.
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( Prayers to St. Expedite )
You are truly wonderful.
I guess I should look at is as less to dust, too.
I used to sell them from 93-95. I have some from years before and after as well. Lots of collectible baskets. I really can't fathom the addiction now. It seems very strange to me now. Things in general are not very important to me now.
Many have switched to CFLs (compact fluorescent lamps) in these challenging economic times simply to save money. However no public education at all has been given about how to safely dispose of broken bulbs to avoid mercury contamination, and it seems unavoidable that there will be seepage from garbage tips into groundwater in years to come that will affect water supplies – a disaster waiting to happen.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/8918
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Dizziness Linked to Bone Health
By Crystal Phend, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
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My hubby works now as a conference planner as a resort manager. He used to own his own restaurant that he sold. I am sorry to say I have worked as an underwriter for 15 years for the insurance industry. I will slowly (due to my stupid internet connection, which is dial up, and is slow dial up due to the static on the line, rant later) do research on the area and see what comes up.
My folks just moved to Sierra Vista. They love the area. They are not in the house yet. They are having issues with the billions of folks trying to re-fi at the same time clogging the system. You can't get an appraiser out in the town, it seems. For now, they are renting a house in Bisbee, a little old hipee town. Actually, it is a pretty cool town. I would love it, but it does not seem to have a lot of work.
David and I did some pricing on carpet and supplies for things we need to do on the house. It probably after a year or two before we can start doing a move. We also have to find a place for my brother to move before we gut his side and put our house on the market.
My brother is disabled and he lives on the other side of my house. We converted my 4 bedroom house into a duplex but no cooking, etc. Really, it is just a seperate entrance and a barrier between the sides. We have to combine them back and then repair the damage. Frankly, his side looks worse than some crack dens.
His cat was sick with diabetes and had been peeing all over the place. He had failed to mention this and has pretty much destroyed it. Not only do we have to replace all the carpeting, but the subfloor as well. We have black mold as well.
On our side we have already pulled up the carpeting and painted the sub floor. We had water damage from the furnace when the drain was blocked from a wasp nest was built over the drain when I went out of town and flooded the house.
We have 1800 square feet of carpet to be replaced.
It is scary because we have so much work to do on our house to make it sellable. My brother destroyed his half of the house it has to be gutted. Now I am at a loss as to how it will be accomplished without his income.
I am also worried about my own job. I have been struggling due to my diminished capacity from the encephalitis. Things are scary right now.
I have to say I am pretty much heart broken this week. My mom has moved away and we have lost two family pets.
Sandy has moved on into the light though. I was with her when she passed, of course. The vet gave her kitty valium to relax her, and she started purring as soon as the pain went away. She was one of the sweetest cats I have ever had the pleasure to know. I am glad she was able to move on to the light.
I have been trying to get the Kitty to pass on into the light or to move on to my house to join my cats. My mom has not yet settled into her home - she is in temporary quarters so I cant move her into mom moms new home yet.
I find the situation very sad. I am having no luck getting her spirit to move from the empty house. I am going to try again this weekend once to invite her to my house or to move into the light. My hope is to get her spirit to attach to the cat tree she loved so much and move it to my house this weekend.
I really don't like her being all alone in the house. No ghost should be alone in a house. spirits need family.
The cause is from encephalitis - chronic now- so it has been going on for so long that even if we do finally get it to go away completly the effects of the continual swelling for the past year may be permenant.
The doctor wants me to stay home from all triggers until at least June to heal the swellling and not have any exposure to migraine triggers. He says it is really my only chance of healing completly with no side effects. It is the best chance of healing with the least amount of side effects. It may take longer - it is a take it as we go proposition.
My next appointment is April 13th. I have to take my hubby - first, because right now I cant drive - and also because he is going to teach us both how to do home injections of DHEA for my migraines for when they get really bad.
I have been studying with witch school for several years. I picked the school because it was the only school that was well structured with mentors and let you actually get your clergy status if you wanted. http://www.correllian.com/index.htm
I have to admit I have been doing it at such a slow pace because much of my free time has been taken up with paranormal studies. Also, I have been doing a lot of personal journaling and shamanic dream work. I have beendoing a lot of great growth on a spiritual level for the past several years.
This came to a halt last year when I got the flu. I also got encephalitis and since then I have had severe neuroglial effects and migraines to the point of not being able to drive, shop and barely to keep my job. It has made life a challenge because it has created interesting aura effects of light that make my physical observations of paranormal activity not usable - I can only use what I physically record. It has, however, seemed to make me a lot more sensitive and more of a conduit, though, so I can really pick up thoughts, so it is a mixed blessing. I can always go to the where the action is going to happen, which can be useful.
I came to the realization that I need to get my clergy status so I can do full blown clearings and blessings. I have reached the spiritual point in my life where the I need to merge them into a full time path. I need to help other people. Life is making it impossible for me to do the other things in life for a reason - it is a path that is wrong for me to be on. If I am to be healthy, I need to be on the other path.
MY guides frequently tell me that when I am stronger physically and I am farther along on my path with a clergy status along with legal liability protections afforded with the type of thing you can do with that I will be able to set up a practice that will allow me to do exorcisms.
My poor mother is devestated and guilt wracked.
I am the same, but here in VA where I can only try to console her on the phone and cant even give her a hug anymore.
Also, Arizona is the land of the sun. What does that mean to my migraines. But, it also means no allergies. Is that better? I have trouble with mirgraines with allergies. Maybe it is better to to move and have no allergy medication.
Of course the housing market means we cant do anything for a couple of years. Also I cant transfer jobs for a couple of years until my health improve enough for my job to be willing to transfer me, too.
Then again, maybe I need a fresh start.
So many paths.