How to tell if your olive oil is the real thing | Life and style | The Guardian:
Last month, the Olive Oil Times reported that two Spanish businessmen had been sentenced to two years in prison in Cordoba for selling hundreds of thousands of litres of supposedly extra virgin olive oil that was, in fact, a mixture of 70-80% sunflower oil and 20-30% olive.
In 2008, Italian police arrested over 60 people and closed more than 90 farms and processing plants across the south after uncovering substandard, non-Italian olive oil being passed off as Italian extra virgin, and chlorophyll and beta-carotene being added to sunflower and soybean oil with the same aim.
Most alarmingly, a study last year by researchers at the University of California, Davis and the Australian Oils Research Laboratory concluded that as much as 69% of imported European olive oil (and a far smaller proportion of native Californian) sold as extra virgin in the delicatessens and grocery stores on the US west coast wasn't what it claimed to be.
In Britain, of course, it wasn't so very long ago that the most likely place to find olive oil was the chemist. Today, thanks partly to the health claims made on its behalf and partly to the fact it tastes good, the oil Homer called "liquid gold" is in half of all UK homes and we get through 30m litres of olive oil every year – more than double than we did decade ago. We're now, in fact, the world's 10th biggest olive oil-consuming nation. So with a litre of supermarket extra virgin costing up to £4, and connoisseurs willing to pay 10 times that sum for a far smaller bottle of seasonal, first cold stone pressed, single estate, artisan-milled oil from Italy or Greece, can we be sure of getting what we're paying for?
Monday, July 28, 2014
Thursday, June 26, 2014
On the right path | Letters | Times Higher Education
On the right path | Letters | Times Higher Education
Given USF’s vision of becoming a global research university, our ambitious 2009 strategic enrolment goals, and our recognition that we had neither the luxury of time nor sufficiency of expertise and resources to achieve them, seeking a proven partner committed to a long-term “insourcing” model guided by student success made best sense to enable USF to deliver on its global talent recruitment strategy.
This strategy is built around attracting the best and brightest intellectual talent (students and scholars) from around the world; expanding the global diversity of our student body to enhance the quality and relevance of our education; extending the global reach and international brand recognition of a young research university; aligning with US multinational companies’ desire to educate and train their future global workforce in the US; encouraging more USF students to explore and connect with the world, and facilitating educational and research partnerships with a small number of top universities.
Due in large part to USF’s joint venture with INTO, our total international student population has grown 20 per cent annually over the past two years – almost three times the US average of 7 per cent as reported by the Institute of International Education. The university currently enrols 2,648 international students from 140 countries.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
New Energy Information, Technologies
New Energy Information, Technologies: New Energy Technology Resources
Our new energy technology resource list contains one-paragraph summaries of the best videos, websites, and a scholarly magazine which provide reliable new energy information. Ratings are given on both interest and reliability for each resource listed. Links are always provided for purchase or free viewing.
Our new energy technology resource list contains one-paragraph summaries of the best videos, websites, and a scholarly magazine which provide reliable new energy information. Ratings are given on both interest and reliability for each resource listed. Links are always provided for purchase or free viewing.
Clearwater Opens a Park for Horses
6/23/2014 9:50:45 AM
Contact: Anna Gurney
CLEARWATER, Fla. – The City of Clearwater has opened a 27-acre equestrian park just south of Lake Chautauqua Park equipped with facilities to allow horse-owners and their horses a place to enjoy a ride through a nature preserve.Lake Chautauqua Equestrian and Nature Preserve features parking spaces for horse trailers, a shaded pavilion with picnic benches, and even a self-watering trough. The land was acquired by the city in 2009 through a Florida Communities Trust grant in the city’s efforts to provide the community more natural park recreation opportunities. “Pinellas County is the most densely populated county in Florida. The City of Clearwater is committed to giving its citizens areas to enjoy natural ecosystems and biodiversity through land preservation. We have 110 parks in Clearwater, with 28 of them labeled nature preserves,” says Felicia Leonard of the City of Clearwater’s Parks & Recreation Department.
The project was funded through a $200,000 Recreational Trails Program grant by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Additional funding for the project came from Penny for Pinellas sale tax.
Lake Chautauqua Park is located at 2312 Landmark Drive, south of Enterprise Road in Clearwater. The park’s amenities include parking, trails and picnic areas. The park is open every day from dawn to dusk.
Monday, June 23, 2014
Higher Ed, Not Debt
About | Higher Ed, Not Debt: Higher Ed Not Debt is a a multi-year campaign of dozens of organizations dedicated to
tackling the crippling and ever-growing issue of student loan debt in America. With over $1.2 Trillion in outstanding educational debt, affecting more than 40 million Americans, we have partnered around a simple message and a clear objective: Higher Ed, Not Debt!
tackling the crippling and ever-growing issue of student loan debt in America. With over $1.2 Trillion in outstanding educational debt, affecting more than 40 million Americans, we have partnered around a simple message and a clear objective: Higher Ed, Not Debt!
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
endoRIOT: 200+ Free Documentaries That Will Expand Your Consciousness!
endoRIOT: 200+ Free Documentaries That Will Expand Your Consciousness!: 200+ Free Documentaries That Will Expand Your Consciousness!
200+ Free Documentaries That Will Expand Your Consciousness!
March
23, 2014 - UPDATED! Now over 200 movies! Do you feel like having a
'Movie Night' without Hollywood? Here is a list of 200 plus
consciousness expanding documentaries that will assist you in your
evolution, all of which can watched for free online in the
links below. Enjoy!
Leave a comment below if there are any other videos that you would like to recommend!
Also, if there are any broken links, please let us know as well!
Please share with your friends!
1. Home (2009)
2. Thrive (2011)
3. Paradise or Oblivion (2012)
4. Love, Reality and the Time of Transition (2011)
5. Earthlings (2005)
6. Everything You Know Is Wrong (2000)
7. Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008)
8. Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)
9. The Money Fix (2009)
10. The Wikileaks Documentary (2010)
11. Owned & Operated (2012)
12. Overdose: The Next Financial Crisis (2010)
13. Apologies of an Economic Hitman (2010)
14. The Beautiful Truth (2008)
15. The Awakening (2011)
16. What Would It Look Like? (2009)
200+ Free Documentaries That Will Expand Your Consciousness!
March
23, 2014 - UPDATED! Now over 200 movies! Do you feel like having a
'Movie Night' without Hollywood? Here is a list of 200 plus
consciousness expanding documentaries that will assist you in your
evolution, all of which can watched for free online in the
links below. Enjoy!
Leave a comment below if there are any other videos that you would like to recommend!
Also, if there are any broken links, please let us know as well!
Please share with your friends!
1. Home (2009)
2. Thrive (2011)
3. Paradise or Oblivion (2012)
4. Love, Reality and the Time of Transition (2011)
5. Earthlings (2005)
6. Everything You Know Is Wrong (2000)
7. Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008)
8. Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)
9. The Money Fix (2009)
10. The Wikileaks Documentary (2010)
11. Owned & Operated (2012)
12. Overdose: The Next Financial Crisis (2010)
13. Apologies of an Economic Hitman (2010)
14. The Beautiful Truth (2008)
15. The Awakening (2011)
16. What Would It Look Like? (2009)
devices to detect GMO and toxic foods
endoRIOT: Consumers will soon have devices in their hands to detect GMO and toxic foods: run on-the-spot tests for environmental toxins, GMOs, pesticides, food safety and more
Consumers will soon have devices in their hands to detect GMO and toxic foods
Marco Torres, Prevent Disease
In the not too distant future, consumers will be able to run on-the-spot
tests for environmental toxins, GMOs, pesticides, food safety and more
with their smartphones and other hand-held devices.
Every human being on every developed nation on Earth, whether living in a
rural or isolated area, in the middle of a large city, or near an
industrialized area, now contains at least 700 contaminants in their
body including pesticides, pthalates, benzenes, parabens, xylenes and
many other carcinogenic and endrocrine disrupting chemicals.
We are being bombarded on a daily basis by an astronomical level of
toxicity, all controlled by chemical terrorists on behalf of the food
industry. Morever, many of these toxins affect our fertility and those
of successive generations.
It’s time for people to know exactly what they are putting in their
bodies and technology is coming to the rescue. University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed a cradle and app that uses a
phone’s built-in camera and processing power as a biosensor to detect
toxins, proteins, bacteria, viruses and other molecules.
“We’re interested in biodetection that needs to be performed outside of
the laboratory,” said team leader Brian Cunningham, a professor of
electrical and computer engineering and of bioengineering at Illinois.
“Smartphones are making a big impact on our society — the way we get our
information, the way we communicate. And they have really powerful
computing capability and imaging. A lot of medical conditions might be
monitored very inexpensively and non-invasively using mobile platforms
like phones. They can detect molecular things, like pathogens, disease
biomarkers or DNA, things that are currently only done in big diagnostic
labs with lots of expense and large volumes of blood.”
“Modern biological research is also allowing an extension of laboratory
devices on to small computer chips to detect biological information
within DNA sequences,” said biotech specialist Dr. Marek Banaszewski.
“Bioinformatic algorithms within programs will aid the identification of
transgenes, promoters, and other functional elements of DNA, making
detection of genetically modified foods on-the-spot and real-time
without transportation to a laboratory.”
The wedge-shaped cradle created by Cunningham’s team contains a series
of optical components — lenses and filters — found in much larger and
more expensive laboratory devices. The cradle holds the phone’s camera
in alignment with the optical components.
At the heart of the biosensor is a photonic crystal. A photonic crystal
is like a mirror that only reflects one wavelength of light while the
rest of the spectrum passes through. When anything biological attaches
to the photonic crystal — such as protein, cells, pathogens or DNA — the
reflected color will shift from a shorter wavelength to a longer
wavelength.
The entire test takes only a few minutes; the app walks the user through
the process step by step. Although the cradle holds only about $200 of
optical components, it performs as accurately as a large $50,000
spectrophotometer in the laboratory. So now, the device is not only
portable, but also affordable for fieldwork in developing nations.
In a paper published in the journal Lab on a Chip, the team demonstrated
sensing of an immune system protein, but the slide could be primed for
any type of biological molecule or cell type. The researchers are
working to improve the manufacturing process for the iPhone cradle and
are working on a cradle for Android phones as well. They hope to begin
making the cradles available next year.
In addition, Cunningham’s team is working on biosensing tests that could
be performed in the field to detect toxins in harvested corn and
soybeans, and to detect pathogens in food and water.
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Modular Solid
State Technologies EMFT in Regensburg have also engineered an ingenius
solution to detecting toxins – a glove that recognizes if toxic
substances are present in the surrounding air.
The protective glove is equipped with custom-made sensor materials and
indicates the presence of toxic substances by changing colors. In this
regard, the scientists adapted the materials to the corresponding
analytes, and thus, the application. The color change — from colorless
(no toxic substance) to blue (toxic substance detected). The researchers
also envision other potential applications for the glove in the food
industry.
Other handheld devices currently in development are portable
chemiluminescence detectors, but based on enzyme-catalyzed reactions
emitting light. The detection devices for nucleic acids, biotin
associated with the target DNA provides the handle for the
chemiluminescent detection. The non-radioactive DNA detection chemistry
will be able to readily identify single-copy genes in transgenic plants
making them suitable for GMO detection.
Consumers will soon have devices in their hands to detect GMO and toxic foods
Marco Torres, Prevent Disease
In the not too distant future, consumers will be able to run on-the-spot
tests for environmental toxins, GMOs, pesticides, food safety and more
with their smartphones and other hand-held devices.
Every human being on every developed nation on Earth, whether living in a
rural or isolated area, in the middle of a large city, or near an
industrialized area, now contains at least 700 contaminants in their
body including pesticides, pthalates, benzenes, parabens, xylenes and
many other carcinogenic and endrocrine disrupting chemicals.
toxicity, all controlled by chemical terrorists on behalf of the food
industry. Morever, many of these toxins affect our fertility and those
of successive generations.
It’s time for people to know exactly what they are putting in their
bodies and technology is coming to the rescue. University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed a cradle and app that uses a
phone’s built-in camera and processing power as a biosensor to detect
toxins, proteins, bacteria, viruses and other molecules.
“We’re interested in biodetection that needs to be performed outside of
the laboratory,” said team leader Brian Cunningham, a professor of
electrical and computer engineering and of bioengineering at Illinois.
“Smartphones are making a big impact on our society — the way we get our
information, the way we communicate. And they have really powerful
computing capability and imaging. A lot of medical conditions might be
monitored very inexpensively and non-invasively using mobile platforms
like phones. They can detect molecular things, like pathogens, disease
biomarkers or DNA, things that are currently only done in big diagnostic
labs with lots of expense and large volumes of blood.”
“Modern biological research is also allowing an extension of laboratory
devices on to small computer chips to detect biological information
within DNA sequences,” said biotech specialist Dr. Marek Banaszewski.
“Bioinformatic algorithms within programs will aid the identification of
transgenes, promoters, and other functional elements of DNA, making
detection of genetically modified foods on-the-spot and real-time
without transportation to a laboratory.”
The wedge-shaped cradle created by Cunningham’s team contains a series
of optical components — lenses and filters — found in much larger and
more expensive laboratory devices. The cradle holds the phone’s camera
in alignment with the optical components.
At the heart of the biosensor is a photonic crystal. A photonic crystal
is like a mirror that only reflects one wavelength of light while the
rest of the spectrum passes through. When anything biological attaches
to the photonic crystal — such as protein, cells, pathogens or DNA — the
reflected color will shift from a shorter wavelength to a longer
wavelength.
The entire test takes only a few minutes; the app walks the user through
the process step by step. Although the cradle holds only about $200 of
optical components, it performs as accurately as a large $50,000
spectrophotometer in the laboratory. So now, the device is not only
portable, but also affordable for fieldwork in developing nations.
In a paper published in the journal Lab on a Chip, the team demonstrated
sensing of an immune system protein, but the slide could be primed for
any type of biological molecule or cell type. The researchers are
working to improve the manufacturing process for the iPhone cradle and
are working on a cradle for Android phones as well. They hope to begin
making the cradles available next year.
In addition, Cunningham’s team is working on biosensing tests that could
be performed in the field to detect toxins in harvested corn and
soybeans, and to detect pathogens in food and water.
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Modular Solid
State Technologies EMFT in Regensburg have also engineered an ingenius
solution to detecting toxins – a glove that recognizes if toxic
substances are present in the surrounding air.
The protective glove is equipped with custom-made sensor materials and
indicates the presence of toxic substances by changing colors. In this
regard, the scientists adapted the materials to the corresponding
analytes, and thus, the application. The color change — from colorless
(no toxic substance) to blue (toxic substance detected). The researchers
also envision other potential applications for the glove in the food
industry.
Other handheld devices currently in development are portable
chemiluminescence detectors, but based on enzyme-catalyzed reactions
emitting light. The detection devices for nucleic acids, biotin
associated with the target DNA provides the handle for the
chemiluminescent detection. The non-radioactive DNA detection chemistry
will be able to readily identify single-copy genes in transgenic plants
making them suitable for GMO detection.
Sunday, March 23, 2014
"Operation Cure.All" Wages New Battle in Ongoing War Against Internet Health Fraud | Federal Trade Commission
"Operation Cure.All" Wages New Battle in Ongoing War Against Internet Health Fraud | Federal Trade Commission: "Operation Cure.All" Wages New Battle in Ongoing War Against Internet Health Fraud
atural Cures "They" Don't Want You To Know About. It is my contention that all illness and disease that you may be experiencing is caused primarily by three things:
You have too many toxins in your body. Your body is highly toxic. It is loaded with poisons and toxins that have been put in your body and that your body manufactures itself. These toxins get into your body from what you eat, breath, what goes in through your skin, what you see, and what you hear. They include not only food, water, and what you drink, but primarily the non-prescription and prescription drugs that you have been taking your entire life.
You have nutritional deficiencies. Every person in America is deficient in nutrients. It is impossible for a person today to get the proper amount of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and nutrients from food they eat. Even if you were putting in the proper amounts of nutrients, your body is not capable of absorbing those nutrients because of all the toxins in your system. Nutritional deficiencies make your body unbalanced, suppress your immune system, and allow illness and disease to develop in the genetically weak areas of your body.
There are energetic frequencies that are negatively affecting you. This is much bigger than most people realize. Energetic frequencies bombard us everyday, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week and have a major adverse effect in our health. Energetic frequencies cause all your cells to resonate in ways that are un-natural, causing illness and disease. Negative thinking is a major, major cause of energetic imbalances in the body.
In my opinion and in my personal observations, I have seen virtually every type of illness and disease cured by doing the things I recommend in chapter 6 of my book! Whatever illness and disease you have, it can be eliminated by going back to the book and doing the things I recommend in chapter 6. The basic "cure" for all disease is simply three things:
1. Cleanse your body from the toxins. You must do this if you want to prevent disease. Most importantly, these toxins are probably causing many of your symptoms, including cancer, heart disease, arthritis, pain, asthma, allergies, etc. If you do a liver cleanse, a gall bladder cleanse, a Candida cleanse, a colon cleanse, and a full body fat cell cleanse, most of you in my opinion, will see your symptoms vanish and your disease or illness cured! I will be giving you detailed instructions on these cleanses on the website shortly.
2. You must start putting in the proper nutrients for your body to help it cure itself of the disease, illness and symptoms you have. This is vital. You can never permanently cure yourself of illness and disease and eliminate symptoms, if you don't have proper nutrients. You can never prevent disease from occurring if your body does not have proper nutrients. As I mentioned in my book, the best way to get proper nutrients is to eat as much raw organic fruits and vegetables as possible, and use a juice machine. Drinking two or more glasses of freshly made organic fruit and vegetable juice will start giving you the proper nutrients that you need and allow you to cure yourself of virtually all illnesses and disease. Every illness and disease requires certain nutrients for it to be cured. It is vital that you seek out a licensed health care practitioner who can recommend what nutrients you are most deficient in so that you can cure the disease you have. I also strongly endorse and recommend that you go to your health food store and start taking whole food supplements. I do not recommend as a general rule of thumb, individual synthetic vitamins and minerals, but rather supplements that are "concentrated food sources" that come in their natural state. Other good sources of super nutrition include Mangosteen, Noni, and Gogi juice. These are available at your health food store or on the internet and sold by various companies.
3. You need to correct the energetic imbalances that you have. Energetic imbalances can be quickly corrected. One of the first energetic rebalancing techniques developed was purportedly proven to cure cancer. It simply balanced out the energetic frequency imbalances in the body, and it is reported that cancer was cured. There are many health care practitioners and clinics that use various types of energetic frequency generating and rebalancing techniques.
If you do these things, I believe that virtually all of your symptoms will be reduced or eliminated in a very short period of time and your body will heal itself and cure itself of virtually all disease.
However it is vitally important for you to know that you must seek a licensed healthcare practitioner who specializes in alternative remedies. This way you can get personalized care and treatment.
http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=609238
atural Cures "They" Don't Want You To Know About. It is my contention that all illness and disease that you may be experiencing is caused primarily by three things:
You have too many toxins in your body. Your body is highly toxic. It is loaded with poisons and toxins that have been put in your body and that your body manufactures itself. These toxins get into your body from what you eat, breath, what goes in through your skin, what you see, and what you hear. They include not only food, water, and what you drink, but primarily the non-prescription and prescription drugs that you have been taking your entire life.
You have nutritional deficiencies. Every person in America is deficient in nutrients. It is impossible for a person today to get the proper amount of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and nutrients from food they eat. Even if you were putting in the proper amounts of nutrients, your body is not capable of absorbing those nutrients because of all the toxins in your system. Nutritional deficiencies make your body unbalanced, suppress your immune system, and allow illness and disease to develop in the genetically weak areas of your body.
There are energetic frequencies that are negatively affecting you. This is much bigger than most people realize. Energetic frequencies bombard us everyday, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week and have a major adverse effect in our health. Energetic frequencies cause all your cells to resonate in ways that are un-natural, causing illness and disease. Negative thinking is a major, major cause of energetic imbalances in the body.
In my opinion and in my personal observations, I have seen virtually every type of illness and disease cured by doing the things I recommend in chapter 6 of my book! Whatever illness and disease you have, it can be eliminated by going back to the book and doing the things I recommend in chapter 6. The basic "cure" for all disease is simply three things:
1. Cleanse your body from the toxins. You must do this if you want to prevent disease. Most importantly, these toxins are probably causing many of your symptoms, including cancer, heart disease, arthritis, pain, asthma, allergies, etc. If you do a liver cleanse, a gall bladder cleanse, a Candida cleanse, a colon cleanse, and a full body fat cell cleanse, most of you in my opinion, will see your symptoms vanish and your disease or illness cured! I will be giving you detailed instructions on these cleanses on the website shortly.
2. You must start putting in the proper nutrients for your body to help it cure itself of the disease, illness and symptoms you have. This is vital. You can never permanently cure yourself of illness and disease and eliminate symptoms, if you don't have proper nutrients. You can never prevent disease from occurring if your body does not have proper nutrients. As I mentioned in my book, the best way to get proper nutrients is to eat as much raw organic fruits and vegetables as possible, and use a juice machine. Drinking two or more glasses of freshly made organic fruit and vegetable juice will start giving you the proper nutrients that you need and allow you to cure yourself of virtually all illnesses and disease. Every illness and disease requires certain nutrients for it to be cured. It is vital that you seek out a licensed health care practitioner who can recommend what nutrients you are most deficient in so that you can cure the disease you have. I also strongly endorse and recommend that you go to your health food store and start taking whole food supplements. I do not recommend as a general rule of thumb, individual synthetic vitamins and minerals, but rather supplements that are "concentrated food sources" that come in their natural state. Other good sources of super nutrition include Mangosteen, Noni, and Gogi juice. These are available at your health food store or on the internet and sold by various companies.
3. You need to correct the energetic imbalances that you have. Energetic imbalances can be quickly corrected. One of the first energetic rebalancing techniques developed was purportedly proven to cure cancer. It simply balanced out the energetic frequency imbalances in the body, and it is reported that cancer was cured. There are many health care practitioners and clinics that use various types of energetic frequency generating and rebalancing techniques.
If you do these things, I believe that virtually all of your symptoms will be reduced or eliminated in a very short period of time and your body will heal itself and cure itself of virtually all disease.
However it is vitally important for you to know that you must seek a licensed healthcare practitioner who specializes in alternative remedies. This way you can get personalized care and treatment.
http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=609238
Friday, March 21, 2014
Zinn Education Project
» About Zinn Education Project: Zinn Education Project
In late 2007, former Boston University journalism student William Holtzman watched You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train,
the film about the life of historian, professor, and activist Howard
Zinn. It brought back memories of attending Professor Zinn’s remarkable
lectures at Boston University in the 1970s. He always marveled at how
Zinn’s “people’s history” was so much more alive and accurate than the
traditional history he received in high school.
After a successful career in technology, Holtzman wanted to bring
Zinn’s work to a new generation of students. So he called Howard Zinn.
“I contacted Howard and said I that I wanted to honor him and extend the
reach of his work,” said Holtzman. “Howard didn’t care about the
former, but was very open to the latter.”
Zinn
introduced him to two non-profit organizations, Rethinking Schools and
Teaching for Change. Each group has over 20 years of experience in
providing social justice resources and professional development for
pre-K-through-12 classroom teachers and teacher educators.
With the support of Holtzman and others, Rethinking Schools and
Teaching for Change partnered to launch the Zinn Education Project.
Some 30 years after his exposure to Howard Zinn’s “people’s history,”
the former Boston University student who initiated this project
demonstrates that classroom experience can have a lifelong impact.
In late 2007, former Boston University journalism student William Holtzman watched You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train,
the film about the life of historian, professor, and activist Howard
Zinn. It brought back memories of attending Professor Zinn’s remarkable
lectures at Boston University in the 1970s. He always marveled at how
Zinn’s “people’s history” was so much more alive and accurate than the
traditional history he received in high school.
After a successful career in technology, Holtzman wanted to bring
Zinn’s work to a new generation of students. So he called Howard Zinn.
“I contacted Howard and said I that I wanted to honor him and extend the
reach of his work,” said Holtzman. “Howard didn’t care about the
former, but was very open to the latter.”
Zinn
introduced him to two non-profit organizations, Rethinking Schools and
Teaching for Change. Each group has over 20 years of experience in
providing social justice resources and professional development for
pre-K-through-12 classroom teachers and teacher educators.
With the support of Holtzman and others, Rethinking Schools and
Teaching for Change partnered to launch the Zinn Education Project.
Some 30 years after his exposure to Howard Zinn’s “people’s history,”
the former Boston University student who initiated this project
demonstrates that classroom experience can have a lifelong impact.
Monday, March 03, 2014
McDonald’s Revealed 17 Ingredients in Their French Fries
Health Freedom Alliance » McDonald’s Transparency Campaign Revealed 17 Ingredients in Their French Fries: McDonald’s Transparency Campaign Revealed 17 Ingredients in Their French Fries
The include:
Potatoes, canola oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, safflower oil, natural
flavour (vegetable source), dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate
(maintain colour), citric acid (preservative), dimethylpolysiloxane
(antifoaming agent) and cooked in vegetable oil (Canola oil, corn oil,
soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with THBQ, citric acid and
dimethylpolysiloxane) and salt (silicoaluminate, dextrose, potassium
iodide).
At a glance, many of the ingredients above are hazardous to human
health, including those which are genetically modified (canola oil, corn
oil, soybean oil), hydrogenated (soybean oil), chemically preserved and
antifoaming (THBQ, citric acid, dimethylpolysiloxane), and artificially
colored (sodium acid pyrophosphate).
How many people do you think have an awareness that McDonald’s french
fries contain this many ingredients? Thanks for the transparency
McDonald’s…hopefully it will help wake more people up to the difference
between your artificial food and real food.
Source(s):
truthseekerdaily.com
trueactivist.com
preventdisease.com/
The include:
Potatoes, canola oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, safflower oil, natural
flavour (vegetable source), dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate
(maintain colour), citric acid (preservative), dimethylpolysiloxane
(antifoaming agent) and cooked in vegetable oil (Canola oil, corn oil,
soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with THBQ, citric acid and
dimethylpolysiloxane) and salt (silicoaluminate, dextrose, potassium
iodide).
At a glance, many of the ingredients above are hazardous to human
health, including those which are genetically modified (canola oil, corn
oil, soybean oil), hydrogenated (soybean oil), chemically preserved and
antifoaming (THBQ, citric acid, dimethylpolysiloxane), and artificially
colored (sodium acid pyrophosphate).
How many people do you think have an awareness that McDonald’s french
fries contain this many ingredients? Thanks for the transparency
McDonald’s…hopefully it will help wake more people up to the difference
between your artificial food and real food.
Source(s):
truthseekerdaily.com
trueactivist.com
preventdisease.com/
Monday, February 17, 2014
Toxic Chemicals Linked to 'Global, Silent Pandemic' Striking Children Worldwide
Toxic Chemicals Linked to 'Global, Silent Pandemic' Striking Children Worldwide | Common Dreams:
"The presumption that new chemicals and technologies are safe until
proven otherwise is a fundamental problem," the authors write, adding,
"Voluntary controls seem to be of little value."
To confront this "global, silent pandemic," the authors urge an
international strategy that takes a precautionary approach to fully
evaluate new chemicals before they hit the markets. Testing on
industrial chemicals and pesticides already on the market should also
take place, they say.
"The problem is international in scope, and the solution must
therefore also be international," Grandjean stated. "We have the methods
in place to test industrial chemicals for harmful effects on children's
brain development—now is the time to make that testing mandatory."
"The presumption that new chemicals and technologies are safe until
proven otherwise is a fundamental problem," the authors write, adding,
"Voluntary controls seem to be of little value."
To confront this "global, silent pandemic," the authors urge an
international strategy that takes a precautionary approach to fully
evaluate new chemicals before they hit the markets. Testing on
industrial chemicals and pesticides already on the market should also
take place, they say.
"The problem is international in scope, and the solution must
therefore also be international," Grandjean stated. "We have the methods
in place to test industrial chemicals for harmful effects on children's
brain development—now is the time to make that testing mandatory."
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
know your Numbers - Resources, Links and Articles
Visible By Numbers - Resources, Links and Articles:
2+0+1+4 = 7 which means 2014 is a 7 Universal Year and the energy of the 7 will strongly influence our collective experience throughout the year.
Keywords for the Number 7: Spiritual, Seeking the Truth, Scientific, Knowledge, Intellect, Analytical, Skeptical, Introspective, Secretive, Wisdom, Bridge Between Heaven and Earth, Mystical, Intuitive, Loner.
Just to remind you, the 7 is the Universal Year energy and influences the world trend for the year. It will show up in major news headlines. You also have your own Personal Year energy so be sure to visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21NV4Ql56kU for a new video on the Personal Year Number.
Read the FULL ARTICLE here.
2+0+1+4 = 7 which means 2014 is a 7 Universal Year and the energy of the 7 will strongly influence our collective experience throughout the year.
Keywords for the Number 7: Spiritual, Seeking the Truth, Scientific, Knowledge, Intellect, Analytical, Skeptical, Introspective, Secretive, Wisdom, Bridge Between Heaven and Earth, Mystical, Intuitive, Loner.
Just to remind you, the 7 is the Universal Year energy and influences the world trend for the year. It will show up in major news headlines. You also have your own Personal Year energy so be sure to visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21NV4Ql56kU for a new video on the Personal Year Number.
Read the FULL ARTICLE here.
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Reproductive Health And The Industrialized Food System: A Point Of Intervention For Health Policy
Reproductive Health And The Industrialized Food System: A Point Of Intervention For Health Policy:
Widespread exposure to processed, prepared, and sweetened foods and beverages contribute to the US obesity epidemic and the concomitant increased risk for many diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, some forms of arthritis, and several cancers. 63
The prevalence of diets that are relatively high in fructose and low in fiber may also adversely influence children’s metabolism and the related capacity to regulate their weight.64
63 White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity. Solving the problem of childhood obesity within a generation: report to the President. Washington (DC): The Task Force; 2010.
64 Lustig RH. The ‘skinny’ on childhood obesity: how our western environment starves kids’ brains. Pediatric Annals. 2006;35(12):898–902, 905–7.
Widespread exposure to processed, prepared, and sweetened foods and beverages contribute to the US obesity epidemic and the concomitant increased risk for many diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, some forms of arthritis, and several cancers. 63
The prevalence of diets that are relatively high in fructose and low in fiber may also adversely influence children’s metabolism and the related capacity to regulate their weight.64
63 White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity. Solving the problem of childhood obesity within a generation: report to the President. Washington (DC): The Task Force; 2010.
64 Lustig RH. The ‘skinny’ on childhood obesity: how our western environment starves kids’ brains. Pediatric Annals. 2006;35(12):898–902, 905–7.
Friday, December 20, 2013
Top 5 Alkaline Foods for Better Health : Natural Society
Top 5 Alkaline Foods for Better Health : Natural Society: Here are 5 alkaline foods to get you started.
1. Lemons are possibly the most alkaline foods around, plus, they offer many health benefits. Starting your day with a glass of lemon water is a good way to work towards balancing your pH levels first thing. While lemons are initially acidic, the end result is alkaline.
2. Watermelons are another great alkaline-forming food, and are a great diuretic to boot. Check out some other health benefits of watermelons here.
3. Cayenne peppers have numerous benefits even beyond being alkaline-forming. From their antioxidant concentration to their potential added benefits in weight loss ventures, these peppers should be a part of every diet.
4. Leafy Greens, like many other alkalizing foods, have a wealth of health benefits. Things like spinach, kale, chard, and collards are rich in folate and vitamin K. They are also great helpers for the digestive system.
5. Apples have a pH level of about 8.0. They are also rich in fiber, which makes them great for digestion.
Not all vegetables and fruit are alkaline-producing. Some are actually acidifying. Things like corn, lentils, olives, winter squash, blueberries, and cranberries are considered acid-forming. However, these foods also have amazing benefits. Generally, if you eliminate the acid-forming processed foods, you can still enjoy these acid-forming fruit and vegetables on a regular basis.
1. Lemons are possibly the most alkaline foods around, plus, they offer many health benefits. Starting your day with a glass of lemon water is a good way to work towards balancing your pH levels first thing. While lemons are initially acidic, the end result is alkaline.
2. Watermelons are another great alkaline-forming food, and are a great diuretic to boot. Check out some other health benefits of watermelons here.
3. Cayenne peppers have numerous benefits even beyond being alkaline-forming. From their antioxidant concentration to their potential added benefits in weight loss ventures, these peppers should be a part of every diet.
4. Leafy Greens, like many other alkalizing foods, have a wealth of health benefits. Things like spinach, kale, chard, and collards are rich in folate and vitamin K. They are also great helpers for the digestive system.
5. Apples have a pH level of about 8.0. They are also rich in fiber, which makes them great for digestion.
Not all vegetables and fruit are alkaline-producing. Some are actually acidifying. Things like corn, lentils, olives, winter squash, blueberries, and cranberries are considered acid-forming. However, these foods also have amazing benefits. Generally, if you eliminate the acid-forming processed foods, you can still enjoy these acid-forming fruit and vegetables on a regular basis.
Friday, December 13, 2013
The Ability To Execute Is Your Most Valuable Asset | OPEN Forum
The Ability To Execute Is Your Most Valuable Asset | OPEN Forum:
Ideas are cheap, but action is rare. Here's why execution matters for your business.
October 31, 2011 Ideas are cheap, but action is rare. Execution, from start to finish, is the most valuable element of business, any business. Here's why it matters and how to make more of it happen in your business.
The herd man vs. the individual man
William Crosbie Hunter once wrote, “There are two kinds of men, the kind that lives in the herd and the kind that has strong individuality that needs room to grow. The herd man exists in infinitely greater numbers than the individual man.”
Moo.
All those who don't like being crammed in a cattle chute, stand up and be counted. Ahem. There are lots of you. Lots of hands. Lots of people standing.
Let's narrow this down.
All those who like taking full responsibility for their choices, making the best use of their time, working way too hard and way too long, setting impossibly high expectations for themselves and then meeting them, trying a lot of things that fail in order to find the ones that succeed…you folks stand up and be counted.
Hm. Small crowd this time. Just a few of you. It was that "working hard and long" that got most of those hands down, I'll bet.
At any rate, you folks, the ones still standing: yes, you. You're the anti-herd. It's true, there aren't many of you. That's why you often feel like the world doesn't understand you, or, at any rate, your parents/friends/significant others don't understand you.
Oh, there are plenty of people around who will nod and reiterate their own grand passions, but at the end of the day, they're chilling with a beer and the latest reality show, and you're cranking out the hours of more work, more work and more work. They're talking about creating something, but you, anti-herd guy or gal? You're actually creating something.
And that's the secret.
The most valuable item in a business, any business, is the ability to execute. Anybody can have an idea or plan out a project. What separates the individuals and businesses who succeed from the herd is action.
It's not just any action that makes the difference, though.
Getting it done
Whatever it is, doing something from start to finish, and doing it in a timely, professional matter is key. Not just to know what to do, but to discipline yourself and actually get it done. What do you wish most for in your employees? How about that they would simply do their jobs?
How about you? Do you make it a habit to take each task from start to finish, then move to the next? Or are you prone to distraction, bouts of procrastination and a constant feeling of being a few steps behind? Do you feel like you start each day racing to catch up?
This is not the way a business has to be run, and it's not the way you have to work or live. There are no magic pills or formulas, but there are some tools, or habits, that you could adopt to help you be more productive.
Tool 1: The habit of starting
Beginning something is half the battle, because it's at the point of starting that we encounter the most resistance. We put off starting a task because we think we don't have enough time or we don't have all the resources or we need some important feedback.
Get into the habit of starting before you feel ready, before you have enough time, before you have all your ducks in a row. Start anyway. The thing about being ready is that, even if you feel ready, things rarely work exactly according to plan. You're going to have to improvise along the way, so go ahead and just start now.
Instead of trusting your preparation, trust your ability to analyze, adapt and act along the way.
Tool 2: The habit of focus
Most of us spend too much time trying to minimize interruptions in order to get some work done. It's great to minimize the interruptions you can control, but most of them are out of your control.
Accept that interruptions and distractions are part of life. Quit denying their existence or fighting a battle that is futile. Instead, cultivate the habit of focus. If you can learn to concentrate, you can learn to get stuff done despite the interruptions that will happen.
Tool 3: The habit of daily progress
Big projects scare us because we really don't see how we can make significant progress on them. But small steps add up. If you figure out the actions you need to take to reach your goal, and then make a small version of those actions a daily habit, you'll get there.
Daily, habitual action will get the biggest project done.
Create a daily checklist of the actions you need to complete for your current project. Focus on only one or two big projects at a time. Keep that daily checklist front and center, check it off daily, and keep track of the progress you're making toward your goal.
Tool 4: The habit of finishing
You start. You focus. You act daily. And you get there, sooner than you might think. The final tool is the ability to call the thing done.
Perfection has its place, but it needs to be something that serves you in the quest for quality, not something that controls you. Choose which parts of your project need to be perfect. Give them more time. But don't place the standard of perfection on the project as a whole.
Instead, let done be done. Wrap it up, ship it out and then focus on the next project. Take one task, one idea, or one project all the way to completion.
Annie Mueller writes about all aspects of productivity in life and at work. Her work can be seen at numerous online publications. She blogs at AnnieMueller.com. Find her on twitter: @anniemueller.
The herd man vs. the individual man
William Crosbie Hunter once wrote, “There are two kinds of men, the kind that lives in the herd and the kind that has strong individuality that needs room to grow. The herd man exists in infinitely greater numbers than the individual man.”
Moo.
All those who don't like being crammed in a cattle chute, stand up and be counted. Ahem. There are lots of you. Lots of hands. Lots of people standing.
Let's narrow this down.
All those who like taking full responsibility for their choices, making the best use of their time, working way too hard and way too long, setting impossibly high expectations for themselves and then meeting them, trying a lot of things that fail in order to find the ones that succeed…you folks stand up and be counted.
Hm. Small crowd this time. Just a few of you. It was that "working hard and long" that got most of those hands down, I'll bet.
At any rate, you folks, the ones still standing: yes, you. You're the anti-herd. It's true, there aren't many of you. That's why you often feel like the world doesn't understand you, or, at any rate, your parents/friends/significant others don't understand you.
Oh, there are plenty of people around who will nod and reiterate their own grand passions, but at the end of the day, they're chilling with a beer and the latest reality show, and you're cranking out the hours of more work, more work and more work. They're talking about creating something, but you, anti-herd guy or gal? You're actually creating something.
And that's the secret.
The most valuable item in a business, any business, is the ability to execute. Anybody can have an idea or plan out a project. What separates the individuals and businesses who succeed from the herd is action.
It's not just any action that makes the difference, though.
Getting it done
Whatever it is, doing something from start to finish, and doing it in a timely, professional matter is key. Not just to know what to do, but to discipline yourself and actually get it done. What do you wish most for in your employees? How about that they would simply do their jobs?
How about you? Do you make it a habit to take each task from start to finish, then move to the next? Or are you prone to distraction, bouts of procrastination and a constant feeling of being a few steps behind? Do you feel like you start each day racing to catch up?
This is not the way a business has to be run, and it's not the way you have to work or live. There are no magic pills or formulas, but there are some tools, or habits, that you could adopt to help you be more productive.
Tool 1: The habit of starting
Beginning something is half the battle, because it's at the point of starting that we encounter the most resistance. We put off starting a task because we think we don't have enough time or we don't have all the resources or we need some important feedback.
Get into the habit of starting before you feel ready, before you have enough time, before you have all your ducks in a row. Start anyway. The thing about being ready is that, even if you feel ready, things rarely work exactly according to plan. You're going to have to improvise along the way, so go ahead and just start now.
Instead of trusting your preparation, trust your ability to analyze, adapt and act along the way.
Tool 2: The habit of focus
Most of us spend too much time trying to minimize interruptions in order to get some work done. It's great to minimize the interruptions you can control, but most of them are out of your control.
Accept that interruptions and distractions are part of life. Quit denying their existence or fighting a battle that is futile. Instead, cultivate the habit of focus. If you can learn to concentrate, you can learn to get stuff done despite the interruptions that will happen.
Tool 3: The habit of daily progress
Big projects scare us because we really don't see how we can make significant progress on them. But small steps add up. If you figure out the actions you need to take to reach your goal, and then make a small version of those actions a daily habit, you'll get there.
Daily, habitual action will get the biggest project done.
Create a daily checklist of the actions you need to complete for your current project. Focus on only one or two big projects at a time. Keep that daily checklist front and center, check it off daily, and keep track of the progress you're making toward your goal.
Tool 4: The habit of finishing
You start. You focus. You act daily. And you get there, sooner than you might think. The final tool is the ability to call the thing done.
Perfection has its place, but it needs to be something that serves you in the quest for quality, not something that controls you. Choose which parts of your project need to be perfect. Give them more time. But don't place the standard of perfection on the project as a whole.
Instead, let done be done. Wrap it up, ship it out and then focus on the next project. Take one task, one idea, or one project all the way to completion.
Annie Mueller writes about all aspects of productivity in life and at work. Her work can be seen at numerous online publications. She blogs at AnnieMueller.com. Find her on twitter: @anniemueller.
Friday, November 01, 2013
Future of Learning Group
Future of Learning Group
- The approach of the twenty-first century has brought a chorus of pronouncements that "the information society" both requires and makes possible new forms of education. We totally agree with this. But we do not agree that tardiness in translating these declarations into reality can be ascribed, as it often is, to such factors as the lack of money, technology, standards or teacher training. Obviously there is need for improvement in all of those areas. But the primary lack is something very different -; a shortage of bold, coherent, inspiring yet realistic visions of what Education could be like ten and twenty years from now.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Fw: 35 STATES SO FAR....IT'S GROWING FYI
35 STATES SO FAR....IT'S GROWING FYI
Governors of 35 states have filed suit against the Federal Government for imposing unlawful burdens upon them. It only takes 38 (of the 50) States to convene a Constitutional Convention.
This will take less than thirty seconds to read. If you agree, please pass it on. This is an idea that we should address.
For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress. The latest is to exempt themselves from the Healthcare Reform that passed ... in all of its forms. Somehow, that doesn't seem logical. We do not have an elite that is above the law. I truly don't care if they are Democrat, Republican, Independent or whatever. The self-serving must stop.
If each person that receives this will forward it on to 15 people, in three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one proposal that really should be passed around.
Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution: "Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States ..."
You are one of my 15... Please keep this going!
Governors of 35 states have filed suit against the Federal Government for imposing unlawful burdens upon them. It only takes 38 (of the 50) States to convene a Constitutional Convention.
This will take less than thirty seconds to read. If you agree, please pass it on. This is an idea that we should address.
For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress. The latest is to exempt themselves from the Healthcare Reform that passed ... in all of its forms. Somehow, that doesn't seem logical. We do not have an elite that is above the law. I truly don't care if they are Democrat, Republican, Independent or whatever. The self-serving must stop.
If each person that receives this will forward it on to 15 people, in three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one proposal that really should be passed around.
Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution: "Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States ..."
You are one of my 15... Please keep this going!
Saturday, October 05, 2013
Fracking Rules drilling industry representatives exclusive access
Inside Track | Environmental Working Group
Cuomo Team Gives Drillers Jump Start to Influence Fracking Rules
THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2012
New York regulators gave natural gas drilling industry representatives exclusive access to draft regulations for shale gas drilling as early as six weeks before they were made public, according to records obtained by the Environmental Working Group through New York's Freedom of Information Law.
In at least one instance, a representative of one of the nation’s most powerful drilling companies used this exclusive access to try to weaken rules restricting discharges of radioactive wastewater.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, known as the DEC, published a 1,500-page environmental impact statement on horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing on Sept. 7 and corresponding draft regulations on Sept. 28. If adopted, the DEC’s regulatory scheme could allow 50,000 gas wells in New York’s portion of the Marcellus Shale, a vast underground formation that stretches along the Appalachian chain as far south as Kentucky. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D, told an Albany radio station WGDJ Friday he will decide “shortly” whether to proceed with this plan.
Friday, October 04, 2013
The Scarecrow
Thank You Jesus Christ for Creating The Way of Your Word!
WhatI I Love You Dearest Loving Lord Jesus Christ.
Tuesday, October 01, 2013
NOAA Status Alert
NOAA Status Alert
This is TOTAL BS. All the websites are automatic and up. So no money wont end the site, licence and service we already paid for. No money means no updates. All the existing site and data is all available - - This is real a TOTAL Propaganda Scam to inspire Fear!!!
This is TOTAL BS. All the websites are automatic and up. So no money wont end the site, licence and service we already paid for. No money means no updates. All the existing site and data is all available - - This is real a TOTAL Propaganda Scam to inspire Fear!!!
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