Termites are one of the first creatures that ever lived. Their existence can be traced way back to approximately 240 million years ago. They feed on wood and are able to recycle broken down or dead wood. These creatures are known to contribute to the world's CO2, producing as much as 4% of this important greenhouse gas. The CO2 in termites is produced by microorganisms called protists, found in the termite's intestines. There is a further need to understand how this specific ecosystem works, since it is important in the global carbon cycle. Queen Mary, University of London, has risen to the challenge.
The School of Biological and Chemical Science, located in Queen Mary, is also considered as one of the largest multi-faculty colleges of the University of London. Inside Queen Mary, the Evolutionary and Organismal Biology Group is recognized worldwide for utilizing post-genomic approaches. These approaches are done to understand as well as investigate the evolution and functions of genes and proteins at an organismal level. This investigation is obtained using a range of model organisms, among which are plants, fish, mammals and invertebrates. Bioinformatics, analysis of cell and tissue structure, analysis of gene and protein expression, gene-knockout impact on phenotypes, in vitro physiology as well as pharmacology and analysis of whole organism behavioural methods are utilized.
Dr. Mark van der Giezen, a lecturer in Microbiology focuses on understanding the function of cells from microorganisms that are susceptible to environments where little or no oxygen is present. In order to study the hundreds of protists living in the termite hindgut, the organisms must be isolated in an environment similar to their own since they will not be able to survive in high oxygen environments. The guts need to be extracted and once extracted the conditions within the guts will quickly change so there is a need to work faster to preserve the internal structure to be studied. The protist species are then separated and a micromanipulator is used to pick individual cells so that they are separated from the other species.
The process is repeated until about 50 organisms are collected. It is the DNA obtained from these organisms that is used to distinguish their specie in order to understand their biochemistry at a molecular level. After isolation, the protists are observed as well as analyzed for their morphology, behaviour and also, to check if there was contamination during the isolation process. The findings from the protists will provide crucial information on how the termites' intestines are able to produce high levels of methane (CH4) and CO2 without oxygen. In order to be able to conduct this type of observation, the technology used must be precise and comfortable to use since hours of work are entailed for this specific task.
Along with the wide range of mantis microscope from Vision Biomed, the DX61 Inverted Microscope was chosen by Dr. Mark van der Giezen for this project, for reasons he stated below:
"When the system was demonstrated to us, we requested custom modifications to the stage to incorporate a recess for a Petri dish for example. The final decision was based on the good interactions we had with Vision Biomed, the additional benefit of the modular design and the Isis eyepiece. As the DX61 was modular, it would allow us to add observation modes and image capture options at a later date". 'The purchase of this microscope has been made possible by generous grants from the Royal Society (2004/R2) and the Systematic Research Fund."
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10/26/12
10 Powerful Health Reasons to Know About Limu Moui, a Special Brown Seaweed
"Knowledge of the oceans is more important than just a matter of curiosity. Our very survival may hinge upon it." President John Kennedy, 1961
What is the preventative health value of sea plants or vegetables, as exemplified by Limu Moui? What do you know about this wonder plant considered to be the 3000 year old health secret of the South Pacific? To best value and respect Limu, it's important to relate it to a wider "concept-map" in the context of 10 reasons, each reason comprising major fields of studies but which are only mentioned here.
ONE: THE RICHEST COMPLEX BIOME ON EARTH...THE OCEAN.
Physically and chemically, it covers ¾ of the Earth's surface and houses 15,000 plants and 210,000 known marine life forms. The nutrient profile, developed through eons, which nurtures these living forms are estimated between 60 and 100 different elements. Scientists have yet to manufacture in a lab a bottle of sea water and if they could, it would probably cost thousands of dollars. Most interesting, the elements that circulate in the ocean are similar to what is found in human plasma. Our body is 70% salt water with blood containing all the minerals and trace elements found in the ocean.
TWO: MARINE MACROALGAE
...or seaweed. These range from forests of 212 foot kelp to microscopic plankton. Three kinds of seaweed are brown, red and green, at least 50 varieties of which are used as food. Seaweed lack true stems, leaves or roots but have strong anchoring supports from which to absorb ocean nutrients through their plant tissue. It is the food chain for all marine animal life such as fish which is still the major source of protein for millions of people. Seaweed agricultural industry is growing to supply alginates especially for food, pharmaceutical and industrial uses.
THREE: BROWN ALGAE CALLED ANGEL HAIR SEAWEED or LIMU MOUI.
It grows along shorelines and in vast fields as masses of filaments that grow 1 to 2 feet a day to lengths of 20 feet. Limu is considered one of the most nutrient dense foods, easier to process and more bioavailable than larger broad leaved forms of brown algae with a lot of fiber. One of the best wild sources of Limu Moui comes from the archipelago of Tonga, arguably the most pristine uncontaminated area consisting of 170 islands, few which are inhabited. The Tongan people routinely consume Limu and have long been known for their superior longevity, disease resistance and overall body strength.
FOUR: SPECTACULAR NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF SEA PLANTS (ex. Limu)
They've been prized for dietary and medicinal food properties for millennia; and science can now validate them as rich sources of proteins, enzymes, amino and fatty acids, vitamins and anti-oxidants, glyconutrients, polyphenols, and alginates. For example, briefly consider the mineral riches of ocean plants that can re-mineralize our bodies. The major minerals are found: calcium, magnesium, phosphorous, potassium and sulfur. A wealth of trace minerals are also absorbed: boron, chlorides, chromium, cobalt, copper, fluorine, gallium, germanium, gold, iodine, iron, lanthanum, lithium, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, silica, silver, sodium, zinc, tin, vanadium plus at least 40 more. Moreover, these minerals are in natural colloidal and organic or chelated forms(combined with amino acids) and easily absorbed through cell walls unlike metallic minerals that can accumulate in body tissues. Most enzymatic functions depend on minute amounts of bioavailable trace minerals; one key to maintain health is keeping the mineral levels in balance in every tissue, fluid, cell and organ. Without minerals for transport, vitamins are ineffective. As soils become minerally depleted, the seas are looked upon as more minerally enriched.
FIVE: THE OCEAN'S GIFT...AN ESSENTIAL BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUND CALLED FUCOIDAN.
This unique molecule is found only in the cell walls of certain brown sea plants (even some echinoderms). However, Tongan Limu has one of the highest Fucoidan concentrations. In nutritional chemical terms, Fucoidan is described as a sulfated polysaccharide molecule made up several different polymers and "decorated" with sulphate groups. Research shows that the higher the count of sulphate groups in a plant, the higher its unique therapeutic value. In layman's terms, it is the Fucoidan that gives Limu its slippery texture...a moisture protection barrier that allows the algae to survive in harsh environments. What if Limu and Fucoidan may just be the extra nutritional fuel we need to better cope with an increasingly toxic environment?
SIX: ONE OF THE MOST ANALYZED and VALIDATED SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES OF OUR TIME... FUCOIDAN
Most bionutritional research is relatively new and exciting (seconds old on a 24 hour medical timeline). The synergy of hundreds of phytonutrients or natural biochemicals found in individual plants reveal a wide array of beneficial biological benefits for cellular health. For example, in the last 8 years, nearly 400 more studies have been added to the previous 300 on Fucoidan as the medical community has wondered how it appears to address some major health concerns, including many that seem to confound modern medicine.
SEVEN: EMPOWER YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
"Whether or not a person contracts any disease or illness has less to do with their exposure to that disease and much more with how effectively their immune system is functioning at the time they are exposed...(World Health organization.) Our own first-line defense is our innate immune system programmed to protect against chronic health problems and premature aging. More ongoing research is aimed at multi-targeted therapies to better understand how the body can naturally recuperate, protect or heal itself when given total nutrients and healthy immune system (versus monotherapies or using one substance to treat a single symptom.) The health benefits of Fucoidan, particularly, in supporting the immune system such as stimulating natural killer cells and B-Cells are well discussed in independent, third party, peer reviewed studies.
EIGHT: SCIENCE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
No medicinal claims are allowed with natural plants so it's important that you challenge yourself to be your own serious health detective. One can't assume to have all the answers to better health while walking away from this unprecedented research. Three best references are:
---Limu Moui by Rita Elkins (call 800 777 2665 Woodland Publishing)
---Breakthroughs in Health (Wellness Success Media Oct.2006)
---The National Library of Medicine (government's database) http://www.pubmed.org
Enter fucoidan in the search box. Then enter specific conditions and note the number of studies. Example: Fucoidan anti-inflammatory (22 studies) viral (10) blood (274) liver (31) digestive system (40) bacteria (79) cancer (53) stem cells (24) heart (11) brain (30) kidneys (11) skin (16)
NINE: CHOICE OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENT
This choice is one of your most important health decisions which must verify three things: from where it's sourced, how the contents are manufactured and what scientific studies endorse it. Current market trends are embracing whole food extracts as synergistic, non synthetic, non-fractionated super food supplements. Sometimes it's hard to trust a plethora of labels and advertisements, but you can trust what Nature has composed without laboratories and private enterprises. In its natural edible form, Limu offers remarkable nutritive, immune-building and disease-fighting properties. As an extract, it promises an even wider variety of therapeutic applications.
TEN: RETURN TO NATURE'S BASICS.
What would you prefer as you grow older...a vibrant healthy lifestyle or a hopeless daily struggle against aches and pains? Health is a lifelong process of prevention and commitment to wellness. Believe the good news that your body's programmed to be healthy...sickness is an unnatural state. Feed every cell a full spectrum of nutrients daily. Respect Nature's biology, ecology and immemorial wisdom and how you are an essential part of it.
What is the preventative health value of sea plants or vegetables, as exemplified by Limu Moui? What do you know about this wonder plant considered to be the 3000 year old health secret of the South Pacific? To best value and respect Limu, it's important to relate it to a wider "concept-map" in the context of 10 reasons, each reason comprising major fields of studies but which are only mentioned here.
ONE: THE RICHEST COMPLEX BIOME ON EARTH...THE OCEAN.
Physically and chemically, it covers ¾ of the Earth's surface and houses 15,000 plants and 210,000 known marine life forms. The nutrient profile, developed through eons, which nurtures these living forms are estimated between 60 and 100 different elements. Scientists have yet to manufacture in a lab a bottle of sea water and if they could, it would probably cost thousands of dollars. Most interesting, the elements that circulate in the ocean are similar to what is found in human plasma. Our body is 70% salt water with blood containing all the minerals and trace elements found in the ocean.
TWO: MARINE MACROALGAE
...or seaweed. These range from forests of 212 foot kelp to microscopic plankton. Three kinds of seaweed are brown, red and green, at least 50 varieties of which are used as food. Seaweed lack true stems, leaves or roots but have strong anchoring supports from which to absorb ocean nutrients through their plant tissue. It is the food chain for all marine animal life such as fish which is still the major source of protein for millions of people. Seaweed agricultural industry is growing to supply alginates especially for food, pharmaceutical and industrial uses.
THREE: BROWN ALGAE CALLED ANGEL HAIR SEAWEED or LIMU MOUI.
It grows along shorelines and in vast fields as masses of filaments that grow 1 to 2 feet a day to lengths of 20 feet. Limu is considered one of the most nutrient dense foods, easier to process and more bioavailable than larger broad leaved forms of brown algae with a lot of fiber. One of the best wild sources of Limu Moui comes from the archipelago of Tonga, arguably the most pristine uncontaminated area consisting of 170 islands, few which are inhabited. The Tongan people routinely consume Limu and have long been known for their superior longevity, disease resistance and overall body strength.
FOUR: SPECTACULAR NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF SEA PLANTS (ex. Limu)
They've been prized for dietary and medicinal food properties for millennia; and science can now validate them as rich sources of proteins, enzymes, amino and fatty acids, vitamins and anti-oxidants, glyconutrients, polyphenols, and alginates. For example, briefly consider the mineral riches of ocean plants that can re-mineralize our bodies. The major minerals are found: calcium, magnesium, phosphorous, potassium and sulfur. A wealth of trace minerals are also absorbed: boron, chlorides, chromium, cobalt, copper, fluorine, gallium, germanium, gold, iodine, iron, lanthanum, lithium, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, silica, silver, sodium, zinc, tin, vanadium plus at least 40 more. Moreover, these minerals are in natural colloidal and organic or chelated forms(combined with amino acids) and easily absorbed through cell walls unlike metallic minerals that can accumulate in body tissues. Most enzymatic functions depend on minute amounts of bioavailable trace minerals; one key to maintain health is keeping the mineral levels in balance in every tissue, fluid, cell and organ. Without minerals for transport, vitamins are ineffective. As soils become minerally depleted, the seas are looked upon as more minerally enriched.
FIVE: THE OCEAN'S GIFT...AN ESSENTIAL BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUND CALLED FUCOIDAN.
This unique molecule is found only in the cell walls of certain brown sea plants (even some echinoderms). However, Tongan Limu has one of the highest Fucoidan concentrations. In nutritional chemical terms, Fucoidan is described as a sulfated polysaccharide molecule made up several different polymers and "decorated" with sulphate groups. Research shows that the higher the count of sulphate groups in a plant, the higher its unique therapeutic value. In layman's terms, it is the Fucoidan that gives Limu its slippery texture...a moisture protection barrier that allows the algae to survive in harsh environments. What if Limu and Fucoidan may just be the extra nutritional fuel we need to better cope with an increasingly toxic environment?
SIX: ONE OF THE MOST ANALYZED and VALIDATED SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES OF OUR TIME... FUCOIDAN
Most bionutritional research is relatively new and exciting (seconds old on a 24 hour medical timeline). The synergy of hundreds of phytonutrients or natural biochemicals found in individual plants reveal a wide array of beneficial biological benefits for cellular health. For example, in the last 8 years, nearly 400 more studies have been added to the previous 300 on Fucoidan as the medical community has wondered how it appears to address some major health concerns, including many that seem to confound modern medicine.
SEVEN: EMPOWER YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
"Whether or not a person contracts any disease or illness has less to do with their exposure to that disease and much more with how effectively their immune system is functioning at the time they are exposed...(World Health organization.) Our own first-line defense is our innate immune system programmed to protect against chronic health problems and premature aging. More ongoing research is aimed at multi-targeted therapies to better understand how the body can naturally recuperate, protect or heal itself when given total nutrients and healthy immune system (versus monotherapies or using one substance to treat a single symptom.) The health benefits of Fucoidan, particularly, in supporting the immune system such as stimulating natural killer cells and B-Cells are well discussed in independent, third party, peer reviewed studies.
EIGHT: SCIENCE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
No medicinal claims are allowed with natural plants so it's important that you challenge yourself to be your own serious health detective. One can't assume to have all the answers to better health while walking away from this unprecedented research. Three best references are:
---Limu Moui by Rita Elkins (call 800 777 2665 Woodland Publishing)
---Breakthroughs in Health (Wellness Success Media Oct.2006)
---The National Library of Medicine (government's database) http://www.pubmed.org
Enter fucoidan in the search box. Then enter specific conditions and note the number of studies. Example: Fucoidan anti-inflammatory (22 studies) viral (10) blood (274) liver (31) digestive system (40) bacteria (79) cancer (53) stem cells (24) heart (11) brain (30) kidneys (11) skin (16)
NINE: CHOICE OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENT
This choice is one of your most important health decisions which must verify three things: from where it's sourced, how the contents are manufactured and what scientific studies endorse it. Current market trends are embracing whole food extracts as synergistic, non synthetic, non-fractionated super food supplements. Sometimes it's hard to trust a plethora of labels and advertisements, but you can trust what Nature has composed without laboratories and private enterprises. In its natural edible form, Limu offers remarkable nutritive, immune-building and disease-fighting properties. As an extract, it promises an even wider variety of therapeutic applications.
TEN: RETURN TO NATURE'S BASICS.
What would you prefer as you grow older...a vibrant healthy lifestyle or a hopeless daily struggle against aches and pains? Health is a lifelong process of prevention and commitment to wellness. Believe the good news that your body's programmed to be healthy...sickness is an unnatural state. Feed every cell a full spectrum of nutrients daily. Respect Nature's biology, ecology and immemorial wisdom and how you are an essential part of it.
10/17/12
Role Of Plants In Controlling Indoor Air Pollution
Air Pollution
Environmental pollution is the contamination of the physical and biological components of the atmosphere to such an extent that normal environmental processes are adversely affected. Air pollution is contamination of environment by addition of chemical substances, noxious gases, particulate matter etc which disturb its natural physical and chemical composition.
Air pollution comes from both natural and man-made sources Such as combustion, construction, mining, Agriculture, automobiles, industrialisation and warfare. Common gaseous air pollutants include carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, chlorofluorocarbans (CFCs) and nitrogen oxides along with particulate matter or fine dust.
Consequences of Air pollution.
Pollution causes not only physical disabilities but also psychological and behavioral disorders in human beings such as headache, bronchitis, asthama, irritation of eyes, cardiovascular problems etc. Animals and plants are also affected by pollution.
The World Health Organization estimates that about two million people die prematurely every year as a result of air pollution, while many more suffer from breathing ailments, heart disease, lung infections and even cancer. Fine particles or microscopic dust from coal or wood fires and unfiltered diesel engines are rated as one of the most lethal forms of air pollution caused by industry, transport, household heating, cooking and coal or oil-fired power stations.
Indoor Air Pollution
In addition to outdoor air pollution, Indoor air pollution is now viewed seriously by many health organizations as one of the greatest risk to human health as most of the people spend about 90% of the time indoor either in home or office. Polluted indoor air quality imposes both short term ( Irritation of eyes, headache, nausea, allergic reactions, asthma) and long term (chronic bronchitis, heart disease, lung cancer, liver and kidney damage ) effects on health.
Indoor air quality (IAQ) is a term referring to the air quality within and around buildings as it relates to the health and comfort of building occupants. More than three billion people worldwide continue to depend on solid fuels, including biomass fuels (wood, dung, agricultural residues) and coal, for their energy needs. Cooking and heating with solid fuels on open fires or traditional stoves results in high levels of indoor air pollution. Indoor smoke contains a range of health-damaging pollutants, such as small particles and carbon monoxide.
Indoor Air Pollution is prevalent both at urban and rural levels. Urban Indoor Air pollution can be experienced in poorly ventilated compact buildings such as Apartments, Auditoriums, theatres, hospitals, schools, colleges etc due to human gatherings and modern life style commodities as Air Conditioners, Vacuum cleaners room fresheners, sprays, disinfectants, paints, smoking habit etc. Rural Indoor Air Pollution is mainly due to use of traditional stoves using organic fuel (Coal, wood) for cooking which release large amount of smoke and CO which affects respiratory process.
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) can be affected by microbial contamination, gases including Radon, CO, CO2, Volatile Organic Compounds as formaldehyde, benzene, trichloroethylene, xylene, toluene, particulate matter, pollen and fungal spores, pesticides etc or any mass or energy stress that can induce adverse health conditions. Most of indoor pollutants are carcinogenic and neurotoxins.
IAQ can be improved by proper ventilation, use of filters and exhaust fans up to some extent. Alternative means to tackle Indoor Air Pollution
Some plants which can be grown indoor (shade loving plants ) can be safely exploited as good source of reducing indoor air pollution. Plants by virtue of their ability to photosynthesize can absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide gas through stomata and release oxygen as a by product so make the air suitable to breathe in by human beings. Plants give off extra water as water vapour through stomata by physiogical process transpiration thus causing coolness and increase humidity in the surrounding environment. so plants are able to the function of air purifier and also act as substitute to air conditioners up to some extent. Plants are more effective at filtering pollutants than air purifiers and filters which consume electricity. Added bonus when plants are used as purifiers is that they are beautiful and provide natural aesthetic scenario ( greenery) which induce calmness and peace to the interior. Plants are inexpensive, require no electricity to operate.
Studies performed by NASA indicate that houseplants remove indoor air pollutants. Most houseplants have probably developed from plants that grow in the understory of rainforests and under canopy of huge trees like Banyan Ficus etc. These plants must be able to survive the high concentrations of mold and mildew and prevent attack to their own leaves. They have adapted by developing microbes on the root system that serves the purpose of biodegrading mold and mildew and are also able to, effectively biodegrade common indoor pollutants like carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, and benzene, which are by products of cleaning and household products, and provide protection against airborne fungal spores.
As per NASA reports plants together with medium in which they are grown are able to remove 99. 9% toxins from polluted indoor air particularly VOCs. It is not the foliage but associated soil bacteria which develop in rhizosphere of these potted indoor plants are capable of biodegrading toxic chemicals when activated by plant root growth.
There are about 50 plants which can be grown indoor which have probably developed from plants growing in understorey of rainforests and under canopy of huge trees. Names of Some commonly used plants suitable for Indian environmental conditions is mentioned below: Anthurium, Begonia, Asplenium, Dieffenbachia, Dracaena, Rubber plant, Fittonia, Maranta, Monstera, Syngonium, Alocasia, Philodendron, Pothos, Bamboo palm, Poinsettia, Peace lily, Azalea, Areca palm, Bosten fern, Dwarf date palm etc To keep the inner environment healthy and free of pollutants it is advisable to put the potted indoor plants in the room or meeting hall, hospitals, schools at a place where sunlight enters for sometime during day hours. However, important questions exist as to whether plants can actually affect indoor air sufficiently. Some scientists and interior scapers say that National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) research demonstrates the efficacy of plants as indoor air cleaners
It was initially assumed that the plants removed the chemicals by uptake through the leaves and photosynthetic processes But by research measuring the amount of pollutants in presence of plants with leaves and after removing leaves indicate that it is actually not the leaves but rhizosphere microflora ( soil bacteria ) of these plants are able to degrade and decompose the pollutants. The scientists identified several common soil bacteria isolates in the root-soil zone which are capable of biodegrading toxic chemicals when activated by plant root growth
As plants remove pollutants and make the environment clean, awareness should be created among masses for their cultivation, propagation and appreciation
For maintenance and gardening of Indoor plants proper care should be taken
The plants should be grown in pots with light potting mixture having soil, sand and fertilizers.
The pots should be placed where at some fraction of sunlight enters. The plants can be brought out once a week for few hours.
The plants should be properly watered and cleaned. Water logging should be avoided as soil microflora actually degrade the indoor pollutants.
The fertilizers should be supplied as per need of specific plant.
Environmental pollution is the contamination of the physical and biological components of the atmosphere to such an extent that normal environmental processes are adversely affected. Air pollution is contamination of environment by addition of chemical substances, noxious gases, particulate matter etc which disturb its natural physical and chemical composition.
Air pollution comes from both natural and man-made sources Such as combustion, construction, mining, Agriculture, automobiles, industrialisation and warfare. Common gaseous air pollutants include carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, chlorofluorocarbans (CFCs) and nitrogen oxides along with particulate matter or fine dust.
Consequences of Air pollution.
Pollution causes not only physical disabilities but also psychological and behavioral disorders in human beings such as headache, bronchitis, asthama, irritation of eyes, cardiovascular problems etc. Animals and plants are also affected by pollution.
The World Health Organization estimates that about two million people die prematurely every year as a result of air pollution, while many more suffer from breathing ailments, heart disease, lung infections and even cancer. Fine particles or microscopic dust from coal or wood fires and unfiltered diesel engines are rated as one of the most lethal forms of air pollution caused by industry, transport, household heating, cooking and coal or oil-fired power stations.
Indoor Air Pollution
In addition to outdoor air pollution, Indoor air pollution is now viewed seriously by many health organizations as one of the greatest risk to human health as most of the people spend about 90% of the time indoor either in home or office. Polluted indoor air quality imposes both short term ( Irritation of eyes, headache, nausea, allergic reactions, asthma) and long term (chronic bronchitis, heart disease, lung cancer, liver and kidney damage ) effects on health.
Indoor air quality (IAQ) is a term referring to the air quality within and around buildings as it relates to the health and comfort of building occupants. More than three billion people worldwide continue to depend on solid fuels, including biomass fuels (wood, dung, agricultural residues) and coal, for their energy needs. Cooking and heating with solid fuels on open fires or traditional stoves results in high levels of indoor air pollution. Indoor smoke contains a range of health-damaging pollutants, such as small particles and carbon monoxide.
Indoor Air Pollution is prevalent both at urban and rural levels. Urban Indoor Air pollution can be experienced in poorly ventilated compact buildings such as Apartments, Auditoriums, theatres, hospitals, schools, colleges etc due to human gatherings and modern life style commodities as Air Conditioners, Vacuum cleaners room fresheners, sprays, disinfectants, paints, smoking habit etc. Rural Indoor Air Pollution is mainly due to use of traditional stoves using organic fuel (Coal, wood) for cooking which release large amount of smoke and CO which affects respiratory process.
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) can be affected by microbial contamination, gases including Radon, CO, CO2, Volatile Organic Compounds as formaldehyde, benzene, trichloroethylene, xylene, toluene, particulate matter, pollen and fungal spores, pesticides etc or any mass or energy stress that can induce adverse health conditions. Most of indoor pollutants are carcinogenic and neurotoxins.
IAQ can be improved by proper ventilation, use of filters and exhaust fans up to some extent. Alternative means to tackle Indoor Air Pollution
Some plants which can be grown indoor (shade loving plants ) can be safely exploited as good source of reducing indoor air pollution. Plants by virtue of their ability to photosynthesize can absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide gas through stomata and release oxygen as a by product so make the air suitable to breathe in by human beings. Plants give off extra water as water vapour through stomata by physiogical process transpiration thus causing coolness and increase humidity in the surrounding environment. so plants are able to the function of air purifier and also act as substitute to air conditioners up to some extent. Plants are more effective at filtering pollutants than air purifiers and filters which consume electricity. Added bonus when plants are used as purifiers is that they are beautiful and provide natural aesthetic scenario ( greenery) which induce calmness and peace to the interior. Plants are inexpensive, require no electricity to operate.
Studies performed by NASA indicate that houseplants remove indoor air pollutants. Most houseplants have probably developed from plants that grow in the understory of rainforests and under canopy of huge trees like Banyan Ficus etc. These plants must be able to survive the high concentrations of mold and mildew and prevent attack to their own leaves. They have adapted by developing microbes on the root system that serves the purpose of biodegrading mold and mildew and are also able to, effectively biodegrade common indoor pollutants like carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, and benzene, which are by products of cleaning and household products, and provide protection against airborne fungal spores.
As per NASA reports plants together with medium in which they are grown are able to remove 99. 9% toxins from polluted indoor air particularly VOCs. It is not the foliage but associated soil bacteria which develop in rhizosphere of these potted indoor plants are capable of biodegrading toxic chemicals when activated by plant root growth.
There are about 50 plants which can be grown indoor which have probably developed from plants growing in understorey of rainforests and under canopy of huge trees. Names of Some commonly used plants suitable for Indian environmental conditions is mentioned below: Anthurium, Begonia, Asplenium, Dieffenbachia, Dracaena, Rubber plant, Fittonia, Maranta, Monstera, Syngonium, Alocasia, Philodendron, Pothos, Bamboo palm, Poinsettia, Peace lily, Azalea, Areca palm, Bosten fern, Dwarf date palm etc To keep the inner environment healthy and free of pollutants it is advisable to put the potted indoor plants in the room or meeting hall, hospitals, schools at a place where sunlight enters for sometime during day hours. However, important questions exist as to whether plants can actually affect indoor air sufficiently. Some scientists and interior scapers say that National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) research demonstrates the efficacy of plants as indoor air cleaners
It was initially assumed that the plants removed the chemicals by uptake through the leaves and photosynthetic processes But by research measuring the amount of pollutants in presence of plants with leaves and after removing leaves indicate that it is actually not the leaves but rhizosphere microflora ( soil bacteria ) of these plants are able to degrade and decompose the pollutants. The scientists identified several common soil bacteria isolates in the root-soil zone which are capable of biodegrading toxic chemicals when activated by plant root growth
As plants remove pollutants and make the environment clean, awareness should be created among masses for their cultivation, propagation and appreciation
For maintenance and gardening of Indoor plants proper care should be taken
The plants should be grown in pots with light potting mixture having soil, sand and fertilizers.
The pots should be placed where at some fraction of sunlight enters. The plants can be brought out once a week for few hours.
The plants should be properly watered and cleaned. Water logging should be avoided as soil microflora actually degrade the indoor pollutants.
The fertilizers should be supplied as per need of specific plant.
Animus Mundi and Intelligent Design
Animus Mundi:
The World Mind or Critical Mass of intellectual and spiritual energy was called Animus Mundi by the spiritually aware revivalists of the turn of the century. The spirit or 'anima' (Aristotle) in all that is includes things not alive as we think of it. The Mayans put it this way - 'Do not put yourself in front of your Self'. There is a qualitative aspect to our genetic mutations and other changes in the world around us. Koestler saw some of it and Bucky Fuller (A 'charmed' person to be sure.) put it forward as 'creative realization'. I also have enjoyed many other Fullerisms and principles. His 'Observer of the Observed' is a tool I have found useful in keeping balance even as I seem to be hysterical in the joy of what goes on around me. Bucky said that the world around us is the way it is because we 'think' or 'made' it that way because of our mindset or what might be termed our paradigm. All we need to do to actualize great and wondrous change is to 'think' differently.
Dr. Janice Boddy says we have a 'Reifying thrust of Materialism' and we need to develop a 'Reifying thrust of Spiritualism' I think.
CIRCADIAN RYTHMS:
Just as Gertrude observed in her airplane flights over America, there are designs that open and aware artists or people can tune into. The ancients who worshipped Ra or other sun-gods were more aware of our intricate and intimate involvement with the sun than you might imagine. It is not just the desire for melatonin such as the Star Fire Ceremony of the Rosicrucians like Gardner that allow me to say this. He details the psychic and spiritual effects on us through the Third Eye. It is not just the accuracy of the prophetic Mayan calendar which tracks the transit of Venus in its short count. That transit has a means of understanding the effect of the sun when combined with the Long Count or Polar Wander Path. I have tried to describe these things in other books and I confess it is not a simple discussion; or at least I am not able to make it so. Suffice it to say, there are ways we are impacted by the forces of nature that make us a very habit formed creature far beyond mere psychological conditioning. The billions of years that life has been evolving in concert with or alongside the effects of the stars and cosmic or earth energies are in all of us whether we are attuned to it or not.
When man does not know all the awesome potential he (she) has to develop God does God develop as well as God would like? When man does not fulfill a positive harmonizing function and all manner of other life forms suffer because of it, does that mean it was God who was the problem? I say God (he/she/it) or Divine Providence must grow or harmonize and man making God the culprit for man's own deceits and destructive acts is mere anthropomorphing ego. We must stop the divisive and racist designs that old religions and other insane constructs cause. There is more - MUCH more wealth and health available for all life on earth - if only we ethically planned to act in creative cooperation with 'All that IS'. This is the real 'Charm of Making'. Intelligent Design:
WILLIAM DEMBSKI: - Rather than deal with Intelligent Design thoughts and the math of this highly accredited academic who was given a Research Center at Baylor University, that has been in the news a lot over the last few years; I will place some thoughts that may be confusing but touch upon some of the issues of the Origin of Life as debated in the larger theme of our beginnings and consciousness studies. It is a response with other people in a long thread of posts on the matter of Creationism and Intelligent Design.
I see Evolutionary Theory as a study of the Origin of Life not the genesis of the human species. There are few researchers (including Jacobson of ASU who discovered Lucy) who will not do any human evolutionary tree today. Darwin did not go to the Galapagos to study humans. He tried also to maintain he was not inspired by Lamarck (whose work includes an attunement or qualitative aspect that Russian science still employs rather than the more quantitative approach of most Western scholars) but it was subsequently shown that Darwin was well versed in Lamarckian principles and employed much of his insight though from a different premise or POV. Darwin also had a Theory of Love. You do not read about it and that is sad, because that really integrates what I am about to demonstrate if this discussion goes to the nature of lattice intersectional consciousness.
That is where one encounters another theory - different from Interventionism or the alien seed from microbial RNA lattices. Darwin was greatly hampered by his materialistic science that understood nothing of the cellular level of life biologic. They had no microbiology or electron microscopes. It is upon the cellular substrate that each lifeform has been created and the Human Genome Project assures us we are not so different genetically from the worm. I offer certain 'Faith'-based evidence as proof of that contention.
This theory suggests that the crystalline structure of rocks and minerals had a part to play in focusing energy to the biological soup ingredients at the beginning of life on earth. It is cutting edge stuff and I have only seen one article on it. I like this theory because I am a great fan of String Theory and Solid State Physicists like Robins and Tiller of Stanford (He has a recent book on Creation of life which I quote and have referred to many times in these debates.). String Theory tells us that all matter and energy is derived from 'one dimensional harmonic forces'. Now I can also draw the Logos into this and ask about the two muons separated in the deep Sudbury research center. How can sub-atomic particles communicate as was shown in this study? If they can communicate do they have some rudimentary consciousness? Indeed consciousness may not be only existent in biologic life.
Going down that path will eventually take us to our most feared Creator or the collective unconscious, and the ONE of many non-theistic disciplines like Buddhism. I did not come to the point I am at (OPEN), by desire to believe in a Creator. I assure you I am raised in the most Atheistical up-bringing and approach. But now I see some merit in something these religions may have intuited somehow.
"In the open state any asymmetry causes an energy imbalance to build up, caused by rectification of random fluctuations occurring in the surrounding region. When some shock causes closure, an energy discharge will occur and the resulting flow can provide the shock needed to cause a change in state of other nearby junctions. So waves of switching action will arise spontaneously: these could be the quantum waves: the core feature of quantum theory. Furthermore, all the ingredients are present from which a working neural network could evolve and could ultimately yield a primary consciousness.
The network or grid, now defining the "nuether" and represented symbolically by a rectangular mesh in Figures 3, 5, and 6, would interconnect everything in the universe. As yet, however, no universe of matter could exist. Spontaneous creation of the nuether had to occur first, followed by evolution of its consciousness, since on this model matter would require deliberate design. {This came from the site of the Center for Philosophical Freedom and an extensive article by Ronald Pearson which includes this description of his work as well Articles by and about Ronald Pearson, the Derbyshire scientist who has discovered a structure of the ether that has potential to evolve intelligence. This has provided the mathematics to back up the experiments of Sir William Crookes and Charles Richet. In these experiments, deceased people returned, proving they had survived death.}" (12)
I see so much in current science that supports life after death theories; and yet it may not be our personality which continues to exist in the ways most religions or concepts like Karma think of it. Beyond 'limbo' or 'purgatory' and these local event horizon states or attached energy bandwidths I think little could be likened to what we would call our own persona. In closing let me say simply - we must learn to think and question in the Socratian manner or else we are headed for a lot more war and other ghastly results.
"When she came out of the anaesthetic, she turned to the always faithful Alice B. Toklas and said, 'What is the answer?' The heartbroken Alice was unable to reply and, after a pause, Gertrude went on: 'In that case, what is the question?' These, it is said were her last words."(13) And in my mind no bard or mere poet ever asked a more important question of life each and every day.
The World Mind or Critical Mass of intellectual and spiritual energy was called Animus Mundi by the spiritually aware revivalists of the turn of the century. The spirit or 'anima' (Aristotle) in all that is includes things not alive as we think of it. The Mayans put it this way - 'Do not put yourself in front of your Self'. There is a qualitative aspect to our genetic mutations and other changes in the world around us. Koestler saw some of it and Bucky Fuller (A 'charmed' person to be sure.) put it forward as 'creative realization'. I also have enjoyed many other Fullerisms and principles. His 'Observer of the Observed' is a tool I have found useful in keeping balance even as I seem to be hysterical in the joy of what goes on around me. Bucky said that the world around us is the way it is because we 'think' or 'made' it that way because of our mindset or what might be termed our paradigm. All we need to do to actualize great and wondrous change is to 'think' differently.
Dr. Janice Boddy says we have a 'Reifying thrust of Materialism' and we need to develop a 'Reifying thrust of Spiritualism' I think.
CIRCADIAN RYTHMS:
Just as Gertrude observed in her airplane flights over America, there are designs that open and aware artists or people can tune into. The ancients who worshipped Ra or other sun-gods were more aware of our intricate and intimate involvement with the sun than you might imagine. It is not just the desire for melatonin such as the Star Fire Ceremony of the Rosicrucians like Gardner that allow me to say this. He details the psychic and spiritual effects on us through the Third Eye. It is not just the accuracy of the prophetic Mayan calendar which tracks the transit of Venus in its short count. That transit has a means of understanding the effect of the sun when combined with the Long Count or Polar Wander Path. I have tried to describe these things in other books and I confess it is not a simple discussion; or at least I am not able to make it so. Suffice it to say, there are ways we are impacted by the forces of nature that make us a very habit formed creature far beyond mere psychological conditioning. The billions of years that life has been evolving in concert with or alongside the effects of the stars and cosmic or earth energies are in all of us whether we are attuned to it or not.
When man does not know all the awesome potential he (she) has to develop God does God develop as well as God would like? When man does not fulfill a positive harmonizing function and all manner of other life forms suffer because of it, does that mean it was God who was the problem? I say God (he/she/it) or Divine Providence must grow or harmonize and man making God the culprit for man's own deceits and destructive acts is mere anthropomorphing ego. We must stop the divisive and racist designs that old religions and other insane constructs cause. There is more - MUCH more wealth and health available for all life on earth - if only we ethically planned to act in creative cooperation with 'All that IS'. This is the real 'Charm of Making'. Intelligent Design:
WILLIAM DEMBSKI: - Rather than deal with Intelligent Design thoughts and the math of this highly accredited academic who was given a Research Center at Baylor University, that has been in the news a lot over the last few years; I will place some thoughts that may be confusing but touch upon some of the issues of the Origin of Life as debated in the larger theme of our beginnings and consciousness studies. It is a response with other people in a long thread of posts on the matter of Creationism and Intelligent Design.
I see Evolutionary Theory as a study of the Origin of Life not the genesis of the human species. There are few researchers (including Jacobson of ASU who discovered Lucy) who will not do any human evolutionary tree today. Darwin did not go to the Galapagos to study humans. He tried also to maintain he was not inspired by Lamarck (whose work includes an attunement or qualitative aspect that Russian science still employs rather than the more quantitative approach of most Western scholars) but it was subsequently shown that Darwin was well versed in Lamarckian principles and employed much of his insight though from a different premise or POV. Darwin also had a Theory of Love. You do not read about it and that is sad, because that really integrates what I am about to demonstrate if this discussion goes to the nature of lattice intersectional consciousness.
That is where one encounters another theory - different from Interventionism or the alien seed from microbial RNA lattices. Darwin was greatly hampered by his materialistic science that understood nothing of the cellular level of life biologic. They had no microbiology or electron microscopes. It is upon the cellular substrate that each lifeform has been created and the Human Genome Project assures us we are not so different genetically from the worm. I offer certain 'Faith'-based evidence as proof of that contention.
This theory suggests that the crystalline structure of rocks and minerals had a part to play in focusing energy to the biological soup ingredients at the beginning of life on earth. It is cutting edge stuff and I have only seen one article on it. I like this theory because I am a great fan of String Theory and Solid State Physicists like Robins and Tiller of Stanford (He has a recent book on Creation of life which I quote and have referred to many times in these debates.). String Theory tells us that all matter and energy is derived from 'one dimensional harmonic forces'. Now I can also draw the Logos into this and ask about the two muons separated in the deep Sudbury research center. How can sub-atomic particles communicate as was shown in this study? If they can communicate do they have some rudimentary consciousness? Indeed consciousness may not be only existent in biologic life.
Going down that path will eventually take us to our most feared Creator or the collective unconscious, and the ONE of many non-theistic disciplines like Buddhism. I did not come to the point I am at (OPEN), by desire to believe in a Creator. I assure you I am raised in the most Atheistical up-bringing and approach. But now I see some merit in something these religions may have intuited somehow.
"In the open state any asymmetry causes an energy imbalance to build up, caused by rectification of random fluctuations occurring in the surrounding region. When some shock causes closure, an energy discharge will occur and the resulting flow can provide the shock needed to cause a change in state of other nearby junctions. So waves of switching action will arise spontaneously: these could be the quantum waves: the core feature of quantum theory. Furthermore, all the ingredients are present from which a working neural network could evolve and could ultimately yield a primary consciousness.
The network or grid, now defining the "nuether" and represented symbolically by a rectangular mesh in Figures 3, 5, and 6, would interconnect everything in the universe. As yet, however, no universe of matter could exist. Spontaneous creation of the nuether had to occur first, followed by evolution of its consciousness, since on this model matter would require deliberate design. {This came from the site of the Center for Philosophical Freedom and an extensive article by Ronald Pearson which includes this description of his work as well Articles by and about Ronald Pearson, the Derbyshire scientist who has discovered a structure of the ether that has potential to evolve intelligence. This has provided the mathematics to back up the experiments of Sir William Crookes and Charles Richet. In these experiments, deceased people returned, proving they had survived death.}" (12)
I see so much in current science that supports life after death theories; and yet it may not be our personality which continues to exist in the ways most religions or concepts like Karma think of it. Beyond 'limbo' or 'purgatory' and these local event horizon states or attached energy bandwidths I think little could be likened to what we would call our own persona. In closing let me say simply - we must learn to think and question in the Socratian manner or else we are headed for a lot more war and other ghastly results.
"When she came out of the anaesthetic, she turned to the always faithful Alice B. Toklas and said, 'What is the answer?' The heartbroken Alice was unable to reply and, after a pause, Gertrude went on: 'In that case, what is the question?' These, it is said were her last words."(13) And in my mind no bard or mere poet ever asked a more important question of life each and every day.
10/15/12
What Are The Best Toys And Gifts To Make Kids Smart?
A kid's eyes shine bright while opening his present. When he sees that his presents are clothes, his bright eyes suddenly turn dim. Kids are not known for hiding their disappointment. But give them a toy as a gift, and you'll see a display of appreciation that could warm the cockles of any gift-giver. It seems that instinctively, kids prefer something that will engage his mind, not just something that will make him look good. But not all toys or gifts are equal. There are those that engages him for a long time, and those that amuse him for just a few hours, and then forgotten.
Educational gifts get your child's attention for a longer time, as they feed his or her stimulation-hungry brain. More importantly, the impact of the best educational gifts lasts a lifetime. These gifts give him a head start in reading, math and science. They develop his love for learning, the most important attitude to make your kid grow up smart. A great educational gift even triggers what will be your kid's lifelong passion.
Because of the internet, you do not have to waste time and energy going through the mall looking for the best educational gifts. You could shop right in your bedroom in your pajamas!
The following are the top 10 educational toy and other unique educational gift ideas that you can find on the internet:
1. Educational Toys
The best toys and gifts are those that make your child learn while he is having fun. This way, learning happens while he plays. And the more he plays, the more he learns! Make sure that the toy you give is appropriate for his age and gender, and that it is safe. Avoid toys that can only be played with one or two ways. The more activities a kid can do with a toy, the better it is. For younger kids, find one that can be opened, closed, twisted, pulled, dragged, formed, changed, preferably all at the same time. For older kids, the best toys are those that stimulate the imagination.
2. Hobby and Science Toys
Brilliant engineers, inventors and mechanics get their beginnings from tinkering with toys when they were kids. Chemists begin by mixing stuff and biologists play with their ant farms.
Hobby toys catches your kid's interest and this could lead to a lifetime passion. Examples of hobby toys are science projects, electronic kits, Lego Mindstorms and robot projects, chemistry, biology, anatomy and physics sets, stamp, coin, and other collections.
3. Nature Toys and Pets
Nature toys make your child explore the wonder and mystery of the world around him. These can make him eternally curious and thus be a lifelong learner. Examples are microscopes, telescopes, planetariums, and globes.
Pets are also great gifts. An aquarium can teach your kid about aquatic life, and kittens and puppies can be a great way to introduce your kid to love for animals. Seeds will fascinate your kid when he sees them grow into a plant. Who knows, your kid's appreciation of nature may be key to his being able to help save the planet in the future.
4. Personalized Gifts
Studies show that children learn when their activities are personalized. When they are a character on a book they read, they are fascinated and their minds open up. Personalized books, music, and toys also improve your child's self-confidence and positive view of himself. Babies and kids will love hearing their OWN name sung in songs, printed in books, built with trains, or just hanging on the wall.
5. Computer Software and Games
The best educational software and fun and entertaining and helps your kid achieve success in school. They help build math, reading, and critical skills, as well as instill confidence, joy and excitement around learning. With the best educational software, your kid will beg to learn!
The best computer games are those that teaches him strategy and problem-solving, and not merely "fragging" the enemy. Although "fragging" the enemy is said to develop hand-eye coordination, some psychologist are concerned that the violent nature of these games can desensitize your child to hurt in others.
6. Magazine Subscriptions
Aside from books, magazines can be a great way to start kids off on a life-long passion for reading. Since magazines feature what is current and up-to-date, it is always interesting to your kid.
7. Puzzles and Board Games
Puzzles and games exercise the brain. And like any part of the body, the more exercise your kid's brain gets, the more powerful and tougher it becomes when faced with challenges. The best puzzles and board games teach your kid how to plan, decide, think and think through a difficulty. Board games, when played with friends or family, enhance social skills. He learns about taking turns, following rules and cooperating with teammates or opponents.
8. Musical Instruments
Many studies have proven that learning music has a profound effect on your kid's brain. Music is shown to increase IQ, improve school grades, and prepare your kid to learn the advanced concepts of math and science.
Most kids are interested in learning to play guitar, the drums, and the keyboard, although they may also want to take up the violin and brass instruments.
9. Educational Videos
Educational videos have proven beneficial to preschool and above kids. (Videos for kids aged 2 and below are more harmful than helpful) Kids who watch informative and educational shows as preschoolers tend to watch more informative and educational shows when they get older. They use TV effectively as a complement to school learning. On the other hand, kids who watch more entertainment program watch fewer informative programs as they get older. There are educational movies on the internet where kids of the "You Tube" generation not only watch, but also interact for a great learning experience.
10. Books
This list will not be complete without books! Books are and will always be your kid's brain's best friend. Among other benefits, reading builds the language neural connections in your kid's brain and expands his chain of knowledge.
For more information, you are most welcome to our website:www.micriscopebiz.comThe Second Biological Law States That Every Illness Has Two Phases If There is a Conflict Resolution
The difference between a law and a rule is that rules have exception. The expression an "iron clad law" denotes this distinction.
In Meta-Medicine there are two phases to every illness if one has a conflict resolution. The 2nd phase can be when many symptoms appear, the commonest being fatigue.
Activity: Mainly between 8pm and 6am
Typical symptoms of the parasympathetic nervous system are:
- Fatigue and tiredness - Good appetite - Weight gain - Warm body and extremities - Low blood pressure - Slow heart rate - Wide blood vessels - Digestive organs get much blood - Perspiration, hot skin and body - Fever - All digestive and elimination activities are amplified - Build up of reserves and energy for the next day .
In conventional medicine they classified 500 cold diseases and 500 warm diseases. It can now be seen that the number need be halved as you actually have 500 tandems (two sides of the same coin).
This understanding has huge implications. A new understanding of these facts means that how you respond clinically totally changes.
An Example
A good example is eczema. This is a "contact" conflict or in other words "separation or wanting to be separated."
In the 1st phase there are microscopic changes to the skin which would only be noticed if looked for. There is accompanying desensitization of the area so as to "reduce the pain associated with being separated." When the person/thing is reunited with the subject/object the redness appears.
The Dr. gives cortisone cream which suppresses the redness i.e. pushes one back into 1st phase. When the cream is stopped it reappears so long as this issue with separation persists. In extreme cases one might choose to have the cortisone due to the intense discomfort. This issue will be elaborated on in a later article.
Many diseases have their symptoms in the second phase. The point to beware of is the healing crisis. Essentially the organism replays the whole conflict content again in a compressed fashion. The purpose is that it allows the squeezing out of excess fluid and helps restore the organism to a normal day/night rhythm. With certain organs like the liver and the heart this can be lethal. In the future some of these deaths will be avoided as acute medical care in the form of cortisone injections will help mobilize the body's resources so it can "get over the hill."
The conflict for the myocardium (muscle of heart) is a feeling of being "overwhelmed" equivalent to being dragged through the sand. In the healing phase the blood pressure shoots up, the heart trembles and sometimes a myocardial infarction (heart attack) ensues.
It is important to stress that it is only if the criteria are met in the first biological law will it impact the body. Many people feel overwhelmed and don't have a heart attack.
What is that it making the person unhappy, when did it start, what are the factors responsible for this feeling. Where are they in the process. If as in some instances the healing phase (2nd phase) is leading to peoples death what can be done??
As conventional medicine lacks this understanding they inadvertently keep the patient in fear which always compounds problems. If they knew that some pain was a good sign rather than the beginning of the end things would be very different for many people.
Next article will look at the 3rd biological law. (This shows how the study of embryology yielded invaluable insights into this marvel of Nature.)
"The only thing that gets in the way of my learning is my education." Einstein
In Meta-Medicine there are two phases to every illness if one has a conflict resolution. The 2nd phase can be when many symptoms appear, the commonest being fatigue.
Activity: Mainly between 8pm and 6am
Typical symptoms of the parasympathetic nervous system are:
- Fatigue and tiredness - Good appetite - Weight gain - Warm body and extremities - Low blood pressure - Slow heart rate - Wide blood vessels - Digestive organs get much blood - Perspiration, hot skin and body - Fever - All digestive and elimination activities are amplified - Build up of reserves and energy for the next day .
In conventional medicine they classified 500 cold diseases and 500 warm diseases. It can now be seen that the number need be halved as you actually have 500 tandems (two sides of the same coin).
This understanding has huge implications. A new understanding of these facts means that how you respond clinically totally changes.
An Example
A good example is eczema. This is a "contact" conflict or in other words "separation or wanting to be separated."
In the 1st phase there are microscopic changes to the skin which would only be noticed if looked for. There is accompanying desensitization of the area so as to "reduce the pain associated with being separated." When the person/thing is reunited with the subject/object the redness appears.
The Dr. gives cortisone cream which suppresses the redness i.e. pushes one back into 1st phase. When the cream is stopped it reappears so long as this issue with separation persists. In extreme cases one might choose to have the cortisone due to the intense discomfort. This issue will be elaborated on in a later article.
Many diseases have their symptoms in the second phase. The point to beware of is the healing crisis. Essentially the organism replays the whole conflict content again in a compressed fashion. The purpose is that it allows the squeezing out of excess fluid and helps restore the organism to a normal day/night rhythm. With certain organs like the liver and the heart this can be lethal. In the future some of these deaths will be avoided as acute medical care in the form of cortisone injections will help mobilize the body's resources so it can "get over the hill."
The conflict for the myocardium (muscle of heart) is a feeling of being "overwhelmed" equivalent to being dragged through the sand. In the healing phase the blood pressure shoots up, the heart trembles and sometimes a myocardial infarction (heart attack) ensues.
It is important to stress that it is only if the criteria are met in the first biological law will it impact the body. Many people feel overwhelmed and don't have a heart attack.
What is that it making the person unhappy, when did it start, what are the factors responsible for this feeling. Where are they in the process. If as in some instances the healing phase (2nd phase) is leading to peoples death what can be done??
As conventional medicine lacks this understanding they inadvertently keep the patient in fear which always compounds problems. If they knew that some pain was a good sign rather than the beginning of the end things would be very different for many people.
Next article will look at the 3rd biological law. (This shows how the study of embryology yielded invaluable insights into this marvel of Nature.)
"The only thing that gets in the way of my learning is my education." Einstein
10/12/12
Testing For the Presence of Prostate Cancer
About one in every six men will develop prostate cancer which, apart from skin cancer, is the number one cause of cancer deaths in men. For this reason it is vitally important for men to monitor the health of their prostate with regular testing. Some of the prostate health tests available today include:
The Digital Rectal Exam (DRE). The digital rectal exam has been the benchmark of testing for both benign prostate enlargement and prostate cancer for many years and is a simple examination in which your physician can feel the prostate gland with a gloved finger to assess its size and condition.
The Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Test. The PSA blood test was approved for use by the FDA in the mid 1980s and is now widely in use. This test looks for the presence of a prostate specific protein in the blood and it is recommended that all men over the age of 50, together with 'at risk' men over the age of 40, have an annual PSA test.
Urine Testing. Urine testing can not only check for diabetes and liver and kidney disease but can also check the condition of the prostate by looking for signs of infection in the blood.
Hyperplasia Intrvenouspyelogram (IVP). This test is a form of x-ray examination in which a dye is injected into the bloodstream and monitored as it passes through the body's vital organs. As far as the prostate is concerned this test follows the flow through the kidneys, bladder and ureter tubes which drain the kidneys and thus looks for any possible restriction caused by an enlargement of the prostrate gland interfering with the flow or urine out of the bladder.
Bladder Ultrasound. This simple non-invasive procedure which can be carried out in the doctor's office can detect whether or not the bladder is emptying fully following urination and thus whether or not an enlarged prostate is narrowing the urethra.
Prostate Ultrasound. A prostate ultrasound is useful for estimating the size of the prostate gland and is also important if further testing using a biopsy is recommended.
Uroflow. A uroflow is another very simple test in which the patient urinates into a container and the strength of the flow of urine is measured.
Cystoscopy. A cystoscopy allows the doctor to make a visual examination of the urethra and the bladder using an instrument which is inserted through the urethra.
In general your doctor will normally recommend PSA screening and will also usually carry out a digital rectal examination as these two tests together are without doubt the best way to detect the presence of possible prostate cancer or of other developing prostate problems. One or more or the other tests mentioned here (or indeed several which we have not listed) may also be ordered but, at the end of the day, the only sure way to confirm the presence of prostate cancer is by carrying out a biopsy.
A prostate cancer biopsy take a number of very small tissue samples from different areas of the prostate for microscopic examination and can not only definitively confirm the presence of prostate cancer, but can also give an indication of the size and type of any cancer.
The Digital Rectal Exam (DRE). The digital rectal exam has been the benchmark of testing for both benign prostate enlargement and prostate cancer for many years and is a simple examination in which your physician can feel the prostate gland with a gloved finger to assess its size and condition.
The Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Test. The PSA blood test was approved for use by the FDA in the mid 1980s and is now widely in use. This test looks for the presence of a prostate specific protein in the blood and it is recommended that all men over the age of 50, together with 'at risk' men over the age of 40, have an annual PSA test.
Urine Testing. Urine testing can not only check for diabetes and liver and kidney disease but can also check the condition of the prostate by looking for signs of infection in the blood.
Hyperplasia Intrvenouspyelogram (IVP). This test is a form of x-ray examination in which a dye is injected into the bloodstream and monitored as it passes through the body's vital organs. As far as the prostate is concerned this test follows the flow through the kidneys, bladder and ureter tubes which drain the kidneys and thus looks for any possible restriction caused by an enlargement of the prostrate gland interfering with the flow or urine out of the bladder.
Bladder Ultrasound. This simple non-invasive procedure which can be carried out in the doctor's office can detect whether or not the bladder is emptying fully following urination and thus whether or not an enlarged prostate is narrowing the urethra.
Prostate Ultrasound. A prostate ultrasound is useful for estimating the size of the prostate gland and is also important if further testing using a biopsy is recommended.
Uroflow. A uroflow is another very simple test in which the patient urinates into a container and the strength of the flow of urine is measured.
Cystoscopy. A cystoscopy allows the doctor to make a visual examination of the urethra and the bladder using an instrument which is inserted through the urethra.
In general your doctor will normally recommend PSA screening and will also usually carry out a digital rectal examination as these two tests together are without doubt the best way to detect the presence of possible prostate cancer or of other developing prostate problems. One or more or the other tests mentioned here (or indeed several which we have not listed) may also be ordered but, at the end of the day, the only sure way to confirm the presence of prostate cancer is by carrying out a biopsy.
A prostate cancer biopsy take a number of very small tissue samples from different areas of the prostate for microscopic examination and can not only definitively confirm the presence of prostate cancer, but can also give an indication of the size and type of any cancer.
Yes, You Can Teach Homeschool Biology (Without a Degree)!
The thought of teaching an upper grade science, such as biology, makes a lot of parents shudder. They remember their own difficulties and don't feel confident enough to teach these more advanced subjects to their high school student. While teaching high school takes extra work and planning, there is no reason to fear There is such a vast wealth of home school science resources and curriculum available to the homeschooling parent, that teaching even these tougher subjects are very doable.
Will I have to set up a classroom lab in my home?
No, definitely not, but could if you wanted to, depending on the budget you have to work with. For instance, biology could be taught very simply in a "nature study" style format, which would include observing and documenting the life cycle of frogs, watching mold grow and viewing spores under a microscope or maybe making cheese and discussing live cultures. This could be supplemented by reading biographies about famous biologists (do a Google search).
Another option would be an online or virtual class, which might only demonstrate the results of an experiment and require little real-life experimentation on the part of the student. If this sounds a little too dry, there are usually fairly inexpensive science experiment kits available for purchase that includes and all the needed supplies (mostly) and directions to complete the experiments. This would "liven up" the chemistry course and add a hands-on component.
Other more expensive alternatives would be to purchase a more in-depth program that requires dissection tools and a microscope. Virtually anything is available for homeschoolers to purchase and set up a home lab. When my high school daughter was taking an advanced anatomy course, she had to dissect a cow's heart and a sheep's eyeball and the whole "dissection kit was ordered online for about $30.00.
So, as you can see the sky is the limit. It all depends on your budget and how in depth and challenging your would like your child's homeschool biology course, and you can make it as simple or as in-depth as you choose. This is just one of the many benefits of homeschooling, the ability to customize your child's curriculum to their interests and learning style.
Will I have to set up a classroom lab in my home?
No, definitely not, but could if you wanted to, depending on the budget you have to work with. For instance, biology could be taught very simply in a "nature study" style format, which would include observing and documenting the life cycle of frogs, watching mold grow and viewing spores under a microscope or maybe making cheese and discussing live cultures. This could be supplemented by reading biographies about famous biologists (do a Google search).
Another option would be an online or virtual class, which might only demonstrate the results of an experiment and require little real-life experimentation on the part of the student. If this sounds a little too dry, there are usually fairly inexpensive science experiment kits available for purchase that includes and all the needed supplies (mostly) and directions to complete the experiments. This would "liven up" the chemistry course and add a hands-on component.
Other more expensive alternatives would be to purchase a more in-depth program that requires dissection tools and a microscope. Virtually anything is available for homeschoolers to purchase and set up a home lab. When my high school daughter was taking an advanced anatomy course, she had to dissect a cow's heart and a sheep's eyeball and the whole "dissection kit was ordered online for about $30.00.
So, as you can see the sky is the limit. It all depends on your budget and how in depth and challenging your would like your child's homeschool biology course, and you can make it as simple or as in-depth as you choose. This is just one of the many benefits of homeschooling, the ability to customize your child's curriculum to their interests and learning style.
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