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Japanese Superfood Prevents Flu Infection

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PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 5-Nov-2013   http://www.eurekalert.org/pubnews.php

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Scientists have discovered that bacteria found in a traditional Japanese pickle can prevent flu. Could this be the next superfood?

The research, which assesses the immune-boosting powers of Lactobacillus brevis from Suguki – a pickled turnip, popular in Japan – in mice that have been exposed to a flu virus, is published today (06 November) in the SfAM journal, Letters in Applied Microbiology.

Lead researcher, Ms Naoko Waki of KAGOME CO., LTD. in Japan said: "Our results show that when a particular strain of Lactobacillus brevis is eaten by mice, it has protective effects against influenza virus infection."

Suguki enthusiasts have often cited its protective powers but it is not known yet whether the same effects will be seen in humans. Human clinical trials using a probiotic drink containing Lactobacillus brevis KB290 bacteria are underway and scientists are hopeful that, given a suitable quantity of bacteria, foods containing them may turn out to be the next superfood.

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If Everyone In The World Lived In Texas

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From The Department of Hmmmm....

If you divided the square feet in Texas by the world's population, what would be the square foot area available per person?

Texas land area is: 261,232 square miles (http://www.texasalmanac.com/topics/facts-profile)

1 square mile = 640 acres: 261,232 x 640 = 167,188,480 square acres

1 acre = 43,560 square feet: 167,188,480 x 43,560 = 7,282,730,188,800 square feet

World Population: 7,000,000,000 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population)

Thus: 7,282,730,188,800 square feet divided by 7,000,000,000 people = 1040.39 square feet per person

Firefox Addon: Dark Side of the Prism

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Firefox Addon: Dark Side of the Prism

When visiting any URLs that have been (publicly) targeted by Prism, a small notification will appear alerting that this site is being surveilled. You will then be presented with an ethereal Pink Floyd track from the "Dark Side of the Moon" album.

http://projects.justinblinder.com/Dark-side-of-the-Prism

For the addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dark-side-of-the-prism/

 
 - Yep us too. Apparently the PRISM program has been monitoring The Galactic Press as well.

Everything Is Rigged: The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever

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Everything Is Rigged: The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever

The Illuminati were amateurs. The second huge financial scandal of the year reveals the real international conspiracy: There's no price the big banks can't fix

Illustration by Victor Juhasz
April 25, 2013 1:00 PM ET
 

Conspiracy theorists of the world, believers in the hidden hands of the Rothschilds and the Masons and the Illuminati, we skeptics owe you an apology. You were right. The players may be a little different, but your basic premise is correct: The world is a rigged game. We found this out in recent months, when a series of related corruption stories spilled out of the financial sector, suggesting the world's largest banks may be fixing the prices of, well, just about everything.

 

The Cowboy's Guide to Life

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The Cowboy's Guide to Life

- Don't squat with your spurs on.
- Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none.
- The easiest way to eat crow is while it's still warm. The colder it gets, the harder it is to swaller.
- If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.
- If it don't seem like it's worth the effort, it probably ain't.
- It don't take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep.
- Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.
- If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.
- Always drink upstream from the herd.
- Generally, you ain't learnin' nothing when your mouth's a-jawin'.
- If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there with ya.
- Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
- Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back.
- The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back into your pocket.
- Never miss a good chance to keep quiet.


- Advice like this just don't come any finer!
 

The beauty of this orchestration we're witnessing does not escape me.

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It occurred to me that what we're seeing now is as complex as a Beethoven symphony and as intricate as a ballet. Just imagine the dynamics involved to arrange the forthcoming events, it amazes me to no end:


(1) We have the largest known Hurricane/N'oreaster storm combination swirling to a crescendo in the most populated part of America. A slow moving monster that could flood, freeze and dump mountains of freezing rain and snow, the likes of which have never been seen in the modern era.
 

(2) We've had a 7.7 earthquake in British Columbia that has already rung-out 14 aftershocks the smallest of which was a 4.1, and has forced out tsunami warnings all across the Pacific.
 

(3) We've had a large CME yesterday that is now barreling through space with an arrival time of approximately October 30th. Right about the same time Hurricane/N'oreaster Sandy is visiting the crap out of New York.
 

(4) And the cherry on top?, Full Moon. The Hunter's Full Moon in fact, which is slated to make its entrance on October 29th. And bring along his friend High Tide to keep things interesting.

 

It just doesn't get any better than this.

 - Tighten up the ropes to yer skivvies mates, it looks like we're going for a ride! Take care.

~DeSwiss


 

''A Simple Fix For Farming'' -- Your Tax Dollars At Work, NOT!

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   Having worked in both the non-profit and government sectors most of my lifetime, I have concluded one thing for certain: Government programs are seldom desgined to actually correct the problems they were created to resolve.

 

Of course they sometimes do resolve the problems, albeit inefficiently. But primarily a program's purpose from the perspective of government bureaucrats is to sustain the need for the government itself and by consequence, the bureaucracy whose very existence depends upon those programs' continuing need for funds. There are countless example I could point to and at one time (before the advent of Google) I would do so again right now. However, I see no point or even a learning advantage to be gained from such an futile exercise for a system which is destined for the dust heap.

 

Nonetheless, here is one such example that plopped right into my lap the other day and so I thought I'd share it with you. It seems that our tax dollars were used to fund a grant for an experiment at Iowa State University whose results clearly demonstrates that there is hardly any further need, nor continued justification for the use of pesticides and herbicides. So what did our illustrious Department of Agriculture and USDA do with this ground-breaking discovery?  They said: Meh.

 

The Sendoff

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As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's cemetery in the Kentucky back country.

As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost and, being a typical male, I didn't stop for directions. I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch. I felt badly and apologized to the men for being late. I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in place.

I didn't know what else to do, so I started to play. The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends. I played like I've never played before for this homeless man. And as I played 'Amazing Grace,' the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept, we all wept together.

When I finished I packed up my bagpipes and started for my car. Though my head hung low, my heart was full. As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, "I never seen nothin' like that before and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years."

Apparently I'm still lost.

It's a man thing.....

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 - When you love it, it ain't work. Have a good one today everybody.....

 

Happy Friday!!!

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Wool Pulling......

 

 

 

- Have a good one everybody.

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