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telecommunications and information technology sectors

2011-02-27T07:50:00.000-08:00

telecommunications and information technology sectors

Last couple of years have been a bit tough for the telecommunications and information technology sectors, not in terms of growth but due to dip in its credibility in view of scams. However, multinational firms as well as Indian companies have continued to repose faith in these two high-growth sectors.

Telecom sector, particularly mobile telephony, has done exceptionally well in the last decade as teledensity has now crossed 66 per cent from under 4 per cent in March 2001, with over 75 crore mobile connections. However, broadband connections that currently stand at over 1-crore have been a bit of a dampener. But now government is focusing on wireless broadband that would further boost economic growth.

With huge investments made in the auction of 3G and Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) spectrum, operators are looking at some incentives from Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in his Budget proposals for 2011-12.

As the telecom sector is expected to constitute 15 per cent of India's GDP in few years, it needs focus attention and support of government through various financial measures. “The government should restore tax holiday to meet ever-growing need of building and improvising the telecommunication network, while minimum alternate tax (MAT) rate should be rationalised. We need more clarity on withholding tax issues to ensure unhindered growth of the sector,” said Hemant Joshi of consultancy firm Deloitte Haskins & Sells.

The telecom sector has also demanded special service tax exemptions in order to encourage development of new applications, research and design, and contribution to universities and centres of excellence.

To encourage rural inclusion drive of government, excise duty and other tax exemptions should be granted to telecom manufacturers for supply in rural areas, State level entry tax should be removed on IT equipment and SIM cards brought into the State,” he added.

Broadband penetration

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To boost broadband penetration, operators are seeking waiver of service tax, besides other fiscal incentives. Companies have urged Mr. Mukherjee to give some tax concessions so that they could lessen the burden of investments they have made in recent months.

To boost manufacturing and increase sales of telecom equipment, the government needs to announce more incentives and give tax breaks. “Immediate implementation of GST is required to ensure a standard VAT across the States to check tax evasion, while the duty on mobile accessories like chargers and batteries needs to be rationalised,” said Arshit Pathak, a senior functionary of China-based G'Five International that recently captured third position in the Indian mobile market, which today is around 40-lakh units a month.

Tablet is an emerging product category and has a huge potential in digitalisation of education and help bridge digital divide. This product should be treated like a communication device and not an IT device and duty should be rationalised accordingly. It will be great initiative towards digital education,” Mr. Pathak added.

For IT industry, the biggest challenge is to get the tax incentives back which were taken away last year. “Though many companies and industry associations have recommended STPI benefits to continue for a longer period and to be treated on a par with SEZ (Special Economic Zones) benefits, one-year extension will be extremely helpful,” said Rolta's Chief Financial Officer Hiranya Ashar.

“Similarly, the MAT regime started with a tax rate of 7.5 per cent of book profits, and now this rate has been increased to a whopping 20 per cent. This rate is certainly too high and has a big impact on cash flow of all companies, including on non-IT sector companies,” he added. Also, more clarity was needed on the indirect tax front as to how software should be taxed, whether it is services or goods. This issue gets addressed with the introduction of GST, which needs to be addressed urgently, Mr. Ashar added.

cancer theraphy

2011-02-24T07:45:00.000-08:00

A new Anti-Cancer Supplement that is very cheap! (gentle + healthy: no side effects)

Flavonoids are compounds from fruits and vegetables. These compounds cause fruits to have a nice color. Strawberries are red because it contains a flavonoid.

Scientists are interested in flavonoids, because they have many (health improving) abilities. Flavonoids are antioxidants too. They can also protect against radiation.Flavonoids can also work against cancer. Has anyone ever told you that fruits and vegetables are healthy? It's because of the flavonoids.

A very important flavonoid is Quercetin. This flavonoid is present in almost all fruits and vegetables. It's also the most potent flavonoid against cancer.

Read these (scientific) articles:

Antioxidant Activities of Flavonoids
Information about flavonoids (wikipedia)
Information about Quercetin, a flavonoid (wikipedia)
A scientific article about the anti-cancer effects of flavonoids
A scientific article about the anti-cancer effects of Quercetin
Antioxidants and Cancer III: Quercetin
Tumour response to quercetin, a bioflavonoid with some promises in therapies

Quercetin against cancer

Quercetin is the strongest of all flavonoids if it's about how good it works against cancer. It's the most potent. Quercetin does not dissolve well in water. Vitamin C helps against this. This is why if you want to use Quercetin against cancer, you should always dissolve it in Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid). Ascorbic acid also makes Quercetin work better, prevents it's breakdown and increases it's absorption, amplifying it's anti-cancer effect!

Quercetin is also very cheap. You can get it in many vitamin stores and on internet for only approximately 10 dollars (minimal
5 dollars).

Quercetin + Vitamin C should always be taken with Green Tea Extract (EGEC, catechin) for much stronger anti-cancer effect.

What makes Quercetin so special?

The naturally occuring flavonoid Quercetin, that comes from fruits and vegetables, kills cancer cells while leaving healthy cells unharmed. It even protects healthy cells and keeps them healthy. Killing cancer cells eradicates tumors (tumors consists of cancer cells). How this is done...

Quercetin is a compound that is structurally related to resveratrol, the compound that could extend life in rats.

It should also be mentioned that Quercetin is useful for cancer prevention. For example it can prevent cancer from reoccuring or prevent cancer from starting.

Where to find these supplements

You can find Quercetin and Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) - the anti-cancer compounds/ supplements - in vitamin stores and from the internet. See:

Vitacost.com vitamin store
Quercetin + Vitamin C, Natrol, 50 caps
(only $5)
Quercetin + Vitamin C, NSI, 180 caps
Quercetin + Vitamin C, Twinlab, 100 caps
Liquid Vitamin C + Quercetin, NSI, 30 servings
Vitamin C, NSI, 250 caps

Iherb.com vitamin store
Quercetin + Vitamin C, Natrol, 50 caps
(only $5)
Quercetin + Vitamin C, Twinlab, 100 caps
Quercetin, NOW foods, 100 caps
Quercetin, Jarrow Formulas, 200 caps
Vitamin C, NOW foods, 453.6 grams
Vitamin C, Source Naturals, 453.6 grams

Green Tea Extract (EGEC, catechin)
Combine with these supplements for extra anti-cancer effect.

Green Tea Extract, Jarrow, 100 caps
EGCG Extract, NOW Foods, 90 caps

There are many sources for Quercetin and Vitamin C. You can also look for Quercetin in your own country. Just go to www.google.net, click the pages from your own country option and then search for "Quercetin", "Buy Quercetin", "Quercetin 500 mg" or "Quercetin+mg".

Fruits and vegetables contain only minimum amounts of Quercetin, while supplements contain high amounts of Quercetin. Therefore only supplements are expected to be effective against cancer.

Note: We do not earn anything out of sales. We are an independent, non-commercial website, only advocating the use of these supplements.

Instructions

To make optimal use of Quercetin you should follow these instructions:

Take a half liter of water in a bottle. Add 250-1000 mg Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) and wait until it's well dissolved. Open a capsule containing Quercetin (250-500 mg) and sprinkle the entire content in this water. Shake well. If all goes well you will see a yellow solution. Now you are done. The mix is ready for consumption. If Vitamin C is already in the capsule, all you have to do is open the capsule and dissolve it in a half liter of water.

Drink the mix slowly (take a sip every 15 minutes). You can repeat mixing the Quercetin with vitamin C every 8 hours. Later you can take a higher dosage such as 1000 mg Quercetin with 1000-2000 mg Vitamin C. You can also use double the amount of Vitamin C such as 1000-2000 mg Vitamin C and 500 mg Quercetin. The maximum dosage is 1000 mg Quercetin and 2000 mg Vitamin C taken every 8 hours. Only use ascorbic acid and not any modified Vitamin C such as sodium ascorbate or it may not work. The Quercetin should preferentially be powder form. Do not use granulated Quercetin, because it does not dissolve well. If Natrol, NSI or Twinlab Quercetin + C is used, that already has Vitamin C added, no additional Vitamin C is needed. The green tea extract should be mixed with ascorbic acid as well for enhanced absorption.

Safety

If you choose to use Quercetin with ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), you should always discuss this with your doctor. There could be interactions with other medications. You should always use supplements under guidance of a doctor. If there are any side effects, you should always report that to your doctor.

It's also wise to start with a low dosage. For example start with 100 mg Quercetin a day and slowly build up to 500 mg Quercetin a day for example.

Warning! Skipping conventional treatments (in favor of supplements such as this one) can have serious consequences.
More information....

Here are some warnings and precautions.

A way to make Quercetin MUCH (80+ times) more potent against cancer

According to this theory flavonoids such as Quercetin actually work on free radicals. They are fueled on free radicals. So, if we provide flavonoids with more free radicals they can kill many more cancer cells. This is what makes it a good idea to combine flavonoids with free radical generating methods. For example, radiation is converted to free radicals, so if this therapy is combined with radiation therapy it will bemuch more effective. Many kinds ofchemotherapy also generate free radicals. Using EGCG (a source of free radicals) along with the mix can also work. Combining Quercetin + Vitamin C with free radicals can make it more then 80+ times more potent!

Adding free radicals to the Quercetin + Vitamin C mix can make it become very potent in treating cancer.

See this research

Warning!

Testimonials and scientific studies indicate that Quercetin + Vitamin C should always be used in combination with free radical methods (especially cisplatin/ carboplatin) for best results. We encourage you to report back to us the results.

If you add free radicals to the Quercetin + Vitamin C mix, please start with a low dosage first (1/10th of the normal dosage). For example start with 100 mg Quercetin + 200 mg Vitamin C. We recommend doing so under a doctor's guidance.
Extra warnings

Advanced information

For more information about Quercetin and flavonoids in relation with cancer, including scientific information, clinical trials, testimonials etc.; Please click here:
Advanced information about this protocol

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We are a website that does not earn anything out of sales and we have completely no financial connection whatsoever. This website only independently advocates a cancer supplement.

Did you find this treatment protocol helpful in the battle against cancer? Did it cure your or your family member's (or friends) cancer or did it slow it down or suppress it?

We spent years to research this cancer supplement. If you felt this protocol has helped you, please contact us. Send us a message using our contact form.Fluoridisation of Water and Cancer: A Review of the Epidemiological Evidence

Agronomie

2011-02-24T07:34:00.000-08:00

AGRONOMIE

Les termes d'agriculture et d'agronomie sont souvent utilisés indifféremment, alors qu'il s'agit de deux concepts différents.
D'une façon générale, l'agronomie est la science visant à comprendre les mécanismes en jeu en agriculture et à les améliorer. Ceci explique que l'on parle parfois de sciences agronomiques. L'agriculture quant à elle est la pratique de l'activité agricole. Idéalement l'agriculture se nourrit des réflexions agronomiques. Dans son acception restreinte, l'agronomie embrasse la connaissance des techniques agricoles en interaction avec le milieu (date de semis, valeur des assolements, choix des semences, calcul de la minéralisation de la matière organique, techniques d'élevage...). Dans une acception plus large, l'agronomie comprend également la connaissance de l'organisation socio-économique de l'agriculture (forme sociale, financement, fonctionnement des marchés, structures familiales).
Histoire de l'agronomie[modifier]

Si dès la plus haute antiquité les évocations des travaux ruraux sont présents dans l'iconographie (bas reliefs égyptiens par exemple) et font l'objet de l'attention des élites dans certaines civilisations (rôle des paradeisias, palais et fermes impériale, dans l'Empire perse achéménide) il faut attendre l'agronome punique Magon (antérieur au iie siècle av. J-C mais sans qu'il soit aisé de le dater) pour que soit fait référence à un traité d'agronomie structuré. Sa valeur fut si bien reconnue que le Sénat romain en ordonna la traduction. D'une manière générale l'aristocratie romaine marqua un certain intérêt pour l'agronomie ce qui se traduisit par une succession d'auteurs : Caton l'Ancien, Varron, Columelle et Palladius. Au Moyen Âge, le progrès agronomique diffuse essentiellement au travers des abbayes notamment bénédictines. Dès la Renaissance, le regain général de l'écriture et de la lecture affectera également l'agronomie. Si dans un premier temps on se contenta essentiellement de publier en latin puis dans les langues vernaculaires les traités antiques, dans un deuxième temps furent produits des traités originaux. Le plus connu en France est celui du gentilhomme Olivier de Serres auteur du Théâtre d'agriculture; néanmoins la diffusion de l'agronomie reste confidentielle. Ensuite dans la seconde moitié du xviiie siècle la diffusion et l'étude de l'agronomie se renouvelèrent par l'intermédiaire des sociétés royales d'agriculture et de savants tels que Duhamel du Monceau auteur des Éléments d'agriculture en 1762.
Agronomie : une science locale

L'agriculture étant une mise en valeur d'un territoire donné ayant ses caractéristiques propres, l'agronomie replace des connaissances génériques dans un contexte local. Il s'agit en effet de comprendre un milieu pour en tirer le meilleur parti agricole. Dans sa partie concernant les pratiques agricoles proprement dites, l'agronomie est étroitement liée à la pédologie dans la mesure où elle est étroitement liée aux sols et aux climats, qui ne sont jamais les mêmes d'une région à l'autre. C'est la raison pour laquelle en France, par exemple, certaines spécialisations se font en agronomie tropicale, dont les spécificités ne sont pas comparables à l'agriculture de la métropole. On parle souvent de terroirs, lesquels doivent être traités différemment les uns des autres.
Évolution de l'agronomie[modifier]

L'agronomie a connu une rupture fondamentale au cours du xxe siècle. À l'origine elle visait essentiellement à optimiser les ressources et potentialités locales (sols, eau, espèces cultivées) en agençant mieux les productions dans le temps et dans l'espace et en améliorant les pratiques de travail du sol. À partir du début du xxe siècle l'essor de la chimie accéléré par les deux guerres mondiales conduit au développement des engrais et pesticides de synthèse, notamment grâce aux travaux du chimiste allemand Fritz Haber. Ceci conduisit à une industrialisation de l'agriculture (années 1960 à 1990), également connue sous le terme de révolution verte, étroitement liée aux progrès parallèles réalisés en matière de productions végétales et animales (sélection et amélioration), ainsi qu'en matière d'intrants (engrais et produits phytosanitaires). L'agronomie est alors devenue une science d'optimisation des intrants industriels: calcul et application optimale des doses d'engrais, choix des pesticides.
Toutefois, les dégradations environnementales, liées à l'agriculture industrielle, au développement industriel et au fort accroissement de la population mondiale, ont soulevé de nombreuses questions et entraîné le développement, voire l'apparition de nouvelles préoccupations pour la science agronomique (dépollution, traitement des déchets, aménagement rural, lutte biologique).
L'essor du concept de développement durable à partir de la conférence de Rio de 1992 marque un nouveau virage avec l'apparition de préoccupations concernant la dégradation des ressources naturelles (baisse de fertilité des sols, pollution des eaux, érosion, perte de biodiversité domestique...) occasionnée par l'industrialisation de l'agriculture. Dans cette perspective qui vise à terme une réduction drastique de l'utilisation d'intrants, l'agronomie se fixe comme objectif de soutenir le développement d'une agriculture maintenant voire augmentant les rendements des cultures et des productions animales tout en respectant les équilibres naturels. L'agriculture est conçue comme un écosystème anthropisé - agrosystème - dont l'homme fait partie et qu'il doit maintenir en équilibre.
Dans ce contexte, l'essor des nouvelles technologies, biotechnologie et informatique, a ouvert de nouveaux champs d'études. Mais il existe un désaccord entre les agronomes sur la place à accorder à ces nouvelles technologies dans la résolution des problèmes actuels. Certains n'y voient que des moyens secondaires, susceptibles mêmes d'aggraver les effets pervers de l'agriculture industrielle quand d'autres en font le pilier d'une nouvelle révolution verte. La relation entre agronomie et nouvelles techniques reste donc une question ouverte.
Le couplage de l'agronomie et de l'informatique a permis avec l'essor de la biométrie d'apporter de puissants moyens de calcul statistiques désormais couramment utilisés lors des expérimentations.
La recherche agronomique[modifier]

En France, la recherche agronomique en milieu tempéré est réalisée principalement à l'INRA (Institut National de recherche agronomique) mais également au CEMAGREF (Centre national du machinisme agricole, du génie rural, des eaux et des forêts). En ce qui concerne la recherche agronomique tropicale française, elle est effectuée au CIRAD (Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement) et à l'IRD (Institut de recherche pour le développement).
Crises agricoles[modifier]

Les sciences agronomiques cherchent actuellement à nourrir l'homme, avec une plus grande sécurité, une bonne gestion des ressources naturelles et un respect pour l'environnement. Les fonctions économiques, environnementales et sociales de l'agriculture sont aujourd'hui au cœur d'un vaste débat de société. De récentes crises (vache folle, organismes génétiquement modifiés), ont bien montré la complexité et l'importance de ce débat, en mettant notamment en évidence le lien entre recherche agronomique et intérêts économiques : association extrêmement efficace pour accélérer l'innovation mais posant problème dès lors qu'il convient de l'évaluer objectivement. En effet, les spécialistes, impliqués dans des programmes industriels peuvent se retrouver juges et parties. C'est le problème plus général du conflit d'intérêt étendu aux chercheurs.
Compte tenu des importantes difficultés économiques du monde agricole et paysans au cours des années 1980-90 marquée par une chute constante du prix des matières agricoles, certains agronomes estiment indispensable de mettre à jour les mécanismes explicatifs de l'évolution de l'agriculture en les reliant à l'évolution de la demande sociale. L'approche agronomique purement locale est enrichie et complétée par une approche qui vise à replacer l'agriculture et les systèmes de production mis en place dans le contexte mondial. À l'heure de la mondialisation des échanges, il paraît impossible d'interpréter correctement les stratégies agricoles sans connaître les politiques agricoles et les accords internationaux notamment dans le cadre de Organisation mondiale du commerce qui conditionne le prix des matières premières et donc la rentabilité des productions.
Formation à l'agronomie[modifier]

En France, l'agronomie est enseignée dans plusieurs écoles qui forment des ingénieurs agronomes (les ENSA (Écoles nationales supérieures agronomiques)), ainsi qu'à l'ISTOM (École d'ingénieurs en agro-développement international), dans les ENITA (Écoles nationales d'ingénieurs des travaux agricoles), à l'ESITPA (École d'ingénieurs des Chambres d'Agriculture), dans les écoles de la FESIA (Fédération des écoles supérieures d'ingénieurs en agriculture), dans les Institut universitaire de technologie Génie biologique et au sein des lycées agricoles (depuis les BEPA-CAPA jusqu'au BTSA (Brevet de Technicien Supérieur Agricole)). Depuis quelques années, des Licences Professionnelles, menées en partenariat avec des établissements du supérieur, sont apparues.
En Suisse, l'hepia, haute école du Paysage, d'Ingéniérie et d'Architecture de Genève filière AGRONOMIE hepia.hesge.chprépare au diplôme d'ingénieur agronome grade Bachelor en 3 ans. Cette formation francophone de niveau universitaire à plein temps enseigne les productions biologiques. Les autres particularités de cette formation résident d'une part dans son enseignement qui a une forte dimension appliquée, d'autre part dans sa focalisation sur les cultures spéciales : horticulture, aspects vivriers, ornementaux et médicinaux, solutions horticoles pour l'environnement construit. Une formation universitaire, comprenant Bachelor et Master, est aussi proposée, en langue allemande, à l'école polytechnique fédérale de Zürich. Dès le Bachelor, les étudiants se voient offrir un vaste choix de cours et de modules et peuvent se spécialiser ensuite au Master dans l'une des trois directions suivantes : production animale, production végétale ou économie agraire [1].
Au Québec, le baccalauréat en agronomie est offert à l'Université McGill à Montréal, en anglais, et à l'Université Laval à Québec, en français. Les deux baccalauréats sont reconnus par l'Ordre des Agronomes du Québec.
En Belgique francophone, les ingénieurs agronomes, ou bioingénieurs, peuvent suivre leur formation dans trois universités, l'Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) à Louvain-la-Neuve, l'Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) et l'Université de Liège (ULg) sur son site de Gembloux - Agro-Bio Tech (anciennement la Faculté universitaire des sciences agronomiques de Gembloux). Ces formations comptent 3 ans de baccalauréat et 2 ans de maîtrise. Plusieurs écoles supérieures (notamment à ATH, Ciney, Liège, Huy...) donnent aussi accès à des diplômes d'agronomie en 3 ans Baccalauréat en agronomie ou 5 ans, dont le diplôme porte le titre d'ingénieur industriel en agronomie.Cette dernière formation (ISIa à Huy, Ath et Gembloux) compte également 3 ans de Baccalauréat et 2 ans de Maîtrise.
Au Maroc, la formation en agronomie et génie agricole est offerte par deux institutions: l'Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II à Rabat et l'École Nationale d'Agriculture de Méknes. Différentes spécialités sont offertes: génie agricole, agronomie, sciences de l'agroalimentaire, médecine vétérinaire et topographie. Les études sont généralement de 5 à 6 ans et le baccalauréat est obligatoire pour accéder à ces institutions. Au Sénégal la formation d'agronomie est assurée par l'ENSA de Thiès (École Nationale Supérieure d'Agriculture).

2011-02-24T06:56:00.001-08:00

Hewlett-Packard HP

2011-02-23T05:36:00.000-08:00

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly referred to as HP, is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA. The company was founded in a one-car garage in Palo Alto by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard, and is now one of the world's largest information technology companies,

operating in nearly every country. HP specializes in developing and manufacturing computing, data storage, and networking hardware, designing software and delivering services. Major product lines include personal computing devices, enterprise servers, related storage devices, as well as a diverse range of printers and other imaging products. HP markets its products to households, small- to medium-sized businesses and enterprises directly as well as via online distribution, consumer-electronics and office-supply retailers, software partners and major technology vendors.

HP's posted net revenue in 2009 was $115 billion, with approximately $40 billion coming from services. In 2006, the intense competition between HP and IBM tipped in HP's favor, with HP posting revenue of US$91.7 billion,^[5] compared to $91.4 billion for IBM; the gap between the companies widened to $21 billion in 2009. In 2007, HP's revenue was $104 billion,^[6] making HP the first IT company in history to report revenues exceeding $100 billion.^[7] In 2008 HP retained its global leadership position in inkjet, laser, large format and multi-function printers market, and its leadership position in the hardware industry.^[8] Also HP became #2 globally in IT services as reported by IDC & Gartner.^[9]

Major company changes include a spin-off of part of its business as Agilent Technologies in 1999, its merger withCompaq in 2002, and the acquisition of EDS in 2008, which led to combined revenues of $118.4 billion in 2008 and aFortune 500 ranking of 9 in 2009.^[9] In November 2009, HP announced the acquisition of 3Com;^[10] with the deal closing on April 12, 2010.^[11] On April 28, 2010, HP announced the buyout of Palm for $1.2 billion.^[12] On September 2, 2010 won its bidding war for 3PAR with a $33 a share offer ($2.07 billion) which Dell declined to match.^[13

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On August 6, 2010 CEO Mark Hurd resigned.^[14] Cathie Lesjak assumed the role of interim CEO, and on September 30, 2010, Léo Apotheker became HP's new permanent CEO and Ray Lane, Managing Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, was elected to the position of non-executive Chairman. Both appointments were effective November 1, 2010.^[15

Google person finder launched for N.Z. quake

2011-02-22T11:04:00.000-08:00

Google has launched a version of its "person finder" database to help people in New Zealand find loved ones after a devastating earthquake.

The 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch, the country's second-largest city, at 12:51 p.m. local time Tuesday (6:51 p.m. ET Monday), killing 65 people and trapping dozens of others.

As of 12:10 p.m. ET Tuesday, there were 5,400 records in the Christchurch 2011 version of Google's service, which allows people to:

Post information about whether someone is safe, missing or injured.
Search for information posted by others, including information posted in other registries using a common data format called PFIF.

The programming tool used to make person finder databases was built by Google engineers in response to the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. It has since been used in earthquakes in Chile and China and in the Pakistan floods.

learn Naturopathy and science

2011-02-21T07:19:00.000-08:00

Naturopathy has been a recurrent topic on this blog. The reasons should be obvious. Although

homeopathy is the one woo to rule them all in the U.K. and much of Europe, here in the U.S. homeopathy is not nearly as big a deal. Arguably, some flavor of naturopathy is the second most prevalent “alternative medical system” here, after chiropractic of course. Indeed, some sixteen states and five Canadian provinces license naturopaths in some form, and in some states naturopaths are fighting for, and in some cases winning, the power to prescribe certain real pharmaceutical medications and order real medical tests. For instance, in California, naturopaths can order laboratory tests and X-rays, which reminds me of a conversation I had with a mammographer from California at TAM last summer. He told me a tale of the dilemma he had when naturopaths and other “alt-med” practitioners ordered tests at his facilities. Specifically, the dilemma came about because he doubted that the naturopath knew what to do with the results. Meanwhile, in Oregon, naturopaths can prescribe certain types of pharmaceutical drugs (as opposed to the usual supplements, herbs, or homeopathic remedies they normally prescribe). Meanwhile, moves are under way to expand the prescribing privileges of naturopaths in Canada, as Ontario (which is, remember, just across the Detroit River, less than two and a half miles from my cancer center as the crow flies—a truly frightening thought).

Unfortunately, naturopathy is a hodge-podge of mostly unscientific treatment modalities based on vitalism and other prescientific notions of disease. As a result, typical naturopaths are more than happy in essence to “pick one from column A and one from column B” when it comes to pseudoscience, mixing and matching treatments including traditional Chinese medicine, homeopathy, herbalism, Ayurvedic medicine, applied kinesiology, anthroposophical medicine, reflexology, craniosacral therapy, Bowen Technique, and pretty much any other form of unscientific or prescientific medicine that you can imagine. Despite that, naturopaths crave the imprimatur of science. They represent what they do as being science-based, and they’ve even set up research institutes, much like the departments, divisions, and institutes devoted to “complementary and alternative medicine” (CAM) that have cropped up on the campuses of legitimate medical schools and academic medical centers like so many weeds poking through the cracks in the edifice of science-based medicine. Naturopaths also really, really don’t like it when they hear criticism that their “discipline” is not science-based. Indeed, the president of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, Carl Hangee-Bauer, ND, LAc (he’s an acupuncturist, too!), wrote a revealing post on the AANP blog entitled Science and Naturopathic Medicine.

Science. You keep using that term. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Mind Control-The Ultimate Terror

2011-02-20T09:19:00.000-08:00

Mind Control-The Ultimate Terror: "Mind Control
The Ultimate Terro"

The topic of mind control is elaborate, multifaceted, and multi layered. For the casual reader, it can quickly become numbing, overwhelming the senses and creating a desire to exit the topic, but avoiding this subject is the most foolish thing you could possibly do since your only chance of surviving this hideous and insidious enslavement agenda, which today threatens virtually all of humanity, isto understand how it functions and take steps to reduce your vulnerability.

The plans to create a mind controlled workers society have been in place for a long time. The current technology grew out of experiments that the Nazis started before World War II and intensified during the time of the Nazi concentration camps when an unlimited supply of children and adults were available for experimentation. We've heard about the inhumane medical experiments performed on concentration camp prisoners, but no word was ever mentioned by the media and the TV documentaries of the mind control experiments. That was not to be divulged to the American public. Mind control technologies can be broadly divided into two subsets: trauma-based or electronic-based.

The first phase of government mind control development grew out of the old occult techniques which required the victim to be exposed to massive psychological and physical trauma, usually beginning in infancy, in order to cause the psyche to shatter into a thousand alter personalities which can then be separately programmed to perform any function (or job) that the programmer wishes to"install". Each alter personality created is separate and distinct from the front personality. The 'front personality' is unaware of the existence or activities of the alter personalities. Alter personalities can be brought to the surface by programmers or handlers using special codes, usually stored in a laptop computer. The victim of mind control can also be affected by specific sounds, words, or actions known as triggers.

The second phase of mind control development was refined at an underground base below Fort Hero on Montauk , Long Island (New York) and is referred to as the Montauk Project. The earliest adolescent victims of Montauk style programming, so called Montauk Boys, were programmed using trauma-based techniques, but that method was eventually abandoned in favor of an all-electronic induction process which could be "installed" in a matter of days (or even hours) instead of the many years that it took to complete trauma-based methods.

Dr. Joseph Mengele of Auschwitz notoriety was the principle developer of the trauma-basedMonarch Project and the CIA'sMK Ultra mind control programs. Mengele and approximately 5, 000 other high ranking Nazis were secretly moved into the United States and South America in the aftermath of World War II in an Operation designated Paperclip. The Nazis continued their work in developing mind control and rocketry technologies in secret underground military bases. The only thing we were told about was the rocketry work with former Nazi star celebrities like Warner Von Braun. The killers, torturers, and mutilators of innocent human beings were kept discretely out of sight, but busy in U.S. underground military facilities which gradually became home to thousands upon thousands of kidnapped American children snatched off the streets (about one million per year) and placed intoiron bar cages stacked from floor to ceiling as part of the 'training'. These children would be used to further refine and perfect Mengele's mind control technologies. Certain selected children (at least the ones who survived the 'training') would become future mind controlled slaves who could be used for thousands of different jobs ranging anywhere from sexual slavery to assassinations. A substantial portion of these children, who were considered expendable, were intentionally slaughtered in front of (and by) the other children in order to traumatize the selected trainee into total compliance and submission.

Mind Control 'Programmed' Individuals
The lone gunman that we hear about in assassinations, assassination attempts, school shootings, etc. are mind controlled individuals who had been 'programmed' to carry out those missions. Ted Bundy, the 'Son of Sam' serial killer David Berkowitz, Oswald, Timothy McVeigh, the Columbine shooters, Chapman, Sirhan Sirhan, etc. were mind controlled individuals who were programmed to perform these killings. Tens of thousands of young teenage boys were kidnapped and forced into the mind control training program called The Montauk Project starting around 1976. Al Bielek, under mind control, was involved in many areas of the secret Montauk Project. After slowly recovering his memories beginning in the late 1980's, he came to realize that there were at least 250,000 mind controlled "Montauk Boys' produced at 25 different facilities similar to the underground base at Montauk, Long Island. Many of these boys were to become 'sleepers' who are individuals who were programmed to go into action at a later date when properly "triggered" to engage in some sort of destructive or disruptive conduct. Other Montauk Boys were woven into the fabric of mainstream American life as journalists, radio & TV personalities, businessmen, lawyers, medical professionals, judges, prosecutors, law enforcement, military men, etc.

Brice Taylor is the pseudonym for Susan Ford, one of the highest level MK Ultra mind controlled victims to ever come forward and reveal her story. It took her nearly 13 years to recover the memories of the events that she reveals in her book, Thanks for The Memories (published in May 1999). Her memories began to return in sporadic fragments in1985, following a car accident that threw her through the windshield of her car after hitting a tree. It wasn't really an accident as much as a result of mind control programming which compelled her to commit suicide if she began to recover critical memories about her role as a top level NASA/CIA mind controlled 'asset' who was used as a sex slave and message (or drug) courier for every president from Kennedy to Clinton and wasHenry Kissinger's personal secretary/human computer (file storage and retrieval) for over 19 years. Her 'owner/handler' was comedian Bob Hope and she was 'loaned out' to many famous and well known entertainment personalities in order to oblige them to be beholding to and manipulated by Hope and his Illuminati pals so they could be used as "worker bees' to help usher in the Luciferian, New World Order. Her book is probably the most revealing account to date of well known, national personalities in both politics and the entertainment industry who are involved in the handling, programming, control, manipulation, and abuse of Illuminati/government created human robots like Brice or other, well known celebrity/mind control victims such as Barbara Striesand and Barbara Mandrel. The book's Table of Contents alone will give you an idea of the incredible number of nationally known names that Brice had been involved with from childhood into adulthood as a mind controlled slave. In my opinion, Thanks for The Memories and the two co-authored Illuminati Formula books of Cisco Wheeler and Fritz Springmeir (see below) are the three most important and revealing books in print on the subject of Illuminati mind control and should be read by every concerned and thinking human being

on this planet, for they reveal how the Illuminati mind control programs are accomplished and how they can be broken, allowing the victim to escape from its control.

Mind Control The Ultimate

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Mind Control-The Ultimate Terror: "Mind Control
The Ultimate Terro"

Mind Control-The Ultimate Terror

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Mind Control-The Ultimate Terror

science evolution and creationism

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science evolution and creationism

Science, Evolution, and Creationism^[1] is a publication by the United States National Academy of Sciences. The book's authors intended to provide a current and comprehensive explanation of evolution and "its importance in the science classroom".^[2] The book, published on January 3, 2008, is available as a free PDF file on the National Academies Press website.^[3]

Science, Evolution, and Creationism differs from prior National Academy of Sciences publications regarding creation and evolution in public education‎ and the creation-evolution controversy; it is intended "specifically for the lay public", devoting much of its space to "explaining the differences between science and religion, and asserting that acceptance of evolution does not require abandoning belief in God."^[4]^[5] The book provides statements from notable biologists and clergy members to support the claim that "attempts to pit science and religion against each other create controversy where none needs to exist."^[5]

The authors of Science, Evolution, and Creationism, who include Francisco J. Ayala and Bruce Alberts, highlight developments in evolutionary biology and its relevance to the study of emerging infectious diseases, the 2006 discovery of the transitional fossil Tiktaalik, and the application of evolutionary theory in many areas of science and engineering beyond biology.^[6]

The book was released as several states, particularly Texas and Florida, considered revisions in state science standards.^[7]

The pro-intelligent design organization, the Discovery Institute, states that Science, Evolution, and Creationism "completely misrepresent[s] intelligent design" and "exaggerates the success of evolution".^[8] Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, argues that Science, Evolution, and Creationism "ignores" criticism of "Darwinism".^[9]

In an interview on NBC, Glenn Branch, deputy director of the National Center for Science Education, called the publication "a definitive statement from a leading scientific authority about the scientific bankruptcy of intelligent design creationism."^[10]

Praise for the publication was received from Lawrence Krauss^[11] and editorials in Nature,^[12] New Scientist,^[13] and several newspapers.^[10

Scientists announce creation of world's first anti-laser - CTV News

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Scientists announce creation of world's first anti-laser - CTV News

A coherent perfect absorber (CPA), or anti-laser, is a mechanism for absorption of coherent light particles along specific wavelengths; the inverse of a laser. ^[1] ^[2] Energy is released from the absorption process in the form of heat.^[3] The concept was first published in the July 26, 2010, issue of Physical Review Letters, by a team at Yale Universityled by theorist A. Douglas Stone.^[4]^[5] In the September 9, 2010, issue of Physical Review A, Stefano Longhi of Politecnico di Milano showed how to combine a laser and an anti-laser in a single device.^[6]^[7] In February 2011 the team at Yale built the first working anti-laser. ^[8] For the moment, the device is able to absorb 99.4 percent of all incoming light, but the team behind the invention believe it will be possible to increase this number to 99.999 percent.^[9]