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UNDERSTAND THAT REDIRECTING CIVILIZATION is a major undertaking. You can write volumes about it and who will listen? But the energy that goes for that purpose cannot be withdrawn. You know that.  |
 Write about anything or everything that crosses your mind. This is a free-form exercise, you cannot go wrong. Be petty, critical, whining, excited, worried, adventurous, or happy. Be whatever or however you are at this moment. *Bigsmile* HELPING PEOPLE HELP THEMSELVES. This might be critical information for certain people. I know I found out years later that I could have helped my father as he faded away. And all the years spent taking care of him and keeping him safe. Then the years of institutional care, loving as it was, cost everything our family had. I question how many doctors will suport something that is cheap and safe---and so simple? Forget Alzheimer’s, It’s No Longer a Death Sentence by Tony Isaacs (The Best Years in Life) Naturopaths and other natural health authorities have been telling us for years that coconut oil can not only slow Alzheimer’s, it can also stop it and in many instances even reverse it. Now, recent science and real life experiences have confirmed what they have told us. With organic coconut oil, you may be able to forget Alzheimer’s and it may no longer be a death sentence! Alzheimer’s and dementia have been growing at alarming rates thanks to our aging population, widespread use of statin drugs and the continued inundation of toxins in our food, air and water. It is estimated that current figure of 5 million plus people with Alzheimer’s in the U.S. will triple by 2050. Despite optimistic announcements of advances, mainstream medicine continues to be thwarted at actually finding a cure or reversing Alzheimer’s and dementia. The good news, however, is that nature has had an answer all along: coconut oil. If we look at Alzheimer’s disease as a “type 3″ diabetes and an insulin resistance problem, coconut oil makes a lot of sense. Coconut oil is believed to encourage the body to produce organic matter to provide an energy source for brain cells and is in fact a rich source of ketone energy, an alternate form of energy to the brain. In fact, pharmaceutical companies are currently trying to develop drugs that mimic the same “ketonic” effect that can be achieved via coconut oil and a high-fat diet. What science is has found In an “in vitro” (petri dish) study titled “Coconut Oil Attenuates the Effects of Amyloid-β on Cortical Neurons In Vitro” published recently in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, researchers found that coconut oil may alleviate and/or regress cognitive deficits associated with aging and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s. According to the researchers, “The rationale for using coconut oil as a potential AD [Alzheimer’s Disease] therapy is related to the possibility that it could be metabolized to ketone bodies that would provide an alternative energy source for neurons, and thus compensate for mitochondrial dysfunction.” The researchers found that coconut oil protected against amyloid plaque buildup and concluded that “Considering that the medium chain triglyceride found in coconut known as caprylic acid does cross the blood-brain barrier, and has recently been found to have anti-convulsant, in addition to, ketogenic effects, coconut oil likely does have a neuroprotective effect.” An “in vivo” (in the actual body) human study found that brain function was improved after only one dose and study participants reported significant improvements in Alzheimer’s disease after 45 and 90 days of treatment with medium chain triglycerides from coconut oil. In another study, Canadian researcher Stephen Cunnane used PET scans to determine that ketones are indeed a possible alternative brain fuel. Real life experiences Though science does not give as much credence to anecdotal evidence, “observation” is a key component of the scientific process, and when it comes to coconut oil the evidence that has been observed is so overwhelming it simply cannot be ignored. Examples include: - In one of the first widely reported successes with coconut oil, Dr. Mary Newport, MD, dramatically reversed her husband’s symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease after just two weeks of adding coconut oil to his diet. - In 2007, a man in England suddenly quickly deteriorated over a one year period to the point that he could barely do anything for himself and he no longer recognized his own daughter. After his son watched the YouTube video of Dr. Mary Newport’s success with her husband, they decided to try their father on six tablespoons a day. “Within a month his mood completely changed,” his daughter reported. “He became calmer and relaxed. He started shaving, then bathing on his own. Then one day he gave me a hug and said my name.” - Ian Blair Hamilton and his wife, medical researcher Cassie Bond, made a YouTube video about how coconut oil quickly gave Ian his brain back and reversed his depression after he had begun a downward spiral of Alzheimer’s. In other testimonials and reports: • A woman with end-stage Alzheimer’s saw improvement in one week after beginning to take coconut oil. • Coconut oil lifted the brain fog and stopped memory loss for a 65 year old woman. • Coconut oil reversed dementia in a 100 year old woman • Coconut oil reversed the effects of Alzheimer’s in a 50 year old woman And those are just a tiny handful of the literally thousands of testimonials and anecdotal coconut oil success reports. Sources included: http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/how-coconut-oil-may-rescue-brain-alzheimers-dis... http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/mct-fats-found-coconut-oil-boost-brain-function... http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/health-headlines/u-s-study-looks-into-the-benefits-... http://healthimpactnews.com/2014/new-alzheimers-drugs-continue-to-fail-where-coc... Fife, Bruce (2012-04-12). Stop Alzheimer’s Now! Piccadilly Books, Ltd. Kindle Edition Peace and Love...>>>iggy    |
| Prompt: "When love is given, love should be returned, anger gives no life." Hawaiian Proverbs Do you agree? Healing Love Anger strikes and breaks the heart, Dark looks and feelings destroy, Rage burns in the blood with resistance, Hate will grow, and cause such pain, You cannot live in angered state. Love will drown the depths of feeling, Soothing and stirring feelings of caring, Love is harmony made stable, A soul’s attempt to wrap around, The wounded one with healing love. Peace and love...>>>iggy |
| This was written yesterday for August 18th...Lost the internet and it did not get back until Wednesday afternoon. Prompt: How do you begin each day? What is the best way for anyone to begin each day? View this from any angle that you wish. My first point about that is that anyone is for sure not everyone. The varieties of waking-ups are uncounted. Our daily, mostly unconscious, visit to the state of sleep is what? A period of restoration? An escape? A chance for your poor body to digest all the food you just ate too much of? A time your brain uses to sort and file and seconds your were awake during the day? Whatever happens, you (usually) wake up refreshed, ready to face another waking day. And without that particular kind of time-out, you’d be grumpy and feeling tired, and by the end of another day you would collapse. I used to go for the coffee, absolutely the first thing. Then at my advanced age, learned that I needed some plain, clean water, a tumbler full. Not too cold, to give the body’s system a chance to start properly. After about a half-hour it’s good to go for the first cup of strong, black coffee. I find I drink less coffee, and the start-up feels great. I notice that I wake-up thirsty, probably always have. The three cups of early coffee were an attempt to quench my thirst. The water works better! Now if you have kids, roommates, or grumpy lovers, that puts a kink in the perfect waking up with peaceful thoughts and quiet contemplation. You can be thrust into instant chaos. Or there can be a jangling alarm, phone or radio alarm. That puts you into instant washing, dressing, instant breakfast , and out the door to commute for forth-five minutes on a bus or train. That’s your quiet wake-up time. You only escape at the end of the day when you fall into lovely sleep. Dream on...>>>iggy |
| Prompt: To a dog, you're family. To a cat, you're staff. {I have a kitty I love dearly!} Do you agree? I have had a number of dogs. First was Winniefred, who was Dingo & Australian Sheep dog. Smart with huge vocabulary with ordinary speech, not commands. Worked on stage in shows and did one film (she got an actress credit). She toured with children’s theater, guarding the truck and scenery, plus meeting the kids in the classroom. Domino was an Old English Sheep dog. Washed and groomed she was a giant fluff. Utterly devoted and loving. Traveled a lot and charmed everyone she met. She stayed in the best hotels. Dogs are family and they stay with you almost 24/7. I’ve had three major cats. Tiger was a fluffy male(big) who was a dependent baby. Never went outside, it was too scary. Had to travel with me on a snowmobile inside my parka, funny. Booger a black and white spotted stray. Rescued her from some boys who were throwing the kitten against a wall to see if she’d stick. She was with me for 15 years. A little shy, she was totally loving and stayed close. She watched over Tiger. Blackie a totally black cat. Daughter of a wild mother became my final companion after the others had died. She came to the Earthship on the mountain while the others were alive. They would not let her come down to the main floor, so she lived upstairs in the sun room for a couple years. After they were gone she became the queen of the house. Several years later she fell from the top of the stairs and cracked her head. When she recovered, she was blind. Took her about three months to command the house again. She died about two years later. All of my beloved pets are buried under the pines near the mountain house. I had one more dog. A pot-licker puppy in Belize. She was painted with red enamel paint as a joke by stupid workers. We called her Scarlet. Took a while to get the paint off and save her life. She was adorable. I had her for about six months when we had to leave for Iran. She went to friends and lived in a company construction compound with the 4 or 5 male guard dogs. She had many litters of puppies they tell me and was the best warning dog of all of them. She just died this past year. I regret having to leave her and have not taken another pet. Plus it’s too hard to have an animal on the sailboat. I am always appalled at the cruelty to beautiful little animals. I see them chained and left alone so they go crazy. I see them abandoned in the streets trying to find something to eat. People throw rocks at them. What to do? Love those animals...>>>iggy |
| Prompt: “Vulgarity is no substitute for wit.” Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey How do you think vulgarity and wit affect speech? I hear the dock and boat workers from my sailboat (Pania) while they have their conversations that usually include much laughter. I do not understand Creole, but they use the word ‘f**k’ or ‘f**king’ at least once in EVERY PHRASE. When translated a few times, the subject matter is crude, sexual, or insulting. Even ordinary topics are colored with the ‘F-word’. The word is woven into the speech of men in many cultures The military always communicated with f**k in all casual speech. For younger men, it depends where and which high school they attended. Peer pressure within groups cause vulgar speech patterns to represent being touch and masculine. In all of that, there is very little humor and wit. During certain bursts of extreme justified anger, a whole string of colorful expletives is appropriate and very expressive. It is usually not meant to be clever or funny. The speaker usually feels much better and highly enlivened. A few comedians can get away with clever vulgarity. But they know how to use the language for their advantage. In agreement with Maggie Smith...>>>iggy |
| What is the hardest part about learning a new skill? Do you enjoy a challenge or do you like things to come easily? I enjoy a challenge. It makes my brain work! I was never good at languages. I live in a country that speaks Spanis, Creol, Mayan, and English. I can say hello, please, thank you, yes, no, and basic one to ten in Spanish and French. After living in Iran, off and one, for over ten years, I can handle basic communications and have vocabulary in tools, theater, movies, and a little about writing. I can understand a great deal more than I can speak. I can even read numbers to 1,000 and speak them. This leaning was/is very difficult and I forget what I don’t use. With writing I have struggled with puncuation because I overlook errors when I’m reading. The best for me is to read outloud, then the logic of commas is obvious. Run-on sentences and POV slips show up as well. I think reading outloud slows the process down. It works for me, but it took a long time to learn.. Writing is not a new skill, but I never stopped learning---and I enjoy it very much! Write on...>>>iggy |
| Where do you write if you do not have a desk of your own? I've had many places I’ve worked, but never specifically MY desk. I like to sit cross legged, yoga position most of the time and find chairs very uncomfortable. So a work space that is even lower than a coffee table is the best. They built me a small mahogany shelf that is my desk in the sailboat (as I wrote before, only big enough for the computer, mouse and a coffee cup). I sit cross-legged on my bed. Where I am house-sitting there is a desk and a chair that is too low for comfortable typing. I put a book under the back of the computer to slant the keyboard. I have all the new maps and diagrams for Knights of Sparrow taped to the wall behind me. That’s cool. I think for me at least, the SPACE FOR WRITING is the most important. How it fits in the room, if it’s isolated from the main house traffic. And that my stuff is undisturbed. I find that a quiet atmosphere is quite necessary when working on creative material. If a desk completes your space, that’s what you’ve got to have, or maybe a better chair. We're all different. When I’m editing it’s something else. I mutter, read aloud, curse, get up and pace. Music helps. To close I want to add this quote: “Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force. There lies its immense value. For what it seeks is to disturb monotony of type, slavery of custom, tyranny of habit, and the reduction of man to the level of a machine.” (Oscar Wilde, 1891) Write on...and sometimes, disturb! >>>iggy |
| Prompt: She Shed or Man Cave? What would it look like? What would you keep in there? What a funny idea, a Man Cave. In the Pania Sailboat (the yacht), I have a cubby hole that has my narrow, single bed, cupboards, 2 drawers under the bed and a shelf as a desk almost overlaping my bed with two drawers under that. The ship’s system radio is above my head with another set of shelves with my dictionaries, thesaurus and style book. The power charger for the boat’s batteries is at the back of the desk as well as the power outlet for computer and lights. The computer takes up over half of the desk top with just enough room for the mouse and my coffee cup. Beside the foot of my bed is a nice wooden stool that holds a large basket with essential stuff like bug spray, keys, sun screen, moisturizer, t-paper, some tools, etc. Everything contained for boat motion. There’s a long shelf on the hull side as long as the bed space with folded t-shirts, shorts, a bagged copy of Apex Project, a cribbage game, coconut oil, hand towels, and a couple hats. My roll-up rubber keyboard and old mail folders are at the end.. Squeezed under the stool are the box of rags and plastic bags, over cans of boat paint, thinners and brushes. Theres a space for my shoes and slip-ons. The actual floor space is about 24” X 18”. There’s a wall behind the desk. The other side is the entrance ladder-steps in and out of the boat. There is a half-partition behind the end of the bed and the stool. A 12v fan is installed there. A narrow boat window is above the bed that locks with four screw-down bolts. The window is screened. If it rains the water comes right in if not sealed shut. The tiny bit of wall has the ship registration and the Captains License. Across the asile is the kitchen sink, stove and cooler with shelves and cubbyholes. There are cover plates in the teak floor that open to the water tank and rear bildge. Note that half of this space is below the water line of the ocean. The boat goes wobble-wobble when a boat moves in the marina. Our neighbor boat is about one-and-a-half-yards away. We have the dock on the port side. We’re moored in a corner with more dock behind the boat. How/s that for a Man Cave? >>>iggy |
| Think about this: Today’s ruling class is a monoculture that has little in common with the rest of the nation. Prompt: Several creative people, such as artists and authors, claim that relaxing and ‘doing nothing’ can be extremely beneficial for the creative process to follow. Do you believe this could work, I mean doing absolutely nothing? Has this been true for you, if ever? You lay there, in the dark, absolutely motionless. There are no outside sounds. Are you doing nothing? I think not. Under those conditions, your brain can be going a mile a minute. Where’s it going? Well it’s called IMAGINATION, REFLECTION, MEDITATION. There’s lots of names for the so-called doing nothing. Where do ideas come from? When you say something, DON’T YOU THINK IT FIRST as a total block of an idea, concept, expression? The speed of the brain while doing nothing is astounding! And it works just as fast when you are talking. When you are reading a story, your mind is very active creating images of the story. I’m not sure what happens when you watch television. Maybe then you are truly doing nothing. A passive recepticle. If you can’t remember what you’ve watched, then you have accomplished NOTHING. For me, when I have a difficult moment in my novel, I almost always go take a nap. I try to see the scene and review everything I know about that moment---and gradually different possibilities come up so I can play them out in my mind. Somewhere in the process I fall asleep. And guess what? When I wake up the scene is much clearer and I can go back to adjust the outline or actually write the scene. Take a moment and check what is going on INSIDE...>>>iggy |
| Prompt: Debating “In a battle of believability, the winner is the one with the best body language, not the clearest logic.” ― Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not FOR SALE Do you think it is an acceptable practice to stretch truths or use effective body language in order to win debates? In it’s truer form, a debate is a contest, a competition to win. The person who presents the best argument with facts, reasoning, logic, and the clearest voice of communication usually wins. Body language would have little influence if the judgement is for reasoned logic of the topic being debated. HOWEVER, when it turns to a political debate, body language, apparent truthfulness, use of language, clever asides, expressions of sincerity, expressions of scorn, disbelief, distain are all played for effect. Attempts to embarrass, humilate, and belittle the opponets is often a goal. Beliefs are expanded and distored to please the target audience. Statement of truths are very selective and a great deal of correct facts are ommitted or glossed over. And certain topics, however important or current they are---are NEVER mentioned. A great deal of campagn funding and media advertising is dependent on using the correct words. Promises have price tags and commitments. As we’re seeing, one has to have their own billions of dollars in order to actually say what you want and ask the questions that are never asked. Watch and listen, and follow the money...>>>iggy |
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