Monday, 15 July 2013
sold my first bag
I sold my first bag - it is like the one below. It is going off to France and I am pleased. I gave one away to be auctioned for a Foundation so this is my first real sale. I am surprised at the slow sales. One woman wanted to pay under $3.00 for one of the big ones and said I was talented. I thought to myself that if I was talented she would be telling me that she was buying more to give as gifts or resell and that she was paying too little.
small drawstring bag 12 inches X 10 inches X 7 by Ecohippychic http://etsy.me/ZzC5VH via @Etsy
Friday, 12 July 2013
American Botanical Council website free offer till July 15
American Botanical Council website invites you try out the entire website for free, now through Monday, July 15, at 11:59 PM EDT. You can log in here or go to www.herbalgram.org and in the top right hand corner log in using your regular user name and password:
Thursday, 11 July 2013
Crooked Timber follows up on Twitter tennis Bartoli bullying
Perceived looks matter more than sports accomplishments, naturally
http://crookedtimber.org/2013/07/10/perceived-looks-matter-more-than-sports-accomplishments-naturally/#more-29945
by Eszter Hargittai on July 10, 2013
Here is a helpful compilation of extremely disgusting comments that Wimbledon Champion Marion Bartoli received on Twitter. That post does a good job of highlighting some of the ways in which these reactions have been sexist, misogynistic, offensive and plain dumb. Go take a look, seriously, I can’t do the vitriol of the commentary justice.
What I thought I would do, however, is follow up with the Twitter accounts of some of the people quoted, not by contacting anyone, simply by looking them up. I wanted to see whether being featured in such a post had any effect on them, and also to get some context. Not surprisingly, several have deleted the quoted tweets from their accounts. It is almost more surprising that some have not. Some have made their Twitter accounts private and others have altogether deleted them.
One of the things that I find fascinating in all this is how many people decided to make such hateful and stupid comments publicly under seemingly their own name. And hey, in some ways that’s a public service. But it does seem to add another layer of crazy. (As someone who studies people’s Internet uses and skills including privacy and reputation issues, I’m not surprised by this, but I do think it’s worthy of mention. It’s also why I’m now working with Brayden King on a book about reputation management in the digital age although in some ways I’d rather have people like this come right out about their ignorance with whatever repercussions follow.)
Another interesting aspect of the inane tweets is that in many cases several people have decided to favorite and retweet them. (I realize favoriting could function as bookmarking for later perusal, but I suspect favoriting in most of these cases means an up-vote.)
So let’s examine the commentators’ Twitter accounts in the order in which they appear in that post a couple of days after the compilation was published. I only had time to transcribe a dozen or so. There’s painfully more where this came from.
Danwatt8’s featured tweet stating “Bartoli looks like she’s a cross between man and ape. #NotAWimbledonBabe” no longer seems to be on his account, but another one is.
Will Showers has decided to protect his tweets. I guess he doesn’t want his name linked to the following comment he made: “Someone as ugly and unattractive as Bartoli doesn’t deserve to win“.
Damian Ristović deleted the featured tweet that stated: “Female tennis is useless, I’ve never seen a disgusting champion like Bartoli.”, but kept this one: “Lisicki should be able to beat this ogre come on“. He also went on to defend his comments and yell at some people who dared send a critical tweet his way.
Max Bateman no longer seems to have the account that stated the following: “I wanted Lisiki to win because Bartoli is ugly & she looks like she’s covered her face & hair in Bertolli, oily faced French bitch.”
Rudi Taylor seems to have decided to get off Twitter as well. I guess he figured being associated with the following quote wouldn’t be beneficial: “Marion Bartoli is a fat ugly smelly little slut“.
London’s Stifler has kept the offensive “Bartoli you fat shit. I don’t want an ugly bitch to win” up on his account and has even pointed people to the Tumblr post where his comment is featured in addition to engaging with responses in the same style as his original post.
Ellis Keddie’s post stating “How is bartoli a professional athelete and fat as fuck” is still available. He’s received some responses and has replied as one might expect.
User Suman under account sumandutta had shared the following: “Feeling for the trophy presenters who had to exchange kisses with the fat ugly sweaty pig Bartoli.” Maybe upon reflection Suman decided this was not an ideal use of Twitter as that account no longer has any tweets on it.
Cameron Shulak had added the following observation: “bartoli is too ugly to win wimbledon“, a tweet no longer on his account. Ironically, however, he seems to have retweeted the following just a day before his insightful observation about sports: “Life’s much more enjoyable when you look for the beauty in everything/everyone rather than the flaws #justsayin”. Go figure!
Kurt Hopkins doesn’t seem to be embarrassed by his tweet stating: “That’s it Bartoli, there’s your plate, now get back in the kitchen and make everyone a sandwich #wimbledon” as it’s still on his account. In fact, he’s engaged in quite a bit of back-and-forth with some responses.
User TallTyrionLannister added this to the conversation: “Fuck off Bartoli you fat greasy bitch” and went on to defend it in a subsequent exchange. He also had additional insightful tweets: “Gwan Lisicki, smash that French bitch.“, “Bartoli is such an ugly twat.“, “Fuck off, Bartoli“, “Lisicki is so lovely, can’t believe this greasy haired twat is battering her. Leave her alone.”
Rhys Quinn’s account no longer has the tweet stating “Bartoli ate 37 tennis balls before playing her tennis match for her source of energy! #whale“, but has some responses that were likely a follow-up such as: “@SeanCaio7 she’s near the same size as you ye fat cunt”.
Alex Wilkie’s account stating “Bartoli stopp fist pumping every time you win a point.. You ugly French fuck. #wimbledon” no longer exists.
Ben Ledger’s deep contribution is no longer on his account: “Wondering what would bounce better the balls or Bartoli #Wimbledon #fatty“.
That’s it for now. I wish I had time to follow up on more of the accounts included in the Tumblr post. If you’re so inclined, please feel free to do so and please share. It’s not reasonable or necessary to rank the level of crazy in these tweets, but note that the above examples only scratch the surface.
15-year-old Malala has dared to campaign for girls education in Pakistan
Dear friends,
The Taliban shot 15-year-old Malala in the head for her education activism. But she survived, helped win education for all girls in Pakistan, and will address the UN in 3 days asking leaders to agree to put every child on the planet in school, a shockingly achievable goal. Let's stand with her, and call for education for all:
Sign the petition
The young women were heading home from college in Pakistan when the Taliban firebombed their school bus, burning 14 of them alive. The survivors were rushed to the hospital, where another bomb went off, injuring their friends and the nurses who came to help.
Sometimes out of the deepest darkness come our brightest lights. In the face of this horror, 15-year-old Malala has dared to campaign for girls education in Pakistan. She was shot in the head for it last year, but she survived, and with almost 1 million of us behind her, she helped win a new government policy to put all Pakistani girls in school!
But she's not stopping there. On Friday, Malala will speak at the UN to propose a new global goal: to put every child on the planet in school. Her request is shockingly doable -- with experts saying it would cost the same as just two nuclear power plants! In the next 72 hours, let's show world leaders that Malala has millions of us behind her as she appeals to them to act, and turn Taliban horror into powerful new hope -- education for all:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/every_child_in_school_global/?bOUfzbb&v=26866
Malala will present our campaign to the UN Secretary General on Friday, and work with an army of youth delegates around the globe to lobby the UN Security Council to pass a resolution recognizing the global education crisis and listing concrete steps to promote education for all. Then we'll help them take the message to capitals around the world, until governments write cheques and change policies.
Here are top lines from the plan:
guarantee equality for girls and marginalized youth disproportionately denied education
provide rigorous training for teachers
increase education funding with higher aid from donors and all countries better targeting their spending to close the gaps and guarantee every child has at least 9 years education
Getting every child into school may sound ambitious, but it's actually entirely achievable with a moderate increase in international financial support of $26 billion, and will yield massive benefits for the future peace and prosperity of our world. Let's seize this moment and momentum, and make it happen:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/every_child_in_school_global/?bOUfzbb&v=26866
When Malala was shot, our community rallied to her support and helped build an effective strategy to advance her cause, working closely with the UN Envoy on Education, Gordon Brown, to press the Pakistani government to announce a stipend programme to get all kids into school. Let's do it again now, and make the Malala magic work across the world.
With hope and determination,
Mia, Diego, Ricken, Alex, Anne, Dalia, Pascal, Wen-Hua and the entire Avaaz team
PS - Many Avaaz campaigns are started by members of our community! Start yours now and win on any issue - local, national or global: http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/start_a_petition/?bgMYedb&v=26859
MORE INFORMATION:
Reductions in Aid Jeopardise Schooling for Millions of Children (Huffington post)
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/pauline-rose/education-aid-reductions-jeopardise-schooling_b_3413691.html
Drop in aid for primary schools puts education MDG at risk (The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/jun/11/drop-aid-primary-schools-mdg-risk
Poorly-educated worst off in economic crisis (EU observer)
http://euobserver.com/education/120636
Malala's global voice stronger than ever (CNN)
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/30/world/malala-girls-education
Education For All Global Monitoring Report (UNESCO)
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/efareport/
The Youth Resolution: The Education We Want
http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/352851
Gordon Brown: Malala’s Fight for Girls’ Education in Pakistan Continues (The Daily Beast)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/17/gordon-brown-malala-s-fight-for-girls-education-in-pakistan-continues.html
Wednesday, 10 July 2013
Differences In Alzheimer’s Disease ENTER THE CHALLENGE $100,000 IN PRIZES
http://geoffreybeenechallenge.org/
Differences In Alzheimer’s Disease
ENTER THE CHALLENGE $100,000 IN PRIZES!
Proposals will be accepted through August 31, 2013
The 2013 Geoffrey Beene Global NeuroDiscovery Challenge focuses on the need to better understand gender-based differences in Alzheimer’s disease progression and its impact on early cognitive decline. In heart disease, men and women present differently for both diagnosis and treatment. Is the same true for Alzheimer’s disease? Do women get Alzheimer’s more than men, even after correcting for longer lifespan? In what ways does the disease appear to affect them differently? Rigorous and critical investigation is needed to set the direction for future research on key aspects of Alzheimer’s, including:
Disease progression
Biologic biomarkers such as beta amyloid and tau proteins
Effectiveness of brain imaging technologies in diagnosis
Genetic risk factors
Bioenergetic systems
Penetration of the blood brain barrier for transport of medicines
Performance on cognitive and functional tests
The 2013 Geoffrey Beene Global NeuroDiscovery Challenge is the second in a series of open-source competitions engaging multi-disciplinary teams to develop NEW THINKING—new theoretical hypotheses, novel wireless technologies and cost-effective applications, to help accelerate earlier Alzheimer’s diagnosis and recruit asymptomatic populations for prevention trials.
Click here to read the 2013 Geoffrey Beene Global NeuroDiscovery Challenge Press Release
- See more at: http://geoffreybeenechallenge.org/#sthash.lvCftPLL.dpuf
posts about tennis
http://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/
A woman, but not tall, skinny and blonde? July 9, 2013
Filed under: beauty,sports — Monkey @ 5:07 pm
… then how dare you win Wimbledon! Another face-palm moment from the intarwebz. What is wrong with people?
http://publicshaming.tumblr.com/post/54864863081/womens-wimbledon-champion-marion-bartoli-deemed
First British Wimbledon Champ in 77 Years? July 8, 2013
Filed under: Uncategorized — jennysaul @ 2:40 pm
That’s what the headlines are saying. But….
Chloe Angyal: “Murray is indeed the first Brit to win Wimbledon in 77 years unless you think women are people”
For more, go here
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/shortcuts/2013/jul/08/virginia-wade-wimbledon-champion-tennis
(Thanks, C!)
Call for Nominations: Health Services Research Impact Award
Call for Nominations: Health Services Research Impact Award
Posted: 09 Jul 2013 08:42 AM PDT
Call for Nominations: Health Services Research Impact Award
AcademyHealth requests nominations of health services research that has made a positive impact on health policy and/or practice. The lead researcher of the winning impact will receive $2,000, and the research will be disseminated widely as part of AcademyHealth's ongoing efforts to promote the field of health services research and communicate its value for health care decision-making. The award will be announced at the 2014 National Health Policy Conference, held February 3-4, and the winner will receive complimentary registration, travel and lodging to the conference.
The deadline for submissions is August 31.
Eligibility Criteria
Research may be published or unpublished, a single study or a body of work, the work of an individual or a team.
Time frame for when the research was conducted is open, but the impact should have occurred recently.
Nominators and nominees are not required to be AcademyHealth members
Self-nominations will be accepted.
Selection Criteria
Each nomination will be evaluated on:
Quality of research;
Effectiveness of research dissemination and translation approach; and
Impact of the research.
Tuesday, 9 July 2013
InspireHealth Research Updates for July 2013
Research Updates for July 2013
Dear Reader,
In this issue:
- Wagner et al. found that oral vitamin D administered before radical prostatectomy was beneficial for men with prostate cancer.
- Jagielski et al. found that not all women consider themselves "survivors" of breast cancer, and this may impact follow-up counselling and care.
- Bokmand and Flyger found that acupuncture was safe and effective in relieving hot flashes and sleep disturbances in women with breast cancer.
- Babaee and colleagues found that Calendula mouthwash significantly decreased radiation-induced oral mucositis in patients with head and neck cancer.
- Wyatt et al. found that reflexology improved the quality of life of breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and/or hormone therapy.
- Hamad and colleagues concluded that probiotic supplements can be beneficial in the prevention and treatment of radiation-induced diarrhea.
- Hoffman et al. reported that a home-based, light intensity exercise intervention (walking and balance exercises) was beneficial for lung cancer patients experiencing cancer-related fatigue.
- Mutrie and associates found that a supervised exercise intervention with a discussion about behaviour change techniques can have long-term benefits for breast cancer survivors.
- Lavretsky et al. studied the effect of yogic meditation on mental health, cognitive functioning and immune cell telomerase activity of family caregivers of dementia patients.
In our study of the month, Durant and associates found that in online communities, men prefer to socialize in larger, interconnected less-intimate groups, whereas women tend to form fewer, more intimate connections.
Thanks,
Jan
http://www.inspirehealth.ca/pdfs/research-updates/eResearchUpdates_July2013.pdf
Monday, 8 July 2013
Call for Nominations: 2014 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize
Call for Nominations: 2014 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize
Posted: 25 Jun 2013 10:00 AM PDT
Call for Nominations: 2014 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize
The Warren Alpert Foundation Prize recognizes one or more scientists whose scientific achievements have led to the prevention, cure or treatment of human diseases or disorders, and/or whose research constitutes a seminal scientific finding that holds great promise of ultimately changing our understanding of and/or ability to treat disease. The $250,000 Prize is open to scientists, physicians, and researchers from any country.
Nominations must be received by November 1, 2013.
Prize recipients are selected by the Foundation's Scientific Advisory Committee, comprising internationally renowned biomedical scientists and chaired by Jeffrey S. Flier, MD, the Dean of Harvard Medical School.
The recipient of the 2014 Prize must be available to attend the Warren Alpert Foundation Scientific Symposium at Harvard Medical School on Thursday, October 2, 2014.
If you have questions about the nomination process, please contact Edward Canton: edward_canton@hms.harvard.edu
Friday, 5 July 2013
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Thursday, 4 July 2013
Organic Consumers Association ‘O No’ You Don’t, Safeway
‘O No’ You Don’t, Safeway
Organic Consumers Association http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=11436
TAKE ACTION: Just Say ‘O No!’ to Safeway’s O Organics™ Brand!Nope. You’re not fooling us, Safeway, with your O Organics™ brand products. We know you’d love to cash in on the growing market for organics, but you’ll have to do it without us. Why? Because you run with a bad crowd.
That’s right. Safeway is a dues-paying member of the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), that slimy trade group that donated $2 million last year to kill Proposition 37, the California initiative to label GMOs. The grocery chain also recently gave $472,500 to the campaign that wants to defeat a similar initiative, I-522 in Washington State. What’s more, Safeway won’t join the more than 4,000 supermarkets in the U.S. that have pledged to refuse to sell genetically engineered seafood if the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approves it.
It’s time to take to the phones, facebook pages and twitter accounts and tell Safeway: We won’t buy your O Organics products until you pull out of the GMA, make a donation to the I-522 GMO labeling campaign in Washington, and pledge not to sell genetically engineered seafood in your stores.
TAKE ACTION: Just Say ‘O No!’ to Safeway’s O Organics™ Brand!
Download your wallet-sized boycott guide
Download a poster-sized boycott guide
Sign the boycott pledge
Order printed copies of the boycott guide or poster
Wednesday, 3 July 2013
Cancer and Complementary Health Approaches
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/cancer/camcancer.htm?nav=upd
On this page:
- Introduction
- Key Facts
- Keep in Mind
- About Cancer
- About Complementary Health Approaches
- Use of Complementary Health Approaches for Cancer
- Safety
- What the Science Says
- NIH Research on Complementary Health Approaches for Cancer
- If You Have Been Diagnosed With Cancer and Are Considering a Complementary Health Approach
- For More Information
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
Avaaz.org - Burma's Rohingya people
Most people didn't know who the Rwandans were until 800,000 had been killed. Now, the fate of the Rohingya people of Burma is hanging by a thread as mobs attack them while the police look on. The Burmese President could stop the violence - all he has to do is approve a plan to protect them and ensure it is enforced, while granting them citizenship. Let’s appeal to European leaders to press him when he visits them in days, and stop the next Rwanda: |
Genocides happen because we don't get concerned enough until the crime is committed. The Rohingya are a peaceful and very poor people. They're hated because their skin is darker and the majority fear they’re 'taking jobs away'. There are 800,000 of them, and they could be gone if we don't act. We've failed too many peoples, let's not fail the Rohingya.
Burmese President Thein Sein has the power, personnel and resources to protect the Rohingya, all he has to do is give the word to make it happen. In days, he’ll arrive in Europe to sell his country’s new openness to trade. If EU leaders greet him with a strong request to protect the Rohingya, he’s likely to do it. Let’s get 1 million voices and plaster images of what’s happening in Burma outside his meetings with key EU heads of state:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/we_said_never_again/?bOUfzbb&v=26500
Torture, gang rape, execution style killings -- human rights groups are using the term "ethnic cleansing" to describe the brutality in Burma. Already more than 120,000 Rohingya have been forced to flee, many to makeshift camps near the border, while others have fled in boats only to drown, starve, or be shot at by coastguards from neighboring countries. Reports show that violence is escalating -- earlier this year President Thein Sein declared a state of emergency after another round of deadly attacks, and it’s just a matter of time until there is a large scale massacre.
Genocides don’t happen when governments oppose them, but the Burmese regime has been leaning the wrong way. Recently, a government spokesperson admitted that authorities were enforcing a rule that limits the Rohingya population to having only two children and forces couples seeking to get married to obtain special permission. And experts report that government authorities have stood by or even participated in acts of “ethnic cleansing.” President Sein has finally been forced to acknowledge what’s happening to the Rohingya, but he has so far refused to implement plans to stop the violence and protect those at risk.
Until he does, the risk of genocide hovers like a dark cloud over not just Burma, but the world. Through their trade relations, UK PM Cameron and French President Hollande have massive leverage with Sein -- if they press him to act when he meets with them this month, it could save lives. Let’s make sure they do. We've failed too many peoples, let's not fail the Rohingya. Join the call now and share this with everyone:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/we_said_never_again/?bOUfzbb&v=26500
Time and again, the Avaaz community has stood with the people of Burma in their fight for democracy. When the regime brutally cracked down on Buddhist monks in 2007, Avaazers donated hundreds of thousands of dollars/euros/pounds to provide technical support and training to activists to fight a communications blackout. In 2008, when a devastating cyclone killed at least 100,000 Burmese, but the venal military regime stopped all official international aid from coming in, our community donated millions directly to monks on the front line of the aid effort.
Our community didn’t exist when genocide was committed in Rwanda, 20 years ago. Would we have done enough to stop it? Let’s show the Rohingya our answer to that question.
With hope and determination,
Luis, Jeremy, Aldine, Oliver, Marie, Jooyea and the whole Avaaz team
PS - Many Avaaz campaigns are started by members of our community! Start yours now and win on any issue - local, national or global: http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/start_a_petition/?bgMYedb&v=23917
MORE INFORMATION
Burma riots: Video shows police failing to stop attack (BBC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22243676
Burma: End ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of Rohingya Muslims (Human Rights Watch)
http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/22/burma-end-ethnic-cleansing-rohingya-muslims
Video shows Burmese police standing by as Buddhists attack Muslims (The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/22/burmese-police-buddhists-attack-muslims
The unending plight of Burma's unwanted Rohingyas (BBC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23077537
Dalai Lama Pleads for Myanmar Monks to End Violence Amid Damning Rights Report (ABC News)
http://abcnews.go.com/International/dalai-lama-pleads-myanmar-monks-end-violence-amid/story?id=19013148#.UXV3vCt4a5w
Thein Sein to visit Britain, France in July (AFP)
http://www.dvb.no/news/thein-sein-to-visit-britain-france-in-july/28815
Monday, 1 July 2013
Friday, 28 June 2013
Top 12 Right-to-Know Grocers
Top 12 Right-to-Know Grocers
http://oca-orca.org/top-12-grocers-2013/
It was a challenge to single out only 12 overall winners, when all 50 regional winners have such impressive policies and practices for educating customers about GMOs and providing non-GMO alternatives. The “Diligent Dozen” winning stores are those grocers who are leading the natural food industry by working with manufacturers and local producers to transition to non-GMO ingredients and by advocating for GMO labeling.- Berkshire Organics Market & Deli, Dalton, MA
Berkshire Organics stocks roughly 3,000 mainly local and organic grocery items. The store requires signed affidavits verifying that manufactured product, ingredients, and feed used by livestock farmers are GMO-free. Store staff visit sustainable farms to verify acceptable farming practices.
- Dad’s Organic Market, Saskatoon, SK
Dad’s Organic Market created a No GMO policy one year ago, and communicates that policy to manufacturers and vendors. Dad’s requires GMO-free statements on manufacturers’ letterhead before the store will purchase products containing suspect ingredients. Buyers always push manufacturers to remove GMO ingredients from their products.
- Good Earth Natural Foods, Fairfax, CA
Good Earth Natural Foods is a Non-GMO Project supporting retailer. The store donated $25,000 to Prop 37, the largest donation of any grocer in the country.
- Jimbo’s…Naturally! San Diego, CA
Jimbo’s Naturally is one of the country’s pioneer GMO-Free grocer activists and organic advocates. The company has persuaded a number of manufacturers to remove suspect products from their foods, resulting in those companies either going organic or pursuing Non-GMO Project verification. Jimbo’s Naturally donated $10,000 to support Prop 37.
- MOM’s Organic Market, Baltimore, MD & Washington, DC
In July 2012, MOM’s began informing suppliers that they would no longer accept foods with high-risk GMO ingredients, and that products with ingredients that may contain GMOs had to be either certified organic or Non-GMO Project verified. MOM’s contributed $10,000 to Prop 37, and $5,000 to Yes on 522.
- Native Sun Natural Foods Market, Jacksonville, FL
Native Sun has five staff members dedicated to product research, who meet regularly to review new products and analyze the ingredients for possible GMOs. Researchers discuss inert ingredients and their sources, and keep an updated handbook listing ingredients that are allowed and those that are banned.
- Natural Grocery Company, El Cerrito & Berkeley, CA
The store established a policy about four years ago requiring buyers to inform manufacturers and vendors that they will purchase only organic products, except in cases where organic alternatives are not available. However, all non-organic products must be GMO-free and verified by the Non-GMO Project. The company donated over $3,200 to support Prop 37.
- Nature’s Food Patch Market & Cafe, Clearwater, FL
All products suspected of containing GMO ingredients are labeled with GMO tags. In addition to product tags, Nature’s Food Patch educates consumers and alerts them to GMOs via email updates, Facebook and the store’s website. The store also provides non-GMO pamphlets and packets of GMO information for customers who ask about GMOs.
- Ocean Beach People’s Organic Food Co-Op, San Diego, CA
Manufacturers are informed that all products purchased by the co-op need to be either organic or have an affidavit certifying that products are GMO-free. Products containing GMO ingredients are removed from the store. Products are either labeled organic, Non-GMO Project verified or have an affidavit certifying the product is GMO-free. Ocean Beach Peoples Organic Food Market donated $5,000 to support Prop 37, the California initiative to label GMOs.
- Sundance Natural Foods, Eugene, OR
Sundance practices and promotes the ethos of ‘Gatekeeping,’ believing that we hold a moral and practical duty to educate our community about all issues surrounding the responsible production and sustenance of local, national and global food markets and agriculture, and to protect our food supply from those who would compromise and destroy it for profit.
- Terra Organica, Bellingham, WA
Terra Organica is still refining its GMO tagging system. The store surveyed its customers about how to handle products that may contain GMOs, asking them which they preferred: No labels, label GMOs, or get rid of all GMO items. Customers overwhelmingly chose labels, which began appearing on Terra Organica’s shelves in March.
- The Sunspot Natural Market, Kokomo, IN
The store contacts manufacturers who claim that their products are GMO-free, but do not have non GMO Project verification. Strong relationships have been built with brokers, reps and manufacturers to make sure that GMO products do not enter their store. Thousands of homemade shelf talkers pointing out non-GMO verified products are on display throughout the store.
- Berkshire Organics Market & Deli, Dalton, MA
- Dad’s Organic Market, Saskatoon, SK
- Good Earth Natural Foods, Fairfax, CA
- Jimbo’s…Naturally! San Diego, CA
- MOM’s Organic Market, Baltimore, MD & Washington, DC
- Native Sun Natural Foods Market, Jacksonville, FL
- Natural Grocery Company, El Cerrito & Berkeley, CA
- Nature’s Food Patch Market & Cafe, Clearwater, FL
- Ocean Beach People’s Organic Food Co-Op, San Diego, CA
- Sundance Natural Foods, Eugene, OR
- Terra Organica, Bellingham, WA
- The Sunspot Natural Market, Kokomo, IN
Thursday, 27 June 2013
Help Leadnow launch the #facetoface hashtag with some thunder, and motivate others in our online communities to publicly turn up the pressure on Joe Oliver.
Over the last week, almost 500 more people have joined the Leadnow Amplify Network for a special social media mission to support the Fourth Annual Tar Sands Healing Walk -- Welcome!
Background - It’s becoming common knowledge in Canada that our government spends a lot of time meeting with oil industry lobbyists and learning to understand the world through their eyes. But when it comes to the daily lives of communities directly impacted by the tar sands, our government prefers to look the other way.
Community leaders are standing up and reaching out. The Keepers of the Athabasca have invited Natural Resource Minister Joe Oliver to join them at the Fourth Annual Tar Sands Healing Walk and meet face-to-face with the communities that are being poisoned by the reckless expansion of the tar sands.[1]
These communities should have a say in the decisions that profoundly affect their lives, and almost 8,000 people have already sent email invitations to Minister Oliver.
Healing Walk Action - Now let’s use our social media accounts to tell Minister Joe Oliver to meet face-to-face with the communities impacted by out of control tar sands expansion, and walk shoulder to shoulder with them in this year’s Healing Walk.
To do this we’ve created a new hashtag to rally thousands of people on Twitter and on Facebook - the hashtag is #facetoface. If Minister Oliver can make time for oil industry lobbyists then he can make time to walk with the communities being poisoned by the tar sands. That seems fair, doesn’t it?
Help us launch the #facetoface hashtag with some thunder, and motivate others in our online communities to publicly turn up the pressure on Joe Oliver.
Simply click on the Facebook and Twitter action links below to start raising the pressure on Joe Oliver:
1. Share on Facebook
 | Click here to share the graphic on Facebook - Add your own note if you like, and use the #facetoface hashtage.g.: "Joe Oliver should meet #facetoface with communities being poisoned by the #tarsands" |
2. Share on Twitter
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Wednesday, 26 June 2013
Tuesday, 25 June 2013
3 Citations of Ethnoveterinary medicines used for ruminants in British Columbia, Canada
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Sunday, 23 June 2013
Martin Bernal, ‘Black Athena’ Scholar, Dies at 76
Martin Bernal, whose three-volume work “Black Athena” ignited an academic debate by arguing that the African and Semitic lineage of Western civilization had been scrubbed from the record of ancient Greece by 18th- and 19th-century historians steeped in the racism of their times, died on June 9 in Cambridge, England. He was 76.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/23/arts/martin-bernal-black-athena-scholar-dies-at-76.html?smid=pl-share
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/23/arts/martin-bernal-black-athena-scholar-dies-at-76.html?smid=pl-share
Friday, 21 June 2013
Anti-Cancer Effect of Angelica sinensis on Women's Reproductive Cancer
Anti-Cancer Effect of Angelica sinensis on Women's Reproductive Cancer
By: Hong-Hong Zhu, Gui-Hui Huang, Patricia L. Tate, and Lyndon L. Larcom
By: Hong-Hong Zhu, Gui-Hui Huang, Patricia L. Tate, and Lyndon L. Larcom
Background: Danggui, the root of Angelica Sinensis, has traditionally been used for the treatment of women’s reproductive disorders in China for thousands of years. This study was to determine whether Danggui have potential anti-cancer effect on women’s cancer and its potential mechanism.
Methods: Danggui was extracted by ethanol. The Cell Titer 96® Aqueous Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay was used to compare the effects of Danggui on human breast (MCF-7 and 7368) and cervical (CaSki and SiHa) cancer cells with its effects on normal fibroblasts (HTB-125). A revised Ames test was used to test for antimutagenicity. The standard strains of Salmonella typhimarium (TA) 100 and 102 were used in the test. Methyl methane sulfonate (MMS) and UV light were used as positive mutagen controls and ethanol and double distilled water (DDW) as controls. The SAS statistical software was used to analyze the data.
Results: Danggui was found to be much more toxic to all cancer cell lines tested than to normal fibroblasts. There was a significant negative dose-effect relationship between Danggui and cancer cell viability. Average viability of MCF-7 was 69.5%, 18.4%, 5.7%, 5.7%, and 5.0% of control for Danggui doses 0.07, 0.14, 0.21, 0.32, and 0.64 ug/ul, respectively, with a Ptrend < 0.0001. Half maximal inhibitory dose (ID50) of Danggui for cancer cell lines MCF-7, CaSki, SiHa and CRL-7368 was 0.10, 0.09, 0.10 and 0.07 ug/ul, respectively. For the normal fibroblasts, ID50 was 0.58 ug/ul. At a dose of 0.32 ug/ul, Danggui killed over 90% of the cells in each cancer cell line, but at the same dose, only 12.3% of the normal HTB-125 cells were killed. Revertants per plate of TA 100 decreased with the introduction of increasing doses of Danggui extracts with a Ptrend < 0.0001 when UV light was used as a mutagen. There was no difference in revertants per plate between ethanol and DDW control groups.
Conclusions: Danggui could be used as a safe and effective adjuvant therapy to prevent and treat breast and cervical cancers. Anti-cancer effects may be due to its anti-mutagenicity. Danggui should be investigated as a potential adjuvant anti-cancer therapy for women’s cancer treatment and prevention of recurrence.
Key Words: Angelica sinensis, Danggui, cancer, women’s reproductive disorders
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