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Teresa Dillon was surprised to learn four years ago that what she deemed as an average sore throat actually was stage 2 cancer on her tonsil.
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Fw: Educational Perspectives: Are We Blind and Deaf? - helping Our Black Boys
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Subject: Educational Perspectives: Are We Blind and Deaf? - helping Our Black Boys
EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVES |
Are We Blind and Deaf? -- Helping Our Black Boys |
Most of us in the African-American community must be blind and deaf if we do not see and hear the grim statistics, the hopeless stories, and the destructive images that suggest we are losing too many of our young black boys, particularly those who are from poverty. To see and understand the magnitude of this problem and then turn our heads or bury them in the sand is equal to saying, "I do not care about you, and I am helpless about changing the destructive course of your lives.' All of us can enumerate many reasons why our black boys have trouble being successful in these United States. Research shows that almost 50% of failing boys come from predominantly female-headed households where many fathers are imprisoned or absent for other reasons. In the educational system, many of these boys have few male educators who can serve as role models. The students are disciplined in their homes by female mothers or grandmothers; they are then sent to elementary schools that are virtually 98% female, disciplined by female teachers who then send them to female principals. For the first five years of these male students' very impressionable lives, they are primarily exposed to females. From elementary through high school these black boys are disproportionately suspended, expelled, and arrested in comparison to their white counterparts. Too many have severe academic problems, and get so far behind they are either retained, placed in special education, drop out of school or settle for a GED. Many of these boys' parents are not actively involved in the school setting because they work multiple jobs just to survive. When they are expelled or drop out of school, they become targets for the juvenile justice system because many do not have the skills necessary to be productive in the work force. Additionally, many middle and high schools are cutting vocational programs that could help students learn a viable work skill while attending school. Coupled with low expectations, bigotry, racism, drugs, the gangster media portrayal, and grim prison statistics, these black boys do not have a chance. Now that some of the challenges our black boys face have been stated, what do we do to help them become successful despite these negative odds? What will it take to get our heads out of the sand, to wake up and take action? I am reminded of Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" which was written in l729. It is now hailed as the greatest satire ever written. In an attempt to solve the problems of poverty and thousands of children begging in the streets of Ireland because of the rich landlords, Swift suggested in his proposal that poor Irish families should fatten up their children and sell them as food for the rich land owners, thus solving the twin problems of starving children and poverty. I often wish I could think like Swift of a solution so dramatic that it would wake up our black community and propel us into action. We have an obligation to protect and insure that our young are successful. They represent our future and will one day take care of us pending the outcome of their lives. |
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Friday, October 3, 2008
We don't need gasoline,
we never needed it
Facts: Scientific and historical about gasoline and alcohol
1. The original automobiles ran on alcohol because when they were invented gasoline was not available.
2. Rockefeller spent $4 million (that we know of) to promote Prohibition, a ban on alcohol manufacturing in the US that started in 1919 just as the car industry was taking off.
3. When Prohibition was lifted in 1933, gasoline stations were ubiquitous and most engines ran on gasoline only.
4. Alcohol can be manufactured locally and on a community level from renewable plant material for $1 per gallon.
5. The growing of plant material for alcohol would have no effect on the price of food.
6. The growing of plants for fuel would more than neutralize the carbon created by burning alcohol for fuel.
7. In Brazil, over 50% of new cars sold can already run on 100% alcohol.
8. Producing alcohol from plant material is incredibly energy efficient.
9. The oil companies aggressively promote garbage science to deceive the public into believing that alcohol fuels: a) will cause starvation, b) are uneconomical, and c) are net polluters.
10. Gasoline is a high toxic material.
11. It is entirely unneeded to fuel our cars.
12. Oil companies like Chevron have pressured PBS, commercial TV networks and other news media to keep this basic information from the public for decades - and the censorship continues to this day.
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(NaturalNews) Research carried out by scientists at the Peninsula
Medical School in the South West of England has found that resveratrol,
a compound present naturally in grape skin, can protect against the
cellular damage to blood vessels caused by high production of glucose
in diabetes, according to a recently published paper in the science
journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism.
The elevated levels of glucose that circulate in the blood of patients with
diabetes causes micro- and macro-vascular complications by damaging
mitochondria, the tiny power plants within cells responsible for generating energy. When they are
damaged they can leak electrons and make highly damaging 'free radicals'.
Complications that can result when this happens include nephropathy (kidney disease), heart
disease and retinopathy (which if left untreated can lead to blindness).
Resveratrol stops the damage by helping cells make protective enzymes to prevent the leakage of
electrons and the production of toxic 'free radicals'.
As well as being naturally present in grape skins, resveratrol is also present in seeds, peanuts and
red wine.
Dr. Matt Whiteman, Principal Investigator and Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Biomedical and
Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, commented: "Resveratrol's antioxidant effects in the
test tube are well documented but our research shows the link between high levels of glucose, its
damaging effect on cell structure, and the ability of resveratrol to protect against and mend that
damage."
He added: "Resveratrol or related compounds could be used to block the damaging effects of
glucose which in turn might fight the often life threatening complications that accompany diabetes.
It could well be the basis of effective diet-based therapies for the prevention of vascular damage
caused by hyperglycemia in the future."
Resveratrol has been used for other health issues as well. For instance, individuals suffering from
influenza, also known as the flu, Resveratrol has been shown to prevent the continued reproduction
of the flu virus if taken within six hours of infection. Furthermore, resveratrol has demonstrated
anticarcinogenic activity. There is also growing evidence that resveratrol has cardioprotective
effects through a variety of mechanisms: it inhibits platelet aggregation, the proliferation of
smooth-muscle cells, and the oxidation of LDL-cholesterol.
Sources:
The Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (2008, March 20). Grape Skin Compound Fights
The Complications Of Diabetes (http://www.pms.ac.uk/pms/) .
Resveratrol May Be a Longevity Molecule http://www.vgshealthsolutions.com