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I wish to incite all Christians to rise up and take back the United States of America with all of God's manifold blessings. We want the free allowance of the Bible and prayers allowed again in schools, halls of justice, and all governing bodies. We don't seek a theocracy until Jesus returns to earth because all men are weak and power corrupts the very best of them.
We want to be a kinder and gentler people without slavery or condescension to any.

The world seems to be in a time of discontent among the populace. Christians should not fear. God is Love, shown best through Jesus Christ. God is still in control. All Glory to our Creator and to our God!


A favorite quote from my good friend, Jack Plymale, which I appreciate:

"Wars are planned by old men,in council rooms apart. They plan for greater armament, they map the battle chart, but: where sightless eyes stare out, beyond life's vanished joys, I've noticed,somehow, all the dead and mamed are hardly more than boys(Grantland Rice per our mutual friend, Sarah Rapp)."

Thanks Jack!

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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Onions, potatoes and bacteria ... thanks Nita!


You might already know this, but I haven't heard it before. (hope the info is true, so we'll know)

--- On Sat, 2/11/12, fes60@netzero.net wrote:


Please note: forwarded message attached




INTERESTING




In 1919, when the flu killed 40 million people, there was this Doctor that
visited the many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu.
Many of the farmers and their family had contracted it, and many died.

The doctor came upon this one farmer, and to his surprise, everyone was very
healthy. When the doctor asked what the farmer was doing that was different,
the wife replied that she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms
of the home, (probably only two rooms back then). The doctor couldn't
believe it and asked if he could have one of the onions and place it under
the microscope. She gave him one and when he did this, he did find the flu
virus in the onion. It obviously absorbed the bacteria, therefore, keeping
the family healthy.

Now, I heard this story from my hairdresser in AZ. She said that several
years ago many of her employees were coming down with the flu and so were
many of her customers. The next year she placed several bowls with onions
around in her shop. To her surprise, none of her staff got sick. It must work....
Try it and see what happens. We did it last year and we never got the flu.

Now there is a P. S. to this.... I sent it to a friend in Oregon who
regularly contributes material to me on health issues. She replied with this
most interesting experience about onions:

Thanks for the reminder. I don't know about the farmers story.... But, I do
know that I contacted pneumonia and needless to say I was very ill... I came
across an article that said to cut both ends off an onion put it into an
empty jar.....placing the jar next to the sick patient at night. It said the
onion would be black in the morning from the germs.... Sure enough it happened
just like that.... The onion was a mess, and I began to feel better.

Another thing I read in the article was that onions and garlic placed around
the room saved many from the black plague years ago. They have powerful
antibacterial, antiseptic properties.

This is the other note.

Lots of times when we have stomach problems we don't know what to blame.
Maybe it's the onions that are to blame. Onions absorb bacteria is the
reason they are so good at preventing us from getting colds and flu's and is
the very reason we shouldn't eat an onion that has been sitting for a time
after it has been cut open!
LEFT OVER ONIONS ARE POISONOUS
I had the wonderful privilege of touring Mullins Food Products, Makers of
Mayonnaise.. Mullins is huge, and is owned by 11 brothers and sisters in the
Mullins family. My friend, Jeanne, is the CEO.

Questions about food poisoning came up, and I wanted to share what I learned
from a chemist.

The guy who gave us our tour is named Ed. He's one of the brothers Ed is a
chemistry expert and is involved in developing most of the sauce formula.
He's even developed sauce formula for McDonald's.

Keep in mind that Ed is a food chemistry whiz. During the tour, someone
asked if we really needed to worry about mayonnaise. People are always
worried that mayonnaise will spoil. Ed's answer will surprise you. Ed said
that all commercially- made Mayo is completely safe.

"It doesn't even have to be refrigerated. No harm in refrigerating it, but
it's not really necessary." He explained that the pH in mayonnaise is set at
a point that bacteria could not survive in that environment. He then talked
about the quaint essential picnic, with the bowl of potato salad sitting on
the table and how everyone blames the mayonnaise when someone gets sick.

Ed says that when food poisoning is reported, the first thing the officials
look for is when the 'victim' last ate ONIONS and where those onions came
from (in the potato salad?). Ed says it's not the mayonnaise (as long as
it's not homemade Mayo) that spoils in the outdoors. It's probably the
Onions, and if not the onions, it's the POTATOES.

He explained, onions are a huge magnet for bacteria, especially uncooked
onions. You should never plan to keep a portion of a sliced onion.. He says
it's not even safe if you put it in a zip-lock bag and put it in your
refrigerator.
It's already contaminated enough just by being cut open and out for a bit,
that it can be a danger to you (and doubly watch out for those onions you
put in your hotdogs at the baseball park!) Ed says if you take the leftover onion
and cook it like crazy you you'll probably be okay, but if you slice that leftover onion and put on your sandwich, you're asking for trouble. Both the onions and the moist potato in a potato salad, will attract and grow bacteria faster than
any commercial mayonnaise will even begin to break down.

Also, dogs should never eat onions. Their stomachs cannot metabolize onions.

Please remember it is dangerous to cut an onion and try to use it to cook
the next day, it becomes highly poisonous for even a single night and
creates toxic bacteria which may cause adverse stomach infections because of
excess bile secretions and even food poisoning.

Please pass this on to all you love and care.

Stunning alzheimers' results Cols Disp 2-12-2012


STUDY IN MICE

Alzheimer’s research is called ‘stunning’

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    By  Spencer Hunt
    The Columbus Dispatch Friday February 10, 2012 12:36 PM
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    DAVID AHNTHOLZ
    Gary Landreth, a neuroscientist at Case Western Reserve University, was lead researcher on the Alzheimer’s study.
    A skin-cancer drug could offer hope for the millions of patients coping with the debilitating effects of Alzheimer’s disease.
    Scientists at Case Western Reserve University led a study of the drug bexarotene on mice and found that it helped wipe out a protein linked to Alzheimer’s.
    Their study, published yesterday in the journal Science, showed that the drug reduced the amount of amyloid beta by as much as 75 percent. The protein damages nerve cells.
    The mice returned to normal behaviors three days after treatment with bexarotene, which is marketed as Targretin.
    “No one, ourselves included, would have ever imagined that any drug would have worked with this speed,” said Gary Landreth, a Case neuroscientist and lead researcher. “It’s stunning.”
    There are an estimated 5.4 million people with Alzheimer’s in the United States.
    Amyloid beta is a common substance in human brains, but Alzheimer’s patients lose the ability to clear it from synapses. The researchers suspected that bexarotene’s effect on brain activity might help with Alzheimer’s.
    If not cleared, the protein builds up as plaque and blocks synapses, ultimately killing nerve cells, said Dr. Doug Scharre, director of cognitive neurology at the Ohio State University Medical Center.
    “The fact that this agent gets rid of the amyloid is very positive,” said Scharre, who was not involved in the study.
    Scharre said many researchers speculate that by the time drugs are used in human trials of Alzheimer’s patients, it’s too late to halt serious problems.
    “We can’t revive a dead nerve cell,” Scharre said. “If we could attack this at the very early stages of memory loss, we could have much better results.”
    Other studies of drugs that showed promise in mice produced little change in human patients, said Maria Carrillo of the Alzheimer’s Association, which has helped fund some of Landreth’s research.
    “We’re not sure that this is going to actually show the desired clinical benefits,” Carrillo said. “We owe it to ourselves and our constituents to follow every lead that we have.”
    Landreth said he hopes to begin human trials soon.
    “I want to be in the clinic within the next few months,” he said.
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    MARK CLARK (GRANDVIEWOHIO2008)
    Hate to be the buzz kill here as alzheimers is on the top of the hideous things you or a love one can get, but, for some reason things work alot better in mice than men.
    2012-02-10 06:33:51.0
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    MARK BEYER (MARKTBEYER)
    Hate to be more than a buzz kill, but if this proves out, the pharma co's are going to score big by putting out their pills at $$$ rate equal to putting their great-great-great grandchildren through Harvard. Thanks USA ... for nothing (yet again). If you don't believe me, look at history. If you still don't believe me, just wait and see.
    2012-02-10 07:02:57.0
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    LAURA BRADLEY-SEAQUEST (LAURABRADLEY)
    Wonderful but it won't be available for several decades. Perhaps it will help my great-grand children.
    2012-02-10 07:04:48.0
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    LUKE THOMAS (C_ETUDE@YAHOO.COM)
    There is NO CURE for Alzheimer's. I think a lot of it comes from the meat people eat due to prions and there are many variations of "mad cow". Keep in mind these researchers are getting BILLIONS of your tax payers' dollars so yeah they are all going to say "stunning" to promote getting more of the government milk and honey. We are also living unnaturally long lives - and brains naturally deteriorate - mostly from lack of use which is most likely the cause of dementia. Diabetes also damages the brain and that's very common all over America. But Alzheimer's, which has to do with PLAQUES in the brain, is similar to Mad Cow so I think it's a variation of that disease, but NOBODY is doing brain biopsies of people who died from Alzheimer's - which is where the research should start - NOT mice.
    2012-02-10 07:17:08.0
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    BILLY BUSH (TOOBER)
    pure *********
    2012-02-10 08:23:06.0
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    BOB DEMARCO (BOBDEMARCO)
    This is really a well written story and should be shared in the Alzheimer’s community. Two issues. “Bexarotene has a good safety and side-effect profile. The Case Western Reserve researchers hope these attributes will help speed the transition to clinical trials of the drug.” Clinical trials with humans are expected to start in the next month or so. Bob DeMarco, Founder Alzheimer’s Reading Room http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com/
    2012-02-10 09:06:59.0
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    VICAR OF HELL (VICAROFHELL)
    @Luke Thomas (c_etude@yahoo.com) First off good job on using your e-mail on a public forum, I am sure you don't recieve any spam at all. Second, the government spends about $500 million a year, not "billions". Adviser's are asking for $2 billion a year to make a real impact (projections have patients with Alzheimer's costs at about $1 trillion dollars annually). AIDs research is about $3 billion annually in comparison.
    2012-02-10 10:27:02.0
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    STEVE BAILLE (SHORTNORTHSTEVE)
    Luke: You are woefully uninformed on many of your points. Thanks for telling us what YOU think cause Alzheimer’s….. Without even a shred of scientific evidence.
    2012-02-10 12:07:58.0
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    BEN G (BEN_G)
    Things appear to work better in mice because they don't have lots of complex, long-term memories. I'm sure they can get motor function back but getting back lost memories is a pretty tall order.
    2012-02-10 12:36:34.0
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    DUFFY MCSWEENEY (DUFFMAC)
    We lost my uncle Wally Gray to this disease a couple years ago. Wally was a proud Ohio State grad and migrated to Detroit with his wife Carol and lived in the area most of his life. What I find extraordinary about his story is that he left his brain for research purposes to "that school up north". Even in death, Buckeyes and Wolverines have one common goal... to eradicate Alzheimer's.
    2012-02-10 13:28:52.0
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    MARK CLARK (GRANDVIEWOHIO2008)
    shortnorthlibtard and vicarofstupid stop attacking people and talk about the issues, you libtards.
    2012-02-10 17:33:22.0
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    SUE WICK (WICK)
    So are you guys politicians? Attack the person,Dance around the issue?. I hope they do find away to combat Alzheimer's. I have a friend that has been diagnosed with this condition. She is only 58. It's crazy how fast it takes your life away. Please pray for a breakthrough!!! ONE NATION UNDER GOD-WAKE UP AMERICA!!! Get back under GOD'S covering before it's too late!!!
    2012-02-11 12:40:07.0

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