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Last nights episode was a really good Halloween episode....it is a shame that Vicki was staked?
Is she really gone?  Watching on to find out.................................

Fans really wish for more of this show....two hour episodes might be a good idea.


The Vampire Diaries is based on a novel series penned by L.J. Smith where you are given the insight into the diary of Elena Gilbert. Elena had always been a star student; beautiful, popular and involved with school and friends.

As the fall semester begins, Elena becomes fascinated with the mysterious new boy in school, Stefan Salvatore, and she has no way of knowing he is a centuries-old vampire.

While Stefan struggles to live peacefully among humans, his brother Damon is the embodiment of violence and brutality. Now these two vampire brothers-one good, the other evil-are at war for Elena's soul in the small town of Mystic Falls, Virginia.

Produced by Scream screenwriter Kevin Williamson, the show has a pair of ageless vampire brothers, Stefan and Damon Salvatore. In the TVD they are shown making efforts to integrate into the lives of humans in present-day Virginia.

Reality show watchers feel that the extension may help show’s network CW to improve its ratings. To date the show premiered on September 10 attracted 4.8 million viewers. This was the network’s highest-rated series debut in its history. Surprisingly, some 3.9 million views tuned in to their popular show to watch the October 15 episode.

The show takes an interesting twist after Paul Wesley analyzes his 'Vampire Diaries' character traits. Declaring about his and Ian Somerhalder's roles in the CW series, he said: “I don't think I am a good vampire ... I think Damon is a sociopath.”

Making the show spicy, Wesley thinks that Damon just really loves being a bloodsucker. "He's consumed in being a vampire and power and he really believes that feeding on humans ... it's just as simple and natural as breathing. He doesn't understand," he said. "There's no guilt, which is fascinating." More blood will be spilled soon. Keep on watching the show. 

The episode with Vicki wanting more blood is truly eerie.
I just thought her character added a little...chaos.

Yours Truly
mediamerlin

Swine Flu: A Danger to Your Rights as Well as Your Health?

I read the story...Here.

Earlier today, the Constitution Project and the University of Maryland
Center for Health and Homeland Security brought together a group
of expert panelists at the National Press Club to discuss the civil
liberties implications of the government's response to the H1N1 flu,
more commonly known as swine flu.

Moderator Sharon Bradford Franklin, Senior Policy Counsel at the
Constitution Project, opened the event with a brief overview of
recent news developments in the H1N1 outbreak. The panel
featured Professor Michael Greenberger, Director of the University
of  Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security, Professor
Wendy Mariner of the Boston University School of Public health,
and Dr. Marita Mike, the Health Director at the University of
Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security.

Dr. Mike began the conversation by offering a medical perspective
on the unique health risks posed by the H1N1 flu, comparing the
most recent outbreak with past public health crises in the United
States. Professor Greenberger built on the doctor's introduction by
outlining the remarkably broad executive powers that may be
leveraged at the state and federal levels to combat the flu. Finally,
Professor Mariner rejected the notion that emergency preparedness
laws can prevent disease, and critiqued the post-9/11 focus on coer-
cive public health tools that threaten individual civil liberties. Instead,
she argued that the focus of the government's response to the H1N1
flu should be on creating a healthy, educated population that has
plentiful access to information, vaccines, and other medical care.

The discussion featured vigorous exchanges on the constitutional
concerns raised by quarantines, mandatory vaccinations, and
interstate travel restrictions. The panelists agreed that the federal
government's response to the H1N1 flu has been timely and
proportionate to the real dangers posed by the disease, but voiced
concerns about how state and federal governments may employ
existing executive powers if more virulent strands of the flu merge.
The panelists encouraged members of the public to take appropriate
health precautions, and urged a rational public dialogue on the tools
state and federal governments need, or think they need, to
effectively combat public health risks like the H1N1 flu.

Today's event drew a diverse and engaged audience to the National
Press Club's Murrow Room, including attendees from various print
and radio news outlets, the Department of Homeland Security,
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, congressional staff,
as well as numerous other advocacy and health organizations.

To see photos from this afternoon's event, please click here. A video
of the discussion will be posted as soon as it's available.

Follow Ginny Sloan on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ConPro

You always here about threats of this disease but everything in
life can be threatening I think we need to take everything with 
a grain of salt...and eat healthy and learn to deal with life's
stresses before everything is controlled for us.


Yours Truly
mediamerlin


 

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Trust drug companies and officials?

ADHD Ritalin child 500% greater sudden death risk but FDA silent

October 16, 12:01 PM Human Rights
Examiner Dupre'


Read this story @examiner

 An example of why parents today distrust drug makers and officials is FDA's silence about the new study revealing that healthy children taking Ritalin have a 500 percent greater risk of sudden death.

"These aren’t kids with pre-existing heart conditions. The results would have been worse if they were included," stated Dr. Al Sears, M.D. today.

Thousands of children have suddenly died as direct result of using psychotropic drugs used for ADD and ADHD according to Heather Smith, Executive Director of the National Alliance against Mandated Health Screening and Psychotropic Drugging of Children. (Smith, H. What Drugmakers Don't Want You to Know, Thousands of children have suddenly died over the years, as a direct result of using psychotropic drugs used for ADD and ADHD, RitalinDeath.com)

ADD and ADHD are the most common child diagnoses.

Sears provides the following alert that what parents have been told for decades – "Ritalin is safe for children" – could not be further from truth:

Ritalin is a stimulant. It causes the heart to beat faster. This can lead to sudden cardiac arrest.

Ritalin acts exactly like amphetamines such as crystal meth and cocaine.

In spite of evidence that it could stunt their growth1, and cause irreversible brain damage2 and that it is linked to serious cardiovascular events, the FDA remains silent.

Still, the FDA refuses to take action.

No new warnings are planned and prescriptions for Ritalin continue to spiral upward.

Objections to the FDA’s sluggishness are even starting to appear in conservative medical journals like JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association. In a recent editorial, they criticized the FDA by saying the FDA is “interpreting the results cautiously.”

Plus, JAMA notes that the FDA funded and approved the design of the study. Only when results came out did they have a problem with the design of the study. I guess the FDA didn’t like the results their own design produced.

This is the big point for all of us: Doctors hand out Ritalin prescriptions every day. And too often you aren’t told of the dangers.

ADHD is still the most commonly diagnosed disorder in children.

What’s more, studies show that the drugs don’t work. The same study that found Ritalin stunts kids’ growth also found that it has no beneficial effect on behavior over a three-year period.

So what do you do for children who have trouble concentrating, focusing, or calming down? Here are a few easy, safe, and natural ways to bring kids “to attention” without endangering their mental and physical health. 

1. Ramp up the amount of omega-3 in their diet.

  Studies show that many children with ADHD don’t get enough omega-3. Cod liver oil and fish-oil capsules deliver the two kinds of omega-3s the body needs.

You can also get them to eat more lean meats, eggs, and nuts, preferably free-range, grass-fed and organic. These are all great sources of omega-3. I recommend 1,000 mg of omega-3s daily. 

2. Pine bark extract is another natural supplement that works. 

One European study using pycnogenol, an organic compound found in the bark of the French maritime pine tree, showed that after only one month, children’s behavior improved significantly on as little as 1 mg per day.3 

3. Finally, certain naturally occurring amino acids can treat ADHD. 

One of them is 5-HTP, a precursor to serotonin and one of the chemicals in the brain that relieves anxiety and depression (popular antidepressants like Prozac, Zoloft, and Lexapro all boost serotonin levels).

I recommend 50 to 100 mg three times per day with meals.

Another is tyrosine. It works like 5-HTP, increasing levels of various chemicals in the brain connected to mood and the ability to concentrate. The optimal dose is 5,000 mg per day for children and up to 10,000 mg per day for adults.

These are natural and safe alternatives that I use in my medical practice every day. They aren’t harmful or addictive, and unlike all those ADHD drugs, they actually work. They are easy to find at health food stores.

1 Jensen et al, “3-Year Follow-up of the NIMH MTA Study.” Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 2007. 46(8):989-1002.
2 Gray et al, “Methylphenidate Administration to Juvenile Rats Alters Brain Areas Involved in Cognition, Motivated Behaviors, Appetite, and Stress,” Journal of Neuroscience, 2007, 27(27):7196-7207.
3 Trebatická et al, “Treatment of ADHD with French maritime pine bark extract, Pycnogenol.” European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2006. 15(6):329-35.

To learn more about Dr. Sears' Wellness Research and Consulting, call (866) 792-1035 or visit:

http://www.alsearsmd.com

Do you know that this makes me upset that some people just try to say that a child is a certain
way when they fail to communicate to that child.  We just need to learn to communicate better
and properly feed our children then the use of certain psychotropic drugs in children will go
down.

Yours Truly,

mediamerlin

TRIBOELECTRIFICATION-Static electric charge can pose flight risk — Ares I-X launch

Found the story Here

By William Neff, The Plain Dealer

October 25, 2009, 11:39AM

 

The Ares I-X is ready to fly.

 

 

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Lightning Strikes Apollo 12 as it lifts off from Launch Pad
39A on Nov.14,1969. Ares I-X will lift off from the pad 
next door, 39B.

The Ares I-X mission's launch weather officer, Kathy Winters, dropped a tongue-twister in Sunday's press briefing that had even some veteran aerospace reporters in the auditorium scratching their heads.
The word  -- remember this for future spelling bees -- was

triboelectrification.

Simply put,

triboelectrification

is a static electric charge that can build up on flying vehicles, aircraft as well as spacecraft, as they move through particles in the atmosphere. That usually means
precipitation, as in rain. But clouds, even light ones,
can contain enough particles to deliver the charge.              

And while

triboelectrification's

effects are not as dangerous to a spacecraft as a direct lightning strike -- a pair of which nearly caused the 1969 Apollo 12 moon mission to abort just after liftoff -- it can still cause enough static to garble telemetry between the rocket and ground contollers and threaten the Ares I-X flight.
This phenomenon affects some vehicles more than others, depending on the materials used to build them. Over nearly 30 years of space shuttle flights, NASA has seen that these bulky vehicles are not very susceptible to triboelectric effects. And indeed, it may develop that the tall, slender Ares rockets aren't either. But until they're tested to find out, NASA engineers will take any serious cloud cover as their signal to keep Ares I-X on the launch pad.

Whenever a word comes out that I haven't used. I always like to figure out what they mean.When I came across triboelectrification I thought that I must find out more.
Even though lightning isn't around static electicity can be generated.

Yours Truly,

mediamerlin

Daylight Savings Time 2009 Fall Back Deadly for London Roads?

Story from Associated Content

The Daylight Savings Time 2009 fall back has happened most everywhere. But the Daylight Savings Time 2009 fall back is still a week away here. But the Daylight Savings Time 2009 fall back is still a week away here. In the past, theDaylight Savings Time 2009 fall back would have already happened in America. However, since 2007, the U.S. has literally alerted time so that the Daylight Savings Time 2009 fall back will happen a week later. The benefits of moving Daylight Savings Time back are still to be determined, but the idea may catch on in other countries.

In 2007, Congress moved the Daylight Savings Time fall back to the first Sunday of November, rather than the last Sunday of October. They also moved the "spring ahead" part of Daylight Savings Time to the beginning of March, not April. Energy concerns and conservation were factors in the decision, but another country may want to do it for other reasons.

The Daylight Savings Time 2009 fall back has already arrived in Britain, and in most other countries this morning. But as it arrives, some in London are calling for a review in when the clocks are moved back, according to the Metro. In their case, protestors want the Daylight Savings Time fall back reviewed because the extra hour of darkness is deadly.

According to the Metro, once the evenings have gotten longer and darker, under the current Daylight Savings Time format, more pedestrians have gotten run over or killed on the roads. With darker evenings, it is harder for people on the road to see pedestrians, many of which could be  playing children. 
 
Campaigners called "Living Streets" have been lobbying for changes in the Daylight Savings Time fall back time, to improve road safety. But they will not get their wish this year, at the least. Therefore, they will likely keep an eye on the road to see how many more people are struck and killed this time after Daylight Savings.



America and the European Union are clearly not shy about altering time, in regards to Daylight Savings - or "summer time" as Europe calls it. Still, in the United States, people have to wait an extra week to get an extra hour of sleep, and lose an hour of sleep a lot sooner in spring. Here, they would probably not be too eager to change that rule after just a few years, even if America had the same problems with road safety as Britain.



With the change of time coming later in the North America continent...I can see that problems
with time changing could make global trading more difficult..
Everyone should be on the same time.

Yours Truly

mediamerlin