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Date: Tuesday, 17-Jan-2012 16:06:15

(Thanks, B. :) Reader B. sends us: ===== 1-17-2012 Guru Freeway Bill The fact that the CBI website has not updated is big...Folks, we are not through this day and many things are in place to point to a swift end to all of this thing. We could see something today that should lead to a banking transaction for you as early as tomorrow. 1-17-2012 Guru Jonnywg WE ARE STILL IN THE GAME...UST IS IN LOCKDOWN...IT IS NOT IN UST HANDS...IT IS WITH THE IMF...AWAITING RELEASE. 1-17-2012 Guru Historian I have explained...how this process has been going on for years. It has been going forward and making big changes. What appear to be delays to those on the outside are not delays but normal problem solving. Mechanics are "done", all in place. IMO just just waiting for the word to go. Those giving the word are running through risk scenarios and debating arguments from those who still want "just one more thing" to be part of this. That is how it always is. 1-17-2012 Guru Bluwolf it is ready to be released and we are waiting for their word...we are on high alert...all banks are very ready...the clock is ticking “tic toc” 1-17-2012 Guru DinarWishes Lets look at the Lockdown thing...Lockdown means no calls in or out...not even to family...it is a good thing cause it is a sign of the place we are at in this thing...Have they been in lockdown before? yes. Is this different this time? yes it is!!! Why? Because many factors are lining up to be a great day!!!! 1-17-2012 Guru Jonnywg NEWS FLASH:...UST NOW IN LOCKDOWN...IT'S NOT OVER YET...WE WERE JUST ADVISED THAT THE UST WAS STILL IN LOCKDOWN...WE DO NOT KNOW WHY BUT THE FACT IS THEY ARE IN THERE UNTIL THE RV HAPPENS...WE DO NOT THINK UST IS THE HOLDUP...BUT DO NOT KNOW WHO IS AT THE TIME. Read more: http://www.dinarguru.com/#ixzz1jkecL2NF 1-17-2012 Guru FreewayBill WE ARE SO CLOSE TO THIS RV THAT WE SHOULD BE JUMPING UP AND DOWN WITH EXCITEMENT...RV IS AT IMF AND NOBODY CAN STOP IT NOW...WHETHER IT BE TODAY OR TOMORROW, WE ARE RIGHT ON TOP OF ALL OF THIS. 1-17-2012 Guru TerryK AS FAR AS I KNOW WE ARE STILL ON TRACK AS TUE NIGHT IS THE BANKING NIGHTS BEST TIME FOR THAT RV...THIS IS NEARLY DONE...LOOK AT THE NEWS KUWAIT AND IRAQ...NOW AGREE TO DO TRADE. THEY DID NOT DO THAT BEFORE. THAT CAME OUT THIS AM...IN WRITING...THAT IS HUGE. Read more: http://www.dinarguru.com/#ixzz1jkecL2NF

"The US Is No Longer the Land of the Free"

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CGI's Basil: "The US Is No Longer the Land of the Free" by Jonathan Turley

Posted By: Susoni
Date: Tuesday, 17-Jan-2012 15:22:07

According to a recent article by Pastor Chuck Baldwin,http://newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin683.htm ,"This bill would give the US government the power to strip Americans of their citizenship without being convicted of being 'hostile' against the United States. In other words, you can be stripped of your nationality for 'engaging in, or purposefully and materially supporting, hostilities against the United States.' Legally, the term 'hostilities' means any conflict subject to the laws of war but considering the fact that the War on Terror is a little ambiguous and encompassing, any action could be labeled as supporting terrorism." The US Is No Longer the Land of the Free By Jonathan Turley, professor of public interest law at George Washington University. http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/287-124/9448-the-us-is-no-longer-the-land-of-the-free 15 January 2012 elow is today's column in the Sunday Washington Post. The column addresses how the continued rollbacks on civil liberties in the United States conflicts with the view of the country as the land of the free. If we are going to adopt Chinese legal principles, we should at least have the integrity to adopt one Chinese proverb: "The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names." We seem as a country to be in denial as to the implications of these laws and policies. Whether we are viewed as a free country with authoritarian inclinations or an authoritarian nation with free aspirations (or some other hybrid definition), we are clearly not what we once were. Every year, the State Department issues reports on individual rights in other countries, monitoring the passage of restrictive laws and regulations around the world. Iran, for example, has been criticized for denying fair public trials and limiting privacy, while Russia has been taken to task for undermining due process. Other countries have been condemned for the use of secret evidence and torture. Even as we pass judgment on countries we consider unfree, Americans remain confident that any definition of a free nation must include their own - the land of free. Yet, the laws and practices of the land should shake that confidence. In the decade since Sept. 11, 2001, this country has comprehensively reduced civil liberties in the name of an expanded security state. The most recent example of this was the National Defense Authorization Act, signed Dec. 31, which allows for the indefinite detention of citizens. At what point does the reduction of individual rights in our country change how we define ourselves? While each new national security power Washington has embraced was controversial when enacted, they are often discussed in isolation. But they don't operate in isolation. They form a mosaic of powers under which our country could be considered, at least in part, authoritarian. Americans often proclaim our nation as a symbol of freedom to the world while dismissing nations such as Cuba and China as categorically unfree. Yet, objectively, we may be only half right. Those countries do lack basic individual rights such as due process, placing them outside any reasonable definition of "free," but the United States now has much more in common with such regimes than anyone may like to admit. These countries also have constitutions that purport to guarantee freedoms and rights. But their governments have broad discretion in denying those rights and few real avenues for challenges by citizens - precisely the problem with the new laws in this country. The list of powers acquired by the U.S. government since 9/11 puts us in rather troubling company. Assassination of U.S. Citizens President Obama has claimed, as President George W. Bush did before him, the right to order the killing of any citizen considered a terrorist or an abettor of terrorism. Last year, he approved the killing of U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaqi and another citizen under this claimed inherent authority. Last month, administration officials affirmed that power, stating that the president can order the assassination of any citizen whom he considers allied with terrorists. (Nations such as Nigeria, Iran and Syria have been routinely criticized for extrajudicial killings of enemies of the state.) Indefinite Detention Under the law signed last month, terrorism suspects are to be held by the military; the president also has the authority to indefinitely detain citizens accused of terrorism. While Sen. Carl Levin insisted the bill followed existing law "whatever the law is," the Senate specifically rejected an amendment that would exempt citizens and the Administration has opposed efforts to challenge such authority in federal court. The Administration continues to claim the right to strip citizens of legal protections based on its sole discretion. (China recently codified a more limited detention law for its citizens, while countries such as Cambodia have been singled out by the United States for "prolonged detention.") Arbitrary Justice The president now decides whether a person will receive a trial in the federal courts or in a military tribunal, a system that has been ridiculed around the world for lacking basic due process protections. Bush claimed this authority in 2001, and Obama has continued the practice. (Egypt and China have been denounced for maintaining separate military justice systems for selected defendants, including civilians.) Warrantless Searches The president may now order warrantless surveillance, including a new capability to force companies and organizations to turn over information on citizens' finances, communications and associations. Bush acquired this sweeping power under the Patriot Act in 2001, and in 2011, Obama extended the power, including searches of everything from business documents to library records. The government can use "national security letters" to demand, without probable cause, that organizations turn over information on citizens - and order them not to reveal the disclosure to the affected party. (Saudi Arabia and Pakistan operate under laws that allow the government to engage in widespread discretionary surveillance.) Secret Evidence The government now routinely uses secret evidence to detain individuals and employs secret evidence in federal and military courts. It also forces the dismissal of cases against the United States by simply filing declarations that the cases would make the government reveal classified information that would harm national security - a claim made in a variety of privacy lawsuits and largely accepted by federal judges without question. Even legal opinions, cited as the basis for the government's actions under the Bush and Obama administrations, have been classified. This allows the government to claim secret legal arguments to support secret proceedings using secret evidence. In addition, some cases never make it to court at all. The federal courts routinely deny constitutional challenges to policies and programs under a narrow definition of standing to bring a case. War Crimes The world clamored for prosecutions of those responsible for waterboarding terrorism suspects during the Bush administration, but the Obama administration said in 2009 that it would not allow CIA employees to be investigated or prosecuted for such actions. This gutted not just treaty obligations but the Nuremberg principles of international law. When courts in countries such as Spain moved to investigate Bush officials for war crimes, the Obama administration reportedly urged foreign officials not to allow such cases to proceed, despite the fact that the United States has long claimed the same authority with regard to alleged war criminals in other countries. (Various nations have resisted investigations of officials accused of war crimes and torture. Some, such as Serbia and Chile, eventually relented to comply with international law; countries that have denied independent investigations include Iran, Syria and China.) Secret Court The government has increased its use of the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which has expanded its secret warrants to include individuals deemed to be aiding or abetting hostile foreign governments or organizations. In 2011, Obama renewed these powers, including allowing secret searches of individuals who are not part of an identifiable terrorist group. The administration has asserted the right to ignore congressional limits on such surveillance. (Pakistan places national security surveillance under the unchecked powers of the military or intelligence services.) Immunity From Judicial Review Like the Bush administration, the Obama administration has successfully pushed for immunity for companies that assist in warrantless surveillance of citizens, blocking the ability of citizens to challenge the violation of privacy. (Similarly, China has maintained sweeping immunity claims both inside and outside the country and routinely blocks lawsuits against private companies.) Continual Monitoring of Citizens The Obama administration has successfully defended its claim that it can use GPS devices to monitor every move of targeted citizens without securing any court order or review. It is not defending the power before the Supreme Court - a power described by Justice Anthony Kennedy as "Orwellian." (Saudi Arabia has installed massive public surveillance systems, while Cuba is notorious for active monitoring of selected citizens.)

GERMAIN: LEARN TO SENSE & EMBRACE BIG CHANGES COMING FAST

Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 10:52 PM

Subject: GERMAIN: LEARN TO SENSE & EMBRACE BIG CHANGES COMING FAST

Each and every living thing upon your planet is made up of the exact same materials. The combination of atoms and molecules are only arranged in different combinations to produce the varied life forms. The Earth itself is also a living entity, and is made up of those same molecules and atoms. So, you see, you are all further connected by your very makeup. You can choose to ignore or disbelieve the connection you have to each and every thing upon the planet, and with the planet itself, but you cannot change the fact that these connections exist.

There are a few scientists today who are beginning to understand and take seriously these inter-connections and the relationship of a planet and its life forms. All it takes is a serious and open-minded study of Nature to see that this is the case.

Prior to earthquakes, volcano eruptions, etc., animal life will begin to leave the area where these events are about to occur. The Earth will also begin to emit low-frequency sound patterns, as the pressures beneath the crust build, preceding one of the events.

Every animal, and man himself, has the capacity to pick up these low-frequency transmissions, as well as other signals emitted by Mother Earth. One of the mechanisms for this reception utilizes what your scientists call “magnetite” in the brain.

Animal life acts on instinct, and leaves the area and moves to a place where these transmissions are no longer affecting them. Man, however, has overcome these subtle instincts by ignoring them, so he is caught off guard, and caught in the midst of the event.

It is time that mankind learn from his animal kingdom brothers and sisters, for it is these built-in, given-by-Creator instincts that, if heeded, can save your physical behinds. Pay attention to those strange headaches, those odd sounds in your head, those annoying aches and pains in your body, the feelings of agitation, restlessness, etc. These are very real, very physical byproducts of your inter-connectedness with both your planet and with all the other life that is around you on your physical world.

Please do not place me in the category of prophet, for that is not the role I play. I am here simply to bring to your attention what is probable to manifest due to current energy potentials, based on past and present data. Please understand that anything which may be forecast is dependent upon the consciousness of the life upon a planet. It is the combined consciousness of ALL beings upon a planet which plays the greatest role in what will actually happen (manifest in the physical domain) concerning the Earth changes you ones continue to hear about.

Have you noted just how many there are of late who seem to be repeating the same information? Why do you suppose that would be?

I will tell you: When the probability of potential reaches what you might call a “critical mass”, that information, that data is vividly present for all upon the planet to “tap” into. Some are merely more sensitive to this “energy of information”. The nearer to the event you are, the stronger the energy is, and so more and more people pick up this information, which is available to all. More ones than you will ever know are aware of the information, but most will merely pass it off as their own imagination.

But, as I stated above, it is VERY important that each and every one of you begin to pay close attention to those inner nudgings—those feelings of “something just isn’t quite right”, those little bursts of hunches and visions, your dreams, your intuitive nature in general.

The influx of high-frequency energy upon Earth is helping to push along these changes, and this influx of energy is assisted by the collective consciousness as well. On some level, every one and every thing alive today knows that it is time for these changes to occur.

It is this knowing, this consciousness of knowledge that is calling out for that influx of energy, that assistance from many sources, and thus bringing about the changes in the first place. It is all part of the evolutionary process of the universe—and closer to home, of the planet. One cannot be divided from the other, for all is connected and part of the Greater Whole called The Creation.

So you see, your American Native peoples do have it right in that respect, for as they have always said, they are no greater or any lesser than is the tree, the rock, or the mouse. They have understood for thousands of years that they are connected to the Greater Whole, that they reside within the “Circle of Creation” as they put it.

It is your modern-day religions which have taken man outside the Sacred Circle and made him separate from God (and Creation). In fact, those same religions have long called the American Natives (and others untainted by the White man’s views) pagans or heathens or other worse names. Then consider me a pagan as well!

That separation of man from God is what has kept you ones in the bondage you are in. You have been taught that you have absolutely no power over anything, and that is the greatest lie there is.

Dear ones, THAT is the lie which has kept you ones prisoners—and under the control of an “elite” few who themselves are mere puppets of the Great Deceiver himself. If you believe that you have no power over your own existence, then you can be led about by the nose-ring.

Wake up and smell the coffee, children, for YOU AND ONLY YOU have power over your own existence. You do not need any intercession between you and God.

You have tried to squeeze God (the Creator of All That Is) into a “box” that fits your limited level of knowledge. Instead, what you have succeeded in doing is putting yourselves inside a box, and the walls of the box have become the walls of your own self-created prisons.

So, step outside the box, and take a good look at all there is in this universe in which you reside. There is nothing in this universe that is not available to you. What it takes, however, is that you FREE YOURSELVES from the bondage of your old habits and old beliefs, and from the lies of limitation that you have been taught. See the enormousness of what exists.

What is limiting you? Money? Time? Freedom? These are all forms of the deception.

You are a part of everything you see. There is nothing that you are separate from, except as exists in your own belief system. You are the only one who can limit you, and you are the only one who can set yourself free. And THAT process begins by understanding and knowing your relationship to, and your part within, all of Creation.

In the days that are coming upon your planet, every paradigm and every belief system you know is going to be challenged, for it is time for the old to pass away and the new to begin. These are changes which are going to affect every man, woman, and child upon your planet.

The children being born today are different than even ten years ago. Watch them. They are on a “fast track”, for they are here to experience, and be an active part of, the present and coming changes. Listen to them as they talk. Watch them as they play, for you will learn a great many things about your universe and about your planet.

It may appear that we have wandered off our original subject of change, but I assure you that these things of which I speak are every bit as important a part of the ongoing changes as are the more violent earthquakes and weather patterns.

To borrow a line from a popular movie: “Something wonderful is about to happen.”

Are you ready for it?

Are you going to be an active or a passive participant?

Are you going to assist in this change, or are you going to believe yourself to be a victim of it?

These are choices every one of you are either now being confronted with, or will shortly be confronted with. How shall you answer?

Let us draw this to a close. Thank you for your time, and I urge you all to consider the words of this Message very carefully, for it is a personal Message for all.

I am Violinio St. Germain. I leave you as I came—in and with the Holy White-Light Radiance of Creator Source. Salu.

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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. "I HAVE A DREAM"

Reposted Jan. 16, 2012

 "I have a dream that one day, this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed. We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal."

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DR. MARTIN  LUTHER KING, JR. "I HAVE A DREAM"

"I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon of hope to millions of Negro slaves, who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But one hundred years later, the Negro is still not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacle of segregation and the chains of discrimination.

One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.

In a sense we have come to our Nation's Capital to cash a check. When the architects of our great republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.

This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed to the inalienable rights of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check that has come back marked 'insufficient funds.'

But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and security of justice.

We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is not time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.

Now is the time to make real the promise of democracy.

Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.

Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.

Now is the time to make justice a reality to all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment and to underestimate the determination of it's colored citizens. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual.

There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds.

Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must ever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.

The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. They have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.

And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality.

We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities.

We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one.

We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating "for white only."

We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote.

 No, no we are not satisfied and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of your trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by storms of persecutions and staggered by the winds of police brutality.

You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.

Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our modern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.

Let us not wallow in the valley of despair. I say to you today, my friends, that even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow. I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed. We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; that one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and every mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plains and the crooked places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

This is our hope. This is the faith that I will go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.

With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.

With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to climb up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning, 'my country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my father's died, land of the Pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring!'

And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. So let freedom ring from the hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.

Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.

Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.

But not only that, let freedom, ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi and every mountainside.

And when this happens, when we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every tenement and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old spiritual, "Free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty, we are free at last."

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The King Center in Atlanta, Georgia, is the official, living memorial dedicated to the advancement of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., leader of America’s greatest nonviolent movement for justice, equality and peace.

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"When the Starships Fly" by Captain Griff (GREAT Video)

Posted By: Mr.Ed [Send E-Mail]
Date: Monday, 16-Jan-2012 20:50:58

"When the Starships Fly" by Captain Griff (GREAT Video) When the Starships Fly - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vv49xZACwQ Music Video, With disclosure in the wings, this song explores what disclosure and first contact will bring. J. Griff Griffin | Littleton, CO | Indie / Electronica / Easy Listening | Music, Lyrics, Songs, and Videos | ReverbNation http://www.reverbnation.com/jgriffgriffin

Health - Bananas

After Reading THIS, you'll NEVER look at a banana in the same way again!

Bananas Containing three natural sugars -  sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber, a banana  gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.  Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout.   No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes.   But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit.  It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and  conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet. 

Depression: 
According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst  people suffering from depression, many felt much better after  eating a banana.   This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a  type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel  happier. 

PMS: 
Forget the pils-- eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood. 

Anemia :
High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia. 

Blood Pressure: 
This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it the perfect way to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke. 

Brain Power: 
200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams  this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a  bid to boost their brain power.  Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by mkig pupils more alert. 

Constipation: 
High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives. 

Hangovers: 
One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to  make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system. 

Heartburn: 
Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief. 

Morning Sickness:  
Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness. 

Mosquito btes 
Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin.  Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation. 

Nerves: 
Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the  nervous system.

Overweight and at work? 
Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads  to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and chips. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs.  The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on hih cabohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady. 

Ulcers: 
The banana is used as the  dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft  texture and smoothness.  It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicled cases.  It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of  the stomach. 

Temperature control: 
Many other cultures see bananas as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand, for example,pregnnt women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): 
Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan. 

Smoking: 
Bananas can also  help people trying to give up smoking.  The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal. 

Stress: 
Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance.  When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels.  These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack. 

Strokes: 
According to rsearchin "The New England Journal of Medicine," eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!

So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills.  When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrates, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals.  It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around. So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, "A banana a day keeps the doctor away!"

Marine singing Star Spangled Banner

 John, please post this ! Very appropriate now , 2nd verse of Star Spangled Banner.

 

 

Marine Stuns Crowd  :

Indianapolis should sign this Marine for the National Anthem at the next Super Bowl..

Without giving the video away, notice how the crowd -all by themselves - rise to the honor/respect/dignity of what's going on !!

I know you are going to pass this on.

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