4 Ways To Beat Autoimmune Diseases (& Prevent Them, Too)

4 Ways To Beat Autoimmune Diseases (& Prevent Them, Too)
Most of us have seen or read about how harsh life was in the Middle Ages in history class and from tales like Robin Hood or King Arthur... A king's castle was typically surrounded by a moat and an army of guards, and when a visitor would approach the castle, a guard would say, "Hark-who goes there? Be ye friend or foe?" Then based upon the response, the visitor received either a warm welcome...or maybe the tip of a sword if they were a foe! Well, your immune system is a lot like an army of guards in a Middle Ages kingdom. It's always on alert, scrutinizing every single molecule that comes into your body from food and the environment and deciding whether it's friend or foe. It's sharp and very sensitive -- it HAS to be that way. Otherwise, you might ingest a dangerous substance that could make you sick or kill you. Unfortunately, the immune systems of increasing numbers of people are being triggered to act confused and react as if something is a "foe"--even if it's a "friend." And that is how an autoimmune disease is born. Here is the scoop on what's behind these mysterious conditions that currently affect 1 out of every 12 people. The many faces of an autoimmune disease With autoimmune diseases, your body sees even its own cells as enemies and wages war against itself. Your immune system strikes out against your cells, harming your tissues and eventually causing impairment or loss of normal bodily functioning. This can occur virtually anywhere in your body, so the range of autoimmune diseases can run the gamut and include the following: - IBD (inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis) - Rheumatoid arthritis - Type 1 diabetes - Multiple sclerosis - Lupus - Scleroderma (thickening and hardening of the skin) - Sjogren's syndrome (chronic dry eyes) - Graves' disease (overproduction of thyroid hormones) - Hashimoto's disease (underproduction of thyroid hormones) - Glomerulonephritis (kidney inflammation that can lead to kidney failure) - Guillain-Barre' syndrome (weakness, numbness and paralysis) - Psoriasis   You can't fool me! When your immune system is functioning normally, it can't easily be fooled -- it effectively distinguishes between things that should and shouldn't be inside of you. For example, when you take in food, your immune system recognizes it as nourishment and sends out a message to its "army" to stay calm. This is a reaction known as tolerance. Without tolerance, every time you ate something, no matter what it was, you'd have a severe allergic reaction! However, when your immune system is presented with a "foe" (antigen), it summons its army of cells to protect you, and in doing so, ignites inflammation to the affected area. This is called intolerance. It's what's going on when you have a sore throat or stuffy nose, for example. Your immune system is trapping the invader (in this case, an infection or virus) and preventing it from going all through you.   So, what's taunting the immune system anyway? When your immune system is repeatedly exposed to things that are actually or could be mistaken for an antigen, it can be triggered into going overboard and reacting with intolerance...even when it shouldn't. Here are 5 possible contributing factors that can taunt your immune system and encourage a shift in its reactions from tolerance to intolerance: 1) Poor digestion Improperly digested food molecules that aren't broken down like they should be can seep through your intestinal wall and get into your bloodstream. Because they're too big, your immune system can see them as an antigen--even though they're food -- and trigger an inflammatory response. This is how many FOOD SENSITIVITIES are created. 2) Reduced barriers Your body has many barriers that prevent antigens from seeping into your bloodstream. These include your saliva, the acid in your stomach, the bile from your liver, peristalsis (the muscle contractions in your GI tract that push food along), mucus and friendly flora in your intestinal tract. Lacking in any of these can "open the door" for real or perceived antigens to sneak through, get into your bloodstream and ring your immune system alarm. Here's food for thought: Considering the staggering numbers of people who use antacids and ACID REDUCERS (both OTC and prescription), that's a whole lot of people disabling one of their body's "barriers" and opening the door for immune system problems. Plus people who regularly rely on LAXATIVES to have a bowel movement are weakening their bodies' ability to carry out peristalsis--another barrier. 3) Leaky gut Poor digestion and the resulting large food molecules forcing their way through your intestinal wall can cause it to become too porous. This is know as leaky gut syndrome (or intestinal hyperpermeability). This opens the door even MORE for antigens to seep into your bloodstream and irritate your immune system. Leaky gut can also be caused or contributed to by intestinal infection, drugs (especially NSAIDS), excessive alcohol use, trauma, aging and stress. 4) Vaccinations Because they're injected, vaccines introduce large protein molecules directly into your bloodstream, so they don't have a chance to be properly broken down by your digestive tract. Ding-ding! Sound the alarm for an immune reaction! This is why vaccines have been shown to trigger allergies where there were none before. 5) Dysbiosis Dysbiosis is an intestinal flora environment where your harmful bacteria outnumber the friendly ones. Numerous published studies link dysbiosis to autoimmune reactions and diseases.   Well, now that you know some of the ways that your immune system is teased into overreacting, now let's take a look at ways you can... How to support a smarter immune system You can help your immune system stay strong AND act appropriately by giving it a little help in these ways: 1- Encourage good digestion This is a function of both the foods you eat and your body's enzyme supply. You can accomplish the food part of good digestion by using the Great Taste No Pain health system. Great Taste No Pain will show you how to create healthy, nutritious meals featuring real foods that are not only finger and plate-licking good, but are also easy to prepare and a breeze for your system to digest. When your system can break down your foods easily and thoroughly, not only do you have less trouble with heartburn, acid reflux, gas and bloating, but you help ensure that your foods are small enough when they're absorbed so they don't taunt your immune system.   The enzyme piece of good digestion is affecting increasing numbers of people, and it's the result of our diets. You see, because of our "modern" hard-to-digest diets of fast food, processed food and complex meals, many people are expending WAAAY more enzymes to accomplish digestion than Nature intended...and are running low as a result. Sooner or later, your body can't produce what you need -- so you (and your immune system) suffer from the resulting poor digestion. But Digestizol Max can step in and give your body a helping hand. Digestizol Max will help you digest every single kind of food you could possibly eat...while helping to conserve your body's enzyme supply or pinch-hit if you're running low. Its super-potent blend of 14 plant-derived enzymes targets a broad range of proteins, carbohydrates, sugars, fats and fibers in your diet.   2- Supplement with probiotics Probiotic supplementation has been shown to help counteract three of the immune system "challenges" above--reduced barriers, leaky gut and dysbiosis! The dose of helpful bacteria in probiotics helps beef up one of your key natural "barriers," as well as strengthen your gut wall to make it less leaky and encourage a shift away from dysbiosis into a more healthy flora environment. And for a high quality, potent probiotic that's up to this triple challenge, look no farther than Super Shield multi-strain probiotic formula. One of Super Shield's strains, Lactobacillus Rhamnosus, helps to strengthen your gut-barrier function and has been shown to have a beneficial impact on autoimmune conditions as well as constipation, diarrhea and IBS symptoms. Additionally, Super Shield's 12 other medical-grade strains will help keep your gut flora in proper balance, encouraging the formation of more anti-inflammatory immune cells.   3- Nutrient repair Nutrients such as Vitamins A, C and E and zinc have been shown to support gut wall integrity. Eating a healthy diet like I mentioned above can help give your body all the nutrients it needs. Supplements are fine too, but you should look to your diet first to get your body its nutrients. Here are good food sources of each: Vitamin A: Carrots, spinach, bell peppers, romaine lettuce, sweet potatoes, cantaloupe, broccoli, tomatoes, asparagus, parsley and basil. Vitamin C: Citrus fruit, tomatoes, red peppers, broccoli, cranberries, cabbage, potatoes, guava, strawberries and kiwi. Vitamin E: Wheat germ oil, sunflower seeds, vegetable oils, turnip greens, nuts, nut butters, rice bran oil, barley and avocado. Zinc: Spinach, calf's liver, beef, asparagus, shrimp, yogurt, broccoli and summer squash.   4- Rethink immunization The choice of whether or not to immunize is yours... But before you rush to get your flu shot or whatever, remember the effect it could have with taunting your immune system, and consider ways (such as a healthy diet and probiotic supplementation) to safely and naturally strengthen your body's immune system and let it function as it was designed to.   Remember, the less that you "taunt" your immune system, the more likely it is that it will react appropriately when it truly needs to protect you from dangers, yet recognize when it should "back off." And that can naturally help your fight against autoimmune conditions, or make you a less likely candidate for developing them. To your health, Sherry Brescia PS: We're now on Facebook! Like us here: - https://www.facebook.com/GreatTasteNoPain.HolisticBlendsInc PPS: Carolyn sees a big difference in her Crohn's! Dear Sherry, I have Crohn's Disease and have suffered with extreme pain since I was a teenager. It wasn't until I reached my thirties that they finally discovered it was Crohn's. In the past five years I have also developed arthritis, which I now attribute to both diet and medication. The last ten years have been like being on a roller coaster. What to eat. What not to eat... heavy steroids... antibiotics...and numerous other drugs. I can tell you now, nothing really solved anything. At the end of last year I hit rock bottom. Month after month on the highest steroid dose until my body just couldn't take it anymore. I have always said no to surgery. I knew that it really wasn't going to help either so at least I still have my stomach and bowel. I decided to do some research myself and found your link on a Crohn's website. I must admit, I was very skeptical at first but after months of reading all the amazing stories of people that have had their lives turned around, I just had to give it a go. I can barely write this letter without tears falling on my keypad. Finally, I can live without pain day in, day out. It has been nothing short of a miracle (God is good!) and I am so grateful for all the advice you have given me. I have no doubt that it will get better as my body gets rid of the buildup of trash in it and becomes more alkaline. At last I know I am on the right track. I have been telling everyone about this, and many of my friends are now trying it too. Not only has it been good for me but also my entire family. My son is doing his HSC at the moment and feels so much better than he did before. He has energy and feels alert and on top of his game. So Sherry, THANK YOU! May God bless you as you continue to change and save lives! Carolyn ******************* Check out THOUSANDS of Great Taste No Pain success stories here. ===================== Years of junk foods, meats, alcohol and soft drinks results in a decrease in your body's ability to produce digestive enzymes. This can result in daily painful gas, bloating, heartburn and constipation no matter how otherwise healthy your diet is! 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Live tonight with Santos Bonacci, Lisa and Chris Posted: 27 Jan 2013 08:38 PM PST Edited 01/27/13 11:23pm est to add: I hope you guys enjoyed the conversation tonight- the energy was beyond awesome and 2 hour flew by so fast it was shocking.  There were 101,600 wonderful BEings listening to the show live, and many many more who will listen to the recording/archived show. Heather joined us for over an hour and had some very enlightening things to say.   These are the questions that Lisa Harrison sent to Heather earlier before the show, and Heathers responses: "Heather, doing the radio show with Santos in 1 hour. I already know the questions on most people's minds and what will come up. If you have any input I can share that would be great. 1. Enforcement - the who, when and how 2. How to activate a CVAC- people all over the world are contacting me to ask how to activate the CVAC for their country" @lisa:  CVAC and all BRANCHES definitely can be used by the one people...however, Absolute Data (not one piece missing) is coming out now...do the people want to make an "interim decision" or an informed conscious choice based on the Absolute Data?  Do they want to make the conscious choice to not be responsbile and be governed or do they want to make the conscious choice to be responsible and practice self-governance? FOR NOW, THE CVAC and all BRANCHES reserved are holding the PTW in their place so that the one people of this planet of the opportunity to receive all the data and make an informed choice by their free will, each one. @lisa:  enforcement...we are DO'ing the mechanics of enforcement now...the one people's part in the enforcement?  Please, DO keep consciously choosing to BE and DO...that has more effect then you know...that is one of the vital keys to the mechanics of enforcement that is being DONE now.  Full context and knowing of the mechanics of the enforcement shall be visible after it is DONE. similar to the same template the Public Trust did in the foreclosure...we told you after the mechanics were done.... @lisa: 2.  practical steps?....BE creative in DO'ing...BE in glory...and the DO'ing can only be glorious!!!!!  There is no manual to BE'ing...that is something that is with IN every One ;) did I answer your questions, Lisa? I went point by point... ************************************************** I will be on FreedomReigns tonight live with Santo, Lisa, Chris and guests.  I might be a bit late calling in - probably closer to 7:30pm est till I get on.  If you're around this evening, listen in. If not, the archive will be available after the show ends. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/freedomreigns/2013/01/28/syncretism-1 If you are not familiar with Santos Bonacci I highly recommend you watch this video Syncretism by FreedomReigns Featured Host in Education Sun, January 27, 2013 07:00 pmadd reminder follow Call in to speak with the host (714) 868-0749 h:309737 s:4316159 upcoming Santo will be giving an update/followup to last mondays show please join us in the wwww.freedomreigns.us chat room to post comments and questions

NESARA - URGENT NOTICE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES

URGENT NOTICE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES

NESARA
NESARA means: The National Economic Security and Reformation Act

ZEROES OUT (Forgives) ALL Credit Card, Auto, Personal, Educational, and Mortgage Loan Debt
as a remedy for years of Bank Frauds!

ABOLISHES the IRS! Tax Collections Cease IMMEDIATELY. Creates a Sales Tax Revenue on
non-essential new items ONLY to fund legit government operations.

Creates a U.S. Treasury Bank System; Absorbs the Federal Reserve; Issues new precious metals backed currency! Permanently ELIMINATES Inflation!

Restores Constitutional Law; Retrains public servants to uphold Constitutional Law, including law enforcement,
the courts and the remaining government agencies!

Requires the immediate RESIGNATIONS of the current administration. Constitutionally acceptable President and
Vice President Designates will take office. New elections will be held 120 days from the day of the announcement!

Requires the President Designate to DECLARE PEACE immediately; ENDS all aggressive U.S. military actions.
This promotes the above banking changes to take place internationally. Many more beneficial improvements to
follow worldwide.

Born as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1993 rulings, NESARA upheld the Farmers Union charges that U.S. banks were fraudulently foreclosing on farm mortgages and that the U.S. government was in collusion with these banks.

Drawn up as reformations, NESARA was passed secretly in March, 2000 and signed into law by Bill Clinton in October, 2000.

Strict gag orders were in effect early on, but news of NESARA'S passage began coming from U.S. naval intelligence contacts in June, 2000. Now, thousands of people know about NESARA.

The U.S. Supreme Court Justices need to hear that we Americans support the true NESARA law. Public support will help the Justices streamline the process to get this law announced and implemented WITHOUT DELAY!

NESARA will be the FIRST worldwide economic action to put MORE MONEY in your pockets, bring instant PEACE and restore our God-Given LIBERTIES. ALL nations will soon follow suit!

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Write a 23 cent POSTCARD to the U.S. Supreme Court. Urge the Justices to make NESARA's official announcement immediately. They are waiting to hear from YOU.

Send your postcard to:
U.S. Supreme Court
One First Street
Washington, D.C. 20543

To get FULL DETAILS and Daily NESARA Updates, plus Archived Radio Interviews, go to NESARA.us.

COPY OR PRINT THIS FLYER AND HAND IT OUT TO FAMILY, FRIENDS, EVERYONE! NESARA GOES INTO EFFECT AS SOON AS IT IS PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED. DEMAND THIS NOW. IT IS YOUR RIGHT!

ELEVEN Ways People can Confirm the true NESARA law!

Because many people directly involved with NESARA preparations have signed secrecy agreements which put their careers and lives on the line, they will only confirm NESARA to TRUSTED personal friends.

Here are 11 things people wanting to confirm NESARA for themselves can do to research the FACT of the true NESARA law:
1. If you (or someone you know) has a close personal relationship with a Bank President, ask the Bank President to privately confirm the fact that U.S. bank officials have been aware of the U.S. Treasury Bank system for over a year and confirm the "Rainbow Project" which is the new U.S. Treasury currency.

2. If you (or someone you know) has a close personal relationship with someone who works in management at the Federal Reserve Banks, ask this person to confidentially confirm that the new U.S. Treasury Bank system is imminent.

3. If you (or someone you know) has a close personal relationship with a senior stockbroker or manager of a stock brokerage office, ask them to confidentially confirm that they have been briefed about the new U.S. Treasury Bank system. (Many months ago, my senior stockbroker friend of 20 years told me they had been briefed on the U.S. Treasury Bank system.)

4. If you (or someone you know) has a close personal friend who is a Navy Seal, ask them to confidentially confirm the fact of the true NESARA law. About 90% of Navy Seals are aware of the true NESARA law and do assignments to help carry out activities in support of NESARA. Some, but not all, members of Delta Force units and other Special Forces in the U.S. Military also know about the true NESARA law.

5. If you (or someone you know) has a close personal friend who works for the U.S. Treasury Department in certain departments, such as printing of currency, it is possible to confirm that the new "Rainbow" currency has already been printed and is waiting to be distributed after the true NESARA law announcement.

6. If you (or someone you know) personally knows a member of the German Parliament who pass laws for Germany, Germany officially "approved" of it's alliance with the true NESARA law some months ago and this was on radio and television news. All major countries have had their national assemblies vote on their "alliance" with the true NESARA law because of the major "international banking law" changes that NESARA initiates.

7. If you (or someone you know) know someone who lives in Germany and pays attention to the news, they can tell you that NESARA is openly discussed in their media.

8. If you (or someone you know) has a close personal relationship with the heads of the European Central Bank, the central bank of the Euro Zone, ask them to confidentially confirm their knowledge of the true NESARA law.

9. If you (or someone you know) has a close personal relationship with members of the British Parliament, ask them to confidentially confirm their knowledge of the true NESARA law. The British Parliament officially "approved" its alliance with the true NESARA law in late 2001.

10. If you (or someone you know) has a close personal relationship with certain members of the U.S. Congress, "SOME" members are White Knights and have confidentially confirmed to close personal friends that the true NESARA law exists and is due to be announced;

11. If you (or someone you know) has a close personal relationship with a currency trader, some currency traders have confirmed knowledge of the new U.S. Treasury Bank system and Treasury currency.

VISIT NESARA.us for FULL DETAILS about NESARA...

Let The Truth Be Known!

The Untouchables: How the Obama administration protected Wall Street from prosecutions

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The Untouchables: How the Obama administration protected Wall Street from prosecutions

Posted By: Susoni [Send E-Mail]
Date: Monday, 28-Jan-2013 01:58:49

one of the greatest and most shameful failings of the Obama administration: the lack of even a single arrest or prosecution of any senior Wall Street banker for the systemic fraud that precipitated the 2008 financial crisis: a crisis from which millions of people around the world are still suffering. What this program particularly demonstrated was that the Obama justice department, in particular the Chief of its Criminal Division, Lanny Breuer, never even tried to hold the high-level criminals accountable. What Obama justice officials did instead is exactly what they did in the face of high-level Bush era crimes of torture and warrantless eavesdropping: namely, acted to protect the most powerful factions in the society in the face of overwhelming evidence of serious criminality. Indeed, financial elites were not only vested with immunity for their fraud, but thrived as a result of it, even as ordinary Americans continue to suffer the effects of that crisis. Worst of all, Obama justice officials both shielded and feted these Wall Street oligarchs (who, just by the way, overwhelmingly supported Obama's 2008 presidential campaign) as they simultaneously prosecuted and imprisoned powerless Americans for far more trivial transgressions. As Harvard law professor Larry Lessig put it two weeks ago when expressing anger over the DOJ's persecution of Aaron Swartz: "we live in a world where the architects of the financial crisis regularly dine at the White House." (Indeed, as "The Untouchables" put it: while no senior Wall Street executives have been prosecuted, "many small mortgage brokers, loan appraisers and even home buyers" have been).

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Mike Harris - 9/11 and Drone Wars kill list - it's just plain murder

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Mike Harris - 9/11 and Drone Wars kill list - it's just plain murder

Posted By: FreePlanet
Date: Monday, 28-Jan-2013 03:44:51

watch Veterans Today's financial editor Mike Harris laying out the facts of the 9/11 conspiracy (go to 06:00) and then going on to the simple War Crimes aspect of the drone attacks in foreign lands, leading to potential targeting of individuals AT HOME where these machines were made if/when martial law is instigated at the behest of the banks. VIDEO HERE...

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Mike Harris - 9/11 and Drone Wars kill list - it's just plain murder

Tiananmen Square Activist Turned American Citizen Demonstrates for the 2nd Amendment

From: Forbidden Knowledge TV <newsletter@forbiddenknowledgetv.com> Subject: Tiananmen Square Activist Turned American Citizen Demonstrates for the 2nd Amendment Date: Sunday, January 27, 2013     I never thought I'd see the day when a Tiananmen Square activist would lead a Tea Party demonstration, speaking so eloquently and powerfully about what the 2nd Amendment means to him. Video (almost 7 mins): Tiananmen Square Activist Turned American Citizen Demonstrates for the 2nd Amendment

And... EVERY Dingblasted F'in One Of Them Is A Separate CORPORATION...

And... EVERY Dingblasted F'in One Of Them Is A Separate CORPORATION.....

Posted By: Watchman
Date: Sunday, 27-Jan-2013 15:38:46

In Response To: A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies (A): USA.gov (RumorMail)

We are not fighting against flesh and blood, folks...It needs to become a SPIRITUAL struggle...And the sooner the better. : This is JUST the A's. : A : AbilityOne Commission : Access Board : Administration for Children and Families (ACF) : Administration for Native Americans : Administration on Aging (AoA) : Administration on Developmental Disabilities : Administrative Committee of the Federal Register : Administrative Conference of the United States : Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts : Advisory Council on Historic Preservation : African Development Foundation : Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) : Agency for International Development (USAID) : Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry : Agricultural Marketing Service : Agricultural Research Service : Agriculture Department : Air Force : Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau : Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau : American Battle Monuments Commission : AmeriCorps : Amtrak : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service : Antitrust Division : Appalachian Regional Commission : Architect of the Capitol : Archives (National Archives and Records Administration) : Arctic Research Commission : Armed Forces Retirement Home : Arms Control and International Security : Army : Army Corps of Engineers : Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Interagency Coordinating : Committee : Read Um and wonder why we are broke and little Johnny doesn't  know how to read - or eat. : http://www.usa.gov/directory/federal/index.shtml http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=267711

“Obviously a Major Malfunction” – 25th Anniversary

“Obviously a Major Malfunction” – 25th Anniversary

Sunday Jan 27,2013

By Andrea Shea King

“I saw a single rocket spiral outward, unattached from the mother ship. Firework-like smoke and streamers burst forth from the center, ghastly tendrils turned a sickly orange color as gravity pulled them earthward. We were witnessing a catastrophe… I didn’t breathe. I knew that we were watching the awful death of seven of our own.”

I wrote this several years ago on my previous blog site at Blogger. I’m reposting it in observance of the day 27 years ago when we lost the Space Shuttle Challenger and all seven astronaut crew members on board.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

“OBVIOUSLY A MAJOR MALFUNCTION”

It was seventy-three seconds after lift-off on January 28, 1986 that the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, killing its entire seven member crew, which included a high school teacher, the first private citizen to fly aboard the craft.

I was working with NASA as a public information officer attached to the press site at Kennedy Space Center. My job that morning was to deliver pre-launch commentary at the communication console inside the Launch Control Center at the Cape.

I began my shift at the microphone at about 3am, about the time the tanking operations got underway when millions of pounds of pressurized hypergolic fuels were being pumped into the behemoth at Launch Pad 39-B as the seven astronauts breakfasted before suiting up for the big event.

I would continue commenting on the launch prep until the astronauts were driven to the launch pad.  Launch commentary emanated from Kennedy Space Center until the shuttle lifted off and cleared the tower. From then on, the launch became a “mission”, thus the commentary from that point would be undertaken by mission control in Houston.

It was cold in the pre-dawn hours. It was still dark when I left my home bundled in a winter coat. I could see my breath — unusual for Florida.

When I arrived at the LCC (Launch Control Center), my supervisor, NASA Public Affairs news chief Hugh Harris, was already seated at his communications console, headset on. I slid into the adjacent chair and opened a 3-ring binder that contained the launch sequence and milestones that I would be talking to, explaining to the public — the taxpayers — in simple language exactly what was taking place.

“No anomalies” Harris advised me in NASA-speak, meaning everything was proceeding normally. I took over the mic, offering comments as the launch team hit significant milestones in the countdown sequence. And so it went as the clock ticked forward smoothly toward an 11:38 a.m. liftoff.

The seven suited-up astronauts began their departure from crew quarters in the Operations and Checkout “O and C” building, located about three miles away. NASA cameras, along with national and international TV media, were trained at the exit way where they would do the “walk-out”, waving at those cameras and at an assemblage of cheering NASA and contracted workers as the silver-suited astronauts made their way into the silver Airstream “Astrovan” for the ride to the launch pad.

As they strode toward the TV cameras and the van, I keyed the mic to describe their walkout. Little did I know those words would be heard thousands of times in the aftermath of the shuttle explosion, as TV news programs replayed the last moments we saw the Challenger Seven alive.

Last Moments of Space Shuttle Challenger and Crew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6cLmuyeNpg8

During all of this time, there was great concern among the Launch Control engineers about the cold temperatures at the launch pad. Some advised against a launch, arguing that the rocket boosters’ O-rings had not been tested for such a cold environment, and it was not certain they would perform within design parameters. But others in more senior engineering positions prevailed for a lift-off.  Many believed they felt pressured to launch lest they be the cause of a delay that would cost NASA millions of dollars.  And besides, everyone in the world was tuned in to see Christa McAuliffe become the first Teacher in Space.  

Throughout the pre-dawn morning a team was sent with long broom-like stick handles to break up the ice that had built-up under the shuttle. An infrared camera focused on right-hand solid rocket booster aft field joint revealed the ambient temperature at a mere 8°F.  Discussion on temperature concerns continued throughout the morning, albeit outside of our comm loop. Ultimately, after much haggling among several key engineers, the fateful decision was made to proceed, and the clock ran steadily for launch.

Finally, we hit the T-minus ten second mark.

“Ten…nine…eight…seven…six… we have main engine start”. The excitement was palpable. America’s first Teacher in Space was about to make history! “Four, three…two…one…and lift-off! Lift-off of the 25th Space Shuttle mission and it has cleared the tower!”

At this point, our commentary was done. I swiveled around to face the glass floor-to-ceiling window behind me and watched Challenger rise away from the pad. As she climbed, a gorgeous billowy white column rose underneath her, the twin solid rockets and three main engines glowing brilliantly like blinding sunlight against a cold and deep blue sky.

At 68 seconds, the CAPCOM (Capsule Communicator) gave the order to the crew to “Go at throttle up.” Commander Dick Scobee confirmed the call. “Roger, go at throttle up.” 

Those were the last words we ever heard from Challenger.

About 73 seconds into the climb, at 48,000 feet over the steely blue Atlantic, the O-ring failed to seat, allowing a blow torch of super hot solid propellant to set a chain of events in motion that caused the Challenger to break apart. The gorgeous contrail split into a Y shape, my first clue that something had gone awry.

Instantly, I saw a single rocket spiral outward, unattached from the mother ship. Firework-like smoke and streamers burst forth from the center, ghastly tendrils turned a sickly orange color as gravity pulled them earthward. We were witnessing a catastrophe.

I didn’t breathe. I knew that we were watching the awful death of seven of our own. The room went silent except as systems managers stared at frozen computer screens. All data flow from the shuttle had ceased.

“Flight controllers here looking very carefully at the situation,” reported public affairs officer Steve Nesbitt in Houston. “Obviously a major malfunction. We have no downlink.” After a pause, Nesbitt said, “We have a report from the Flight Dynamics Officer that the vehicle has exploded.”

At every console, stunned engineers’ heads dropped in shock and sorrow.  Yet within moments, the launch control team regained its composure and snapped into action, beginning the drill for which they had practiced and rehearsed for just such a moment, one they prayed before every launch that they would never have to use. Having worked with the astronaut team for months, they felt it personally. 

Contingency procedures went immediately into effect at both Launch Control at Kennedy and Mission Control in Houston, running through emergency rescue operations, in a vain attempt to somehow save the crew. But after a few minutes, we all knew the crew was gone.  Gone…

Part of the process included locking doors, shutting down telephone communication with the outside world, and carefully running through checklists that would ensure that relevant data was correctly recorded and preserved. All materials, including my three-ring binder and my purse, were embargoed. Nothing would be carried out until it had been thoroughly examined.

Hugh Harris hurriedly stepped away from his console to consult with NASA’s Public Affairs director, political appointee Shirley Green who had made the trip from Washington DC to be there for the big event, and was now watching the catastrophe in stunned bewilderment.

My console headset crackled. Keying the closed loop button, I answered the call. It was the White House. “The President would like to speak to the nation,” said the voice at the other end. “We’d like some assistance in crafting a statement.”

President Ronald Reagan and his staff reacted to the news as they watched it on a television in the Oval Office Dining room. In this room, the president might occasionally have casual meals alone or with his staff and catch the news on television or discuss White House policy. Because this room is usually furnished with a small television, it is often here that the president first sees news events being reported from around the world.

A short time later, President Reagan appeared on TV monitors worldwide, offering words of condolence and comfort to the nation.

In his address, President Reagan stated:
“Today is a day for mourning…a national loss…The members of the Challenger crew were pioneers…
The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future…
“There’s a coincidence today. On this day 390 years ago, the great explorer Sir Francis Drake died aboard ship off the coast of Panama. In his lifetime the great frontiers were the oceans, and a historian later said,
‘He lived by the sea, died on it, and was buried in it.’
“Well, today we can say of the Challenger crew: Their dedication was, like Drake’s, complete.”

Challenger: President Reagan's Challenger Disaster Speech - 1/28/86
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Qa7icmqgsow

The days and weeks that followed after the accident went by in a blur of media frenzy and ocean salvage operations. Eventually, I was invited to work with the official presidential investigation team — The Rogers Commission. My job was to document the entire investigation and author a narrative of it, which was subsequently published in a book titled “The Historical Summary of the 51-L Data and Design Analysis Task Force.”
The position afforded me open-door access and a bird’s eye view of every meeting held with key NASA engineers and astronauts assembled to sift through every piece of data.  I worked out of Bob Crippen’s office with the famed astronaut and his staff.
One of my first duties was to visit the temporary hangar that had been erected at nearby Canaveral Air Force Station to house the salvaged pieces of the Challenger as they were retrieved from the ocean floor. When I arrived there, much of the orbiter had been salvaged and laid out in accident investigation fashion, like piecing together a huge puzzle. The crew cockpit and mid-deck were twisted and shattered, a haunting reminder of the crew’s last moments as they slammed into the ocean at some god awful speed. The hangar was to many, a holy place, where one spoke in hushed voices, as they viewed the craft re-assembled as best it could be, the charred surfaces visible where the solid rockets had burned through the shuttle’s tiled wings and fuselage. Burned bits and pieces was all that was left of the once-proud Challenger.
Later, at the memorial service for the seven, President Ronald Reagan said this:
“The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved good-bye and ‘slipped the surly bonds of earth’ to ‘touch the face of God.’“

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Comment:

Andrea,
I too have an indelible memory of that day when the Challenger exploded after launch.
I was a TWA pilot based at JFK. I was scheduled to travel from JFK to St Louis on January 29, 1986 in order to attend scheduled training at the TWA Training Center in St. Louis. I was given a seat in first class on the B-767 flight to STL. Upon boarding the aircraft, I realized that the video screen in the first class compartment had been lowered to permit the seated passengers to monitor a live TV news broadcast. It was apparent that everyone who could see the screen was transfixed by what they were seeing. I turned to look at the screen and was immediately confronted with the unforgettable image of the exploding Challenger launch vehicle. I was stunned by what I was seeing on the screen.
Shortly thereafter, the screen was stowed and the aircraft departed the gate. All of the passengers were virtually silent for the entire trip. We could not get the awesome implications of what we had seen out of our minds, nor could we stop thinking about what those Challenger crew members had just experienced, and the impact it would have on their families and on the U.S. space program.
David F. LaRocque

FDA moves to thwart drug-induced liver problems

By Megan R. Wilson - 01/25/13 03:14 PM ET

Federal regulators are teaming up with industry and interest groups to tackle drug-related liver problems.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is holding a conference that discusses the best ways to detect and examine the effects medication can have on the liver.

The Critical Path Institute (C-Path) and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America are co-sponsoring the event, set for March 20 and 21 at the Marriott Inn & Conference Center the and University of Maryland University College.
Drug-induced liver damage, the agency says, is the leading safety-related cause of having a medication pulled from the market. 

On Thursday, the FDA launched a campaign to educate consumers about how taking more than the recommended doses of some medication — such as acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol — can cause liver damage. The agency previously reported that drug-induced liver injury is the leading cause of acute liver failure.

The conference, “Detecting and Evaluating Drug-Induced Liver Injury; What’s Normal, What’s Not, and What Should We Do About It?", which costs $300 to $600 per ticket, will likely be attended by pharmaceutical companies, "academia, health care providers, patient groups, and regulatory bodies," according to a Federal Register notice.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/administration/279385-fda-moves-to-thwart-drug-induced-liver-problems#ixzz2JDQeagUs
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Do Not Fly! The Feds May Be Planning a Massacre at TSA Checkpoint Lines

Do Not Fly!  The Feds May Be Planning a Massacre at TSA Checkpoint Lines

Posted by Becky Akers on January 26, 2013 07:23 AM

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/newthre...newthread&f=23

I'm not certain whether The Washington Times considers itself mainstream media and, if it does, whether anyone else agrees but it contains a lengthy warning that the Fedcoats may be plotting a "mass shooting" at one of the TSA's checkpoints, a la Newtown or the movie-theater in Colorado. 

Why would Our Rulers murder more of us? Because another massacre "would likely lead to even more calls for gun control measures, as well as discussions of arming TSA workers..."

The writer bases his story on a report from a "TSA source" who says he and his fellow gropers "are being instructed to 'save themselves' instead of attempting to protect passengers." Good: those inept bozos scrambling to escape rather than pestering passengers gives the latter the best chance of surviving.

"It is unclear whether the TSA is conducting this training at airports around the nation or only at the airport where the source, a veteran of the agency, is assigned. Expressing fear bordering on extreme distress, the TSA source claims that his life, along with the lives of other unarmed TSA personnel, would be in grave danger were an airport checkpoint shooting to unfold." Yeah, what a pity to take out Thieves and Sexual Assailants when perfectly good passengers are milling about.

Of course this is the scenario that many genuine experts in security -- as opposed to the charlatans at the TSA -- have predicted for years: that bad guys will attack the hundreds of people whom the TSA delays in long, vulnerable lines. And it is yet another proof that the agency actually endangers, rather than protects, passengers.  Politicians of even minimal decency and concern for their constituents would abolish the TSA rather than annually stealing our money to finance its depredations on us.

At any rate, if gate-rape and games of sexual humiliation and dominance at the government's checkpoints are not enough to keep you from flying, perhaps the suspicion that the serial killers in office hope to slaughter yet more innocents will.

Alex Jones: Sandy Hook Special Report - CNN Caught Using 'Green Screen' -vid

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Alex Jones: Sandy Hook Special Report - CNN Caught Using 'Green Screen' -vid

Posted By: Jordon [Send E-Mail]
Date: Sunday, 27-Jan-2013 17:42:09

. The general public is becoming more distrusting of media, institutions, government. So it should not come as a surprise that citizen journalists around the world are analyzing the official Sandy Hook story to see if it can stand on it’s own. Many are finding that the story has many holes, some tell tale signs we have seen before, lack of security footage, change in weapons, sequestering media. Alex Jones now goes on the record with his thoughts and analysis. He highlights some red flags, shows the CNN track record of faking news reports and working with Military Intelligence. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disappearing Nose Conspiracy Anderson Cooper CNN