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They are trying to hang Cain with (unproven) allegations of infidelity, while many Presidents ( e.g. Kennedy,Clinton) have behaved poorly while in office. Does it really matter?

So- no more answers from me. Best wishes to all.

I have been told that dogs cannot eat grapes, raisins, or nuts, but peanut butter is "good for them". I know about chocolate. What's the reason for grapes?

The graduate with a science degree asks, "Why does it work?" The graduate with an engineering degree asks, "How does it work?" The graduate with an accounting degree asks, "How much will it cost?" The graduate with an arts degree asks, "Do you want fries with that?"

We have online a very distinguished group of physicians. Those who have served in the US Military in time of war-- Gentlemen, Thank you.

Questions Grandpa could not answer-- help me out. When tweedle beetles battle with their paddles in a puddle , and the puddle's in a bottle and the bottle's on a poodle, and the poodle's eating noodles: How big is a tweedle beetle? How many fit in a bottle? Why are they fighting? Is a big poodle or one of those little bitty ones? Do poodles really eat noodles?

Are green eggs and ham bad for you? Is the ham green too, or just the eggs? Why eat them in the rain? Can't he come inside?

Many thanks for your help.

I have a BONE in my leg ! What should I do ?

If I went roller skating in a Buffalo herd, would it harm me?

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. So stay in touch.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry..

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now... Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words ''In five years, will this matter?".

26. Always choose life.

27. Forgive everyone everything.

28. What other people think of you is none of your business..

29.. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.

30. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

31. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

32. Believe in miracles.

33. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

34. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

35.. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

36. Your children get only one childhood.

37. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

38. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere..

39. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd

grab ours back.

40. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

41. The best is yet to come.

42. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

43. Yield.

44. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

From Reuters Health Information

Teen Use of Marijuana Tied to Later Depression:

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Dec 08 - Adolescents who use cannabis are at risk for depression as young adults, findings from a new study suggest.

"Some studies have shown a cross-sectional association between cannabis use and depression, but limited studies have attempted to demonstrate temporal association, especially among adolescents and young adults," Dr. Hon Ho, from the University of Colorado, Denver, told Reuters Health in an email.

Dr. Ho and his associates analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, a probability sample of adolescents in the US who were followed into young adulthood. The entire cohort included more than 21,000 subjects ages 11 to 21 at baseline. The group was about half male and half female, 52% Caucasian, 23% African American, 13% Hispanic, 2% Native American, and 8% Asian.

Dr. Ho presented the group's results this week in Los Angeles at the 20th annual meeting of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry.

All subjects were interviewed at baseline and again 1 and 6 years later. The mean ages at baseline and 6 years were 16.2 and 22.5 years, respectively.

To examine the temporal relationship between early cannabis use and later depression, the researchers looked at outcomes for subjects who did not have depression at baseline or the first follow-up (n = 9,803).

After adjusting for socioeconomic status, drug and alcohol use, age, gender, and race, prior cannabis use was a statistically significant predictor of later depression (odds ratio 1.27). Among subjects who had used cannabis more than 10 times, the odds ratio was 1.33, indicating a dose-dependent relationship.

"We also found current cannabis use was linked to depressive symptoms, consistent with other studies," Dr. Ho said.

A possible biological explanation for this association is that "receptors such as the cannabinoid receptors may act as moderators," he suggested. From a psychosocial standpoint, it's possible that a demotivating influence of cannabis could cause later dissatisfaction with progress in meeting goals, leading to depression.

Conversely, prior depression in the subjects who weren't using cannabis at the first two interviews (n = 7,521) was not linked with cannabis use at the 6-year follow-up.

"Psychoeducation is very important," Dr. Ho emphasized. "Drugs such as alcohol and marijuana may relieve depressed mood (and perhaps other medical problems) in the short-run, but patients should be encouraged to consider the long-term consequences of using such drugs."

It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people.

True, the situation has been well prepared on and off for the past century, especially the past twenty years. The initial testing grounds was conducted upon our Holy Russia and a bloody test it was. But we Russians would not just roll over and give up our freedoms and our souls, no matter how much money Wall Street poured into the fists of the Marxists.

Those lessons were taken and used to properly prepare the American populace for the surrender of their freedoms and souls, to the whims of their elites and betters.

First, the population was dumbed down through a politicized and substandard education system based on pop culture, rather then the classics. Americans know more about their favorite TV dramas then the drama in DC that directly affects their lives. They care more for their "right" to choke down a McDonalds burger or a BurgerKing burger than for their constitutional rights. Then they turn around and lecture us about our rights and about our "democracy". Pride blind the foolish.

Then their faith in God was destroyed, until their churches, all tens of thousands of different "branches and denominations" were for the most part little more then Sunday circuses and their televangelists and top protestant mega preachers were more then happy to sell out their souls and flocks to be on the "winning" side of one pseudo Marxist politician or another. Their flocks may complain, but when explained that they would be on the "winning" side, their flocks were ever so quick to reject Christ in hopes for earthly power. Even our Holy Orthodox churches are scandalously liberalized in America.

The final collapse has come with the election of Barack Obama. His speed in the past three months has been truly impressive. His spending and money printing has been a record setting, not just in America's short history but in the world. If this keeps up for more then another year, and there is no sign that it will not, America at best will resemble the Wiemar Republic and at worst Zimbabwe.

These past two weeks have been the most breath taking of all. First came the announcement of a planned redesign of the American Byzantine tax system, by the very thieves who used it to bankroll their thefts, loses and swindles of hundreds of billions of dollars. These make our Russian oligarchs look little more then ordinary street thugs, in comparison. Yes, the Americans have beat our own thieves in the shear volumes. Should we congratulate them?

Pravda.ru forum. The place where truth

If you were a member of the committee that will decide who gets expensive treatment and who does not, what would your criteria be?

Incidentally, such a committee is already law- it was hidden in the Stimulus Bill that no one read. So now that it exists, what should their criteria be? Should we continue to spend billions to treat AIDS in Africa? Here? What constitutes a productive individual? Are all retired persons now to be denied treatment? Your views on this matter, please.

Here is a link to the entire bill. Enjoy!

http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090714...

Subject: Fw: VERY SCARY HIGHLIGHTS OF CURRENT PROPOSED HEALTHCARE REFORM!! (pg. 425-430) Fw: If YOU HAVE AN ELDERLY LOVED ONE READ THIS!!

THIS WILL EFFECT ALL OF OUR FAMILIES!!! PLEASE READ YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IN HTIS CURRENT PLAN!!!

HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CURRENT HEALTHCARE REFORM: VERY, VERY SCARY ( Bill !!

Page 30 Sec 123 of HC bill - THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits you get

Page 42 of HC Bill:The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your HC Benefits for you. You have no choice!

Page 50 Section 152 in HC bill: HC will be provided to ALL non US citizens, illegal or otherwise

Page 58 HC Bill: Govt will have real-time access to individuals finances & a National ID Healthcard will be issued!

Page 59 HC Bill lines 21-24: Govt will have DIRECT ACCESS to you ur banks accounts for elective funds transfer!!

Page 65 Sec 164: is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in Unions & community organizations: (ACORN).

Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications for of Benefit Levels for Plans = The Govt will ration your Healthcare!

Page 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18: The Govt will use groups i.e., ACORN & Americorps to sign up individuals for Govt HC plan.

Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications of Benefit Levels for Plans. AARP members - your Health care WILL be rationed.

Page 124 lines 24-25 HC: No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No "judicial review" against Govt Monopoly.

Page 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill: Doctors/ American Medical Association - The Govt will tell YOU what you can make! (salary)

Page 145 Line 15-17: An Employer MUST auto enroll employees into public option plan. NO CHOICE!

Page 126 Lines 22-25: Employers MUST pay for HC for part time employees AND their families.

Page 149 Lines 16-24: ANY Employer with payroll 401k & above who does not provide public option pays 8% tax on all payroll.

Page 150 Lines 9-13: Business's with payroll btw 251k & 401k who doesn't provide public option pays 2-6% tax on all payroll.

Page 167 Lines 18-23: ANY individual who doesn't have acceptable HC according to Govt will be taxed 2.5% of income.

Page 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill: Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual taxes. (Americans will pay)

Page 195 HC Bill: Officers & employees of HC Admin (GOVT) will have access to ALL Americans finances /personal records.

Page 203 Line 14-15 HC: "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax" Yes, it says that!

Page 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill: Doctors, doesn't matter what specialty you have, you'll all be paid the same!

Page 253 Line 10-18: Govt sets value of Doctor's time, proffession, judgment etc. Literally value of humans.

Page 265 Sec 1131: Govt mandates & controls productivity for private HC industries.

Page 272 SEC. 1145: TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS - Cancer patients - welcome to rationing!

Page 280 Sec 1151: The Govt will penalize hospitals for whatever Govt deems preventable re-admissions.

Page 298 Lines 9-11: Doctors, treat a patient during initial admission that results in a re-admission -Govt will penalize you.

Page 317 L 13-20: PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. Govt tells Doctors what/how much they can own!

Page 317-318 lines 21-25, 1-3: PROHIBITION on expansion- Govt is mandating hospitals cannot expand.

Page 321 2-13: Hospitals have opportunity to apply for exception BUT community input is required. Can u say ACORN?!!

Page 335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339: Govt mandates establishment of outcome based measures. HC the way they want. Rationing.

Page 341 Lines 3-9: Govt has authority to disqualify Medicare Advance Plans, HMOs, etc. Forcing people into Govt plan.

Page 354 Sec 1177: Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of Special needs people! Unbelievable!

Page 379 Sec 1191: Govt creates more bureaucracy - Tele-health Advisory Comittee. Can you say HC by phone?

Page 425 Lines 4-12: Govt mandates Advance Care Planning Consult. Think Senior Citizens end of life patients.

Page 425 Lines 17-19: Govt will instruct & consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney. Mandatory!

Page 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3: Govt provides approved list of end of life resources, guiding you in death. (assisted suicide)

Page 429 Lines 1-9: An "advanced care planning consultant" will be used frequently as patients health deteriorates.

Page 429 Lines 10-12: "advanced care consultation" may include an ORDER for end of life plans. AN ORDER from GOVT!

Page 429 Lines 13-25: The govt will specify which Doctors can write an end of life order.

Page 430 Lines 11-15: The Govt will decide what level of treatment you will have at end of life!

Page 472 Lines 14-17: PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORIGINATION. 1 monthly payment to a community-based organization. Like ACORN?

Page 489 Sec 1308: The Govt will cove

Does your Koran have a version of the 10 Commandments, as in the Bible? If so, what happened to the "Thou shalt not kill" part?

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Marijuana Users Have Increased ApoC3, Triglycerides

from Heartwire — a professional news service of WebMD

Lisa Nainggolan

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May 19, 2008 — Heavy, chronic use of marijuana causes increased levels of apolipoprotein C3 (apoC3), which in turn results in a major increase in triglyceride levels, a small study shows [1]. The findings may explain some of the vascular effects of marijuana that have been observed, say Dr Subramaniam Jayanthi (National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, MD) and colleagues in their paper published online May 13, 2008 in Molecular Psychiatry.

Senior author Dr Jean Luc Cadet (National Institute on Drug Abuse) told heartwire: "A lot of people in cardiology have probably not been following the literature on marijuana, as most of it comes from the perspective of the neurologist or neuropsychiatrist. But in researching this topic, we came across a lot of papers suggesting that marijuana has acute cardiovascular effects, and we ourselves published a paper in 2005 showing that heavy marijuana users had increased resistance to brachial flow."

Cadet says the new finding of a substantial increase in apolipoprotein C3 in heavy marijuana users "requires confirmation," but it should prompt doctors to ask patients about marijuana use. Marijuana is the most commonly abused drug in the US, and "most cardiologists are not thinking of marijuana as a drug with major medical toxicity," he notes, "but there is evidence of cardiovascular side effects that might be related to the elevation in apolipoprotein C3 that we saw."

ApoC3: An Agent in a Complex Network?

Most cardiologists are not thinking of marijuana as a drug with major medical toxicity

In their paper, Jayanthi et al explain that the physiologic effects of marijuana are mediated via the active ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), binding to cannabinoid receptors that are found in the brain and in the periphery, including in the heart, liver, kidney, spleen, small intestine, testes, and ovaries. Research has already shown that marijuana abuse causes increased resistance to blood flow and may increase the risk of certain cardiovascular disorders, they note.

Hence, they decided to test the possibility that marijuana use might be associated with changes in serum protein levels using a new proteomic approach. They examined 18 heavy marijuana users and 24 controls and found that the marijuana users had significant increases in three protein peaks, which were identified as three isoforms of a major lipoprotein, apoC3. The latter is a cardiovascular risk factor, and the present study "has now identified apolipoprotein C3 as a possible agent in the complex network of marijuana-induced effects in humans," they note.

They also found significant correlations between apoC3 and triglyceride levels. The mean triglyceride level in the 18 marijuana users was 122.0 mg/dL, compared with 91.17 mg/dL in the 24 controls. This is consistent with a previous paper--albeit 20 years old--that reported significant increases in HDL-triglyceride concentrations in marijuana users compared with controls, they note.

"The observed increases in apolipoprotein C3 in the marijuana users hint of the possibility that chronic marijuana abuse could lead to impairments of cellular energetics and mitochondrial function, which are critical events associated with myocardial infarction, stroke, and ischemic/reperfusion damage," they say.

In conclusion, Cadet stressed to heartwire that this is a small study, "and we'd like to see a larger group of people evaluated to see if this really holds. But in the meantime, doctors should ask patients about a history of drug abuse, and if they have been smoking marijuana, it may be worth checking triglyceride levels."

Jayanthi S, Buie S, Moore S, et al. Heavy marijuana users show increased serum apolipoprotein C3 levels: evidence from proteomic analyses. Mol Psychiatry 2008; DOI: 10.1038/mp.2008.50. Available at: http://www.nature.com/mp. Abstract

The complete contents of Heartwire, a professional news service of WebMD, can be found at www.theheart.org, a Web site for cardiovascular healthcare professionals.

AN OLD NEWNESS

> By Thomas Sowell

> Tuesday, April 29, 2008

>

> Many years ago, a great hitter named Paul Waner was nearing the end of

> his long career. He entered a ballgame with 2,999 hits -- one hit away

> from the landmark total of 3,000, which so many hitters want to reach,

> but which relatively few actually do reach.

>

> Waner hit a ball that the fielder did not handle cleanly but the

> official scorer called it a hit, making it Waner's 3,000th. Paul Waner

> then sent word to the official scorer that he did not want that

> questionable hit to be the one that put him over the top.

>

> The official scorer reversed himself and called it an error. Later

> Paul Waner got a clean hit for number 3,000.

>

> What reminded me of this is the great fervor that many seem to feel

> over the prospect of the first black President of the United States .

>

> No doubt it is only a matter of time before there is a black

> president, just as it was only a matter of time before Paul Waner got

> his 3,000th hit. The issue is whether we want to reach that landmark

> so badly that we are willing to overlook how questionably that

> landmark is reached.

>

> Paul Waner had too much pride to accept a scratch hit. Choosing a

> President of the United States is a lot more momentous than a

> baseball record. We the voters need to have far more concern about who

> we put in that office that holds the destiny of a nation and of

> generations yet unborn.

>

> There is no reason why someone as arrogant, foolishly clever and

> ultimately dangerous as Barack Obama should become president --

> especially not at a time when the threa t of international terrorists

> with nuclear weapons looms over 300 million Americans.

>

> Many people seem to regard elections as occasions for venting

> emotions, like cheering for your favorite team or choosing a

> Homecoming Queen.

>

> The three leading candidates for their party's nomination are being

> discussed in terms of their demographics -- race, sex and age -- as if

> that is what the job is about.

>

> One of the painful aspects of studying great catastrophes of the past

> is discovering how many times people were preoccupied with

> trivialities when they were teetering on the edge of doom. The

> demographics of the presidency are far less important than the

> momentous weight of responsibility that office carries.

>

> Just the power to nominate federal judges to trial courts and

> appellate courts across the country, including the Supreme Court, can

> have an enormous impact for decades to come. There is no point feeling

> outraged by things done by federal judges, if you vote on t he basis

> of emotion for those who appoint them.

>

> Barack Obama has already indicated that he wants judges who make

> social policy instead of just applying the law. He has already tried

> to stop young violent criminals from being tried as adults.

>

> Although Senator Obama has presented himself as the candidate of new

> things -- using the mantra of "change" endlessly -- the cold fact is

> that virtually everything he says about domestic policy is straight

> out of the 1960s and virtually everything he says about foreign policy

> is straight out of the 1930s.

>

> Protecting criminals, attacking business, increasing government

> spending, promoting a sense of envy and grievance, raising taxes on

> people who are productive and subsidizing those who are not -- all

> this is a re-run of the 1960s.

>

> We paid a terrible price for such 1960s notions in the years that

> followed, in the form of soaring crime rates, double-digit inflation

> and double-digit unemployment. During the 1960s, ghet t oes across the

> countries were ravaged by riots from which many have not fully

> recovered to this day.

>

> The violence and destruction were concentrated not where there was the

> greatest poverty or injustice but where there were the most liberal

> politicians, promoting grievances and hamstringing the police.

>

> Internationally, the approach that Senator Obama proposes -- including

> the media magic of meetings between heads of state -- was tried during

> the 1930s. That approach, in the name of peace, is what led to the

> most catastrophic war in human history.

>

> Everything seems new to those too young to remember the old and too

> ignorant of history to have heard about it.

>

> Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute and author

> of Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy.

>