Dolphin Dancer

Statins - not quite a rant

2010-05-22T14:23:00.004+01:00

After everything I, and so many others, have been saying about Statins and the fact that they are a real danger to health new research has shown..."Some doses and types of statins are linked with a greater risk of adverse effects, including liver problems and kidney failure, the UK research showed. "This quote is taken from the BBC news website for 20 May 2010 [ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/

And so it begins...

2009-12-01T13:30:00.002Z

After a long time, the long awaited [by the government] roll-out of the identity cards begins in Greater Manchester [UK] and anyone foolish enough to sign up for one can pay £30 for the privilege of owning a biometric ID card.But this is only the start...once you are on the database it is your responsibility to make sure that your details are up-to-date, in fact you are obliged to maintain the

Observing you...

2009-11-19T15:50:00.005Z

Under the guise of 'health care' another means of observing and following you is being trialled at present. The so-called 'Smart Plaster' is a sticking-plaster type of strip which is placed on the chest of a patient to monitor blood pressure, heart rate and other factors that are useful in keeping a check on a patients condition in hospital.The main benefit is that the device is cordless and the

Statins - New fears

2009-09-25T13:53:00.007+01:00

My headline is taken from the 'Daily Express' dated 25 Sep 09 and their headline states, in full, New fears over heart pill taken by millions, I dislike having to say "I told you so" but...http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/129722/New-fears-over-heart-pill-taken-by-millionsThe full article can be seen at the above address but a few details are presented here; increased usage of Statins has seen

RFID issues re-surface

2009-09-24T15:22:00.005+01:00

I received an e-mail from Natural News...[ http://www.naturalnews.com/027093_RFID_vaccination_swine_flu.html ]...giving information about a possible scenario regarding RFID bracelets and Swine Flu vaccination control, with particular reference to Boston Massachusetts, where there is talk that the vaccination and registration will be made compulsory.The speculation is that a chipped bracelet would

The earlier posts...

2009-09-20T16:23:00.005+01:00

Some of the earlier posts, from here, have been copied to the new Explorer blog but they haven't been deleted from this blog because I couldn't copy the comments over to Explorer and I felt that the comments were an integral part of what was going on for me.The copies here are more for reference and explain where I am coming from - with particular reference to the Life-Change.New posts will

New musings

2009-06-21T16:06:00.012+01:00

It has been rather too long since I added something here, I realise that it is mostly because I grew a little tired of my own recent rants. The direction this blog took me, was not the one that I had intended to travel, I may have to start again with another blog.This general idea was what triggered the Dolphin Muse poetry [and other things] blog into creation, I am pleased with the way that is

Metformin - Good news for me?

2009-06-04T13:59:00.003+01:00

Reading in the news from the BBC that Metformin is actually better for you, and me, than had been thought.It seems that it assists the body's T-cells to work more efficiently. These cells "remember" past infections and vaccinations to fight current and future illnesses and Metformin seems to improve the strength of the reaction to illness.Not going to say much more here other than noting that I

Oh no! Not another Statins story

2009-04-26T18:11:00.007+01:00

Just when I thought [hoped] that the Statins story was fading from the public eye along comes another study that says that Statins were linked to reduced risk of prostate cancer. Note that this is only a 'reduced risk' and not an actual treatment or cure, I have to wonder how much of an influence the StaImage by erix! via Flickrtins manufacturers have on these studies. Am I only being paranoid

Statins...again.

2009-03-30T17:22:00.003+01:00

Just when I thought that I could forget about this issue, along comes another story.Using rosuvastatin as the trial base, an American research [from New England] study claims to cut the risk of things like deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Other varieties of Statins haven't been tested in this study but you can be certain that they will be included in any recommendations made by the

Testing The Apture Assistant

2009-03-29T16:20:00.005+01:00

This is just a trial post to allow evaluation of the new Apture Editor Plugin for Firefox, it doesn't assist when composing the post in the same way that Zemanta does but works when actually on the blog.Planning to test with some images as well.Image by Nessy Shepherd via FlickrTo see what effect it has on what is present.This post will probably be removed to free the space but, then again

Travel tracking and E-borders

2009-03-17T14:07:00.007Z

I had intended to comment on the government's suggestion that the travel plans and patterns of all citizens of this nation should be stored on a database for up to ten years. Given the way the government works that should be considered to be a minimum of ten years but however long this period is, it will be an intrusion into privacy and personal rights.My statement that it was a suggestion has

Here we go again - The Statins Issue

2009-02-10T16:13:00.002Z

The latest news from the BBC says that "Millions more healthy people could be put on cholesterol-lowering drugs." "Under current plans around one in four adults aged over 40 is to be prescribed Statins on the NHS. GPs will begin the risk assessments later this year." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7880555.stmThe research comes from the Maccabi Healthcare Services and Sackler Faculty of

Surveillance State - What next?

2009-02-08T16:09:00.004Z

The first of the latest warnings about threats to personal liberty and freedom came on Friday 6 Feb 09 with the 'Electronic surveillance and collection of personal data' information from the House of Lords. Civil liberties campaign group Liberty have said that abuses of power have meant that "even the innocent have a lot to fear" and that the proposed database to store e-mails and phone calls is

More water issues - Part two

2009-01-13T19:10:00.002Z

As promised, an update on the latest crisis; the plumbers did arrive - twenty-four hours later than originally promised. This was excusable, they had an emergency call requiring work to go on for much longer than anticipated. The arrival today was a bit later than expected but the work went well and we now have hot water on tap. I don't know what the plumber did but he also sorted out the

Water Confidence and Becoming Dolphin-like

2009-01-12T13:18:00.008Z

I have just realised that, although I had made several references to the Water Confidence process I went through, there were no posts here in the blog to give them have any meaning. So, here is an edited version of what I wrote for the dolphinsmiles page from Delphiris; her comments are denoted by italic script in the text below. After having met

More water issues - Part one

2009-01-11T14:55:00.008Z

A while ago I realised that I was having some 'water issues' (details of which can be found on Delphiris' website, the particular page of her site is http://www.dolphinsmiles.co.uk/pages/aquahealingtouch.html) and was guided to confront them by making friends with the element. These issues seem to have resurfaced for some reason and last evening (10 Jan 09) I discovered that the immersion

11th Re-Birthday

2009-01-02T18:55:00.023Z

It is just coming up to the eleventh anniversary of the Great Life-changing event and I felt that it would be appropriate to re-post and update some of the information. The eleventh is an important year, the number 11 is the first of the master numbers in numerology and I felt that using this power would be particularly good, for me - at least. I have only just realised that 2009 is also a

There is a call for speed-limiting cars

2008-12-30T02:23:00.004Z

A short time ago I posted a segment on Geo-location and the possible use for tracking speeders. I didn't think that this could actually be taken further by the government.They are planning to make a digital map of the road system in the UK and link that to a (voluntary - at present) device which could be installed in vehicles so that the car is forced to obey the speed limit for the road being

Experimenting with a new toy

2008-12-07T18:20:00.005Z

This post is for me to assess the usefulness of 'Zemanta', a blogging assistant. It is designed to suggest images and articles to add to the blog as it is being written, the test for me is whether it offers an image that I have been trying to add to my various postings here.Botallack...this picture was taken by me on my mobile phone several months ago during one of the warmer months when I took

Geo-location to solve traffc problems

2008-11-30T20:06:00.002Z

I have had this story sitting on one of the tabs in my Firefox for quite a few days now, waiting to see if anyone else would respond to the concept.No one did, so here is my take on it; the idea seems to be quite a good one, use the geo-location device in our mobile phones to feed back information about traffic conditions so that we can avoid the problems. The concept can be connected with

Statins, is this the new conspiracy?

2008-11-09T17:33:00.003Z

I keep reading in the news about how 'good' Statins are for everyone and now there is a new drive to get everyone to use them even if they are already healthy. I wonder whether they are a by-product of another industrial process in the same way that fluoride is and when they couldn't find any other way of safely disposing of this toxic material, it was pushed as a 'health product'. Health? The

Flexing the muscles on this blog

2008-11-07T14:01:00.001Z

This is partially done to allow the FaceBook thing I have to allow me to add this blog to the list of 'services' on my list.I also wanted to try out the flickr connection to permit the addition of images to these pages. It isn't working the way I want but since I can add images to this blog I don't really care.This is a picture of somewhat warmer days on the cliffs near my home.I haven't done

The 'Mind Wipe' Pill

2008-10-23T16:37:00.001+01:00

How long before science fiction is completely overtaken by fact? This has already happened in some areas but now a new idea comes to the fore.Scientists in the USofA say that they have found a way to selectively wipe out 'uncomfortable' memories. This is only a short step away from the legal 'Mind Wipe' used as a punishment in the TV series 'Babylon 5', where a criminal - convicted of a serious

The visit didn't happen...

2008-10-17T18:12:00.001+01:00

But I am still hoping that someone will come here. I felt rather sad that with the (granted, rather limited) publicity there must be quite a few people who are even more disappointed with the no-show; I have to say that my personal feelings are that there will be a visit rather soon. We are on the verge of something very special and rather spectacular and a visit is really overdue.I probably

The arrival of new friends

2008-10-12T02:52:00.001+01:00

I have seen quite a few references to the possible arrival of UFOs above our cities on October 14 (2008) and feel that I have to add my thoughts on this.I must admit that my mind is rather torn on this matter even though spirit is really comfortable, the human part is still sitting in disbelief here. There is also the concept that the war-motivated masses will see this as something to fight and

Assisting Gaia

2008-09-07T03:57:00.001+01:00

An interesting web site has been brought to my attention, http://onewiththewinds,com, while I fully support the idea that assistance should be given to those affected by the storms and hurricanes that are appearing in the world at the moment, it troubles me that these things are being 'tweaked' by well-intentioned people.In my meditations I have been shown that Gaia does not require healing any

Non-mainstream religion

2008-08-24T16:24:00.002+01:00

Well here comes another target for the 'watch list' or even a possible 'hate list'.I have been reading through one of the little leaflets from the "Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania", this one about living in a peaceful new world. One of the background facts not covered by the leaflet is that we will all have to be vegetarian - we are all shown as living in complete harmony

DNA database - the government conspiracy

2008-08-18T16:58:00.003+01:00

I read an article from The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/18/ndnad_new_figures/} about the fact that the government probably will not comply with requests to remove innocent people from the database, I also went through the comments and came across one from 'Chris G'. He (essentially) jokingly makes a suggestion that babies should be micro-chipped at birth..."According to another

Varioous aspects of blogging

2008-08-03T16:41:00.001+01:00

The headline reads:'The power of female blogging' and the rest of the text goes on to talk about the female force in blogging. I think that most of what is said, about getting more women interested in pouring out their thoughts onto the web for others to read is really great. One thing that appears a bit further down the page states that "In a print magazine advertisers could use old standards

Experiments in the Blogging world

2008-07-13T18:42:00.001+01:00

Greeting blogging friendsI have been trying out the Twitter thing and find it to be quite good; it has been referred to as a 'Micro-Blog' and as such works well. If you don't have any friends on Twitter it can be a rather lonely place and this is the way I find it at present. I am starting to find my way around there and if you want to take a look, go to Twitter.com and take read their

Phone and e-mail database

2008-05-21T01:58:00.002+01:00

It has been placed into consideration by ministers in parliament that a database of electronic information which will hold details of every phone call and e-mail sent in the UK. Granted that these plans at an early stage but it is my opinion that this idea ranks with the concept of the national ID card scheme and the biometric passport as a very unwelcome intrusion into our personal privacy and

The possibility of tin mining restarting in Cornwall

2008-05-18T17:50:00.002+01:00

While I have to admit that an improvement in employment prospects in Cornwall and Devon should be welcomed, the potential damage to the environment must be taken into consideration.The tungsten and tin mine on the edge of Dartmoor at Hemerdon will threaten that beautiful area and any developments must take into consideration the risks to the environment.Photograph of a tin mine from the BBC

Panda sneezes

2008-05-15T02:47:00.003+01:00

Just trying this to see if it works...<embed id="VideoPlayback" style="width:400px;height:326px" flashvars="" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=8922875251875301807&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed>I hope it does because it really is funny.Actually this didn't work but the link - copy and past it to your browser bar - should take you to the Google

The miracle berry

2008-04-28T14:31:00.001+01:00

The article on the BBC news website seems to show that 'Big Business' is once again flexing its muscles to prevent the smaller men from gaining a foothold and marketing a product which will benefit a lot of people.The product is an extract from the berry of 'Synesepalum dulcificum'Taken from the BBC News website (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7367548.stm)Grown in Africa, first documented in

Long gap - but I hope to do better

2008-04-28T13:30:00.004+01:00

It has been really too long since I made the last post here; much has happened, a lot of which cannot be told in this blog.One of the most important things has been felt even by some of my least 'spiritual' friends, they have been commenting to me about how fast time seems to be passing and I didn't really become aware of this in connection to this blog till I considered reading it and adding

2007

2006-12-30T17:51:00.000Z

This is a very special year ahead; numerologically, it is a number nine year. This number signifies the ending of a sequence and the preparation for something new - growth into a new time and area of growth for the person and for the spirit.During 2007 you should notice some of the things, and people, you have been involved with finishing and leaving room for something to take their place. The

Information download

2006-11-26T02:58:00.003Z

For a long time now I have been given messages from various sources; these have been my own guides or, more recently, some beings from an alien race I met during meditations. All have been stressing that there is some really 'big download' of information on the way. I have to admit that I have been a little afraid of this, am I really the right person to be the channel for this?When my

Shift Happens

2006-10-17T03:05:00.000+01:00

_uacct = "UA-977844-1";urchinTracker();Shift HappensI make no apologies for borrowing this phrase from my lovely friend Jennifer, I just say “Thank you.”Wherever you are and whatever you are doing – shift does happen, usually in the most unexpected ways.Many years ago I trained as a healer; this was brought about by a very powerful ‘life change’, one which nearly terminated this incarnation for

The Face on Mars - what do you think?

2006-09-23T10:46:00.000+01:00

I'm a little off the track I had intended to write about but; I have just checked out the new images from the face on Mars and, despite being proclaimed as just an accidental effect from shadows on a weathered butt, it still looks like a face and I cannot believe that the shadows are always in the right place and angle to permit the image to be seen as a face. Call me a conspiracy theorist if

2006-09-19T11:55:00.000+01:00

Just a sample blog to see who actually looks at these things...