Even better, look for the influence of every major US terrorist incident on pending legislation.
This isn't to say "Neocons cause terrorism", but it isn't a good set of incentives, and worth watching on the list of major US attacks & warnings. Some are saying "Republicans cannot survive without terrorism". Or at least the threat of terrorism, which is itself a form of terrorism, and which is practiced daily by leadership announcements.
Starting before the most recent Bush regime with the bombing of the Marine barracks during Reagan/Bush, bombing of the Cole under Clinton (which assisted pending procurement legislation), then 9/11 under this Bush just when his poll numbers were going into the tank, the deaths of Paul Wellstone (and his wife) as the only member who voted against so-called Patriot Act I, the Anthrax attack being sent only to Democratic opposition to said Act, the DC Sniper during pending vote for Patriot Act II, and so on. Even small incidents coincidentally and consistently occurring during run-up to '04 election such as the pavlovian Terrorism Alert bell rung each time a bump was needed in the dialogue.
Want to test the theory? Here's a prediction: if telcos don't get immunity, if Obama looks like a winner, and Bush/Cheney look like they'll be indicted, we'll magically have another 9/11 style attack such as dirty bomb or threat of same. Odd how the "terrorists" seem to watch the legislation calendar and US elections closely and act in ways helpful to all-powerful central gov't insiders with rights to keep secrets and immunity from prosecution.
Just a coincidence.
One way to get perspective on some of these suspicions is Alex Jones www.prisonplanet.com. As they say, "Sure, he's crazy, but what if he's right?". About 1/2 of what he says is silly or irrelevant, but 1/2 is very disturbing and supports a great deal of scrutiny. He is paranoid about gov't control and intrusion, and has way too many facts for comfort. Check it out.
My interest is multifold -- I run a clinic that treats brain injury w. HBOT, and need a better way to watch progress than highly expensive functional MRI, PET and other such "Big Medicine" that costs thousands per look and million or so per machine... This wonderful Hitachi device is mostly software, and as you noticed, a few pieces of hardware that you can get at Fry's. I'm a software guy in a prior life so I value software, but Hitachi will give me one of 1/2 dozen machines in the world, when there need to be thousands, cheeeeep (Hitachi price: $1/3rd mill; real price, a few $K.... time to produce these things)
So, combining monitoring and testing w. therapy is the Big Deal, you can test in realtime and modify your therapy in minutes rather than months! We need this, to accelerate therapy orders of magnitude. There are 300,000 so-called vegetative patients in the country, 40% of which are called "misdiagnosed", but actually its more than that imo. These folks can think, are aware, but cannot respond, and these machines are Step One in getting them better.
That's aside from the benefit of IR to the cells of the brain. W. proper software and biofeedback, you can manipulate and communicate w. the world, while you're getting better w. HBOT and future stem cell therapy...
Anyway, that's my area of research, and I'm grateful if you have any thoughts in the future
I don't know if you know about this, but I've been researching for professional and personal reasons the following:
Tysabri -- a relative of mine is heavily into this as an investment due to its future use for Alzheimers, and current use for his own MS, which he claims is a dramatic benefit
Hyperbaric Oxygen -- I manage a clinic for treatment of FDA-approved conditions such as wound-care, diabetic non-healing wounds, but also non-reimbursed neurological conditions such as stroke, traumatic and acquired brain injury, but also we're getting positive reports with Alzheimers.
As an example, stroke and concussion patients will recover first of all in their cognitive "brain fog" lifting, and improvement in short-term memory. This week an older gentleman reminded me of something I needed to do, whereupon I said his short-term memory was better than mine, and he responded that for the first time in many years, he was at a party being introduced to lots of people, and remembered all their names.
Anyway, this is a very impressive therapy, and I'd be happy to forward any information on various clinics and practitioners that are diligent and knowledgeable. It is definitely what I would do first and foremost if I or a loved one had Alzeimers, along with the other things we are learning are important, including Omega-3-6-9, CoQ10, and perhaps IR as this story reports. These things that are low-risk and high reward are worthy of following IMO
Regards
Michael
Slashdot Mirror
Even better, look for the influence of every major US terrorist incident on pending legislation. This isn't to say "Neocons cause terrorism", but it isn't a good set of incentives, and worth watching on the list of major US attacks & warnings. Some are saying "Republicans cannot survive without terrorism". Or at least the threat of terrorism, which is itself a form of terrorism, and which is practiced daily by leadership announcements. Starting before the most recent Bush regime with the bombing of the Marine barracks during Reagan/Bush, bombing of the Cole under Clinton (which assisted pending procurement legislation), then 9/11 under this Bush just when his poll numbers were going into the tank, the deaths of Paul Wellstone (and his wife) as the only member who voted against so-called Patriot Act I, the Anthrax attack being sent only to Democratic opposition to said Act, the DC Sniper during pending vote for Patriot Act II, and so on. Even small incidents coincidentally and consistently occurring during run-up to '04 election such as the pavlovian Terrorism Alert bell rung each time a bump was needed in the dialogue. Want to test the theory? Here's a prediction: if telcos don't get immunity, if Obama looks like a winner, and Bush/Cheney look like they'll be indicted, we'll magically have another 9/11 style attack such as dirty bomb or threat of same. Odd how the "terrorists" seem to watch the legislation calendar and US elections closely and act in ways helpful to all-powerful central gov't insiders with rights to keep secrets and immunity from prosecution. Just a coincidence. One way to get perspective on some of these suspicions is Alex Jones www.prisonplanet.com. As they say, "Sure, he's crazy, but what if he's right?". About 1/2 of what he says is silly or irrelevant, but 1/2 is very disturbing and supports a great deal of scrutiny. He is paranoid about gov't control and intrusion, and has way too many facts for comfort. Check it out.
My interest is multifold -- I run a clinic that treats brain injury w. HBOT, and need a better way to watch progress than highly expensive functional MRI, PET and other such "Big Medicine" that costs thousands per look and million or so per machine ... This wonderful Hitachi device is mostly software, and as you noticed, a few pieces of hardware that you can get at Fry's. I'm a software guy in a prior life so I value software, but Hitachi will give me one of 1/2 dozen machines in the world, when there need to be thousands, cheeeeep (Hitachi price: $1/3rd mill; real price, a few $K.... time to produce these things)
So, combining monitoring and testing w. therapy is the Big Deal, you can test in realtime and modify your therapy in minutes rather than months! We need this, to accelerate therapy orders of magnitude. There are 300,000 so-called vegetative patients in the country, 40% of which are called "misdiagnosed", but actually its more than that imo. These folks can think, are aware, but cannot respond, and these machines are Step One in getting them better.
That's aside from the benefit of IR to the cells of the brain. W. proper software and biofeedback, you can manipulate and communicate w. the world, while you're getting better w. HBOT and future stem cell therapy...
Anyway, that's my area of research, and I'm grateful if you have any thoughts in the future
Bless you WD, for being enlightened and motivated ...
Hey, what do you think about this
http://www.hqrd.hitachi.co.jp/arle/optical.cfm
http://www.hitachi-medical.co.jp/info/opt-e/genri-2.html
http://www.hitachi-medical.co.jp/info/opt-e/index.html
http://www.imperial.ac.uk/research/photonics/research/topics/tomog/tomog.htm
http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/S.Arridge/ToastOverview.html
http://www.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/research/borg/research/topography/index.htm
I don't know if you know about this, but I've been researching for professional and personal reasons the following: Tysabri -- a relative of mine is heavily into this as an investment due to its future use for Alzheimers, and current use for his own MS, which he claims is a dramatic benefit Hyperbaric Oxygen -- I manage a clinic for treatment of FDA-approved conditions such as wound-care, diabetic non-healing wounds, but also non-reimbursed neurological conditions such as stroke, traumatic and acquired brain injury, but also we're getting positive reports with Alzheimers. As an example, stroke and concussion patients will recover first of all in their cognitive "brain fog" lifting, and improvement in short-term memory. This week an older gentleman reminded me of something I needed to do, whereupon I said his short-term memory was better than mine, and he responded that for the first time in many years, he was at a party being introduced to lots of people, and remembered all their names. Anyway, this is a very impressive therapy, and I'd be happy to forward any information on various clinics and practitioners that are diligent and knowledgeable. It is definitely what I would do first and foremost if I or a loved one had Alzeimers, along with the other things we are learning are important, including Omega-3-6-9, CoQ10, and perhaps IR as this story reports. These things that are low-risk and high reward are worthy of following IMO Regards Michael