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PRE BLAST The F3 Darby Challenge Feb 1-28

Think you can run 565 miles #notanotherBRRx2?  What if you had a month #notovernight?  What if you could do it on a bike #gears?  Want to try and help those that have deployed more times in the past 15 years than any other unit #tipofthespear?  Then welcome to the F3 Darby Challenge.

The F3 Darby Challenge is F3 Nation’s contribution to Run Ranger Run, an event to be held this upcoming February (2017) throughout the country.  Run Ranger Run is GallantFew’s annual fundraiser, and it is the collective goal to raise as many funds as possible to do the work we do to transition veterans to civilian life and benefit the communities they live in.  Don’t care about history, purpose or why and just want to know how to participate just scroll to the bottom. #justsignmeup.

The History:

One of the GallantFew’s core programs is the Darby Project.  The Darby Project’s mission is “to facilitate a successful transition for Army Ranger veterans from active military service to a civilian life filled with hope and purpose.”  Rangers have been at the forefront of every major conflict since their advent in the Revolutionary War.  Major battles include:

Normandy – Rangers scale the cliffs at Point-Du-Hoc to eliminate German coastal guns that threaten the success of the Normandy invasion.

Philippines – The Great Raid.  6th Ranger Battalion infiltrates 30 miles behind Japanese lines to rescue 500 POWs sent to a prison camp after the Bataan Death March in 1941.

Vietnam – Rangers conduct deep reconnaissance missions, often without support, to seek and report on troop movements.

Battle of Mogadishu – Black Hawk Down.  Rangers, along with other special operations units, conduct a daylight raid that turns into the largest firefight since the Vietnam War.  At the end of the raid the following day, elements of the assault units are forced to exfil on foot an entire mile in full gear under fire, soon dubbed the Mogadishu Mile.

Objective Rhino – Rangers conduct a daring nighttime jump in the early days of Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) to seize an airfield and destroy local al-Qaeda elements.

Haditha Dam – Rangers assault and secure the strategically important Haditha Dam (Iraq) and hold for 9 days while repelling multiple attacks from much larger, elite Iraqi
armored forces.

Since the events of September 11, 2001, the Ranger Regiment has deployed more than any other unit in the U.S. military, with some Rangers being down range for over 15 deployments.

The Purpose:

GallantFew’s mission is to prevent veteran isolation by connecting new veterans with hometown veteran mentors, thereby facilitating a peaceful, successful transition from military service to a civilian life filled with hope and purpose.

GallantFew does this by creating and supporting a nationwide network of successfully transitioned veterans that engage locally with new veterans with the same military background now going through transition, and by motivating communities all over the nation to take responsibility for veterans returning; welcoming, connecting, and including.

GallantFew believes this will prevent veteran unemployment, homelessness, and suicide.

As part of the GallantFew, the Darby Project is a network of networks that synchronizes the efforts of veteran support organizations to lead revolutionary transition services for the elite Army Rangers!  We are not waiting for the next war to figure this out.

Three Pillars of The Darby Project:

  1. RESILIENCE: Educate active duty Rangers still serving of the programs available to them now and after leaving the service.
  2. REINTEGRATION: Coordinate Ranger education programs and available resources before the Ranger exits active duty.
  3. REDIRECTION: Provide assistance to those Ranger veterans and families that need additional care and assistance after Rangers have entered civilian life.

Why F3?:

Why not.  The Darby Project is headed up by one of our own, Bryce Mahoney (aka Darby #realoriginal), who served in 3rd Ranger Battalion.  During his time as a Ranger, Darby deployed 4 times to the Middle East.  The mission of the GallantFew and the Darby Project ties into the F3 mission of reinvigorating male community leadership.  What better way than to help to integrate proven leaders, whose motto is Sua Sponte (referring to the Rangers’ ability to accomplish tasks with little to no prompting), into our communities.

What is the Event?

A team of up to ten individuals will pledge to walk, run and/or ride bicycles a combined total of 565 miles in the month of February (usually 28 days). Teams may be formed from anywhere in the world and your miles can be logged from the comfort of your own home.

What Can I Do?

There are 3 ways to participate:

  1. Join the F3 Nation team. Register at Team F3Nation..  There are currently 8 spots left on the team.  Don’t make Darby and Coop Dog do all 565 miles by themselves #Icantfeelmyquads
  2. Form your own Team: Think you can do more than the F3 Nation team?  Form your own team in your region or sub-region.  Use your BRR or Palmetto 200 team #yourealreadyrunning.  Team with the most donations raised will receive a one-of-a-kind F3/Darby Project Challenge Coin.
  3. Donate to a team. Whether it’s the Nation team or one of the regional teams that you support the funds all go to the same great cause.  If you are interested in donating go here RunRangerRun2017 and make sure to select your team.

For more information on the GallantFew and the Darby Project visit or

Still have questions email [Bryce Mahoney] at [].

2 Replies to “PRE BLAST The F3 Darby Challenge Feb 1-28”

  1. Darby, thanks for posting this. F3 New Orleans formed a team and we just passed the goal. It’s definitely gotten me to ride my bike more often, but more importantly has shined a light on the difficulties veterans have acclimating to civilian life. A couple of our pax have shared their own difficulties with us in this regard. Thanks again for the work you are doing.

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Side Straddle Hope – (8)

Abe Vigoda’s – (8)

Flying Sun Gods (Nancy Kerrigan’s) – (8 each leg with arm circles)

The Beat Down:
We began with warm-up lap around the field, then proceed doing SSH, Abe Vigoda’s, and Flying Sun Gods.Crazy 8’s began with 8 stations (4 at top of hill @ main pavilion – 4 at bottom of hill @ pavilion next to playground).  The stations were as follows:

Top of Hill –  Lunges, Squats, Imperial Walkers, Plank Jacks

Bottom of Hill – Decline Push Ups, Incline Push Ups, Merkins, Burpees

Everyone took a station and rotated around performing 8 reps of each exercise for 8 rotations.  So as not to lose the way between the Top of Hill and Bottom of Hill, 4 American Flags were positioned 18 paces apart to lead the way!  Hoorah!

At the conclusion of the rotations we circled up and did Round Robin Mary’s.  We did each Mary’s in 4 count cadence, except Big Boy Situps, and Supermans (18 individual count), for a total of 18!  (American Hammer, Flutter Kicks, Heal Touches, Big Boy Sit Ups, Supermans!

704 Total Reps and according to my Garmin – 1.5 miles of running!  GREAT JOB MEN!!!

We all struggle!  Could be in our personal lives, or in our professional lives.  We can’t always change those struggles, but we can change the way we react to them!  One of my favorite pieces has been framed and in every office I’ve had since 1998!  It is a simple thought from pastor and educator Charles R. Swindoll:

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company…a church…a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past…we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you. We are in charge of our attitudes.

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The Curse of Low Recovery Expectations (Part I)

The Curse of Low Recovery Expectations (Part I)

Inebriate, dipsomaniac, drug addict, drunkard, alcoholic, dope fiend, wino, junkie, crackhead, speed freak, dirty, strung out, blitzed, bombed, ripped, and on and on for more than two centuries.  Stigmatizing words, slogans, and images of people experiencing alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems have fueled personal, public, professional, and policy pessimism—particularly pessimism about the personal resolution of AOD problems. Such iconic representations flow from ill-conceived ideas about the causes and course of severe AOD problems. Below is a small sampling of such ideas, expressed in the stigma-dripping language (note underlined words below) in which they are often conveyed.

1a. Substance abuse is a product of badness (psychopathy, criminality) and the only effective response to badness is public shaming, social shunning, and progressively severe punishmentAlcoholics and addicts (aka substance abusers) deserve ostracism and extrusion at a family level, spatial distance at a social level, and community expulsion at a policy level. Bad people should be treated badly. If the true person is the addiction-deformed Mr. Hyde—that Dr. Jekyll is only the polished mask of the true Hyde, then any notion of cure or recovery seems highly unlikely. After all, even a sobered Mr. Hyde remains diseased, dangerous, and deranged (aka evil) and potentially more lethally competent and cunning in his masked sober state, capable of incalculable deceit, manipulation, and predation.

1b. Addiction is the product of a chronic brain disease. Hearing “chronic,” listeners assume untreatable, permanent, and life-shortening; hearing “hijacked brain,” listeners understandably assume that this brain/person is broken, unpredictable, deranged, and dangerous. (I have argued in an earlier missive that “communicating the neuroscience of addiction without simultaneously communicating the neuroscience of recovery and the prevalence of long-term recovery will increase the stigma facing individuals and families experiencing severe alcohol and other drug problems” and that “the brain disease paradigm could create new obstacles for social inclusion of people in recovery and provide a rational for coercive, invasive, and harmful interventions.”)

2. The end-course of alcoholism and other drug addictions lies in only four limited outcomes: a) complete and enduring abstinence achieved through medical or religious interventions, b) insanity, c) prolonged institutionalization, or d) death.

3. Addiction recovery is the exception to the rule. Addicts rarely if ever achieve permanent recovery and improved social functioning: “Once an addict, always an addict.” Similar sentiment is conveyed through remarks such as, “Addiction treatment and recovery support groups are worthwhile even if they only help one person recover”—again the notion that recovery is a rare miracle.

4. Addicts spread addiction within their own families—inter- and intra-generationally. “Addicts beget addicts.” Therefore, the risks of addiction transmission via biopsychosocial influences must be reduced through laws mandating the surgical sterilization of addicts, the systematic removal of children from addicted parents, and the separation of younger siblings from an older addicted sibling. The former option is illustrated by inclusion of alcoholics and addicts in sterilization laws in the U.S. during the early 20th century and the more recent practice of paying bounties to addicted women for their agreement to be sterilized. The practice of de-parenting addicted women, particularly poor women of color, was widespread during the cocaine panic of the 1980s and 1990s and is rising within the current opioid crisis.

5. Addiction is socially contagious. Addiction is an infectious epidemic; addicts are disease carriers (the rotten apple in the barrel) who, for the protection of the community, warrant prolonged quarantine or extermination. The former is illustrated within the history of U.S. inebriate colonies and inebriate penal farms; the latter is illustrated by the inclusion of alcoholics and addicts within Nazi death camps, the extra-judicial killings in the Philippines, and recent advocacy of death penalty within U.S. drug laws.

Such ideas do not emerge in the vacuum of a scientific laboratory. Close examinations of these ideas reveal their historical origins as products of racial, class, and generational warfare, their manufacture or appropriation as weapons of political exploitation; their use to expand professional and institutional power; and the ways they have been used for purposes of financial profiteering. (See my earlier blog Who Profits from Addiction/Recovery Stigma).

This weaponization of stigma (and its embedded ideas and images) has many intended and unintended progeny, but none more enduring than the diminishment of hope for individuals and families affected by AOD problems.

 *been arrested/incarcerated for essentially your addiction status,

*lost custody of your children without clear evidence of child neglect or harm,

*faced the presumption that you were never going to stop using drugs,

*been provided Narcan, sterile needles, safe injection sites, and/or medications used to treat addiction without exposure to people in stable recovery and the offer of assertive linkage to recovery support resources,

*been refused admission for detoxification/treatment or castigated (as a “retread,” “frequent flyer” or other pejorative label) due to your prior admissions, or have

*been kicked out of treatment for alcohol or other drug use (confirming your diagnosis by exhibiting inability to abstain and loss of control),

THEN, you have experienced the curse of low recovery expectations.

It is time our expectations were raised regarding the resolution of AOD problems. That will require a sustained campaign of recovery advocacy led by individuals and families sharing the lived experience of recovery and its many varieties. Widespread dissemination of recovery research findings may aid this process, but nothing will be more professional, politically, and socially powerful as the stories of people whose lives have been transformed by recovery. This is the gift that individuals and families are now bestowing on their communities and their countries. A day may soon come when the curse of low recovery expectations exists only as an artifact of history. What is needed is a low bar of entry for those seeking help for AOD problems, but a high bar of hope and expectations.

 Next Week: More examples of low recovery expectations and a set of counter-ideas emerging from recent scientific studies that are elevating recovery expectations at personal and community levels.

William (“Bill”) White

Emeritus Senior Research Consultant at Chestnut Health System

Recovery Historian

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Bangkok Airport at night through Canon lens 10-22mm

Bangkok International airport, called Suvarnabhumi airport or Sawanapoom (ท่าอากาศยานสุวรรณภูมิ) airport if you ask Thai people or a taxi driver to drive you there .

It was opened in 2006. It received its fair share of critics, not enough toilets, an unfinished look,… But all that changes at night and I sure like it much better in the evening than during the day, the blue lightning and the big glass panels are not only nice to see but also make for great photos.

The ones you’ll see here have been taken by Canon wide-angle lens EFS 10-22mm and since it was quite some time ago, with the Canon 450D and not the Canon 7D.  Other photos taken with the Canon 10-22mm can be seen here:

Thailand – Canon wide-angle lens EF-S 10-22mm

The first picture is of the parking lot. It is a separate building in front of the airport. So be prepared to walk quite a bit if you go there with your own car.

And on the way to the gate, departure level, arrival level is one floor down as can be seen with all the Toyota Camry “limousines” waiting for you.

And the vans

A view of the 2 different levels, arrivals on the ground floor, departures one level up

Same view from a distance

And the glass windows of the airport, no front wall actually, only windows, nice.

And as can be seen on the picture above, the escalators are pretty long

So, overall, for me, certainly one of the best looking Asian airport at night.


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How to Start A Small Scale Fish Farming Business

I’m pretty sure you would have seen quite a lot of information and tutorials about starting your own fish farm, but you rarely get all the facts from them. That’s why we are here for you.
Fish farming is one of the most successful agribusiness in Nigeria. It used to be quite difficult back in the days,but thanks to modern technology, things have gotten a lot more easier.
Fish Farming is also another compatible farming with Poultry Farming (you can read up on how to start your own poultry farm here) .

Why fish farming? Here are a few reasons why:
a. Fish is extremely popular and high in protein
b. Fish sells quick
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d. Fish Farming is profitable
e. No environmental hazards
There are a few risks involved in fish farming. Some of them include:
a. It being sensitive to manage
b. Capital Intensive
c. No by products

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1. Get a land
To start a Fish Farm, first and foremost, you need to secure a land. The best part of fish farming is that you can get any kind of land, even in a residential area. Look for a piece of land that is cheap or you can also use your backyard.

2. Construct a pond
There are two basic types of ponds: Earthen and Concrete. Concrete ponds are definitely more expensive. If you are going with a concrete pond, ensure the plumbing work is properly done. For an earthen pond, ensure there is a constant source of clean water that flows through the pond.

3. Get a good source of water.
It’s as simple as it sounds. You need to ensure that the water your fishes will be swimming in is neat and doesn’t contain toxins. This can cause serious harm to your fishes.

4. Get Your Fish
When you want to get your fish, ensure you are getting a high yield specie of the fish and always ensure you are getting it from a healthy farm.

5. Get Trained
You may have heard from several people how simple fish farming is, but don’t take their word for it. Trial and error is not something you want to do in any business. So get attached to a fish farm for proper apprenticeship.

Fish farming is definitely amongst the most lucrative businesses, but ensure you get it right. You will need good management skills and follow the acceptable standard.

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Proving she was bad, had never felt so good…

Amber walked right into a cliché when she found her fiance in bed with her best friend. With plenty of practice, she plans to discredit his claims that she is lousy in bed, but his warning that her physical scars repulse men is more difficult to bear.

Memories of his past have taught Ethan to keep women at a healthy distance. Instantly attracted to Amber, he finds it strange that she’s happy to indulge in a quickie in a shop doorway, yet resists his attempts to get her naked.

When her secrets are revealed, Ethan sets out to make Amber see that not only is she dynamite in bed, her scars in no way diminish how desirable she is. When Ethan enlists the help of his friend Marco and sets up a threesome, he hopes this will not only improve Amber’s sexual confidence, but will prevent him from losing his heart.

His hands didn’t stop as he reached around and with equal stealth drew down the short zipper of her dress. Slipping the other strap, he eased down the bodice.

Air brushed over her naked skin and she drew in a breath as her nipples were freed from their thin cotton covering.

Molten heat radiated from Ethan’s eyes as his gaze tracked down to her breasts. His breathing hitched, giving Amber spectacular pleasure in the knowledge her body had that effect on him. He toyed with her nipples, sending delicious heat burning down her body and zooming between her legs.

Amber’s head fell back as he continued the slow, delicious torture. When his thumbs left her nipples she murmured a complaint but then felt the hot, wet heat of his mouth cover her breast.

If she hadn’t been sitting, her legs might have collapsed because they felt liquid, numb. She squirmed with pleasure as his tongue began a slow, steady slide over her nipple. Circling, flicking. All the while the heat of his mouth covered her sensitive breast, sending delicious shivers through her body.

His free hand slid down to her knee and she opened her legs slightly as his fingers slipped over her thigh and moved upward. He drew his mouth from her breast and touched his lips to hers. “Wider,” he ordered, his tone dark and sexy as his mouth moved against hers.

Swallowing, Amber obliged. She wanted him to touch her, to slide his hand up, to use his fingers to satisfy the ache building between her legs. Desire swam deep in her core. It was a new, agonizingly pleasurable experience. Vaguely, she wondered if Ethan was deliberately making her wait, because his hand didn’t move from her thigh. Damn him. She wiggled her body closer, but still he didn’t take the hint. Was she doing something wrong?

Nerves pushed through the pleasure, making her wonder whether she really was so bloody bad at all this that Trevor had been right. She tensed at the thought, drawing her knees together and straightening up. She met Ethan’s gaze, puzzled to see dark desire still burning in his eyes. What was going on?

“I didn’t tell you to close your legs.” His tone was so low it was almost menacing, but Amber wasn’t afraid. In fact, her confidence soared. The eroticism of his voice, the predatory way his fingers walked up her thigh, the hooded eyes that gleamed their desire all indicated she was obviously doing something right.

Air brushed over her legs as the path of Ethan’s determined fingers pushed her skirt higher. “Open your legs, gorgeous. And don’t stop until I say it’s enough.”

Eagerly, she did as he said and opened her legs as wide as the tightness of her skirt would allow.

When she reached the limit, he smiled a feral smile. “That’ll do. For now.”

Amber swallowed again, her mouth dry but her pussy weeping with erotic anticipation.

His fingers reached toward her heat, then retreated as his hooded gaze drove into hers.

She wanted to scream at him to touch her, but he was already hoisting himself above her, pushing her slowly back until she was lying diagonally across the leather sofa. Her breasts were exposed, and Ethan took a long, leisurely perusal. He hooked his fingers into the top of her dress, which lay at her waist, and started pulling it down.

Naked, except for her sandals, she shivered.

Ethan remained fully dressed in his white linen shirt and trousers.

It was so hopelessly erotic, Amber licked her lips. “It’s not exactly fair,” she complained breathily as she ran her hands up his forearms. “We should even things up a bit.”

“What did you have in mind, green eyes?”

She caught her bottom lip between her teeth, managing to undo two buttons of his shirt before he caught her wrists. “Not yet.”

Amber looked up at him beneath lowered lashes. “Why not?”

He placed his knee between her legs and leaned over her until he could brace himself on his forearms. “Because I’ve got plans and they don’t involve me naked being just yet.”

Plans, Amber thought dazedly. What exactly did he have in store for her?

She didn’t have to wait long for the answer, because Ethan dropped his mouth to hers and began a slow, erotic kiss that made her head spin. His tongue teased, flicked, and probed, taunting her with the promise of what was to come when he finally got inside her. The spinning feeling intensified. Damn good thing she was lying down, because she felt completely boneless.

Ethan’s hot mouth moved to her neck, his lips toying with her earlobe before tracing down the side of her neck and to her throat. Lightly, he flicked his tongue over the little notch at her collarbone.

She bucked, her breath hitching. Hell. Who knew that was a particularly erogenous zone? She closed her eyes as his mouth moved lower, his tongue sliding over her breasts desperately close to her aching nipples. First to the left, then to the right. So close but so far away. She squirmed, trying to get her nipple to his mouth, but he was already sliding his tongue down the centre of her body.

He shifted her hips, angling her to him as he knelt on the floor. He circled her navel, touched the tip of his tongue to the centre so that Amber squirmed again. Ethan glanced up, his wicked mouth turned up at the corner. “Like that?”

“Like you don’t know,” she complained huskily.

He grinned. “Let’s find out what else you like.” With his hands on her thighs he eased them open, gave one last ridiculously sexy grin, and then lowered his head.

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Attorney Representation OPM Disability Retirement: The Grammar of Life

How we speak about the world; the words we use, the vocabulary inserted; and of the commas, hyphens and semicolons inserted; are they merely contained within the language games engaged, or are they reflective of a greater whole within aworld that views reality through the lens of language? Does what we say, how we speak, the words we choose and the accent intoned make a difference – and, if so, how, to whom and to what extent?

Certainly, it shapes how “others” see us, but what of our own self-image and the role we play in the everyday discourse of life?  When we refer to the “grammar of life”, the connotations and insinuations are endless; for, in this age of modernity, where most of us rarely encounter the objective world – except when crossing streets, sitting down for a meal or engaging in private acts otherwise unseen and unheard – but remain within the various “language games” of discourse, thoughts, self-reflection, analysis, contemplation and soliloquys.

Think about it; what amount of time is spent on reading, writing, responding to emails, getting on the computer, viewing, watching a movie, a video, discoursing with someone else, on our smartphones, texting, etc.?  In all such amalgamations of activities just described, we are merely engaging in the grammar of life – of the rules of speaking, emailing, texting, commenting, responding, initiating, etc.  The remainder – of actual engagement in the reality of this “objective” universe we must contend with – has become but a fragment of this surreal, virtual and insular world.

How much time have we spent on “perfecting” or otherwise becoming more skillful in maneuvering through the curves and pitches of this new reality?  Have we mastered the grammar of life, or are we just bumbling through the discourses as if reality is merely a byproduct and encountering the “world” is but a means to an end?

The Grammar of Life is important to recognize, because we spend a great deal more time in it than we recognize or admit to, and we were drawn into that alternative universe without any deliberative intent or acknowledgment of choice.

For Federal employees and U.S. Postal workers who are considering preparing, formulating and filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits through the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, whether the Federal or Postal employee is under FERS, CSRS or CSRS Offset, you need to prepare to engage a “special” section of the Grammar of Life when coming up against your Federal Agency, the Postal Service and OPM, when preparing an effective OPM Disability Retirement packet.

For, in the end, it is the “ultimate” of putting together a compendium of language games – from how the medical reports and records are presented; to the legal arguments made; to the fashioning of the Applicant’s Statement of Disability on SF 3112A – all constitute and are comprised of the Grammar of Life, and if you have not been preparing throughout your life to take on such a challenge, it may be a good idea to consult with an attorney who has honed the skills of what to say, how to say it, and when to say it, which are the three essential rules in the Grammar of Life.

Robert R. McGill, Esquire

Federal Disability Retirement Lawyer: The Disadvantage of the I-Thou Perspective

People tend to expect the best results; and when a Federal or Postal employee files for Federal Disability Retirement benefits through the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the applicant who is unrepresented and prepares, formulates and files the Federal Disability Retirement packet on his or her own believes that an approval is forthcoming at the First Stage of the Process.  Yet, often unaware and unbeknownst to the Federal or Postal applicant, the lack of separation between the I-Thou construct fails to provide a proper perspective of objectivity.

Allow me to expand and explain:  As the Federal or Postal employee who experiences the medical condition (the “I”) is the same person who prepares, formulates and files the Medical Retirement application (the “thou” from the perspective of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management), any sense of objectivity is often lost because the I and the Thou are one and the same person, and the Federal or Postal employee who experiences the medical condition is simultaneously the same one who is seeking an approval of the OPM Disability Retirement application.

Of course, that same scenario is repeated even if the application is filed through a Federal Disability lawyer (in the sense that the Federal or Postal employee still seeks to obtain an approval from OPM) with one major exception:  there is another “thou” perspective included and involved — that of the Federal lawyer representing the Federal or Postal employee who is seeking to have a Federal Disability Retirement application approved.

Objectivity is a crucial component of a Federal Disability Retirement application; that is why so many “silly” mistakes are injuriously embraced without self-knowledge or with disengaged awareness.  It is like the cook who loved the taste of arsenic, and thought that everyone else should as well; and so he sprinkled the deadly poison onto his own food and enjoyed the taste of his own creation, only to slowly die from the feed of his own foolishness.

There are many “kinds” in the arena of foolish endeavors:  There is the “quantitative approach” (“I sent them thousands of pages of treatment records”) which fails to ask the question, Who will read it all?  There is the “trusting soul”:  “I just signed a release and had them send it all directly to my Human Resource Office”.  Then, there is the person of naive disbelief:  “How could they not approve it with the medical conditions I suffer from?”

The problem with all of these is the lack of objective perspective; the I-Thou connection is now given the distance, separateness and objectivity necessary to determine the viability and effectiveness of each and every piece of the puzzle needed to put together a proper Federal Disability Retirement application.  Are there ever any guarantees in life?  No.  Can a lawyer who specializes in Federal Disability Retirement laws make a difference?  Yes.

Fortunately, unlike the metaphor arising from the cook and the salsa of arsenic, there are multiple stages within the administrative process of pursuing Federal Disability Retirement benefits through OPM, and a denial at the First Stage of the bureaucratic pathway is not irreversible, and does not result in the inertia of life rendered by ingestion of substances otherwise tasty but harmful.

Robert R. McGill, Esquire

Federal & Postal Disability Retirement: The Blank Canvas

For a painter, it is either the sight of uncontrollable delight, or a subtle sense of foreboding into depths of despondency; for the blank canvas represents two sides of a single coin:  an opportunity to do what one can, or the beginning of that which may be rejected by an unappreciative public eye.  But that is the inherent anomaly of every opportunity presented:  potential success, or possible failure.

That is why we carry around within us quips of self-appeasement, in order to lessen the weight of expected shortcomings:  “Nothing gained, nothing lost”; “It is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all”; the list of 100 successful people who failed at first; and other proverbial self-motivators.  Within such realms of fear and loathing for the future, however, is the truth of living:  Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Until one brushes the first dab of color upon a blank canvas, one will never experience the beauty of art, and while failure may never be the end product if one never begins, so success and the potential for human fulfillment can never be realized.  Unexpected circumstances in life often provide a basis for people to just “give up” in despair.

Medical conditions tend to be a foundational basis for such surrender to life’s inequities, and Federal employees and U.S. Postal workers who suffer from an unexpected medical condition, know better than most how unfair life can be.  Suddenly, the gush of accolades stops; the golden boy or girl of yesteryear is considered merely with a disdainful passing glance; and coworkers shun as if beset with a disease of contagion.  But Federal Disability Retirement is a benefit which is tantamount to a fresh and blank canvas:  it is an opportunity of sorts, and should be approached with the same rashness and expectation of delight as when once youth feigned ignorance of future forebodings.

Federal Disability Retirement allows for the Federal or Postal worker to have a fresh beginning, a new start, in painting a picture filled with bright colors and scenes of unanticipated opportunities.  While it may pay a base annuity of 60% of the average of one’s highest 3 consecutive years of Federal Service for the first year, then 40% every year thereafter, it is that financial bridge for future endeavors which must be considered.

It is a benefit accorded to all Federal and Postal employees who find that a medical condition now prevents them from performing one or more of the essential elements of the Federal or Postal job; but beyond the monetary benefits, it is also like the blank canvas which allows for a fresh start in a life often filled with gloom and despair, but where the plenitude of colors may yet be chosen with a steady hand for the future.

Robert R. McGill, Esquire

FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement for Employees from the Postal Service and Other Federal Agencies: Things That Go Bump in the Night

The nightmare of filing for FERS Disability Retirement in times of financial, emotional, and medical needs

Whether or not childhood fear and traumas have a long-term impact in determinable ways upon reactive capacities later in life; to what extent regularity of behaviors, consistency of habitual living, and early imprinting mechanisms influence subconscious firings of synapses, remains within the mysterious realm of esoteric knowledge investigated and analyzed by the coalescence of science, philosophy and psychology; but it is the lay person who must, during the process of unfolding discovery and wisdom, live the consequences of actions impacted by others.

Sometimes, however, it is not what others do, but rather, circumstances which manifest of untold trauma and misery, for which no explanation but a shrug of one’s shoulders can presume.  Medical conditions fall into that category.  How one reacts to it; the extent of the impact upon one’s life, livelihood and future; and the preparations one must undertake in order to secure the betterment for one’s life when once you get beyond the condition itself, if ever; these are all concerns and pathways of responsibilities which fall upon a person who suddenly finds him or herself with a medical condition of significant magnitude.

Whether physical in nature — where orthopedic pain, limitation of flexion and movement; chronic pain, profound fatigue, or neurological issues resulting from disc desiccation, internal derangement of joints, etc.; or of psychiatric issues encompassing the many complex diagnoses, including Bipolar Disorder, pain and anxiety issues, Major Depression, depressive disorders; it matters not in the end, for either and both impact those decisions which one must make in determining the pathway of one’s future.

For Federal employees and U.S. Postal workers who find that a medical condition impacts one or more of the essential elements of one’s job, consideration must always be given to filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits through the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, whether one is under FERS, CSRS or CSRS Offset.

For Federal Disability Retirement, preconditions and pre-existing conditions matter not; it is not like an OWCP claim where the focus of query may attempt to undermine a claim based upon the origin of the condition; and so the “how” and the “why” are not relevant issues, as in “how did it happen” or “why did it occur”?  The relevant inquiry does not encompass the “time before”; it does not delve into the deep reaches of one’s damaged psyche, or of preexistent traumas in the far recesses of damaged lives.

Whether or not things go bump in the night when once we become adults matters less, than the experiential trauma of having to deal with present issues that impact one immediately.  Taking care of life’s interruptions is a necessary component of living, and for Federal and Postal workers whose future avenue of livelihood is impacted by a medical condition, preparing, formulating and filing for Federal OPM Disability Retirement is of paramount importance.

Bumps always tend to occur in the night; it is what the “thing” is that we must identify and resolve, and what bodes for the uncertain future into which we must venture.

Robert R. McGill, Esquire


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Empowering employees through encouraging empathy

Empathy is one of the most important tools not just for spurring good entrepreneurship, but for enriching the lives of ourselves and those around us. To help more people access ways of understanding and expressing empathy in their daily lives, Vanessa Gill worked to create Social Cipher, a venture that seeks to use a gamification process to to teach empathy.

ABERMAN: We’re excited to have you, because Social Cipher is a great example of the kind of company that can really make a difference. Tell us a bit about Social Cipher: what it’s about, and how relates to your own life journey.

GILL: It starts with, actually, me and my story. So, I was raised by a single mom, and she raised my sister and me all on her own. That was fantastic growing up, I had a really good childhood. But what was really tough was, around the time that my mom lost her job, when I was 14, I was also diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome. As I had gotten my diagnosis, I just was very ashamed and bitter about it, and that was just because of the fact there wasn’t really representation around. It was mostly male-centered.

And because of that, I thought, well, if I’m not supposed to have feelings, if I’m not supposed to engage and have empathy with people, then why even try? I’m not going to engage, not even focus on that. So, I sort of shut off my emotions for a little while. And that worked, and I was able to just ignore this conundrum of human connection. But when my mom lost her job, it started to get tough. I was one of the only people there for her support. I realized that I needed to have that empathy, and I needed to show it to her.

A big misconception about the autism community is that we don’t have empathy. And that’s actually not true. We actually feel empathy just like anyone else. In fact, sometimes more than typically developing people. It’s just the expression of that empathy is where things get a little foggy. So, I just remember being in my mom’s office with her, as she was just staring at this computer screen full of bills that she couldn’t pay. I wanted to do something. I remember looking around the room, and trying to find some kind of logical solution to her pain. But I couldn’t find anything, and it was frustrating, and it made me want to explode, and I just wanted to help in some way, but I couldn’t.

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And you know, of course, the logical and easiest thing to do would have been to just go up to her, give her a hug, and tell her everything was gonna be OK. But I just could not find the words and the ways to do that. So, the next day, I ended up asking her to help me train my social skills. But without the money and time for therapy, she and I had to get really creative.

So, we turned every one of our outings into this new social puzzle. So, we would go out and have these conversations with people, and she’d have me report back and say, all right, what did this facial expression mean? What did this tone of voice mean? How did this work? We would connect that with music, which I was able to extract a lot easier, emotionally, than a human face. And we would put that together with movie scenes.

So, I created this sort of mental database in my head that I could play back and use in any social situation. And over six years of me just practicing and learning social skills like it was another language, I sort of looked back. I was a junior in college, and I was just sort of zoning out on my college reading.

And I thought about how far I had come, and how loved I had become, and just how much more confident I had become in myself. I wasn’t ashamed by my diagnosis anymore. I realized that it was the superpower that allowed me to connect things the way I did. But then, I looked back, and I thought about all of these other kids that may not have had the resources and the time and money, just like I did. I thought, what about them? And so, that’s kind of how Social Cipher began.

ABERMAN: And it’s a social venture, and now you have this gamification, this technology that, it sounds like you’ve taken the years that you and your mother worked together, and you’ve reduced it to something that anybody can access. Is that right?

GILL: Yeah, exactly. So, we found that there were three needs in the autism therapy community that weren’t being met. One of them was retaining engagement outside of the therapy office, for these kids. It takes a lot of parent and child effort, outside the office, to retain the things they learn in therapy. And if that’s not an engaging thing, these kids don’t feel comfortable, and they don’t feel ready to learn. The other thing was empowerment. So, giving these kids the self-determination to use their social skills, and their newly learned things in the outside world, and giving them the representation they need to be able to say, hey, I know these people with autism, they’re doing great. That means I can do great too.

ABERMAN: So, as you take a look at this platform, and you think about it, how do you look at people who have the innate ability to feel empathy, and don’t use it?

GILL: In business, especially in business, a lot of the time, many people in the world could be using a whole lot more empathy. I think our direct work with kids and families in the autism community, and being able to build trust with them, being able to see how they live their daily lives and what daily frustrations they face, helps us make a game that actually meets these families’ needs. We’re not just going to a moot point, and creating this fake thing for a fake solution for a fake problem.

I think it can help you be more productive in your business, understanding the needs of your people, just for the sake of understanding them. There’s so many rewarding moments I have, where my interviews of families and parents turn into these 45 minute things, where we just talk about, you know, am I being a good parent? Is everything okay? And me just sort of reassuring them. The fact that you care, and you’re empathetic, is what is direct going to drive these kids, and ultimately make them successful. You are doing fine. And that’s just such an incredibly rewarding thing, that I would never really be able to get without being empathetic with people, and being able to express that empathy.

ABERMAN: You know, I love that you’ve taken all this energy, and you’re doing a social venture, and I love what’s going on over at Halcyon, where I know you’re working their program. What’s the biggest difference between a for-profit and a social venture?

GILL: I think the biggest difference between just a normal for-profit and social venture is, when times get really tough, when your team has trouble, when profits aren’t too great, and when things are just kind of spiraling out of control, when you are at the bottom and just hitting rock bottom, the thing that brings you back up, and keeps you moving, is these kids. It’s these people that you’re working for. It’s the things they’ve said to you. Like after a test, we do these little puppet shows, and I remember one of the first little girls we tested with told us she loved us so much, and that she was just so happy. And those smiles, just remembering that, that’s what gets you out when things are just horrible.

ABERMAN: As we think about Social Cipher, we think about your life journey, you’re a great example, I think, of an entrepreneur who takes personal experience, brings it together to work a problem, and then with your passion, you’re actually making a material difference in tens of thousands of people’s lives. Vanessa, it was great having you on the show today. Thanks for joining us.

GILL: Thank you so much, Jonathan.

ABERMAN: That was Vanessa Gill, at Social Cipher.


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  • to provide opportunities for lower income citizens and volunteers to build community food security through gleaning, community gardening, advocacy and other community building activities.
  • to provide the opportunity for “every one” of our members to actively participate, donating their time and resources, to further our efforts. We give a hand up, not just a hand out.
  • to create a network of people by which food, that may otherwise be wasted or tilled under, is recovered and distributed by and for our members.
  • to distribute weekly supplemental groceries and, for those that need it, firewood.

  • Coastal Harvest is a gleaning organization that was started in the summer of 2003 to help low income people with food security.
  • Those interested in joining are asked to give up to eight hours a month in volunteer service in exchange for a box of food each Wednesday. “We give a ‘hand up,’ not just a ‘hand out’ to low income people living in the Bandon area and up to 15 miles outside of city limits,”
  • Coastal Harvest is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and is a part of the South Coast Food Share network, under the Oregon Food Bank and is an equal opportunity provider.
    *quoted from Bandon Western World article, June 2010.

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In the middle of the London Blitz, devious nuns sell orphan Peter Pan to a band of space pirates (some of whom are also clowns), who whisk him away to the mines of Neverland and the domain of Blackbeard, a time-traveling fascist dictator who huffs down crushed rock-form fairy dust in a vaporizer mask. Blackbeard has picket-fence teeth and skin like chalk, and he hops around in a suit of armor and calf-high red stockings while his pirates and child slaves bray “Smells Like Teen Spirit” from the mine pits below. His flying ships, fitted with searchlights, patrol Neverland, a volcanic island suspended in an expanse of interstellar cloud—home to bioelectric mermaids, flocks of flying fish, and natives who wear combat boots and yarn and bleed colored dust.

Hugh Jackman, nominal star of Pan, plays Blackbeard as a towering diva, bald head covered in a discount Bela Lugosi wig, beard styled into a Van Dyke. Somehow, he isn’t even the strangest presence in the movie, at least not as long as Garrett Hedlund is on screen, playing Captain Hook as “Indiana Jones with severe lockjaw.” And neither of them really stands a chance against a backdrop that is effectively one big 3-D toy theater of kitsch and derivative aesthetics. (Reference points here include, but are not limited to: Moulin Rouge, X-Men: First Class, The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, and 1941.) In short, there is a lot going on here, and none of it has jack to do with J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, Or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up.

Having chucked out everything that makes Peter Pan what it is (i.e., all that stuff about childhood, growing up, and make-believe), writer Jason Fuchs and director Joe Wright instead twist it into the kind of fairy-tale blockbuster that audiences seem to like, or at least tolerate: The one about the capital-C, capital-O Chosen One who is destined to defeat some big bad villain. (Cue talk of “The Pan,” prophesied savior of Neverland, whose parents died fighting Blackbeard and who will be known by his pan-pipe necklace and ability to fly, etc., etc.) Here, one could make the same points that have been made over and over about all the other movies and YA franchises in which protagonism is an inherited condition; perhaps it’s better to just note that a hero without agency isn’t really a hero, and move on. The thing about clichés is that it’s hard to say anything new about them.

Wright’s last movie, the Tom Stoppard-scripted Anna Karenina, was a heap of façades, theatrical devices, and expressionist effects scrambled with tony melodrama—an unusual adaptation, though not necessarily a personal one, with a surplus of motifs that never quite flourished into themes. (See also: Wright’s earlier Hanna, a movie in which fairy-tale imagery symbolized… fairy tales.) Turning Peter (newcomer Levi Miller) into a generic questing boy hero leaves a whole lot of blank space, which Pan covers in elaborate, eye-catching doodles—an escape via steampunk cable car here, a Ramones musical number there, and an extended animated sequence to top it all off. Sometimes, the aspect ratio switches so that swords can pop out over the edge of the frame; at other points, the color palette gets graded down into the cyan-and-warm-tones look of primitive two-strip Technicolor, à la The Aviator.

It’s hard to make the case that any of this means anything, or is even supposed to, and how much a given viewer gets out of Pan is probably proportional to how much they enjoy pure bric-a-brac and the occasional silly sight gag—or, conversely, how much they can stomach nudge-nudge references to Barrie’s source material. At once thinly conceived and maddeningly over-designed, irreverent and over-serious, and chock-full of strained references (to World War II, environmentalism, and drugs, among other things) and creepy violence, Pan is an elaborate flight of fancy with no vision—which makes it strangely compelling in spots.


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Croton Eleuteria

Botanical Name .: Croton Eleuteria
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Croton
Species: C. eluteria
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Malpighiales

Synonyms:  Sweetwood Bark. Sweet Bark. Bahama Cascarilla. Elutheria. Clutia Eleuteria. Cascarillae Cortex. Cortex Thuris. Aromatic Quinquina. False Quinquina.

Common Names:   Cascarilla
Habitat:   Croton Eleuteria  is native to the Caribbean.  ( The Bahama Islands. }
Croton Eleuteria is a small tree rarely reaching 20 feet in height, with scanty, alternate, ovate-lanceolate leaves, averaging 2 inches long, closely-scaled below, giving a metallic silver-bronze appearance, with scattered, white scales above. The flowers are small, with white petals, and very fragrant, appearing in March and April. The scented bark is fissured, and pale yellowish brown. It is imported from Nassau, in New Providence.

The quills of dried bark average 2 inches in length, and 3/8 inch in thickness. They are often furrowed in both directions, so that they appear to be chequered. The outer, thin, corky layer is white, often covered with a fine lichen ( Verrucaria albissima). The second layer is brownish, and sometimes shows through. The bark is hard and compact, breaking with a short, resinous fracture. The taste is nauseating, warm and bitter, and the odour agreeable and aromatic, especially when burned, resembling weak musk, so that it is used in fumigating pastilles, and sometimes mixed with tobacco, though in the latter case some regard it as being liable to cause giddiness and symptoms of intoxication….click & see the pictures

Part Used in medicine:  The dried bark.

Chemical constituents :
Croton Eleuteria bark contains anywhere between 1 and 3% volatile oils, a unique series of diterpenoid compounds called Cascarillins, lignins, tannin, and resins. There are also a long list of aromatic terpene and diterpene compounds, including pinene, vanillin, D-limonene, and thujene.

Medicinal Uses:
An aromatic, bitter tonic, with possibly narcotic properties. It is used in dyspepsia, intermittent and low fevers, diarrhoea and dysentery. It is a stimulant to mucous membranes, and in chronic bronchitis is used as an expectorant; while it is valuable in atonia dyspepsia, flatulence, chronic diarrhcea, nocturnal pollutions, debility and convalescence. Added to cinchona, it will arrest vomiting caused by that drug. The leaves can be infused for a digestive tea,

Other Uses:   The bark yields a good, black dye. The volatile oil is used  as   fumigant.

Disclaimer : The information presented herein is intended for educational purposes only. Individual results may vary, and before using any supplement, it is always advisable to consult with your own health care provider

Veronica americana

Botanical Name : Veronica americana
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Veronica
Species: V. americana
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Lamiales

Common Names : American Brooklime or American Speedwell

Habitat : Veronica americana  is  native to temperate and arctic Asia and North America  where it grows in streams and bottomlands

It is a herbaceous perennial with glabrous stems 10–100 cm long that bear terminal or axillary racemes or spikes of soft violet flowers. The leaves are 1.5–8 cm long and 3 to 20 times as long as wide, short-petiolate, glabrous, serrate to almost entire.

• Flower size: 1/4 inch across
Flower color: blue
Flowering time: May to September

Edible Uses:
American Speedwell is edible and nutritious and is reported to have a flavor similar to watercress.

Medicinal Uses:
American speedwell is primarily used as an expectorant tea, which is said to help move bronchial congestion and make coughing more productive.  It also has astringent and diuretic qualities

Native Americans used Veronica species as an expectorant tea to alleviate bronchial congestion associated with asthma and allergies. The plant can be confused with Skullcap and other members of the mint family. Members of the mint family have square sided stems, and Veronica species have rounded stems, and are easily distinguished from skullcap

Disclaimer:The information presented herein is intended for educational purposes only. Individual results may vary, and before using any supplements, it is always advisable to consult with your own health care provider.

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Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens)

Botanical Name: Pelargonium graveolens
Family :Geraniaceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Geraniales
Genus: Pelargonium
Species: P. graveolens
Common Names :  Geranium

Common names include rose geranium, old fashion rose geranium, and rose-scent geranium. Pelargonium graveolens is also known by taxonomic synonyms “Geranium terebinthinaceum Cav.” and Pelargonium terebinthinaceum (Cav.) Desf.” “Rose geranium” is sometimes used to refer to “Pelargonium incrassatum (Andrews) Sims” or its synonym “Pelargonium roseum – the herbal name- (Andrews) DC.” Commercial vendors often list the source of geranium or rose geranium essential oil as Pelargonium graveolens regardless of its herbal botanical name.

:Pelargonium genus, is indigenous to various parts of southern Africa, and in particular South Africa.This specific species has great importance in the perfume industry. It is cultivated on a large scale and its foliage is distilled for its scent. P. graveolens cultivars have a wide variety of smells, including rose, citrus, mint, coconut and nutmeg, as well as various fruits. However, the most commercially important varieties are those that have rose scents.

Pelargonium graveolens is an erect, much-branched shrub, that can reach a height of up to 1,3 m and a spread of 1 m. The hairy stems are herbaceous when young, becoming woody with age. The deeply incised leaves are velvety and soft to the touch due to the presence of numerous glandular hairs. The leaves are strongly rose-scented. The showy white to pinkish flowers are borne in an umbel-like inflorescence and are present from late winter to summer (August – January) peaking in spring (September – October).Mint Scented Rose Geranium is one of the best all around Scented Geraniums. It has great variegation, good size, nice pink flowers and a great fragrance.

Cultivation :
Pelargonium graveolens grows very well in moist, semi-shaded positions in the garden where it can be used as filler. Its velvety leaves add texture to the planting. This species also makes a good container or hanging basket subject, provided it is kept in a semi shade position. Pelargonium graveolens responds well to feeding with liquid organic fertilizers. Use a suitable systemic insecticide if whiteflies are observed feeding on the plants.

This plant can be propagated by means of stem and tip cuttings, or seed. Cuttings root well when dipped into a suitable rooting hormone and then placed in trays filled with coarse river sand. The trays should be kept in coldframes. Optimum rooting time is autumn (March-May) and spring (September-November). Seed can be sown in spring, summer or autumn.

Pelargonium distillates and absolutes, commonly known as “geranium oil,” is sold for aromatherapy and massage therapy applications is sometimes used to supplement or adulterate more expensive rose oils. Other applications include

*Natural insect repellent
*Cake ingredient (flowers and leaves)
*Jam and jellies ingredient (flowers and leaves)
*Ice creams and Sorbets ingredient (flowers and leaves)
*Salad ingredient (flowers)
*Sugar flavouring (leaves)

Medicinal  Uses:
Abrasions/Cuts * Burns/SunBurn * Depression * Diarrhea * Facial and Skin care * Fungus Infections * Insect Repellent * Scabies * Stress *
Properties: Astringent* Cisatrisant* Diuretic* Hemostatic* Sedative* Skin tonic* Vulnerary* Analgesic* Anti-inflammatory* Insect repellents* Stimulant* Antifungal*
Parts Used: Leaves

Pelargoniums were used in South African cultures as a traditional medicine for healing wounds, abscesses, cold sores, sore throats and infections, and continue to have a wide array of uses in the garden, kitchen and medicine cabinet.

Disclaimer:The information presented herein is intended for educational purposes only. Individual results may vary, and before using any supplements, it is always advisable to consult with your own health care provider.

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Propolis,The Bee Product have Beneficial Effects For Health

Various products derived from the beehive have been studied and propolis has proved to be a product having beneficial results for human health.

Propolis (Pro-before, Polis-city = defense of the city), is the resinous substance that bees gather from the leaf buds of trees and certain vegetables.

The bee gathers this and transforms it in order to disinfect the beehive, seal cracks, build panels, as well as using it as a microbiocidal agent, disinfectant and also for embalming intruders otherwise difficult to expel due to their size.

Propolis, thus, is directly responsible for guaranteeing the asepsis of the beehives, locations prone to developing viruses and bacteria, given their conditions of temperature and humidity.

Due to the great number of active ingredients present, tincture (alcoholic extract) of propolis is well known and used for its therapeutic properties, principally for its stimulant action on the organism’s defense system. Notable amongst its properties are its antioxidant and anti-microbial action, its activity as a stimulant and its healing, analgesic, anesthetic and anti-inflammatory activity.

To date, in the literature consulted, no antioxidant capacity values have been found greater than those obtained for propolis, for any of the products/foods analyzed, using this type of methodology.

Sources: Medical News Today October 28, 2009

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Rhamnus purshiana (Cascara Sagrada)

Bnical Name :Rhamnus cathartica
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Rhamnus
Subgenus: Frangula

Synonyms : Cervispina cathartica (L.) Moench,  Frangula purshiana, Rhamnus purshianus

Common Name: Cascara Buckthorn, Cascara, Bearberry, and in the Chinook Jargon, Chittam or Chitticum; Common Buckthorn

Habitat: Cascara sagrada is native to  Europe, including Britain, from Scandanavia south and east to N. Africa and W. Asia.  It grows in fen peat, scrub, hedges, ash and oak woods, on calcareous often dry soils.
Parts Used:Dried aged bark

Cascara sagrada is a small deciduous tree that grows from 15-20 feet in height. It has pubescent stems covered with reddish-brown bark and often gray lichen. The tree bears dark green elliptic to oblong-ovate leaves with prominent veins and toothed margins. The leaves are rounded at the base and have somewhat hairy undersides. Short-stemmed clusters of small, greenish-white flowers grow from the upper leaf axils; they eventually produce black, pea-sized drupes that are poisonous.

The bark is brownish to silver-grey with light splotching. The leaves are deciduous, alternate, clustered near the ends of twigs; they are oval, 5–15 cm long and 2–5 cm broad with a 0.6–2 cm petiole, dark shiny green on top, fuzzy and paler green below. The flowers are tiny, 4–5 mm diameter, with five greenish yellow petals; the flowering season is brief, disappearing by early summer. The fruit is a berry 6–10 mm diameter, bright red at first, quickly maturing deep purple or black, and containing three seeds.

It grows in moist, acidic soils in the shady side of clearings or in the marginal forest understory, near the edges of mixed deciduous-coniferous forests. It typically grows as a second-generation tree after alders have colonized a barren plot of land.

Succeeds in any reasonably good soil. Prefers a dry or moist calcareous soil in sun or light dappled shade. This species is hardy to at least -15°c. Plants regenerate well after cutting or burning but young plants are rather prone to frost damage when grown in an exposed position. Plants are resistant to cattle grazing but young plants can be damaged by rabbits. Plants have a very shallow root system. This species often bears the aecidospore stage of ‘crown rust’ of oats so it should not be grown near cereals. The species in this genus are notably resistant to honey fungus. A good bee plant and a main food plant for the brimstone butterfly. Dioecious. Male and female plants must be grown if seed is required.

Propagation :
Seed – best sown as soon as it is ripe in the autumn in a cold frame. Stored seed will require 1 – 2 months stratification at 5°c and should be sown as early in the year as possible in a cold frame. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle, and grow them on in the greenhouse or cold frame for their first winter. Plant them out in late spring or early summer of the following year. Cuttings of half-ripe wood, July/August in a frame. Cuttings of mature wood of the current year’s growth, autumn in a frame. Layering in early spring.

Medicinal Uses:Constipation, Colon Disorders, Liver Problems, Poor Digestion, Colitis, Hemorrhoids, Skin Problems.
The dried, aged bark of this tree has been used continually for at least 1,000 years by both native and immigrant Americans as a laxative natural medicine, commercially called “Cascara Sagrada“, but old timers call it “chitticum bark”.

Cascara is a very effective laxative, containing hydroxymethyl anthraquinones that cause peristalsis of the large intestine, emodin and other rhamnoid glycosides. It has been used as such by many First Nations groups. For example, Cascara bark tea was drunk as a laxative by Nuxalk, Coast Salish, Nuu-chah-hulth, and Kwakwakawakw, and a decoction of the inner bark and water was used as a remedy for dysentery. The bark is often aged before use so it will be less likely to cause nausea. First introduced to Europe in 1877, about 3 million pounds of the bark is harvested annually for use in commercial laxatives.  Squaxin used a Cascara infusion to wash sores–sometimes people chewed the bark and then spit it on sores. The bark has also been used to treat heart strain, internal strains, and biliousness. Skagit people burn the bark and mix the charcoal with grease to rub on swellings, and also have employed the bark in a green dye for mountain goat wool. Makah eat the fresh berries in July and August. Internally used for chronic constipation, colitis, digestive complaints, hemorrhoids, liver problems, and jaundice.  It is a medium-strength laxative and somewhat weaker than Rhubarb root and Senna leaf.   Externally used to deter nail biting.

Cascara Sagrada means “sacred bark” in Spanish. The much more pertinent name chitticum means “shit come” in Chinook Jargon; chittam comes from the Chinook Jargon phrase chittam stick = “laxative tree” which is similarly from the English word “shit”.

The bark is harvested mostly from wild trees; over-harvesting in the middle 1900s eliminated mature trees near many settled areas. Once stripped from the tree, the bark is aged for about 1 year to make its effect milder. Fresh cut, dried bark causes vomiting and violent diarrhea.

Short term side effects of Cascara Sagrada herb:
A medline search did not reveal any significant short term cascara sagrada side effects as long as it is not used for more than a week or two at a time without a break. It is best to avoid cascara sagrada if you have a chronic intestinal condition such as ulcerative colitis, or diverticular disease.

Long term cascara sagrada side effects:
When cascara sagrada or other anthraquinone containing plants are used for prolonged periods, potentially serious side effects can occur. These cascara sagrada side effects may include cramping in the abdomen and loss of body fluids. Dark pigmentation in the colon can occur and this is called melanosis coli.

Cascara Sagrada Research Update:
Colon cleansing regimens. A clinical study in 1200 patients.
Gastrointest Radiol. 1982;7(4):383-9
The purgative effect of bisacodyl, anthraquinone glycosides ( Cascara sagrada ), and sodium picosulfate, alone or in combination with a saline purge and a tap water enema, was studied in 1200 patients. The cleansing effect was scored with regard to retained fecal residue evident on double-contrast studies of the colon. The combination of a contact laxative and a saline purge produced good cleansing effect in 52%-80% of the patients. With an additional tap water enema given 1 hour before the colon examination, however, 96% of the colons were clean. The taste and the effects of the cleansing systems were tolerated favorably by more than 90% of the patients. However, 17% reported restriction in work capacity on the day of bowel cleansing.

Other Uses:
Dye; Hedge; Hedge; Wood.

A green dye is obtained from the immature fruit. Mixed with gum arabic and limewater, it makes a green pigment used in watercolour painting. Yellow, orange and brownish dyes can also be obtained. The colours are rich but fugitive. A yellow dye is obtained from the bark. It has been used to colour paper and maps. Often grown as an informal hedge, it is also amenable to trimming. Wood – hard, handsome with a marble-like grain. Used for small turnery.

Known Hazards: The fruit is purgative but not seriously poisonous. Other parts of the plant may also be poisonous. Adverse effects: Diarrhoea, weakness. Urine may turn dark yellow or red which is harmless. Possible body potassium loss if used for more than 10 consecutive days

The information presented herein is intended for educational purposes only. Individual results may vary, and before using any supplements, it is always advisable to consult with your own health care provider.

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