Health

Exempt Motorcycles & ATVs from lead testing

Fri, 6 Feb 2009 12:0:40 CST

The US Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), responding to the threats caused by lead found in children's toys (mostly from China) has implemented broad sweeping product requirements that will make it illegal to sell motorcycles & ATVs targeted to those age 12 and under. Manufacturers, dealers and parents that ride all understand that kids just don't chew, lick or ingest parts of and/or their motorcycles and ATVs and small displacement motorcycles and ATVs are not just for kids (E.g the Pit Bike Industry, new riders, wives, etc...) While anything is possible, not all things are likely. So, these requirements defy common sense, will not have a measurable impact on child safety, but will unduly harm the powersports industry during turbulent economic times and will deny our kids and future enthusiasts from participating in a positive and healthy sport and family oriented activity. This petition will be referenced in a letter written by ThumperTalk.com on behalf of its half a million monthly visitors, used as support in the case to exempt motorcycles and ATVs from these new product requirements. The letter will be submitted to the US CPSC as public testimony concerning this issue. Sign and send to all you know. We need to show that many others feel the same way about this as we do. Your kids and future riders are depending upon your action today! Thanks in advance for your efforts. Sincerely, ThumperTalk.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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ThumperTalk.com, in an effort to focus the efforts in this fight and to reduce fragmentation, we've partnered with State Representative Tom Self of Missouri as our Commander in Chief. He knows how to navigate Washington, this isn't his first rodeo fighting bogus legislation, and since his family rides, he has a personal stake in the fight. The signatures to this petition will not be wasted and since you're already here, still take the less than 30 seconds it takes to sign it. But, when you're done, go to http://www.tomself.com/ and follow his instructions on how to get in the fight.

Ban "Comic Sans"

Wed, 2 Nov 2005 06:0:45 CST

In 1995 Microsoft released the font Comic Sans originally designed for comic book style talk bubbles containing informational help text. Since that time the typeface has been used in countless contexts from restaurant signage to college exams to medical information. These widespread abuses of printed type threaten to erode the very foundations upon which centuries of typographic history are built. While we recognize the font may be appropriate in a few specific instances, our position is that the only effective means of ending this epidemic of abuse is to completely ban Comic Sans. We understand font selection is a matter of personal preference and that many people may disagree with us. Those who do not share our views should visit the Comic Sans Appreciation Society and the Illustrated History of Comic Sans. We believe in the sanctity of typography and that the traditions and established standards of this craft should be upheld throughout all time. From Gutenberg's letterpress to the digital age, type in all forms is sacred and indispensable. Type is a voice; its very qualities and characteristics communicate to readers a meaning beyond mere syntax. Early type designing and setting was so laborious that it is a blasphemy to the history of the craft that any fool can sit down at their personal computer and design their own typeface. Technological advances have transformed typography into a tawdry triviality. The patriarchs of this profession were highly educated men. However, today the widespread heretical uses of this medium prove that even the uneducated have opportunities to desecrate this art form; therefore, destroying the historical integrity of typography. Like the tone of a spoken voice, the characteristics of a typeface convey meaning. The design of the typeface is, in itself, its voice. Often this voice speaks louder than the text itself. Thus when designing a "Do Not Enter" sign the use of a heavy-stroked, attention-commanding font such as Impact or Arial Black is appropriate. Typesetting such a message in Comic Sans would be ludicrous. Though this is sort of misuse is frequent, it is unjustified. Clearly, Comic Sans as a voice conveys silliness, childish naivete, irreverence, and is far too casual for such a purpose. It is analogous to showing up for a black tie event in a clown costume. We are summoning forth the proletariat around the globe to aid us in this revolution. We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance. We believe in the gospel message "ban comic sans." It shall be salvation to all who are literate. By banding together and signing this petition to eradicate this font from the face of the earth we strive to ensure that future generations will be liberated from this epidemic and never suffer this scourge that is the plague of our time. So join in our quest, and BAN Comic Sans. Relevant URLs: http://www.bancomicsans.com http://www.microsoft.com/typography/web/fonts/comicsns http://www.tripwire.net.nz

Phenylketonuria

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 19:1:12 CDT

I am requesting to the FDA that Phenylalanine information needs to be printed onto the Nutrition Facts on all packaged foods. The reason I feel the necessity for this information on food packages is, my son was diagnosed with Phenylketonuria (PKU) which has made me acutely aware of the difficulties encountered by all PKU patients and parents of children diagnosed. Like most people I had no idea what the disease even was. The body produces amounts of phenylalanine (phe), which is amino-acid found in protein. With both the body producing phe and the intake of protein/phe is too much for their bodies. Which can result in a build-up of phe deposits causing seizures, learning disabilities and mental retardation and all are irreversible. A PKU patient’s life is extremely difficult to manage and if the information was provided in the food’s package this information would help to alleviate some of the difficulty involved with managing the diet.

BAN WORLD OF WARCRAFT!

Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:1:18 CDT

World of Warcraft is a danger to society, normal everyday people who fall victim to this disease lose all ability to commune with the outside world. all motivation to socialise in the real world is lost, in favour of "living" in this vitual world. anyone who prioritises their rating in a game over their real-world lives is obviously mentally defective, and thus WoW is a contagious mental disease and must be wiped out for the sake of all humanity. Join the fight against WoW today... before it comes for you! -dr. dil ;)

Fois Gras Delicacy of Dispair

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:1:48 CDT

Several South African restaurants have foie gras on the menu. This cruelly obtained item can surely be replaced by any one of a number of exotic alternatives. I am trying to get something going regarding banning the sale of foie gras in cape town restaurants. I ask you to help get the ball rolling and lead the trend in compassionate dining - helping to get rid of this awful item on the menu. People around the world have spoken out against the cruelty of foie gras. Chicago banned the sale of this cruel product in 2006. His holiness pope benedict xvi denounced force-feeding as being in violation of biblical principles, and foie gras production has been outlawed in the u.k., germany, the czech republic, finland, luxembourg, norway, poland, sweden, switzerland, denmark, and israel. Foie gras birds are kept in tiny wire cages or packed into sheds. Pipes are repeatedly shoved down the birds' throats, and up to 2 kgs of grain and fat are pumped into their stomachs two or three times every day. The pipes puncture many birds' throats, sometimes causing the animals to bleed to death. This cruel procedure causes the birds' livers to become diseased and swell to up to 10 times their normal size. It is literally diseased tissue that is served up with relish and at an awful cost - to the patrons too.

Support wellness of Canadians with a disability through physical activity

Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:1:53 CDT

We request that the Government of Canada support the wellness of Canadians with a disability through healthy active living.

Advocure has been lobbying to have the NF Consortium award expanded to include NF2

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 01:1:13 CDT

Please sign A petition letter to be sent to the NFRP to get NF2 included in this new award mechanism, in which all we are asking you to do is sign your name, number of surgeries, and losses of function. If you have family members or significant others who are not on crew, and also wish to support this petition, please add their name and address as well ( obviously with no surgeries/tumor list, if they do not have NF2). We believe that our non –NF2 family/friends also should have a voice, since the pain and anguish of how NF2 affects our lives is experienced by all those around us. From the Advocure Team.

Bring Epocrates to Android (Google Phone)

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:0:37 CST

Epocrates is a great resources that allows people in the medical field to have easy access to pharmaceutical information. It is used by physicians, nurses, pharmacists, students, etc. They already have Epocrates for the iPhone/iTouch, Blackberry, PalmOS, and Windows Mobile/Smartphone. I have inquired about Epocrates for the Open source Android platform developed by google, but it seems that Epocrates feels there is not enough interest as of yet to justify it\'s development. Currently the only phone on the market using Google\'s Android platform is T-mobile\'s G1 aka the Google Phone, but there will be more phones by the end of 2009. The Open Handset Alliance (OHA)is a large conglomerate of Carriers and Handset manufacturers that support this open source operating system, so one would think that it would only benefit Epocrates Inc to have there software available to Android/Google Phone users. I intend on purchasing a Google phone sometime, but the online thing holding me back is the lack of Epocrates. The purpose of this petition is to try to gather enough support to show both Epocrates and Google, that the demand is there, and it is only to their benefit to have Epocrates available. ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: alphapenguin on October 11, 2009, 5:59:02 pm ---------------------------------------------------- As of 10/11/09 more and more android devices are coming to the market, and on different carriers as well. We have: T-Mobile: HTC G1, HTC Mytouch3g, (soon) Motorola Cliq, Samsung Behold II Sprint: HTC Hero, (soon) Samsung Moment, Verizon: (soon) Motorola Shole, Samsung InstinctQ ATT: (soon) HTC Lancaster others: Samsung Galazy i700, Dell Mini 3i, LG GW620, Sony Ericsson Xperia X3, Tmobile Pulse, Acer A1, HTC Tattoo... not to mention the other android devices available in other parts of the world. This is not an exhaustive list, since the different carriers/manufacturers are constantly bringing new devices to the table. Now if we can just get ePocrates to start developing for the Android platform. I can stop lugging my old Palm around and just use my Android (myTouch3g) phone! ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: alphapenguin on October 14, 2009, 9:52:01 pm ---------------------------------------------------- It looks like ePocrates did realize that were are out here waiting to DL/Buy their software. I found this from their website: Question Is Epocrates available for Android phones? Answer Thank you for your interest in Epocrates for the Android operating system. Epocrates is currently working on a native mobile application for the platform. In the meantime, Epocrates Online drug and formulary reference is optimized for mobile web browsing and can be accessed on the Android. Select an Online product here. If you have not already contacted us about this matter, please click here to send us email so that we can notify you at launch. Keep the petition going and maybe they will get moving and get it released already! ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: alphapenguin on November 5, 2009, 8:08:30 pm ---------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION! Epocrates for Android usability testers needed! here is the info I received from epocrates team, if you fit this criteria, please send me an email @ alexosu at hotmail dot com with your information and I will pass it on to them: ----------------------------- Thank you again for your ongoing support of Epocrates! As you know, Epocrates is currently working on a native application for the Android operating system that we plan to launch by the end of the year. Thanks again for helping us recruit some usability testers! Here�s what we\'re looking for: - Healthcare professional (MD, DO, Medical Students, NP, Pharmacists, PAs, etc.) - Local -- Bay Area Northern CA (willing to come to our San Mateo, CA office) - Prior experience with Epocrates products on a mobile device(s) - Currently uses an Android device - Testing will occur end of next week (Nov 12/13) and will require 1 hr of time ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: alphapenguin on November 8, 2009, 10:57:48 pm ---------------------------------------------------- For more information see the forum associate with this page.

runescape sucks

Mon, 16 Jan 2006 01:0:04 CST

if runescape was good the sky would be green and jamie oliver wouldnt be gay (no offense jamie)whats the point in it its not even 2d its bloody 1d its sooo crap it takes 5000000000000000000000000000 years to level up there is no point in it what so ever you get bugger all from getting to level 100 apart from you paying for it SCABBY BASTARDS it takes over your life and turns you into a reaaly fat flumpy thing which never goes out. to all runescape fans you all should die slowly and painfully

Protect Your Children Against Sex Offenders

Mon, 1 Aug 2005 21:1:48 CDT

Inconsistencies and loopholes are weakening the ability of our law enforcement agencies to keep track of dangerous sex offenders, know of their constant whereabouts, where they live and whether they have registered their names into a sex offender registry. Here are just a few of many examples of this frightening reality: Plea bargains are allowing sex offenders to enjoy lighter sentences and release conditions. This needs to stop. News-Journal reports that a 41 year old former sheriff deputy in Texas successfully plea bargained to a lesser offense. Because of that this sex offender escaped the requirement to be entered into a sex offender registry. The offender is charged with having a sexual relationship with a minor (14 year old girl). Lawyers defending sex offenders are asking judges and juries to grant lighter sentences for their convicted sex offender clients. These lawyers need to look at the bigger picture and how lighter sentences might impact the safety and protection needs of the communities at large. A report by the Herald Net reveals that David Hill�s lawyer is attempting to acquire a special sentence that would net this sex offender only 6 months in a county jail in return for undergoing treatment. The normal sentence could put Hill in prison for up to 10 years. In May of 2005, David Hill was convicted of six counts of sexual crimes, which involved videotaping three teenagers - including his girlfriend�s 13-year-old son and 17-year-old daughter - and engaging in sex acts with minors. There can not be any exceptions to the conditions and parameters of the sentences given by the courts to convicted sex offenders. Gainesville.com reports that in 2004, a sex offender by the name of Michael Greathouse pleaded no contest to charges of lewd and lascivious molestations on a 14 year old child. He was sentenced to 2 years of house arrest followed by 6 years of sex offender probation. Yet he was allowed by the courts to continue living in his house, which is located less than 1000 feet from an elementary school. According to Florida laws, sex offenders cannot live within 1000 feet of school grounds. Our laws need to be enforced promptly and fully. A law exists in Massachusetts that gives permission to the Registry of Motor Vehicles to suspend the driver licenses of unregistered sex offenders if they fail to register themselves into the sex offender registry. A news report by Boston.com reveals that there are some 4,616 unregistered sex offenders in Massachusetts in the past 2 years who have not registered. This weakens the ability of law enforcement agencies to put released sex offenders back in jail for failing to register. Loopholes in our laws need to be covered immediately. A loophole in Nevada�s legislature allows transient sex offenders to escape the requirement of giving a fixed address once they are released into the community. The Reno Gazette Journal reports that a man with 69 convictions for sexually abusing children in California has Nevada officials concerned because his homelessness makes it impossible for them to track his whereabouts. Recently, a family in Reno had complained that this man had been watching their children from his van while they had an outdoor party. These loopholes need to be closed and standard and uniform laws implemented to ensure that sex offenders are being held accountable for their whereabouts. There needs to be consistency, uniformity and easy access to tools needed to keep better track of sex offenders. The Enterprise reports that a sex offender David Quimby (convicted of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 in 1984) had never registered with the Massachusetts sex offender registry. He had crossed paths with police at least 4 times since 2001. Yet, the police were never alerted to the fact that he was a sex offender. The report adds that the police need to check four separate databases to check for sex offence crimes. More importantly, the laptops used by the police in their cars are not linked to these databases. To cope, police officers therefore need to radio dispatchers who are on standby to access these databases. When the police are in a hurry, they may choose not to search the sex offender database registry. This is why there is a pressing need for police officers to have easy and instant access to sex offender registries, in order to identify and arrest re-offending sex offenders. According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited children, there are an estimated 100,000 sex offenders nationwide that fail to comply with registration requirements. This is mainly because laws between states for registration and notification procedures are not uniform and vary. As a result, sex offenders are allowed to live with anonymity within communities in states that have the least stringent laws. More importantly, law enforcement agencies have lost track of the whereabouts of these sex offenders. Let us petition for the following: A national FBI sex offender registry, giving easy and instant access to all our law enforcement agencies to allow them to completely and closely monitoring of sex offenders, anywhere in the US, anytime of the day. A law that calls for a national lifetime exclusion zone for all schools, day care centers, parks, playgrounds or places where children frequent. This includes children's websites. No exceptions. A national requirement that all newly convicted sex offenders who are not incarcerated wear GPS ankle bracelets for a lifetime. This is necessary to help our law enforcement agencies keep constant and instant tracking of the whereabouts of these sex offenders. Support the Jessica Lunsford Act which provides for satellite tracking of sex offenders in Florida for the first time. To nationally standardize and strengthen laws that deal with sexual crimes. To even increase the sentences given to sex offenders, particularly those who have committed violent and heinous sex crimes. No exceptions must be granted to the conditions and parameters of these sentences, in-spite of plea bargaining efforts. Full funding and support be given to every school in the US so that they can offer programs that deal with child abduction and sexual abuse prevention. Give funding to establish a national fingerprint ID card system for every child in the US to help us rescue missing and abducted children. Full funding is given to help every prison in the US establish and implement specialized sex offender treatment programs. In a research paper published by the California Research Bureau, studies show that recidivism rate is higher for those sex offenders who have not undergone formal treatment. Most recently, a case involving Level 3 sex offender Joseph Edward Duncan III saw the bludgeoning to death of 3 family members of the Groene family, the sexual abuse and abduction of 8 year old Shasta Groene and her 9 year old brother Dylan and the eventual murder of Dylan. The accused is Duncan. In a previous court case, Duncan was granted bail by a Minnesota court after being charged for molesting a 6 year old boy in Minnesota. The bail was set at a ridiculously low price of only $15,000. Duncan jumped bail and the next crime he committed is the crime mentioned above. Only if there were a standard sentence for Level 3 re-offending sex offenders, perhaps bail would have never been granted and Duncan would have gone back into prison and the murders would have never been committed. There are thousands of �Duncans� out there because of the inconsistencies and loopholes in the way we prosecute, sentence, monitor and track sex offenders. It is time to take action and sign this petition and demand for reform and change so that we can give back protection to our children from these heinous sex crimes. This petition is to be sent to Honorable President George W. Bush, U.S. Congress, and the U.S. Senate. References Community Treatment and Supervision of Sex Offenders; How it�s Done Across the Country and in California: California State Library (http://www.library.ca.gov/crb/04/12/04-012.pdf) Ex-Deputy Not Forced to Register as Sex Offender: News-Journal.com (http://www.news-journal.com/news/content/news/stories/2005/07/13/20050713LNJDeputy.html) Florida�s Tough Stand against Child Molesters: The Christian Science Monitor (http://csmonitor.com/2005/0504/p02s02-usju.html) Jessica Lunsford Act (http://www.theorator.com/bills109/hr1505.html) Law Targeting Sex Offenders Not Enforced: Boston.com News (http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/06/18/law_targeting_sex_offenders_not_enforced/?page=1) Loophole in State�s Sex-Offender Notification Law has Officials Concerned: Reno Gazette Journal (http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2005/07/13/103940.php?sps=rgj.com&sch=LocalNews&sp1=rgj&sp2=News&sp3=Local+News&sp5=RGJ.com&sp6=news&sp7=local_news) National Center for Missing and Exploited: Sex-Offender Laws (http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=1545) Plea Deal that Let Sex Offender Keep Address near School: Gainesville.com (http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050528/LOCAL/205280314/1078/news) Sex Offender Seeks Way Out of Prison Sentence: HeraldNet.com (http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/05/07/16/100loc_sentence001.cfm) System Lost Track of Sex Offender: The Enterprise South of Boston.com (http://enterprise.southofboston.com/articles/2005/06/11/news/news/news05.txt) Victim�s Group Rips Judge: The Washington Times (http://washingtontimes.com/culture/20050711-095638-8876r.htm)

Hidden Facts of Premarin- Secrets, Lies, And Greed

Sun, 26 Mar 2006 10:0:14 CST

Menopause affects every woman, and doctors have treated the symptoms of menopause for nearly 60 years with a drug called Premarin, which has become the third most prescribed drug in the world (just behind Tylenol), bringing its single maker over one billion dollars per year. However, the production of this drug has cost the lives of over a million horses. Several medically sound alternatives now exist which completely avoid this slaughter and cruelty and are safer for the women who take them. "The cruel manner in which Premarin is produced is outdated and no longer necessary," said Equine Advocates' president, Susan Wagner. "With numerous medically recognized alternative choices for effectively treating menopausal symptoms, including synthetic estrogens, women now have the opportunity to end a fifty-eight year catastrophe for horses." A new drug called, CENESTIN, a form of synthetic conjugated estrogens, is now on the market and available to women to treat the symptoms of menopause. Produced by Duramed Pharmaceuticals in Ohio, CENESTIN may mean the beginning of the end of the use of horses to make estrogen replacement therapy drugs from pregnant mares' urine (PMU). Duramed has launched an aggressive publicity campaign to inform the public and the medical community about CENESTIN, which has included colorful full-page ads in many women's magazines and medical journals. Sadly, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did not approve CENESTIN as a synthetic/generic form of PREMARIN, even though this is what experts say it is. Because of that unfortunate, and what we also believe to be a heartless and highly political decision by the FDA, horses will continue to suffer and be slaughtered by the thousands every year. Nothing will change substantially until the public and the medical community become completely familiar with Cenestin and understand that finally a form or conjugated estrogens which is made completely from plants and free of unknown substances (which Premarin has), can be prescribed in place of drugs made from horse urine. It is the obligation of all of us in the equine and animal protection community to launch major public relations campaigns to educate the public and the medical community on the important point that the cruel and inhumane treatment of horses to produce drugs from PMU is no longer necessary and should be stopped. Then and only then will we begin to see an end to the suffering and the slaughter. SECRETS, LIES & GREED Since 1942, a drug called Premarin (pregnant mares' urine) has been prescribed by doctors to treat the symptoms of menopause in women. Premarin (conjugated estrogens) is extracted from the urine of pregnant mares (female horses). Produced by Wyeth-Ayerst, Premarin is the most widely prescribed drug in the United States. It is also used by many women in Israel. The active ingredient, pregnant mare's urine, is collected on farms in the United States and Canada under extremely inhumane circumstances. These docile animals spend most of their lives tethered until their health fails and they are slaughtered, as are most of their foals. Although more modern, non-animal based substitutes for the treatment of menopause and osteoporosis are widely available, this urine collection industry is expanding very quickly. Thousands of additional horses are committed to this punishing existence every year. Because so much of this drug is prescribed, its production requires the operation of around 700 "farms", in which around 80,000 horses live their entire lives penned in tiny stalls, unable to turn around or meaningfully lie down, deprived of water, repeatedly impregnated, and continuously connected to plumbing collecting that urine. When they can no longer produce adequately, most are summarily slaughtered. Most of their offspring are either put in stalls or slaughtered. Over fifty-eight years of Premarin production, well over a million horses or perhaps millions of horses, have lived in cruelty and then been slaughtered. Only in the last twenty years has this dreadful secret become known at all. Premarin is central to what is called "hormone replacement therapy" ("HRT"), although it replaces only estrogen, not progesterone or the other naturally occurring hormones whose levels drop after menopause. This makes any estrogen medically controversial. Premarin is also controversial because the health risks to women of absorbing a substance made from equine waste may not be fully known. Further, Premarin is also said, even by its maker, to contain various unknown and unidentified substances. All of these issues have been buried by Premarin's maker, Wyeth-Ayerst, a division of American Home Products, headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who have spent tremendous time and money to sell the notion that only Premarin can treat the symptoms of menopause. The practical monopoly Wyeth-Ayerst has achieved by avoiding these controversies and, at least so far, burying alternative medications brings Wyeth-Ayerst over $1 billion in revenues each year from sales of Premarin and other drugs (including Prempro, Premphase, and Prempac) made from pregnant mares' urine ("PMU"). As a whole new generation of women enters menopause, it is vital that they be allowed to make informed decisions about the drugs they should or should not take. This requires knowing what different drugs are available and, most specifically, how Premarin is produced. Facts About Estrogen Many gynecologists prescribe Premarin for women going through menopause; however, there are healthier, more humane alternatives. This drug is derived from very cruel treatment of horses. Where Does Premarin Come From? Premarin is derived from pregnant mare's urine, obtained by impregnating a mare, fitting her with a rubber collection cup joined to a hose, and forcing her to stand for over 5 months on a concrete floor in stalls so small she cannot take more than one step, turn around, or lie down properly. After her foal is born, she is allowed out to pasture with it for only up to 5 months, after which time she is reimpregnated, separated from her baby, and returned to the estrogen production line. Sometimes, to increase profits, the mare's urine is concentrated by water restriction, potentially leading to disease in the animals which could be transmitted to humans. There is also some evidence that the equine estrogen contained in Premarin may cause cancer. What Are the Alternatives to Premarin? There are several equally effective drugs derived from plants like soybeans and Mexican yams, including: Estrace Ogen Orthoest When smaller amounts of estrogen are needed, natural estrogenic substances (plant-derived estrogen-like chemicals called phytoestrogens consisting of lignans and isoflavones) should be considered. These compounds are 1/400 as potent as estrogen itself and serve to balance estrogen levels. If estrogen levels are low, ingestion of these foods can result in an increase in overall estrogen activity. If estrogen levels are high — as in some cases of PMS — they can bind to estrogen receptor sites and decrease estrogenic activity. In either case, they can balance estrogenic activity and protect against the cancer-producing effects of either natural or animal/synthetic estrogen. These compounds can also lower cholesterol. Foods containing these substances include: Soybean Products (soy milk; soy burgers and hot dogs; tofu; tempeh; soy nuts and beans; soy flour; miso) Split Peas Whole Wheat Rye Oats Barley Chickpeas Sesame Seeds Pomegranates Apples Spinach Flaxseeds Lima Beans Alfalfa Sprouts One combination would include flaxseed cereal and soy milk (1 bowl) for breakfast and 4 oz. tofu at another meal. Some supplements that can stimulate estrogen production by the ovaries include: Flaxseed Oil Licorice Root Unicorn Root False Unicorn Root Black Cohosh Fennel Evening Primrose Oil Vitamin E (400 U) Dong Quai A recent study in the American Journal of Epidemiology from the Cancer Research Center in Hawaii showed that women whose diets are rich in soy foods are less than half as likely to develop uterine cancer. Ask your gynecologist about raloxifene, a new drug that is not an estrogen but acts on estrogen receptors to increase bone density without increasing cancer risk (New England Journal of Medicine 337:1641, 1997). Should Every Menopausal Woman Take Estrogen? Estrogen deficiency may occur during or after menopause, and estrogen excess or imbalance may cause PMS. There are instances, therefore, when the amount of estrogen activity in the body should be increased, decreased, or balanced. This should be discussed with your gynecologist. Estrogen supplementation should be considered with caution in women with: History of breast cancer Liver disease Thrombosis Hypertension Fibrocystic breasts Elevated cholesterol Migraine headaches Endometriosis A 1997 review published in Lancet (350:1047) of 51 studies in 21 countries shows a 35% increased risk of breast cancer in women who have used hormones for 5 years or longer. Estrogen can also increase uterine cancer risk (Lancet 349:458, 1997). Estrogen may have the following side effects: Headache Nausea Anxiety Insomnia What You Can Do Learn more about Premarin and Estrogen Replacement Therapy Discuss alternatives with your doctor Discuss alternatives with your friends Try a vegan diet Boycott Wyeth-Ayerst Note: The vitamin company Solgar has been bought by Wyeth-Ayerst. If you have been buying Solgar vitamins, please find an alternative. CYCLE OF CRUELTY Premarin is produced at Ayerst Organics in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Brandon is known as the "PMU capital of the world." Urine extracted from the mares on about 700 PMU "farms" in Canada and the United States is shipped to the processing plant in Brandon. The company sets the quotas, sets the price, and picks the PMU producers, as farmers compete to obtain contracts with "Wyeth" to set up PMU farms. The company also runs a "research" facility in Carberry, Manitoba (near Brandon) which is operated like a working PMU farm. Security there is tight as the "work" and experiments are kept strictly confidential. For six to seven months of their eleven-month pregnancies, an estimated 80,000 mares are confined to tiny stalls where, contrary to Wyeth-Ayerst's explicit statement, they cannot turn around, groom themselves, or lie down comfortably. They are harnessed in with urine collection pouches fitted over their urethras designed to collect the precious urine. The urine then travels through hoses that lead to plastic containers on the ground in front of each stall where PMU farmers empty them when full for collection and shipment to Ayerst Organics. The urine pouches and the manner by which they are attached to the mares' bodies can cause infections of their vulvas and chafing of their legs, and makes it practically impossible for them to lie down. They are also tied by their necks to prevent them from turning around. These mares get little or no exercise, with some of them actually standing in that position for the entire six to seven months. Due to the nature of their confinement on the "pee lines", the mares are denied the opportunity to assume all of their natural postures. When sleeping, the mares are unable to enjoy the fully relaxed position of lateral recumbency (lying stretched out on their sides). Instead, they must sleep standing up or lying down in the more cramped position of sternal recumbency (lying on their chest with legs tucked up). There is no official government regulation for the treatment of PMU mares, only a "Code of Practice" written by Wyeth-Ayerst for the PMU farmers to follow. The mares are commonly fed and watered on a time-release basis. They are deliberately deprived of water so that the estrogen is as concentrated as possible. Mares are given minimal amounts of water 17 or 18 times a day. They can be seen trying to drink out of empty water bowls and are in such anticipation of each allotment that they continue to try to drink long after the water is gone. They also exhibit stressful and anxious behavior when they know the water is coming. Liver and kidney disease are common in these mares, as is swelling of the legs. IT'S A HORRIBLE LIFE In general, most horses live well into their twenties and thirties, but not PMU mares. The ones who are considered to be "good producers" can stand on the "pee lines" for as long as twelve to fourteen years before being scrapped at the slaughter auctions for meat. The same fate is a common occurrence for most of the mares who don't become impregnated. In the spring, when they give birth and their estrogen levels are down, the mares are allowed out in the fields again...but not for long. They are soon impregnated again and placed back on the "pee lines." Life for the mares on the PMU farms is so hard that one-fourth of them are replaced each year, even though typical life expectancy for the draft breeds used on most of these farms is twenty years or more. BABY HORSE MASSACRE A majority of the mares on Canadian PMU farms give birth on "community pastures," which are on public land. Many of the foals born to the 52,000-plus mares in Canada die soon after birth, unable to survive the harsh conditions of the prairies. The surviving colts are considered to be byproducts and the majority of them are sold for slaughter. Most of the fillies are either slaughtered or kept to replace the worn-out mares on the PMU farms. Most of the foals are sold at auctions in the fall, at which time they are between two and three months old. They can regularly be observed trying to nurse off each other. The colts are sold by lot where almost all are bought by "killer buyers" (middlemen for the slaughterhouses) and feedlot operators who fatten them up before shipping them to slaughter plants in Canada and the United States. There they are butchered and their meat is then exported to Europe and Japan as a delicacy (with certain cuts selling for $25 per pound) for human consumption. The fright and terror in these foals is apparent as they are herded through the sales arenas and then on to cramped trailers with canes and electric cattle prods. Some of them are loaded on to the backs of pickup trucks. Injuries are common, but veterinary care is virtually non-existent at these auctions. Young, frail horses are often loaded together with large, heavy horses with no one present to stop the cruel and inhumane treatment during the loading process. THE HORROR STORIES Mares who are no longer productive and stallions who are used up are also sold at slaughter auctions for meat. One Canadian investigator told us, "One of the saddest things I ever saw was an old, used-up Belgium mare being sold for meat at one of the auctions. She had a cheap halter on that was embedded in her head. Her owner wanted the halter back after she was sold to the killers so he ripped it off and she had this gaping hole in her head. She stood there shaking and bleeding profusely and nobody did anything to help her." CONFESSIONS OF AN EX-PREMARIN FARM WORKER "He (Frank _____, a PMU producer) does have horses right now that are wounded from the winter, but as he said, you cannot prove he did it. He told me that this is the reason why he has his PMU farms so far away from everything... "He does not usually give worm shots or any other shots for that matter. Eventually the animals get very sick...some cannot stand or eat and become very weak and need to lie down. This is when he takes the (front end) loader and beats on them either causing them to abort or krippling [sic] them and worst of all killing them. Six or seven were killed in this way... "He will also kripple [sic] a horse that he finds he can't work behind. The horse jumps because he spooks it and Frank will then beat it until it cannot stand well. Frank _____ came out and shot an older but healthy horse...with a .22 calibre rifle twice. He did not have any more bullets. And the horse did not go down. He had a black knife, the kind you push the blade up. The knife's end was broken so it was only an inch and a half long. He began slashing the neck of the horse over and over. It stood bleeding. He then went to the house, brought out a shotgun. Shot it three more times... "There was a thoroughbred, its stall was too small. So when he cleaned the barn with loader and bucket, he would bash her legs. The horse was bashed up so bad that puss [sic] and blood was dripping. They were the size of watermelons...I took her out of the barn. I gave her a few shots. I bought things to get ride of the outer infection. I brought the swelling down. I showed the vet the day she came to look at the thoroughbred. The leg was only hurt at the time and she said the horse was finished. I fixed that leg and was working on the other. "Frank didn't like this at all. I used to feed her oats outside away from the others. She was too weak to fight. Frank didn't like this either. He took the tractor and chased her around until her legs ripped in half. He left her to bleed to death..." PREMARIN AND WOMEN'S HEALTH "Women are not horses," said one of numerous medical practitioners interviewed by Equine Advocates regarding the health issues associated with Premarin, all of whom conclude that the risks may outweigh the benefits of taking this questionable drug. Here's more of what some of them had to say: R. M. Kellosalmi, B.Sc., M.D., L.M.C.C., physician and surgeon, Peachtree Medical Centre: "I prefer to know exactly what I am prescribing," said Dr. Kellosalmi. "Premarin contains a host of unknown ingredients that have not been identified. Any possible effects that could be caused by such ingredients are thus also unknown. The question has been raised as to whether Premarin would even pass if it were applying for FDA approval today, rather than some 56 years ago. In those days, the regulations were far less stringent. "Estrogen replacement drugs derived from plant-based natural sources are also purer and simpler drugs. Premarin is a complex blend of known and unknown estrogens, most of which are natural for the horse, but not for the human. Some of the plant-based estrogen products contain only the most active human type of estrogen. This is Estradiol, and these simple single entity estrogens have been passed with flying colors by the FDA for the treatment of menopausal symptoms, including hot flashes and osteoporosis. They are fully effective drugs, and certainly do not need to take a back seat to horse urine products. "'Formulating' or 'Compounding' pharmacies can also produce natural Estriol or Estriol-Estradiol combinations which have been suggested as minimizing the risks of cancers attributed to other estrogens. I feel very strongly that patients have a right to an informed choice, and that includes information which involves ethics, as in the PMU situation." Allan Warshowsky, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist: "For many years, Premarin has been the major estrogen for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in menopause. Most (but not all) of the studies [of HRT] have been based on Premarin. In my view and in the view of many other physicians, Premarin is responsible for a host of women's health problems includin...

Sergeant\\\'s please Pull Sentry PRO XFC off market

Wed, 1 Apr 2009 22:1:36 CDT

We the undersigned respectfully demand that Sergeant\'s Pet Care Products pull their SENTRYPRO XFC Flea and Tick Squeeze On for Dogs OFF the market without delay. The reason for our petition is that we have all had dogs that have been critically sickened or killed our dogs. We REJECT the representation that this is normal and that many products have a small percentage of subjects that react negatively. We also know that a representative of Sergeant\'s has visited a certain internet forum, which can be found by using the product name in an internet search engine, and has acknowledged this condition and tried to explain it away. Case after case is reported in said forum, all with the same conditions and reactions. We trusted your company because we fully expected you to care about the products you produce and about the pets that we all have and love. We ask now that you do the right thing and pull this product until you can determine why it has such a detrimental effect on many dogs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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In loving memory of my DINO, who suffered needlessly in his last days because of SENTRYPRO XFC.

make smoking cigarettes illegal in the US

Sat, 4 Sep 2004 21:1:00 CDT

Smoking cigarettes are bad for you, you can get cancer, and die. Make smoking illegal, stop making cigarettes, and save lives!

Aaron Carter Fans dont want Aaron on drugs

Sun, 27 Feb 2005 18:0:16 CST

Aaron all your fans dont want you on drugs. We all think you need to get some help with your problem. We ALL love you to death and dont want anything bad to happen to you. We dont want to see you hurt yourself and live a short life cuz you overdosed on drugs or something. We'll be right behind you every step of the way. PLEASE DO IT FOR YOUR FAMILY,FANS AND MOST IMPORTANT YOU! I know your friends do drugs too screw them! You're better off with other friends that dont do drugs.We all love you! <---Click on me for more pics!

Cristiano Ronaldo Is Gay!

Thu, 1 Sep 2005 18:1:25 CDT

dont ya jus' fink cristiano ronaldo is gay?

Stop colgate testing there products on animals

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 11:0:58 CST

Colgate-palmolive one of the biggest compainies kill thousands of animals just so you can brush your teeth, we feel that colgate who have not yet emailed us saying why they tewt there products on animals when 55o comanies do not, like tesco own brand, the body shop, orgins and loads more. www.colgate-sucks.piczo.com

Help FM to get disease recognition.

Thu, 1 Feb 2007 19:0:39 CST

My name is Gina Starks. I am 29 years old and married with a two-year-old son. I also happen to be battling a very rare and life threatening lung disease. Fibrosing Mediastinitis (FM). FM is a reaction to the inhalation of a fungus (Histoplasmosis) that is in the soil of the Ohio-Mississippi River Valley Area and is found worldwide. Currently there are only 300-400 people in the U.S. diagnosed with FM. Many others have FM and are unaware that it is taking over vital vessels and airways in and around the heart and lungs. FM is inoperable and causes many life threatening complications, including repeated stent placements and angioplasty procedures, which are potentially life threatening as well. FM is diagnosed in people that are in the late 20's to mid 40's. It is hard to diagnose due to the age of the otherwise healthy patients. Doctors are not aware of FM and therefore do not know they need to test for it. The only diagnostic procedure that indicates FM's presence is a CT or MRI exam. Doctors do not generally order CT's and MRI's for young patients that present with the broad range of symptoms FM creates: shortness of breath, chest pain, blood streaked sputum, etc. I started this petition because I am trying to raise awareness of this disease so that some research may be started. Currently there is no research and no known treatment. This disease is unknown. The NIH and the CDC do not recognize FM as a disease. This fact makes it extremely difficult for those affected with FM to file and receive necessary disability and more importantly, it is difficult to find answers without research... Please take the time to sign this petition and get FM recognized by our government. I refuse to let this life-threatening disease take me and others away from family and friends! Thank you for your help. Gina Starks

Anti - myspace

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:0:59 CST

Help eliminate Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder).

Wed, 6 Apr 2005 05:1:03 CDT

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Sat, 25 Sep 2004 17:1:15 CDT

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Paper Mario DS

Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:0:49 CST

Paper Mario DS should be made for the ds, because the ds has very few rpg's at the moment and since this series of rpg's has sold very well, it would only make sense to make a new paper mario for it, or at least a remake of the original, with some extra features like multiplayer with wifi, mini-games, etc. You could maybe use the touch screen for the attack menus during a battle, or for action commands for mario and his partners (plus you could use the 7 buttons too), or you could blow into or talk into the built-in microphone for action commands also. Since the ds has already shown it can handle 3-dimensional environments better than the n64 in super mario 64 ds, why not not make a paper mario for the ds? And it can also be a very large adventure since the DS cards can hold 1 gigabyte of data. I have also created a Super Smash Bros. DS petition at http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ssbds if you could please check it out.

Say No to Emo

Wed, 22 Jun 2005 23:1:49 CDT

i cut myself to let this pain from deep inside my heart bleed freely from my wrists, the blood and blackness pooling at my feet only a small pond from the ocean of sadness from which it was spawned. i look to the ceiling, and, finding no salvation there i look to the ground, where they would have me, downtrodden, defeated, destroyed. they cant know it; the plague within my soul...eating away at my insides. yeah, i can be emo just like all of you. its just with the not-gayness and all, it gets kinda hard sometimes. there you have it, my impression of an emo kids website/notebook. these kids are polluting our world with their pain bullshit. great, your boyfriend/girlfriend dumped you, get over it. did i get whiney when a whole fuckload of my family died within a single six month period? no. i cant see why they should have the right to bitch and moan while the rest of us have to sit through it and suffer

Ban All Goth People

Sat, 9 Apr 2005 08:1:19 CDT

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Save the Wallingford/Meriden Red Cross

Tue, 2 Jun 2009 13:1:46 CDT

PLEASE SAVE THE WALLINGFORD/MERIDEN RED CROSS We are outraged by the proposed closing of our local Red Cross. We want it to stay open to save ALL the services they provide to our community. Such as: FOOD PANTRY - MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION, RENT & UTILITY ASSISTANCE This petition was created in honor of the hard work and dedication of the staff at the Wallingford branch of the American Red Cross. Branch Manager Andrea has created an interesting and massive team of supporters, and her work in this community has been recognized by many. Her warm personality is an example of someone who has found a career that truly fits her drive and compassion. She has a special gift that brings people together and makes it easy for them to work towards the cause. What she has developed over the years is a true example of how a chapter should be run. Well the sad news is that this very productive branch may be closed soon and several staff members, including Andrea will be terminated. Over the years this branch has trained thousands of people to perform CPR and operate AED. Each year hundreds of people enroll in the Aquatics programs, lifeguard, babysitters & CT Child Care Training. Blood drives and disaster services, which are key roles performed by this branch, will be redirected to New Haven. The National Red Cross has put limitations on what services can be offered and the non-core ones will no longer take place. The Food Pantry, Transportation and the Rental/Utility Assistance will no longer be offered by this branch and will be designated to other agencies. This is what upsets many of us the most. During these economic times, these are the services needed the most and should not be cut out of a branch that not only meets but exceeds its financial responsibilities. We hope that the \\\\\\\"powers that be\\\\\\\" will reconsider their restructuring plan and keep the Wallingford icon open. They need your support! Please sign this petition and send a message regarding your concerns about this travesty to Charles Frey, CEO of the South Central Chapter. His email is cfrey@arcct.org or his boss Diane Auger, augerd@usa.redcross.org. We would hate to see such a great team be broken up and let go after performing such excellent services in our area. Their dedication must be recognized and the services they have worked so hard to establish must continue. ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: Friends of the Wallingford Red Cross on June 5, 2009, 3:45:33 pm ---------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SAVE THE WALLINGFORD/MERIDEN RED CROSS We are outraged by the proposed closing of our local Red Cross. We want it to stay open to save ALL the services they provide to our community. Such as: FOOD PANTRY - MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION, RENT & UTILITY ASSISTANCE This petition was created in honor of the hard work and dedication of the staff at the Wallingford branch of the American Red Cross. Branch Manager Andrea has created an interesting and massive team of supporters, and her work in this community has been recognized by many. Her warm personality is an example of someone who has found a career that truly fits her drive and compassion. She has a special gift that brings people together and makes it easy for them to work towards the cause. What she has developed over the years is a true example of how a chapter should be run. Well the sad news is that this very productive branch may be closed soon and several staff members, including Andrea will be terminated. Over the years this branch has trained thousands of people to perform CPR and operate AED. Each year hundreds of people enroll in the Aquatics programs, lifeguard, babysitters & CT Child Care Training. Blood drives and disaster services, which are key roles performed by this branch, will be redirected to New Haven. The National Red Cross has put limitations on what services can be offered and the non-core ones will no longer take place. The Food Pantry, Transportation and the Rental/Utility Assistance will no longer be offered by this branch and will be designated to other agencies. This is what upsets many of us the most. During these economic times, these are the services needed the most and should not be cut out of a branch that not only meets but exceeds its financial responsibilities. We hope that the \\\\\\\"powers that be\\\\\\\" will reconsider their restructuring plan and keep the Wallingford icon open. They need your support! Please sign this petition and send a message regarding your concerns about this travesty to Charles Frey, CEO of the South Central Chapter. His email is cfrey@arcct.org or his boss Diane Auger, augerd@usa.redcross.org. We would hate to see such a great team be broken up and let go after performing such excellent services in our area. Their dedication must be recognized and the services they have worked so hard to establish must continue. ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: Friends of the Wallingford Red Cross on June 8, 2009, 8:31:06 pm ---------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SAVE THE WALLINGFORD/MERIDEN RED CROSS We are outraged by the proposed closing of our local Red Cross. We want it to stay open to save ALL the services they provide to our community. Such as: FOOD PANTRY - MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION, RENT & UTILITY ASSISTANCE This petition was created in honor of the hard work and dedication of the staff at the Wallingford branch of the American Red Cross. Branch Manager Andrea has created an interesting and massive team of supporters, and her work in this community has been recognized by many. Her warm personality is an example of someone who has found a career that truly fits her drive and compassion. She has a special gift that brings people together and makes it easy for them to work towards the cause. What she has developed over the years is a true example of how a chapter should be run. Well the sad news is that this very productive branch may be closed soon and several staff members, including Andrea will be terminated. Over the years this branch has trained thousands of people to perform CPR and operate AED. Each year hundreds of people enroll in the Aquatics programs, lifeguard, babysitters & CT Child Care Training. Blood drives and disaster services, which are key roles performed by this branch, will be redirected to New Haven. The National Red Cross has put limitations on what services can be offered and the non-core ones will no longer take place. The Food Pantry, Transportation and the Rental/Utility Assistance will no longer be offered by this branch and will be designated to other agencies. This is what upsets many of us the most. During these economic times, these are the services needed the most and should not be cut out of a branch that not only meets but exceeds its financial responsibilities. We hope that the \\\\\\\"powers that be\\\\\\\" will reconsider their restructuring plan and keep the Wallingford icon open. They need your support! Please sign this petition and send a message regarding your concerns about this travesty to Charles Frey, CEO of the South Central Chapter. His email is cfrey@arcct.org or his boss Diane Auger, augerd@usa.redcross.org. We would hate to see such a great team be broken up and let go after performing such excellent services in our area. Their dedication must be recognized and the services they have worked so hard to establish must continue.

Marmalade Boy senza censure

Sat, 6 Aug 2005 16:1:32 CDT

Marmalade Boy � stato l'anime piu' censurato in Italia, e noi fans chiediamo che venga trasmesso integralmente in tv o pubblicato integralmente su dvd. L'anime era ed � destinato ad un pubblico adulto, ma hanno pensato bene di fare un bel taglia e cuci per adattarlo ad un target bambino. Noi fans chiediamo di poterlo vedere integralmente in italiano senza nessuna censura apportata. Questa petizione � stata creata dal sito http://kissparadise.altervista.org/MarmaSito.html http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/marmaladeboyfc/

Diabetes UK Are Making A Diabetic Family Homeless

Wed, 31 May 2006 23:1:57 CDT

The UK's leading diabetic charity, Diabetes UK, have issued a Part 8 Claim Form at the High Court seeking to make a diabetic family homeless. There was a court action ten years ago between Diabetes UK (BDA) and this diabetic family. The diabetic family had set up a diabetic charity called the Diabetic Society. Diabetes UK argued that this was too similar to their own name. To read the newspaper article about this litigation: http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0225croydon/tm_objectid=16916417&method=full&siteid=53340&headline=family-could-lose-their-home-after-court-battle-with-charity-name_page.html To view the documents relating to this current litigation go to: http://community.webshots.com/user/AllyMichelle222 Diabetes UK spent over £600,000 of charity money to succeed with this action. Lord Justice Walker described the amount of charity money that Diabetes UK wasted on this as "deplorable" and "scandelous". Both Lord Justice Walker and the Lord Chief Justice Phillips of England criticised Diabetes UK heavily for the amount of charity money they had spent on suing a diabetic family. Diabetes UK were successful with this litigation and were legally entitled to their costs. Lord Justice Walker awarded them 3/4 of their £600,000 costs. However, both Lord Justice Walker and Lord Chief Justice Phillips recommended to Diabetes UK not to enforce the Order for Costs. After Diabetes UK were successful with this litigation they purchased every single name you can think of relating to diabetes and diabetics from Companies House stopping anyone else from setting up a diabetic charity. For example, they purchased: Diabetic Society, The Diabetic Society, Diabetes Society, The Diabetes Society, Diabetic Society National, The Diabetic Society National... This is why they are the UK's leading diabetic charity. Diabetes UK are trying to force the sale of a diabetic family's home in order to meet these costs. They are seeking to make a diabetic pensioner and his diabetic daughter homeless. We know for a fact that the trustees of Diabetes UK have not agreed to this. Our Queen is the Patron of Diabetes UK. If you think that the Queen's diabetic charity should make a diabetic family homeless then do not sign the petition. If you think that a charity which has been set up to help diabetics should not be allowed to spend £1500 of charity money an hour on solicitors fees in order to make a diabetic family homeless, sign the petition. Thank you. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Bring Back SoBe adrenaline Rush

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:1:29 CDT

We the faithful consumers of SoBe here by request that the discontinued products SoBe Adrenaline Rush be brought back into production and that you company advertise efficiently to bring this product to the attention of your targeted costumers.

Goblet of Fire Official Trailer

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:1:41 CDT

For a very long time, many Harry Potter freaks are awaiting the official Goblet of Fire trailer...yesterday (8/15/05) they announced GMTV had one, later I heard it was the official one. We waited 24 hours for the trailer, and still, no trailer. Then I heard Warner Bros. was supposed to release it on the GOF website today (8/16/05) and they didn't! If we get 2,000 names, they may agree to release it to Mugglenet...all in favor!?

ANTI-HILARY DUFF

Sat, 6 Nov 2004 03:0:49 CST

Stop the FLUFF KILL DUFF She is killing the music indastry and i bleve Black mailing some of our best selebs *cough*joel*cough* ANTI-HILARY DUFF ANTI-HILARY DUFF ANTI-HILARY DUFF ANTI-HILARY DUFF

Ban Sex

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 02:0:12 CST

Sex is a disgusting practice, which only leads to war. BAN SEX NOW!

Anti-McDonalds

Sun, 15 May 2005 16:1:55 CDT

McDonalds is a really bad place to go to eat. They are the fattiest food place in the world, along with burger king. Sign this petition even if I dont know you, so you can tell me how you feel about McDonalds and why you hate it/like it.

Find a Cure for Eye Floaters!!!!

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:1:53 CDT

This petition will be forwarded to research labs all around the world!!! Lets get a petition out there to get doctors and researchers to find a cure for these nasty buggers!! Are you tired of living life in the dark with floaters disrupting your view and making you go insane? ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: noobpwner777 on June 24, 2009, 1:41:01 pm ---------------------------------------------------- If a spot or shadowy shape passes in front of your field of vision or to the side, you are seeing a floater. Because they are inside your eye, floaters move with your eyes when you try to see them. You may also see flashes of light. These flashes occur more often in older people and usually are caused by mechanical stimulation of photoreceptors when the gel-like vitreous occasionally tugs on the light-sensitive retina. They may be a warning sign of a detached retina. Flashes also occur after a blow to the head, often called \"seeing stars.\" Some people experience flashes of light that appear as jagged lines or \"heat waves\" in both eyes, often lasting 10-20 minutes. These types of flashes are usually caused by a spasm of blood vessels in the brain, which is called a migraine. If a headache follows the flashes, it is called a migraine headache. However, jagged lines or \"heat waves\" can occur without a headache. In this case, the light flashes are called an ophthalmic migraine, or a migraine without a headache. ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: noobpwner777 on June 24, 2009, 4:08:02 pm ---------------------------------------------------- I really need more people to check out this petition or there might never be a cure!! ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: noobpwner777 on June 25, 2009, 11:13:43 am ---------------------------------------------------- COMMON PEOPLE SIGN THIS PETITION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Make Drinking Alcohol Illegal In The US

Sun, 24 Oct 2004 02:1:29 CDT

Drinking is sick. My dad used to drink, and he would get real mean, and be mad at everybody and everything, one time he even punched a hole in the wall. Its also bad for your health.

Don't kill Vanilla Pepsi!

Sun, 4 Mar 2007 22:0:08 CST

We the undersigned have recently seen Vanilla Pepsi and Diet Vanilla Pepsi disappear from the shelves with no announcement as to why. We urge you to immediately restock the supermarkets and convenience stores with this heavenly flavored beverage. We believe that Vanilla and Diet Vanilla Pepsi have been the best flavors ever on the carbonated beverage market ever since their introduction. Please show us that you are smarter than your arch rival, Coca Cola, and do not abandon us, the vanilla lovers of the world. Thank you.

Ban Abortion!

Wed, 23 Jun 2004 21:1:15 CDT

This is a petition to ban abortion. Not only does it take a life of an unborn child it also takes away the chance of a hopeful family in adopting a newborn baby. Please sign this petition to stop this cruel murder.

Cure for PVNS (Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis)

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:1:10 CDT

Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) is a rare proliferative process involving synovial membranes. It has a variable course, and while usually benign, may be destructive, resulting in major symptoms and loss of function leading to amputation. Optimum treatment is not always clear, and little information exists with respect to the role of radiotherapy. The purpose was to review our experience with radiotherapy in cases at high risk for recurrence with functional loss including instances where amputation was the sole alternative for symptomatic disease. We need to find a cure but cry cry not enough money because not enough people have it. This needs to be addressed and cured doctors are starting not to treat patients because there is nothing they can do so lets go get this over with we've been trying to find a cure for cancer and aids for how long. Lets spend a little time on this as well. More info on PVNS http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=what+is++PVNS&FORM=QBRE

Medical Marijuana Dispensary for San Jose, CA

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 15:0:33 CST

We are looking to collect names of individuals who would advocate a Medical Marijuana Dispensary in the City of San Jose or County of Santa Clara. We are interested in opening a medical marijuana collective in the area and look to gather support for potential members, growers, and all. For more information or to help with the cause please email admin@siliconvalleycollective.com ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: svcollective on November 1, 2009, 3:26:44 pm ---------------------------------------------------- We are looking to gather support from individuals who would advocate a Medical Marijuana Dispensary in the City of San Jose, California or County of Santa Clara California. We are interested in opening a medical marijuana collective in the area and look to gather support for potential members, growers, and all. For more information or to help with the cause please email admin@siliconvalleycollective.com ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: svcollective on November 1, 2009, 3:27:12 pm ---------------------------------------------------- We are looking to collect names of individuals who would advocate a Medical Marijuana Dispensary in the City of San Jose or County of Santa Clara. We are interested in opening a medical marijuana collective in the area and look to gather support for potential members, growers, and all. For more information or to help with the cause please email admin@siliconvalleycollective.com ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: svcollective on November 1, 2009, 3:27:38 pm ---------------------------------------------------- We are looking to gather support from individuals who would advocate a Medical Marijuana Dispensary in the City of San Jose, California or County of Santa Clara California. We are interested in opening a medical marijuana collective in the area and look to gather support for potential members, growers, and all. For more information or to help with the cause please email admin@siliconvalleycollective.com ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: svcollective on November 1, 2009, 3:54:53 pm ---------------------------------------------------- We are a early stage start-up business (Silicon Valley Collective) looking to provide safe access to medical marijuana to licensed medical marijuana patients. Silicon Valley Collective hopes to operate in the City of San Jose,CA or somewhere in the County of Santa Clara, CA. Our main goal is to provide the South Bay with \"Safe Access\" to Medical Marijuana through our collective. This petition is being used to gather support for our future business and to help advocate Medical Marijuana all over the United States. I ask if you live in California to please reference that when you sign this petition. For more information on how to support our cause please email admin@siliconvalleycollective.com ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: svcollective on November 1, 2009, 4:05:07 pm ---------------------------------------------------- We are an early stage start-up (Silicon Valley Collective) looking to provide \"safe access\" to medical marijuana to licensed medical marijuana patients in the State of California. Silicon Valley Collective hopes to operate in the City of San Jose,CA or somewhere in the County of Santa Clara, CA. Our main goal is to provide the Silicon Valley with \"Safe Access\" to Medical Marijuana through our collective. This petition is being used to gather support for our future business and to help advocate medical marijuana all over the United States. I ask if you live in California to please reference that when you sign this petition. ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: svcollective on November 1, 2009, 4:14:44 pm ---------------------------------------------------- We are an early stage start-up (Silicon Valley Collective) looking to provide \"safe access\" to medical marijuana to licensed medical marijuana patients in the State of California. Silicon Valley Collective hopes to operate in the City of San Jose,CA or somewhere in the County of Santa Clara, CA. Our main goal is to provide the Silicon Valley with \"Safe Access\" to Medical Marijuana through our collective. This petition is being used to gather support for our future business and to help advocate medical marijuana all over the United States. I ask if you live in California to please reference that when you sign this petition. PLEASE VISIT US AT WWW.SILICONVALLEYCOLLECTIVE.COM

Lupron/Enantone Victims ask for safety study of this drug and its restriction

Mon, 3 Jul 2006 16:1:07 CDT

The use of this drug has extended to diseases like endometriosis or fibroids, but its utility was never proven. Lots of doctors say Lupron (European name Enantone) is useless but dangerous. Several american safety agencies list Lupron as "hazardous". Thousands of people treated with it developed debilitating diseases or died because of it (proof: the Food and Drug Administration has the files with the reported cases and changes every year the package insert). There's a huge amount of medical information about the devastating side effects, from US, British, but also German and Swiss sources. We want to ask the EMEA to conduct a safety study and to restrict its prescription to cancer cases where it can be useful. Your Agency can't just close the eyes and forget the victims of Lupron/Enantone. From now on, the EMEA will be responsible for every new victim of this drug. Let us cooperate and find a reasonnable solution in order to avoid further devastated lives. Livia Balla (owner of Victimes Enantone) Added On (2007-04-24): Signatures with first and last name, please! All others are deleted. Added On (2007-07-10): Contact petition creator: VictimesEnantone@yahoogroupes.fr [Same text in French] On utilise ce medicament aussi dans des maladies benignes comme l’endometriose ou les fibromes, dans lesquels son benefice n’a jamais ete vraiment prouve. Beaucoup de medecins disent que l’Enantone (nom international : Lupron) est inutile mais dangereuse. Elle a provoque des maladies chroniques chez des milliers d’usagers, d’autres en sont morts (les preuves sont la : les signalements faits à l’Agence américaine de securite sanitaire (FDA) qui doit changer la notice chaque annee). Il existe une immense quantite d’informations et etudes medicales sur les effets secondaires devastateurs, de sources surtout anglo-saxonnes, mais aussi allemandes ou suisses, etc. Nous exigeons que l’Agence de securite sanitaire europeenne (EMEA) harmonise les notices europeennes, diligente des etudes qui evaluent la securite ou la toxicite de cette classe de medicaments et limite sa prescription aux cas de cancer – la ou son utiliste a ete demontree ! L’EMEA ne peut pas fermer les yeux et oublier l’existence des victimes de cette classe de médicaments. Desormais, cette Agence sera responsable de chaque nouvelle victime. Essayons de dialoguer pour trouver une solution qui evite à d’autres personnes de voir leurs vies detruites. Toute personne qui approuve nos exigences peut signer. SVP, signez avec le nom complet ; toute autre signature sera supprimée. Contact: VictimesEnantone@yahoogroupes.fr

Pray For Caitlin Beadles

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:1:17 CDT

This is a petition to support Caitlin Beadles in her time of need. Please pray for her!. She was in a boating accident .She fell off a jetski and got ran over by a boat, which cut both of her femurs, shes in the hospital not doing very well so well and is in a serious condition. Everyone please keep Caitlin Beadles in your prayers. Twitter Updates// @justinbieber: Just landed and found out someone I care about got in a bad accident and is fighting for her life. Everyone please pray for her for me. @scooterbraun: My prayers go out to a special young lady who is fighting for her life right now. You will make it thru this. To her family stay strong __________________________________________________ If you know who Justin Bieber is, you might know who she is. Caitlin was his past girlfriend. PLEASE DO IT FOR HIM Keep Caitlin in all your prayers, that is all i ask of you! ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: Kayla Tran200 on August 22, 2009, 6:30:02 pm ---------------------------------------------------- This is a petition to support Caitlin Beadles in her time of need. Please pray for her!. She was in a boating accident .She fell off a jetski and got ran over by a boat, which cut both of her femurs, shes in the hospital not doing very well so well and is in a serious condition. Everyone please keep Caitlin Beadles in your prayers. Twitter Updates// @justinbieber: Just landed and found out someone I care about got in a bad accident and is fighting for her life. Everyone please pray for her for me. @scooterbraun: My prayers go out to a special young lady who is fighting for her life right now. You will make it thru this. To her family stay strong __________________________________________________ If you know who Justin Bieber is, you might know who she is. Caitlin was his past girlfriend. PLEASE DO IT FOR HIM Keep Caitlin in all your prayers, that is all i ask of you! ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: Kayla Tran200 on August 22, 2009, 6:46:10 pm ---------------------------------------------------- This is a petition to support Caitlin Beadles in her time of need. Please pray for her!. She was in a boating accident .She fell off a jetski and got ran over by a boat, which cut both of her femurs, shes in the hospital not doing very well so well and is in a serious condition. Twitter Updates// @justinbieber: Just landed and found out someone I care about got in a bad accident and is fighting for her life. Everyone please pray for her for me. @scooterbraun: My prayers go out to a special young lady who is fighting for her life right now. You will make it thru this. To her family stay strong __________________________________________________ If you know who Justin Bieber is, you might know who she is. Caitlin was his past girlfriend. PLEASE DO IT FOR HIM Everyone please keep Caitlin Beadles in your prayers and hope for a successful recovery!!. ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: Kayla Tran200 on August 22, 2009, 8:22:07 pm ---------------------------------------------------- She is doing ohkay, Please pray for her recoveryy!

Keep Pepsi Throwback Around Indefinitely

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:1:12 CDT

Pepsi has recently introduced a "new" product called Pepsi Throwback which contains pure cane sugar instead of High Fructose Corn Syrup. Not only does it taste better but it is healthier for you than its HFCS brothers. Unfortunately, it has been stated that this product will only be available for 8 weeks. Please sign this petition if you would like to see Throwback remain on the market.

HILARY DUFF GOT PLASTIC SURGERY

Sun, 16 Oct 2005 20:1:50 CDT

How did Hilary Duff get so skankish so fast? The horse teeth, that anorexic look? Hilary hired boyfriend Joel Madden to so-call "fix" her teeth and she went to a plastic surgeon to get a Body Job because she was sick of everyone saying she was fat (which she teally was). Now she's uglier than ever ( she was even ugly before ). If you agree with me, and if you hate Hilary Duff, then please sign this petition. She deserves to die, also.

Legalize Marijuana in Canada

Mon, 23 Jan 2006 01:0:30 CST

This is my first petition, for a civics project. I feel very strongly about this issue. As it is, British Columbia alone makes about $34 billion a year with their growing hemp and marijuana industries. The laws against marijuana possession are getting more harsh, and with the election almost over (with Conservatives in the lead) owning marijuana or growing it will result in harsher punishments. An estimated 600 000 Canadaians use marijuana recreationally and about 30 000 arrest are made each year. Marijuana should also be legalized for those who need it medically. Why deprive Canadians of a huge part of our culture? Please sign, and support our cause.

Google doit aider les recherches fibromyalgiques

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:1:16 CDT

Messieurs de GOOGLE, Dans le courrier joint vous avez le pourquoi de cette demande particuli�re. La fibromyalgie, c\'est plus de 100 sympt�mes diff�rents. La science � ce jour, est impuissante � nous aider. Les pouvoirs publics, la recherche ne veulent pas investir, que ce soit dans la recherche, (alors que nous repr�sentons au moins 5 % de la population active), ou dans l\'accompagnement de nos souffrances. Nous avons besoin de vous, et de la puissance de vos serveurs, et du g�nie cr�atif de vos �quipes. Nous vous proposons un challenge. Un concept gagnant-gagnant. Vous mettez � notre disposition une partie de votre temps et de vos machines. Nous vous demandons de mettre � notre disposition une �quipe multi disciplinaire et pluri disciplinaire, afin de pouvoir traiter les donn�es d\'une grande enqu�te mondiale. En effet, si les sympt�mes sont similaires pour tous les fibromyalgiques, les causes de cette maladie sont inconnues. Des pistes environnementales, morales, psychologiques, sociales sont avanc�es. Mais nous ne savons rien actuellement de ce qui peut provoquer ces douleurs. La pollution ? La radioactivit� ? Les ondes �lectro magn�tiques ? Les engrais ou pesticides ? Tout cela est � d�couvrir et ne pourra �tre fait que par la mise en commun des �l�ments et leur corr�lation. Vous avez utilis� google earth pour pister une �pid�mie de grippe aux USA. Vous pouvez faire la m�me chose pour nous. Nous avons besoin de vous pour gagner ce combat rapidement; nous n\'en pouvons plus de souffrir sans savoir pourquoi... Vous pourrez en obtenir une publicit� gigantesque, ainsi que la possibilit� de participer � la recherche des m�dicaments et traitements n�cessaires. Dans tous les cas ce sera pour vous une occasion d\'utiliser vos ressources � une �uvre scientifique d\'envergure, qui pourrait d�boucher sur de nombreuses applications nouvelles, et sur des progr�s scientifiques consid�rables. Vous en avez les moyens; et vous pouvez y gagner beaucoup. Merci de votre soutien. Tr�s sinc�rement, Le mouvement des fibromyalgiques actifs. PS : Ce courrier a d�j� �t� envoy� � GOOGLE FRANCE, sans succ�s. Nous esp�rons que vous comprendrez notre d�marche. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Madame la candidate, Monsieur le candidat Nous venons � vous afin de vous informer de notre pr�occupation premi�re et vous demander quelles seraient vos actions si vous �tiez �lu(e). Il s'agit des personnes atteintes de fibromyalgie. Maladie m�connue, mais qui touche malheureusement de plus en plus de personnes, avec une augmentation exponentielle. Douleurs permanentes, �puisement constant, migraines, allergies et bien d'autres sympt�mes sont notre lot quotidien, sachant qu'il en existe plus d'une centaine. Reconnue par l'OMS, mais toujours m�connue, m�me au sein du corps m�dical. Nous souffrons souvent en silence, car trop �puis�s, � certains stades de cette maladie si invalidante, m�me si non mortelle. Un simple cri, la chaleur, le froid, la contrari�t� peuvent entra�ner des crises douloureuses et tr�s difficiles � g�rer, m�me avec des d�riv�s morphiniques. La science � ce jour est impuissante � nous aider. Le corps m�dical a dans un premier temps d'�normes difficult�s � diagnostiquer cette maladie, qui peut �tre accompagn�e d'autres maladies et de d�pression. Il serait trop long ici de vous d�crire le menu du calvaire que nous souffrons, tous les jours, nuits comprises, et � tout moment. Vous trouverez suffisamment de sites et d'associations nous repr�sentant afin de vous renseigner au mieux. Nous avons besoin d'�tre �cout�s. Nous avons besoin d'�tre entendus. Nous avons le d�sir d'�tre reconnus. Nous vous demandons de vous engager sur les moyens pour combattre cette maladie affolante qui suce toute envie de vivre, ou de se battre. C'est possible, puisque certains, � force de volont� arrivent � s'en sortir (ils sont peu nombreux...). Il doit y avoir des moyens mis dans la recherche, en particulier pour soulager nos douleurs diverses. Nous voulons aussi des moyens pour �tre assist�s dans divers des actes de la vie courante qui nous sont devenus � certains moments probl�matiques. Nous avons besoin d'aides pour pouvoir continuer � travailler, que ce soit par am�nagement de postes, ou modifications d'horaires et de postes. Nous avons besoin, �ventuellement, pour certains d'entre nous, et en tant que n�cessaire, avoir l'assurance d'�tre reconnus en invalidit�. Nous avons encore besoin d'une meilleure couverture sociale, beaucoup des m�dicaments qui peuvent nous soulager � certains moments �tant non rembours�s. A ce propos, les cures, d'autres syst�mes tels l'hom�opathie, les massages, les bains peuvent avoir un effet soulageant. Il est n�cessaire que ces possibilit�s soient pr�vues et mieux rembours�es. Enfin, nous r�clamons qu'une �quipe pluridisciplinaire soit constitu�e pour mieux nous prendre en charge, pour nous assister et pour promouvoir nos handicaps dans le public, afin qu'une meilleure compr�hension entra�ne un changement de regard de la soci�t� sur notre mal �tre, sur nos maux. Madame, Monsieur, nous souffrons. Il peut nous �tre difficile simplement de nous lever, ou de marcher. Pourtant, vous nous croisez dans la rue sans le savoir. Car nous ne montrons rien; il n'y pas de stigmates apparents. C'est pourquoi nous vous demandons de nous informer sur vos d�marches et votre appui � notre �gard. Car, s'il nous est difficile de nous lever, il nous serait tr�s facile de ne pas voter, ce simple geste entra�nant pour nous du fait du choix que cela impose, d'un minimum de r�flexion demand�, une grande fatigue que nous pourrions �viter. En vous remerciant de nous avoir lus, nous attendons vos propositions et vos r�flexions." Les candidats d�sirant r�agir peuvent le faire sur le site, dans la partie "avis des politiques" http://fibroactifs.exprimetoi.net/forum.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------- GOOGLE people, In the attached letter, you will understand why we come to you with a special request. Fibromyalgia has more than 100 different symptoms and to this day, science has failed to help us. Authorities as well as research are not willing to invest whether into research or into the dealing of our suffering (although we represent at least 5 % of the working population). We need you and the power of your service centers as well as the creative genius of your teams. We offer you a challenge beneficial to all parts involved. Your time and your tools will be necessary for this challenge. We ask you to put at our disposal the adequate means to treat a worldwide survey. Indeed, if the symptoms are the same for all fibromyalgias, the causes of this disease are yet to be discovered. There has been hints such as environmental, moral, psychological or even social causes but we really have no idea as to what can engender these sufferings. Pollution? Radioactivity? Electromagnetic waves? Fertilizers or pesticides? This is all to be discovered and will not be unless all elements and their correlation are put in common. You used Google earth to track a flu epidemic in the usa, you can do the same for us! We do need you to win this fight quickly, we cannot cope with these pains anymore all the more so as we don't understand why... You can get huge advertising, as well as the possibility to take part in the research for the necessary medicines and treatments. In any case, it will be for you an opportunity to use your resources to a massive scientific work which could lead to numerous new applications and to important scientific progress. You have the means and you can get a lot out of it. Thank you for your support Sincerely, The movement of active fibromyalgics ps: this letter has already been sent to Google France, but without any success. We hope you will understand our call. Mr and Mrs candidate, We appeal to you so as to inform you about our main preoccupation and ask you what you would do if you were elected. This is about people who suffer from fibromyalgia. It is not a well-known disease, but it is spreading rapidly. Constant pains, extreme tiredness, migraines, allergies and many other different symptoms are what we have to endure everyday, in fact, there are more than a hundred different types of fibromyalgias. This disease has been acknowledged by the World Health Organization, but it is still very much unknown even amongst medical people. We often suffer in silence, because we are too exhausted and even if it is not a fatal disease, it is nonetheless very disabling. Sometimes only a shout, the heat, the cold, frustration can be at the source of painful fits, which are difficult to treat, even with morphine derivatives. . Science is not very helpful, first of all because doctors have difficulties in making a clear diagnosis, for it is sometimes accompanied by other diseases or by depression. Making a list of our daily and permanent sufferings would be too long here but you can find many sites and associations which represent us to find more about it. We need to be listened to we need to be heard we need to be acknowledged We ask you to commit yourself on the means to fight against this crazy disease which leaves us lifeless and without the strength to fight back. However it is possible as some of us succeed in getting out of it, but they are few proper means must be used to research on this disease and especially to help us cope with the various pains we are enduring. We want to be assisted in various daily acts which have become too strenuous for us. We need help to be able to keep working, maybe by redefining some posts, or the timetables of these posts...some of us may also need to be recognized as cases of disability We also need to have a better social security cover as many medicines, which can be helpful to us are not refunded, we can also mention that other possibilities such as courses of treatment, homeopathy, massages, baths and so on which can really help relieve our pains, should be taken into account and paid for. Finally, we demand a team of professionals including different disciplines to be specially in charge of assisting us and make this disease publicly known and accepted . Therefore, our society will be able to understand our pains and sufferings and see us in a different way. Madam and sir, we are suffering. Sometimes we have problems getting up or walking, yet if you see us in the street you will not notice for we show nothing, this disease cannot be seen from the outside. That's why we ask you to inform us about your moves and the support you are willing to give us. You must understand that it is difficult for us to get up, and it would be easy not to go and vote, because it is for us exhausting to think things over in order to choose a candidate. Thank you for reading us, we hope to hear from your proposals and your ideas soon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mighty Card

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:1:41 CDT

Ecourage the Ontario government to engage in cost-recovery litigation against the tobacco industry for health care costs linked to tobacco related illnesses!

Help save a young life: Break

Thu, 8 Jun 2006 01:1:34 CDT

This is a petition to the Government of Canada, Healthcare system, on behalf of Margaret Kirk. She died last year, at the age of 53. She suffered and died from a rare form of brain atrophy and which we hoped an autopsy of her brain would establish cause and name of her neurological disorder. Margaret suffered with this progressive deterioration for 27 years many of which she was bedridden. Prior to her crippling disability, Margaret was married and bore four children, none of which she had the opportunity to watch grow up, because this disease robbed her of all functions. For years she was confined to a hospital bed. They said there was nothing they could do for her. For those years she was there, she could not walk, talk, feed herself, or do anything. She was bedridden and had no quality of life. Our family had to sit back and watch and endure this painful ordeal with helplessness. Four years ago our sister, Kimberley Kirk, was diagnosed with a similar illness as our mother, Margaret. We are residents of Saskatchewan but were referred out-of-province to the Movement Disorders Clinic in Calgary's Foothills Hospital. Kimberley is now 30 years old. With no choice of where to place her for care, the Government of Saskatchewan placed her in a NURSING HOME in Kindersley Saskatchewan. We desperately wanted to keep her close to family but there were no places for people like her or catered to patients of her age. With no other choice presenting itself, they placed Kimberley in a nursing home, in hope that she would receive the kind of care she needs. This facility is not designed for people with her kind of degenerative neurological disease; she does not fit there and is only getting more depressed and losing hope with each day she spends there. We asked if she could be placed into a group home but were told that this wasn't an option. We inquired about assisted living but even with this, at her current stage of atrophy, she is no longer able to live on her own. Doctors have not been able to diagnose the neurological disease which Kimberley is currently suffering and which strongly resembles that which our mother suffered from. With the hope of getting answers, we donated our mother's brain and part of her spine, posthumously, to the neuropathologists in Calgary for study and determination of the cause of her disease. Immediately following her death on May 19, 2005, her brain was transported to the neuropathologists assigned to the case by the Movement Disorders Clinic. We were told it may take as long as six months to get results. It has now (June 7, 2006) been over 1 year and we have yet to receive results or hear word back from Movement Disorders Clinic, despite repeated attempts by us to inquire into the case. The neuropathologist is telling the Movement Disorders Clinic that he is too busy with other cases and justifying with claims that there are other people that are dying for unknown reasons that need to be taken care of first. We would like to understand how the clinic or its practitioners prioritize their cases and get a better sense of why our mother's case has been given such low priority, particularly when the fate of our still living sister hangs in the balance. We have now lost one more year in which knowledge of this disease may have been of use to help our sister Kimberley. We can't get that back, but we do wish to know when we will get some action on this, and when will the fate of our sister's life trickle to the top of someone's attention. We have not deserve such apathy and such non-cooperation from our trusted health authorities and professionals. Please help our family by signing this petition requesting the Government of Canada's healthcare authority do take remediatory action on this! If any of you were in our shoes, you would want our support and do the same. We ask you dear reader to do right by Margaret and Kimberly. Sign our petition and show your support. Perhaps another young life need not end up in tragedy.

Research for Unknown Skin Disease - Skin Lesions and Fibers

Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:1:33 CDT

This site is for the sufferers of an unknown skin disease that may manifest itself as non-healing skin lesions; lesions with fibers; black specks; lesions due to resistant bacterial infection; biting, itching and crawling sensations; track marks on skin; "fiber balls" or "glitter" emerging from lesions; on face, scalp and/or body. Skin symptoms are commonly accompanied by symptoms unrelated to skin, including Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Fibromyalgia (ME), joint pain, and significant problems with concentration and memory (brain fog). Candida, and other fungal infections, are common among these suffers. Several independent foundations, or organizations are currently researching this disease. Some theories currently, and previously researched / discussed are: infestation of the skin by Collembola (springtails), co-infections of certain auto-immune diseases (i.e., Lyme Disease), severe gram-negative bacteria infection (Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia), co-infections of systemic fungal infections, nematode infestations and unknown drug resistant pathogens. No one knows what's causing this. It seems a medical mystery. Many who suffer from this disease are called crazy and labeled DOP (Deusions of Parasitosis). Once labeled as DOP, procuring further physical treatment is extremely difficult, if not impossible. There are many that have been ravaged by this disease, that know it is VERY REAL. Doctors are unable, and unwilling, to find the cause or effective treatment. Lack of treatment sends the sufferer into a debilitating spiral of declining health, and finances, until lives and relationships are destroyed. WE NEED RESEARCH AND RECOGNITION THIS IS A REAL DISEASE. SIGN OUR PETITION IF YOU, OR A LOVED ONE, IS SUFFERING FROM THIS DISEASE NEEDLESSLY. Register at Morgellons Research Foundation Register at the NPA Click here for news coverage about this disease Click here for more information on this disease Click here for a support forum Click here to go back to the HOME Page

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Change Kansas Board of Nursing decision regarding licensure of Excelsior College Students

Wed, 2 Mar 2005 22:0:28 CST

Please change your decision to not allow Excelsior College students to become licensed in Kansas or create a grandfather clause that allows students already enrolled before December 2004 to become licensed. Excelsior College is accredited by the Commission of Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges & Schools. This accrediting agency is recognized by the US Secretary of Education and Council for Higher Education. They have also accredited many well known universities. The nursing program is specifically accredited by the National League of Nursing (NLNAC). A nationally recognized and well respected organization. Many other universities accept Excelsior College graduates & credits for their programs. This program meets New York stae requirements for licensure, as well as most other states for initial licensure or endorsement. Excelsior students can be employed at any VA or federal facility regardless of where they are licensed. If Excelsior College is good enough for the government why is it not accepted by the state? Nurses already take a NATIONAL exam, the NCLEX. Why do we not have a nationally recognized license, so we don't have to get relicensed every time we move? Foreign graduates are also eligable for licensure even though their programs do not meet state guidelines for licensure. Again Excelsior grads cannot be licensed. Excelsior is the pioneer of distance education. A route most traditional colleges are starting to take also with their nursing programs. These programs are perfect for working students or military students who are living overseas. These students need the flexibility of distance education to be able to complete their education. As for a clinical component, the Clinical Performance in Nursing is an assessment of all skills required of a new graduate nurse. Exclesior is an extention of the already learned basic skills that were required as an LPN. Financial harm has been done to all the students who were told that Excelsior College was accepted in Kansas by ksbn. These students have lost thousands of dollars, not to mention wasted time & effort completing this program. I urge you to change your decision regarding this matter.

Tue, 7 Jul 2009 19:1:09 CDT

eat less or dont�t eat animals - if all humans in the world eat less or dont�t eat animals then every animal could have a better life. No more fabriks of animals where they called a thing, no more! - if everybody starts to eat less animals, it will be better and better! - and if you can eat no animal, the better it is. Worlwide, stp by step: eat less or dont�t eat animals! Respect life! Respect animals! Respect love! Respect humans! Respect the spirit of god all over the world, humanity, democraty, love for all humans all over the world and for the animals, too. ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: Monika Waldkirch on July 7, 2009, 8:45:32 pm ---------------------------------------------------- eat less or don�t eat animals - if all humans in the world eat less or don�t eat animals then every animal could have a better life. No more factory farming, where animals in mass has to suffer and no more handling animals like so called a thing, no more! - if everybody starts to eat less animals, it will be better and better! - and if you can eat no animal, the better it is. Worldwide, step by step: eat less or don�t eat animals! Respect life! Respect animals! Respect love! Respect humans! Respect the spirit of god all over the world, humanity, democracy, love for all humans all over the world and for the animals, too. www.paintingsartmwkmonikawaldkirch.homepage.t-online.de ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: Monika Waldkirch on July 7, 2009, 9:21:52 pm ---------------------------------------------------- eat less or don�t eat animals - if all humans in the world eat less or don�t eat animals then every animal could have a better life. No more factory farming, where animals in mass has to suffer and no more handling animals like so called a thing, no more! - if everybody starts to eat less animals, it will be better and better! - and if you can eat no animal, the better it is. Worldwide, step by step: eat less or don�t eat animals! Respect life! Respect animals! Respect love! Respect humans! Respect the spirit of god all over the world, humanity, democracy, love for all humans all over the world and for the animals, too. www.paintingsartmwkmonikawald kirch.homepage.t-online.de

ZT Too Fat for N4G

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:1:17 CDT

This petition is a mandate for the immediate placement of the N4G member named ZeroTolerance on some sort of weight loss program. Whether it be in the form of exercise or a restricted diet of some sort is negotiable. ZeroTolerance is a staff member on N4G and as such needs to uphold the image and integrity of not only the people that run N4G but also the website itself. ZeroTolerance is now weighing it at just under three hundred pounds so this petition is also a cry out to the internet community to look out for his personal health and well being. There were rumors circulating around that he had to upload his N4G avatar with a forklift and that his profile is taking up way too much of the web sites available bandwidth. So taking all of these negative factors into consideration please add your signature to this petition and help a person in need. Thank you and good day. ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: Korean One on September 25, 2009, 7:39:53 pm ---------------------------------------------------- This petition is a mandate for the immediate placement of the N4G member named ZeroTolerance on some sort of weight loss program. Whether it be in the form of exercise or a restricted diet of some sort is negotiable. ZeroTolerance is a staff member on N4G and as such needs to uphold the image and integrity of not only the people that run N4G but also the website itself. ZeroTolerance is now weighing it at just under three hundred pounds so this petition is also a cry out to the internet community to look out for his personal health and well being. There were rumors circulating around that he had to upload his N4G avatar with a forklift and that his profile is taking up way too much of the web sites available bandwidth. So taking all of these negative factors into consideration please add your signature to this petition and help a person in need. Thank you and good day. ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: Korean One on September 25, 2009, 9:23:59 pm ---------------------------------------------------- This petition is a mandate for the immediate placement of the N4G member named ZeroTolerance on some sort of weight loss program. Whether it be in the form of exercise or a restricted diet of some sort is negotiable. ZeroTolerance is a staff member at N4G.com - News4Gamers website - and as such needs to uphold the image and integrity of not only the people that run N4G but also the website itself. ZeroTolerance is now weighing it at just under three hundred pounds so this petition is also a cry out to the internet community to look out for his personal health and well being. There were rumors circulating around that he had to upload his N4G avatar with a forklift and that his profile is taking up way too much of the web sites available bandwidth. So taking all of these negative factors into consideration please add your signature to this petition and help a person in need. Thank you and good day. ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: Korean One on September 25, 2009, 9:24:55 pm ---------------------------------------------------- This petition is a mandate for the immediate placement of the N4G member named ZeroTolerance on some sort of weight loss program. Whether it be in the form of exercise or a restricted diet of some sort is negotiable. ZeroTolerance is a staff member at N4G.com - News4Gamers web site - and as such needs to uphold the image and integrity of not only the people that run N4G but also the website itself. ZeroTolerance is now weighing it at just under three hundred pounds so this petition is also a cry out to the internet community to look out for his personal health and well being. There were rumors circulating around that he had to upload his N4G avatar with a forklift and that his profile is taking up way too much of the web sites available bandwidth. So taking all of these negative factors into consideration please add your signature to this petition and help a person in need. Thank you and good day. ---------------------------------------------------- Added by: Korean One on September 25, 2009, 9:29:34 pm ---------------------------------------------------- This petition is a mandate for the immediate placement of the N4G member named ZeroTolerance on some sort of weight loss program. Whether it be in the form of exercise or a restricted diet of some sort is negotiable. ZeroTolerance is a staff member on N4G.com - News4Gamers web site - and as such needs to uphold the image and integrity of not only the people that run N4G but also the website itself. ZeroTolerance is now weighing it at just under three hundred pounds so this petition is also a cry out to the internet community to look out for his personal health and well being. There were rumors circulating around that he had to upload his N4G avatar with a forklift and that his profile is taking up way too much of the web sites available bandwidth. So taking all of these negative factors into consideration please add your signature to this petition and help a person in need. Thank you and good day.

California Comprehensive Infertility Insurance Mandate

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:1:44 CDT

We, the undersigned, are requesting a comprehensive infertility insurance mandate for the State of California. The current mandate does not require that all insurance companies cover infertility diagnosis or treatment. The mandate states that employers and insurance companies can only offer coverage, which many do not. Furthermore, the current mandate excludes IVF, a procedure that may be a couple's only hope for childhood. Infertility affects millions. Please don't deny a person's right to be a parent.