what health plan were nearly half holding out for?

11.8: co.pol/{newspapers}/what plan were nearly half holding out for?:

. it's hopeful to see the House majority could agree on some bill;

but what were nearly half of the them holding out for?

maybe if the planners would start from first principles:

we are paying so much for religiously-mandated charity care;

how can we have gone this long without mandated health insurance ?!

. to make it affordable,

there should be right-to-die plans excluding your choice of conditions:

I do want full coverage for accident recovery;

I do not want treatments for cancer or obesity-related disorders .

. insurance providers would drool at deals like that!

. I was so grateful they compromised on deal-breaking abortion issues,

lets see some more vision like that:

sane first, and democratic only if they're sure they can pull it off .

. see Michael Moore's Sicko movie again .

. republicans make the dem's look like Death panels and Liberals;

ha! weren't they tossed after outraging seniors

by telling them that the cheap Canadian meds were unsafe?

. lets see less regulation of seniors,

and more leashes on pharmaceutical and insurance co's .

Healthcare X PRIZE

11.6: co.pol/Healthcare X PRIZE is to create an optimal health paradigm:

American health care system requires fundamental transformation

to meet the needs of the nation.

An Initial Prize Design for a proposed $10+ Million Healthcare X PRIZE

was announced on April 14, 2009 by the X PRIZE Foundation, WellPoint, Inc.

and the WellPoint Foundation.

This first-of-its kind competition will focus on

reinventing the health care system in a bold, measurable and scientific fashion

to catalyze dramatic improvements in health and health care value

in the United States.

The Grand Challenge for the Healthcare X PRIZE is to create

an optimal health paradigm that empowers and engages individuals and

communities in a way that dramatically improves health value.

The proposed prize is designed to improve health value by more than 50 percent

in a 10,000 person community during a three year trial.

In order to effectively compete for this prize,

teams will need to fundamentally change health financing, care delivery,

and create new incentives that will result in

achieving the required improvements in health value

for both individuals and communities.

finance regulation lessons from Islam

11.6: pol/finance regulation/lessons from islam:

. another muslim-unique rule is no money from lending .

. this could mean that all customers have to pre-pay,

or that all markets should be in stocks not bonds,

where you use your savings to buy co.ownership in a money-maker .

. a usaa fin.mgt and depression historian

pointed out how deflation works:

demand falls off massively in a fin system that borrows a lot;

it involves doing production in huge batches

or for very expensive items .

. mass production can be very cheap

but if the masses don't buy the product

then the business is scrambling to pay for the loan,

because money is rented, so time is money .

. this forces unfair sales prices just to pay off the loan .

parapsychology in the news

11.21: psy/parapsych/em waves for communication:

physics arXiv blog, Nov. 19, 2009

Sergei Mayburov at the Lebedev Institute of Physics in Moscow

suggests that optical communication

is a natural process in many cells of body,

closely related to photosynthesis.

Last year, researchers at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago

showed that human cells in culture

could synchronize their internal chemical processes

even though they were mechanically, chemically,

and electrically isolated from one another.

The cells, it seemed, were communicating through the exchange of photons.

news.psy/parapsychology/bigger Not Necessarily Better, When It Comes to Brains:

Science Daily, Nov. 18, 2009

Tiny insects could be as intelligent as much bigger animals,

despite only having a brain the size of a pinhead,

say scientists at Queen Mary, University of London.

Research repeatedly shows how insects are capable of some intelligent behaviors

scientists previously thought was unique to larger animals.

This must mean that much "advanced" thinking

can actually be done with very limited neuron numbers.

Computer modelling shows that even consciousness

can be generated with very small neural circuits,

which could in theory easily fit into an insect brain.

In fact, the models suggest that counting could be achieved

with only a few hundred nerve cells

and only a few thousand could be enough to generate consciousness.

Engineers hope that this kind of research

will lead to smarter computing

with the ability to recognize human facial expressions and emotions.

the surprising benefits and costs of urinals

11.26: gear/urinal/unisex

11.26:

. find a urinal that can double as a backup potty,

like the Passport Potty, but it's ok to spend more

on something less annoyingly small .

[12.31: Passport Potty:

$70 non-spillable toilet" passport potty toilet 1.0

(10L #6003, 2.6gal water closet, 2.6 gal sewage)

509 921 5350

wholesaler" maurice sporting goods; 4674 aircenter circle; reno, nv 89502-5949

importer" cedar key manufacturing; northbrook, illinois 60065

manufac" sanitation equipment ltd; ontario, canada, L4K 2S7

newscientist.com peecycling.html

The problem with urine is that it is

the main source of some of the chemical nutrients

that have to be removed in sewage treatment plants

if they are not to wreck ecosystems downstream.

Despite making up only 1 per cent of the volume of waste water,

urine contributes about 80 per cent of the nitrogen

and 45 per cent of all the phosphate.

Peeing into the pan immediately dilutes these chemicals

with vast quantities of water,

making the removal process unnecessarily inefficient.

A lucky few, however, live or work in

one of the buildings in continental Europe

where you can find a future must-have eco-accessory:

the urine separation toilet.

These devices divert urine away from the main sewage stream,

allowing the nutrients to be recycled rather than treated as waste.

They could solve all the environmental problems associated with urine

and even turn sewage plants into

net producers of green, clean energy.

Tue Mar 04 16:41:28 GMT 2008

Is any one in the USA working on the urine separation toilet

what to do with the urine? Personal Systems?

There is a lot being done in other parts of the world,

little in the US, I work in Ecuador.

See http://www.ecosanres.org

also my blog inodoroseco.blogspot.com (Spanish).

EcoEng011_F2.pd f+urine-separating+toilet

$970 www.airheadtoilet.com

$850.00 A Nature's Head Composting Toilet USCG Certification

installation:

The liquid waste vessel will contain approximately 2.2 gallons of urine.

The translucent material of the container allows easy visualization of the liquid level.

review (with good pictures):

. the way it's shaped and how narrow it is,

you'd think urinating would present a back-spray problem .

Separett Villa (www.ecovita.net/villa) -- award winning

This urine-diverting composting toilet – which is 100 percent PVC fee –

uses no water and keeps solids separate from liquids,

reducing odor and making it possible to reuse waste and urine

for composting and fertilizing.

The Separett Villa can be deployed where no plumbing exists,

allowing for a greater reach of the technology

www.ecovita.net Separett of Sweden Urine-Diverting Composting Toilets

Ecovita is the exclusive North American supplier

of Separett urine-diverting composting toilets. www.separett.eu/

--Separett urine-diverting composting toilets

and waterless urinals provide attractive, inexpensive,

easy-to-maintain, odor-free ecological sanitation

for waterwise comfort!

Separett Privy Kit $112

A urine diverter only to make your own system or to improve an existing pit latrine

The Separett Privy kit transforms your outdoor toilet

into a modern urine-separating toilet

As urine and solids are separated,

you are spared latrine odor and the waste is very easy to take care of.

Feces collect in the latrine or a garbage bag while urine drains via a hose

to a soakaway or tank.

The kit is easily installed under the bench of the outdoor toilet.

To ensure comfort all-year-round,

the kit includes a seat that feels warm as soon as you sit down.

Comes with plans for making a urine-diverting composting toilet

and a graywater system.

www.latimes.com Separett

Just under the seat is something called a Separett,

a device that sends urine through one hole and feces down another.

Each lands in lidded, 5-gallon containers,

which are vented to the outside

and accessed through a small door on the side of the house.

When the receptacles fill up, they're emptied.

Nitrogen-rich urine is diluted with water

and fed to plants;

feces is left to mellow for a year,

at which point it has decomposed enough

to ameliorate health concerns

and can be used for amending soil.

. I found a Separett online and bought it for $127.

I planned to put my backup toilet in my bedroom.

The chief environmental health specialist

for the L.A. County Department of Public Health

couldn't tell me if composting toilets were even legal,

so I also wanted to make sure my system could be easily disassembled.

Following advice from the Separett manual

and a book that is something of a composting toilet bible,

"The Humanure Handbook,"

I affixed the Separett into the supporting sides of the bench,

just beneath its hinged lid. I set up the collection buckets.

. used hamsters' pine bedding for the "bulking agent" .

$1,399 BioLet 30 NE, Non-electric composting toilet (homedepot.com)

A waterless composting toilet used primarily where it is not practical or economical to install a conventional toilet. It is an on-site, self-contained, biological toilet that uses aerobic decomposition and evaporation to reduce human waste to a nutrient rich, hygienically safe humus. The BioLets reduce the volume of waste entering the toilet by approximately 90%, leaving only 10% of the original volume for disposal. This can be recycled back to nature in a safe way w/out polluting the environment.

* Most Advanced Composting Toilet In The World!

* Requires no water, septic, or chemicals and produces no odors!

comment:

get a Sun-mar. avoid that poop farmer

make your own? patents:

THREE PART URINE SEPARATING DRY TOILET

URINE-SEPARATING TOILET

hormonics in pregnancy

11.26: news.health/hormonics/pregnancy:

. in the United States, One in eight babies is born prematurely,

defined as before 37 weeks of gestation,

a rate that is twice that in most European countries.

Spontaneous labor accounts for 50 percent of preterm births,

30 percent occur after the spontaneous rupture of the membranes,

and 20 percent involve medically induced deliveries

to protect the health of the mother or the infant.

The hormone progesterone has been shown to help prevent premature labor and delivery, ...

--[notice that need for progesterone

may be implicated with estrogen dominance ]--

[12.31:

. but why would usa women have more problems with estrogen dominance

than european women, when they both have industrial diets?

]

whey selection

11.12: web.aq.cook/iherb.com/lef`whey ok? yes:

Enhanced Life Extension Protein (Natural) 1000 grams (2.2 lbs)

The whey protein isolate is made using a process known as

Cross Flow Microfiltration,

which produces an isolate that is 87% protein,

99% of it in the bioavailable undenatured from,

and retains all important subfractions in their natural ratios.

This protein contains low amounts of sodium, and added BioFerrin

which is a 95% pure bioactive form of lactoferrin.

The Enhanced Life Extension Protein has up to 300% more lactoferrin

than other whey protein supplements on the market.

talk about micro filtered whey isolates

With the array of more recent processing techniques used to make WPI's

- or pull out various subfractions - such as Cross Flow Micro filtration (CFM¨)

CFM¨ is a trade mark process of Glanbia Nutritionals,

a large dairy company out of Ireland with offices in the US.

ultra filtration (UF), micro filtration (MF), reverse osmosis (RO),

dynamic membrane filtration (DMF), ion exchange chromatography, (IEC),

electro-ultrafiltration (EU), radial flow chromatography (RFC)

and nano filtration (NF),

manufacturers can now make some very high grade and unique whey proteins.

Perhaps the most familiar micro filtered isolate to readers, would be CFM¨*.

Although the term "cross flow micro filtered" is something of a generic term

for several similar ways of processing whey,

The CFM¨ processing method uses a low temperature micro filtration techniques

that allows for the production of very high protein contents (>90%),

the retention of important subfractions, extremely low fat and lactose contents,

with virtually no undenatured proteins.

CFM¨ is a natural non-chemical process which employs high tech ceramic filters,

unlike ion exchange,

which involves the use of chemical regents

such as hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide.

inflammation syndrome and colon cancer

11.16: health/colon cancer

summary:
. inflammation syndrome seems to be a key;
foods tend affect risk in proportion to their inflammation index:
grain-fed meats, high-glycemic fruits
are inflammatory,
while wild fish and low-glycemic veg's
are anti-inflammatory
. aspirin too reduces both risk and inflammation,
though the dose that might be useful
might also be kidney problems .


inflammation syndrome

. conditions that contributes to inflammation of the colon can lead to cancer.
Diabetes Can Lead to Colon Cancer
According to WebMD, people with diabetes have a 30-40%
increased risk of colon cancer.
So it's important to maintain a normal weight
and to lose weight if an individual is obese.

risk-factors-colorectal-cancer

. a person who already has had colorectal cancer
may develop the disease a second time.
. those who have chronic inflammatory conditions of the colon,
such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease,
also are at higher risk of developing colorectal cancer.
# Diet. A diet high in fat and calories and low in fiber

may be linked to a greater risk of developing colorectal cancer.
# Lifestyle factors.

You may be at increased risk for developing colorectal cancer if you

drink alcohol, smoke, don't get enough exercise,

and if you are overweight.
# Diabetes.

People with diabetes have a 30-40% increased risk

of developing colon cancer.

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention

2006, vol. 15, no12, pp. 2391-2397

Obesity and diabetes are established risk factors
for colorectal cancer but have mainly been assessed independently.
There are few data about whether the metabolic syndrome,
which refers to a clustering of cardiovascular disease risk factors
thought to be related to insulin resistance,
including obesity, type 2 diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension,
is associated with colorectal cancer risk.
Out of the markers of the metabolic syndrome assessed,
overweight and diabetes are risk factors for colorectal cancer,
whereas, in contrast to their role in cardiovascular disease,
elevated blood pressure and hypercholesterolemia are not.

Smoking:

It has been shown that smokers have a 30-40% greater chance
of acquiring colon cancer than non- smokers.

http://www.aicr.org.uk/ColonCancerFAQs.stm

Obesity can increase the risk of cancer of the colon by up to one third.
High alcohol intake is also known to increase the risk of colon cancer.
However, some common drugs, such as aspirin-like painkillers
and hormone replacement therapy,
are known to reduce the risk of bowel cancer.
Low fat, high fibre diets appear to carry a lower risk.
Greater consumption of vegetables and fruit has also been shown to reduce the risk.
Increased consumption of red meat and processed meat
has been linked to a higher risk.
By comparison, eating fish does not appear to be a risk factor.
Some evidence suggests that certain dietary supplements,
such as calcium, selenium and, possibly, folic acid
can reduce the risk.

obesity from eating for stress may be another link
More Evidence Stress and Cancer are Linked Posted by: Dr. Mercola
Cancer Research November 1, 2006; 66(21): 10357-10364
Science Daily November 3, 2006

Stress

Norepinephrine, a hormone produced during periods of stress, may increase the growth rate of cancer.

The norepinephrine can stimulate tumor cells to produce two compounds (matrix metalloproteinases called MMP-2 and MMP-9) that break down the tissue around the tumor cells and allow the cells to more easily move into the bloodstream.

Once there, they can travel to other organs and tissues and form additional tumors, a process called metastasis.

Norepinephrine may also stimulate the tumor cells to release a chemical (vascular endothelial growth factor, or VEGF) that can aid in the growth of the blood vessels that feed cancer cells. This can increase the growth and spread of the cancer.
Researchers traced the harmful effect of norepinephrine after applying it to cancer cell lines used to study nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), an incurable head and neck cancer associated most frequently with those of Chinese descent.