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News Briefs 30-07-2008

We’ll start from up here and work our way down there.

Thanks Greg, Kat, and a Mexican who spat out the blue pill.

Quote of the Day:

I know other astronauts share my feelings… and we know the government is sitting on hard evidence of UFOs.

Col. Gordon Cooper, Apollo Astronaut

  1. On our grip on reality
    OK so that research was published in 2006 but since then there’s been an explosion of studies on this subject of the now infamous: secret “area 10” of brain — the rostrum prefrontal cortex.

    I did a Science Citation Index search and most importantly the study in the linked article gives the evolutionary history of “area 10” with the determination that it has more complicated neuron development as apes become humans whereas area 10 is much smaller for gibbons.

    The latest studies on “area 10” are about this:

    • Abnormalities of area 10 have recently been implicated in a wide range of psychiatric, developmental and psychological disorders. Does this relate in some way to dysfunction of the ‘supervisory attentional gateway’?

    That’s a quote from a 2008 study — essentially Graham Hancock is wrong when he states that 50,000 years ago there was some “explosion” in human consciousness from the intervention of the spirit world, etc. On the other hand science is wrong when they place total reliance on the mysterious “area 10” as the reality gateway for humans.

    These studies all prioritize “multitasking” based on information perceived externally and remembered in relation to external reality. Any sort of associational or metaphorical analysis (say Freudian or semiotic or neoformalistic gestalt, etc) is rejected as a “dysfunction.” For example when a man dreams about sex and then has a nocturnal emission — where’s the supervisory attentional gateway of area 10 when we need it? haha.

    Now in contrast — this is a VERY COOL experiment using a “photomultiplier” (I think first designed by Alfred-Fritz Popp or Fritz-Alfred Popp — always get his name switched around). Anyway if I was every going to do something “professional” in my life — I’d like to do “O at a Ds” with females while recording their biophoton emissions! haha.

    Quantum events of biophoton emission associated with complementary and alternative medicine therapies: A descriptive pilot study

    Author(s): Hossu M, Rupert R
    Source: JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE Volume: 12 Issue: 2 Pages: 119-124 Published: MAR 2006

    Times Cited: 0 References: 22 Citation MapCitation Map beta

    Abstract: Introduction: Biophoton emission (BPE) is a quantum event characterized by a relatively stable but ultra-low-rate emission of visible photons from living organisms. It has been associated with high energy processes such as: cell metabolism, growth, phagocytosis, neural activity, and oxidative stress. BPE has also been suggested to reflect the organism’s global state of health as well as the response to stimulation including therapeutic interventions. If BPE changes occur as a result of various complementary and alternative medical interventions, this could prove useful to monitor both the patient’s response to a specific treatment and global changes in their health status. This descriptive study attempts to identify BPE changes associated with three different chiropractic techniques that use different energetic approaches: mechanical, gravitational, and bioenergetic.

    Materials and Methods: The BPE was measured at the neck and/or the lower back of 3 asymptomatic adult male volunteers. The measurements were made before and after different chiropractic interventions. The treatment techniques included a high velocity joint manipulation with the aid of a drop table, Sacro-Occipital Technique, and Bio-Energetic Synchronization Technique. Enough time was allotted for measurements in order to differentiate between natural fluctuation of the BPE and the changes induced by the interventions.

    Results: All techniques induced small (up to 20%) but statistically significant changes (p < 0.05 in one case, p < 0.001 in the other two) in the BPE. Each technique demonstrated a different pattern of BPE change that may be specific to the technique. Conclusion: The intensity of BPE is a noninvasive indicator of the health of the human body and is significantly altered in different ways by chiropractic interventions. Future research is necessary to explore more features of BPE and its utility as an indicator of health, as well as the theoretical and clinical significance of these findings. KeyWords Plus: HUMAN-BODY; LIGHT; BIOLUMINESCENCE; INFORMATION; BIOFIELD; SYSTEMS Reprint Address: Hossu, M (reprint author), Parker Coll Chiropract Res Inst, 2500 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, TX 75229 USA Addresses: 1. Parker Coll Chiropract Res Inst, Dallas, TX 75229 USA Publisher: MARY ANN LIEBERT INC, 140 HUGUENOT STREET, 3RD FL, NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801 USA Subject Category: Integrative & Complementary Medicine And then I could increase my energy training and do further tests -- would be a great excuse to have a "professional" environment for qigong training without being harrassed by mind-control idiots who are scared and angry since they don't understand what you are doing (never wanna risk being locked up in some psych ward or prison or something).

    1. Key words – ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
      I’ll sit up and take notice when the NON-ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE (and non-Chiropractors) world takes notice – in other words mainstream medicine.

      Anything so fringe that is not able to be detected except by extraordinary and questionable means how can it be competent?

      Oh yeah – “I believe therefore it is”

      Cheers

      1. well, yeah!
        [quote]“I believe therefore it is”[/quote]

        Are you telling me you don’t believe in the power of the mind to cure the body? Mainstream medicine has a more manageable term to describe it: Placebo effect 😉

        —–
        It’s not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me…
        It’s all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!

        Red Pill Junkie

        1. ‘Nuff Said…
          Well there you go…the “Placebo effect”

          That sort of puts the crunch on the alternative medicine (and what not) market, does it not?

          Hang up those crystals, put away those drums boys, toss out those Q Ray bracelets and flush that “Energized” water down the loo…its all been in the mind after all this while! 🙂

          Just like so many people have been saying for a long, long, time. 😉

          Cheers

          1. Wait
            But don’t you think it’s interesting that, if all the benefits people report from alternative methods can be accountable only to the Placebo effect, how it’s not shown as frequently with standard medicine?

            Shouldn’t be that something to look into?

            —–
            It’s not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me…
            It’s all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!

            Red Pill Junkie

          2. Oh but it is…
            Doctors are well aware of the Placebo effect! Who told you they weren’t? 🙂 Haven’t you ever read any drug data sheets?

            There are good doctors and bad doctors. Good doctors are careful with their bedside manner – it does have an effect.

            The problem here are people following alternative medicines and as such are not seeking mainstream medicine. They put their lives in danger.

            There are far too many “crystal healers” as I call it and that is dangerous for gullible people who forgo medical treatment because they believe it therefore it is.

            I have a sure fire common cold cure – place a fresh apple next to your bed at night for seven nights and you will get better!

            That’s harmless… 🙂

            Cheers

          3. middle ground
            I’m not sure I would want to put all the alternative medics into one bag labeled “crystal healers”. There are all range of practices that could yield interesting results, such as acupuncture and homeopathy.

            Take me for instance: I was born with asthma, my mom tells me I used to turn blue as a smurf. She treated me only with homeopathy, which I’m sure would be considered totally reckless and irresponsible among some circles.

            And yet it cured me. So what is that? Was my mom’s auto-suggestion the reason the therapy worked? If that’s the case, then it’s a phenomenon far more complex and interesting that what homeopathy itself claims!

            Many things that were considered cuckoo stuff ended up being accepted by mainstream scientists. There was a time when respctable doctors didn’t believe in the existence of microbes, remember?

            —–
            It’s not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me…
            It’s all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!

            Red Pill Junkie

          4. On the other hand,
            I was told I had asthma for 25 years, first by my mother…and then supported by doctors. Turns out it was acid reflex, and anxiety,caused by my mums horrible cooking(my friends would not eat dinner at our home!)and my mother crazy behavior,towards me. Once my body was “trained” to respond this way. It took 25 years(and getting off the bottle) to realize what the real problem was. I’ve got my gut under some control,but the anxiety is still not. Even with LOTS of yoga and bio-feedback. Even writing about it starts the process up. As it is right now, bye…

          5. However…
            So you were diagnosed as having asthma? Or…?

            Glad you brought that up. 🙂

            I recall I had a shortness of breath years ago and wheezing which would come on for no apparent reason.

            My doctor told me I had an infection which mimicked the symptoms of asthma. He prescribed a ventilator and I was to use it for one to two months. The infection would have to run its course and it did.

            Well, if I never went to a doctor I (and all around me) would have thought I had asthma. If I had taken anything to “cure” me I would have been “cured” in a couple of months.

            It was because doctors did not know about microbes and other basic medical facts is how homoeopathy came into being!

            Homoeopathy as defined by Samuel Hahnemann in the 18th century reasoned that an person who is sick can be treated with a substance which produce, in a healthy person, symptoms similar to those of the sickness. (!!!!)

            I wonder if Homoeopathy works with my bank? “But Mr Bank Manager I am using my credit cards to treat my bank overdraft!”

            Ah, the power of the mind. Well at least people aren’t beating drums to ward off evil…

            Cheers

            PS: Glad you don’t have asthma any more for whatever reason. 🙂

          6. good for cycling
            First, I know how bad asthma and similar problems are. I have some allergies that show up when I breathe polluted air, and I have friends and relatives who have real problems with breathing. These things are awful problems, they seriously limit a person’s life, and require serious treatment. Sometimes the best cure is to move to a different climate.

            However there is another cure for some athletes – take part in the Tour de France. The famous bike race, you know. Most of the riders apparently have asthma, and are treated with performance enhancing drugs to compensate for their breathing problems. In fact it seems that if you are healthy, you can’t be competitive in that race.

            —-
            The large print giveth,
            The small print taketh away.

          7. Tour de France – 1920’s
            In the 1920’s before hitting a that big hill Tour de France bikers would break out their ciggies for that added boost!

            Ah, the good old days of simple folk medicine.

            http://tinyurl.com/64keug

            Cheers

          8. Thank you
            Thanks for the sentiment :0)

            —–
            It’s not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me…
            It’s all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!

            Red Pill Junkie

          9. Real Healing
            Hello,

            The trouble with medicine is, they cant heal chronic disease, the reason for that is simple, they havent got a clue about the true nature of their patient. Sure they can fix an accute body problem, (broken bones etc) but thats about it..and i’m talking healing here, not masking the problem with an array of drugs, slicing up or burning away the percieved cause of the disease.

            I think the placebo effect would be considerably higher if people had complete faith in the treatments, as it is, we subconsciously know established medicine is ignorant. Calling those that believe in socalled Crystal Healers gullible is sad, when i fact it is those that do so are the real gullible. They’ve been sold lies about their true nature for thousands of years on end, on top of that these gullible are used to demonise the truth . Just because these days we have a 1000 different pills, doesnt mean the situation is any better then when we had 10.

            BTW, these days most serious alternative healers tell their patients to check regular medicine..they have to, because the establishment will crucify any alternative healer that loses a patient..not a word on the countless losses regular medicine and their pills bring about, more people die of medicinal drugs then murder..and that in the USA.

            You sir have obviously no knowledge about the true nature of yourself, if you had you wouldnt be mocking those that unveil.

            A Man Can Not Begin To Learn That Which He Thinks He Already Knows (Epictetus)

  2. McKinnon
    [quote]Lord Brown said that, having gained access to these computers, he deleted data from them, including “critical operating system files from nine computers, the deletion of which shut down the entire US Army’s Military District of Washington network of over 2,000 computers for 24 hours, significantly disrupting Governmental functions.”

    He also disrupted 2,455 user accounts on a US Army computer that controlled access to an Army computer network, causing those computers to reboot and become “inoperable”, as well as logs from computers at US Naval Weapons Station Earle, one of which was used to monitor the identify, location, condition and battle readiness of navy shoips.[/quote]

    McKinnon claims he did not commit those damages, but who’s gonna believe a stoned UFO-buff, right?

    I do not think McKinnon’s a hero, although he did dare to do what many only dreamt of. He was very stupid and the access infringement should be punished. But is he being punished because he’s a terrorist, or because he embarrased the US government by showing how easy it is to enter those secret networks? Aren’t the people entrusted with that sensitive part of America’s frontline accountable for their incompetence too?

    Then again, I’ve been discussing at UFO Mystic that maybe—a big maybe of course—McKinnon was MEANT to enter those networks and find exactly what he wanted to read (i.e. ET is here and the Gvt. is covering it) as a method to disseminate disinformation.

    [quote]“[McKinnon] says he came across many other hackers in the supposedly secure systems, many with Chinese and Russian internet addresses. Since his exploits were exposed, consecutive government reports have confirmed that the US military’s computer systems remain poorly protected.”[/quote]

    So maybe it was easier to frame the pot-smoking english boy than making a big fuzz with the Russians or the Chinese—especially since the Chinese have a policy of never extraditing one of their own, something we learned this summer thanks to Batman 😉

    —–
    It’s not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me…
    It’s all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!

    Red Pill Junkie

    1. McKinnon a hero?
      Something I find strange in the McKinnon case is that IF he was really only checking out UFO files, whatever he got, he should have posted everything somewhere on the net for everyone to see. Nothing! As such he’s just another hacker trying to get away from the law by mobilizing a “fringe” group of believers in UFO’s, of which I am one of. But show hte proof online, then I’ll believe ya!

      Cheers

    2. I don’t know if I’d call him a hero, but
      Anyone who can shut down our shadow government for a few hours is Ok with me. And as for the discovery of an Off-World Navy. Makes me wonder at what we’re not told. We’ve lived too long in lies on this planet. I’d like to know the truth. My ignorance has not been bliss.

  3. In September 1991, NASA filmed…
    …stuff moving around in space.

    I especially liked the video of the urine dump affected by the shuttle’s reaction control system that was “proof” of a UFO being shot at by another UFO.

    This is like primitive people convinced someone is a “god” cause they have a lighter. People watch too much Sci-fi to understand the physics of the REAL space environment. Like space ships in a banking turn…that is the real anomaly!

    Give me a break…my sides are hurting!

    Cheers

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