3 Articles - August 31, 2009

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Article #1 Heart Attacks and Treatment
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Article #2 Jimmy Carter
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Article #3 In the Future, Robots to Replace Man?
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1. Heart Attacks and Treatment

A Case of Getting What You Pay ForWith Heart Attack Treatments, as Quality Rises, So Does Cost

QUESTION:
The cost of treating U.S. heart attacks this year will cost about $93billion. What can people do to prevent hearts attacks from happening in thefirst place?

(See the Washington Post article news article published July 26, 2009 link below)

ANSWER:
There lies in all heart attacks a need to see the causes of these in"life style."

In these days of stress, poor food and health practices, the heart wears out early.

In the treatment of the heart after attacks, traditional medicine understands much more than in the past. The attempt to assist in this condition has been monumental. But nothing can assist this condition as much as prevention by "life style choices."

When stress is a way of life, to be aware that every day that one is in high stress is taking away life choices, and a contributing to a failing heart. To make choices that reduce stress will keep the heart strong. Adrenaline, pumping into one's heart at rapid and continuous rates stops the heart from pumping naturally and goads it to be in hyper movement.

For this reason, to be ones to know that a stress situation will enhance the possibility of heart attacks. Prevention through one insisting that stress levels be lowered is a goodness.

Foods that are not rich in vitamins and minerals affect the heart. The heart needs to be strong. It is the most active organ in the body. And it's continuous beating is a miracle! This miracle can not continue without the proper rest, relaxation and nutrition.

So, the best treatment for heart attacks is prevention! Nothing in the known medical centers, can do as well as a program of health...nutrition, alleviation of stress, sensible exercise and Love!

Go in Peace and Love

News Article:
Two decades ago, a famous clinical experiment showed that if a patient in the throes of a heart attack chewed and swallowed an aspirin tablet, the risk of dying fell from 13.2 percent to 10.2 percent. If progress since then had come so cheap and easy -- a 23 percent improvement for an investment of three cents -- health care in the United States wouldn't be in the state it is. But that's not how things happened. Instead, the fight against heart disease has been slow and incremental. It's also been extremely expensive and wildly successful. In the 1960s, the chance of dying in the days immediately after a heart attack was 30 to 40 percent. In 1975, it was 27 percent. In 1984, it was 19 percent. In 1994, it was about 10 percent. Today, it's about 6 percent. Over the same period, the charges for treating a heart attack marched steadily upward, from about $5,700 in 1977 to $54,400 in 2007 (without adjusting for inflation).

The treatment of coronary heart disease -- of which heart attack, or acute myocardial infarction, is the most significant component -- this year will cost about $93 billion. It's a huge contributor to the $2.3 trillion annual bill for medical care in the United States. Cardiovascular disease isr esponsible for 35 percent of deaths in America and has been the leading cause of death every year since 1900, except 1918, the year of the Spanish flu epidemic. The evolution of heart attack treatment over the past three decades is a story of doing more things to more people at greater expense with better results. It is a portrait in miniature of medicine in the United States.

For more information:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/25/AR2009072502381.html

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2. Jimmy Carter

JIMMY CARTER, "Stop abusing Women in the Name of God"!

QUESTION:
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter recently commented on the role ofreligious texts and doctrines in the global mistreatment of women. Why aremany traditional religions so abusive towards women?

(See the Examiner.com article on July 24, 2009 link below)

ANSWER:
There lies in the Biblical Texts words that would assume woman are of a lesser nature than men. From the very beginning these texts show that women are a lesser human being.

This is caused by the fact that the prejudices of the men who interpreted these texts show in the translations. And male intention that he be in charge shows throughout the texts.

This is not of the Biblical accounts only, but in many religious texts the same reasons exist for this prejudice.

Males, historically, have been the ones to be educated, not the females of the cultures. Therefore, when texts were translated into a more common language, it was the males of the populations who did the translating. Their "male understandings", or prejudice, show this in the interpretations.

Women, in early times of most religious beliefs, were very much a part of the religions. They were leaders, as well as men to bring forth the religions belief systems. These were elders, mothers, and bearers of the cultural truths within the populations.

It is when a religious practice gains power that the males of this religion stepped forth to claim this power. Women then became religated to a lesser place.

When religious beliefs become the common experience of a population, women become ones to suffer the "setting aside" of their importance. The males take full power of these religions and displace the female influences.

Women are allowed to remain in power as long as the religion is not oneto give power of a greater nature. When this is so, the women become ones to be stood aside, by the males, and suffer their fate as objects to be controlled and kept out of the power base.

Go in Peace and Love

News Article:
Last week, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter released a widely disseminated statement concerning the global mistreatment of women based on religious texts and doctrines. Mr. Carter was so disturbed by the sexism within his own church that he left it after 60 years. In his commentary, Carter quoted the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" and the Bible (Gal 3:28) to demonstrate his own integrity as concerns race, religion and gender. He then remarked:
This view that women are somehow inferior to men is not restricted to one religion or belief. It is widespread. Women are prevented from playing a full and equal role in many faiths. The male interpretation of religious texts and the way they interact with, and reinforce, traditional practices justify some of the most pervasive, persistent, flagrant and damaging examples of human rights abuses."

For more information:
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-17009-Freethought-Examiner~y2009m7d24-Jimmy-Carter-Stop-abusing-women-in-the-name-of-God

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3. In the Future, Robots to Replace Man?

Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man

QUESTION:
Will there be a time when robots can outsmart human beings?

(See the New York Times Article published on July 26, 2009 link below)

ANSWER:
Dear Ones, there is very little chance of this happening. For to continue a robot population, one has to have invention. And invention is a product of human ingenuity.

There lies within robots the need of continuation and innovation. Without this, they do not exist.

Robots are an invention of the mind of humans who can innovate and create. Without man robots wear out and do not exceed beyond the present moment. Unlike man, who has been in the earth plane for a very long time, and in the Universe for even longer, robots are an invention of the "machine world" of today.

Robots can not invent themselves! They can not innovate themselves! They can not sustain themselves!

So, the answer is that "to take over man is not consistent of the reality of who a robot is. It is a limited invention of the human mind and innovation. It does not have anything to allow "self invention."

Go in Peace and Love

News Article:
A robot that can open doors and find electrical outlets to recharge itself. Computer viruses that no one can stop. Predator drones, which, though still controlled remotely by humans, come close to a machine that can kill autonomously. Impressed and alarmed by advances in artificial intelligence, a group of computer scientists is debating whether there should be limits on research that might lead to loss of human control over computer-based systems that carry a growing share of society's workload, from waging war to chatting with customers on the phone. Their concern is that further advances could create profound social disruptions and even have dangerous consequences. As examples, the scientists pointed to a number of technologies as diverse as experimental medical systems that interact with patients to simulate empathy and computer worms and viruses that defy extermination and could thus be said to have reached a "cockroach" stage of machine intelligence. While the computer scientists agreed that we are a long way from Hal, the computer that took over the spaceship in "2001: A Space Odyssey," they said there was legitimate concern that technological progress would transform the work force by destroying a widening range of jobs, as well as force humans to learn to live with machines that increasingly copy human behaviors.

For more information:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/science/26robot.html

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Mark Hanna - Editor, Researcher
Rene Avery - Journalist
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3 New Articles - July 27, 2009

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Article #1. Homeowners Facing Foreclosure
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Article #2. US Cities Bulldozed
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Article #3. City Group Raises Card Rates
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1. Homeowners Facing Forclosure

More Homeowners Facing Foreclosure

QUESTION:
In the first three months of the year, about 12 percent of all U.S.
mortgages were either delinquent or in foreclosure. What can the country's leaders do to improve this situation? Today, July 26, the housing crisis has deepened and there is no end in sight for homeowners who are in trouble with mortgage debt.

(See the New York Times news article published May 29, 2009 link below)

ANSWER:
There lies in this country a need to understand that the families of this tragedy add to the overall economy by their constant responsibility to pay their mortgages and bills. When they can not do so, the whole country suffers.

There lies in the "middle class earner," the specific of: "Holding the country in a way that is to everyone's good." When this middle class suffers, the whole country suffers. They are the ones who work, consume and keep the circulation of money, goods and services flowing. Without this, the country as a whole, begins to decline economically!

The difference in the United States of America and other countries, is that the USA has a large middle class. It is this fact that makes the American economy strong!

In countries, where there is "No, or very little middle class" one can see that the country's economic base is not stable. Therefore, what should the USA do for the middle class housing mortgage situation? It is very simple. SUPPORT these people in any way it can. For without this, the whole economy suffers. And when these people are out on the street, the country will no longer have a viable economy!

Think about it! To have families on the street is to admit that we, as a country, as a government, as an economy have failed!

THINK ABOUT IT!

News Article:
More homeowners than ever before are falling behind on their mortgage payments and sliding into foreclosure, according to figures released on Thursday, a sign that the country's housing crisis is spreading through the ranks of previously stable borrowers. About 5.4 million of the country's 45 million home loans were delinquent or in some stage of the foreclosure process in the first three months of the year, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. About 12.07 percent of all mortgages were delinquent or in foreclosure, up from 11.93 percent at the end of 2008. Temporary halts on foreclosures imposed by lenders and mortgage underwriters have mostly ended, and banks are moving quickly against delinquent homeowners.

For more information:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/business/economy/29home.html

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2. US Cities Bulldozed

US Cities May Have To Be Bulldozed In Order To Survive

QUESTION:
Flint, Michigan, is so financially devasted that city planners are considering bulldozing entire districts and returning the land to nature. Will this idea be a growing trend in the United States?

(See the Telegraph UK news article published on June 12, 2009 link below)

ANSWER:
There lies in this plan an answer to many social-economic difficulties. There is in the inner cities such as this, nothing that recommends the use of the property as it is currenty being presented.

Both city, and private interests are trapped in trying to be useful to these areas of disrepair. The problem is that the "human attention," that comes from those who would use the land and its structures well, is not present.

These neighborhoods, in their current, decayed condition have little possibilty of use. The motivation, from owners and city-county interests, is simply not present. Still there are a lot of expenses to both city and private interests to maintain these properties for security purposes. This causes huge amounts of money to go into "non-producing assets." This condition is a drag on the budgets and economy of the areas where this situation occurs.

There is nothing that can be done, as these properties stand, to return them to the idea of an "asset." An asset is "that which causes one to seek and to create." There is pride in this creation. Others feel this pride and add to the asset value.

When an asset is destroyed, creative attention is lost. The asset becomes a liability to all. Owner, User, Neighborhood and community lose interest. There is no value left and the property-asset becomes a blight on the whole population.
Land is Mother Earth's legacy to man. When the land no longer supports a "loving way to use it," the gift is no longer present. This is not the way to repay Mother Earth for her legacy. So, to return the land to its former state is a good way to serve all!

There is Hope for the Blighted Cities in this program!

News Article:
The government is looking at expanding a pioneering scheme in Flint, one of the poorest US cities, which involves razing entire districts and returning the land to nature. Local politicians believe the city must contract by as much as 40 per cent, concentrating the dwindling population and local services into a more viable area. The radical experiment is the brainchild of Dan Kildee, treasurer of Genesee County, which includes Flint. Having outlined his strategy to Barack Obama during the election campaign, Mr Kildee has now been approached by the US government and a group of charities who want him to apply what he has learnt to the rest of the country. Mr Kildee said he will concentrate on 50 cities, identified in a recent study by the Brookings Institution, an influential Washington think-tank, as potentially needing to shrink substantially to cope with their declining fortunes. Most are former industrial cities in the "rust belt" of America's Mid-West and North East. They include Detroit, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Memphis. In Detroit, shattered by the woes of the US car industry, there are already plans to split it into a collection of small urban centres separated from each other by countryside.

For more information:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/5516536/US-cities-may-have-to-be-bulldozed-in-order-to-survive.html

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3. Citi Group Raises Card Rates

Citi Raises Card Rates On Millions

QUESTION:
Citigroup has announced that it will be sharply increasing interest rates on up to 15 million U.S. credit card accounts. This comes just months after U.S. taxpayers bailed out Citigroup. How does Higher Guidance see Citigroup's interest rate tactics?

ANSWER:
Citi Group and many others see the consuming public as ones to pay their way. They are aware that in the consuming world of the middle class, there is little idea what interest rates really mean to them.

Those of the middle class have very little training regarding interest rates. City Group and many others know that a 1% interest raise will mean little to them. But the truth is that their budgets and debt rations will feel the difference!

Those with higher incomes and educations understand these things.
Within the educations they receive at college levels they become aware of this advanced knowledge. Therefore, they are less likely to be affected by the interest rate raises. There are two reasons for this. One is the higher salaries this class receives to defer higher costs.

The other is that awareness of interest rates will keep them looking for lower rates of interest for their borrowing needs.

When Citi Group raises its interest rates even a part of a percentage point, it can mean millions and millions of dollars in a very short time. Those who use the cards scarcely notice this slight raise, but over time, this can mean a lot to the bottom line of Citi Group, The public gets used to the raise and pays little attention as long as they have a Credit Card to help defray expenses.

What this really means is that Citi Group, and their like, do not really care about their customer's problems. If these customers are ones to consume large amounts of capital for consumption, Citi Group has no consciousness of being out of integrity. The dollar, not integrity, is the aim. So, to bail Citi Group out of financial trouble is the plague of the taxpayer who puts up the money to assist them! It is not of their consciousness to see fairness in any way. They are "a business" and businesses make money. This is their consciousness!

THE BOTTOM LINE IS ALWAYS, THEIR DECISIONS ARE ALWAYS BASED ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE MAKING MORE PROFIT!

News Article:
Citigroup has sharply increased interest rates on up to 15m US credit card accounts just months before curbs on such rises come into effect, in a move that could fuel political anger at the treatment of consumers by bailed-out banks. People close to the situation said that Citi, which is about to cede a 34 per cent stake to the US government as part of its latest rescue, had upped rates on between 13m and 15m credit cards it co-brands with retailers such as Sears. Citi's rate increases emerged on the day the government proposed legislation to create a new regulator with sweeping powers on consumer protection and a week after the bank was attacked by some politicians for raising employees' salaries. Holders of co-branded cards who failed to pay their balance in full at the end of the month saw their rates rise by an average 24 per cent - or nearly 3 percentage points - between January and April, according to a Credit Suisse analysis of data from the consultancy Lightspeed Research.

For more information:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e1d0c610-65c7-11de-8e34-00144feabdc0.html

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Rene Avery - Journalist
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