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Monitoring Corruption Study Additional Anti-Corruption Evidence
Monitoring Corruption Study
Ben Olken's paper, "Monitoring Corruption: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia" (225kb pdf) was recently highlighted in a March 18th 2006 article of The Economist. The paper stems from field research commissioned by the World Bank Kecamatan Development Program (KDP) task team to examine innovative approaches to reducing corruption. The study conducted a randomized, controlled analysis of corruption in 600 KDP road-building projects in East and Central Java during the period of 2002 to 2004. The study found that the intervention of announcing an increased probability of a government audit and reporting the audit results directly to a public village forum was more effective at reducing corruption as compared to increasing grassroots participation in the monitoring process.
The study further concludes that grassroots monitoring may be more effective in certain contexts than in others. For projects where villagers inherently have good information about potential corruption and a strong personal stake in minimizing theft of funds, such as subsidies for food, health care, education, or potentially micro-credit projects, grassroots monitoring is likely to be effective. For projects where information gathering is difficult and benefits from reducing corruption are more diffuse, such as infrastructure projects, grassroots monitoring alone is unlikely to be sufficient.
One of the controversial aspects of the study was the measurement of absolute corruption levels. The study found that the increased probability of an audit reduced the percentage of "missing" funds – i.e., funds that could not be accounted for by an engineering inspection of the completed infrastructure project – by about 8 percentage points, from approximately 29 percent in control villages to 21 percent in villages receiving the audits. While much attention has been cast upon this absolute value of 29 percent, this figure should be interpreted with caution for several reasons:
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First, Olken makes it clear in his paper that the project's estimate of the change in the percent missing due to the experiments, i.e., the 8 percentage point reduction, is substantially more reliable than the estimated level of the percent missing, i.e., the 29 percent in control villages. In other words, the study team did its best to estimate levels as accurately as possible, but the numbers are much more useful for comparisons between villages then about absolute levels per se. What mattered most for this study was the accuracy of the relative changes between the treatments, not their absolute levels.
Secondly, as the author also explains in his paper, the absolute levels of corruption are subject to debate, and are heavily dependent upon calibration assumptions. Some of the missing amounts could be attributed to corruption but most of it could just as rationally be attributed to other factors such as standard engineering loss rates and sheer inefficiency. Factors such as weather, erosion, compacting of materials, transport losses, difficulties of field measurement, and incompetence, are all difficult-to-measure ingredients in the missing amounts or "loss ratios". Or as The Economist article put it, "…Not all of the gap can be put down to venality though, some of the gravel, for example, was probably worn away…" KDP's engineering manuals, which are taken from the U.S. Army's and Indonesian Public Works guidelines, estimate a standard 30 percent loss factor due to factors such as materials washing away in heavy rains, compaction, big rocks dropping off carts, etc. Simply using the standard engineer's loss ratios would have lowered Ben's loss figures by 10-20 percent. A very clear example is sand, which makes up a big percentage of village roads: the Olken study sets loss rates at 0 percent, the engineers calculate normal sand loss due to settling and rain at 34 percent. In sum, there is disagreement with technical experts over what constitutes normal construction losses, measurement errors, and assumptions about worker capacity, e.g., the healthy, skilled workers who run a pilot vs. the poor and women who normally participate in KDP infrastructure works.
Third, this study did not look at the effects of community participation versus top-down audits, but at the marginal effects of additional participation. All study quadrants were already experienced KDP sites with high community participation, even the control sites. The study was only testing whether interventions could increase KDP participation rates still further. Even more critically, the audits themselves were part of the participatory approach. The regressions showed clearly that the two single biggest determinants in the efficacy of the audits were whether the plan to conduct audits was announced and disseminated to villagers beforehand, and whether audit results were read out publicly in village meetings. In short, the study tells us how to make participation more effective, but it doesn't say very much about whether participation in and of itself makes for greater effectiveness and it says nothing at all about whether top-down audits without participation would produce any impact.
Additional Anti-Corruption Evidence
The Olken study is not the only study which the Bank and Government have commissioned to examine ways of combating corruption in KDP. Evidence from other evaluations and audit sources reveals much lower levels of presumed corruption:
World Bank Audits - The World Bank commissions annual external audits of all its projects. Over the last several years, audits by Price Waterhouse and Moore Rowlands reported no significant qualifications. Fund irregularities were less than one percent.
Government Audits – (Badan Pengawas Keuangan dan Pembangunan) or BPKP is the official government auditor of KDP. Each year, BPKP audits KDP activities on a five percent sample. Over the last several years, there has been very little found by way of leakage. In 2004, BPKP visited KDP sites in 23 provinces, 196 sub-districts, and 626 villages. BPKP found no major abnormalities and gave KDP a good score of 81 points out of a possible 100 points. The weaknesses reported related to handling complaints and slowness in complaints resolution.
Internal Financial Audit Team – In addition to government and Bank auditors, KDP maintains an internal, seven-person unit for financial supervision and training. Over the last four years, the unit has audited an average of 18 percent of KDP kecamatan throughout the country. The Unit discovered 124 cases of funds misuse amounting to Rps 1.2 billion (US$135,800) between 2002 and 2004. During 2005, the Unit found 28 cases of misused funds amounting to Rps 514 million or US$56,400, again less than one percent of total grant funds. About half of this amount was due to one specific case in North Maluku.
Evaluations of Cost-Effectiveness – There have been several studies showing that KDP is much more cost effective than other government programs. An independent evaluation carried out in 2004 of 113 villages in four provinces reconstructed unit costs for construction materials and labor, and found that village infrastructure built through KDP methods costs significantly less – on average 56 percent less – than equivalent works built through the Ministry of Public Works or through local government contracts. In a separate evaluation undertaken in 2005 of 288 villages and 355 infrastructure works, technical teams found that the calculation of unit costs yielded data consistent with these figures and also reconfirmed that KDP activities are substantially less expensive than other projects while still maintaining high quality of works. This would not be possible with high real corruption rates.
Preventive Measures – There is no doubt that KDP and all projects in Indonesia operate in a high-risk environment when it comes to issues of leakage and corruption. KDP is not immune to these threats. The project has long maintained an active anti-corruption strategy which includes: eliminating complexity in procedures and systems; information transparency, and responding to grievances. This strategy translates in practice into several concrete measures such as contracting some 28 provincial NGOs and journalists to monitor independently KDP, increasing technical oversight, follow-up and sanctions for culprits, increased auditing, information-sharing to the public, and studies such as the ones listed above to learn which methods are effective or not. While it will be difficult to reduce corruption in its entirety, the program has made significant strides. Olken's innovative study was part of KDP's own efforts to find further tools to improve the anti-corruption arsenal.
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there is also material that suggests that all these merkaba practices are more damaging than healing because the merkaba would not have originated in our magnetic creation, but it would have originated in the Pleiades, which stems from a creation which probably has an electricity/radioactivity signature. Using electrical techniques on a planet that is magnetically ascending would only cause havoc. If you have no idea about what merkaba is, start with the old preamble and the explanations below it.
See what you think. I start off with the most recent material from the Wooly Mammoth (March 2003), followed by a message from our dolphin friends!
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Alas, the Plieades does not exist within the same creation of earth; it has a different energy signature associated with electricity and radioactivity that most know as the mer-ka-ba or Star of David patterning and a different biochemical structure known as silica-based form. The patterning within your creation is spherical or round such as the flower of life patterning and carbon based in biochemistry. If one tries to ascend beyond 1800 strands utilizing the mer-ka-ba patterning, one will become cancerous, as radiation and electricity in a magnetic creation causes disease due to the dissonance associated with intermixed signatures. (You can read more from the Mammoth at the gravity page) Wooly Mammoth (March 2003)
Mastering One's Own Destiny: Dolphin and Whale Kingdoms through Karen Danrich, April 2002. In the future I will create new pages which explain many of the terms and ideas that are used. There is some explanation available at the 'Time Speeding up' page (see the green text up there). You could ofcourse try and read the original material. You could also read more about the way I treat the Danrich material on this site, by clicking HERE
Many humans are in a fantasy of illusion that electrical sacred geometry that is Star of David or mer-ka-ba in structure will ascend a form in the magnetic creation that earth resides. Such geometry serves in early ascension only through initiation 1024. Beyond 1024, the electrical geometry is transmuted into a round pattern that is magnetic and related to the Language of Light. (See Language of Light for more information.) Earth in attaining initiation 3000 in October of 2001 no longer runs electrical sacred geometry upon a global level, or within her major chakras.
Those humans attempting to hold large electrical sacred geometry in motion will find such geometry turned now inside out and sent inwards into the molecular structure of their etheric body. Why? Such sacred geometry cuts up and shatters earth's rotational chakras and it hurts earth when such geometry is launched and runs for any length of time between many humans. Those focusing consciously upon setting in motion such global electrical geometry under the guise of supporting global ascension are only harming themselves; for all of nature focuses in return upon inverting such geometry inside out and forcing it back into one's field and molecules. Such energy movement then cuts up the grid work of the etheric body of those attempting such a focus and will lead to disease and an early death if one continues with such practices and intents.
Many humans are still receiving guidance to focus upon such things. Why would any being or entity have one focus upon setting such sacred geometry in motion if this is the case? The beings care not how long humans live or if they become ill as they are of the forces of the dark. The forces of the dark are losing their battle and at this time, there is little room for them to manipulate any longer within the current dance upon earth. If they can cause hundreds or thousands of humans to focus upon setting such electrical geometry in motion, "maybe" they think, "just maybe we might turn the tides against us and win!" And so we have witnessed now hundreds of times in recent months. All such geometry is turned inside out and back into the etheric body of those holding space for such geometry, as electrical sacred geometry is no longer allowed upon earth in any regional or global manner. Earth has transcended the karma inherent in how such geometry came to be, and utilizes her own thought-form to inverse it upon those holding space for such energy movement.
If the beings causing one to focus in such a manner had any honor or respect for the humans involved, they would not ask such a thing, seeing that the focus causes harm to the humans that they are working through. However the dark have never cared about whether or not they harmed or hurt anyone; they have only cared about creating and sustaining their dominion. All of the dark's dominion tactics and energy flow have harmed, and harmed, and harmed, shattering all species again and again throughout history; leading to fall after fall in consciousness. There are loads of records of such harm not only in dolphin and whale records, but also human records.
For a long time, dolphins and whales held all human records, and humans forgot how such beings harmed in the past. As human records have been transferred back unto humanity, and those who began to ascend reviewed such records, suddenly the remembrance that such entities are not trustworthy resurfaced. Humans began to remember, and in so doing could more clearly define those who were of the dark and those who were of the light in the nonphysical realms.
Low and behold the very gods and goddesses that one has worshipped for so very long turned out to be forces of the dark in the nonphysical! This is a difficult thing to embrace for so many in your "metaphysical movements", and this makes us dolphins and whales very sad. Mostly it is difficult to embrace as many therein are simply not ascending, and in not moving up in vibration, they fail to see how they are being used. For those who are ascending, one rapidly becomes aware of how such beings mutilate and harm, as one begins to feel the shattering of the form and field after attending a workshop, or having a healing or reading with such entities at the helm. This is a good thing as each ascending human will have to transcend the need to worship something outside of self, and turn inward connecting holographically to your own species, to the earth mother, and to one's own God Goddess within.
The forces of the dark were from outside of this creation beloved. Sananda, Melchiezedek, Thoth, Rama, and so on, will never be communicated from within the heart and within the hologram. Why? They came from the Pleiades or Orion. They are not from your creation, and therefore never had a holographic relationship to any of the original species upon earth, or the original red seeded race. The red seeded race came from Sirius, which indeed is a part of your creation. Those that came from the Pleiades and Orion shattered holographic communication within mankind, and in so doing, mankind, even the red race, failed to be able to communicate with nature. In so doing, mankind lost its way and began to worship such beings as god goddess and something outside of self.
Mastering One's Own Destiny - April 2002
Here's an excerpt from the Great Central Sun who has processed much material provided for by our ascending and ever learning planet on Merkaba and electrical sacred geometry (Through Karen Danrich, may 2001):
Earth in understanding that mixing electrical and magnetic signatures causes an incomplete ascension is choosing to release all discordant electrical energy flow at this time. Such discord which is known as sacred geometry and resembles what many humans known as a "mer-ka-ba" is being dismantled rapidly all around Earth's auric field at this time as a result. In a parallel manner, Earth's sun (your 5th dimensional solar sun), her sun's sun (12th dimensional) and the cosmic level sun (25th dimensional) are likewise choosing to relinquish all sacred geometry that is electrically based at this time. In so doing, the new energy flow coming forth in all auric fields, subtle bodies and grid work of dimensions 3 through 25 that is round and related to the triple sphere movement discussed in our channels earlier material surrounding the human map for ascension. (See Ascension Transmissions I & II" for more information).
Earth Transmits Reign of the Dark
Numbers and energy patterns are also known as sacred geometry. One can see from this dissertation that the mer-ka-ba being sacred geometry is an illusion, as this was never the energy signature designated to your creation. However, in the blending of electrical and radioactive energies with magnetic energies, the mer-ka-ba became prevalent and then became accepted as a part of the geometry for your creation. This however is precisely how the illusions are constructed. When an energy signature is accepted as the norm when indeed this is not so in the original blueprint of a particular creation, illusions or veils are created. It is the discord between the two signatures that causes the fog or mist, which becomes the veils of illusion. The mer-ka-ba is only one of 36 electrical patterns that cause the distortion or illusion, and our channels have called them "ownership signatures" as indeed they do create attachment, ownership, usury, and abuse in the human dance which are simply a part of the illusion that humanity lives within. Transcending Fantasy Realities and The Seven Veils of Illusion Lord & Lady Rize and Earth Mother through Karen Danrich, Mila Sinoski, and Thomas Weber, Rama September 8, 2000

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Oakland Tribune "In a development that's hardly a surprise, center Andrew Bogut was declared out for the Warriors' Thursday night game against the surging Oklahoma City Thunder at Oracle Arena. The question remains how serious Bogut's injury is and how long he might be sidelined. The 7-footer is suffering from..." December 18
Andrew Bogut had PRP (platelet-rich plasma) procedure on knee today. Likely to have another in a week. Same procedure as @DwightHoward had.
Andrew Bogut out for Warriors. Ezeli to start at center against Tarik Black. Bogut day-to-day.
The Warriors announce that David Lee (left hamstring) will miss his 16th straight game Wednesday. Andrew Bogut (right knee) is questionable.
Andrew Bogut has right knee irritation, and his return is questionable.
Steve Kerr says Andrew Bogut is likely to play tonight, but David Lee is still not ready. #warriors #heat
Pro Basketball Talk "It must be a strange to have your salary be made public, with people around the nation and around the Web (yours truly included) debating whether you are worth that sum. That said, it's part of the package of being a professional athlete, one that comes with a whole lot of perks, too...." June 12
Herald Sun "A major feud has been developing between the NBA star and high-profile ESPN commentator – and now Bogut has added fuel to the fire. Speaking on the Australian basketball podcast Grizz and Tizz From Way Downtown, Bogut was asked to sum up Smith in a sentence. And he did not miss. "Just a..." May 27
CSN Bay Area "Helpless and clueless against Blake Griffin's scoring and frightened by DeAndre Jordan's prodigious defensive presence, the Warriors now teeter on the brink of despair. The homecourt advantage earned with their Game 1 victory last Saturday in Los Angeles is gone after a 98-96 loss to the..." April 25
Official: @andrewbogut has been diagnosed w/ a rib fracture and will be sidelined indefinitely.
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The Warriors say Andrew Bogut and David Lee are out tonight vs. Sacramento. Andre Iguodala is a game-time decision.
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"ADHD" and the Pisces Connection
December 05, 2008, 06:30:18 PM »
I am starting to get concerned for my 8 year old. I never wanted him on medication of any kind, it was only 1 of the many struggles that led to my divorce. 1-2 years after the divorce my past wife put my son on Ritalin and Concerta
My son I believe was born at 3:30am July 21 2000 Norwalk, CT USA.. I have never shared that before because I kinda see it as sacred information.
But I am kinda starting to see that it helps him... I think he has a Pisces moon, and I know my Sisters Daughter a Pisces Moon ended up on Concerta.. and My step-dad a Pisces sun has sometimes been manic.
How should I parent, love, embrace, teach, point, my precious little boy?
Please tell me if this might be a Pisces thing with his moon there... and how I can best lead him?
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December 05, 2008, 08:57:40 PM »
THank James, I would rather keep it in the open for all to learn.
I think I have pretty much hit on what might be causing/contributing to the ADHD "type symptoms"
If anyone cares to contribute I will revisit the thread.
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December 05, 2008, 09:10:22 PM »
For anyone interested, here is some interesting research of brain scans of people who have been diagnosed with one of seven different subtypes of ADD/ADHD...
"The message blazoned across the heavens at the moment of birth is not meant to emphasize fate, but to arouse man's will to escape from his universal thralldom. What he has done he can undo. None other than himself was the instigator of the causes of whatever effects are now prevalent in his life."
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December 05, 2008, 09:17:42 PM »
In your son's vedic rasi chart, he has a Mercury-Mars conjunction in the 1st, with Mercury ruling the 1st, and Mars ruling the 6th. In his navamsha chart, he has a Moon-Mars conjunction, with Moon ruling the 8th and Mars ruling the 12th. To me, these can certainly suggest ADD/ADHD "type symptoms"...
"The message blazoned across the heavens at the moment of birth is not meant to emphasize fate, but to arouse man's will to escape from his universal thralldom. What he has done he can undo. None other than himself was the instigator of the causes of whatever effects are now prevalent in his life."
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December 06, 2008, 04:22:22 AM »
Hi there
Am I right in saying you don't feel confident that your child really needs those medications? Your post sounded like you were against the decision at first but now think they might be having a positive result - is that right?
It seems to me that the first important thing to remember is that a doctor put your son on those medications, not your ex-wife. I mean I guess she took your son to the doctor because she had some concerns about him (legitimately or otherwise) but ultimately, it was the doctor that decided the best thing for the child would be to prescribe medication. Otherwise surely he/she wouldn't have done it?
If I were in your shoes and I really wasn't sure of whether my child needed the medication or not, I would be raising the issue with the doctor concerned. Afterall, they are legally responsible for their decisions. And if after that conversation I felt the doctor was wrong (or I was still not convinced) then I would get a second opinion from another doctor. And if I didn't have custody of my son or if my ex-partner refused to allow me to do this for whatever reason then I would be getting advice from my lawyer, with the aim of requesting from the court that a second medical opinion was sought (on whatever grounds you felt the first decision was wrong).
As far as the astrology goes, and wanting to help your son, it would seem to me that the best thing you could do for your son would be to arm yourself with as much information about the
condition as possible. Also, I'm sure there are hundreds of support groups out there for parents of children with this condition and they will have well researched advice about alternative methods of treating the condition in addition to, or completely separate from, drugs.
My point is that, in my opinion, the insights gained from analyzing an astrological chart are always ultimately limited by the fact that the chart only ever shows the potential for certain things to become manifest, there is never any guarantee that those things will actually happen. So whilst, you are arming yourself with information about his personality derived from his horoscope, there has to always be a fundamental requirement that you do not neglect to pay attention to what is real - what you do actually KNOW has become a reality about this child. And the only way you will ever actually reach a strong strategic position - as far as the doctors, lawyers, and your ex-wife are concerned - is if you relate this insight to recognized medical knowledge about the condition.
I wish you good luck with everything.
Warmest regards, Nicola
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December 06, 2008, 11:16:54 AM »
I think I understand all of the secular things I can / need to do.
Great post Nicola and thank you.
I guess I am more interested in the astrological influences, at THIS place on the web, since it IS an astrology board
Does anyone else have a Pisces (sun or moon) child, and are you experiencing something similar?
What are some of the things you have tried to do to entertain the Pisces in them? Drawing, Art, Music etc?
I have him in 5 seasons of swimming now and it is a great outlet for him, and he loves it.
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December 06, 2008, 12:28:38 PM »
Hello Dan -
I so admire your original question: How should I parent, love, embrace, teach, point, my precious little boy? In a way, I feel that your focus here may be even more important to your son than trying to analyze ADD/ADHD - with or without astrology. That is such a challenging, complex area for a parent, as I'm sure you know. There is no definitive test (yet) and often it feels like the diagnosis is by prescription i.e. do meds help or not? And determining that answer can even be fuzzy at times.
Why not expose your son to all your great ideas (music and art lessons at some point maybe, or 'camps') and see if they interest him? I might suggest astrology books written expressly for parents as another resource for more ideas connected to your son's placements.
I just think discovering and having something you 'love' and feel successful at in your life is THE most important thing for any child. Seems like you have already helped your son hit on a winner with the swimming. Hey, isn't Michael Phelps another Sun in Cancer swimmer with ADHD....:-)
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December 07, 2008, 12:45:57 PM »
Hi Dan,
About the ADD/ADHD there is only one thing I want to look at a horoscope (which I know beforehand): Neptune connection. Because ADD/ADHD and autism, and many more mental diseases are caused by ALLERGIES and MINERAL POISONING like mercury.
So, it is there in this case too; Neptune opposite Sun and Venus, r12-chronic diseases in your son's horoscope. Neptune also semisquare the Pisces Moon, the chart ruler. Maybe the grand trine containing Neptune, Ceres, and Jupiter (r6, in 12) points the (sweet?) foods as well.
In your son's case; the problem is either vaccines (due to the Mercury in it), or food allergies. Or both. This too is possible.
In your son's horoscope, Mercury, intercepted ruler of H12 is in the first house, inconjunct Pluto, r6, in H6. This seems significant to me. Mercury poisoning might be the dormant reason.
For the rest of the post, I apologize from Noel because this is nothing to do with astrology but I need to put here for the next generations good:
First, your son must have been vaccinated enough, so do not let anybody to give vaccine shots to him any more. Many of them are useless, especially the flu shots. Since they cotain Mercury as preservative, they poison the children. Because they accumulate in the body. Especially in neurons.
For your possible questions; You may want to read these web sites:
Pleas read those articles especially: Allergy and Mental Disease;
The Three Basic Causes of All Mental "Disease"; Mineral Toxicity and Chelation by Dr. Phil Bate, at this link:
Actually, read all those articles in that link. Everyone should read them all.
For diagnosing, do the pulse test ...first with wheat flavour, then with cow milk, then with sugar.
I recommend neuroliminal training for your son. This is the best therapy ever known yet. You will read about it at Dr. Bate's web site
Also; I feel that you do all the following and more already, but I just wanted to press some other points: Make him feel secure all the time. Touch him warmly, hug a lot. Be happy and act positive whenever you spend time together with your son. They feel if you nervous and the 'love connection' breaks between you. Or, should I say; he cannot reach your love. Then fear comes. So the diseases.
Best wishes for you and your son.
P.S. Please let me know the outcome. I see that transit Pluto will be opposing your son's ascendant soon, which might be heralding the healing.
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December 07, 2008, 01:37:20 PM »
I strongly disagree that flu shots are useless. I have been getting them every year for about 15 yrs., with the exception of one year. That year I got the flu SO badly --it was a full 2 weeks before I could get out of bed. It could have been the placebo affect, but I had just moved and met a new boyfriend, and things were so busy that it completely slipped my mind. It was quite a while before I made the connection. I got the flu a few times, but it was definitely more mild than it could have been. Maybe for children it's a different matter. I don't know. I just don't want some folks reading your post to
get a flu shot -- when it could save their life.
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December 07, 2008, 02:15:51 PM »
Dear Stacy,
There is this possibility that your brain did not influence by the mercury poisoning at all, and also there is a possibility that, it did.
Don't worry, be healthy.
Best regards,
Last Edit: December 07, 2008, 02:17:51 PM by NilE
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December 07, 2008, 02:49:41 PM »
Quote from: NilE on December 07, 2008, 12:45:57 PM
In your son's case; the problem is either vaccines (due to the Mercury in it), or food allergies. Or both. This too is possible.
In your son's horoscope, Mercury, intercepted ruler of H12 is in the first house, inconjunct Pluto, r6, in H6. This seems significant to me. Mercury poisoning might be the dormant reason.
First, your son must have been vaccinated enough, so do not let anybody to give vaccine shots to him any more. Many of them are useless, especially the flu shots. Since they contain Mercury as preservative, they poison the children. Because they accumulate in the body. Especially in neurons.
Hi NilE
I completely agree with this. When my youngest son was born I had only been studying astrology for about four years, but I looked at his Pisces Sun, Mercury, (ruler of 12th house square to Saturn in the 12th house) and Venus, with all receiving hard Neptune transits for much of his childhood and decided not to have him immunised for anything until the Neptune transits were over.
I realised he would need protection from childhood diseases, so took him to a naturopath to for herbal and homeopathic protection and this worked well. When he turned 18 I told him he hadn't been immunised and could rectify that if he wished.
During his childhood I got mumps whilst I was breastfeeding him, so he became naturally immunised to that, and later he got a mild form of chicken pox, but avoided all other childhood diseases. He does have mild asthma, but that is a normal health hazard in my city.
I am not generally against immunisations as long as they are not all mixed in together and had my other children immunised in the normal manner, but they weren't as vulnerable as my youngest son.
I am very glad I did this because I think we avoided what could have become a serious problem if his little body had needed to cope with the poisons and additives in the immunisations.
Alice McDermott
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December 07, 2008, 06:12:22 PM »
I chuckled at your response to me, first, because if my brain was influenced by the mercury --that would explain a lot! Second of all, there's not much I can do about it now, eh?
At least I was not a vulnerable child who couldn't take it...
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December 08, 2008, 05:58:21 AM »
I am experienced with your dilema. My daughter is now 27 years old. She has Neptune opposing her Sun and Mercury retrograde in the 12th. I am told that these two aspects are very strong indicators of ADHD and Dyslexia, both of which she has been diagnosed with. We were aware of the Dyslexia long before there was a name given to ADHD. I too, like you was opposed to medication, so here's what I did:
First, I gave her a disposable camera and asked her to take pictures in our house and yard (she was 5 or 6) so I could see what she saw and how she saw it. Then I took her to any and every non-invasive therapy that existed. She went to Catholic School and the nuns were none too pleased with her "distracted and disruptive" behavior. So, we practiced sitting still for 5 minutes every single hour of every day that she and I were together. As she grew older, we increased that time. No excuses and no pleading was allowed. She had to learn to act within the normal larger social order so she could be a productive, successful adult. The finest help she recieved was recent........during her senior year of undergraduate school. she went to a therapy where she reports that she "played a video game with her mind". It was very tiring to her, but it kept her interest given her generation and it certainly helped her to learn to focus.
She did not learn to read until she was 9 years old. big deal............doesn't matter at this point. Elementary and Junior High Teachers were more interested in her complying with them than her being educated. I did not allow special education classes..........she was just always mainstream and she learned to cope with the world as it really is.
Things have never been all that easy for her but 1 year ago she received her Master's Degree from a major university with very little "special accomodations". She is entitled, as your son may be, to many of those. She and I speak often at support groups of parents who have children just like my daughter. They are generally frazzled and scared and want to give up. I understand, but there's no time for that.
You have to remain vigilant. Someone earlier said that you should try many different things with your son to see what interests him and when you find it, they child will do whatever is neccessary to learn, even if that means being still and focusing............and that person is correct. My daughter's interest was science fiction, something I never gave any thought to in my life.........but we found it at 8 and by 9 she was reading.
Good Luck
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Re: "ADHD" and the Pisces Connection - Alice
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December 08, 2008, 06:19:59 AM »
Dear Alice,
How thoughtful you have acted!
Now, this is intuition. Or better put, this is wisdom which consist of knowledge and intuition!
Mercury issue is not such a controversial subject nowadays. Vaccines at least found to have aggravated genetic condition in court:
Personally, I have seen that many autistic children went better as the result of anti-mercury therapies especially with neuro-biofeedback therapy.
Best Regards,
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Re: "ADHD" and the Pisces Connection - Stacy
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December 08, 2008, 06:21:12 AM »
Dear Stacy,
As long as you do not trap yourself into negative thoughts, you are always healthy. And you can do this.
But children are different.
Best Regards,
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This is a discussion on Hijama (Cupping) within the Islam in General forums, part of the Main Topics category; Hijama (Cupping) The Messenger (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) said, "Indeed the best of remedies you have is cupping (hijama)…" [Sahih al-Bukhari ...
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Hijama (Cupping)
Hijama (Cupping)
The Messenger (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) said,
"Indeed the best of remedies you have is cupping (hijama)…"
Ibn Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) said,
"Cupping (hijama) on an empty stomach is best. In it is a cure and a blessing. It improves the intellect and the memory…"
"Indeed in cupping (hijama) there is a cure."
He also (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) said,
"Whoever performs cupping (hijama) on the 17th, 19th or 21st day (of the Islamic, lunar month) then it is a cure for every disease."
1. What is Cupping Therapy ?
Cupping Therapy is the application of either blood cupping or aggressive cupping techniques to prevent and treat diseases. Hijama (cupping) is of 3 types:
Wet Hijama/Cupping: this is from the Sunnah of the Prophet (SallAllaahu alayhi wasallam). It involves the removal of harmful blood from just below the surface of the skin and it is recommended that it is administered by a hijama therapist. It should be administered at certain times of the day and days of the week (the Sunnah days)
Dry Hijama/Cupping: the blood is gathered in the treated area, but no incisions are made, so the blood is not released.
Dry Massage Hijama/Cupping: as with dry hijama, the blood is not released, but in addition, olive oil is applied to the skin to allow the hijama cups to be easily moved over the treated area, thus massaging the skin. They are not a Sunnah remedy but fall under the treatment for disease.
2. How does Cupping Therapy work ?
Cupping Therapy gets rid of acidic toxic waste which accumulate in our bodies (blood stasis) as we grow older. Sources of toxic waste include the polluted air we breathe; toxic chemicals found in your food, water, drinks, household chemicals & toiletries; environmental waste in your neighbourhood; intoxicating drinks, narcotic drugs, junk food and smoking; waste products of normal body metabolism; products of medicinal drugs metabolism; impact of trauma and accidents on our body; and toxins from mental stress, anger, anxiety and depression.The blood stasis (stagnated or congested blood) slow down or block supply of blood via blood capillaries which deliver much needed oxygen, nutrients, water, mineral electrolyte, vitamins, enzymes, hormones and immune system cells & antibodies to your cells, tissues and organ. The blockage also prevent the removal of carbon dioxide, metabolic waste products and toxic substance which are excreted via our urine, lungs and skin. As a result your cells, tissues, and organs cannot function at its normal healthy level and become progressively weak, inefficient, and easily overcome by germs. This would cause tissue or organ to malfunction and infection to take place. Therefore you will experience symptoms of diseases such as aches and pain, numbness, fever, cough, stomach ache, constipation, diarrhoea and headaches. If left untreated further accumulation of toxic waste may lead to serious chronic diseases including hypertension, ulcers, diabetes, arthritis, alzheimer disease, migraine, heart disease, stroke and cancer
3. Disease treated by Cupping Therapy
• Common cold and cough
• Headaches including migraine
• Breathing difficulties (asthma)
• Diarrhea and constipation
• Tonsillitis and sore throat
• Stomach ache and heart burn
• Hand, leg, neck and back pain
• Neuralgia (nerve pain)
• Athletes foot
• Skin problems including pimples, oily skin, itch, dermatitis, liver spots
• Chills at fingers and toes
• Eye problems – myopia, early cataract, conjunctivitis
• Alopecia (losing hair)
• Allergy
• Menstrual pain (endometriosis)
• Leucorrhoea (whitish/yellowish discharge due to infection)
• Infertility
• Urinary incontinence
• Hypertension (high blood pressure)
• Hypotension (low blood pressure)
• Angina pectoris (heart pain)
• Periodontal (gum) disease
• Hemorrhoid (piles)
• Osteoarthritis and gout
• Diabetes
• Kidney malfunction (pre-dialysis)
• Liver problem (hepatitis and fatty liver)
• Losing memory and dementia (Alzheimer)
• Stroke
• Cancer
4. What diseases cannot be treated Cupping Therapy ?
Diseases that cannot be treated by Cupping Therapy include- Congenital (present at birth) and genetic diseases like down syndrome, cerebral palsy, cleft lip, hole-in-heart, congenital dislocation of the hip.- Trauma and accidents for example broken bones and joints, open wound, torn muscles, tissue and organ damage, internal bleeding, and excessive bleeding. However Cupping Therapy can promote quicker recovery or healing of these conditions due to improved blood circulation.
5. Who are not suitable for cupping ?
Children below 10 years old, adults above 70 years old, pregnant women, people recovering from surgery, weak & thin people suffering from lack of blood. and people with threatening conditions e.g. heart attack, asthmatic attack, trauma and accidents.
6. What does a person feel during or after cupping ?
Cupping can be mildly or moderately painful. The degree of pain varies from person to person and the location of cupped areas on the same body. The sensation of pricking with needle (lancet) during cupping is quite similarly to insect bites. Post cupping symptoms varies between persons which include feeling relieved after cupping, feeling dizzy/weak/tired or not much sensation.
7. Is Cupping Therapy safe and free from side effects?
Cupping is a safe therapy provided hygienic conditions are maintained before, during and after cupping.
8. What preparation to do before starting Cupping Therapy ?
Cupping : Go for a sauna or hot body bath to stimulate blood circulation and promote release of blood stasis. Can also massage, apply hot towel or shine infra-red light on the cupped area to get the same effect.
The patient should fast for at least 2-3 hours before being cupped, preferably all of the day (or the night before if having the treatment in the morning). On a full stomach, hijama causes vomiting and it is not a cure, it is a disease.
9. What is the frequency of cupping?
Critical disease : e.g. stroke victims – 3 consecutive days and then weekly, preferably be be done done within 72 hours of onset of stroke. Serious disease : e.g. high blood pressure, diabetes, heart problem, asthma,high cholesterol, kidney malfunction, liver malfunction – weekly for few months Mild disease : e.g. fever, cough, muscular pain – every 3 to 7 days until get relieve.
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Love the movement in the stream, well done!
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I will apologise now as I am not sure I am seeing what everyone else seems to be seeing on this shot.
Without trying to dismiss this out of hand I will try to make my comments as constructive as I can.
For me the composition feels like it's shot from a standard location [like a public footpath] and therefore comes across as an everyday scene, rather than a shot that you've put your 'stamp' on and taken time to explore the opportunities. For this reason I much prefer 'WATERWHEEL 2' for the lower angle, it feels more considered to me.
The processing on the shot is too 'over the top' for me. I can appreciate that this might be what you were trying to achieve ... if so, then it doesn't work [for me] unlike those above. The grey nature combined with halos and artefacts in the sky lets this down no end - more time is needed here to resolve these issues. The overall effect of the tone-mapping is too heavy handed for my tastes too and makes the end result look artificial and rushed.
On the positive side I like the length of exposure chosen to accentuate the water movement, but again there are those on here who don't like soft, milky water so I suppose you can't win them all.
Just my opinion though!!!
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love the different colors in this shot.
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There are so many inspiring spaces to see both online and off in our favorite magazines, books and on blogs. There is no end to the inspiration. As I work on putting the final touches on my work studio before Debi Treloar arrives to shoot it next month, I'm drawing my inspiration from a bunch of beautiful rooms that I've been collecting online. It's a great idea to build these style files so that you can keep all of your room ideas in one place. Here is my work room style file, see if there are any below that you feel a certain connection to.
Taken this morning with my iPhone of a nook in my office.
vtwonen can pull together a room like no other. I really like the tones in this room and that bookcase is painted so beautifully.
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My workspace, at least as it was a year ago. I've updated since as I always do. :)
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Juliette commented
March 30th, 2012 at 5:29pm
I love having my own office and -at least for me- it has made ALL the difference. It really helped me take my work more seriously, while also allowing me to expand both in a physical and abstract sense of my work and creativity.
My office is also the space where I can decorate however I want without having to compromise with my husband's decor preferences, ha ha! Btw- I totally lifted your idea of a fabric inspiration board; it's so much more flexible for my needs (and our walls) and I'm so grateful for the idea!
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patricia commented
March 30th, 2012 at 5:52pm
Oh this is perfect for me right now! i'm just starting to make my work space look decent and I can use all the inspiration I can get.
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Ellen Crimi-Trent commented
March 30th, 2012 at 6:02pm
okay no offense but these spaces are wayyyyy too pretty!! LOL my space while nice size 500sq ft is not as pretty. I have stuff everywhere and my husbands work wine spilling over into now . I am jealous but i am not sure if I could ever work in such a clean space!
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March 30th, 2012 at 6:14pm
Lucy commented
March 30th, 2012 at 8:11pm
So inspiring … makes me want to overhaul my hodgepodge attic studio so that everything goes together instead of being purely functional – storage and workspace I've picked up here and there as I've gone along. Ah well – a girl can dream … when I've got my spiffy purpose-built garden studio …..
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Jane commented
March 31st, 2012 at 6:02am
Holly, thanks so much for sharing these divine spaces. Yours always makes my heart stop. And I'm heading over to Julia Rothman's site now to look for some of those divine prints.
I am revelling in putting together *my room of my own* after doing the BYW course with you this time last year. Here's a peek for you (http://www.lifeonplanetbaby.com/2012/02/big-reveal-of-my-room-of-my-own-part-1.html). J x
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Kristin Johnsen commented
March 31st, 2012 at 6:06pm
I really like your workspace, from a year ago , particularly because it has that cute lamp that you shared with us on your blog! And I like Iris' storm your pinterest group – now that I'm home for a week, think I might work on my bookcase…..thanks for the inspiration!
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sandra commented
April 1st, 2012 at 12:05pm
trying to have weekend over here, start working immediately after seeing inspring working spaces!
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Sari commented
April 1st, 2012 at 1:07pm
Great post!
Love every single picture and especially the one with the white, creative bookshelf and the second picture with the "bookshelf ' table.
Thanks for sharing :)
Love, Sari
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April 1st, 2012 at 11:21pm
Margarita Lorenzo commented
April 2nd, 2012 at 12:38am
I can not wait to have mystudio/office done at home. I know how important and essential is to feel comfortable in your working space, well at least i see it that way, specially if you do some creative work. I need to have an organised, and plenty of light studio otherwise my brian does not work property, which is probabily what is happening to me right now, I am struggling to focus and get things done due to the luck os space, but soon will have the room back.
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frau p. hat heimweh. commented
April 2nd, 2012 at 12:30pm
Dear Holly,
I am speechless. I look at this post again and again and… I simply can't believe what I am seeing… my work mentioned in your blog!
*Blush* How cool is that?! Thank you very much. I feel so honoured and thankful and never would have thought that one day you would share my work on decor8 saying MY workspace inspired YOU. Ah, you made my day!!
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frau p. hat heimweh. commented
April 2nd, 2012 at 1:29pm
…and may I add the name of the photographer here?
Tom Kirkpatrick took this picture, http://www.tomkirkpatrick.de/
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Sandra commented
April 2nd, 2012 at 2:14pm
Love the IKEA Alex drawer on casters peeking from the right side of Lisa's space. That is such an iconic and well loved piece of furniture!
I work in a small home office that is much more cluttered than the rest of my tiny cottage – confession time: I am a piler! Time to sort…
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Jessica @shimmerkai commented
April 6th, 2012 at 1:33am
I love the first and second photos…those are spaces I'd love to work in! Looking forward to redoing my work place in the next few weeks.
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Chrystina commented
April 11th, 2012 at 5:30am
What are some of your favorite magazines to learn about spaces like this? I'm looking for some good/fun/crafty/designy online magazines to read/browse through… in all my free time :)
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