Vedanta Resources, a British mining company, is set to destroy the forests, wildlife and way of life of the Dongria Kondh people. The Dongria Kondh have been struggling with all their might to protect their mountain but are being overpowered by the financial and political might of this multi-billion dollar company.
They have been protesting locally for years, and have appealed for international support for their campaign to keep their sacred Niyamgiri Mountain ecologically and culturally intact.
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It is time for all our voices to be heard.
Don’t let them steal Our Earth.
Gardenia (Cape Jasmine) – Better than Barbituates …
It’s official – if you take medication to calm you, relieve anxiety and tension or help you sleep, it would be just as effective (and a lot healthier) to throw away those tablets and buy some flowers.
Researchers from Ruhr University Bochum led by Prof. Dr.Hanns Hatt in collaboration with Dr. Olga Sergeeva and Prof. Helmut Hass from the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, have discovered that the scent from the Gardenia “Gardenia jasminoides” has the ability to soothe, relieve anxiety and to promote sleep, with the same effectiveness as commonly prescribed medication (barbituates or propofol)
Newspapers and online articles have been covering this story over the past few days but because of a translation problem from the German universities which ran the scientific investigation the qualities are being ascribed to Jasmine, but are correctly referring to the flower “Gardenia jasminoides” which is known also as Cape Jasmine but is actually Gardenia rather than Jasmine.
The report appears in the online issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
The researchers have been granted a patent for their discovery.
GABA Gardenia – Nature’s Own Healthy Barbituate
Sleeping pills, sedatives and relaxants are the most frequently prescribed psychotropic drugs with mild dosage having a calming effect and heavier dosage a hypnotic effect.
This class of substance includes alcohol, barbituates and opiates and are prescribed for anxiety and stress-related issues as well as being used as anaesthetics. They do have many side effects such as dizziness, hypertension, muscle weaknessand impaired coordination) and are potentially addictive.
These kinds of drugs (Benzodiazepines, barbituates and anaesthetics) work via adhesion on the site of receptors on the contact-points (synapses) of nerve cells by increasing the effect of GABA (gamma-amniobutyric acid)
The research included testing hundreds of fragrances to explore their effect on GABA receptors, and discovered that the two fragrances vertacetal-coeur (VC) from Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides), and the chemical variation (PI24513) had the strongest effect – increasing the GABA effect more than five times, thus equaling the strength of known prescription drugs.
The usual United States response will be a potential availability in ten years and the DEA will make jasmine illegal and jail people for possessing it. The creation of another banned substance will increase court backlogs, burden the already overloaded penal system, and create a whole new “flower underworld.” That is how it is done in the United States.”
(A Little Rant on Behalf of the Millions of Voiceless Creatures Dying a Cruel and Unneccessary Death Because of our Greed)
The story they tried to sweep under the carpet continues and has become the worst environmental disaster in American history, and it is only just beginning.
We are still reeling from the tearing recession and damage done by the financial collapse of the institutions we were taught to believe were taking care of our needs. If you talk fast enough people can’t tell the difference between “need” and “greed”.
The recession may start to look insignificant when we realise that messing with the planet as if it were our personal playground has consequences that we are actually going to experience…
It looks like mankind is at that stage where it is being told to wake up and learn a lesson or two about life and how one should behave.
Whether it learns or not is anybody’s guess. There are some very slow learners out there, and they have far too much control.
…It would be bad enough if it were only the human race that the human race could hurt, but it isn’t.
“Don’t worry” they said – the ocean can handle a bit of oil…
“Don’t worry” they said – there are plenty of fish in the sea…
“Don’t worry” they said – there are plenty of birds in the sky…
Maybe it’s time to stop believing the things they say…
Such a pity they own most of the newspapers…
Independent experts testifying at the House of Representative’s commerce and energy committee hearing on the Deepwater Horizon Well oil spill have said that whereas BP and government agencies have been using the figure of 5000 barrels of oil a day leaking from the damaged pipeline, the real figure is more likely to be between 20,000 to 100,000 barrels a day.
Experts say because BP was refusing to release vital data, it is difficult to make an accurate estimate.
Steve Wereley, a professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue University said that based on the latest BP videos released, the two wellheads combined to gush 95,000 barrels a day into the Gulf of Mexico. He said his estimate could be wrong by plus or minus 20% so the daily leakage would be between 76,000 and 104,000 barrels a day.
Amateur Video of the Gulf Oil Spill
But don’t worry about that.. the Ocean Can Absorb The Spill …Fox News assures us it can.
Well, that’s a relief then.
