Father Saves Daughter's Sight By Finding A Cure On The Interenet

Charlotte Durham suffered from severe migraine headaches and was in danger of loosing her sight from a rare brain condition called idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Her family had been told that she would need a series of expensive operations to save her eye sight. Determined that there had to be a better solution, her father, Andy Durham, searched the Internet for an answer. His search led to a medical study done in Greece that showed twenty-four out of twenty-six patients were completely cured of the condition after six months of taking the drug Octreotide.  Charlotte is reported to have seen dramatic improvements almost right away with a reduction in the severity of the headaches and relief from noise in her ears and pressure behind her eyes.  Just six months after starting treatment Charlotte was given the the all clear from her doctors.

Read the whole story here and pass it on!


 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1352510/Charlotte-Durham-beats-rare-brain-condition-father-finds-cure-internet.html

This story reminds me of an earlier post regarding a man who has written an app for navigating the complicated world of cancer treatments.

http://insharpcontrast.blogspot.com/2011/01/cancer-now-there-is-app-for-that.html

Jewish Prayers For Egyptian Uprising

In yesterday's post I spoke of Christians protecting Muslims while they prayed and and earlier story of Muslims standing to protect a Christian service. At the time, what I was thinking was - how wonderful it would be if Jews were part of this circle of acceptance that goes beyond tolerance to protection. However, I was the one behind the times. All this time there has been an outpouring of prayers from many Jewish people who see a parallel to their own history. Once again the people in Egypt are rising up against a dictator crying with one voice for freedom. Please read the whole story at the following link, and as always - pass it on!


http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/02/2011218490882163.html

Christians and Muslims in Egypt

A friend just passed me a link to photos of Christians standing together to protect a group of Muslims who were praying. This reminded me of an earlier article I had seen that was Muslims protecting a Christian service. I see these images and in my head I hear an old chant - all we are saying - is give peace a chance.  Seeing this level of respect and care for one another gives me hope that indeed, peace does have a chance. Please pass on good news, where every you find it!



Chirsitans protecting Muslims

http://yfrog.com/h02gvclj


Muslims protecting Christians

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/01/08/thousands-muslims-human-shields/

Saving the environment with potty trained pigs - no shit.

If this blog had categories, I wouldn't know if this should go under environment or shits and giggles. Yes friends, they have found out there are many advantages to potty training pigs! It sounds silly, but it makes a lot of cents! There must be thousands of other great ideas about how to save our planet and I would love to hear all about them - just stick them in a comment or share a link about them!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41241248/ns/world_news-world_environment/

Manufacturing UP and adding new JOBS!

WOW! This is great news! Things are getting better every day and it is wonderful to hear about companies not only making a profit instead of shutting down - but adding new jobs! Please, read this article and pass it on!

Companies are exporting more construction and mining equipment, and Americans are buying more cars, appliances and computers.

The Institute for Supply Management, a private trade group, said Tuesday that its index of manufacturing activity rose last month to 60.8. It was the highest reading since May 2004 and the 18th straight month the sector has grown. Any reading above 50 indicates expansion.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Factory-activity-grows-hiring-apf-3467417365.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=6&asset=&ccode=

Hope for a bright future in Egypt

You have probably been watching the news in Egypt. I have had trouble taking my eyes from the screen myself. I haven't commented too much about it here but I am thrilled that the people are taking their destiny in hand. No government can stand against people this united! In particular, I wanted to pass on this amazing story of hope. People are beginning to look past the present moment to a better day.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110201/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_hopes_and_dreams

Goats, nibbling away at poverty - no kidding!

I have been saving my virtual money for some time now. At first I thought I would save until I had enough to travel but decided that by the time I saved that much - I would be too old to fly. And I have decided that money goes a lot farther and does much more good in other parts of the world. I had recently contributed a poem to an anthology being sold to raise money to buy goats for impoverished families. This not only provides a source of milk and cheese but the goats rapidly multiply, giving the family an income. I suppose the reason I have been so taken with the idea of buying goats is that I had once considered buying a small piece of land myself -  for growing a garden and raising some animals. After some research, I decided that goats were more practical to raise than cows. That idea never worked out for me, but I can be a part of helping it work out for someone else - and so that is how I spent my virtual money. Instead of buying a goat myself, I have donated it to a fund and now there will be a pair of goats purchased not just one - which leads to more goats. When I get depressed I think about these goats, and it makes me feel very glad indeed. You can find out more about goats and many other needful things - from packets of seeds to trees, from bars of soap to mosquito nets, and school desks to houses, and yes - goats, by clicking on the Oxfam link on this page. If you would like to buy a poetry book, you can get one at this link....

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/The-Best-of-the-Poets-Plunder-gift-Box/1745094


http://www.oxfam.org/