Talk Story with Kimberly

2007-12-09T15:34:00.000-10:00

My nephew Hudson - isn't he cute?

2007-11-07T16:21:00.000-10:00

Breaking News on NIH, MS Research Funding

Congress Could Send Funding Bill to President on Veterans Day

Breaking News: Congress is moving quickly on the fiscal year 2008 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education (Labor-HHS) appropriations bill (H.R. 3043) that funds the NIH, CDC, SSA, and other programs. You can help gain support for increased funding for MS research. The best chance of securing increased funds is to achieve veto-proof votes for the conference report in both the House and the Senate. We understand that the House intends to vote on the conference report later today.

* Click here for your Representative's phone number.
* Click here for your Senators' phone numbers.

Call and ask for their support of H.R. 3043 and a 3.1 percent increase for NIH in the Labor-HHS conference report. This bill includes important funding increases for NIH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Social Security Administration. It also will be a critical source of funding for multiple sclerosis research.

Senate and House Conferees Agree on Labor-HHS Bill
In a victory for medical research, a conference committee of House and Senate members on November 1 approved $29.7 billion for NIH (the leading source of research funding for MS) for FY 2008. That is an increase of $1.1 billion (or 3.1%) over the FY 2007 level. The Labor-HHS appropriation bill added $100 million to the NIH budget beyond what the Senate passed on October 23. This is major progress considering the President had proposed cuts to NIH funding. Thank you. MS activists have been taking action and encouraging support from your legislators on this issue from the beginning.

Funding for SSA
Overall, the Labor-HHS appropriation bill provides $150.7 billion in discretionary spending for education, health, labor and other agencies, such as SSA. Many disability advocacy groups have been working to address the problems associated with the backlog of disability claims and appeals at SSA. Those claims must be approved prior to receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) cash benefits. Many people living with MS are eligible for SSDI and have endured the arduous process. To help alleviate this backlog, negotiators provided a $576 million increase (or 6.2%) for administrative costs to SSA.

Stem Cell Language Removed
The Senate Labor-HHS bill originally included language that would have expanded funding for embryonic stem cell research. However, Senators Tom Harkin (IA) and Arlen Specter (PA) removed this language in an effort to compromise. The Senate passed their bill on October 23 by a vote of 75 - 19, which is enough to override a presidential veto.

The Future of the Labor-HHS Bill

Now that the Senate and House worked out their differences, the Labor-HHS conference report goes back to each chamber for approval. In addition to the funding increases, the conference report packaged the Labor-HHS appropriations bill (H.R. 3043) with the Military Construction-Veterans Affairs appropriations bill (H.R. 2642) to make one large spending bill. This new bill is what the House and Senate will be voting on, and if it passes both chambers, it will be sent to the President. Click above to take action.

The future of this combined spending bill is uncertain. President Bush maintains that he will veto any spending bill that allocates more than he requested back in February. To override his veto, the Senate and the House must both pass the conference report with a veto-proof majority. It is anticipated that the bill will be put before the President on Veterans Day.

Follow On Biologics on Hold Until 2008

A Cry for help

2007-10-26T14:03:00.000-10:00

emily

myspace.com/emilyisinlove7

Oct 21, 2007 7:48 PM 9:48:00 PM
Body:
hi i found you on faces of ms.org
im 23 year old female who believes i have ms
i had to quit my job as a cna because of my dizziness and fatigue
i went to the neurologist last year and had an mri
it came back that i had a lesion on my brain
i had a spinal tap done and they told me they couldnt diagnois me at the moment right now i lost my job so i currently have no insurance i have severe numbness and tinglind in my hands and feet and it interferes with my daily activitys
i have delt with chronic fatigue and loss of energy for 2 years now
what are your symptoms and what do you think i should do ? is there any way i could get some type of insurance a cheap plan or anything im writting people to see what they think i should do and asking them how there doing with this illness
thank you so much for your input and for reading this
Emily

Common Sense Calcium and Mineral Facts

2007-10-12T15:21:00.000-10:00

Calcium Supplements - Is There Really a Difference?

Learn how to share the Blood Type Diet with Others

Studies reveal that the body absorbs less than 10% of the most popular calcium tablets containing calcium lactate, calcium phosphate, or calcium carbonate. How does your calcium supplement measure up? Find out in this issue.

Up until now, the usual calcium question had been: "How can we make this substance better tolerated and absorbed by the body?" Dr. Peter D'Adamo asked a better question: "Can we find another source of natural calcium not only friendly to all blood types, but also one that the body can utilize readily and with greater efficiency?"

Dr. D'Adamo found that ideal calcium source, a small red seaweed found only in the isolated areas off the coast of Northwest Ireland. Discover more about Calcium supplements

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My Response to complaints on Apple

2007-10-12T14:56:00.000-10:00

Reports: Apple Near To Opening iPhone To Third-Party Apps - Apple Unvarnished - InformationWeek:

All companies have rules and regulations, for the most part we follow those rules. Why can't Apple have rules too? My cell phone company has it's rules and restrictions that allow me to do and only do what they have made available through their services. Any successful business has it's 'terms & conditions' (Oh, is this that bad word CONTROL?) we sign off on those 'terms & conditions'. hmmmm?

To consumers who have complained about the iPhone or any other Apple product. I guess that you are the ones that are never happy with anything and are always complaining about everything, unless it suites YOUR needs. What about everyone else's needs? Idiotic and selfish!

I have been a Mac user for many years and have gone through all sorts of changes with the company, and guess what? I am still a Mac user. If your a true Mac user you would appreciate the steps that Apple is taking.

They have developed a cell phone that is changing the industry worldwide (remember the iPod? yep... people complained that they could only use iTunes). BE PATIENT PEOPLE, WAIT FOR THE REST OF THE INDUSTRY TO CATCH UP! AND IT WILL!

"Rome wasn't built in a day" The more you complain the more you are giving Apple the drive & ammunition to develop a solution THAT WILL"BLOW YOUR PC MINDS. Maybe then and only then you will understand!

To some of you I may sound stupid and idiotic... well you sound stupid and idiotic to me. I'm sorry if this message sounds to harsh, it's my message to tell just as you have told yours.

In the business world (No means Yes!) Complaints, just makes the product better. Your messages to Apple tells them how to move forward for consumer satisfaction. What will you complain about then?

RFID Implant Cancer Questions Concern Patients

2007-09-21T11:41:00.000-10:00

PassportMD Offers Safe, Secure & Free Personal Health Record (PHR) Solution

   DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- News that radio frequency
identification (RFID) implants could pose dangerous health risks -- even
cancer -- has the healthcare and personal health records (PHR) industries
wondering how to provide medical professionals with vital patient health
records in case of emergency.
A simple, free and non-invasive alternative already exists. Consumers
can use Web-based services, CD-ROMs and simple paper-products designed to
hold critical data that can be easily accessed or carried, said Steven M.
Hacker, M.D., founder and CEO of PassportMD Inc., a leader in
consumer-managed healthcare products.
"It's a twist George Orwell couldn't have imagined -- that some 'big
brother' computer chip injected under the skin may jeopardize your health,"
Hacker said. "Products like PassportMD provide a safe, secure and
non-invasive alternative. It's free and the information is immediately
accessible without access to a phone or Internet connection."
Glass-encapsulated RFID transponders from companies like VeriChip are
implanted under the skin. A special scanner must be used to reveal a
16-digit code that's then entered into a Web database to retrieve the
patient's medical information. Earlier this month, it was reported that
some lab animals implanted with chips developed cancer and sarcoma. Other
possible adverse effects include tissue reactions, migration of the
implanted chip, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) incompatibility,
electrical hazards, infection and even compromised information security.
Already used to identify lost pets, some 2,000 people worldwide have RFID
chips implanted for PHR applications.
Products like PassportMD.com provide safe and secure access to patient
records. Subscribers can create a free personal health record by following
a simple, 10-step tutorial. The PHR can be printed on a wallet-sized card
or can be accessed anytime through a password-protected Website. Unlike
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print living wills or advance medical directives. By upgrading to the
premium service, subscribers can use PassportMD's unique "Doctors Notes on
Demand" service that lets consumers easily request, receive, store, print
and access their doctors chart notes.
"Life-saving access to personal health records should be the solution
to a medical problem -- not the cause of one," said Mitch Bernatsky,
President of PassportMD, Inc.
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2007-09-03T16:00:00.000-10:00

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The Individualist: PathType Human Blood Group/Disease Database

2007-08-28T18:32:00.000-10:00

The Individualist: PathType Human Blood Group/Disease Database

Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, United States

2007-03-09T15:53:00.001-10:00

Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, United States
Elevation: 4,009 feet (1222m)
Sources: US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, The Honolulu Advertiser - "Report provided courtesy of the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program and the US Geological Survey's Volcano Hazards Program."

clipped from kselden.shutterchance.com

Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, United States

Kilauea volcano, which overlaps the east flank of the massive Mauna Loa shield volcano, has been Hawaii's most active volcano during historical time. Eruptions of Kilauea are prominent in Polynesian legends; written documentation extending back to only 1820 records frequent summit and flank lava flow eruptions that were interspersed with periods of long-term lava lake activity

The 3 x 5 km caldera was formed in several stages about 1500 years ago and during the 18th century; eruptions have also originated from the lengthy East and SW rift zones, which extend to the sea on both sides of the volcano. About 90% of the surface of the basaltic shield volcano is formed of lava flows less than about 1100 years old; 70% of the volcano's surface is younger than 600 years. A long-term eruption from the East rift zone that began in 1983 has produced lava flows covering more than 100 sq km, destroying nearly 200 houses and adding new coastline to the island

fitms.com

2007-03-09T15:29:00.001-10:00

Great program developed for MS exercise.

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I've completed, "Having a Mary heart in a Martha world"

2006-04-03T15:29:00.000-10:00

It's April 3rd already! I can't believe it... the last time I wrote in my blog was the day that I had started my women's bible study.

I can truelly say that it has been an amazing journey. I have really enjoyed the writings of Joanna Weaver. She writes just how it is, no wordy stuff that makes it boring. Wow! is all I can say.

I really did not know the two women in the bible named Martha and Mary. That they were sisters and that Lazarus who I have heard pastors talk about was their brother. Now I have a connection, "that's pretty cool". In the beginning I thought Martha was a selfish person, only focusing on how things looked, how she could present her home, people telling her how good the food she cooked was. That she did all the work and how come it seemed that nobody helped her (she had a bunch of servents, but she did not seem to notice) because remember it was all about her. Well, I was WRONG! She really did love the Lord with all her heart, service and devotion was was her way of worshiping the Lord. Mary sat at the Lords feet and poured her expensive perfume on his feet and then wiped it with her hair. This was Mary's way of service and devotion to the Lord.

I learned just as Joanna Weaver did, that they can become one. She stated in her book:

"Then, several weeks later, as I drove toward the hospital to visit one of our ailing church members, I found myself wondering, Is this visit a Martha thing or a Mary thing? I'd been asking the same question about writing this book. "All the work I'm putting in, all the writing and rewriting - is this Martha duty or Mary devotion? I wasn't certian.

Suddenly as I drove along, in the midst of my mental eenie-meenie-miney-mo, I realized it was both! Visiting the hospital was doing the Martha Mary-ly. Writing about intimacy with God was Mary doing the Martha faithfully. In my once-divided heart, the two had become one. I no longer had to worry about my motives, whether I was acting out of duty or devotion. God had knocked down the wall and made the Living Room and Kitchen all one. "It's both! I cried, thumping the steering wheel, a huge smile on my face. "It's both."

Having a Mary heart in a Martha world!

2006-01-25T15:01:00.000-10:00

I'm back home from my journey with my mom. She is going to beat this - Now only if my mother in-law will have the same results. She is a strong lady and I need to remember to pray for her each day.

I have joined a new womens bible study held each week on Tues mornings very early. The books name is "Having a Mary heart in a Martha world". I am going to write my notes in my journal and on my blog because I feel this will be an amazing journey that I am starting.

First off, let me give you the verses were it talks about Martha and Mary in the bible. You can look up the verses by going to the link "NIV Bible" on the right side on my blog. Cut and paste these verses if you want to read them. Luke 10:38-42, John 11:1-44 and John 12:1-11.

Now I will begin.

I can totally identify with Martha and I wish and want to be more like Mary. It makes me sad that I am more like Martha because I long to grow in my walk with the Lord. I get so stressed out with planning and trying to make things perfect all the time. I'ts exausting! I long not to be like that anymore.

I think that we worry to much about earthly things - I want my focus to be on my quit time with the Lord & trusting in Him that what needs to get done, will be done.

Mary's way teaches me that when I feel the call of the Lord I should listen so I can be closer to Him. This is so much more important! Serving does not have to mean physically doing something, I believe serving can also be listening to my Lord, worshiping Him and being in prayer so that I can be closer to Him. Being a Martha is OK, it's just learning I mean teaching my heart to think more like Mary & still be Martha.

Help Save Sunset Beach Christian School, North Shore Hawaii

2006-01-11T23:13:00.001-10:00

It has come to my attention that the Sunset Beach Elementary School is going to close its doors for good in 6 months or so if they don't get help financially to update their facilities. People want to enroll their children is this great little historical Christian school, the only problem is that the school needs some major TLC to make it a safe environment for them to attend. We need to get the news out to the local people of Oahu of this horrible thing that can happen to a school that so many people on this island used to attend and that their children have also attended.

Our home in Mililani!

2005-12-29T22:18:00.000-10:00

Wow! Stewart did so much work to our new home and it looks great. He really does amazing work. If you want to see more pictures I have them posted in my photo album from the start of our remodeling to the present time.

We got home yesterday and both of us are very glad to be home. It was nice to spend all that time with my mom... it was for 3 months. She has one more chemo treatment and then 6 weeks of radiation 10 minutes a day. I talk with her on the phone everyday to keep up with how she is doing.

My husband - Stewart

2005-12-20T21:35:00.000-10:00

This photograph was taken when we were in Montana at Pinehaven. He was working on a really big building and loved doing it.

Whose timing is it anyway?

2005-12-18T20:53:00.000-10:00

"Simon Peter replied, ‘Lord, to whom would we go? You alone have the words that give eternal life’" (John 6:68, NLT).

Wherever Jesus went, a crowd followed. Some followed in hopes of being healed; some followed to hear His teachings; and some followed because they were looking for personal gain.

But when it became clear that following the teachings of Jesus would mean suffering, and even death, many gave up. At this point Jesus asked the Twelve if they would also leave.

-ks (written by me...)
When someone says, "that you will receive eternal life and that you can only receive eternal life is through Jesus Christ," people just take it as being a religious freak. But that's not the case at all... facts are facts, even the scientist say fact are facts, how can you deny them... good question? it sounds a little familiar!... it does not even sound bad, it sounds great! I can have eternal life! wow... Satan has the world so masked that simple words Jesus said about eternal life gets covered over by all the thoughts and things of this world. A world that Satan has his hand in. One thing people strive forever to have is that they don't die and that they can live forever. Well, hello people! You can have eternal life, live forever if you would just wake-up and stop being so controlled everyday by Satan. I know that no one wants to hear that they are being controlled Satan... Well, I believe we have a choice, and I mean every-time we make a choice it comes from the brain or the heart. It's that battle between the brain and the heart... pretty much sucks, but that's what going on. You want it and you want it now, no matter what it takes. This is being controlled by Satan. You want it really bad, but you stop and think about it, you pray about it and you wait to see if your desire changes. If it does or if something else wonderful happens, like receiving what ever it is that you want as a gift. That is God's timing! Not your timing... aka satan timing.

Where am I? Here I am...

2005-12-16T22:29:00.000-10:00

People have been wondering where I am currently at... well, I am here in Modesto, California at my mom's house helping her out through her treatments of chemotheropy. This past summer she was diagnosed with stage 3 Breast Cancer. Her spirits are being kept high through her faith, God has been giving her the strength to get through this stage in her life.

October 1st, my friend (little sister) Kimberly got married and I was her matron of honor. (a picture of me at the wedding on the right) After the wedding on 10/3 I flew up here to Modesto from San Diego. Oddly enough, Stewarts mom has been diagnosed with Breast Cancer also. So the next morning after we had arrived in San Diego Stewart took a quick flight to Phoenix to see his mother. I'm glad that he had a chance to do that, we had not seen her since we moved to Hawaii. She's doing really well which is such a huge blessing.

My Little Mia...

2005-12-16T22:12:00.000-10:00

This is Mia!

She is a Pomeranian who is a little over 1 year now and a bundle full of energy. Isn't she cute?

When I saw her as a puppy I told Stewart that we had to get her, she needed to be part of our family. So, wala here she is weighing in at about 4.5 to 5 lbs. She has just not ever got very big. Everyone loves her and she loves everyone.

A Prayer

2005-12-15T14:38:00.000-10:00

Father, I realize that oftentimes my tongue is the most difficult thing to bring under control. Yet I have the promise of Your help even in this. I give you my tongue to be bridled - take over the reins.

In Jesus name I Pray

Connect a Dot!

2005-12-15T14:35:00.000-10:00

Connecting a dot is positively transferring yourself to another person, making a difference.

My Story to Tell

2005-12-15T14:25:00.000-10:00

My life has been a whirlwind from the time I was born until the present. Next year I will turn 40. Wow… 40? I can’t believe it. Years ago I thought that I would not live to see 40 years old and now it’s so close to happening. When I think about it now a days, I don’t feel the same way about turning 40 as I did when I was younger.

Amazing things happen in life and my life is truely a story to tell. I pray that my story can be an inspiration to someone else.

What kind of a person have I become? That’s what counts…

to be continued… check back later

Going to Disneyland?

2005-12-15T14:19:00.000-10:00

I remember when I was a litte girl that my grandfather wanted to take me to Disneyland. For some reason I thought this was the most horable news that I could have ever heard. I did not know what Disneyland was and he was not going to convince me other wise. My grandfather tried to explain to me what a great place it is and that we would have lots of fun. At the time Mr Rogers was my favorit tv show and unless we were going there I did not want to go. So… needless to say, my first trip to Disneyland was not until I was much older, at least past 5 I think.

Check out this website!

2005-12-10T21:46:00.000-10:00

I have worked long and hard designing this website. Let me know if you have any problems with it.

At my mom's Oct - Dec 2005, Modesto CA!

2005-12-10T15:19:00.000-10:00

Wow! Things are really crazy right now… It’s really cold here and I’m not used to such cool weather. When I get back home it will be hot and muggy… it’s like I can’t get the in between. I had that when we lived in Ventura, now that place was awsome! Here in Modesto, Ca it's in the middle of California and right now it's cold.

Check out my photographs of Hawaii

2005-12-10T14:52:00.000-10:00