Thursday, June 18, 2009
Changes are comin!
We are making some HUGE changes at Radiant Minerals- first by changing our name! We will soon become Bella Faith Cosmetics! Here is a hint at what's next!
Monday, June 15, 2009
NOW terrorists can SUE the US for torture?
Check this out- its an excerpt I received from newsmax.com today-
SAN FRANCISCO � A man serving a 17-year prison sentence for terrorist activities has been given the green light to sue a former US government lawyer who wrote memos that allegedly led to his torture, US media reports said Sunday.
Jose Padilla, a US citizen arrested in 2002 for an alleged "dirty bomb" plot only to have the charges dropped three years later, was jailed in January 2008 for separate charges of providing support to the Al-Qaeda terror network.
Lawyers for Padilla have filed a lawsuit against John Yoo, a former lawyer in the George W. Bush administration, arguing that he was responsible for crafting the legal memos which led to his detention and harsh interrogation.
Padilla, who was held in solitary confinement as an "enemy combatant" for more than three years at a US Navy installation in Charleston, South Carolina, alleges he was tortured.
Can I just say- WTFH??????? And to top this all off- Osama, oops! Obama is letting these TERRORISTS who were held in GB LIVE in the USA! Lets just throw our country to the dogs- THEY would do a better job running it. Seriously.
SAN FRANCISCO � A man serving a 17-year prison sentence for terrorist activities has been given the green light to sue a former US government lawyer who wrote memos that allegedly led to his torture, US media reports said Sunday.
Jose Padilla, a US citizen arrested in 2002 for an alleged "dirty bomb" plot only to have the charges dropped three years later, was jailed in January 2008 for separate charges of providing support to the Al-Qaeda terror network.
Lawyers for Padilla have filed a lawsuit against John Yoo, a former lawyer in the George W. Bush administration, arguing that he was responsible for crafting the legal memos which led to his detention and harsh interrogation.
Padilla, who was held in solitary confinement as an "enemy combatant" for more than three years at a US Navy installation in Charleston, South Carolina, alleges he was tortured.
Can I just say- WTFH??????? And to top this all off- Osama, oops! Obama is letting these TERRORISTS who were held in GB LIVE in the USA! Lets just throw our country to the dogs- THEY would do a better job running it. Seriously.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
LONG April... looking forward to May
April 2009 has been by far the hardest month I have ever had in my LIFE.
To start it off, Josh wound up with 2 double ear infections in a row. THEN he was diagnosed with Kawasaki's Disease. More info to come on that later. He was hospitalized for a week at CHOC.
To top it all off, I had a miscarriage (I was 3 weeks preggers) and on our way home from the hospital, some BITCH hit our car!
So needless to say, April SUCKED. But a few flowers of brightness brightened my day from our best friends, Joe and Kirsten! LOVE YOU GUYS!
To start it off, Josh wound up with 2 double ear infections in a row. THEN he was diagnosed with Kawasaki's Disease. More info to come on that later. He was hospitalized for a week at CHOC.
To top it all off, I had a miscarriage (I was 3 weeks preggers) and on our way home from the hospital, some BITCH hit our car!
So needless to say, April SUCKED. But a few flowers of brightness brightened my day from our best friends, Joe and Kirsten! LOVE YOU GUYS!
Friday, April 3, 2009
And yet another reason why you should Breastfeed your child
Found this on my morning news... right when I logged online. Happy Morning to me!
CDC: Rocket fuel chemical found in baby formula
By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer - Fri Apr 3, 3:36 AM PDT
ATLANTA - Traces of a chemical used in rocket fuel were found in samples of powdered baby formula, and could exceed what's considered a safe dose for adults if mixed with water also contaminated with the ingredient, a government study has found.
The chemical has turned up in several cities' drinking water supplies. It can occur naturally, but most perchlorate contamination has been tied to defense and aerospace sites.
No tests have ever shown the chemical caused health problems, but scientists have said significant amounts of perchlorate can affect thyroid function. The thyroid helps set the body's metabolism. Thyroid problems can impact fetal and infant brain development.
However, the extent of the risk is hard to assess. The government requires that formula contain iodine, which counteracts perchlorate's effects. The size of the infant and how much formula they consume are other factors that can influence risk.
The study itself sheds little light on how dangerous the perchlorate in baby formula is. "This wasn't a study of health effects," said Dr. Joshua Schier, one of the authors.
The largest amounts of the chemical were in formulas derived from cow's milk, the study said.
The researchers would not disclose the brands of formula they studied. Only a few samples were studied, so it's hard to know if the perchlorate levels would be found in all containers of those brands, a CDC spokesman said.
Earlier this year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it was considering setting new limits on the amount of perchlorate that would be acceptable in drinking water. A few states have already set their own limits.
The EPA has checked nearly 4,000 public water supplies serving 10,000 people or more. About 160 of the water systems had detectable levels of perchlorate, and 31 had levels high enough to exceed a new safety level the EPA is considering.
http://health.yahoo.com/news/ap/baby_formula_perchlorate.html
For those of you who know me well... I am a HUGE advocate for breastfeeding your babies. This is just another reason WHY you shouldnt give your children formula!!!!
CDC: Rocket fuel chemical found in baby formula
By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer - Fri Apr 3, 3:36 AM PDT
ATLANTA - Traces of a chemical used in rocket fuel were found in samples of powdered baby formula, and could exceed what's considered a safe dose for adults if mixed with water also contaminated with the ingredient, a government study has found.
The chemical has turned up in several cities' drinking water supplies. It can occur naturally, but most perchlorate contamination has been tied to defense and aerospace sites.
No tests have ever shown the chemical caused health problems, but scientists have said significant amounts of perchlorate can affect thyroid function. The thyroid helps set the body's metabolism. Thyroid problems can impact fetal and infant brain development.
However, the extent of the risk is hard to assess. The government requires that formula contain iodine, which counteracts perchlorate's effects. The size of the infant and how much formula they consume are other factors that can influence risk.
The study itself sheds little light on how dangerous the perchlorate in baby formula is. "This wasn't a study of health effects," said Dr. Joshua Schier, one of the authors.
The largest amounts of the chemical were in formulas derived from cow's milk, the study said.
The researchers would not disclose the brands of formula they studied. Only a few samples were studied, so it's hard to know if the perchlorate levels would be found in all containers of those brands, a CDC spokesman said.
Earlier this year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it was considering setting new limits on the amount of perchlorate that would be acceptable in drinking water. A few states have already set their own limits.
The EPA has checked nearly 4,000 public water supplies serving 10,000 people or more. About 160 of the water systems had detectable levels of perchlorate, and 31 had levels high enough to exceed a new safety level the EPA is considering.
http://health.yahoo.com/news/ap/baby_formula_perchlorate.html
For those of you who know me well... I am a HUGE advocate for breastfeeding your babies. This is just another reason WHY you shouldnt give your children formula!!!!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Happy Wedding Day Miller's!
One of my dearest, wonderful friends, MRS. Rachel Knapp is officially a MILLER! Congrats to you and Bryan! You two are such a great couple! Here is the happy couple from the wedding on March 7th, 2009! (I know, Im like a month late... but you try working full time 2 different jobs AND be a mommy!)
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Rachel's Bachelorette PARTAY in Sin City!
So, I had a TOTAL BLAST with these cochinas! HEY BOY HEEYYYYYYYY!
Enjoy!
Much Love-
Enjoy!
Much Love-
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
A glimpse of Guam
Our Life on Guam
We spent 4 years on Guam... with much love and some dislike... but all in all, we miss the beautiful water and great friends!
We spent 4 years on Guam... with much love and some dislike... but all in all, we miss the beautiful water and great friends!
Monday, February 16, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Friday is the Day....
That Im getting my NEW iMAC!!!!
AND we are switching to Sprint!
AND we are PAYING OFF OUR DEBT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry... Im just jumping for JOY! WOOHOO!
AND we are switching to Sprint!
AND we are PAYING OFF OUR DEBT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry... Im just jumping for JOY! WOOHOO!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
We are officially going to be a socialist country once the Stimulus Bill passes...
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Republican Senators are questioning whether President Barack Obama’s stimulus bill contains the right mix of tax breaks and cash infusions to jump-start the economy.
Tragically, no one from either party is objecting to the health provisions slipped in without discussion. These provisions reflect the handiwork of Tom Daschle, until recently the nominee to head the Health and Human Services Department.
Senators should read these provisions and vote against them because they are dangerous to your health. (Page numbers refer to H.R. 1 EH, pdf version).
The bill’s health rules will affect “every individual in the United States” (445, 454, 479). Your medical treatments will be tracked electronically by a federal system. Having electronic medical records at your fingertips, easily transferred to a hospital, is beneficial. It will help avoid duplicate tests and errors.
But the bill goes further. One new bureaucracy, the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, will monitor treatments to make sure your doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate and cost effective. The goal is to reduce costs and “guide” your doctor’s decisions (442, 446). These provisions in the stimulus bill are virtually identical to what Daschle prescribed in his 2008 book, “Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis.” According to Daschle, doctors have to give up autonomy and “learn to operate less like solo practitioners.”
Keeping doctors informed of the newest medical findings is important, but enforcing uniformity goes too far.
New Penalties
Hospitals and doctors that are not “meaningful users” of the new system will face penalties. “Meaningful user” isn’t defined in the bill. That will be left to the HHS secretary, who will be empowered to impose “more stringent measures of meaningful use over time” (511, 518, 540-541)
What penalties will deter your doctor from going beyond the electronically delivered protocols when your condition is atypical or you need an experimental treatment? The vagueness is intentional. In his book, Daschle proposed an appointed body with vast powers to make the “tough” decisions elected politicians won’t make.
The stimulus bill does that, and calls it the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research (190-192). The goal, Daschle’s book explained, is to slow the development and use of new medications and technologies because they are driving up costs. He praises Europeans for being more willing to accept “hopeless diagnoses” and “forgo experimental treatments,” and he chastises Americans for expecting too much from the health-care system.
Elderly Hardest Hit
Daschle says health-care reform “will not be pain free.” Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them. That means the elderly will bear the brunt.
Medicare now pays for treatments deemed safe and effective. The stimulus bill would change that and apply a cost- effectiveness standard set by the Federal Council (464).
The Federal Council is modeled after a U.K. board discussed in Daschle’s book. This board approves or rejects treatments using a formula that divides the cost of the treatment by the number of years the patient is likely to benefit. Treatments for younger patients are more often approved than treatments for diseases that affect the elderly, such as osteoporosis.
In 2006, a U.K. health board decreed that elderly patients with macular degeneration had to wait until they went blind in one eye before they could get a costly new drug to save the other eye. It took almost three years of public protests before the board reversed its decision.
Hidden Provisions
If the Obama administration’s economic stimulus bill passes the Senate in its current form, seniors in the U.S. will face similar rationing. Defenders of the system say that individuals benefit in younger years and sacrifice later.
The stimulus bill will affect every part of health care, from medical and nursing education, to how patients are treated and how much hospitals get paid. The bill allocates more funding for this bureaucracy than for the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force combined (90-92, 174-177, 181).
Hiding health legislation in a stimulus bill is intentional. Daschle supported the Clinton administration’s health-care overhaul in 1994, and attributed its failure to debate and delay. A year ago, Daschle wrote that the next president should act quickly before critics mount an opposition. “If that means attaching a health-care plan to the federal budget, so be it,” he said. “The issue is too important to be stalled by Senate protocol.”
More Scrutiny Needed
On Friday, President Obama called it “inexcusable and irresponsible” for senators to delay passing the stimulus bill. In truth, this bill needs more scrutiny.
The health-care industry is the largest employer in the U.S. It produces almost 17 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product. Yet the bill treats health care the way European governments do: as a cost problem instead of a growth industry. Imagine limiting growth and innovation in the electronics or auto industry during this downturn. This stimulus is dangerous to your health and the economy.
(Betsy McCaughey is former lieutenant governor of New York and is an adjunct senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. The opinions expressed are her own.)
To contact the writer of this column: Betsy McCaughey at Betsymross@aol.com
DUDE... WHAT THE HELL? Now we get to have the GOVERNMENT tell us what we can and cant have done to us. What ever happened to DEMOCRACY?
If this upsets you, make a stink about it! Email or call your local Senators!
Tragically, no one from either party is objecting to the health provisions slipped in without discussion. These provisions reflect the handiwork of Tom Daschle, until recently the nominee to head the Health and Human Services Department.
Senators should read these provisions and vote against them because they are dangerous to your health. (Page numbers refer to H.R. 1 EH, pdf version).
The bill’s health rules will affect “every individual in the United States” (445, 454, 479). Your medical treatments will be tracked electronically by a federal system. Having electronic medical records at your fingertips, easily transferred to a hospital, is beneficial. It will help avoid duplicate tests and errors.
But the bill goes further. One new bureaucracy, the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, will monitor treatments to make sure your doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate and cost effective. The goal is to reduce costs and “guide” your doctor’s decisions (442, 446). These provisions in the stimulus bill are virtually identical to what Daschle prescribed in his 2008 book, “Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis.” According to Daschle, doctors have to give up autonomy and “learn to operate less like solo practitioners.”
Keeping doctors informed of the newest medical findings is important, but enforcing uniformity goes too far.
New Penalties
Hospitals and doctors that are not “meaningful users” of the new system will face penalties. “Meaningful user” isn’t defined in the bill. That will be left to the HHS secretary, who will be empowered to impose “more stringent measures of meaningful use over time” (511, 518, 540-541)
What penalties will deter your doctor from going beyond the electronically delivered protocols when your condition is atypical or you need an experimental treatment? The vagueness is intentional. In his book, Daschle proposed an appointed body with vast powers to make the “tough” decisions elected politicians won’t make.
The stimulus bill does that, and calls it the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research (190-192). The goal, Daschle’s book explained, is to slow the development and use of new medications and technologies because they are driving up costs. He praises Europeans for being more willing to accept “hopeless diagnoses” and “forgo experimental treatments,” and he chastises Americans for expecting too much from the health-care system.
Elderly Hardest Hit
Daschle says health-care reform “will not be pain free.” Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them. That means the elderly will bear the brunt.
Medicare now pays for treatments deemed safe and effective. The stimulus bill would change that and apply a cost- effectiveness standard set by the Federal Council (464).
The Federal Council is modeled after a U.K. board discussed in Daschle’s book. This board approves or rejects treatments using a formula that divides the cost of the treatment by the number of years the patient is likely to benefit. Treatments for younger patients are more often approved than treatments for diseases that affect the elderly, such as osteoporosis.
In 2006, a U.K. health board decreed that elderly patients with macular degeneration had to wait until they went blind in one eye before they could get a costly new drug to save the other eye. It took almost three years of public protests before the board reversed its decision.
Hidden Provisions
If the Obama administration’s economic stimulus bill passes the Senate in its current form, seniors in the U.S. will face similar rationing. Defenders of the system say that individuals benefit in younger years and sacrifice later.
The stimulus bill will affect every part of health care, from medical and nursing education, to how patients are treated and how much hospitals get paid. The bill allocates more funding for this bureaucracy than for the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force combined (90-92, 174-177, 181).
Hiding health legislation in a stimulus bill is intentional. Daschle supported the Clinton administration’s health-care overhaul in 1994, and attributed its failure to debate and delay. A year ago, Daschle wrote that the next president should act quickly before critics mount an opposition. “If that means attaching a health-care plan to the federal budget, so be it,” he said. “The issue is too important to be stalled by Senate protocol.”
More Scrutiny Needed
On Friday, President Obama called it “inexcusable and irresponsible” for senators to delay passing the stimulus bill. In truth, this bill needs more scrutiny.
The health-care industry is the largest employer in the U.S. It produces almost 17 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product. Yet the bill treats health care the way European governments do: as a cost problem instead of a growth industry. Imagine limiting growth and innovation in the electronics or auto industry during this downturn. This stimulus is dangerous to your health and the economy.
(Betsy McCaughey is former lieutenant governor of New York and is an adjunct senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. The opinions expressed are her own.)
To contact the writer of this column: Betsy McCaughey at Betsymross@aol.com
DUDE... WHAT THE HELL? Now we get to have the GOVERNMENT tell us what we can and cant have done to us. What ever happened to DEMOCRACY?
If this upsets you, make a stink about it! Email or call your local Senators!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Time to Computer Shop!
The time has come... both my computers have officially taken the dump. My desktop- the darn Windows Vista keeps crashing the computer. And now the laptop's CDrom wont open. Sigh.
SO... we are getting a MAC next weekend! Woohoo! Any suggestions?
SO... we are getting a MAC next weekend! Woohoo! Any suggestions?
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Jessica... my inspiration!
I must say that Jessica Simpson (who I just adore) looks FREAKIN AWSOME!
YOU GO GIRL!!!!!
Its so re-freshing to see a beautiful, smart, talented woman who is in love, who isnt afraid to flaunt her natural, God given curves!
You are in inspiration my dear!
Friday, January 23, 2009
Lets just throw our country to the dogs... they would do a better job running it!
So I just read the article about Obama, and how he has reversed the federal funding of abortion policy AND how he is closing Guantanamo Bay and sending the TERRORISTS here to CAMP PENDELTON and Leaventworth in Kansas. oh YAY US!
Not only is our country in a recession (which BTW... Obama's 170 MILLION DOLLAR inaguration seemed a extremely inapropriate), lets just throw our hard earned tax money to other countries in the world to fund THEIR abortions, as well as America's too.
NOW... we get to have terrorrists being held in good ole ORANGE COUNTY. How exciting for us. Maybe we should just have a damn dorm for the terrorists down the street! Lets see how THAT will transform Orange County.
Not only is our country in a recession (which BTW... Obama's 170 MILLION DOLLAR inaguration seemed a extremely inapropriate), lets just throw our hard earned tax money to other countries in the world to fund THEIR abortions, as well as America's too.
NOW... we get to have terrorrists being held in good ole ORANGE COUNTY. How exciting for us. Maybe we should just have a damn dorm for the terrorists down the street! Lets see how THAT will transform Orange County.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Happy 2nd Birthday Bub!
I cant believe Josh is already 2! How the time flies! We had a nice little party for him at the park. Only in Southern California, where you can have a birthday party in the middle of January at a PARK with 85 degree weather! LOVE IT!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Devious+OC Housewives= NOT HAPPY VIEWERS
So I just finished an episode of one of my favorite shows, The Real Housewives of Orange County. Wait... let me refresh that sentence- now one of my NOT SO FAVORITE shows.
If you want the show, you know what Im talking about. If you dont, check out www.bravotv.com
I am so incredibly disapointed in the women of the OC. Catty, devious and snooty is not what viewers want to see. I personally like Gretchen... YES... SHE may be a "gold digger" but who the hell cares? I think Tamra and Vicki are just jealous and need to grow up.
Anyhoo... I dont think I'll be watching the show anymore. Im just so disapointed by the immaturity and selfishness, and it gives the REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY (You know... the normal, not rich ones like me) a bad wrap.
BOO!
If you want the show, you know what Im talking about. If you dont, check out www.bravotv.com
I am so incredibly disapointed in the women of the OC. Catty, devious and snooty is not what viewers want to see. I personally like Gretchen... YES... SHE may be a "gold digger" but who the hell cares? I think Tamra and Vicki are just jealous and need to grow up.
Anyhoo... I dont think I'll be watching the show anymore. Im just so disapointed by the immaturity and selfishness, and it gives the REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY (You know... the normal, not rich ones like me) a bad wrap.
BOO!
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