Crowd Funding For Obesity After Thyroid Cancer

After being diagnosed almost twenty years ago, Ms. Edwards decided to perform a case study on obesity and autoimmune diseases, which sometimes develop after having major surgery to have the thyroid removed. Thyroid cancer survivor, DaVida Edwards, is fundraising to create awareness about thyroid issues and the health ailments associated with this type of illness.

As a result she started a fundraising campaign which will provide help to those with obesity and thyroid issues who want to get healthy and stay healthy. Starting with a small garden in her back yard she plans to expand her vegetable garden in order to supply much needed organic meals to families in the community who otherwise may not be able to afford them.

Since her diagnosis Ms. Edwards researched all healthy natural products that don’t include any harmful chemicals or hard to pronounce toxic ingredients. She plans to make those all natural products such as deodorant and shampoo, readily available to the public by launching a new website via this crowd funding campaign.

Visitors to the site will also have the opportunity to apply for grants to help with any obese or thyroid related health issues they may have, for instance, loosing a lot of weight after being obese leaves behind excessive skin that needs to be surgically removed. In the event this procedure is not covered under their medical insurance, people can go to the site helpwiththyroidissues.blogspot.com (just an example) to seek the assistance needed.

After the tragic incident with Mr. Eric Garner, city medical examiners concluded that Garner was killed by neck compression, along with "the compression of his chest and prone positioning during physical restraint by police"; however, contributing factors included bronchial asthma, heart disease, obesity, and hypertensive cardiovascular disease. Obesity is an epidemic.

When asked why she started this fundraiser her response was, “I’m a Philadelphian and studies have shown that Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which is home to more than 1.5 million residents, is tackling obesity throughout the community. Approximately 67.9% of adults in the city and approximately 41% of youth aged 6-17 are overweight or obese. Additionally, nearly 70% of youth in North Philadelphia, the majority of whom are black or Hispanic, are overweight or obese, which is nearly double the obesity and overweight rate for youth in the United States. Fruit and vegetable consumption is a challenge for residents, with nearly 25% of youth and 30% of adults getting only one serving or less per day. Further, approximately 25% of youth do not get sustained physical activity even once a week.”

Upon being contacted by The Doctor Oz Show in regards her thyroid issues, Ms. Edwards decided to seek support among the medical community from doctors and dieticians who specialize in treating patients with thyroid issues, obesity, arthritis, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, asthma, gum disease, sleep apnea, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, depression and eating disorders. These doctors would then become a part of her efforts to help others with obesity and thyroid issues to not only get healthy, but encourage them to stay healthy as well.

U.S. health care spending has spiraled to $3 trillion this year, a 42 percent jump since 2006 according to CBS News. UnitedHealthcare (UNH), the biggest U.S. health insurer, is taking aim at controlling costs of cancer treatment with a new pilot program that will provide a set sum for a patient's coverage. The program will focus initially on patients with head and neck cancers, although the company said it may eventually expand the pilot test to include other cancers and to start pilots with other large cancer centers in the U.S. Recent studies have also shown American patients and their insurers shelled out $37.2 billion for oncology treatments in 2013. Prices in the U.S. are higher than in Europe, where medications can cost as much as 38 percent lower.

Donate to this campaign and go with Ms. Edwards on her journey to visit Dr. Sircus in Brazil and find out how his all natural treatments work out as she creates a video documentary on her wellness quest showing what remedies she sought out to get healthy and which ones she avoided.

The fundraising goal is $100,000. As she performs her case study on obesity and thyroid cancer and how to possibly prevent or overcome any autoimmune diseases by teaching others what she did to overcome and/or avoid such ailments altogether. Once Ms. Edwards raises enough capital for the video budget she plans to start making journal style videos and documenting her journey.

Also, planned are annual seminars, "Healthy Lifestyle Seminars" to help others find products and services to cope with their medical issues. The website will also make these products and services readily available to consumers.

A portion of the proceeds from her ebooks sales, 90 Day Bible and The Fred Johnson Experience will also be donated to this fundraiser which is appropriately titled, “Help Me Fight Back To Help Others” and upon reaching the $100,000. milestone, 1,000 child safety kits will be donated to underprivileged families with cancer survivors.

For more information how to support, participate in the events, and/or make a donation to teach others, despite their income, how to live a healthier lifestyle visit:

https://www.youcaring.com/helpmefightbacktohelpothers

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The Blood of Two NY Executed Officers

Two NYPD officers were shot and killed on Saturday afternoon, in what NYC Police Commissioner William Bratton called "execution-style." The suspect, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, was later found shot to death in a nearby subway station.

IS BEYONC'E THE MOST 

NOMINATED GRAMMY WINNER?

As it turns out, that title belongs to both Dolly Pardon and Beyoncé  whom have both been nominated 46 times, but that was before I watched ABC World News Tonight and found out she has five nominations which brings her to a total of 51 nominations which puts Beyoncé ahead of Pardon. Beyoncé is currently tied with producer David Foster for seventh place among all artists overall with the most nominations, according to Billboard.com. 

Queen Bey snagged her 47th nod early Friday when her album, "Beyoncé" was announced as a contender for Best Urban Contemporary Album. The "Halo" singer and Parton had been tied at 46 apiece. The feat was first reported by Billboard.

Beyoncé is up for album of the year and awards in R&B and pop fields.  When it comes to winning, Beyoncé has 17 Grammys in her collection. She has to win 10 more to catch up with Alison Krauss, who has won more Grammys than any other woman in history, with 27 under her belt. 

Beyoncé's five nods so-far also vaulted her into seventh place on the all-time nominations list, past producer David Foster and two behind Kayne West, who has 53. Super producer Quincy Jones is the most-nominated artist of all time, with 79 nods, while Beyoncé hubby Jay Z sits at third with 61.On the all-time list of Grammy wins, meanwhile, Beyoncé is 20th, with 17 trophies, while Jay Z has 19.

Depending on what happens at the 57th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 8, Beyoncé is set to take on the second spot on that list, which currently is held by Aretha Franklin, who has 18 statues. Dolly Parton was not nominated this year; however, she was nominated in 2014 in the category of Best Country Duo/Group Performance for the song "You Can't Make Old Friends," with Kenny Rogers. As it turns out Bey is the most Grammy nominated female

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Facebook App Allows Free Internet Access -- FREE!

Facebook's Internet.org project is taking another step towards its goal of bringing the internet to people who are not yet online, launching an app in Zambia.

The Internet.org app will give subscribers of Zambia's Airtel phone company access to a set of basic internet services for free. Users of the app won't incur the data charges that can be prohibitive for many people in developing nations.

Facebook has already been working with mobile operators around the world to offer its own service free of charge to phone subscribers - think of it as a gateway to the rest of the internet.

Online services accessible through the app range from AccuWeather to Wikipedia, a job search site as well as a breadth of health information. Facebook's own app, along with its Messenger service, is also included, as is Google search, although charges apply if people click on search results.

The app works on Android phones as well as the simple 'feature phones' that are used by the majority of people in Zambia, said Guy Rosen, product management director at Internet.org.

If users click on a link that takes them outside of the 13 predetermined services, they will get a warning that they may incur data charges.

One thing missing from the features is email. Many people who are new to the internet in developing nations don't use email, opting to use messaging apps or social media sites instead.

'Zambia is a country with 15 per cent internet penetration,' Rosen said, adding that this makes for a 'huge amount of people that we can connect'. Zambia's population is about 15 million.

The app will spread to additional countries down the line.

Internet.org estimates that about 80 per cent of the world's population that isn't online lives at least within basic 2G mobile phone range. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that making connectivity affordable and convincing people that the internet is something they need are bigger hurdles to connecting people than 'satellites or balloons'.

That said, Facebook has also acquired a satellite company, just to ensure all its bases are covered.

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Under the circumstances, now is the time!  I'm not sure how little or how much of a dent internet access and wifi service fees are putting in your pocket, but I can think of other things I could do with $720. plus tax every year. Considering this information puts us ahead of the curve and all I can hear is cha-ching all the way to the bank!  

Original post found here: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/tech/2014/08/01/facebook-app-allows-free-internet-access.html

BREAKING NEWS: The NYPD has taken the gun and badge away from the officer who placed Eric Garner in a chokehold. He has eight years on the force.

This is truly a sad story. My condolences and prayers go out to Mr. Eric Garner's family and friends.
May his soul rest in peace...

BRATTON ORDERS REVIEW OF NYPD TRAINING AFTER DEATH OF ERIC GARNER

-- New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton has ordered a thorough review of the NYPD's training procedures in the aftermath of the death of Eric Garner, the man who was held in an apparent chokehold and died as police attempted to arrest him last week. At a news conference Tuesday, Bratton said the NYPD will conduct a "top to bottom review of all of the training this department provides to its personnel, specifically focusing on force, how do we train our officers for a takedown, how do we train them to use the various levels of force that they're authorized to use." Bratton said he anticipates there will be a retraining of the entire 35,000 member force in the future.

He said when the retraining is done, the NYPD will have "state of the art" training for officers nationally. Bratton also met Tuesday with the FBI, which is now monitoring the investigation into the case and said he would "not be surprised" if the U.S. Attorney decides to open a civil rights investigation. Family, friends and community leaders held a vigil Tuesday night and demanded justice, gathering at a park near where police tried to arrest Garner. They marched to the Staten Island precinct Tuesday night chanting the last words Eric Garner uttered, "I can't breathe". Meantime, we are now learning more about the missteps taken by 2 EMT's who arrived on the scene when Garner was unconscious.

 Two EMTs and two paramedics are now all suspended without pay by Richmond University Medical Center as the hospital conducts its own internal investigation. Critics now saying they didn't follow proper protocol. "I can't breathe," Garner is heard saying in a video shot by a bystander. They were the desperate words of 43-year-old Eric Garner as cops slammed his face into a Staten Island sidewalk seconds after officers, one using an apparent chokehold, wrestled the asthmatic diabetic to the ground last Thursday. Eyewitness News has learned that one of the NYPD sergeants on the scene later told investigators, "She believed she heard the perpetrator state that he was having difficulty breathing." But she also downplayed Garner's condition, saying, "The perpetrator's condition did not seem serious and he did not appear to get worse." A cell phone video appears to show a handcuffed Garner unresponsive as medical help finally arrives from Richmond University Medical Center.

 The former director of New York City's EMS system sees problems from the beginning, starting with that apparent chokehold. Eyewitness News Investigative Reporter Sarah Wallace spoke by phone with Dr. Alexander Kuehl. "Reasons he could have been unconscious, because of a neck injury, a head injury, a lack of blood to the brain, a lack of inability to breathe while on the ground," Dr. Kuehl said. Dr. Kuehl was also surprised the first medical technician on the scene simply checked Garner's pulse. A few minutes later he was heaved onto a stretcher and then suffered cardiac arrest. "What she didn't do, oxygen, check his airway, put a cervical collar, she didn't do the routine of what she was supposed to do," Dr. Kuehl said. "The ambulance was right down the block, but the police said 'not yet,'" explained Giordio Dano. Dano just happens to be a registered nurse and was down the block Thursday afternoon when he spotted a commotion on the Staten Island sidewalk. Dano says he can't believe what he saw. "I would have flipped him over, checked his pulse and performed CPR, and get the ambulance here right away," he said.

 The woman who shot the seven minute long video also expressed frustration. "He was on the ground for a good ten minutes, no response whatsoever. When they put him in the gurney and put him to the side, EMS was stopped right there because they were trying to work on him," said Taisha Allen. Witnesses say they pleaded with EMS workers to do more than check Garner's vital signs. "We even screamed at them and told them, why are they concerned with putting him in the ambulance when they can do CPR right then and there," said witness Ramsey Orta. Orta recorded recorded Garner's arrest and takedown on his cellphone. Several minutes had gone by before he says Garner was taken away on a gurney.

 The mother of Garner's youngest child, who is just 3 months old, says she can't bear to watch the videos of the incident. "It's murder. It's murder," Jewel Miller said. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Monday told reporters that - as a layman - he thought a chokehold had been employed by a cop during the incident. "As an individual who's not expert in law enforcement, it looked like a chokehold to me. But I also emphasize you have a full investigation because all sides need to be heard and all evidence has to be looked at," de Blasio told reporters trailing him on vacation in Italy. Audio was provided to reporters in New York by the mayor's office. The mayor left on Saturday night, after postponing his departure for a day to deal with the developing firestorm over Garner's death.

 Garner, an asthmatic, was pronounced dead an hour after his arrest. Authorities said he died of a heart attack, but autopsy results have yet to be released. Previously, the NYPD took the gun and badge away from the officer who placed Garner in the apparent chokehold. That officer, Daniel Pantaleo, an 8-year veteran, has been placed on "modified assignment," pending the outcome of the dual probes by the district attorney and Internal Affairs. Garner was confronted by police trying to arrest him on suspicion of selling untaxed, loose cigarettes on a Staten Island sidewalk, authorities said.

The 6-foot-3, 350-pound Garner became irate, denying the charges and refusing to be handcuffed. A partial video of the encounter obtained by the New York Daily News shows one officer wrap his arm around Garner's neck as he is taken to the ground. Asked about the ongoing probe and controversy de Blasio left behind in New York, the mayor said: "There's an internal process and I respect that process.

The fact is that Commissioner (Bill) Bratton acted, having looked at the facts. It's quite clear the chokehold has been prohibited for decades, but I leave the specific actions within the police department to Commissioner Bratton. I have absolute faith in his judgment. I think the actions that have been taken show that there is a serious commitment to a full investigation." In the video obtained by the Daily News, Garner, who has been arrested for selling illegal cigarettes numerous times in recent years, says he hasn't done anything wrong. "Every time you see me, you want to mess with me. I'm tired of it. It stops today," Garner shouts. "I'm minding my business. Please just leave me alone." As four officers bring him down, Garner is heard gasping, "I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" The video shows one officer using his hands to push Garner's face into the sidewalk.

 Garner's family, along with Sharpton and his National Action Network, claim Garner repeatedly said he could not breathe while officers used excessive force to hold him down. Then he fell unconscious. Garner went into cardiac arrest and was transported by EMS to Richmond University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. A funeral for Garner, who went by the nickname Big E, will be held Wednesday at the Bethel Baptist Church in Brooklyn. Another rally on Staten Island is planned for Saturday afternoon. Find additional information and videos. 

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McDonald’s Supplier Recalls Meat in Expired Food Scandal

Not sure about you, but I'm not purchasing any stock in McDonalds or Seven Eleven. Not now, not ever. I'm sure you'll come to the same conclusion...

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If you want a McDonald’s Corp. meal in China, you’ll have to make it a fish burger.

Beef, pork and chicken items were eliminated as the restaurant chain’s supplier OSI Group LLC recalled all products made at its Shanghai unit yesterday. “We are now only offering a limited menu in our restaurants around the country,” McDonald’s China unit said in an e-mailed statement today.

OSI is accused of repackaging old meat as new at its Shanghai Husi Food Co. unit, which supplies customers including McDonald’s, Yum! Brands Inc. and Seven-Eleven Japan Co.’s parent, all of which have halted sales of the company’s products. The scandal further erodes perceptions that foreign-owned companies in China have higher safety standards than locally owned rivals.

Calls to McDonald’s delivery dispatchers in Beijing and Shanghai today confirmed that fish burgers are the only sandwiches available. Hong Kong McDonald’s have cut chicken McNuggets, McSpicy chicken filet, fresh corn cups, iced fresh lemon tea, green salad and grilled chicken salad from its menu because those involved ingredients from OSI units in Guangzhou and Hebei, according to the restaurant’s website.

OSI was “compelled to withdraw all products manufactured by Shanghai Husi” and replace its management team in China, the Aurora, Illinois-based company said yesterday in a statement on its website.

Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg

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Restaurants and convenience stores from Hong Kong to Tokyo initially halted sales Shanghai Husi chicken nuggets following a July 20 report on local TV showing workers repackaging and selling chicken and beef past their sell-by dates. The recall has now spread to all products made by the Shanghai unit, including beef and pork.

Authorities Investigate

Chinese authorities have ordered Shanghai Husi’s plant shut for allegedly selling expired products. The local police detained five people in connection with an investigation into the meat supplier, the Shanghai Municipal Food and Drug Administration said in a July 23 statement.

The U.S.-based food processor is recalling its Shanghai Husi products “to help rebuild the trust of our customers and consumers, as well as to cooperate with the official investigatory process,” according to its statement yesterday.

OSI said it had brought a new management team into China to ensure operations were run “effectively.” The foodmaker is also conducting an internal investigation into current and former senior management, it said in the same statement.

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