Red clover? Entwined for your best interest it's red clover! "Lilac Kisses. - As the lilacs swayed in the summer breeze a monarch floated by with fluttering ease he landed quite softly with a regal kiss the lilacs were now in a crown of bliss He then went over to the red clover joined by a swallowtail, emerald all over a gossamer winged had its eye on the dogbane where a tiger swallowtail had laid it's claim Then an orange giant skipper alit on the milkweed probably to lay eggs as this was it's need Another monarch sailed by me, close to my lips I guess I was in the path of its trail of kisses." https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/lilac_kisses_384812 ~~~~~The Health Benefits of Red Clover What everyone should know about the benefits of Trifolium pratense. Red clover (Trifolium pratense) is an herb that belongs to the legume family, which also includes peas and beans. In herbal medicine, red clover is typically used to treat respiratory issues (such as asthma, whooping cough, and bronchitis), skin disorders (such as eczema and psoriasis), inflammatory conditions like arthritis, and women's health problems (such as menopausal and menstrual symptoms). Red clover's brightly colored flowers contain many nutrients including calcium, chromium, magnesium, niacin, phosphorus, potassium, thiamine, and vitamin C. They're also a rich source of isoflavones. These are compounds that act as phytoestrogens—plant chemicals similar to the female hormone estrogen. Isoflavone extracts are touted as dietary supplements for high cholesterol and osteoporosis in addition to menopausal symptoms. Health Benefits In alternative medicine, red clover is said to help with the following conditions. Note, however, that research hasn't shown that the herb is conclusively effective for these or any other health concerns. Menopausal Symptoms A number of small studies have been done to see if red clover may help relieve the discomforts of menopause, especially hot flashes. Though you may hear some anecdotal support for this, there has been no conclusive evidence to back it up. In fact, a research review conducted in 2013 notes that phytoestrogen treatments (including red clover) are not proven to effectively alleviate menopausal symptoms. Ways to Relieve Menopausal Hot Flashes Bone Loss Research is ongoing as to whether isoflavones lower the loss of bone mineral density in postmenopausal women. Red clover is one source of supplements used in some studies. A review done in 2016 concluded there may be some beneficial effects on bone health, while a 2017 review found that different formulations of red clover may be effective or ineffective. Cancer Preliminary research suggests that red clover may help reduce the risk of prostate cancer. In a 2009 study of prostate cancer cells, scientists found that treatment with red clover led to a decrease in the prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a protein found at elevated levels in men with prostate cancer. However, because of the estrogen-like effects of red clover, it could promote the growth of cancers that are boosted by estrogen, such as breast cancer and endometrial cancer. Heart Disease A few clinical trials have looked at the effects of red clover on the development of risk factors for heart disease in postmenopausal women, with no strong evidence that it helps, reports Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Keep in mind that, due to the lack of long-term studies, it's too soon to recommend red clover for any condition. It's also important to note that self-treating a condition and avoiding or delaying standard care may have serious consequences. Selection and Preparation Red clover is available in a variety of preparations, including teas, tinctures, tablets, capsules, liquid extract, and extracts standardized to specific isoflavone contents. It's not always clear, however, that a product contains the promised isoflavone content. One study found large differences between red clover products in this regard—differences that can significantly impact absorption rates, permeability, and metabolism of various isoflavones within these products. Sometimes red clover is the sole ingredient in products, but it's also often available mixed with other herbs. When using commercial products, follow the package instructions carefully. Extracts of red clover isoflavones are different from the whole herb, and in fact, represent only a small, highly concentrated—and likely bioactive—part of the entire herb. As the researcher in the product study mentioned above notes, "the widespread use of self-administered isoflavones is somewhat unsettling since much remains to be proven including efficacy and possible side effects." Making Red Clover Tea You can also make tea from dried flower heads. Some proponents claim that to get the full benefit of red clover you need to use the whole flower, and not commercial red clover isoflavones, which many studies use. To make a tea, use one to three teaspoons of dried red clover flowers for every cup of simmering (not boiling) water. Let steep for 15 minutes. Drink up to three cups of tea a day. Possible Side Effects Although red clover appears to be safe for short-term use, long-term or regular use may be linked to increased risk of cancer of the lining of the uterus. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, along with anyone with hormone-sensitive cancers, which may be accelerated by phytoestrogens, should avoid red clover. Interactions Red clover has blood-thinning abilities and can increase the effects of anticoagulant and antiplatelet drugs. Avoid taking it with blood thinners like Coumadin (warfarin) and stop taking it at least two weeks prior to surgery. The herb may also interact with birth control pills due to the hormone-like actions of its isoflavones. Red clover causes toxic effects when taken with methotrexate, a drug used to treat certain types of cancer and to control severe psoriasis or rheumatoid arthritis. If you're considering using red clover, make sure to consult your physician first to avoid problematic drug-herb interactions. Self-treatment should not exceed three to six months without the supervision of a healthcare professional. https://www.verywellhealth.com/the-benefits-of-red-clover-89577
Left untreated should not be a country lifestyle. Or ok for a woman to be a victim training her brain to be psychotic as in the saying "The wife starts a yelling I go fishing!" leaving her to her own devices. Divorcing her husband in time! Yes women tend to not like to be codependent and so will act accordingly. But in many cases in the world today they don't really know something is wrong. "Many familiar mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety are more common in women than in men. And unfortunately, women sometimes live with a mental illness for months, even years, before seeking treatment. At times, this is because they don’t even realize the severity of the problem until life spirals out of control. Due to today’s busy lifestyle, women may chalk symptoms up to stress or burnout, when they actually have a bigger problem." https://www.clearviewwomenscenter.com/blog/warning-signs-mental-illness https://medium.com/invisible-illness/transient-psychotic-episodes-what-to-do-when-someone-needs-help-791da4d89904 ~~~~~Study suggests bipolar disorder may cause progressive brain damage A study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center indicates that people with bipolar disorder may suffer progressive brain damage. “For the first time, our study supports the idea that there may be on-going damage to certain regions of the brain as the illness progresses,” said the study’s lead author Raymond Deicken, MD. Deicken is the medical director of the Psychiatric Partial Hospital Program at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and UCSF associate professor of psychiatry. The study appears in the May issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry. More than 2 million Americans suffer from bipolar disorder, commonly known as manic depression. To date, there are no physiological markers used to diagnose the disease. Instead, it is identified by behavioral symptoms, including frequent mood swings between high-energy mania and severe depression. Deicken and his colleagues compared brain scans of 15 non-symptomatic male patients with familial bipolar I disorder to those of 20 healthy male comparison subjects. Male subjects were chosen to control for the effects of gender. In addition, test subjects were chosen based on several previous studies showing -that patients who have inherited the disorder have more prominent changes in brain structure and function. Researchers determined chemical signatures of different brain structures in these two groups using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. One finding focused on the level of an amino acid called N-acetylaspartate, or NAA, in the hippocampus, which is made up of a right and left half and is part of a complex of neural circuits in the brain that regulate emotion and memory. The study found significantly lower concentrations of NAA in the right hippocampus of males with bipolar disorder when compared to the control group. They also found that for the right hippocampus, bipolar patients who had the disease the longest had the lowest levels of the amino acid. This association between length of illness and NAA appears to be confined to certain brain regions since it was not found in previous studies that involved the frontal lobe and thalamus. NAA is the second most abundant amino acid-next to glutamate-present in brain tissue. It is a biochemical indicator of the presence of neurons and axons, plays an important role in the synthesis of neuronal proteins, and is a precursor of myelin, which acts as insulation around neurons in the brain. “Low NAA is an indication that the integrity of neurons and/or axons has been compromised in some way, either by damage, loss or dysfunction,” Deicken said. The decrease of hippocampal NAA over time in the test subjects indicates a progressive nature of this disease. Decreasing levels of NAA are also seen in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and multiple sclerosis. According to Deicken, the findings also confirm the important role of the hippocampus in bipolar disorder. Brain imaging studies of patients suffering from major depression have demonstrated smaller hippocampi. Given that bipolar disorder also affects mood and emotion, it is not surprising that this study provides evidence for hippocampal damage or dysfunction in the disorder. The hippocampus is also important from a therapeutic standpoint since it is one of two brain regions where new neuronal growth, or neurogenesis, can occur, offering hope for reversal of damage. NAA measurements may also help us to understand how medications work in bipolar disorder. “Lithium has been around for a long time and nobody really knows how it works,” Deicken said. However, he points out that long-term lithium treatment has been recently shown to exert powerful protective effects in the rat brain, including damage from stroke. It has also been shown in humans to increase both the amount of NAA and gray matter in the brain. Finally, Deicken predicts that the monitoring of NAA levels will become invaluable in the evaluation of treatments for bipolar disorder and other psychiatric diseases-such as schizophrenia and major depression-which involve neuronal loss or dysfunction. “We’ll know we’re onto a potential treatment if a medication or other intervention manages to boost low levels of NAA toward more normal values, indicating neuronal repair or a recovery of function,” Deicken said. https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2003/05/97207/study-suggests-bipolar-disorder-may-cause-progressive-brain-damage
As we all go on to the 21 century not back to the dark ages comes a point in humanity to grow up! Denver and Oakland, California, have decriminalized psilocybin and more states are thinking about it. This is important in a time of Addictions from pain killers dealing with PTSD, depression a, behavior modification and all around changing your way of thinking. We all get brought up in time women have the right to vote, gay marriages etc and now states are looking at decriminalizing Magic Mushrooms making room for medicine going into the health care system. ~~~~~States Consider Decriminalizing Magic Mushrooms N A UNANIMOUS CITY council vote, Oakland, California, decriminalized psilocybin, or psychedelic mushrooms, on June 4, less than a month after Denver narrowly passed a ballot measure doing the same. Now other local and state governments are looking to follow the cities' leads: Activists in Oregon and California are pushing for decriminalizing psilocybin, and a lawmaker in Iowa introduced similar measures earlier this year. In the nation's capital, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., recently filed legislation that would allow researchers to more easily study the therapeutic and medical benefits of psilocybin and other psychedelic drugs. Jeremy Daniel, an assistant professor at South Dakota State University College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, who published a literature review of psilocybin studies in 2017, says psilocybin research isn't nearly as robust as that of marijuana, which was first legalized in Colorado and Washington in 2012 and is now legalized for recreational use in 11 states and for medical use in 46 states. Still, he says studies have shown psilocybin could have some medical benefits. "Overall, based on the evidence that was available at the time (of my review), it appears that (psilocybin) may potentially be a promising agent to help with mental health concerns," Daniel says. Research has shown a possible decrease in depressive mood symptoms, he says, as well as a decrease in suicidality, betterment of anxiety disorders including obsessive-compulsive disorder and a decrease in cravings for alcohol and nicotine. "Though I would argue that there is very little standardization between studies and between the actual agents that were given to the patients," he says, adding that health concerns relate mainly to high doses, and "more robust studies are needed to know for certain the potential benefits of the drug. Iowa state Rep. Jeff Shipley, who filed a bill in February to decriminalize psilocybin in the Hawkeye State, brings up another argument: personal freedom. "Where did government derive authority to regulate substances to begin with?" he asks. Shipley says people should have the right to experiment with the drug, as long as they accept the possible consequences. He also points to conversations he's had with people who have had what they call life-changing experiences from magic mushrooms. "Who am I to say this isn't good for them?" Shipley says. The freshman legislator filed a second bill that would allow the state pharmacy board to reclassify psilocybin, in addition to ibogaine and MDMA (also known as ecstasy or molly), for medicinal purposes. He says he hopes a committee hearing about the legislation will start a conversation about the topic. Some opponents of these measures worry a decriminalization approach will encourage more people to use magic mushrooms and that drug addiction rates could increase, as the nation is already facing an addiction epidemic. Others, such as Denver's District Attorney Beth McCann, believe it's important to learn the effects of marijuana legalization before seeing magic mushrooms decriminalized. "Colorado is still in the early stages of legalizing marijuana and learning about the impact of that decision on a multitude of fronts," McCann told U.S. News in an email statement, adding that she has always supported a provision of Denver's ballot initiative that calls for a policy panel to assess the effects of decriminalizing psilocybin. Despite her initial opposition to the ballot measure, she says she respects the will of the voters and is in discussions with other city leaders to determine how to best implement the new law. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2019-06-14/states-consider-decriminalizing-magic-mushrooms https://maps.org
Low is low because if you make nothing you have nothing making nothing for others. As if you make nothing you can't get a new car as the banks underwriter says "Sorry your income is too low!" There is big issues with the pay keeping low as it makes no growth just people driving unsafe cars walking without cars living a third life lifestyle not American too poor to shop at Walmart! There needs to be a change! http://walmartramen.blogspot.com/2019/04/liquid-asset-poor-paycheck-to-paycheck.html ~~~~~The minimum wage hasn't gone up in nearly 10 years. That's a new record The decade since the minimum wage last went up also covers what in July will become America's longest economic expansion on record. But workers' pay hasn't been recovering that whole time. In fact, after adjusting for inflation, median weekly earnings (which also account for hours worked) have risen only 2.9% since the second quarter of 2009 after dipping in the early years of the recovery. At $7.25 an hour, a full-time minimum wage worker makes only $15,080 per year — and that's assuming they worked 40 hours a week, all 52 weeks of the year, with no unpaid time off. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have calculated that the average living wage in the United States —which is the pay rate that would supply basic needs for a family of four with two working parents — is $16.14 per hour, or $67,146 total. Of course, that varies significantly across regions, which is why many local jurisdictions have taken the issue into their own hands. Voters have approved dozens of minimum wage hikes since 2009; a total of 29 states now have floors ranging from $0.25 to $6.75 above the federal level. For that reason, economist Ernie Tedeschi estimated the "effective" minimum wage is now almost $12. The federal minimum wage dates back to 1938, when President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act as part of his New Deal policies to boost the economy. At the time it was just 25 cents, which would be about $4.45 in today's dollars. Congress has raised the wage 22 times since then. Fast food workers, backed by unions, launched a campaign in 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. The movement, which at first seemed like a long shot, has since gone mainstream. It's in the Democratic party's official platform, and many cities, including New York, San Francisco and Seattle, have made it a reality. https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/14/economy/federal-minimum-wage-raise/index.html
If you have noticed like I have the mess of overwhelmed workers out in the world. Noted as my days at Walmart I know how Walmart employees get overwhelmed and throws things that don't belong anywhere and getting done in the very last second being micromanaged all the way making the manager burnout over it. Stupid! It's like the do more with less point of view that is just setting up your employees for failure making it bad for their resumes and also is a sign the manager failed as they should not put their workers in that position in the first place! Whatever it is workers all over are overwhelmed and failed employees makes a failed business! So a simplification of work is needed and will help your business as if the workers are happy they do more with what they are able to do! ~~~~~What to Do When Your Employees Feel Overwhelmed The growing problem that undermines progress, performance, and results. In a recent study, Deloitte, a management consulting firm, found that 70 percent of organizations believe work has become too complicated. From contributing factors like the ubiquity of technology and the flexibility to work anywhere, globalization, innovation, sales demands, and even the rate of change, these trends drive leaders to push out more work and green-light more company-wide projects. Unfortunately, companies do not know how to counteract the sense of exhaustion that accompanies employees' sense of feeling overwhelmed. So, what is a company to do? Solutions to this growing problem will vary based on culture and workplace climate, industry, and even company lifecycle. However, there are business practices and leadership mindsets that, when evaluated, can reveal how their impacts effect workloads and ultimately employees' response to performance expectations. https://www.inc.com/shawn-murphy/what-to-do-when-your-employees-feel-overwhelmed.html ~~~~~Simplification of work. The coming revolution. Work simplification is one response to employees overwhelmed by increasing organizational complexity, information overload, and a 24/7 work environment. Organizations are simplifying work in response to employees becoming overwhelmed by increasing organizational complexity, growing information overload, and a stressful 24/7 work environment. More than 7 out of 10 surveyed organizations rated the need to simplify work as an “important problem,” with more than 25 percent citing it as “very important.” Today, only 10 percent of companies have a major work simplification program; 44 percent are working on one. Design thinking, work redesign, and technology replacement are becoming critical programs for HR and business leaders seeking to simplify work practices and systems. https://www2.deloitte.com/insights/us/en/focus/human-capital-trends/2015/work-simplification-human-capital-trends-2015.html
As it's said your town is only as big as the wages it has because you make nothing so you have nothing. And so for school resources is a issue in smaller towns as the wages don't support the growth. Raise the wages make more growth! Anyway, the school I went to was because my parents said it had better resources. It had a computer lab at the time so it had more for my education not less! These days much the same. Schools with more resources is needed but you need to know it's dependent upon the wages of the town to support it. In that will be fixed soon I hope as minimum wage is looking to go up sometime as you can't have most people walking with no cars in the knowledge economy. The knowledge economy takes knowledge but in smaller towns are high in social illiteracy not because they are lazy but because they couldn't afford it in the first place. It's sad like the statement "A mind is a terrible thing to waste." Deprived an education because of income! Harsh like my college professor said in class "Retardation by deprivation, Raised in a corn field your mind is only mushed as the corn field you live in!" So the town you live in is only as smart as the people it has. So a school is only as good as the children that goes to it ending in something like benchmark the parents to know what to expect from the kids in a test! Well it is true! Your town might have no pride, culture, or couth. But then those things cost money and it they never had any they don't have any! So I am saying higher wages is needed to bring people up as they can't get brought up on their own and over all of this time they haven't yet! ~~~~~Study: Hope for education differs among poor Americans Americans who live in impoverished neighborhoods nationwide don't agree on whether their children have access to high-quality public schools, new research said Tuesday. Gallup said in a survey that only about a third (35 percent) of Americans who live in "fragile" U.S. communities -- those with concentrated poverty and limited opportunity -- believe they have access to high-quality education. Another third (33 percent) said they have no such access, and another third (32 percent) are neutral or have no opinion. https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/06/04/Study-Hope-for-education-differs-among-poor-Americans/5351559662544
As many knows towns are only as big as the wages it has. You make nothing so you have nothing. Small towns are small for a reason. Really all you have to do is to drive around look at peoples homes cars etc so you would know what your getting in town. Otherwise you are just jumping into a social economic vacuum facing failure. Many drive cars with no bumpers or walk with no car and even drive a electric wheelchair down the road in the rain etc. And it's not sustainable facing climate change summer of 110+ deg nature doesn't care otherwise with people putting themselves in harms way. Why can't they live normal like others in better off cities, you know you should be able to take care of your needs than not! Why are there so many still making children wages living the life of a child? Well it's a sad life to see so many people walking with no cars in a world of changing jobs "The knowledge economy" with many still with "Keep Out" signs in their front yard. Not very social in a world pushing "Social Learning." Question? Why are there Republican bumper stickers on the most impoverished looking trucks and never on a BMW? A common reply from many from that question! "I thought they liked suffering otherwise they would of voted for their best interest, the bumper stickers is a celebration of their religion of tyranny because it's been like it for such a long time!" Even B.F. Skinner's rats did better for themselves! If a rat can then a human likes suffering thus the religion of tyranny because the suffering is still there. https://www.psychestudy.com/behavioral/learning-memory/operant-conditioning/reinforcement-punishment/negative-reinforcement The point of this? I am talking about places like Alabama out in the woods thinking. Like the gripes from many Democrats about the southern states needing to educate their people instead letting them go to their own devices to be ran over liking it. Well nothing stays the same we all have to be brought up sometime. Like how your get out of middle school into high school and so then to college normally. Not to Middle school, high school then back to middle school. Also because of that I would like to see a 13th grade in schools because of the lack of resources for people in small towns that are not brought up yet there is a delay to adulthood like the saying "Life is slower in the country." Also living in that religion of tyranny makes it bad for everyone else. https://the-journal.com/articles/8429 As it's said your educational system is only as good as the kids that go into it. If life is way below standard pumping in some tax dollars to make the schools better with people still making children wages is not a good plan. Also it drives up the cost of everything anyway as someone hast to pay the electric bill for the new football stadium and etc. Everything else in town follows driving up the cost. BUT! If the wages goes higher all of the changes will make things better as there is money to burn as people spend what they earn so if they earn nothing they have nothing but earning more makes more stopping the issue you can make it but they can't afford it! The Government needs to bring it's people up! Raise the minimum wage to end the stupidity. The religion of tyranny has gone on too long! ~~~~~Walmart CEO says Congress should fix the 'lagging' federal minimum wage. KEY POINTS Walmart CEO Doug McMillon says the federal minimum wage in the U.S. of $7.25 per hour is "too low." He makes the comments at Walmart's annual shareholders meeting, where Sen. Bernie Sanders called for wage hikes for Walmart workers. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/05/walmart-ceo-federal-minimum-wage-is-lagging-congress-should-act.html
