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Romanticizing Poverty Tourism – Douglas J. La Rose – San Diego, USA
I’ve never been to the DRC or the Congo, so I have no experience with Tayler’s destination. What strikes me about his obviously contrived writing, however, is a tendency to turn tragedy, danger, and despair into some kind of carnivalesque form of entertainment. Tayler is constantly being attacked and hustled by the sweaty native Other, incessantly being haggled for money and favors. In his position of power, what is he to expect? There is an underlying colonial-style theme to his writing which places him as the observer and the Congolese as the observed. Why travel to a war-torn southern nation that is notorious for its poverty and despair because of the stated reason that you are having an identity crisis? I feel like this is purely poverty tourism. All of my travels to Africa (much of West Africa) have surprised me in that they never reek of the horror that is expressed about them in books such as these. Much of Africa consists of small, friendly, and good-willed villages that are founded on subsistence economies. The starkness of Kinshasa and the Congo river in the 1990s is quite a suspicious choice for trying to resolve an identity crisis.
Facing the Congo: A Modern-Day Journey into the Heart of Darkness: : Faced with an identity crisis in his work and his life, seasoned traveler and journalist Jeffrey Tayler made a bold decision. He would leave behind his mundane existence in Moscow to re-create the legendary British explorer Henry Stanley’s trip down the Congo in a dugout canoe, stocked with food, medicine, and even a gun-toting guide. But once his tiny boat pushed off the banks of this mysterious river, Tayler realized he was in a place where maps and supplies would have no bearing on his survival. As Tayler navigates this immense waterway, he encounters a land of smothering heat and intense rains, wary villagers, corrupt officials and dead-eyed soldiers demanding bribes, jungle animals, mosquitoes, and, surprisingly, breathtaking natural beauty.

Filled with honesty and rich description, Facing the Congo is a sophisticated depiction of today’s Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country brought to its knees by a succession of despotic leaders. But most mportant, Tayler’s stunning narrative is a deeply satisfying personal journey of fear and awakening, with a message that will resonate with anyone who has ever felt compelled, whether in life or in fantasy, to truly explore and experience our world. – read more.

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Astragalus is used for fatigue, circulation, infections, stress and more. Recent studies have suggested astragalus may reduce negative effects of radiation and chemotherapy treatments.

Astragalus membranaceus

COMMON NAMES

Astragalus, Huang qi, Milk vetch

LATIN NAME

Astragalus membranaceus

FAMILY

Leguminosae

PART USED

Root

DESCRIPTION

A perennial herb, astragalus grows up to a foot tall, with a tough, fibrous root and some branches. The bark is brownish yellow, irregular, and wrinkled or furrowed. The flowers are yellowish white. Its leaves are divided into 12 to 18 pairs of leaflets.

HABITAT

Astragalus is indigenous to northern China. It is also cultivated in other parts of Asia. This herb thrives in sandy, well-drained soil that receives ample sun.

FOLKLORE AND TRADITIONAL USES

The Chinese characters used to represent “huang qi” have many levels of meaning. The character huang means “yellow” which alludes to both its yellow interior and what the Chinese consider to be the color of life-giving earth. The character qi means “venerable” which alludes to its superior status in Chinese medicine. When pronounced with different inflections, qi also means “vital force,” “to eat,” and “addiction to sensual pleasures.”

MEDICINAL USES

Astragalus has been used for more than 2,000 years in traditional Chinese medicine as a diuretic and as an immuno-stimulant. It is commonly employed to treat diabetes and nephritis. In the United States it is used to strengthen immune function after cancer chemotherapy. Studies have shown that huang qi encourages bone marrow to produce more phagocytes, cells that destroy bacteria and viruses. These actions are attributed to huang qi’s active constituents – glycans, which stimulate the action of phagocytes; polysaccharides, which enhance immune function; and saponins, which stimulate the growth of lymphocytes. Some believe that huang qi has the potential to treat HIV infection; further study is needed.

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The origins of Canadian culture and identity are tangled and knotted, but if you dig deeply, some surprising roots are revealed.

Revisionist authors as widely divergent as McGill’s Bruce Trigger (Children of Aataenisic), feminist Paula Gunn Allen (Who Is Your Mother? The Red Roots of White Feminism), and popular writers like Ronald Wright (Stolen Continents), are revealing the extent to which the genesis of our culture is grounded in native society.

We have always been led to believe that the richness of our culture is a product of the glory and achievement of Western civilization. It is humbling to realize that it is not as simple as that.

Our social safety net, our ability and reputation as mediators, conciliators and peacekeepers, and our democratic freedoms enshrined in our federal system of government are three of the many conceptions of our cultural identity that intertwine and overlap to create a whole greater than the sum of the parts.

While these are considered sophisticated products of a European heritage, it is instructive to consider that they may also be deeply rooted in native societies.

The Hurons, for example, like other Iroquoian tribes, looked after their own from the cradle to the grave in a manner that smacks of our Canadian safety net.

When Etienne Brule wintered with the Hurons on the shores of Georgian Bay in 1610, Champlain guaranteed his safety by sending a Huron chief’s son to Paris for the winter. When the young man returned and was asked what Paris was like, he explained to his disbelieving tribesmen that people in Paris begged for food on the streets. That a society allowed this to happen was incomprehensible to the Hurons.

He also described the appalling manner in which children were harnessed, spanked, and beaten publicly, and the way citizens were punished or executed in public squares in the early 1600s. To the Hurons, the Europeans were savages.

Montaigne, the French philosopher whose writings strongly influenced the struggle for liberty, justice, and equality in Europe and elsewhere, acknowledged the commentaries of other Iroquoian visitors during the colonial era, who were shocked by the gross inequities they observed between the rich and poor in Europe.

An ethnology of Iroquoian society written by Lewis Henry Morgan in 1851 was a popular treatise in Europe at the time. It outlined in some detail the workings of a matricentral society with an egalitarian distribution of goods and power, a peaceful ordering of society and the right of every member to participate in the work and benefits of the society.

Friedrich Engels reacted excitedly to this text: “This gentile constitution is wonderful! There can be no poor… All are free and equal – including women.”

Certainly Karl Marx and other socialist thinkers at the time were similarly profoundly influenced by Morgan’s ethnology. Marx’s evolving ideas of female equality and women’s liberation for example, though never achieved in practice, were fundamental to his socialist theories and can be clearly traced to the impact of his reading of Morgan’s ethnology about the role of women in Iroquois society.

How these values informed Canadian identity is evident to this day. One of our most enduring qualities is our historic ability to mediate disparate points of view. Canada’s evolution is a wonder of nation building. This immense land, with a divisive geography and a harsh climate, was united without military revolution, civil war, or a war for independence.

The skills to achieve this remarkable feat have stood us in good stead internationally. Canada has long had a reputation as a peacekeeper for the world and we perceive ourselves that way. Canada’s leadership and commitment to the United Nations, exemplified by Lester B. Pearson’s Nobel Peace Prize, and our undiminished involvement as a peacekeeping force, are evidence of our conciliatory skills honed in national building at home.

Confederation, itself, epitomizes our ability to unify a wide variety of disparate interests. We normally attribute this to the evolution of democracy and the parliamentary system, a crowning achievement of Western civilization.

But the Iroquoian Confederacy, a political organization comprised of five distinct native societies, (later six), had a profound influence on both the American and Canadian systems of government. Paula Gunn Allen reminds us that we inherited slavery and vote by male property owners from the European democracies.

At the Treaty of Lancaster in 1744, Canasatego, an Iroquois chief, spoke for the Iroquois, “We are a powerful confederacy and by your observing the same methods our forefathers have taken, you will acquire fresh strength and power.”

In the audience was a young Benjamin Franklin, later a co-author of the American constitution. He acknowledged in his writings the influence of this confederacy: “It would be a very strange thing if Six Nations of ignorant savages should be capable of forming a scheme for such a union…”

But such a union they formed. The symbol of the Iroquois Confederacy was an eagle clutching five arrows in its claw – one for each of the Iroquois nations. The symbol of American independence was an eagle clutching thirteen arrows – one for each of the thirteen colonies.

The American confederacy adopted the Iroquois system of distinct executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government and both Canada and the U.S. instituted the unique Iroquois system of three levels of government – local or municipal, state or provincial, and federal.

Through adopting this Iroquoian model Canada was able to reconcile the many conflicting and divergent regional and cultural interests and bring about and maintain a confederation that more democratically represented the Canadian people. The fusion of the federal system and the parliamentary system is a unique Canadian approach to democracy.

The roots of our identity are indeed tangled and knotted but it is reassuring to realize the extent to which the First Nations have contributed to our uniquely Canadian culture. But it is less significant to untangle all the roots to ascertain their precise origins than it is to realize they are part of an integrated whole.

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The invisible human energy centres that run from the bottom of the spine to the crown of the head are named chakras. The Root Chakra is the first of the seven major chakras and is located at the base of the spine. An individual chakra such as the Root Chakra or the entire chakras can become blocked. This is normally as a result of illness, stressful situations, traumatic events or emotional turmoil.

Relationship breakdowns, financial problems or being unsatisfied or unhappy in the workplace, can all add to blocked chakras.

A blocked Root Chakra cannot allow anything positive to be drawn to you. It simply disallows manifestation of positive things and influences in your life. This has the effect of making you feel for every step forward, you are forced to take three steps back. No matter how you try, you simply cannot progress forward and lead the abundant, successful and happy life you crave.

When you have a blocked Root Chakra you may feel alienated from others, distrustful and suspicious. You may experience severe mood swings and even drift into depressive moods. You may lack the energy you need to function effectively, with both your physical and mental health suffering.

Root Chakra Clearing, and indeed Chakra Clearing of all the chakras, is the process of using positive and healing energy to unblock the chakras and allow free flowing and harmonious energy to circulate throughout the chakras, the aura and the body.

Because positive energy cannot flow easily with blocked chakras, this often manifests itself as a form of mental and physical illness and also some emotional disorders. Added to this, the negative energy that lingers around the aura is very attracting of more negative energy, as like attracts like.

The aura, again invisible, is the energy field that surrounds the human body and should be bright and clear and attracting of positive energy, positive events and successful and positive relationships. A damaged aura can attract just the opposite. Bad luck seems to flow to the individual with blocked chakras and a damaged aura.

This results in a constant vicious circle of more and more negative energy building up with little chance of positive energy getting through. And large amounts of negative energy in and around the chakras and aura bring more bad luck, illness and toxic events and relationships.

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Producing more semen implies ensuring better fertility. This is obviously because sperm travels through semen, hence more semen also means more sperm, both in terms of quantity and quality. So, if you are seriously considering means to improve your rate of fertility, probably in view of becoming a father, or simply to boost your level of confidence with regard to sexual performance, you should think in terms of finding ways to boost your semen production and not just sperm volume.

Before finding the right solution to start producing more semen, it is worth exploring the possible causes of low semen production. This will of course help you identify the best solution in relation to the cause, so that you may achieve your goal of producing semen faster and in larger quantities.

Here are some causes of a low semen production and the steps you can take to correct them :-

1. The most common factor which affects the production of semen is infections of the male sexual organs – be it the penis or the testicles. In this case, seeking medical assistance would obviously be the unique option. Infections in the prostate gland are in fact the most common of all syndromes resulting in low levels of semen production, and therefore treating such infections would eventually help increase more semen.

So if you have noticed a considerable decrease in the amount of semen you produce during the sexual act, you might consider having a check-up, not only in view of jump starting your semen production but also to avoid situations where these infections might result in worse conditions. The male sexual organs, as we all know, are fragile and sensitive. The earlier the least sign of infection is diagnosed and the infection is treated, the better it is.

2. On a less serious note, even tight underpants and the overheating of the testicles under several layers of clothes might result in a decrease in the production of semen. Thus, in order to produce more semen, you should avoid overheating your testicles by wearing cool, loose-fitting underwear. This is probably why boxers are becoming increasingly popular.

3. Hot showers or baths, and especially saunas, are to be avoided when you are trying to increase your semen volume. Wearing loose-fitting underpants would not hamper blood circulation either, which will in turn encourage the production of more semen.

4. The presence of toxins of all kinds – such as caffeine, alcohol or nicotine, amongst others – in the body equally reduces the production of semen. Hence, in order to increase your semen production, it is but common sense that one should reduce or, better still, quit all forms of substance abuse such as smoking, drinking alcohol or coffee excessively, or doing drugs.

5. It has been scientifically proven that zinc deficiency also reduces the level of semen production. So if you are aiming at starting to produce more semen, you may try to begin with having zinc-enriched food and / or dietary supplements.

On the bright side, one often overlooked way to get more semen during an orgasm is to to have sex during early morning hours. You may find yourself producing much more semen than usual, and you will not just impress your partner but even you will be impressed by your level of semen production. Indeed, semen as well as sperm production is naturally higher in the morning.

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Astragalus root, or astragalus membranaceous as it is commonly known in scientific circles, is an herbal supplement that can pack a punch for your health. An herbal remedy, astragalus comes from the pea family, and it’s been used for literally thousands of years in places such as China for therapeutically healing.

One thing that astragalus root has been made famous for is its ability to boost the immune system. While this isn’t what the Chinese used astragalus for, Western medicine has discovered that astragalus helps to stimulate the body by producing a substance known as interferon while boosting red blood cell formation. Interferon, an anti viral agent, helps the body when destroying viruses and other harmful microbes. For this reason, many scientists recommend the astragalus root for those who have a compromised immune system. People who frequently fall victim to colds and get respiratory infections are prime candidates for an astragalus root user. It is also helpful to people with more serious conditions such as cancer, since the body is weakened when trying to fight a disease.

Another benefit of astragalus is its ability to boost energy levels and vitality. Also, astragalus root has been linked to improving blood circulation. Astragalus is pretty well known as a ‘safe’ herb, with no known side effects. However, it is important to consult a physician before you take any kind of supplement, especially if you are already taking medications. Some medications can counteract with herbal remedies, and vice versa, so it’s important to get your facts straight with a physician regarding your regimen. Also, if you are pregnant or nursing, it’s not advisable to take astragalus as its effect on children have not been tested.

Now that you know more about astragalus root, you can better decide if it’s for you or not.

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I see already that this going to need two parts or more to write about. It has taken me some time now to consider writing this but I must. I discovered a few years ago that while taking the burdock root for my colon, I began to experience fewer outbreaks of acne. Let me explain.

I never read anything about anyone using burdock root to treat acne. In fact when it was suggested to me the only thing I remember reading about it was its origin, no recollection about the acne.

I knew what I had experienced, and thought to write on it but did a search first, and actually found two article sites, very little otherwise. They were mainly selling sites. I was the only science project on this that I knew about. Surely there are more.

So, anyway a few years ago I started using burdock root, in capsule form, 540mg/capsule, to help with my colon, per recommendation of my nutritionist and physical therapist, because of some serious digestive issues back in 2001-2004. It is a natural cleanser, a diuretic, so you can imagine why I was on it. It had to be necessary, because I am no pill taker.

In the process of using it I began noticing my acne condition was diminishing. It was several weeks before it clicked, though. I was on this stuff for my stomach and colon, had no idea of all the other benefits associated with the burdock root. The only logical thing here is to restate what those benefits are, especially in regards to using burdock root to treat the acne condition.

Burdock Root History

When I was a kid I used to play near an old colonial graveyard where these types of plants, in the family of genus Arctium, grew. I used to get them in my hair and clothes, no fun. Never thought I would be drinking burdock root tea or taking it as a capsule, pretty weird.

Burdock root is used in food and beverages, and as a medicine. Most popular as a cuisine in Asia, the roots are mingled with other vegetables and sauces and happily eaten.

Burdock root has been known to be used for many centuries as a purifier to the bloodstream, cleaning out the toxins. It is leaned on as a diuretic as well. Tis true, again I am an experiment to this, it does do this. A natural purifier of the liver and kidneys also.

Burdock root has been used also as a skin remedy for acne, and rosacea. Its oil has been used in years past in treatment of the scalp, promoting healthy growth of hair and also supplying healthy aid to the sebaceous glands. This is where we come in as those suffering with the acne disease.

See Part 2 as this is getting lengthy.

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