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Swine flu - what's the fuss?
Date: 11/19/2009
by Lynn Hayes Evidently I'm not the only one asking this question. If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know that I've been very skeptical of the hysteria surrounding the swine flu which arrived just as Chiron and Neptune were aligning in conjunction. Chiron rules over matters of health and healing, and Neptune's domain is mysteries and vaccinations so the rush to fin ...
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Hajj: The Opening
Date: 11/19/2009
[ 22:27 - 8 ] And proclaim the Pilgrimage among men: they will come to thee on foot and (mounted) on every kind of camel, lean on account of journeys through deep and distant mountain highways; That they may witness the benefits (provided) for them, and celebrate the name of Allah, through the Days appointed, over the cattle which He has provided for them (for sacrifice): then eat ye t ...
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More H1N1 Flu Prevention Tips
Date: 11/16/2009
If you're concerned about Swine Flu or H1N1, check out this list of tips that my stepmom passed along. It's allegedly from an unnamed registered nurse. Some of these are the same old yadda, but others were new to me and make a lot of sense. Many blessings for a healthy, flu-free season! H1N1 Flu Prevention Tips The only portals of entry are the nost ...
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Will Flu Epidemic Slow the Hajj?
Date: 11/17/2009
(RNS) Almost every pilgrim who makes the Hajj, Islam's holy pilgrimage to Mecca, brings home an unwelcome souvenir: the common cold. That, however, has never deterred tour operator Emad Elseidy, who has led Hajj pilgrimage groups for about 10 years. The 42-year-old Egyptian immigrant accepts -- almost embraces -- the possibility of getting sick during Hajj, but thinks fears about the H1N1 virus, ...
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A holy water font for the swine flu era
Date: 11/11/2009
Necessity is the mother of invention, of course, and an Italian inventor -- sensing a necessity -- has invented something that blends the sacred with the sensible: The terracotta dispenser, used in the northern town of Fornaci di Briosco, functions like an automatic soap dispenser in public washrooms -- a churchgoer waves his or her hand under a sensor and the machine spurts out holy wat ...
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Homily for November 15, 2009: 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Date: 11/14/2009
I think most of us could be forgiven for thinking that this reading from Mark's gospel sounds like the preview for the new movie "2012." You may have seen it the ads: California slides into the ocean, waves come crashing over the Himalayas, and an aircraft carrier slams into the White House. It is the end of the world as only Hollywood could imagine it. In the Hollywood version, it's ...
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Teresa Forcades, the Scary Flu Nun
Date: 11/11/2009
Via Western Confucian , here's an hourlong presentation about swine flu from a Sister Teresa Forcades, a Spanish nun who is also a physician (and, alas, a pro-abortion feminist , which has nothing to do with her competence on medical matters) An English-language summary of her remarks is here. The gist is that she believes the H1N1 panic may have been falsely ginned up for the sake of incre ...
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Natural Swine Flu Prevention: 2 Techniques
Date: 11/02/2009
Swine flu prevention is about two things, really--smart practices that don't put flu germs and your mucous membranes in the same place at the same time, and keeping your immune system strong enough to fight off any bugs that might sneak in the door. For the former, why not visit our gallery of 10 swine flu prevention tips ? Even if you think you're the captain of Team Preventio ...
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