Tayview Mayday, a tranquil moment on another pleasant day in North Fife.
Monday, May 02, 2011
Oilseed Rape North Fife 2011
Oilseed Rape flowers, a punch in the eye as well as nose, a powerful plant beneficial in many ways. More on vegetable rape.
Potato sowing North Fife
North fife has historically grown potatoes a plenty, in fact there once was an incredible rail infrastructure with many halts, alas gone through political choice, at the time there was a push to promote road transport and grow the motor industry. Dr Beeching, eat your heart out it's needed now given the price of oil etc.
Harrowing and de-stoning at the same time following the plough.
Potato sowing North Fife. Improving prices has caused a much larger acreage to be sown locally, the conditions are perfect, friable soil, dry and good weather to be in. Highly mechanised and efficient, how times have changed.
Harrowing and de-stoning at the same time following the plough.Potato sowing North Fife. Improving prices has caused a much larger acreage to be sown locally, the conditions are perfect, friable soil, dry and good weather to be in. Highly mechanised and efficient, how times have changed.
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Herbal Medicine Crisis
It's a crime, an outrage that must be rectified so we may continue to medicate safely with herbal remedies. I myself have been hospitalised due to the side effects from proscribed standard, approved profitable pharmaceuticals. Our health is now threatened by the removal of herbal remedies from sale, remedies that work. THIS CAN'T BE RIGHT. Read on or Sign here.
"Medicinal Herbs Are Held to a Higher Standard Than Big Pharma's Poisons
Big Pharma's drugs, still wet behind the ears compared to medicinal herbs, are given preference over herbs in spite of pharmaceuticals' lack of safety and efficacy while the people's needs, desires, and rights languish".
by Heidi Stevenson
1 May 2011
Big Pharma Money Casts Shadow Over Herbs
As the EU's draconian directive to drastically limit our access to medicinal herbs takes full effect today, it needs to be noted that nature's remedies will now be held to a higher standard than drugs produced by Big Pharma. When drugs are approved, the last consideration is whether they interfere with the actions of a herb or food. However, herbs are now expected to name all potential interactions with drugs—and the drugs receive preferential treatment over the herbs!
The New Demand on Herbs: An Allegory
Imagine that you make a living selling toothpaste made from natural products. Your toothpaste is popular, with thousands of people relying on it for their dental health without any complaints and no adverse effects. Imagine further that you are carrying on a family tradition that goes back four generations. You, your family, plus your employees and their families, rely on your product for a living.
One day, a pharmaceutical company makes a drug that interferes with your product's effectiveness. Their drug also doesn't work as intended when people use your product. In a rational world, the new product would be forced to point out to its customers that their it interferes with your toothpaste, giving the customer a choice between using the drug or the toothpaste, or if they're so inclined, to risk using both.
That would be rational. But instead, what happens is that the drug company, with the help of the media, the medical system, and the government, declares that your toothpaste is a dangerous product that interferes with their drug, so it should be banned. At the very least, they demand that access to it be limited to only those companies that can afford to go through an expensive process to get it listed.
Such an approach is obviously absurd. Yet that is precisely what is now happening to all medicinal herbs. Their utility and safety, known for hundreds – often thousands – of years is being declared null and void. The welfare of the people who've depended on them, either for their livelihood or their health, is utterly ignored. Pharmaceutical drugs, which are both newcomers and nearly all poisonous, are setting new rules.
A Humble Herbal Example
As a result, St. John's wort, a herb long known for its ability to ease stressful times in life, is vilified. It's claimed by Big Pharma and their cohorts to contains a drug, and that St. John's wort interferes with prescription drugs. The implication is that the pharmaceutical is, somehow, more legitimate. So, the long and safely used humble herb cannot be sold unless it's been through a ridiculous registration process that costs an enormous amount of money, an amount that will put nearly all suppliers of St. John's wort out of business.
This is precisely what the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive (THMPD) is doing. It is stealing our birthright. It is demanding that medicinal herbs take a back seat to pharmaceutical drugs, the vast majority of which are highly toxic—and which almost certainly cause far more harm than benefit—on top of which, they are newcomers.
Medicinal herbs, products of nature that have been safely used with excellent health results by millions of people, are now treated as nothing but competition to pharmaceutical drugs, with the drugs having priority over the herbs.
Effects on Small Business
Not only is it a theft of our birthright, it is also a theft of people's livelihoods. Mamma Earth, a top-notch supplier of herbal products, choosing to sell only the highest quality, is going out of business because their products will not be available under the THMPD. This is a tragedy for people who have relied on the quality of what they sell, for those who are employed by Mamma Earth, and for their suppliers.
The THMPD Propaganda
Yet, the standard line is that this egregious directive is for our own good! The BBC reports the Chief Science Advisor to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society as saying:
Crucially, this EU directive and the registration scheme puts consumers in the driving seat so they can identify that a product meets assured standards on safety, quality and information about safe use. Safety speaks for itself, but quality means, are they using the right part of the plant? Is it free from contamination? Is the claimed shelf life suitable? Product information will include possible side effects and interactions with other drugs, but above all it must make very clear that it is based on traditional use.
The driver's seat? They are actually trying to claim that up is down! Exactly the opposite is happening. The consumer is being eliminated almost completely eliminated from the picture. The consumer, who had obviously been in the driver's seat by virtue of having access to nearly all medicinal herbs as s/he saw fit, is now losing access to nearly all of them. Yet, in the doublespeak directed by Big Pharma, they're claiming that the opposite is happening!
Of course, medicinal herbs are competition for the Pharmaceutical Society, so it's no surprise that they are twisting the nature of herbal health care to make it sound like it's the same as drugs.
Note the there's an implication that issues of contamination are just now being addressed. That is far from the truth. There has been adequate law to protect the public from contamination. The only thing that's been missing is adequate oversight.
Notice also that herbal medicines are treated as if they were drugs. They aren't! They are natural combinations of symbiotic substances. They are not artificial constructs, like pharmaceuticals. They carry centuries and eons of history with them. Their safe use is known, and anyone who has wanted information about them has been able to get it.
In the wake of thousands of bodies from Big Pharma's drugs, the exceptionally rare negative effect from medicinal herbs is grotesquely inflated. Nowhere do these self-proclaimed "protectors of the public health" put it in perspective. Nowhere do they note that nothing is completely safe. Even drinking water can be abused. People can, and do, die from drinking too much of it. Yet, we don't demand that access to drinking water be limited. That's obviously ridiculous—yet that's exactly what's happening to our medicinal herbs.
Help Stop the Loss of Our Rights!
The Stop the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Directive Petition is as relative and important now as it was before the official date of implementation. Nothing less than full repeal of the directive is adequate to stop this stealth thievery of our right to health. Amending the THMPD would be agreement with the concept that such regulation and limitation of access to medicinal herbs is appropriate. Yet, no such thing has been demonstrated. Indeed, medicinal herbs have been among the safest products ever known. So, please, if you haven't already, sign the Stop the THMPD Petition now:
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"Medicinal Herbs Are Held to a Higher Standard Than Big Pharma's Poisons
Big Pharma's drugs, still wet behind the ears compared to medicinal herbs, are given preference over herbs in spite of pharmaceuticals' lack of safety and efficacy while the people's needs, desires, and rights languish".
by Heidi Stevenson
1 May 2011
Big Pharma Money Casts Shadow Over Herbs
As the EU's draconian directive to drastically limit our access to medicinal herbs takes full effect today, it needs to be noted that nature's remedies will now be held to a higher standard than drugs produced by Big Pharma. When drugs are approved, the last consideration is whether they interfere with the actions of a herb or food. However, herbs are now expected to name all potential interactions with drugs—and the drugs receive preferential treatment over the herbs!
The New Demand on Herbs: An Allegory
Imagine that you make a living selling toothpaste made from natural products. Your toothpaste is popular, with thousands of people relying on it for their dental health without any complaints and no adverse effects. Imagine further that you are carrying on a family tradition that goes back four generations. You, your family, plus your employees and their families, rely on your product for a living.
One day, a pharmaceutical company makes a drug that interferes with your product's effectiveness. Their drug also doesn't work as intended when people use your product. In a rational world, the new product would be forced to point out to its customers that their it interferes with your toothpaste, giving the customer a choice between using the drug or the toothpaste, or if they're so inclined, to risk using both.
That would be rational. But instead, what happens is that the drug company, with the help of the media, the medical system, and the government, declares that your toothpaste is a dangerous product that interferes with their drug, so it should be banned. At the very least, they demand that access to it be limited to only those companies that can afford to go through an expensive process to get it listed.
Such an approach is obviously absurd. Yet that is precisely what is now happening to all medicinal herbs. Their utility and safety, known for hundreds – often thousands – of years is being declared null and void. The welfare of the people who've depended on them, either for their livelihood or their health, is utterly ignored. Pharmaceutical drugs, which are both newcomers and nearly all poisonous, are setting new rules.
A Humble Herbal Example
As a result, St. John's wort, a herb long known for its ability to ease stressful times in life, is vilified. It's claimed by Big Pharma and their cohorts to contains a drug, and that St. John's wort interferes with prescription drugs. The implication is that the pharmaceutical is, somehow, more legitimate. So, the long and safely used humble herb cannot be sold unless it's been through a ridiculous registration process that costs an enormous amount of money, an amount that will put nearly all suppliers of St. John's wort out of business.
This is precisely what the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive (THMPD) is doing. It is stealing our birthright. It is demanding that medicinal herbs take a back seat to pharmaceutical drugs, the vast majority of which are highly toxic—and which almost certainly cause far more harm than benefit—on top of which, they are newcomers.
Medicinal herbs, products of nature that have been safely used with excellent health results by millions of people, are now treated as nothing but competition to pharmaceutical drugs, with the drugs having priority over the herbs.
Effects on Small Business
Not only is it a theft of our birthright, it is also a theft of people's livelihoods. Mamma Earth, a top-notch supplier of herbal products, choosing to sell only the highest quality, is going out of business because their products will not be available under the THMPD. This is a tragedy for people who have relied on the quality of what they sell, for those who are employed by Mamma Earth, and for their suppliers.
The THMPD Propaganda
Yet, the standard line is that this egregious directive is for our own good! The BBC reports the Chief Science Advisor to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society as saying:
Crucially, this EU directive and the registration scheme puts consumers in the driving seat so they can identify that a product meets assured standards on safety, quality and information about safe use. Safety speaks for itself, but quality means, are they using the right part of the plant? Is it free from contamination? Is the claimed shelf life suitable? Product information will include possible side effects and interactions with other drugs, but above all it must make very clear that it is based on traditional use.
The driver's seat? They are actually trying to claim that up is down! Exactly the opposite is happening. The consumer is being eliminated almost completely eliminated from the picture. The consumer, who had obviously been in the driver's seat by virtue of having access to nearly all medicinal herbs as s/he saw fit, is now losing access to nearly all of them. Yet, in the doublespeak directed by Big Pharma, they're claiming that the opposite is happening!
Of course, medicinal herbs are competition for the Pharmaceutical Society, so it's no surprise that they are twisting the nature of herbal health care to make it sound like it's the same as drugs.
Note the there's an implication that issues of contamination are just now being addressed. That is far from the truth. There has been adequate law to protect the public from contamination. The only thing that's been missing is adequate oversight.
Notice also that herbal medicines are treated as if they were drugs. They aren't! They are natural combinations of symbiotic substances. They are not artificial constructs, like pharmaceuticals. They carry centuries and eons of history with them. Their safe use is known, and anyone who has wanted information about them has been able to get it.
In the wake of thousands of bodies from Big Pharma's drugs, the exceptionally rare negative effect from medicinal herbs is grotesquely inflated. Nowhere do these self-proclaimed "protectors of the public health" put it in perspective. Nowhere do they note that nothing is completely safe. Even drinking water can be abused. People can, and do, die from drinking too much of it. Yet, we don't demand that access to drinking water be limited. That's obviously ridiculous—yet that's exactly what's happening to our medicinal herbs.
Help Stop the Loss of Our Rights!
The Stop the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Directive Petition is as relative and important now as it was before the official date of implementation. Nothing less than full repeal of the directive is adequate to stop this stealth thievery of our right to health. Amending the THMPD would be agreement with the concept that such regulation and limitation of access to medicinal herbs is appropriate. Yet, no such thing has been demonstrated. Indeed, medicinal herbs have been among the safest products ever known. So, please, if you haven't already, sign the Stop the THMPD Petition now:
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16th Karmapa Rumtek
16th Karmapa at Rumtek Monastery about to receive 108 copies of The Kangyur and Tengyur newly printed in Delhi.
Apple Blossom North Fife 2011
Apple blossom North Fife 2011. Blossoms abound right now, my wish is the resulting fruits are as wonderful as the promise,
Doug Wright Artist
Doug Wright and Anne Saunders were artists in residence at The Steeple, Newburgh during March and April 2011.
The Steeple is a studio and events complex opened in the rural town of Newburgh, Fife in 2008. It has 6 studios for artists, a project space run by local charity Fife Arts Co-operative and a flat and workspace for visiting artists.
Newburgh is situated in North Fife, Scotland. The setting is beautiful and overlooks the River Tay. It is situated just within the boundary of the Kingdom of Fife, 10 miles from Perth and 15 miles from Dundee. The Steeple itself is a prominent historical building in the town’s High Street and was empty for many years until Wasps set out to redevelop it back in 2001. There is a strong community of artists living in and around the area who are very welcoming to new artists visiting the town.
Below is a selection of artworks produced by Doug Wright during his stay here in Newburgh North Fife. In conversation Doug explained how he has been influenced by the ever changing quality of light compared to Australia. Depicted here in watercolours on heavyweight paper.
A shy Doug Wright.
The Steeple is a studio and events complex opened in the rural town of Newburgh, Fife in 2008. It has 6 studios for artists, a project space run by local charity Fife Arts Co-operative and a flat and workspace for visiting artists.
Newburgh is situated in North Fife, Scotland. The setting is beautiful and overlooks the River Tay. It is situated just within the boundary of the Kingdom of Fife, 10 miles from Perth and 15 miles from Dundee. The Steeple itself is a prominent historical building in the town’s High Street and was empty for many years until Wasps set out to redevelop it back in 2001. There is a strong community of artists living in and around the area who are very welcoming to new artists visiting the town.
Below is a selection of artworks produced by Doug Wright during his stay here in Newburgh North Fife. In conversation Doug explained how he has been influenced by the ever changing quality of light compared to Australia. Depicted here in watercolours on heavyweight paper.
A shy Doug Wright.
Anne Saunders
Anne Saunders was born in Edinburgh in 1955. Between 1972 and 1977 she studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, specializing in Illustration and Printmaking resulting in a Bachelor of Arts.
Anne emigrated to Australia in 1977 where she commenced her lecturing career at University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba. From there Anne moved to lecture at Charles Sturt University before moving back to Scotland for 4 years to establish a small gallery outside Edinburgh. Anne returned to Ballarat in 1987 building her academic career over the next 22 years where she was promoted to Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Visual Arts Course Coordinator.
Anne is now a full-time artist, having retired from her position at University of Ballarat in 2010.
Since leaving Art School Anne has had over 20 solo exhibitions with 10 of those accompanied by exhibition publications. She has contributed to over 50 group exhibitions and been a finalist in juried exhibitions many time throughout her professional career. These exhibitions have taken place in exhibitions in Australia, Singapore, New Zealand and the U.K.
In more recent years Anne has spent time back in her homeland as artist in residence at WASPS Patriothall artist studios in Edinburgh. She will be travelling back to Scotland in 2011 to WASPS ‘The Steeple’ artist studios in Newburgh, Scotland.
Below are some of the multi media artworks produced during her stay in Newburgh North Fife.
The River Tay Haar
Haar over the River Tay. Wonderful weather, bright sunshine with a but, Easterly winds brings a cold addition in the form of a sea fog that penetrates 10 or so miles inland, brrrr. Interesting light though.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Magic, White and Black: Or the Science of Finate and Infinate Life, Containing Practical Hints for Students of Occultism (Classic Reprint) [Paperback]
Magic, White and Black: Or the Science of Finate and Infinate Life, Containing Practical Hints for Students of Occultism (Classic Reprint) [Paperback]
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Detatched Family Home North Fife for Sale
It's not often that a house oozes a bright open happy feeling, a successful family home and one I'm really happy to promote. Registered in 1853 probably replacing a previous dwelling. Nestling into a South facing wooded hillside it sits protected from harsh weather and benefiting from the sun. A small burn issues to the West of the garden from the property across the road, where in the recent past there were eel traps. The burn runs from Lindores Loch to the River Tay at Lindores Abbey. Just down the road sits Denmilne Castle.
Alexandra Cottage, Den of Lindores, North Fife.
Attractive detached family home situated within the most delightful rural position located within easy reach of all road way systems. Accommodation Entrance vestibule, Spacious inner hallway offering excellent storage. Three double bedrooms Family bathroom with separate shower cubicle, Open tread staircase leading to Impressive, bright, large lounge/ fitted kitchen, Dining room with picture windows offering open views, Oil fired central heating, Partial Double glazing, Garden grounds to the rear, Separate area of garden to side and front, Off Street parking for several vehicles.
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Alexandra Cottage, Den of Lindores, North Fife.Attractive detached family home situated within the most delightful rural position located within easy reach of all road way systems. Accommodation Entrance vestibule, Spacious inner hallway offering excellent storage. Three double bedrooms Family bathroom with separate shower cubicle, Open tread staircase leading to Impressive, bright, large lounge/ fitted kitchen, Dining room with picture windows offering open views, Oil fired central heating, Partial Double glazing, Garden grounds to the rear, Separate area of garden to side and front, Off Street parking for several vehicles.
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