The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Ampyra (dalfampridine) extended release tablets to improve walking in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). In clinical trials, patients treated with Ampyra had faster walking speeds than those treated with an inactive pill (placebo). This is the first drug approved for this use.

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, often disabling, disease that affects the central nervous system—the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves. There are about 400,000 people in the United States and 2.5 million people world-wide with MS.

The progress, severity, and specific symptoms of multiple sclerosis are unpredictable and vary from one person to another. Symptoms can be mild, such as numbness in the limbs, or severe, such as paralysis or loss of vision. About half of all people with MS experience cognitive impairments like difficulties in concentration, attention, memory, and judgment, although these symptoms are usually mild and are frequently overlooked. Depression also is common among multiple sclerosis patients.

“Trouble with walking is one of the most debilitating problems people with multiple sclerosis face,” said Russell Katz, M.D., director of the Division of Neurology Products in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.

Ampyra, when given at doses greater than that recommended (10 milligrams twice a day), can cause seizures. The most common adverse reactions reported by patients taking Ampyra in clinical trials include urinary tract infection, insomnia, dizziness, headache, nausea, weakness, back pain, balance disorder, swelling in the nose or throat, constipation, diarrhea, indigestion, throat pain, and burning, tingling or itching of skin.

Ampyra should not be used in patients with moderate to severe kidney disease. In these patients, blood levels with the drug approach those associated with the occurrence of seizures.

Ampyra will be manufactured under licenses from Elan of Dublin, Ireland, and distributed by Acorda Therapeutics Inc. of Hawthorne, N.Y.

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It is a good news that one more drug product is available in market for patients to select. However, most of the drug products are too expensive, and the health insurance is also too expensive.

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm198463.htm

IMAGE Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC)

NASA's Kepler space telescope, designed to find Earth-size planets in the habitable zone of sun-like stars, has discovered its first five new exoplanets, or planets beyond our solar system.

Kepler's high sensitivity to both small and large planets enabled the discovery of the exoplanets, named Kepler 4b, 5b, 6b, 7b and 8b. The discoveries were announced Monday, Jan. 4, by the members of the Kepler science team during a news briefing at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Washington.

"These observations contribute to our understanding of how planetary systems form and evolve from the gas and dust disks that give rise to both the stars and their planets," said William Borucki of NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. Borucki is the mission's science principal investigator. "The discoveries also show that our science instrument is working well. Indications are that Kepler will meet all its science goals."

Known as "hot Jupiters" because of their high masses and extreme temperatures, the new exoplanets range in size from similar to Neptune to larger than Jupiter. They have orbits ranging from 3.3 to 4.9 days. Estimated temperatures of the planets range from 2,200 to 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit, hotter than molten lava and much too hot for life as we know it. All five of the exoplanets orbit stars hotter and larger than Earth's sun.

"It's gratifying to see the first Kepler discoveries rolling off the assembly line," said Jon Morse, director of the Astrophysics Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "We expected Jupiter-size planets in short orbits to be the first planets Kepler could detect. It's only a matter of time before more Kepler observations lead to smaller planets with longer period orbits, coming closer and closer to the discovery of the first Earth analog."

Launched on March 6, 2009, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the Kepler mission continuously and simultaneously observes more than 150,000 stars. Kepler's science instrument, or photometer, already has measured hundreds of possible planet signatures that are being analyzed.

While many of these signatures are likely to be something other than a planet, such as small stars orbiting larger stars, ground-based observatories have confirmed the existence of the five exoplanets. The discoveries are based on approximately six weeks' worth of data collected since science operations began on May 12, 2009.

Kepler looks for the signatures of planets by measuring dips in the brightness of stars. When planets cross in front of, or transit, their stars as seen from Earth, they periodically block the starlight. The size of the planet can be derived from the size of the dip. The temperature can be estimated from the characteristics of the star it orbits and the planet's orbital period.

Kepler will continue science operations until at least November 2012. It will search for planets as small as Earth, including those that orbit stars in a warm habitable zone where liquid water could exist on the surface of the planet. Since transits of planets in the habitable zone of solar-like stars occur about once a year and require three transits for verification, it is expected to take at least three years to locate and verify an Earth-size planet.

According to Borucki, Kepler's continuous and long-duration search should greatly improve scientists' ability to determine the distributions of planet size and orbital period in the future. "Today's discoveries are a significant contribution to that goal," Borucki said. "The Kepler observations will tell us whether there are many stars with planets that could harbor life, or whether we might be alone in our galaxy."

Kepler is NASA's 10th Discovery mission. Ames is responsible for the ground system development, mission operations and science data analysis. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., managed the Kepler mission development. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. of Boulder, Colo., was responsible for developing the Kepler flight system. Ball and the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado in Boulder are supporting mission operations.

Ground observations necessary to confirm the discoveries were conducted with ground-based telescopes the Keck I in Hawaii; Hobby-Ebberly and Harlan J. Smith 2.7m in Texas; Hale and Shane in California; WIYN, MMT and Tillinghast in Arizona; and Nordic Optical in the Canary Islands, Spain.

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Do you believe E.T.? It is very likely there are living things out of our habit.
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Credit: NASA.gov
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/kepler-5-exoplanets.html

A week ago, somebody asked me how good pycnogenol was. I checked with Pubmed and I believe, pycnogenol can be a good candidates for muliple diseases. Here is a summary of the reports in the year of 2009:

 

Allergy

Study 1: Rats (anti-dinitrophenyl (DNP) IgE-mediated passive cutaneous anaphylaxis)

Result: PYC dose-dependently reduced histamine release from rat peritoneal mast cells (RPMC) triggered by anti-DNP IgE. PYC inhibited the protein expression and secretion of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6 in anti-DNP IgE-stimulated RPMC. IgE-dependent mast cell activation is known to be associated with the allergic diseases.

 

Alzheimer's disease / Cognitive Deficits

Study 1: Rats

Result: Pretreatment with pycnogenol and vitamin E produced a significantly enhanced glutathione level and Na/K-ATPase activity and decreased thiobarbituric acid reactive substances and protein carbonyl. Thus, pycnogenol combined with vitamin E may help to prevent Alzheimer’s disease in rats.

 

Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Study 1: Human, Children with ADHD

Result: Pycnogenol improved ratios of trace elements and clinical symptoms of ADHD.

 

Cancer

Study: U1285 human lung carcinoma cells

Result: The presence of Pycnogenol efficiently decreased selenite-mediated reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Addition of pycnogenol after selenite treatment reduced the mRNA expression and activity of thioredoxin reductase to basal levels. Thioredoxin reductase is one of the three central redox enzymes that are active in endogenous defense against oxidative stress in the cell. It is induced in various conditions such as tumors and inflammatory conditions.

 

Diabetes

Study 1: Rats.

Result: Pycnogenol corrected diabetic cardiac dysfunction.

 

Study 2: Human, Patients

Result: Pycnogenol improved visual acuity by enhancing retinal blood circulation in diabetic patients at preproliferative stages of retinopathy. [3]

 

Study 3: streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats

Result: Pycnogenol significantly decreased elevated levels of preprandial glycaemia (glucose in blood) in treated animals at all doses. The effect of pycnogenol on postprandial glycaemic levels and MNCV was not dose-dependent.

 

Hemorrhoidal Attacks, Acute

Study 1: Human, 84 Patients

Result: Pycnogenol showed effective to control the hemorrhoidal attacks.

 

Infertility

Study: Infertile Patients

Result: Treatment with a combination of l-arginine aspartate and pycnogenol increased significantly the semen volume, concentration of spermatozoa, percentage of motile spermatozoa and percentage of spermatozoa.

 

Inflammation

Study 1 Rat model of carrageenan-induced inflammation

Result: Pycnogenol inhibited paw swelling dose-dependently.

Study 2: Healthy Human

Result: Pycnogenol supplementation simultaneously inhibits COX-2 and 5-LOX gene expression and reduces leukotriene biosynthesis in human PMNL upon pro-inflammatory stimulation ex vivo. 

Kidney Injury

Study 1: Rats with ischemia/reperfusion-induced oxidative renal damage.

Result: Pycnogenol exerted renoprotective effects, via its free radical scavenging and antioxidant activities and the involvement of the inhibition of tissue neutrophil infiltration.

 

Study 2: Rats

Result: Pycnogenol is effective in preventing K2Cr2O7-induced oxidative mediated nephrotoxicity.

 

Liver, Fatty (Hepatic Steatosis)

Study 1: NMuLi mouse liver nonparenchymal cell line

Result: Fatty acids stimulate lipid accumulation in parallel with increased expression of

adipose differentiation-related protein in liver cells. In the study, pycnogenol reduced the adipose differentiation-related protein mRNA half-life in part by facilitating mRNA degradation. Pycnogenol may prevent excessive lipid accumulation in liver cells.

 

Memory Function

Study: Orchidectomized rats

Result: Pycnogenol increased the NGF content in the hippocampus  and cortex, and improved the spatial memory impairment in castrated (androgen-deficient) rats.

Reference:
[1] Belcaro G, et al. Pycnogenol((R)) treatment of acute hemorrhoidal episodes. Phytother Res. 2009 Dec 29. [2] Klimas J, et al Pycnogenol((R)) improves left ventricular function in streptozotocin-induced diabetic cardiomyopathy in rats. Phytother Res. 2009 Dec 2. [3] Steigerwalt R, et al, Pycnogenol improves microcirculation, retinal edema, and visual acuity in early diabetic retinopathy. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther. 2009 Dec;25(6):537-40. [4] Viktorinova A, et al, Natural polyphenols modify trace element status and improve clinical symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Biomed Pharmacother. 2009 Oct 20 [5] Ozer Sehirli A, et al. Protective effects of pycnogenol against ischemia reperfusion-induced oxidative renal injury in rats. Ren Fail. 2009;31(8):690-7. [6] Parveen K, et al, Pycnogenol prevents potassium dichromate K2Cr2O7-induced oxidative damage and nephrotoxicity in rats. Chem Biol Interact. 2009 Oct 30;181(3):343-50. Epub 2009 Aug 7. [7] Ishrat T et al, Effects of Pycnogenol and vitamin E on cognitive deficits and oxidative damage induced by intracerebroventricular streptozotocin in rats. Behav Pharmacol. 2009 Aug 3. [8] Ince I et al, Effects of Pinus brutia bark extract and Pycnogenol in a rat model of carrageenan induced inflammation. Phytomedicine. 2009 Dec;16(12):1101-4. Epub 2009 Jul 3. [9] Canali R et al,  The anti-inflammatory pharmacology of Pycnogenol in humans involves COX-2 and 5-LOX mRNA expression in leukocytes. Int Immunopharmacol. 2009 Sep;9(10):1145-9. Epub 2009 Jun 7. [10] Choi YH, Yan GH. Pycnogenol inhibits immunoglobulin E-mediated allergic response in mast cells. Phytother Res. 2009 Dec;23(12):1691-5. [11] Fan B, et al, Oleic acid-induced ADRP expression requires both AP-1 and PPAR response elements, and is reduced by Pycnogenol through mRNA degradation in NMuLi liver cells. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Jul;297(1):E112-23. Epub 2009 Apr 21. [12] Jankyova S, et al, Pycnogenol efficiency on glycaemia, motor nerve conduction velocity and markers of oxidative stress in mild type diabetes in rats. Phytother Res. 2009 Aug;23(8):1169-74. [13] Hasegawa N, Mochizuki M. Improved effect of Pycnogenol on impaired spatial memory function in partial androgen deficiency rat model. . Phytother Res. 2009 Jun;23(6):840-3. [14] Stanislavov R, et al Improvement of seminal parameters with Prelox: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial. Phytother Res. 2009 Mar;23(3):297-302. [15] Gandin V, Effects of the antioxidant Pycnogenol on cellular redox systems in U1285 human lung carcinoma cells. FEBS J. 2009 Jan;276(2):532-40. Epub 2008 Dec 10.

見證d乜? 請你先睇以下一段新聞:

香港聖公會1990年代與地產商長實合作，以換地方式將大埔滘聖基道兒童院地皮發展住宅樓盤鹿茵山莊，從中獲利至少4.5億元及完工後當中約三分之一單位、即120個住宅及100個車位給予聖公會出售或自用。稅務局 指聖公會的行為等同做生意，徵收利得稅逾1.8億元，聖公會不服上訴高院，自稱作為宗教團體，所有收入均作慈善用途，政府不應徵稅。

聖公會︰聖公會不算參與商業活動，因教會只是將地皮出售，沒有參與發展；而且聖公會目的清晰，只是為宣揚宗教及傳福音，收入自是慈善用途。

稅務局的資深大律師吳嘉輝: 教會、基金及管業委員會作為3個獨立機構，不應共享一個團體目的，事實上教會未能向稅局清楚解釋成立目的及所謂 「慈善用途」的意思。他舉例，有教會籌錢只為宣傳教會，這就不算慈善用途。

見證左d乜? 貪!
傳福音, 教人迷信, 怎可算是慈善?

4.5億 濕濕碎, 怎可和影音使團明搶港人8億去建諾亞方舟或正生的行為相比!

Reference:
聖公會賣地拒交1.8億稅 稅局︰發展鹿茵非為慈善 (明報)2010年1月21日 星期四 05:10 【明報專訊】

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鬥神_尹光: 鄭秀文係明顯例子，首首歌都係歌頌個耶帝，聽到都令人煩厭！不過個人認為佢係引耶徒歡心，但令唔係教徒既人出現反感！

默子: 她的迷信歌可以討好耶徒,但令更多人離棄.........

堯: 鄭秀文以經中晒毒  謝安琪仲勁 係度玩傳染病 係咁拉人入會......... 

謝四哥: 如果佢地係真係信教既就咪入娛圈啦, 但係想真一點明星係教徒又好岩喎,因為教徒同明星都係口不對心. 對吧?默子對的,他們都虛偽............

科豆 ~ rolling ball: 鄭秀文（Sammi）大除夕於紅館舉行第七場演唱會，邀請了林海峰擔任嘉賓。提到Sammi指自己「乾」到如撒哈拉沙漠 [1] Sammi抵死說：「我就是專誠找妳(鄧萃雯)來陪我，因為妳比我更乾，報紙話妳數十年沒拍過拖呢！....，而且我們不用怕，始終會有甘泉的。」[2] 尾場當晚表演嘉賓許志安、張衛健、蘇永康及梁漢文更與 Sammi合唱「火熱動感 la la la」，唱完後 Sammi逐一與他們擁抱，抱到安仔時觀眾不停大叫。 [3]

字典話甘泉是:"甜水"的泉... 請問鄭秀文, 甜水是指男人身上什麼的液體? 鄭秀文更和大班男人攬攬親熱.. 而人家又有女友, 這就叫做"基督教福音演唱會"喎  基督教福音演唱會可有需要被列入三級!

默子: 多謝報導基督教福音演唱會的實況!

科豆 ~ rolling ball 請大家杯葛"散播迷信的歌手"!

默子: 默子也愛聽她們的歌和演的戲, 但知道她們自甘墮落之後.便不再捧場了! 這樣看似有點[小器],但我們的主要作用 是不想自己的[大方]言行誤導她們的[信徒/fans]!

Leo 里奧: 哈哈, 他們是"宣名利會"哦~~~ 有富豪在後面, 鹹魚翻身都容易些;大家可以去研究研究哦...

默子: 好多鹹魚或瀕危藝人都想利用教會來[翻生]!

月下微風: 鄭秀文隻碟最討厭係四處都在播~真的討厭到唔想出街~

默子: 讓更多人反感討厭也好......

科豆 ~ rolling ball: 默子所言極是. 但正所謂得寸進尺 歪風必需喝止 否則後患冇窮過去(四川地震之前), 大家都把"不滿"放在盒子裡, 所以歪風乘機急劇地暴漲現在 雖多了人出聲, 其實已太遲了.

默子: 沒有遲不遟的問題,見神棍即厲行打撃!

稀有讀物: 支持默子!默子也出一張反基督教唱片, 商場, 電視電台必定日日播, 播到班基督教旬.默子在紅館開反基督教演唱會, 請班反基網友做嘉賓, 肯定場場爆滿. 

默子: 建議不錯!

vagabond 流浪者之歌: 說得好:偽(藝)人和神棍是夢幻組合。

稀有讀物: 鄭秀文有成8萬個FANS呀... 真係令反基督教的同志心碎呀http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/sammicheng819?ref=nf

默子: 應該不止8萬,100萬如何呢? 反基迷信是正義之事,怎會心碎,應該是心紅呀? 神棍利用迷信藝人的fans數字來苟延殘喘,真可悲,真幼稚!!

科豆 ~ rolling ball: 世上有過億中國人! 正如默子所言, 終有一天 很多正義俠仕會廷身而出打擊呃人誤導貪財的小人! 不過, 唔知要等幾耐.  香港有咁多大學, 教授有學識, 人工又高, d教授應率先, 帶導大眾以理處理!

Adapted from: http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/lck-mokche/article?mid=9711&suc=1

Reference:
[1] http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/15/1/1/1380050/1.html
[2] http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/17/1/1/1381131/1.html
[3] http://www.worldjournal.com/pages/full_entertainment/push?article-%E7%82%BA%E9%84%AD%E7%A7%80%E6%96%87%E6%8B%AD%E6%B7%9A+%E5%AE%89%E4%BB%94%EF%BC%9A%E7%9B%A1%E5%9C%A8%E4%B8%8D%E8%A8%80%E4%B8%AD%20&id=5452468&instance=ent_bull

On January 12, a series of earthquakes measuring 6.5 to 7.3 on the Richter scale devastated Haiti. The American Red Cross is working with its partners in the global Red Cross and Red Crescent network, including the Haitian Red Cross, and other partners to assist those affected by this disaster.

"Pat Robertson said that Haiti's founders made a pact with Satan in 1791 and the nation's ongoing woes are a direct result of that diabolical beginning." [1] Apparently, Robertson was referring to a voodoo ceremony in 1791 that some historians believe was a spark for the revolution.  [2] 

Who is Pat Robertson? Pat Robertson, the evangelical Christian, once suggested God was punishing Americans with Hurricane Katrina. Now, he says a "pact to the devil" brought on the devastating earthquake in Haiti.He is the founder and chairman of The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) Inc. and founder of Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation, International Family Entertainment Inc., The Flying Hospital, Inc., Regent University, American Center for Law and Justice, and several other organizations and broadcast entities. [3]  .

Now what exactly cause the earthquakes?

Depending on whether a neptunist stressed the hollowing and eroding effect of water or a volcanist stressed the activities of firy masses inside the earth, either the collapse of hollowed caves or the sudden burst or slow elevation of the crust by firy magma were preferred as the causes of earthquakes. Some suggest earthquakes are related to electricity or even the position of Earth in relation to other planets. (http://www.univie.ac.at/Wissenschaftstheorie/heat/heat-1/heat002f.htm)

Last year, I have questioned a scientist about the frequency of earthquakes. Basically, he told me that the frequency of earthquakes remains the same in the last few hundred years. In Hong Kong, Protestant pastors often relate the frequency of earthquakes to the end of the world. 

[For details, please check: http://scibean.xanga.com/719759557/earthquake---how-does-it-happen/]

You may also find the answer for "what cause earthquakes" from the TV show:

"Are you smarter than a fifth grader?"

All organisms evolve equally! Your gift to the American Red Cross will support emergency relief and recovery efforts to help those people affected by the earthquake in Haiti. Assistance provided by the American Red Cross may include sending relief supplies, mobilizing relief workers and providing financial resources and recovery.

"Help others whenever we are able to do it, we share the same planet!"

Red Cross' website:

http://american.redcross.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ntld_main&s_subsrc=RCO_ResponseStateSection

Reference

[1] http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/01/15/eric-metaxas-pat-robertson-haiti-earthquake/

[2] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/15/AR2010011502420.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

[3] http://news.puggal.com/pat-robertson-haiti-quotes-18657/

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1502強盜的到來

海地原為印第安人部落阿拉瓦克人居住地。1492年，哥倫布航行至此，將該島命名為伊斯帕尼奧拉島（意即「西班牙的島」），當時島上居住着約100萬印第安人。 1502年，伊斯帕尼奧拉島正式淪為西班牙殖民地，島上印第安人的軍事反抗被粉碎。

西班牙官兵們都分得了島上的土地，並把印第安土著變成了奴隸，用於採掘黃金、種植甘蔗和養牛。

滅族後的奴隸園

由於白人傳入了天花，阿拉瓦克人於1544年在島上絕跡。西班牙人遂從非洲販運大量黑奴，成為島上主要的勞動力。這些奴隸大多來自西非的達荷美、剛果和畿內亞，他們將西非的伏都教帶入了聖多明克。

後來海地被割讓給法國。

在海地革命前夕，聖多明克的各種植園中約有50萬黑奴。從1783到1791年，聖多明克的奴隸進口量佔西半球奴隸進口總量的三分之一。

法律允許白人對黑奴施加各種殘酷的肉刑。曾經是黑奴、後來成為海地皇帝的亨利·克里斯托夫在其回憶錄中記錄了對奴隸的種種酷刑：「（白人）將黑人倒掛起來，將他們釘死在木板上，將他們活埋，將他們裝入麻袋扔到河裡，強迫他們吃屎，用鞭子抽掉他們的皮，將他們綁起來讓螞蟻和蚊子吃他們，將他們活活扔到沸水中，將他們綁到大炮前轟碎，讓狗吃他們……」在白人種植園主的虐待下，許多黑人奴隸選擇逃亡。他們在中科迪勒拉山中定居下來，組成被稱為「馬龍」（Maroon）的社區，不時下山襲擊孤立的種植園。這些逃亡奴隸被稱為「馬龍人」。（大概又被白人視為恐怖份子。）

1790海地革命

1790年，海地人發動了獨立戰爭。是拉丁美洲最早開始爭取獨立的國家。

聖多明克的黑人奴隸通過夜間的伏都教秘密集會互相傳播準備起義的消息。1791年8月22日，海地北方的20萬黑奴以擊鼓為號，紛紛起來造反了。當地的一萬名白人居民和一小股正規部隊根本無法將起義鎮壓下來，唯一恢復秩序的希望在於從法國派遣軍隊，然而法國內部意見分歧，直到1792年9月法國才向聖多明克派去「革命軍隊」，宣傳「自由、平等、博愛」的理念。（虧他們說得出！）

1804年，起義軍攻佔太子港，宣布獨立，成立共和國。領導人發動了滅絕全部倖存白人的戰役，數千名白人被海地軍隊屠殺，只有拿破崙軍隊中的波蘭人得到了赦免，因為他們當初拒絕參加鎮壓黑人的戰鬥。

革命後200年蒼桑

海地是世界上第一個黑人共和國。獨立後，海地未能建立起有效的民主體制，政局動蕩，獨裁者不斷被推翻。據統計，從海地獨立到1915年這一百年間，共有近90位統治者相繼上台。1915年美國入侵，相繼扶植多個傀儡統治者。2004年2月，聯合國派出維和部隊。

2010年海地地震

2010年1月12日海地發生黎克特制規模7.0地震，震央距離首都太子港不遠。地震發生在當地時間周二16時53分。隨後又相繼發生了規模5.9和5.5兩次餘震。太子港大量建築倒塌，很多死傷者被埋在廢墟中。

海地歷史http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/%E6%B5%B7%E5%9C%B0%E5%8E%86%E5%8F%B2

霸權思想陰魂不散 幸災樂禍

美國知名基督教傳道人羅伯遜（Pat Robertson）周三在基督教電視台節目稱，海地地震是因為當年爭取獨立時「跟魔鬼立約」而遭「天譴」，其言論引起猛烈抨擊。

羅伯遜稱，海地人當年為爭取脫離法國獨立而向魔鬼「發誓」﹕「如果你令我們脫離法國，我們便臣服於你。」他宣稱，海地「自此便遭到連串詛咒」。

（此君為福音派領袖，較早前就公開要求「美國派CIA刺殺與美國政府不合作的委內瑞拉 總統查維斯」，翻委內瑞拉政權。）

美傳道人指海地「遭天譴」捱轟 http://news.mingpao.com/20100115/taa5.htm

原文:

http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/monkey-me/article?mid=3642

What kind of cloud is this? Before answering this question, some people may have already attached a superstitious thought with this phenomena. Religion and other forms of magical thinking continue to thrive — despite the lack of evidence and advance of science — because people are naturally biased to accept a role for the irrational, said Bruce Hood, Professor of Experimental Psychology at the University of Bristol.[2]

This evolved credulity suggests that it would be impossible to root out belief in ideas such as creationism and paranormal phenomena, even though they have been countered by evidence and are held as a matter of faith alone.[2]

So what kind of cloud is this? A roll cloud. These rare long clouds may form near advancing cold fronts. In particular, a downdraft from an advancing storm front can cause moist warm air to rise, cool below its dew point, and so form a cloud. When this happens uniformly along an extended front, a roll cloud may form. Roll clouds may actually have air circulating along the long horizontal axis of the cloud. A roll cloud is not thought to be able to morph into a tornado. Unlike a similar shelf cloud, a roll cloud, a type of Arcus cloud, is completely detached from their parent cumulonimbus cloud. Pictured above, a roll cloud extends far into the distance in 2009 January above Las Olas Beach in Maldonado, Uruguay. [1]

Have a nice day.
Live long and prosper!

Scibean.

Credit/Copyright: Daniela Mirner Eberl
[1] http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100105.html
[2] http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article628209.ece

The Vatican newspaper and radio station are criticizing James Cameron's 3-D blockbuster for flirting with the idea that worship of nature can replace religion — a notion the pope has warned against. They call the movie a simplistic and sappy tale, despite its awe-inspiring special effects.  [1] Na'vi hunters apologize and thank the animals they kill so that they can provide meat and other useful things. The plant life of Pandora appears to have some kind of consciousness with whom the Na'vi can commune. [2]

Look, all living things evolved from the same common ancestor, further, all materials come from the big bang! All living things, including human, dogs, cockroaches, fish, rats, are equal and they are our relatives. We kill the animals, and eat them because we need to survive. The animals killed actually also have the right to survive. Showing our appreciation and respect toward them is not a wrong doing.

Chinese consider the whole world (sky (the space), ground (all non-living things) and human (all living things)) as one unit. Tai Chi, an ancient Chinese faith, means “a balance of the environment”. To achieve self-actualization, you first “immerse” yourself in the environment. You get to develop a relationship with the tree, the grass, the floor, the window and many more items surrounding you. You expand your acceptance, and learn to forgive. You don’t worry and you don’t get mad. You always have a peaceful mind.

Look at those “Blue People” in the movie of Avatar; they always have a peaceful mind. Try to understand, try to "feel" the things, the living things, the people surrounding you.

Live Long and Prosper!

Scibean

Reference: [1] ALESSANDRA RIZZO  Vatican says 'Avatar' is no masterpiece Associated Press Writer – Tue Jan 12, 3:49 pm [2] Mark Whittington, The Vatican Unimpressed With Avatar, associatedcontent.com, January 12, 2010

講述世界古文明馬雅人的古老民族記錄，結合真實古文獻加上精細的情節製作的電影《2012末日預言》引起不少人談論有關世界末日的話題。搶晒基督教的"末世論"光彩。 有監於此, 基督教林以諾牧師在報章上刊文解構有關對"末日的迷 思"。

基督教林以諾牧師提出歷史中曾有不少有關末日日期的傳說。在上世紀後期一位詩人諾查丹馬士(Nostradamus)的詩作被認為有預言應驗，因此據他的詩集流傳世界末 日將在1999年7月的說法，時間過後自然被證實錯誤的。他更指歷代流傳的各種末日日期的預言已不攻自破。

林牧師舉例馬太福音耶穌指著 耶路撒冷聖殿所說的預言，說「將來這裡沒有一塊石頭留在石上，不被拆毁」，結果公元70年時聖殿的磚塊果然被羅馬士兵拆走。((Scibean: 請注意--這是人為的; 這事情是常有的. 當羅馬帝王採納Christianity 為國教時, 何止拆走人家的聖殿, 亦殺了不少異教徒.  在古中國時, 當印度佛教過於繁行, 王帝亦把很多佛寺拆掉))

基督教林以諾牧師再說一些預言在歷史上可見似乎應驗 的，包括耶穌說末日時「民要攻打民，國要攻打國；多處必有飢荒、地震…」等，在歷世歷代出現的戰爭和世界性的飢荒來看似乎都可說是預言的應驗。((Scibean: 請注意-- 耶穌是生於2000年前, 有歴史知識的人是知道"那時及在耶穌出世之前早有「民要攻打民，國要攻打國；多處必有飢荒、地震等」" 根本不是甚麽預言))

文中林牧師更以甚精警的話作結。他表示基督教認為人類是有份參與人類歷史的，他寫道：「如果我們人類能珍惜地球，彼此相愛，有道德地生活，那麼人類滅亡的日子便會拖慢。」 ((Scibean: 基督教林以諾牧師講得好....那為何, 影音使團明搶港人8億去建和中華信仰無關的迷信挪亞方舟樂園? 又為何基督教蘇穎智牧師, 梁燕城聯手政冶壓迫同性同居者? 又為何正生硬遷長州?又宗教團體被傳有歧视行為? 又在四川地震時, 又有d基督徒興高興烈地話d災民是佛徒! ........ ))

歷史中, 文中更指基督復臨安息日會曾預言基督會在1843年至44年期間降 臨，耶和華見證人亦曾預言基督會在1914年再來，統一教亦相信彌賽亞已再臨。不過這些「預言」都隨著時間的推移證實是無稽之說。 ((Scibean: 末日當然有啦, 資源用盡之時, 大行星撞地球時, 太陽老化蓋過地球時, Global Warming 極化時 (近).. 但這通通是自然現象. 五十步笑百步... }}

林以諾登報出章"話"人家迷信, 而他本人也大放迷信 重出埋書tim: 異靈靈錄 ~ 林以諾牧師驅魔實錄, 每本HK HKD 40.50!

基督教牧師, 就是這樣, 對別人就"手指指"....那宗教點衰, 無神論者點壞....而自已咪又係錦! 五十步笑百步!   笑死人 HA HA HA HA

Scibean: 早幾年, 我己預言股票會大瀉. 我d預言都幾準吓 LOL

教牧登報破解「2012末日」預言迷思,
Scibean寫blog破解教牧預言迷思
(請注意 本人不是反基 只是想平衡番佢地d言論)

資料來源:教牧登報破解「2012末日」預言迷思 陳麗斯 / 基督日報記者 2010年01月07日09時59分 上午 Posted.http://www.gospelherald.com.hk/news/min_2110.htm 相關新聞 藉《2012》末日災難片 人生觀再定位

林以諾牧師, 同性戀與吸毒

基督教林以諾牧師-奴隸思想

基督教在香港之興起

道是指通, 分析和推理
是原中華信仰旳基本元數
分析和推理亦是科學方法(scientific method)的第一,二部
(Identification and analysis of the problem)
看孔明和周愉如何用數萬人抗曹操的百萬就可知"道"的勵害!

中華信仰亦以"太極"為宇宙觀
以"平衡"和"源源不息"為基礎
宇宙是一點而起
平衡地向四方八面而擴大-->"平衡"
黑洞亦越來越多
所以有人指"宇宙是--> 爆->擴大 --> 收窄 --> 點 --> 爆->擴大 --> 收窄..
是爆完又爆 "源源不息"
"太極"所意"極是".

"神創論"和天文地理生物發現...格格不入!
地球年齡, 生物出現時間和次序過程差距甚遠.

基督教和"道教"無關
但常搶用"道"這個字
什麽 基督教天道堂舞蹈,
什麽 天道書樓 ,
什麽 佈道會,
什麽 講道,
什麽 天道出版社,
什麽 宣道會,
什麽 宣道出版社,
什麽 基督教宣道會宣基中學....
強搶中華文化信仰, 貨不對辦..

Blogger 默子.....還有所謂[慕道],其實是傾慕耶理而已!

當然基督教可能指道為耶穌先生, Jesus says, "I am the path". [2]
但Path 亦可解作 "小徑,小路" [1]
中華信仰遠遠早過基督教, 而香港亦是中華大地之一元
請.....煩各位
To avoid confusion, 把"講道"應改為"講小徑", "佈道會"改為"佈小徑會"等!

己講" 道" 是指"分析"
佢地卻叫人去" 分析"
一分析就可以見到佢地言論和科學知識(發現)的芧盾,
甚致"自我"的芧盾,
例如 羅亞荒舟話神咁兇惡用洪水去殺人甚至花草樹木
重要同你講---->" 神是愛" . " 羅亞荒舟樂園"展示"愛" 和 "和諧"

I got confused.
 
Reference:
[1] http://hk.dictionary.yahoo.com/search.html?q=1&s=path&Submit=+%ACd%A6r+
[2] Jesus knows the way may be difficult and we may not see where things are going, but "Take heart," he says as he leads, "I am the path". http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:IJAQa920c6UJ:www.stmarkmendon.org/the-path+jesus+I+am+the+path&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a