#I have had bronchitis for 84 years

[chicago-geniza]

Woke up with body-wracking chills BUT at least after nearly a week of shock-dose prednisone my oxygen levels are stable again. Asthma is so stupid because if you are within a 50-foot radius of anyone carrying a droplet-borne infectious respiratory illness, not only will you catch it, you will have it for 3x longer, and 3x worse than the average person, and then it will exacerbate your asthma, which in turn makes you more vulnerable to respiratory infections. And then you become the reigning champion of dual-wielding antibiotics and prednisone for 9 months out of the year

[lovemesomesurveys]

1. Do you like architecture? If so, do you have a favourite style or structure that you’d like to make note? Uhh, I can appreciate a beautiful building, but I know nothing about architecture. I couldn’t tell you what style or what type of structure it is or anything.  2. What is one thing you look forward to this winter? I love wintertime. It’s still winter, even though it doesn’t feel like it anymore. I hate California weather. It’s basically summer with some fall, winter, and spring sprinkled in. Ugh. Anyway, I love that time of year because of the weather, the smells, the colors, the coziness of it (wearing warm clothes, drinking warm drinks, bundling up with a blanket, sitting near the fire in the fireplace), and most of all, Christmas!  3. Are you allergic to anything? How do you cope with your allergies? Tangerines, which are very easy to avoid. I do have seasonal allergies, though, which suck. The worst of it is the eye puffiness. It’s super annoying. When it happens I just keep a cold wash cloth over my eyes for awhile off and on until it goes away.  4. What is one of your favourite words, in any language, and why? Hmm. I have some, but I’m blanking at the moment.

  5. How would you describe this year? Was it pleasant, satisfying, or tumultuous…? We’re just starting March, so it’s too soon to say. January and February went by fast, which was weird for January. That month usually feels like 84 weeks. Early February was awesome because I went to Disneyland for a few days. That was nice. Otherwise, it’s just been the same ol’, same ol’. Although, not as bad compared to last year when I got knocked hard on my ass with the flu and bronchitis, which then led to setbacks with other health stuff. It took me a few months to get back to my normal. It was really bad. 6. What is one thing that has been on your mind lately? My mind is always a jumbled mess. 7. Is there a picture you could share that is something you find aesthetically pleasing? I don’t feel like it. 8. Do you think others consider you very observant? Do you agree? My mom says I’m not. She and my brother like to do this thing where they peek their head into my room or stand there for a few seconds waiting for me to notice they’re there (my back is to my bedroom door) just to mess with me cause they know I’m a jumpy person. For some reason it takes me awhile sometimes. It’s usually when I’m really into something I’m watching on YouTube or doing on my computer. It’s also when I have headphones on. Anyway, if I do finally notice or they have to make themselves known I end up jumping either way cause I’m such a jumpy person. If I don’t notice on my own they’re like, “you didn’t sense me standing there???” I don’t find it amusing, but they get a real kick out of it. -___- I try to make it a point to be aware of my surroundings when out in public, though.  9. Do you celebrate a winter holiday? If so, which holiday? Christmas!

10. Are there any traditions that you look forward to doing? I love decorating for Christmas, watching Christmas movies, listening to Christmas music, and get presents for my loved ones and wrap them. I used to like to bake, but I haven’t done that the last few years. I also haven’t decorated a gingerbread house in awhile. 11. Where is the farthest you’ve travelled on foot? All over San Francisco. If you don’t know, San Francisco is very hill-y. Lots of steep ways up and down through the city. I honestly don’t know how the hell I did it. Granted, I did have help, but still. I definitely couldn’t do it at all now. 12. Are there any clothes or items that you have and are embarrassed to wear or show in public? No.  13. Are there any songs that you perhaps like but avoid because it makes you sad when heard? I listen to them anyway.

14. Do you like the area that you live in? What do you like or dislike about the area? I mean, my neighborhood is fine, but the city is shit. 15. What do you think is the best way to keep hair healthy? Don’t wash it everyday, good shampoo, and use some good hair creams or oils. 16. Do you have a memory of when you really thought that you have lucked out on something? If so, what was it? Had a few things happen during our Disneyland trip recently that just really worked out well in our favor. 17. If you have apps on your mobile phone, which one do you use the most? YouTube, Spotify, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram. 18. What month do you think was most stressful to you and why? We’ll see how March goes. 19. Which do you like better: fantasy or science fiction novels? Why? Fantasy. 20. Do you like opossums? Do you think it is ethically right for others to keep opossums as pets? No, not particularly. I also don’t think they’re meant to be pets? 21. What is your favourite unhealthy drink that you like to consume (if you have one, that is)? Starbucks Doubleshot energy drink. 22. When was the last time someone asked you a huge favour or advice? Do you get asked often by this person? It’s been awhile. 23. Do you know your birthstone? What is it and do you like it or do you prefer another kind of gemstone? Yeah, it’s ruby. I think it’s pretty; I have a few jewelry pieces with rubies. 24. What are your thoughts on nihilism? Ah, is that where Eve 6 got their lyric, “Find nothing but faith in nothing?” Anyway, I’m not a nihilist.  25. When and where was the last time you were or felt lost? I’ve felt lost for a long time.

[chemochronicles]

Update as of 3/13/18: I was admitted to city of hope last night as an inpatient for bronchitis (sooo thankful, we were worried it was pneumonia again!) I anticipate being here for about a week. This has been physically the hardest month of my life (aside from August 6 2015, the day when my dad unexpectedly died and my cancer returned). I haven’t been able to open my eyes without heavy doses of morphine around the clock, among several other reasons for the morphine. Every hour of the day is different and dependent on pain killers. I’m actually amazed that I’m able to post this! That’s an answer to prayer! 

I don’t know what tomorrow holds, but I know that I have nothing but Jesus (Psalm 73:25) And in light of that, well, this is hard…. the hardest thing I’ve ever had to physically endure, way harder than cancer, aggressive chemo, or max capacity total body radiation treatments ever were in my 5 years of experiences with them. Life hurts. I’m not happy about this situation or this chronic GVHD that I’m in the 4% worst severity of. I don’t want to be here, in this unceasing, ever changing and unexpected pain, fatigue, and weekly changing severe symptoms..  

Life isn’t easy, but in light of Jesus, I’m still okay. In light of Jesus, I know I’m here for a reason. So all of this crap (literally, per last week’s post. lol!) isn’t a waste. My incurable-disease isn’t a waste and it’s not in vain. And there are good things m, blessings coming out of it (psalm 84:2). Jesus’s eternal hope (John 3:16) is totally worth enduring all this pain. He’s totally worth enduring all the pain in the whole entire world. (and while I hope my heart isn’t dramatic or selfish in sharing this, but  lately there have been many times where I do feel like I’m living in that reality, fighting for my life each day. Fighting for God’s unfailing and comforting and perfect peace (Isaiah 26:3). God’s word is sustaining me. So if God can give me peace in this crossroads of a storm, why not entrust your daily, hopefully less life threatening trials to Him too?

Are you hurting today? He is waiting to embrace you with His loving arms. He has you where you are today for a reason. A purpose. What is your purpose? If you profess to be a Christian, don’t waste your trial, Jesus’s perfect loving sacrifice for you; by complaining or giving in to self pity. ♥️

“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.“”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭11:28-30‬ ‭

[biophytopharm]

Black Nigel Oil, A natural remedy

Black Nigel Oil, A Natural Remedy

Black Nigel Oil, A natural remedy Nigel oil obtained of  Nigel plant (Nigella Sativa), also known as black cumin, is an aromatic plant of the Ranunculaceae family. It is a medicinal plant about 30 to 60 cm Whose oil has been used for millennia in Oriental cuisine and For the maintenance or care of the skin. History of the use of The Nigel in herbal medicine Since the highest antiquity, the peoples of the Middle East know and appreciate the Nigella Sativa as a seasoning and plant Medicinal. The Nigel is cultivated for its Aromatic seeds in Mediterranean regions (especially in Turkey and Syria), In Western Asia, Sudan and Ethiopia. The seeds of Nigel are consumed as Spice or as a traditional medicine remedy. Nigel oil obtained by first pressure has been used for centuries in applications External as an antiseptic. The seed of Nigel is extremely rich Because it contains all kinds of substances. In fact, in addition to its main ingredient, Crystalline Nigellone, it contains 15 acids Amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates, Two fixed oils (84% fatty acids, linoleic and oleic), volatile Essential oils and fibers, as well as Minerals such as calcium, iron, Sodium, and potassium. The oldest data on its culture and Use date back to the time of the old Egypt where people considered the black seed As a panacea and we were giving a place Of honor to ointments and primers for Beautify the body. Besides, the oil of Nigel Would have been found in Tutankhamun's tomb And the Queens Nefertiti and Cleopatra used The oil for the care of their body.  The Black Nigel Plant is quoted in the Bible, The Koran, and the Persian doctor and philosopher Avicenna described in the 11th century in his book The Many beneficial properties of the seed Black. Main properties Medicinal With black cumin oil, many Pathologies can be treated. Like what Acne, allergies, asthma, the formation of Blood clots, lowering the pressure blood pressure, bloating, chronic bronchitis, Cholesterol, intestinal infections, Intestinal colic, dermatitis, diabetes, Depression, diarrhea, chronic eczema, Frigidity, inflammation, immune weakness, Skin diseases, hemorrhoids, Hay fever, hormonal imbalances, Menstrual cramps, osteoporosis, arthritis, Menopause and many other pathologies. American researchers have demonstrated A study that black seed oil reinforces  The immune system and lowers blood glucose. Even for cancer care, it is used Because black seed extracts stimulate the production of Immune cells and increase the Interferon. The researchers also found That Nigel oil could increase the Growth rate of bone marrow cells and inhibit tumor growth by 50%. For years in Basel, as an oncologist, I have prescribed to my patients a treatment using This oil. The patients had to take Black seed oil associated with turmeric, Olive oil, and pomegranate in the form of capsules. I was advising a half teaspoon or Two to four capsules of black seed oil With a glass of carrot juice twice a day for three months and the combination of from body massage to oils. After four (04) Essential Oil treatments, the patient felt much better because his immune system was fortified, his bodily weaknesses, as well as his pains, had shrunk. As a result, there are more and more hospitals that offer therapeutic massage during treatment. Composition The Nigel contains many natural components (vitamins, enzymes, trace elements or omega-6 and Omega-3 plants), whose health benefits are largely demonstrated by science. Virgin Nigel Oil is composed of about 50 to 60% linoleic acid, 20-25% oleic acid, and alpha-linolenic acid and saturated fatty acids and in particular with Nigellone. The essential oil of black Nigel contains vitamin A, B1, B2, C, D, E, and Phytosterols. The Nigel is an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, antiviral, antidiabetic, hypotensive, stimulant, digestive and diuretic. It prevents allergies, improves fat metabolism and lowers cholesterol. The Nigel oil is also used for the harmonization of the immune system and for the regeneration of the gastrointestinal tract. It improves the digestive system by eliminating inflammation (gastritis, Crohn's disease, stomach ulcers, diarrhea...). It cleanses the body of its toxins, stimulates cell regeneration, strengthens the immune system and destroys bacteria. Regular consumption of black cumin can reduce blood sugar levels and insulin resistance, making it an effective remedy for avoiding type 2 diabetes. The efficacy of black seed oil against cancer by modern medicine in Western countries has been demonstrated in many international studies. It proves to be useful support for treatment and anti-cancer medications. It is advisable to use the oil after chemotherapy, radiotherapy and after surgery to fortify the patient's immune system, as treatments always cause the patient a feeling of weakness and general discomfort. Use and Dosage of the Nigel The most used form of herbal medicine is the Nigel oil extracted from its seeds. But there are also capsules, used as food supplements. It is good to know that Nigel can be mixed with fruit juices, milk, water, olive oil, etc. – For an adult: take 1 to 2 teaspoons, pure or with honey, milk or during the meal or 1 tablespoon, in the evening at bedtime, for cures of 2-3 months, 3 times a year. – For a child : Under the age of 12, half a teaspoon per day is sufficient, while a child over the age of 12 may take 1 teaspoon per day. – In external use, the Nigel oil is generally used pure, in a local application once a day. It is also possible to integrate it into its cosmetic products. Crushed seeds can be used in poultices, to treat certain skin problems. Precautions for use: The Nigel is not recommended for pregnant women and anticoagulant medications. Consumed in too much quantity it may be slightly toxic. On the other hand, there are no contraindications or adverse reactions. A quasi-universal remedy The wonderful properties of the seed and Nigel Oil make it an exceptional plant for the maintenance of health. 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[jasonblossomsghost]

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1. Spotify, SoundCloud, or Pandora? Spotify 100%2. Is your room messy or clean? I'm actually switching rooms rn so messy I guess3. What color are your eyes? Everyone says they're hazel but they're Brown4. Do you like your name? Why? Yeah I do I chose it lmao5. What is your relationship status? single af6. Describe your personality in 3 words or less. I'll describe it in one: Bad™7. What color hair do you have? Brown8. What kind of car do you drive? Color? I don't drive but when I start I'll be driving a white Chevy Impala9. Where do you shop? Charlotte Russe, Ross Dress for Less, Forever 21 occasionally, Goodwill with friends sometimes10. How would you describe your style? It's kinda all over the place but 80s-90s & gay11. Favorite social media account? Tumblr12. What size bed do you have? Used to have a twin but ya boi is getting a full 13. Any siblings? Yh I have 714. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Why? On my own island bc I can control who's there15. Favorite Snapchat ​filter? Dog bc I'm a basic ass bitch16. Favorite makeup brand(s)? I don't wear makeup on a regular basis so I don't have one17. How many times do you shower a week? 3-4 anymore and my hair dries out18. Favorite TV show? rn it's Shameless19. Shoe size? men's 5, women's 6-7.520. How tall are you? 5'321. Sandals or sneakers? sneakers I actually rly hate sandals22. Do you go to the gym? Nah but I work out at home23. Describe your dream date. I get to choose the music for the car ride, a museum or something cute like that, afterwards we get ice cream bc I fucking love ice cream24. How much ​money do you have in your wallet at the moment? $0.00 but my mom & sister owe me $250 lmao25. What color socks are you wearing? not wearing any atm26. How many pillows do you sleep with? Only one27. Do you have a job? What do you do? Nope but I've applied for jobs and I'm waiting to get calls back rip28. How many friends do you have? I'm really bad at telling the difference between friends & acquaintances but maybe like 10??29. What's the worst thing you have ever done? I was born lmao30. What's your favorite candle scent? Vanilla 100%31. 3 favorite "boy" names: Noah (ever Noah I've ever met is super nice), Kai (do y'all remember when every male OC was named Kai??), Andddd Colin (bc of Colin Morgan and also this really nice boy I knew named Colin when I was little)32. 3 favorite "girl" names: Janelle (y'all know why lmao), Nadia, and Gabby (these are all names of girls I've liked before/currently like whoops)33. Favorite actor? Noel Fisher probably34. Favorite actress? Hayley Kiyoko35. Who is your celebrity crush? I HAVE A LOT but probably Hayley Kiyoko loml36. Favorite movie? Scott Pilgrim vs The World or GBF37. Do you read a lot? What's your favorite book? I used to but then that mental illness hit me like a brick lmaoooooo and probably Remembering the Good Times - Richard Peck38. Money or brains? probably brains39. Do you have a nickname? What is it? Yeah I have a few which are Or, Orio, and Bear40. How many times have you been to the hospital? I went to the hospital a lot as a kid so I have no idea41. Top 10 favorite songs: atm it's Imaginary Parties - SUPERFRUIT, Praying - Kesha, There For You - Martin Garrix & Troyes Sivan, Ignition/Do You Like Drugs - Phoebe Ryan, Suit and Jacket - Judah & The Lion, K. - Cigarettes After Sex, Liability - Lorde, If i ever feel better - Phoenix, Humongous - Declan McKenna, and Get Bummed Out - Sports42. Do you take any medications daily? I'm supposed to take allergy pills + a preventative inhaler but I don't43. What is your skin type? p normal but occasionally dry/oily44. What is your biggest fear? ever seen Psycho? yeah that45. How many kids do you want? NONE I'D FUCK THEM UP46. What's your go to hair style? something I like to call "dude did u even brush it?" (the answer is no)47. What type of house do you live in? two story house with an apartment over the garage48. Who is your role model? Amelia Earhart, we were born in the same town + I too wanna fucking disappear49. What was the last compliment you received? @just-call-me-hot-topic called me hot which is Incorrect™50. What was the last text you sent? "No" to my sister51. How old were you when you found out santa wasn't real? 4 or 5. My mom told me he died in a blizzard but it's okay bc I fucking hated Santa52. What is your dream car? Tesla I love clean energy53. Opinion on smoking? kill urself if u want but keep it away from my asthmatic ass + literally everyone else who doesn't want to inhale poison54. Do you go to college? I'm technically enrolled in college and I take college classes so yes55. What is your dream job? Founder of a nonprofit for LGBT+ youth56. Would you rather live in rural areas or suburbs? I've lived in both so I can safely say suburbs57. Do you take shampoo and conditioner bottles from hotels? Nah my hair is too picky58. Do you have freckles? Yep59. Do you smile for pictures? I don't know how to smile60. How many pictures do you have on your phone? 5561. Have you ever peed in the woods? I've never been in the woods for more than like an hour so nope62. Do you still watch cartoons? Hell yeah63. Do you prefer chicken nuggets from Wendy's or McDonald's? I can't have either anymore but it used to be Wendy's64. Favorite dipping sauce? I actually hate dipping sauce65. What do you wear to bed? either a sports bra + underwear + shorts or underwear + a t-shirt66. Have you ever won a spelling bee? yeah actually in the 5th grade, I won a dictionary67. What are your hobbies? being gay, listening to music68. Can you draw? Once a 12 year old laughed at me for 10 minutes bc of a tree I drew so no69. Do you play an instrument? No I wish70. What was the last concert you saw? I've never been to a concert rip71. Tea or coffee? Tea72. Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts? Starbucks73. Do you want to get married? maybe but that's contingent on finding someone who likes me which is Unlikely74. What is your crush's first and last initial? JG75. Are you going to change your last name when you get married? if they have a cool last name, sure76. What color looks best on you? my family says moss green77. Do you miss anyone right now? yh lmao78. Do you sleep with your door open or closed? Closed, open makes me paranoid af79. Do you believe in ghosts? I'm not sure but I believe in energy so I guess80. What is your biggest pet peeve? my sister likes to take all my stuff out of the shower when she takes a shower then doesn't put it back and it makes me homicidal81. Last person you called? My mom82. Favorite ice cream flavor? Birthday Cake (but only the halotop brand)83. Regular oreos or golden oreos? Regular84. Chocolate or rainbow sprinkles? I'm gay what do you think85. What shirt are you wearing? A gray v-neck t-shirt not that interesting lmao86. What is your phone background? Will Roland in a turtle shell87. Are you outgoing or shy? Somewhere in between I think. Like I'm outgoing if I know the other person is more nervous than me88. Do you like it when people play with your hair? fuck yes89. Do you like your neighbors? All I know about them is the cops are at their house a lot but sure90. Do you wash your face? At night? In the morning? In the morning when I'm in the shower91. Have you ever been high? Not like intentionally but there have been times where I've taken too many doses of my inhaler and cold medicines when I've had bronchitis that could probably classify as being high. If it does, I cry at children's movies a lot when I'm high92. Have you ever been drunk? Nope93. Last thing you ate? ice cronch cronch94. Favorite lyrics right now: "I get nervous when I'm happy because what comes up must come down" (aka my whole existence)95. Summer or winter? Summer bc less stress and my depression is more manageable96. Day or night? Night97. Dark, milk, or white chocolate? Milk 100000%98. Favorite month? November99. What is your zodiac sign? Scorpio100. Who was the last person you cried in front of? My mom when I was having a panic attack & she was yelling @ me

[itsfinancethings]

On the cusp of Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial in January, Val Demings went to dinner at a Washington seafood joint, the Salt Line, with her colleague Hakeem Jeffries. The two Representatives had recently been chosen, with five other House Democrats, to present the case to remove the President from office–the first two Black presidential impeachment managers in American history. As they discussed the weight of the role, Jeffries, the chair of the House Democratic Caucus, made a prediction. “When this is all said and done,” he told Demings, “you’re going to be on the short list for Vice President.”

“Get out of here,” Demings said.

“I just have that feeling, Val,” Jeffries insisted. “The world is getting ready to see what we here in Congress already know about who you are.”

Jeffries was right. This summer, Demings, 63, has shot up the list of candidates to be Joe Biden’s running mate. Her rise began with the impeachment trial, where she turned complicated arguments about Trump’s conduct into straightforward language. It has accelerated in recent weeks amid the nationwide racial-justice protests following George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. As Biden faces pressure to add a woman of color to the ticket, and to repel Trump’s claims that he’s soft on crime, Demings may be a match for the moment: a Black woman from the battleground of Florida who capped a 27-year career in law enforcement by becoming Orlando’s first woman police chief in 2007. In one USA Today/Suffolk poll conducted at the end of June, 72% of Democrats said it was important to them that Biden choose a woman of color.

Biden has confirmed that Demings is among nearly a dozen women on his list. But her candidacy faces challenges as well. Biden, 77, has said he’s looking for a running mate who is “ready to be President on Day One.” Demings is only in her second term representing Florida’s 10th District, a short political résumé for national office. And to some of the Black voters whom Biden is counting on in November, her career in law enforcement is not an asset. Demings was “a leader within an institution that is inherently violent, racist, patriarchal and protective of capitalism,” says Charlene Carruthers, an organizer in Illinois with the Movement for Black Lives. “It’s not simply enough to have someone who looks like me as the vice-presidential nominee. I’m interested in someone who shares my values and is aligned with our vision.”

Joe Burbank—Orlando SentinelDemings at the scene of a mass shooting in Orlando’s Gateway Center in 2009

Demings rejects the proposition that her record in law enforcement might be a liability in this political climate. “I have no regrets about the career paths that I’ve taken,” she says from her Washington apartment in a June 25 interview with TIME. But her chances to become Vice President rest in part on whether Demings–and Democrats–can reconcile her identity as a former cop with that of a Black woman in a country where Black people have the most to fear from police. Some on the left see her as a symptom of the problem, not a beacon of progress. This raises some hard questions for Americans. How much should we expect our politicians to account for injustices that are bigger than any one person? Is it fair to ask public servants how their own experiences with racism or sexism guide their approach to fighting such forces stacked against them? And are those who have found success within existing structures an extension of systemic failure or the ones best equipped to fix them?

When Valdez Venita Demings was tapped as Orlando’s police chief in 2007, the announcement reached officers in the department by pager. She was the first woman to hold the role, and kudos poured in–flowers, phone calls, emails. But it didn’t take long for Demings to notice something odd: Congratulations, well-wishers would say. You know that’s a big job.

It was. But no bigger than it had been under the seven male chiefs Demings served under before taking the position. None had been challenged on whether they could do it. The implicit sexism wasn’t a surprise: as she climbed the ladder in the department, she recalls being quizzed on policy by subordinates to see if she knew what she was doing. “When you are a woman and a Black woman,” Demings says, “when you walk into the room, unfortunately, men and women sometimes determine what they think you are capable of.”

Demings was born in Jacksonville, Fla., one of seven children crammed into a two-room house. By age 4, she’d been called racial slurs. Her mother was a maid; her father worked as a janitor, and mowed lawns and picked oranges on the side. Sometimes he had to ask his employers for advance pay to foot the bill for his children’s class trips. Demings took her first job as a dishwasher at 14, and later became the first in her family to graduate from college.

Her first career was as a social worker, working with foster children. In 1983, she left Jacksonville for Orlando, where she joined the police force as a way to save money for law school. But she stayed, drawn to a job where she believed she could help people who needed it. “Every job that she did, every position that she held, she did it with finesse, she did it completely,” says Renita Osselyn, a retired Orlando Police Department (OPD) school resource officer and close friend of Demings’. In 1984, when Demings was a first-year officer and he was a detective, she met her husband, Jerry Demings, who is now the mayor of Orange County, Florida, which contains Orlando.

When Demings became chief, Orlando’s crime rate was at an all-time high, the Great Recession was just around the corner, and the Black Lives Matter movement was still several years away. She set to applying her social-work background to her new role, creating a community initiative, Operation Positive Direction, that paired at-risk youth with mentors. The department also partnered with GED programs, sending officers to homes to check on those who had missed class. Demings says she imposed an early-warning system in 2008 that triggered reviews of officers who showed patterns like those of force, absence and citizen complaints. She says that she saw arrests as short-term solutions and preferred instead to address the root issues that cause “decay” in communities. She boasts of reducing the crime rate in Orlando 40% during her tenure.

At work, Demings was known as a good communicator. Terrell Fawbush, a retired officer, says that when two of Fawbush’s children and a niece died in a car accident in 1995, Demings, then a lieutenant, served as a department liaison to help her through the tragedy. Demings did everything from driving Fawbush to the funeral home to making sure her family had meals figured out. “She knew what was best for me to keep me going,” Fawbush says.

Asked if she regrets anything about her time in law enforcement, Demings says she wishes she could have done more. “Could I have saved one more life? Could I have saved one more officer’s career? Could I have protected someone in the community more? Of course, I would never say I was perfect.”

It’s a careful answer, similar to a job applicant saying their greatest weakness is trying too hard or caring too much. But it’s difficult to imagine she does not have specific regrets. Like the time she left her vehicle unlocked and had her department-issued firearm stolen. Or the 2010 incident in which an officer, Travis Lamont, broke the neck of an 84-year-old veteran, Daniel Daley, while performing a “dynamic takedown,” according to the Orlando Sentinel. At the time, Demings, who left her post as chief in 2011, found the technique to be “within department guidelines” but ordered a review of the policy. Daley was awarded $880,000 by a federal jury. Demings says that as a result of the ensuing policy review, the department modified its policies “to require the engagement of second officer to more effectively manage individuals during disturbance calls.”

The Daley incident was highlighted in a 2015 Sentinel investigation that found the OPD used force more than twice as often as other similar-size agencies. Most of the time period covered by the report was after Demings left the OPD. But critics say that as chief Demings failed to address the department’s cultural problems. “Val Demings is part of the establishment here in central Florida,” says Lawanna Gelzer, a community activist in Orlando. Asked whether the OPD has systematic failures when it comes to use of force, Demings demurs, saying that “every agency has a responsibility to always look within itself and try to improve.”

Shortly after retiring in 2011, Demings set her sights on politics. She ran for Congress in a Republican-leaning district in 2012, coming within 4 points of the GOP incumbent. In 2016, she ran again, in a redrawn district that favored Democrats, and won.

In January, Demings was the only nonlawyer among the team of impeachment managers. Trial days ran late, after which the managers received packets they needed to be ready to discuss by early morning. Demings was battling bronchitis. But she made a mark. At one meeting, recalls Ashley Etienne, an adviser to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, several of the lawmakers were discussing the day’s material. Demings interrupted. “I just think it’s really simple,” she said. “It’s right vs. wrong. And what the President did is wrong.”

In early May, weeks after he’d committed to picking a woman for the role, Biden told a Florida television station that Demings was one of “close to a dozen really qualified and talented women who are on the list” of potential running mates. Perhaps the biggest question for Biden’s team is whether Demings’ record in law enforcement is a boon or a burden in this political environment. She has responded to the protests by saying that if she was still an officer, she would be out taking a knee with protesters, and wrote a Washington Post op-ed asking her “brothers and sisters in blue: What in the hell are you doing?” She has called for reviews of law-enforcement hiring policies and police training standards.

“If the argument is going to be she’s not Black, she’s blue, then God help us all,” says John Morgan, a Florida attorney, Democratic donor and longtime Demings backer. “I don’t know where it ends.” But progressives point to her 2018 support for the Protect and Serve Act, which makes it a federal crime to knowingly assault law-enforcement officers, as a troubling sign. She’s not the only Democrat who’s come under scrutiny for her record in law enforcement. Senator Amy Klobuchar, a former Minnesota prosecutor, dropped out of the vice-presidential running after Floyd’s death in response to criticism of her record. Progressives have challenged Senator Kamala Harris over her criminal-justice record.

Biden has cast himself as a transitional figure, someone grooming the next generation of Democratic leaders. Whomever he picks as a running mate could be a top contender for the Democratic presidential nomination as early as 2024. For Demings, that would be a meteoric rise. In our interview, I asked her whether she would be prepared to become President. “I’ve chosen tough jobs in my lifetime,” Demings says. “Regardless of where this path takes me, just as I’ve been ready before, I’m sure I’ll be ready again.”

–With reporting by MOLLY BALL and JULIA ZORTHIAN

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Section 3: Branches of English Industry Without Legal Limits to Exploitation We have hitherto considered the tendency to the extension of the working day, the were-wolf’s hunger for surplus labour in a department where the monstrous exactions, not surpassed, says an English bourgeois economist, by the cruelties of the Spaniards to the American red-skins 31 , caused capital at last to be bound by the chains of legal regulations. Now, let us cast a glance at certain branches of production in which the exploitation of labour is either free from fetters to this day, or was so yesterday. Mr. Broughton Charlton, county magistrate, declared, as chairman of a meeting held at the Assembly Rooms, Nottingham, on the 14th January, 1860, “that there 125 Chapter X was an amount of privation and suffering among that portion of the population connected with the lace trade, unknown in other parts of the kingdom, indeed, in the civilised world .... Children of nine or ten years are dragged from their squalid beds at two, three, or four o’clock in the morning and compelled to work for a bare subsistence until ten, eleven, or twelve at night, their limbs wearing away, their frames dwindling, their faces whitening, and their humanity absolutely sinking into a stone-like torpor, utterly horrible to contemplate.... We are not surprised that Mr. Mallett, or any other manufacturer, should stand forward and protest against discussion.... The system, as the Rev. Montagu Valpy describes it, is one of unmitigated slavery, socially, physically, morally, and spiritually.... What can be thought of a town which holds a public meeting to petition that the period of labour for men shall be diminished to eighteen hours a day? .... We declaim against the Virginian and Carolinian cotton-planters. Is their blackmarket, their lash, and their barter of human flesh more detestable than this slow sacrifice of humanity which takes place in order that veils and collars may be fabricated for the benefit of capitalists?”32 The potteries of Staffordshire have, during the last 22 years, been the subject of three parliamentary inquiries. The result is embodied in Mr. Scriven’s Report of 1841 to the “Children’s Employment Commissioners,” in the report of Dr. Greenhow of 1860 published by order of the medical officer of the Privy Council (Public Health, 3rd Report, 112-113), lastly, in the report of Mr. Longe of 1862 in the “First Report of the Children’s Employment Commission, of the 13th June, 1863.” For my purpose it is enough to take, from the reports of 1860 and 1863, some depositions of the exploited children themselves. From the children we may form an opinion as to the adults, especially the girls and women, and that in a branch of industry by the side of which cotton-spinning appears an agreeable and healthful occupation. 33 William Wood, 9 years old, was 7 years and 10 months when he began to work. He “ran moulds” (carried ready-moulded articles into the drying-room, afterwards bringing back the empty mould) from the beginning. He came to work every day in the week at 6 a.m., and left off about 9 p.m. “I work till 9 o’clock at night six days in the week. I have done so seven or eight weeks.” Fifteen hours of labour for a child 7 years old! J. Murray, 12 years of age, says: “I turn jigger, and run moulds. I come at 6. Sometimes I come at 4. I worked all night last night, till 6 o’clock this morning. I have not been in bed since the night before last. There were eight or nine other boys working last night. All but one have come this morning. I get 3 shillings and sixpence. I do not get any more for working at night. I worked two nights last week.” Fernyhough, a boy of ten: “I have not always an hour (for dinner). I have only half an hour sometimes; on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.” 34 Dr. Greenhow states that the average duration of life in the pottery districts of Stoke-on-Trent, and Wolstanton is extraordinarily short. Although in the district of Stoke, only 36.6% and in Wolstanton only 30.4% of the adult male population above 20 are employed in the potteries, among the men of that age in the first district more than half, in the second, nearly 2/5 of the whole deaths are the result of pulmonary diseases among the potters. Dr. Boothroyd, a medical practitioner at Hanley, says: “Each successive generation of potters is more dwarfed and less robust than the preceding one.” In like manner another doctor, Mr. M’Bean: “Since he began to practice among the potters 25 years ago, he had observed a marked degeneration especially shown in diminution of stature and breadth.” 126 Chapter X These statements are taken from the report of Dr. Greenhow in 1860.35 From the report of the Commissioners in 1863, the following: Dr. J. T. Arledge, senior physician of the North Staffordshire Infirmary, says: “The potters as a class, both men and women, represent a degenerated population, both physically and morally. They are, as a rule, stunted in growth, ill-shaped, and frequently ill-formed in the chest; they become prematurely old, and are certainly short-lived; they are phlegmatic and bloodless, and exhibit their debility of constitution by obstinate attacks of dyspepsia, and disorders of the liver and kidneys, and by rheumatism. But of all diseases they are especially prone to chestdisease, to pneumonia, phthisis, bronchitis, and asthma. One form would appear peculiar to them, and is known as potter’s asthma, or potter’s consumption. Scrofula attacking the glands, or bones, or other parts of the body, is a disease of two-thirds or more of the potters .... That the ‘degenerescence’ of the population of this district is not even greater than it is, is due to the constant recruiting from the adjacent country, and intermarriages with more healthy races.”36 Mr. Charles Parsons, late house surgeon of the same institution, writes in a letter to Commissioner Longe, amongst other things: “I can only speak from personal observation and not from statistical data, but I do not hesitate to assert that my indignation has been aroused again and again at the sight of poor children whose health has been sacrificed to gratify the avarice of either parents or employers.” He enumerates the causes of the diseases of the potters, and sums them up in the phrase, “long hours.” The report of the Commission trusts that “a manufacture which has assumed so prominent a place in the whole world, will not long be subject to the remark that its great success is accompanied with the physical deterioration, widespread bodily suffering, and early death of the workpeople ... by whose labour and skill such great results have been achieved.” 37 And all that holds of the potteries in England is true of those in Scotland. 38 The manufacture of lucifer matches dates from 1833, from the discovery of the method of applying phosphorus to the match itself. Since 1845 this manufacture has rapidly developed in England, and has extended especially amongst the thickly populated parts of London as well as in Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol, Norwich, Newcastle and Glasgow. With it has spread the form of lockjaw, which a Vienna physician in 1845 discovered to be a disease peculiar to lucifer-matchmakers. Half the workers are children under thirteen, and young persons under eighteen. The manufacture is on account of its unhealthiness and unpleasantness in such bad odour that only the most miserable part of the labouring class, half-starved widows and so forth, deliver up their children to it, “the ragged, half-starved, untaught children.”39 Of the witnesses that Commissioner White examined (1863), 270 were under 18, 50 under 10, 10 only 8, and 5 only 6 years old. A range of the working day from 12 to 14 or 15 hours, nightlabour, irregular meal-times, meals for the most part taken in the very workrooms that are pestilent with phosphorus. Dante would have found the worst horrors of his Inferno surpassed in this manufacture. In the manufacture of paper-hangings the coarser sorts are printed by machine; the finer by hand (block-printing). The most active business months are from the beginning of October to the end of April. During this time the work goes on fast and furious without intermission from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. or further into the night. J. Leach deposes: 127 Chapter X “Last winter six out of nineteen girls were away from ill-health at one time from over-work. I have to bawl at them to keep them awake.” W. Duffy: “I have seen when the children could none of them keep their eyes open for the work; indeed, none of us could.” J. Lightbourne: “Am 13 We worked last winter till 9 (evening), and the winter before till 10. I used to cry with sore feet every night last winter.” G. Apsden: “That boy of mine when he was 7 years old I used to carry him on my back to and fro through the snow, and he used to have 16 hours a day ... I have often knelt down to feed him as he stood by the machine, for he could not leave it or stop.” Smith, the managing partner of a Manchester factory: “We (he means his “hands” who work for “us”) work on with no stoppage for meals, so that day’s work of 10½ hours is finished by 4.30 p.m., and all after that is over-time.”40 (Does this Mr. Smith take no meals himself during 10½ hours?) “We (this same Smith) seldom leave off working before 6 p.m. (he means leave off the consumption of “our” labour-power machines), so that we (iterum Crispinus) are really working over-time the whole year round. For all these, children and adults alike (152 children and young persons and 140 adults), the average work for the last 18 months has been at the very least 7 days, 5 hours, or 78 1/2 hours a week. For the six weeks ending May 2nd this year (1862), the average was higher – 8 days or 84 hours a week.” Still this same Mr. Smith, who is so extremely devoted to the pluralis majestatis [the Royal “we,” i.e., speaking on behalf of his subjects], adds with a smile, "Machine-work is not great.” So the employers in the block-printing say: “Hand labour is more healthy than machine work.” On the whole, manufacturers declare with indignation against the proposal “to stop the machines at least during meal-times.” “A clause,” says Mr. Otley, manager of a wall-paper factory in the Borough, “which allowed work between, say 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. in would suit us (!) very well, but the factory hours, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., are not suitable. Our machine is always stopped for dinner. (What generosity!) There is no waste of paper and colour to speak of. But,” he adds sympathetically, “I can understand the loss of time not being liked.” The report of the Commission opines with naïveté that the fear of some “leading firms” of losing time, i.e., the time for appropriating the labour of others, and thence losing profit is not a sufficient reason for allowing children under 13, and young persons under 18, working 12 to 16 hours per day, to lose their dinner, nor for giving it to them as coal and water are supplied to the steam-engine, soap to wool, oil to the wheel – as merely auxiliary material to the instruments of labour, during the process of production itself.41 No branch of industry in England (we do not take into account the making of bread by machinery recently introduced) has preserved up to the present day a method of production so archaic, so – as we see from the poets of the Roman Empire – pre-christian, as baking. But capital, as was said earlier, is at first indifferent as to the technical character of the labour-process; it begins by taking it just as it finds it. The incredible adulteration of bread, especially in London, was first revealed by the House of Commons Committee “on the adulteration of articles of food” (1855-56), and Dr. Hassall’s work, “Adulterations detected.” 42 The consequence of these revelations was the Act of August 6th, 1860, “for preventing the adulteration of articles of food and drink,” an inoperative law, as it naturally shows the tenderest consideration for every Free-trader who determines by the buying or selling of adulterated commodities “to turn an honest penny.” 43The Committee itself formulated more or less naïvely its conviction that Free-trade meant essentially trade with adulterated, or as the English ingeniously put it, “sophisticated” goods. In fact this kind of sophistry knows better than Protagoras how to make white black, and black white, and better than 128 Chapter X the Eleatics how to demonstrate ad oculos [before your own eyes] that everything is only appearance. 44 At all events the Committee had directed the attention of the public to its “daily bread,” and therefore to the baking trade. At the same time in public meetings and in petitions to Parliament rose the cry of the London journeymen bakers against their over-work, &c. The cry was so urgent that Mr. H. S. Tremenheere, also a member of the Commission of 1863 several times mentioned, was appointed Royal Commissioner of Inquiry. His report. 45 together with the evidence given, roused not the heart of the public but its stomach. Englishmen, always well up in the Bible, knew well enough that man, unless by elective grace a capitalist, or landlord, or sinecurist, is commanded to eat his bread in the sweat of his brow, but they did not know that he had to eat daily in his bread a certain quantity of human perspiration mixed with the discharge of abscesses, cobwebs, dead black-beetles, and putrid German yeast, without counting alum, sand, and other agreeable mineral ingredients. Without any regard to his holiness, Free-trade, the free bakingtrade was therefore placed under the supervision of the State inspectors (Close of the Parliamentary session of 1863), and by the same Act of Parliament, work from 9 in the evening to 5 in the morning was forbidden for journeymen bakers under 18. The last clause speaks volumes as to the over-work in this old-fashioned, homely line of business. “The work of a London journeyman baker begins, as a rule, at about eleven at night. At that hour he ‘makes the dough,’ – a laborious process, which lasts from half an hour to three quarters of an hour, according to the size of the batch or the labour bestowed upon it. He then lies down upon the kneading-board, which is also the covering of the trough in which the dough is ‘made’; and with a sack under him, and another rolled up as a pillow, he sleeps for about a couple of hours. He is then engaged in a rapid and continuous labour for about five hours – throwing out the dough, ‘scaling it off,’ moulding it, putting it into the oven, preparing and baking rolls and fancy bread, taking the batch bread out of the oven, and up into the shop, &c., &c. The temperature of a bakehouse ranges from about 75 to upwards of 90 degrees, and in the smaller bakehouses approximates usually to the higher rather than to the lower degree of heat. When the business of making the bread, rolls, &c., is over, that of its distribution begins, and a considerable proportion of the journeymen in the trade, after working hard in the manner described during the night, are upon their legs for many hours during the day, carrying baskets, or wheeling hand-carts, and sometimes again in the bakehouse, leaving off work at various hours between 1 and 6 p.m. according to the season of the year, or the amount and nature of their master’s business; while others are again engaged in the bakehouse in ‘bringing out’ more batches until late in the afternoon. 46 ... During what is called ‘the London season,’ the operatives belonging to the ‘full-priced’ bakers at the West End of the town, generally begin work at 11 p.m., and are engaged in making the bread, with one or two short (sometimes very short) intervals of rest, up to 8 o’clock the next morning. They are then engaged all day long, up to 4, 5, 6, and as late as 7 o’clock in the evening carrying out bread, or sometimes in the afternoon in the bakehouse again, assisting in the biscuit-baking. They may have, after they have done their work, sometimes five or six, sometimes only four or five hours’ sleep before they begin again. On Fridays they always begin sooner, some about ten o’clock, and continue in some cases, at work, either in making or delivering the bread up to 8 p.m. on Saturday night, but more generally up to 4 or 5 o’clock, Sunday morning. On Sundays the men must attend twice or three times during the day for an hour or two to make preparations for the next day’s bread.... The men employed by the underselling masters (who sell their bread under the ‘full price,’ and who, as 129 Chapter X already pointed out, comprise three-fourths of the London bakers) have not only to work on the average longer hours, but their work is almost entirely confined to the bakehouse. The underselling masters generally sell their bread... in the shop. If they send it out, which is not common, except as supplying chandlers’ shops, they usually employ other hands for that purpose. It is not their practice to deliver bread from house to house. Towards the end of the week ... the men begin on Thursday night at 10 o’clock, and continue on with only slight intermission until late on Saturday evening.” 47 Even the bourgeois intellect understands the position of the “underselling” masters. “The unpaid labour of the men was made the source whereby the competition was carried on.” 48 And the “full-priced” baker denounces his underselling competitors to the Commission of Inquiry as thieves of foreign labour and adulterators. “They only exist now by first defrauding the public, and next getting 18 hours’ work out of their men for 12 hours’ wages.” 49 The adulteration of bread and the formation of a class of bakers that sells the bread below the full price, date from the beginning of the 18th century, from the time when the corporate character of the trade was lost, and the capitalist in the form of the miller or flour-factor, rises behind the nominal master baker.50 Thus was laid the foundation of capitalistic production in this trade, of the unlimited extension of the working day and of night-labour, although the latter only since 1824 gained a serious footing, even in London. 51 After what has just been said, it will be understood that the Report of the Commission classes journeymen bakers among the short-lived labourers, who, having by good luck escaped the normal decimation of the children of the working-class, rarely reach the age of 42. Nevertheless, the baking trade is always overwhelmed with applicants. The sources of the supply of these labour-powers to London are Scotland, the western agricultural districts of England, and Germany. In the years 1858-60, the journeymen bakers in Ireland organised at their own expense great meetings to agitate against night and Sunday work. The public – e.g., at the Dublin meeting in May, 1860 – took their part with Irish warmth. As a result of this movement, day-labour alone was successfully established in Wexford, Kilkenny, Clonmel, Waterford, &c. “In Limerick, where the grievances of the journeymen are demonstrated to be excessive, the movement has been defeated by the opposition of the master bakers, the miller bakers being the greatest opponents. The example of Limerick led to a retrogression in Ennis and Tipperary. In Cork, where the strongest possible demonstration of feeling took place, the masters, by exercising their power of turning the men out of employment, have defeated the movement. In Dublin, the master bakers have offered the most determined opposition to the movement, and by discountenancing as much as possible the journeymen promoting it, have succeeded in leading the men into acquiescence in Sunday work and night-work, contrary to the convictions of the men.” 52 The Committee of the English Government, which Government, in Ireland, is armed to the teeth, and generally knows how to show it, remonstrates in mild, though funereal, tones with the implacable master bakers of Dublin, Limerick, Cork, &c.: “The Committee believe that the hours of labour are limited by natural laws, which cannot be violated with impunity. That for master bakers to induce their workmen, by the fear of losing employment, to violate their religious convictions and their better feelings, to disobey the laws of the land, and to disregard public opinion (this all refers to Sunday labour), is calculated to provoke ill-feeling between workmen and masters, ... and affords an example dangerous to religion, 130 Chapter X morality, and social order.... The Committee believe that any constant work beyond 12 hours a-day encroaches on the domestic and private life of the working-man, and so leads to disastrous moral results, interfering with each man’s home, and the discharge of his family duties as a son, a brother, a husband, a father. That work beyond 12 hours has a tendency to undermine the health of the workingman, and so leads to premature old age and death, to the great injury of families of working-men, thus deprived of the care and support of the head of the family when most required.” 53 So far, we have dealt with Ireland. On the other side of the channel, in Scotland, the agricultural labourer, the ploughman, protests against his 13-14 hours’ work in the most inclement climate, with 4 hours’ additional work on Sunday (in this land of Sabbatarians!), 54 whilst, at the same time, three railway men are standing before a London coroner’s jury – a guard, an engine-driver, a signalman. A tremendous railway accident has hurried hundreds of passengers into another world. The negligence of the employee is the cause of the misfortune. They declare with one voice before the jury that ten or twelve years before, their labour only lasted eight hours a-day. During the last five or six years it had been screwed up to 14, 18, and 20 hours, and under a specially severe pressure of holiday-makers, at times of excursion trains, it often lasted for 40 or 50 hours without a break. They were ordinary men, not Cyclops. At a certain point their labourpower failed. Torpor seized them. Their brain ceased to think, their eyes to see. The thoroughly “respectable” British jurymen answered by a verdict that sent them to the next assizes on a charge of manslaughter, and, in a gentle “rider” to their verdict, expressed the pious hope that the capitalistic magnates of the railways would, in future, be more extravagant in the purchase of a sufficient quantity of labour-power, and more “abstemious,” more “self-denying,” more “thrifty,” in the draining of paid labour-power. 55 From the motley crowd of labourers of all callings, ages, sexes, that press on us more busily than the souls of the slain on Ulysses, on whom – without referring to the Blue books under their arms – we see at a glance the mark of over-work, let us take two more figures whose striking contrast proves that before capital all men are alike – a milliner and a blacksmith. In the last week of June, 1863, all the London daily papers published a paragraph with the “sensational” heading, “Death from simple over-work.” It dealt with the death of the milliner, Mary Anne Walkley, 20 years of age, employed in a highly-respectable dressmaking establishment, exploited by a lady with the pleasant name of Elise. The old, often-told story, 56 was once more recounted. This girl worked, on an average, 16½ hours, during the season often 30 hours, without a break, whilst her failing labour-power was revived by occasional supplies of sherry, port, or coffee. It was just now the height of the season. It was necessary to conjure up in the twinkling of an eye the gorgeous dresses for the noble ladies bidden to the ball in honour of the newly-imported Princess of Wales. Mary Anne Walkley had worked without intermission for 26½ hours, with 60 other girls, 30 in one room, that only afforded 1/3 of the cubic feet of air required for them. At night, they slept in pairs in one of the stifling holes into which the bedroom was divided by partitions of board.57 And this was one of the best millinery establishments in London. Mary Anne Walkley fell ill on the Friday, died on Sunday, without, to the astonishment of Madame Elise, having previously completed the work in hand. The doctor, Mr. Keys, called too late to the death-bed, duly bore witness before the coroner’s jury that “Mary Anne Walkley had died from long hours of work in an over-crowded workroom, and a too small and badly ventilated bedroom.” In order to give the doctor a lesson in good manners, the coroner’s jury thereupon brought in a verdict that “the deceased had died of apoplexy, but there was reason to fear that her death had been accelerated by over-work in an over-crowded workroom, &c.” 131 Chapter X “Our white slaves,” cried the Morning Star, the organ of the Free-traders, Cobden and Bright, “our white slaves, who are toiled into the grave, for the most part silently pine and die.” 58 “It is not in dressmakers’ rooms that working to death is the order of the day, but in a thousand other places; in every place I had almost said, where ‘a thriving business’ has to be done.... We will take the blacksmith as a type. If the poets were true, there is no man so hearty, so merry, as the blacksmith; he rises early and strikes his sparks before the sun; he eats and drinks and sleeps as no other man. Working in moderation, he is, in fact, in one of the best of human positions, physically speaking. But we follow him into the city or town, and we see the stress of work on that strong man, and what then is his position in the death-rate of his country. In Marylebone, blacksmiths die at the rate of 31 per thousand per annum, or 11 above the mean of the male adults of the country in its entirety. The occupation, instinctive almost as a portion of human art, unobjectionable as a branch of human industry, is made by mere excess of work, the destroyer of the man. He can strike so many blows per day, walk so many steps, breathe so many breaths, produce so much work, and live an average, say of fifty years; he is made to strike so many more blows, to walk so many more steps, to breathe so many more breaths per day, and to increase altogether a fourth of his life. He meets the effort; the result is, that producing for a limited time a fourth more work, he dies at 37 for 50.” 59

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Inhaling Salt: How It Can Help With Asthma, Bronchitis, and More

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Inhaling Salt: How It Can Help With Asthma, Bronchitis, and More

By Jaclyn Harwell, Contributing writer

**This post is sponsored by So Well.**

I’ve known about the benefits of using Himalayan salt for quite some time, as I made the switch to the pink stuff years ago. We recently told you about the benefits of using salt lamps in your home, and I’ve written about how much sole water has benefited my own health. But did you know that inhaling salt can help with a number of ailments, including asthma, bronchitis, sinusitis, allergies, and other respiratory issues?

I was intrigued to read about this, since I already knew that Himalayan salt offers so many benefits.

I learned that “in the 1800’s, a Polish physician discovered that workers breathing in the air in pure salt mines cured respiratory diseases. Since then, modern science has only vindicated the antibacterial, antimicrobial, and anti-fungal properties of salt inhalation…” (source)

One study found that inhaling salt may improve endurance and overall quality of life for users, and may be a useful therapy for those suffering from lung disease.

How Inhaling Salt Can Help With Asthma, Bronchitis, and More

Inhaling Salt: The Salt-Air Pipe Inhaler

Salt therapy has been known for centuries to be curative for overall inflammation, as well as respiratory and sinus function. From using neti pots filled with Himalayan salt water, to gargling with the same, many of us have used Himalayan salt at one time or another for its health benefits.

Using dry Himalayan salt in an inhaler, however, was a new concept for me.

Inhaling salt for health benefits is known as “speleotherapy” or “halotherapy.” Salt caves are popular in Eastern Europe, and now, salt rooms are popping up in spas everywhere. But what if you’d like to get the benefits of speleotherapy at home?

Thankfully, there’s a simple, affordable way to get the benefits of inhaling salt at home, using the Salt-Air Pipe Inhaler from So Well.

The Salt-Air Pipe Inhaler is:

helpful for asthma, allergies and sinus conditions

great for kids and adults (ergonomic and takes only 15 minutes a day to use)

easy to clean, so it can be shared among family members

100% ceramic and hand-made

refillable (it comes with a complimentary refill- a $5.95 value!)

the only salt inhaler made in the USA

endorsed by Dr. Oz (see Dr. Oz talk about the benefits of salt inhalers here.)

How It Works

According to Russian pulmonologist Alina Chervinskaya, “Salt helps respiratory conditions by drawing water into airways, thinning mucus and improving the function of cilia, or small hairs that help move mucus out of the lungs.” (source– The Wall Street Journal)

Additionally, Himalayan salt is antibacterial, antifungal, and antimicrobial, so it can help to clear up infection.

To learn more about how inhaling salt with the Salt-Air Pipe Inhaler can improve your health, watch this short video:

More Ways to Use Himalayan Salt

I mentioned that I’ve used sole water as a huge part of my own health routine. So Well offers a simple way for you to use sole water on your own. Their Sole Starter Jar is the perfect compliment to the Salt-Air Pipe Inhaler, as a way to infuse your body with the nutrients found in Himalayan Salt.

Did you know that Himalayan salt contains 84 trace minerals? It is because of this high mineral content that Himalayan salt boasts all the benefits I’ve mentioned here, and why I use it for so many different areas of my health.

Try Something New

After having friends deal with asthma with their children, searching for holistic remedies, as well as my having suffered from mycoplasma pneumoniae (a stealth, chronic bacterial infection in the lungs) last year, I’m delighted to learn about this new (to me!) therapy. When you’ve been searching for natural cures as long as I have, you think you’ve heard of everything.

Though I’m no longer suffering from mycoplasma (and wish I had known about the Salt-Air Inhaler when I was treating it!), I’m looking forward to trying this therapy next time I or my kids have a respiratory infection, as well as letting friends know about something new they can try in their quest to cure asthma.

Because of all the benefits I’ve personally experienced using Himalayan salt for a number of symptoms, I know that using the Salt-Air Pipe Inhaler will be another complimentary treatment I can keep in my arsenal to help keep my family healthy.

How do you use Himalayan salt to stay healthy? Would you try inhaling salt for even more health benefits?

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All asks

1. What have you eaten today?A lot of shit
2. Who was your last kiss with? Was it pleasant?My gf, yeah of course 
3. What color shoes did you last wear?Black workshoes
4. Who has made you laugh the hardest in the last week?THIS TUMBLR POST WITH ET IN IT
5. What is your favorite scent?mint and eucalyptus 
6. What is your favorite season? Why?Spring, I like rain and the warmth but not too hot
7. Can you do a handstand or cartwheel?I can cartwheel 
8. What color are your nails?Bare bc I can't paint them for work 
9. If you had to get a tattoo on your face to save your life, what would it be?Tattoo my eyebrows on
10. What is something you find romantic?Stars, flowers, 
11. Are you happy?I think so, it's weird for me to say but yes. 
12. Is there anything in particular making you happy or sad?I mean I'm sad because of some self image thing but I'm pretty happy
13. Dogs or Cats?Dogs but I don't mind cats
15. Which do you prefer:a museum, a night club, the forest or a library?All??? But if I have to choose a museum or the forest. 
15. What is your style?I'm trying to change it to a little more badass 
16. If you could be doing anything you like right now, what would it be?Traveling.
17. Are you in a relationship or single?Dating
18. What makes you attracted to the person you like right now?Everything 
19. If you could replace your partner/best friend with a celebrity of your choice, would you? Who with?BITCH, MARKIPLIER. 
20. Are you holding on to something you need to let go of? If so then what? Yes. A lot actually and I should talk about it but I don't want to bother people
21. How did you celebrate last Halloween?Went out
22. Have you recently made any big decisions? Yes, a huge one. And tomorrow I'm planning another one. 
23. Were you ever in a school play?7 years and may is my last performance ever 😭😭😭
24. What movie would you use to describe your life?I mean my life is fucked...
25. Is there something you have dreamed of doing for a long time? Why haven’t you done it?Traveling, I don't have the money or opportunity just yet. 
26. Complete this sentence, “I wish I had someone with whom I could share…”My life, a house, everything
27. What are two things that irritate you about the same sex?Idk some girls are just so condescending and petty
28. What are two things that irritate you about the opposite sex?Guys are so stupid sometimes and don't know when to stop
29. What is the best thing that has happened to you this week?I went to see beauty and the beast with my girlfriend. 
30. What is something that makes you sad when you think about it?My brother, or my childhood
31. How long was your longest relationship?11 months was my longest. 
32. Have you ever been in love?Yes
33. Are you currently in love?Yes I really think so
34. Why did your last relationship end?She was emotionally abusive and manipulative
35. What jewelry are you wearing right now, and where did you get it?I'm not wearing any 
36. When was the last time you cried and why?I cried the other night because I found out where my brother grave was
37. Name someone pretty.Jillian 💕
38. What did you receive last Valentines Day?Kit Kats, a little teddy bear and mug, and a really cute handmade card
39. Do you get jealous easily?Ehhhhh. It depends. Like I used to get kinda jealous at my girlfriend 'brother' but I realized there's nothing to be afraid of. So not really. 
40. Have you ever been cheated on?Yes I have. 
41. Do you trust your partner/best friend?Yeah
42. Ever had detention?Yup from me. Dasilva 
43. Would you rather live in the countryside or the city?Either is fine!
44. What do people call you? Richelle? I don't have a nickname I've always wanted one but my name doesn't work
45. What was the last book you read? 13 reasons
46. How big of a nerd/dork are you? Pretty big
47. What kind of music do you listen to?Anything no joke
48. How tall are you?5'2
49. Do you like kids?YES
50. Favorite fruits?pineapple, tomato, grapes
51. Do you wear jeans or sweats more?Jeans
52. What’s your earliest memory?Either sea world or my parents having a really huge fight and my dad threw something 
53. Ever had a poem or song written about you or to you?No
54. Do you prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it?In front just because idk anything about editing
55. Do you have a collection of anything? Minerals and rocks
56. Do you save money or spend it? Spend it
57. What would your dream house be like?Something cozy and very warm. Like I'm thinking something more in a countryside
58. What top 5 things make you the angriest?1) pettiness2) people who are rude for no reason 3) hatred. There's no need4) cheating on someone5) when I get angry at people 
59. What top 5 things always brings a smile to your face?1) my girlfriend 2) music3) my friends 4) my coworker meg5) sleeping
60. You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late one more time you get fired. What do you do?Fuck my job, I'm saving the damn dog. I can get a new job
61. 72: You are at the doctor’s office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. a) Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? b) What do you do with your remaining days? c) Would you be afraid?I would tell people very close to me, I would quit my job and go travel around the world to any places I missed and of course I would be afraid but not for me. For the people I've let into my life.
62. Give me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word; heart.Valves, vena cava, love, pulmonary Artery 
63. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go?OH MAN EITEHR AUSTRALIA OR TRINIDAD 
64. Do you like the beach?yeah it's sweet
65. Ever sleep on the couch or a bed with someone special?Yeah my ex's
66. Do you have a middle name? If so what is it!Lynn
67. Do you talk to yourself?I mean not outloud but in my head
68. Describe your hair.Gross, dark brown, frizzy, I hate it, wavy but not super wavy just enough to be a pain
69. What is the meaning of life.Please don't ask me this I have like 5 theories 
70. What is your ideal partner like?Kind, understanding, intelligent, driven, would love to do the crazy shit I want to do
71. Do you want to get married?Eventually 
72. Do you want to have kids?Yes 1 or 2
73. Like or dislike your family?Hate my dad, love my mom, I'm very precise about everyone
74. Are you Chunky or Slim?I'm pretty big and I hate it 
75. Would you consider yourself smart? Ehhhhh not really
76. What would you change about your life? Everything except the people in my life (not including family tbh)
77. Religious or Not?Not
78. You’re drunk and yelling at hot guys/girls out of your car window, you’re with?Samantha. No fucking doubt. 
79. You’re locked in a room with the last person you kissed, is that a problem?Nope not at all
80. Does anyone regularly (other than family) tell you they love you?My girlfriend is literally the only person who says they love me. My family doesn't say that to me are you kidding??
81. If the person you wish to be with were with you, what would you be doing right now?Laying down talking about life 
82. So, the last person you kissed just happens to arrive at your door at 3AM; do you let them in?Yeah of course
83. Do you like when people play with your hair? YESSSS
84. Do you like bubble baths?YES PLEASE
85. Have you ever been pulled over by a cop?me, no. But I was in the car once with my dad
86. Have you ever danced in the rain?Yeah and then got very sick with bronchitis 
87. Do you trust anyone with your life?Idk... maybe??? Probably not
88. What was your first thought when you woke up this morning?Fuck I have work in 3 hours
89. If money wasn’t an issue, what top 10 places would you travel to? (You get to stay at each place for a week) 1) Trinidad 2) Australia 3) Nicaragua 4) Italy5) Paris6) Germany7) Amsterdam 8) Japan9) Egypt 10) Brazil
90. How was your day today?Meh I was at work all night
91. Play an instrument? 6 to be exact
92. Describe the what you think of the ocean.I love the ocean, is very calming and you look out and it seems like it goes on forever. It grounds me because when you look out it's so vast I remember that I'm only a very tiny part of this world and that scares most people but not me
93. Do you believe in aliens or ghosts?I'm not sure......
94. Honestly, are things how you wanted them to be? Not really but some things are fine
95. Do you have a mean bitchy scary side?Not really. Inside I do but I have taught myself not to get angry with people and I tend to stay calm and don't show emotions
96. When are you vulnerable?It may sound weird but at night, or when I'm alone with someone
97. How much free time do you have?Not a lot but at night I stay up until like 3am, it's actually 1am rn
98. Do you like to go hiking? Yeah
99. Odd or Even Numbers?Even 
100. Would you ever go sky diving, bungee jumping , cliff diving, wing suit gliding, parasailing, snorkeling, or other extreme activities?ABSOLUTELY

[50yearsofhurt]

Catching up - 30th Dec 2016

Despite my fall today, this week has seen a number of, ‘positives’. Not surprising given the season and the opportunity to meet and celebrate with friends and family, to give and receive gifts and to relax through, ‘do-little’, days.

One of the most thoughtful presents I received from Sarah was, ‘the little book of POSITIVITY’. It may have cost little but its value will be great as it helps me tackle the melancholy moments that no doubt 2017 will present to me from time to time.

Like many, I watched far too much TV over the past week but two things brought back very happy memories for me of times past.

‘Ethel and Ernest’, was one. This animated film by Raymond Briggs is from his graphic novel that tells the story of the lives of Briggs' parents from their first meeting in 1928 to their deaths in 1971. It's a simple tale of two ordinary people. I first read the novel on my 43rd birthday while on holiday with my family in the Southwest of England. It was a gloriously hot day and while my family chose to visit a donkey sanctuary I opted for the tranquillity of a nigh-empty country pub. With the sunshine streaming through an open window, I sipped a pint and with the pub owner’s dog at my feet, I absorbed myself in the pages of Briggs’ novel.

Most people will know of Briggs from the ‘Snowman’ but I was introduced to him in early 1983 through his graphic novel, ‘When the Wind blows’. Although the introduction wasn’t through reading the novel, it was from the radio adaptation. It is a dark story that shows a nuclear attack on Britain by the Soviet Union from the viewpoint of a retired couple, Jim and Hilda Bloggs. By the end of the radio piece, I recall being deeply affected and sought out the novel to read. It is of its time but still a compelling insight it the fears of those days.

The second was, ‘To Walk Invisible’, that tells the story of the Brontës. I’ve read from my earliest days. ‘Just William’ and the like and ‘Brer Rabbit’, before as a teenager moving to the action novels of Alastair MacLean. It was when struck down with bronchitis at the age of 15 that I discovered the truth wealth of good writing. Being laid up in bed for a fortnight I asked relatives for any books, they had and the first of these that I read was, ‘Wuthering Heights’ and it opened up the world of literature. In those two weeks I consumed books as if starved; Huxley’s, ‘Brave New World’, Orwell’s, ‘1984’, Remarque’s, ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ and Hugo’s, ‘Les Misérables’. Much to my grandmother’s concern, my grandfather even lent me his copy of, ‘Lady Chatterley's Lover’!

Even as I write these words, ’84 Charing Cross Road’, plays on the TV. How often have I walked past the site of that long gone bookshop? I have a photograph of Marks & Co in its heydey. Taken looking down Charing Cross Road the shop’s sign stands out proud through the fog-cloaked street.

All wonderful memories that are apt as we near the close of another year. I trust the year to come brings you all many positives.

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Black Nigel Oil, A natural remedy

Black Nigel Oil, A natural remedy

Black Nigel Oil, A natural remedy

Nigel oil obtained of  Nigel plant (Nigella Sativa), also known as black cumin, is an aromatic plant of the Ranunculaceae family. It is a medicinal plant about 30 to 60 cm Whose oil has been used for millennia in Oriental cuisine and For the maintenance or care of the skin.

History of the use of The Nigel in herbal medicine

Since the highest antiquity, the peoples of the Middle East know and appreciate the Nigella Sativa as seasoning and plant Medicinal. The Nigel is cultivated for its Aromatic seeds in Mediterranean regions (especially in Turkey and Syria), In Western Asia, Sudan and Ethiopia. The seeds of Nigel are consumed as Spice or as a traditional medicine remedy.

Nigel oil obtained by first pressure has been used for centuries in applications External as antiseptic. The seed of Nigel is extremely rich Because it contains all kinds of substances. In fact, in addition to its main ingredient, Crystalline Nigellone, it contains 15 acids Amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates, Two fixed oils (84% fatty acids, linoleic and oleic), volatile Essential oils and fibres, as well as Minerals such as calcium, iron, Sodium and potassium.

The oldest data on its culture and Use date back to the time of the old Egypt where people considered the black seed As a panacea and we were giving a place Of honor to ointments and primers for Beautify the body. Besides, the oil of Nigel Would have been found in Tutankhamun’s tomb And the Queens Nefertiti and Cleopatra used The oil for the care of their body.  The Black Nigel Plant is quoted in the Bible, The Koran, and the Persian doctor and philosopher Avicenna described in the 11th century in his book The Many beneficial properties of the seed Black.

Main properties Medicinal

With black cumin oil, many Pathologies can be treated. Like what Acne, allergies, asthma, the formation of Blood clots, lowering the pressure blood pressure, bloating, chronic bronchitis, Cholesterol, intestinal infections, Intestinal colic, dermatitis, diabetes, Depression, diarrhea, chronic eczema, Frigidity, inflammation, immune weakness, Skin diseases, hemorrhoids, Hay fever, hormonal imbalances, Menstrual cramps, osteoporosis, arthritis, Menopause and many other pathologies. American researchers have demonstrated A study that black seed oil reinforces  The immune system and lowers blood glucose.

Even for cancer care, it is used Because black seed extracts stimulate the production Immune cells and increase the Interferon. The researchers also found That the Nigel oil could increase the Growth rate of bone marrow cells and inhibit tumor growth by 50%.

For years in Basel, as an oncologist, I have prescribed to my patients a treatment using This oil. The patients had to take Black seed oil associated with turmeric, Olive oil and pomegranate in the form of capsules.

I was advising a half teaspoon or Two to four capsules of black seed oil With a glass of carrot juice twice a day for three months and the combination of from body massage to oils. After four (04) Essential Oil treatments, the patient felt much better because his immune system was fortified, his bodily weaknesses as well as his pains had shrunk. As a result, there are more and more hospitals that offer therapeutic massage during treatment.

Composition

The Nigel contains many natural components (vitamins, enzymes, trace elements or omega-6 and Omega-3 plants), whose health benefits are largely demonstrated by science. Virgin Nigel Oil is composed of about 50 to 60% linoleic acid, 20-25% oleic acid and alpha-linoleic acid and saturated fatty acids and in particular with Nigellone. The essential oil of black Nigel contains vitamin A, B1, B2, C, D, E and Phytosterols.

The Nigel is anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, antiviral, antidiabetic, hypotensive, stimulant, digestive and diuretic. It prevents allergies, improves fat metabolism and lowers cholesterol. The Nigel oil is also used for the harmonisation of the immune system and for the regeneration of the gastrointestinal tract. It improves the digestive system by eliminating inflammation (gastritis, Crohn’s disease, stomach ulcers, diarrhea…). It cleanses the body of its toxins, stimulates cell regeneration, strengthens the immune system and destroys bacteria.

Regular consumption of black cumin can reduce blood sugar levels and insulin resistance, making it an effective remedy for avoiding type 2 diabetes. The efficacy of black seed oil against cancer by modern medicine in Western countries has been demonstrated in many international studies. It proves to be a useful support for treatment and anti-cancer medications. It is advisable to use oil after chemotherapy, radiotherapy and after surgery to fortify the patient’s immune system, as treatments always cause the patient a feeling of weakness and general discomfort.

Use and dosage of the Nigel

The most used form of herbal medicine is the Nigel oil extracted from its seeds. But there are also capsules, used as food supplements. It is good to know that the Nigel can be mixed with fruit juices, milk, water, olive oil, etc.

– For an adult:

take 1 to 2 teaspoons, pure or with honey, milk or during the meal or 1 tablespoon, in the evening at bedtime, for cures of 2-3 months, 3 times a year.

– For a child :

Under the age of 12, half a teaspoon per day is sufficient, while a child over the age of 12 may take 1 teaspoon per day. – In external use, the Nigel oil is generally used pure, in local application once a day. It is also possible to integrate it into its cosmetic products. Crushed seeds can be used in poultices, to treat certain skin problems.

Precautions for use:

The Nigel is not recommended for pregnant women and anticoagulant medications. Consumed in too much quantity it may be slightly toxic. On the other hand there are no contraindications or adverse reactions.

A quasi-universal remedy The wonderful properties of the seed and the Nigel Oil make it an exceptional plant for the maintenance of health. No matter how old you are, I advise you to go to the clinic to strengthen your health, but for a “medical” use, I advise you, by prudence, to consult your doctor in case of persistence of disorders.

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