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This poem is just so beautiful i had to share it. You can really see spirit before you. http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/S/silentlotus/index.htm

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For All My Sisters..this is important news Ladies Wake Up !!!!!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ News confirms suspicions of breast cancer survivor By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070121/ts_nm/cancer_breast_density_dc_1 Diane Balma felt vindicated when she heard the news -- Canadian researchers had discovered that women with dense breasts, making their mammograms difficult to read, had a far higher risk of cancer. They found that women with the densest breasts had four to six times the risk of breast cancer compared with women with the fattiest, and easiest-to-image, breasts. Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Norman Boyd of the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto and colleagues said breast density itself could be a risk factor for breast cancer. The other risk factors include having a close relative with breast cancer, carrying one of the known BRCA breast cancer genes and never having borne a child. Balma had none of the other risk factors, but was worried when she felt a lump in her breast 11 years ago at age 30. "I wasn't doing self-exams at the time," said Balma, who is now director of public policy at the non-profit Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. "I just happened to come upon it. It was quite large and pretty deep." She went immediately for a mammogram -- not a routine recommendation for women under 40, but Balma was worried. "It did not show on the mammogram," said Balma in a telephone interview. She had dense breasts, which show up on an X-ray like a white mass of tissue. Tumors in fatty breasts usually show up more clearly. Her radiologist, a doctor who specializes in reading X-rays such as mammograms and other scans, was not especially worried but ordered an ultrasound. "I was relatively small-breasted. Even so, he was barely able to find it on the ultrasound," Balma said. "When he did see it, his words to me were, 'You know, you are too young. I wouldn't worry about this. I am sure it is not cancer."' But it was. LIFE-SAVING DECISION "I decided to have it removed and it was a decision that saved my life," Balma said. Her surgeon discovered a very large tumor that turned out to be an aggressive type of cancer. Balma eventually had both breasts removed and endured six rounds of chemotherapy. She has been cancer-free for 11 years. "I have always known that dense breast tissue makes breast cancer harder to detect. But I also wondered if it brought a greater risk of breast cancer," Balma said. The Canadian study, published on Thursday, appeared to confirm that. Breast cancer will be found in 180,510 men and women in 2007 in the United States alone and will kill 40,900, according to the American Cancer Society. Globally, it affects 1.2 million people a year. The deaths are almost exclusively in people whose cancer is found too late, and young women under 40 make up about 5 percent of that number. Most cases are in women past menopause. Mammograms are only recommended for women who know they are at high risk, and for women over the age of 40. How would a younger women such as Balma even know she had dense breasts and thus perhaps have a higher risk? "That is a question that has not been answered yet," said Dr. Cheryl Perkins, senior clinical adviser at the Foundation. "We need more study of breast cancer in young women. We comprise far fewer breast cancers but our tumors tend to be more aggressive and more deadly," said Balma. Perkins agreed. Younger women have fewer treatment options, she said. "Those types of breast cancer tend to metastasize (spread) early. They tend to metastasize to the brain," Perkins said.

a CHAIKHANA is a teahouse along the legendary Silk Road pilgrimage and trading route linking China to the Middle East and Europe. It is a place of rest along the journey, a place to shake off the dust of the road, to sip tea, and to gather together to sing songs of the Divine... As many of my friends know i really enjoy the poetry of 'silent lotus' and i found recently that he is one of the poets on this great teahouse anthology. http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/S/silentlotus/index.htm So i thought maybe we could all meet at the teahouse and enjoy the spirit of all the poets. Beachcomber

The Guest Everything is as it used to be: there is fine sharp snow Hitting at the windows of the dining room, And I myself haven’t become new, But a man came to me. I asked: " What do you want?" He said, "To be with you in hell." I laughed: " You’ll predict us both, possibly, bad luck." But having raised his withered hand, He lightly touched the flowers. "Tell me how they kiss you, Tell me how you kiss." And the eyes watching blankly, Didn’t move from my ring. Not a muscle moved In his serenely angry face. Oh, I know his joy-- To know hard and passionately, That he doesn’t need anything from me, That I have nothing that I can refuse him. by Anna Akhmatova 1 January 1914

wishing wonderful Holy Days for all my new Zaadz friends !!!!

B Movie
Written by Gil Scott-Heron
From the 1981 album "Reflections"


Well, the first thing I want to say isŠ"Mandate my ass!" __Because it seems as though we've been convinced that 26% of the registered voters, not even 26% of the American people, but 26% of the registered voters form a mandate - or a landslide. 21% voted for Skippy and 3, 4% voted for somebody else who might have been running. __But, oh yeah, I remember. In this year that we have now declared the year from Shogun to Reagan, I remember what I said about ReaganŠmeant it. Acted like an actorŠHollyweird. Acted like a liberal. Acted like General Franco when he acted like governor of California, then he acted like a republican. Then he acted like somebody was going to vote for him for president. And now we act like 26% of the registered voters is actually a mandate. We're all actors in this I suppose. __What has happened is that in the last 20 years, America has changed from a producer to a consumer. And all consumers know that when the producer names the tuneŠthe consumer has got to dance. That's the way it is. We used to be a producer - very inflexible at that, and now we are consumers and, finding it difficult to understand. Natural resources and minerals will change your world. The Arabs used to be in the 3rd World. They have bought the 2nd World and put a firm down payment on the 1st one. Controlling your resources we'll control your world. This country has been surprised by the way the world looks now. They don't know if they want to be Matt Dillon or Bob Dylan. They don't know if they want to be diplomats or continue the same policy - of nuclear nightmare diplomacy. John Foster Dulles ain't nothing but the name of an airport now. __The idea concerns the fact that this country wants nostalgia. They want to go back as far as they can - even if it's only as far as last week. Not to face now or tomorrow, but to face backwards. And yesterday was the day of our cinema heroes riding to the rescue at the last possible moment. The day of the man in the white hat or the man on the white horse - or the man who always came to save America at the last moment - someone always came to save America at the last moment - especially in "B" movies. And when America found itself having a hard time facing the future, they looked for people like John Wayne. But since John Wayne was no longer available, they settled for Ronald Reagan - and it has placed us in a situation that we can only look at - like a "B" movie. __Come with us back to those inglorious days when heroes weren't zeros. Before fair was square. When the cavalry came straight away and all-American men were like Hemingway to the days of the wondrous "B" movie. The producer underwritten by all the millionaires necessary will be Casper "The Defensive" Weinberger - no more animated choice is available. The director will be Attila the Haig, running around frantically declaring himself in control and in charge. The ultimate realization of the inmates taking over at the asylum. The screenplay will be adapted from the book called "Voodoo Economics" by George "Papa Doc" Bush. Music by the "Village People" the very military "Macho Man." __"Company!!!" _"Macho, macho man!" _" Two-three-four." _" He likes to be - well, you get the point." _"Huuut! Your left! Your left! Your leftŠright, left, right, left, rightŠ!" __A theme song for saber-rallying and selling wars door-to-door. Remember, we're looking for the closest thing we can find to John Wayne. Clichés abound like kangaroos - courtesy of some spaced out Marlin Perkins, a Reagan contemporary. Clichés like, "itchy trigger finger" and "tall in the saddle" and "riding off or on into the sunset." Clichés like, "Get off of my planet by sundown!" More so than clichés like, "he died with his boots on." Marine tough the man is. Bogart tough the man is. Cagney tough the man is. Hollywood tough the man is. Cheap stick tough. And Bonzo's substantial. The ultimate in synthetic selling: A Madison Avenue masterpiece - a miracle - a cotton-candy politicianŠPresto! Macho! __"Macho, macho man!" __Put your orders in America. And quick as Kodak your leaders duplicate with the accent being on the nukes - cause all of a sudden we have fallen prey to selective amnesia - remembering what we want to remember and forgetting what we choose to forget. All of a sudden, the man who called for a blood bath on our college campuses is supposed to be Dudley "God-damn" Do-Right? __"You go give them liberals hell Ronnie." That was the mandate. To the new "Captain Bly" on the new ship of fools. It was doubtlessly based on his chameleon performance of the past - as a liberal democrat - as the head of the Studio Actor's Guild. When other celluloid saviors were cringing in terror from McCarthy - Ron stood tall. It goes all the way back from Hollywood to hillbilly. From liberal to libelous, from "Bonzo" to Birch idolŠborn again. Civil rights, women's rights, gay rightsŠit's all wrong. Call in the cavalry to disrupt this perception of freedom gone wild. God damn itŠfirst one wants freedom, then the whole damn world wants freedom. __Nostalgia, that's what we wantŠthe good ol' daysŠwhen we gave'em hell. When the buck stopped somewhere and you could still buy something with it. To a time when movies were in black and white - and so was everything else. Even if we go back to the campaign trail, before six-gun Ron shot off his face and developed hoof-in-mouth. Before the free press went down before full-court press. And were reluctant to review the menu because they knew the only thing available was - Crow. __Lon Chaney, our man of a thousand faces - no match for Ron. Doug Henning does the make-up - special effects from Grecian Formula 16 and Crazy Glue. Transportation furnished by the David Rockefeller of Remote Control Company. Their slogan is, "Why wait for 1984? You can panic now...and avoid the rush." __So much for the good newsŠ __As Wall Street goes, so goes the nation. And here's a look at the closing numbers - racism's up, human rights are down, peace is shaky, war items are hot - the House claims all ties. Jobs are down, money is scarce - and common sense is at an all-time low on heavy trading. Movies were looking better than ever and now no one is looking because, we're starring in a "B" movie. And we would rather had John WayneŠwe would rather had John Wayne. __"You don't need to be in no hurry. _You ain't never really got to worry. _And you don't need to check on how you feel. _Just keep repeating that none of this is real. _And if you're sensing, that something's wrong, _Well just remember, that it won't be too long _Before the director cuts the sceneŠyea." __"This ain't really your life, _Ain't really your life, _Ain't really ain't nothing but a movie." __[Refrain repeated about 25 times or more in an apocalyptic crescendo with a military cadence.] __"This ain't really your life, _Ain't really your life, _Ain't really ain't nothing but a movie."


Gil Scott-Heron (born April 1, 1949)
is an American poet and musician & spoken word performer.
He is best known for his poem and song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised".

" Miracles happen in silence... lesser important things create world headlines." ...... silent lotus

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A poem by Hafiz - 14th century- Persia Two Bears Once After a hard day's forage Two bears sat together in silence On a beautiful vista Watching the sun go down And feeling deeply grateful For life. Though, after a while A thought-provoking conversation began Which turned to the topic of Fame. The one bear said, "Did you hear about Rustam? He has become famous And travels from city to city In a golden cage; He performs to hundreds of people Who laugh and applaud His carnival Stunts." The other bear thought for A few seconds Then started Weeping. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~