10 Easy Feng Shui Cures 

What do feng shui cures aim to do? What must you be aware of?

Simply, where the energy in your home or office moves sluggishly or becomes stuck, the chances are that... Read more>>

Room Decorating Tips With Feng Shui 

Feng Shui has entered our lives like not many other things before. Decorating with this Eastern art is a very popular way to give a room that extra style. When you utilize Feng Shui, you use the space in your home the best way to keep good chi, or energy, around. Read more>>

Feng Shui and Plant Theory

Any plant or tree is considered the Wood element in Feng Shui according to its Five-Element theory. Feng Shui recommends using live plants to rectify any imbalance within the home that is related to the Wood element. It is said that a plant has a central nervous system and can absorb as well as alter the flow of chi in a room. Read more>>

Use Feng Shui to Balance the Effects of Winter

Winter always seems to say... quiet down, rest, and go inward, deep, deeper. Examine the strength and mystery within yourself. It's time now to refrain from the frantic, rush, rush, rush and assess what is really important! Read more>>

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With the flu season now upon us, controversy swirls around the H1N1 vaccination, with half the population or more in some countries, including health care professionals, refusing to take it, and many questioning its safety, its efficacy and the need for it. In the United States, government forecasts of how much vaccine would be available for the public at this time have proven massively inaccurate, causing many to doubt the government's ability to handle an epidemic, should one develop. A great deal of misinformation about who should get the vaccine and what the side effects could be adds to the general sense of confusion. But the flu is here and it's not going away anytime soon.  

In Canada, Saskatchewan received its first supplies today, just as a new outbreak of the flu hit the southeastern part of the province. Twenty people in the Sun Country Health Region are confirmed to have the swine flu virus. So far, five people have died from the virus in Saskatchewan.

In Europe the flu is spreading and claiming more fatalities, with the global death toll now approaching 5,000. Most of these fatalities (3,539) have been in the Americas, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), but as winter approaches in the North, countries like the Netherlands are seeing greater numbers of people infected with the flu virus.

Britain's new H1N1 cases shot from 27,000 to 53,000 in just a week, making it the worst-hit country in Europe... READ MORE>>

In a move sure to enrage anti-fur groups, the Fur Council of Canada is seeking to sway public opinion by rebranding itself with a new "Vision of Fur for an Eco-Conscious World," summed up in the slogan "Fur is Green." They admit that the new approach is "provocative," and the content at the Fur is Green web site unapologetically boosts fur as a responsible and environmentally sound fashion choice.

The Fur is Green web site defines their position as follows:

We want people to know that fur is an excellent choice if you care about nature -- because fur is a natural, renewable resource. The Canadian fur trade is very well regulated to ensure animal welfare. The furs we use are abundant; never from endangered species. And fur apparel is remarkably long wearing. This is more eco-logical than today’s disturbing trend to “cheap”, disposable fashion – like the tons of unwanted materials (80% non-biodegradable synthetics!) that ends up in landfills. Those who think that synthetics can replace fur should also know that most synthetics are made from petroleum – a non-renewable resource – and their production and disposal can pose environmental problems.

The purpose of the site is to "present another side of the fur story" and correct... READ MORE>>

PH Imbalance May Be a Common Cause of Many of Today’s Diseases (Full story here>>)

By Correspondent Derek Armstrong, Advance Magazine

NOTE: Nothing in this article is intended to replace advice of a physician or care-giver. Please always consult professionals before making changes in diets.

Is obesity the number one cause of most of today’s ills? Are meat-eaters more at risk for cancer? Nutrutional imbalances a number one killer? Or is it our genetic pre-disposition.

Perhaps none of the above. Underlying many of the above questions is one unifying theme, increasingly recognized by both traditional medical practitioners and alternative health care-givers. Research seems to anecdotally—and in some cases empirically—support the most popular “cause” theory in health care. Imbalance of body PH was first identified in 1933 by a New York doctor named William Howard Hay, who published a ground-breaking book, A New Health Era in which he maintained that all disease is caused by autotoxication (or "self-poisoning") due to acid accumulation in the body.

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