"A Biochemist's Natural & Traditional Recommendations For 'OCCUPY' Lice Outbreak Sufferers" By Rev. Barbara Sexton 'Dear Ones Healing Ministry'

 

Pubic lice infesting the eyelash

 courtesy: http://www.lindane.com/scabiesandlice/perspective/

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Dear Ones:
     Okay.  So as I predicted in a previous article, LINK: http://dearoneshealingministry.blogspot.com/2011/10/occupy-protesters-face-many-disease.html   "Occupy Portland" protesters have discovered 'x' number of head and body lice 'cases'.
LINK: http://outbreaknews.com/2011/11/07/occupy-portland-reports-lice-outbreak/
     THIS IS NO BIG DEAL...but it must be dealt with SWIFTLY if these pesky critters are to be eradicated!
     Lice and their eggs, known as 'nits', are NOT the end of the world, but they are unpleasant and require vigilance.
     Not surprisingly, any and all persons IN CLOSE QUARTERS can easily become infested, especially when items are shared.
     Any parent knows, for instance, that head lice can become a major problem in grade-school classrooms as children 'rough and tumble' and share hats, etc. during playtime.
     And all homeless shelter facilities...and military encampment areas, for that matter...also run the risk of becoming 'overrun' with lice if things aren't dealt with quickly.
     So here's what you must know and do NOW if you are an OCCUPY Protester anywhere:

1)  Understand that head/body/public lice can live ANYWHERE on the body.  In other words, body lice can be found on the head, etc.  These little guys just want to live, eat and reproduce and they don't care if it's on your eyebrows, under your armpits or behind your ears or anywhere else for that matter.  Particularly 'hairy' people can harbor an infestation EVERYWHERE, in fact, and certainly not just on their heads.  But if there is a doubt as to exactly what type of lice you may have, a health care provider can identify them for you and prescribe the exact remedy that you need.  Please note: most over-the-counter preparations are quite effective when used as directed.  Also note that shaving/cutting the hair ALONE will NOT rid one of a lice infestation.

2)  Lice infestation is not necessarily a reflection of poor hygiene, believe it or not.  All it takes is 'person-to-person' contact and/or sharing of clothes and other items for transmission to occur.  On the other hand, I have personally seen homeless individuals so loaded with lice that their very BEARDS--at first appearing to be 'gray and grizzled'--were actually TEEMING with what are known as 'cooties' aka lice aka 'crabs'.  Not a pleasant sight at all.  I've also seen 'eyebrows wiggle', which upon closer inspection proved to be also crawling with lice--such is the reality of life with homeless and other disenfranchised persons.

3)  There is only one way to eliminate a lice infestation in a camp, classroom, shelter or barracks: All persons must be treated with a commercial lice preparation.  'Nix', which is 1% permethrin is a good one.  Malathion 0.5% in IPA (isopropyl alcohol) is also approved by the FDA for tough head lice cases, but it can cause significant side effects.  After treatment, make sure that any remaining 'nits' sticking to their hair shafts ANYWHERE ON THEIR BODIES are removed manually with a 'nit-picking' comb.  Liquid detergents and certain 'waxy' substances and hair-care products can help dissolve the 'cement' that holds the nits in place on the hair shaft.  Finally, any and all clothing/bedding/etc must be decontaminated by dry-cleaning, or by sealing it all in a plastic bag for a period of at least two weeks (to effectively let the lice die off) or via some heat and/or chemical treatment.  LINK: http://www.oakgov.com/health/assets/Documents/fs_headlice.pdf  A last resort is 'burning', which would be very dangerous and illegal if done without proper facilities and authorization.
LINK: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001843/ 

Abscess From Head Lice 

courtesy: http://www.emedicinehealth.com/slideshow_head_lice/article_em.htm

     Probably the only other caveat I would add here is that should an individual prove to be sensitive to lice attachment to the skin, it is possible for a type of 'dermatitis' (skin irritation, redness and itching) to occur.  Usually this can be relieved (after the person is relieved of his or her lice infestation) with a simple anti-itch preparation...again, something your personal health care provider can recommend.  Over-the-counter products would include things like calamine and/or caladryl (benadryl) lotion.  Consult with your pharmacist for these.
     On rare occasions, skin that is degraded by lice infestation can become infected by any offending pathogens that it might be exposed to.
     In the event of a secondary infection due to lice infestation and eradication, I cannot emphasize enough the importance of getting prompt medical help!
     It is rare, but there is always the possibility that some type of regular Staphylococcus (which is found everywhere all over our skins) or a more dangerous strain of Staph, such as MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus) LINK: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0004520/ or  Streptococcus species ('flesh-eating disease' aka 'necrotizing fasciitis' (pronounced: NECK-crow-TYE-zing FASH-EE-EYE-TUS)  LINK: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002415/ could take hold.
     You don't want these.
     So, once again, if you have any SKIN INFECTION...'skip' the 'medic tent' and head to a professional health care provider pronto!
     From a 'natural standpoint', a dilute solution of essential oils of cedarwood/lavender/eucalyptus in water (two dropperfuls each in a pint of water in a spray bottle) makes a good anti-insect spray for non-skin surfaces.  (DO NOT SPRAY THIS DIRECTLY ON THE BODY OR IN THE EYES, ESPECIALLY)
     Finally, Kiehl's ORIGINAL MUSK Blend No. 1 Eau De Toilette, when worn with no other scents, is pretty good at keeping biting and flying insects and spiders off the body.
     During  warm weather I routinely spray my arms and lower legs with this Kiehl's and it does the trick for me.  So you might want to try it if you find yourself threatened by lice re-infestation when you're 'trying to keep your distance' and exercising all other common sense precautions like not sharing hats, etc.
     As with all 'natural, essential oils' and perfume products, be sure to discontinue use if signs of allergic reaction appear after application of what I have suggested here.
     So, go with God, oh 'relentless OCCUPIERS'.
     I'm still trying to understand a number of things that 'OCCUPY' supposedly represents.  I still don't have a clear view of who and what you are.
     Nevertheless, I present this in 'good faith' as I pray that 'lice' is the worst of it for you.
     I pray that no major medical outbreaks or other serious events in your 'camps' ever manifest...
     And I pray for peace in this world.
In Christ,
Rev. Barbara Sexton 
"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"
www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com

Image of head lice infestation showing hair strands covered in “nits” or eggs. Severe itching and scratching can lead to bacterial infection and clumping of hair from fluid that weeps from the infected area.                

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"OCCUPY WALL STREET' Protesters Face Many Disease & Sanitation Challenges: A Biochemist Explains Them All" By Rev. Barbara Sexton 'Dear Ones Healing Ministry'

courtesy: http://www.cdc.gov/mrsa/mrsa_initiative/skin_infection/mrsa_photo_007.html

Dear Ones:

     There are a number of health concerns that the "OCCUPY" protesters, their supporters/visitors/sight-seers, law enforcement, public health and all who have contact with their 'camps' and 'campers' should be aware of.
     You may want to read my article series on the risks of TSA 'pat-downs' at airports as a 'primer' of sorts, to get yourself acquainted with what one needs to be on the 'look-out' for in tight quarters, especially when there is person-to-person contact.
LINK: http://dearoneshealingministry.blogspot.com/p/tsa-pat-down-page-by-reverend-barbara.html
     As bad as the unsanitary conditions of TSA 'pat-down' areas are, the conditions "OCCUPY" campsights are infinitely worse.
    Essentially, what we have with these protesters is minimal and ineffective sanitation coupled with poor or non-existent medical care.
     "OCCUPY" areas are, in many cases, merely 'outdoor homeless shelters' run (for the most part) by those who may or may not have the professional training to do so...And who, even if they do have such training are, according to most news reports, woefully lacking in adequate supplies and back-up.
     "OCCUPY" encampments all over lack adequate sheltering materials, not to mention toilet facilities, heat and refrigeration.
     Most important of all, many of these "OCCUPY" camps lack the capability to address what even the BEST legitimate 'non-profit homeless shelters' have difficulty adequately handling, which is: mental illness, substance abuse and what is known as 'dual-diagnosis' (mental illness combined with substance abuse of some sort.)
     I offer here no remediation other than the obvious, but rather an impartial, apolitical list of 'things to consider' for my fellow human beings at this time in history.
     As a 'homeless advocate' for three decades, and as a health care professional well-versed in 'disaster and emergency preparedness' and 'epidemiology', I have a great understanding about what is necessary for the safe and sanitary administration of emergency housing for men, women and pregnant women and women and children.

 courtesy www.cdc.gov/parasites/lice/body/

     Let me state simply that "OCCUPY" protesters and others involved with persons involved in this movement, have a great number of sanitation, health, wellness and environmental concerns to contend with.
     There are 'human factors' (i.e. acts of violence/man-made disasters) and natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes and the like), as well.
     Who does "OCCUPY" call in the event of crimes of assault and rape?  Who will they 'turn to' if a storm strikes or a diarrheal disease breaks out in the camp?

courtesy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mrsa_cyst_exploded.jpg

     Many of the 'illnesses and diseases' listed below are reasonably easy to avoid and eradicate nowadays using simple methods of 'good hygiene', camp cleanliness...and impeccable professional medical care at the first sign of trouble.
     I'm not sure that "OCCUPY" camps can make the grade, even if and when everyone involved are brought into the mix for the 'betterment of all'.  Human nature just does not work that way and we will always have those who, for one reason or other, are 'marginalized'.
     What I see is that the "OCCUPY" 'tent cities' will likely go the way of most 'tent cities'.
      The cold-hard fact is that an 'urban OCCUPY protester' eating his or her 'designer poached salmon donation' with a working 'grey water' project at their feet will fare no better than a natural disaster victim across the world eating a WHO rations reconstituted with donated clean water.

     In fact, camp refugees overseas may well get superior medical and other care if relief workers can get to them and they accepts their offers.

     Oh, human pathogens are 'great equalizers' indeed.

 courtesy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox

     Diseases we used to 'be protected from' are quite mobile, thanks to jet travel.  Diseases, such as smallpox, once believed to be have been 'wiped out' due to worldwide immunization, may not have been...And "OCCUPY" campers must consider whether their close-quarters' 'neighbors' have or have not been immunized against certain pathogens.

     My best advice is this: don't rule anything in the following lists IN or OUT if you are feeling ill after having attended an "OCCUPY" event, and visit your health care professional IMMEDIATELY if something doesn't feel right.

     Parents: if you 'visit' an "OCCUPY" campsite or live in one, I beg you to consider the health and well-being of your children.

     Children, like the elderly and those who are immuno-compromised, are at greater risk when it comes to illness, disease and exposure to extremes of temperature, both heat and cold.

     For "OCCUPIERS" and others of all ages, here's your 'list' of things to watch out for.

     It's not necessarily 'fully inclusive' and will be updated as necessary.

1)  Used/exchanged clothing, bedding, sleeping bags, towels, wash-clothes, anything of cloth (especially when 'damp' or wet) can transmit:

• bed bugs
• lice ('crabs')-head/armpit/body/pubic areas
• fleas
• scabies (mites)
• ringworm (a fungus, not a 'worm'!)
• MRSA 'Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus' (a bad 'staph' skin infection)
• Molluscum contagiosum (a virus)
• molds of all types
• mildew
• roaches (potential hitch-hikers in anything made of cloth or paper)

2)  Used/Exchanged personal items, razors, utensils, plates, cups, shared childrens' toys, toothbrushes, 'surfaces', used and improperly disposed of bandages, dressings, tampons, sanitary pads, condoms, toilet paper, cigarette butts and all items contaminated with blood, semen, saliva, sputum, feces or any other bodily secretions have the potential to transmit:

• hepatitis B
• hepatitis C
• viral hemorrhagic fevers
• Salmonella
• E. coli
• HIV/AIDS
• influenza
• SARS
• bacterial infections

3)  Improperly cooked/handled/heated/stored/prepared food can transmit:

• Campylobacter
• Salmonella
• E. coli O157:H7
• Calicivirus or Norwalk-like virus
• Listeria
• Shigella
• Hepatitis
• Giardia lamblia
• Cryptosporidia
• Clostridium botulinum 
• link: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/foodborneinfections_g.htm#mostcommon
• Rat bite fever link: http://www.cdc.gov/rat-bite-fever/
• Yersiniosis
• diarrhea
• nausea
• skin rashes

4) Poor hygiene can encourage:

• vaginitis ('yeast infection')
• bacterial vaginitis ('vaginosis')
• toxic shock syndrome
• bladder infection
• jock itch
• athlete's foot
• folliculitis (infection of the hair follicles)
• furuncles (boils)
• Necrotizing Fasciitis ('Flesh eating disease) due to Streptococcus pyogenes
• blepharitis (eyelid inflammation) complicated by bacterial infection
• warts
• flea infestation complications
• lice (head/body/pubic) complications
• scabies (mites)

5) Person-to-Person contact, especially when combined with poor hygiene, can transmit:

• gonorrhea
• syphilis
• vaginitis
• jock itch
• anal abscess
• scabies
• fleas
• lice
• furuncle (boil)
• carbuncle (group of furuncles)
• impetigo
• genital warts
• herpes
• viruses
• influenza
• bacteria
• tuberculosis (via a TB patient coughing, sneezing, speaking or singing) link: http://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/basics/default.htm

6)  Wounds, punctures, lacerations, abrasions improperly or not treated can cause:

• tetanus
• bacterial, viral, protozoan infections
• many diseases included here
• sepsis
• amputation

7a)  Mice in camp can transmit:

• Salmonella
• Ratbite fever
• dermatitis
• Favus
• tapeworm
• Lyme disease
• Tularemia
• Leptospirosis
• Lymphocytic choriomeningitis
• Hantavirus
• Rickettsialpox

7b)  Rats in camp can transmit:

• rabies
• plague
• Salmonella
• Tularemia 
• rat bite fever (Streptobacillus moniliformis North America, Spirillum minus Asia)
• other infections (due to bites, droppings)

8)   Insects in camp can transmit:

• West Nile virus (mosquitoes)
• Eastern Equine virus (mosquitoes)
• Lyme's disease (ticks)
• Rocky Mountain spotted fever (ticks)
• malaria (mosquitoes)
• Tick-Borne Relapsing fever (ticks)
• MRSA (Brown recluse spider bites)
• dermatitis-like skin conditions-intense itching with and without secondary infections

9)  Contaminated water for drinking, bathing, recycling (when some gets into eyes/nose/body orifices/is accidentally swallowed, etc) can transmit:

• Amebiasis   
  
• Buruli Ulcer
• Campylobacter
• Cholera
• Cryptosporidiosis
• Cyclosporiasis
• Dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease)
  
• Escherichia coli
• Fascioliasis
• Giardiasis
• Hepatitis
• Leptospirosis
• Norovirus
• Rotavirus
• Salmonella
• Schistosomiasis
• Shigellosis
• Typhoid Fever
• viruses, bacteria, protozoans and parasites ('worms') of all sorts
• Botulism
• Dysentery (Shigella and/or Salmonella)
• Legionnaire's Disease (caused by Legionella)
• 'Swimmers Ear' (Otitis externa)
• Vibrio illness 
• Adenovirus
• Ascariasis (roundworms)
• Echinococcosis (caused by tapeworm larvae)
• Enterobiasis (pin worms)
• Fasciolopsis 
• Gastroenteritis
• Hymenolepiasis (dwarf tapeworm)
• Microsporidiosis (Protozoan)
• SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
• Hepatitis A
• Polio (rare overall, but found in US, esp in CA, TX & PA http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/stats-surv/vasp/default.htm
• Polyomavirus infection ( JC and BK variants)
• Taeniasis
• Brain-eating Amoeba (Naegleria fowleri-rare-enters through the nose, to the brain)  link: http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/naegleria/faqs.html 
• Rat bit fever link:  http://www.cdc.gov/rat-bite-fever/ 

10)  Dogs, cats, other pets improperly vaccinated and cared for medically can transmit the following to humans, especially those living in close, unsanitary quarters:

• Bartonella ('Cat Scratch Disease')
• Dog and Cat Flea Tapeworm (Dipylidium Infection)
• Giardia
• Leptospirosis (from dogs)
• Mange (rarely, from dogs)
• MRSA (dogs, cats)
• Plague (cats, dogs bitten by infected fleas)
• Rabies (dogs, cats)
• Ringworm (dogs, cats)
• Sporotrichosis (dogs, cats--a fungus)
• Toxocara infection (roundworms from dogs, cats)
• Toxoplasmosis (protozoan in cats)
• Yersiniosis (usually from pigs, but from dogs and cats, too)
• other infections (due to bites, scratches)

11)  Environmental factors can elicit"

• hypothermia/frostbite (cold)
• hyperthermia/heat stroke (heat)
• sunburn/burns/skin cancer (sun exposure)
• dehydration (heat, usually)
• electrolyte imbalance (heat and dehydration)
• trench foot (immersion in water, lack of sock change/foot hygiene)
• asthma/lung/'breathing' issues (dust, 'mites' in bedding & clothes, perfumes/oils, cleaning solutions, roach dropping inhalation, second hand smoke, candle smoke, incense)
• skin rashes/dermatitis (scabies ('mites'), molds, mildews due to rotted food, reused clothing/bedding, allergies to plastics used as 'tarps', etc, DEET allergies, scented baby wipes, perfume allergies, smoke allergies (facial rash usually, swelling), incense allergy (exposed skin 'itches'), second hand smoke, etc
• vaginitis (women be careful with different brands of sanitary products)
• hives (full body) ( something ingested or grossly exposed to-check for food allergies and be careful with 'donated' skin care products such as lotions, powders, sprays, make-up)
• anaphylaxis (severe allergic reaction to something exposed to and/or ingested)

     It is very difficult to live with minimal creature comforts, especially when the weather (and other factors) are against you.

     Winter is coming and the flu season is here.  Cold is a 'stressor' which taxes the immune system, thereby weakening it.

     Having the 'flu' in an urban 'tent city' will be no picnic.

     Influenza readily turns into pneumonia when conditions are poor and a person is not receiving adequate food, rest and relief from the elements.

     Also, please note that 'strep throat' (due to Streptococcus bacteria) is extremely common and spreads like 'wildfire' in contained areas when food and water are shared...presenting as yet another thing for "OCCUPY" campers to be on the look-out for.

     A 'strep throat' can turn into life-threatening 'Scarlet Fever' very quickly, so if you have a sore throat and notice a head/neck/chest red rash, get medical help IMMEDIATELY.

     Remember that the 'fecal-oral' route is responsible for many bad 'infections' such as those caused by E. coli.

     So, as much as possible....wash, wash and wash again with soap and water after using the bathroom and whenever you can, all "OCCUPY" participants!

     Don't depend on 'hand gels' or 'baby wipes', alone, in lieu of showering.

     Also, when you use hand gels or (even better in my opinion70% isopropyl alcohol), do not wipe/shake-off the 'excess'.

     Let things 'air dry' for maximum effectiveness of these sanitizers.

     Any comments/questions can be directed here (below) or to BarbaraKSexton@aol.com

God Bless & Keep You

Rev. Barbara Sexton

"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"

www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com

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"Today Dec 1 Is World AIDS DAY: A Reflective Lesson" By Reverend Barbara Sexton "The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"

http://blog.bioethics.net/2008/12/world-aids-day-how-far-weve-comeand-still-how-far/

Dear Ones:
     You may have 'heard me' say this before; "If HIV AIDS were easily transmissible, I would be dead by  now". 
     I say it because it's true.
     I was 'in' biomedicine in the years immediately preceding the full 'out-cropping' of this horrific disease, during which time I literally handled and processed as many as twenty liters at a time of pooled human blood serum for 'cell culture' at Sloan-Kettering.
    We all knew what we were exposing ourselves to potentially and we all knew what the risks were.
     Prior to the full-emergence of 'AIDS', our main concerns in the lab were the usual blood-borne infectious agents such as hepatitis, reasonably well-understood and accepted 'risks'. 
     My technique was always excellent, but one can never discount the occasional bad-luck, unavoidable 'accident', such as a slip or spill or 'needle stick'. 
     Thank God I never suffered one of those, although in those late-70's/early 80's years I didn't do much praying (or any) for I was yet a proud atheist-agnostic back then.
     Coincidentally, a few years later, AIDS as a 'community concern' was just rearing it's head where I was living in Stamford, CT and a 'new Christian'.
     You can believe that few 'knew' about AIDS and HIV in those days and even 'fewer' cared about it, if they did.  And NO ONE wanted to 'work' with HIV+ patients if they could avoid it.
     But my universe was working with homeless individuals, female prostitutes, male prostitutes and many i.v. drug users. 
      So there was no escaping anything related to that emerging terror known as 'AIDS'.
     In my capacity first as a 'secretary' and then as a Soldier in The Salvation Army...I was there on the front lines. 
     I didn't want to be and I didn't ask to be, but I was immersed up-to-my-eyeballs when 'AIDS' first reared it's head in our area.
     I was there when the first few clinic patients walked into my office for a counseling session, test results in hand and 'collapsed' in grief, misery, fear and disbelief. 
     These poor souls were amongst the first to be diagnosed as 'HIV Positive' and who were struggling to know 'what does that mean'?  And they were amongst 'the first' to be modern-day 'lepers' as far as society was concerned.
     I write about this in detail in my upcoming book 'ENTERTAINING ANGELS' LINK:  http://dearoneshealingministry.blogspot.com/2010/01/entertaining-angels-book-by-former_27.html
     You will read about those 'first' heart wrenching months when we began regular HIV testing.  You will read how exposed I was to the body fluids and substances of HIV+ individuals who were 'acting out' due to concurrent psychiatric issues.
     No distinction was made back then between 'HIV Positive' and 'AIDS', but you can imagine where my biochemist's mind was going each time a situation presented itself.
     You will read how I clutched a dear HIV+ lady to myself, resulting in my having a soaked-to-the-skin tear-drenched blouse and slip as I consoled her and she asked me to 'explain her test results'.
     In those early days of AIDS, you will read how I managed to get my own personal physician (a Stamford doctor many of you know!) to volunteer in our Clinic downstairs and how he monitors me to this day.
     And you will read how I 'gave permission' for the very first 'AIDS SUPPORT GROUP' to meet in the 'conference room' across from my tiny Salvation Army office on the first floor on (the old) Beehler Street HQ (Headquarters).
     Finally, you will read about my 'crisis pregnancy work' of many years wherein I was just as likely to 'send a gal for a pregnancy test' as I was to send her for an 'AIDS test' and the agony of waiting it all out. 
     You will read of the shock and disbelief of those early days when few acknowledged, let alone understood, the vagaries of this multi-faceted, multi-formed Human Immunodeficiency Virus in all its 'incarnations'.
     No one wanted to 'be involved' back then.  Everyone was 'afraid' and those who say otherwise are not being truthful. 
     My story needs to be told of the emergence of AIDS in Fairfield County, CT.  The 'early days' of this socio-medical saga must not be forgotten or glossed over, or, worse still, ignored.
     It is a tale of fear turned to hope, and of prejudice turned to compassion.
     And in it lies hope and guidance for dealing with what the future may hold.
God Bless You this World AIDS DAY 2010 & every day
Reverend Barbara Sexton
"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"
http://www.dearoneshealingministry.blogspot.com/



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"The Sudden BED BUG PROBLEM Explained" By Reverend Barbara Sexton "The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"

OUR LITTLE 'FRIENDS' Cimex lectularius

"All bedbugs mate by traumatic insemination.[3][20] Because the female has no genital opening, the male pierces her abdomen with his hypodermic genitalia and ejaculates into the body cavity. Male bedbugs sometimes attempt to mate with other males and pierce the latter in the abdomen.[21]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedbug 

Dear Ones:
     The exposition below is from an e-mail, which I believe to be quite accurate even if it only tells PART of the story!
     I have and I am doing extensive RESEARCH on this 'BED BUG PROBLEM' for you and will report on the same once this election season comes to a close, no worries.  My newfound political activism is the reason I have temporarily suspended distribution of my FREE NEWSLETTER.  (If you'd like to receive my FREE NEWLETTER for up-to-date health news in 'real time', just email me at BarbaraKSexton@aol.com with your name own email address.)
     For now I'll resist 'the urge' to suggest that this is anything more than a result of 'our global economy'.  But these little blood-suckers really ARE a health menace. 
     Don't you wonder how they suddenly FLARED UP in the UNITED STATES?
      I do.
For You in Christ,
Reverend Barbara Sexton
"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"
www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedbug

BED BUGS

A bit of information that you might like to know about.

We have friends here in our community and one of their sons is an entomologist (insect expert), and has been telling them that there is an epidemic of bed bugs now occurring in America. Recently I have heard on the news that several stores in NYC have had to close due to bed bug problems, as well as a complete mall in New Jersey. He says that since much of our clothing, sheets, towels, etc. now comes from companies outside of America, (sad but true), even the most expensive stores sell foreign clothing from China, Indonesia, etc. The bed bugs are coming in on the clothing as these countries do not consider them a problem.


He recommends that if you buy any new clothing, even underwear and socks, sheets, towels, etc. that you bring them into the house and put them in your clothes dryer for at least 20 minutes. The heat will kill them and their eggs. DO NOT PURCHASE CLOTHES AND HANG THEM IN THE CLOSET FIRST. It does not matter what the price range is of the clothing, or if the outfit comes from the most expensive store known in the U.S. They still get shipments from these countries and the bugs can come in a box of scarves or anything else for that matter. That is the reason why so many stores, many of them clothing stores have had to shut down in NYC and other places. All you need is to bring one item into the house that has bugs or eggs and you will go to hell and back trying to get rid of them. He travels all over the country as an advisor to many of these stores, as prevention and after they have the problem.

From e-mail.  THANK YOU UNCLE CHARLIE--You're the BEST!
Love & Blessings,
Barb

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"Please Join Me In Prayer For Those In Flood-Ravaged Pakistan" By Reverend Barbara Sexton www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com

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Dear Ones:

Please join me right now in prayer for Pakistanis displaced and suffering from floods this moment:

Dear God:

We come to you now to ask that You show your mercy to the people of Pakistan who are helpless victims of a natural disaster.

Lord, help all of us in our individual and collective 'spiritual journeys' to come together in compassion, at this time, for a people whose suffering is too much to bear.

America has been 'asked for help' by a 'sometimes enemy'.  Indeed, Pakistan has asked us for Chinooks and for other assistance at this desperate time. 

Help us to be gracious, O Lord and answer that call.  Help us to extend our mercy as You would have us do.

Help us to expect absolutely nothing in return.  May the knowledge of having done the right thing, at the right time.... thanks to a Wisdom and Guidance so much greater than ourselves...be sufficient.

We pray these things in the ways of our individual traditions and together as a family of humankind.

AMEN

It is easy to be kind to those who are kind to you.  Here we have an opportunity to 'forever forget' that. 
God Bless You for joining me just now in this prayer.
With Love in Christ,
Reverend Barbara Sexton
"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"
http://www.dearoneshealingministry.blogspot.com/

A Fourth of July 2010 Endorsement of MARTHA DEAN for CT Attorney General By Rev. Barbara Sexton www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com

Martha Dean for CT Attorney General

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000677481461

Dear Ones:
     I am taking the opportunity of the July 4, 2010 to put my passions into action and endorsing certain candidates who I feel will help our country make the 'come-back' it so desperately needs.  Yes, I have fought the good fight for civil rights, gender equality, gay rights and a 'welcome to America, you who wish to become US Citizens'-type visitors. 
     Those of you who know me are aware of my lifelong work with the homeless and the mentally ill and substance abusers, as well .  Now here are a few interesting things I would like to share with you, stemming from my almost 60 years on this good earth, which relate directly to politics today.
     I once supported 'burning our bras', while reserving the right and need to KEEP MINE ON!  I was even one of the first females in high school (if not the first!...nerd/tomboy that I was) to wear pants.
     I once supported ready availability of birth control (with abortion providing being a minor feature of care back then, for it was yet a big 'taboo') by supporting Planned Parenthood.  Ever the scientist, I was a 'modern, logical, socially aware, atheist/agnostic' back then.  My sensitivities were tweaked as I learned more about conception, gestation, viability and birth.  By the time my daughter was born at age 31, I fully realized the 'lie' about fetuses being 'nothing more than products of conception' (as PP calls them).
     Subsequent soaring ABORTION RATES lead to my working for a crisis pregnancy group where I learned for a fact that ABORTIONS WERE BEING PERFORMED ON NON-PREGNANT WOMEN merely for the money!  Needless to say, this prompted me to action, just as the 'Abortion Industry' was getting it's hackles up over all this.  After getting baptized by water and becoming a Christian at age 37, it was clear that my greatest service would come from my assisting mothers and their 'unwanted babies' and by facilitating adoptions, when appropriate. 
     I do a great deal quietly, behind the scenes.  No need for me to 'get in your face' or 'foist my lifestyle' on YOU or ANYONE ELSE  (as GLBT and Black Liberation Theology groups seem to do today) at all.
     See what I'm getting at?  I am capable of great action, but I'm also FLEXIBLE.  When I follow my passion, I don't toss aside my decency, good common sense, my intuition, my intelligence, my discernment, my questioning, my analyzing, my researching and most of all my consultation with the Most High...God.  It's called being OPEN-MINDED and WILLING TO CHANGE...WHILE LISTENING TO THE CALL OF GOD. 
     GOD sure IS 'still speaking' to me.  This is the UCC GLBT/BLT 'catchphrase', this "Still Speaking" campaign...And God is telling me to SPEAK UP.  So HERE YOU GO!
     I persistently erred on the side of 'giving the benefit of the doubt' with Civil Rights.  I never for a single minute of my life had a ounce of the WHITE GUILT so many are yet slave to today.  The way I was raised by my parents, it was simply understood that all races are equal.  And we, as whites, always came down on the side of any darker-skinned persons in the event of legitimate controversy.  I was Ms. Civil Rights until things in the USA in the 1990's started to get a little....different.
     I noted the controversey of Rev. Martin Luther King's so-called 'doctorate'.  Why does no one speak of it?  As both a student-grad and undergrad and then as a college teaching assistant myself, plagiarism was anathema to everything my academia stands for.  And from a 'minister', no less.
     I noted things like the Tawana Brawley episode with Rev. Al Sharpton and began to wonder.  I encountered fierce racism as a lone white at the Salvation Army Headquarter in Stamford, CT...but still, I persisted in forgiving with understanding, still believing that we could all rise above our differences. 
     I joined the Obama/Wright Church and found just how badly I'd been 'bamboozled' on race.  This cadre wants not equality, but domination.  This cadre wants not respect, but retribution.  This cadre wants not recognition, but reparations....and so forth.  Just look at the news today with the New Black Panthers, for instance, intimidating people at polling places.  Look at ACORN and company.  Look at the Congressional Black Caucus.  This is the 'civil rights' movement of today and it makes me wonder if I all my earlier civil rights activism was for naught.

UPDATE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/12/samuel-l-jackson-obama-vote-black_n_1271797.html






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      But, I am wiser now, and as I said above, I am flexible on my 'passions', never suspending my scrutiny of even the best 'story' and 'tale' and case plead anywhere.
     For this reason, it has been difficult for me to be political, let alone endorse anyone.  But that has all changed and I can thank the United Church of Christ for that, believe it or not.  (I won't bore you all again with my tale of woe about how Senator Obama kicked his Presidential Campaign off (or did he?) at a church meeting or all the politicking I was forced to endure during Worship!--you can read it elsewhere here.)
     But I will point out one of scores of things that makes me so proud to be able to endorse and recommend MARTHA DEAN for CONNECTICUT ATTORNEY GENERAL.  And my 'little' item here means nothing to those who don't understand, but to me, it goes right  to my heart.








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     You see, I am from a military family.  I once went to a CT UCC Meeting with our local pastor and the moderator (who runs the church, along with the Sr. Deacon, in the absence of the pastor).  There were numerous PETITIONS laid out on tables all over the convention hall...all what I now know to be the pap of the PROGRESSIVE LIBS who are intent on destroying our American Way of Life.  The UCC is a socio-politico-religious breeding ground for the new left, in fact, 'hiding in plain sight' all along.  How I did not see it, I simply do not know.
     What harm, I thought back then, of all these anti-war, anti-Israel-in-the-guise-of-being "Pro-Palestinian", 'greenie', pro-abortion-in-the-guise-of 'womens'-rights, and so forth UCC PETITIONS and UCC RESOLUTIONS all around the room?  That was poor thinking on my part, but thank God for my eventual powers of observation.  Everyone...and I mean EVERYONE from my home church and all around us signed this ANTI-GUN PLEDGE ( PETITION/PLEDGE/PROMISE ) TO NEVER OWN A HAND GUN OR ANY GUN AT ALL.
      I was actively encouraged to sign that thing and all I could do was shrug.  As others (not the two from my home church who knew better than to 'push' me) persistenly hassled me over my not signing a pledge to GOD to NEVER own a GUN....I think that was the first emergence of my new and improved mindset.  My American and personal RIGHTS were being assaulted in my own church!  Thus, I am sharing this all with you so that you will avoid the deceit I encountered, should you venture into a similar setting. 
     I told my pastor flat out that I would NEVER sign anything like that.  Putting aside that 'swearing anything to or in the name of God' is antithetical to Biblical initiative, I explained, I am MARRIED to a MARINE for Pete's sake...and I have a family full of servicemembers.  My own father not only owned, carried and collected firearms for military and then business-sake, but he shot for SPORT with all the 'uniformed guys' at his range.  I was to SWEAR OFF MY HERITAGE because of something this Obama/Wright church was PUSHING ON ME?  WHAT?  DOESN'T MY WAY OF LIFE COUNT FOR ANYTHING? 
     NO WAY!  I guess maybe I shouldn't have been so 'polite and quiet and thoughtful' about my conservative views because it sure hit the fan when I started sharing my view of things.  The arrogance of those now in power is profound and like nothing I have ever seen in the USA in my lifetime.








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     Then there was the time that I was 'Worship Leader' a few years ago in my UCC church, wherein our 'guest member/clergyperson' who was delivering the sermon that day, asked me to lead a group reading of some UCC Resolution decrying the Iraq war.  This clergymember SPRUNG this on me the day of the service.  At the lectern, I declared that I was not in accord with this, prompting said clergyperson to lead the collective reading himself. Basically it was a declation that the whole effort in Iraq was 'wrong and useless' and that to support it was 'evil and wrong'.

     No harm done at the moment, and we agreed to disagree.  But inwardly, I was agonized,  for just hours before that service and the days before, I not only had upclose and personal interaction with local military personnel back from Iraq and now back in CT, but I had actually 'treated' and did a dressing change on a U.S. Marine for cellulitis he'd contracted in Gitmo (after two tours in Iraq, I might add) guarding feces and urine-flinging 'detainees'....SEMPER FI!

     I overcame my distaste for my church's blatant disregard for my support of our troops and wounded warriors and maintained my fondness for the clergyperson who'd 'set me up' in my own church.  If ever it was clear to me that I was in a group opposed to all traditional American values and support of our military, the UCC I was in was it.

     Which brings me back to MARTHA DEAN FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.  Now I know for a fact that Martha is a gun supporter.  She has said so and she supports a person's right to legally own and bear arms.  This singular, simple statement of position prompted me to learn more about Martha and the many OTHER ways I am certain she will help me to preserve and honor my heritage, my family's way-of-life with my patriotic duties uninterfered with.  MARTHA DEAN will help to assure that people such as myself have the same rights, at least as everyone else in America today.  She will support our servicemembers and DoD workers.
     I want you to take a look at what Martha is all about and let me know if you don't, also, believe that she is the woman for the job of CONNECTICUT ATTORNEY GENERAL.  She is a woman good for her word and while promoting equality, she will help assure that those who are NOT all up into the 'progressive-leftie-agenda' have our RIGHTS assured, too! 
     An Attorney General such as Martha would help me sleep better at night, knowing that the law promising that I can live in peace and respect as a white, hetero, Christian female.  I want to know that I may  worship freely without interference and harassment from those who pretend to be like me, but are not and those who pretend to 'support me', but do not. And I want there to be no 'blurring' of the line between church and state.  I want to know that my hard-earned money--wherever it is 'donated'--be it to a church or charity or political organization-- is used as promised and not 'waylaid' by corrupt partisans.
     May God Bless all the TEA PARTY PATRIOT CANDIDATES this and upcoming election cycles. They support what people such as myself yearn for these days.  We have rights, too, and we want to preserve our way of life for our children and grandchildren.  
      May those who seek to 'suppress and redistribute' what they steal from good American citizens as they support America's enemies, fail utterly.  I pray for the day God will resurrect this country and help us back to good-standing with those the current progressive-lib administration has alienated.  We must stand with our allies in this world today, working always for peace and harmony and love.
     A new day is coming.  Join me, saying,
"NOT GOD DAMN AMERICA, BUT GOD BLESS AMERICA!"
It's time to clean out an infection politics today and start anew with that which is fresh and clean and pure and....FAIR FOR ALL....as we obey the laws of our fine country.
READ ABOUT MARTHA DEAN HERE:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000677481461

HAPPY JULY 4th MARTHA!

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Cat Steals Show- Best Mother's Day Card Ever By Reverend Barbara Sexton www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com

"Little Marley keeps it real, as usual", says Reverend Barbara Sexton, with a chuckle.

Reverend Barbara Sexton
"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"
http://www.dearoneshealingministry.blogspot.com/

Don't YOU Be A Cold Passerby!!! Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax Left To Die By Reverend Barbara Sexton www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-20dURI9qA
     Well, THIS pretty much makes me sick!  What is WRONG with people that they are so heartless as to let someone who is DYING just LAY there without HELPING them?  I'm probably preaching to the choir here, since it's unlikely any 'guilty passers-by' will read this.  But, still, it makes you wonder what people can do to make this world a better place.
     My advice is to GET INVOLVED.  TAKE THE RISK OF CARING.  Read this NY Post article here, if you haven't already and watch the awful video:
FURY OF SLAIN HERO'S KIN
A homeless good Samaritan who lay dying on a Queens sidewalk as two dozen coldhearted pedestrians strolled by wouldn't have acted so callously, his grieving family said yesterday.

"That shouldn't have happened," said Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax's cousin, Edwin Tacam. "Hugo wouldn't have done that."
Tale-Yax, 32, was repeatedly stabbed in the chest at 5:40 a.m. last Sunday while rescuing a woman from a knife-wielding thug on 144th Street near 88th Road in Jamaica, cops said.
A surveillance camera later caught 25 passers-by walking past him -- including one who stopped to snap a photo of the dying man on his cellphone.
Firefighters did not receive a 911 call until 7:23 a.m.
The native of Guatemala had eked out a living doing odd jobs but was out of work and had recently lost his home.
"He lost his life trying to help someone else. That's brave," Tacam said. "He was a hero."
Police said they still had no suspects.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/fury_of_slain_hero_kin_aJQbuSKnNtcldluMeXwGdM#ixzz0mE4rFgU
PLEASE PRAY WITH ME, WORLD: 
 Lord help and protect us against the APATHY we have for each other.  God, make us worthy in Your sight and embolden us to care about others.  May we have no expectations of anything in return, save the derision of the world. 
Embolden us, Father, to love doing what is right--even unto the point of death. 
God rest and keep the soul of Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax in Your Eternal Tenderloving Care.
Thank you, Lord.
In Christ's Name,
AMEN
Rev Barbara Sexton
"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"
http://www.dearoneshealingministry.blogspot.com/

"A DAY WITHOUT GOD DOESN'T EXIST" QUOTE BY JIM SUTTON www.GOSPELGIFS.com Posted By Rev Barbara Sexton www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com March 18, 2010

    
     Jim Sutton of www.Gospelgifs.com said on Twitter http://twitter.com/Gospelgifs :

"A DAY WITHOUT GOD DOESN'T EXIST"

Jim Sutton of http://www.gospelgifs.com/

       

      All I can say about this dear man is that I hear the Holy Spirit speaking through him!  I appreciate the beautiful Christian Graphics he labors to provides us with and I pray for him all the time.  It is a true blessing to see what he writes for us on behalf of the Lord. 

Please pray for him, also, as I do, and it will be a blessing for you, too!

With Thanks and Gratitude in Christ,

Rev Barbara Sexton
www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com
This is what Jim also says:




     "We know that Jesus is the true light that came into the world to enlighten every human soul. This is made clear to us in the opening verses of John's Gospel, chapter 1. As it was in the first century, so it is today. Jesus is the light that enables every human soul to see God. In Christ, God is working to draw every human being to Himself. When we share the Gospel in any meaningful way, we are participating in the grace of God for other people.

     While it is true that God does not need us (He could save us all without any human help), He does invite us, and call us into the work of the Gospel. We may not go out onto the streets or far away into a mission field in some other land, but we can do whatever the lord gives us to do right where we are.
     Never forget that every neighborhood and every city and every workplace, cafe, and backyard is a mission field. The people on our street are just as important to God as the people in some distant land.
     The light that brings hope to every human being is Jesus. Let us share that light with everyone we can." By JIM SUTTON OF:
http://www.gospelgifs.com/
AMEN, (is all I can say : )
Rev Barbara Sexton
"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"
http://www.dearoneshealingministry.blogspot.com/

courtesy of http://www.gospelgif.com/ Thank you and God Bless you, Jim Sutton