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supposedly an anti-anxiety drug - but it seems to be causing her to hallucinate quite badly.
that doesn't sound good... find out. Hypericin is not known for being a hallucinogenic but another contraindication is sun exposure. St Johns Wort can change the way your skin synthesizes sunlight.
As a bored adolescent stuck in a lodge up a mountain one winter we grated enormous mounds of nutmeg into glasses of milk (which was cheaper then!).
The solid half hour giggling fit and vivid dreams that night of flying over dunes of snow hardly compensated for two subsequent days of mental numbness.
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I had a Russian friend stay with me once in Queenstown: never have I seen such resourcefulness in the face of having no cash. She caught the free Millbrook shuttle to Arrowtown, and actually foraged for herbs and berries along the riverbank, which she ate for lunch.
She had an uncanny and well honed instinct for knowing what was edible and what was toxic tutu.
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George W ... attractive as hell and says all the right things.
Yeah. Yeah, now I see. :o<
I wonder if the George W malapropism countdown calendar comes with pictures...
:o<
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You rock, Tze Ming. Thanks for sticking up for me on the unexpectedly long post about supplements and all that, too.
All the best for your time in Geneva.
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and Aromatherapy is not delusional, it just smells that way.
Riiiiiight. So if you anosmic, it actually might work!
;o)
BTW - I am quite relaxed about, if not pro, regulation. But the TPAMB was recklessly flawed. At least, from an aromatherapist's POV. -
Is aromatherapy delusional?
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I wrote to Annette King's press secretaries asking to be added to their list for any mail-outs and / or releases from her office pertaining to the ANZTPA.
This is a pretty straightforward request.
It was a year ago and I have never heard from them.
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PS Felix how did Winston
promote it to all and sundry as the perfect compromise
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And how and where could I (for example) have found it?
I did go looking.
... maybe I'm a bad sleuth.
I'd LOVE to know how he got "the word" out there...
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Pick up the phone and ask for it.
That's surely not how parties are briefed about legislation that's up for debate, is it?
Educate me.
Look. As a mere stakeholder I can appreciate how flabbergastingly difficult it has been to receive real and current information - either by default or by demand - from the government on this issue.
I can't believe I'm resorting to providing a quotation from a National shadow Cabinet member, but this is what wily Ryall said back in the December debate:
"Annette King has destroyed the opportunity to have a cross-party approach to the regulation of medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and natural health products in this country. She completely ignored and denied the recommendations that repeated Health Committee inquiries and reviews have made. She did not consult with any other party in this House. She has treated this bill as if it were a health bill that she could push through just on the sheer weight of her huff and bluff and numbers in the House. The fact is she did not have the support. She had the opportunity to work with other parties in this House to get a regime that would be low cost and would do the job for New Zealand, but what did this arrogant Minister do? She ignored it.
This is how bad it is. In trying to justify her consultation, and in trying to justify the fact that she consulted with other parties, do members know what Annette King claimed? She said that giving a set of overheads to Richard Worth and another member of our caucus was consultation. She said she consulted with National because she gave two members of our caucus some overheads. That is what she said is consultation. The fact is, Annette King has destroyed the opportunity for a cross-party approach to develop rules and regulations that would be good for New Zealand."(sorry about that I guess it is probably typical parliamentry rhetoric, but I had the same experience and treatment as Tony Ryall described - so I know "What Tony Said" is unfortunately true)
Jane Clifton's recent Listener article summed up some of the issues beautifully, especially about King's attitude - which has been such the letdown.
Slightly off topic re Key... but reflects consistency in his party I suppose... which predates this storm-in-a-chamomile teacup!
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Happy birthday!! :o)
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