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Post by Cliff Mickelson on Aug 3, 2006 0:12:42 GMT -5
New and alarming reports have recently begun to circulate concerning financial irregularities and mismanagement of funds at the Morgellons Research Foundation. The emerging potential scandal and its attendant controversy is currently focused on alleged malfeasance of office and misappropriation of donated funds by MRF founder and Executive Director, Mary Lieto. According to sources close to Board Chairman Charles Holman, Ms. Leito has consistently refused to produce financial records or to account for a large number of donations bequeathed to the foundation by donors. This, despite repeated requests by Board members, The missing financial records being sought cover a span of several years. "We are doing all that we can to account for the donations made to this organization" Says Holman: "Unfortunately, Ms. Leito is not cooperating in this effort to provide accountability to the public who's trust she was charged with." Mr. Holman's office reports that they are extremely concerned that they have been unable to recover any record of donations personally received by Ms. Lieto for the year of 2004. Board members are also seeking access to financial records for subsequent years including, and up to, year 2006. According to MRF Board members who have been contacted concerning this issue, no records whatsoever have been released for public examination by Ms. Lieto. "She has consistently refused to return phone calls made to her by Board officers," reports Dr. Greg Smith, another member of the MRF Board of Directors. "She also has refused all pertinent information requested by the Foundation's Treasurer" He added. A spokesman for several of the officers of the Board of the Morgellons Foundation relates that an official IRS investigation of potential civil and criminal activities on the part of the executive Director and Founder Mary Leito and several others, may soon be under way. -Cliff Mickelson
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Post by Must read on Aug 3, 2006 12:10:24 GMT -5
Microsporidia We have been working on something all day, and we have found the root cause of Morgellons, I have never been so sure. It was purely coincidental, a member posted about her fibers always forming loops on the end, something others have stated as well, I read everything so I was aware of it when somebody posted this picture on another thread. This is the lifecycle of the nosema locustae ispi-lit.cirad.fr/graphics/Heuschr_fig9.JPGThese are highly formed fungus, or protozoa, and after about 8 hours of research, and by pure CONCIDENCE, somebody posted how they treat for these microsporidiosis parsites, (they spread via spores, a fungus !!). You're not going to believe how they treat it. With Fenbendazole, freakin' dog wormer man !! I fell over dead backwards, bingo !! Human microsporidiosis, a serious disease of immunocompetent and immunosuppressed people, can be due to zoonotic and environmental transmission of microsporidian spores. A survey utilizing conventional and molecular techniques for examining feces from 570 free-ranging, captive, and livestock birds demonstrated that 21 animals shed microsporidian spores of species known to infect humans, including Encephalitozoon hellem (20 birds; 3.5%) and Encephalitozoon intestinalis (1 bird; 0.2%). Of 11 avian species that shed E. hellem and E. intestinalis, 8 were aquatic birds (i.e., common waterfowl). The prevalence of microsporidian infections in waterfowl (8.6%) was significantly higher than the prevalence of microsporidian infections in other birds (1.1%) (P < 0.03); waterfowl fecal droppings contained significantly more spores (mean, 3.6 x 10(5) spores/g) than nonaquatic bird droppings contained (mean, 4.4 x 10(4) spores/g) (P < 0.003); and the presence of microsporidian spores of species known to infect humans in fecal samples was statistically associated with the aquatic status of the avian host (P < 0.001). We demonstrated that a single visit of a waterfowl flock can introduce into the surface water approximately 9.1 x 10(8) microsporidian spores of species known to infect humans. Our findings demonstrate that waterborne microsporidian spores of species that infect people can originate from common waterfowl, which usually occur in large numbers and have unlimited access to surface waters, including waters used for production of drinking water. Russell, we were fishing in the ponds in Florida with the kids one month before this all started for me, we were on vacation. Additional Information about NoLo Bait NoLo Bait is a grasshopper suppression bait made from flaky wheat bran which is sprayed with a suspension of distilled water, a sticking agent (Methylcellulose), and Nosema locustae spores. It is non-toxic to humans, livestock, wild animals, birds, fish, or life forms other than grasshoppers and species of insects closely related to grasshoppers. USDA has set a standard that 8 or more grasshoppers per square yard can be considered economically damaging. In many cases, to the casual observer, grasshoppers do not seem to be a noticeable problem until infestations reach 40 or more per square yard. That is when they become noticeably apparent and by that time you want "belly-up overnight" control. However, it is very important to understand that NoLo Bait or "Nosema locustae" does not work rapidly. It is a subtle disease that is naturally occurring and takes time to develop to levels that can be readily identified. By putting out the bait at the minimum label rate of 1 lb. per acre equivalent, you are performing what is called an "inoculate" release. This will begin the disease process in the population present at that time; however, depending on the grasshopper population densities and varying age groups at the time, the level of inoculation will vary. For instance, if you have more than 8 grasshoppers per sq. yard and put out one pound to the acre one time, you will probably have serious competition for each flake of bran out there. Quite possibly there will be a large percentage of grasshoppers that don't even get one flake to themselves. In that case, there will be many that will not become infected, at least until they begin consuming those around them that have become sick enough to become attractive as a food source to the healthy grasshoppers, thereby spreading the disease. Because grasshoppers are extremely migratory and can move over great distances, it is optimal to inoculate your area frequently throughout the season. This will help to spread the infection further and aid in long term control. Nosema may not work as quickly as chemical pesticides, but used correctly, it will have a noticeable impact on populations in the long term. Due to the nature of the disease, the effects will vary according to age and species of the grasshopper and the amount of spores that grasshopper was able to consume. In very young, newly hatched grasshoppers, death may occur within a week. Unfortunately, if you are not planning follow up treatments, this may not really be the optimal time to infect, simply because it does not offer long term carryover. The young grasshoppers die quickly and dry up and disappear. Healthy grasshoppers migrate in, and you can't tell what happened. By the time grasshoppers reach the third stage of growth (3rd instar) they have developed enough body mass to allow the spores to reproduce to some extent. The infected grasshoppers will become lethargic and dramatically slow or quit feeding, but will not die immediately. This stage allows for some spreading of the disease to take place as healthy grasshoppers come in and cannibalize them. Once grasshoppers are almost to adulthood, infection results in the loss of appetite, lethargy, increased spore production inside their bodies and therefore more spread of the disease. It is actually good to see them very slowly moving about and yet not feeding because it is only in these lethargic but living grasshoppers that the disease can continue to propagate and eventually spread to more of the population. "Belly up" will not necessarily offer the long term control this disease is so capable of producing. In young adults, reproduction and egg laying may be severely depleted or even stopped. When reproduction does take place, quite often the spores will be passed on in the sticky substance that surrounds the egg pods and the young will become infected as they chew their way out of the egg pod and crawl up through the soil to the surface after hatching. In this case they will probably not survive their first molt. This process explains why you may observe more obvious results the season after application has taken place than during the season in which you inoculated. This is due to an overall decrease in egg laying capability, and infection of the new spring hatch. Follow-up applications each year grasshopper populations are on the increase are useful to continue this process. Winter and spring weather will also have an effect on the spring hatch, as will the cycle the population is in at the time. grasshopper cycles peak and valley approximately every 7 years. This can vary by one to two years either way, but basically, every 7 years or so, they will reach an all time high or an all time low. It is helpful to check with the Dept. of Agriculture in your state to find out what the population predictions are for your area on a year-by-year basis. You can then plan your releases accordingly. If populations are in the uphill trend, it is definitely advisable to begin the disease process immediately and to continue to inoculate each year until the peak has happened and the downward cycle becomes evident. If you get started soon enough and a large enough percentage' of grasshoppers are inoculated, you may deter severely escalating populations from ever actually taking place. The more area treated on a consistent basis, the more long term control you can expect to take place. Optimally, spreading bait frequently throughout the season will be more advantageous than just once at the label minimum application rate. Nosema locustae spores are single celled animals otherwise known as protozoans. The spores that are sprayed on the bran are in the "resting" or protected" stage of the protozoan's life cycle. By "resting" or "protected", we mean that they have reached a stage of their life cycle when they automatically form a protective layer around the cell that neither takes in or lets out anything, from water to waste. It is in this stage that they wait to be ingested by a grasshopper. The spore stage can persist in the soil for years. Once the spores are ingested by the grasshopper, they become activated in the grasshopper's mid-gut. The spores "germinate" or extrude a filament from the cell wall. In the process of extruding this filament, the spores pierce the mid gut wall of the grasshopper and in very young 1st instar (growth stage) grasshoppers, death usually occurs very quickly due to septicimia (bacteria invading the grasshopper and causing death).
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Post by texasrose on Aug 8, 2006 8:40:21 GMT -5
Cliff
You are SOOOOOO Correct!!!!!!!!! I have been thinking all along if Mary don't get her head out of the mud she may end up in Jail. Once the IRS recieved the fillings for NON-profit - EVERYTHING NEEDED TO GO BY THE BOOK - buttttttt Mary may have letters after her name but she needs to go back to college an get a account degree.
That Holman chap and Dr. Smith Looked to be the only ones WITH A BRAIN on that Board!!! At least they DO know the law. Well - Lets see what the IRS finds in their investage of MRF - bet ya Mary pulls the "poor me" fuzzy brain can't remember S### with the IRS because of morgellons.
Well, sorry Mary that WON'T FLY with the IRS because YOU DID "HAVE" A BOARD that KNEW what needed to be done.
TexasRose ps - retired accountant here - "mary you may pass Go but can't collected $2 on your way to jail"
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Post by texasrose on Aug 8, 2006 9:00:15 GMT -5
Oops Forgot to give the link to were ALL the people that left MRF with a brain went to: www.cherokeechas.comIf anybody "needs TRUE" SUPPORT go to the above website and FORGET about MRF!! that ship is going down fast. I say spread the word to support OSU and what Holman chap is doing to find a cure, along with Casey and Dr. Smith.
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Post by texasrose on Aug 8, 2006 11:36:22 GMT -5
Oops again - Cliff you would know about Chas's website YOU are the media contact - WAY COOL I need more coffee
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Post by Host on Aug 14, 2006 7:26:51 GMT -5
I don't know anything about the situation regarding Mary, and this is the first link I followed after reading some warning from the Lymebusters page. I am a former sufferer of USP (unidentified skin parasites) aka Morgellons. Judge not, that ye be not judged.
If any of you lovely people suffering with the HELL of Morgellons are reading this, then I hope you'll concur and realise that this entire disease IS an infection of fungal proportions. There is a fungus among us. I don't think that it is easily identified by current medical practices or physicians. I am tremendously interested in the replies regarding a micro-fungal pathogen because I believe with all my heart and soul that my disease is fungal in nature.
I have literally cured my symptoms and put them into remission for more than one year by following a somewhat-strict diet to eliminate carbohydrates and sugar, and also taking anti-candida supplements. I think that this condition is much more than Candida though! I believe that it could even be some kind of superfungus that doctors are not familiar with yet!
I didn't buy some BS book for 40$ off the web to learn how to do this; I simply follow the anti-candida diet and take supplements. I did, however, come up with this idea after long endless nights spent scratching, with insomnia-fueled panic and hypochondriac searching for an answer. I stumbled upon (as you may have as well) a website describing one man's desperate encounter with this dreadful disease, and then his miraculous "cure" which he claimed took him so much time to compile and research but that it worked and was based solely upon dietary restriction.
I was thoroughly disgusted and appalled that someone with our disease could even THINK to try and make money off of us. I was so pissed that for a time I wouldn't even consider that this website was anything but a scam. Then I began doing some research of my own. I have suffered with interstitial cystitis since the age of 19 (I am 25 now) and the causes of i.c. are unknown-some kind of 'mystery pathogen' that the doctors have no clue about. Imagine this day and age, a disease with an 'unknown pathogen' causing its recurrent and chronic symptoms. That's what I've lived with for the last six years. No pity party for me though-the only reason I'm mentioning it is due to the link it provided for me with Morgellons.
When I was first diagnosed with interstitial cystitis, a lifetime illness in which for inexplicable reasons, the inside of my bladder is covered with tiny ulcers (Hunner's ulcers) I was given a small pamphlet. The pamphlet was called "the I.C. Diet" and told me that if I wanted to avoid pain, urinary frequency, and other symptoms common with IC, I would eat a diet of very, VERY bland proportions. Heheh. I'm talking about a diet that consisted only of chicken meat. Potatoes. Vegetables, unless they were spicy or hot. Unseasoned fish. Oh, and I was privileged to have the very occasional piece of fruit, but not too much since fruit is acidic and sugary and frowned upon in the Interstitial Cystitis diet.
No sodas, No alcohol, No tobacco, No candy, No sweets, No processed foods, No breads, No carbohydrates, No nothing that I used to pig out on after school, like microwaveable pizzas and ice cream cones. Only the blandest foods were an option on the menu. So what would you do, being told at age 19 that you can no longer eat any of the (unhealthy) staples of your diet, if you want to be healthy? I said screw it. So what if I have to pee every 15 minutes. I'm keeping on.. with my tasty gas station treats.
Suddently at age 24 I developed full blown Morg's. I now know that the anti-candida diet and the anti-interstitial cystitis diet are essentially IDENTICAL! I have posted endlessly on NUSPA and Lymebusters (can't login now due to the changes. may create a new account.)
About how the anti-candida diet has CURED me of my disease. I had the same thing that you all have! Please believe me. I posted under "Host" and my real name on Nuspa-but I tend to get in trouble if I post any information about my name on those boards, and I'm not sure about this board.
But I'm not ashamed to give my real name and tell people my real story. My only hope is that I can lead other people out of the darkness and into the beautiful light that I live in now, free from the severe itching, discomfort, and paranoia that some unknown pathogen was living under my skin.
I definitely don't have all the answers but I hope that God can help me show some of you that things can get better. I know that if I relapsed and began eating the former diet I was, that I would begin itching again. This fungus is alive and it feeds on you. I think one of the reasons we find so many disgusting bugs hatching out of our lips, why we pee moths, why we have become a literal freakshow of critters is because the fungus turns our bodies into a buffet. It makes all these creatures think that you are a living buffet table. Collembolla bred in captivity is fed yeast to survive-that is its preferred food.
Please contact me if you want to. My email is jessicastuart24@aol.com.
Jess
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