Jessica Lunsford and Jessica's Law

It's about time all of us stood for something and Jessica's Law gives us a perfect and indisputable cause to take a stand on!
Touched by molestation in our own family, many times, this law rings true to my heart. Many years ago when our family was forever affected by this horrific crime, not very much was being done to protect the innocent. No one talked about molestation. Many of us even thought it was
just a part of growing up", and that almost everyone endured this act of betrayal and violence both physically and emotionally. It was treated as though nothing had happened and no one dared to speak the truth. The very victims were cast out of families as though they themselves were the perpetrators.
Today, things are a changin' and people, the very people who's lives have been irreversibly changed by molestation, are speaking out, getting up and stomping on this crime against humanity.
I personally tip my hat to Mark Lunsford for decidingly marching his campaign right on up to the doors of our federal government. Hooray for such a brave man! Kudos to such a man as Mark who would unabashedly cry out for help in his mission in honor of his daughter, Jessica.
While it is true that good morals and ethics begin in our own homes, still for those who have not been taught those morals and ethics, or for those who willingly sinned against those morals and ethics, government intervention is a required force. For those who will repeatedly crash the lives of innocent children for their own greedy satisfaction, we need a place to forever remove them from society. Statistics prove over and over and redundantly over that these beasts cannot be rehabilitated.
Think about it, if they never lived by the same morals and ethics most of us do to begin with, why would they begin living those principals after getting for themselves a taste of the addiction that satisfies the most evil in their souls? It's just not going to happen.
PLEASE, DO something to help all of us who have been affected by molestation by protecting your own family from knowing what we know, and living what we live, every day of our lives.....Visit Jessica's website and TAKE ACTION on the part of EVERY child both far from you and CLOSE TO YOU!
www.JessiesAngels.org
Passion Tree House, LLC with BirD-elicious.com has committed to
financially supporting legislation to make law The Jessica Lunsford Act.

The Spiraling Effects of Spirulina And The Parrot

Passion Tree House, LLC research has found a possible link between "toe-tapping", aka involuntary muscle movements, and the use of spirulina in the diet.

As it turns out there is an amino acid found in extraordinary abundance in spirulina that could contribute to companion birds and their "OCD-like" behavior patterns such as involuntary "toe-tapping", "jumping", "dancing", "wing-flipping" and even insidious scratching, possibly even feather plucking and skin mutilation.

Without giving away the name of the amino acid, (be sure to visit our website and sign up for our BirD-elicious! Chronicles for more info in next month's newsletter), let's just say that birds may not be able to metabolize and absorb this particular essential amino acid properly. The result is a build up of this amino acid in the system which can lead to a "chemically induced" form of mental retardation and obsessive-compulsive behaviors, as well as interfere with the proper formation of another amino acid, tyrosine. If tyrosine is not properly formed, less tryptophan is produced. This can induce emotional agitation which can further increase the involuntary muscle contractions or spasms, similar to chemically induced Tourette's Syndrome, if you will.

In addition to the behavior patterns, lack of tyrosine can also cause discoloration in feathers. Again, if the particular amino acid that we are speaking of, which is a secret for the sake of this blog and the sake of our next month's BD Chronicles, doesn't get properly metabolized or absorbed, tyrosine doesn't get produced and can negatively affect the color of feathers, especially in the Eclectus parrot.

Buyer beware! Many bird foods contain "aspartame". Aspartame, many times, contains very high amounts of this particular amino acid that needs to be avoided in companion bird diets. But aspartame is not the only ingredient that contains this amino acid. There are some foods to avoid as well.

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