Details of Palin's personal life have contributed to her political image.
She hunts, eats moose hamburger, ice fishes, rides snowmobiles and owns a float plane.
Palin holds a lifetime membership with the National Rifle Association.
Family and Personal Background
Palin was born in Sandpoint, Idaho, the daughter of Charles and Sally (Sheeran) Heath. Her family moved to Alaska when she was an infant.
Charles Heath was a popular science teacher and coached track. The Heaths were avid outdoors enthusiasts; Sarah and her father would sometimes wake at 3 a.m. to hunt moose before school, and the family would regularly run 5k and 10k races.
Palin was the point guard and captain for the Wasilla High School Warriors, in Wasilla, Alaska, when they won the Alaska small-school basketball championship in 1982; she earned the nickname "Sarah Barracuda" because of her intense play. She played the championship game despite a stress fracture in her ankle, hitting a critical free throw in the last seconds.
Palin, who was also the head of the school Fellowship of Christian Athletes, would lead the team in prayer before games.
In 1984, Palin was second-place in the Miss Alaska beauty pageant after winning the Miss Wasilla contest earlier that year, winning a scholarship to help pay her way through college.
In the Wasilla pageant, she played the flute and also won Miss Congeniality.
Palin holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Idaho where she also minored in politics.
Her husband, Todd, is a Native Yup'ik Eskimo. Outside the fishing season, Todd works for BP at an oil field on the North Slope and is a champion snowmobiler, winning the 2000-mile "Iron Dog" race four times.
The two eloped shortly after Palin graduated college; when they learned they needed two witnesses for the civil ceremony, they recruited two residents from the Senior Citizen's home down the street.
The Palin family lives in Wasilla, about 40 miles (64 km) north of Anchorage. She briefly worked as a sports reporter for local Anchorage television stations while also working as a commercial fisherman with her husband, Todd, her high school sweetheart. One summer while she was working on Todd's fishing boat, the boat collided with a tender as she was holding onto the railing; Palin broke several fingers.
On September 11, 2007, the Palins' son Track joined the Army. Eighteen years old at the time, he is the eldest of Palin's five children. Track now serves in an infantry brigade and will be deployed to Iraq in September.
HER ELDEST SON JOINED THE ARMY ON 9/11, 2007 AND IS BEING DEPLOYED TO IRAQ ON 9/11 THIS YEAR.
She also has three daughters: Bristol, 17, Willow, 13, and Piper, 7. On April 18, 2008, Palin gave birth to her second son,
Trig Paxson Van Palin, who has Down syndrome. She returned to the office three days after giving birth. Palin refused to let the results of prenatal genetic testing change her decision to have the baby. "I'm looking at him right now, and I see perfection," Palin said. "Yeah, he has an extra chromosome. I keep thinking, in our world, what is normal and what is perfect?"
Details of Palin's personal life have contributed to her political image.
She also ran for governor on fiscal conservative agenda, she SOLD the wasteful spending jet (the previous governor bought) on EBay, and made a profit for the state of Alaska!!
She stopped the wasteful $$$$ "Bridge to Nowhere"
She fought the Eco-Nazis to get the polar bears ( Now 12,000 more than before) OFF the endangered species list, which was put there to keep oil companies from being able to drill....) and WON!!!
She's always had a between 80% & 90% approval rating in the state of Alaska
What a brilliant pick by McCain for the nation!!!
AUGUST 29 IS MCCAIN'S 72nd BIRTHDAY AND PALIN'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY
P.S. I am sure there are a lot of close minded people who will want to question this fine woman's life and complain about her ideas on saving the people money. But you have got to wonder why they want to smear someone who has their life together?
This email contains one of the best comparisons of the two major canidates for US President in 2008:
Read and see if you like the truth facts about what they believe or want to change in your future!!
Subject: Fw: 2008 Presidential Comparison:
Read and consider how it will effect you if Obama is elected President. Big changes that will cost lots of your money... Unless you do not pay any tax then of course why do you care? Just maybe you know there is not any free rides and sooner or later the bill will come due! But you have got to know with out any input into the system you should not expect to get much back...
This is a nice little chart to bring out the different points
Will appoint judges who interpret the law not make it
Yes
No
Served in the US Armed Forces
Yes
No
Amount of time served in the US Senate
22 YEARS
173 DAYS
Will institute a socialized national health care plan
No
Yes
Supports abortion throughout the pregnancy
No
Yes
Would pull troops out of Iraq immediately
No
Yes
Supports gun ownership rights
Yes
No
Supports homosexual marriage
No
Yes
Proposed programs will mean a huge tax increase
No
Yes
Voted against making English the official language
No
Yes
Voted to give Social Security benefits to illegals
No
Yes
CAPITAL GAINS TAX
MCCAIN
0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples). McCain does not propose any change in existing home sales income tax.
OBAMA
28% on profit from ALL home sales. (How does this affect you? If you sell your home and make a profit, you will pay 28% of your gain on taxes. If you are heading toward retirement and would like to down-size your home or move into a retirement community, 28% of the money you make from your home will go to taxes. This proposal will adversely affect the elderly who are counting on the income from their homes as part of their retirement income.)
DIVIDEND TAX
MCCAIN
15% (no change)
OBAMA
39.6% - (How will this affect you? If you have any money invested in stock market, IRA, mutual funds, college funds, life insurance, retirement accounts, or anything that pays or reinvests dividends, you will now be paying nearly 40% of the money earned on taxes if Obama becomes president. The experts predict that 'Higher tax rates on dividends and capital gains would crash the stock market, yet do absolutely nothing to cut the deficit.')
INCOME TAX
MCCAIN
(no changes)
Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $31,250
OBAMA (reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts)
Single making 30K - tax $8,400
Single making 50K - tax $14,000
Single making 75K - tax $23,250
Married making 60K - tax $16,800
Married making 75K - tax $21,000
Married making 125K - tax $38,750
Under Obama, your taxes could almost double!
INHERITANCE TAX
MCCAIN
- 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax)
OBAMA
Restore the inheritance tax
Many families have lost businesses, farms, ranches, and homes that have been in their families for generations because they could not afford the inheritance tax. Those willing their assets to loved ones will only lose them to these taxes.
* Then the icing on the cake!! NEW TAXES PROPOSED BY OBAMA
1) New government taxes proposed on homes that are more than 2400 square feet.
2) New gasoline taxes (as if gas weren't high enough already)
3) New taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity)
4) New taxes on retirement accounts, and last but not least....
5) New taxes to pay for socialized medicine so we can receive the same level of medical care as most other third-world countries!!!
BTW: You can verify the above at the following web sites:
Something most of us could use atleast read the article:
A few weeks ago a friend brought me something new called Photo Reading. It’s a program designed to help you read faster with greater comprehension. But it’s not speed-reading. It gets you to use more of your brain…more of the capacity that’s waiting to be tapped.
Think of it as a “whole brain” activity. You use both the left (logical) and right (creative) sides of your brain. When fired simultaneously you get amazing results.
People who finish the course can read up to 25,000 words a minute. Imagine how much reading you could handle at those speeds? It’s a very exciting prospect.
I was skeptical at first…25,000 words a minute sounds a little outrageous. But having tried the program, I can see how it’s possible.
One of the core techniques is “photographing” what you see on the page – all at once. You actually train your brain to take a picture of the words on a page. This enables you to go through a book as fast as you can turn the pages.
The other techniques help you take all that information and use it. It’s a completely different way of thinking and using your brain. It’s both innovative and fascinating.
Part of the program includes a memory booster. It’s a simple and effective way of remembering what you read. This easy-to-learn technique is similar to something I used back in medical school. They call it “mind mapping.”
You can try it right now. Get a sheet of blank paper and some colored markers.
Let’s say you wanted to memorize my PACE program… In the middle of the page you draw a circle and write the word “PACE.” Around that word – and with a different color marker – you draw another circle and write the core concepts of the book. In this case, you might write, “short bursts of intensity,” “12 minutes” and “oxygen debt.”
Then coming out of that circle you draw a curved line, like you’re drawing the pedal of a flower. (Use a different color.) On that line you write one of the chapter names. Let’s take chapter 3 as an example…Write “Jumpstart Your PACE Now!” on the line coming out of the circle.
Coming off the main line, you draw smaller lines, like the veins in the leaf of a plant. On those lines you write the key points of chapter 3 like “adaptive response,” “recovery,” and “greater fitness in less time.”
When you use both parts of your brain at the same time, you’re able to remember the contents of an entire book – just by creating a picture of it.
This mind mapping techniques has dozens of applications. It’s not just for books. You can use it to remember recipes, names, schedules, you name it.
It’s really captured my imagination. And it’s already ramped up my reading power. I can’t wait to get through more of the course.
If you want to find out more about Photo Reading – and I highly recommend it – click HERE.
99P 20 Aug 08
Shy?
Too Shy?
Here is some help for you or a friend...
We all were shy once upon a time!! Help for those who want to venture out...
6 Ways to Overcome Your Shyness and Meet People
Being social is good for you. Your emotional and even physical health depends on social interaction. Social relationships can help you deal with depression, stress, and just plain old loneliness. But some people have a hard time figuring out how to be more social, and where to go to meet and make new friends.
Here are six ways to get started:
1. Join a club
There is a club for almost every possible passion, from anthropology to zoology. Check out your local alternative weekly’s “events” listing; many of the ongoing events will be club meetings. If all else fails, start your own club.
2. Attend a Meetup
Meetups are semi-informal gatherings of like-minded people, often at a bar or restaurant, who get together to just chat and get to know each other. Meetup.com is the place to go to find meetups in your area.
3. Take a class
Taking a class is a great way to meet people – while learning something new at the same time.
4. Teach a class
Nothing is more social than sharing your own hard-earned knowledge with people who can benefit from it most. Community colleges, adult extensions, and local government organizations (such as Parks and Recreation) are always on the lookout for people to teach either full-blown courses or shorter workshops.
5. Look up local bloggers or twitterers
There are a number of services to find blogs by location, such as Feedmap.net, Outside.in, and PlaceBlogger. If you’re on Twitter, you can use the advanced search function to find Twitterers “Near this place”.
6. Go to conferences
Seek out local conferences, take a stack of business cards, and go spend a day in the expo hall, which is usually free or cheap. Hand your card out to all and sundry, and collect theirs as well. At the conference itself, make a point of asking vendors what their product does.
A woman's self-esteem and self-confidence are even
more closely connected to her body than is the case
with men.
And they're connected in a different way.
What percentage of the female population feels
genuinely proud of their bodies? I shutter to
think, having met very, very few women like this.
Almost every woman today - and it's a great tragedy
for the younger ones in particular - have a HUGE
sense of physical inadequacy. They think...
- My breasts are too small
- My butt is too big
- My breasts sag
- My legs are just big cellulite deposits
- My gut is too big
- My triceps are just flab
- I have stretch marks
- Etc, etc, etc....
Now, we could get into a whole discussion here
about whether what a woman doesn't like about
her body is REAL or just a product of media
manipulation... but we don't need to go there.
Why not? Simple. Because when a woman finds
the DETERMINATION to get the body she really
wants, she starts to see much more ACCURATELY
what having a truly GREAT body really means.
And she comes to realize the few things she
can't change - like her height, general breast
size, and natural build - CANNOT PREVENT HER
from becoming BEAUTIFUL.
TO HAVE GREAT SELF-CONFIDENCE, A WOMAN NEEDS...
-to FEEL like a woman, to have a woman's hourglass
figure, to feel sexy and to FEEL BEAUTIFUL and
ATTRACTIVE in her own mind.
This means, by the way, that Warriorship is a little
different for women. While men also need to start
with the body in order to transform their lives,
this is even MORE vital for women.
THE USUAL EXCUSES...
- I'm too old
- You can't get your figure back after (take your
pick) childbirth, 40, 50, menopause...
- I'm just naturally (take your pick) too fat, have
a big butt, have thunder thighs...
Now, there's one thing you need to know about all those
excuses...
They're total BS. Yes, excuse my language but
it's true. They are LIES and need to be seen for
what they are.
They're just stuff you've learned from your culture
and they're nonsense.
My friend Linda would agree with me. You see, she's
a fitness trainer... and a grandmother! She recently
did a talk at a local high school and one of the
guys in the class said, "You sure don't look like MY
grandma!"
But he was probably just emotionally confused about
how he could possibly find any grandmother "sexy" ;-)
So the FACT, Dear Lady, is that you CAN have
the body you want.
There's even better news though - getting the body
you want will give you the self-image and self-confidence
you need to lead a truly excellent life, with excellent
health and deeply fulfilling relationships.
The huge health benefits you get along the way are
important, for sure, but it's the change in your
SELF-IMAGE that's the really big deal here...
...because that's what will change your results in
every area of your life, and with very little effort
on your part.
That's why getting the body you really WANT pays such
huge dividends.
WHY YOU'VE FAILED BEFORE
In just about every case I've seen where a woman
has tried to stick to a fitness program or a diet
and then relapsed, here's why...
1) The program was poorly designed - you were set
up to fail
2) Your goals were far too general
3) Because you didn't see results and didn't have
a clear and compelling vision of what you wanted,
you didn't have the motivation.
NOW... think for a minute...
What if you had a superbly designed program that's
been PROVEN to give women the body they want AND that
was designed by a woman who's been in YOUR situation?
Would that get your attention?
And what if this program required only a few
workouts a week, very little equipment and you
could do it all at home... at your convenience?
And if the person who designed the program was not
only a mother, a weight-loss success story turned
fitness model, and certified fitness trainer, but
also...
...someone who's given thousands of people just
like you the body they want?
Meet Jennifer Nicole Lee. Jennifer's one of the
few people out there who understands the vital
importance of getting the body you want in order
to get the mindset you want.
And she'll show you EXACTLY what to do so that you
get that body and that confidence, often in a matter of
weeks.
Your life is too precious to waste. If you're
living with a body you're none too proud of, then
now's the time to change that situation, once and
for all.
After we reviewed a bunch of the best fitness systems
out there for women, Jennifer's approach has come
out on top.
Simply put, her system has a solid track record and
if you follow through with it, it WILL deliver.
The great thing about any superb fitness system is
that you see results fast. And once you see results,
you become wildly enthusiastic about your practice.
You no longer need someone to motivate you - and
Jennifer knows that's her job in the beginning - you
get motivated every time you look in the mirror and
love what you see.
That much is true for us guys too!
Is all this just "vanity"? NO. Vanity is totally
self-centered. This is not.
Because until you have self-confidence, you can't give
it to others. And thousands of people around you,
probably including your own loved ones, desperately
need to know what you WILL KNOW just a few weeks
from now. They need to know:
- That they CAN change their lives
- That they CAN have a positive self-image and great
self-confidence inspite of the nonsense in the meda
- That they can enjoy superb health and great
relationships
So getting the body you want can be a GREAT GIFT to
everyone around you. By doing this, you'll become
a true Warrior and able to inspire others to take
charge of their lives too.
This is from a post on a blog I wrote some time back, which you may want to read to improve your quality of life. You may not agree with all it says but you will find very good information...
" The truth is where you find it! " a True-ism Aug 2008
HEAVEN'S HEALING
An outline for success in life!!
You may want to copy and reread this several times; if you care about your health or that of someone else... HUH!!
This is an item you may want to read, if you would like understand health & live a better life!!
Did you know that your chances of dying of heart disease may be as high as 50%?
And your chances of dying of cancer may be as high as 30%?
This article will empower you to beat these statistics.
In this article:
Read and learn what it takes to have a balanced life....
To understand the concepts of healing, we first need to know:
Why do we get sick?
Disease is an effort of nature to free the system from conditions that result from a violation of the laws of health.
What does this mean?
The symptoms of disease (e.g. pain, fever, and inflammation) are nature’s effort to get better.
Disease comes because we are violating God’s physical laws.
How can symptoms of disease be our body’s effort to recover?
Disease is not a negative condition which should be combated and suppressed ('cured'), but a self-defensive, protective effort of the body to restore health. Pain is our body's way of telling us that something is wrong. Inflammation is a re-constructive process and should not be suppressed. Every acute disease is an effort of nature to cleanse and heal. When suppressed, it becomes sub-acute, and then, with time, chronic and degenerative.
How is disease the result of violating God’s physical laws?
Medicine suggests that we are victims of sickness, attacked by a bad organism, having a bad organ, cursed by bad genes, etc. In reality, illness is most often a result of our own choices not dependent on uncontrollable factors. Disease-causing organisms are scavengers; they cannot find a home in a healthy body with a strong immune system. Bacteria, virus, or parasitic infection is not the primary cause of disease but rather its result. Even the father of the germ theory, Pasteur, began to understand the true relationship of germs to disease late in his life, when he stated: “The germ is nothing, the soil [the condition of the body] is everything,” meaning that a germ can only thrive in a suitable environment.
God's law is written by His own finger upon every nerve, every muscle, and every faculty which has been entrusted to man. God in His wisdom has established natural laws for the proper control of dress, appetites, and passions, and He requires of us obedience in every particular; this determines the condition of our health. All our enjoyment or suffering may be traced to obedience or to transgression of natural law.
God loves His creatures with a love that is both tender and strong. He has established the laws of nature; but His laws are not arbitrary exactions. Every "Thou shalt not," whether in physical or moral law, contains or implies a promise. If it is obeyed, blessings will attend our steps; if it is disobeyed, the result is danger and unhappiness. The transgression of the physical law is transgression of God's law. As sin is the transgression of the moral law, disease is the transgression of the physical law.
Florence Nightingale once said, “There are no specific diseases only specific disease conditions.” Disease is merely a departure from normal health. A careful conformity to the laws which God has implanted in our being will insure health, and there will not be a breaking down of the constitution. God has pledged Himself to keep this machinery in healthful action if the human agent will obey His laws, and co-operate with him. “If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee… for I am the LORD that healeth thee.” Exodus 15:26.
When we realize that disease is the result of transgression of God’s physical laws, the cure for it is found in identifying the cause. Remove the cause and we have found the cure.
So what should I do when I get sick?
The greatest cause of human suffering is ignorance on the subject of how to treat our own bodies. In case of sickness, the cause should be ascertained. Unhealthful conditions should be changed, and wrong habits corrected. Then, nature is to be assisted in her effort to expel impurities and to re-establish right conditions in the system.
Please explain.
When the abuse of health is carried so far that sickness results, we can often do what no one else can do for ourselves:
First find out what is causing the disease, because disease never comes without a cause. Reason with yourself, “What could I have done to become sick?” In the beginning reasoning from cause to effect may be challenging to ascertain but with practice and conscious awareness it will become easy. And then you will be able to say like David, “I understand more than the ancients, because I keep Thy precepts.” Psalm 119:100.
Remove the cause; stop doing the things that made you sick.
Assist the body’s efforts to expel impurities by using natural remedies and trusting in God.
Lastly, do not endeavor to adjust the difficulties by adding a burden of poisonous medicines.
How can I obtain Heaven’s healing?
There are many ways of practicing the healing art; but there is only one way that Heaven approves. God's remedies are the simple agencies of nature that will not tax or debilitate the system through their powerful properties. Pure air and water, cleanliness, proper diet, purity of life, and a firm trust in God, these are remedies for the want of which thousands are dying; yet these remedies are going out of date because their skillful use requires work that the people do not appreciate. Fresh air, exercise, pure water, and clean, sweet premises, are within the reach of all, with but little expense; but drugs are expensive, both in the outlay of means, and the effect produced upon the system.
God is greatly dishonored by the way in which man treats his organism, and He will not work a miracle to counteract a perverse violation of the laws of life and health. The Lord has made it a part of His plan that man's reaping shall be according to his sowing.
However, it is a safe proposition that after a person has done all in his power to search out and put away the cause of his disease, and it is found to be after all, that the cause is beyond all human effort to remove. Then, if the one sole aim of his healing is the glory of God and the keeping of the commandments of God, he may with perfect confidence and full assurance of faith ask the Lord to heal him.
Still, while presenting our petitions with earnestness, we should say, “Nevertheless not my will, but Thine, be done.” Luke 22:42. We do not know whether the blessing we desire will be best for us or not. Therefore, our prayers should include this thought: “Lord if it is for Thy glory that my health be restored, I ask, in the name of Jesus. If it be not Thy will give me Thy grace to comfort and Thy presence to sustain me.”
So what is the only method of obtaining healing that heaven approves of?
If your doctor were to inform you that to get better you would only have to take eight different pills a day, and he gave them to you for free, would you try them? The likelihood is you would. Today, the Greatest Physician in the universe is offering us eight remedies that one can take everyday and get better and stay well. Moreover they are so simple. Will we accept His offer?
God often uses the simplest means to accomplish the greatest results. Goliath the giant was killed by a small pebble. The power did not come from the pebble, but from David’s faith and obedience to God. Naaman the leper was healed by washing in the river of Jordan, because by obeying he expressed trust and obedience to God. Today, “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8), the only true Physician, would like to share with us eight remedies to prevent illness andobtain His healing.
These remedies are better than the orthodox medicines that the world gives because, firstly, they are free; secondly, they work for all; and lastly, they have no bad side-effects (only good ones like more energy, greater endurance, sharper memory, younger-looking skin, loss of extra weight, etc).
How is it possible that the same eight remedies work for all?
Although externally we may look different, internally our bodies are governed by the same physical laws of nature. That is why the same plan works for everyone.
Okay, so what are these eight remedies that Jesus wants to share with us?
Permit me to introduce these remedies one at a time:
1. OUR FREEST VITAMIN SUPPLY
“Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.” Ecclesiastes 11:7. Have you ever stopped to think that without sunlight there would be no life on this earth? – Not a leaf or fruit could grow nor a flower bloom. The life of every created being is the more perfect the more the creature enjoys the influence of light. Let a plant or an animal be deprived of light, notwithstanding every nourishment, care, and cultivation, it will first lose its color, then its strength, and at last will utterly decay.
God made man to live largely outdoors where the body could receive abundant sunshine. In fact, man was created and placed in the garden so that the sun would shine upon his entire body.
A miracle factory is at work just beneath our skin; when the ultraviolet rays of the sun touch the skin, the factory sets to work. There are tiny oil glands just beneath the skin called sterols. As sunshine strikes them, substances within them, called ergosterols, are irradiated and transformed into vitamin D. Red corpuscles constantly flowing through the very small blood vessels throughout every part of the 3,000 square inches of our skin transport the vitamin throughout the body.
Vitamin D is unique in that it is the only vitamin that humans produce intrinsically after exposure to ultraviolet B light from the sun. It takes a fair-skinned person only 15 minutes or less to generate 10,000 to 20,000 IU of vitamin D on a sunny day.
Vitamin D generated by sunlight on the skin is different from other vitamins in that it influences the entire body. Receptors that respond to this vitamin have been found in almost every type of human cell, from the brain to the bones.
All of the sunlight’s vitamin D's health-effects are not yet known, but it is clear that the vitamin is a “blockbuster” nutrient capable of many things, including the following:
Vitamin D –
Strengthens the immune system. Exposure to sunlight increases the number of the immune system’s white blood cells in the body. Moreover, sunlight increases the number of lymphocytes, the most powerful germ killers of white blood cells.
Provides pain relief.
Elevates the mood.
Improves mental function. One study revealed that after exposing participants to 20 minutes of bright white light in the morning, they became more alert. The brain images showed that regions of the brain involved with alertness and some cognitive processes became more active.
Increases muscle tone. In turn, it burns up more calories.
Helps in weight loss. Sunlight increases the body’s metabolism by stimulating thyroid gland function. Resting Metabolic Rate is thus increased and more calories are burned.
Lowers cholesterol. Because there is so much cholesterol just underneath the skin, when it is changed by sunlight to vitamin D, cholesterol from the blood is sent to take its place. Two hours after a sunbath, an average of 13% reduction in human blood cholesterol, takes place.
Aids in calcium assimilation and strengthens bones and teeth. Dentists have observed that people living in cloudy areas, where there is not much sun, have worse dental decay than those who live in the tropics, where the sun beats down on them many hours a day.
Increases the volume of oxygen in the blood. Sunlight increases the capacity of the blood to carry more oxygen and take it to our body tissues. Even a single exposure to ultraviolet light in the sun will greatly increase the oxygen content in our blood. Bronchial asthmatics, who could hardly breathe, were able to inhale freely after a sunbath.
Discourages growth of cancer.
Has an insulin-like effect on the body – stabilizes blood sugar. Simultaneously, sunlight helps to elevate the blood sugar that is too low (in hypoglycemic persons), while lowering the blood sugar that is too high (in diabetics).
Prevents type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis and schizophrenia.
Improves liver function – helps the body to eliminate toxic chemicals and environmental pollutants.
Balances hormones. Sunlight reaches the pineal gland through the eyes and affects the pituitary gland, which controls the hormone production of the other endocrine glands in a beneficial way.
How can I enjoy the benefits of sunlight without the risk of skin cancer or premature aging?
Start with 10-15 minutes exposure to the face, arms and legs daily or the diseased area of the body. Build up to 20-30 minutes daily. The body stores the vitamin D readily for over a week. Avoid sun burning. Do not use sun block or suntan lotion.
To avoid the risk of skin cancer, reduce free fats, such as oils, and eliminate bad fats, (this includes all animal fats, margarine, hydrogenated fats, fried foods. Also avoid sautéed food, and vegetable oils that have been heated in processing (this includes almost all refined vegetable oils). Suitable oils to use are extra-virgin, cold-pressed coconut oil and extra-virgin, cold-pressed olive oil. Always add them to the food just before serving – do not cook with oils. When not available eat the oil as it is found in the food, e.g. raw nuts and seeds, avocadoes, olives, corn, etc.
2. THE INVISIBLE DISEASE REMOVER
Do you remember the first thing you did when you were born? Breathe for air. Man may live 5-6 weeks without food, a few days without water, but only a few minutes without air. Our body’s most important nutritional requirement is not protein, carbohydrates, fats – it is oxygen! Just as fire in a furnace cannot be kept up without enough air which would supply the necessary amount of oxygen to the flames, so the fires of life in the body cannot be maintained without an abundance of oxygen in the body. The way we breathe can substantially affect how we look, feel, resist disease, and even how long we live.
In order to have good blood, we must breathe well. Full, deep inspirations of pure air fill the lungs with oxygen; purify the blood, sending it – a life-giving current – to every part of the body. Good respiration soothes the nerves; stimulates the appetite; renders digestion more perfect; and induces sound, refreshing sleep.
Fresh air will prove far more beneficial to sick persons than medicine, and is far more essential to them than their food. They will do better, and will recover sooner, when deprived of food, than when deprived of fresh air. An outdoor life amid natural surroundings would work wonders for many a helpless and almost hopeless invalid. Some diseases can be cured most of all through proper air. The most successful cure for tuberculosis of the lungs requires an unusually large amount of fresh air for the patient day and night. Sleeping porches should be provided and such patients should be allowed indoors for only meals and other duties. Thousands have died for want of pure water and air who might have lived.
Does the way I stand and sit affect my breathing?
The lungs can expand properly only when a person sits and stands straight because otherwise the sacs in the lungs that take in the air will be compressed. If lungs do not get enough air, the blood does not get enough oxygen; in turn, everything does not function as efficiently as it should. Practice how to sit and stand straight – head high, back straight.
How can I make sure I am getting enough air?
On the surface, it would appear that when you take a breath, the air goes in and immediately bounces back. Actually, only about 1/7 of the air in the air cells of the lungs is replaced with each breath. It is important to do deep breathing exercise daily (three times a day is best). Be sure to do this in the morning before breakfast. Take a deep breath to full expansion, hold, then exhale slowly and completely, and hold that. Repeat this, say, 20 times. This helps the circulation and gets toxins out of the system.
One of the best ways to learn deep breathing (normal breathing) is to lie flat on one’s back and place your hand on your stomach. As you breathe in deeply your hand should rise. This exercise should be practiced until your abdominal muscles automatically rise each time you breathe, all the time. This indicates that the entire lung is expanding, with emphasis on the lower portion of the lung and abdominal area.
Be outdoors as much as possible. Always exercise outdoors. In the home it is important to secure thorough ventilation and plenty of sunlight. Keep proper ventilation in mind wherever you are (home, work, school, etc.). Air must be in constant circulation to be kept free from poisons.
Breathe fresh air while sleeping – open the windows. Even on cold winter nights, double the blankets but always keep the windows open. Air the bedrooms daily with the windows open. When we sleep in an ill-ventilated room we will awake feeling feverish and exhausted. This is because the vital air was excluded, and our entire system suffers in consequence.
Do not smoke tobacco; avoid second-hand smoke too. Our skin breathes; try to wear only natural material (100% cotton, linen, silk or wool) on everything that touches the body so that it can breathe without impediments. Avoid smog and all chemicals, cleaning solutions, solvents, paint removers, insect sprays, and deodorants. The best air is at beaches, oceans, waterfalls, thunderstorms, forests, and in sunshine; all these natural environments electrically charge oxygen molecules to negative ions which are health-giving. However, air from air conditioners is not the best, because it is positively ionized.
What should I do if the air is too cold?
When cold, try not to wear too much. If you add clothing, let it be but little, and exercise, if possible, to regain the heat you need. If you positively cannot engage in active exercise, warm yourself by the heater; but as soon as you are warm, lay off your extra clothing and remove from the fire. If those who can would engage in some active employment to take the mind off themselves, they would generally forget that they felt the chill, and would not receive harm. You should lower the room temperature as soon as you have regained your natural warmth. For invalids who have feeble lungs, nothing can be worse than an overheated atmosphere. The heated oppressed atmosphere deprives the vitality, benumbs the sensitive brain, and causes the lungs to shrink and the liver to become inactive.
What happens if I do not breathe right?
If an insufficient supply of oxygen is received through shallow breathing, the blood moves sluggishly. The waste, poisonous matter, which should be thrown off in exhalations from the lungs, is retained and the blood becomes impure. Not only the lungs, but the stomach, liver and brain are affected. The skin becomes sallow and digestion is retarded. Oxygen deficiency in the cells is known to cause cancer. Experiments have proven that cancer cells cannot live in blood that is well oxygenated.
Air should not be regarded as an enemy, but a precious blessing. Many labor under the mistaken idea that when they have a cold, they must carefully exclude the outside air, and increase the temperature of their room until it is excessively hot. The system becomes deranged and the pores closed by waste matter. And the internal organs suffer more or less inflammation, because the blood has been chilled back from the surface and thrown upon them. At this time, of all others, the lungs should not be deprived of pure, fresh air. If pure air is ever necessary, it is when any part of the system, as the lungs or stomach, is diseased.
Many families suffer with sore throat, lung disorders and liver complaints, brought upon them by their own course of action. They breathe the same air over and over again, until it becomes impregnated with poisonous impurities. Those who thus abuse their health must suffer disease.
3. THE BEST THING TO DO TO STAY YOUNG ALWAYS
Have you ever experienced days when you felt that you did not have the energy to do what you needed to do? You look at your children, see how active they are and wish you had half their energy. Wouldn’t you like it if your doctor could prescribe you something inexpensive and simple that will have the following side effects: –
Give you all the energy you need for each day.
Saturate your blood and all the cells of your body with fresh oxygen and nutrients and thereby prevent aging.
Assist your body’s healing and health-restoring processes.
Accelerate metabolism and digestion, so that you will be able to eat the same amount of food and yet lose weight, or eat more and enjoy a good digestion.
Stimulate your mental powers by increasing your concentration and improve your memory.
Assist your elimination organs in detoxification through the lungs, skin and intestines.
Stimulate your glands to secrete more hormones.
Moreover, it will put you in good spirits and make you feel happy.
Man used to have to work to grow and harvest his food, and to feed his animals. Modern living has eliminated 90% of the motion and exercise our bodies require to function optimally. Manual labor is no longer needed to obtain food; we simply go to the market. The level of oxygen absorption is determined by the level of physical exertion.
Our sedentary life has led to chronic oxygen starvation. Our organs, muscles, brain, nerves, are now forced to struggle with their tasks in spite of the chronic undersupply of this most important nutrient. The consequences are obvious: physical and mental deterioration and a growing number and intensity of degenerative diseases – the result of this new mechanized lifestyle, with pollution.
“Many of the things we call biomarkers of aging might actually be biomarkers of inactivity.” Williams Evans Ph.D., The Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging.
Perfect health requires a perfect circulation. The more we exercise the better will be the circulation of the blood. Also, exercise produces brain substances (endorphins) that make us feel good like a medicine. We can get all the nutrition into our blood but if we do not get the nourished blood to where it needs to go through exercise we will not benefit.
How much exercise should I get?
Exercise at least 30 minutes daily. Brisk walking is good. On the first day, begin a program of walking as far as is comfortable, and gradually work up to five miles per day. Outdoor labor, in any useful activity, is an excellent source of exercise.
In health, exercise will more adequately help the body to cope with dietary abuses and other debilitating factors of a bad lifestyle. The worse the diet, the more important it is to exercise, although it should be realized that only partial protection can be achieved.
Exercise is very important even if you are very sick. At this time it is especially important to rest, but make sure to walk, and do breathing exercises daily. If you are unable to exercise, use a trampoline. Massage can help as it is passive exercise. A whole range of motion exercises are beneficial.
4. OUR NEGLECTED BATH
“Cleanse first that which is within…that the outside…may be clean also.” Matthew 23:26. Toxic waste builds up in the body when we do not drink enough water.
The body of a new-born infant contains more than 80% water. The amount of water in the tissues lessens with advancing age. More than 60% of our body is made up of water.
Humans have lived 81 days without food, but they will die in 5 days without water. If a person loses just 5% of his total water, he will start to hallucinate, become disoriented, and experience twitching muscles. If he loses 15% of his total water, his life is endangered. A loss greater than 15% of body fluids may result in death. Yet, the body has no water storage system to depend on in times of need.
The parts of the body that suffer most from dehydration are those without direct vascular circulation, such as the joint cartilages in fingers, knees, and vertebrae. Chronic pains are
often indicators of chronic dehydration. When any of your joints begin to signal aching pains that come and go, the first thought that should occur to you is “My body is severely short of water.” Often, though, when the signs of water deficiency in joint cartilages are not recognized for what they indicate, painkillers are prescribed, frequently resulting in a dependence on addictive medication, and possible permanent results could be permanent damage to cartilage separation of the joint bones.
According to Dr. Fereydoon Batmanghelidj, “Understanding dehydration will empower you to become much healthier and you will be able to become your own healer.” Dehydration can cause disease. "Dry mouth is not the only sign of dehydration and waiting to get thirsty is wrong. Pain in the body is a crisis call of the body for water. Thirst should be prevented. When [the] body does not receive enough water and you have pain that, is a sign of dehydration."
Dr. Batmanghelidj also explained, “Chronic pain of the body which cannot easily be explained as injuries or infection, should first and foremost be interpreted as signal of chronic water shortage in the area where the pain is registered. These pain signals should first be considered and excluded as primary indicators for dehydration of the body before any other complicated procedures are forced on the patient.”
How much water should I drink and how do I know if I am drinking enough water?
Contrary to popular belief, thirst is not a good indicator. By the time you are thirsty, it means your body has already lost more than 3% of its water. If your urine is bright yellow, you are drinking too little water. Ideally, your urine should be as light as possible, almost colorless. Regular intake of water throughout the day is important because when a huge amount of water is ingested, it is practically completely eliminated by the kidneys in the succeeding few hours. That is why, to meet your daily ration of water intake, a lot of water all at once is not the solution. Drink one to two glasses of water every waking hour or so throughout the day.
Drink more if you sweat much or the weather is hot. This will help your endurance. Carry a supply with you. Upon rising, drink two glasses at room temperature with a freshly squeezed lemon in it.
How about daily showers?
A burned victim who has had over 50% of the skin function destroyed, has a lower chance for survival, and his kidneys are placed under a terrific load because of the loss of eliminative assistance by the skin. The skin is considered to play the role of a third kidney. The average healthy person eliminates about 1 kg of waste material daily through the pores of the skin! People who engage in rigorous physical activity eliminate an even greater amount. It is important to keep the pores open and clean by daily bathing.
Persons in health should on no account neglect daily bathing. More so, those who are not in good health have impurities in the blood. The multitude of pores, or little mouths, through which the body breathes, become clogged and filled with waste matter, and the skin is not in a healthy condition. The skin needs to be carefully and thoroughly cleansed, that the pores may do their work in freeing the body from impurities. Feeble persons who are diseased surely need the advantages and blessings of bathing daily.
Whether a person is sick or well, respiration is more free and easy if bathing is practiced. By it, the muscles become more flexible, the mind and body are alike invigorated, the intellect is made brighter, and every faculty becomes livelier. The bath is a soother of the nerves. It promotes general perspiration, quickens the circulation, overcomes obstructions in the system, and acts beneficially on the kidneys and urinary organs. Bathing helps the bowels, stomach, and liver, giving energy and new life to each. It also promotes digestion, and instead of the system being weakened, it is strengthened.
Instead of increasing the liability of cold, a bath, properly taken, fortifies against cold, because the circulation is improved, and the uterine organs, which are more or less congested are relieved, for the blood is brought to the surface, and an easier and regular flow of the blood through all the blood vessels is obtained. Remember to always end your bath or shower with cold water, as this strengthens the body whereas ending with warm or hot water weakens the body.
Should I use hydrotherapy (water treatments) when I am sick? How effective is it?
The things of nature are God's blessings, provided to give health to the body, mind, and soul. They are given to the healthy to keep them healthy and to the sick to make them healthy. Natural remedies with water treatment are more effective in restoring health than all the drug medication in the world.
Take one hot bath a day, remain in the bath for 20 minutes; the temperature of the water should be 110 degrees F, followed by a cold shower for 1-3 minutes. Before each shower or bath, dry brush the skin with a stiff brush until the skin is rosy and warmed. Brush stroking towards the heart region.
Having steam bath at home is excellent. Have a steam bath daily, or twice daily in serious sicknesses, until you are recovered. Sit on a small stool, covered with a blanket, from the neck to the feet. Place a basin of boiling water between your feet. Replace the water as it cools, with more hot water. Maintain this position for twenty minutes; end with a cold shower for 1-2 minutes.
5. MOST IMPORTANT SECRET FOR LIVING TO BE 100
2000 centurions were studied – nothing was found in common with them other than the moderation in quantity of food. Observations on 2000 centurions showed that, for attainment of long life, the amount of food was more critical than the type of food that was consumed.
The Bible speaks of true temperance in everything concerning life, not just food. Bible temperance teaches us to dispense entirely with everything harmful, and to use judiciously that which is healthful. That means we should avoid all things that do not promote health and enjoy moderately those that do. True temperance does not refer only to eating and drinking. It includes all things in life: moderation in sleep, work, and play, also avoidance of stress, bad thoughts, anger, etc. Prolong your life by careful supervision of yourself.
When it comes to diet, nothing should be put into the human system that will leave a baleful influence behind. True temperance in diet involves abstaining from all stimulants including: drugs; tobacco; alcohol; caffeine drinks – i.e. colas and soft drinks; tea and coffee; and chocolate. Avoiding all animal meat (beef, cow, fish, fowl...). If ever meat eating was safe, it is definitely not safe now. The liability to take disease is increased tenfold by meat-eating. Cancers, tumors, and all inflammatory diseases are largely caused by meat-eating.
It also includes avoiding the following unhealthful ingredients:
Cheese should never be introduced into the stomach as it is unfit as food.
Sugar: brown sugar, artificial sweeteners or products containing them. Replace them with moderate amounts of honey, molasses, or dates. The free use of sugar in any form tends to clog the system, and is frequently a cause of disease.
Baking soda or baking powder (even if they have had the aluminum removed) and products containing them. Such compounds are unfit to enter the stomach. Eat breads raised with yeast or unleavened bread. Yeast-leavened bread which is two or three days old is more healthful than new bread. Bread dried in the oven is one of the most wholesome articles of diet.
Spices and spicy foods (herbs are fine); irritating peppers (black pepper, hot peppers, chili sauce). Cayenne pepper can be used medicinally.
Milk, dairy products, and eggs.
Be moderate even in the good things. Do not overeat of even healthful foods. Any food in excess becomes a poison. It is sin to be intemperate in the quantity of food eaten, even if the quality is unobjectionable. Overeating is the sin of this age. Many persons of excellent natural ability do not accomplish half of what they might if they were temperate in all things.
Drugs include the use of over-the-counter medications and prescription drugs. Drugs are expensive, both in the outlay of means, and the effect produced upon the system. Drugs never cure; instead, they place in the system seeds which bear a very bitter harvest. Those who make a practice of taking drugs, sin against their intelligence and endanger their whole after-life. Medicine has done more harm to our world, killing more than helping or curing people.
Drug therapy is preventable. For example, a significant number of patients currently on high blood pressure medication could be cured without drugs. However, the very life of some may totally depend on these drugs. Again the cause of this dependency is ignoring or improperly treating the first signs of high blood pressure, and not being willing to change the diet and lifestyle that causes high blood pressure.
Nearly any infection anywhere in the body can develop to the point that the use of antibiotics is a wise course of action. This, however, usually occurs only if the earliest signs of infection are ignored, or if the individual’s vital energy and immunological resistance are so depressed by poor diet or other factors that the body is no longer capable of self-cure rapidly enough.
The decision to use surgery, drugs, or antibiotics must be made as the last resort, or if no other alternative exists. All processes of disease have their origin long before drugs and surgery are required. We continually push the body toward catastrophe by ignoring or suppressing acute disease beginning in early childhood. If the language of disease had been heard and treated properly in its beginning there would be no need for drugs or, in most cases, surgery in our lives.
The main cause of fatigue is improper diet, irregular meals, and a lack of physical exercise. Furthermore, irregular hours for eating and sleeping sap the brain forces. To have good health and be successful in reaching a high standard of godliness, you must be temperate in all things.
There are some who would be benefited more by abstinence from food for a day or two every week than by any amount of treatment or medical advice. To fast one day a week would be of incalculable benefit to them.
“And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.” 1 Corinthians 9:25-27
God requires us to be temperate in all things. Unless we practice true temperance, we will not, we cannot, be susceptible to the sanctifying influence of the truth. Erroneous eating and drinking habits result in erroneous thinking and acting. Unless we are free from the bondage of every bad habit, we cannot be true, obedient servants of Christ.
6. THE PERFECT DIET
Awareness is increasing that surrounded, as we are, with increasing toxicity in our food and environment, eating a pure and healthful diet is more important than ever.
In order to know what the best foods are, we must study God's original plan for man's diet. He who created man and who understands his needs appointed Adam his food: vegetables, fruits, grains, and nuts constitute the diet chosen for us by our Creator. “And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.” Genesis 1:29
“The three major killers in modern society – Coronary Heart Disease, Cancer and Strokes – can all be linked to what people eat and drink.” Dr B. Hetzel, Chief of the CSIRO Division of Human Nutrition and Foundation, Professor of Social and Preventive Medicine, Monash University.
According to National Academy of Science, 60% of all cancers in women, and 40% in men are due to dietary and nutritional factors.
God gave our first parents the food He designed that the race should eat. It was contrary to His plan to have the life of any creature taken. There was to be no death in Eden. The fruit of the trees in the garden was the food man's wants required. A benevolent Creator had given them evidences of His goodness and love in providing them with fruits, vegetables, grains, and nuts, and in causing to grow out of the ground every variety of trees for usefulness and beauty. It is only after sin that animals started to eat animals and man began to eat animals contrary to God’s will.
God gave man no permission to eat animal food until after the flood. Everything had been destroyed upon which man could subsist. The Lord permitted Noah to eat of the clean animals which he had taken with him into the ark. But animal food was not the healthiest article of food. Notably, with the introduction of meat into the diet, the recorded life-span of man drastically decreased after the flood. The average length of life before the flood was 912 years, whilst after, only 350 years. Successive generations after the flood degenerated more rapidly. Furthermore, God had given definite commands that any meat that was to be eaten was to be eaten without any fat and without any of the blood (Leviticus 3:17).This is the tastiest part of the meat!
When God brought the Israelites out of Egypt after 400 years of bondage, He gave them a vegan diet: “And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.” Exodus 16:35. Have you ever stopped to think how God could have easily provided them with flesh as with manna, but a restriction was placed upon them for their good. It was His purpose to supply them with food better suited to their need than that to which they had become accustomed to in Egypt. The perverted appetite was to be educated into a more healthy state, that they might enjoy the food originally provided for man – the fruits of the earth. It was for this reason that the Israelites were deprived, in a great measure, of animal food.
Eat plenty of vegetables (especially dark green leafy vegetables); fruits; whole-grains; nuts and seeds; legumes, beans, and peas in as fresh a state as possible. Fresh fruits and vegetables are to be preferred.
Avoid all foods that have artificial colors, flavors and preservatives.
Avoid all foods that contain refined sugar.
Avoid refined grains: all products that contain white flour; white rice; pasta.
Avoid all processed foods and canned foods. Read ingredients in the package you purchase, choose the foods that are the least processed with the fewest additives. The ingredient-list should always be short.
Eat frozen foods or drinks only occasionally.
Cook in stainless steel or glass. Use no aluminum cookware. Cook on the stove or in the oven. Avoid using microwave.
Eliminate margarine and all other foods that contain hydrogenated oil. Reduce the oil or fat consumption, and avoid cooking with oil as this generates destructive free radicals that cause havoc in the body. Never fry any foods. Avoid using oil in cooking. Best oils are, cold-pressed extra-virgin: olive oil, coconut oil or flaxseed oil. When not available, best eat the fats in the food in their natural state: raw nuts and seeds, nut and seed butters, olives, avocadoes, corn.
Meal Suggestions:
Vegetable-based meal can include: – A large raw salad (with cabbage, leaf lettuce, celery, carrot, radish, green peppers, tomatoes, onions). Salad dressing can include lemon juice, nut or seed butters, olive oil and/or herbs of preference. Some like lemon juice with honey. It is preferable to eat the things that are easiest to digest first, such as salads and soups, ending with the denser foods. This is because the first thing that is eaten is the first thing that gets digested. Include cooked vegetables, like green leafy vegetables or sea vegetables daily. The more colorful the vegetables, the better: the color comes from chemicals called antioxidants which are powerful free-radical scavengers. Have baked or boiled roots (potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams, cassava, etc); beans (white beans, kidney beans, garbanzo beans, pinto beans… there are an endless variety of beans to choose from); grains (brown rice, whole-wheat bread, corn, whole grain pasta, etc).
Meal with fruits can include: Cooked whole grains (brown rice, whole-rolled oats, whole wheat bread, buckwheat, barley, millet, rye, sorghum, amaranth, corn meal, etc); one or two kinds of fruit; raw nuts (almonds, Brazil nuts, walnuts, pecans, pistachios, macadamia, cashew, chestnuts, hazel nuts, peanuts, etc); and/or raw seeds (ground flaxseeds, sunflower, pumpkin, sesame seeds, etc).
When the brain is constantly taxed, and there is lack of physical exercise, even plain food should be eaten sparingly. A fruit diet for a few days has often brought great relief to brain workers.
If dinner is still desired, it should be the lightest meal of the day and can consist of a fruit smoothie or some fruit with bread.
How Can I Change My Eating Habits?
Some people may recoil at the idea of so great a limitation of the dietary. Put a person who has suffered from chronic disease, taking lots of medicine with no long-term benefit, suffering pain and sickness, will be quite willing to undergo almost any sort of degree of gustatory discipline if assured that the sacrifice will secure the desired result.
Persons who have indulged their appetite in the eating of meat, highly seasoned foods, and sweets, cannot immediately relish a plain, wholesome, and nutritious diet. Their taste is so perverted that they have no appetite for a whole-foods vegan diet. If they cannot at first enjoy plain food, they should fast until they can. The fast will prove to them of greater benefit than medicine, for the abused stomach will find that rest which it has long needed, and real hunger can be satisfied with a plain diet. “The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.” Proverbs 27:7.
It will take time for the taste to recover from the abuses which it has received and to gain its natural tone. But perseverance in a self-denying course of eating and drinking will soon make plain, wholesome food palatable, and it will soon be eaten with greater relish than the epicure enjoys over his rich dainties. In all cases, educate the conscience, enlist the will, supply good, wholesome food, and the change will be readily made, and the demand for flesh will soon cease.
Do not bring temptation in the house. Keep all animal products and junk foods out of the house. “Make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.” Romans 13:14. Temporarily at least, if not permanently, minimize association with friends and family who encourage unhealthy eating. “He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.” Proverbs 13:20. If you know you are going out with certain friends who tempt you to smoke, or going to a certain family’s home tempts you to eat meat; do not go. Put on the brakes, hold your appetite under strict charge, and then leave yourself in the hands of God. The walls of self-control and self-restriction should not in a single instance be weakened and broken down.
Many favorite dishes can be altered to become healthy. Keep meals simple. Have your favorites often; many people do not mind having their favorite dishes several times a week. If your family is not vegan, do not cook two meals; have meat and dairy products on the side, e.g. brown rice with vegetables, served with meat. Dishes should be prepared that will invite the appetite, and will be pleasing to the sight.
Before you go to bed, choose what you will eat the next day and prepare beforehand as much as you can. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail! Plan your meals and shopping list for three to four days or even a week ahead.
Cook for several days. Double the recipes and freeze half the quantity (beans, soups, patties, and tomato sauces do excellent this way.) Always make food easily available; leave pre-cut fruit and vegetables ready to eat in the fridge. Let fruit be placed on the table in abundance. Keep your kitchen well stocked with healthy food options.
Do not be deceived if in the beginning you have less energy. Lower quality food and drinks containing, meat, caffeine, sugar, spices, and excess salt, tend to be more stimulating than higher quality foods. Consequently, the withdrawal of these stimulating foods produces a slower resting phase for the heart which registers in the mind as a decrease in energy.
All We Need to Know on Eating
To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art. If not more important, just as important as what we eat, is how and when we eat. Below are the basic principles to perfect eating habits:
Importance of Chewing
It has been said that you must chew your drink and drink your food! The benefit derived from food does not depend so much on the quantity eaten, as on its thorough digestion; nor the gratification of taste so much on the amount of food swallowed, as on the length of time it remains in the mouth. Digestion starts in the mouth; thorough chewing allows digestive enzymes in saliva to thoroughly mix with food, an essential first step for optimal digestion.
In order to secure healthy digestion, food should be eaten slowly. Those who wish to avoid dyspepsia, and those who realize their obligation to keep all their powers in a condition which will enable them to render the best service to God, will do well to remember this. If our time to eat is limited, we should not
bolt down our food, rather we should eat less, and masticate slowly. Those who are excited, anxious, or in a hurry, would do well not to eat until they have found rest or relief, because the vital powers, already severely taxed, cannot supply the necessary digestive fluids.
Chewing gum is also a ‘no-no’ as this over-works the salivary glands since the mouth continues to produce saliva whilst chewing.
Eat a Good Breakfast
It is the custom and order of society to take a slight breakfast. But this is not the best way to treat the stomach. At breakfast time the stomach is in a better condition to take care of more food than at the second or third meal of the day. The habit of eating a sparing breakfast and a large dinner is wrong. Make your breakfast correspond more nearly to the heartiest meal of the day.
Two Meals Better Than Three
“And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.”1 Kings 17:6
The practice of eating but two meals a day is generally found to be a benefit to health. Those who are changing from three meals a day to two, will at first be troubled more or less with faintness, especially about the time they have been in the habit of eating their third meal. But if they persevere for a short time, this faintness will disappear.
Yet under some circumstances, some persons may require a third meal. However, this should, if taken at all, be very light, and of food most easily digested. A fresh fruit smoothie or toasted bread with fruit is the food best suited for the evening meal.
Five to Six Hours between Meals
A second meal should never be eaten until the stomach has had time to recover from the labor of digesting the preceding meal. At least five or six hours should intervene between the meals; and most persons who give the plan a trial, will find that two meals a day are better than three.
No Eating Before Sleeping
We are not nocturnal animals; when we sleep our entire metabolism slows down. The reclining position causes the weight of the internal organs to press against the very large nerve trunks on each side of the spinal column and shuts off the mechanism that keeps the gastro-intestinal tract active. Even around 2:00-3:00 a.m., our body temperature drops and our energy falls.
When we lie down at night, the stomach should have its work all done, that it, as well as other portions of the body, may enjoy rest. But if more food is forced upon it, the digestive organs are put in motion again, to perform the same round of labor through the sleeping hours. The sleep of such is often disturbed with unpleasant dreams, and in the morning they awake un-refreshed.
Many indulge in the pernicious habit of eating just before retiring. They may have taken their regular meals, yet because they feel a sense of faintness, they think they must have supper. By indulging this wrong practice, it becomes a habit, and they feel as though they could not sleep without food. In many cases this faintness comes because the digestive organs have been too severely taxed through the day in disposing of the great quantities of food forced upon them. These organs need a period of entire rest from labor, to recover their exhausted energies.
When eating food before sleeping becomes a habit, the digestive organs lose their natural vigor, and the person finds himself a miserable dyspeptic. And not only does the transgression of nature's laws affect the transgressing one unfavorably, but others suffer more or less with him. Let any one take a course that irritates him in any way, and see how quickly he manifests impatience!
If you feel that you must eat at night, take a drink of cold water, and in the morning you will feel much better for not having eaten.
Eat at Regular Times
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1
Having your meals the same time everyday regulates and controls the internal signals of satiety, appetite and hunger. You injure your health greatly by overeating and by eating at improper times. This diminishes the blood to the brain. The mind becomes confused, and you have not the proper control of yourself – “Feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny Thee.” Proverbs 30:8b, 9a
In one research, test subjects were given regular meals for 2 weeks and then irregular meals for 2 weeks. Below are some of the advantages found when people ate regular meals versus irregular meal times:
A lower energy intake for the day.
More calories burned following their meal (thermogenesis).
Lower total and LDL cholesterol levels.
Lower peak insulin levels and lower overall insulin response.
All of these benefits can effortlessly help us maintain a healthy weight, improve cholesterol levels, and improve insulin levels, which will have a positive impact on our health.
If we would form habits of regularity and order, we would improve in health, in mental attitude, in memory, and in disposition. It is our duty to observe strict rules in all our habits of life. This is for our own good, both physically and morally.
Snacking Between Meals
A king who cannot rule his diet will hardly rule his realm in peace and quiet. “Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunken
99L 27th July 08
Pespective of Life
A perspective on life
The way most people see their life is based on how they consceive them selves...
a True-ism July 2008
A Perspective on life:
One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the countrywith the express purpose of showing him how poorer people live.
They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.
On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, 'How was the trip?'
'It was great, Dad.'
'Did you see how poor people live?' the father asked.
'Oh yeah,' said the son.
'So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?' asked the father.
The son answered:
'I saw that we have one dog and they had four.
You have one son they have four children.
We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end.
We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have all the stars of Heaven at night.
Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.
We have a small piece of land to live on compared to all their fields that go beyond our sight.
We have servants who serve us, but they have learned to serve others.
We buy our all food, but they grow theirs.
We have walls around our property to protect us; they have friends to protect them.
We complain yet have more than most and do not work, but they work everyday and sing, content with the little they have.
We travel the world seeing great sights and are not happy, while they seldom get more than fifty miles from home yet are content.
We seem to never be happy with the life we have, but they go about life as the best thing is happening everyday. '
The boy's father was speechless.
Then his son added, 'Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we really are.'
Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have.
Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your close friends!
Life is only as good as you learn to live it... Most times the money and things get in the way of true happness... Where is you heart Friend?
99K 08 July 08
Peace of Mind
Peace of mind!
Sometimes we need to stop and reflect on our life and on what is going on around us!
Some of God's Ways of Reducing Stress
" Never borrow trouble from the future. If you worry about what may happen tomorrow and it doesn't happen, then you have worried in vain. Even if it does happen, you will have worried twice. " a True-ism July 2008
1. Pray: opens powers beyond belief! Try it!
2. Go to bed on time. Get your rest you will need it!
3. Get up prepared to start the day unrushed. Everyday is another opportunity, it just depends on how you use it!
4. Say No to projects that won't fit into your time schedule, or that will compromise your mental health or cause harm toward others.
5. Delegate tasks to capable others. Because you can not do everything yourself!
6. Simplify and unclutter your life. You will have more time to enjoy life!
7. Less is more. Although one is often not enough, at times More may be too much.
8. Allow extra time to do things and to get to places. Everyone will enjoy it!
9. Pace yourself. Spread out big changes and difficult projects over time; don't lump the hard things all together. Don't be in a rush to get things done!
10. Take one day at a time. You have to live in the here and now!
11. Separate worries from concerns. Worry is a waste. If a situation is a valid concern, find out through prayer, what God would have you do and let go of the anxiety. If you can't do anything about a situation, forget it.
BTW: This is true for most things in the world! Forgive and forget!
12. Live within your budget; don't use credit cards for ordinary purchases. Save of the future demands...
13. Have backups; like an extra car key in your wallet, an extra house key buried in the garden, extra stamps, etc.
14. K.M.S. (Keep Mouth Shut). This single piece of advice can prevent an enormous amount of trouble. It would work for politicians too!
15. Do something for the Kid in You everyday.
16. Carry a Bible or other good book with you to read while waiting in line. Maybe if you start to spend more time in seeking the Good Word in your life; it will improve!
17. Get enough rest. With out proper rest you are almost certain to fall short!
18. Eat right. You are what you eat!
19 Get organized so everything has its place.
BTW: One of the secrets of life is having what you need and being able to find it when you need it!
20. Listen to a tape while driving or engaged in mondane activies, this can help improve your quality of life.
21. Write down thoughts and inspirations. This helps you remember and keeps the memory sharp!
22. Every day, find time to be alone. Learn to know yourself!
23. Having problems? Talk to God on the spot. Try to nip small problems in the bud. Don't wait until it's time to go to bed to pray.
24. Make friends with Godly people. You will face the un-Godly in a better frame of mind!
25. Keep a folder of favorite scriptures & verses on hand. These serve to refresh the mind and spirit!
26. Remember that the shortest bridge between despair and hope is often a good; " Thank you Jesus " or " Thank You Dear Lord!"
27. Laugh. Laughter is one of the best medicans in life!
28. Laugh some more! You need balance in your life!
29. Take your work seriously, but not yourself all the time.
30. Develop a forgiving attitude (most people are doing the best they can).
31. Be kind to unkind people (they probably need it the most).
32. Sit on your ego. That is where it belongs most of the time!
33 Talk less; listen more. This is the secret to long life and having more friends...
34. Slow down. You are not going to change much in this life any way!
35. Remind yourself that you are not the general manager of the universe.
36 . Every night before bed, think of one thing you're grateful for that you've never been grateful for before. GOD HAS A WAY OF TURNING THINGS AROUND FOR YOU.
" If God is for us, who can be against us? "
(Romans 8:31) Really!!
My instructions in the email; were to send this to more people, whom I wanted God to bless and I picked you, the reader. I decided to send it to everyone who reads this post, because I didn't want to limit any blessings for either you or me.
Just some things to consider on your pathway of life... Think on the good things in life and you day will be better!!
Then keep smiling...
99J 04 July 08
Liberty?
Liberty or not?
The word "Liberty" means less and less to most people in the world...
Most areas of the world are governed or controlled by selfish, domoneering, rulers who have little to no interest in the common people...
Why is that?? Well the real reason is because most people have been led to believe that freedon of thought and action is permitted in their society...
" Although they are able to tell us what may be said, they can't tell us what we think... Science has never been decided by judicial fiat!" Hannah Maxson 2005
Freedom of action and thought are a gift of GOD; bestoded upon each and every human... The real concern is if and when it will be used?
" While rulers, potentates and self seeking know it all's will try to control your thought patterns; you all ways have the right to free thought!! Cherish that thought! "
a True-ism July 2008
The following is from a newsletter which also speaks the truth: Enjoy!!
Those of us in the U.S. are celebrating on the Fourth of July with picnics, parties and, of course, fireworks. But I think it’s important to take a few minutes to think about what the Fourth of July is really about -- in a word, liberty.
The philosophy of liberty is based on self-ownership. And in the video above you can watch a simple but elegant and hard-hitting animation from Ron Paul’s Campaign for Liberty site that explains exactly what that means.
The U.S. was formed on the belief that we have a right to life, liberty, and the property we create -- and a responsibility to think, speak and act on that behalf.
It is easier, though, to do nothing, and to let those in power have all of the control. But when that happens, you often lose your liberty and your freedom of personal choice -- and may even end up inadvertently supporting something evil.
Whatever Happened to the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence?
Most of us in the U.S. fail to regularly appreciate the sacrifices of those that preceded us so we can enjoy the fruits of freedom.
It’s interesting to think about the men who were so dedicated to liberty that they were willing to sign their names on a document that renounced their government. They put their lives, their families, their fortunes and their reputations on the line in order to protect this basic right.
And many of them lost a great deal as a result. Some of their homes were ransacked and burned, some were captured by the British, and others had their sons or wives taken captive.
But what’s important to remember is that none of this was unique to the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence.
There were many others also sacrificing and risking their lives to support their right to freedom and independence. And the fact that they were not well-known or privileged enough to sign the actual document makes their contributions no less significant.
There are certainly many outrageous abuses of human rights in the world right now. But no matter what country you live in you can take some inspiration from the people who put their lives on the line for emancipation and liberation.
But there are many other causes out there. Whatever cause it is that you feel passionate about, make a pledge to think and speak out on its behalf. By doing so you are helping to support the spirit of freedom and justice upon which not only America was founded, but also which sits at the very core of humanity.
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This outline is another of my books on; building a better life!
Pathway of a Spirit Warrior!
(Due out later in 2008)
“The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.” – Chinese Proverb
Introduction:
In this life, there is a path that we should all find and follow which is that of becoming a Spirit Warrior!
What exactly do we mean by Spirit Warrior?
A definition:Random House Dictionary, the term warrior has two meanings. The first literal use refers to "a person engaged or experienced in warfare." The second figurative use refers to "a person who shows or has shown great vigor, courage, or aggressiveness, as in politics or athletics." [1]
We will mainly accept the second definition: “A warrior is a person who shows or has shown great valor, courage, or aggressiveness in the pursuit of life.”
1) Next, we will look at the purpose of life, the worldview as opposed to the view of the individual...
A)The world looks at the society of both man and beast as just so much cannon fodder! Which is to say just another day, not of any significant purpose or use...? This is and has been the view of the so-called social intellects, or atheist (Evolutionist); who thinks only in short limited perspectives...
B) While the individual comes to think of the importance of self;they want to know, what is the eternal meaning? It is here that we find the hearts and souls of most people.Those who search for the true meaning, in this earthly life!
2) Human conditions and tendencies:
A) Definitions and existence...
B) Examples and stories of some Spirit Warriors in history...
3) Eternal Perspective:
A) World view...
B) Realistic personal view...
4) How to become a Spirit Warrior...
A) The desire...
B) The temperament...
C) The path of a Spirit Warrior...
D)The method of becoming a Spirit Warrior...
5) Plan for becoming a Spirit Warrior:
A) World Ideals...
B) Personal ideas...
C) Actions that share and care...
Conclusion on how becoming a Spirit Warrior can build a better life; for all involved! This is exactly what you have been looking for all your life; if you are interested in living a better life! (A must read!)
This is just an outline of this great method to learn to improve and better your life! It may be modified further in the near future... Stop back by as we explore ways to improve and make your life better, dear friend...
99H 08 Jume 08
Change??
Change?
This is for those who have lived and enjoyed some form of freedom; read how this will change under some people!!
If you do not think that some people want to change your life to their way just read on!! We will do a comparison soon on the big difference between Islam and every other religion or belief in the world... Maybe this will be a wake up call for you?? If you are confused just stop back as we unravel the plot or purpose of Islam!!
" God has given everyone a free agency, to decide if and when they will come to seek HIM! Then there are others, in Islam, who have make that decision for you; ready or not! " a True-ism June 2008
The Jihad Candidate by Rich Carroll
Conspiracy theories make for interesting novels when the storyline is not so absurd that it can grasp our attention. 'The Manchurian Candidate' and 'Seven Days in May' are examples of plausible chains of events that captures the reader's imagination at best-seller level. 'What if' has always been the solid grist of fiction. Get yourself something cool to drink, find a relaxing position, but before you continue, visualize the television photos of two jet airliners smashing into the Twin Towers in lower Manhattan and remind yourself this cowardly act of Muslim terror was planned for eight years.
How long did it take Islam and their oil money to find a candidate for President of the United States? As long as it took them to place a Senator from Illinois and Minnesota? The same amount of time to create a large Muslim enclave in Detroit? The time it took them to build over 2,000 mosques in America? The same amount of time required to place radical wahabbist clerics in our military and prisons as 'chaplains'? Find a candidate who can get away with lying about their father being a 'freedom fighter' when he was actually part of the most corrupt and violent government in Kenya's history. Find a candidate with close ties t o The Nation of Islam and the violent Muslim overthrow in Africa, a candidate who is educated among white infidel Americans but hides his bitterness and anger behind a superficial toothy smile. Find a candidate who changes his American name of Barry to the Muslim name of Barak Hussein Obama, and dares anyone to question his true ties under the banner of 'racism'. Nurture this candidate in an atmosphere of anti-white American teaching and surround him with Islamic teachers. Provide him with a bitter, racist, anti-white, anti-American wife, and supply him with Muslim middle east connections and Islamic monies. Allow him to be clever enough to get away with his anti-white rhetoric and proclaim he will give $834 billion taxpayer dollars to the Muslim controlled United Nations for use in Africa.
Install your candidate in an atmosphere of deception because questioning him on any issue involving Africa or Islam would be seen as 'bigoted racism'; two words too powerful to allow the citizenry to be informed of facts. Allow your candidate to employ several black racist Nation of Islam Louis Farrakhan followers as members of his Illinois Senatorial and campaign staffs.
Where is the bloodhound American 'free press' who doggedly overturned every stone in the Watergate case? Where are our nation's reporters that have placed every Presidential candidate under the microscope of detailed scrutiny; the same press who pursue Bush's 'Skull and Bones' club or ran other candidates off with persistent detective and research work? Why haven't 'newsmen' pursued the 65 blatant lies told by this candidate during the Presidential primaries? Where are the stories about this candidate's cousin and the Muslim butchery in Africa? Since when did our national press corps become weak, timid, and silent? Why haven't they regaled us with the long list of socialists and communists who have surrounded this 'out of nowhere' Democrat candidate or that his church re-printed the Hamas Manifesto in their bulletin, and that his 'close pastor friend and mentor' met with Middle East terrorist Moammar Gaddafi, (Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)? Why isn't the American press telling us this candidate is supported by every Muslim organization in the world?
As an ultimate slap in the face, be blatant in the fact your candidate has ZERO interest in traditional American values and has the most liberal voting record in U.S. Senate history. Why has the American main stream media clammed-up on any negative reporting on Barak Hussein Obama? Why will they print Hillary Rodham Clinton's name but never write his middle name? Is it not his name? Why, suddenly, is ANY information about this candidate not coming from main stream media, but from the blogosphere by citizens seeking facts and the truth? Why isn't our media connecting the dots with Islam? Why do they focus on 'those bad American soldiers' while Islam slaughters non Muslims daily in 44 countries around the globe? Why does our media refer to Darfur as 'ethnic cleansing' instead of what it really is; Muslims killing non Muslims! There is enough strange, anti- American activity surrounding Barak Hussein Obama to peek the curiosity of any reporter. WHERE IS OUR INVESTIGATIVE MEDIA!?
A formal plan for targeting America was devised three years after the Iranian revolution in 1982. The plan was summarized in a 1991 memorandum by Mohamed Akram, an operative of the global Muslim Brotherhood. 'The process of settlement' of Muslims in America, Akram explained, 'is a civilization jihad process.' This means that members of the Brotherhood must understand that their work in 'America is a kind of grand jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and sabotaging its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and God's religion is made victorious over all other religions.'
There is terrorism we can see, smell and fear, but there is a new kind of terror invading The United States in the form of Sharia law and finance. Condoning it is civilization suicide. Middle East Muslims are coming to America in record numbers and building hate infidel mosques, buying our corporations, suing us for our traditions, but they and the whole subject of Islam is white noise leaving uninformed Americans about who and what is really peaceful. Where is our investigative press? Any criticism of Islam or their intentions, even though Islamic leaders state their intentions daily around the globe, brings-forth a volley of 'racist' from the left-wing Democrat crowd.
Lies and deception behind a master plan - the ingredients for 'The Manchurian Candidate' or the placement of an anti-American President in our nation's White House? Is it mere coincidence that an anti-capitalist run for President at the same time Islamic sharia finance and law is try ing to make advancing strides into the United States? Is it mere coincidence this same candidate wants to dis-arm our nuclear capability at a time when terrorist Muslim nations are expanding their nuclear weapons capability? Is it mere coincidence this candidate wants to reduce our military at a time of global jihad from Muslim nations?
Change for America?
What change?
To become another 'nation of Islam'?
99G 26th May 08
Cancer stopped?
Cancer cure?
Here is what we like to hear; but now we must do something to get it out!
concealed the secret of the Graviola tree?
If there ever was a single example that makes it dramatically clear why the existence of Health Sciences Institute is so vital to Americans like you, it's the incredible story behind the Graviola tree.
The truth is stunningly simple: Deep within the Amazon Rainforest grows a tree that could literally revolutionize what you, your doctor, and the rest of the world thinks about cancer treatment and chances of survival. The future has never looked more promising.
Research shows that with extracts from this miraculous tree it now may be possible to...
Attack cancer safely and effectively with an all-natural therapy that does not cause extreme nausea, weight loss and hair loss
Protect your immune system and avoid deadly infections
Feel stronger and healthier throughout the course of the treatment
Boost your energy and improve your outlook on life
The source of this information is just as stunning: It comes from one of America's largest drug manufacturers, the fruit of over 20 laboratory tests conducted since the 1970's! What those tests revealed was nothing short of mind numbing... Extracts from the tree were shown to:
Effectively target and kill malignant cells in 12 types of cancer, including colon, breast, prostate, lung and pancreatic cancer.
The tree compounds proved to be up to 10,000 times stronger in slowing the growth of cancer cells than Adriamycin, a commonly used chemotherapeutic drug!
What's more, unlike chemotherapy, the compound extracted from the Graviola tree selectively hunts down and kills only cancer cells. It does not harm healthy cells!
The amazing anti-cancer properties of the Graviola tree have been extensively researched--so why haven't you heard anything about it? If Graviola extract is as half as promising as it appears to be--why doesn't every single oncologist at every major hospital insist on using it on all his or her patients?
The spine-chilling answer illustrates just how easily our health--and for many, our very lives (!)--are controlled by money and power.
Graviola--the plant that worked too well
One of America's biggest billion-dollar drug makers began a search for a cancer cure and their research centered on Graviola, a legendary healing tree from the Amazon Rainforest.
Various parts of the Graviola tree--including the bark, leaves, roots, fruit and fruit-seeds--have been used for centuries by medicine men and native Indians in South America to treat heart disease, asthma, liver problems and arthritis. Going on very little documented scientific evidence, the company poured money and resources into testing the tree's anti-cancerous properties--and were shocked by the results. Graviola proved itself to be a cancer-killing dynamo.
But that's where the Graviola story nearly ended.
The company had one huge problem with the Graviola tree--it's completely natural, and so, under federal law, not patentable. There's no way to make serious profits from it.
It turns out the drug company invested nearly seven years trying to synthesize two of the Graviola tree's most powerful anti-cancer ingredients. If they could isolate and produce man-made clones of what makes the Graviola so potent, they'd be able to patent it and make their money back. Alas, they hit a brick wall. The original simply could not be replicated. There was no way the company could protect its profits--or even make back the millions it poured into research.
As the dream of huge profits evaporated, their testing on Graviola came to a screeching halt. Even worse, the company shelved the entire project and chose not to publish the findings of its research!
Luckily, however, there was one scientist from the Graviola research team whose conscience wouldn't let him see such atrocity committed. Risking his career, he contacted a company that's dedicated to harvesting medical plants from the Amazon Rainforest and blew the whistle.
Miracle unleashed
When researchers at the Health Sciences Institute were alerted to the news of Graviola, they began tracking the research done on the cancer-killing tree. Evidence of the astounding effectiveness of Graviola--and its shocking cover-up--came in fast and furious...
...The National Cancer Institute performed the first scientific research in 1976. The results showed that Graviola's "leaves and stems were found effective in attacking and destroying malignant cells." Inexplicably, the results were published in an internal report and never released to the public...
...Since 1976, Graviola has proven to be an immensely potent cancer killer in 20 independent laboratory tests--yet no double-blind clinical trials, the typical benchmark mainstream doctors and journals use to judge a treatment's value--were ever initiated...
...A study published in the Journal of Natural Products, following a recent study conducted at Catholic University of South Korea stated that one chemical in Graviola was found to selectively kill colon cancer cells at "10,000 times the potency of (the commonly used chemotherapy drug) Adriamycin..."
...The most significant part of the Catholic University of South Korea report is that Graviola was shown to selectively target the cancer cells leaving healthy cells untouched. Unlike chemotherapy, which indiscriminately targets all actively reproducing cells (such as stomach and hair cells), causing the often devastating side effects of nausea and hair loss in cancer patients.
...A study at Purdue University recently found that leaves from the Graviola tree killed cancer cells among six human cell lines and were especially effective against prostate, pancreatic and lung cancers...
Seven years of Silence Broken--it's finally here!
A limited supply of Graviola extract, grown and harvested by indigenous people in Brazil, is finally available in America. The full Graviola story--including where you can get it and how to use it--is included in Beyond Chemotherapy: New Cancer Killers, Safe as Mother's Milk, a Health Sciences Institute FREE special bonus report on natural substances that will effectively revolutionize the fight against cancer.
This crucial report (along with five more FREE reports) is yours ABSOLUTELY FREE with a new membership to the Health Sciences Institute. It's just one example of how absolutely vital each report from the Institute can be to your life and those of your loved ones.
From breakthrough cancer and heart research and revolutionary Amazon Rainforest herbology to world-leading anti-aging research and nutritional medicine, every monthly Health Sciences Institute Member's Alert puts in your hands today cures the rest of America--including your own doctor(!)--is likely to find out only ten years from now.
You need the Health Sciences Institute in your life because you and your loved ones deserve to know--and you deserve to know it NOW!!
Here is solution for the USA... The us must take soon action now, not wait for the foreign oil powers to dictate our future and way of life!!
Read on about a solid plan to get us out from under the heel of the Mid Eastern Oil Barrons... Once we retake control of our destiny, our future will become more manageable... It is something to look at!! Why just wait and see what others will let us do!!
As gas prices continue to increase, Congress continues to blame others while ignoring practical steps to stop the pain Americans are feeling at the pump.
To reduce our dependence on foreign oil, we need real solutions to our energy challenges. That's why we launched a new campaign called Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.
The focus of the campaign is simple: Congress should act immediately to start drilling for oil domestically to help ease gas prices.
Solutions Lab
Our energy challenges are real and require new solutions. The Solutions Lab is our interactive platform designed to tap into the collaborative and entrepreneurial spirit of the American people to generate new solutions to these challenges.
If you have a solution to lower gas prices, or if you want to collaborate with others on their solution, visit the Solutions Lab today.
99E 12th May 08
No left turns
No left turns...
This is from a friend, it tells one of the secrets to long life...
This is great--well worth the read! Enjoy!
This is a wonderful piece by Michael Gartner, editor of newspapers large and small and president of NBC News. In 1997, he won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. It is well worth reading, and a few good chuckles are guaranteed.
My father never drove a car. Well, that's not quite right. I should say I never saw him drive a car.
He quit driving in 1927, when he was 25 years old, and the last car he drove was a 1926 Whippet.
"In those days," he told me when he was in his 90s, "to drive a car you had to do things with your hands, and do things with your feet, and look every which way, and I decided you could walk through life and enjoy it or drive through life and miss it."
At which point my mother, a sometimes salty Irishwoman, chimed in:
"Oh, bull----!" she said. "He hit a horse."
"Well," my father said, "there was that, too."
So my brother and I grew up in a household without a car. The
neighbors all had cars -- the Kollingses next door had a green 1941
Dodge, the VanLaninghams across the street a gray 1936 Plymouth, the Hopsons two doors down a black 1941 Ford -- but we had none.
My father, a newspaperman in Des Moines, would take the streetcar to work and, often as not, walk the 3 miles home. If he took the streetcar home, my mother and brother and I would walk the three blocks to the streetcar stop, meet him and walk home together.
My brother, David, was born in 1935, and I was born in 1938, and sometimes, at dinner, we'd ask how come all the neighbors had cars but we had none. "No one in the family drives," my mother would explain, and that was that.
But, sometimes, my father would say, "But as soon as one of you boys turns 16, we'll get one." It was as if he wasn't sure which one of us would turn 16 first.
But, sure enough , my brother turned 16 before I did, so in 1951 my parents bought a used 1950 Chevrolet from a friend who ran the parts department at a Chevy dealership downtown.
It was a four-door, white model, stick shift, fender skirts, loaded with everything, and, since my parents didn't drive, it more or less became my brother's car.
Having a car but not being able to drive didn't bother my father, but it didn't make sense to my mother.
So in 1952, when she was 43 years old, she asked a friend to teach her to drive. She learned in a nearby cemetery, the place where I learned to drive the following year and where, a generation later, I took my two sons to practice driving. The cemetery probably was my father's idea. "Who can your mother hurt in the cemetery?" I remember him saying more than once.
For the next 45 years or so, until she was 90, my mother was the
driver in the family. Neither she nor my father had any sense of
direction, but he loaded up on maps -- though they seldom left the city limits -- and appointed himself navigator. It seemed to work.
Still, they both continued to walk a lot. My mother was a devout
Catholic, and my father an equally devout agnostic, an arrangement that didn't seem to bother either of them through their 75 years of marriage.
(Yes, 75 years, and they were deeply in love the entire time.)
He retired when he was 70, and nearly every morning for the next 20 years or so, he would walk with her the mile to St. Augustin's Church.
She would walk down and sit in the front pew, and he would wait in the back until he saw which of the parish's two priests was on duty that morning. If it was the pastor, my father then would go out and take a 2-mile walk, meeting my mother at the end of the service and walking her home.
If it was the assistant pastor, he'd take just a 1-mile walk and then head back to the church. He called the priests "Father Fast" and "Father Slow."
After he retired, my father almost always accompanied my mother whenever she drove anywhere, even if he had no reason to go along. If she were going to the beauty parlor, he'd sit in the car and read, or go take a stroll or, if it was summer, have her keep the engine running so he could listen to the Cubs game on the radio. In the evening, then, when I'd stop by, he'd explain: "The Cubs lost again. The millionaire on second base made a bad throw to the millionaire on first base, so the multimillionaire on third base scored."
If she were going to the grocery store, he would go along to carry the bags out -- and to make sure she loaded up on ice cream. As I said, he was always the navigator, and once, when he was 95 and she was 88 and still driving, he said to me, "Do you want to know the secret of a long life?"
"I guess so," I said, knowing it probably would be something bizarre.
"No left turns," he said.
"What?" I asked.
"No left turns," he repeated. "Several years ago, your mother and I read an article that said most accidents that old people are in happen when they turn left in front of oncoming traffic.
As you get older, your eyesight worsens, and you can lose your depth perception, it said. So your mother and I decided never again to make a left turn."
"What?" I said again.
"No left turns," he said. "Think about it. Three rights are the same as a left, and that's a lot safer. So we always make three rights."
"You're kidding!" I said, and I turned to my mother for support
"No," she said, "your father is right. We make three rights. It
works."
But then she added: "Except when your father loses count."
I was driving at the time, and I almost drove off the road as I
started laughing.
"Loses count?" I asked.
"Yes," my father admitted, "that sometimes happens. But it's not a problem. You just make seven rights, and you're okay again."
I couldn't resist. "Do you ever go for 11?" I asked.
"No," he said " If we miss it at seven, we just come home and call it a bad day. Besides, nothing in life is so important it can't be put off another day or another week."
My mother was never in an accident, but one evening she handed me her car keys and said she had decided to quit driving. That was in 1999, when she was 90.
She lived four more years, until 2003. My father died the next year, at 102.
They both died in the bungalow they had moved into in 1937 and bought a few years later for $3,000. (Sixty years later, my brother and I paid $8,000 to have a shower put in the tiny bathroom -- the house had never had one. My father would have died then and there if he knew the shower cost nearly three times what he paid for the house.)
He continued to walk daily -- he had me get him a treadmill when he was 101 because he was afraid he'd fall on the icy sidewalks but wanted to keep exercising -- and he was of sound mind and sound body until the moment he died.
One September afternoon in 2004, he and my son went with me when I had to give a talk in a neighboring town, and it was clear to all three of us that he was wearing out, though we had the usual wide-ranging conversation about politics and newspapers and things in the news.
A few weeks earlier, he had told my son, "You know, Mike, the first hundred years are a lot easier than the second hundred." At one point in our drive that Saturday, he said, "You know, I'm probably not going to live much longer."
"You're probably right," I said.
"Why would you say that?" He countered, somewhat irritated.
"Because you're 102 years old," I said.
"Yes," he said, "you're right." He stayed in bed all the next day.
That night, I suggested to my son and daughter that we sit up with him through the night.
He appreciated it, he said, though at one point, apparently seeing us look gloomy, he said:
"I would like to make an announcement. No one in this room is dead yet"
An hour or so later, he spoke his last words:
"I want you to know," he said, clearly and lucidly, "that I am in no pain. I am very comfortable. And I have had as happy a life as anyone on this earth could ever have."
A short time later, he died.
I miss him a lot, and I think about him a lot. I've wondered now and then how it was that my family and I were so lucky that he lived so long.
I can't figure out if it was because he walked through life,
Or because he quit taking left turns. "
Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forget about the one's who don't. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would most likely be worth it."
99D 08 May 08
Man did it again??
Man does it again??
I have heard this chain of thought before... Mankind can do anything!!
I said HUH! Especially after a Chemistry Professor I had in college told us; "If you do not remember anything else about this class, You should know that Man neither creates nor destroys matter... We may rearrange it or move it but we do not have any other power over elements!"
Then as this so called "Global Warming" hot button has spun up in recent years it reminds me of this idea than some people feel man can really change the earth...
Nature can do more in a few days than everything man has done in over a hundred years... just look at the example below:
By AUDREY McAVOY, Associated Press Writer Mon May 5, 6:40 PM ET
OCEAN VIEW, Hawaii - For eight years, Tony and Sam Bayaoa have grown thousands of bright red, yellow and pink protea flowers on their farm. Then in March, Kilauea volcano opened a new vent and began spewing double the usual amount of toxic gas.
Now about 70 percent of their crop is dried, brown and brittle.
"The first reaction was — did someone poison the plants?" said Tony Bayaoa, whose two-acre farm is 35 miles from the volcano. "I've lost my livelihood."
Big Island crops are shriveling as sulfur dioxide from Kilauea wafts over them and envelops them in "vog," or volcanic smog. People are wheezing, and schoolchildren are being kept indoors during recess. High gas levels led Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to close several days last month, forcing the evacuation of thousands of visitors.
Residents of this volcanic island are used to toxic gas. But this haze is so bad that farmers are thinking about growing different crops, and many people are worrying about their health.
Kirk Brewer, 33, an electrician who moved to the Big Island in 2006 from Southern California, blames his headaches and wife Tracy's itchy skin, sore throat and runny nose on the vog.
"It's a bummer when you go to the other islands and see how clear and blue it is, but we'll just deal with it," Brewer said.
When educator Ann Peterson of Kona went the bank last week, she and the teller were making the same noises in their throats. They looked at each other and said in unison, "Vog!"
Kilauea on the Big Island has been erupting continuously since 1983. But in mid-March, a new vent formed at the summit, giving Kilauea two large sulfur dioxide outlets instead of one.
Sulfur dioxide, a pollutant that is also generated by burning coal and oil, can lead to asthma and other respiratory illnesses and aggravate lung and heart disease. When combined with dust and sunlight, it makes vog. Mixed with atmospheric moisture, it produces acid rain.
Exceptionally thick gray-white vog has hovered over parts of the Big Island for weeks, particularly those areas downwind of the crater. The wind has blown vog to Oahu, some 200 miles to the north, bathing Honolulu in a light haze. (The vog is no threat to the U.S. mainland, some 2,500 miles away.)
Some crops are doing fine. Coffee and macadamia nuts, two of the Big Island's mainstays, appear unaffected. Koa and ohia trees are healthy, but eucalyptus leaves are turning brown, as are Asiatic lilies.
Protea may be the hardest hit, though experts don't know why. The hand-size blossoms are used in tropical floral arrangements and are a $1.8 million-a-year business in the islands.
Kelvin Sewake of the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture said he is not sure if it is the gas or acid rain that is killing the plants. He said Big Island protea growers have always suffered sulfur dioxide "burns," but he has never seen it this bad.
Dan Wegner, the biggest protea farmer in Ocean View, with about 15 acres, said he usually records $70,000 in annual sales. This year, he is not sure if he will reap half that.
"This is taking my viable business right now and putting it right in the dumper. I don't know what I'm going to do," Wegner said. "It's frightening."
One reason the vog is worse is that the new vent is farther inland than the older Puu Oo vent on the mountain's seaside slope. While gas from the Puu Oo vent often blows out to sea, the new plume is more likely to hit farms and communities in concentrated form.
The county has issued only two temporary, voluntary evacuation advisories for Ocean View and Pahala, which have a combined population of just over 4,000. The vog that has settled over the Big Island has little or no odor.
The emergency room at Ka'u Hospital in Pahala is seeing an average of three people a day — up from two — with symptoms such as coughing and shortness of breath.
Dr. Cliff Field, ER director, said he is more concerned about the potential long-term harm. Large amounts of vog may cause emphysema and chronic lung disease over time. Still, he questioned whether living next to Kilauea is any worse than living in a city like Los Angeles.
Sally Ancheta of the American Lung Association of Hawaii said people should stay inside when the vog is bad. But she added: "I would not recommend anybody leaving. It's too good of a place to live."
(This version CORRECTS that Kilauea volcano opened a new vent in March).)
99C 28th April 2008
Trans fats good?
Trans fats good?
Some times things are not as most people think....
Natural Trans Fats Actually Have Health Benefits
Artificial trans fats are bad for you, but naturally occurring ones may have very different effects.
A diet with enriched levels of trans vaccenic acid (VA) -- a natural animal fat found in dairy and beef products -- can actually reduce risk factors associated with heart disease, diabetes and obesity, according to a researcher from the University of Alberta.
The benefit was due in part to the ability of VA to reduce the production of chylomicrons, which are particles of fat and cholesterol that form in your small intestine following a meal. They are then rapidly processed throughout the body, and may be related to a variety of conditions arising from metabolic disorders.
Experiments on rats showed that VA in the diet could lower total cholesterol by approximately 30 percent, LDL cholesterol by 25 percent, and triglyceride levels by more than 50 percent.
International Symposium on Chylomicrons in Disease March 6-8, 2008, Alberta, Canada
99 B) 15th April 2008
Insuficiant Education
An Insufficient Education
"An insufficient education may lead many people to false conclusions..."
A true-ism April 2008
Where do we go from that situation?? Well the verb to " seek" is actually an on going action, to be the quest or a directive for everyone... Do you seek?
Education is just the cumulative knowledge, obtained from exposure to various stimuli... About 80% of our intake of knowledge is from the eyes for the sighted people of this earth... But be aware that many important areas of your life will be influenced and even directed by your other seceses...
An education is the knowledge that one has obtained over a period of time... It may formal, or actual experiences, or dreams, or visions, or relayed messages from others, even personal Revelation! What ever the source we need to weight and evaluate all the knowledge as to relevance and even validity!
Just because something sounds or looks good does not mean it is so... This is where the spirit of discernment comes into play... Prayer opens the door to spiritual discernment!! It is an avenue to the Eternity before you, learn to use it wisely... It is one of the gifts of the spirit open to those who seek it!!
We will continue to reflect on the journey of the Spirit Warrior as it pertains to your life... We all are on a quest to be reunited with our Creator, just some do not realize it yet... This is the goal of the Spirit Warrior; to make his/her salvation sure!! This is the reason for the spirit of discernment, which leads to a knowledge of who we are and what we must do to obtain the kingdom of heaven in our hearts!!
We will be posting more messages on the real purpose of your life!! Stop back by...
99 A1) 27th March 2008
Recession Good??
Freedom to be Poorer?
It seems that we always have a choice in life... you may not think it is the choice you want but it is a choice never the less.. Life only offers multiple choice questions!! Some times just yes or no; at other times it could be a multitude of options... But always a choice...
The following is from a blog I write which included an email response on a choice to be poorer or not!!
Recession is good for US? by Kerminator .....
Sometimes what looks bad, is actually good... a True-ism march 2008
Date: 3/21/2008 06:25:51
Just something to think about!!
Why the Recession Is Good for Us By Dr. Steve Sjuggerud, from Gatwick Airport in London
"You Americans will come out of this mess just fine," a top executive at a publicly traded British company told me this week. "You always do."
"Sometimes it takes a challenge to find out what you're made of," he continued, and I was eating it up. "Americans are not afraid to work."
This last statement stopped me... Is that really true? Do we still have a work ethic back in the States?
I thought about how, for the for the first time in American history, the life expectancy of an American might actually be going down, thanks to bad eating and lack of exercise. And I thought about all the reality television in the States, celebrity meltdowns, video games...
I wondered if Americans are willing to work as hard as he believed.
Then I thought of it from his perspective...
"We had a bloke pick up a computer off a desk and throw it at a window," my friend told me. "But thanks to English law, we still couldn't sack the guy for weeks."
He says it's incredibly difficult to fire someone in England. Worst of all, the employees know it. This causes two problems...
First, English companies are afraid to take risks. They're afraid to be entrepreneurial. If they have a business idea that requires 10 employees to try, they might not try it, simply because they can't fire the 10 guys if it doesn't work.
Second, since the employees know they're not at risk, they can be lazy – really lazy. Apathy kicks in around the office if you know you can't be fired. You just clock in and clock out. It's like lifetime employment, with the government insuring your job. As he explains it, it sounds terrible... It's sounds like the UKSR... the United Kingdom of Socialist Republics.
In order to keep up a socialist republic, a government must have an insatiable appetite for money...
The big news in England this week was British Chancellor Alistair Darling's tax hikes. Taxes are up on the easiest things to raise taxes on: booze, cigarettes, and pollutants. What legislator is really going to stand up and argue against those?
Now, if you buy a new Volvo XC90 in England, you'll have to pay an additional $1,900 in tax. If you buy a beer or a bottle of wine, taxes are up. And a pack of smokes will cost you more in taxes, too. I don't smoke or drive a Volvo, and I hardly drink. But I still think these are ridiculous – particularly considering that the Brits are already heavily taxed. Already, a gallon of gas in Britain is about $8. Eight dollars a gallon!
In the eyes of Brits, America is still the Land of Opportunity. While Americans might think that government gets in the way of business, it is nothing like it is in the U.K. and the rest of Europe. Our businesses are set up to encourage entrepreneurship. And while we think we're heavily taxed, our burden isn't as bad as it is in the U.K.
I hope my friend is right... America provides opportunity, and sometimes it takes being challenged to find out what you're made of.
As we experience these tough times, I do know two things:
1) In order to have the freedom to get rich, you have to have the risk of getting poor. So you can't forget that booms and busts are a natural part of having a dynamic, growing economy. We had a real estate boom. Now we have the bust.
With the exception of the Great Depression, our economic system has proven to generate more wealth across the board over time than any other system. The recession now may be painful, but it is a part of the right system.
2) Stock prices can do extremely well in a recession. As I reported in the February 12 DailyWealth, stocks generally bottom about halfway into a recession. The average fall is typically about 19%. If this recession follows a typical pattern, stocks could bottom by this summer. Then you really can make a heck of a lot of money!
(Stocks may have actually bottomed this week... This week felt like the bottom we saw in August 2007, when an enormous amount of fear gripped the market before the Fed came in and saved the day.)
Things may look bad... but even compared to England, we've got things pretty darn good.
Remember, recessions are a normal part of our dynamic economic system. And also remember, you can make a lot of money buying stocks as the recession bottoms. Based on historical averages, the time to really start buying stocks could be here soon.
Recession is tough... but it is better than the alternatives you'll find in much of the world, where closet-socialist governments spend enormous amounts of taxpayer money trying to protect people from themselves.
Thanks to our system, as my friend said, we Americans will come out of this mess just fine...
Good investing,
Steve
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99 ) 18th March 2008
Whatever?
Point of view!
Point of view; of your life!!
We all have to make decisions each and every day about our future are you ready??
Date: 4/20/2007 17:07:02 ... orig. blog viewed 232,394 times
A poem on the life we live!!
Things come and things will go...
Through it all we need to grow...
With out much knowledge we down here...
To spend a life; learning, doubt and fear...
The problem is between body and soul...
As we work and pray for our final goal...
Tossed between heaven and hell...
We all seek our future to tell...
If we follow the path that will not allow...
Us to fail; then there is to one to whom we must bow...
Though you may see many vial temptations...
May you know that there is just one true situation...
All is not lost until your heart's final beat...
Then where will you find your eternal seat??
Life is not about things and what we have... If only we could learn that is about who we help and those in need... If you could only learn to: visit the sick, those in prison, cloth the nearly naked, feed someone hungry, and give drink to a thirsty man; you will have done it to the least of our brothers and sisters... HUH!!
All we do in this life points to the Eternity to come; so where will you spend Eternity, Dear Friend!! That is the question you will answer!!
I have been truly blessed and have far more than I Deserve in this life!!
See Ya, Kermit
98) 08 March .08
Fat French??
Why are the French not fat?
This is a good look at how you may want to change your life!!
French People Eat REAL Food
Unlike the United States where mega-supermarkets are the norm, many people in France still shop for fresh unprocessed food every day or two. They have access to wonderful farmer’s markets, specialty food shops, and butchers that sell fresh produce, hand-made cheeses, high-quality meats, and fermented, sourdough breads. (And many of them WALK to get there.)
Whereas an American may sit down to a breakfast of a cheese omelet made with processed cheese and store-bought eggs, a similar French-made omelet would include naturally fermented cheese made from raw milk from grass-fed cows, and eggs that came from a small farm, and were not refrigerated but simply left out on the counter (which is the best way to store your eggs, assuming they are of high-quality).
Now I am not one to recommend eating uncooked eggs at all, but my point is that the difference in food quality is quite extraordinary. Though Americanized junk food and fast food is slowly infiltrating France, it is still not the norm, at least for the older generations. The majority of their food comes fresh, without preservatives and food colorings, and without synthetic ingredients. And did I mention the butter? French people eat this regularly, along with a host of other full-fat foods. Contrast this to the United States, where many seek out fat-free or low-fat versions that are often pumped full of corn syrup or artificial sweeteners as an alternative.
These low-fat, artificially sweetened foods are a complete disaster, ruining your body’s ability to count calories or even sense when you are full. Not so with traditional French fare, that is so rich you’ll likely feel full after just a few bites.
And that is part of the secret, which contrasts quite remarkably with the United States.
My Recent Grocery Store Experience
I typically don’t go grocery shopping but my living arrangements have recently changed, and when I was in the grocery store yesterday I was behind an attractive young woman who was clearly not overweight. I just about fell over when I saw what she put on the conveyor belt: a loaf of white bread, two-pound packet of cookies, crackers, poor-quality highly processed lunch meat and processed American cheese.
There wasn’t a shred of real food in her entire order. She probably is one of the multitude that have been successfully brainwashed by the food industry and doesn’t realize that in a few short years her choices will slowly but surely steal her health, cause her to age prematurely and join the two-thirds of the United States that is overweight.
French Food Satisfies
A common complaint of people who come to my wellness center near Chicago is that they don’t feel satisfied after eating. Many of them are even eating what would be considered healthy foods, yet they are still not satiated.
In France, no one is leaving the table hungry. Yet they’re not leaving it feeling stuffed, either. As this Cornell study found, the French do something that I often recommend: They listen to their bodies.
When they feel full, they stop eating.
Unfortunately, in America many have lost the ability to sense when they are full. This comes from a combination of things, but a major one isleptin resistance. Leptin is a hormone that communicates to your brain, letting it know how much energy your body has stored, and whether or not it’s full. Once full, one of leptin’s functions is to reduce your appetite and induce fat burning.
Low leptin levels (leptin resistance) in your brain, however, will signal your body to keep eating and storing more fat. How do you become leptin resistant? By eating the typical American diet full of sugar, refined grains, processed foods and not a whole lot else.
In France, where they eat a minimal amount of processed and refined foods, leptin levels are probably much closer to where they need to be, lest their body’s natural ability to regulate appetite, and weight, remains intact.
French meals are also more satisfying because they are savored. It takes about 20 minutes for your food to be digested enough, and a signal sent to your brain, telling you that you are full. In France, you would still be working through your first course at this time, while in America you could easily polish off way too many calories in the 15-minute span you give yourself for lunch.
Wait: French People DO Get Fat
The obesity rate in France has doubled in recent years and has now topped off at 12 percent. In the United States, for comparison, the obesity rate is about 34 percent.
What is causing the French to get fat?
A change in their eating habits, which are increasingly departing from traditional ways and succumbing to the modern world of fast food outlets, processed convenience foods, and junk-food snacks.
And so, it seems, no one culture is immune to the temptations of junk food, fast food and processed “meals” that you can have ready in five minutes. But YOU certainly can be, and your health, and weight, will thank you for it. Here are some tips that will help:
Rather than depriving yourself of foods you love, find out which foods are right for your body by learning your nutritional type. Indulging in these foods will make you feel satisfied, and help you lose weight.
Invest some time in preparing meals for your family. Food made from scratch is always better for your health and your waistline than processed versions.
Eat slowly. Enjoy your food and mealtime with your family, savor every bite of nourishing food you put in your mouth, and if possible, never eat on the run.
Remove the unconscious blocks that might be causing your urges to eat junk food.
97) First of March .08
Bent truth??
The Bent Truth!!
Truth on my roadway...
Why do some people want to mislead others just to control them?? Is it just the old domination thing?
Date: 2/29/2008 09:36:57 Blog viewed over 200K times....
Why does it seem that as I get older, much of the so called Truth of today; appears to be presented in some new warped version...
a True-ism Feb.08
I feel led to present the real Truth; expose falsehoods and semi-truths... This is the reason I present this information and research...
The Semi-Truths seem to be based on a format of control or domination; or else why would anyone attempt to take away your liberty and freedoms??
Most of this so called truth, is in the form of the " Politically Correct " format... Which has followed the " Liberal or Socialist " point of view... When you really analyze it; a plan for domination of the masses by a select few, emerges!! This type plan may be familiar to those who have studied history...
This discussion on how the Truth got bent, which will be presented in more detail on future blogs... As this will take a great deal of development and explanation; we must move with caution, seeking only the Absolute Truth...
So stop back as we move ahead on exposing some of the Semi-Truths of today, Mass Media view...
This is where my road of life takes me and you know... Seeking and exposing the Absolute truth, regardless where it takes us... Are you ready??
96) 18th Feburary .08
Where is it ??
Oh, Where is it ??
A wonderful place to look for what ever... From web site mercola.com:
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Scholarpedia -- A step up from both Wikipedia and Citizendium in terms of scholarly respectability; the articles are all written by experts with peer review
JSTOR (limited access; talk to your school or library) -- All those stuffy journals around your professor’s office, and articles in your course packets
Oxford English Dictionary (limited access; talk to your school or library) -- The definitive resource when it comes to the English language
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If you listen to the Mass Media; you may not be getting the whole Truth!! HUH!!
Date: 2/14/2008 11:39:27
A well balanced mind will seek the truth, against all odds!!
I find it preposterous that people still chase a Biggie Man; and avoid the Real Truth in life...
" If you see something it may be true; if you just heard something it may not be true... " a True-ism Feb 2008
Interesting stuff the News Media puts out... Maybe you will want to rethink the so called " Global Warming Stuff " ; remember money talks and people chase after it with reckless abandonment!! HUH!!
I Was Right About the Bird Flu Hoax
Last year, the number of human cases of avian flu dropped rather than rose for the first time -- from a paltry 115 in 2006 to an even more insignificant 86 in 2007. Frightening headlines warning of a pandemic that could kill 150 million people have all but vanished.
Although some “experts” still argue that preparations against bird flu must continue, many are finally beginning to realize what I said all along -- that this over hyped, oversold “pandemic” was never a threat in the first place. According to Dr. Paul A. Offit, a vaccine specialist at Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia, “H5 viruses have been around for 100 years and never caused a pandemic and probably never will.”
Still, according to this New York Times article, scientists and governments are congratulating themselves for averting a threat that never was by stockpiling worthless vaccines, pointlessly culling hundreds of millions of birds, and pouring money into preparation efforts.
I can only imagine that the flu vaccine manufacturers are laughing all the way to the bank.
This is some truthful info which ask " What is wrong with this picture?"
Would be nice if our American children could do this.
This is a subject close to my heart.
Do you know that we have adult students at the school where I teach who are not US citizens and who get the PELL grant, which is a federal grant (no pay back required) plus other federal grants to go to school? One student from the Dominican Republic told me that she didn't want me to find a job for her after she finished my program, because she was getting housing from our housing department and she was getting PELL grant which paid for her total tuition and books, plus money left over.
She was looking into WAIT program which gives students a CREDIT CARD; {who pays for those charges??} for gas to come to school, and into CARIBE: which is a special program for Caribbean area immigrants and it pays for child care and all sorts of needs while they go to school or training.
The one student I just mentioned told me she was not going to be a US citizen because she plans to return to the Dominican Republic someday and that she 'loves HER country.' Which is wonderful!!
I asked her if she felt guilty taking what the US is giving her and then not even bothering to become a citizen and she told me that it doesn't bother her, because that is what the money is there for! If it is free give it to me!!
I asked the CARIBE administration about their program; which is: if you ARE a US citizen, you don't qualify for their program.
I am working a full day, and everyone in my family works and pays for our education. ( And the immigrants as well)
Something is wrong here. Right?
I am sorry but after hearing they want to sing the National Anthem in Spanish - enough is enough. Nowhere did they sing it in Italian, Polish, Irish (Celtic), German or any other language because of immigration. It was written by Francis Scott Key and should be sung word for word the way it was written. The news broadcasts can't even gave a translation; that is even close.
Sorry if this offends anyone but this is MY COUNTRY - IF IT IS YOUR COUNTRY SPEAK UP -- please pass this along.
I am not against immigration -- just come through like everyone else. Get a sponsor; have a place to lay your head; have a job; pay your taxes, live by the rules AND LEARN THE LANGUAGE as all other immigrants have in the past --
PART OF THE PROBLEM
Think about this: If you don't want to forward this for fear of offending someone -- YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM!
It is Time for America to Speak up
If you agree -- pass this along, if you don't agree -- delete it!
Yep, I passed it .
93) 24th January .08
Young Women
Why just move in?
Another reason to think agout your actions in life!!
Why young women should not just move in with a guy... DUH!!
So often we follow our primary senses, and do not realize the ways of the world can and do effect our relationships!!
Date: 6/22/2006 18:13:03 ... viewed 677 times Blog viewed 172,202 times
Though I may make some people unhappy or down right mad, so be it... As a truth barometer; it is my position to help people understand the truth in their life...
First as a male who has seen several winters come and go; it becomes apparent that the normal relationship for a man and woman who wish to co habituate and engage in the activity of procreation; is marriage... This is set up so that both man / woman and any resulting children have some form of protection and stability...
Humans were not meant to upon birth be dropped and left to fend for themselves... It takes up to about fifteen years to get children to a position where they can function as an adult, in most areas of life... During this time it is really necessary if at all possible that the basic family stay in tack and function as a coherent unit... This is the basic function of marriage... I believe you all know this...
Young women have been short changed by almost everyone in the society into thinking that sexual intercourse is a toy or joy to be played as one desires... Nothing could be further from the truth... There is pleasure in the act of sexual intercourse; but when not connected to the long term protection of marriage, it will and does lead: to poverty, disease, isolation, loneness, social discrimination, pain and suffering... This is not a game; folks...
BTW: Dear unmarried women in an affair with devoriced or separated men; when it comes to celebrating Birthdays, Father's Day, Mother's Day, and most of the holidays where do you think the father of the children will be... Absolutely Right; either with the former wife and/or children occupied with the actives there in some way... HUH!! What do you think?? Ask around an see if I am just blowing smoke!!
The father will attend his children's actives and other events as possible... So where does this leave the kept woman?? When retirement comes or property, money and other things need to be shared guess who will get most if not all the pot?? A quick clue it does not usually have girl Friend or live in lover in the title... DUH!!
This is part of life and as a male; I see the real situation... Things change and people { mainly men} who do not have a real life stake in something, will break hearts... Epically for the women... Think before you leap ladies!!
Read and learn the cold hard facts of life.... See Ya Kermit
Article copied from MSN; from Christian Science Monitor, by Marilyn Gardner
BTW: The C.S. Monitor is one of the most unbiased newspapers to read...
Who loses most in a breakup?
Everything looked promising for Lauren Laughead and her boyfriend when they moved from Boston to Dallas in 2002 for his job. They had been living together for nearly four years and were planning to marry. They even bought a town house in Dallas.
But the dream was derailed two years later when her boyfriend ended the relationship. "Since the property was in his name, and he was at fault for the breakup, I just moved out," says Laughead, who handles advertising for a law firm. "I paid off my part of the credit card and left it at that. I had helped pay part of the mortgage for a year. I lost that money. He's got equity."
Her experience illustrates a little-noted peril of cohabitation: the potentially negative financial consequences of breaking up. When unmarried couples who have been living together part company, women are substantially worse off economically than men, according to a study in the Journal of Marriage and Family.
Men's household income drops by 10%, while women lose 33%. The percentage of women living in poverty increases from 20% to 30%, while men's poverty level remains relatively unchanged at about 20%.
Women lose more across the board
Even the 33% drop for women strikes some financial experts as too low. "That's a nice statistic, but I think it's far worse than that," says Doris Theune, senior vice president of Bryn Mawr Trust Co. in Bryn Mawr, Pa. "I live in a very affluent area, yet I see women all the time lose out across the board. It's the same as divorce. If women have given up a career, or if they have relocated, then they lose."
More than 40% of American women under the age of 45 have lived unmarried with a male partner at some point, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2000, 9.7 million Americans were cohabiting with an unmarried partner of the opposite sex, while 1.2 million lived with a same-sex partner.
Unlike divorce, cohabitation offers no economic protection for either party. For married couples, there are precedents, formulas and divorce court, says Debra Neiman, a certified financial planner in Watertown, Mass. "For unmarried folks, there is no such playing field. It's up to the couple at the onset, or early in the relationship, to set the stage and make preparations for what would happen in the event of dissolution."
When dreams go awry
Yet starry-eyed young lovers don't like to think of that possibility. "It's amazing how many of my friends in their early-to-late 20s go through this," says Laughead, referring to her breakup. "A lot of us go into a (live-in) relationship with a positive outlook. We think, 'Oh, nothing bad will happen.' The girl typically thinks, 'This is going to be great, we're (eventually) going to get married.'"
Among Laughead's friends, the woman is typically the one who moves out. She must find a place to live and buy furniture. "You realize, 'Oh, my college furniture -- I sold that,'" Laughead says. "Or you have a couch and a headboard and no mattress. Those are expenses you don't think of."
Her ex-boyfriend incurred expenses, too. "When I moved out, all the kitchenware was mine," she says. "He came home and didn't have any kitchen supplies anymore."
But because her boyfriend paid the bulk of the down payment, the town house was in his name. "We figured when we got married, we'd change it to include me," she says. He was also the primary account holder on the utilities. After she left and needed her own telephone and utilities, she had no record of good credit.
Call in the big guns for a big purchase
Unmarried couples who want to buy a home should have an attorney draft a property agreement, says Neiman, coauthor, with Sheryl Garrett, of the forthcoming "Money Without Matrimony." "It could simply say, 'In the event of a breakup, Party A has the right of first refusal to buy the property from Party B.' It could be more explicit and say, 'The purchase price will be based on the average of two or three market appraisals.'"
Some women discover less-obvious economic penalties when cohabitation ends. "They're not saving as effectively for themselves," because they see themselves as part of a team, Allen says.
Women also tend to feather the nest more than men, buying curtains, towels and sheets, Theune says. "That's hard to put a dollar value on."
Pepper Schwartz, a sociologist and relationship expert for perfectmatch.com, advises couples who are thinking about living together to ask serious questions:
What are we doing here?
Is this an open-ended situation that may not turn into anything?
If we love each other, will we marry?
"Just because you don't like the answer doesn't mean you don't need to know the answer," she says.
Dogs and credit cards
In the event of a breakup, Schwartz adds, couples must consider another key question: "What do we owe each other under these circumstances -- money, furniture, dogs?"
Dogs were part of the negotiations when Stacy Katz's first live-in relationship ended. She and her boyfriend had two dogs, and they were a big issue in dividing their property. Each took one.
Since then, Katz, of New York, now a manager for a financial-regulatory service, has had two other cohabiting relationships, each lasting about a year. When the first and third ended, she incurred no serious financial losses.
But with her second boyfriend, she learned a hard lesson after she allowed him to use her credit card. "I was the card holder, but he had his name on it, too. When I moved away, he ran it up and didn't pay it," she says.
Katz had also co-signed a car loan. After she left, her ex-boyfriend let the insurance run out. He had an accident and couldn't pay for the repairs. "Creditors were pursuing me for a long time for the credit card and car loan," she says. That hurt her credit rating.
Set up joint accounts
To protect both parties, Allen says, the safest approach is to have joint accounts, joint assets and run the household on a budget that both people contribute to, perhaps pro rata, based on income. But even a joint tenancy account carries risks: Either party can empty it out. She suggests an account that requires two signatures -- an "and" account, not an "or" account.
Very often, couples go into these relationships in a state of "glee mania," Theune finds. "By the time the bloom is off the rose, they find themselves in this financial, emotional, psychological bind. Getting out of it is legally easier if you're not married, but the devastation is as harmful." She finds that many women "didn't take time to prepare themselves to leave, financially or otherwise."
One woman she knows relocated to a new city with her boyfriend after they became engaged. When they broke up, she had to move back and find another job. But they did work out a financial settlement to cover what she would need for one year to get re-established.
Higher stakes at midlife
Among younger couples, cohabitation can often involve a lighthearted commitment with lighthearted exits, Garrett says. But as the practice becomes more common among middle-aged couples who may be altar-shy after a divorce, the stakes are higher. "When they were 22, they split up the lawn furniture they were using in the living room. When they're 40 or 50, they often have significant assets and liabilities."
If a couple can't work out the financial aspects of a breakup in a civil manner, Schwartz suggests getting a third-party mediator to help. "If you end up in court, it'll be just awful," she warns. "You might need somebody to talk to, to see if you are due any economic recompense for the relationship. But in general, you signed up for something that wasn't marriage."
Laughead offers her own cautionary note to unmarried couples. "If you're paying toward something, you need to make sure your name is on it somewhere. If the worst-case scenario happens, you want to protect all your assets."
Garrett takes a similarly pragmatic approach. "You need to think of unmarried couples more like business partners," she says. "If you own anything together, or owe anything together, this is your business partner. It's definitely not romantic, but it's very healthy and a smart way to protect yourself and your loved ones."
By Marilyn Gardner, The Christian Science Monitor
92) 10th January .08
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91) 28th Dec .07
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Religion or what ever ??
It seems that many people have a warped sense of what is the real truth!!
Something for you to brew over!! by kerminator .....
It seems that many times the general public and their Representatives are all wet... or just plain wrong, Oh My!!
Date: 12/26/2007 13:49:32
Just maybe just being politically correct will make you sick too... Read on...
The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary.
My confession:
I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are: Christmas trees.
It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, "Merry Christmas" to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn't bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu . If people want a Church it's just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away .
I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat.
Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship Nick and Jessica and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where Nick and Jessica came from and where the America we knew went to.
In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking.
Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?" (regarding Katrina) Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.
She said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?"
In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK.
Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school. The Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.
Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.
Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.
Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says . Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.
Are you laughing?
Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it.
Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.
Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in. My Best Regards .
Honestly and respectfully,
Ben Stein
90) 15th Dec .07
Military help in Calif wild fires...
#90 Military support in Calif wildfires...
More truth on what really happened!!
In the recent wild fires in Calif. according to certain politicians from one of the major political parties, ( hint starts with Demo... ) You were led to believe because of the conflict in the Mideast that there was not any help from the military... This same type false info was put out about the Tornado damage to the town in the mid west; and so forth...
Here is some truth so you can see who is doing what... HUH!!
You can believe who and what you want, but for me I believe the truth; and want to thank those who offered support; and give them a BIG THANKS!!!
PHOTO LOG: The Wildfires of October
More than 400 military families from San Diego County and the surrounding areas took refuge from the wildfires that struck several San Diego communities in late October.
An estimated half-million people were urged to flee their homes across Southern California as wildfires blown by fierce, dry desert gusts -- known as Santa Ana Winds -- raced over the landscape with terrifying speed, destroying hundreds of structures, clogging highways with fleeing evacuees, and sent smoke and ash over a wide area.
Combat photographers from all branches documented America's military response to the disaster.
The HOIST is proud to share these images with our readers as a salute to their efforts.
Air Force SSgt. Lonnie Brooks waits for an engine on a C-130 Hercules to shut down so crews can ready the aircraft for another firefighting mission from Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, CA. Air National Guard C-130s equipped with the modular airborne firefighting systems battled wildfires in Southern California. - USAF photo by TSgt. Brian E. Christiansen
Chief Aviation Electronics Technician Rexford Sackett kicks open a 420-gallon capacity Bambi bucket to ready it for a water drop. Sackett is assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 85 that teamed up with San Diego-based California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection air attack units. - Photo by MC2 Chris Fahey
A USAF C-17 Globemaster III, from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing at March Air Reserve Base, CA, unloads Soldiers and equipment from the 5th Army Operational Command Post Two, from Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX. The Army command post unit deployed as part of a federal support package to assist federal, state and local agencies responding to the California wildfires. - Photo by MC1 Troy Latham
Looking much like a scene from Iraq, a soldier from the California Army National Guard patrols in a Valley Center, CA neighborhood where buildings and vehicles were destroyed in October's wildfires. More than 1,500 Army National Guard soldiers, along with Air National Guard and Air Force airmen, Sailors and Marines assisted civilian authorities in tackling the blazes that raged in San Diego County.
- US Army photo by SSG Jim Greenhill
An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter dumps water from a 420-gallon Bambi bucket onto of one of the many wildfire blazes in San Diego County. The quick-deployable aerial bucket was one of many used to dump water to put out or control the fires that forced nearly 500,000 San Diegans to flee their homes. - Photo by MC2 Chris Fahey
Seabees attached to Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) 1, grab a quick hot meal at a California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) base camp while helping to fight the wildfires. ACB-1 Sailors worked side-by-side with civilian firefighters from CalFire and other agencies in Hauser Canyon, constructing firebreaks to safeguard the town of Campo, CA. - Photo by MC2 Marie Kirch
LT Jane Scribner, a medical officer attached to amphibious transport dock USS Cleveland (LPD 7), assists an elderly patient at an evacuation center in the San Diego High School gymnasium.
- Photo by MC1 George Labidou
More than 380 military families in San Diego County and the surrounding area took refuge in the Naval Air Station North Island gymnasium after evacuating their homes due to the encroaching wildfires. Other evacuated military families were housed in a tent city aboard Naval Amphibious Base Coronado. - Photo by MC2 Mark A. Leonesio
Phos-Chek fire retardant streams from a C-130 Hercules over the Witch Creek fire north of San Diego, CA. The C-130, equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) and its crew are assigned to the 302nd Airlift Wing from Peterson Air Force Base, CO. Fire retardants, like Phos-Chek and Fire-Trol, contain wetting agents, preservatives, rust inhibitors and colored red with ferric oxide to mark where they have been dropped. Once the fire is extinguished, the retardant acts as a fertilizer, which encourages plant regrowth. - USAF photo by TSgt. Roy A Santana
89) 07 Dec .07
Support the troops & family
Support the Troops & their families
Support the troops... by kerminator .....
No matter what, politics you follow or what you think of the conflicts in the world; lets help on the home front; always support the Troops!!
Date: 12/9/2007 18:59:40
To the troops; we want to let you know that there are people who support you... We want to provide all you need to protect yourself and allow you to return home...
Next I spent two Christmas periods over seas, when I served in the US Navy (1961 to 67) so I understand how lonely it can be... We would like to let you, in the field know that, even though you are away, we are looking out for your families back home... It is through organizations like the ones listed that show the support at home...
May we help keep the home front porch lite burning!!!
88) 03 Dec .07
Solutions
American solutions....
Dear friend:
This is one of the best ideas in the world to allow people to decide their own destiny!! What we lack in this world is the opportunity to use the GOD given free agency... Many people, politicians, so called leaders, and religion's only want to take your time and money... They do not want you to decide what to do with your life; they have it all planned out for you!! This is a method to get the best from our government and let the people decide their destiny!!
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Dear Kermit,
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Later today, in a presentation to the Republican Governors Association (RGA), Newt Gingrich will outline 10 key steps to transform our broken bureaucratic systems.
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Dennis C. Smith, PhD, an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University, is one of the leading experts of measuring government performance. In his Solutions Day workshop entitled "How to Get Government to Measure Things that Matter to You," Smith talks about how the use of evidence-based government dramatically reduced crime in New York and Los Angeles. Click here to watch his workshop.
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The United States is suffering from a lack of vision and a lack of honesty in confronting radical Islam, from Al-Qaida to Iran, and the result could be a nuclear nightmare, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told a crowd of more than 200 people at a Jewish National Fund luncheon at Federation's midtown headquarters Nov. 15.
"We need first of all to recognize this is a real war. Our enemies are peaceful when they're weak, are ruthless when they're strong, demand mercy when they're losing, show no mercy when they're winning," Gingrich said. "One side is going to win. One side is going to lose. You'll be able to tell who won and who lost by who's still standing."
Americans are in the tragic position of choosing between policies that cannot win the war, Gingrich said: the inadequate and inconsistent Bush policy and the even weaker approach of the political left.
"You have nobody prepared to talk about the policy we need," he said. "This is a catastrophe for this country and a catastrophe for freedom around the world."
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Here are some of the general ideas of many politicians and unfortunately many people in the world today... Control!! They want to control you and take your freedoms... HUH!!
Date: 11/10/2007 11:45:00
I have always been one to seek the truth and allow each person the freedom of choice!! Here are some replies that may interest you... HUH!!
This was based on the new idea that any Government will force health programs on especially children... Like it or not!!
This is from: this web site @ mercola.com and read the newsletters... Here is a chance to learn what some people have planned for you... Especially the desires of certain politicians in the USA running for election in 2008... It is your freedoms here folks!! I did not make these up or put my ideas in this is just the facts...
BTW: I do not agree with all these replies; but I do believe that you have freedom to decide your destiny!! I feel people should have the final decision as to when & how to defend themselves... Every animal and plant in the world has some type defense mechanism, and sometimes it is necessary to use it for survival!!
I know I have ranted and raved about this before but I must remind you, especially with something like forced drugs, Does the name Tyrannical Government mean anything to anyone????
Do you realize the reason we have the right to bear arms is to fight off a Tyrannical Government????? It is going to come to this and I hope that good Ole’ American Spirit of 76 is not hanging’ out at the Limp Wrist Bar!
I used to side with the anti-gun movement people years ago,.. that was until I began to realize that the biggest threat to our freedom in this country is not the communists or the terrorists etc. ... It is our own government.
Makes sense Shiva and here is why you have the right:
In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of
13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.
China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million educated' people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million. Wow!
Seriously though, the US Civilian population (I'm NOT saying this is good or bad) is the second largest armed force in the world after the US military...
If Uncle Sam ever tried armed insurrection against the US population, he would loose hands down.
Dr. Gussa & Shiva, I agree wholeheartedly - tyrannical government is our biggest enemy.
veggienut - you are also right that by the time people need to take up arms, it's far too late.
I now live in the deep south USA - GUN LOVING CENTRAL- and let me tell you, it's a culture shock! No offense to any southerners intended - though I am going to state my observations here, blatantly.
What I see are a bunch of ultra conservative, "gotta have my guns", I have my rights, and yes - lazy Sheep. I commend that they feel strongly about their right to arms, yet these are the very same people do not think for themselves. These people are more concerned with what's happening on Nip/Tuck and Survivor than what's happening with their liberties. Only when someone wants to take their guns or raise their taxes do they go into a frenzy. They have NO CLUE that their rights are taken little by little in the name of "public health" among other government cloaks. Want to push a new bill through? Use the fear card - works on these people every time!
Let me make this clear as to how people in this area think. The county I live in has been growing quickly, with very poor planning. Fire trucks are supposed to have a min. of 4 men per truck; they have two or less, and they cut 3 firemen from the county and WHY? They don't want to raise taxes. People want the services but don't want to pay for it. Let me tell you - the same people who will revolt against a tax increase (rightfully needed for public services) will be the same who condemn the local government for not supplying enough manpower to save their home from a fire.
It's so very sad that on one issue people stick to their guns - (pun intended!) yet will turn over their health and liberties. My theory on this is that these people either don't want the responsibility that comes with knowledge or they just don't care.
Doc, while I see your point on gun control, and believe me I get into the spirit of that when I am discussing our government, I must disagree with your statement that millions are dead BECAUSE of gun control. By the time you need a gun to protect yourself, you as a citizen, we as citizens, have allowed something to go terribly wrong in our system. Guns are not our first line of defense against a tyrannical government. In most cases, especially in the case of WWII and Hitler's rise to power, religion (false religion, not true spirituality) was a primary player in his ability to sway the people. The priests and ministers and "good" people who were in church every week watched as it all developed. They did nothing, even when their guts, hearts and minds cried for them to act.
By the time guns would have been a logical option for defense, it was too late. I don't think guns are ever the answer, because they simply proliferate the same violence brought on us. BUT, I am not going to deny anyone their rights, though it makes me very nervous when I see my fellow Kansans excitedly toting guns and rage. A little scary, but I rely on supernatural power for protection...always worked before.
Let's focus more on preventing it from getting to the point that we would all need weapons to defend ourselves from "being rounded up".
Isn't that what we all talk about on here..prevention?
Hi Veggienut!
Your point is well taken and believe me, no one more than me would like to prevent it from coming to this point. (having to use arms as a last defense) and I say yes, let's do all we can try to prevent it from coming to that by all means! but if that right to bare arms if we need them is denied us then we are sunk when they use their armed force! The sad history I stated is true!
Hey guns can be fun! regardless of any of our political views! I target practice almost every day with my son! (We have a great desert wash behind our house out here in Arizona) If we had to use them to stay alive would it not be better than dying a senseless death? We would never be able to say anything again about our right to natural medicine again if we were dead!
"Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million. Wow!"
Now wait just one second!!! It wasn't BECAUSE of gun control that people were rounded up and exterminated. Mostly it was BECAUSE one group wanted to have ultimate power over another group (Nazi's, Pol Pot/Khmer Rouge etc.) Gun control made is EASIER for them to do this, but it wasn't BECAUSE of gun control that this happened.
Additionally, as has been proven on numerous occasions in the US, the US government is now so powerful that even with the right to bear arms the individual citizens can't really protect themselves if the government decides it wants to take them out. Remember Ruby Ridge? Remember Waco?
Those folks were heavily armed, and it made no difference at all.
Now I don't know all the details about those cases, so maybe those folks really were very dangerous and doing illegal things. I don't know if the govt was right or wrong in what they did there. I just don't know enough about it.
What I DO know is that those folks felt they were right in what they were doing, armed themselves to protect themselves against a government that they didn't believe in.... and LOST.
The mind boggled when I got to “telephone scatology”. It really is a diagnosis – obscene phone calling. This is no laughing matter however (however laughable the DSM-IV diagnoses are); medical fascism is destroying lives.
SHAME, SHAME, SHAME on the APA. This needs a class-action lawsuit on a scale never seen to bring these evildoers to justice.
This article is appalling! Our freedoms are being attacked on every side! The fact that the lawyer representing the little boy's mother was not able to get these people to see reason is unbelievable. The drugs that were going to be force-fed to this child could likely kill him! What can we do to return children's lives to a simpler time?
Should doctors be sued and held accountable for prescribing drugs to children that are not FDA approved for them? These drugs have not been "tested" on children and can cause many problems - someone should be held accountable!
It should be illegal to FORCE drugs (or medication as they call it) on anyone - especially children.
I am tired of the masses being the guinea pigs for big pharmacy - instead of the companies paying to do the testing, they are getting paid to to the testing!
When will we have had ENOUGH!?! Ahhh, but I preach to the choir here...
Good heavens, where to start? This article is immensely disturbing.
Let's confirm that learning disabilities and ADHD are real diagnoses; in fact the Connors Scale, a diagnostic tool for teachers to supply to the therapist, is taken almost verbatim from the DSM-IV. I have seen a range of these disabilities in several settings. LDs are real flaws in how the brain processes data, and I suspect (though no one knows) that the problem begins in utero . ADHD, on the other hand, is responsive to adjustments to diet and nutrition. I remember a 9-y-o ADHD boy being brought to a new specialist. When the doc asked how the boy acted when off his meds, the parents had no idea - there had never been a time when he was off a cocktail of meds.
The child in the article is being subjected to a rasher of adult anti-psychotic drugs NOT LABELED FOR USE FOR A CHILD HIS AGE. Have these people lost their minds? How can a jury of 12 people with no medical expertise make informed decisions? What's worse, this is only one of at least 4 articles I have read in the last week with the same theme: State interferes to medicate Child, who may even be removed from Parent's custody. In a California case, the mother administered an alternative treatment to her 17-y-o son which cured him of melanoma. The state jailed the mother, removed the child from the home, and treated him with chemo against his will, despited the fact that his cancer had disappeared.
Not just in the good ole US of A either. Toxic HAART (antivirals) has been mandated by the court here for an infant deemed HIV positive, despite him being well and free from infection. A few years ago I knew a fellow nurse who refused chemotherapy for his son with a glioblastoma, who was hounded by the courts and the press. Public opinion at the time reflected that people truly believe chemo is ‘lifesaving’ and now this same dogma is applied to HIV drugs. Newsflash – these drugs do not prolong life, prevent opportunistic infections and only make you sicker. Medical fascism is everywhere folks.
ADHD is a total FRAUD. The Connors Scale is absolutely subjective and non scientific. Why don't real doctors use an equivalent scale to diagnose cancer? ADHD was fabricated by a panel of psychiatrist and was included in the science fiction DSM Bible by a show of hands. That's not science. That's fraud. Normal kids are not being medicated. They are being poisoned.
It is appalling! We by far are not a free country any longer. Our Founding Father's have long since been replaced with evil & greed. How sad it is that all of these young soldiers are fighting and losing their lives, leaving small children and wives behind for something called "Freedom" that was lost long ago!
I found my daughter not breathing at 10 months old. My husband revived her. Thank God! Never found out what caused it. She had every test imaginable. But her pediatrician prescribed her some theophylline liquid. I NO WAY gave it to her. The side effects were ridiculous. I had told them that I didn't feeling comfortable giving it to her and they insisted that I do. I decided to pick up the prescription and just put it in my cupboard. I was afraid they might accuse me of child abuse if they found out that I didn't and take her away from me. Later there was a concern with her heart beating at too high a rate and they told me to lower the medication. Her heart turned out to be fine. I also ended up telling the one pediatrician that I never gave her the med and he told me that was good. How lame that she would have had taken a drug that had such horrible side effects and wasn't even approved for children that young for no reason at all!! Mother's often DO know best!
You are absolutely right! Anyone who still believes our greatest threat is in the Middle East will be shockingly awakened to find it is at our front door. How anyone can submit their child willingly to die for this regime is beyond my understanding.
Good for you that you listened to your intuition/spirit. It will save us if we listen.
And what about that bill Arnold just signed?? SB777. Our world has really become a scray place!! I'm am scared for my kids! This bill is exactly one of the reasons that I have decided to home school my kids!! Anyone who has their children in the public school system needs to be concerned with this bill! http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58130
I found the article so disturbing I couldn't finish reading it. It is unbelievable to me that the medical community and legal community have this kind of power. My son has chosen not to vaccinate his children and I wonder what is in store for him. They are young now only 4 months and 3 yrs. so no problems so far. BTW, I changed my voter registration from Independent to Republican so I could vote for Ron Paul in the primary.
raelpat - I hope that after the primary elections, you will go back to Independent! Quite frankly, we need more registered independent voters, and I am hoping that Ron Paul will run as independent. I honestly will be surprised if he wins the GOP, he's nowhere in the mainstream media. Even though he has a huge Internet following, I really don't know if that will be enough.
More and more people are becoming Independents - Ron Paul is certainly aware of that. I hope he's just biding his time......
This is totally wrong, I applaud the lawyer for standing up for the parents and the child's rights. I feel sorry for the boy being in state custody and separated from his parents.
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