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Ted Kennedy being blackmailed?I'll probably get into big trouble for this one. But please be sure to pass it along among your friends. Somebody, somewhere, will know the truth. The big mystery is why Senator Kennedy is getting involved trying to close down supplements shops and compounding pharmacies? What possible professional or political interest can it have for him? He has proposed a sneaky bill with an addition which will bring the only kind of friendly non-drug alternative health pharmacies under the control of the FDA. Compounding pharmacies do prescribe the regular chemical junk. But these are also the places where you will find professionals interested in supplying vitamins, DHEA, minerals, herbs, homeopathics and more. Kennedy wants to see them all reduced to mere puppets of the FDA and Big Pharma. Talking of puppets, what have they got over Ted? One person I spoke to immediately responded he's being blackmailed by Big Pharma. It would make sense. You would certainly have to ask: what is he getting out of the deal? For sure, he wouldn't be there unless there was an angle. Politicians over a certain age should not be allowed to participate, unless they can show evidence they have been working out, taking supplements and generally taking care of themselves. You can see that Kennedy is in very poor shape for someone his age. He needs some supplements and alternative medicine! Is he bent, or just lost too many marbles?
No more birds and bees?
Did you hear the story of the honey bees? Apparently there is a worldwide serious collapse in populations of bees and it is very worrying. Less pollination means less flowers and fewer birds. Less color! Not a very appealing thought. Some hives have lost up to 90% of their stock. It's called the Colony Collapse Disorder (just like in medicine, you give it a name and it sounds scientific! But actually CCD is the symptom of the problem, not the actual problem). Nobody knows why it has happened but everyone with a broomstick or a soapbox has leapt onto it to claim THEIR pet hobbyhorse is vindicated. Some sources claim it is cell phone pollution! Others insist it's GM crops. Well, it might be cell phones interfering with bee "radar" (I very much doubt it). I would even welcome it, since it will draw attention to what I have been saying about the dangers of radiation in every book I wrote since 1988. But knowledge and learning is not served by pre-judging any issue. We need facts, knowledge, not hysterical pseudo-science. Whatever the cause turns out to be, let's pray there is a quick and effective remedy. According to a 2005 report in the German journal Der Kritischer Agrarbericht (Critical Agricultural Report), Albert Einstein is supposed to have said: “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.” Four years? Well, that would be just about the time of the end of the Mayan calendar, wouldn't it? In fact Einstein didn't say that, I'm sure. Just another urban legend got started. More importantly, what's wrong with his supposed quote is that our major food crops are not pollinated by bees including corn, wheat, rice, oats, barley, beans, potato, and cassava [McGregor, S.E. 1976. Insect Pollination Of Cultivated Crop Plants. USDA]. If bees went extinct tomorrow, we would not be in any danger of starving. But you don't have to be an agricultural botanist or an overwrought advanced theoretical mathematician to see yet another environmental red flag warning, surely? For a fuller story, without ravings, check out Earthfiles: http://earthfiles.com/news/news.cfm?ID=1230&category=Environment I have further information in this:
an ORGANIC bee keeper says that they are having NO PROBLEM with disappearing
bees. They believe it is because the pro bee keepers are taking too
much honey, using insecticides for mites, and moving the hives around,
all in the name of profit. Figures!
This year's baby hummers!While we are on the subject of wildlife, take a look at one of our baby hummingbirds. This little fellow is a young male Costa's but hasn't yet got his gorgeous purple/black throat. Still looks handsome, mind!
You can see his chin shadow better on the second photo
What kids say about love!Carole-Ann, a subscriber in Germany, sent me this is an e-mail. I've no idea where it started from but it's snuggly warm to read! A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think: "When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over
and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all
the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love." "When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth." "Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving
cologne and they go out and smell each other." "Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes
a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK." For more of these super kids' insights, see the page on my website: what kids say about love.
Beyond belief! (an occasional column)The NIH (National Institutes of Health) has at last taken a stand against double-standards in science and the way private industry is being paid to investigate itself. It fired Sciences International Inc. for blatantly taking money from chemical companies under contract, while being paid by the government body to verify the safety of their products! The only real question is: how come it took so long? It defies belief it was ever allowed to happen. The Environmental Working Group, an advocacy organization that first raised alarms about a possible conflict of interest, said the government needs to scrutinize the entire body of work performed by Sciences International Inc. for the federal government since 1998, after it emerged they were contracted with at least two companies that manufacture bisphenol A. This is the very chemical they were supposed to be "evaluating". Robert Chapin, the chairman of the expert panel on bisphenol A, BUT who works for Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company, predictably claimed that Sciences International is being unfairly tarnished. [anyone worried that the chairman of an “independent” review body works for Big Pharma?] "This is all just theatrics,” Chapin claimed. “This has to do with a campaign by outside interests to hijack the process. SI was doing a perfectly fine job." Perhaps Pharma toadies like Chapin don’t speak the same honest language as the rest of us. Being paid by someone you are supposed to be investigating objectively is a conflict of interest: not might be. It doesn’t automatically mean you are corrupt, of course. But it does mean, by definition, there IS a conflict of interest! The president of Sciences International Inc. acknowledged that his company was working for three chemical trade associations at the same time it was performing federal reviews of two chemicals linked to those groups. He said he learned of those potential conflicts last month when NIH asked him to review the company's corporate contracts. It puzzles me that he never noticed the conflict of interest until his money hose was trodden on! Since 1998, Sciences International has been working for the Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction, a tiny federal agency charged with assessing potential dangers to reproduction and newborns. The agency has two federal employees; Sciences International supplied the rest of its workforce. The Environmental Working Group said the situation points to a larger problem of the federal government delegating too much authority to private contractors. "There's no substitute for a government scientist who's insulated largely from political pressures when they're making these decisions," a spokesman said. "There are certain jobs you can't farm out to contractors."
Is it a scam? Some "insider trading" tips for Internet businesses!Some of my older subscribers may remember I ran a section called "wealth stuff". I wasn't trying to offer a program but just look at issues connected with what we might call "financial health". As part of that I used to test-drive a few ideas and see if they really worked and post the results. I still do occasionally. I want to warn you against a scheme that has come across my desk more than once. The latest incarnation was "MoneyVault" but the name keeps changing. It promises you the Earth, as they all do. You can earn passive income, never need to work, etc (but not MLM). Cost: a modest $40. It was supposedly to sell products through a "FREE" website. But there are no products; all you sell is the program to the next sucker and get 50%. This is illegal in most countries and certainly here in the US. It's akin the the old Ponzi Scam, where those who come on later pay the rewards for those who were in earlier - no real business going on at all. Watch out for programs like these. The "free website" is a warning sign (all you get is a free web PAGE). Don't let the fact that PayPal or ClickBank underwites it fool you. If you are struggling and want a few extra dollars, try Project Payday. It's free to join and they are modest, pointing out you'll never get rich with their plan: $200 - $2000 a month is about all you can expect. There's a big catch though: YOU HAVE TO WORK AT IT! It sounds authentic already, doesn't it? In fact I can find no downside, except that the hourly return isn't high. You'll find some helpful comments on this webpage: http://www.whydowork.com/forums/about11499.html Project Payday has a website and you can start from there. I have no affiliation and receive not a dime if you join (just want you to know that!). Project Payday A far better idea, in my view, would be to join me selling quality health products, especially a mix of goji berry, acai berry* and mangosteen that I have researched and found to be the very best on the market. It's called Amigo Juice and works on a matrix plan. One of the nice bonuses of that is that people sponsored by those in before you automatically get put under you. Nevertheless, you need to introduce a few friends here and there. It raises your compensation levels. You buy the product for yourself each month and everyone else does the same. I highly recommend the very intense berry-rich formula. It's not watered down by blueberry etc., like other brands, and is loaded with antioxidants. You need to be alert to false science here: many companies selling mangosteen, for example, are not including the one part of the fruit that counts - the pericarp. That's where all the goodness lies but it is so bitter, something to sweeten it is needed. To join me in the health plan and (maybe) make a few dollars, go here and sign up, order yourself 1 can of Amigo Juice** a month and suggest it to a few friends. You can withdraw at any time. The product is real and very good for you anyway. The basic facts are these:
All that, plus the product is recommended by me! http://nutriprofessor.amigohealth.com *acai berry was recently featured on the Oprah Show. Note this is the real acai berry NOT wolf berry. ** it's not juice but dried powder to which you add water. What's the point of paying shipping on water?
Is this the most important diet book ever?It is not a plan. In fact it explains why diet plans often don't work and why they make some people feel sick. The theme is that everyone is different - no two people tolerate foods in exactly the same way. There is no such thing as a universal diet plan, nor can there ever be, as this book explains. What you can do is work out your own unique eating plan, which is just about perfect for you. Then you'll lose weight, look good, feel great, and live a long long time... It's a sort of super-Rolls-Royce version of the modern detox diet, by one of the pioneers who actual first developed the concept of "detox" decades ago. As well as plentiful explanations of the science and mechanisms, there are lots of moving and heart-warming stories about how people overcame seemingly hopeless odds to recover their health and wellbeing, using these vital life and biology principles.
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Video LinkThis link should work even for dial-up browsers: the file is quite small. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~heartlander/videos/HL4_ChModel_trials23only_352x240.mpg It's a vision of the future -- tiny robotic instruments which can walk through the body and fix repairs, without making huge incisions. This one is walking through a simulated animal heart! THE GUESS WHO? QUOTE:
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