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Book Review - Unplugged: Reclaiming Our Right to Die in America by William H. Colby The Right to Die in America by Chet Day I've never written about this before, but I've been without parents for the past several years. Though I miss my mom and dad and think of them often, I feel lucky because both of them died without having to undergo the pain, expense, and indignities associated with protracted illnesses and hospital horrors and nightmares. You see, I believe that each of us should have 100% control over when and how we die. Sadly, most of us don't have that control here in America. Even if we have living wills, audio taped directions, and loud relatives who know what we want, the chances are if we end up in a hospital to die, the doctors and lawyers are going to make the decisions about how we check out. Well, I finished reading an empowering new book the other day written by a man named William H. Colby. Entitled "Unplugged: Reclaiming Our Right to Die in America," this book is the most sane and thorough presentation I've ever seen on the topic of death in America. If you were as appalled as I was by the manipulation, exploitation, and general insanity surrounding the Terri Schiavo case, you'll have a much better understanding of exactly what happened to her (and to others like her) by reading "Unplugged." The most frightening fact of the matter is that exactly the same thing that happened to Terri Schiavo could happen to most of us because we haven't made the proper "just in case" preparations. You see, contrary to common belief, living wills are ignored all too often by the men and women in the white coats running the hospitals and making decisions for their patients. Happily, the author of "Unplugged" provides in the appendix of his book a powerful supplement and/or alternative to living wills. Colby, you see, includes for your use a blank copy of his personal Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions, a legal document designed by himself, a lawyer who has been involved in some of the major right to die cases of our times. Colby represented the family of Nancy Cruzan in the first right-to- die case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. He has appeared on Larry King Live, Hardball, Frontline, Today, CBS This Morning, and many national news network programs. David Milch, creator of "Deadwood" and "NYPD Blue," writes, "Unplugged's story-telling captures one's attention while its scope and clarity command thoughtful concern. As we seek to exercise control in some aspects of circumstances in which control is often hard-won or illusory, this book's ultimate message is both insightful and reassuring. It should be read by everyone at the risk for dying." I couldn't have said it better myself. If you're interested in having some control when it's time for you to die, this is a must read. ......I am using this review by Chet Day because it certainly inspired me to purchase this book - it is on its way to me right now from Amazon. Testimonial 1) Just ONE DAY after starting Dynamite's Adrenal Support drops I noticed my enthusiasm for my work had risen dramatically. And over the next two weeks I noted a steady increase in physical energy, mental clarity and overall enjoyment of life -- without any "jittery" side-effects whatsoever. In fact, I am actually experiencing a deeper inner steadiness and calm since beginning the Adrenal Support. Amazing stuff -- GO DYNAMITE! Patricia Kendall, Ph.D., Psychotherapist, Ft. Collins, CO http://www.lifepathconsulting. com Did you know?... (from various sources)
Point to Ponder #1 - Feds Approve Unnecessary Cervical Cancer Vaccine That Will Make Drug Company Billions by Dr. Joseph Mercola http://www.mercola. com/2006/jul/15/feds_approve_unnecessary_cervical_cancer_vaccine_that_w ill_make_drug_company_billions.htm All 11- and 12-year-old girls should receive a new vaccine to prevent infection with human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common cause of cervical cancer, according to the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The recommendation is geared to reach girls before they begin sexual activity, as HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. However, the vaccine -- Gardasil, made by Merck -- is also advised for females aged 13-26. The Food and Drug Administration approved Gardasil in June 2006. It is licensed for females aged 9-26 and is given in three doses over six months, at a cost of $120 per dose. Critics have raised concerns that states might require the HPV vaccine for school admission, a move that would make "state officials, not parents," in charge of the sexual health of U.S. children. No states are considering making the vaccine a school requirement at this time. Over 6 million Americans are infected with HPV each year. Most infections clear up on their own, but certain types of HPV can cause cancer. Dr. Mercola's Comment: Yes, you read it correctly. This vaccine will cost as much as 10 times more than other vaccines. Nearly $400 for the three-dose series. The panel's vote all but commits the federal government to buy vaccines for as many as 7 million girls at a total price that could exceed $2 billion. Yes folks, $2 billion for an absolutely unnecessary and worthless vaccine. Let me be more precise, worthless for consumers who will receive it but not so worthless for Merck who will make billions from this vaccine. They have successfully manipulated the government again to transfer even more billions to their pockets. I haven't had a chance to research it, but my strong guess is that this advisory panel is loaded with physicians connected to Merck and is rampant with conflict of interest just as others have been in the past. Merck needs this vaccine, as they are losing billions on Vioxx and billions more on Fosamax for all the lawsuits those drugs generated. Wouldn't it be nice if we could just get a shot, or in the future just eat a plant that is reengineered to contain a vaccine, that would rid of us cancer? Of course it would. Unfortunately, that is not the way our bodies were designed. Cancer prevention is not as simplistic as taking a vaccination. Maintaining a high level of immune integrity is the key, and this is done through the basics of emotional balancing, optimized nutrition, avoidance of toxins, proper sleep, exercise and hydration. This research is clearly another deceptive ploy by Merck to generate revenue for their vaccine division in exchange for the delusional hope that a vaccine will reduce the risk of cancer. Cervical Cancer Virtually 100% Avoidable Cervical cancer is well documented to be caused by an infection acquired through sexual contact. So it is behaviorally avoidable. Many conservatives oppose making this vaccine mandatory, citing fears that it could send a subtle message condoning sexual activity before marriage. Also, a New England Journal of Medicine study found the use of condoms reduces the incidence of HPV by 70 percent. By comparison, Gardasil counteracts four varieties of HPV that cause 70 percent of the cases of cervical cancer and 90 percent of genital warts. According to the CDC, HPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease in America (more than 6 million women contract it annually), yet the immune systems of many women are strong enough to clear up these infections on their own. Cervical Cancer Review Cervical cancer, arising in the lining of the cervix, affects about 9,700 women in the United States each year. About 3,700 die. Worldwide, a half million get the disease and 233,000 die. Back in the 1970s, herpes simplex virus (HSV) was proposed as the sexually transmitted cause of cervical cancer, based mostly on population studies that showed a correlation of the disease with HSV DNA. That approach shifted to HPV in the 1980s, and over the years population studies set the pace for the now well-accepted view that cervical cancer is strongly related to the transmission of HPV. This is a group of more than 100 viruses, about 30 of which are said to be linked to cervical cancer. Of these 30 or so, HPV-16 is said to be found in 50 percent of cervical cancers. HPV-18 accounts for another 20 percent. In addition to the population studies that link HPV to cervical cancer, there is, for example, research showing that HPV viral DNA can be found integrated in the genetic structure of cervical cancers. Back in 1992, however, a question was raised about the dominant and increasingly entrenched theory that HPV causes cervical cancer. It came from Peter Duesberg and Jody Schwartz, molecular biologists at the University of California at Berkeley. Among the various issues they raised about the acceptance of HPV as the cause of cervical cancer was their fundamental concern that there was a lack of consistent HPV DNA sequences and consistent HPV gene expression in tumors that were HPV-positive. They instead suggested that "rare spontaneous or chemically induced chromosome abnormalities which are consistently observed in both HPV and HSV DNA-negative and positive cervical cancers induce cervical cancer." In short, Duesberg and Schwartz were pointing to the possibility that "carcinogens may be primary inducers of abnormal cell proliferation rather than HPV or HSV." And here's the key point: "Since proliferating cells [cancer cells dividing wildly] would be more susceptible to infection than resting cells, the viruses would just be indicators rather than causes of abnormal proliferation." The concept they raised back in 1992 is still relevant today, only science has gone on to assume that causation of cervical cancer has been well established. Even the National Cancer Institute (NCI) says that "direct" causation has not been demonstrated; however, the NCI and just about everyone else works with the principle that it has been established. Lip service is paid to other possible factors that may be involved in cervical cancer such as environmental conditions, including smoking. Even dietary factors -- particularly low levels of vitamin A and folate -- have been suggested as associated with a risk for cervical cancer. But once a vaccine to prevent HPV infection is raised as a weapon to prevent cervical cancer, then it's pretty clear that the medical establishment has gone all the way in accepting a theory. ....... prevention from building the immune system and avoiding toxins to me is the most logical course of action - you might want to read my testimonial in last month's E-Meeting/NL - cancer is cancer regardless of where it manifests Point to Ponder #2 - How To Protect Yourself Against Liver Damage by Dr. Ben Kim http://drbenkim.com/articles/protect-against-liver-damage.htm A study published in the July 5th, 2006 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association indicates that taking the maximum recommended dose of Tylenol (acetaminophen) for fourteen consecutive days can cause acute liver damage. Medical researchers who co-ordinated this study had 106 participants take 4 grams of acetaminophen (the equivalent of eight 500 mg tablets of extra- strength Tylenol) every day for two weeks. Thirty-nine participants received placebo pills. The key results were as follows:
Why is your liver so susceptible to damage by acetaminophen? Because almost everything that enters your mouth, travels down your digestive tract, and gets absorbed into your blood stream must travel directly to and through your liver before it travels through the rest of your circulatory system. Your liver acts as a processing plant. It receives everything that you put into your mouth and that ends up in your blood stream, does its best to sort out useful nutrients and harmful substances, and then packages these nutrients and harmful substances to be delivered to your cells and eliminated from your body, respectively. When certain drugs like those that contain acetaminophen reach your liver for processing, they can cause direct injury to your liver cells, sparking an inflammatory reaction that leads to increased production of liver enzymes, which a standard blood test can detect. If your liver cells are injured repeatedly, they can go through a series of degenerative changes, the last ones being cirrhosis (hardening) and cancer of the liver. Medical drugs that list liver damage as a potential "side" effect and all forms of alcohol are the two groups of substances that can most efficiently and predictably cause liver damage in the fashion described above. Protecting yourself against liver damage must begin with avoidance of said medical drugs (whenever possible and under the guidance of your doctor) and alcohol. It's true that not everyone who takes medical drugs and drinks alcohol regularly over many years ends up with irreversible liver damage. Genetics and lifestyle changes can help to ward off liver damage despite a history of alcohol and drug use. Still, you should be aware that any amount of these two substances can and do heap unnecessary stress onto your liver cells. Beyond doing your best to avoid drugs and alcohol, here are some additional steps that you can take to protect yourself against liver damage:
.... and cleansing the liver on occasion can also work wonders - see how in my new Living Energetically book coming out in mid-September Point to Ponder #3 - Horse Mortality Incident Traced to Pesticide COLLEGE STATION, July 21, 2006 Testing at the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences and the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory has yielded evidence that the toxic principal responsible for the recent deaths of more than two dozen horses at Carousel Acres Equine Center in Brazos County, Texas, was in all likelihood phosphine gas. Phosphine is a gaseous product released from a highly toxic fumigant pesticide that was reportedly applied by Carousel Acres to the feed bin to kill weevils. Dr. Richard Adams, Dean of the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, indicated necropsies on three of the horses that died at the Texas A&M veterinary clinic all showed the presence of phosphine gas in their stomach. "Considering that the stable feed bin was reportedly treated with a fumigant pesticide that releases phosphine gas as its toxic principal, and considering that phosphine gas was detected in the horses' digestive tracts after death, the pesticide certainly appears to be the etiologic agent, the causative factor, responsible for this tragic situation," Adams said. "So far, necropsy examination of the animals and toxicologic testing of bodily materials have not revealed any apparent toxicants beyond the phosphine. This appears to have been an unfortunate on-farm accident attributable to the pesticide application. Contrary to some early misleading speculation, there is no indication that the feed product itself [Strategy} was defective when it was delivered to the farm." For more information contact: Jill Burke, Office of Public Relations College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University (979) 845-9102 FOLLOW UP Thanks, David! Texas Horse Talk Magazine, Steven Long, Editor - Horses Likely Died as Result of Fumigant As many as 28 horses died as the result of an anomaly when a fumigant used to control insects and weevils contaminated feed used at a Brazos County stable. The horses, housed at the Carousel Acres Equine Center Stables died over two days, and most during the first 24 hours they were under treatment, according to Dean Richard Adams of the Texas A&M School of Veterinary medicine. Members of Adams team performed necropsies on three of the horses and found that they had died after ingesting aluminum phosphide, a compound that gave off phosphine gas causing the deaths. Adams told Texas Horse Talk Magazine that the popular Purina pellet product Strategy has been ruled out as the cause of death. Symptoms exhibited by the horses included tremors, sweating, stumbling, seizures, and ultimately collapse. "The gas is toxic to the central nervous system," Adams said. "That is consistent with the symptoms." Three of the horses of the champion Texas Ladies Aside equestrian drill team were stricken. One died and the other two are undergoing treatment at the Texas A&M University Veterinary School. ......just another indication of the terrible danger of virulent chemicals and their effects on our animals and ourselves. Our advise as ever is to stay away from them! And personally we would never use such a product as Strategy, either, regardless.. Meetings - open to any and all DYNAMITE Distributors and guests! Fort Collins 2nd Tuesday each month STARTING AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER! NEW FORMAT & PLACE! David Whiting davidwhiting@comcast.net Pine/Evergreen 3rd Wednesday each month - August 16 Dawn Swinehart dswinehart@peakpeak.net Parker last Thursday each month - August 31 Mollie Carter mollycarter01@aol.com Recipe of the Month - Juiced Salads Summer is a great time to start juicing. With the heat we don't want to eat much and there are loads of options available. We love our quiet, efficient Omega 8100 juicer, but use what you have. To make a complete meal, add a raw free- range egg yolk to your juice and sip slowly. Use these suggestions as a guide and have fun developing your own combinations. Cardio health—1-2 cup tomatoes, thick slice sweet onion, bunch parsley, 2 stalks celery, 1 small slice raw ginger; add pinch of powdered cayenne Cleansing— 2 sweet potatoes, 1 beet (blood builder & cleanser), 1 slice Spanish onion, 2 lemons, 2 stalks celery, slice ginger. CoQ10—2 carrots, 1 small beet, large handful @ spinach, kale & parsley Digestive aid—2 @ apples & carrots, 1/4 cabbage, 2T honey, pinch cinnamon & 1/4+ cup pure water. Diuretic—3 @ carrots, asparagus, celery, handful of parsley/cilantro, 1-2 cucumbers Immune booster—3 @ carrots, tomatoes (high lycopene!), 3 cups broccoli stems (high in inderol-3 that emulsifies estrogen thus reducing the risk of breast cancer in women). Electrolyte Whizz—2 @ carrots, celery, romaine leaves, handful of dark greens (parsley/escarole/spinach/beet or turnip greens/dandelions/watercress, etc.), 1-2 fresh peppermint leaves, 1/2 apple, 1 cup fresh pineapple V-8 Juice - one of the best, all-around juices possible and, a far cry from the standard, canned version, this juice is jam-packed with nutritional value: 3-4 large tomatoes, 2 carrots, 1 bunch spinach/parsley (or other dark greens) OR 1/8 cabbage, 1 red bell pepper and/or chili pepper, 3 stalks celery, 1 small beet, 1/4 sweet onion, 1 clove garlic. Add a dash of Worcestershire if you wish, or even a bit of horseradish. Words of Inspiration - Attitude Thanks Julie! There once was a woman who woke up one morning, looked in the mirror, and noticed she had only three hairs on her head. "Well," she said, "I think I'll braid my hair today."? So she did and she had a wonderful day. The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and saw that she had only two hairs on her head. "H-M-M, " she said, "I think I'll part my hair down the middle today."? So she did and she had a grand day. The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed that she had only one hair on her head. "Well," she said, "Today I'm going to wear my hair in a pony tail." So she did and she had a fun, fun day. The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed that there wasn't a single hair on her head. "YEAH!" she exclaimed, "I don't have to fix my hair today!" Attitude is everything. .
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| The oldest trees often bear the sweetest fruit. German Proverb As we grow old, the beauty steals inward. Ralph Waldo Emerson He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees. Benjamin Franklin Money swore an oath that nobody who did not love it should ever have it. Irish Proverb Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. Albert Schweitzer |
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