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Friday, August 31, 2007

Councilmen From Japanese Whaling Town Break Code of Silence

TAIJI, Japan, August 30, 2007 (ENS) -

Two town council members from the whaling town of Taiji have come out publicly against the feeding of dolphin meat contaminated with mercury to children in Japan?s school lunch programs. It is the first time that Japanese elected officials have broken the unwritten rule against criticizing whaling and the consumption of whale meat that prevails across the country.
Independents Junichiro Yamashita and Hisato Ryono will be holding a news conference on Monday to announce laboratory test results of samples taken from dolphin meat purchased at local supermarkets. The meat was found to contain over 10 times the government's limit for both mercury and methyl mercury.

The news conference comes as the annual dolphin drive hunt begins in Taiji. Conservationists around the world oppose the hunt, the largest kill of dolphins anywhere in the world, which takes place over six months beginning in September.

From left, Taiji City Assemblymen Junichiro Yamashita and Hisato Ryono (Photo by Boyd Harnell courtesy Save Japan Dolphins) Yamashita said, "We're not against traditional whaling, but we heard claims that pilot whales are poisoned with mercury, and we discovered that some of this meat from the drive fisheries was fed to kids in school lunches."

The assemblymen described the dolphin meat as "toxic waste" and are attempting to persuade other elected officials in Taiji and surrounding towns to take it off school lunch menus.
Although the supermarkets immediately removed dolphin meat from their shelves after they were informed of the test results, the town of Taiji is moving ahead with plans to build a new dolphin processing facility while expanding the dolphin meat lunch programs to surrounding school districts, says Ric O'Barry of the advocacy group Save Japan Dolphins.

A former trainer of dolphin TV star Flipper, O'Barry is an American who travels to Taiji to oppose the annual dolphin hunt.

O'Barry is attempting to draw the attention of the Japanese media to the efforts of Yamashita and Ryono to stop the feeding of mercury-laced dolphin meat to children at school, but he says "the complete stonewalling by Japanese government agencies and the media on the issue now prompts Yamashita to bring his case to the attention of the foreign press."

A notice of Yamashita's news conference is listed on the website of the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan.

One Japanese newspaper has published an article about Yamashita and Ryono's lab tests. On August 1, the "Japan Times" ran an article quoting Yamashita as saying the two council members at first did not believe the reports of contaminated meat, which came from western conservation organizations.

"We tested some samples purchased at the Gyoko supermarket in Taiji and Super Center Okuwa in the nearby city of Shingu," Yamashita said. The councilmen were "shocked" by the results.

Dolphin meat for sale in a Japanese supermarket. (Photo courtesy Sea Shepherd Conservation Society) "One dolphin sample had a mercury content 10 times above the health ministry?s advisory level of 0.4 parts per million, with a methylmercury readout 10.33 times over the ministry?s own advisory level of 0.3 ppm," the article states.

"Another dolphin sample tested 15.97 times and 12 times above advisory levels of total mercury and methylmercury, respectively."

The nervous system is very sensitive to all forms of mercury. Methylmercury and metallic mercury vapors are more harmful than other forms, because more mercury in these forms reaches the brain.

Exposure to high levels of metallic, inorganic, or organic mercury can permanently damage the brain, kidneys, and developing fetus. Children poisoned by mercury may develop problems of their nervous and digestive systems, and kidney damage. Effects on brain functioning may result in irritability, shyness, tremors, changes in vision or hearing, and memory problems.
Mercury poisoning received worldwide attention during the 1950s when hundreds died and thousands more were injured in the city of Minamata, Japan after a corporation polluted the waters of Minamata Bay with mercury compounds. Local residents who ate fish from the bay were poisoned.

Many governments now issue health bulletins advising pregnant women and children to avoid eating fish known to contain high levels of mercury.

At Taiji, dolphins are hunted for meat and also captured live for sale to marine parks and aquariums, fetching much higher prices for the Taiji fishers than dolphins killed for meat.
Fishermen have driven a pod of dolphins into the killing cove and cut off their escape with nets. ( Photo by Helene O'Barry courtesy Save Japan Dolphins)

The activists are moved by the cries of the dolphin mothers with newborn calves "who call out in distress as they are separated in the most brutal ways imaginable," said a coalition of In Defense of Animals, the International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute and One Voice - France in a joint statement during the 2005 hunt.

"They are driven onto Japanese beaches and bays, stabbed with spears and knives, then left to slowly bleed to death literally turning the sea red while others drown entangled in nets. Some of the dolphins are taken alive, pulled out of the water by ropes tied around their tails to be sold to marine parks," the groups said in a joint statement.

The Fisheries Agency of Japan is going to add Pacific white-sided dolphins to the catch quota of the Taiji drive fishery for the 2007 hunting season, saying that there has been "a strong request from fishers in recent years to allow their capture."

The Elsa Nature Conservancy, a Japanese organization, strongly objects to this broadening of the hunt, and contends that the request to capture Pacific white-sided dolphins comes not from fishers but from aquariums.

In a November 27, 2006 letter of protest to the Fishery Agency, Conservancy president Eiji Fujiwara writes, "An internal communication sent by the Japan Cetacean Conference on Zoological Gardens and Aquariums on August 16, 2006 to the directors of zoos and aquariums which are members of the Cetacean Conference notes that Pacific white-sided dolphins are hard to obtain, and that not all aquarium directors who desire to obtain them have done so."
Fujiwara objects that the Taiji Whale Museum buys the live dolphins and turns around and "sells them to China and other countries for prices about seven times the initial purchase price under the pretext of 'scientific purposes.'

This is none other than "dolphin flipping," writes Fujiwara, pointing out that "there is even strong opposition to it from among local citizens and town council members."

"It is anticipated that if the capture of Pacific white-sided dolphins is permitted, it will further increase this "dolphin flipping" under the pretext of "scientific exchanges," he writes.
Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 2007. All rights reserved.

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2007/2007-08-30-04.asp

Hopkins Correction on Sourcing of Article

Although the sourcing of the John Hopkins article is false the information contained in the article is basically true despite the fact it may NOT be from John Hopkins.

This fits with reality as it is not in the economic interests of John Hopkins and and Big Pharma to encourage health enhancement over disease management and attack.

Here is the scoop at Snopes.com

http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/cancerupdate.asp

For those interested in learning more about the causes and cures of cancer there are a two essential books to get:

Cure for All Cancers
The Cancer Answer

I personally know of one man temporarily jailed for curing too many people of cancer with intravenous Vitamin C and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. 25 years ago his wife was dying of what the medicos called 'terminal' cancer. He did what few people do. He researched and researched to find an answer to save his wife. At the time Linus Pauling and his Vitamin C research was getting attention. He came to the conclusion that intravenous Vitamin C would be more effective and allow higher doses. By this time his wife was pretty much a rotting bag of flesh on her last legs. No doctor would administer the Vitamin and he tried himself with little success until he finally found a doctor in Nanaimo, BC in Canada. This doctor was open to alternative remedies and administered the intravenous Vitamin C and kept up with other health enhancing supplements and diet. 25 years later this man's wife is still with him and he has a clinic with two Chinese medical doctors who apply health enhancing technologies. This keeps him out of jail and allows the methodology to be made available to people for health purposes. They cannot make any claims, and never did.

The people who are cured however make the claims and show the evidence which is then interpreted often as a threat to the power base of the conventional medical system.

Thankfully we, as a society, are becoming more open to complementary medicine and should see many positive changes in the future in this regard.

"Know Your Customer"???

This article is from the Sovereign Society. To become a subscriber go to www.sovereignsociety.com

Friday, August 31, 2007 - Vol. 9, No. 207
I've Heard of "Know Your Customer" Rules,
But This is Ridiculous!


Today's comment is by Erika Nolan, The Sovereign Society's founding publisher and executive director.

Dear A-Letter Reader,

I walked into a local branch of Citibank last week along with a business partner. The office was nothing spectacular - just another Florida strip mall with a Citibank sign. I was there to open a simple business bank account for a new wealth consulting firm I've founded.

Let me tell you, I've opened my fair share of bank accounts, in the U.S. and abroad. So I was confident that we had all the necessary documents - tax ID number, corporate articles of incorporation, photo IDs, proof of address, etc. Plus, we had a check to fund the account on the spot. Sounds good, right? Well, not exactly.

The "Banking Relationship" Associate that we met with was cordial - he seemed like a respectable guy. He told us that Citibank wanted to help us with our business needs. But, that was before our conversation got underway.

Attacked By Questions
Of course, I wasn't shocked when he asked the nature of our business - a bank needs to know if we're bakers, painters or real estate agents. But when we told him that we were private wealth consultants, it threw him for a loop. We explained that the firm's primary objective is to create international financial wealth plans for individuals...and that's when the questions started. Here's a quick run down:

Would the firm be registered with the SEC? Do you give investment advice? If you don't, who does? How many clients will the firm accept? What did we mean when we said "international?" Did we have a business plan statement that the Citibank Compliance Department could review? How about client contracts - the Compliance Department needs to review those as well. Also, can you furnish invoices between you and your clients - preferably at least three - that will show us the source of the money?

Of course, this was just the tip of the bureaucratic iceberg. He wanted to know if international wires would be sent to and from the account. "It's a possibility," we told him. He let us know that international wires are a "red flag," which we immediately questioned.

Mr. Associate kindly told us that as one of the largest banks, Citibank was under the microscope and closely scrutinized by the government. They have to be extra careful. While the "other" regional banks, like Sun Trust, could easily help us, Citibank had to go the extra mile to cover their behinds. They were, in Mr. Associate's words, "a target." I began to see a bull's eye growing on his forehead. Was he beginning to perspire?

With many years of international financial experience between my partner and I, we assured Mr. Associate that we knew all about the "Know Your Customer" rules, but we thought this was going a bit too far. But, there was more.

More Hoops to Jump Through
Should the average amount in the account vary by a certain percentage on a given month, the account would be frozen automatically by the bank. They'd need to know why our firm was "suddenly" depositing more funds. We explained that an increase in funds would mean we had taken on new clients, which would be great news to any firm. But apparently not to Citibank. Make more money and suddenly you're a crook.

Mr. Associate again let us know that he was sure a less prestigious regional bank, like Sun Trust, would welcome our business...without all the limits, the questions. But, it would come without the sterling Citibank worldwide reputation. Mr. Associate assured us that when our clients saw that we banked with Citibank, they'd know we were truly legitimate.

Hmm, I am pretty sure that advertising the bank you use has never resulted in more business, better clients or more reputable partners. But Mr. Associate certainly thought it would.

We thanked the gentleman for his time and left without opening the account. But, the meeting was not a waste of time because he had given us some good advice. We went to a local branch of Sun Trust. With our ample documentation, we had the account approved, opened and funded in less than 30 minutes. The Sun Trust representative even wished us good luck with our new venture!

In Wealth & Prosperity,
ERIKA NOLAN, Executive Director
www.sovereignsociety.com

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Alternatives to Chemotherapy: John Hopkins...

AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHRAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY (TRY, BEING THE KEY WORD) AND ELIMINATE CANCER JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY

Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins

1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.

2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's lifetime.

3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumours.

4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental, food and lifestyle factors.

5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system.

6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastro-intestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.

7. Radiation, while destroying cancer cells, also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.

8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction.

9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.

10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.

11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.

WHAT CANCER CELLS FEED ON

a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal,Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in colour. Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.

b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk cancer cells are being starved.

c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.

d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).

e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer fighting properties. Water-best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.

12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines become putrified and leads to more toxic buildup.

13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.

14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-essence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the body's own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.

15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, unforgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life.
16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.

CANCER UPDATE FROM JOHN HOPKINS HOSPITAL

1. No plastic containers in micro.
2. No water bottles in freezer.
3. No plastic wrap in microwave.

Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as well.

Dioxin chemicals causes cancer, especially breast cancer. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic.

Recently, Dr. Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital , was on a TV program to explain this health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers. This especially applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body.

Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results, only without the dioxin. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc.

He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper. The dioxin problem is one of the reasons.

Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food with a paper towel instead.

Friday, August 17, 2007

No Correlation

As the stock market tumbles the US Dollar goes up.

Few things are predictable in the market place.

Derivatives Detonation...

Sovereign Society Investor Alert...

Bank Accounts Frozen...

Wall Street Firms Crumbling with Losses in the Billions and Counting...

Shell Shocked Traders and Investors Selling in a Panic,Waiting for the Next Shoe to Drop...

Credit markets are under such intense pressure that the Fed just authorized an emergency interest rate cut, in a desperate attempt to buoy financial markets, but it may be too little... too late.

This is what the Sovereign Society thinks about TODAY's situation...

"We hate to say we told you so but...

It's here, the derivatives time-bomb we've been warning you about is about to detonate right before your eyes - and this may be only the beginning.

The Wall Street Money Machine, built upon a shaky house-of-cards called derivatives is about to blow! Investors cannot withdraw funds. Derivative securities cannot be accurately priced. How long before your bank, broker, money fund, or financial institution follows suit? What will you do to preserve your wealth?

In the last five days alone, central banks world wide including the U.S. Federal Reserve, the ECB, the Bank of Japan, and more, have pumped an unprecedented $350 Billion into the global financial system ...and financial markets are still plunging.

If You Haven't Acted on Our Previous Warnings...This May Be Your LAST CHANCE To Get Your Wealth Out of Harm's WayBy Moving Where the Smart Money Is

You can subscribe to the Sovereign Society and keep on top of these develepments by clicking HERE

Derivatives Time Bomb...

These 25 Banks Harbor Nuclear Secrets That Could Vaporize Your Wealth
By John Pugsley, Chairman of The Sovereign Society

There's a Fuse Box Buried Deep Within the U.S. Economy...and it's about to blow...When it does, the lights on the dimming U.S. economy will go black...

Major banks (once thought "too big too fail") will be shaken to the ground. Corporate bankruptcies will soar. Bonds will crash. The Dow will dive toward 4000. And the dollar will continue its slide into the dustbin of monetary history...

But just as these "mainstream" investments crash, a small clutch of little-known investments will rise. If you retreat to these investments NOW, you could watch your wealth soar as everyone around you comes undone in the final unraveling of the U.S. economy...

Read more by clicking HERE

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Hands-Free FOREX Trading for Novices and Professionals

Here is a link to an article I wrote for Ezine Articles...

Since Foreign Currency Trading (FOREX) became available to the public in about 1997 there have been hundreds of managed trading accounts, pooled funds, signal services, and training courses designed to help the average person get access to this lucrative market. The record has been mixed with a lot of casualties along the way.

If you are wanting to get into the FOREX market directly you essentially have three choices:

To continue click here...

http://ezinearticles.com/?id=680938

Saturday, August 11, 2007

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Wednesday, August 08, 2007

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