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What’s wrong with the economy? Climate change, for one.
It’s hard to wrap your head around the toll that climate change is taking on the economy. Last year, floods, wildfires, and other weather-related disasters cost the United States an eye-popping $400 million per day on average. Home insurance rates are skyrocketing as
a result, and projections show that rising seas, drought, and heat could knock as much as
9 percent off the U.S. economy within 30 years.

As these realities sink in, a new story about climate change is beginning to crystallize:
It’s a growing economic threat that’s already rattling our financial system.
“You know, we’ve talked about climate change in so many ways for so long, but we’ve talked about it as an environmental issue, or as a social issue,” said Bob Keefe, the executive director of the business group Environmental Entrepreneurs and a longtime tech journalist. “And of course, it is all of those things. But it’s also clear that climate change has become a huge economic issue.

In the new book Climate nomics: Washington, Wall Street and the Economic Battle to Save Our Planet. Keefe argues that this dollars-and-cents reality is finally forcing the kind of meaningful change that decades of protests and warnings from scientists haven’t been able to. It’s an optimistic take. Sure, Congress has yet to pass any comprehensive climate legislation, but the Biden administration has still made some significant progress on goals to reduce emissions. And, though there’s no shortage of “greenwashing,” many companies that were a huge part of the problem in the past are beginning to make real strides.
Step by step, Keefe documents how the most polluting sectors of the economy are turning away from fossil fuels. Solar and wind are now the cheapest forms of energy available, and renewables represented 70 percent of the electricity added to the grid last year.
(More than 3 million Americans now work in clean energy — three times the number of people employed in fossil fuels.) Automakers are clamoring to produce enough electric vehicles to meet demand. Even heavy industry is investing in ways to make steel and cement without emitting all the carbon.

What’s wrong with the economy? Climate change, for one.

This turning point, however, has come at a strange time for the economy,
with inflation soaring and experts warning that we might be heading for a recession.
I chatted with Keefe over lunch in downtown Seattle to learn more about how climate change is wreaking economic havoc — and why he’s still optimistic about the future.
This conversation has been condensed and edited for clarity.

Q. What does the climate have to do with the inflation and supply chain problems that we’re seeing right now?
A. I think climate change has contributed to our current economic problems a lot more than people think. Look at food costs. We all know our grocery bills are going up. Part of the reason is that when you lose crops to storms or drought or flooding, prices are going to go up. And right now, everything from cornflakes to chicken is going up. Look at what just happened in Kansas, where more than 2,000 cows were found dead on the side of the road. There’s a video out there where you see 2,000 cows with their feet up in the air because of heat stroke.
I think part of the problem is nobody ever really thought about climate change as an economic issue until recently. People start to take action when they realize something’s a pocketbook issue. What I like to say is, “Look, I don’t care if you like polar bears. I don’t care if you believe in science. I don’t care if you drive a Prius or a pickup truck. The fact of the matter is this is killing our economy. And we’ve got to do something about it.”

Q. So it’s less about getting people to agree on science and politics, and more about just doing the economically sensible thing?
A. Yeah, absolutely. You know, this isn’t something that’s happening just in red states or blue states. Globally, in 2020, six of the 10 biggest climate disasters were in the United States. You’re not going to be able to run away and hide from what’s happening.

Q. What do you think are the signs that people are finally paying attention to climate change?
A. Well, if you look at what almost every major corporation in America is doing right now, they’re shifting to renewable energy, beginning with Big Tech. Amazon, Facebook, and Google put data centers where they can get renewable energy. Why? Well, it’s the right thing to do. But I think, more importantly, to them, it’s the cheapest thing to do. When you’re one of the biggest users of electricity, you want to get it cheap.
Now, a lot of states around the country are trying to recruit these companies. These big companies aren’t going to go where they can’t get clean energy. So, they start to change policies. I mean, there’s a reason that Facebook and Apple went to North Carolina and opened up data centers there. It’s because North Carolina has the only renewable portfolio standard in the Southeast. And it was, until recently, the number two state for solar. I’ve lived in a lot of places in the South, the sun doesn’t shine any brighter in North Carolina than it does in South Carolina or Georgia, and definitely not in Florida.
Business people aren’t going to go march with Greenpeace down Main Street. You know, they’re not going to climb a tree in the Pacific Northwest to save it, but they are going to push for change when it’s impacting their bottom lines. Now climate change is impacting all of their bottom lines.

Q. Your book touches on President Joe Biden’s election. How did that change the course of things?
A. President Biden, I think, for the first time made climate action an economic issue. We’ve never had a president that said, “When I think of climate change, I think of jobs.” So, at the very least, it’s helped change the way people think about this issue.
The administration is really looking at it as a whole-of-government approach. The federal government is the biggest buyer of stuff in the world, including energy and vehicles. The president has said he wants to make all that clean. And so, when the government starts to refocus its spending on clean energy and electric vehicles, that’s going to be good for the environment. It’s going to be good for the economy, and it’s also going to stimulate the market. That’s going to bring down prices and push state and local governments to follow along. Imagine having the biggest customer in the world that suddenly wants to go 100 percent clean energy and get clean vehicles. It’s a big deal.

Q. What do you make of the fact that Biden’s climate agenda hasn’t passed yet? It got pushback over inflation and government debt — both economic concerns. Do you think some politicians are hesitant to act because it hasn’t permeated their consciousness, yet that climate change is an even bigger economic concern?
A. Oh, yeah, I think that’s absolutely right. But guess what, it’s going to permeate their consciousness when the next climate disaster hits their state. And it’s going to permeate their consciousness when they realize that the jobs of the future are going to other states instead of theirs. There are almost as many people that work in clean energy now in Republican congressional districts as working in Democratic districts.
So that’s why I say that it shouldn’t be seen as a political thing.

Q. So how are you feeling about the future?
A. You know, I was talking to somebody the other day and they’re like, “Have you seen what’s happening with these wildfires? Have you seen this heatwave? Have you seen this flooding in Yellowstone? Why are you optimistic?” And the other thing I hear a lot is, “Yeah, Bob, this all sounds great, we all want electric vehicles, but it’s not going to happen soon enough to avert this disaster.” I disagree. I remember sitting in Cupertino, California, with other journalists and Steve Jobs telling us, you know, “Someday you’re going to have a thousand songs on your phone, and someday you’re going to be able to take pictures with your cell phone.” And we’re like, “Oh, yeah, whatever.” I remember coming here to Seattle and talking to Bezos and him saying, when Amazon was just selling books, “Someday you’re going to be able to buy anything and everything off of my website, including dog food.” I was like, “OK, why the hell would I buy dog food off of a website?”
But look how quickly all those things have changed our world. Look how quickly business and technology and the economy has driven all of that, and the consumer adoption of all of that. I truly believe that we’re at the same point right now with clean energy, with clean vehicles, with energy efficiency.

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline What’s wrong with the economy? Climate change, for one. on Jun 29, 2022.

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Following protracted, hard-fought talks, the European Union’s 27 countries reached a deal Wednesday to back stricter climate rules that would eliminate carbon emissions from new cars by 2035.

The EU member nations came to an agreement on draft legislation aimed at slashing the bloc’s greenhouse gases by at least 55% in 2030 compared with 1990 levels, rather than by a previously agreed 40%.

“A long but good day for climate action: The council’s decisions on Fitfor55 are a big step towards delivering the EU Green Deal,” Frans Timmermans, the European Commission vice president in charge of the Green Deal, said after the meeting of environment ministers in Luxembourg.

The agreement on the five laws proposed by the EU’s executive arm last year paves the way for final negotiations with the European Parliament. EU lawmakers are backing ambitious bloc-wide targets. Final approval of the legislative package requires the EU-wide parliament to resolve differences with the bloc’s national governments over various details.

“The council is now ready to negotiate with the European Parliament on concluding the package, thereby placing the European Union more than ever in the vanguard of fighting climate change,” said Agnes Pannier-Runacher, the French minister for energy transition.

The decision to introduce a 100% CO2 emissions reduction target by 2035 for new cars and vans would in effect prohibit the sale in the 27-nation bloc of new cars powered by gasoline or diesel.

Europe’s leading clean transport campaign group, Transport and Environment, said the EU government’s agreement was “historic” because it “breaks the hold of the oil industry over transport.”

“It’s game over for the internal combustion engine in Europe,” the group said.

Greenpeace was more skeptical, saying the 2035 deadline was too late to limit global warming to below 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit).

The deal poses a mighty challenge for German automakers, who have long relied on sales of increasingly big, gas-guzzling vehicles for their profits.

Following intense haggling within the three-party government coalition in Berlin, particularly between the environmentalist Greens and the pro-business Free Democrats, German officials voted in favor of the compromise overnight.

The German government said the deal would also see the European Commission make a proposal that will allow cars running exclusively on climate-neutral fuels to continue to be sold after 2035.

“This is a huge step forward and steers the transport sector onto the path of climate neutrality,” German Environment Minister Steffi Lemke, a member of the Greens, said.

By declaring that only cars and light utility vehicles which emit no CO2 can be sold from 2035, “we are sending a clear signal that we need to meet the climate targets. This gives the car industry the planning security it needs.”

The EU wants to drastically reduce gas emission from transportation by 2050 and promote electric cars, but a report from the bloc’s external auditor showed last year that the bloc lacked charging stations. Transportation accounts for about 25% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the EU,

In addition to the landmark agreement on cars, the package also features a reform of the EU’s carbon market and the creation of a fund to help vulnerable households cope with the planned clean-energy revamp. That issue has become more politically sensitive as Russia’s war in Ukraine has sent fuel prices soaring.

The overall goal is to put the EU on track to become climate-neutral in 2050 and to prod other major polluters, including the United States and China, to follow suit.

This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.

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A woman sits on beach with chakra illuminated
A Beginners Guide to Chakra Work

Brynna Standen (@PostcardsFromB) / Twitter
If you’ve ever watched in wonder as a circus performer — outfitted with poles on outstretched arms — managed to keep a legion of plates spinning above their head,
you might be surprised to find out that you are doing something quite similar within
the confines of your subtle body. Plate spinning, much like chakra maintenance,
is all about balance.
Chakras, as defined by Healthline, are energy centers in the body. Disc-like spinning vortexes are positioned along the spinal column, starting at the base of the spine and ending just above the top of the head. Chakras have deep roots in the spiritual realm and have long been written off for that very reason. However, research has begun to show that certain chakras may be tethered to nerve groups and major organs. As a result, they can have a measurable impact on both our emotional and physical wellness when misaligned.
According to a paper published in Psychology Review, it’s believed that the study of the chakra system began in India between 1500 and 500 BC when the Vedas, Hinduism’s earliest scriptures, were written. However, many scholars believe the practice of chakra work was passed down as an oral tradition long before that. The philosophy of chakras, much like other traditional systems of medicine, is based on the idea of duality and the balance between feminine and masculine forces. Shakti and Shiva — creation and consciousness — make up everything in the universe, and everything in us, too.

Scale used for balance © Create Jobs 51/Shutterstock

What Does It Mean to Balance the Chakras?
When you consider anything that requires two opposing forces to reach equilibrium — attraction and repulsion, negative and positive — the concept can be illustrated by imagining the scales of justice. When there’s too much of one and not enough of the other, one side of the scale sinks to the ground while the other shoots toward the sky. The relationship between Shiva and Shakti and their influence over our bodies is no different. Like with most things in life, we want to keep the masculine and feminine balanced. When there’s dissonance in our energy centers, it can have a tangible impact on our cognition, behavior, and physical body (per Psychology Review).
According to MindBodyGreen, there are seven chakras. When they are each balanced
and open, energy is able to flow freely between them. When stress or destructive thought processes and behaviors cause chakras to fall out of balance, it can have psychological and physiological repercussions (per Healthline). Also Yoga medicine therapeutic specialist
Dr. Diane Malaspina explained that chakras can become imbalanced when there’s too little or too much energy moving through the body. When a chakra has low energy, you will struggle to express the qualities associated with that chakra, and affiliated organ systems may also suffer. If a chakra is overactive, the qualities associated with it will be dominant to a fault. For example, if the solar plexus chakra controls feelings of personal power, an overactive third chakra could result in aggression.

While scientific evidence has yet to support the spiritual elements of the chakra system

What Does Science Have to Say?
There is a growing body of research that supports the idea that chakras might correspond to specific parts of the body. A cadaver study published in Ayu found that the Muladhara, or root chakra, is closely associated with the inferior hypogastric plexus. This influences the reproductive organs and the rectum, aligning perfectly with what the root chakra is said to hold power over. Another study in the Indian Journal of Medical Research and Pharmaceutical Sciences determined that the cardiac plexus corresponds to the heart chakra, not just in location, but in functionality.

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A review of multiple studies published in Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice involved biofield therapies, which measure electric and magnetic currents in the areas where chakras are positioned. It confirmed measurable frequencies emitting from said areas that went far above or below normal ranges.
This is still a growing field of research, and few studies have been conducted to measure whether or not chakra therapy works. MedicalNewsToday reports that because chakra therapy often includes meditation, yoga, and other practices that illicit introspection and evoke feelings of well-being, there are benefits to chakra-based work.
One 2020 study published in the International Journal of Social Welfare Promotion and Management was conducted on 223 people following a chakra-based meditation program. Researchers found that participants reported feeling less anxiety and an overall sense of better health.

A system of tree roots

The Root and The Sacrum
Muladhara, or the root chakra, is located at the base of the spine and is associated with the color red (per MindBodyGreen). When visualizing your root chakra, imagine a spinning disc of red light near your tailbone. The root chakra’s related to survival, security, and groundedness. An imbalance has emotional implications like fear, disconnection, and financial insecurity (per Healthline). In the physical body, it can appear as constipation, kidney problems, or arthritis. To realign Muladhara, you can try a visualization meditation where tree-like roots grow from your glowing red root chakra through the chair you’re sitting on, past your floorboards, and deep into the soil, grounding you. Use grounding mantras like, “I’m safe,” and “I’m right where I need to be,” and strongly rooted yoga poses like Mountain pose.
Swadhisthana, the sacral chakra, is an orange disc in our navel that rules sexuality, creativity, and how we emote (per MindBodyGreen). When the second chakra is out of whack, Healthline says it might show up in your body as reproductive issues, urinary infections, or low libido. Emotionally, it can affect our inspiration and self-worth. A sacral chakra visualization meditation might look like the orange disc in your navel opening up and a rush of clean, cool water flowing through it. MindBodyGreen suggests a self-loving mantra. Maybe that sounds something like “I love myself and my body,” or “I am creative, capable, and inspired.” You might also try a bridge or pigeon yoga pose (per Healthline).

Flowers in full bloom © Asharkyu/Shutterstock

The Solar Plexus and The Heart
Manipura, the yellow solar plexus chakra, is in the stomach (per MindBodyGreen).
It governs our ego, confidence, and personal power. When your solar plexus chakra is in good shape, you will feel free to be your true self. When it’s out of balance, you might find yourself feeling a great deal of shame and self-doubt. It may show up in your body as digestive problems, heartburn, ulcers, and eating disorders (per Healthline).
A meditation where you imagine a fire in your stomach burning all of your insecurities might set things straight. “I accept all parts of myself,” and “I am responsible for all areas of my life” are great Manipura mantras, along with bow and pike poses (per MindBodyGreen).
Anahata is the heart chakra and its color is green. As you might imagine, the heart chakra rules joy, peace, and our ability to give and receive love. A heart chakra imbalance might cause depression, difficulty with intimacy, and passivity. Healthline notes that while it can show up in the body as heart or lung problems and weight gain, it typically presents in one’s behavior.
Balancing the heart chakra can be done through meditation. Imagine your heart as a flower. With every inhale, the flower opens until it fully blooms. MindBodyGreen suggests loving mantras like, “I love myself and others, as I am them and they are me.” Yoga poses to open the heart chakra include camel (per Yoga Journal) and cobra (per Yoga Journal).

© Chepko Danil Vitalevich/a figure with illuminated chakras stands in tree pose

Throat, Third Eye, And Crown
Vishuddha is the throat chakra, its color is light blue, and it dictates communication. When it’s in good shape, we are able to clearly express our feelings and boundaries and understand those of others. When it’s suffering, we might struggle to find the words to express our truth, dominate conversations, or speak harshly (per Healthline).
Singing and chanting can help unblock the throat chakra, as well as a mantra like,
“I speak with intention,” and practicing the fish pose (per MindBodyGreen).
Ajna is the third-eye chakra, which sits on the forehead between the eyes. Its color is indigo, and that’s where our intuition and wisdom lie. It’s believed that a healthy Anja can see beyond what meets the eye. A closed third eye can result in headaches, eye strain, or a feeling like you are out of touch with your purpose (per Healthline). To open up your third eye, meditate on a serene place drenched in indigo. MindBodyGreen offers a mantra similar to, “I’m open to seeing the truth,” and a child’s pose.

Sahasrara is the crown chakra, located just above the top of the head, and it’s the window to enlightenment. Because it’s connected to all the other chakras, it is said when the crown’s open (which very few achieve), life feels blissful. A blockage may look like narrow-mindedness or stubbornness (per Healthline). Mantras like, “I am a vessel for love and light,” and headstands can help access the crown chakra (per MindBodyGreen).
Source: A Beginners Guide To Chakra Work (msn.com)

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scale used for balance — A woman sits on beach with chakra illuminated
A Beginners Guide to Chakra Work

Brynna Standen (@PostcardsFromB) / Twitter
If you’ve ever watched in wonder as a circus performer — outfitted with poles on outstretched arms — managed to keep a legion of plates spinning above their head,
you might be surprised to find out that you are doing something quite similar within
the confines of your subtle body. Plate spinning, much like chakra maintenance,
is all about balance.
Chakras, as defined by Healthline, are energy centers in the body. Disc-like spinning vortexes are positioned along the spinal column, starting at the base of the spine and ending just above the top of the head. Chakras have deep roots in the spiritual realm and have long been written off for that very reason. However, research has begun to show that certain chakras may be tethered to nerve groups and major organs. As a result, they can have a measurable impact on both our emotional and physical wellness when misaligned.
According to a paper published in Psychology Review, it’s believed that the study of the chakra system began in India between 1500 and 500 BC when the Vedas, Hinduism’s earliest scriptures, were written. However, many scholars believe the practice of chakra work was passed down as an oral tradition long before that. The philosophy of chakras, much like other traditional systems of medicine, is based on the idea of duality and the balance between feminine and masculine forces. Shakti and Shiva — creation and consciousness — make up everything in the universe, and everything in us, too.

Scale used for balance © Create Jobs 51/Shutterstock

What Does It Mean to Balance the Chakras?
When you consider anything that requires two opposing forces to reach equilibrium — attraction and repulsion, negative and positive — the concept can be illustrated by imagining the scales of justice. When there’s too much of one and not enough of the other, one side of the scale sinks to the ground while the other shoots toward the sky. The relationship between Shiva and Shakti and their influence over our bodies is no different. Like with most things in life, we want to keep the masculine and feminine balanced. When there’s dissonance in our energy centers, it can have a tangible impact on our cognition, behavior, and physical body (per Psychology Review).
According to MindBodyGreen, there are seven chakras. When they are each balanced
and open, energy is able to flow freely between them. When stress or destructive thought processes and behaviors cause chakras to fall out of balance, it can have psychological and physiological repercussions (per Healthline). Also Yoga medicine therapeutic specialist
Dr. Diane Malaspina explained that chakras can become imbalanced when there’s too little or too much energy moving through the body. When a chakra has low energy, you will struggle to express the qualities associated with that chakra, and affiliated organ systems may also suffer. If a chakra is overactive, the qualities associated with it will be dominant to a fault. For example, if the solar plexus chakra controls feelings of personal power, an overactive third chakra could result in aggression.

While scientific evidence has yet to support the spiritual elements of the chakra system

What Does Science Have to Say?
There is a growing body of research that supports the idea that chakras might correspond to specific parts of the body. A cadaver study published in Ayu found that the Muladhara, or root chakra, is closely associated with the inferior hypogastric plexus. This influences the reproductive organs and the rectum, aligning perfectly with what the root chakra is said to hold power over. Another study in the Indian Journal of Medical Research and Pharmaceutical Sciences determined that the cardiac plexus corresponds to the heart chakra, not just in location, but in functionality.

Related video: On The Mind – How Exercise Changes Your Mind & Brain.
A review of multiple studies published in Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice involved biofield therapies, which measure electric and magnetic currents in the areas where chakras are positioned. It confirmed measurable frequencies emitting from said areas that went far above or below normal ranges.
This is still a growing field of research, and few studies have been conducted to measure whether or not chakra therapy works. MedicalNewsToday reports that because chakra therapy often includes meditation, yoga, and other practices that illicit introspection and evoke feelings of well-being, there are benefits to chakra-based work.
One 2020 study published in the International Journal of Social Welfare Promotion and Management was conducted on 223 people following a chakra-based meditation program. Researchers found that participants reported feeling less anxiety and an overall sense of better health.

A system of tree roots

The Root and The Sacrum
Muladhara, or the root chakra, is located at the base of the spine and is associated with the color red (per MindBodyGreen). When visualizing your root chakra, imagine a spinning disc of red light near your tailbone. The root chakra’s related to survival, security, and groundedness. An imbalance has emotional implications like fear, disconnection, and financial insecurity (per Healthline). In the physical body, it can appear as constipation, kidney problems, or arthritis. To realign Muladhara, you can try a visualization meditation where tree-like roots grow from your glowing red root chakra through the chair you’re sitting on, past your floorboards, and deep into the soil, grounding you. Use grounding mantras like, “I’m safe,” and “I’m right where I need to be,” and strongly rooted yoga poses like Mountain pose.
Swadhisthana, the sacral chakra, is an orange disc in our navel that rules sexuality, creativity, and how we emote (per MindBodyGreen). When the second chakra is out of whack, Healthline says it might show up in your body as reproductive issues, urinary infections, or low libido. Emotionally, it can affect our inspiration and self-worth. A sacral chakra visualization meditation might look like the orange disc in your navel opening up and a rush of clean, cool water flowing through it. MindBodyGreen suggests a self-loving mantra. Maybe that sounds something like “I love myself and my body,” or “I am creative, capable, and inspired.” You might also try a bridge or pigeon yoga pose (per Healthline).

Flowers in full bloom © Asharkyu/Shutterstock

The Solar Plexus and The Heart
Manipura, the yellow solar plexus chakra, is in the stomach (per MindBodyGreen).
It governs our ego, confidence, and personal power. When your solar plexus chakra is in good shape, you will feel free to be your true self. When it’s out of balance, you might find yourself feeling a great deal of shame and self-doubt. It may show up in your body as digestive problems, heartburn, ulcers, and eating disorders (per Healthline).
A meditation where you imagine a fire in your stomach burning all of your insecurities might set things straight. “I accept all parts of myself,” and “I am responsible for all areas of my life” are great Manipura mantras, along with bow and pike poses (per MindBodyGreen).
Anahata is the heart chakra and its color is green. As you might imagine, the heart chakra rules joy, peace, and our ability to give and receive love. A heart chakra imbalance might cause depression, difficulty with intimacy, and passivity. Healthline notes that while it can show up in the body as heart or lung problems and weight gain, it typically presents in one’s behavior.
Balancing the heart chakra can be done through meditation. Imagine your heart as a flower. With every inhale, the flower opens until it fully blooms. MindBodyGreen suggests loving mantras like, “I love myself and others, as I am them and they are me.” Yoga poses to open the heart chakra include camel (per Yoga Journal) and cobra (per Yoga Journal).

© Chepko Danil Vitalevich/a figure with illuminated chakras stands in tree pose

Throat, Third Eye, And Crown
Vishuddha is the throat chakra, its color is light blue, and it dictates communication. When it’s in good shape, we are able to clearly express our feelings and boundaries and understand those of others. When it’s suffering, we might struggle to find the words to express our truth, dominate conversations, or speak harshly (per Healthline).
Singing and chanting can help unblock the throat chakra, as well as a mantra like,
“I speak with intention,” and practicing the fish pose (per MindBodyGreen).
Ajna is the third-eye chakra, which sits on the forehead between the eyes. Its color is indigo, and that’s where our intuition and wisdom lie. It’s believed that a healthy Anja can see beyond what meets the eye. A closed third eye can result in headaches, eye strain, or a feeling like you are out of touch with your purpose (per Healthline). To open up your third eye, meditate on a serene place drenched in indigo. MindBodyGreen offers a mantra similar to, “I’m open to seeing the truth,” and a child’s pose.

Sahasrara is the crown chakra, located just above the top of the head, and it’s the window to enlightenment. Because it’s connected to all the other chakras, it is said when the crown’s open (which very few achieve), life feels blissful. A blockage may look like narrow-mindedness or stubbornness (per Healthline). Mantras like, “I am a vessel for love and light,” and headstands can help access the crown chakra (per MindBodyGreen).
Source: A Beginners Guide To Chakra Work (msn.com)

For each of the following emotions / feelings,
please indicate whether over the past week or so you’ve felt them more or less than usual.
Feeling | Much more | Somewhat more | The usual amount | Somewhat less | Much less.

Sad 9% 18% 48% 12% 13%

Happy 7% 16% 55% 15% 8%

Stressed 13% 25% 44% 9% 9%

Worried 12% 25% 44% 9% 9%

Fearful 7% 16% 50% 12% 15%

Excited 5% 13% 57% 15% 10%

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Moonshot Initiative

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Ken

***President Biden’s unintended war on cancer patients.***
***Opinion*** by Tomas J. Philipson, opinion contributor

Patients could become the collateral damage of a tug of war that Washington
is playing between lowering drug prices and lowering the death rate from cancer.
It comes at a moment when the White House’s proposed Cancer Moonshot initiative
took center stage at the flagship meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
(ASCO) and as Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) resumes talks with Democratic leadership
to revitalize drug price controls.

Despite the great intent of the Cancer Moonshot, new evidence tells us the joint implementation of such price controls from Congress will raise cancer mortality substantially and stall out decades of progress to discover treatments for a
devastating and personal disease.

Cancer is the second leading cause of deaths in the U.S. today, killing about 600,000 Americans a year. Most of us have been left behind by loved ones who became victims
of the dreadful disease. Given its large historical presence, in 1971 the National Cancer
Act was passed in a bipartisan fashion, spurring the War on Cancer through decades of significant public investment in cancer research that continues to this day. Evidence has found that the economic rates of returns of this war, the gains in cancer longevity relative to investments in research and development (R&D), have been enormous and that cancer patient gains from the war have been five times as large as those of drug companies who made such investments.

Recently the Biden administration aimed to further this ongoing war by reigniting
the Cancer Moonshot to substantially cut cancer mortality through its proposed federal budget. Its stated objectives include cutting cancer mortality in half over the next 25 years. Just as for the rest of us, family members of the president were struck with the disease, and this seems to have heightened the relevancy for the president of the Moonshot initiative before his current term in the White House.

In the budget, the White House proposed a $1.9 billion annual increase in public R&D
funding for cancer, mainly through additional funds to the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This represents about a 3 percent increase to what we estimate is the current level of cancer R&D, public and private, of about $57 billion, where the private share is not directly reported given the proprietary nature of R&D. This injection of federal funds comes at a time when cancer research is booming due to existing market and policy incentives. Our analysis finds an astonishing 49 percent of the total FDA pipeline today is for new cancer treatments and
27 percent of new drug and biologics approvals are for cancer.

But the Moonshot is not the only Washington proposal affecting cancer R&D and the discovery of future treatments for cancer patients. In fact, contradictory to the Biden administration’s goals on cancer, a separate effort in Congress to institute price controls on prescription drugs would actually dampen the very efforts to fuel the development of new, potentially groundbreaking cancer treatments.

In a new analysis , researchers at the University of Chicago found that proposed drug price controls on cancer treatments will reduce overall annual cancer R&D spending by about $18 billion per year , or 31.9 percent.
Despite admirable efforts by the administration to increase funding for cancer research, the reduction in total R&D spending from the proposed price controls is about 9.5 times as large as such an increase from the budgetary expansion. In short, cancer patients would miss out on 9.5 times as many new drugs due to price controls as they gain from the Cancer Moonshot initiative.

Despite mountains of evidence, some politicians unfamiliar with how markets work
argue that future profits do not drive R&D spending so price controls will not impact the development of new drugs. Maybe a Congressional field visit to a venture capital or private equity firm would be useful, to see in action the self-evident fact that future profits drive the funding rounds needed to finance the trials required by FDA.
Or just look at how little private research occurred understanding COVID natural immunity compared to vaccines because natural immunity cannot be sold but vaccines can. Turns out good science relies on good profits.

Politicians also argue that cancer care is more expensive here than abroad, arguing that we need to import foreign price controls. But if the large U.S. market pays less than the actual value of cancer treatments like foreigners do, it will have larger effects worldwide as the U.S. contributes more than 70 percent of the global drug earnings driving worldwide innovation.

Such innovation is making remarkable strides at the moment.
At ASCO this June, researchers presented findings from a small clinical trial for colorectal cancer that triggered a remarkable remission in all 14 patients who received the treatment.
It is a testament to what is possible for patients who are suffering from a devastating disease and how dedicated R&D spending can change the course of care.

It is also a stark reminder of what is at stake for the president and an administration that is focused on both lowering cancer mortality and prices of cancer treatments. Though the actions of the administration and Congress are well-intended, price control proposals will unintentionally reverse decades of progress to win the ongoing war on cancer that began in 1971 when President Nixon signed the National Cancer Act.

Tomas J. Philipson is the Daniel Levin Chair Emeritus at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and a former member and chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers from 2017 to 2020. He reports research support or consulting income from many industries including biopharmaceutical companies.

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A Guide to Happiness

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Ken

Dalai Lama’s guide to happiness – YouTube

“We have bigger houses but smaller families; more conveniences, but less time;
We have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but more problems; more medicines, but less healthiness; We’ve been all the way to the moon and back but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor. We’ve built more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever but have less communications; We have become long on quantity, but short on quality. These times are times of fast foods; but slow digestion; Tall man but short character; Steep profits but shallow relationships. It is a time when there is much in the window, but nothing in the room.”

The Relevance of the Dalai Lama in the Modern World — Study Buddhism

The Dalai Lama was born Lhamo Thondup on July 6, 1935 in Taktser, China.
At age 15, he assumed the political power of Tibet as the **Dalai Lama**. The Almost 87-year-old Buddhist monk Dalai Lama is a living legend of the 21st century. Dalai Lama devoted his life to promoting human values around the world. His teaching on human values and their importance are more relevant in today’s world.
Dalai Lama’s dedication to the virtue of kindness is obvious in his way of life:
“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”
**Being kind is not just personal development, it is a collective**
**growth of humanistic values such as love, compassion, and friendliness.**
Kindness is more needed in today’s time when people at large need each other to understand, empathize, and share each other’s suffering. The Buddhist philosophy
*Maitri or Metta* meaning loving-kindness is the first of the four sublime states taught by Buddha. The ancient text of ***Hinduism*** and ***Jainism*** also mentions the importance of kindness, love, and compassion. **. . .** “Kindness and a good heart are the foundation for success in this life, progress on the spiritual path, and the fulfillment of our aspirations.”

Remember, as a child, you used to help everyone, regardless of their names, color, or status. It was a pure act of kindness.
Your bitter experiences or exploitation have corrupted the very conception of helping others. It made you skeptical about offering genuine help to any stranger.
Kindness is not a task you go out to perform one day and get a reward for.
It comes naturally from the heart, with pure sympathy for others’ suffering.
Being a kind person makes you more empathetic towards others. Others see you as a better human with mutual understanding. You become more appealing to other people.
The right attitude and behavior will get you more opportunities and set a path towards a successful life. Kindness resonates with spiritual peace and tranquility.
It helps you better understand yourself, making you more confident. . . .

“Through your kindness to others, your mind and heart will open to peace.”
In this fast-moving world, we are much more concerned about *material needs* than the spiritual state of mind. We have become consumers of our own longings.
In the race of achieving goals, mental peace and satisfaction are often sacrificed.
The feeling of being useful to others in any form will always surge a sense of pride and
self-satisfaction. Helping others or caring for others with no intentions makes you a better person in your eyes and in others.
Helping someone cross the road, carrying heavy bags of groceries or giving food to the needy ones, or even just smiling at a stranger. These blissful memories will always be a *beacon* in the darkness.
The more of these memories build-up, the more content you become.
As Dalai Lama said, **“The more you nurture a feeling of kindness,**
**the happier and calmer you will be.” . . .**

“If we remember that others too are human beings like us,
we can extend a sense of kindness even towards those we think of as enemies.”
Dalai Lama fought for his land before becoming a refugee in India.
He talked with the Chinese for peaceful resolution and dialogues.
The sense of ***fraternity*** has lost its way in categorization and groupings. Others are humans like us, they eat like us; they breathe like us. They cry and they bleed like us.
And it does not matter if they don’t like us or they are enemies, they are still fellow humans. Kindness does not filter out anyone, it just flows from one heart to another.
Practicing compassion and kindness is not cowardice, it takes a **courageous heart** to accept others and empathize with them. If we understand each other, we can extend the sense of kindness or express love and compassion.
In Dalai Lama’s words, **“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.**
**If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”**

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible”
Being kind does not need a transformation of life or change in way of thinking.
It is an aspect of *human nature* that needs no special implementation.

We often ignore people’s suffering. We value our *time* more than caring for people’s problems or even listen to them. There may be many reasons, or more accurately **excuses**, to not reaching out to the people in need.
*Kindness* should flow like a river without worrying about its *path* or *destination*.
**It is always possible**. There should not be any excuses or reasons to be kind.
It does not need a place, time, or conditions to be a kind person.
Be kind whenever or in whatever form needed.
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.
Without them, humanity cannot survive.”
Our lives have become slaves of our dreams and desires. We are so self-consumed in our *achievements* we forgot the very basic virtue that makes us what we are. *Humanity*.

We call ourselves humans, not because we live together, but because we care for each other’s value in the world. *Love, compassion,* and *kindness* are the symbols of humanity.
Our shared values of love and compassion towards each other make us human.
And if we let go of these values, hostility towards each other may increase.
Eventually, we might lose our only identity, *humanity.*

How To Be Kind:
Being kind is not a specialty, it does not require any exercise or particular efforts.
It requires opening your heart and your mind for others.

Dalai Lama himself expressed the simplicity of kindness,
**“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple;**
**the philosophy is kindness.”**

**Start with little.**
*Listen to people*
*Understand their problems and their feelings*
*Help others without worrying about personal gains*
*Express gratitude to others, even if not needed*
*Make friends, genuinely, not for any benefits*
*Share smiles whenever possible*
*Treat everyone as a fellow human*

Change your perspective to realize others’ problems, sympathize with them,
and ensure your support for them.
“Whether one believes in a religion or not and whether one believes in rebirth or not. There isn’t anyone who doesn’t appreciate kindness and compassion.” — Dalai Lama
In the time of Corona-virus kindness, love and compassion are much needed to share
the suffering and thrive towards a better society.
We cannot expect any third entity to elevate every human life and eventually make everyone happy. Our problems must be solved by ourselves, **collectively.**

Not Giving a F**K . . . . Apathy – Wikipedia

**10 Lessons from Dalai Lama That Will Change Your Life**
**Robert Locke**

Author of Ziger the Tiger Stories, a health enthusiast specializing in relationships,
life improvement and mental health.

It is not often that Oprah Winfrey is lost for words!

Yet this was exactly what happened when she asked the Dalai Lama a very pertinent question, which is recounted in the book by Victor Chan entitled The Wisdom of Forgiveness.

She asked him, “Have you ever had to forgive yourself for something?”
His Holiness replied, “My attitude towards mosquitoes is not very favorable, not very peaceful. Bed bugs also.”
Oprah was astounded that there was nothing else to be forgiven for in a life spanning 78 years. Forgiveness and compassion for all living creatures are the two pillars of the Dalai Lama’s teachings. Let’s discover together how his teachings will change your life.

**⌄ Scroll down to continue reading article ⌄**
**Your Action Plan to Achieve What You Want**

1. Be compassionate.
“The topic of compassion is not at all religious business; it is important to know it is human business, it is a question of human survival.”

Research now shows that when you are compassionate, you experience a
similar feeling of pleasure as when you have sex, good food or a relaxing holiday.
Basically, showing compassion is good for your health. Take compassionate action
and get the “giver’s high.” Benefits are reduced stress, more regular heartbeat and
improved immune system.

You can show compassion by understanding the person’s feelings and emotions.
That means talking to them and trying to share what they are going through. It is more demanding than a mere act of kindness. If you are compassionate, you are going to get emotionally involved. You also ask what help is needed.

**You could apply this to**:

A friend who is ill
Someone who has lost their job
A relative who has been bereaved
Someone going through a separation
A homeless person

2. Be kind and help others.
“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”

Being kind and generous costs little and the benefits you gain in happiness are considerable. That was the conclusion that Michael Norton and colleagues at the Harvard Business School came to, after doing some very interesting research. The volunteers who gave away some money were happier than those who had spent it on themselves.

Get the push you need to move forward by grabbing your FREE action plan to turn your ideas into actionable tasks and make your goal happen!

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”

3. Find happiness.
“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.”

In the rat race, the one thing you really want at the end of the day is the capacity to find happiness.

When he was interviewed about this, the Dalai Lama said that we are bombarded with messages about material possessions. There are very few messages about forgiving, being compassionate, patient, tolerant, and kind. You really have to give those values top priority in order to be happy.

“Happiness is not ready made—it comes from our own actions.”

4. Discover inner peace.
The Dalai Lama advises everybody to spend a little time alone each day. Time to reflect and chase away the negative thoughts such as anger, resentment, jealousy, and tiredness. Try to replace those with positive emotions such as optimism, gratitude, love, and peace. He rightly says that the truly calm mind is the source of happiness and good health.

5. Do not harm others.
“If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.”

If you start telling lies, gossiping and spreading nasty rumors, bullying, and taking advantage of others, then the negative fallout from them will come back to haunt you. These are just a few of the actions that can harm others.

6. Nurture your friendships.
Friendships should never be undervalued. They need tender loving care because they
can generate trust and affection. Real friendships will never depend on money or political clout. It is a sad fact that neglected or stillborn friendships lead to loneliness. This is one of the risk factors which probably contributes to depression in our society.

7. Don’t let technology rule your life.
Did you know that the Dalai Lama has over 8 million followers on Twitter?
While he admires the advances in social media in helping us to communicate,
he nevertheless warns against its overuse for the following reasons:

It can control your life—look at people in restaurants using their cell phones.
Who is in charge? You or the technology?
It is a poor substitute for real friendship.
It cannot help you to be compassionate.

**Real human interaction will suffer.**
“We are the controllers of technology. If we become a slave of technology, then that’s not good.”

8. Don’t argue or fight; just negotiate.
“Non-violence means dialogue, using our language, the human language. Dialogue means compromise; respecting each other’s rights; in the spirit of reconciliation there is a real solution to conflict and disagreement. There is no hundred percent winner, no hundred percent loser—not that way but half-and-half. That is the practical way, the only way.”

Whether it is an international crisis or an argument with your partner or boss,
the key to a peaceful, non-violent outcome is dialogue. In this way, you learn the art of compromise and negotiation. His Holiness recommends that you should never bring up the past but concentrate on what is causing the present problem.

9. Be gentle with the earth.
In order to survive, we have a duty to preserve this planet as best we can. Learning how to recycle, looking at ways to create alternative energy, and learning about the current issues are all ways that can help to delay the tipping point.

10. Learn from your failures.
“When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.”

When you screw up, it is important to examine what went wrong.
Maybe you said the wrong thing or maybe you haven’t thought the whole process through. Perhaps there was a problem in planning the project and maybe you did not think about worst-case scenarios. Reflection can help you learn every time you fail. Could these ten lessons really change your life?

Try to apply them to your life and work. You will soon discover that truth, honesty, warm-heartedness and compassion will be the driving forces in your life and will help you to gain real happiness. Tell us in the comments what teachings or quotes from the Dalai Lama have inspired you and how they have changed your life.

Dalai Lama Famous Quotes – Bing video

THE PARADE OF THE PLANETS! Peaks last night !

The rare planetary alignment:

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn of 2022.

We won’t be seeing this again until 2040.

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The Amish Cancer Secret

Posted on June 27, 2022 by Ken

How To Cure Just About Any Cancer The Amish Way
**Are the Amish onto something BIG?**

Why Don’t the Amish Get Cancer? (shgamishcancer.blogspot.com)
Here’s Why the Amish RARELY Get Cancer (dailyhealthpost.com)
Amish Have Lower Rates Of Cancer, Ohio State Study Shows – Schwartzreport

When Scientists Studied The Amish, They Were Amazed That This Was Significantly Lower.
We are always looking for the cure for cancer. What we don’t seem to pay attention to are the people who don’t seem to have the massive rates of cancer that the rest of the population has.
That is finally being studied as a Cancer Causes and Control study is saying that cancer rates in Amish people are significantly lower than any other group in the United States! The Ohio State University researchers had a typical bias that many have when they started the study. Naturally, they thought, the Amish were going to have an increased risk of illness due to not having access to all those wonderful pharmaceuticals and modern medicines, right? Wrong. The Amish cancer rate was very low.

The researchers then dialed into their lifestyle, which includes many staying away from drinking and smoking, while not living promiscuously due to their beliefs. Thus lifestyle was a big factor. But they also are engaged in physical work every day involving construction and agriculture. No TV’s either.
Food has to play a huge role as well, as they grow their own and the fruits and veggies are organic. And their dairy is unprocessed.

While many mock the Amish from time to time, these are the people who are actually holding the keys to high health, and cancer-free lifestyles.

Is it possible to cure just about any cancer the Amish way? Is it true that many Amish people get rid of cancer the easy way in just three or four weeks?

Word-Of-Mouth Advertising Keeps
The Amish Coming Back for the Cure.

Word-of-mouth advertising explains why hundreds of Amish cancer patients continue to travel long distances by train for the natural cancer cure. If it didn’t work, the Amish would quit making that journey!
Recently, at Union Station in Chicago, I introduced myself to a young Amish man from Pennsylvania. I asked him, “When Amish people get cancer, where do they go for a cure?”

Perhaps The Strongest Proof
That The Amish Cancer Cure Works
The Amish who lives in far-flung communities throughout America’s heartland know where to go to cure cancer *because they talk to each other*. This word-of-mouth advertising is perhaps the strongest proof that the Amish cancer cure actually *works*!

“Terminal” Cancer Case “CURED” Donald Factor Obituary (1934 – 2017) –
Palm Springs, CA – The Desert Sun (Legacy.Com)
‘My Unorthodox Battle With Cancer’ | Daily Mail Online
Actual Cases Of Cancer Victors – Welcome To Cancer Cure Foundation (Cancure.Org)
Lung Cancer Healed with Integrative Therapies (Donald Factor) – Cancer Compass an Alternate Route (Cancercompassalternateroute.Com)

Let me tell you about another spectacular cancer cure at one of the clinics that sees many Amish patients.
You’ve probably heard of Max Factor, the creator of the cosmetics empire. But you may not have heard that the heir to the Max Factor fortune cured his “terminal” cancer the Amish way. As a multi-millionaire, he could have afforded the Mayo Clinic or any other American hospital — or any hospital in the world for that matter.
This tycoon didn’t seek alternative treatments to save money but to SAVE HIS LIFE.

**Here’s what happened.**
Max Factor’s son Donald came down with one of the deadliest, most aggressive forms
of cancer: carcinoma of the lung that had already metastasized to his liver and spine.

Max Factor’s son Donald got a death sentence from his conventional cancer doctors. But a hospital 30 minutes from San Diego cured his cancer. And he’s been cancer-free and healthy for over 20 years!
At the time of the shocking diagnosis, Donald was 51 years old. He said, “I was told I only had six months to live. But 17 years later I’m still alive and kicking!” (He made that remark in 2003.) He credits his astounding recovery to the natural cancer treatments he received at a little-known hospital near San Diego.
Most amazingly, Donald’s doctors pronounced him “cured” — not just “in remission.”
Donald says, “I went back regularly for check-ups, and after about three years of being in remission the doctors said I was cured. I said, ‘I thought in the cancer business you were never cured.’ And they said, ‘Well, it’s silly to keep writing down “Remission” year after year. We’ll see you whenever you want to come back.’ And that was that…”
The hospital he was treated at is doing an ongoing study. So far, the results show that its treatments for breast cancer and ovarian cancer are *three times more effective* than conventional treatments. For lung cancer its treatments are *ten times more effective*.
And their treatments have no side effects! No hair loss. No nausea. No vomiting.
The healing secrets of this hospital belong to a legendary family of MDs, and these secrets have been passed on from father to son for three generations.

These Natural Therapies Knocked the Cancer Out, including:

**Hyperthermia:** a gentle therapy that gives the patient an artificial fever to “bake”
the cancer cells to death. Cancer cells “can’t take the heat,” but normal cells *can*.
**Oxygen therapy:** Cancer cells die by the millions when they get a blast of oxygen.
**Laetrile and vitamin C by IV:** These non-toxic therapies kill cancer cells and also quench free radicals. They are far more powerful when administered by IV than when taken by mouth.
A strictly **organic diet** to give the body the nutrition it needs
**Detoxification therapies** to get rid of the poisons that can cause cancer
Let me describe *why* people from all walks of life and from all over the world seek natural treatment at one of the little-known clinics. If you have cancer…detox – Search (bing.com)

Imagine getting rid of it in three to six weeks in a safe, secure hospital that seems more like a five-star spa resort.
Imagine having a spacious and immaculately clean private room with your own private balcony giving you a spectacular view of the ocean.

– Imagine a team of first-class doctors who focus like a laser beam on *your* case every day and imagine further that they never rush you but instead give you as much time as you need.
– Imagine being pain-free and prescription-drug-free while you heal under the care of your team of doctors.
– Imagine being pampered — being waited on hand and foot — with a soothing, therapeutic massage *every day* and other therapeutic spa services such as mineral wraps and a daily session in a far-infrared sauna.
– Imagine soaking in the mineralized healing waters of a pool by the ocean.
– Imagine being entertained in the dining room by a professional band or possibly even by pop music star Gloria Gaynor singing her signature song “I Will Survive!” in person.
– Imagine leaving this spa-like hospital cancer-free and armed with a solid plan to keep the cancer from ever sneaking back into your life.
– Imagine that this fit-for-royalty cancer treatment costs only about $1,000 a day — nowhere near the $10,000-a-day price tag of cancer treatment in an American hospital, not counting the exorbitant cost of cancer drugs.
Finally, imagine that your insurance company will probably reimburse you for most of the cost!

If you think that’s too good to be true, think again, and imagine no more.
You see, this paradise by the ocean really does exist. Celebrities and ordinary people from all over the world go there for treatment. And the pop singer Gloria Gaynor actually did sing “I Will Survive!” in person in the dining room for the cancer patients and their companions.
Incredibly, the hospital’s mineralized, healing spa pools contain ocean water that’s purified through a million-dollar filtration system and circulated back into the ocean. Soaking in ocean water has long been known to have health benefits.

The Amish Don’t Rough It
When They Get Cancer Treatment!
As you can tell from the description above, the Amish don’t rough it when they get cancer treatment. They prefer the *easy* way, which is also the more effective and less expensive way.
You’re probably wondering how it’s possible to get this kind of cancer treatment for the price of a minivan. Frankly, mainstream cancer treatment prices are a rip-off. Natural treatments are affordable and reasonable — and are also more effective against cancer.

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This Hospital’s Cure Rate
Leaves Conventional Cancer Doctors in The Dust
Conventional cancer doctors have a two-percent success rate for stage-four cancers. (Stage-four is the last stage before death.) In other words, five years after conventional treatment, only two patients out of 100 are still alive. Ninety-eight are dead.

Patrick Swayze died at the young age of 57. But chemo made him look decades older.
It sickened him and caused his hair to fall out. One of the listed side effects of the popular chemo drug “5FU” is “death.” No wonder 5FU’s nickname is “Five Feet Under.”
In contrast to conventional cancer doctors’ abysmal failure rate, the doctor who cured country singer Jonathan’s throat cancer boasts a success rate of 50 to 90 percent, depending on the type of cancer. And his treatments don’t ruin his patients’ quality of life.
Actor Patrick Swayze chose conventional American cancer treatments. As you can see from the “before” and “after” photos, the high doses of chemotherapy ruined his health.

By contrast, actress and author Suzanne Somers Knockout pdf – Search (bing.com) shocked her doctors in 2001 when she refused chemo for her breast cancer. They were aghast that she wouldn’t take their advice. Instead, she chose natural treatments. And because she refused to sacrifice her beauty to chemotherapy, she looks fabulous today — much younger than her actual age. And she remains cancer free.
What’s The Problem with Conventional Cancer Doctors?
Why do conventional cancer doctors fail so often?
The main reason is that they only focus on the symptom (the tumor).
They try to cut it out, burn it out, or poison it.
What about finding the *underlying cause of the cancer*?
Conventional cancer doctors just aren’t interested.
What about hyperthermia and oxygen therapies?
These non-toxic therapies don’t fit the conventional doctors’
“cut-burn-poison” model of cancer treatment.

What about detoxification, nutrition, and immune-boosting therapies?
Most conventional doctors ignore them.
Why Should It Cost
Over $300,000 To Die Of Cancer?
You can get rid of your cancer the Amish way in three to six weeks for $15,000 to $35,000. Or you can spend $300,000 to $800,000 or more to die of cancer.
If you think I’m exaggerating, think again.
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In the year 2000, doctors diagnosed him with kidney cancer, and he was determined
to beat it. The cost of surgery to remove his kidney was $25,000, and that was just the beginning. Two years later the cancer had spread, so he took a drug called Interleukin 2
for $735 a dose.
In 2005 he had another setback: cancer was growing in his lungs.
So, he started an IV drug called Avastin. The cost: $27,360 for one dose!
(For that price, you can get rid of just about any cancer in three or four weeks the Amish way.)
He had 60 chest scans at $3,200 each. Total cost of the scans: $192,000!
The last drug he took was a chemo drug called Sutent at $200 a pill.
He took it once a day for a month. Total cost: $6,000 for the month.
Did his overpriced drugs work? Apparently not. In December of 2007 he was rushed to the hospital again, and the cancer had spread to his brain. The cancer doctors “worked on him” for four days, and then he died.
The cost of those last four days of treatment: $43,000 — more than $10,000 per day.
His wife said, “The only thing I can say for certain that we spent that money on was to confirm that he was dying.”
It bears repeating that his total cost to die of cancer in pain was $618,000!

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The cost of medical care at one of the little-known clinics near San Diego is an astounding bargain compared to the outrageous medical bills in conventional hospitals. But the cost savings aren’t the main reason the Amish and other cancer patients go to those clinics for treatment. They go there for *results*!
That’s why the late actor Eddie Albert took his wife there. He was so pleased with the treatment she received that he appeared in an educational video promoting natural cancer treatments.

Because of word-of-mouth advertising about these natural cancer treatments,
other Hollywood stars have gone to the little-known clinics for cancer treatment.
Perhaps you saw actress Rebecca De Mornay with Tom Cruise in *Risky Business*.
She was also in *Wedding Crashers* and *The Hand that Rocks the Cradle*.
She took her mother to one of the little-known clinics near San Diego when she got cancer. Celebrities Who Go to The Cancer Clinics for Anti-Aging Treatments.
Motivational speaker Mark Victor Hansen, the author of the best-selling “Chicken Soup for the Soul” books, is a HUGE fan of the luxurious resort cancer clinic I described earlier. He’s never had cancer as far as I know. But he goes there for health tune-ups, rejuvenation, and relaxation.
So does his colleague, motivational speaker Dennis Waitley. So does Christiane Northrup, M.D., the best-selling author of books about women’s health.
These celebrities don’t mind being named. But I’m unable to tell you the names of most of the celebrities who go to little-known clinics for treatment because of medical confidentiality.
The little-known clinics also attract patients who are just plain frustrated with their health.

“What’s Wrong with Me?”
You see, a surprising number of Americans have chronic pain. They don’t feel right, and their symptoms are worrisome or alarming. They want an answer to the question: “What’s wrong with me?” But they can’t get a straight answer from their doctor.
Instead, their doctor writes a prescription for an overpriced drug and quickly moves on to the next patient.
But at the hospitals and clinics that attract the Amish, the doctors take the time to get to the bottom of the patient’s health problem — whether it’s cancer or some undiagnosed disease.
People who don’t feel well can find out what’s wrong by going to the clinics and hospitals
I recommend. The tests are non-invasive, and when the root problem is finally exposed,
a treatment plan can begin.
The holistic hospitals and clinics achieve breakthrough results not only for cancer but also for autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and other degenerative diseases.

And paying for medical treatments at these clinics has never been easier.
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Individualism

Posted on June 26, 2022 by Ken

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Talking to Yourself

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Ken

Poll: Almost Forty Percent of Americans Say They Would Rather Flee Than Defend the United States

There are fewer **people willing to fight for what’s right** than those **willing** to start a **fight for what’s** wrong? ~ ~ ~Nathaniel M. Wrey

In World War II, Winston Churchill famously declared that “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” It appears that there may be even fewer to count on if a recent poll out this weekend is accurate. The Quinnipiac University poll asked Americans “what would you do if you were in the same position as Ukrainians are now, stay and fight or leave the country?” Only 55 percent said that they would stay and fight for this country.
That included only 40 percent of Democrats. Overall 38 percent of Americans said that they would flee. It appears that this country is facing an existential crisis of faith and we should have a frank discussion about why so few Americans are now willing to pledge their lives in defense of this country.
Quinnipiac has long been relied upon in polling in the United States and is one of the most cited polling outfits for the media. It is important to note that, while the results were shocking overall, many did say that they would stand and defend the United States from any invader. When asked this question 68 percent of Republicans and 57 percent of Independents say that they would fight. However more than half of Democrats (52%) said they would flee before fighting for their country (Eight percent did not have an answer, a shrug that is equally alarming).

As someone who came from a liberal, Democratic family in Chicago, I was shocked by the poll. My father and grandfather fought in the World Wars and everyone I grew up with on the liberal Northside of Chicago was both intensely liberal and intensely patriotic. Indeed, I often heard my parents challenge Republican friends for suggesting that conservatives were more patriotic or more willing to sacrifice for their country.
For my maternal Sicilian family, they felt a deep bond to the country that took them in and allowed them to live in freedom. Despite the prejudice that they encountered and difficult times, my Sicilian grandparents celebrated Independence Day like a religious holiday and often discussed their pride when they became American citizens. My grandfather was a union organizer and a coal miner who developed black lung in the mines of Ohio. He could not read or write but he could proudly recite parts of the Declaration of Independence and our national anthem.

We should be alarmed by this poll because it shows a deep disconnection with this
country and its protection. If you are not willing to defend this country, citizenship becomes a status of convenience; an opportunistic association can be shed as easily as it is acquired. It is a commitment that extends little beyond annual tax obligations.
Notably, the poll did not pose a question over what might be viewed as an unjustified war in another land like Vietnam. This question asked about an invasion of our country. Indeed, despite the opposition to Vietnam, many Democrats and liberals still felt obligated to answer the call for service when drafted.
The poll shows a crisis of faith within the Democratic party, but also our country at large. People have lost faith in our common article of faith in the Constitution. That did not occur over night. There have been unrelenting attacks on our institutions and core values for years that ignore our countervailing successes. We have gone through terrible periods and faced terrible institutions and practices from slavery to segregation. However, we faced them as a people united in a common faith captured in the Declaration of Independence:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. – That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…”

We have not always lived up to those principles. Indeed, when those words were written, millions were left in slavery and millions were barred from voting, property ownership. and other basic rights of citizenship. However, we became better than we were due to a faith in ourselves and our common constitutional bound.
This is just one poll and people can have different motivations in answering such questions. However, there was clearly a desire by many to convey this disconnection with the country in their answers that suggest something more than just impish responses.
There has been a growing agnosticism regarding this country as many challenge our foundational institutions and values. It is captured in words of leaders like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who questioned the very need for the Supreme Court when it was not ruling in line with her own views: “How much does the current structure benefit us? And I don’t think it does.” That is a worthy debate to have and our Constitution protects all sides in having it. Yet, there is an underlying message that, because our institutions did not produce the results demanded by Ocasio-Cortez, we are told to scrap them.

Elie Mystal, who writes for the Nation and Above the Law, called the Constitution “trash.” In his new book, “*Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution*,” Mystal says that we should just ignore what the Framers thought or said. When asked “if you are arguing that the Constitution needs to be scrapped altogether?” Mystal said he would be “all for” a move to “throw out” the Constitution. Others, including lawyers, agreed with Mystal and declared “the Constitution is trash.”
It is a crisis of faith shown in academics like Georgetown Professor Eddie Glaude insisting that we need to scrap what we have and be “rebounded” rather than “tinker around the edges while people are dying.” He insists that, despite the Civil War, the Civil Rights Movement and anti-discrimination laws, it is hopeless to expect the system to change:
“At every moment when a new America seems to be about to be born,
the umbilical cord of white supremacy is wrapped around the baby’s neck, choking the life out of it.”
The curious aspect of such comments is that we are constantly being reborn as a people. Our Constitution created an experiment in self-governance that remains a work in progress. However, it does not guarantee that you simply get what you want, or you can “throw out” the Constitution like Mystal’s unwanted trash.

The people of Ukraine have given the world a symbol of defiance and faith. That is a country that has been deeply divided in the past and only gained its independence in 1991. Vladimir Putin clearly counted on many opting to stand aside rather than stand up for their young nation. Instead, opposing parties and leaders stood together and united in their common identity as Ukrainians.
It appears from this poll that many of us have lost that capacity for faith and sacrifice. Many are unwilling to take that same leap of faith in our system and each other.
President John F. Kennedy, a Democrat who was decorated for his bravery in World War II, famously declared in 1961: “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” The question is whether Americans are willing to answer the same call today.

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Do you talk to yourself? Here’s what science says about it in certain circumstances,
being caught talking to yourself is embarrassing.

**It makes you look like you’ve lost your mind!**
Generally, it’s understood that we speak to communicate, and doing so without it being directed at someone or not being heard by anyone defeats the point. However, this isn’t true. Speaking serves other functions too.
How many times have we been looking for our keys and have asked ourselves,
“where are my keys?” Saying it out loud helps us find them because it reminds
us of what we’re looking for, and we don’t lose focus. And that’s just one example.
Speaking out loud to nobody is an extension of our inner dialog. It’s caused by a motor command being triggered automatically. In the early 20th century, Soviet psychologist
Lev Vygotsky proposed that we speak out loud when we first learn to talk because our speech and thoughts aren’t connected. After that, inner speech emerges, and our thoughts become more like verbal sentences.

**Thoughts and speech connected**
Once we’ve learned to connect our thoughts to our speech, we tend not to do it as much. But in adulthood, we still do it, and there are other reasons for this. There are plenty of reasons why speaking out loud can be helpful for adults. Some reasons for “private speech” are practicing a language, learning, and social skills.
The people who learn through sound tend to repeat directions back to the person who
gave them so they can remember. Likewise, they probably learned how to spell by saying the letters of a word over and over again.

It helps everyone remember something if they read it aloud
instead of reading it in their inside voice.

It can help us to concentrate, depending on what we’re saying.
For example, researchers have gotten people to utter nonsense out loud while trying to perform unrelated tasks. Since humans aren’t great at multitasking, it typically impedes their performance at the task. Conversely, if people use their speech to direct their actions, it improves their performance in carrying out tasks by helping them remember what they’re supposed to be doing.

**Self-talk and visualization**
There are also implications for speaking out loud and how we visualize things.
For example, if someone is looking for a chicken in a ‘Where’s Waldo?’-style illustration with a lot going on in the image, and they say the word “chicken,” they will visualize a chicken and can find it faster. There are also benefits to talking to yourself outside of cognition and concentration. For example, you might increase your confidence and motivation by speaking to yourself positively. There have been numerous studies on
the effects of self-talk on tennis players’ performance.

Generally, individuals are split into two groups and participate in an assessment, training sessions, and a final evaluation. One group is asked to practice positive self-talk. In the final assessment, the group that practices positive self-talk shows less anxiety and more confidence, and their performance improves. Speaking to yourself in the third person causes self-distancing, which can reduce anxiety towards an upcoming job interview.

**Self-distancing**
Instead of saying “I can do this,” people who speak to themselves in the third person by saying “you can do this, John,” feel less anxious and nervous about the task than people who speak to themselves in the first person. One study published in Scientific Reports proved that speaking to yourself in the third person is the most effective way of calming yourself down. We all have inner dialog. Some people have more than others.

**This internal dialog can wander.**
Late at night, we may notice that our inner thoughts wander almost randomly. However, we need to be able to cut through this noise to carry out our days. With people who suffer from depression or anxiety, this inner dialog can be harder to cut through. When people’s internal dialog begins to wander too much, they can end up incoherent and nonsensical.

If people are struggling with difficult emotions, it can help to talk through them.

**Self-talk helps to deal with difficult emotions:**

Like it can help to speak to a friend or a therapist about issues, it can also help to speak to yourself when nobody is around. Essentially it can help us understand what it is exactly we’re feeling, whether it be grief, guilt, or any other feeling, and help us come to terms with accepting what we’re feeling. The person who speaks to themselves as a result of mental illness is a different story. For example, people who have schizophrenia can hear another entity speaking in their head and sometimes respond to it aloud.

**Speaking to yourself becomes a concern:**

When it’s the result of auditory hallucinations, like speaking to another entity
in your head that only you can hear and that’s separate from your own thoughts.
There are other harmful forms of self-talk, too.
One example of this is negative self-talk, which generally involves a person
discouraging and criticizing themselves out loud.

**For the most part, it’s normal:**

The bottom line is that speaking to yourself is entirely normal for the most part
and has many functions other than being a symptom of a mental health condition.

People do this to process their emotions and thoughts and to better carry out tasks.

**When it becomes a problem, seek help:**
If it is a habit that you can’t stop and want to, if you feel distressed about it, or it’s predominantly negative self-talk, it may be a good idea to ask someone for help.

Sources: (Neuroscience Letters) (Nature) (Big Think) (Medical News Today)(Healthline) (Perceptual and Motor Skills) See also: Reasons why people refuse to go to therapy

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Hollie Grote

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Ken

Missouri inmate cried for medical care for months before dying from brain tumor:
report by: Chris Hayes,

PIKE COUNTY, Mo. (KTVI) — An inmate in Missouri cried for medical help, was given Tylenol, and then put on suicide watch before dying from a brain tumor, according to a jail incident report. The Pike County jail’s investigative report laid out a timeline that shows the 41-year-old woman, Hollie Grote, cried for medical help for months. “You could tell something was wrong, and she was ignored,” her sister, Ashley Lovelace, told KTVI. Grote’s daughter Shainey Harpole added, “She was losing her vision. She had headaches.”
Grote’s complaints were consistent and daily, according to her family. Their assertions are backed up by the jail’s records. “I thought she had had a stroke from the things that she was saying,” Harpole said. Grote was detained at the Pike County, Missouri, jail on a drug charge last June. When Grote told her family she couldn’t get a medical response from the jail, relatives said they personally visited the sheriff. “I asked if there was any way if he would let her go to the hospital, and he told me no,” said Harpole.

**“He said that people do it for attention a lot.”**

“(The sheriff) said he sent somebody to the hospital the night before,” Lovelace added. “I’m like, ‘What did they do? How did they get to go? You know, four months she’s been crying, begging you guys, and her physical appearance has changed.’” Clayton lawyer Mark Pedroli is investigating the case for Grote’s family. “A layperson would know this person needed medical care,” he said. Pedroli uncovered jail documents showing Grote began complaining shortly after being arrested on a drug charge. Medical complaints were first documented on July 28, 2021. Another inmate said, “Grote’s eye was drooping.”
By Oct. 23, Grote said her head hurt so badly that she was going to kill herself, according to the incident report. An officer noted “scratch marks on the forearm/wrist area.” “She still did not get the attention that she needed,” Lovelace said. “She still wasn’t sent to the hospital after she had done physical harm to herself.” Another officer wrote that it “looks like she is in pain but overall normal; laying on the pod floor crying and seems like she can’t think.” Another entry said the detention doctor advised giving Grote 1,000 mg of Tylenol.The record said Grote was then placed in what is referred to as a “pickle suit”
Anti-suicide smock – Bing images.

Officers then documented observing her on a video while she was on suicide watch.
An officer wrote that Grote was acting strangely and would only grunt in response to questions. She then slowly rolled off her bunk before she died on the floor. Pedroli said it was remarkable “…how consistent her complaints were and how often she pleaded just to get to go to the hospital, just to have somebody drive her down the road to see a doctor and that would have saved her life.”

An autopsy by the Boone and Calloway County medical examiner found her “brain was swollen” from a “tumor located on the right side.” Advanced Correctional Healthcare is
the private medical contractor for the jail, and a representative told KTVI on Thursday evening that it was working on a response. Sheriff Stephen Korte wrote in response,
“Due to the pending possible litigation, I am declining to be interviewed at this time as my words may be misconstrued and my opinions misinterpreted as facts.”
He also said, “An investigation was completed for any wrongdoing by staff and has been forwarded to the Pike County Prosecutor who will be sending it to an outside prosecutor for review.” Grote’s sister and daughter said they asked the sheriff what it would take to get an inmate to the hospital. They said they were told someone would have to be bleeding out or vomiting in a way that it would be obvious something is wrong. Hollie Grote died while in the custody of the Pike County Sheriff’s Department on Oct. 24, 2021. A news release then stated that the 41-year-old woman had died in her sleep while under observation.

Missouri inmate cried for medical care for months before dying from brain tumor:
report | WANE 15

The autopsy was done, and according to Mark Pedroli, the attorney who was hired by Grote’s family, the results showed that she died of a brain tumor. She had been in the
Pike County Jail since June of 2021, under two warrants, the Sheriff’s Department noted in its news release about her death last year. But according to documents uncovered by Pedroli in his investigation into Grote’s death, Grote had sought medical attention almost daily because of severe headaches. After getting clearance from the family over HIPAA restrictions and filing several FOI requests, Pedroli said he learned the depth of pain
Grote had been in during her four months in custody.

Pedroli said he filed a Sunshine Litigation against the Pike County Sheriff’s Office shortly after Grote’s death on behalf of her family “for refusing to give us investigative material.” After filing the lawsuit, Pedroli said they received “most” of the material they had asked for. Pedroli has been working with Pike County Prosecutor Alex Ellis, who he said is attempting to get the rest of what they need before proceeding with any action against the Sheriff’s Department.
“The only thing left is getting the communications between upper government officials about what happened that night—whether they be text messages or emails,” he said.
“That is the last remaining component of the Sunshine Litigation. “Once this is resolved,” he added, “I’ll talk to the family about what our next moves are.” After reviewing the material, he has now, Pedroli said he believes Grote’s Constitutional 8th Amendment rights were violated.

“From what I’ve seen, it seems pretty clear that they violated her Constitutional rights,”
he spoke. “She was clearly in need of medical attention,” he added, saying, “even a layperson would have known. You didn’t need a doctor or nurse or a professional to know that she needed medical attention, that she should have received it—(and) she didn’t get it.” He said the lack of treatment was a tragedy. Pedroli noted that he handles a lot of these types of cases, ones involving the death of an inmate in a city or county jail.
“This one—it was pretty brutal to review this evidence,” he said during a phone interview. “To see her (Hollie Grote) continuously begging—in writing—and other ways to get her
to a doctor or a hospital, to get someone to believe her that she was in that kind of pain.
Her symptoms were significant,” he added. Records show, he explained, that she had double vision and at one point could no longer talk. Sheriff Stephen Korte said his office did an investigation into Grote’s death and turned over the report to the county prosecutor’s office. He said he could only disclose the information he released last year after Grote’s death.
Pedroli said he didn’t think the Sheriff’s Office should have done the investigation.
“I don’t know if they did that here. I’m trying to figure that out,” he said.
“I discussed this with Ellis (the county prosecutor) at the start of this,” he said.
“A lot of times small counties will call in to the Missouri State Highway Patrol” to
do these types of investigations. “In my opinion, the sheriff can’t investigate the sheriff’s department,” he explained. “Someone else needs to do that investigation.” Ellis could not be reached before the deadline for a comment. Pedroli said he believes Ellis has referred the investigation to an outside prosecutor for review.

Dying woman’s calls for help from Missouri jail revealed | FOX 2 (fox2now.com)

PIKE COUNTY, Mo. – The family of a woman who died in jail while pleading for a nurse say they were told they had no right to their loved one’s last words. That changed when the family sued for the heartbreaking messages. Hollie Grote pleaded to see a nurse and go to a hospital while locked up in the Pike County Jail on a drug charge. She warned staff she was dying. Then she did. “(My Mom) was losing her vision. She had headaches. She had these spells where she felt like she was going to pass out and couldn’t talk,” said Shainey Harpole, Grote’s daughter.

Grote died on Oct. 24, 2021, in the Pike County Jail. The medical examiner determined
her cause of death was “increased intracranial pressure” from a benign brain tumor.
“She would tell me every day that she would request to see the nurse,” Harpole said.
Grote messaged jail staff repeatedly from an inmate kiosk, sending messages that family members say they used to obtain. Repeated requests starting in August 2021 – messages like, “May I please see the nurse ASAP?” and “I believe I need to go to an actual doctor or hospital to be tested.”
In September she wrote, “I could die if I don’t get the proper tests and or health care.”
Then in October, the month she died, she wrote, “I have extremely bad vision, darkness
on one side and major double vision. I need this to be looked into.” You can feel her frustration in another message the same month – “You guys are trying to kill me.”
The answer from jail staff is nearly the same every time – “This will be printed and placed in the nurse’s box.” The family says she never got to go to the hospital. “You could tell something was wrong. And she was ignored,” said Ashley Lovelace, Grote’s sister.

Harpole talked about trying to get the messages initially.
“I actually went up there before I hired (attorney Mark Pedroli) and asked for it and
they didn’t give me any of her belongings or any of that stuff because they said it was under investigation, which I didn’t understand,” she said. Pedroli sued under Missouri’s Sunshine Law to obtain Grote’s final written messages. He said Pike County refused to hand them over until he filed. “These kinds of cases are unfortunately more common now than ever,” he said.
“The only thing left that they have not produced, which is also extremely important, are the communications among the sheriff employees and the sheriff about what happened that night, and I also think — they’re claiming that because those communications were conducted on private phones. They don’t have to turn them over to us, but because they’re about her and it’s about public business, we say they do. “I don’t know why they would fight. It seems like maybe they are, in fact, hiding something.”

Pike County Sheriff Stephen Korte responded Tuesday, saying he’s not hiding anything and that his office turned over everything it has, including an internal investigation of the jail death to an outside prosecutor from another county for review. Korte said he’s limited on what he could say because of a possible wrongful-death lawsuit.
That’s something Grote also wrote about in one of her messages.
Approximately 24 days before she died, Grote messaged jail staff,
“When I do die because of the amount of neglect here …
At least my family can sue you.”
Contact Sheriff Stephen Korte and ask him to step down.

**Phone: (573) 324-3202**
**Fax: (573) 324-3972**
**Email: sheriff@pikecountyso.org**
**1600 Bus. 54**
**Bowling Green, MO 63334**
*Administration Hours 8:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.

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Black Death

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Ken

Scientists say they have identified the origins of the Black Death, according to a new study.
The Black Death was a pandemic caused by bubonic plague that killed 75–200 million worldwide between 1347 to 1351.
The team of researchers believes the Black Death first originated in northern Kyrgyzstan in the late 1330s.

Scientists say they have finally pinpointed the origins of the historic Black Death plague, according to a new study.

The Black Death was a pandemic caused by the bubonic plague that killed an estimated 25 million people in Europe between 1347 to 1351 and tens of millions more worldwide, carried by rats infected with plague-carrying fleas.

Historians have long debated its geographical origins. However, according to a new study in the science journal Nature, the Black Death originated in northern Kyrgyzstan in central Asia in the late 1330s.

A team of researchers from Scotland’s University of Stirling, Germany’s Max Planck Institute, and the University of Tubingen analyzed ancient DNA from the teeth of seven skeletons discovered in cemeteries near Lake Issyk Kul in the mountainous Tian Shan region of Kyrgyzstan.

DNA sequencing found that three individuals carried Yersinia pestis, a bacterium linked to the outbreak of the plague that led to the Black Death, the study said.

A painting titled “Carting the Dead” by French artist Jean-Pierre Moynet that depicts a cart of bodies that died from the Black Plague in the 1300s. © Wikimedia Commons

Previously, the Black Death was believed to have originated in the Black Sea region in 1346, but the study said its findings predate that.

The scientists chose the cemeteries near Lake Issyk Kul because they had previously identified an unusually high spike in the number of burials between 1337 and 1339, according to the study.

Some of the headstones, written in the Syriac language, noted the causes of death as “pestilence” — an archaic word used to describe a fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.

The first victims of the Black Death would have died in agony. The most common symptoms of the bubonic plague were large, pustulant boils (buboes) in the groin, neck, and armpits. Acute fever and vomiting blood followed — The skin sores become black.

They would have died between two and seven days after infection.

Yersinia pestis bacteria as seen under a microscope. This bacterium is the cause of the Bubonic plague, also known as the Black Plague or Black Death. NIAID.

The presence of Yersinia pestis in the three exhumed bodies from this cemetery points to an earlier origin date for the deadly plague than 1346, as was previously assumed. “Our study puts to rest one of the biggest and most fascinating questions in history and determines when and where the single most notorious and infamous killer of humans began,” said Philip Slavin, a University of Stirling historian, per Metro.

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