How fast April’s total solar eclipse travel?

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Ken
Cincinnati Reds’ Will Benson, left, Bubba Thompson, middle, and Jonathan India, right, use special glasses as they watch the sun during a solar eclipse before a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers in Cincinnati, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster)

What’s faster the solar eclipse or Elly DeLa Cruz: 
Elly De La Cruz makes more baseball history (msn.com)
The science behind a total solar eclipse – Search (bing.com)

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)— Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed Executive Order 2024-04D 
to assure Ohioans the state is well-prepared for the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, that will cross a 124-mile-wide band in the state of Ohio.
“The safety and well-being of Ohioans is always at the forefront of everything we do,”
said Governor DeWine. “We have been preparing for the April 8th solar eclipse for
several years to ensure this once-in-a-lifetime event can be safe and memorable for all.”

The Executive Order directs all State departments and agencies to be ready and prepared to ensure the health and safety of all Ohioans and visitors before, during, and after the eclipse. Ohio Emergency Management Agency (Ohio EMA) is coordinating the state’s preparation and response to the event, and all law enforcement agencies are prepared to respond with necessary personnel and resources to assist local law enforcement in contributing to the safety and security of Ohio residents and tourists.
Only 21 total solar eclipses have crossed the lower 48 states during the existence of the United States of America. The last total solar eclipse visible in Ohio was in 1806, and the next total solar eclipse will not pass through Ohio until the year 2099.  

You won’t see a full solar eclipse in Ohio for 75 years – Search Videos (bing.com)
When the moon’s shadow races across Earth on April 8 during the total solar eclipse,
it will travel faster than the speed of sound. The speed of sound varies depending on the temperature of the air through which the sound moves. On Earth, the speed of sound at sea level — assuming an air temperature of 59 degrees Fahrenheit (15 degrees Celsius) —
is 761.2 mph (1,225 km/h). 

Because gas molecules move more slowly at colder temperatures,
that slows the speed of sound; sound moves faster through warmer air.
Therefore, the speed required to break the sound barrier decreases higher
in the atmosphere, where temperatures are colder. 

It will sweep across Earth at more than 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) per hour
on April 8, according to NASA. However, exactly how fast it will move will depend
on where you are viewing it from.  What is the speed of light? (msn.com)

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The umbra passes over Earth during the total eclipse on Monday,
August 21, 2017.  (Image credit: NASA Johnson/Flickr)

UNDERSTANDING THE MOON’S SHADOW
Private Japanese Moon Lander’s View Of Solar Eclipse Shadow And Earth | Watch (msn.com)
The width of the umbra (the path of totality) and the penumbra (the partial eclipse zone) depend on the moon’s distance from Earth during the eclipse. This also affects the speed
at which the shadow moves, as does the rotational speed of the moon and the Earth. The moon is orbiting Earth from west to east, the same way Earth rotates, but the moon moves more quickly. 

The penumbral and umbral shadows of the moon are projected as a path because Earth rotates under the faster-moving shadow of the moon. So, although the moon’s shadow moves across Earth very quickly during an eclipse, it’s counteracted by the Earth’s rotational speed. 
A solar eclipse occurs on Earth when a new moon blocks at least part of the sun, as seen from Earth. All solar eclipses project a large fuzzy shadow onto Earth called the penumbra. From within it, observers see a partial solar eclipse, watching the moon gradually block some of the sun before gradually moving away. 

Only during a total solar eclipse, when the moon blocks all of the sun, does a smaller, darker conical shadow called the umbra project onto Earth. This is the path of totality, and from within it, observers see partial phases on either side of a total solar eclipse.
Great American Solar Eclipse in 2024! Flyover the moon’s shadow in animation (space.com)

WHY IT SLOWS DOWN AND SPEEDS UP
Although the moon’s shadow would move even more quickly across the planet if it weren’t rotating, on April 8, that shadow will still move exceptionally fast. However, it won’t travel at a consistent speed. 

“The moon’s shadow will travel slowest at the point of greatest eclipse near the town of Nazas, Mexico, where the duration is longest and also where the shadow speed is the lowest,” said Michael Zeiler, eclipse cartographer at GreatAmericanEclipse.com.
“As the shadow progresses across North America, the shadow speed increases because the oblique angle of the shadow on a curved Earth results in a higher ground speed.” 
For example, at 11:37 UT on April 8, the event will begin as an eclipsed sunrise in the Pacific Ocean, during which the moon’s shadow will be traveling at a whopping 10,439,792 mph (16,801,217 kph), according to eclipse expert Xavier Jubier’s Interactive Google Map  of the eclipse.
As it ends as an eclipsed sunset in the Atlantic, it will be traveling at 5,535,176 mph (8,908,002 kph). However, close to Nazas, Mexico — the point of the greatest eclipse where the centers of the sun, moon, and Earth are in perfect synergy (alignment) — it will be moving at a pedestrian 1,565 mph (2,519 kph). The shadow will slow down to that point and speed up after, so as the moon’s shadow enters the U.S. in Texas, it will speed up slightly to 1,597 mph (2,570 kph). It will then pick up pace across the U.S. and, as it leaves Newfoundland in Canada for the Atlantic, it will be moving at 4,727 mph (7,607 kph). 

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The solar eclipse on April 8 will travel at varying speeds. 
(Image credit: Daisy Dobrijevic/Canva)

April’s total solar eclipse will travel at speeds ranging from 10 million miles an hour —
half the speed of the fastest supernova explosion ever detected — to as slow as 1,565 mph, about twice the speed of a supersonic aircraft. Just ensure you’re inside the path of totality to stand beneath it! Totality Views Of Solar Eclipse From Mexico | Watch (msn.com)

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Related: Total solar eclipse 2024: Everything you need to know

And then it was over: 
A total eclipse of the sun has come and gone.

EAGLE PASS, Texas − In a moment of cosmic alignment that was precisely predicted
yet undeniably mysterious, the moon crept across the face of the sun as seen from Earth, casting its shadow onto the United States on Monday.
 The partial shadow crossed into the U.S. in Texas just after noon local time, and a bit more than an hour later, the minutes of “totality” began. The total eclipse of the sun then traced a path from southern Texas to northern Maine, where it exited into Canada and the ocean beyond.

The rare event was an astronomical experience like no other. Monday’s eclipse was unusually accessible to millions of people. It was widely anticipated not only for its remarkable period of darkness, but for its rare timing: No total solar eclipse would be visible from the contiguous United States again until 2044. While millions of Americans may have seen today’s eclipse, a small group in Texas was among the very first.

Clouds came and went as the shadow grew for the next hour.
As totality approached Eagle Pass, the sky shaded a dull gray then a heavy
brown and the temperature dropped a few degrees. Only a sliver of the sun remained.
A few seconds before 1:27 p.m. CT, the crowd counted down, “3… 2…1…” The sun was gone, completely covered by the moon. Darkness spread over the small airport grounds.

“Oh my god,” Martinez said, a hand covering her heart.
“This is so cool!”  https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/
* After having seen it, the eclipse absolutely lived up to the hype:
Total solar eclipse 2024 highlights: Live coverage, videos and more (nbcnews.com)

“A total solar eclipse — nicknamed the Great North American Eclipse for its long path
over North America — was visible in the sky today over parts of Mexico, 15 U.S. states
and eastern Canada. Tens of millions of people were treated to stunning views as the
moon passed between Earth and the sun and temporarily blocked the sun’s light.” 

What was the timeline of the 2024 solar eclipse?

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The total eclipse began in Mexico at about 11:07 a.m. PDT,
Monday before crossing into Texas at 1:27 p.m. CDT. 

It ended in Maine at 3:35 p.m. EDT. Even those who weren’t
in the path of totality could see a percentage of the eclipse.

To find out exactly when the eclipse occurred in your area, you can search by USA TODAY’s database by ZIP code for a viewing guide. Scientist reveals how the solar eclipse confirms his faith in God | Watch (msn.com)

Fox News chief religion correspondent Lauren Green has the latest on the phenomenon that is making humans ponder their existence on ‘The Story.’ ‘Special for so many reasons’: Science journalist explains more on solar eclipse (msnbc.com)

Senior Editor of Space and Physics for Scientific American Lee Billings
explains why this year’s solar eclipse was such a unique phenomenon.

Seeing the total eclipse from 33,000 feet (msn.com)
Story by Hannah Sampson

Total solar eclipse 2024: Watch video and see photos of the sky spectacle.
Traffic delays and other issues mark total solar eclipse day.     
 Total eclipse hits Indianapolis: ‘Life-changing’ | Watch (msn.com)
2024 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA (Highlights) (youtube.com)
Former ISS commander explains why this solar eclipse is so special | Watch (msn.com)

Why a total solar eclipse is so magical (yahoo.com)

Is it safe to look at a total solar eclipse?
What to know about glasses, proper viewing2024 total solar eclipse:
See photos as communities across US gather for rare event
Images from the Solar Eclipse: See photos of the rare event on April 8, 2024
Decoding the sky: A solar eclipse diagram for kids (adults also welcome)
What is the difference between a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse?
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – April 8, 2024.
In pictures: Millions across North America marvel at solar eclipse (msn.com)
Timelapse captures solar eclipse dimming Ohio town | Watch (msn.com)
Timelapse captures solar eclipse dimming Ohio town | Watch (msn.com)
Timelapse videos show darkness of solar eclipse totality | Watch (msn.com)

 Sorry Elly DeLa Cruz You Weren’t The Fastest on April 8, 2024, in Ohio...😁😏🥳

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Fallen into the Rabbit Hole

Posted on April 7, 2024 by Ken
 Zoraya ter Beek, 28, will die by assisted suicide in May. RTL Nieuws – Search (bing.com)

I fell into the Rabbit Hole myself late 2005 into 2006.
When My Father died of Leiomyosarcoma on April 3, 2006, after his 14 years
of battling various types of cancer and the final battle with Leiomyosarcoma.
My Severe Depression is best described as following into a Dark Rabbit Hole and when you finally feel like you have climbed out of it. You fall deeper back into it and best to say until I finally changed my mindset I finally conquered this selfish state of mind. Cancer
in the family really does change you in the beginning, in the midst and in the aftermath. 

 Ter Beek, who once aspired to be a psychiatrist, has been dealing with mental health struggles throughout her life. Therefore, This is simply sickening.
That someone will help with an assisted suicide and it’s wrong! It’s murder. 😭 no different than someone overdosing on pills because they want the escape from depression, etc.
But why shouldn’t someone be able to choose when they want to die? I’d rather be able to choose than have it happen after a long period of pain and suffering when the chances of getting “better” are slim to none. 

Stephanie Breithe Cara Byers
I’ve heard the stories of people suffering day after day without any relief, who are actively seeking to obtain a medically assisted end of life. It’s heartbreaking. And I hold a lot more grace and nuance for them in their choice than I used to. Nobody makes this choice lightly or just because. It’s excruciating. They are the ones who have to live every day in their bodies. Nobody else does. It can be an ethical choice for a few. And it’s actually really hard to get approved for this medically. Very, very few see it through. It’s sometimes just the control over their own lives they need, just knowing they have the option if they choose. Until we have walked in their shoes, we really have no clue. 

Reserve judgment for those who do harm to others.

Nikki Marie
We don’t know her life-long medical history from an article written, only what little was published. We don’t know how many doctors she’s seen, how many different medications she’s tried, if she’s changed her diet, if she’s prayed it away everyday, etc. All a lot of you are gathering is “she’s giving up”, “she didn’t try hard enough”, “she should get another opinion”, “she should turn it to Jesus”
I actually am for assisted in-a living. I wish it were legal everywhere in the US so the medical community would stop bleeding people dry when ill and let them gracefully bow out if they wish. The Netherlands saved 8000+ families from possible financial loss, loss
of quality of life, mental health issues due to health problems, etc…the American medical community would have drug those 8000+ families thru the mud financially, given them meds that break down their bodies more rapidly, cause all kinds of mental health decline, etc.
I worked in healthcare for 12 years. Worked closely with hospice patients in both hospital and nursing home settings. Held numerous hands of people that their families never visited, wiped tears away from scared, lonely humans that were dying, consoled patients
in so much pain they couldn’t move, watched mental health documentaries. After suicide 
I’d like to think some of those people would have liked to have had a different choice. 
I’d much rather choose to die with dignity, assisted rather than scared and alone because
I didn’t have the option.

Patricia McMahon Guy
I have battled crippling episodes of depression and anxiety multiple times in my life and
if this option had been available then I would not be here today. I am grateful that this was not an option and that I am still alive and if I get sick again, I truly hope that this would not be a solution that was offered to me. You’re right though …. the provision for mental health is diabolical…drugs, drugs and more drugs that only serve to compound the problem.
I thank God that I came to a saving faith 3 years ago and although I have battled with suicidal depression since then I j ow that the Lord has seen me through these anguished times. I pray that He will do the same for you Christine 🙏🙏🙏

The only time I believe in assisted you know….is when someone is terminal, and they
are starting to really go downhill so it is obviously a correct diagnosis. That is death with dignity and not in awful pain. For mental health, it is no different than making you know attempt. 
I have clinical depression and anxiety and it is hard to treat because some of it stems from brain trauma from having bacterial meningitis at 18 months old, I have always had it to some degree, so I say this with experience.

Because you have precious children who will have a lifetime of even worse pain if
they lose their mother. Life can be very painful. But our children shouldn’t suffer more pain for our comfort or escape from pain. I know people who had family members commit suicide, they’re still suffering, even years or in some cases, decades later.
It isn’t just about pain. It is not wanted to have to be in a diaper and have someone
change it. It is not wanting family to see them deteriorating, wanting them to remember them somewhat healthy. I wouldn’t do it, but I have seen people in that place and can understand why they would want to.

I’m not talking about the old. 
I’m talking about people with terminal illnesses that are showing signs of the end and know their diagnosis is real. When it comes to the elderly there are other things. For instance my grandfather has Alzheimer’s and needed his pacemaker removed and it was decided to just let his time run out as he was already in his mid 80s, and that is different. People with terminal illnesses are so many times able to state their desires and make decisions before it gets to that point.

It should always be an individual’s personal decision.
I’ve seen someone recover from stage 4 terminal cancer who was only given 2-6 months to live. God forbid they took the assisted suicide route and let their bodies deteriorate rather than fight the battle with things known to starve cancer cells and at least give their life a shot. The problem with ever choosing any form of assisted s****** is that it’s taking the will of God out of His hands and into your own. Perhaps the person may die a slow miserable death but they may experience revelations of who He is during that time and have a final lesson in this journey of life. 

To cut that short is to possibly miss that opportunity (to even be saved). Yes, someone should be given some comfort meds if they truly are at the end of life but i’ll never agree with taking a lethal dose of anything because miracles take place every day– including for people suffering mental illness and major health issues.
I’ve seen it, I’ve experienced it. It saddens me that people take that route and could possibly miss out on something miraculous or beautiful… which life and death both truly are… naturally speaking.

Why, sometimes mental illness can be related to a deficiency in a certain vitamin like
B vitamins, personally I’d increase my b vitamins before getting euthanized. M.t.h.f.r mutations are so common and many lack those necessary b vitamins. Not only that, but thanks to our deficient soils we are mineral deficient in general and are suffering from mental health issues due to gut disruptions in pesticides/herbicides/ antibiotics, I would address your gut health for anything mental health/depression/mood disorder related. You would be surprised what a huge difference it makes.

The allopathic system can’t and won’t help you, all they know how to do is poison your body with pHARMaceuticals. Mental health problems typically stem from an unhealthy gut biome. Have you tried changing your diet? You might find adding in fermented foods that have been fermented using natural traditional methods help.

 I’d change my diet and I feel better, I also have increased my B1 intake which actually opens up the receptors in your brain that make you happy. So yeah there’s lots of shit
like trying walking around barefoot in your yard before going to a dr sometimes being grounded by the earth can actually help to and organic and gluten-free help to so yeah
so much more to do before killing yourself there’s a lot more to do drs can’t help with everything. All illness is that of deficiency or toxicity!!!!

Jason Hommel  ·  in 2014, I was having nearly constant suicidal thoughts.
It declined with my first drop of iodine. Other minerals and vitamins greatly help,
as the research I post in my article shows. The Depression/Suicide Awareness Note – RevealingFraud.com

Natural Solutions For Depression & Anxiety – Freedom & Coffee (freedomandcoffee.com)
I think it’s really sad because there is healing… healing is possible, and she didn’t have to die.

This is so sad to see. Life is such a precious gift, there is so much to do here. There are other methods of healing that are not mainstream that could help. Clearing blockages, bioenergetic testing, diet, support groups, etc… life is very hard, I know it’s hard, but you are here for a reason, there is no way to replace you and the impact you have now and the impact you will have in the future. The electrification of the earth will increase episodes of depression

It’s sad they say she’s ‘physically healthy’, because she’s not.
I’ve come to believe most of what we label ‘mental illness’ is actually physical and can be treated. We live in a very toxic world that is impairing the body’s ability to function properly, as the brain, immune, endocrine and digestive systems, in particular, are malfunctioning due to heavy metals, household chemicals, glyphosate, parasites, plastics, etc. Dr Kelly Brogan has helped many people get free. Own Yourself: The Surprising Path beyond Depression, Anxiety, and Fatigue to Reclaiming Your Authenticity, Vitality, and Freedom: Brogan M.D., Kelly: 9781401956851: Amazon.com: Books

Sherri Krum
A lot of nutrients help to rebalance brain chemistry too. Many people are deficient in
a lot of nutrients so it makes it very difficult for their brains and bodies to manage stress.
Might want to look into that option.

Foodgoddess Carr
Used to be we had no options except sick care. Now we have lots of options to heal anything – see my site foodgoddess50.  I recovered from 5 auto immune with no meds
and have no pain. Yes I can Relate – awful

I know people that have taken their lives, they no longer suffer but they will no longer see their kids, family, friends. We all grieve the loss, their pain & suffering and will always bear the guilt that why couldn’t we have helped, No one should suffer and be in pain. 💔😭💔

My soul hurts for all that I do. BUT….
I also know people whom if they had this choice would have in a heartbeat said yes to assisted suicide
Whom luckily didn’t have this choice and thankfully never went through with the alternative even though they tried/wanted too
And now the storm has passed, things look brighter
And they are living a more normal happy life
I love the saying
“If you don’t like your life move!
You are not a tree”
A move can be everything
Yes not always easy
But do something to change your pattern routine
That put you where you are now
They say one can not heal when they become sick
Fresh air, sunshine, back to nature, clean water,
lots of fresh fruit and salads,
lightly steamed veg only if you must cook!

Back to basics, back to nature, & back to real live foods
Life is so worth living
In making this decision there is no chance to see the day when she feels better
It’s devastatingly sad that anyone feels this way
I’m so sorry you too feel this way Christine Berg
Do you have family & friends support?
Unfortunately the system’s way of helping is awful.
Can you get away camping, back to nature, eating just raw whole foods as much fruit & veg as you like when you like and lots of clean water, herbal teas, Fresh air, sun & and having time away from your daily routine.

Tommy Wennerstierna
I’m not a doctor, but I do think in some cases that anyone impacted like this should try
to self study this, and some more. It takes a few weeks to to change things, and if it works,
then that’s a start to resolve it long term: gut microbiome mental health – YouTube

Thoughts? She doesn’t want to suffer anymore.
She sought out help, she didn’t get it, and she’s tired. She wants to rest. I feel her pain more than I can put into words. 😓 I’ve been trying to get psych treatment for three years to NO avail and I am declining more and more each day that passes. I’d consider this if it were an option (IF I didn’t have children). Not because it’s what I’d “want” but because
I’m tired and I can’t find anyone to help. Nobody. Nobody cares… they never do.

I understand and it isn’t a choice I would make.
However, if someone has met very particular criteria and is mentally competent and makes the choice on their own then so be it. We have had it for awhile in Oregon and it doesn’t happen a lot really. While I wouldn’t make that choice. I can understand why someone might want to.

Scripture says judge not lest ye be judged by the same measure. You’re referencing a concept in scripture sorely out of context which I understand but can truly be dangerous. Do you really think Jesus would stand next to her and encourage her to take her own life (with help) and say “go ahead – I don’t judge you” or do you think He would take her into His arms and rescue her from the demonic forces that plague her? I’ve been there. I know what He’d do. He rescued me. And He can do the same for you and could have done the same for her. Satan is a liar and a crafty one. But the Lord is victorious and merciful. And He has already defeated that conniving snake in the grass.

I know sooo many people who have been deep, deep in depression, and even suicidal with multiple failed attempts and have grown and healed past that season in their life and now are incredible happy people with families who love them etc. this just seems heartbreaking… like giving up because you can’t possibly see anything better in the future but that’s what depression does in the moment … seems like a very permanent decision for what could be a “blip” for lack of a better word… in an incredible life when she heals … so hard!

Absolutely. I mean, if God exists, he would be whispering that in her ear to help her not
do it, but it’s going to happen if she wants it to. There’s no stopping someone from doing something they have their mind set on. There’s no wrong way to interfere with God’s will or messages.

She has a choice but that is of her own free will. If Jesus were standing next to her,
He’d do everything he could to stop her. God’s will does not include suicide. Ever.
I hope you don’t believe that for yourself. But from your other comments, I have a bad feeling you’re struggling with demonic forces trying to convince you that what you say is true. It’s absolutely not.
And Jesus loves you. Died for you. And declares victory over your demons and struggles. You are free in Him if you choose to be.
I’ll be praying hard for you. Because I absolutely know what the everyday battle is like.
It’s exhausting but I promise there is life abundant in Christ. 🤍😭   


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Revelation 20:12-15
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done. 14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. 15 If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. (Death- not hell- they die and don’t have an eternal life with God.)

God does judge others lol at least the one in the Bible does and Torah. 
He is the judge and He will send ppl to hell. He tells us not to judge because we are
not the judge, however, we are able to correct and call out sin in love of fellow believers and should call sin sin, can we not just agree to disagree? This is inevitably a debatable topic in this world. Everyone suffers with depression differently, and some of us have massively different opinions. We have to respect each other’s opinions because it’s how people feel. That’s the way it is, it’s not going to change no matter how we disagree with each other.

From what we read in the Bible, we know that committing suicide is a sin.
God calls murder sin (Exodus 20:13) and committing suicide is essentially murdering yourself.
Suicide also dishonors the gift of life that is given by God and bought at a price
(1 Corinthians 6:20).
And yet, in the Bible, we still see some people thinking about ending their own lives.
When Elijah was fleeing from Jezebel, he was overwhelmed by the journey and prayed
that he might die (1 Kings 19:4).
Jonah asked God to take away his life, he was angry towards God’s compassion for the Ninevites (Jonah 4:3).
The apostle Paul described his afflictions to be so great that they caused him to be “despaired of life itself” (2 Corinthians 1:8).
Reading these accounts informs us that the Word of God is not indifferent or ignorant towards those who are struggling with the deepest pain, sorrow, anguish and who are in despair.
It shows us that God can still meet and lead His people in these struggles of life and death.
God comforted and provided for Elijah, and later recommissioned him (1 Kings 19).
God rebuked Jonah and explained His heart for the people in Nineveh (Jonah 4).
And God also taught Paul to rely not on himself but on Him (2 Corinthians 1).

The message is clear: there is hope.
We don’t have to come to the point of ending our own lives.
We simply need to trust God and hold on to Him.
I can only imagine the strong feelings and reaction you’re having here is born from some kind of pain. Yes, people have their free will but that doesn’t make this okay. We call one unloving oneself tragic in every other instance. We mourn and cry. Yet someone assisting someone else in unloving themselves is being defended and that’s even worse.

Boniface Mutunga MuliStephanie Breithe Cara Byers madam there’s even a deeper danger that you don’t see yet⁉️ it’s the hand of the devil trying to kill people easily; and yes we’ve been there too and we prayed and The Lord Got us out of it; suicide whether assisted or individually done is basically a straight ticket to hell and you don’t wanna get there you’d rather stay alive because on the other side there’s no way out or change of mind…AND I NEED YOU TO CHECK THE STATISTICS; MAJORITY OF THEM TRYING THIS ARE NOT BORN AGAIN; FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND SPEAKING WITH OTHER TONGUES‼️AND WATCH OUT, IF ANY OF THEM WITH THIS QUALIFICATIONS EVER GET THERE THEY ARE SIMPLY NOT LIVING A PRAYERFUL LIFE OR THEY HAVE NO PRAYER PARTNERS…‼️
THERE ARE REAL SPIRITUAL ENTITIES CALLED DEVILS THAT WANT HUMAN BEING DEAD BUT BECAUSE THEY CANNOT KILL YOU THEMSELVES‼️THEY KEEP HEARING‼️KILL YOURSELF, KILL YOURSELF, END THE MISERY END THE MISERY AND THEY THINK IT’S THEIR MIND TALKING TO THEM BUT IT’S NOT THEY ARE DEVILS: I’VE CAST OUT SO MANY IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST THE LORD I KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT… IT’S A NEW WORLD ORDER OF DEATH AND HUMAN SACRIFICE…they don’t have to live through it alone; sometimes all it takes is a prayer in the spirit and they’re out.

Boniface Mutunga MuliStephanie Breithe Cara Byers Cassandra Patterson except it’s not her choice; the devil is trying to kill her at an early age of 28yrs; that is extreme depression and it’s satanic…and mama if that’s all it takes to kill your own children what do you think God Forbid the devil would do to them to bring them to that decision⁉️‼️; How Would You Feel If She Was Your Biological Daughter Crying Out To You That she’s So Tormented In Mind She Wishes For Death; Would You Tell Her These Exact Words: “Go Ahead And Kill Yourself Your Body Your Choice”⁉️ THAT’S MODERN DAY SUICIDE PERMISSION PROMOTION IN THE MAKING‼️AND WITH THIS BEING LEGALIZED YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY PEOPLE DEVIL-DOCTOR’S WILL KILL WITH THAT LEGAL LAW ACT‼️do you know how many try to die out of depression in Europe and America and Britain just within a year⁉️the next thing even your very own spouse could write a letter and say you wanted out so he helped you die and maybe you Signed the paper at gunpoint…or under duress…Careful…you don’t sound like a prayerful woman.

Except it’s not her choice; the devil is trying to kill her at an early age of 28yrs; that is extreme depression and it’s satanic…and mama if that’s all it takes to kill your own children what do you think God Forbid the devil would do to them to bring them to that decision⁉️‼️; How Would You Feel If She Was Your Biological Daughter Crying Out To You That she’s So Tormented In Mind She Wishes For Death; Would You Tell Her These Exact Words: “Go Ahead And Kill Yourself Your Body Your Choice”⁉️ 
THAT’S MODERN DAY SUICIDE PERMISSION PROMOTION IN THE MAKING‼️AND WITH THIS BEING LEGALIZED YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY PEOPLE DEVIL-DOCTOR’S WILL KILL WITH THAT LEGAL LAW ACT‼️do you know how many try to die out of depression in Europe and America and Britain just within a year⁉️the next thing even your very own spouse could write a letter and say you wanted out so he helped you die and maybe you Signed the paper at gunpoint…or under duress…Careful…you don’t sound like a prayerful woman.

Mac Taffi
Loving Life is the only treatment necessary. When one’s life is completely devoid of love, and no one cares, when we finally look to God and surrender to Him and His undying love, grace, peace, justice and mercy, we realize that the Kingdom of God is within us and therefore we are never alone. Discernment is a gift. And love becomes not a choice,
but a Presence and a part of consciousness we can all choose to dwell within.
Don’t give up, give in to the Love of God that was with you all along. 💝
Why do you defend euthanizing? I mean we have free will but everything has a consequence and going against the gift of life is something that will affect the soul
in the afterlife. I don’t know why you attacked me but Talk to the hand because
I won’t participate in your negative nelly attitude. 

👋🏼 BTW it’s a rhetorical question, it’s not meant for you to answer bc I won’t read it.
And yes, I’ve had lows, but God Saved Me. 🙏🏼
I’m sorry that my rescue story was so upsetting to you, but I tell it because it’s my testimony, it’s my personal experience with Jesus. And I know that He can save ANYONE should they choose to call His name and ask for help. You’re right, that’s a bold statement. But it’s still true. SOURCE: Physically healthy Dutch woman, 28, decides to be euthanized due to crippling depression (newsbreak.com)

God Bless you and yours. 🤍
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Avoiding the 5 Ps for Longevity

Posted on April 4, 2024 by Ken
The key to a long life is avoiding the ‘poisonous 5 Ps,’
says one of the world’s top anti-aging experts
Story by Alexa Mikhail 

Long before Bryan Johnson became famous for his extreme biohacking—undergoing countless tests, following strict eating habits, and taking dozens of supplements in the name of living forever—Valter Longo – Search Videos (bing.com) was obsessed with longevity. 

In a recent profile of the scientist in the New York Times, Longo, who is a professor
of gerontology and director of the USC Longevity Institute in California, says he wants
to live 120 to 130 healthy years. His drive for longevity aligns with a growing interest in extending health span, the number of years lived free of disease, as opposed to life span—which refers to the number of years lived.  Bing Videos

Italian lifestyle has long been considered the gold standard for longevity, with the focus
on the Mediterranean diet, walkability, and community. Sardinia, Italy is one of the five original Blue Zones—where people live the longest, healthiest lives. Lessons from the residents of Sardinia were the focus of one of the episodes of Dan Buettner’s recent Netflix  documentary, Living to 100.

Longo, who was born and raised in Italy, points out that today,
“Almost nobody in Italy eats the Mediterranean diet.” 
Italy’s youth are facing obesity because of what Longo calls the “poisonous five Ps — pizza, pasta, protein, potatoes and pane (or bread),” Horowitz writes.  Longo fears Italians will live long but not healthyfully if this pattern continues to dominate the culture. 

Dying for a Pizza? The Worst Foods for Your Heart
Of course, the occasional pizza or burger won’t immediately raise your chances of having
a heart attack. However, if you know that you’re eating these types of foods too often, it could be time to review your eating habits.
Over 2,000 US citizens die from heart disease every day. The sad fact is that
many of those deaths could have been avoided, had the individual eaten a healthier diet.
Many cases of heart disease, stroke and heart attack are related to poor eating habits. While there’s no problem having the odd blow-out in a restaurant, if you’re eating the wrong things on a regular basis, it will take its toll on your body.
Here’s a brief guide to the foods you should be avoiding if you want your heart to remain healthy.
The Worst Foods for Your Heart

1. Processed meats. It’s always tempting to pop a hotdog on the BBQ or indulge in a bacon bap in the morning. However, processed meats are often bad news for our hearts. They’re full of sodium and higher in saturated fat, which officially makes them a food to steer clear of. They’ve also been linked to diabetes and even pancreatic cancer.
2. Fizzy beverages. A can of Sprite or Coke can provide the perfect pick-me-up when you’re low on energy. There’s a reason for this… it’s full of sugar! This causes your blood sugar to spike, and it can also contribute to obesity, one of the leading causes of heart disease. In fact, according to a 2012 study, just one can of full-fat fizzy drinks a day can increase a man’s chances of having a heart attack by 20%.
3. Trans fats. Trans fats are cheap to make, which makes them popular with the food industry. However, food cooked using trans fats is not beneficial to our hearts. They raise levels of ‘bad’ cholesterol in the body, leaving you more vulnerable to heart attack.

How to reverse it? 
Longo, author of The Longevity Diet says, eating a sensible diet is a way to prolong your life and is a proponent of the original Mediterranean diet which consists of plant-based foods and nuts. He has his own recipes for longevity on his website, which include sweet and sour sardines, stuffed artichokes, cabbage patties, and onions in walnut sauce. 
He also champions another relatively new concept in the space—faux fasting or a fasting-mimicking diet. This refers to limiting food intake, which is supposed to help the body reap the benefits of fasting without fully abstaining from food. According to Longo’s website, the protocol includes a diet low in carbohydrates and protein and high in fatty acids. 

“The Fasting Mimicking Diet patented recipe allows your body to remain in a fasting like mode, which triggers a set of protectionist measures that the body has developed during natural selection,” his site reads. “This allows the body to optimize its performance, rejuvenate its cells, and thrive under demanding circumstances.”
 Research has found both benefits and drawbacks to intermittent fasting, but its continued popularity demonstrates the lengths people will go to with the hope of extending their lives.

Does Fasting Have Mental Health Benefits?
Some evidence shows it may help boost mood and stave off anxiety.
Published on March 30, 2024
By Wendy Wisner 

 Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
Fasting seems to be a bit of a health craze these days, with proponents of it guaranteeing all kinds of results, from quick weight loss to boost mental clarity. Here’s the thing: there’s actually some solid evidence that intermittent fasting as a dietary intervention has health benefits, including reductions in body weight, cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood pressure.1 The question is: can fasting have positive effects on our mental health?

While there is some preliminary research linking fasting to improved moods, vitality, decreased irritability, lowered stress and even a reduction in depression and anxiety, there are other studies that show that short-term fasting can increase depression, anxiety, anger and irritability. The available research is relatively new and based on small sample sizes.2

Still, many people who’ve tried it report that fasting often gives their mental health a needed boost. Let’s take a closer look at the mental health effects of fasting, including benefits, risks, and how to do it, along with some expert guidance along the way.

 Feel Good Foods: The Diet-Brain Connection

What Is Fasting, Exactly?
First, it’s helpful to understand what fasting is. Fasting as a mindful dietary choice isn’t all about arbitrarily skipping meals or going without food for days on end. People who fast for health and well being do so deliberately, following one of several methods.

The most common type of fasting is intermittent fasting, which may take several different forms. Many people who practice intermittent fasting go for 12-18 hours each day without eating, and also have a 6-12 hour period where they do eat.

This eating period generally takes place in the daytime hours, and most of the fasting period takes place at night. For many people, intermittent fasting simply means skipping breakfast or having mealtime end early in the evening, along with no nighttime snacking.3

Another type of intermittent fasting involves fasting for longer periods, but only doing so several days a week. For example, in alternate-day fasting, people restrict their calories by about 25%, but only do this every other day, and eat normally on the other days. Other similar plans include the 5:2 plan, which is where you fast (or reduce calories significantly) two days a week but eat normally on the other days.2

 The Experts Agree: What You Eat Can Directly Impact Stress and Anxiety

Effects of Fasting on Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being
So, does fasting have any positive effects on mental health and emotional well being?

From what we know right now, it’s a bit of a mixed bag, says Clifford Feldman, MD, psychiatrist and medical director at Solace Treatment Center. “Fasting can have a variety of effects on mental health, depending on the length of the fast, the frequency of fasting, and an individual’s overall health and lifestyle,” Dr. Feldman.

As Dr. Feldman notes, there’s some research pointing to the fact that short term fasting can sometimes actually increase symptoms of depression, anxiety, anger, irritability, and stress. “However, some studies indicate that, with proper management, fasting can improve mood and emotional well-being in certain situations,” Dr. Feldman says.2

Ila Dayananda, MD, MPH, OB-GYN and chief medical officer of Oula Health,
agrees that fasting can have a positive effect on mental health, but it varies
from one person to another.

Fasting can have positive and negative impacts on mental health, depending
on such factors as individual health status, duration of fasting, and frequency.
— ILA DAYANANDA, MD, MPH, OB-GYN

Dr. Dayananda says that the benefits may vary based on what type of fasting you do. Shorter fasting periods “may improve mental clarity and focus for some individuals,”
she says. At the same time, “prolonged or extreme fasting may contribute to mood disturbances and cognitive impairments,” Dr. Dayananda  notes.

 Why Am I So Angry?

Fasting and Brain Function
There’s some pretty fascinating info out there about how putting your body in a fasting state can affect the brain—and in turn, how this might affect mental health.

Fasting affects brain function in a few different ways, Dr. Feldman says. It has been linked to neurogenesis or the development of new neurons, which can improve brain health and cognitive function.4

Additionally, fasting increases something known as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). BDNF is important for learning, memory, and mood regulation, Dr. Feldman says.

Together, these brain changes “may contribute to improved cognitive performance and resilience to stress and depression,” he says.5
Fasting impacts brain function via various mechanisms, says Dr. Dayananda, including “changes in neurotransmitter levels, alterations in energy metabolism, and activation of cellular repair processes such as autophagy,” she describes. “By promoting ketone production, fasting provides an alternative energy source for the brain, which may enhance cognitive function and protect against neurodegenerative diseases.”3

Finally, fasting triggers cellular stress responses, and these responses “activate
adaptive pathways, increasing neuronal resilience and improving overall brain health,”
Dr. Dayananda explains.6

 Negative Effects of Sugar on the Brain

Fasting and Mental Disorders
It’s clear that fasting can be helpful for certain folks in terms of improving mood and boosting cognition, but can it improve specific mental health disorders?

This is also an area where research is still new and not entirely conclusive. Ozan Toy, MD, psychiatrist and chief medical Officer at Telapsychiatry, says that fasting definitely has specific mental health benefits and may be able to improve some of the symptoms of mental health issues such as anxiety, stress, mood, and cognition in some individuals.

But when it comes to specific disorders, research is not robust enough yet. “Fasting is being researched to help treat mood and other disorders, but there is not enough evidence to support this as a treatment yet,” Dr. Toy says.
Indeed, a 2021 systematic review and meta-analysis found that fasting could relieve some of the symptoms of anxiety and depression, but the study researchers warned that there were several caveats to keep in mind, including that the studies were only preliminary and that no studies were conducted specifically in psychiatric populations.3   

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Berthelot E, Etchecopar-Etchart D, Thellier D, et al. 

Fasting Interventions for Stress, Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients. 2021;13(11):3947. doi:10.3390/nu13113947

As Dr. Feldman notes, there’s been research on the practice of fasting during Ramadan,
a religious Muslim holiday marked by a month of fasting. A 2023 study linked Ramadan fasting to reduced interpersonal sensitivity and phobic anxiety, for example. However it is also important to note that some research has found that fasting during Ramadan was associated with a higher recurrence rate in patients with bipolar disorder.7

These advantages could stem from the sense of accomplishment and self-discipline that fasting fosters, as well as physiological changes that occur during fasting, such as changes in brain chemistry that can improve mood and stress resilience.
— CLIFFORD FELDMAN, MD

Again, though, at this time fasting is not prescribed by doctors or psychiatrists as a method of addressing mental health disorders like phobias, anxiety, depression, or any other mood disturbances.

 What Is the Cotton Ball Diet?

Practical Tips for Safely Fasting
While fasting isn’t for everyone—and anyone who is interested in trying it should check with a healthcare professional first—it does show some promise in terms of helping with mood, mental clarity, and emotional well being for some people.

Getting started with fasting can feel confusing and overwhelming, which is another reason why it makes sense to seek guidance from a healthcare professional or dietician before trying it. It’s important that you stay hydrated while fasting and that you stop immediately if you show signs of disorientation, confusion, feelings of dizziness, faintness or the new onset of any physical or mental symptoms.1

Dr. Dayananda shared her top tips for newbies starting to fast:
Start slow, trying gradual restrictions and fasting/eating windows.

Once you get the hang of it, try to stay consistent in terms of the windows you choose
Pay attention to what you eat in your eating window, focusing on nutrient-rich food that will sustain and energize you
Be patient with yourself as you transition toward longer fasting windows.

Remember that it takes time for the body to adapt
Keep in mind that everyone is different and it’s up to each of us to decide what works
best for our body, in terms of how long to fast, what type of fasting to try, and whether
to continue fasting at all

 Foods to Help Fight Depression

Risks of Fasting
While fasting—especially the less extreme version of fasting,
such as intermittent fasting—is generally safe, it’s not for everyone.

“People with certain medical conditions such as diabetes could run into problems associated with hypoglycemia that could have serious consequences,” Dr. Toy says. “Furthermore if someone is suffering from an eating disorder, fasting could also be a risky intervention in this patient population as well.”1

Dr. Dayananda doesn’t recommend fasting to certain groups, like pregnant women and children. “Pregnant women, for example, need to be selective and thorough about their nutritional needs as they eat and drink for two,” she says. “Asking them to fast while pregnant could be uncomfortable or, at worst, dangerous, and therefore not worth the risk.”1

Additionally, as Dr. Feldman emphasizes, anyone experiencing an acute mental health crisis should not turn to fasting as a solution. “Fasting without proper guidance or consideration of one’s health status can result in dehydration, nutrient deficiencies, worsening of mental health symptoms, and disrupted sleep patterns,” he says.

 How to Avoid Emotional Stress During Pregnancy

The Bottom Line
While it’s clear that fasting has several potential health benefits, including lowered glucose, blood pressure, cholesterol, and the ability to help maintain a healthy weight, it’s less clear how it impacts mental health.1

There is some preliminary evidence that fasting can improve mood, enhance mental clarity, lower stress, reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. But we are not at a place yet where mental health professionals are recommending fasting as a treatment for mental health issues.2

At the same time, many people have found fasting to be beneficial for their mental health and overall well being. For most of us, there’s no harm in trying fasting, especially if eased into gradually, with a focus on nutrient dense food during eating windows. Still, pregnant folks, children, people with a history of eating disorders, and people with certain underlying medical conditions shouldn’t fast.1

If you have questions about whether fasting is right for you, don’t hesitate to reach out to your healthcare provider.

 What Is Cibophobia (Food Phobia)?

For more on how to live longer:

9 longevity experts share their best advice for creating healthy habits that can help you age well
Wealthy men are spending millions to lower their biological ages and live longer. These women are lowering their biological age with cheaper solutions
The longevity secrets of Singapore, the 6th blue zone city where people are living the longest, happiest lives
The strict anti-aging routine of a 45-year-old CEO who spends millions a year to be 18 again—from diet to exercise
How To Live To Be 100. Full Series (youtube.com)

What’s the secret of the oldest people? Why did their biological clocks slow down?
Our unique round-the-world expedition travelled to study the questions of longevity.
Our goal was to explore the territories where people live longer-than-average lives in order to draft a rulebook of a centenarian. We ask some of the oldest people in the world the question everyone wants answered: how to live to 100 years old. 00:00 – Japan 42:55 – USA 1:26:54 – Russia 2:14:04 – The Caucasus 2:58:40 – Italy 3:42:59 – Greece 4:30:06 – Cuba 5:16:21 – Costa Rica

This story was originally featured on Fortune.com
The key to a long life is avoiding the ‘poisonous 5 Ps,’
says one of the world’s top anti-aging experts (msn.com)
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Florida is For Illegals

Posted on April 3, 2024 by Ken
Joe Biden doesn’t care if his policies hurt the Average Joe (msn.com)

Recent data from the Center for Immigration.
 Studies suggest that about 90% of the roughly 386,000 illegal immigrants that have been flown into the United States under the Biden administration’s parole program for illegal immigrants from certain countries have been admitted to the country at ports of entry in Florida and Texas.

The data provided by the Center for Immigration Studies shows that a large majority of
the 386,000 illegal immigrants documented as part of the Biden administration’s parole program have scheduled appointments to be arrested, to apply for asylum in the United States, and to be granted entrance to the country in Florida and Texas. Both states have strongly opposed the Biden administration’s border policies and have taken measures to reduce illegal immigration.  

The Center for Immigration Studies explained that the data obtained from U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows that “initial landings” of illegal immigrants have been heavily concentrated in Florida and Texas; however, the “final destinations” of the illegal immigrants may be other states.
The Post Millennial reported that both Florida and Texas have transported large numbers of illegal immigrants to other states.

“This early evidence suggests that a great many of these inadmissible alien passengers, probably a majority, also initially land at international airports in Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’s Florida,” the Center for Immigration Studies stated. “In fact, Florida turns out to be the top landing and U.S. customs processing zone for this direct-flights parole-and-release program, tallying at nearly 326,000 of the initial arrivals from inception through February.”

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READ MORE: 320,000 illegal immigrants flown into US by Biden admin: Report
The Biden administration’s program referenced in the Center for Immigration Studies’ data allows as many as “30,000 individuals” each month from Haiti, Cuba, Venezuela,
and Nicaragua to enter the United States.

The Post Millennial reported that the exact number of illegal immigrants being flown into the United States by the Biden administration to other locations has not yet been released; however, the data provided by the Center for Immigration Studies shows that approximately 326,000 have been flown to Miami, Florida, while 22,000 have been flown to Houston, Texas.

“Prior to program implementation in 2023, the [Miami] field office logged 4,607 customs officer encounters of the nine nationalities in FY 2021 and 3,508 in FY 2022,” the Center for Immigration Studies noted. “But from that 3,508 in fiscal 2022, the office logged a hair-raising spike to 186,722 in FY 2023 for the nine nationalities, most of them Cubans, Haitians, Venezuelans, and Nicaraguans.”

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This is what you see in war.

In Biden’s campaign he urged people in other countries to “surge” the US southern border. When the Biden Administration occupied the White House, they completely opened our borders, and the US Border Patrol became the welcoming committee. 

President Biden’s campaign manager has insisted that the chief executive is not talking “about shutting down the border” — despite Biden’s past overtures to Republicans about doing exactly that. Julie Chavez Rodriguez told the Washington Post in a profile published this week that “the president doesn’t talk about shutting down the border” and is “not advocating for shutting down the border.”

Earlier this year, however, while seeking to corral Republicans into backing a bipartisan Senate supplemental spending bill that included money for border security, Biden, 81, suggested that he would crack down on migration across the US-Mexico frontier.
“It’ll give me as president, the emergency authority to shut down the border until
it could get back under control,” Biden said back in January about the proposal. 

“If that bill were the law today, I’d shut down the border right now and fix it quickly.”
Republicans have long pummeled Biden for the record-breaking levels of migration into the US during his administration. Polls have shown Biden underwater with most of the public on border security and illegal immigration.
“Under Crooked Joe Biden, every state is now a border state. Every town is now a border town,” former President Donald Trump, 77, bellowed during a campaign speech in Michigan Tuesday.

Back in March, Biden caused a stir among progressives by referring to the suspected murderer of 22-year-old Georgia medical student Laken Riley as an “illegal” during an off-the-cuff retort at his State of the Union address.
The president later suggested that he regretted using that word, but a spokesperson later claimed that Biden “absolutely did not apologize” for that.

Chavez Rodriguez is the first Latina to run the re-election campaign of a sitting president and is the daughter of the famed labor leader Cesar Chavez. “What people want to see is order and humanity in our immigration system,” she told the Washington Post. Early on in his presidency, Biden crowed about ripping up and rolling back a bevy of Trump’s past executive orders on immigration.

Recently, his administration has reportedly been contemplating significant executive action on the border amid the ongoing crisis. Thus far in fiscal year 2024, there have been 1.15 million encounters at the US-Mexico border, according to the most recent data from US Customs and Border Protection, more than at this point last year, which saw a record-breaking 2.48 million encounters.

This video below shows. 
The US Open Borders = Destruction of America!! What you Need to Know (rumble.com)
How the US State Department posted fliers and posters in South America, inviting them to come to the United States. The Biden Administration and our Government is taking orders from the United Nations and funding NGO’s which are working with the Cartels on both sides of the border. It is government funded human smuggling and trafficking. 

This video shows how the cartels sell trafficking packages to the Mexico side of the US Border. Millions of people have illegally crossed our borders and there is chaos as mass illegal entries are happening 24-hours a day. The US cannot sustain this as America is on the verge of completely collapsing in the near future.

 Illegal migrants are bringing in infectious diseases that America had eradicated long ago and are committing felony crimes in America. Yet, the Biden Administration refuses to acknowledge and/or take any accountability for this whatsoever!

You send your army to confront your enemy and Democrats see republicans as their enemy. It’s called illegals getting to vote. So red states turn blue. The definition of fraud and election interference at the same time. It’s called illegals getting to vote. This is no longer simply political, it’s a civil war between reps and Democrats and Democrats want complete and total control.

The government of the United States has become an evil cesspool of self-gratification.
It has turned its back on God, the patriots that served and died to acquire its freedoms
and the citizens that dwell within its realm. Also, to the citizens to whom it took an oath
“Under God” to protect. To those with honor?! I say phalanx in the armor of God! ⚒️

🚨ATTENTION🚨

They’re laughing at our pain. They’re laughing as we go broke. They’re laughing as our women are raped in the streets by illegals. They’re laughing as we can’t buy groceries. They’re laughing as we can’t get quality medical care.

They’re laughing as our borders are invaded.
They’re laughing as a slain officer is being laid to rest a few blocks away. They’re laughing now, but when Trump gets back in, they won’t be laughing. And I pray the retribution is beyond anything they’d ever imagine.

These three traitors to our country have a combined net worth of over a trillion dollar.
All three have committed treason and are still free plotting to do more damage to our country.

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These 3 evil monsters need to be jailed and sentenced in life hell!!

All three of them have Committed Several Acts of TREASON!
Send Our Military after them and arrest them for such!
These Three Are Anti-American Marxist Trash 🗑️
Why wait until President Trump’s return.

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Butler Co. Ohio sheriff addresses what he learned at conference.
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EVERY STATE IS A BORDER STATE …. BIDEN OPENED THE GATES OF HELL ..
And LAKEN RILEY WAS MURDERED BY AN ILLEGAL ALIEN …!!!
Listen to “THE WALLS CAME DOWN” by THE CALL. – Search (bing.com)
Biden has blood on his hands.  illegalaliencrimereport.com

The people will be laughing when they are convicted in tribunal.
The people will be laughing when they are marched to the gallows.
The people will be laughing when they stop swinging.
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Know the Science of C.oil

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Ken
Can Cbd Oil Be Produced From Female Plants (2024) – CBD Oil Benefits (thecbdoilbenefits.com)

How Much CBD Oil from One Plant?
One of the most commonly asked questions from any potential hemp farmer is how much CBD oil you’re going to get out of a single hemp plant. It makes it a lot easier to know how much CBD oil you’re going to get depending on how many hemp plants you have growing.

However, it’s not the easiest question to answer, but we’ll do our best!
Another factor that you need to consider is your extraction method. Depending on what type of extraction process you use, you may get more or less CBD oil at the end of your harvest.

Certainly! When it comes to extracting CBD oil, female hemp plants are the key players. Here’s why:
Female Plants Flower: Only female hemp plants produce flowers, and these flowers contain the highest amounts of CBD. The flower is the richest source of cannabinoids
like CBD 123.

Cost-Effective Extraction:
By focusing on female plants, you optimize your CBD yield.
Male plants do not produce flowers, so growing only females
ensures you’re maximizing your investment in terms of CBD production.
Strain Selection: It’s essential to choose a hemp strain specifically designed for
CBD production. Industrial hemp, which is typically farmed for fiber or oil content,
may not yield as much CBD as strains bred for cannabinoid-rich flowers.
In summary, if you’re cultivating hemp for CBD oil, stick to female plants—

they’re the ones that will blossom with CBD goodness! 🌿🌸

How Much CBD Oil Can Be Extracted from a Hemp Plant?
The average amount of CBD oil you can expect from one hemp plant is approximately one pound of unrefined CBD oil or crude CBD oil. This oil can then be further refined or even distilled into different products.
If you planted approximately one acre of hemp plants, you could expect to yield about 1,500 pounds of hemp flower and then extract about 200 pounds of crude hemp oil with an average price of $300 per kilogram. Based on average returns for 2020, you could earn approximately $27,300 from an acre of hemp.

Depending on what the end product is, the amount of CBD oil you extract will decrease. For example, if you’re producing CBD isolate, you would get a yield of approximately 140 pounds per acre, or broad-spectrum CBD distillate, you’d get about 160 pounds per acre.
If you just want crude oil, you’ll end up with a more finished product, but the price will be lower than more refined CBD oil products.

Amount of Hemp Plants Per Acre
When you grow hemp plants for the purpose of extracting CBD oil, you only need female plants. Only the female plants flower and the hemp flowers and trichomes contain the highest amounts of CBD, making it the most cost-effective way to extract CBD. If you’re growing hemp plants for CBD oil, you could plant approximately 2,500 hemp plants per acre.
However, all of these numbers are only estimations. There are a variety of different factors which can all influence how many hemp plants you can plant per acre and also how much CBD oil you’ll get from your processed hemp plants.

Some of these factors include:
The quality of the plant, including the quality of hemp seeds
you use and also the length of your cultivation cycle.
What type of extraction method you choose to use
(hydrocarbon, carbon dioxide, or ethanol).
The efficiency of your operations, including your processes,
soils, farming methods, and staff experience.
As your hemp business grows and you become more efficient, you’ll most likely be able to dramatically increase your production and productivity as you become more familiar with the process of growing and processing hemp for CBD oil.

How Much CBD Oil From One Plant? – Conclusion
If you’ve been considering growing hemp and you’re looking for premium hemp seeds, then look no further than Liquid Mellow. We stock a wide variety of different hemp seeds, perfect for anyone that’s considering getting into commercial hemp farming. If you have any questions about what the right type of hemp seeds are for you, our professional and friendly team will only be so happy to help.

How to Extract CBD Oil: Different Methods That Works Best
Written by Nina Julia | Last updated: November 14, 2023

CBD can be extracted with a few different methods.
Wondering how your CBD oils are made? You’ve come to the right place.
CBD extraction is an advanced process that requires many skills and high-tech equipment to yield clean and potent products. Without extraction, the CBD space would revolve around hemp flowers, limiting diversity in the cannabis industry to a great extent.

Can you imagine the cannabis market without oils,
gummies, vapes, capsules, and topicals?
Neither can we.
Today, we’ll elaborate on how to extract CBD from hemp plants, compare different extraction methods, touch down on their pros and cons — and pick the best technology
for making safe CBD oils on a broad scale.

How Is CBD Extracted?
CBD can be extracted from cannabis plants,
meaning you can use both hemp and marijuana for extraction.
The source of CBD determines the chemical profile of the end product and has a profound impact on its legality.
Hemp-derived CBD oils have less than 0.3% of THC and thus can’t get the user high. The lack of intoxicating effects makes hemp plants and their derivatives legal on a federal level. You can buy them in all 50 states without a prescription.
Marijuana, on the other hand, comes with significant concentrations of THC — usually upwards of 10% — which is enough to induce intoxication. The federal law still holds THC on the list of controlled substances, making marijuana illegal on a federal level. Individual states can interpret these laws independently; so far, 16 states have fully legalized marijuana, while 48 states have some sort of a medical marijuana program.

As mentioned, there are several ways to extract CBD from hemp.
Let’s start with the golden standard — CO2 extraction.

CO2 Extraction
CO2 behaves like a gas; however,
this can be easily changed when you use different pressure levels and temperatures.
CO2 extraction yields optimal results in terms of the product’s potency and preserved phytochemical profile. When the temperature of CO2 gets below -69 F, with pressure levels above 75 PSI, it turns into a supercritical state.
Supercritical CO2 can fill an extraction chamber where the plant material is contained, being just the perfect solvent. It results in a clean product with consistent concentrations of CBD and terpenes throughout the batches.
The carbon dioxide efficiently pulls the desired compounds by breaking up the trichomes in the extraction vessel, leaving away insoluble molecules.
Then the manufacturer uses a separator and splits the extract into individual compounds. Once there, CBD and other cannabinoids, terpenes, and flavonoids are sent back to the collection container. Meanwhile, CO2 leaves the extraction chamber condensed into a liquid form and transferred to a special storage tank for future operations.

CO2 Extraction Equipment
The CO2 extraction equipment includes multi-chamber machines that use special pumps forcing supercritical CO2 into the extraction vessel where it interacts with the plant and breaks the trichomes, dissolving part of the plant material. These machines are costly; they usually cost around $150,000, which is the main reason why CO2-extracted CBD oils are more expensive than products obtained with other solvents, such as alcohol.

Ethanol Extraction
Ethanol extraction is one of the least expensive methods to extract CBD from hemp. Alcohol is generally considered safe, although purging it from the final product requires caution and precision on the manufacturer’s part; otherwise, it can trigger explosions.
Alcohol extraction requires soaking the hemp plant in ethanol. The liquid will run through the plant matter, stripping it from the valuable compounds along with chlorophyll.
Once the solvent has gathered enough cannabinoids and terpenes, the liquid is strained and then heated in a special dish. After evaporation, the extract is suspended in a carrier oil
to thin it down and improve its bioavailability. Just keep in mind ethanol is highly flammable, and you should never extract CBD this way at home unless you can ensure the necessary safety measures.

Ethanol Extraction Equipment
Ethanol extraction is usually employed by small-scale manufacturers because it doesn’t involve such heavy financial investments as CO2 extraction. Ethanol extraction equipment involves a professional decarboxylator, large storage tanks where the plant matter can soak in alcohol, industrial strainers, a gentle heating machine, and storage containers that will contain the extracts before they are infused into the carrier oil and bottled up.
Let’s compare the efficacy and safety of both extraction methods.

CO2 vs. Ethanol Extraction
Ethanol is called a “polar” solvent, and as such, it will be more hydrotropic,
meaning it will attach to more water-soluble compounds like chlorophyll.
Consequently, the final product is also generally less potent and pure —
requiring more post-labor than CO2 extraction.
People advocating for ethanol extraction usually argue these downsides can be avoided using very cold temperatures below -5F. While this is true, the process becomes more time-consuming and less efficient if the manufacturer wants to scale up its operations.
Properly performed CO2 extraction can still maintain many of the plant’s phytonutrients, not to mention that it can continuously yield potent products.

close-up image of a hand with rubber gloves holding a glass flask with CBD oil extracts in chemical laboratory

Other Ways to Extract CBD
The idea behind CBD extraction is to pull the desired phytochemicals from the plant matter and transform it into a viscous liquid full of cannabinoids, terpenes, flavonoids, fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals.
Although CO2 and ethanol are the most popular solvents, they aren’t the only ones.
As mentioned, there are several ways to capture these valuable compounds, including:
Dry Ice Extraction
Hydrocarbon Extraction
Vegetable Oil Extraction
Food Grain Alcohol Extraction

Dry Ice Extraction
The dry ice method is one of the best ways to extract CBD at home.
However, it requires more time than CO2 extraction or organic solvent extraction.
The dry ice strips CBD and other phytonutrients from the plant material. It’s a relatively inexpensive method of making high-quality CBD hash without using aggressive solvents.
Solventless extraction always produces cleaner extracts than solvent-based methods —
not to mention that using dry ice brings a lot of fun to home extraction.

How to Extract CBD Using Dry Ice
Equipment:
3 lbs of dry ice
A large mirror or plexiglass sheet
Heat-resistant gloves
I goggles
A putty knife
A clean 5-gallon bucket
3 bags of bubble hash mesh (73, 160, and 220 microns)
3 large jars with lids

Dry Ice Extraction (Step-by-Step)
Put on the gloves and goggles.
Next, grind your CBD buds into smaller pieces and place them in the bucket.
Cover the CBD buds with dry ice, leaving them there for 3 minutes.
Make sure you only fill the bucket halfway. Doing so will freeze the resin so the trichomes can be separated from the plant material and transferred to the special mesh bags.
Fold each bag over the bucket with your CBD and dry ice, and shake it several times to cause the trichomes to fall off from the plant.
Turn the container upside down on the mirror and continue shaking to collect as much of the resin as possible. Once you’ve gathered the hash of the mirror, you can place it in one of the jars. Do the same with the remaining bags and be proud of your homemade dry-ice CBD hash.

Hydrocarbon Extraction
Hydrocarbon compounds include substances like propane, butane, and hexane.
These solvents are relatively inexpensive, but they’re difficult to purge from the end product and thus can leave toxic residue at the bottom of the extract.
Hydrocarbon extraction requires soaking the hemp plant in the solvent.
The liquid runs through the biomass, pulling the cannabinoids and terpenes
from the flower along with water-soluble compounds such as chlorophyll.
Once the solvent has extracted enough phytochemicals, it is heated in a
special dish to evaporate it and create a thick liquid.

Vegetable Oil Extraction
CBD can be easily extracted at home using vegetable cooking oils. These oils act as solvents, but the whole process follows similar rules as all other extraction methods.
Any common cooking oil can be used for this kind of extraction, including:
Butter/ghee
Coconut oil
Hemp seed oil
Argan oil
MCT oil
Sunflower oil
Sweet almond oil
Olive oil

If you want to extract CBD for homemade edibles, it’s best to go with a product with
the highest amount of saturated fats, as they significantly improve the bioavailability of cannabinoids. People typically choose butter and coconut oil for cooking with CBD, while for salves and creams, argan oil and sweet almond oil are the most common choices.

How to Extract CBD with Cooking Oils
Cooking oil extraction is pretty straightforward. First, you need to decarboxylate your dried CBD in the oven. Set up the heat at 250 F and bake the flowers for 30-60 minutes, depending on how dry they are.
Then you combine the decarbed herb with the oil in a saucepan or slow cooker and slowly heat the mixture to gently simmers. Maintain the low heat and keep the CBD infusion for up to 2 hours. Once done, strain the liquid from the plant matter and place it in a glass jar. You can keep it in a fridge for up to 6 weeks.

Why Is Decarboxylation Important for CBD Extraction?
Most CBD products are decarboxylated, which involves heating
the CBD buds to transform the acidic precursor of CBD into its active version.
If you’ve ever cooked something with cannabis, you should know the process very well.
Decarboxylation, also known as decarbing, removes an extra carboxyl group from CBDA (the acid form of CBD), allowing it to interact with the endocannabinoid system immediately.
If you see a CBD product labeled as “raw,” it means it hasn’t been decarboxylated.

Final Thoughts: What’s the Best Way to Extract CBD?
Knowing how CBD is extracted allows you to evaluate the efficacy of different products based on the solvents used in the process. 
People have been extracting cannabinoids from cannabis plants for hundreds,
if not thousands of years, to use them for therapeutic purposes.
Thanks to the current scientific breakthroughs, we can enjoy a wide range
of cannabinoid-based extracts with a lot to offer in terms of their therapeutic properties.
Some extraction methods are superior to others when it comes to broad-scale manufacturing. CO2 extraction is currently the golden standard because it yields the purest products without bringing water-soluble compounds such as chlorophyll.
It does, however, require higher costs when it comes to equipment and lab workers, which is why some manufacturers turn to ethanol as their go-to solvent.
If you want to perform CBD extraction at home, you can either go with a solvent-based method — using cooking oils, grape seed oil, food grain alcohol or Everclear — or take a solventless approach and use dry ice to capture the desired compounds into DIY CBD hash.  What Are Cannabis Trichomes And What’s Their Importance (msn.com)


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Nina created CFAH.org following the birth of her second child. She was a science and math teacher for 6 years prior to becoming a parent — teaching in schools in White Plains, New York and later in Paterson, New Jersey.
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Facts about Jesus Christ

Posted on March 31, 2024 by Ken
The Timeline: Jesus on the Cross – Search (bing.com)

The introduction to the debate on the question Jesus: Man, Myth or Messiah? was sponsored by the Apologetics Research Society (ARS) as part of its 2009 International Christian Evidence Conference. Houston Baptist University was also the venue for this cordial but spirited debate.

. Douglas Jacoby argued in the affirmative. The Historical Jesus and the Christ of Faith
are one and the same. Self-styled Christian atheist Robert Price claimed that the New Testament picture of Jesus is legendary, paralleled by myths in other ancient religions.
An irony of the debate is that Douglas Jacoby received his Masters in Theological Studies in New Testament from (liberal) Harvard Divinity School, while Robert Price received his Masters in Theological Studies in New Testament from (conservative) Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
Both speakers have doctorates from Drew University. You will find the exchange both engaging and enlightening. It will build your faith in the reliability of the Bible and in Jesus Christ. For additional debates, books, audio and video instruction, visit our website. Apologetics Research Society (ARS) – Search (bing.com)
 Prayer With DR. DOUGLAS JACOBY  is an international Christian speaker and writer, and has lectured in nearly 90 nations. Among his books are Genesis, Science and History, Shining like Stars, The Quiver, and Jesus and Islam. He is principal instructor in the Athens Institute of Ministry.
His interests include cosmology, biology, world religions, and ancient languages.
Dr. Jacoby holds degrees from Duke, Harvard, and Drew.
His websites are douglasjacoby.com and jacobypremium.com.

✌Jesus is one of the most influential and controversial figures in human history. He is revered by billions of Christians as the Son of God and the Savior of the world, but he is also questioned by many others who doubt his divinity and his historical existence. Who was Jesus, really? What do we know about his life, his teachings, and his death? And what does his name mean?
The name Jesus is derived from the Greek Iēsous, which is a rendering of the Hebrew name Yehoshua or Yeshua. This name was not uncommon in Judea at the time of Jesus’ birth, and it means “God (Yahweh) is salvation” or “God saves”. The name is linked to the verb meaning “to deliver; to rescue” and the noun “salvation”. This etymology is deeply rooted in the Semitic languages, where the root y-š-ʕ signifies “to deliver; to rescue”.

The term “salvation” has a rich history as well. It originated around 1200, and it initially held a Christian connotation, signifying “the saving of the soul, deliverance from the power of sin and admission to eternal bliss’ ‘. It was derived from the Old French ‘salvaciun’ and directly from Late Latin ‘salvationem’, a Church Latin translation of Greek ‘soteria’, a noun of action from the past-participle stem of ‘salvare’, meaning “to save”.

Jesus, also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the central figure
of Christianity, the world’s largest religion.
Most Christians believe Jesus to be the incarnation of God the Son and
the awaited Jewish messiah, the Christ that is prophesied in the Hebrew Bible.

Accounts of Jesus’ life are contained in the Gospels, especially the four canonical Gospels in the New Testament. Jesus was a Galilean Jew who was circumcised, was baptized by John the Baptist, began his own ministry, and was often referred to as “rabbi”.
Jesus often debated with fellow Jews on how to best follow God, engaged in healings, taught in parables, and gathered followers.
He was arrested in Jerusalem and tried by the Jewish authorities, turned over to the Roman government, and crucified on the order of Pontius Pilate, the Roman prefect of Judea.  After his death, his followers believed he rose from the dead, and the community they formed eventually became the early Christian Church.

Christian theology includes the beliefs that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit, was born of a virgin named Mary, performed miracles, founded the Christian Church, died by crucifixion as a sacrifice to achieve atonement for sin, rose from the dead, and ascended into Heaven, from where he will return. Commonly, Christians believe Jesus enables people to be reconciled to God. Medically, what was it like for Jesus to be Crucified? (youtube.com)

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Who Was Jesus? – TIME

Jesus Christ is the most influential person in history, according to Time Magazine.
He is the founder of Christianity, one of the world’s major religions, and the source
of hope and faith for billions of people.

But who was he as a historical figure?
What do we know about his life from sources other than the Bible?
Here are some facts about Jesus Christ based on historical evidence.  

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The roots of the Easter story: Where did Christian beliefs about Jesus’
resurrection come from. (religionnews.com)

Jesus began his public ministry around 28 CE, when he was baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River. He then gathered 12 disciples and traveled around Galilee and Judea, preaching about the kingdom of God and performing miracles.

Jesus used parables, which are stories with moral lessons, to teach. Some of his
well-known parables include the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son, and the Sower. Additionally, he instructed his disciples to love God and to love their neighbors as themselves.

Jesus was considered a prophet and a messiah by some Jews, who expected him to
restore the fortunes of Israel. He was also considered a threat by the religious authorities,
who accused him of blasphemy and plotted to kill him.

Jesus celebrated his last supper with his disciples on Passover, around 30 CE. He then went to the Garden of Gethsemane, where he was betrayed by Judas Iscariot and arrested by Roman soldiers. He was tried by the Jewish Sanhedrin and the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who sentenced him to death by crucifixion.

Jesus died on a cross outside Jerusalem and was buried in a tomb donated by Joseph of Arimathea. Three days later, he rose from the dead and appeared to his disciples and other witnesses. He then ascended to heaven and promised to return one day.

Jesus was mentioned by Jewish and Roman historians who lived in the first and second centuries CE, such as Josephus and Tacitus. They confirmed some of the details of his life and death as recorded in the Gospels. They also showed that he had an impact on his society and that his followers were persecuted by some emperors.

Jesus is regarded by most Christians as the incarnation of God and the savior of humanity. However, this is a matter of faith that depends on one’s interpretation of the Bible and other religious traditions.

As E.P. Sanders, a scholar of early Christianity, wrote:
“This book is about what we can know of the historical figure of Jesus.
It is not about what we can know of Christ, which is a matter of faith.”

Jesus was born in Bethlehem around 6-4 BCE to a virgin named Mary.
He grew up in Nazareth, a village in Galilee, where he worked as a carpenter.

Jesus was a common name in his time, equivalent to John Doe. His full name was
Jesus’ son of Joseph, or Jesus of Nazareth. His name means “God rescues” in Hebrew.

Jesus was about 5 foot 5 inches tall, which was the average height for men in his time.
He had brown eyes, black hair, and olive-brown skin. He kept his hair and beard short
to avoid lice.

Behold, He comes Montage Art, Peace Painting, 7 Prince, Revelation 1 ...
Some tell you that Jesus had blue eyes and was fairly dark complected.
~Akiane Kramarik – Search Videos (bing.com)

Heaven is for Real Movie 2014 – YouTube is a faith-based family drama inspired by a Nebraska Pastor Tood Burpo’s best-selling book about his 4 years old son (Colton Burpo) – Search Videos (bing.com) who had visited heaven and describes his journey. His family was facing a financial difficulty and the young Burpo used by God. God is good all the time.

Devout Christians: What Is Christianity? Part 1 of 4.
Devout Christians: What Is Christianity? Part 2 of 4.
Devout Christians: What Is Christianity? Part 3 of 4.
Devout Christians: What Is Christianity? Part 4 of 4.

Devout Christians: An Analysis of the Sons of God – Part 1 of 3. – ThyBlackMan
The Ultimate Guide to What’s a Devout Christian – Discover the Hidden Truths
Something Happen There: The Holy Land Rick Steves – Search (bing.com)
Christianity explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world (msn.com)
Crucifixion: The Process and the Monstrous Logic Behind It (youtube.com)
Are religious people happier? The science is pretty clear (msn.com)
Why does Easter change dates, but Christmas doesn’t? (msn.com)
What Is Good Friday, and Why Do We Celebrate It? (msn.com)
The Powerful Meanings of 1111 Angel Number (msn.com)
18 Things the Bible Says About Angels (msn.com)
17 Ways Jesus Showed Us How to Live (msn.com)
10 Things The Bible Says About Jesus (msn.com)
Is purgatory mentioned in the Bible? (msn.com)

Reference：
[1] The Bible Says Jesus Was Real. What Other Proof Exists?
[2] 30 Historical Facts About Jesus Christ
[3] 35 Amazing Jesus Christ Facts
[4] Jesus

EXPLORE FURTHER:
5 Ways Jesus Proved He’s the Messiah – Billy Graham …
billygraham.org

What Does It Mean That Jesus Is the Messiah? – iBelieve.com
ibelieve.com

How Does Matthew Prove That Jesus Is the Messiah? – Bible …
biblestudytools.com

Why Is Jesus Called the Messiah? – Topical Studies – Bible …
biblestudytools.com

What Proof Do You Have That Jesus is the Messiah?
jewsforjesus.org  

Most Atheist States in United States – Search (bing.com)
And which States have the most problems today. BLUE!!

Related video:  Rev. Franklin Graham: ‘The only hope is God and His son Jesus Christ’ (FOX News) – Search Videos (bing.com)

Relevant articles:
– Jesus – Wikipedia 
– Jesus (name) – Wikipedia 
– salvation | Etymology of salvation by etymonline
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Sinclair Lewis Said,

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Ken
Claim:
Sinclair Lewis said,
“When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”
It Can’t Happen Here is the only one of Sinclair Lewis’s later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith.
A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, it is an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. Written during the Great Depression, when the country was largely oblivious to Hitler’s aggression, it juxtaposes sharp political satire with the chillingly realistic rise of a president who becomes a dictator to save the nation from welfare cheats, sex, crime, and a liberal press.
Called “a message to thinking Americans” by the Springfield Republican when it was published in 1935, “It Can’t Happen Here” is a shockingly prescient novel that remains
as fresh and contemporary as today’s news.

Summary and Study Guide

Overview
It Can’t Happen Here, a political novel by Sinclair Lewis first published in 1935, details the rise, consolidation, and partial collapse of an American fascist dictatorship. The book is told primarily from the perspective of Doremus Jessup, an owner-editor of a small-town Vermont newspaper and self-described middle-class liberal intellectual. Jessup is 60 years old at the start of the novel.  

Jessup begins as a cynical but detached observer of politics but over the course of the novel becomes an active member of the resistance, paying heavy personal costs. The book describes how easy it would be for a charismatic, populist politician to rise to power during times of economic crisis and implement totalitarian rule in America, in contrast to many characters in the novel who argue that totalitarianism can’t happen in America.
Lewis argues for a politically-engaged and informed population that can resist the empty promises of demagogues, as well as for establishment political and economic elites to be aware of how they might be creating the conditions that allow totalitarianism to flourish.

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Capitol Police Erect Fence Ahead of The State of The Union.

(Sounds familiar under Biden.)
Real Story of January 6 – Search Videos (bing.com)
After his inauguration, Windrip moves rapidly to consolidate his power.
He makes his private militia, the Minute Men, an official part of the US Army and ends
the power of Congress and the Supreme Court, making himself the unchecked leader of the country. “Temporary” martial law is declared and resistance is violently put down by the Minute Men.
Windrip also implements labor camps for the unemployed, and suspected dissidents are rounded up and sent to concentration camps. Women, African Americans, and Jews have their rights suppressed, and Sarason constructs a massive propaganda apparatus that takes over newspapers and schools. Jessup initially despairs to Windrip’s election.

However, after he hears a story of a rabbi and a professor being murdered by a Windrip cabinet member, he takes action. He writes an anti-Windrip editorial, which leads to his arrest by his old handyman, Shad Ledue, who now leads the local Minute Men.
During the trial, Jessup’s son-in-law interrupts, and he is summarily executed. Jessup’s paper is forced to print regime propaganda, and Minutemen raid his home several times looking for banned books. Jessup’s best friend, Buck Titus, warns him that he is likely to be arrested and sent to a concentration camp at any moment and arranges for the family’s escape to Canada. However, they are unable to cross the border and are forced to turn back.

After several of his friends are sent to Trianon, the local concentration camp, Jessup quits at the paper and forms a cell of the New Underground, a Canada-based resistance group led by Walt Trowbridge. Jessup, his lover Lorinda Pike, Buck Titus, and his daughters Mary and Sissy all become members of the cell, which publishes news critical of the regime and assists refugees fleeing to Canada. However, Jessup’s work is eventually discovered and he is sent to Trianon, where he is regularly beaten and tortured.

While Jessup is imprisoned, his cell continues to operate, albeit in a diminished capacity. His daughter, Mary, whose husband was killed defending Jessup, joins the Women’s Flying Corps and eventually kills the judge responsible by crashing her plane into his. Jessup’s youngest daughter, Sissy, seduces Shad Ledue and gathers information about him, which she uses to have him sent to Trianon. Ledue is then burned to death by the other prisoners.

At the same time, the regime begins to buckle under the pressure of supporting the ever-growing Army and MM, as well as due to economic mismanagement and graft. By early 1939, Windrip has become increasingly paranoid and power-hungry, and rebellions have begun in in the Midwest. Sarason becoming frustrated with Windrip, takes power in a bloodless coup.

However, his weak and ostentatious rule quickly loses support, and he is in turn deposed by Colonel Haik, the leader of the Minute Men. Haik’s rule is even harsher than Windrip’s or Sarason’s, and in a last-ditch effort to reinvigorate patriotism, he declares war on Mexico, which instead provokes wide-ranging revolt against the regime. The rebels seize territory in the Midwest but then settle into a stalemate caused by the collapse of the education system.

Lorinda and Sissy arrange for Jessup’s escape from Trianon; he flees to Canada,
where he continues his work. However, Jessup becomes frustrated living in exile,
and desires to return to America as a spy. After Haik’s coup, his request is granted.
The novel ends sometime in the early 1940s, with Jessup undercover and running
a New Underground cell in regime-controlled Minnesota.

The novel is broken into three sections, with Chapters 1-12 introducing the primary characters and describing the conditions that allow Berzelius “Buzz” Windrip to rise to become president. Chapters 13-18 describe the rapid consolidation of Windrip’s regime and the erosion of democratic norms. Chapters 19-38 cover the resistance struggle against the regime, focusing on Jessup, his family, and his friends.

The book begins in 1936, as Berzelius “Buzz” Windrip campaigns for the Democratic nomination, running on a populist platform that promises to restore American prosperity and glory while portraying himself as an anti-politician and avatar of the common man. While Windrip is a charismatic and popular politician, the intellect behind his campaign
is his secretary, Lee Sarason. Doremus Jessup, a newspaper owner-editor in Fort Beulah, Vermont, covers the rise of Windrip and fears that Windrip will implement totalitarian rule if elected. However, he does little and is frequently told by others that such a thing would be impossible. Windrip wins the Democratic nomination and easily defeats his Republican opponent, Walt Trowbridge.

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Internet memes purporting to quote a statement by 20th-century novelist Sinclair Lewis about fascism coming to America have circulated more or less continuously since the mid-2000s, even though there is no evidence he ever penned or uttered this statement: “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” 

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This example was posted to Facebook on March 12, 2024:
Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) produced such 20th-century classics as “Main Street,”
“Elmer Gantry,” “Dodsworth,” and “Babbit,” also literally wrote the book on the fascist takeover of America. The premise of “It Can’t Happen Here,” published at a time (1935) when authoritarian regimes were flexing their muscles all across Europe and Americans had great difficulty imagining a Hitler or Mussolini coming to power in the Land of the Free, was that it can happen here.

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It Can’t Happen Here – Wikipedia

It Can’t Happen Here (gutenberg.net.au)
In the novel, Lewis painted a vivid counterfactual portrait of a United States of America sliding into dictatorship, one that is still cited as a cautionary tale to this day. As The Paris Review noted on Nov. 16, 2016:
Sinclair Lewis’s 1935 novel, It Can’t Happen Here, is sold out everywhere online. If you’re wondering why, here’s the synopsis: “The main character, Buzz Windrip, appeals to voters with a mix of crass language and nativist ideology. Once elected, he solidifies his power by energizing his base against immigrants, people on welfare, and the liberal press.”
However, nothing resembling the statement “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross” appeared in that book, or indeed in anything else Lewis wrote during his lifetime.
And although it sounds like a sentiment Lewis would have agreed with, according to the website of the Sinclair Lewis Society there is no evidence he said it: 

Here’s our most asked question:
Q: Did Sinclair Lewis say,
“When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross”?
A: This quote sounds like something Sinclair Lewis might have said or written, but we’ve never been able to find this exact quote. Here are passages from two novels Lewis wrote that are similar to the quote attributed to him.
From It Can’t Happen Here: “But he saw too that in America the struggle was befogged by the fact that the worst Fascists were they who disowned the word ‘Fascism’ and preached enslavement to Capitalism under the style of Constitutional and Traditional Native American Liberty.”

From Gideon Planish: “I just wish people wouldn’t quote Lincoln or the Bible, or hang out the flag or the cross, to cover up something that belongs more to the bankbook and the three golden balls.”
There was also a play called Strangers in the late 1970s which had a similar quote, but no one, including one of Lewis’s biographers, Richard Lingeman, has ever been able to locate the original citation.
The same quote has been erroneously attributed to Louisiana governor and U.S. senator Huey Long (1893-1935), who, ironically, was said by some to be a real-life model for Lewis’s fascist leader in “It Can’t Happen Here.” A similar quote (probably spurious as well) attributed to Huey Long after his death was, “When fascism comes to America,
it will be called anti-fascism.”

Though we have found passages by other authors that share certain words, phrases, and sentiments in common with the quote attributed to Lewis, we have not found an exact match anywhere. We came across this bit, for example, in coverage of a speech by one James Waterman Wise Jr. in the Feb. 5, 1936, edition of The Christian Century:
James Waterman Wise, Jr., in a recent address here before the liberal John Reed club said that Hearst and Coughlin are the two chief exponents of fascism in America. If fascism comes, he added, it will not be identified with any “shirt” movement, nor with an “insignia,” but it will probably be “wrapped up in the American flag and heralded as a plea for liberty and preservation of the constitution.”

And this observation appeared in John Thomas Flynn’s “As We Go Marching,” published in 1944: But when fascism comes it will not be in the form of an anti-American movement or pro-Hitler bund, practicing disloyalty. Nor will it come in the form of a crusade against war.
It will appear rather in the luminous robes of flaming patriotism; it will take some genuinely indigenous shape and color, and it will spread only because its leaders, who are not yet visible, will know how to locate the great springs of public opinion and desire and the streams of thought that flow from them and will know how to attract to their banners leaders who can command the support of the controlling minorities in American public life. The danger lies not so much in the would-be Fuhrers who may arise, but in the presence in our midst of certainly deeply running currents of hope and appetite and opinion. The war upon fascism must be begun there.

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Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Posted on March 28, 2024 by Ken
7 Takeaways From a Triple Negative Breast Cancer Survivor (national breastcancer.org)

 Time is more important than we realize.  
Within all my experiences of the last 10 years on social media and having a Facebook group. Those that seek alternative treatments the natural way for TNBC usually don’t respond well and for any aggressive type of cancer. I always tell cancer patients to know what you’re up against by first getting your cancer graded and tested.

Many on social media trying to become rich with agenda’s have tried to make me look bad. But they usually end up coming and going. Whereas I have never made my first dollar on this free access ~ non-profit blog spreading awareness of the knowledge that I share from learning through other experiences and help guiding them through the path that I have traveled through those years. (Learning No Two Cancers Are the Same).

Though 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime, nothing about the experience feels normal. While every individual and every cancer is unique, we can all agree that breast cancer has a lasting impact on patients, survivors, and their loved ones. 
Shannon provides a candid glimpse into her journey with dense breast tissue and a triple negative breast cancer diagnosis.
She faced breast cancer shortly after turning 40, with the support of her husband and community, while caring for her two young daughters. Shannon is the Head Drill Team Director at Highland Park High School in Dallas, Texas.

I thought I knew a little bit about breast cancer, so I didn’t worry too much when
I felt a small lump in the shower. I’d had a mammogram within the past two years, and
I’d had benign issues prior to that. So I watched the lump for a few weeks—a few weeks
longer than I should have. 
The doctor at my first visit told me that I had an 80% chance of the lump being
absolutely nothing, but we’d just check it out to be sure. The radiologist at my follow-up mammogram was concerned. But later that week, the doctor who biopsied me said the areas of concern looked benign to her. Lab results proved otherwise, and a day or two later, I got the dreaded phone call.

I want to share the following information not to frighten anyone,
but to empower you with the knowledge I wish I’d had: 
1. Most people who are diagnosed with breast cancer do not have a strong family history
of it. They also often do not carry any genetic disposition for it (BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations). I didn’t have either of these. 
2. Dense breast tissue is very common, but it shouldn’t be dismissed. 
My oncologist said that looking at the breast tissue of someone with dense breasts is like reading the mammogram through fog. If you’ve been told your breast tissue is dense, do more regular breast self-exams to know your body and strongly consider following up 3D mammograms with ultrasound, if you have the means.
3. There are many types of breast cancer. Hormone-positive breast cancers are usually the ones you hear about. I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer. This means that the growth of malignant (cancerous) cells was not promoted by estrogen, progesterone, or the protein HER-2. Doctors don’t really know why you get this aggressive type of breast cancer yet, but if you are around my age or younger, please hear this—although triple negative is a rare type of breast cancer, this is more likely to also affect younger people,
African Americans, Hispanics, and those with a BRCA1 gene mutation.

Shannon before her mastectomy

4. Triple negative breast cancer is aggressive. Unfortunately, it often grows fast, even in the time between annual mammograms. While I may have had cancer cells in my body for some time, it is likely they would have only been detectable on a mammogram for a few months. Had I waited another month or two before beginning treatment, I could have been looking at significantly advanced disease. Don’t watch or wait on lumps for months at a time. Insist on screenings.
By the way, I wasn’t doing a self-exam in the shower when I found my lump. I rarely did self-exams. It was a very unexpected “coincidence” that occurred while soaping up my underarm. Some days, the lump felt like a little piece of gravel. Other days, it seemed more pliable like a soft pea. It didn’t feel like I thought cancer would. 
5. Treatment for breast cancer varies based on the type, stage, and growth rate. Some require lumpectomy only. Some require lumpectomy or mastectomy with radiation. Others get all that, plus lots of chemotherapy and sometimes immunotherapy. Triple negative breast cancer is different than most—patients aren’t able to receive hormonal therapy, which can help prevent recurrence from happening. We treat our cancer with chemotherapy before and often after, as well, in order to reduce the chance of any errant cells surviving the treatment or taking up residence in other parts of our body. Bottom line: You could have two friends with breast cancer, but they might have vastly different treatments and prognoses. 
6. Breast cancer in men is rare, but not as rare as we’d like to think. Men need to monitor their bodies and breast tissue as well—maybe even more so without the benefit of recommended mammograms. 
7. Nurses and doctors are exceptional, and they save lives on a daily basis. Cancer patients LOVE their doctors and nurses in a way I never understood before my own diagnosis. I’d do anything for mine. 
I had my last reconstruction surgery on July 9, 2021, so I finally feel as if I’ve “finished” my breast cancer treatment. While I will be monitored closely for years, and I will likely panic over every new twinge for the foreseeable future, I can’t believe that I finally get to say that it is hopefully over.

Shannon with her husband and two daughters
Celebrities that Survived Triple Negative Breast Cancer – Search Videos (bing.com)

I recall sitting in my car one day asking God to give my journey purpose. If this was to be my story, let it radically change my life and let me somehow use it for good. I had several survivors (friends and friends-of-friends I’d never met) who led me through this experience like only someone who’s “been there” can, and I’ll never forget it. 
I found that the trauma isn’t in the treatment, although the treatment can be rough. 
The trauma, honestly, is the diagnosis. The word “cancer.” It’s coming face-to-face with the reality of your mortality. 
If I flash back to Friday, February 15, 2019, the day of my diagnosis, these are
the things I wish I’d known before the phone began to ring. And even further back, I wish I’d understood the value of regular self-exams for a woman of my age, breast density, and health history. Stop now and set the reminder alarm on your phone. Do your breast self-exams and then do your part by sharing the information with your friends.
Publish Date: September 30, 2020

Carol
January 26, 2024 at 5:53 pm
I am dealing with my 2nd recurrence of TNBC (within 4 and 1/2) .
This time my oncologist sent my tumor to CARIS – Search (bing.com)
– to check my DNA against 22,000 genes to see what chemo will work for me. It will be ready in 10 days. I highly recommend this testing. She also tested if I was PDL1 positive or negative and Thank God I am negative. Surgery set for the beginning of March and also my port to be placed. And since I have had radiation in the same area, I cannot have radiation again. So, I have to get proton therapy. There aren’t many proton therapy centers in the US. Bonus: MistleToe Injections ~ Believe Big – Search Videos (bing.com)

And I started on Mistletoe injection therapy last week. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
MistleToe Injections John Hopkins Kimmel cancer Center – Search (bing.com)
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Jean
July 16, 2023, at 8:00 pm
Lumpectomy and 3 nodes. I will be starting radiation soon.
I am 65 years old and have just finished chemo. I had surgery about 3 weeks ago.
Triple-negative breast cancer seems to be entering a phase where it is easier to treat. I was amazed at how well Keytruda worked for me. I was in a study that paired Keytruda with radiation at the beginning of treatment. The tumor shrank significantly in size in the first two weeks. There was actually a noticeable hollow in the side of my breast. Scans and labs from surgery are now seeing no signs of malignancy and I am ecstatic! Not done yet, but thrilled nonetheless! Now I just need good strategies for how to keep it from coming back!
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Doris Boruta
June 27, 2023 at 4:23 am
God bless all you strong women and keep your spirits up. Do all you can to make whatever choice you must if you can do a clinical trial try it. I’m 71. I read all your stories and I’m also at the beginning with chemo,a very small tumor with a grade 3 aggressive cancer.
I have to trust my doctors, we can’t go back, yet to what life was before but we sure can make every day count good or bad. We are not alone or if we are we still can master enough God given strength to fight,eat what you can in chemo, try to walk to stay strong and lf your married and you have a loving husband well that’s great but it’d be your fight, don’t be as independent as you can. I’m a widow strong on my own with two grown children who will help me during chemo but I don’t plan to make their life so complicated by my illness….I’m strong I will have some help but the more I do that I can do on my own is what I’m aiming for I don’t want people looking at me like my life is over, feeling sad or sorry for me…everyone is different but I have found the less people know about your illness the better off except your care team and one good friend. That’s my choice. I wish you ladies God’s speed, don’t be too scared because that changes your happiness…” 
 “Let’s roll… be strong… adapt & overcome… God bless us. all. ” 

Mary
June 26, 2023 at 9:59 pm
Just diagnosed at 63. Have only my husband for support at 72 and limited use of his arms due to a botched neck surgery. I am strongly considering no treatment and I know that means death. I have heard too many people who have gone through chemo surgery and radiation only to have recurrence of TNBC within a year or two then die. I also cannot find real descriptions of the chemo side effects and what you are able physically do other than generalizations. Can you direct me where I can learn more? My oncologist kind of brushed me off when I said I was considering no treatment.
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National Breast Cancer Foundation
June 27, 2023 at 3:04 pm
Hi Mary, thank you for sharing how you’re doing currently and your very real
concerns in regard to treatment options. There are a few common chemo side effects you can read about here. Full side effects can vary by individual.
Here are a few blogs that share different perspectives:
– What Helps During Chemo?
– “I Am Still Beautiful:” Paris’s Journey with MS and Breast Cancer; She shares how different radiation was from chemotherapy.
– Why I Never Dreaded Chemo
There are many resources available. Support groups can provide a community of survivors and those currently in treatment. For other breast cancer resources that can help, click here. We hope this helps! For any other questions you have, reach out to help@nbcf.org.
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Shelley
November 7, 2021 at 6:38 pm
Diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer on August 11, 2021. Three clinical breast exams this year without palpable lump. Routine screening mammograms picked up new calcification prompting core biopsy. Biopsy revealed cancer. Family history positive- both grandmothers, one survived three bouts of breast cancer. Genetics negative for all known cancer genes. Currently undergoing neoadjuvant AC treatment 4 rounds to be followed by 12 rounds of Taxol, surgery and radiation. It is a long road. Faith is getting me through it.
I continue to work full time through this journey as I am the household support.
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Rachael Jacobs
July 27, 2021 at 12:46 am
I was diagnosed with TNBC in 2018 July. Finished treatment has now been in NED since Jan 2019. It hasn’t been an easy ride and coping with the new norm after treatment has been challenging. I wish all those going through treatment all the best.
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Melissa
July 16, 2021 at 1:48 am
I am so glad I came across this. My sister was recently diagnosed – she just turned 45 on the 4th. She noticed a lump in February. She called her doctor… she had a mammogram a few months earlier and he told her it was just a cyst. She did continue to question and finally biopsies were ordered last month. The last three weeks we have been on emotional rollercoasters. Her oncologist told her she thought she saw an additional spot on her MRI. She does her PET scan tomorrow and starts chemo Monday. Please keep her in your prayers. I know God has this.
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Leanne Judson
June 27, 2021 at 8:01 am
I’d love to be involved.
I have a diagnosis of triple negative breast cancer and although I have remained positive from the first day and have responded really well to Chemotherapy I am now feeling like I’m not going to survive. I have a double mastectomy in a week’s time and then radiotherapy but I have just received the news that I have the BRCA 1 mutation and for some reason it has completely sent me into an emotional wreck.
I know every case is individual but all I want to know is can you survive this and live to be old or is it literally just waiting for that first 3,5 or 7 years? And then anything after that is a bonus? For the first time in 6 months I actually feel like what’s the point of going through all of this if I’m not going to survive.
I almost feel like you’re given Chemotherapy, an operation, radiotherapy and drugs etc just to kind of say that you’ve had everything available to you but really there’s very little point or reason to it because you’re going to die from Cancer anyway whether it’s in a year or a bit longer. I just feel its a death sentence either way.
I hate to put such a negative slant on this situation as I’m usually a very positive person but this is the way I’ve been left feeling.
I have struggled to find any support network specifically for TNBC in the UK.
Thank you so much Leanne
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Sonia
December 1, 2023 at 11:06 pm
You’re not alone, you will survive, just be strong & keep fighting
I also have TNBC but I believe it’s a test from God
He will help us, he will support us and he is The Merciful
Have faith girl  🥰
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National Breast Cancer Foundation
June 30, 2021 at 9:31 pm
Leanne, thank you for being so open to reach out and share what you’re going through. You’re not alone. Our team is going to reach out to you via email.
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Kathy Adcock
May 10, 2021 at 8:50 pm
Thank you for sharing your story. I did the same when I was diagnosed and asked God to show me once I was done with my journey who I could help. My daughter has already made a comment about how strong my faith is so if my journey brings those I love and others to God, I’m ready.
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Lynn Taylor Proctor  
March 13, 2021 at 2:46 am
I am just starting this journey.
Was diagnosed February 16 (2021). I will turn 61 on March 25. I had a Superport insertion yesterday. Chemo to start 3/19. 4-6 rounds then will be a radical mastectomy. DNA shows no markers but my mom (91 and a 15 year survivor), her sister (died about 1994 as it had metastasized to all organs) and their mom (died at age 43 of a “brain tumor” late 1940s)
all had it. So strange.
I am reading everything and anything I can find online to be prepared.
My body has fallen apart in the last several years as I have serious arthritis. Bilateral knee replacements, bilateral shoulder replacements. And in the last 4 years, achilles tendon replacement, cervical fusion, 2 lumbar fusions. I now have Flatback Syndrome which I will always have. I thought I was actually on the downhill side, able to take a breath or two……Wrong!   
I am as ready as possible to fight. I have 2 beautiful daughters, a beautiful daughter-in-law and an amazing 3 year old grand-daughter as well as a super supportive husband, mother and brothers and an angel of a best friend (since I was 2 years old) to fight for and with.
I plan to garden again and keep chickens and goats.
My dogs and cats are by my side.
My amazing husband is always right here.
I am ready.  Lynn Taylor Proctor – Facebook
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Lara Gregg
March 15, 2021 at 10:42 pm
Lynn, thank you for your transparency. It’s truly touching. My mom was just diagnosed today. I’m so scared for her. She’s 59. She discovered the lump in November 2020 when it was grape sized. She had an examination scheduled to look into it, however, in December, she got COVID and was hospitalized and sedated on the ventilator for one month.
At that time, her husband of 40 years, my father, suddenly passed away.
I had to tell my mother the love of her life was gone via Zoom. It was horrific. She came home to recover and was prescribed oxygen as she relearned general motor skills. Amidst her other many post Covid appointments, she insisted she get her follow-up mammogram. That appointment was 2 weeks ago.
Since then, we’ve been on a hell of a ride. We’re awaiting an appointment with an oncology team to discuss a treatment plan. I’m so anxious and scared for her. We’re trying to remain faithful.
Your post about fighting really encouraged me. Although my dad is gone, me, my 2 sisters, 3 nieces, grandma and host of cousins, aunts, uncles, and friends are going to fight with her. I did NOT go through all of that to be beaten by TNBC! Sending you love and prayers.  

Mary Davies
February 15, 2021 at 7:33 pm
Please read about vegan diets.
Also, the effect of the amino acid methionine on breast cancer. – Search (bing.com)
I have read it could be helpful to eliminate it as much as possible from your mom’s diet.

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Tara Coyote’s Healing Journey

Posted on March 28, 2024 by Ken
If you want to know what it’s like for us cancer thrivers. I wrote these so others understand the reality we face. Please read this. It’s a raw and real share.

It is a deep dive.
It is not easy.
These monthly shots that knock me down
Down into Inanna’s cave I go.
To face my monsters, fears & worries
To transmute the darkness into light
✨ 👹 ✨

Sometimes I wake up screaming, the nightmares can be intense.
Sometimes I’m happy to just rest.
The emotional content that was pushed aside during the rest of
the month comes flaring its loud presence of what I cannot deny.
This time: more layers of heartbreak around the recent breakup 💔
The raw, open heart lies exposed to heal from the inside out
It can also be hard, as I miss out on family gatherings and events,
but this is part of it and I’m so grateful to be alive.
So I accept this.
It’s a part of the price to pay, on the cancer healing path.
This is waking up to back breaking pain that thankfully passes after some hours.
The hot flashes
The ‘I must get up to feed the horses’ & pushing myself to do what I can
Don’t make me walk to the gate, it’s simply too far for me.
I share this as I know y’all think I’m so buoyant, bubbly and inspiring.
And yes I can be
But this is hard work, that requires me to reach into my deepest strength
One must walk alone at times to find their way
And this is the case with these drugs.
This is raw and real
The good part of it is that I get a shit ton done as the force of gravity is so strong.
I’m leveled out on my bed or sofa, editing videos, writing, etc.
And the rest is great too, despite the physical discomfort, as I’m usually going nonstop‼️
I share this as MANY of US CANCER THRIVERS go through this every month, but IT IS NOT SPOKEN ABOUT,
so I am here to share‼️
Please listen so you can understand the path we’re on
It requires incredible strength, especially to stay positive in the face of one’s constant mortality. I speak for all of us. ❤️‍🔥🙌🏽❤️‍🔥

And, as I know I’ll get asked, I get monthly shots of Faslodex (hormone blocking shots) & every 3 months I receive Xgeva (for my bones). Some people are not affected so sensitively as I am, but some of us are. I tend to be on the highly sensitive side of the spectrum with most medicines‼️
And to add: I think this is why I’m so drawn to mermaiding. After so much death, loss and cancer treatment, being a 🧜‍♀️ brings out the joy and play which I so desperately need to balance it out!

🎉 The new book ‘Kaimana the Hawaiian Mermaid’ is out! 🔱
I gotta say, in all honesty, writing & self-publishing a book is hard work. It takes great dedication, focus & stubborn stamina to do ALL the steps necessary to birth a book baby. It is no small feat. It is necessary to have a motivating factor. 👊🏽
What was my drive to publish this ocean conservation book?
In short, my love of the ocean and her creatures. In the last year, swimming in the ocean with a mermaid tail has been the incredibly healing after the tragic death of my parents.
In the process of swimming with turtles, fish and recently whales, stingrays and sharks (incredible!! 🐋🤍 🦈) I’ve fallen deeper in love with the ocean and the benevolent joy she selflessly gives.
In January, when a rare and mysterious sperm whale washed up on the coast of Kaua’i, Hawaii choked by garbage debris in its stomach, I knew I had to tell the story. 🐳
Note: This photo is taken near Lydgate Beach right where the whale washed up!!!
This whale that was killed by human ignorance does not have a voice, so I will speak for him/her, thank you very much‼️

These magnificent creatures hold peaceful wisdom beyond what our reptilian human brain can comprehend. While we fight and kill one another with unnecessary wars, the animals look on in wonder asking themselves who the primitive creatures truly are⁉️ 
Do they unnecessarily kill one another? NO‼️

I am concerned.
Without becoming too dismal (but you all know the reality upon Earth now), the oceans and our sacred planet dearly need our attention. If we do not wake up and create dramatic change NOW, my possible future grandchildren will be inheriting a hell of a future.
The innocent beings deserve much more than this.
I decided to use my platform and the fact that I have an audience to speak for whales,
coral reefs and marine life.
We stare at the ocean in wonder,
yet do not understand the verdant life that lives miles under the surface.
I’ve been swimming often in her waters and I’m here to say that life under
the water is enchanted & magical. 🐬
Just because we can’t see what lives under the surface of the water
doesn’t mean it deserves to live anymore then we do. 🐙

In this colorful new kid’s book collaboration with Nica Quinn, I’m proud to say that~
I created a resource guide sharing about the whales (their songs, migration & current dangers they face), the importance of a healthy coral reef & information about %las*tic (yes, I’m coding this word to work around the algorithm that wants to suppress posts that speak about p*l*tion).
I want the world to know that YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
And future generations depend on YOU for this.
In the words of Margaret Mead, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”

What are you waiting for⁉️
⚡️♥️⚡️

So, hey, check out this gorgeous new kid’s book‼️ 
Also, check out the newsletter I wrote last night pouring my heart into sharing why I wrote the book, which besides what I shared above has to do with my incredible environmental activist parents. This book in many ways is a tribute to them.

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🔱 Go forth ~ Live large ~ Be brave 🔱

And cultivate joy in between the cracks of it all

Love y’all
✨🤍✨🧜‍♀️✨🤍✨🧜‍♀️✨🤍✨🧜‍♀️✨

🐋 Announcing a new video ‘All About Whales’! I am thrilled to share
this interview with my brother Ted Cheeseman of Happywhale with you! 🎉
It is jam packed full with fascinating facts about whale behavior, songs, migration and why it’s vitally important for them to have a healthy ocean ecosystem for them to survive. 🐋
👉🏽  🐋 Tara Coyote interviews Ted Cheeseman from Happywhale 🐋 👈🏽
I included photos and videos of whales to give the visual perspective of the sheer mysterious beauty of the cetaceans & also beloved family photos. 🐚
We also talk about the impact of growing up with wonderful safari leading parents,
Doug & Gail Cheeseman who inspired countless people with their love of the environment & the safari biz they created 🐘
It is the longest video I’ve created at 47 minutes, but I’ve broken it down
into separate chapters so you can digest it and take in the info you want.
Grab some popcorn & enjoy it! 🍿
Ted is one inspirational guy who is changing the face of how we understand whales around the globe with his organization Happywhale. He developed a tail recognition software that can help track & identify whales around the world. This greatly benefits whale research & to understand these gentle giants. 🐳

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Btw, this is a photo of Ted taken with a sperm whale by Scott Davis –
Spectacular photo, isn’t it? 🐋

Tara is an ocean activist, mermaid & author who recently published a new children’s book called ‘Kaimana the Hawaiian Mermaid’. It has a thick ocean conservation section at the end of it sharing about whales, the importance of a healthy coral reef, reducing plastic pollution & so much more! This book is based on a true story of a sperm whale washing up on the coast of Kaua’i, Hawaii in January 2023 choked by plastic and human garbage in its stomach. 📕 Video link: https://youtu.be/OLnX1mBvbjg?si=l2BOwnBnjNzUpiaw ✨🧜‍♀️✨

I hope this video inspires you to learn more about whales & understand their importance on our fragile Earth. Please like, comment on the YouTube video and let us know your thoughts. Mahalo for watching! ✨🙏🏽✨

Grace, Grit & Gratitude: A Cancer Thriver’s Journey from Hospice to Full Recovery
with the Healing Power of Horses Paperback – July 30, 2021 Amazon.com : Tara Coyote
by Tara Coyote (Author), Linda Kohanov (Foreword), & 1 more
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To the outside eye, it looked like Tara Coyote was living the perfect life in the suburbs
with her musician husband, successful Pilates studio and Brady Bunch type family.
What the outside world didn’t see was the pivotal event that turned her life upside down.

Grace, Grit & Gratitude is one woman’s story of a profound bond with horses
that carried her through nine years of pain, trauma, cancer and the challenges of loss.
It is about finding the courage to face one’s shadow in the darkest hour.
Learn how the ancient principles of death and also rebirth from the
Mesopotamian Goddess, Inanna, has saved more than just one life.

Follow one woman’s spiritual journey of pain, perseverance and discovery
with the unexpected power of her horses and ancient teachings as her guide.

A portion of the sale of each book will be donated to The Wild Beauty Foundation, an organization that works to raise awareness for the wild horses of North America. As Tara’s mustang, Comanche has had a profound impact upon her life, she is passionate about supporting this important cause!

Tara Coyote is the founder of Wind Horse Sanctuary, a certified Eponaquest ‘Equine Facilitated Learning’ instructor, life coach, workshop leader, writer and dancer.
You will find her happily scooping horse manure on Kauai, Hawaii! 
#whale #whales #spermwhale @highlight @followers

Love ya’ my cancer thriver tribe! ✨❤️‍🔥✨

Keep going – I see you‼️
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Totality

Posted on March 28, 2024 by Ken
A new study rooted in genetic modeling from experts across the world says that there is substantial evidence 
that we came from a whole bunch of places © Photo by Cathy Scola – Getty Images

A New Study Has Changed the Birthplace of Humanity
Story by Tim Newcomb

New genetic research further shows that humans didn’t derive from a single location. Instead, it likely arose from multiple areas in Africa.
The rise of different population groups may have happened during different time periods.
Africa remains the focal point of the search for the earliest human existence, even if it may not have a single point of origin.

Stop looking for a single pinpoint location for the start of human evolution. A new study rooted in genetic modeling from experts across the world says that there is substantial evidence that we came from a whole bunch of places. Published on May 17 in Nature, the study claims to disprove the idea of just one location serving as the birthplace of humanity.


“Decades of study of human genome variation have suggested a predominantly tree-like model of recent population divergence from a single ancestral population in Africa,” the study says. “It has been difficult to reconcile this finding with the fossil and archaeological records of human occupation across the vast African continent.”
To reach their conclusion, the researchers investigated the genomes of nearly 300 people across a variety of ancestral backgrounds and—even going back a million years—still weren’t able to lock in on just one distinct population set. Instead, their findings suggested that there must be at least two populations, which they dub Stem1 and Stem2.
“We cannot rule out the possibility that more complex models involving additional stems, more complex population structure, or hybrid models including both weak structure and archaic hominin admixture, may better explain the data,” the study says.

As Eleanor Scerri, an evolutionary archaeologist not involved in the study, tells the New York Times, “There is no single birthplace. It really puts a nail in the coffin of that idea.”
The research team—from the University of Wisconsin, University of California, Davis, Baylor College of Medicine, Stellenbosch University in South Africa, and McGill University in Quebec—believes that both the Stem1 and Stem2 populations originated in Africa, but not together. It was hundreds of thousands of years, they say—potentially because of some environmental event around 120,000 years ago—before the populations started mixing and two groups merged to really kick off the start of new people groups based in Africa.
The study used computer modeling to simulate the spread of human DNA across time and throughout Africa. “We could ask what types of models are really plausible for the African continent,” Brenna Henn, of the Genome Center at the University of California, Davis, and study co-author, tells the New York Times.

By comparing DNA from multiple groups of people throughout Africa, and then comparing that DNA to the genomes of people from other ancestry groups, the researchers believe they have found enough solid proof to say that there had to have been a Stem1 and Stem2. The precise locations of the two groups remains unknown, but the distinctly Stem1 or Stem2 DNA seemingly survived and was continuing to influence ancestry as recently as 25,000 years ago.
Much like how researchers believe humans mixed with Neanderthals in Eurasia before the Neanderthal went extinct, the study suggests that an “archaic hominin ghost population” could have further contributed to migration events and helped inform genetic data. In the hopes of eventually gaining an even clearer view of the complexity that is human life, researchers hope to continue to gather more genetic information and run additional simulations. 
Maybe, someday, we’ll be able to pinpoint those populations once and for all.
DNA death predictors: What do they really tell you?

Genetic tests lay odds on killer diseases, and now a “health check”
for your chromosomes spots traits that could reveal your lifespan –
if it really works By Alison Motluk


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Ever wondered how long you have got?
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MY PATERNAL grandfather lived until he was 89; his brother outdid him by a decade.
My grandmothers made it to 85 & 93. My parents are both alive and kicking at 73 & 82.
The only people to die young in my family were killed in wars or industrial accidents. Maybe I am just clinging to the rosy bits, but this is the information I choose to employ when predicting my own longevity. I reckon the odds are with me, and I’m not interested in knowing if I’m wrong. My greatest fear about the timing of my death is that it will come many decades after I have exhausted my supply of money.

It seems I am unusual, however.
Apparently, many people are thirsting for a little extra information to help them calculate how long they have left. How else can you explain the burgeoning number of commercial enterprises promising to meet that desire? Already, gene-sequencing companies such as 23andme, deCodeMe and Navigenics can do a quick scan of your risk of developing everything from lung cancer to multiple sclerosis. Now two new firms are offering to tell us how well we are ageing, based on an analysis of structures at the ends of our chromosomes called telomeres.
If these developments continue, a person’s lifespan could become as quantifiable as the shelf life of a carton of milk. So instead of parading around blissfully unaware of how long we have left, we could find out our own use-by dates. For some, this knowledge would be a burden, while others may be glad of the chance to plan their future. But whether you find the prospect of being able to foretell your own death terrifying or enticing, how realistic is it? Are these new tests really a game changer? After all, we have long been able to test for life-threatening factors such as high cholesterol and blood pressure. And while a better understanding of the biology of ageing is bound to tell us even more, surely the date of one’s death will always remain unknowable?  

This brave new age of scientific soothsaying began a few years ago with the invention of home genetics tests that promise to alert you to things that might contribute to your ultimate decline. It couldn’t be simpler. You order the kit online, receive it through the post, collect a cheek-swab sample of DNA while sitting on your own couch and then mail it off for analysis. The news came back by email a few weeks later. In the interests of science, I gave it a go.

You decide. I soon discovered a fundamental problem:
the results are wide open to interpretation, making it easy to reconcile them with the views you already hold. Say you learn that, like me, you are one of those unlucky people whose risk of a heart attack goes up 60 per cent just by drinking a third cup of coffee every day. Bad though that sounds, the chances you will have a coffee-induced heart attack are still very low – and that it will kill you, lower still. Besides, if you scratch around enough, you can probably find something to offset even that small risk – such as your slightly lower-than-average odds of heart attack in general. That’s what I did. And I concluded that my grandparents might still be my best guide to my longevity.

To cut a long story short:
Except for finding out whether you are susceptible to a few single-gene killer diseases, an inventory of genes is not very informative for anyone wanting to know how long they have got. A big list of small risks simply is not going to tell you what your odds are of making it to 95, or even 60. Will something called gastric cardia adenocarcinoma be what takes me out – my risk of getting it is 0.08 percent, compared with an average of 0.07 per cent? Or will it be the more common melanoma, which I am ignoring because my risk is 1.3 per cent, compared with an average of 0.7 per cent?
According to Timothy Caulfield, a bioethicist and lawyer at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, who has been looking into how people react to tests like these, my attitude isn’t uncommon.
“People don’t seem to do much with this risk information,” he says. “They don’t freak out. And they don’t start exercising more, eating better or getting more screening.” This should not surprise us, he adds, since we have never responded much to other more traditional predictive information, such as weight, blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

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The Reactive Approach Is the Consequences of the “Do Nothing” 

In fact, our ostrich-like attitude to genetic warning signs may even be quite sensible. 
Eline Slagboom at the Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands and her colleagues found that healthy people in their 80s and 90s were no less likely than the rest of us to carry gene variants, or alleles, known to increase the risks of heart disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol 107, p 18046). “These people from long-lived families have exactly the same numbers of deleterious alleles,” she says. The difference, however, is that they probably possess other genes that keep the dangerous ones at bay. Although none of these have been identified so far, Slagboom and colleagues have discovered four separate areas of the genome that seem to be important. They suspect the critical genes will be unglamorous, controlling aspects of metabolism, inflammation and immunity.

At 23andme, I was tested for a “longevity trait” identified by the company.
Apparently I don’t possess it and have merely typical odds of living to age 95 or 100. Again, I discount this. The trait is based on two studies of small numbers of subjects and controls, with ethnicities and genders that are different from my own. Even if it does correlate with longevity in some people, why should I trust the company, given that
it got a few other traits wrong, including my eye colour and whether my hair tends to curl?

Accuse me of overblown scepticism if you like, but the most evangelical proponents of genetic testing cannot get around the fact that longevity is not simply genetic. It is largely down to myriad environmental factors, including lifestyle, the effects of which cannot be measured directly. At best, the particular genes you carry will only ever explain about 25 percent of your propensity to live a long life, says Slagboom. So can the new telomere-based tests do any better?

“At best, the particular genes you carry will only ever explain about 25 percent of your propensity to live a long life”. Like the plastic tips at the ends of shoelaces, telomeres keep your chromosomes from fraying and getting tangled up with one another.
Every time chromosomes replicate during cell division the telomeres get a bit shorter. This process starts even before you are born and about a third of their length is lost in the first 20 years of life, says Calvin Harley, president and chief scientific officer of Telome Health, based in Menlo Park, California.
As we age, the shortening continues – by about 9 per cent each decade, on average.
It is not clear whether some people have a higher natural rate of loss but we do know that telomeres respond to lifestyle, and that smoking, heavy drinking, obesity and stress can all shorten them a little more quickly. That is bad news because short telomeres are associated with earlier death. One study by Richard Cawthon at the University of Utah, for instance, looked at their lengths in adults over 60. People whose telomeres were shorter than average for their age cohort were 3.18 times more likely to die of heart problems and 8.54 times more likely to die from infectious disease, than those who had longer than average telomeres for their age (The Lancet, vol 361, p 393).

It is easy to see why people trying to divine their own personal expiration date would be interested in knowing how long their telomeres are, and how they compare with other people of the same age. This is exactly the information offered by a Spanish company called Life Length, based in Madrid, which began selling its €500 test a year ago. Telome Health had also planned to offer a telomere test. Back in May, co-founder Elizabeth Blackburn – a Nobel laureate for her discovery of telomerase, the enzyme that stimulates telomere elongation – told New Scientist its test would be available for under $200 by the end of the year. However, Harley now says it will only be used for research purposes for the foreseeable future. He didn’t say why.

How short is too short?
Both tests base their analysis on measurements of the telomeres in a type of white blood cell called leukocytes. “It’s a good surrogate of what’s going on throughout the body,” says Harley. Both will compare the average length of your telomeres with those of your peers, although to begin with that comparison group will be very small.
However, unlike Telome Health, Life Length also provides information about the abundance of critically short telomeres. This difference in approach highlights some key gaps in our understanding of telomeres. Harley says that most studies associating telomere length with health, use measures of average length.
But Life Length scientists argue that the abundance of critically short telomeres – not averages – is what individuals really need to know about.
Once they shrink to a certain point, telomeres can no longer do the job of capping off the chromosomes. Critically short telomeres cause cell death and ultimately senescence, says Maria Blasco, founder of Life Length and head of the Spanish National Cancer Centre in Madrid. However, even she acknowledges that there is a lot we don’t understand yet.

“We need large population studies to find the actual meaning of telomere length,” she says.
Carol Greider at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, who shared the Nobel prize with Blackburn, points out that there is no consensus yet on the best technique for measuring telomeres. In fact, her work on mice found no correlation between telomere length and lifespan (Nucleic Acids Research, vol 28, p 4474) and she argues that little is known about how telomere length affects health and longevity in humans. “There’s a very wide distribution of telomere lengths,” she says, and they can vary a lot for any given age. If you fall below the first percentile, you are clearly at risk for age-related diseases, she adds, but the science hasn’t really established much beyond that. Greider concludes that telomere testing for the general public is premature.

So what about the idea that it can pinpoint your time of death?
Harley plays down the notion, calling it “nonsense”. I had heard that a telomere test might be able to indicate a slim range – say, between ages 70 and 75 – with a 95 percent chance of getting it right. But Harley insists it can only be used as an overall health indicator – a sort of “check engine” light. He likens it to a cholesterol test. I point out that at least with a cholesterol test, you know what you are measuring and so have some idea what to do if you get a bad result.
“If they could say 70 versus 90 with some degree of certainty, I think that would have an impact,” says Caulfield. People may alter their retirement age, spending patterns, travel plans and love lives. Their insurers and employers may make decisions based on this information, too, he adds.
For now, though, finding that you have short telomeres for your age might persuade you
to adopt a healthier lifestyle, at best. I’m not convinced the test is for me. I already know
to eat lots of greens, get lots of exercise and not live in the shadow of an industrial plume.

My grandparents taught me.

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What can make you live longer.

BEING FEMALE 
 Women outlive men by an average of five years. Tom Kirkwood at Newcastle University
in the UK suspects it may be because women’s bodies are better at repairing themselves.

AN AUTUMN BIRTHDAY
People born in autumn or early winter live significantly longer than those born in late spring. British immigrants to Australia show patterns similar to those of Danes and Austrians, and opposite to people who are Australian-born, suggesting the effect
happens during early development.

AN ACADEMY AWARD
It is not enough to be nominated; you have to win. A study by Donald Redelmeier of the University of Toronto, Canada, compared all actors and actresses ever nominated for an Oscar. Winners lived on average 3.9 years longer (Annals of Internal Medicine, vol 134,
page 955)

BEING TALL
After analyzing 490 sets of skeletal remains, measuring bone length and calculating age
of death from dental erosion, a UK research team concluded that tall people live longer. 

In search of a longevity pill 
More than a decade ago, Maria Blasco, now head of the Spanish National Cancer Centre
in Madrid, discovered how to extend the lifespan of mice by 40 per cent. The secret?
Telomerase, the enzyme that helps elongate the structures at the end of chromosomes called telomeres. 
Telomerase is a major player in early embryonic development and fetal life, but, even before we are born, it is switched off. (The exception is in germ-line cells, which give rise
to sperm or eggs.) Why the enzyme’s activity is down-regulated is not entirely understood, but it is thought to be an anti-cancer strategy: although telomerase doesn’t cause cancer, once mutations occur, it helps tumours thrive. The mice in Blasco’s experiments, it should be noted, were engineered not to form tumors. 

Nonetheless, there is a huge interest in the potential anti-ageing effects of telomerase and, since January 2007, a small group of people have been experimenting with a nutritional supplement called TA-65, which activates telomerase in human immune cells.
The supplement is derived from the Chinese herb astragalus, and was developed by, among others, Calvin Harley, now president of Telome Health (see main story).
As it happens, Harley is also one of the experimental subjects taking the TA-65. 
Early results are mixed. After a year of supplementation, the average telomere length of the subjects did not increase. However, the percentage of critically short telomeres was significantly reduced (Rejuvenation Research, vol 14, p 45).
Randomized controlled trials are set to follow. 

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