So, what can we do?
We can change the way we live.  Starting today.
We all live in a web of possibility. There are things we can do and things we cannot do. Every time we make a decision we change the web.
If we all decided tomorrow that we should park our cars and walk to work we could not do it. Most of us live too far a distance from work to walk there daily. What we can do is look for work (or create a new job) that we can walk to.
If we all decided tomorrow that we would stop funding military activities throughout the world we could not do it, because we no longer have the ability to control the parts of our governments that makes those decisions. What we can do is elect different people to office, or better yet, rebuild community from the local level so that we take back control of our lives and our governments.
If we all decided tomorrow that we would have no more than one child, those of us with more than one child would be making the decision too late. And while it is conceivable that we could kill all those “extra” children, I think most of us would find that unacceptable. What we can do is change the social contract so that having only one child per couple is the norm. (If, for four generations, each couple had only one child, the human population would drop to one sixteenth, or 6.25% of its current size. That population may well be sustainable.

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An abstract of this article was send to all the subscribers of Joni Bells information email messages. The complete article follows.
There has been a lot of hoopla about the PSA prostate cancer test for men primarily over the age of 40. I have written several small articles (circa mid 1990s) about the inaccuracy of this test in the past but now it has come to the point that it is a Billion Dollar Scam on all males of the world, but mostly American men. It is one of the highest profile tests for men that exists today.
If you dont believe me then read about it in The New York Times and The Washington Post. They both say the PSA test is basically worthless.
Why do I call it a . Because it is being touted as a means to improve the health of all men and protect them from getting cancer. This is just not a true statement. High PSA levels do not indicate cancer. What a high PSA does indicate is that there is something happening to cause inflammation of the prostate. It could be cancer but most times it is not cancer. A recent infection causing an enlargement of the prostate would be indicated by a high PSA level.
Consider this. Every may over the age of 50 will die with a prostate cancer condition, BUT  only a very few men will die from  prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is very, very slow growing and will have almost no effect on the quality of a mans life.
One thing the pressure to get a PSA test does if to provide the medical professionals the information that they use to drive men to go the next step and get a biopsy. These biospys are very risky as the process of a puncture into the prostrate could spread the cancer, even if it is very small, through the rest of the body. Now that person has cancer for real.
Stanford University had on it staff one Dr. Thomas Stamey. He was one of the original advocates of PSA testing. But Dr. Stanley changed because in 2004 at a medical conference he exposed the risks with the PSA test. Dt. Stamey made the comment in his lecture We have been so thorough and effective in screening for prostate cancer over this 20-year period that PSA no longer has a relationship to prostate cancer. Because we all develop the cancer, were now removing prostates from men whose cancer is so small that htey do not need the procedure. Were finding all these little cancers that are never going to be a danger to the patient. In smaller cancers, the PSA test is not relevant anymore; you might as well biopsy a man because he has blue eyes.
Over time the PSA test has become more frequent and the decision point to begin therapy has started sooner and more aggressive even though the prostate cancer is clinically insignificant. The usual will be for radiation, surgery and chemotherapy. The oncologists will take all the credit for an increased survival rate of men with prostate cancer. The failure in the whole system is that these men would have survived anyway. Now these men have to face incontinence, impotence and other diseases. It is say that medical politics and greed has driven the medical establishment to the level of a scam as initially mentioned above.
To avoid all the above what do men do?
Be aware of what you need to do to keep a healthy prostate. It is a gland so it needs good blood circulation and lymphatic circulation and drainage. Exrcise will accomplish this better than any one other thing. Walking moves all the muscles in the pelvic area. If you sit 8 hours a day because thats your job, then you need to take extra time to walk and it will increase your chanced of NOT having a prostate problem.
Avoid intense sexual excitement without a natural conclusion of ejaculation. This causes engorgement of the gland and if it continues for a long period of time it could lead to structural and functional damage to the prostate. A regular sexual habit is best.
It is best if you can avoid a diet that is very heavy in meats which would include beef, veal, port and poultry. Hormones previously used in cattle production of beef are mostly outlawed. Poultry producers have no such restriction. This includes chickens and turkeys.
Instead eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, organic is preferred. Juicing twice a day is especially beneficial. Juicing twice a day combined with at least 8 - 8 ounce glasses of pure filtered water will do wonders in the cleansing of the urinary tract and the body in general. Do not overindulge in coffee and alcohol.
How can you tell if you are starting to have a prostate problem. Here are some of the signs.

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Eric Tokar asked:
For as long as they have been around tobacco companies have been looking for unethical ways to get new smokers and keep existing smokers hooked on there deadly addictive products. From big tobaccos 1950 ads paying doctors nice sums of money to say on commercials that they smoke for there health, to unethical practices today of suppressing and discrediting homeopathic products which could really help many people quit smoking potentially saving millions of lives from this epidemic. This article will look at some of the unethical practices used in the past as well as today, and attempt to shed some light on alternative products currently being suppressed by big tobacco.
It seems every generation receives a new threat from big tobacco, so in order to understand the current threat from big tobacco I feel you should be educated on some of the most truly evil advertising campaigns big tobacco has ever put out. Cigarette ads in the 1940s and 1950s were famous for making cigarettes appear sophisticated, elegant, and healthy. Few of us are old enough to remember the truly evil deceptive ads big tobacco put out where they would pay some doctor to sell his soul to the tobacco companies aka the devil and say cigarettes have many great health benefits and can extend your life. Thats right, they paid the people we trust with our lives to lie to us. Millions of people bought into there lie and ended up dying much younger than they should have. This was the absolute worst case of big tobacco deceiving people just like you and me, but this deception still exists, but because people have caught on to there lies they must be much more secretive about it.
Today the ailments cigarettes cause are out in the open, and because of there constant advertising to kids and lying about there products almost all forms of advertising is off limits. Due to this smoking rates are on a decline, but the fact is cigarettes are addictive and it is extremely difficult for those of us who do smoke to quit, so cigarette companies have switched from lying to get people to buy there product to using there power to silence companies with a real chance at helping your quit smoking. One fairly new technique that is constantly being discredited by cigarette companies is herbal stop smoking products. I believe these herbal products are the best at helping you quit smoking, and are definitely worth a try. Many herbal stop smoking products have different herbs that all do different things from producing a disgust for tobacco, to eliminating tobacco within your body, but most all herbal stop smoking products contain a herbal supplement called lobelia inflata. Lobelia inflata is an herb with many properties similar to nicotine with one big difference, its not addictive. Lobelia inflata has the same effects on your body as nicotine, so you are able to substitute your addictive nicotine addiction with this non addictive herb. The basic theory behind this kind of treatment is that the substitution of the non addictive herb will help you better deal with your craving while your body is eliminating years of nicotine in your body.
Herbal non smoking products are without a doubt the best kind of product available for those of us who want to quit smoking. Tobacco companies know they want to appear like the good guy. Like they dont want you using there product. One scam they have come up to counter other stop smoking products that actually work is to sell nicotine patches and gum. Cigarette companies were aware of the threat herbal supplements posed to there business, so they came up with nicotine supplements to counter herbal alternatives. The idea behind nicotine patches and gum sounds good, but the problem with nicotine supplements is that while they can stop you from smoking they dont eliminate your nicotine addiction. I have known people who have stopped smoking and have been hooked on nicotine gum for years. Chewing nicotine gum just becomes another habit just like smoking was. They are simply taking your addiction from cigarettes to a slightly more expensive product they can get smokers hooked on so they can continue to make billions. Due to the fact that herbal products are not addictive you actually have the opportunity of freeing yourself from nicotine altogether which can save you hundreds if not thousands of dollars every year.
No matter what the era, tobacco companies all seem to be deceiving you in the interest of profits. Continuing to give your money to these tobacco companies is unethical in itself. As long as consumers like us continue to give them our money, they will use it to get new smokers and to keep current smokers. I ask all of your to take a stand against tobacco companies and to refuse to give the tobacco companies another dollar. I strongly encourage all of you to do some research into these herbal products. To finally take the stand to quit smoking and to take a part in stopping them from continuing to kill our friends and family.

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