James Duke's Dozen of Herbs
Here is a visit to the six acre farm and home, of James Duke, Ph.D., one of the world's leading authorities on healing herbs, the man who brought us the classic The Green Pharmacy, that is now an indispensable resource for some of the world's foremost herbalists.

Tireless though retired, Duke, at 75, is now actively engaged in what may be his most challenging yet simplest experiment, an ongoing series of trials using only one clinical subject: his own aging body.

Though he'd be the last person to suggest he's got the definitive answer for himself or particularly for others, seeing the choices he's making can teach everyone about which herbs to consider for long-term health.

For most of his career Duke worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture as chief of its Medicinal Plant Resources Laboratory. He and his team collected plants from around the globe for their potential cancer-fighting compounds, which were analyzed by researchers at the National Cancer Institute. Before the project ended, the NCI had analyzed 10 percent of the plants on earth, most of them collected by Duke and his colleagues.

His interest was broader than cancer, though. From 1965 through 1968 Duke took a leave from the USDA post and packed Mrs. Duke and their children--at the time, an infant and a toddler--off to Panama. "It was there that I got into natural remedies used by Indians," says Duke. "In Panama I became an ethno-botanist." Oddly enough, Duke's sponsor in Panama was the Atomic Energy Commission, which hired him to do a survey of indigenous plants. It may have been a devil's bargain--"Hated my sponsor, loved the job"--but it was a high point in Duke's career. "I collected over 18,000 specimens, 50 of which were undescribed previously."

Bilberry
"A master antioxidant"
Like its close relative, blueberry, bilberry contains potent antioxidants that help prevent many age-related ailments. This herb is particularly good for preserving vision and preventing degenerative eye diseases such as macular degeneration and cataracts.

Celery Seed
"Herbal Celebrex"
Celery seed has helped keep Duke's gout in check and can help ease the pain and inflammation of arthritis. While American research supporting this purpose is limited, studies in India and Australia have been promising. The herb contains more than a dozen anti-inflammatory ingredients, including a COX-2-inhibiting compound that works by a similar mechanism as the drug Celebrex.

Echinacea
"One of the best herbal immune-system enhancers"
Duke swears by the immune-enhancing properties of the popular cone-flowered herb, despite a few recent well-publicized studies that have questioned its benefits. Dozens of chemical studies, and other clinical studies, have shown that echinacea can help boost the immune system as well as reduce the severity and length of symptoms of colds and flus.

Garlic
"Herbal duct tape"
If Duke were stranded on a desert island with a single herb, garlic would be it. Regular use can help prevent heart disease by lowering blood pressure and total cholesterol, raising good (HDL) cholesterol, and inhibiting the formation of blood clots that trigger heart attack. It's also an antimicrobial, meaning that it helps the body fight viruses, bacteria, and fungi.

Ginkgo
"A certifiable fountain of youth"
Ginkgo's many benefits appear to stem from its ability to improve blood flow, particularly in the brain and extremities. Research has pointed to the herb's ability to slow Alzheimer's when taken in the disease's early stages. Gingko also may help prevent heart attack, macular degeneration, tinnitus, and certain types of impotence.

Hawthorn
"The best herbal heart tonic around"
Hawthorn has a long history as a slow-acting but effective tonic that can strengthen the heart and boost the health of the circulatory system. A number of clinical studies have shown it to be effective in gently normalizing heart function in congestive heart failure; it's also used to help treat heart disease. The active compounds are found mainly in hawthorn's berries and flowers.

Milk Thistle
"Long live the liver lover"
Milk thistle is an herbal superstar the world over, with both popular and scientific support for its use as a liver protector. It can safeguard this vital organ against cirrhosis and hepatitis, and recent research suggests that the herb may help prevent cancer, type 2 diabetes, and syndrome X. And to combat lifestyle and environmental "insults"--like alcohol, pollution, and medications--it's "one of the best detoxifiers around," says Duke.

St. John's Wort
"The herb of choice for mild to moderate depression"
Keeping your spirits up is one of the keys to longevity; chronic depression can suppress the immune system, upping the risk for a number of chronic conditions. St. John's wort has been used as a mood booster for centuries, and modern science has shown it to be an effective natural alternative for mild to moderate depression. (Severe depression should be treated medically, with the help of health professionals.)

Saw Palmetto
"I'm betting my prostate gland on it"
Thus far, Duke's bet has paid off. One of the most thoroughly studied herbs, saw palmetto has been proven to
be as effective as a leading prescription medication for
benign enlarged prostate. In Europe, it's been the treatment of choice for years. Duke stresses that it's important to see your doctor for a diagnosis before taking saw palmetto.

Turmeric
"A remarkable anti-inflammatory"
A mainstay in Ayurvedic medicine, turmeric has long been used to ease inflammatory conditions such as arthritis, bursitis, and tendinitis. Clinical studies have confirmed that it appears to be as effective as NSAIDS, and safer, as well as having cholesterol-lowering, liver-supporting, and anticancer benefits. (For more on its healing potential, see "Turmeric" on page 42.) Duke sprinkles it on chicken and vegetables to make curries, but supplements are also available.

See the full link James Duke of Herbs.

Supreme Ultimate Force
WHAT IS TAI CHI?

The Chinese characters for Tai Chi Chuan can be translated as the 'Supreme Ultimate Force'. The notion of 'supreme ultimate' is often associated with the Chinese concept of yin-yang, the notion that one can see a dynamic duality (male/female, active/passive, dark/light, forceful/yielding, etc.) in all things. 'Force' (or, more literally, 'fist') can be thought of here as the means or way of achieving this ying-yang, or 'supreme-ultimate' discipline.

Tai Chi, as it is practiced in the west today, can perhaps best be thought of as a moving form of yoga and meditation combined. There are a number of so- called forms (sometimes also called 'sets') which consist of a sequence of movements. Many of these movements are originally derived from the martial arts (and perhaps even more ancestrally than that, from the natural movements of animals and birds) although the way they are performed in Tai Chi is slowly, softly and gracefully with smooth and even transitions between them.

For many practicioners the focus in doing them is not, first and foremost, martial, but as a meditative exercise for the body. For others the combat aspects of Tai Chi are of considerable interest. In Chinese philosophy and medicine there exists the concept of 'chi', a vital force that animates the body. One of the avowed aims of Tai Chi is to foster the circulation of this 'chi' within the body, the belief being that by doing so the health and vitality of the person are enhanced. This 'chi' circulates in patterns that are close related to the nervous and vascular system and thus the notion is closely connected with that of the practice of acupuncture and other oriental healing arts.

Another aim of Tai Chi is to foster a calm and tranquil mind, focused on the precise execution of these exercises. Learning to do them correctly provides a practical avenue for learning about such things as balance, alignment, fine-scale motor control, rhythm of movement, the genesis of movement from the body's vital center, and so on. Thus the practice of Tai Chi can in some measure contribute to being able to better stand, walk, move, run, etc. in other spheres of life as well. Many practitioners notice benefits in terms of correcting poor postural, alignment or movement patterns which can contribute to tension or injury. Furthermore the meditative nature of the exercises is calming and relaxing in and of itself.

Because the Tai Chi movements have their origins in the martial arts, practicing them does have some martial applications. In a two-person exercise called 'push-hands' Tai Chi principles are developed in terms of being sensitive to and responsive of another person's 'chi' or vital energy. It is also an opportunity to employ some of the martial aspects of Tai Chi in a kind of slow-tempo combat. Long-time practitioners of Tai Chi who are so-inclined can become very adept at martial arts. The emphasis in Tai Chi is on being able to channel potentially destructive energy (in the form of a kick or a punch) away from one in a manner that will dissipate the energy or send it in a direction where it is no longer a danger.

The practical exercises of Tai Chi are also situated in a wider philosophical context of Taoism. This is a reflective, mystical Chinese tradition first associated with the scholar and mystic Lao Tsu, an older contemporary of Confucius. He wrote and taught in the province of Honan in the 6th century B.C. and authored the seminal work of Taoism, the Tao Te Ching. As a philosophy, Taoism has many elements but fundamentally it espouses a calm, reflective and mystic view of the world steeped in the beauty and tranquillity of nature.

Tai Chi also has, particularly amongst eastern practitioners, a long connection with the I Ching a Chinese system of divination. There are associations between the 8 basic I Ching trigrams plus the five elements of Chinese alchemy (metal, wood, fire, water and earth) with the thirteen basic postures of Tai Chi created by Chang San-feng. There are also other associations with the full 64 trigrams of the I Ching and other movements in the Tai Chi form.

Exploring the Cosmos
It was around August of 1978 that a group of us from the Downtown Campus Ministry at Point Park College got together for a retreat at my grandparents cabin. Father Tony was the Director, Jack, Faith, Terry, Mary Kay, Tom, and I was there. I remember doing a lot of Work Group exercises. One course was on silent communication. Erickson's levels of development and spiritual formation were also studied and experienced through various techniques.

Saturday was filled with various growth courses we learned over the years. Yet we had enough time between classes to go swimming, do a lot of hiking, eating fine food and enjoying the fireplace. At night we all went out to see one of the clearest skies I ever remember seeing. If there are about four thousand stars you can see with your eyes, I bet we saw every one of them that night!

See the Exploring the Cosmos link for further study.

What is the Enneagram?
A fundamental element of the enneagram is its description of nine distinct personality types, each a reflection of different patterns of thought, feeling and action. Each of the nine types is rooted in a specific viewpoint or belief structure that largely determines what is important to you and how you interact with the world to fulfill your hopes and dreams.

Each of us adopted one of the nine patterns to protect a specific aspect of our selves that felt under threat during the development of our personalities. As you discover more about your enneagram personality type, you will also be learning about the unconscious motivations that determine much of your behavior.

Understanding your enneagram personality type can literally change your life-not only in your relationships with yourself and others, but in the way you cope with all issues and situations.

When I first heard my Enneagram type described, a whole slew of observations I had made about myself over the years suddenly fell into place. I had a short-cut conceptual system that made sense out of a lot of stuff that hadn't made much sense. That was one of the reasons that I decided, whatever this guy is teaching, I have to get involved with it and find out more about it.

Charles T. Tart
author of Transpersonal Psychologies and Body Mind Spirit

Who are you?
Type 1
A perfectionist, driven to do the "right" thing. Often critical of self as well as others, with a strongly developed sense of responsibility. Prone to repressed anger.
Type 2
A helper, needing to be needed. Will go the extra mile to please others at the cost of taking care of self. Gives and is proud of it, but strings are often attached.
Type 3
An achiever, efficient, goal-driven and focused on being a "winner." Concern with appearances-style over substance-can crowd out friends, family and self-awareness.
Type 4
An individualist, craving self-expression and emotional depth. Sensitive to beauty and meaning, but prone to melancholy, feelings of inadequacy, and envy.
Type 5
An observer, perceptive and capable of synthesizing information in new ways. Protective of privacy and personal resources and prone to emotional detachment.
Type 6
A team-player-or a rebel-vigilant for threats from the environment. Loyal and engaging, but full of contradictions which create self-doubt and indecisiveness.
Type 7
An enthusiast with a perpetual surplus of plans and ideas, eager for experiences and/or material goods. Habitual optimism may cover a fear of boredom and pain.
Type 8
A leader, driven to control self and environment, capable of both domination and protectiveness. Vulnerabilities and a tender heart are hidden beneath a tough exterior.
Type 9
A peacemaker, good at seeing all points of view and easily distracted from personal needs and priorities. Avoids direct confrontation but can be passive and immovable.

WHAT IS ORAL CHELATION?
Chelation therapy is a safe, non-surgical treatment used to rid the body of excess toxins, particularly metals. These chelators draw out toxic metals and other harmful substances that impair bodily functions and help the body eliminate these toxins via the kidneys. Oral Chelating agents can often prevent health problems from occurring by restoring circulation to the body's tissues. Chelation benefits every blood vessel in the body, from the largest veins to the tiniest capillaries and arterioles, most of which are too small for surgical treatment or too deep within the brain and other vital organs to be safely reached by surgery.

In arteriosclerosis, deposits of cholesterol, fats and other substances collect on the walls of the largest to the smallest arteries in the form of hard plaque. It has been found that calcium acts as the glue that holds the plaque together. Chelating agents bind with this calcium and carry it out of the body (removing the dangerous heavy metals at the same time). This breaks up the plaque deposits, unclogging the arteries and permitting normal blood flow

Clots of plaque in the artery walls can affect your brain (Alzheimer's), sexual organs, feet, legs, etc., as well as your heart.

DOES CHELATION LOWER THE LEVELS OF CALCIUM IN THE BONES AND TEETH?

Dr. Gary Gordon, who is a member of ACAM (the American College of Advancement in Medicine), states: No. In fact, it can increase bone calcium. When the chelating substance removes calcium from the blood stream, the body will automatically start pulling calcium from other parts of the body to make up for the loss in the blood (Serum calcium needs to stay at a constant level for heart function). The most available calcium is the calcium that is deposited in the arterial walls, known as calcium apatite. Other areas of the body also surrender their calcium, such as calcium deposits in arthritic joints, tendons, kidney stones, underneath skin, and in calcified bursae (that often lead to bursitis). Symptoms of arthritis are frequently reduced, and joint function improves with chelation treatment. At the same time, the EDTA stimulates the parathyroid to release a hormone called parathormone. Parathormone activates 2 types of bone cells, the osteoclasts and the osteoblasts. The osteoclasts break down bones and release calcium, while the osteoblasts build new bone, making bones stronger. This bone building process continues during oral chelation supplementation, providing you with the added benefit of increased bone mass while removing the excess calcium that is deposited in unwanted areas of the body, such as in the arteries and joints.

NOT ALL FORMULAS ARE CREATED EQUAL

For the past two years, Dr. Maile Pouls has been working as Director of Research for Extreme Health, Inc. She has been researching how people can remove heavy metals and fatty plaques from their bodies. She was also recently interviewed in the September issue of Alternative Medicine Digest Magazine about osteoporosis and the treatment of this degenerative disease through Extreme Health's Oral Chelation and Age-Less Formula. Extreme Health is privileged to have Dr. Pouls speak at the Holistic Dental Association's annual conference in May, 1999 in Denver, Colorado.

Dr. Pouls has a Ph.D. in biochemistry and human nutrition, as well as one of the largest clinical nutritional practices in the United States. She is the author of "The Nutritional Supplement Shopper", one of the most extensively researched books in today's market. It analyzes over 450 companies nationwide and offers a comparison study revealing the purest, most effective retail nutritional products available in America today.

Dr. Pouls studied detoxification for over ten years. It took a year to complete Extreme's revolutionary formulas. The Oral Chelation formula contains EDTA plus 16 other all-natural chelators. Extreme's Oral Chelation formula along with the replenishment formula, called Age-Less, contains 16 chelating agents, 31 anti-oxidants, 25 vitamins and minerals, 7 amino acids, 19 phyto-therapeutic super foods and herbal extracts and 3 enzymes.

This synergistic combination of nutrients supports the body's natural process of ensuring elimination of heavy metals such as mercury, lead, cadmium and aluminum from the body, and fatty and mineral plaques from the artery walls. This formula has nutrients to mobilize mercury and heavy metals from the brain and nerve ganglion, and natural chelators to bond and carry them out of the body. With a total of 60 synergistic ingredients, we believe you will not find another formula more comprehensive and effective in the market today. These oral chelating supplements are also convenient, affordable, and safe for both children and adults.

OTHER REASONS EXTREME HEALTH'S FORMULA IS REVOLUTIONARY

Extreme Health is one of the very few companies offering an Oral Chelation formula that combines the highest quality ingredients in just the right balance. Many other formulas fail to utilize the power of enzymes, which have been added to our formula. Dr. Pouls, who is also an enzyme specialist, realizes that without enzymes, proper digestion and absorption are not achieved. Your body may only be absorbing a small percentage of what you're ingesting without the added enzymes for optimal assimilation. Extreme Health's formula also has an exclusive ingredient that is extremely effective in detoxifying and protecting the liver, and normalizing liver metabolism to prevent further damage from internal and external toxins such as cigarettes, alcohol and environmental poisons. Numerous studies continue to prove how chelation therapy can be beneficial to many people who are suffering from degenerative health conditions and who are being offered drugs or surgery to control their symptoms.

Get A Good Dentist
Issue 126: Amalgam Replacement?

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Protocol for Amalgam-Mercury-Silver Filling Removal

During chewing the patient is exposed to intraoral levels which are several times the EPA allowable air concentration. 2 During the removal or placement of amalgam the patient can be exposed to amounts which are a thousand times greater than the EPA allowable mercury concentration in the air.3 Once the drill touches the filling temperature increases immediately vaporizing the mercury component of the alloy. There are 8 steps to greatly reducing everyone's exposure:
All removal must be done under cold water spray with copious amounts of water. Once the removal has begun, the mercury vapor will be continuously released from the tooth.
A high volume evacuator tip should be kept near the tooth (1/2 inch) at all times to evacuate this vapor from the area of the patient. Polishing amalgam can create very dangerous levels of mercury and should be avoided especially for the mercury toxic patient.
All patients having amalgam removed or placed should be provided with an alternative air source and instructed to not breathe through their mouth during treatment.
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Can't afford to get your amalgams removed?

I wanted to tell everyone about my experience in case you need dental work and can't afford it.
I had 9 amalgams and a bad crown that needed to come out. I had been reading the "bikerchicks" website with great interest but was afraid to go that far (I'm in Florida.) I thought I'd rather spend a little more money and go with a local dentist.
I found a local holistic, "metalfree" dentist and went for an appointment with him. He told me that 4 of my amalgams were so large that they would need to be crowned instead of refilled.... continue reading
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Children and amalgam removal? by docb86

In skimming through this site, I have seen mention only of adults symptoms and amalgam removal. Has anyone had their children go through the amalgam removal process? My 10 year old daughter has experienced 5-6 of the classic symptoms mentioned by folks in this forum. (our observation and hers). ... reply
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amalgam remove and depression. my story by jimmy1622

At the age of 11, I had 8 large amalgam fillings placed in my mouth by an unscrupulous dentist. I didn't have cavities in those teeth; but this Dr. assured me I would develop cavities in the deep grooves in my teeth if I didn't fill them. The amalgams were a "preventative".
(Sealants were already available at the time, but this dentist either didn't know about them or preferred to drill and fill.) During adolescence I became depressed. It wasn't always there, but it returned with regularity.
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My first amalgam removal by MrCooties

I thought I'd share my experience with my first amalgam replacement that was done a year ago. 3 teeth were done, by a "non-holistic" regular dentist who seemed supportive of my decision to remove my mercury and replace with composites. He was cheaper than the other dentists I checked out. He seemed in agreement that mercury might be bad, but still used amalgams as fillings on other people. He agreed to use a rubber dam and oxygen. ... continue reading http://curezone.com/forums/m.asp?f=42&i=1303

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11 amalgams and declining health by shagley

I had 11 silver amalgams 18 months ago and ever since have had major health issues. I am 24 and have been very physically fit all of my adult years but ever since having these fillings (my own fault as i didn't go to the dentists for 6 years) I have had nearly every symptom in the book and want them out of my head. ... continue reading http://curezone.com/forums/m.asp?f=42&i=1233

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Horrible amalgam-experience, now recovering! by dennyblylod

I went to a dentist here in Sweden 1 1/2 years ago and asked if he could remove my 16 amalgam fillings. I told him I had a few symptoms that were annoying due to my training for elite wrestling comeback, not my first though as previous multiple efforts had cased after long lasting infections, and that my mother in law had told me to get rid of them a thousand times since she had personal experience from amalgam illness.... continue reading http://curezone.com/forums/m.asp?f=42&i=1206

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Holistic dentists in Florida? by Azen

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Extra Dimensions Would Have To Occupy A Tiny Space
University of Washington scientists using gravity measurements to hunt for evidence of dimensions in addition to those already known have found that those dimensions would have to occupy a space smaller than 0.2 millimeter.
In making that finding, the team headed by UW physics professors Eric Adelberger and Blayne Heckel gained new insights into gravity. One of the biggest mysteries in physics is why gravity is so weak compared with all other natural forces. A small magnet suspended above a table, for instance, can easily overcome the downward gravitational pull of the entire Earth and pick up a nail.

One idea, string theory, involves "extra" dimensions. It requires that there be 10 space dimensions, and it usually assumes that seven of those dimensions are curled up in regions so tiny they cannot be detected by current technology.

A new development in that theory suggests that gravity's apparent weakness could be caused by a unique property allowing gravity to leak off into "extra" dimensions, while everything else is confined to the normal dimensions of length, width and height.

Extra dimensions would be a millimeter in size or smaller and, until now, no experiment could have detected them. The Adelberger-Heckel team looked for anomalies at small distances that might signal the presence of extra dimensions.

"Gravity is the only way to see these extra dimensions, but the very weakness of gravity has meant that there was no way to test the theory," said Adelberger. "No one had even been able to detect the gravitational attraction between two millimeter-sized objects, much less see if the force could be stronger than expected."

The UW team recently measured the strength of gravity at a distance of just 0.2 millimeter and found no deviation from the gravitational pull predicted by the inverse-square law devised by Isaac Newton.

"No one had ever detected that gravity even existed at distances less than a millimeter," said Heckel.

"We find that if the extra dimensions exist, they have to be smaller than two-tenths of a millimeter," Adelberger said. "This doesn't say the extra dimensions idea is crazy. It's just not as easy as the simplest picture."

The research team already is fabricating equipment to test to 0.1 millimeter or less, and has begun planning an experiment to test at even smaller distances.

The findings, to be published in the Feb. 19 edition of Physical Review Letters, are based on results using a ring suspended just above a rotating disk. The ring contains 10 small holes and hangs by a tungsten fiber just 20 microns (less than one-thousandth of an inch) thick.

The rotating disk, with 10 similar holes, exerts gravitational pull on the pendulum, twisting it back and forth 10 times for every revolution of the plate. The amount of twist is measured by shining a laser beam off a mirror mounted on the ring.

The device, housed in the UW's Nuclear Physics Laboratory, has its main parts coated with gold, and a gold-coated copper foil less than one-thousandth of an inch is stretched between the ring and the disk. Those precautions are designed to prevent electrical forces from interfering with the gravitational tug being measured.

The Adelberger-Heckel team will continue trying to measure at smaller distances to explore whether some gravitational force might be spilling over from other very tiny dimensions.

"We don't know if these ideas are right, but they are revolutionary," Adelberger said. "There would be profound consequences if the ideas are correct." - By Vince Stricherz

[Contact: Eric Adelberger, Blayne Heckel, Vince Stricherz] 14-Feb-2001

BODY-Physical Aspect
Your computer just like your body is being attacked with all types of bugs, ads, pop ups, and hinderance that affect enjoyable living. The only thing that can help you with these problems is the truth and your participation in it. Life is a shared process and your transformation through it to the next dimension. If your knowledge is great, you might get a double promotion or better. Scientists have determined that there are perhaps eleven dimensions to this reality. This is called "the theory of everything."

When man first began to have some free time to think about these things, he looked at the stars, the sea, the birds in the air, the fishes in the sea, the earth, and the animals under the earth, fire and the mystery of the night. There were many dimensions he could not experience very well, so he began to imagine, "what would it feel like if I could fly, or live under water, under the earth, or on the moon?" There is perhaps no day that goes by when we do not think of these things. Perhaps a healthy imagination is a prerequisite to the "good life!"

I feel that computing, like so many other things, is a part of life. Although there are still many people that never heard of a computer the concept of better communication is not that foreign to them. This is built into every social unit from the individual to the greatest civilization in the world. Everyone communicates in many ways. Internal communication is composed of electrical, chemical, magnetic, physical, conscious and unconscious forces through the twelve body systems.

In the circulatory system, the action of the heart and its communication with the lungs are one of the primary body systems. Without air, the heart would stop in a few minutes. Without healthy air, the body would eventually die a lot sooner. That is one reason why smoking is bad for you. Without fresh air, the blood does not get feed very well. Did you know that blood is only one of the over ten thousand proteins the body uses to promote life and that they are all made up of only twelve essential amino acids?

Every day there are thousands of new discoveries that scientists uncover about the circulatory system, and how it works with the rest of the body. A good book on the subject is "The New Living Heart." Here is an sample of the book from chapter two and the index of subjects that the authors and editor felt were important to include. I also added twenty other pages to my Weblog and site with over two hundred new links, and a new page called the "BODY- Physical Aspect" to my Holistic homepage with another two hundred links.

One site I have been following for several years is called the "Curezone" because I like the people I met there. Perhaps, you too have some favorite sites you could tell us about in my Weblog pages? All you have to do is tell us about them in the Comment areas.

The only way any site can be successful is if there are other people visiting it. One reason why the Curezone is so successful is because of the participation of the visitors who also have a desire to share their knowledge of the "good life" with others. I have posted my ideas about the club on the dozen or so Bulletin Boards we have used and created several sites that highlighted PACC activities. Yet without new input, no club site can thrive. I would like to add links to your Weblogs, Blogs, Homepages, or Sites to make it all more interesting.

If you would like to further communicate with me and participate in this computing aspect of life let me know. My new homepage is: http://philcutrara1.tripod.com and my E-mail address or instant messenger address is: philcut@aol.com.

Happy Computing,
Phil Cutrara

The Power of Love
God gives us every good thing to enjoy, especially his love. Yet we ought to take care of all of these gifts, so that everyone will know that we love him too. "Many seek the favor of a generous man, and every one is a friend to a man who gives gifts." God gives us our body, mind, soul, and spirit. He blesses us with all of his grace.

We know his love through the power of the gifts of security, joy, peace, and warmth. These are the gifts of the Holy Spirit: "wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord." With these gifts we can do all things, so that all the people come to know his love.

In the book of 1 Corinthians 12, Saint Paul teaches us about the Spiritual gifts. He explains how they work through us for the greater glory of God. He talks about the wisdom of discourse, the power to express knowledge, faith, healing, miraculous powers, prophecy, the power to distinguish one spirit from another, the gift of tongues, and the gift of interpreting tongues. "But it is one and the same Spirit who produces all these gifts, distributing them to each as he wills."

Any minute of the day you can see these gifts in action. You can even feel them yourself. Does not your heart beat a wonderful sound to your ears? Do not all good people smile at you when you see them?

I remember the first time a religious person folder their hands and bowed to the Spirit in me. It was a wonderful gesture. Every time I see a person being healed my heart jumps with joy. Maybe it is because I see Jesus at work, and because that person has been given another day to enjoy all of God's love.

Masterpieces of the Internet

NEW LISTINGS
This page lists the titles of on-line books that have recently been added to our index, or whose entries have been recently revised. For a full list of available books, try the main on-line books page.

To suggest additional books we should list, see this page.

April 29, 2004
Theory and Practice of Online Learning (2004), ed. by Terry Anderson and Fathi Elloumi (PDF with commentary at Athabasca)
April 28, 2004
Pure Logistics: The Science of War Preparation (Washington: National Defense University Press, 1986), by George C. Thorpe, contrib. by Stanley L. Falk (PDF at ndu.edu)
Globalization and Maritime Power, ed. by Sam J. Tangredi (HTML at ndu.edu)
The Middle East in 2015: The Impact of Regional Trends on U.S. Strategic Planning (2002), ed. by Judith Share Yaphe (PDF at ndu.edu)
Firepower in Limited War (second printing, 1993), by Robert H. Scales (PDF at ndu.edu)
NATO Enlargement and Central Europe: A Study in Civil-Military Relations, by Jeffrey Simon (PDF at ndu.edu)
Acquisition for the 21st century: The F-22 Development Program, by Michael D. Williams (PDF at ndu.edu)
Crisis? What Crisis? Security issues in Colombia, ed. by James L. Zackrison (HTML at ndu.edu)
Korea on the Brink: From the "12/12 Incident" to the Kwangju Uprising, 1979-1980, by John Adams Wickham (PDF at ndu.edu)
April 27, 2004
The Princess Ilsee: A Fairy Tale (London: Saunders, Otley, and Co., 1867), by Anonymous, illust. by Eugene Froment (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
An Inquiry into the Scriptural Import of the Words Sheol, Hades, Tartarus and Gehenna, Translated Hell in the Common English Version, by Walter Balfour, ed. by Otis A. Skinner (PDF with commentary at free-yes.info)
The Duration and Nature of Future Punishment (based on the second edition), by Henry Constable (PDF at free-yes.info)
The Doctrine of Future and Endless Punishment, Logically Proved in a Critical Examination of Such Passages of Scripture as Relate to the Final Destiny of Man, by Reune R. Coon (PDF at free-yes.info)
The Eternal Duration of Future Punishments is not Inconsistent with the Divine Attributes of Justice and Mercy, by George M. Gorham (PDF at free-yes.info)
The Verdict of Reason Upon the Question of the Future Punishment of Those Who Die Impenitent (Boston: Nichols and Noyes, 1865), by Henry Martyn Dexter (PDF at free-yes.info)
The Valley of the Shadow: Eight Sermons on the Doctrine of Future Punishment (New York: T. Whittaker, 1878), by Charles Henry Hall (PDF at free-yes.info)
The State of the Impenitent Dead, by Alvah Hovey (PDF at free-yes.info)
Five Discourses on Future Punishment, by Cameron Mann (PDF at free-yes.info)
An Oral Debate on the Coming of the Son of Man, Endless Punishment, and Universal Salvation, by E. Manford and B. Franklin (PDF at free-yes.info)
Love and Penalty: or, Eternal Punishment Consistent with the Fatherhood of God (1860), by Joseph Parrish Thompson (PDF at free-yes.info)
April 23, 2004
The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century (New York: Columbia University Press, 1904-07), by Herbert L. Osgood (HTML at dinsdoc.com)
April 15, 2004
Psalms of the Sisters (London: Pali Text Society, 1909), by Caroline A. F. Rhys Davids (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
The Lost Lemuria (London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1904), by W. Scott-Elliot (illustrated HTML at sacred-texts.com)
A Problem in Greek Ethics: Being an Inquiry Into the Phenomenon of Sexual Inversion, Addressed Especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists, by John Addington Symonds (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
Wonder Tales From Baltic Wizards, From the German and English, by Frances Jenkins Olcott (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
The Four Ancient Books of Wales, Containing the Cymric Poems attributed to the Bards of, ed. by W. F. Skene (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
The Mabinogion (second edition with notes; London: Bernard Quaritch, 1877), ed. by Charlotte Schreiber (illustrated HTML at sacred-texts.com)
Folk Tales From the Russian, by Verra Xenophontovna (illustrated HTML at sacred-texts.com)
Popular Tales from the Norse (second edition, with introduction and appendix), by P. C. Asbj?rnsen and J. E. Moe, trans. by George Webbe Dasent (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
Japanese Fairy Tales, Second Series, by Teresa Peirce Williston, illust. by Sanchi Ogawa (illustrated HTML at sacred-texts.com)

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