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Dear Leisa,
Dear Readers: A healthy and Happy New Year to my Jewish friends. Some interesting items in this month’s newsletter, including a unique opportunity for fans living in the Manhattan, New York area and a VERY VITAL LIVING TIP for parents of teenagers.
Author to “ trek” Manhattan:
CHUD.com founder and MEG producer Nick Nunziata and I are working on a different
sort of project, the storyline of which takes place in Manhattan. Before we
put pen to paper, we wanted to visit the Big Apple October 5th-8th and view
sites that might be “off the beaten trail.” If you live or work in
the Manhattan area and would be interested in spending a few hours “guiding
us,” please e-mail me at Meg82159@aol.com Perks include being a character
in the project and maybe an extra in a potential movie.
Soldier’s Story – part 2:
A few months ago I included a soldier’s letter in the monthly newsletter.
Here is the soldier’s response:
Steve:
You don't know what a high it was seeing my letter in your newsletter. As I
said I'm happy to share anything I receive from anyone with the guys in my unit.
The funny thing is that I've been home on leave with my family the last few
weeks, so my mailbox is probably overflowing now. I'll find out when I get there.
Would you mind putting a web link in your newsletter and if you can on you
website? It is http://www.soldiersangels.com/. Soldier's Angels is a wonderful,
private organization that allows soldiers to submit their overseas mailing address.
Then folks at home can log on and get those addresses and send care packages,
letters, cards, all sorts of things from wonderful people who just want to brighten
a soldier's day. It costs nothing except the cost of postage when you decide
to mail something to a deployed soldier. I can tell you having been on the receiving
end of this service that it really is a blessing to all those involved. Please
check it out. You won't be sorry.
The LOCH’s monster…back in the news!
Lake Vindommen, Sweden:
STRANGE SOUNDS FROM THE DEEP COULD HAVE COME FROM "MONSTER EELS"
Those who lives along Lake Vidommen in southern Sweden has seen things that
has been interpreted as unknown animals. But no one wants to come forward because
they are afraid of ridicule. GUST was there this summer listening with our mobile
hydrophone and recorded a number of interesting sounds. There's now indications
that these growls in the deep could come from the "monster eel" denied
by scientists and not yet caught by anyone. www.cryptozoology.st
Primal Waters/Hell’s Aquarium in the News?
Researchers Find Underwater Lost World
Sept. 17, 2006 — Two recent expeditions off the coast of Indonesia have
revealed a remarkable "lost world" of marine species that researchers
believe are new to science, including a shark that "walks" on its
fins.
"It was extraordinary," said Roger McManus of Conservation International, which conducted the expeditions along with the Indonesian government. "These expeditions uncovered what we believe are almost 60 new species to science." One of the most unusual finds are two new small epaulette sharks that swim among coral reefs and have an odd way of moving around.
"They sort of walk on their pectoral fins," McManus said. "They spend a lot of time on the bottom and they're hunting for mussels and crabs and the things that live in the sand or on the sand. They're extraordinary animals."
The team also discovered a variety of other species, including 20 new corals, eight shrimp species, and 24 new fish including a colorful "flasher" wrasse. Decked out in bright pink, yellow, blue and green hues, the male rapidly "flashes" different colors as part of a mating ritual.
The animals were discovered in an area called the Bird's Head Seascape in the northwestern part of Indonesia's Papua province, one of the richest underwater habitats on Earth. It's in an area known as the "Coral Triangle" that includes Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and the Solomon Islands.
*NOTE TO FANS: THIS IS THE EXACT AREA I MENTIONED IN PRIMAL WATERS BACK IN
2004.
This month’s LIVING TIP:
A very important Living Tip, sent in from a Police Officer, plus a repeat of
last month’s tip, which, due to a technical difficulty, was not available
to some readers.
Subject: Latest Drug in Middle School - 'Dusting'
My name is Jeff. I am a Police Officer for a city which is known nationwide
for its crime rate. I also have a police K-9 named Thor. I always liked the
fact that there was no way to bring drugs into my house. Thor wouldn't allow
it. He would tell on you. The reason I say this is so you understand that I
know about drugs. I have taught in schools about drugs. My wife asks all our
kids at least once a week if they used any drugs. Makes them promise they won't.
I like building computers occasionally and started building a new one in February 2005. I also was working on some of my older computers. They were full of dust so on one of my trips to the computer store I bought a 3 pack of DUST OFF. Dust Off is a can of compressed air to blow dust off a computer. A few weeks later when I went to use one of them they were all used. I talked to my kids and my two sons both said they had used them on their computer and messing around with them. I yelled at them for wasting the 10 dollars I paid for them. On February 28 I went back to the computer store. They didn't have the 3 pack which I had bought on sale so I bought a single jumbo can of Dust Off. I went home and set it down beside my computer.
On March 1st, I left for work at 10 PM. Just before midnight my wife went down and kissed Kyle goodnight. At 5:30 am the next morning Kathy went downstairs to wake Kyle up for school, before she left for work. He was propped up in bed with his legs crossed and his head leaning over. She called to him a few times to get up. He didn't move. He would sometimes tease her like this and pretend he fell back asleep. He was never easy to get up. She went in and shook his arm. He fell over. He was pale white and had the straw from the Dust Off can coming out of his mouth. He had the new can of Dust Off in his hands. Kyle was dead.
I am a police officer and I had never heard of this. My wife is a nurse and she had never heard of this. We later found out from the coroner, after the autopsy, that only the propellant from the can of Dust off was in his system. No other drugs. Kyle had died between midnight and 1 AM.
I found out that using Dust Off is being done mostly by kids ages 9 through 15. They even have a name for it. It's called dusting. A take off from the Dust Off name. It gives them a slight high for about 10 seconds. It makes them dizzy. A boy who lives down the street from us showed Kyle how to do this about a month before. Kyle showed his best friend. Told him it was cool and it couldn't hurt you. It's just compressed air. It can't hurt you. His best friend said no.
Kyle was wrong. It's not just compressed air. It also contains a propellant called R2. It's a refrigerant like what is used in your refrigerator. It is a heavy gas. Heavier than air. When you inhale it, it fills your lungs and keeps the good air, with oxygen, out That's why you feel dizzy, buzzed. It decreases the oxygen to your brain, to your heart. Kyle was right. It can't hurt you. IT KILLS YOU.
The horrible part about this is there is no warning. There is no level that kills you. It's not cumulative or an overdose; it can just go randomly, terribly wrong. Roll the dice and if your number comes up you die. ITS NOT AN OVERDOSE. It's Russian Roulette. You don't die later. Or not feel good and say I've had too much. You usually die as you're breathing it in. If not you die within 2 seconds of finishing "the hit." That's why the straw was still in Kyle's mouth when he died. Why his eyes were still open. The experts want to call this huffing. The kids don't believe its huffing. As adults we tend to lump many things together. But it doesn't fit here. And that's why its more accepted. There is no chemical reaction, no strong odor. It doesn't follow the huffing signals. Kyle complained a few days before he died of his tongue hurting. It probably did. The propellant causes frostbite. If I had only known.
It's easy to say hey, it's my life and I'll do what I want. But it isn't. Others are always affected. This has forever changed our family's life. I have a hole in my heart and soul that can never be fixed. The pain is so immense I can't describe it. There's nowhere to run from it. I cry all the time and I don't ever cry. I do what I'm supposed to do but I don't really care. My kids are messed up. One won't talk about it. The other will only sleep in our room at night. And my wife, I can't even describe how bad she is taking this. I thought we were safe because of Thor. I thought we were safe because we knew about drugs and talked to our kids about them.
After Kyle died another story came out. A probation Officer went to the school system next to ours to speak with a student. While there he found a student using Dust Off in the bathroom. This student told him about another student who also had some in his locker. This is a rather affluent school system. They will tell you they don't have a drug problem there. They don't even have a dare or plus program there. So rather than tell everyone about this "new" way of getting high they found, they hid it. The probation officer told the media after Kyle's death and they, the school, then admitted to it. I know that if they would have told the media and I had heard, it wouldn't have been in my house.
We need to get this out of our homes and school computer labs. Using Dust Off isn't new and some "professionals" do know about. It just isn't talked about much, except by the kids. They all seem to know about it. April 2nd was 1 month since Kyle died. April 5th would have been his 15th birthday. And every weekday I catch myself sitting on the living room couch at 2:30 in the afternoon and waiting to see him get off the bus. I know Kyle is in heaven but I can’t help but wonder if I died and went to Hell.
This Officer is asking for everyone who receives this email to forward it to
everyone in their address book, even Law Enforcement Officers.
Last month’s LIVING TIP (reprinted due to error in e-mail addy):
Steve:
Back in April someone introduced me to the following product, and, despite being skeptical I tried it. I am so glad I did. The difference it has made in my overall health has been quite remarkable. My sister-in-law gave the product to her daughter, who has Cystic Fibrosis, and her health improved dramatically and has never been better. For that reason and many more feel good stories I have heard, I share this info with your readers now:
Health Product: MONA VIE:
Mona Vie is a new product developed by scientists, a natural juice with its
major ingredient being the Acai berry, touted as the #1 superfood in the world.
The Acai berry is harvested only in the Amazon rain forest river basin and has
the protein profile of an egg, all the essential fatty acids like olive oil,
all of the omegas, all the vitamins and minerals, and more antioxidants and
phytonutrients than any food ever tested. It also has 33 times the amount of
proanthocyanadins than the red grape, making it extremely protective of the
cardiovascular system. It naturally has betasytosterol which helps lower cholesterol,
too. The company uses flash pasteurization to maintain all of the juice’s
nutritional benefits and combines the Acai berry with 18 other life giving fruits
from around the world. These fruits are wild, not cultured fruits you'd find
in any grocery store. The wilder the fruits, the more phytochemistry it produces
to survive the elements. Monavie uses the stems, peels, pulp and seeds, completely
releasing the nutrients from the cell walls of the fruits. It is extremely potent
at just 2 ounces in the am and 2 ounces in the pm.
HEALTH BENEFITS:
Active users tout everything from disappearing cancers, reduced cholesterol
and BP, balanced insulin levels in diabetics (low glycemic index), helping with
MS, arthritis, lupus, fatigue, just to name a few. At a recent conference, Dr.
Jose Allongo (named one of America's top physicians for 2006) showed a slide
presentation of several patients who have been drinking the juice, and the significant
difference it has made in their blood chemistry, in particular their cholesterol
levels, reductions in LDL and triglycerides were up to 70%, while maintaining
high levels of HDL.
MONETARY OPPORTUNITIES:
Steve, I know many of your readers would be interested in this: I am a stay
at home mom, love the juice, signed up to be a distributor ($39), and now earn
(after only four months) $1,000 to $1,200 a week and all I have done is let
friends and neighbors try the juice and reap its benefits. The person who signed
me up earns over $9,000 a week (she has been doing this since last Feb.), and
you won’t believe what her fellow distributors are making. This is a very
hot product (less than 18 months on the market) backed by scientists and physicians,
and once people try it, they make it part of their lives. Please if any of your
readers are interested in simply trying a bottle and receiving information,
have them contact me at AmazonJuices@aol.com
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That’s all for now. Please stay safe, stay in touch, but most of all, know this author greatly appreciates you.
Sincerely,
Steve Alten, Ed.D.
SteveAlten.com
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