Other Side of Life by Racecar - Free MP3 Song of the day

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From the Album, Country Gold, Racecar gives us this song, Other Side of Life.  From Lexington, Ky, USA, country music done right at a price everyone can afford, free.  Play it now, if you like it get the free download right here.

Lyrics;

Nothing wrong with a bush or three just to bed down for the night
Steady living never was my cup of tea, you can’t keep me satisfied
Finger-linking, caught me dipping in the grease, ain’t no sin in going down
Well you’d eat it too if you had it hanging ’round

And never will I let another come again between me and my friend the bottle
Cause I’m getting older but the girls stay young and wild
Yabbadabbado that’s right I’m high on life routing in the lost and found
And won’t you join me as I bid adeau to being nagged, chained, and bound
Yabbadabbado that’s right

I’m doing fine Just taking in the sites
Cause I’m headed up for the other side of life

People say there’ll be bills to pay but for now I’m worry free
Can’t stand around and think about my better days its the future that I seek
The wolf is knocking hear him talking bout the ways you can keep a good man down
You’d be a fool if you kept on hanging ’round

And never will I let another come again between me and my friend the bottle
Cause I’m getting older but the girls stay young and wild
Yabbadabbado that’s right I’m high on life routing in the

lost and found
And won’t you join me as I bid adeau to being nagged, chained, and bound
Yabbadabbado that’s right I’m doing fine just taking in the sites
Cause I’m headed up for the other side of life

Yabbadabbado that’s right I’m high on life in the lost and found
And won’t you join me as I bid adeau to being nagged, chained, and bound
Yabbadabbado that’s right I’m doing fine just taking in the sites
Cause I let her up on the other side of life
Cause I’m headed up for the other side of life

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Botanical Aloe - Art of the day

Our art of the day is this Botanical Aloe.  PLease feel free to catch a copy for your own collection.  Just right click and save as to any file folder you want.

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PEACH SNOW - Recipe of the day

English: juicy peach half (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Add sweetened cream to stiffly-beaten whites of eggs (⅓ cup to each white) and pour over peaches just before serving. All must be cold. 

Peaches combine nicely with bananas and with red raspberries. The juice of the berries may be served over the peaches instead of cream.

Make something extraordinary tonight.

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What Global Warming? 2012 Data Confirms Earth In Cooling Trend

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By Barbara Hollingsworth

(CNSNews.com) – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently released its “State of the Climate in 2012” report, which states that “worldwide, 2012 was among the 10 warmest years on record.”

But the report “fails to mention [2012] was one of the coolest of the decade, and thus confirms the cooling trend,” according to an analysis by climate blogger Pierre Gosselin.

“To no one’s surprise, the report gives the reader the impression that warming is galloping ahead out of control,” writes Gosselin. “But their data shows just the opposite.”

Although the NOAA report noted that in 2012, “the Arctic continues to warm” with “sea ice reaching record lows,” it also stated that the Antarctica sea ice “reached a record high of 7.51 million square miles” on Sept. 26, 2012.

And the latest figures for this year show that there’s been a slowdown of melting in the Arctic this summer as well, with temperatures at the North Pole well below normal for this time of year. Meteorologist Joe Bastardi calls it “the coldest ever recorded.”

The Associated Press had to retract a photo it released on July 27 with the caption, “The shallow meltwater lake is occurring due to an unusually warm period.”

“In fact, the water accumulates in this way every summer,” AP admitted in a note to editors, adding that the photo was doubly misleading because “the camera used by the North Pole Environment Observatory has drifted hundreds of miles from its original position, which was a few dozen miles from the pole.

NOAA also reported that the “average lower strastospheric temperature, about six to ten miles above the Earth’s surface, for 2012 was record or near-record cold, depending on the dataset” even while the concentrations of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, continued to increase.

"Even with all this data manipulation, the trend is down as shown by this Hadley global plot," writes Joseph D'Aleo, former director of meteorology at The Weather Channel. (See D'Aleo - Real Story About Temps.pdf)

"Last year was the 8th warmest but 7th coldest since 1998. They explain it away with the predominance of La Ninas or a solar blip, but say it was the warmest decade nonetheless, so stop questioning us," he said.

On August 7th, the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten quoted Irish solar expert Ian Elliott predicting that lower levels of sunspot activity over the next few years “indicates that we may be on the path to a new little ice age.”

“If you think scientists just couldn’t get any more incompetent, then think again. NOAA scientists even appear to believe that cold events are now signs of warming,” Gosselin points out.

“When one carefully reads the report, we find that the NOAA findings actually do confirm precisely what the skeptics have been claiming all along:

1. The Earth has stopped warming.

2. The climate models exaggerated future warming [caused by] CO2 climate sensitivity is much lower than we first thought.

“That’s the real issue at hand,” he added.

- See more at: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/what-global-warming-2012-data-confirms-earth-cooling-trend#sthash.13bx23hl.dpuf

Sea level rising, global warming, global cooling, these clowns can't make up their minds.  O2 issues are not issues that represent real non threatening threats that we all need to not worry about but should still lose sleep over and pull our hair out about it all?  And we all have to pay higher taxes to fund more research and plan for what will never happen.  How nice.  How stupid are we?  Very stupid!  Welcome to brain death earthlings.

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American Revolution - Liberty's Kids - Going Home

Liberty's Kids, episode number 39, Going Home.  Even though the war was pretty much over, other troubles were just beginning.  The independence we just own had it's own new issues that were being realized.  The foundations for this new nation had to be built in order to make sure this new nation could survive.

As we end this section working with Liberty's Kids, which has been such a pleasure, we have been stating that we have every intention of continuing our Liberty Education Series and we already have a number of other videos we will be working with along with continuing to bring books and articles about our nations history.  Plus we are moving ever closer to an extraordinary event coming to Gloucester, Virginia in October known as the Battle of the Hook.

  The Battle of the Hook is an American Revolutionary battle that took place before the battle in Yorktown happened, effectively cutting off Lord Cornwallis's planned retreat route through Gloucester, Virginia.  Cornwallis really was surrounded.  If you look at the Articles of Capitulation of Lord Cornwallis that we published here a few days ago, you will see that not only did Lord Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown, but at Gloucester, Virginia as well.

  This is rarely covered in the history books as it is not as exciting as the rest of the story of the final defeat.  Even the Liberty's Kids videos missed this.  October 19th and 20th, 2013, one of the nations largest Revolutionary War re enactments will take place on the grounds of George Washington's grandfather's estate, Warner Hall, in Gloucester and will include sea battles.

  That is truly exciting.  One of the area's seldom covered about the American Revolution are the prisoner's of this battle.  So today we are bringing you a special e-book that covers just that.

Prisoners of The American Revolution from Chuck Thompson

This is a custom edition we put together.  Nathan Hale is on the cover of this edition being questioned by the enemy in Montreal.  This e-book is also great for those researching family genealogy.  We are also including one of our Fife and Drum videos here as part of the American celebration of History.

  

"Surrender of Cornwallis" - General George Washington, on horseback, receives the sword of surrender from Major General O'Hare, who represented Lord Cornwallis after his defeat at Yorktown, the last battle of the American Revolution. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Consent of the Governed

Open Letter to the Citizens of Gloucester County Virginia

“For the Common Good. “

Thank you Gloucester County for the continued support by speaking out in the Board of Supervisors meeting and to our elected officials, letting the county know about the personal use of public vehicles, not allowing the county to walk all over us, and this site.

The Virginia Constitution was written for us to limit the government intrusion into our lives.  Have you ever read the Constitution of the United States?  How about the Constitution of Virginia?

Article 1 Section 6.  Free elections; consent of governed.  “…cannot be taxed…without their own consent… or bound by any law to which they have not, in like manner, assented for the public good.”

Reading Section 6 of the Virginia Constitution one must wonder if the Gloucester Board of Supervisors have violated this Article by passing the school bond last week?  The Board of Supervisors work for us and are accountable for their actions.  As I pointed out in previous letters; that the Board of Supervisors do not appear uphold their oath of office.  They had lip service to not raising taxes.  This board will be replaced in January with three new members; taxes will not be considered until after the New Year and the new board will tell us they have no choice but to raise taxes.  The school bond can still be stopped and should be stopped until the county can show where the missing money is hiding?  Who in their right mind would build a permanent large structure on swamp land when they own adequate land that is suitable?  They appear to continue to violate their oaths of office and should be held personally accountable.  We have not consented to, "The Monument to Stupidity", as they are building.  If a school is needed why not build it correctly?

Further violations:

1        The county attorney told the board in the February Board meeting he was working on the Animal control ordnance prior to Mr. Thompson providing input. Why is Mr Thompson finding continued violations of this section of the county code in August?  Is Mr Wilmot not capable of understanding that it is his job to ensure the county complies with state code?  Is the job to hard for him? Or does the Board know they are in violation of the Virginia Code and using the county ordnance that violate State Code to terrorize the citizens of the county?  Based on the actions of this board and past boards is it of the county’s best interest to consider anyone for the future board that has previously been involved in county positions?  Nay!  We need new people on the board that look out for all of the county's good and not just a few.

2        A.  Promoting Senior Animal Control Deputy to Chief Animal Control Officer is questionable based on county and Virginia procedures for hiring.  Why the rush?

B.  The number of issues that has been brought to the board about Animal Control and their practices.  Was this done to get the County sued when Steve Baranek continues to do what he does best?

Continue to talk to your representative in the county; let them know you do not like what they are doing and you expect them to do the right thing for the public good.  Continue to photograph and report violations of Gloucester County employees disobeying the law (remember to be safe while taking these pictures and not endanger yourself or others).

I am not a lawyer and cannot give legal advice.  Our founding fathers were not lawyers either they were men of all walks of life and used common sense in their laws.  Our County, Commonwealth, and County are governed by the rule of law not by kings, queens, and wanna bees.

“For the Common Good. “

Sincerely,

Alexander James Jay

P.S. Ms. Theberge we saw what you did after the meeting ended last week before the camera turned off.  You wonder why you were not reelected?  That was the action of a petty dictator not a leader in the free world.

Newhart - The Way We Thought We Were - Classic TV

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Source of Arsenic in Your Drinking Water

The EPA was directed to set standards for radioactive materials under Reorganization Plan No. 3 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

By Dr. Mercola

Pure water is one of the most important foundations for optimal health.Unfortunately, most tap water is far from pure, containing a vast array ofdisinfection byproducts, chemicals, heavy metals and even pharmaceutical drugs.Fluoride and arsenic are two prime examples of hazardous water contaminants.

Not only is the level of arsenic in US tap water high due to natural groundwater contamination,1 the most commonly used form of fluoride added to water supplies also tends to be contaminated with arsenic. As reported by the featured article:2

“In early August, the Environmental Protection Agency is set to decide on a petition to change the source of fluoride in US drinking water.

Currently, the source of fluoride in most public water supplies isfluorosilicic acid, according to government records. The petition calls for the EPA to instead require the use of pharmaceutical-grade sodium fluoride in water fluoridation, which is the addition of fluoride to drinking water for the purpose of preventing cavities.

Fluorosilicic acid is often contaminated with arsenic, and recent research has linked the arsenic from fluorosilicic acid in drinking water to as many as 1,800 extra cases of cancer yearly in the United States...”

The petition3 was submitted by William Hirzy, a chemistry researcher at the American University in Washington, D.C. Hirzy previously worked at the EPA for 27 years.

His team recently published a study entitled: "Comparison of hydrofluorosilicic acid and pharmaceutical sodium fluoride as fluoridating agents – a cost-benefit analysis", in the journal Environmental Science & Policy.4

According to their estimation, switching the type of fluoride used to pharmaceutical-grade sodium fluoride would reduce the amount of inorganic arsenic contamination in drinking water by 99 percent!

The Health Dangers of Inorganic Arsenic

Inorganic arsenic is a powerful carcinogen that has been linked to an increased risk of several types of cancer. In 2001, the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) lowered the maximum level of arsenic permitted in drinking water from 50 ug/L to 10 ug/L (or 10 parts per billion (ppb)) due to the established cancer risk.

The Natural Resources Defense Council5 estimates that as many as 56 million Americans living in 25 states drink water with arsenic at unsafe levels. According to the EPA:6

"Chronic inorganic arsenic exposure is known to be associated with adverse health effects on several systems of the body, but is most known for causing specific types of skin lesions (sores, hyperpigmentation, and other lesions) and increased risks of cancer of the lungs and skin."

Other impacts of chronic arsenic exposure include, according to the EPA:

Kidney damage and failure	Anemia	Low blood pressure
Shock	Headaches	Weakness
Delirium	Increased risk of diabetes	Adverse liver and respiratory effects, including irritation of mucous membranes
During development, increased incidence of preterm delivery, miscarriage, stillbirths, low birth weight, and infant mortality	During childhood, decreased performance in tests of intelligence and long-term memory	Skin lesions

Water Fluoridation Chemicals Are NOT Pharmaceutical Grade

While naturally-occurring arsenic in groundwater is one of the most common sources of exposure, hydrofluorosilicic acid—the most commonly used form of fluoride added to water supplies—is a toxic waste product from the phosphate fertilizer industry that is commonly contaminated with arsenic, radionucleotides, aluminum and other industrial contaminants.

According to the featured research, diluted fluorosilic acid adds, on average, about 0.08 ppb of arsenic to your drinking water.

Most people are shocked when they realize that the fluoride added to their water supply is actually a toxic byproduct from the fertilizer industry, opposed to a pharmaceutical-grade chemical. The source of most water fluoridation chemicals is explained by Michael Miller, a minerals commodity specialist for the US Geological Survey, in the featured article:7

“During the production of phosphate fertilizer, phosphate ore is reacted with sulfuric acid to produce toxic gases. These are taken out of the air after being sprayed with water, which produces fluorosilicic acid... The solution is sold to water systems nation-wide, where it is diluted and put into drinking water. Occasionally, it is treated to create sodium fluorosilicate. Together, these compounds (called silicofluorides) provide fluoride to 90 percent of U.S. drinking water systems that are fluoridated...”

Water Fluoridation May Be Placing Infants at Great Risk

Not only is there mounting evidence that fluoride poses grave health risks to infants and children—including reductions in IQ—arsenic exposure in utero and during early childhood is also particularly problematic, as it can cause lasting harm to children's developing brains, and endocrine and immune systems.

For example:

• A 2006 study8 found that Chileans exposed to high levels (peaking at 1,000 ppb) of naturally-occurring arsenic in drinking water in utero and during early childhood had a six times higher lung cancer death rate compared to Chileans living in areas with lower levels of arsenic in their water. And their mortality rate in their 30s and 40s from another form of lung disease was almost 50 times higher than for people without that arsenic exposure.
• A 2004 study9 showed children exposed to arsenic in drinking water at levels above 5 ppb had lower IQ scores. Earlier studies have linked chronic arsenic exposure to a range of cognitive dysfunctions, including learning disabilities, memory problems, poor concentration, and peripheral and central neuropathies.
• A study10 published in 2011 examined the long-term effects of low-level exposure on more than 300 rural Texans whose groundwater was estimated to have arsenic at median levels below the federal drinking-water standard. It also found that exposure was related to poor scores in language, memory, and other brain functions.

Is It Worth Increasing Cancer Risk for Minimal, if Any, Benefit to Teeth?

Some proponents of fluoridation believe that the large dilution of these fluoridating chemicals that takes place when they are added at the public water works ameliorates concerns about the known contaminants. However, arsenic is a known human carcinogen, for which there is no safe level.

Inevitably, the addition of contaminated hexafluorosilicic acid to the water supply by definition must increase the cancer rate in the US because of the arsenic it contains, and this is exactly what Hirzy’s research shows. Why would any rational government do that to reduce – at best – a miniscule amount of tooth decay? According to Hirzy:11

"We found that the United States as a society is spending, conservatively speaking, $1 billion to $6 billion treating the excess bladder and lung cancers caused by arsenic in the most commonly used fluoridation chemical, fluorosilicic acid... The switch [to pharmaceutical-grade sodium fluoride] would cost $100 million, but would save billions in reduced cancer costs."

For people living in areas with fluoridated tap water, fluoride is a part of every glass of water, every bath and shower, and every meal cooked using that water. This makes absolutely no sense considering the carcinogenic nature of arsenic—especially in light of the epidemic of cancer.

Hirzy’s study is actually the first risk assessment of arsenic-contaminated fluoride in drinking water. This is particularly shocking considering the fact that fluorosilicic acids have been used since the early 1950s12 (prior to that, sodium fluoride, a byproduct of the aluminum industry, was typically used). Incredibly, while the EPA performs risk assessments for most drinking water contaminants, the agency does NOT oversee the addition of fluoridation chemicals. As stated in the featured article, this policy makes no sense whatsoever.

“Under the Toxic Substances Control Act, the EPA has the authority to regulate or ban almost any substance — including fluorosilicic acid — that poses an 'unreasonable risk' to public health, [Hirzy] said.”

Appropriations Bill Would Prohibit EPA’s Phase-Out of Sulfuryl Fluoride

While we’re on the topic of fluoride, a related news item13 is worthy of note. Drinking water is not the only source of fluoride, as I’ve discussed previously. Fluoride also enters the human food chain via fluoridated pesticides. According to a recent report, the House of Representatives Appropriations Interior and Environmental subcommittee has voted to approve an appropriations bill that cuts the EPA’s budget by nearly one-third.

What’s worse, the bill specifically prevents the EPA from enforcing its decision to phase out sulfuryl fluoride—a neurotoxic fumigant that has been linked to cancer and neurological, developmental, and reproductive damage. If it passes once markups by the Appropriations Committee are completed, it will move to a House vote. According to the news report:

“This is an outrageous attempt to circumvent a basic risk assessment calculation that EPA acknowledges puts the public at risk, given current exposure patterns, to a chemical that is especially hazardous to children.”

In response, Beyond Pesticides, the Environmental Working Group (EWG), and the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) submitted a letter14 to the House Appropriation Committee Chairman and Ranking members, urging them to remove the section in question (section 449) from the bill. You can help by writing or calling your state Representative, asking him or her to uphold the EPA’s ability to protect the health of all Americans by removing this hazardous pesticide from our food production. There’s no need for it, as there are many other viable alternatives, including:

• Temperature manipulation (heating and cooling)
• Atmospheric controls (low oxygen and fumigation with carbon dioxide)
• Biological controls (pheromones, viruses and nematodes)
• Less toxic chemical controls, such as diatomaceous earth

Water Filtration – A Must for Clean Pure Water…

If you have well water, it would be prudent to have your water tested for arsenic and other contaminants. If you have public water, you can get local drinking water quality reports from the EPA.15

In general, most water supplies contain a number of potentially hazardous contaminants, from fluoride, to drugs and disinfection byproducts (DBPs), just to name a few. You can get a good idea of what types of contaminants could be in your drinking water right now by viewing this awesome graphic from GOOD Environment16 (reprinted with permission.) It gives you a look at the five most and least polluted water systems in America (in cities with more than 100,000 population), including pointing out the pollutants of largest concern.

 http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/08/13/arsenic-dangers.aspx  Click here for more information on this topic at Mercola.com website.

Good news for Gloucester residents.  Gloucester County, Virginia does not fluoridate it's water supply as stated by one county official we have checked with.  5 Gold stars where the county actually does manage to get something right.

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