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Julia Pugachevsky

Posted on September 18, 2023 by Ken

Me after running a 5k; A tomato-topped avocado toast I eat for breakfast sometimes.
Story by jpugachevsky@insider.com (Julia Pugachevsky)

I don’t eat meat and am not a big fan of salads and smoothies, so I’ve always felt unhealthy. Blue Zone diets are mostly plant-based and include lots of beans and whole grains. Learning about the diets of the oldest people in the world validated my own eating habits.
Growing up, I always felt self-conscious about not loving the foods considered good for you, like salads and smoothies. Try as I might, I just never got into iceberg lettuce or acai bowls, convincing myself I was doomed to live an unhealthy lifestyle.
The feeling multiplied when I decided to stop eating meat six years ago and started fielding lectures and questions about my protein intake.
At the same time, I’d been working out more than ever and had no issues during my annual checkups. If anything, cutting my meat intake has kept my cholesterol levels down. Still, I internalized the fact that I was probably damaging my health, even though I felt physically better than ever.
But when I watched Netflix’s new documentary about the five Blue Zones — places in the world where people live longer than average — I realized I’ve been following a Blue Zone diet all along. One takeaway was that people mostly eat plant-based diets and that beans, some of my favorite protein sources, are superfoods.
Learning more about Blue Zones helped me finally embrace the diet I’ve had for years, while also showing me that the things I can improve (like cutting processed foods) are pretty approachable.

Cooking my own beans; Lentil-cauliflower tacos with rice and beans.
© Julia Pugachevsky

I get most of my protein from beans, tofu, and nuts
My partner is vegan, so when I meal prep for the week, I make something plant-based
we can both eat. To get enough protein, I cook with a lot of beans, lentils, and tofu, and
we add peanut butter, chia seeds, and hemp seeds to our morning oats.
Because we both lift weights, we also drink plant-based protein powder as a supplement.
I eat vegan about 80% of the time, only really consuming fish, eggs, and dairy when I order takeout or go out to eat.

Turns out, this is similar to the high-protein diet Blue Zone residents follow.
They mostly eat beans, legumes, nuts, seeds, and whole grains, incorporating
fish, cheese, and eggs on occasion, but not often.
When I tried eating like a Blue Zone resident from Nicoya, Costa Rica, I was doubly thrilled to learn that the meals consisted of squash, beans, and corn — all foods I love.

I prefer stir-frys and grain bowls over store-bought salads

A root vegetable, farro, and chickpea bowl with a homemade
chive dressing; A summer grain salad with roasted vegetables,
feta, and a simple dressing. © Julia Pugachevsky

I get most of my protein from beans, tofu, and nuts
The problem with salads is that I usually don’t feel full unless I add more protein.
Plus, I’m picky: I hate the idea of store-bought dressing or raw, unseasoned vegetables.
Turns out, I just want my fruits and vegetables to take on a different form. People in Okinawa, Japan eat nutrient-dense stir-fries with tofu, gourds, plus lots of seaweed, all
of which I would down in a heartbeat. Okinawans’ main advice in the Netflix series is to remember that no one food carries every nutrient, so it’s important to switch things up.
Many Blue Zones also harvest and cook their own food. When I build my own salads or grain bowls at home, I usually add lots of roasted vegetables and make my own dressing, which helps me know exactly what I’m eating.

A tomato tart, because it’s always tomato season in my heart.
© Julia Pugachevsky

I learned not to stress so much about my diet and eat what I love
I don’t follow a perfect Blue Zone diet. I still reach for processed snacks and sugary treats, both of which I’m trying to curb. Dr. Heidi Tissenbaum, a professor in molecular, cell, and cancer biology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, previously told Insider that cutting down on added sugars boosts longevity.
But knowing that the diet that’s made me feel good is actually good for me removes the shame-filled voice in my head I’ve had for years. I no longer wonder why I can run half-marathons and deadlift without eating heaps of chicken breasts, or if I’d live 10 years longer if I forced myself to eat raw kale more often.
Knowing that I’m getting enough vitamins and protein from my diet?

Here’s How I Get 80 Grams Of Protein A Day Without Eating Meat
mbg Associate Movement & Wellness Editor
By Ray Bass, NASM-CPT

There are so many opinions out there about protein—how much you should be eating, when you should be eating it—and everyone (yes, I mean everyone) has an opinion about non-meat-eaters getting their protein. Without a doubt the most common response to someone saying they don’t eat meat is “Where/how do you get your protein?”

I’ve spent the last 11 years of my life as a vegetarian—trying every different level, from vegan to ovo-vegetarian, to pescatarian. At each level, I’ve had to think about where I’m getting my protein and even though I love vegetables, I cannot hit the protein numbers I need to recover from my workouts and function at my best by eating only vegetables (for reference, 1 cup of veggies usually has 2 to 5 grams of protein). And while there are plenty of conflicting protein opinions out there, my viewpoint is simple: if you have a protein goal, you should have healthy options to help you hit it, regardless of what that number is.

At present, I aim for 60 to 80 grams of protein a day. It may sound high, but this number was set for me by a naturopathic doctor, chosen specifically for my body and workout regimen (which is important because, according to Will Cole, D.C., the amount of protein someone should get in a day depends on many factors such as their body size, weight, and how much activity they do). Of course it’s easier to hit 60 grams than 80, but I make it work and adjust as needed, mostly depending on how hungry I am and the intensity of my workout.
So if you’re looking to increase your protein intake, or just looking for plant-based protein inspo, here are some tricks that have made hitting my numbers easy (without, of course, eating meat).

1. I always start my day with a protein-filled meal.
Until I had a protein goal, breakfast was a pretty low-protein meal for me. I used to eat oatmeal with fruit (virtually no protein) or some on-the-go bar (very little protein), but I soon realized that breakfast is one of the easier meals to pack protein into, regardless of your dietary preferences.
If you’re a vegan, and not soy-sensitive, an organic tofu scramble with veggies is a solid option. If you are soy-sensitive, pea protein smoothies are the perfect go-to. As a currently ovo-vegetarian, I love making scrambled eggs and adding extra egg whites to up the protein count (two eggs alone have only 12 grams of protein, but each egg white adds ~3.6 grams). If you’re a pescatarian, you can add some smoked salmon to your eggs for another 11 grams. Regardless of my dietary preferences, I always fill out my plate with sauteed vegetables, like mushrooms, spinach, onion, and sweet potato—these add negligible protein, but they’re nutrient-dense and oh so delicious.

2. I have a protein powder that I love…and I mean really love.
My best advice to anyone looking to increase their protein is to find a protein powder
that you love, now. Protein powder is one of the easiest ways to add more protein to your diet—what’s not easy is finding one that you love the taste of, especially one with clean ingredients. After years of sampling, I’ve found my go-to’s: specifically PEScience Vegan Select or the chocolate ALOHA protein, which are both plant-based. A shake or smoothie in the morning or post-workout will typically deliver anywhere from 20 to 30 grams of protein, which is crucial for muscle repair and recovery and, for me, knocks out a large chunk of my goal. I always have at least one protein shake a day, and sometimes I end up having two (they make a great afternoon slump snack). I usually mix protein powder with almond milk post-workout, and add spinach, banana, and chia seeds if I want something more substantial.

3. I pair lower protein with higher protein, because it really does add up.
Something I had to come to terms with when I started increasing my protein was that not every food out there is high in protein. Obvious, I know, but in the beginning I only ate foods that had the most grams per bite: protein powder, eggs, lentils, yogurt, anything that had 10 to 20 grams. As you can imagine, that strategy lost its sparkle fast, and I was eating large quantities of the same foods (which was as frustrating as it was boring).
So instead, I began adding smaller sources of protein like chia seeds (4 grams per tablespoon), hemp hearts (3 grams per tablespoon), almond butter (4 grams per tablespoon), and pumpkin seeds (10 grams per ¼ cup) to my meals. Of course, I thought that 4 grams wouldn’t make much of a difference, but if I add some chia seeds to my smoothie, a tablespoon of hemp hearts to a salad, and snack on some pumpkin seeds, I’ve now consumed 17 grams of plant-based protein without trying—and that definitely makes a difference.

4. I eat more than one protein source at each meal.
Not to be too dramatic, but this tip has been life-changing for me (too dramatic?).
With the protein goals, eating one protein source per meal just isn’t enough sometimes. Who wants to eat 3 cups of black beans? Count my sensitive stomach out.

So instead of trying to throw back endless amounts of the same plant-based protein source, I try to mix and match. Chickpea pasta and chickpea rice are staples of mine, and they go with anything—I’ll make chickpea pasta with lemon, garlic, olive oil, and a veggie burger or make a tofu vegetable stir fry with chickpea rice. I also love a good lentil Bolognese, or using bean-based spaghetti to make spicy peanut noodles (to which you can add hemp seeds or edamame for more protein, if you’d like). In our increasingly plant-based world, there are endless ways to combine various protein sources, and adding more than one to each meal ensures that I’m full and satisfied, both with the meal and with my protein count.

5. I make protein-filled treats that are sweet enough to curb my cravings.
I don’t eat much dairy (and when I do, I try to save it for goat or sheep milk cheese), but I do love yogurt every now and again. If you’re not sensitive to dairy, Icelandic yogurt is a protein-filled option, but if you’re slightly dairy sensitive, try goat or sheep yogurt; I was skeptical, but it’s actually tasty and easy on my stomach. I haven’t found a clean, protein-filled vegan yogurt yet (sorry, coconut and cashew), but here’s hoping.

At night when I want something sweet, I’ll mix yogurt with some protein powder to make a sort of protein pudding, and I’ve had some success making vegan chickpea cookie dough from Pinterest. If neither sounds good, I’ll search the blogosphere for protein cookies or truffles and then add them to my meal-prep plan (because if there’s room for anything on the meal plan, it’s dessert).

Now if you’ve read all of this and are still not psyched about plant-based protein, please scroll back to the top and start over. But if you are excited (fingers crossed it’s all of you), check out our guide on how to go plant-based, this one-day plant-based meal plan, or try out these lesser-known plant-based protein sources.

Want to turn your passion for wellbeing into a fulfilling career?
Become a Certified Health Coach! Learn more here.

SOURCE: Nicoya, Costa Rica, Blue Zone Diet Helped Me Feel More Full, Energetic (insider.com)

Longest Lived Area in the World – Bing video
The phrase “Blue Zones” was coined by National Geographic author Dan Buettner, who set out to find places in the world where populations lived the longest, with the highest quality of life. His findings were compiled in the book Blue Zones, where he reveals these five places that have the world’s oldest populations—and what their healthy lifestyle habits are.

The five blue zones + Two More are:
Okinawa, Japan Blue Zone Lifestyle – Bing video

Ikaria, Greece Blue Zone Lifestyle – Bing video

Sardinia, Italy Blue Zone Lifestyle – Bing video

Loma Linda, California (an Adventist community) Bing video

Nicoya, Costa Rica Blue Zone Lifestyle – Bing video

Hunza Valley Pakistan Blue Zone Lifestyle – Search (bing.com)

Samantha Shea Taylor | Cancer Quick Facts (solitarius.org)

Himalayan mushroom that kills cancer – Bing video

Longest Lived Area in the World – Search (bing.com)
If you want to know how to live longer, the data mined from this research can be your guide! People in Blue Zones live to be 100 at ten times the average rate. While Buettner’s research includes these populations’ exercise and social habits, it also spends a fair amount of time covering what they eat. Not only did Buettner find that people in blue zones shared some fundamental nutritional beliefs, but their diets shared some common healthy foods.

The following nine foods are some of the most common on the Blue Zone
food list. Blue Zone Foods: What the Oldest People in the World Eat (msn.com)

Here’s an overview of the states with the longest life expectancies:
The Top 5 States Where People Live Longer – EINSURANCE

Hawaii 81.3 years: Topping the list of states where people live the longest, Hawaii has low smoking and obesity rates and a high rate of people covered for health insurance. Interestingly, says the Wall Street Journal, the island state also has just 28.2 preventable hospitalizations per 1,000 Medicare recipients, the lowest in the country.
Minnesota 81.1 years: A close second, Minnesota enjoys lower obesity rates and drug-related deaths, and a high rate of access to health insurance may also contribute to the state’s ranking. All of this while binge drinking is rated among the highest, according to the Wall Street Journal.
California 80.8 years: Residents of California are among the most active people
in the country. Californians also tend to be non-smokers and are less likely to be obese.
Connecticut 80.8 years: Connecticut ties with California in life expectancy at birth. Like people in the Golden State, residents of Connecticut have lower rates of smoking and being obese. Other factors might be a low poverty rate and higher childhood immunization rates.
Massachusetts 80.5 years: Health insurance coverage rates are higher in Massachusetts, with the lowest rate of uninsured (3.7% in 2013). It might help
that the state has the highest number of general practitioners and dentists.
For the complete top ten states visit 247/wallst.com.
Looking at the states where people tend to live the longest, we may be able to lengthen
our lives by eating better, staying active, abstaining from smoking and having health insurance. It might also help to manage stress better, don’t drink too much, don’t use
hard drugs, avoid social isolation and maintain a positive attitude.

I moved from Colorado to a Blue Zone in Costa Rica. I thought I was healthy before, but seeing 70-year-olds surfing showed me how much more content
I could be. | Business Insider Africa

To read more about habits that can improve longevity,
see our article Live Long and Prosper: Tips for a Longer Life.
This interactive map shows the best time to see fall foliage (msn.com)

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A ‘Blue Zone’ heart doctor says he recently stopped drinking milk because of his own research — but he hasn’t cut back on cheese (msn.com)
Nicoya, Costa Rica Is One of the World’s ‘Blue Zones.’ People Here Live on Average 10 Years Longer. (insider.com)

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Me after running a 5k; A tomato-topped avocado toast I eat for breakfast sometimes.
Story by jpugachevsky@insider.com (Julia Pugachevsky)

I don’t eat meat and am not a big fan of salads and smoothies, so I’ve always felt unhealthy. Blue Zone diets are mostly plant-based and include lots of beans and whole grains. Learning about the diets of the oldest people in the world validated my own eating habits.
Growing up, I always felt self-conscious about not loving the foods considered good for you, like salads and smoothies. Try as I might, I just never got into iceberg lettuce or acai bowls, convincing myself I was doomed to live an unhealthy lifestyle.
The feeling multiplied when I decided to stop eating meat six years ago and started fielding lectures and questions about my protein intake.
At the same time, I’d been working out more than ever and had no issues during my annual checkups. If anything, cutting my meat intake has kept my cholesterol levels down. Still, I internalized the fact that I was probably damaging my health, even though I felt physically better than ever.
But when I watched Netflix’s new documentary about the five Blue Zones — places in the world where people live longer than average — I realized I’ve been following a Blue Zone diet all along. One takeaway was that people mostly eat plant-based diets and that beans, some of my favorite protein sources, are superfoods.
Learning more about Blue Zones helped me finally embrace the diet I’ve had for years, while also showing me that the things I can improve (like cutting processed foods) are pretty approachable.

Cooking my own beans; Lentil-cauliflower tacos with rice and beans.
© Julia Pugachevsky

I get most of my protein from beans, tofu, and nuts
My partner is vegan, so when I meal prep for the week, I make something plant-based
we can both eat. To get enough protein, I cook with a lot of beans, lentils, and tofu, and
we add peanut butter, chia seeds, and hemp seeds to our morning oats.
Because we both lift weights, we also drink plant-based protein powder as a supplement.
I eat vegan about 80% of the time, only really consuming fish, eggs, and dairy when I order takeout or go out to eat.

Turns out, this is similar to the high-protein diet Blue Zone residents follow.
They mostly eat beans, legumes, nuts, seeds, and whole grains, incorporating
fish, cheese, and eggs on occasion, but not often.
When I tried eating like a Blue Zone resident from Nicoya, Costa Rica, I was doubly thrilled to learn that the meals consisted of squash, beans, and corn — all foods I love.

I prefer stir-frys and grain bowls over store-bought salads

A root vegetable, farro, and chickpea bowl with a homemade
chive dressing; A summer grain salad with roasted vegetables,
feta, and a simple dressing. © Julia Pugachevsky

I get most of my protein from beans, tofu, and nuts
The problem with salads is that I usually don’t feel full unless I add more protein.
Plus, I’m picky: I hate the idea of store-bought dressing or raw, unseasoned vegetables.
Turns out, I just want my fruits and vegetables to take on a different form. People in Okinawa, Japan eat nutrient-dense stir-fries with tofu, gourds, plus lots of seaweed, all
of which I would down in a heartbeat. Okinawans’ main advice in the Netflix series is to remember that no one food carries every nutrient, so it’s important to switch things up.
Many Blue Zones also harvest and cook their own food. When I build my own salads or grain bowls at home, I usually add lots of roasted vegetables and make my own dressing, which helps me know exactly what I’m eating.

A tomato tart, because it’s always tomato season in my heart.
© Julia Pugachevsky

I learned not to stress so much about my diet and eat what I love
I don’t follow a perfect Blue Zone diet. I still reach for processed snacks and sugary treats, both of which I’m trying to curb. Dr. Heidi Tissenbaum, a professor in molecular, cell, and cancer biology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, previously told Insider that cutting down on added sugars boosts longevity.
But knowing that the diet that’s made me feel good is actually good for me removes the shame-filled voice in my head I’ve had for years. I no longer wonder why I can run half-marathons and deadlift without eating heaps of chicken breasts, or if I’d live 10 years longer if I forced myself to eat raw kale more often.
Knowing that I’m getting enough vitamins and protein from my diet?

Here’s How I Get 80 Grams Of Protein A Day Without Eating Meat
mbg Associate Movement & Wellness Editor
By Ray Bass, NASM-CPT

There are so many opinions out there about protein—how much you should be eating, when you should be eating it—and everyone (yes, I mean everyone) has an opinion about non-meat-eaters getting their protein. Without a doubt the most common response to someone saying they don’t eat meat is “Where/how do you get your protein?”

I’ve spent the last 11 years of my life as a vegetarian—trying every different level, from vegan to ovo-vegetarian, to pescatarian. At each level, I’ve had to think about where I’m getting my protein and even though I love vegetables, I cannot hit the protein numbers I need to recover from my workouts and function at my best by eating only vegetables (for reference, 1 cup of veggies usually has 2 to 5 grams of protein). And while there are plenty of conflicting protein opinions out there, my viewpoint is simple: if you have a protein goal, you should have healthy options to help you hit it, regardless of what that number is.

At present, I aim for 60 to 80 grams of protein a day. It may sound high, but this number was set for me by a naturopathic doctor, chosen specifically for my body and workout regimen (which is important because, according to Will Cole, D.C., the amount of protein someone should get in a day depends on many factors such as their body size, weight, and how much activity they do). Of course it’s easier to hit 60 grams than 80, but I make it work and adjust as needed, mostly depending on how hungry I am and the intensity of my workout.
So if you’re looking to increase your protein intake, or just looking for plant-based protein inspo, here are some tricks that have made hitting my numbers easy (without, of course, eating meat).

1. I always start my day with a protein-filled meal.
Until I had a protein goal, breakfast was a pretty low-protein meal for me. I used to eat oatmeal with fruit (virtually no protein) or some on-the-go bar (very little protein), but I soon realized that breakfast is one of the easier meals to pack protein into, regardless of your dietary preferences.
If you’re a vegan, and not soy-sensitive, an organic tofu scramble with veggies is a solid option. If you are soy-sensitive, pea protein smoothies are the perfect go-to. As a currently ovo-vegetarian, I love making scrambled eggs and adding extra egg whites to up the protein count (two eggs alone have only 12 grams of protein, but each egg white adds ~3.6 grams). If you’re a pescatarian, you can add some smoked salmon to your eggs for another 11 grams. Regardless of my dietary preferences, I always fill out my plate with sauteed vegetables, like mushrooms, spinach, onion, and sweet potato—these add negligible protein, but they’re nutrient-dense and oh so delicious.

2. I have a protein powder that I love…and I mean really love.
My best advice to anyone looking to increase their protein is to find a protein powder
that you love, now. Protein powder is one of the easiest ways to add more protein to your diet—what’s not easy is finding one that you love the taste of, especially one with clean ingredients. After years of sampling, I’ve found my go-to’s: specifically PEScience Vegan Select or the chocolate ALOHA protein, which are both plant-based. A shake or smoothie in the morning or post-workout will typically deliver anywhere from 20 to 30 grams of protein, which is crucial for muscle repair and recovery and, for me, knocks out a large chunk of my goal. I always have at least one protein shake a day, and sometimes I end up having two (they make a great afternoon slump snack). I usually mix protein powder with almond milk post-workout, and add spinach, banana, and chia seeds if I want something more substantial.

3. I pair lower protein with higher protein, because it really does add up.
Something I had to come to terms with when I started increasing my protein was that not every food out there is high in protein. Obvious, I know, but in the beginning I only ate foods that had the most grams per bite: protein powder, eggs, lentils, yogurt, anything that had 10 to 20 grams. As you can imagine, that strategy lost its sparkle fast, and I was eating large quantities of the same foods (which was as frustrating as it was boring).
So instead, I began adding smaller sources of protein like chia seeds (4 grams per tablespoon), hemp hearts (3 grams per tablespoon), almond butter (4 grams per tablespoon), and pumpkin seeds (10 grams per ¼ cup) to my meals. Of course, I thought that 4 grams wouldn’t make much of a difference, but if I add some chia seeds to my smoothie, a tablespoon of hemp hearts to a salad, and snack on some pumpkin seeds, I’ve now consumed 17 grams of plant-based protein without trying—and that definitely makes a difference.

4. I eat more than one protein source at each meal.
Not to be too dramatic, but this tip has been life-changing for me (too dramatic?).
With the protein goals, eating one protein source per meal just isn’t enough sometimes. Who wants to eat 3 cups of black beans? Count my sensitive stomach out.

So instead of trying to throw back endless amounts of the same plant-based protein source, I try to mix and match. Chickpea pasta and chickpea rice are staples of mine, and they go with anything—I’ll make chickpea pasta with lemon, garlic, olive oil, and a veggie burger or make a tofu vegetable stir fry with chickpea rice. I also love a good lentil Bolognese, or using bean-based spaghetti to make spicy peanut noodles (to which you can add hemp seeds or edamame for more protein, if you’d like). In our increasingly plant-based world, there are endless ways to combine various protein sources, and adding more than one to each meal ensures that I’m full and satisfied, both with the meal and with my protein count.

5. I make protein-filled treats that are sweet enough to curb my cravings.
I don’t eat much dairy (and when I do, I try to save it for goat or sheep milk cheese), but I do love yogurt every now and again. If you’re not sensitive to dairy, Icelandic yogurt is a protein-filled option, but if you’re slightly dairy sensitive, try goat or sheep yogurt; I was skeptical, but it’s actually tasty and easy on my stomach. I haven’t found a clean, protein-filled vegan yogurt yet (sorry, coconut and cashew), but here’s hoping.

At night when I want something sweet, I’ll mix yogurt with some protein powder to make a sort of protein pudding, and I’ve had some success making vegan chickpea cookie dough from Pinterest. If neither sounds good, I’ll search the blogosphere for protein cookies or truffles and then add them to my meal-prep plan (because if there’s room for anything on the meal plan, it’s dessert).

Now if you’ve read all of this and are still not psyched about plant-based protein, please scroll back to the top and start over. But if you are excited (fingers crossed it’s all of you), check out our guide on how to go plant-based, this one-day plant-based meal plan, or try out these lesser-known plant-based protein sources.

Want to turn your passion for wellbeing into a fulfilling career?
Become a Certified Health Coach! Learn more here.

SOURCE: Nicoya, Costa Rica, Blue Zone Diet Helped Me Feel More Full, Energetic (insider.com)

Longest Lived Area in the World – Bing video
The phrase “Blue Zones” was coined by National Geographic author Dan Buettner, who set out to find places in the world where populations lived the longest, with the highest quality of life. His findings were compiled in the book Blue Zones, where he reveals these five places that have the world’s oldest populations—and what their healthy lifestyle habits are.

The five blue zones + Two More are:
Okinawa, Japan Blue Zone Lifestyle – Bing video

Ikaria, Greece Blue Zone Lifestyle – Bing video

Sardinia, Italy Blue Zone Lifestyle – Bing video

Loma Linda, California (an Adventist community) Bing video

Nicoya, Costa Rica Blue Zone Lifestyle – Bing video

Hunza Valley Pakistan Blue Zone Lifestyle – Search (bing.com)

Samantha Shea Taylor | Cancer Quick Facts (solitarius.org)

Himalayan mushroom that kills cancer – Bing video

Longest Lived Area in the World – Search (bing.com)
If you want to know how to live longer, the data mined from this research can be your guide! People in Blue Zones live to be 100 at ten times the average rate. While Buettner’s research includes these populations’ exercise and social habits, it also spends a fair amount of time covering what they eat. Not only did Buettner find that people in blue zones shared some fundamental nutritional beliefs, but their diets shared some common healthy foods.

The following nine foods are some of the most common on the Blue Zone
food list. Blue Zone Foods: What the Oldest People in the World Eat (msn.com)

Here’s an overview of the states with the longest life expectancies:
The Top 5 States Where People Live Longer – EINSURANCE

Hawaii 81.3 years: Topping the list of states where people live the longest, Hawaii has low smoking and obesity rates and a high rate of people covered for health insurance. Interestingly, says the Wall Street Journal, the island state also has just 28.2 preventable hospitalizations per 1,000 Medicare recipients, the lowest in the country.
Minnesota 81.1 years: A close second, Minnesota enjoys lower obesity rates and drug-related deaths, and a high rate of access to health insurance may also contribute to the state’s ranking. All of this while binge drinking is rated among the highest, according to the Wall Street Journal.
California 80.8 years: Residents of California are among the most active people
in the country. Californians also tend to be non-smokers and are less likely to be obese.
Connecticut 80.8 years: Connecticut ties with California in life expectancy at birth. Like people in the Golden State, residents of Connecticut have lower rates of smoking and being obese. Other factors might be a low poverty rate and higher childhood immunization rates.
Massachusetts 80.5 years: Health insurance coverage rates are higher in Massachusetts, with the lowest rate of uninsured (3.7% in 2013). It might help
that the state has the highest number of general practitioners and dentists.
For the complete top ten states visit 247/wallst.com.
Looking at the states where people tend to live the longest, we may be able to lengthen
our lives by eating better, staying active, abstaining from smoking and having health insurance. It might also help to manage stress better, don’t drink too much, don’t use
hard drugs, avoid social isolation and maintain a positive attitude.

I moved from Colorado to a Blue Zone in Costa Rica. I thought I was healthy before, but seeing 70-year-olds surfing showed me how much more content
I could be. | Business Insider Africa

To read more about habits that can improve longevity,
see our article Live Long and Prosper: Tips for a Longer Life.
This interactive map shows the best time to see fall foliage (msn.com)

“Perfect For Fall” Everyone Has These 10 Cool Weather Destinations on Their Bucket List
When Will Leaves Change Colors in Your Area? Check Out This Year’s Fall Foliage Map!
Here Are Some Affordable Weekend Getaway Destinations For Epic Fall Foliage Views
Not Everyone Enjoys The Summer, And These U.S. Destinations Always Feel Like Fall
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The Last Days

Posted on September 18, 2023 by Ken

The Last Days is a 1998 documentary film directed by James Moll and produced by June Beallor and Kenneth Lipper; Steven Spielberg, in his role as founder of the Shoah Foundation, was one of the film’s executive producers.
The film tells the stories of five Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust
(also known as the Shoah), focusing on the last year of World War II, when Nazi Germany occupied Hungary and began mass deportations of Jews in the country to concentration and extermination camps, primarily Auschwitz.
It depicts the horrors of life in the camps, but also stresses the optimism and perseverance of the survivors.^[1][2]
The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 71st Academy Awards.^[1][3] It was remastered and re-released on Netflix on May 19, 2021.^[1]

Content
The film includes archival footage, photographs, and documents, as well as new
interviews with Holocaust survivors Bill Basch, Irene Zisblatt, Renée Firestone, Alice Lok Cahana, Tom Lantos, Randolph Braham, and Dario Gabbai.^[1]
The filmmakers take the first five of those, who all immigrated to the United States after WWII, back to visit their hometowns and the sites of the camps to which they were sent. Former Representative Lantos (D-CA) was the only Holocaust survivor ever elected to the United States Congress.^[4][5]
He was saved by Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who hid Lantos in Budapest.^[4]
There are also interviews with U.S. army veterans Paul Parks and Katsugo Miho, G.I.’s who helped liberate Dachau concentration camp. Former SS doctor Hans Münch, who was acquitted of war crimes at the Nuremberg trials, is interviewed about
his experiences at Auschwitz concentration camp.^[2][4]

Release
The Last Days was first released in 1998, and it was remastered and re-released
worldwide on Netflix on May 19, 2021. It was produced by June Beallor, Kenneth Lipper, Steven Spielberg, and Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation.
[^{citation needed]}

Critical response
The Last Days received positive reviews from film critics. It holds a 92% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 24 reviews.^[6] On Metacritic,
the film has a score of 85 out of 100, based on 25 critics.^[7]

According to Radheyan Simonpillai of The Guardian: “The film’s thesis is that the Nazis were so fueled by hatred that they would sacrifice their position in the war in order to carry out the genocide, deporting 438,000 Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz within a six-week period.”^[1] Roger Ebert wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times that the film “focuses on the last year of the war, when Adolf Hitler, already defeated and with his resources running out, revealed the depth of his racial hatred by diverting men and supplies to the task of exterminating Hungary’s Jews.”^[8] In New York Magazine, John Leonard wrote:
“It is a story told by five survivors of that fast-forward genocide, all of them naturalized American citizens, who return to the cities and villages from which they were seized, and to the camps to which they were committed.”^[4]

Marc Savlov of The Austin Chronicle wrote:
“Moll’s film is a far cry from the elegiac poetry of, say, Night and Fog;
it’s a document more than an examination, and its power of record is inarguable and incorruptible.”^[2] Barbara Shulgasser-Parker, former film critic for the San Francisco Examiner, wrote for Common Sense Media that “The horrors described by survivors of the death camps, the soldiers who liberated them, and historians, as well as photographs and archival footage, make this important and educational but best suited to teens and older.”^[9]
Experimental psychologist George Mastroianni discussed The Last Days and a 2010 essay by independent scholar Joachim Neander in a 2021 article posted to The Times of Israel’s “The Blogs”, in which he wrote that “Neander analyzed Zisblatt’s testimony and raised concerns about the factual accuracy of some of the elements of her story.”^{[10][better source needed]}The Last Days Steven Spielberg Documentary – Bing video

The Last Days Documentary – Bing video

Product details
This 87 minute Academy Award winning documentary film is a DVD. This film traces
the distinctive experience of 5 Hungarian Holocaust survivors who fell victim to the far-
reach ing Nazi policies and persecution up to and during the last year of World War II.

WATCH: The Last Days (1998) Full Movie | M4uHD

Transcript The Last Days (Final) (dorjeshugden.com)

Steven Spielberg’s Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation is engaged in making a record of as many such memories as can be recorded from those who saw the tragedy with their own eyes. The eventual goal is 50,000 taped interviews. “The Last Days” features five of those survivors, and others, telling their own stories. It focuses on the last year of the war, when Adolf Hitler, already defeated and with his resources running out, revealed the depth of his racial hatred by diverting men and supplies to the task of exterminating Hungary’s Jews.

At that late point, muses one of the witnesses in this film, couldn’t the Nazis have just stopped? Used their resources where they were needed for the war effort? Even gotten some “brownie points” by ending the death camps? No, because for the fanatic it is the fixed idea, not the daily reality, that obsesses the mind. Those apologists like the British historian David Irving, who argue that Hitler was not personally aware of many details of the Holocaust, are hard pressed to explain why his military mind could approve using the dwindling resources of a bankrupt army to kill still more innocent civilians.

In Spielberg’s “Schindler’s List” there are the famous shots of the little girl in the red coat (in a film otherwise shot in black and white). Her coat acts as a marker, allowing us to follow the fate of one among millions. “The Last Days,” directed by James Moll, is in
a way all about red coats–about a handful of survivors, and what happened to them.

One describes the Nazis’ brutality toward children, and says, “That’s when I stopped talking to God.” Another, Renee Firestone, confronts the evasive Dr. Hans Munch, who was acquitted in war crimes trials; his defense was that he spared the lives of some prisoners by conducting harmless medical experiments on them. But Firestone believes he was responsible for the death of her sister Klara, and when he grows vague in his answers, she grows angry. Anyone who worked in a death camp has much to be vague about.

There is another passage where a woman, now around 70, remembers instructions to Hungarian Jews to gather up their belongings for a trip by train. She took along a precious bathing suit, one she was looking forward to wearing at the pool as any teenage girl might, and as she describes the fate of that suit, and of herself and her family, we hear a lifelong regret: In a moment, she was denied the kind of silly, carefree time a teenage girl deserves.

There is a final passage of joy that affected me with the same kind of emotional uplift as did the closing scenes in “Schindler’s List.” We have met during the film the only Holocaust survivor to be elected to the U.S. Congress–Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), whose wife is also a survivor. Both lost all of the members of their families. But they had two daughters, who came to them with the promise of a gift: They would have a lot of children. And then there is a shot of the Lantos family and their 17 grandchildren.

That scene provides release after a harrowing journey. The movie contains footage of the survivors as they looked on the day their camps were liberated by the Allies–walking skeletons, whose eyes bear mute witness to horror. And the film has angry memories of the aftermath. One witness, an American soldier, describes shooting an unarmed German dead in cold blood, after being spat at. The film doesn’t follow up on the implications of that, and because we can understand his rage, perhaps we let it go. But I feel the film should have either left out that memory or dealt with it. The soldier was wrong, for the same reason the Holocaust was wrong.

The Holocaust is the most tragic and deadly outburst of the once-useful, now-dangerous human trait of tribalism, in which we are right and you are wrong because we are we, and you are not. In recent years in Serbia, in Africa, in Cambodia, in Northern Ireland, the epidemic is alive and well. Just the other day, in Israel, Orthodox Jewish students booed and insulted visiting Reform rabbis who hoped to pray at the Western Wall, and the New York Times reported that some of the attackers “screamed that the rabbis should `go back to Germany,’ to be exterminated, one explained later.” Any belief that also does not allow others the right to believe something else is based more on fear than on faith. If that is not the lesson of the Holocaust, then what has been learned?

The Last Days is a 1998 documentary film directed by James Moll and produced by June Beallor and Kenneth Lipper; Steven Spielberg, in his role as founder of the Shoah Foundation, was one of the film’s executive producers.
The film tells the stories of five Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust
(also known as the Shoah), focusing on the last year of World War II, when Nazi Germany occupied Hungary and began mass deportations of Jews in the country to concentration and extermination camps, primarily Auschwitz.
It depicts the horrors of life in the camps, but also stresses the optimism and perseverance of the survivors.^[1][2]
The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 71st Academy Awards.^[1][3] It was remastered and re-released on Netflix on May 19, 2021.^[1]

Content
The film includes archival footage, photographs, and documents, as well as new
interviews with Holocaust survivors Bill Basch, Irene Zisblatt, Renée Firestone, Alice Lok Cahana, Tom Lantos, Randolph Braham, and Dario Gabbai.^[1]
The filmmakers take the first five of those, who all immigrated to the United States after WWII, back to visit their hometowns and the sites of the camps to which they were sent. Former Representative Lantos (D-CA) was the only Holocaust survivor ever elected to the United States Congress.^[4][5]
He was saved by Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who hid Lantos in Budapest.^[4]
There are also interviews with U.S. army veterans Paul Parks and Katsugo Miho, G.I.’s who helped liberate Dachau concentration camp. Former SS doctor Hans Münch, who was acquitted of war crimes at the Nuremberg trials, is interviewed about
his experiences at Auschwitz concentration camp.^[2][4]

Release
The Last Days was first released in 1998, and it was remastered and re-released
worldwide on Netflix on May 19, 2021. It was produced by June Beallor, Kenneth Lipper, Steven Spielberg, and Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation.
[^{citation needed]}

Critical response
The Last Days received positive reviews from film critics. It holds a 92% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 24 reviews.^[6] On Metacritic,
the film has a score of 85 out of 100, based on 25 critics.^[7]

According to Radheyan Simonpillai of The Guardian: “The film’s thesis is that the Nazis were so fueled by hatred that they would sacrifice their position in the war in order to carry out the genocide, deporting 438,000 Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz within a six-week period.”^[1] Roger Ebert wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times that the film “focuses on the last year of the war, when Adolf Hitler, already defeated and with his resources running out, revealed the depth of his racial hatred by diverting men and supplies to the task of exterminating Hungary’s Jews.”^[8] In New York Magazine, John Leonard wrote:
“It is a story told by five survivors of that fast-forward genocide, all of them naturalized American citizens, who return to the cities and villages from which they were seized, and to the camps to which they were committed.”^[4]

Marc Savlov of The Austin Chronicle wrote:
“Moll’s film is a far cry from the elegiac poetry of, say, Night and Fog;
it’s a document more than an examination, and its power of record is inarguable and incorruptible.”^[2] Barbara Shulgasser-Parker, former film critic for the San Francisco Examiner, wrote for Common Sense Media that “The horrors described by survivors of the death camps, the soldiers who liberated them, and historians, as well as photographs and archival footage, make this important and educational but best suited to teens and older.”^[9]
Experimental psychologist George Mastroianni discussed The Last Days and a 2010 essay by independent scholar Joachim Neander in a 2021 article posted to The Times of Israel’s “The Blogs”, in which he wrote that “Neander analyzed Zisblatt’s testimony and raised concerns about the factual accuracy of some of the elements of her story.”^{[10][better source needed]}The Last Days Steven Spielberg Documentary – Bing video

The Last Days Documentary – Bing video

Product details
This 87 minute Academy Award winning documentary film is a DVD. This film traces
the distinctive experience of 5 Hungarian Holocaust survivors who fell victim to the far-
reach ing Nazi policies and persecution up to and during the last year of World War II.

WATCH: The Last Days (1998) Full Movie | M4uHD

Transcript The Last Days (Final) (dorjeshugden.com)

Steven Spielberg’s Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation is engaged in making a record of as many such memories as can be recorded from those who saw the tragedy with their own eyes. The eventual goal is 50,000 taped interviews. “The Last Days” features five of those survivors, and others, telling their own stories. It focuses on the last year of the war, when Adolf Hitler, already defeated and with his resources running out, revealed the depth of his racial hatred by diverting men and supplies to the task of exterminating Hungary’s Jews.

At that late point, muses one of the witnesses in this film, couldn’t the Nazis have just stopped? Used their resources where they were needed for the war effort? Even gotten some “brownie points” by ending the death camps? No, because for the fanatic it is the fixed idea, not the daily reality, that obsesses the mind. Those apologists like the British historian David Irving, who argue that Hitler was not personally aware of many details of the Holocaust, are hard pressed to explain why his military mind could approve using the dwindling resources of a bankrupt army to kill still more innocent civilians.

In Spielberg’s “Schindler’s List” there are the famous shots of the little girl in the red coat (in a film otherwise shot in black and white). Her coat acts as a marker, allowing us to follow the fate of one among millions. “The Last Days,” directed by James Moll, is in
a way all about red coats–about a handful of survivors, and what happened to them.

One describes the Nazis’ brutality toward children, and says, “That’s when I stopped talking to God.” Another, Renee Firestone, confronts the evasive Dr. Hans Munch, who was acquitted in war crimes trials; his defense was that he spared the lives of some prisoners by conducting harmless medical experiments on them. But Firestone believes he was responsible for the death of her sister Klara, and when he grows vague in his answers, she grows angry. Anyone who worked in a death camp has much to be vague about.

There is another passage where a woman, now around 70, remembers instructions to Hungarian Jews to gather up their belongings for a trip by train. She took along a precious bathing suit, one she was looking forward to wearing at the pool as any teenage girl might, and as she describes the fate of that suit, and of herself and her family, we hear a lifelong regret: In a moment, she was denied the kind of silly, carefree time a teenage girl deserves.

There is a final passage of joy that affected me with the same kind of emotional uplift as did the closing scenes in “Schindler’s List.” We have met during the film the only Holocaust survivor to be elected to the U.S. Congress–Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), whose wife is also a survivor. Both lost all of the members of their families. But they had two daughters, who came to them with the promise of a gift: They would have a lot of children. And then there is a shot of the Lantos family and their 17 grandchildren.

That scene provides release after a harrowing journey. The movie contains footage of the survivors as they looked on the day their camps were liberated by the Allies–walking skeletons, whose eyes bear mute witness to horror. And the film has angry memories of the aftermath. One witness, an American soldier, describes shooting an unarmed German dead in cold blood, after being spat at. The film doesn’t follow up on the implications of that, and because we can understand his rage, perhaps we let it go. But I feel the film should have either left out that memory or dealt with it. The soldier was wrong, for the same reason the Holocaust was wrong.

The Holocaust is the most tragic and deadly outburst of the once-useful, now-dangerous human trait of tribalism, in which we are right and you are wrong because we are we, and you are not. In recent years in Serbia, in Africa, in Cambodia, in Northern Ireland, the epidemic is alive and well. Just the other day, in Israel, Orthodox Jewish students booed and insulted visiting Reform rabbis who hoped to pray at the Western Wall, and the New York Times reported that some of the attackers “screamed that the rabbis should `go back to Germany,’ to be exterminated, one explained later.” Any belief that also does not allow others the right to believe something else is based more on fear than on faith. If that is not the lesson of the Holocaust, then what has been learned?

Is this real life? What in the World? “Keep the people ignorant” couldn’t be more obvious at this point and still, no one cares. How can this possibly have passed as a law?? God help us. …. makes them dependent upon the government so it’s easier to manipulate them into the socialist agenda our government is pushing on us.

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Longevity in the U.S.

Posted on September 17, 2023 by Ken

Life Expectancy In The U.S. Is Declining at a Rapid Rate – Began Much Earlier
Than We Thought. © Provided by Home Knowledge

The issue of declining life expectancy in the country has garnered increased focus
in recent times, particularly during the pandemic, where the biggest decline since
WWII was observed.

The states with the highest cancer rates in America, according to data (msn.com)
With the ongoing decline in life expectancy in the United States, a recent report reveals that Americans were at a disadvantage starting in the 1950s. Unfortunately, the situation has only worsened over time. Furthermore, a recent American Journal of Public Health study highlights over 50 countries with better life expectancy rates than the U.S., and
a few states within the U.S. may bear partial responsibility for this trend.

Dr. Steven Woolf, Life Expectancy Study – Bing video

Dr. Steven Woolf is the lead author of a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study finds that working-age Americans are less likely to live to retirement age than at any time in recent history 1. According to an editorial by Dr. Woolf, an individual’s life expectancy in the U.S. increasingly depends on the state in which they live 2.

According to Dr. Steven Woolf, the author of the study and the Virginia Commonwealth University’s Center on Society and Health director, the issue of declining life expectancy
is more extensive and longstanding than previously believed.

These findings provide a fresh outlook on life expectancy in the United States and offer valuable insights into the necessary steps to reverse this concerning trend, as noted by experts in the field.

In the earlier half of the 20th century, the United States experienced significant advancements in public health, including improved sanitation and the widespread adoption of vaccines, which led to notable increases in life expectancy.

The recent report illustrates the continuation of this upward trend in life expectancy until the 1950s when the United States held the 12th highest ranking globally. However, starting from 1955, the growth rate hit a decline, and in 1968, the United States dropped to the 29th position.

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U.S. life expectancy in decline: Working class hit hardest, expert says

Woolf’s research reveals that the decline in life expectancy started far before what was previously believed, challenging previous assumptions held by many researchers in the field.

When questioned about the origins of this issue, Dr. Woolf explained, “We previously pointed to the 1980s as the starting point because we had not thoroughly examined historical data prior to that period.” He added, “The fact that a decline in life expectancy occurred during the 1950s raises intriguing questions about the factors influencing this shift during that time.”

According to the study, the growth rate of life expectancy experienced a rebound in
1974 but declined in 1983. The latest 2021 data provided by the CDC indicates that life expectancy in the U.S. has declined to around 76 years, marking the lowest point since 1996.

Dr. Woolf clarified that the study was based on estimates provided by the U.S. Mortality Database and the U.N. Population Division. This meant that there could be a few notable variations in terms of the exact rankings and any significant changes that occur year over year.

Michal Engelman: Life Expectancy Study)
Michal Engelman is an Associate Professor of Sociology 1. She has been interviewed about the continued declines in US life expectancy 2 1. Life expectancy in the U.S. decreased from 2014 to 2017 by.3 years and slightly increased 2018 through 2019 by.2 years, according to CDC data. Instead of improving on those modest gains in 2020, Engelman said, the nation saw a backslide because of the pandemic 2.

However, the overall message remains consistent, as emphasized by Michal Engelman. Engelman is a University of Wisconsin-Madisonn associate professor dealing in sociology. He noted that the timeline highlighted in the study demonstrates that life expectancy is heavily determined by a number of systemic factors, many of which extend beyond the health choices of individuals.

Engelman expressed that adopting a historical perspective reminds us that we do not have predetermined circumstances and that change is possible, suggesting that there is room for future improvement as time goes on. The report reveals that since the 1950s, the pace of life expectancy growth has varied across different regions of the United States.

Dr. Woolf explains that western and northeastern states experienced the most rapid growth in life expectancy, whereas Midwestern and south-central states witnessed slower growth. He highlights the significance of this grouping of states, stating, “These states have had a disproportionate impact on the low rankings of the country in terms of life expectancy.”

On the other hand, states such as Hawaii and New York have achieved life expectancies comparable to the world’s healthiest countries. The findings of the study corroborate previous research that highlights the influence of policy decisions on our health and, consequently, life expectancy.

Michal Engelman affirms that factors affecting longevity and general health operate on various levels. She emphasizes, “The narrative surrounding our health extends well beyond elements we have the ability to individually manage or
control.”

Cancer rates along the River Basin Counties – Search (bing.com)
US cancer rates highest on the rivers, low in mountains, and deserts.
Sometimes I find I have important data that I can’t quite explain. For example, cancer rates in the US vary by more than double from county to county, but not at random.
The highest rates are on the rivers, and the lowest are in the mountains and deserts.
I don’t know why, but the map shows it’s so.

It seems the two effects cancel; see the cancer incidence map (below).

Cancer death rates map of the US age adjusted 2006-2010, by county.
From www.statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov.

Counties shown in red on the map have cancer death rates between 210 and 393 per 100,000, more than double, on average the counties in blue. These red counties are mostly along the southern Mississippi, the Arkansas branching to its left; along the Alabama, to its right, and along the Ohio and the Tennessee rivers (these rivers straddle Kentucky).

The Yukon (Alaska) shows up in bright red, while Hawaii (no major rivers) is blue; southern Alaska (mountains) is also in blue. In orange, showing less-elevated cancer death, you can make out the Delaware river between NJ and DC, the Missouri heading Northwest from the Mississippi, the Columbia, and the Colorado between the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas. For some reason, counties near the Rio Grande do not show elevated cancer death rates. nor does Northern Mississippi and Colorado south of Las Vegas.

Contrasting this are areas of low cancer death, 56 to 156 deaths per year per 100,000, shown in blue. These appear along the major mountain ranges: The Rockies (both in the continental US and Alaska), the Sierra Nevada, and the Appalachian range. Virtually every mountain county appears in blue. Desert areas of the west also appear as blue, low cancer regions: Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, south-west Texas and southern California. Exceptions to this are the oasis areas in the desert: Lake Tahoe in western Nevada and Lake Meade in southern nevada. These oases stand out in red showing high cancer-death rates in a sea of low. Despite the AIDS epidemic and better health care, the major cities appear average in terms of cancer.

My first thought of an explanation was pollution: that the mountains were cleaner, and thus healthier, while industry had polluted the rivers so badly that people living there were cancer-prone. I don’t think this explanation fits, quite, since I’d expect the Yukon to be pollution free, while the Rio Grande should be among the most polluted. Also, I’d expect cities like Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago, and New York to be pollution-heavy, but they don’t show up for particularly high cancer rates. A related thought was that specific industries are at fault: oil, metals, chemicals, or coal, but this too doesn’t quite fit: Utah has coal, southern California has oil, Colorado has mining, and Cleveland was home to major Chemical production.

Another thought is poverty: that poor people live along the major rivers, while richer, healthier ones live in the mountains. The problem here is that the mountains and deserts are home to some very poor counties with low cancer rates, e.g. in Indian areas of the west and in South Florida and North Michigan. Detroit is a very poor city, with land polluted by coal, steel, and chemical manufacture — all the worst industries, you’d expect. We’re home to the famous black lagoon, and to Zug Island, a place that looks like Hades when seen from the air. The Indian reservation areas of Arizona are, if anything, poorer yet.

Parishes that comprise Cancer Alley Louisiana – Bing video
Cancer Alley – Wikipedia

Cancer Alley (French: Allée du Cancer) is the regional nickname given to an 85-mile (137 km) stretch of land^[1] along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, in the River Parishes of Louisiana, which contains over 200^[2] petrochemical plants and refineries.^[3] This area accounts for 25% of the petrochemical production in the United States.^[4]
Environmentalists consider the region a sacrifice zone where rates of cancer caused
by air pollution exceed the federal government‘s own limits of acceptable risk.^[5]
Others have referred to the same region as “Death Alley“.^[6]
Community leaders such as Sharon Lavigne have led the charge in protesting the expansion of the petrochemical industry in Cancer Alley, as well as addressing the associated racial and economic disparities.^[7]

A Hidden America: Children of the Plains – Bing video
^{Diane Sawyer takes an in-depth look at the young dreamers and survivors of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, fighting against decades of neglect. Diane Sawyer travels to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation where some of the proudest Americans, living in unthinkable conditions, refuse to be defeated — a young girl filled with “American Idol” dreams, yet facing a life-changing reality; a high school quarterback whose strength and spirit knows no bounds; a magical little girl filled with hope.}

^{For over a year, as she has done with the poverty-stricken children from parts of Appalachia and Camden, New Jersey, Sawyer and her team followed young fighters and dreamers, this time from the Lakota Indian Tribe in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, living in the shadows of Mount Rushmore. A once-mighty people desperately trying to hold on, Sawyer finds that even with all of its grinding poverty and alcoholism, it’s a place from which warriors can still rise. This program also profiles law enforcement officials, schools, individuals and businesses that are helping to change Pine Ridge for the better.} Amazing Native American Heritage Sites And Attractions To Visit Right Now (msn.com)

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Amish have a longer life expectancy.

The Amish are a religious group that live far from modern comforts and follow a strict set of rules. They have a longer life expectancy than other Americans: 85 years on average, compared to 78 years for an American adult 1. This is despite the fact that they have limited access to health care and modern medicine 2. The Amish have a lower risk of serious illnesses that affect late-life health quality, such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease 3.

People in Loma Linda have a longer life expectancy,

Loma Linda is a “blue zone” designated by National Geographic as one of the five longest-living communities in the world 1. The average life expectancy in Loma Linda is higher than the national average, with residents being 10 times more likely to live to 100 than typical Americans 2 1. The average male in Loma Linda lives to 89, the average woman to 91, both of which are ten years longer than the national average 2.

A Hidden America: Children of the Mountains (1 of 3)

It’s been 55 years since Robert Kennedy called on the rest of America to reach out & help the people of Appalachia. These are the descendents of Davey Crockett, Daniel Boone, Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline and the families of legendary soldiers and pioneers who helped open up the treacherous mountain passes and create an American continent.
They are fighters steeped in family, ferocity and faith.

10 Places in America Where People Live the Longest
Story by Carrie Madormo

Road trip couple looking out at Rocky Mountains from four wheel convertible,
Breckenridge, Colorado, USA © Image Source/Shutterstock

Summit County, Colorado
The residents of Summit County, Colorado, boast a median lifespan of 86.8 years (compared to the nationwide median life expectancy of 79 years.), so they know a thing or two about living their best lives, according to a 2018 report from realtor.com. Home to the ski town of Breckenridge, Summit County offers a variety of outdoor sports for its active population. In addition to spending more time outdoors, the residents value healthy diets:

There is not one fast food restaurant in the entire city of Breckenridge. With rates of obesity and diabetes on the rise across the country, the expected American lifespan is shrinking for the first time. Cutting out the happy meals keeps Summit County residents fit and healthy.

Experts Say Most People Who Live to 100 Years Old Share This One Thing in Common

This photo shows a curving river at Theodore Roosevelt N.Park
in Medora, N.D., © Beth J. Harpaz/Shutterstock

Marking the landscape in colorful patterns as it interacts with soil and stone.
Teddy Roosevelt spent time in the area to grieve after his wife and mother died
the same day, and his experiences there turned the future president into one of
America’s greatest conservationists. He described the area as

Billings County, North Dakota
Residents of this rural area can expect to live to 84, thanks to their active lifestyle and the county’s clean air. Billings County is home to ranchers who do physical labor every day; walking and horseback riding is the norm. The county is also free of the smog and stress that accompany life in a bigger city. Chronic stress can affect your lifespan, and actually make you age faster, according to a 2022 study by Yale researchers. Reducing stress by avoiding crazy commutes and large crowds helps keep these residents calm and healthy.

Want to Stop Stress? A New Study Found This Solution Was More Powerful Than Meditation

The San Francisco Bay Bridge in the foreground and the Golden Gate Bridge
in the background at sunset as seen from the San Francisco Bay in San Francisco,
California, USA, 11 May 2018. © JOHN G. MABANGLO/Shutterstock

Marin County, California
This county’s progressive laws & abundance of doctors make healthy lifestyles the norm.
One explanation for residents reaching the median age of 83.8 years could be the county’s bans on both smoking and wood-burning heaters. There is also about one primary care doctor for every 630 residents and one mental health provider for every 140 people. According to the National CPR Association, a shortage of physicians is one of the most common reasons adults don’t seek medical care—and that directly impacts a person’s lifespan.

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Aaron Moorer looks for a book in the library at Hampden-Sydney College
in Hampden Sydney, Va., . © Steve Helber/Shutterstock

Moorer is from Fairfax County Va., where It’s an annual rite in Fairfax County,
where hundreds of second-graders troop off to private psychologists, taking
IQ tests to prove they’re worthy of the county’s advanced academic programs.
Data shows that worthy black and Hispanic students are mostly left out

Fairfax County, Virginia
It’s common for Fairfax residents to bike to work, which may explain why they have a median lifespan of 83.7 years. Education levels help too: About two-thirds of residents hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, compared to just 34% of Americans overall—and higher education is tied to healthy habits. Of course, education can lead to a higher income, and researchers have found that living in a more affluent community can tack on years to your life. Men are especially impacted by education; studies suggest that those with higher levels of education outlive men with lower levels of education.

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This photo also provided by Andy Varner, city administrator for
Sand Point, Alaska, shows the city’s harbor. © AP/Shutterstock

The small, isolated town at the edge of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands had no police oversight for several days after its three officers quit in quick succession and its police chief resigned. Officials say the predicament that befell Sand Point illustrates the persistent challenges of hiring and retaining workers in rural parts of the vast state. Town officials say no big problems occurred when officers were absent

Aleutians East Borough, Alaska
Not many people are lining up to move to rural Aleutians East Borough, Alaska—which might be a mistake. The residents there live an average of 83.7 years, thanks in part to their diets. With few grocery stores, the people of Aleutians East Borough are accustomed to hunting and fishing for their meals. Their clean diets just might be adding years to their lives. Studies show that the healthier food you eat, the longer you’re expected to live. Even focusing on just one healthy meal per day can cut your risk of premature death by as much as 8 to 17%.

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Wide open landscape, Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas, USA
© Norbert Eisele-Hein/Shutterstock

Presidio County, Texas
Residents of Presidio County have a median lifespan of 83.7 years and boast
a tight-knit community. Those close relationships may be keeping this predominantly Hispanic community healthier. According to the longest running study of adult health and happiness in the world, published in a January 2023 book, The Good Life, the people most satisfied in their relationships at age 50 were the healthiest at age 80. The residents also have access to Texas’s largest state park, Big Bend Ranch, with year-round opportunities for hiking and biking.

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Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Marine Sgt. Russ Mullins, left,
© Elaine Thompson/Shutterstock

Talks with fishermen who inadvertently boated too close to passing orca whales in the Salish Sea in the San Juan Islands, Wash. The combination of boats and whales has state and federal authorities worried, especially this year, now that the Southern Resident pod of killer whales has four new calves. By federal and state law, boaters are required to stay 200 yards parallel from the orcas and give them 400 yards in front

San Juan County, Washington
This seaside county can thank its low-key lifestyle for the residents’ median lifespan
of 83.7 years. Fishing and shrimping are favorite pastimes, and so is volunteering.
Many of San Juan’s residents are involved with charities and nonprofits. According to a meta-analysis in Psychology and Aging, older adults who volunteered reduced their risk of death by 47 percent. Volunteering not only provides crucial social interaction, but it also provides a sense of purpose.

Check out more Science-Backed Reasons Volunteering Is Actually a Powerful Way to Feel Healthier.

Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico, USA, America
Excavated kivas, © Oliver Gerhard/Shutterstock

Los Alamos County, New Mexico
Home to Los Alamos National Laboratory, the county attracts well-educated residents who also love the outdoor lifestyle. Residents here can expect to live to 83.5 years, thanks in part to their higher levels of education. The area is also home to Pajarito Mountain Ski Area and two national parks, giving residents the chance to ski and hike whenever they like. Staying active every day is strongly linked to living longer.

Even walking briskly once per day can add several years to your life.
Spending This Much Time Outside Each Day Could Make You Live Longer

Top view Grand Prismatic spring from Fairy Falls trail, Midway Geyser Basin,
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming © joojoob27/Shutterstock

Teton County, Wyoming
It would be difficult to not stay fit in Teton County, home to Jackson Hole and Yellowstone National Park. Residents can ski and hike in the fresh mountain air, boosting the median lifespan to 83.5 years. Hosting these popular travel destinations also means the county stays affluent, and wealthy Americans can expect to live up to 15 years longer than those living in poverty.

Blooming Purple wreath (Petrea volubilis) on pergola, Naples Botanical Garden
flowering © imageBROKER/Shutterstock

Collier County, Florida
Residents here can likely credit their access to health care for their median lifespan of
83.4 years. The NCH Healthcare System in Naples, Florida, is one of the best in the nation. Not only do the doctors and health services rank high, but even the hospital cafeterias offer better options than the typical burgers and fries. According to a study in Social Science and Medicine, having access to quality health care can increase your odds of living longer by as much as 22 to 68%.

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Life Expectancy In The U.S. Is Declining at a Rapid Rate – Began Much Earlier
Than We Thought. © Provided by Home Knowledge

The issue of declining life expectancy in the country has garnered increased focus
in recent times, particularly during the pandemic, where the biggest decline since
WWII was observed.

The states with the highest cancer rates in America, according to data (msn.com)
With the ongoing decline in life expectancy in the United States, a recent report reveals that Americans were at a disadvantage starting in the 1950s. Unfortunately, the situation has only worsened over time. Furthermore, a recent American Journal of Public Health study highlights over 50 countries with better life expectancy rates than the U.S., and
a few states within the U.S. may bear partial responsibility for this trend.

Dr. Steven Woolf, Life Expectancy Study – Bing video

Dr. Steven Woolf is the lead author of a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study finds that working-age Americans are less likely to live to retirement age than at any time in recent history 1. According to an editorial by Dr. Woolf, an individual’s life expectancy in the U.S. increasingly depends on the state in which they live 2.

According to Dr. Steven Woolf, the author of the study and the Virginia Commonwealth University’s Center on Society and Health director, the issue of declining life expectancy
is more extensive and longstanding than previously believed.

These findings provide a fresh outlook on life expectancy in the United States and offer valuable insights into the necessary steps to reverse this concerning trend, as noted by experts in the field.

In the earlier half of the 20th century, the United States experienced significant advancements in public health, including improved sanitation and the widespread adoption of vaccines, which led to notable increases in life expectancy.

The recent report illustrates the continuation of this upward trend in life expectancy until the 1950s when the United States held the 12th highest ranking globally. However, starting from 1955, the growth rate hit a decline, and in 1968, the United States dropped to the 29th position.

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Woolf’s research reveals that the decline in life expectancy started far before what was previously believed, challenging previous assumptions held by many researchers in the field.

When questioned about the origins of this issue, Dr. Woolf explained, “We previously pointed to the 1980s as the starting point because we had not thoroughly examined historical data prior to that period.” He added, “The fact that a decline in life expectancy occurred during the 1950s raises intriguing questions about the factors influencing this shift during that time.”

According to the study, the growth rate of life expectancy experienced a rebound in
1974 but declined in 1983. The latest 2021 data provided by the CDC indicates that life expectancy in the U.S. has declined to around 76 years, marking the lowest point since 1996.

Dr. Woolf clarified that the study was based on estimates provided by the U.S. Mortality Database and the U.N. Population Division. This meant that there could be a few notable variations in terms of the exact rankings and any significant changes that occur year over year.

Michal Engelman: Life Expectancy Study)
Michal Engelman is an Associate Professor of Sociology 1. She has been interviewed about the continued declines in US life expectancy 2 1. Life expectancy in the U.S. decreased from 2014 to 2017 by.3 years and slightly increased 2018 through 2019 by.2 years, according to CDC data. Instead of improving on those modest gains in 2020, Engelman said, the nation saw a backslide because of the pandemic 2.

However, the overall message remains consistent, as emphasized by Michal Engelman. Engelman is a University of Wisconsin-Madisonn associate professor dealing in sociology. He noted that the timeline highlighted in the study demonstrates that life expectancy is heavily determined by a number of systemic factors, many of which extend beyond the health choices of individuals.

Engelman expressed that adopting a historical perspective reminds us that we do not have predetermined circumstances and that change is possible, suggesting that there is room for future improvement as time goes on. The report reveals that since the 1950s, the pace of life expectancy growth has varied across different regions of the United States.

Dr. Woolf explains that western and northeastern states experienced the most rapid growth in life expectancy, whereas Midwestern and south-central states witnessed slower growth. He highlights the significance of this grouping of states, stating, “These states have had a disproportionate impact on the low rankings of the country in terms of life expectancy.”

On the other hand, states such as Hawaii and New York have achieved life expectancies comparable to the world’s healthiest countries. The findings of the study corroborate previous research that highlights the influence of policy decisions on our health and, consequently, life expectancy.

Michal Engelman affirms that factors affecting longevity and general health operate on various levels. She emphasizes, “The narrative surrounding our health extends well beyond elements we have the ability to individually manage or
control.”

Cancer rates along the River Basin Counties – Search (bing.com)
US cancer rates highest on the rivers, low in mountains, and deserts.
Sometimes I find I have important data that I can’t quite explain. For example, cancer rates in the US vary by more than double from county to county, but not at random.
The highest rates are on the rivers, and the lowest are in the mountains and deserts.
I don’t know why, but the map shows it’s so.

It seems the two effects cancel; see the cancer incidence map (below).

Cancer death rates map of the US age adjusted 2006-2010, by county.
From www.statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov.

Counties shown in red on the map have cancer death rates between 210 and 393 per 100,000, more than double, on average the counties in blue. These red counties are mostly along the southern Mississippi, the Arkansas branching to its left; along the Alabama, to its right, and along the Ohio and the Tennessee rivers (these rivers straddle Kentucky).

The Yukon (Alaska) shows up in bright red, while Hawaii (no major rivers) is blue; southern Alaska (mountains) is also in blue. In orange, showing less-elevated cancer death, you can make out the Delaware river between NJ and DC, the Missouri heading Northwest from the Mississippi, the Columbia, and the Colorado between the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas. For some reason, counties near the Rio Grande do not show elevated cancer death rates. nor does Northern Mississippi and Colorado south of Las Vegas.

Contrasting this are areas of low cancer death, 56 to 156 deaths per year per 100,000, shown in blue. These appear along the major mountain ranges: The Rockies (both in the continental US and Alaska), the Sierra Nevada, and the Appalachian range. Virtually every mountain county appears in blue. Desert areas of the west also appear as blue, low cancer regions: Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, south-west Texas and southern California. Exceptions to this are the oasis areas in the desert: Lake Tahoe in western Nevada and Lake Meade in southern nevada. These oases stand out in red showing high cancer-death rates in a sea of low. Despite the AIDS epidemic and better health care, the major cities appear average in terms of cancer.

My first thought of an explanation was pollution: that the mountains were cleaner, and thus healthier, while industry had polluted the rivers so badly that people living there were cancer-prone. I don’t think this explanation fits, quite, since I’d expect the Yukon to be pollution free, while the Rio Grande should be among the most polluted. Also, I’d expect cities like Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago, and New York to be pollution-heavy, but they don’t show up for particularly high cancer rates. A related thought was that specific industries are at fault: oil, metals, chemicals, or coal, but this too doesn’t quite fit: Utah has coal, southern California has oil, Colorado has mining, and Cleveland was home to major Chemical production.

Another thought is poverty: that poor people live along the major rivers, while richer, healthier ones live in the mountains. The problem here is that the mountains and deserts are home to some very poor counties with low cancer rates, e.g. in Indian areas of the west and in South Florida and North Michigan. Detroit is a very poor city, with land polluted by coal, steel, and chemical manufacture — all the worst industries, you’d expect. We’re home to the famous black lagoon, and to Zug Island, a place that looks like Hades when seen from the air. The Indian reservation areas of Arizona are, if anything, poorer yet.

Parishes that comprise Cancer Alley Louisiana – Bing video
Cancer Alley – Wikipedia

Cancer Alley (French: Allée du Cancer) is the regional nickname given to an 85-mile (137 km) stretch of land^[1] along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, in the River Parishes of Louisiana, which contains over 200^[2] petrochemical plants and refineries.^[3] This area accounts for 25% of the petrochemical production in the United States.^[4]
Environmentalists consider the region a sacrifice zone where rates of cancer caused
by air pollution exceed the federal government‘s own limits of acceptable risk.^[5]
Others have referred to the same region as “Death Alley“.^[6]
Community leaders such as Sharon Lavigne have led the charge in protesting the expansion of the petrochemical industry in Cancer Alley, as well as addressing the associated racial and economic disparities.^[7]

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^{For over a year, as she has done with the poverty-stricken children from parts of Appalachia and Camden, New Jersey, Sawyer and her team followed young fighters and dreamers, this time from the Lakota Indian Tribe in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, living in the shadows of Mount Rushmore. A once-mighty people desperately trying to hold on, Sawyer finds that even with all of its grinding poverty and alcoholism, it’s a place from which warriors can still rise. This program also profiles law enforcement officials, schools, individuals and businesses that are helping to change Pine Ridge for the better.} Amazing Native American Heritage Sites And Attractions To Visit Right Now (msn.com)

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Amish have a longer life expectancy.

The Amish are a religious group that live far from modern comforts and follow a strict set of rules. They have a longer life expectancy than other Americans: 85 years on average, compared to 78 years for an American adult 1. This is despite the fact that they have limited access to health care and modern medicine 2. The Amish have a lower risk of serious illnesses that affect late-life health quality, such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease 3.

People in Loma Linda have a longer life expectancy,

Loma Linda is a “blue zone” designated by National Geographic as one of the five longest-living communities in the world 1. The average life expectancy in Loma Linda is higher than the national average, with residents being 10 times more likely to live to 100 than typical Americans 2 1. The average male in Loma Linda lives to 89, the average woman to 91, both of which are ten years longer than the national average 2.

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It’s been 55 years since Robert Kennedy called on the rest of America to reach out & help the people of Appalachia. These are the descendents of Davey Crockett, Daniel Boone, Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline and the families of legendary soldiers and pioneers who helped open up the treacherous mountain passes and create an American continent.
They are fighters steeped in family, ferocity and faith.

10 Places in America Where People Live the Longest
Story by Carrie Madormo

Road trip couple looking out at Rocky Mountains from four wheel convertible,
Breckenridge, Colorado, USA © Image Source/Shutterstock

Summit County, Colorado
The residents of Summit County, Colorado, boast a median lifespan of 86.8 years (compared to the nationwide median life expectancy of 79 years.), so they know a thing or two about living their best lives, according to a 2018 report from realtor.com. Home to the ski town of Breckenridge, Summit County offers a variety of outdoor sports for its active population. In addition to spending more time outdoors, the residents value healthy diets:

There is not one fast food restaurant in the entire city of Breckenridge. With rates of obesity and diabetes on the rise across the country, the expected American lifespan is shrinking for the first time. Cutting out the happy meals keeps Summit County residents fit and healthy.

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This photo shows a curving river at Theodore Roosevelt N.Park
in Medora, N.D., © Beth J. Harpaz/Shutterstock

Marking the landscape in colorful patterns as it interacts with soil and stone.
Teddy Roosevelt spent time in the area to grieve after his wife and mother died
the same day, and his experiences there turned the future president into one of
America’s greatest conservationists. He described the area as

Billings County, North Dakota
Residents of this rural area can expect to live to 84, thanks to their active lifestyle and the county’s clean air. Billings County is home to ranchers who do physical labor every day; walking and horseback riding is the norm. The county is also free of the smog and stress that accompany life in a bigger city. Chronic stress can affect your lifespan, and actually make you age faster, according to a 2022 study by Yale researchers. Reducing stress by avoiding crazy commutes and large crowds helps keep these residents calm and healthy.

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The San Francisco Bay Bridge in the foreground and the Golden Gate Bridge
in the background at sunset as seen from the San Francisco Bay in San Francisco,
California, USA, 11 May 2018. © JOHN G. MABANGLO/Shutterstock

Marin County, California
This county’s progressive laws & abundance of doctors make healthy lifestyles the norm.
One explanation for residents reaching the median age of 83.8 years could be the county’s bans on both smoking and wood-burning heaters. There is also about one primary care doctor for every 630 residents and one mental health provider for every 140 people. According to the National CPR Association, a shortage of physicians is one of the most common reasons adults don’t seek medical care—and that directly impacts a person’s lifespan.

Eating These Foods Can Lead to Premature Death, Says New Study

Aaron Moorer looks for a book in the library at Hampden-Sydney College
in Hampden Sydney, Va., . © Steve Helber/Shutterstock

Moorer is from Fairfax County Va., where It’s an annual rite in Fairfax County,
where hundreds of second-graders troop off to private psychologists, taking
IQ tests to prove they’re worthy of the county’s advanced academic programs.
Data shows that worthy black and Hispanic students are mostly left out

Fairfax County, Virginia
It’s common for Fairfax residents to bike to work, which may explain why they have a median lifespan of 83.7 years. Education levels help too: About two-thirds of residents hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, compared to just 34% of Americans overall—and higher education is tied to healthy habits. Of course, education can lead to a higher income, and researchers have found that living in a more affluent community can tack on years to your life. Men are especially impacted by education; studies suggest that those with higher levels of education outlive men with lower levels of education.

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This photo also provided by Andy Varner, city administrator for
Sand Point, Alaska, shows the city’s harbor. © AP/Shutterstock

The small, isolated town at the edge of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands had no police oversight for several days after its three officers quit in quick succession and its police chief resigned. Officials say the predicament that befell Sand Point illustrates the persistent challenges of hiring and retaining workers in rural parts of the vast state. Town officials say no big problems occurred when officers were absent

Aleutians East Borough, Alaska
Not many people are lining up to move to rural Aleutians East Borough, Alaska—which might be a mistake. The residents there live an average of 83.7 years, thanks in part to their diets. With few grocery stores, the people of Aleutians East Borough are accustomed to hunting and fishing for their meals. Their clean diets just might be adding years to their lives. Studies show that the healthier food you eat, the longer you’re expected to live. Even focusing on just one healthy meal per day can cut your risk of premature death by as much as 8 to 17%.

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Wide open landscape, Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas, USA
© Norbert Eisele-Hein/Shutterstock

Presidio County, Texas
Residents of Presidio County have a median lifespan of 83.7 years and boast
a tight-knit community. Those close relationships may be keeping this predominantly Hispanic community healthier. According to the longest running study of adult health and happiness in the world, published in a January 2023 book, The Good Life, the people most satisfied in their relationships at age 50 were the healthiest at age 80. The residents also have access to Texas’s largest state park, Big Bend Ranch, with year-round opportunities for hiking and biking.

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Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Marine Sgt. Russ Mullins, left,
© Elaine Thompson/Shutterstock

Talks with fishermen who inadvertently boated too close to passing orca whales in the Salish Sea in the San Juan Islands, Wash. The combination of boats and whales has state and federal authorities worried, especially this year, now that the Southern Resident pod of killer whales has four new calves. By federal and state law, boaters are required to stay 200 yards parallel from the orcas and give them 400 yards in front

San Juan County, Washington
This seaside county can thank its low-key lifestyle for the residents’ median lifespan
of 83.7 years. Fishing and shrimping are favorite pastimes, and so is volunteering.
Many of San Juan’s residents are involved with charities and nonprofits. According to a meta-analysis in Psychology and Aging, older adults who volunteered reduced their risk of death by 47 percent. Volunteering not only provides crucial social interaction, but it also provides a sense of purpose.

Check out more Science-Backed Reasons Volunteering Is Actually a Powerful Way to Feel Healthier.

Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico, USA, America
Excavated kivas, © Oliver Gerhard/Shutterstock

Los Alamos County, New Mexico
Home to Los Alamos National Laboratory, the county attracts well-educated residents who also love the outdoor lifestyle. Residents here can expect to live to 83.5 years, thanks in part to their higher levels of education. The area is also home to Pajarito Mountain Ski Area and two national parks, giving residents the chance to ski and hike whenever they like. Staying active every day is strongly linked to living longer.

Even walking briskly once per day can add several years to your life.
Spending This Much Time Outside Each Day Could Make You Live Longer

Top view Grand Prismatic spring from Fairy Falls trail, Midway Geyser Basin,
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming © joojoob27/Shutterstock

Teton County, Wyoming
It would be difficult to not stay fit in Teton County, home to Jackson Hole and Yellowstone National Park. Residents can ski and hike in the fresh mountain air, boosting the median lifespan to 83.5 years. Hosting these popular travel destinations also means the county stays affluent, and wealthy Americans can expect to live up to 15 years longer than those living in poverty.

Blooming Purple wreath (Petrea volubilis) on pergola, Naples Botanical Garden
flowering © imageBROKER/Shutterstock

Collier County, Florida
Residents here can likely credit their access to health care for their median lifespan of
83.4 years. The NCH Healthcare System in Naples, Florida, is one of the best in the nation. Not only do the doctors and health services rank high, but even the hospital cafeterias offer better options than the typical burgers and fries. According to a study in Social Science and Medicine, having access to quality health care can increase your odds of living longer by as much as 22 to 68%.

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The Beginning of Knowledge

Posted on September 17, 2023 by Ken

The Immortals: meet the billionaires forking out for eternal life | Podcasts | The Guardian
Written in Abstract for a better understanding of the times we are living in.

Gaylord Probasco Harnwell CBE (September 29, 1903 – April 18, 1982) was an American educator and physicist, who was president of the University of Pennsylvania from 1953 to 1970. He also held a great number of positions in a wide variety of national political and educational boards and committees, as well as senior positions in both the Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania and the United States Navy. In the later part of
his life he also toured both the Soviet Union and Iran as a promoter of higher education.

Mr. Harnwell, the homoerotic narcissism of these woke know-it-all billionaires oozes
from the article’s photo. They can buy blood transfusions from 3rd World kids all they
want but as Southerners say, “You ain’t gettin’ outta this alive, HOSS.”

To understand the woke, you have to understand The Culture of Narcissism (washingtonexaminer.com)

These NEO-Nazi NIMRODS believe they can dethrone God and his son Jesus,
….LOL Never a True Christian (an Atheist’s Website) (neocities.org)

Perhaps you have to be a tech billionaire to be this dumb. Hey schmucks!
Save your money. If you want to live forever, you’re doing it wrong. Of course, they want
to live forever…because when you die, you have to face God and be accountable to him
for every second of your life.

I’m not sure that Catholics who celebrate a bit of cannibalism eating the Blood & Flesh
of Christ at Eucharist are well-placed to criticize others who voluntarily donate blood to prolong their health? Nor can it be “ungodly” since the Vatican has accepted Life on Earth is explained by Evolution, not God’s, whose role is now said to be only an “initial spark”.

When will the Earth die? (msn.com)
The love of money is all they must know, thinking that will bring them eternal happiness. God’s love is free, and accepting God’s love brings daily joy, as well as the eternal life they seek. Simple, yet they make it complicated.

Don’t fear man that can kill the body, but fear God that can kill the soul.
What shall a man give in exchange for his soul? What profit is it for a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? For with the heart man believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For all have sinned and come short… All who call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Jesus said: I am the way, the truth and the life, No one comes to the father
Except through me. For God so loved the world (your name) that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have life everlasting. This is the only way to have eternal life. Jesus is the Son of God and he took our sins, died on the cross and rose again, +will raise us up to.

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For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead,

So that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible
God into an image made like a corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals
and creeping things. Rom 1:18‭-23

1 John 2:15-17
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever.

For most of Human History, ordinary people died by the age of 40.
Since the Enlightenment, far more now live healthy lives lasting nearly twice as long.
Is that a disappointment to you? And since the American Dream is one of Liberty,
why can’t adults donate blood voluntarily? Why do you drop your pretended
“Way of Grace” to insult them as “schmucks”?

I don’t know which part of them is more disgusting. Their narcissism or their arrogance.
To value oneself over another so much that you actually take from another leaving them in a lessened state than you found them. Will not end well for you or them in the long run.

If you value youth so much, donate to build/protect parks and playgrounds for kids
to enjoy. Growing old, wise, humble and generous is true beauty.. you get more days
to reminisce and build from past mistakes & goals…. Maybe if they lived their lives
in a more meaningful (primal) way, they would not be so scared to run from death.

“Reality will always re-assert itself – at a price.”

Now, my thesis is that these newly rich people are showing us the soul of man, and it ain’t pretty sight. Their “lifestyle” reflects the deepest desires of man. This desire to live forever is found everywhere in literature all the way back to Gilgamesh. It’s rooted in man’s desire for God. Of course here it went wrong.

Here man tries to be his own god. Man cannot live without God.
Sometimes he tries to create his own fake god. There’s plenty of writing about this. Some of the best is done by none other than Russian authors. Among the best is Dostoevsky.
At the moment “Demons” is a relevant novel. Man without God is a theme, the most important I’d argue.

The Fools! Lucifer dangles yet another pathetic promise to the masses who follow like zombies into the abyss. Eternal life on earth would be another version of hell – watching stupid people do stupid things every day for eternity. Just what this world also needs is billionaire rich crazy people that want to live forever. I wonder who will be the ones who suffer being ruled under these egotistical crazy maniacs?

Modern day vampires. Evil.
In the name of longevity Chinese elites’ resort to harvesting the
organs from the peasant class while they are still alive. Just sayin.

Unbelievably disturbing. “…take the blood of the young…” like it’s just a normal thing civilized society does. What happens as his teenage son grows older? Have more kids? Harvest aborted blood?

Check out Billy Joe Shaver’s beautiful anthem: I am gonna live forever.
I’ve seen what some men and women, mostly women have done to their faces,
so that they could look young for their whole entire life.

It never works out well. They look …. horrific. So, this isn’t going to pan out very well either. It’s not the natural order of things, and I don’t care who you are. You cannot go against nature. It will win every freaking time, no matter how rich you are, or how many things you think you could change about your facial features, your body or your lifespan. Natural order will always win. Joe Biden, MSNBC and 2024: Is liberal propaganda distorting our perception?

I guess it will be the ones who these people use as their test rats.
In a democracy, we have always had to worry about the ignorance of the uneducated. Today we have to worry about the ignorance of people with college degrees. ~Thomas Sowell

“Transhumanism” (see “suicidal hubris”).

As a dimorphic species, humans have three choices: 1- Reproduction 2- Immortality
3- Extinction Ever notice those who endeavor to control the world by reducing global population down to 500 million…. all have kids? What these immortality seekers don’t realize is… we are not our bodies, we are the knower of the body therefore can not be the body. As a result, we are eternal. Awareness does not pop into existence and then die off. These folks have it backwards… because they don’t know their true nature.

In 2015, I began sharing with many of my counterparts that Ray Kurzweil – Bing video
& others were pursuing this notion of never dying as their own way of trying to beat God. And, just like the old King trying to get into Heaven through his Tower of Babylon failed, this too will fail.

New York City is the New Babylon – Search (bing.com)
“There are some, he says, who predict that some groups of people will be coded out”.
This is the intent of the billionaire globalist class who think they are the only ones deserving of life and use of the earth’s resources. Everyone else will share equitable poverty in the slave class while donating organs and blood to “the deserving”. DEI and fear campaigns are the tools used to keep the rich at the top to continue their research in total control.

One key area to watch with this research is cancer. Trying to manipulate our cells’
proteins in an accelerated fashion raises the risks & production of certain cancers. Also, organs & our monocular structures must all work unilaterally & trying to keep the organs rejuvenated unilaterally will be a huge challenge & a huge risk to them. Also, their urgency to make this happen proves to me that even in their darkest of atheists hearts, they do know there is a God as well as a Heaven & a Hell. (edited)

The Times They Are A Changing – Sonia Solorzano – YouTube
THEY WANT TO LIVE FOREVER BECAUSE THEY ARE VOID OF A SOUL-
SO THIS IS IT FOR THE RICHEST SATANIST

God’s Love is Amazing all around the world.
Earthquakes, Floods, Wildfires, Mudslides, Tsunami. Hurricanes.

Not to forget Violence and Wars worldwide. Please GFY with your Blind Faith Congame exploiting fears in exchange for donations for a promise that won’t manifest until the end times happen sometime after your death. Stupid Sucker Mothafukers.

An act of Treason committed by Congress Jan 6th 2021
They were standing quietly with flags in their hands no assaults no destruction.
In America you are innocent until proven guilty and a right as a citizen to a speedy trial and and a lawyer but if it’s an American citizen who is also the President of the United States and you are opposition party connected to deep state good ole boy network in Congress,

Republicans wanted and let it happen and on video using 30000 troops armed with orders 5o kill everyone in the world saw this insurrection who in Congress took presidential unto themselves and shooting of American citizens unarmed there by invitation of the 45th POTUS is Congress now a terrorist worldwide using Nations worldwide to watch new weapons being used in the battlefield.

Living forever in a fallen world they themselves helped create….now!!!
THAT would be POETIC JUSTICE!!! No one’s living past 120 no matter how much money you think you have…. These IDIOTS being so afraid of DEATH is more confirmation that GOD ALMIGHTY DOES EXIST, and all this FANFARE to AVOID THEIR ETERNAL PUNISHMENTS is getting a bit comical. So, you pay lots of money to fool yourself into believing you’ll live forever…but your wife, husband or “PARTNER” gets sick of you and puts a pillow over your face in bed…..THAT’S a LOT of money down the drain!!! But hey, you’ll look GREAT in that coffin! People will say…he sure does look FIT as they walk by…..money WELL SPENT!!! I BET THEY ALSO BELIEVE they can take it with them when they go…..

Everything wrong on earth from: the tens of millions of child sex abuse by religiosity.
To the catastrophes worldwide daily caused by man and nature. You must be profoundly stupid delusional to believe in Blind Faith. Like Traitor Trump to Racism to Conspiracies or Cults like White Racist Nazis or KKK. INEXCUSABLE LOW IQ. Pure stupidity. The only obstacle in world History is the Dogmatic Stupidity of the Elite in this world.

There exists an alternative to this blood swap idea which is chelation therapy. It has been used for years to cleanse the blood/body of any/all poisons, i.e. lead, arsenic, etc. but has also been used successfully to avoid such surgeries as open heart, angioplasty, stents and other related debilitations of the body.

Check out the book: Forty Something Forever by Brecher. Been around for AGES.

Everything they do will not add one day to their appointed span on Earth.
Telomeres, the specific DNA–protein structures found at both ends of each chromosome, protect the genome from nucleolytic degradation, unnecessary recombination, repair, and interchromosomal fusion. Those were put into our DNA when Adam sinned. They are the life clock, and nothing can be done to alter how they degrade over time.

COVID Vaccines Reduce Immune Response to Infection, Concerns Over Chronic Immune Deficiency Mount (extremelyamerican.com) Poison is bad for your health, even when promoted by a corrupt bio-medical industrial complex. #mRNApoison #BioTyranny

These schmucks are at least doing this with his consent.
Most elites take those items from the poor and throw them to the trash. It doesn’t really work, at least for very long. The only way to eternal life is through Jesus Christ. Nothing on this earth can substitute God himself. I guess wealth does not equate to wisdom or common sense. A fool and his money soon separate.

Because of that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Romans 1:21 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/rom.1.2…

Think about this, BH. There was a reason God limited man to 120 years, with very few exceptions after the deluge. An evil person with 300-400 years of experience and training is extremely harmful to the rest of humanity. God will not let this stand IMO, although we are clearly told… ” as in the days of Noah, so shall it be…”

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,
that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16

Eternity is meant for true believers that chose to live a life here that honors and follows God. The other eternity will be found after living a godless life here and then where one will live a life in hell eternity separated from God… your choice as to how you decide to
live your life!

Jesus Christ is Lord If one had to choose between being the wealthiest person
on earth or spending eternity in Heaven, i’ll take eternity in Heaven thank you very much. But, the deal is: that you love Jesus Christ and keep the Ten Commandments. Join the Catholic Church; it was established by Jesus himself. It has problems like any other church, but its teachings are true. Read the Catechism and try to find ANYTHING with which you disagree.

They won’t be immortal. Their foolish wisdom about flesh will lead them to self-destruction soon enough. They are pathetic. And even the cursed immortal who caused
the flood upon the earth the last time will taste death, since the Son of Man is coming in His kingdom. “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.” (Matthew 16: 28)

Death for them will be a relief. They shall thank God for giving them mercy.

Life is a struggle in so many ways. I don’t want to live forever.
I just want to serve my time as best I can and move on to a better place. Vanity is not a thing that God wants us to occupy our lives. Growing old is part of life’s lessons because the smooth skin of youth leaves along with vitality. The “get up and go; got up and went” and we learn to understand age and suffering in a different way.

To see your quoted scripture is hysterical. There is a special place for you on God’s short bus ride. If you don’t comprehend what I am saying because it is an American term.
To choose eternity here on earth is to choose eternal separation from the God who loves you the most in the whole world. It’s choosing Hell.

I choose eternal life with Jesus! Not on this earth!
These misguided clings desperately to the hubris in this life because they don’t have
the eyes to see any other. They are pathetic, but God still loves them, and they can still
be saved, if they repent, and give up this nonsense.

With all due to respect for God, these elites know a lot about extending their existence than their telling us medically. It’s great to have science at your bacon call, it’s another thing to not share it. The hubris of the ungodly always witnesses to the profound truth of the Bible.

That Mankind can’t live forever. The trouble is the world must obey God Jehovah and change course and live by His requirements. Most don’t obey, a large swath never accepts Him. The earth is about to drastically change, most have to. James 1:17, 18.

Quite confident aging is nutritional, sure epigenetics is a part of it, but we have enzymes specifically for cleaning up the epigenome, ten-eleven translocases for example. I suspect young blood is just giving the old farts the nutrition their body is missing, it should lead to a shorter life expectancy for the young people donating, if this thinking is correct.

You can’t have machines do it for you. You pay someone to lift the weight and an electric zapper may provide definition but doesn’t give strength. Only multiple reps give strength and stamina. Same with brains. You have to struggle to work out your thoughts, otherwise you simply quote (and believe) what you were told. Copy and paste is not a scholarship. Just facade.

The Penitent Magdalen, Georges de La Tour, 1640,

There is a Greek myth about a mortal, Tithonus, who loved Eos, goddess of the dawn.
Tithonus requested, and was granted, immortality so that he could remain with Eos forever. Unfortunately, immortality did not come with eternal youth. Tithonus got so withered and disgusting Eos couldn’t bear the sight of him.

Be careful what you wish for — you just might get it.
– Not everyone is chosen for salvation 😉 Mark 10:25 – It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. Matt 20:16 – So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.
2 Thess 2:13 – …God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth Eph 1:11 – In Him, also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will John 6:44 – No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day,

If you are not a Christian, this life is the closest you’ll get to heaven, but if you are a Christian, this life is the closest you’ll get to hell. Choose Christ and live; choose self-righteousness and die.

So, when it comes to the killing of babies the slogan is ‘ my body my choice’ buuuut when it’s to prevent ageing it goes like this ‘youthful plasma into his own ageing blood stream every month. This ends poorly. Signed, Dr. Moreau – Bing video

Image result for Spiritual War — The Immortals: meet the billionaires forking out for eternal life | Podcasts | The Guardian
Written in Abstract for a better understanding of the times we are living in.

Gaylord Probasco Harnwell CBE (September 29, 1903 – April 18, 1982) was an American educator and physicist, who was president of the University of Pennsylvania from 1953 to 1970. He also held a great number of positions in a wide variety of national political and educational boards and committees, as well as senior positions in both the Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania and the United States Navy. In the later part of
his life he also toured both the Soviet Union and Iran as a promoter of higher education.

Mr. Harnwell, the homoerotic narcissism of these woke know-it-all billionaires oozes
from the article’s photo. They can buy blood transfusions from 3rd World kids all they
want but as Southerners say, “You ain’t gettin’ outta this alive, HOSS.”

To understand the woke, you have to understand The Culture of Narcissism (washingtonexaminer.com)

These NEO-Nazi NIMRODS believe they can dethrone God and his son Jesus,
….LOL Never a True Christian (an Atheist’s Website) (neocities.org)

Perhaps you have to be a tech billionaire to be this dumb. Hey schmucks!
Save your money. If you want to live forever, you’re doing it wrong. Of course, they want
to live forever…because when you die, you have to face God and be accountable to him
for every second of your life.

I’m not sure that Catholics who celebrate a bit of cannibalism eating the Blood & Flesh
of Christ at Eucharist are well-placed to criticize others who voluntarily donate blood to prolong their health? Nor can it be “ungodly” since the Vatican has accepted Life on Earth is explained by Evolution, not God’s, whose role is now said to be only an “initial spark”.

When will the Earth die? (msn.com)
The love of money is all they must know, thinking that will bring them eternal happiness. God’s love is free, and accepting God’s love brings daily joy, as well as the eternal life they seek. Simple, yet they make it complicated.

Don’t fear man that can kill the body, but fear God that can kill the soul.
What shall a man give in exchange for his soul? What profit is it for a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? For with the heart man believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For all have sinned and come short… All who call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Jesus said: I am the way, the truth and the life, No one comes to the father
Except through me. For God so loved the world (your name) that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have life everlasting. This is the only way to have eternal life. Jesus is the Son of God and he took our sins, died on the cross and rose again, +will raise us up to.

This Moment in Time We Are Fighting a Spiritual War – Search (bing.com)
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead,

So that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible
God into an image made like a corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals
and creeping things. Rom 1:18‭-23

1 John 2:15-17
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever.

For most of Human History, ordinary people died by the age of 40.
Since the Enlightenment, far more now live healthy lives lasting nearly twice as long.
Is that a disappointment to you? And since the American Dream is one of Liberty,
why can’t adults donate blood voluntarily? Why do you drop your pretended
“Way of Grace” to insult them as “schmucks”?

I don’t know which part of them is more disgusting. Their narcissism or their arrogance.
To value oneself over another so much that you actually take from another leaving them in a lessened state than you found them. Will not end well for you or them in the long run.

If you value youth so much, donate to build/protect parks and playgrounds for kids
to enjoy. Growing old, wise, humble and generous is true beauty.. you get more days
to reminisce and build from past mistakes & goals…. Maybe if they lived their lives
in a more meaningful (primal) way, they would not be so scared to run from death.

“Reality will always re-assert itself – at a price.”

Now, my thesis is that these newly rich people are showing us the soul of man, and it ain’t pretty sight. Their “lifestyle” reflects the deepest desires of man. This desire to live forever is found everywhere in literature all the way back to Gilgamesh. It’s rooted in man’s desire for God. Of course here it went wrong.

Here man tries to be his own god. Man cannot live without God.
Sometimes he tries to create his own fake god. There’s plenty of writing about this. Some of the best is done by none other than Russian authors. Among the best is Dostoevsky.
At the moment “Demons” is a relevant novel. Man without God is a theme, the most important I’d argue.

The Fools! Lucifer dangles yet another pathetic promise to the masses who follow like zombies into the abyss. Eternal life on earth would be another version of hell – watching stupid people do stupid things every day for eternity. Just what this world also needs is billionaire rich crazy people that want to live forever. I wonder who will be the ones who suffer being ruled under these egotistical crazy maniacs?

Modern day vampires. Evil.
In the name of longevity Chinese elites’ resort to harvesting the
organs from the peasant class while they are still alive. Just sayin.

Unbelievably disturbing. “…take the blood of the young…” like it’s just a normal thing civilized society does. What happens as his teenage son grows older? Have more kids? Harvest aborted blood?

Check out Billy Joe Shaver’s beautiful anthem: I am gonna live forever.
I’ve seen what some men and women, mostly women have done to their faces,
so that they could look young for their whole entire life.

It never works out well. They look …. horrific. So, this isn’t going to pan out very well either. It’s not the natural order of things, and I don’t care who you are. You cannot go against nature. It will win every freaking time, no matter how rich you are, or how many things you think you could change about your facial features, your body or your lifespan. Natural order will always win. Joe Biden, MSNBC and 2024: Is liberal propaganda distorting our perception?

I guess it will be the ones who these people use as their test rats.
In a democracy, we have always had to worry about the ignorance of the uneducated. Today we have to worry about the ignorance of people with college degrees. ~Thomas Sowell

“Transhumanism” (see “suicidal hubris”).

As a dimorphic species, humans have three choices: 1- Reproduction 2- Immortality
3- Extinction Ever notice those who endeavor to control the world by reducing global population down to 500 million…. all have kids? What these immortality seekers don’t realize is… we are not our bodies, we are the knower of the body therefore can not be the body. As a result, we are eternal. Awareness does not pop into existence and then die off. These folks have it backwards… because they don’t know their true nature.

In 2015, I began sharing with many of my counterparts that Ray Kurzweil – Bing video
& others were pursuing this notion of never dying as their own way of trying to beat God. And, just like the old King trying to get into Heaven through his Tower of Babylon failed, this too will fail.

New York City is the New Babylon – Search (bing.com)
“There are some, he says, who predict that some groups of people will be coded out”.
This is the intent of the billionaire globalist class who think they are the only ones deserving of life and use of the earth’s resources. Everyone else will share equitable poverty in the slave class while donating organs and blood to “the deserving”. DEI and fear campaigns are the tools used to keep the rich at the top to continue their research in total control.

One key area to watch with this research is cancer. Trying to manipulate our cells’
proteins in an accelerated fashion raises the risks & production of certain cancers. Also, organs & our monocular structures must all work unilaterally & trying to keep the organs rejuvenated unilaterally will be a huge challenge & a huge risk to them. Also, their urgency to make this happen proves to me that even in their darkest of atheists hearts, they do know there is a God as well as a Heaven & a Hell. (edited)

The Times They Are A Changing – Sonia Solorzano – YouTube
THEY WANT TO LIVE FOREVER BECAUSE THEY ARE VOID OF A SOUL-
SO THIS IS IT FOR THE RICHEST SATANIST

God’s Love is Amazing all around the world.
Earthquakes, Floods, Wildfires, Mudslides, Tsunami. Hurricanes.

Not to forget Violence and Wars worldwide. Please GFY with your Blind Faith Congame exploiting fears in exchange for donations for a promise that won’t manifest until the end times happen sometime after your death. Stupid Sucker Mothafukers.

An act of Treason committed by Congress Jan 6th 2021
They were standing quietly with flags in their hands no assaults no destruction.
In America you are innocent until proven guilty and a right as a citizen to a speedy trial and and a lawyer but if it’s an American citizen who is also the President of the United States and you are opposition party connected to deep state good ole boy network in Congress,

Republicans wanted and let it happen and on video using 30000 troops armed with orders 5o kill everyone in the world saw this insurrection who in Congress took presidential unto themselves and shooting of American citizens unarmed there by invitation of the 45th POTUS is Congress now a terrorist worldwide using Nations worldwide to watch new weapons being used in the battlefield.

Living forever in a fallen world they themselves helped create….now!!!
THAT would be POETIC JUSTICE!!! No one’s living past 120 no matter how much money you think you have…. These IDIOTS being so afraid of DEATH is more confirmation that GOD ALMIGHTY DOES EXIST, and all this FANFARE to AVOID THEIR ETERNAL PUNISHMENTS is getting a bit comical. So, you pay lots of money to fool yourself into believing you’ll live forever…but your wife, husband or “PARTNER” gets sick of you and puts a pillow over your face in bed…..THAT’S a LOT of money down the drain!!! But hey, you’ll look GREAT in that coffin! People will say…he sure does look FIT as they walk by…..money WELL SPENT!!! I BET THEY ALSO BELIEVE they can take it with them when they go…..

Everything wrong on earth from: the tens of millions of child sex abuse by religiosity.
To the catastrophes worldwide daily caused by man and nature. You must be profoundly stupid delusional to believe in Blind Faith. Like Traitor Trump to Racism to Conspiracies or Cults like White Racist Nazis or KKK. INEXCUSABLE LOW IQ. Pure stupidity. The only obstacle in world History is the Dogmatic Stupidity of the Elite in this world.

There exists an alternative to this blood swap idea which is chelation therapy. It has been used for years to cleanse the blood/body of any/all poisons, i.e. lead, arsenic, etc. but has also been used successfully to avoid such surgeries as open heart, angioplasty, stents and other related debilitations of the body.

Check out the book: Forty Something Forever by Brecher. Been around for AGES.

Everything they do will not add one day to their appointed span on Earth.
Telomeres, the specific DNA–protein structures found at both ends of each chromosome, protect the genome from nucleolytic degradation, unnecessary recombination, repair, and interchromosomal fusion. Those were put into our DNA when Adam sinned. They are the life clock, and nothing can be done to alter how they degrade over time.

COVID Vaccines Reduce Immune Response to Infection, Concerns Over Chronic Immune Deficiency Mount (extremelyamerican.com) Poison is bad for your health, even when promoted by a corrupt bio-medical industrial complex. #mRNApoison #BioTyranny

These schmucks are at least doing this with his consent.
Most elites take those items from the poor and throw them to the trash. It doesn’t really work, at least for very long. The only way to eternal life is through Jesus Christ. Nothing on this earth can substitute God himself. I guess wealth does not equate to wisdom or common sense. A fool and his money soon separate.

Because of that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Romans 1:21 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/rom.1.2…

Think about this, BH. There was a reason God limited man to 120 years, with very few exceptions after the deluge. An evil person with 300-400 years of experience and training is extremely harmful to the rest of humanity. God will not let this stand IMO, although we are clearly told… ” as in the days of Noah, so shall it be…”

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,
that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16

Eternity is meant for true believers that chose to live a life here that honors and follows God. The other eternity will be found after living a godless life here and then where one will live a life in hell eternity separated from God… your choice as to how you decide to
live your life!

Jesus Christ is Lord If one had to choose between being the wealthiest person
on earth or spending eternity in Heaven, i’ll take eternity in Heaven thank you very much. But, the deal is: that you love Jesus Christ and keep the Ten Commandments. Join the Catholic Church; it was established by Jesus himself. It has problems like any other church, but its teachings are true. Read the Catechism and try to find ANYTHING with which you disagree.

They won’t be immortal. Their foolish wisdom about flesh will lead them to self-destruction soon enough. They are pathetic. And even the cursed immortal who caused
the flood upon the earth the last time will taste death, since the Son of Man is coming in His kingdom. “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.” (Matthew 16: 28)

Death for them will be a relief. They shall thank God for giving them mercy.

Life is a struggle in so many ways. I don’t want to live forever.
I just want to serve my time as best I can and move on to a better place. Vanity is not a thing that God wants us to occupy our lives. Growing old is part of life’s lessons because the smooth skin of youth leaves along with vitality. The “get up and go; got up and went” and we learn to understand age and suffering in a different way.

To see your quoted scripture is hysterical. There is a special place for you on God’s short bus ride. If you don’t comprehend what I am saying because it is an American term.
To choose eternity here on earth is to choose eternal separation from the God who loves you the most in the whole world. It’s choosing Hell.

I choose eternal life with Jesus! Not on this earth!
These misguided clings desperately to the hubris in this life because they don’t have
the eyes to see any other. They are pathetic, but God still loves them, and they can still
be saved, if they repent, and give up this nonsense.

With all due to respect for God, these elites know a lot about extending their existence than their telling us medically. It’s great to have science at your bacon call, it’s another thing to not share it. The hubris of the ungodly always witnesses to the profound truth of the Bible.

That Mankind can’t live forever. The trouble is the world must obey God Jehovah and change course and live by His requirements. Most don’t obey, a large swath never accepts Him. The earth is about to drastically change, most have to. James 1:17, 18.

Quite confident aging is nutritional, sure epigenetics is a part of it, but we have enzymes specifically for cleaning up the epigenome, ten-eleven translocases for example. I suspect young blood is just giving the old farts the nutrition their body is missing, it should lead to a shorter life expectancy for the young people donating, if this thinking is correct.

You can’t have machines do it for you. You pay someone to lift the weight and an electric zapper may provide definition but doesn’t give strength. Only multiple reps give strength and stamina. Same with brains. You have to struggle to work out your thoughts, otherwise you simply quote (and believe) what you were told. Copy and paste is not a scholarship. Just facade.

The Penitent Magdalen, Georges de La Tour, 1640,

There is a Greek myth about a mortal, Tithonus, who loved Eos, goddess of the dawn.
Tithonus requested, and was granted, immortality so that he could remain with Eos forever. Unfortunately, immortality did not come with eternal youth. Tithonus got so withered and disgusting Eos couldn’t bear the sight of him.

Be careful what you wish for — you just might get it.
– Not everyone is chosen for salvation 😉 Mark 10:25 – It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. Matt 20:16 – So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.
2 Thess 2:13 – …God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth Eph 1:11 – In Him, also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will John 6:44 – No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day,

If you are not a Christian, this life is the closest you’ll get to heaven, but if you are a Christian, this life is the closest you’ll get to hell. Choose Christ and live; choose self-righteousness and die.

So, when it comes to the killing of babies the slogan is ‘ my body my choice’ buuuut when it’s to prevent ageing it goes like this ‘youthful plasma into his own ageing blood stream every month. This ends poorly. Signed, Dr. Moreau – Bing video

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Biden versus Trump’s Economy

Posted on September 16, 2023 by Ken

The Left: Experts At Accusing Others Of That Which They Do

By Seton Motley

“Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty of.”
This quote has bopped around for quite some time. It is at times attributed to Communists Vladimir Lenin and Karl Marx, National Socialist Joseph Goebbels and sometimes even modern Leftist godfather Saul Alinsky.
Regardless of its origin – Leftists are so very excellent at it. In their high school AV Clubs – Leftists ran the projectors.
Losing 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton just spoke at Liberty University (why, Liberty, WHY?) – wearing a Russian hat. So clever. In an attempt to poke at the fact-free year-plus investigation into the guy who beat her – Republican President Donald Trump.
Trump is, of course, alleged to have “colluded” (whatever that means – it isn’t a legal term) with Vladimir Putin, Inc. Never mind the fact that there was zero evidence of any such thing. Either before the launch of said investigation – or at any point since.
You know where there’s long been tons of evidence of blatant Russia collusion?
Watch 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi Free Online (0123movie.net)
With the multi hat-wearing Hillary Clinton. Both as Secretary of State…
Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal
Hillary under Siege as Clinton Foundation’s Donors and Bill’s Speaking Fees Overlap
with Companies Her State Department Helped – Including Russian Nuclear Interests
Russian Government Initiative Gave Millions of Dollars to Clinton Foundation
…and as Presidential Candidate Clinton…

Clinton Campaign, DNC Paid for Research that Led to Russia Dossier

Ah yes…the Russia Dossier. RUSSIA.
The Democrats’ Russia Dossier is the sole impetus for the ongoing,
endlessly-dragging-on, totally-bogus special counsel investigation.
And before that was the sole impetus for all the bogus warrants the Barack Obama Administration secured against the Trump campaign. All a part of the Obama Administration’s totally bogus investigation – Code Name: Crossfire Hurricane.
All of this nonsense – based on a bunch of highly bogus nonsense sought
and received by Democrats from…Russians.
With whom the Democrats obviously had to collude – in order to get their nonsense information. Oh: And lest we forget – the Obama Administration was implanting multiple spies inside the Trump campaign.
Democrats aplenty – all engaged in a colossal, bogus, nonsense investigation.
All to drum up false charges – of Trump illegally altering the 2016 election.
And by doing all of this – the Democrats were and are actually, really, truly –
illegally altering the 2016 election.
“Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty.”
There are droves of doctoral theses’ worth of these glaringly hypocritical examples.
Here’s another. Network Neutrality – is a terrible idea for the Internet.
It’s Socialism for the Web – it guarantees everyone equal amounts of nothing.

Full Net Neutrality imposition – will soon have all of us eating digital pigeons.
Because Net Neutrality results in full-on government control of the Net. Don’t believe me? Here’s avowed Marxist and college professor (please pardon the redundancy)
Robert McChesney – one of the leaders of the Media Marxist movement:
“At the moment, the battle over network neutrality is not to completely eliminate the telephone and cable companies. We are not at that point yet. But the ultimate goal is to get rid of the media capitalists in the phone and cable companies and to divest them from control.”

Well that’s fantastic.
In the colossal, bogus, nonsense campaign to drum up support for Net Neutrality – the Left accuses private sector Internet Service Providers (ISPs) of a parade of prospective horrible. Net Neutrality Repeal: What Could Happen and How It Could Affect You
Net Neutrality Ends on April 23, Allowing ISPs to Block & Throttle Content
Net Neutrality – How to Avoid Being Blocked or Throttled

Saul Alinsky Rules for radicals – Bing video

Democratic Marxist accuse their opponents of – Bing images.

On the first “news” story: Yet again, if a headline contains speculative
clauses like “could” – it isn’t an actual news headline. It’s a psychic reading.

On the second “news” story: Yet again, these massive regulations were only in place for a little over a year. Which means for the preceding two-plus decades – they weren’t in place. Did ISPs block and/or throttle content during said two-plus decades?
Even the most virulent Net Neutrality supporter begrudgingly admits…no, they did not.
On the third “news” story: How does one avoid being blocked or throttled?
Keep the government a million miles away from (over-)regulating the Internet.
Because for the last quarter-century, it hasn’t been ISPs blocking and throttling.
It’s been governments. Lots and lots and LOTS of governments.

Nineteen Eighty-Four Videos
Also known as 1984, is a 1984 dystopian drama film written and directed by Michael Radford, based upon George Orwell‘s 1949 novel of the same name. Starring John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, and Cyril Cusack, the film follows the life of Winston Smith (Hurt), a low-ranking civil servant in a war-torn London ruled by Oceania, a totalitarian superstate.^[6]
Smith struggles to maintain his sanity and his grip on reality as the regime’s overwhelming power and influence persecutes individualism and individual thinking on both a political and personal level.
Nineteen Eighty-Four, which was Burton’s last screen appearance, is dedicated to him.^[7] The film was released in the United Kingdom on October 10, 1984, by Virgin Films.
It received positive reviews from critics and was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Art Direction and won two Evening Standard British Film Awards for Best Film and Best Actor.

The Plot In a dystopian 1984, Winston Smith endures a squalid existence in the totalitarian superstate of Oceania under the constant surveillance of the Thought Police. He resides in London, the capital city of the territory of Airstrip One, formerly England, and works in a small office cubicle at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history as dictated by the Party and its supreme leader, Big Brother, who never appears publicly but instead appears only on propaganda posters, advertising billboards, and television monitors.
He also occasionally attends public rallies at Victory Square where the citizens are shown propaganda films of the current war situation as well as contradictory and false news stories about Oceania’s war effort to unite the civilized world under Big Brother’s rule. While his co-worker and neighbor, Parsons, seems content to follow the state’s laws, Winston, haunted by painful childhood memories and restless carnal desires, keeps a secret diary of his private thoughts, thus creating evidence of his thoughtcrime.

China’s Scary Lesson to the World: Censoring the Internet Works
Iran Blocks Internet Services in Bid to Quash Protests
North Korea Tech and the Internet Censorship of the Most Wired Country on Earth
Saudi Arabia Leads Arab Regimes in Internet Censorship

And…oh look – even the Democrats’ collusion buddies…
Russia Blocks Internet Sites of Putin Critics
Again: Not ISPs censoring the Web – governments censoring the Web.
Over, and over, and over, and….
Which is exactly where our domestic pro-Net Neutrality Leftists wish to take us.
“Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty of.”

The Left is VERY good at it.
Why A Narcissist Lies and What It Says About Them.
Sooner or later, everyone tells a lie. In fact, over a lifetime, we all tell many lies.
The narcissist, however, is a liar. It isn’t just what they do, it is who they are.
In my work with daughters of narcissistic mothers, daughters frequently can’t wrap
their heads around why their mother would lie. Perhaps this will shed some light.
What’s the difference between a person who tells a lie and a liar?

‘Dark days ahead’:
Ex-WSJ editor warns time is running out to ‘apply the brakes’ to ‘trainwreck’ Trump.
When confronted with the opportunity, to tell the truth, or tell a lie, most of us check in with our inner selves to see if our answer feels right. This gut check is a calculation that happens automatically mostly at the unconscious level.
This is true even for liars.
Thus, we all act in accordance with our sense of… who we know ourselves to be.
The three-year-old, mouth rimmed with chocolate, who declares with impunity she was NOT the one who ate the half-eaten candy bar, is given a pass because we all know intuitively she doesn’t have a fully formed sense of self.
Narcissism is a disorder of the self. It isn’t so much an undeveloped sense of self as it is
an impaired/fragmented sense of self. A self-based on opportunism instead of values.
Life is a game and they play to win.

What happens when otherwise good people tell a lie?
Somewhere, somehow most people will lie. Given enough reason, fear or perceived gain, most of us will violate our sense of integrity, our internalized values. We make the calculation that an untruth is worth telling. If we aren’t a liar we feel bad, sometimes really bad. We feel bad because who we know ourselves to be, and our values don’t match up.
This incongruence makes us uncomfortable. It costs us to lie.

What happens when a narcissist tells a lie?
The narcissistic calculation is a different algebraic equation.
A narcissist’s lie also comes from his or her sense of self. The difference is that their life has become a lie.
When their life becomes a lie, their lying is different. Different because their sense of self is different. The lie is not inconsistent with their sense of self. For them, the lie is a necessity to preserve what they regard as a self.
That self, however, is a set of defenses, not internalized values. That set of defenses stand as armed guards against a horrible cauldron of self-loathing of which they are mostly unaware. And the defenses keep them unaware of the emotional pain that would otherwise swallow them up, or so they believe.

The secrets, the layers of lies, become a fragile house of cards.
The self they have built from those lies can easily cave in on itself under the weight of truth. The narcissist is operating from a place of defense all of the time. The lie is more a PR stunt, a marketing ploy rather than a cohesive integrated set of values. The narcissistic personality is more of a storefront designed to hide that there isn’t any there, there.
They can’t ever let down their guard and let anyone in.
There is no true capacity for intimacy. They can’t invite you into
the store because the store is full of empty discarded garbage. They want you to buy the fiction that the storefront is so dazzling you wouldn’t need to come inside. “Nothing to see here…move along”. They may have tons of friends, be the life of the party but no one knows the whole story. There will be gaps in their stories and in their lives.

They are marketing a self they want you to believe.
The Preamble to the Constitution | US Government and Politics | Khan Academy.
That the Constitution is inundated with falsehoods and out of date with hypocrisies. They need you to believe the storefront is the store. These days that can manifest as a carefully curated Facebook page or Instagram Feed.
If they are convincing enough to others then maybe, just maybe they can believe it too.
They don’t experience it as manipulation or lying, not exactly… they feel it is necessary for survival, psychological survival.
Intimacy is too threatening because you would want to come inside and have a look around. They can’t afford that risk.
What you don’t see – true humility and remorse for mistakes made.
That takes self-reflection and honesty. If they have a public downfall that they can’t totally deny they will simply be the after in a before and after study. Voila’ transformation! Look more closely and you will see they take no ownership in their struggle because there is none.
Bidenomics vs. MAGAnomics on Full Display – Bing video

Deception

Lying, Self-Deception
Reviewed by Psychology Today Staff
Deception refers to the act—big or small, cruel or kind—of encouraging people to believe information that is not true. Lying is a common form of deception—stating something known to be untrue with the intent to deceive.
While most people are generally honest, even those who subscribe to honesty engage in deception sometimes. Studies show that the average person lies several times a day. Some of those lies are big (“I’ve never cheated on you!”) but more often, they are little white lies (“That dress looks fine”) deployed to avoid uncomfortable situations or spare someone’s feelings.
Trust is the bedrock of social life at all levels, from romance and parenting to national government. Deception always undermines it. Because truth is so essential to the human enterprise, which relies on a shared view of reality, the default assumption most people have is that others are truthful in their communications and dealings.
Most cultures have powerful social sanctions against lying.

Contents
The Many Forms of Deception
How to Spot Deception
Why People Engage in Deception

The Many Forms of Deception
There are sins of commission and sins of omission; omitting information and concealing the truth are considered lies when they are done with an intent to deceive. In addition to statements that are false, deception encompasses statements that misrepresent or distort facts as well as the withholding of information. People can lie through outright statements or by strategic silence.
What kinds of lies do people tell?

People may deliberately create false information or fabricate a story. But most often, sheer invention is not the soul of lying. Rather, people deceive by omitting information, denying the truth, or exaggerating information. Or they might agree with others when in fact they don’t, in order to preserve a relationship. Self-serving lies, on the other hand, help liars get what they want, make them look better, or spare them blame or embarrassment.
How do I lie to myself?

Deception isn’t always an outward-facing act. There are also the lies people tell themselves, for reasons ranging from maintenance of self-esteem to serious delusions beyond their control. While lying to oneself is generally perceived as harmful, some experts argue that certain kinds of self-deception—like believing one can accomplish a difficult goal even if evidence exists to the contrary—can have a positive effect on overall well-being.

What is gaslighting?

Gaslighting is a pernicious form of manipulation in which someone is deliberately told false information with an intent to harm—specifically to undermine their sense of reality. Lies are used as weapons in an effort by one person to exert control over another.
The tactic is commonly deployed by abusers, narcissists, cult leaders & dictators (Biden).

The Psychology of the Trump Mug Shot
Can research explain why Trump and Mona Lisa face a different way?
Posted August 28, 2023, | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch
What Is Body Language?
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KEY POINTS
Faces and facial expressions are relied upon to detect others’ emotional states and trustworthiness. Facial expressions are not symmetrically represented on faces.
Studies analysing hundreds of facial images find a tendency for heads to be tilted in particular directions.
In perhaps the most famous portrait in the world, the Mona Lisa, painted by Lenardo Da Vinci in 1503, the enigmatic model turns so that she shows her left cheek more than her right. As a result, it is her left eye which is closer to the centre of the picture than her right.

A study published in the journal Nature examined 1474 painted portraits and found that 68 percent of female and 56 percent of male portraits were painted showing more of the left side of the face than the right.
Therefore, this apparently innocuous head tilt of Donald Trump, in the opposite direction, may have deeper significance. When Nicholls’s team asked people to pose for a family portrait, and to express as much emotion as possible, participants tended to tilt their head to their right, exposing more of the face’s left side, just like the Mona Lisa.

When asked to pose as scientists, and to avoid showing emotion, participants tended to present their right side, and therefore tilt their expression to the left. The study also found that official portraits of scientists don’t show this tendency of the sitter to tilt their head to the right; instead they tend to look more face on.
The researchers concluded that people intuitively know which side of the face tends to reveal more emotion, and naturally angle their heads in one direction more than the other for portraiture.
From this and other research Nicholls concluded that when being photographed or painted, people who want to express emotion turn their left cheek to the viewer, but when trying to hide emotion, there is an opposite tendency to show the right side.

It is important to emphasise that these results emerged from averaged data over a large number of images sampled, and so they represent group effects; it would be erroneous to conclude that in every single picture you could work out whether any one particular person is trying to express or hide emotion, simply from the tilt of their head.
However, it is also interesting to note that in other research focusing on which eye of the subject is nearer the centre of a photograph or painting there is convergence with the finding of the left-leaning tilt of the head and emotional expression.

Another study published in Nature examined the implications of the fact that the importance of the centre of the canvas has long been appreciated in art, as has the special significance of the eyes in revealing the personality of portrait subjects. This study examined portraits painted across the past 600 years and found that one eye is consistently centred horizontally in the canvas.

Nicholls has found that when one eye in a painted portrait does fall in the centre of the picture, in almost two-thirds of cases that eye tends to be the left one, meaning the model has turned to the right, just as in the Mona Lisa.
Interestingly, in Trump’s mug shot the eye that is nearer the centre of the picture is his right eye; indeed it is almost dead in the centre of the original picture.
Psychologists Matia Okubo, Kenta Ishikawa, and Akihiro Kobayashi of Senshi University in Japan have published a series of studies recently in which they argue that emotional expression is not symmetrically portrayed in the face, and that the left side is more emotionally expressive than the right. This may have something to do with the contention that the left and right hemispheres of the brain may differ in their specialization for emotional expression and detection.

This team argues that if the left side of the face is more reactive to transient emotions, then in fact it may be better to focus on the right side of the expression if you are trying to work out the real longer-term emotional state of a person, rather than what emotion they are trying to portray or project to the world in the moment.
The less emotionally reactive right side of the face, these researchers argue, tends to be a better place to look for more stable underlying personality traits.
And indeed, published research has found that if you are trying to accurately read someone’s mind—in terms of figuring out their actual emotional state as opposed to what they are fronting—you’re better off focusing on the right side of a target’s countenance.

But this team of Japanese psychologists has also been interested in the issue of inferring trustworthiness from facial expression. This is perhaps of supreme importance when an electorate is trying to evaluate a political candidate. The team first established in their experiments just how trustworthy a group of people really were and then examined how accurate others could be in assessing levels of trustworthiness.
They found a strong tendency of smiling to put people off the scent—when someone smiles it seems to be more difficult for others to accurately infer how trustworthy they are—which means that those who are not trustworthy should smile a lot in order to cover their tracks.

When the target in the experiment was asked to facially express anger, this emotion seemed to help those asked to assess trustworthiness in more accurately spotting who to trust, and who not to, from observing faces.
The best combination of all in helping people figure out who to trust was when the target expressed anger as their facial expression, and turned their faces more to the left, showing the right more.

In Trump’s mug shot it is universally agreed that he looks furious, and there is no doubt he has turned to the left, revealing more of the right side of his face. Basically, it is almost as if he is taking part in the experiments of the Japanese psychologists in that he is presenting the best opportunity for the viewer to evaluate his trustworthiness.
These studies are not asserting that turning to one side or the other in a picture reveals how trustworthy you are. Instead, this research is about whether head tilt tells us something about whether people are trying to hide an emotion, and whether expressing certain positive or negative emotions also serve to helpfully reveal or hide trustworthiness.

BBC News has just reported that Trump’s election campaign claims it has raised $7.1m (£5.6m) since his mug shot was taken on Thursday. Much of the money comes from merchandise such as mugs, T-shirts, and drink coolers bearing the former president’s scowling face.
Many of the other defendants in the Georgia election case have also had their mug shots taken and disseminated widely across the internet, but unlike the ex-president, in none of the other pictures is anyone doing anything other than facing the camera symmetrically; in some they are smiling.
Whatever one may think of Trump, he appears from this evidence at least, apparently to be a better amateur psychologist than many others in the public eye.

Biden vs. Trump Economic Plans Compared (investopedia.com)

We are now less than 17 days away from a possible government shutdown, and while Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans are pushing a partisan impeachment inquiry, they are quietly pushing a more sinister objective: MAGAnomics. The differences between the President’s spending plan and McCarthy’s will be on full display over the next few weeks and the differences could not be greater. Since President Biden has taken office, Bidenomics has been extremely successful. The United States has seen record job growth, lower inflation rates, and an economy that continues to grow.

Meanwhile, Kevin McCarthy’s budget plan, otherwise known as MAGAnomics, will be a nightmare for American families. Here are the lowlights. First, the MAGAnomics budget calls for a 5.1 million dollar tax cut that would benefit the wealthy and big corporations. The top .1% would get tax cuts averaging at least $175,000 per year, or more than two times what an average American family makes annually.
Second, the budget will sunset many retirement programs, specifically Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Finally, the program will undo much of the work the Biden Administration has done to lower prescription drug costs for all Americans.

Overall, the libtards want you to believe MAGAnomincs is good for MAGA and bad for America.
With less than three weeks until the government potentially shuts down, it is long past time for Kevin McCarthy to get his caucus in order and pass spending bills.
President Joe Biden has taken the fight to his Republican adversaries, claiming that he has managed the economy more effectively than former President Donald Trump. According to The New York Times, Biden spoke on Thursday at Prince George’s Community College in Largo, Maryland, where he criticized the economic strategies of his opponents, specifically their budget plans.
Biden argued his “Bidenomics” program has done more for everyday Americans than the “MAGAnomics” of his predecessors. He further criticized Republicans for prioritizing the wealthy over the working class and for their proposed cuts to social security, Medicare and Medicaid.
The Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLV) rose 0.3% on Thursday, but underperformed all the other S&P 500’s sectors.
Biden’s intensified criticism of Republicans came amid a series of speeches and messaging promoting the benefits of “Bidenomics,” a term initially used by critics but now embraced by the administration.

Despite these efforts, Biden’s approval ratings have not improved. A recent USA Today/Suffolk University poll found that only 22% of Americans believe the economy is improving, while 70% think it’s getting worse. Furthermore, only 34% of Americans approve of Biden’s handling of the economy.
Meanwhile, Trump’s camp has struck back, blaming the current economic problems on Biden’s policies. They characterized “Bidenomics” as a recipe for inflation, taxation, submission and failure.

See Also: Jamie Raskin Warns Joe Biden’s Impeachment Could Lead To GOP’s Humiliation: for the Republican Party – Search (bing.com)
Sept. 14 (UPI) — President Joe Biden, who has reclaimed the term Bidenomics from skeptics of his economic policies, contrasted his vision with the MAGAnomics of his rivals in a Maryland speech Thursday.
“The country should know the facts. They should know the choice between Bidenomics and MAGAnomics,” Biden said, using “MAGAnomics” as a term for Republican economic policy for the first time. “Look, their plan, MAGAnomics, is more extreme than anything America has ever seen before.”
Biden delivered his speech at Prince George‘s Community College in Largo, where he began by repeating his often-delivered joke about how he didn’t “see a whole trickle down on my dad’s kitchen table.”
“Up to now, Republicans have given us a failed plan of trickle-down economics that didn’t work,” Biden said. “My guess is, your story is just like mine: Not much trickled down that ended up helping y’all.”

Biden said Republican economic policy has “hollowed out the main streets of America” as well as blown up the deficit and produced “anemic” economic growth.
In his speech, Biden pointed the attention of the audience to copies of the 167-page “Protecting America’s Economic Security” document the president had planned for his team to hand out at the event.
The document is a budget for the 2023 fiscal year proposed and published by Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern.
“I’m the only president who hands out the opposition’s economic plan. Oh, you think I’m kidding?” Biden said. “This is the MAGA budget. I want you to take a look at it. I think we have other copies of it. If we don’t, we’ll get you some.”
Biden said that Republicans have taken a plan that never worked and “decided to make it much, much worse” to create what he dubbed MAGAnomics.
“Now Republicans in Congress are doubling down with a plan that does three things. One, it cuts taxes even more for the very wealthy and big corporations. Two, it cuts Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid. Three, it raises costs for families, gutting investments in the middle class,” Biden said.

“Under their plan, the top one-tenth of 1% of the households that make over $4 million a year are going to get another tax cut worth more than two times what the typical American family makes in a single year.”
Biden said Republicans are trying to undo progress he has made in getting other nations, particularly those that are a part of the Group of Seven and NATO, to agree to a global minimum tax on corporations.
“That global minimum tax was finally agreed. It took me a better part of a year to get it done. And guess what? They want to get rid of it, let corporations go back to shifting jobs and profits overseas, and avoiding paying taxes at home,” Biden said.
“And who is going to pay for that? Well, now we know because the MAGA Republicans in Congress have finally released the budget I just referenced. And the answer is: Seniors and hard working Americans are going to pay for it.”
In his speech, Biden reiterated his points that his economic policy focuses on building the economy from the bottom up and middle out. He contrasted his stances with those outlined in Hern’s document, such as plans to gut Social Security and Medicare by $700 billion and $1 trillion respectively.

“Under MAGAnomics, as I’ve called it, tens of millions of Americans could lose their insurance. Waiting lists would skyrocket for seniors who need home- or community-based care because they have nowhere else to go; they have no family to take them. Children would not get adequate healthcare,” Biden said.
“MAGA Republicans don’t think we should be investing in education, and that’s not an exaggeration.”
Biden also hit out at his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, several times throughout the speech — though only named him once.
“There are only two presidents in American history with fewer jobs the day they left office than when they started,” Biden said. “One was President [Herbert] Hoover, and the other was Donald ‘Hoover’ Trump. Seriously, the only two presidents in American history.”
Biden added that the “prior administration” also promised to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure but that never happened. “Great real estate builder — the former president,” Biden said. “He didn’t build a damn thing.”
OnPolitics: Americans say they trust Trump over Biden on the economy, exclusive poll shows.
Marina Pitofsky USA TODAY

President Joe Biden is selling an economic rebound.

But most Americans aren’t buying it, according to an exclusive poll from the Suffolk University Sawyer Business School and USA TODAY.

The poll also shows that Americans across the country say they trust former President Donald Trump over President Joe Biden to fix the economy.
Only 34% of Americans said they approve of Biden’s handling of the economy, compared with 59% who disapprove, according to the poll, USA TODAY’s Joey Garrison and Maureen Groppe report.

Biden vs. Trump: And more Americans said they trust Trump, the 2024 Republican primary front-runner, than Biden to make the economy better by a 47%-36% margin. The spread is 46%-26% in Trump’s favor among independent voters.
How’s the economy? Seventy-six percent of independents and even 34% of Democrats said the economy is getting worse.
Eighty-four percent of Americans say their cost of living is rising, and food and groceries is the top concern.
Why it matters for politics: The results come as Biden has touted “Bidenomics” to frame his economic vision ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
The White House has also sought credit for an unemployment rate that’s near a 50-year low, a robust job market, including 13.5 million jobs added under the Biden presidency, and annual inflation that, according to the Consumer Price Index, is down to 3.7% from a 40-year high of 9.1% in June 2022.

What Americans say: A disconnect between ‘Bidenomics’ and Americans’ economic fears
Biden vs. Trump Economic Plans Compared (investopedia.com)

Related video: ‘Nobody wins in a government shutdown’ – McCarthy (Reuters) – Search (bing.com)
Biden and Trump are both old. So why are voters keying in on only one of them? (msn.com)

Biden blasts House GOP’s budget proposals as he readies for a shutdown fight | CNN Politics

Fact check: Debunking eight Trump false claims about the Biden-era economy | CNN Politics

As patients suffer, long COVID remains a collection of symptoms with no single cure (msn.com)

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The Trump Economy vs. the Biden Economy in 11 Charts – Barrons

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The Left: Experts At Accusing Others Of That Which They Do

By Seton Motley

“Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty of.”
This quote has bopped around for quite some time. It is at times attributed to Communists Vladimir Lenin and Karl Marx, National Socialist Joseph Goebbels and sometimes even modern Leftist godfather Saul Alinsky.
Regardless of its origin – Leftists are so very excellent at it. In their high school AV Clubs – Leftists ran the projectors.
Losing 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton just spoke at Liberty University (why, Liberty, WHY?) – wearing a Russian hat. So clever. In an attempt to poke at the fact-free year-plus investigation into the guy who beat her – Republican President Donald Trump.
Trump is, of course, alleged to have “colluded” (whatever that means – it isn’t a legal term) with Vladimir Putin, Inc. Never mind the fact that there was zero evidence of any such thing. Either before the launch of said investigation – or at any point since.
You know where there’s long been tons of evidence of blatant Russia collusion?
Watch 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi Free Online (0123movie.net)
With the multi hat-wearing Hillary Clinton. Both as Secretary of State…
Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal
Hillary under Siege as Clinton Foundation’s Donors and Bill’s Speaking Fees Overlap
with Companies Her State Department Helped – Including Russian Nuclear Interests
Russian Government Initiative Gave Millions of Dollars to Clinton Foundation
…and as Presidential Candidate Clinton…

Clinton Campaign, DNC Paid for Research that Led to Russia Dossier

Ah yes…the Russia Dossier. RUSSIA.
The Democrats’ Russia Dossier is the sole impetus for the ongoing,
endlessly-dragging-on, totally-bogus special counsel investigation.
And before that was the sole impetus for all the bogus warrants the Barack Obama Administration secured against the Trump campaign. All a part of the Obama Administration’s totally bogus investigation – Code Name: Crossfire Hurricane.
All of this nonsense – based on a bunch of highly bogus nonsense sought
and received by Democrats from…Russians.
With whom the Democrats obviously had to collude – in order to get their nonsense information. Oh: And lest we forget – the Obama Administration was implanting multiple spies inside the Trump campaign.
Democrats aplenty – all engaged in a colossal, bogus, nonsense investigation.
All to drum up false charges – of Trump illegally altering the 2016 election.
And by doing all of this – the Democrats were and are actually, really, truly –
illegally altering the 2016 election.
“Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty.”
There are droves of doctoral theses’ worth of these glaringly hypocritical examples.
Here’s another. Network Neutrality – is a terrible idea for the Internet.
It’s Socialism for the Web – it guarantees everyone equal amounts of nothing.

Full Net Neutrality imposition – will soon have all of us eating digital pigeons.
Because Net Neutrality results in full-on government control of the Net. Don’t believe me? Here’s avowed Marxist and college professor (please pardon the redundancy)
Robert McChesney – one of the leaders of the Media Marxist movement:
“At the moment, the battle over network neutrality is not to completely eliminate the telephone and cable companies. We are not at that point yet. But the ultimate goal is to get rid of the media capitalists in the phone and cable companies and to divest them from control.”

Well that’s fantastic.
In the colossal, bogus, nonsense campaign to drum up support for Net Neutrality – the Left accuses private sector Internet Service Providers (ISPs) of a parade of prospective horrible. Net Neutrality Repeal: What Could Happen and How It Could Affect You
Net Neutrality Ends on April 23, Allowing ISPs to Block & Throttle Content
Net Neutrality – How to Avoid Being Blocked or Throttled

Saul Alinsky Rules for radicals – Bing video

Democratic Marxist accuse their opponents of – Bing images.

On the first “news” story: Yet again, if a headline contains speculative
clauses like “could” – it isn’t an actual news headline. It’s a psychic reading.

On the second “news” story: Yet again, these massive regulations were only in place for a little over a year. Which means for the preceding two-plus decades – they weren’t in place. Did ISPs block and/or throttle content during said two-plus decades?
Even the most virulent Net Neutrality supporter begrudgingly admits…no, they did not.
On the third “news” story: How does one avoid being blocked or throttled?
Keep the government a million miles away from (over-)regulating the Internet.
Because for the last quarter-century, it hasn’t been ISPs blocking and throttling.
It’s been governments. Lots and lots and LOTS of governments.

Nineteen Eighty-Four Videos
Also known as 1984, is a 1984 dystopian drama film written and directed by Michael Radford, based upon George Orwell‘s 1949 novel of the same name. Starring John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, and Cyril Cusack, the film follows the life of Winston Smith (Hurt), a low-ranking civil servant in a war-torn London ruled by Oceania, a totalitarian superstate.^[6]
Smith struggles to maintain his sanity and his grip on reality as the regime’s overwhelming power and influence persecutes individualism and individual thinking on both a political and personal level.
Nineteen Eighty-Four, which was Burton’s last screen appearance, is dedicated to him.^[7] The film was released in the United Kingdom on October 10, 1984, by Virgin Films.
It received positive reviews from critics and was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Art Direction and won two Evening Standard British Film Awards for Best Film and Best Actor.

The Plot In a dystopian 1984, Winston Smith endures a squalid existence in the totalitarian superstate of Oceania under the constant surveillance of the Thought Police. He resides in London, the capital city of the territory of Airstrip One, formerly England, and works in a small office cubicle at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history as dictated by the Party and its supreme leader, Big Brother, who never appears publicly but instead appears only on propaganda posters, advertising billboards, and television monitors.
He also occasionally attends public rallies at Victory Square where the citizens are shown propaganda films of the current war situation as well as contradictory and false news stories about Oceania’s war effort to unite the civilized world under Big Brother’s rule. While his co-worker and neighbor, Parsons, seems content to follow the state’s laws, Winston, haunted by painful childhood memories and restless carnal desires, keeps a secret diary of his private thoughts, thus creating evidence of his thoughtcrime.

China’s Scary Lesson to the World: Censoring the Internet Works
Iran Blocks Internet Services in Bid to Quash Protests
North Korea Tech and the Internet Censorship of the Most Wired Country on Earth
Saudi Arabia Leads Arab Regimes in Internet Censorship

And…oh look – even the Democrats’ collusion buddies…
Russia Blocks Internet Sites of Putin Critics
Again: Not ISPs censoring the Web – governments censoring the Web.
Over, and over, and over, and….
Which is exactly where our domestic pro-Net Neutrality Leftists wish to take us.
“Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty of.”

The Left is VERY good at it.
Why A Narcissist Lies and What It Says About Them.
Sooner or later, everyone tells a lie. In fact, over a lifetime, we all tell many lies.
The narcissist, however, is a liar. It isn’t just what they do, it is who they are.
In my work with daughters of narcissistic mothers, daughters frequently can’t wrap
their heads around why their mother would lie. Perhaps this will shed some light.
What’s the difference between a person who tells a lie and a liar?

‘Dark days ahead’:
Ex-WSJ editor warns time is running out to ‘apply the brakes’ to ‘trainwreck’ Trump.
When confronted with the opportunity, to tell the truth, or tell a lie, most of us check in with our inner selves to see if our answer feels right. This gut check is a calculation that happens automatically mostly at the unconscious level.
This is true even for liars.
Thus, we all act in accordance with our sense of… who we know ourselves to be.
The three-year-old, mouth rimmed with chocolate, who declares with impunity she was NOT the one who ate the half-eaten candy bar, is given a pass because we all know intuitively she doesn’t have a fully formed sense of self.
Narcissism is a disorder of the self. It isn’t so much an undeveloped sense of self as it is
an impaired/fragmented sense of self. A self-based on opportunism instead of values.
Life is a game and they play to win.

What happens when otherwise good people tell a lie?
Somewhere, somehow most people will lie. Given enough reason, fear or perceived gain, most of us will violate our sense of integrity, our internalized values. We make the calculation that an untruth is worth telling. If we aren’t a liar we feel bad, sometimes really bad. We feel bad because who we know ourselves to be, and our values don’t match up.
This incongruence makes us uncomfortable. It costs us to lie.

What happens when a narcissist tells a lie?
The narcissistic calculation is a different algebraic equation.
A narcissist’s lie also comes from his or her sense of self. The difference is that their life has become a lie.
When their life becomes a lie, their lying is different. Different because their sense of self is different. The lie is not inconsistent with their sense of self. For them, the lie is a necessity to preserve what they regard as a self.
That self, however, is a set of defenses, not internalized values. That set of defenses stand as armed guards against a horrible cauldron of self-loathing of which they are mostly unaware. And the defenses keep them unaware of the emotional pain that would otherwise swallow them up, or so they believe.

The secrets, the layers of lies, become a fragile house of cards.
The self they have built from those lies can easily cave in on itself under the weight of truth. The narcissist is operating from a place of defense all of the time. The lie is more a PR stunt, a marketing ploy rather than a cohesive integrated set of values. The narcissistic personality is more of a storefront designed to hide that there isn’t any there, there.
They can’t ever let down their guard and let anyone in.
There is no true capacity for intimacy. They can’t invite you into
the store because the store is full of empty discarded garbage. They want you to buy the fiction that the storefront is so dazzling you wouldn’t need to come inside. “Nothing to see here…move along”. They may have tons of friends, be the life of the party but no one knows the whole story. There will be gaps in their stories and in their lives.

They are marketing a self they want you to believe.
The Preamble to the Constitution | US Government and Politics | Khan Academy.
That the Constitution is inundated with falsehoods and out of date with hypocrisies. They need you to believe the storefront is the store. These days that can manifest as a carefully curated Facebook page or Instagram Feed.
If they are convincing enough to others then maybe, just maybe they can believe it too.
They don’t experience it as manipulation or lying, not exactly… they feel it is necessary for survival, psychological survival.
Intimacy is too threatening because you would want to come inside and have a look around. They can’t afford that risk.
What you don’t see – true humility and remorse for mistakes made.
That takes self-reflection and honesty. If they have a public downfall that they can’t totally deny they will simply be the after in a before and after study. Voila’ transformation! Look more closely and you will see they take no ownership in their struggle because there is none.
Bidenomics vs. MAGAnomics on Full Display – Bing video

Deception

Lying, Self-Deception
Reviewed by Psychology Today Staff
Deception refers to the act—big or small, cruel or kind—of encouraging people to believe information that is not true. Lying is a common form of deception—stating something known to be untrue with the intent to deceive.
While most people are generally honest, even those who subscribe to honesty engage in deception sometimes. Studies show that the average person lies several times a day. Some of those lies are big (“I’ve never cheated on you!”) but more often, they are little white lies (“That dress looks fine”) deployed to avoid uncomfortable situations or spare someone’s feelings.
Trust is the bedrock of social life at all levels, from romance and parenting to national government. Deception always undermines it. Because truth is so essential to the human enterprise, which relies on a shared view of reality, the default assumption most people have is that others are truthful in their communications and dealings.
Most cultures have powerful social sanctions against lying.

Contents
The Many Forms of Deception
How to Spot Deception
Why People Engage in Deception

The Many Forms of Deception
There are sins of commission and sins of omission; omitting information and concealing the truth are considered lies when they are done with an intent to deceive. In addition to statements that are false, deception encompasses statements that misrepresent or distort facts as well as the withholding of information. People can lie through outright statements or by strategic silence.
What kinds of lies do people tell?

People may deliberately create false information or fabricate a story. But most often, sheer invention is not the soul of lying. Rather, people deceive by omitting information, denying the truth, or exaggerating information. Or they might agree with others when in fact they don’t, in order to preserve a relationship. Self-serving lies, on the other hand, help liars get what they want, make them look better, or spare them blame or embarrassment.
How do I lie to myself?

Deception isn’t always an outward-facing act. There are also the lies people tell themselves, for reasons ranging from maintenance of self-esteem to serious delusions beyond their control. While lying to oneself is generally perceived as harmful, some experts argue that certain kinds of self-deception—like believing one can accomplish a difficult goal even if evidence exists to the contrary—can have a positive effect on overall well-being.

What is gaslighting?

Gaslighting is a pernicious form of manipulation in which someone is deliberately told false information with an intent to harm—specifically to undermine their sense of reality. Lies are used as weapons in an effort by one person to exert control over another.
The tactic is commonly deployed by abusers, narcissists, cult leaders & dictators (Biden).

The Psychology of the Trump Mug Shot
Can research explain why Trump and Mona Lisa face a different way?
Posted August 28, 2023, | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch
What Is Body Language?
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KEY POINTS
Faces and facial expressions are relied upon to detect others’ emotional states and trustworthiness. Facial expressions are not symmetrically represented on faces.
Studies analysing hundreds of facial images find a tendency for heads to be tilted in particular directions.
In perhaps the most famous portrait in the world, the Mona Lisa, painted by Lenardo Da Vinci in 1503, the enigmatic model turns so that she shows her left cheek more than her right. As a result, it is her left eye which is closer to the centre of the picture than her right.

A study published in the journal Nature examined 1474 painted portraits and found that 68 percent of female and 56 percent of male portraits were painted showing more of the left side of the face than the right.
Therefore, this apparently innocuous head tilt of Donald Trump, in the opposite direction, may have deeper significance. When Nicholls’s team asked people to pose for a family portrait, and to express as much emotion as possible, participants tended to tilt their head to their right, exposing more of the face’s left side, just like the Mona Lisa.

When asked to pose as scientists, and to avoid showing emotion, participants tended to present their right side, and therefore tilt their expression to the left. The study also found that official portraits of scientists don’t show this tendency of the sitter to tilt their head to the right; instead they tend to look more face on.
The researchers concluded that people intuitively know which side of the face tends to reveal more emotion, and naturally angle their heads in one direction more than the other for portraiture.
From this and other research Nicholls concluded that when being photographed or painted, people who want to express emotion turn their left cheek to the viewer, but when trying to hide emotion, there is an opposite tendency to show the right side.

It is important to emphasise that these results emerged from averaged data over a large number of images sampled, and so they represent group effects; it would be erroneous to conclude that in every single picture you could work out whether any one particular person is trying to express or hide emotion, simply from the tilt of their head.
However, it is also interesting to note that in other research focusing on which eye of the subject is nearer the centre of a photograph or painting there is convergence with the finding of the left-leaning tilt of the head and emotional expression.

Another study published in Nature examined the implications of the fact that the importance of the centre of the canvas has long been appreciated in art, as has the special significance of the eyes in revealing the personality of portrait subjects. This study examined portraits painted across the past 600 years and found that one eye is consistently centred horizontally in the canvas.

Nicholls has found that when one eye in a painted portrait does fall in the centre of the picture, in almost two-thirds of cases that eye tends to be the left one, meaning the model has turned to the right, just as in the Mona Lisa.
Interestingly, in Trump’s mug shot the eye that is nearer the centre of the picture is his right eye; indeed it is almost dead in the centre of the original picture.
Psychologists Matia Okubo, Kenta Ishikawa, and Akihiro Kobayashi of Senshi University in Japan have published a series of studies recently in which they argue that emotional expression is not symmetrically portrayed in the face, and that the left side is more emotionally expressive than the right. This may have something to do with the contention that the left and right hemispheres of the brain may differ in their specialization for emotional expression and detection.

This team argues that if the left side of the face is more reactive to transient emotions, then in fact it may be better to focus on the right side of the expression if you are trying to work out the real longer-term emotional state of a person, rather than what emotion they are trying to portray or project to the world in the moment.
The less emotionally reactive right side of the face, these researchers argue, tends to be a better place to look for more stable underlying personality traits.
And indeed, published research has found that if you are trying to accurately read someone’s mind—in terms of figuring out their actual emotional state as opposed to what they are fronting—you’re better off focusing on the right side of a target’s countenance.

But this team of Japanese psychologists has also been interested in the issue of inferring trustworthiness from facial expression. This is perhaps of supreme importance when an electorate is trying to evaluate a political candidate. The team first established in their experiments just how trustworthy a group of people really were and then examined how accurate others could be in assessing levels of trustworthiness.
They found a strong tendency of smiling to put people off the scent—when someone smiles it seems to be more difficult for others to accurately infer how trustworthy they are—which means that those who are not trustworthy should smile a lot in order to cover their tracks.

When the target in the experiment was asked to facially express anger, this emotion seemed to help those asked to assess trustworthiness in more accurately spotting who to trust, and who not to, from observing faces.
The best combination of all in helping people figure out who to trust was when the target expressed anger as their facial expression, and turned their faces more to the left, showing the right more.

In Trump’s mug shot it is universally agreed that he looks furious, and there is no doubt he has turned to the left, revealing more of the right side of his face. Basically, it is almost as if he is taking part in the experiments of the Japanese psychologists in that he is presenting the best opportunity for the viewer to evaluate his trustworthiness.
These studies are not asserting that turning to one side or the other in a picture reveals how trustworthy you are. Instead, this research is about whether head tilt tells us something about whether people are trying to hide an emotion, and whether expressing certain positive or negative emotions also serve to helpfully reveal or hide trustworthiness.

BBC News has just reported that Trump’s election campaign claims it has raised $7.1m (£5.6m) since his mug shot was taken on Thursday. Much of the money comes from merchandise such as mugs, T-shirts, and drink coolers bearing the former president’s scowling face.
Many of the other defendants in the Georgia election case have also had their mug shots taken and disseminated widely across the internet, but unlike the ex-president, in none of the other pictures is anyone doing anything other than facing the camera symmetrically; in some they are smiling.
Whatever one may think of Trump, he appears from this evidence at least, apparently to be a better amateur psychologist than many others in the public eye.

Biden vs. Trump Economic Plans Compared (investopedia.com)

We are now less than 17 days away from a possible government shutdown, and while Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans are pushing a partisan impeachment inquiry, they are quietly pushing a more sinister objective: MAGAnomics. The differences between the President’s spending plan and McCarthy’s will be on full display over the next few weeks and the differences could not be greater. Since President Biden has taken office, Bidenomics has been extremely successful. The United States has seen record job growth, lower inflation rates, and an economy that continues to grow.

Meanwhile, Kevin McCarthy’s budget plan, otherwise known as MAGAnomics, will be a nightmare for American families. Here are the lowlights. First, the MAGAnomics budget calls for a 5.1 million dollar tax cut that would benefit the wealthy and big corporations. The top .1% would get tax cuts averaging at least $175,000 per year, or more than two times what an average American family makes annually.
Second, the budget will sunset many retirement programs, specifically Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Finally, the program will undo much of the work the Biden Administration has done to lower prescription drug costs for all Americans.

Overall, the libtards want you to believe MAGAnomincs is good for MAGA and bad for America.
With less than three weeks until the government potentially shuts down, it is long past time for Kevin McCarthy to get his caucus in order and pass spending bills.
President Joe Biden has taken the fight to his Republican adversaries, claiming that he has managed the economy more effectively than former President Donald Trump. According to The New York Times, Biden spoke on Thursday at Prince George’s Community College in Largo, Maryland, where he criticized the economic strategies of his opponents, specifically their budget plans.
Biden argued his “Bidenomics” program has done more for everyday Americans than the “MAGAnomics” of his predecessors. He further criticized Republicans for prioritizing the wealthy over the working class and for their proposed cuts to social security, Medicare and Medicaid.
The Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLV) rose 0.3% on Thursday, but underperformed all the other S&P 500’s sectors.
Biden’s intensified criticism of Republicans came amid a series of speeches and messaging promoting the benefits of “Bidenomics,” a term initially used by critics but now embraced by the administration.

Despite these efforts, Biden’s approval ratings have not improved. A recent USA Today/Suffolk University poll found that only 22% of Americans believe the economy is improving, while 70% think it’s getting worse. Furthermore, only 34% of Americans approve of Biden’s handling of the economy.
Meanwhile, Trump’s camp has struck back, blaming the current economic problems on Biden’s policies. They characterized “Bidenomics” as a recipe for inflation, taxation, submission and failure.

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Sept. 14 (UPI) — President Joe Biden, who has reclaimed the term Bidenomics from skeptics of his economic policies, contrasted his vision with the MAGAnomics of his rivals in a Maryland speech Thursday.
“The country should know the facts. They should know the choice between Bidenomics and MAGAnomics,” Biden said, using “MAGAnomics” as a term for Republican economic policy for the first time. “Look, their plan, MAGAnomics, is more extreme than anything America has ever seen before.”
Biden delivered his speech at Prince George‘s Community College in Largo, where he began by repeating his often-delivered joke about how he didn’t “see a whole trickle down on my dad’s kitchen table.”
“Up to now, Republicans have given us a failed plan of trickle-down economics that didn’t work,” Biden said. “My guess is, your story is just like mine: Not much trickled down that ended up helping y’all.”

Biden said Republican economic policy has “hollowed out the main streets of America” as well as blown up the deficit and produced “anemic” economic growth.
In his speech, Biden pointed the attention of the audience to copies of the 167-page “Protecting America’s Economic Security” document the president had planned for his team to hand out at the event.
The document is a budget for the 2023 fiscal year proposed and published by Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern.
“I’m the only president who hands out the opposition’s economic plan. Oh, you think I’m kidding?” Biden said. “This is the MAGA budget. I want you to take a look at it. I think we have other copies of it. If we don’t, we’ll get you some.”
Biden said that Republicans have taken a plan that never worked and “decided to make it much, much worse” to create what he dubbed MAGAnomics.
“Now Republicans in Congress are doubling down with a plan that does three things. One, it cuts taxes even more for the very wealthy and big corporations. Two, it cuts Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid. Three, it raises costs for families, gutting investments in the middle class,” Biden said.

“Under their plan, the top one-tenth of 1% of the households that make over $4 million a year are going to get another tax cut worth more than two times what the typical American family makes in a single year.”
Biden said Republicans are trying to undo progress he has made in getting other nations, particularly those that are a part of the Group of Seven and NATO, to agree to a global minimum tax on corporations.
“That global minimum tax was finally agreed. It took me a better part of a year to get it done. And guess what? They want to get rid of it, let corporations go back to shifting jobs and profits overseas, and avoiding paying taxes at home,” Biden said.
“And who is going to pay for that? Well, now we know because the MAGA Republicans in Congress have finally released the budget I just referenced. And the answer is: Seniors and hard working Americans are going to pay for it.”
In his speech, Biden reiterated his points that his economic policy focuses on building the economy from the bottom up and middle out. He contrasted his stances with those outlined in Hern’s document, such as plans to gut Social Security and Medicare by $700 billion and $1 trillion respectively.

“Under MAGAnomics, as I’ve called it, tens of millions of Americans could lose their insurance. Waiting lists would skyrocket for seniors who need home- or community-based care because they have nowhere else to go; they have no family to take them. Children would not get adequate healthcare,” Biden said.
“MAGA Republicans don’t think we should be investing in education, and that’s not an exaggeration.”
Biden also hit out at his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, several times throughout the speech — though only named him once.
“There are only two presidents in American history with fewer jobs the day they left office than when they started,” Biden said. “One was President [Herbert] Hoover, and the other was Donald ‘Hoover’ Trump. Seriously, the only two presidents in American history.”
Biden added that the “prior administration” also promised to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure but that never happened. “Great real estate builder — the former president,” Biden said. “He didn’t build a damn thing.”
OnPolitics: Americans say they trust Trump over Biden on the economy, exclusive poll shows.
Marina Pitofsky USA TODAY

President Joe Biden is selling an economic rebound.

But most Americans aren’t buying it, according to an exclusive poll from the Suffolk University Sawyer Business School and USA TODAY.

The poll also shows that Americans across the country say they trust former President Donald Trump over President Joe Biden to fix the economy.
Only 34% of Americans said they approve of Biden’s handling of the economy, compared with 59% who disapprove, according to the poll, USA TODAY’s Joey Garrison and Maureen Groppe report.

Biden vs. Trump: And more Americans said they trust Trump, the 2024 Republican primary front-runner, than Biden to make the economy better by a 47%-36% margin. The spread is 46%-26% in Trump’s favor among independent voters.
How’s the economy? Seventy-six percent of independents and even 34% of Democrats said the economy is getting worse.
Eighty-four percent of Americans say their cost of living is rising, and food and groceries is the top concern.
Why it matters for politics: The results come as Biden has touted “Bidenomics” to frame his economic vision ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
The White House has also sought credit for an unemployment rate that’s near a 50-year low, a robust job market, including 13.5 million jobs added under the Biden presidency, and annual inflation that, according to the Consumer Price Index, is down to 3.7% from a 40-year high of 9.1% in June 2022.

What Americans say: A disconnect between ‘Bidenomics’ and Americans’ economic fears
Biden vs. Trump Economic Plans Compared (investopedia.com)

Related video: ‘Nobody wins in a government shutdown’ – McCarthy (Reuters) – Search (bing.com)
Biden and Trump are both old. So why are voters keying in on only one of them? (msn.com)

Biden blasts House GOP’s budget proposals as he readies for a shutdown fight | CNN Politics

Fact check: Debunking eight Trump false claims about the Biden-era economy | CNN Politics

As patients suffer, long COVID remains a collection of symptoms with no single cure (msn.com)

I’m a Doctor and These Are 5 Ways the New COVID Variant is Different (msn.com)

President IQs: The Results of These U.S. Leaders Might Surprise You (itsthevibe.com)

The Trump Economy vs. the Biden Economy in 11 Charts – Barrons

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Ashlyn Clark’s Fearless Fight

Posted on September 15, 2023 by Ken

Messenger photo by Britt Kudla Humboldt’s Ashlyn Clark is presented with her
2019 Female Athlete of the Year honor by Kemna Auto representative Eric Hippen.

Ashlyn Clark’s Fearless Fight Facebook
‘I wasn’t going to let cancer take this away’
Clark’s summer softball story of sheer determination inspires thousands
LOCAL SPORTS AUG 2, 2019
CHRIS JOHNSON
Assistant Sports Editor
cjohnson@messengernews.net
Quitting was never an option for Ashlyn Clark.

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So many times, when facing adversity, people see giving up or giving in as their only
way out. This recently graduated Humboldt High School senior instead became a fighter.
Through her battle with Stage 4 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma — knowingly or sometimes even unknowingly — Clark has become a superstar in the eyes of many, and an idol to young athletes who have connected with her sheer will and affable personality.
Her story now includes snapping pictures or signing autographs for anyone
from 10-year-old girls to Chicago Cubs all-star and world champion Jon Lester.
“I think it’s amazing (being an inspiration to others),” Clark said.
“I’m just trying to be myself throughout the whole process.

“I’ve always been strong, but I guess I never realized how strong.”
Even with her cancer diagnosis, Clark fought back and finished her career
at Humboldt on the softball field with her teammates.
“I never considered (stepping away from sports) as an option,” said Clark, an Iowa Central Community College volleyball recruit. “I had a lot of things taken away from me right away … I wasn’t going to let cancer take this away (softball).
“My love for the game kept me motivated.”
Because of her grit and determination and sheer overall production as a Wildcat,
Clark has been named the 2019 Kemna Auto Female Athlete of the Year.

“It means a lot (to be recognized), because there were so many athletes (in the region) to choose from,” Clark said. “It’s an honor.” During her treatment schedule, when her body would allow, Clark was either with her teammates in the dugout or in right field — a place she considers “home.”
Clark put together a successful final campaign despite only being able to take the field for select games, earning second team all-North Central Conference honors for the Wildcats. She saw action in 18 games total and had 26 at-bats, hitting .462. Clark scored two runs and drove in nine.
Clark has experienced many memorable moments, but two come to mind above all the others.
“My favorite memories would be making a diving catch against Davenport Assumption at state (in the semifinals last summer), or hitting my home run (last month),” Clark said. “Just because I had so much taken away … the homer (on Senior Night) was a personal win.”

The photo of Clark with her home run ball went viral.

Attracting hundreds of responses and thousands of views on social media. She went deep on the eve of her 18th birthday and hours before a scheduled round of treatment at the Mayo Clinic. A few days later, Lester saw the picture and invited Clark and her family —
as personal, VIP guests — to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field.
So much has changed about Clark’s health, but Humboldt head coach Doug VanPelt
knows she’s still the same person at her core.
“She didn’t want to be Ashlyn with cancer. She just wanted to be Ashlyn,” Van Pelt said. “She was no different on the softball field. To earn second-team NCC (recognition) in a limited amount of games was an honor. Her production was right there where it was last year, but you can’t put a value on what she accomplished.
“What she did between the fences, while she was dealing with what was going on outside of them … it was a thing of beauty.”

VanPelt saw no wavering in Ashlyn’s ability
or desire to play after being diagnosed in early May.
“‘Will’ is the key word with Ashlyn,” Van Pelt said. “She’s had that in her battle with cancer, and in her will to continue to play. From day one, she wanted to get back and stay on the field. Ashlyn’s story is just unbelievable; a great testament to her perseverance.
“Anybody that has followed Ashlyn and anyone who has dealt with cancer with someone they love believes in a higher power. Ashlyn had to overcome a lot to be at our ball games. She has touched people’s hearts and emotions and inspired so many.

It’s truly been unbelievable.”
Through her battles on and off the field, Clark has always experienced unconditional support from her family, her coach and her hometown. There have been fundraisers and rallies in her name across Iowa this summer, with programs like Fort Dodge and St. Edmond joining the cause. Her own school held “Ashlyn’s Night at the Ballpark” in late June, which attracted thousands of people to Humboldt for an evening of fun activity. Former Iowa Hawkeye and Iowa State Cyclone stars made it a headline event.

“Humboldt has been a great community to play sports in.
We’re like one big family,” Clark said. “(Coach) Van Pelt has been the biggest influence throughout my athletic career. He had so much respect for us that we just automatically have it back for him.
“My mom has been my rock throughout this whole process, and my family’s strength
for me … is just breathtaking (Ashlyn told the Messenger in an earlier interview). “
After four years of running track and playing basketball, softball and volleyball at Humboldt, Clark will narrow her schedule down to one sport and play for Tritons’ head volleyball coach Sara Horn.
“I’ve known Ashlyn for a while now, and she’s come to our open gyms,” Horn said.
“She is a great athlete with a tremendous attitude. Her positivity is just fantastic.
She doesn’t let anything deter her.

She wants to stay the course and keep moving forward.

“She isn’t going to let anything change who she is.”

Twenty-two-year-old Ashlyn Clark is a varsity volleyball head coach.
She is also a survivor of stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Clark was diagnosed with cancer four years ago.
In 2023, she is in two-and-a-half years of remission.
Clark’s dreams of playing volleyball in college were crushed once she was diagnosed.
Now, she shares her knowledge of the game with her players.
“I’ve told the girls I would take your spot any time of the week,” Clark said.
“I would love to go back and play again, but I can’t, I’m going to give you all my knowledge, everything that I have, to be the best coach for you guys.”
Clark has big goals for her team as she steps into a leadership role.

“I want to make a name for ourselves. I want to be a state competitor team every single year,” Clark said. ‘It’s an unbelievable story’: Humboldt softball player Ashlyn Clark inspiring others as she fights cancer.
Cody Goodwin The Des Moines Register

HUMBOLDT, Ia. — Commotion stirs around the Humboldt softball field as Ashlyn Clark settles into the home dugout. The press box operator blares the school’s fight song. Beyond right field, her coach blows up a giant bounce house. People walk toward the front gate. They’re eager.
Clark, a senior right-fielder for the Wildcats, watches in awe. Her smile draws attention away from her bald head. They’re all coming for her — to raise money, to offer support,
to say hello and share a hug. Many are wearing shirts bearing Clark’s No. 26. “It’s pretty crazy,” the 17-year-old says. “I never thought in a million years that I’d inspire other people.”

On a Thursday in late June, Clark is one day removed from a game against Webster City,
where she will record a hit in a 5-3 win.

The next day, the Wildcats will drive north to Algona, where she will get another hit in
a 7-0 victory. Three days after that, July 1, Clark heads farther north to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, to begin another round of chemotherapy. She was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin’s lymphoma in May and has spent her summer alternating between treatment and playing softball.
If Clark had her way, this story wouldn’t be about her. She mentions her team a lot during a 20-minute conversation. Humboldt is 23-2 and ranked No. 3 in Class 3A. The Wildcats finished fifth at state two years ago and third last season. All eyes are set on the team’s chase for a title later this month.

That’s what’s kept Clark’s spirits high over the last two months.
During long hospital stays, she dreams of returning to this dugout, where she either
plays or watches, depending on her energy levels. In 15 games this season, she’s hitting
.368 with a double and 4 RBIs.
Back in the dugout, Clark smiles. She watches more people pull into the parking lot behind the field. A fun night awaits. She turns and looks at the small sign up in the corner.
“Humboldt Softball,” it reads, “Where Champions Come To Play.”
Later, as the sun drops behind the trees, her mother, Kristi, shares a story:
“Every game, when they announce her name, I tear up,” Kristi says. “When she’s in the hospital, she’s like, ‘Mom, I want to get back to my happy place. I need to get back.’
“To see that smile and to watch her run out and be a kid and play a game she truly loves … It’s emotional.”

‘They always had a reason’
Sports were always going to be part of Ashlyn Clark’s life. Her father, Derrik, played football at Iowa State. Kristi works as a physical education teacher. Dallas Clark,
the All-American tight end for Iowa and All-Pro for the Indianapolis Colts, is her uncle.
So at a young age, Ashlyn and her younger sister, Kendal, played everything. They both grew into four-sport athletes — volleyball, basketball, track and softball. Last summer, Ashlyn hit .341 with 11 RBIs, 9 stolen bases and didn’t commit an error all season.
In May, Ashlyn signed to play volleyball at Iowa Central.
She helped lead the Wildcats to 89 volleyball wins in three years.
In October, Ashlyn says she started “feeling pretty crappy.” She grew tired easily,
which she found odd. Trips to the doctors always resulted in an explanation.

You have a cyst on your ovaries.
You have an ulcer.
You have low hemoglobin levels.
You’re just not feeling well. Get some rest.

“Every time we went to the doctors, they always had a reason,” Ashlyn recalls.
“So they put me on an iron pill, or birth control, or whatever else. It worked for a little bit, but then it’d stop. “In April, I would throw up every time I ate. Something was definitely wrong.”
Kristi thought maybe Lupus or Crohn’s syndrome. “Never in a million years would I have thought about cancer,” she says. “I should’ve known better than to hop on Google.”
The official diagnosis came May 8. Hodgkin’s lymphoma is cancer of the lymphatic system, which is part of the immune system. Her chemotherapy includes five rounds
of 21-day cycles. Her doctors encouraged her to live as normal as possible.

That meant playing softball.

“That’s what’s normal for her — to spend her days on the softball diamond,” Kristi says.

“To take that away, that would’ve been really tough. So giving her that moment of happiness in a trying time? I was 100% on board with that.”
Ashlyn’s first chemotherapy cycle bled into the beginning of the season.
But on May 31, she returned home and called Humboldt coach Doug Van Pelt.
I want to play, she told him.
Van Pelt met her at the field and they practiced catching fly balls.
He was impressed. She played at right that night. Humboldt won, 5-0.
“My hope, when she was diagnosed, was that she could walk out once with the starting lineup — uniform and everything — and then we’d take her out,” Van Pelt says.
“I couldn’t even dream that she would play.
“You hear the word cancer, and softball just doesn’t matter anymore — it’s about her getting healthy. But then she comes back and not only suits up but plays and contributes? It’s an unbelievable story.”
‘This is what Iowa is all about’

Back at the field Thursday, the commotion makes its way inside.

Van Pelt threw a fundraiser for Ashlyn and her family, complete with games, concessions and a celebrity softball game between former Iowa and Iowa State athletes. He dubbed it, “Ashlyn’s Night at the Ballpark.” As the sun sets behind the trees, Ashlyn takes it all in. She talks with teammates and takes pictures.
She stops to get a snow cone and a bottle of water. She wanders over to the home run derby area, where a boy named Michael in a Yankees shirt slaps one to dead center.
While she walks, a mother and a young girl, both wearing white shirts with a violet ribbon on it, stop to say hello. The mom talks with Ashlyn while the girl shouts to a friend nearby.

“That’s Ashlyn!” she says as she points.

The mom smiles and leans into Ashlyn.
“She talks about you all the time.”
The softball game is a who’s who of former Iowa and Iowa State stars. Ben Bruns, Joel Lanning and Brent Curvey all play on the Cyclones’ team while Dallas Clark, Ed Hinkel, and Greg Brunner represent the Hawkeyes.
Before the game, Dallas Clark had Ashlyn sign his shoes, then wrapped her in a hug.
“You’re an inspiration,” he says.
Longtime Iowa broadcaster Gary Dolphin grabs the mic for pregame introductions.
The stands behind home plate are full. More fans, including some softball players from Fort Dodge and Estherville Lincoln Central, line the first- and third-base lines as well as the outfield fence.
Dolphin jokes that the scene “is so Iowa.”
“I live 15 minutes from the Field of Dreams,” he continues. “That line — ‘Is this heaven? No, it’s Iowa.’ — Humboldt, this is Iowa. This is what Iowa is all about, helping our own.
“Ashlyn will beat this. She will kick it right in the you-know-what.”
An auction is held between innings. A Kirk Ferentz-signed Iowa helmet goes for $1,100.
A Matt Campbell-signed Iowa State helmet goes for $50 more. Ashlyn, a Cyclones fan, quietly pumps her fist.
Nearby, Kendal smiles. She wasn’t sure if she’d get to play with her sister one final time this season. She tears up at the thought.
“I don’t know what I would do without her,” Kendal says. “I’ve learned that every second
is a blessing, and to be with Ashlyn all the time. When she leaves, it’s heartbreaking, but when she’s there, it’s like a switch. It just gets the team going.”

Ashlyn’s shirt is bright yellow with her No. 26 on the back.

It was printed with her teammates’ signatures on it. There’s a hashtag at the bottom
that reads, “Fearfully and wonderfully made.” It’s a line from a Bible verse, she explains.
“I am beyond grateful to put a jersey on and step foot in this dugout, or any other dugout,” she says. “I’m a very competitive person, but a bad at-bat, in the broad aspect of life, really doesn’t matter. “You’ll think about it for a couple of hours, but I’m just so beyond grateful to even be out here.”

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2019 Female Athlete of the Year honor by Kemna Auto representative Eric Hippen.

Ashlyn Clark’s Fearless Fight Facebook
‘I wasn’t going to let cancer take this away’
Clark’s summer softball story of sheer determination inspires thousands
LOCAL SPORTS AUG 2, 2019
CHRIS JOHNSON
Assistant Sports Editor
cjohnson@messengernews.net
Quitting was never an option for Ashlyn Clark.

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So many times, when facing adversity, people see giving up or giving in as their only
way out. This recently graduated Humboldt High School senior instead became a fighter.
Through her battle with Stage 4 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma — knowingly or sometimes even unknowingly — Clark has become a superstar in the eyes of many, and an idol to young athletes who have connected with her sheer will and affable personality.
Her story now includes snapping pictures or signing autographs for anyone
from 10-year-old girls to Chicago Cubs all-star and world champion Jon Lester.
“I think it’s amazing (being an inspiration to others),” Clark said.
“I’m just trying to be myself throughout the whole process.

“I’ve always been strong, but I guess I never realized how strong.”
Even with her cancer diagnosis, Clark fought back and finished her career
at Humboldt on the softball field with her teammates.
“I never considered (stepping away from sports) as an option,” said Clark, an Iowa Central Community College volleyball recruit. “I had a lot of things taken away from me right away … I wasn’t going to let cancer take this away (softball).
“My love for the game kept me motivated.”
Because of her grit and determination and sheer overall production as a Wildcat,
Clark has been named the 2019 Kemna Auto Female Athlete of the Year.

“It means a lot (to be recognized), because there were so many athletes (in the region) to choose from,” Clark said. “It’s an honor.” During her treatment schedule, when her body would allow, Clark was either with her teammates in the dugout or in right field — a place she considers “home.”
Clark put together a successful final campaign despite only being able to take the field for select games, earning second team all-North Central Conference honors for the Wildcats. She saw action in 18 games total and had 26 at-bats, hitting .462. Clark scored two runs and drove in nine.
Clark has experienced many memorable moments, but two come to mind above all the others.
“My favorite memories would be making a diving catch against Davenport Assumption at state (in the semifinals last summer), or hitting my home run (last month),” Clark said. “Just because I had so much taken away … the homer (on Senior Night) was a personal win.”

The photo of Clark with her home run ball went viral.

Attracting hundreds of responses and thousands of views on social media. She went deep on the eve of her 18th birthday and hours before a scheduled round of treatment at the Mayo Clinic. A few days later, Lester saw the picture and invited Clark and her family —
as personal, VIP guests — to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field.
So much has changed about Clark’s health, but Humboldt head coach Doug VanPelt
knows she’s still the same person at her core.
“She didn’t want to be Ashlyn with cancer. She just wanted to be Ashlyn,” Van Pelt said. “She was no different on the softball field. To earn second-team NCC (recognition) in a limited amount of games was an honor. Her production was right there where it was last year, but you can’t put a value on what she accomplished.
“What she did between the fences, while she was dealing with what was going on outside of them … it was a thing of beauty.”

VanPelt saw no wavering in Ashlyn’s ability
or desire to play after being diagnosed in early May.
“‘Will’ is the key word with Ashlyn,” Van Pelt said. “She’s had that in her battle with cancer, and in her will to continue to play. From day one, she wanted to get back and stay on the field. Ashlyn’s story is just unbelievable; a great testament to her perseverance.
“Anybody that has followed Ashlyn and anyone who has dealt with cancer with someone they love believes in a higher power. Ashlyn had to overcome a lot to be at our ball games. She has touched people’s hearts and emotions and inspired so many.

It’s truly been unbelievable.”
Through her battles on and off the field, Clark has always experienced unconditional support from her family, her coach and her hometown. There have been fundraisers and rallies in her name across Iowa this summer, with programs like Fort Dodge and St. Edmond joining the cause. Her own school held “Ashlyn’s Night at the Ballpark” in late June, which attracted thousands of people to Humboldt for an evening of fun activity. Former Iowa Hawkeye and Iowa State Cyclone stars made it a headline event.

“Humboldt has been a great community to play sports in.
We’re like one big family,” Clark said. “(Coach) Van Pelt has been the biggest influence throughout my athletic career. He had so much respect for us that we just automatically have it back for him.
“My mom has been my rock throughout this whole process, and my family’s strength
for me … is just breathtaking (Ashlyn told the Messenger in an earlier interview). “
After four years of running track and playing basketball, softball and volleyball at Humboldt, Clark will narrow her schedule down to one sport and play for Tritons’ head volleyball coach Sara Horn.
“I’ve known Ashlyn for a while now, and she’s come to our open gyms,” Horn said.
“She is a great athlete with a tremendous attitude. Her positivity is just fantastic.
She doesn’t let anything deter her.

She wants to stay the course and keep moving forward.

“She isn’t going to let anything change who she is.”

Twenty-two-year-old Ashlyn Clark is a varsity volleyball head coach.
She is also a survivor of stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Clark was diagnosed with cancer four years ago.
In 2023, she is in two-and-a-half years of remission.
Clark’s dreams of playing volleyball in college were crushed once she was diagnosed.
Now, she shares her knowledge of the game with her players.
“I’ve told the girls I would take your spot any time of the week,” Clark said.
“I would love to go back and play again, but I can’t, I’m going to give you all my knowledge, everything that I have, to be the best coach for you guys.”
Clark has big goals for her team as she steps into a leadership role.

“I want to make a name for ourselves. I want to be a state competitor team every single year,” Clark said. ‘It’s an unbelievable story’: Humboldt softball player Ashlyn Clark inspiring others as she fights cancer.
Cody Goodwin The Des Moines Register

HUMBOLDT, Ia. — Commotion stirs around the Humboldt softball field as Ashlyn Clark settles into the home dugout. The press box operator blares the school’s fight song. Beyond right field, her coach blows up a giant bounce house. People walk toward the front gate. They’re eager.
Clark, a senior right-fielder for the Wildcats, watches in awe. Her smile draws attention away from her bald head. They’re all coming for her — to raise money, to offer support,
to say hello and share a hug. Many are wearing shirts bearing Clark’s No. 26. “It’s pretty crazy,” the 17-year-old says. “I never thought in a million years that I’d inspire other people.”

On a Thursday in late June, Clark is one day removed from a game against Webster City,
where she will record a hit in a 5-3 win.

The next day, the Wildcats will drive north to Algona, where she will get another hit in
a 7-0 victory. Three days after that, July 1, Clark heads farther north to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, to begin another round of chemotherapy. She was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin’s lymphoma in May and has spent her summer alternating between treatment and playing softball.
If Clark had her way, this story wouldn’t be about her. She mentions her team a lot during a 20-minute conversation. Humboldt is 23-2 and ranked No. 3 in Class 3A. The Wildcats finished fifth at state two years ago and third last season. All eyes are set on the team’s chase for a title later this month.

That’s what’s kept Clark’s spirits high over the last two months.
During long hospital stays, she dreams of returning to this dugout, where she either
plays or watches, depending on her energy levels. In 15 games this season, she’s hitting
.368 with a double and 4 RBIs.
Back in the dugout, Clark smiles. She watches more people pull into the parking lot behind the field. A fun night awaits. She turns and looks at the small sign up in the corner.
“Humboldt Softball,” it reads, “Where Champions Come To Play.”
Later, as the sun drops behind the trees, her mother, Kristi, shares a story:
“Every game, when they announce her name, I tear up,” Kristi says. “When she’s in the hospital, she’s like, ‘Mom, I want to get back to my happy place. I need to get back.’
“To see that smile and to watch her run out and be a kid and play a game she truly loves … It’s emotional.”

‘They always had a reason’
Sports were always going to be part of Ashlyn Clark’s life. Her father, Derrik, played football at Iowa State. Kristi works as a physical education teacher. Dallas Clark,
the All-American tight end for Iowa and All-Pro for the Indianapolis Colts, is her uncle.
So at a young age, Ashlyn and her younger sister, Kendal, played everything. They both grew into four-sport athletes — volleyball, basketball, track and softball. Last summer, Ashlyn hit .341 with 11 RBIs, 9 stolen bases and didn’t commit an error all season.
In May, Ashlyn signed to play volleyball at Iowa Central.
She helped lead the Wildcats to 89 volleyball wins in three years.
In October, Ashlyn says she started “feeling pretty crappy.” She grew tired easily,
which she found odd. Trips to the doctors always resulted in an explanation.

You have a cyst on your ovaries.
You have an ulcer.
You have low hemoglobin levels.
You’re just not feeling well. Get some rest.

“Every time we went to the doctors, they always had a reason,” Ashlyn recalls.
“So they put me on an iron pill, or birth control, or whatever else. It worked for a little bit, but then it’d stop. “In April, I would throw up every time I ate. Something was definitely wrong.”
Kristi thought maybe Lupus or Crohn’s syndrome. “Never in a million years would I have thought about cancer,” she says. “I should’ve known better than to hop on Google.”
The official diagnosis came May 8. Hodgkin’s lymphoma is cancer of the lymphatic system, which is part of the immune system. Her chemotherapy includes five rounds
of 21-day cycles. Her doctors encouraged her to live as normal as possible.

That meant playing softball.

“That’s what’s normal for her — to spend her days on the softball diamond,” Kristi says.

“To take that away, that would’ve been really tough. So giving her that moment of happiness in a trying time? I was 100% on board with that.”
Ashlyn’s first chemotherapy cycle bled into the beginning of the season.
But on May 31, she returned home and called Humboldt coach Doug Van Pelt.
I want to play, she told him.
Van Pelt met her at the field and they practiced catching fly balls.
He was impressed. She played at right that night. Humboldt won, 5-0.
“My hope, when she was diagnosed, was that she could walk out once with the starting lineup — uniform and everything — and then we’d take her out,” Van Pelt says.
“I couldn’t even dream that she would play.
“You hear the word cancer, and softball just doesn’t matter anymore — it’s about her getting healthy. But then she comes back and not only suits up but plays and contributes? It’s an unbelievable story.”
‘This is what Iowa is all about’

Back at the field Thursday, the commotion makes its way inside.

Van Pelt threw a fundraiser for Ashlyn and her family, complete with games, concessions and a celebrity softball game between former Iowa and Iowa State athletes. He dubbed it, “Ashlyn’s Night at the Ballpark.” As the sun sets behind the trees, Ashlyn takes it all in. She talks with teammates and takes pictures.
She stops to get a snow cone and a bottle of water. She wanders over to the home run derby area, where a boy named Michael in a Yankees shirt slaps one to dead center.
While she walks, a mother and a young girl, both wearing white shirts with a violet ribbon on it, stop to say hello. The mom talks with Ashlyn while the girl shouts to a friend nearby.

“That’s Ashlyn!” she says as she points.

The mom smiles and leans into Ashlyn.
“She talks about you all the time.”
The softball game is a who’s who of former Iowa and Iowa State stars. Ben Bruns, Joel Lanning and Brent Curvey all play on the Cyclones’ team while Dallas Clark, Ed Hinkel, and Greg Brunner represent the Hawkeyes.
Before the game, Dallas Clark had Ashlyn sign his shoes, then wrapped her in a hug.
“You’re an inspiration,” he says.
Longtime Iowa broadcaster Gary Dolphin grabs the mic for pregame introductions.
The stands behind home plate are full. More fans, including some softball players from Fort Dodge and Estherville Lincoln Central, line the first- and third-base lines as well as the outfield fence.
Dolphin jokes that the scene “is so Iowa.”
“I live 15 minutes from the Field of Dreams,” he continues. “That line — ‘Is this heaven? No, it’s Iowa.’ — Humboldt, this is Iowa. This is what Iowa is all about, helping our own.
“Ashlyn will beat this. She will kick it right in the you-know-what.”
An auction is held between innings. A Kirk Ferentz-signed Iowa helmet goes for $1,100.
A Matt Campbell-signed Iowa State helmet goes for $50 more. Ashlyn, a Cyclones fan, quietly pumps her fist.
Nearby, Kendal smiles. She wasn’t sure if she’d get to play with her sister one final time this season. She tears up at the thought.
“I don’t know what I would do without her,” Kendal says. “I’ve learned that every second
is a blessing, and to be with Ashlyn all the time. When she leaves, it’s heartbreaking, but when she’s there, it’s like a switch. It just gets the team going.”

Ashlyn’s shirt is bright yellow with her No. 26 on the back.

It was printed with her teammates’ signatures on it. There’s a hashtag at the bottom
that reads, “Fearfully and wonderfully made.” It’s a line from a Bible verse, she explains.
“I am beyond grateful to put a jersey on and step foot in this dugout, or any other dugout,” she says. “I’m a very competitive person, but a bad at-bat, in the broad aspect of life, really doesn’t matter. “You’ll think about it for a couple of hours, but I’m just so beyond grateful to even be out here.”

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Lady Gaga was a teenager at the time and watched the Twin Towers fall from
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Like many who were in New York that morning,
Lady Gaga remembers every single second of her day.
The Bad Romance singer was a teenager at the time, and stood
on the roof of her high school watching the atrocities, alongside her classmates.
Detailing her experience to MTV News a decade later, she said: ‘I was at school with my girlfriends. I just remember that the history teachers had us all piled into one room and had a television on and none of us believed it was happening.
‘So we didn’t believe it, so we ran up to the roof and I just remember we got up to the roof, and one tower had already fallen and we all watched the second tower fall all together.
[My school] was miles and miles away, but the sky that hovered above us was jet black.’
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The renowned singer disclosed that she witnessed the horrifying incident
from the rooftop of her high school when she was just 15 years old.

The 9/11 attacks, orchestrated by Al-Qaeda terrorists, involved the hijacking
of two planes that were flown into New York’s Twin Towers. This catastrophic event resulted in the collapse of the World Trade Center and the tragic loss of nearly 2,977 lives.

Reflecting on her experience, Lady Gaga remarked,
“We were unable to believe the scary unfolding of events.”
During an appearance on MTV, the star recounted the moment, saying,
“Unable to believe the news on TV, we all went to the rooftop, and one tower
had already fallen, and we all saw the other fall in front of our eyes.”

Lady Gaga also shared her deep anxiety and distress at the time, as her mother
worked in close proximity to the World Trade Center & she was unable to contact her.
On the anniversary of this tragic event, Lady Gaga paid tribute to the victims of 9/11, emphasizing, “It’s a moment to honor New York. It’s a moment to come together and realise that New York really is forever changed and will always now be a family.”

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Bennett sang alongside Lady Gaga before sold-out crowds in a two-concert series
in early August Anthony Dominick Benedetto (August 3, 1926 – July 21, 2023),
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Now the rest of the world has a chance to take in the moving August 3rd show
in a TV special, “One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga,”
which aired Sunday on CBS.
In addition to his signature song, Bennett performed standards like “Fly Me to the Moon” and “Steppin’ Out with My Baby” and duets with Lady Gaga including “Love for Sale” and “Anything Goes.”

His family members have said sometimes Bennett doesn’t know where he is and what is happening around him. But onstage in the TV special, the legendary performer didn’t miss a beat.

Tony Bennett reveals he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
Belting out “New York, New York” before Bennett took the stage, Lady Gaga teared up when she paused to talk about him. “He’s my friend. He’s my musical companion.
And he’s the greatest singer in the whole world.
And I’m counting on you, New York, to make him smile. So, you better cheer.
You better yell. You better laugh. You better cry. You better give your soul.”
The Radio City Music Hall audience held up its end of the bargain.
Bennett got his first standing ovation before even singing a note –
and racked up at least a dozen more throughout the night.
In “Fly Me to the Moon,” when he crooned the line, “Let me sing forever more,”
the audience erupted in cheers. At one point the camera panned to an audience
member shouting, “We love you!”

Bennett, whose singing career spans eight decades, is no stranger to performing for throngs of adoring fans. Still, before the concert, family members told “60 Minutes”
they weren’t sure what would happen during the show.
But wife Susan Benedetto said that once she saw him onstage that night, his eyes
twinkling and arms outstretched toward the crowd, she knew everything would be alright.
“He became himself. He just turned on. It was like a light switch,” she told
“60 Minutes” in a segment that aired last month.
That’s because music and performing are so ingrained in the singer,
according to Bennett’s neurologist, Dr. Gayatri Devi.
“People respond differently based on their strengths. In Tony’s case, it’s his musical memory, his ability to be a performer. Those are an innate and hardwired part of his brain,” Devi said on “60 Minutes.” “So even though he doesn’t know what the day might be, or where his apartment is, he still can sing the whole repertoire of the American Songbook and move people.” @60minutes with @tonybennett by #andersoncooper – YouTube

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga performed together at The Grammys in 2015.
Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS

Bennett released his first album with Lady Gaga in 2014.
Their latest collaboration, a Cole Porter tribute album titled “Love For Sale,”
was released in October. Last week it garnered six Grammy nominations.
After the nominations, Lady Gaga told BBC Radio 2’s “The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show”
that it’s been heartbreaking to watch what Bennett is going through. She told “60 Minutes”
that also Bennett had been calling her “Sweetheart” every time she’d seen him since the
pandemic began, and she wasn’t sure he knew who she was.
But when she came onstage to join him during the Radio City Music Hall concert, Bennett appeared to have no doubt. “Wow,” he said as she twirled around in a shimmering gold gown. “Lady Gaga!” A look of joy flashed across Lady Gaga’s face.
She bent over, her head in her hands, before doing another twirl.
“I had to keep it together, because we had a sold-out show and I had a job to do,” Lady Gaga told “60 Minutes.” “But I’ll tell you, when I walked out on that stage, and he said, ‘Lady Gaga,’ my friend saw me, and it was very special.”

Lady Gaga gave the world — and me — a powerful gift
After the successful Radio City Music Hall shows, Bennett canceled future tour appearances. His son and manager Danny Bennett told Variety those New York
concerts would be his last.
“This was a hard decision for us to make, as he is a capable performer. This is, however, doctors’ orders,” Danny Bennett said. “It’s not the singing aspect but, rather, the traveling. Look, he gets tired. The decision is being made that doing concerts now is just too much for him.” Lady Gaga told “60 Minutes” she heard a powerful message in Bennett’s last Radio City Music Hall performances.
“It’s not a sad story. It’s emotional. It’s hard to watch somebody change. I think what’s been beautiful about this, and what’s been challenging, is to see how it affects him in some ways, but to see how it doesn’t affect his talent,” she said. “I think he really pushed through something to give the world the gift of knowing that things can change, and you can still be magnificent.” 5 Symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease Most People Aren’t Aware of, Say Drs.

Lady Gaga on Her MTV Documentary Win and Reinventing Herself Through the Pain – Exclusive Interview. By Stuart Oldham. – Search (bing.com)
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Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett Live at Hollywood Bowl Full Concert – YouTube
Lady Gaga ‘s exclusive MTV documentary, “Lady Gaga: Inside the Outside”.
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Lady Gaga was a teenager at the time and watched the Twin Towers fall from
the school’s roof (Picture: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) © Provided by Metro

Like many who were in New York that morning,
Lady Gaga remembers every single second of her day.
The Bad Romance singer was a teenager at the time, and stood
on the roof of her high school watching the atrocities, alongside her classmates.
Detailing her experience to MTV News a decade later, she said: ‘I was at school with my girlfriends. I just remember that the history teachers had us all piled into one room and had a television on and none of us believed it was happening.
‘So we didn’t believe it, so we ran up to the roof and I just remember we got up to the roof, and one tower had already fallen and we all watched the second tower fall all together.
[My school] was miles and miles away, but the sky that hovered above us was jet black.’
The 2023 VMAS: The Winners, Losers, And Best Performances (msn.com)
The renowned singer disclosed that she witnessed the horrifying incident
from the rooftop of her high school when she was just 15 years old.

The 9/11 attacks, orchestrated by Al-Qaeda terrorists, involved the hijacking
of two planes that were flown into New York’s Twin Towers. This catastrophic event resulted in the collapse of the World Trade Center and the tragic loss of nearly 2,977 lives.

Reflecting on her experience, Lady Gaga remarked,
“We were unable to believe the scary unfolding of events.”
During an appearance on MTV, the star recounted the moment, saying,
“Unable to believe the news on TV, we all went to the rooftop, and one tower
had already fallen, and we all saw the other fall in front of our eyes.”

Lady Gaga also shared her deep anxiety and distress at the time, as her mother
worked in close proximity to the World Trade Center & she was unable to contact her.
On the anniversary of this tragic event, Lady Gaga paid tribute to the victims of 9/11, emphasizing, “It’s a moment to honor New York. It’s a moment to come together and realise that New York really is forever changed and will always now be a family.”

Lady Gaga Honors Tony Bennett on His 97th Birthday,
Fondly Remembers Jazz Legend August 04. 2023
Tony Bennett, 1926 – 2023 | 60 Minutes Australia

CNN — Tony Bennett won over generations of fans crooning “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” And on his 95th birthday, the beloved singer left his heart on the stage of Radio City Music Hall. Six months after Bennett and his family revealed he is suffering from Alzheimer’s.

Bennett sang alongside Lady Gaga before sold-out crowds in a two-concert series
in early August Anthony Dominick Benedetto (August 3, 1926 – July 21, 2023),
known professionally as Tony Bennett, an American jazz and traditional pop singer.

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Billed as his final New York performances.
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Now the rest of the world has a chance to take in the moving August 3rd show
in a TV special, “One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga,”
which aired Sunday on CBS.
In addition to his signature song, Bennett performed standards like “Fly Me to the Moon” and “Steppin’ Out with My Baby” and duets with Lady Gaga including “Love for Sale” and “Anything Goes.”

His family members have said sometimes Bennett doesn’t know where he is and what is happening around him. But onstage in the TV special, the legendary performer didn’t miss a beat.

Tony Bennett reveals he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
Belting out “New York, New York” before Bennett took the stage, Lady Gaga teared up when she paused to talk about him. “He’s my friend. He’s my musical companion.
And he’s the greatest singer in the whole world.
And I’m counting on you, New York, to make him smile. So, you better cheer.
You better yell. You better laugh. You better cry. You better give your soul.”
The Radio City Music Hall audience held up its end of the bargain.
Bennett got his first standing ovation before even singing a note –
and racked up at least a dozen more throughout the night.
In “Fly Me to the Moon,” when he crooned the line, “Let me sing forever more,”
the audience erupted in cheers. At one point the camera panned to an audience
member shouting, “We love you!”

Bennett, whose singing career spans eight decades, is no stranger to performing for throngs of adoring fans. Still, before the concert, family members told “60 Minutes”
they weren’t sure what would happen during the show.
But wife Susan Benedetto said that once she saw him onstage that night, his eyes
twinkling and arms outstretched toward the crowd, she knew everything would be alright.
“He became himself. He just turned on. It was like a light switch,” she told
“60 Minutes” in a segment that aired last month.
That’s because music and performing are so ingrained in the singer,
according to Bennett’s neurologist, Dr. Gayatri Devi.
“People respond differently based on their strengths. In Tony’s case, it’s his musical memory, his ability to be a performer. Those are an innate and hardwired part of his brain,” Devi said on “60 Minutes.” “So even though he doesn’t know what the day might be, or where his apartment is, he still can sing the whole repertoire of the American Songbook and move people.” @60minutes with @tonybennett by #andersoncooper – YouTube

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga performed together at The Grammys in 2015.
Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS

Bennett released his first album with Lady Gaga in 2014.
Their latest collaboration, a Cole Porter tribute album titled “Love For Sale,”
was released in October. Last week it garnered six Grammy nominations.
After the nominations, Lady Gaga told BBC Radio 2’s “The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show”
that it’s been heartbreaking to watch what Bennett is going through. She told “60 Minutes”
that also Bennett had been calling her “Sweetheart” every time she’d seen him since the
pandemic began, and she wasn’t sure he knew who she was.
But when she came onstage to join him during the Radio City Music Hall concert, Bennett appeared to have no doubt. “Wow,” he said as she twirled around in a shimmering gold gown. “Lady Gaga!” A look of joy flashed across Lady Gaga’s face.
She bent over, her head in her hands, before doing another twirl.
“I had to keep it together, because we had a sold-out show and I had a job to do,” Lady Gaga told “60 Minutes.” “But I’ll tell you, when I walked out on that stage, and he said, ‘Lady Gaga,’ my friend saw me, and it was very special.”

Lady Gaga gave the world — and me — a powerful gift
After the successful Radio City Music Hall shows, Bennett canceled future tour appearances. His son and manager Danny Bennett told Variety those New York
concerts would be his last.
“This was a hard decision for us to make, as he is a capable performer. This is, however, doctors’ orders,” Danny Bennett said. “It’s not the singing aspect but, rather, the traveling. Look, he gets tired. The decision is being made that doing concerts now is just too much for him.” Lady Gaga told “60 Minutes” she heard a powerful message in Bennett’s last Radio City Music Hall performances.
“It’s not a sad story. It’s emotional. It’s hard to watch somebody change. I think what’s been beautiful about this, and what’s been challenging, is to see how it affects him in some ways, but to see how it doesn’t affect his talent,” she said. “I think he really pushed through something to give the world the gift of knowing that things can change, and you can still be magnificent.” 5 Symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease Most People Aren’t Aware of, Say Drs.

Lady Gaga on Her MTV Documentary Win and Reinventing Herself Through the Pain – Exclusive Interview. By Stuart Oldham. – Search (bing.com)
Chaos: Biden’s Secretary ‘Green’ Road Trip to Promote Electric Vehicles May Have Done Exactly the Opposite, Here’s What Happened (msn.com)
Lady Gaga on Her MTV Documentary Win and Reinventing Herself Through the Pain – Exclusive Interview – YouTube

“What if the Seven Days Are Just a Metaphor?”: Six Bible Stories That Have Been Debunked by Science (msn.com)
“Ring of Fire” Solar Eclipse Will be Visible to People in the U.S. For the First Time in History (msn.com)
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga performed together at The Grammys in 2015 – Bing video
The Long Shadow Of 9/11: What Has Changed or Been Ruined in the 20 Years Since?
Interview: Lady Gaga On Her Bullies, Her Motivation & Her Next Movie (vogue.me)
Therapists Say These 6 Common Habits Are Fueling Your Anxiety (msn.com)
Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett Live at Hollywood Bowl Full Concert – YouTube
Lady Gaga ‘s exclusive MTV documentary, “Lady Gaga: Inside the Outside”.
Gaga Five Foot Two 2017 Part 1 – video Dailymotion
Lady Gaga – Wikipedia

A ‘once every 7.5 million years’ event is currently unfolding in Antarctica:
‘To say unprecedented isn’t strong enough’ (msn.com)

A Month After Deadly Maui Fire, 66 People Still Missing (usnews.com)
The steep economic cost of contact sports injuries | PBS NewsHour
The deadliest disaster to ever happen in each state (msn.com)

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Listen to Your Inner You

Posted on September 13, 2023 by Ken

When your heart calls you to stick your face in the flowers, do you listen?

Or do you let your mind convince you not to?
When your heart calls you to take a break,
When your heart calls you to speak up,
When your heart calls you to take a leap, do you listen?
Or do you let your mind convince you not to?

You are not your emotions.

Deepest reverence to the practice that has forever changed my life, activated my sovereignty,
and instilled me with the tools to navigate with deeper awareness.

You are a human being, experiencing the beautiful, wonderful, and divinely innate guidance system & internal compass that lives within you.

When we step back and allow ourselves to listen & be guided by this internal compass,
we step into alignment with our true nature – our Dharma – or in my interpretation, our Botanic Body.

And what a blessing, to hold this magnificent guidance system

that will ALWAYS lead us in the direction of our truth.

How many times have you allowed your mind to talk you out of doing something wonderful?

The mind will lead or hinder the majority of our lives if we don’t practice the art of listening to the heart.

The mind allows us to think with logic & reason, the heart allows us

to FEEL what resonates at a soul level – We need both.

When something is meant for you, you will feel the call to it in one way or another.

Sometimes the mind will find every reason to talk you out of something that may push you out of your comfort zone.

At that point, it’s time to let the heart lead & get your mind out of your way.

Thinking can only get you so far in life, sometimes we have to tap into our ability to feel what is right for us in a way that the mind can’t quite comprehend.

The belief that God – Spirit – the Divine, exists innately within us.

By connecting intentionally & deeply with the self,

we connect to God – Spirit – Source.

Do you not go within to connect deeply with yourself in prayer?

The concept of meditation is deeply connected with the act of prayer in religious scriptures if you pay attention.

Yoga can be used as a means to connect with whatever God you believe in, it is not formed around the worship of any specific God or deity.

It can also be used as a means to simply connect deeply with yourself, calm the mind, and care for the body through movement.

If you are threatened by something that you don’t understand, or that seems to contradict your chosen beliefs, try asking yourself why that is.

Upon a closer look you might find that the fear

you feel is simply in your misunderstanding.

This year I learned how to say no.

This year I learned how to choose myself.

It sounds pretty simple in logistics right?

But I’ll encourage you to seriously ask yourself:

Can you unconditionally choose what’s going to be best for you in any given moment-

Even when there are forces asking you to do the opposite?

Even if it feels uncomfortable to say no?

In the humblest way..

never in a thousand dreams could the 18 year old version of me have believed that this is the woman I would grow to become.

It’s taken the death of many layers of myself to continue revealing & becoming the woman that I am today.

I am proud of who I am today, and that is because I have stood in the place of a woman who did not love herself many times before.

I stand now in the deepest gratitude for this journey that continues to nourish me with opportunities to give, love, grow & receive.

MercyMe – Dear Younger Me (Lyrics) – YouTube

I shared a quote yesterday that said:

“At 25, I’m the woman my 15 years old.
self would’ve loved to be in the company of.
The same woman my 20-year-old self-felt intimidated by.
And the very woman my 23-year-old self nearly gave up on,
thinking she was too far-fetched to reach.
Growth is a strange and wondrous journey.”

15 year old me had no idea who she was

18 year old me thought she knew what she wanted

21 year old me knew that she wanted something different than what she was currently living

23 year old me thought she had to have it all figured out, and nearly gave up when it all came crashing down

25 year old me- current me, knows who she is and who she is becoming.
She has learned to accept the failures as lessons that show her the way to better.

️through trial & error, pain & mistakes, being vulnerable in the pursuit of her dreams, failures & success..
she continues to learn what she does & does not want to be

she has come to see the purest beauty in surrendering to the lessons and messages of life,
remaining a humble student that is forever learning & unlearning,

gratefully receiving the experiences that lead her closer to her truth,
living in the purest excitement for the path that she has created.

the path that continues to unfold for her now as she has planted the seeds of intention
& trust in the universe that holds her:
– the path of her truth, the path of greatest abundance, clarity and joy.

Stay tuned & follow @botanicbodyoga for new offerings & announcements for retreats
& more coming in 2023.

The snake is the ultimate symbol of death and rebirth.

A process we experience over and over again throughout our lives.

We give birth to new versions of ourselves in every chapter of our lives, new relationships, new beliefs – and when it’s time for a new version of ourselves to evolve once again, parts of the old self must die in order to make space for the new.

The outstanding beliefs, attitudes, and relationships that no longer serve us and couldn’t possibly support the growth of who we are becoming no longer have a place.

This same process happens all around us in nature as well.

The snake is always shedding its skin. Could you imagine if every time it did, it carried that dead skin around with it still?

It’s unnatural to hold onto what is no longer needed to support our wellbeing, yet so many of us do it anyway.

We cling onto that relationship even when we know it’s time has passed.

We fall back on old belief systems due to habit and familiarity in the end.

It only keeps us anchored to the past version of yourself that is no longer aligned with where our soul is going.

So here’s your reminder to check in.

Are the belief systems around money, life, relationships and yourself serving you in creating the life you want?

Are your relationships serving you in being the person you want to be?

Is your job serving you in living the life you want?

If the answer is no, give yourself permission to begin the process of gently letting go. It may not happen immediately, and it doesn’t have to.

Letting go is a process. Give yourself permission to create space for what lies ahead, and be okay with feeling the discomfort that comes with stepping into the unknown.

~Krysten ✧ Yogic Guide

When your heart calls you to stick your face in the flowers, do you listen?

Or do you let your mind convince you not to?
When your heart calls you to take a break,
When your heart calls you to speak up,
When your heart calls you to take a leap, do you listen?
Or do you let your mind convince you not to?

You are not your emotions.

Deepest reverence to the practice that has forever changed my life, activated my sovereignty,
and instilled me with the tools to navigate with deeper awareness.

You are a human being, experiencing the beautiful, wonderful, and divinely innate guidance system & internal compass that lives within you.

When we step back and allow ourselves to listen & be guided by this internal compass,
we step into alignment with our true nature – our Dharma – or in my interpretation, our Botanic Body.

And what a blessing, to hold this magnificent guidance system

that will ALWAYS lead us in the direction of our truth.

How many times have you allowed your mind to talk you out of doing something wonderful?

The mind will lead or hinder the majority of our lives if we don’t practice the art of listening to the heart.

The mind allows us to think with logic & reason, the heart allows us

to FEEL what resonates at a soul level – We need both.

When something is meant for you, you will feel the call to it in one way or another.

Sometimes the mind will find every reason to talk you out of something that may push you out of your comfort zone.

At that point, it’s time to let the heart lead & get your mind out of your way.

Thinking can only get you so far in life, sometimes we have to tap into our ability to feel what is right for us in a way that the mind can’t quite comprehend.

The belief that God – Spirit – the Divine, exists innately within us.

By connecting intentionally & deeply with the self,

we connect to God – Spirit – Source.

Do you not go within to connect deeply with yourself in prayer?

The concept of meditation is deeply connected with the act of prayer in religious scriptures if you pay attention.

Yoga can be used as a means to connect with whatever God you believe in, it is not formed around the worship of any specific God or deity.

It can also be used as a means to simply connect deeply with yourself, calm the mind, and care for the body through movement.

If you are threatened by something that you don’t understand, or that seems to contradict your chosen beliefs, try asking yourself why that is.

Upon a closer look you might find that the fear

you feel is simply in your misunderstanding.

This year I learned how to say no.

This year I learned how to choose myself.

It sounds pretty simple in logistics right?

But I’ll encourage you to seriously ask yourself:

Can you unconditionally choose what’s going to be best for you in any given moment-

Even when there are forces asking you to do the opposite?

Even if it feels uncomfortable to say no?

In the humblest way..

never in a thousand dreams could the 18 year old version of me have believed that this is the woman I would grow to become.

It’s taken the death of many layers of myself to continue revealing & becoming the woman that I am today.

I am proud of who I am today, and that is because I have stood in the place of a woman who did not love herself many times before.

I stand now in the deepest gratitude for this journey that continues to nourish me with opportunities to give, love, grow & receive.

MercyMe – Dear Younger Me (Lyrics) – YouTube

I shared a quote yesterday that said:

“At 25, I’m the woman my 15 years old.
self would’ve loved to be in the company of.
The same woman my 20-year-old self-felt intimidated by.
And the very woman my 23-year-old self nearly gave up on,
thinking she was too far-fetched to reach.
Growth is a strange and wondrous journey.”

15 year old me had no idea who she was

18 year old me thought she knew what she wanted

21 year old me knew that she wanted something different than what she was currently living

23 year old me thought she had to have it all figured out, and nearly gave up when it all came crashing down

25 year old me- current me, knows who she is and who she is becoming.
She has learned to accept the failures as lessons that show her the way to better.

️through trial & error, pain & mistakes, being vulnerable in the pursuit of her dreams, failures & success..
she continues to learn what she does & does not want to be

she has come to see the purest beauty in surrendering to the lessons and messages of life,
remaining a humble student that is forever learning & unlearning,

gratefully receiving the experiences that lead her closer to her truth,
living in the purest excitement for the path that she has created.

the path that continues to unfold for her now as she has planted the seeds of intention
& trust in the universe that holds her:
– the path of her truth, the path of greatest abundance, clarity and joy.

Stay tuned & follow @botanicbodyoga for new offerings & announcements for retreats
& more coming in 2023.

The snake is the ultimate symbol of death and rebirth.

A process we experience over and over again throughout our lives.

We give birth to new versions of ourselves in every chapter of our lives, new relationships, new beliefs – and when it’s time for a new version of ourselves to evolve once again, parts of the old self must die in order to make space for the new.

The outstanding beliefs, attitudes, and relationships that no longer serve us and couldn’t possibly support the growth of who we are becoming no longer have a place.

This same process happens all around us in nature as well.

The snake is always shedding its skin. Could you imagine if every time it did, it carried that dead skin around with it still?

It’s unnatural to hold onto what is no longer needed to support our wellbeing, yet so many of us do it anyway.

We cling onto that relationship even when we know it’s time has passed.

We fall back on old belief systems due to habit and familiarity in the end.

It only keeps us anchored to the past version of yourself that is no longer aligned with where our soul is going.

So here’s your reminder to check in.

Are the belief systems around money, life, relationships and yourself serving you in creating the life you want?

Are your relationships serving you in being the person you want to be?

Is your job serving you in living the life you want?

If the answer is no, give yourself permission to begin the process of gently letting go. It may not happen immediately, and it doesn’t have to.

Letting go is a process. Give yourself permission to create space for what lies ahead, and be okay with feeling the discomfort that comes with stepping into the unknown.

~Krysten ✧ Yogic Guide

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Fran Anderson

Posted on September 12, 2023 by Ken

Fran Anderson smiles during a 24-mile rim-to-rim hike in the Grand Canyon on Sept. 3, 2023. The 81-year-old finished the feat in 21 hours, about seven hours longer than she had hoped. ‘We weren’t quitting’: How 81-year-old cancer survivor conquered Grand Canyon’s rim-to-rim hike.

Amanda Lee MyersUSA TODAY
Fran Anderson overcame a near-death bout with pneumonia, cancer and
knee surgery to finish the hike. About why she took on the grueling hike,
she says: ‘Because I wanted to’

An 81-year-old Southern California woman
living with cancer has conquered a 24-mile, rim-to-rim hike of the Grand Canyon.
Fran Anderson of Orange finished the hike in about 21 hours on Sept. 4, only five months after pneumonia nearly killed her. She had hoped to do it 14 hours but it was much harder than she anticipated, and at times she could barely put one foot in front of the other.
Most would have chosen to turn around rather than continue down into the canyon — where temperatures were in the 90s — and up 10 miles to the top of the other side.

Not Anderson.
“Finishing was my goal and it was going to happen no matter what,”
said the mother of four and grandmother of nine.

Anderson spoke with USA TODAY exclusively about the feat, sharing what the hardest part was, why she was actually disappointed in herself after finishing the trail and the next big thing on her bucket list. Around the world in 80 days: 81-year-old best friends from Texas travel around the world in 80 days, inspiring followers

‘I’m going’
Anderson is living with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a blood cancer that has compromised her immune system. When she got pneumonia on a month-long cruise to the South Pacific in April, it nearly killed her. Luckily for Anderson, she has prioritized a healthy lifestyle and remained extremely active long after her days as a chorus line dancer who performed for U.S. troops.

“At the hospital they said, ‘You’re 80??'” Anderson recalled.
“They said, ‘You are just not our typical 80-year-old patient.’ And I said, ‘I’m getting out of here, I’m making it through.’ And I did.” Not only did Anderson overcome cancer and the hospitalization, but she also broke her shoulder and knee when she fell off a table while putting up Halloween decorations in 2018.

She had to undergo extensive surgery and couldn’t bear weight for three months.
Anderson being Anderson, she was at Machu Picchu in Peru three weeks after she left the wheelchair. “I had this trip planned and my doctor said, ‘No way are you going on that,'” she recalled. “I said, ‘No, I’m going.'”


Fran Anderson, 81, is pictured recovering from a broken shoulder and broken
knee sustained in a fall from a table in October 2018. Anderson didn’t let the
setback stop her from reaching Machu Picchu in Peru three months later.

‘We’re gonna do it’
Anderson’s Grand Canyon hike also was not without its own obstacles.
She was supposed to complete the rim-to-rim journey in April 2020 but then COVID hit. And then again she wanted to do it last October but her hip gave out a few weeks beforehand.

Still, Anderson was determined to return and conquer it.

Fran Anderson (second from right) is pictured with the six family members who joined her on the 24,-mile, rim-to-rim hike of the Grand Canyon on Sept. 3, 2023. From left to right, they are daughter Brenda Sibley, granddaughter Brooklyn Sibley, son-in-law Travis Sibley, grand-nephew Brett Usinger, niece Laurie Usinger and daughter Lynnette Anderson

Anderson’s family decided that it’d be best if their mom did the hike over two days, a common strategy among rim-to-rim hikers of all ages. The plan was to hike down the North Rim to the bottom of the canyon one day, stay at a rustic hotel called Phantom Ranch overnight, and then hike up the South Rim the next morning.

But the hotel canceled their reservation at the last minute because of a water-main break. That left Anderson with two choices: cancel the trip altogether or slug out the massive hike in one day. Anderson, again being Anderson, was actually excited to do it in one day, despite her family’s reservations.
“She was like, ‘I get to do it all in one day! This is great!'” said her daughter, Lynnette Anderson Opp, a realtor also living in Orange. “And we were thinking, ‘This is not great, Mom. We should break it up into two days and she was like, ‘No, we’re gonna do it.'”
Considering the risks and being practical, Anderson signed a healthcare directive beforehand, giving her family the power to make medical decisions for her. She carried
it the entire hike, joking about not leaving home without her do-not-resuscitate order.

She finished around 2:45 a.m. on Sept. 4, 21 hours after she began hiking.

Fran Anderson, 81, of Orange, California, takes a photo break on her 21-hour hike at the
Grand Canyon on Sept. 3, 2023. After overcoming many health issues, Anderson insisted
on carrying her do-not-resuscitate healthcare directive, making jokes about it the whole time.

‘Every step was a struggle’
Anderson’s adventure at the Grand Canyon began at 5:45 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 3.
She and six family members began the hike together, wearing custom T-shirts that said “Fran Canyon.” Three family members went ahead early on, and Anderson ended up hiking with Opp, her other daughter, and her niece.
Pretty quickly into the day, Anderson began struggling.
“We were only one-tenth (or 2 miles) into the hike and my knees gave out,
my left hip gave out,” she said. “It was like, ‘Oh my gosh.'” She was baffled as to why, having completely a rigorous, months-long training program designed by her other daughter, Brenda Sibley, a life coach.
The ladies soon realized that the only thing that Anderson thought she was doing differently was wearing a brand-new backpack that ended up being a big mistake.
“It didn’t fit me, it had a bone in it and it just threw me off balance,” she said.

(From left to right) Lynnette Anderson Opp, Fran Anderson, Brenda Sibley and Laurie Usinger stop to take a selfie during a grueling, 21-hour hike at the Grand Canyon on Sept. 3 and 4, 2023.

So, the three other women dispersed the weight in Anderson’s pack among themselves and took turns carrying it the rest of the way, allowing the 81-year-old former stay-at-home mom to hike without any added pressure on her joints.
Still, it was a tough start to the day and “every step was a struggle” for Anderson, Opp said. While the three family members who went ahead made it down to the canyon in an hour and 40 minutes, it took Anderson and the other women four hours and 40 minutes. Only later did Anderson find out from her chiropractor that her left hip was out of socket the entire hike.

‘Zip in my step’
Anderson and the other women took an extensive break at the bottom of the canyon, loading up on electrolytes, water, snacks and a few prayers for good measure.
It gave Anderson the legs she needed.
“I got up and I had zip in my step, and they said, ‘Go Mom, look at you,'” she said.


Fran Anderson, 81, and her daughter Brenda Sibley celebrate after finding a second wind
at the bottom of the Grand Canyon on Sept. 3, 2023.

But they had 10 miles, all uphill, to go. Soon, it felt like it would never end.
“The end was just very, very long and very, very slow,” Opp said, adding that she was struggling with plantar fasciitis. “It was truly like, one step, two step, push her up the step. One step, two step, push her up the step. We just knew we weren’t quitting.”
After the longest 21 hours of their lives, they made it to the South Rim at 2:45 a.m. on Sept. 4. Waiting there was Anderson’s husband of 60 years, 84-year-old LaMarr Anderson, a former NASCAR driver, commercial airline pilot and truck driver.

Family members cheered as she looked at him, clearly exhausted, and said: “I am …”
Too tired to find the rest of the words, she hugged and kissed her husband.

LaMarr, 84, and Fran Anderson, 81, pose together after she finished a 21-hour hike at the Grand Canyon. One of the first things she did after reaching the top at 2:45 a.m. on Sept. 4 was give her husband of 60 years a big hug and a kiss. The couple, of Orange, California, have four children and nine grandchildren.

Peril: Visiting the Grand Canyon will get more dangerous, study projects. Here’s why.

‘Why would you do this?’
At first, Anderson recalls feeling disappointed in herself for taking
21 hours to finish the hike and slowing down her family members.
She got over it.
“When I got to the top and I accomplished it and the kids were all happy …
I said, ‘You know, if they’re happy I gotta be happy. This is this is good,'” she said.
“None of my friends have done anything like this,” she continued. “They wouldn’t even think of it. They said, ‘Why would you do this?’ And I said, ‘Because I wanted to.'”

Anderson is a decade shy of being the oldest person to hike the Grand Canyon
from rim to rim. That record is currently held by a Colorado man named John Jepkema, who was 91 when he did the hike in 2019, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

The dangers
On Saturday afternoon, a 55-year-old Ranjith Varma of Manassas, Virginia, became unresponsive during a rim-to-rim hike in the canyon and later died after bystanders
and then rescuers performed CPR on him, according to the National Park Servic e.
Although it’s unclear whether his death is related to heat, temperatures topped out
in the high 80s in the park that day.
The park service warned others to avoid hiking in the inner canyon during the hottest parts of the day and to “be aware that efforts to assist hikers may be delayed during the summer” because of limited state, the number of rescue calls and other factors.
An average of about 12 people die at the Grand Canyon every year, and around 900 have died there since the 1800s, according to an unofficial tally by Michael P. Ghiglieri and Thomas M. Myers, authors of “Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon.”
Although Ghiglieri and Myers found that the leading cause of death in the canyon are helicopter and airplane crashes, followed by falls, deaths from environmental conditions like heat have been on the rise in recent decades.

What’s next?

Fran Anderson, 81, celebrates reaching Machu Picchu just three months after
breaking her shoulder and hip in 2018. The Orange, California woman continues
to tick off her long bucket list, eyeing a trip to Israel next year and also a climb of
Half Dome in Yosemite National Park.

Just a few days after the grueling day at the canyon,
Anderson was already talking about what’s next on her bucket list.
She’s going on a girls trip to New York in December, plans to cross off a few more national parks in the next year, is planning a train tour in Canada and trying to make it to Israel by the end of 2024. She’s already been to six of the seven continents, though she did get to wave at Antarctica from a cruise ship once.
As for physical feats, she next wants to conquer Yosemite National Park’s Half Dome, a 17-mile hike that culminates in a steep and dangerous climb up a granite dome using cables.

Just another Sunday in Anderson’s world.
Amanda Lee Myers covers news, adventure and the human experience for USA Today.
She can be reached at AmandaMyers@usatoday.com and found on X at @AmandaLeeUSAT.

(From left to right) Lynnette Anderson Opp, Fran Anderson, Brenda Sibley and Laurie Usinger pose at the top of the South Rim of the Grand Canyon around 2:45 a.m. after completing a 21-hour hike on Sept. 4, 2023.

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‘We weren’t quitting’: How 81-year-old cancer survivor conquered Grand Canyon’s rim-to-rim hike (yahoo.com)

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:
Fran Anderson’s journey from cancer to Grand Canyon’s rim-to-rim hike

Fran Anderson smiles during a 24-mile rim-to-rim hike in the Grand Canyon on Sept. 3, 2023. The 81-year-old finished the feat in 21 hours, about seven hours longer than she had hoped. ‘We weren’t quitting’: How 81-year-old cancer survivor conquered Grand Canyon’s rim-to-rim hike.

Amanda Lee MyersUSA TODAY
Fran Anderson overcame a near-death bout with pneumonia, cancer and
knee surgery to finish the hike. About why she took on the grueling hike,
she says: ‘Because I wanted to’

An 81-year-old Southern California woman
living with cancer has conquered a 24-mile, rim-to-rim hike of the Grand Canyon.
Fran Anderson of Orange finished the hike in about 21 hours on Sept. 4, only five months after pneumonia nearly killed her. She had hoped to do it 14 hours but it was much harder than she anticipated, and at times she could barely put one foot in front of the other.
Most would have chosen to turn around rather than continue down into the canyon — where temperatures were in the 90s — and up 10 miles to the top of the other side.

Not Anderson.
“Finishing was my goal and it was going to happen no matter what,”
said the mother of four and grandmother of nine.

Anderson spoke with USA TODAY exclusively about the feat, sharing what the hardest part was, why she was actually disappointed in herself after finishing the trail and the next big thing on her bucket list. Around the world in 80 days: 81-year-old best friends from Texas travel around the world in 80 days, inspiring followers

‘I’m going’
Anderson is living with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a blood cancer that has compromised her immune system. When she got pneumonia on a month-long cruise to the South Pacific in April, it nearly killed her. Luckily for Anderson, she has prioritized a healthy lifestyle and remained extremely active long after her days as a chorus line dancer who performed for U.S. troops.

“At the hospital they said, ‘You’re 80??'” Anderson recalled.
“They said, ‘You are just not our typical 80-year-old patient.’ And I said, ‘I’m getting out of here, I’m making it through.’ And I did.” Not only did Anderson overcome cancer and the hospitalization, but she also broke her shoulder and knee when she fell off a table while putting up Halloween decorations in 2018.

She had to undergo extensive surgery and couldn’t bear weight for three months.
Anderson being Anderson, she was at Machu Picchu in Peru three weeks after she left the wheelchair. “I had this trip planned and my doctor said, ‘No way are you going on that,'” she recalled. “I said, ‘No, I’m going.'”


Fran Anderson, 81, is pictured recovering from a broken shoulder and broken
knee sustained in a fall from a table in October 2018. Anderson didn’t let the
setback stop her from reaching Machu Picchu in Peru three months later.

‘We’re gonna do it’
Anderson’s Grand Canyon hike also was not without its own obstacles.
She was supposed to complete the rim-to-rim journey in April 2020 but then COVID hit. And then again she wanted to do it last October but her hip gave out a few weeks beforehand.

Still, Anderson was determined to return and conquer it.

Fran Anderson (second from right) is pictured with the six family members who joined her on the 24,-mile, rim-to-rim hike of the Grand Canyon on Sept. 3, 2023. From left to right, they are daughter Brenda Sibley, granddaughter Brooklyn Sibley, son-in-law Travis Sibley, grand-nephew Brett Usinger, niece Laurie Usinger and daughter Lynnette Anderson

Anderson’s family decided that it’d be best if their mom did the hike over two days, a common strategy among rim-to-rim hikers of all ages. The plan was to hike down the North Rim to the bottom of the canyon one day, stay at a rustic hotel called Phantom Ranch overnight, and then hike up the South Rim the next morning.

But the hotel canceled their reservation at the last minute because of a water-main break. That left Anderson with two choices: cancel the trip altogether or slug out the massive hike in one day. Anderson, again being Anderson, was actually excited to do it in one day, despite her family’s reservations.
“She was like, ‘I get to do it all in one day! This is great!'” said her daughter, Lynnette Anderson Opp, a realtor also living in Orange. “And we were thinking, ‘This is not great, Mom. We should break it up into two days and she was like, ‘No, we’re gonna do it.'”
Considering the risks and being practical, Anderson signed a healthcare directive beforehand, giving her family the power to make medical decisions for her. She carried
it the entire hike, joking about not leaving home without her do-not-resuscitate order.

She finished around 2:45 a.m. on Sept. 4, 21 hours after she began hiking.

Fran Anderson, 81, of Orange, California, takes a photo break on her 21-hour hike at the
Grand Canyon on Sept. 3, 2023. After overcoming many health issues, Anderson insisted
on carrying her do-not-resuscitate healthcare directive, making jokes about it the whole time.

‘Every step was a struggle’
Anderson’s adventure at the Grand Canyon began at 5:45 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 3.
She and six family members began the hike together, wearing custom T-shirts that said “Fran Canyon.” Three family members went ahead early on, and Anderson ended up hiking with Opp, her other daughter, and her niece.
Pretty quickly into the day, Anderson began struggling.
“We were only one-tenth (or 2 miles) into the hike and my knees gave out,
my left hip gave out,” she said. “It was like, ‘Oh my gosh.'” She was baffled as to why, having completely a rigorous, months-long training program designed by her other daughter, Brenda Sibley, a life coach.
The ladies soon realized that the only thing that Anderson thought she was doing differently was wearing a brand-new backpack that ended up being a big mistake.
“It didn’t fit me, it had a bone in it and it just threw me off balance,” she said.

(From left to right) Lynnette Anderson Opp, Fran Anderson, Brenda Sibley and Laurie Usinger stop to take a selfie during a grueling, 21-hour hike at the Grand Canyon on Sept. 3 and 4, 2023.

So, the three other women dispersed the weight in Anderson’s pack among themselves and took turns carrying it the rest of the way, allowing the 81-year-old former stay-at-home mom to hike without any added pressure on her joints.
Still, it was a tough start to the day and “every step was a struggle” for Anderson, Opp said. While the three family members who went ahead made it down to the canyon in an hour and 40 minutes, it took Anderson and the other women four hours and 40 minutes. Only later did Anderson find out from her chiropractor that her left hip was out of socket the entire hike.

‘Zip in my step’
Anderson and the other women took an extensive break at the bottom of the canyon, loading up on electrolytes, water, snacks and a few prayers for good measure.
It gave Anderson the legs she needed.
“I got up and I had zip in my step, and they said, ‘Go Mom, look at you,'” she said.


Fran Anderson, 81, and her daughter Brenda Sibley celebrate after finding a second wind
at the bottom of the Grand Canyon on Sept. 3, 2023.

But they had 10 miles, all uphill, to go. Soon, it felt like it would never end.
“The end was just very, very long and very, very slow,” Opp said, adding that she was struggling with plantar fasciitis. “It was truly like, one step, two step, push her up the step. One step, two step, push her up the step. We just knew we weren’t quitting.”
After the longest 21 hours of their lives, they made it to the South Rim at 2:45 a.m. on Sept. 4. Waiting there was Anderson’s husband of 60 years, 84-year-old LaMarr Anderson, a former NASCAR driver, commercial airline pilot and truck driver.

Family members cheered as she looked at him, clearly exhausted, and said: “I am …”
Too tired to find the rest of the words, she hugged and kissed her husband.

LaMarr, 84, and Fran Anderson, 81, pose together after she finished a 21-hour hike at the Grand Canyon. One of the first things she did after reaching the top at 2:45 a.m. on Sept. 4 was give her husband of 60 years a big hug and a kiss. The couple, of Orange, California, have four children and nine grandchildren.

Peril: Visiting the Grand Canyon will get more dangerous, study projects. Here’s why.

‘Why would you do this?’
At first, Anderson recalls feeling disappointed in herself for taking
21 hours to finish the hike and slowing down her family members.
She got over it.
“When I got to the top and I accomplished it and the kids were all happy …
I said, ‘You know, if they’re happy I gotta be happy. This is this is good,'” she said.
“None of my friends have done anything like this,” she continued. “They wouldn’t even think of it. They said, ‘Why would you do this?’ And I said, ‘Because I wanted to.'”

Anderson is a decade shy of being the oldest person to hike the Grand Canyon
from rim to rim. That record is currently held by a Colorado man named John Jepkema, who was 91 when he did the hike in 2019, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

The dangers
On Saturday afternoon, a 55-year-old Ranjith Varma of Manassas, Virginia, became unresponsive during a rim-to-rim hike in the canyon and later died after bystanders
and then rescuers performed CPR on him, according to the National Park Servic e.
Although it’s unclear whether his death is related to heat, temperatures topped out
in the high 80s in the park that day.
The park service warned others to avoid hiking in the inner canyon during the hottest parts of the day and to “be aware that efforts to assist hikers may be delayed during the summer” because of limited state, the number of rescue calls and other factors.
An average of about 12 people die at the Grand Canyon every year, and around 900 have died there since the 1800s, according to an unofficial tally by Michael P. Ghiglieri and Thomas M. Myers, authors of “Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon.”
Although Ghiglieri and Myers found that the leading cause of death in the canyon are helicopter and airplane crashes, followed by falls, deaths from environmental conditions like heat have been on the rise in recent decades.

What’s next?

Fran Anderson, 81, celebrates reaching Machu Picchu just three months after
breaking her shoulder and hip in 2018. The Orange, California woman continues
to tick off her long bucket list, eyeing a trip to Israel next year and also a climb of
Half Dome in Yosemite National Park.

Just a few days after the grueling day at the canyon,
Anderson was already talking about what’s next on her bucket list.
She’s going on a girls trip to New York in December, plans to cross off a few more national parks in the next year, is planning a train tour in Canada and trying to make it to Israel by the end of 2024. She’s already been to six of the seven continents, though she did get to wave at Antarctica from a cruise ship once.
As for physical feats, she next wants to conquer Yosemite National Park’s Half Dome, a 17-mile hike that culminates in a steep and dangerous climb up a granite dome using cables.

Just another Sunday in Anderson’s world.
Amanda Lee Myers covers news, adventure and the human experience for USA Today.
She can be reached at AmandaMyers@usatoday.com and found on X at @AmandaLeeUSAT.

(From left to right) Lynnette Anderson Opp, Fran Anderson, Brenda Sibley and Laurie Usinger pose at the top of the South Rim of the Grand Canyon around 2:45 a.m. after completing a 21-hour hike on Sept. 4, 2023.

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This small cancer trial led to remission in every single person: ‘There were a lot of happy tears’ (msn.com)

‘We weren’t quitting’: How 81-year-old cancer survivor conquered Grand Canyon’s rim-to-rim hike (yahoo.com)

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:
Fran Anderson’s journey from cancer to Grand Canyon’s rim-to-rim hike

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Perfectly Imperfect

Posted on September 12, 2023 by Ken

Climate sCiEnCe is BS: Lithium mining is SO environmentally friendly —

Perfectly Imperfect
Just like solar panels, wind turbines, EVs, all of which degrade the earth’s ecosystem.
It’s ALL B.S. The animals die, the consumers are plundered, while ‘green’ corporation’s profit… Please don’t let CLOBiden Regime sell it to CCP Biden Regime Uses ‘Domestic Extremism’ To Impose Its Rule | Opinion (newsweek.com)

Belgian geologist Anouk Borst said that if the estimate proves true, the sudden overabundance of American lithium — the metal sought after by electric vehicle makers — could have global impacts. Meanwhile, NASA voiced its opposition in June to mining the Railroad Valley tabletop flat because its undisturbed standing is key to calibrating the measurements of hundreds of satellites orbiting the Earth.

Ruining the environment mining for the metals is stupidity!
The batteries are not environmentally safe or efficient! They have to be
charged using electricity powered by coal or fuel! GREEN NEW STEAL!

Joe Biden to ban lithium mining in the US in 3 – 2 – 1.
And old joe has made it off limits to mine under the guise of protecting sacred land of Native Americans. Sad to think they are buying that he is protecting them, more like he just deprived them of income to raise their standard of living. So what will he do, send them some more blankets?

So let me get this right…we have to dig up elements from underground to make batteries for vehicles that are going to help us not have to dig up elements from under the ground. BRILLIANT!!!!! Time for desert Winnemucca to be populated with illegal slaves.
If not, I would have used this area to build a huge place for homeless.

Is that land owned by the CCP OR GATES?

What happens when you stir lithium dust into the air (bing.com)

The Climate Change Cult says this is acceptable.
Well, maybe our dollar can be backed by lithium. Of course, it takes brutal mining to recover it, and any machinery used will also have to be battery operated to save the climate as they destroy the landscape. And what are they going to do with all those bad batteries?

Electric vehicles are worthless and useless.

EVs are designed for 15-minute city trips only.

Green energy doesn’t work 24/7…ridiculous to suggest it does.

Clean nuclear is the new green way forward, not solar or wind.

Cheap, efficient fossil fuels work 24/7×365.

The lithium freaks are trying to open a mine smack dab in the middle of the Adirondack mountains next to a Racquet lake. We will not let them destroy upstate New York’s natural beauty. Yup, forget BRICS,we can make all these Jabronis around the world kiss our damn feet if we TURBOCHARGE President Trump’s full energy spectrum dominance!!!

And this will fade away. A fad.

I hope vehicle battery charging stations
will be as rare as telephone booths in 10 years.
TRUST THE PLAN

Lithium is the reason DC/ Congress are pushing electric vehicles…They are involved in insider trading… can’t even imagine how much the Bidens have received or his kick back from big pharma vaccines. Biden will either ban it or give it away to only need to buy it back later from China!

So… is that where the some 80,000 missing children who crossed
the southern border are located? Digging lithium for the soulless EV users.

LEAVE IT IN THE GROUND, DRILL FOR OIL INSTEAD.
LITHIUM MAKES BURNING TOXIC FUMES AND BURNING SKIN.
OIL MAKES SENSE AND THE UNITED STATES INDEPENDENT. PLUS BIDEN WILL HAVE US POISONING OURSELVES GETTING LITHIUM OUT JUST TO GIVE IT TO THOSE POOR UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES. MOSTLY SHIPPED TO CHINA FOR FREE. AM I RIGHT KIDS? Biden, Ground Zero, and 9/11: Why does the president keep getting away with not telling the truth? (msn.com)

Ancient Supervolcano in US May Hide Largest Lithium Deposit Ever Found
© Provided by ScienceAlert

An ancient Super volcano in the United States may be hiding the largest deposit of lithium found anywhere in the world. A new study hypothesizes that the McDermitt Caldera, which sits on the border between Nevada and Oregon, contains more than double the concentration of lithium seen in any other bed of clay globally, around 20 to 40 million metric tons in total. It’s worth noting that the study was funded by a mining company,
and current plans to mine the soft, silvery metal are steeped in controversy.

Many scientists, environmentalists, ranchers, and First Nations people are concerned
by the US government’s recent decision to approve the Thacker Pass Lithium mine in
the McDermitt Caldera, which sits on land that is sacred to several Indigenous tribes
and contains precious wildlife habitats.

Today, lithium is like liquid gold for car manufacturers.
It’s used to build the batteries in electric vehicles, and to meet rapidly rising demand, an estimated million metric tons of it will be needed by 2040.

Transitioning away from fossil fuels is of the utmost necessity,
but this particular climate solution is hardly perfect.
In fact, the global rush to unearth more lithium could have some serious adverse impacts on nature and people. Lithium operations can destroy ecosystems, deplete groundwater, and produce masses of waste.
During battery manufacturing, fossil fuels are also burned.

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into U.S. lithium reserves (CNBC) – Search (bing.com)

At the moment, the US is largely reliant on China for its lithium, so there’s been a recent push to mine more on federal lands. If all goes ahead, the Thacker Pass Lithium mine will be the second large-scale mine of its kind in the nation.
The project is owned by Lithium Nevada, LLC, a subsidiary of Lithium Americas Corporation (LAC), which funded the recent research.
According to the company’s latest review, the caldera’s southernmost rim, including Thacker Pass, contains the highest concentrations of lithium in the region.

The McDermitt Caldera and the Thacker Pass mine.
(Lithium Americas) © Provided by ScienceAlert

When the ancient Super volcano erupted around 16 million years ago, hot liquid magma gushed through the ground’s cracks and fissures and enriched the clay soil with lithium, according to experts from Lithium Nevada, the University of Oregon, and the New Zealand research institute GNS Science.

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Most of the caldera’s clay is called magnesium smectite, which is a known source of lithium elsewhere in the world. But towards the southernmost rim of the caldera, researchers have found an unusual type of clay, called illite, that is especially concentrated with lithium.
This mining hotspot, the team argues, is likely the result of another resurgence of magma after the caldera’s ancient lake had dried out. The chemical reaction that ensued from this event would have replaced lithium-smectite in lake sediment with an even richer lithium-illite clay bed – but only near Thacker Pass, not throughout the caldera.

Related video: Nevada lithium deposit may be largest in the world (KLAS Las Vegas).

Diagram of possible magma resurgence in the McDermitt Caldera.
( Benson et al., Science Advances , 2023 )© Provided by ScienceAlert

“If you believe their back-of-the-envelope estimation, this is a very significant
deposit of lithium,’ Anouk Borst, a geologist who was not involved in the study, told Chemistry World. “It could change the dynamics of lithium globally,
in terms of price, security of supply, and geopolitics.”

But it also comes at a significant cost.
Ranchers are concerned that the lithium project will cause groundwater levels to
drop to precipitous levels, and an environmental review by the US Interior Department highlighted possible dangers to native pronghorn antelope, sage grouse, and golden eagles, which are particularly sacred birds to local First Nations people.
Thacker Pass, also known as Peehee Mu’huh, is the traditional homeland of several Indigenous nations, who hunt deer here, tend to native cherry orchards, and forage for traditional medicines.
It is also the place of a bloody massacre, in which American soldiers killed 31 members of the Paiute tribe in 1865. The many caves in Thacker Pass are said to have saved the Fort McDermitt tribe from being rounded up by soldiers and sent to faraway reservations over a century ago.

Building a mine on these lands, some tribal members say,
is equivalent to desecrating Pearl Harbor or Arlington National Cemetery.
“We understand that all of us must be committed to fighting climate change,”
wrote the People of Red Mountain in a Statement of Opposition to the mine in 2021.
“Fighting climate change, however, cannot be used as yet another excuse to destroy native land. We cannot protect the environment by destroying it.”
The study was published in Science Advances.

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Web Aug 17, 2023 · GMOs in agriculture. Genetically engineered corn (maize) Genetically modified (GM) foods were first approved for human consumption in the United States in 1994, and by 2014–15 about 90 percent of the corn, cotton, and soybeans planted in the United States were GM.

Web The Mind-Gut Connection, shows how to keep the communication brain–gut communication clear and balanced to: • Heal the gut by focusing on a plant-based diet. • Balance the microbiome by consuming fermented foods and probiotics, fasting, and cutting out sugar and processed foods. • Promote weight loss by detoxifying and creating a healthy gut microbiome…

The mind-gut connection is a concept that describes how the brain, gut, and microbiome communicate with each other and affect mental, physical, and emotional health 1 2 3 4. The mind-gut connection can be disrupted by stress,
inflammation, imbalanced diet, and neurological diseases 2 3 5. The mind-gut connection can be improved by eating more plant-based and fermented foods, fasting, cutting out sugar and processed foods, and detoxifying 2 5. The mind-gut connection can help heal digestive disorders, boost immunity, promote weight loss, and enhance mood and cognition 2 4 5.

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Climate sCiEnCe is BS: Lithium mining is SO environmentally friendly —

Perfectly Imperfect
Just like solar panels, wind turbines, EVs, all of which degrade the earth’s ecosystem.
It’s ALL B.S. The animals die, the consumers are plundered, while ‘green’ corporation’s profit… Please don’t let CLOBiden Regime sell it to CCP Biden Regime Uses ‘Domestic Extremism’ To Impose Its Rule | Opinion (newsweek.com)

Belgian geologist Anouk Borst said that if the estimate proves true, the sudden overabundance of American lithium — the metal sought after by electric vehicle makers — could have global impacts. Meanwhile, NASA voiced its opposition in June to mining the Railroad Valley tabletop flat because its undisturbed standing is key to calibrating the measurements of hundreds of satellites orbiting the Earth.

Ruining the environment mining for the metals is stupidity!
The batteries are not environmentally safe or efficient! They have to be
charged using electricity powered by coal or fuel! GREEN NEW STEAL!

Joe Biden to ban lithium mining in the US in 3 – 2 – 1.
And old joe has made it off limits to mine under the guise of protecting sacred land of Native Americans. Sad to think they are buying that he is protecting them, more like he just deprived them of income to raise their standard of living. So what will he do, send them some more blankets?

So let me get this right…we have to dig up elements from underground to make batteries for vehicles that are going to help us not have to dig up elements from under the ground. BRILLIANT!!!!! Time for desert Winnemucca to be populated with illegal slaves.
If not, I would have used this area to build a huge place for homeless.

Is that land owned by the CCP OR GATES?

What happens when you stir lithium dust into the air (bing.com)

The Climate Change Cult says this is acceptable.
Well, maybe our dollar can be backed by lithium. Of course, it takes brutal mining to recover it, and any machinery used will also have to be battery operated to save the climate as they destroy the landscape. And what are they going to do with all those bad batteries?

Electric vehicles are worthless and useless.

EVs are designed for 15-minute city trips only.

Green energy doesn’t work 24/7…ridiculous to suggest it does.

Clean nuclear is the new green way forward, not solar or wind.

Cheap, efficient fossil fuels work 24/7×365.

The lithium freaks are trying to open a mine smack dab in the middle of the Adirondack mountains next to a Racquet lake. We will not let them destroy upstate New York’s natural beauty. Yup, forget BRICS,we can make all these Jabronis around the world kiss our damn feet if we TURBOCHARGE President Trump’s full energy spectrum dominance!!!

And this will fade away. A fad.

I hope vehicle battery charging stations
will be as rare as telephone booths in 10 years.
TRUST THE PLAN

Lithium is the reason DC/ Congress are pushing electric vehicles…They are involved in insider trading… can’t even imagine how much the Bidens have received or his kick back from big pharma vaccines. Biden will either ban it or give it away to only need to buy it back later from China!

So… is that where the some 80,000 missing children who crossed
the southern border are located? Digging lithium for the soulless EV users.

LEAVE IT IN THE GROUND, DRILL FOR OIL INSTEAD.
LITHIUM MAKES BURNING TOXIC FUMES AND BURNING SKIN.
OIL MAKES SENSE AND THE UNITED STATES INDEPENDENT. PLUS BIDEN WILL HAVE US POISONING OURSELVES GETTING LITHIUM OUT JUST TO GIVE IT TO THOSE POOR UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES. MOSTLY SHIPPED TO CHINA FOR FREE. AM I RIGHT KIDS? Biden, Ground Zero, and 9/11: Why does the president keep getting away with not telling the truth? (msn.com)

Ancient Supervolcano in US May Hide Largest Lithium Deposit Ever Found
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An ancient Super volcano in the United States may be hiding the largest deposit of lithium found anywhere in the world. A new study hypothesizes that the McDermitt Caldera, which sits on the border between Nevada and Oregon, contains more than double the concentration of lithium seen in any other bed of clay globally, around 20 to 40 million metric tons in total. It’s worth noting that the study was funded by a mining company,
and current plans to mine the soft, silvery metal are steeped in controversy.

Many scientists, environmentalists, ranchers, and First Nations people are concerned
by the US government’s recent decision to approve the Thacker Pass Lithium mine in
the McDermitt Caldera, which sits on land that is sacred to several Indigenous tribes
and contains precious wildlife habitats.

Today, lithium is like liquid gold for car manufacturers.
It’s used to build the batteries in electric vehicles, and to meet rapidly rising demand, an estimated million metric tons of it will be needed by 2040.

Transitioning away from fossil fuels is of the utmost necessity,
but this particular climate solution is hardly perfect.
In fact, the global rush to unearth more lithium could have some serious adverse impacts on nature and people. Lithium operations can destroy ecosystems, deplete groundwater, and produce masses of waste.
During battery manufacturing, fossil fuels are also burned.

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At the moment, the US is largely reliant on China for its lithium, so there’s been a recent push to mine more on federal lands. If all goes ahead, the Thacker Pass Lithium mine will be the second large-scale mine of its kind in the nation.
The project is owned by Lithium Nevada, LLC, a subsidiary of Lithium Americas Corporation (LAC), which funded the recent research.
According to the company’s latest review, the caldera’s southernmost rim, including Thacker Pass, contains the highest concentrations of lithium in the region.

The McDermitt Caldera and the Thacker Pass mine.
(Lithium Americas) © Provided by ScienceAlert

When the ancient Super volcano erupted around 16 million years ago, hot liquid magma gushed through the ground’s cracks and fissures and enriched the clay soil with lithium, according to experts from Lithium Nevada, the University of Oregon, and the New Zealand research institute GNS Science.

RELATED: UN report: two years left to reduce emissions and avoid global disaster,
and we probably won’t make it (msn.com)

Most of the caldera’s clay is called magnesium smectite, which is a known source of lithium elsewhere in the world. But towards the southernmost rim of the caldera, researchers have found an unusual type of clay, called illite, that is especially concentrated with lithium.
This mining hotspot, the team argues, is likely the result of another resurgence of magma after the caldera’s ancient lake had dried out. The chemical reaction that ensued from this event would have replaced lithium-smectite in lake sediment with an even richer lithium-illite clay bed – but only near Thacker Pass, not throughout the caldera.

Related video: Nevada lithium deposit may be largest in the world (KLAS Las Vegas).

Diagram of possible magma resurgence in the McDermitt Caldera.
( Benson et al., Science Advances , 2023 )© Provided by ScienceAlert

“If you believe their back-of-the-envelope estimation, this is a very significant
deposit of lithium,’ Anouk Borst, a geologist who was not involved in the study, told Chemistry World. “It could change the dynamics of lithium globally,
in terms of price, security of supply, and geopolitics.”

But it also comes at a significant cost.
Ranchers are concerned that the lithium project will cause groundwater levels to
drop to precipitous levels, and an environmental review by the US Interior Department highlighted possible dangers to native pronghorn antelope, sage grouse, and golden eagles, which are particularly sacred birds to local First Nations people.
Thacker Pass, also known as Peehee Mu’huh, is the traditional homeland of several Indigenous nations, who hunt deer here, tend to native cherry orchards, and forage for traditional medicines.
It is also the place of a bloody massacre, in which American soldiers killed 31 members of the Paiute tribe in 1865. The many caves in Thacker Pass are said to have saved the Fort McDermitt tribe from being rounded up by soldiers and sent to faraway reservations over a century ago.

Building a mine on these lands, some tribal members say,
is equivalent to desecrating Pearl Harbor or Arlington National Cemetery.
“We understand that all of us must be committed to fighting climate change,”
wrote the People of Red Mountain in a Statement of Opposition to the mine in 2021.
“Fighting climate change, however, cannot be used as yet another excuse to destroy native land. We cannot protect the environment by destroying it.”
The study was published in Science Advances.

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Web The Mind-Gut Connection, shows how to keep the communication brain–gut communication clear and balanced to: • Heal the gut by focusing on a plant-based diet. • Balance the microbiome by consuming fermented foods and probiotics, fasting, and cutting out sugar and processed foods. • Promote weight loss by detoxifying and creating a healthy gut microbiome…

The mind-gut connection is a concept that describes how the brain, gut, and microbiome communicate with each other and affect mental, physical, and emotional health 1 2 3 4. The mind-gut connection can be disrupted by stress,
inflammation, imbalanced diet, and neurological diseases 2 3 5. The mind-gut connection can be improved by eating more plant-based and fermented foods, fasting, cutting out sugar and processed foods, and detoxifying 2 5. The mind-gut connection can help heal digestive disorders, boost immunity, promote weight loss, and enhance mood and cognition 2 4 5.

Where does DNA introduced into GMOs come from?
When did GMOS become popular? – Search (bing.com)
When was GMOs introduced – Search (bing.com)
Are GMOs Mind Altering – Search (bing.com)

Nature Is Speaking –
Julia Roberts is Mother Nature | Conservation International (CI) – YouTube
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How cancer survival rates have changed since the 70s (axios.com)
Countries with highest Cancer rates from 1990 – 2019 – YouTube
AK – ROCK BOTTOM (Official Music Video) – YouTube
Cancer death rates from 1990 – 2017 – YouTube
Deaths by cancer U.S. 1950-2019 | Statista
Nature Is Speaking (conservation.org)

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