Up Close and Personal
The monthly overview by CTM Founder, Phillip Day

The Simple Changes tour of the UK is now at an end. Many thanks to all who took part and brought others along, I had a great time and hope you did too!

Summer hols are here and I won't say I don't need 'em, Samantha too, but the world turns, so a slightly later but bumper EClub is here this time around, and some great news.

Europe continues to get into a pickle. They want their own navy (surprise), Margaret Beckett wants more EU secrecy (surprise), and in Britain, unrelated to the EU, Torquay's palm trees are in for the chop because some idiot thinks they're as dangerous as tigers (nasty surprise).

On the health side, mammograms may cause breast cancer - official. MMR whistleblower Andrew Wakefield enters his darkest hour as his peers attempt to hang, draw and quarter him. The Trans-Tasman Therapeutic Goods Administration looks like losing a wheel - the latest on that saga. A little bit from me on the dangers of pork, soy and other bits. The establishment comes under increasing pressure to go large on the benefits of real food. And a priceless clip from CCHR featuring psychiatrists admitting they have no tests to diagnose mental illness, nor can they even cure it!

On the tour side, I'm doing a Simple Changes presentation at the Radisson in Malta on 17th August 2006 (details will be on the web-site, if they're not already). Ireland Simple Changes kicks off at the beginning of September in Dublin (see left-hand column of EClub for details). Australia and New Zealand Simple Changes commences at the beginning of October. The schedule for this too will be posted shortly and tickets available from the beginning of August.

That's it. I'm off with my bucket and spade, having done far too much work stuff already. Remember what I said about ensuring you get four weeks consecutive leave this summer, especially if you've turned into a snappy, old horse. Above all, have fun. Don't mention the football.

Phillip