Up Close and Personal
The monthly interview with
CTM's Founder, Phillip Day

ECLUB: Where are you calling from?
PHILLIP DAY: Sunny Brisbane, Queensland.
ECLUB: Tour going well?
PHILLIP DAY: Samantha and I forgot how much we enjoy this country.
ECLUB: What gives this month?
PHILLIP DAY: One of the most important tasks has been to get CTM's supporters in Australia and New Zealand acquainted with the excellent home support they have in various circles. Take down these e-mail addresses, Brian.
ECLUB: Shoot.
PHILLIP DAY: Any citizen who suspects their child has been damaged by vaccination, or has concerns over the dangers of vaccines, can contact the Australian Vaccination Network and go through their summary of points on the various shots. There is also a subscription magazine, entitled Informed Choice.
ECLUB: OK.
PHILLIP DAY: The Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (ACNEM) can be contacted for a list of doctors around the country who support nutritional approaches to illness. This centre also runs post-graduate diploma courses on nutrition.
ECLUB: OK.
PHILLIP DAY: Australian researcher Eve Hillary's site is excellent for those wishing to plug into what is happening re the Codex moves to rob Australians and New Zealanders of their right to choose in healthcare. Eve's excellent articles have been featured in the past in EClub. This month we feature her exposé on mental health violations Down Under, a subject I deal with in detail in my book, The Mind Game. The Natural Health Freedom movement in Australia will also be up by the New Year to act as a local rallying point for opposition to Codex. Further information on this will be notified to everyone through EClub in January….
ECLUB: Hang on, my pencil snapped.
PHILLIP DAY: Oh, do get on with it, Brian.
ECLUB: Um, OK.
PHILLIP DAY: Anyone who did not get all the books they needed at my seminars (due to the crush at the tables), can go to Credence Australia's site to order through our secure servers on the Internet or call on (03) 5762 1299. The exception is Dr Fereydoon Batmanghelidj's masterful Water and Salt, Your Healers from Within book, which I heartily endorse, which Australians and New Zealanders can purchase through Credence's 'Rest of The World Store' (no supplies of this are south of the Equator yet). I have also been asked about Peter Josling's Allicin - The Heart of Garlic book, which we will be carrying with effect from the New Year. (By the way, can whoever stole my only copy from my seminar table kindly return it? Thanks!).
ECLUB: Got some great articles this month?
PHILLIP DAY: Yup. An ABC's of Disease overview on arthritis. Liam Scheff's outstanding but disturbing article regarding the atrocities going on in a New York Catholic orphanage, all in the name of 'Fighting the War on AIDS' (the tip of the iceberg, even before you consider Africa). By the way, Steve Ransom and myself are putting the finishing touches to our update book on AIDS, which will replace the former World Without AIDS with the new title The Truth About HIV. This book contains all the latest info and will be out in the New Year. Those unfamiliar with the scam of this 'disease' may take a quick tour by clicking HERE….
ECLUB: Anything new on the European Soviet?
PHILLIP DAY: Yes, great news to report. Thanks to the efforts of a Few Good Men (Neil Herron's team especially), England's North-East tossed out John 'Bully-Boy' Prescott's plan for an EU regional assembly. Neil's tireless efforts over the past two years were instrumental in delivering the recent, massive landslide of a 78% 'No' vote. Although based in the North East, Neil has become recognised as the most formidable people's representative in the campaign business nationally. As Campaign Director of Referendum04 last year he created the movement which forced Tiny Blur to concede to a referendum on the European Constitution. The massively supported Metric Martyrs' Campaign which first brought him into the arena some four years ago is still ongoing and his intervention has ensured that there have been no further prosecutions under the 'Metrication Regulations' since 2000.
ECLUB: What's that noise?
PHILLIP DAY: My phone units are all gone. Blimey, you don't get long, do you?
ECLUB: Thanks, Phillip.
PHILLIP DAY: Adios, mate. Toast up another muffin to keep the Brit chill from thy gnarled features. New Zealand? We're on our way....

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Outrage Over New Euro Tax
by Kirsty Walker

Brussels bureaucrats have drawn up controversial plans to force Britons to pay a "Euro Tax", it emerged last night. The unprecedented move was discussed by European finance ministers as a desperate way of raising cash for the high-spending EU.

It will set alarm bells ringing among the hard-working British families and small businesses already struggling to pay soaring levels of stealth taxes.

The Tories warned that moves towards a Euro Tax were "dangerous" and the first steps towards a European superstate. The plans were put forward by the Dutch, who currently hold the presidency of the EU. But there are fears that any attempts to impose a Euro Tax will fuel fraud and lead to a greater waste of tax payers' money.

Background notes for last night's meeting of EU ministers reveal that new proposals for the "future introduction of a Euro Tax" were considered.

Shadow Europe Minister Graham Brady said the "stitch-up" plans could consist of an energy tax, a VAT levy or a business tax. "These dangerous plans for a Euro Tax show how out of touch people in Brussels have become," he said. "They also show how determined some countries are to turn the EU into a country called Europe." Mr Brady called on ministers to scupper the attempts and warned the Government to listen to a sceptical British public.

He said, "The Government must block them. But while Labour remains signed up to the EU constitution, they will continue to give Brussels more control over our lives. They need to listen to the vast majority of British people, who want to see powers brought back from Brussels to Britain."

The attempt to bring in a Euro Tax is set to put Britain on another collision course with France and Germany, which favour tax harmonization. Both countries have made clear they want to introduce some form of Europe-wide business tax. But Britain has already warned it would veto any such move.

Pressure
Tony Blair has repeatedly insisted he will not allow the EU to interfere with domestic tax issues. The Prime Minister has fought hard to hold onto Britain's veto on tax, so that no system could be imposed on the UK without our backing. But under new rules, a band of at least eight countries, including France and Germany, could go ahead anyway. This has raised fears that Britain may come under intense pressure eventually to surrender its tax veto.

Leading economist, Dr Madsen Pirie, from the Adam Smith Institute, warned Britain to be very wary over the attempts to create a Federal Europe. He said, "This is a warning to us all to be on our guard from this relentless pressure. If we turn our backs for one minute, then this Euro Tax will be brought in." Dr Pirie added: "The people who are professing these things do not understand that Europe is changing. The new European countries do not want a Federal Europe with its own tax-setting powers."

Mathew Elliott, from the Tax-Payers Alliance, said, "Tony Blair has repeatedly promised the British taxpayer that there would not be a European tax. But it now sounds like plans for a Euro Tax are very much on the agenda. The British taxpayer is right to be annoyed and concerned about this latest development. Tony Blair is looking increasingly isolated in Europe. If other countries want to go ahead with plans such as these, they can now do so. It is time for this Government to come clean about what these plans are and what they will cost the British taxpayer."

Chancellor Gordon Brown has described plans for EU tax harmonisation as "fatally flawed" and warned that it would inflict serious damage on British and European economies.

Senior Government sources last night poured scorn on the latest Euro Tax plans.

Opposed
One said, "This is being brought up by people who think the Commission is strapped for cash and want to find a new way of raising money. But it is an idea we have rejected. It is not very popular."

A Treasury spokesman said: "The UK is opposed to a European tax as we believe that tax is a matter for member states to decide at national level."

The EU's financial watchdog has refused to give the annual Euro-accounts the all-clear for the 10th year running. A report today from the European Court of Auditors repeats concerns about the accuracy of the books on the 2003 budget, totalling nearly £70 billion. The auditors acknowledge that the Commission has brought in reforms after complaints of fraud and mismanagement but say they cannot give assurances about the validity of the annual accounts. Tory MEPs' leader, Jonathan Evans said the findings raised questions about accounting reliability within the European Commission.
The Daily Express, 16th November 2004

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EU Whistleblower in £130m Case is Fired
by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

The outgoing European Commission sacked its most tenacious whistleblower yesterday in a final settling of scores, prompting furious protests from Euro-MPs. Marta Andreasen, the former chief accountant, was dismissed without pay following a 28-month inquiry after she spoke out against the European Union's "Enron-style" book-keeping.

Guided by Neil Kinnock, the reform commissioner, Brussels imposed its harshest sanction, even though internal EU documents have largely validated her claims. A commission statement yesterday listed a series of staff violations mostly entailing breach of loyalty and lack of "discretion", but the commission refused to specify the exact offences.

Mrs Andreasen, a Spanish citizen educated at British schools in Argentina, was tried in a secret tribunal headed by a senior commission official. She protested that she had been tried and convicted by her enemies and said she would appeal.

"I encountered evidence of structural fraud embedded in the European Commission systems," she said. "High officials knew this was the case, and still is the case. I am the one who has behaved as a real European - and I have paid for it with my job."

Brussels rarely fires staff, though several whistleblowers have been sacked in recent years. Officials linked to the disappearance of £3 million in "slush funds" are still on full salary more than two years later, though their conduct was described by fraud investigators as a "vast enterprise of looting".

Jens-Peter Bonde, a Danish Euro-MP and leader of the reformist bloc in Brussels, said there were now plans to find Mrs Andreasen an anti-fraud job in the European Parliament. "It's outrageous," he said. "We need a petition drive to have the whole commission sacked."

The decision may be Mr Kinnock's last act before stepping down as the commissioner in charge of fighting fraud.

Mrs Andreasen was suspended from her £85,000 job in May 2002 for breaking "hierarchy lines". She contacted the Court of Auditors and Euro-MPs after superiors ignored her warnings, later telling the press that the EU's £63 billion budget was "an open till waiting to be robbed".

A leaked memo to Mr Kinnock from the EU's senior auditor said her claims were "factually and substantively correct" and her suspension "would be a serious blow to reform, sending a signal that the old ways of keeping things from happening still work".

The heart of Mrs Andreasen's complaint is that the commission lacks "double-entry" book-keeping, now routine in the private sector, allegedly making it possible to divert large sums of money without leaving an electronic fingerprint. She found a £130 million discrepancy between two sets of books for 2001. This has never been fully explained.

Chris Heaton-Harris, a Tory Euro-MP and leading anti-fraud fighter said: "This is a vindictive move from a failed commission. All Marta Andreasen did was do her job properly. She informed Neil Kinnock and his colleagues of her concerns, yet Neil Kinnock's response was to suspend and now sack her."
The Daily Telegraph, 14th October 2004

MEPs Call for Co-ordinated Referenda on EU Constitution
by Honor Mahony

MEPs have called on member states to hold their referenda on the European Constitution within the same week next year in a bid to reduce the chances of a no vote.

The days running up to the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War - 5-8 May - were chosen by MEPs for their "symbolic value". The resolution, passed on Thursday (14 October), goes on to call for the ratification process in all member states to be completed by June 2006.

It calls for the Constitution to be presented in "as clear, fair and comprehensive a way as possible".

Two MEPs have also been chosen to explain the text - which runs to well over 300 pages - to their national counterparts. UK Socialist MEP Richard Corbett and Spanish Centre-Right MEP Iñigo Mendez de Vigo will travel to member states if asked. "If we are invited by national parliaments to a hearing [on the Constitution], then we are entitled to go", Mr Corbett told the EUobserver.

MEPs who are against the Constitution have been asking for both sides of the debate to be presented. "I entreat you to do whatever you can to ensure a fair and free process … especially by distributing copies of the Constitution to all the electorate, and by ensuring that all sides of the debate are thoroughly aired", said Kathy Sinnott, from the eurosceptic ID group when the resolution was debated last month.

Mr Corbett and Mr Mendez de Vigo are expecting to travel to various member states "soon" as some invitations from national parliaments are already in the pipeline.

The first referendum among the member states is expected to be held in Spain which has already set a definite date - 20 February. With the formal signing of the Constitution to take place in a little over two weeks - 29 October - the European Parliament is hoping to become the first parliament in the EU to state its position on the Constitutional treaty.

Due to be adopted on 15 December in Strasbourg, the EU assembly is hoping to give positive momentum to other parliaments. The Constitution cannot come into force until member states have ratified it either by referendum or via national parliaments.
EUobserver 15th October, 2004

Vote No to the Constitution,
and Save Europe from Itself (Again)
by Simon Wolfson

If you want to know why the European Constitution is a bad idea then just read it. This is not as easy as it sounds. I recommend that, if you are going to try, you should arm yourself with a packet of Pro-Plus and a bottle of Prozac. The caffeine will help keep you awake through 350 pages of turgid legalese. The Prozac might stave off the depression that will descend when you realise that so many of our liberties are being thrown away.

Rather than take my word for it, you can download the constitution's text via the Vote No campaign website and see for yourself. As a businessman, I am generally reluctant to get involved in politics, but once I had actually read it, I felt strongly that I had to join those who will oppose it in the referendum promised by the Prime Minister. The language is deliberately ambiguous, and it is stuffed with contradictory objectives. The lack of clarity is summed up by the Orwellian motto the constitution wants to put into law: "United in Diversity."

However, it leaves no room for doubt in one vital respect - it would transfer even more power to the EU. Because the constitution contains so many new powers for the EU, and is so vague, many vital issues would be resolved only when the European Court of Justice ruled on how it should be interpreted. For this reason, the constitution is the political equivalent of a blank cheque. Its full implications would become clear only once it had been ratified.

A constitution is meant to set out precisely where powers lie within a governing administration. But the EU Constitution defines most powers as "shared" between the member states and the EU. And it defines the word "shared" as meaning that member states can act only if Europe has chosen not to. This is an extraordinary proposal. It is like some dodgy time-share, in which the salesman tells you that you can use your new place in the sun "whenever we don't want it".

When it comes to its detailed policy proposals, the constitution is even worse, entailing a huge transfer of power over foreign policy and defence. For the first time, the constitution specifies that the EU's policies "will lead to a common defence". Just as ominous is the new European Armaments Agency, which is intended to further the military ambitions of the EU. The agency is intended to "co-ordinate" our military spending to fit in with the EU's military goals. What goals? What does "common defence" mean?

And what about the economy? Outside the euro zone, in control of our economy, Britain has thrived. We are growing faster than our competitors in Europe, and our unemployment levels are about half of the euro zone average. But the constitution, which says "member states shall co-ordinate their economic policies within the union", would mean our losing control of our economy, and our advantages would be put at risk. The EU's remit could extend to government borrowing, spending and even taxation. The constitution would also give the EU more power over competition policy, foreign trade and social security. How would this benefit businesses in Britain?

People in business are particularly concerned by the constitution's proposal to give the EU new powers over employment policy and by the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. These would give the EU a platform to meddle in every aspect of our employment law, with potentially disastrous implications.

Regulation is a very serious problem already. It seems that the EU does not realise that Europe is not a fortress, but must compete with the rest of the world. Gordon Brown has said that half of all the regulations that impact on British businesses come from the EU. The constitution would accelerate this.

If the transfer of power in itself does not sufficiently worry you, then the rhetoric of the constitution should leave you in no doubt. The document reads like the ramblings of a slightly pompous megalomaniac. For example, the drafters are "convinced that the people of Europe are determined to transcend their ancient divisions and, united ever more closely, forge a common destiny". What gives them this entirely unjustified conviction? How can they be so sure of what the people of Europe think, let alone that we want to forge a common destiny? It should worry us that this small political elite claims to have an unerring insight into what we want, not least because its ambitions are so broad.

A constitution is supposed to set out a political framework, rather than attempt to specify in minute detail what policies should be followed. A successful example is the US Constitution, which has endured for more than 200 years, partly because it is brief and perfectly expressed. But the rambling EU Constitution would set in stone a series of politically fashionable objectives. These include "social progress" and a "high level of improvement of the environment", "combating social exclusion" and "the promotion of social justice". But who defines social progress? Is France's 35-hour week social progress? I don't think so, but under the constitution we wouldn't have a say. Decisions would be taken by people who are far removed from the concerns of businesses in Britain.

Given the fundamental flaws in the constitution, it is unsurprising that we have heard so few positive arguments in its favour. Its few champions try to convince us that there is no alternative. More often they just spin the vague fear that, if we do not sign up, we will be left isolated. This is nonsense. There is a world of difference between isolation and the independence we should seek to retain.

So this is a critical moment for the EU. Even Tony Blair has admitted it needs "radical" reform. The euro countries have high unemployment. The EU's institutions are not accountable enough, and wide open to corruption. The CAP is costly and damaging to poor countries.

The politicians should understand that the British people will not be intimidated into accepting this constitution. To reject it, all we need is common sense and a little courage, two qualities the British people have in great supply. If we vote No, we will not only be sending a powerful message about the type of Europe we really want, but also doing the whole of Europe a great service. Not for the first time.
The Dail Telegraph, 29th October 2004

Simon Wolfson is chief executive of Next and a board member
of the Vote No campaign (www.vote-no.com)

HIV Negative - "Noble Doctors Try
New Drugs on AIDS Orphans"
by Liam Scheff

In June, 2003, I got a call to investigate a place called Incarnation's Children Center (ICC), a Catholic orphanage for HIV-positive children in New York City. I was told that terrible things were happening there.

ICC is a home for children who test HIV-positive. Some of the children are orphans; their parents use drugs and can't care for them. Some of the children have parents and families, but the parents have trouble enforcing the heavy AIDS drug regimen. When that happens, the city agencies bring the children into ICC, where their drug regimens are carried out without fail.

Their press page describes ICC as an "Ellis Island . . . envisioned as a sanctuary of love, a home-like nurturing residence where HIV-positive children would receive the best possible nursing and medical care while awaiting placement into foster homes."

That didn't sound so terrible.

ICC was also receiving federal funds for running drug trials with the children. "In 1992, an outpatient clinic for HIV-positive children was established; the same year, with funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [a subdivision of the NIH], the clinic became a sub unit of the Columbia University Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Unit." In 1996, "under the direction of Dr. Stephen Nicholas, thirty-four children [were] participating in seven clinical trials . . . ."

Dr. Nicholas was listed among "The Best Doctors in New York in New York Magazine and in the 1996-97 edition of The Best Doctors in America." ICC received government trial-funding through 2002. Dr. Nicholas has since moved to Harlem Hospital. ICC's new medical director is Katherine Painter. She told me that children at ICC are now enrolled in clinical trials at one of a dozen area hospitals that work in conjunction with ICC. "Children participating in a drug trial undergo monitoring, testing, and supply of an experimental drug through their outpatient clinic, and we maintain that treatment here," she said.

If I wrote for the New York Times, I would have had my story: "Noble Doctors Try New Drugs on AIDS Orphans."

On the surface, it sounds innocuous and slightly tragic, but also heroic and perhaps hopeful. New drugs-that can't be a bad thing, can it? AIDS orphans. Well, if anyone deserves a new drug, it's AIDS orphans, right?

But I had doubts and lingering questions. What exactly are the "new drugs?" Do they have any effects that are deleterious? The ICC webpage listed them. It turned out that the drugs weren't really new at all-they were old-nearly 40 years old. The primary drug used in trials at Incarnation Children's Center is called AZT. It was developed in 1964. So, not a new drug. Does that matter? No, if the drug helps the kids. But there was a problem.

AZT isn't a very helpful drug-unless, I suppose, you enjoy funerals. AZT has a very special use. It's a chemotherapy drug used to kill the cells that make up living tissue and blood. It was designed in a cancer research lab in 1964 as a potent cell-killing agent called a nucleoside analogue. It works by disrupting cellular replication at the genetic level.

Our DNA is made up of four bases that combine in pairs. These line up, spiraling into a double helix. DNA codes for all our proteins; it's a blueprint for our building blocks. AZT stops the spiral; it breaks the chain and kills the cell. Not so innocuous, after all. AZT never got out of the lab. It was far too effective at killing cells even for short-term use. It was shelved, and no patent was filed.

In 1986, Burroughs Wellcome (now GlaxoSmithKline) was interested in entering the AIDS drug market. Recycling an old drug was cheaper than designing a new one. So AZT was brought out of storage. Test labs that ordered the drug for experimentation received it in a package bearing a skull and crossbones on a bright orange background. The label read "TOXIC. Toxic by inhalation in contact with skin and if swallowed. Target organ(s): Blood bone marrow. If you feel unwell, seek medical advice (show the label where possible). Wear suitable protective clothing."

Today, Glaxo sells AZT under the brand name "Retrovir" and as an ingredient in "Combivir" and "Trizivir." But the warning label tells the same story: "Retrovir [AZT] has been associated with Hematologic Toxicity [blood toxicity], including Neutropenia [loss of neurophils, an essential component of blood] and Severe Anemia [potentially fatal lack of blood production] . . . . Prolonged use of Retrovir has been associated with Symptomatic Myopathy [muscle wasting]. Lactic Acidosis and Severe Hepatomegaly [liver swelling] with Steatosis [fat degeneration], including Fatal Cases, have been reported with the use of Nucleoside Analogues [AZT, 3TC, ddl, D4T] alone or in combination, including Retrovir and other Antiretrovirals (see warnings)."

The most surprising thing about AZT is that it doesn't even claim to work: "Retrovir is not a cure for HIV infection . . . The long-term effects of Retrovir are unknown at this time . . . The long-term consequences of in utero and infant exposure to Retrovir are unknown, including the possible risk of cancer."

This wasn't so wonderful for the kids at ICC. But it was good for Glaxo. They make a lot of money with their AIDS drugs. Drugs containing AZT as an ingredient account for about one billion British pounds (over 1. 5 billion dollars) in Glaxo's 2002 sales alone. Other nucleoside analogues provide another 470 million pounds (750 million dollars) in sales.

We know that something doesn't have to be good for you to be profitable. Think of cigarettes or alcohol or fast-food. But it's medication we're talking about, not French fries. You'd think that a drug with such terrible toxicities would simply never get approved for use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Unless, of course, the FDA approval process was easily corrupted. For example, a bad drug might get approval if a trial were heavily influenced, and even overseen, by the very pharmaceutical companies that produced the drug. That would mean that pharmaceutical reps, with a vested interest in getting the drug to market, would oversee and direct the recording process during the drug trial-or perhaps that CEOs of drug companies would go work at the FDA for a stint, approving drugs, then turn around and get back into the company.

Or perhaps doctors would be given favors-I don't know, expensive trips, monetary rewards, that sort of thing-to be loyal to a particular product, or to review it favorably. Or that doctors fell victim to peer pressure from inside their academic community to support an ongoing paradigm, and not to rat out a bad public health policy. But even suggesting that sort of thing is ridiculous, isn't it? I mean, there's no corruption in pharmaceutical-driven medicine. Is there?

Here's a hint.

In 2000, Dr. Marcia Angell, editor of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), resigned from the journal. In her parting May 2000 editorial, "Is Academic Medicine for Sale?" Angell wrote, "Young physicians learn that for every problem, there is a pill (and a drug company representative to explain it). [Physicians] become accustomed to receiving gifts and favors from an industry that uses these courtesies to influence their continuing education . . ." She added, "The costs of the industry-sponsored trips, meals, gifts, conferences, and symposiums and the honorariums, consulting fees, and research grants are simply added to the prices of drugs and devices."

Angell asked, "What is the justification for this large-scale breaching of the boundaries between academic medicine and for-profit industry?"

ABC News reported that in 2000 pharmaceutical companies sponsored over 314,000 promotional events for doctors-from lunches to travel weekends-at a cost of nearly 2 billion dollars.

In 2002, the new editor of the NEJM, Dr. Jeffrey Drazen, officially dropped the journal's 190-year restriction against medical authors accepting money from drug companies. The journal's editors claimed that there simply weren't enough doctors who didn't have ties to drug company money. The new policy allows review authors to accept up to 10,000 dollars a year from each drug company for "speaking and consulting fees"-with no limit on total earnings. By contrast, there are no financial restrictions placed on the researchers running the studies, who often work directly for the company whose drug is being tested.

Does money influence drug studies? ABC News reported that in a survey of independently-run drug studies, drugs were found to be safe and effective about 50% of the time. But when a drug company sponsored their own trial, the positive rating nearly doubled to 90%.

Even without evidence of corruption, FDA approval does not ensure drug safety. According to the US General Accounting Office, 51.5% of drugs approved by the FDA from 1976 to 1985 had "serious post-approval risks," including "heart failure, myocardial infarction, anaphylaxis, respiratory depression and arrest, seizures, kidney and liver failure, severe blood disorders, birth defects and fetal toxicity, and blindness."

In 1986, AZT was rushed through its FDA approval trials in record speed. Overseen and funded by Burroughs Wellcome, the trials were marred by false reporting and a total breakdown of study controls. Nevertheless, the drug was released to the market. Subsequent independent AZT studies revealed the obvious-the drug was deadly. In English, Australian, and Dutch studies, patients on AZT developed severe anemia, requiring multiple blood transfusions just to stay alive. In the Dutch study, three-quarters of the patients on AZT died.

Well, AZT wasn't the only drug being used at ICC. The other was Nevirapine, which is marketed under the brand name "Viramune." And that drug . . . maybe we shouldn't talk about that drug. Oh…might as well. Nevirapine functions similarly to AZT. It interferes with the essential movement of genetic information in the cell. It blocks an enzyme which translates RNA into DNA.

There was a short period in research biology where it was imagined that this enzyme, called Reverse Transcriptase, only functioned in service to a particular kind of potential virus. This was quickly proven false. The enzyme didn't belong to any particular virus or molecule. It was a part of normal, healthy cells-essential to our functioning. And Nevirapine blocks it.

Is that a bad thing? It is for people who've taken it whose skin has come off of their bodies. Right, well, I didn't quite believe it myself, until I saw the European study of Nevirapine. Hands, abdomens, faces, and mouths, bursting with blood, flesh coming off like old paint steamed off a wall. The condition is called Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. Of course, those patients could have saved themselves the pain and just read the drug label (if they'd only been shown it). Here's what it says:

"Severe, life-threatening skin reactions, including fatal cases, have occurred in patients treated with Viramune [Nevirapine]. These have included cases of Stevens-Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis, and hypersensitivity reactions characterized by rash, constitutional findings, and organ dysfunction. Patients developing signs or symptoms of severe skin reactions or hypersensitivity reactions must discontinue Viramune as soon as possible."

It also warns of liver failure/toxicity. It seems that the drug can toxify the liver to such a great extent that it, well, dies: "Severe, life-threatening and in some cases fatal hepatoxicity [liver damage], including hepatic necrosis [liver death] and hepatic failure, has been reported in patients treated with Viramune."

The other drugs used in the children's regimen are called protease inhibitors. They have warning labels of their own, and they're pretty painful too. Not much better, maybe worse. Doesn't seem like much of a favor to these orphans. But these drugs-AZT and Nevirapine, protease inhibitors-aren't just used on orphans in NYC. These are the main AIDS drugs used on people who doctors consider at risk for AIDS all over the world.

There's been time to measure the effect of AZT. It has been given to hundreds of thousands of gay men in the US who tested HIV-positive, whether they were sick or not. United States AIDS deaths increased by thousands annually after the mass-introduction of AZT in 1987, from 11,000 in 1986 to nearly 50,000 in 1994-the height of AZT use. Sharp criticism of AZT began appearing in the press. Patients and physicians complained openly of the drug's effects and cut doses or discontinued it altogether. The death rate declined-substantially-and before the introduction of protease inhibitors, which the industry likes to credit for the decline. Was it a coincidence? I don't know. You can't ask dead people what they died of. I do think it's worth looking into.

So why were infants at ICC getting AZT? Weren't there better solutions? ICC seemed to think so. From their published history: "Early in the epidemic, HIV disease of childhood was considered to be a down-hill course leading to death. But in the late 1980's, before AZT was available, many very ill children admitted to ICC got dramatically better with proper nurturing and high-quality medical and nursing care."

Why didn't they stick with this program? Was it the government funding? Was it political pressure to get the drug approved for new markets? It certainly wasn't the effectiveness of the drug. We don't hear stories in the current AZT/Nevirapine era about "many very ill children" becoming "dramatically better."

So, there were problems at ICC. But they certainly couldn't force the children to take the drugs, could they?

Well, actually, they could. And they do.

How do they do it? It's not pleasant to tell. Maybe you don't want to know. Anyway, if it's not in the New York Times, maybe it's not important. But I had to ask.

I talked to ICC's medical director Dr. Katherine Painter about it. She kindly provided details of the surgery given to children who "can't take" or simply refuse the drugs. As per medical protocol, these children have a tube surgically implanted in their abdomens through which the drugs are easily administered, regardless of the child's wishes. I wrote about it in an article called "The House That AIDS Built" and in a second article called "Orphans On Trial," which was published in the New York Press in July, 2004.

I haven't seen anything on it in the NY Times. But, of course, the chief writer on HIV at the NY Times is (and has been for over 20 years) a man named Lawrence Altman. And Lawrence Altman can't write stuff like this, even if he wants to. You see, Altman is a former graduate of the CDC-the organization that makes the rules for how HIV patients are treated and diagnosed in this country. So, of course, Altman's hands are tied. "All the News That's Fit to Print" suddenly has a very clear, very unpleasant meaning.

Next time you see the headline "New AIDS Drugs for Africa" or "Noble Doctors Try New Drugs on Orphans," what will you think? Will you ask yourself what's behind it? If you want to find out, you'll have to dig a little.
Crux Magazine. November 2004
http://www.cruxmag.com/asset/crux_hivnegative.pdf
Wish to send your comments or feedback to the author?
liamscheff@yahoo.com

Further Resources
The Truth About HIV, by Steven Ransom and Phillip Day, will be available as the update version to the fascinating World Without AIDS from 1st January 2005. Don't miss this!

References and Further Reading:
"Orphans On Trial." Liam Scheff. New York Press; July 14, 2004
"Is Academic Medicine For Sale?" Dr. Marcia Angell. New England Journal of Medicine; May 18, 2000.
"Big Pharma, Bad Science." Nathan Newman. The Nation; July 25, 2002.
"Death by Medicine." Gary Null PhD, Carolyn Dean MD ND, et al. Nutrition Institute of America. November, 2003.
"Conflict of Interest?" John McKenzie. ABC News; June 12, 2002.
"AIDS; Words From The Front." Bryan Ellison. Spin. December, 1993.

Arthritis
Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis,
ankylosing spondylitis, etc.
by Phillip Day

Profile
Everyone knows someone who suffers from the degenerative condition of arthritis. Stiffness, pain in the early morning upon rising, incapacitation, joint swelling, bony fingers, bone spurs, hip and knee problems - those aluminium walkers.

Arthritis in all its manifestations has traditionally been regarded as an old person's disease, and yet, more and more, children and teenagers are afflicted. Arthritis, as we shall see, is the most treatable of illnesses, and extremely easy to prevent. Once again, cultures adhering to an adequate agrarian diet full of fresh whole-foods free of pesticides, sugar and other contaminants DO NOT GET ARTHRITIS.

There are several forms of the disease we can review. Firstly, the extremely common…

Osteoarthritis: First manifests with stiffness or pain in the wrist, fingers, knees, hips, etc. Joint crepitus, stiffness after periods of inactivity, narrowed joint spaces, cartilage erosion, bone spurs, etc. Over 45 million Americans suffer from osteoarthritis, many undergoing joint replacement surgery after many years of pain killers and other drugs.

Primary osteoarthritis is the manifestation that leads one to believe that this form of arthritis is simply a disease of old age. Science believes that a breakdown in the cartilage matrix forming the cartilage, the gel-like material that acts as the shock-absorber layer between the joints, provokes an enzyme reaction which destroys further cartilage formation, causing bones to abrase, creating pain and extreme discomfort.

Secondary osteoarthritis is the term usually given to osteoarthritis which has occurred as a result of some primary incident trigger, usually an accident, surgery, hormonal irregularities, gout, previous fractures, etc.

Problems with the official treatments
Drs. Murray and Pizzorno report that in many cases, osteoarthritis, if left alone without any nutritional or therapeutic intervention, will clear itself. One study catalogued the natural progression of the disease in the hip over a ten-year period with no therapeutic intervention. X-rays were taken to confirm that the disease was in its advanced stages in the subjects to be studied. Later, after the patients were left alone with no therapeutic intervention, X-rays taken later confirmed that improvements did occur over time, with complete recoveries being experienced in fourteen of the thirty-one hips studied. This microcosmic look points the finger of suspicion once again at the bankrupt methods medicine has been using to contain or reverse the condition on an international scale.

Usually, arthritis sufferers are treated with aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), such as ibuprofen derivatives (Motrin, Advil, etc.). Many of these drugs have side-effects which include gastro-intestinal upsets, headaches, dizziness, ulcers, and a disconcerting propensity to inhibit cartilage synthesis and promote further cartilage disintegration. As Murray and Pizzorno conclude, "NSAIDS appear to suppress the symptoms but accelerate the progression of osteoarthritis." Eventually, the patient either has to opt for joint-replacement surgery, where applicable, or simply 'put up with it', and suffer progressive degeneration with the help of a constant diet of painkillers.

The hormone connection
In females, increased incidences of osteoarthritis coincide with estrogen dominance, provoking menopausal symptoms of flushing, mood changes, sweats, etc. (see Menopausal Problems). Tamoxifen, an estrogen suppressor and chemotherapy drug used in the treatment of estrogen-positive breast cancers, appears to decrease the erosion of cartilage, yet Tamoxifen is a known liver carcinogen. Osteoarthritis in women is clearly linked to hormonal irregularities, which is why the most effective natural and non-toxic protocols for menopausal problems work so well with arthritis in women. As proof of this, estrogen dominance also coincides with hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) (see Hypothyroidism). Those with hypothyroidism are known to have an increased risk of developing osteoarthritis as time proceeds.

Causes of primary osteoarthritis

• Diets predominant in sucrose, white flour products and refined processed foods
  
• The nightshade family (Solanaceae) of vegetables have been known to trigger osteoarthritis. These include tomatoes, potatoes and eggplant. Some speculate that it is not the vegetables themselves but pesticides residues on the plants that are to blame
  
• 'Junk in the joints'. Leaky gut syndrome is a condition where excessive wear on the intestinal membranes (usually by gluten and other antagonists), render them permeable to undigested food proteins passing from the digestive tract into the bloodstream, thickening up the blood (a condition known as 'Rouleau'). The body attempts to stash the junk, sometimes into the joint area, provoking an immune system reaction. Excess acid is a common by-product of 21st century diets, which inhibits the formation of new cartilage.

Causes of secondary osteoarthritis
These, as mentioned in the 'secondary osteoarthritis' section above, will include 'primary events' that trigger the condition. This could be a fall, hormonal problems, or other conditions usually revolving around an overly acidic body system.

Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatism involves fever, weakness, swollen and 'warm' joints, deformities of the joints in hands and feet. Rheumatoid arthritis has long been termed an 'auto-immune disease', wherein the immune system appears selectively to destroy connective tissue, tendons, joint muscles and bone. Traditional medicine points to a specific genetic marker, HLA-DRw4, which allegedly predisposes the subject to RA. In reality, RA cannot thrive without key environmental factors being present.

Other related conditions include:
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE): A chronic, inflammatory disease involving connective tissue and other organs of the body. Symptoms include a red, scaly rash on the face, affecting the nose and cheeks. Mouth sores, arthritis, progressive damage to the kidneys and heart, low white cell count and anaemia. The condition is diagnosed by the presence of abnormal antibody activity. Lupus is described as an 'auto-immune' condition. Fungal involvement producing these antibodies is suspected and should be verified.

Ankylosing spondylitis: An inflammatory disorder of the joint capsules which affects young men, mostly damaging connective tissue around the spine and large joints.

Scleroderma (systemic sclerosis): A chronic disorder affecting skin, internal organs and joints, presenting waxy, scaly skin, ivory in colour, due to blood vessel abnormalities. The illness can extend to other organs of the body, changing the character of tissue and presenting a whole range of symptoms from mild to fatal. Abnormal cell growth in the esophagus is characteristic of about one third of cases. Again, fungal involvement is suspected.

Critters… again
All rheumatoid arthritis sufferers demonstrate an altered microbial flora and small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)… sound familiar? In fact, the severity of RA in a patient correlates to the degree of fungal overgrowth in the body. Medicine has fixated on the presence of antibodies in RA sufferers without really zeroing in on why they are there in the first place. Mycoplasmic microbes are known to infect joints which trigger specific attacks on them by immune factors. A major part of the nutritional treatments for arthritis therefore centre around detoxification and parasite cleansing, ensuring that the digestive system is restored to normal function as far as possible. The use of digestive (pancreatic) enzymes is usually warranted.

Summary of arthritis
All the evidence from science and practical application in clinics around the world indicates the following:

• Traditional medicine is of limited help with arthritis of all kinds, and can actively promote the disease with the use of NSAIDS, aspirin and other drug interventions
  
• Diet and lifestyle are primary factors in the development of the conditions. Food sensitivity problems and heightened ingestion of junk trans-fats are key areas for investigation
  
• Yeast, fungi and their associated waste products are also implicated in rheumatoid arthritis
  
• Impaired or dysfunctional digestion must be corrected

Take action!
Patients suffering from any manifestations of arthritis may benefit from the following:

• SUPERVISION: Secure the services of an MD or ND knowledgeable in nutritional treatments for arthritis
  
• DIET: COMMENCE THE ANTI-CANDIDA DIETARY REGIMEN. High quality food is the key here, as always, eaten four or five times per day. Fresh and organic food, most of it eaten raw to preserve enzyme activity
  
• DIET: Drink 4 pints (2 litres) of clean, fresh water per day
  
• DETOXIFICATION: Magnesium oxide bowel cleanse
  
• DETOXIFICATION: Ensure anti-yeast and -fungi herbal controls are used in the ANTI-CANDIDA DIETARY REGIMEN
  
• RESTORE NUTRIENT BALANCE: COMMENCE THE BASIC SUPPLEMENT PROGRAM, ensuring:
  
• Glucosamine sulphate, 1,500 mg per day
  
• Vitamin B3, niacinamide, no-flush, 500 mg, four times a day (liver enzymes will need to be periodically checked). Do not continue the supplementation of this nutrient longer than your physician recommends
  
• Vitamin C complex (ascorbates plus bioflavonoids), 2 g, twice per day
  
• Vitamin B3, 150-300 mg per day
  
• Boron, 6 mg per day
  
• Selenium, 200 mcg per day
  
• Digestive enzyme supplement, as directed, taken between meals on an empty stomach
  
• TIP: Essential fatty acid intake is vital (this is part of THE BASIC SUPPLEMENT PROGRAM). Ideally, increased intakes of fish oils and flaxseed oil (1 tbsp per day) meal should be included. The diet can also include oily fish such as mackerel, herring, halibut and salmon (not farmed, but cold caught)
  
• TIP: Pay special attention to foods that need to be avoided in THE ANTI-CANDIDA DIETARY REGIMEN. These will also include the nightshade family, e.g. potatoes, peppers, tobacco, eggplant and tomatoes.

Further Resources:
The ABC's of Disease by Phillip Day

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Chase Wild Geese and You May Find Unusual Cures
by Dr James Le Fanu

When the doctors have done their best and failed it is only natural to wonder whether or not they have overlooked some obscure remedy, which, if tracked down, would make all the difference. This must be mostly unlikely. It would seem much better just to accept the limitations of medicine - and forgo the proverbial wild goose-chase in pursuit of the elusive miracle cure.

At least that would be the sensible view, were it not that every so often - as happened again recently - someone writes in to tell you of how, against the odds, they successfully snared their goose. Two readers describe how they discovered for themselves a highly specific remedy for the intractable diarrhoea that had afflicted them for many years - which I doubt few, if any, specialists in the country are even aware of.

We start with Major Pravit from Southampton who, 30 years ago, underwent a couple of major abdominal operations. The first involved cutting the acid-secreting nerves to the stomach to heal an ulcer, followed a few years later by the removal of his gall bladder. Since then, he had suffered "constant diarrhoea" of such severity and unpredictability, that he could never leave his home without a supply of loo paper and the knowledge of the location of the various lavatories en route to his destination.

Then three years ago, his son-in-law, while travelling around India, was struck down by a vicious attack of Delhi belly. The Indian doctor he consulted treated him with brewers' yeast, which is rich in B vitamins and trace elements but is presumed to work in infectious diarrhoea by encouraging the growth of "good" bacteria within the gut.

It is easy to guess the rest. Major Pravit wondered, "why not?" and started himself on two tablets three times a day - rapidly reducing to just once a week. His bowels promptly returned to normal and 25 years of "unnecessary embarrassment" became an increasingly distant memory.

Next, there is Jane Noon, from Tyne and Wear, who in 2000 required a major bowel operation for the inflammatory condition diverticulitis - from which she had suffered for 30 years. Her surgeon assured her that she was now cured and could eat anything she wanted, but her diarrhoea persisted. Frustrated, she resolved to try to pinpoint the cause by a process of elimination, cutting out, in turn, vegetables, wheat products, spices, dairy products and so on. This made no difference.

That only left the diet drink she consumed every evening, whose main ingredient, the sweetener aspartame, she was surprise to learn when surfing the internet, was reported to cause diarrhoea. "The result was dramatic to say the least, as my problem was solved overnight," she says.

Now, for most doctors, neither brewers' yeast nor the exclusion of aspartame, would even get on the list of possible things to consider when treating someone with severe and persistent bowel disturbance. Perhaps they should be, but they are not. So that wild goose-chase may not be quite as pointless as it would seem.
The Sunday Telegraph, 7th November 2004

Exposing Violations in the Mental Health System
by Eve Hillary
www.evehillary.org

PHILLIP DAY'S COMMENT: Eve Hillary is one of Australia's staunchest and most articulate advocates of citizens' freedoms in a country where freedom of choice in health is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. In this article, she comments on the frightening turn the Australia's Mental Health State is taking, and what every Australian should do to stop it.

Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhumane.
- Martin Luther King, Jr

The repressive mental health laws being put in place around the world reduce accountability and transparency, seemingly empowering the corporate state to incarcerate individuals indefinitely in order to force drugs and treatments upon them that can cause permanent brain damage.10

Mandatory mental health screening has recently been introduced in some US states, and activists fear it will also lead to more involuntary drug treatments.11.12.

Increasingly, where statute laws abound, more health conditions are being included under the "mental health" umbrella. The result has been a shocking betrayal of trust. Increasingly, children and teenagers who once needed treatment merely for a drug or alcohol problem are being funnelled into the mental health system and often end up on psychiatric drugs for the long term. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights13 and other watchdogs investigate and expose psychiatric violations of human rights. All report a significant increase in complaints of psychiatric abuse.

A seventeen-year-old Australian boy14 had been smoking marijuana on a regular basis during his final year of school. He was a well-liked, straight-A student. The boy and his mother sought help from staff at a nearby drug and alcohol treatment centre, but they said that pot "won't hurt him". Still concerned, the mother took her son to the local doctor. The GP referred him to a visiting psychiatrist, who then began to prescribe psychiatric drugs to the boy. Within weeks, the psychiatrist placed the boy into the mental health system. Once there, he was heavily drugged. Within two years, the boy was permanently institutionalised and given dozens of shock treatments without his mother's consent. Later he was found to have paddle-shaped electrical burns on his upper abdomen from the shock treatment.

For the past seven years he has been institutionalised and drugged into a stupor with strong psychiatric drugs. Now a man of twenty-four, he remains imprisoned in the mental health system and his general health has deteriorated appallingly. Mostly heavily drugged and in effect unable to communicate, he shakes and trembles between rigid spasms and shuffles unsteadily when on his feet. The remaining time he sleeps stuporously for hours on end. The psychiatric facility has refused to allow outside medical treatment for him. In his GP's opinion, the young man may now be irreparably brain damaged. His mother has now taken common law steps to address her son's psychiatric abuse and to provide the necessary medical measures required to treat the damage done to her son.

Reclaiming Parental Rights
Stories abound of children dying in the care of abusive parents after child welfare authorities had been notified and failed to take action. However, the darker side of government child welfare authorities is rarely publicised. Authorities made an eleven-year-old-girl15 a ward of the court after an oncologist called in the authorities when the family was still deciding whether to consent to chemotherapy.

The child had chemo forcibly administered while being confined and guarded in a hospital for two months. A Supreme Court judge ordered this forced treatment on the strength of the oncologist's opinion. However, the doctor could not show any evidence supporting the validity of his treatment. The family made several efforts to stop the forced treatment, which they considered to be medical abuse, but they were unsuccessful in this despite having spent their savings on legal fees. The child's father joined a common law movement and represented the child's interests in court himself, where he reinstated his and his wife's parental rights.

Standing Up for Our Health Freedom
The Big Pharma lobby has increasingly infiltrated government policy.16 Consequently, there have been unprecedented attacks on the use of natural, non-drug-based therapies as well as on their providers. New health-care laws give powers of search and seizure to medical boards and health care watchdogs. This might be understandable if the police-state powers were being used to ferret out sleazy or quack doctors and incompetent practitioners. Perhaps not surprisingly, however, the power of these laws is now arbitrarily used to harass and abuse qualified doctors and other health professionals who practise natural, alternative or integrative health care.17

Last year an Australian naturopath was allegedly raided by a government team who searched the practitioner's private belongings. The quiet, elderly, health professional was overwhelmed and devastated by the raid, allegedly conducted by 18 uniformed goons.18

More recently, another notable Australian physician who has achieved excellent clinical results treating patients with nutrient supplements and dietary measures was targeted by the medical regulators in his state. He had been officially harassed for several years. But when confronted by the Board's police-type powers, he "voluntarily" consented to his retirement instead of mounting what he anticipated would be a costly and stressful legal action.19

The Internet abounds with health freedom activists who are now tracking this official abuse of practitioners. However, Tim Bolen, one such advocate, publicises the increasing numbers of practitioners who successfully stand up to authorities.20 Though abuses still abound, some success stories are emerging.

One Australian doctor, who successfully incorporates natural medicine into his busy practice, was targeted by his state's medical board on the basis of issues such as a complaint made by an habitual complainant who has been mentioned in Parliament as a person who systematically makes complaints specifically against alternative practitioners. The medical board took up this bogus complaint in an attempt to use its police-type powers to gain entry to the doctor's premises. The board's representatives were stopped on the day because the doctor insisted the board demonstrate a reasonable cause and a proper reason as to its authority to enter his premises. The board was unable to do this. The doctor remains an ardent constitutional law and social justice advocate.21

Further Resources
The Mind Game by Phillip Day
Contact www.evehillary.org for further information on activism strategies and Australia link groups.

10 Confidential interviews with two parents of children who have suffered permanent damage from psychiatric treatments forced on them by the mental health system.
11. See http://www.newswithviews.com/NWVexclusive/exclusive32.htm.
12. "New UK Mental Health Act - direct from hell"' http://www.ctono.freeserve.co.uk/id28.htm
13 See http://www.cchr.org.
14 Source wishes not to be identified
15 Hillery, Eve, "DOCS - Stealing our Children for Medicine", Living Now newspaper, December 2003.
16 "The Other Drug War: Big Pharma's 625 Washington Lobyists", at http://www.ciizen.org/publications/release.cfm?ID=7077&secID=1078&cat=126.
17 Conclusions from analysis of NSW medico-legal data, court transcripts and record.
18 Source wishes not to be identified
19 Source wishes not to be identified
20 See http://www.bolenreport.com
21 Legal documents from medical practitioner who wishes to remain unidentified

History of the Implantable Microchip
(Doesn't totalitarianism just get under your skin?)
by Phillip Day

In all of mankind's history, the current age is the first time total control of the population can be accomplished using high-tech tracking devices and super-computers. Clearly technology is moving further and further towards an ability to track everything from motorised inventory to livestock, and finally humans.

The breakthrough to a co-ordinated system of control came with the development of the Global Positioning Satellite system (GPS) and its applications, developed by the market leader, Trimble Technologies of Sunnyvale, California. Albert Wheelon, a former chairman of Hughes Aircraft Corporation, remarked, "Communications satellites were the first great success in space. But GPS is going to dwarf that - GPS is going to pervade everything we do."

Scientists discovered that, since satellites maintain a stable orbit around the earth, radio signals picked up by a receiver on the ground could indicate the position of that receiver with remarkable accuracy. Initially it was the potential for navigation which first caught the imagination of commercial business, but as we shall learn, the wider applications for telecommunications and inventory control soon became evident.

According to The Futurist magazine (March/April 1996), "Telecommunications projects now constitute the number one infrastructure program around the world. The global information super-highway is a trillion-dollar project involving many nations and firms."

Researcher Terry Cook reports, "Motorola… has proposed the Iridium Project which would use a constellation of 66 satellites to cover the world. Teledesic has proposed a $9 billion system that involves 840 satellites in lower orbit… Because [of the stability] of satellite orbits, the triangulation of signals from at least four satellites, or 'ranging' as it is known, has proven to be highly accurate. Equipped with atomic clocks, these satellites can land a plane on a runway 'with centimeter accuracy'. Geologists [using satellite technology] can now measure the motion of the earth's tectonic plates down to just a few millimeters."

Commercial uses for GPS have since become widespread. Airliners, ships, haulage firms, and taxis equipped with GPS transponders make use of this technology not only for pin-point navigation, but also for inventory control purposes. Trimble has installed GPS-based Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) systems for 911 emergency services in Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, Phoenix, Portland, Cincinnati, Chicago, Milwaukee and even Mexico City. Elsewhere across the world, similar programs have been initiated in major conurbations, providing real-time locations for ambulances, fire engines, police cars, trucks, land-diggers and bus fleets.

In Denver, Colorado, GPS receivers are used to track more than 825 buses and 95 support vehicles. In Scottsdale, Arizona, city personnel were involved in an eighteen-month project, tagging over half a million city assets against vandalism and theft - from water and utility features to lighting fixtures and mobile traffic lights.

According to The Bulletin, Bend, Oregon, "Some visionaries anticipate the day when virtually everything that moves in society - every shipping container, aircraft, car, truck, bus, farm tractor and bulldozer - will contain a microchip that will track and, in many cases, report its location. Massive computer systems, they say, will tie together the movements of assets in the economy, providing a sophisticated information system… The technology, now poised to leap into virtually every aspect of the American economy, is expected to create a $5-10 billion industry by the end of this decade and more than 100,000 jobs."

RFID Implantable Biochips
GPS technology took a quantum leap with the development of bionics capable of being tracked by satellite once implanted in animals or humans. These tiny devices, powered by a lithium battery, could be geographically detected, using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), to within inches anywhere on the surface of the planet. Lithium is employed as a miniature power-plant for the chip since it self-energises through changes in the host's body temperature. Thus the site for the implant will usually be those body parts demonstrating the greatest variations in temperature - in the back of the hand or front of the head. Lithium does have one drawback, experts say. It produces an infection when brought into contact with exposed organic tissue.

The Washington Times, 22nd May 1995, reported that in England, Prince William, second in line to the British throne and widely tipped to be the next monarch, "...was electronically 'tagged' [for security reasons] when he entered Eton [college]…." In the United States, Relevance magazine discovered that "trial runs of biochip implants in children have been conducted in Florida day-care centers."

Companies such as VeriChip, Trimble, Destron Fearing, Texas Instruments, Bio-Medic Data Systems Research, GEC and others are at the forefront of this research. Sematech Corporation announced the development of their chip in 1993 that was 1/200th the size of a human hair (0.35 micron) and announced that current research was attempting to perfect a device only 0.1 micron. Sematech's chip is not an implant chip, but its partner corporation, Texas Instruments, has developed the implantable TIRIS device (Texas Instruments Registration and Identification System), which, as its corporate video sales information informs us, is now used to inventory and catalogue millions of livestock throughout the United States.

It may come as a surprise to some, but chip implants are now administered as a matter of routine. Not only farmers use them for livestock, but animal pounds and 'conscientious' owners tag everything from horses and parrots to cats and dogs and other assorted creatures. Chips are naturally capable of storing medical and vaccination data required by veterinarians, as well as even a log of the animal's fluctuations in body temperature, if required.

In Marin County, California, the City of Novato requires mandatory tagging of cats. "Overriding objections that their actions have Orwellian overtones," writes The San Francisco Chronicle, 27th April 1995, "Novato City Council members mandated early yesterday that cats have identifying microchips implanted between their shoulder blades."

The Marin Humane Society sponsored the law, noting that "since the society began a voluntary microchip identification program six years ago, the reunion rate [between owners and their lost pets] shot up by 200%."

Proponents of this new system are keen to broadcast the fact that, prior to this program, cats and dogs missing in Marin County were reunited with their owners only 14% of the time. Since implementing the scheme, the figure is now as high as 80%, with the failures being untagged pets in almost all cases.

The St Louis/Region, 3rd June 1995, sports an article headed, Mane Event - County Rangers Get Their Horses Microchip IDs. The story begins, "Queen Elizabeth II's dog has one and now, so do the St Louis County Park Rangers' horses. They're sporting a microchip injected into their necks to help identify lost or stolen pets. Each chip - about the size of a grain of rice - has a unique number that can be found with a hand-held scanner…"

Selling Chip Implants to the Public
Tim Willard, of the Washington DC-based World Future Society, remarks that the public is happy to go along with the idea of implanting animals. "But just suggest something like an implant in humans and the social outcry is tremendous. While people over the years may have grown used to artificial body parts, there is definitely a strong aversion to things being implanted. It's the 'Big Brother is watching' concept. People would be afraid that all of their thoughts and movements were being monitored. It wouldn't matter if the technology was there or not, people would be worried."

The Daily Mail headline of Thursday, 24th September 1998 read:
£20 Identity Tag For Pets
Microchip under the Skin of Every Dog and Cat in Britain

The angry reactions to this news however were not over civil rights, but the cost of the tags. The article explained the purpose of MP John Prescott's proposed measure: "It is designed partly to control a fast-growing problem with strays. But it is also seen as vital to the success of proposed anti-rabies laws, unveiled yesterday, which would allow pets with microchips to re-enter Britain from some countries without undergoing quarantine."

Who scoffs now that the chipping of pets will not be mandatorily applied across the board in the near future? What will happen if you refuse to have little Fifi tagged? As the bio-tagging of animals is closely sold alongside the scrapping of Britain's hated quarantine laws, few believe the measure will not be enthusiastically accepted across the country and become the staple for identifying animals and livestock in the very near future.

The quartz scanner message, 'No ID Found' will come to symbolise an 'illegal' dog or feline, possibly suffering from all kinds of health complaints hazardous to decent, law-abiding animals. Authorities will ask themselves, "Why wouldn't the owner have chipped his pet? Did he have something to hide?"

The political spin placed on the future benefits of RFID technology is already impressive. The idea of using chips to track kidnapped or runaway children is suggested by futurists and social workers every time a grotesque child abuse incident appears in the papers. In fact, human tagging has been on-going for some time. A US Marine Corps friend of mine, involved in Desert Storm, remarked that it was common knowledge at the time that implantable chips were given to volunteer GIs and their efficacy tested by satellite during the Ground War.

Paroled prisoners, Alzheimer's sufferers and convicted shoplifters have all demo-ed the ubiquitous chip, mostly in the form of a biometric bracelet or other 'fashion' accessory, so that authorities may keep tabs on their whereabouts. Is it but a short hop, skip and a jump from the bracelet to a permanent implant in the hand for the population at large?

Scientists have been melding biometrics with the awesome power of super-computers to a degree that is almost unbelievable. The technology already exists whereby over 3,000 pages of documentation can be stored on the implantable chip, information which can then be accessed by satellite or scanners linked to computers for all manner of purposes, including logging medical records, social security information - even as a replacement for cash. Today, the produce we buy is scanned for barcodes, tomorrow we may pay for our shopping at the checkouts, not with paper and coin, but by simply passing our hands over the scanner and having our accounts debited accordingly.

Technical author Maxwell Longren comments, "Everyone is touting the positive benefits of the implantable biochip. No one to my knowledge, outside of an increasingly uneasy minority, is discussing its destructive capability for abuse and control. In the past, mankind has never learned from the lessons of history. Nothing, I'm afraid, is going to change in the future. "

Under-the-Skin ID Chips Move Towards US Hospitals
by Michael Kanellos

VeriChip, the company that makes radio frequency identification--RFID--tags for humans, has moved one step closer to getting its technology into hospitals.

The Federal Drug Administration issued a ruling Tuesday that essentially begins a final review process that will determine whether hospitals can use RFID systems from the Palm Beach, Fla.-based company to identify patients and/or permit relevant hospital staff to access medical records, said Angela Fulcher, vice president of marketing and sales at VeriChip.

VeriChip sells 11-millimeter RFID tags that get implanted in the fatty tissue below the right tricep. When near one of Verichip's scanners, the chip wakes up and radios an ID number to the scanner. If the number matches an ID number in a database, a person with the chip under his or her skin can enter a secured room or complete a financial transaction.

"It is used instead of other biometric applications," such as fingerprints, Fulcher said.

The approval process does not center on health risks or implications, Fulcher said. VeriChip can already sell implantable RFID chips in the United States for standard security applications and the financial market. The company's basic technology has also been used in animals for years.

Instead, the FDA may mostly examine privacy issues, Fulcher indicated. In other words, the agency will look at whether the technology will lead to situations where confidential information can get improperly disclosed. Technically, the FDA on Tuesday issued a letter stating that there were no equivalent products on the market. This allowed VeriChip to then seek a de novo, or additional, review. The application process started in October 2003. The Italian Ministry of Health kicked off a six-month trial of the chips for hospitals in April.

VeriChip, a division of Applied Digital Solutions, generated headlines worldwide recently with the announcement that the Attorney General of Mexico implanted one of the small company's RFID tags in his arm.

Fulcher said the basic technology has been around for a while. For 15 years, Digital Angel, a sister company under the Applied corporate umbrella, has sold thousands of tags for identifying animals. The U.S. Department of Energy employs Digital Angel's technology to monitor salmon migration. Several implants have been placed in household pets and livestock. "We believe the tags can last 20 years," Fulcher said.

The idea for employing the tags to identify humans came after the horror of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Fulcher said. Richard Seelig, vice president of medical applications at Applied, saw on TV how firemen were writing their badge numbers on their arm with pen so they could be identified in the event of a disaster.

He inserted Digital Angel tags in his body and told the CEO that they worked. VeriChip was born. In June, the company hired Next Level and Motorola alum Kevin Wiley as CEO. About 7,000 VeriChip tags have been sold, and approximately 1,000 have been inserted in humans. The chips only work with VeriChip's scanners. Along with scanners, VeriChip also sells complementary security systems for opening or shutting doors after the identification process.

So far, most of the sales have been outside the United States. Along with its attorney general's implant, Mexico has evaluated the chips as a way to better identify children in the event of a kidnapping. The Baja Beach Club in Spain has used them as electronic wallets to buy drinks. Sales have also taken place in Russia, Switzerland, Venezuela and Colombia. "The applications that have taken hold at this point have been international so far," Fulcher said.

But FN Manufacturing, a South Carolina gun maker, is evaluating the technology for "smart guns," which contain sensor-activated grips so that only their owners can fire them.

The chips themselves are inserted into humans and animals with a syringe. When emerging from the syringe, the chips get coated with a substance called BioBond, which insulates the chip from the body and allows it to adhere to local tissue. If removed, it becomes inactive.

Privacy has been an issue for the company, but the complaints have actually begun to die down. "The pushback is less and less," Fulcher said.

The chip is an ID tag, Fulcher emphasized. When a person with an embedded chip passes near a scanner, the dormant chip simply wakes up and issues an ID number. The administrator of the security systems and databases determines how the information is used. A person has to stand within a few feet of a scanner for the tag to wake up. Thus, the tags can be used to follow someone's steps only when they are near scanners. The company's hand scanners can ping chips about 12 inches away, although the devices for counting salmon are 10 to 12 feet away from the fish.

Also, VeriChip is working on an implant that will contain a Global Positioning System. Such a device would allow an individual with a scanner to pinpoint someone's position on the globe. The lab device, however, is relatively large right now, about the size of a pacemaker.
CNET News.com, 27th July 2004

Sleep Debt Affects Female Fertility Too
by Dr Joseph Mercola

Seventy percent of Americans suffer from a sleep disorder, most of which remain undiagnosed and untreated. Sleep is not only essential to one's quality of life and overall health, but it also plays an important role on one's fertility.

A woman's brain and organ systems -- including the reproductive system -- are restored through sleep, thus long-term sleep suffering can be linked to problems in relationships, mood, immunity and hormone imbalance. Sleep loss could also lead to menstrual irregularity, a factor that can delay the time it takes to conceive.

To discover the affect sleep has on fertility, researchers took a poll of women who have sleep-deprived professions, such as flight attendants and late shift nurses. According to the study, half of the women tested had irregular menstrual cycles, while others stopped ovulating altogether.

Another influence on ovation and reproductive hormones is the amount of daily light exposure. Lack of sunlight can trigger depression, which in turn suppresses fertility. Further, researchers found they could alter the length of women's menstrual cycles by exposing them to artificial light (around the middle of their cycles) as they slept. They discovered that the hormones that trigger ovulation are tied to the body's biological clock.

To make certain one is getting enough sleep and daylight in their daily routine, some suggested guidelines include:

Meet your sleep needs: The optimal amount of sleep is 8 hours, although this may vary from person to person.

Go outside: The suggested amount of sunlight on a daily basis is about an hour.

Don't work irregular hours if you can help it: Late night and overnight work schedules are linked to menstrual irregularities, reproductive disturbances and risk of adverse pregnancy.

Keep your sleep and wake times the same: Aim to go to bed and wake up at the same time every day, including weekends.

Calm your mind: Before bed, avoid activities that keep your mind racing, and instead relax into a peaceful sleep.

Modify lighting: Turn down dimmer switches and use low-wattage bulbs in the evening.
Bella Online November, 2004

DR MERCOLA'S COMMENT: As noted in the above article, light and sleep play a major role in fertility, as lack in either area can lead to a delay in conception. These findings don't come as a surprise to me, as the therapeutic benefits of light therapy and the various ways it is used to treat health issues like depression and regulation of menstrual cycles was covered in a past newsletter article.

At this time of year, lack of sunlight becomes of significant importance, as we are approaching the peak season for depression and will soon be faced with the months that provide us with the least amount of sunshine. So what can you do?

Many people struggle with getting a good night sleep. If you struggle with this, please read my sleep guidelines. Please also understand that improving your melatonin levels are key to getting a good night's sleep, so make sure you have exposure to bright sunlight in the daytime and sleep in absolute darkness at night. I strongly recommend installing black out shades and/or curtains in your bedroom.

If you don't have them already installed you can go to the grocery store and cut out some large pieces of cardboard to fit your window. It is important you sleep in cave-like darkness and not be able to view your hand in front of your face. Remember no night lights or clock radio lights and never turn on the light should you need to get up and use the rest room. Any small amount of light will instantly shut off your melatonin production. Please also remember that any alcohol use is a sure fire way to stop your body's production of melatonin for that night.

One way you can compensate for the lack of sunshine is by using full spectrum lights. The full spectrum bulbs are compact fluorescents that can screw in a normal fixture. I have used these bulbs for many years, and they have provided an enormous benefit in my ability to tolerate the miserable cold and dark winter months.

An additional way you could avoid depression is by taking cod liver oil. Regular consumption of high-quality cod liver oil will give you all the essential benefits of omega-3 fatty acids that are useful in warding off depression.

Getting an adequate amount of sleep is the other critical component to keeping your menstrual cycle regular. If you are having a difficult time getting to sleep, I strongly encourage you to review the sleep guidelines that seemed to help many of my patients.
www.mercola.com
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An Important Message about 'Lisa'

Dear All,

This message is in regard to the child previously referred to as "Lisa Eastley" who was forced by Docs to have chemotherapy against her will, in an ordeal that started 2 years ago when she was diagnosed with cancer. During the past 9 months, her health had been relatively stable while being treated holistically by Dr. Eckard Roehrich who himself was targeted by the Medical Board just weeks after he stood up for the family's rights to choose the valid treatment of their choice for their daughter.

I wrote the story of this family's plight in an article entitled DoCS - Stealing our Children for Medicine. The (DoCS department attempted to put a gag order on the publication of this story and the Supreme Court ordered that I further de-identify the story. I complied with this order in December 2003).

A few weeks after Dr. Roehrich's efforts in Court he heard from the New South Wales Medical Board who took action against him which culminated in the suspension of his licence five weeks ago. The child, who looked well and vibrant just a few weeks ago, began to deteriorate when her regular treatments with Dr. Roehrich stopped. Her parents were forced to search interstate for a similar treatment but her condition meanwhile rapidly deteriorated.

This child's name can now be mentioned in public. Her name is Sarah Westley, the beloved 13-year-old daughter of Mark and Dianne, beloved sister to her siblings and adored granddaughter, beloved to all her close and loving family, extended family and friends.

Sarah has touched the hearts of thousands during her short life. Her parent's intention is to carry out one of Sarah's last wishes, to prevent other children from having to endure what she had to endure at the hands of the "welfare" authorities who prevented Sarah from spending her last years in carefree comfort at home on the farm with her family. Her last weeks were spent in another state instead of her familiar surroundings. Sarah was completely aware of this injustice and the cause of it, throughout her ordeal, and she made many forthright references about what she thought should be done about it.

Her family has now brought her home to rest in the family fold.

Her funeral will be held on Saturday October 30 at 11:30 on the family homestead at 332 Westley's Rd. Gloucester, NSW. Turnoff South of Gloucester. All who knew Sarah and all who come in a good spirit are welcome.

This message is conveyed with the kind permission of Mark and Dianne whose courage and strength of spirit has been an inspiring and humbling experience for all who have had the privilege of knowing them.

This message may be conveyed to those whom it may rightly concern.

Further details are on www.evehillary.org
Eve Hillary, 27th October 2004

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