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Friday, October 15, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
CTDN: Turner Trial Begins on Monday morning, Urgent Petition to the Gov. for a DOC Oversight Committee, Cancer Cells in everyone, + more...
Welcome To The Chuck Turner Daylight Network:
The Antidote For The Apathetic
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PROJECT RIGHT REMINDER:
TONIGHTS Grove Hall Safe Neighborhood Initiative Mtg @ the Grove Hall Community Center on Geneva Ave.
CONTENTS
1. Message from Chuck: Trial Update (10/18--9am)
2. PLEASE SIGN Urgent Petition to Gov. Patrick for an Oversight Commission for the Mass. Dept of Corrections
3. ATTN PARENTS: Last Chance to Register for FREE TUTORING (DEADLINE Friday, 10/15/10)
5. EGLESTON SQUARE MAIN STREETS: UPCOMING EVENTS (10/17, 10/20 + 10/29)
6. Johns Hopkins Hospital Update on CANCER CELLS IN EVERYONE
DETAILS BELOW...
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1. Message from Chuck: Trial Update (10/18--9am)
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MESSAGE FROM CHUCK:
Jury selection has begun. As of 2pm today only 11 individuals of the 36-50 jury panel had been chosen. In that light, the trials opening remarks will begin on Monday morning Oct18th.
PLEASE NOTE: WITNESSES CANNOT ATTEND THE HEARING UNLESS SUMMONED.
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2. PLEASE SIGN Urgent Petition to Gov. Patrick for an Oversight Commission for the Mass. Dept of Corrections
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To: Governor Deval PatrickTo: Deval Patrick
We the Undersigned with grave concern and sense of urgency request Governor Deval Patrick to sign an Executive Order creating a permanent independent Oversight Commission for the Department of Corrections as proposed by House Bill 2240.
We believe that an Oversight Commission which would oversee the operations and activities of the Department of Corrections such as finances, public works, health, education, etc. This commission would perform an important role in gathering information on the functioning of the Department and ensuring, through their oversight of management officials, that corrupt practices do not take place. Furthermore, this commission can be an excellent starting point for the simplification of administrative procedures and would support your commitment to public transparency and governmental accountability. The Department of Corrections is housed under the Executive Office of Public Safety, with a budget of $549 million and responsible for the wellbeing of thousands of inmates including women and their families and directly linked to the safety of our communities.
We affirm that the Department of Corrections is too critical to operate without any independent oversight. As outlined by the 2004 Governor's Commission on Corrections Reform, chaired by Mr. Harshbarger detailing the need for corrections reform, we urgently need a body that can independently evaluate the Department of Corrections.
Most recently the following events are making our demand dire:
* October 9th, Department of Corrections Commissioner Clarke abruptly resigns;
* October 8th incident at MCI Norfolk where Brent Stevenson was assaulted, and subsequently hospitalizes, by a Corrections Officer;
* October 8, 2010 Attorney General Eric Holder announces $110 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 funding for the Second Chance Act reentry grants and the Justice Reinvestment Initiatives. MA is not one of the recipients;
* September 13th - The Boston Phoenix article Trouble Over Bridgewater describes one of MA Correctional Facilities as the Prison from Hell outlining documented abuses at Old Colony Correctional Center;
* July 16, 2010 national statistics show that MA suicides are occurring at a rate more than four times higher than the national average;
* The need for secure data management in order to prevent CORI leaks and to protect personal inmate and visitor information to ensure the safety of all; and
* In Massachusetts state prisons, recidivism statistics show a slight reduction in rates over the past few years. At the same time, though, admissions, custody levels, and overcrowding rates are on the rise. From 2004 to 2007, the criminally sentenced custody population at the Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) increased 10 percent, by 897 inmates.
It is our responsibility as a community to ensure the safety of our people both behind bars and on our streets. We request an emergency action meeting to discuss this request of you signing an Executive Order creating an independent Oversight Commission as proposed by House Bill 2240.Sincerely,
IMPORTANT LINKSHouse Bill 2240: See Attachment.Massachusetts Department of Corrections Commissioner Harold Clarke is leaving the state
http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/phlog/archive/2010/10/09/massachusetts-department-of-corrections-commissioner-harold-clarke-is-leaving-the-state.aspxTroubled Over Bridgewater
Old Colony Correctional Center has been plagued by suicide, overcrowding, and brutality — and things are only getting worse
Read more: http://thephoenix.com/Boston/news/108081-troubled-over-bridgewater/#ixzz12M2DKAr3
http://thephoenix.com/boston/news/108081-troubled-over-bridgewater/Harold Clarke
Troubled state prison system losing chief
http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1287875The reform-proof prison
Why Massachusetts' correctional system hasn't gotten any better. Read more: http://thephoenix.com/Boston/news/108112-reform-proof-prison/#ixzz12M2T2HWn
http://thephoenix.com/Boston/news/108112-reform-proof-prison/Katheleen Dennehy
Prison Boss claims target of union harassment & threats
http://www.masscops.com/f30/prison-boss-claims-shes-target-union-harassment-threats-6835/Scott Harshbarger Report
http://www.prisoncommission.org/supplements/harshbarger_1.pdf============================================================================3. ATTN PARENTS: Last Chance to Register for FREE TUTORING (DEADLINE Friday, 10/15/10)============================================================================
Dont Miss Your Chance To Get FREE Tutoring For Your Child Through No Child Left Behind!
Dear Parents,
If your child attends the Boston Public Schools, this Friday, October 15th is the last day to register for Free Tutoring at the Boston Learning Center through No Child Left Behind.
Applications must be RECEIVED at your child's school by Friday.
There are no exceptions. If you miss the deadline, you will have to wait until next year to apply.
BPS students can receive up to $2,136 worth of tutoring in reading, writing, and math for grades K-12, at no charge to you.
Unfortunately, many parents miss this great opportunity to get extra help for their children. Please forward this email to a friend to help spread the word.
For more information, please call 617-265-7170 ext. 379.
Cordially,
Ayele Shakur
President and CEO
Boston Learning CenterPlease view the list below to find out if your child's school is eligible. For registration details email Carolyn@bostonlearningcenter.org or call 617-265-7170 ext. 379, by Friday!
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS:
Agassiz Elementary School
Beethoven Elementary School
Blackstone Elementary School
Charles Sumner Elementary School
Cheryl Watson-Harris, Principal
Curtis Guild Elementary School
David A. Ellis Elementary School
Edward Everett Elementary School
Elihu Greenwood Elementary School
Emily A. Fifield Elementary School
Farragut Elementary School
Gardner Pilot Academy
Harvard-Kent Elementary School
Henry Grew Elementary School
Jackson/Mann (K-8)
James J. Chittick Elementary School
James Condon Elementary School
James M. Curley Elementary School
James A. Garfield Elementary School
John P. Holland Elementary School
John Marshall Elementary School
John Winthrop Elementary School
Joseph Lee Elementary SchoolJosiah Quincy Elementary School
Maurice J. Tobin School (K-8)
Mildred Avenue (K-8)
Paul A. Dever Elementary School
Phineas Bates Elementary School
Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary School
William Ellery Channing Elementary School
William H. Ohrenberger Elementary School
William Monroe Trotter Elementary School
Young Achievers School (K-8)
MIDDLE SCHOOLS:
Dearborn Middle School
Clarence R. Edwards Middle School
George A. Lewis Middle School
Harbor Pilot Middle School
James P. Timilty Middle School
John W. McCormack Middle School
Lilla Frederick Middle School
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
Patrick F. Gavin Middle School
Umana Middle School Academy
Washington Irving Middle School
William B. Rogers Middle School
Woodrow Wilson Middle School
HIGH SCHOOLS:
Brighton High School
Charlestown High School
East Boston High School
English High School
Jeremiah Burke High School
Madison Park Technical Vocational High School
Quincy Upper SchoolSnowden International High School
K-12 /School:
William McKinley School
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5. EGLESTON SQUARE MAIN STREETS: UPCOMING EVENTS (10/17, 10/20 + 10/29)
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EVENTS:
- Walk for Peace!: THIS Sunday October 17th @ 12pm @ St. Mary of the Angels Church, 377 Walnut Ave. Join residents, merchants and community partners to walk through Egleston, Jackson and Hyde Square to demonstrate our love for our community and each other! (I'm including fliers in English and Spanish).
- Community conversation to continue to promote peace: Wednesday October 20th @6pm @ Spontaneous Celebrations, 45 Danforth Street. Join the residents, merchants and community partners who participated in the walk (and others!) to discuss how to continue to work across neighborhoods to promote peace. This will be an informal conversation, with a potluck! Please bring ideas and food to SHARE!
- Community Howl (Halloween Celebration): Friday October 29th 4-7pm, 826Boston, 3035 Washington Street. Local youth will be visiting community organizations and merchants as part of a trick-or-treating walk through the neighborhood. The walk will finish at 826Boston. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
VISIT THE BUSINESS DISTRICT!!!
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Betsy Cowan
EGLESTON SQUARE MAIN STREET
3313 Washington Street, Suite 5
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Tel. 617-522-7752
Fax 617-524-2430
www.eglestonsquaremainstreet.org
www.eglestonsquare.org
- ...and get a DELICIOUS MEAL! Visit Millenium Restaurant, 3094 Washington Street, for great Dominican Food! You can also get the food delivered, by calling 617-522-0505.
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Betsy Cowan
EGLESTON SQUARE MAIN STREET
3313 Washington Street, Suite 5
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Tel. 617-522-7752
Fax 617-524-2430
www.eglestonsquaremainstreet.org
www.eglestonsquare.org
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6. Johns Hopkins Hospital Update on CANCER CELLS IN EVERYONE
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Johns Hopkins Update DINO B.
This is an extremely good article. Everyone should read it.
AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY ('TRY', BEING THE KEY WORD) TO ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY .
Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins :
1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.
2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's lifetime.
3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.
4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, but also to environmental, food and lifestyle factors.
5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet to eat more adequately and healthy, 4-5 times/day and by including supplements will strengthen the immune system.
6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract etc, and can
cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.
7.. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.
8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor
destruction.
9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb
to various kinds of infections and complications.
10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.
11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.
*CANCER CELLS FEED ON:
a. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses, but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in color Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.
b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tact. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk cancer cells are being starved.
c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little other meat, like chicken. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.
d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked
food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance
growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw
vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C)..
e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer fighting properties. Water-best to drink purified water, or
filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.
12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines becomes putrefied and leads to more toxic buildup.
13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the
body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.
14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the bodies own killer cells to destroy
cancer cells.. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.
15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, un-forgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life.
16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.
1. No plastic containers in micro.
2. No water bottles in freezer.
3. No plastic wrap in microwave..
Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as well. Dioxin chemicals cause cancer, especially breast cancer. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic.Recently, Dr Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital , was on a TV program to explain thishealth hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave usingplastic containers. This especially applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body.Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results, only without the dioxin. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc. He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper The dioxin problem is one of the reasons.
Please share this with your whole email list.........................Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food with a paper towel instead.
This is an article that should be sent to anyone important in your life.
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