Supporting our troops… ever hear of a place called North Platte?

Here’s a little bit of history that I think you will like…


The North Platte Canteen

From December 25, 1941 until April 1, 1946 …

more than 6 million servicemen and women who traveled through Nebraska during World War II fondly remember the hospitality of the North Platte Canteen where every troop train was met by volunteers who prepared and served sandwiches, coffee, cookies, cakes, and other homemade ‘goodies’ during stops there.

This freedom that so few seem to appreciate today, and is so taken for granted, was paid for by the blood, sweat, and tears of a lot of good people.

Let us not forget the awesome price that was paid for our liberty, and let us not forget to pray for and support our men and women in uniform, who are today in harm’s way fighting for country!

God bless America…

Skip Barland


Meet Joseph Chandler…

Meet Joseph Chandler…

A talented musician, singer, and song writer.

Contact info:

Band Website: www.josephchandlermusic.com

Influences: “Journey”— Steve Perry; Yanni; and Richard Marx

Record Label: Panama Music

Joseph is a friend of mine and I’d just like to share his music with you all:

(Click here to listen to selections from his CD)

Enjoy and be blessed!

Skip Barland

KEEPING IT SIMPLE… a possible answer to the gulf oil spill!


BP Gulf Oil Spill Cost to date: 1.4 Billion Dollars

Who is BP (British Petroleum)?

BP is a global energy company which is the third largest energy company and the fourth largest company in the entire world. As a multinational oil company, BP is the United Kingdom’s largest corporation, with headquarters located in St. James, City of Westminster, London.

Please note also that BP is also owned by the Rothschild’s Banking Dynasty, so you can know from that why this Obama administration has been so slow to respond; as the Rothschild’s Banking Cartel are the puppet masters for the whole New World Order, Globalist agenda.

This video was sent to me today by a friend from church, and it makes sense to me!

That’s especially true since I understand the chemicals that BP has been using for the cleanup are very toxic, and are detrimental to the environment and wildlife… and certainly I’m sure that these toxic chemicals are a lot more expensive than the hay would be.

The following is a quote:

Couple good old hay haulers here!

Nobody’s ever gonna convince me that ya gotta have a college degree to be smart.

The politicians and other idiots will probably want to spend $Millions and more for a panel of engineers to study the problem, and then most likely won’t find the simple solution these good ole ‘southern boys have…

Below is a demonstration that was put on by CW Roberts employees, a Florida based company, demonstrating the use of hay to assist in a defense against the oil spill in the Gulf. This is the method that is included in the Walton County Plan of Action, to assist in their defense against the oil spill in the Gulf.

Buzz Aldrin talks about his UFO experience…

Buzz Aldrin talks about the ‘UFO’ which the

Apollo 11 crew saw on their way to the moon.

So what exactly are UFO’s? For my part, I don’t at all believe them to be extra terrestrial; rather I believe they are extra dimensional, meaning from a parallel dimension.

More precisely, the unexplained sightings, I believe to be mostly demonic in origin.

There are sighting, I believe of experimental aircraft that are seen on occasions; and I’m sure our government would rather we thought that they were UFO’s. But nevertheless, I do believe that UFO’s are very real.

The Bible talks about three dimensions, and labels them as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd heaven.

The Apostle Paul gives his account of having traveled to the 3rd heaven.

Scientists today have theorized something that the Orthodox Jewish scholars have said for years, based soley on their understanding of scripture, and that is there are as many as 11 different dimensions.

So whatever these sightings mean, I’m not sure; but I believe totally that they are real.

There is so much that we don’t know; and the more we do know… the more we are aware and find out that we don’t know. 🙂

Anyway, I thought you would find Buzz Aldrin’s account interesting.

Shalom,

Skip Barland


In memory to our fallen soldiers; this story will bless you…


In memory to our fallen soldiers,

who have made the supreme sacrifice…

God bless them all, and God bless their families!

What a moving and heart rendering story…

Just think, this is happening today, among so many families, all across our land.

I feel privileged even to have the opportunity to hear this story, because of the awesome show of love and compassion that was displayed in gratitude to this one family, over the loss of their son, husband, and father.

God bless them,

Skip Barland


From: Dennis
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 8:32 AM
To: Skip Barland;
Subject: FW: Memorial Day – a great message!!

—-Forwarded Message—-

WOW!

Memorial Day – a great message!!!

MAY GOD BLESS THIS AIRLINE CAPTAIN:


He writes: My lead flight attendant came to me and said, “We have an H.R. on this flight.” (H.R. stands for human remains.) “Are they military?” I  asked.

‘Yes’, she said.

‘Is there an escort?’ I asked.

‘Yes, I already assigned him a seat’.

‘Would you please tell him to come to the flight deck. You can board him early,” I said..

A short while later, a young army sergeant entered the flight deck. He was the image of the perfectly dressed soldier.

He introduced himself and I asked him about his soldier.

The escorts of  these fallen soldiers talk about them as if they are still alive and still with us.

‘My soldier is on his way back to Virginia,’ he said.  He proceeded to answer my questions, but offered no words.

I asked him if there was anything I could do for him and he said no.

I told him that he had the toughest job in the military and that I appreciated the work that he does for the families of our fallen soldiers.

The first officer and I got up out of our seats to shake his hand. He left the flight deck to find his seat.

We completed our preflight checks, pushed back and performed an uneventful departure.  About 30 minutes into our flight I received a call from the lead flight attendant in the cabin.

I  just found out the family of the soldier we are carrying, is on board,” she said.

She then proceeded to tell me that the father, mother, wife and 2-year old daughter were escorting their son, husband, and father home.

The family was upset because they were unable to see the container that the soldier was in before we left.

We were on our way to a major hub at which the family was going to wait four hours for the connecting flight home to Virginia.

The father of the soldier told the flight attendant that knowing his son was below him in the cargo compartment and being unable to see him was too much for him and the family to bear.

He had asked the flight attendant if there was anything that could be done to allow them to see him upon our arrival?

The family wanted to be outside by the cargo door to watch the soldier being taken off the airplane… I could hear the desperation in the flight attendants voice when she asked me if there was anything I could do?

I’m on it,” I said. I told her that I would get back to her.

Airborne communication with my company normally occurs in the form of e-mail like messages.

I decided to bypass this system and contact my flight dispatcher directly on a secondary radio.

There is a radio operator in the operations control center who connects you to the telephone of the dispatcher.

I was in direct contact with the dispatcher…  I explained the situation I had on board with the family and what it was the family wanted.

He said he understood and that he would get back to me.

Two hours went by and I had not heard from the dispatcher. We were going to get busy soon and I needed to know what to tell the family.

I sent a text message asking for an update. I saved the return message from the dispatcher and the following is the text:

“Captain, sorry it has taken so long to get back to you. There  is policy on this now and I had to check on a few  things.

Upon your arrival a dedicated escort team will meet the aircraft. The team will escort the family to the ramp and plane side.

A van will be used to load the remains with a secondary van for the family.

The family will be taken to their departure area and escorted into the terminal where the remains can be seen on the ramp.

It is a private area for the family only. When the connecting aircraft arrives, the family will be escorted onto the ramp and plane side to watch the remains being loaded for the final leg home.

Captain, most of us here in flight control are veterans. Please pass our condolences on to the family. Thanks.”

I sent a message back telling flight control thanks for a good job.

I printed out the message and gave it to the lead flight attendant to pass on to the father.

The lead flight attendant was very thankful and told me, “You have no idea how much this will mean to them.”

Things started getting busy for the descent, approach and landing.

After landing, we cleared the runway and taxied to the ramp area.

The ramp is huge with 15 gates on either side of the alleyway.  It is always a busy area with aircraft maneuvering every which way to enter and exit.

When we entered the ramp and checked in with the ramp controller, we were told that all traffic was being held for us.

There is a team in place to meet the aircraft,” we were told.

It looked like it was all coming together, then I realized that once we turned the seat belt sign off, everyone would stand up at once and delay the family from  getting off the airplane.

As we approached our gate, I asked the copilot to tell the ramp controller we were going to stop short of the gate to make an announcement to the passengers.

He did that and the ramp controller said, “Take your time.”

I stopped the aircraft and set the parking brake. I pushed the public address button and said:

Ladies and gentleman, this is your Captain speaking I have stopped short of our gate to make a special announcement.

We have a passenger on board who deserves our honor and respect.  His Name is Private XXXXXX, a soldier who recently lost his life.

Private XXXXXX is under your feet in the cargo hold.

Escorting him today is Army Sergeant  XXXXXXX.  Also, on board are his father, mother, wife, and daughter.

Your entire flight crew is asking for all passengers to remain in their seats to allow the family to exit the aircraft first. Thank you.”

We continued the turn to the gate, came to a stop and started our shutdown procedures. A couple of minutes later I opened the cockpit door. I found the two forward flight attendants crying, something you just do not see.

I was told that after we came to a stop, every passenger on the aircraft stayed in their seats, waiting for the family to exit the aircraft.

When the family got up and gathered their things, a passenger slowly started to clap his hands. Moments later more passengers joined in and soon the entire aircraft was clapping.

Words of ‘God Bless You’, I’m sorry, thank you, be proud, and other kind words were uttered to the family as they made their way down the aisle and out of the airplane.

They were escorted down to the ramp to finally be with their loved one.

Many of the passengers disembarking thanked me for the announcement I had made.

They were just words, I told them, I could say them over and over again, but nothing I say will bring back that brave soldier.

I respectfully ask that all of you reflect on this event and the sacrifices that millions of our men and women have made to ensure our freedom and safety in these United  States of AMERICA .

Foot note: As a Viet Nam Veteran I can only think of all the veterans including the ones that rode below the deck on their way home and how they were treated.

When I read things like this I am proud that our country has not turned their backs on our soldiers returning from the various war zones today and give them the respect they so deserve.

I know everyone who has served their country who reads this will have tears in their eyes, including me.

Prayer chain for our Military… Don’t break it!

Please send this on after a short prayer… Prayer for our soldiers.

Don’t break it!

Prayer:

“Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen”

Prayer Request: When you receive this, please stop for a moment and say a prayer for our troops around the world.

There is nothing attached. Just send this to people in your address book. Do not let it stop with you.

Of all the gifts you could give a Marine, Soldier, Sailor, Airman, & others deployed in harm’s way, prayer is the very best one!

GOD BLESS YOU!!!

Sorry about your monitor; it made mine blurry too!

On this Memorial Day, let us not forget the cost of our Liberty…

Least we forget

There are so many today, among our leadership in Washington DC, and also among our citizens, who have long since forgotten the cost of our liberty, that so many today are taking for granted; and it is sad but nevertheless true, that if we fail to guard it, we are most likely going to lose it.

Memorial Day is a day for us to remember the cost so many have paid, in their life’s blood, in order to insure and guarantee what so many today are taking for granted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7Rs8aCHgRc&feature=player_embedded

REMEMBERING THOSE WHO GIVE ALL…

Take time on this Memorial Day to remember all those who have and are today giving it all, even to the point of laying down their lives…

Liberty is not cheap, and though there are those in government and among certain groups of our citizens today who would cheapen their sacrifice, and are less than appreciative, let us not be one of them; and instead let us stand up and give thanks!

Remember to pray for our Troops….

Consumer Beware… of the harmful effects of “Artificial Sweeteners!”


Consumer Beware…

What you don’t know could be killing you!

Below is an article I received today regarding the deadly effects of Aspartame (aka, ‘Nutra Sweet,’ ‘Equal,’ and ‘Spoonful’).

I just had a discussion with a brother yesterday, and he was saying that these sugar substitutes were okay.

Well, that’s not what the evidence is showing… so consumers beware!

I’m passing this information along to you FYI, for your information.

Here are a few other artificial sweeteners that you should avoid:

Saccharin

Foods containing saccharin no longer carry a label stating that the “use of this product may be hazardous to your health …contains saccharin which has been determined to cause cancer in laboratory animals.” This warning was lifted in 2001 by the American FDA as saccharin no longer has been connected to cancer in human beings.

Saccharin may be present in drugs in substantial amounts. Ingestion of the recommended daily dosage of chewable aspirin or acetaminophen tablets in a school-age child would provide approximately the same amount of saccharin contained in one can of a diet soft drink.

This amount, relative to the body weight of a child younger than 9 or 10 years, ingested for prolonged periods would be considered as “heavy use,” as defined in a major large-scale FDA/National Cancer Institute epidemiologic study.

In this study, heavy use of artificial sweeteners was associated with a significantly increased risk for the development of bladder cancer.

An independent review of this study concluded that there was no association.

An investigation of saccharin performed by the American Medical Association in 1985 concluded that bladder changes were species-specific, were confined to the second generation of male rats, and occurred in association with large doses (equivalent to several hundred cans of diet soft drink per day).

The no-effect level was equivalent to 500 mg/kg/d.[68,69] Saccharin is not genotoxic; the presumed mechanism of toxicity is the binding of saccharin to urinary proteins (not normally found in humans), creating a nidus for the formation of silicate crystals, which are cytotoxic to bladder epithelium.

Saccharin is an O-toluene sulfonamide derivative and causes similar dermatologic reactions.

Cross-sensitivity with sulfonamides has been demonstrated; therefore, children with “sulfa” allergy should also avoid saccharin.

Hypersensitivity can usually be confirmed by a radioallergosorbent test for saccharin.

In a series of 42 patients with adverse effects resulting from consumption of saccharin in pharmaceutical agents, pruritus and urticaria were the most common reactions, followed by eczema, photosensitivity, and prurigo.

Other reactions include wheezing, nausea, diarrhea, tongue blisters, tachycardia, fixed eruptions, headache, diuresis, and sensory neuropathy.

Ingestion of saccharin-adulterated milk formula by infants was associated with irritability, hypertonia, insomnia, opisthotonos, and strabismus, which resolved within 36 hours after ingestion.

Two anecdotal reports of an accidental overdose in an adult and a child discussed reactions of generalized edema, oliguria, and persistent albuminuria. Because of the paucity of data on the toxicity of saccharin in children, the American Medical Association has recommended limiting the intake of saccharin in young children and pregnant women.

Sucralose

Splenda, also known as sucralose, is an artificial sweetener, which is a chlorinated sucrose derivative. Facts about this artificial chemical are as follows:

Pre-Approval Research

Pre-approval research showed that sucralose caused shrunken thymus glands (up to 40% shrinkage) and enlarged liver and kidneys.

Recent Research

A possible problem with caecal enlargement and renal mineralization has been seen in post approval animal research.

Sucralose Breaks Down

Despite the manufacturer’s mis-statements, sucralose does break down into small amounts of 1,6-dichlorofructose, a chemical which has not been adequately tested in humans. More importantly, sucralose must break down in the digestive system. If it didn’t break down and react at all (as the manufacturer claims), it would not chemically-react on the tongue to provide a sweet taste. The truth is that sucralose does break down to some extent in the digestive system.

Independent, Long-Term Human Research

None. Manufacturer’s “100’s of studies” (some of which show hazards) were clearly inadequate and do not demonstrate safety in long-term use.

Chlorinated Pesticides

The manufacturer claims that the chlorine added to sucralose is similar to the chlorine atom in the salt (NaCl) molecule. That is not the case. Sucralose may be more like ingesting tiny amounts of chlorinated pesticides, but we will never know without long-term, independent human research.

Conclusion

While it is unlikely that sucralose is as toxic as the poisoning people are experiencing from Monsanto’s aspartame, it is clear from the hazards seen in pre-approval research and from its chemical structure that years or decades of use may contribute to serious chronic immunological or neurological disorders.

It is very important that people who have any interest in their health stay aware from the highly toxic sweetener aspartame and other questionable sweeteners such as sucralose (Splenda), and acesulfame-k (Sunette, Sweet & Safe, Sweet One). Please see the extensive resources for sweeteners on the Healthier Sweetener Resource List.
http://www.holisticmed.com/sweet/

http://www.holisticmed.com/splenda/

Mark D. Gold mgold@holisticmed.com

Aspartame Toxicity Information Center

35 Inman St., Cambridge, MA 02139 617-497-7843

http://www.HolisticMed.com/aspartame/

I think the point that should be made here is that so much of the additives to our food today are nothing but chemicals, and they have nothing whatsoever to do with food. They are added to either increase shelf life, add coloring, flavor, or to sweeten.

In many cases, we are finding out that these chemicals are deadly, and at the very least are harmful to your health.

Bottom-line is, the FDA, as much as people think that they exist to watch out for the public’s health interest, in these matters; as it turns out, owed to the fact that the people who run the FDA generally come out of the pharmaceutical industry, they are more about watching out for the financial interest of the food and drug industry…

And what you don’t know could be killing you, and at the very least robbing you of your health!

Skip Barland


—–Original Message—–
From: Sheneau
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 9:59 AM
To: Undisclosed
Subject: You must read this. It could save your life or someone else’s

Don’t usually forward this kind of stuff but if it makes a difference then

it is worth reading.

I’m not sure this is true (but it is worth taking note of) but I do have friends that have been dealing with symptoms spelled out

here. I think it is worth reading and just maybe it will help.

God bless,

Sheneau

Make sure and read to the end…

I discovered this information a couple of years ago while reading a book by Marilu Henner.
My husband, Josh, suffers from seizures and one of his triggers is formaldehyde.
When we learned of aspartames effects we chose to be very conscience of our intake and I cannot tell you what a difference it has made.

Josh used to live w/what they refer to as ‘aura’s’ which are best explained as the beginning of but not a full blown seizure all day every day.

Sometimes it seemed as though he could have hundreds a day.

Ever since we have cut out aspartame he is like a different person. He feels so much better. Aspartame is everywhere.

We read all labels now, it is just not worth the risk.

Josh used to drink a 52oz. mug of sweet tea several times a day while @ work.

Well QT as well as most restaurants use aspartame to sweeten their sweet tea, not real sugar.

Now we always ask when ordering. Anything that says sugar free probably has aspartame.

We also avoid Acesulfame K, it has a similar chemical structure to saccharin.


SWEET POISON!

A MUST READ!

In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick.

She had stomach spasms and she was having a hard time getting around.

Walking was a major chore.

It took everything she had just to get out of bed; she was in so much pain.

By March 2002, she had undergone several tissue and muscle biopsies and was on 24 various prescription medications.

The doctors could not determine what was wrong with her.

She was in so much pain, and so sick she just knew she was dying.

She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance, etc., in her oldest daughter’s name, and made sure that her younger children were to be taken care of.

She also wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to Florida (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd.

On March 19 I called her to ask how her most recent tests went, and she said they didn’t find anything on the test, but they believe she had MS.

I recalled an article a friend of mine e-mailed to me and I asked my sister if she drank diet soda?

She told me that she did. As a matter of fact, she was getting ready to crack one open that moment.

I told her not to open it, and to stop drinking the diet soda!

I e-mailed her an article my friend, a lawyer, had sent.

My sister called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and told me she had stopped drinking the diet soda AND she could walk!

The muscle spasms went away. She said she didn’t feel 100% but, she sure felt a lot better.

She told me she was going to her doctor with this article and would call me when she got home.

Well, she called me, and said her doctor was amazed!

He is going to call all of his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweeteners of any kind.

In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the Aspartame in the diet soda…and literally dying a slow and miserable death.

When she got to Florida March 22, all she had to take was one pill, and that was a pill for the Aspartame poisoning!

She is well on her way to a complete recovery.

And she is walking!

No wheelchair!

This article saved her life.

If it says ‘SUGAR FREE’ on the label; DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!

I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL

CONFERENCE on ‘ASPARTAME,’ marketed as ‘Nutra Sweet,’ ‘Equal,’ and

‘Spoonful.’

In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced that in the United States in 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus.

It was difficult to determine exactly what toxin was causing this to be Rampant.

I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject.

I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous:

When the temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME converts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic acidosis. Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants.

The methanol toxicity mimics, among other conditions, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus.

Many people were being diagnosed in error. Although multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, Methanol toxicity is!

Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers.

The victim usually does not know that the Aspartame is the culprit.

He or she continues its use; irritating the lupus to such a degree that it may become a life-threatening condition.

We have seen patients with systemic lupus become asymptotic, once taken off diet sodas.

In cases of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, most of the symptoms disappear. We’ve seen many cases where vision loss returned and hearing loss improved markedly.

This also applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalgia.

During a lecture, I said, ‘If you are using ASPARTAME (Nutra Sweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting, pains, numbness in your legs,

Cramps,

Vertigo,

Dizziness,

Headaches ,

Tinnitus,

Joint pain,

Unexplainable depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss you probably have ASPARTAME poisoning!’

People were jumping up during the lecture saying, ‘I have some of these symptoms.

Is it reversible?’

Yes!

Yes!

Yes!

STOP drinking diet sodas and be alert for Aspartame on food labels!

Many products are fortified with it!

This is a serious problem.

Dr. Espart (one of my speakers) remarked that so many people seem to be symptomatic for MS and during his recent visit to a hospice; a nurse stated that six of her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence!

Diet soda is NOT a diet product!

It is a chemically altered, multiple SODIUM (salt) and ASPARTAME containing product that actually makes you crave carbohydrates.

It is far more likely to make you GAIN weight!

These products also contain formaldehyde, which stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs.

Formaldehyde is an absolute toxin and is used primarily to preserve ’tissue specimens.’

Many products we use every day contain this chemical but we SHOULD NOT store it IN our body!

Dr. H. J. Roberts stated in his lectures that once free of the ‘diet products’ and with no significant increase in exercise; his patients lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial period.

Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics.

We found that some physicians, who believed that they had a patient with retinopathy, in fact, had symptoms caused by Aspartame.

The Aspartame drives the blood sugar out of control.

Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are NEUROTOXIC when taken without the other ami no acids necessary for a good balance.

Treating diabetes is all about BALANCE.

Especially with diabetics, the Aspartame passes the blood/brain barrier

and it then deteriorates the neurons of the brain; causing various

levels of brain damage,

Seizures,

Depression,

Manic depression,

Panic attacks,

Uncontrollable anger and rage.

Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in non-diabetics as well.

Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands of children

diagnosed with ADD and ADHD have had complete turnarounds in their behavior when these chemicals have been removed from their diet.

So called ‘behavior modification prescription drugs’ (Ritalin and

others) are no longer needed.

Truth be told, they were never NEEDED in the first place!

Most of these children were being ‘poisoned’ on a daily basis with the very foods that were ‘better for them than sugar.’

It is also suspected that the Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and diet Pepsi consumed by men and women fighting in the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War Syndrome.

Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects, i.e. mental retardation, if taken at the time of conception and during early pregnancy.

Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NEVER be given artificial sweeteners.

There are many different case histories to relate of children suffering grand mal seizures and other neurological disturbances talking about a plague of neurological diseases directly y caused by the use of this deadly poison.’

Herein lies the problem:

There were Congressional Hearings when Aspartame was included in 100 different products and strong objection was made concerning its use.

Since this initial hearing, there have been two subsequent hearings, and still nothing has been done.

The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets.

Sadly, MONSANTO’S patent on Aspartame has EXPIRED!

There are now over 5,000 products on the market that contain this deadly chemical and there will be thousands more introduced.

Everybody wants a ‘piece of the Aspartame pie.’

I assure you that MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame, knows how deadly it is.

And isn’t it ironic that MONSANTO funds, among others, the American Diabetes Association, the American Dietetic Association and the Conference of the American College of Physicians?

This has been recently exposed in the New York Times.

These [organizations] cannot criticize any additives or convey their link to MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and are required to endorse their products.

Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote and presented a bill that would require label warnings on products containing Aspartame, especially regarding pregnant women, children and infants.

The bill would also institute independent studies on the known dangers and the problems existing in the general population regarding seizures, changes in brain chemistry, neurological changes and behavioral symptoms.

The bill was killed.

It is known that the powerful drug and chemical lobbies are responsible for this, letting loose the hounds of disease and death on an unsuspecting and uninformed public. Well, you’re informed now!

YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW!

This message has your name all over it…


Don’t Worry Be Happy!

(click on above link for a very special message)


To my very special friend…

This cyber card has come your way today, with your name on it.

It’s intended for all my friends who need encouraging, and/or who just need a hug…

Have a blessed day!

Skip Barland



Tough times never last, tough people do.



Friend…

Thought For The Day
GOOD looks catch the eye but a GOOD personality catches the heart.

You’re blessed with both!


It’s “Friends Day” –
Send this to all your good friends.


And in case no one has told you yet today…

Jesus LOVES you too, and He’s that friend that is closer than a brother!


Laminin – a cell adhesion protein molecule, created by God with a message… check this out!!!


Listen to Louie Giglio talk about “Laminin”

(Please click on this link to see an amazing video)

Laminins
are major proteins in the basal lamina (formerly improperly called “basement membrane”), a protein network foundation for most cells and organs. The laminins are an important and biologically active part of the basal lamina, influencing cell differentiation, migration, adhesion as well as phenotype and survival.[1]

Laminins are large trimeric proteins that contain an α-chain, a β-chain and a γ-chain, found in five, three and three genetic variants, respectively. The laminin molecules are named according to their chain composition. Thus, laminin-511 contains α5, β1 and γ1 chains.[2] Fourteen other chain combinations have been identified in vivo. The trimeric proteins form a cross, giving a structure that can bind to other cell membrane and extracellular matrix molecules.[3] The three shorter arms are particularly good at binding to other laminin molecules, which allows them to form sheets. The long arm is capable of binding to cells, which helps anchor organized tissue cells to the membrane.

The laminins are a family of glycoproteins that are an integral part of the structural scaffolding in almost every tissue of an organism. They are secreted and incorporated into cell-associated extracellular matrices. Laminin is vital for the maintenance and survival of tissues. Defective laminins can cause muscles to form improperly, leading to a form of muscular dystrophy, lethal skin blistering disease (junctional epidermolysis bullosa) and defects of the kidney filter (nephrotic syndrome).[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laminin


Isn’t this amazing?

This email letter (see below) was forwarded to me this morning; and I looked it up on the internet, and all of it is legit!

God never ceases to blow my mind; and even as the Bible says, truly… We are fearfully and wonderfully made!

This is one of my favorite scriptures in the Bible; and just listen to the message that it conveys:

Psalm 139

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

1 O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
2 You know my sitting down and my rising up;
You understand my thought afar off.
3 You comprehend my path and my lying down,
And are acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word on my tongue,
But behold, O LORD, You know it altogether.
5 You have hedged me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me.
6
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is high, I cannot attain it.

7 Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.
9
If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 Even there Your hand shall lead me,
And Your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall[a] on me,”
Even the night shall be light about me;
12 Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You,
But the night shines as the day;
The darkness and the light are both alike to You.

13 For You formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;[b]

Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.

17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!
18
If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;
When I awake, I am still with You.

19 Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God!
Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men.
20 For they speak against You wickedly;
Your enemies take Your name in vain.[c]
21 Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred;
I count them my enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my anxieties;
24 And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.

God has truly made Himself known throughout the beauties and intricacies of His creation; and we as His created beings are truly without excuse for not recognizing His handiwork; and this is especially true today, with all the advances we have in science.

I believe that God has created each one of us, with a measure of faith (even as the Bible says we are) so that we can recognize the TRUTH when confronted with it; and really as we understand our Bible, and what Truth really is, “Truth” is not a philosophy, and nor is it merely a statement of belief; but Truth is a person:

John 14:6

6 Jesus said to him, “I am the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

Look also at Colossians:

Colossians 1:15-17

15 He (Yeshua—Jesus) is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers.

All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

So as the Bible says, “We are without excuse.”

Romans 1:16-23

The Just Live by Faith
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,[a] for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”[b]

God’s Wrath on Unrighteousness
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them.
20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.

So if the God of creation, who has wound this world up and has set everything in motion, with such intricacies and beauty, that it is infinitely more complicated than a Swiss Watch, then how much more is He involved with us, in our lives, and even as Psalm 139 says, in the Living Translation:

Psalms 139:13-18

13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.

16 You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.

17 How precious are your thoughts about me,[b] O God.
They cannot be numbered!
18 I can’t even count them;
they outnumber the grains of sand!
And when I wake up,
you are still with me!

So if the God of the universe is that concerned about you and I, can we not also trust Him to lead and guide our lives, through whatever trials and tribulations that we might encounter, along life’s path?  Of course we can!

But it starts only as we surrender our lives to Jesus Christ, as our personal Saviour, as we acknowledge and accept His redemptive work, which was purchased for us on Calvary’s cross; and then it doesn’t stop there, because we much also make Him both Lord and Master of our Life!

This is the Gospel message folks, which has the power to save our soul!

Let us not take this message for granted, but let’s pay attention.

Shalom,

Skip Barland

From: Ed
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 2:17 AM
To: Skip Barland
Subject: FW: The Cross in our bodies.You must read VAD]

I personally really like all of Louie Giglio’s sermons, I have many of his DVD’s and watch them quite often they are very interesting and this one I have also, you should watch it I think you can find it on youtube.com if I remember correctly

Subject: The “glue” that holds us together…

shared by an anonymous doctor

A couple of days ago I was running (I use that term very loosely)
on my treadmill, watching a DVD sermon by Louie Giglio…
And I was BLOWN AWAY!
I want to share what I learned….
But I fear not being able to convey it as well as I want.
I will share anyway.

He (Louie) was talking about how inconceivably BIG our God is…
How He spoke the universe into being…
How He breathes stars out of His mouth that are huge raging balls of fire, Etc. Etc.

Then He went on to speak of how this star-breathing, universe creating God
ALSO knitted our human bodies together with amazing detail and wonder.

At this point I am LOVING it ( fascinating from a medical standpoint, you know)….

And I was remembering how I was constantly amazed during medical school
as I learned more and more about God’s handiwork.
I remember so many times thinking…
‘How can ANYONE deny that a Creator did all of this???’

… Louie went on to talk about how we can trust that the God who created all this, also has the power to hold it all together when things seem to be falling apart… how our loving Creator is also our sustainer.

And then I lost my breath.

And it wasn’t because I was running my treadmill, either!!!
It was because he started talking about laminin.
I knew about laminin.

Here is how Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laminin; describes them:

‘Laminins are a family of proteins that are an integral part of the structural scaffolding of basement membranes in almost every animal tissue.’

You see… Laminins are what hold us together.. LITERALLY.

They are cell adhesion molecules.
They are what holds one cell of our bodies to the next cell.
Without them, we would literally fall apart.
And I knew all this already.
But what I didn’t know is what they LOOKED LIKE.
But now I do.
And I have thought about it a thousand times since (already)…
Here is what the structure of laminin looks like…
AND THIS IS NOT a ‘Christian portrayal’ of it…

If you look up laminin in any scientific/medical piece of literature,
this is what you will see…
Now tell me that our God is not the coolest!!!
Amazing. The glue that holds us together….. ALL of us….
Is in the shape of the cross.

Immediately Colossians 1:15-17 comes to mind.

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
For by him all things were created; things in heaven and on earth,
visible And invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities;
all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and
in Him all things HOLD TOGETHER. ‘
(Colossians 1:15-17)

Call me crazy. I just think that is very, very, very cool.

Thousands of years before the world knew anything about laminin,
Paul penned those words.
And now we see that from a very LITERAL standpoint,
we are held together… One cell to another… By; the cross.