Sage Lewis

Rocky was talking about all the cool things we need to do this summer.
Here’s the list so far:
Cedar Point Amusement Park, The Roller Coaster Capital of the World! - Opens May 10
Geauga Lake’s Wildwater Kingdom- Northeast Ohio’s Premier Waterpark
Kings Island | Official Home Page
We have a year pass for all Cedar Fair Properties
May 17 - Partners in Percussion with Cleveland Orchestra
Akron Zoo
Miniature Golf
Cleveland Air Show - August 30, 31 and September 1.
Pool
Memphis Kiddie Park
Lake House
Invent Now - Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Great Lakes Science Center
Hale Farm and Village
Medina County Fair - 2008 Fair Dates: July 28-August 3
Stan Hywet Easter Egg Hunt - Saturday, March 22, 2008
Peter and the Wolf with Cleveland Orchestra

So I’ve been told and consequently been reading about the causes of cancer. If you are interested in the research, check out these articles:

Check out this article on the causes of cancer put out by the AICR:
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/six-good-eating-habits-help/story.aspx?guid=%7BAE0DF295-2B39-4AA2-B634-B57F5CCE0E45%7D

This is a similar article, based on the same survey, talking about how people think the “everything” causes cancer. When in reality there are specific things that cause cancer… just the things people don’t want to admit:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/87474.php

Apparently meat and dairy are major contributors to cancer. So, viola! I’m not eating meat or dairy. I don’t mind it at all from a food variety standpoint. However, I have caught a cold (something I rarely do these days). And I’ve also felt a little tired. I’ve only been doing it for two weeks. It’s possible this might just be a transition time for my body. But I thought I’d look into it to see if others felt similar things.

Here’s an interesting article on what a person needs, from a protein, calcium, iron point of view:

No Meat, No Dairy: A new approach to weight-loss.:

So do your body a favor - get your protein from the following sources and realize that you only need an average of 44-56 grams of protein per day to meet your daily requirements. 44 for females, 36 for males. The average American eats an average of 100-120 a day - hmmm I wonder where there getting their protein?

Excellent sources of protein:

Grains: Brown rice, oats (CEREAL, OATMEAL, GRANOLA), millet, corn, barley, bulghur and wheat (WHOLE WHEAT BREAD, PASTAS, CEREALS, FLOUR, ETC.) FYI: Corn isn’t a vegetable, it’s actually a grain.

Legumes: Green peas, lentils, chick peas, alfalfa sprouts, mung beans, and beans of all kinds (kidney, navy, lima, soy) and products made from them like tofu, textured vegetable protein - TVP - tempeh, soy milks) peanuts, etc.

Greens: Broccoli, collards, spinach, etc.

Nuts and Seeds: Almonds, cashews, walnuts, filberts, pistachios, pecans, macadamias and nut butters made from these. Sunflower seeds are a good source as well as sesame seeds and pumpkin seeds.

Fish: Fish offers an abundance of health benefits (essential fatty acids, protein) and are a good alternative to meat and poultry. But be careful and watch which types of fish you eat. Some contain high levels of mercury that can wreak havoc on the body. Salmon and tuna have the lowest levels. Please note that EFA’s can be found in yellow vegetables and oil-rich foods.

Let’s talk about calcium for a minute. Yes, milk does contain calcium but I can name at least 6 different healthy alternatives that contain even more calcium than milk. Keep in mind that milk contains about 120 mgs per cup and too much calcium can lead to kidney stones. The average adult needs around 800 mgs. per day.

Collards - 304 mgs. Kale - 249 mgs. Oats - 170 mgs. Chickpeas - 150 Almond/Raisin mix - 290 Tofu - 150

Don’t forget calcium fortified OJ contains just as much calcium as milk as does soy milk.

Many healthy foods and snacks contain Iron. 100 grams of beefsteak contains about 3.0 mgs of Iron. The average adult requires 10 mgs. for males and 18 mgs. for females.

Spinach 100 grams - 4.0 mgs. Raisins 100 grams - 4.1 mgs Molasses 15 grams - 3.2 mgs. Garbanzo Beans 100 grams - 7.0 mgs. Lentils 100 grams - 4.2 mgs Tofu 100 grams - 2.5 mgs. Millet 25 grams - 4.0 mgs. Pumpkin seeds 50 grams - 3.0 mgs. Prune Juice 3 ½ oz. - 10.5 mgs

On a first pass, no one seems to be reporting similar things. I’ll keep at it, get past this cold and then see how I feel. I’m also going to try to up my intake on some of the above things.

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This is what happens when you have too much time on your hands.

I just got a huge forward that was too good to not reply to.

It was about a Stamp the was supposedly a Christmas Muslim stamp. It was all about how much we should hate Muslims and how they should basically get the hell away from our Christmas.

So, I spammed the group right back. I’m sure death threats are on the way. But this is what I wrote:

Please see here for the facts about this stamp:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/eidstamp.asp

Here are some pull-outs on the facts of that stamp:

Origins: The stamp described above exists, although it is neither new nor a Christmas stamp: It is a seven-year-old USPS Holiday Series stamp commemorating two Islamic holidays that have no connection to Christmas.

The EID stamp is often mischaracterized as a “Christmas stamp,” but it has nothing to do with Christmas other than that it is part of a series of U.S. postage stamps commemorating several diverse celebrations (Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Thanksgiving) that generally occur around the November-December timeframe commonly designated as the “holiday season” in the U.S.

As the USPS describes the EID stamp:
The Eid stamp commemorates the two most important festivals — or eids — in the Islamic calendar: Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha. On these days, Muslims wish each other “Eid mubarak,” the phrase featured in Islamic calligraphy on the stamp. “Eid mubarak” translates literally as “blessed festival,” and can be paraphrased as “May your religious holiday be blessed.” This phrase can be applied to both Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.
The EID stamp word “eid” is roughly equivalent to the English word “celebration” or “festival.” The three-day Eid Al-Fitr celebrates the end of the month-long fasting of Ramadan; the three-day Eid Al-Adha commemorates the willingness of the Prophet Abraham to sacrifice his son Ishmael in response to God’s command*, and it marks the end of Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca. (In 2007, Eid Al-Fitr begins on October 12, and Eid Al-Adha on December 20.)

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I know that the only thing Christians don’t like more than Muslims is Atheists. As an atheist I stereotypically like statistics. It’s an actual fact you would rather see pretty much any other faith in the Presidential office other than the likes of me.

But as an atheist I’m allowed to see this debate and hatred between Muslims and Christians quite non-partially. I think, as you can imagine, you are both silly.

So, I have some use for you.

This hatred you have for Muslims is synthetic. It’s been trumped up. You have been trained to hate Muslims by our government leaders. It’s all very intentional to get you to support the causes and our interests in the Middle East. That’s not to say it isn’t important. I do actually feel we should be in the Middle East real heavy. It’s a matter of our very American existence that we have a strong arm in that area of the world. However, that fact doesn’t preclude me from seeing the propaganda being shoved down our throats to make us support the cause.

I quite assure you that within a year’s time you could be trained to feel a completely equal hatred for the Chinese. That, actually, will probably happen in your life time. But right now, you don’t think much of them, do you? If you are old enough, do you remember how much you used to hate the Russians?

But enough of that. Here’s the reason I’m writing.

I implore you. I beg you. Please don’t let the hatred inflicted on you by our government to taint the beautiful faith you know and love that comes from Jesus. Jesus was, and is, great because of his Love. That was what made him different and is what still makes him different. The Love of Jesus is greater than any power in the world.

I’ll leave you with my absolute favorite part of the Bible. (I wasn’t always a heathen atheist, you know

1 Corinthians 13
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Sage

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John McCain goes off the rails | Salon News. If you guys think McCain is dying in the campaign because of his “straight talk” you are as screwed up as Washington is.

The reason McCain is slowly falling away is because he has become spineless. He looks more like a poll-reading automaton than a “straight talker.” Granted, recently he has tried to go back to his 2000 roots of being this maverick that says what he thinks is right. It’s all too little too late. It reminds me of the time Jerry Springer suddenly stopped allowing fights on his stage. His audience was appalled (including me). He quickly came back with bigger and better fights. But he was never the same in my eyes. I stopped watching for good.

You should have never stopped the stage brawls, John. Now your straight talk looks like more of the same old same old coming out of Washington. I’m sorry. I liked you once… as did so many. But now this show is over.

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