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Dark Star and Pagan Pre-Cursors to Christianity

2009-01-12T17:22:00.003-06:00

Life events shared by Osiris, Dionysus and Jesus:

The following stories appear both in the Gospels and in the myths of many of the god-men:

Conception:
God was his father. This was believed to be literally true in the case of Osiris-Dionysus; their God came to earth and engaged in sexual intercourse with a human. The father of Jesus is God in the form of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 1:18).
A human woman, a virgin, was his mother.

Birth:
He was born in a cave or cowshed. Luke 2:7 mentions that Jesus was placed in a manger - an eating trough for animals. One early Christian tradition said that the manger was in a cave.
His birth was prophesized by a star in the heavens.

Ministry:
At a marriage ceremony, he performed the miracle of converting water into wine.
He was powerless to perform miracles in his home town.
His followers were born-again through baptism in water.
He rode triumphantly into a city on a donkey. Tradition records that the inhabitants waved palm leaves.
He had 12 disciples.
He was accused of licentious behavior.
Execution, resurrection, etc:
He was killed near the time of the Vernal Equinox, about MAR-21.
He died "as a sacrifice for the sins of the world." 1
He was hung on a tree, stake, or cross.
After death, he descended into hell.
On the third day after his death, he returned to life.
The cave where he was laid was visited by three of his female followers
He later ascended to heaven.

His titles:
God made flesh.
Savior of the world.
Son of God.

Beliefs about the God-man:
He is "God made man," and equal to the Father.
He will return in the last days.
He will judge the human race at that time.
Humans are separated from God by original sin. The god-man's sacrificial death reunites the believer with God and atones for the original sin.

All of the Pagan myths had been circulating for centuries before Jesus birth (circa 4 to 7 BCE). It is obvious that if any copying occurred, it was the followers of Jesus incorporating into his biography the myths and legends of Osiris-Dionysus, not vice-versa.

The Ten Commandments

2008-12-14T12:00:00.003-06:00

Previous to this Post I made a good start on my Ten Commandemnts to a healthy life. I have returned to this BLOG numerous times to add and re-write, however it is still not yet half done. I suppose all writings are a work in progress, but I am especially exemplary of this notion that since you really don't know exactly where something is going and you never cease to discover new things about something that intrigues you, nothing is ever etched in stone and needs to be returned to many times before any degree of perfection is reached.

This perception, of course is exactly opposite to what happened on Mount Sinai when Moses got the original Ten Commandments and when he returned for a second set after smashing the first set in his anger at discovering his Brother, Aaron had fashioned a Golden Calf for the poeple of Israel to worship in his absence.

In this case, God did in fact etch these commandments in stone "With his Own Finger", as it is reported. Jewish tradition says that these writings went completely through the stone so it could be read from either side, and miraculously not in backward form from the reverse side. The attached link shows, if it were necessary to make that observation, that these laws were meant to be the Primary ten Laws that should never be broken or changed. Jesus himself, although showing that they could easily be summed up with only two "New Commandments", namely 1) Love Your Lord your God with all your Heart and Soul and 2) Your Neighbor as Yourself, nevertheless, in Jesus' own words, "..Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil." The message is clear, "..Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled..." .

Now it has been recently suggested that I am attacking the Catholic Church, or as my Beloved Brother states, "..He feels no need to defend His Catholic Background". I want to make it perfectly clear that is not my intention, but only to point out an error of the entire "Christian Faith" that has existed since the 4th Century of the Common Era. In fact, a thorough reading of the Attached Document, that you may read in it's entirety for yourself by clicking on the Title of this BLOG, will I am sure convince you that the Catholic Church itself believes it has rewritten these Ten Commandments, and that if you perceive that the Scripture should be more infallible than Catholic Doctrine, you should not be following this Sunday Worship that they initiated, amongst other things they added, or changed from the original writing. They think the Protestants are pretty sily to be rejecting the Authority of the Catholic Church and still follow her teachings on The Sabbath.

And this covenant was meant to be forever. Exodus 31: 16 says" Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, [for] a perpetual covenant." In case that message was not clear, it is repeated in Leviticus 16; 31 " It [shall be] a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. " However, I also want to make it clear at this point that my primary focus on this article is not the change from Saturday to Sunday of the Holy Day that was celebrated by God's people even before the writing of the Ten Commandments. My primary purpose in this particular BLOG is to point out that the original reading of the Ten Commandments has been changed to where, the Second Commandment is dropped altogether and the Tenth was split into two parts to bring the total back to ten. I have spent many hours arguing this point to a lot of converted Christians, who have given their lives over to God, and they invariably make light of it, like it is no big deal to add or subtract important passages from Scripture. Let me make it clear that these words still exist pretty much in their original form in the various Catholic and Protestant Bibles. I like using the King James, simply because it is so familar to most readers, and seems to be of a sufficient rendering to make it possible for most astute students of the Word to muddle their way through it. This remains a huge Puzzle to me how someone so intent on insisting that every word of the Bible should be considered inerrant and infallible, the Exact Word of God, brought down to us these many generations unaltered and perfect; how that person could so readily accept someone's complete subversion of those words in their translations thereof.

Anyone making even a casual reading of these Ten Commandments found in Exodus chapter 20 and Deuteronomy Chapter 5, pretty much identical content, will immediately be struck by this fact, that the Second Commandment, concerning the making and worshipping of "Graven Images" has been completely removed from all modern day enumerations of those basic ten, and how the Tenth has been split in two for no reason whatsoever, except to bring the count back up to the preconceived value of Ten.

Well, I am confidant that this writing will elicit a very intense debate and I welcome your input, so feel free to add comments to your Heart's desire.

One Year Later

2008-12-12T10:28:00.006-06:00

I am just now discovering that it has been almost One Full Year since I last Published to this BLOG. In the meantime, I am wondering, Has anyone even taken the time to read a thing I have said from the beginning?? When we first started this project, we were all quite excited at the possiblities and practically everyone in the immediate family was contributing in some way, although many were having problems figuring out how to use this new-found medium.

Since much of what I share in the family e-mail is so controversial, and it seemed we were bombarding members of the Northup Family Group with hundreds of e-mails many did not care to read at all, and in fact were simply dropping from the Group, because they felt so strongly about getting so much "Junk" mail, we decided this new art form would be the answer to many of these problems.

As it turns out, this "Answer" has pretty much fallen by the wayside and we are still bombarding the Group with controversial posts. However, One principal difference exists in the Northup Family that was not there one year ago. This change can be visited by clicking on the title of this article. This will take you to a page where you to can sign up with Puzzle Pirates, where as many as 6000 People are simultaneously inter-acting in this Puzzle Game. Each Player is working on his own Puzzle, but each puzzle interacts with every other puzzle, so that there is an entire Puzzle Pirates economy going on. Some pirates build ships for other pirates to sail in Pilly or for transporting foraged or manufactured Goods On Merchant vessels. Others run Furnishers, Real Estate Offices, Tailor Shoppes, Blacksmith Shoppes or Weaveries, so the pirates may be well-dressed and own fancy Weapons or wander the streets in rags brawling with their fists or a fish for a bludgeon and sticks for swords. There are Inns where you can Sword-Fight, Rumble, Drink or play Poker, Hearts or Spades. One hot activity in the Inns is where people peddle their wares or Charts and Maps they have found or won on Pilly directly to the Bawdy, Brawling Public.

For whatever activity you are engaged, you may be paid Pieces Of Eight for your efforts, depending on your skill level. These POE may be traded at Market Value for Dubloons, which in turn may be used to buy various Pirate badges, and for delivery charges of other Commodities. The creators of Puzzle Pirates sell Douloons directly for cash, as well, if you need to have a shortcut to owning your own ship or mansion.

Puzzle Pirates has a requirement that you be 18 yrs of age to play, but it is known that there are a lot of younger children playing so an effort is made to keep the conversation clean, and to use a high degree of respect for your fellow Pirates. This is, for sure a Family Chat Room.

Some of us have been involved in this new Forum for much over One Year, in fact, this world-wide enterprise is presently celebrating it's fifth birthday. My sister, Diana (Oldrosy) got me started in January of this year, so I have a month to go before celebrating my First Anniversary as a Pirate Blaggard, named (of Course) TheGrabber. When I first started, I thought it was nothing short of Hopeless, but I have managed to aquire two ships, a Sloop and a Large Sloop, or Cutter. I also own an Apothecary Shoppe along with my Sister, OldRosy. We deliver Fruit, Gold and Gems foraged from uninhabited islands to Fruit Markets in the civilized world, trade various commodities and mix paint and potions in the Shoppe for sale to Pirates of every Ilk from around the world. Our closest Pirate friends are family, as always, including Nephews, Vyron, Dean and Kevin, my daughter Cheryl and her sons Levi and Francis, and many others. In addition, we have many newfound friends, who hail from Russia, Australia, South Africa, London, Sweden and Alberta, to name a few. It is fun to get on there and visit with these newfound friends. I most recently got to hear Lovely Lass, GreeceFeva and Star Hawk in their actual voices on another medium we use while on Pilly. This is an unrelated Chat Forum held on a common Server, Ventrilo, where you can plug in your headset and chat in RealTime Audio with those you are voyaging with, or just sit and chat like you share a common Living Room. So far, I have not gotten Annod, (Donna's Pirate) hooked up to Ventrilo. Hopefully when I am home for Christmas we will figure it out. Maybe we are due for a new computer for her for a Christmas present, and we will be able to chat better after the first of the year, when I head back out on the road.

For a quick summary of the year in my work-world, we quickly decided in 2008 that the PVSI enterprise needed to be put on hold until I retire in 2009, when I can devote full time to a struggling business. We lost a lot of money in about three years and really stressed all my retirement options to the point I am going to have to figure out a way to make a substantial side income. This at a time, when the entire US Economy is crashing to near Depression levels. My 401K is off over 50% on this year alone, and it was off over 20% in 2007. So I will not be able to rely on that at all, unless it makes a dramatic recovery before the middle of June, when I am planning to hang it up with the former Lucent Technologies, Now Alcatel-Lucent.

I started out right away in January 2007 in Ottawa, Illinois, building Cell Huts at Verizon's facility there, for the first time, taking my own work truck out of the State. It has been a hard year on this truck as it is now over 200,000 miles and off the company's Fleet Plan, so I willl not be able to get it serviced anymore. However, I have been told a new truck will be waiting for me when I get back to Minnesota. I presume they will be buying two, one for me and one for Scott Stangeland, who drives an identicle 2001 F-150 with nearly the same mileage. I worked essentially in Illinois until the Republican National Convention, which was held in St Paul, Minnesota, this year. After the 4th of July vacation, where many Knox and Northup relatives celebrated My Mother's 90th Birthday in our newly constructed PVSI Greenhouse, I stayed in Minnesota to help upgrade the att/Cingular UMTS network for the convention. After that project was over, I helped a little in the Switch installing an additional RNC and a few other modifications, before heading back to Illinois for a couple more months of MPCA Hot Slides. When that project neared completion, I was sent back to Minnesota and immediately from there to Phoenix, where I have been mostly working UMTS 2nd Carrier Overlays for att. We basically get one built per night, and most of this time I have had a helper, so it has been a relaxing time and not too stressful. All the builds are pretty much identical. We add 3 Radios, 3 Amplifiers, two Power cards, and a Channel card. What we are doing is providing a new channel in the 437 MB frequecy to add to the existing 412 MB Channel. Some of the sites get more T-1s and some of the out-door sites get Power Upgrades. We turn the site down, add the hardware, set Power on the new Radio Paths, and turn it back up for integration. I have a Call through Kit, consisting of two Test Phones and an Air Card for the Computer to test every possible configuration of the cell before turning it loose on the Public.

Some time this coming week, the actual date and time still to be resolved, I hit the road for three days back to Minnesota to finish out the year on Vacation. Since we are mid-Winter, I will stick to the boring Southern route. The weather coming this way was perfect and I took I70 out of Denver through Glenwood Canyon, for the first time and once into Utah, I took 191 South through Moab to Arizona . This took me past The Arches National Park and The Monuments, so I got a chance to use my new Senior National Parks Pass. I also visited Joshua Tree National Park the first week-end here. I took my partner up to Tonto Rim to see the Cliff Dwellings and the Tonto Natural Bridge North of Payson one week-end as well. So I have been making the most of my remaining year with Alcatel-Lucent in many sight-seeing activities.

The Ten Commandments for Good Health

2007-12-20T08:51:00.005-06:00

It has been on my mind for some time that everyone sort of skips over the really basic medical pricipals and instead they concentrate on the more subtle aspects of Good Health. As a result, many people have totally missed the fundamental prerequisites of a normal healthy body. Here I attempt to enumerate them and expand on their critical uses. I am shooting for a sort of "Ten Commandments to a normal Healthy Life".

Number One has to be "Thou Shalt stimulate your body".

1.) Good circulation is essential to many functions of the human body, and the simplest and most important way to increase circulation is through stimulation of the various body parts. Perhaps the most important organs to stimulate are the heart itself and the lungs. Getting them to work properly will increase circulation and it's healing oxygen to the rest of your body. The lungs, of course are most easily stimulated through deep breathing. Anytime you exert yourself, you automatically go into deep breathing. This is something of a given and a daily regimen of excercise will accomplish the goal, however, one should concentrate on filling the lungs completely full, as full as you can stretch them and exhaling completely to the point where you can not further deflate them. This guarantees that the deepest recesses of the lungs will be excercised and purged.

The heart needs a little more specific attention. We need 20 to 60 minutes of continuous excercise each day or at least three days per week, to raise the heart-rate to a Target Level and hold it there for a specified period of time. Each person must discover his/her own Target Heart Rate. To do this, you must first discover your normal Resting Heart Rate. Check your pulse first thing in the morning before you have exerted yourself significantly. Do this several days in a row to get a good average RHR. Secondly, we turn to a simple formula to determine the Low end of your THR. Start with 220 and subtract your age. Next subtract your RHR. If you are 35 years old with an RHR of 60, you will have 125. Multiply this number by 50% and add the RHR back into the result. What we are doing here is increasing our goal heart rate by 50%. The result in this case would be 123 beats per minute. Now if you do your excercise at a gym, you simply get on a machine that monitors your heart rate, watch the monitor until your minimum is reached and stay on for the specified period of time. Watch carefully to see that you do not exceed your maximum. Use the same formula to discover your Maximum Heart Rate with 85% instead of the 50% used for Minimum. In this example the MHR is 166 Beats Per Minute. If you want to do these excercises jogging around the neighborhood, buy yourself a heart rate monitor that you can strap on your wrist and take with you. You can easily start at a lower pace (50 to 60% for example), and work yourself up to the maximum (75 to 85%), once you get in better shape. One of the best ways to get a varied regimen is to join a gym and use their machines. Paying the monthly fees will keep you going on a regular basis, (Got to get your money's worth) and the machines can be easily adjusted to fit your goals and comfort zone. A simple Treadmill with adjustable elevation works very well. Adjust the elevation as steep as it will go and run the speed up as high as you can so you are exerting maximum effort. When you reach your MHR, quickly reduce elevation to zero and take a break while you puff away and watch your Heart Rate drop again to the Minimum and then gradually increase again. Try to get to where you can keep this up for an hour, or better yet, three separate machines for 20 minutes each. Then go sit in the sauna for an additional 20 minutes before showering down.

This type of excercise regimen will pretty well accomplish the goal of increasing your circulation to an acceptable level, which will positively affect the health of most of your organs, however some areas need a little more specific treatment.

When I was a young man, I was having painful urination and by consulting my Physician, I discovered I had Prostatitis. Naturally, he prescribed me the usual antibiotic of the day, but along with that, he recommendad stimulation of the prostate. He accomplished this in the one visit I had at his office by a method that was pretty uncomfortable to me, but showed me how to do that on my own at home, sitting on the side of the bath-tub. Without going into a great deal of explanation here, suffice it to say that a lot of homosexuals the world around and for many centuries have known the various gratifications of stimulating the prostate in this manner. Since this is sort of a controversial subject, many people avoid adding this to a regular Health Regimen. Unfortunately, as a result, many men suffer needlessly with prostatitis and eventual prostate cancer. It is not necessary to use such severe tactics to stimulate the prostate. Normal heterosexual activity will also stimulate the prostate to some extent and a healthy sexual appetite will keep the prostate healthy for many years. If it becomes too difficult to pursue normal sexual activities, even masturbation will accomplish the same result. Let me reiterate, it is FUNDAMENTAL to a normal healthy male body that he must find a way to stimulate his prostate until the day he dies.

The prostate is perhaps the most difficult area of the body to stimulate, however all organs need stimulation to increase circulation, if you expect that body part to remain healthy, and most areas are simpler to stimulate. Everyone realizes the medical value of a good shower every morning. Use this shower as an excuse to stimulate your skin. Every inch of your skin. When you apply shampoo, scrub your scalp vigorously with your fingertips. Scrubbing your scalp is far more beneficial than whatever shampoo you are using. Scrubbing your gums with the toothbrush is far more beneficial than whatever tooth-paste your Dentist recommends. Don't be misled. Getting the particles of food from between your teeth is secondary to gum and tooth health. The primary gain is from stimulation of the gums. Whatever toothpaste you choose almost invariaby contains sugar, which is the worst enemy your tooth enamel has. Your dentist wants you back on a regular basis. Don't expect him to be too helpful in getting you to where you don't need to go there. In like manner, shaving is a considerable stimulator of your face. Do so daily, and it would not be a bad idea to shave your entire head and everywhere hair grows. Remember, it is not the fact of having bald skin, it is the stimulation of the skin that is the goal. Using a whirl pool style bath tub is another way to stimulate your entire body while taking your daily bath. Using a vibrator style foot bath on a daily basis will make your feet much healthier and happy feet will make your entire life that much easier. Sit yourself right down on the side of the tub when you shower and work for a few minutes on your toes and feet. Scrub them and rub them and work on those callouses. Our ancestors needed callouses on their feet because they ran around bare foot. If you are going to cram your feet into uncomfortable shoes for the day, keep them as healthy as possible in the meantime. For the most part, wear loose-fitting comfortable shoes with only a thickened sole with minimal arch support. If you are working at something where your feet are at high risk, wear something that provides more protection, but as soon as possible, get those contraptions off your feet and allow them to breathe.

When Showering, Concentrate on stimulating your fatty tissue areas, as they have poor blood circulation and are prone to getting skin infections. If you are over-weight, you need to be especially careful to work hard on increasing your circulation daily or even several times a day, especially in the lower extremities. Slapping your skin is a simple method of increasing the circulation to that area. The skin turning red is an indication you have increased the blood flow to that area.

When you are through with your shower, we come to the Second Commandment.

2.) "Thou shalt wisely use alcohol as your primary medication." Especially after shaving, you have caused a number of miniscule cuts and abrasions on your skin. The simplest and most effective counter is a good healthy sousing with plain old pure and simple rubbing alcohol. Forget the lotions. They may help protect against further drying out in the few hours they remain on your skin, but the primary thing is to look for a good high alcohol content after-shave. Use a good scented version if you must, but don't forget that the primary advantage is gained by the application of alcohol as a deterrent to bacteria, fungus and yeast. These are your enemies, in general. Fight them with alcohol, where-ever they occur. If you are having trouble with soreness and irritation in your crotch area, under your breasts, or other areas where you skin rubs, the problem is being caused by bacteria. Getting it dry is nothing. Forget the lotion. Killing the bacteria is essential. It might make you grind your teeth to put straight alcohol on irritated skin, but you will clear up the source of the irritation. Do this on a regular basis and it will no longer be painful. If you have open sores from your daily work activities, a little alcohol and fresh air is what they need for quick healing. Use the bandaid while bleeding is of concern. As soon as possible, get rid of the bandages. Souse your feet and toes with alcohol to prevent the growth of fungus. Afterwards, take an old toothbrush and scrub Vicks Vaporub up under and around your nails to prevent fungus from growing there. Here again, the stimulation of the brush is primary to the medicinal value of the Vaporub.

Use the strongest mouth-wash you can buy. I recommend the original Listerine Antiseptic. It contains 16.9% alcohol. The Alcohol is listed as an inactive ingredient. Beleive me when I tell you, that is the one ingredient that is doing you any good, other than making your breath smell better. Here again, avoid anything with sugar. Also, do not make the mistake of using rubbing alcohol as a mouthwash or gargle. You will not make this mistake a second time.

When you feel a cold coming on, quickly getting to the alcohol may help you completely avoid it's side-effects. Imagine, no more congestion, no more sore throat, no more post nasal drip, all because of the prompt and wise use of alcohol on your mucous tissues. I keep a pint of brandy on hand at all times. My wife keeps an especially concentrated version of antiseptic, Dr. Tichenor's Antiseptic, which is 70% alcohol. The label recommends diluting with five parts water. I sometimes use it straight out of the bottle. This stuff tastes and works just like Listerine. Most tinctures use a basis of alcohol. The base is the main ingredient. Even the Bible recognizes the therapeutic value to your stomach of a daily dose of wine. They say the Redder, the Better. I say, it is again, primarily a low dosage of alcohol daily in your stomach that does the most good. If you daily wash your mouth out and gargle with brandy and swallow it after, you have probably accomplished your daily dose of internal alcohol. During Prohibition, it was well recognized that we needed to continue having alcohol for medical purposes and the only place you could buy it legally was from the Dentist. Unfortunately, with the Repeal of Prohibition, we lost sight of the fact that it is the strongest and the most abused drug known to Medical Science and should be treated as such, available only by prescription and through recognized, trained professionals.

3.) The Third Commandment needs little explanation, so it will be brief, but it is third because it is likely third in importance to a healthy lifestyle. When you are training a new puppy, it becomes pretty important to make sure he gets outside for a bathroom call on a pretty regular basis. Why would you think it is any less important for yourself?? It is imperative that you get yourself adjusted to a daily bowel movement. Most important is simple habit. Pick a time of the day that will always work for you and stick with it. This varies by person and life-style, and there will always be days you find it extremely awkward or incomvenient to stick with it, but you MUST figure out a way to accomplish this simple task on a daily basis. Truckers seem to suffer the most and the lesson is simple. Do not get behind the wheel until you have accomplished this daily task. There are literally thousands of supplements out there to assist you in your efforts, but I repeat, the MOST important aspect is HABIT. Make yourself sit there until you have results and go back there and sit at exactly the same time tomorrow and the next until it is ingrained habit and you will find life to be a lot easier, plus the health benefits are immeasurable. People with hemorrhoids are not practicing regular bowel movements, pure and simple. Naturally, the drug industry is interested in selling you lots of Preparation "H", so they are not going to spend much time explaining to you how you may prevent them from ever becoming a problem. Much of your good health depends on diet, and by rights, I should have made diet my number one commandment. A diet high in natural fiber will go a long way toward cleansing your colon and keeping it in working order. Do a little research and find something that suits you. If you want to die from Colon Cancer or have your colon removed by surgery and live out your life attached to a bag, ignore my advice, here. Otherwise, get to practicing daily regularity.

Now we come to Diet.

Many books have been written about Diet and Health and I could write a couple here myself, but it is fourth on my list and I am going to try to condense all there is to say into one simple Principal:

4.) Consume all foods in their fresh and natural state and in moderation. It is essential to avoid processed foods, primarily, and this is almost impossible in today's Society. Try to use your best judgement and a healthy dose of common sense. Why does the Food Industry put MSG into our food and why does the FDA allow it, and why do they require particular labeling to the use of MSG?? Obviously, everyone knows there are health concerns. The Food Companies continue to use it in practically all prepared foods, because, pure and simple it makes you enjoy your food and crave more of it. MSG is the single greatest contributing factor to obesity in this country and around the world. There may be other health concerns as well, but largely unproven.

Take the time to sit down and read the label off a box of prepared mashed potatoes. There are Flavor enhancers and artificial flavors and artificial coloring. Give me a break, people. It is potatoes. Have you ever went to the Grocer and asked for a bottle of Potato Extract?? Potatoes are WHITE. Why is it we feel we have to bleach our Flour, Rice and Sugar because we think they are too brown and we have to add color to our potatos because they are too white?? We are probably causing many problems with the bleach we are putting in our food aside from the fact that we are removing everything nutritional from the food. There is ZERO nutritional value to a bag of Sugar. If you visited a Sugar Plant in the Red RIver Valley and saw what they do to that stuff before they place it on our table, chances are you would never eat another spoonful. Pure White Sugar and High Fructose Corn Syrup are the two things in your diet YOU NEED TO AVOID, people. Forget about the ongoing debate of whether we should be sweetening with Plain old Sugar, from highly subsidized Cane or Beet (Sucrose) or from the much cheaper Corn, (Fructose). They are equally bad for you and are causing the same problems. Here again, sugar is added to EVERYTHING!! They add sugar to salt so the Iodine will stick. When a horse is craving minerals it will chew on trees or the sides of his stall. We call it cribbing, and the horse handler knows he better go get his horse some Mineral Salt. In fact, he will feed his horse mineral salt every day of the horse's life. You want the same protection that farmer is giving his horse, go eat some mineral salt. Throw that table salt out the door. There is nothing in it but iodine, because the FDA has decided we have to have the iodine. Go get yourself some Sea salt and you will get all the iodine you need, plus every other nutrient known to man, more than likely. What are we talking about here?? All salt is Sea Salt. That's how it happens. All the nutrients run down the rivers to the ocean where they are concentrated into Sea Salt. That is before the Food companies get ahold of it and take out everything that is any good. Here we come to the bottom line: Stop eating processed foods. Eat fresh and natural and forget the FDA's Minimal Daily Requirements. These rules were instigated in a day when it was hard to have fresh vegetables all over the country any time of the year. When was the last time you were unable to find an orange?? Of course, Vitamin "C" is probably the single most important vitamin. That does not mean you have to go out and buy a bottle of concentrated Rose Hips to get enough Vitamin "C". Just grab an orange once in a while and eat one. You do not have to eat thirty of them a day to get enough Vitamin "C". And the highest concentration of Vitamin "C" is in the skin, by the way. This is also true of the Appple, which many also peel because they are trying to get rid of the poisons they have been assaulted with. And the highest concentrations of nutritions are in the peel of the potato and other root vegetables. The most good from the Grain is gotten from the bran. We need to eat whole grain and the more roughage the better. Our Food industry is throwing away the best part of the food we eat and adding in whatever additives the FDA requires or will allow.

The best available alternative to eating processed foods is to go buy yourself five acres and build your house there. One or both of you quit your regular job. Get out there and till up a sizable garden patch and fertilize naturally, not so much with the nutirents it takes to make the plants grow, but with the nutrients your body needs. Do a study. There is a pretty good one available on the Northup Family Website on The Colloidal Minerals Page Plant a balanced diet of Vegetables and raise and prepare your own. This is a ton of work and may be pretty difficult for most to follow. It may be more practical to get used to reading labels and just buy fresh off the grocer's shelf and prepare your own using your own additives, which we will cover to a greater degree in the 5th Commandment.

From what you have read so far, you may be under the misconception that I am opposed to food supplements. On the contrary, I believe you should:

5.) Supplement your Diet extensively and wisely with everything your body needs, because you are not getting it out of the food available to you on your Grocer's shelves.

I'm going to post this as is, but expect to come back and add to it and modify it as I find the time. Remember, we are shooting for "The Ten Commandments for Good Health" here.

Here I am

2007-09-22T19:58:00.000-05:00

Yes, I got in. Just wishing I had more time to play with this.
I Had to try several pass words before I guessed what I had used originally.
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omehow I am making a new Blog instead of a comment to yours, but I guess you can edit it, if you wish.
Just me, Di

North Dakota Geology

2007-02-04T17:30:00.000-06:00

Since I have been spending quite a bit of time in North Dakota, I figured it was about time I wrote something about North Dakota's Geology. Most people would consider the North Dakota Landscape to be pretty boring. Certainly, they do have the most boring Continental Divide I have ever seen. However, the terrain in North Dakota is some what varied. The Missouri River winds through there and cuts a very impressive swath, especially where the Garrison Dam was built that created Lake Sakakawea, which is the third largest man-made lake in the United States. North Dakota also boasts the Natural Devil's Lake or Spirit Lake as it is called by the Native Sioux. Devil's Lake has no outlet and the water level has fallen and risen drastically in recorded history, After dropping to Historic lows in 1941 the lake has gradually risen to where it reached it's maximum height after a wet cycle that began in 1993, when it rose 26.5 ft and flooded 140 square miles of primarily Agricultural land. In April of 2000, the surface elevation of Devil's Lake was 1446.3 feet. If the elevation had raised to 1447 feet it would have begun to overflow into the Stump Lakes, which empty into the Sheyenne River. Another 12 feet, and it would have overflowed directly into Sheyenne. It has already reached this point at least twice in 4000 years.

North Dakota's landscape North and East of the Missouri River is heavily marked by glaciation. It is my opinion that the latest Wisconsin Glacier got hung up on the Turtle Mountain area which straddles the border of Canada and North Central North Dakota. This LandSat Image shows the Turtle Mountain area in the upper right. The International Boundary is visible in the slight coloration difference across the center on the Reddish Oval Mass that is the Turtle Mountains. The faint straight line further South is a glitch of a dropped Scan Line in the Photo.

The result of this Stagnation of the Glacier caused the Central Plains of North Dakota to be Primarily of Till: (Compact glacial sediments that are non-layered.) This also results in the creation of many Pothole Lakes and Ponds. As the ice melts, it leaves large chunks sitting all over the place, gradually melting, as the weather goes through warming and cooling cycles. The weight of the ice depresses the land, so they end up dead lakes with no actual outlets. Nearer the edges of the glaciation, the deposits are of the OutWash Variety. This picture was taken near Valley City.

Another Geological Feature that you see in North Dakota is when the Glacier is still moving and had pushed up huge piles of the local terrain and gouging out valleys behind these piles. These are called Ice Thrust Masses and can be quite spectacular. There is a substantial Ice Thrust Mass to the South West of Devil's Lake, as well.

To the South and West of the Missouri River, the Terrain in North Dakota is considerably different, not being scoured by the glaciers, which seemed to stall at that point. Much of the Badlands area demonstrate's the Geological feature known as the Slump. A Slump is a sort of landslide where the mass slides down the slope, doing a sort of slow tumble, so you can see the same features down slope and slightly tilted from what is at the top still sitting level. These canyons were carved by the huge amounts of water running off the glaciers, especially during the time that the North Flowing Red River was blocked by the ice mass. The Little Missouri also flowed Northward into Canada, and the combined water that collected probably cut the channel in a very short period of time, eventually carving the two channels, the present day Missouri, flowing South and East into the Mississippi and the Little Missouri from Wyoming into the Missouri at Afore-mentioned Lake Sakakawea. Even the Yellowstone flowed into Canada before the Glaciers blocked the Northern flow. The Red, in the meantime, reverted to flowing Northerly after the glaciers, but it has flooded practically every spring since. The characteristic of this majr river to flow North has the natural consequence of blocking itself every Spring with melt ice. As the warmer temperatures in the South hits earlier, this ice break-up moves Northerly Down River and can form considerable blockage in that area still not open. It can only be imagined what would have happened in years that the Hudson's Bay end never completely thawed at the tail end of the glaciation period. The result was a huge Inland Sea, known as Lake Agassiz that stretched from the Southern border of North Dakota to beyond Lake Winnepeg in Canada and from Red Lake in Minnesota, to the East and to the West to Larimore in North Dakota, which is nearly to the Devil's Lake Basin. The difference in elevation from Larimore to Devil's Lake never gets higher than 1535 feet and nowhere falling below 1425, so it nearly included that huge basin as well. This huge lake brewed incredible storms that churned the Glacial Till on that landscape to a nearly level condition and later, as the Lake opened and closed each year, the ice break-up pushed up huge piles of Sand and Gravel around the Lake's perimeter in ever decreasing concentric rings, as the water level went down, especially on the South and East Sides. This is clearly evident in the area around Trail, Minnesota in the area known as the Sand Hills. The various "Beaches" surrounding the Ancient Lake Agassiz have been clearly defined and named. The listed number is fourteen.

There is a natural tendency of Flood Rivers to dike themselves. As the water overflows the normal banks, the sediment it carries, deposits most heavily close to the river, and as a result, all major flooding rivers have high banks as you approach the river. You might climb several hundred feet before going over the top and plunging down into the valley on either side of the river. This River Characteristic is especiaaly noticeable along the Missouri in Western and Southern North Dakota. The Red River Valley also has these characteristic shoreline natural dikes, but they are far from the present water level.

Crater Lake

2006-09-04T21:12:00.000-05:00

I finally made it to Crater Lake. Two years ago when I was in Roseburg it was snowed in. One other time, years ago, I was very close when I went to Portland via Hwy 97

My New Guitar

2006-08-30T22:51:00.000-05:00

My New Guitar

Canon in "D"

2006-08-30T22:40:00.000-05:00

Been a while since I BLOGged. Thought I would show you my new Guitar. Cyndi is getting married the 16th of September and wanted Josh to play her a tune. He found a good tune he liked, but needed someone to play chords behind him and I said I would give it a try, but I needed a guitar to practice on, since I am 'way out here in Albany, Oregon doing a few Installs for Eschelon Telcommunications. They wil fly me from Portland into Minneapolis on the 14th of September. My School has been set back to the 16th of Octber, but my new Computer is in the mail and they are already asking for my old one back.

2006-07-11T22:24:00.000-05:00

Lindsey at her induction to the Honor Society

Breanna

2006-06-13T12:34:00.001-05:00

These are some pictures of my babies.

Yuma, Arizona

2006-05-21T16:49:00.000-05:00

Of Course, as everyone knows, Yuma is famous for it's Sand Dunes, but few people realize, the city is actually mostly built on a huge Sand Dune. Located at the confluence of the Gila and the Colorado River, the native people have farmed this rich valley for centuries, however, as in most of the Arizona valleys, flooding is regular and sometimes severe. In many places, the Pueblos were located high above the valleys, even in the cliffs adjacent. It must have been quite a hike to the river to farm the crops. In the Yuma area, this has not been a problem, since the sand rises steeply out of the valley floor, and it was possible to live right above the Flood Plain.

This was naturally appealing to the White Settlers, as well, and indeed, there was never a problem getting water. Shallow wells provided all the irrigation water needed, and it was only necessary to build dikes high enough to keep out the floods. To be sure, at various times, the unpredictable Colorado River, following heavy Snow Melt flooded the entire valley, wiping out anyone in it's path. Since the building of the Imperial Dam 20 miles north, however, the river was tamed once and for all and Arizona Farmers are assured of a constant water supply, having carved out a deal with the water hungry Californians, whereby, they are still only using about half of their allottment.

The Imperial Dam Diversion provides water for eight different Water and Irrigation Districts. The Yuma Mesa actually receives water from three of these, so there is no shortage of water in Yuma at this time. To be sure, there are a few rock out-croppings within City Limits, but for the most part, The City sits on pure sand. Immediately off this huge mesa, the irrigation farming starts and runs for as far as the eye can see.

The Yuma Proving Ground

2006-05-21T16:25:00.000-05:00

This really is an Ol' War Horse. I counted around a hundred scars on it from getting hit with various calibers of machine gun fire on this Sherman Tank. Some are visible in the Photo.

2006-05-21T16:22:00.000-05:00

This is a Motorized Anti-Aircraft Gun. I don't know if you can tell, but it is Double Barrelled.

2006-05-21T16:19:00.000-05:00

This is not actually a Tank, but a Mobile Mortar Launcher.

2006-05-21T16:17:00.001-05:00

First time I ever saw a Tank Crossing Sign.

2006-05-21T16:17:00.000-05:00

This is the Helicopter at the Front Entrance to the Yuma Proving Grounds.

2006-05-14T16:36:00.000-05:00

Vincent's Angina Ulcer. (Trench Mouth of the Tonsil)

Trench Mouth and Hydrogen Peroxide

2006-05-14T16:26:00.000-05:00

You may be interested in the bottom line on the Trench Mouth Discussion. Trench Mouth is caused primarily by Staphylococcus Aureus. Poor Dental Hygiene is a contributing factor, and Soldiers suffered from it while in the trenches in World War I, hence the name. It can be very painful and does not heal well with simple Mouthwashes of alcohol base. One needs to rinse the mouth thoroughly several times a day with 3% Hydrogen Peroxide. Doctors and Dentists will usually prescribe Antibiotics, yet they use the Hydrogen Peroxide to sterilize their equipment. It is about the cheapest treatment you can find for all kinds of things that may ail you, including HIV/AIDS. I had been treating my current much milder case with E & J Brandy as a topical mouthwash, but it has not responded in four days. Tody, after a little research, I headed for Walgreen's. A Twenty Dollar Bill bought me a fresh bottle of E & J, 135 Softgels of Omega-3 Fish Oil; 1000 mg, 120 tablets of C1000 plus Rose-Hips, and a 16 ounce bottle of 3% Hydrogen Peroxide. A pretty cheap fix for a lot of what ails me, say I.

It should be noted that Doctors in America are resisting these cheap medical treatments and in so doing are causing the problem to get worse. I am pretty certain I got this current infection from the hot tub at the motel I am at. This pretty well tells you it is a resistant strain, like the last Ear Infection I got at a similar Hot Tub in West Fargo, North Dakota, some years ago. These resistant strains of Staphylococcus Aureus are caused by Doctors prescribing antibiotics.

2006-05-01T16:38:00.000-05:00

The Shrimp Fisherman Statue at Puerto Penasco.
TheBlogger Welcomes you to Northup Family BLOG.

2006-05-01T16:37:00.000-05:00

The Harbor at Puerto Penasco and Condominiums.
TheBlogger Welcomes you to Northup Family BLOG.

Donna's Brother, Steve, In Mexico

2006-05-01T16:36:00.000-05:00

Steve and Donna With Josh at Puerto Penasco.
Donna and I along with Josh, journeyed to Puerto Penasco, with a single sheet of paper containing address and telephone number information, to find Donna's brother, Steve, who has been here for seven years and no one had heard from him in over three.

I knocked on the first trailer door I could find to talk to a Mexican who might know where to find Steve. He took me to the local store, where Josh bought a bottle of Mexican Coke, for $2.00 minus 2 Pesos. The gal there tried the 'Phone number that we had been trying in the States with no luck. It got us right through to Steve, and I talked with him briefly, before heading up-town to meet with him. Most of the streets are dirt and there are no street signs, so there is no way we would have found him without the Telephone call. Ten minutes later, we were following his blue Neon to his humble abode in Puerto Pinasco, Sonora, Mexico.

He had brought two travel trailers with him to Mexico and built a sort of Kitchen/Dining area between them out of scraps of lumber, seven years ago. His girl-friend has a son who lives in one of the trailers. He has a third trailer in the yard that he rents out to another fellow...two dogs and a couple cats make up the rest of the family. He has to go outside and then into another lean-to shed to shower or go to the bathroom. He has still another little shed for his shop, but he keeps his tools in the trunk, because if he puts them in the shed, they will get stolen.

2006-04-16T21:26:00.000-05:00

And This One Was the Prettiest.

2006-04-16T21:24:00.000-05:00

This was the Biggest

Three Great Samples of Jasper Petrified Wood.

2006-04-16T21:16:00.000-05:00

Nearly Pure Jasper