Bliss Oils found to produce telomere regrowth, offer people an inexpensive, life-extending therapy that they can do themselves in three minutes a day

FAIR GROVE, MISSOURI, July 3, 2014 - Harvard-trained neurosurgeon Dr. C. Norman Shealy develops an innovative new therapy that challenges the phenomenon of aging. For the first time, he has shown in a clinical study that telomeres can be regenerated in healthy people and plans to release results of the Bliss Oils study in August.

"Every time DNA cells divide, we lose a little bit of telomere length, and eventually, the loss is what prevents proper cell division and limits human life," Shealy said.

Science has established that people who have longer telomeres, the tips of strands of human DNA, live longer lives and are less susceptible to some diseases. It is the natural lifelong reduction in the length and integrity of the DNA tips that has been a challenge for researchers, until now.

"If we were able to prevent the natural loss of telomere length of 1 percent per-year and instead re-grow telomeres at 3-4 percent per-year, healthy humans could live twice as long as they do today," Shealy said.

Renowned pain expert, holistic healer, and longevity researcher Shealy had 30 participants in his study who for 30-60 minutes a day reclined on a therapeutic mattress, designed by himself, which used a Tesla coil to create an electromagnetic field over the mattress, resonating at the human DNA frequency of 54-78 GHz.

"We found that instead of losing 1 percent of telomere length per year, 70 percent of the study's participants increased their telomere lengths an average of 3-4 percent per-year, over the 5-year-study," Shealy said. "Sustained regrowth of telomeres at these rates has the potential to double the lifespan of healthy people."

Shealy presented the study's findings at the Southern Medical Association and the Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine last Fall and is continuing his work in the field of developing therapies to increase telomere length.

In August, he will present results of the Bliss Oils study that explores the possibility that certain essential oil blends may produce the same telomere growth rate that the resonating electromagnetic mattress produced in the study. Shealy formulated the oil blends, called Bliss Oils, which work by being applied to certain regions of the body connected by five energetic acupuncture circuits, which Shealy refers to as 'The Five Rings' that help balance our elemental energies.

"If the Bliss Oils produce telomere growth, we will be able to offer people an inexpensive, life-extending therapy that they can do themselves in three minutes a day," Shealy said.

Shealy's new book Living Bliss: Major Discoveries Along The Holistic Path, released in June, offers more information on the five sacred rings of specific meridian-point stimulation and the five essential Bliss Oils he developed to activate these circuits.

Living Bliss: Major Discoveries Along The Holistic Path
By MD, PhD C. Norman Shealy
Publisher: Hay House (June 5, 2014)
ISBN: 1401942644
Paperback ($15.95) www.normshealy.com/shop/living-bliss
Kindle ($9.99) www.amazon.com/Living-Bliss-Major-Discoveries-Holistic/dp/1401942644

ABOUT C. NORMAN SHEALY, MD, PhD (www.normshealy.com)  
C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD is a neurosurgeon and humanistic psychologist with more than 50 years of professional experience in pain management and holistic medicine. A sought-after seminar speaker worldwide, frequent guest on radio and television programs across the U.S., and host of his own weekly radio show, Dr. Shealy recently released his 30th book, Living Bliss: Major Discoveries along the Holistic Path, in June.

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WHO: Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities
WHAT: Israel Scouts Tzofim Caravan Magal 2014 Friendship Tour
WHEN: Sunday, July 27th, 2014 - 2:00 to 3:30 PM
WHERE: Congregation Beth Israel at Tri-City Jewish Center (2715 30th St., Rock Island)
WHY: The Friends of Israel Scouts, Inc. (www.israelscouts.org) is an organization started in 1990 which encompasses programs with roots traced back to the 1960's. The friendship caravans are a group of Israeli teens with five boys, five girls and two leaders that travel the United States annually with a high-energy, interactive performance highlighting Israeli culture.

Republican co-sponsor, prominent national organization declare support for Seniors' Access to Social Security Act

Washington, D.C. - Rep. Bruce Braley's (IA-01) continued push to prevent impending Social Security service cuts got a bipartisan boost, as Rep. Don Young (R-AK) signed on to the Seniors' Access to Social Security Act. The bill has also received the support of the Alliance for Retired Americans?a group with millions of members focusing on issues affecting seniors. The bill now includes nearly two dozen sponsors from over a dozen states and the support of multiple national organizations.

"Protecting services that eleven million Americans use every year isn't a Republican or Democratic issue?it's an issue of commonsense," Braley said. "They're gutting services Iowa's seniors rely on and there's absolutely no evidence the cuts will save a penny. The bottom line is that the cuts need to be delayed until savings are shown and the administration can clearly illustrate how the cuts won't harm the Iowans that depend on them."

 

Last week Braley called on Iowans to visit braley.house.gov and share their experiences with Iowa Social Security Administration offices as he continues his push to delay the cuts to the essential services that 11 million Americans?including many Iowa seniors?used just last year. Braley will share the comments he receives with the Social Security Administration (SSA).

Beginning August 2014, SSA will no longer issue Social Security number printouts in its field offices.  In addition, beginning October 2014, SSA field offices will stop providing benefit verification letters, except in emergency situations.  Many seniors rely on these verification letters for a variety of services. Those requesting this information would be able to do so only online or over the phone. Last year alone, 11 million Americans used SSA offices to request this information.

Iowa's 19 SSA field offices are located in Cedar Rapids, Decorah, Dubuque, Marshalltown, Waterloo, Burlington, Coralville, Davenport, Ottumwa, Council Bluffs, Creston, Des Moines, Ames, Carroll, Ft. Dodge, Mason City, Sioux City, Spencer, and Storm Lake.

Over 450,000 Iowa seniors received Social Security benefits in 2013.

Braley's Seniors' Access to Social Security Act would prevent those cuts for one year, during which time Braley will seek verification that the proposed service cuts will not adversely affect Iowa's seniors and will save taxpayers money.

Braley recently wrote a letter to SSA Commissioner Carolyn Colvin asking her to provide a series of answers about the proposed cuts, including whether an analysis of cost savings has been done and if public input was solicited prior to the proposed cuts. Braley also sought information from Colvin on how Iowans seeking these services would be informed of cuts.

In June, Braley joined a Congressional push to prevent the elimination of the SSA services in a letter to the head of the SSA, noting that it's vital that seniors be able to receive these services in person especially given that telephone wait times for SSA services have risen drastically in the last year, and that many seniors lack internet access.

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Lowest Point Since Governor Quinn Took Office; Strict Spending Brings Backlog Down from High of $9.9 Billion in 2010

CHICAGO - Governor Quinn today announced that the state's backlog of bills has fallen from a high of $9.9 billion in 2010 down to $3.9 billion as of June 30, the lowest point since the Governor took office. Five years ago, Illinois was home to the worst pension crisis in America and the state's backlog of bills was on its way to more than $9 billion. Since taking office, Governor Quinn has made tough decisions, enacted major structural reforms and cut state spending by more than $5.7 billion.

"Making the tough decisions has moved Illinois forward," Governor Quinn said. "Today Illinois is in a stronger financial position than we were five years ago and we have more work to do to continue moving our finances in the right direction."

The backlog of bills is now closer to the typical private industry 30-day billing standard - about $2.2 billion in Illinois' case - and is a direct result of the Governor's willingness to make the tough decisions including overhauling the Medicaid program, reforming worker's compensation and unemployment insurance systems and implementing major efficiencies such as closing and consolidating more than 50 state facilities.

In March, the Governor submitted a balanced budget plan that continued paying down the state's bills, protected education and public safety and secured Illinois' long-term financial future, but legislators instead postponed the tough budget decisions.

Governor Quinn recently cut Illinois' Fiscal Year 2015 state budget, zeroing out $250 million for renovations of the state Capitol. In addition, as part of his ongoing budget review, the Governor directed state agencies to identify additional efficiencies, including selling nearly half of the state's aircraft.

The Governor also directed state agencies to cut 80 paid parking spaces for state employees in downtown garages - more than 30 percent of the total spots reserved. The move will save taxpayers more than $100,000 annually. He also again reduced lease costs for government buildings that will save taxpayers an additional $55 million this year.

Governor Quinn's budget cuts over the past five years include shrinking the state payroll from 54,000 to 50,000 - the third-lowest number of state government employees per capita in the entire country according to Governing Magazine.

For more information, please visit: http://www2.illinois.gov/gov/budget/Documents/Bill_Backlog_Presentation_7.14.14.pdf.

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Mount Carroll--Timber Lake Playhouse (TLP) presents the side-splitting comedy Rumors Thursday, July 17 through Saturday, July 26 starring ten performers who have quickly become some of the area's favorite comedic actors.  Derek Bertelsen, who staged last year's Spamalot, returns to direct the play by American comedy master, Neil Simon, about an anniversary party gone hilariously wrong.

Cody Jolly (Dr. Frankenstein in Young Frankenstein) and Allison Hunt (Elizabeth in Young Frankenstein) kick off the mayhem as Ken and Chris Gorman, married lawyers who arrive at the home of the Charlie Brock, deputy mayor of New York City, only to discover that their host seems to have shot himself and his wife is nowhere to be found. As more of their upperclass friends arrive, the Gormans conspire with Lenny and Claire Ganz, played by Matt Webb (Patsy in Spamalot) and Caroline Murrah (Sheila in An Inspector Calls), to make sure that everyone's reputations are kept firmly intact, despite the mounting absurdity.

Analisha Santini and Grant Brown (Frau Blucher and Inspector Kemp/Blind Hermit, respectively,  in Young Frankenstein) are the next to arrive as Cookie and Ernie Cusak, a TV cooking host and her psychoanalyst husband. The farcical accusations and cover-ups continue to spin out of control with Glenn and Cassie Cooper, a bickering political couple, played by Gabriel Brown (Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) and Lexie Plath (Inga in Young Frankenstein).

When the police arrive (Blake W. Price and Christian Chambers), it's time for explanations, no matter how ludicrous they might seem. Director Bertelsen said, "The dream cast we have assembled for this play brings it to new comedic heights. Audiences already love them for their past work at TLP, and I think people are going to continue to be blown away by their talents."

Neil Simon's success as a comedic playwright and screenwriter is unmatched. His work includes The Odd Couple, Barefoot in the Park, Biloxi Blues, The Goodbye Girl, Sweet Charity, The Out-Of-Towners and Promises, Promises. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Lost In Yonkers.

Rumors performs evenings at 7:30 p.m., and there are 2:00 p.m. matinees on Sunday and Wednesday. There is also a Saturday matinee performance on the opening weekend at 3pm. Order tickets through the box office 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. daily at 815-244-2035 or any time at www.timberlakeplayhouse.org.

This program is partially supported by a grant for the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, through federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Symposium is open to the public, Registration available online at EducationLeadership.Iowa.gov. 

(DES MOINES) - Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today provided Iowans with an update on the second Iowa Teacher and Principal Leadership Symposium, scheduled to be held at the Des Moines Area Community College's (DMACC) FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny, Iowa, on August 4, 2014.

REGISTER NOW FOR THE TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM

"We're holding the symposium because 39 school districts, with a third of Iowa students, are about to launch the first year of Iowa's new statewide Teacher Leadership and Compensation System," said Branstad. "This marks a turning point. Iowans recognize that giving our children a world-class education requires this type of transformational change. Iowa's new Teacher Leadership and Compensation System will revolutionize the teaching profession by better utilizing teacher expertise to improve instruction and raise student achievement."

The Teacher Leadership and Compensation System is the centerpiece of the Branstad-Reynolds landmark transformational education reform package of 2013. In addition to raising student achievement, the reforms aim to make the teaching profession more attractive by increasing career advancement opportunities for Iowa educators.

Branstad and Reynolds highlighted statistics demonstrating the need for Iowa to take action to build on our state's proud education tradition:

  • Nearly 25 percent of third-graders and about one-third of eighth-graders read below proficiency on state tests.
  • Iowa used to be a leader on national reading and math tests, but today ranks in the middle of the pack.
  • Just 32 percent of Iowa's Class of 2013 who took the ACT exam met all four college-ready benchmarks.

"Transforming our schools so we can give Iowa students the world-class education they deserve has begun," said Reynolds. "Sustaining this work will depend on the commitments of Iowans, on continuing broad, bipartisan support in the Legislature, and most of all on Iowa's dedicated teachers and principals. We appreciate the wonderful work of teachers and principals and look forward to continuing our conversation at the symposium."

Featured speakers at the symposium include :

  • Iowa's 2014 Teacher of the Year Jane Schmidt
  • Iowa's 2014 Secondary Principal of the Year Aiddy Phomvisay
  • Vivien Stewart from the Asia Society
  • Ee-Ling Low from the National Institute of Education in Singapore
  • Barnett Berry from the Center for Teaching Quality.

Also featured are Iowa's first 39 school districts to launch teacher leadership systems in 2014-15 as part of Iowa's landmark 2013 education reform package, two Iowa school districts - Central Decatur and Saydel - that started teacher leadership systems in 2013-14 with the help of a federal grant, and a student panel discussing the difference great teaching makes.

Registration is available through July 21, 2014, and registration is open to the public. Iowans may register online at https://educationleadership.iowa.gov/. Registration costs $30.

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Self-Made Millionaire Shares Common Mistakes to Avoid

You don't have to come from a wealthy family, have the next billion-dollar idea or work 18-hour days to become rich, says self-made millionaire Mike Finley.

"You don't have to be extraordinary in any of the headline-grabbing ways; what you need is the self-awareness to avoid wasting money on short-term, retail-priced happiness," says Finley, author of "Financial Happine$$," (www.thecrazymaninthepinkwig.com), which discusses his journey to financial literacy and the principles and practices that allowed him to retire from the Army a wealthy man.

"Money used wisely can give you the financial security associated with the good life."

Finley lists 10 of the most common money traps that lead to consumers going broke:

•  Make the appearance of wealth one of your top priorities by acquiring more stuff. The material trappings of a faux lifestyle, as seen in magazines and advertisements, are not good investments either financially or in long-term happiness.

•  Work a job you hate, and spend your free time buying happiness. Instead, find fulfilling work Monday through Friday so you're not compensating for your misery with expensive habits during the weekend.

•  Live paycheck to paycheck and don't worry about saving money. Live for today, that's all that matters. Have you already achieved all of your dreams by this moment? If not, embrace hope and plan for tomorrow. (Appreciating your life today doesn't require unnecessary expenditures.)

•  Stop your education when someone hands you a diploma; never read a book on personal finance. Just about any expert will tell you that the most reliable way out of poverty is education. Diplomas shouldn't be the end of learning; they should be a milestone in a lifetime of acquiring wisdom.

•  Play the lottery as often as possible. While you're at it, hit the casino! Magical thinking, especially when it comes to money, is a dangerous way to seek  financial security.

•  Run up your credit cards and make the minimum payments whenever possible. Paying interest on stuff you really don't need is a tragic waste of money.

•  When you come into some free money, spend it. You deserve it. By that logic, you're saying that a future version of you doesn't deserve the money, which can be multiplied with wise investments.

•  Buy the biggest wedding and the biggest ring so everyone can see just how fabulous you really are. Nothing says "Let's start our future together" like blowing your entire savings on one evening.

•  Treat those "amazing" celebrities and "successful" athletes as role models. Try to be just like them whenever possible. As far as we know, there's only one you the universe has ever known. Don't dilute your unique individuality by chasing an image.

•  Blame others for your problems in life. Repeat after me: I am a victim. The victim mentality is an attempt to rationalize poor habits and bad decision-making.

"If you're feeling uncomfortable with your financial situation, don't just sit there in a malaise of 'If only I had more money,' " Finley says. "Instead, use it as motivation for a better life; that's why the discomfort is there."

About Mike Finley

Like most Americans, Mike Finley was raised with no education in personal finances. Joining the Army out of high school, he realized he didn't understand money management and began the task of educating himself. After 26 years in the service, during which he practiced the principles he learned, he retired a millionaire. Finley is the author of "Financial Happine$$," (www.thecrazymaninthepinkwig.com) and teaches a popular financial literacy class at the University of Northern Iowa. He donates much of his time to additional groups, including Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa and organizations serving veterans and current military personnel.

Public Welcome to Attend

WHAT: Grand Opening of River Bend Foodbank's new facilities

WHERE: River Bend Foodbank, 4010 Kimmel Drive, Davenport, IA 52802 (563-345-6490)

WHEN: Thursday, July 17, 2014 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Ribbon Cutting at 4:30PM

WHY: To celebrate the opening of our new warehouse which features a 3,600 square foot freezer/cooler unit that will provide nearly 4,000 cubic feet of frozen and cold storage. The space provides other efficiencies essential to operations, including 4,500 square feet of office space, an expanded "shopping area" for agencies and a large volunteer work area.

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WHEATON, IL (07/14/2014)(readMedia)-- Wheaton College (Ill.) student Evan Rahn of Bettendorf, IA was recently recognized by the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) for academic excellence.

Rahn, who competed for the Wheaton Thunder in baseball, is one of 81 Wheaton College student-athletes named to the 2013-14 CCIW Academic All-Conference Team for the spring season.

The Academic All-Conference Team consists of letter winners from CCIW member institutions who achieve a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 or higher.

Wheaton College Athletics exists to foster the development of Christian faith, character, and leadership through competitive sports programs that "run the race to win."

Wheaton College (Wheaton, Ill.) is a coeducational Christian liberal arts college noted for its rigorous academics, integration of faith and learning, and consistent ranking among the top liberal arts colleges in the country. For more information, visit wheaton.edu.

CHICAGO - Governor Pat Quinn today issued the following statement on the passing of U.S. Congressman Kenneth J. Gray:

"Ken Gray was a gentleman and statesman who never tired of advocating for his beloved state and region.

"Congressman Gray was the people's voice.

"A grateful state fondly remembers what the Congressman did for Illinois. I join my fellow citizens in keeping Congressman Gray's family and friends in our thoughts and prayers."

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