[FairfieldLife] Sat., Dec. 12, 4 pm CT, Special Maharishi Video

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Forwarded from: "TM Special Events" 

DR. JOHN HAGELIN
DECEMBER 10, 2020

Just for Governors & Sidhas:Special Weekly Online Knowledge Meeting and 
Super‑Radiance Group Program
Next: Saturday, Dec. 12, 4 pm CT

Dear US Sidhas and Governors,

New Knowledge Series: 4:00 to 4:40 pm Central Time, just before Group Program
To complement our national Super-Radiance initiative, we now offer a powerful 
and uplifting Zoom knowledge series, with special videos for Sidhas and 
Governors, every Saturday from 4:00–4:40 pm, CT (5:00–5:40, ET; 3:00–3:40, MT; 
2:00–2:40, PT) through the end of December. View the national times below. 

This week’s videos
4:00 pm (CT): Part 2 of  “Maharishi Reviews the World Situation and the Need to 
Maintain Self-Referral Consciousness.” (May 5, 1992; 28 min.)
“The Origin of Yogic Flying®” (April 18, 2002; Vlodrop, Holland; 13 min.)
How do I connect?
Connect via Zoom video:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89691355158 

Connect by phone: 646-558-8656 or 301-715-8592 or 312-626-6799. Then enter 
Meeting ID 89691355158# for all dates.
We hope you can take advantage of this opportunity to continue creating 
much‑needed unity and coherence for our whole nation.

With best wishes,

Dr. John Hagelin
President, Maharishi International University (MIU)
National Director, Maharishi Foundation USA

Super-Radiance lift-off times for Yogic flyers
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.
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[FairfieldLife] Fwd: New Weekly Maharishi Video Series Starts Sat. 12/5

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Forwarded from:  "Dr. John Hagelin" 


DR. JOHN HAGELIN
DECEMBER 3, 2020


Continuing Our Campaign to Create Harmony and Coherence for the Nation
Specially selected weekly Maharishi videos for Sidhas and Governors: Starts 
Sat. Dec. 5 just before Group Program

Dear US Sidhas and Governors,

I would like to express my deep appreciation to everyone who has been joining 
our nationwide group practice of the TM® and TM‑Sidhi® programs.

We have received wonderful feedback from many of you.

“I didn’t anticipate just how powerful it would be to do my TM and TM-Sidhi 
practice with the large group across the country. I found that my experiences 
were richer and deeper, and that wonderful, blissful feeling stayed with me 
long after my program was over. I decided to make group practice a priority, 
and it has paid off in so many ways.” —M.K.
As our nation continues to face uniquely challenging health, economic, and 
political changes, we would like to urge everyone to continue this 
initiative—with even greater force.

New Knowledge Series: 4:00 to 4:40 pm Central Time, just before Group Program
To complement this national Super-Radiance initiative, we will offer a powerful 
and uplifting Zoom knowledge series, with special videos for Sidhas and 
Governors, every Saturday from 4:00–4:40 pm, CT (5:00–5:40, ET; 3:00–3:40, MT; 
2:00–2:40, PT) through the end of December. (View the national times below. 
)

This week’s video
To kick off the Knowledge Series, we’ll enjoy the first 40 minutes of this 
beautiful video from May 5, 1992: “Maharishi Reviews the World Situation and 
the Need to Maintain Self-Referral Consciousness.”

In this talk, Maharishi reminds us of the importance of remaining connected to 
that unshakable field of Para—the field of pure consciousness—which is 
untouched by the surface turmoil of life.

How do I connect?
Connect via Zoom video:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89691355158 

We hope you can take advantage of this opportunity to continue creating 
much‑needed unity and coherence for our whole nation.

With best wishes,

Dr. John Hagelin
President, Maharishi International University (MIU)
National Director, Maharishi Foundation USA

Super-Radiance lift-off times for Yogic flyers
for all U.S. time zones
Join the largest group of Sidhas doing Super-Radiance program together. Connect 
by Zoom twice daily to lift off at the following times 
.
 The times in bold below are the first priority for the whole country. They all 
connect by Zoom. Currently, due to a Zoom conflict, only the second-priority 
times with an asterisk also have a Zoom connection.

Eastern
Morning: 9:15 am  |  Evening: 6:45 pm
Second-priority times:
Morning: 7:45 am  |  Evening: 6:00 pm

Central
Morning: 8:15 am  |  Evening: 5:45 pm
Second-priority times:
Morning: 6:45 am  |  Evening: 6:30 pm

Mountain
Morning: 7:15 am  |  Evening: 4:45 pm
Second-priority times:
Morning: 8:00 am  |  Evening: 6:45 pm*

Pacific
Morning: 6:15 am  |  Evening: 3:45 pm
Second-priority times:
Morning: 8:15 am*  |  Evening: 5:45 pm*

Alaska
Morning: 7:15 am  |  Evening: 4:45 pm
Second-priority times:
Morning: 8:00 am  |  Evening: 6:45 pm

Hawaii**
Morning: 8:00 am  |  Evening: 6:00 pm
Second-priority times:
Morning: 9:00 am  |  Evening: 4:45 pm

** Hawaii Zoom Connection:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4535789550 

Passcode: 5sj5QJ

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[FairfieldLife] From Chetana Daniels, Nurse Practitioner in the University of Iowa Medical Intensive Care Unit

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Forwarded from a dear friend:

This was posted by Chetana Daniels (daughter of Fairfield’s Susan and Bob 
Daniels) who’s a Nurse Practitioner in the University of Iowa Medical Intensive 
Care Unit:

Having one of our parents admitted to our ICU is our worst nightmare. What is 
an even bigger nightmare is the possibility that our sick parent won't be able 
to receive the highest level of care because the hospital is overrun.. This is 
what we are facing now. Never in my 5+ years in the MICU have I seen a waiting 
list as long as we have. We are opening another 10 ICU beds next Monday, but we 
have enough patients seeking care at UIHC to fill them today. With the way 
things are going across the state, we will soon be making decisions about who 
will receive care and who we will have to deny. The kind of moral distress this 
is going to cause healthcare workers is enough to make them find a new career. 
My biggest fear is that I will see the name of someone from my community on the 
wait list, and they will be denied or delayed a transfer long enough to 
negatively impact their chances of a meaningful recovery. Please do whatever 
you can to stay home, wear good masks, wash your hands, and make your family do 
the same.

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Message from Adrian Daller who just tested positive for COVID

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Forwarded from a dear friend:

This was posted by Adrian Daller of Fairfield IA. Read and take heed:

Nate and I tested positive for COVID even though we've been extremely cautious 
- masks outdoors, rarely going in buildings, homeschooling, tiny bubble of 
people we were seeing who were equally cautious. We've taken a financial hit 
because of these choices but are fortunate enough to have a roof over our heads 
and food on the table. We're asymptomatic so far, and our kids tested negative, 
but we could have given it to family members who we were cautiously seeing 
after months apart. They all tested negative, but we spent several days with 
the very real possibility that we could have given it to elderly family 
members. And the only reason we got tested is because someone else in our 
bubble tested positive. Otherwise we never would have known. We thought of 
ourselves as the safe people who were following all the rules..

People who know me well, know why we made the choice to be this cautious but 
it's nobody's business, really. I wish I didn't have to prove why we're being 
cautious -- that knowing folks in your community have their reasons for trying 
to stay healthy could be enough of a reason to be cautious yourself. I wish 
that my community members were willing to take the precautions to keep others 
safe instead of refusing because of political stance or because you personally 
don't believe this is the right way deal with a pandemic, or you have your own 
theory about it that differs from what doctors are recommending. That's all 
your prerogative, but I still believe it's possible to take the precautions as 
best you can out of compassion for those around you. I know there are those who 
say, "well, we're all gonna get it anyway," and choose to continue as normal. 
But when you make that choice, you're making it for your entire community, 
including people with health conditions and others more at-risk than you may be 
(and there have been cases of reinfection in our own county).

There is a very real possibility that you could be carrying the virus without 
knowing and pass it to someone - or someone's relative - who dies from it.

I know there are people who have to go to work or your business will close. Or 
you'll lose your job and won't have a way to sustain yourself or your family. 
Or your kids have to go to school. There are many who need help with small 
children - can you imagine staying by yourself indoors with a toddler for 
months on end? Plenty of very legit and unavoidable reasons to be around 
others. But those who DO have a choice have the opportunity to play it even 
safer for the benefit of those who don't.

I mainly wanted to post this because we're going into several months of more 
indoor time, lowered immunity, and family gatherings around the holidays. If 
you have the choice, please think about prioritizing the safety of those around 
you over the quality of your lifestyle over the coming months. Consider 
cancelling gatherings. Again, I am well aware that many of you do not have the 
option to completely quarantine yourself. I'm writing this for those of you who 
do have that choice. 💗

[FairfieldLife] Urgent Warning: Jefferson County's Record-Shattering New COVID Cases

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Dear Friends,

Jefferson County has shattered its previous record for new COVID cases.

In March we had no cases.
In April our new cases ranged from 0 to 2.
In May our new cases ranged from 0 to 4.
In June our new cases ranged from 0 to 4.
In July our new cases ranged from 0 to 5.
In August our new cases ranged from 0 to 5.
In September our new cases ranged from 0 to 4.
In October our new cases ranged from 0 to 14.
>From November 1 to 11 our new cases ranged from 0 to 17.
Yesterday our new cases were 28!
Today our new cases were 34!

Please stay safe and healthy. And please help your loved ones, friends and 
community stay safe and healthy, too!

Loving best wishes,
Dick

[FairfieldLife] Time: Why Political Opposites in the U.S. Despise Each Other

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This article presents helpful insights toward our national healing! I pray we 
do...

https://time.com/5904504/political-ideology-division/?linkId=103558682
'We've Built the Most Toxic Marriage Ever': Why Political Opposites in the U.S. 
Despise Each Other


BY BELINDA LUSCOMBE   
 OCTOBER 29, 2020 3:17 PM EDT
Americans clearly do not agree about the best solutions to the country’s 
biggest problems. But while those disagreements are fierce, they are not as 
strong as their feelings of distrust, dislike and disdain for people who belong 
to the opposing political party. In fact, Democrats and Republicans have 
developed such harsh antipathy for their political opposites that it exceeds 
the level of camaraderie they feel for those who vote the same way. It is these 
personal antipathies more than differing political beliefs that are driving 
Americans’ divisions.

These are the findings from a new report 
 by a group of 
social scientists from 11 universities and six different disciplines—political 
science, psychology, sociology, economics, management and computational social 
science—who did a review of the literature from each of their areas of 
expertise to see what the social sciences had to say about America’s current 
political divisions. The study, which was published on Oct. 29 in Science, was 
co-led by Northwestern University professor of social psychology Eli Finkel, 
whose area of expertise is actually marriage and interpersonal relationships.

For the first time, say the researchers, people’s animosity toward their 
political opponents exceeds their attachment to those who lean the same way. 
Finkel and his colleagues point to the American National Election Survey 
, which has been tallying the attitudes of voters 
since the ’70s and has found that Americans’ level of warmth for their own 
party has remained level; they have not become more loyal to or fonder of those 
who share their ideology. But especially since 2012, their feelings for the 
other party have become so cold that it is a more potent force than their party 
fidelity. A 2020 NBER  study 
of nine Western democracies found the U.S. had the highest rate of polarization 
 of any of them between 
the people in opposing political parties.

Adherents to one party increasingly see those who vote the other way as not 
just different but less moral, less trustworthy and unrecognizable to them.. 
It’s the combination of the three that makes the divisions so sharp. “It’s not 
just they are in a different group,” says Finkel. “They’re alien from me, 
they’re highly unlikeable and they’re doing immoral things. That creates the 
sectarian disaster.”

Of course, many of these impressions are not based in fact. In 2015, 
researchers  asked 
1,000 respondents on YouGov how many Republicans made more than $250,000 a 
year.. The average guess was 38%. (It was 2%.) The survey takers also estimated 
that almost a third of Democrats were LGBT. (About 6% are.) The impressions 
were more inaccurate when respondents were guessing about the party they didn’t 
belong to than when they were guessing about the one they did..

According to the Science study, these personal antipathies have been driven by 
three trends. One is the rise of partisan media and social media, which enables 
people to live in information and opinion bubbles, and makes those with 
opposing views seem more abnormal. Another is the tendency of political 
operatives and elites to identify and emphasize cudgel issues, such as abortion 
or LGBTQ rights, to make the adherents of other parties seem less humane and on 
the side of evil, in order to generate votes and for fundraising. “It’s 
strategically valuable for political elites to find a way to drum up hatred for 
the opposition,” says Finkel.

The final trend is the rise of the “mega-identity” in which other personality 
traits and beliefs are brought in line with a political identity. “For the 
first time in American history, immigrants, African Americans and other 
marginalized communities, LGBT all align with one political orientation,” says 
Finkel. “This is one of the major elements of othering. This highly 
multicultural party is a little difficult for some people who for several 
generations have lived in the same rural community, and are European-American. 
They find them increasingly odd and different. At the same time people in the 
multicultural party feel like, Well, you guys are not what America is now. You 
also are weird and incomprehensible and an anachronism.” This “mega-identity” 
works like a religion, in which adherents to a set of beliefs have strict rules 
for inclusion and regard tho

[FairfieldLife] Buffett: Surround yourself with people that push you to do better...

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Warren Buffett's Top 3 Life Advice Tips - Surround Yourself With Positive 
People, 3 minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecoWc11uuFg

[FairfieldLife] For those who haven't voted

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Forwarded from: dsand...@msn.com

Please forward this email to others in Jefferson County.
 
I hope this will be the last political email I send before the election Nov.. 
3rd.
 
Dear Jefferson County Voters,
 
Absentee ballots have been mailed and early voting has started. 
 
NOTE: The Auditor’s office is open today (Saturday) until 5 PM, and next 
Saturday 9 AM – 5 PM.
 
If you have submitted an absentee ballot request, please complete and return 
it. You can mail it in, but starting Tuesday, Oct. 27th, I suggest that you 
deliver it to the Auditor at the Courthouse to assure that it is counted on 
November 3rd.
Note: You can bypass the tables where people may be voting and hand your ballot 
(with signature on the envelop) to the staff inside the Auditor’s office.
 
If you have not submitted an absentee ballot request, just go to the Courthouse 
and cast your ballot.
 
You can see a sample ballot here 
. Scroll down through the 
webpage to find the ballot for your voting precinct. Other voting info is also 
on this linked page.
 
JUDGES and CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION: On the back of the ballot are places to 
vote on retention of judges and a chance to indicate whether you want a 
Constitutional Convention. This Public Measure 1 is on the ballot as mandated 
by law. Please vote to retain the judges and vote “No” on the Constitutional 
Convention question. 
Rationale: We have good judges and I recommend not giving the Republican 
Governor an opportunity to appoint partisan judges. The same goes for a 
Constitutional Convention. We don’t need to amend Iowa’s Constitution and a 
convention would give Republicans an opportunity to inscribe their extreme 
agenda in the Constitution.
 
Candidate Forums: Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, forums happened 
Tuesday, Oct. 6th for Jefferson County Sheriff and County Supervisors 
, and Wednesday, Oct. 7th for 
State Legislators . The forums 
start about 15 minutes into the recordings, so scroll until you see the 
participants on the stage. An earlier Iowa Press Debate between Democrat Rita 
Hart and her Republican opponent Marionnette Miller-Meeks can be found here 
.
 Miller-Meeks, a true Trumpette, is currently our State Senator.
 
PRESIDENT, SENATOR, CONGRESSPERSON: Bernie made the case for voting for 
Democrats in a marvelous speech . 
Basically, he argued that we must repudiate Trump and his Republican enablers 
and sycophants by electing Democrats for their social, economic and 
environmental policies. He added that we have influence with Democrats, and 
that he and others were working with Joe Biden’s people and will continue to 
work with them after Joe is elected. I’d say the same for the other Democrats — 
Theresa Greenfield for U.S. Senate and Rita Hart for 2ndDistrict 
Representative. Theresa and Rita are qualified, solid players dedicated to the 
wellbeing and success of all Iowans. Their opponents are dedicated Trump 
supporters whose attack ads have been totally Trump-ish — gross distortions and 
outright lies. Surely, I don’t need to say more. You can find info on Theresa 
Greenfield’s platform on her website  and 
Facebook . Info on Rita Hart’s 
platform is on her website  and Facebook 
. 
FOOTNOTE: There are actually nine candidates for President/VP. Please don’t 
waste your vote on any of the other seven, either out of conviction or as a 
protest. Only Biden has a chance to oust Trump.
 
STATE REPRESENTATIVE — District 82, which encompasses the western two-thirds of 
Jefferson County plus Van Buren and Davis Counties. Republicans control the 
Iowa Legislature and Governor’s Mansion. They have been passing ALEC’s bills 
supporting an extreme right-wing agenda. Let’s vote the Republicans out.
 
PHIL MILLER (D): Phil is a veterinarian and former president of the Fairfield 
Community School District Board. He’s deeply committed to health, public 
education and strengthening our rural economy, which includes factories, small 
businesses, a large service sector, health care personnel, farmers and 
agricultural workers. Phil also served for one year as our representative, 
filling the vacancy left by the untimely death of Curt Hanson. He’s a 
reasonable person who listens to all. He believes strongly in treating people 
fairly with social justice and economic equality, and in respecting the 
environment. You can learn more on his website 
 and Facebook 
 pages. I respect Phil’s broad 
understanding of the needs of the District 

[FairfieldLife] 12 New COVID-19 Cases in Jefferson County Today. Twice the Previous Record.

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Before today the most new cases in a day was 6, which occurred twice!  And both 
of those just occurred earlier this month!

https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/pages/access

Please be careful for yourself, your loved ones, your friends, and our precious 
community!!!

[FairfieldLife] Graham Nash (CSN) learned TM, wishes he'd been doing it for 50 years

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Forwarded from: Ken Chawkin 

1. Washington Post: Q&A with Graham Nash: Staying safe, missing CSN and trying 
to use Van Morrison's bathroom 


You know, I recently started Transcendental Meditation as a gift from 
[director] David Lynch. He paid for me and my wife, Amy, to learn T.M. And 
quite frankly, I’m 78 years old and I wish I’d had been doing it for 50 years. 

[FairfieldLife] Jefferson County Supervisors Race Endorsement

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Forwarded from: Diane Rosenberg 

Dear Friends,

This is a personal email from me.

I signed this letter along with 39 other Jefferson County residents endorsing 
Susie Drish and Dee Sandquist for Jefferson County Supervisor. Please see why I 
am voting for these two fine candidates and not CAFO owner Nick Adam. Feel free 
to widely share.

Best,
Diane
---
Dear Jefferson County Voters:

Your vote for Jefferson County Board of Supervisors is consequential for the 
future of our county. There is a stark difference among the candidates. There 
are two seats to be filled. We urge you to vote for Susie Drish and Dee 
Sandquist.

One candidate, Nick Adam, is the owner of two 5,000-head hog CAFOs 
(Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations) in Batavia and Eldon. These CAFOs were 
built heedless of the expressed concerns of his neighbors, whose worst fears 
became reality after the CAFOs were built.

Seventy-five neighbors formed a group, “Save Batavia and Eldon,” to try to stop 
the CAFOs from being built, and they sued after the CAFOS were constructed when 
the confinements impacted their health and quality of life. Although the suit 
ended in a settlement, Iowa’s laws and regulations favor CAFO owners over their 
neighbors, so those neighbors continue to suffer the consequences of living 
near Adam’s CAFOs.

Adam is currently building another 5,000 head CAFO in Wapello County.

The effects of CAFOs on their neighbors are real. As Dr. James Merchant, 
Professor Emeritus of Public Health and Medicine and Founding Dean of the 
College of Public Health at the University of Iowa put it: 

“CAFO neighbors suffer increased childhood asthma and adult asthma, bronchitis, 
airway obstruction, nasal and eye irritation...(and) also suffer 
odor-associated increases in stress, tension, depression, and confusion, and 
decreases in measures of quality of life and well-being.”

Why is this important? County Boards of Supervisors can have some input into 
whether or not hog CAFOs can be built in the county. They can assume the 
authority to score Master Matrix evaluations of the suitability of a site for 
CAFO construction, and they can appeal a large (2500 hogs+) construction permit 
approved by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. We need supervisors who 
can make these decisions objectively and are willing to listen to the concerns 
of local citizens.

For the November 3 election, you will have the opportunity to vote for two 
people to fill two positions on the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors. We 
urge you to vote for Susie Drish (a Democrat) and Dee Sandquist (a Republican) 
to fill those seats.

Susie Drish is a life-long resident of Jefferson County, a graduate of 
Fairfield High School and Iowa State University and currently is a Jefferson 
County farmer using sustainable farming practices. She has worked at the ISU 
Diagnostic Veterinarian Lab, and for 39 years she worked as an Employment and 
Training Specialist through Indian Hills Community College. 

In that position, Drish provided resume, application, and interview-skills 
development as part of the job training program for at-risk kids, low-income 
workers, offenders, unemployed, and dislocated workers to improve their 
employment opportunities.

She also interacted with community employers and school systems in the counties 
she served to match students’ newly acquired skills with employers’ needs. She 
managed large budgets for the training program. Drish is currently on the 
Jefferson County Extension Board and the Jefferson County Mutual Insurance 
Agency board.

Dee Sandquist grew up in Jefferson County on a family farm and, with her 
husband, currently owns and operates a farm that employs conservation practices 
to protect soil and water health. They raise hogs humanely, using the 
sustainable (non-CAFO) Niman Ranch system. She has a master’s degree in 
management and has career experience in managing people and services in 
healthcare systems. 

Dee has capably served one term as a Jefferson County Supervisor, demonstrating 
a capacity to work with the full range of Jefferson County residents, a truly 
valuable quality for a County Supervisor.

We endorse Susie Drish and Dee Sanquist for Jefferson County Supervisors and 
urge you to vote for both of them on—or before—November 3..

Jim Anderson
Sara Anderson 
Jerry Avise-Rouse
Cindy Ballou 
Dave Ballou
Patrick Bosold
Steve Boss
Kent Boyum
Susan Chapin
Denise Crosby 
Lois Dovico
Marg Dwyer
John Fagan
Bob Ferguson
Gloria Foster
Dean Goodale
David Goodman
Jay Greco
Marguerite Gunn
Billy Hunter
John Ikerd
Willy Koppel
Diana Krystofiak
Thomas Krystofiak
Claudia Melrose
Carol Morehead
Einar Olsen
Diane Rosenberg
Jim Rubis
David Sands
Mark Schroeder
Ulrike Selleck
Carole Simmons
Rich Sims 
Patti Steurer
Barbara Stone
Francis Thicke
Susan Noll Thicke
Marj Van Winkle 

-

Diane Rosenberg

[FairfieldLife] Caution: Jefferson County's Sharp 4.7X Rise in COVID

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Dear Friends,

Jefferson County reported its first COVID case on April 1.

By October 3 we had recorded 144 cases, for an average of 3/4 new cases per day.

In the six days since October 3, Jefferson County recorded 21 new cases, for a 
sharp rise to 3 1/2 new cases per day.

This sharp surge is 4.7 times as much as the previous 6 months.

Please do your best to care for yourselves, your friends, and your loved ones, 
and behave safely.

Dick

[FairfieldLife] Early Voting began Monday!

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Early voting at the Jefferson County Courthouse began last Monday. The 
Courthouse and the Auditor’s Office are open 8:00am to 4:30pm Monday through 
Friday.

I received my absentee ballot in the mail Wednesday, and returned it in person 
to the Auditor’s Office this afternoon. Voting feels good!

[FairfieldLife] First Time Ever: Scientific American & The New England Journal of Medicine's Election Recommendations

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/biden-receives-endorsement-scientific-american-magazine-s-first-175-year-n1240134
Biden receives endorsement from Scientific American, magazine's first in 
175-year history
The magazine’s editors said they were motivated to endorse Biden after seeing 
how science has been ignored and politicized by President Donald Trump and his 
administration.
Sept. 15, 2020, 11:15 AM CDT
By Denise Chow

Scientific American has endorsed Joe Biden for president, the first time the 
venerable science magazine has backed a presidential candidate in its 175-year 
history.

The endorsement was published in Scientific American’s October issue 
,
 in which the magazine’s editors explained their reasons for publicly 
supporting Biden, adding that they “do not do this lightly.”

They said they were motivated to endorse Biden after seeing how science has 
been ignored and politicized by President Donald Trump and his administration.

“The evidence and the science show that Donald Trump has badly damaged the U.S. 
and its people — because he rejects evidence and science,” the editors wrote in 
the endorsement. They cited, in particular, the president’s response to the 
coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 195,000 Americans and 
continues to be a public health emergency.

The endorsement comes with less than 50 days to go until the U.S. presidential 
election and as the country juggles multiple crises in addition to the pandemic 
— a prolonged economic downturn, catastrophic wildfires on the West Coast and 
an intense Atlantic hurricane season.

The editors said Trump’s failure to develop a national strategy to fight the 
pandemic helped accelerate the spread of the disease across the country and his 
misrepresentations of the facts have done even more damage.

“His lies encouraged people to engage in risky behavior, spreading the virus 
further, and have driven wedges between Americans who take the threat seriously 
and those who believe Trump's falsehoods,” they wrote.

But their concerns went beyond the president’s response to the pandemic and 
included Trump’s attempts to end the Affordable Care Act, his commitment to 
dismantling environmental protections and policies, and his proposed cuts in 
funding to agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, the National 
Science Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Biden has prioritized climate change throughout his campaign. In July, he 
unveiled a $2 trillion plan 

 that experts said would put the country on an ambitious path to building a 
clean energy economy. The plan, which includes the goal of achieving a 100 
percent clean electricity standard by 2035, earned high praise from climate 
scientists and environmental advocates, who said the proposal would also help 
repair the country’s reputation internationally.

Though much of Biden’s plan would require approval from Congress, the 
magazine’s editors said the candidate “is acutely aware that we must heed the 
abundant research showing ways to recover from our present crises and 
successfully cope with future challenges.”

They added that Trump’s many attacks on science and the scientific agencies 
designed to protect the country guided their decision to endorse a presidential 
candidate for the first time.

“The 2020 election is literally a matter of life and death,” they tweeted 
Tuesday . “We urge you to 
vote for health, science and Joe Biden for President.”

*

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/leading-medical-journal-americans-must-vote-out-current-leaders-n1242487
 

New England Journal of Medicine: 'Dangerously incompetent' politicians must go
While the 35 editors who signed the editorial did not call out President Trump 
by name, the article is filled with allusions to his actions.
Oct. 7, 2020, 5:30 PM CDT
By Denise Chow

The New England Journal of Medicine, one of the most prestigious medical 
journals in the world, on Wednesday broke with a nearly two-century tradition 
of avoiding politics to lambast U.S. politicians for their handling of the 
coronavirus pandemic.

In a first for the journal, the editors called for Americans to vote out 
leaders who have not done enough to address the pandemic.

“When it comes to the response to the largest public health crisis of our time, 
our current political leaders have demonstrated that they are dangerously 
incompetent,” the editors wrote. “We should not abet them and enable the deaths 
of thousands more Americans by allowing them to keep thei

[FairfieldLife] Defining moment in last night's Sheriff forum

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This surprised me!

Forwarded from: DAVID SANDS 


Please forward this message to your Jefferson County friends. 

 
There was a defining moment in the Oct. 6th forum for candidates for Jefferson 
County Sheriff. The question put to the candidates was: "What was your personal 
response to the death of George Floyd?"
 
Deputy Tracy Vance responded: "I was appalled. That was murder and that officer 
acted with malice and was inappropriate." He went on to explain that if he were 
Sheriff, the officer would be held accountable and his Office would be fully 
transparent about what happened.
 
Chief Deputy Bart Richmond responded: "I didn't jump to any conclusions. I 
didn't react like the rest of the country." He went on to say that Floyd might 
have had drugs in his system, which is blaming the victim for what happened and 
letting the police officer be the judge, jury and executioner.
 
Well, the videos of the incident made the situation perfectly clear. It was 
another example of aggressive policing that resulted in the unnecessary death 
of a black man.
 
We don't want that to happen here.
 
It's clear that Bart represents the old school, good ol' boys authoritarian 
policing that has suppressed minority and poor communities since the founding 
of this country.
 
Tracy, on the other hand, represents community-oriented policing. He's proposed 
establishing a Citizen’s Advisory Council to facilitate communication and 
transparency between the Sheriff's Office and concerned citizens in any 
situation.
 
Yes, these remarks by the candidates clearly distinguish them. I'll vote for 
Tracy Vance for Sheriff.
 
The Sheriff forum begins at 13 minutes into the recording. The question of the 
death of George Floyd begins at 49:48. 
https://www.facebook.com/FairfieldMediaCenter/videos/1697104933787135 

 
David Sands
 
Please forward this message to your Jefferson County friends.

[FairfieldLife] Special Invitation to Join Online Super-Radiance via Zoom

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Forwarded from Bob and Carol Markowitz 

SOUTHEAST IOWA TM® CENTER
OCTOBER 5, 2020

A Special Invitation to Join Online Super-Radiance Program over Zoom!
Please join us online Wednesday evening, Oct. 7 at 5 pm Central Time, and also 
5 pm Pacific Time; and Thursday morning, Oct. 8 at 7:30 am Central Time, and 
also 7:30 am Pacific Time for the kick-off of this extraordinary program to 
create a powerful wave of harmony and coherence in the nation.

Dear Sidhas and Governors,

As Dr. John Hagelin mentioned in a recent email 
,
 https://communications.tm.org/2020/2020_10_05_RJH-HomeSuperRadiance-SG.html, 
“The time has come to create greater harmony and unity during these turbulent 
times by joining our daily Online Super‑Radiance program over Zoomfrom the 
comfort of your own home.”

What is Super‑Radiance?
The Super‑Radiance program is for all those practicing the TM‑Sidhi® program to 
coordinate their Yogic Flying® times to increase coherence in collective 
consciousness.

Join us for the special inauguration!
Dr. Hagelin will launch the program himself on Wednesday evening, Oct. 7 at 5 
pm Central Time, and also 5 pm Pacific Time; and Thursday morning, Oct. 8 at 
7:30 am Central Time, and also 7:30 am Pacific Time. Join us!

When do I connect?
First priority for the whole country: Join the largest group of Sidhas doing 
Super‑Radiance program together, with lift-off at 8:15 am and 5:45 pm Central 
Time. (Click here for lift-off times 
:
 
https://communications.tm.org/2020/documents/2020_09_29_National-Super-Radiance-Times.pdf)
Second priority: If the above time doesn’t work for you, then join the 
second-priority Super‑Radiance times for your time zone. (Click here for 
lift-off times 
:
 
https://communications.tm.org/2020/documents/2020_09_29_National-Super-Radiance-Times.pdf)
 NOTE: There is no Zoom connection for the second-priority times except for the 
Pacific time zone. (Please see schedule below.)
How do I connect?
Connect via Zoom video:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89691355158  

Connect by phone: 646-558-8656 or 301-715-8592 or 312-626-6799. Then enter 
Meeting ID 896-9135-5158# for all dates.
Hawaii Zoom Connection only: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4535789550 

Passcode: 5sj5QJ for all dates.
For those connecting by phone, you will mostly “hear” silence. There will be a 
brief welcome 45 minutes prior to lift-off and a bell at lift-off time. For 
those connecting online, you will see some slides, but it will be the same 
“silent” program as mentioned above.

The power of group TM‑Sidhi practice
We have a well‑proven formula to enliven consciousness and transform society. 
Let’s make Super‑Radiance a priority in our lives. Please join me and thousands 
of Sidhas around the country in doing all we can for our nation.

Reports from around the globe
Sidhas throughout Latin America, Europe, Africa, and elsewhere who have started 
doing Online Super‑Radiance are reporting much deeper experiences during their 
programs along with a greater feeling of connectedness with their fellow 
Sidhas. They also say this encourages them to join everyone at times when most 
Sidhas (and Meditators) are doing program.

Let’s take care of ourselves while creating a huge upsurge of coherence and 
positivity for our nation.

Please spread this message to all Sidhas in the U.S. so that we can create the 
largest coherence‑creating group in the history of our country, extending 
across every state in the nation.

Warm regards,

Carol & Bob Markowitz
Directors
Southeast Iowa TM Program
641-919-7047
www.TM.org 

[FairfieldLife] Goldman Sachs & Moody's Analytics: Democratic Sweep For More Jobs, Stronger Economy

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Main Points:

"All else equal, such a blue wave [Democratic President, Senate & House] would 
likely prompt us to upgrade our forecasts," Goldman Sachs chief economist Jan 
Hatzius wrote in a Monday report.
It's true that if Democrats sweep into power early next year, it would likely 
translate to higher taxes and regulation. Such a reversal from the Trump agenda 
could eat into corporate profits and the earnings for affluent families. But 
Joe Biden is also promising a bonanza of government spending 

 that, coupled with extremely low interest rates, would likely speed up the 
economy.
Goldman Sachs wrote that a blue wave would "sharply raise the probability" of a 
fiscal stimulus package of at least $2 trillion shortly after the January 20 
inauguration. The bank also cited Biden's longer-term spending plans on 
infrastructure, climate, health care and education.

Moody's Analytics 

 found 

 that Biden's economic proposals, if enacted, would create 7.4 million more 
jobs 
 
than would Trump's. The economy would return to full employment in the second 
half of 2022, nearly two years earlier than under Trump's plan, Moody's said.
"The economic outlook is strongest under the scenario in which Biden and the 
Democrats sweep Congress and fully adopt their economic agenda," wrote Moody's 
economists led by Mark Zandi, who advised Senator John McCain during the 2008 
presidential race. 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/business/economy-election-blue-wave-goldman-sachs/index.html
Goldman Sachs: A Democratic sweep would mean faster economic recovery
By Matt Egan , CNN Business 

Updated 12:17 PM ET, Tue October 6, 2020



New York (CNN Business) President Donald Trump is once again warning voters 
that Democrats would "shut our economy and jobs down" if they win in November. 

Goldman Sachs is telling its clients the exact opposite.
Just hours after Trump's all-caps Monday morning tweet  
predicting 
economic disaster 
,
 Goldman economists pointed out that polls 

 "suggest a 'blue wave' in which Democrats gain unified control of Washington 
is becoming more likely" -- and they're not suggesting investors dump stocks..
In fact, "all else equal, such a blue wave would likely prompt us to upgrade 
our forecasts," Goldman Sachs chief economist Jan Hatzius wrote in a Monday 
report.
It's true that if Democrats sweep into power early next year, it would likely 
translate to higher taxes and regulation. Such a reversal from the Trump agenda 
could eat into corporate profits and the earnings for affluent families. 
But Joe Biden is also promising a bonanza of government spending 

 that, coupled with extremely low interest rates, would likely speed up the 
economy.
Goldman Sachs wrote that a blue wave would "sharply raise the probability" of a 
fiscal stimulus package of at least $2 trillion shortly after the January 20 
inauguration. The bank also cited Biden's longer-term spending plans on 
infrastructure, climate, health care and education. 
Taken together, this spending "would at least match the likely longer-term tax 
increases on corporations and upper-income earnings," Goldman Sachs wrote.
"It would likely result in substantially easier US fiscal policy, a reduced 
risk of renewed trade escalation, and a firmer global growth outlook," the 
report said. 
Moody's: 7.4 million more jobs under Biden's plan
Goldman Sachs isn't the only Wall Street firm to point out the positive 
benefits of a blue wave. 
Moody's Analytics 

 found 

 that Biden's economic proposals, if enacted, would create 7.4 million more 
jobs 
 
than would Trump's. The economy would return to full employment in the second 
half of 2022, nearly two years earlier than under Trump's plan, Moody's said. 
"The economic outlook is strongest under the scenario in which Biden and the 
Democrats sweep Congress and fully adopt their economic agenda," wrote Moody's 
economists led by Mark Zandi, who advised Senator John McCain durin

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: It's Time to Vote in Jefferson County – Here's a Guide to Whom and What Is on the Ballot

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Forwarded from: DAVID SANDS 

Please forward this email to others in Jefferson County.
 
Dear Jefferson County Voter,
 
Here’s my email with the information that could be useful in completing your 
general election ballot.
 
Absentee ballots will be mailed andearly voting starts tomorrow, Monday, 
October 5th. Yippee, it’s almost over!
 
If you have submitted an absentee ballot request, you’ll receive your ballot 
this week. If you have not submitted an absentee ballot request, you still can, 
but I recommend that you just go to the Courthouse and cast your ballot. That 
way, you’ll know that your ballot is in the Auditor’s hands.
 
If you receive an absentee ballot, please complete it and return it right away, 
either by mail or deliver it yourself, to the Auditor at the Courthouse.
 
You can see a sample ballot here 
: 
http://www.jeffersoncountyiowa.com/elections.htm. Scroll down to find the 
ballot for your voting precinct.
 
Candidate Forums: Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, this Tuesday, Oct. 6th 
for Jefferson County Sheriff and County Supervisors, andWednesday, Oct. 7th for 
State Legislators. The forums start at 6pm and are streamed online.. Info here 
: 
https://www..facebook.com/events/324577118816336/?event_time_id=324577125483002.
 
JUDGES and CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION: On the back of the ballot are places to 
vote on retention of judges and a chance to indicate whether you want a 
Constitutional Convention. This vote is mandated by law. Please vote to retain 
the judges and vote “No” on the Constitutional Convention question.
Rationale: We have good judges and I recommend not giving the Republican 
Governor an opportunity to appoint partisan judges. The same goes for a 
Constitutional Convention. We don’t need to amend Iowa’s Constitution and a 
convention would give Republicans an opportunity to inscribe their extreme 
agenda in the Constitution.
 
PRESIDENT, SENATOR, CONGRESSPERSON: For their regressive and often inhumane 
policies on health, immigration, the social safety net, white nationalism, 
racism, xenophobia, taxation, politization of judicial appointments, 
environmental issues and denying the social and economic consequences of global 
warming, we have to vote out the Republicans. Bernie made the case for voting 
for Democrats in a marvelous speech 
 last week: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAAWxZGHJNo. Basically, he argued that we must 
repudiate Trump and his Republican enablers and sycophants by electing 
Democrats for their social, economic and environmental policies. He added that 
we have influence with Democrats, and that he and others were working with Joe 
Biden’s people and will continue to work with them after Joe is elected. I’d 
say the same for the other Democrats — Theresa Greenfield for U.S. Senate and 
Rita Hart for 2ndDistrict Representative. Theresa and Rita are qualified, solid 
players dedicated to the wellbeing and success of all Iowans. Their opponents 
are dedicated Trump supporters whose attack ads have been totally Trump-ish — 
gross distortions and outright lies. Surely, I don’t need to say more. You can 
find info on Theresa Greenfield’s platform on her website 
, https://greenfieldforiowa.com, and Facebook 
, 
https://www.facebook.com/GreenfieldForIowa. Info on Rita Hart’s platform is on 
her website , https://www.ritahart.com, and Facebook 
, 
https://www.facebook.com/RitaHart4Iowa. You can hear the candidates debate this 
Tuesday and Wednesday. An earlier Iowa Press Debate between Rita and her 
Republican opponent Marionnette Miller-Meeks can be found here 
,
 
https://www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/2020-09-11/watch-candidates-rita-hart-and-iowa-sen-marianette-miller-meeks-debate.
 Miller-Meeks is currently our State Senator.
FOOTNOTE: There are actually nine candidates for President/VP. Please don’t 
waste your vote on any of the other seven, either out of conviction or as a 
protest. Only Biden has a chance to oust Trump and become the next president.
 
STATE REPRESENTATIVE: I’m going to talk only about District 82, which 
encompasses the western two-thirds of Jefferson County plus Van Buren and Davis 
Counties. If you vote in a different district, you’re going to have to do your 
own research, but I make the same argument I did about the higher offices: 
Republicans control the Iowa Legislature and Governor’s Mansion. They have been 
passing ALEC’s bills supporting an extreme right-wing agenda. Let’s vote the 
Republicans out.
 
PHIL MILLER (D): Phil is a veterinarian and former president of the Fairfield 
Community School District B

[FairfieldLife] Cautionary: Watch this former exec compare Facebook to Big Tobacco - 2 minutes

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Cautionary:  Watch this former exec compare Facebook to Big Tobacco - 2 minutes

https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2020/09/24/former-facebook-executive-big-tobacco-zw-orig.cnn-business
 

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: 7 Online TM Events, 9/18-20 incl. "Secrets of Emotional Balance"

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Forwarded from: "TM Special Events" 

VIEW EMAIL WITH IMAGES 


 

7 ONLINE EVENTS  |  SEPT. 18-20
 

“The Treasure within Us: Discovering the Core Message in the World’s Spiritual 
Traditions,”
Craig Pearson, PhD
Sat. Sept. 19, 12 noon ET — Live webinar 

“Secrets of Emotional Balance: 10 Ways to Even Out Your Emotions in Uneven 
Times”
Nancy Lonsdorf, MD
Sun. Sept. 20, 12 noon ET — Live webinar 

Live TM® Talks: “The Flow of Consciousness in Literature”
Rhoda Orme-Johnson, PhD
Sun. Sept. 20, 5 pm ET — Live webinar 

“Total Brain Coaching — How to Change Your Habits to Live a Healthy, Happy, 
Enlightened Life”
Keith Wallace, PhD, and Ted Wallace, RCC
Sat. Sep. 20, 3 pm ET — Free lesson 

“Self-Pulse for Balance in Mind & Body” 
Nancy Lonsdorf, MD — Live Q&A and Commentary
Sat. Sept. 19, 2 pm ET — Free MIU replay 

Large Online Group Meditations:TM Connect
See schedule below 

Maharishi YogaSM Asanas, Free Instruction 
Every Fri., 5 pm ET and Sun., 11 am ET 

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“The Treasure within Us: Discovering the Core Message in the World’s Spiritual 
Traditions”
Craig Pearson, PhD
Sat. Sept. 19, 12:00 noon ET
11:00 am CT | 10:00 am MT | 9:00 am PT

Throughout history, great men and women have described exalted experiences, 
moments of extraordinary wakefulness, freedom, and bliss — as different from 
our ordinary waking experience as waking is from dreaming.
Laozi, Plato, Rumi, St. Teresa of Avila, Emerson, Emily Dickinson, Black Elk, 
Einstein — people of all times and places have described experiences that rank 
among the most inspiring in all of literature.
Today we’re able recognize these as experiences of Transcendental 
Consciousness, a fourth major state of consciousness. In this interview, Dr. 
Pearson will discuss the historical record of enlightenment among people of all 
cultures and how these same experiences are manifested today in the lives of 
those who practice the TM technique.
Dr. Craig Pearson is Vice President of Academic Affairs at Maharishi 
International University and is the author of The Supreme Awakening: 
Experiences of Enlightenment Throughout Time.
Connect via Zoom video:
https://zoom.us/j/97997713108 

Connect via YouTube:
https://youtu.be/IHDO2YeydhI 

[FairfieldLife] MIU's Dr John Fagan publishes ground-breaking research detecting gene-edited GM crop

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Check out this 4-minute video! John is a great hero!!!

From: Susel M. Faganmailto:suselfa...@yahoo.com>>

Dear Friends,

As some you may have heard, for more than two years, Dr. Fagan has been working 
on a challenging research project--to create the first test to specifically 
detect a gene-edited GMO, a euphemism for a new class of GMOs. Proponents in 
the biotech industry maintain that these DNA alterations can not be detected, 
and therefore can not be traced or tested or regulated, and should not even be 
called GMOs. However, they definitely are GMOs, and create the same risks as 
the earlier GMOs, although maybe more so: huge disruption of the genome, 
unexpected side effects, environmental and health damage, toxic influences, etc.

Other scientists who have been working on the risks of GMOs and on that 
research front for years have called this work historic. The study was 
published in the EU on Monday, and in the US on Tuesday, September 6.

Here is a link to a four-minute video overview. 

https://vimeo.com/454416515 

The article below was published in GMWatch, a British GM watchdog site, and 
provides a well-written overview.

There is also a website related to the publication of the research:  
https://www.detect-gmo.org/ 

Warm regards,
Susel

First open source detection test for a gene-edited GM crop published
 
"We have developed this test because authorities have failed to do so" – German 
association Food without Genetic Engineering (VLOG)
A group of non-governmental organisations, non-GMO food associations and a food 
retailer have announced that the first-ever public detection method for a 
gene-edited crop has been successfully developed and published.[1] The 
gene-edited crop in question is a herbicide-tolerant rapeseed produced by US 
company Cibus (SU Canola).

The new research refutes claims by the biotech industry and some regulators 
that new genetically modified (GM) crops engineered with gene editing are 
indistinguishable from similar, non-GM crops and therefore cannot be 
regulated.[2] Some such claims are published here 
.
 
The new method detects a herbicide-tolerant rapeseed variety that was developed 
using gene editing, a new form of genetic engineering. It allows European Union 
(EU) countries to carry out checks to prevent this unauthorised GM crop from 
entering EU food and feed supply chains illegally. Until now, EU countries were 
unable to test their imports for the presence of this GM rapeseed, which is 
grown in parts of the US and Canada.

The new method also allows food companies, retailers, certification bodies and 
national food safety inspectors to verify that products do not contain this GM 
rapeseed.
 
The new detection test shows that the claimed difficulties of detecting 
gene-edited organisms are overstated. It represents a specific detection method 
for a gene-edited crop in which only small alterations (point mutations) have 
been made. Moreover, the test distinguishes this crop from genetically similar 
crops developed via chemical mutagenesis – in this case BASF’s Clearfield 
rapeseed.

Heike Moldenhauer, EU policy advisor at the German Association Food without 
Genetic Engineering (VLOG), said (https://www.detect-gmo.org/press-release 
): “The new detection method is a 
milestone in EU consumer and business protection. Authorities can now start 
identifying unauthorised gene-edited crops. This helps beekeepers, farmers, 
breeders, feed and food processors and retailers keep these new GMOs out of 
their supply chains and meet consumers’ demand for non-GMO food”.
 
Alexander Hissting of VLOG added, "We have developed this test because 
authorities have failed to do so."

The new method was published in the scientific journal Foods after peer 
review.[3] It detects SU Canola, an oilseed rape variety engineered by the 
American gene-editing company Cibus to withstand certain herbicides.[4] 
Environment Agency Austria (Umweltbundesamt), a member of the European Network 
of GMO Laboratories, has validated the method, which meets all EU legal 
standards.

The European Court of Justice ruled two years ago that gene-edited organisms 
fall under the EU’s GMO laws. The Court said excluding new GMOs from the 
regulations would go against the purpose of the legislation. It also said this 
would fail to respect the precautionary principle that is enshrined in the EU’s 
founding treaties and is the basis for the EU’s food safety rules.[5]
 
The new test shows that EU law governing GM organisms (GMOs) can also be 
applied to new types of GMOs produced through gene editing, maintaining the 
EU’s high food safety standards.
 
Greenpeace EU food policy director Franziska Achterberg said: “The EU’s highest 
court has ruled that gene-edited crops are regulated under 

[FairfieldLife] VOTE TODAY! Please vote "Yes" on Tuesday, Special Election

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Forwarded from a friend

Please forward this email to as many people as you can.
 
Dear Jefferson County Voter:
 
You may not have heard that there is a vote TODAY, Tuesday, September 8th from 
7am to 8pm to renew the Revenue Purpose Statement for the Fairfield Community 
School District. Normally, voting for renewal would be “automatic,” but our 
State Representative Jeff Shipley has sent an email encouraging people to vote 
‘no’ to “ensure the School Board collaborates with Concerned Parents moving 
forward.” Concerned Parents, a group of disgruntled parents, oppose the School 
District’s decisions regarding the risks of spreading the novel coronavirus.. 
Shipley doesn’t think the virus is a big deal, he’d like to catch the virus and 
get over it so he’d be immune, and he’d like the kids back in the classrooms 
full time — who wouldn’t, but most of us want that done safely. So…
 
Please Vote "Yes" TODAY, Tuesday, Sept. 8th (locations below). With this effort 
to undermine the School System, your vote is definitely needed. Quality schools 
are needed to assure the high quality of life in Jefferson County..
 
The Revenue Purpose Statement has to be renewed so that the School District can 
use the SAVE tax funds to upgrade and improve facilities past 2031, the date of 
the original law and our original Revenue Purpose Statement. In 2019, the 
legislature extended the SAVE tax till 2051 but we need the Revenue Purpose 
Statement renewed as well. So, no new tax, no new purpose, just renewing to 
extend the date.
 
Phil Miller, candidate for the State Representative seat Shipley currently 
holds, said today: “Having recently served on the school board and seen how 
beneficially that money is used to provide our children a quality education, I 
encourage everyone to vote yes on this proposal. This will go a long way in 
strengthening our public schools.”
 
This shouldn't be a political issue, but it is, so put on your mask and please 
vote “yes.” Oh, and don’t forget to wash your hands when you return home.
 
LOCATIONS: 7am to 8 pm
 
Jefferson County Courthouse
Libertyville Community Center
Lockridge School Gym
Pleasant Plain Community Building
 
Thank you for supporting quality public education in Jefferson County,
 
David
 

[FairfieldLife] September 17 to October 19 will be time of profound spiritual transformation

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>From a friend on Purusha in India:

During our virtual meeting with Global Mother Divine Organization led by Raj 
Rajeshwari Candace, she made this important announcement:

During the time from September 17 to October 19 it will be a time of profound 
spiritual transformation for the world. With almost all the planets transiting 
their own house according to the Vedic Lunar calendar, there will be the 
occurrence of a rare 13th month this year. It is NOT an auspicious time for 
beginning new endeavors or material gains. It Is however a very good time for 
going inward and deepening Spiritual gains and doing long programs..

[FairfieldLife] New York Times: College towns around America becoming coronavirus hot spots, including Iowa City

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>From today’s New York Times

Kathryn Gamble for The New York Times
4. College towns around America are becoming coronavirus hot spots.

About 100 college communities 

 across the country, including Iowa City, above, have seen an increase in 
coronavirus cases in recent weeks as students return for the fall semester. The 
potential spread of the virus off-campus has deeply affected workplaces, 
schools, governments and other institutions in local communities.

In the U.S., at least 51,000 coronavirus cases and at least 60 deaths from the 
virus can be traced to American colleges and universities, a Times survey found 
.

[FairfieldLife] First Covid Death Confirmed in Jefferson County

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[FairfieldLife] MIU Updates on COVID Safety: Iowa City & Ames have World's highest per capita COVID cases

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Forwarded from: Carolina Passosmailto:cpas...@miu.edu>>
Date: Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 9:35 AM
Subject: Updates on COVID Safety
To: MIU HR mailto:hremaill...@mum.edu>>


Dear Staff,

We are off to a great start this year.  As you know from President Hagelin's 
letter last week, we had only one student test positive. You may not know that 
Iowa City and Ames now have the highest per capita cases of COVID in the world. 
Please share this with your team mates and remind them that we are asking  
everyone to stay within Jefferson County.  If your have a doctor's appointment 
or some other urgent reason to leave the county, you should get  approval  from 
 HR first so that proper arrangements can be made upon your return. The nurse 
will determine if you have to be tested or retested and spend some time in 
isolation upon your return.

We want to maintain the safety of our community by continuing to be vigilant. 
It  is our responsibility to be sure everyone in our offices and our buildings 
is wearing a mask and maintaining social distancing. I think mostly everyone is 
being very cooperative, but if you know of a co-worker who refuses to wear a 
mask, you can contact Security of HR and we will support you.

Security is going  to  be issuing  tickets and imposing fines for ANYONE not 
wearing a mask in a university building or when walking or talking with a group 
outside, even if they  are observing social distancing. You may walk or run 
alone or ride a bike without a mask, but please put one on if you stop to talk 
to someone.

Thank you all so much for your patience, creativity and cheerful cooperation in 
these challenging times.

Sincerely,
Carol Passos | HR Director
Human Resources Director and Co-Director of Diversity | Dreier Building, Room 
231
Tel: (641) 472-7000 X.4826 | Cell: (641) 451-4683
Maharishi International University 

[FairfieldLife] White House Covid task force: Dire warnings to Iowa with highest case rate this week

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Jefferson County had 20 new cases in the last 10 days

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/politics/iowa-task-force-report-coronavirus/index.html
White House Covid task force report shows dire warnings to Iowa, the state with 
the highest case rate this week

(CNN) A White House coronavirus task force report sent to officials in Iowa 
this week warns of dire new case increases 
 
across rural and urban areas of the state and calls for a mask mandate, the 
closure of bars and a plan from universities as the pandemic intensifies in the 
Midwest.

CNN has obtained the 9-page August 30 report for the state, first reported  
by
 the Des Moines Register, from the Iowa Department of Public Health. The task 
force releases state-by-state reports each week to governors' offices, and has 
so far declined to make them publicly available.
The report says that Iowa is in the task force-defined "red zone" and warns 
that the state has the highest rate of cases in the US, which increased by 
77.4% from the previous week. 
"Iowa is in the red zone for cases, indicating more than 100 new cases per 
100,000 population last week, with the highest rate in the country. Iowa is in 
the red zone for test positivity, indicating a rate above 10%, with the 5th 
highest rate in the country," the report says, an increase in both cases and 
test positivity over the last week.

[FairfieldLife] Initiating a Powerful Wave of Coherence for the Nation

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Forwarded from Dr. John Hagelin at communicat...@tm.org


OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL DIRECTOR
AUGUST 24, 2020


An Invitation to Create a Powerful Wave of Harmony and Coherence in the Nation
Dear US Governors and Sidhas,

Many of you have been asking, “What more can we do to create a powerful 
influence of coherence during these turbulent times—especially with an 
important national election only a few months away?” I share your concerns and 
deeply appreciate your commitment to creating a bright future for the nation.

Announcing a new nationwide priority, beginning today
For the past several months, thousands of Meditators, Sidhas, and Governors 
from around the country have been joining together in large group practice.. 
From the comfort of their own homes, they have synchronized their programs with 
newly established national group meditation and Super-Radiance times.. Now we 
want to elevate this to a national priority, beginning immediately.. Download 
the Super-Radiance schedule here 

 or view the national times below 
.

The power of a group meditating together
We know how powerful this approach can be. For decades, dozens of studies 
published in leading scientific journals have shown the remarkable effect of 
collective meditation in reducing acute societal stress and conflict. We have a 
well-proven formula to enliven consciousness and transform society. Let’s step 
up and use it.

Beginning September 5, every Saturday and Sunday: A new online weekly series, 
by our top Maharishi Foundation leaders and MIU Faculty
To complement this national Super-Radiance initiative, we will offer a powerful 
and uplifting Zoom knowledge series, with special talks every Saturday and 
Sunday, featuring our best speakers from around the world, from September 5 
through the end of November.

Join me on Saturday, September 5, at 11:00 a.m. CT
I will launch this new live knowledge series with a special welcome and 
ground-breaking talk called “The Power of Collective Transcending.” We will 
soon send a schedule of upcoming speakers and specific connection details.

Please spread this message far and wide so that we can create the largest 
coherence-creating group in the history of our country, extending across every 
state in the nation.

I look forward to seeing you on September 5. And to creating with you a huge 
upsurge of coherence and positivity for our country — from now through the end 
of November.

Please join us at this crucial time.

With best wishes,

Dr. John Hagelin
President, Maharishi International University (MIU)
National Director, Maharishi Foundation USA

 <>
Super-Radiance lift-off times for Yogic flyers,
for all U.S. time zones
To support your daily practice, and so that we are meditating in as large a 
group as possible, we are offering options for your morning and afternoon 
program. Explore what works for you—on a regular basis or on any given day. Mix 
and match for your schedule and preferences.

Eastern
• Morning  7:45 am or 9:15 am
• Evening  6:00 pm or 6:45 pm

Central
• Morning  6:45 am or 8:15 am
• Evening  5:45 pm or 6:30 pm

Mountain
• Morning  7:15 am or 8:00 am
• Evening  4:45 pm or 6:45 pm

Pacific
• Morning  6:15 am or 7:45 am
• Evening  3:45 pm or 6:45 pm

Alaska
• Morning  8:00 am
• Evening  6:45 pm

Hawaii
• Morning  8:00 am
• Evening  6:00 pm

© 2020 Maharishi Foundation USA, Inc., a non-profit educational organization. 
All rights reserved. Transcendental Meditation® and TM® are protected 
trademarks and are used in the U.S. under license or with permission.


Dr. John Hagelin
Maharishi Foundation USA
PO Box 670
Fairfield, IA 52556

[FairfieldLife] Excellent social distancing advice

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Please check my friend Jim Collins' excellent advice from Dr. Erin Bromage on 
how to improve our social distancing skills and prevent Covid-19.
https://www.notion.so/The-Bro-Formula-be929f93cacc4602ad451a83918e6b99 

[FairfieldLife] Covid-19 at home kit for free if on Medicare

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Forwarded from a friend:

Subject: Covid-19 at home kit for free if on medicare, etc.

https://www.pixel.labcorp.com/at-home-test-kits/covid-19-test 


Enter your medicare number.  



Other testing news:
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-08-15-20-intl/index.html

FDA grants emergency use authorization to quick, inexpensive saliva-based 
Covid-19 diagnostic test
>From CNN Health’s Lauren Mascarenhas
The US Food and Drug Administration announced Saturday that it has granted 
emergency use authorization to a Covid-19 diagnostic test that uses a new, 
inexpensive method of processing saliva samples. 
The test, called SalivaDirect, has been found to be highly sensitive, yielding 
similar outcomes to nasopharyngeal swabbing. Under the observation of a health 
care worker, saliva is self-collected in a sterile container without the use of 
a specific swab or collection device. 

The molecular diagnostic test can yield results in under three hours, 
researchers said, and up to 92 samples can be tested at once. Researchers said 
the test costs only a couple dollars for reagents, and they expect labs to 
charge only about $10 per sample.

The method is being used by the National Basketball Association to test 
asymptomatic people for coronavirus. The NBA was among the groups that funded 
the research.

“The SalivaDirect test for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 is yet another testing 
innovation game changer that will reduce the demand for scarce testing 
resources," Adm. Dr. Brett Giroir, the White House Covid-19 testing 
coordinator, said in a statement.
Looking to the future: The FDA has authorized four other coronavirus tests 
which use saliva samples. Emergency use authorization allows the FDA to 
greenlight a product to test for coronavirus on an expedited basis.

[FairfieldLife] The US trails its peers in fighting COVID-19

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Stay Safe and Healthy.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/17/politics/donald-trump-leadership-coronavirus/index.html
The US trails its peers in fighting COVID-19

… The [COVID-19] disaster in the US is perhaps best expressed in comparison to 
other industrialized nations. States such as South Korea suffocated the virus 
with aggressive measures while Trump was still denying its threat. France and 
Italy suffered terribly, but science-based lockdowns kept in place until the 
pathogen was suppressed -- unlike the premature state openings demanded by 
Trump -- worked. Aggressive foreign governments from Australia to Hong Kong to 
Germany now pounce on outbreaks in a bid to forestall a major resurgence.
France, with a population of 67 million, reported 534 new cases of Covid-19 on 
Thursday and 18 new deaths. Florida, where 21 million live, put up 13,965 new 
cases and a new record of 156 deaths on a day its pro-Trump Gov. Ron DeSantis 
blamed the media for the virus running out of control. ...

[FairfieldLife] Jay Marcus: Important Alliant Opt Out Information [1 Attachment]

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MARCUS LAW OFFICES
1946 Mansion Drive, Fairfield, Iowa 52556

July 16, 2020 | jmar...@marcuspc.com  |(641) 
472-5945 


IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THOSE WANTING TO OPT OUT

You have until July 31, 2020 to opt out

I know some of you are bothered that you were told that you only have until 
today to confirm your opt out. But you actually have until the end of July.. 
Around June 24th Alliant’s senior attorney told us in writing that you have 
until the end of July. If you heard anything different from some account rep at 
Alliant or anyone in our community, it is not the case. 

Also, apparently many people do not know why Alliant was asking for 
confirmation of your opt out status and believe there was an ulterior motive to 
take away your opt out meter. Any rumors or statements that Alliant did not 
need to get another opt out from you were mistakes. Maybe, if you knew the 
reason Alliant sent the new opt out notices, there might not have been so much 
anger and stress resulting from the situation, and am sorry I was not involved 
enough to correct any misunderstandings.

I am not trying to defend Alliant’s screw up about the multiple notices, etc., 
but by lawAlliant had to get confirmation of your opt out selection. This is 
because after you opted out, the Board ruled that opt out customers would have 
to accept estimated bills for 10 months of the year and only 2 meter readings 
(once every 6 months). That keeps our monthly costs low (and if you have paid 
too much as a result of the estimates, you will get a credit), but according to 
the Iowa Administrative Code, Alliant is only permitted to give estimated bills 
for more than 3 consecutive months unless it gets the customer’s consent. The 
new notices were to get that consent and also to let people know they could 
also now opt out to a reduced transmission smart meter without any monthly 
cost. Alliant made mistakes in sending multiple notices, but not in its 
requirement to get another opt out confirmation, but I think the high road is 
just to be as tolerant as we can.

As you can see from the attachment 
,
 Alliant is trying to get everyone opted out who wants to. And Jeff Turnbull 
and I have had good success with Alliant by writing reasoned letters to Alliant 
arguing that there should be no smart meters on garages or in entry ways or 
corridors of residences. Some of the lower management at Alliant believed that 
since these areas were not living quarters, the rules required smart meters. 
When we got to the senior people at Alliant, they realized they needed to 
change their position for us. Alliant also agreed on its own to all the rules 
Jon Lipman and I were advocating for deciding if an analog meter was in a 
failed lot. All of this was accomplished without Board intervention. So, where 
it can be done, it is always good to try to work things out with Alliant in 
advance of going to battle (there is something to be said for the sentiment of 
making the enemy your friend). 

The bottom line is that Alliant, by law, had to ask for another opt out. The 
right to opt out is permanent. This means that if by mistake or any other 
reason, your opt out meter is taken without your consent, you can contact 
Alliant and get an opt out meter in a short time (although if you lose an 
analog meter unless Alliant is clearly at fault, you may be stuck with a 
digital opt out meter). I know some people were putting notices adjacent to 
their meter that it shouldn’t be taken. That may help prevent mistakes by 
Alliant, but it is not a substitute for opting out this final time. You do have 
to opt out again, so please make sure this message gets to everyone. It is 
possible the Board will gives even more time beyond the end of July, but to be 
safe opt-out by then.
  
The online form is at alliantenergy.com/nonstandardmeter 
.
 But if you are having trouble opting out online or by phone, you can opt out 
by email, which Alliant confirmed with me yesterday would be fine. To do this 
send your email to n...@alliantenergy.com 

[FairfieldLife] TODAY, 4 pm CT: HEALING AMERICA: Congressman Tim Ryan talks TM [2 Attachments]

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Forwarded from: "Bob and Carol Markowitz" 





REMINDER

LIVE: Sunday, July 12, 4 pm CDT

 

HEALING AMERICA: How Meditation Can Help Government Leaders and the Country As 
a Whole. A Discussion with U.S. Congressman Tim Ryan



CONGRESSMAN TIM RYAN

Congressman Tim Ryan is known as a dynamic, progressive leader in the U.S. 
House of Representatives. He is considered a champion of efforts to make 
college more affordable, revitalize America’s cities, and improve the health 
and well-being of American families and children. He is the author of Healing 
America: How a Simple Practice Can Help Us Recapture the American Spirit and 
The Real Food Revolution: Healthy Eating, Green Groceries, and the Return of 
the American Family Farm.

Representing Ohio’s 13th District, Congressman Ryan has been reelected to the 
U.S. House of Representatives eight times. He currently serves as a member of 
the House Appropriations Committee and co-chairs the Congressional 
Manufacturing Caucus.

Mr. Ryan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Bowling Green 
State University and a law degree from the University of New Hampshire School 
of Law. He studied abroad as part of the Dickinson School of Law’s 
International Law Program in Florence, Italy.

ABOUT THE WEBINAR

Congressman Ryan will share his experiences as a TM practitioner and talk about 
why he sees the TM technique as an important way for our country to cope with 
and overcome the challenges of economic anxiety and other aspects of stress 
that plague children and adults.

HOW TO CONNECT

To connect with video from your smartphone, tablet, or computer, click on this 
link: https://zoom.us/j/177174913 
.
 (You will be prompted to install Zoom if it isn’t already on your device.) To 
join the meeting, enter your email address and name at the prompt.

If you prefer to phone in, for audio only, dial 929-205-6099 or 253-215-8782, 
then enter the Meeting ID 177 174 913#.

GROUP MEDITATION

Online TM® Talks will be followed by the 6:00 pm EDT TM Connect meditation 
session, led by Bob Roth.

Please join us on Sunday!

WATCH REPLAYS ON TMTALKS.ORG 


 

https://www.miu.edu/total-knowledge-and-higher-states 


© 2020 Maharishi Foundation USA, Inc., a non-profit educational organization. 
All rights reserved. Transcendental Meditation® and TM® are protected 
trademarks and are used in the U.S. under license or with permission.

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Fairfield Peace Palace
1040 N. 4th St.
Fairfield, IA 52556

[FairfieldLife] Recent surprises re: COVID-19

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Dear Friends and Neighbors,

Scientists are learning a lot more about COVID-19. Here are some recent 
surprises:
It can last for several months:  
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/covid-19-coronavirus-longterm-symptoms-months/612679/
It could cause a wave of brain damage 
:
  
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/08/health/coronavirus-brain-damage-study-intl-hnk-scli-scn/index.html
It damages not only the lungs, but the kidneys, liver, heart, brain and nervous 
system, skin and gastrointestinal tract: 
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/health/coronavirus-entire-body-effects-columbia/index.html
Autopsies revealed blood clots in "almost every organ": 
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/health/what-coronavirus-autopsies-reveal/
Transmission rates are up to 20 times higher in indoor dining compared to 
outdoor dining:  From a doctor interviewed on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on July 7th.
Increased numbers of confirmed cases are not due to increased testing.
As testing increases, you’d expect the positive tests to decrease.
But Arizona’s positivity rate has risen from 5% positive to 27% positive since 
early May:  
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/desperate-measures-in-arizona-as-covid-19-overwhelms-hospitals-87259717998
Floriday’s Miami-Dade County reported a 33.5% positivity rate yesterday:  
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-07-10-20-intl/h_b9b1699e07df04a026c9ff9bf5b9ff00
These increases also indicate there are not enough tests.
Doctors are learning how to save more lives. From a doctor interviewed on 
MSNBC’s Morning Joe on July 7th:
"In March I didn't know how to save the patient's life on a ventilator with 
COVID-19 as well as I do now, as well as my colleagues do now. I know now that 
if you're young, if you're old, then you come in and you need a vent, you 
probably need to be on a blood thinner. I probably need to give you steroids 
now at high doses. I didn't know that even a few months ago. And then you also 
need to be put on your belly—we call it "prone positioning"—if you're on life 
support, on a ventilator needing assistance to breathe. These are interventions 
that have allowed us to save more lives amongst those that are critically ill. 
So yes, treatments are better."
I wish you lasting good health!

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Thu. July 9, "Beyond Immunity: Transforming Health" Webinar

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JULY 7, 2020

Dear Friends,

I would like to encourage you to attend a powerful free webinar coming up July 
9, exploring how to boost your immunity and transform your health from the most 
profound levels of the mind and body. 

This event is especially significant because it is being produced by MIU’s 
College of Integrative Medicine and is co-sponsored by two of the largest 
integrative and functional health and medicine organizations in the country—the 
Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine and the Institute of Functional 
Medicine.

Opening the event, offering his deep insights on health, will be Tony Nader, 
MD, PhD, MARR, international director of the Transcendental Meditation 
organizations.

During this webinar, you will learn practical tips on how to maximize your 
immunity and wellness by using the latest advances in modern preventive 
medicine coupled with discoveries of Ayurveda and Yoga—the world’s oldest 
systems of health care.

During these times when everyone needs to support their health and immunity, I 
would highly encourage you to attend this exceptional event. Register here 

 or see the full details below.

Wishing you health and happiness,

Dr. John Hagelin
National Director
Transcendental Meditation Program – USA

Free Webinar – Thursday, July 9 

Thursday, July 9
8 pm Eastern / 7 pm Central / 5 pm Pacific 
Zoom access provided upon registration

 

Webinar will also be recorded and registrants provided an access link.

During this continuing health crisis, everyone is concerned about maintaining 
their immunity and resistance to potentially devastating disease. The goal of 
this gathering of prevention experts is to go beyond the basics of maintaining 
immunity, to transforming you to higher states of wellness and mind-body health.

In this 90-minute webinar, a visionary group of medical doctors, scientists, 
and teachers will explore profound approaches to enhance your immunity and 
transform your health. This is a unique gathering of internationally recognized 
physicians on the cutting edge of evidence-based integrative and functional 
medicine and the ancient wisdom of Yoga and Ayurveda.

The speakers will focus on healing the whole person—addressing mind, body, 
environment, and inner spiritual levels. Learn how to use natural methods to 
augment your mind and body’s own self-repair and balance. Apply this knowledge 
for self-care and for patient health.

Join us for 90 minutes of informative and practical breakthroughs for boosting 
immunity and transforming health.

SPEAKERS & PANELISTS 

Tony Nader, MD, PhD, MARR
Neuroscientist and Director of the worldwide Transcendental Meditation® (TM®) 
program

  

Suzanne Steinbaum, DO
Cardiology, Women's Prevention, Health and Wellness, Spokesperson for Go Red 
for Women, American Heart Association

  

Robert Schneider, MD, FACC
Preventive Medicine, NIH-funded researcher, Dean, College of Integrative 
Medicine, Maharishi International University

  

Remy Coeytaux, MD, PhD
Family Medicine, Professor and Director, Center for Integrative Medicine, Wake 
Forest School of Medicine

 

Mimi Guarneri, MD, FACC
Cardiology, President, Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine, Clinical 
Associate Professor, University of California, San Diego

  

Robert Luby, MD
Family Medicine, Director of Medical Education Initiatives, Institute for 
Functional Medicine

  

Sankari Wegman, MS, PhD candidate
Integrative Ayurveda and Yoga consultant, teacher and researcher, College of 
Integrative Medicine, Maharishi International University

 
Topics

Panel Welcome—Beyond the Basics of Immunity: Transforming Health
Suzanne Steinbaum, DO; Remy Coeytaux, MD, PhD; Robert Schneider, MD, FACC
Enlivening the Body’s Inner Intelligence—Consciousness and Healing
Tony Nader MD, PhD, MARR
Creating Health: Enhancing Immunity—A Global Perspective 
Mimi Guarneri, MD, FACC
Mind-Body Medicine for Higher States of Health: Modern Science Discovers 
Secrets of Ayurveda and Yoga
Robert Schneider, MD, FACC
Functional Medicine and the “Citizen Artisan” of Health
Robert Luby, MD
Clinical Applications and Educational Opportunities for Ayurveda and 
Integrative Health
Sankari Wegman, MS, PhD Cand.
Panel Discussion and Q&A
 

Co-Sponsors


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broadcast with featured performances by Ringo, Paul McCartney, Joe Walsh, Ben 
Harper and Dave Grohl, Gary Clark Jr., Sheila E., Sheryl Crow & more, plus 
additional guest surprises! Show to benefit Black Lives Matter, The David Lynch 
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minutes at 7pm Central Time. 
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[FairfieldLife] Maharishi Channel Schedule for Guru Purnima and Replays

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This includes Fairfield times for all events:
https://maharishichannel.in/SCHEDULE/index.html

[FairfieldLife] COVID-19 Symptoms

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WebMD says symptoms usually begin 2 to 14 days after we come into contact with 
the virus. Here is a compilation from 3 lists of symptoms at the CDC, WebMD, 
and CNN.*
Fever
Fatigue
Dry Cough
Loss of Appetite
Body Aches
Shortness of Breath
Mucus/Phlegm
Sore Throat
Headache
Chills, sometimes with Shaking
Loss of Smell/Taste
Stuffy Nose
Sudden Confusion
Digestive Issues: Nausea/Vomiting/Diarrhea
Pink Eye

WebMD’s advice on Emergence Symptoms:
Call a doctor or hospital right away if you have one or more of these COVID-19 
symptoms:
Trouble breathing
Constant pain or pressure in your chest
Bluish lips or face
Sudden confusion.

You need medical care as soon as possible. Call your doctor’s office or 
hospital before you go in. This will help them prepare to treat you and protect 
medical staff and other patients.

*  Here are the links:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html
https://www.webmd.com/lung/covid-19-symptoms#1
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/20/health/10-key-coronavirus-symptoms-wellness/index.html

[FairfieldLife] Warning: New COVID-19 Cases

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Fairfield’s tally of new COVID-19 cases jumped 5 today, from 53 to 58, its 
biggest increase yet.
https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/pages/access 


While confirmed cases in the US jumped 52,000, which I believe is the largest 
increase yet.

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
 


Please be careful!

[FairfieldLife] Clever reply to: Covid outbreak in U.S.

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Here’s a clever reply from a friend:

Our President and Vice President are serious when they say that the rise in 
confirmed cases is largely the result of more tests. Here's my take on the more 
tests logic. 

Why not just solve the world wide population problem by passing into law that 
there cannot be any more pregnancy tests. No more tests. No more babies. 
Simple. Brilliant.

And when the population comes under control, gradually allow pregnancy tests to 
resume to allow the population to increase.

[FairfieldLife] Guru Purnima is coming: July 5th

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Here is how to access the celebrations. Everyone is welcome to join online.


https://www.meruvlodrop.org/global-summer-assembly-including-guru-purnima/ 

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Filing IUB Complaints

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Forwarded from: Safe Technologies -- Fairfield 

Dear Community,
This is a follow-up letter to our communication from last week, now that we 
have heard back from the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) and the Office of the 
Consumer Advocate (OCA).

The IUB said today that they are looking into the matter, and they asked 
everyone to file comments or complaints into the case docket, as our last 
letter advised.

The IUB senior staff member who we spoke with emphasized that the Board will 
not have any way to understand the experiences of the community with the 
Alliant mailings, unless people file complaints. 

The IUB needs to see the volume of customers that have a problem with this 
mailing, so everyone should file right away if they are not happy with any 
aspect of the mailing or the fact that now it has become necessary to opt-out 
once again.

On two occasions the Consumer Advocate for Iowa, not only encouraged the 
community to complain to the IUB, but insisted that it was the only way to 
succeed.

We have included below a list of the feed-back that has come in directly to us 
about this. Feel free to use this as a guide for your own complaint. The link 
to make your complaint is below the list.

A few of the complaints we have received are:

1. The statement that we must opt-out again within 30 days or you will get a 
smart meter, can only be interpreted as a threat, since we have spent years in 
court fighting against smart meters, including the long list of undesirable 
smart meter features.

2. We thought we had settled this with the utility already. What is this all 
about?

3. The 30 day time frame is unreasonably short for any process such as this.. 
It creates fear and puts the consumers into a panic, especially since the 
consequence of not succeeding in re-opting out is receiving the very meter that 
this group of people have already said they do not want.

4. Further, the imposition of a short time frame in the light of the global 
disruption from a virus, when some people may be away from home and forcibly 
sequestered in states or countries and cannot respond, is much more than 
unreasonable.

5. There are significant problems with the Alliant website/web-form. It can 
easily be filled out but for many people it has not been possible to Send or 
Save the form data that they entered.

6. Alliant in the past has lost records of opt-out customers. Alliant has:
-- put opt-out customers onto smart meter install lists,
--given customers who have completed multiple opt-out procedures a smart meter,
--resisted and often refused to return their Analogs, even when taken by 
accident,
---the result has been that people are reticent to take on this opt-out process 
again.

7. There were apparently several different letters with different content sent. 
Some of the letters allowed retaining an analog meter, and others did not 
include the analog meter option. Some customers received multiple letters, and 
some who still have their analog meter received the wrong letter, that did not 
allow the option to keep their analog. This has been frustrating and confusing 
for many.

8. Some customers who received the wrong letter have mistakenly believed that 
they no longer have the right to keep their analog (which is not the case).

9. Unfortunately some have already filed their request for a digital meter with 
Alliant, which is not only a problem for that individual who will have the 
dirty electricity from the digital when they could have kept their analog, but 
is also a problem for that person's neighbor who will also receive the dirty 
electricity through a shared transformer.

Here is the link to file comments/complaints: 
https://iub.iowa.gov/online-services/open-docket-comment-form 
.
 Use Case Docket # SPU-2018-0007

With regard to the option of the “low pulsing smart meter”, here is the reality 
of how many pulses you and your family will receive if you choose the 
low-pulsing smart meter option (please note: we DO NOT recommend this option):


In the IUB Hearing last August, one piece of evidence that was presented by us, 
was the work of Dr. Ronald Powell, Physicist, on the number of pulses of smart 
meters, where he included the EMF/RF from neighbor's smart meters.

Rather than the advertised "once per month" or a "few pulses per month" from a 
meter on the side of your house, Dr. Powell found that a home or business is 
affected by smart meters within a 100 yard distance from your location (100 
yards in all directions).

In application of Dr. Powell's study to the downtown Fairfield area, it was 
found that many locations in the downtown area, could be experiencing 10,000's 
of pulses per week, when using these so-called "low pulsing" approaches. For 
other close neighborhoods, such as sub-divisions, similar “pulsing” numbers 
will apply.

You can read the report that is part of the Hearing test

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: a note from Robert Palma Re smart meters

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Dear Friends,

Here is an eminently clear and reasonable email from Robert Palma about Alliant 
Energy’s recent mailings.

Robert is a highly accomplished electrical engineer who led large teams 
developing satellites and now lives in Fairfield, where his businesses include 
Midwest Research and RFReduce.com.

Forwarded from: Engineer 

Dear Friends,

I am responding to numerous communications from family and friends that were 
received via email and telephone, concerning the recent mailings from the 
Alliant utility with regard to the utility's demand for yet another 
"registration" of your desire to not have radiating utility meters and to keep 
your Analog meters (if you currently have one/them).

It is important to point out that Kathy Matara, Intervenor, is the authority to 
speak with on this matter, but I do not want to ignore the many direct 
communications that I have received, hence this short note.

Throughout history, organizations such as governments, those in commerce, and 
others, who seek to control and/or oppress humanity, chant the same "mantra".

"Do what we tell you and don't complain."

Quite the contrary, you are encouraged to complain via the IUB web link that 
was provided to you in the recent email broadcast from Safe Technologies 
Fairfield on Thursday evening of last week.

On two occasions that I am aware of, and at one of those occasions I was 
present, Marc Shuling, Consumer Advocate for Iowa, not only encouraged the 
community to complain to the IUB (Iowa Utilities Board), but he insisted that 
it was the only way to succeed. He told us to "beat the bushes" and get 
everyone to tell the IUB that we are unhappy with the situation. He said that 
otherwise, the IUB will assume that you are happy with the situation.

There is a long list of concerns that have been sent to me from many of you..

Just a few of them are:
-- We thought we had settled this with the utility already. We jumped through 
all of their hoops already. What is this all about?
-- The 30 day time frame is unreasonably short for any process such as this.. 
It creates fear and puts the consumers into a panic.
-- Further, the imposition of a short time frame in the light of the global 
disruption from a virus, when some people may be away from home and forcibly 
sequestered in states or countries and cannot respond, is much more than, 
unreasonable.

About the so-called "low pulsing" options:

1. Intervenor Kathy Matara presented in the IUB Hearing last year, the work of 
Dr. Ronald Powell, Physicist, on the number of pulses of smart meters, where he 
included the EMF/RF from neighbor's smart meters.

Rather than the advertised "once per month" or a "few pulses per month" from a 
meter on the side of your house, Dr. Powell found that a home or business is 
affected by smart meters within 100 yard distance from your location (100 yards 
in all directions).

In application of Dr. Powell's study to the downtown Fairfield area, it was 
found that many locations in the downtown area, could be experiencing 10,000's 
of pulses per week, when using these so-called "low pulsing" approaches.

You can read the report that is part of the Hearing testimony:
http://rfreduce.com/robertsblog/dl/Smart-meter-Pulses-In-Dense-MIXED-Neighborhoods-,OptOut_OnDemand_Rev-1.pdf
 


2. Remember that a so-called low pulsing smart utility meter has other 
characteristics that many people find objectionable. Just a few of them are:

-- the meter may emit microwave radiation with the Bluetooth or other protocol, 
to attempt to connect with similarly equipped "smart appliances". The amount of 
this radiation could be considerable.
-- the meter is collecting usage information from you and in-effect profiling 
your daily habits. Many people consider this an invasion of privacy.
-- the meter has a power switch inside of it, to completely shut down your 
power, and there is the concern that this switch has been the cause of many 
smart meter fires in the past.
-- the switch mode power supply in the smart meter creates Dirty Electricity 
that circulates on the wiring in your home/office and thereby radiates Dirty 
Electricity Electric and Magnetic fields, into your dwelling, that put voltages 
and currents into your body
-- the utility has not in any way promised/guaranteed that whatever the 
"low pulsing weekly count" is, that is being proposed now, will not be changed, 
including, increased, in the future.

A final note.

I am not aware of any way, that filing complaints now, would bring a 
disadvantage to you, in the future. Again, the Iowa Consumer Advocate has 
advised, to make your voice heard.

Again, Kathy Matara, Intervenor, is the authority to speak with on this matter, 
and will provide you complete information.

This note is just a courtesy in response to many incoming emails and phone 
calls.

Just a reminder that all of these k

[FairfieldLife] Regarding recent opt out notices from Alliant

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Dear Friends,

Below is a letter with advice on how to proceed from our local attorney Jay 
Marcus.

Here are steps to submit your Opt Out: 
Following the instructions on Alliant’s flyer, enter: 
alliantenergy..com/nonstandardmeter 
. 
Select Iowa.
Click on the fifth question, “How do I select a nonstandard meter?”
Click on the hotlink at the bottom for the Residential Nonstandard Meter Sign 
Up form.
Click on Allow to download the form.
Fill out the form and click on “Submit by email.”

My “Submit by email" didn’t submit my form. So I called Alliant's phone number 
for the Nonstandard Meter Hotline listed on the flyer for those with questions: 
1-877-725-6611. After around 20 minutes on hold a customer service 
representative politely took my information and submitted it for me.

Warm best wishes,
Dick



Forwarded from: i...@dharmafoundation.org

MARCUS LAW OFFICES
1946 Mansion Drive, Fairfield, Iowa 52556

June 22, 2020 | jmar...@marcuspc.com  |(641) 
472-5945 


Regarding recent opt out notices from Alliant


The following is in regards to the notice you recently received from Alliant 
Energy and some advice from others in the community telling you not to take any 
action on Alliant’s notice until further word is received from the Iowa 
Utilities Board. I don't agree with this advice.

You should follow the instructions on the Alliant notice and act within 30 
days. Alliant sent a notice telling you that it needs to hear from you in 30 
days or it will install a smart meter.  In my view it is not prudent to hope 
the Iowa Utilities Board will make Alliant clarify its notices or require that 
you be given more time. Why take a chance on that and be stuck with a smart 
meter for a time?  

If you have any questions you can call Alliant’s Nonstandard Meter Hotline at 
1-877-725-6611. I understand that you may have received multiple notices, or 
the notice you received may not have given you an analog opt out choice. There 
are different notices that Alliant sent, depending on whether you already have 
an analog meter, or digital, or solar, are a landlord, etc. You may have 
received some that do not apply to the meter you have, but there should be one 
that is applicable. Maybe this or some other aspect confused you. But all the 
notices state that if you have questions about what to do to opt out, you 
should call Alliant at the number above. You will get accurate information from 
them as they are very focused on this with all your calls. 

I also believe strongly that you should not complain to the Utilities Board as 
you may have been advised. In my view it paints us in a bad light as 
complainers (or worse) where no complaint to the Board is necessary (if you are 
confused, call Alliant as instructed on the notices), and it wastes the Board’s 
time. If we need to go to the Board for something in the future, this will not 
help! Alliant doesn’t want the difficulty of having to deal with analog meters, 
and your complaints about how you found the analog instructions to be confusing 
may convince the Board that we have too many options as one source of the 
confusion.
  
The meters that are available as opt out options are: 1. Analog meter which is 
available only if you currently have one, 2. Non-transmitting Digital meter, 
(which isn’t a smart meter and doesn’t emit RF radiation), 3. Smart meter in 
the opt out mode (this is a reduced transmission smart meter). For gas 
customers you have the option to keep your existing meter without a smart 
module being put in it that will emit RF radiation. 
 
You may want to forward this to others since our mailing list is not complete 
and others may have been confused by contrary advice circulating in the 
community.


Jay Marcus
‌

Dharma Foundation
PO Box 168
Fairfield, IA 52556
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Builds cages for everyone He
Knows.

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When the moon is low,
Keeps dropping keys all night long
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[FairfieldLife] Wait to respond to the recent Alliant mailing until we hear from the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB)

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For updates, email Kathy Matara at the following address to join her list.

Forwarded from: Safe Technologies Fairfield 
Dear Fairfield and Vedic City Alliant customers,

You have probably have received a mailing from Alliant in the past few days.. 
There is some information in the mailing that is confusing and can possibly 
mislead you. We have contacted the IUB to protest the mailing rhetoric and are 
waiting for a response which we expect in the next few days.

We suggest that you delay any response directly to Alliant until we have 
further clarification from the IUB. 

However, we do suggest that you immediately file a complaint to the IUB at the 
following link. The case docket number to use is SPU-2018-0007 
https://iub.iowa.gov/online-services/open-docket-comment-form 
.

Please let them know any of the ways in which you have found the Alliant 
mailing to be confusing, inaccurate or misleading

A few quick notes:
1. You have the right to keep your Analog (if you already have one on your 
house)
2. If you already have a non-radiating digital, you may keep it
3. The low radiating smart meters, still radiate multiple times per month as 
reported by Alliant,, they still can be hacked, they still present a fire 
hazard, they still profile you and invade privacy, and during cross-examination 
in the August 2019 Hearing, Alliant refused to agree that they will keep the 
number of radiation pulses low in the years to come (ie. they can increase the 
number of RF signals at any time).
4  In addition to the radiation that smart meters emit as referenced above, 
they also communicate to smart appliances and can likely be upgraded to 
communicate with 5G.

Thank you and we will connect with you again soon,

Safe Technologies Fairfield
Copyright © 2020 stop 5G, All rights reserved. 
You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. 

Our mailing address is: 
stop 5G
2011 185th St
Fairfield, IA  52556-9016

[FairfieldLife] President Hagelin: No MIU residents have tested positive for COVID-19 to date

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More encouraging! Stay careful!



June 11, 2020

Dear Members of the MIU Community:

We will continue to keep you updated on the latest situation regarding COVID-19 
on our campus.

As we previously advised on June 1, widespread testing has identified several 
workers who work on campus, but who reside off-campus, who tested positive for 
COVID-19 over the last month.

While the total number of cases has increased a bit, all those who have tested 
positive are either without symptoms, are recovering, or have recovered.. They 
have all been in isolation in their off-campus residences, and will not be 
permitted to return to campus until they are without symptoms for 14 days, and 
have had a subsequent negative COVID test.

No campus residents have tested positive for COVID-19 to date.

All those in the affected worker units, whether or not having symptoms, have 
been tested, and regular retests are being administered. Any testing positive 
are placed in isolation.

The State of Iowa, while holding steady, is still hovering near its assumed 
peak — so this is not the time to let our guard down.

We therefore encourage everyone on the MIU Campus to remain vigilant, to 
practice social distancing, and to wear face coverings while in public. Since 
June 1, masks have been required in the Argiro Student Center and in all major 
administrative and academic buildings.

We continue to urge campus residents to stay on campus and avoid going into 
town as much as possible.

We are closely monitoring the situation in Fairfield and across Iowa, and will 
continue to make adjustments to our policies in order to ensure the safety of 
our MIU community.

With best wishes,

President Hagelin

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[FairfieldLife] 3-minute video offers insightful perspective on race

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This 3-minute video offers a cogent, deeply insightful perspective on race!
https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2020/06/07/exp-gps-0607-last-look-martin-luther-king-black-history.cnn
 

[FairfieldLife] Mantra for the Moment

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Mantra for the Moment
by Suzanne B. Stryker June 03, 2020
https://revealwisdom.com/blogs/writings-by-suzanne-b-stryker/mantra-for-the-moment
 

[FairfieldLife] Jefferson County's COVID-19 cases have nearly quintupled since May 9th

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Dear Friends,

Jefferson County's confirmed COVID-19 cases have nearly quintupled from 6 on 
May 9th to 27 today. Please be careful! Fortunately, we still have no deaths.

Please also be even more careful about travel to other counties:
Wapello County (Ottumwa) reports 9 deaths.
Johnson County (Iowa City) reports 9 deaths.
Scott County (Davenport) reports 10 deaths.
Linn County (Cedar Rapids) reports 77 deaths.
Polk County (Des Moines) reports 126 deaths.

You can check Iowa’s county-by-county reports daily at: 
https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/pages/access 


Stay safe and healthy!
Dick

[FairfieldLife] June 2 Primary Election Info

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Dear Friends,

Here’s a link to Jefferson County’s June 2 Primary information:
http://www.jeffersoncountyiowa.com/elections.htm

An engaged progressive friend sent me this analysis of the Democratic 
candidates.

Here is what I put together for the Democratic Primary Election, which ends 
June 2nd:
 
Dear Jefferson County Voter:
 
Only two seats are contested in the Democratic primary election — nominations 
for the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate and for the Jefferson County 
Sheriff. This email contains information on those races.
 
NOTE: We will be voting my mail, which means that you must submit an absentee 
ballot to the County Auditor by June 2nd. If you want to mail it in, do that 
today. Otherwise, deliver it yourself to the Auditor at the County Courthouse.
 
Jefferson County Sheriff
 
Rob Nelson (Facebook 
)
 A 49 year old former union ironworker who currently operates Nelson Rebar 
Inc., Rob says he’s running for Sheriff because “I was told that if I “didn’t 
like the way the Sheriffs’ Department is being run, vote them out”. This is why 
I will be on the June 2nd Primary Ballot.” Rob’s roots here go back to the 
1850s. Rob has no experience working in law enforcement but expresses a 
willingness to get the training if he’s elected. On his Facebook page, he 
describes himself: “Being a loyal employee and of recent, a successful and 
loyal business owner has adjusted my listening ability. I am approachable, 
trustworthy and honest and will be available to listen to your concerns.” His 
comment on the Sheriff’s Office makes clear his motivation for seeking the job 
of Sheriff: “The Sheriff's department has let the people down for too long by 
failing to properly investigate crimes, allowing the drug traffic to rise, 
letting criminals off easy, and favoring those close to them.” He wants to 
bring “new eyes” to the Sheriff’s Office.
 
Tracy Vance (no online presence as yet) In his 35 years of public service, 
Tracy has served as a firefighter, a school board member, a county supervisor 
and executive director of the Fort Madison and, subsequently, the Fairfield 
Chambers of Commerce. He also served as the Executive Director of the Fairfield 
Economic Development Association. He has been a Jefferson County Deputy Sheriff 
for the past 6-½ years. Building on the Sheriff’s Office motto “Protect and 
Serve,” Tracy says: “I believe law enforcement should interact with the 
community. The JCSO should and can be a partner in the economic and social 
wellbeing of our county by assuring our citizens’ safety and fair treatment.”
 
My Recommendation: I have to favor Tracy Vance for his experience in the 
Sheriff’s Office and an impressive background in the economic and educational 
life of Iowa communities. He knows how to take responsibility, to lead, to 
listen and to act fairly and sensibly.
 
U.S. Senator
 
An excellent forum with the candidates for Senate from SW Iowa Democrats 
(26-April-2020) is available here 
.
 There is another forum on Iowa Public Television. I believe that the info is 
on the “Jefferson County Democrats — Iowa” Facebook page.
 
Michael Franken (Website 
;
 Facebook 
)
 Vice Admiral Franken points to “His rural upbringing, 37 years of military 
service, and proven track record of distinguished leadership [to] make him the 
Democrat to beat Joni Ernst.” His campaign emphasizes “Iowa needs someone in 
Washington to make the right decisions, the many tough calls. We need a Senator 
who knows how to address the climate crisis, to bring about affordable 
healthcare, and take on special interests fueled by Wall Street greed. Now is 
the time when Iowans need a U.S. Senator who will go against the grain in 
Washington, not with shallow special interests, but for what’s right for Iowa’s 
bright future.” He sa

[FairfieldLife] Take your Iowa primary ballots to the Courthouse by Monday at 4pm

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The post office often does not date stamp on the day you mail something. Why 
take a chance of your vote not counting? Take it to the courthouse.

[FairfieldLife] Caution: Jefferson County's # of COVID-19 Confirmed Cases has tripled since May 9

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Dear Friends,

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Jefferson County has tripled from 6 
on May 9 to 18 today. We added 3 in just the last 24 hours. So please continue 
to be cautious.

I check on Jefferson County's COVID-19 status every evening. You can check at:  
https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/pages/access 
.

Fond best wishes,
Dick

[FairfieldLife] Free Drive-Thru Covid Testing in Ottumwa. Must first apply online.

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TestIowa.com  is offering free drive-thru Covid testing 
in Ottumwa.

Apparently we cannot simply drive to Ottumwa and then get tested. This link to 
the Ottumwa Courier says testing will only for people who have competed the 
online screening at TestIowa.com :
https://www.ottumwacourier.com/news/coronavirus/ottumwa-will-have-test-iowa-site-this-week/article_d3e0709a-93ac-11ea-9aac-f732cf3a6dc8.html
 
}

The TestIowa.com  link also says the drive-through tests 
in Ottumwa will be at Beach Ottumwa, 101 Church Street, this Tuesday through 
Friday from 8am to 6pm.

A friend of a friend who went reported that it was very carefully managed and 
sanitized thoroughly after each test given.

Warm best wishes,
Dick

[FairfieldLife] Coping with Covid: Funny!!!!!

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I hope they give us two weeks notice before sending us back out into the real 
world.  I think we'll all need the time to become ourselves again.  And by 
"ourselves" I mean lose 10 pounds, cut our hair and get used to not drinking at 
9:00 a.m. <> 
 
New monthly budget:  
Gas $0  
Entertainment $0  
Clothes $0   Groceries $2,799.
 
Breaking News:  Wearing a mask inside your home is now highly recommended.  Not 
so much to stop COVID-19, but to stop eating.
 
Low maintenance chicks are having their moment right now.  We don't have nails 
to file and paint, roots to dye, eyelashes to re-mink, and are thrilled not to 
have to get dressed every day. I have been training for this moment my entire 
life!
 
When this quarantine is over, let's not tell some people.
 
I stepped on my scale this morning. It said: "Please practice social 
distancing. Only one person at a time on scale."
 
Not to brag, but I haven't been late to anything in over 6 weeks.
 
It may take a village to raise a child but I swear its going to take a vineyard 
to home school one.
 
I wanted zombies and anarchy.  Instead we got working from home and toilet 
paper shortages. 
Worst Apocalypse Ever!
 
You know those car commercials where there's only one vehicle on the road - 
doesn't seem so unrealistic these days ...
 
They can open things up next month, I'm staying in til July to see what happens 
to you all first.
 
Appropriate analogy: "The curve is flattening so we can start lifting 
restrictions now" = "The parachute has slowed our rate of descent, so we can 
take it off now".
 
People keep asking: "Is coronavirus REALLY all that serious?"  Listen y'all, 
the churches and casinos are closed.  When heaven and hell agree on the same 
thing it's probably pretty serious.
 
Never in a million years could I have imagined I would go up to a bank teller 
wearing a mask and ask for money.
 
Home school Day 1:  I'm trying to figure out how I can get this kid transferred 
out of my class.
 
Putting a drink in each room of my house today and calling it a pub crawl.
 
Okay, the schools are closed.  So do we drop the kids off at the teacher's 
house or what?
 
For the second part of this quarantine do we have to stay with the same family 
or will they relocate us?  Asking for myself ...
 
The dumbest thing I've ever bought was a 2020 planner ..
 
I was in a long line at 7:45 am today at the grocery store that opened at 
8:00 <> for seniors only.  A young man came from the parking lot and tried to 
cut in at the front of the line, but an old lady beat him back into the parking 
lot with her cane.
 He returned and tried to cut in again but an old man punched him in the 
gut, then kicked him to the ground and rolled him away.
 
As he approached the line for the 3rd time he said, "If you don't let me unlock 
the door, you'll never get in there." 
 
 
Enjoy your day.  You don't have anything else to do.

[FairfieldLife] Fri. 5 pm EDT: Online Yoga Asanas Lesson + Other Upcoming Events

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Dr. Stixrud will discuss how the current pandemic is causing extreme stress and 
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[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Immunity for your Body Type? Learn more in this stimulating Instagram LIVE interview with Dr. Nancy

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From: "Nancy Lonsdorf" 


Dear Dick,

Love a brief, lively conversation re: Ayurveda, immunity and optimal health?

Check out the interview I just did with former Fox News anchor, the brilliant 
and lovely Shibani Joshi!

Here it is

https://youtu.be/TsCuXFajSCw 


You can follow Shibani on Instagram at @Shibani_Joshi.

Enjoy and stay in balance with the tips I share above!

With love and healing to you,


 


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[FairfieldLife] URGENT WARNING: Coronavirus cases nearly quadruple in last 3 days in Wapello County, including Ottumwa

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Dear Friends,

Just as the growth rates of coronavirus' confirmed cases and deaths seem to be 
slowing in other parts of America and states are beginning to re-open, 
confirmed cases in our neighbor Wapello County have nearly quadrupled from 24 
to 94 in the last 3 days!

https://www.facebook.com/pg/Jefferson-County-Public-Health-1561800114107492/posts/
On Friday, May 1, Wapello County reported 24 cases
On Saturday, May 2, Wapello County reported 42 cases, 18 more in 24 hours.
On Sunday, May 3, Wapello County reported 68 cases, 26 more in 24 hours.
https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/pages/access
Today, Monday, May 4, Wapello County reported 94 cases, 26 more in 24 hours..
KTVO also reports today that Wapello County has had its first death.
Jefferson County still has only 6 cases and no deaths.

Stay safe and healthy,
Dick

[FairfieldLife] Coronavirus: No more deadly than the flu? Anti-lockdown protests?

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Dear Friends,

Several of you have expressed support for the belief that COVID-19 is no more 
deadly than the flu, and/or expressed support for anti-lockdown protests.. To 
these among you I ask a simple question, and then present some stats.

The question:  How many times in the last 100 years have you heard of New York 
City’s hospitals being completely overwhelmed by a flu? Detroit’s? Milan’s?
Once—only this year. In other words, it’s an extremely rare occurrence.
If so, the probability that Covid-19 is just like any other flu would be close 
to 1%.

The stats:

1.  How lethal is Covid-19 compared to flu? Here are CNN's stats on the annual 
flu burden in the U.S. since 2010 from a cogent 3-minute interview of Dr. 
Sanjay Gupta:*
Range of the number of illnesses in a year:  9,000,000-45,000,000
Range of the number of hospitalizations in a year:  140,000-810,000
Range of the number of deaths in a year:  12,000-61,000

Conclusion:  The lethality of the flu in the U.S. during this period has been 
0.13%.

2.  The Lancet estimated Covid-19’s lethality is 5.7%, and could be as high as 
20%.** This is 48-154 times as deadly as flu.

3.  How easily does Covid-19 spread compared to flu? Here are CNN's stats from 
a cogent 2-minute report*** on R0 ("R-naught”, the reproduction number), a 
measure of how many people each patient will infect:
For Measles at the upper end, R0 = 12-18, so each person with measles will 
infect 12-18 others.
For Ebola at the lower end, R0 = 1.5-2.5.
Flu varies year to year, but one study reports its R0 averages 1.2.
For Covid-19 the CDC reports the R0 = 2.2-2.7.

Conclusion:  Covid-19 is twice as contagious as the flu.

4.  Combining the fact that Covid-19 is 48-158 times as lethal as the flu with 
the fact that Covid-19 is twice as contagious as the flu, Covid-19 is 96-316 
times as deadly. That’s not "just like the flu!"

5.  These facts justify a response to Covid-19 that has correspondingly greater 
urgency than the flu. That response is especially urgent in the U.S. because:
The world’s population is 7,800,000,000 and the U.S. population is 327,000,000.
According to Johns Hopkins,* the world has 2,561,044 confirmed cases, or 
328 cases per million.
According to Johns Hopkins, the U.S. has 823,786 confirmed cases, or 2,519 
cases per million. That is 8 times worse than average for the world.
According to Johns Hopkins, the world has 176,921 deaths, or 23 deaths per 
million.
According to Johns Hopkins, the U.S. has 44,845 deaths, or 137 deaths per 
million. That is 6 times worse than average for the world.

6.  I’m not a doctor or epidemiologist, and the following statement is less 
rigorous and more simplistic than the above sets of facts, and I could be 
wrong:  I’d say the primary ways of dealing with a new virus—until vaccinations 
are available—are Containment, Tests, Contract Tracing, and Social Distancing.
In the U.S., the opportunity for Containment lapsed in February.
In the U.S., the Tests are way behind the nation's need.
Harvard researchers estimate “We need to deliver 5 million tests per day by 
early June to deliver a safe social reopening."**
Harvard researchers estimate the U.S. needs "20 million tests a day (ideally by 
late July) to fully remobilize the economy."
According to Johns Hopkins, the U.S. has tested a total of only 4,155,178 since 
testing began.
According to Johns Hopkins, the U.S. tested only 151,627 in the past 24 hours.
Contact Tracing can’t begin to be effective until the tests are sufficient.
Until the U.S. ramps up its Tests and Contract Tracing, Social Distancing is 
all that’s left.

These are reasons for my reluctance to watch videos that encourage Americans to 
dismiss social distancing and protest anti-lockdown measures. Until Covid-19 is 
contained by much more tests and contract tracing—especially as set forth by 
Harvard below—such advice will not only multiply our death count, but prolong 
and deepen our economic contraction.

Sincere best wishes,
Dick


*  Link:  
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/02/27/trump-coronavirus-flu-news-conference-sanjay-gupta-newday-vpx.cnn
 

**  Global mortality rates over time using a 14-day delay estimate are shown in 
the figure 
,
 with a curve that levels off to a rate of 5·7% (5·5–5·9), converging with the 
current WHO estimates. Estimates will increase if a longer delay between onset 
of illness and death is considered. A recent time-delay adjusted estimation 
indicates that mortality rate of COVID-19 could be as high as 20% in Wuhan, the 
epicentre of the outbreak. These findings show that the current figures might 
underestimate the potential threat of COVID-19 in symptomatic patients.  Link:  
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30195-X/fulltext
**

[FairfieldLife] Harvard's Roadmap to Pandemic Resilience

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This is the best, most comprehensive assessment I’ve seen for how the U.S. 
should respond to the Covid-19 pandemic!

https://ethics.harvard.edu/files/center-for-ethics/files/roadmaptopandemicresilience_updated_4.20.20.pdf
Conclusion:
We have no time to waste. We can save lives, save our health infrastructure, 
mobilize our economy, protect our civil liberties, and secure the foundations 
for a resilient constitutional democracy. We can be democracy’s bulwark against 
this existential threat if we elevate our ambitions and determine to act 
swiftly and with purpose.

OUR ANCHOR RECOMMENDATION IS THIS:

Between now and August, we should phase in economic mobilization in sync with 
growth in our capacity to provide speedy, sustainable testing, tracing and 
warning, and supported isolation and quarantine programs for mobilized sectors 
of the workforce. We do not propose a modest level of testing, tracing, and 
supported isolation intended to supplement collective quarantine as a tool of 
disease control. We recommend a level of TTSI ambitious enough to replace 
collective quarantine as a tool of disease control.

We need to deliver 5 million tests per day by early June to deliver a safe 
social reopening. This number will need to increase over time (ideally by late 
July) to 20 million a day to fully remobilize the economy. Achieving these 
numbers depends on testing innovation. We acknowledge that even this number may 
not be high enough to protect public health. In that considerably less likely 
eventuality, we will need to scale testing up much further. By the time we know 
if we need to do that, we should be in a better position to know how to do it.

An effective strategy of pandemic resilience requires the following:

Innovation in testing methodologies.

A Pandemic Testing Board established by the federal government with strong but 
narrow powers that has the job

of securing the testing supply and the infrastructure necessary for deployment.

Federal and/or state guidance for state testing programs that accord with due 
process, civil liberties, equal

protection, non-discrimination, and privacy standards.

Readiness frameworks to support local health leaders, mayors, tribal leaders, 
and other public o cials in

establishing test administration processes and isolation support resources.

Organizational innovation at the local level linking cities, counties, and 
health districts, with speci cs varying from state to state.

Federal and state investment in contact tracing personnel, starting with an 
investment in 100,000 personnel

(recommendation from JHU Center for Health Security).

Clear mechanisms and norms of governance and enforcement around the design and 
use of peer-to-peer warning

apps, including maximal privacy protection, availability of open source code 
for independent and regulatory audit, and prohibitions on the use of any data 
from these apps for commercial purposes, ideally achieved through pre- emptive 
legislation.

Support for quarantine and isolation in the form of jobs protections and 
material support for time in quarantine and isolation as well as access to 
health care.

An expanded U.S. Public Health Service Corps and Medical (or Health) Reserves 
Corps (paid service roles), and addition of Health Reserves Corps to the 
National Guard units of each state.

National Infectious Disease Forecasting Center to modernize disease tracking 
(recommendation from Scott Gottlieb, AEI).

Consensus is emerging about what we need. How to do it is beginning to come 
into view. The time for action has arrived. 

[FairfieldLife] Antibody blood tests indicate 50X to 85X more coronavirus cases than confirmed

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/17/health/santa-clara-coronavirus-infections-study/index.html
Far more people may have been infected by coronavirus in one California county, 
Stanford study estimates
By Michael Nedelman, CNN
Updated 10:39 PM ET, Fri April 17, 2020

(CNN) Far more people may have been infected with Covid-19 than have been 
confirmed by health officials in Santa Clara County, California, according to a 
study released Friday in preprint.

The study used an antibody blood test to estimate how many people had been 
infected with Covid-19 in the past. Other tests, like those performed with 
nasal swabs or saliva, test for the virus' genetic material, which does not 
persist long after recovery, as antibodies do.
"We found that there are many, many unidentified cases of people having Covid 
infection that were never identified with it with a virus test," said Dr.. Jay 
Bhattacharya, a professor of medicine at Stanford University and one of the 
paper's authors 
. "It's 
consistent with findings from around the world that this disease, this epidemic 
is further along than we thought."
The study estimated that 2.49% to 4.16% of people in Santa Clara Country had 
been infected with Covid-19 by April 1. This represents between 48,000 and 
81,000 people, which is 50 to 85 times what county officials recorded by that 
date: 956 confirmed cases.
A preprint study is a draft version of a study released to the public that 
hasn't been peer-reviewed for publication in a journal. CNN has reached out to 
the Santa Clara County Public Health Department for comment.
Similar efforts to estimate local antibody prevalence have launched in places 
like Miami-Dade County, Florida; San Miguel County, Colorado; and Los Angeles, 
California. The National Institutes of Health has a similar effort underway as 
well.
Bhattacharya said information from these studies will not only give researchers 
a better idea on antibody prevalence, but they will also vastly improve 
projections and disease modeling. Experts have said it's clear there have been 
more people infected than we've tested for, but it's unclear how much higher 
that number could be.
"All of the projection models have this as an input: how many people have been 
infected today," Bhattacharya said.
"It just helps us plan better," he added. "Before, we were making policy in the 
dark."

A Stanford University study used antibody tests to determine the prevalence of 
coronavirus infections in Santa Clara County, California.
The research may also give a more realistic sense of how deadly the virus 
really is.
"If I get the infection, how likely is it I'm going to die? That number depends 
on knowing how many people have had the infection -- not just actively have it 
now, but have had it and recovered from it," Bhattacharya said. 
If 50 times more people have had the infection, the death rate could drop by 
that same factor, putting it "somewhere between 'little worse than the flu' to 
'twice as bad as the flu' in terms of case fatality rate," Bhattacharya said. 
But he cautioned that the flu and coronavirus are still quite different. For 
one, we don't yet have a vaccine for Covid-19.
Doctors suspect, though, and are still trying to prove beyond a doubt, that 
antibodies to Covid-19 mean one is immune down the line.
The study in Santa Clara County recruited participants largely using Facebook 
ads targeted by zip code to sample various parts of the community. The study 
tested 3,330 adults and children.
"They had about five different tents set up and you just kind of drove through 
and they pricked your finger, took a blood sample and took down your 
information," one of those participants, Tony Huston, told CNN Chief Medical 
Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta on his podcast, "Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction."
"I think it's human nature to want to know if you've had it or if you have the 
antibodies," Huston said.

[FairfieldLife] Complete Guide to Online TM Events, Courses, & Programs

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The TM® Program

ONLINE TM EVENTS • COURSES • PROGRAMS

Dear Meditators,

To find a complete list of all online events, visit: enjoy.tm.org/online-events 

1. Dr. Tony Nader Live: Meditation and More — 12 Noon EDT, Dr. Nader’s Facebook 
page 
.
Join Dr. Nader, head of the international TM organizations. In these 30-minute 
sessions, Dr. Nader offers useful tools for reducing stress and creating calm, 
insights from both modern medicine and Maharishi Vedic Science, and a group 
meditation.

Live sessions are held every day at 12 noon EDT, at least through April 18. 
Previous sessions can be found on Dr. Nader’s Facebook videos page 
.
 If you are new to the series, you may want to begin with the first one and 
continue on sequentially. Registration is not required. The sessions are free 
and open to the public.

How to Connect: Look for the post with the LIVE banner on Dr. Nader’s Facebook 
page 
.

2. Special Q&A Meditator Meetings with Dr. Tony Nader — Every Thursday at 3 pm 
EDT
Dr. Tony Nader takes a deep dive into TM practice and theory in these lively 
1-hour Q&A discussions. Registration is required. The sessions are free and 
open to all TM Meditators. 

How to Connect: To find the current link and to register for the upcoming talk, 
please visit enjoy.tm.org/online-events 
.

3. TWO Options to Join a Large Group Meditation from Home
Meditate together according to time zone (no need to call in). Click here to 
find the meditation times for your area. 

TM Connect. You are also cordially invited to connect twice a day through phone 
or Zoom to group meditations hosted by Bob Roth, who also offers a few “TM 
reminders.” These calls are quite popular and help to establish correct and 
regular practice.
How to Connect: For times and connecting details, please visit 
enjoy.tm.org/online-events 
.

4. NEW! TM Talks
A weekly series of webinars on personal development and the growth of higher 
states of consciousness, for TMMeditators. These one-hour meetings are offered 
every Sunday at 5 pm EDT, 4 pm CDT, 3 pm MDT, and 2 pm PDT. Please visit 
enjoy.tm.org/online-events 
to
 find out about the next talk.

• How to connect by Zoom. Click on: https://zoom.us/j/177174913 

 If you join by opening your Zoom app first, click Join, then enter Meeting ID 
177 174 913.

• By phone. Call 929‑205‑6099 or 253‑215‑8782, then enter the Meeting ID 177 
174 913 #.

5. Maharishi International UniversityOnline Enrichment Courses
Click here for a listing of all courses:Online Courses at MIU 
.

Consciousness-BasedSM education:Online programs for personal growth, 
enrichment, and the development of consciousness. The first course is free of 
charge in this time of need.

• Introduction to Maharishi AyurVeda® 

[FairfieldLife] This is a delightful 3-minute performance!

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These women are very talented musicians and put humor into their act.
3-minute video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKezUd_xw20 


“Salut Salon is an all-women chamber music quartet from Hamburg who since 2000 
has been performing in the formation piano, cello and two violins. The quartet 
was founded by violinists Angelika Bachmann and Iris Siegfried. Characteristic 
of Salut Salon's repertoire are new arrangements of classical pieces, themes 
borrowed from folk music and film soundtracks, Salut Salon's own chansons, 
tango, pop, puppet show and instrumental acrobatics -- a crossover that defies 
the strict classification of classical and popular music.” 

[FairfieldLife] Free Webinar this Weekend - Collective Healing for the Global Health Crisis

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Dear Friends,

Dorothy Rowe is a Governor in Fairfield who has had wonderful experiences for 
decades. She is also lucid, delightful, and a gifted healer. Her healing 
webinars are always amazing, elevating and powerful for me, and often for the 
world.

I believe that if many more of us join this weekend's free live webinar, it 
will be Dorothy's most powerful one yet! And I’m eager to see what we can all 
do together!

Please join us and add to our influence. And please forward this to friends who 
might also like to join.

If you'd like to know more, you can check Dorothy's website: 
https://www.distanceenergywork.com . Her 
Home Page includes several short videos, including an 8-minute video describing 
her story of how she got started as an energy healer.

Warm best wishes,
Dick


Dear Friends,

This weekend I am offering a free live webinar Collective Healing for the 
Global Health Crisis.

Our lives have aimed at this moment of world transformation. The decisions we 
make today could make or break our personal survival and impact our collective 
survival. Nature is forcing world-wide adaptation of a more dharmic existence. 

This weekend's free webinar offers a unique opportunity to leverage energy 
healing for the greater good of our precious human family. Together we will 
address the challenges of the global pandemic, from the deepest levels of life 
itself, the Source of Creation. The light of Being reveals solutions to all 
problems. As a healing collective, our abilities are far more powerful than 
what they might be individually.

Please join me for a free Collective Healing for the Global Health Crisis 
webinar on YouTube:
Friday, April 10 at 7:30 pm US CDT https://youtu.be/H4-Lv-cfuBU 

Saturday, April 11 at 1 pm US CDT  https://youtu.be/mJat0PlnaXg 
 

By awakening the home of all solutions, we can turn the tide of COVID-19, and 
help birth our world into the bright, precious home that we have all known is 
its potential.

Love and gratitude,
Dorothy


Distance Energy Work Website 
https://www.distanceenergywork.com 

[FairfieldLife] Update from Jefferson County (3 cases) & Washington County Public Health (52) + Iowa Governor Press Conference [2 Attachments]

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From: https://www.facebook.com/Jefferson-County-Public-Health-1561800114107492 
  

Jefferson County Public Health 

1 hr 

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Thinking of you, Washington County!
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Washington County Public Health 

3 hrs 

 ·  
(At this time, Washington County has 52 lab confirmed cases of COVID-19.) 

There is an outbreak of COVID-19 in a long-term care facility in our county..

• An outbreak is defined as having 3 or more cases among residents in a 
facility.
• The total number of cases reported includes both staff and residents.
• We will not identify the long-term care facility involved in the outbreak.

Washington County Public Health is working with the Iowa Dept. of Public 
Health, and other state and local partners to respond to this outbreak. This 
includes:

• Following guidance that includes instruction on how to prevent the spread of 
infection.
• Discussions about how to transfer ill residents in need to acute health care 
to hospitals.
• Monitoring the health of residents and staff throughout the day.
-Ill staff members are in self-isolation.
-All residents are in self-isolation.
* Regular group activities, gatherings and group meals are suspended.
• Using personal protective equipment during all patient care encounters.
• The facility is closed to all visitors.
• Anyone who en

[FairfieldLife] Recommendations for Coronavirus from Vaidya J.R. Raju, and then from a Russian doctor

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Forwarded from a friend:

Vaidya J.R. Raju's recommendations for Coronavirus

Here are some ayurvedic tips which will help you. This is not a cure and 
supports through diet and herbs. Not for pregnant women. 

1. Gargling with 1 drop of *siddhjal* & warm water
2. Use *Special Nasika* 3 to 4 times
3. Keep *1 shodhanvati* tablet in your mouth before you step out of the house.
4. *Ananda Siddhi Yog and Immunis* for immunity
5. *Swagini* drops if anything to do with digestion 
6. Use lots of *ginger,  garlic & turmeric* in your food
7. Drink lots of warm water with *Siddhjal*
8. Have *Smriti* regularly 
9. Do not eat outside.
10. Do not eat cheese 
11. Use enough Tulasi leaves
12. Listen to vishnusahasranam and adityahridayam twice a day. 


Recipe for anyone facing Coronavirus or wanting to prevent Coronavirus:

* Facing Coronavirus:*
-10 cloves of garlic
-15 cloves
-30 Tulsi leaves (OR 40 Basil leaves)
-2 Teaspoons Ajwain
-10 mint leaves
-20 black pepper 
-10gms of ginger 

Crush all above and add 6 cups of water. Boil down to 3 cups. After boiling, 
add 1 teaspoon turmeric.
Drink hot 4-5 times per day

*Supports in Preventing Coronavirus* (above recipe cut in half):
-5 cloves of garlic
-7 or 8 cloves
-15 Tulsi leaves (OR 20 Basil leaves)
-1 Teaspoon Ajwain
-5 mint leaves
-10 black pepper 
-5gms of ginger

Crush all above and add 6 cups of water. Boil down to 3 cups. After boiling, 
add half teaspoon turmeric. Consume it hot several times in a day.

Avoid going out unnecessarily, bond with your family utilize this time to 
connect and slow down the pace a little.

Be safe & take care,
On behalf of
Dr. J.R.Raju
The Rajus Ayurveda



Forwarded from another friend:

"Not sure who this Russian devotee is, but the simple method is to chew a piece 
of fresh ginger three times a day, as apparently the virus can’t survive in the 
presence of ginger. He explains below. I tried it tonight, and thought it would 
make me super pitta, but is simply helped my digestion, and it certainly felt 
like it would burn up any visitors. “


Russian devotee, Dr. Oleg Torsunov from Russia has many times so far proving 
his credibility. In this recent transcription, he speaks about the remedy 
against the virus:

Before I start the lesson, I want to tell you something. The virus that is now 
scaring the world is indeed there, and it can indeed be dangerous. Its danger 
lies in denying the human organism the chance to defend itself against 
bacterial pneumonia. The virus itself doesn't kill people. It is the bacteria 
that can affect the lungs after the virus stays in the body.

This increase in bacteria can indeed go very quickly. Bacterial pneumonia can 
occur 7 days after coming into contact with the virus. For example, after a few 
hours of flight by plane, the infected can get edema in their lungs because of 
the heavy load.

But there is also good news. I have been studying how to fight a number of 
viral infections for 15 years now. I can tell you for sure that this 
coronavirus is very easy to fight. With the help of the ginger. If you chew a 
small piece of ginger 3 times a day and drink a warm turmeric drink with a 
little honey at the same time, you will in principle not be able to get any 
viruses. It just won't be possible.

Now here in the room, as I see it (subtle), there are no infected people. 
Today's hygiene means "chewing ginger every day". You have to learn it. Because 
sooner or later there will also be many infected people in Russia. Anyone who 
will not be serious about this problem will be at risk of dying. The chances of 
dying from the effects of this virus are 5%. That means that 5 out of 100 
infected people die. 10 more are in critical condition.

If you suck and chew ginger, the virus has no chance. The strength of the 
ginger should not be underestimated. I have been curing people of a number of 
viral infections for many years. The range of foods that I use for healing is 
very small: Ginger, turmeric, sprigs of pine, sprigs of fir, yellow mustard and 
white pepper. All of these foods are capable of killing various viruses.

When we have the Vedic “virtue” festival in Russia in May (around 1,500 
participants), I will make sure that all of these components are made available 
so that people do not become infected. At this festival, which takes place 
twice a year, there are never any cases of illness, even though people sit side 
by side in large rooms for hours and listen to the lecturers.

So again: the virus itself is not that strong. If you chew ginger every day, 
the virus has no chance at all. I fly from city to city by plane every week. I 
don't think of a breathing mask because I know how strong the ginger works. I 
always have some ginger in my pocket.

On a subtle level, I can see who is infected and who is not. In fact, there are 
many more people infected than the media say. I saw many infected people on 
airplanes and at airports.

No panic. The consequences will not be as bad as the medi

[FairfieldLife] Caution: ER Nurse shows Cross-Contamination at the store

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Dear Friends,

I recommend you watch this 3-minute video:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8189127/Ex-nurse-posts-viral-video-showing-germs-spread-wear-gloves.html
'There's no point in wearing gloves if you're not going to wash your hands!': 
Ex-nurse posts video showing how germs spread

Stay safe and healthy!

[FairfieldLife] Reminder: Meeting for TM Meditators, Sidhas and TM Teachers starts in 45 minutes!Ndick [1 Attachment]

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Please register and join us!

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Subject: You’re Invited: Apr. 3 Zoom Call / Q&A with Dr. Tony Nader
..



MARCH 31, 2020

A Call with Dr. Tony Nader
for All Practitioners of the
Transcendental Meditation® Technique
Friday, April 3, 2:00 pm CDT

Dear Meditators and Sidhas,

In the last weeks, Dr. Tony Nader (Maharaja) has hosted a number of webinars, 
bringing over 4,000 meditators together worldwide, from over 84 
countries—thousands watching live, and the remainder watching after the 
broadcast. It was a beautiful opportunity to hear from Dr. Nader directly and 
have a chance to ask questions to the leader of Maharishi’s worldwide 
organizations.

After the webinars, it was expressed that it was now the time to invite the 
entire family of Meditators—bringing all of us together, so that everyone has 
the opportunity to ask Dr. Nader questions. Please join us in the next 
teleconference, which will be extremely valuable and inspiring.

We are pleased to announce that the first of these all-TM®-Meditator meetings 
will be questions and answers, and will take place on Friday, April 3, at 9:00 
pm Holland time (CET), 3:00 pm in New York City (EDT), or 2:00 pm in Fairfield, 
Iowa, USA (CDT).

The call will be via a Zoom webinar, with the ability to conference up to 5,000 
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If you are unable to attend the live webinar, there will also be an opportunity 
for you to listen to the recording at a later date.

Whether you connect live or want to listen to the recording, you still need to 
click the link below and register.

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an email with your private link, allowing you to join the webinar with one 
click at the appointed time.

If you have never used Zoom before, please go to zoom.us/test 

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install Zoom and join a test meeting.

Those who want to listen to the recording will be sent a different link at a 
later date.

Submitting questions
As there will be many practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation technique, 
Sidhas, and teachers of the Transcendental Meditation technique connected to 
the call from all around the world, it will not be possible for Dr. Nader to 
take questions live during the webinar. If you have questions for Dr. Nader, 
please submit them by Thursday, April 2, at the following link, so that we can 
compile them. This will allow Dr. Nader to answer as many questions as possible.

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the Transcendental Meditation technique) to connect with Dr. Nader.

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[FairfieldLife] Jefferson County's first coronavirus case is between 18-40 and is self-isolating at home

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https://ktvo.com/news/local/jefferson-county-officials-ask-residents-to-take-virus-seriously
Jefferson County has first COVID-19 case; officials ask residents to take virus 
seriously
by KTVO News DeskThursday, April 2nd 2020
FAIRFIELD, Iowa — Jefferson County has its first confirmed case of coronavirus.

Jefferson County Public Health Administrator Chris Estle made the announcement 
at press conference this morning.

Estle said the individual was between the ages of 18-40 and is self-isolating 
at home.

Estle said that the county has been monitoring several individuals who have 
been presenting symptoms over the past few weeks.

For the Jefferson County officials, the number of confirmed cases in Jefferson 
County misses the point.

The virus is present, will likely spread, and the community needs to take the 
mitigation measures seriously.

But the Jefferson County Hospital CEO said panic isn't necessary, but that it's 
inappropriate to say that the virus is nothing to be concerned about.

Estle asked the community to stop trying to guess the identity of infected 
individuals.

She said that any guess is likely wrong and that misinformation only hurts the 
effort to fight the virus.

Fairfield Mayor Connie Boyer says if you want to help, treat your daily life 
like there is already a shelter-in-place order for the state.

[FairfieldLife] Experts tell White House coronavirus can spread through talking or even just breathing

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/02/health/aerosol-coronavirus-spread-white-house-letter/index.html
Experts tell White House coronavirus can spread through talking or even just 
breathing

By Elizabeth Cohen , Senior 
Medical Correspondent
Updated 11:16 AM ET, Thu April 2, 2020



(CNN) A prestigious scientific panel told the White House Wednesday night that 
research shows coronavirus can be spread not just by sneezes or coughs, but 
also just by talking, or possibly even just breathing. 

"While the current [coronavirus] specific research is limited, the results of 
available studies are consistent with aerosolization of virus from normal 
breathing," according to the letter, written by Dr. Harvey Fineberg, chairman 
of a committee with the National Academy of Sciences. 
Fineberg told CNN that he will wear start wearing a mask when he goes to the 
grocery store. 
"I'm not going to wear a surgical mask, because clinicians need those," said 
Fineberg, former dean of the Harvard School of Public Health. "But I have a 
nice western-style bandana I might wear. Or I have a balaclava. I have some 
pretty nice options." 
Dr. Anthony Fauci 
,
 a key member of the White House's coronavirus task force, told CNN Tuesday 
that the idea of recommending broad use of masks in the US to prevent the 
spread of coronavirus is under "very active discussion" by the group. 
Fineberg, chair of the NAS' Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases 
and 21st Century Health Threats 
,
 said his letter was sent Wednesday evening in response to a query from Kelvin 
Droegemeier with the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the White 
House. 
"This letter responds to your question concerning the possibility that 
[coronavirus] could be spread by conversation, in addition to 
sneeze/cough-induced droplets," the letter states. "Currently available 
research supports the possibility that [coronavirus] could be spread via 
bioaerosols generated directly by patients' exhalation," it continues. 
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
,
 the virus spreads from person to person when people are within about 6 feet of 
each other "through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person 
coughs or sneezes." 
Fineberg told CNN this is true, but that research shows that aerosolized 
droplets produced by talking or possibly even by just breathing can also spread 
the virus. 
His letter explains that research at a hospital in China shows the virus can be 
suspended in the air when doctors and nurses remove protective gear, or when 
floors are cleaned, or when staff move around. 
Research by the University of Nebraska shows that genetic material from the 
virus was found in patients' rooms more than 6 feet away from the patients, 
according to the letter. 
Fineberg said it's possible that aerosolized coronavirus droplets can hang in 
the air and potentially infect someone who walks by later. 
He added, however, that coronavirus is not as infectious as measles or 
tuberculosis.
How long coronavirus lingers in the air depends on several factors, including 
how much virus an infected individual puts out when breathing or talking, and 
also on the amount of circulation in the air, he said. 
"If you generate an aerosol of the virus with no circulation in a room, it's 
conceivable that if you walk through later, you could inhale the virus," 
Fineberg said. "But if you're outside, the breeze will likely disperse it."

[FairfieldLife] Trump Coronavirus Advisor Dr. Deborah Birx's Honest 7-minute Video

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https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2020/03/31/deborah-birx-coronavirus-death-graphs-community-sot-vpx-tsr.cnn/video/playlists/coronavirus/
Birx: This begins and ends with community

During a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Dr. Deborah Birx 
explains how social distancing will help lower the number of deaths from the 
coronavirus.

[FairfieldLife] Jefferson County Public Health: COVID-19 Comments and Concerns

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From:  
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2637891863164973&id=1561800114107492&__tn__=K-R
 

  

Jefferson County Public Health 


March 28, 2020 13:45
From: Christine Estle, JCPH Administrator

Hi Jefferson County Iowa Residents,
I am responding to your comments and concerns related to COVID-19.
First, I want to say, thank you for all you are doing as individuals to keep 
our community healthy!
By staying home, limiting trips and washing your hands, you make a difference.
At this time, there are no lab confirmed positive cases in Jefferson County.. 
However, community spread is in Iowa. People are in self-isolation in Jefferson 
County.
Do not get focused on lab results!
I am sharing factual information as of this date and time. I am not spreading 
fear, I am providing facts. 
I want to remind everyone that the JCPH Facebook page is NOT the place to enter 
into negative comments or finger pointing. I am asking everyone to be 
respectful, if that does not happen, I will turn off the comment option. I want 
to hear your questions, so we can best serve the residents of Jefferson County.
Jefferson County Public Health, Jefferson County Emergency Management, 
Jefferson County Health Center, and many community partners have been working 
daily to prepare for and respond to COVID-19.
When schools were closed, I made the decision to close the Community Child Care 
Center. This was to decrease community spread of the virus. I wanted to keep 
children safe, along with the childcare center staff.
I have personally met with our MIU partners. The Board of Health and MIU 
officials had a special open meeting to discuss COVID-19 preparedness and 
mitigation. Dr. John Hagelin, MIU president, addressed community concerns with 
a written statement.
Emergency Preparedness
Community partners such as: fire, law enforcement, EMA, JCHC, JCPH and 
facilities providing direct patient/resident care have been meeting on a 
monthly basis for several years. This large scale pandemic response is new, 
however, emergency preparedness planning/response is not new. Preparedness 
response plans are in place by the respective organizations. For 
patient/resident and staff safety, specific plan details are not public. Plans 
are guidance, plans will change. Plans may change daily or several times a day, 
depending on the needed response at a specific time.
Testing Information
A positive or negative test result does not change the course of treatment. 80% 
of individuals that become infected with this virus, will not experience 
significant symptoms.
Specimen Collection and Testing are 2 different things.
1.Specimen collections are performed at Jefferson County Health Center, then 
sent to a lab for testing. Tests are not performed at Jefferson County Health 
Center at this time. In the future, JCHC may offer on-site testing or drive 
through testing.
2.Testing guidelines must be followed. Guidelines are provided by the Iowa 
Department of Public Health and CDC. The state hygienic lab (SHL), is now 
processing 24/7, results may be available within 24-72 hours.
3. Specimens may be sent to a reference lab. Reference lab results may be 
available in 5-7 days.
4. While you are waiting on test results, home isolation is required.
The more individuals that are tested, the longer it will take to have results 
and more resources will be used. In Iowa, we have hot-spots of illness. 
Hot-spots are a priority for testing and resources.
Supplies
Jefferson County Emergency Manager has requested PPE from state partners.
Partial shipment was received on Friday and Jefferson County is due to receive 
partial shipment today. (Saturday)
The Iowa National Guard has been activated and is working on supply delivery. 
The Iowa State Patrol is also delivering PPE.
PPE distribution is a priority to front-line service individuals.
Resources:
IDPH COVID-19 https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/#Guidan

[FairfieldLife] TORNADO WATCH until 9pm CDT

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[FairfieldLife] Bill Gates, 3 minutes: State-by-state shutdown won't stop coronavirus

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This 3-minute video is a reasonable, level-headed assessment from Microsoft 
founder and global health philanthropist Bill Gates of the shortest way for the 
U.S. to control spread of the coronavirus.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2020/03/27/bill-gates-coronavirus-town-hall-shutdown-april-peak-sot-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/cnn-coronavirus-town-hall/
 

Bill Gates: State-by-state shutdown won't work

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation co-founder Bill Gates says that the US should 
shutdown the entire country for a short period of time to control the spread of 
the coronavirus and predicts that the number of cases will peak in late April.

[FairfieldLife] Half of tested patients with coronavirus were asymptomatic

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So we might have it and be contagious — even if we don’t have any symptoms. How 
stealthy! Let’s all behave safely for ourselves, our loved ones, and our 
friends.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/24/us/diamond-princess-cruise-ship-asymptomatic-tests/?iid=ob_lockedrail_topeditorial
Nearly half of Diamond Princess cruise ship passengers and crew who had 
coronavirus were asymptomatic when tested, CDC report says
By Amir Vera  and Shelby Lin Erdman, CNN
Updated 12:50 AM ET, Tue March 24, 2020

(CNN) Nearly half of the Diamond Princess cruise ship  
passengers
 and crew who tested positive for the novel coronavirus 
 were 
asymptomatic at the time they were tested, according to a new report from the 
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Of the 712 passengers and crew members of the ship who tested positive for 
coronavirus, 331 -- or 46.5% -- were asymptomatic at the time of testing, the 
CDC said. 
The agency said that the high rate of asymptomatic infections could partly 
explain the high rate of infection among cruise ship passengers and crew.
Traces of the virus were found "on a variety of surfaces in cabins of both 
symptomatic and asymptomatic infected passengers up to 17 days after cabins 
were vacated on the Diamond Princess but before disinfection procedures had 
been conducted," the CDC said. 
However, the surface contamination on the ship can't be used to determine 
whether transmission occurred from contaminated surfaces without further study, 
the CDC cautioned.
As of March 13, 107, or 25%, of the 428 Americans on the Diamond Princess 
tested positive for coronavirus, the agency said. 
The CDC's report also detailed the other cruise ship, the Grand Princess 
,
 which was in limbo for days off the coast of California. Of the 469 people 
with available test results on that ship, 78 -- or 17% -- of them tested 
positive for coronavirus. 
"The Diamond Princess and Grand Princess had more than 800 total Covid-19 
cases, including 10 deaths," the CDC's report said. 
Between February 3 and March 13, about 200 coronavirus cases in the US were 
confirmed to be from cruise travelers of multiple voyages, including the 
Diamond Princess and Grand Princess, the CDC's report said. This accounted for 
about 17% of the total reported US cases at the time, according to the report. 
"Cases linked with cruise travel have been reported to CDC in at least 15 
states," the report said.

[FairfieldLife] Dr. Birx's personal story shows need for social distancing

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Especially protect your loved ones by social distancing!

https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2020/03/26/dr-deborah-birx-social-distancing-personal-story-sot-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/coronavirus/
Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, shared a 
devastating personal story to emphasize the importance of social distancing 
during a pandemic.

[FairfieldLife] Dr. Tony Nader on Facebook Live Next Saturday, 12:30 PM CDT

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[FairfieldLife] Excellent 6 1/2-minute Coronavirus Video!

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Dear Friends,

MIU President John Hagelin approved for MIU classes this excellent  
six-and-a-half-minute video, 
"Why fighting the coronavirus depends on you."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSQztKXR6k0&feature=youtu.be

Please watch it and share it with those you love.

Stay Healthy!
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[FairfieldLife] All (Iowa) Restaurants and Bars are hereby closed to the general public except...

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COVID-19 Updates Issued by Governor of Iowa, Kim Reynolds
 
Tuesday, March 17th, 2020
 
All Restaurants and Bars are Hereby Closed to the General Public
 
Events of 10+ People are Hereby Prohibited at all Locations and Venues

 
Provided below is relevant information for businesses just issued by the 
Governor of Iowa, Kim Reynolds, on Tuesday, March 17th, 2020.
 
SECTION THREE. Pursuant to Iowa Code § 135.144 (3), and in conjunction with the 
Iowa Department of Public Health, unless otherwise modified by subsequent 
proclamation or order of the Iowa Department of Public Health, I hereby order 
that effective Noon today, March 17, 2020, and continuing until 11:59 p.m. on 
March 31, 2020:
 
A. Restaurants and Bars: All Restaurants and Bars are hereby closed to the 
general public except that to the extent permitted by applicable law, and in 
accordance with any recommendations of the Iowa Department of Public Health, 
food and beverages may be sold if such food or beverages are promptly taken 
from the premises, such as on a carry-out or drive-through basis, or if the 
food or beverage is delivered to customers off the premises.
 
Please Click Here 

 to Read Full Article for Information
from the Governor of Iowa and Jefferson County Public Health
 https://www.fairfieldiowa.com/chamber-news/covid-19-and-community-updates
 
 

[FairfieldLife] Goswigs' Coronavirus Tests are Negative!

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Great News!

“Covid-19 Tests Negative: We just received a call from Kris at the Jefferson 
County Dept. of Health, and our test swabs were confirmed negative for 
Covid-19, Coronavirus.

Kris said that we likely have a variant strain of influenza, which didn't show 
on standard influenza tests. The virulent nature of this strain accounts for 
the heavy respiratory component - similar to Covid-19.

It's apparently good that we self-quarantined. Although not nearly as dangerous 
as Covid-19, such strains also can be dangerous and often account for 
fatalities.

We regret any undue alarm that our initial notice created. Over the first 3 
days, we had no access to testing (didn't qualify), and had no idea what were 
carrying.

Given that our symptoms arose 5 days after receiving our well-traveled 
Norwegian visitor, with simultaneous symptoms for both Eileen and me, 3 weeks 
after my previous bout of flu (I should have been immune), we felt a moral 
obligation to appraise the community.

We're relieved that Fairfield can rest easier now, knowing that no confirmed 
Covid-19 has been uncovered in the community.

Eileen and I will now again revert to our dull, obscure lives, yet remain 
house-bound for another week at least until this strain of influenza is 
completely extinguished.

We are humbled and grateful for the boundless kindness, positive thoughts and 
words people have conveyed. Some left remedies and food on our porch, as gifts.

This community is special in the world, and precious.

Thanks again,
Ben & Eileen

[FairfieldLife] MIU's Important Information on Covid-19

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> 
> FROM PRESIDENT JOHN HAGELIN
> 
> March 12, 2020
> 
> Dear MIU community members:
> 
> I ask you to read this letter carefully.
> 
> I understand your concerns and apprehensions about the COVID-19 virus. Across 
> the country, there is unprecedented uncertainty about how America should 
> respond to this public health challenge.
> 
> We have been working closely with the Iowa Department of Public Health in 
> formulating a strategy that places the highest priority on the health and 
> safety of our students, staff, and faculty.
> 
> Other schools are closing down for the remainder of the year, but we know 
> that for many of you, particularly our international and independent 
> students, this would be very impractical or costly and (for international 
> students) could result in termination of your studies.
>  
> WORKING TOGETHER
>  
> So our strategy requires that we all work together to do what’s necessary to 
> make it through this health crisis.
> 
> We must respond as a community, not as individuals. This will require new 
> flexibility from all of us.
> 
> We don’t know exactly what type of threat we face, but the US Center for 
> Disease Control says 
> 
>  this:
> 
> It’s likely that at some point, widespread transmission of COVID-19 in the 
> United States will occur. Widespread transmission of COVID-19 would translate 
> into large numbers of people needing medical care at the same time. . . . At 
> this time, there is no vaccine to protect against COVID-19 and no medications 
> approved to treat it. Nonpharmaceutical interventions 
> 
>  would be the most important response strategy..
> 
> The policies I describe in this letter are not just a necessary 
> inconvenience. They’re vital to the life and health of all of us.
> 
> All these policies have a single purpose: To minimize contact with people who 
> may have been exposed to the virus and prevent the introduction of COVID-19 
> into our community.
>  
> 1 – Postponing Spring Break and starting the April block on Monday, March 23
>  
> All subsequent blocks will similarly start one week earlier than scheduled.
> 
> At present, there are no known cases of COVID-19 in the Fairfield area. 
> Therefore, we do not want MIU students, faculty, or staff to travel outside 
> Jefferson County unless they have a very good reason.
> 
> We know some of you have made Spring Break travel plans, and we apologize for 
> the inconvenience.
> 
> Please know we have balanced this inconvenience with the serious health risks 
> of traveling outside of Jefferson County at this time — risks for you and, 
> when you return, for our university community.
> 
> Fortunately, airlines are now allowing for refunds or credit for future 
> travel at the current time.
>  
> 2 – Asking everyone not to travel outside Jefferson County
>  
> All international and domestic travel for students, staff, and faculty 
> outside Jefferson County, Iowa, is not approved or appropriate until further 
> notice.
> 
> If individuals do travel outside of Jefferson County, they will likely be 
> required to engage in a mandatory isolation period of 14 days when they 
> return. This means no public interaction during that period, to be monitored 
> by the Campus Nurse.
> 
> If you believe you have special circumstances that require such travel for 
> medical reasons, contact our Campus Nurse Vina Miller (ext. 3411).
> 
> For other urgent travel permissions, please contact these people to obtain an 
> Urgent Travel Pass:
> Students — Vice President Rod Eason in Student Life, 641-472-1204 (ext. 1204) 
> or rea...@miu.edu 
> Faculty — The Dean of Faculty office (ext. 1161)
> Staff — HR Director Carol Passos (ext. 4826)
> Grantees and other IAA living on-campus may contact Tom Brooks = 
> tbro...@miu.edu . We recommend that they don't leave 
> town or risk a 14-day self-isolation.
> 3 – Promoting online, in-room teaching for our Fairfield on-campus courses
>  
> We’ll do this as much as possible. This is to minimize our physical contact 
> with other people. Minimizing contact won’t be easy when we live and eat in 
> the same buildings, but living together is unavoidable because so many of our 
> students are international or independent of their parents. If students can 
> study in their dorm rooms or at home, they will face less exposure to the 
> coronavirus.
>  
> 4 – Keeping Annapurna safe
>  
> All diners must sanitize their hands at the portable hand sanitizer outside 
> the entrance to the dining hall. This will reduce the transmission of the 
> virus if anyone is carrying it without knowing it. Annapurna will be open 
> only to MIU students, faculty, and staff.
> 
> Only On-campus Grantees and Sponsorship Recipients including other on-campus

[FairfieldLife] Newsweek Opinion: Young and unafraid of the coronavirus pandemic?

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https://www.newsweek.com/young-unafraid-coronavirus-pandemic-good-you-now-stop-killing-people-opinion-1491797?amp=1&fbclid=IwAR02ASBUmIDXMvtRFN5aOAlCVTd1V5f_EkTD_leIqX5mQpbbF-bJd8_gliE
OPINION 
YOUNG AND UNAFRAID OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC? GOOD FOR YOU. NOW STOP KILLING 
PEOPLE | OPINION
By A Doctor in Western Europe  On 3/11/20 at 2:29 PM EDT
I'm a doctor in a major hospital in Western Europe. Watching you Americans 

 (and you, Brits) in these still-early days of the coronavirus pandemic is like 
watching a familiar horror movie, where the protagonists, yet again, split into 
pairs or decide to take a tour of a dark basement.

The real-life versions of this behavior are pretending this is just a flu; 
keeping schools open; following through with your holiday travel plans, and 
going into the office daily. This is what we did in Italy. We were so 
complacent that even when people with coronavirus symptoms started turning up, 
we wrote each off as a nasty case of the flu. We kept the economy going, 
pointed fingers at China and urged tourists to keep traveling. And the majority 
of us told ourselves and each other: this isn't so bad. We're young, we're fit, 
we'll be fine even if we catch it.

Fast-forward two months, and we are drowning. Statistically speaking—judging by 
the curve in China—we are not even at the peak yet, but our fatality rate is at 
over 6 percent, double the known global average.

Put aside statistics. Here is how it looks in practice. Most of my childhood 
friends are now doctors working in north Italy. In Milan, in Bergamo, in Padua, 
they are having to choose between intubating a 40-year-old with two kids, a 
40-year old who is fit and healthy with no co-morbidities, and a 60-year-old 
with high blood pressure, because they don't have enough beds. In the hallway, 
meanwhile, there are another 15 people waiting who are already hardly breathing 
and need oxygen.

The army is trying to bring some of them to other regions with helicopters but 
it's not enough: the flow is just too much, too many people are getting sick at 
the same time.

We are still awaiting the peak of the epidemic in Europe: probably early April 
for Italy, mid-April for Germany and Switzerland, somewhere around that time 
for the UK. In the U.S., the infection has only just begun.

But until we're past the peak, the only solution is to impose social 
restrictions.

And if your government is hesitating, these restrictions are up to you. Stay 
put. Do not travel. Cancel that family reunion, the promotion party and the big 
night out. This really sucks, but these are special times. Don't take risks. Do 
not go to places where you are more than 20 people in the same room. It's not 
safe and it's not worth it.

But why the urgency, if most people survive?

Here's why: Fatality is the wrong yardstick. Catching the virus can mess up 
your life in many, many more ways than just straight-up killing you. "We are 
all young"—okay. "Even if we get the bug, we will survive"—fantastic. How about 
needing four months of physical therapy before you even feel human again. Or 
getting scar tissue in your lungs and having your activity level restricted for 
the rest of your life. Not to mention having every chance of catching another 
bug in hospital, while you're being treated or waiting to get checked with an 
immune system distracted even by the false alarm of an ordinary flu. No travel 
for leisure or business is worth this risk.

Now, odds are, you might catch coronavirus and might not even get symptoms. 
Great. Good for you. Very bad for everyone else, from your own grandparents to 
the random older person who got on the subway train a stop or two after you got 
off. You're fine, you're barely even sneezing or coughing, but you're walking 
around and you kill a couple of old ladies without even knowing it. Is that 
fair? You tell me.

My personal as well as professional view: we all have a duty to stay put, 
except for very special reasons, like, you go to work because you work in 
healthcare, or you have to save a life and bring someone to hospital, or go out 
to shop for food so you can survive. But when we get to this stage of a 
pandemic, it's really important not to spread the bug. The only thing that 
helps is social restriction. Ideally, the government should issue that 
instruction and provide a financial fallback—compensate business owners, ease 
the financial load on everyone as much as possible and reduce the incentive of 
risking your life or the lives of others just to make ends meet. But if your 
government or company is slow on the uptake, don't be that person. Take 
responsibility. For all but essential movement, restrict yourself..

This is epidemiology 101. It really sucks. It is extreme—but luckily, we don't 
have pandemics of this violence every year. So sit it out. Stay put. Don't 
tr

[FairfieldLife] Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now!

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Dear Friends,

I’ve read and watched dozens of hours of reports on the coronavirus.. Our dear 
Demetri Kanellakos forwarded me this 26-minute read, and it’s better by far 
than all of them put together!

https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca

Please read it! And as a service to your family, friends and community, send it 
to everyone you know!

Loving best wishes,
Dick

[FairfieldLife] COVID-19: In Fairfield: Possibly infected neighbor:

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Note: Due to the COVID-19 threat, both Domes and the Flying Halls at the 
IdealLife Campus will be closing until further notice after Sunday evening’s 
program. To maintain coherence, Maharishi Foundation ask us to lift off at our 
usual times, 8:15am and 5:45 pm.


Forwarded from Ben Gosvig, who lives in North Campus Village:
 
Dear Neighbors:

My wife, Eileen, and I, Ben, are likely infected with Coronavirus. We cannot 
confirm this, because our physician, JCHC, and Iowa CDC cannot provide a test. 
I spent hours on the phone the yesterday trying to acquire a test with no 
success.

Why do we think we have it? Last Saturday, March 7, we hosted my wife's boss 
from Norway for a day here in Fairfield. Prior to arriving, he had traveled 
throughout Europe and Mexico. Also, his home town of Oslo Norway is one of the 
hardest hit by Coronavirus, with nearly 600 confirmed cases. My wife's boss 
exhibited no symptoms and hasn’t been tested (which is why we cannot be tested).

However, according to the WHO, 80% of Covid-19 carriers have mild or no 
symptoms. They are, essentially, ticking time bombs.

The average incubation period for Covid-19 is 5.2 days, with some infections 
occurring in as little as 1 or 2 days. 4.5 days after our meeting, on the 
evening of March 11, both Eileen and I began exhibiting symptoms of fever, 
chills, body aches and respiratory congestion with coughing.

Here's the kicker: I just had the "normal" flu 3 weeks ago, and made a full 
recovery. By the end of February, I 
  was 100% healthy. I have NEVER had the flu twice in 3 weeks.

At this point, my symptoms are pronounced, while Eileen's are less so. I'm 66 
years of age, while she's a youngster at age 55. I also have no spleen 
(compromised immune system). We are, of course, in self-quarantine, and will 
remain so for 14 days. My wife’s boss is also now in quarantine in Norway.

My message to my neighbors is twofold:

1) America's testing capacity for Covid-19 is woeful. Nationally, the CDC, can 
only test 350 people per day, in a population of 331 million. South Korea, with 
1/6 our population can test up to 20,000 people per day. Nearly every country 
affected by Covid-19 has better testing capacity than the US.

As a result, our measure of "confirmed cases" is wildly inaccurate. Thousands 
of infected people, like us, are walking around, some with mild or no symptoms, 
infecting others. This virus is highly contagious. Without adequate testing, 
infected people cannot confirm their status, and therefore have little 
motivation to self-quarantine.

CDC's reporting vastly understates the severity of this crisis. Iowa currently 
reports only 16 cases, most from a cruise ship that visited Egypt. You can be 
sure this number is far from reality.

2) Even if you're not infected, stay home as much as possible, and avoid 
gatherings. In countries hardest hit (China, Italy, Korea) they've adopted near 
lock-downs, which has dramatically slowed the spread of the virus. Here's an 
important link that discusses how essential it is to avoid gatherings, even if 
you're 100 healthy and uninfected... 
https://www.newsweek.com/young-unafraid-coronavirus-pandemic-good-you-now-stop-killing-people-opinion-1491797?amp=1
 


Eileen and I will likely be fine. We've arranged for food delivery, and are 
extremely careful to not contact anyone. Several times per day we (mostly my 
wife - I'm too sick) must make a short walk down north Ruby Lane to bring our 
large dog, Bailey, to the field north of NCV for his walks. He's a big, 
boisterous boy and must get out. If you see us headed toward the field, please 
remain clear of us so you don't expose yourself. 

This crisis is exploding quickly, and with greater severity than most realize. 
The proliferation models I've seen by epidemiology experts are terrifying. We 
can only stem this outbreak by being vigilant, and recognizing the gravity of 
our situation.

I'm sorry if this message alarms anyone. As a probable carrier of this 
infection, I can assure you this is a nasty disease - especially for people my 
age, which includes most of NCV.

The greatest threat of this virus is difficulty in breathing due to congestion 
in the lungs. Once fluid collects in the lungs, the danger is extreme.

My wish is that everyone in our community remains healthy, and nobody else 
contracts this deadly disease. 

Regards,
Ben & Eileen
2110 Ruby Lane  

[FairfieldLife] Beautiful 3-minute video

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Forwarded from davidshapiro...@gmail.com 

Dear Friends,

Please see this inspiring video on the nature of human-made divisions 
 and the nature of unity.

This is the lesson: 

"The World is my Family." 
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam 

---from Maha upanishad

David

-- 
David Shapiro
Suite 314
1000 Purusha Place
Romney, West Virginia 26757
Telephone: 845-228-8861
Skype phone: davidshapiro1008
Email:  davidshapiro...@gmail.com 

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Honey bees on the Isle of Wight; Slovenia postpones 5G; More satellites are launched

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Forwarded from: Arthur Firstenberg 
 
 
 

 
 THE HONEY BEE’S PLEA

The honey bee in the banner at the top of this newsletter has been speaking to 
us for over one hundred and fourteen years. Its numbers ever diminishing, its 
message ever more urgent, it waits for a sleeping world to finally listen. 
“Now!” it says. “Wake up before it’s too late, there is no more time!”

On the Isle of Wight, off the southern coast of England, Giuglielmo Marconi 
built the world’s first permanent radio station. And the bees’ first warning to 
humanity was heard. “They are often to be seen crawling up grass stems, or up 
the supports of the hive, where they remain until they fall back to the earth 
from sheer weakness, and soon afterwards die,” wrote Augustus Imms of Christ’s 
College, Cambridge in 1906. Ninety percent of the bees had already vanished 
from the entire island. Unable to find a cause, he called it, simply, Isle of 
Wight disease.. Swarms of healthy bees were imported from the mainland, but it 
was of no use: within a week the fresh bees were dying off by the thousands.

The description, more than a century later, is exactly the same. On November 
19, 2019, a 5G antenna was placed 250 meters from Angela’s house in Melbourne, 
Australia. “I photographed the new mast going onto the cell tower,” she writes, 
“and the next day, I was in the driveway talking to our carpenter, and we saw 
bees dropping on the driveway then dying. I managed to film one trying to 
collect pollen, but it was hanging upside down and could not seem to make it to 
the centre of the flower, then it rolled off the petals to the ground.”

Today, two months later, their beautiful garden, full of old world trees and 
plants, is silent and barren. “We have no insects -- none,” wrote Angela last 
week. “Our cumquat once laden all year has no new fruit coming. No olives on 
the way on our olive tree so laden last year. We dug soil yesterday -- no worms 
either -- nothing -- all gone. I walked the dog late tonight, it was dark and a 
poor magpie was down the street under a street lamp hoping for a cricket I 
think. It was silent. I took birdseed back but the bird had gone -- it must be 
hungry to be out at night.”

In the midst of plenty the bees are starving to death. In 2009, Neelima Kumar, 
at Panjab University in India, placed cell phones in some bee hives and turned 
them on for ten minutes. The concentrations of glucose, cholesterol, total 
carbohydrates, total lipids and total proteins rose precipitously in the bees’ 
blood. After just ten minutes’ exposure to a cell phone, the bees were not able 
to digest their food, or use the oxygen they were breathing. Their metabolism 
had come to a standstill.

“Wake up!” say the bees.

“Wake up!” said parents with their children who assembled last Saturday at the 
Church on the Roundabout in Newport on the Isle of Wight to protest plans to 
turn their island into a Smart Island -- to bring Isle of Wight disease back to 
the island of its birth.

Radio waves are poison to life. They penetrate skin and bones, cell walls and 
mitochondria. They prevent electrons from our food from combining with the 
oxygen we breathe. They give us diabetes, and heart disease, and cancer. They 
disorient migratory birds, and they kill outright tiny forms of life that 
pollinate flowers and have high rates of metabolism.

In the mid-1990s, the invisible fire that Marconi had lit became a 
conflagration. For the first time in human history, radio waves began to be 
broadcast not only from tall towers scattered widely across the landscape, but 
from the hands of men, women and children everywhere. And in 2020 this has 
brought us to the brink of extinction -- not just of bees, and not just of 
humanity, but of all life on Earth.

I asked, in a previous newsletter, “which do we want more: our phones or our 
planet?” There is only one sane answer. I ask all of you who are reading this 
newsletter to join with me in putting this world back on a path to survival by 
throwing away your cell phones, now, today. Not next year, and not tomorrow. 
Today. There is no other option. Tomorrow we can deal, if we dare, with climate 
change. But if we are to have time to answer that urgent call, we must first 
deal with this emergency. We must extinguish this fire.

I vote for life. Do you?

SLOVENIA VOTES FOR LIFE, AT LEAST FOR NOW

Last Friday, while people in 250 cities were preparing for the first Global Day 
of Protest against 5G, Slovenia became the first country in the world to refuse 
5G, at least temporarily, because of objections from scientists and the public. 
The Ministry of Public Administration had called a four-hour Public 
Consultation on Radiation Aspects in Ensuring the Operation of 5G Technologies. 

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Kelly Kirkpatrick tax-deductibleMedical Support Fund

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Forwarded from: Stephen Harper: mailto:sharper2...@gmail.com>>

Dear Friends,

Kelly Kirkpatrick, a warm and generous member of our community and IAA assembly 
creating a powerful influence of peace in the world, has been diagnosed with a 
large cancerous tumor in his abdomen and must travel to and stay at the Mayo 
Clinic to receive repeated chemotherapy and rehabilitation treatments. He is in 
great need of donations to cover medical expenses, food & housing, and 
transportation as well as Ayurvedic treatments to heal from the chemo. We 
estimate the need to be approximately $25,000 at this time. However, every 
dollar adds up, and if we all give something, whatever you feel guided to give, 
perhaps we can help save Kelly’s life. Thank you for your love, your compassion 
and your generosity. Donations are tax deductible. Please Forward this email. 
Thank you.

https://givetaxfree.org/campaigns/kelly-kirkpatrick/ 
 


Please Support for our dedicated Sidha, Kelly Kirkpatrick who is seriously ill

Kelly has been both deeply devoted to attending the Super Radiance program in 
the Dome and has consistently worked hard to inspire others to attend. He was 
rounding on the Invincible America Assembly from day one.  Kelly has been 
helping our community for years and now is the time for our community to help 
him.
Kelly has serious intestinal cancer. He needs alternative medical care, better 
housing, paid professional care givers, a Maharishi Yagya for heath, and funds 
to support him as he can no longer work. 
$25,000 is required.
Please open your heart and your pocket to Kelly today. Here's how to make a tax 
deductible donation:

https://givetaxfree.org/campaigns/kelly-kirkpatrick/ 
 

Stephen Harper
641 919-6055
sharper2...@gmail.com 

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Prescription for exercise

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Forwarded from: Shin Ohtake 



Doctors say “just do it.”

Go do a workout. Exercise regularly. Do it often. 

But “just do it” doesn’t tell you what to do.

So, researchers have started to work toward “prescriptions for exercise.” The 
goal? Give you a better idea of the exact type of exercise you should be doing 
to achieve specific health benefits. They aren’t quite there yet, but…

Here’s just some of what they’ve found: 

Middle-age people with high levels of cardio fitness appear to have an 8 times 
lower risk of dementia over the next 44 years (and that’s compared to those 
with “moderate fitness” 
)…Link:
 https://n.neurology.org/content/90/15/e1298
High intensity exercise increases brain activity in the areas of our brains 
impacted by Parkinson’s disease 

 Link: https://www.medscimonit.com/abstract/index/idArt/906179 (and other 
studies show increased glucose uptake in regions impacted by Alzheimer’s 
)…Link:
 https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/103/1/221/4565492
Combined training improves mitochondrial function  
to
 help slow down oxidative damage (a core cause of aging)…Link: 
https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/100/4/1654/2815140
Working muscles releases IL-6 a myokine that might enhance the immune system’s 
response to cancer 
.
 Link: https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulltext/S1550-4131(17)30567-3 At 
the same time, muscular exertion can produce new brain cells… 
Link:
 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41574-019-0174-x
In one study, exercise was just as effective as drugs for people at risk of 
heart disease and diabetes (here’s the study 
)…Link:
 https://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f5577
And in another, more than 50% of 64 adults in this study 

 were able to stop taking their blood sugar medication after 1 year of 
following a workout program…Link: https://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f5577
There are countless studies just like these….
They all agree that exercise is beneficial, but doctors also recognize: 

Not all exercise is created equal. That’s why they’re so set on studying the 
differences. 

Now, of course doing something is better than doing nothing. 

But…

When it comes to getting the most out of each workout, here are some mistakes 
you should avoid…

>>> The 6 WORST Exercise Mistakes to Avoid 
>>> 
>>>  Link: https://n.neurology.org/content/90/15/e1298

If you’re going to start exercising again, make sure you aren’t making these 
mistakes. 

Stay Lean,

Shin

P.S. If you’d like me to plan your workouts for you in 2020, go here 
.
 Link: https://n.neurology.org/content/90/15/e1298



This email was sent by s...@maxworkouts.com  

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[FairfieldLife] Jeff Shaffer upcoming performances

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Forwarded from: jeff4sats...@aol.com

Friends
 
Some of you have attended my performances previously.  Others have expressed 
interest and others - well,, you're my friends.
I have a couple of December public performances coming up quickly.

1.  Friday, 11/29, from 1 - 4pm at the Health & Wholeness Store on the Square.  
I will be playing continuous mini concerts throughout the afternoon during the 
course of their Black Friday sale.  The Store will also be offering some 
refreshments.

2.  Sunday, 12/8, from 7 - 8:30pm at St. Mary's Catholic Church on Fairfield's 
westside.  I am providing a continuous musical ambience that is prayerful, 
contemplative and meditative in nature.  The music will be calming and the 
lighting on low.  Spacious seating and the beautiful, comfortable St. Mary's 
sanctuary will all combine to promote a peaceful setting in which all guests 
are free to come and go as they please.  Free. (Directions:  34w to  turn left 
at Fesslers Automall.  Church is .3 mile on left.)

Hope that you can come and share in the Presence.

Jeff

[FairfieldLife] $15 for Thanksgiving buffet [1 Attachment]

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Forwarded from: "Suzanne B. Stryker & Reveal Wisdom Team" 


PRICE CORRECTION: To help cover the higher costs for the Thanksgiving buffet, 
the price is $15 or a meal ticket + $5. Students, faculty and staff using a 
meal badge do not need to pay the extra $5. If you forwarded the last email to 
anyone, please send them this version with the updated prices.

 
© Suzanne B. Stryker


  
Thanksgiving Buffet
  Thursday  November 28   
12 – 1:30 PM
 
Main Dining Hall (Student Dining Room)
MUM Argiro Student Center
1000 N. 4th St.
Fairfield, Iowa
 
 
 
 
Dear Thanksgiving buffet fans,

Happy Thanksgiving in advance! You are invited to join us for a delicious 
organic vegetarian buffet on Thanksgiving day. It's easy, you'll see old and 
new friends and you don't have to cook or clean up!

The feast will be in MUM's Argiro main dining hall (student dining room). We 
are having it at MUM because some people on campus do not have cars or family 
around. The holidays can feel a little empty if you don't have anyone to 
celebrate it with so please feel free to pass this invitation along to your 
friends and acquaintances. Many people bring friends and pay for their meals. 
We want everyone to feel cared for and loved during this time and all times!
 
Use your mail badge or $15 or a meal ticket + $5. If you can't afford the cost, 
we hope to have some Thanksgiving buffet passes available on a first-come 
first-served basis. On Thanksgiving, please ask the person collecting money for 
lunch at Argiro. 
If you would like to donate for Thanksgiving or Christmas meals, please email 
Suzanne Stryker at i...@revealwisdom.com . 
 
You don't need to respond if you have other plans or even if you're coming, 
just show up. You don't need to bring anything. I will put candles on two long 
rows of tables in the dining hall. Hopefully all of us will be able to sit 
together, but let's be flexible so we don't disturb other people's lunches or 
feelings.
 
Let's spread our joy and love far and wide, extending our family to embrace 
everyone. 
 
To UNSUBSCRIBE, emaili...@revealwisdom.com  and 
indicate the email you wish to unsubscribe.
 
Love,
 
Suzanne B. Stryker
RevealWisdom.com  
 
i...@revealwisdom.com 

[FairfieldLife] Thanksgiving buffet Nov. 28 MUM 12-1 PM

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Forwarded from: "Suzanne B. Stryker" 


© Suzanne B. Stryker

Thanksgiving Buffet
Thursday  November 28   
12 – 1 PM
 
Main Dining Hall (Student Dining Room)
MUM Argiro Student Center
1000 N. 4th St.
Fairfield, Iowa

Dear Thanksgiving buffet fans,

Happy Thanksgiving in advance! You are invited to join us for a delicious 
organic vegetarian buffet on Thanksgiving day. It's easy, you'll see old and 
new friends and you don't have to cook or clean up!

The feast will be in MUM's Argiro main dining hall (student dining room). We 
are having it at MUM because some people on campus do not have cars or family 
around. The holidays can feel a little empty if you don't have anyone to 
celebrate it with so please feel free to pass this invitation along to your 
friends and acquaintances. Many people bring friends and pay for their meals. 
We want everyone to feel cared for and loved during this time and all times!

The cost is around $10 or use your meal badge. If you can't afford the cost, we 
hope to have some Thanksgiving buffet passes available on a first-come 
first-served basis. On Thanksgiving, please ask the person collecting money for 
lunch at Argiro. 

If you would like to donate for Thanksgiving or Christmas meals, please email 
Suzanne Stryker at grouph...@gmail.com.  

You don't need to respond if you have other plans or even if you're coming, 
just show up. You don't need to bring anything. I will put candles on two long 
rows of tables in the dining hall. Hopefully all of us will be able to sit 
together, but let's be flexible so we don't disturb other people's lunches or 
feelings.

Let's spread our joy and love far and wide, extending our family to embrace 
everyone. 

To UNSUBSCRIBE, email grouph...@gmail.com  and 
indicate the email you wish to unsubscribe.

Love,

Suzanne B. Stryker
RevealWisdom.com  

grouph...@gmail.com 
>  

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: A street (Marg) in Ayodhya was named "Maharishi Mahesh Yogi"

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A street (Marg) in Ayodhya was named "Maharishi Mahesh Yogi"

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi marg inaugurated in Ayodhya 
 by Prakash Shrivastva 
ji. 1 minute video all in Hindi:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HHPtxJ2IYM 
 

[FairfieldLife] 11,000 scientists warn of 'untold suffering' caused by climate change [3 Attachments]

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https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/05/world/climate-emergency-scientists-warning-intl-trnd/index.html
 

11,000 scientists warn of 'untold suffering' caused by climate change
 
By Emma Tobin and Ivana Kottasová 
, CNN
Updated 2:54 PM ET, Tue November 5, 2019






(CNN) How many scientists does it take to convince the world to take climate 
change seriously 
? 

More than 11,000 researchers from around the world on Tuesday issued a grim 
warning of the "untold suffering" that will be caused by climate change 

 if humanity doesn't change its ways.
The group said that as scientists, they have the "moral obligation to tell it 
like it is."
Phoebe Barnard, one of the lead authors of the report and the chief science and 
policy officer at the Conservation Biology Institute, a nonprofit science 
group, told CNN the report makes it clear "there's no more wiggle room" for 
policymakers.

 

US begins formal withdrawal from Paris climate accord 

"Posterity will remember them badly for dismissing climate change as a serious 
threat to our civilization," she said.
It's not the first time thousands of academics united to urge people to take 
action on climate change. More than 16,000 scientists from 184 countries 
 
published a letter in 2017, warning that "human beings and the natural world 
are on a collision course."
The latest report was published in BioScience 
,
 a peer-reviewed scientific journal. The scientists, who come from over 150 
countries, said the climate crisis is "closely linked to excessive consumption 
of the wealthy lifestyle." 
Echoing the words of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg 
,
 the scientists have criticized policymakers for failing to take an action. 
"Despite 40 years of global climate negotiations, with few exceptions, we have 
generally conducted business as usual and have largely failed to address this 
predicament," they said. 

 

Greta Thunberg asks for help to get to COP25 climate summit in Spain, after 
Chile pulls out 

They listed six key issues that need to be addressed if humanity wants to 
prevent the most catastrophic scenarios. 
These include replacing fossil fuels, cutting the emissions of climate 
pollutants such as methane and soot, eating less meat, restoring and protecting 
ecosystems, building a carbon-free economy and stabilizing population growth by 
investing into family-planning services and girls education.
Barnard said the changes shouldn't be seen as "sacrifices," but as a way of 
"transforming things that we have found stressful." 
"Everything from road rage and congestion and dirty air," she said.

[FairfieldLife] Drs. Harung and Travis – Transcendental Meditation technique and how it leads to greater brain integration

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Maharishi’s Global Family Chat
16 September 2019
Video Archives :  
https://maharishichannel.in/archives/gfc2-2019.html
Summary Online 
:
  Below
Drs. Harung and Travis
Theme: Transcendental Meditation technique 
and how it leads to greater brain integration
 
Research on what’s special about the brains of world-class performers
 
Whether athletes, musicians, executives, or scholars, some people just stand 
out. And research shows that their brains differ in specific ways from those 
who are less accomplished.

Dr. Harald Harung from Oslo Metropolitan University talked about the amazing 
complexity of the human brain and the discovery of Dr. Fred Travis at Maharishi 
University of Management of a way to use EEG to measure how effectively one’s 
brain functions. His “Brain Integration Scale” shows that high brain 
integration is associated with high performance.

Dr. Harung then discussed the reasons one might think would lead to world-class 
performance, such as education, incentives, experience, and practice. But 
extensive research has found that these factors can only account for a small 
fraction of the success of high performing individuals.

An integrated brain is the key, according to three studies by Drs. Harung and 
Travis. They studied top Olympic athletes, professional orchestral musicians, 
and highly successful executives. These top performers tended to have greater 
brain integration than those with more ordinary levels of achievement.

The question, then, is how to develop brain integration. Research by Dr. Travis 
has found that the Transcendental Meditation technique results in substantial 
brain integration.

The diagram below shows the brain integration of world-class performers 
compared to those who are average. And by way of comparison, individuals who 
had been practicing Transcendental Meditation an average of 24 years had almost 
the double brain integration of the world-class performers.
 


Dr. Harung explained how transcending affects the brain, and how this approach 
to meditation has specific effects not seen in other meditations. 

In their short book World-Class Brain, Drs. Harung and Travis offer a readable 
introduction to the brain, and give an accessible overview of their three 
studies. They show that brain integration is not only associated with high 
performance, but also with greater moral behaviour and a higher frequency of 
peak experiences.
 


The book explains in greater detail what brain integration is and discusses 
ways to develop it, ultimately focusing on the special benefits of the 
Transcendental Meditation technique and how it leads to greater brain 
integration.

It includes a chapter on peak experiences and higher states of consciousness, 
as outlined by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and describes Dr. Travis’s research on 
long-term meditators experiencing these higher states. The book also makes the 
point that groups of individuals with greater brain integration can improve the 
function of organizations. And it explains how, based on scientific research, 
an entire society can benefit from developing individual brains.

World-Class Brain is available on Amazon 
(https://www.amazon.com/World-Class-Brain-Harald-Harung-PhD/dp/1796680109 
), 
and a more comprehensive book by Drs. Harung and Travis on world-class 
performance, titled Excellence Through Mind-Brain Development, is available 
from www.brainintegrationsystems.com.. 

 

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with your mobile device to www.MaharishiChannel.in 
 and click the Mobile button or menu.
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 for latest in available material.
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[FairfieldLife] Mayoral, School Board and Indian Hill CC Board Elections

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Forwarded from: DAVID SANDS mailto:dsand...@msn.com>>
To: jeffcobernieprogressi...@googlegroups.com 
 
mailto:jeffcobernieprogressi...@googlegroups.com>>


Elections for Mayor of Fairfield, for the Board of the Fairfield Community 
School District, and for the Board of Indian Hills Community College are next 
Tuesday, November 5th. There’s still time to vote early at the Courthouse. 
Please Vote!
 
You might print this first page and take it with you when you go to vote so 
that you’ll have the name of the write-in candidates worthy of support.
 
For School Board, please vote for Christi Welsh and Timothy Bower, and please 
write in John McKerley and Margo Von Strohuber.
 
For Indian Hills Community College Board of Trustees Director District #3, 
please write in the name Susie Drish.
 
Mayoral Race: Replay of the mayoral candidate forum held Wednesday is available 
to watch here 
.
 If you are unsure about whom to vote for mayor of Fairfield, I strongly urge 
you to watch this forum as each candidate revealed themselves to a degree 
rarely seen in a forum. Trying not to sound prejudicial, I’d say that Connie 
Boyer came across with a business orientation, Michael Halley offered a 
moderate perspective and Ed Noyes offered an individual-first perspective.
 
More on the Candidates:
 
Having strong public schools is essential to having a thriving community. 
Therefore, having dedicated, competent people on the Board is essential. Please 
be engaged. Your vote is very, very important, least some random person or 
someone with an agenda get enough votes to get on the Board. A big turnout 
assures that these good candidates win seats on the School Board.
 
Only one person currently serving on the Board running for reelection — Christi 
Welsh. She’s been an effective participant on the Board since her election two 
years ago, when she ran to complete a term. I’ve put information supplied by 
Christi and the other candidates below..
 
A second person on the ballot, Timothy Bower, has served on the Board of 
Education in Muscatine, IA.
 
The names of these two candidates are on the ballot. However, there are four 
positions open. Fortunately, two additional candidates have come forward whom 
I’m happy to support. Please write in for School Board the names of John 
McKerley and Margo Von Strohuber.
 
Also, please write in the name Susie Drish for Indian Hills Community College 
Board of Trustees Director District #3.
 
You can vote now until November 4th at the Jefferson County Courthouse. The 
election is next Tuesday, Nov. 5th.
 
—David
 
 
On Tim Bower — FF Ledger (a.k.a. Southeast Iowa Union) article. (He’s on the 
ballot.):
 
Bower was born and raised on a farm near Glasgow in Jefferson County. He is a 
graduate of Fairfield High School, Iowa State University with a Bachelor of 
Science Mechanical Engineering and holds a Master’s in Business Administration 
degree through the University of Iowa’s Executive program.
Bower was elected to three, four-year terms to the Muscatine School Board and 
resigned from the Board when he and his wife relocated to Fairfield last year. 
During his three terms with the Muscatine School Board, he served as president 
and vice-president. Every year while on the Board, he received the Better 
Boardsmanship award from the Iowa Association of School Boards. This award is 
based on continued learning sessions completed to improve board members and 
increase their awareness of critical issues. Bower was also appointed to the 
Iowa Governor’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Advisory 
Council - Southeast Iowa Region. Bower was elected by the Southeast Iowa, 
District 9 region as Director of the Iowa Association of School Boards and held 
that position for three years. Bower and his wife Karen are members of the 
Wesley United Methodist Church and are trained Stephen Ministers and Stephen 
Minister Leaders.
“As a board member, Bower will ask the necessary questions, focus on the 
financial soundness of the district, and support efforts to improve and 
solidify learning programs. He believes all individuals are lifelong learners. 
We also need to be progressive to meet the education needs of our youth so they 
are ready to meet the needs of the 21st century,” stated a news release from 
Bower.
 
On Margo Von Strohuber (Supplied by candidate. Please write in her name.):
 
Education:  
Montessori training, University of California, San Diego, CA 1971
AA, Grossmont College, La Mesa, CA 1977
BA, English, University of California, Irvine, CA 1979
MA, English, University of California, Irvine, CA 1989
Special Education Endorsement, Indian Hills Community College 2001
 
Experience:
United States Marine Corps, Camp Pendleton, CA, 1962-1964
Owner/operator, Discovery Montessori School, La Mesa CA 1972 - 1977
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[FairfieldLife] New Study: Maharishi Vastu Architecture Increases Creativity

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From: The Review, Vol. 35, #3, October 16, 2019
Copyright 2019, Maharishi University of Management

New Study: Maharishi Vastu Architecture Increases Creativity

A new study published in Creativity Research Journal found increased creativity 
in employees who work in a building designed according to Maharishi Vastu® 
architecture.

In the first study of its kind, 21 employees of an architectural consulting 
firm who moved into a Maharishi Vastu office building scored more highly on the 
standardized Torrance Test of Creative Thinking compared to their score four 
months earlier in their previous location. The study found that there was less 
than a 1% possibility that the result was due to chance.

“This research experimentally demonstrated that moving from a conventional 
architecture building into a Vastu building led to large measurable 
improvements in employee creativity, in particular in the originality of the 
ideas generated and their detailed elaboration,” said Professor Anil 
Maheshwari, first author on the study. “I think every organization, big and 
small, could benefit.”

The study was based on the PhD dissertation research of management student 
Margaret Rose Werd, who is a coauthor of the published version.

The researchers hypothesized that this traditional system of architecture that 
originated in India would have a wide range of benefits because it’s said to be 
more in harmony with nature.

Features of Maharishi Vastu include alignment with the cardinal directions; a 
silent central area called a Brahmasthan; specific placement and proportions of 
the rooms; appropriate slope and shape of the land; an unobstructed view of the 
sun; a location that’s distant from sources of electromagnetic radiation; and 
use of natural materials and energy.

“It may seem unfamiliar to a Western, scientific perspective, but the fact is 
that our physiology is intimately tied to the material and rhythms and forces 
of the earth and sun,” Dr. Maheshwari said.

Creativity Research Journal is one of the two leading journals in research on 
creativity.

[FairfieldLife] Invitation: Affordable Maharishi Panchakarma on Campus

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October 8, 2019

An Invitation to Affordable 
Maharishi PanchakarmaSM 
Treatments on Campus

Dear Friends of MUM,

I am excited to announce that our new Maharishi AyurVeda Integrative Health 
Center is now ready to start booking Maharishi Panchakarma (PK) appointments.

The International PK Trainers are here and are now training ten new PK 
Technicians in the latest PK techniques. Training will conclude on Oct. 6th and 
we are now booking appointments starting October 14 and onward.

Panchakarma is an integrated series of treatments and procedures that, taken 
together, very effectively dislodge impurities from the cells and tissues and 
flush them from the body.

The affordable approach and research & teaching orientation of MUM’s new clinic 
— combined with the luxurious setting and comprehensive treatment programs at 
The Raj — makes Fairfield America’s premiere destination for Ayurvedic 
knowledge and treatments.

Affordable Pricing of Treatments

With our new, affordable programs you can enjoy the benefits of PK on campus — 
and avoid international travel, passports and visas, jet lag, and the 
air-quality and herbal-purity issues found at many international destinations.

The full Maharishi Panchakarma program offer includes three treatments each day 
with two technicians. Treatments are full length and basti is included..

Full Treatment Program - $325/day

$100 Introductory Discount: If you are interested in learning more or 
scheduling a treatment program and receiving a $100 discount on a 3-day or 
longer treatment please submit the form at:

https://mum-clinic.org/introductory-discount 

Note: Treatment must be scheduled to start by December 31, 2019 to receive the 
$100 discount.

Treatment Consultation Program with Vaidya Manohar under the Supervision of Jim 
Davis, D.O.

At this time, with Vaidya Manohar in-residence, there is a precious opportunity 
to schedule an affordable $150 consultation program where Vaidya Manohar will:

make recommendations for your home cleansing program,
meet you in person for 15 minutes before you begin treatment to recommend your 
treatment program, and
meet you in-person for 15 minutes at the end of your treatment to provide 
post-treatment recommendations for herbs and diet
I am very excited about launching this brand new, state-of-the-art teaching and 
research clinic at Maharishi University of Management, with nearly 250 
post-graduate AyurVeda health practitioners already in training under the 
guidance of our world-renowned vaidyas and accomplished medical doctors.


The Raj, America’s premiere
Maharishi AyurVeda Health Center


The New Maharishi AyurVeda Integrative Health Center and adjacent in-residence 
facility

I also want to support and acknowledge The Raj for its 27 years of tremendous 
achievements, and for the leading role it continues to play in offering high 
quality Maharishi Panchakarma programs in its luxurious and beautiful natural 
setting.

With my very best wishes for your health and happiness,

John Hagelin, President
Maharishi University of Management

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[FairfieldLife] Maharishi School Ranks #1 in Iowa (from the MUM Review)

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Maharishi School Ranks #1 in Iowa
 
Maharishi School (on the Maharishi University of Management campus in 
Fairfield, Iowa, USA) tops all other private schools in Iowa in five of six 
categories according to the website Niche.com . (See 
https://www.niche.com/k12/maharishi-school-fairfield-ia/ 
.)
 
Maharishi Upper School is ranked #1 as the Best Private High School in Iowa out 
of 53 schools statewide.
 
The Upper School is also #1 in the categories of Most Diverse, Best College 
Prep, and Best Boarding. In addition, Maharishi School received a rating of #1 
in the category of Best Private K-12 Schools in Iowa.
 
And out of 77 schools both private and public, Maharishi Upper School ranked #3 
in the category Best High Schools for STEM in Iowa, with STEM referring to 
science, technology, engineering, and math.
 
Rankings are based on data from the U.S. Department Education and from reviews 
from students, parents, and teachers.

[FairfieldLife] Narendra Modi published a book on Yoga with one page on Maharishi

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India´s Prime Minister Narendra Modi published a book on Yoga in which he 
dedicated one full page to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. 

The photos show the cover page, the page on Maharishi and an English 
translation of the page.