November 2009 Vol. 19 No. 4
Astrology
November 2009 Astrology

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 22)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCORPIO! Giving the adventurous side of your nature free reign during your personal new year should allow you to enjoy the fresh experiences that are headed your way. An abundance of energy compliments your desire to make major improvements in areas that can use

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Astrology
About Scorpio

Oct 23 - Nov 21/22
I CREATE”
Symbol: Scorpion, Eagle & Phoenix 
Rules: the generative system
Colors: deep reds
A fixed, water sign of negative polarity
Planet: Mars and Pluto
Keywords:
Intense, passion, transformative

Those born under this Sign are serious in their mission to learn about others. Ther

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Environment
Ethics and the Green Revolution

A conscious understanding of our physical environment has been slowly seeping into our lives for years, beginning with Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, a book on the effects of the chemical DDT on our environment published in 1962. Along with huge strides in efforts to protect the environment have c

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Health & Wellbeing
Herbs in My Garden: Chamomile

"..... Peter was not very well during the evening. His mother put him to bed, and made some chamomile tea and she gave a dose of it to Peter."
- from The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Chamomile is one of the most soothing and safest of all medicinal herbs; it is used for a whole variety of d
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Health & Wellbeing
Sheila Is a Punk Roper

In the 70s, Janis Ian came out with “Seventeen”. Remember how she was never picked for basketball? Being both “athletically challenged” and terminally short, precluded me from being picked for any team related activity above “bench warmer”. In high school, my Converse sneakers, held toge

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Health
Your Unique Thermal Fingerprint

Each individual has their own unique thermal pattern (normally symmetric) that is accurate and static throughout their lifetime. Any changes to the normal Thermal Fingerprint caused by early cell changes (pathology) will become increasingly apparent when utilizing thermography. This is why monitorin

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Point of View
Drug Courts Offer Real Help to Addicts

Remember the “War on Drugs?” coined by Nixon in 1969, and discontinued by the Obama Administration in May 2009. This “war” has raged for forty years and poured billions annually into failed programs. According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, in just one year, 2003, we spent $1
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Point of View
US Chamber Hates “Buy American” Slogan
The slogan, “Buy American,” makes good sense during a time when America is digging its way out of a recession that took 8 years to create. But the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has lost sight of who they use to represent, so they are spending millions to make sure that Americans ignore the slogan,
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Environment
No Sludge

SLO County Planning Commission Bans Sewage Sludge Land Application on Open Space Lands

At its Oct. 23 meeting, the SLO County Planning Commission approved Open Space Policy OS 2.4, which prohibits land application of sewage sludge and composts containing it on open space lands in SLO County.  The Co
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Health & Wellbeing
Local Foods Getting Even Better

Now how can that be? We are very lucky in good old San Luis Obispo County. The County is rated as one of the best places to live in the USA. And local agriculture is one of the big reasons.
Climate, soil and open spaces all allow agriculture to flourish. Sure, we have great wines and we also grow so

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Point of View
Is It Time to Make Health Freedom a Constitutional Right?

A core principle of what I call Health Medicine is a patient’s right to freedom of choice and their right to know. Whom are we kidding when, because of monopolistic medical practices, patients are not informed of all the treatments known from evidence to benefit their condition—especially alter

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The Arts
Celebrate the holiday season with San Luis Obispo Blues Society
The Kirk Fletcher Band featuring Kirk Fletcher, guitarist for the Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Mannish Boys, and the Hollywood Blue Flames, will light up stage at the holiday SLO Blues Show on Saturday, December 5. The dance concert will take place at the SLO Vets Hall, 801 Grand Avenue at 8:00 p.m. F
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The Arts
Cuesta’s New Performing Arts Center: Cooler than Yours
Grand opening - CPAC November 20th
Cuesta Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Choirs
and Voce to perform - 7:30 p.m. 

Great news this month! Another music venue is opening up on the Central Coast. It is the Cuesta College Cultural and Performing Arts Center, or CPAC, located at the San Luis Obispo cam

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Spirituality
It’s Not Easy Being Indigo

Imagine feeling like an alien or freak everywhere you go. Crowds are a nightmare; you can see and or feel other peoples' emotions or energy. You realize the world we live in is one big joke that nobody else gets, and you are forced to play along. You feel like nobody understands or really gets you.

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Point of View
Rebuttal to Readin,’ an’ Writin,’ an’ Meditation?
Rebuttal to Readin,’ an’ Writin,’ an’ Meditation?
In April 09, Information Press ran an article entitled Readin,’ an’ Writin,’ an’ Meditation? It contained wrong information and suggested that the Transcendental Meditation Program was a religion, in conflict with “separation of chur
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