MAGNETIC THERAPY
I am happy to say that magnets and far infrared products have given me a new life Since my immune system breakdown. I had suffered through an overactive thyroid, then radiation of such, then fibromyalgia and a host of other ills associated with the immune system. I am able to play tennis again after 15 yrs. It was interesting that the same time I became involved with these products that our new creation book highlighted the need for the electromagnetic field to be in tune for life to continue. By supplying magnetism to my body I have increased energy, less discomfort and with the far infrared products reducing toxins I feel sooo much better. The Japanese are far ahead of us in health care.....it's hard to find a band-aid in Japan that doesn't have a magnet in it. Sounds funny doesn't it? But I wear a magnet on my back, in my shoes and I wear a magnetic necklace around my neck every day....I sleep on a magnetic bed pad have a far infrared comforter and oh what restorative sleep it is!! I remember how I wished I could put everyone I met on a sleep system when you wrote that really nice article based on the societies publications about sleep deprivation. It really does have a profound affect doesn't it when you get a good nights rest. My seventy yr. old mother came home from a senior fair in our area and said she signed us up to sell magnets....boy did I laugh at her, I thought she was talking about the ones you put on the fridge. Wasn't long before I was convinced that she had fallen on to something. We now are distributors and helping lots of people with many different problems. Not as rewarding as the ministry but it's nice to like your employment if you have to work, huh? Love to all my brothers and sisters who will read this and now you know why I have a "magnetic personality", hee hee.

Gabby
gab4real@email.msn.com
from Spring Grove, Pa. Pigeon Hills Cong. Hanover, Pa. USA
5/99

FYBOMYALGIA - INJECTION OF TRIGGER POINTS
It is Angela Mayes again with a suggestion for Fibro sufferers. My doctor has this week started giving me Trigger Point Injections into my trapezoids muscle to try a new idea for Fibro. The cocktail is Marcaine, Lidocaine and B12. Already I have had relief in this muscle which has not stopped hurting in 3 years. I can fully rotate my right arm with accompanying pain. I plan to continue this course of treatment along with exercise and hope to have longer periods free from pain between each set of injections. Maybe this would help some of my brothers and sisters. Just thought I would let you know what is working for me.

Angie Mayes
5/99

MULTIPLE PROBLEMS AND TREATMENT
I began going to a brother who specializes in alternative medicine which includes chiropractic and acupuncture. After just a few minutes of explanation regarding my arm going numb at night and being very tired. He seemed to know exactly what to do. He did some neck and back adjustments which relieved my headache and neck ache which I had had for several days. He also asked about the quality of my sleep. Well I thought I was a good sleeper but, after he brought it up I realized that I had experienced interrupted sleep for the last several years since my daughter was born. I am often awakened several times a night and I seem to have a constant ear open for "danger". My dog often woke me up, the sounds in the street, my daughter, the safety of the house. So he recommended something to help me get a good nights sleep. He also mentioned that I could have the beginnings of chronic fatigue syndrome. I was not prepared to hear that. So he also put me on some nutritional powder formulas because I am so thin and basically appear malnourished. These were all eye opening for me but, seem to fit my symptoms. Well, after one more visit and more back adjustments I am beginning to feel much better. I feel more alert. Calmer. I am resting much better and I awake refreshed. To help me sleep I am taking a Valerian-Amino Acid Formula at bedtime and a Neuromuscular Support Formula with meals. I also have a powdered nutritional drink to give added nutrition and protein in my diet. I am already seeing results with just a week and a half of treatment.

I hope to see more improvement and am hopeful that I am on the right track for improved health. I know there is no cure-all until the new system but, maybe someone would benefit by hearing my experience. I am sure many of us could be malnourished and worn out more than we realize because of life in this stressful fast paced world. If you think it would be helpful pass this along to others. I will keep you posted on my progress.

Carol
5/99

SUGGESTIONS THAT HAVE HELPED ME WITH CFS & FIBROMYALGIA
Hi there ! i have come by before but decided upon a friend's suggestion to do it again and would love to report that i have been ALMOST well. hate to even say that as Satan is watching... but my CFS and fibromyalgia are almost in remission/ if that is possible... i am on an excellent diet and do take all my supplements and nutrients/ there is a fine MD who has helped me to get SO much better. Her link is on my web page. I encourage all of you to go to her site from my site... she has a comprehensive listing of conditions that can be helped or cured with food and supplements. in all fairness, i must say, i also workout daily... the weight lifting and aerobic workouts have helped to make me almost well. please write to me at digitalgita@earthlink.net if you wish to and I'd love to share my routine with you!!! May Jah bless and keep you!

Gita Quebec, Canada
www.home.earthlink.net/~digitalgita
digitalgita@earthlink.net
5/99

IBM debuts talking browser
Computer giant opens up Internet to the blind with English-speaking Web browser
February 3, 1999: 10:03 a.m. ET

NEW YORK (CNNfn) - Big Blue is reaching out to the visually impaired.

IBM Corp. said Wednesday it is rolling out a new talking Web browser that will bring the blind and visually impaired up to speed on the information superhighway.
The new software, called Home Page Reader for Windows, provides Internet access by translating the information found on a Web site into the spoken word.
For now, the product is available in English, joining the original Japanese version of the technology. IBM, however, said it plans to translate Home Page Reader into other languages this year.
"More and more people are joining the Internet revolution," said Chuck King, product manager, IBM Special Needs Systems. "But until recently, access to the Internet was extremely limited for blind adults and children. Home Page Reader is closing the information gap between sighted and blind computer users at home and at work. Now, more people nationwide can benefit from the wealth of information available on the Internet."
IBM tested the new English version of Home Page Reader across the country. The original Japanese version was developed with the help of Chieko Asakawa, a blind researcher from IBM's Tokyo Research Laboratory.
More than 850,000 individuals in the United States are blind, according to the National Federation of the Blind.
Home Page Reader uses IBM's ViaVoice Outloud U.S. English text-to-speech technology, and Netscape Navigator to speak Web-based information in an easy-to-understand format.
According to the company, the product recognizes HTML tags, the programming language used to design Web pages, to accurately translate text, tables, graphic descriptions, text in column format and data fields.
Home Page Reader uses a simple keypad that allows blind users to interact with their computer and easily navigate the Internet. A fast-forward function allows users to skim Web pages to locate information quickly. Additionally, the software offers an integrated electronic mail feature that allows users to send messages via e-mail.

Priced at $149, Home Page Reader is available immediately in the United States. Additional user licenses can be purchased at $129 each.
Home Page Reader software runs on Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT.

Shares of Armonk, NY-based IBM (IBM) finished Tuesday at 176-3/4 a share on the New York Stock Exchange.

EXCITING NEWS FOR THE BLIND !

I have received a letter from German business friends, (not witnesses) with some exciting news for the blind.

The man is blind as a result of an operation gone wrong many years ago, and I am fascinated by his ability to live a normal life. I thought I would share this tidbit with my friends, although we are looking forward to the new order when complete vision will be restored to our blind loved ones.

"A development worth reporting: [Some particular friends] were invited to meet the team of eye surgeons and computer specialists working on a research program to restore sight to the blind by implanting a specially prepared foil on the retina, and feeding it with digital impulses from a computer so miniaturized that it fits into a spectacle frame, and is capable of processing the images that fall on the spectacle lenses and transmitting them to the foil on the retina in a form that can be translated into vision by the brain.

The Germans, it seems are world leaders in this field, and are confident of making the first human implant in 2002. The computer hardware is ready; so, too, is the software. The neurocybernetic homework has been done, and animal trials will begin next year. On present laboratory evidence, it will not be possible to restore sight sufficiently for reading purposes, but outlines, shapes and even colors will be made sufficiently visible to permit some degree of unaccompanied mobility. This is the start. Prof. Rolf Eckmiller and his team are confident of further improvement. Although the State has funded the research thus far with a grant of DM 10m, it will need five times that figure to go from laboratory proto typestoserial production.

What are the [some particular friends] to make of all this? S. could not hold back her tears, while R. is stunned at the prospect of possibly seeing again. Darkness has become so all-embracing and familiar that even a ray of light - let alone a shape - would be an innovation too overwhelming for words. We shall see - hopefully, in this case, quite literally so!

Quoteregards, MD

Name: Thys Maartens
Congregation: Swakopmund
Living in: Namibia
Received: Friday 18 December 1998