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Unbelievable images of the heavens  

“The universe is an amazing place. The problem is that we can’t go out and explore it. Even getting to Mars and back would take several years. And that’s without stopping to sightsee!

That’s why we have telescopes. Everyone knows about Hubble and Mount Palomar. But you may not have encountered the Chandra X-Ray Observatory.

Chandra is a 10-year-old satellite designed to study X-ray emissions. Aside from furthering scientific research, it takes great pictures. Even better, they are all posted for free online.

The Chandra site has a number of ways to find pictures. You can sort by year or category. There is also a Sky Map and a 3D Wall.

Information is provided about each pictured stellar object. And most of the images can be downloaded. You can also visit the Education section. It has detailed information on the Chandra program and X-ray astronomy.”

Link:  http://chandra.harvard.edu

Grace and Andy Anderon CELEBRATE WITH SHAKLEE AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN ANAHEIM

$5 Billion in Paid Commissions, New Car Incentive Program and Launch of Three Innovative New Products Announced at 2010 Global Conference

Recently we joined thousands of entrepreneurs at the 2010 Shaklee Global Conference in Anaheim, Calif. At the event, Shaklee Corporation announced that it has surpassed five billion dollars in commissions paid to its more than 1.2 million Shaklee Family Members worldwide.

“Shaklee’s mission is to create the best natural health products and market them through a business model that gives people the opportunity to achieve the dream of owning their own business and controlling their financial future,” said Shaklee CEO Roger Barnett. “This commission milestone is a tribute to the tens of thousands of distributors around the world who have found success in their own independent business with Shaklee.”

The company also announced a new Car Incentive Program which will allow distributors to qualify for car bonuses that can be used to pay for a lease or purchase of a brand new car, with extra incentives for those who lease or purchase hybrid vehicles.

“Shaklee’s new rewards and compensation program perfectly aligns with our values by creating new opportunities for distributors to grow their business with tangible lifestyle and financial incentives,” said Barnett. “This program will also allow our distributors to touch more people and share the Shaklee opportunity of doing well by doing good. That’s a powerful thing.”

At the event, we were  honored by Shaklee as Star Achievers, which recognized our success in building a business and helping people live healthier through the Shaklee lifestyle.

Shaklee introduced three brand new, innovative products: the Fiber Advantage Bar, Cholesterol Reduction Complex† and the Get Clean® Water pitcher.

The Fiber Advantage Bar delivers eight grams of heart-healthy fiber in a 120-calorie snack bar that is made from 100 percent natural ingredients. It contains no high fructose corn syrup and is gluten free and has a low glycemic index. Health experts recommend 20-35 grams of fiber per day for most people, yet the average American gets just 14 grams, according to national nutrition surveys.

Cholesterol Reduction Complex contains plant sterols and stanols, which are found in plants, grains, fruits and vegetables.  They have a chemical structure similar to cholesterol to help block the absorption of cholesterol and lower bad cholesterol (LDL) levels in the bloodstream. Gluten free Cholesterol Reduction Complex tablets contain no artificial flavors, sweeteners, colors or added preservatives.

The multi-patented Get Clean Water pitcher uses a solid block of carbon to filter and clean water.* Each Get Clean Water filter is certified to reduce contaminants from 80 gallons of water, twice as much as Brita® and PUR® pitcher filters, and each filter is made from sustainable coconut shell carbon using a zero-emission process. As the first pitcher with a refillable carbon-block filter system, Get Clean Water also reduces landfill waste.

 For more information about these new Shaklee products, contact us HERE.

†Products providing 800 mg or more daily of plant sterols and stanols consumed with two different meals, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease. Cholesterol Reduction Complex provides 1,000 mg of plant sterols and stanols per serving, and 2,000 mg daily when used as directed.

*Contaminants reduced not in all users’ water.  See product performance data sheet for complete contaminant reductions.

All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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About Shaklee

Founded in 1956, Shaklee Corporation is the number one natural nutrition company in the United States. A leading provider of premium-quality natural nutrition products, personal care products, and environmentally friendly home care products, Shaklee has more than 50 patents and patents pending worldwide. With more than 1.2 million members and distributors around the globe, Shaklee currently operates in the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, and China. In 2000, Shaklee became the first company in the world to be Climate Neutral™ certified to totally offset its CO2 emissions, resulting in a net-zero impact on the environment.

Drinking enough water everyday can alleviate some of life’s annoying ailments.

Consider the following: 

In one University, 100% of the dieters were able to shut down midnight hunger pangs with one glass of water.

Do you suffer from daytime fatigue?  Lack of water is the # 1 trigger.

How about back and joint pain?  Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease the pain.

Is fuzzy thinking a problem?  A 2 % drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math and difficulty focusing on the computer screen.

Some real benefits of drinking 5 glasses of water daily are:  It decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45% and it can slash the risk of breast cancer by up to 79% and a person is less likely to develop bladder cancer by 50%.

Now that is something to drink to!

Watch this VIDEO about a NEW way to get clean water for pennies a day.

Shaklee Independent Distributor

Have you ever wished you could hear a Dr. or someone in the medical field talk about a problem you have a concern about?

Problems like Fibromyalgia, Arthritis, Pain Management, Digestion, Inflammatory Bowel Syndrome, Cancer, Healthy Heart, Baby & Children’s health……… to name a few.

Now, you can!  Login HERE, 24/7.  Then bookmark it for future reference.  

Listen to 31 presentations by a variety of speakers. View recorded webinars.

Let your friends know about this site.  More content will be added in the weeks ahead.  Video and audio presentations are available now.

 Happy Learning!

Shaklee Independent Distributor

A bushy, clover plant, widely cultivated as a forage and fodder crop, alfalfa is extremely high in protein, 18.9%. Compare that to beef – 16.5%, whole wheat – 13.8%, eggs – 13.1%, and milk – 3.3%. Furthermore, look at what alfalfa adds to your daily diet: vitamins C, B6, D, E, K, U, and betaine (a tissue salt), plus the minerals; calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, sulfur and manganese; and alfalfa is very high in trace minerals.

What else does Alfalfa contain? Chlorophyll, nature’s richest source, a powerful body cleanser and detoxifier. Do you suffer from hay fever or allergies? Consider this: the chlorophyll in alfalfa is a natural healing substance and has helped many others just like you.

Who should consider taking alfalfa? From A to Z –just about everyone! Especially YOU if:

A – you ever had bad breath or body odor

B – you are slow to heal

C – you catch colds, the flu, or other infections easily

D – you suffer from fatigue

E – you have sore muscles

F – you are arthritic, have bursitis or rheumatism

G – you have chronic indigestion or ulcers

H – you experience irregular heartbeats

I – your blood clots too slowly

J – you have weak bones or are a post-menopausal woman

K – you retain too much fluid

L – you suffer from PMS

M – you have allergies or sinus troubles

N – you have weak kidneys or urinary tract infections

O – you have gout

P – you are asthmatic

Q – you are overweight

R – you are underweight

S – you are an athlete

T – your eyesight is deteriorating

U – you have prostate problems

V – you are anemic

W – you have high blood pressure

X – you have elevated cholesterol levels

Y - you have acne or other skin ailments

Z – you are a growing child or teenager

When people do not get results from supplements it is usually because they are not taking enough or they are not taking them consistently. We have found that most people will get dramatically improved results with a minimum of 20 Alfalfa per day. Ten Alfalfa tablets per meal is generally a good guideline. Just think of it as eating 10 peas on a plate.

Alfalfa was my Mother’s favorite product.  She would buy the large size (700 tablets) by the case.  She never wanted to be without it.  It helped with her allergies and her arthritis.

Independent Shaklee Distributor

On May 4^th, 2010, GlaxoSmithKline announced they were suspending a clinical trial of their resveratrol drug because of safety concerns.

Some reports went so far as to say people should be cautious about taking resveratrol supplements until the safety issues had been resolved.

This needs to be clarified.

The “resveratrol” drug referred to is not resveratrol itself!

Several years ago, Harvard scientists started screening over 500,000 chemicals to find which would be most effective at turning on anti-aging genes.

They were looking for something they could patent and sell to a drug company for big bucks.

What they found was resveratrol, a nutrient found naturally in red wine.  It was the most effective compound out of those 500,000 they screened at turning on the anti-aging genes.

It was great news for people using resveratrol supplements, but it was bad news for the scientists, because they couldn’t patent it and, therefore, couldn’t sell it to a drug company.

But all was not lost. There is a time-tested process for dealing with this problem.

It is to make a chemically modified derivative of the natural compound and, if it works, patent the chemical derivative and sell it to a drug company.

That’s what the scientists at Harvard did. They made a chemical derivative of resveratrol called SRT501.

This chemical showed it also turned on the anti-aging genes, patented it and sold it to Sirtris Pharmaceuticals for $500 million.

Then Sirtris turned around and sold it to GlaxoSmithKline for $720 million

The process of making a chemical derivative is frequently used.  Many successful drugs have been obtained this way, but the process is also fraught with perils.

Chemically modified derivatives are often not metabolized in the same way as the original and are often toxic in unexpected ways.

It is not surprising SRT501 displayed unexpected toxicity which caused
GlaxoSmithKline to halt clinical trials of the drug.

SRT501 is not resveratrol and the toxicities of this drug have nothing to do with resveratrol.

Resveratrol is a completely natural nutrient found in grapes, red wine and other foods. SRT501 is a man-made chemical derivative of resveratrol.

For a natural resveratrol product, watch a short video HERE.

Shaklee Independent Distributor

I received a really good email newsletter this morning and I was tempted to send it out to my contacts.  

It had all the makings of scandal and an element of truth.

The subject was about a well known fast food chain and problems it was having. 

I quickly copied and pasted it to get it ready to email.

Then I stopped.  At the bottom of the email was a web site which was the source for the story. I decided to check it out.

It turned out the story was a farce.  It was an April Fool’s joke and now the chain is trying to do damage control.

It was a lesson to me to check sources and choose not to re-send.

That goes for those wonderful emails that say “send this to everyone in your address book,” or “send this to 10 people right now and all your wishes will be granted.”

I could go on, but the point is taken.

Could those emails have a tracking device on them and each time they are forwarded to friends and family, it only verifies it is a legitimate email address and Spammers then have good addresses to spam?

It doesn’t matter how cute those bunnies, kittens, puppies and other “cute” pictures are.  Do friends and family really want to see them for the umpteenth time?

I’ve received an email numerous times that shows a really horrific accident which could have been fatal but the occupants of the vehicle walked away. 

It was supposed to be on Hwy. 100 near where I live.  There is no Hwy. 100 near where I live.  It had to be a “doctored” picture.

My motto now is ….check sources, do not forward emails no matter how good they are.  It could save me some time and misery.

 Independent Shaklee Distributor

None of us know what the future holds. No matter how secure we think we are financially, it can all disappear.

When a friend “bugged” the heck out of me to try a sample of Shaklee’s Basic H, I resisted for several months.  Finally I tried it and liked it.

As I learned about Shaklee, good health and “green” products, I shared with friends and family and soon I had “a little stream” of extra income coming in.

By default, I had a Plan B.  I never expected to ever really need it.  It was for fun times.

Then my husband  had two back surgeries within 9 months and was told he could no longer work in his chosen field. We scrambled.  Thankfully that “little stream of income” was there to pay the house payment and the utilities.

Watch this short video.   

Start your Plan B before you need it.  We can help.

Just think about it…

Want extreme energy? Try Shaklee B-Complex!

There’s a battle going on in your body right now. It’s the “B” battle. Yes, your body wages a constant battle every day to capture, absorb and conserve enough B vitamins just to keep you moving through life!

Make sure you get enough…vist our WEB SITE.

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View this YouTube  video.  Keep a child from drowning. 

Get more information HERE.

Shaklee Independent Distributor

If you’re drinking soda — (especially from fast food) you want to read this.

A new study finds that soda fountains are crawling with bacteria. Not just any bacteria, but coliform bacteria.

Researchers tested 90 soda and water samples from 30 different fast food restaurants in Virginia’s Roanoke Valley.

In all, 70 percent tested positive for some form of bacteria–and many of them were resistant to one or more of 11 different antibiotics tested on them, according to the study published in the International Journal of Food Microbiology.

The researchers found 48 percent tested positive for coliform, 17 percent tested positive for Chryseobacterium meningosepticum and 11 percent tested positive for E. coli. They also found species of Klebsiella, Staphylococcus, Stenotrophomonas, Candida, and Serratia.

In plain English, that means there are lots of nasty germs living in those soda machines.

The bacteria appear to love the plastic tubes that send soda (and some of the bacteria) into your cup. Since customers don’t touch those tubes, the researchers believe restaurant workers with dirty hands are likely contaminating them–ironically, probably when they’re cleaning them.

The researchers tested bottled soda to use as a control group and found no contamination.

But there are plenty of other reasons to avoid those, too.

Soda has been linked to tooth decay and obesity. Even diet soda can help you pack on pounds–studies have found people who drink diet sodas actually gain weight, and may be even more prone to diabetes.

Soda has also been linked to lower calcium levels, leading to bone loss and osteoporosis.

I could go on, but I think most of us know this stuff isn’t very good for us.

Don’t replace soda with other canned or bottled drinks. I’ve been telling you quite a bit lately about the health benefits of coffee and tea, so considering brewing your own and enjoying them–hot or iced–throughout the day.

And if you want some fizz, stick to carbonated water.

Just don’t get it from a soda fountain!

Thank you, Dan Henderson, for this information.

Shaklee Independent Distributor