UPDATES ARCHIVE FOR SEPTEMBER 2004
HOME PAGE	Kleiner's Korner Special Edition, September 26, 2004 9p.m. PDT "Seismologists believe there's an increased likelihood of a hazardous event at Mount St. Helens due to recent changes in the mountain's seismic activity, and on Sunday the U.S. Geological Survey issued a notice of volcanic unrest," according to the Seattle P-I in an updated report at 7:53p.m. PDT. The crater is less than 60 miles from Yelm, as the "crow flies." link here From KIRO-7 TV (CBS) News in Seattle: "Experts believe there is "an increased probability of explosions from the lava dome if the level of current unrest continues or escalates," USGS and the University of Washington Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network in Seattle said in a joint statement." link here The Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network (PNSN) homepage: link here The PNSN Mt. St Helens quake Webicorder: link here Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2004. For archived issues of Kleiner’s Korner, click on “Current Kleiner’s Korner and Archives” at www.kleinerskorner.com Send comments to steve@kleinerskorner.com . Kleiner's Korner for Week of September 27, 2004 Have you heard about this? I had not either until I happened upon this report. “The makers of the nation’s coins, the U.S. Mint, unveiled designs for two new nickels to be issued in 2005. The rollout Thursday [9/16] was the latest in a series of design changes for the coins.” link here At least the Congress of the U. S. still coins the people’s own money, even though the value of that money has been determined by another company [Yes company! Just because the title says "Federal Reserve", does not mean it has anything to do with the Federal government, anymore than Federal Express does, another private corporation! Do NOT believe this writer. Check-out this fact for yourself.] since 1913, the Federal Reserve [read the top of your dollars folks; these are Federal Reserve Notes-“Notes” meaning that paper is an IOU to the Federal Reserve!]. According to the Constitution of the United States, Article I, Section 8, “The Congress shall have Power…. To borrow Money on the credit of the United States,… To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures.” [Ed. Note: Then why is a Federal Reserve determining “the Value thereof”? HMM.] link here Brave people are speaking out about the debt issue in this nation, as this story highlights from the Coeur d'Alene [ID.] Press. "You might as well spend all your money now. Better yet, borrow as much as you can and spend it fast, because it will soon be worthless. Or still better, invest in silver or gold, which will always be precious. Richard Daughty [general partner and COO for Smith Consultant Group], also known as the "Mogambo Guru," was the keynote speaker Friday [9/24] at the Silver Summit at the Coeur d'Alene Inn and made that prediction. He thinks Alan Greenspan is out of his mind. "They ought to put a retarded chicken in charge of the Fed," he told more than 200 mining company executives and investors. "Create money. Create money. A retarded chicken could do that...You cannot get rich by going into debt," Daughty said. [Ed. Note: Key words here! Let me repeat that - "You cannot get rich by going into debt."] "Money should only be silver and gold. The government cannot print silver and gold. A dollar was worth $1 in 1913, he said, and is now worth "2 freaking cents." link here 1. Follow-up: Regarding several stories posted here recently about our children being programmed by movies, TV, and advertisements, comes this timely report from the NBC affiliate in Louisville KY: “Teenagers who view sexual content on television, even if it only involves characters talking about sex, are twice as likely to start having intercourse in the ensuing year compared with peers who do not watch such content. Sexual content on TV was also more likely to hasten adolescents' movement from one "base" to another, in other words, from kissing to breast fondling to genital touching and on to oral sex, new research found.” link here . 2. “Many of the rescue and recovery workers who toiled in the smoke-laden air following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York City have now developed respiratory problems and mental health issues a new government report shows,” quoting this story. link here Here is the actual CDC Press release on this subject titled “First Reports of Health Effects in World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers Find High Rates of Respiratory and Mental Health Problems.” link here . 3. Further from Louisville KY, “Even as ethicists and others raise concerns, a team of doctors from Louisville and the Netherlands says it is ready to perform a face transplant. "There arrives a point in time when the procedure should simply be done. We submit that that time is now," the researchers wrote in an article scheduled for publication today in The American Journal of Bioethics. The article, by the team from the University of Louisville and the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, explores the ethical and psychological issues and physical risks involved in a transplant that would attach the face of a dead donor to someone with a severely disfigured face, such as the victim of a serious burn or accident,” quoting the [Louisville] Courier-Journal. link here . 4. Seattle’s NBC affiliate KING-5 TV reported last week, “There is growing concern about an outbreak of a potentially deadly staph [Staphylococcus aureus] infection. Health officials say it's a superbug – one that's immune to almost all antibiotics.” (free registration required for story access) link here “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received inquiries about infections with antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (including methicillin-resistant S. aureus [MRSA]) among persons who have no apparent contact with the healthcare system. This fact sheet addresses some of the most frequently asked questions,” quoting the CDC website. link here . 5. “There's a new option for people who suffer from extreme nearsightedness, whose world loses its crisp edge just a few inches from their noses. The first implantable lens for nearsightedness was approved Monday [Sept. 13] by the Food and Drug Administration,” again quoting Louisville, KY’s NBC affiliate: link here And, the FDA Talk Paper on this subject: link here . 6. Kleiner’s Korner readers have always been urged to be prepared for anything that Mother Nature can dish out. Nowhere was this more evident than with the 4 record-breaking hurricanes in Florida this year. “Not many people would pay $900 for a few weeks of electricity -- until they face a few weeks without it. So when Jason Smith arrived Thursday [Sept. 16] in this hurricane-stricken Panhandle town with 90 generators, people gladly lined up to buy them at $900 a pop,” according to this AP story. [Ed. Note: Buy yours now and be prepared. Many Floridians will be without power for 3+ weeks. Are you prepared for that?] link here "The proximity of Jeanne and Frances impressed Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Mayfield said it was the “first time ever that we know of” that two hurricanes landed so close in place and time," according to htis report on MSNBC's site: link here Additional sites of which to be aware in your preparedness are Yelm's own: A. The Survival Center, "America's Oldest Continually Operating Survival Center [With] Over 30 Years of Continuous Operation": link here B. Happy Hovel Foods has been in the bulk food storage business 17 years. This means we sell in bulk, over 125 different foods, suitable for storing away for a year or five years or 10 years without spoiling. The storable foods are all listed on this site. link here . 7. “Puget Sound Energy says it has signed a letter of intent to purchase a proposed wind power project in Kittitas County about 13 miles east of Ellensburg. As proposed, the Wild Horse Wind Power Project would include between 100 and 133 wind turbines over 5,000 acres. It could provide as much as 220 megawatts of power, quoting Seattle’s ABC affiliate, KOMO4-TV. link here Here is Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) “Request for Proposals (RFP) for Wind Power Resources” link here And, the Washington State Wind Project Data Base: link here Further, from south of the equator, “A resource consent application has been lodged for the region's third electricity wind farm. Christchurch-based New Zealand Windfarms proposes the Te Rere Hau windfarm, -- consisting of 104 turbines of its own (Windflow Technologies), will jointly produce 52 megawatts (MW) of power... The project would take the number of turbines for the region to 262, including Tararua's 103 and Te Apiti's 55 approaching completion -- plus one small "trademark" unit to be erected on the Te Manawa complex. The local wind bank would go close to 240MW -- equivalent to the consumption of nearly 80,000 homes,” according to this site from New Zealand. [Ed. Note: This energy source is now becoming cost effective that everyone wants to get on board!] link here . 8. It's over folks! Your privacy. Soviet style knowledge of every bit of financial data about you is about to be handed over to the US federal government as the “feds” will now begin gathering corporations’ information on you and adding that to their database about you. The airlines will be the first corporate group to turn over all information about you [Yes, banks do that do a degree now!]. More of everything known about you all in the name of security! “The Transportation Security Administration [TSA] announced on Tuesday [Sept. 21] that it will order domestic airlines to turn over personal information about passengers to test a system that will compare their names to those on terrorist watch lists. The airlines will have 30 days to comment on the proposed order, which Congress gave the TSA authority to issue. Air carriers will then have 10 days to turn over data that it gathered in June, called passenger name records. The amount of data in passenger name records varies by airline, but it typically includes name, flight origin, flight destination, flight time, duration of flight, and form of payment. It can also include credit card numbers, address, telephone number, and meal requests, which can indicate a person's ethnicity." link here “The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens [Yusuf Islam] was making his way back to London Wednesday after being taken off a diverted trans-Atlantic flight by U.S. officials….Officials said Islam was on the watch list because of alleged associations and financial support for Muslim charities… Another official said the department is "extremely confident in the information" which "without a doubt" is credible. Officials will not say which charities are involved. On his official Web site, Islam has posted numerous statements in opposition to terrorist attacks, most recently the school seizure in Beslan, Russia, that ended with more than 300 people dead -- about half of them children. Islam also criticized the September 11, 2001, attacks against the United States and donated a portion of the royalties from a four-disc set of his music to the families of the September 11th Fund,” quoting CNN. [Ed. Note: Now one had best beware who they donate money to, or be on a watch list and be taken off diverted airplanes. As if United Airlines doesn’t have enough issues, it had to deal with the expenses associated with all of those delayed passengers from Cat Stevens' flight!] link here And soon, perhaps people in the USA will be forced to have inoculations or be fired. Think that would not happen here? Better check this out: From Seattle’s KIRO 710 radio newscast on September 21 quoting their website "Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle believes it is the first in the country to order its entire staff -- from janitors to doctors -- to get flu shots. Administrators say the vaccine could save lives by preventing the spread of the flu to seriously ill patients. But the union for maintenance workers calls the order an unfair labor practice. David Maxwell of the operating engineers local calls it an invasion of a person's body. The hospital is still deciding what to do with workers who refuse the shots. Virginia Mason has a staff of nearly five-thousand." The nurses union is fighting this action, according to this Seattle P-I story: link here . 9. Kleiner's Korner readers have been kept informed of the assault on marine mammals over the years as the US Navy has stepped up its use of new technology that destroys the eardrums of whales and other sea life. From NRDC's Nature's Voice, "After winning a courtroom victory for whales that blocked the Navy's global deployment of long-range LFA sonar, NRDC is now taking aim at a more widely used class of short-range systems: mid-frequency sonar. NRDC has threatened to sue the Navy unless it takes common-sense steps to protect marine mammals from the ear-splitting noise produced by these sonars. The letter of warning to the Navy follows a series of whale beachings and deaths that have been linked to the technology. At 235 decibels or more intense blasts of mid-frequency sonar can cause a whale's organs to hemorrhage." Read the complete letter at link here Quoting more from NRDC, about how the Bush Administration, in cahoots with Big Corporate interests, is ravishing our lands: "Spurred on by the administration's "drill and burn" energy plan, oil and gas exploration companies are poised to plunder some of the most treasured landscapes across the intermountain West. The potential destructiveness of these land grabs has increased markedly in recent months, with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service targeting old-growth forests, roadless wildlife habitats and canyon lands eligible for wilderness protection." link here "A federal judge has dealt a serious setback to energy company plans for massive oil and gas development in the northwest portion of the Western Arctic Reserve, formally known as the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Although the judge allowed the Bureau of Land Management to proceed with auctioning off rights to develop the reserve, he prohibited the winning bidders from entering the region to build roads, conduct seismic testing, or drill wells until the court rules on a lawsuit filed by NRDC and other environmental groups." link here "The U.S. Forest Service has proposed a new plan to strip wild national forests of vital protections from destructive road building, logging, and oil and gas development. The far-reaching rollback is the culmination of three years of administration maneuvers, all aimed at reversing President Clinton's "roadless rule" -- the single biggest land conservation measure in American history. The rule put 58 million pristine acres -- nearly one-third of all the land in our national forests -- off limits to the logging industry. It was supported by an overwhelming and bipartisan majority of Americans." link here . 10. HMM! "Britain's Tony Blair has pledged to force international action on global warming, despite the reluctance of big powers like the United States. Blair promised to make the issue a centrepiece of Britain's presidency of the G8 industrialised countries in 2005 and laid out a three-point international strategy to tackle a phenomenon he said could become "irreversible in its destructive power," quoting Reuther in TVNZ! [Ed. Note: I wonder if his buddy George W. would be so bold!] link here . 11. "Drinking four or more glasses of red wine a week chops the risk of prostate cancer in half, according to a new study from researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Red wine had the greatest impact on the most aggressive, fast-spreading prostate tumors, leading to a 60 percent reduction in such cases, researchers found. Published in the online version of the International Journal of Cancer, the study is the first to find that red wine could help keep prostate cancer at bay, say researchers... The most likely explanation for red wine's health effects is a chemical called resveratrol, which is found in high concentrations in the skins of red grapes, " quoting the Seattle P-I. Now, unfortunately, to quote the same article, "Still, Dr. Tia Higano, a prostate cancer specialist and associate professor at the University of Washington, said she doesn't plan to encourage patients who don't drink alcohol to start imbibing." [Ed. Note: She can't encourage that for she might be considered contributing to alcoholism! Trust your own knowingness & drink up several glasses a day! Be responsible - drink and DON'T drive!] link here . 12. “Interstate Bakeries Corp. filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday [Sept. 22] after struggling with more than $1.3 billion in debt and weak demand for bread products amid the popularity of low-carbohydrate diets. The largest U.S. wholesale bakery, [is] maker of Wonder bread and Hostess Twinkies…,” according to this Reuters story. link here Anyone remember former San Francisco Supervisor Dan White’s "The Twinkie Defense"? If not, you just gotta read this story. [Ed. Note: This writer was a 24 year old, newly promoted Sales Rep. for Eastern Airlines, who had just been transferred to San Francisco days before Mr. White went on his Twinkie induced rampage.] link here . “What The Bleep” - the movie news: WHAT THE #$*! DO WE KNOW?! Continues its mounting revenue and nationwide phenomenon with a take of $339,222 for the weekend of Sept. 17-19 then on 88 screens. This film rated #26 for the top grossing movies nationwide! link here And reviews out in the the past week include: The Flick Chicks said, “Watching What The Bleep…is similar to breathing rarified air.” link here Good Times, a weekly paper from Santa Cruz, Ca. rated this film 4 out of 4 and says to its readers, "Prepare for a movie unlike any other." link here Bleep news has now reached overseas as venerable Reuters weighs in on "What The Bleep": "It aims to be the little movie that uses the powers of positive thinking and science to score big at box offices and surprise Hollywood. If "What the Bleep Do We Know" achieves that goal, its independent filmmakers will be saying, "You see, we knew." link here "George W. Bush would really hate this film. No matter what your political persuasion, I think we can all agree that our president tends to like concepts that are simple to grasp, ideas that are black and white without pesky shades of gray, and swears by the traditional, father-like Almighty God that leaves little room for other possible belief systems. "What the Bleep Do We Know?" — the "Bleep" a substitute for the F-word unprintable in a family newspaper — offers George none of those things. It’s a movie about the possibility of possibilities," says the Santa Cruz Sentinel (CA.): link here "'What the Bleep Do We Know?' says that science and spirituality are not different modes of thought, but are in fact describing the same thing. The film then explains that the individual has god-like capacity to create and destroy perceived reality. The film is definitely radical science theory, but extremely engaging for those who believe there is more to this world than meets the eye. It helps to explain why we as humans are on this planet, where we are going and where we have been. The film's explanations, through the live interviews and narrative story, are simple enough to grasp, but are complex enough to inspire many hours of thought and conversation afterward. The film's ideas are so powerful, if taken literally, may provoke a change in the way you perceive your own reality," says the Vail (CO.) Daily. link here From the Daily Press, "The Naro Expanded Cinema in Norfolk (VA.) is hosting the second annual "Green Screen" Environmental Film Festival this weekend, and this time the festival is joined by the "Green Machine" Expo on Saturday to showcase hybrid cars and other alternatives to the gas-guzzling cars, trucks and SUVs of today. The film festival is highlighted by the statewide [Virginia] premiere of "What the Bleep Do We Know?," a quirky examination of quantum physics that has been developing a cult following through festival and arthouse screenings across the country." link here . Of Local Note: Most everyone knows the power of prayer or focused thought, whatever your description of such might be. This writer has never used this venue to ask for assistance along this line, however, is doing so in this moment. Would you be willing to add Sam J. George to your prayers and focus this week - as this week is critical to this man's recovery. Sam rented a room in this writer's home from 1988 until 1991. His story and condition is updated here: link here . Comment: Several KK readers wrote to say that they understood Doug Copp, whose link I listed last week as providing terrific knowledge of which to be aware in an earthquake, was a fraud. Whether he is or not is not determined by me. However, his message provided some valuable information, in this writer’s view. If you do not like the messenger, so what! Listen to the message. Here is what Urban Legends has to say on this story: link here Further, although a 6.4 predicted earthquake did not hit populated areas in California in the first half of September, the Long Valley Caldera/Mammoth Lakes, CA area has been very active in recent days: link here And recent quakes in the US: link here . Quote of the Week: “A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead 1901-1978 American Anthropologist . Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2004. For archived issues of Kleiner’s Korner, click on “Current Kleiner’s Korner and Archives” at www.kleinerskorner.com Send comments to steve@kleinerskorner.com . Kleiner's Korner for Week of September 20, 2004 Due to the lengthy items in this week's KK, there are 10 instead of the usual 12 listings. Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we welcome the Autumnal Equinox at 9:25a.m. PDT in Yelm, WA. on Wednesday, September 22, 2004. Happy Spring for those of you south of the Equator. link here 1. Many people who are just becoming aware of Ramtha and are not yet aware of Ramtha's School of Enlightenment (RSE) or of his web site, link here , are finding Ramtha's teachings through Amazon.com and through reading the reviews independent people post there on the Ramtha books and videos. We encourage you to post your comments and experiences there, as it is helping many people learn what the great teacher Ramtha and the Quintessential School of the Mind (RSE) are really about. Just go to link here type in "Ramtha" in the search bar and click on any title to post you review. . 2. "The clock is running out on [did run out on Sept. 5] a highly publicized prediction that a major earthquake will rip through Southern California by Sunday. But even if the earth does not move by the weekend, seismologists largely agree that the forecast had done more good than harm by reviving interest in the controversial science of quake prediction. A UCLA team startled Californians and the wider scientific world in January by predicting there was 50/50 chance of a 6.4 magnitude or larger quake hitting a 12,000 square mile mostly desert area east of Los Angeles by Sept. 5," quoting Reuters. [Ed. Note: The fact that this did not happen does not mean something like this will not happen there in the days to come. Prepare as if it will and you will never regret that choice.] link here All about the quake forecaster from UCLA Today: link here Here is some fabulous knowledge to keep in mind should you be in a quake. Quoting this site, "During building collapse most people die unnecessarily!" With this info, you won't!" link here . 3. Oh, and while on the subject of surviving Mother Nature's fury, did you see the dome home that made news, taking the full brunt of Hurricane Ivan's category 4 winds on Pensacola Beach, Florida last week? NBC news reporter Kerry Sanders and his crew rode out the storm in this structure and filed this report from the scene: link here From the Miami Herald: "An NBC television news crew rode Ivan out in the house with Sigler to beam live feeds for broadcast. Sigler hoped the national attention would promote his building style..." link here Further, the Pensacola News-Journal wrote this story about their "local son's" project: link here This "Dome Home" was a structure designed by Monolithic Domes and the Pensacola owners, the Siglers', filed this story: link here What is a Monolithic Dome, you ask? link here How the home is constructed: link here In Thurston County, WA., one monolithic dome contractor is Bob & Claudia Hendricks, who can be reached at: DomeHome@ywave.com . 4. As Kleiner's Korner readers are well aware, this blog has always advocated preparedness for the "days to come" on all levels: food, water, home environment (getting out of cities), owning tangible gold/silver, storing seeds and tools, and having fuel on hand. One area that gets little coverage is investments in this context. Gary Carson, a friend of this writer, and an Investment Adviser Representative with Linsco/Private Ledger (LPL Financial Services), a registered investment adviser, has written an insightful letter about the debt burden in the U. S. and the share price vs. earnings of S&P 500 companies and what these trends portend. The article is titled "Good Friends Tell" and this good friend told me and added to my knowledge base. You can access Gary's site at: link here then select "California" in the "State Where You Reside" box For Gary's letter, click "Newsletters", then Click on "Good Friends Tell - August, 2004" Many people write about the economy, yet few see how much debt is cascading at an enormous rate. This letter in The Daily Reckoning, sent in by a KK reader sums up the situation: "Americans get poorer by $2 billion per day. Who even mentions it? The American government has run up $44 trillion worth of obligations - with no way to pay for them. Who cares? Americans now absorb as much as 80% of the entire world's savings - not to build a profit-making economy but merely to maintain current levels of consumption against a backdrop of slipping real incomes. Who warns them? American workers now face stiff competition from 3 billion foreigners who will work harder, longer, and for a fraction of the pay. Unless he tightens his belt, saves furiously, and learns to produce higher quality goods and services...the average American is going to lose ground in the years ahead. Who has the guts to tell him?" "U.S. householders owe more money to more people than ever before in history. A financial collapse will not just affect rich speculators...instead, like the hyperinflation in Germany in the early '20s, it will reach down to the bedrock of American householders...and upset it badly. Germany was so unsettled by the financial calamities of the '20s it welcomed a whole new team of scoundrels. Italy welcomed Mussolini largely because the nation was bankrupt. The Argentine generals launched the Falklands war in order to divert the public from its financial catastrophes." "And now, the 'Nation of Courage' itself...lumbers toward its own wussy ruin... 'I don't see how anyone with an IQ over 70 can be anything but utterly pessimistic about the long-term outlook for the U.S. economy...' writes Marty Whitman of Third Avenue Funds. 'Everybody's - and I mean everybody's - emphasis is on the short-term outlook. Nobody, but nobody, is focused on solving real structural problems, organic structural problems that exist.'" "No. That would take courage, the one thing the nation most needs and most hasn't got." To view the whole article, click here: link here then click "Archives", then click "The Daily Reckoning" and scroll to the the link under: "UNDAUNTED COWARDICE 9/10/04" The San Francisco Chronicle dared to expose what is NOT being discussed by our two Skull and Bones 2004 Presidential candidates in an article titled "Speeches ignore impending U.S. debt disaster-No mention of fiscal gap estimated as high as $72 trillion" which says it all: link here . 5. Tornadoes are so rare in Western Washington that when they happen, they are unique. This Ridgefield, Wa. touchdown was pictured by a local resident during a frontal line passing through the state on September 13th. Ridgefield is north of Vancouver, WA. The dynamics of a torsion field are very visible in the Related Stories under slideshow: link here . 6. Reported in the Seattle Times earlier this month, "New research shows that teenagers who grow up in heavy air pollution have reduced lung capacity, putting them at risk for premature illness and premature death as adults. In the longest study to date on pollution's impact on developing lungs, University of Southern California researchers followed 1,759 children raised in communities around Los Angeles -- some very polluted, some not -- for eight years." Yikes! link here And the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) abstract on this study. link here . 7. Mentioned here last week were several food related stories. Nowhere have red flags been raised more than by the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). This month's Nutrition Action Magazine deals with how food companies mislead the consuming public though their ads. KK readers are well aware of recent stories about target marketing to kids. Adults are target-marketed in subtle and not so subtle ways. Are you aware how these firms get around FDA and/or FTC rules? Read this link here . 8. "Suicide kills more people each year than road traffic accidents in most European countries, the World Health Organization is warning. And globally, suicide takes more lives than murder and war put together, says the agency in a call for action," quoting NewScientist.com. link here . 9. "A team of biochemists from UC Riverside published a paper in the June 11 issue of the Journal of Molecular Biology that gives one explanation for why humans and primates are so closely related genetically, but so clearly different biologically and intellectually. It is an established fact that 98 percent of the DNA, or the code of life, is exactly the same between humans and chimpanzees. So the key to what it means to be human resides in that other 2 percent. According to Achilles Dugaiczyk, professor of Biochemistry at UCR, one important factor resides in something called Alu DNA repeats, sometimes called "junk DNA." These little understood sections of DNA are volatile, and prone to sudden mutations, or genomic rearrangements. At times the results are beneficial in that they give rise to new proteins or an altered gene regulation. Sometimes the mutations result in the growth of a cancer tumor or some other genetic defect. The team, which also included Rosaleen Gibbons, Lars J. Dugaiczyk, Thomas Girke, Brian Duistermars, and Rita Zielinski, identified over 2,200 new human specific Alu DNA repeats that are absent from the chimpanzee and most likely other primates," quoting this public release from this site. [Ed. Note: "Junk DNA"---what an ignorant term!] link here . 10. "Carlos Santana speaks about the world like a benevolent visitor from outside. His views may be romantic and idealistic, but the guitarist is sincere. He was honored as the Latin Grammy's person of the year Monday [Aug. 30] for his dedication to education, the fight against AIDS, and other social endeavors," according to this CNN story and interview. link here . What The Bleep Update: Ramtha came to the Great White Way last week as What the Bleep opened in New York City. None other than The New York Times weighed in on my teacher's appearance in and all about this film by saying: "While most of the interviewees have legitimate academic credentials, there are a few exotic characters in the mix. One of the film's most articulate and persuasive speakers is finally identified in the end credits as Ramtha, a 35,000-year-old "mystic, philosopher, master teacher, and hierophant who channels his voice through the body of an American woman named J Z Knight." What the bleep is that about?" See the full review at: link here [free subscription required to access the site]. Further, opening in Chicago the same day, the Chicago Tribune says "At long last, the self-help movie. Actually, there's a great deal worth recommending about "What the Bleep Do We Know?"... In fact, this is a serious documentary-drama that seeks to do something very admirable: explain the ways of quantum physics to us mortals. ...While many will be scratching their heads throughout, the achievement of filmmakers William Arntz, Betsy Chasse, and Mark Vicente is that almost everybody is likely to find both new information and something to think about." [Ed. Note: Isn't that wonderful? People can contemplate new "out-of-the-box" ideas from a movie? How refreshing in a society that accepts murders, larceny, outrageous degradation of the human body through bizarre sex, & violence for their entertainment fare. Takes tremendous courage to make a movie that sets a new template of that caliber. I applaud the audiences nationwide that have given this film its "legs" and keep this film held-over in many cities!] link here And from the venerable Dallas Morning News comes this "The best parts of this movie are the interconnecting collage of interviews with physicists, doctors, theologians, a molecular engineer, and the 35,000-year-old warrior named Ramtha. They discuss with wit, wisdom, and passion the possibilities encountered when one starts asking questions such as, "Who are we?" "Why are we here?" "What divides and connects mind and brain, body and soul?" "What is the nature of love?" and "What is real?" It's reminiscent of late-night dorm-room discussions, but instead of a bunch of bleary-eyed undergraduates, the participants are people who have devoted their lives to such questions....This is a film that dares to treat people as smart and deeply curious rather than dumb and deeply cynical." link here From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune comes 3 out of 4 stars and this: "Why are we here? How do we know that we are here? What do we mean when we say "we"? These are the kinds of philosophical questions that eggheads find fascinating but often have the rest of us reaching for No-Doz. But filmmakers William Arntz and Betsy Chasse have found a way to address these highbrow issues within mainstream sensibilities....If you're looking for answers to any of the questions the movie raises, look elsewhere. The one thing all of the experts agree on is that there are no definitive responses. But if you're looking for an entertaining exploration of some mind-stretching issues, this film is a good place to start." [Free registration required, scroll to "What the Bleep Do We Know?"] link here The Detroit Free Press says: "Most movies make their money on the first weekend," said Arntz. "When we opened in Santa Monica, our best weekend was eight weeks into the run. It's all been by word of mouth." Which perhaps isn't so much proof that "What the Bleep" has all the answers, but that there are droves of people out there asking the same questions." link here The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review says "'Bleep' goes deep to explore our realities": link here What the Bleep moved to the 25th highest grossing movie of the Sept 10-12 weekend period: surpassing Fahrenheit 9/11 and Harry Potter in weekend "take" link here What will be said when this gets into the top 20 in weekend "takes"? . Of Local Note: A. The Seattle P-I is reporting that Michael Moore of Fahrenheit 9/11 fame will be in Seattle at the Key Arena for a talk open to the public on October 19th. Details are in the P-I: link here B. Follow-up on NASCAR withdrawing Thurston County, WA from consideration on a new NW track site: link here And: link here Quoting the Tacoma News Tribune, "Mayor Adam Rivas, for his part, said he has no regrets... He said he doesn't see the racetrack debate as a rift within the city, but instead anger from a "vocal minority" at Ramtha's School of Enlightenment, home of spiritual channeler JZ Knight." [Ed. Note: The Mayor is still totally out of touch with the community, when so many non-Ramtha students spoke out in public and went on the record in print to local news media about this project.] link here . Quote of the Week: "America is such an ignorant country. I understand that I'm hard on America, but if you look at all the (alarming) things on CNN, (you'll see) we need to grow up quickly. We need to crystallize our existence because we place economic values over spiritual ones." Carlos Santana Mexican-born American Music Artist and Guitarist On the American lack of depth and the Pop Music Industry San Diego (CA.) Union-Tribune interview May 30, 2004 . Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2004. For archived issues of Kleiner’s Korner, click on “Current Kleiner’s Korner and Archives” at www.kleinerskorner.com Send comments to steve@kleinerskorner.com . Kleiner's Korner Breaking News for September 13, 2004 Dear Readers, Kleiner's Korner has covered extensively the issues surrounding a proposed NASCAR track in Yelm, WA. While this blog serves an international reader base, what has happened here can be a lesson for your town. In late Breaking News from The Olympian quoting a just released Thurston County Economic Development Council (EDC) Press release: "Thurston County is no longer under consideration for the location of a racetrack to be developed by the International Speedway Corporation, according to an economic development council of Thurston County press release. The ISC has removed from consideration a 1,400-acre site near Yelm and a nearly 400-acre site near Hawks Prairie. 'It has come to my attention that Thurston County is no longer being considered as a potential location. This decision is based upon technical criteria considered by the company in choosing a location that would best meet their needs,' said Michael Cade, executive director of the economic development council of Thurston County." Congratulations goes to the ProtectYelm.org people and to all of those in this local area who stood tall and fought that this area's pristine beauty be maintained over corporate incursions, greed, and the blatant disregard for local citizen input on an issue that involved several public agencies and public servants. link here Quote of the Day: Salus populi suprema est lex. "The good of the people is the chief law." Cicero 106-43 BC (Marcus Tullius Cicero) from "De Legibus" bk. 3, ch. 8 . Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2004. For archived issues of Kleiner’s Korner, click on “Current Kleiner’s Korner and Archives” at www.kleinerskorner.com Send comments to steve@kleinerskorner.com . Kleiner’s Korner for Week of September 13, 2004 Kleiner’s Korner readers have obviously read of my enthusiasm for the movie What the #$*! Do We Know? in the last months. With its debut last weekend in New York City and Chicago along with a whole host of middle American cities, this film is moving into the fabric of mainstream movie houses. None other than Chicago Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert [Ed. Note: I call him Mr. Two Thumbs-Up] got my attention when he wrote ANOTHER review of this movie upon its Chicago debut last weekend and mentions my teacher of almost 19 years, Ramtha, as follows: “Among the experts on the screen only one seemed to make perfect sense to me. This was a pretty, plumpish, blond woman with clear blue eyes who looked the camera straight in the eye, seemed wise and sane, and said that although the questions might be physical, the answers were likely to be metaphysical. Since we can't by definition understand life and the world, we might as well choose a useful way of pretending to. "Sounded good to me, especially compared to the cheerful evasions, paradoxes, and conundrums of the other experts. Only after the movie was over did I learn from my wife, who is informed on such matters, that the sane woman who made perfect sense was in fact Ramtha -- or more precisely Ramtha as channeled by the psychic JZ Knight, who would seem to be quite distinctive enough without leaving the periods out of her name. And who is Ramtha? From Cathleen Falsani, the religion writer of the Sun-Times, I learn that Ramtha is a 35,000-year-old mystical sage from the lost continent of Atlantis. Well, weirder authorities have surfaced. Or maybe not.” Check out his 2nd review: link here And see more What the Bleep news below in its own KK section. Please check out this beautiful new Ramtha homepage created by Ramtha Channel, JZ Knight. Be sure to turn up your volume! link here 1. Part Three of this several-section series on cell phones deals with what is called "Bluetooth," which if you have not heard about yet, you will very soon! The much heralded "Bluetooth" wireless protocol was introduced by Ericsson, the Scandinavian telecommunications giant -- link here -- and is a wireless specification delivering short-range radio communication between electronic devices that are equipped with specialized Bluetooth chips. It lets nearly all devices talk to one another by creating a common language between them. All devices such as cell phones, PDAs, pagers, stereos, and other home appliances can communicate and connect using Bluetooth technology to form a private, personal area network (PAN). Bluetooth is named after the tenth-century Danish Viking King Harald Blatand (English translation of Blatand is literally "Bluetooth") who is known throughout history for uniting Norway and Denmark under Christianity. Bluetooth technology unites different electronic devices without the use of cables or wires, hence the namesake. King Blatand was also known for his love of blueberries, which turned his teeth a displeasing bluish color. To quote Carroll Cobbs, M.S., a Bioengineer and former Health Physicist, "Interesting idea, except for one thing: The ‘Bluetooth’ protocol operates at 2.45 GHz or, expressed in megahertz, 2450 MHz, the EXACT SAME FREQUENCY as all microwave ovens!!! Of course, Bluetooth proponents are quick to point out that the power level for this new service is tiny compared to that of most microwave ovens (Google ‘Microwave Oven Operating Frequencies’ if you're curious.)" Carroll, who earned his Master's Degree in Bioengineering at the University of Washington, spent much of his graduate work studying the biological effects of exposure to RF (radiofrequency) and microwave radiation, and has been a long-time opponent to cell tower proliferation. The question he poses is, "WHY choose the exact frequency used to cook food for an appliance expected to broadcast continuously for long periods of time in one's home???" Further, Mr. Cobbs states, "Do the math: Gigahertz = billions of cycles/second, and megahertz = millions of cycles/sec. To get 1 billion, multiply a million by 1000. So 2450 MHz (millions) is the same as 2.45 GHz (billions) simply by moving the decimal point 3 places (thousands) to the left. The corporate marketing machine behind Bluetooth obviously does not expect the populace to closely examine this point!" Do your own investigating of Bluetooth on their official website: link here Bluetooth™ Wireless Technology White Papers are available from several sources and confirm the 2.45 GHz operating frequency at output powers ranging from 1 to 100 mW (milliwatts). The Wireless Directory of Bluetooth Products and Services are listed here: link here Another informative site is from the How Stuff Works people: link here Mr. Cobbs continues, "However, my main concern remains: Why use 2450 MHz (2.45 GHz) in ANY free-space transmission application involving people? In the bioeffects community there is a history of substantial research showing deleterious effects on living tissue of exposures at 2.45 GHz. A large portion of this research found teratogenic effects (those that created genetic deformities) in many species at various power levels. I am simply questioning the logic of this choice. Interestingly, NOT ONE site points out that the "specially set aside" frequency allocation of 2.45 GHZ is exactly the same as the 2450 MHz used to cook food in garden-variety microwave ovens!" HM! [Ed.Note: Bluetooth-equipped phones look totally cool until you discover it is basically a microwave oven next to your brain! Smart, stylish, and lightweight. Wonderful! Gotta have it!] link here Says Carroll, "The power levels, along with type of exposure, time courses, and adjuncts in various experiments cover a very wide range. The key point is that most regulatory safety standards for microwave and RF exposure levels are based on the premise that only exposures powerful enough to heat tissue are of any health concern. A growing body of experimental evidence pioneered by Dr. Ross Adey suggests this is not the case. A great link for abstracts of the current bioeffects research is: link here Also, check out the Bioelectromagnetics Society website or search "Microwave Bioeffects Research at 2450 MHZ". . 2. With former President Bill Clinton's quadruple bypass, heart disease becomes even more to the forefront: link here And this very informative USA Today story on how to spot heart trouble printed on the AARP website: link here "A new and emerging understanding of how heart attacks occur indicates that increasingly popular aggressive treatments may be doing little or nothing to prevent them. The artery-opening methods, like bypass surgery and stents, the widely used wire cages that hold plaque against an artery wall, can alleviate crushing chest pain. Stents can also rescue someone in the midst of a heart attack by destroying an obstruction and holding the closed artery open. But the new model of heart disease shows that the vast majority of heart attacks do not originate with obstructions that narrow arteries." [Free subscription required.] link here Here is one site that lists this New York Times story: link here One way to deal with this is chelation. "Chelation therapy is a medical treatment performed in a doctor's office that improves metabolic function and blood flow through blocked arteries throughout the body. This is accomplished by administering an amino acid, ethylene-diamine-tetra-acetic acid (EDTA) by an intravenous infusion using a small 25-gauge needle. This protocol for administering EDTA was developed and refined by Elmer M. Cranton, MD, author of Bypassing Bypass Surgery and editor of A Textbook on EDTA Chelation Therapy, Second Edition, "quoting Dr. Cranton's site. link here One of Dr. Cranton's clinics is right here in Yelm, WA. link here Further, mentioned here previously and worth repeating is this story from AARP: "Mounting evidence shows a link between periodontal disease — chronic infection of the gums — and a host of serious and sometimes life-threatening medical problems, from heart disease and stroke to diabetes and respiratory disease.... Studies have found that people who have periodontal disease are nearly twice as likely to suffer from coronary artery disease as those who don't. Chronic gum disease can also worsen existing heart conditions. Just last year a study led by a doctor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health found that tooth loss caused by gum disease may be an early warning sign of cardiovascular disease. link here . 3. Food safety issues have been covered in the KK many times previously. Nowhere I know is this issue receiving more focus than from Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) whose Executive Director Michael Jacobson is the ‘Michael Moore’ for food issues. He pulls out the sword in his September, 2004 Newsletter Editorial by saying, "Did you ever wonder why the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) isn't doing everything it can to prevent mad cow disease?... But we can get a glimpse by looking at where some of the USDA's top officials came from... It's hardly an exaggeration to say that the USDA has become a ranch of agribusiness..." link here Here's one item along this line that may be of interest! Did you know that imports from giant aqua-farming shrimp operations in China account for 90% of U.S. shrimp sales and have helped transform a once-expensive delicacy into America's most popular seafood? This is true, according to this USA Today article. KK readers know all too well the dangers of eating farm-raised fish. Now we learn that farm-raised shrimp from China is flooding this country! [Ed. Note: Can we ask the Chinese government what food safety standards they use and ask for an inspection of their facilities? Is there a Chinese version of CSPI to ask the tough questions Miceal Jacobson asks here in the US? Oh, sure! Tongue-in-cheek.] link here And the web edition to this same article: link here "China has become a net importer of farm produce, raising concerns at the highest levels of government about the security of the food supply for 1.3 billion people as land and water shortages put pressure on domestic grain production," according to this MSNBC report. link here . 4. Here is another food story, this time from the UK: "That half the chicken on sale in UK supermarkets is contaminated with campylobacter, which causes food poisoning? That much of the chicken we eat has been illicitly injected with pork and beef proteins? That ready-to-eat bagged salad has been washed in a solution of chlorine twenty times stronger than that of a swimming pool; that the processing destroys the vitamin content; that in one government study 13.5% of bagged salads were found to contain E coli bacteria? That perhaps 30% of the workforce in the food industry is in the UK illegally, controlled by a violent mafia-style network of gangmasters and paid far less than the minimum wage? That the average Briton has between 300 and 500 chemicals in their body not present 50 years ago, many of which are capable of hormone disruption in the womb? That the incidence of obesity in the UK trebled between 1980 and 1998 to 21% of women and 17% of men. Almost one third of children are obese or overweight? That 30-40% of cancers could be prevented through better diet? A devastating exposé of the state of the food production industry in Britain, Not On The Label, will change the way we eat and the way we think about what we eat." All from the book, Not On The Label! link here . 5. From Quality Assurance International (QAI), who is an organic food certifier: "Independent, third-party certification of organic food systems has been the foundation of domestic and international organic food trade. The evolution of this verification effort, which documents the authenticity of organic farming and various subsequent levels of handling, is mandatory under the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and full implementation of the National Organic Program (NOP) Final Rule. This rule requires certification of all products labeled as organic in the United States. link here Horizon Organic milk & dairy products uses QAI for their products link here And: link here Another organic certifier, "Oregon Tilth [which] is a non-profit research and education organization certifying organic farmers, processors, retailers, and handlers throughout Oregon, the United States, and internationally. link here Oregon Tilth is used by Kroger's own Naturally Preferred premium-quality natural and organic products in all of its stores, which include Fred Meyer and QFC in the Pacific Northwest. link here Oregon Tilth is also used by Organic Valley: link here . 6. "Buoyed by initial road-test results and significant technological advancements, UPS [United Parcel Service] today announced the U.S. deployment of its first three large package delivery vehicles utilizing hydrogen fuel cells for power," quoting this UPS Press Release. link here Further, Wired News published a story titled "Hydrogen Fuel Closer to Fruition" last week link here . 7. German television will be the first to document and air a demonstration of the Perendev Magnetic Motor any day now, if things go according to plans, says inventor Michael Brady who is in Germany to oversee the final touches on a German manufacturer's first production run of the motor. link here . 8. "Members of Congress and conservationists will announce the phenomenal results of their effort to mobilize Americans against the [Bush] Administration’s plan to permit logging in 58.5 million acres of pristine National Forests. The groups are holding a convention-style event on the Ellipse in front of the White House with state ‘delegates’ on hand to announce local tallies. Joining the group will be 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist Rebecca Giddens, a US kayaker who practices on the Kern River, which runs through the Sequoia National Forest in California. Tuesday, September 14th @ 11:00 AM EST," quoting Our Forests.com. link here "Take Action! Help Stop the Bush National Forest Giveaway" at the Heritage Forests Campaign website: link here Calling this President "The Destroyer," UK's GUARDIAN says "George Bush's war on terror may have made the world a more dangerous place. But it is his atrocious record on the environment that poses the greatest threat, says Graydon Carter in the second exclusive extract from his new book." link here The Bush administration plans to sell oil and gas leases in the Desolation Canyon-Book Cliffs area. Help us get oil and gas lease sales cancelled in all areas proposed for wilderness in Utah. The Sierra Club has a quick and easy way to send a message. link here . 9. Last week "A space capsule returning solar particles to Earth has crashed in the Utah desert after its parachute failed to open, but scientists hope the star dust inside might have been saved. A silver, disc-shaped capsule containing the star dust collected in a $US264 million, three-year mission has been jettisoned as planned by the Genesis spacecraft," quoting Reuters on the Australian Broadcasting Corp's (ABC News) site. link here From CNN : link here A positive update from NASA on this story states, "Scientists who conducted the preliminary assessment of the Genesis canister are encouraged by what they see. They believe it may be possible to achieve the most important portions of their science objectives." link here . 10. Imagine my surprise when I glanced at the AARP Bulletin for September, 2004 headline on the cover, "Growing your own Teeth." Students of the Ramtha School of Enlightenment (RSE) know this is possible as they have witnessed students' achievements in doing this. Look at the Bulletin cover closely in the upper right hand corner. The story headline is on this site, yet the article is not posted. [scroll to "Health Discoveries"] link here However, there is lot of information on this as a potential: Stem cells again aid in this worthy endeavor from these two articles: link here And: link here . 11. Ed. Note: With my background in the airline industry, I am always very interested when I hear stories of aviation pioneers who brought the world closer together through their vision, dreams, and dedicated hard work. I began my airline career as a college intern and continued after graduation in the Eastern Airlines Cargo Sales Department at Eastern's world headquarters in Miami. One visionary who I knew of, yet learned more about this last week, was Robert W. "Bob" Prescott and his wife Anne-Marie. Prescott convinced a group of Los Angeles businessmen in 1944 of exploring the possibility of establishing an air freight line with a transcontinental route across the United States. They agreed to match whatever capital he could raise, and Bob was appointed to find aircraft and set up the airline that was to become Flying Tiger Line. Bob Prescott founded the Flying Tigers in 1945 and served as its only president and chief executive officer and was chairman of the airline's parent company Tiger International until his death in 1978. This was THE leading freight line from the USA to Asia, until its purchase and integration into the Federal Express Corporation. Bob left a true Legacy as "the only man who succeeded in building a scheduled airline from the more than 300 such air transport enterprises which mushroomed in the late 1940s that has survived to this day." Flying Tigers lives on too, in memory, as its routes form the backbone of international services flown by FedEx. Here is a fabulous bio of this man and his dream. Note: Scroll to the picture of Bob and Anne-Marie Prescott shaking the hand of President John F. Kennedy in 1962. link here From the FedEx website about its purchase of Tigers: "In 1989, as part of a new global strategy to secure landing rights and penetrate/conquer new markets, FedEx purchased Flying Tigers and integrated its network into the Federal Express system. Flying Tigers was the world's largest cargo airline with particularly strong links to Europe, Asia, and Latin America." link here . 12. This website won first prize in the Phillips Digital Arts Festival. [Ed. Note: I got a "kick" out of this. I am certain you will smile as well! Hint: place cursor on this man's face.] link here If you cannot access the site from the aforementioned "click here", cut and paste this link: www.expression.philips.com.br/artes/venc2003/obrasflash/rmello/o_incomodo.swf . What The Bleep section: What the Bleep Do We Know still is holding its own at number 32 of all films shown on a busy Labor Day movie weekend with $296,586 total revenue for the September 3-6 period on 43 screens. $2,902,740 is the total take since it opened. link here And: link here . Of Local Note: The Olympian reports about the addition of roundabouts in the area saying "Roundabouts are becoming a trend in regulating traffic. There are nine in and around Lacey, and 49 statewide. Olympia engineers will have public workshops this fall and look at ways to improve Boulevard Road that could include roundabouts. Accidents tend to be less severe in roundabouts because cars move slower. Drivers are less likely to collide at 90-degree angles, which are more common at regular intersections and can result in more serious injuries," Keech [Lee Keech, engineering technician] said. link here . Quote of the Week: "When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the ones which open for us." Alexander Graham Bell 1847-1922 Inventor of telephone Founder of Bell Telephone Co. . Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2004. For archived issues of Kleiner’s Korner, click on “Current Kleiner’s Korner and Archives” at www.kleinerskorner.com Send comments to steve@kleinerskorner.com . Kleiner's Korner for Week of September 6, 2004 Dear Readers; "What the Bleep" the movie - is taking the country by storm. This little movie Hollywood said would have no audience is breaking records and changing how people everywhere think about their lives. With all of the buzz, KK readers now have a special section each week to keep abreast of What the Bleep news at the bottom of the KK. This week's section is loaded with late news below. 1. Generating a huge response from last week's KK were the links of the Black Triangle UFO's. From the National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS) website, "The United States is currently experiencing a wave of Flying Triangle sightings that may have intensified in the 1990s, especially towards the latter part of the 1990s. The wave continues. The Flying Triangles are being openly deployed over and near population centers, including in the vicinity of major Interstate Highways. The behavior of these Triangular aircraft does not conform to previous patterns of covert deployment of unacknowledged aircraft. Neither the agenda nor the origin of the Flying Triangles are currently known." link here Three days after last week's KK story on this issue was published, Space.com printed a huge spread, mostly quoting the NIDS study: link here Even MSNBC picked up the story, which exposed this to a worldwide, mainstream audience: link here Kleiner's Korner readers had the story before all of these venerable sites! . 2. "Psychokinesis (literally 'mind-movement') or PK is the more commonly used term today for what in the past was known as Telekinesis (literally 'distant-movement'). It refers to the psionic ability to influence the behavior of matter by mental intention (or possibly some other aspect of mental activity) alone," quoting Campus Program.com. [Ed. Note: children are known for this talent, too.] link here ("Psionic phenomena are powers of the mind that are usually under a person's conscious control such as telepathy, telekinesis, and prescience," again quoting Campus Program.com). link here Here is an interesting site: link here . 3. And on the subject of children, a survey of youth marketers, PR and advertising professionals found that, while respondents say children are “unable to make intelligent choices as consumers” until nearly 12 years old, it's OK to market to seven year olds. Just over 60 percent of those surveyed say advertising targets children at too young an age, but others feel “educational purposes” and brand loyalty justify targeting three year olds. The president of The Wonder Group, a youth-marketing agency, said: “When we do research, the parents want the child to know about the product… As a marketer do you really care that the consumer is getting exactly the message you want or can recognize the brand? They point to Tony the Tiger.” SOURCE: PR Week, April 23, 2004 [Ed. Note: Let's market Bluetooth cell phones to children for use with their developing brains! Yippie!] Article available only to subscribers link here . 4. "IATP's Fish and Marine Conservation Program protects aquatic biodiversity and habitat through public education, consumer campaigns, public policy, advocacy and technical assistance," quoting their Mission Statement. link here . 5. I had never heard of Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL) until recently, which is one of nine U.S. Department of Energy multiprogram national laboratories and is located on the Hanford Reservation, Washington. Brookhaven, Lawrence Livermore, and Los Alamos National Laboratories are all recognizable names. link here "At PNNL, we deliver breakthrough science and technology to meet key national needs. We also apply our capabilities to meet selected environmental, energy, health and national security objectives, strengthen the economy, and support the education of future scientists and engineers.PNNL is managed by DOE's Office of Science link here , but we perform work for many DOE offices as well as other government agencies." link here The country's national laboratories recently "demonstrated that spending $5.2 billion on energy conservation in the federal government's 500,000 buildings would lead to savings of more than $1 billion each year, indefinitely" according to this website. link here Then, after learning about all nine national laboratories in writing this story, what is on CBS News' 60 Minutes program of August 29th? "Of all the places in the United States that you'd think would be prepared to defend against a terrorist attack, the nine nuclear weapons factories and research labs operated by the Department of Energy would be at the top of the list...Just last month, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham essentially shut down all nuclear weapons research, after two classified computer discs were reported missing at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico," says 60 Minutes Ed Bradley. These nine labs include PNNL! link here . 6. "Most of us are happy that our homes and our bodies are as clean and safe as we know how to make them. We diligently scrub, launder, deodorise and disinfect ourselves and our surroundings, in order to ensure our continued good health and well-being. Yes, we and our homes are clean, but are they safe? The shocking fact is that many of the products we use to ensure we are clean and protected are made from highly toxic chemicals known to cause, among other things, hormone disruption, mood swings, birth defects and even cancer. 'Cleaning Yourself to Death' takes a thorough look at the range of everyday cleaning products in our cupboards; what they contain, how they are sold and how we overuse them. Full of practical, hard-hitting information, valuable tips on how to lessen our exposure to toxins, and on natural, effective alternatives, this book is a must for every home," quoting the Cygnus Books site. link here . 7. "As Americans get older and fatter, the number of adults with high blood pressure has climbed to almost one in three over the past decade, putting more people at risk of a stroke, heart attack or kidney failure, government researchers said Monday [Aug 23]," quoting this AP story on MSNBC. link here . 8. "Planning revenge sparks enough satisfaction to motivate getting even — and the amount of satisfaction actually predicts who will go to greater lengths to do so, report Swiss researchers who monitored people's brain activity during an elaborate game of double-cross,” reported by the AP on MSNBC's site. link here More on brain activity studies: "A leading neuroscientist caused a sensation by claiming crimes are the result of brain abnormalities. Laura Spinney investigates a slanging match between scientists and philosophers," in her story titled "I'm not guilty - but my brain is". link here . 9. "New Zealanders generally support the transfer of human genes to other organisms to save human lives or reduce or prevent suffering, according to the Bioethics Council" is the header under the title of this story. "'Transferring human genes into other organisms may have seemed like science fiction a few years ago, but is now a reality that needs to be assessed from a cultural, ethical and spiritual viewpoint,' council chairwoman Jill White said. The council, established by the Government to provide independent advice on biotechnological issues involving significant cultural, ethical and spiritual dimensions, today launched its first major report to the Government and the New Zealand public. It found broad agreement amongst the public that it was ethically appropriate to transfer human genes to other organisms where lives could be saved or human suffering reduced or prevented." link here . 10. This from the field of medical science last month: "A German who had his lower jaw cut out because of cancer has enjoyed his first meal in nine years -- a bratwurst sandwich -- after surgeons grew a new jaw bone in his back muscle and transplanted it to his mouth in what experts call an "ambitious'' experiment. According to this week's issue of The Lancet medical journal, the German doctors used a mesh cage, a growth chemical and the patient's own bone marrow, containing stem cells, to create a new jaw bone that fit exactly into the gap left by the cancer surgery,” according to this AP report via CNN. [Ed. Note: Another victory for stem cells!] link here . 11. "The planet Venus is like Earth in many ways. It has a similar size and mass, it is closer to us than any other planet, and it probably formed from the same sort of materials that formed Earth. For years scientists and science fiction writers dreamed of the exotic jungles and life forms that must inhabit Earth's twin sister. David Grinspoon, a research scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, writes in his book, "Venus Revealed," that, through the Mariner 2 and other Venus missions, 'we found our 'sister planet' to be chemically alien, as well as hot and dry to quite unearthly extremes. With these revelations, the twin-sister imagery quickly disappeared, and the notion that 'Venus is hell' took hold," quoting Astrobiology Magazine Managing. link here "In a discovery that has left one expert stunned, European astronomers have found one of the smallest planets known outside our solar system, a world about 14 times the mass of our own around a star much like the Sun...But this is no typical Earth. It completes its tight orbit in less than 10 days, compared to the 365 required for our year. Its daytime face would be scorched. The planet's surface conditions aren't known, said Portuguese researcher Nuno Santos, who led the discovery. "However, we can expect it to be quite hot, given the proximity to the star." Hot as in around 1,160 degrees Fahrenheit (900 Kelvin), Santos told SPACE.com. link here . 12. Some books make one pause and think of the world and life in a profoundly different way. "50 Facts That Should Change the World" is just one of those books. "The world of the early 21st century is one of shocking inequality and absurd contradictions. Unbelievable wealth and abject poverty existed simultaneously, side-by-side and across continents. The book has surveyed on the life on plant Earth, including slavery, torture, persecution, famine, disease, racism and war blight millions of lives every day. Each fact from this eclectic range is followed by explanation and lively analysis. It aims to make people think twice about the world in which they live. These are facts, but they are not immutable truths," says Jessica Williams, the author of the book. "It's not too late to change the way our world works. Some of the facts need major shifts in thinking, while others require governments to start taking their responsibilities seriously. Neither of these will be easy to achieve, but if we don't try they'll never happen." The 50 facts are listed on this website: link here . What the Bleep Do We Know - the movie, in the news: National Public Radio (NPR) member station KJZZ 91.5 FM in Phoenix has an audio review of this movie. scroll to "Aug 13" at: link here The Chicago Sun-Times' nationally known movie critic Roger Ebert has now weighed in on this landmark film in a September 3rd review: link here Further, the same newspaper's Religion Writer Cathleen Falsani reviews "What the Bleep" and says it is "the most bizarrely intriguing movie I've seen in a long while." The movie opens September 10th in Chicago! link here Scientist Fred Alan Wolf gives an interview about "What the Bleep" on Quest Books website: link here . Of Local Note: From CSE: The Children’s School of Excellence 2004-2005 school year has started! Thank you all for helping us open the doors on a successful year. CSE raised over $60,000 in their summer auction, with a desired goal half that! Cheryl Nichols is putting out a request for a teacher’s position. Quoting Beyond the Ordinary.net’s archives, “Cheryl Nichols has been teaching kinder class (pre-school) and kindergarten, at the Children’s School of Excellence for five years, and loves working with students just learning to read and write.” She states, “We are still trying to find our Preschool teacher! We have two classes almost full but no teacher yet. If you have experience teaching 3 and 4 year olds, please contact CSE straight away! Fax: 360-446-4050.” Listen to Cheryl’s enthusiasm about these kids now: link here Please check-out this fabulous school’s website: link here Further, CSE is listed on the Washington Federation of Independent Schools site: link here . Quote of the Week: "There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it." Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) 106-43 B. C. Roman orator and statesman in "De Divinatione" bk. 2, ch. 119. . Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2004. For archived issues of Kleiner’s Korner, click on “Current Kleiner’s Korner and Archives” at www.kleinerskorner.com Send comments to steve@kleinerskorner.com . Kleiner's Korner Special Edition for September 1, 2004 Kleiner's Korner is thrilled to announce to readers that Contact Radio will have JZ Knight live as their guest this Friday, September 3, 2004, broadcasting from Yelm, WA. from 9-11a.m. PDT. Contact Talk Radio's Mission Statement: "CONTACT Talk Radio International is a program that gives voice to a social alternative that brings community together in a sustainable way by sharing uncommon ideas for the larger purpose of creating a cultural bridge that promotes open constructive dialogue to support our global community and our planet." Quoting further from the Contact Talk site about their September 3rd guest: "JZ Knight is the founder and president of Ramtha's School of Enlightenment, the president of JZK, Inc., and the chairman of JZ Knight Humanities Foundation. She is the only person appointed by Ramtha to channel him and his teachings. JZ Knight is considered by many religious experts and historians to be one of the most charismatic, remarkable, and challenging spiritual leaders of the modern age. The following is a concise chronology of her life. For a more detailed autobiography, see JZ Knight, A State of Mind: My Story. New York: Warner Books, 1987." About JZ Knight: link here About Contact Radio: link here Guests: link here then scroll down to September 3, 2004 for JZ Knight Listen in yourself: link here Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2004. For archived issues of Kleiner’s Korner, click on “Current Kleiner’s Korner and Archives” at www.kleinerskorner.com Send comments to steve@kleinerskorner.com.