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UPDATES ARCHIVE FOR OCTOBER 2005

Kleiner's Korner For Week of October 31, 2005

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1. "STUDY: FISH-EATERS STAY SHARPER WITH AGE" "Eating fish at least once a week is good for the brain, slowing age-related mental decline by the equivalent of three to four years, a study suggests... 'We found that people who ate one fish meal a week had a 10 percent slower annual decline in thinking' said co-author Martha Clare Morris, an epidemiologist at Rush University Medical Center. 'Those who ate two fish meals a week showed a 13 percent slower annual decline.' The study was posted Monday [Oct. 10] on the Web site of the Archives of Neurology and will appear in the journal's December issue. It was published early online because of its general interest," quoting CNN.
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2. ENERGY PRICE RISES MAKING ALTERNATIVES WORTH A LOOK "Even with oil prices marching toward $70 a barrel, most alternative energy sources require heavy federal subsidies to allow producers to turn a profit. Wind power, though it still enjoys subsidies, is one of the few that is becoming economically competitive in its own right -- thanks to rising electric power costs in many parts of the world and technological advances in the design and manufacture of wind turbines. As a result, total wind power generation capacity in the U.S. is expected to grow by about a third this year," quoting MSNBC. link here And: "At 7,100 feet up in the Rocky Mountains, where the temperatures can hit 40 below, Amory Lovins has built a home that shows just how powerful solar energy can be. He says the house is 99 percent passive-solar heated, saves 99 percent of its water-heating energy, and consumes about $5 a month worth of electricity. The house is so toasty, Lovins says, he grows bananas indoors; he’s harvested 28 crops over the years. 'The extra cost of all those efficiencies paid for itself in ten months, 20 years ago,' he said. 'But you can do better now,'" quoting MSNBC. link here
And hydrogen taking off: "It’s been described as the Holy Grail of alternative energy sources: The most widely abundant element in the universe that can be produced, stored, and transported anywhere on earth. When used to produce electric power with fuel-cell technology, its only byproduct is water, eliminating the carbon and other pollutants produced by burning fossil fuels. Now, backed by increases in private and government funding, the pace of hydrogen research and development is picking up speed," quoting MSNBC.com. link here .

3. FOLLOW-UP: WAL-MART TOUTS BENEFITS OF RFID TECHNOLOGY "Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said its fast-growing use of radio-transmitting inventory tags has helped boost sales by keeping shelves better stocked with key merchandise. The use of RFID, or radio-frequency identification tags, has reduced out-of-stock merchandise by 16 percent at the company's stores that have begun to use the technology over the past 12 months, Linda Dillman, Wal-Mart's chief information officer, said at the company's annual analyst meeting Wednesday [Oct. 26]. Wal-Mart has been able to restock RFID-tagged items three times as fast as non-tagged items, she said," quoting the AP. link here .

4. KING TUT FOUND TO BE A RED WINE DRINKER "King Tutankhamun was a red wine drinker, according to scientists who have been studying residue left in wine pitchers in the ancient pharaoh's tomb. Wine was a luxury drink in ancient Egypt and bottles were labelled with the wine's name, year of harvest, source, and even vine grower. Until now the colour of the wine was unknown, as it dried out over time. A team of Spanish scientists developed a new technique able to pinpoint an acid left by compounds in red wine," quoting the BBC. link here .

5. STORM NAMED BETA MAKES FOR VERY ACTIVE SEASON "Tropical Storm Beta churned steadily toward an archipelago off the coast of Nicaragua on Friday, as hundreds of tourists and residents hunkered down in the shelters where they had spent the night protected from outer bands of wind and rain. Meteorologists said Beta was on track to reach hurricane strength later in the day, which would make it the 13th hurricane of the already record-breaking Atlantic season of a total 23 named storms," quoting the AP. link here .

6. HURRICANE WILMA –THE CAPACITOR "Some thoughts on storm tracking and ties to electrical phenomenon of interest, both pertaining to electrical properties of hurricanes as well as their interaction with the electrical component of humans," quoting Open Source Energy Network.
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7. BEST VIEW NOW OF MARS UNTIL 2018 "This weekend Mars makes its closest approach to Earth until June 2018. While the event won’t make Mars seem any bigger or brighter than the night before or after, it is among the best chances in a lifetime to view the planet. After brilliant Venus sets, Mars is the brightest “star” in the evening sky. It comes up around a quarter-hour after sunset, but give it at least two more hours to climb above the poor seeing near the horizon. By then it will be at an altitude of around 20 degrees as seen from midnorthern latitudes," quoting Space.com. link here .

8. "IS U. S. BECOMING HOSTILE TO SCIENCE" "A bitter debate about how to teach evolution in U.S. high schools is prompting a crisis of confidence among scientists, and some senior academics warn that science itself is under assault. In the past month, the interim president of Cornell University and the dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine have both spoken on this theme, warning in dramatic terms of the long-term consequences. ‘Among the most significant forces is the rising tide of anti-science sentiment that seems to have its nucleus in Washington but which extends throughout the nation,’ said Stanford's Philip Pizzo in a letter posted on the school Web site on October. 3," quoting CNN.
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9. BRAIN DAMAGED? THINK AGAIN AFTER YOU MEET REX! "The human mind can be mystifying in its capacity to accommodate both disability and genius in the same person, as we found in a little boy named Rex. Rex was born blind, with brain damage so severe it looked as though he would never walk, talk, or do much of anything. And yet he has a talent few of us can imagine. To understand Rex’s brain would be to unlock mysteries of language, memory, and music. Correspondent Lesley Stahl reports," from CBS News 60 Minutes program. link here .

10. SCIENCE MAPS DNA & FINDS WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT "Scientists have mapped patterns of tiny DNA differences that distinguish one person from another, an achievement that will help researchers find genes that promote common illnesses such as heart disease and diabetes. The map represents 'a real sea change in how we study the genetics of disease,' said Dr. David Altshuler, a leader of the project that included more than 200 researchers from six nations," quoting the AP. link here .

11. "SCIENTISTS LOOK TO DNA FOR NUTRITION ADVICE" "As a registered dietitian, Ruth DeBusk has eaten a healthy diet for a long time. As a geneticist, she wondered if she could do better. So earlier this year, she had her DNA tested by a company that gives personalized nutrition advice based on genetics. The results indicated she needed more folate. So DeBusk doubled her minimum amount of folate, a B vitamin found in leafy greens and citrus," quoting CNN. link here .

12. GOOD MORNING FROM YOUR COMPUTER This is what a computer should do first thing in the morning! Click on the line below and then type in your first name... link here .

RAMTHA SCHOOL NEWS "Ramtha's School of Enlightenment (RSE), the School of Ancient Wisdom, is a remarkable academy of the mind created by Ramtha the Enlightened One. Students from all over the world come to learn the tools and knowledge to tap into the power of the mind and explore our human potential. The curriculum taught at RSE is based on Ramtha's teachings and ranges from ancient wisdom to quantum physics. It contains knowledge and practical tools that are found nowhere else," quoting the Ramtha School of Enlightenment website. link here .

OF LOCAL NOTE "This week King County hosts one of the largest global warming conferences in the Northwest, with more than 600 participants at Qwest Field. It will showcase how King County government is attacking global warming and its effects at every level," quoting the King County website. link here
And: "Biologists say they heard rumors of rare oysters growing wild in a bay on a Puget Sound navy facility. It turns out the rumors are true. You might not expect a heavily secured Navy fuel depot to be home to an ecological wonder. But Manchester, Wash. has a little secret called little Clam Bay," quoting KING-5 TV news.
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK "Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!" Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) Italian painter and desugner .

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Kleiner's Korner For Week of October 24, 2005

1. HURRICANE WILMA ANOTHER ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS "Hurricane Wilma doesn’t stop making history: It is the strongest, most intense Atlantic hurricane in terms of barometric pressure and the most rapidly strengthening on record. A hurricane hunter plane flying through the Category 5 storm’s eye found a minimum central pressure of 882 millibars, National Hurricane Center forecasters said Wednesday [Oct. 19]. That is lower than the 888 millibars recorded in Hurricane Gilbert in 1988. The lowest pressure at landfall on record is 892 millibars in the 1935 Labor Day hurricane in the Florida Keys, which was blamed for more than 400 deaths. Pressure is often used to compare hurricanes throughout history because measurements of pressure are usually more accurate than those of wind speeds. Wind gauges are often damaged or destroyed by powerful hurricanes," quoting the AP. link here .

2. THESE GRAPHS REVEAL WARM WATERS SPAWNED RECORD HURRICANE SEASON The current sea surface temperatures are still well above the 82 degrees (F.) required to strengthen hurricanes. link here The 22nd Tropical Depression/storm of the season called Alpha is right behind Wilma primed to become a 13th hurricane. link here This chart shows all of the hurricanes/storms this season. link here Alpha, the Atlantic season's record-breaking 22nd named storm, left at least eight people dead and 23 missing in Haiti before moving north into the Atlantic Ocean and weakening into a tropical depression, authorities said Monday [Oct. 24] quoting the Seattle P-I.
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3. BIRD FLU NOW IN UK. IS THE USA NEXT? "Government scientists are still trying to discover the source of a deadly bird-flu outbreak that has struck a quarantine facility for exotic birds in Essex. Tissue samples from two consignments of birds destined for the pet trade are being tested for the lethal H5N1 strain of flu virus by the Veterinary Laboratories Agency in Weybridge, Surrey. In Asia, the same strain has infected millions of birds and more than 120 people, of which 61 have died," quoting The Independent [UK]. link here And: link here
HEATHROW AIRPORT BIRD FLU ENTRY POINT. WILL IT BE LAX HERE? "The tale of the dead parrot began at Heathrow airport in September when a consignment of 148 exotic birds destined for the pet trade arrived by air freight from the former Dutch colony of Surinam in South America. Customs officials and border post inspectors at the airport's animal reception centre checked the consignment before sealing the bird crates ready for their transport by road to a private quarantine facility in Essex," quoting The Independent [UK]. [Ed. Note: If this becomes a human pandemic, will quarantines ground the world's airline travel? HMMM...]
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4. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: “DID LIFE COME FROM ANOTHER WORLD” "Most scientists have long assumed that life on Earth is a homegrown phenomenon. According to the conventional hypothesis, the earliest living cells emerged as a result of chemical evolution on our planet billions of years ago in a process called abiogenesis. The alternative possibility--that living cells or their precursors arrived from space--strikes many people as science fiction. Developments over the past decade, however, have given new credibility to the idea that Earth's biosphere could have arisen from an extraterrestrial seed," quoting SCIAM.COM.
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5. IS THE END OF THE HUMAN CONDITION CALLED DEATH AT HAND? "THE MAN WHO WOULD MURDER DEATH" From the Chronicle of Higher Education comes this report,"Growing old is not, in his view, an inevitable consequence of the human condition; rather, it is the result of accumulated damage at the cellular and molecular levels that medical advances will soon be able to prevent — or even reverse — allowing people to go on living pretty much indefinitely. We'll still have to worry about angry bears and falling pianos, but aging, the biggest killer of all, will cease to be a threat. Death, as we know it, will die." link here
FABULOUS STORIES ON TELOMERE REGENNERATION TITLED: "How likely is human extinction?" "Stindl argues that the protective caps on the end of chromosomes, called telomeres, provide the answer. Like plastic tips on the end of shoelaces, all eukaryotic species have telomeres on the end of their chromosomes to prevent instability. However, cells seem to struggle to copy telomeres properly when they divide, and very gradually the telomeres become shorter. Stindl's idea is that there is also a tiny loss of telomere length between each generations, mirroring the individual ageing process. Once a telomere becomes critically short it causes diseases related to chromosomal instability, or limited tissue regeneration, such as cancer and immunodeficiency," quoting South Africa’s Mail & Guardian. link here .

6. "CENTENARIANS INCREASE IN AGE AND NUMBERS" USA Today reports, "The U.S. Census Bureau projects that 114,000 Americans will be centenarians in 2010, a number expected to swell to 241,000 by 2020. Why are so many living so long? Legions of scientists are probing the secrets of longevity, taking a hard look at everything from gray hair to damage deep within cells. They are trying to understand today's centenarians and to find ways to extend the human life span. Medical advances of the past century, such as antibiotics and statin drugs for heart disease, already have allowed the average person to live decades longer than someone born in 1900. If those advances continue, will scientists push the envelope of human life far past 100? Can people routinely live to 150 or even 200?"
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7. HONDA UNVEILS FUEL CELL CONCEPT CAR "Honda’s new FCX fuel cell concept vehicle, unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show, is a stylish sedan featuring a redesigned fuel cell system that delivers more power and increased range in less space than the current FCX 2005 model on the road, and a low-floor design that maximizes cabin space," quoting Green Car Congress. link here .

8. IS THE WEB UNDER THREAT OF TAKEOVER? MEANING CONTROLLED The New York Times examines this story in an International Herald Tribune op-ed piece: "There is a move afoot at the United Nations and in the European Union to get the United States to give up control of the Internet - a medium that America created and on which it now critically relies. Disingenuously calling for a "model of cooperation" in Internet governance in advance of the World Summit on the Information Society to be held in Tunisia in November, the European commissioner for information society and media is opening the door to Internet regulation while saying that ‘we have no intention to regulate the Internet.’" link here .

9. "ARE WORMHOLES TUNNELS FOR TIME TRAVEL?" National Geographic examines this question in this thoughtful story: "'The bottom line is that time travel is allowed by the laws of physics,' said Brian Greene, a Columbia University physics professor and the author of The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality. But the laws of space and time as Einstein laid them out may be revised by the quirky rules of quantum theory. Quantum theory describes the microscopic randomness that fills the universe."
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10. PUERTO RICAN MAYOR APPROVES OF UFO LANDING STRIP "People in this sleepy hamlet are so sure they have been receiving other-worldly visitors, they want to build a UFO landing strip to welcome them. A bright green sign along a lonely country road in southwestern Puerto Rico proudly displays a silhouette of a flying saucer and two words: "Extraterrestrial Route."… The mayor insists his goal is to attract tourists to his small town. But he is also among Lajans who believe they have seen UFOs in the area," quoting CNN. link here .

11. NASCAR OWNERS DETERMINED TO BRING A TRACK NEAR YOU "The phrase ‘NASCAR family’ usually refers to the millions of fans obsessed with the fastest-growing sport in America but the real NASCAR family, its ‘first family,’ is the France family of Daytona Beach, Fla. For six decades they have literally owned the sport, and made themselves into billionaires in the process. No matter who you are or where you live in America, the France family is determined to bring NASCAR to a racetrack near you and to turn you into a fan. Correspondent Lesley Stahl reports," in this enlightening story aired on CBS News 60 Minutes.
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12. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIMES ENDS THIS WEEKEND IN MUCH OF USA "On August 8, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This Act changed the time change dates in the U.S. Beginning in 2007, DST will begin on the second Sunday of March, and end the first Sunday of November. Note that the Secretary shall report to Congress on the impact of this change. Congress retains the right to revert the Daylight Saving Time back to the 2005 time schedules once the Department study is complete," quoting WebExhibits.
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RAMTHA SCHOOL NEWS Ramtha's remarkable teachings come to Hawaii this weekend in an extraordinary weekend workshop on Maui. link here .

OF LOCAL NOTE "Harry Petersen's family has farmed at the confluence of Yelm Creek and the Nisqually River for about 70 years. He can't remember a year like this one for pink salmon, the smallest and most short-lived of the five Pacific salmon species. A week ago, the stretch of stream near the mouth of the creek was choked with spawning pink salmon, the males far outnumbered and distinguished by a hump in front of their dorsal fin. ‘I don't remember them being this thick in the creek before,’ Petersen said on a day when the spawning activity clearly had peaked and dwindled to just a few," quoting The Olympian.
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK "I never give them [the public] hell. I just tell them the truth, and they think it is hell." Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) 33rd President of the USA in LOOK Magazine 3 April 1956.
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Kleiner's Korner For Week of October 17, 2005

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1. FOLLOW-UP: MORE BONES OF HOBBIT-SIZED HUMANS FOUND "Scientists digging in a remote Indonesian cave have uncovered a jawbone that they say adds more evidence that a tiny prehistoric Hobbit-like species once existed. The jaw is from the ninth individual believed to have lived as recently as 12,000 years ago. The bones are in a wet cave on the island of Flores in the eastern limb of the Indonesian archipelago, near Australia," quoting the AP.
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2. KING HENRY VIIIs 500 YEAR-OLD FLAGSHIP’S ANCHOR RAISED "The anchor of King Henry VIIIs ill-fated flagship, the nearly 500-year-old Mary Rose, was raised from the sea Tuesday [Oct. 11] looking corroded and strewn with seaweed, but otherwise intact. Four hundred and fifty years after the Tudor warship sank off Portsmouth in southern England, archaeologists used a winch to lift the 12.5-foot-long (3.8-meter-long) iron anchor from the seabed. Divers also raised part of the Mary Rose's front section — the stem timber of the bow. Britain's Prince Charles, who is president of the Mary Rose Trust, sent a message of support to the archaeological team," quoting the AP. link here .

3. USA: THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE "There are at least 2,225 child offenders serving life without parole (LWOP) sentences in U.S. prisons for crimes committed before they were age 18, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said in a new joint report published today…The 157-page report, The Rest of Their Lives: Life without Parole for Child Offenders in the United States, is the first national study examining the practice of trying children as adults and sentencing them to life in adult prisons without the possibility of parole. The report is based on two years of research and on an analysis of previously uncollected federal and state corrections data. The data allowed the organizations to track state and national trends in LWOP sentencing through mid-2004 and to analyze the race, history and crimes of young offenders,” quoting Human Rights Watch…. "Kids who commit serious crimes shouldn't go scot-free, but if they are too young to vote or buy cigarettes, they are too young to spend the rest of their lives behind bars," said Alison Parker, Senior Researcher, U.S. Program, Human Rights Watch. [Ed. Note: This is a disgrace for a country that calls itself a world leader.] link here .

4. "CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN HEALTH" FROM THE PRESTIGIOUS NEJM "In 1998, Hurricane Mitch dropped six feet of rain on Central America in three days. In its wake, the incidence of malaria, dengue fever, cholera, and leptospirosis soared. In 2000, rain and three cyclones inundated Mozambique for six weeks, and the incidence of malaria rose fivefold. In 2003, a summer heat wave in Europe killed tens of thousands of people, wilted crops, set forests ablaze, and melted 10 percent of the Alpine glacial mass. This summer's blistering heat wave was unprecedented with regard to intensity, duration, and geographic extent. More than 200 U.S. cities registered new record high temperatures. In Phoenix, Arizona, sustained temperatures above 100°F (38°C) for 39 consecutive days, including a week above 110°F (43°C), took a harsh toll on the homeless. Then came Hurricane Katrina, gathering steam from the heated Gulf of Mexico and causing devastation in coastal communities. These sorts of extreme weather events reflect massive and ongoing changes in our climate to which biologic systems on all continents are reacting. So concluded the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a collaboration of more than 2000 scientists from 100 countries. In 2001, the panel concluded that humans are playing a major role in causing these changes, largely through deforestation and the combustion of fossil fuels that produce heat-trapping gases such as carbon dioxide," quoting The New England Journal of Medicine.
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5. "AMAZON DROUGHT EMERGENCY WIDENS" "A worsening drought in the Amazon basin has prompted Brazil to extend an emergency across the Amazonas state. Brazil's military has been distributing supplies and medicine to tens of thousands of people stranded by the dramatic drop in water levels. Witnesses say rivers and lakes have dried up completely, leaving behind kilometres of sand and mud. Environmental campaign group Greenpeace has blamed deforestation and global warming for the drought. It quoted scientists as saying that the burning of forests has raised temperatures in the Amazon, preventing the formation of clouds," quoting the BBC. link here .

6. STAR TREK’S SCOTTY’S REMAINS BEING SENT INTO SPACE "Evidently “Star Trek” actor James “Scotty” Doohan took the catchphrase “beam me up” very seriously — his cremated remains are being launched into space this year in accord with his last wishes. Space Services Inc., a commercial launch operator, will send the late actor’s remains into space aboard its Explorers Flight on Dec. 6, a company spokeswoman said Friday [Oct. 14]. She said the remains of more than 120 others will be aboard the flight, including those of an unidentified astronaut and Mareta West, the astrogeologist who determined the site for the first spacecraft landing on the moon," quoting Reuters. link here More on the Memorial Space Flight here. link here .

7. "SCIENTISTS STRAIN TO SPOT BLACK HOLE’S SHADOW" "At the core of the Milky Way is a supermassive black hole that sucks in light, rendering it virtually invisible. But astronomers say they will be able to see the black hole's overall shadow within a few years. ‘The Holy Grail of black hole astronomy is within our grasp,’ says Avery Broderick of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. ‘We could see the shadow that the black hole casts on surrounding material, and determine the size and spin of the black hole itself.’ …Astronomers have already detected radiation from hot spots just outside the black hole, and they believe that these will paint a background against which the black hole's profile, or shadow, will stand out. Since the technology to view the shadow won't be in place for another few years, Broderick and Avi Loeb of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have designed a model that anticipates what the shadow will look like," quoting Space.com. link here .

8. "EXERCISE AMOUNT MORE IMPORTANT THAN INTENSITY" "How much you exercise may be more important than how hard you exercise in terms of heart health, according to a study of sedentary overweight men and women. And, many will be happy to hear, exhaustive amounts of exercise are not needed for heart health. In journal CHEST, researchers from North Carolina report that people who walk briskly for 12 miles per week or for about 125 to 200 minutes per week will significantly improve their aerobic fitness and lower their risk of developing heart disease," quoting Reuters. link here .

9. "RURAL LIVING EASIER ON THE LUNGS, STUDY FINDS" "Living in the country may be good for your respiratory health, according to a study conducted in Scotland, which suggests that rural as opposed to urban dwelling is associated with a lower prevalence of asthma. Moreover, while the prevalence of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and emphysema, which are caused primarily by smoking, is similar among country and city dwellers, living in the country appears to be associated with better health status among subjects with these two lung ailments, the study hints. For their study, Lisa Iversen and colleagues from the University of Aberdeen in the UK analyzed responses to a mailed health questionnaire returned by more than 1,000 adults living in rural areas of Scotland and nearly 1,500 living in urban areas of Scotland," quoting Reuters. link here .

10. "SLOW MUSIC IS GOOD FOR THE HEART, STUDY FINDS" "A new study shows that listening to music that has a slow or meditative tempo has a relaxing effect on people, slowing their breathing and heart rate, whereas listening to faster music with a more upbeat tempo has the opposite effect — speeding up respiration and heart rate. The results, which appear in the journal Heart, support a growing body of research on the potential stress-reducing health benefits of music," quoting Reuters. link here .

11. "IN COMA FOR 2 YEARS, PATIENT SAYS HE HEARD ALL" "An Italian man who spent two years supposedly unconscious in a deep coma, written off by doctors as nearly dead, awoke saying he heard and understood everything happening around him during the long ordeal, his family said. Salvatore Crisafulli, a father of four, is describing his case as a “miracle” which proves that lost causes are anything but hopeless and his recovery appeared to strengthen the hand of Italians opposed to end-of-life solutions," quoting Reuters. link here .

12. JIB-JAB DOES IT AGAIN! THIS TIME ABOUT BIG-BOX RETAIL. Click "Big-Box Mart" and turn up volume: link here .

RAMTHA SCHOOL NEWS JZ Knight and Ramtha will both be speaking at the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia’s Thomas Jefferson University in early November. JZ's presentation is "How to Develop Extraordinary Mind" on November 4th. Ramtha's presentation is "A Message of Hope" on November 6. Further, on November 7, JZ will present her talk "How to Develop Extraordinary Mind" at the American Visionary Art Museum, Jim Rouse Visionary Center. link here
"Founded in 1824, Jefferson Medical College has awarded more than 27,000 medical degrees and has more living graduates than any other medical school in the nation. It offers both traditional medical education programs and innovative joint degree programs to its enrollment of approximately 900 students each year." link here
"With a commanding east view of Baltimore harbor and Federal Hill…the Jim Rouse Center for Visionary Thought is an independent, non-governmental think tank for identifying, exploring, and publicly promoting effective low-cost grassroots models of creative social responsibility, while supporting improved life in urban and regional centers around the world… The ultimate goal of the CVT is to energize both individuals and bureaucracies with a shared and renewed sense of positive potential and community action. Center for Visionary Thought (CVT) will showcase innovative examples of cooperative and individual imagination which have resulted in practical improvements for urban and regional life." link here
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OF LOCAL NOTE A. "Mayor Greg Nickels [Seattle, WA] warned that another marine critter, a type of shipworm, is attacking the deteriorating seawall that supports much of downtown Seattle and the Alaskan Way Viaduct. An invasion of marine creatures such as gribbles and teredos is boring through the wood and steel structure at an alarming rate, forcing the city to step up inspection of the seawall to every six months. Nickels joined Seattle Department of Transportation Director Grace Crunican this morning to tour a section of the seawall near Pier 70 where divers were recording the latest deterioration," quoting the City of Seattle Press Release. link here
B. A PREPAREDNESS EXPO will be held in Seattle on October 21 & 22, 2005 at the Seattle Center, presented by the King County Office of Emergency Management. link here
C. Further, the Yelm community’s own Survival Center folks will be there, too. "The Survival Center is America's oldest continually operating Survival Center with over 32 years experience. We are providers of family preparedness, health, and survival supplies. Everything from food storage, water filters, first aid and medical kits, solar-powered radios, flashlights to complete Under Ground Shelters including our new Above Ground and Inside shelters." link here
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK "There is a destiny that makes us brothers: None goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others, Comes back into our own.
I care not what his temples or his creeds One thing holds firm and fast - - That into his fateful heap of days and deeds The soul of am na is cast."
Edwin Markham (1852-1940) American poet .

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Kleiner's Korner For Week of October 10, 2005

1. HISTORY CHANNEL BROADCASTS LT. COL. CORSO'S CLAIMS FROM ROSWELL NM ALIEN SPACECRAFT CRASH The History Channel "Delve[d] into the aftermath and repercussions of the 1947 Roswell incident, when many believe an alien spacecraft crashed in New Mexico. Based on The Day after Roswell by Lt. Col. Philip J. Corso and William Birnes, we explore if technologies like the laser, fiber optics, the integrated circuit, super-strong fibers, and night vision were developed with the aid of aliens. Career officer Corso claims his first alien encounter came on July 6, `47, while on late-night security rounds at Ft. Riley, Kansas, where he saw bodies of EBEs (extraterrestrial biological entities) inside shipping crates. In 1961, as Chief of Foreign Technology in the Army's department of Research and Development, his job included analyzing alien technology from Roswell, then introducing it into America's technological mainstream--thus, reverse-engineering alien artifacts. And we talk to many scientists involved at the time, who credit hard work, not alien contact, with these technological advances," quoting the History Channel website, which investigated Lt. Col. Corso's claims in a broadcast October 2nd. The balance of the UFO History Channel broadcasts are accessed via this link. [Ed. Note: Lt. Col. Corso came to Yelm WA prior to his death speaking to the students of Ramtha's School of Enlightenment.] link here
And Corso's book, The Day After Roswell: link here .

2. KK READERS KNEW THIS WAS COMING --- PRESIDENT BUSH ASKS CONGRESS FOR QUARANTINE POWERS "President George W. Bush asked Congress on Tuesday [Oct. 4] to consider giving him powers to use the military to enforce quarantines in case of an avian influenza epidemic. He said the military, and perhaps the National Guard, might be needed to take such a role if the feared H5N1 bird flu virus changes enough to cause widespread human infection. 'If we had an outbreak somewhere in the United States, do we not then quarantine that part of the country? And how do you, then, enforce a quarantine?' Bush asked at a news conference," quoting Reuters. link here .

3. “CATHOLIC CHURCH NO LONGER SWEARS BY TRUTH OF THE BIBLE” “THE hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church has published a teaching document instructing the faithful that some parts of the Bible are not actually true. The Catholic bishops of England, Wales, and Scotland are warning their five million worshippers, as well as any others drawn to the study of scripture, that they should not expect “total accuracy” from the Bible. ‘We should not expect to find in Scripture full scientific accuracy or complete historical precision,’ they say in The Gift of Scripture. The document is timely, coming as it does amid the rise of the religious Right, in particular in the US,” quoting the London Times. link here .

4. KILLER 1918 FLU VIRUS RE-CREATED “Scientists have long puzzled over the exceptional lethality of the 1918 flu, which killed between 20 million and 50 million people worldwide. What features of the viral genome enabled it to become both highly transmissible and lethal at the same time? Some of those questions were answered this week, with the publication of twin papers in the journals Nature and Science. In Nature, Jeffery Taubenberger of the Pentagon's Armed Forces Institute of Pathology announced that he had completed sequencing the genome of the 1918 flu. At the same time, Terrence Tumpey, senior microbiologist at the Influenza Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reported in Science that he and his colleagues had used Taubenberger’s sequence to reconstruct the actual 1918 virus, a living copy of the germ that killed millions,” quoting Newsweek Magazine. link here The full text from the journal Nature titled “The 1918 flu virus is resurrected” link here .

5. “SHARK FOLLOWED ON 12,000-MILE TRIP” “A great white shark named Nicole logged more than 12,000 miles swimming from Africa to Australia and back, the first proof of a link between the two continents' shark populations, researchers say. A second report details the movement of dozens of salmon sharks from summer waters near Alaska to warmer winter quarters off Hawaii and Baja California,“ quoting CNN. link here .

6. “'BIG BABY’ GALAXY DETECTED IN EARLY UNIVERSE” “Astronomers using two of NASA's most powerful telescopes said on Tuesday [September 27] they have detected a 'big baby' galaxy, vastly heavy for its young age and its location in the early universe. The discovery was surprising, since astronomers have long theorized that galaxies form when stars gradually cluster together, with small galaxies preceding bigger galaxies. But the stars in this cosmic infant -- less than 1 billion years old -- have eight times the mass of those in the 13-billion-year-old Milky Way, which contains Earth,” quoting Reuters. link here .

7. FOLLOW-UP TO LONE ELEPHANT STORY IN ALASKA “Anchorage zookeepers are installing a 16,000-pound treadmill to keep an isolated elephant from getting fat during the long, cold Alaskan winters. The 20-foot-long treadmill was designed specifically for Maggie, a 23-year-old female African elephant that has become the subject of a national debate over the proper care for captive pachyderms. ‘It looks just like a big people treadmill,’ said Patrick Lampi, assistant director of the Alaska Zoo. [Ed. Note: Move Maggie south with other elephants!] link here .

8. US HOUSE PASSES BILL TO ALLOW EXTINCTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES “The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that could rewrite the Endangered Species Act. The bill would greatly expand private property rights under the law that has been credited with helping keep the bald eagle from extinction but which also has provoked bitter fights over land use,” quoting the Orca Network. link here
“….[WA.] Gov. Christine Gregoire signed a bill making the orca Washington's official marine mammal,” quoting the Skagit Valley Herald. link here
“The Lolita Come Home Campaign is a major concern of Orca Network. Lolita, first called Tokitae, is the last surviving orca of 45 members of the Southern Resident community that were captured and delivered for display in marine parks between 1965 and 1973. At least 13 others were killed during captures. Though a young adult, Lolita is the oldest whale in captivity, and has been maintained at a Miami marine park since 1970. Only Corky at Sea World in San Diego, captured in 1969, has been in captivity longer.” link here .

9. FOLLOW-UP: “CALIFORNIA BARS SELLING VIOLENT GAMES TO MINORS” “California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ignored strong lobbying from software makers and signed legislation Friday [Oct. 7] that bans the sale of violent video games to children. Passed by the California legislature last month, the measure follows heated national debate after game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. pulled its best-selling game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" from retailers this summer because of hidden sex scenes,” quoting Reuters. link here .

10. “THE MIND OF AN INVENTOR” “He built his first computer as a child. In his 20s, he had moved on to supercomputers. Now Danny Hillis is thinking of bigger things. At 49, Hillis is clearly an adult: He's a corporate executive and entrepreneur with a high government security clearance and a family of his own. But Hillis has never had to put out an APB for his inner child. This becomes clear as soon as one crosses the threshold of Applied Minds, which sprawls over five flat buildings in an industrial area of Glendale, Calif. Behind an ordinary reception area, a door opens to a small room with only a red phone booth that could have been a prop in an Austin Powers movie. Hillis picks up the handset. "The blue moon jumps over the purple sky," he says, a twinkle in his eye acknowledging the corniness of the process,” quoting Newsweek Magazine. link here .

11. GOLD TAKES FLIGHT WHILE EVERYONE IS DISTRACTED ABOUT OIL “The gold price is breaking out in all key currencies. Not all the world's investors (or central bankers!) are blind to the scary developments sketched above. Gold in dollars has definitively been in a bull market for some time, but in recent weeks gold has decisively broken out all key currencies including the Euro, Yen, Swiss Franc and Sterling. Markets are recognizing that the failure of the Dollar Standard is one not only of US economic management but one inherent in the fiat money system itself. In the long term they may demand gold's return as an anchor to the global monetary system,” quoting Prudent Bear.com. link here
Check out Gold’s rise for yourself: link here And be sure to click: “30 day Gold Chart” or the “5-year Gold Chart” [Ed. Note: The 5 year gold chart shows the price rise of gold since President Bush was elected, meaning lack of confidence in the U S Dollar.] .

12. CAROLINE KENNEDY COMPILED POEMS FOR CHILDREN IN NEW BOOK “Four years ago, Caroline Kennedy pulled together a book of poems her mother loved best. “The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis” (Hyperion) became a best seller. Now the daughter of the iconic First Lady has compiled poems for children. Whimsical illustrations and work by A. A. Milne, Robert Frost, T. S. Eliot, and Emily Dickinson fill “A Family of Poems” (Hyperion). Kennedy spoke with NEWSWEEK’s Nicki Gostin,” quoting Newsweek Magazine. link here .

RAMTHA SCHOOL NEWS “JZ Knight, the unique channel of Ramtha the Enlightened One and President of Ramtha's School of Enlightenment, has been invited for a second occasion to address the students of Religious Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara. On October 13 JZ Knight will address Professor Wade Clark Roof's class on American Religions, and following her address UCSB will officially commemorate her donation of a comprehensive archive of Ramtha's teachings to the University Library… JZ Knight continues to channel Ramtha and bring his teachings to the world through Ramtha's School of Enlightenment, which she calls "The Quintessential School of the Mind," quoting the Ramtha School email announcement. link here .

QUOTE OF THE WEEK "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind" Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-born theoretical physicist; originator of the theroy of relativity .

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Kleiner's Korner For Week of October 3, 2005

Very important news stories that did not make the front pages this week are listed below. SK

1. UN’S WHO WARNS OF AVIAN AND HUMAN INLUENZA PANDEMIC “The U.N. health agency on Friday [Sep. 30] said it was impossible to estimate how many people would die from a new influenza pandemic, adding that it has warned countries to prepare for a death toll of up to 7.4 million…On Thursday [Sep. 29], Dr. David Nabarro — the new U.N. coordinator for avian and human influenza — had warned that the “range of deaths could be anything between 5 and 150 million” from a new pandemic,” quoting the AP. link here And the WHO Press Release about this: link here

USA PREPARES FOR FLU “The Senate voted Thursday [Sep. 29] to provide $4 billion to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stockpile anti-flu medicine to protect people against bird flu and prepare for a potential outbreak. By voice vote, senators agreed to tack the proposal onto next year’s $440 billion defense spending bill. The Senate still must approve the overall defense bill, and a vote is expected next week. Then, the Senate must work out a final version with the House, which did not include money for bird flu preparedness in its defense bill. In recent weeks, the United States has stepped up preparations in case the virus — which has already killed or led to the slaughter of millions of birds in Asia and Europe — sparks an influenza pandemic,” quoting the AP.
link here .

2. “ARCTIC ICE MELTING FASTER AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB” “New satellite observations show that sea ice in the Arctic is melting faster while air temperatures in the region are rising sharply, scientists say. Since 2002, satellite data have revealed unusually early springtime melting in areas north of Siberia and Alaska. Now the melting trend has spread throughout the Arctic, according to a national collaboration of scientists. The latest observations through September show that melting in 2005 began a record 17 days earlier than usual,” quoting the AP. link here
FURTHER: “The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg said computer models it had created showed the average global temperature could rise by as much as 4.1 Celsius by 2100, melting sea-ice in the Arctic,” quoting Reuters. link here “Indigenous peoples urged tougher action to slow global warming on Thursday [Sep. 29] after a U.S. report showed the Arctic icecap had shrunk to its smallest in at least 100 years. The U.N. Environment Programme also said the shrinking ice was yet more alarming evidence of an Arctic thaw that could portend worldwide disruptions including stronger hurricanes, desertification and rising sea levels,” quoting Reuters. link here .

3. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN TO HOUSE FEDERAL STEM CELL LINES “The University of Wisconsin [UW] will become the nation's first hub for federal research involving human embryonic stem cells, Gov. Jim Doyle's office said Friday [Sep. 30]. The National Institutes of Health picked the school as the site for the National Stem Cell Bank, according to a statement from Doyle's office. The bank will acquire, store, characterize and distribute to researchers the 22 lines eligible for federal funding under the Bush administration's policy, the statement said,” quoting the AP. link here The UW Press Release: link here .

4. “DEEP SLEEP SHORT-CIRCUITS BRAIN’S GRID OF ONNECTIVITY” “In the human brain, cells talk to one another through the routine exchange of electrical signals. But when people fall into a deep sleep, the higher regions of the brain - regions that during waking hours are a bustling grid of neural dialogue - apparently lose their ability to communicate effectively, causing consciousness to fade. Writing Friday, Sept. 30, in the journal Science, a team of researchers led by UW-Madison professor of psychiatry Giulio Tononi reports that the fading of consciousness during dreamless sleep seems to occur as the different regions of the cerebral cortex that mediate perception, thought and action become functionally disconnected,” quoting the UW In the human brain, cells talk to one another through the routine exchange of electrical signals. But when people fall into a deep sleep, the higher regions of the brain - regions that during waking hours are a bustling grid of neural dialogue - apparently lose their ability to communicate effectively, causing consciousness to fade. Writing Friday, Sept. 30, in the journal Science, a team of researchers led by UW-Madison professor of psychiatry Giulio Tononi reports that the fading of consciousness during dreamless sleep seems to occur as the different regions of the cerebral cortex that mediate perception, thought and action become functionally disconnected, quoting the UW Press Release. [Ed. Note: please note excellent diagrams of brain.] link here .

5. “MOON SPOTTED ORBITING SO-CALLED 10TH PLANET” “The astronomers who claim to have discovered the 10th planet in the solar system have another intriguing announcement: It has a moon. While observing the new, so-called planet from Hawaii last month, a team of astronomers led by Michael Brown of the California Institute of Technology spotted a faint object trailing next to it. Because it was moving, astronomers ruled it was a moon and not a background star, which is stationary. The moon discovery is important because it can help scientists determine the new planet's mass. In July, Brown announced the discovery of an icy, rocky object larger than Pluto in the Kuiper Belt, a disc of icy bodies beyond Neptune. Brown labeled the object a planet and nicknamed it Xena after the lead character in the former TV series "Xena: Warrior Princess." The moon was nicknamed Gabrielle, after Xena's faithful traveling sidekick,” quoting the AP. link here .

6. ELECTRODE CAP THAT CAN READ THOUGHTS “Computer scientists have created a hat that can read your thoughts. It allows you to stroll down a virtual street. All you have to do is think about walking. Called a brain-computer interface, the device detects activity in certain brain areas linked to movement, and uses the signals to mimic that movement in a virtual world. The technology could one day help paralysed patients to move robotic arms, or help sufferers of motor neuron disease to type out words on a virtual keyboard. ‘Just thinking about movement activates the same neurons as actually moving,’ explains Gert Pfurtscheller of Graz University of Technology in Austria, who has been working on the device for around four years. By picking up on these bursts of nerve activity, the computer can decide whether you are thinking about moving your hands or feet, and react accordingly,” quoting the journal Nature.
link here .

7. “SOLAR POWER TAKES ROOT IN COAL COUNTRY” “On bright sunny days, the electric meter sometimes turns backwards at Don Huisingh’s house. That’s because the 27 solar energy panels on his roof are making more electricity than his 3,000-square-foot lakefront home is using. ‘It is like a new baby,’ the University of Tennessee professor said of his $40,000 photovoltaic system. Installed in July, the system sends any extra juice to the Tennessee Valley Authority power grid…But Huisingh’s house, which recently joined 10 other solar homes and Middle Tennessee State University’s solar site on the TVA grid, is a pioneering venture in the Southeast, where native coal has kept energy prices low. ‘The technology works. It has been working for quite some time,’ said Thomas Tripp of Chattanooga, president of the Tennessee Solar Energy Association.’“It is just this region has been kind of isolated and unaware of it because we have had such good reliable cheap power here.’ Smoggy skies and rising pollution concerns blamed on coal-fired power plants are changing the dynamic,” quoting the AP. link here .

8. “SOME PEOPLE PREPARING FOR WORST”: BY TAKING CARE OF THEMSELVES From the Boston Globe: “Last week, Longsworth made a spreadsheet of emergency supplies to buy for her home, car, garage, and office. Her husband gathered containers for water storage. Longsworth also volunteered to coordinate disaster planning in her downtown office building. ‘'I am perfectly aware that it can happen to me, and it could be worse than we think,’ she said. In Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, where scientists say a major earthquake will strike again, preparedness is back in vogue. The US Geological Survey predicted in May that a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Los Angeles could kill up to 18,000 people, leave 735,000 homeless, and cause more than $250 billion in damage… As a preparedness strategy, denial seems to be losing ground in Seattle. Some residents are discussing whether to pool resources in basements or in backyard sheds. Barb Graff, Seattle's director of emergency management, recommends that residents go beyond the three days of supplies typically suggested by most disaster planners. ‘'For peace of mind, I'd go for two weeks,’ Graff said. [Ed. Note: Go for two years!] Eric Holdeman, who directs the Office of Emergency Management in King County, said residents should respond to seismic activity as they would ‘'a ticking time bomb.’ ‘'We've seen how quickly the federal government can respond,’ he said. ‘'We can condition ourselves to become prepared."
link here FURTHER: This excellent story from the Vancouver (BC) Sun, titltd “How to survive the first 100 hours of a major disaster.”
link here .

9. “WILD GORILLAS RECORDED USING TOOLS FOR FIRST TIME” “For the first time, biologists have documented gorillas in the wild using simple tools, such as poking a stick in a swampy pool of water to check its depth. Until now, scientists had seen gorillas use tools only in captivity. Among the great apes, tool use in the wild was thought to be a survival skill reserved for smaller chimpanzees and orangutans. The research in the Republic of Congo's rainforests was led by Thomas Breuer of the Wildlife Conservation Society at the Bronx Zoo, which released details of his study. Breuer is in Africa and was not immediately available for an interview,” quoting the AP. link here .

10. E=MC2 TURNS 100 YEARS OLD “Brian Greene, a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia, is the author of "The Elegant Universe" and "The Fabric of the Cosmos" weighs in on the 100th anniversary of E=MC2 in his Op-Ed New York Times piece titled: “That Famous Equation and You”
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11. THE TIMES IN WHICH WE LIVE: BIOHAZARD SENSORS TRIPPED IN D. C. “Biohazard sensors showed the presence of small amounts of potentially dangerous tularemia bacteria in the Mall area last weekend as huge crowds assembled there, but health officials said they believed the levels were too low to be a threat. Health authorities in the Washington area were notified yesterday [Sep. 30] that the bacteria were found in and near the area between the U.S. Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial, where crowds gathered Saturday for an antiwar rally and a book festival. The notification, which came from federal health officials, said that after the initial detection, subsequent tests "supported the presence of low levels" of the bacteria. However, officials also said they did not believe the findings posed a health problem,” quoting the Washington Post.
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12. “HAPPY NEWS” DELIVERS NEWS WITH A DIFFERENT VIEW “Happynews.com, started three months ago, covers many of the international, national, sports and entertainment stories that the big guys do. But as the name implies, it doesn't cover them the same way. Happynews doesn't do bummers: no death, no destruction, no shocking Lindsay Lohan weight-loss updates. Which is to say, it doesn't do the kinds of stories that have come to define the contemporary concept of "news." Unlike the media's bad news bearers, Happynews's glass is always at least half-full, and sometimes it bubbles right over. It is Prozac for the eyes: ‘India proposes free school for one-girl families,’ it declared brightly yesterday. A typical story from its international section might be "’ood Aid to Niger Increases,’ while its sports section includes the likes of ‘Long-distance swimmer conquers Great Lakes,’ quoting the Washington Post.
link here .

RAMTHA SCHOOL NEWS This writer is very pleased to announce that JZ Knight and her staff now have a Selection Of Ramtha's Teachings on the Ramtha website."These excerpts from the teachings of Ramtha are taken from various publications by JZK Publishing, the publishing house of Ramtha's School of Enlightenment.. This collection was created in response to those who expressed their desire to learn more about Ramtha's teachings and whose only means available to them is the World Wide Web. Read, learn, and enjoy!" link here Jamie Leal-Anaya on Ms. Knight's team has compiled a fabulous "Glossary of Terms" used in these teachings. Please note Ramtha®, C&E®, Consciousness & Energy^SM , Fieldwork^SM , The Tank®, Blue Body®, Twilight®, Torsion Process^SM , Neighborhood Walk^SM , Create Your Day^SM , and The Grid^SM are trademarks and service marks of JZ Knight d/b/a JZK, Inc., a Washington corporation, and are used with permission. Ramtha's School of Enlightenment, a division of JZK, Inc.
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OF LOCAL NOTE: The Nisqually Valley News (NVN) is putting together its annual Women In Business section now. Are you a local woman with a home, interent or other business? Call Angie at the NVN (458-2681) and get your name product/service known in our town. My wife Yael did for her interent business:
link here Further, another internet business with humble origins in the Nisqually Valley was just acknowledged in the Seattle P-I. “[Tal Moore]...the president and founder of Gumballs.com -- a multimillion-dollar-a-year Seattle-based online retailer of gumball machines” still maintains an office in Yelm. Mr. Moore is my wife's son. link here .

ON TV OF INTEREST: "As part of the BBC's Who Runs Your World? series, Stephen Evans visits the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, home to some of the best scientific brains on the planet...Master Minds is broadcast on the World Service on Sunday 2 October 0905 GMT. In some parts of the world broadcast times may change but you can find details by clicking on the link below," quoting the BBC.
link here broadcast schedule for your area: link here .

QUOTE OF THE WEEK "Advertisements... contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper." Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Third President of the USA in a letter to Nathaniel Macon, January 12, 1819 .

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