UPDATES ARCHIVE FOR APRIL 2006
HOME PAGE	Kleiner's Korner For Week of May 1, 2006 Due to so many events of local interest, this writer has created Yelm's first blog, as many of you live in or visit the area. Check it out and leave your comments. link here 1. AMERICANS LEAVING BIG CITIES SEARCHING FOR OPEN SPACE “Americans are leaving the nation’s big cities in search of cheaper homes and open spaces farther out. Nearly every large metropolitan area had more people move out than move in from 2000 to 2004, with a few exceptions in the South and Southwest, according to a report being released Thursday by the Census Bureau. Northeasterners are moving South and West. West Coast residents are moving inland. Midwesterners are chasing better job markets. And just about everywhere, people are escaping to the outer suburbs, also known as exurbs,” quoting the AP. [Ed. Note: This is why the Thurston Highlands people are gambling (this is a slam dunk) on their 5,000 home project being approved on top of an-already-approved 1,200 home project here.] link here . 2. EXPERTS FIND EVIDENCE OF BOSNIA PYRAMID “Researchers on Wednesday [Apr. 20] geometrically cut stone slabs that they said could form part of the sloping surface of what they believe is an ancient pyramid lying beneath a huge hill. Archaeologists and other experts began digging at this central Bosnian town last week to explore the team leader's theory that the 2,120-foot hill covers a step pyramid, which would be the first ever found in Europe. ‘These are the first uncovered walls of the pyramid,’ Semir Osmanagic, a Bosnian archaeologist who studied the pyramids of Latin America for 15 years, said of the stonework found Wednesday. ‘"We can see the surface is perfectly flat. This is the crucial material proof that we are talking pyramids,’ he said. Osmanagic believes the structure will prove to be 722 feet high, or a third taller than Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza” quoting Visoko on CBS News. link here . 3. GAS GUZZLING FOOD: HOW TO CREATE AN ENERGY-EFFICIENT DIET "It takes about 10 fossil fuel calories to produce each food calorie in the average American diet. So if your daily food intake is 2,000 calories, then it took 20,000 calories to grow that food and get it to you. In more familiar units, this means that growing, processing and delivering the food consumed by a family of four each year requires the equivalent of almost 34,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of energy, or more than 930 gallons of gasoline (for comparison, the average U.S. household annually consumes about 10,800 kWh of electricity, or about 1,070 gallons of gasoline). In other words, we use about as much energy to grow and transport our food as to power our homes or fuel our cars." Buy locally grown foods. Thomas Starrs- Chair of the American Solar Energy Society link here . 4. “AMERICANS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE…OF ENVIRONMENT” “Most Americans are pessimistic about the state of the environment and want action taken to improve its health, according to a new national survey conducted by Stanford University's Woods Institute for the Environment. Fifty-five percent of Americans surveyed said they expect the world's natural environment to be in worse shape in 10 years than it is now, and an additional 5 percent said the environment is currently in "poor" or "very poor" shape and will not improve, according to the survey,” quoting the Stanford Report. [Ed. Note: Yelm's environment will be seriously challenged with 7,000 new homes slated.] link here . 5. “KIDS’ TV TIME TIED TO CONSUMERISM” “Peace at any price? More than one parent has forked over cash in a desperate bid to stop their kids' badgering for the hottest toy or the latest snack. Now researchers at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and the School of Medicine have found that the more time California third-graders spent in front of the tube or playing video games, the more often they asked an adult to buy them items they saw on the screen. “It's called the 'nag factor,'" said Lisa Chamberlain, MD, MPH, Packard Children's researcher and clinical instructor at the medical school, "and it's very effective." What's more, the correlation between increased screen time and subsequent requests for toys and junk food held true for over a period of 20 months,” quoting the Stanford Report. link here . 6. CHINA’S DUST & AIR MAKING THEIR WAY TO NW “Beijing will try to use artificial rainmaking to clear the air after a choking dust storm coated China's capital and beyond with yellow grit, prompting a health warning to keep children indoors, state media said Tuesday [Apr. 18]. The huge storm blew dust far beyond China's borders, blanketing South Korea and reaching Tokyo. The storm, reportedly the worst in at least five years, hit Beijing overnight Sunday, turning the sky yellow and forcing residents to dust off and hose down cars and buildings...The government was preparing to seed clouds to make rain to clear the air, state TV said, citing the Central Meteorological Bureau. It did not elaborate, and the bureau refused to release more information. Storms carrying chalky dust from the north China plain hit Beijing every spring, but newspapers said this week's was the heaviest since at least 2001, quoting CNN. link here "BAD AIR FROM CHINA MAY AFFECT NORTHWEST" "On the day a Boeing 747 delivered Chinese President Hu Jintao to Everett this week, a tiny twin-propeller airplane loaded with electronic instruments lifted off from the same airport, looking for another delivery from China: dirty air. Toxic mercury from Asian power plants. Ozone produced by growing fleets of Chinese cars. Smoke from burning Siberian forests. It all rides the jet stream across the Pacific Ocean and lands in places as remote as the Olympic Mountains, scientists are discovering. Most pollution here is still from local sources, and much of the Asian pollution is thought to reach the Northwest only in the spring because of seasonal weather patterns. But some local problems — mercury in fish in local lakes, for example, or the haze that rings Mount Rainier — could have Asian connections," quoting the Seattle Times. [Ed. Note: I have always heard Ramtha to say Yelm is protected. From the Olympic Mountains to the west, the Cascades to the East and Bald Hills to the south, this certainly seems true. The city of Everett mentioned in the story sits in the entrance to the Puget Sound from the Strait of Juan de Fuca.] link here . 7. "SCIENTISTS FIND RIVERS UNDER ANTARCTIC ICE" “Rivers as big as the Thames in England that may connect sub-glacial lakes have been found deep under the Antarctic ice, scientists said on Wednesday [Apr. 19]. British researchers who discovered the plumbing system that moves water hundreds of miles said it challenges the notion that the lakes under the Antarctic ice evolved independently and could support ancient life. "Previously, it was thought water moves underneath the ice by very slow seepage," said Professor Duncan Wingham of University College London (UCL) who headed the research team. ‘But this new data shows that, every so often, the lakes beneath the ice pop off like champagne corks, releasing floods that travel very long distances.’ Scientists had plans to drill through the ice to take samples from the lakes but were worried about contaminating them with new microbes, “quoting Reuters. link here . 8. SAD EFFECT OF NEGLECT AND STUPIDITY ON INDIAN SUBCONTINENT! "A non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), diclofenac has been widely used by humans for decades, but India and Pakistan only started using it for veterinary purposes in about 1990, when the effects on the birds began to be noticed. Post-mortems on dead vultures showed beyond doubt that the diclofenac they had ingested from the cattle flesh they had eaten caused fatal kidney damage. Tests on young captive birds revealed that the concentrations of diclofenac found in treated cattle were enough to kill them. The reason we put this page our site although not parrots, it is further proof that NSAID's are highly controversial and dangerous, in this case even second hand," quoting CKC Birds. link here . 9. NOISE IS HAVING A GREAT EFFECT ON SOCIETY These organizations are researching how noise and sound affects humanity. "AcousticEcology.org is the website of the Acoustic Ecology Institute, a non-profit project of the Art and Science Laboratory in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. The Acoustic Ecology Institute was founded in 2003 as a spin-off of EarthEar.com, a commercial soundscape art catalog. We are closely associated with the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology and the American Society for Acoustic Ecology. link here AcousticEcology.org provides access to news, academic research, public policy advocates, and articles and essays about sound and listening. We hope that these diverse threads of information and passion will be of service to policy makers, the media, and interested individuals. Please be in touch with any comments or feedback you may have. link here link here "The World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE), founded in 1993, is an international association of affiliated organizations and individuals, who share a common concern with the state of the world's soundscapes. Our members represent a multi-disciplinary spectrum of individuals engaged in the study of the social, cultural and ecological aspects of the sonic environment." link here "The American Society for Acoustic Ecology (ASAE) is a membership organization dedicated to exploring the role of sound in natural habitats and human societies, and promoting public dialogue concerning the identification, preservation, and restoration of natural and cultural sound environments." link here And: link here . 10. "IT'S OK TO CATCH A LITTLE SHUT-EYE AT WORK" "Lindholst is simply trying to convince visitors of something that makes hard-driving bosses blanch: that it’s OK to catch a little shut-eye at work. Not coincidentally, Lindholst, who has an MBA from Columbia University, has just the device to do it. His company designed and markets a high-tech napping chair called the MetroNap Pod. An ordinary desk chair isn’t right for a restful nap, Lindholst and his partner, Arshad Chowdhury, insist. ‘First of all,’ says Lindholst, ‘it’s not socially acceptable to be seen napping at your desk. Plus, it’s ergonomically bad for you. Your body wants to lie down in order to relax.’ The MetroNap Pod, which should be placed in a darkened room for best results, is a chaise lounge with a kind of privacy cupola at the upper end. The whole thing wouldn’t have looked out of place aboard the vessel from 2001: A Space Odyssey," quoting Continental Airlines Magazine. link here then scroll down to "Asleep on the Job" Lindholst's MetroNaps website: link here . 11. JANE GOODALL CELEBRATES HER KNOWLEDGE OF CHIMPANZEES AT AGE 72 "Long hours spent with chimpanzees in the forest have enriched my life beyond measure. What I have learned from them has shaped my understanding of human behavior, of our place in nature....In what terms should we think of these beings, non-human yet possessing so very many human-like characteristics? How should we treat them? Surely we should treat them with the same consideration and kindness as we show to other humans; and as we recognise (sic) human rights, so too should we recognise the rights of the great apes? Yes." From Ms. Goodall's website, "In the summer of 1960, 26-year-old Jane Goodall arrived on the shore of Lake Tanganyika in East Africa to study the area's chimpanzee population. Although it was unheard of for a woman to venture into the wilds of the African forest, the trip meant the fulfillment of Jane Goodall's childhood dream. Jane’s work in Tanzania would prove more successful than anyone had imagined." [Ed. Mote: Ms. Goodall celebrated her 72nd year of life last month on April 3rd.]. link here . 12. APRIL NATIONAL KITE-FLYING MONTH “Dedicated to the promotion and support of kiting. National Kite Month is a not-for-profit venture co-founded by the American Kitefliers Association and the Kite Trade Association International. Kite events around the world will help introduce people to the fun of kiteflying, the rich history of kites, the stunning artistry of kitemakers, and how kites can be used as educational tools.” [Ed. Note: First time this writer has heard of this.] link here . RAMTHA SCHOOL NEWS Ramtha returns to Europe this month with three events in Belgium: 1. Beginners' Retreat May 6-14 2. Catch-up Event May 9-12 3. Advanced Workshop May 12-14 See you there! http://ramtha.com/html/world-tour/world-schedule.stm#belgium. OF LOCAL NOTE Eugenio Abad “Invites You on the Journey” with his Art from the Future show May 5-7, 2006 from 10am until 7pm at the Prairie Hotel in Yelm. Abad will be signing purchased work all three days. Contact Marilyn Reardon at 360.985.2258 for further information. . QUOTE OF THE WEEK "Success in life is that your kids want to spend time with you once they're grown." Pauk Orfalea Founded Kinko's in 1970, retired in 2000 author of Copy This! . Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2006. For archived issues of Kleiner’s Korner, click on "Current Kleiner’s Korner and Archives" at link here Send comments to steve@kleinerskorner.com . . Kleiner's Korner Special April 20, 2006 Dear Yelm Area readers & those interested in Yelm Only: "A Conceptual Master Site Plan for a 1200-acre mixed use Master Planned Community called Thurston Highlands has been submitted to the City of Yelm. Throughout the environmental review and conceptual master site plan process, the Community Devleopment Department will publish all application materials on this web site as well as maintaining a reading file at City Hall," quoting the City of Yelm website. link here Buried in the fine print is the fact that there will be 2 Open House sessions for the public to interface with Thurston Highlands & city officials about this 5,000 home development for Yelm, essentially tripling the population of this town. They will be: A. Tuesday, April 25, 2006 from 5-8pm at Yelm Middle School B. Thursday, May 18 from 5-8pm at Yelm Middle School Wrtten comments are accepted anytime during the 35-day EIS Scoping Period,which ends Friday, May 26, 2006 at 4pm. . Folks, this is already a "Slam Dunk" for Thurston Highlands and city officials know it. Outside of alot of complaints about the growth, traffic, water resources and quality of life, this project WILL be approved, IMHO. The Wal-Mart case and previous application for Tahoma Terra (1,200 homes currently under construction by the same builder on adjacent Highlands land) proves that this City Council will rubber stamp this deal. link here . From The Olympian, "Bloom and Chamberlain also are developing Tahoma Terra, northeast of the proposed Thurston Highlands. They recently purchased and are renovating Tahoma Valley Golf and Country Club, formerly known as Nisqually Valley Golf Course...Yelm is Thurston County’s fastest-growing city. Its population has increased 7.9 percent on average annually from 2000 to 2005, according to Thurston Regional Planning Council. Thurston Highlands will put a further strain on available water and local roads, said Diane D’Acuti, a member of a local group that advocates responsible growth." link here Ms. D'Acuti was with Protect Yelm.org. link here . As a public service, the city of Yelm has linked the Thurston Highlands website on their homepage. [Ed. Note: Did anyone notice the City of Yelm was so kind as to list this link on a Thurston Highlands logo? How gracious of them to market a local developer!] link here then see right column The Nisqually Valley News has listed the Thurston Highlands link under "Local Businesses" where only their in-house business Sign-Pro has been, as a public service. HMMM! link here . Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2006. For archived issues of Kleiner’s Korner, click on "Current Kleiner’s Korner and Archives" at link here Send comments to steve@kleinerskorner.com . Kleiner's Korner For Week of April 24, 2006 Several meetings in the Yelm area of importance: A. Saturday, April 29 - Rep. Tom Campbell returns to Yelm for a Town Hall Meeting in Yelm City Hall Council Chambers from 10am - noon. link here B. Saturday, May 13 - Congressman Adam Smith returns to Yelm for a Town Hall Meeting in Yelm City Hall Council Chambers from 10am - 11:30am. link here 1. “WHY WE FIGHT” My wife & I saw a chilling film last week about the collusion of the government with the corporate world. This film interviewed people from all walks of life: military, government (including John McCain), media (Dan Rather makes a startling admission I have never heard), and the "other side" from Richard Perle and his PNAC, William Kristol, et al. link here Turn up the volume...buy it if not shown in your area. Vital information on how the public is manipulated for war and why. . 2. CHAOS=ORDER: PHYSICISTS MAKE BAFFLING DISCOVERY “According to a computational study conducted by a group of physicists at Washington University in St. Louis, one may create order by introducing disorder. While working on their model — a network of interconnected pendulums, or "oscillators" — the researchers noticed that when driven by ordered forces the various pendulums behaved chaotically and swung out of sync like a group of intoxicated synchronized swimmers. This was unexpected — shouldn't synchronized forces yield synchronized pendulums? But then came the real surprise: When they introduced disorder — forces were applied at random to each oscillator — the system became ordered and synchronized,” quoting Science Daily. link here . 3. OUR UNIVERSE IS ONE BIG QUANTUM MECHANICAL COMPUTER “Seth Lloyd is the kind of guy you'd like to have a beer with. Between gulps, the MIT prof will impart the details of how the universe really works. And if you order another, he'll give you a summary of one of the most mind-boggling ideas emerging in science today. His new book, Programming the Universe, is a plainspoken tale of how the universe is - tell me if you've heard this before - one very large quantum computer” quoting WIRED Magazine. link here . 4. MIT, BRIGHAM: NANOPARTICLES ARMED TO COMBAT CANCER “Ultra-small particles loaded with medicine - and aimed with the precision of a rifle - are offering a promising new way to strike at cancer, according to researchers working at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital. In a paper to appear the week of April 10 in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team reports a way to custom design nanoparticles so they home in on dangerous cancer cells, then enter the cells to deliver lethal doses of chemotherapy. Normal, healthy cells remain unscathed,” quoting Bio.com. link here . 5. NASA LAUNCHES NEW WEATHER SATELLITE “A globe-spanning constellation of six weather and climate research satellites based on a novel application of NASA-developed technology is set to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Friday, April 14, at 5:10 p.m. PDT aboard a Minotaur rocket [the rocket was successfully launched]. The Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate network, known as Cosmic in the United States and Formosat-3 in Taiwan, is expected to improve weather forecasts, monitor climate change and enhance space weather research. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., designed Cosmic's primary instrument, a science global positioning system receiver, based on its proven BlackJack space receiver," quoting NASA. link here . 6. LASER TELESCOPES LOOKING FOR INTELLIGENT LIFE IN HEAVENS “If aliens are out there, they may be flashing instead of broadcasting. That's the idea behind a new telescope designed to intercept bursts of laser light rather than the radio signals that astronomers have long listened for. Researchers hope the new "optical SETI" scope, which will be inaugurated tomorrow at the Oak Ridge Observatory in Harvard, Massachusetts, will help usher in a new era in the ongoing search for alien civilizations in our Milky Way galaxy. Ever since radio astronomer Frank Drake conducted the first dedicated search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) in 1960, bigger and bigger radio telescopes, outfitted with better detectors and ever-faster computers, have scanned the skies in the hope of receiving a transmission from a technological civilization like our own. So far, nothing has been found. But SETI researchers stress that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Maybe we haven't looked close enough, they say, or maybe we used the wrong technique. That's where optical SETI comes in. Built through a grant from the private Planetary Society in Pasadena, California, the new 1.8-meter telescope is equipped with custom-built detectors to hunt for artificial flashes of laser light. Although they can't travel as far as radio waves because of interstellar absorption, such high-frequency flashes can hold much more information and thus may be the communication method of choice for an alien intelligence,” quoting ScienceNow. link here . 7. DO THIS TEST FOR YOURSELF – MICROWAVE WATER, SEE THE RESULTS A simple experiment by a child for her class science project speaks volumes: link here . 8. DENTAL DRILLING NOW DATED BACK 9,000 YEARS "Proving prehistoric man's ingenuity and ability to withstand and inflict excruciating pain, researchers have found that dental drilling dates back 9,000 years. Primitive dentists drilled nearly perfect holes into live but undoubtedly unhappy patients between 5500 B.C. and 7000 B.C., an article in Thursday's journal Nature [Apr. 6] reports. Researchers carbon-dated at least nine skulls with 11 drill holes found in a Pakistan graveyard. That means dentistry is at least 4,000 years older than first thought - and far older than the useful invention of anesthesia," quoting the AP. link here . 9. MYSTERY OF EVOLUTION DISCOVERED: FISH OUT OF WATER "Scientists have made one of the most important fossil finds in history: a missing link between fish and land animals, showing how creatures first walked out of the water and on to dry land more than 375m years ago. Palaeontologists have said that the find, a crocodile-like animal called the Tiktaalik roseae and described today in the journal Nature [Apr. 6], could become an icon of evolution in action - like Archaeopteryx, the famous fossil that bridged the gap between reptiles and birds... Richard Dawkins, the evolutionary biologist, said: 'Our emergence on to the land is one of the more significant rites of passage in our evolutionary history, and Tiktaalik is an important link in the story." 'Tiktaalik - the name means "a large, shallow-water fish" in the Inuit language Inuktikuk - shows that the evolution of animals from living in water to living on land happened gradually, with fish first living in shallow water. The animal lived in the Devonian era lasting from 417m to 354m years ago, and had a skull, neck, and ribs similar to early limbed animals (known as tetrapods), as well as a more primitive jaw, fins, and scales akin to fish," quoting UK's Guardian. link here . 10. EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL TRUSTEE COUNCIL "This site provides valuable information about the cleanup of one of the world's greatest ecological disasters. link here . 11. "MY SAUDI ARABIAN BREAKFAST" PROVIDES FOOD FOR THOUGHT On the table in my small Berkeley apartment this particular morning is a healthy looking little meal -- a bowl of imported McCann's Irish oatmeal topped with Cascadian Farms organic frozen raspberries, and a cup of Peet's Fair Trade Blend coffee. Like most of us, I prepare my breakfast at home and the ingredients for this one probably cost me about $1.25. (If I went to a café in downtown Berkeley, I'd likely have to add another $6.00, plus tip for the same.). My breakfast fuels me up with about 400 calories, and it satisfies me. So, for just over a buck and half an hour spent reading the morning paper in my own kitchen, I'm energized for the next few hours. But before I put spoon to cereal, what if I consider this bowl of oatmeal porridge (to which I've just added a little butter, milk, and a shake of salt) from a different perspective. Say, a Saudi Arabian one,” quoting this story by Chad Heeter. link here . 12. EVERYTHING WE DO NOW BEING CRAFTED TO BE KNOWN “The nation's largest telephone and cable companies are crafting an alarming set of strategies that would transform the free, open and nondiscriminatory Internet of today to a privately run and branded service that would charge a fee for virtually everything we do online. Verizon, Comcast, Bell South and other communications giants are developing strategies that would track and store information on our every move in cyberspace in a vast data-collection and marketing system, the scope of which could rival the National Security Agency,” quoting The Nation. link here . RAMTHA SCHOOL NEWS Our productive students: A. Debbie Hu’s performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto no.4 in G major, op.58 (I. Allegro Moderato is on the Piano Society's website link here Listen here: link here B. Kathy Saroka will perform the title role in Puccini's Opera Suor Angelica on Saturday, April 29 at 2:30 p.m. at the Carnegie Library auditorium in Carnegie, PA with the Tuesday Musical Club. Many Puccini scholars consider Suor Angelica to be one of his most mature and dramatically poignant creations. Quoting Kathy, “As a result of performing Betty Olivero's work Juego de Siempre with the Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival, I have been asked by the acclaimed contemporary music ensemble, Continuum, to perform it in a restrospective of her work on Tuesday, May 16 in New York City. The twelve songs in Landino are written for vocalist who also plays percussion. It features my LOW voice - and I mean LOW (to the e flat below middle C!) - and is a musical and dramatic tour de force. It will be a great joy to sing with Continuum, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary season, and to meet Betty Olivero, who is celebrating her birthday that night. If you are in NYC, I'd LOVE to see you there!! [Ed. Note: Now, if we can get her to move to Yelm so we can partake of her genius!] For more information, you can go to: link here C. “This book is about my spiritual journey within Ramtha's School of Enlightenment. Although this journey started with my birth, I was not consciously aware of my commitment or my desire to embrace this choice until I met Ramtha, ascended master and my teacher for the last 20 years, who is channeled through JZ Knight. My desire to embrace this path began in the desert country of Saudi Arabia. Stripped of all the ties to culture, religion, politics, business, friends and family; except for my husband and infant daughter; I was forced to go inward and search for the meaning of this life. This inward focus prompted the quest to wake up and remember which ultimately lead me to Ramtha. This is my story. Enjoy the journey,” quoting Amber Wiltsie’s new book Ramtha & Me. Her site includes chapter summaries & a forum. link here D. Former student Iris-Arla Moore has written an adorable children's picture book that is the true story of a pet Bantam hen who lived at an auto shop for about 12 years. [Ed. Note' Congratulations,. Iris for inspiring and captivating the mind of a child with your sweet experiences!] link here . OF LOCAL NOTE This writer is pleased to introduce a blog for those interesed in Yelm, WA. and vicinity, which is undergoing major change. In this candidate's election for Mayor last Fall, this writer's platform was "Giving You A Voice" to insure Yelm area citizens have an opportunity to share their opinions. Yelm's first and only blog opens this week to allow this opportunity to exist: link here or: link here . QUOTE OF THE WEEK "It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds." Samuel Adams (1722-1803) American Revolutionary Leader . Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2006. For archived issues of Kleiner’s Korner, click on "Current Kleiner’s Korner and Archives" at link here Send comments to steve@kleinerskorner.com . Kleiner's Korner For Week of April 17, 2006 This writer has done no advertising or promotion for this website. The only contact for signees has been links from other wesbites and word-of-mouth. In the last week, this site received the 1,600th email subscriber and is listed on the first page of search engines when searching certain subjects. I wish to thank you for you interest in subjects that jazz me, your kind letters of appreciation and most of all, your continued support. There have been many times when I was going to close this site, yet your encouragement touches me each time I engage those thoughts. I have been urged by many to take paid advertisements for this site and have declined, choosing to keep this information pure from monetary gain and distraction for you, the reader. Steve Klein 1. NASA & EUROPEAN MISSIONS TO MOON AND VENUS NEXT MISSION TO MOON HUNTS FOR ICE (MEANING WATER) “NASA’s next mission to the moon will not merely orbit the gray satellite, but crash two vehicles into its South Pole to hunt for water ice, the space agency said Monday [Apr. 10]. In addition to mapping the moon to support future astronaut missions, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spaceflight will also aim a spent fuel stage and impactor probe at a southern crater rich in hydrogen and, possibly, ice,” quoting Space. link here AND VENUS “A European spacecraft went into orbit Tuesday [Apr. 11] around Venus on a mission to explore the mysterious atmosphere of Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor. Mission controllers at the European Space Agency in Darmstadt cheered, clapped and embraced after they picked up the signal from the Venus Express probe, indicating it had completed the orbital maneuver,” quoting the AP. link here "European scientists released new photos of Venus' south pole Thursday, revealing a swirling mass of sulfuric acid clouds powered by 220 mph winds. The clouds, 13 miles deep, completely enclose Venus. The new images of the planet's south pole, which is turned away from Earth, closely resemble those of its more familiar north pole," quoting the Houston Chronicle. link here . 2. GEOTHERMAL POWER DEVEOPED IN NEVADA “Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. is developing renewable geothermal energy projects in Nevada where additional electrical generation capacity is needed to meet the existing demand for power. Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. owns a 100% interest in the Blue Mountain geothermal project located in Humboldt County, Northern Nevada. The property covers 7500 acres, located 15 miles from the state electrical transmission grid. Over US $4.0 million of exploration and development work has been conducted on the property, including geological studies, geophysical surveys, 86 shallow drill holes and two successful deep geothermal wells. Evaluation of the reservoir continues towards completion of a feasibility study and commercial production of electricity. Nevada Geothermal plans to develop at the Blue Mountain Geothermal site an initial 30 megawatt geothermal power plant with the reservoir having the potential of 100 megawatts power capacity; ability to supply electricity to 80,000 households. link here . 3. STUDIES REVEAL LONGEVITY FOR HUMANITY AT HAND A. STUDY: LOW-CALORIE DIET CAN INCREASE LONGEVITY “Longevity researchers say they’ve shown for the first time that following a strict low-calorie diet can decrease DNA damage linked with aging. Some people who took part in the six-month diet study ate as little as 890 calories a day. Their insulin levels fell and metabolisms slowed — changes that are thought to increase longevity. The findings are provocative, but preliminary. Longer-term research will try to sort out whether such changes can meaningfully extend people’s lives, said senior author Eric Ravussin of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University,” quoting the AP. link here B. GENE FOR LIFE-SPAN INCREASE IDENTIFIED “Researchers identify gene variant that appears to extend lifespan in humans” link here . 4. REGENERATION IN HUMANS BEING STUDIED “Stem cell therapy has long captured the limelight as a way to the goal of regenerative medicine, that of repairing the body with its own natural systems. But a few scientists, working in a relatively obscure field, believe another path to regenerative medicine may be as likely to succeed. The less illustrious approach is promising, in their view, because it is the solution that nature itself has developed for repairing damaged limbs or organs in a wide variety of animals. Many species, notably amphibians and certain fish, can regenerate a wide variety of their body parts. The salamander can regenerate its limbs, its tail, its upper and lower jaws, the lens and the retina of its eye, and its intestine. The zebra fish will regrow fins, scales, spinal cord and part of its heart. Mammals, too, can renew damaged parts of their body,” quoting this New York Times story. link here And this from the BBC: “Regeneration - the ability to recreate lost or damaged cells, tissues, organs or even limbs - has a limited capacity in mammals. While skin and hair cells constantly renew themselves, unlike a newt, if a human loses a leg, there is no second chance. But the discovery of a strain of mouse, the Murphy Roths Large (MRL), with remarkable regenerative capabilities has opened up the possibility that those properties could be transferred to other mammals. Professor Ellen Heber-Katz, a scientist from the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, US, was part of the way through an immunological study when she first stumbled across the MRL mouse's amazing abilities,” quoting the BBC link here And from CNN: “A new procedure pioneered at Wake Forest University in North Carolina has apparently solved the problem for Kaitlyne and six other patients. Scientists grew new bladders from the patients' own cells, which were then transplanted back into the patients' bodies. Dr. Anthony Atala and his colleagues described the experiment as a long-term success for the seven patients, who ranged from toddlers to teenagers.” link here . 5. “BRAIN TRAINING TAKING JAPAN BY STORM” “Tamako Kondo says 10 minutes of exercise every morning keeps her fit. But the 80-year-old doesn’t hit the treadmill or take aerobics classes. Instead, she sits at a desk, pencil in hand, and tackles simple arithmetic and other quizzes, part of a “brain training” program that has taken Japan by storm. Bookshops now have separate sections for workbooks with the exercises and video game versions are selling like hot cakes among the growing ranks of older Japanese who hope the drills will reinvigorate their gray matter,” quoting Reuters. link here . 6. “CHIROPRACTOR CLAIMS TO TRAVEL THROUGH TIME” “A chiropractor who claims he can treat anyone by reaching back in time to when an injury occurred has attracted the attention of state regulators. The Ohio State Chiropractic Board, in a notice of hearing, has accused James Burda of Athens of being "unable to practice chiropractic according to acceptable and prevailing standards of care due to mental illness, specifically, Delusional Disorder, Grandiose Type." Burda denied that he is mentally ill. He said he possesses a skill he discovered by accident while driving six years ago,” quoting the AP. link here . 7. “WORLD’S TREASURES UNDER SIEGE” “The world's treasures are under siege as never before. So get out and see as many as possible—before they disappear. ‘No matter how exotic the destination, until recently a traveler's biggest concern was how to get there, not where the journey would ultimately lead. Now thanks to rising incomes and falling airfares, getting there is the easy part; last year a record 806 million tourists hit the road. But those hordes—combined with forces ranging from climate change to civil war, industrial toxins to runaway development—are laying siege to some of the world's most treasured and irreplaceable sites. Whether the millennial gates of Machu Picchu or the moonlit waterways of Venice, we are in danger of losing places we thought would always be around, sure as Stonehenge," quoting Newsweek. link here . 8. OCEANS BECOMING ACIDIC AT ALARMING RATE "Research fresh off a boat that docked Thursday [Mar. 30] in Alaska reveals some frightening changes taking place in the Pacific Ocean. As humans are pumping out more carbon dioxide that is helping to warm the planet, the ocean has been doing yeoman's work to lessen the effects -- but it's taking a toll. Over time, the changes could have an impact that ripples through the food chain, from microscopic plants that can't grow right to salmon and whales unable to find enough to eat. The Pacific is getting warmer and more acidic, while the amount of oxygen and the building blocks for coral and some kinds of plankton are decreasing, according to initial results from scientists with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, the University of Washington and elsewhere. ‘There are big changes, said Christopher Sabine, chief scientist for one leg of the research trip, which ultimately traveled from Antarctica to Alaska. Many of the most interesting results are tied to the ocean becoming increasingly acidic because of its absorption of carbon dioxide. ‘You don't have to believe in climate change to believe that this is happening,’ said Joanie Kleypas, an oceanographer with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, a non-profit organization based in Boulder, Colo. ‘It's pretty much simple thermodynamics.’ quoting the Seattle PI. link here . 9. MAJOR CLIMATE WARMING A. GRAPH OF ANNUAL GLOBAL TEMPS 1880-2005 VERY REVEALING This writer has mentioned several key studies released just this year alone on global warming. The facts are very simply illustrated in this graph of annual global temperatures from 1880 to 2005 by the Earth Policy Institute. link here B. ARCTIC DUMPING FRESH WATER INTO OCEANS “One of Siberia's largest rivers is dumping about 10% more fresh water into the Arctic today than it was some 60 years ago, thanks to the complex effects of increased snowfall, melting permafrost and changing weather. The result is in line with predictions of how climate change is expected to alter the Arctic water cycle, and is a worrying sign in terms of maintaining important ocean currents. The more fresh water that enters the northern seas, the less dense this water becomes and the less likely it is to sink. This sinking currently helps to drive a powerful Atlantic current that keeps the climate temperate and steady,” quoting Nature.com. link here . 10. USA WINE SALES HIT RECORD IN 2005 “California wine sales in the United States hit another record in 2005, a rise experts attribute to a combination of factors from the Supreme Court weighing in on wine shipments to the vino-centric movie, "Sideways." ‘Wine is enjoying this wonderful moment of very favorable attitudes,’ said industry consultant Jon Fredrikson, who compiled the figures released Monday by the San Francisco-based Wine Institute. California wine shipments to U.S. markets amounted to 441 million gallons at a retail value of $16.5 billion, said Fredrikson, publisher of the Gomberg-Fredrikson Report. That was up 3 percent from the 2004 record-setting 428 million gallons, which had a retail value of about $15 billion," quoting the AP. link here . 11. AMERICAN'S WORKING LONGER HOURS, NO LONGER TOPS IN PRODUCTIVITY "Americans work longer hours than nearly anyone in the developed world, even the Japanese. For many professionals and corporate managers, the 40-hour work week is history; 60- to 80-hour work weeks are now the norm. Signs of our addiction to work are everywhere. For one, rush hours are starting earlier and ending later. The first train for commuters from the suburbs into New York was just pushed back to 4:45 a.m., by popular demand. Why do Americans work so much? The simplest answer is because we can. The Digital Revolution means cell phones, wireless Internet and handheld computers like the BlackBerry allow us to work anywhere, anytime, 24/7. And we do, as correspondent Lesley Stahl reports...With so many Americans working more than 40 hours a week, it may surprise you to learn that when it comes to productivity, the U.S. is not No. 1. In fact, workers in four European countries, including France, are more productive per hour of work than Americans — that’s the key: "per hour of work" — even though the Europeans work less and take more vacation," quoting CBS News 60 Minutes. link here . 12. TIMBER COMPANIES MAKE MORE MONEY FROM LAND SALES “There's change afoot in the nation’s forests. Timber companies have begun making more money on land sales than timber sales, and developers are quick to buy remote tracts for second home and vacation resorts,” quoting Living on Earth. [Ed. Note: That certainly is evident in the counties around Yelm as Weyerhauser is cutting down the timber, clearing land and having a sell-off.] link here . RAMTHA SCHOOL NEWS A. JZ Knight was interviewed for inclusion on National Geographic's "Is It Real" Program to be aired Monday, April 17 at 8pm PDT, which also airs Saturday, April 22nd. link here B. JZ Knight & Ramtha come to Miami (nicknamed the Magic City) this weekend as they bring the 2006 Power Is In You Tour to South Florida. This writer graduated from the University of Miami 30 years ago as an undergraduate, then continuing graduate studies and joined Eastern Airlines in a management position right out of college at its Miami International Airport world headquarters. Coming a long way, thirty years later I now happily return with the Great American Channel and my Master Teacher. Simultaneous Spanish language translation will be available as the Latin American community shares in this fabulous knowledge. link here . OF LOCAL NOTE A. A 5,000 home development has been proposed for Yelm’s former NASCAR site. In addition to the 1,200 home development under construction by the same owners, some 6,200 total new homes by these people alone will bring 12,000 – 20,000 new residents to Yelm’s current 4,455 residents as reported in the April 14th NVN. [Ed. Note: story not archived.] link here "In this website, you'll find information relating to the new Thurston Highlands Community coming to Yelm. Learn about what a "master planned community" is, how this will affect the community you live in, and much more." [I guess tripling + the population of this town will affect this community!] link here Has anyone noticed the Thurston Highlands link is the only one of two listed under "Local Businesses" on the Nisqually Valley News homepage? HMMM! WHY? How about other locally owned businesses being listed? What's up with that? Does a business buy link space? If so, there is no room there for many. This writer wrote the newspaper publisher and asked. Awaiting response. link here B. Yelm’s City Council received the dubious honor of being one of the most egregious entities to the public's free speech with the 15th annual Jefferson Award. link here After reading the Mayor’s comment to The Olympian that Yelm supports him because he received 79% of the vote, here are those facts provided by the Thurston County Auditor: The 79% (848 votes of 1,076 cast for Mayor) that voted for Mr. Harding to which the Mayor refers in The Olympian piece was actually 19% of the official population of Yelm (4,455 at election) and 40% of the registered voters (2,110) on November 8, 2005. 51% of registered Yelm voters actually cast a ballot for Mayor. [Ed. Note: Those results are difficult for anyone to call a mandate supporting their policies. The lack of voters casting a ballot for Mayor shows that our elected officials have much to do to connect to the voters and inspire them to cast their ballot for them!] And, the Mayor and City Council still have not: 1. Lifted the ban on the "W-word" being mentioned during the public comment session of council meetings 2. Lifted the moratorium on moratoriums. 3. Held any kind of public town-hall meeting or forum. C. “A state appellate court ruled Wednesday [Apr. 5] that the city's ordinance designed to keep discount "big box" businesses from operating grocery stores is legal. The Wal-Mart corporation sued Turlock soon after the City Council passed the ordinance with a 5-0 vote in 2004. Council members said then that the 225,000-square-foot-supercenter the Wal-Mart corporation wanted to build in the city would cause substantial traffic congestion and resulting environmental harm, quoting the Modesto Bee. [Ed. Note: They used the same grounds that the Yelm Commerce Group based their arguments for Yelm, yet Turlock had their City Council working with them.] link here D. In one victory though, Amtech Corp., one of Yelm’s two fiberglass factories, announced this week that it is shutting down its Yelm plant on July 31. The company said that it will close the Yelm production facility, located at 406 Railroad Street, effective this July. In a brief press release issued Tuesday [Apr. 4], the company said that senior management decided to close the Yelm facility on Railroad Street...One reason cited for the move is the increasing residential development surrounding the Yelm facility,” quoting the NVN in this front-page, un-archived story. [Ed. Note: Now with 6,200 new homes to be built within two miles of the plant, I suppose so.] link here . QUOTE OF THE WEEK "I am not anti-Bush, I'm anti-Bush behaviour (sic). In other words, I'm against cheating, greed, hypocrisy, cruelty, racism, imperialism, religious fundamentalism, treason and the seemingly limitless capacity for hypocrisy shown by Bush and his administration. Viggo Mortensen Lord of the Rings actor defending his criticism of George W. Bush as a "beast" . Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2006. For archived issues of Kleiner’s Korner, click on "Current Kleiner’s Korner and Archives" at link here Send comments to steve@kleinerskorner.com . Kleiner's Korner For Week of April 10, 2006 In follow-up to last week's story on 9/11 being similar to Pearl Harbor, where that White House knew of December 7, 1941's events in advance, what is becoming clear is that the events of 9/11/01 may have been known & even perpetrated by our government to get the American people to go along with the President to authorize war with several scientists and others offering evidence that what the public knows about that day's events is not correct: 1. "BYU Professor of Physics Steven Jones provides convincing evidence that what we're told is a bunch of malarkey." link here 2. "Charlie Sheen, actor, has been questioning the official 9/11 story, calling for a truly independent investigation and bringing more publicity to revealing the truth and joins growing ranks of prominent credible whistleblowers." [Ed. Note: Seems like the Warren Commission into JFK's assassination and the 9/11 Commission were nothing but official cover-ups with their ridiculous assertions of a single bullet doing all sorts of twists and turns plus two buildings collapsing in on themselves from burning jet fuel and a third, WTC 7, collapsing without explanation! Right, and I am the Easter Bunny. The Emperor wears no clothes.] link here And Hollywood goes along with the official government line with movies about 9/11 further adding to the brainwashing. Why is the movie "United 93" when the tail number of that flight's aircraft is still listed as active? Will Hollywood add that bit of information to the movie? Of course not! link here 1. KK READER RESPONDS TO LAST WEEK’S STORY ON ORGANIC FARMING “Glad to see the reports on organic standards following the stories on Safeway and Wal-Mart [Kleiner’s Korner, April 3, 2006 #6 & 7]. We know they aren't about our health and well-being but about profit. We need to start to do something to distinguish commercial/organic products from local, organic and sustainable products, anything from each community having their own local label their community recognizes as upholding a criteria of standards like true organic growing practices, no hundreds of synthetic substances to be used in processed organic foods, without proper scientific review by the organic community, number of miles the food travels from farm to store/table. This would easily distinguish the two; how farm workers are treated/paid, who owns the farm (corporation, local farmer), who works the farm (the owner/farmer or farm laborers), etc. This isn't a complete list but you get the idea,” quoting Susie Kyle. [Ed. Note: Ms. Kyle is director of the Farm Bank Project: link here And owner of Winlock Meadows Farm: link here And her philosophy: link here . 2. WIND POWER FASTEST GROWING U. S. RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE It's just half a percent of total energy consumption in the U.S., but wind power is the fastest growing renewable energy source out there -- in terms of usage and capacity. At Whole Foods' flagship store here -- all 80,000 square feet -- the fish coolers, the wood-fired pizza ovens, the lights above the produce, and every store nationwide, is effectively powered by wind...It's just half a percent of total energy consumption in the U.S., but wind power is the fastest growing renewable energy source out there -- in terms of usage and capacity. At Whole Foods' flagship store here -- all 80,000 square feet -- the fish coolers, the wood-fired pizza ovens, the lights above the produce, and every store nationwide, is effectively powered by wind,” quoting CNBC. link here . 3. FABULOUS PROJECT UTILIZING TIDAL POWER "The world’s oceans are the lifeblood of the planet. Not only are they a critical source of oxygen and habitat, but they are one of our largest untapped sources of energy. With the potential to supply electricity to most coastal communities, ocean generated electricity represents a market of hundreds of billions of dollars. Blue Energy Canada is poised to tap this potential with its revolutionary Blue Energy Ocean Turbine system. With its scalable, advanced aerospace technology, Blue Energy leads the world in ocean power generation systems. Blue Energy’s ocean turbines generate efficient, renewable, and emission-free electricity at prices competitive with today’s conventional sources of energy. Blue Energy provides the sustainable energy solution. We live in extraordinary times that demand extraordinary solutions. In the words of Victor Hugo, “There is no greater power in Earth than an idea whose time has come.” Tidal energy is that idea. Blue Energy is a remarkable opportunity for socially responsible, ethical investment and we invite your participation today," quoting Blue Energy Canada. link here . 4. SCIENCE AGAIN SUPPORTS A RAMTHA TEACHING “The cycle of thoughts and actions in OCD might reflect a fault in an essential pathway in the brain. The pathway involved in obsessive-compulsive behaviour is a loop involving three anatomical brain regions. These are the: • Orbital-frontal cortex • Caudate nucleus (head) • Thalamus,” quoting the BBC. link here [Ed. Note: This writer heard Ramtha to say at the Beginner’s Evening of March 31, 2006, that the seat of fear was lodged deep inside the brain in the Caudate Nucleus.] And this fabulous site: link here . 5. “IS YOUR JOB MAKING YOU SICK?” “New study compares professions germ by germ to determine “germiest” job” The study, which was funded by The Clorox Company, found that the phones, desks and keyboards regularly used by teachers, accountants and bankers harbored nearly two to twenty times more bacteria per square inch than other professions. Phones ranked as the #1 home for office germs, followed by desks, keyboards and computer mice. In a change since the researchers first began tracking “Germs in the Workplace” in 2002, bacteria presence on office surfaces overall appears to have decreased, in some cases by nearly five times the initial count, Dr. Gerba said. ‘We were pleased to find a decrease in bacteria levels. Perhaps people are becoming more aware of germs in their office and doing something about it,’ said Gerba,” quoting the Clorox Co. sponsored study. link here . 6. TORTOISE BELIEVED TO BE 250 YEARS OLD DIES IN INDIA “One of the world's oldest creatures, a giant tortoise believed to have been about 250 years old, has died in the Calcutta zoo where it spent more than half its long life. Addwaita, which means "the one and only" in the local Bengali language, was one of four Aldabra tortoises brought to India by British sailors in the 18th century. Zoo officials say he was a gift for Lord Robert Clive of the East India Company, who was instrumental in establishing British colonial rule in India, before he returned to England in 1767,” quoting the AP. link here . 7. “NEW STUDY LINKS READING, SOCIAL SKILLS IN CHILDREN” “Stanford researchers following low-income children in kindergarten and first through fifth grade have found that those who are poor readers in their early years of school are assessed by their teachers as more aggressive later on. In addition, the study found that students who have good social skills in kindergarten and first grade are more likely to be good readers in third grade. ‘Children's social behavior can promote or undermine their learning, and their academic performance may have implications for their social behavior,’ said Sarah Miles, a doctoral student in the Stanford School of Education. The study demonstrates the importance of attending to children's social skills in preschool and the early grades of elementary school, even when academic success is the primary goal. The study, ‘Contemporaneous and Longitudinal Associations Between Social Behavior and Literacy Achievement in a Sample of Low-Income Elementary School Children,’ is co-authored by Miles and Deborah Stipek, dean of the School of Education. It appears in the latest issue of Child Development,” quoting the Stanford Report. link here . 8. “EXPLORERS: TRUE SOURCE OF NILE FOUND IN RWANDA” “Surviving a rebel attack and braving crocodile-infested waters, a group of explorers has completed an 80-day voyage down the world’s longest river reaching what they say is the source of the Nile. The three explorers from Britain and New Zealand claim to be the first to have traveled the river from its mouth to its “true source” deep in Rwanda’s lush Nyungwe rainforest. ‘History has been rewritten,’ British explorer Neil McGrigor told reporters on Friday [Mar. 31]. ‘This is the end of an 80 day amazing and exhausting journey,’” quoting Reuters. link here . 9. 'CLOSED HEART SURGERY' MAY OFFER NEW ALTERNATIVE” “Dr. Samuel Lichtenstein cut a two-inch hole between an elderly man's ribs. Peering inside, he poked a pencil-sized wire up into the chest, piercing the bottom of the man's heart. Within minutes, Bud Boyer would have a new heart valve — without having his chest cracked open. Call it closed-heart surgery... The dramatic experiments, in a handful of hospitals in the U.S., Canada and Europe, are hunting easier ways to replace diseased heart valves that threaten the lives of tens of thousands of people every year — starting with the aortic valve that is the heart's key doorway to the body. The need for a less invasive alternative is huge, and growing. Already, about 50,000 Americans undergo open-heart surgery every year to replace the aortic valve: Surgeons saw the breastbone in half, stop the heart, cut out the old valve and sew in a new one. Even the best patients spend a week in the hospital and require two or three months to recuperate. Thousands more are turned away, deemed too ill to survive that operation and out of options. Demand is poised to skyrocket as the baby boomers gray, because the aortic valve is particularly vulnerable to rusting shut with age," quoting the AP. link here . 10. ANIMAL ID SYSTEM (NAIS) – IS YOURS NEXT TO BE REGISTERED? Have you been following the story on a national animal identification system (NAIS) in the USA? link here Here are some very interesting links exposing the other point of view to NAIS: link here link here link here link here . 11. MORE CELL PHONE DANGERS: GUNS DISGUISED AT CELL PHONES Read this about guns being disguised at cell phones. link here And: Although much disputed, try this simple experiment you can perform to cook an egg using two cell phones – then think what they are doing to your brain: link here . 12. SOLAR WATER HEATERS VIABLE OPTION EVEN IN CLOUDY NORTHWEST “Think of it as your revenge on those endless gloomy Northwest winter days. You can put the sun to work for you, to help the environment and reduce your energy bill. It's no joke — Washington state (sic) has become a hotbed for solar energy. And the best way to start is to jump into hot water,” quoting the Seattle Times. link here . RAMTHA SCHOOL NEWS Ramtha Live Streaming from Miami later this month and from Hollywood in May has been announced according to Ramtha.tv. Further, a teaching archive will be unveiled soon according to the site. link here If you can make your way to Miami: link here Or Hollywood: link here . OF LOCAL NOTE Kleiner’s Korner acknowledges Yelm’s Clean Freaks Carpet Care for switching to environmentally friendly carpet cleaning products. Please call Adam at 481-0101 in SE Thurston County for all of your carpet cleaning needs. link here “Clean-up with community [Thurston County] Recycle Days”: link here . QUOTE OF THE WEEK “To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else.” Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) 26th President of the United States As quoted from an editorial by him in the Kansas City Star, 149 May 7, 1918 . Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2006. For archived issues of Kleiner’s Korner, click on "Current Kleiner’s Korner and Archives" at link here Send comments to steve@kleinerskorner.com . Kleiner's Korner For Week of April 3, 2006 Dear Readers; As all of you know, this writer is for truth, no matter how brutal and no matter if I am in the cross hairs. To that end, I recommend that each of you take the time to watch this hour and one-quarter video about the report of 9/11/01 hijackings of civilian airliners in the USA. This video addresses most every question I have asked myself about that day's reported events and left me with others. Clearly, the North & South Towers and WTC 7 were all brought down through controlled demolition, and not burning jet fuel. And two of that day's destroyed airliners are still registered. HMMM! What else do we not know? For sure, the American public does not know the truth about 9/11's events, the JFK Assassination and our occupancy of Iraq, with lies all perpetrated by our own government. link here And, WTC 7 info.: link here And: link here 1. FORGET BUSH & DISCARDED EMBRYOES: STEM CELLS FROM TESTES “Scientists in Germany said Friday [Mar. 24] they had retrieved easily obtained cells from the testes of male mice and transformed them into what appear to be embryonic stem cells, the versatile and medically promising biological building blocks that can morph into all kinds of living tissues. If similar starter cells exist in the testes of men, as several scientists said Friday they believe is likely, it may not be difficult for scientists to cultivate them in laboratory dishes, grow them into new tissues and transplant those tissues into the ailing organs of men who donated the cells. The technique would have vast advantages over the current approach to growing ‘personalized’ replacement parts -- an approach that has stirred intense political controversy because it requires the creation and destruction of cloned human embryos as stem cell sources. The new work suggests that every male may already have everything he needs to regenerate new tissues -- at least with a little help from his local cell biologist. No one knows whether cells with similar potential exist inside female bodies -- a crucial question if women, too, are to have access to new tissues genetically matched to themselves and so not susceptible to rejection by their immune systems,” quoting the Washington Post. link here . 2. “SCIENCE LITERACY: THE CHINESE GET IT” “A lot has been said lately about the danger of America losing its preeminence in science and technology while nations like China and India threaten to surpass us. You see some pretty alarming statistics: The U.S. now imports more high-tech products than it exports. The number of American 18-to 24-year-olds with science degrees has fallen to 17th in the world, plummeting from third three decades ago. Only three American companies ranked among the top 10 recipients of patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2003,” quoting this thoughtful observation from a guest columnist in the Seattle Times. link here . 3. “BLUE LIGHT CAN RESET YOUR BIOLOGICAL RYTHYM “Your eyes do more than see. Researchers at Harvard Medical School demonstrated this by showing that your eyes are part of a light reception system that can keep you alert when sleep starts to fog your brain. When the researchers exposed people to blue light at night, this system immediately increased their alertness and performance on tests. ‘These findings add to a growing body of evidence that a novel light reception system exists in the human eye in addition to sight’ says Steven Lockley, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and a researcher in sleep medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. ‘Men and women exposed to blue light sustained a high level of alertness during the night when people feel most sleepy. These results suggest that light may be a powerful countermeasure for the negative effects of fatigue for people who work or study at night,’" quoting Harvard News. link here . 4. "STUDY: LONG-TERM CELL PHONE USE RAISES BRAIN TUMOR RISK" “The use of mobile phones over a long period of time can raise the risk of brain tumors, according to a Swedish study released on Friday [Mar. 31], contradicting the conclusions of other researchers. Last year, the Dutch Health Council, in an overview of research from around the world, found no evidence that radiation from mobile phones and TV towers was harmful. A four-year British survey in January also showed no link between regular, long-term use of cell phones and the most common type of tumor. But researchers at the Swedish National Institute for Working Life looked at mobile phone use of 2,200 cancer patients and an equal number of healthy control cases,” quoting Reuters. link here . 5. SCIENCE: “PROOF OF BIG BANG SEEN BY SPACE PROBE” “New NASA space-probe observations of the oldest light in the cosmos are the most direct evidence yet that the universe expanded extremely quickly immediately after the big bang, physicists say. Charles Bennett of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, led the team overseeing NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP). He and colleagues announced the new results Thursday [Mar. 16] in a teleconference,” quoting National Geographic. link here . 6. SAFEWAY & WAL-MART GOING ORGANIC "Safeway didn't become a virtual synonym for supermarket in the American vernacular by ignoring consumer trends. And organic food has become a bona fide 21st-century retail hit. In 1976, consuming food produced by organic farmers was cutting edge, a countercultural reaction to the pervasive use of pesticides and herbicides by family farmers and agribusiness alike... Pleasanton-based Safeway Inc. set out to change perceptions and capture market share in December, when it quietly rolled out "O Organics." Now Safeway is planning a more aggressive campaign to promote the private-label line. The 150 organic products include beverages, bakery goods, cereals, canned and frozen foods, dairy products, and snack items. The difference from national organic product lines? Prices are comparable or even below those for conventional products in some cases," quoting MSNBC. link here "Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is throwing its weight behind organic products, a move that experts say could have the same lasting effect on environmental practices that Wal-Mart has had on prices by forcing suppliers and competitors to keep up," quoting the AP. link here . 7. “ORGANIC STANDARDS UNDER ASSAULT” “A new report from the Wisconsin-based Cornucopia Institute says some producers of organic milk aren't following federal standards,” quoting WEAU.TV. link here ”Organic standards are under assault once again. A sneak attack in Congress in October 2005 potentially opened the door for hundreds of synthetic substances to be used in processed organic foods, without proper scientific review by the organic community. Recent attempts, partly successful, have been made to pack the National Organic Standards Board, the organic community's traditional watchdog over organic standards, with food industry and agribusiness bureaucrats...,” quoting the Organic Consumers Assn. link here And this is alarming: ”The farmers' concerns go beyond simply pushing down prices. DeWilde and others fear that companies like Wal-Mart could try to lower the standards for what is classified as organic food and begin to import more supplies from China and other overseas markets. "Wal-Mart already sources a majority of its products from China, because it's so cheap to produce anything there. Why not foods?" link here . 8. ANTARCTICA WARMING FASTER THAN REST OF PLANET “Signs of global warming are three times more apparent in Antarctica than across the rest of the planet, a new study shows. Using newly digitized data about temperature, humidity, and wind, collected from instruments aboard weather balloons between 1971 and 2003, scientists found a winter season warming throughout the Antarctic atmosphere. The scientists estimate that atmospheric temperatures over Antarctica in the winter have risen by about 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) in the last 30 years, and the change is due in large part to greenhouse-gas emissions,” quoting LiveScience. link here NOW IT’S CARIBBEAN CORAL DYING “A one-two punch of bleaching from record hot water followed by disease has killed ancient and delicate coral in the biggest loss of reefs scientists have ever seen in Caribbean waters,” quoting CNN. link here . 9. TIME MAGAZINE: “THE CRISIS IS UPON US” - EARTH IS ILL Quoting TIME Magazine's Cover Story last week, "No one can say exactly what it looks like when a planet takes ill, but it probably looks a lot like Earth. Never mind what you've heard about global warming as a slow-motion emergency that would take decades to play out. Suddenly and unexpectedly, the crisis is upon us. It certainly looked that way last week as the atmospheric bomb that was Cyclone Larry--a Category 5 storm with wind bursts that reached 180 m.p.h.--exploded through northeastern Australia. It certainly looked that way last year as curtains of fire and dust turned the skies of Indonesia orange, thanks to drought-fueled blazes sweeping the island nation. It certainly looks that way as sections of ice the size of small states calve from the disintegrating Arctic and Antarctic. And it certainly looks that way as the sodden wreckage of New Orleans continues to molder, while the waters of the Atlantic gather themselves for a new hurricane season just two months away. Disasters have always been with us and surely always will be. But when they hit this hard and come this fast--when the emergency becomes commonplace--something has gone grievously wrong. That something is global warming." link here . 10. HUMANS WITNESSING 1ST STAGES OF THE BIRTH OF AN OCEAN “Normally new rivers, seas, and mountains are born in slow motion. The Afar Triangle near the Horn of Africa is another story. A new ocean is forming there with staggering speed -- at least by geological standards. Africa will eventually lose its horn. Geologist Dereje Ayalew and his colleagues from Addis Ababa University were amazed -- and frightened. They had only just stepped out of their helicopter onto the desert plains of central Ethiopia when the ground began to shake under their feet. The pilot shouted for the scientists to get back to the helicopter. And then it happened: the Earth split open. Crevices began racing toward the researchers like a zipper opening up. After a few seconds, the ground stopped moving, and after they had recovered from their shock, Ayalew and his colleagues realized they had just witnessed history. For the first time ever, human beings were able to witness the first stages in the birth of an ocean,” quoting Germany’s Spiegel. link here . 11. NORTHEASTERN USA DUE FOR MAJOR HURRICANE STRIKE "The Northeast is ill prepared and long overdue for a major hurricane, the private forecaster AccuWeather said in a special report on Monday [Mar. 20], a little more than two months before the start of hurricane season in the Atlantic. ‘The Northeast is staring down the barrel of a gun” Joe Bastardi, AccuWeather’s chief hurricane forecaster, said in the report. ‘With the weather patterns and hydrology we’re seeing in the oceans, the likelihood of a major hurricane making landfall in the Northeast is not a question of if but when,’ he said," quoting MSNBC. link here . 12. REMOTE VIEW SITES TEST YOUR OWN MIND "Since we started this experiment, late November 2005, more than 250 people have signed up and more than 1300 remote views have been entered on the site. Each participant can review all their remote views and thus keep track of their progress. Results are shown on the home page every evening at 8:00 PM Pacific Time. Remote View Daily: link here And: “Remote Viewing" is the ability to cast your mind to a location distant from your body and see with your mind what is there, even if it is hidden. You can see in "real" time or also in the past or in the future. This skill can be enhanced with consistent practice,” quoting Infinite Voyager. link here . RAMTHA SCHOOL NEWS Ramtha student Danielle Graham will be presenting her research on ambient fields garnered from her scientific work at Ramtha's School of Enlightenment at Poster Session 4 (Physical and Biological Sciences) of the "Toward a Science of Consciousness Conference" in Tucson. Her work is titled "Experimental Data Demonstrating Extraordinary Human-Generated Ambient Geomagnetic Field and Gravitational Force Augmentation." link here scroll down to P4. This is the seventh in a series of biennial interdisciplinary conferences on consciousness held in Tucson in even-numbered years since 1994. The “Tucson Conferences” have helped to catalyze the recent development of scientific research on all aspects of the problem of consciousness. The Tucson conferences stress interdisciplinary exploration, bringing together perspectives from philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, cognitive science, computer science, physics, biology, anthropology, contemplative traditions, the arts, medicine, and other areas. A continuing focus of the conference is the integration of the first-person and third-person perspectives on the phenomena of the mind," quoting their website. [Ed. Note: Laura Mooney and Diane D'Acuti will be accompanying Danielle and use the focus disciplines they have learned from Ramtha as the changes in their own ambiant fields are being recorded.] link here . OF LOCAL NOTE “Owners of television sets and computers one day will be able to recycle those products free of charge, thanks to a bill that Gov. Chris Gregoire signed into law on Friday [Mar. 24]. But that day is nearly three years away. Gregoire signed a bill that requires manufacturers of TVs, computers, and computer monitors to build into the price of their products enough money to pay for their proper disposal. Manufacturers must have an acceptable recycling plan, approved by the state Department of Ecology, by Jan. 1, 2009. That’s when consumers should be able to drop off their obsolete televisions, computers, and monitors at collection stations for free. The program does not yet apply to other electronic items, such as cell phones, copiers, printers, or FAX machines. Environmental groups applauded the governor’s action. So did retailers, such as Radio Shack, who were afraid they would have to tack on a recycling fee of perhaps $10 per item and collect it directly from customers when the products are sold,” quoting the Tacoma News Tribune. link here Vanda returns with a benefit comedy show: "I am so, so, so excited to be producing and hosting a comedy show here in Yelm with 3 fantastic, very experienced comics to benefit Thurston County Progressive Network link here You don't want to miss this! Barbara Sehr, a writer for YES magazine, (and the first person to interview Bill Gates both as a man and as a woman) will be with us. Her site: link here Eddie Greenberg is a "Jewish, gypsy, madman" with whom I studied comedy in NYC 25 years ago! Think a Jewish/Sufi Steven Wright with a mission. Eddie's mission is "passing love along through humor." A transplanted NYer here in the Great Pacific "Northwest." And he really was at Woodstock. The headliner for this show is a tremendously outspoken guy who has caused riots in Montana and Idaho... His name is Arlo Stone and he's at link here . Besides very left-leaning politics, Arlo's passion is metaphysics. Also, Special Guest singer/songwriter Jessica Devin on Saturday, the 8th. Please join us!" WHERE? Yelm Grange (next to Gordons Gardening) 308 Yelm Ave, Yelm WHEN? Friday and Saturday, April 7th and 8th, 8:00-9:30pm HOW MUCH? 10$ advance through Paypal up until midnight, the day before event. 15$ at the door. Peace, Vanda. link here . QUOTE OF THE WEEK "Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. They've no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify and vilify them. 'Bout the only thing you can't do is ignore them, because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do," narrated by Richard Dreyfuss. Apple's Think Different Campaign, 1998 link here . Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2006. For archived issues of Kleiner’s Korner, click on "Current Kleiner’s Korner and Archives" at link here Send comments to steve@kleinerskorner.com .