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HOME PAGE	Kleiner's Korner For Week of July 31, 2006 Determined to find the law that requires American citizens to pay income tax, producer Aaron Russo ("The Rose," "Trading Places") set out on a journey to find the evidence. Neither left, nor right-wing this startling examination of government exposes the systematic erosion of civil liberties in America since 1913. [Ed. Note: You must see this sobering trailer. This is everything I heard Master Teacher Ramtha to say in 1986 and is in process of happening today. Ramtha outlined all of this in several books, one of which is Last Waltz of the Tyrants published in 1989: link here ] link here 1. “THE POOR AGE FASTER THAN THE RICH, STUDY FINDS” “People with lower socio-economic status appear to age faster than their better-off counterparts, British researchers said on Thursday [July 20]. They showed that the poor have shorter telomeres, the caps on chromosomes that prevent them from fraying, which makes them biologically older than people of the same age in higher social groups. ‘Not only does social class affect health and age-related diseases, it seems to have an impact on the aging process itself,’ said Dr Tim Spector of St Thomas's Hospital in London. Each time a cell divides, telomeres shorten. The loss is associated with aging which is why telomeres are thought to hold the secrets of youth and the aging process,” quoting Reuters. link here . 2. TELOMERES DECAY FASTER IN THOSE INDULGING IN UNHEALTHY ACTIVITIES “A fingerprint of gene activity could reveal the true 'youthfulness' of our kidneys, hearts and muscle, regardless of our biological age. The technique might one day be used to find healthy organs for transplants or to warn us of impending disease. It's hard to tell, particularly on a cellular level, whether a young and healthy body conceals a withering heart — or conversely, whether an old man has a vigorous ticker like that of a younger man…The speed with which our cells and bodies deteriorate is determined partly by the genes we inherit from our parents and partly by the ravages of living. These factors can change the rate at which certain genes manufacture proteins, and other aspects of the cell's machinery. Some studies, for example, have shown that the ends of chromosomes, called telomeres, decay over time and do so faster in those who indulge in unhealthy activities such as smoking,” quoting the journal Nature. link here . 3. STUDY: STRESS & ATTITUDES AFFECT DNA & AGING RATES “For the first time, research shows that stress speeds the aging process by harming DNA. But Scott Pelley [CBS News Reporter] says there's a silver lining in that seemingly dark cloud: We have a say in the stress-aging relationship. We can offset the impact of stress. Did you ever know someone under so much stress they aged right before your eyes? It seems to happen to presidents after a term or two, and maybe you've noticed something similar in your own mirror. Now, for the first time, a medical study has proven what we've all suspected: Stress speeds up aging… “…What happens in the mind, in particular, perceptions of stress, can indeed affect the most fundamental unit of our physical beings. [says Elissa Epel, who headed the stress study at the University of California, San Francisco] " link here . 4. “AIR POLLUTION LINKED TO FATAL HEART ATTACKS” “Fatal heart attacks may be more likely among people who spend decades living in heavily polluted areas, Swedish researchers report. While there was no association between people’s exposure to various pollutants over a 30-year period and overall heart attack risk, such exposure did appear to be associated with a greater risk of fatal heart attack, especially heart attacks occurring outside hospitals, Mats Rosenlund of the Stockholm County Council and colleagues report. The researchers also found that people who had ever lived in pollution “hot spots” with particularly dirty air had a 23 percent increased risk of heart attack, and a 40 percent increased risk of fatal heart attack,” quoting Reuters. link here . 5. ‘…PSYCHIATRIST SAYS PAST-LIFE MEMORIES NOT SO UNCOMMON IN KIDS” ”Jim Tucker, a child psychiatrist and medical director of the Child and Family Psychiatric Clinic at the University of Virginia, is one of the few researchers to extensively study the phenomenon of children who seem to have memories of past lives. ‘At the University of Virginia, we've studied over 2,500 cases of children who seem to talk about previous lives when they're little,’" Tucker said. ‘They start at 2 or 3, and by the time they're 6 or 7 they forget all about it and go on to live the rest of their lives.' Tucker — the author of "Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children's Memories of Previous Lives," quoting ABC News. link here . 6. “FAT STEM CELLS TURNED INTO MUSCLE IN EXPERIMENT” “Stem cells taken from human fat can be transformed into smooth muscle cells, offering a way to treat many kinds of heart disease, gastrointestinal and bladder ills, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. While the experiment does not quite offer a way to turn a pot belly into a flat stomach, the researchers said the transformed cells contracted and relaxed just like smooth muscle cells. These cells help the heart beat and blood flow, push food through the digestive system and make bladders fill and empty, the researchers reported,“ quoting Reuters. link here . 7. SCHOOL BUILDING'S TOP FLOORS CLOSED DUE TO CANCER CLUSTERS FROM ROOF'S CELLPHONE TOWERS "Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) has launched a second health and safety investigation in just five years, after seven staff members from the University's Bourke Street campus were diagnosed with brain tumours. Five of the cases are not malignant. The top floors of the Tivoli building are set to be closed. All the staff involved have worked on those floors of the business faculty for up to 10 years. Workers on the floors, who include administration staff and lecturers, have been relocated while the investigation takes place. RMIT spokesman Steve Somogyi says some telecommunications transmitters have raised concerns," quoting Australia's ABC News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Corporate Communications website. link here And from the official Austrailian Government website: "Research Centre to Study the Possible Health Effects of Mobile Phones and Towers" link here The journal Nature weighed in on this, as well (must be a subscriber) link here . 8. AMAZON’S FOUNDER'S SPACEPORT PLANS MOVING FORWARD ”An environmental study facing scrutiny this week offers a tantalizing glimpse into the secretive West Texas private spaceport project being bankrolled and developed by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos. Under the banner of a Seattle-area company called Blue Origin, a spacecraft dubbed the New Shepard Reusable Launch Vehicle would take off vertically, like NASA's space shuttle. But unlike the shuttle, which glides to earth and lands like an airplane, the spaceship would land vertically. The craft would hit an altitude of about 325,000 feet before descending and restarting its engine for a "precision vertical powered landing on the landing pad" located in sparsely populated Culberson County about 125 miles east of El Paso. Those were among the plans detailed in a 229-page draft of an environmental review filed with the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA has responsibility to issue permits and licenses for Blue Origin to go ahead with its launch plans,” quoting KING-5 TV, Seattle’s NBC affiliate. link here . 9. EINSTEIN'S PERSONAL LETTERS UNSEALED "The last remaining trove of Albert Einstein's personal family letters is being opened to the public this week. They had been closely held by his stepdaughter Margot Einstein, who decreed that they remain sealed for 20 years after her death. Some of the letters are being published by Princeton University Press in the 10th volume produced by the Einstein Papers Project at Caltech, and they are a revelation. "Einstein's private correspondence refutes the simplistic view of him as an isolated, remote man who immersed himself in his work at the expense of human contact," says general editor Diana Kormos Buchwald. That is nowhere more true than in the tense months between April and December 1915, when his family life was unraveling and he was racing--under brutal competitive pressure--to complete his general theory of relativity," quoting TIME. link here And, UK's The Guardian on this story: link here . 10. “BETTER GET USED TO KILLER HEAT WAVES” “In Fresno, the morgue is full of victims from a California heat wave. A combination of heat and power outages killed a dozen people in Missouri. And in parts of Europe, temperatures are hotter than in 2003 when a heat wave killed 35,000 people. Get used to it. --For the next week, much of the nation should expect more ''extreme heat,'' the National Weather Service predicts. --In the month of August, most of the United States will see ''above normal temperatures,'' forecasters say. --For the long-term future, the world will see more and worse killer heat waves because of global warming, scientists say,” quoting the AP. link here . 11. BEEF CO. LAWSUIT AGAINST USDA TO ALLOW UNIVERAL MAD COW TESTING “The chief executive and founder of Creekstone Farms said Friday [July 14] that even if Japan accepts U.S. beef, his company should still be allowed to test all its cattle for mad cow disease to help grow the Japanese market…Creekstone filed for summary judgment in its suit against the U.S. Agriculture Department in federal court Friday, arguing that the government has no right to keep the company from testing its cattle for mad cow disease. The USDA has until Aug. 25 to respond to Creekstone's filing. The USDA has kept Creekstone from testing, saying it controls testing and citing scientific evidence that Creekstone would test cattle too young to register a reliable result. Stewart said the science on testing is "too young, and it's unproven" to conclude that,” quoting Kansas.com. [Ed. Note: The government will not allow a farmer to test all his cattle for Mad Cow? What’s up with that?] link here . 12. CASUALTIES OF WAR: LEBANON’S TREES, AIR, AND SEA “As Israel continues the bombing campaign that has turned parts of Lebanon into rubble, environmentalists are warning of widespread and lasting damage. Spilled and burning oil, along with forest fires, toxic waste flows and growing garbage heaps have gone from nuisances to threats to people and wildlife, they say, marring a country traditionally known for its clean air and scenic greenery. Many of Lebanon’s once pristine beaches and much of its coastline have been coated with a thick sludge that threatens marine life,” quoting the New York Times. link here . RAMTHA SCHOOL NEWS "Today, many in South Sound still don't approve of what the school teaches. For example, Ramtha's teaching that people are God goes against traditional Christian beliefs, said pastor Dave Minton of Capital Christian Center in Olympia. ‘There is an authority that we have as human beings, but to be equal with, or to have the position of God would be a false teaching,' he said. The channeling of Ramtha also goes against Christianity, Minton said. 'My take on it? The channeling she does would be of an unclean spirit or an evil spirit,' he said,” quoting The Olympian. link here [Ed. Note: Pastor Minton is demonstrating how distant religion is from science, still today, continuing to cling to condemnation of the unknown. Minton’s views are not based on any fact, since this writer has not seen him at Ramtha’s School nor has he examined the scientific studies of tests done on JZ Knight before and after channeling Ramtha as published in scientific journals. link here Yet the kind of attitude that condemns the unknown is still tolerated today. Why?] This has been demonstrated time and again by religion and include the Holy Mother Church’s condemnation of “the achievements of Galileo that include improvements to the telescope observations, the first and second laws of motion, and effective support for Copernicanism. Referred to as the "father of modern astronomy", as the "father of modern physics", and as the "father of science "…, his conflict with the Roman Catholic Church is taken as a major early example of the conflict of authority and freedom of thought, particularly with science, in Western society. In reaction to Galileo, the Church declared it heresy to teach that the Earth moved and imprisoned him. The Church clung to this position for 350 years until Galileo was formally exonerated in 1992,’” quoting Wikipedia. “Giordano Bruno was an Italian philosopher, priest, astronomer, astrologer, and occultist. Bruno is perhaps best known for his system of mnemonics and as an early proponent of the idea of extrasolar planets and extraterrestrial life. Burned at the stake as a heretic for his theological ideas, Bruno is seen by some as a martyr to the cause of free thought,” quoting Wikipedia. The church has STILL not exonerated or apologized for Bruno’s death at its hands. Is Pastor Minton any different today than these two examples? See QUOTE OF THE WEEK below. JZ Knight's presentation "Creating Fabulous Wealth through the development of mind" and Ramtha's events titled "How to Eliminate Fear that stands in the way of you becoming a Remarkable Life" in Phoenix this weekend are available to the general public via live streaming at: link here . OF LOCAL NOTE “As the Puget Sound Partnership maps out a 15-year plan for bringing the inland waterway and its orcas and salmon back from the brink, the toughest part of the job might be selling the need for change. The first step is to increase awareness that there really is trouble in paradise - despite the sparkling waters, tumbling streams, leaping killer whales and salmon,” quoting KOMO TV 4, Seattle’s ABC affiliate. link here Yelm Community Blog hosted by Steve Klein carried these stories last week: A. Democratic candidate for State Representative, District 2, Position 1 Jean Marie Christenson’s letter to the community. B. Heat wave in Yelm C. Thurston Highlands Update before City Council D. Washington DOT public hearing on Yelm Bypass E. Inauguration of Yelm’s 7th City Council member – Yelm Telephone’s Russ Hendrickson (husband of Yelm School Board member) link here . QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Ridicule is the barrier that the ignorant erect between themselves and any truth that tends to frighten or disturb them in any way. For it is easier to ridicule than to investigate, but not as profitable.” Yusuf Ali Father of Dr. Karriem Ali Dr. Ali is one of Ramtha’s appointed Teachers . 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 July 24, 2006 Dear Readers; Lest anyone doubt Global Warming is at hand, please see number 8 below for record breaking weather the world over last week. 1. “SCIENTISTS: NATURE’S FUNDAMENTAL LAWS MAY BE CHANGING” “Public confidence in the "constants" of nature may be at an all-time low. Recent research has found evidence that the value of certain fundamental parameters, such as the speed of light or the strength of the invisible glue that holds atomic nuclei together, may have been different in the past. "There is absolutely no reason these constants should be constant," says astronomer Michael Murphy of the University of Cambridge. ‘These are famous numbers in physics, but we have no real reason for why they are what they are.’ The observed differences are small — roughly a few parts in a million — but the implications are huge. The laws of physics would have to be rewritten, and we might need to make room for six or seven more dimensions than the four — the three spatial ones, plus time — that we are used to,” quoting LiveScience. link here . 2. “MAN'S QUEST TO TRADE PAPER CLIPS FOR HOUSE SUCCESSFUL” “Taking a paper clip and turning it into a house sounds like a cheesy magic trick or a phony instance of resourcefulness on the 1980s TV show "MacGyver." Kyle MacDonald, however, has pulled it off. One year ago, the 26-year-old blogger from Montreal set out to barter one red paper clip for something and that thing for something else, over and over again until he had a house. On Wednesday [July 12] the quest is ending as envisioned..., quoting the AP. link here . 3. “THE BUZZ ON A MATING MOSQUITO” “A mosquito's hum may drive humans crazy, but to other mosquitoes it's love at first buzz. Now, scientists have discovered that the sound frequencies generated by the insects' beating wings help mosquitoes of the opposite sex coordinate a romantic rendezvous,” quoting ScienceNow. link here . 4. “SUPERMARKETS AND SERVICE STATIONS NOW COMPETING FOR GRAIN” “Cars, not people, will claim most of the increase in world grain consumption this year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects that world grain use will grow by 20 million tons in 2006. Of this, 14 million tons will be used to produce fuel for cars in the United States, leaving only six million tons to satisfy the world's growing food needs. In agricultural terms, the world appetite for automotive fuel is insatiable. The grain required to fill a 25 gallon SUV gas tank with ethanol will feed one person for a year. The grain to fill the tank every two weeks over a year will feed 26 people,” quoting Environment News Service. link here . 5. SIR LAURENCE GARDNER’S NEW BOOKS “Laurence Gardner is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and a Professional Member of the Institute of Nanotechnology. Distinguished as the Chevalier de St. Germain, he is a constitutional historian, a Knight Templar of St Anthony, and is Presidential Attaché to the European Council of Princes. Based in England, he is author of The Times and Sunday Times bestseller, Bloodline of the Holy Grail. This was serialized nationally in the Daily Mail and gained Laurence a UK Author of the Year award in 1997,” quoting his site. link here THE SHADOW OF SOLOMON; The Lost Secret of the Freemasons Revealed link here THE MAGDALENE LEGACY; The Jesus and Mary Bloodline Conspiracy; Revelations Beyond The Da Vinci Code. link here . 6. NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT MUSICAL CHORDS UNVEILED “Does a Bach fugue have a geometrical shape? Yes it does, along with the chords of Deep Purple, and pretty much any other tune, according to a new way to portray music that could help composers in their quest to come up with the next chord. Depicting music in a geometrical way is not in itself new, given that it is written on a five-line staff where height is linked with pitch, the relationships between the 12 notes in the chromatic scale are depicted as the hours on a clock's face and so on. But in the journal Science, a new way of looking at chords and melodies is unveiled, where they are shown as points and lines in a mathematical space called an orbifold, which captures a much wider spectrum of musical styles - including modern dissonant styles - and could provide insights into the organizing principles of Western music,” quoting UK’s Telegraph. link here . 7. CELEBS, ROYALS AMONG FIRST 150 TO BUY 2008 SPACE FLIGHTS “Former soap star Victoria Principal, designer Philippe Starck, and a senior member of an unidentified royal family have all bought tickets for the world's first tourist space flights planned for 2008. Virgin Group, owned by billionaire businessman and part-time daredevil Richard Branson, said on Monday [July 17] it was on track to launch the sub-orbital flights for the year after next and had sold tickets to its first 150 passengers. Its commercial spaceline, called Virgin Galactic, said in a news conference at the Farnborough International Airshow near London that it had collected $15.6 million in deposits for the flights which cost $200,000 per ticket,” quoting Reuters. link here . 8. JUST WHEN IS THE TERM “GLOBAL WARMING” APPLIED? YOU DECIDE! A. “Metro, MARC and Amtrak trains [Washington, DC area] all moved slower Tuesday [July 18] to prevent tracks from overheating. On MARC's Penn Line, the control circuitry for the switches north of New Carrollton failed Tuesday evening. The impact and time until resolution were not clear,” WRC-TV, NBC’s Channel 4. link here B. “Overcast skies provided some relief Friday [July 21] for hundreds of thousands of people without electricity to run air conditioners as the nation sweated through a week of stifling heat...Gov. Matt Blunt sent troops to St. Louis on Thursday [July 20], the same day Mayor Francis Slay declared the city a disaster area. The city got a meteorological punch Wednesday: a massive storm that knocked out power to more than half a million customers, followed by another day of near-triple-digit heat,” quoting the AP. link here C. “China’s death toll from tropical storm Bilis more than doubled to 482 after a hard-hit inland province reported a sharp rise in fatalities, state media said Friday [July 21]...Storm-ravaged areas faced new problems this week as a heat wave baked the region, with temperatures rising to 100 Thursday in Fujian, Xinhua said. Typhoons hit China every summer, causing hundreds of deaths. The country expects more storms than usual this year due to an unusually warm current off its Pacific coast and high temperatures on the Tibetan plateau,” quoting the AP. link here D. "Britain experienced its hottest July day on record last week [36.3C, 97F] and forecasters say more is to come as climate change tightens its grip on the country. Global warming experts claim that by 2050 temperatures will regularly top 40C [104F] and warn that our health and infrastructure will be unable to cope," quoting The Guardian. link here E. "A heatwave in France has probably killed more than 20 people, including a 15-month-old baby, and the rest of Europe also sweltered with no sign of temperatures dropping," quoting the New Zealand Herald. link here F. "The mercury soared to 118 degrees Friday [July 21], making it the hottest day of the year, the hottest since July 1995 and one of the 11 hottest days since 1895, when temperature records first were kept in Phoenix. link here G. "California basted Saturday [July 22] in a heat wave described by meteorologists as unprecedented, breaking temperature records and pushing the state within a hair's breadth of a power crisis. And things aren't going to cool down anytime soon. Even veteran meteorologists expressed amazement at the scorching temperatures. 'Tons of records were smashed, and not just in the interior part of the state,' said Basil Newmerzhycky, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Mike Pechner, a consulting meteorologist based in Cordelia, said Saturday [July 22] and today should set state temperature records not just for their dates but for the entire month of July," quoting the San Francisco Chronicle. link here H. "Residents survived triple-digit temperatures Friday [July 21], a rarity in South Sound. The thermometer at Olympia Regional Airport rose to a record 101 degrees Friday. The previous record for July 21 was 96 degrees, set in 1994. Three other Washington cities also set records: Vancouver at 104, Seattle at 97, and Hoquiam at 90. Temperatures of 100 and higher have happened only eight times in Olympia since 1948, said Ted Buehner, a National Weather Service meteorologist based in Seattle. The highest temperature ever recorded in Olympia was 104 degrees on Aug. 9, 1981. The last time it hit 100 degrees was July 28, 1998," quoting The Olympian. link here The temperature tied the record of 99F (37C) set in 1978 on Saturday, July 22nd in Olympia: link here I. "Global warming now taken seriously" in Seattle & King County, says the Seattle Times. link here . 9. CHECK OUT THIS NEW MOVIE ON CLIMATE CHANGE ““Climate: A Crisis Averted” looks back from 2056 and recounts how ordinary citizens in 2006 – realizing that global warming was a scientific fact and not a climatic theory -- take action to demand clean energy and other planet-friendly options. The movie describes how a movement called RenewUS effected real change with an action plan, or ‘call-to-arms’ on global warming,” quoting RenewUS. link here . 10. “US ‘COULD BE GOING BANKRUPT’” "The United States is heading for bankruptcy, according to an extraordinary paper published by one of the key members of the country's central bank. A ballooning budget deficit and a pensions and welfare time bomb could send the economic superpower into insolvency, according to research by Professor Laurence Kotlikoff for the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, a leading constituent of the US Federal Reserve. Prof Kotlikoff said that, by some measures, the US is already bankrupt. ‘To paraphrase the Oxford English Dictionary, is the United States at the end of its resources, exhausted, stripped bare, destitute, bereft, wanting in property, or wrecked in consequence of failure to pay its creditors,’ he asked,” quoting UK’s Telegraph. [Ed. Note; How many times has this writer said this in the last five years, only to get letters saying I am a “doom and gloomer.” Open your eyes and this information is plain to see. Now, a Federal Reserve report states the same thing.] link here Bloomberg further delved into this issue: link here [Ed. Note: Gold is still a bargain at under $650 an ounce. With this debt load, precious metals will eventually head for the heavens, making gold’s $800 an ounce previous high look like a steal!] Click here for this sobering report titled “Global Movers & Shakers” from Casey Research. Then scroll down. link here . 11. SOBERING STATS ON GULF-WAR ILLNESSES OF VETS “What you don’t know about your government could kill you… Department of Defense documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act expose the horrific underworld of the disposable army mentality and the government funded experimentation upon US citizens conducted without their knowledge or consent. UNMASKING SECRET MILITARY PROJECTS: Chemical & Biological Exposures Radioactive Poisoning Mind Control Projects Experimental Vaccines Gulf War Illness Depleted Uranium (DU) Is the United States knowingly using a dangerous battlefield weapon banned by the United Nations because of its long-term effects on the local inhabitants and the environment? Explore the illegal worldwide sale and use of one of the deadliest weapons ever invented. Beyond the disclosure of black-ops projects spanning the past 6 decades, Beyond Treason also addresses the complex subject of Gulf War Illness. It includes interviews with experts, both civilian and military, who say that the government is hiding the truth from the public and they can prove it,” quoting the Last Outpost. [Ed. Note: This writer included this for our honored military personnel who are KK readers and others wishing to be informed.] link here . 12. “Democracy in Crisis - Interview with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.” [Ed Note: Just the mere mention of RFK, Jr. here generates all sorts of mail and derision. However, won’t you please consider putting your pre-judgments aside and read what this involved man has to say?] “An Exclusive Interview for The BRAD BLOG [1] as Guest Blogged by Joy [2] and Tom Williams… "The Republican Party, the Republican National Committee, has been using old-fashioned, Jim Crow, apartheid-type maneuvers to steal the last two national elections." - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Recently, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., (bio [3]) , wrote the article: "Was the 2004 Election Stolen [4]" where he examined the election fraud in Ohio that took place during the last Presidential Election. He also has written a book "Crimes against Nature: How George W. Bush & His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Hijacking our Democracy [5]". Mr. Kennedy, along with Mike Papantonio have filed a "qui tam" lawsuit [6] against some of the voting machines companies, in an effort to save our Democracy. I've long had a deep respect for Robert F. Kennedy for his dedicated work as an environmental advocate. Tom and I enjoyed interviewing him and were moved by his passion and dedication to our country and our Democracy. We spoke to him via phone at his office at Pace University's Environmental Litigation Clinic in White Plains, New York, which he founded, about the election of 2004. This was an experience to remember...,” quoting this site. link here . RAMTHA SCHOOL NEWS The Retooling DNA Event will be happening simultaneously in Yelm, Italy and South Africa. The Yelm dates are August 25- Sept. 1 and is open to the general public. link here . OF LOCAL NOTE On Yelm’s first and only blog this week: A. According to NOAA's official record-keeping station closest to Yelm at Olympia Municipal Airport, July 21st recorded it's hottest temperature on record at 101 F (38 C), breaking the former record for which this writer was here and experienced the 96 F (36 C) this date recorded in 1994. And July 22nd ties the previous 99F record set in 1978. link here then scroll to July 21 B. "For the first time in years, the $70 billion casual dining industry — sit-down eateries that generally serve alcohol and sell entrees from $10 to $20 — is taking a hit," quoting USA Today. [Ed. Note: Please support our local restaurants.] link here then scroll to July 21 . QUOTE OF THE WEEK “You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” Anne Lamott (1954- ) American author . 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 July 17, 2006 According to JZ Knight’s announcement, The Olympian was the only entity accepting her invitation to attend her Fabulous Wealth Retreat June 30-July 2. Their Features Editor Lisa Pemberton filed these reports of her experiences and research from the event in the July 16th Sunday Editions: link here link here link here link here link here And this Olympian report filed just prior to the Fabulous Wealth Retreat about Yelm: Small-town charm surrounds urban core Drivers passing through South Sound on Interstate 5 will get a glimpse of the metro core: Lacey, Olympia and Tumwater. But not too far off the freeway are the small towns and communities that define much of what makes South Sound special...Yelm, in southeastern Thurston County, is Thurston County's fastest-growing city, according to the Thurston Regional Planning Council...Since the 1980s, Yelm also has been home to JZ Knight, internationally known channeler of the 35,000-year-old warrior named Ramtha, and Ramtha's School of Enlightenment, run by Knight," quoting The Olympian of June 25, 2006. link here 1. DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED 37 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK? “This story originally aired on Nov. 6, 2005. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped out of an odd-looking spaceship and into the pages of history as the first man on the moon. Today, he remains one of the most famous people on the planet, but he is also famously private. For years, Armstrong has shunned the media and the limelight, but last fall he took a giant leap back into the public view. He has finally authorized a biography, entitled First Man and written by James Hansen. In November, he agreed for the first time to a television profile, speaking to 60 Minutes/correspondent Ed Bradley about his extraordinary life,” quoting CBS News. link here . 2. “FIRST HALF OF 2006 WARMEST ON RECORD IN U.S.” “January through June was the warmest first half of any year in the continental United States since records began in 1895, U.S. government scientists reported Friday [July 14]. The average January-June temperature was 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit — 3.4 degrees above the 20th century average, according to preliminary data reported by scientists at the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.,” quoting MSNBC. link here CLIMATE CHANGES COULD HARM U. S. WINE "Climate warming could spell disaster for much of the multibillion-dollar U.S. wine industry. Areas suitable for growing premium wine grapes could be reduced by 50 percent - and possibly as much as 81 percent - by the end of this century, according to a study Monday [July 10] in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The main problem: an increase in the frequency of extremely hot days, said Noah Diffenbaugh of the department of earth and atmospheric sciences at Purdue University," quoting the AP. link here Checkout this unusual weather sight: link here . 3. “BRAIN POWER USED TO CONTROL COMPUTER” “A paralyzed man using a new brain sensor has been able to move a computer cursor, open e-mail and control a robotic device simply by thinking about doing it, a team of scientists said Wednesday [July 12]. They believe the BrainGate sensor, which involves implanting electrodes in the brain, could offer new hope to people paralyzed by injuries or illnesses. 'This is the first step in an ongoing clinical trial of a device that is encouraging for its potential to help people with paralysis,' Dr. Leigh Hochberg of Massachusetts General Hospital said in an interview,” quoting Reuters. link here And, the WebMD report on this: link here And, The BrainGate™ Neural Interface System of based on Cyberkinetics, Inc. website: link here . 4. “MOZART THERAPY FOR BEREAVED ELEPHANT” “Suma, a 45-year-old elephant and long-time resident of the Zagreb Zoo, was bereaved and inconsolable after her pachyderm partner of tens years died of cancer. Until she heard Mozart… Then, by sheer accident, Suma's keepers discovered that the healing power of Mozart extends to the animal kingdom too. Earlier this month, the zoo the zoo organized a concert of classical music just opposite Suma's dwelling, Anic explained. At the sight of five musicians preparing themselves to start a concert, Suma became very nervous and aggressive, peppering the intruders with little stones that she blew out of her trunk. "But as soon as the concert started what we saw was really fascinating. Suma leaned against the fence, closed her eyes and listened without moving the entire concert," he said. Besides Mozart, she took in pieces by Vivaldi and Schubert too. When zoo authorities realized that classical music seemed to help Suma cope with her grief, they bought a stereo and installed it so she could get a daily dose of music therapy,” quoting AFP. link here . 5. “EPA ORDERS DRY-CLEANING CHEMICAL PHASE-OUT” “Dry cleaners operating in residential buildings will have to begin phasing out their use of a suspected cancer-causing chemical. The rules for the nation's 28,000 dry-cleaning businesses that use perchloroethylene, or perc. The solvent has a sharp, sweet odor that most people can easily smell — and affects the central nervous system. Officials said the rule is an attempt to eliminate the risk, though small, that people could get sick from smelling perc used at a dry cleaning business located in a building where people live. EPA spokeswoman Jennifer Wood called that risk preventable,” quoting the AP. link here And, from the EPA’s own website: link here . 6. “CALCIUM MAY HELP WARD OFF MIDDLE-AGED SPREAD” Getting plenty of calcium might help fight middle-aged spread, a new study shows. Women in their 50s who took in more than 500 milligrams of calcium daily in supplements gained 4 pounds less over 10 years than women who didn't use supplements, Dr. Alejandro J. Gonzalez of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and colleagues found. But Gonzalez told Reuters Health it would be "going out on a limb" to recommend calcium as a weight maintenance aid based on his study. Randomized clinical trials are necessary to determine whether calcium really is responsible for limiting weight gain, he added,” quoting Reuters. [Ed. Note: This writer heard Ramtha to say many times calcium helps to ward off all sorts of diseases.] link here . 7. “EATING FISH CAN HELP PROTECT EYESIGHT IN ELDERLY” “Two new studies give one more reason to eat a diet rich in fish: prevention of age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in old age. The omega-3 fatty acids found in fish such as salmon are already known to help the heart and brain stay healthy. The new studies, appearing Monday in the Archives of Ophthalmology, add to evidence that fish eaters also protect the eyes. The new studies aren’t the strongest level of scientific evidence, but they confirm the findings of previous studies that also link fish consumption with prevention of macular degeneration,” quoting the AP. link here . 8. BEWARE OF BUYING DAIRY PRODUCTS LABELED ORGANIC Kleiner's Korner has previously mentioned this issue, especially now that Wal-Mart has announced intentions to enter organic food sales. "The cows on Pam and Jeff Riesgraf's farm chomped happily away on lush green grass on a warm, sunny afternoon. Their milk would soon find its way to grocery stores, where organic dairy products are a hot item. The Riesgraf farm represents one vision for organic dairy — small-and medium-sized family farms where the cows have names and spend the growing season on pasture. A different kind of organic dairy farm is emerging out west — corporate-owned feedlot operations with thousands of cows that are fed organic grain but, according to critics, get little chance to graze," quoting the AP. link here . 9. USA INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM 50 YEARS OLD “There were no Wal-Marts in 1956, no Ramada Inns or Best Westerns. Cross-country travel most often meant the railroad and only about two-thirds of adult Americans had a driver's license. But that America began to change on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the law launching a massive federal project that had been his dream for decades: the Interstate Highway System...They have been celebrating a system that includes 47,000 miles of highway with 55,500 bridges, 104 tunnels, 14,750 interchanges and zero traffic lights. It reaches every state -- plus 13 miles in the District -- except Alaska; in Hawaii the superhighways are designated by an "H" rather than an "I." And it has spawned such basic elements of American life as the suburb, the motel, the chain store, the recreational vehicle, the seat belt, the spring-break trek to Florida, the 30-mile commute and the two-mile traffic jam. Today, nearly nine out of 10 adult Americans have driver's licenses. The interstate system was born when the word "Communism" had the same emotional impact among Americans that "terrorism" has today. Eisenhower argued that the nation needed a road system that could "meet the demands of catastrophe or defense, should an atomic war come." quoting the WP. link here . 10. AMERICANS GOING GREEN ON THEIR OWN “With windmills, low-energy homes, new forms of recycling and fuel-efficient cars, Americans are taking conservation into their own hands,” quoting this Newsweek story. link here LEVI’S GOING GREEN, TOO "Ubiquitous denim brand Levi's will be adding 100% organic cotton jeans to their fall 2006 product line. Levi's jeans made with organic cotton will be available in a range of popular fits and finishes and marked with a few subtle identifiers. Jeans made with all, or a significant percentage of, organic cotton will be signified as "Levi's Eco" and feature an embroidered lowercase "e" inside the front pocket, or at the bottom of the right leg of each jean,” quoting Treehugger. link here . 11. “PUGET SOUND HEALTH IN DANGER” "Don't be fooled by the breathtaking sunsets, top-notch boating and bountiful hauls of shellfish - Puget Sound's health is in danger, members of a special task force said Monday [July 10]. In a report to Gov. Chris Gregoire, the Partnership for Puget Sound warned that many people living in the region have a rosy outlook on the sound, despite dire warnings about dwindling aquatic life and increasing urban pollution. Such pressures have been widely documented, but the group was surprised that two-thirds of people contacted for a survey rated the sound's health as ‘good,’" quoting KOMO-TV 4. link here “On July 10, 2006, the Partnership issued a press release and its interim report (PDF) to the Governor. The report details the varied pollution problems facing the Sound. In response, the Partnership is calling for a new, comprehensive strategy to protect and restore Puget Sound that looks at the entire ecosystem, from the crests of the Cascades to the Olympics and the waters in between,” quoting the Puget Sound Partnership site: link here . 12. FOLLOW-UP: 9/11 SCHOLAR CONFERENCES CONTINUE “In June 2006 researchers, scholars, journalists, media personalities, and average folks came together from all over the USA to gather in Los Angeles to invite the rest of the world to examine the facts of 9/11. Through powerful & insightful presentations from prominent guest speakers & riveting documentary screenings we examined the Neo-Con Agenda and 9/11 as the pretext for the brutal on-going war in Iraq as well as the establishment's future plans." link here . RAMTHA SCHOOL NEWS Beyond the Ordinary (KRSE) now has 3-5 minute Kleiner’s Korner spots on tap. "This edition [each of these audio spots] of Kleiner's Korner was brought to you by Beyond the Ordinary dot net and its generous listeners who support this webcast radio station." link here link here link here "Follow the campaign of Jean Marie Christenson, Candidate for State Representative District 2, Position 1. As a life long Washington resident, Jean Marie was born in Spokane & grew up in Wenatchee. Jean Marie makes Rainier, Washington her home. Jean Marie is committed to public safety, education, creation of jobs, preserving civil liberties, the protection of our environment & the freedoms insured by our Constitution for all Americans. And please visit her website for more information: link here ," quoting the Masters Connection site. link here . OF LOCAL NOTE “WSDOT will host an open house [for the SR510 Yelm Loop Project] directly followed by an access hearing at the Yelm Middle School Commons at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 26, 2006. The access hearing will start at 6 p.m. link here Millennium RV, Inc. on 93rd near Yelm Ave. West is leaving our town saying Yelm's city council and restrictions on doing business here are no longer palatable for them to operate. Stop in and wish them well as they have supported this town’s RV servicing needs for years. This writer wishes them well in their new location. City Hall, are you taking note of this business's departure, along with Amtech? link here YelmCommunity.com is this area's first and only blog providing information and a discussion venue for local issues. This week's listings included: A. A response by this writer to Mayor Pro-tem Bob Isom's assertions that this writer "undercuts council." Read the story and you decide. link here scroll to June 11 B. Gordon’s Garden Center President Kellie Petersen gave her views on Mr. Isom’s comments for the record in the public comment period of July 12, 2006. Read her full remarks. link here scroll to June 13. QUOTE OF THE WEEK You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them. Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American Publisher, Businessman and Philanthropist . 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 July 10, 2006 Follow-up on two recent stories: A. "Conservation and animal welfare groups today reached a settlement in a hard-fought lawsuit against the U.S. Navy that will reduce needless harm to whales, dolphins and other marine life caused by high-intensity, mid-frequency sonar used during massive international war games now underway in waters off of Hawaii. The settlement comes four days after the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and other organizations won a restraining order temporarily blocking the use of mid-frequency sonar during the eight-nation Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercises until better safety procedures were in place. In granting the order, the judge agreed the plaintiffs had presented ‘considerable convincing scientific evidence demonstrating that the Navy's use of MFA sonar can kill, injure, and disturb many marine species, including marine mammals,’” quoting the NRDC. link here B. The LooseChange911 website is fully active. Check out this great film that reveals some honest observations by some astute young men about 9/11. link here 1. SEATTLE-BASED RESEARCHER DECIPHERS GENE REGULATION Ilya Shmulevich, Associate Professor at the Seattle-based Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) “brings creative computation to deciphering gene regulation,” according to this month’s feature on him in The Scientist. [Ed. Note: Mr. Shmulevich is related to a cousin of this writer. He grew up in Moscow until he was 12 when his family immigrated to Ohio. I am very fond of Ilya’s parents.] link here Mr. Shmulevich’s website: link here Mr. Shmulevich will be making a “presentation at the International Workshop on Systems Biology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, July 17-19, 2006.” link here . 2. "MAN'S BRAIN REWIRED ITSELF IN 19 YEARS AFTER CRASH" "Doctors have their first proof that a man who was barely conscious for nearly 20 years regained speech and movement because his brain spontaneously rewired itself by growing tiny new nerve connections to replace the ones sheared apart in a car crash. Terry Wallis, 42, is thought to be the only person in the United States to recover so dramatically so long after a severe brain injury. He still needs help eating and cannot walk, but his speech continues to improve and he can count to 25 without interruption," quoting the AP. link here And: Science Now’s take on this story: link here And this fascinating story from NPR submitted by a KK reader about the mind: link here . 3. "ADULT CELLS RELIVE THEIR YOUTH” “One of the biggest questions in stem cell biology is how the cloning process manages to turn back the clock of mature cells, resetting them to their embryonic potential. Ideally, researchers would like to find a way to convert adult cells directly into to embryonic stem (ES) cells--without having to create an embryo at all. At a meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research here, Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University in Japan reported that boosting the activity of just four genes can apparently turn mouse skin cells into cells that closely resemble ES cells,” quoting Science Now. link here . 4. “’BIG BROTHER’ EYES MAKE US ACT MORE HONESTLY” “We all know the scene: the departmental coffee room, with the price list for tea and coffee on the wall and the “honesty box” where you pay for your drinks – or not, because no one is watching. In a finding that will have office managers everywhere scurrying for the photocopier, researchers have discovered that merely a picture of watching eyes nearly trebled the amount of money put in the box. Melissa Bateson and colleagues at Newcastle University, UK, put up new price lists each week in their psychology department coffee room. Prices were unchanged, but each week there was a photocopied picture at the top of the list, measuring 15 by 3 centimetres, of either flowers or the eyes of real faces. The faces varied but the eyes always looked directly at the observer. In weeks with eyes on the list, staff paid 2.76 times as much for their drinks as in weeks with flowers. 'Frankly we were staggered by the size of the effect,' Gilbert Roberts, one of the researchers, told New Scientist,” quoting New Scientist. link here . 5. CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTING MIGRATING BIRDS TRAVEL DATES “Climate change has led several migrating bird species to re-set their travel clocks. In a new study, researchers claim that the earlier onset of spring in northern Europe seems to affect long-distance bird migrants, most of which winter in Africa, more than it does Europe's short-distance avian vacationers. Researchers say the findings suggest that these birds' earlier migration may result from evolutionary changes driven by the warming climate,” quoting Science Now. link here . 6. "GROWER BEATS ODDS WITH GREENHOUSES” “Lewis County farmer Tom Wood makes his living doing the improbable. He manipulates the dormancy periods of various fruit and vegetable plants in greenhouses, a process that lengthens their growing seasons and provides customers with two, rather than one, annual crop of primarily raspberries, strawberries and blueberries. What Wood is accomplishing isn't revolutionary in agriculture, but it is on the leading edge of experiments to make fresher fruit and vegetables available year-round in colder northern climates such as Washington. ‘He's doing things that theoretically shouldn't be possible, but he's doing it,’ said Fred Berman, the small farm direct marketing coordinator for the state Department of Agriculture,” quoting The Olympian. link here . 7. 4TH ANNUAL UFO CONFERENCE THIS NOVEMBER “Join us for the 4th Annual UFO Crash Retrieval Conference Friday, November 10th – Sunday, November 12th, 2006 Las Vegas, Nevada. Majestic Documents.com is the sponsor of the UFO Conference. The team's mission is to clarify the UFO phenomenon, its agenda and history, particularly government documents, and to implement the most effective way to educate the public and world governments to the overwhelming reality and implications,” quoting the UFO Conference site. link here And: Information on the upcoming Trout Lake, Washington Enlightened Contact with ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence Event. link here . 8. UNIV. OF WASHINGTON ADVANCED SPACE PROPULSION RESEARCH “Chemical rockets have limited application for space applications due to the fact that the fuel is relatively slow (low specific impulse) relative to the speeds needed to move efficiently about the solar system. As a results chemcial systems are massive, and the trip times for missions are very long. Research at UW in this area is for the development of faster propellants that can provide substantial reductions in cost and trip time. To achieve these efficiencies plasma systems (i.e. charged particles) are required where electric and magnetic field can be used to accelerate the plasma propellants to speeds more than an order of magnitude faster than can be achieved by chemical rockets. The systems below detail devices under active development,” quoting their website. link here . 9. PHYSICIST “HAWKING SEEKS ANSWERS ON HUMANITY’S FUTURE” “Some questions even stump Stephen Hawking. The famed British astrophysicist and best-selling author has turned to Yahoo Answers, a new feature in which anyone can pose a question for fellow Internet users to try to answer. By Friday [July 7] afternoon, nearly 17,000 Yahoo Inc. users had responded. Hawking's question: ‘In a world that is in chaos politically, socially and environmentally, how can the human race sustain another 100 years?’"quoting the AP. link here . 10. LINK BETWEEN HIGH-FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP AND OBESITY “EVERY time Marie Cabrera goes shopping, she brings along her mental checklist of things to avoid. It includes products with artery-clogging trans fats, cholesterol-inducing saturated fats, MSG and the bogeyman du jour, high-fructose corn syrup. That last one, she says, is the hardest to avoid unless she happens to be shopping in the small natural-foods section of her supermarket…AS America's obesity problem has evolved into a major public health concern over the last five years, singling out high-fructose corn syrup as a singular culprit reflects, perhaps, society's early response to a vexingly complex issue. Scientists say part of the confusion about the ingredient's role in the nutrition debate stems from a basic misunderstanding: the idea that high-fructose corn syrup is actually high in fructose. Studies have shown that the human body metabolizes fructose, the sweetest of the natural sugars, in a way that may promote weight gain. Specifically, fructose does not prompt the production of certain hormones that help regulate appetite and fat storage, and it produces elevated levels of triglycerides that researchers have linked to an increased risk of heart disease,” quoting the New York Times. link here . 11. “BREAST MILK MAY HELP SMALLEST PREMMIES” “The tiniest premature infants fed with breast milk in the hospital did better on tests of mental development later in life than did others fed only formula, a new study has found. The research is the first to show the benefits of breast milk for babies born weighing less than 2 pounds, 3 ounces. With medical advances, hospitals are saving more of these babies, some born more than three months early. For these infants, brain development that normally would occur in the womb during the third trimester of pregnancy must occur in the neonatal intensive care unit of a hospital, said study co-author Dr. Betty Vohr of Brown Medical School,” quoting the AP. [Ed. Note” I have always heard Ramtha extol the virtues of breast milk for newborns.] link here . 12. WHILE NO ONE WAS LOOKING! DID YOU KNOW THIS? “The House voted Thursday [June 29] to end a quarter-century offshore drilling ban and allow energy companies to tap natural gas and oil beneath waters from New England to Alaska. Opponents of the federal ban argued that the nation needed to move closer to energy independence and insisted the gas and oil could be taken without threatening the environment and coastal beaches. They said a state choosing to keep the moratorium could do so. The measure was approved 232-187. But the bill's prospects in the Senate were uncertain. Florida's two senators have vowed to filibuster any legislation that would allow drilling within 125 miles of Florida's coast. Other senators from several coastal states also have strongly opposed ending the drilling restrictions. Many lawmakers fear that energy development could despoil coastal beaches, should there be a spill, and threatens the multibillion-dollar recreation and tourist economies of states where offshore energy development has been barred since the early 1980s. An attempt by a group of Florida lawmakers to allow states to maintain a protective zone of 125 miles was rejected. ‘Our beaches and our coastline is what is critical to Floridians,' declared Rep. Jim Davis, D-Fla. 'We should not be sacrificing our economy, our environment for a little oil and gas,’” quoting the AP. [Ed. Note: Let’s hope the Senate rejects this ridiculous bill. They will have a tough time because the oil/gas lobby is so aligned with the Republican controlled Congress.] link here . RAMTHA SCHOOL NEWS You just gotta see the JZ Rose Virtual Village website: “Welcome to the future home of jz-rose.com Formerly The Outbackboutique.com” link here (turn up volume). OF LOCAL NOTE The Children’s School of Excellence (CSE)will hold their annual auction on Saturday, August 12. Last year, this little private school in Rainier, Washington with under 100 students enrolled raised $110,000, more than the whole Yelm School System received from their annual fundraising event. link here This writer won the bid on Navarreaux DeGuise Simmons’ (age 6) design called “Milky Way” last year, had the artist sign the piece and have the framed work hanging in my office. link here In the current issue of the Nisqually Valley News, Mayor Pro-tem Bob Isom says in the headline story that this writer “writes an Internet blog that regularly rails against city officials and many of the council’s decisions. Isom said he believes Klein speaks up at council meetings to ‘undercut council.’” [Ed. Note: For what purpose would this writer wish to undercut council? This writer ran for Mayor in 2005 and observed many things in getting up-to-speed on city government, with a desire to further this town’s prosperity. Now, I ask questions and present potential solutions on what I see as issues and Mr. Isom says I rail against and undercut council. My blog has raised some very good questions on local issues that has stimulated community discussion, of which my June 26th entry merited the NVN to write a front-page story about Yelm’s water decisions because of my Letter to the Editor. Disagree with council and their stand has been proved time and again – muzzle our people with moratoriums and restrictions on the mention of the W-word or NASCAR, hence Yelm City Council’s egregious 2006 Jefferson Muzzle Award. link here ] See Yelm’s first community blog discussions: link here . QUOTE OF THE WEEK "There is nothing final about a mistake, except its being taken as final." Phyllis Bottome (1884-1963) English author . 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 .