UPDATES ARCHIVE FOR JANUARY 2008
HOME PAGE	KLEINER'S KORNER FOR WEEK OF JANUARY 28, 2008 Dear Readers, Very interesting what is happening with the case of the Navy using huge sonars that have been proven to kill marine mammals. Reported here last week was a report that President Bush exempted the Navy from a Federal Court that imposed the strongest-ever protections for whales against an onslaught of military sonar, so it can continue using sonar in its anti-submarine warfare training off the California coast. Now, the Christian Science Monitor is reporting that, "Environmental groups expect a federal judge to rule against the Navy in the coming days, nullifying an exemption signed by Bush last week that environmentalists believe was unconstitutional. The president, says Richard Kendall, an attorney representing the National Resources Defense Council, used an agency within his own executive branch to overturn the federal court ruling limiting the use of sonar during the exercises." [Ed. Note: What laws and courts will this President defy next? Stay tuned to NRDC for the latest news on this issue: link here ] link here 1. “2 ½ BOTTLES OF WINE A WEEK CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE” “People who drink up to almost 2½ bottles of wine a week have a lower risk of premature death than those who abstain from alcohol, research has suggested… Martin Grønbaek, of the University of Southern Denmark in Copenhagen, who led the research, said: ‘Our study shows that being both physically active and drinking a moderate amount of alcohol is important for lowering the risk of both fatal ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and death from all causes,’” quoting the UK Times. link here . 2. PREVIOUS 60 MINUTES PIECES ON THE KK RE-AIRED & WORTH A REPEAT On Sunday, January 20, 2007,60 Minutes was preempted …for a special feature from CBS News. "CBS News Presents: "The Age of Warming" takes correspondent Scott Pelley from the bottom of the world and then to its top, where the effects of global warming are most striking. The awesome scenery belies the serious problems of receding ice and endangered wildlife, which are just the obvious effects in a phenomenon with cascading consequences. Scientists also point out that higher temperatures are warming our oceans, which directly affect the intensity of hurricanes like Katrina. And because global warming has become such a big issue, it has become politicized: a climate scientist tells Pelley he has been restricted by the Bush administration on what he can say about global warming." [Ed. Note: This is a collection of formerly aired CBS News 60 Minutes segments on this subject.] link here . 3. “SCIENTISTS CREATE WORLD’S BLACKEST BLACK” “Researchers say they have made the darkest material on Earth, a substance so black it absorbs more than 99.9 percent of light. Made from tiny tubes of carbon standing on end, this material is almost 30 times darker than a carbon substance used by the National Institute of Standards and Technology as the current benchmark of blackness. And the material is close to the long-sought ideal black, which could absorb all colors of light and reflect none,” quoting Reuters. link here . 4. CELL PHONE ISSUES: WHERE THERE IS SMOKE, THERE IS FIRE! A. CELL PHONE RADIATION WRECKS YOUR SLEEP” “Writing for The Independent UK, Geoffrey Lean reports: ‘Radiation from mobile phones delays and reduces sleep, and causes headaches and confusion, according to a new study,’" quoting Truthout. link here B. “WHAT ARE THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES?” “The rapid increase in the use of wireless communication devices in recent years has been accompanied by a significant amount of research into potential health effects from high exposure to radiofrequency (RF) energy emitted by these device,” quoting Science Daily. link here C. “AIRWAVES WEBPOWER AT AUCTION” Quoting The New York Times, “...enabling them to send signals farther from a cell tower with far less power, through dense walls in cities,(emphasis added) and over wider territories in rural areas that are now underserved. ...It can carry lots of data, penetrates walls easil/, (emphasis added) travels far and allows for very good broadband wireless service. It will allow a wireless platform to be another competitor in the broadband space.’” [Ed. Note: Yikes!] link here . 5. “EMBRYO CLONES OF 2 MEN CREATED FROM STEM CELLS” “Scientists in California say they have produced embryos that are clones of two men, a potential step toward developing scientifically valuable stem cells,” quoting the AP. link here . 6. "OUGHT, OH! WILL THE TRUTH COME OUT FINALLY? THERE IS LIFE ON MARS! You be the judge of increasing evidence of life on Mars. [Ed. Note: One day it's a woman, the next day it's a rock - -- Puleez! One day in 1946, it's a crashed alien spaceship with ETs; the next day it's an Air Force weather balloon! Oh brother, I mean Oh, Big Brother! The cover-ups and denials!] link here And, one day it's UFOs over Texas, the next day it's military jets: link here . 7. “MONEY NEWS” A. “NEW $5 BILL TO ENTER CIRCULATION ON MARCH 13” “The new $5 bill, which has been redesigned to help foil counterfeiters, includes two new watermarks and an enhanced security thread that will help businesses and consumers validate the new bills. Businesses that manufacture and use vending and self-checkout machines have 90 days to adapt their machines to accept the new $5 bill,” quoting the Money Factory. link here B. “BULLISH ON BULLION” The Financial Times states, “David Davis, analyst at Credit Suisse Standard Securities in Johannesburg, says the dynamics have begun to change ‘inexorably towards a diminishing supply of gold and increasing investment demand, which will ultimately impact on the gold price’.” link here C. "STOCK MARKET AND MONETARY SYSTEM ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE” “This video lays out the underlying reasons behind the market crash. Very telling! Also note this is not just a normal market correction, this is the beginning of the collapse of our monetary system,” quoting this YouTube site. link here D. TIME MAGAZINE PUTS LAST WEEK'S U.S. STIMULUS PACKAGE INTO PERSPECTIVE "Are you at all suspicious? Does it sound too good to be true? Here we are, plunging into a recession...the government should go out and borrow even more money and pass it around for us to spend. The experts caution that for maximum stimulus effect, we must be sure to spend it immediately. No squirreling it away for a rainy day. In drinking circles, they call this hair of the dog: to cure a hangover, you have another drink." link here E. "FOREIGNERS BUY STAKES IN U.S. AT RECORD RATE" "Last year, foreign investors poured a record $414 billion into securing stakes in U.S. companies, factories and other properties through private deals and purchases of publicly traded stock, according to Thomson Financial, a research firm. That was up 90 percent from the previous year and more than double the average for the last decade. It amounted to more than one-fourth of all announced deals for the year, Thomson said," quoting the IHT. link here F. "DARKER DAYS AHEAD?" "Think the last few days have been bad for Wall Street and the rest of the world's markets? Hang on, things are probably going to get worse, says Robert Reich, President Clinton's former secretary of Labor and author of the recent book "Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy and Everyday Life." According to Reich, who currently teaches public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, the United States might even be headed toward a depression," quoting Newsweek. link here . 8. YIKES – PHARMACEUTICALS PUSHING FOR MORE VACCINE SALES! Look for pharmaceuticals to create a scare among older Americans by pushing for them to get vaccinations. link here . 9. “CHEMICAL FOOD ADDITIVES – ARE THEY SLOWLY KILLING OUR CHILDREN?” “Lauralee reports for NewsTarget.com on chemical food additives: ‘Risk of toxic additives, in isolation or in combination, is evidently most high among infants and children,’" quoting Truthout. link here . 10. “GREEN” NEWS MAKING HEADLINES A. “WHAT CAN GREEN DO FOR YOU?” “You think it’s easy to make your home greener while saving money and living more comfortably? Actually, it is,” quoting the Delta Airlines Sky Magazine. link here B. “NORTH AMERICA’S FIRST FULL-SPEED ELECTRIC VEHICLE!” The ZOTYE is available now. The price is $19,950,” quoting Spark-ev.com link here C. “A SMART WAY TO RECYCLE OLD COMPUTERS” Costco Connection Magazine shares some unique suggestions. link here then click page 94. Check-out Costco’s Trade-in & Recycle Program: link here D. “GERMAN SHIP FIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE WITH HIGH-TECH KITE” “…two fast-growing German companies have worked together developing a high-tech kite system to pull enormous ships across the oceans -- and save enormous amounts of money. The 132 metre (433 ft) long MV "Beluga SkySails" will make its maiden voyage in January across the Atlantic to Venezuela, up to Boston and back to Europe. It will be pulled by a giant computer-guided 500,000-euro (US$725,000) kite tethered to a 15-metre high mast,” quoting Reuters. link here . 11. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS A. “DROUGHT COULD SHUT DOWN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS” “Nuclear reactors across the Southeast could be forced to throttle back or temporarily shut down later this year because drought is drying up the rivers and lakes that supply power plants with the awesome amounts of cooling water they need to operate,” quoting the AP. link here B. “STUDY LINKS CARBON MONOXIDE EMISSIONS TO INCREASED DEATHS” “A Stanford scientist has spelled out for the first time the direct links between increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and increases in human mortality… While it has long been known that carbon dioxide emissions contribute to climate change, the new study details how for each increase of 1 degree Celsius caused by carbon dioxide, the resulting air pollution would lead annually to about a thousand additional deaths and many more cases of respiratory illness and asthma in the United States, according to the paper by Mark Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford,” quoting Stanford News Service. link here C. “VIRGIN ATLANTIC TO RUN 747 ON BIOFUEL IN FEBRUARY” “Virgin Atlantic today said it will fly one of its Boeing 747s on biofuel during a Demonstration flight in February. It will be the first time that a commercial aircraft has run biofuel in-flight and is part of a major initiative among some airlines and Boeing to discover sources of sustainable aircraft fuel for the future. The Virgin Atlantic 747 will fly from London Heathrow to Amsterdam on a demonstration flight, with no passengers on board, using a truly sustainable type of biofuel that doesn't compete with food and fresh water resources,” quoting Just4Airlines. link here D. “DEFORESTATION OF BRAZIL’S AMAZON RISES SHARPLY” “Emergency meeting called amid concerns about soy farming, cattle ranching,” quoting the AP. "'We're working with the worst hypothesis,' ministry official Joao Paulo Capobianco said according to Brazil's official Agencia Brasil news service," according to this MSNBC report. link here . 12. THE WEEK IN POLI-TICS A. “VOTE SECRECY – WHY WE CAN’T VOTE THEM OUT” This article has been drawn from a new eBook by M. J. Sperry entitled: Desiderata of the Citizen Vote - See: www.howtorescueamerica.bravehost.com and quoted from Rense.com, “You've heard it before. They just nonchalantly say: "Well, why don't you just vote the bastards out?" But they don't understand, as you are about to, that the reason you can't vote the bastards out, is because you probably have never actually voted the bastards in.” link here B. “DOBBS: OUR LEADERS HAVE SQUANDERED OUR WEALTH” From Mr. Dobbs viewed on CNN: link here C. “UNITED STATES SOLDIER JOINS THE RON PAUL REVOLUTION” “Sick of America's hypocritical stance in the world this US soldier decides to join The Ron Paul Revolution,” quoting this YouTube site. link here D. "RON PAUL DOESN’T EXIST" Great story about how the media is ignoring Dr. Paul, while he garners support via the internet. link here . RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS A. Ramtha's School of Enlightenment Presents the new video clip “When the Master appears” Part One: link here B. Ramtha’s fabulous teaching last Fall on saltwater as a fuel is now transcribed: link here C. The redesigned RSE Newsletter is out and packed with lots of goodies: link here D. Pics from the World Tour Fall Follow-ups: link here E. A terrific January Bleeping Herald is now out: link here F. The latest CSE Newsletters: link here And: link here G. Check-out the latest Super Consciousness Magazine with an interview with JZ Knight: link here H. Master of Cards’ new e-book: link here I. Remote View Training ~ Compliments of Erica Brendl link here J. Blessings to Toni Earls and Carroll Cobbs as they embark on a new adventure after passing this plane in recent days. Carroll: link here scroll down to Januray 22 entry Toni: link here scroll down to Bruce Smith's touching story . LOCAL NOTES Covered last week on Yelm’s first Community Blog: A. Pierce County takes forefront on Emergency Preparedness B. Remembering the passing of neighbor Carroll Cobbs C. “JZ Knight takes on Yelm Developers” D. “Builders Win Yelm Council Vote” E. “JZ Knight speaks out… against unrestrained development in Yelm” F. Tenino event announced this Saturday G. Local author Bettye Johnson debuts her latest book H. Mayor Harding’s vision: Yelm as South-County Retail Hub link here . QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.” Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American politician, inventor, and scientist . Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2008. 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 JANUARY 21, 2008 THANK YOU FOR BEARING WITH ME WHILST KLEINER'S KORNER RESOLVES SOME SERVER ISSUES WITH 2 SWITCHOVERS! TO THE MULTI-THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS WORLDWIDE, YOUR PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. KLEINER'S KORNER IS BACK ON-TRACK BRINGING YOU YOUR LATEST WEEKLY UPDATES! 1. “EIGHT U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT VETERANS CHALLENGE THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF 9/11” Folks, these are not people the Bush Administration can condemn as people that are wackos and do not know. These are their own credentialed State Dept. officials! link here . 2. NASA SAYS NEW MAJOR SOLAR CYCLE TO START SOON "Hang on to your cell phone, a new solar cycle has just begun. "On January 4, 2008, a reversed-polarity sunspot appeared—and this signals the start of Solar Cycle 24," says David Hathaway of the Marshall Space Flight Center... "New solar cycles always begin with a high-latitude, reversed polarity sunspot," explains Hathaway. "Reversed polarity" means a sunspot with opposite magnetic polarity compared to sunspots from the previous solar cycle. "High-latitude" refers to the sun's grid of latitude and longitude. Old cycle spots congregate near the sun's equator. New cycle spots appear higher, around 25 or 30 degrees latitude... Much of this is still years away. 'Intense solar activity won't begin immediately,' notes Hathaway. 'Solar cycles usually take a few years to build from solar minimum (where we are now) to Solar Max, expected in 2011 or 2012,'" quoting NASA. link here . 3. “SOURCE OF MYSTERIOUS ANTI-MATTER FOUND” “Antimatter, which annihilates matter upon contact, seems to be rare in the universe. Still, for decades, scientists had clues that a vast cloud of antimatter lurked in space, but they did not know where it came from. The mysterious source of this antimatter has now been discovered -- stars getting ripped apart by neutron stars and black holes. While antimatter propulsion systems are so far the stuff of science fiction, antimatter is very real,” quoting Space.com. link here . 4. “COLOSSAL BLACK HOLE SHATTERS THE SCALES” “The most massive black hole in the universe tips the cosmic scales at 18 billion times more massive than the sun, astronomers suggest today at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society. Even though researchers suggested black holes up to this mass might exist in quasars, this is the first direct confirmation of such a behemoth. The hefty gravity well is six times more massive than the previous record and is orbited by a smaller black hole, which allowed the measurement of the giant's mass,” quoting Space.com. link here . 5. INTERESTING CONCEPT ON TODAY’S HEALTH CRISIS “Healing the Gerson Way, written by Charlotte Gerson, founder of the Gerson Institute and daughter of Max Gerson, MD, and Beata Bishop, is a complete guide to the theory and practice of the Gerson Therapy developed over 80 years ago by Dr. Max Gerson, MD (1881-1959), It shows that increasingly denatured, nutritionally empty, toxic modern diet is the main cause of today’s worsening health crisis. The book offers the solution in the form of a brilliant, precision-built nutritional program that eliminates the underlying causes of disease, leading to lasting cures,” quoting The Gerson Institute. link here . 6. AS IF THIS IS ANY SURPRISE! “Credit Card Debt Soars as House Prices Plunge” Dean Baker, writing for The Center for Economic and Policy Research, reports: "The current rate of house price decline will destroy $2.2 trillion of wealth this year. The Federal Reserve Board reported yesterday that credit card debt rose at an 11.3 percent annual rate in November after rising at an 8.5 percent rate in October. By comparison, credit card debt rose at a rate between 2 percent and 4 percent from 2003 to 2005,’" from Truthout. link here . 7. AIRPORT SECURITY NEWS A. REAL ID RULES LOOSENED, BUT [WA.] STATE STILL BALKS” The federal government Friday [Jan. 11] issued national standards that states would have to meet in order for driver's licenses to qualify as identification at airports and federal buildings, setting the stage for a confrontation with Washington and 16 other states that have voted not to cooperate. Under a measure known as Real ID legislation, the states must comply by May 11, the third anniversary of the measure's enactment, or obtain a waiver from the Homeland Security Department. Meeting the May 11 deadline is impossible because the regulations have been delayed so long, but Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Friday that his department would issue a waiver to states that promised to comply later. He laid out a long schedule, with the final deadline in December 2017, 16 years after the events that prompted the law, the Sept. 11 attacks. Several states have voted not to comply. One is Washington,” quoting the Seattle Times. link here B. RESEARCHERS: AIRPORTS NO SAFER WITH ALL OF THE SECURITY (NO SURPRISE HERE!) “Airport security lines can annoy passengers, but there is no evidence that they make flying any safer, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday [Dec. 20]. A team at the Harvard School of Public Health could not find any studies showing whether the time-consuming process of X-raying carry-on luggage prevents hijackings or attacks. They also found no evidence to suggest that making passengers take off their shoes and confiscating small items prevented any incidents,” quoting Reuters. [Ed. Note: As if this is any surprise! It’s all a design to get the public to freely give up their liberties.] link here . 8. WHAT ELSE IS NEW? “DIRTY SECRET: GREEN CARS AUTOMAKERS WON’T SELL YOU” “You can't actually buy this ultra-green Accord, or the four-cylinder version that also produces near-zero pollution. That is, unless you live in California, New York or six other northeast states that follow California's tougher pollution rules. Only there can you buy this Accord, or the roughly two dozen other models that meet so-called Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle standards, PZEV for short…So, just how green is a PZEV machine? Well, if you just cut your lawn with a gas mower, congratulations, you just put out more pollution in one hour than these cars do in 2,000 miles of driving,” quoting MSN. link here . 9. EAT SUSHI DO YOU? IS WORLD APPETITE FOR SUSHI DECIMATING THE BLUEFIN TUNA? “Ever wonder how that tuna got on your sushi plate? …, the coveted king of sushi – the bluefin tuna – may become a scarce, if not extinct, species. Correspondent Bob Simon follows the chain of events backward, from the docks in Japan back to the Mediterranean Sea, where the fish spawn and are captured the old-fashioned way and with newer, more efficient purse seining that threatens to deplete the stock. The prospect is a daunting one for Italian fisherman-cum-tuna observer Roberto Mielgo. ‘All I can say, is that if we carry on like this, we are bound to catastrophe. I mean, it's as simple as that. No more fish. No more industry. No more culture,’” quoting CBS News 60 Minutes. link here . 10. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS A. EMINENT SCIENTIST: 6 BILLION WILL PERISH DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE “One of the most eminent scientists of our time says that global warming is irreversible — and that more than 6 billion people will perish by the end of the century,” quoting Rolling Stone Magazine. link here B. ESCALATING ICE LOSS FOUND IN ANTARCTICA “Climatic changes appear to be destabilizing vast ice sheets of western Antarctica that had previously seemed relatively protected from global warming, researchers reported yesterday, raising the prospect of faster sea-level rise than current estimates,” quoting the Washington Post. link here C. “WHALES WIN BIG” THEN PRES. BUSH OVERTURNS RULING “A federal court in California has just imposed the strongest-ever protections for whales against an onslaught of military sonar... The Navy itself estimates that the booming sonar would harass or harm marine mammals some 170,000 times — and cause permanent injury in more than 400 cases. U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper said the Navy’s existing plan for protecting marine mammals was “grossly inadequate,’” quoting NRDC. link here And from NRDC’s site: link here AND: “BUSH EXEMPTS NAVY FROM SONAR BAN IN WHALE AREAS” “According to The Associated Press, ‘President Bush exempted the Navy so it can continue using sonar in its anti-submarine warfare training off the California coast - a practice critics say is harmful to whales and other marine mammals,’" quoting Truthout. link here D. “IN GREENLAND, ICE AND INSTABILITY” “Andrew C. Revkin of The New York Times reports: "The ancient frozen dome cloaking Greenland is so vast that pilots have crashed into what they thought was a cloud bank spanning the horizon. Flying over it, you can scarcely imagine that this ice could erode fast enough to dangerously raise sea levels any time soon,’” quoting Truthout. link here E. THE PLASTIC KILLING FIELDS The Sydney Morning Herald reports, “Continents of garbage in the oceans are killing marine life and releasing poisons that enter the human food chain.” link here F. “CANADA’S OLDEST ICE FORMATION MELTING AT ALARMING RATE…” “Canada's oldest ice, the Barnes Ice Cap, which covers close to 6,000 square kilometers of Baffin Island, is shrinking at a dramatically accelerating rate, a U.S. research team says,” quoting OttawaCitizen.com. link here G. “STUDY: WINTERS IN NORTHEAST WARMING QUICKLY” “A study of weather station data from across the Northeast from 1965 through 2005 found December-March temperatures increased by 2.5 degrees. Snowfall totals dropped by an average of 8.8 inches across the region over the same period, and the number of days with at least 1 inch of snow on the ground decreased by nine days on average,” quoting the AP. link here H. “CLIMATE DEBATE DAILY” “A new way to understand disputes about global warming” link here . 11. “CELEBRITIES UNITE TO FREE WHALE FROM YEARS OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT” “Celebrities from all facets of the entertainment industry have pooled together to fight for the release of a captive L pod orca whale named Lolita. According to the Orca Network, actors, producers, singers and philanthropists have volunteered as spokespersons for the campaign to release Lolita from the Miami Seaquarium to her native habitat in the Pacific Northwest after 37 years of captivity,” quoting the Alternative Approaches.com. link here Free Lolita updates on the Orca Network [Ed. Note: This writer has been a member for over a decade! Are you?] link here . 12. DR. RON PAUL IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE SPEAKING TO ISSUES This writer has been asked how I can support a candidate with polling numbers only in the teens. My response: because he is the only one not in the herd and speaks to following the U. S. Constitution, which I happen to find still of value: A. Read Dr. Paul's quotes thanks to Wikipedia: link here B. Ron Paul on Bill Moyers Journal Jan. 4: link here And Part II: link here Part III: link here C. Ron Paul on Jay Leno: link here D. A passionate plea from a U. S. soldier: link here E. Dr. Ron Paul with Martin Luther King, Jr. videos that are priceless and timely: A MUST SEE! link here F. “Why Does The Establishment Hate Ron Paul?” link here . RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS A. This writer was so thrilled to see this again: JZ channeling Ramtha on Merv Griffin in 1985. Mr. Griffin recently passed (August 12, 2007) link here B. Neuroeconomics definition as read at Ramtha’s Workshop: link here C. Neurogenesis definition as read at Ramtha’s Workshop: link here D. The Air Car that Ramtha mentioned at his workshop: link here F.Gordian Knot definition as read at Ramtha’s Workshop: link here G. Zeitgeist Movie shown at Ramtha’s Workshop. JZ requested for everyone to see this and share around the world since it so mirror Ramtha’s teachings for 30+ years: link here . LOCAL NOTES Covered last week on Yelm’s Community Blog A. Yelm Bypass redux B. Lacey pastor now writing bi-weekly column for NVN on faith issues C. Yelm Library hosts "Our Past, Our Present" D. Yelm site of Dems pre-caucus forum E. Lacey & Puget Energy urge Green Power buying F. Graham forms unique solar energy task force -- will Yelm? G. Guest entry: Bettye Johnson about being on Rep. Adam Smith's Council link here . “It is always surprising how small a part of life is taken up by meaningful moments. Most often they're over before they start even though they cast a light on the future and make the person who originated them unforgettable.” Prince Chulalongkorn in the movie Anna & the King (1999) . Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2008. 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 JANUARY 14, 2008 Dear Readers, Kleiner's Korner has been experiencing some web issues, hence the delay in getting these out to you. Thank you for your interest and patience. 1. “PLANET EARTH 2007: TOP 10 SCIENCE REVELATIONS” “From the damning climate report by the IPCC to projections of an impending peak in global oil production, 2007 was full of startling findings and prognostications about the blue marble we call home. Here are the stories we think could reverberate most significantly for years to come,” quoting LiveScience. link here . 2. HONEY BEING TOUTED FOR WOUNDS “Amid growing concern over drug-resistant superbugs and nonhealing wounds that endanger diabetes patients, nature's original antibiotic — honey — is making a comeback. Honey dressings and gels, as well as tubes of manuka honey, have been gaining in popularity overseas, fuelled by scientific reports on their medical benefits and occasional news accounts of the dramatic recovery of a patient with a longtime wound that suddenly healed,” quoting the CBC. link here . 3. “HOW SAFE IS YOUR FOOD?” From the Institute for Responsible Technology: “Dangers of Genetically Engineered Foods” link here “Children face the greatest risk from the potential dangers of GM foods: • Young, fast-developing bodies are influenced most • Children are more susceptible to allergies • Children are more susceptible to problems with milk • Children are more susceptible to nutritional problems • Children are in danger from antibiotic resistant diseases” link here . 4. “SCIENTISTS CREATE MACHINE THAT KNOWS WHAT YOU’RE THINKING” “Scientists have developed a machine which is capable of reading our mind and revealing our most private thoughts. American researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, found that, with the aid of a sophisticated scanner and computer programme, they were able to determine how the brain lights up when thinking about different subjects. Using an advanced form of MRI scanner, they analysed how the brain reacted to ten drawings of tools and buildings. They then used a computer programme to work out whether a person was thinking about a tool or a building. The researchers' analysis was found to be 97 per cent accurate but they went on to show that they could distinguish between two similar objects, such as two different tools, almost as successfully,” quoting UK’s Daily Mail. link here . 5. “ALZHEIMER’S – THE CASE FOR PREVENTION” “Are we losing our minds? And could something as simple and inexpensive as diet and lifestyle prevent it from happening? Yes, says Oliver Tickell,” quoting The Ecologist. link here . 6. “BIG BROTHER GETS BIGGER, SAYS GLOBAL PRIVACY STUDY” “In terms of statutory protections and privacy enforcement, the United States is the worst country in the "democratic world" and is outranked by both India and the Philippines on overall privacy protection. The U.S. has fallen into the "black" category reserved for countries with "endemic surveillance." In the European Union, the worst-ranked country is the United Kingdom, particularly with regard to surveillance. Specifically, councils in England and Wales continue to spread surveillance policies, including RFID, CCTV, ID and data sharing, and road user tracking, according to the report,” quoting C/Net News.com. link here . 7. THREE GALAXIES LOOK LIKE TINKER BELL “There once was a galaxy known as ESO 593-IG 008. It was thought to be a relatively mild-mannered galaxy, even though scientists believed it was a collision of two different galaxies; one a barred spiral and the other an irregular galaxy. But now, an international team of astronomers has discovered that it actually is a stunning rare case of three interacting galaxies, with the third galaxy forming stars at a frantic rate. Using adaptive optics on the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers were able to see through the all-pervasive dust clouds of the object that has been dubbed as “The Bird“ because of its resemblance to a winged creature. With the adaptive optics of what’s called the NACO instrument, very fine details were able to be resolved,” quoting Universe Today. link here . 8. "STUDY...TEENS WILLING TO BEND RULES TO GET AHEAD" "The next generation to enter the work force may be more likely to cheat and lie than their more senior colleagues, according to a recent survey. Three-quarters of teenagers believe they are fully prepared to make ethical decisions, yet nearly 40 percent also believe that lying, cheating or violence are necessary to succeed, according to the survey conducted by Junior Achievement Worldwide. More than half of those teens said their personal desire to succeed is the rationale.... The number of teens willing to bend the rules has more than doubled since the survey was conducted in 2003, according to Ainar Aijala, chairman of Junior Achievement Worldwide," quoting the Seattle P-I. [Ed. Note: This writer has seen witnessed this trend as well, and in particular, recently.] link here . 9. STUDY: "DRIVERS ON CELL PHONES CLOG TRAFFIC" "Motorists who talk on cell phones drive slower on the freeway, pass sluggish vehicles less often and take longer to complete their trips, according to a University of Utah study that suggests drivers on cell phones congest traffic. 'At the end of the day, the average person's commute is longer because of that person who is on the cell phone right in front of them,' says University of Utah psychology Professor Dave Strayer, leader of the research team. 'That SOB on the cell phone is slowing you down and making you late,'" quoting the University of Utah Press Release. link here . 10. INTRODUCING “IN CASE OF EMERGENCY (ICE) CAMPAIGN” “The idea of entering the acronym "ICE" — "In Case of Emergency" — beside the numbers of people one wants to identify as next of kin in one's cell phone contact list was first suggested in 2004 by Bob Brotchie of the East Anglian Ambulance service. In April 2005, a National "ICE" Awareness Campaign was launched in the U.K. by mobile phone service provider Vodafone with the endorsement of Falklands War hero Simon Weston, and the movement reached critical mass in the wake of the July 7, 2005 terrorist bombings in London. The idea is now beginning to catch on in other countries, including the U.S.A,” quoting Urban Legends. link here The Washington Post filed this story in 2005: link here . 11. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS A. “GLOBAL WARMING TO ALTER CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE” “Noaki Schwartz, The Associated Press, reports: "California is defined by its scenery, from the mountains that enchanted John Muir to the wine country and beaches that define its culture around the world,’" quoting Truthout. link here B. “NUCLEAR POWER GETS BOOST FROM CANDIDATES” Judy Pasternak of The Los Angeles Times writes: "On the brink of a nuclear power resurgence in America, the once-vilified industry is buoyed by a slate of presidential candidates who seem ready to embrace - or at least consider - a nuclear energy future,’" quoting Truthout [Ed. Note: are they nuts? Let’s see, are they going to bury the nuclear waste on some fault line or next to a pristine river or in a mountain near Las Vegas?]. link here C. TREES ABSORBING LESS CO2 AS WORLD WARMS, STUDY FINDS” “The ability of forests to soak up man-made carbon dioxide is weakening, according to an analysis of two decades of data from more than 30 sites in the frozen north. The finding published today is crucial, because it means that more of the CO2 we release will end up affecting the climate in the atmosphere rather than being safely locked away in trees or soil,” quoting UK’s Guardian. link here D. “WARMING AUTUMNS MAY HINDER PLANT’S CLIMATE-COOLING ROLE” “As Earth warms and seasons shift, plants and soil may become less efficient at keeping the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, a new study suggests,” quoting National Geographic. link here E. “IN GREENLAND, ICE AND INSTABILITY” “Andrew C. Revkin of The New York Times reports: ‘The ancient frozen dome cloaking Greenland is so vast that pilots have crashed into what they thought was a cloud bank spanning the horizon. Flying over it, you can scarcely imagine that this ice could erode fast enough to dangerously raise sea levels any time soon,’" quoting Truthout. link here . 12. ACTOR GARY SINISE AND HIS OPERATION “IRAQI CHILDREN” “Operation Iraqi Children is a grass-roots program founded in early 2004 by actor Gary Sinise (Forrest Gump, Apollo 13,/CSI: NY) and author Laura Hillenbrand (Seabiscuit: An American Legend). Sinise and Hillenbrand created OIC to give concerned Americans a way to reach out to war-stricken Iraqi children and support American troops in their efforts to assist them. Since its inception, OIC has delivered to Iraq nearly 200,000 school supply kits, along with more than half a million toys and thousands of Arabic-language books, shoes, blankets, backpacks and sets of sports equipment, all of which have been distributed to Iraqi children by our troops. While our focus remains on Iraq, in recent months, OIC has extended its reach, sending shipments of school supplies to Afghanistan and the east African nation of Djibouti, where American troops are distributing them to children in need,” quoting their website. link here . RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS A. RSE STUDENT ANNOUNCES NEWLY PUBLISHED BOOK Join Bettye Johnson as she celebrates the arrival of her new book Mary Magdalene, Her Legacy on Saturday, January 26th from 2pm – 5pm at Yelm’s Blue Bottle. Books will be available for purchase. link here B. “W. VA TOWN BENEFITS FROM MOTHMAN LEGEND” link here C. JANUARY 11 CSE NEWSLETTER: link here D. RSE COMING TO HAWAI’I NEXT MONTH link here E. RAMTHA TEACHING AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD Download Ramtha's teaching: "The Observer and The Quantum Field" link here F. MICEAL’S TALK ON ORBS IN PALM SPRINGS NOW RESCHEDULED MARCH 21-23 link here . LOCAL NOTES A. Support our local owned businesses: Maple Park Digital B. Support our local owned businesses: S & S DJ Show C. County Commissioner candidate Romero kicks-off campaign D. Support our local owned businesses: Yelm Floral E. NVN letter deserves follow-up F. Support our local owned businesses: Yelm Gymnastics Center G. Support our local owned businesses: Lifestyle Furniture H. Support our local owned businesses: Blueberry Hill Farm link here . QUOTE OF THE WEEK "A great many people think that they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices" William James (1842 - 1910) American philosopher & psychologist . Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2008. For archived issues of Kleiner’s Korner, click on "Current Kleiner’s Korner and Archives" at link here Send comments to steve@kleinerskorner.com . KORNER'S KORNER FOR WEEK OF JANAURY 7, 2008 The Olympian gave us a fine glimpse into the history of New Years Day. link here 1. “WHAT IS THE STORY OF STUFF?” “From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever,” quoting the Story of Stuff. link here . 2. “MICROWAVED TIRES: FUEL OF THE FUTURE?” “Frank Pringle believes he can wrest energy from the process. His theory is gaining mileage: The Energy Dept. and two magazines are taking notice.... Last week, Dinesh Agrawal, director of Pennsylvania State University's Microwave Processing and Engineering Center, signed a contract with Pringle's company, Global Resource Corp. of West Berlin, N.J., to help him get funding and develop large-scale applications," quoting this Philadelphia Inquirer story of December 3, 2007. link here . 3. PATGONIA FOUNDER PRESENTS PHILOSOPHY FOR “NEW STYLE OF RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS” "Like the carefully engineered dies which created his company's first products--steel pitons and carabiners which climbing enthusiasts would recognize as primitive forerunners of today's sleeker gear--Yvon Chouinard is if nothing else an original. How many other shy French-Canadian boys become surf-and-climbing bums, then blacksmiths forging their own play tools, and eventually founders of world-renowned sports equipment and apparel companies like Patagonia? How many other heads of multi-million dollar enterprises open their memoirs by stating bluntly, 'The Lee Iacoccas, Donald Trumps, and Jack Welches of the business world are heroes to no one except other businessmen with similar values. I wanted to be a fur trapper when I grew up.' The proverbial mold from which Chouinard was cast got broken. In Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman, readers get a fascinating look inside the history and philosophy of both Patagonia and its irascible, opinionated founder," quoting Amazon.com. link here . 4. INTRODUCING ZERO EMISSIONS RESEARCH & INITIATIVES “Zero Emissions Research & Initiatives (ZERI) is a global network of creative minds seeking solutions to world challenges. The common vision shared by the members of the ZERI family is to view waste as resource and seek solutions using nature's design principles as inspiration.” link here . 5. DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE WORLD CONSERVATION UNION?” “The World Conservation Union is the world’s largest and most important conservation network. The Union brings together 83 States, 110 government agencies, more than 800 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and some 10,000 scientists and experts from 181 countries in a unique worldwide partnership. The Union’s mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.” link here . 6. INTRODUCING BIOMIMICRY “Biomimicry is a new discipline that studies nature’s best ideas and then imitates these designs and processes to solve human problems. link here “The Biomimicry Guild is the only innovation company in the world to use a deep knowledge of biological adaptations to help designers, engineers, architects, and business leaders solve design and engineering challenges.” link here . 7. NEW BOOK: “SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION: THE HIDDEN AGENDA OF GENETIC MANIPULATION” “This skillfully researched book focuses on how a small socio-political American elite seeks to establish control over the very basis of human survival: the provision of our daily bread. “Control the food and you control the people. This is no ordinary book about the perils of GMO. Engdahl takes the reader inside the corridors of power, into the backrooms of the science labs, behind closed doors in the corporate boardrooms... Engdahl's carefully argued critique goes far beyond the familiar controversies surrounding the practice of genetic modification as a scientific technique. The book is an eye-opener, a must-read for all those committed to the causes of social justice and World peace,” quoting Global Research. link here And, this review: “What is so frightening about Engdahl's vision of the world is that it is so real. In this new age of free markets, everything science, commerce, agriculture and even seeds have become weapons in the hands of a few global corporation barons and their political fellow travelers. --Dr. Arpad Pusztai, biochemist, formerly of the Rowett Research Institute, Scotland,” in Amazon.com. link here . 8. INTRODUCING THE NON-GMO PROJECT “The Non-GMO Project is a non-profit organization, created by leaders representing all sectors of the organic and natural products industry in the U.S. and Canada, to develop and uphold a standardized definition of “non-GMO” for organic and natural products that are produced without genetic engineering or recombinant DNA technologies.” link here . 9. WOMEN PLAYING A GREATER ROLE IN FARMING” “John Hartzell, The Associated Press, writes: ‘The public face of women in agriculture n Wisconsin for 60 years has been Alice in Dairyland, a young woman selected annually to promote the state's farm products. But because of old barriers coming down, men doing other jobs, and mechanical advances, women like Grezenski are more actively involved,’" quoting Truthout. link here . 10. “2007 A YEAR OF WEATHER RECORDS IN US” “Seth Borenstein of The Associated Press says, "When the calendar turned to 2007, the heat went on and the weather just got weirder. January was the warmest first month on record worldwide - 1.53 degrees above normal. It was the first time since record-keeping began in 1880 that the globe's average temperature has been so far above the norm for any month of the year,” quoting Truthout. link here . 11. “LOOKING AT AMERICA” AS WE ENTER 2008 The New York Times editorial of Dec. 31, 2006 had a very poignant view: "There are too many moments these days when we cannot recognize our country. Sunday [Dec. 30, 2006] was one of them, as we read the account in The Times of how men in some of the most trusted posts in the nation plotted to cover up the torture of prisoners by Central Intelligence Agency interrogators by destroying videotapes of their sickening behavior. It was impossible to see the founding principles of the greatest democracy in the contempt these men and their bosses showed for the Constitution, the rule of law and human decency." link here . 12. WILL ELECTION 2008 BE STOLEN AGAIN? A. “WILL THE 2008 ELECTIONS BE FREE AND FAIR?” “How safe is your right to vote? Former Justice Department official and voting rights lawyer David Becker, who worked under both President Bush and President Clinton, alleges a systematic effort to deny the vote to hundreds of thousands, even millions of people. In a revealing interview with NOW's David Brancaccio, Becker openly worries that the 2008 election will not be free and fair. And is our own government part of the solution, or part of the problem? Check out the Friday, November 30, complete NOW report free,” quoting PBS’s NOW. link here B. OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS VOTING MACHINES EASILY CORRUPTED “Ohio's secretary of state says all of the state's voting machines should be replaced because the five systems in use can be easily corrupted. ‘It was worse than I anticipated,’ Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said of a report on the voting systems. ‘I had hoped that perhaps one system would test superior to the others,’” quoting UPI. [Ed. Note: This is the same State that gave George W. Bush his stolen victory in 2004. Florida’s fraudulent elections system stole the election for him in 2000.] link here . RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS A. Long-time student Bruce Haney passed on Dec. 29th at his home of a heart attack. Bruce was the author of Brain Fog: link here This site has his picture: link here B. RSE student Michael Knight describes his experiences while co-producing & directing the DVD “Contact Has Begun” with James Gilliland: link here C. Greg Simmons Physics of Change Newsletter is out: link here . LOCAL NOTES Local stories covered last week on Yelm’s Community Blog: A. Serbian artist’s work on-display at Yelm Library B. Happy New Year C. Celebrating the life of Yelm resident Bruce Haney who passed D. Support local business: Advantage Auto Center E. Support local business: Baydo Chevrolet F. Support local business: Budget Blinds G. Support local organizations: Women in Harmony link here . QUOTE OF THE WEEK "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. Helen Keller (1880-1968) U. S. blind & deaf educator . Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2008. For archived issues of Kleiner’s Korner, click on "Current Kleiner’s Korner and Archives" at link here Send comments to steve@kleinerskorner.com .