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Dear Readers;
The global food shortage hit home in America last week with rice limits imposed by Costco and Wal-Mart's Sam's Club, something unthinkable in this country previously. Look for more of this as this government's misguided grains for fuel policies, global foods shortages and climate disruptions of the world's food growing regions mount.
For more on these important stories, see 11 & 12 below.
1. WORLD’S OLDEST LIVING PERSON @ 115 IS HAVING DNA STUDIED
“According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Edna Parker, 114, of Shelbyville is now the world's oldest person. Yone Minagawa, of Japan, died Monday [Aug. 13, 2007] at the age of 114. An official said Mingawa died of old age at a nursing home in southwestern Japan. Parker was born on April 20, 1893. She lives at the Heritage House Convalescent Center, about 25 miles southeast of Indianapolis. She was born in Morgan County, growing up on a farm before becoming a teacher," quoting Indianapolis TV-6.
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"Two years ago, researchers from the New England Centenarian Study at Boston University took a blood sample from Parker for the group’s DNA database of supercentenarians.
Her DNA is now preserved with samples of about 100 other people who made the 110-year milestone and whose genes are being analyzed, said Dr. Tom Perls, an aging specialist who directs the project.
Only 75 living people – 64 women and 11 men – are 110 or older, according to the Gerontology Research Group of Inglewood, Calif., which verifies reports of extreme ages," quoting the Ft. Wayne, IN. Journal-Gazette. [Ed. Note: Ms. Parker turned 115 on April 20, 2008.]
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2. “ANCIENT IMBALANCES SENT EARTH’S CONTINENTS ‘WANDERING’”
“A new study lends weight to the controversial theory that Earth became massively imbalanced in the distant past, sending its tectonic plates on a mad dash to even things out.
Bernhard Steinberger and Trond Torsvik, of the Geological Survey of Norway, analyzed rock samples dating back 320 million years to hunt for clues in Earth's magnetic field about the history of plate motions.
The researchers found evidence of a steady northward continental motion and, during certain time intervals, clockwise and counterclockwise rotations…
A change like that today would put Richmond, Virginia, where Mexico City is now,” quoting National Geographic.
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3. “DRINK RED WINE AND LIVE LONGER”
“Drink and be merry. The discovery of resveratrol opens the door to longevity,” which was aired by Barbara Walters on ABC News on April 1, 2008 [Not an April Fools joke! When Barbara Walters mentions something, many in society finally stand up and take notice. And, they did not say white wine!]
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4. “NEW ATOM-SMASHER COULD FILL IN GAPS WITH SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE…”
"The most complex piece of scientific equipment ever built, the collider will send particles crashing into each other at just a wink shy of the speed of light, generating energies more powerful than the sun. Scientists like Mangano believe that this instrument, when it begins operating as early as this summer, will peer into a looking-glass world that could contain entrances to extra dimensions and super-massive partners of the familiar particles that make up our world,” quoting the LA Times.
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5. NEW BREAKTHROUGHS FROM SCIENCE IN THE WORLD OF THE SMALL
A. "SCIENTISTS CREATE MATERIAL ONE ATOM THICK"
“The foundations of the universe have been glimpsed in Manchester by scientists who have created the thinnest possible material.
Flat, parallel sheets of carbon atoms in the graphite of pencil lead have been peeled apart by the scientists to yield a sheet a single atom thick that has peculiar properties which made the fundamental feat possible.
This new material, called graphene, is exciting physicists worldwide because it provides the wherewithal to probe the workings of the universe and without the need for exotic equipment, such as the £4.5 billion atom smasher being readied for use near Geneva.
Today, in the journal Science, Prof Andre Geim of Manchester University and his colleagues at The University of Minho in Portugal, say they have used graphene to measure an important and enigmatic fundamental constant of nature - the fine structure constant,” quoting UK’s Telegraph.
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B. "WORLD'S SMALLEST TRANSISTOR IS THE SIZE OF A MOLECULE"
“Scientists have created the world's smallest transistor, one little bigger than a single molecule.
The feat marks a milestone in efforts to lay the foundations of the next generation of computers when conventional silicon based microchip technology runs out of steam,” quoting UK’s Telegraph.
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6. REMARKABLE UNSUNG HEROES!
A. “BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT: CHOIR BOY ANDREW JOHNSTON’S FIRST AUDITION”
See and hear for yourself this remarkable lad:
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B. “THE ARTIST WITH NO EYES”
Esref Armaga from Turkey on StumbleVideo says, “I want to be remembered as a person who was able to see the world with their fingertips. I want to be remembered for my art.”
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7. “COUCH-POTATO CULTURE MAY CUT OUR LIVES SHORT“
“Will today’s kids be the first generation to reverse U.S. longevity gains?” quoting MSNBC [Ed. Note: This story reviews some very interesting points about today's kids and how corporate programming has caused a reduction of good health in our children due to the dependence on processed foods!]:
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8. "AN UPDATE ON STEVE FOSSETT'S DISAPPEARING ACT"
[Ed. Note: I have never bought the notion that one of the most experienced pilots on Earth just went out and crashed somewhere in the Nevada desert and one of the largest manhunts in history could not find him. So, I read this story with great interest and share with you. All-ways be discerning and trust your own knowingness.]
"My report that Steve Fossett has apparently discovered a path to the fourth dimension caused me to receive so many e-mails you wouldn’t believe.
Interestingly enough, amongst the numerous junk e-mails I received, there is this one particular e-mail I must share with you guys," quoting Simon in Element World.
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9. “ANNE FRANK’S ’37 HOLIDAY CARD TURNS UP IN SHOP”
“A Dutch school director preparing an exhibition on Anne Frank has found a holiday postcard signed by the Jewish teenage diarist, a museum said Wednesday [April 23].
The card, sent in 1937, was addressed to one of Frank's best friends, Sanne Ledermann, and postmarked from just across the Dutch border in Aachen, Germany, said Maatje Mostard, of the Anne Frank Museum,” quoting the AP.
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10. “FASTPLATE™ LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION” BIG BROTHER MOVING IN!
“Advanced Detection Technology’s FastPlate™ License Plate Recognition Solution can capture license plates on vehicles traveling up to 60 MPH. Our sophisticated recognition system normalizes, optimizes and digitizes the license plate number to immediately present security personnel with images and data in an easy-to-use interface,” quoting Advanced Detection Technology’s website [Ed. Note: no privacy even in your vehicle.]
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11. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
A. Greenland’s Ice Sheet is Speeding to the Sea”
From Scientific American:
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B. “Run your car with water”
“Did you know that you can convert your car to a water-burning car? You can run your car on water, supplemental to gasoline, to increase your car's fuel efficiency and reduce your fuel costs significantly,” quoting runyourcarwithwater.com
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C. “March the warmest on record over world's land surfaces”
“Planet Earth continues to run a fever. Last month was the warmest March on record over land surfaces of the world and the second warmest overall worldwide. For the United States, however, it was just an average March, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Thursday [April 24],” quoting the AP.
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12. SOCIO-ECONOMIC NEWS
A. Food rationing spreads to American and shocks the country
1. Wall St. Journal says to store food:
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2. Costco limits rice sales
From the New York Sun:
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3. “Seattle Restaurants Worried About Rice Shortage”
From KING-5 TV:
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4. Wal-Mart’s Sam’s Club limits rice purchase
From ABC- TV:
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5. "Aid agency warns of ‘silent tsunami’ of hunger"
"U.N. chief calls food price rise a global crisis"
"World Food Program faces 40 percent increase in food costs, new requests"
From the AP on MSNBC:
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6. "The new economics of hunger
Amid brutal convergence of events to hit global market, poor suffer most"
From The Washington Post:
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B. Boston Legal’s “Rant on the cost of the Iraq war”
[Ed. Note: This is a fabulous 2 ½ minute piece.]
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C. How the public was manipulated to buy into the Iraq war
Very revealing from Consortium News:
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D. “The Ten Biggest Stock Market Crashes of All Time”
From UK’s Times:
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E. “Media Caught Lying”
This YouTube video is very enlightening from a TV producer:
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Mr. Day’s bio:
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F. “A Hard Plastic Is Raising Hard Questions”
The New York Times weighs in on the BPA Plastics issue:
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RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS
A. RSE is bringing the Creating Future Mind Tour to the upper Midwest in the Twin Cities May 10-11.
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B. Yael Klein, owner of Yelm-based Ema Pads will be an exhibitor in the Green Power Baby Shower Expo in Seattle next week.
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C. The talent & varied experiences of our fellow students was no more evident than the packed Preparedness Expo Tent at the Yelm Nisqually Valley Home & Garden Show April 12-13. CONGRATULATIONS to all who participated and for making the Expo Tent THE HIGHLIGHT of this year's show!
1. MastersConnection wrote a wonderful review of the highlights of our students’ participation at the Nisqually Valley Home & Garden Show:
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2. The Preparedness Expo Tent was sponsored by Babes in Belts’ Diane Dondero and her partners.
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3. Freeze Dried Foods offered through Cheryl Nichols company:
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4. Pam Paizs’s Happy Hovel Foods:
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5. Karla Broschinski and Thomas Mani’s TREE SEED Package for Storage, Beekeeping Classes, Honey and Pollen:
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6. Linda Powell & & Sheri Yeager’s Transition Technologies:
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7. Kali’s Table:
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8. Diane Binder’s new line of specialty dried fruits: Nature’s Sweet Harvest
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9. Paulette Alaena’s Shaklee Starter Kit:
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10. Jan Jones or Ron Viebrock’s demonstrated the KANGAN WATER MACHINE:
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11. Erika Fehr’s EM-1 Effective Microorganisms:
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12. Marilyn Reardon’s HEALTHY - STORABLE - CHOCOLATE DRINK - Ancient Food Source:
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13. Bonnie Carey’s INSULATED CONCRETE FORMS:
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14. Chuck and Connie Folkerth with Miracle Mineral Supplement (mms):
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15. Heidi Smith, Editor in Chief of SUPERCONSCIOUSNESS MAGAZINE:
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LOCAL NOTES
Last week on the Yelm Community Blog:
A. Building permits drop sharply in County
B. Earth Day report
C. Artist Suzanne Wood's website debuted
D. Dining Out for Life program reviewed
E. Yelm's City Council meeting has some interesting facets this week
F. Guest entry: Roy lady brings deplorable Yelm Animal Control to the light
G. Yael Klein, owner of Ema Pads to participate in Seattle's Green Power Baby Shower Expo in Seattle next week
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"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold,
it would be a merrier world."
J.R.R.Tolkien (189201973)
"English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the high fantasy classic works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings."
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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
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Send comments to steve@kleinerskorner.com .
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| KLEINER'S KORNER FOR WEEK OF APRIL 21, 2008
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International Herald Tribune (IHT) reporter Garrison Keillor absolutely captured this writer’s thoughts about the announced merger between Delta & Northwest (NWA) Airlines last week in his story titled “Singing the Delta Blues”. While Mr. Keillor grew up with NWA, I grew up in Delta country, yet had the same feelings as Mr. Keillor about Eastern Airlines. I became an Eastern Airlines employee working my way through management ranks all while Delta was our main competitor. While I am not for keeping airlines afloat just for nostalgia, NWA has a quality that will be lost under Delta’s tutelage. As an example, Northwest’ Regal Imperial Service of the 70’s was something akin to Pan Am’s outstanding in-flight Clipper Service. Their World Business Class trans-oceanic product today is far superior to Delta’s; their computer reservation system the best in the USA bar-none, their customer service some of the best in the U. S. (they do not use India call-centers) and their 3 hub airports in Detroit, Memphis & Minneapolis are continually rated the best. Don Nyrop must be turning over in his grave!
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The only hope this merger will be put asunder is the fact that the pilot’s unions of the USAirways/America West merger are preventing this airline from combining operations under a single carrier. This provides a glimmer of hope that NWA pilots will nix their merger.
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1. "WHAT COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU MENTION VENEZUELA?
HUGO CHAVEZ, OR OIL, OR BASEBALL.
WHAT PROBABLY DOES NOT COMES TO MIND IS CLASSICAL MUSIC."
"And yet, Venezuela is the home of a music program that’s so extraordinary it has been hailed as the future of classical music itself.
As correspondent Bob Simon reports, it's called "el Sistema" - "the system" - and it’s all about children, about saving them - hundreds of thousands of children - through music," quoting this inspirational story aired on Sunday, April 13, 2008. [Ed. Note: CONGRATULATIONS to Venezuela! Show the world. And to CBS for this story.]
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2. “DUCK AND COVER: IT'S THE NEW SURVIVALISM"
“Survivalism, it seems, is not just for survivalists anymore.
Faced with a confluence of diverse threats — a tanking economy, a housing crisis, looming environmental disasters, and a sharp spike in oil prices — people who do not consider themselves extremists are starting to discuss doomsday measures once associated with the social fringes.
They stockpile or grow food in case of a supply breakdown, or buy precious metals in case of economic collapse. Some try to take their houses off the electricity grid, or plan safe houses far away. The point is not to drop out of society, but to be prepared in case the future turns out like something out of “An Inconvenient Truth,” if not “Mad Max,”” quoting the New York Times. [Ed. Note: This writer was called a doom & gloomer 22 years ago for doing all of these things then.]
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3. “SOLAR SYSTEM’S ‘LOOK-ALIKE’ FOUND”
“Astronomers have discovered a planetary system orbiting a distant star which looks much like our own.
They found two planets that were close matches for Jupiter and Saturn orbiting a star about half the size of our Sun.
Martin Dominik, from St Andrews University in the UK, said the finding suggested systems like our own could be much more common than we thought,” quoting the BBC.
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4. “MEDICINE'S CUTTING EDGE: RE-GROWING ORGANS”
“Imagine re-growing a severed fingertip, or creating an organ in the lab that can be transplanted into a patient without risk of rejection. It sounds like science fiction, but it's not. It's the burgeoning field of regenerative medicine, in which scientists are learning to harness the body's own power to regenerate itself, with astonishing results. Correspondent Wyatt Andrews brings you to the scientific frontier,” quoting this CBS News report:
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“Scientists are calling regenerative medicine the "Holy Grail" of stem-cell research. Wyatt Andrews reports on how tissue re-growth could make invasive surgeries a thing of the past, quoting the video imbed – a MUST-SEE! .
5. “ANCIENT TOOLS UNEARTHED IN AUSTRALIA”
“Tools dating back at least 35,000 years have been unearthed in a rock shelter in Australia's remote northwest, making it one of the oldest archaeological finds in that part of the country, archaeologists said Monday [April 7],” quoting the AP. [Ed. Note: So there were humans alive 35,000 years ago? How refreshing science is finally catching up to Ramtha’s 30+ year teachings that life existed here during his time – 35,000 years ago!]
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6. DRINK OUT OF #7 PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES? THINK AGAIN.
“A chemical used to make baby bottles and other shatterproof plastic containers could be linked to a range of hormonal problems, a preliminary government report has found…
The federal National Toxicology Program said Tuesday that experiments on rats found precancerous tumors, urinary tract problems and early puberty when the animals were fed or injected with low doses of the plastics chemical bisphenol A,” quoting the AP.
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And from the LA Times:
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7. STILL EATING/DRINKING DIET FOODS? THINK AGAIN!
“If you're still eating foods containing the artificial sweetener aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal, diet drinks, etc.), you need to watch this documentary. Aspartame was approved for widespread use in the U.S. in July of 1983. Within six months, brain tumor rates climbed 10%, diabetes went up 30% and brain lymphoma tumors skyrocketed 60%. Learn how this toxic chemical was scandalously approved by the FDA and is now one of the most widespread food additives in the U.S.,”
Watch it now:
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8. “THE NEXT PRESIDENT'S FIRST TASK [A MANIFESTO]”
"Today, we don't need to abolish carbon as an energy source in order to see its inefficiencies starkly, or to understand that this addiction is the principal drag on American capitalism. The evidence is before our eyes. The practice of borrowing a billion dollars each day to buy foreign oil has caused the American dollar to implode. More than a trillion dollars in annual subsidies to coal and oil producers have beggared a nation that four decades ago owned half the globe's wealth. Carbon dependence has eroded our economic power, destroyed our moral authority, diminished our international influence and prestige, endangered our national security, and damaged our health and landscapes. It is subverting everything we value," quoting RFK, Jr. in Vanity Fair Magazine.
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9. “CHEMTRAILS IN THE SKY AND NEW MICROBES”
“William Thomas is an investigative journalist who comes to us from the Gulf Islands of British Columbia. He has won numerous awards for his feature films and articles. His 30-minute Gulf War documentary "Ecowar" was the U.S. Environmental film festival award for "best documentary short" in 1991. William Thomas is the author of Scorched Earth: The Military's War Against the Environment and Bringing the War Home: The True Story Behind the Gulf War Illness and Biological Warfare in the Gulf. William has lectured extensively on the Gulf War and biological warfare in the '90's, and is a frequent guest on the "Art Bell Radio Show". His latest book is Probing the Chemtrails Conundrum,” quoting Four Winds10.
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10. "... A TURNING POINT FOR IRAQ DOCUMENTARIES”
“With Iraq documentaries having fared poorly at the box office, a new film, "Body of War," could mark a turning point because it brings to the big screen a subject that has yet to be broached by a major movie. "It's the voice of a soldier," said Ellen Spiro, co-director of the film. Spiro co-directs with long-time TV talk show host Phil Donahue, who said, "We are not saying we are better, but we are different," when asked about comparing "Body of War" with other Iraq documentaries,”
quoting Truthout.
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Be sure to view Mr. Donahue’s graphic interview about this film on the above link! .
11. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
A. “2008 Hurricane Season Will Be "Well Above Average"
Quoting National Geographic:
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B. “Landfill in the Sea”
“Ocean's Food Chain Threatened by Constant Influx of Refuse” from ABC-TV:
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C. “Scientists weigh West Coast wave threaT”
From Live Science:
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D. “Big oil to big wind: Texas veteran sets up $10bn clean energy project”
From UK’s Guardian:
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E. BBC reported the collapse of WTC7 a full 20 minutes before it actually fell
See this YouTube video:
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F. “Melting Mountains a "Time Bomb" for Water Shortages”
From ABC News:
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G. “Al Gore: New thinking on the climate crisis”
From TED.com:
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H. “Green roofs popping up in big cities”
From MSNBC:
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12. SOCIO-ECONOMIC NEWS
A. “US water pipelines are breaking”
From the AP:
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B. Who owns the Fed?
This writer thought this interesting about the Federal Reserve:
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C. “Why Ron Paul only got 8% in the New Hampshire Primary”
A. A computer source-code programmer tells how elections are rigged in this country:
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D. “Flatland - The Movie”
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E. “UN food agency: Soaring food prices to persist”
From the AP on MSNBC:
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F. “As food prices surge, starvation looms for millions. Experts call for emergency action but admit there's no quick fix.”
From Canada’s Globe & Mail:
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G. A known innocent man for 26 years still in jail
[Ed. Note: This story is a pathetic tale of how justice can fall through the cracks!]
From the AP:
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H. “Government acknowledges accident at virus lab”
Ho-hum! So what else is new? From the AP:
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RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS
A. Ramtha video: “Your thoughts matter – literally”
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B. “Ramtha on the risk of using cellphones”
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C. RSE student spending in Yelm area increases in 1st quarter 2008 vs. same period in 2007.
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D. RSE Masters’ Fund
“The Challenge of Giving. Longtime RSE students Fred and Sherrie Loertscher were asked by Ramtha many years ago to oversee a trust fund for RSE masters in need.”
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E. Dr. Miceal Ledwith presented RSE Intro Evenings in Edmonton & Calgary last week to packed houses, as he was there giving the keynote address to the Body, Soul & Spirit Expo, 2008:
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Edmonton Expo:
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Calgary Expo:
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F. See students engaging their Neighborhood WalkSM on Miami’s Biscayne Bay, Hawai’i’s Waikiki Beach, New York City’s Central Park, Ireland & Mexico in March!
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G. Suzanne Wood debuts her artistic abilities on her new website. She created an extensive icon project for Washington State Parks System:
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H. JZ & Ramtha coming to Italy & France live:
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I. Master of Cards Kenny expands his talents as evidenced on this video:
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LOCAL NOTES
A. What's in Yelm's drinking water?
B. Yelm Library hosts "Our Past- Our Present"
C. Yelm area home featured in Costco Connection Magazine
D. Long-awaited Yelm Longmire Park officially opens
E. Does growth come with a cost? Science weighs in on South Sound
F. Bruce Smith explains Economic Stimulus Check from Feds
G. Spring comes to area with record late-in-season snowfall
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Being defeated is often only a temporary condition.
Giving up is what makes it permanent."
Marilyn vos Savant (1946- )
American magazine columnist, author, lecturer and playwright .
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
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| KLEINER'S KORNER FOR WEEK OF APRIL 14, 2008
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Of particular interest:
"Leukemia patient John Kanzius wants to see the promising machine he invented that kills cancer cells go into clinical trials and maybe help other people beat a disease...Interest from cancer institutions in his radio-wave machine that has killed cancer cells in the tumors of rabbits and rats is picking up, enough so to motivate Kanzius to reconsider getting more life-extending, but difficult, treatments for his own cancer. "Well, I changed my mind because I think with all the research that’s going on with the institutions, that maybe I’d like to be around for the first patient to get treated and just have a smile," Kanzius tells Stahl." airing Sunday, April 11 on CBS at 7pm PDT.
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With the recent news of the taxpayer bailout of Bear-Stearns, this video of Texas Congressman & Rep. Presidential candidate Ron Paul questioning Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in Congress about the questionable practices of the Federal Reserve last Fall is MORE important today than ever. This is worth your 6 minutes to watch!
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Further, Ron Paul questioned General Petraeus at the Congressional Iraq Hearing last week. A MUST SEE!
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1. CSPI GIVES EXTENSIVE COVERAGE TO PLASTIC BOTTLES ISSUE
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) Nutrition Action Health Letter has an extensive story about polycarbonate water bottles made from BPA this month:
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While the story is not available online, they have an invaluable resource page on the topic:
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2. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES IN-FLIGHT MAGAZINE GREEN LIVING SECTION
The April, 2008 Continental Magazine has a fabulous section called “The Guide-Green Living” and opens with info such as this:
“The Stats”
» 1896
The first recycling center in the United States is established in New York City.
» 52
Percentage of all paper and paperboard used in the United States that is recycled.
>If Americans used one less package of nonrecycled paper napkins for every home in the country, it would save 1 million trees.
> Ninety percent of the energy used by your washing machine goes to heat the water. Try the cold cycle instead.
> Producing and disposing of all the junk mail distributed in the United States each year releases as much CO2 as 2.8 million cars. A service like GreenDimes (greendimes.com) can help you cut off junk mail almost completely.”
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3. NOVEL IDEA FROM THE UK - NO MILES HIGH CLUB
Concerned about carbon?
Join the new class for grounded greens
Did you fly last year? Would you consider giving up flying?
link here .
4. COSTCO MAGAZINE PUBLISHES "GENERATOR KNOW-HOW"
"Backup your back up with knowledge of proper operating and safety procedures":
link here click to page 35 for valuable information. .
5. NOW GIVE WILD ALASKAN SALMON AS GIFTS!
From the March, 2008 Delta Airlines SKY Magazine:
"IF YOU THINK there’s no difference between farm-raised salmon and the wild variety caught in the icy waters of Alaska—filleted and flash-frozen within hours of harvest—then you haven’t tried Vital Choice salmon. The sampler contains a party portion of cold-smoked nova lox; rich Yukon River king; hot-smoked sockeye; and Yukon salmon “candy,” harvested by the Yup’ik Eskimos. Free of preservatives and nitrites, each portion is separately shrink-wrapped for easy thawing. All of the Washington-state supplier’s fish, including halibut, tuna, sardines and sable fish, are certified sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council and favored by popular integrative-medicine physician Dr. Andrew Weil.
—David Bailey
VITAL CHOICE WILD SEAFOOD & ORGANICS, 800- 608-4825, www.vitalchoice.com, $59, PLUS $9.95 SHIPPING (FREE SHIPPING ON ORDERS OVER $99)"
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VITAL CHOICE'S WEBSITE:
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6. AARP NEWSMAKERS-BARBARA WALTERS ON "HOW TO LIVE TO 150"
"The next Barbara Walters Special bears the provocative title “How to Live to 150.” We spoke with the 76-year-old news icon about how slowing the aging process changes everything.," quoting AARP Magazine.
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HER SPECIAL AIRED APRIL 1ST:
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7. "PHONES WILL SOON TELL WHERE YOU ARE"
"Would you want other people to know, all day long, exactly where you are, right down to the street corner or restaurant?
Unsettling as that may sound to some, wireless carriers are betting that many of their customers do, and they're rolling out services to make it possible.
Sprint Nextel Corp. has signed up hundreds of thousands of customers for a feature that shows them where their friends are with colored marks on a map viewable on their cell phone screens. Now, Verizon Wireless is gearing up to offer such a service in the next several weeks to its 65 million customers, people familiar with it say," quoting the Wall St. Journal.
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8. "EXPERTS FIND OLDEST VOICE RECORDING, FROM 1860"
"At first listen, the grainy high-pitched warble doesn't sound like much, but scientists say the French recording from 1860 is the oldest-known recorded human voice.
The 10-second clip of a woman singing "Au Clair de la Lune," taken from a so-called phonautogram, was recently discovered by audio historian David Giovannoni. The recording predates Thomas Edison's "Mary Had a Little Lamb" — previously credited as the oldest recorded voice — by 17 years," quoting MSNBC.
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9. INTERESTING CORRELATIONS!
A. “STUDY: MEN’S BRAINS LINK SEX AND MONEY”
“A new brain-scan study may help explain what's going on in the minds of financial titans when they take risky monetary gambles -- sex.
When young men were shown erotic pictures, they were more likely to make a larger financial gamble than if they were shown a picture of something scary, such as a snake, or something neutral, such as a stapler, university researchers reported.
The arousing pictures lit up the same part of the brain that lights up when financial risks are taken.
"You have a need in an evolutionary sense for both money and women. They trigger the same brain area," said Camelia Kuhnen, a Northwestern University finance professor who conducted the study with a Stanford University psychologist.
Their research appears in the current edition of the peer-reviewed journal NeuroReport,” quoting the AP.
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B. “MAN WITH SUICIDE VICTIM’S HEART TAKES OWN LIFE”
“’He even married the donor's widow after the transplant 12 years ago’
A man who received a heart transplant 12 years ago and later married the donor's widow died the same way the donor did, authorities said: of a self-inflicted gunshot wound,” quoting the AP.
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10. DID YOU KNOW ABOUT PRIVATE CORPORATION’S UNDERGROUND VAULT IN PENNSYLVANIA?
U.S. GOVERNMENT IS LARGEST CLIENT
Mary Nam of KOMO 4 [Seattle’s ABC affiliate], profiles Iron Mountain's underground facility in Pennsylvania. This report says UAL 93 crash evidence is being kept secret here:
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More from the National Press Photographers Assn.:
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This private corporation mainly serves the Federal Government:
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11. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
A. "QUAKES OFF OREGON COAST SHAKE UP A MYSTERY"
"Geologists at Oregon State University are preparing to divert a research ship to investigate an unusual offshore swarm of earthquakes -- including three of magnitude 5 or larger -- about 170 miles southwest of Newport...
The quakes are puzzling because they are not occurring along the edge of the tectonic plates that make up Earth's crust, where geologists are used to seeing seismic activity. Instead, they're centered in the Juan de Fuca Plate, a span of crust off the northwest coast, about 40 miles from the plate's edge...
The swarm also is odd because it has not come in the form of a main shock followed by steadily decreasing tremors, known as aftershocks. That's typically what geologists see when an earthquake occurs on a fault within one of the plates." From The Oregonian:
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B. BBC DOCUMENTARY ON FLYING PENGUINS
From the BBC on YouTube:
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From the BBC:
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Everything is possible in the virtual world. This BBC April Fool's Day video blends the real with the imagined for a unique special effect:
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C. "WHY IS THE ARCTIC MELTING SO FAST"
From the Daily Green:
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D. "SPAIN'S WORST DROUGHT FOR A GENERATION..."
From UK's Times:
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12. SOCIO-ECONOMIC NEWS
A. “GRAINS GONE WILD”
From the New York Times:
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And "RICE PRICES 'KEEP ON RISING'"
From the BBC:
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B. "FED 'LOAN' FACES SERIOUS SCRUTINY"
From Business Week unmasking the seriousness of this development:
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C. “OUR CONFUSING ECONOMY EXPLAINED”
From NRP:
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D. “WORLD BANK EXPECTS MORE HIGH FOOD PRICES”
From the AP:
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E. FORMER GOVERNOR JESSE VENTURA MAKES SOME EXCELLENT POINTS
"Former Minnesota Governor Jesse "The Mind" Ventura On Fox News Hannity & Colmes 4-8-08. "Don't start the revolution without me" is his new book," quoting YouTube.
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F. "WORLD BANK EXPECTS MORE HIGH FOOD PRICES"
From the AP:
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G. "TRUCKERS PROTEST, THE RESISTANCE BEGINS"
By By Barbara Ehrenreich of Barbaraehrenreich.com:
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H. "DANCE OF THE OIL FAIRIES"
From Truthout:
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I. JIM ROGERS, CEO ROGERS HOLDINGS SAYS THE FED IS WAY OUT OF LINE
From CNBC:
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J. THREE LARGE BANKS "...HAVE THE THINNIST SAFETY CUSHION AGAINST LOSSES IN SEVEN YEARS"
From Bloomberg:
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RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS
A. "SALMA HAYEK IS A NEW MOTHER"
From her Monday, April 7, 2008 interview on OPRAH:
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B. FOR THE 1ST TIME IN ALMOST 4 YEARS, MASTER OF MUSIC DEBBIE CHRISTIE INTERVIEWED ON BTO RADIO
Listen here to this fabulous April 7th interview:
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C. NEW BIKE STORE OPENS IN YELM
Sir Robert & daughter Cozette Fyrst opened a New Dynamic bike store in Yelm:
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And their ad on MastersConnection:
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D. FROM AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR BETTYE JOHNSON:
"When I completed the manuscript for Mary Magdalene, Her Legacy, I chose to use Lightning Source, Inc. because it was a print-on-demand and I liked the idea of it being listed on Amazon.com and Barnes&Noble.com as well as the primary wholesalers Ingram and Baker&Taylor. I already have a substantial inventory of Secrets of the Magdalene Scrolls and wanted something more feasible for me.
When Mary Magdalene, Her Legacy was released in January 2008, Lightning Source listed it per our agreement. The book is now on Amazon with a cover image only. There is no ISBN or price. Lightning Source has exhausted their attempts to get the correct information placed on Amazon. Where does that leave me? Well, one could say 'caught in a squeeze.'
I am asking your assistance in spreading the word that both of my books, Mary Magdalene, Her Legacy and Secrets of the Magdalene Scrolls can be purchased from www.Barnes&Noble.com, through my website
link here , Ramtha.com
link here , and in the Yelm, WA. area from JZ-Rose and Lemuria. Bookstores may order them through Ingram or Baker&Taylor. .
LOCAL NOTES
Covered last week on the Yelm Community Blog:
A. Update on Bald hill gravel pit and mine
B. Award-winning author speaks at Yelm Library
C. County Commissioner Candidate Romero announced a fundraiser
D. Congressman Smith to hold Yelm Town Hall
E. Nisqually Valley Home Show & Preparedness Expo this weekend
F. Yelm Worm Farm offers grand Spring advice
G. Yelm's Mayor Harding gives Chamber Forum incorrect information about Bypass construction
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge that you'll never walk alone.
Remember, If you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.
The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!"
Sam Levenson (1911-1980)
An American humorist, writer, television host and journalist
From the poem "Time Tested Beauty Tips" .
Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2008.
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Last week marked the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr. and several stories are notable and share why his words still matter:
The Washington Post:
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MSNBC:
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Newsweek:
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And, “Friendship Network News (FNN) reporters reflect on MLK’s legacy and American politics” [Ed. Note: Marilyn Kaufman’s students in Washington, DC created these commentaries, which was actually a piece of a much bigger project a larger group of her students documented , which was picked up by MTV. Ms. Kaufman is a cousin of this writer.]
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1. IS A WORLD FOOD CRISIS AT HAND?
A. “FOOD PRICE HIKES CHANGING U.S. EATING HABITS”
“Steadily rising food costs aren't just causing grocery shoppers to do a double-take at the checkout line — they're also changing the very ways we feed our families.
The worst case of food inflation in nearly 20 years has more Americans giving up restaurant meals to eat at home. We're buying fewer luxury food items, eating more leftovers and buying more store brands instead of name-brand items.
Record-high energy, corn and wheat prices in the past year have led to sticker shock in the grocery aisles. At $1.32, the average price of a loaf of bread has increased 32 percent since January 2005. In the last year alone, the average price of carton of eggs has increased almost 50 percent,” quoting MSNBC.
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B. INDIA BANS EXPORTS OF NON-BASMATI RICE
“Inflation in India has hit a three-year high as a result of spiralling food and energy costs, official figures show...
The government has been taking steps to control prices, banning exports of non-basmati rice and scrapping import duties on cooking oils and maize,” quoting the BBC.
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2. “TIGHTEN YOUR BELT, STRENGTHEN YOUR MIND”
“Interestingly, restraining our consumer spending, in the short term, may cause us to actually loosen the belts around our waists. What’s the connection? The brain has a limited capacity for self-regulation, so exerting willpower in one area often leads to backsliding in others. The good news, however, is that practice increases willpower capacity, so that in the long run, buying less now may improve our ability to achieve future goals — like losing those 10 pounds we gained when we weren’t out shopping.
The brain’s store of willpower is depleted when people control their thoughts, feelings or impulses, or when they modify their behavior in pursuit of goals. Psychologist Roy Baumeister and others have found that people who successfully accomplish one task requiring self-control are less persistent on a second, seemingly unrelated task,” quoting The New York Times.
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3. “PRONOUNCED DEAD, MAN TAKES MIRACULOUS TURN”
“Zack Dunlap doesn’t remember much from the day he died, but he does remember hearing a doctor declare him brain-dead. And he remembers being incredibly ticked off...
Doctors have no explanation for why Dunlap is alive. He had been riding his souped-up ATV with some friends on that fateful Saturday, less than a week before Thanksgiving…
He gunned his machine to catch up, doing another wheelie on the back wheels. When he dropped the front wheels back to the pavement, he saw that he was going to crash into a friend’s machine that had stopped a short way up the road.
Dunlap tried to swerve, but flipped his machine and went flying, smashing headfirst and facedown on the asphalt...
But within five days he opened his eyes, and 48 days after the accident, he walked out of a rehab center and returned home, where the entire town gave him a hero’s welcome,” quoting NBC’s Today Show.
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4. “COMPRESSED AIR CAR COMING WITH 2010 BREEZE”
“New Paltz, N.Y., has long been known as a bastion of progressive thinking, living and being, man. So it's no surprise the town is headquarters for a company planning to produce the world's first air-powered automobile for the U.S. by 2010. The France-based Zero Pollution Motors says it's manufacturing 10,000 vehicles in its first year and expects to sell them for about $17,800. The cars will have 75 horsepower — that's a little less than the SmartForTwo — will seat six and will produce zero emissions.
"Electricity powers an onboard compressor to compress air to 4,500 pounds per square inch into a pressure tank contained in the vehicle," ZPM communications director Kevin Haydon told the Daily News from New Paltz. "This can be done in a garage overnight and it will take 1-2 hours. The compressed air is then used to power the engine."
Their car will travel about 1,000 miles at up to 96 mph on one fill-up,” quoting the NY Daily News.
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5. “BLUE GOLD: WORLD WATER WARS”
“Feature documentary based on the groundbreaking book. It's not about saving the environment. It's about saving ourselves,” quoting YouTube.
[Ed. Note: This is about how water is being controlled worldwide by corporations.]
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6. VIDEO FROM THE BBC: “FLYOVER OF BREAKING ICE SHELF”
“The British Antarctic Survey has captured these dramatic images of an iceberg measuring 41km by 2.5km that looks set to break off from the Antarctic Peninsula,” quoting the BBC. [Ed. Note: Is someone using some sort of powerful frequency to intentionally alter the amount of ice melting into the oceans? This video seems to indicate a laser or highly focused microwave being used to cut the massive ice shelf in perfectly straight lines. Have you ever seen Mother Nature cut 45 mile long straight lines of anything? Reason this: What is going on here?]
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7. A LOOK AT AUTISTICS IN THE NEWS
A. “AUTISTIC POET GIVES RARE GLIMPSE INTO MYSTERY ILLNESS”
“Tito Mukhopadhyay shuffles to the front door of his home in Austin, Texas. He's coming home from school, something that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago.
His mother, 45-year-old Soma Mukhopadhyay, is considered a pioneer in a breakthrough treatment for some autistic children who face the stigma of being considered "mentally retarded."
That was a label Soma never accepted for 19-year-old Tito. And after hearing Tito's story, you'll never look at an autistic child the same way,” quoting CNN.
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B. UPDATE: ANOTHER KK LOOK AT STEPHEN WILTSHIRE
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STEPHEN’S WEBSITE:
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8. “MAN IS 6-MONTHS PREGNANT”
“Transgendered Male, 34, Still Has Female Reproductive Organs; Was Artificially Inseminated,” quoting CBS News. [Ed. Note: This is no April Fool's Day joke! Oh, what will the Holy Mother Church say about this one? Condemnation for sure. This will push most everyone’s buttons! Just goes to show how the male-female gender differences making today's news are so ridiculous.]
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9. “FABRIC KILLS VIRUS” USING THE COLOR BLUE!
“A college professor has created an anti-viral fabric that kills viruses on contact,” quoting CNN. [Quoting the story, “Blue may one day be the color of all seasons.”]
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10. “DUBAI TO INSTALL PROTECTIVE MAGNETIC FIELD AROUND CITY”
“If you thought Dubai wasn't safe enough, think again. The city has announced the installation of 12, 35x40 meter, ionized chunks of iron, on the periphery of the city. These blocks will create a polarized magnetic field that will function like a shield and protect the city from possible entry of unfamiliar flying objects i.e. fighter planes, missiles, or even in event of planes not scheduled to land in Dubai -- making the city 100% protected from any unexpected and possibly dangerous happening,” quoting Gadling.com. [Ed. Note: Where would we be without the humor of an April Fool's Day joke in here somewhere!]
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11. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
A. BUFFALO BEING SLAUGHTERED BY BUSH ADMINISTRATION
“Yellowstone's wild, free-roaming buffalo herd is under siege.
The Bush Administration is turning the herd's birthing ground into a killing ground for hundreds of mighty bison -- better known as American buffalo.
We must speak out against this cold-blooded cruelty NOW -- because every week, more of these noble creatures are being herded into cattle trucks to be slaughtered. …
What makes this sacrifice so senseless is that it's all to protect roughly 200 domestic cows and steers that graze near the park from the theoretical risk of a disease -- brucellosis -- that has never been transmitted from bison to cattle in a natural setting,” quoting the NRDC.
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And, from the Organic Consumers Assn.:
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B. “ARE THE OCEANS GIVING UP?”
This is a very sobering article from The Deccan Herald (India):
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C. GASOLINE PRICES HIT RECORD IN USA
From the AP:
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12. THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC SCENE
A. “WYOMING SHERIFF PUTS FED IN THEIR PLACE”
From Fourwinds10.com:
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B. WAR WITH IRAN NEXT?
This YouTube video says it all in 2 minutes (if foul language offends you, do not watch)
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Financial Times of London reported last month on Senators’ urging sanctions:
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And, this blogger offers the big picture with supporting links:
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C. “SOROS CALLS FINANCIAL CRISIS WORST SINCE GREAT DEPRESSION…”
From Blogging Stocks:
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D. “SILVER, GOLD & THE LAST AMERICAN HERO JFK”
A fascinating article from Kitco:
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E. “WHY DO PENNIES PERSIST”
From The New Yorker:
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F. “CHAOS ON WALL ST.”
“The big banks' fear of big losses is threatening to bring down the entire system, with dire consequences for all of us. Here's what's going on, and what we can do about it,” quoting Fortune.
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G. VIDEO” “MONEY AS DEBT”
Terrific video worth the time by Brasscheck.tv:
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RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS
A. Yelm’s Library hosts a conversation with award-winning author Bettye Johnson this Wednesday at 7pm.
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B. Many RSE events on the horizon advertised last week:
Hong Kong Beginning Retreat:
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France Beginning Retreat:
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Canada Beginning Retreats:
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Twin Cities Workshop:
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C. Anna Pye is a sculpture, writer, and poet and owns Celtic Gardens in Australia.
Patricia Hooper is their web-designer and both are RSE students:
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D. The Children’s School (CSE) newsletter this week includes Ms. D’s class trip to East Haven Retirement Home, Ian Mardon’s live violin concert and the children being led to Fieldwork (Fieldwork® is a registered trademark of JZ Knight and is used with permission.).
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E. Internationally acclaimed violinist Ian Mardon gave a beautiful performance accompanied on piano by Wolfgang Wortburg last week as a benefit to the Yelm public and Yelm Prairie Arts. Assn. Mr. Mardon's work received unusual picture and print coverage in the Nisqually Valley News (NVN), a newspaper known for being less than kind and more often than not, taking a critical view about RSE student contributions in this community. Unfortunately, the NVN did not publish the print edition's picture with their online story:
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F. This writer is the Chairman of the Yelm Timberland Library Board and read a letter from the Board to the City Council warning the community a new public library facility must be funded, planned and built within 4 years when the current lease in a private building expires. The NVN picked up this as a front-page story as well:
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Read the full Library Board letter here, which will be printed in half-page ads in the NVN for the general public to read unabridged for themselves this week:
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LOCAL NOTES
A. Yelm hosted world-class concert evening
B. Carlos Perez from Yelm Parks Subcommittee
C. Elbe to host Mt. Rainier Visitor Center
D. Sebastian’s Best now open at 7am & offering box lunches to go
E. Wilcox Farms now closing Cheney, WA dairy operation
F. New Dynamic Transport (bikes) business opens in Yelm
G. Bald Hill Rd. work begins
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can be aroused
by two things: first, an ideal which takes the imagination by storm;
and second, a definite, intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.”
Arnold J. Toynbee (1889-1975)
British historian .
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
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Send comments to steve@kleinerskorner.com .
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