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| KLEINER'S KORNER FOR WEEK OF JULY 28, 2008
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Dear Readers;
“Prince William's tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales” “The Prince, who last month became the 1,000th Knight of the Garter, has included a small red c or sea shell in the centre of the design. It is a poignant touch to honour the memory of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales who died in 1997. Since the end of the 16th century the scallop has been the symbol of the Spencer family coat of arms and it was also used by the Princess. The decision to recognise his mother is a break with tradition as it is highly unusual for members of the Royal Family to include maternal symbols in their heraldic emblems. The scallop was included at the insistence of the Prince, 26, who took a keen interest in the design. The crest will now be mounted above his seat at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle where the Prince was formally appointed to the elite order by the Queen in a ceremony last month,” quoting UK’s Telegraph.
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1. APOLLO 14 ASTRONAUT SAYS ALIEN CONTACT COVERED UP BY NASA
“Dr Edgar Mitchell, said he was aware of several UFO visits during his career, but each one had been covered up.
The 77-year-old, who was a crew member of the Apollo 14 mission, said sources at the space agency had described aliens as resembling "little people who look strange to us"…
It's been well covered up by all our governments for the last 60 years or so, but slowly it's leaked out and some of us have been privileged to have been briefed on some of it.
‘I've been in military and intelligence circles, who know that beneath the surface of what has been public knowledge, yes – we have been visited.
Reading the papers recently, it's been happening quite a bit.’
Dr Mitchell, along with Apollo 14 Commander Alan Shepard, still holds the record for the longest ever moonwalking session at nine hours and 17 minutes following their 1971 mission.
Officials from NASA, were quick to play the comments down,” quoting UK’s Daily Telegraph.
link here
Dr. Edgar Mitchell will be one of the guests on CNN’s Larry King Live along with JZ Knight this Saturday at 9PM (EDT, PDT).
link here .
2. “’MIND’S EYE’ INFLUENCES VISUAL PERCEPTION”
“Letting your imagination run away with you may actually influence how you see the world. New research from Vanderbilt University has found that mental imagery—what we see with the "mind's eye"—directly impacts our visual perception.
‘We found that imagery leads to a short-term memory trace that can bias future perception,’ says Joel Pearson, research associate in the Vanderbilt Department of Psychology and lead author of the study. ‘This is the first research to definitively show that imagining something changes vision both while you are imagining it and later on,’"
quoting Science Daily.
link here .
3. PARENTS OF NEW-BORNS WEIGH PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE CORD-BLOOD CHOICE
“Like all the other parents of the more than 4.3 million babies born in the U.S. last year, the Gustafsons will have to decide what to do with their child’s cord blood, a rich source of stem cells, the building blocks of blood that can potentially be used to treat certain cancers and other diseases.
The vast majority of those parents — about 97 percent — will do nothing, and the umbilical cord and the cells it contains will be discarded as medical waste.
The tiny fraction that remain, however, will be caught in the sharp debate between private cord blood firms vying to cash in on an estimated $1 billion industry and public registries trying to boost diverse donations to fuel research and save lives in the community at large,” quoting MSNBC.
link here .
4. “ALABAMA MAN STILL DRAWING MURALS AT AGE 112”
“Bent over or sitting at a table, gripping a ballpoint pen, marker or crayon, Frank Calloway spends his days turning visions from his youth into lively murals — and at 112 years old, the images of his childhood are a window to another time…
The works by a man who has lived about half his life in state mental health centers will be part of an exhibit this fall at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore…
He was born on July 2, 1896, and has lived in mental health centers since 1952, when he was diagnosed with schizophrenia,” quoting the AP.
link here .
5. “MOTHER OF THE YEAR?”
From Mother’s Day weekend, 2008, “so CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman has a nominee for Mother of the Year.” [Ed. Note: this choice will surprise you!]
link here .
6. “A BRIEF HISTORY OF OIL”
“Today, every man woman and child in the United States is responsible for the consumption of over 3 gallons of oil every single day. This rate of consumption has far-reaching implications for our security, our environment, and our relationship with the rest of the world. I want to talk a little bit about how we got here.
Let's start at the beginning,” quoting this well-researched SuperConsciousness Magazine article. [Ed. Note: Free registration required.]
link here .
7. UW STUDY: AIR FRESHENERS/LAUNDRY PRODUCTS CONTAIN CHEMICALS CLASSIFIED AS TOXIC
“The fumes that waft from top-selling air fresheners and laundry products contain dozens of chemicals, including several classified as toxic or hazardous, says a University of Washington study published today.
None of the chemicals was listed on product labels, nor does the federal government require companies to disclose ingredients in fragrances, said study author Anne Steinemann...
Steinemann's study focused on six widely used products: dryer sheets, fabric softener, laundry detergent, a liquid spray air freshener, a plug-in air freshener, and a solid disc deodorizer used in commercial-airplane toilets...
Collectively, the six products gave off nearly 100 volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including acetone — the eye-stinging ingredient in nail-polish remover and paint thinner. (VOCs are compounds that vaporize easily, like paint and gasoline fumes. Many VOCs are know to be harmful.),” quoting the Seattle Times.
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8. “HOW A FEISTY FLORIDA TOWN FENDS OFF MALLS”
“Everglades City's moves to preserve its local charm are instructive, teaching communities in Florida and across the US how it's possible to build on the unique geography and history of a place to create its own future,” quoting Yahoo.
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9. INT’L BIRD RESCUE RESEARCH CENTER DIRECTOR RESPONDS TO STORY
“Jay Holcomb, Executive Director of the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) wrote in response to last week’s story on Susan Sward’s article from the SF Chronicle titled “The Next Erin Brockovich?”:
“I wanted to point you to a small piece that I did a few weeks ago on our work with IMC Chemicals, now Searles Management, that is on the blog of the IBRRC web site. It just explains how and why we got
involved with this company and what happens to the birds out there.”
link here
And, the IBRC site:
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10. FOLLOW-UP: STORY ABOUT RAM UPDATED ON CBS
“Since we first broadcast this story, Remote Area Medical [RAM] has received close to $2.5 million in donations from 60 Minutes viewers. And Stan Brock has testified on Capitol Hill about health care.
Later this month [July 25-27], RAM will hold its biggest expedition of the year in Wise, Va.
If the last few years are any guide, volunteers will see some 2,500 patients. And at the end of the weekend, they will turn away hundreds more.
link here
Donate to RAM:
link here .
11. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
A. “Ocean quest: The race to save the world's coral reefs”
From UK’s Independent:
link here
B. “The baby Antarctic penguins being frozen to death by freak rain storms”
From UK’s Mail:
link here
C. Al Gore on NBC’s Meet The Press
“Exclusive! Former Vice President and 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore goes one-on-one with Tom Brokaw.”
link here .
12. SOCIO-ECONOMIC NEWS
A. “Cultural Expectations Ensure Women Are Hit Hardest by Burgeoning Food Crisis”
From the Washington Post:
link here
B. “Gloomy economy changing shoppers' habits
New behavior is the most dramatic since the mid-1970s, experts say”
From the AP:
link here
C. “California bans trans fats in restaurants”
From the AP:
link here
D. “New Yorkers try to swallow calorie sticker shock
600 calorie muffins? The first city to adopt law faces unappetizing surprises”
From MSNBC:
link here
E. Ron Paul on “The Mother of all bailouts”
link here
And, Mr. Paul’s 2 minute speech on the House Floor:
link here
F. “States, cities crack down on thefts of recyclables
With a truckload nearing $1,000, it’s becoming serious business”
From the AP:
link here
G. “Rising food prices pushing east Africa to disaster, warns Oxfam”
From UK’s Guardian:
link here .
RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS
A. JZ Knight speaks at an open-to-the-public introductory evening this Saturday August 2nd in Santa Cruz, CA. ahead of the following week’s Creating Future Mind Workshop there.
link here
B. JZ Knight will be one of a panel of guests on CNN’s Larry King Live this Saturday, August 2nd at 9PM (EDT, PDT), See: Saturday: Brain Power
link here
And on the PR wire: JZ on CNN now on the wire:
link here
And from the RSE website:
link here
C. JeanMarie Christenson’s audio media ad as she runs for Rep. of Yelm area legislative district:
link here
And, other endorsements as listed on MastersConnection:
link here
Link to the new ad:
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D. “The Children’s School of Excellence cordially invites you to their Fifth Annual Auction on Sunday, August 3rd 2008 - Linda Evans, ChairPerson. Dinner Catered by Bayview Catering,” quoting the details from MastersConnection:
link here
E. “Bettye Johnson, a two-time book award winner and an international author will introduce her newest book, Awakening the Genie Within at
a book signing celebration in Yelm, Washington on Saturday, August 2nd in Yelm,” quoting MastersConnection:
link here
F. Yelm Mini-Assay now begins one day earlier – on August 13th!
link here .
LOCAL NOTES
Covered last week on the Yelm Community Blog:
A. Yelm library summer programs + needlepoint display
B. Tacoma Humane society sponsors walk for homeless pets
C. Yelm City Council approves 3 projects’ over-runs
D. Children’s School announces auction fundraiser
E. Guest entry: tree deaths around cell towers
F. The future of area roads
G. Last day to comment on Thurston Highlands DEIS
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing,
unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow."
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)
American novelist and playwright
in his play The Matchmaker (1954),
which became the play, then the movie titled Hello Dolly (1969) .
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"
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Send comments to steve@kleinerskorner.com .
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| KLEINER'S KORNER ADDENDUM FOR JULY 21, 2008
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Dear Readers;
This writer received the following letter from the Content Director of Superconsciousness Magazine last week in response to my story on RFK, Jr.;
“I was just wondering: Have you considered that SuperConsciousness Magazine might seriously be considered as one of your "quotable" publication sources for your Kleiner's Korner Weekly Update?
For instance, many of the interviews we feature in the magazine, specifically the most recent with Robert Kennedy, Jr. and Heidi Smith, SuperConsciousness Editor-In-Chief, is an unusual presentation...
SuperConsciousness Magazine is an internationally distributed publication. Just because we have editorial offices in Yelm, WA does NOT make SuperConsciousness Magazine a 'small-town publication'. Unique content coupled with progressive perspective is SuperConsciousness' hallmark, and as such, we have earned the reputation as the leader in re-defining human potential, and not from mediocrity, but from one that emerges from a combined 50+ years of RSE training. And, despite our achievement as well as local access, I have yet to find you quote SuperConsciousness magazine the same way that you quote CBS, CNN, TIME Magazine, or any other publication when, indeed, our content far exceeds that any other media publication.
SuperConsciousness Magazine,...features very big ideas, is worthy of being quoted along side staid, multi-national owned publications?”
Ed. Note: Well-said, Danielle and thank you for bringing this to my attention. SuperConsciousness Magazine’s unique interview with RFK, Jr. can be accessed here (free registration required):
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1. THIS WRITER’S DREAM CAME TRUE – TO MEET DAME JULIE ANDREWS!
Since my early teens when I first saw Julie Andrews in Walt Disney’s Mary Poppins, I have always wanted to meet Julie Andrews. I had this thought constantly well into my thirties.
I had that dream come true last week when Yael & I flew to the place I was born and raised, Louisville, KY. for Miss Andrews' (wife of Blake Edwards) July 11th World Premiere of The Gift of Music, a musical Tribute to Rodgers & Hammerstein and the golden years of Broadway, plus "Simeon's Gift," a musical adaptation of the children's book Andrews authored with her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton involving the Louisville Orchestra and five young American singers.
Here is what the Louisville Courier Journal said about the show:
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Yael & I went with my parents the night before the show to a fundraiser for the orchestra where Christy and Owsley Brown hosted a dinner in their home for Miss Andrews. We were able to meet her and shake her hand and share a few moments. Between cocktails and dinner, NPR's Bob Edwards interviewed her for a future program in front of the guests; he himself raised in Louisville, too. In every way, pure grace & class.
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Miss Andrews performed the same show in the Hollywood Bowl last weekend and moves on to Atlanta and Philadelphia next month. See & hear excerpts from the Hollywood Bowl show recorded by KCBS in LA:
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Her LA pre-show KCBS interview about her autobiography: Home
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Her book and audio CD:
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Her children’s books are available from her website:
link here .
2. KUDOS TO THIS MAN FOR EXTENDING MY GRANDFATHER'S LIFE WELL INTO MY 20'S
A. “PIONEERING HEART DOCTOR MICHAEL DEBAKEY DIES AT AGE 99”
“Pioneering heart specialist Michael DeBakey, the tireless innovator and surgeon who operated well into his 90s and has probably held more hearts in his hands than any other human, died Friday [July 11] of natural causes at Baylor College of Medicine and Methodist Hospital in Houston. He was 99…
DeBakey, who spent most of his career at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, also made it possible for thousands of other surgeons to cure people. He invented many of the tools now used routinely in heart surgery, even stitching the first synthetic blood vessels using his wife's sewing machine,” quoting USA Today. [Ed. Note: This writer had the grand fortune of enjoyed visiting with his maternal grandfather until age 23 because of the work Debakey did in prolonging his life with radical new surgery in the late 60’s; a pacemaker!]
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B. “...DEBAKEY AWARDED CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL”
“Dr. DeBakey, 99, was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for a lifetime of achievement in medicine, including his cardiac surgery advances, helping create the military's Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals and inventing many medical devices and procedures.
President Bush, bestowing the award in a Capitol ceremony, noted that the medal has rarely been given to scientists. But those Congress recognized are "iconic," including Thomas Edison and Walter Reed.
‘Today we gather to recognize that Michael DeBakey's name belongs among them,’ Mr. Bush said. ‘His legacy is holding the fragile and sacred gift of human life in his hands — and returning it unbroken,’" quoting the Dallas Morning News.
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3. ELECTRON FILMED FOR FIRST TIME
From a Kleiner’s Korner reader:
“The latest issue of QST, the American Radio Relay League's monthly has an article with a link about an electron being filmed for the first time. In the article is a photo. You might find QST at a Border's/B & N-- August 2008, p. 92. The research was done in Sweden.
Please visit: www.arrl.org/files/qst-binaries/ and download electron.mpg.
The video:
link here .
4. “MECHANISM BEHIND MIND-BODY CONNECTION DISCOVERED”
"Every cell contains a tiny clock called a telomere, which shortens each time the cell divides.
Short telomeres are linked to a range of human diseases, including HIV,
osteoporosis, heart disease and aging.
Previous studies show that an enzyme within the cell, called telomerase,
keeps immune cells young by preserving their telomere length and ability to continue dividing.
UCLA scientists found that the stress hormone cortisol suppresses immune cells' ability to activate their telomerase.
This may explain why the cells of persons under chronic stress have shorter telomeres," quoting Science Daily.
Rita Effros, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA,
and a member of the Jonsson Cancer Center, Molecular Biology Institute and UCLA AIDS Institute, is available for interviews.
The research was published in the May issue of the peer-reviewed journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity.
The study was supported by the National Institute of Aging, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, the Geron Corp. and TA Therapeutics, Ltd.,” quoting Science Daily.
link here .
5. “BRITAIN’S URGING RETURN TO WARTIME FOOD FRUGALITY”
“Waste not, want not.
Evoking an era of World War II austerity, British families are being urged to cut food waste and use leftovers in a nationwide effort to fight sharply rising global food prices.
It's not back to ration books, "victory gardens" or squirrel-tail soup yet, but warning bells are being rung by experts at all levels of Britain's government as well as from the World Food Program,” quoting the AP.
link here .
6. CELL PHONE NEWS
A. “THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON CELL PHONES”
Truthout reports, "Kiera Butler writes for Mother Jones, "For the time being, the FCC is not considering any changes to its standards for cell phone radiation. Yet some cell phone companies have started including a pamphlet about potential health risks with their packaging, perhaps to guard against future litigation."
link here
B. “DEADLIEST JOB IN AMERICA: WORKING ON CELL PHONE TOWERS”
“Next time you can't get a cell phone signal in the middle of town, put your problem in perspective: New figures show that the deadliest job in America now goes to the men and women who construct, upgrade, and repair cell phone towers.
According to a story in this week's RCR Wireless News (updated with live link), building and climbing towers (which can be hundreds of feet tall) is more dangerous than ranching, fishing, logging, and even ironworking,” quoting Yahoo.com.
link here .
7. COSTCO CONNECTION INTERVIEWS CEO OF PEPSICO – A DYNAMIC WOMAN
“PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi implements performance with a purpose to raise the company—and its employees— to new heights...
Can a company have a soul and still produce for shareholders? Pepsi’s stock is up more than 10 percent since Nooyi took over,” quoting Costco Connection Magazine.
link here .
8. ANTARCTIC ICE SHELF COLLAPSES – IN WINTER THERE!
“Another large plate of ice has broken off the rapidly disintegrating Wilkins Ice Shelf in the Antarctic Peninsula...
While the ice shelf, located directly below South America, shrank significantly in previous months, this is the first documented occurrence of an ice shelf collapsing during the Southern Hemisphere's winter,” quoting National Geographic.
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9. “WATER FOUND ON THE MOON”
“Though the moon has many seas, scientists thought it was dry.
They were wrong.
In a study published today in Nature, researchers led by Brown University geologist Alberto Saal found evidence of water molecules in pebbles retrieved by NASA's Apollo missions.
The findings point to the existence of water deep beneath the moon's surface, transforming scientific understanding of our nearest neighbor's formation and, perhaps, our own,” quoting ABC News.
link here .
10. “OREGON MAN IN FLYING LAWN CHAIR MAKES IDAHO LANDING”
“Riding in a green lawn chair rigged with more than 150 giant party balloons, Kent Couch took off with the sun this morning [July 5] and met his goal of riding the wind from his gas station in Central Oregon to Idaho.
An Oregon newspaper reporter tracking the flight in a small plane said Couch landed safely shortly before 4 p.m. Pacific Time Saturday about 60 miles north of Boise near the town of Cambridge,” quoting KING-5 News in Seattle.
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11. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
A. Discovery Channel - Solar Storm
A mix of documentary and fiction that shows what might happen to our civilization and technology in 2012 if we are hit by a massive solar storm:
link here
B. “The Next Erin Brockovich?”
Truthout quotes the San Francisco Chronicle:
link here
C. Guaranteed to make you smile!
I loved this 4.5 minute YouTube video:
link here
D. “Gorillas: Kings Of Congo
CNN's Anderson Cooper Visits Endangered Mountain Gorillas”
From CBS 60 Minutes:
link here
E. “"We Have Seven Years Left to Reverse the CO2 Emissions Curve"
Truthout translated this France LeMonde story:
link here
F. Sobering view about how plastic trash bags harm the environment
From Trashbox:
link here
G. “Russian researchers flee melting Arctic ice floe”
From Yahoo.com:
link here
H. “Countdown: War Crimes Prosecutions [Bush Administration] Possible”
From MSNBC:
link here
I. “Pulling the Plug: Summer of '08
Sparks Creative Conservation”
From the WSJ:
link here
J. “All Eyes on Amtrak
Soaring gas prices and higher airfares are causing Americans to take a closer look at their rail system.”
From Newsweek:
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12. SOCIO-ECONOMIC NEWS
A. “The floating cities that could one day house climate change refugees”
From UK’s Daily Mail:
link here
B. "The buck doesn’t stop here; it just keeps falling
Crumbling value of the dollar resonates through slumping economy” The buck doesn’t stop here; it just keeps falling"
From the AP:
link here
C. “America’s AIDS Apartheid”
From The American Prospect:
link here .
RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS
A. Ramtha appointed 2 new teachers:
Chris Dacek & Sir Robert Jones to direct students in learning Blue Body Healing:
link here
B. Mini-Assays are coming to Italy & France in August. All of Europa’s RSE students are invited to join these exciting events – as well as any current student:
link here
C. JZ Knight travels to Santa Cruz, CA. for her exciting talk on Saturday, August 2nd
Mind as Matter: Understanding New Realities of the Future Now. Open to the public!
link here
D. Master of Cards Kenny Thompson visited with the Children’s School Summer Camp and taught them how to move objects with their minds. See the pictures:
link here
E. The Children’s School of Excellence cordially invites you to our Fifth Annual Auction on Sunday, August 3rd 2008. Please click here for the invitation details:
link here
Join us for Mid-Summer Magic and Celebration as we raise funds for the school.
We are planning a truly delicious summer menu, magic shows for the children,
assorted games with outrageous prizes, and much more!
The link to purchase Dinner Tickets online has been updated:
link here
F. The Yelm Food Co-op is now offering AlpineAire’s pouch meals and 3-day Gourmet Meal Kits for your short-term emergency food needs or for nutritious, easy-to-fix meals during outdoor adventures like biking, backpacking, hiking, canoeing or bicycling.
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G. The Horizon Project, Bracing For Tomorrow DVD is now available for purchase through RSE online:
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LOCAL NOTES
Covered last week on the Yelm Community Blog:
A. Yelm officially surpasses “small-town” status – what does future hold?
B. Mayor Harding’s daughter crowned Miss Washington
C. Yelm area feeling the pinch – thoughts to ease the way
D. Yelm retail sales growth skewed by new Super Wal-Mart
E. Thurston Highlands Draft EIS goes against citizen wishes
F. Support locally owned businesses: Nature’s Garden
G. Sea-Tac TSA screeners some of nation’s worst for passenger thefts
H. Burn ban in effect until October 15
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"Honor is a harder master than the law."
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemans)
(1835-1910)
American writer .
Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2008.
For archived issues of Kleiner’s Korner,
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| KLEINER'S KORNER FOR WEEK OF JULY 14, 2008
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Dear Readers;
Some of you have noticed several stories here on RFK, Jr. It is because this man has the courage, experience, and wisdom to address some tough issues in our society. Recently, Mr. Kennedy was in New York and said these comments of note: RFK, Jr. on the media:
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RFK, Jr. on how the media fails us:
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Friday, May 16th, as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited “Late Night with David Letterman” on CBS.
link here
1. "WATER AS THE NEW OIL"
“If water is the new oil, T. Boone Pickens is a modern-day John D. Rockefeller. Pickens owns more water than any other individual in the U.S. and is looking to control even more. He hopes to sell the water he already has, some 65 billion gallons a year, to Dallas, transporting it over 250 miles, 11 counties, and about 650 tracts of private property. The electricity generated by an enormous wind farm he is setting up in the Panhandle would also flow along that corridor. As far as Pickens is concerned, he could be selling wind, water, natural gas, or uranium; it's all a matter of supply and demand. ‘There are people who will buy the water when they need it. And the people who have the water want to sell it. That's the blood, guts, and feathers of the thing,’ he says,” quoting BusinessWeek.
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Ramtha has this to say:
“Update on Water Becoming More Valuable Than Gold
"Never curse the rain. There will be a day from whence you have come that you will open your mouth and beg for it, for water will become more valuable than gold."
Excerpt from: Ramtha, February 20, 2007. Copyright © 2007 JZ Knight.
And this as far back as the early 90’s:
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2. “GHOST PHOTOS THROUGH QUANTUM PHYSICS”
“Scientists funded by the Air Force have used quantum entanglement — in which pairs of particles continue to interact even after they are spatially separated — to snap this picture of a tin solider without aiming a camera directly at the object. The technique, called “ghost imaging,” has potential military or space applications, such as using aerial drones to survey of battlefields obscured by clouds, or the smoke that follows airstrikes,” quoting Futurismic.
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3. “ALIEN ON TAPE?”
“CNN's Larry King talks to a panel about the possibility of a tape containing footage of an actual alien,” quoting CNN.
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More on this from Denver’s Rocky Mountain news:
link here .
4. “FASTEST-EVER FLASHGUN CAPTURES IMAGE OF LIGHT WAVE”
“Researchers have found a way to generate the shortest-ever flash of light – 80 attoseconds (billionths of a billionth of a second) long.
Such flashes have already been used to capture an image of a laser pulse too short to be "photographed" before...
…Says team member Eleftherios Goulielmakis at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany,” quoting New Scientist.
link here .
5. ‘GEORGE WASHINGTON’S BOYHOOD HOME FOUND”
“Archaeologists were delighted to at last find the remains of George Washington's boyhood home, but got stumped when they looked for evidence of the cherry tree and rusty hatchet.
‘This was the setting for many important events in Washington's life,’ David Muraca, director of archaeology for The George Washington Foundation, announced Wednesday [July 2].
Most biographies offer little detail of the first president's youth, so the discovery may provide insight into Washington's childhood, he said. The site is located at Ferry Farm, just across the Rappahannock River from Fredericksburg, Va., about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Washington,” quoting the AP.
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6. “MYSTERY CAVE OPENED AT MEXICAN PYRAMID”
“Archaeologists are opening a cave sealed for more than 30 years deep beneath a Mexican pyramid to look for clues about the mysterious collapse of one of ancient civilization's largest cities.
The soaring Teotihuacan stone pyramids, now a major tourist site about an hour outside Mexico City, were discovered by the ancient Aztecs around 1500, not long before the arrival of Spanish explorers to Mexico…
Archaeologists are now revisiting a cave system that is buried 20 feet (6 meters) beneath the towering Pyramid of the Sun and extends into a tunnel stretching for 295 feet (90 meters) with a height of 8 feet (2.4 meters).
They say new excavations begun this month could be the key to unlocking information about the sacred rituals of the people who inhabited the city, later dubbed "The Place Where Men Become Gods" by the Aztecs, who believed it was a divine site,” quoting Reuters.
link here .
7. SAILOR SUCCESSFULLY CROSSES PACIFIC IN WAVE-POWERED BOAT
“Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie took more than three months to sail from Hawaii to Japan in a boat powered by the energy of ocean waves, but said he was blessed with good weather and tasty fish…
The 4,800-mile voyage, which began in Honolulu in March, ended Friday [July 4] when his 3-ton yacht docked in Wakayama in western Japan,” quoting the AP.
link here .
8. “VOYAGER SPACECRAFT REVEALS SOLAR SYSTEM EDGE”
“Voyager 2's journey toward interstellar space has revealed surprising insights into the energy and magnetic forces at the solar system's outer edge, and confirmed the solar system's squashed shape.
Both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 continue to send data to Earth more than 30 years after they first launched. During the 1990s, Voyager 1 became the farthest manmade object in space.
Each spacecraft has now crossed the edge of the solar system, known as termination shock, where the outbound solar wind collides with inbound energetic particles from interstellar space. The termination shock surrounds the solar system and encloses a bubble called the heliosphere,” quoting LiveScience.
link here .
9. “CLONE CELL CANCER CURE HAILED”
“Scientists claim they have cured advanced skin cancer for the first time using the patient's own cells cloned outside the body.
The 52-year-old man involved was free of melanoma two years after treatment.
US researchers, reports the New England Journal of Medicine, took cancer-fighting immune cells, made five billion copies, then put them all back,” quoting the BBC.
link here .
10. “GENERATION X-RAY: CHILD VICTIMS OF TECHNOLOGICAL ABUSE”
“Science from the ‘40s to present has demonstrated conclusively the harmful effects of microwave radiation—the platform upon which the entire wireless universe—cell phones, text messaging, WiFi, WiMax and RFID—is built. Yet the wireless network is expanding, with the approval of government "as fast as it can." With virtually zero regulatory oversight, the nation and all the people, plants and animals in it, are bathing in microwave radiation so we can talk, Internet surf, email, text message and play online games wherever and whenever we want. The biophysical effects of enveloping our world in harmful radiation are becoming apparent. What happened to us? How could our desire for wireless convenience so totally suspend our innate survival instincts that we would ignore well-established science plus common sense and finance conditions on this planet that portend our slow and painful deaths without dignity? More embarrassingly, what happened to us that we would so readily allow our children to suffer wireless addiction, sealing their fates to short, sickly, neurologically-impaired lives?” quoting the Idaho Observer.
link here .
11. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
A. “Experts say tourists harm Machu Picchu
UNESCO may add ruins to list of endangered World Heritage sites”
From the AP:
link here
B. “Floods and droughts make mild diseases deadly
From News Daily:
link here
And:
“Flood victims worry: What's in the water?”
From the AP:
link here
C. “Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Florida
Record crude prices fuel backing for exploration off nation's shores” [Ed. Note: I would not want to imagine what an oil spill on Florida’s pristine beaches would do to their economy!]
From the AP:
link here
D. “Feds' closed-door deal could ease development
New Forest Service rules could let largest private owner convert land” [Ed. Note: More of the Bush Admin. trashing America’s land before they leave office!]
From the Washington Post:
link here
E. “The Fuss Over Fish
Lesley Stahl Reports On The Debate On What To Do To Protect Endangered Salmon”
This Nov. 19,, 2000 story was updated on CBS News 60 Minutes June 18, 2008:
link here .
12. SOCIO-ECONOMIC NEWS
A. “High Gas Prices Threaten to Drain Small Towns' Populations”
From The Kansas City Star:
link here
B. “In The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Bugliosi [famed prosecutor and #1 New York Times bestselling author Vincent Bugliosi] presents a tight, meticulously researched legal case that puts George W. Bush on trial in an American courtroom for the murder of nearly 4,000 American soldiers fighting in Iraq,” quoting the website:
link here
See Vincent Bugliosi’s interview with Alex Jones:
link here
C. “Food Revolution That Starts With Rice:
From the NY Times:
link here
D. “Flights begin from China to Taiwan”
From the International Herald Tribune [Ed. Note: If travel is occurring between China & Taiwan, then why not between Cuba and the U. S.?]:
link here
E. “Floods: U.S. 'deserves this type of response'”
From CNN:
link here
F. “The new church? Turn left at Victoria’s Secret
Faced with spike in vacancies, malls turning toward nontraditional tenants”
From the AP:
link here
G. “Honey Bee Crisis Could Lead to Higher Food Prices”
From ABC News:
link here
H. “A Life Saver Called "Plumpynut"
Anderson Cooper Reports On A Nutritional Breakthrough”
This Oct. 21, 2007 story was updated on CBS News 60 Minutes June 20, 2008:
link here
I. "Seattle food bank struggling"
From KING-5 news:
link here .
RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS
A. Our productive student authors’ works have been updated in the latest newsletter:
link here
B. Congratulations to these RSE students on their accomplishments:
link here
C. New Advanced Beginning Workshop with Ramtha begins next week:
link here
D. Ramtha prediction making news:
link here
E. Ramtha's Video Message "The Spiritual Journey. Make Known the Unknown"
link here
F. From JZ’s recommended reading List:
“Boys Adrift
The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men by Leonard Sax”
link here
JZ’s List:
link here
G. Ramtha told Diane D’Acuti to take her 7th & 8th graders for long hikes in nature.
She did; see the pictures here:
link here
H. Mark your calendar for CSE’s 5th Annual Auction & Garden Party will be held on Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Bidding has begun!
Check out their exciting online Auction at
link here
Including a one-hour private session with Ramtha:
link here .
LOCAL NOTES
Covered last week on Yelm's Community Blog:
A. Tenino Group defeats shipping center on prairie land
B. Yelm Bypass funding in question -- yet is part of city's 6-year plan
C. Thurston Highlands draft EIS comment period is now
D. Does Yelm want a library after 2012 - alarms raised
E. Seattle to Portland bike classic this weekend
F. Yelm auctioneer wins world title
G. Stand-up comedian Vanda returns home with show this week
link here .
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Whether you believe you can do a thing or not,
you are right.”
Henry Ford (1863-1947)
American Industrialist .
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"
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Dear Readers;
“RESVERATROL, FOUND IN RED WINE, WARDS OFF EFFECTS OF AGE ON HEART, BONES, EYES, AND MUSCLE” “Scientists have found that the compound resveratrol -- found in red wine and grape skin -- slows age-related deterioration and functional decline of mice on a standard diet, but does not increase longevity when started at middle age. This study, conducted and supported in part by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, is a follow-up to 2006 findings that resveratrol improves health and longevity of overweight, aged mice. The report confirms previous results suggesting the compound, found naturally in foods like grapes and nuts, may mimic, in mice, some of the effects of dietary or calorie restriction, the most effective and reproducible way found to date to alleviate age-associated disease in mammals. The findings, published July 3, 2008, in Cell Metabolism, may increase interest in resveratrol as a possible intervention for age-related declines, said NIA scientists,” quoting Science Daily.
link here
“Rezilience is a unique formula of Trans-Resveratrol made from pure Polygonum Cuspidatum (Japanese Knotweed) that is manufactured in a climate controlled, oxygen-free and nitrogen rich environment by Capsugel®, a division of Pfizer.”
link here
1. “SCIENTISTS TO UNLOCK SWEET SECRETS OF CHOCOLATE”
“Government scientists are launching a five-year project Thursday aimed at safeguarding the world's chocolate supply by dissecting the genome of the cocoa bean.
A U.S. Department of Agriculture team based here, funded with more than $10 million from Mars Inc., will analyze the more than 400 million parts of the cocoa genome, a process that could help battle crippling crop diseases and even lead to better-tasting chocolate,” quoting the AP.
link here .
2. LOSS OF ARCTIC SEA ICE MAKING NEWS
A. “NO ICE AT NORTH POLE”
“Polar scientists reveal dramatic new evidence of climate change.
It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year.
The disappearance of the Arctic sea ice, making it possible to reach the Pole sailing in a boat through open water, would be one of the most dramatic - and worrying - examples of the impact of global warming on the planet. Scientists say the ice at 90 degrees north may well have melted away by the summer,” quoting Truthout’s story from UK’s Independent.
link here
B. “ARCTIC SEA ICE MELT 'EVEN FASTER'"
From the BBC:
link here .
3. LEADING CLIMATE SCIENTIST MAKES NEWS LAST WEEK
A. “SCIENTIST TO CONGRESS: OIL EXECS COMMIT HIGH CRIMES”
Ed Pilkington, The Guardian UK, says: "James Hansen, one of the world's leading climate scientists, will today call for the chief executives of large fossil fuel companies to be put on trial for high crimes against humanity and nature, accusing them of actively spreading doubt about global warming in the same way that tobacco companies blurred the links between smoking and cancer," quoting UK’s guardian in Truthout.
link here
B. "NASA WARMING SCIENTIST: 'THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE'"
From USA Today:
link here .
4. “THREE ‘SUPER-EARTHS’ FOUND ORBITING SUN-LIKE STAR”
“A trio of "super-Earths" have been found near a sun-like star, a team of European astronomers announced today.
The planets orbiting the star HD 40307—which is 42 light-years away—were found using an advanced "planet searcher" instrument at the European Southern Observatory in La Silla, Chile, the French and Swiss astronomers said,” quoting National Geographic.
link here .
5. “ASTRONOMERS ON VERGE OF FINDING EARTH’S TWIN”
“Planet hunters say it's just a matter of time before they lasso Earth's twin, which almost surely is hiding somewhere in our star-studded galaxy.
Momentum is building: Just last week, astronomers announced they had discovered three super-Earths — worlds more massive than ours but small enough to most likely be rocky — orbiting a single star. And dozens of other worlds suspected of having masses in that same range were found around other stars.
"Being able to find three Earth-mass planets around a single star really makes the point that not only may many stars have one Earth, but they may very well have a couple of Earths," said Alan Boss, a planet formation theorist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington in Washington, D.C.,” quoting Space.com. [Ed Note: Does this mean the Holy Mother Church might exonerate Giordano Bruno, who they burned at the stake February 17, 1600 for his “other world’s theory”? Probably not! Bruno was the mentor to Galileo.]
link here .
6. ‘SCIENTISTS: NOTHING TO FEAR FROM ATOM-SMASHER”
“The most powerful atom-smasher ever built could make some bizarre discoveries, such as invisible matter or extra dimensions in space, after it is switched on in August.
But some critics fear the Large Hadron Collider could exceed physicists' wildest conjectures: Will it spawn a black hole that could swallow Earth? Or spit out particles that could turn the planet into a hot dead clump?
Ridiculous, say scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known by its French initials CERN ‚Äî some of whom have been working for a generation on the $5.8 billion collider, or LHC,” quoting Live Science.
link here .
7. NEW RESEARCH ON GENES
A. “CHANGING YOUR LIFESTYLE CAN CHANGE YOUR GENES”
“New research shows that improved diet, meditation and other non-medical interventions can actually "turn off" the disease-promoting process in men with prostate cancer.” quoting Newsweek.
link here
B. "YOUR GENES ARE NOT YOUR FATE"
"Dean Ornish shares new research that shows how adopting healthy lifestyle habits can affect a person at a genetic level. For instance, he says, when you live healthier, eat better, exercise, and love more, your brain cells actually increase...
Dean Ornish is a clinical professor at UCSF and founder of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute. He's a leading expert on fighting illness," quoting this TED video.
link here .
8. “THE PRICE OF HUNGER”
“The Los Angeles Times editorial board poses the question, "What would it really cost to end global hunger? The United Nations estimates that it would take at least $30 billion per year to solve the food crisis, mainly by boosting agricultural productivity in the developing world. Over the decade that it would take to make sustainable improvements in the lives of the 862 million undernourished people, that amounts to $300 billion. Three hundred billion dollars is a lot of money, and the U.S. government won't foot the bill alone. But it's less than half of 1% of the world's combined gross domestic products, not an unreasonable sum to invest in ending the misery and degradation of hunger. After all, Congress shelled out $21 billion last year for foreign aid and this week it approved $162 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for fiscal 2009. The U.S. spent $340 billion in 2006 alone on public and private research and development. Directing just one-tenth of that seed money to sustainable, high-yield agriculture in the developing world could trigger a second Green Revolution," quoting Truthout.
link here .
9. “TWEENS AND TWENTIES SEE FUTURE LED BY WOMEN”
“The seven women featured in "What's Your Point, Honey?" were all leaders on college campuses or local communities and in 2006 they participated in Project 2024, an effort launched six years ago by teen magazine CosmoGirl with the support of the White House Project, a New York-based bipartisan advocacy group that works to elect women to all levels of political offices.
The idea of the project is that by 2024--the year when the magazine's youngest readers will reach 35 and be eligible to run for U.S. president--one CosmoGirl from each year of the program will stand on the presidential debate floor as a real candidate...
CosmoGirl is the young-adult version of Cosmopolitan and has over 8 million readers ages 13 to 24. Although its main focus is on beauty, fashion and entertainment, six years ago the magazine's editors decided to reach out to young women interested in political leadership,” quoting Women’s News.
link here .
10. “CHEVRON CHIEF, ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER [RFK, JR.] DISCUSS ENERGY POLICY”
“With oil prices hitting a record high on Monday [June 30], the chairman and CEO of Chevron, David O'Reilly, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., senior attorney for the National Resource Defense Counsel, appeared on CNN's "Larry King Live" to discuss America's energy future,” quoting CNN.
link here .
11. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
A. “Report: Climate change threatens security"
"Global warming may increase illegal immigration, terrorism”
From the AP:
link here
B. “Feeling thrifty, the thirsty reach for tap water"
"Environmental concerns also play a role in bottled water slowdown"
From the AP:
link here
C. “U.S. experts: Forecast is more extreme weather"
"Rare events likely to become commonplace, climate report says"
From MSNBC:
link here
D. “Florida to sign massive sugar, Everglades deal"
"U.S. Sugar Corp. would sell 300 square miles for wetlands restoration”
From the AP:
link here .
12. SOCIO-ECONOMIC NEWS
A. “Oil creating ‘overnight millionaires’ in N.D."
"Wealth brings bling to the prairie, but folks vow to stay true to their root”
From the AP:
link here
B. The hit of Yelm in 2006 “Who Killed the Electric Car?”
is now available online here:
link here
C. “GM’s stock falls to lowest level since 1954"
"Merrill Lynch analyst says bankruptcy filing is ‘not impossible’”
[Ed. Note: This was the same company that killed the electric car!]
From the AP:
link here
D. “Why you should never talk to cops without a lawyer”
[Ed. Note: This is fascinating - as is the quote from Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson!]
From Brasscheck:
link here .
RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS
A. Ramtha will be teaching the Mini-Assay in August.
link here
B. Miceal Ledwith has written an updated report about Bloodline: The Movie after watching the video and meeting the producer and director. He wrote his views in MastersConnection:
link here
C. Dr. Miceal Ledwith speaks at The Prophets Conference in Glastonbury, England, July 7-13, 2008 in their seminar titled “ORBS: Interacting with Other Realms”
link here
D. Dr. Alan Hamilton, author of the Scalpel & the Soul will speak at RSE to all current students on Oct. 3rd.
link here
And info for this evening:
link here .
LOCAL NOTES
Covered last week on the Yelm Community blog:
A. Two Olympian reporters covering Yelm laid-off
B. Two days of near record heat
C. Timberland Library facing challenges
D. Tacoma’s Tall Ships festival this weekend
E. Bloodline: The Movie extended in Yelm due to demand
F. Happy 4th of July
G. Blog readers knew this long ago – Yelm beware
I. Yelm Co-op celebrates 1st anniversary with a grand opening
link here .
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange."
Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
American Statesman
link here .
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 .
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