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HOME PAGE	KLEINER'S KORNER FOR WEEK OF AUGUST 25, 2008 Dear Readers; The news that the new Director of the Vatican Observatory announced recently that it was all right to believe in extra-terrestrials is the subject of a very enlightening piece penned by Dr. Miceal Ledwith, that opens this week's Kleiner's Korner. 1. “HOW CAN LITTLE GREEN MEN BE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD” “The new Director of the Vatican Observatory announced recently that it was all right to believe in extra-terrestrials, and that such a belief did not conflict with belief in God. I wasn’t sure what to make of the statement since I couldn’t figure out any way in which belief in aliens could ever be construed as counting against belief in God – quite the contrary. And while an interview with the Vatican Astronomer is a far cry indeed from an official Church statement, it was given some weight by the fact that it appeared in the official Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano. But a few days later the British Ministry of Defense announced a four-year program to release previously classified documents about UFOs into the National Archives. I wondered if it was just co-incidence. There is a time bomb ticking at the heart of all the main western religions and it has to do with the troubled subject of aliens. The vastness of even the visible universe can be realized by anybody nowadays by viewing the extraordinary images from the Hubble Telescope… It’s only four hundred years since Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake in Rome for suggesting that God might have created other worlds on which intelligent beings would relate to God in their own way. If the reality of extraterrestrial life ever becomes impossible to deny then the Church will come to bitterly mourn the loss of that four hundred year head start which Bruno’s invitation offered to it. With all due respect to the new Vatican Astronomer the fact that belief in aliens doesn’t threaten belief in God should be the least of his worries. Almost every other religious doctrine would be challenged to the very core by that fact. By interpreting the whole reality of God and Jesus so exclusively in terms of sin and redemption the religions have maneuvered themselves into a corner that would make dealing with such a major doctrinal crisis almost impossible without jettisoning the majority of its system of beliefs. Maybe this semi-official interview in L’Osservatore, as well as the similar statements by the Vatican’s official Exorcist Monsignor Corrado Balducci over several years past, might well be the beginnings of an effort to avoid being too blindsided if the worst comes to the worst,” quoting Dr. Miceal Ledwith in the Bleeping Herald. link here . 2. “MANY THINK GOD’S INTERVENTION CAN REVIVE THE DYING” “When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many Americans. An eye-opening survey [August 18th’s Archives of Surgery] reveals widespread belief that divine intervention can revive dying patients. And, researchers said, doctors "need to be prepared to deal with families who are waiting for a miracle." More than half of randomly surveyed adults - 57 percent - said God's intervention could save a family member even if physicians declared treatment would be futile. And nearly three-quarters said patients have a right to demand such treatment. When asked to imagine their own relatives being gravely ill or injured, nearly 20 percent of doctors and other medical workers said God could reverse a hopeless outcome,” quoting the AP. link here . 3. “FIGHTING AIDS AT HOME, TOO” “This August will be remembered as a defining moment in America’s history with AIDS — a time when we simultaneously realized our potential to impact the global epidemic and learned of our dramatic failure to control it at home. First, Congress passed an expanded version of President Bush’s global AIDS initiative. Washington pledged to spend billions to fund treatment abroad, taking a bold and exemplary step in fighting the disease. That was the good news. Then, on Aug. 2, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a much-awaited study confirming our worst fears about HIV/AIDS at home. The agency told us that the domestic epidemic is at least 40 percent larger than we have believed since the early 1990s. Together, the two moments highlight a sad truth: Even as we have scaled up our global efforts, American policymakers have watched idly as the U.S. epidemic has spiraled out of control, particularly in black communities,” quoting the Progressive. link here . 4. “ANTIBODIES STILL PROTECT 1918 FLU SURVIVORS” “Nearly a century after history's most lethal flu faded away, survivors' bloodstreams still carry super-potent protection against the 1918 virus, demonstrating the remarkable durability of the human immune system. Scientists tested the blood of 32 people aged 92 to 102 who were exposed to the 1918 pandemic flu and found antibodies that still roam the body looking to strangle the old flu strain. Researchers manipulated those antibodies into a vaccine and found that it kept alive all the mice they had injected with the killer flu, according to a study published online Sunday in the journal Nature,” quoting the AP. link here . 5. “ADULT STEM CELL TREATMENT READY FOR HUMAN TESTING?” Truthout reports: “Marty Graham, Wired Magazine: ‘Doctors might soon be able to regrow injured muscles, tendons and bones without invasive surgery, simply by injecting a person's own stem cells into the site of an injury. Veterinarians are already doing it with injured horses, and research into human applications is well under way.’" link here . 6. TWO INITIATIVES FOR WIND-POWER INTRODUCED A. “POWER BLOWING IN OCEAN BREEZES OFF STATE SHORES” “Picture 400 super-size windmills spinning in a steady, stiff ocean breeze just beyond the horizon off the Washington coast, generating enough electricity to supply the needs of Seattle and Tacoma. Now picture thousands of similar windmills off California, New England, the Mid-Atlantic, the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico. Even as Congress is embroiled in a sharp debate over whether to allow increased offshore oil and gas drilling, others are seriously working to develop a green source of energy along the outer continental shelf. The winds blowing 15 miles or even farther off the U.S. coast potentially could produce 900,000 megawatts of electricity, or roughly the same amount as the nation’s existing coal, nuclear and gas-fired plants; dams; co-generation; terrestrial windmills; and solar projects combined, according to Department of Energy estimates,” quoting the Tacoma News Tribune. link here B. “NYC MAYOR CALLS FOR WIND TURBINES ATOP SKYSCRAPERS” “Wind turbines would top New York City skyscrapers and bridges and dot the city's shorelines, while the mighty tides that drive the Hudson and East Rivers would also generate power under a new plan Mayor Michael Bloomberg presented on Tuesday. "I think it would be a thing of beauty if, when Lady Liberty looks out on the horizon, she not only welcomes new immigrants, but lights their way with a torch powered by an ocean windfarm," Bloomberg said in a copy of a speech he will give in Las Vegas at the 2008 National Clean Energy Summit,” quoting Reuters. link here . 7. SOLAR POWER NEWS A. “SOLAR POWER BREAKTHROUGH” “Researchers have made a major advance in inorganic chemistry that could lead to a cheap way to store energy from the sun. In so doing, they have solved one of the key problems in making solar energy a dominant source of electricity. Daniel Nocera, a professor of chemistry at MIT, has developed a catalyst that can generate oxygen from a glass of water by splitting water molecules. The reaction frees hydrogen ions to make hydrogen gas. The catalyst, which is easy and cheap to make, could be used to generate vast amounts of hydrogen using sunlight to power the reactions. The hydrogen can then be burned or run through a fuel cell to generate electricity whenever it's needed, including when the sun isn't shining,” quoting MIT Technology Review. link here B. “TWO LARGE SOLAR PLANTS PLANNED IN CALIFORNIA” "Companies will build two solar power plants in California that together will put out more than 12 times as much electricity as the largest such plant today, the latest indication that solar energy is starting to achieve significant scale. The plants will cover 12.5 square miles of central California with solar panels, and in the middle of a sunny day will generate about 800 megawatts of power, roughly equal to the size of a large coal-burning power plant or a small nuclear plant. A megawatt is enough power to run a large Wal-Mart store," link here . 8. “THE URGENT NEED TO UPGRADE THE GRID” “Electricity demand is growing at about 1% a year, according to the U.S. Energy Department, and is likely to hold that pace despite a sluggish economy. That's because of demographic growth -- more people -- and the explosion in the numbers and types of electronic devices now considered essential. Meeting that demand focuses inevitably on power generation. But power is useless without the vast transmission networks that carry it to end-users. Those networks draw on 100-year-old technology and high-voltage lines, most of which were installed in the 1950s and '60s,”quoting MarketWatch. link here . 9. “WIRELESS RECHARGING ONE STEP CLOSER TO REALITY” “Imagine juicing up your laptop computer or cell phone without plugging it into an electrical socket. That's a luxury that could be provided by wireless power transmission, a concept that has been bandied about for decades but is creeping closer to becoming viable. Building off work unveiled last year by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers, Intel Corp. demonstrated Thursday [Aug. 21] how to make a 60-watt light bulb glow from an energy source 3 feet away,” quoting CNN. link here . 10. “NOW: CAN A FAST-FOOD BUSINESS MODEL SAVE LIVES IN AFRICA?” “Can the quality of health care in developing nations be transformed by the same principle that makes fast food such a success here? "NOW" travels to Kenya to continue ongoing coverage of an enterprising idea: franchising not burger and donut shops, but health services and drugs in rural Africa. American businessmen have been teaming with African entrepreneurs to spread for-profit clinics around the country in the hopes of providing quality, affordable medical care to even Kenya's poorest people. In this show, "NOW" chronicles how the Kenyan facilities weathered recent violent unrest, as well as the program's expansion into Rwanda,” Truthout about the PBS program. link here “See the entire show RIGHT NOW at": link here . 11. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS A. “Warming climate threatens Alaska's vast forests” From Reuters: link here B. “Melting Arctic Ocean opens shipping frontier Waters the size of the contiguous U.S could be ice-free for most of summer” From the AP: link here C. “Corrosive Oceans: Carbon Emissions Threaten Ecosystem Scientists Concerned About Impact of Acid Levels on Sea Life Worldwide” From ABC News: link here D. “Suffocating dead zones spread across world's oceans Critically low oxygen levels now pose as great a threat to life in the world's oceans as overfishing and habitat loss, say experts” From UK’s Guardian: link here E. “DEVELOPMENT: Food, Fuel and Water Crises Converging” From IPS: link here . 12. SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES A. Acknowledging the life and work of a woman I deeply admired, who passed last week [Ed. Note: My first thoughts was Ms. Jones was murdered, as the news circus around her death was suspect.]: “Stephanie Tubbs Jones: Champion of Electoral Justice” quoting The Nation. link here B. “Buffett says economy’s troubles will continue” Billionaire investor sees weak economy continuing for several months”, quoting the AP. link here C. “Bernanke: ‘Financial storm’ not yet subsided” In speech, Fed chief says financial crisis, inflation are big challenges.” quoting the AP. [Ed. Note: This man is creating a greater financial storm by propping up everything creating more problems, than dealing with tough decisions now. No one wants to do what is required until too late.] link here D. “Credit crunch may take out large US bank warns former IMF chief” From UK’s Times: link here E. “A New Rush to Spy” The New York Times reports, “There is apparently no limit to the Bush administration’s desire to invade Americans’ privacy in the name of national security. According to members of Congress, Attorney General Michael Mukasey is preparing to give the F.B.I. broad new authority to investigate Americans — without any clear basis for suspicion that they are committing a crime.” link here F. “Fraud Worsens Foreclosure Crisis Scams to stave off foreclosures victimize homeowners again.” From The Washington Independent in Truthout. link here . RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS A. The RSE newsletter August, 2008 edition is out and filled with the latest from RSE: link here B. CSE’s new building is underway. See picture of “Building & Grounds Co-Chair, Carey Miller with New Building Contractor, Josh Birbari, building permit in hand.” link here C. Ramtha has called a new event prior to the Follow-ups: Ramtha’s Progressive Workshop September 17-21: link here D. James Flick’s Rezilience Resveritrol introduced at Assay is now available online. Get the details on this product and order yours here, today: link here E. JeanMarie Christenson was one of the top-two vote-getters in the Primary last week for LD2 and moves on to the November General Election for the Legislative District contest. link here Other RSE students being elected as Precinct Committee Officers (PCOs) include: LACKAMAS = Victoria Harper-Parsonson YELM #1-701 = Louise Oliverio BERRY VALLEY-193 = Nancy Breidenthal RUTH PRAIRIE-127 = Jennifer Slater-Braun BALD HILLS-130 = Jackie Jo Reid YELM #4-704 = Rory Sagner. LOCAL NOTES Covered last week on Yelm’s Community Blog: A. Movie examines voting irregularities B. Blue Bottle hosting musical evening C. I. O. U. S. A. Movie examines America’s economic crisis D. Dog wash in Yelm raises money for Yelm Animal Alliance E. Introducing Yelm’s Truly Motivated Transitional Living F. Sebastian’s to close its doors G. City of Yelm does not include community on Thurston Highlands DEIS H. Yelm Fire co-chief Hutcheson Business Examiner's 2008 Women of Influence honoree link here . QUOTE OF THE WEEK "The only way I will ever be great to myself is not what I do to my body, but what I do to my mind." Ramtha, The Enlightened One channeled by JZ Knight in "What The Bleep Do We Know ?! Intro trailer compilation by Intention Media, distributor link here Ramtha®, Copyright © 2008 JZ Knight. All Rights Reserved & is the trademark of JZ Knight and used with permission. 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 . KLEINER'S KORNER ADDENDUM FOR AUGUST 18, 2008 Dear Readers; QUANTUM PHYSICS UNDERSTANDING “Four Swiss researchers have ...[tested] a concept called "spooky action at a distance"--a phrase used by Einstein in criticizing the phenomenon--they have shown that two subatomic particles can communicate nearly instantaneously, even if they are separated by cosmic distances... ...Quantum mechanics had suggested such a condition... Not only can the same atom exist in two locations at once, but merely attempting to observe a particle will alter its properties. Perhaps least intuitive is the characteristic called entanglement. As described by quantum mechanics, it means that two entangled particles can keep tabs on each other no matter how far apart they are. Physicists have been trying for decades to determine whether this property is real and what might cause it... Physicist Nicolas Gisin and colleagues at the University of Geneva in Switzerland… reports in tomorrow's issue of Nature [Aug 14],… that whatever was affecting the photons seems to have happened nearly instantaneously and that according to their calculations, the phenomenon influencing the particles had to be traveling at least 10,000 times faster than light,” quoting ScienceNow. [Ed. Note: This has been a teaching of Ramtha’s for quite some time.] link here Here is the published report the ScienceNow report references in the Journal NATURE: link here 1. “MILITARY WANTS TO STUDY MIND-READING” “Here's a mind-bending idea: The U.S. military is paying scientists to study ways to read people's thoughts. The hope is that the research could someday lead to a gadget capable of translating the thoughts of soldiers who suffered brain injuries in combat or even stroke patients in hospitals. But the research also raises concerns that such mind-reading technology could be used to interrogate the enemy. Armed with a $4 million grant from the Army, scientists are studying brain signals to try to decipher what a person is thinking and to whom the person wants to direct the message. The project is a collaboration among researchers at the University of California, Irvine; Carnegie Mellon University; and the University of Maryland… In the future, scientists hope to develop thought-recognition software that would allow a computer to speak or type out a person's thought,” quoting CNN. [Ed. Note: I truly wish we had a military and a government that would use this for society’s benefit, however you & I both know that will just NOT be the case!] link here . 2. "THE DANGER OF STRESS" "You probably think you're doing everything you can to stay healthy: you get lots of sleep, exercise regularly and try to avoid fried foods. But you may be forgetting one important thing. Relax! Stress has a bigger impact on your health than you might realize, according to research presented yesterday [Aug. 14] at the annual conference of the American Psychological Association in Boston. Ohio State University psychologist Janice Kiecolt-Glaser and her partner, Ronald Glaser, an OSU virologist and immunologist, have spent 20-odd years researching how stress affects the immune system, and they have made some startling discoveries," quoting Scientific American. link here . 3. “SAVANTS: UNLIKELY GENIUS” “It's estimated that there are only 50 true savants in the world. They are often people with enormous disabilities who also have extraordinary talents. The mathematical wizardry of George Finn and Daniel Tammet, the musical abilities of Rex Lewis-Clack and Derek Paravincini and the sculpting artistry of Alonzo Clemons all illustrate how savants relate to the world in a way that's unimaginable to most of us,” quoting CBS News 60 Minutes. [Ed. Note: worth every minute to view these remarkable people!] link here . 4. TONY MELENDEZ – AN AMAZING LIFE A complete and total example of personal will. A must-see 6-minute video: link here . 5. AUSTRALIA “BEGINS CLINICAL TRIALS USING ADULT STEM CELLS” “New adult stem cell trials in Australia could mean fewer people needing organ transplants in the future. The first clinical trials have begun in Queensland using adult stem cells taken from left-over birth material like placenta. The cells can turn into muscle, bone and cartilage. Professor Kerry Atkinson from Brisbane's Mater Hospital says the stem cells can then be used on damaged organs,” quoting Oz’s ABC News. link here . 6. “INVISIBILITY CLOAK ONE STEP CLOSER, SCIENTISTS SAY” “Scientists have created two new types of materials that can bend light the wrong way, creating the first step toward an invisibility cloaking device. One approach uses a type of fishnet of metal layers to reverse the direction of light, while another uses tiny silver wires, both at the nanoscale level. Both are so-called metamaterials -- artificially engineered structures that have properties not seen in nature, such as negative refractive index. The two teams were working separately under the direction of Xiang Zhang of the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center at the University of California, Berkeley with U.S. government funding. One team reported its findings in the journal Science and the other in the journal Nature,” quoting Reuters. link here . 7. “MAKING WATER FROM THIN AIR” “A company that developed technology capable of creating water out of thin air nearly anywhere in the world is now under contract to nourish U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq. The water-harvesting technology was originally the brainchild of the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which sought ways to ensure sustainable water supplies for U.S. combat troops deployed in arid regions like Iraq. ‘The program focused on creating water from the atmosphere using low-energy systems that could reduce the overall logistics burden for deployed forces and provide potable water within the reach of the war fighter any place, any time,’ said Darpa spokeswoman Jan Walker. To achieve this end, Darpa gave millions to research companies like LexCarb and Sciperio to create a contraption that could capture water in the Mesopotamian desert. But it was another company, Aqua Sciences, that developed a product on its own and was first to put a product on the market that can operate in harsh climates,” quoting WIRED News. link here . 8. “ONE WORLD, ONE MAP OF WHAT LIES BENEATH” “The swirls of hot pink, lime green and turquoise might be mistaken for some kind of abstract expressionist painting if they weren’t so neatly contained within Canada’s national borders. Ditto for the softer pastels of Afghanistan and the streaks of color within the 28 other countries included in OneGeology’s newly unveiled digital map of the planet. The color-coded global map, revealed last week in Oslo, Norway, aims to do for the Earth's varied geological layers what Google Maps has already done for its surface. Beyond OneGeology’s eye-popping palette, the new effort may have much to say about how the world views what lies below our cities, forests and even oceans. “Understanding what’s beneath your feet is pretty important if you need to know about energy or mineral resources,” said Ian Jackson, chief of operations for the British Geological Survey and a OneGeology spokesman,” quoting MSNBC. link here . 9. “106 MPG 'AIR CAR' CREATES BUZZ, QUESTIONS” “You've heard of hybrids, electric cars and vehicles that can run on vegetable oil. But of all the contenders in the quest to produce the ultimate fuel-efficient car, this could be the first one to let you say, "fill it up with air."… The technology has been the focus of MDI, a European company founded in 1991 by a French inventor and former race car engineer. New York-based Zero Pollution Motors is the first firm to obtain a license from MDI to produce the cars in the United States, pledging to deliver the first models in 2010 at a price tag of less than $18,000. The concept is similar to how a locomotive works, except compressed air -- not steam -- moves the engine's pistons, said Shiva Vencat, vice president of MDI and CEO of Zero Pollution Motors,” quoting CNN. link here . 10. “VERICHIP AND THE FICTION FACTION” A thoughtful look at the times in which we have entered. “Michael Knight has been a writer/journalist since 1960. He is editor of “Earth Change Report,” author of the eBook “Earth Changes – Mind Matters,” and Director of the documentary “Contact Has Begun.” link here . 11. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS A. “FDA to hold meeting on baby bottle chemical” From Reuters: link here B. “Survival Of The Fittest: Even Cancer Cells Follow The Laws Of Evolution” From ScienceDaily: link here C. “Humans Implicated in Prehistoric Animal Extinctions With New Evidence” From ScienceDaily: link here D. “An Endangered Act” “The Bush administration has never masked its distaste for most environmental laws or its ambitions to thwart Congress’s will. Now in its waning months, it is trying to undermine the Endangered Species Act,” quoting The New York Times. link here E. “BEST PRACTICES C-40” “The following five cities stand as examples of places with sustainable and ecologically friendly practices developed in partnership with the Clinton Climate Initiative,” quoting SuperConsciousness Magazine. link here . 12. SOCIO-ECONOMIC NEWS A. While the sheeple were distracted on the Olympics last week, Bush’s “Budget deficit soars to $102.8 billion in July Deficit is nearly triple the $36.4 billion deficit recorded a year ago” From the AP: link here B. “ECB (Europe Central Bank) slammed as Europe crumbles” From UK’s Telegraph: link here C. “The Internet As You Know It Is Slated For Death By 2012” From Natural News: link here D. “Local Police May Get Broader Spy Powers” As reported by Truthout from the Washington Post: link here E. Ron Paul Interviews On Glenn Beck July 30th: link here In Part II, Dr. Paul addresses the coming financial crisis: link here . RAMTHA SCHOOL NEWS A. Bloodline - The Movie Exclusive Private Screening for Current Students ONLY THRU RAMTHA.TV link here B. New music downloads & Ramtha The White Book - Downloadable Audio Book now available on Ramtha.tv: link here C. Dr. Miceal Ledwith takes on a charged subject in this month’s Bleeping Herald: “How Can Little Green Men be made in the Image of God?” link here D. “For sale: A piece of What The Bleep history Will Arntz is reluctantly selling this wonderful house where What The Bleep was written, edited and filmed (Joe Dispenza in front of the fireplace): link here E. Correction to NVN story and what has been sent out incorrectly on several e-letters- This line under “Petition Denied” in yellow box is incorrect: “On July 18, Knight’s petition was denied in a summary judgment hearing.” The facts are and this should read: The Thurston Highlands developers’ request to have Knight’s case dismissed was denied by the judge and the judge ruled that Knight's petition has grounds to proceed. link here . LOCAL NOTES Covered last week on the Yelm Community Blog: A. Guest Entry: Diane D’Acuti asks who in City Hall will listen B. “South Sound road repairs suffer from high oil cost” C. Thank you to Diana Crimi for brining Yelm Animal Shelter to forefront D. “Overbuilt market creating modern ghost towns” What about here? E. Tenino Fundraising Concert F. Yelm Food Co-op & news update G. South Puget Sound heat records link here . QUOTE OF THE WEEK “One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Plato (428/427 BC – 348/347 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, who, together with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy. From Wikipedia: 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 . KLEINER'S KORNER ADDENDUM FOR AUGUST 18, 2008 Dear Readers; “Four Swiss researchers have ...[tested] a concept called "spooky action at a distance"--a phrase used by Einstein in criticizing the phenomenon--they have shown that two subatomic particles can communicate nearly instantaneously, even if they are separated by cosmic distances... ...Quantum mechanics had suggested such a condition... Not only can the same atom exist in two locations at once, but merely attempting to observe a particle will alter its properties. Perhaps least intuitive is the characteristic called entanglement. As described by quantum mechanics, it means that two entangled particles can keep tabs on each other no matter how far apart they are. Physicists have been trying for decades to determine whether this property is real and what might cause it... Physicist Nicolas Gisin and colleagues at the University of Geneva in Switzerland… reports in tomorrow's issue of Nature [Aug 14],… that whatever was affecting the photons seems to have happened nearly instantaneously and that according to their calculations, the phenomenon influencing the particles had to be traveling at least 10,000 times faster than light,” quoting ScienceNow. [Ed. Note: This has been a teaching of Ramtha’s for quite some time.] link here Here is the published report the ScienceNow report references in the Journal NATURE: link here KLEINER'S KORNER FOR WEEK OF AUGUST 11, 2008 Dear Readers; Christian the Lion- A Love Story is a very heart-warming way to open this KK edition. link here More on this from Wikipedia: link here 1. “SCIENTISTS CREATE STEM CELLS FOR 10 DISORDERS” “Harvard scientists say they have created stems cells for 10 genetic disorders, which will allow researchers to watch the diseases develop in a lab dish. This early step, using a new technique, could help speed up efforts to find treatments for some of the most confounding ailments, the scientists said. The new work was reported online Thursday [Aug. 7] in the journal Cell, and the researchers said they plan to make the cell lines readily available to other scientists. Dr. George Daley and his colleagues at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute used ordinary skin cells and bone marrow from people with a variety of diseases, including Parkinson's, Huntington's and Down syndrome to produce the stem cells,” quoting the AP. link here . 2. “POTENTIAL FOR LIFE?” ON MARS! “The journal Aviation Week & Space Technology is reporting that scientists working on NASA's Phoenix Lander program have alerted the White House they will soon make an announcement about the "potential for life" on Mars. According to sources, the new data relates to habitability at the Phoenix arctic landing site, not the discovery of existing or past life on the Red Planet. More at Aviation Week: link here ,” quoting Coast to Coast AM. link here . 3. “NIGHT VISION UFO’S” “In the first hour, Ed Grimsley talked about utilizing night vision binoculars to spot UFOs. He said he first witnessed UFOs battling in the night skies with laser weapons when he was a teenager. Grimsley claims to see a number of craft every time he goes out, and believes there is no naturally-occurring phenomena that can adequately explain what he is witnessing. He currently uses 3rd generation military-grade PV7 night vision goggles (estimated cost between $3000-$4000) to watch for UFOs. George discussed his own experiences with night vision goggles and said he was "mesmerized" by the two UFOs he saw last Saturday in San Jose (photo). link here Also, check out Coast listener Zohaib's photo montage (pictured) of George's night vision UFO sighting,” quoting Coast to Coast AM. link here . 4. “BRACING THE SATELLITE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A SOLAR SUPERSTORM” “A recurrence of the 1859 solar superstorm would be a cosmic Katrina, causing billions of dollars of damage to satellites, power grids and radio communications,” quoting Scientific American. link here From the RSE Newsletter: Solar Peak in 2011-2012: link here . 5. CELL PHONES & BRAIN TUMORS - NEW REPORT A MUST-READ! From the August, 2008 report by the National Research Center for Women and Children,” “Scientists recognize that most people are not going to stop using cell phones. Since these studies suggest their may be risks, Dr. Khurana and Dr. Herberman recommend precautions that cell phone users can take. • Limit the number of calls you make • Limit the length of your calls • Use hands free devices or hold the phone away from your body • When speaking on your cell phone, alternate sides • Limit your cell phone use in rural areas. More radiation is emitted when you are further from a cell phone tower. • Go through these guidelines with your children and limit cell phone use by young children. In summary, the published research evidence so far indicates that using cell phones for several years does not have a clear impact on brain tumors or cancers. However, a growing number of studies suggest that tumors may be more common on the side of the head that is used for phone calls, especially for individuals using cell phones for more than 10 years.” link here . 6. “FACING THE FRESHWATER CRISIS” “As demand for freshwater soars, planetary supplies are becoming unpredictable. Existing technologies could avert a global water crisis, but they must be implemented soon,” quoting Scientific American. link here . 7. “BLUE LIGHT AND HYDROGEN PEROXIDE MAY EFFECTIVELY TREAT… CAVITIES” “Blue light commonly used by dentists to cure resin fillings and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) combined may be capable of reaching and treating bacteria in deep layers of biofilms that can cause cavities and gingivitis… The researchers are from Hebrew University, Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel and the University of California San Francisco,” quoting Science Daily. link here . 8. “MIT: SOLAR POWER STORAGE BREAKTHROUGH COULD BRING ENERGY 'NIRVANA’” “Researchers at MIT say they have made an energy storage breakthrough that could transform solar power from an alternative energy source to a mainstream source. The university is calling the solar project a major advancement in energy research. Sunlight has the greatest potential of any power source to solve the world's energy problems, Daniel Nocera, the Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy at MIT and a researcher on the project, said in a statement… The research is a "giant leap" toward generating clean, carbon-free energy on a massive scale, said James Barber, a biochemistry professor at Imperial College London, who was not involved in the solar project. Nocera said he's hopeful that within 10 years, people will no longer power their homes using electricity-by-wire from a central source. Instead, homeowners will be able to power their homes with solar power during daylight hours and use this new energy-storage method for electricity at night,” quoting ComputerWorld. link here . 9. “THE POWER HANDBAG: PLUG IN YOUR PHONE AND CHARGE IT FROM THE SUN” “But now women can charge their electronic gadgets on the move - using only their handbag. Nicknamed the Power Purse, the bag uses solar panels to absorb the sun's rays and turn them directly into electricity. Simply plug in your mobile phone, camera or iPod - and begin praying the sun will come out. The handbag, which is the brainchild of mechanical engineering student Joe Hynek, has already been well-received by eco-conscious fashion websites,” quoting UK’sDaily Mail. link here . 10. “MEN END UP HAPPIER THAN WOMEN LATER IN LIFE” “Less able to achieve their life goals, women end up unhappier than men later in life, even though they start out happier, a new survey of Americans suggests… Here are some age milestones found in the study, detailed in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Happiness Studies: • 41: Age at which men's financial satisfaction exceeds women's financial satisfaction. • 48: Age at which men's overall happiness exceeds women's overall happiness. • 64: Age at which men's satisfaction with family life exceeds women's satisfaction,” quoting LiveScience. link here . 11. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS A. “Rise in jellyfish swarms hints at oceans' decline” From the New York Times: link here B. “Gorilla discovery doubles population estimate” From the AP: link here C. “Trying to solve Washington's dying bee mystery” From NBC affiliate, Seattle’s KING-5 TV: link here . 12. SOCIO-ECONOMIC NEWS A. “How did Scott Ritter know?” “Many people know that Scott Ritter, former Marine Corps major and former UN weapons inspector publicly disputed the Bush Administration's claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Few ask the question: How did Ritter know? When you answer that question, you'll discover that the intention to attack and occupy Iraq on false pretenses spanned two administrations and both parties,” quoting BrassCheck TV. link here B. “Credit crisis triggers unprecedented response” “Worst debt turmoil since Depression sparks government action” From the Washington Post: link here C. “Morgan Stanley to freeze home-equity lines” From Reuters: link here D. “Hundreds of banks will fail, Roubini tells Barron's” From Reuters: link here E. “Unmanned drone planes set to spy on Britons” From UK’s Daily Mail: link here . RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS A. JZ Knight on Larry King Live was so popular, the show was to be re-aired August 8th in Prime Time, yet was bumped for a breaking story. The show will now re-air in Prime Time in the USA on Friday, August 15th. Check show times in your area: link here scroll to “Friday: Power of the Mind” The transcript of the show: link here B. JZ was interviewed in the Santa Cruz Sentinel interview that ran on Saturday, August 2nd: link here C. The CSE Auction garnered $172,500 for a one-hour JZ-donated session with Ramtha + $7,500 for JZ's donated Jean Jacket. link here Rebecca Capezio won the 1 on 1 with Ramtha. Listen to her 2004 interview on BTO: link here And the story made the front pages, above the fold in the Nisqually Valley News: link here D. Ramtha advances the Mini-Assay in Yelm beginning this Wednesday: link here E. Europa's Mini-Assays are later this month: link here F. The updated Follow-ups dates are now posted: link here . LOCAL NOTES Last weeks Yelm Community Blog captured these local stories: A. Yelm pursues more water rights. Duh! B. All-time record high temp for day, Yelm Water System planning Process C. Slower tax collections spurs Governor’s hiring freeze D. Thurston County Council on Aging Equipment Bank E. 08/08/08 Birthday Girl – my wife! F. Community reaches into pockets & donates $425,000 to local schools G. Locals communicate with elected officials link here . QUOTE OF THE WEEK “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” William Arthur Ward (1921-1994) One of America's most quoted writers of inspirational maxims 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 . KLEINER'S KORNER FOR WEEK OF AUGUST 4, 20087 Dear Readers, ESOTERIC AGENDA “This is a great video cover all the major information most people don't realize is going on in the world!” [Ed. Note: This is one of the best videos I have ever seen on the subject! Worth every minute of the 2 hours. EVERYTHING that is happening today is according to plan!] From Google Video: link here “THAR SHE BLOWS: THE LAST HURRAH FOR THE BANKING SYSTEM” From Online Journal, one of the best articles I’ve seen on what’s happening today, except after the first video above: link here “GREENSPAN: ECONOMY ‘ON THE BRINK’” Now Greenspan is even saying this! wow! From MSNBC: link here 1. “COULD WATER REALLY HAVE A MEMORY?” “The news that the number of prescriptions for homeopathic medicines written by GPs in England has nearly halved in just two years coincides with the 20th anniversary of a seminal scientific paper on the subject. Twenty years ago, in the summer of 1988, the science world was rocked by one of the most controversial research papers ever published in the highly-respected journal Nature. According to a charismatic French scientist named Jacques Benveniste, pure water could somehow remember what it had previously contained,” quoting the BBC. link here . 2. “WORM STUDY CHALLENGES PREVAILING THEORY OF AGING” “Aging may be part of your genetic plan, not the result of wear-and-tear on your body, a new study of worms suggests. The finding contradicts a commonly held theory and gives hope that science eventually may find a way to stop or reverse the aging process. Comparing young and old C. elegans nematode worms, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine found that shifts in levels of three transcription factors -- the molecular switches that turn genes on and off -- appeared to trigger genetic pathways that age the worms,” quoting HealthDay News. link here . 3. “DOCTORS MAY HAVE FOUND A WAY TO DESTROY HIV” “There is real hope that what’s happening in a Houston lab might lead to a cure for HIV. “We have found an innovative way to kill the virus by finding this small region of HIV that is unchangeable,” Dr. Sudhir Paul of the University of Texas Medical School at Houston said. Dr. Paul and Dr. Miguel Escobar aren’t talking about just suppressing HIV – they’re talking about destroying it permanently by arming the immune system with a new weapon lab tests have shown to be effective,” quoting KHOU in Houston. link here . 4. “...REMOTE VIEWING AND THE FUTURE” “Remote Viewing instructor Paul Smith discussed how dowsing and remote viewing can be used to predict and visit the future. It's as if your consciousness can travel in time, both forward and back, he said. Large scale "deterministic" events in the future can't be changed, he noted, but if a person learns of an upcoming event they can alter their reaction to it, such as avoiding an area that will be hit with a catastrophe,” quoting Coast to Coast AM’s July 28th Show. link here . 5. “ANCIENT GREEK CALCULATOR TRACKED OLYMPICS” “An astronomical calculator considered a technological marvel of antiquity was also used to track dates of the ancient Olympic games, researchers said in a report Thursday [July 31]. The 2,100-year-old Antikythera Mechanism - with some 30 bronze gears - was known to have been used to calculate phases of the moon, eclipses and other celestial movements. But experts from Britain, Greece and the United States said they discovered a tiny inscription of the word "Olympia" on one of the device's bronze dials, as well as the names of other games in ancient Greece, according to the report published in the science journal Nature,” quoting CBS News. link here . 6. “VIRGIN GALACTIC UNVEILS WHITE-KNIGHT-TWO SPACE PLANE” “The Virgin Galactic company today unveiled the WhiteKnightTwo, a new class of carrier airplane that will help loft space tourists beyond Earth's atmosphere,” quoting National Geographic. link here . 7. “AGED TIRES: A DRIVING HAZARD” “ABC News went undercover and found retailers selling aged tires as brand new [with deadly results – information to be aware.],” quoting ABC News. link here . 8. EYE-OPENING STORIES ON DISCARDED ELECTRONICS A. “TOXIC TECHNOLOGY IN THE INFORMATION AGE” “A 2001 EPA report estimated that discarded electronics account for approximately 70 percent of the heavy metals and 40 percent of the lead now found in U.S. landfills,” quoting SuperConsciousness Magazine. link here B. “HIGH-TECH TRASH” “Will your discarded TV end up in a ditch in Ghana?” asks National Geographic. [Ed. Note: This is a very sobering article!] link here . 9. ARCTIC IN TROUBLE! A. “GIANT CHUNKS BREAK OFF CANADIAN ICE SHELF” “Giant sheets of ice totaling almost eight square miles broke off an ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic last week and more could follow later this year, scientists said on Tuesday [July 29]. In a development consistent with climate change theories, the enormous icy plain broke free sometime last week and began slowly drifting into the Arctic Ocean. The piece had been a part of the shelf for 3,000 years. Temperatures in large parts of the Arctic have risen far faster than the global average in recent decades,” quoting MSNBC. link here B. “POLAR RACE” “Guy Taillefer argues in Le Devoir that the US Geological Survey's most recent evaluation of the polar depths - that they contain 412 billion barrels of oil, or a third of the planet's proven reserves - will put additional strain on the already-fragile international understandings with respect to polar sovereignty and development,” quoting Truthout. link here . 10. DEBUTING NEW CARS A. “AN AIR-CAR YOU COULD SEE IN 2009” “Compressed-Air Powered cars could take you over 800 miles on a single fill-up, at speeds of up to 96 mph. They should refuel in less than 3 minutes, and at speeds over 35 mph emit about half the CO2 of a Toyota Prius. Best part? You could see them in the US at the end of next year,” quoting this website. link here B. “WATER FUELED CAR- SRI LANKA” “Sri Lankan inventor, Thushara Priyamal Edirisinghe, has come up with a super-efficient electrolysis method that allegedly enables a small vehicle to travel 80 kilometres on just one litre of water, without any danger to life or any impact on the environment,” quoting Pure Energy Systems. link here C. MEET PLUG-IN OLYMPIA “To educate business within the State of Washington and encourage them to install electrical plug-ins in support of their customers who use electric vehicles which are powered by cleaner, cheaper, domestic electricity, which reduce our nation's dependence on petroleum and improve the global environment,” quoting their website: link here . 11. INTRODUCING NEW E-BOOK FROM MICHAEL KNIGHT “Michael Knight just finished a new e-book called "Earth Changes - Mind Matters." It includes some great info from speakers at the latest Science Spirit and World Transformation Conference. link here Check-out Mr. Knight’s work: link here . 12. “ACTS OF WAR” “The war between the United States and Iran is on. American taxpayer dollars are being used, with the permission of Congress, to fund activities that result in Iranians being killed and wounded, and Iranian property destroyed. This wanton violation of a nation’s sovereignty would not be tolerated if the tables were turned and Americans were being subjected to Iranian-funded covert actions that took the lives of Americans, on American soil, and destroyed American property and livelihood. Many Americans remain unaware of what is transpiring abroad in their name,” BY Scott Ritter in Truthdig. link here . RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS A. For the first time in five years, Sir Robert Jones was interviewed on KRSE – Beyond the Ordinary internet radio sharing his fantastic story, “He didn't want to teach until he mastered a discipline, and when you hear his stunning story it is no surprise that he will be teaching at RSE.” link here B. Geniuses Prepare for the Future! Genius Lab is a learning lab run by two South African current Blue College students – Amanda Gifford and Claire Janisch. They are focused on providing resources for South Africa RSE students to prepare for the future and develop community. link here What’s New: link here To subscribe: link here C. The new RSE Newsletter is out and packed with knowledge: link here D. View video of the Remarkable Students RSE: link here E. Raif Billington has moved back to his home in Australia to live out his dream of building the future of Surfing Pools. Check this out: link here F. This has been a very impact-filled week for Ramtha & JZ Knight: 1. The week began Sunday, July 27 as JZ channeled Ramtha for the 5th consecutive day of the Advanced Beginning Workshop. 2. JZ appeared as the main guest in this edition of "THE FAMILY GROOVE’S PROFILE OF A MOM WHO’S MAKING IT HAPPEN" link here 3. Prior to her August 2nd Santa Cruz talk, JZ's fantastic interview in Santa Cruz's Good Times Weekly was published. This is quite a nice spread! link here And: link here 4. JZ was the keynote person interviewed in the print edition of Evolve Magazine! [no online access available.] 5. JZ was the featured interview for What is Enlightenment Magazine in this story titled "What Will the Enlightened Man of the Future Look Like? link here 6. JZ spoke in Santa Cruz, CA on August 2nd in a talk titled "Mind as Matter: Understanding New Realities of the Future Now" link here 7. JZ was interviewed on one of Canada's programs; The Richard Syrett Show, July 31 link here 8. JZ was guest on Larry King live on August 2: link here . LOCAL NOTES Covered last week on the Yelm Community Blog: A. Yelm Animal Alliance meets B. Update on Nisqually River Council C. Award-winning local author debuts new book D. Public silence on Thurston Draft EIS baffling E. Chef Ricardo's Restaurant earns Olympian top notch review F. Backyard rainwater is not yours G. You gotta go to Liquid Soul Cafe in McKenna! link here . QUOTE OF THE WEEK “To do a common thing uncommonly well brings success.” Henry Heinz (1844-1919) German-American businessman founded H J Heinz Company 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 .