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Look for the next edition in mid-June.
1. MEMORIAL DAY 2010 IN THE USA
ORIGINALLY WRITTEN HERE IN MAY, 2007:
This weekend is our Memorial Day holiday when America pauses to honor those that have given their lives in service to their country. The Yelm Community Blog host & Kleiner's Korner editor/publisher appreciates and honors all of those who have served to defend, protect, and preserve our country from outside invaders. Memorial Day was first called Decoration Day “to honor Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War. After World War I, it expanded to include those who died in any war or military action,” quoting Wikipedia.
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On this Memorial Day, this writer’s thoughts and prayers are with the families that have had to endure monumental suffering at the hands of American Presidents & Congress by losing sons and daughters in deceptive wars that had little or nothing to do with defending this country and where THEY get swept aside in the “fog of war." These are families like Pat Tillman’s mother, who explained her story for CBS News 60 Minutes May 4, 2008. Mr. Tillman was an NFL football great who was inspired to enlist to serve his country after 9/11 and was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan, with the Pentagon covering-up the truth and using Tillman’s name to fabricate more deceptions.
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The US Constitution states only Congress can declare war and the last time Congress did that was in 1942.
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This is not just a time of bar-b-ques & beer, celebrating schools letting out and the start of Summer. This is a time to pause, remember, honor and contemplate the bounty we have and those who defended our rights to have it all!
"VJ Day, Honolulu Hawaii, August 14, 1945"
Amazing video footage:
link here
See this fabulous slide show "Women in Uniform"
From TODAY on NBC:
link here .
2. X-RAY BULLET OUT OF THE BLUE"
"In the past, astronomers have used the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope to create classic pictures of the supernova remnant known as N49, 14,000 light-years away in the constellation Dorado. Now the latest picture from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory has picked up something extra: a "bullet" zooming away at about 5 million miles an hour.
Ed. Note: Gotta see this picture!
From MSNBC:
link here .
3. "MICHELANGELO'S SECRET MESSAGE IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL"
"In 1990, physician Frank Meshberger published a paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association deciphering Michelangelo's imagery with the stunning recognition that the depiction in God Creating Adam in the central panel on the ceiling was a perfect anatomical illustration of the human brain in cross section. Meshberger speculates that Michelangelo surrounded God with a shroud representing the human brain to suggest that God was endowing Adam not only with life, but also with supreme human intelligence.
Now in another panel The Separation of Light from Darkness, Suk and Tamargo have found more. Leading up the center of God's chest and forming his throat, the researchers have found a precise depiction of the human spinal cord and brain stem," quoting the Huffington Post.
link here .
4. "AIR FORCE TREATING WOUNDS WITH LASERS AND NANOTECH"
"Forget stitches and old-school sutures. The Air Force is funding scientists who are using nano-technology and lasers to seal up wounds at a molecular level...
Last year, the military’s research agency, Darpa, requested proposals for instant injury repair using adult stem cells, and Pentagon scientists are already doing human trials of spray-on skin.
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers Irene Kochevar, Robert Redmond and dermatologist Sandy Tsao are behind the nano-tech project, which has been funded by various agencies within the Department of Defense for eight years. They’ve successfully tried out the nano-sutures in lab experiments and a clinical trial of 31 patients in need of skin incisions," quoting WIRED.
link here .
5. "GROWING VEGETABLES UPSIDE DOWN"
"Growing crops that dangle upside down from homemade or commercially available planters is growing more popular, and its adherents swear they’ll never come back down to earth...
The advantages of upside-down gardening are many: it saves space; there is no need for stakes or cages; it foils pests and fungus; there are fewer, if any, weeds; there is efficient delivery of water and nutrients thanks to gravity; and it allows for greater air circulation and sunlight exposure.
While there are skeptics, proponents say the proof is in the produce," quoting the New York Times.
link here .
6. "ATOMS BRING QUANTUM COMPUTING CLOSER"
"Researchers say they've made a key step toward the next age of computing, making the world's smallest transistor.
The researchers, based at the University of New South Wales and University of Wisconsin-Madison, have constructed the tiny electronic component through the manipulation of a small number of atoms.
The breakthrough, which appears in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, is seen as another step towards the world's first quantum computer.
Moore's Law, which has driven technological change at a breakneck pace for decades, states that the number of transistors on a microprocessor doubles every year or two.
But Professor Andrew White of the University of Queensland, says that progress is beginning to slow," quoting Australia's ABC.
link here .
7. LASERS PENETRATE JUNGLE TO REVEAL MAYAN GREEN BUILDINGS
"The ancient Maya designed and maintained sustainable cities long before 'building green' became a modern term," said Diane Chase, who has worked as co-director of the Caracol Archaeological Project beside her husband for the past 25 years. Her conclusion is based on the extensive agricultural terracing LiDAR revealed," quoting Science Daily.
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8. "PHTHALATES: ARE THEY SAFE?"
"Chemicals called phthalates, found in soft plastic products we use every day, are so ubiquitous that traces of them can be found in everybody. Are they safe or harmful? Lesley Stahl investigates," quoting CBS News 60 MINUTES program which aired May 23:
link here .
9. CELL PHONE NEWS LAST WEEK
A. "THE CELL PHONE: MARTY COOPER'S BIG IDEA"
"Hear the story of the invention of the cell phone from the man whose team came up with it at Motorola. The inventor, Martin Cooper, is still at it, improving the gadget he came up with 37 years ago. Morley Safer reports, quoting CBS News 60 MINUTES program which aired May 23:
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B. "WHAT IS THE REAL CANCER THREAT FROM CELL PHONES"
"The U.S. President’s Cancer Panel has reported that “the true burden of environmentally induced cancers has been grossly underestimated.” The panel pointed to cell phones and other wireless technologies as potential causes of cancer," quoting Mercola.
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10. "THE SEED SCHOOL"
"There's a unique school that's giving kids from an inner-city neighborhood that only graduates 33 percent of its high school students a shot at college they never had before. Byron Pitts reports on the SEED school, the first urban, public boarding school," quoting CBS News 60 MINUTES program which aired May 23:
link here .
11. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
A. "As Gulf spill grows, oil soaks delicate marshes, birds
Ed. Note: And they call this a 'spill'?
AP:
link here
B. "Regulators Conducted Lax Oversight of Oil Industry, Report Uncovers"
From Truthout:
link here
& from CNN:
link here
C. "Just Like 9/11? Oil Spill Responders Are Getting Sick … But Are Being Told They Don’t Need Any Safety Gear"
From Prison Planet:
link here
D. "Oil spill chemicals poisoning fishermen"
From Brasscheck:
link here
E. "BP had a key role in the Exxon Valdez disaster"
From Headline News Bureau:
link here
F. "Obama to Suspend Arctic Drilling
From McClatchy Newspapers:
link here
G. "Scientists use shellfish to assess toxic impact of BP gulf oil spill"
From The Ecologist:
link here
H. "Truth Spill: Gulf Disaster Brings Home the Real Costs of Fossil Fuels"
From Triple Crisis:
link here
I. "The World Bank May Cause Ecuador's Ruin"
Ed. Note: this is identical to what author John Perkins said in his book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.
From Humanite in English in Truthout:
link here
J. "Flood of frogs shuts down major Greek highway"
From the AP:
link here .
12. SOCIO-ECONOMIC NEWS
A. "'Soul Of A Citizen: How A 17-Year San Quentin Inmate Helps To Heal His Community"
From Truthout:
link here
B. "GM, auto industry look to Volt for a recharge"
"Hopes pinned on automaker’s high-risk, high-profile electric car"
Ed. Note: All of this from "Who Killed the Electric Car" fame of the 90's - GM:
link here
Read the current story from the AP:
link here
C. "Spaceship Earth: Navigators Wanted"
From Truthout:
link here
D. "This Cartoon Seemed Far-Fetched In 1948"
Ed. Note: A must watch!
From National Juggernaut:
link here
E. "Reagan Revolution Home to Roost: America Drowning in Debt"
From The Campaign for America's Future:
link here
F. "Gold-dispensing ATMs: Coming to a city near you"
From CNN:
link here
G. "Greeks queue to buy gold sovereigns for financial security in turbulent times"
From the Wall St. Journal:
link here
H. "Brush your teeth, for your heart’s sake"
"Study: Oral hygeine can lead to a healthier ticker"
From Reuters:
link here
I. "Xtreme Eating 2010"
"It’s business as usual in the restaurant industry... Welcome to our 2010 Xtreme Eating Awards."
from Center for Science in the Public Interest:
link here
J. "New study finds strong link between indoor tanning and skin cancer"
From KING-5 TV, NBC in Seattle:
link here .
13. THE NATION
A. Andrew P. Napolitano is a 59 year old former New Jersey Superior Court Judge. He is a graduate of Princeton University and Notre Dame Law School. At Princeton, he was a founding member of the Concerned Alumni of Princeton along with Justice Samuel Alito.
Judge Napolitano is the youngest life-tenured Superior Court judge in the history of the State of New Jersey. Listen to Judge Napolitano's important message to all Americans.
On YouTube:
link here
B. "Top US Spy Chief Quits After Obama Orders 2 Americans Assassinated"
Ed. Note: Uncorroborated - always trust your own knowingness!
From What Does It Mean:
link here
&
"US intelligence chief out; who's next in hot seat?"
And the mainstream media spin from the AP:
link here
C. The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial construction site in Washington, DC has their 'Construction Cam' up and running, and you definitely don’t want to miss this:
link here
D. "Supreme Court to Hear DNA Testing Case of Texas Death Row Inmate"
From the Ft. Worth, Texas Star Telegram:
link here
E. "Stocks end May with worst showing in a year"
"Europe’s debt woes weigh on investors as Spain’s credit rating downgraded"
link here
F. "Oakland to license, tax indoor marijuana growers"
From Headline News Bureau:
link here .
RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS
A. RSE e-mailers last week
- A Celebration of Alison Zaca
link here
- Ramtha will Open the Spain Advanced Retreat!
link here
- Ramtha’s Campaign Worldwide - Spain, Korea and London!
link here
- RSE Auctions.com - ASSAY 2010 - Private Session with Ramtha! Log in today.
link here
B. JZ-Rose e-mailers last week
-Father's Day Gifts for All of the Men in Your Life
link here
C. "Were you there when..." is a book being complied by John Glennie & Bettye Johnson spanning the last 30 years with all the hilarious stories we know so well & they are asking for YOUR story.
This book will be for those in the future and those now who’ve never had that mind-blowing, first-hand look into Ramtha & his School.
We want to know:
- Are you the person who attempted to find the void in The Tank® via the hole under the lid in the porta pottie? We want to hear from you.
If you have a fun story you would like to share, we request your actual name, however it will not be published in the book unless you give permission. We can use 'Anonymous', however we do want your humorous & poignant stories. A release form will need to be signed and on it will be a place where you can request your story to be anonymous.
Reply with your own True story to John Glennie, johnmots@hotmail.com or Bettye Johnson spiritofgold@fairpoint.net."
The Tank® is a registered trademark of JZ Knight & used with permission.
D. "There has been some misunderstanding about families who have recently lost their loved ones.
In the past, many people have chosen to make donations to the Masters Fund in memory of their loved ones.
However, if you wish your monies to go directly to surviving family members, you should make your contributions to those families and not to The Masters Fund.
The Master's Fund's main purpose is to help those suffering from catastrophic diseases, those who are hungry and in need of food, and those in need of an education, thus addressing the issue of illiteracy.
We very much appreciate your kind generosity, whether to the families and/or to the Masters Fund."
Sincerely,
Sherrie and Fred Loertscher, trustees
link here
E. "Salma Hayek’s Gucci Couture Gown: The Chicest Première at Cannes!
From People Style Watch:
link here
&
"Salma Hayek’s Gucci Gown Fetches $21,000 At Auction" for Haiti relief
From ecorazzi:
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F. Sneak peak of CSE's June 27th Auction catalog:
link here
G. Remember Ian Mardon?
Ian was the German violinist that touched fellow students during breaks under the tree by Big Door 5 and wowed Yelm with his stunning performances:
link here
You gotta see his 2 year-old son read:
On YouTube:
link here
H. Many have asked about the life of Gregory May. His obituary in the Nisqually Valley News was written by friend Bill Hashim, who sums up this unique man's contributions to our School & area:
link here
I. Ed Wiltsie's work continues, as his family conducts seminars with Ed's fantastic information.
Check out this heartfelt letter from Amber Wiltsie, Ed's widow:
link here
J. Women's Reality-Based Self-Defense Classes taught by Steven Knopp
June 5th, 6th, 12th and 13th.
Sat. & Sunday, 9 to 5 each day for the two-day course, bring your lunch.
Cost: $50
Location: Life Changing Fitness Center, Yelm.
Contact: flyertreetop@yahoo.com
K. Some links supporting what Ramtha said May 28th:
- "GULF OIL DISASTER - Matt Simmons: 'There's another leak, much bigger, 5 to 6 miles away'"
From Black Listed News:
link here
- The Bear marching on the Dragon
"Russia’s War Games Preparing for Conflict with the East"
From Black Listed News:
link here
- Already many are circulating Thomas Jefferson quotes after Ramtha said to read about this great man's work in creating a free country under the greatest document in modern times: the US Constitution. Truth or Fiction has identified several of those quotes are inaccurate:
link here
- Ramtha's request to read the US Constitution:
link here .
LOCAL NOTES
A. YELM'S ACHILLES HEEL - WHO'S ON FIRST? NVN CONFUSES DOE & DOH'S ROLE
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B. ECOLOGY HOLDS RECLAIMED WATER WORKSHOP
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C. THURSTON COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FALLS
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D. RAINIER'S CHILDREN'S SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE 4-YEAR-OLD FEATURED ON KING-5 TV
link here
E. YELM'S GIORDA E. EXCLUSIVE TRUNK SHOW FEATURING FALL COLLECTIONS - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
link here
F. SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES: COZY VALLEY FARMS
link here
G. REP. TOM CAMPBELL'S WORK BEING DISTORTED IN NASTY CAMPAIGN - ALREADY!
link here
H. INTRODUCING YELM-BASED ACCLAIMED NEWSLETTER
link here
I. '2012: A TIME FOR CHANGE' FILM DEBUTS IN SEATTLE JUNE 4TH
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J. MEMORIAL DAY, 2010 IN THE USA
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
""When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe,
we shall become as corrupt as Europe."
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Third President of the USA & principal author of the Declaration of Independence
"Jeffersonian Cyclopedia" published in 1900 by Funk and Wagnalls
and edited by John P. Foley, page 143.
link here .
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My colleague Jaime Leal-Anaya is originally from the Mexicali, Mexico area and has been reporting the real situation there since the big quake last April, a story the public is not getting. He compiled these photos so we can see what happened and get a feel for the current situation. Please forward this story & link to let others know what is happening there, as this news is being overshadowed in the media by other disasters.
link here
The area was again rocked by 2 moderate earthquakes May 22. From the AP:
link here
1. ARE ELECTROMAGNETIC FREQUENCIES CAUSING HUMAN AILMENTS?
A. "RADIO FREQUENCY(RF); THE REAL REASON PEOPLE DON'T SLEEP WELL ANYMORE"
"Only during the deepest state of sleep called Delta-rhythm (not rapid-eye-movement aka REM) do brain, heart, respiration and organ systems slow to sufficient extent that there is excess ATP (body's universal energy) available to pool inside the cells. This pooled energy, upon reaching threshold, "triggers" physiological and neurological repair, hormone synthesis, immune function and memory consolidation. Insufficient ATP pooling, insufficient nighttime repair, hormone production, memory. Very simple...
Not enough Delta stage sleep (2 hours minimum, 3-4 hours optimum) and there is simply not enough pooled energy to perform sufficient restore/repair processes; or they shut down altogether. The result is a body that breaks down quickly and ages prematurely both mentally and physically...
Now, the primary reason you don't sleep well anymore.
In a nutshell, there is an increasingly dense, invisible soup of information carrying radio frequency - radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields literally broadcast through our bodies by the telecommunications industry twenty four hours per day, 7 days per week.
It isn't stress of modern life, finances or evolution. Plain and simple, it is propagating RF pollution and the denser the field (either closer to a cell mast or in midst of more and more cell masts) the worse your sleep and overall wellbeing. Studies that fail to show immediate results are not designed well or looking for the right effects," quoting Earth Pulse Technologies.
link here
B. "UNCERTAINITY OVER MOBILE PHONE AND BRAIN CANCER LINKS"
"Largest study to date finds increased tumour risk for heavy mobile phone users but says 'biases and errors' make use of these findings impossible
Researchers have failed to find a conclusive link between mobile phone usage and increased brain tumour risk.
Although there is, as yet, no known biological mechanism by which mobile phones could cause cancer, an international study was set up in 2000 to look into the links.
The Interphone study, the largest of its kind, covered almost 13,000 people across 13 countries and compared frequency of exposure and mobile phone use of people with four types of brain tumours - tumours of the brain (glioma and meningioma) and of the acoustic nerve (schwannoma) and partotid gland - against healthy volunteers," quoting The Ecologist.
link here .
2. SCIENCE NEWS AIDING THE BODY
A. "INGREDIENT IN DARK CHOCOLATE COULD GUARD AGAINST STROKE"
"Something in dark chocolate seems to help protect the heart, and now researchers say they have identified the molecular mechanism by which a compound found in cocoa can guard against the damage of a stroke.
The compound, a flavanol called epicatechin, triggers two built-in protective pathways in the brain according to a report published online last week in the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism,"
quoting HealthDay in Bloomberg Businessweek.
link here
B. "NEW WEIGHT LOSS PILL PROMISES TO FIGHT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, DIABETES"
"When it comes to weight loss, we've always been taught there's no such thing as a quick fix. That might be about to change with Qnexa, which could be the next blockbuster drug to fight not only obesity, but also high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol.
'We believe we have the first product that actually treats the causes of these diseases,' said Peter Tam, president of VIVUS, a Silicon Valley biotech company which developed Qnexa," from KING-5 TV News, NBC in Seattle:
link here .
3. TWO AMAZING SCIENCE STORIES NOT ON THE FRONT PAGES
A. "MEET SPIDER GOAT - THE DNA-ENHANCED WEB-FLINGING NANNY THAT MAY ONE DAY KNIT BONES"
"ON a farm in Wyoming, USA, goats are being milked for their spider webs.
And if that sounds bizarre, molecular biologist Randy Lewis claims that within two years, spider silk milked from goats could replace your body's tired or strained tendons and ligaments - maybe even bones.
Professor Lewis and his team at the University of Wyoming have successfully implanted the silk-making genes from a golden orb spider into a herd of goats and are now, finally, producing one of nature's strongest products in useable quantities.
The technology is cutting edge, but the science isn't. Spider silk has been used for centuries to dress wounds with varying degrees of success, but the problem has until now been how to get it.
"We needed a way to produce large quantities of the spider silk proteins," Prof Lewis told news.com.au," quoting Australia's News.com.
link here
B. "FIGHTING BULL CLONED FOR FIRST TIME IN SPAIN"
"Little ‘Got’ not ready to charge yet, but team hopes he will be in the future"
"Scientists in Spain say they have cloned a fighting bull for the first time.
Vicente Torrent, a specialist in veterinary genetics, says the newborn calf, named Got, is an exact replica of a muscular, horned specimen of the type matadors face in bullrings.
The animal was unveiled Wednesday [May 19], a day after being born. It now weighs 53 pounds," from the AP:
link here .
4. THE VIDEO THAT MADE HEADLINES AROUND-THE-WORLD LAST WEEK
"Damian Aspinall's Amazing Gorilla Reunion (VIDEO)"
"This just might be the most beautiful thing you've ever seen ... well, at least since Christian the Lion.
The Aspinall Foundation is a charity that promotes wildlife conservation and reintroduces captive gorillas back into the wild in West Africa. Five years ago, conservationist Damian Aspinall released a gorilla, Kwibi, into the jungles of Gabon. Aspinall returned recently to reunite with a now ten-year-old Kwibi.
How did the reunion go? Words fail me.
JUST WATCH:
From the Huffington Post
link here
And:
The Aspinall Foundation:
link here .
5. MORE ON THE OIL-WELL DISASTER
A. The CBS News 60 MINUTES program shed new light on this horrible tragedy
From CBS News 60 MINUTES which aired May 16:
link here
B. CBS News picked-up this Truthout story as the basis for theirs:
"Whistleblower: BP Risks More Massive Catastrophes in Gulf"
From Turthout:
link here
C. "Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster"
Slides last week - the first two speak volumes!
From MSNBC:
link here
D. "Scientists find giant oil plumes under Gulf"
"One is about 10 miles long, 3 miles wide and 300 feet thick"
From the New York Times:
link here
E. "Obama Has Learned Nothing from the BP Blowout"
From This Can't Be Happening:
link here
F. "Blowout: The Deepwater Horizon Disaster"
"A Survivor Recalls His Harrowing Escape; Plus, A Former BP Insider Warns Of Another Potential Disaster"
From CBS News' 60 MINUTES program which aired May 16th:
link here
G. "Whistleblower: BP aware of safety problems"
From MSNBC:
link here
H. "How Bush's DOJ Killed a Criminal Probe Into BP That Threatened to Net Top Officials"
From Truthout:
link here
I. "Inventors say BP ignoring their oil spill ideas"
From the AP:
link here
J. "Scientists accuse Obama over oil spill"
"Expert claims NOAA is guilty of a 'catastrophic failure'"
From the New York Times:
link here
K. "Gulf oil spill may be 19 times bigger than originally thought"
From McClatchy Newspapers:
link here
L. "Conflict-of-interest fears raised in oil spill tests"
"Texas lab examining Gulf samples serves big oil firms, including BP"
From the New York Times:
link here
M. NRDC's Robert Redford on the oil disaster
From MSNBC News:
link here .
6. "HAVE ALIENS HIJACKED VOYAGER 2 SPACECRAFT"
"IT left Earth 33 years ago, now it's claimed the Voyager 2 spacecraft may have been hijacked by aliens after sending back data messages NASA scientists can't decode.
NASA installed a 12-inch disk containing music and greetings in 55 languages in case intelligent extraterrestrial life ever found it.
But now the spacecraft is sending back what sounds like an answer: Signals in an unknown data format!" from Australia's Daily Telegraph.
link here .
7. MEET SOME AMAZING PEOPLE
A. "MEET DEREK, THE AMAZING HUMAN IPOD"
"Blind and severely autistic, pianist Derek Paravicini is on the brink of international stardom.
With his right ear cocked forward slightly and the faintest curl of a smile at the corners of his mouth, Derek Paravicini's fingers dance across the keys of the grand piano. This blind, severely autistic 30 year-old man is coaxing a sad and beautiful tune from the instrument that causes the hairs on the back of my neck to stand on end. Exchanging glances with others in the room, it is clear I am not alone," from the Sydney Morning Herald.
link here
B. "DOCS ASTONISHED AS GIRL GROWS NEW KIDNEYS"
"Five-year-old Angel Burton went for surgery after being beset by kidney problems since birth.
But surgeons at Sheffield Children's Hospital were astonished to find she had a pair of perfectly-formed organs sitting on top of the old ones.
Furthermore, the extra organs had taken over the work of the originals - so instead of suffering kidney failure, she could look forward to a bright, healthy future," from UK's SKY News:
link here
C. "GUSTAVO DUDAMEL'S MUSICAL MISSION"
"Now that he is the musical director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel wants to transplant in the U.S. the Venezuelan child orchestra system that changed his life. Bob Simon reports," on CBS News 60 MINUTES program which aired May 16th:
link here
D. "GIRL COMPLETES GLOBAL SAIL"
"16-year-old Jessica Watson is given a hero's welcome as she ends her global journey in Sydney Harbor...
"I don't consider myself a hero. I am an ordinary girl who believed in her dream... You've just got to have a dream, believe in it & work hard," quoting CNN:
link here .
8. "RESEARCH: UNLEASHING THE BODY'S POWER TO FIGHT CANCER"
"Cancer is a case of betrayal. A cell that once cooperated with other tissues turns traitor, stealing nutrients to propagate itself. The fact that tumor cells are largely identical to normal cells makes recognizing such Benedict Arnolds extremely difficult.
David Raulet investigates how the immune system overcomes this fifth column advantage. A Berkeley professor of immunology and pathogenesis, he researches how lymphocytes called natural killer (NK) and T cells distinguish between healthy and compromised tissues. He is identifying which cellular signals goad NK and T cells to attack, and how modulating the production of these triggers could help the body heal itself from cancer, infection, and even chronic inflammatory diseases," from Science Matters @ UC Berkeley.
link here .
9. THE VATICAN IN THE HOT-SEAT!
A. "VATICAN TO COURT: PRIESTS ARE NOT OUR EMPLOYEES"
"The Vatican on Monday will make its most detailed defense yet against claims that it is liable for U.S. bishops who allowed priests to molest children, saying bishops are not its employees and that a 1962 Vatican document did not require them to keep quiet, The Associated Press has learned.
The Vatican will make the arguments in a motion to dismiss a federal lawsuit on jurisdictional grounds filed in Louisville, Kentucky, but it could affect other efforts to sue the Holy See.
The Vatican's U.S. attorney, Jeffrey Lena, said it will include a response to claims that the 1962 document "Crimen Sollicitationis" — Latin for "crimes of solicitation" — barred bishops from reporting abuse to police," quoting the AP.
link here
B. "STEPHEN FRY: THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS NOT A FORCE FOR GOOD IN THE WORLD"
Ed. Note: An amazingly frank commentary - worth the 20 minutes to listen!
On David Icke's site:
link here .
10. "NOAA: WARMEST APRIL GLOBAL TEMPERATURE ON RECORD = ALSO WARMEST JANUARY-APRIL"
"The combined global land and ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record for both April and for the period from January-April, according to NOAA. Additionally, last month’s average ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record for any April, and the global land surface temperature was the third warmest on record.
The monthly analysis from NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center, which is based on records going back to 1880, is part of the suite of climate services that NOAA provides government, business and community leaders so they can make informed decisions," quoting the USA's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
link here .
11. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
A. "Lolita's Captivity Sparks Worldwide Whale of a Protest"
"Demonstrators say they would pay for Lolita's retirement: "It's not like we're going to give her $50 and a bus ticket."
From WTVJ-NBC in Miami:
link here
B. "America's Most Polluted Cities"
"The metro areas with the nation's poorest air quality."
link here
C. Washington's Mt. St. Helens erupted 30 years ago last week
"Mount St. Helens: A 30-year mystery"
"Gaps in knowledge still make it difficult to forecast eruptions"
From MSNBC:
link here
&
"Mt. St. Helens: Then & now - a slide show"
On MSNBC:
link here
&
"Reliving the eruption of Mount St. Helens 30 years later"
From KING-5 News:
link here
D. "Haitian Farmers Commit to Burning Monsanto Hybrid Seeds"
From Truthout:
link here
E. "Study shows solar industry poised to create 200,000 jobs"
From the Puget Sound Business Examiner:
link here
The Solar Energy Industry Assn's. website:
link here
F. "Alaska, Horizon report 23 percent drop in greenhouse emissions"
"Alaska Air Group is the holding company for both Alaska and Horizon airlines and the environmental efforts of both carriers is addressed in the first-of-its-kind report entitled 'Improving our Environmental Footprint'," quoting KING-5 TV News NBC in Seattle about the hometown airlines!
link here
G. "Washington named most bicycle friendly state"
From The Olympian:
link here .
12. SOCIO-ECONOMIC NEWS
A. "Mortgages: Walking Away"
"It's estimated that one million Americans walked away from homes "underwater" or worth less than their mortgages even though they could afford the payments. Morley Safer reports on this trend, called strategic default, that threatens the economic recovery,," quoting CBS News 60 MINUTES which aired May 9, 2010.
link here
B. "Where’s Jimmy? Just Google His Bar Code"
"Scientists currently tag animals to study their behavior and protect the endangered, but some futurists wonder whether all humans should be tagged too," from FOX News:
link here
C. "5 investments brighter than gold"
From MSN Money:
link here
D. "Mortgage delinquencies surge to a record"
"Shows a long path to recovery for the U.S. housing market"
From the AP:
link here
E. "Viagra Linked to Hearing Loss"
"Study found men on medication were twice as likely to develop problem."
From Health day:
link here
F. "Should we drop kids off at the park – by themselves?"
From NBC's TODAY Show MOMS:
link here
H. "Students learn dangers of texting, driving"
From The Olympian:
link here .
13. THE NATION
A. "2nd-grade student questions First Lady on immigration"
From MSNBC:
link here
B. And one wonders why the USA is so hated around the world.
Two Toronto-area Canadian citizens coming to Niagra Falls to shop in America, an hour away, experienced some testosterone-laden US border patrol agents, who said,
"We don't need any grounds. We're the United States."
Ed. Note: I experienced something similar as a US citizen returning from Canada on more than one occasion. One must keep their cool with these guys (and gals) to prevent something like this from happening. Just be patient, answer their questions with a smile and move one, as you can hear they can be provoked about nothing.
link here
C. "Obama Myths and Realities"
From Truthout:
link here
D. "Grim milestone: 1,000 Americans dead"
"Troops are dying younger, often fresh out of boot camp, records show"
From the New York Times:
link here
"Obama Myths and Realities"
From Truthout:
link here
E. "5 billionaires living below their means"
"Each of these men is worth a fortune, though you might not know it to look at them. Frugal, no-frills approaches have paid off in their businesses and their lives," quoting MSN.
link here
F. Questions raised if President Obama committed a felony
From Well Regulated American Militias:
link here
&
From the American Spectator:
link here
G. "Dow Theorist Richard Russell: Sell Everything, You Won't Recognize America By The End Of The Year"
From Business Insider:
link here .
RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS
A. RSE e-mailers last week:
- An Experience Of A Lifetime - A Private Session With Ramtha in Spain - Auction Ends May 18
link here
- Funeral Service - A Celebration of Sir Robert Jones, May 24th
link here
- MAY WORKSHOP/TANK DAY HAS BEEN CANCELED - Progressive Discipline Workshop
link here
- RSE Presents the "Home Study Program"
link here
B. JZ-Rose e-mailers last week:
- Le Mystere Available at JZ Rose - Premium Lingerie Products
link here
- Letarte Swimwear 2 Day Sale at JZ Rose!
link here
C. RSE says good-bye this week to three long-time students who touched the lives & hearts of all who knew them:
- Gregory May's family conducted a beautiful, private celebration of his life on Saturday, May 22.
- Sir Robert's Obituary has a comment section where you can post your comments:
link here
If you would like to share your "Sir Robert" story only with the family, please send them to:
SirRobertLegacy@yahoo.com
These stories will not be published in any book, newspaper or periodical, nor will there be financial gain in any way, shape, or form. Sir Robert's funeral is open to the public Monday, May 24 on the RSE campus:
link here
- I am grieved to announce that our friend Allison Zaca passed this plane today [May 20th] at 1:20pm. Allison's first husband the father of her two daughters Paul Greenpalm, daughters Kendal & Felicity, former husband Anthony Zaca and his mother were with her as the decision was made to remove her from life support at 1:06pm. Funeral arrangements are pending.
link here
D. Virginia & Dan Coverdale's daughter Livvy is a CSE student & "her IQ is in the 99.9th percentile of the general population who took the IQ test.
At age 3, she tested and easily qualified for Mensa, the high IQ society that offers programs, support and education for extremely gifted children and adults around the world whose IQs are in the top 2 percent," quoting the NVN:
link here
E. "SuperConsciousness Magazine announces our exclusive featured interview with Daniel Pink, author of A Whole New Mind and his newest publication, Drive. This interview, conducted by Publisher Jair Robles, introduces Pink's research and concepts about motivation and the importance of developing new educational models based on the principles of autonomy, purpose and mastery.
Read this interview and more about the transformation of our educational systems at www.superconsciousness.com - The VOICE of Human Potential.
link here .
LOCAL NOTES:
A. "COUNCIL'S MCGOWAN BERATES CITIZEN'S PUBLIC COMMENT TO COUNCIL"
link here
B. SIR ROBERT JONES PASSES - FUNERAL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON RSE CAMPUS
link here
C. COUNTY'S COMP. PLAN PUBLIC HEARING (INCLUDING YELM) SET FOR JUNE 1ST
link here
D. CLEARWOOD PROXY VOTE
link here
E. JOIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER ROMERO MONDAY IN YELM - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
link here
F. SPSCC DRAMA DEPT. OFFERINGS NEXT WEEK
link here
G. CSE STUDENT ACCEPTED BY MENSA
link here .
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"The United States Is “The Greatest Purveyor of Violence in the World Today”
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
At New York City's Riverside Church in 1967 outlining his opposition to the Vietnam War.
link here .
Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2009.
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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Leading off this week is one heart-warming story!
"Modern Pied Piper Cheats Death"
"Every time 70-year-old Andy Mackie draws a breath, it's music to his ears - whether there's a harmonica there or not. As CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman reports, Mackie's just glad to be alive.... Mackie, a Scottish-born retired horse trainer, lives in a camper in northwest Washington state - he lives there, even though technically -- medically -- he should have died long ago. After his ninth heart surgery, Mackie's doctors had him on 15 different medicines. But the side effects made life miserable. So one day he quit taking all 15 and decided to spend his final days doing something he always wanted to do. He used the money he would have spent on the prescriptions to give away 300 harmonicas, with lessons included. 'I really thought it was the last thing I could ever do,' he says. And when he didn't die the next month, he bought a few hundred more... It's now 11 years and 13,000 harmonicas later... 'I can't explain the joy,' Mackie says. 'I don't think Bill Gates feels any richer inside than I do. He believes he's still living today because of the kids and the music.'" quoting the CBS Evening News.
link here
1. MORE ON THE BP OIL CATASTROPHE
A. "Louisiana's defense plan: Bulked-up islands"
From the Washington Post:
link here
B. "Since Spill, Feds Have Given 27 Waivers to Oil Companies in Gulf"
From McClatchy Newspapers:
link here
C. "How bad can the spill get?"
"Cosmic Log: BP’s worst-case scenario projections estimate a leak 32 times as large as what is currently spilling."
From MSNBC:
link here
D. "8 infamous business disasters"
"What BP can learn from other epic corporate mistakes"
From The Big Money:
link here
E. "Dead dolphins wash up in Gulf; oil role unclear
From the AP:
link here threatened by oil"
A slideshow from MSNBC:
link here
F. "BP’s suggestion box is spilling over"
"Oil giant, Coast Guard get gusher of cleanup ideas from public"
From MSNBC:
link here
And this one was featured on the aforementioned story
"Cool solution to clean up oil disaster."
From Wimp.com:
link here
G. "Criminal charges likely from Gulf oil spill, legal experts say
From McClatchy Newspapers:
link here
H. "Gulf Shrimpers Had Economic Interests, Too"
From Truthout:
link here
I. "Uh-Oh: Hurricane Season and the BP Oil Rig Disaster"
Ed. Note: A sobering report.
From Truthout:
link here
J. "The Politics of Disaster: Will Gulf tragedy bring real change?"
From Facing South:
link here
K. "BP executive speaks out against ban on oil exploration after Gulf disaster"
Tony Hayward, speaking to BBC radio, said the problems which affected the Apollo 13 moon mission had not resulted in the space program being halted and plane crashes did not stop people flying."
Ed. Note: Oh, spare me the psycho-babble BS - the Apollo 13 accident did not cause a catastrophe to multi-tens of thousands square miles of ocean & coastline, either!
From MSNBC:
link here
L. "Gulf Spill Oil Driven by Complex Ocean Currents and Eddies"
From the Christian Science Monitor:
link here
&
"Gulf Oil Spill: Real Disaster Might be Lurking Beneath the Surface"
From the CS Monitor:
link here .
2. "MAGIC 'PIXIE DUST' MADE FROM PIG BLADDERS HELPS 'REGROW' LIMBS OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS"
"A powder nick-named "Pixie Dust" is being used to save the limbs of war heroes who have been wounded in Afghanistan.
Surgeons have already used the dust to save several soldiers so badly mutilated that they were at risk of amputation.
Made from pig bladders it has the ability to help the human body grow new tissue to replace large areas of a leg or arm destroyed by blast damage...
Pig bladders contain a substance called extra cellular matrix, which is made up largely of collagen...
Professor Steve Wolf one the US's top plastic surgeons -is carrying out a trial in Houston, Texas on victims of the Afghan fighting and has already treated several young soldiers whose limbs were so badly damaged they were unable to walk or faced amputation," quoting UK's Daily Mail.
link here .
3. "GREAT MINDS PODCAST - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH DR. JILL BOLTE TAYLOR"
By Mary McCann for MastersConnection LLC© 2010 All Rights Reserved
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor was a 37-year-old Harvard-trained and published brain scientist when a blood vessel exploded in her brain. Through the eyes of a curious neuroanatomist, she watched her mind completely deteriorate whereby she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life. Because of her understanding of how the brain works, her respect for the cells composing her human form, and an amazing mother, Jill completely recovered her mind, brain and body," quoting MastersConnection.
link here .
4. SOLE SURVIVOR OF LIBYAN PLANE CRASH A 10-YEAR OLD BOY
"Kronenburg [Dutch Foreign Ministry official, Ed Kronenburg] said the child was discovered about half a mile from the tail section of the Airbus A330-200, indicating he may have been sitting in the front of the aircraft when it broke into pieces.
Aside from the tail, little was left of the Afriqiyah Airways plane. A trail of wreckage more than 150 yards long lay scattered Thursday [May 13] in the sand," quoting the AP.
link here .
5. NEWS FROM SPACE - DID NOT MAKE THE FRONT PAGES
A. "SUPERMASSIVE BACK HOLE KICKED OUT OF GALAXY"
"Ejection of insatiable mass muncher is highly unusual"
"The discovery was made when undergraduate student Marianne Heida of the University of Utrecht, was comparing hundreds of thousands of cosmic sources of x-rays, as charted by the orbiting Chandra X-Ray Observatory, with the positions of millions of galaxies," from Discovery News.
link here
B. TELESCOPE DISCOVERS SURPRISING HOLE IN SPACE"
"A vast hole in space has been unexpectedly discovered in a part of the universe thought to be packed with a cloud of dense gas and dust — the latest in a string of cosmic finds by the European Herschel infrared space telescope.
The surprising hole in space has provided astronomers with a new glimpse at the end of the star-forming process.
"No one has ever seen a hole like this," said study team member Tom Megeath of the University of Toledo in Ohio. "It's as surprising as knowing you have worms tunneling under your lawn, but finding one morning that they have created a huge, yawning pit."
Space.com.
link here .
6. DEBT & FIAT CURRENCIES GOING THE WAY OF THE PAST?
A. "THE WESTERN WORLD KEEPS SPENDING ITS WAY TO DISASTER"
"Indeed, it names 11 more: Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Britain – and the United States. Without “drastic measures,” BIS [Swiss-based Bank of International Settlements (BIS), the oldest international financial institution in the world,] says, all of these countries will hit a wall of debt.
When the senior economists at BIS warn 12 of the richest countries on Earth that they must take drastic action to reduce debt, you know that it’s time to check the air bags. The only thing you don’t know, that you need to know, is the precise time of the crash. The lesson is already obvious: Governments can’t drive recklessly, use only the accelerator for braking and not eventually crash," quoting Canada's Globe & Mail.
link here
B. "Comex Gold Hits All-Time Record High"
From Kitco News:
link here
C. "The No. 1 Reason Gold Could Enter Mania Phase Soon"
"On February 18, 2009 the Financial Times published one of the most important articles nobody read.
The article's headline was Gold primed to become "mania asset."
The gist of the article was something I've been telling people for a long time: Gold – more so than any asset right now – has the potential to experience a mania phase... one like we saw in Internet stocks from 1997 through 2000.
A mania phase is a period in an asset's lifecycle marked by leaps of 10% or 20% in a month... 100% or 300% in a year... and 500% or more over the course of several years," quoting Daily Wealth.
link here
D. "What If Doug Casey Is Right?"
"Gold is once again above $1,200 and making new highs. And yet, Doug Casey thinks we’re just getting started, estimating gold could touch $5,000 before this is all over. A titillating thought, to be sure, but... how likely is that?...
One way to test Doug’s thinking is to look at other simmering trouble spots that would similarly impact gold should they boil over," quoting Jeff Clark, Editor of Casey Research.
link here
E. "MELTUP"
"NIA believes Meltup is the most important economic documentary ever produced in world history. The Second American Revolution has begun! Please share this documentary with all of your friends and family members immediately!" from the National Inflation Assn.:
link here .
7. "REMEMBER, RULES IS RULES!
"(Don't ever let common sense get in the way of a good disaster!)"
This about a true story April 12,2002 you just gotta read!
From Urban Legends:
link here .
8. "50 YEARS OF REAL-LIFE RAY GUNS"
"Fifty years ago this Sunday, Theodore Maiman and his fellow scientists at Hughes Research Laboratory shined a high-power flash lamp on a ruby rod, triggering a beam of coherent light: the first laser. It wasn’t long before the Pentagon started dreaming up military applications, and futurists were predicting that our soldiers would all get ray guns. Well, not quite. But lasers have revolutionized the U.S. military — changing the way it targets bombs, scares off insurgents, and, yes, blows stuff to bits. Here are some of the greatest hits (and biggest misses) from the first half-century of military lasers," from WIRED.
link here .
9. "AIR FRANCE CRASH 'BLACK BOX SITE FOUND IN ATLANTIC'"
"The flight recorders from an Air France plane which crashed in the Atlantic last year have been located to within a 5km zone, a French official has said.
But Gen Christian Baptiste told AFP that retrieving the boxes from the ocean floor might be impossible," from the BBC.
link here .
10. "THE HISTORIC RETURN OF GIANT TORTOISES TO PINTA ISLAND"
"During the third week of May 2010, 39 tortoises will be released into the wilds of Pinta Island, in the northern waters of the Galapagos Archipelago, as part of an ongoing effort to restore the ecological integrity of Pinta ecosystems. This will be the first time that tortoises will inhabit the island since the removal of Lonesome George, the last known Pinta tortoise, in 1972. The return of tortoises to Pinta is considered an essential step towards re-establishing ecological processes on the island," quoting the Galapagos conservancy.
link here .
11. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
A. "UN fears 'irreversible' damage to natural environment"
From France's AFP:
link here
B. "Nashville Tennessee Flood 2010"
On YouTube:
link here
C. "Beaches look to woo tourists in oil spill limbo"
"Beaches want to attract visitors without appearing to profit from disaster"
From the AP:
link here
D. "Swarms of grasshoppers predicted to plague the West this year"
From The Oregonian:
link here
E. "Bill Gates' cloud-whitening trials 'a dangerous experiment'"
From The Ecologist:
link here
F. "Lizards Threatened by Warming"
From US News:
link here
G. "Life and lessons in blast zone" [Mt. St. Helens]
"Environment: Plants are ‘riding into landslide zone in the gut trail of animals,’ scientist says"
From The Olympian:
link here .
12. SOCIO-ECONOMIC NEWS
A. "Sick and desperate fueling ‘stem-cell tourism’"
"Patients turn to illegal procedures offshore to help their damaged hearts"
From Men'sHealth:
link here
B. "‘Greeter’ becomes the face of Wal-Mart lawsuit"
"1999 case has led to the largest gender bias class action in U.S. history"
From the AP:
link here
C. "What Not to Buy at Walmart"
"Country's Largest Retailer Has Improved in Some Categories, But Still Has Ways to Go in Others"
From CBS News:
link here
D. See Betty White hosting SNL
From NBC:
link here
E. "Can fat still be fit?"
From Seattle's NBC News affiliate KING-TV 5:
link here
F. "Vitamin and calcium supplements slash breast cancer risk"
From Natural News:
link here
G. "15 things not to buy in bulk"
"Sometimes it's smart -- even thrifty -- to resist the lure of the 'deal.' You may end up spending less in the long run if you buy some items in smaller quantities."
From MSN:
link here
H. "Jerusalem: The city that drives people mad"
From JTA:
link here
I. "Why We Need to Limit Salt in Packaged Foods"
From the Huffington Post:
link here
And:
"Salt: Shaving Salt, Saving Lives"
From Center for Science in the Public Interest:
link here
J. "Economy's health may be improving, data show"
"Retail sales have now increased for seven straight months"
From Reuters:
link here
K. "Back on Uncle Sam's Plantation"
"Six years ago I wrote a book called "Uncle Sam's Plantation." I wrote the book to tell my own story of what I saw living inside the welfare state and my own transformation out of it."
By Star Parker:
link here .
13. THE NATION
A. "Singer, actress Lena Horne dies at 92"
"She was first black performer signed to long term contract by major studio"
From the new York Times:
link here
Former CBS News 60 MINUTES "Ed Bradley Favorite Interview: Lena Horne" was in 1981:
From vodpod:
link here
And, from 60 MINUTES:
link here
B. Was the 1,000 point drop on the DJIA just coincidence?
Watch this:
link here
C. "A Conversation with Andrew D. Basiago about the Hidden History of His Discovery of Life on Mars"
On YouTube:
link here
D. "FBI Asked Homeland Security to Refrain From Notifying All Airlines About Shahzad 'No Fly' Listing"
Ed. Note: Sometimes, you just gotta wonder at it all!
From Newsweek:
link here
E. "Senate Votes 96-0 to Audit Fed"
From McClatchy Newspapers:
link here
And:
"Ron Paul slams Audit the Fed vote"
From the Washington Post:
link here
F. "Red Cross confirms 'second jail' at Bagram, Afghanistan"
Ed. Note: No wonder the USA is so hated!
From the BBC:
link here
G. "America's Ten Most Corrupt Capitalists"
"Wall Street's captains of industry and top policymakers in Washington are often the same people. A lot of them get rich by playing for both teams."
From AlterNet:
link here
H. "Immigration and IDs: A Modest Proposal"
"All Americans—whether brown, white, or black—should be required to carry a passport showing they are red, white, and blue.
Do you carry your original birth certificate with you? Do you even know where it is? Do I really want to live in a United States where I have to carry my papers with me everywhere and all the time? No. But I don't want any Americans of any race or with any accent to have to do so either. So if we're going to do this at all—and maybe that is the price of rationalizing immigration policy—then let's do it to all of us."
From Newsweek:
link here
I. "Out of Iraq? Don't Hold Your Breath"
"President Obama will not get the United States out of Iraq in his first term. If he wins a second term, it is highly unlikely he will get us out of Iraq before he finally leaves office.
Print that out and tack it to your wall. Six years from now, it will still be hanging there, yellow and curled, but entirely correct. We're not going anywhere."
From Truthout:
link here .
RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS
A. RSE e-mailers last week
- Welcome to the NEW Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment Newsletter
link here
- And, there is now an RSS feed on the Newsletter posts:
link here
- NEW Teachings on CD from RSE!
link here
- Ramtha will Open the Spain Advanced Retreat!
link here
B. JZ-Rose e-mailers last week
- Beautiful Gifts For Your Favorite Bride Now Available On JZ-rose.com
link here
- DRIVE' by Daniel H. Pink. JZ Knight New Book Recommendation!
link here
C. Beyond the Ordinary Update -- While the Live & Archive Streams remain free, accessing the 10 years of 'Audio on Demand' now requires a Membership.
The Basic Membership is $7.47 per month. Other levels provide our "No Listener Left Behind" sponsorships and enable BTO to continue and grow. Won't you consider joining?
link here
How BTO Membership works:
link here
From our preparedness series in a changing world to quantum physics to learning about being the creator of your reality, our listeners say BTO is "a life changing gold mine!" We invite you to listen, it's all about you!
link here
D. Midnightblue Auld made the President's List for winter quarter 2010 at Western Washington University, where she is finishing her 2nd year, double-majoring in Psychology and Dance.
Congratulations to Midnightblue!
Although the following link is 2 years old, you can see Midnightblue's picture:
link here
E. Yelm's Blue Bottle - on to the future:
A small group of volunteers came together to bring their talents working with owner Michelle Jones to create a plan to move forward. Michelle's vision and passion is to create a place where everyone can chill-out and relax, a place where you are known and appreciated with quality food and drink from local green sources; a place that inspires community in Yelm and allows people to enjoy the experience. This steering committee focused on items that will work towards a sustainable revenue model. Stay tuned for more info:
link here
F. SuperConsciousness Magazine - on to the future!
"'The VOICE for Human Potential,' SuperConsciousness Magazine has launched a new website and interactive community elevating the journey for spiritual knowledge, self-awareness, and ultimate self-responsibility," quoting their Press Release.
link here
G. New Yelm event: Progressive Discipline Workshop - Continuation, June 16-20
link here
H. South Africa's Mrs. L. Potgieter announces SA Longevity & the very first workshop – Sourdough Bread Baking, knead free. Lindi's business came into being to support quality of life and sustainable living! Check-out this grand website of Natural Food ideas for South Africa!
link here
I. This is a story RSE students will appreciate:
"Ultimate vending machine dispenses gold for cash...located in Abu Dhabi hotel"
From UK's Daily Mail:
link here
J. "Renee Webb on Journeys to my Master Teacher"
"Renee Webb talks about her book Journey to my Master Teacher, stories about meeting the ascended master Ramtha," on New Realities TV in NYC.
link here
K. Jessica creates her day! from 2001 and worth the 50 seconds to watch
On YouTube:
link here
L. And last:
Our beloved Sir Robert Jones passed Thursday, May 13.
Who doesn't have a memory, a story, or experience of Sir Robert Jones?
You are invited to contribute your "Sir Robert" stories & they will be collected and given to his family. These stories will not be published in any book, newspaper or periodical, nor will there be financial gain in any way. Send your letters to: SirRobertLegacy@yahoo.com
Gregory May passed the same evening as Sir Robert.
Our love and blessing go to their families as we wish them well on their next adventures!
Funeral arrangements pending.
From MastersConnection:
link here .
LOCAL NOTES
A. GUEST ENTRY: Pam Paiz on Health allowing more water connections in Yelm:
link here
B. SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES: SCHAFER GALLERY:
link here
C. GROBELNY CHIROPRACTIC'S YELM HOLISTIC WELLNESS EXPO SATURDAY - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
link here
D. WON'T YOU PLEASE JOIN IN PRAYER TO HEAL MOTHER EARTH THURSDAY?
link here
E. INTRODUCING THE BRAVE FOUNDATION - FIREFIGHTERS:
link here
F. YELM HISTORY PROJECT'S SPIFFY NEW WEBSITE!
link here
G. HOME VALUES CONTINUE TO DECLINE
link here
H. LEMURIA'S SPRING SALE MAY 21-23!
link here
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have."
James Baldwin (1924-1987)
American-born writer.
Quoted in the Huffington Post .
Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2009.
For archived issues of Kleiner’s Korner,
click on "Current Kleiner’s Korner and Archives"
at
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Send comments to steve@kleinerskorner.com .
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Paul Potts puts Mother's Day in perspective in this video: Mamas:
link here
Follow-up:
Last week's story on Facebook was followed-up with this:
link here
1. IMPORTANT STORIES ON THE USA'S WORST ECOLOGICAL DISASTER
A. "Current Timeline to Shut Down Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: Three Months"
From the CS Monitor in Truthout:
link here
B. "Halliburton Under Scrutiny for Possible Role in Oil Disaster and More..."
From News in Brief in Truthout:
link here
C. "Ongoing Safety Violations at BP's Refineries Endanger Employees' Lives"
From Truthout:
link here
D. "States fret about spill's economic impact"
"From Louisiana to Florida and beyond, businesses brace for impact"
From MSNBC:
link here
E. "Sea turtles killed in rush to fish?"
"Boats investigated to see if safety devices removed after spill"
Ed. Note: Oh my Gawd -- help humanity!
From the AP:
link here
F. "Slick Operator: The BP I've Known Too Well"
By Greg Palast in Truthout:
link here
G. "Alaskans feel the Gulf's pain"
"The Exxon Valdez may have ruptured more than 20 years ago, but in Alaska the memories linger on."
From Reuters:
link here
H. "Poisonous chemicals used to fight Gulf oil slick"
"Dispersants’ ingredients — ‘proprietary recipes like Coca-Cola’ — are secret"
From the New York Times:
link here
I. "Sex, Lies and Oil Spills"
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in the Huffington Post:
link here
J. "The Ten Worst Man-Made Environmental Disasters"
From GlobalPost in Truthout:
link here .
2. "SPIDER HAIRS HOLD CLUE TO THE SECRET OF WATER RESISTANCE"
"Most water-resistant materials use chemicals such as Teflon to repel water, but a University of Florida professor has developed a material that resists water by imitating the texture and placement of spider hairs.
The shape and varied distribution and lengths of spider hair make the spider more water-resistant, says Wolfgang Sigmund, a materials engineering professor at the Gainesville campus. The hairs are arranged in such a way that when water comes in contact with them, the water forms a tiny bead and rolls off," quoting USA Today.
link here .
3. INTERESTING NEWS ON HEALING THE HUMAN BODY
A. "TAPPING INTO THE POWER OF YOUR OWN STEM CELLS"
"...the natural role of adult stem cells in the body is indeed one of the greatest medical discoveries of our times; it holds great promises for the future of healthcare, but on the other hand the problems have been largely manufactured for political reasons," quoting Truthout:
link here
B. "ENHANCING THE PLACEBO"
"Placebo treatments are more powerful if your doctor believes in them. They are also more powerful if the doctor tells you so. In one study, for example, patients who had just come out of surgery were given a saline infusion, and — whenever they asked for it — the pain killer buprenorphine. However, some patients were told the saline infusion was a powerful painkiller, others that it might be one, while a third group wasn’t told anything. Over the course of three days, those in the “know-nothing” group asked for more buprenorphine than those in the “maybe” group, who in turn asked for more than those told they were getting a real drug," quoting the New York Times.
Ed. Note: This is well thought-out op-ed article!
link here .
4. "WORLD'S OLDEST PERSON, 114, DIES IN JAPAN"
The world's oldest person, a Japanese woman on the southern island of Okinawa, has died a week before her 115th birthday, a spokeswoman said Wednesday [May 5th].
Kama Chinen, who witnessed three centuries, died Sunday [May 2nd], according to Kaoru Shijima, a spokeswoman at her care facility...
She was born on May 10, 1895, according to the Gerontology Research Group, which tracks individuals of extremely old age," quoting the AP.
link here .
5. "STEPHEN HAWKING'S TIME MACHINE"
"Cosmologist outlines three theoretically realistic ideas for time travel"
"In an article in the Daily Mail this week, British cosmologist Stephen Hawking outlined not one, but three, theoretically realistic ideas for traveling through time, one of which he says is even practical," quoting Discovery News.
link here .
6. "PSYCHING OUT THE TERRORISTS"
"At least since a Nigerian with incendiary underpants tried to blow up a flight to Detroit last Christmas and failed, would-be terrorists have learned they don't have to hit their primary targets to score a blow to the American psyche; they just have to take a shot, and America's hyperventilating media frenzy will do the rest. The Christmas incident rattled the Obama administration and shook the nation's confidence," quoting Newsweek.
Ed. Note: Wow! Isn't that THE truth!
link here .
7. "THE COSTS OF THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX"
"In 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower gave his now famous farewell speech about the military industrial complex. He said we must never let the weight of the disastrous rise of misplaced power endanger our liberties or democratic process. He said, 'Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.'
What would he say today? In 1938, the U.S. had 14 overseas bases. Today, there are over 800 bases in 156 countries. The U.S. military spends $1.75 billion per day. In February, President Obama announced the largest military budget since World War II. The baseline budget, plus the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, and the 30,000 extra troops that the President is sending to Afghanistan equals $741 billion – and it’s expected to grow in the coming years," quoting Your Call on Truthout.
link here .
8. TWO INSIGHTFUL VIEWS ON THE ECONOMY
A. "Bracing for dark times head"
John Richardson
Esquire.com
"Factories are humming, consumers have resumed spending, and the Dow Jones industrial average is again above 11,000, said John Richardson. America is back, right? Not according to the Elliott Wave theorists, "a cult of chart obsessives who try to predict the stock market by following trends in social mood." Known for correlating stock prices to everything from skirt lengths to the popularity of horror movies, the Elliott Wave folks believe that "the intuitive popular idea that economic conditions generate moods is exactly wrong."
Changes in the national mood, say the theorists, precede changes in the economy. Under this theory, today's national mood, with its "increased feelings of anger, fear, and polarization," presages a second, cataclysmic dip in the stock market. That, in turn, could usher in a dark period in American history, in which "the pressure of gloom gets so big that violent and secessionist impulses can break out of control." Civil war, they say, is "a distinct possibility." Sure, the predictions of the Elliott Wave crowd have been wrong before. But they do have a point about the national mood, no? (The Week)
Will someone tell these guys to go home? I'm not sure I could have less respect for a particular stock market interpretation than I do for Elliott Wave theorists. If they really believe in their nonsense predictions they should be buying gold bars and holing themselves up in the North Arctic for the next couple decades," as quoted in The Week magazine of April 30, 2010.
link here
B. "John Williams: A Hyper-Inflationary Great Depression Is Coming"
"ShadowStats' John Williams has done his math and believes his numbers tell the truth. He explains why the U.S. is in a depression and why a "Hyper-Inflationary Great Depression" is now unavoidable. John also shares why he selects gold as a metal for asset conversion in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report," quoting The Gold Report.
link here .
9. BEES IN THE NEWS - AGAIN!
A. "FEARS FOR CROPS...SHOW SCALE OF BEE CATASTROPHE"
"Disturbing evidence that honeybees are in terminal decline has emerged from the United States where, for the fourth year in a row, more than a third of colonies have failed to survive the winter.
The decline of the country's estimated 2.4 million beehives began in 2006, when a phenomenon dubbed colony collapse disorder (CCD) led to the disappearance of hundreds of thousands of colonies. Since then more than three million colonies in the US and billions of honeybees worldwide have died and scientists are no nearer to knowing what is causing the catastrophic fall in numbers.
The number of managed honeybee colonies in the US fell by 33.8% last winter, according to the annual survey by the Apiary Inspectors of America and the US government's Agricultural Research Service (ARS)," quoting UK's Guardian.
link here
B. "VANISHING OF THE BEES DOCUMENTARY"
"The Vanishing of the Bees documentary, is narrated by Oscar-nominated actress Ellen Page and follows commercial beekeepers David Hackenberg and Dave Mendes as they strive to keep their bees healthy and fulfill pollination contracts across the U.S.," quoting the docuementary's website:
link here .
10. "INT'L WHALING COMMISSION (IWC) PROPOSAL TO LEGITIMIZE COMMERCIAL WHALING"
"But on April 22 – on the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, of all days – the IWC released a proposal that, if adopted, would suspend the moratorium on commercial whaling by authorizing Norway, Iceland, and Japan to kill whales for profit. Adding insult to injury, it would legitimize Japan’s current whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary around Antarctica – a whale sanctuary created by the IWC itself in 1994 – and authorize new whaling in Japanese coastal waters. This proposal would reverse nearly three decades of progress to "save the whales." quoting the NRDC.
link here
And:
"Tell President Obama to oppose the International Whaling Commission deal that would legitimize the hunting and killing of whales for profit. Call on him to push instead for a deal that ends commercial whaling once and for all!" Here is the letter you can send:
link here .
11. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
A. "Wind farm in the Great Lakes? Big potential meets big opposition."
"The windswept Great Lakes hold huge promise for wind power, experts say. But a plan for an offshore wind farm in Lake Michigan is raising local ire."
From the Christian Science (CS) Monitor:
link here
B. "The month in space: April 2010"
Ed. Note: Fabulous pics
From MSNBC:
link here
C. "Ice cap on Ugandan mountain splits"
From South Africa's news 24:
link here
D. "Local birders report rare sighting"
"Hooded crane—a native of Siberia—spotted in open fields near Carey [ID]"
From the Idaho Mt. Express:
link here
E. "Heavy bee colony losses in US could lead to price rise"
From The Ecologist:
link here
F. "System Stores Wind and Solar Power in the Form of Natural Gas, to Fit Neatly Into Existing Infrastructure"
From Popular Science:
link here
G. "Strengthening the Link Between Pollution, Cancer"
In Truhtout:
link here
H. "Canada's eager beavers build world's largest dam"
From the AP:
link here
I. "Peak Oil and the Return of the Jet Set"
"The difficulty and increasing cost of providing aviation fuel may ground many flights while winging us away from aerial democracy."
In Truthout:
link here .
12. SOCIO-ECONOMIC NEWS
A. "Report: Immigration Laws Put Five Million Children at Risk of Family Separation"
From ColorLines in Truthout:
link here
B. The Spy Robot
"Spy on your girl or a spouse or children mobile phones. Monitor their Calls, SMS & Location"
Ed. Note: If you have a cell phone, nothing but nothing is private & you are being tracked!
From The Spy Robot:
link here
C. "Invest in women to halve Africa's hunger"
From Global Post:
link here
D. "Copy Machines, a Security Risk?"
"This year marks the 50th anniversary of the good, old-fashioned copy machine. But, as Armen Keteyian reports, advanced technology has opened a dangerous hole in data security," quoting CBS News.
link here
E. Everyone in the USA would be wise to observe what is going on in Greece.
Could this be the USA's future?
From the AP:
link here
&
link here
F. "EU, IMF agree $1 trillion emergency fund"
From Reuters:
link here
G. "DNA Tests Vindicate Ohio Man Convicted Of '81 Rape"
From NPR:
link here
And this:
"What Do We Owe the Wrongfully Convicted?"
From Your Call:
link here
And this:
"DNA Frees Innocent Man, But What About Eyewitnesses?"
Ed. Note: I LOVE these stories, yet am so fed-up with hearing how, in a rush to conviction, this country has incarcerated so many innocent people, including death-row inmates this country euthanized.
From Discovery News:
link here
And:
Thanks to these people for getting the innocents freed:
The Innocent Project:
link here .
13. THE NATION
A. "US States Consider Starting Their Own Banks"
From Truthout:
link here
B. "In age-obsessed Hollywood, Betty White, at 88, is having the last laugh."
Ed. Note: Great story about a grand lady!
From Newsweek:
link here
C. "Airlines on Final Approach to Monopoly of the Skies"
From Truthout:
link here
D. "Americans "bombarded" with cancer sources: report"
From Reuters:
link here
E. About the Federal Reserve
In Public Eye:
link here
F. "Julius Caesar of the Internet"
"The FCC puts another industry under political control.
From the Wall Street Journal:
link here
G. "Global movement holds war criminals responsible"
"Just a few weeks ago, an Argentinian judge sentenced former Argentinian President Reynaldo Bignone to twenty-five years in prison for the kidnapping and torture of 56 people in a torture center.
This is precisely what Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld ordered. The CIA set up torture centers for people who the Pentagon or CIA kidnapped. And Guantanamo was determined by the United Nations to be a 'torture center.'"
From IndictBushNow.org:
link here .
RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS
A. RSE e-mailers last week:
- RSE -Auctions.com - New Auctions Added! - Log in today.
link here
- RSE Presents: Create Your Year in Taiwan and Malaysia!
link here
- Ramtha's Progressive Discipline Workshop, May 20-23
link here
B. JZ-Rose e-mailers last week:
- Beautiful Ankasa pillows, bedding, and more at JZ Rose!
link here
- Flora by Gucci at JZ Rose!
link here
C. "Bill Magno is returning to Australia in two weeks for personal reasons. Since he was selling everything in his home, he had graciously donated many books to the Freedom School yard sale last month. Unfortunately, he had hidden his life savings in some of those books and that was not discovered until the day after the sale. After much advertisement, the money has not been returned.
Any donation would be greatly appreciated to send Bill off with a smile on his face &"no worries, Mate.
There is a donation box at Mail Unlimited, who graciously allowed placement there. Or you can email Bill at observer@fairpoint.net & wish him well on his next adventures."
Bill's story was on Seattle's KING-5 (NBC) News April 14:
"Man loses retirement money at yard sale"
link here
D. Solar Water Heater Demo
Tuesday, May 11, 5 to 9 pm
Parking lot Jerry's Color Center
401 Creek Street SE , Yelm
Special Offer $585, by Erika Fehr:
link here
E. CSE's 7th annual auction gala June 27th
link here
F. Ramtha's London Campaign Web Site is live.
Ed. Note: This IS Slick:
link here
And, easily accessible "Ramtha Videos - A selection for your viewing"
link here
G. Dr. Miceal Ledwith's vidoes New DVDs
From MastersConnection:
link here
H. Greg Simmons & I were "The Greg & Steve Combo ~~~ 50 Years of Wisdom"
May 4th on Beyond the Ordinary internet radio. We had great fun in one of the liveliest interviews I have experienced:
link here
scroll down to May 4, 2010.
LOCAL NOTES
A. Yelm enacts building 'moratorium' - temporarily?
link here
B. NVN: Yelm again accepts building permits
link here
C. Help save Yelm's iconic Blue Bottle Cafe
link here
D. Hour 4 Hour Time Exchange sponsors Knowledge Day in Rainier
link here
E. Yelm's water system connection limited by Dept. of Health
link here
F. Thurston County Waste Mobile Event May 15-16
link here
G. Did Yelm take businesses' water to build more homes?
link here
H. Washington DC high school class Field trip visits Yelm
link here
I. Guest Entry: Pam Paiz on Health authorizing more Yelm water connections
link here .
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man,
and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her."
Helen Rowland (1875-1950)
American journalist and humorist
From Wikipedia:
link here .
Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2009.
For archived issues of Kleiner’s Korner,
click on "Current Kleiner’s Korner and Archives"
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Happy Mother's Day (May 9th) to the givers of all of our lives!
About Mother's Day from Wikipedia:
link here
Read the Mother's Day Proclamation 1870 By Julia Ward Howe
link here
1. STORIES ON THE HUMAN BRAIN
A. "BOOSTING BRAIN POWER"
"More people, especially college students trying to improve their grades, are illegally boosting their brain power by using prescription "smart drugs" like Ritalin and Aderall, meant for those with attention deficit disorders. Katie Couric reports," on CBS News 60 MINUTES which aired April 25, 2010.
Ed. Note: See the interview of the Univ. of Kentucky student!
link here
B. "ELECTRIC CURRENTS BOOST BRAINPOWER"
"Connecting a battery across the front of the head can boost verbal skills, says a team from the US National Institutes of Health.
A current of two thousandths of an ampere (a fraction of that needed to power a digital watch) applied for 20 minutes is enough to produce a significant improvement, according to data presented this week at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, held in San Diego," from Nature News.
link here
C. "WATCHING A LIVING BRAIN IN THE ACT OF SEEING -- WITH SINGLE-SYNAPSE RESOLUTION"
"Pioneering a novel microscopy method, neuroscientist Arthur Konnerth and colleagues from the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) have shown that individual neurons carry out significant aspects of sensory processing: specifically, in this case, determining which direction an object in the field of view is moving. Their method makes it possible for the first time to observe individual synapses, nerve contact sites that are just one micrometer in size, on a single neuron in a living mammalian brain...
The scientists report these results in the latest issue of the journal Nature. Looking ahead, they say their method opens a new avenue for exploration of how learning functions at the level of the individual neuron," from Science Daily.
link here .
2. "THE DEPRESSING NEWS ABOUT ANTIDEPRESSANTS"
"Studies suggest that the popular drugs are no more effective than a placebo. In fact, they may be worse....
'There is no question that the safety and efficacy of antidepressants rest on solid scientific evidence," as psychiatry professor Richard Friedman of Weill Cornell Medical College recently wrote in The New York Times. But ever since a seminal study in 1998, whose findings were reinforced by landmark research in The Journal of the American Medical Association last month, that evidence has come with a big asterisk. Yes, the drugs are effective, in that they lift depression in most patients. But that benefit is hardly more than what patients get when they, unknowingly and as part of a study, take a dummy pill—a placebo. As more and more scientists who study depression and the drugs that treat it are concluding, that suggests that antidepressants are basically expensive Tic Tacs," quoting NEWSWEEK.
link here .
3. PALESTINIAN GIRLS INVENT 'SEEING' WALKING STICK FOR BLIND"
"Along with classmates Aseel Sha'ar and Nour El Arda, she [Palestinian teenager Aseel Abu Leil] invented an obstacle-detecting walking stick. They entered the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair alongside 6 million global contestants, and were chosen to be among 1,500 finalists to attend the world's largest science fair next month in San Jose, Calif.," from McClatchy Newspapers:
link here .
4. WAS POLISH OFFICIALS' PLANE CRASH SABOTAGE?
Ed. Note: Whenever I hear of a plane crash involving government officials, I immediately am drawn to think the cause is sabotage & persons aboard had knowledge of or were a threat to the status-quo. A plane crash is the murder-weapon of choice these days, to do away with high-profile people, it seems.
Too many crashes have been suspicious, including & not limited to:
- Sen. John Tower:
link here
- Sen. Paul Wellstone:
link here
- Panama General Torrijos:
link here
- Commerce Secretary Ron Brown:
link here
- Jaime Roldós Aguilera, President of Ecuador:
link here
When I heard that the investigation of the Polish plane crash in Russia would be handled by Russia's Putin and that no bodies or personal belongings were found in the wreckage, my alarm bells went off.
Now, comes these reports:
Jane Burgermeister reports on the discrepancies of the Polish president's flight crash including footage taken immediately after the crash. This is well-worth the 9 minutes to become educated. While the text is in Dutch, click the video, which is in English.
From Want-to-Know:
link here
"Were the Polish elite abducted and killed in Poland?"
link here .
5. "TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT FACEBOOK"
"When Alexander Solzhenitsyn was arrested by Stalin's political police, his captors got lost.
Solzhenitsyn, a war hero (Stalin distrusted and hated war heroes), showed them how to read the map and get to where they were going.
That's what millions of Americans are doing now.
Putting far more personal information that they should about themselves online for easy mining," quoting Brasscheck.
link here
More on the mentioned Information Awareness Office from Wikipedia:
link here .
6. POTENTIALLY THE USA'S LARGEST OIL DISASTER
Ed. Note: These stories highlight the stupidity of drilling oil a mile below sea-level off the pristine California & Florida coasts, as has been proposed. Had this happened off Santa Barbara or Sarasota, Florida, this would have destroyed those beautiful beaches & tourism for decades. As it is, Florida Panhandle's famous, white sands are going to be devastated, as well as the fishing areas & seabeds.
A. "Leaking Oil Well Lacked Safeguard Device"
From the Wall Street Journal:
link here
B. "Murphy's Law and the Stupidity of Obama's Drill, Drill, Drill Offshore Oil Policy"
From Truthout:
link here
C. "Whistleblower: BP Risks More Massive Catastrophes in Gulf"
From Truthout:
link here
The International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) is just one of the fine organizations on-scene in Louisiana & they need our help.
Ed. Note: See item C under Ramtha Student News below about IBRRC's Executive Director.
Here is what the IBRRC is doing right now at this oil catastrophe:
link here .
7. "BAY BRIDGE: COMPETING AGAINST TIME"
"Byron Pitts reports from the construction site of the future Bay Bridge, where there's a race to complete the new, earthquake-resistant span alongside the old structure, which authorities fear cannot stand up to the next large earthquake," quoting CBS News' 60 MINUTES which aired April 25, 2010.
Ed. Note: this is a very interesting story:
link here .
8. "HAWKING: ALIENS MAY POSE RISKS TO EARTH"
"British physicist Stephen Hawking says aliens are out there, but it could be too dangerous for humans to interact with extraterrestrial life.
Hawking claims in a new documentary titled "Into the Universe With Stephen Hawking" that intelligent alien life forms almost certainly exist — but warns that communicating with them could be 'too risky,'" quoting MSNBC.
Ed. Note: The is an outlandish comment from Mr. Hawking. His comment precludes the fact that aliens have been coming here for thousands of years. In more modern times, world governments do not want the public to know this has been happening and the media spin to deny the existence of aliens here on Earth is amazing. And, what makes Mr. Hawking think that the aliens that do make their way here could not have wiped us out already, if they wanted?
link here
And about new Discovery Channel documentary "Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking,"
link here .
9. "CAN WORLD'S LARGEST LASER ZAP EARTH'S ENERGY WOES?
"Scientists at a government lab here are trying to use the world's largest laser -- it's the size of three football fields -- to set off a nuclear reaction so intense that it will make a star bloom on the surface of the Earth.
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's formula for cooking up a sun on the ground may sound like it's stolen from the plot of an "Austin Powers" movie. But it's no Hollywood fantasy: The ambitious experiment will be tried for real, and for the first time, late this summer.
If they're successful, the scientists hope to solve the global energy crisis by harnessing the energy generated by the mini-star.
The lab's venture has doubters, to be sure. Nuclear fusion, the type of high-energy reaction the California researchers hope to produce, has been a scientific pipe dream for at least a half-century. It's been pitched as a miracle power source. But it hasn't yielded many results," quoting CNN.
link here .
10. VALUABLE RESEARCH ON THE BEST PREPAREDNESS BOOKS
This lady has done some fabulous research on Preparedness books and says why her selections are the best. The first video is a Introduction to the Series(about 2 min.) followed by books on Food Storage and Preserving Part 1 & 2, the Garden Part 1 & 2, Livestock Part 1 & 2 and other Essential Skills. They are each about 8 min. in length:
link here
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11. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
A. "Deadly airborne fungus reaches Pacific Northwest"
From KING-5 TV News (NBC) in Seattle:
link here
B. "U.S. losing trees faster than other heavily forested nations"
From USA Today:
link here
C. "Amazing Video Shows Shockwaves Explode From Volcano"
From FOX News:
link here
D. "Do You Know Where Your Fish Comes From?"
From Mercola:
link here
E. "Dead Sea pipeline plan an ‘ecological disaster’"
Ed. Note: See the Sea's size reduction in the last 75 years
From The Ecologist:
link here
F. "Make Your Own Olive Oil Lamp"
"Need non-electric lighting for emergencies? With this simple project, you can make an olive oil lamp using common household materials."
From Mother Earth News:
link here
G. "After Ten-Year Battle, First US Offshore Wind Farm Approved"
From McClatchy Newspapers:
link here .
12. SOCIO-ECONOMIC NEWS
A. "The Deficit and Our Children: Just the Facts"
From Truthout:
link here
B. "Ed Haslam - Dr Mary's Monkey - polio cancer virus"
Ed. Note: This is very sobering.
From Free Planet:
link here
C. "Fed-up fliers turn to U.S. train travel"
Hassles of flying fuel growing popularity of travel by rail"
From Reuters:
link here
D. "Rickets makes comeback among computer generation"
"The growth of the computer generation and changing lifestyles among children are leading to a Vitamin D deficiency and a rise in cases of rickets, medical experts have warned"
From UK's Telegraph:
link here
E. "Debt contagion worries spread across Europe"
"Spain's debt downgraded amid worries about Greek default"
From the AP:
link here
And the latest on the costs of the Greek bailout to the Greek people
From MSNBC:
link here
F. "Air Force Officer to Be Discharged for Being a Lesbian Speaks Out"
Ed. Note: One day in the future, we will look back on the military's policy about gays as stupid!
From Truthout:
link here
G. "Indigenous Voices at the United Nations"
from the UN Permanent Forum:
link here
H. "U.S. Food Still Tainted with Old Chemicals"
"Thirty-eight years after DDT was banned, Americans still consume trace amounts of the infamous insecticide every day, along with more than 20 other banned chemicals"
From Scientific American:
link here
I. "Treasury Goes Green, Saves, Green"
"Broad New Initiative Will Increase Electronic Transactions, Save More Than $400 Million, 12 Million Pounds of Paper in First Five Years Alone"
Ed. Note: Is this the path to all American's being required to have a debit card, Mark of the Beast, etc., etc.
From the US Dept. of the Treasury:
link here .
13. THE NATION
A. "Why did dozens of people walk by dying Good Samaritan"
In NYC on MSNBC:
link here
B. "Of the Banks, by the Banks, for the Banks"
Ed Note: A very well-done story.
From Op-Ed News:
link here
C. "News Anchors SCARED after hearing Richard Gage Architect talk about 911 as inside job"
From Live Leak:
link here
And this posted a year ago from KMPH - Fox News in Fresno, CA in 2009:
link here
Also see:
- Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth:
link here
- Pilots for 9/11 Truth:
link here
- Scholars for 9/11 Truth:
link here
- WTC7 (World Trade Center 7):
link here
D. "Fed Facing Lawsuits, Criminal Complaints Over Market Manipulation"
From The New American:
link here .
RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS
A. RSE e-mailers last week:
-Ramtha’s Campaign Worldwide - Italy, Spain, Korea and London!
link here
- Ramtha's Progressive Discipline Workshop, May 20-23
link here
B. JZ-Rose e-mailers last week:
- Lipstick Queen at JZ Rose!
link here
- Peace, Love and Pie! Mrs. Rowe's Southern Pies Cookbook at JZ Rose
Quoting JZ: "I love this book!"
link here
- Celebrate Mothers. Mother's Day from JZ-Rose.com
link here
C. Jay Holcomb, Executive Director of the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) is a finalist for Oceana’s Ocean Hero Award! Won't you read about Jay and cast your vote for our fellow student, acknowledging his work. His is on-scene at the eco-disaster in Louisiana right now.
Jay is in the upper-left-hand-corner adult picture.
link here
Jay's bio:
link here
D. "SuperConsciousness Magazine, the VOICE for Human Potential, is excited to announce the launch of its new website at www.superconsciousness.com.
At SuperConsciousness, we are passionate about human evolution, making known the unknown, and the magical combination of self-discovery, self-realization and spirituality. Visit us today as we move into a brand new future."
Ed. Note: This is a very worthwhile choice to subscribe!
link here
E. Susan Tabor's & Rainier resident Bonnie Price's works are featured in an Art Show and Open House at the Rainier Old School Saturday, May 8th. They also volunteer at the Rainier Old School Thrift Shop. The Art Show will continue until May 31st. There is an open house for the new Rainier Library and Thrift Shop.
link here
F. Mother's Day Ideas from Will of the Wind
link here .
LOCAL NOTES
A. Yelm's water issues self-created - yet public does not know!
link here
B. Rainier's new library to open - Yelm's to shrink substantially:
link here
About Yelm's:
link here
C. Protect Yelm.org on the Bypass to Nowhere:
link here
D. Yelm celebrates Arbor Day:
link here
E. Reps. McCune & Campbell hold Town Hall:
link here
F. County holds 2nd annual garage sale & reuse fair:
link here
G. Yelm Food Co-op celebrates 3rd anniversary:
link here
H. Update from SE Thurston Fire & EMS Chief Hutcheson:
link here .
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"A man can fail many times,
but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame someone else."
John Burroughs (1837-1921)
American naturalist and essayist important in the evolution of the U.S. conservation movement
From Wikipedia:
link here .
Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2009.
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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