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| KLEINER'S KORNER FOR WEEK OF DECEMBER 27, 2010
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Every person is the creation of himself,
the image of his own thinking and believing.
As individuals think and believe, so they are.”
Claude M. Bristol (1851-1951)
American journalist who worked on the army newspaper, Stars and Stripes until 1919.
Best known for the book The Magic of Believing, published in 1948.
From the Claude Bristol website:
link here
As this marks the last Korner of 2010, best wishes for 2011.
More to come as a new year's edition is rolled-out next week.
1. "PLACEBOS WORK, EVEN WHEN PATIENTS ARE IN THE KNOW, STUDY FINDS"
"In what researchers call a novel 'mind-body' therapy, most patients in a study suffering from irritable bowel syndrome reported relief after receiving pills they were told contained no real medicine...
The finding, reported online Wednesday in the journal PloS One, may point the way to wider — and more ethical — applications of the well-known 'placebo effect.'
'The conventional wisdom is you need to make a patient think they're taking a drug; you have to use deception and lies,' said lead author Ted Kaptchuk, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School," quoting Amina Khan in the Los Angeles Times.
link here
More:
"This 'Placebo' Could Be The Drug For You"
From NPR:
link here .
2. "FOSSIL DNA POINTS TO NEW BRANCH OF HUMANITY"
"A finger bone from Siberia now reveals that a previously unknown group of ancient humans once existed there, one neither like us nor Neanderthals.
Bizarrely, the DNA from these extinct Siberians seems unusually similar to that of Pacific Islanders from tropical Melanesia.
The 30,000-year-old fossil was found in Denisova Cave in southern Siberia in 2008, a bone fragment that likely came from a fingertip of a young girl," quoting Charles Q. Choi in LiveScience
link here
More:
"Ancient humans, dubbed 'Denisovans', interbred with us"
By Pallab Ghosh of the BBC:
link here .
3. "THE BIRTH OF TIME: QUANTUM LOOPS DESCRIBE THE EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE"
"Physicists from the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw have put forward – on the pages of Physical Review D – a new theoretical model of quantum gravity describing the emergence of space-time from the structures of quantum theory. It is not only one of the few models describing the full general theory of relativity advanced by Einstein, but it is also completely mathematically consistent," quoting the website Faculty of Physics at University of Warsaw:
link here .
4. BMW ADVERT 'BURNS' LOGO ON TO CINEMA-GOERS' EYELIDS SO THEY CAN SEE IT WHEN THEY CLOSE THEIR EYES"
"BMW has come up with an innovative way of making sure viewers remember its latest ad: they are imprinting the firm’s logo on people’s retina.
The campaign uses the phenomenon that occurs when you look at the sun and then close your eyes, leaving an ‘after-image’ that can still be seen for several moments afterwards.
A new advert for the car manufacturer, which has been previewed at cinemas in Germany, uses a heavy duty flash designed for lighting film sets that shines through a cardboard stencil right at the end," quoting Niall Firth in UK's Daily Mail.
link here .
5. "CLASSIFIED UFO FILES REVEAL MASKED ALIENS, EXTRATERRESTRIAL WRITING"
"The New Zealand military has released hundreds of previously classified reports detailing claims of unidentified flying object sightings and alien encounters.
The reports, dating from 1954 to 2009, were released Wednesday [Dec. 23] under freedom of information laws after the New Zealand Defence Force removed names and other identifying material," quoting this report on FOX News from News Corp Australian Papers.
link here .
ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
A. After record rains in California, the following USA snow records were noted in recent days:
- Birmingham, AL records first white Christmas EVER.
- Atlanta, GA noted their first White Christmas since 1882.
Both stories on MSNBC:
link here
- Raleigh, NC records first measurable Christmas snow.
From MSNBC:
link here
- Colombia, SC has 1st-ever Christmas snow - records date back to 1887
From the AP:
link here
- Minneapolis, MN has recorded their snowiest December EVER
From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune:
link here
- Norfolk, VA doubles snow total record
From WVEC-TV:
link here
- New York City recorded the 6th time EVER that the snow depth reached 20 inches (see pics)
On MSNBC:
link here
- "2010 Blizzard in Time-Lapse" in NYC
From ABC News:
link here
B. "Chupacabra Found In Kentucky?"
"Mystery Animal Has People Wondering"
From Louisville's Hearst-owned TV station, WLKY:
link here
&
more from MSNBC:
link here
C. "Pick Up America: a cross-country road trip to wipe out waste"
By Carrie Madren in The Ecologist:
link here
D. "Seattle Times photographers offer a glimpse into what inspires their best visual reporting."
"Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge"
Posted by Kevin Fujii on the Seattle Times website:
link here
E. "Iñupiaq People Ask: 'Will We Be the Victims of the Next Oil Spill Disaster?'
By Harvard Ayers and Chie Sakakibara in Climate Storytellers:
link here
F. "Expansion of Navy training site puts Orcas in danger, critics say"
"Whales: Environmentalists oppose expansion of training site on Washington coast; Navy says it won't hurt animals"
By Rob Hotakainen in The Olympian:
link here
More from Orca Network:
link here .
THE USA
A. Conspiracy Theory With Jesse Ventura, Season 2 Episode 7 - BP OIL SPILL
Ed. Note: Ventura presents evidence some sinister things are going on with the Gulf oil disaster!
A MUST-SEE.
On YouTube:
link here
A. "On the Historical Necessity of WikiLeaks"
"Whether [USA President] Wilson was or was not an idealist cannot affect the fact that secret diplomacy almost never represents the public interest."
By Lawrence Davidson of Truthout:
link here
B. "Airport X-Ray: Educate BEFORE You Radiate"
From The Doctor Within (Dr. Tim O'Shea, DC):
link here
C. "Osama bin Laden is Dead: Maybe CIA Can Get Confirmation From 'SNL'"
Ed. Note: FINALLY! Someone hast he courage to call the CIA on their bluff!
By Robert Weiner and James Lewis in The Washington Times:
link here
D. "Five airports with art worth seeing
By Katherine Dorsett and LaTrina White, CNN
link here
Ed. Note: of course, Denver's Airport art was unmasked by Gov. Jesse Ventura earlier this year.
On YouTube:
link here
E. "Flyers Rights Joins with Legendary Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader and Aviation Consumer Action Project to Demand 'Voice' in On-going Security Debate"
On PR Newswire:
link here
"On January 6th, Kate [of FlyersRights.org] will participate in a workshop on TSA security, along with Ralph Nader, Marc Rotenberg of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and security, legal, scientific and medical experts. The purpose is to explore the many unresolved issues regarding the new procedures, shine light on them through the smoke that has been generated by some government and media sources, and developing a "Next Steps" plan."
link here
F. "Beyond WikiLeaks: The Privatization of War"
By Jose L. Gomez del Prado, UN Working Group on Mercenaries, in Truthout:
link here
G. "Washington D.C. soon Kennedy-free"
"When Patrick Kennedy exits Congress it will be the first time in 63-years his family isn't serving elected office."
By Andrew Miga for the AP:
link here .
RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS
A. RSE e-mailers last week:
- Special Showing - Waiting for "Superman" in Yelm Jan. 8th
link here
- FIRST EVER! CYY Weekend Continuous Live Stream! Jan 14-16
link here
B. The Children's School of Excellence (CSE) has announced their closure:
link here
The CSE website remains active:
link here
C. "Merry Christ-in-Mass from Argentina"
From RSE coordinator Lucas Matías:
link here
D. "RSE UK: Merry Christmas to all !!!"
From UK coordinator Keith Clampton:
link here
E. Karla and Thomas Mani "offer a package of 40 different tree seeds for ...long-term seed storage & ... created a collection of tree seeds which will do well in the Pacific Northwest."
Visit their website:
link here
Take advantage of their special with 30% off & get the Tree Seed Collection through the month of December for only $60.
F. Laurie Pyne, Creator of the Youth Imagination and Empowerment Project was interviewed Dec. 17th on "Empowering Mind for Young People!"
link here
And last:
G. Congratulations to Evelyn Blicharski on finding her card in the Name Field in Australia earlier this month. As you can see in this picture submitted by an OZ student, Evelyn is 95 years young! She is being acknowledged by RSE Teacher Laura Mooney & fellow students:
link here .
LOCAL NOTES
A. CHILDREN'S SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE CLOSES - LEAVES REMARKABLE LEGACY
link here
B. GUEST ENTRY:
ELIZABETH AXE ON LEARNINGS FROM A CANCER DIAGNOSIS
link here
C. 'YELM BACKYARD BIRDS' HIGHLIGHTS YELM'S HIGH-RATE OF URBANIZATION & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT POTENTIALS
link here .
The name Kleiner’s Korner and header title are copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2010.
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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| KLEINER'S KORNER FOR WEEK OF DECEMBER 20, 2010
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful."
Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993)
Minister and author (most notably of The Power of Positive Thinking)
link here
"In the Northern Hemisphere, the ... Winter Solstice occurs on December 21, 2010 at 6:38 PM ET and 23:38 UTC (Universal Time)."
Winter begins in Yelm on Tuesday at 3:38pm.
From Cliff.com:
link here
1. IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME
A. Kennedy Center Honors
"Winfrey, McCartney honored in DC"
"Merle Haggard, Bill T. Jones, Jerry Herman also among Kennedy Center honorees...
The show was recorded Sunday night[Dec. 5] for broadcast Dec. 28 on CBS," by Brett Zongker of the AP for TODAY on NBC:
link here
B. To my dear readers -
Have the Merriest Christmas!
Laughter, tidings & plenty of good cheer.
Steve Klein .
2. DISCOVERIES MAKING THE NEWS
A. "Historians discover tiny numbers and letters in the eyes of the Mona Lisa"
On Yahoo:
link here
B. "Violent storm reveals ancient art on the coast of Israel"
By Alan Boyle on MSNBC:
link here
C. "Beam Me Up: 'Teleportation' Is Year's Biggest Breakthrough"
On FOX-TV:
link here
D. "Invisibility rug hides 'large' objects"
"A cloaking device can shield macroscopic objects in visible light."
By Zeeya Merali in Nature News:
link here
E. "Power Plants: Engineers Mimic Photosynthesis to Harvest Light Energy"
"Theoretical models suggest ways for optimizing artificial photosynthesis to turn light into energy the way plants do"
By Alison Snyder in Scientific American (Sciam):
link here
F. "Bones found on island might be Amelia Earhart's"
By Sean Murphy on Yahoo!:
link here
&
"Amelia Earhart's final resting place?"
By Alan Boyle on MSNBC:
link here .
3. HUMAN BRAIN DISCOVERIES MAKE NEWS
A. "Age no longer much of a digital dividing line, says Pew"
By Amy Gahran on CNN:
link here
B. "Brain Anomaly Leaves Woman Without Fear"
"Study findings may hold clues to PTSD treatment, researchers say"
By Maureen Salamon in HealthDay:
link here
&
"When the Brain Knows No Fear: Fear Discovery Could Lead to New Interventions for PTSD"
From Science Daily:
link here
C. "Yale Scientists Find Molecular Glue Needed To Wire the Brain"
From Yale University's Press Release:
link here
D. "Scientists find gene clue to 130 brain diseases"
From France's AFP:
link here
E. "What God looks like in your brain: Scans show more activity when religious people meditate"
from UK's Daily Mail:
link here
F. "The Gift of Endless Memory"
"Lesley Stahl Reports on Superior Autobiographical Memory"
Ed. Note: Great story!
From CBS News 60 MINUTES:
link here .
4. THE HUMAN BODY IN THE NEWS
A. "Stem Cells Used to Make Pancreas, Gut Cells"
By Maggie Fox for ABC News:
link here
B. Seattle's life-expectancy ranks 2nd in the world
By Alex Silverman on KIRO radio:
link here
&
More from Sightline Daily:
link here
C. "Baby's genome hidden in mother's blood"
"A complete fetal genome can be deduced from maternal DNA."
By Ewen Callaway in Nature News:
link here
D. "Old and Wise: Why Do Smarter People Live Longer?"
"Bees help to explain the link between intelligence and long life"
By Kirsten Trayno in Scientific American Health:
link here
E. "What Makes an Honest Smile Honest?"
"What is the telltale clue to a genuine smile? Recent research finds positive correlations with this honest show of emotion."
Christie Nicholson reports in Sciam:
link here
F. "In medical breakthrough, HIV-positive man ‘cured’ by stem cell transplant"
By David Edwards in Raw Story:
link here
G. "Junk food fan? Drinking tea could keep the pounds at bay"
By Jenny Hope in UK's Daily Mail:
link here .
5. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
A. "More polar bear news than you can shake a rapidly melting icicle at"
By John Platt for Scientific American:
link here
&
"Polar bears no longer on thin ice?"
"New study suggests a sliver of hope for the animals by curbing carbon emissions"
From the AP on MSNBC:
link here
B. "Antarctic sea ice melting as ocean heat rises"
By Larry O'Hanlon on Discovery Channel:
link here
C. "Life's Building Blocks Found on Surprising Meteorite"
On Space.com:
link here
D. "Solstice-eclipse overlap first in 372 years
By Rebecca Lindell in the Montreal Gazette:
link here
&
"A total eclipse of the moon"
Photoblog on MSNBC:
link here
E. "2010: The year the Earth struck back"
By Julie Reed bell & Seth Borenstein from the AP on MSNBC:
link here
F. "Bitter summer freeze bites eastern states as summer gives way to snow and cold"
By Dana McCauley and news.com.au from: The Australian
link here .
6. POTPOURRI
A. "Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBC Four"
Ed. Note: Pretty neat!
On YouTube:
link here
B. "Gregg Braden on Curing Cancer using our own Technology of Emotion"
On YouTube:
link here
C. "Watch an Apple Engineer Recreate a 2,000-Year-Old Computer Using Legos"
From Fast Code sign:
link here
D. "Coalition of Resistance conference | School Student | 27 Nov 2010"
Ed. Note: An amazing speech from a 15 year old!
On YouTube:
link here
E. "Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe,Keith Urban at Oprah Winfrey's Opera House Show"
Ed. Note: I still call Australia home will touch your soul!
For you Aussies on YouTube!
link here
F. "Curtain calls, 2010"
Ed. Note: Those that passed on in 2010
From TODAY on NBC:
link here .
7. THE NATION
A. "Conspiracy Theory with Gov. Jesse Ventura- 911 Pentagon Attack(Full Episode)"
Ed. Note: WOW! Finally!
On YouTube:
link here
B. "FORMER VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY ACCUSED OF ENGINEERING PENTAGON ATTACK
DONALD RUMSFELD CITED AS POSSIBLE ACCOMPLICE"
By Gordon Duff for Veterans Today:
link here
C. "Halliburton Offers Nigeria $250 Million in Exchange for Dropping Charges Against Cheney, Company"
By Jason Leopold in Truthout:
link here
D. "Bush Sr., James Baker Instrumental in Getting Nigeria to Drop Bribery Charges Against Cheney"
By Jason Leopold in Truthout:
link here
E. "Swiss Bank Refuses Access to Client’s Physical Gold Holdings"
Ed. Note: Wise counsel - "Get a shovel and start digging."
On Lew Rockwell's site:
link here
F. "Sen. Bernie Sanders Reveals What Happened At The Fed"
"A Real Jaw Dropper At The Federal Reserve"
By Sen. Bernie Sanders on Rense.com:
link here
G. "Sai v. Obama, et al: Hawaii's Legal Case Against the United States"
"To explain why he and others insist that Hawaii is not now and never has been lawfully part of the United States, Sai presents an overview of Hawaii's feudal land system and its history as an independent, sovereign kingdom prior to the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani on January 16, 1893."
By Jon Letman on Truthout:
link here
H. "U.S. rethinks strategy for an unthinkable attack"
"Administration's problem: How to spread advice without causing alarm?"
By William J. Broad in the New York Times:
link here
I. "Informing on your neighbours? There's an app for that: Big Brother iPhone download encourages you to spy"
By Daniel Bates in UK's daily Mail:
link here
J. "Latest Terror Threat in US Aimed to Poison Food"
"Exclusive: The Dept. of Homeland Security Uncovered a Plot to Attack Hotels and Restaurants Over a Single Weekend"
By Armen Keteyian for CBS News:
link here .
RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS
A. Happy Holidays from JZ Knight!!
link here
B. Merry Christmas from RSE!
link here
C. Andrew Wright and Lisa Fitkin, owners of New Leaf Media Group, have produced and donated a promotional video for Hwy 507 YoungLife. The non-profit group is a non-denominational Christian organization that provides mentorship and emotional support services to middle- and high-schoolers in need, serving the Yelm, Rainier and Tenino areas. The video premiered at the group's annual fundraising event in November. Hwy 507 YoungLife also just received a generous grant from Red Wind Casino.
link here
D. Marcela Martinez and Hans Molland are now running the Livingroom Cafe & Espresso at
472 Sussex Ave in Tenino, serving organic coffee from McKenna's Liquid Soul. They offer free wi-fi
in a cozy environment & will soon be serving sandwiches and panini options. Their cafe is available for meetings, birthdays, or events.
link here
E. Fred Lomax and Linda McCallum operate an award-winning business from our area.
Classy Custom Pet Portals™ make great holiday gifts:
link here .
LOCAL NOTES
A. MR. GRAVES: YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS
link here
B. OLYMPIA SETS NEW RAINFALL RECORD FOR DEC. 12TH
link here
C. THE OLYMPIAN: "THURSTON COUNTY ZONING CHANGE"
link here
D. CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS - SPEED LIMIT INCREASES
link here
E. YELM SOLDIER KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
link here
F. "COMPOST BINS MAKE GREAT GIFTS"
link here
G. 'COMMUNITY THEATER' COMES ALIVE IN YELM - HILLMAN TRIUMPH,S AGAIN!
link here
H. INTRODUCING YELM CANDLE BUSINESS: CANDLE OPERA
link here
I. THE VALUE OF FARMER'S MARKETS
link here
J. INNOVATIVE RAINIER-BASED, AWARD-WINNING PRODUCT - CLASSY CUSTOM PET DOORS
link here
K. REI ANNOUNCES PLANS TO OPEN OLYMPIA STORE
link here .
The name Kleiner’s Korner and header title are copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2010.
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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| KLEINER'S KORNER FOR THE WEEKS OF DECEMBER 6 & 13, 2010
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"I am a firm believer in the people.
If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis.
The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer."
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
16th President of the United States.
More from The White House:
link here
1. SCIENCE NEWS ABOUT THE HUMAN BODY
A. "AGING ILLS REVERSED IN MICE"
"Scientists have partially reversed age-related degeneration in mice, an achievement that suggests a new approach for tackling similar disorders in people.
By tweaking a gene, the researchers reversed brain disease and restored the sense of smell and fertility in prematurely aged mice. Previous experiments with calorie restriction and other methods have shown that aspects of aging can be slowed. This appears to be the first time that some age-related problems in animals have actually been reversed.
The study was published online Sunday [Nov. 28] in the peer-reviewed journal Nature.
link here
B. "STUDY OFFERS HOPE OF 'REPAIRING' MS DAMAGE"
"Scientists have identified a way of prompting nerve system repair in multiple sclerosis (MS).
Studies on rats by Cambridge and Edinburgh University researchers identified how to help stem cells in the brain regenerate myelin sheath, needed to protect nerve fibres.
MS charities said the "exciting" Nature Neuroscience work offered hope of restoring physical functions," quoting the BBC.
link here
C. "JUST BREATHE: BODY HAS A BUILT-IN STRESS RELIEVER"
:As it turns out, deep breathing is not only relaxing, it's been scientifically proven to affect the heart, the brain, digestion, the immune system — and maybe even the expression of genes.
Mladen Golubic, a physician in the Cleveland Clinic's Center for Integrative Medicine, says that breathing can have a profound impact on our physiology and our health, " by Gretchen Cuda in NPR.
link here .
2. "BEFORE THE BOOM"
"Now Roger Penrose, the eminent British mathematician, is arguing that there is physical evidence that may predate the Big Bang," quoting this dynamic & thought-provoking Editorial in the New York Times:
link here .
3. NEWS ABOUT SPACE DISCOVERIES
A. "Starry, starry, starry night: Star count may triple"
"A new study suggests there are a mind-blowing 300 sextillion of them, or three times as many as scientists previously calculated. That is a 3 followed by 23 zeros. Or 3 trillion times 100 billion.
The estimate, contained in a study published online Wednesday [Dec. 1]in the journal Nature," quoting Seth Bornstein for the AP:
link here
B. "Dark Jupiter May Haunt Edge of Solar System"
"A century of comet data suggests a dark, Jupiter-sized object is lurking at the solar system’s outer edge and hurling chunks of ice and dust toward Earth.
“We’ve accumulated 10 years’ more data, double the comets we viewed to test this hypothesis,” said planetary scientist John Matese of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette," quoting By Lisa Grossman in WIRED Science.
link here .
4. "NASA DISCOVERS NEW LIFE..."
"In a bombshell that upends long-held assumptions about the basic building blocks of life, scientists have discovered a a whole new type of creature: a microbe that lives on arsenic. It is unlike every other lifeform on the planet - from the simplest plant to the most complex mammal," quoting Nicholas Graham and Craig Kanalley in the Huffington Post.
link here
From NASA:
link here .
5. "AMELIA EARHART'S FINGER BONE RECOVERED?"
"Tiny fragment found on atoll believed to be pilot's final resting place
A tiny bone fragment could provide crucial information about the fate of Amelia Earhart, the legendary pilot who disappeared 73 years ago while flying over the Pacific Ocean in a record attempt to fly around the world at the equator.
Collected on Nikumaroro, an uninhabited tropical island in the southwestern Pacific republic of Kiribati, the bone has raised the interest of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR), which has long been investigating the Earhart mystery, as it may be from a human finger.
The phalax was found together with other artifacts during a month-long expedition last June to the tiny coral atoll believed to be Earhart's final resting place," by Rossella Lorenzi for the
Discovery Channel.
link here .
6. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
A. "Rapid thaw of permafrost concerns climate experts"
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
link here
B. Introducing the documentary FULL SIGNAL
"Full Signal talks to scientists around the world who are researching the health effects related to cellular technology; to veteran journalists who have called attention to the issue for decades; to activists who are fighting to regulate the placement of antennas; and to lawyers and law makers who represent the people wanting those antennas regulated."
link here
C. Introducing the documentary 'What in the World are they Spraying? The Chemtrail/Geo-Engineering Cover-up Revealed' (DVD - 95 minutes)
On YouTube:
link here
The documentary's website is Truth Media Productions:
link here
D. "A climate journey through Ecuador and Peru"
4 interesting stories of water-related issues.
From UK's Guardian:
link here
E. "The Next Wave Of Green Cars"
"From the China-sourced Coda to Hyundai and Volkswagen, a rundown of the flood of plug-ins and hybrids set to hit the market."
By Joann Muller for Yahoo!:
link here
F. "Giant Stealth Planet May Explain Rain of Comets from Solar System's Edge"
By Charles Q. Choi on SPACE.com:
link here
G. "Africa 'can feed itself in a generation'"
By Neil Bowdler of the BBC:
link here
H. "Alaska acknowledges effects of climate change"
From the AP:
link here
The Climate Change Strategy Report:
link here
I. "Climate Deal Failure Could Devastate World's Poor, IPCC Chief Says"
By Stacy Feldman in SolveClimate:
link here
J. "If an island state vanishes, is it still a nation?"
By Charles J. Hanly for the AP:
link here
K. "Lost civilization may have been beneath Persian Gulf"
"Area may have been home to some of the earliest humans outside Africa"
From LiveScience:
link here
L. "Solar Roadways: The Prototype"
From Conscious Media Network:
link here .
7. POTPOURRI
A. CORRECTION to this in the last Korner edition:
"Type illuminati backwards into your address bar and put www. at the front and .com at the end and see where it takes you. Unbelievable," from James Gilliland."
www.itanimulli.com
The Facts:
"...a computer geek named John Fenley, who lives in Provo, Utah, purchased the domain name “Itanimulli” and is redirecting visitors to the NSA. He also owns many other domain names"
From WordPress:
link here
B. "A Simple, Inexpensive Trick to Cure a Cold"
Ed. Note: This is valuable information.
By Dr. Mercola:
link here
C. DG - Divinely Grounded (based in the South of France in Bugarach) offers you a way or (re)connecting, (re)finding your Authentic Self.
From DG by Femke:
link here
D. "Christmas Food Court Flash Mob, Hallelujah Chorus - Must See!"
On YouTube:
link here
E. "'Black Friday': Madness of a Lost Society "
Ed. Note: An amazing observation!
From Forbidden Knowledge:
link here
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8. THE WORLD'S POLITICAL SCENE
A. "David Stockman: U.S. Is in ‘Race to the Fiscal Bottom’"
Today, Stockman says, “I invest in anything that Bernanke can’t destroy, including gold, canned beans, bottled water and flashlight batteries.”
Stockman was President Reagan's budget director from 1981-85 & former Chair of Solomon Brothers.
From the Fiscal Times:
link here
B. "Supreme Court Justice Stevens Opens Up"
"Scott Pelley interviews Justice John Paul Stevens upon his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court after 35 years," quoting CBS News 60 MINUTES.
Ed. Note: This is a VERY important interview!
"Stevens tried to stop the Court from deciding the Presidential Election of 2000.
link here
C. Movie: FAIR GAME
A must-see film on the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson.
link here
D. "Mystery Surrounds Cyber Missile That Crippled Iran's Nuclear Weapons Ambitions"
By Ed Barnes for FOX News:
link here
E. "Historic Food Safety Bill Clears Senate"
"One More Stop in House Required Before Presidential Signature"
From CSPI:
link here
F. "Bill Gates says vaccines can help reduce world population"
On NaturalNews:
link here
G. "Controversial Drug Given to All Guantanamo Detainees Akin to 'Pharmacologic Waterboarding'"
By Jason Leopold and Jeffrey Kaye in Truthout:
link here
H. "UPDATE: “Police State” episode of hit Ventura show covering FEMA camps pulled from air:
UPDATE FROM ALEX JONES AND GOV. JESSE VENTURA:
link here
YouTube has 'em:
Jesse Ventura's Conspiracy Theory - Police State Show (1-4)
1.
link here
2.
link here
3.
link here
4.
link here
I. "Secretive X-37B robot space plane returns to Earth"
"Unmanned Air Force craft was on mission for seven months"
By By Tariq Malik on Space.com:
link here
J. "JP Morgan Silver Manipulation Explained"
Ed. Note: Simple comedy explains well.
From YouTube:
link here
K. "Fed Chairman Bernanke On The Economy"
From CBS News 60 MINUTES:
link here
L. "Sen Bernie Sanders (I-VT.) Amazing Speech!"
On YouTube:
link here
M. "WikiLeaks: Pope refused to cooperate in sex abuse investigation"
"British ambassador to Vatican also feared anti-Catholic fury over Anglican conversions"
From MSNBC:
link here
MORE ABOUT TSA
A. "The airport security solution government crooks don't want you to know about"
"This video busts down their wall of lies"
From Brasscheck TV:
link here
B. Are TSA scanners illegal?
Ed. Note: The US Code would seem to indicate so.
From Cornell University law School:
link here
C. "Body Scanners Even More Dangerous Than Feds Admit"
By Dr. Russell Blaylock on Rense.com:
link here
D. "TSA. Homeland Security & Tampa Police Set Up Nazi Checkpoints At Bus Stations"
On YouTube:
link here .
9. RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS
A. RSE e-mailers last week
- Australia Campaign Live Stream from Yelm!
link here
- Live Stream - Christmas with Ramtha:
link here
- Christmas Album 2008-2009:
link here
B. Carlos Morist & Francesco Chiechi to open new Pizzaria in yelm.
From the Nisqually Valley News:
link here
C. Linda McCallum's Classy Custom Pet Portals™ make great holiday gifts:
"Classy Custom is very proud to introduce a new category of pet doors, the Pet Portals™. For the first time, patent pending state-of-the-art utility, joins interior design for a pet door that accents the style of your home."
link here
"Pet Product News International has selected Classy Custom as their Big #1 2008 Editor's Choice."
link here
D. Introducing "Quantum Veterinary Healing", Dr. Suzan Seelye’s Equine and Small Animal Veterinary Specialty Practice, "revolutionary and truly unique approach to healing and wholeness...".
link here
E. "How to Heal Your Attitudes"
"Interview with Jerry Jampolsky and Diane Cirincione"
In SuperConsciousness Magazine:
link here
F. "Podcast Interview with Miceal Ledwith part 2
By MastersConnection's Louise SaintOnge:
link here
&
"From Religion to Spirituality"
Interview with Miceal Ledwith by Danielle Graham in SuperConsciousness Magazine:
link here
G. From the CSE Newsletter:
"Congratulations to CSE Alum, Alex Miller, ’07, who has received four college acceptance letters from the four she applied for: Washington State University, Whitworth University, Boise State University and Dean College.
Alex scored 1880 on the SAT and has been nominated for the Distinguished Regents Scholarship, WSU’s premier scholarship program that recognizes exceptional academic achievement and accomplishments.
Way to go, Alex!"
H. Congratulations to RSE student David Batten of Australia, who entered his own film in the Focus on Ability Competition. While David did not win, his mark was felt in this incredible effort.
About the Competition:
link here
Check-out David Batten's Flimitrney:
link here
I. An RSE student from Spain filed this report:
On December 5th, Spaniards watching Spanish National Television TVE saw "the blessed face of our teacher declaring that we are God. On prime time TV, in a space reserved for the best scientific documentaries, the movie “What the Bleep Do We Know” was broadcast".
J. From the Bathurst, NSW, Australia newspaper about the recently concluded RSE events there:
"THEY came here from all over the world seeking enlightenment.
For the past 10 days Bathurst has been host to 318 students of Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment...
Hard to believe he is still teaching all these years later...
Many call it a cult, but wherever the truth lies there is no denying that those who have spent the past 10 days at CSU are some of the happiest people on the planet."
From the Western Advocate:
link here
K. Dirk Mischke, who moved to Tenino from Germany to research opening a branch of a German marketing firm here, was featured in a recent newspaper story about his baritone singing voice joining the Masterworks Choral Ensemble's holiday concert.
From The Olympian:
link here .
IN MEMORIAM
I was with Eastern Airlines in the late 70's & early 80's after Eastern became the launch airline for the Lockheed L-1011.
As the U. S. airlines were all jumping on the wide-body band-wagon, Northwest Orient Airlines (nee Northwest Airlines) chose the DC-10 & their CEO Don Nyrop want a P & W powerplant on his 10's,
the same engine that was on his 747s. That raised many an eyebrow in the industry, as most carriers went with the GE CF-6 to power their DC-10s.
This was also a risky move because if Nyrop wanted to sell those aircraft in the future, would there be a buyer for the only DC-10's powered with a P & W engine.
He did it anyway, saved lots of money with one wide-body engine type and the rest is history.
Nyrop enacted that and so many other great decisions that led his airline to be one oft he world's greats, prior to their 2008 merger with Delta Airlines, Inc.
No matter what anyone says, Nyrop was a legend!
He's in the same league with AA's C. R. Smith, EAL's Rickenbacker, PanAm's Trippe in my view in taking a small, scrappy airline & making a great one for the ages.
Don Nyrop passed Nov. 16th.
I will always remember his genius & continued to be a big fan & Elite flier with Northwest until the merger with Delta!
link here .
12. LOCAL NOTES
A. ARE YELM'S CITIZENS DUPED BY CITY HALL?
link here
B. ANOTHER OF YELM'S LOCALLY-OWNED BUSINESSES CLOSES!
link here
C. "STOP THEM FROM EATING MY TOWN"
link here
D. YELM'S BUDGET REMAINS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT -
COUNCIL VOTES MORE TAXES
link here
E. YELM "WILD-FOOD GATHERING" EXPERT INTERVIEWED
link here
F. YELM TERRA HOME OWNERS ASSN. HAS NIFTY WEBSITE
link here
G. NORTHWEST GIFT GUIDE FEATURES SOAPS FROM YELM
link here
H. YELM SEEKS TO FILL CITIZEN COMMITTEE POSTS
link here
I. NOVEMBER HOME SALES/PRICES DECLINE IN THURSTON COUNTY
link here
J. YELM BYPASS - UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES ?
link here
K. BALD HILLS FIRE DEPT. 'SANTA RUN' SATURDAY
link here
L. COUNTY COMMISISONER ROMERO'S OPEN-TO-THE PUBLIC DEC. 13TH COFFEE
link here
M. MRS. WASHINGTON USA ON YELM'S CHRISTMAS-IN-THE-PARK
link here
N. WATER CONSERVATION LAUDABLE -
THOUGH STORY OMITS EXCESSIVE RATE INCREASES & MANDITORY IRRIGATION CUTBACKS AS CAUSE
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