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Dear Readers;
Monday, May 26th is Memorial Day and is the time when America pauses to honor those that have given their lives in service to their country. Kleiner’s Korner 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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[Ed. Note: While we pause to honor those that gave their lives against outside invaders, the collective population of the USA has done little to reign in the powers this President & Vice-President have afforded themselves. Not since Nixon’s Watergate Era have we seen such abuse of power, trampling on the U. S. Constitution and egregious acts done against fellow citizens in their home country. The difference between then and now is that a bi-partisan Congress saw Nixon’s abuses and went after them for the whole world to see. We see no Republican Senator today of the caliber of then-Senator Howard Baker (R-TN.) and many others coming together with Democrats to impeach the President. Indeed, Nixon’s abuses of power pale in comparison to this President’s.
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 this administration by losing sons and daughters in a deceptive war and getting swept aside in the “fog of war”; people 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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1. "WEB-LIKE FILAMENTS THAT FORM THE BACKBONE OF THE UNIVERSE"
"Astronomers have found some matter that had been missing in deep space and say it is strung along web-like filaments that form the backbone of the universe.
The ethereal strands of hydrogen and oxygen atoms could account for up to half the matter that scientists knew must be there but simply could not see, the researchers reported on Tuesday.
Scientists have long known there is far more matter in the universe than can be accounted for by visible galaxies and stars. Not only is there invisible baryonic matter -- the protons and neutrons that make up atoms -- but there also is an even larger amount of invisible "dark" matter.
Now about half of the missing baryonic matter has turned up, seen by the orbiting Hubble space telescope and NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer, or FUSE.
"We think we are seeing the strands of a web-like structure that forms the backbone of the universe," said Mike Shull of the University of Colorado, who helped lead the study published in The Astrophysical Journal," quoting Reuters.
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2. WAS STONEHENGE BUILT THIS WAY?
This man’s video is fascinating on how a single human can move and build massive stones or blocks.
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3. “MAN’S RARE ABILITY MAY UNLOCK SECRET OF MEMORY”
“...Williams [Brad] is one of only three people in the world identified with this off-the-charts autobiographical memory, according to researchers at the University of California-Irvine who gave the condition its name: hyperthymestic syndrome, from the Greek words for excessive (hyper) and remembering (thymesis).
Unlike most people whose memories fade with time, much of Williams' life is etched indelibly in his mind.
‘It's just there,’ said Williams, 51, who reports the news for a family of radio stations in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
The California researchers are studying Williams and the two others with hyperthymestic syndrome, a man in Ohio and woman in California, hoping to gain new insights into how a superior memory works.
The goal of the study is to find a way to help people with failing memory,” quoting CNN.
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4. “VATICAN SAYS ALIENS COULD EXIST”
“The Pope's chief astronomer says that life on Mars cannot be ruled out.
Writing in the Vatican newspaper, the astronomer, Father Gabriel Funes, said intelligent beings created by God could exist in outer space.
Father Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory near Rome, is a respected scientist who collaborates with universities around the world.
The search for forms of extraterrestrial life, he says, does not contradict belief in God.
The official Vatican newspaper headlines his article 'Aliens Are My Brother',” quoting the BBC.
The article continues with this folly, “Just as there are multiple forms of life on earth, so there could exist intelligent beings in outer space created by God. And some aliens could even be free from original sin, he speculates. [OH, REALLY!?!]
Asked about the Catholic Church's condemnation four centuries ago of the Italian astronomer and physicist, Galileo, Father Funes diplomatically says mistakes were made, but it is time to turn the page and look towards the future.”
[Ed. Note: Spare me! How about the church exonerating and asking forgiveness for the brutal death of Giordano Bruno in a central Roman market square, his tongue in a gag, tied to a pole naked and burned at the stake, on February 17, 1600 for his view of the plurality of worlds! And Bruno was Galileo's mentor, who was exonerated 350 years after his death.].
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5. “MICROSOFT’S WORLDWIDE TELESCOPE WILL LIGHT YOUR FUSE”
“Microsoft wants you to boldly go where you have never gone before — right from your PC desktop. The vehicle is the WorldWide Telescope, a breathtaking educational resource that turns your Windows computer into a virtual observatory of space.
The free application combines downloadable software and Web 2.0 smarts. It seamlessly weaves together 12 terabytes of data and gorgeous imagery from the world's finest telescopes — the Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory Center, Spitzer Space Telescope and more. You're left with a remarkable window into space,” quoting USA Today.
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6. “FREE ENERGY – PENTAGON CONSPIRACY TO COVER UP”
“Stanley Meyer and many others. Always the same story. The Pentagon wants to see your idea and tell you how they would like to use your invention. You demonstrate your device proving to them that it works, then they block all of your efforts and end up killing you. The only way to get a free energy device out to the public is to forget about patents, distribute underground, sell it to EV enthusiasts with the plans and encourage them to travel around and do as you are, you then have created a non interlinked underground distribution system that will spread to the general populous and it will spread like wild fire, it will be un-stoppable,” quoting this YouTube story.
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7. UFO VIDEOS OF INTEREST
A. “HISTORY CHANNEL UFO HUNTERS REVERSE ENGINEERING”
“Investigation into evidence and rumors that modern technology was taken from UFO crashes,” quoting this YouTube video.
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B. “DAVID ADAIR REVEALS UFO LIGHT SPEED TECHNOLOGY”
“How to build your own UFO as UFOs are easily made.
This video introduces to the most advanced technology man has ever known or imagined and a glimpse at an Advanced Symbiotic Alien engine. UFOs are built easily with this technology. This video is from Free Spirits productions please get the complete unedited version of this video that boasts high quality sound and enhanced video. Also check out their extraordinary line of other videos at:
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quoting this YouTube link:
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8. "SWISS AIRLINE PILOT STRAPS ON JET-POWERED WINGS AND FLIES OVER ALPS"
“Swooping and diving above the mountainous town of Bex in western Switzerland, the self-styled "Rocket Man" flew at 8,200ft for more than five minutes thanks to an 8ft jet-powered wing strapped to his back.
It has always been Mr Rossy's ambition to fly freely, but it has taken four years of working on his jet design for that dream to become reality.
Swooping and diving above the mountainous town of Bex in western Switzerland, the self-styled "Rocket Man" flew at 8,200ft for more than five minutes thanks to an 8ft jet-powered wing strapped to his back.
It has always been Mr Rossy's ambition to fly freely, but it has taken four years of working on his jet design for that dream to become reality,” quoting UK’s Telegraph.
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And:
VIDEO FROM MSNBC:
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And, this from UK's TIMES:
"Into a clear sky Yves Rossy, a Swiss airline pilot and adventurer, dropped out of a small plane high above the Alps last week, unfolded the tips of his 8ft carbon-fibre wing and fired up its four tiny jet engines. He looked like a real-life Buzz Lightyear. Within seconds he was soaring and diving at speeds of up to 180mph."
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9. “HONDA SHOWS OFF IMPROVEMENTS IN FUEL CELL”
“Honda’s new hydrogen-powered vehicle, set for leasing within a few months, radically reduced the sizes of its fuel cell and motor. leaving the same interior space as a regular car, engineers said Tuesday [May 13]…
The new FCX Clarity reaches maximum speed of 99 miles an hour and comfortably seats four people,” quoting the AP.
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HONDA’S FCX WEBSITE:
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"HONDA HYBRIDS MAY BE NIGHTMARE FOR DETROIT"
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10. “WIND COULD PROVIDE 20% OF NATION’S ENERGY”
“Two decades from now Americans could get as much electricity from windmills as from nuclear power plants, according to a U.S. government report that lays out a possible plan for wind energy growth.
The report, a collaboration between the Energy Department research labs and industry, concludes wind energy could generate 20 percent of the nation's electricity by 2030, about the same share now produced by nuclear reactors.
Such growth would pose a number of major challenges, but is achievable without the need of major new technological breakthroughs, said the report released Monday [May 12], “ quoting the AP.
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11. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
A. This book is a must!
“The Atlas of Climate Change Mapping the World's Greatest Challenge”
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B. Bike sales take-off in wake of high gas prices
From the AP:
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C. “Clean-air rules for national parks may be eased”
From the Washington Post:
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D. “Barcelona forced to import emergency water”
From UK’s Guardian:
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12. SOCIO-ECONOMIC NEWS
A. This touching and informative interview on Beyond the Ordinary with beloved TV actor, director & writer and human rights activist Mike Farrell is a must!
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B. This is an excellent video on the American Airlines 757 ??? crash at the Pentagon on 9/11 [Ed. Note: If you think a Boeing 757 passenger jet crashed there and do not want to examine the facts, please do NOT watch this]:
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C. Wine Spectator’s tribute on the death of Robert Mondavi:
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D. COMING TO THE USA HAS DANGERS FOR FOREIGNERS
Foreign visitors face danger from US government on journeys here:
From The New York Times:
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And:
“Taking your laptop into the US? Be sure to hide all your data first
From UK’s Guardian:
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CBS News 60 Minutes looks at “Detention in America” in thus May 11th report:
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E. “An Unnatural Disaster
America bears much of the blame for its waning global clout.”
A thought provoking Newsweek story:
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F. Must-see video trailer from new Ben Stein video “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed”
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G. "Bush's disapproval rating worst of any president in 70 years"
From USA Today:
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RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS
A. Ramtha's teachings from France will be shown on-campus and via Ramtha.tv May 30 & 31. Details:
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B. “The Gods of Men. The Real Teaching of Jesus on Women” by Dr. Miceal Ledwith in the current edition of the Bleeping Herald.
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C. Sherrie & Fred Loertscher’s fabulous and touching talk about their Masters Fund experiences are now available on audio:
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D. JZ’s fabulous Contact Talk Radio interview last month is now available:
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E. "Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment Celebrates Student Accomplishments"
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F. RSE Advanced 2009 Spring Retreats dates in Yelm now posted:
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G. Do you know how to connect with other RSE students in your area?
Stephany Ray, owner of Masters’ Connection makes that easy!
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H. Lucy Jeanne had her thoughful letter about Hillary published in the SpokesmanReview (Spokane):
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H. You are invited to a Kick-off Party...
Friday, May 30, 2008, From 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
for JeanMarie Christenson,
Candidate for Washington State Representative, LD2, Position 1.
Frontier Park in Graham
Directions:
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JeanMarie’s website:
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LOCAL NOTES
Covered last week on the Yelm Community Blog:
A. Backpack Survival Workshop in Tenino June 1st
B. Town Hall for Legislature candidate Collins May 28th
C. Library adult program "Our past - Our present"
D. JeanMarie Christenson wins Democratic nominating convention
E. Olympia screening of movie The unforeseen
F. Local business: Earthwise Technologies
G. Hoping to bring Yelm Creek back to life
H. Wal-Mart's connector to 103rd street opening moved back
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control.
These three alone lead to sovereign power.”
Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
1st Baron Tennyson, Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
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Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2008.
For archived issues of Kleiner’s Korner, click on "Current Kleiner’s Korner and Archives" at
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Send comments to steve@kleinerskorner.com .
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| KLEINER'S KORNER FOR WEEK OF May 19, 2008
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Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX.) is STILL THE ONLY CANDIDATE talking about eliminating the Federal Reserve, tax reform, a medical policy, bringing our troops home and balancing the budget, as this CNN interview attests:
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Mr. Paul has his new book out "The Revolution - A Manifesto"
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1. WERE TOADS' EXODUS WARNING OF COMING EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA?
"On May 9,2008,hundreds of thousands of toads went on a journey in Mianzhu City,near Wenchuan County,in Sichuan. People worried about it as the threat of natural disaster," quoting Virtual Review 3 days BEFORE the 7.9 earthquake in the area.
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TOADS ON THE MARCH IN JIANGSU PROVINCE:
"According to recent estimates, the earthquake that hit China on Monday [May 12] could leave 10,000 people dead. Web users are saying that the catastrophe could have been avoided, if only they had listened to the toads.
Two days before the quake thousands of toads suddenly decided to move across a bridge in Taizhou, a town in the Jiangsu province (see photos). Chinese web users are wondering why the local authorities didn't relate the event to the imminence of an earthquake, and why scientists didn't take notice of the bizarre disappearance of a lake in Enshi, in the Hubei province, on April 26 (see photos).
A seismologist tells us that the Chinese have long relied on the behaviour of animals to predict earthquakes. Although there's no scientific study to back up the farmers' claims, the idea that toads sensed the earthquake should not be ruled out," quoting The Observers.
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"QUAKE 'PREDICTED' 5 YEARS AGO"
From China Daily, "A seismologist warned more than five years ago that based on historical records and animal studies, a strong earthquake was likely in Sichuan.
"Sichuan is virtually certain to experience an earthquake measuring above 7 in the next few years," Chen Xuezhong, a senior researcher with the geophysics institute of State Seismological Bureau (SSB), wrote in a paper published in December 2002, in the periodical Recent Developments in World Seismology.
The article is still available online."
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2. "MICHAEL KNIGHT'S EARTH CHANGE REPORT...[VOLCANOES UPDATE]"
"From the desk of Editor Michael Knight. May 10 2008
In the documentary “Contact Has Begun,” we looked at volcanoes as one of a number of imminent – “abrupt” - earth changes.
Dr Brooks Agnew presented a map of all the world’s volcanoes – noted that volcanic activity was on the increase – and now there is no doubt about it.
Imagine a cloud of volcanic ash stretching 1800 miles from where you live.
That’s the extent of the “vog” (volcanic fog) that has spread from coast to coast of South America from the eruption of the Chaiten volcano in Chile.
It has traveled from the Pacific to the Atlantic – and overland from Chaiten to Buenos Aries in Argentina," quoting Mr. Knight's website.
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CHECKOUT THE LIGHTNING IN THE PICTURE OF THE VOLCANO CLOUDS:
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3. "BRITAIN RELEASES FILE ON UFO SIGHTINGS"
"The men were air traffic controllers. Experienced, calm professionals. Nobody was drinking. But they were so worried about losing their jobs that they demanded their names be kept off the official report.
No one, they knew, would believe their claim an unidentified flying object landed at the airport they were overseeing in the east of England, touched down briefly, then took off again at tremendous speed. Yet that's what they reported happened at 4 p.m. on April 19, 1984.
The incident is one of hundreds of reported sightings contained in more than 1,000 pages of formerly secret UFO documents being released Wednesday by Britain's National Archives. It is one of the few that was never explained," quoting the AP.
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Be sure to click the "watch the ITV report"
Here is the BBC link on this story:
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The BBC has documents & drawings form the files:
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4. FOR THOSE NOT INTIMIDATED OR UNBELIEVING: HOLLOW EARTH STORY
"Traveler to the Inner Earth
Below is an incredible first-hand account from a US Air Force Colonel of what it is like inside our planet.
Traveler to the Interior of the Hollow Earth
This information was gathered and written down with permission, from a recording taken on the phone January 10, 2002 (Greg Gavin/Onelight.com)," quoting Alien UFO's:
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BOOK: SMOKEY GOD
Brilliantly told story:
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5. "EINSTEIN LETTER CALLS BIBLE 'PRETTY CHILDISH'"
"Albert Einstein: arch rationalist or scientist with a spiritual core?
A letter being auctioned in London this week [May 13] adds more fuel to the long-simmering debate about the Nobel Prize-winning physicist's religious views. In the note, written the year before his death, Einstein dismissed the idea of God as the product of human weakness and the Bible as "pretty childish."
The letter, handwritten in German, is being sold by Bloomsbury Auctions on Thursday and is expected to fetch between $12,000 and $16,000...
In it, Einstein said that 'the word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish.'
'For me,' he added, 'the Jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions.'
Addressing the idea that the Jews are God's chosen people, Einstein wrote that 'the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other people. As far as my experience goes, they are also no better than other human groups, although they are protected from the worst cancers by a lack of power. Otherwise I cannot see anything 'chosen' about them.'
Bloomsbury spokesman Richard Caton said the auction house was "100 percent certain" of the letter's authenticity. It is being offered at auction for the first time, by a private vendor," quoting the AP. [Ed. Note: This writer was also born a Jew and have developed almost identical views to Einstein's.]
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"EINSTEIN'S LETTER ON RELIGION SELLS FOR £170,000 [$331,500 USD]
From UK's Guardian, "Bloomsbury Auctions in Mayfair, which handled the sale, was deluged with interest in the lot which had been given a guide price of between £6000 and £8000.
'It beats the world record for an Einstein letter by about 4 times,' said managing director Rupert Powell,"
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6. "DIGGING DEEPER TO UNDERSTANDING ITCH"
From The New York Times:
"Time Essentials: Expert Q & A"
"Dr. Gil Yosipovitch, a dermatologist at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., is the founder and former president of the International Forum for the Study of Itch (www.itchforum.org)." [Ed. Note:
Dr. Yosipovitch is married to this writer's cousin.]
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7. "HEAL BOY: HOW PETS CAN KEEP YOU HEALTHY"
"Pets As Therapy is a charity that takes pet dogs and cats to hospitals, hospices, residential care homes, day centres and special-needs schools. It was formed in 1983, explains chief executive Maureen Hennis, by a group of pet owners who were convinced that their animals could help other people. "At that time, people were moving into residential accommodation and nursing homes, and they had to give up their own pets," she says. "This wasn't only making them sad and depressed, sometimes it was actually making them ill."
The importance of regular contact with domestic animals has been highlighted by recent research conducted by the University of Minnesota. According to the study, having a cat around the house can cut the risk of having a heart attack or a stroke by almost half. After studying nearly 4,500 adults aged between 30 and 75 for 10 years, it was found that cat owners had a 40 per cent lower risk of suffering a fatal heart attack," quoting UK's independent.
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8. "BREATHLESS BLAINE BREAKS RECORD ON 'OPRAH'"
"David Blaine talks with Oprah Winfrey after he set a new world record on April 30 for breath-holding, 17 minutes and 4.4 seconds, during a live telecast of "The Oprah Winfrey Show." The previous record was 16 minutes and 32 seconds, set Feb. 10 by Switzerland's Peter Colat, according to Guinness World Records," quoting MSNBC.
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9. "SURVEY SHOWS RISE IN U.S. HONEYBEE DEATHS"
"A survey of bee health released Tuesday [May 6] revealed a grim picture, with 36.1 percent of the nation's commercially managed hives lost since last year.
Last year's survey commissioned by the Apiary Inspectors of America found losses of about 32 percent," quoting the AP.
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10. "POLLUTION LEVELS HAVE DROPPED IN U.S. COASTAL WATERS"
"Some good news from the government scientists who study pollution in U.S. coastal waters: A newly released 20-year study shows overall levels of pesticides and industrial chemicals generally are decreasing.
The Mussel Watch program of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration examined levels of 140 chemicals from 1986 to 2005 in coastal areas and estruaries of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the East and West coasts, the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes. Mussel Watch is the longest continuous contaminant monitoring program in U.S. coastal waters.
Gunnar Lauenstein, an oceanographer who's the lead scientist of the program, said the levels are continuing to decrease, many years after environmental laws were enacted in the 1970s," quoting McClatchy Newspapers.
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11. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
A. "Ice reveals good news, bad news on climate"
From MSNBC:
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B. "Global warming tied to Arctic caribou decline"
From Canwest news Service:
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C. "Salmon fishing is banned for the entire West Coast for the first time ever"
From CNN:
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D. "World Carbon Dioxide Levels Highest for 650,000 Years, Says US Report"
"Scientists at the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii say that CO2 levels in the atmosphere now stand at 387 parts per million (ppm), up almost 40% since the industrial revolution and the highest for at least the last 650,000 years.
The figures, published by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on its website, also confirm that carbon dioxide, the chief greenhouse gas, is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than expected," quoting UK's Guardian:
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E. "China quake seen as 'worst case' for California"
"Seismologists fear deadly devastation could occur in the Los Angeles area," quoting LiveScience.
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12. SOCIO-ECONOMIC NEWS
A. When Helen Thomas writes, this writers takes notice!
"A Picture Worth A Thousand Words" from the AP:
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B. "Iraq: Will We Ever Get Out"
From Thomas Powers:
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C. "Conyers Mounts Opposition to Iran Attack "
"House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers writes: "As we mark five years of war in Iraq, I have become increasingly concerned that the President may possibly take unilateral, preemptive military action against Iran. During the last seven years, the Bush Administration has exercised unprecedented assertions of Executive Branch power and shown an unparalleled aversion to the checks and balances put in place by the Constitution's framers," quoting Truthout.
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D. "EU condemns U.S. resumption of executions"
From Reuters:
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RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS
1. Read about JZ Knight's healing in France with the help of CSE students from the CSE Newsletter:
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2. Ramtha's France teachings will be available at Ramtha.tv or an on-campus video weekend May 30-31.
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3. JZ Knight to speak in Santa Cruz, CA. August 2nd -- open to the public!
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4. "CSE Alumni, Alex Miller ‘07, Randi Kulych ‘07, and Oak Hygaard ‘07 received Honor
Roll Awards at Rainier High School. All three received the Presidential Award for
student GPA’s over 3.0. Alex and Oak also received the Principal’s award for having
GPA’s over 3.5," quoting the CSE Newsletter.
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5. "Storable Seeds Through RSE Student Businesses'"
From the MAY edition of the RSE Newsletter:
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6. Ramtha's Video Message "The Spiritual Journey. Finding the Face of Truth"
From the May Newsletter:
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LOCAL NOTES
Covered last week on the Yelm Community Blog:
A. Locally recycling of plastic garden pots
B. Bruce Smith write on State's Top-Two Primary
C. Yelm Library activities for balance of month
D. Thurston County Food Bank demand increases
E. Yelm citizen action committee on animal shelter meeting
F. Introducing Xocai Chocolate distributor Pat Stewart
G. Bettye Johnson hosts Yelm Literary Day at Blue Bottle
H. Mayor & Indian Tribe speak of water mgt. in Yelm newspaper
I. Yelm area record heat
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"If you have the courage to begin,
you have the courage to succeed."
David Viscott (1938-1996)
American psychiatrist, author, businessman, and media personality. .
Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2008.
For archived issues of Kleiner’s Korner, click on "Current Kleiner’s Korner and Archives" at
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Follow-up to a recent story:
"DNA Helps Free Inmate After 27 Years"
"But Woodard refused to admit guilt. "I wasn't guilty," he says.
"You chose truth over freedom," Pelley remarks.
"I mean, a man has to stand for something," Woodard says.
James Woodard became the 17th prisoner in Dallas to be set free after a wrongful conviction. He walked from the courthouse into a hometown he could no longer recognize. At 27 years and four months, he became the longest serving inmate in the nation to be cleared with the help of DNA. The Dallas D.A.'s office and The Innocence Project of Texas are still investigating another 250 cases," quoting CBS News 60 Minutes which aired May 4.
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HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY to the givers of life!
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1. MEET MOLLY THE HORSE WITH AN ARTIFICIAL LEG!
"Now, my friends, meet Molly. She’s a gray-speckled "POA" pony who was abandoned by her owners when Katrina hit southern Louisiana. She spent weeks on her own before finally being rescued and taken to a farm where abandoned animals were stockpiled. While there, she was attacked by a pit bull terrier, and almost died. Her gnawed right front leg became badly infected and her vet went to the veterinariansa at Louisiana State University (LSU) for help.
But after the local veterinarian persisted, LSU surgeon Rustin Moore agreed to meet Molly, and that meeting changed his mind. He saw how the pony was careful to lie down on different sides so she didn't seem to get sores, and how she allowed people to handle her raw, infected limb. When she stood up, she protected her injured leg. She constantly shifted her weight, and didn’t overload her good leg. She was a smart pony with a serious survival ethic.
Moore agreed to remove her leg below the knee and a temporary artificial limb was built. The Humane Society of the United States and Lifesavers Inc. (an animal-angel arm of Lifesavers Wild Horse Rescue in California) provided the funds for the operation. Molly walked out of the clinic and her story really begins there," quoting Hoofblog.
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The New York Times reported this two years ago:
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2. "ONE MAN'S QUEST TO WALK AGAIN"
"Editor's note: Paralysis after a spinal cord injury brings wrenching decisions: Do you accept it as permanent and adapt, or do you refuse to resign yourself? John and Marci Pou took the latter course after his accident, embarking on an arduous quest for rehabilitation, recounted in a three-part serial narrative. Part I tells how the couple chose to gamble on a different kind of therapy. First of three parts," quoting the AP.
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3. "IT'S NOT IMMORAL TO WANT TO BE IMMORTAL"
"Is it right to want to try to live forever? This ethical question is being kicked around quite a bit these days.
As the science of regenerative medicine using stem cells inches forward, as more is understood about how lifestyle influences longevity, as organ and tissue transplants become routine and as geneticists begin to unravel the secrets of why we age, the prospect of living forever — or at least until the Cubs win a pennant — makes the question something more than an exercise in science fiction.
What is particularly interesting is that many of those raising the question of the ethics of immortality do so with an answer already in mind — 'No, it’s not right!'" quoting Arthur Caplan, Ph.D.
on MSNBC.
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4. "MOVING CLOSER TO A 'MATRIX'-STYLE VIRTUAL WORLD"
"What if a computer could make you a picture-perfect glass of milk, let you feel the tension as it pulled an ant’s leg from another room, and chat you up with the charisma of Oprah Winfrey? No one machine can do all three — yet. But some sophisticated new projects are showing just how far we’ve come toward creating an “I can’t believe it’s not real” virtual world.
Last month, Brookhaven National Laboratory computer scientist Michael McGuigan told New Scientist magazine he believed a “Matrix”-style virtual world, in which one cannot always distinguish between what’s real and what’s not, could be up and running in just a few years. His optimism derived in part from the impressive ramp-up in processing speed he obtained with the lab’s BlueGene/L supercomputer while running a conventional ray-tracing software program that mimics the effect of natural light.
The result? An eye-fooling virtual beam,"quoting MSNBC.
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5. "CAN YOU BECOME A CREATURE OF NEW HABITS?"
"HABITS are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on auto-pilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine. “Not choice, but habit rules the unreflecting herd,” William Wordsworth said in the 19th century. In the ever-changing 21st century, even the word “habit” carries a negative connotation.
So it seems antithetical to talk about habits in the same context as creativity and innovation. But brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel synaptic paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can jump our trains of thought onto new, innovative tracks.
Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit, we can instead direct our own change by consciously developing new habits. In fact, the more new things we try — the more we step outside our comfort zone — the more inherently creative we become, both in the workplace and in our personal lives.
But don’t bother trying to kill off old habits; once those ruts of procedure are worn into the hippocampus, they’re there to stay. Instead, the new habits we deliberately ingrain into ourselves create parallel pathways that can bypass those old roads," quoting the New York Times.
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6. "FORBIDDEN MESSAGES IN FAMOUS FRESCOES"
"They say that Michelangelo embedded powerful and even dangerous messages in the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, that he encoded these messages using his knowledge of mystic Jewish texts and that he intended some images as insults to the pope....
'In the late 1970s, a surgeon went into the Sistine Chapel, took a look at this [fresco]. He said to himself, wait, this is Anatomy 101.… This is actually a cross-section of the brain, the right hand side of the brain,' Blech said," quoting ABC News.
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7. PARENTS CREATE ALTERNATIVES TO EARBUDS THAT ARE CAUSING A GENERATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED
"Christine Ingemi, with four children under the age of 11, faced a future of hearing music in quadraphonic sound, even though her kids wore earbuds with their iPods. They played their music loud, and she could easily hear it.
“I had the same battle every mother has, always trying to tell them to turn it down,” she said. “I just couldn’t really do anything to prevent it.”
So the New Hampshire mom got mad — and got an idea at the same time. She came up with earbuds that limit the volume from the music player to a safer level. Three thousand miles away, in California, another parent, Ken Wright, came up with a different concept for earphones after being concerned about his 13-year-old daughter’s hearing when she cranked up her iPod," quoting MSNBC.
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8."WCDM WORLD CONFERENCE ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT"
"The Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness is proud to present the 18th World Conference on Disaster Management (WCDM). The 2008 Conference theme will be: "Resiliency - Individual, Community and Business" Our thanks to the more than 1,800 Disaster Management professionals from 42 countries who attended the 17th WCDM. These professionals took advantage of our unique venue to present, network and learn. In addition, the expanded trade show of more than 100 exhibitors displayed the latest industry products and services. June 15 - 18, 2008, Toronto," quoting WCDM.
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9. VOLCANO ERUPTIONS IN THE NEWS LAST WEEK
A. "'VOG' KILLS PLANTS, CASTS HAZE OVER HAWAII"
"Big Island crops are shriveling as sulfur dioxide from Kilauea wafts over them and envelops them in "vog," or volcanic smog," quoting AOL.
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B. "CHILE VOLCANO EVACUATION"
From the BBC:
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See the ash:
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10. FOLLOW-UP TO LAST WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS STORY: "HAPPY [90TH] BIRTHDAY MIKE"
"We don't ordinarily do birthdays here on 60 Minutes but this is sort of special. Friday [May 9] will be Mike Wallace's 90th birthday. That may seem pretty old to you but if you meet Mike on the street, don't bet you can beat him around the block because he's still in better shape than most men at 40...
One of the things that this broadcast does best is illicit information from interesting people and in the brief history of television, no one has ever done that better than Mike Wallace.
I don't know if a list of interesting names is interesting or not but I was amazed to see a list of the people Mike has interviewed. Here are just a few of them: Richard Nixon, Johnny Carson, Henry Kissinger, Nancy Reagan, Larry King, Jimmy Carter, Bette Davis, Yasser Arafat, Eddie Arcaro, Frank Lloyd Wright, Carol Burnett, Bill Parcells, Salman Rushdie, Vladimir Putin, Al Sharpton, Vladimir Horowitz, Donald Trump, Jack Kevorkian, Malcolm X, Roger Clemens, Tennessee Williams, Tallulah Bankhead, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Oscar Hammerstein, Woody Allen, Eleanor Roosevelt, Martina Navratilova, Jesse Jackson, The Shah of Iran, Golda Meir," quoting Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes.
[Ed. Note: Congratulations, Mike to one of the best interviewers on television!]
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11. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
A. "North Pole Could Be Ice Free in 2008"
From ABC News:
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B. "Reservoir larger than Manhattan planned to help Everglades"
From the AP [Ed Note: Stop approving so many major high-rises in Miami/Ft. Lauderdale and draining the water:
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C. "Warm waters absorb less oxygen--which is bad news for the sea life that needs it"
From Scientific American:
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12. SOCIO-ECONOMIC NEWS
A. "Do you need to stock up the bunker?
From the BBC:
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B. "Las Vegas used to be a recession-proof oasis. Not anymore"
From Newsweek:
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C. "If I Were A Terrorist A James Pence Video!"
This man's 85 seconds of observations are brilliant!
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D. One of the most astute articles this writer has seen on the world today:
From Gold-Eagle.com:
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E. "WAL-MART REFLECTS NEW SHOPPING HABITS"
From Newsweek:
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F. "Crude jolt for US as Iran scraps oil trade in dollar"
The fleeing of the Dollar is is ominous for the USA, as stated here many times.
From The Economic Times:
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G. You can have Kentucky's Derby pie even after the Ky. Derby
From MSN City Guides:
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Here it is: The original Kern's Derby Pie site:
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RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS
A. The Yelm Blue College & All-Group Follow-ups are now open for online registration:
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B. Karla Broschinski & Thomas Mani have their new site online: Tree of Life Enterprises
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Karla can help you with seeds:
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Tom with "Beekeeping Classes and Education: Learn how to restore Honeybees in the world"
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C. "Dr. Marvin Kunikiyo, a long-time student of RSE, with many years of experience, is happy to announce that his office, CLASSIC CHIROPRACTIC, is now located in McKenna!" quoting MastersConnection.com
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D. RSE returns again in 2008 to Calgary & Toronto with May Beginning Retreats - Calgary this week & Toronto next week:
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E. Bettye Johnson will be on BlogTalkRadio May 15 at 11am PST. The title of my talk show is, Knowledge Is Power, and the title of this segment is Bloodline Meets Secrets of the Magdalene Scrolls. Please tune in by clicking on www.blogtalkradio.com/bettye
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F. Paradise Organics and Toboton Valley Farm have joined agricultural forces to offer a greater variety of quality, farm fresh produce.
Toboton Valley Farm, recently purchased by Cornelia OLeary, is a ten-acre parcel located close to the corner of Bald Hill and Sorenson Road and Paradise Organics.
Our collective farms embrace the new brand name “Toboton Valley Organics” coupled with a bolder, brighter vision to better serve our customers.
Toboton Valley Organics will greatly expand upon the Paradise Organics tradition of supplying naturally grown, farm fresh produce within our local community.
To that end, we are seeking diversely talented and dedicated people willing to start at the ground floor to assist in building an expanding community presence at Toboton Valley Organics. Please call Bob Foster (894-1328) or Cornelia OLeary (894-4005) for details. website coming!
KLEINER'S KORNER WISHES TOBOTON VALLEY ORGANICS GRAND SUCCESS!.
LOCAL NOTES
A. Local photographer wins state award
B. Yelm Animal Shelter citizen action committee formed
C. Yelm's Arbor Day celebration this Friday
D. Rep. Tom Campbell Town Hall meeting this Saturday
E. Recycle days this weekend in Yelm City Park
F. 9th annual UFO festival next week
G. Poll: Washingtonians want calorie info on menus
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger
you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him."
Epictetus (55-135 AD)
Greek Philosopher
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Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2008.
For archived issues of Kleiner’s Korner, click on "Current Kleiner’s Korner and Archives" at
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May in the Northwest is just bursting with color!
1. SURPRISINGLY SIMILAR PATTERNS FOUND IN A BRAIN CELL & THE UNIVERSE
[Ed. Note: This is a “must-see“ from The New York Times]
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2. “WHY FLOWERS HAVE LOST THEIR SCENT”
“Pollution is stifling the fragrance of plants and preventing bees from pollinating them – endangering one of the most essential cycles of nature, writes Environment Editor Geoffrey Lean,” in UK’s Independent.
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3. "WOUNDED VET PLAYS LACROSSE AFTER LOSING LIMBS”
“John Fernandez should not have been playing lacrosse Saturday in the Army-Navy alumni game at Madison Square Garden.
By all rights, the former U.S. Army first lieutenant should be dead. But luck intervened.
“It was just a matter of chance — pure luck,” said Fernandez of Shoreham, Long Island, who was severely wounded in Iraq after a U.S. plane dropped a 500-pound bomb on his Humvee in a case of friendly fire on April 3, 2003. Shrapnel from the explosion shredded his legs...
More than five years later, the soldier can do more than just walk. He can play lacrosse thanks to prosthetic limbs, as he demonstrated during the Heroes Cup, which preceded the New York Titans professional game Saturday night,” quoting the AP.
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4. “TIME TO STOCKPILE FOOD?”
A teaching from Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment? No, America’s ABC-TV!
“A Guide to Preparing for Rising Food Costs or That Next Big Emergency.”
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5. “JOLTING THE BRAIN FIGHTS DEEP DEPRESSION”
“Imagine what a pacemaker does to your heart: Its electrical impulses regulate a heartbeat that's out of whack.
Now picture a pacemaker-type device that jolts the brain and regulates mood circuits, potentially easing deep depression no other treatments can touch.
In what some are hailing as a brave new use of existing technology, researchers presented evidence this week at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons' annual scientific meeting that deep brain stimulation does just that, improving both severe depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder, a frequent companion disorder,” quoting CNN.
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6. “STUDENT EDUCATES HIMSELF: LOSES 180 POUNDS”
“Around the same time, he had another wake-up call. His 11-year-old cousin was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and his grandmother was diagnosed with Type 2, or adult onset diabetes. Their diagnoses combined with a family history of obesity to convince Hollas he had to make a change.
That very same day in 2001, he took the first step toward weight loss by eliminating soft drinks from his diet.
Hollas [Brandon Hollas, 25, of Cameron, Texas] also joined the recreation center on campus and started riding an exercise bicycle. He lost 50 pounds within six months. The weight loss motivated him to begin learning about health and fitness at the school's library and in men's health magazines.
‘I wasn't educated about how to eat right or how to lose weight,’ Hollas recalled. ‘I read all about nutrition, how to change meals to make them [healthier],’" quoting CNN.
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7. OH MY! LOOK AT THE BIG BIRTHDAYS
From AARP Magazine:
A. Andie McDowell turned 50 on April 21
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B. Steven Tyler of Aeromith turned 60 on March 26
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C. Al Gore, Jr. turned 60 on March 31
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D. Kofi Annan turned 70 on April 8
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E. The world’s favorite little girl Shirley Temple Black turned 80 on April 23
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And this writer's baby brother turned 50 on April 23rd, too..
8. “WHICH FOOD ADDITIVES ARE SAFE? WHICH AREN’T?"
“Nutrition Action Healthletter Revisits “Chemical Cuisine,” the Classic A-to-Z Guide,” quoting Center for Science in the public Interest (CSPI). [Ed. Note: This writer found this very informative!]
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9. REMARKABLE WOMAN HELEN THAYER FEATURED IN THIS MONTH’S ALASKA AIRLINES MAGAZINE
“In 1988 New Zealand born Helen Thayer became the first woman to walk and ski to any of the world's poles when she trekked solo to the Magnetic North Pole without dog sled or snowmobile. She was the first woman and first American to circumnavigate the Magnetic North Pole. Her best-selling book Polar Dream tells the story of her historic adventure with her beloved companion Charlie, her protector from the ever constant threat of polar bear attack. Helen has gone on to explore far corners of the world. This website is a showcase her achievements and adventures,” quoting Mrs. Thayer’s website.
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Checkout her story in the seat pocket in front of you on Alaska Air flights in May:
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10. “SUPERFOODS”
"’Your body will absorb vitamins better through foods than through supplements’ says Toni Bark, M.D., medical director of the Center for Disease Prevention and Reversal in Evanston, Illinois. ‘Diet is the basis of our building blocks.’ These superfoods are power-packed with nutrients that will help your body ward off infection,” quoting AARP Magazine.
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11. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
A. “Jumbo squid makes new home in Northwest”
Is climate change to blame? From The Olympian:
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B. “Climate Change Hitting Arctic Faster, Harder”
From Environmental News Network:
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C. Study: America’s smoggiest cities
From Reuters:
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D. “Rockefellers call for change at Exxon Mobil”
From Reuters:
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E. “Oxygen-poor ocean zones are growing”
“Linked to global warming, these areas of the Pacific and Atlantic cannot sustain most marine life, a new study warns,” from the LA Times.
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12. SOCIO-ECONOMIC NEWS
A. Fabulous CNN interview with former MN. Gov. Jesse Venture [Ed. Note: My hero!]
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B. “Pariah Diplomacy”
By Jimmy Carter in the New York Times:
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C. “Emptying the Breadbasket”
“For decades, wheat was king on the Great Plains and prices were low everywhere. Those days are over,” quoting the Washington Post.
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D. “Cheney Lawyer Claims Congress Has No Authority Over Vice President”
From UK’s Guardian:
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E. “Making a killing from hunger”
“We need to overturn food policy, now!” from GRAIN.
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RAMTHA STUDENT NEWS
A. RSE holds a Creating Future Mind Workshop this coming weekend in the Twin Cities (Minnesota):
link here
B. Bruce Smith’s touching story of The Flute Player reaches out to the entity that inspired him so many years ago, who has taken a path against his School:
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C. One of the most beautiful RSE emailers ever! Congratulations to JZ, the RSE Graphics Dept. & Webteam! Assay, 2008:
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D. RSE returns again in 2008 to Calgary & Toronto with May Beginning Retreats:
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E. Chuck and Connie Folkerth with Miracle Mineral Supplement were inadvertently omitted last week as participants in the Preparedness Expo. Congratulations to them, too:
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F. CSE is launching Summer Camp 2008, two 2-week sessions of summertime exploration and adventure for kids 3-14 years old.
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G. RSE Int’l First Quarter World Tour
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LOCAL NOTES
Covered on the Yelm Community Blog last week:
A. Kya Keeslar is NVN’s Athlete of the month
B. CSE announces children’s summer camp
C. Support local businesses: Liquid Soul Coffee in McKenna
D. Guest Entry: 25 year vet weighs in on Yelm’s Animal Control
E. Food waste recycling arrives in Thurston County
F. Nisqually Tribe makes generous gifts to city
G. NVN sister paper covers secret society in Centralia- Freemasons
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single
thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical
path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think
over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, and philosopher.
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Kleiner’s Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2008.
For archived issues of Kleiner’s Korner, click on "Current Kleiner’s Korner and Archives" at
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Send comments to steve@kleinerskorner.com .
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