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Money, Marriage And The Way
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TODAY'S TRIVIA - - -
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What about phantom sight and hearing? Are these possible?

Can people BORN without limbs feel phantom sensations?

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What is St. Stephen's Day?

St. Stephen's Day, December 26, honors the first Christian
martyr, stoned to death shortly after the Crucifixion. St.
Stephen's Day is a national holiday in Ireland. However, the
celebrations have little to do with the saint. In Ireland,
St. Stephen's Day is the day for "Hunting the Wren," or
"Going on the Wren". Groups of small boys would
traditionally hunt for wrens. The dead wren would then be
carried from house to house by the boys, singing the wren
song. Money collected from the houses would be used to hold
a village dance. Today, the hunting wrens part is out, but
the holiday has been revived with the use of artificial
wrens or a live wren in a cage. Girls are now included and
money collected is used for school or community projects.
What's the significance of the wren? No one knows for sure,
but one legend is that a chattering wren betrayed the
location of St. Stephen, leading to his capture.

What exactly is a phantom limb?

A phantom limb, sometimes called a "stump hallucination," is
the subjective sensation, not arising from external
stimulus, that an amputated limb is still present. More
simply put, it's when a person who is missing a limb still
feels sensations as if the limb is THERE. Sensations in a
phantom limb can manifest in many ways. Some amputees report
being able to feel their (missing) arm resting on a table.
Or they may feel the absent limb in motion, such as reaching
for an object. They may feel pressure, warmth, cold, or
wetness, just as in a normal limb. They may itch and feel
relief from scratching the space where the discomfort
apparently is occurring. Often, they feel pain that existed
in the former limb, such as a painful bunion on a foot that
is now gone. The sensation may be so real that they will
actually try to grab something or step off a bed onto a
phantom foot. The phantom limb tends to move like a real
limb, too. A phantom leg will feel as though it is bending
when the person sits down or stretching out when he lies
down. Sometimes amputees feel phantom pain, such as tingling
or prickling in the space where the limb originally was.
It's even possible for a person born without a limb to start
feeling phantom sensations if his stump is injured. There
are several theories about why phantom sensations occur. The
oldest explanation is that the remaining nerves in the stump
continue to generate impulses. 

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1. STRANGE BITS AND PIECES!

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2. COVER STORY
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Around The Net

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3. MEDICAL COLUMN with Karin Henderson

Body Parts: Hands and Feet
PART 5 of 7

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4. PERCEPTIONS by Ken Darby

No Wheaties For Kim

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5. WHY DO WE SAY IT?

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6. THINK ABOUT THIS TODAY!
7. HA! HA!HA!
8. CONTACT INFO
9. THE LAST LINE - - - - -


DO IT NOW WHEN IT'S FRESH IN YOUR MIND

The Saga Of Pinehill Book II
Money, Marriage And The Way
is now published and available. Buy direct from:

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(enter the name Saga of Pinehill in the search box)

If you enjoyed the first book, you won't be able to put
this one down until you're finished it. Enjoy.

DO IT NOW WHEN IT'S FRESH IN YOUR MIND

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STRANGE BITS AND PIECES!


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Around The Net

Supreme Court Takes On Global Warming?

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, which
regulates the stuff that comes out of the tailpipes of cars
and trucks, it doesn't have the authority to regulate carbon
dioxide, one of the main components of tailpipe exhaust.
Huh?

This is just what the EPA will argue, with cheerleading from
the auto lobby, in front of the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
The EPA says carbon dioxide isn’t its problem for a whole
tangle of reasons. But 12 states, three cities, 13
environmental groups and a ski resort want the EPA to cap
the gas in an effort to help slow global warming.

"It's ironic that the Bush Administration, which acts like
Superman most of the time, doing exactly what it wants to,
is acting like a 97-pound weakling in this case, saying it
doesn't have the authority to act," says David Doniger, lead
attorney on the case for the National Resources Defense
Council.

The case could have a huge impact, either on the already
wobbly domestic automakers, or efforts by states and
environmental groups to regulate, for the first time,
greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles.

The Supreme Court could decide the case in favor of the EPA
on a more technical matter, however, which would have the
affect of keeping the status quo. States, led by California,
will try to enforce their own greenhouse gas regulations,
and auto companies will continue to fight them in court.

If the Supreme Courts decides in favor of the EPA on the
merits of the case, the states' movement to regulate carbon
dioxide will be dealt a likely mortal blow. If it decides in
favor of the states and the environmental groups, the
nation’s first greenhouse gas emission laws, already adopted
by California and ten other states, could take effect by
2008.

Wednesday's case has its roots in two petitions, filed in
1999 by a group of environmental organizations and in 2002
by a few states, led by Massachusetts, asking the EPA to
regulate carbon dioxide. The EPA denied the petitions, so
the cases were wrapped up and plopped in front of the
Federal Circuit Court in Washington, D.C. The court sided
with the EPA, two to one, and now the Supreme Court will
consider the case, Massachusetts v. EPA.

The EPA is arguing three issues: That Congress never wanted
greenhouse gases regulated by the EPA, so the agency would
be overstepping its authority to try to regulate them. That
even if it did have the authority, it wouldn't regulate them
and shouldn't be compelled to. Finally, that the states
bringing this case have no business doing so because they
aren't being harmed in any specific way, they may never be
harmed, and they wouldn't be helped if they won their case.

The EPA, along with individual states, now regulates
pollutants like hydrocarbons, particulate matter and nitrous
oxides that are produced by cars and trucks. These
substances are harmful to human health and local air
quality. Carbon dioxide is harmless to humans directly--it
is a gas that humans expel every time they breathe, it is a
gas that plants need to live. It also happens to be an
unavoidable byproduct of combustion.

Unlike particulate matter and smog-forming chemicals, carbon
dioxide can't be filtered or trapped. The only way to reduce
carbon dioxide emissions is to burn less fuel.

The EPA and automakers argue the EPA is charged only with
regulating poisonous stuff. "The text of the Clean Air Act
makes plain that Congress intended it as a measure to
'clean' the air of pollutants, not to alter the overall
composition of the Earth's atmosphere," argues the Alliance
of Automobile Manufacturers, an auto industry lobbying
group, in a brief.

The EPA also argues that, by regulating carbon dioxide, it
would effectively be regulating fuel economy, and therefore
stepping on the toes of the Department of Transportation,
which already does that through its Corporate Average Fuel
Economy, or CAFE regulations.

The petitioning states and the environmental groups argue
that the laws that established the EPA and gave it power are
very clear about what kinds of things it should regulate: In
general, "any physical, chemical, biological, radioactive
... substance or matter which is emitted into or otherwise
enters the ambient air" and, specifically, "air pollution
which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public
health or welfare."

The EPA says that even if it did have the authority to
regulate greenhouse gases, it wouldn't, and, moreover, it
should be able to determine what it regulates, not the
courts.

But a more technical issue could likely be the thorniest of
all for Massachusetts, the issue of "standing." One can't go
to court to force a change for the public good. The courts
can only help relieve a specific harm. So Massachusetts has
to prove that carbon dioxide from vehicles will lead to harm
specific to Massachusetts, and that if the EPA regulates
greenhouse gases in vehicles, Massachusetts will be better
off.

Most observers assume the Supreme Court decision will split
five to four, and Justice Anthony Kennedy will cast the
swing vote. The four generally conservative justices, John
Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito,
are expected to argue either that Massachusetts doesn't have
standing or that the EPA can decide for itself whether to
regulate carbon dioxide. The generally more liberal
justices, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Souter, Stephen Breyer,
and John Paul Stevens, are expected to decide the opposite.

Some, however, think that the language in the Clean Air Act
is so clear that even the conservative justices, who in the
past have based decisions on the language of the statute in
question while ignoring surrounding policy considerations,
will argue that the EPA has the authority to regulate, and
that they must do so. “I’m one of the dwindling cock-eyed
optimists who think this could be decided for us
unanimously,” says the NRDC's David Doniger.

Former EPA general counsel Ann R. Klee, now at the firm
Crowell and Moring, thinks the court will likely the decide
the case on narrow grounds, and most likely for the EPA.
"The Supreme Court isn't going to issue a broad ruling that
will solve the problem," she predicts.

And rightfully so, Klee argues. The matter is one for
lawmakers, she says, and it will soon be addressed by them.
"With the change in Congress, with all the presidential
candidates talking about it, we will have some sort of
framework to address climate change," she says. "We need to
look beyond this decision."

Detroit certainly does. The only money it makes, when it
makes any at all, comes from making large vehicles with big
engines--the ones that produce a lot of carbon dioxide.
Recently high gas prices have at least put Detroit on notice
that it needs to come up with more fuel-efficient vehicles.
The automakers will soon have that message amplified, either
by the Supreme Court, by congress or by the states: Start
sipping.

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Forever is in your hands - right now!
---- Ken Darby

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MEDICAL COLUMN - - - - with Karin Henderson


Body Parts: Hands and Feet
PART 5 of 7

There are few hollow spaces in the hands and feet. The bones are
filled with different stages of bone marrow maturation. The soft
tissue surrounding the bones is made up of muscle, fat, skin,
nerves and blood vessels. On the outside or exterior, we have 20
nails and very fine hairs.

(Damage).
Fingers are usually the first or the exploratory parts of the
body to be damaged. We use them to explore. thus they are first
to come in contact with an unusual or dangerous object. Fingers
and toes are fragile as you can see by their size and numbers.
There isn't the massive strength of a large surface to absorb or
deflect strong blows or the shock. Can see how they are easily
broken.and by the same token you can see how difficult they
could be to fix. Breaks are not the only damage they receive.
Other damage may come from a cut or bruise or burn.heat and or
chemical. Your toes carry a lot of weight and may step in places
where there is unsuspected danger.nails, heat, chemical, no
ground at all. The unexpected shift of the weight can cause you
to loose your balance and injuries will occur: mild or serious,
or even death.

(Repairs)
The material and the procedures used to repair damage all depend
on its origin and the (body) location. And breaks can even
repaired with Popsicle sticks, adhesive tape and time. Whatever
works to get the bone back into alignment, to heal and to be
infection-free. (Our son broke a little finger playing with our
family doctor's kids.he was taped together with a Popsicle stick
and electrical tape, had it re-aligned in the hospital, (no
warning of the ensuing pain), and re-taped with the same
Popsicle stick and (hospital) adhesive tape. Whatever works!)

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Karin Henderson is a registered nurse and is thePEBBLE's
columnist for our MEDICAL COLUMN.
We appreciate her input very much. Thanks Karin.
You can send Karin questions at
mailto:kflh@shaw.ca

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PERCEPTIONS . . . by Ken Darby

-----------------------DISCLAIMER

Some around me think I am an opinionated old goat.
Whether that be true or not I will sometimes, in this column,
talk about things people don't like to talk about - or don't want
out in the open. Take it all with a grain of salt.

Do your own thinking, and don't accept the things I say as
gospel. They are only mental meanderings from a simple soul.

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No Wheaties For Kim

I see the trade embargo against North Korea is really aimed
at taking away Kim Jong Il’s perks. It sounds silly but it
means he will no longer be able to legally import all the
fancy things he used to enjoy. Yet I suppose he will be able
to find lots on the black market. Oh well!

Here is your tip for today on how you can contribute to
putting and end to global warming.

Be green in your yard

Use a push mower, which, unlike a gas or electric mower,
consumes no fossil fuels and emits no greenhouse gases. If
you do use a power mower, make sure it is a mulching mower
to reduce grass clippings. Composting your food and yard
waste reduces the amount of garbage that you send to
landfills and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. See EPA’s
GreenScapes program for tips on how to improve your lawn or
garden while also benefiting the environment. Smart
Landscaping can save energy, save you money and reduce your
household’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Thats all for today folks. See you Monday.

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WHY DO WE SAY IT?


Wac: How did the "Wacs" come to be called that?

From the initials of their full name - "Women's Army Corps."
Originally, when their official title was "Women's Auxiliary
army corps," they were known as "Waacs".

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DO IT NOW WHEN IT'S FRESH IN YOUR MIND

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Money, Marriage And The Way
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THINK ABOUT THIS TODAY!


There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty
time. There is always something to see, something to
hear.
John Cage (1912-1992)

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Having been married ten years and still living in an
apartment, the wife would often complain about anything, as
she was tired of saving every penny to buy a "dream home".

Trying to placate her, the husband found a new apartment,
within their budget. However, after the first week, she
began complaining again.

"Joel," she said, "I don't like this place at all. There are
no curtains in the bathroom. The neighbors can see me every
time I take a bath."

"Don't worry." replied her husband. "If the neighbors do see
you, they'll buy curtains."

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Healing in its fullest sense requires looking into our
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