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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:

http://www.publishamerica.com
(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've finished
it. Enjoy.

DO IT NOW WHEN IT'S FRESH IN YOUR MIND

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TODAY'S TRIVIA - - -
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Would a clone be an exact replica of its parent?

Is it true that Dolly, the cloned sheep, is aging
prematurely?

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How does a mother porcupine or hedgehog give birth to a baby
with quills?

Fortunately for Mom, a baby porcupine or hedgehog is born
with soft, short quills that aren't going to hurt her! They
harden shortly after birth.

Is it true that scientists have cloned a human?

Scientists from Clonaid CLAIM that the first human clone, a
girl named Eve, has been born. But as of this writing, they
have yet to produce DNA evidence that the child is, in fact,
an actual clone of her mother. The company is an offshoot of
a strange religious cult that believes all humans descend
from outer space aliens who visited Earth 25,000 years ago.
So naturally, OTHER scientists are finding it hard to
believe Clonaid is credible.  

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There are a lot of ways to become a failure,
but never taking a chance is the most successful.

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thePEBBLE CONTENTS:

1. STRANGE BITS AND PIECES!

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2. COVER STORY . . .
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TIPS AND TIDBITS . . .

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3. MEDICAL COLUMN with Karin Henderson

But This Works For Me
Dealing With Needless Stress
PART 1 of 3

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4. PERCEPTIONS by Ken Darby

To Bee Or Not To Bee!

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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:

http://www.publishamerica.com
(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!

Most snails are hermaphrodites, meaning they have both
female and male reproductive organs.

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COVER STORY . . .
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TIPS AND TIDBITS . . .

Mystery Ailment Strikes Honeybees

By GENARO C. ARMAS
The Associated Press
Sunday, February 11, 2007; 9:11 PM

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- A mysterious illness is killing tens
of thousands of honeybee colonies across the country,
threatening honey production, the livelihood of beekeepers
and possibly crops that need bees for pollination.

Researchers are scrambling to find the cause of the ailment,
called Colony Collapse Disorder.

Reports of unusual colony deaths have come from at least 22
states. Some affected commercial beekeepers _ who often keep
thousands of colonies _ have reported losing more than 50
percent of their bees. A colony can have roughly 20,000 bees
in the winter, and up to 60,000 in the summer.

"We have seen a lot of things happen in 40 years, but this
is the epitome of it all," Dave Hackenberg, of
Lewisburg-based Hackenberg Apiaries, said by phone from Fort
Meade, Fla., where he was working with his bees.

The country's bee population had already been shocked in
recent years by a tiny, parasitic bug called the varroa
mite, which has destroyed more than half of some beekeepers'
hives and devastated most wild honeybee populations.

Along with being producers of honey, commercial bee colonies
are important to agriculture as pollinators, along with some
birds, bats and other insects. A recent report by the
National Research Council noted that in order to bear fruit,
three-quarters of all flowering plants _ including most food
crops and some that provide fiber, drugs and fuel _ rely on
pollinators for fertilization.

Hackenberg, 58, was first to report Colony Collapse Disorder
to bee researchers at Penn State University. He notified
them in November when he was down to about 1,000 colonies _
after having started the fall with 2,900.

"We are going to take bees we got and make more bees ... but
it's costly," he said. "We are talking about major bucks.
You can only take so many blows so many times."

One beekeeper who traveled with two truckloads of bees to
California to help pollinate almond trees found nearly all
of his bees dead upon arrival, said Dennis vanEnglesdorp,
acting state apiarist for the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture.

"I would characterize it as serious," said Daniel Weaver,
president of the American Beekeeping Federation. "Whether it
threatens the apiculture industry in the United States or
not, that's up in the air."

Scientists at Penn State, the University of Montana and the
U.S. Department of Agriculture are among the quickly growing
group of researchers and industry officials trying to solve
the mystery.

Among the clues being assembled by researchers:

• Although the bodies of dead bees often are littered around
a hive, sometimes carried out of the hive by worker bees, no
bee remains are typically found around colonies struck by
the mystery ailment. Scientists assume these bees have flown
away from the hive before dying.

• From the outside, a stricken colony may appear normal,
with bees leaving and entering. But when beekeepers look
inside the hive box, they find few mature bees taking care
of the younger, developing bees.

• Normally, a weakened bee colony would be immediately
overrun by bees from other colonies or by pests going after
the hive's honey. That's not the case with the stricken
colonies, which might not be touched for at least two weeks,
said Diana Cox-Foster, a Penn State entomology professor
investigating the problem.

"That is a real abnormality," Hackenberg said.

Cox-Foster said an analysis of dissected bees turned up an
alarmingly high number of foreign fungi, bacteria and other
organisms and weakened immune systems.

Researchers are also looking into the effect pesticides
might be having on bees.

In the meantime, beekeepers are wondering if bee deaths over
the last couple of years that had been blamed on mites or
poor management might actually have resulted from the
mystery ailment.

"Now people think that they may have had this three or four
years," vanEnglesdorp said.

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All eternity is but a day. To BE is to live an eternity.
To live fully within the moment is to be successful.
---- Ken Darby

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MEDICAL COLUMN - - - - with Karin Henderson


But This Works For Me
Dealing With Needless Stress
PART 1 of 3

Have you ever had someone suggest that you should do things a
certain way? Driving a car? Following a "to do" list? Setting up
a room? Take out the garbage? Doing things with clothes, with
food, with exercising? You know they mean well. BUT! I think
there are many people who feel they must tell others how to live
or how to do things without knowing all the facts. And those
important facts pertain to you: not to them.

Your life evolves continually. You try things. Parts of it work
and some don't. So you constantly adjust either yourself or your
"thing", until everything works to your satisfaction. And how do
you know it has reached your satisfaction? It just seems to flow
and give you a sense of "rightness". And little by little you
feel in tune with your environment. This is the harmony you
should always strive for. It's common to many parts of your
life. You might have a desire to loose weight.or better still,
the desire to feel more comfortable in your clothes. That helps
you relax and feel more confident. There are many, many experts
instantly available to tell you what diet you must follow or
weight loss program you have to use.or what part of your body
needs to be exercised.or what clothes will enhance your body to
bring out the best in you. Have you been consulted as to how
this would fit into your life and activities? I doubt it. Yet
this confusion and constant suggestion of change creates a lot
of unnecessary stress.

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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

Health Information Newsletter.
http://www.prescotts-inc.com

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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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To Bee Or Not To Bee!
(I apologize for the terrible title. It just came out that way.)

Now what is wrong with the bees?

This is one of those things that I claim will happen without
us knowing it is coming, what causes it and ultimately we
won’t know for sure what the end result will be.

Bees are badly needed to polinate our crops. Without them we
can end up having only half the crops we need.

Whether this is associated with global warming or not I’m
not sure. What I am sure of is that it is just another
“thing” that is happening, which, with everything else just
goes to make our lives a little more difficult.

This is one of those things I call a “wildcard”. It came at
us out of nowhere and we know not what it is. One thing we
do know. It will cause harm.

I believe we will see all sorts of this type of thing in our
future..

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WHY DO WE SAY IT?


Damocles' Sword: How did the expression "Damocles' sword"
come to represent impending danger?

It's an allusion to an ancient legend. Dionysius the Elder
was a clerk who seized the throne of Syracuse. Damocles was
one of his courtiers who envied him his power and his
wealth. so Dionysius invited Damocles to share his luxurious
life for an evening. the two sat down to a rich banquet -
but over the head of Damocles there was hung a sword
suspended by a single thread. When Damocles complained that
he couldn't enjoy the food at all because he was afraid the
sword would fall Dionysius said, "Under such a threat do I
enjoy my wealth and power."

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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:

http://www.publishamerica.com
(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've finished it. Enjoy.

DO IT NOW WHEN IT'S FRESH IN YOUR MIND

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THINK ABOUT THIS TODAY!

The critical responsibility for the generation you're
in is to help provide the shoulders, the direction, and
the support for those generations who come behind.
Gloria Dean Randle Scott

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HA! HA! HA!

As income tax time approaches, did you ever notice: When you
put the two words "The" and "IRS" together it spells
"THEIRS"?

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Show me a man who comes home in the evening, is
greeted by a smile, is encouraged to take off his
shoes, has pillows arranged on the floor for him,
and is served a delicious meal - and I'll show you a
man who lives in a Japanese restaurant!

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THE LAST LINE - - - - -

Every one is born into the world to do something unique
and something distinctive and if he or she does not do
it, it will never be done.
Benjamin E. Mays (1894-1984)

 

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REMEMBER! - IF YOU SEE IT IN thePEBBLE - IT IS SO!

From within the drum of truth and wisdom beats. Those
who dance to this drum know their Maker.
---- Ken Darby