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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:

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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'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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What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s name when he was born?

Is a "quantum leap" always a big one?

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When was a holiday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. first
proposed?

On April 8, 1968, just four days after Martin Luther King
Jr. was assassinated, a holiday to commemorate his birthday
was proposed by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich. 

How long before the holiday was made official by the Federal
government?

It's not an easy thing to get a holiday, much less a Federal
holiday! It took nearly two decades to make Martin Luther
King Jr.'s birthday an official holiday. January 20, 1986
was the first federal observance of the holiday, though some
states began to observe it earlier. California was the first
to do so, making it a school holiday in 1970. 

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thePEBBLE CONTENTS:

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

Stress And How It Affects Your Physical Body
A Few Ideas To Enhance Your Fitness Level.
PART 4 of 9

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4. PERCEPTIONS by Ken Darby

Companies Pay To Hide The Truth

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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!


7-Eleven is the largest convenience retail chain in the
world.

A honey bee has four wings.

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COVER STORY
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Around The Net

China's Climate Change Report: "It's Getting Hot in Here"
by Alex Pasternack, Beijing, China on 12.28.06
BUSINESS & POLITICS (news)

Two months after former World Bank chief economist Nicholas
Stern warned that developing countries would be worst hit by
climate change, the most developing developing country of
them all has issued its own weather forecast: rising
temperatures, worsening drought and a slate of 'extreme
weather events.'

Already the country is suffering from decreased grain
production and severe water shortages. A director of the
National Climate Centre said that by 2030-2050, China's
potential grain output could fall by 10 percent, unless crop
varieties and practices adapt to the increasingly turbulent
climate.

In the south, heavier rainfalls could trigger more
landslides and mudslides, the report also warns. Global
warming is everyone’s problem—but with China on course to
overtake the United States by 2009 as the largest emitter of
carbon dioxide, the report adds to the crucial call for the
Middle Kingdom to put all hands on deck.

"The report will serve as the country's scientific and
technical reference in policy making and international
co-operation," said Li Xueyong, vice-minister of the
Ministry of Science and Technology.

Aside from the serious official predictions—the likes of
which the White House has not made—what looks to be
significant about the report is the way that it continues to
push China to recognize how dirty it is, and to clean up for
itself. Of course, no one breathing in China today would
deny the country has serious environmental problems; the
question, now more than ever, is how to deal with it.

At a Party meeting the same day the report was released,
President Hu Jintao called for intensified efforts to save
energy, including price, tax and other financial measures to
promote energy saving and curb wasteful use. Hu also
indicated that industries that consume excessive energy and
pollute the environment should be shut down—presumably not
in the still-fashionable style of Potemkin (factories will
be temporarily shut down for the 2008 Olympics, officials
announced yesterday).

Of course the central government’s wishes matter little
without the cooperation of local officials—and with so many
officials on the take, the environment, along with a
plethora of social concerns, is at risk. That was the gist
of a report also made yesterday to the country’s top
legislature by the country's environmental minister.

“In some places, officials still focus on economic growth
and neglect environmental protection,” Zhou Shengxian,
director of the State Environmental Protection
Administration (SEPA), told the Standing Committee of the
National People's Congress.

Others meanwhile are busy blaming the West for China's smog;
eco-hero Pan Yue even claimed "ecological colonialism." But
I think Pan misfires here. Of course Western countries have
benefited from China's lax environmental standards (not to
mention labor laws), and as activist Ma Jun recently
announced, around 30 multinationals, including Pepsi and
Panasonic, have been found to be breaking China's pollution
laws (out of 2,700 violators). But, as Elizabeth Economy
recently pointed out, a fervent blame game doesn't help. As
the new report will acknowledge--it won't be fully released
until next year--global warming is everyone's problem, and
China must figure out how to be part of the solution.

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If things are out of Order, Harmony and Balance, or missing
one of those ingredients failure is the result.
---- Ken Darby

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MEDICAL COLUMN - - - - with Karin Henderson


Stress And How It Affects Your Physical Body
A Few Ideas To Enhance Your Fitness Level.
PART 4 of 9

Conversely, everyone else in your world is unique. Just as you
have your own thoughts, feelings, experiences, they are entitled
to their own "personality". How does this affect you? It gives
you the right to make your decisions with your knowledge. No one
has the right to do that for you. Of course in some
circumstances, for a "dependent person" this wouldn't apply, but
for the vast majority it applies. So each person is allowed to
be "unique". Why is this important? You will often find someone
making plans for you or expecting you to fall in with their
ideas. They mean well, but. If you are obliged to go along
without being a part of the decision, stress follows.

You might see yourself in either of the two characters in the
following example.

It's Friday afternoon and you are tired. A happy, exuberant
co-worker bounces in to your office and suggests you both clean
out the storage unit before you go home. All you want to do is
to clean up and go home! Imagine your inner conflict!

Or can you see yourself more often in this example? You have
just hugged the last child goodbye and are ready to put your
feet up. Your spouse comes in the door, waves his brand new gift
certificate in the air, and asks you to go the sporting mega
store "as soon as you are ready"! He needs "your advice and good
judgement". :) Now what do you do? How can you be make decisions
to suit your needs? You need to know that you are entitled to
your own feelings and decisions. We don't have slaves in North
America any longer, but sometimes I wonder. Still, there are
many, many people who feel they have no choices...they have to
do whatever someone tells them. They must obey everyone...except
themselves. And there are many people who feel others shouldn't
have any choices. In some cultures, even a child has more power!

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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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Companies Pay To Hide The Truth

ExxonMobil Corp. gave $16 million to 43 ideological groups
between 1998 and 2005 in a coordinated effort to mislead the
public by discrediting the science behind global warming,
the Union of Concerned Scientists asserted Wednesday.

Isn’t that wonderful? Imagine how much money they will be
making the longer they can sell gasoline and other carbon
based products. The company doesn’t care. All they want is
money.

One day the people who run the company will come to face a
condition they helped create. They will each find that money
won’t buy food that isn’t there. Rich or not global warming
will be a great equalizer. The belligerent rich will be no
better off than the poor.

The cigarette companies did exactly the same thing and I
wouldn’t be surprised to see it in other industries, too.
You can look for it in any industry that will lose money if
we stop using their products and services because of global
warming.

Money, money, money. That’s what it is all about. And if you
think the cigarette companies are bad, or if you think the
oil companies are bad - why don’t you have a look at
banking, insurance companies and the pharmaceutical
companies. Each merits your thoughts.

See you Monday, folks. Have a good weekend.

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WHY DO WE SAY IT?


Rack One's Brains: What is the reason a person who is
struggling to remember something is said to "rack his
brains"?

As used here, "rack" means "to stretch or strain by force" -
as a person is stretched on the "rack" or wheel and that is
a rather vivid metaphorical description of the process of
remembering.

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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!


"It is possible to store the mind with a million facts
and still be entirely uneducated." -- Alec Bourne 

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HA! HA! HA!


A drunk stumbles along a baptismal service on Sunday
afternoon down by the river.

He proceeds to walk down into the water and stand next to
the preacher. The minister turns and notices the old drunk
and says, "Mister, are you ready to find Jesus?"

The drunk looks back and says, "Yes, Preacher, I sure am."

The minister then dunks the fellow under the water and pulls
him right back up. "Have you found Jesus?" the preacher
asked.

"Nooo, I didn't!" said the drunk.

The preacher then dunks him under for quite a bit longer,
brings him up and says, "Now, brother, have you found
Jesus?"

"Noooo, I have not, Reverend."

The preacher in disgust holds the man under for at least 30
seconds this time, brings him out of the water and says in a
harsh tone, "My God, man, have you found Jesus yet?"

The old drunk wipes his eyes and says to the preacher, "Are
you sure this is where he fell in?"

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THE LAST LINE - - - - -

"The one real object of education is to have a man in
the condition of continually asking questions." --
Bishop Mandell Creighton

 
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Under no circumstances will money purchase
a piece of heaven.
---- Ken Darby