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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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Why doesn't the hair on my cat keep growing then?

I've heard that all mammals have hair. Do whales have hair?

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Has Fort Knox ever been successfully attacked?

Even Goldfinger, a James Bond movie villain, was unable to
get the gold out of Fort Knox. There have been mock attacks
on the depository, but no one has made off with Fort Knox
gold yet.

Are hair and fur the same thing?

Yes, it's just a matter of quantity. Your pets, for
instance, are simply covered in hair, whereas humans tend to
grow hair in just a few places. 

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There are a lot of ways to become a failure,
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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 9 of 9

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4. PERCEPTIONS by Ken Darby

Ingenuity And Stupidity Are Close Buddies

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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!

Hockey pucks were originally made from frozen cow dung

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Around The Net

Climate Experts Worry as 2006 Is Hottest Year on Record in
U.S.

By Marc Kaufman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Last year was the warmest in the continental United States
in the past 112 years -- capping a nine-year warming streak
"unprecedented in the historical record" that was driven in
part by the burning of fossil fuels, the government reported
yesterday.

According to the government's National Climatic Data Center,
the record-breaking warmth -- which caused daffodils and
cherry trees to bloom throughout the East on New Year's Day
-- was the result of both unusual regional weather patterns
and the long-term effects of the buildup of carbon dioxide
in the atmosphere.

"People should be concerned about what we are doing to the
climate," said Jay Lawrimore, chief of the climate
monitoring branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration. "Burning of fossil fuels is causing an
increase in greenhouse gases, and there's a broad scientific
consensus that is producing climate change."

The center said there are indications that the rate at which
global temperatures are rising is speeding up.

Average temperatures nationwide in 2006 were 2.2 degrees
Fahrenheit higher than the mean temperatures nationwide for
the 20th century, the agency said. It reported that seven
months in 2006 were much warmer than average, and that last
month was the fourth-warmest December on record. Average
temperatures for all 48 contiguous states were above or well
above average, and New Jersey logged its hottest
temperatures ever.

Many researchers are concerned that rising temperatures
could lead to widespread melting of the polar ice caps,
resulting in higher sea levels and more extreme droughts and
storms. But NOAA also pointed to one silver lining: The
unusually warm temperatures from October to December helped
keep residential energy use for heating 13.5 percent below
the average for that period.

NOAA said an El Ni?o weather pattern in the equatorial
Pacific also contributed to the warm temperatures by
blocking cold Arctic air from moving south and east across
the nation.

Climate experts generally do not make much of temperature
fluctuations over one or two years, but Lawrimore said the
record 2006 temperatures were part of a long and worrisome
trend. For instance, NOAA said, the past nine years have all
been among the 25 warmest years on record for the
continental United States.

Advocates for more action to control carbon dioxide
emissions also voiced concern.

"No one should be surprised that 2006 is the hottest year on
record for the U.S.," said Brenda Ekwurzel, a climate
scientist with the Union of Concerned Scientists, a public
interest group. "When you look at temperatures across the
globe, every single year since 1993 has been in the top 20
warmest years on record."

"Realistically, we have to start fighting global warming in
the next 10 years if we want to secure a safe environment
for our children and grandchildren," she said.

Lawrimore said other NOAA research has found that the rate
of temperature increase has been significantly greater in
the past 30 years than at any time since the government
started collecting national temperature data in 1895.
Globally, 2005 was the hottest year on record, Lawrimore
said, and 2006 was slightly cooler.

He said that although there is a scientific consensus that
carbon dioxide from cars, power plants and factories is
leading to global warming, there is no consensus yet on
whether the warming will increase more quickly or more
slowly in the future. Some researcher have predicted that
temperatures worldwide will increase by a catastrophic 7 to
8 degrees on average by the end of the century, while others
project an increase of a more modest 2 degrees by century's
end.

The burning of oil and other fossil fuels releases carbon
dioxide, which rises, blankets the Earth and traps heat.
Climate scientists report that there has not been this much
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in the past 650,000 years.

The Bush administration has rejected proposals to cap carbon
dioxide emissions or impose carbon taxes as a way to limit
global warming. Lawrimore said he believes the problem could
and should be addressed by developing new technologies for
powering vehicles and industry.

Late December's springlike temperatures in the eastern
two-thirds of the country made it the fourth-warmest
December on record in the United States and contributed
greatly to the record high for the year. Several Northern
cities were unusually warm -- with Boston 8 degrees above
average and Minneapolis-St. Paul 17 degrees above average
for the last three weeks of the month.

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Love rules all. Hatred cannot be maintained
forever. Love can. Hatred destroys all it touches.
Love builds all it touches.
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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 9 of 9

We tend to dwell on our failures, but if you see them as
stepping stones, they loose their fear factor. Each activity
turns into an adventure. Consciously put aside your anger,
upsets, fears, resentments, etc. Let go of issues that hold you
back from feeling in control. Walk away by choice. Don't give
your power or decision-making abilities to anyone else. I
dislike the word "victim" very much. But it's a good quick word
to remind you that you can choose to be one or to act as if you
are in control. Let go of your feelings of hurt or failure. Be
objective. Don't take the lack of progress as a failure. See it
as something that didn't work. But recognize that the world
didn't come to an end when you didn't achieve this goal.

It's never too late to rebuild your power or to reclaim it. It's
YOUR POWER. Go for it! A few guarantees...I guarantee it will
not be easy to follow your heart, but it's doable. I guarantee
it will take time as all good things have to develop. I
guarantee you will love the new you that comes out of the
caterpillar mode transformed into a butterfly! When should you
start? Right now. It's a choice and it's a health-reclaiming
one. As you relax and feel good about yourself and your
abilities, so much hope and relaxation pours into your mind. You
will be flooded with eagerness and wisdom. So for the very last
time, feel what it is like to clench your teeth, clench your
fist and frown. Now put those away for good and enjoy the new,
relaxed you! How do you think your mind and heart and body will
react to a more relaxed and positive lifestyle? Do you agree
that it will allow your body's organs to work harmoniously and
efficiently for you day and night? Make a pact with yourself
that each time you pass a mirror...any mirror, you will always
say "hello" to your best friend...right there, in front of you,
smiling!

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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.
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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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Ingenuity And Stupidity Are Close Buddies

Man’s ingenuity never fails to surprise me. Sometimes he is
so clever he’s stupid.

Can you imagine the U.S. is now prepared to send as many as
92,000 more troops into Iraq in the next five years? That is
almost doubling what they have there now.

The U.S., of all nations, should know that you cannot take a
country by force. If the country as a whole wants the U.S.
out of there, then the U.S. will lose this one just like it
lost the Vietnam war.

In this case, however, it appears as if the masses want
peace, quiet, contentment under a stable government. The war
is being carried on by those outside Iraq who promote and
stir up trouble among those within who all too willingly
want to fight.

Throughout all of history, and there are records going back
thousands of years, the Iraqi people have been a contentious
and fighting people, even amongst themselves. It seems the
concept of peace and quiet escapes the male of the
population.

On another front it seems that coins from Canada now have
tiny radio transmitters in them, at least some of them. The
U.S. Military is concerned they are used to locate carriers
and they are afraid of people working in defense facilities
may give away locations etc.

At this point it is not thought the Canadian government has
anything to do with it. It is felt that Russia, China or
other country has planted these things and using the
Canadian coin as the vehicle. It could be any coin from any
country and, of course, it soon will be.

Why all the espionage? Why all the distrust? Why all greed?
Why is one country wanting what another has? These actions
of countries is a direct reflection of the attitudes of the
people within them.

Different news now. Some preacher in Africa poured gasoline
on five parishioners and set them afire. Apparently they had
sinned by having extramarital relations. Religion has sure
come a long way along the path of love, kindness,
understanding and forgiveness hasn’t it?

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WHY DO WE SAY IT?


Easy as A.B.C. Why do we say that something easy is "as easy
as A.B.C."?

Because the school children of early England, given a
hornbook and told to read it, found the first part of it the
easiest - for then they only had to read off the letters of
the alphabet. There is no easier reading.

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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!


Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there
are unseen and unseeable in the world.
Francis P. Church (1839-1906) 

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HA! HA! HA!

Several nuns were in their second floor convent one night
when a fire broke out. The nuns took their habits off and
tied them together to make a rope to get out of the building
via the window.

After they were safely on the ground and out of the
building, a news reporter came over to one of the nuns and
said to her,

"Weren't you afraid that the habits could have ripped or
broken since they are old?

The nun Replied, "No, don't you know old habits are hard to
break?"

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THE LAST LINE - - - - -

We have the power, knowledge, and equipment to build a
world beyond our wonder. Only loss of nerve can defeat
us. 
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REMEMBER! - IF YOU SEE IT IN thePEBBLE - IT IS SO!

Love binds. Hatred separates. If you run your life to
achieve the greatest of which you are capable, then
what motivation will produce the best results?
---- Ken Darby