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What exactly does "equinox" mean?
"Equinox" comes from a Latin word meaning "equal night."
Are birds getting louder?
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such as birds, have stepped up THEIR noise level just to be
heard. Recent research, for instance, suggests that
nightingales living near urban areas have increased the
sound levels of their mating calls by as much as 14
decibels.
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Around The Net
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3. MEDICAL COLUMN by Karin Henderson
Maybe Cholesterol Isn't The Cause Of
All The Heart Disease
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4. THE SAGA OF PINEHILL by Ken Darby
Educating the grandchildren
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5. WHY DO WE SAY IT?
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THE RISE OF BROADBAND OVER POWER LINES
By Dean Takahashi
Mercury News
Call it a dark horse in the race to bring Internet
connections to America's homes.
The electric utility industry wants to bring us Internet
connections as well.
Consumers already have cable TV and phone companies vying to
sign them up for high-speed Internet service. The power
companies would be new contenders in this race.
It may sound crazy that the people who have brought us
outages and brownouts are promising round-the-clock
high-speed Internet access. But after years of incubation,
industry observers say it's ready to happen. Trials have
begun, and big rollouts are expected in 2006.
``It's not just cool technology,'' Deepak Kamlani, president
and chief executive of Global Inventures, a consultancy in
San Ramon, said at a recent conference in Burlingame. ``It's
ready for prime time. It's not smoke and mirrors.''
The idea has been around for a long time, but the costs have
fallen and transmission speeds have gone up, making it more
practical.
The service, called BPL for broadband over power lines,
could be cheaper and faster than DSL service over phone
lines or cable-TV that now supply Internet connections to
most U.S. households.
The power companies would use their existing utility lines
to pipe ``outside'' Internet connections up to homes, but
this service would end at the wall socket. Inside the home,
customers still can choose whether to plug in their home
computers by using a wired or wireless network.
In California, the Public Utilities Commission is
encouraging utilities to adopt the technology and has
approved the leasing of power grids to Internet companies.
Regulators in Texas have approved it for deployment, and
other states are following.
BPL is already a reality in some parts of the country and in
Europe. Manassas, Va., has just completed a citywide BPL
network, implemented by a private company, that offers
Internet access to 12,500 households.
Ingo Schonberg, chief executive of PowerPlus Communications
in Germany, said his company's utility has offered BPL
service to more than 300,000 homes in Europe and it already
has more than 10,500 paying subscribers in the cities of
Manheim, Germany, and Linz, Austria.
To implement BPL in the United States, the power companies
need to put equipment, known as repeaters, into the various
electrical substations so they can link neighborhoods in
shared Internet service. The capital costs are relatively
low because the wires are already in place.
The closer each piece of equipment is, the faster the
service provided. But homes in each substation area must
share Internet access; as with cable-TV modems, the more
subscribers in a neighborhood, the slower the Internet
access for each home.
Current Technologies in Germantown, Md., is offering
hardware and software for utilities to implement broadband
over power lines. One of Current Technologies' investors is
Google, which is also seeking to finance citywide WiFi
networks.
In Cincinnati, Current Technologies and the local utility,
Cinergy, are signing up thousands of customers for broadband
service for as little as $27 a month, said Richard
Goldstein, managing director of Liberty Associated Partners,
which owns Current Technologies. Power companies are moving
fast because the cost of retrofitting the power grid for
Internet service is inexpensive -- about a third of the cost
to make phone or cable-TV lines Internet-ready, he said.
The attractions are plentiful for both consumers and power
companies, and that's why the Telecommunications Industry
Association predicts that BPL equipment and service will
become a multibillion-dollar industry in the next five
years, said Bill Moroney, president of the United Power Line
Council, a utility industry group.
Since BPL is sometimes faster and possibly cheaper, it gives
consumers another choice, Moroney said. Rural consumers
don't always have phone or cable-TV service, but they
typically have power lines.
The utilities like BPL because they can lease their power
lines out to Internet service providers such as EarthLink.
``They're going for a twofer,'' says Joyce Putscher, an
analyst at market researcher In-Stat in Scottsdale, Ariz.
``The productivity gain alone makes it worth the investment.
On top of that, they can get revenues from Internet service.
It seems pretty compelling.''
BPL can also help them manage their power grids more
efficiently, said Gary Stuebing, manager of powerline
communications at Duke Power, a utility in Charlotte, N.C.
Too often, Stuebing said, power companies have to wait until
they get complaints before they know where service is out.
With the tracking technology that is built into BPL,
companies know exactly which homes have access, and even
which homes are illegally tapping the grid for power. That,
Moroney said, enables a utility to save $30 million a year
by implementing BPL in a major market.
``For us, this opens the gate to a more productive grid,''
Stuebing said. ``And we can lease our lines to offer
broadband service, Internet telephony, video services,
security and other services, too.''
PG&E, which provides much of the power in the Bay Area,
doesn't plan to sell Internet access, said spokesman Paul
Moreno. But he said PG&E wants to set up alliances with
Internet service providers who could lease its lines.
Goldstein said Current Technologies is in talks to start a
trial in Los Angeles. San Diego has also begun its own BPL
trial.
``We are very interested in exploring opportunities in these
markets,'' he said.
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MEDICAL COLUMN - - - -
by Karin Henderson
Maybe Cholesterol Isn't The Cause Of
All The Heart Disease
I would like to bring some very important information
to your attention: research that needs to be given to
us, the general public who has made such a fuss
about cholesterol. Please visit
http://www.prescotts-inc.com/cholesterol/cholesterol_
heart_disease.htm
if you would like the entire article. This excerpt comes
from a newsletter by Dr. Ray Strand
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Homocysteine is a by-product of protein metabolism.
Our bodies need protein to live and one of the
essential proteins (amino acids) is called methionine.
This protein is found in large quantities in our meats,
eggs, milk, cheese, white flour, canned foods, and
highly processed foods. Our body needs this essential
amino acid to survive; however, as you can see from
the list of foods that contain large quantities of this
nutrient, we are not deficient in it. When methionine
is utilised in our bodies, it is broken down into
homocysteine, which in turn is changed into either
cysteine or back to methionine again. Cysteine and
methionine are benign products and are not harmful
in any way. However, the enzymes needed to break
down homocysteine into cysteine or back to methionine
need folic acid, vitamin B12, and vitamin B6 to function
at their optimal levels. If we are deficient in these
nutrients, the blood levels of homocysteine begin
to rise. Many researchers now believe that elevated
levels of homocysteine in our blood are directly
related to deficiencies of folic acid, vitamin B6, and
vitamin B12 in our bodies. In other words, increased
homocysteine levels are primarily due to a nutritional
deficiency. When these nutrients are given in
supplementation, these homocysteine levels fall
significantly within just a few weeks.
Well, there are really two sides to this problem. One
is the amount of methionine in your diet that your
body is required to metabolize and break down.
This requires becoming careful with the amount of
meat and dairy products you are consuming. Isn’t it
interesting that these are the same foods that are
high in saturated fat and cholesterol? Elevated
homocysteine is now being incriminated in other
diseases as well. The most recent studies have
shown the significant elevation of homocysteine in
patients with dementia, especially Alzheimer’s
dementia. Studies are also showing an increased
risk of inflammatory bowel disease, cancer, and
many other diseases in patients with elevated
homocysteine levels.
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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.
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THE SAGA OF PINEHILL
by Ken Darby
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Eloise Henry, age 18 when the story began
and David Wylie, age 20, were selected by a
stranger in town to take a dangerous trip,
together. The idea was that each was to take
only the clothes on their back and go
anywhere in the world where the stranger
took them. They were to be left there to find
their own way home. They had no money,
no identification, and no idea where they
were. If they arrived back home, there
would be a million dollars waiting in each
of their bank accounts
The story deals with their adventures along
and leads to the only way they could survive.
The story leads to many friends, many adventures
and many places.
The Saga Of Pinehill, The Adventure
is now in bookstores. A controversial and powerful story.
It will change your life. Go to
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As you read enjoy. It continues . . . . . . .
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'Well, Sammy, I think she was pretty
apprehensive. That was a pretty big step for a
young woman. Yet your Mom was and is a strong
person. She is self reliant and courageous. She
didn't let us down, but more importantly she
didn't let herself down. I am quite sure she had
moments where she did not know what to do or where
to go but she went inside and listened. That is
what led to all of us here learning to live by
higher law. She may not have been scared but you
can be sure she was wary for a long time."
"One more thing, Sammy, AliAnn, now you live
by higher law you will be called upon to go help
mankind wherever he is in need. Many will come to
you asking for miracles, especially money, for
they think you are the answer to all their
problems. You must watch for that and do not
participate. They must learn the way themselves.
The rule is 'Seek ye first (FIRST) the kingdom of
God and his righteousness (it's right-use-ness)
and all these things shall be added unto you.' All
men must learn that lesson." Sonora was bringing
the two up to speed on conditions they will now
face.
"Why doesn't man seek ... first?"
"They think they do, with morning prayers.
None of them think the situation through. First
means before anything else, before getting up in
the morning, before your morning cleanliness
chores, before eating, before thinking or any
other thing - FIRST. Any who think about it at all
simply think that to conduct morning prayers is
what FIRST means. Even the clergy put everything
else first before their Maker. They must prepare
this sermon, or for that service, or that meeting.
All these things they do in the name of God but
none know their Maker. None have even the
slightest concept of the meaning of putting their
Maker FIRST."
"What Sonora means, kids, is that man places
his physical, material world first. He functions
on the idea that he must first find food,
clothing, shelter, then he might have time for
other things. If he does not do things that way he
thinks he will perish. Once he begins to become a
little successful he finds he wants more, for then
he can store up for the day when he doesn't have
to do that anymore. Yet by then he has long
forgotten the admonition to put his Maker FIRST.
He, by then, has become so indoctrinated into
man's way that putting his Maker FIRST is a scary
thing. After all he has done pretty good, why does
he now need his Maker? Some of those who are
successful give to the church, even in huge
amounts, thinking they are following their Maker's
rules, especially the rule of giving ten percent
of their income. None realize that giving to the
church is not giving to their Maker and that often
there are much better places to give. Even that is
far from placing their Maker FIRST. It does not
matter how many good works you do. If you have not
learned the lesson of placing your Maker FIRST you
will not achieve higher law, or that so vital
communication with your Maker. It is in putting
your Maker FIRST that one finds peace and
prosperity." Sam was elaborating on what Sonora
told the kids.
"Sounds complicated. Maybe that is why man
doesn't do it."
"Maybe, AliAnn, but usually that is not the
problem. The problem is in man's thinking. He does
not take the time to see the merit of the
spiritual life and therefore sets it aside in
favor of his material life. Man is of the opinion
that the spiritual life is for anyone else but
him. He, after all, has things to do and leading a
spiritual life is not his natural bent. He thinks
you have to have some kind of leading or pulling
before you can live a spiritual life. Moreover, he
thinks that means you must enter into the
priesthood or become a minister or missionary. He
has not taken the time to think it through. Worse
yet, when he does begin to question he does not do
his own thinking. He, instead, goes to clergy,
each of whom has a vested interest in the
answers, and they give him their message, hoping
that is what he wants to hear. It is a real
paradox that man refuses to listen to the one
person they call upon to be their saviour."
"What do you mean Grandpa?"
"I mean that men, at least in the Christian
religion, say they worship Jesus, yet none do what
he told them to do. The same is true of all
religions. They follow the organization but few
follow the real teachings of the originator of the
religion."
"What will happen, Grandpa?"
"Mankind must all come back to their Maker at
some point. All of life is moving in that
direction. Look where man was in the days when he
did not even have fire. Now look at how he has
progressed mentally and spiritually over the
millennia. Man is growing closer to his objective
all the time. Unfortunately it takes change, some
of which causes much social upheaval. Even
disaster is a necessary part of the formula. If
mankind does not feel pain for which he seeks
relief, he will not do the seeking. If he goes to
many places where he expects to find relief and
cannot find it then he begins to look further
afield. Organized religion is not now nor has it
ever been the answer for man in real time of need.
Those going through disastrous earthquakes,
hurricanes, tornados, tsunamis have all looked to
the church for help for their soul in such times
only to find the church wanting. Only when man
goes inside and follows the instructions of Jesus,
Mohammed or Buddha will they finally come to peace
and prosperity."
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TOMORROW - - - Educating the grandchildren
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WHY DO WE SAY IT?
Vandal: What is the reason a person who needlessly destroys
property is called a "vandal"?
The term gets its meaning from a Teutonic tribe. In 455 A.D.
Genseric and his "Vandal" hordes captured Rome and mutilated
the public monuments of the city without regard to their
worth or beauty.
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"My preferred person today is one who is always aware
of the needs of others, or their pain and fear and
unhappiness, and their search for self-respect. I once
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HA! HA! HA!
Two sea monsters were swimming around the ocean, looking for
something to do. They came up underneath a ship that was
hauling potatoes. Bob, the first sea monster, swam
underneath the ship, tipped it over and ate everything on
the ship.
A little while later, they came up to another ship, again
hauling potatoes. Bob again capsizes the ship and eats
everything on board.
The third ship they found was also hauling potatoes and Bob
one again capsized it and ate everything.
Finally hi buddy Bill asked him, "Why do you keep tipping
over those ships full of potatoes and eating everything on
board?"
Bob replied, "I wish I hadn't, but I just can't help myself
once I start. Everyone knows you can't eat just one
potato ship."
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