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TODAY'S TRIVIA - - -
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What silent screen star spent years assembling an elaborate
miniature castle?
Where is the Enchanted Castle now?
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ANSWERS TO YESTERDAY'S TRIVIA - - - -
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Can an atheist be a Mason?
No. Masons must express a belief in a higher intelligence
(God). However, it doesn't matter what religion they
practice. Masons may worship Jehovah, Jesus, Mohammed, or
Krishna (to name a few). Freemasonry itself is NOT a
religion, but it does deal with religious themes and occult
philosophies.
How tiny can they make cameras now?
Would you believe: tiny enough to fit into a pill? Given
Imaging Ltd., an Israeli manufacturer, has developed the M2A
Swallowable Imaging Capsule, a capsule the size of a vitamin
pill equipped with a miniature video camera. Patients strap
on a fanny pack containing a wireless recorder and then
swallow the capsule. As the M2A travels down the esophagus
into the stomach and small intestine, it transmits images of
its voyage, at the rate of two frames per second, to the
recorder. The capsule, in case you were wondering, is later
excreted in the normal fashion.
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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 by Karin Henderson
A&P Anatomy And Physiology
PART 8 of 11
The Make Up Of Your Body And How It Functions
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4. PERCEPTIONS by Ken Darby
Finally A Sound Business Approach!
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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 - - - - -
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Money, Marriage And The Way
is now published and available. Buy direct from:
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this one down until you're finished it. Enjoy.
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STRANGE BITS AND PIECES!
The rhinoceros beetle can carry up to 850 times its weight
on its back. This is equivalent to a person carrying over
50 mini-vans on their back.
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COVER STORY . . .
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TIPS AND TIDBITS . . .
Report's stark warning on climate
Analysis
By Robert Peston
Business Editor, BBC News
Power firms have to cut emissions by 60-70%, the report says
The Stern Review says that climate change represents the
greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen. And on
the basis of this intellectually rigorous and thorough
report, it is hard to disagree.
Sir Nicholas Stern, a distinguished development economist
and former chief economist at the World Bank, is not a man
given to hyperbole.
Yet he says "our actions over the coming few decades could
create risks of major disruption to economic and social
activity, later in this century and in the next, on a scale
similar to those associated with the great wars and the
economic depression of the first half of the 20th century".
His report gives prescriptions for how to minimise this
economic and social disruption.
His central argument is that spending large sums of money
now on measures to reduce carbon emissions will bring
dividends on a colossal scale. It would be wholly
irrational, therefore, not to spend this money.
However, he warns that we are too late to prevent any
deleterious consequences from climate change.
The prospects are worst for Africa and developing countries,
so the richer nations must provide them with financial and
technological help to prepare and adapt.
Tough decisions
He believes it is practical to aim for a stabilisation of
greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere of 500 to 550 parts
per million of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2050 - which is
double pre-industrial levels and compares with 430ppm today.
But even stabilising at that level will probably mean
significant climate change.
Even to stabilise at that level, emissions per unit of gross
domestic product (GDP) would need to be cut by an average of
three quarters by 2050 - a frightening statistic.
As well as decarbonising the power sector by 60%-70% there
will also have to be an end to deforestation - emissions
from deforestation are estimated at more than 18% of global
emissions, more than transport. And there will have to be
deep cuts in emissions from transport.
The costs of these changes should be around 1% of global GDP
by 2050 - in other words the world would be 1% poorer than
we would otherwise have been, which would be significant but
far from prohibitive.
To be clear, this does not mean we would be 1% poorer than
we are today, but that global growth will be slower.
The way to look at this 1% is as an investment. Because the
costs of not taking this action are mind-bogglingly large.
Rising estimates
Sir Nicholas Stern's start point is economic modelling
carried out in other studies showing that a scenario of 2-3
degrees of warming would lead to a permanent loss of up to
3% in global world output, compared to what would have
happened without climate change. But he says those estimates
are too low.
He believes 5-6 degrees of warming is a "real possibility"
for the next century.
Having fed the probabilities of the various different
degrees of global warming into his economic model, he
estimates that "business as usual" would lead to a permanent
reduction in global per-capita consumption of at least 5%.
But, that estimate does not include the financial cost of
the direct impact on human health and the environment from
global warming, or the disproportionate costs on poor
regions of the world.
It also ignores so-called "feedback mechanisms", which may
mean that as the stock of greenhouse gases increases there
is a disproportionate rise in warming with each new
increment in emissions.
Unfair burden
Putting all these factors together, he comes up with the
stark conclusion that if we do nothing to stem climate
change, there could be a permanent reduction in consumption
per head of 20%.
In other words, everyone in the world would be a fifth
poorer than they would otherwise have been.
Even worse, these costs will not be shared evenly. There
will be a disproportionate burden on the poorest countries.
So here¿s the winning formula: Stern says spend 1% of world
GDP to be 20% richer than we will otherwise be. It looks
like a no-brainer.
There is another way of presenting this analysis of benefits
versus costs.
Stern says that if you take the present value (the value in
today's money) of the benefits over the coming years of
taking action to stabilise greenhouse gases by 2050, then
deduct the costs, you end up with a "profit" of $2.5
trillion (£1.32 trillion).
Any way you look at it, the financial case for tackling
climate change looks watertight.
Hurdles
That said, there are great impediments to harvesting this
dividend.
One is the obvious problem, which is that it requires
collective, coordinated action by most of the world's
governments - and securing the requisite consensus on the
way forward will not be simple.
In the interests of fairness, Stern argues that the richer
countries should take responsibility for between 60% and 80%
of reductions in emissions from 1990 levels by 2050.
But assuming that consensus is reached, what is the best way
to correct the grotesque market failure that is currently
taking us on a path to poverty? How do we start to pay a
price for carbon that reflects its true economic and social
costs, or a price that includes the present value of future
climate change?
There are two main ways of achieving this.
One is through taxation. The other is through rationing the
amount of carbon emissions that any business - or any
individual - can make, and then creating a proper global
market.
Such a move would allow any business or institution that
wants to emit more than its entitlement to buy that right,
and any business that emits less than its entitlement to
sell the unused portion of its entitlement - effectively
carbon trading.
Another imperative for governments is to encourage research
and development on low-carbon technologies.
Governments must also encourage "behavioural change",
through regulation - such as imposing tighter standards on
the energy efficiency of buildings - as well as educating
the public about the true costs of wasting energy.
Trouble ahead
That said, we should prepare for a whole series of shocks
from the effects of climate change that are already
unavoidable.
There will probably be both more droughts and more floods.
An increased incidence of devastating storms is expected.
And there is an increased risk of famine in the poorest
countries.
So we must start to get better at monitoring of climate
conditions - and adapt ourselves for the new world.
That means reinforcing buildings and infrastructure to make
them sturdier in the face of extreme weather conditions,
investment in new dykes, and support for financial markets
so that it is possible to purchase insurance against
climate-related disaster.
It will all be very expensive, disproportionately so for
developing countries. So Stern argues, and it's hard to
disagree, that there is a strong moral obligation on the
richer countries to help the poorest ones protect themselves
against the very worst that may transpire.
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make a decision, is against.
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MEDICAL COLUMN - - - -
by Karin Henderson
A&P Anatomy And Physiology
PART 8 of 11
The Make Up Of Your Body And How It Functions
But there is another important factor to remember. We often
hear that we start to deteriorate when we are born. True
enough. That’s called the "aging process". It's normal and
natural. It starts at birth and ends in death. No one can
avoid it. But we can really prevent speeding up the process!
And that process is called disease and it is not normal. But
how can you possibly prevent the disease from getting a
foothold in your body if you don't know the basic
structures, functions, and needs?
Chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, strokes,
Meniere’s, dementia, osteoporosis, and arthritis, plus many
more can all be part of the breakdown: of degeneration: of
deterioration. Let's look at the normal aging process.
Normal aging is a series of lower activities: thinner skin,
fragile tissue and decreasing production of body fluids such
as lubricants, and slower mobility. It's finer hair and less
sharp eyesight. (But it is not macular degeneration.) The
terms "lesser", "thinner", "slower" describe the normal
aging process. Fewer hormones are produced and secreted.
Bone density is reduced, but it's not an accelerated
reduction as in osteoporosis. Your heart slows down and it
shows up as fatigue and this results in less blood being
circulated. That brings about less activity, including
nutrients, all through your body. The nutrients that drive
the metabolism are fewer and less available, but also less
is required. This is all normal. But it shows how completely
interrelated every part of you is!
Now enters a cultural phenomenon. The body of a 19 or 25
year old can run a long marathon. All the cells are
functioning at top performance. Anatomically they are
healthy and complete. Everything should be pretty perfect.
But we don't expect our 68 year old to be able to do the
same. It's not meant to be that way and for the senior who
does do this, they are to be commended. But it's rare. It's
perfectly possible. I would hazard a guess that only a tiny
fraction of our society is anatomically prepared to do this.
Most people cells are aging normally and are decreasing
their output or production. What came first? Nature or
culture? Personally I would think everything we do is either
based directly or indirectly on our understanding of nature.
Our natural makeup, experience, and expectations influence
us greatly.
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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
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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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Finally A Sound Business Approach!
I hope all you folks had no trouble remembering to set your
clocks back last night. If you didn’t then you may have been
late for appointments today. I sure enjoyed that extra hours
rest this morning.
What do you think of the Cover Story today? I was glad to
see someone finally begin to make some financial sense out
of doing something about man’s input into global warming.
It is clear it is too late to do anything about greenhouse
gasses that have already been put into the atmosphere, but
Stern sees good financial sense in putting a stop to it.
If commerce and industry don’t see the message then we’ll
all loose out.
I do not want to be a doomsday prophet. That is not my
mission here. What I am trying to do is keep you aware of
what is coming so you may plan out your own life.
While I like Sterns approach and his report, I am of the
opinion he, too, is too little, too late.
We are already seeing the effects of global warming and we
know there is a 30 year lag time before gasses emitted today
reach their full potential to cause warming. Yes, it would
be a good idea to stop emitting greenhouse gasses today -
completely - totally, but it will not be done and it is
highly unlikely it will be done at all until some
governments get slapped across the face with what is
happening. Then it will for sure be too late.
We are already seeing droughts, deserts expanding by
thousands of miles a year, refugees fleeing from drought
stricken lands to where they think they can find food. In
addition to that we have huge land masses now underwater
from the oceans being filled with melting ice and we have
enormous tracts of land now visible where for centuries
there was only ice.
The most dramatic things that will occur are yet to come -
and they will come upon us fast - faster than any government
is prepared to think right now. Even Sterns in his article
does not reflect what, in my opinion, is coming both in
terms of speed and in terms of social upheaval.
This whole climate warming thing is on a bell curve - NOT A
STRAIGHT LINE GRAPH. That means the acceleration rate will
increase and the things we think we will see in 2050 will be
on us by 2010 or soon thereafter. That means that in the
next five years our food prices will begin to skyrocket and
and greed will run the day in ways that will cause violence,
law breaking, and general civil unrest.
No one hopes I am wrong more than I. Yet I can’t see it. I
voraciously read all I can on the subject and all I see
tells me we are very quickly going to be in the midst of all
these things brought on by global warming.
What does that mean to you? Of course you can read this and
permit it to send fear into your heart. Don’t do that. These
things are coming just like snow in the winter. It is not to
be feared. It is to be dealt with. Consider ways to grow
your own food. Consider ways to conserve any and everything
you consume. Cut back on your food intake. Cut back on your
wasteful consumption of water, for example wash your dishes
only once where you would normally turn your dishwasher on
twice, recycle all your garbage, make compost pits for your
organic waste, talk to your families about the things that
are going to happen.
There are thousands of ways you can get ready. Send me any
and all ideas you can think of as to ways you can prepare
and I will share with our readers as many as I can. You can reach
me here - mail me
And don’t forget to think about getting the books The Saga
Of Pinehill books I and II. They actually will help you find
ways to aid your living in these times. The story is just
that, a story. But in it you will find all sorts of little
secrets that will help you out.
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WHY DO WE SAY IT?
Ragtime: How did we come to call syncopated music "ragtime"?
The term "ragtime" originally meant "haphazard, careless,
and happy-go-lucky." It was applied to an army under loose
discipline - as opposed to one that was made to keep step.
"Ragtime" music is equally happy-go-lucky and careless of
the music as written.
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THINK ABOUT THIS TODAY!
"Let's be grateful for those who give us happiness;
they are the charming gardeners who make our soul
bloom." -- Marcel Proust
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A teenage girl had been talking on the phone for about
half an hour, and then she hung up.
'Wow!' said her father, 'That was short. You usually talk
for two hours and more!. What happened?'
'Wrong number...' replied the girl.
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Bet you didn't know...
..that bees must collect nectar from about two million
flowers to make a one-pound comb of honey.
..that John Walker the English chemist never patented an
invention of his, matches, because he felt a tool as
important as this should be public property.
..that by the time they’re sixty most people have lost fifty
percent of their taste buds and 40 percent of their ability
to smell.
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The less you do, the better you do it.
Marcello Mastroianni (1924-1996)
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Once in a while we must give our head a shake just to
refresh in our mind what our real objective is.
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