– Study: Trust in science among educated conservatives plunges “Conservatives, particularly those with college educations, have become dramatically more skeptical of science over the past four decades, according to a study published in the April issue of the American Sociological Review. Fewer than 35 percent of conservatives say they have a “great deal” of trust […]

– “U.S. Intelligence Report Warns of Global Water Tensions” “The American intelligence community warned in a report released Thursday that problems with water could destabilize countries in North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia over the next decade.” “Increasing demand and competition caused by the world’s rising population and scarcities created by climate change […]

The following links were presented to the Primary Retreat participants March 17-25, 2012. – Links presented March 17, 2012 – BBC Horizon: Solar Storms The Threat to Planet Earth Click here for the hour video. – MAR. 12: Massive TRIANGLE-SHAPED hole in the Sun’s corona recorded by NASA. From YouTube. Click here for the 6 […]

– “Did life on Earth actually come from the Red Planet?” “Mars is dry now, but it might have been more habitable than our planet billions of years ago” “If Earth had two or three times the amount of water that it has now, there’d be no dry land sticking up,” geophysicist Norman Sleep with […]

Ramtha Students’ Remote-Views 2/19/12 – Remote-View #1 Ramtha had eight envelopes labeled “Group A” through “Group H.” He assigned each of the eight seating areas in the hall to one of the letter groups. He also had an envelope labeled “Stream Group.” He held up the appropriate envelope for each group to focus upon and […]

– Advancing Workshop, March, 2012 Photo Album Click here – Advancing Workshop, March, 2012 Music List Read more

Yvonne Lebron My Story By Yvonne Lebron “Hello, my name is Yvonne Lebron and I would like to share my journey with you. In September 2009 I was diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer. Upon being diagnosed, my beautiful world turned upside down. I was suddenly living in a state of fear far grander than […]

– Beginning Retreat, March, 2012 Photo Album Click here – Beginning Retreat, March, 2012 Music List Read more

Yelm’s micro-weather was noted this week: 1. Thursday, March 8, 2012 “Lenticular clouds (Altocumulus lenticularis) are stationary lens-shaped clouds that form at high altitudes, normally aligned perpendicular to the wind direction.” “Due to their shape, they have been offered as an explanation for some Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) sightings, quoting Wikipedia. Read more Photo credit: […]

– In the late 1960s, the Standard Model of physics was developed to reorganize the study of particles and the forces of nature. It evolved into a hypothetical model of the quantum field introduced by Scottish physicist Peter Higgs. The field was labeled the Higgs field and the associated particle was called the Higgs boson. […]