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PRAYER REQUEST

Silverstar — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:48:51 GMT

PLEASE PRAY FOR THESE PEOPLE IN NEED...

45 dead as jet swerves off Madrid airport runway

Aug 20, 11:46 AM (ET)
By HAROLD HECKLE

MADRID, Spain (AP) - A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands swerved off the runway and caught fire during takeoff from the Madrid airport on Wednesday, killing at least 45 people, the Interior Ministry said.

Nineteen of the 173 people on board were seriously injured, according to statements from the airline and the ministry.

It is the height of the summer tourist season in Spain and Spanair flight JK5022 was bound for Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, a popular resort off West Africa, the company said.

Thick, white smoke rose above Barajas airport as helicopters and fire trucks dumped water on the plane, which ended up in a wooded area at the end of the runway at Terminal 4.

An official with the Madrid emergency rescue service SAMUR said crews were removing injured people and bodies from the MD-80, calling it a "catastrophe." The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to give his name.

The plane was an MD-82 carrying 173 people, Spanair said.

The newspaper El Pais said the plane was delayed an hour by technical problems. It managed to get slightly off the ground but crashed near the end of the runway, the paper said.

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Lessons in Living and Dying

Silverstar — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:21:39 GMT

From my good friend and colleague, Alida...

Dear Folks,
I am sponsoring the following in Eugene Oregon Sept 27-28th.
Dancing with Eternity: Lessons in Living & Dying – Level 1.
Sponsored by the AnamCara Foundation for Living and Dying
Please go to this link to view the full description:
http://changingfromwithin.com/dwe-eugene2.pdf
Taught by Michelle Catalani-Stringham, Certified Shamanic Counselor, Foundation for Shamanic Studies, and graduate of the Sacred Art of Dying Program, Bend, Oregon
and Analouise Williams, PhD, NE, shamanic practitioner and nourishment coach.
www.AlidaBirch.com AlidaBirch@yahoo.com
541-686-2023 Eugene, Oregon
May you be blessed.
Alida

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FAMILY FRIENDLY GAY PRIDE PICNIC

Silverstar — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:27:43 GMT

SUNDAY, AUGUST 24TH

10 AM to 6 PM

MCMINNVILLE GAY PRIDE EVENT; OPEN EVENT AT WORTMAN PARK. FAMILY FRIENDLY PICNIC WITH SPEAKERS AND SOME LIVE ENTERTAINMENT.

Silverstar will be presenting a short talk/prayer at 1 pm. Dragonfly will be there in support, manning a casual information booth. Look for umbrellas and rainbow-peace flags.

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A Retreat for Healing the Feminine

Silverstar — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:26:28 GMT

FROM SANDY EMERSON...

A Retreat for Healing the Feminine
September 13th and 14th, 2008
At The Light Center, Baldwin, Kansas
www.lightcenterks.org

With Grandmother Rita Pika Blumenstein
And Marie Mead

Come join us for a once in a lifetime event with these Alaskan Elders.
Experience their stories, dance, songs and knowledge while healing with our beloved Mother Earth.

Co-Sponsored by GOGO-Grandmothers for Global Oneness
Space is limited, so please register early!
Contact Sukrita for more info at:1-620-983-9234 or email angelgardend@yahoo.com

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The 7 Laws, an outline for clarity by SRC

Silverstar — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:02:11 GMT

THE SEVEN LAWS
by Silverstar Red Crow © 2008
(Based on the Torah & work of the Theosophists: Leadbeater, Bailey and Blavatsky)

THE SEVEN UNIVERSAL LAWS

1. The Law of Reincarnation or Perpetual Transmutation
All life within and including the Universe Itself participates in the life-cycle of birth, death and rebirth. There is no true separation between life and death—they are always morphing from one to the other.
2. The Law of Relativity
All things in the Universe are relative depending on dimension, intention and actual action taken. LEAVE ROOM FOR RE-INVENTION!
3. The Law of Vibration
Everything is alive and is constantly emanating Life-Force Energy. There is no separation between “organic” or “inorganic” life-forms.
4. The Law of Polarity
All things have opposites: light and shadow, good and bane, female and male.
5. The Law of Rhythm
The movement of everything has purpose and is moving in choreographed unison, creating the interconnection of all life-forms.
6. The Law of Karma or Cause and Effect
Action=Interaction=Reaction
All actions have repercussions, both good and bane, all of the time.
7. The Law of Gender
The spark or “genesis of life” demands the energy of polarity or correspondence to make itself manifest in the physical.

THE SEVEN NOAHIDE LAWS
These laws are prohibitions to the following behaviors and/or actions:

1. Idolatry
All seekers must recognize the existence of One Divine Source, or God-Mind, and the Universe the One has created to live a righteous life.
2. Murder
All people must revere life as a holy gift from God. To take life prematurely through neglect, coercion, manipulation, sport or because of cruelty is simply wrong. Taking a life because of self-defense or in defense of the helpless is not murder, though this kind of killing is to be avoided and cannot take the place of simple justice.
3. Theft
Do not take what does not belong to you! This law includes manipulation of funds from others through hiding, embezzlement, or lying. It also alludes to the prohibition of adultery and slavery, for they both imply stealing the state of fidelity of hearth and home and personal freedom.
4. Sexual Promiscuity
Healthy sexuality is an important component to living a balanced and fulfilling life. This prohibition deals with improper sexual behavior which puts the participants and/or their loved ones in harm’s way. This also refers to the importance of personal freedom and choice within sexual relationships. No one person should dominate another with cruelty or bargain for other’s sexual favors.
5. Blasphemy
People should not use the Holy Names of God, regardless of origin, language, or WorldView in vane. This includes using the Sacred Names to curse or damn other people, places or things.
6. Cruelty to Animals
This prohibition includes the improper slaughtering of animals for food. The hunter or butcher must understand the suffering and great sacrifice of the animal about to become food for another living creature, in order to swiftly kill the prey and preserve the psychic quality of life-giving nutrition. When an animal’s life is taken in anger, both the animal and the human eating it will suffer. This law also states one should not offer a creature as sacrifice to the Gods before eating it, constituting an improper blood sacrifice.
7. Just Laws
All righteous people need to have a developed and compassionate view of justice. This law speaks of living a good life through practicing integrity, honesty and respect. BALANCE AT ALL COST! This law alludes to the need for fairness in taxation as well.

THE SEVEN COSMIC RAYS

1. 1st RAY = Will and Power (The Will of God)
Through using and tempering the personal will, humans learn to generate power. This action is different from channeling other’s wishes, intentions or messages; it is an individual inner experience. The power generated by the will can be used efficiently when employed by leaders and teachers, using their own will-power as a tool of example. The best teacher demonstrates power through examples of restraint and kindness, over brute force.
2. 2nd RAY = Love and Wisdom (Wisdom of God)
When employing humanity’s ability to empathize, the seeker realizes the gift called LOVE. Through love, the seeker finds the meaning of one’s true Higher Self and the wisdom it offers. This wisdom imparts the reality of all creation being linked together as one breathing, ever-expanding art form.
3. 3rd RAY = Active Intelligence (Love of God)
Everything has history; all creation experiences the life-cycle and remembers the experience in great detail. It is the capacity of all things to know their origin. Through this link to “timelessness”, humans are given the capacity to intellectually discern, which translates into the abilities to answer their own questions through the skills of observation. This Ray teaches humanity the importance of using the minds naturally created for and by them. This also teaches one not to judge the mental capacity of another unjustly. Often, the quiet ones know the most…
4. 4th RAY = Harmony through Conflict (Purity of God)
This Ray teaches the seeker balance. Balance creates harmony regardless of the chaos of the outer world. This reality teaches humans to harness the energy of chaos for good, for rapid and profound change. Through swift and proper action, chaos is transformed into calm.
5. 5th RAY = Natural Science (Science of God)
Science is God. All the answers in this vast Universe are encoded in the life-force energy all creation is composed of. Through observation of the cycles of the Natural World, humans are given the insight of the working duality of macrocosm and microcosm. Through knowing the workings of both “inner and outer space”, humanity learns the secrets of balance, abundance and sustainability.
6. 6th RAY = Devotion (Peace of God)
Through the discipline of devotion, service and Divine Give-Away, the seeker creates a powerful energy which inspires The Self to grow in an upward fashion called Spiral Evolution. The devotee gives full attention to The Divine not because of pride in accomplish or desire for positive Karma, but out of genuine love. Through this selfless act, the seeker is rewarded with additional movement and growth, organic and profound.
7. 7th RAY = Ceremonial Order or High Magick (Freedom of God)
Living one’s life with order as one’s major tool creates harmony of a deep nature, which flows and grows to all levels of one’s life. Once a seeker realizes the power of order, a psychic opening occurs in one’s consciousness. This process is a happening of heightened sensitivity, alighting the realization of the importance of ritual or repetitive movement and/or action which creates the friction needed for the manifestation of desire. When this power is focused and used for the Highest and Greatest Good of humanity—through intensive thought, movement, chanting, prayer, energywork—growth, healing and insight are had.

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Prayer Request

Silverstar — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:59:54 GMT

Just in from Joan...

Marilyn Freeman, 82, Port St. Lucie, Florida.

Mom has finished the first of 3 sections of the radiation. They will call me some time this week for the 2nd part to start. The 2nd and 3rd parts will be around a month to finish. She is getting very weak for the treatments. She has really bad diarrhea from it and therefore becoming weak. I sure hope the treatments are the end of it and she does not have to go into surgery. I really do not think she is strong enough for that.

The 2nd part is in a small area for the treatments and they may use less radiation. We will know more when they call. This could make her diarrhea less. She has had good days and bad. She is going though bad this week. She has been saying her pain is worse. It's hard to say. I think she is just weak from all the visits.

Thanks for the prayers...

Love Joan

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Prayer Request

Silverstar — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:54:55 GMT

This just in from Naren...

I just found out a few minutes ago my mom is going in for surgery on her back.
Her name is Diane Kerlin, she is 66 and lives in Florida. The surgery is to put cement into her spine due to a T12 fracture. She is scheduled for 10:15am Florida time at Winter Park Hospital in Winter Park, Florida. I hope you can get this onto the network in time.
Thank You!

Naren Giguere

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Late Summer Early Fall Schedule

Silverstar — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:09:47 GMT

TOAD HOUSE & THE PEACE GARDEN
McMinnville OREGON USA
Silverstar Red Crow: worldtree1@verizon.net
Mark Dragonfly Freeman: dragonfly5555@verizon.net
http://tribes.tribe.net/toadlovers
8-12-2008

LATE SUMMER EARLY AUTUMN SCHEDULE

SUNDAY, AUGUST 24TH
10 AM to 6 PM (times are tentative; consult the News Register Online for details)
MCMINNVILLE GAY PRIDE EVENT; OPEN EVENT AT WORTMAN PARK.
Silverstar will be presenting a short talk/prayer at the event. Dragonfly will be there in support, manning a casual information booth. Look for umbrellas and rainbow-peace flags.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 30TH 2 TO 5 PM
SALAMANDER REIKI CIRCLE,
RSVP only (must RSVP one week in advance with Dragonfly personally)
Dragonfly will be passing Reiki Attunements without fees and offering Reiki training and healing. All are welcome to attend; Circles are held at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, in McMinnville.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH 10 AM TO 4 PM
PEACE GARDEN EARLY FALL CLEAN-UP, OPEN EVENT BUT MUST RSVP for house address with Silverstar directly. Lunch and snacks will be served; a raffle will be had. CHAINSAW AND TOOLS ARE MOST WELCOME!

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 6 TO 1O PM
ADARA VERONE’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, BY INVITATION ONLY.
Contact Silverstar for further details.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST
PAGAN PRIDE DAY, OPEN EVENT http://tribes.tribe.net/cwpp http://www.owow.org/ http://tribes.tribe.net/otherworldsofwonder
Dragonfly’s lecture will be “Finding Your Place in the Universe through Reiki”.
He will then pass Reiki Attunements for free for the rest of the day. Contact him directly if you want to help/support Dragonfly in his Divine Give-Away. Continue to keep current with this website for changes and updates.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND 6 TO 10 PM
AMERICAN CAMINO LIBERATION DAY, BY INVITATION ONLY.
The St. James Project gathers to celebrate the first anniversary of the successful Massachusetts integration process. Contact Silverstar for further details.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH 2 TO 5 PM
SALAMANDER REIKI CIRCLE
RSVP only (must RSVP one week in advance with Dragonfly personally)
Dragonfly will be passing Reiki Attunements without fees and offering Reiki training and healing. All are welcome to attend; Circles are held at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, in McMinnville.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH SUNSET
ROSH HASHANAH, BY INVITATION ONLY.
Contact Silverstar directly for details.

EARLY OCTOBER
BODY, MIND, SPIRIT EXPO, http://www.bmse.net/bmse2008/
Oregon Convention Center, OPEN EVENT.
Dragonfly will be doing Oracle Readings for fees for the entire weekend. He specializes in the Rider-Waite Tarot. If you desire a particular time-slot, be sure to contact him directly for a reservation. Please contact him early, his schedule fills-up fast! Dragonfly’s lecture will be “Finding Your Place in the Universe through Reiki”. Continue to keep current with this website for changes and updates.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH 2 TO 5 PM
SALAMANDER REIKI CIRCLE
RSVP only (must RSVP one week in advance with Dragonfly personally)
Dragonfly will be passing Reiki Attunements without fees and offering Reiki training and healing. All are welcome to attend; Circles are held at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, in McMinnville.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31ST SUNSET TO SUNRISE
SAMHAIN CELEBRATION, BY INVITATION ONLY!
Please contact Silverstar directly for details.

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This month's positive news e-zine...

Silverstar — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:40:17 GMT

From Palden Jenkins...
http://www.positivenews.org.uk

Positive News, No.5
Bicton Enterprise Centre
Bicton, Clun,
Shropshire, SY7 8NF
ENGLAND

In this month's issue:
Dealing with negativity in a positive way can help a shift in direction and release new and unrealised potential.

Gill Hicks Positive Action

Gill Hicks shares her message, that we are all responsible for peace in our world.

Chris Johnstone Positive Action

Chris Johnstone, specialist in the psychology of change is dedicated to helping people find their power to address both personal and planetary issues.

Eve Urgent Positive Action

Kevin Desmond introduces Eve-Urgent and its aim to protect delicate eco-systems and the rare species they support.

Gaia University - Start Up Intensive at Findhorn

Findhorn College is hosting a Start Up Intensive workshop for entry into the Gaia University system.

Stroud Strides Ahead
Stroud is at the forefront of sustainable living with with its communiversity and ideas for slow shopping.

Childways Positive Action
Kate Pigeon-Owen founder of Childways describes the benefits that infants and children can gain from receiving and learning to give massage.

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PLEASE PRAY FOR THESE PEOPLE, LIVING AND DEAD...

Silverstar — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:13:34 GMT

Charter bus crash north of Dallas kills 13

Aug 8, 9:41 AM (ET)
By LINDA STEWART BALL

SHERMAN, Texas (AP) - A charter bus carrying Vietnamese worshippers on a pilgrimage ran off a highway overpass north of Dallas and plunged onto a roadway below early Friday, killing at least 13 people and sending at least 24 to hospitals.

The bus ran off U.S. 75 about 12:45 a.m. and skidded across a guard rail before falling 15 feet and landing on its side. The bus carrying 55 people from Houston to Missouri may have blown a tire, but officials were still investigating the crumpled wreckage littered with luggage, shopping bags and scattered clothing.

"You can't tell anything anymore," police Lt. Robert Fair said from the scene. "We're not ruling out anything right now."

The bus came to rest on its right side in the northbound lane of an access road. Workers righted the wreckage and loaded it onto a flatbed truck.

(AP) A Sherman, Texas, emergency official walks by a bus that crashed while North bound on U.S. 75 ...
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Police said 12 people died at the scene and another died at a Dallas hospital. At least five more were hospitalized in critical condition.

The accident happened less than a mile from the spot where a trucker crossed the median and killed 10 people five years ago.

The injured, including the driver of the bus, were rushed to several hospitals.

It was unclear if weather played a role in the accident. A National Weather Service meteorologist said there was some light rain in the area around midnight.

Northbound traffic on the highway was shut down as ambulances and helicopters used the roadway and median to ferry the injured to hospitals.

KHOU-TV quoted a Galveston/Houston archdiocese church official as saying many of those on the bus were from the Vietnamese Martyrs Church of Houston and were on their way to a religious festival in Carthage, Mo. At least four translators were brought to the scene, the Herald Democrat of Sherman reported.

The annual Marian Days Festival attracts tens of thousands of Vietnamese Catholics to Carthage from around the country each year.

Sherman is about 65 miles north of Dallas.

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Associated Press writers Regina L. Burns and Jamie Stengle contributed to this report.

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This is why we all need clean water to drink; please pray for these poor people...

Silverstar — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:40:08 GMT

Suspected cholera outbreak in Philippines kills 21

Aug 6, 4:14 AM (ET)

By OLIVER TEVES

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A suspected cholera outbreak in a remote southern Philippine township has killed 21 people and sickened at least 50 others, the mayor and the Red Cross said Wednesday.

Most of the victims of the outbreak in several mountainous hamlets near Palimbang town in Sultan Kudarat province were children, Mayor Samrud Mamansual said. The area is about 600 miles south of Manila.

Mamansual blamed poor water supplies and inadequate sanitation. He said the first deaths were reported Monday in the village of Milbuk among members of the Manobo tribe who get their drinking water from a waterfall.

Mamsansual, speaking by telephone, said the municipal government delivered intravenous drips and medicines to control diarrhea.

Red Cross volunteer Marilou Torres said those who died succumbed to severe dehydration, but laboratory tests were yet to confirm it was cholera. All victims suffered from diarrhea and vomiting, typical symptoms of the disease.

The municipal health officer, who was visiting the affected villages, could not be reached by cellular phone.

The area is so remote that it takes five hours by car to reach Palimbang from General Santos City, the nearest medical center 100 miles away, plus another four-hour hike to get to the villages, Torres said.

She said the Red Cross discovered the cases after trying to check a report that seven people had died from hunger in Palimbang.

She said at least 15 people died in Milbuk. Four other nearby villages also were affected.

A similar outbreak in the neighboring village of Ligaw three months ago killed eight people and sickened 60 others.

Cholera outbreaks are not uncommon in the Philippines, especially during the rainy season.

Cholera is a severe gastrointestinal disease often caused by consuming water or food contaminated with fecal matter.

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Prayers needed for Gulf Region Again...

Silverstar — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:02:55 GMT

Hurricane Edouard is heading for Texas and New Orleans again.
Please pray for the people and critters of the area.
Oppressive heat is on its way this week, so let's be cool and positive.
Mother Blessings,
SRC

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Blessed Lughnassadh to All!

Silverstar — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:04:04 GMT

May your Balefires burn brightly tonight!
When Spirit Drinks, we all drink!
When Spirit Eats--we all eat--yesterday, today and tomorrow!
Blessed Be!

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Prayer Request

Silverstar — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:50:05 GMT

Just in from Kayla's mom...

Kayla Brown, 17, Emanuel Hospital, Portland, OR USA.
Kayla has a mysterious stomach infection and is in serious condition.
Her family thanks you for your time and energy.
Mother Blessings to you and yours!

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Memorial Birthday Blessings

Silverstar — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:37:19 GMT

Sarah Noble Goodspeed Sortomme 7-29-1928 to 11-14-1982
Blessings to you, dear Leo Mother!

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Strong quake shakes Southern California

Silverstar — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:35:15 GMT

Strong quake shakes Southern California

Jul 29, 3:21 PM (ET)
By ROBERT JABLON

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A strong earthquake shook Southern California on Tuesday, causing buildings to sway and triggering some precautionary evacuations. No immediate damage was reported.

The jolt was felt from Los Angeles to San Diego, and slightly in Las Vegas.

Preliminary information from the U.S. Geological Survey estimated the quake at magnitude 5.8, centered 29 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles near Chino Hills in San Bernardino County. Ten aftershocks occurred in the next dozen minutes, including three estimated at 3.8, and the U.S. Geological Survey estimated the quake was about 8 miles below the earth's surface.

Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said there were no immediate reports of damage or injury in Los Angeles. San Bernardino County fire dispatch also had no immediate reports of damage.

The quake struck at 11:42 a.m. PDT. Buildings swayed in downtown Los Angeles for several seconds.

Workers quickly evacuated some office buildings.

"It was dramatic. The whole building moved and it lasted for a while," said Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore, who was in the sheriff's suburban Monterey Park headquarters east of Los Angeles.

In Orange County, about 2000 detectives were attending gang conference at a Marriott hotel in Anaheim when a violent jolt shook the main conference room.

Mike Willever, who was at the hotel, said, "First we heard the ceiling shaking, then the chandelier started to shake, then there was a sudden movement of the floor."

Chris Watkins, from San Diego, said he previously felt several earthquakes, but "that was one of the worst ones."

Delegates and guests at a cluster of hotels near the Disneyland resort spilled into the streets immediately after the quake.

The 1994 Northridge earthquake under Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley was magnitude 6.7. It killed 72 people, injured more than 9,000 and caused $25 billion in damage in the metropolitan area.

The damage created by an earthquake depends greatly on where it hits. A 7.1 quake - much stronger than Northridge - hit the Mojave Desert in 1999 but caused only a few injuries and no deaths.

California is one of the world's most seismically active regions. More than 300 faults crisscross the state, which sits atop two of Earth's major tectonic plates, the Pacific and North American plates. About 10,000 quakes each year rattle Southern California alone, although most of them are too small to be felt.

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Associated Press Writer Thomas Watkins in Anaheim contributed to this report.

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Prayer Request

Dragonfly — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:34:28 GMT

Just in from Betty...

Paul Myron Folsom, 52, Emanuel Legacy Hospital, Portland Oregon.
Paul was in a serious motorcycle accident yesterday with major head trauma. He's not expected to make it.
Please pray for his Highest and Greatest Good.

His family thanks you!

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Prayer Request

Silverstar — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:10:35 GMT

Pam Judd, 31, McMinnville OR USA.
Pam is touring Asia with her friend Rose for a month. Please keep her in your prayers and ask for safe travel and healthy insights!
Thank you for your time and energy!
Mother Blessings to you and yours...

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Keep the prayers flowing for the Gulf States, USA

Silverstar — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:01:44 GMT

South Texas gets first look at Dolly's damage

Jul 24, 11:44 AM (ET)

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Residents and recovery teams began fanning out across south Texas Thursday and cars crept along roads with darkened stoplights as the region got its first look at the destruction left by Hurricane Dolly.

Traffic picked up on local roads littered with debris as people emerged for the first time in more than 24 hours after Dolly's soaking rains and punishing winds. After crashing ashore on South Padre Island, the storm ripped roofs from homes, flooded roads and downed power lines, but the Rio Grande levees officials had feared could breach held strong.

In Brownsville's Cameron Park colonia, residents were clearing their yards of shingles and tree debris while mosquitoes feasted. But homes were still standing, and residents were thankful the damage wasn't as bad as they feared.

"I thought it was going to be worse than it was," Moses Izaguirre said.

(AP) Residents walk through a flooded neighborhood after Hurricane Dolly, Thursday, July 24, 2008, in...
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Still, the danger had not passed as power lines hung across streets and water surrounded neighborhoods. Residents should stay at home "unless it's life or death," said Tony Pena, Hidalgo County emergency coordinator.

During the course of the storm, authorities rescued about 30 families from high water in Cameron County and power, including to the 911 emergency call system, remained out to about 60 percent of customers in the county.

"The power grid is not doing too well," said Hidalgo County spokeswoman Cari Lambrecht.

Hurricane Dolly slammed ashore as a Category 2 hurricane midday Wednesday and then loitered over deep south Texas as a tropical storm, dumping as much as a foot of rain in places and bringing 100 mph winds. Those winds had dropped by half Thursday morning, and forecasters said the tropical storm warning for the Texas coast would likely be canceled later in the morning. The storm was expected to break up by Friday.

By 11 a.m. EDT, the tropical storm was centered near Laredo with maximum sustained winds of around 45 mph.

(AP) City worker Jesse Cantu carries a traffic sign which was damaged by Hurricane Dolly Thursday, July...
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry declared 14 south Texas counties disaster areas and sought federal disaster declarations, and was scheduled to fly over the region Thursday afternoon.

While the rain set records in Brownsville's Cameron County - ranging from six to 12 inches with another three to seven expected overnight - they did not appear to pose the threat to the Rio Grande's levees that had been feared.

The river rose steadily through the day in Brownsville, but did not reach flood stage.

"We're not experiencing any issues with the levees right now," Sally Spener, spokeswoman for the International Boundary and Water Commission, said late Wednesday. "The water is just not high enough."

But the torrential rains and fierce winds that lasted much of the day in south Texas still caught some by surprise.

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By Wednesday afternoon, the community of Laureles north of Los Fresnos had been reduced to a chain of sunken islands, separated from the main roads by floodwaters of two feet or more in places.

Mailboxes barely peaked above murky, wind-swept waters where neighborhood loops met county roads.

Pedro Zuniga, his wife and their six children fled their mobile home for the comparative safety of a relative's wood-frame house next door. That home's owner had already left to take shelter in another relative's brick house.

Peering out the back door at the trailer he deemed too wobbly for his family, Zuniga said the water crossing his yard toward a canal behind was not as high as he had seen it a few years ago when it reached the base of his elevated trailer.

"We were going to go to a shelter, but they said there was only one so we decided to stay," said Zuniga's wife, Aleida Cardenas, 29. "But we didn't know it would be this bad."

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Others did head to shelters. More than 5,000 people moved to public shelters in the three hardest-hit counties and the numbers were expected to grow Thursday as more people became stranded by floodwaters.

In Hidalgo County, Pena said there were several incidents late Wednesday requiring emergency personnel to rescue people from homes.

One family was left huddling in their topless house after winds blew the roof off, Pena said. Also, sheriff's deputies rescued a family of eight from Los Fresnos after floodwaters surrounded their home.

The only serious injury reported Wednesday occurred when the wind knocked a 17-year-old boy from a seventh-story balcony on South Padre Island. The boy suffered a broken hip, leg and a head injury but could not be transported off the island until about 5 p.m. The causeway linking the island to the mainland had reopened.

The island sustained some of the storm's heaviest damage and was still without power Wednesday night. Roofs were torn off hotels and homes, there was significant flooding that had begun to subside and debris was everywhere. A curfew was imposed for 8 p.m., Zamora said.

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No deaths were immediately reported in Mexico, but Tamaulipas state Gov. Eugenio Hernandez said 50 neighborhoods were still in danger from flooding. About 13,000 people had taken refuge in 21 shelters, he said, but many had left for their homes by Thursday.

Business, gas stations and factories were open in Mexico Thursday, but about 90,000 people were still without power there. Roughly 2,500 police and soldiers were patrolling streets to prevent looting.

Earlier in the day, Mexican soldiers made a last-minute attempt to rescue people at the mouth of the Rio Grande, using an inflatable raft to retrieve at least one family trapped in their home. Many people farther inland refused to go to government shelters.

Many Texans heading north were stopped at inland Border Patrol checkpoints, where agents opened extra lanes to ease traffic flow while still checking documentation and arresting illegal immigrants, said sector spokesman Dan Doty. At one checkpoint on U.S. 77, smugglers were caught with nearly 10,000 pounds of marijuana.

The last hurricane to hit the U.S. was the fast-forming Humberto, which came ashore in southeast Texas last September.

The busiest part of the Atlantic hurricane season is usually in August and September. So far this year, there have been four named storms, two of which became hurricanes. Federal forecasters predict a total of 12 to 16 named storms and six to nine hurricanes this season.

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Associated Press writers Elizabeth White in Brownsville contributed to this report.

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Prayer Request

Silverstar — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:04:28 GMT

Just in from Frodo....
Here is a request from SisterSpirit member Betty:

Wendy, 20's, Portland.

My daughter-in-law, Wendy, has aplastic anemia, for which there seems to be only potentially effective treatments. Would it be possible to add her name to the Pagan Prayer list?

It seems that in her bone marrow, new cells are not being produced. It won't help her to eat such things as liver as it only helps existing cells to grow -- those she is not producing.

The family would greatly appreciate prayers for her recovery.

Thank you,

Betty

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The Seven Fires Prophecy

Silverstar — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:53:14 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_fires

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World Healing Network - 6/29/08 - Love Heals...Pass It On!

Cindy — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:03:27 GMT

Greetings!

This week's newsletter and updated healing list can be found at:

http://www.worldhealing.net/weekly/6_29_08.html

We’ve added Synthia Bernal, Trish Edwards, Fe L., C.Y. Lou, Steven Lou, Porshea Moore, Steven Moses, Kamlesh Pardasani, Joanne Stephenson and Connie Wong to our healing list this week.

Thanks so much for your continued participation in the World Healing Network!

Peace,

(¨`·.·´¨)
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(¨`·.·´¨)¸.·´
`·.¸.·´

Cindy Oriente
World Healing Network
http://www.worldhealing.net/

Learn more about The Lost Mode of Prayer, a powerful tool for changing our lives, our world and our destiny.
http://www.lightworks.com/monthlyaspectarian/2000/July/700-21.htm

You are really rich when you enjoy yourself as you are, when you are contented with what you have. --Shanti

The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started. --Norman Cousins

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. --Hugh Downs

Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere. --Unknown

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World Healing Network - 7/13/08 - Love Heals...Pass It On!

Cindy — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:13:22 GMT

Greetings!

This week's newsletter and updated healing list can be found at:

http://www.worldhealing.net/weekly/7_13_08.html

We’ve added Dena Marie to our healing list this week.

Thanks so much for your continued participation in the World Healing Network!

Peace,

(¨`·.·´¨)
`·.¸(¨`·.·´¨)
(¨`·.·´¨)¸.·´
`·.¸.·´

Cindy Oriente
World Healing Network
http://www.worldhealing.net/

Learn more about The Lost Mode of Prayer, a powerful tool for changing our lives, our world and our destiny.
http://www.lightworks.com/monthlyaspectarian/2000/July/700-21.htm

Happiness depends upon ourselves. -- Aristotle

Do not think that the knowledge you presently possess is changeless, absolute truth. Truth is found in life and not merely in conceptual knowledge. Be ready to learn throughout your entire life and to observe reality in yourself and in the world at all times. --Thich Nhat Hanh

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. -- Lao Tzu

Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives. --Louise L. Hay

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2012 CONFERENCE San Francisco: Shift by the Bay (Oct.31st-Nov.2nd,2008)

Silverstar — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:46:40 GMT

2012 CONFERENCE San Francisco: Shift by the Bay (Oct.31st-Nov.2nd,2008)
Friday, October 31, 2008 at 08:00 PM - Sunday, November 02, 2008 at 08:00 PM (PT)

San Francisco, CA

Event Details
EARLY REGISTRATION PRICES THRU JULY 31ST
(SAVE 30% and more off the doorprice)

2012 Conference
NOVEMBER 1ST - NOVEMBER 2ND, 2008

IN SAN FRANCISCO, CA.

National leading authors, experts and scholars

Powerful Speakers

Think-tank Insight Sessions
Sustainability Panels
Maya, Q'ero and Vedic Sacred Ceremonies and Blessings

Join us for one day of the Conference or for the entire Weekend.

WHEN:
FRIDAY NIGHT OCTOBER 31ST, 2008 (Opening Night Party)
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1ST, 2008
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 2ND, 2008

WHERE:

FORT MASON CONFERENCE CENTER
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. U.S.A.

Leading Presenters of 2012 Movement converge:
DANIEL PINCHBECK (2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, Reality Sandwich)

DR. ALBERTO VILLOLDO (Couragous Dreaming, Healer Shaman Sage)
JOHN MAJOR JENKINS (The Mystery of 2012, Maya Cosmogenesis 2012)

SRI RAM KAA & KIRA (TOSA Center, Best Selling 2012 Trilogy)
SHARRON ROSE (2012 The Odyssey, Timewave 2013)
JAY WEIDNER (Secrets of Alchemy, History Channel)
REV. BRIAN KENEIPP OF THE AETHERIUS SOCIETY(2012 Blessings)
JAMES O'DEA (Exective Director Institute of NOETIC Sciences)
MIKE BARA (Co-Author NY Times Bestseller NASA: Dark Mission)
RICK LEVINE (Celebrated Astrologer)
DANNION BRINKLEY (Saved by the Light Trilogy)
& many more....

Capacity limited to 300 Participants only
Secure your place now.

In a University like setting directly on the San Francisco Bay,

join us for this once in a lifetime opportunity to converge with the

leaders of the 2012 movement for insight, knowledge and camaraderie!

On a glorious fall weekend, beginning with a magical opening Halloween night Party,

anticipation for the near future will be riding high as the nation prepares to vote on its next President just days proceeding the Conference!

We have crafted this Conference for those who choose to consider themselves

leaders for the coming shift of the ages.

This isn't some expo or festival setting with 500 exhibitors pulling your focus and energy from the matters at hand. This is about the gathering, about the insight, the sacred ancient culture ceremonies, the new data which arrives fast and furious during the celestial speed-up, the critical analysis, the opening of our hearts and our minds.

WHEN: October 31st - November 2nd, 2008

ADMISSION: Early Registration Price is in effect through July 31st

MORE INFORMATION: (800) 984-0897

OFFICIAL SITE: http://2012Conference.org

In March nearly 1000 converged in Hollywood, Ca. for the first 2012 Conference. Organizers are bringing the next event to San Francisco and expanding on the themes with an array of interactive events, breakout think-tank sessions and sacred ceremonies.

Throughout history, humanity has looked to chronological signposts to help us predict and make order of the universe. Perhaps the greatest signpost of the past millennium is approaching quickly. This signpost, revealed by the ancient Mayan Long Count Calendar is 2012. The 2012 Conference will show that these many ancient traditions are saying that the Great Shift of the ages is at hand. These people of the past predicted that the world that humanity is about to enter will be so different than ours that this coming shift promises to change everything including the way we think and live our lives. The scholars attending this conference will present the research revealing that a multiplicity of ancient cultures in different lands have all pointed to the time period around 2012 as the year that things will change. Those cultures include the Mayan, the Incan Elders, the Hopi, the Aztecs, and 19th Century Europeans. There is a broader consensus that this particular year, above all others, will be the year of significant change. The presenters at this conference come from a whole spectrum of perspectives. Together they suggest that 2012 heralds a new age of awakening and expanded consciousness. The Mayan Long Count Calendar ends its current cycle in December of 2012. Instead of wallowing in fear of some dark future the presenters will show that we, the denizens of planet Earth are soon to witness the birth of the grandest era ever experienced by man. In the end the choice will be ours. How can the average person make sense of this Great Shift?

Friday October 31st, 2008
6:00pm Registration Opens
7:00pm - 10:00pm 2012 Opening Party

Saturday November 1st, 2008
9:00am - 10:00am Conference Breakfast
10:30am - 11:00am Conference Welcome (Bldg. A)
11:00am - 12:15pm Opening Speaker
12:30pm - 2:00pm Insight Sessions / Films (Bldg. C)
2:00pm - 3:15pm Lunch
3:15pm - 4:45pm Insight Sessions / Films (Bldg. C.)
5:00pm - 6:30pm Main Speaker Conf. Center (Bldg. A)
6:30pm - 8:00pm Main Speaker Conf. Center (Bldg. A.)
8:00pm - 9:00pm
9:15pm - 11:00pm
Dinner
Musical Performance

Sunday November 2nd, 2008
6:45 - 7:45am Morning Prayer Ceremony for Peace
8:00am - 9:00am Shift Breakfast
9:00am - 9:45am Chanting OM / Meditation
9:45am - 11:00am Morning Speaker Conf.Center (Bldg. A)
11:00am - 12:15pm Morning Speaker #2 Conf. Center (Bldg. A)
12:30pm - 2:00pm Insight Sessions / Films (Bldg. C)
2:00pm - 3:00pm Lunch Break
3:00pm - 4:30pm Insight Sessions / Films (Bldg. C)
4:45pm - 6:00pm Speaker
6:00pm - 8:00pm Panel Discussion all Main Speakers
8:00pm - 9:15pm Celebration Dinner

Meals and Accommodations not included in Conference fee.

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Prayer Request

Silverstar — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:16:17 GMT

From Kaya...

WITH GREAT LOVE, GRATITUDE AND RESPECT, I REQUEST PRAYERS (FROM IN MY OPPINION THE ROCKIN REIKI WARRIORS WHO GET DOWN TO THE NITTY~ GRIITY) ON BEHALF OF MY MOM-INLAW DIANE KERLYN OF TANGERINE FLORIDA. SHE IS IN THE HOSPITAL DUE TO FALLING IN THE PARKING LOT AT TARGET. SHE BROKE HER RIST IN 3 PLACES, HAS A T.12 COMPRESSION FRACTURE, BRUISED LEFT HIP AND NAUSEA FROM THE PAIN MEDS. SHE IS DEHYDRATED. DIANES B-DAY IS 2-14-42. DIANE IS A NURSE. SHE IS A SPIRITUAL, LOVING SOUL WHO WAS DELIGHTED WHEN I TOLD HER ABOUT "WORLDTREE- AND WORLD WIDE HEALING". THANK YOU FOR MY PRAYERS TOO; I AM FEELING BETTER. I THINK RACHAEL IS GETTING "SOME SLEEP". I PRAY PEACE, LOVE, GOOD HEALTH AND HAPPINESS FOR US ALL. LOVE, KAYA XO

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Tired firefighters battle 330 Calif. wildfires: Prayers Please for the Workers, Land and Critters

Silverstar — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:35:09 GMT

Tired firefighters battle 330 Calif. wildfires

Jul 6, 10:48 AM (ET)
By ROBERT JABLON

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Firefighters got a gift of a mild, mostly windless night and a forecast for similar conditions Sunday as they attempted to protect thousands of Santa Barbara County homes from a huge wildfire, one of more than 300 taxing their energy and resources around the state.

"The firefighters are stretched thin, they are exhausted," and some have gone days without sleep, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as he visited a command post in the coastal region of Santa Barbara County, where nearly 2,700 homes were threatened by a four-day-old fire in the Los Padres National Forest. The blaze has blackened about 13 square miles.

Fires have burned more than 800 square miles of land and destroyed at least 69 homes throughout California in the past two weeks. One firefighter died of a heart attack while digging fire lines.

About 1,400 fires have been contained, but more than 330 still were out of control by Sunday morning.

(AP) Firefighters watch as a brush fire burns out of control in the Santa Ynez Mountains near Goleta,...
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The Santa Barbara County fire, now the state's top priority, was less active Saturday because of cooler, moist air, said county spokeswoman Pat Wheatley. And evening fell without the return of the late afternoon "sundowner" wind that had sent flames racing up to homes earlier in the week.

"We've been pleased by some cooperative weather," Wheatley said. "The 'sundowners' that we were afraid could happen did not happen much tonight so that gave us an opportunity to fight the fire without fighting the winds."

The fire was 28 percent contained, she said.

Over 2,600 homes were under mandatory evacuation orders Saturday and residents of 1,400 others were warned to be ready to flee if the flames gathered speed.

The fire, fueled by 15-foot-high, half-century-old chaparral, still had the potential to roll through a hilly area of ranches, housing tracts and orchards between the town of Goleta and Santa Barbara, keeping firefighters on their toes.

(AP) A firefighter walks out of a brush fire burning out of control in the Santa Ynez Mountains near...
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"They're feeling very good about this, but they are not taking this fire lightly at all," Wheatley said.

Temperatures dipped to around 60 degrees during the night, but were forecast to reach the high 70s later Sunday.

Nearly 1,200 firefighters were assisted by a DC-10 air tanker and other aircraft dumping water and fire retardant along ridges and in steep canyons.

Investigators think the fire, which began Tuesday, was human-caused. The U.S. Forest Service on Saturday asked for public help in determining who set it and whether it was sparked accidentally or on purpose.

Meanwhile, cooler weather helped crews attacking the two-week-old blaze that has destroyed 22 homes in Big Sur, at the northern end of the Los Padres forest, but the fire continued to grow slowly on all flanks Saturday night.

(AP) Firefighters monitor a burning redwood tree along Highway 1 in Big Sur, Calif., Saturday, July 5,...
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The fire, which had blackened 111 square miles, was only 5 percent contained with full containment not expected until July 30, but morning fog that moved in from the sea helped prevent it from advancing on Big Sur's famed restaurants and hotels.

"We're gaining ground, but we're nowhere near being done," said Gregg DeNitto, a spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service. "There's still a lot of potential out there. The fire has been less active the last couple of days. We've had favorable weather; they are taking every opportunity to get some line on it."

The weather was expected to become hotter and drier over the next couple of days, he said, with wind and temperatures rising and humidity dropping.

"The fire still has the potential for movement and the potential to get out of our containment lines," he said.

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Associated Press writers Samantha Young in Sacramento, Christopher Weber in Los Angeles, Lisa Leff in San Francisco and Amanda Fehd in Berkeley contributed to this report.

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2 Prayer Requests

Silverstar — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:55:21 GMT

Just in from Kaya...

Kaya Storm, 48, Santa Fe New Mexico, USA...
Rachael Brook, 23, Los Angeles, CA USA...

I TRIED TO POST A PRAYER REQUEST, BUT I FORGOT MY PASSWORD! I REQUEST SOME HEALING PRAYERS FROM THE ROCKIN' REIKI WARRIORS. THE ARTHRITIS HAS MOVED TO MY SPINE AND HIPS, MAKING IT DIFFULCULT FOR ME TO WALK- LET ALONE THE FUNKY PAIN! ALSO SOME PRAYERS OF SAFE TRAVEL IS MOST APPRECIATED ON BEHALF OF RACHAEL. SHE IS SEEKING OUT HER NEXT MOVE AND CHOICES- I PRAY FOR HER SAFTEY, CLARITY, INTEGRITY- SOUND JUDGEMENTS! THANK YOU SILVERSTAR. SENDING U GOOD VIBES AND MISSING YOU.
KAYA XOX

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Prayer Request

Silverstar — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:06:38 GMT

From Diane...

I would like to ask for more prayers for my cousin Chris 56. She is the one who survived 4th stage Ovarian Cancer and is now down with Pancreatic Cancer. I was told this is not unusual for someone to get after ovarian cancer. Because of the ovarian cancer her body cannot tolerate any treatments for the new cancer. She was told that she will bleed out (they will not be able to stop it eventually). She actually lives in Portland OR.

I just ask that you keep her in your prayers. I will put her on tribe but I have very little time to be on the computer lately so it takes me time to do it.

All love,
Diane

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Parable of the Wind

Silverstar — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:53:59 GMT

The Parable of the Wind
(c) 1973 by A. Ray Elkins, Globe, Arizona

And now we should say unto thee unto these words, for we shall tell unto thee the parable of the wind.

For the wind said unto the rain, “I rule over thee, for I may cast the clouds anywhere that I choose, so therefore, I am the strongest of all.”

Yet, the ocean spoke forth, and said unto the wind, “Nay, for without me, where would you get your water? And where would the clouds form from?”

And the wind said unto the ocean, “Nay, I am the strongest, for I may take my water from where I please.”

Yet, the brook sat silent and said nothing, and went about its chore, day by day, providing the water that went forth unto the rivers and unto the oceans.

The wind could rule the ocean, and the lakes and the land. Yet the brook, much as the Seven Spirits of God, flowed onward through eternity.

We should say unto you, this is much as the same as that quiet place within your minds. The quiet place does not have to brag of that into which it can do, for it knows of that that it can do; so therefore, it goes about its day-to-day tasks. It stays hidden from others. Only on rare occasions, when you are alone, does it reach forth, not only giving you comfort, but comfort unto those of your loved ones. This in itself is the way of God, for in His quiet way He moves about the earth, touching man, always seeing and caring for his needs, always loving.

We say unto you, be as the brook. Go forth and give unto the people sweet water. Give forth that in truth, though sometimes truth is not given back. Give forth that in kindness, even though kindness is sometimes not given back. Give forth that in love, even though love is not given back. But when you give these things forth, all shall come back, for the seed you should cast upon the earth, or the ocean, or a brook, whether it be good or bad, shall all come back to its center. So therefore, give unto good thought unto your fellow man, and good thought shall return unto thee....

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Perhaps we should start praying for the Corp of Engineers...KEEP THEM COMING!

Silverstar — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:30:49 GMT

Swollen Mississippi defeats another levee

Jun 24, 9:30 AM (ET)
By CHERYL WITTENAUER

WINFIELD, Mo. (AP) - The swollen Mississippi River burst another levee Tuesday, submerging farmland and threatening a residential area whose occupants had already moved out in anticipation of a flood.

The levee failure near St. Charles comes as teams furiously fill sandbags to reinforce other waterlogged embankments guarding towns still waiting for the arrival of the huge river's flood crest.

Forecasters expect the last stretch of the bloated river to crest later this week.

"The spirits are tired, but they are still there and still solid," said Jo Anne Smiley, mayor of Clarksville, where makeshift sandbag levees are keeping the city's small downtown dry. "This is a community that will rise above this."

(AP) Law enforcement officers survey flooding over Highway 79 Monday, June 23, 2008, in Winfield, Mo....
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Smiley toured her town Monday with Gen. Robert Van Antwerp, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' chief of engineers. He said he was most concerned about agricultural levees up and down the river.

"I think what they have is holding well," Van Antwerp said. "Now, it's a matter of getting the water off of it."

But in the saturated Elm Point levee at St. Charles, Mo., about 30 miles north of St. Louis, two gaps allowed water to flood hundreds of acres of agricultural land. A mobile home park where about 700 people live near the Elm Point Levee had already been evacuated.

The constant pressure of the river remains the primary concern in Lincoln County, where officials asked for volunteers Monday to help fill 50,000 sandbags to fortify the 2 1/2-mile-long Pin Oak levee, an earthen berm that was so waterlogged that it was like "walking on a waterbed," said county emergency management spokesman Andy Binder.

Federal officials said they couldn't be sure it would survive through the river's crest at Winfield later in the week.

(AP) A streed is flooded s in Louisiana, Mo, on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. About 40 square blocks of the...
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"They have a serious condition on their hands," said Travis Tutka, the Army Corps' chief of dam safety. "This will be quite a test of that levee."

If it breaches, the river will swamp 100 homes in east Winfield, as well as 3,000 acres of farm fields, several businesses and a city ballpark. A muskrat that burrowed a hole in the soft ground released a geyser of water, and officials said it took nearly six hours Monday to choke off the leak.

"There is no guarantee of performance, but we're fighting the good fight," Tutka said.

Only a handful of residents remained in east Winfield on Monday, after emergency workers went door to door urging them to evacuate. Among the holdouts was Sherman Jones, 56, who was all alone in his house except for his dogs, Mugsy and Junior.

"There is no place to go but the high school. I am not going to leave 'til my feet are wet," Jones said. "It's been a rough year, but we'll get through it."

(AP) Map shows flooded river status in Iowa; 2c x 3 1/2 inches; 96.3 mm x 88.9 mm
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In Foley, north of Winfield, floodwaters late Monday were filling the higher part of town. The east side of Foley was already submerged.

Not far from the Iowa state line, the river was down a few inches at Canton after cresting Sunday at 27 feet - less than a foot short of the record set during the Great Flood of 1993. Jeff McReynolds, the city's emergency management director, said a voluntary evacuation request remained in place in the town of roughly 2,500.

"We were right up there to our nostrils for about 24 hours," McReynolds said. "The concern from our operations center is they (residents) have seen the crest and think the river has come down and want to move back into their homes."

Down river from Quincy, the levee at Hannibal, Mo., was holding the slowly falling river out of the boyhood hometown of Samuel Clemens, who wrote as Mark Twain. Marion County Emergency Management Director John Hark said the city was already planning for its National Tom Sawyer Days, the early July festival celebrating Twain's work.

Hark said that with the river dropping, he could focus on other things that might discourage tourists - such as high gas prices.

"The flood, I think, is easier," he said.

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Associated Press writers Betsy Taylor in St. Louis and Don Babwin in Chicago contributed to this report.

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New clue to Alzheimer's found

Dragonfly — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:00:00 GMT

New clue to Alzheimer's found

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Researchers have uncovered a new clue to the cause of Alzheimer's disease.

The brains of people with the memory-robbing form of dementia are cluttered with a plaque made up of beta-amyloid, a sticky protein. But there long has been a question whether this is a cause of the disease or a side effect. Also involved are tangles of a protein called tau; some scientists suspect this is the cause.

Now, researchers have caused Alzheimer's symptoms in rats by injecting them with one particular form of beta-amyloid. Injections with other forms of beta-amyloid did not cause illness, which may explain why some people have beta-amyloid plaque in their brains but do not show disease symptoms.

The findings by a team led by Dr. Ganesh M. Shankar and Dr. Dennis J. Selkoe of Harvard Medical School were reported in Sunday's online edition of the journal Nature Medicine.

The researchers used extracts from the brains of people who donated their bodies to medicine.

Forms of soluble beta-amyloid containing different numbers of molecules, as well as insoluble cores of the brain plaque, were injected into the brains of rats. There was no detectable effect from the insoluble plaque or the soluble one-molecule or three-molecule forms, the researchers found.

But the two-molecule form of soluble beta-amyloid produced characteristics of Alzheimer's in the rats, they reported.

Those rats had impaired memory function, especially for newly learned behaviors. Studies were also done on mice and when their brains were inspected, the density brain cells were reduced by 47 percent. The beta-amyloid seemed to affect synapses, the connections between cells that are essential for communication between them.

The research, for the first time, showed the effect of a particular type of beta-amyloid in the brain, said Dr. Marcelle Morrison-Bogorad, director of the division of neuroscience at the National Institute on Aging, which helped fund the research.

It was surprising that only one of the three types had an effect, she said in a telephone interview.

Morrison-Bogorad said the findings may help explain the discovery of plaque in the brains of people who do not develop dementia. For some time, doctors have wondered why they find some brains in autopsy that are heavily coated with beta-amyloid, but the person did not have Alzheimer's.

The answer may lie in the two types of beta-amyloid that did not cause symptoms.

Now, the question is why one has the damaging effect and not others.

"A lot of work needs to be done," Morrison-Bogorad said. "Nature keeps sending us down paths that look straight at the beginning, but there are a lot of curves before we get to the end."

Dr. Richard J. Hodes, director of the National Institute on Aging, said that "while more research is needed to replicate and extend these findings, this study has put yet one more piece into place in the puzzle that is Alzheimer's."

In addition to the Institute on Aging, the research was funded by Science Foundation Ireland, Wellcome Trust, the McKnight and Ellison foundations and the Lefler Small Grant Fund.

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On the Net:

Nature Medicine: http://www.nature.com/naturemedicine

National Institute on Aging: http://www.nia.nih.gov

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Please pray for the people of the Philipines today!

Silverstar — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:13:20 GMT

While the water still is rising in the Midwest USA (please keep the prayers flowing for Iowa and Missouri), the Pacific is floating away with a torrent of water from rain. Dozens of people have died in the Philipines and more rain is due today, according to the weather channel. I could not find any headlines on the internet about the situation (not surprising), but the entire island chain has been affected.
It is important to remember with natural disasters, DO NOT TRY TO CONTROL THE WEATHER! This knee-jerk reaction has devastating results (read Urban Shaman for edification) for the planet and all the creatures on/in/around Her. Please, focus your energy on the survivors and people trying to reach the light. Prayers for the land and animals are always wonderful additions.
Thank you for the work you do!
Mother Blessings,
SRC

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Global Eden Event / The Gathering of One

eesha — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:35:14 GMT

At my site, I have posted the script for this Gathering which is tonight - centered at Yellowstone with others joining in at sites all over the planet and many thousands more simultaneously connecting to this wave of Love and Peace.
There are also links to listen to this meditation and to learn more about this annual event.

Apologies for not posting this BEfore the event...

But you can still merge with this powerful vibration happening at any time.

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Solstice Breaths together, Planetary Congruence

eesha — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:23:40 GMT

Greetings and celebrations and letting go on this Solstice Day. the day of the year with the longest period of sun light so that it appears that the sun (sol) stands still (sistit).

A day then the creatiave life forces are the stongest. A day of letting go and re-newal.

There is also at noon today, June 21, a Time Shift in the Galactic Mayan Calendar (from Judith Moore in New Mexico)

A Note going out from the Great Central Sun creating a sound harmonic that will shift the Earth into a new dimension.

One overtone aligning all the galactic suns, solar codes and the One Harmonic Source.

A perfect time for us to join with this tone - a communion of souls on Earth - so that the wave of a tone moves across the planet iand simultaneously joins with the Overtone from the Great Central Sun.

So whether you happen to get this before noon or after or even the next day... you can intend No Time... or the fluidity of time... and see yourself Joining in this planetary and galactic tone at noon on solstice - merging your heart with the heart of humanity and all life -
I imagine the the rocks and trees and animals know this within themselves and connect - hehhee as if they were not alreacy connected, silly me. :-)

some moments of stillness (sistit), feeling your breath, feeling the beating of your heart, feeling the earth and trees and waters, sensing your feet and toes feeling the floor and sensing the air that is touching your body, breathing in as if you are breathing in thru all of our skin - face and neck and back - fingers, between the fingers, ankles, toes and between your toes, the top of your head and feeling as if you are breathing in thru your heart center and out then through your back and this breath several times of breathing in and out thru every surface of skin on your body.. at one with the breath and heart beat of Gaia.
and then perhaps a sound, or a tone - a laugh or a sigh or a cry - an expression of of your uniqueness merging with every other heart and breath on the earth and with the heart and breath and tone from the Great Central Sun, thru our sun to each of us on this day - each one of us drinking the same Solar light and energy and re-newal.

and so it is, beloveds...
from eesha with smiles ~~

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River rises again, along with worries in Mo., Ill: KEEP THE PRAYERS FLOWING!

Silverstar — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:32:39 GMT

River rises again, along with worries in Mo., Ill.

Jun 21, 4:20 PM (ET)
By CHERYL WITTENAUER

FOLEY, Mo. (AP) - Amid the battle to hold back the swollen Mississippi River, some towns in northeastern Missouri and Illinois got an unwelcome surprise Saturday as river levels rose higher than projected.

Recent levee breaks north of Canton, not far from the Iowa line, had allowed the river level to drop there and at other towns far north of St. Louis.

Officials knew it would rise again to expected crests during the weekend, but the amount of the increase caught them off guard.

The Mississippi reached 26.3 feet Saturday morning at Canton after dipping below 23 feet two days earlier, and it was expected to crest later in the day at 26.4 feet.

(AP) Foley Mayor Bill Thornhill and his wife Chris walk through town as the Mississippi River encroaches...
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That's still more than a foot lower than the record set during the Great Flood of '93.

However, the new Saturday morning reading was "a full foot higher than we expected it to be," said emergency management spokeswoman Monica Heaton. "The levee's fine, but the river did another unexpected thing last night."

Forecasters said Saturday afternoon that the river would crest several inches higher than expected in Hannibal and at Quincy, Ill., where it was set to crest late in the day more than 2 feet below the '93 flood peak.

"We're confident we can hold that and not have any issues," said Adams County's emergency management chief, John Simon. "It'll be another sigh of relief, but it's not over yet. We're not out of the water yet, no pun intended. We have a while to go."

Hannibal emergency management director John Hark said the river was well above flood stage but still about 3 feet below the record set in 1993. Before a levee break north of Hannibal in Meyer, Ill., allowed some water to drain out of the river last week, Hannibal was expecting a crest at or near the record.

(AP) Mailboxes rise above the flood waters of the Mississippi River Saturday, June 21, 2008 in Foley,...
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The crest was revised Saturday to 29.1 feet, set to arrive in Mark Twain's hometown sometime Sunday morning.

"We're keeping an eye on it," he said.

Downriver, near St. Louis, the latest federal forecast called for lower crests than predicted a day earlier. That was good news in hard-hit Lincoln County, where five levees had broken in the past three days.

At Foley, more than half of the homes in the town of 200 residents were under water, and townspeople were only beginning to decide whether to go back or move out.

Robert "Bobby" James, a union carpenter who moved to Foley a year ago, stayed after falling in love with the river. A few days ago, the handyman took out baseboards, flooring and carpet from his house as a pre-emptive move against the coming flood.

(AP) A flooded lounge chair holds a police line in place Saturday, June 21, 2008 on the flooded south...
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Even if the town floods again, he said, "I raise it 10 feet, put in new flooring, slap on five gallons of paint and I'm back in business."

National Weather Service meteorologist Ben Miller speculated that forecast models simply had been unable to account for the amount of water flowing into the Mississippi from the three rivers that saw major flooding in Iowa - the Cedar, Iowa and Des Moines rivers.

"Honestly, the models didn't do well with it because it was so far out of the range of normal," Miller said.

Miller was unaware of any levees facing renewed danger because of the river's unexpected rise, but said river towns need to be aware that the flood is a long way from over.

"Obviously any town protected by a levee is still under risk," Miller said. "The longer you have levees that have water up against them, the better the chance you have a levee being compromised."

Flooding and widespread storms this month have forced thousands from their homes and inundated towns and cities along rivers in six states, killing 24 and injuring 148 since June 6.

But while the swollen Mississippi has topped or broken through levees for hundreds of miles above St. Louis, the flooding hasn't led to any deaths or significant injuries in Missouri or Illinois.

(This version CORRECTS the first paragraph to say northeastern Missouri instead of northwest Missouri.)

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