The polar vortex above the North Pole is speeding up and scientists can’t figure out why. “This is possibly…related to global climate change,” says Arctic scientist James Morison. The increased wind velocity may help explain the extraordinarily warm weather in the Arctic over the past decade, which is disrupting fishing, animal behavior, and the way of life of the natives who live in the area. Alaskan resident Caleb Pungowiyi says, “They’re afraid to take a stand that might make them appear like they recommend some environmental policy.” In the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Tom Paulson quotes Pungowiyi as saying, “Our whole system is based on the cycle of nature. I keep thinking it will soon get back to normal, but it doesn’t.”
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Douglas writes from Oregon about the incredible ET healings that have occurred in his family. This is the second in a series of new Communion Letters, about the experiences of our readers and listeners.

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The U.S. has an ancient tree called the Bristlecone Pine. Australians have the Wollemi Pine, a plant from the Jurassic age which was once thought to have been extinct for two million years. In 1994, it was found to have survived in a single isolated area. Botanist Carrick Chambers says it was “the equivalent of finding a small dinosaur still alive on Earth.” Now you can buy a Wollemi Pine houseplant.

David Whitehouse writes for BBC News Online writes that the Wollemi?s home is a closely guarded secret, just like the location of the Bristlecone in California. No roads lead to it, and scientists who study the Wollemi are blindfolded and flown to the area by helicopter.
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U.S. intelligence agents think that Saddam Hussein either dismantled his chemical and biological weapons, for fear the U.S. would attack, or sent them abroad. But those who think he sent them out of the country disagree about where he sent them.

The World Tribune website says that the Defense Intelligence Agency thinks the weapons of mass destruction (WMD) were shipped to Syria and Iran in 2002 and early 2003. They have evidence that convoys went to both countries shortly before the U.S. invasion. But the CIA says there’s no evidence that Saddam exported any WMD, especially to Iran.
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