Art Bell’s beloved wife Ramona was laid to rest today in aprivate service near the Bell’s home. Mrs. Bell died onThursday, January 5. The cause of death was circulatoryfailure resulting from an asthma attack. She was 47.

For the very many of you who have asked where youmay send cards and letters of condolence, they should besent to: Art Bell, C/O Premiere Radio Networks, 15260Ventura Blvd. Sherman Oaks, CA 91403. Please do not sendflowers.

What is death? Is there life after death? Anne Strieber thinks there is: she has met the Green Man (and she also met an angel in Kinkos). Don’t miss Whitley’s meditation on this sad event.

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Whales of the same species sing in different dialects, depending on where they’re from, the same way humans who speak the same language have different accents that identify where they live. Ants are even more amazing: They not only farm their own food, their bodies produce pesticides to protect their crops.

The journal BioScience reports that blue whales from Pacific Northwest sound different than blue whales in the western Pacific Ocean, and both of these sound different from blue whales living off Antarctica. They all sound different than the blue whales living near Chile.
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The Iranian government announced that it had broken theseals placed on a group of highly controversial nuclearfacilities and resumed research that could lead to thecreation of a nuclear weapon. EU and US officials condemnedthe action in the strongest terms.

The French government saidthat the move was a “grave error”, and the UK Foreign Officedescribed the world as “running out of patience” with Iran.

Iranian officials claimed that the research is for peacefulpurposes only, but the enriched uranium intended to beproduced by the facilities can also be used to constructnuclear weapons.
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In the midst of concern about Iran developing nuclear weapons, it’s interesting to note that the Nazis may have been on the point of detonating an atomic bomb when World War II ended. A new book published in Italy tells how close the Nazis were to manufacturing a nuclear bomb at the end of World War II. Author Luigi Romersa, who is now 88 years old, actually witnessed the device being tested on an island in the Baltic in 1944.
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