Friday

Last Great Hope of Earth (Lies Beyond)

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Might 'World Hope' finally be reaching its peak...
I still believe that the salvation of Earth continues to remain in its ability to stretch beyond limitations...
In doing so, you are able to freely define hope.

Today's political power struggles find earth becoming so small and ultimately predictable; that our journey to embark upon change, is taking us from incentives, to penalty!
Irrespective to history, nothing is more empowering than reward!


Time for a journey with SAM NEILL - Boldly Go!

Or if you prefer, maybe "Political squabbles" define you.
Like clock-work Election-time threats of American inflation, hope to give voters incentive to make a change... Remember Psyche 1: Reaching toward an objective, whatever method you choose, you reinforce...
Billionaire Zell (D) Nails it!
"Obviously what we have going on is an attempt to create a self-fulfilling prophecy," said Zell.
Interesting links from Poe's Notes:
1. Warren Buffett interviewed, Power Lunch with Bill Griffeth, CNBC, 19 January 2005

2. Wes Vernon, “Soros: Patriotism Ends at the Stock Market“, NewsMax.com, 25 September 2001

3. James Hertling and Simon Clark, “Bill Gates, World’s Richest Man, Bets Against Dollar (Update 2)”, Bloomberg.com, 29 January 2005 06:08 EST

4. Nirvi Shah, “Hillary Clinton Criticizes Leaders“, Palm Beach Post, 24 January 2005; Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff, “Hillary: Economy Could Collapse“, NewsMax.com, 24 January 2005

5. Roger Cohen, “Redrawing the Free Market; Amid a Global Financial Crisis, Calls for Regulation Spread”, New York Times, 14 November 1998, B9; Richard Poe, “Third Way or Third Reich?”, NewsMax.com, 18 May 1999

6. Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui, Unrestricted Warfare (PLA Literature and Arts Publishing House, February 1999), 34-59

No, I AM concerned with attempts upon NAFTA Nations
And effects upon NAFTA-like agreements — with countries as friendly and diverse as Singapore, Jordan, El Salvador, Australia, Morocco and Chile... ht: Glen (instapundit)

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William F. Buckley jr...

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Mr. William F. Buckley jr...
History will forever portray him as an eloquent and prolific Master of words...
A fearless measure, a Kipling, a Conservative Thoreau... He gave over 50 Novels; each with an aura in which words took on a special life of "film" rather than cast upon paper...

Rest in Peace...
The 21st Century has a bookmark in Gilded text...


William F. Buckley, Jr. Google Videos
William F. Buckley, Jr. Quotes 1
William F. Buckley, Jr. Quotes 2


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Thursday

Reminiscent of an 80’s Lebanon?

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"I don't believe that the majority of Shiites support Hezbollah in changing south Lebanon into scorched earth."
-Minister of Communications Marwan Hamade

Proxy wars for political assurance; and now we find Lebanon on another battered path... But many claim that this path looks strangely reminiscent of the 80's...
Hamade noted that Qatar managed to withdraw its contingent serving with UNIFIL in south Lebanon early in February because "it felt that something is being planned for south Lebanon and because no one wants to go back to the 1980s" in reference to the abduction of foreigners by pro-Iranian factions. Read more.
Hezbollah of 80's: A familiar Resistance...
Videos Below: I missed this era, when Hezbollah (L) Bombed U.S. Embassy & Army Base (1983)... And for that matter, (R) the SAS storm of Iranian embassy (from 1980)...

But the hallmark riots between rival political factions, in a time where kidnappings and murders succeeded in making peace-keepers into villains; look just like, today...

Middle East leaders are Cautioned:
Hamade said Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Abdul Aziz Khoja was cautioned by Arab and Lebanese security agencies against specific threats and advised to take precautions. "Such a warning was also addressed to many diplomats and Lebanese leaders." Read more.

What Arab neighbor would want to go near this!
Egypt's Mubarak says Syria part of Lebanon crisis
"We should not be (in Damascus) resolving a problem that Syria is a party to," Mubarak said during a visit to Bahrain as part of tour of Gulf Arab countries aimed at unifying positions ahead of the annual Arab League summit..

Peace-keepers and crisis organizations push paper...
Outside View: Suicide bombing a crime
HISTORY: From its modern genesis in Hezbollah's 1983 suicide car bombings of the U.S. Marine Corps and French military barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, which killed 241 Marines and at least 58 French soldiers, suicide bombings have spread worldwide.
Suicide bombings are now a staple of jihadist and secular terrorism alike. Terrorist networks, insurgents and gangs, operating outside of the state system and traditional political boundaries, use suicide terrorism, along with the targeting of civilians, and attacks against humanitarian agencies...
Read more.

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Wednesday

Afghanistan: So, Let them Grow Grapes!

-Posted by D. Worth (US) | for- M. Barbay (France)

The subject of poor farmers starving without poppy production, in lands so fertile and perfect for wine conditions. Why not turn this situation into a positive one?
Billions could go toward a productive farmer's Vineyard...

In Video (below) Sky correspondent, David Bowden, witnesses the destruction of a huge heroin factory in southern Afghanistan; and instead it sounds to me like a soggy, regretful, pity for farmers of whose crop sales continue down the line, as cash funds for terror, addictions, and tens of thousands of yearly deaths!

Again, the sane question becomes:
Why is there not another crop of choice? If indeed these poor farmers will starve in lands so fertile and perfect for wine conditions; why not turn this situation into a positive one?
One that will achieve abundance not reliant upon drugs operations, and opium cultivation... I mean, do it now, before more militants are on the drug payroll...
Perhaps farmers should stop whineing & start whining!
Here's the Video...


The engagement toward a better and more legitimate life, of which Afghan farmers have control... is a Win-Win.

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Tuesday

Ascent of Man and Cosmos (Sagan)

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A curious and complex world... Ancient Philosophers often reflected upon man's complexities; by presenting earth as a mire fleck of light in the cosmos.
Video representation (below) is a 'memory lane' of science & travels of man... Narrated by Carl Sagan. The beautiful & mysterious, unraveled by light years. You may find this video exquisite & humbling... #
40 min 2 sec - Jul 7, 2007 (Recorded prior to Carl Sagan's death in 1996.)

Includes a partial audio version of his 1994 book, "Pale Blue Dot"
We have wandered among the wanderers...
Those pulled up by the cosmos; continue to hold positive thoughts...

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New York Philharmonic in Pyongyang

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"Are we going to sit in judgment, or are we going to try and change that? If we keep isolating, we'll never get close to these people."
-Zarin Mehta: New York Philharmonic President
His response came as a result of criticism of N.Y. Philharmonic’s decision to participate in concert at North Korea's Pyongyang.

Before accepting the invitation, the orchestra insisted they be allowed to start it with the United States National Anthem...



Listen to the Concert: mp3
Metha Interview by wnyc Public Radio

ZARIN MEHTA Biography
In 1958, he made his conducting debut in Vienna. The same year he won the International Conducting Competition in Liverpool and was appointed assistant conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra... Read more
Zarin Mehta continual quest to broaden & enrich the musical experience
Philharmonic audiences both in the U.S. & abroad; including active commissioning program, instituting innovative series of lectures and discussions; and by overseeing major international Orchestra tours...

He has made outreach to young people a priority, by expanding the Orchestra's Young People's Concerts, for children ages 3–5... Zarin Mehta from Bombay (who runs the New York Philharmonic) is an Artistic American with a special quality of heart...

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Sunday

Defined by the Treaty of Versailles (1919)

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Examining the past...The Treaty of Versailles...
David Andelman (editor, author, and correspondent) setting aside 'single causations'; views US interventions in the Middle East (today) as "undoing" the mistakes of the past...
That is: "Undoing" what Peacemakers did, almost 100 years ago.

Andelman (Executive Editor of Forbes.com ) speaks of his novel:
A Shattered Peace (Video below) with 'Digital Age' host Jim Zirin, Sidley Austin...The host asks:
"Would the Net have Prevented the Mistakes of Versailles?"
28 min 51 sec - Dec 23, 2007 Worth the view.
Excerpt from Book Interview:
"My intention here is to lift the curtain on the undersides of Paris 1919--a crossroads of history. All the old assumptions of stability and security--the way we made war and guaranteed peace--began going out the window as we plunged pell-mell from the signing of the Treaty of Versailles through the rest of the 20th century."More.
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NOTE: While it is absurd to blame one country, for the fate of the world today... History affords us the opportunity to carefully examine the impact of all treaties which aim to achieve one result; yet hold potential of quite another. -M.B.

From European History Experts:
An example of how treaties impact future...
Perhaps today’s elevated conflicts, owe more of their origins to this past treaty... None can argue that Versailles treaty might have suit the 1919 peacekeepers; but European Strategists examine its part in WWII, the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the civil war in Yugoslavia recently concluded, or at least in remission.
"The events that lead to such a treaty were generally a war much longer and costlier than any one had anticipated. This made the eventual victors much more hungry for and needful of spoils and reparations.

Britain was the only power that brought significant force to bare against the Ottomans (not counting the Russians who made a separate peace and renounced the war aims of the tsarist state) and, as most of the spoils came out of former Ottoman territories; Britain took most of them.
Apparent changes occurred within the landscape:
Germany was less impacted compared to other defeated powers... Austria lost its entire empire. Hungary lost Transylvania (perhaps 1/3 of its territory.) Ottoman Empire was reduced to a few provinces in central Anatolia. (The Turks ended up with a lot more, but that was because they reorganized their state and continued to fight.)

The victors profited very unevenly. Serbia became Yugoslavia, probably more that doubling in size and population. Britain acquired Palestine, Jordan, and Iraq, as well as Southwest Africa (now Namibia). France would argue that they were cheated of spoils in the Middle East, getting only Syria and Lebanon, less that they were promised by Britain, but they also got two provinces in Europe, Alsace and Lorraine, which had been German for a generation.

In all, Middle eastern colonies proved completely unmanageable and unprofitable. Italy and Greece were supposed to get territory in Anatolia at the expense of the Ottoman Empire which instead was retained by the new Turkish state, so they got approximately nothing... Greece saw a lot of fighting. The Russians were promised the Straits. They dropped out of the war early (actually, were taken out by revolution and civil war) and got nothing.

The Arabs, who assisted substantially in their liberation, got nothing. The Kurds were divided among four states. None of the Slavic subjects of the Austrian or Ottoman Empires had any say in their disposition.
Derived from: European Experts

More Versailles Treaty: to Polish Blitzkrieg
Listed are the main political and Naval events...(1919-1939)

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Saturday

Global Storms Continue (Record Snowfall)

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Fantastic Skiing in Tahoe
Snow hits Boston and the Northeast
Biggest Snowfall of Year Hits NYC, Disrupts Travel
N.Y. City: More Than 1,100 Flights Cancelled (Snow Fall)


Quick post... Hope all are keeping warm; as many around the globe are either enjoying (or burdened by) record snowfall! I'm hoping that the Saudis are enjoying the all snow... (A whole new type of drifting.)
In the US: Utah receives 100 inches of Snow in 7 Days!

Lovely little "snowy" clip for a wonderful weekend...

A few more Snowy News Stories...
"The Little Cooling": The big freeze
World Stops Fighting: Huddles to Keep Warm (We wish.)
In China, snowfall was so heavy that over 100,000 houses collapsed under the weight of snow. Jerusalem, Damascus, Amman, and northern Saudi Arabia report the heaviest falls in years and below-zero temperatures.
An extremely cold winter in Iran
Flash floods, avalanches, heavy snowfall, freezing rain, blowing snow, severe cold air and frost led to blocked roads and extensive damage to crops.
White nights in Japan
Night skiing in Niseko, Among the World's Best- (Après in volcanic pools)

"In the beginning of January 2008, the polar vortex moved southward and lay over the Aral Sea in northern central Asia. A deep meridional trough frequently formed over western Europe rather than over central Europe."

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Friday

S. Arabia's Snow- بركان Jabal al-Tair (Red Sea)

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Dr "H" (Alexandria) says that the effects of جبل الطير‎ stratovolcano of 2007 have aided in impacting colder temps for the region; bringing frost, snow, and the coldest temps in 3 decades... Aided by stratovolcano cloud drifting formations etc; we are seeing a shift in the region's climate...(More later)


جزيرة جبل الطير in calmer days...
Remembering: Red Sea volcano's 'catastrophic' eruption
It is cited that the sulfur dioxide (SO2) in this cloud, combined with water to form droplets of sulfuric acid, block some of the sunlight reaching the Earth and thereby cooling temperatures in some regions by as much as 0.5 °C. And along with "other factors" impact a shift in weather conditions.
Paleosols of middle Holocene Age... (Paleoclimatic significance)
Remember, we were once hot, without ice… And the nearly 20 serious glacial episodes, which disrupted the flows of warming currents between the Atlantic and Pacific; were templates for the merge of Human life…

Saudi Arabia Enjoys the Snow...
Northern regions of Saudi Arabia have been hit by the second cold spell this winter, the Al-Watan daily said, on Wednesday. Weather forecasters say the freeze is set to continue until Friday.


In mid-January, unusually cold weather smashed decades-old records in Saudi Arabia where temperatures reached a record low of -6 degree Centigrade (21.2 degree Fahrenheit)...
Temperatures in northern and northwestern parts of the country plunged to -5 degrees Centigrade (23 Fahrenheit) with bitterly cold winds raging at speeds of 60 km/ph (37 m/ph).
The Red Herring is man-made "global warming"...
Dr. sites what lies beneath on its way to surface, should be carefully monitored... Looks little to do with man's carbon here...
More to do with "the Rise of the Red Sea (bed)"...
I want to see the programs (instead of declarations) that will stop this.


NOTE:The April (1815) cataclysmic eruption of Tambora Volcano in Indonesia is sited to be the most powerful eruption in recorded history. Tambora's volcanic cloud lowered global temperatures by as much as 3 °C. Even a year after the eruption, most of the northern hemisphere experienced sharply cooler temperatures during the summer months. In part of Europe and in North America, 1816 was known as the year without a summer.

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Freedom at the River Sundari Kati

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Freedom at last!
A tigress jumps into the waters of river Sundari Kati, after her release from a cage at Sundarbans, about 150 km (93 miles) south of Kolkata, India (February 19, 2008)
Posted by Rangestorm from 'Rasht' -Gilan, Iran
The pregnant tigress which strayed from deep inside a village on the fringes of the Sunderbans forest was rescued by the forest workers on Sunday after being stoned and badly beaten by villagers, forest officials said on Tuesday...

Earlier...

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A friend, the Abbot (Pra Acharn Chan) in Thailand; would have been saddened to see the (above) clip... But the rescuers did manage to release the tigress to her natural habitat... ALIVE.

-View the Abbot's Sanctuary... (A rather formal clip)

tiger
Uploaded by brainstorm
-Wat Pa Luangta Bua Yannasampanno Forest Monastery

And yet another clip... Here
Posted by: unknown_002
Filmed at: Big Cat Rescue.org

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Thursday

Volunteerism Vs Patriotism (New Globalization)

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It almost appeared that at the stroke of a pen, something came to take Great Britain away… And although 'sense and sensibilities' of those who sought a better way, prevailed...
I post this video of Patriotism which sought to maintain fight.
It's the same patriotism that Beloved England taught America.
And in video (below) we see the growing pains of Patriots, like us...
For awhile, it seemed, the battle for principals amidst 'evolution of thought' had met their competition...
(Is America next, to retreat from Patriotism?)


Video Caption: European Parliament on 12.12.2007...
Speaking interventions by the following MEPs:
- Jens-Peter Bonde (Denmark), Co-chair, IND/DEM (12.12.2007)
- Martin Schulz (Germany), Chair, PES (12.12.2007)
- Graham Watson (UK), Chair, ALDE (12.12.2007)
- Daniel Cohn-Bendit (Germany), Co-Chair, Greens/EFA (12.12.2007)
- Daniel Hannan (UK), EPP-ED (30.01.2008 & 31.01.2008)
- Nigel Farage (UK), Co-chair, IND/DEM (30.01.2008 & 07.07.2007)


"Orchestrating a New Concert of Powers"
Video (below) French Foreign Minister, Bernard Kouchner explains the new Europe's goals, challenges, & opportunity, set forth into today’s World of globalization; as expressed at the World Forum Annual Meeting 2008:

(Kouchner's talk in -mid to later- part of clip)

What “was” Europe, and what it will strive to be, now...
As we progress further into the 21st century; Kouchner speaks of the EU as a model to be followed; a pattern to be set up, as a Unique example of Sovereignty and diversity of Volunteerism...
Excerpt from Kouchner portion of talk...
”Europe becomes an argument with changing yourself. It is certainly a challenge with Yourself…Your arrogance, your diversity, and sovereignty."

And then he explains...
"Our fathers invented Europe, against something." Against war at first, against Nationalism, against Communism, and now we have to turn our attention to a project, to look and to fight 'FOR' something." And this is globalization...
"May Europe be blessed, in any direction they choose."… M.B.

EU Member States:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, United Kingdom

Other states in Europe:
Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, Faroes, Andorra, Monaco, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Transdniestria (Transnistria), Belarus, Turkey, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania.

(At the time of post)

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Wednesday

Copernican Begins Modern Science (Revolution)

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Copernicus gave Astronomy a start-point Defining moment by demonstrating that the motions of celestial objects can be explained without putting the Earth at rest, in the center of the universe...
If it bordered on Psychology, I'd call it tolerance...

The astronomer Copernicus: Conversation with God.
February 19, 1473-1543 | (Wikified)
And while it is said that Greek, Indian and Muslim savants had published heliocentric hypotheses centuries before Copernicus; his publication of the first modern formulation of a heliocentric (Sun-centered) theory of the solar system; became a landmark in the history of modern science that is known as the Copernican Revolution.
On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres, is often regarded as the starting point of modern astronomy and the defining epiphany that began the Scientific Revolution.

Interesting links for:
The Total Éclipse of the Moon (Feb. 20-21)
Tomorrow (or here in France) on the 21st... (Will update soon... M.B.)
Shadow and Substance -- eclipse animations created by graphic artist Larry Koehn

Don't Miss The Last Total Lunar Eclipse For Three Years! -- Jack Horkheimer, Miami Museum of Science and Space Transit Planetarium

Eclipse visibility map -- sky watchers in the Americas, Europe, and parts of western Africa can observe the eclipse.

Total Eclipse of the Moon: Feb. 20, 2008 -- complete details from NASA's eclipse expert Fred Espenak


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Tuesday

Suddenly China Concerned with US (Satellite Debris)

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China demands the U.S. side "fulfill its international obligations and avoids causing damage to security in outer space and of other countries!" #
That's right, China claims that they are concerned with US satellite plans.
But after numerous Chinese gov. hack-ins & retrievals from US computers, they seem to have forgotten the “Chinese A-SAT Test Called “One of the Worst Ever” Debris Incidents” they negligently cast upon the community on Jan. 29, 2007!

View Video of massive ring of debris (caused by China's -A-SAT flex!)

Slow download (wmv) larger view! View Video
Video Caption:
The FENGYUN 1C (pre-attack) orbit is shown in red. The Xichang Space Center location is also noted. The pieces of debris catalogued by NORAD and released to the public via Space Track are shown in green. The animation shows the spread of the resulting debris cloud for the first few orbits. Initial analysis shows pieces in the debris cloud ranging from below 200 km in altitude up to almost 4,000 km, posing a threat to many operational satellites, due to the polar orbit of the debris cloud. "STK-generated VDF courtesy of CSSI
And the media obviously "over-looked" China's ring of harmful debris...
which threatened trillions in Int'l cooperative Space equiptment, Scientific research (and probably the network satellite they are on) or they wouldn't have drawn the conclusion that:"America is trying to control the sky, water, and land!"

View this Old 2007 Media clip: (James doth interpret U.S. incorrectly.)


NOTE: Dr. "H" (Alexandria) has told of future satellite incidents; in the shifting magnetic field... US space officials exercise sincere regret,hold accountability.

Again...the China's reaction:
"China demands the U.S. side "fulfill its international obligations and avoids causing damage to security in outer space and of other countries!" #

"Orbital Litterbugs"MSNBC Cosmiclog, 2007 Feb 2

“China’s Space-Weapon Test Could Endanger Astronauts and Satellites”ABC News Technology & Science, 2007 Feb 1

“Space Junk”ABC News Blogs. 2007 Feb 1

“Chinese A-SAT Test Called “One of the Worst Ever” Debris Incidents”Space News Business Report, 2007 Jan 29

"A View to a Satellite Kill"MSNBC Cosmiclog, 2007 Jan 25

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Monday

Rockets, Enrichments, Et Cetera...

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Old news, but worth another look...| Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov; spoke out on his travels back from an EU-Russia meeting (Ljubljana, Slovenia) last week:
"We don't approve of Iran's permanent demonstration of its intentions to develop its rocket sector and continue to enrich
elevated levels of ... uranium." Read more

Iran claims: Test-fired rocket to be used to launch research satellites.

Russia criticizes Iran's defiance
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had criticized Iran for its repeated declarations over its nuclear and rocket technology ambitions.

Recently Russia spoke out after Iran launched a rocket into space, saying it raised suspicion over the true aim of its nuclear programme... More


Russia: Iran's space rocket test could be proof of nuclear weapons programme
"Long-range missiles are one of the components of a [nuclear] weapons system," Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov told Interfax.
Therefore Monday's test launch of Iran's Explorer-1 space rocket was "of course, a cause for concern", he said.


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I remember Russia's sincere goal of reducing nuclear weaponry. And now, due to years of client failure to show transparency; Russia's reputation is on the line, & Iran's defiance might very well result in a Gulf arms race.... Iran, & their armies, will be the only who refuse to be transparent.

This was not at all Russia's intention...

Mr Lavrov said Iran should refrain from raising international tensions.... #
"While they haven't been resolved,"It would be better to refrain from actions that raise tensions and "create the impression Iran is ignoring the international community" Goodness not that impression...


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U.S. Africa Policy -Receives Gratitude

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Long Live a Healthy & Prosperous Tanzania...
Bless these people in their continuing fight to over-come AIDS. And as they continue to strengthen their Democracy; guide them to overcome a plight of Poverty...

Tanzanian People give America a warm welcome...
Amidst Internatonal Media who deem it 'unpopular'.


Image: Chris Greenberg- Tanzanians Give Touching Welcome

Where Bush has a high favorability rating
Mistakes are made, but the plight of this country from the archives of 1993; show a Clinton (US troop pull-out of Somalia) leaving this country spiraling downward, in a vacuum. One of which STILL plagues today... Read

Gatewaypundit has more:
African Nations Honor "Democracy President" George W. Bush

And, the video (below) claims that Africa is one of the only regions where Bush can claim success; which is not true... But wouldn't it seem more appropriate to mention success & strengths of African people; including their brave fight to overcome AIDS? (Oh, I guess they might have.)


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Sunday

Nature Redistributes Sea-ice (Arctic)

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"It's nice to know that the ice is recovering!" Josefino Comiso, a senior research scientist with the Cryospheric Sciences Branch of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland, told CBC News on Thursday... Read more

View Gatewaypundit's Image
Canadian Scientists are also noticing growing ice coverage in most areas of the Arctic, including the southern Davis Strait and the Beaufort Sea...
Report revealed that Arctic sea ice is: back to its previous level!

NOTE: Try to deprogram and view this film without mourning for Nature!
Visualize this new ice replacement; with its 50% additional ‘heavy cover’!

See the beauty and passion reflected in this video...

The Climate issue remains an earth sustainability one... As we've more accurate studies, and concern with solar-cycles; we're more likely able to address issues that Pseudo-Science cannot begin to resolve...

Free-flowing Scientific Discoveries will Build a Sustainable World.
Today, Nature upstaged the calculationists. And Scientists amidst ridicule; will continue the quests for accurate solution...

Gatewaypundit reports:
"This isn't he only sign of rising sea ice & extra-cold temperatures. The U.S. National Climatic Date Center reported the other day that temperatures in the United States set cold records in January.
So stop sniveling and be calm! You're scaring the Penguins!

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"The average temperature in January 2008 was 30.5 F. This is -0.3 F cooler than the 1901-2000 (20th century) average, the 49th coolest January in 114 years. read more.
University of Illinois report showed Arctic sea ice back to previous level.


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Total Éclipse of the Moon (Feb. 20-21)

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With moonlight on the horizon, and a starry sky... Northern Milky Way provides the background for a dramatic view of the World at Night.
-NASA Official: Phillip Newman #

Click-Image- Larger View!
Credit & Copyright: Stefan Seip (TWAN)

The imposing structure in the foreground houses the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), on Mount Graham, Arizona (USA!)
"The benefits of the large scale binocular configuration adopted include an increase in sensitivity over a single mirror telescope and high resolution imaging for faint objects over a relatively wide field of view." -An international collaboration operates the LBT Observatory.
Wednesday's Total Lunar Eclipse! Chart: Visibility of Eclipse

Lovely Video from Daniel! -Musique: Terri Moise
Pièce musicale: Je serai là
Wishing you a Wonderful weekend... M.B.

Trace the Path of the Moon through Earth's umbral and penumbral shadows; during the Total Lunar Eclipse More
During a total lunar eclipse, the Moon's disk can take on a dramatically colorful appearance from bright orange to blood red to dark brown and (rarely) very dark gray...

An eclipse of the Moon can only take place at Full Moon, and only if the Moon passes through some portion of Earth's shadow. The shadow is actually composed of two cone-shaped parts, one nested inside the other. Read more
The outer shadow or penumbra is a zone where Earth blocks some (but not all) of the Sun's rays. In contrast, the inner shadow or umbra is a region where Earth blocks all direct sunlight from reaching the Moon.

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Thursday

Rosette Nebula (aka NGC 2237)

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Pictured here, from the Astronomy picture of the day...

The lovely Rosette Nebula (aka NGC 2237) below, is my favorite of the cosmic clouds which evoke the imagery of flowers...And it says here that the petals of this rose, are actually a stellar nursery...

Click-Image... View the entire Long-stemmed rose!

Credit & Copyright: Adam Block (Caelum Observatory) and Tim Puckett

The stars in the energetic cluster, cataloged as NGC 2244, are only a few million years old, while the central cavity in the Rosette Nebula is about 50 light-years in diameter.

Very quick post, as I'm still away (Moujan, Fr.) .. and wishing you a very lovely Day... Keep positive thoughts ... M.B.



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40 Positive 'New Facts' about Today's Iraq

-Posted by D. Worth (US) | For- m. barbay (France)
I will look forward to the day when Iraqis are no longer plagued by those who align politics with an 'Iraqi failure'... Media and US Congress shift perception of Iraq accomplishments; hoping to minimize consequent support... Pelosi's: "Iraq is a Failure" Speech.
(Iraq's stability will improve the region; they want Iraq INSTABILITY for 08 Democrat win??)

Instapundit points to this: Major Breakthrough In Iraq

And while I read this, I found the latest Iraqi's security accomplishments since Dec. 24th...(Click Map to view Detail) These are major accomplishments!

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And view 38 positive Facts, never mentioned by Media...
(and certainly not US Congress during election time!)

SOURCE: READ IRAQ'S: "DID YOU KNOW"...
Did you know that 47 countries have reestablished their embassies in Iraq?
Did you know that the Iraqi government currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people?
Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated,
364 schools are under rehabilitation,
263 new schools are now under construction
and 38 new schools have been completed in Iraq?
Did you know that Iraq 's higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities,
46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers, all currently operating?

Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in January 2005
for the re-established Fulbright program?
Did you know that 4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary school by mid October?
Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational? They have 5 -100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval infantry regiment.

Did you know that Iraq 's Air Force consists of three operational squadrons,
which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft
(under Iraqi operational control) which operate day and night, and will soon add
16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers?
Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion?
Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police officers?

Did you know that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers every 8 weeks?
Did you know there are more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq ?
They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad stat ions,
22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities and 69 electrical facilities.

Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5
have received the first 2 series of polio vaccinations?
Did you know that Iraq has an independent media that consists of 75 radio stations,
180 newspapers and 10 television stations?

Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in June of 2004?

Did you know that 2 candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a televised debate recently?


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Wednesday

Extremist Jihadi: Quest is not the West

-Posted by D. Worth (US) | For- m. barbay (France)
We are seeing al-Qaeda's recruitment of 'unrelated' World grievances to amass strength; impact independent Nations, elections, & Sovereign Rule...
But al-Qaeda's goal looks more to me like Mid-East "REGIONAL QUESTS" of which Suicide Militant Jihadists topple Islamic States; and over-power Kingdom Rule...
Found this Video which confirms this assertion!
(As al-Qaeda hopes to gain supremacy via Regional cooperative)
Radical Militants use West as "tool" to gain control over East.
Dr. "H" addresses the popular thought which suggests that "fighting against" these Militant Jihadis, is causing mass recruitment; when in fact, mass recruitments are found in countries of which extremists are failing to be marginalized."
Mauritania killings may be new Qaeda chapter
Dr. "H" says that regions below (with strike-through) suffer enormous challences; but NOTHING like a merging increase of al-Qaeda's assassination attempts; geared to 'quicken':
Their 'Political dismantle' of the following countries:


Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Chechnya, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Kurdistan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Yemen, e. China (East Turkestan), Tibet, inc. certain areas in central Russia.

Some doth protest inaccurately... Extremist Jihadis 'Quest is not the West... As blame upon the West, serves to masque the threat; one must examine the serious consequence of the absence of Western fighters, with an Obama Presidential win... Consider a VOTE for McCain... who does not deny the al-Qaeda threat.
Dr. "H" (Alexandria) believes that the foreign cooperative to monitor the links to Militant Suicide Networks; must not be discontinued by US Democrat Congress... Attacks, he says, are a progressive form of Islamic Anarchism as was Luxor attack (Egypt) which arranged a coup d’état (1996).
Int'l Collation of Western terror fighters are essential to M. East.

Regions in the news...
E. Timor President Stable after Assassination Attempt
Afghan Governor Survives Bombing Attack
Pakistani ambassador Azizuddin goes missing

Other News Stories
Candidate and 11 killed in Pakistan suicide blast
Monday, 11 February 2008 11:07 A suicide bomber has killed at least ten people, including an election candidate, and wounded 13 others in Pakistan's North Waziristan region. The attacker drove...

The attack follows a suicide bombing that killed 25 people on Saturday at an election rally in the northwestern town of Charsadda.
Election campaigning rallies become sparse.

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Tuesday

Eas Columbus Space Lab | Now Part of ISS

-Posted by D. Worth (US) | For- m. barbay (France)

Atlantis Astronaut Stanley Love on his first space walk..."It's Awesome!"

Mission managers made a last-minute astronaut switch that put Love in a slot originally reserved for German astronaut Hans Schlegel; due to an undisclosed medical issue...
And with the exception of stubborn power cables, which waylaid the spacewalkers for an hour... The spacewalk appeared to go smoothly.

(Atlantis Astronaut Stanley Love with helmet camera)

Schlegel assisted Atlantis pilot Alan Poindexter to choreograph Monday's spacewalk from inside the shuttle and is expected to take part in the mission's second spacewalk on Wednesday.
"Houston, Munich...
The European Columbus laboratory module is now a part of the ISS,"

said French astronaut Leopold Eyharts from the space station as the new lab arrived at 4:44 p.m. EST (2144 GMT).
Columbus LAB: Larger-view
More at NASA TV- Here

Interesting video gets one up to speed about the functionality of EAS Columbus Laboratory...(pre-delivery) 07- to the ISS...
ISS has three other labs owned by US, Japan, and Russia...

So much to look forward to -inc. List of Seventy One (71)
'Current' International Missions: View here

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Saudi Man Survives Impact (Drifting Car)

Posted by D. Worth (US) For: m. barbay (France)

Wow! I can't believe this Man escaped injury!
The recent video (below) from Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia; shows a man crossing the road in the path of a drifting car... You can see him sailing through the air; and landing relatively unscathed...
I'm sure he'll have a tad-bit of road rash (as we say in California)
Or (rouge derrière) in France. :D

Video small: To avoid the not-related...



I might mention... If you look (at end of clip) you can see dozens running to see if he's ok! In fact, the driver is said to have ended up taking him to hospital for a quick check up!

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Iraq: Bracing for 'More US Congress' (08)

-Posted by D. Worth (US) | For- m. barbay (France)

I'm remembering the Iraqi Army & Civilian Car Bomber Strike, right after the Congress, "Iraq is Lost" '2007 US pull-out bill'... Progress was "often eclipsed by sensational attacks" with hope to overshadow achievements.
Progress meets that same threat of 'overshadow', on Sunday...

On 8.26.07, Hoshyar Zebari Criticized new Congresses’ Politicking.
And made this plea:
"Attempts by US Democrats to hasten the withdrawal of US
troops from Iraq are "damaging to security" in the country." #

Terrorists Worked to Pass that 'US pull-out bill'...

Sunday, House Speaker Pelosi gave her 'Iraq is a failure' speech' by claiming that President Bush’s troop surge had “not produced the desired effect". Her call for “the redeployment of our troops out of Iraq", was followed by a large suicide attack in Balad...
Iraqi Army & Civilian Car Bomber Strike hits again...

Pelosi’s comment came after anchor Wolf Blitzer asked:
“Are you not worried, though, that all the gains that
have been achieved over the past year might be lost?”

What? We're Democrats, they said...

The Return to Fallujah; this time to rebuild...
Madame Pelosi... The same Speaker of the House, who paid a surprise visit to hail Damascus as "the road to Peace"; while insurgents were sneaking into Iraq from Syria.

Gates next stop, was a planned meeting (in Iraq) to praise the Country on their efforts toward Peace... US hails Iraq peace progress

Other stories today...
Sadam's Poison-Cake (thallium) Returns

Dr. "H" (Alexandria) warns of Iranian regime's (Iraq remote-controlled weaponry upgrade)

Al Qaeda Leader's Diary Reveals Organization's Decline
UPDATE: The following Video Statement, by US military spokesman Rear Admiral Gregory Smith; pertains to documents and investigations of al-Qaeda groups...

Please Awakening, continue to quell Shia extremist, & Qaeda violence.
A NEGLECTED FACT: The UN mandate will allow NEITHER Obama, McCain, Hillary, or Huckabee; ability to over-ride the conditions on the ground with a 60 day withdraw... Candidates will not tell you this... The most responsible thing to do (at this juncture) would be to cooperate with the Generals, toward completion of a SAFE security handover...

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Sunday

Election 2008: Super Sat. Update


OBAMA WINS NEBRASKA; WASHINGTON; LOUISIANA...
Obama on a Roll: Wins in Washington, Nebraska and Louisiana
Clinton shut out on "Super Saturday"; Huckabee wins Kansas by 36 points.

WATCH: Huckabee Wins Kansas
No place like home as Ark. Gov. Takes Kansas Over McCain


Ted Weems 1930
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Ted Weems Orchestra 1930; with Norma Schutt's chorus line (Atlantic City)

If you haven't voted yet, you might want to view this site.
Or swing over to friends here...
Or information (as pertains to Clintons) at this site: here


Meanwhile, hello from France... (I'm in beautiful Moujan today!)

Posted by D. Worth (US) For: m. barbay (France)

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Saturday

Mauritania's Tolerant Democracy

Fears of Rising Religious Extremism in Tolerant Democracy for former French colony, Mauritania, which straddles African and black Africa on the Sahara’s western fringe…
Mauritanians don't want Extremism in their lives!
"It has gone from one extreme to another in a very short time. Democracy has its limits. It cannot permit anything and everything; especially when the facts are known."
-Former President Ould Taya (Mauritania)
"Here in the desert we are free...
But in the city we are not free."


From: Integrated Regional Information Networks
United Nations

Article excerpt from the 2/3/08 #
For the country's first democratic government, the possible rise of extremism may mean choosing between curtailing some of the freedoms the new leaders have ushered in, thereby cracking down on extremism and protecting moderates, or risking a growth in Islamic extremism...
Protecting Freedoms, Democratic populations...and Extremists.
President Abdallahi is under pressure from some within his own government and members of the former regime to curtail freedoms... But refuses to apply measures known to flush out terror... And so, it continues to rise...
In Mauritania we know that Democratic Religious Tolerance has greatly contributed to HEALING tensions, for a record number of years... But as Canadian Neil Young says, "music cannot change the world."
This could not be further from the truth...

For nearly 30 years in the west; healing rhythms were instrument toward the expression and diffusion of outward violence...

And whether or not they realize it (or will admit it)...
Healing has just started... for these "Boys in the Hood."

Groupe de Rap en Mauritanie " Oulad Bladi"

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Fascist Demagogy- The End of Bourgeois

Kindly remember this rule of which there is no return, there is no reverse:
The more the Govt gives; the more "poor" people you create;
And the more they vote for the money givers...


* Bourgeois: Of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class.
Where are the economist blueprints to substantiate the liberal's "feel-good promises" during a weak economy?
Additional Read: Johanna Goldberg: Prometheus perspective

Should America go from frying pan to the fire? Or will it take both 'Democrat Congress and revised Republican President' to secure and balance American's economical future, in difficult-times? Voters with future vision, should weigh.
-Read predictable outcome (bottom of post)

This is the definition that I'm told that JFK warned us about:
"Fascism CREATES CONFUSION through "facts". It relies on junk science, revisionism, the elimination of cultural records/treasures and obfuscations to create its case and gain acceptance. Fascism can also combine Marxist critiques of capitalism or faith based critics of the same to re-define middle class perceptions of democracy and to force its issues, confuse logic and create majority consensus between targeted groups."(C.Company)

Whoa!... Hillary Promises to Take Your Wages If You Do Not Buy Her Health Plan (Video)
...(Also referred to as creating a state of Cognitive Dissonance, the mental state human beings are most easily manipulated.) Yes, America needs a change...
But, Do We Really Want to Recreate this Predictable Outcome:
When the rich depart in order to save loss of wealth; it eventually leaves those who have little, dipping in their pockets; to keep from loosing the promises of "free."

And while this can be sustainable with the sacrifice of American competitiveness; the Government eventually reaches a point where "give-away" cannot be taken away without a revolution.

We need both parties to balance one another to keep America strong... Vote carefully!
-Posted by D. Worth (US) | For- M. Barbay (France)

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