Wednesday

NASA 50th...Dawn of New Insights (Dr. H)

As we reach NASA's 50th Anniversary of Explorer 1...
We've come a long way since its launch ( 1. 31. 1958)
-View Explorer 1 Video stream: Nasa.gov
-View Video: NASA's Earth Science Program: 21 Missions Worth
-NASA: Press Inquiry

Today, NASA continues to represent the largest UNITY cooperative in the World of Science exploration... The importance of the last 50 years can be judged by the recent (Sep 27, 2007) explorer launch of what will prove to be the most significant Int'l Cooperative Mission; in Space-Exploration History:
-NASA's Int'l DAWN Mission: RE-CAP
dawn-launch.pdf | Nasa.gov/Dawn | More Dawn

View 07 Video -PRE-DAWN LAUNCH (Mission now in its 4th month!)
The video (again) details the Mission's objectives; and exploration of Vesta Asteroid's (Iron-core similarities & properties to Earth.)

My meeting with Dr. H (here in Paris) yesterday, produced unbelievable astounding new insights...He explains, "Brought-on as a result of earth's attempt to balance its crustal mass, we have reached an irreversible 'earth-shift' (balancing) of essential oil/gas reserves." As effect land-mass to water-tables.

Dr. "H" (Alexandria) believes a 2009 ' DAWN Mission' will provide the needed scientific clarity... Simply put: "as quickly as new gas & oil discoveries emerge... Quickly the old will cease to produce... (We will gain equal clarity re: earth water-tables)

-He explains, "The evolution of fuel alternatives will be rapid one."
NASA's Int'l Scientists are nearing several (alt. energy) break-throughs!
CAPTION: NASA contractors Alliant Techsystems and XCOR Aerospace are well on their way to developing a rocket engine powered by liquid methane. (as 1-year ago)

Up until today, we have understood that
:
It is the mass of the Earth in the proportions given by nature in relation to all the solar system’s gravitational fields, which determine the balance and stability of the axis tilt and the North-South Pole alignment…

And as the surface mass of the Earth is ‘rapidly decreasing’; we are seeing Earth’s attempt to balance, as it creates a totally different land mass-to-water relationship… Not to our un-doing.
-More later (Filed under New Technologies)
Leaving from France on Friday or Saturday A.M... Back to USA!
Note: Published for Barbay (by D. Worth)

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Faith, Prayer, and a Marine's 'Operation Amina'

Another great story... And one involving the generosity of a Marine, a new Nation of Iraq, and new hope for a small child...
As they help to give Iraq a new future.
The Iraqi government backed the Marines effort with their unconditional support... "We couldn't have done this without the full support of the Iraqi government from the local to the national level," said Jarrard.

Heart to heart for Iraqi girl - Post Media Reply
Jan. 28: A little girl from Iraq is in Nashville tonight with a gift that is truly from the heart. NBC's Martin Savidge has a different kind of success story.

HT: e4bannanThe future for the Haditha City Hospital looks promising. Soon a year-long 7.5 million dollar upgrade to an Iraqi hospital (starting in March) will provide Iraq’s exceptional doctors with the facilities and equipment."
-Marine Corps News | LCpl. Shawn Coolman

I found Major Kevin Jarrard's website! And: Operation Amina
It says that this was an independent and personal project by the Soldiers...(not U. S. M. C.)
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-Posted by D. Worth, for m. barbay... Who says:
"Wishing all a wonderful day. (Still away) Visiting friends (r. bank) today...
Good thoughts and prayers." -M.B.
Fontaine de Stravinski Paris, Fr.


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Friday

Branson Unveils Future Sub-orbital Flights

"This could rival the scale of investment in the mobile phone and internet technologies after they were unlocked from their military origins and thrown open to the private sector." - Sir Richard Branson

Virgin SpaceShipTwo (inspired) is about 60% complete...
More at: www.iinnovatecast.com
Read Rob Coppinger's: Touching the void

If you want to book a seats that will be $200,000 please...
Virgin Galactic says more than 200 individuals have booked, and another 85,000 have registered an interest to fly. Tens of millions of dollars in deposits have already been taken. (of course, who could resist this flight!)

View unveiling, and Branson's Comments: VIDEO
Not sure how I missed this great animation (below)

ps: I will try to publish from France (if possible) Leaving at 6:AM flight
(from California)... And returning on Thurs. the 31st...
I'll bet this flight would ruin you for regular International flights... Haha

"Scarce­ly a day goes by when someone doesn’t ask me, jovially, when the Lunar Hilton is going to be opened. They’re joking, of course. But I don’t see it as a joke at all."
-William Barron Hilton (speaking of his company’s plans) Story

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Wednesday

1 . 23 .1832 - Artist Edouard Manet Day

Quick post as I'm back in the studio... And then, off to France this weekend!
Until then, enjoy your day... Will post when I can...

Moss Roses in a Vase, Edouard Manet, 1882. Oil on canvas.
© Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass., 1955.552.


Tribute to Nineteenth Century painter Edouard Manet... who bridged the gap between Realism and Impressionism... And of whose watershed paintings marked the genesis of modern art... Video Tribute
-Edouard Manet born this day : (January 23, 1832 - April 30, 1883)


An interesting Charlie Rose (Art) Interview (55 min. )


A lovely (most-oft viewed) "Portraits de femmes"... VIEW HERE
Re: impressionists Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, Paul Cézanne, and Camille Pissarro...etc.

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Tuesday

Farewell Fellow Actor...

Transcends to the bliss... Far, far, too soon.
Gone to a place far beyond the sky...


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Panic- Driving the Down Trends

Black Monday across Europe, on MLK Day in the states...
Experts Warn of Stock Market Hysteria
Markets crashed all across Europe Monday, with Germany's DAX losing 7 percent of its value. But analysts advise against panic -- in fact, they say, now might be a good time to pick up some cheap stocks.
Matthias Jörss, head of equity strategy at Sal. Oppenheim said, "At the beginning of the year, the market hid all the risks," says Jörss. "It was clear that things were first going to get worse before they got better." Read more.
Other reactions...
Steve Lansdown, co-founder and chairman (Hargreaves Lansdown) and chairman of Bristol City FC, Advises
"The best thing is always take the long-term view. Those doing that in the past know shares always finish ahead." We’ve been through this several times in the last 26 years.

When markets have performed badly in the past, the worst thing you can do is panic." And alhough no evidence of clients panic-selling; he warns of loss of tax advantages by cashing in...
HT Instapundit:
THE ECONOMY'S SLOWING DOWN, but the news isn't all bad: "Venture capital investments in U.S. startups climbed to a six-year high of $29.4 billion in 2007, raising hope that ample money will still be available to back promising new ideas even if the staggering economy falls into a recession."

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Coalition Resumes AQI 'Safe Haven' Targets

A brutal time to be had for al-Qaeda (and assoc.) that nestle amongst munitions cache, and IED stashes...
A Sunday press release from Multi-National Corps -Iraq; Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory (Baghdad) has announced a resume in aerial bombardment of an al-Qaeda sanctuary in Arab Jabour, over the weekend...
-Click-Image- View Video (Tribute)
"The raid follows the Jan. 10 and Jan. 16 air strikes in the same region which hit a combined total of 64 targets...

The precision air strikes targeted suspected AQI safe havens as part of Operation Marne Thunderbolt, which is part of the country-wide Operation Phantom Phoenix." Read more

Iraq.centcom.mil
Interesting videos:
(L) Rockets launched from heli's guided by a laser on hideout in Iraq.
(M) New Iraqi offensive 3:07 CNN's Ralitsa Vasseliva speaks with Army Brig. Gen. Jim Huggins about a new offensive targeting militant hide-outs.
(R) Iraqis celebrate the purge of the Militant thugs and rebel groups...



However, those wanting to be a part of a Free Iraq:
The Iraqi Multi-National Forces provide multiple opportunities for more than 24,000 detainees in its care (and custody) while detained in Theater Internment Facilities (TIF). Read.
The evaluation provides a better understanding of the individuals in detention and their potential for inclusion in detainee reintegration programs...Iraqi Detainees The offering of Educational, Vocational and Religious Programs, are designed not only to address deficiencies in these areas; but to work to disengage detainees from violence. #
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USO Tour: Johansson Boosts Morale in Kuwait

HT: Ace


Photo by: Cpl. Scott M. Biscuiti
Caption: Scarlett Johansson poses for a photo with Marines of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit Jan. 20 in the United Service Organizations building at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.


Cpl. Scott M. Biscuiti, from USMC.mil, quotes Johansson:
“Everybody out here is risking everything, giving us one of the biggest gifts they can. I want to be out here to support them.”
Johansson’s friendly demeanor and sincere interest in her fans quickly won them over. And this...
"It’s nice to give them a smile in the middle of the day,” she said about her military fans. “If they are missing home, feeling down or worried, hopefully being here will get their minds off of things.”
In a parting message to the military members, the actress said, “Stay safe. Everybody is thinking of you and waiting for you at home.”
Other's reflect on Scarlett Johansson's Visit:
Dvidshub posts (silent) video
And our Industry Conservative site Libertas posts:
"Gives me a completely different attitude, walking into the theatre."

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Keep it going USO... They deserve our support.

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Monday

Velvet Apocalypse: Hayutman's Peace for (M. East)

Let us not forget, we are hologram 'spirits' sharing a physical experience.

-Re: Fight over 35-acre plateau in heart of Jerusalem...
Revisiting a former article by Joshua Davis...Reveals "How a hologram, a blimp, and a massively multiplayer game' could bring peace to the Holy Land." Read: Apocalypse Now! -View Video: FogScreen tech (below)
"It may sound crazy, but every other effort at peace has failed, and partisans on all sides are surprisingly open to Hayutman’s proposals. People in the Middle East are used to radicals who carry guns and explosives. Hayutman is a radical who envisions a peaceful, technological advent to the end of the world." Read more
ABOUT: It’s as simple as it is stunning. Using nothing more than tap water and ultrasonic waves, FogScreen projection screen machines employ a patented technology to create a smooth foggy airflow that captures images just like a screen. You can walk right through a FogScreen projection screen without getting wet.
-The microscopic fog droplets actually feel dry to the touch, just like air.

Did I Solve this Mystery UFO sighting (over Israel) which baffled Scientists?! Thank you, Barbay... Haha!

A Nov (2007) video (Giant UFO over Israel)

More about FogScreen Technology:
"Les fonctions interactives de FogScreen permettent d'écrire et de dessiner à la main dans l'air, votre doigt servant de pointeur. Cela est possible car FogScreen peut utiliser un laser pour suivre les mouvements de la main, et le doigt de l'utilisateur devient alors la souris. Un écran de projection passif devient ainsi un immense écran tactile interactif, dont les utilisations potentielles sont alors très étendues."

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Sunday

Media Took Care of 'that' GOP Candidate!

UPDATE: Click image below- Thompson's S.C. Speech...
Earlier:
My candidate was made invisible until the upstate vote started to trickle in...Soon Obama was...Out ... And Thompson was down ...Again!

And as for the later, my candidate ran a strong campaign, when he wasn't "Running against the Democrat Entire Media!"
A Media who refused to air his positions, & even "voluntarily" closed his campaign!
They might continue to Gaggle him; but Fred is still in the Line-up!

If I had not been a Republican, my vote would have gone to Obama... The way he issued restraint, in the last week, from the Clinton catfights, claws, and mockery… We hear the same statements given today, as we've heard in the Clinton-couple's last 8 year running... Again the Clintons spent:
"An entire week's worth of false, divisive attacks designed to mislead caucus-goers and discredit the caucus itself."
-David Plouffe
Obama obviously gave hope to many... But was Obama's success 'ramped up' by the Media in order to shift away from the other candidates, for a last minute Clinton sweep?
Rick Moran Show (after primary) here


In fact, the Clintons have dissolved & undercut 'pending' U.S. business deals: Like they did with India's Pending Nuclear Program

"They're the Two Americas." ... More on this later...

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Shame on America (If Billary Returns)

Still preparing for my trip (France) until the 31st... Visiting my Mother, and considering a whole new set of options... Just received this Image:
(Author unknown; but, nothing humorous about their "3rd-term" effort.)
BILLARY is going to need all the "tax-paying work-horses" they can create; when Corporate America is driven out via impossible tax; and "thin-air Programs" for "endless flow" of those here illegally."
"If they don't win - you cheated."

So you want to work for the Clintons? A quick refresher course.

"American citizens of all partisan have been gaggled, silenced, and pushed out of the courts, while the Clintons squash corruption inquiries in all three branches of Government...

Here's the jest of their resume' from Fellow Democrats, Today.
-And a Video (below) from Democrat 'Industry friends'...Yesterday.
And no problem that this is the film the MEDIA refuses to touch...
BUT WE THE PEOPLE of America, are entitled to (yet denied) fair access to HRC's public Whitehouse records... Now sealed until well after her run, for the highest office in the US!

Read Democrat Rockefeller's evaluation of the nature of Clinton's Health-care direction...
-HRH Healthcare Evaluation- By Rockefeller
Until then...Rendez-vous après le 31 janvier! -MB xo
Links:
Read this Rich Moran post! Whatever it takes
"They raise money from whatever source, regardless of the reputation and intent of the giver, with a strong arm tactic available to harass, threaten, and annoy their opponents." read more....And Blaaaaa!

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Saturday

A Celestial Impact: Crater & Climate (Siberia)

"We have no positive proof this is an impact crater, but we were able to exclude some other hypotheses, and this led us to our conclusion." #
-Professor Giuseppe Longo (Researcher)
- Mystery Space Blast 'Solved': Read more.


Tunguska 1908 Siberia Blast:Archive footage
Source
The object that hurtled through the atmosphere on the morning of 30 June, 1908, is thought to have detonated some 5-10km above the ground with an energy equivalent to about 20 million tonnes of TNT. An explosion so bright it lit up the sky in London, UK.
Luca Gasparini, Giuseppe Longo and colleagues from Bologna argue that the lake feature, about 8km north-north-west of the airburst epicenter, may have been gouged out by remnant material that made it to the ground. Read more.
View Interesting History (prior to the Scientific claim)
-Prior to evolving Science, explosion was thought to be U.F.O.
- Now, Mystery 'Space Blast' Solved: Read story.

It was twenty years before the world's scientists were able to enter the Russian Siberia location of Tungusta, to examine the blast of 1908... And today, as intriguing as it is, the impact thought to be made by celestial events upon our earth; will be best understood, away from the earth... Soon, the play of celestial events (and their impact upon earth's climate) will reveal...

...Perhaps two important changes in our understanding of mysterious regions of variant gravitational vortex. And might soon be:
1. Moon exploration & its drilling, to define our presence & fragility in cosmos.
2. Vortex and Grid travel will stretch our limitations and provide universal solution.


Today in the news...
Brace For The Big Chill
"Bloomberg reports that worst hit will be the Siberian region of Evenkiya, while neighbor Georgia, whose climate is subtropical, already plunged to as low as minus 35 degrees Celsius. Lake Paliastomi in the western Georgia froze for the first time in 50 years, reports Rustavi-2 television." View more

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Friday

Tribute to M.L. King's Dream...

There could not have been a way to construct a miracle such as Martin Luther King Jr... Many have tried to do so; but Martin Luther King was purely from the heart...And just as with all miracles, they have to happen on their own...

But the spirit of his message lives on across the continents...
We're a world, of whose open heart could transcend all differences...
-And if not for only one reason... Because all men are created equal.
VIDEO Song Tribute: (Click on the butterfly below) Or in New Window

VIDEO -Excerpt of Speech: (below) 5 min

Martin Luther King's 1963 Full speech at the Lincoln Memorial
-In Washington DC. (17 min- 22 second) -Very inspirational-


This full speech was completely new for me... Perhaps (for you) it will almost seem as if he has returned... If not for 17 minutes...
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Note: At the White House Rose Garden on November 2, 1983, Reagan signed a bill creating a federal holiday to honor King. It was observed for the first time on January 20, 1986. In May 1990, the holiday was expanded further when President George H. W. Bush signed an extension making the week long celebration into a month-long.

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Thursday

Afghanistan: Let Not Freedom Slip-away (21st Century)


Source: Afghanistan Compilation from MEDCAPS & support operations for the Afghani families & children; during 3/3 India Co. Marines' 2004-05 combat deployment."

More than a fight for survival of the hope & dignity of populations living in dire poverty & oppression... It may very well determine the safety of the 21st Century throughout Europe... And not a time to quit this fight!


Pictured (above) Taliban Die-hards; at post Russian withdrawal
-View Latest slide-show of Taliban Leaders

From the district of Swat in Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province; to extremist Taliban Camps in Afghanistan... Assassinations, suicide bombings, and merging militancy are finding their way into the 21st Century... As today's Taliban Commandos assert power from drug funds and militant Jihadis recruitments...

Few commitments to fight! VIDEO: 1 .15 . 08 Pentagon
Additional US Marine Deployment of over 3,000 to be sent...


Dwindling Participation... But this fight is a World one...
Sacrifices are great; but nothing compared to the consequence of failure to take down holding facilities of top Taliban & al Qaeda commanders...


Clarifying Expectations in Afghanistan
"Australia’s new Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon will deliver a blunt message to NATO countries meeting in Scotland on Friday, telling them that there will be no more Australian troops sent to Afghanistan until European countries increase their commitment."

HT: Instaundit
Taliban overrun military fort in South Waziristan
"The Taliban overran a military fort in Sararogha in South Waziristan; the Taliban claimed to have killed 16 paramilitary troops and captured 24. The Mehsuds have cut off electricity to the Waziri controlled tribal region in Wana, South Waziristan. Police arrested three teenaged suicide bombers in Hyderabad. The military said it has achieved its objective in Swat."
More Afghanistan Stories:
HT: the captains Journal...
On the: Deal With Mullah Abdul Salaam
"It will take U.S. commitment, not artificial props to be successful. No ostensible harm to the COIN campaign in Afghanistan has been done, but a great deal can be learned from this silly and unfortunate episode."

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Wednesday

US - In Healthy, Real Economic Growth

In a 1/14/2008 interview with RTT News; Robert Stine, senior economist of First Trust Advisors; explains why he is optimistic about the U.S. economy; why pessimism about the economy is unwarranted...
-and why another rate cut would be a “mistake.”
-Listen to AUDIO

U.S. Economy Doesn't Need Lower Rates, Needs Lower Inflation

"Focus on Long-Term Growth"- Robert Stine, senior economist
”Tax rates are still low, monitory policy is not tight, consumer net worth is at a record high, at about 60 trillion dollars despite the woes of the housing market... Consumer cash flow is growing even faster than inflation because wages and salaries are growing even at a very rapid rate."
And Stine explains:
"This is the opposite of what happened in the business expansion. Back in 2002-2005 we had a gangbuster period for profit; profits were going 'hand over fist.'

Worker’s wages were growing (but only slightly.) Now we are seeing the opposite where profit margins are still high, but the growth rate of profits themselves have leveled off… (Basically, roughly 0 to 5%)
"Meanwhile wages and salaries are growing rapidly; and what that means is that consumer purchasing power will remain strong, even though home prices are going down…and down...
-AUDIO
Link:
http://www.rttnews.com/media/audio_download.asp?file=../audio/2008\January\14\INTV-STINE-BadMood-01.14.08.mp3

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Tuesday

Bioluminescent Shape-shifters of the Deep

Interesting little diversion from political shape-shifters above the sea...
We find these 'Neon Sea Creatures' which mysteriously light up the blackest depths of the ocean...
Scientists observe evolution discover new species...
The leads of videos to follow; are incredible... Have a great day.

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Monday

Bush/Saudi Visit: Sarko Receives Medal


Such is a motorcade...

US President Bush soon to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah
to reaffirm ties and exchange progress from their joint statements...

The highest demonstration of faith was witnessed by this King, today... Saudi King Abdullah remains the greatest leader in the Muslim World, today.

Caption Saudi King Abdullah, right, examines the King Abdul Aziz Order of Merit on President Bush, left, with after bestowing it upon him following their dinner at Riyadh Palace, Monday, Jan. 14, 2008, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

What? Sarko is already there!... And receives a Medal!

Foto: Philippe Wojazer; Sarkozy wearing King Abdelaziz medal
View: Slide-show
Caption: Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abd Al Aziz Al Saud, foreground, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy pose after the King awarded Sarkozy with the King Abdelaziz medal at the King's residence in Riyadh, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008. Sarkozy arrived Sunday in Riyadh for a two-day official visit...

Excellent that Bush and Sarko's visits will over-lap...
The King looks Happy... Will post more below...(as unfolds)

While waiting for Bush's arrival...
This is: Totally wrong shoe for S. Arabia visit.

Little known facts from yesterday's Bush Abu Dhabi Address:
Of the type of policies which reflect the full diversities of the World:
"Some of these democracies have constitutional monarchies, some have parliaments, and some have presidents. Some of these democracies have Christian majorities, some have Muslim majorities, some have Hindu or Buddhist majorities.
Yet for all the differences, the free nations of Asia all derive their authority from the consent of the governed -- and all know the lasting stability that only freedom can bring." Read more.

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Sunday

Consultation & Consensus (UAE Falcon)

Our Allies and Peace in the Middle East are in the hearts of all Americans...
This, I can assure you...
(Video) -Here we are, 'America's clickers' dashing through the Palace to catch the timing... (haha)

Sunday, the White House press corps enter Al Mushref Palace (Abu Dhabi)
MORE VIDEO:here
NOTE: Painting in Video-clip (above both Presidents) is of the cherished, Late Ruler: Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan. UAE NATION is his Memorial...(As is his admiration for the Falcon.)
-Falconry: Our Arab Heritage -Book


Later on Sunday... Bush met with the Crown Prince, at the Royal Stables at the Al Asayl Racing and Equestrian Club; near the town of Sowaihan in United Arab Emirates...

Monsivais | Bush & (Abu Dhabi) Sheik Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Of Bush discussions on this visit, were his words of caution...
I'm reminded of (2002) as the Late Sheikh firmly condemned the wave of terror attacks; inc. (2000) USS Cole...
Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan was quoted:
"Muslims stand against any person of Muslim faith who will try to commit any terror act against a fellow human being,’ he said in his interview with Al Ahram in October 2002.

‘A terrorist is an enemy of Islam and of humanity, while the true Muslim is friendly to all human beings and a brother to other Muslims and non-Muslims alike." -UAE Tribute
Values of consultation and consensus in contrast to confrontation remain the way UAE holds sacred its principals...

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan described those against these principals, who kill people, spill their blood and destroy their property, and then claim to be Muslims.
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May the UAE dialogue for Peace, question the Iranian Regime’s Hezbollahic-inspired armies; and their quest to control regional policy... (Lebanon and the like.)

MORE VIDEO: Coverage here

Iran Encounter Grimly Echoes ’02 War Game
“A classified, $250 million war game in which small, agile speedboats swarmed a naval convoy to inflict devastating damage on more powerful warships.”

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Bahraini Monarch & President Bush in Talks (Manama)

President George Bush continues his tour of the Middle East...
And His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa's formal greeting, was the first for any US President... This evening in Manama, they will discuss many important issues on the agenda...
-Read outline: Bahraini Monarch & President Bush in Talks

Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa Receives U.S. President

UPDATE: They focused on bilateral relations, ways of developing them, Mideast Developments and regional global developments of common concern.
At the outset of the meeting, HM The King gave a speech in which he expressed delight and honor to welcome the President - Describing the meeting as very constructive and important. Full story

Incredible videos of Bahrain & Financial Harbor...

The King's World-class waterfront development in center of Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain; and leadership which has brought modern roads, int'l airport, telecommunications, public services, medical facilities & schools, considered among the best in M. East, if not world.


From Earlier AP Article
"Posing for pictures in Bahrain with the king, Bush said, "I know you've been concerned about Iraq and the politics of Iraq." Bush went on to talk about the action in Iraq's parliament..."I come with an upbeat message, a hopeful message - a message that will prevail here in the Middle East," Bush said.
"I'm not making excuses for a government, but to go from a tyranny to a democracy overnight is virtually impossible," Bush said. "And so when you say, `Am I pleased with the progress?' -what they have gone through and where they are today I think is good progress.

Have they done enough? No. Are we going to continue to work with them to do more? Absolutely. Absolutely." Read more
NOTE: Nervous about Iran's military might and rising influence, Gulf leaders also are anxious about last week's confrontation between U.S. and Iranian naval vessels off their shore.
Arab allies want assurances that Bush is not interested in starting a war that could threaten military bases on their soil or the lucrative oil trade through the Strait of Hormuz.
But they also want security commitments from the president... Read more

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NASA Message that Missed the UN IPCC

"We today confirm the recent announcement by NASA that there are historic and important changes taking place on the sun's surface. This will have only one outcome - a new climate change is coming that will bring an extended period of deep cold to the planet." [NASA Press Release]
-John Casey Director of Space and Science Research Center SSRC

One should not be led to believe that this (ICE-AGE) is stoppable...
Instead, prepare for the inevitable... Man's success toward making peace, has greater impact upon adressing 'threat of social economic disruption.'
More from the NASA Press Release:
“The last time this particular cycle regenerated was over 200 years ago. I call it the “Bi-Centennial Cycle” solar cycle. It took place between 1793 and 1830, the so-called Dalton Minimum, a period of extreme cold that resulted in what historian John D. Post called the ‘last great subsistence crisis.’ More.
"Unfortunately, because of the intensity of coverage of the UN IPCC and man made global warming during 2007, the full story about climate change is very slow in getting told. These changes in the sun have begun. They are unstoppable. With the word finally starting to get out about the next climate change, hopefully we will have time to prepare."
At on-set of Solar Minimum: we would do well to prepare around the natural cycles of climate change by cleaning up the environment; and move away from fossil fuel usage toward cheaper, cleaner and more energy efficient energy alternatives.
THE GOOD NEWS:
Right now, the newly organized SSRC is the leading independent research center in the west US and possibly worldwide, that is focused on the next climate change. Some of the world's brightest scientists, also experts in solar physics and the next climate change have joined with me. In the meantime we will do our best to spread the word along with NASA and others who can see what is about to take place for the Earth's climate. More.
"Soon, I believe this will be recognized as the most important climate story of this century." More explanation: Long Range Solar Forecast

Former climate and chemical-transport models:
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory.

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Friday

General: Anbar Ready for Handover

Wonderful News 1/10/08...
May God's Mercy continue to protect this New Nation...

"We must Defeat those who do not want our Country to succeed."- Iraqis
"I can say that the Anbar province, which was the hottest area of Iraq, does not now need any U.S. forces because the number of the attacks is now zero for months now." -Iraqi minister (through interpreter.)
Read article by Military writer:#

Successful Anbar Hand-over: Iraqi security forces

Iraqi minister Explains 2008 Plan
-IMPORTANT VIDEO (open new window)

Iraqis Vote first supplemental (70 million) to Sunnis; Anbar Province! :D
"We clearly are hoping that the reconciliation and improvement in the political environment that has taken place at the local and provincial level over the past number of months will now meet further progress coming at the national level," Gates told a Pentagon news conference.

US army and Iraqi tribes, police, and people of Anbar province dance to the tune celebrating total victory over AlQaeda...
Long Live a Peaceful &
Prosperous Iraqi Nation

ANBAR: They've come a long way from the thousands who dodged bullets, to cast their vote; which led to 12 million Iraqis who successfully elected their Democratic Government...

And now, the purge of foreign terrorists and the former central stronghold of the shadowy insurgent group, al- Qaida; places a long waited independence within a much closer reach. Nine of 18 Iraqi provinces have reverted to Iraqi control, and the process is expected to continue...

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Thursday

Media Won't Elect Thompson (The People Will)

UPDATE! This from: Instapundit
JOHN PODHORETZ: "Fred Thompson is not only winning this debate, he is giving the most commanding debate performance we’ve seen from any candidate in either party since the beginning of this endless primary process!"
Video Coming soon...
Earlier: Various Media refuse to include his positions; and printed a withdrawal# of his campaign... Could be MSM is confused while covering other regions of the world... In America it's the people who will decide...
View 1st Video (L- T) Jeri's Awesome Interview!

T- left: LATEST: Jeri Thompson- S. Carolina stand Link
T- right: The Thompsons/Brody Interview Link
B- left: Fred Thompson Issues Link
B- right: Fred Thompson Positions Link



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Commander in Chief
"This is not a contest of popularity, if it were, we wouldn’t need primaries, or caucuses, or conventions, or even an election, we’d need nothing more than a pollster. And a collection of promises to guarantee that someone would win the popularity contest." Read more.

UPDATE: HT: Instapundit
"Other Republicans are Running Against Each Other, but...
Fred Thompson is running against the press."
If they don't want you to win an election; they deselect you!
(Which is exactly what they've tried to do to candidate Fred Thompson!)
-Watch VIDEO as Fred sets them straight: View Here

NOTE: I don't speak for the campaign, but...
Perhaps the Media's persistence in 'false reporting' to control a ballot; is further proof that U.S. reforms might have to start with Media Standards.


Don't let the Press control the Candidates or the elections!
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"Man the oars and start pulling for Fred. The hour is late and the need is great. Time to pony up if we want to see a true conservative in the White House next November."

NOTE: They say he has either lost, too lazy, or too late... But none can deny that Thompson's corrective Policies are designed to return this Nation back to the day when America honored its cherished principals... Raising Media Standards, might be first in line... :D

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Wednesday

Taunt or Memory-lapse? (USS Sensitivity)

I haven't reflected on this until now...
Today we are seeing some who play-off the concern of nukes in the hands of terrorists, and make unessary maneuvers during war... Only ignorance of history could produce such a lapse in Memory...
-But hey...Even Iran's (official Site) Doesn't Bother to Keep Archives:
http://www.president.ir/eng/sitemap/code/eurl_check.php?year=2007&month=12&day=31
Click-Image: VIDEO
-U.S. Navy Photo-Fred Weiss
Caption: Pascagoula, Miss., Dec 24 2000, two tug boats gently push USS Cole (DDG 67) to Pier 4 of the Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., on Dec. 24, 2000. The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer was the target of a terrorist attack in Aden, Yemen, on Oct. 12, during a scheduled refueling. The attack killed 17 crew members and injured 39 others. -.navsource.org

May we never have to re-live the threat potential of an unexpected encounter. But if we would have had these capabilities (below) on Oct. 31, 2000; I can tell you that 17 deaths and 39 injuries would not have occurred...
View: USS Cole (DDG-67) Crew Served Weapons Shoot

Please note: This is now "standard equipment."
(With eye-lash accuracy... I might add)
So, write it down...

If you've missed it (above) View Flash Tribute

UPDATE: And this, for some who have forgotten...
HT: Instapundit
Ron Paul says, a Navy destroyer shouldn't worry about a speedboat
And this...

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Sun is Setting on Faux Climate Theory

Boreholes on the Moon could solve climate puzzle
Sunday, 05 January, 2008
Bob Cahalan at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and colleagues calculated that boreholes on the moon just 10 metres deep would provide a temperature record stretching back to the 1600s, and so help researchers gauge solar energy in the past more accurately. read more -Geophysical Research

New Scientist: Moon might be best place to study Earth's climate
CLICK-Image Lovely Visual!
NASA- Kelmer: Sunset at the North Pole

Today, Renigade Climate Scientists come forward, as emerging discoveries have substantiated even their earliest of "Cautious" articles...
Important read: This was 1999!
Global warming - is the Sun to blame?
Thursday, June 3, 1999 Published at 09:43 GMT 10:43 UK
60 Sec. Video: Sun is setting on Faux-Climate

Today many who view nature have become compelled to morn the beauty and changes within it... They've become the product of nearly a decade of guiltful Ideology which took exception to Evolution of Scientific inquiry.

Some of their stories... (Sadly, too many to list)
North Pole ice 'turns to water'
Sunday, 20 August, 2000, 02:16 GMT 03:16 UK

Global warming could starve polar bears
Monday, November 15, 1999 Published at 17:09 GMT

Humanity blamed for ice loss
Monday, 6 December, 1999, 08:18 GMT

Sun 'minor player' in climate change
Wednesday, 3 May, 2000, 17:54 GMT 18:54 UK
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Climate myths: Global warming is down to the Sun, not humans:
Correlation between natural "forcings" – solar fluctuations
Sun fuels debate on climate change
More to come, as hundreds of thousands of Scientists uncover and validate solutions and (non-political) discovery for man-kind...

North Pole in the News:
Meteors' mysterious origin traced to 1490 event
Yesterday, on a flight from California to the North Pole... A group of 14 astronomers tracked Quadrantid meteor shower debris from a deep-space explosion in the late 15th Century. The 1490 event left behind at least one larger remnant, a near-Earth asteroid called 2003 EH1.
Traces of History, right before their eyes... Read more
How to Shower at the North Pole: Russian-Style (Haha)

The Self-Sustaining Dynamo in the Earth's Core:
Origin of The Earth's Magnetism

Nuclear Georeactor Generation:
Earth's Geomagnetic Field - PDF


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Monday

NASA: Solar Minimum is Upon Us (Solar Cycle 24)

"New solar cycles always begin with a high-latitude, reversed polarity sunspot. This patch of magnetism could be a sign of the next solar cycle."
-NASA's Solar physicist, David Hathaway (Marshall Space Flight Center)

"Our growing dependence on highly sophisticated, space-based technologies means we are far more vulnerable to space weather today than in the past."
-NOAA Administrator Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr.
A New Sunspot Cycle Begins...
CLICK-IMAGE: We don't need a repeat 1859!
Friday's report by National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration:
The first sunspot of a new 11-year cycle has appeared in the sun's northern hemisphere... Confirming Scientist’s (Dec 11th) discovery of a new patch of magnetism....
Frequency of sunspot 'rises and falls' during these cycles; and start of a new cycle indicates they are likely to begin increasing...
Especially in the Northern Latitudes...
NASA Study Finds Increasing Solar Trend That Can Change Climate
Full Research Solar Magnetic Cycle (below) Extreme ultraviolet light.


NASA: 11 yr. cycle | 1996 to 2007
Article...
"Since the late 1970s, the amount of solar radiation the sun emits, during times of quiet sunspot activity, has increased by nearly .05 percent per decade, according to a NASA funded study.
"This trend is important because, if sustained over many decades, it could cause significant climate change," said Richard Willson, a researcher affiliated with NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University's Earth Institute, New York. He is the lead author of the study recently published in Geophysical Research Letters. Full research

From Dr. Oleg Sorokhtin, Merited Scientist of Russia... And fellow of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, and staff researcher of the Oceanology Institute: A cold spell soon to replace global warming

What will be Global Warmist's new strategy?
A quick look...

Solar
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About: Solar is a short animated film by graduate creatives Ian Wharton & Edward Shires. A tale of the sun, moon and two characters who inhabit a world that relies on day and night perhaps more than it would seem.

From Ancient God, to 'Powerhouse' at the heart of Solar system...
And now, quite possibly the most inconvenient truth ever.... Haha


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Sunday

Era of Observations (Beyond Einstein)

"People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion."-Einstein

Many, since Einstein, observe this "stubbornly persistent illusion" as a Hologram Shift; of which spikes in the grids continue to produce 'loops & repeats!' (As illustrated in this little 'thought provoking' animation!)
In the end, no answers found in this paradigm. (only repetition) Haha
Enter, NASA's Great Observatory Missions!
The answers to our Earth, are found beyond its expansion...
Development of state-of-the-art technologies are underway at NASA's major research centers, universities and institutions across the U.S. & world. These programs are enabling 'Beyond Einstein' missions, such as Constellation-X, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), and the Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM), to soar into space. The dreams of scientists will become reality.
Searching beyond what Einstein could see will forever shift man's understanding of his scope of the Universe, and the part we play in it...

"View- Beyond Einstein" Update! -Video Source
Today's "Beyond Einstein" offers explanation and objectives as NASA/ESA gaze beyond gravity wave spectrum, into the darkest regions of Space to discover what powered the big bang, what happens at the edge of a black hole, and what is dark energy...
As man 'over-estimates' his uniqueness, while underestimating his potential... The more we understand the frame-work of the galaxy today; the more we redefine his potential...
-Be sure to keep informed as NEW data will be returned from:
NASA's Chandra (X-ray Observatory) Etc...


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Saturday

Healing in a "No Weaponry Zone"

A (safe) and complete demilitarization is what it will take to empower Peaceful negotiations, and shift the dynamic in Palestine and Israel...

Documentary's theme song, "In my Heart" is a musical collaboration between Israeli pop-star David Broza & the popular Palestinian singer Wisam Murad...
A hopeful message about the land they both love... and share.
Abbas's Govt: Dismantling Militant Groups
"There is no al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades any more," Interior Minister Abdel-Razak al-Yahya told Voice of Palestine radio, referring to the group linked to Fatah.

Wow, and here's an OLD but completely NEW message...
(And maybe perfect video) for the region of Palestine and Israel...

(Rated GP- 3 min)


And sadly... They might want to consider arranging for that safe...
"NO WEAPONRY ZONE" before throwing down those weapons...
(Tears on this one.)


And more on the Documentary... My favorite person, shown at middle of this 5 min. clip (below) is a Palestinian refugee (musician) filmed at Aman Refugee Camp, West Bank (05) who said:
"I would like (God willing) to work on a project that will bring music to a large number of children in refugee camps in the West bank and Gaza… When children have hope, they will think more about living, If there’s no hope, children will pick up stones and throw them."
-Ramzi Abu Radwan
-VIDEO ABOUT: Search for Common Ground
'The Shape of the Future', offers the core idea of examining, in an even-handed way, the aspirations of both Israelis and Palestinians and to show that agreements are possible that do not threaten the national existence of either party... The film portrays the human level (in Hebrew and Arabic) what an eventual Palestinian-Israeli peace settlement could look like...

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Friday

Afghan Police Seize Over Half Tonne of Heroin

Afghan police seize over half ton of heroin
KABUL: Afghan police have seized more than half a tonne of heroin and opium in the eastern province of Nangarhar, the interior ministry said Wednesday.

In the biggest seizure in months, anti-drug police found 400 kilograms of heroin on Tuesday and detained an armed man linked to the drugs, the ministry said in a statement. It did not give further details... (More below)
View Video of Farmer's perspective...
(Cont..)
Nearly 250 kilograms of opium - the raw ingredient to make heroin - was seized in a separate raid in the same province, the statement said. More than 20 kilos of chemicals used in making heroin were also seized, it added.

Afghanistan produces more than 90 percent of the world’s opium. Despite internationally backed efforts to cut the drugs trade, Afghanistan’s opium production grew by 34 percent in 2007, according to a UN survey. Read more
-afp

Well, that makes another 1/2 ton (of 6600 tons yearly)

No wonder this remains the weakest link in the Middle East!
But it wouldn't be if this was a 'state-of-the-art' Arab- Research and Medical Pharmaceutical 'Processing Plant'! The entire Arab Fold should take this situation to a whole new level, by negotiating with Afghan farmers & tribes of the region, while restoring the rich history of Ancient Arab Scientists who revealed its legitimate MEDICINAL PROPERTIES ...

They could also save millions of lives & stop Taliban terror roots by cutting-off the funnel of terror associated with this illicit Drug trade ! Militant Groups promote addiction (against Islam) in order to keep this illicit trade in-tact!


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