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Frank Kalder

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Apr 18, 2008, 1:48:49 AM4/18/08
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>
. Presidential Debate
>
> > > I got home late but now I am watching the most recent presidential debate.
>
> > > It's in Philadelphia.
>
> > > They're taling about military and Iraq right now.
>
> Hillary went on the offensive.
>
> No, I don't mean she showed a lot of boobage like Merkel.
>
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/04/16/w0416103A.jpg

> She really went out on the attack during the debate.
>
> Obama appeared weak, tired and unable to defend himself.
>
They’ve agreed to "respect one another" to become the president in
order to finally beat McCain (as reported in German TV news).

. John Adams

> "Religion and virtue are the only foundations, not of republicanism
> and of all free government, but of social felicity under all government
> and in all the combinations of human society." –-John Adams
>
Biography: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ja2.html

. Muslims in Germany

Life in a parallel society [~Spiegel]:
http://haplifnet.blogspot.com/2008/04/muslims-in-germany-life-in-parallel.html
(included 12 graphics and 6 photos).

. Treatment & Help
>
> O the picture police. I had blessedly forgotten about them :)
>
I thought to archive some of those pictures of that historic event in
our annals...
>
> > An unusual George W. Bush statement was brought in German TV, too.
>
> > || ... what he saw when he looked into the eyes of the Pope,
> > he quickly answered, “God."|| http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13059
>
> > […]
>
> Every little bit helps. He is treating the pope great and helping him to
> succeed. I am glad he is helping him out some little way too. Now, how
> about the rest of the world.
>
What, in particular, would you like to state?

. Transatlantic Daily

Our most recent summary: http://haplifnet.blogspot.com/2008/04/multicultural-blogs-update_18.html

__
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> Ma ma say ma ma sa, Ma ma coosa
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>

>
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marika

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>
. Presidential Debate
>
> > > I got home late but now I am watching the most recent presidential
> > > debate.
>
> > > It's in Philadelphia.
>
> > > They're taling about military and Iraq right now.
>
> Hillary went on the offensive.
>
> No, I don't mean she showed a lot of boobage like Merkel.
>
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/04/16/w0416103A.jpg

> She really went out on the attack during the debate.
>
> Obama appeared weak, tired and unable to defend himself.
>
They’ve agreed to "respect one another" to become the president in
order to finally beat McCain (as reported in German TV news).

--------------

this agreement seems to have made it only to Germany

------------------------------

. John Adams

> "Religion and virtue are the only foundations, not of republicanism
> and of all free government, but of social felicity under all government
> and in all the combinations of human society." –-John Adams
>
Biography: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ja2.html

. Muslims in Germany

Life in a parallel society [~Spiegel]:
http://haplifnet.blogspot.com/2008/04/muslims-in-germany-life-in-parallel.html
(included 12 graphics and 6 photos).

. Treatment & Help
>
> O the picture police. I had blessedly forgotten about them :)
>
I thought to archive some of those pictures of that historic event in
our annals...
>
> > An unusual George W. Bush statement was brought in German TV, too.
>
> > || ... what he saw when he looked into the eyes of the Pope,
> > he quickly answered, “God."||
> > http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13059
>
> > […]
>
> Every little bit helps. He is treating the pope great and helping him to
> succeed. I am glad he is helping him out some little way too. Now, how
> about the rest of the world.
>
What, in particular, would you like to state?


----------------

me?

not me, Bush...

that why doesn't he as you pointed out above, bring say more controversial
religious leaders such as moslems to US for rapprochement.
It's not really hard work to agree with someone you already have 75 percent
in common with

or say some atheists, or say, mmmm Castro?

http://imdb.com/title/tt0870117/

Frank Kalder

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Apr 19, 2008, 2:12:01 AM4/19/08
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>

. Starting Anew

> Your stuff is showing on Google groups, but it appears that
> propagation stopped a few hours later.

> May have something to do with the earthquake right in Illinois/Indiana.
> That's a pretty central location.
>
Yesterday, it took many hours to get a message through; also, e.g., at
the German Haplifnet.

The archives at soc.culture.europe (etc) did not appear for several
days. Today they’re available again.

However, I take this opportunity to switch to our fresh thread
(initiated yesterday).

. Blog History

Our first activity started almost three years ago...
http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING/msg/cb6c2d2fd0bfbff0

The two previous ‘International Stuff’ blogs produced formerly 1,320
and, most recently, 1,580 posts (17 authors), totalling 2,900
entries.


>
. Presidential Debate
>
> > > [...] Hillary went on the offensive.
>
> > > No I don't mean she showed a lot of boobage like Merkel.
>
> > http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/04/16/w0416103A.jpg
>
> VERY TAME


>
> > They’ve agreed to respect one another to become the president in order
> > to finally beat McCain (as reported in German TV news).

> This agreement seems to have made it only to Germany.

. Rearranging


>
> > > O the picture police. I had blessedly forgotten about them :)
>
> > I thought to archive some of those pictures of that historic
> > event in our annals...
>

> I know I know. I laugh every time you correct something, because I know the
> correction matters to you but I am so sloppy with my writing, that such a
> thing as correcting would never occur to me if I am not getting paid for the
> writing.
>
Well, I owe it to the readers of the Global Haplifnet where our
‘transatlantic daily’ is being summarized regularly, of course, on an
honorary basis.
>

. Team America

> A few years ago, the makers of South Park made a movie called Team America.
>
> One of the Team America movies is called Team America, World Police
> http://imdb.com/title/tt0372588
>
Seems to be a nice comedy.
>
> I'm pretty sure the picture police are a subsidiary of the World Police.
> I'm going to pretend you have caught Southpark at least once, but have never
> seen the Southpark movies.
>
:)

> One of the Team America movies is the infamous Southpark take off where Matt
> Parker and Trey Stone, do some good political satire. These are crazy guys
> who spoofed Gwyneth Paltrow and Bjork's fashions one year at the Oscars. In
> Team America, they used marionettes just like those weird 60s adventure
> cartoons that boys used to watch.
>
> I forget what those shows were called, but they were really cheesy, and I
> think were about astronauts or fighter pilots maybe Flash Gordon or something
> like that.
>
> Anyway, Team America is set in early 2000, after 2001.
>
> Kim Jong Il before he dropped the bomb sounds like a combination of
> South Park's Eric Cartman and Warner Brothers cartoon character
> Elmer Fudd. The one who is always hunting for Bugs Buny.
>
> Kim has enlised the aid of all the liberal actors in Hollywood to win his
> cause.
>
> They've got Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn marionettes.
>
> Tim Robbins decries corporations by accusing them of being "corporationy".
>
> Alec Baldwin is the emcee of the award show that Kim (not Basinger, but the
> Korean dictator) puts together. I've mentioned Alec before for his great
> transformation as a comedic actor in "30 Rock".
>
> Kim Jong Il says: when you get to see Alec Baldwin, you will see the true
> ugliness of human nature.
>
> But the line that I loved the most -- marionette puppet Janene Garafolo
> says:
>
> We actors have the responsibility of reading what is in the newspapers and
> agreeing with it.

mk5000
__
> "He's one of our nation's spies he's one of our first recruits
> I click with her leather thigh she's one of our first recruits"
> --"Fame Throwa" Pavement
>
>
. Treatment & Help
>
> > > > [...]


>
> > > Every little bit helps. He is treating the pope great and helping
> > > him to succeed. I am glad he is helping him out some little way too.
> > > Now, how about the rest of the world.
>
> What, in particular, would you like to state?
>

> Me?
>
> Not me, Bush...
>
> That why doesn't he as you pointed out above, bring say more controversial


> religious leaders such as moslems to US for rapprochement.
>
> It's not really hard work to agree with someone you already have 75 percent
> in common with
>
> or say some atheists, or say, mmmm Castro?
>
> http://imdb.com/title/tt0870117
>

It was reported (German TV news) that the U.S. is the most religious
‘industrialized nation’ in the world, mainly based on Christianity.

marika

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>

. Starting Anew

> Your stuff is showing on Google groups, but it appears that
> propagation stopped a few hours later.

> May have something to do with the earthquake right in Illinois/Indiana.
> That's a pretty central location.
>
Yesterday, it took many hours to get a message through; also, e.g., at
the German Haplifnet.

The archives at soc.culture.europe (etc) did not appear for several
days. Today they’re available again.

However, I take this opportunity to switch to our fresh thread
(initiated yesterday).


--------------------------------

This is strange, the international stuff thread was available over the past
week but a LOT of it is now missing from ANY google archive. Hopefully you
have saved it in haplif and that hasn't been affected?

hopefully they'll restore it
Most of mine are missing I see none of yours except from last night in Aullm

it's strange because the ENTIRE thread was there yesterday in the morning
because I was able to read it in the morning from google at work.
So they've nuked it since last night.

it's also weird because sometimes one of your posts will show up in the
archive but then when you go back to find it, it's not there anymore

it's sort of amazing to lose 3 years worth of stuff like that, I always
imagined google was more stable than that, guess I am wrong.

it's more than just the effects of the earthquake apparently

I'd read something about the Chinese hackers threatening to attack something
or other this week primarily CNN I guess, in retaliation for Tibet coverage
Perhaps this is fall out.

Official: Soyuz capsule lands off target
By MIKE ECKEL (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
April 19, 2008 7:04 AM EDT
MOSCOW - A Soyuz capsule carrying South Korea's first astronaut landed in
northern Kazakhstan Saturday, 260 miles off its mark, Russian space
officials said.

Mission Control spokesman Valery Lyndin said the condition of the crew -
South Korean bioengineer Yi So-yeon, American astronaut Peggy Whitson and
Russian flight engineer Yuri Malenchenko - was satisfactory, though the
three had been subjected to severe G-forces during the re-entry.

The Russian TMA-11 craft touched down at 4:51 a.m. EDT about 260 miles off
target, Lyndin said, a highly unusual distance given how precisely engineers
plan for such landings. It was also around 20 minutes later than scheduled.


CHRIS NEWMARKER

The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA - Wave the baton too slowly and the orchestra arrayed on
the screen plays the "William Tell Overture" at a crawl. Wave it too
fast and the music gallops away.

But would-be Leonard Bernsteins who wave the remote control correctly as
they try out "UBS Virtual Maestro" can experience a small part of what
it's like to be a conductor.

"There's an educational component to it. But it's also a lot of fun.
We
think it's sort of like the orchestra version of 'Guitar Hero,' the
video game," said Peter Dillon, who handles corporate sponsorships in
the United States for Swiss banking giant UBS.

Two "UBS Virtual Maestro" exhibits have been appearing in concert-hall
lobbies across the country since November as part of a project created
by UBS, which often sponsors classical music events and organizations,
to increase interest in classical music. Organizers hope to take the
project to Europe in the summer.

To create the displays, UBS recorded the Verbier Festival Orchestra in
Switzerland, which it sponsors, playing three classical music
selections. In addition to Rossini's "William Tell Overture," there
are
short selections from Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony and Berlioz's
"Symphonie Fantastique."

A team of programmers led by Teresa Nakra, an assistant professor of
music at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, created software that
speeds or slows the replay of the orchestra according to the movement of
a remote from Nintendo Co.'s Wii game console , whose games simulate
driving, real-world sports play and other movement.

Th

marika

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>
> "Buddy" <brother.bud...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:16e8f024-b1ee-4f6a...@f63g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> What happened to this place? Any there any good feds anymore?
>> Something approaching IIWF/SCRA?
>
> most bureacrats aren't corrupt, they're mostly unable to act outside of
> the framework of whatever little piece of law they enforce
>
> Hard times for Ukraine's wooden churches
>
> By Alex Rodriguez
>
> Chicago Tribune
> LVIV, Ukraine - The rustic beauty of Ukraine's famed wooden churches is
> surpassed only by their capacity for survival.
>
>> Dotting the countryside from the Carpathian Mountains to Crimea, they
> have withstood centuries of unforgiving winters. During World War II,
> Nazi shelling raked the Ukrainian heartland. Under Soviet rule, they
> became grain silos and warehouses for items ranging from mattresses to
> pesticides.
>
>> Now, while democracy and religion thrive in Ukraine, wooden churches
> as old as six centuries face ruin at the hands of the unlikeliest of
> enemies: the priests and parishioners who became their guardians and,
> unaware of their historical significance, began "improving" them.
>
>> In Sytykhiv, a hamlet hidden away in western Ukraine's dense
> woodland, preservationist Andriy Salyuk is shaken by what he sees.
> Sheathed in blue and white plastic siding is the Assumption of the
> Blessed Virgin Mary, a wooden Ukrainian Greek Catholic church built in
> 1878.
>
>> "I'm speechless," Salyuk said, shaking his head as he scans the
> siding, the brown bathroom tile covering the church's front steps, the
> sheet metal encasing its cupolas. "I feel so sorry for the way that this
> church is being ruined. The kids who are playing in this village today
> won't see this church in 20 years, because by then the wood underneath
> will have rotted out."
>
>> Oblivious to their churches' architectural and cultural significance,
> priests and parishioners in other villages have cocooned the structures
> in metal plating or, in some cases, burned them down to build brick or
> stone replacements.
>
>> For Salyuk, president of the nonprofit Lviv Foundation for the
> Preservation of Architectural and Historical Monuments, it's tantamount
> to blasphemy. Wooden churches are icons of Ukrainian architecture, he
> and other preservationists say, as synonymous with the country's
> cultural heritage as painted Easter eggs and borscht.
>
>> Though the churches are legally protected because they are listed on
> Ukraine's Register of National Monuments of Architecture, federal and
> regional authorities rarely enforce the law, preservationists say.
> Salyuk and his colleagues have taken it upon themselves to convince
> priests and villagers of the cultural value of their churches, but it
> hasn't been easy.
>
>> Since Ukraine won its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, 68
> wooden churches in the Lviv region have been gutted or razed, said the
> Rev. Sebastian Dmytrukh, a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest in Lviv who
> heads his archdiocese's preservation commission.
>
>> During the decades of Soviet atheism, only two of the region's wooden
> churches were destroyed, Dmytrukh said.
>
>> Stunning examples of Orthodox and Catholic wooden church architecture
> abound in Eastern Europe, particularly in Poland, Romania and Ukraine.
> Usually hewn from oak, larch or spruce, the structures often are built
> with terraced, pagodalike roofs topped by onion-domed cupolas.
>
>> For centuries, the churches were threatened only by bark beetles and
> termites. During World War II, some were destroyed during German
> artillery barrages or set ablaze. When the Soviet Union annexed western
> Ukraine after the war, most churches became warehouses or clubhouses
> that locals used as movie theaters or dance halls.
>
>> That nearly half-century of Soviet atheism largely explains the
> indifference that many priests and parishioners harbor toward their
> churches today, Salyuk says. The use of wooden churches as everyday
> buildings devalued the structures' meaning for many Ukrainians.
>
>> "People stopped feeling that all of these churches have value - not
> material value, but spiritual or emotional value," Salyuk said.
>
>> Regional authorities responsible for enforcing Ukraine's preservation
> laws lack the staff and money to protect the churches. Vasil Ivanovsky,
> head of the Lviv regional agency that investigates cases of damage or
> destruction of architectural landmarks, says he would need 60 inspectors
> to do the job properly. He has six.
>
>> One of those inspectors may want to put Sytykhiv's village church on
> the list. Salyuk said its plastic siding locks in moisture, accelerating
> decay of the wood underneath. Oak beams supporting the structure are
> damp and mossy.
>
>> Salyuk wondered: "The kids in this village who are being raised on
> this bad example - will they build a church like this when they grow up?"
>
>>
>
> http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/17586979.html
>
>

Frank Kalder

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>
. Archive Restoration


>
>
> > The archives at soc.culture.europe (etc) did not appear for
> > several days. Today they’re available again.
>
> > However, I take this opportunity to switch to our fresh thread
> > (initiated yesterday).
>

> This is strange, the international stuff thread was available over the past

> week but a LOT of it is now missing from ANY Google archive. Hopefully you


> have saved it in haplif and that hasn't been affected?
>

We do have the links to several posts in haplif (not from the very
beginning, though). And, in the Global Haplifnet, we summarized all
the daily posts (starting last year in summer).

> Hopefully they'll restore it.
> Most of mine are missing I see none of yours except from last night in Aullm.
>
I just checked at sce and scu. Meanwhile, it appears, there’re all
posts available in those archives. I was really scared, a couple of
days ago, that perhaps all our stuff could be lost. Only the link-
clicks from haplif & haplifnet functioned, temporarily.

> It's strange because the ENTIRE thread was there yesterday in the morning
> because I was able to read it in the morning from Google at work.


> So they've nuked it since last night.
>

> It's also weird because sometimes one of your posts will show up in the
> archive but then when you go back to find it, it's not there anymore.
>
> It's sort of amazing to lose 3 years worth of stuff like that, I always
> imagined Google was more stable than that, guess I am wrong.
>
I also relied on their liability and stableness. However, of course,
they would be legally entitled to remove any thread or stuff,
completely, if there’s evidence of abuse or criminal activity involved
(which is definitely ‘not’, though).

> It's more than just the effects of the earthquake apparently.
>
Maybe, it’s the mere length of our squidology with its daily changing
subjects that may have caused some officials to interfere
deliberately.

I sent them a bug report, and they repaired it apparently (and
luckily!), the same day.

> I'd read something about the Chinese hackers threatening to attack something
> or other this week primarily CNN I guess, in retaliation for Tibet coverage
> Perhaps this is fall out.
>

While other threads were easily accessible, only ours fell out. But,
hopefully, it remains now stable again (as outlined above).


. Blog Introduction (Update)

http://haplifnet.blogspot.com/2008/04/introduction-to-transatlantic-daily.html


. Off Target Landing


>
> Soyuz capsule lands off target
> By MIKE ECKEL (Associated Press Writer)
> From Associated Press | April 19, 2008
>

>
. Ukrainian Churches

> A point in the right direction
>

[...]
>
> Most bureacrats aren't corrupt, they're mostly unable to act outside of the


> framework of whatever little piece of law they enforce
>
> Hard times for Ukraine's wooden churches
> By Alex Rodriguez | Chicago Tribune
>
> LVIV, Ukraine - The rustic beauty of Ukraine's famed wooden churches is

> surpassed only by their capacity for survival. [...]
>
=> http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley/msg/cd62feeb16a9cf5f

Very interesting article on those historical aspects.
>
http://media.philly.com/images/20080413_inq_church13-b.JPG
This wooden Ukrainian Greek Catholic church built in 1878 has been
sheathed with plastic siding in the village of Sythkhiv.

marika

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>
. Archive Restoration
>
>
> > The archives at soc.culture.europe (etc) did not appear for
> > several days. Today they’re available again.
>
> > However, I take this opportunity to switch to our fresh thread
> > (initiated yesterday).
>
> This is strange, the international stuff thread was available over the
> past
> week but a LOT of it is now missing from ANY Google archive. Hopefully
> you
> have saved it in haplif and that hasn't been affected?
>
We do have the links to several posts in haplif (not from the very
beginning, though). And, in the Global Haplifnet, we summarized all

the daily posts (starting last year in summer).\\---

-------------------
u know what?

\I don't know what to make of that.

but both the squid blog and the older are there now. I guess they took it
down for a while in anticipation of the threatened attack

mk5000


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. 200th Anniversary

The papal Mass - the third in the 85-year history of the stadium,
which will soon be demolished and replaced by a new Yankee Stadium
being erected immediately to the north - was a commemoration of the
200th anniversary of the founding of the dioceses of New York, Boston,
Philadelphia and Louisville in 1808. …

The pope, who has mentioned the sexual abuse scandal in the priesthood
several times during his visit, referred only obliquely to it in his
homily today, when he said that “praying fervently for the coming of
the Kingdom” means, among other things, “not losing heart in the face
of resistance, adversity and scandal.”

But the pope drew loud applause when he made a statement against
abortion, saying that the “unchanging truths” grounded in Jesus Christ
“alone can guarantee respect for the inalienable dignity and rights of
each man, woman and child in our world — including the most
defenseless of all human beings, the unborn child in the mother’s
womb.” … http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/the-scene-at-yankee-stadium/?hp

. Archive Restoration
>
[...]


>
> I don't know what to make of that.
>

> But both the squid blog and the older are there now. I guess they took it
> down for a while in anticipation of the threatened attack.
>
>
. Resort

> Kadirs Tree House Hotel | ANTALYA, Turkey
>
> Kadirs offers fun and friendship among the 40+ tree house cottages
> available at this friendly resort.
>
> "With its unspoilt scenery and fascinating Lycian history, this part of
> Turkey's Mediterranean coast is the perfect place for an unforgettable
> holiday. Staying at Kadir's will ensure that you do have the perfect

> holiday. At Kadir's, we cater for everybody; the young to the young at


> heart. Live out every kid's dream to sleep in a real tree house, or
> spend a night of comfort in one of our well appointed bungalows."'
>
> http://www.uhotw.com/HotelDetails.aspx?HotelID=449&src=search&ClassID=&Keyword=&LocationID=&CountryID=&RatingID=5&PageNo=0
>

Indeed, that might be a kid’s dream...

How did you find out about this place, generally? Are you, perhaps,
planning a trip to Antalya http://www.antalya-ws.com/english or to
another place at the Turkish Mediterranean coast?

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. Resort

> Kadirs Tree House Hotel | ANTALYA, Turkey
>
> Kadirs offers fun and friendship among the 40+ tree house cottages
> available at this friendly resort.
>
> "With its unspoilt scenery and fascinating Lycian history, this part of
> Turkey's Mediterranean coast is the perfect place for an unforgettable
> holiday. Staying at Kadir's will ensure that you do have the perfect
> holiday. At Kadir's, we cater for everybody; the young to the young at
> heart. Live out every kid's dream to sleep in a real tree house, or
> spend a night of comfort in one of our well appointed bungalows."'
>
> http://www.uhotw.com/HotelDetails.aspx?HotelID=449&src=search&ClassID=&Keyword=&LocationID=&CountryID=&RatingID=5&PageNo=0
>
Indeed, that might be a kid’s dream...

How did you find out about this place, generally? Are you, perhaps,
planning a trip to Antalya http://www.antalya-ws.com/english or to
another place at the Turkish Mediterranean coast?


-------------------------

I found out about it the way I find out most other things, I found out about
it by accident. I just browse and then something is found and reported.
It's not likely I'll be taking such an expensive vacation at present,
besides taxes and a different life style and cost of living here in DC, the
dollar is down.
Florida is probably the best I will do this year.Besides a closer look at
that website will tell you that the hotel recently sustained a fire. I
should have followed through with it when I had the chance. and the money

A few weeks ago I mentioned Geraldine Brooks although it's possible not in
IS

here are some quotes

"Can you imagine, Channah?" Amitai exclaims. "A Muslim, risking his neck to
save a Jewish book." --"People of the Book" Geraldine Brooks

"It has to do with an intuition about the past. By linking research and
imagination, sometimes I can think myself into the heads of the people who
made the book."--"people of the book", geraldine brooks

I saw her today at the National Press Club. It's a bit of a historically
important place in the US.

They had a fund raiser for the NPC library. The people in the room were
fascinating. They mostly were women in their 50s. For the most part people
hooked on their own identification with pedantics. Intellectual
superiority. I'm not sure I would enjoy becoming a member of their
organization, but they do have some interesting guests coming, including a
visit by Ghandi's son in a while.

Brooks' book, so far I've read a bit of it, was recommended to me by my
boss. He's an avid reader and we have similar tastes.

She's an Australian who ended up working for the Wall Street Journal and had
been stationed in Sarajevo. She showed us photos of her stay.

She told us that when she was growing up, her upbrining was modest. At age
9, she asked her parents for an expensive gift, a set of volumes of an
author who had caught her fancy.

Her parents surprised her by telling her that they felt books and food had
the same economic value in their home. She admitted to her first feeling of
lust at the age of 9

Her experiences and mine are similar. My parents had the same value as
hers.

Where we differ - she said that when she researches in google she finds only
that which she sought based on her search terms

she feels that a library presents more possibilities, because it allows for
the finding of the unexpected

as you can see, my forays on the net result in some totally unexpected
surprises

One really neat thing about the Haggadath that was the basis of the book --
the earth creation scene shows us living in a globe. It's painted in
1350.....

They had a funny story in the Washington Post today about how Merkel has
lost to Sarkozy as far as how much Bush likes them, because the German guy
in charge of environment stuff said that Bush's approach to greenhouse gases
is Neanderthal

mk5000


"Of all my stoned digressions / Some have mutated into truth / Not a
spoof"--stephen malkmus


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. Resort


>
> > Kadirs Tree House Hotel | ANTALYA, Turkey
>

> > > Kadirs offers fun and friendship ...


>
> > Indeed, that might be a kid’s dream...
>
> > How did you find out about this place, generally?
> > Are you, perhaps, planning a trip to Antalya
> > http://www.antalya-ws.com/english or to
> > another place at the Turkish Mediterranean coast?
>

> I found out about it the way I find out most other things, I found out about
> it by accident. I just browse and then something is found and reported.
> It's not likely I'll be taking such an expensive vacation at present,
> besides taxes and a different life style and cost of living here in DC, the
> dollar is down.
>

> Florida is probably the best I will do this year. Besides a closer look at


> that website will tell you that the hotel recently sustained a fire. I

> should have followed through with it when I had the chance. And the money.
>

. Geraldine Brooks

> A few weeks ago I mentioned Geraldine Brooks although it's possible

> not in IS.
>
> Here are some quotes:


>
> "Can you imagine, Channah?" Amitai exclaims. "A Muslim, risking his neck to
> save a Jewish book." --"People of the Book" Geraldine Brooks
>
> "It has to do with an intuition about the past. By linking research and
> imagination, sometimes I can think myself into the heads of the people who

> made the book."--"people of the book", Geraldine Brooks


>
> I saw her today at the National Press Club. It's a bit of a historically
> important place in the US.
>
> They had a fund raiser for the NPC library. The people in the room were
> fascinating. They mostly were women in their 50s. For the most part people
> hooked on their own identification with pedantics. Intellectual
> superiority. I'm not sure I would enjoy becoming a member of their
> organization, but they do have some interesting guests coming, including a
> visit by Ghandi's son in a while.
>

That’s marvelous. I’ll enjoy you further reports on that NPC...
>

. Book

> Brooks' book, so far I've read a bit of it, was recommended to me by my
> boss. He's an avid reader and we have similar tastes.
>
> She's an Australian who ended up working for the Wall Street Journal and had
> been stationed in Sarajevo. She showed us photos of her stay.
>

Very interesting background.

> She told us that when she was growing up, her upbrining was modest. At age
> 9, she asked her parents for an expensive gift, a set of volumes of an
> author who had caught her fancy.
>
> Her parents surprised her by telling her that they felt books and food had
> the same economic value in their home. She admitted to her first feeling of

> lust at the age of 9.


>
> Her experiences and mine are similar. My parents had the same value as
> hers.
>

It’s greatly complying.

> Where we differ - she said that when she researches in Google she finds only
> that which she sought based on her search terms.
>
> She feels that a library presents more possibilities, because it allows for
> the finding of the unexpected.
>
> As you can see, my forays on the net result in some totally unexpected
> surprises.
>
Yeah!

> One really neat thing about the Haggadath that was the basis of the book --
> the earth creation scene shows us living in a globe. It's painted in
> 1350.....
>

. Losing

> They had a funny story in the Washington Post today about how Merkel has
> lost to Sarkozy as far as how much Bush likes them, because the German guy
> in charge of environment stuff said that Bush's approach to greenhouse gases

> is Neanderthal.
>
That’s Sigmar Gabriel -
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Sigmar_Gabriel.jpg/180px-Sigmar_Gabriel.jpg

>
. Transatlantic Daily

Here’s our yesterday’s summary: http://haplifnet.blogspot.com/2008/04/multicultural-blogs-update_21.html
>
__


> "Of all my stoned digressions / Some have mutated into truth / Not a

> spoof"--Stephen Malkmus

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. Book

> Brooks' book, so far I've read a bit of it, was recommended to me by my
> boss. He's an avid reader and we have similar tastes.
>
> She's an Australian who ended up working for the Wall Street Journal and
> had
> been stationed in Sarajevo. She showed us photos of her stay.
>
Very interesting background.

> She told us that when she was growing up, her upbrining was modest. At
> age
> 9, she asked her parents for an expensive gift, a set of volumes of an
> author who had caught her fancy.
>
> Her parents surprised her by telling her that they felt books and food had
> the same economic value in their home. She admitted to her first feeling
> of
> lust at the age of 9.
>
> Her experiences and mine are similar. My parents had the same value as
> hers.
>
It’s greatly complying.

==============\\\


speaking of books, I had a friend whose greatest ambition was to attend
Naropa

, that has one of the more
famous writing courses that one can attend. It's associated with Jack
Kerouac.

http://www.naropa.edu/


Frank Kalder

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. Nomination Fight

Hillary Clinton scored a victory over Barack Obama yesterday in the
Pennsylvania primary, giving her candidacy a boost as she struggles to
raise money and persuade party leaders to let the Democratic
nomination fight go on.

=> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/us/politics/22cnd-campaign.html?em&ex=1209009600&en=127406cccd54b0b8&ei=5087%0A

. Writing Courses
>
>
> Speaking of books, I had a friend whose greatest ambition was to attend
> Naropa.
>
> That has one of the more famous writing courses that


> one can attend. It's associated with Jack Kerouac.
>
> http://www.naropa.edu
>

An appreciable concept.

. Co-writing TV Serials

Recently I discovered the TV-Akademie in Berlin:
http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/4fe756f8bcd69435

. Contemporary Witnesses

This informs about an online survey to be conducted by Ulrike Seybold
at the Ruhruniversität Bochum (Germany):
http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/7c4581613a915313

marika

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. Nomination Fight

Hillary Clinton scored a victory over Barack Obama yesterday in the
Pennsylvania primary, giving her candidacy a boost as she struggles to
raise money and persuade party leaders to let the Democratic
nomination fight go on.

=>
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/us/politics/22cnd-campaign.html?em&ex=1209009600&en=127406cccd54b0b8&ei=5087%0A


--------------


this is sparking continued debate tonight

. Writing Courses
>
>
> Speaking of books, I had a friend whose greatest ambition was to attend
> Naropa.
>
> That has one of the more famous writing courses that
> one can attend. It's associated with Jack Kerouac.
>
> http://www.naropa.edu
>
An appreciable concept.

. Co-writing TV Serials

------------------

I think my sisters should attend

they have the best ideas

---------------

. Contemporary Witnesses

This informs about an online survey to be conducted by Ulrike Seybold
at the Ruhruniversität Bochum (Germany):
http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/7c4581613a915313

Patients toast Ukraine's 'wine therapy' Aug 17, '07 6:34 PM
for group ukrainian
Patients toast Ukraine's 'wine therapy'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6951660.stm

We are all being told to lay off too much booze, but a Ukrainian health spa
is prescribing patients a course of cocktails. Health experts are sceptical
about the "therapy's" supposed benefits.The Crimean Stars Sanatorium
in
Alushta has devised a treatment called "wine therapy". It claims the
treatment can help alleviate a range of medical problems like stress,
impotence and heart disease.

Even though it may sound like a joke, the sanatorium takes its "wine
therapy" very seriously.Your first stop is not the bar. Instead, there is a
medical consultation. Patients are then advised which cocktail they should
take.

Moderation

Dr Alexander Sheludko, who came up with the treatment, points out that
medical research has shown that wine in moderation can be good for you. He
boasts that hundreds of people have now had a taste of his medicine.Wine is
a live product which contains vitamins - it has lots of compounds which are
biologically active

Dr Alexander Sheludko
Crimean Stars Sanatorium

"Wine is a live product which contains vitamins. It has lots of compounds
which are biologically active," he says. There are seven different types of
cocktails on offer. The formula is simple - lots of dried herbs are mixed
with lots of Crimean wine. Sometimes vodka is added for an extra kick. Then
all you have to do is sit back, relax and make sure you take your
"prescription" three times a day for a week or two. Small glasses of the
drink are served from 0700 in the sanatorium's cafe.

'Relaxing'

Lena Borodina, who works as a hairdresser in Russia, has tried lots of
alterative treatments. She says that living in Moscow is stressful and that
she travelled to the Ukrainian clinic for something to help her unwind.
I'm happy that it seems to be working well and I rather enjoy it
Sound Familiar???


Lena Borodina

"I think that wine therapy is an excellent type of treatment. It relaxes
you, gives you strength and fills you with vigour," she adds. "I'm
happy
that it seems to be working well and I rather enjoy it." But Ukrainian
health experts are sceptical about whether there are any real medical
benefits from "wine therapy". There is also the question about whether
it is
such a good idea in a country that has high levels of alcoholism.

The wine is produced locally in the Crimea

"I think that such therapy could lead to someone becoming addicted to drink.
It could become the first step towards psychological dependence," Dr Iryna
Lipych, a specialist in alcohol dependency, says. "It is also important to
remember that alcohol causes lots of medical problems, and especially that
it has a bad effect on liver." Some of the Crimean cocktails taste very
strong. If they are drunk on an empty stomach, they could well make you feel
a bit tipsy. Wine therapy may not be a panacea, but it does give a whole new
meaning to the phrase "just what the doctor ordered".

Frank Kalder

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>
. Nomination Fight
>
> > Hillary Clinton scored a victory over Barack Obama on April 22


> > in the Pennsylvania primary, giving her candidacy a boost as
> > she struggles to raise money and persuade party leaders to let
> > the Democratic nomination fight go on.
>
> > => http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/us/politics/22cnd-campaign.html?em&ex=1209009600&en=127406cccd54b0b8&ei=5087%0A

> This is sparking continued debate tonight.
>
They showed (in German TV) several excerpts of the cartoons (US TV
spots) about that ‘Hillary/Obama fighting’ (like boxing and so on).
Funny stuff thus far, however, it sort of undermines (IMO) the
authority of a future president in case she/he will be a Democrat.

It was also mentioned that the Democrats are already basically divided
into the two supporting camps - which is not strengthening the party
as a whole.


. Humanitarian Role Model

Do you know Karlheinz Böhm (80) http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/16/0,1872,7225008,00.html
and his humanitarian Ethiopia project?

~ http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/72988111ac17a5c1
& http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Kontemporaerer+Humanismus+Humanitaet+und+Ethik-1288451-#1288451

More Details: http://en.menschenfuermenschen.com

Biography (three “Sissi” movies, etc): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_B%C3%B6hm

. Co-writing TV Serials
>
> > Recently I discovered the TV-Akademie in Berlin: http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/4fe756f8bcd69435
>

> I think my sisters should attend.
>
> They have the best ideas.
>
Yeah, I’d love ‘them’, yours and theirs...


. Wine Therapy

> Patients toast Ukraine's 'wine therapy'
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6951660.stm
>

Very interesting article.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44064000/jpg/_44064610_crimeanwine3.jpg

“Wine is a live product which contains vitamins - it has lots of
compounds which are biologically active”, says Dr Alexander Sheludko
of the Crimean Stars Sanatorium …

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---

. Humanitarian Role Model

Do you know Karlheinz Böhm (80)
http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/16/0,1872,7225008,00.html
and his humanitarian Ethiopia project?


------------------


ok this has to be one of the weirdest coincidences of all time.

Saturday while cleanin Coneden, I selected a movie on Video on Demand (I've
just been going through them in alphabetical order)

This one was called "Peeping Tom". The story description was more or less a
Hitchcock Psycho type of thing. I don't mind seeing these if they are done
well. But if they are bloody or whatever, I tun out.

The movie description further said it was pretty old and pretty
controversial for its time.

When I loaded it, I noticed that it was presented by FearNet which is
usually the host of really bloody horror movies.

But still because of the age of the movie and the hint at controversy I
figured I would watch a little bit.

I watched about an hour til I judged the movie would start into a field of
corpses and I would have to tune out.

However, the actor with a German accent really affected me. He played an
adult who was abused as a child by his father, and armed with a movie camera
he continued a sort of legacy of abuse

I knew all too well what the second hour of the movie would hold, but I
thought I might research the movie further and the actor who had so affected
me

I didn't quite know how to bring up the subject because you had disdained
such movies in the past.
I like them if they really study the psyche instead of the blood.

Anyway I'd been musing about the incredible performance of the actor all
week. Turns out it's Bohm himself

Today, the movie would probably be a critical success. Then decades ago,
the director was scorned and exiled himself

there are more macabre things on regular tv programs with little of the
insightfulness displayed by this cast and crew


mk5000

Arty: Let me guess. You're looking for a beautiful girl, too?
Nathaniel: No, actually, I'm looking for a prince.
Arty: Riiiight. --Enchanted

Frank Kalder

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More Details: http://en.menschenfuermenschen.com
>
Biography (three “Sissi” movies, etc): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_B%C3%B6hm
>

Did you ever watch a “Sissi” movie where he played the Austrian crown
prince and later emperor (together with Romy Schneider)?
>
He lives partly in Ethiopia with his indigenous wife who’s greatly
involved in his project, and two fluently German speaking young
children (f & m). He has a very impressive and most charming
personality, even at his progressed age, widely attracting Africans
and Europeans alike.
>

. Global Supporting

Other examples of globally and privately operated and financed
associations and foundations

▪ SOS Children’s Villages (by Hermann Gmeiner)
http://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/About-us/Pages/default.aspx

▪ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/default

More Info ...
~ http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/9533ef557a94d127
& http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Kontemporaerer+Humanismus+Humanitaet+und+Ethik-1288865-#1288865


. Coincidence
>
> Ok, this has to be one of the weirdest coincidences of all time.
>
Yeah!
>
> Saturday while cleaning Condeden, I selected a movie on Video on Demand (I've


> just been going through them in alphabetical order)
>
> This one was called "Peeping Tom". The story description was more or less a
> Hitchcock Psycho type of thing. I don't mind seeing these if they are done

> well. But if they are bloody or whatever, I tune out.


>
> The movie description further said it was pretty old and pretty
> controversial for its time.
>
> When I loaded it, I noticed that it was presented by FearNet which is
> usually the host of really bloody horror movies.
>
> But still because of the age of the movie and the hint at controversy I
> figured I would watch a little bit.
>
> I watched about an hour til I judged the movie would start into a field of
> corpses and I would have to tune out.
>
> However, the actor with a German accent really affected me. He played an
> adult who was abused as a child by his father, and armed with a movie camera

> he continued a sort of legacy of abuse.


>
> I knew all too well what the second hour of the movie would hold, but I
> thought I might research the movie further and the actor who had so affected

> me.


>
> I didn't quite know how to bring up the subject because you had disdained
> such movies in the past.
>
> I like them if they really study the psyche instead of the blood.
>
> Anyway I'd been musing about the incredible performance of the actor all

> week. Turns out it's Bohm himself.
>
I’m glad you appreciated his incredible performance.


>
> Today, the movie would probably be a critical success. Then decades ago,

> the director was scorned and exiled himself.
>
> There are more macabre things on regular tv programs with little of the
> insightfulness displayed by this cast and crew.
>
Extraordinarily coinciding circumstances...

. Romy Schneider Bio (Movie Project)

Yvonne Catterfeld http://www.perfectpeople.net/biography/3624/yvonne-catterfeld.htm
is going to play Romy Schneider (the former German “Sissi” etc
actress) http://www.perfectpeople.net/article/3624/2783931/yvonne-catterfeld/yvonne-catterfeld-spielt-romy-schneider.htm

>
__


> Arty: Let me guess. You're looking for a beautiful girl, too?
> Nathaniel: No, actually, I'm looking for a prince.
> Arty: Riiiight. --Enchanted
>

>

marika

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>
Did you ever watch a “Sissi” movie where he played the Austrian crown
prince and later emperor (together with Romy Schneider)?

-----------------

I think you have mentioned Romy before as I think we discussed her before,
but no they did not show these movies when I was a kid

I got my first manicure ever today

The Clinton and Obama thing just won't die down

it's gaffe time

they're making fun of Barack for thinking you shoot ducks with a six
shooter and for pretending he can bowl

what a strange thing for him to say - the stuff about being bitter - after
all that talk about how that
reverend wright inspired him to believe in christ.

Wright will be interviewed on CNN. His closing remarks had something to do
with calling Barack just a politician so of course things he says are not
necessarily genuine

I think I heard today that Putin has just divorced

mk5000

"People who straddle both sides of the street end up sitting in the middle.
"--Napoleon Solo: Man From Uncle

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. Gaffe Time (Democrats)

> The Clinton and Obama thing just won't die down.
>
> It's gaffe time.
>
> They're making fun of Barack for thinking you shoot ducks with a six
> shooter and for pretending he can bowl.
>
> What a strange thing for him to say - the stuff about being bitter - after
> all that talk about how that reverend Wright inspired him to believe in
> Christ.


>
> Wright will be interviewed on CNN. His closing remarks had something to do
> with calling Barack just a politician so of course things he says are not

> necessarily genuine.
>
It's sort of a political circus or, perhaps, a rigmarole?! And it’s
damaging the authority if she/he became president. I’m not a McCain
fan, though.

. Vladimir Putin

> I think I heard today that Putin has just divorced.
>
Maybe, he’s copying France’s Sarkopoleon (getting a fresh spouse)?!

However, he has denied plans to marry former gymnast Alina Kabyeva.
(~CNN)


“Media curbs likely after Putin divorce report”

April 25, 2008 (Excerpt) - Putin has presided over a steady rollback
of post-Soviet media and political freedoms.

Major national television networks have come under the control of the
Kremlin or its allies, and Russia's print media have also experienced
growing official pressure.

Putin vehemently denied the divorce report carried in Moskovsky
Korrespondent and the newspaper was shut down after Moscow authorities
banned its distribution and the chief editor resigned. …
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/25/media.russia.ap
__


> "People who straddle both sides of the street end up sitting
> in the middle.”--Napoleon Solo: Man From Uncle

. Karlheinz Böhm & Romy Schneider

> > Biography (three “Sissi” movies, etc): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_B%C3%B6hm
>
> > Did you ever watch a “Sissi” movie where he played the Austrian
> > crown prince and later emperor (together with Romy Schneider)?
>

> I think you have mentioned Romy before as I think we discussed her before,

> but no they did not show these movies when I was a kid.
>

. Manicure

> I got my first manicure ever today.
>
:)

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Wishing you and your family a pleasant orthodox Easter!

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>
Maybe, he’s copying France’s Sarkopoleon (getting a fresh spouse)?!

However, he has denied plans to marry former gymnast Alina Kabyeva.
(~CNN)


“Media curbs likely after Putin divorce report”

April 25, 2008 (Excerpt) - Putin has presided over a steady rollback
of post-Soviet media and political freedoms.

Major national television networks have come under the control of the
Kremlin or its allies, and Russia's print media have also experienced
growing official pressure.

Putin vehemently denied the divorce report carried in Moskovsky
Korrespondent and the newspaper was shut down after Moscow authorities
banned its distribution and the chief editor resigned. …
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/25/media.russia.ap
__
> "People who straddle both sides of the street end up sitting
> in the middle.”--Napoleon Solo: Man From Uncle


-------------

O that's funny, Sarkopoleon. I picked the right tag

I'll have to come up with a similar name for Putin

Putzar would be kind of funny only he doesn't clean up anything

or does he?
---------------------------

. Karlheinz Böhm & Romy Schneider

> > Biography (three “Sissi” movies, etc):
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_B%C3%B6hm
>
> > Did you ever watch a “Sissi” movie where he played the Austrian
> > crown prince and later emperor (together with Romy Schneider)?
>
> I think you have mentioned Romy before as I think we discussed her before,
> but no they did not show these movies when I was a kid.
>

-----------

I looked back in the archives and yes we did talk about Romy and how her
husband Delon had got an award.
I looked at the entire list of Bohm's movies to see what else I might have
seen him in. He apparently had a handful of parts in a few TV shows, none
of which I probably saw. However, he appeared in "The Brothers Grimm" as
Jacob Grimm. I remember my aunt taking us to see this movie in a movie
theater. That didn't happen too often, maybe once a year, that we got such
a treat. I remember that movie as if it were yesterday. My favorite scene
that I remember til today was a scene with a huge dragon with scales that
sparkled like diamonds. Of course, I was little and wasn't wearing glasses
yet so it is possibel that it didn't really look that way. My sisters have
no memory of it at all. My aunt bought us the accompanying book that they
were selliing in the lobby. I remember wearing that book out.

IMDB has a few shots of the dragon

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4078476288/tt0056700

. Manicure

> I got my first manicure ever today.
>
:)

- - -

Wishing you and your family a pleasant orthodox Easter!


-----------

thanks I am not going home this weekend so won't celebrate formally but
thanks

mk5000

"The world is full o' complainers. An' the fact is, nothin' comes with a
guarantee. Now I don't care if you're the pope of Rome, President of the
United States or Man of the Year; somethin' can all go wrong. Now go on
ahead, y'know, complain, tell your problems to your neighbor, ask for help,
'n watch him fly. Now, in Russia, they got it mapped out so that everyone
pulls for everyone else... that's the theory, anyway. But what I know about
is Texas, an' down here... you're on your own."-- Private Detective Visser:
"Blood Simple"

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. Putin


>
> > Maybe, he’s copying France’s Sarkopoleon (getting a fresh spouse)?!
>
> > However, he has denied plans to marry former gymnast

> > Alina Kabyeva. (~CNN) [...]


> __
>
> > > "People who straddle both sides of the street end up
> > > sitting in the middle.”--Napoleon Solo: Man From Uncle
>

> O that's funny, Sarkopoleon. I picked the right tag.
>
> I'll have to come up with a similar name for Putin.
>
> Putzar would be kind of funny only he doesn't clean up anything.
>
> Or does he?
>
Cute association!

. France’s President

Nicolas Sarkozy’s humble approach (“bling bling”, etc) and comeback in
four acts ... [~SPIEGEL] http://haplifnet.blogspot.com/2008/04/frances-president-sarkozys-humble.html


. Romy Schneider


>
> I looked back in the archives and yes we did talk about Romy and how her
> husband Delon had got an award.
>

Formerly, I saw more Romy movies than just her “Sissi”. She tried to
get rid of this image. She was a serious and fascinating actress.
Committed suicide in Paris after her son died by an accident. Her
mother, Magda Schneider, was also a rather famed actress.


. Böhm’s Movies

> I looked at the entire list of Bohm's movies to see what else I might have
> seen him in. He apparently had a handful of parts in a few TV shows, none
> of which I probably saw. However, he appeared in "The Brothers Grimm" as
> Jacob Grimm. I remember my aunt taking us to see this movie in a movie
> theater. That didn't happen too often, maybe once a year, that we got such
> a treat. I remember that movie as if it were yesterday. My favorite scene
> that I remember til today was a scene with a huge dragon with scales that
> sparkled like diamonds. Of course, I was little and wasn't wearing glasses

> yet so it is possible that it didn't really look that way. My sisters have


> no memory of it at all. My aunt bought us the accompanying book that they

> were selling in the lobby. I remember wearing that book out.


>
> IMDB has a few shots of the dragon
>
> http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4078476288/tt0056700
>

I know Karlheinz only from his “Sissi” movies. But, later on, I
admired him for about more than two decades on the basis of his
outstanding ‘humanitarian Ethiopia project’.

. Communication Practice

~ http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/dd44fa85f2867dbd
& http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Allgemeiner+FF+Austausch-1289401-#1289401

>
__


> "The world is full o' complainers. An' the fact is, nothin' comes with a
> guarantee. Now I don't care if you're the pope of Rome, President of the
> United States or Man of the Year; somethin' can all go wrong. Now go on
> ahead, y'know, complain, tell your problems to your neighbor, ask for help,
> 'n watch him fly. Now, in Russia, they got it mapped out so that everyone
> pulls for everyone else... that's the theory, anyway. But what I know about
> is Texas, an' down here... you're on your own."-- Private Detective Visser:
> "Blood Simple"

>

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. Putin
>
> > Maybe, he’s copying France’s Sarkopoleon (getting a fresh spouse)?!
>
> > However, he has denied plans to marry former gymnast
> > Alina Kabyeva. (~CNN) [...]
> __
>
> > > "People who straddle both sides of the street end up
> > > sitting in the middle.”--Napoleon Solo: Man From Uncle
>
> O that's funny, Sarkopoleon. I picked the right tag.
>
> I'll have to come up with a similar name for Putin.
>
> Putzar would be kind of funny only he doesn't clean up anything.
>
> Or does he?
>
Cute association!

. France’s President

Nicolas Sarkozy’s humble approach (“bling bling”, etc) and comeback in
four acts ... [~SPIEGEL]
http://haplifnet.blogspot.com/2008/04/frances-president-sarkozys-humble.html

================

That's so funny. His popularity seems to have tracked Bush's well. Bush is
doing some strange things lately to try and become more popular. He
appeared recently on the very highly rated game show "Deal or No Deal" and
said somethin akin to - I am so glad to be associated with something that
has high ratings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAfgTC37yZA

GREAT VIDEO!!!!


WATCH THIS!!!!!!!!!!!11

And this week he also appeared at the Press Club dinner with a speech that
contained a lot of jokes

I think he has a career ready for him on leaving as a standup comic

==================================


. Romy Schneider
>
> I looked back in the archives and yes we did talk about Romy and how her
> husband Delon had got an award.
>
Formerly, I saw more Romy movies than just her “Sissi”. She tried to
get rid of this image. She was a serious and fascinating actress.
Committed suicide in Paris after her son died by an accident. Her
mother, Magda Schneider, was also a rather famed actress.

=============
I remember your mentioning this briefly before

The few things I saw her in I enjoyed


mk5000

"Dominique, you remind me slightly of actres Robin Wright Penn excpt like a
transvestite version of her"--New Judge on "America's Next To Model",
Paulina Porizkova

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>
. “Bling Bling” [France]


>
> > Nicolas Sarkozy’s humble approach (“bling bling”, etc) and
> > comeback in four acts ... [~SPIEGEL] http://haplifnet.blogspot.com/2008/04/frances-president-sarkozys-humble.html

>
> That's so funny.
>

. Standup Comic

> Sarkozy’s popularity seems to have tracked Bush's well. Bush is


> doing some strange things lately to try and become more popular. He
> appeared recently on the very highly rated game show "Deal or No Deal" and

> said something akin to - I am so glad to be associated with something that
> has high ratings.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAfgTC37yZA
>
> GREAT VIDEO !! WATCH THIS !!!
>
Absolutely! :)
~ By Whoisthemonkey.com


> And this week he also appeared at the Press Club dinner with a speech that
> contained a lot of jokes
>

> I think he has a career ready for him on leaving as a standup comic.
>
. Romy Schneider
>
> > ...
>
> I remember your mentioning this briefly before.
> The few things I saw her in I enjoyed.
>
__
> "Dominique, you remind me slightly of actress Robin Wright Penn except like a


> transvestite version of her"--New Judge on "America's Next To Model",
> Paulina Porizkova
>

. Boulevard [Panorama]

There’s a new caption at FF: http://bb.focus.de/focus/f=Boulevard-21

The (actually) third subject “Carla Bruni...” was amended by the
Haplifnet [~Spiegel] “Bling Bling” blog – combined with a FK
prognosis.

. On The Right Way

http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/77f5a0873bb84a64
& http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Allgemeiner+FF+Austausch-1289675-#1289675


. Gerontological Strategies

Is it meaningful to aspire to 100 years or more? How to approach life
from 60 onward, etc?

~ http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/6b28f8ccddfd5deb
& http://bb.focus.de/focus/viewtopic.php?p=1289718&highlight=#1289718


. Transatlantic Daily

Here’s our yesterday’s summary: http://haplifnet.blogspot.com/2008/04/multicultural-blogs-update_27.html

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speaking of politicans on tape, in a few moments they'll be downloading
Jeremiah Wright, the paster who got Barack so much trouble, spoke a bit
today at the National Press Club where I was last week. Pundits are now
making their minds up about what he said

He gave an interesting exposition on the history of Church of Christ and
Liberation Theology and when asked if the sound byte showing his statements
about USA that were played over and over, he said, he had served in the
military for 6 years and Dick Cheney hadn't served at all, so who was the
patriot

He's a very good speaker no matter what you may think of the content

my only thought about being old is all I hope to do as I age is to be able
to have a fit enough mind to be able to change some things in the universe
on my way out


mk5000

"I done made some mistakes long da way, to become da G I am today
Who'd ever thought I'd make it this far, out the hood to be a big star
And I ain't going nowhere, only I ain't ever comin' down
I'm too high in the cloud to ever have to worry 'bout dat"--snoop dog, neva
hafta wurry


what's a Quasselstrippe

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. Jeremiah Wright

> Speaking of politicians on tape, in a few moments they'll be downloading
> Jeremiah Wright, the pastor who got Barack so much trouble, spoke a bit


> today at the National Press Club where I was last week. Pundits are now

> making their minds up about what he said.


>
> He gave an interesting exposition on the history of Church of Christ and
> Liberation Theology and when asked if the sound byte showing his statements
> about USA that were played over and over, he said, he had served in the
> military for 6 years and Dick Cheney hadn't served at all, so who was the

> patriot.
>
A sort of an implicit definition of patriotism...

> He's a very good speaker, no matter what you may think of the content.
>

. Gerontology Issues

> Is it meaningful to aspire to 100 years or more? How to approach life
> from 60 onward, etc?
>
> ~ http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/6b28f8ccddfd5deb
> & http://bb.focus.de/focus/viewtopic.php?p=1289718&highlight=#1289718
>

> My only thought about being old is all I hope to do as I age is to be able


> to have a fit enough mind to be able to change some things in the universe

> on my way out.
>
Yeah, I agree. And all those Nachtcafé (SWR) talkers did so, too.

. Usenet, Blog, Forum [ & Djerassi]

About my online-writing background within the past five years:

~ http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/9a21e5bd732c2c16
& http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Allgemeiner+FF+Austausch-1289925-#1289925

. Carl Djerassi (84)

He was part of the Nachtcafé (SWR) talk on April 25.

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

http://www.djerassi.com

http://www.djerassi.com/bio/bio1.html

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/chemistry/faculty/djerassi

His German language command is extremely excellent.

>
__


> "I done made some mistakes long da way, to become da G I am today
> Who'd ever thought I'd make it this far, out the hood to be a big star
> And I ain't going nowhere, only I ain't ever comin' down
> I'm too high in the cloud to ever have to worry 'bout dat"--snoop dog, neva
> hafta wurry
>

. Definition

> What's a Quasselstrippe?
>
Someone who enjoys to gab, jabber, palaver, rattle on, twaddle, or
yap.

Those verbs I found for “quasseln”.

Quasselstrippe: chatterbox, motormouth, tattletale.

Strippe means (in German slang) either a wire (in telecommunication or
electricity context) or, e.g., (especially in and around Berlin) a
little white bread (~3-4”) (“Brötchen”) which Germans (not me, though)
are used to have for breakfast – mostly with butter and jelly - along
with coffee.

You remember that the Japanese cannot easily pronounce
the letter “R”. Theirs sounds like an “L”.

About one year ago, Paris Hilton did a German TV ad. A ‘far eastern’
serviceman rang at the door. Paris opened. He brought her “Blödchen”,
as he said broadly-smiling (meaning “Brötchen”).

However, a Blödchen is in German a little stupid or dumb one
(particularly associated with young insipid blondes).

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. Djerassi’s Family & DRAP (Woodside)

|| With his second wife, Norma Lundholm, he had a son, Dale, who is a
documentary filmmaker; and a daughter, Pamela, who grew up to become
an artist. She was married to a doctor, who was doing a residency at
Stanford. She suffered from chronic pain as well as depression, and
took a fatal overdose of prescription drugs in July of 1978. After
Pamela's suicide, Djerassi founded the Djerassi Resident Artists
Program (DRAP) in her memory. Djerassi was married to biographer and
Stanford professor emerita Diane Middlebrook until her death in
December 2007. They lived in San Francisco and London.||
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Djerassi#Social_impact_of_scientific_work

|| Diane Middlebrook (April 16, 1939 – December 15, 2007) was an
American biographer, poet, and teacher. She is best known for
critically acclaimed biographies of poets Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath
(along with Plath's husband Ted Hughes) and jazz musician Billy
Tipton. Her most recent project was a biography of the Roman poet
Ovid, to be published in 2008. She taught for many years at Stanford
University.|| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Middlebrook

|| Dr. Carl Djerassi founded an artists colony in the community in
memory of his late daughter. The Djerassi Resident Artists Program is
one of several Bay Area programs which house artists in an environment
where they can be creative without worrying about how to pay the rent.
Others include Villa Montalvo in Saratoga and Marin Headlands Center
for the Arts north of San Francisco.

It is adjacent to the campus of Stanford University, which is east of
the town.|| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodside%2C_California

|| Djerassi closed down the cattle ranch; converted the barn and the
houses to residential and work space for a number of artists of many
kinds, brought in a prize-winning chef, and moved to a building he had
renovated in San Francisco, where he occupies one floor as a turn-of-
the-millennium salon. He also bought a home in London. Djerassi and
Middlebrook alternate between hemispheres about once a year.||
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Djerassi#Social_impact_of_scientific_work

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The Jeremiah Wright discussion continues. I am amazed at the coverage, the
interpretations, this may be the single most interesting development in US
politics to me.

Obama has 2 choices - reject it totally

continue to play it safe

or acknowledge that many black people have these thoughts and that this is
the real racial divide, not the soft sell speech he gave a few months ago.

Wright for what it's worth has opened the possibility to serious debate if
people want to take it up

I am a bit tired to talk tonight about the many philosophical issues you
posed about age and such much of which has me in a mental tizzy right now

I spent the last 48 hours in the Baltimore area working on something unusual
but only privately discussable

I doubt it will be the route to anything but it's had me stressed about
things like my age, mental acuity and stuff like that

anyway here's a link to contempate for fun til I have more time/energy to
think about such things

http://www.news.com/2300-11389_3-6219329-1.html?tag=nefd.also

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- 2nd part -


---------------\

\\\very intresting bio!

in the menatime post the Bush Nato visit, a story here and there, but this
analysis is the most interesting

http://ukraine-observer.com/index.php?c=1594

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. US Politics


>
> The Jeremiah Wright discussion continues. I am amazed at the coverage, the
> interpretations, this may be the single most interesting development in US
> politics to me.
>

> Obama has 2 choices - reject it totally.

> Continue to play it safe.
>
> Or acknowledge that many black people have these thoughts and that this is


> the real racial divide, not the soft sell speech he gave a few months ago.
>
> Wright for what it's worth has opened the possibility to serious debate if

> people want to take it up.
>
Very interesting development! Eager to follow up if further news
emerged!


. Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Turkey [NATO

> In the meantime post the Bush Nato visit, a story here and there, but this
> analysis is the most interesting.
>
> http://ukraine-observer.com/index.php?c=1594
>

There’d be a nice opportunity to perhaps meet Zeyno Baran in DC at the
(think tank) Hudson Institute... http://www.ukraine-observer.com/image_add/Image/Zeyno%20Baran.jpg

Energy, Empire and Ukraine: Q&A with a Washington analyst
By John Marone

- Excerpts -

Although Ukraine still holds importance in U.S. foreign policy, Russia
has a powerful lobby in Washington DC, according to Zeyno Baran, who
heads the Center for Eurasian Policy at the independent Washington-DC
based think tank the Hudson Institute. Baran, who has been working as
a policy analyst on Eurasian energy and security issues for over 10
years, said the Kremlin will continue to use its growing leverage in
the West to regain control over what it considers its area of
influence. Earlier this month, Baran was in Kyiv, following her
attendance of the NATO Summit in Bucharest Romania.

ZB: ... I do wish that the U.S. had earlier made its position on MAP
clearer, so there would have been time to work with Germany and
France. The U.S. could have explained how Russia would perceive
anything short of MAP as a success of its aggressive foreign policy—
and, as a result, NATO would be giving Russia a de facto veto over the
alliance’s further expansion.
__
Membership Action Plan (MAP)

- Ukrainian Debate -

Moreover, I am sure Putin and his successor [Dmitry] Medvedev will try
their best to provoke the Georgians into dangerous military action—in
its separatist regions Abkhazia or South Ossetia—so that the alliance
will continue to remain split on this issue. As you know, the Germans
have argued that NATO cannot accept a country that is faced with such
territorial divisions—conveniently forgetting, of course, that a
divided Germany was accepted into the alliance half a century ago.
Russia’s hostile acts in Abkhazia over the last week are therefore not
at all surprising. Similarly, I am sure we will see Russian "soft
power" effectively at work in Ukraine, which, unlike Georgia, does not
have a popular majority in support of NATO membership. We can expect
more pressure on the energy issue [i.e. Russian gas imports] and
continued political instability. The challenge for Ukraine is to keep
this government [of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko] in office until
at least the end of the year, so there is no further delay in MAP.
[…]

- Turkish Regional Influence -

Turkey as a NATO ally and with no significant oil or gas resources of
its own is a reliable transit country for Caspian energy to Western
markets. Turkey made great contributions to the development of the
countries of the former Soviet Union at the beginning of their
independence. For example, it has provided tremendous assistance to
the militaries of many of these countries under NATO’s Partnership
for Peace program; it has opened up good quality schools in many of
these counties; it has been a leading promoter of the Black Sea
region’s security and cooperation and under the organization called
BSEC (Black Sea Economic Cooperation) it has brought together all the
littoral countries as well as those from the Balkans, Armenia and
Azerbaijan. So, until now Turkey has been a dependable ally and
partner for both sides, and hopefully its own internal tensions will
not prevent it from continuing to be a positive force in the region.

Very interesting (Q&A) analysis!

You may probably excerpt (copy & paste) another few passages which you
might consider most important from a Ukrainian or your personal
viewpoint...

Excerpts “Carl Djerassi | Diane Middlebrook | Artists Colony DRAP
(Woodside)”
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.europe/msg/5f6ff19282be133e
>
> Very interesting bio!
>
At the talk show he looked even much better than on those photos.

I was fascinated by Carl and what he reported (Q&A) about his great
and unusually rewarding life. One would wish to have him as a friend.

Btw, I have/had close contacts to many seniors (~70-90) in my personal
environment (family and friends), who've been fascinating
personalities (most of them died, meanwhile).

. Philosophical Issues

> I am a bit tired to talk tonight about the many philosophical issues you

> posed about age and such much of which has me in a mental tizzy right now.


>
> I spent the last 48 hours in the Baltimore area working on something unusual

> but only privately discussable.
>
If appropriate, maybe by “reply to author” (Gougle Groups)...


>
> I doubt it will be the route to anything but it's had me stressed about

> things like my age, mental acuity and stuff like that.
>
> Anyway here's a link to contemplate for fun til I have more time/energy to
> think about such things.
>
> http://www.news.com/2300-11389_3-6219329-1.html?tag=nefd.also
>
Cute: “The wooden car with a split personality”.

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- transatlantic daily -
>

There’d be a nice opportunity to perhaps meet Zeyno Baran in DC at the

---------------

I may have already and just don't remember it

--------------------------

- Excerpts -

- Ukrainian Debate -

Very interesting (Q&A) analysis!

speaking of insect control

I heard a report that the bee collapse is being attributed to pollution that
blocks the aroma of the plants.

They've started adding artificial aromas to fields to get them to pollinate


>
> > http://www.stanford.edu/dept/chemistry/faculty/djerassi
>
Excerpts “Carl Djerassi | Diane Middlebrook | Artists Colony DRAP
(Woodside)”
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.europe/msg/5f6ff19282be133e
>
> Very interesting bio!
>
At the talk show he looked even much better than on those photos.

I was fascinated by Carl and what he reported (Q&A) about his great
and unusually rewarding life. One would wish to have him as a friend.

Btw, I have/had close contacts to many seniors (~70-90) in my personal
environment (family and friends), who've been fascinating
personalities (most of them died, meanwhile).

---------

you might mention an anecdote sometime


. Philosophical Issues

> I am a bit tired to talk tonight about the many philosophical issues you
> posed about age and such much of which has me in a mental tizzy right now.
>
> I spent the last 48 hours in the Baltimore area working on something
> unusual
> but only privately discussable.
>
If appropriate, maybe by “reply to author” (Gougle Groups)...
>
> I doubt it will be the route to anything but it's had me stressed about
> things like my age, mental acuity and stuff like that.
>
> Anyway here's a link to contemplate for fun til I have more time/energy to
> think about such things.
>
> http://www.news.com/2300-11389_3-6219329-1.html?tag=nefd.also
>
Cute: “The wooden car with a split personality”.

--

The headline is probably intentionally meant to have a double meaning.
When a person chops wood with an axe, it is referred to as splitting wood


mk5000

"If everybody turn there radios on at twelve o'clock
We'll make the world pop"--snoop dogg, cool

marika

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they've misspelled it should be Kyiv
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/04/22/discovering.kiev.ap/index.html

there's also a nice photo at the link
Discover Kiev's cathedrals, cobblestones and charm
a.. Story Highlights
b.. Kiev is considered the birthplace of Slavic civilization

c.. The city is dotted with hundreds of medieval Orthodox cathedrals and
monasteries

d.. Kiev Pechersk Lavra is one of the holiest Orthodox monasteries in
Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Shining with Orthodox golden domes that rise from
forested hilltops, crisscrossed by narrow cobblestone streets, and speckled
by quiet, leafy parks, Kiev draws visitors with an Eastern European charm.

Kiev Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Cave Monastery, is a sacred
pilgrimage site for Orthodox believers

And for those who seek the exotic artifacts of the Soviet era -- Lenin
statues, imposing bronze monuments and colonnaded subway stations -- Kiev
has those too.

Founded more than 1,500 years ago, Kiev is one of the oldest and
historically richest cities in Eastern Europe. The site of the ancient
Kievan Rus state, forerunner of the Russian empire, it is considered the
birthplace of Slavic civilization. The city endured the Mongol-Tatar
invasion, was an important provincial capital in the Tsarist and Soviet eras
and in 1991 finally became the capital of an independent Ukraine.

Today, Kiev strives to be a proper European city, at the same time
preserving its unique Slavic appeal. Cut in two by the broad Dnieper river,
the city is a mix of medieval onion-domed Orthodox cathedrals, elegant turn
of the 20th century buildings and some stubbornly durable artifacts of the
Soviet times, including giant statues and gloomy apartment blocks on the
city's outskirts.

Begin your tour with Khreshchatyk street, Kiev's calling card, a broad
avenue lined with grand Stalin-era brown brick buildings and chestnut trees.
On weekends, when Khreshchatyk is closed to traffic, it is especially
pleasant to walk and gives you a chance to mix with the local crowd --
glamorous young women walking hand in hand with their lucky suitors,
teenagers dancing to hip hop music and retirees taking their giggly
grandchildren for a stroll.

If you go ...
Visas: Citizens of most Western countries and Japan don't need visas for
stays of up to 90 days.

Getting there: Flights to Kiev are available from major Western European
cities, New York and Toronto.

Language: Most street signs are Cyrillic, which will be a challenge to
foreigners. But an increasing number of Kievans, especially among the
younger generation, speak English and will be able to give you directions.

Don't drink the tap water: It is advised to rely on bottled water.

Getting around the city: Kiev has a well developed public transportation
system, including the subway, buses and trolleys. But the city is also
infamous for its traffic jams, so it's often better to walk. You can also
easily hail a taxi just by sticking your arm out. But be prepared to bargain
with the taxi drivers, otherwise you might be taken for a ride. Also, be
twice as careful when crossing the street, since many drivers here are
reckless.

Khreshchatyk is at its best in May, when the chestnuts -- the city's
symbol -- are in full bloom and they fill the air with a delicate sweet
aroma.

The street culminates with Maidan Nezalezhnosti, or Independence Square,
where Ukrainians made history in 2004 by staging the peaceful Orange
Revolution that overturned a fraudulent election and brought a pro-Western
opposition leader to power.

Since then, the concept of opposition protests has become so popular in
Ukraine that hardly a day goes by in Kiev without a rally of some sort.
Don't get intimidated by flag-waving activists demonstrating in front of a
government building or setting up a tent camp in the center of the city. In
fact you can join the democratic celebration.

Aside from the revolution, Maidan is noted for the soaring 130-foot statue
of a young woman in the national costume representing the newly independent
Ukraine. Many Ukrainians appreciate the statue's political significance
though question its taste.

Kiev is dotted with hundreds of medieval Orthodox cathedrals and
monasteries -- a reminder that it was here that the state of Kievan Rus
(parts of modern-day Ukraine, Russia and Belarus) became Christian. In 988
A.D the Slavic prince Volodymyr marched his servants into the Dnieper to be
baptized and eventually converted the whole region to Christianity.

If you don't have time for all of the churches, make sure you see at least
three: St. Sofia and St. Michael cathedrals, both just up the hill from the
Independence Square, and the landmark Kiev Pechersk Lavra, also known as the
Cave Monastery, overlooking the Dnieper.

Founded in the 11th century by Volodymyr's son Yaroslav, St. Sofia's
Cathedral was rebuilt in the 17-18th centuries in the so-called Ukrainian
Baroque style, which is more modest in decoration than the classic Baroque.
The cathedral managed to escape destruction by atheist Soviet authorities
when a group of historians cleverly proposed to close it to worshippers and
turn it into a museum, thus preserving its ancient mosaics and frescos.

The white-and-blue golden-domed St. Michael, dating back to the 12th
century, was not so lucky. The cathedral, also built in the Ukrainian
Baroque style, was demolished in 1935 and was rebuilt only in the late
1990s.

St. Michael's is a popular place to get married. As you approach the
cathedral you may run into beaming brides in elaborate white dresses posing
for photos, and their more serious grooms clad in dark suits. They may be
cracking a bottle of Champagne.

To feel the atmosphere of Kiev of the beginning of 20th century, head to
Andriivsky Descent, a cobblestone, serpentine street that is one of the
oldest in Kiev. The Descent is often compared with Montmartre in Paris.
There are numerous art galleries, artists eager to paint your portrait or
caricature, and cozy cafes offering both Ukrainian and foreign cuisine.
Those looking for souvenirs -- national costumes, folk music and even Red
Army uniforms -- can find them here too.

Don't Miss
a.. Kiev, Ukraine
Be sure to stop at the Mikhail Bulgakov museum, the house of the renowned
Russian author of "The Master and Margarita," a world-acclaimed novel
satirizing the soulless Stalin-era bureaucracy. Bulgakov, who lived here in
the early 20th century, once said that no city in the world is as beautiful
as Kiev.

Next on the must-see list is the Kiev Pechersk Lavra -- one of the oldest
and the holiest Orthodox monasteries in Ukraine and a sacred pilgrimage site
for Orthodox believers from all over the world. Located on the banks of the
Dnieper, its sprawling territory is home to a dozen churches and museums, a
forested park and massive underground caves. The saints buried inside are
believed to have healing powers.

The monastery's 317-foot bell tower offers a great view of the city, but
only for those prepared to climb narrow stairs all the way to the top.

After you've enriched your soul, allow yourself some earthly pleasures. A
traditional Ukrainian meal will keep you up and running for rest of the day.
Begin with the two best known local specialties -- a piece of bread with a
slice of salo (hog fat) and borsch (beet soup). Then try varenyky dumplings
with cabbage, potatoes or meat and wash it all down with vodka, or horilka
as it is known here. You can resume your diet after you've left Kiev.

After the meal, head to the Lypky district -- a quiet area of 19-century
houses built for wealthy aristocrats and civil servants. Here, you will run
into a miniature replica of the French Versailles -- the Mariinsky Palace,
built in 1755 by the renowned architect Bartholomeo Rastrelli, who was the
court architect for the Russian Empress Elisabeth.

Another peculiar site in the neighborhood is the House with Chimeras -- an
unlikely name and design for the presidential reception house. Nestled on a
steep hill, the house has three or six stories, depending on which side you
look from and is decorated with sculptures of such bizarre creatures as
mermaids, lizards and frogs. It was built by one of Kiev's most famous
architects, Wladyslaw Horodecki, whose Art-Nouveau buildings dot the center
of the city.

If it's warm outside, take a boat tour on the Dnieper and get a splendid
view the city's green hills and church domes. But don't get intimidated by
the giant steel woman staring at you, a sword and a shield in her hands. If
the Soviet-era 200-foot-tall Motherland statue looks more menacing than
hospitable to you, just ignore it. The rest of the city welcomes you.

marika

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very important Nato story

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7375736.stm
Russia warned over Georgia move


Nato has warned Russia that its recent troop build-up in Georgia's two
breakaway regions undermines its neighbour's territorial integrity.

Russia's moves in Abkhazia and South Ossetia were raising tensions in
the area, a Nato spokesman said.

Moscow has accused Georgia of preparing to invade Abkhazia, and says
it is also boosting Russian peacekeeping forces there and in South Ossetia.

Tbilisi has described the Russian move as "irresponsible".

"The steps that have been taken [by Russia] and the rhetoric have
increased tensions and undermined Georgia's territorial integrity," Nato
spokesman James Appathurai said.

He also urged both Moscow and Tbilisi to avoid harsh rhetoric.


US National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe on Wednesday
said Washington was "concerned abut reports from the region".

The European Union has appealed for caution, saying to increase troop
numbers would be unwise given current tensions.

Over recent weeks Russia appears to have been significantly turning up
the pressure in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the BBC's diplomatic
correspondent Jonathan Marcus says.

He says that many Western diplomats see these moves as part of a more
assertive Russian policy in the wake of Western recognition of the
independence of Kosovo in February.

The row over Moscow's support for separatist enclaves in Georgia now
threatens to provoke a more serious strain between Russia and the West, our
correspondent adds.

'Aggressors'

Earlier this week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned that
Moscow would take "retaliatory measures" if Georgia used force against its
breakaway regions.


Russia said Georgia was massing 1,500 soldiers and police in the upper
Kodori Gorge, the only part of Abkhazia which remains under government
control.

In response, Moscow said it was increasing Russian peacekeepers in
both Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Mr Lavrov said that Russia had to protect Russian-passport holders in
the two regions.

Georgia denies any build-up of its own forces in the area, and says
that Russia is taking provocative action.

"We think that this step, if they take it, will cause extreme
destabilisation in the region," said Georgian Prime Minister Lado
Gurgenidze.

"From now on, we consider every [Russian] soldier or any unit of
military equipment coming in [to Abkhazia and South Ossetia] as illegal,
potential aggressors and potential generators of destabilisation."

Kosovo precedent

Russia has kept a peacekeeping force in Abkhazia and South Ossetia
under an agreement made following the wars of the 1990s, when the regions
broke away from Tbilisi and formed links with Moscow.

There are around 2,000 Russians posted in Abkhazia, and about 1,000 in
South Ossetia.

Tensions between Russia and Georgia have flared up recently, despite
Russia lifting economic sanctions against Georgia earlier this month.

Last week, Georgia accused a Russian plane of shooting down an
unmanned Georgian spy plane - which Russian authorities insisted was shot
down by Abkhaz rebels.

And on Tuesday, Georgia said it was blocking Russia's entry to the
World Trade Organization.

Many in Abkhazia believe that Kosovo's announcement of independence
from Serbia in February provides a precedent for it to be recognised as an
individual state.

Although it has its own flag and postage stamps, it is not
internationally recognised.

===============

Pat Buchanan's version of the Wright story

----- Original Message -----
From: "marika" <marik...@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:22 PM
Subject: waste of you leave me


>I just watched Michelle Obama, Hilary all as exclusives on different pundit
>shows
>
> Is He One of Us?
> By Patrick J. Buchanan
> Friday, April 25, 2008
>
> As one looks at the polls, the issues and the candidates, the
> election of 2008 resembles what poker players call a "lay-down hand."
>
> Two-thirds of the nation believes the Iraq war a blunder.
> Sixty-nine percent disapproves of President Bush. Eighty-one
> percent thinks America is on the wrong course.
>
> Inflation is at 4 percent and rising. Unemployment is 5 percent and
> rising. Gasoline, heating oil and food prices are soaring. The
> dollar has lost half its values against the euro. Homes are being
> foreclosed upon at Depression rates. The stock market is in a
> swoon. And 3.5 million manufacturing jobs have vanished under Bush.
>
> Hillary and Obama have both raised far more than John McCain.
>
> Democratic turnout in the primaries and caucuses is two and three
> times what it was for the GOP. The youth, energy and enthusiasm are
> on the Democratic side. Voter registration is rising dramatically,
> and the new registrants are almost all Democrats or independents.
>
> Thirty Republican House members are retiring. In the Senate, the
> big question is whether Democrats will achieve a 60-40 margin to
> enable them to kill Republican filibusters.
>
> By all odds, Republican retention of the White House should be as
> imperiled as it was in 1932, when the hapless Herbert Hoover faced
> FDR.
>
> Yet John McCain, who presides over a disconsolate party many of
> whose leading lights not only do not love him, they do not like
> him, is even money to be the next president of the United States.
>
> What explains this?
>
> Answer: Barack Obama, the probable nominee of the Democratic Party
> -- his cool and pleasant demeanor aside, and his oratorical skills
> notwithstanding -- is being steadily pushed by his own mistakes,
> and rivals Hillary Clinton and McCain, outside the social, cultural
> and ideological mainstream of American politics.
>
> Hillary's victory in Pennsylvania confirmed what Texas, Ohio and
> Florida hinted at. Barack has not closed the sale with Middle
> America. Moreover, he may never close the sale.
>
> What is Barack's problem?
>
> Though he has stitched together the McGovern wing of the party --
> the anti-war crowd, the cause people, the professoriat -- with the
> Jesse Jackson wing -- 90 percent of the African-American vote -- he
> is being systematically pushed out of the heartland of the party,
> the white working and middle class. And reinforcing the impression
> in Middle America that Barack is "not one of us" is the core of
> both the Clinton and Republican strategies. And they are working.
>
> In Ohio and Pennsylvania, resistance to the probable nominee
> hardened and calcified among Catholics, ethnics, union and
> blue-collar voters, even as Barack outspent Hillary two and three
> to one.
>
> Racism is the reason, wail the pundits. But this is not a reason,
> it is an excuse. Barack, after all, ran up record totals in
> virtually all-white Iowa and is favored to win in virtually
> all-white Oregon.
>
> Moreover, all politics are tribal. There was resistance in rural
> Pennsylvania to voting for an African-American, but there was also
> wild enthusiasm for voting for an African-American in Philly, where
> Hillary -- spouse of "our first black president" -- was getting
> about the same share of the black vote as Barry Goldwater.
>
> On balance, as Joe Biden undiplomatically blurted out, the fact
> that Obama is a black man is an extraordinary asset in 2008. It is
> the reason a junior senator, three years out of the Illinois
> legislature, is running first for the nomination, and has become
> the favorite of a national media intoxicated with the idea of a
> black president.
>
> Barack's problem is social, cultural and ideological.
>
> Increasingly, he is seen not as a man of the middle, but as radical
> chic, a man of the liberal and leftist elite who confides to
> closed-door meetings in San Francisco that folks in Pennsylvania
> cling to guns, Bibles and bigotries as crutches, because they
> cannot cope in the Global Economy and government has failed them.
>
> He is seen as a man comfortable with friends still proud of the
> radical role they played planting bombs in the 1960s, a man who
> feels relaxed about sending his daughters on Sunday to hear the
> racist rants of an anti-American berserker.
>
> And if your wife, beneficiary of a Princeton-Harvard Law education
> denied to 99.9 percent of the people, says she cannot recall ever
> being proud of America before now, folks are naturally going to be
> suspicious about why you dumped the American flag pin.
>
> On the big issues of 2008 -- amnesty, the hemorrhaging of American
> jobs, Iraq -- McCain is on the same side as George Bush, whose
> approval rating is 28 percent. McCain can be defeated on those
> issues.
>
> But if, with a little help from Hillary, McCain can paint Barack
> indelibly as a man of the trendy and radical left, he can win.
> America will have nowhere else to go.
>
> Journalists disagree on whether immigration, Iraq or the economy
> will be the major issue in 2008. The real issue may be -- and this
> is what is causing heart palpitations among Democrats -- is Barack
> Obama one of us, or is he one of them?
>
> SOURCE:
> http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=7wT4Z&m=1eFfTszDL1xN9f&b=qQd3fkPMA1a0hZqKYYFB_g

Frank Kalder

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~ http://haplifnet.blogspot.com [US+EU Community]
- transatlantic daily -

. Obama / Wright

A Pastor's Influence
By David S. Broder - May 1, 2008

In his achingly slow steps toward repudiating the repugnant words of
his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama has run the
risk of serious political damage by leaving vague what it was that
attracted him to this outspoken critic of American society.

In the rational part of Wright's appearance Monday at the National
Press Club, before he got to the self-justification and the
denunciations of our government and the nation's values, Wright
offered clues to the answer to that question. They came in the form of
his succinct interpretation of the historic goals of the black church.
[…]

We do not know how destructive this association will be to Obama's
chances. But as much as Obama may have found inspiration for his
political views in Wright's sermons, the damage from their friendship
has now been far greater.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/30/AR2008043003252.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

. Wright Story

> Pat Buchanan's version of the Wright story
>

> Subject: Waste of you leave me


>
> > I just watched Michelle Obama, Hilary all as exclusives on

> > different pundit shows.
>
=> http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley/msg/26d137a0d1de5027


. Zeyno Baran

> > There’d be a nice opportunity to perhaps meet Zeyno Baran
> > in DC at the (think tank) Hudson Institute...
> > http://www.ukraine-observer.com/image_add/Image/Zeyno%20Baran.jpg
>

> I may have already and just don't remember it.
>

. Insect Control
>
> Speaking of insect control


>
> I heard a report that the bee collapse is being attributed to pollution that
> blocks the aroma of the plants.
>

> They've started adding artificial aromas to fields to get them to pollinate.
>
Hope it’ll work. What damage to our “nature”, though.
>
>
. Fascinating Seniors


>
> > Btw, I have/had close contacts to many seniors (~70-90)
> > in my personal environment (family and friends), who've
> > been fascinating personalities (most of them died, meanwhile).
>

> You might mention an anecdote sometime.
>
. Contemporary Witnesses

Those (generally) are an inestimable “asset” ...

~ http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/c4cbf41db7a4b761
& http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Kontemporaerer+Humanismus+Humanitaet+und+Ethik-1290532-#1290532

. Lindau (Bodensee) NEWS

Lindauer Ballnacht (Mai), Seglertage (June), and Oktoberfest (Sept)…
http://lindau.icserver3.de/index.php?sid=2318

. Ancestors [Ape & Human]

Research results by Eric Lander (et al.) of a joint MIT & Harvard
institute in Massachusetts [~STERN]
http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/b8ae08f00ed970da


. Attempt

I’m delighted of what you’re attempting.
And, of course, I wish you GOOD LUCK !

. Personality

> > Anyway here's a link to contemplate for fun til I have more time/energy to
> > think about such things.
>
> > http://www.news.com/2300-11389_3-6219329-1.html?tag=nefd.also
>
> Cute: “The wooden car with a split personality”.
>

> The headline is probably intentionally meant to have a double meaning.

> When a person chops wood with an axe, it is referred to as splitting wood.
>
:)


>
> "If everybody turn there radios on at twelve o'clock

> We'll make the world pop"--Snoop Dog, Cool

. Kyiv

> They've misspelled it should be Kyiv http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/04/22/discovering.kiev.ap/index.html
>
> There's also a nice photo at the link.
http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/04/22/discovering.kiev.ap/art.monastery.ap.jpg

> Discover Kiev's cathedrals, cobblestones and charm

> Story Highlights
> a.. Kiev is considered the birthplace of Slavic civilization
> b.. The city is dotted with hundreds of medieval Orthodox cathedrals and
> monasteries
> c.. Kiev Pechersk Lavra is one of the holiest Orthodox monasteries in
> Ukraine
>
Thank you very much. This is particularly appreciated because I had
commented on that "charm" issue quite some time ago, and we had talked
about it...

. NATO

> Very important Nato story


>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7375736.stm
>
> Russia warned over Georgia move
>
> Nato has warned Russia that its recent troop build-up in Georgia's two

> breakaway regions undermines its neighbour's territorial integrity. [...]
>
Yes, that’s an interesting development with a parallel to the Kosovo
case.

marika

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"Frank Kalder" <edi...@haplif.de> wrote in message
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>
>
. Fascinating Seniors
>
> > Btw, I have/had close contacts to many seniors (~70-90)
> > in my personal environment (family and friends), who've
> > been fascinating personalities (most of them died, meanwhile).
>
> You might mention an anecdote sometime.
>
. Contemporary Witnesses

Those (generally) are an inestimable “asset” ...

. Lindau (Bodensee) NEWS

Lindauer Ballnacht (Mai), Seglertage (June), and Oktoberfest (Sept)…
http://lindau.icserver3.de/index.php?sid=2318

. Ancestors [Ape & Human]

Research results by Eric Lander (et al.) of a joint MIT & Harvard
institute in Massachusetts [~STERN]
http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/b8ae08f00ed970da

=============================

Outstanding! Thanks -

Today's news, the DC Madame was found hung

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/the-story-ends-for-the-dc-madam/?hp

mk5000

"Made it back to Frisco in the vanity chest/To the painted ladies on house
arrest"--Stephen Malkmus

marika

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. NATO

> Very important Nato story
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7375736.stm
>
> Russia warned over Georgia move
>
> Nato has warned Russia that its recent troop build-up in Georgia's two
> breakaway regions undermines its neighbour's territorial integrity. [...]
>
Yes, that’s an interesting development with a parallel to the Kosovo
case.
>


===============

this happened about a week ago and may have been the cause of the above
actions by Nato

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7358761.stm

Russia 'shot down Georgia drone'

Georgia's air force commander shows footage that allegedly shows a
Russian aircraft shooting down the Georgian plane

A Russian fighter jet has shot down an unmanned reconnaissance
aircraft over the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, Georgian
authorities say.

Georgia's defence ministry has released video showing what appears to
be a Russian MiG-29 shooting down the unarmed Georgian drone on Sunday.

A Russian air force spokesman said the claim was "nonsense" while
Abkhaz rebels said they had downed the drone.

Russia's leader asked why a drone had been present in a "conflict
zone".

President Vladimir Putin expressed his concern in a phone call to
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, the Kremlin reported.

Mr Saakashvili himself went on Georgian TV to say he had
"categorically demanded [of Mr Putin]... that these aggressive attacks on
Georgia be stopped immediately".

Tensions are high between the two neighbours over Russian support for
Abkhazia and another breakaway Georgian region, South Ossetia.

Russian and UN peacekeepers have been deployed in the two regions
since the early 1990s, when violence erupted as they broke free from
Georgian control.

Tbilisi believes Moscow is fuelling the separatist conflict in
Abkhazia to maintain Russian influence in the region and to damage Georgia's
hopes of joining Nato, the BBC's Matthew Collin reports from Georgia.

'Absolutely illegal'

The video, shot from the drone moments before impact, shows a jet
launching a missile over what appears to be the Black Sea.


"It's absolutely illegal for a Russian MiG-29 to be there," said Col
David Nairashvili, the air force commander.

"Russian military aircraft intruded into Georgian airspace above
Abkhazia, Georgia," said President Saakashvili on television.

"This aircraft attacked and destroyed a Georgian UAV [Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle]. Once again, Georgia was exercising [its] sovereign right to
monitor a situation on its own territory."

Abkhazia's separatist administration has said its own forces shot down
the drone because it was violating Abkhaz airspace and breaching ceasefire
agreements.

According to Russian reports from Sukhumi, the Abkhaz capital, the
authorities there have put on display fragments of the drone.

Garry Kupalba, deputy defence minister of the unrecognised Republic of
Abkhazia, told reporters the drone had been shot down by an "L-39 aircraft
of the Abkhaz Air Force".

He also identified the drone as an Israeli-made Hermes 450.

'Destabilising'

President Putin viewed the presence of the drone as a "destabilising
factor escalating tension", the Kremlin said.

"During an examination of the incident with the Georgian unmanned
plane, Vladimir Putin expressed his perplexity over the fact that the
Georgian side is organising military flights over a conflict zone," it
added.

A Russian air force spokesman said: "What would a Russian jet fighter
be doing over Georgian territory?"

Last week, Georgia accused Russia of trying to annex Abkhazia and
South Ossetia by deciding to seek closer ties with them.

Russia has said its proposal is aimed at protecting the rights and
legal interests of Russian citizens, who make up the majority of the
population in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Earlier this month, Nato decided not to grant Georgia's request to
join its Membership Action Plan but promised it would eventually become a
member of the alliance.

Frank Kalder

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. Angela Merkel

"Angie" received the prestigious Charlemagne Award for European
achievements.

Sarkozy says he has
'learned a lot from Angela Merkel' - Reuters

AACHEN, Germany: President Nicolas Sarkozy of France said (on May 1,
2008) that he had a lot more affection for Chancellor Angela Merkel of
Germany than the media say, brushing aside suggestions that relations
between the two leaders had worsened in recent months.

Paying tribute to Merkel at a prize-giving ceremony in the German city
of Aachen, Sarkozy said France and Germany had faced conflicts like
many other countries, but the two neighbors had always worked on
finding a common solution…

Sarkozy praised Merkel's successful efforts to broker a deal on the
European Union's Lisbon treaty, which was designed to ease decision-
making and overhaul the bloc's institutions…

"France supported Germany in its presidency (in 2007) and I want to
tell you that when France takes over the presidency, Germany will
support France's work for the well-being of Europe," Merkel said in
her speech. http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/01/europe/01merkelsarko.php

Sarkozy’s EU presidency starts in July for the second half of this
year.

>
. Appraisal
>
> > Fascinating Seniors ...
>
> > Contemporary Witnesses ...
>
> > Lindau (Bodensee) NEWS ...
>
> > Ancestors [Ape & Human] ...
>
> Outstanding! Thanks -
>
. DC Madame
>
> Today's news, the DC Madame was found hung.
>
> http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/the-story-ends-for-the-dc-madam/?hp
>
… Deborah Jeane Palfrey took extreme measures, even by Washington
standards, when it came to defending herself against charges of
running a high-priced call girl ring under the guise of an escort
service…

Though she set Washington abuzz with her threat to spark a hundred sex
scandals by revealing her customers’ identities, but the big fish who
were rumored to be among them evaporated one by one. …

Oops and wow!
__


> "Made it back to Frisco in the vanity chest

> To the painted ladies on house arrest"
> --Stephen Malkmus
>

:)


. NATO
>
> > [...]

> This happened about a week ago and may have been the cause of the above

A Russian fighter jet has shot down an unmanned reconnaissance
aircraft over the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, Georgian

authorities say. ...

… Last week, Georgia accused Russia of trying to annex Abkhazia and


South Ossetia by deciding to seek closer ties with them.

Russia has said its proposal is aimed at protecting the rights and
legal interests of Russian citizens, who make up the majority of the
population in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Earlier this month, Nato decided not to grant Georgia's request to
join its Membership Action Plan but promised it would eventually

become a member of the alliance. (April 21, 2008)

marika

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. Angela Merkel


================

This is exciting for Angie

I don't know if Europe has been watching the crazy US airline industry

Most of them had unanticipated fuel costs due to the exchange rate and
generally increasing fuel prices, so their earnings and therefore stock
value did poorly over the last quarter.

The presidential candidates are now debating the need to temporarily
eliminate the gas tax to make fuel more affordable.

There are many mergers happening

United and US Airways, previously discarded by the US government as merger
candidates due to monopoly and competition rules are now talking about it
again.

and between Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines, if succssful would
create the largest airline ever. Hearings start next week.

Most of the US airlines announced this month new fees on 2nd bags

They are also changing policies on food provided with the cost of the ticket

Previously, this was a basis for competition, for choosing one line over
another.

In fact, I remember one time, I got home (this was from Aruba) and I
mentioned to the airline attendant that it was late and I wouldn''t have
time to get a meal or go to the supermarket so he gave me some of the
leftover sandwiches and snacks

no more I guess

Also Mariah Carey just married actor Nick Cannon

mk5000

"Hey, hey now
Don't you wanna come down
bring your guitar
here we play music with our own sound
a lot of our friendship and music's been born and bred right here in our
backyard at the pickin' shed"--shepherd ashton

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this will blow your mind
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/35556.html

What's McCain thinking when he says boot Russia from G-8?
By Matt Stearns and Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers
a.. Posted on Thursday, May 1, 2008

WASHINGTON — John McCain dropped a little-noticed bombshell into his March
foreign-policy address: Boot Russia from the G-8, the elite club of leading
industrial democracies whose leaders try to coordinate economic policies.

One major problem: He can't do it because the other G-8 nations won't let
him.

But the fact that he's proposing to try, risking a return to Cold War
tensions with the world's second-largest nuclear power after 20 years of
prickly partnership, raises questions about McCain's judgment. It also
underscores that many of his top foreign-policy advisers are of the same
neo-conservative school that promoted the war in Iraq, argue for a tougher
stance toward Iran and are skeptical of negotiating with North Korea over
its nuclear program.

The Group of Eight, or G-8, as it's popularly known, makes decisions by
consensus, so no single nation can kick out another. Most experts say the
six other countries — Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Japan and
Canada — would never agree to toss Russia, given their close economic ties
to their neighbor. A senior U.S. official who deals with Russia policy said
that even Moscow would have to approve of its own ouster, given how the G-8
works.

"It's not even a theoretical discussion. It's an impossible discussion,"
said the senior official, who requested anonymity because he wasn't
authorized to speak publicly. "It's just a dumb thing."

Aside from that, many wonder whether McCain's suggestion would be wise
policy. They fear that if McCain is elected and follows through on an
attempt to toss Russia from the group, it could anger and isolate Russia,
which has been increasingly assertive on the world stage, autocratic within
its borders and is the second-largest producer of the hydrocarbons that feed
the world's energy needs.

"In Europe, there's very little support ... for a policy like that," said
Stephen Larrabee, an expert on Europe and Russia at the RAND think tank.
"It's too late in the game to try and oust Russia."

The proposal also seemed at odds with the theme of McCain's speech, which
promised a less unilateral approach to world affairs than the Bush White
House has pursued. That could reflect tension between two Republican
foreign-policy camps vying for influence in McCain's campaign: the pragmatic
realists and the hard-line neo-conservatives — with the neo-cons ascendant
for now in Russia policy.

"There are a lot of important issues that we need Russia's support on.
...What's to be gained by tossing Russia out? We feel more self-righteous
about ourselves?" said Andrew Kuchins, the director of the Russia and
Eurasia program at the Center for International and Strategic Studies, a
center-right think tank.

Randy Scheunemann, the foreign-policy director for McCain's campaign,
acknowledged that "there would be very vigorous discussion" within the G-8
of a proposal to exclude Russia. But, he said, Russia was "on a different
political and economic trajectory" when it joined the group a decade ago,
and he said it's unlikely that the same invitation would be extended today.

Scheunemann vigorously disputed that the proposal is a product of McCain's
neo-con advisers. McCain's position on the issue dates to 2003, he said.

The G-8 is an informal alliance of the world's leading industrialized
democracies. Leaders gather annually to discuss a broad range of global
issues, from the economy to security to the environment. Ministers from
member governments then coordinate policies behind the scenes in accordance
with decisions taken at the annual summits.

The alliance was known for years as the G-7 until Russia was admitted in
1997, at the behest of the Clinton administration, as a way to encourage
further democratic and economic reforms under President Boris Yeltsin.

Russia has always been an odd fit for the group. While it's risen in recent
years to join the ranks of the world's top 10 economies, that's due to its
energy exports, not its modest industrial capacity. And its experiment with
democracy has gone into reverse in recent years, which makes it doubly out
of step with the seven industrial democracies.

McCain's proposal addresses concerns about Russia's behavior, which became
more adversarial under President Vladimir Putin (who, though he leaves
office this month, will become prime minister and remain Russia's dominant
figure). Examples include its meddling in the affairs of neighbors such as
Ukraine and Georgia, its threat to aim missiles at other European neighbors
in response to President Bush's plans for a Europe-based missile defense and
its crackdown on political dissent.

"It's not from left field," said Derek Chollet, a senior fellow at the
Center for a New American Security, a bipartisan foreign-policy research
institution. "As Russia has de-democratized, there's been this whole
question of, `What do we do?' The title is industrialized democracies. If
Russia is drifting away from democracy, what do we do with it?"

But McCain's solution "on a scale of one to 10 of possible action, is going
to 11," Chollet said.

Instead, "you just have to be cold-hearted about this," said Colin Bradford,
an expert in global governance at the Brookings Institution, a center-left
Washington research center. "We all believe in human rights and democracy.
...But it doesn't matter what the internal regime looks like. You need them
at the table. We've got to figure out the incentives" that will make Russia
behave better.

Some agree with McCain's approach.

Ariel Cohen, a senior research fellow at the conservative Heritage
Foundation, said McCain's proposal was "right on the money."

"It sends Russia a strong message to stop behaving the way it does," Cohen
said. "As long as Russia doesn't behave like a democracy, why should it be
in the G-8?"

Cohen added that there are plenty of other forums for Russia to be heard in
the world, including bilateral talks, the United Nations and the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

McCain clearly dislikes Putin. A line he likes to use on the campaign trail
is that while Bush looked into Putin's eyes and saw his soul, McCain looked
into Putin's eyes and "saw three letters: KGB." Putin was a longtime officer
in the Soviet intelligence service.

The feeling appears mutual: McCain and campaign pal Sen. Joseph Lieberman,
an independent Democrat from Connecticut, regaled reporters a few months ago
with a story of the conference in Munich, Germany, "where Putin last year
chose to give his first real strong anti-American speech ...when you saw a
real change," McCain said.

"He looked over and glared at me and Joe in the front row a couple of
times."

That may be because McCain and Lieberman had sponsored a bill in 2005 urging
what McCain is proposing anew: that Russia's G-8 membership be suspended.

What's striking about McCain's proposal is how far it is from the Bush
administration's long effort to engage Putin. Democratic presidential
candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama also have offered tough rhetoric
on Russia.

Of course, Kuchins said, "they're all on the campaign trail. Bush has to
actually govern."

Frank Kalder

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>

. Angela Merkel
>
> > "Angie" received the prestigious Charlemagne Award
> > for European achievements.
>
> > Sarkozy says he has

> > 'learned a lot from Angela Merkel' [...]
>
> This is exciting for Angie.


. Global Supports

Phil. Basics | Pragmatism | Sustainability

~ http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/f60a620348733306
& http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Kontemporaerer+Humanismus+Humanitaet+und+Ethik-1291059-#1291059


>
. US Airline Industry

> I don't know if Europe has been watching the crazy US airline industry.


>
> Most of them had unanticipated fuel costs due to the exchange rate and
> generally increasing fuel prices, so their earnings and therefore stock
> value did poorly over the last quarter.
>
> The presidential candidates are now debating the need to temporarily
> eliminate the gas tax to make fuel more affordable.
>

> There are many mergers happening.


>
> United and US Airways, previously discarded by the US government as merger
> candidates due to monopoly and competition rules are now talking about it
> again.
>

> And between Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines, if successful, would


> create the largest airline ever. Hearings start next week.
>

> Most of the US airlines announced this month new fees on 2nd bags.
>
> They are also changing policies on food provided with the cost of the ticket.


>
> Previously, this was a basis for competition, for choosing one line over
> another.
>
> In fact, I remember one time, I got home (this was from Aruba) and I
> mentioned to the airline attendant that it was late and I wouldn't have
> time to get a meal or go to the supermarket so he gave me some of the

> leftover sandwiches and snacks.
>
> No more I guess.
>
No more catering. Bad guys!
>
. Actress

> Also Mariah Carey just married actor Nick Cannon.
>
She’s trying to become a serious actress although her former movies
had flopped.

>
__


> "Hey, hey now
> Don't you wanna come down
> bring your guitar
> here we play music with our own sound
> a lot of our friendship and music's been born and bred right here in our

> backyard at the pickin' shed"--Shepherd Ashton
>
. Booting Russia
>
This will blow your mind http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/35556.html
>

> What's McCain thinking when he says boot Russia from G-8?
>
> By Matt Stearns and Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers

Good analysis.

> McCain's proposal addresses concerns about Russia's behavior, which became
> more adversarial under President Vladimir Putin (who, though he leaves
> office this month, will become prime minister and remain Russia's dominant
> figure). Examples include its meddling in the affairs of neighbors such as
> Ukraine and Georgia, its threat to aim missiles at other European neighbors
> in response to President Bush's plans for a Europe-based missile defense and
> its crackdown on political dissent.
>

Yeah, meddling.

Uih ;)

And in the pope’s eyes he saw god.

> The feeling appears mutual: McCain and campaign pal Sen. Joseph Lieberman,
> an independent Democrat from Connecticut, regaled reporters a few months ago
> with a story of the conference in Munich, Germany, "where Putin last year
> chose to give his first real strong anti-American speech ...when you saw a
> real change," McCain said.
>
> "He looked over and glared at me and Joe in the front row a couple of
> times."
>
> That may be because McCain and Lieberman had sponsored a bill in 2005 urging
> what McCain is proposing anew: that Russia's G-8 membership be suspended.
>
> What's striking about McCain's proposal is how far it is from the Bush
> administration's long effort to engage Putin. Democratic presidential
> candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama also have offered tough rhetoric
> on Russia.
>
> Of course, Kuchins said, "they're all on the campaign trail. Bush has to
> actually govern."
>

Hopefully not: “risking a return to Cold War”.
Again: I’m not a McCain supporter.

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>

. Angela Merkel
>
> > "Angie" received the prestigious Charlemagne Award
> > for European achievements.
>
> > Sarkozy says he has
> > 'learned a lot from Angela Merkel' [...]
>
> This is exciting for Angie.


. Global Supports

Phil. Basics | Pragmatism | Sustainability

==========

I'm not really sure I understand the debate at least partly because I've
never studied formal philosophy but also because the terms don't mean much
to me.
In the Humboldt paragraph, what do they mean by wissenschaftliche
Auseinandersetzung

>
. US Airline Industry

> I don't know if Europe has been watching the crazy US airline industry.
>
> Most of them had unanticipated fuel costs due to the exchange rate and
> generally increasing fuel prices, so their earnings and therefore stock
> value did poorly over the last quarter.
>
> The presidential candidates are now debating the need to temporarily
> eliminate the gas tax to make fuel more affordable.
>
> There are many mergers happening.
>
> United and US Airways, previously discarded by the US government as merger
> candidates due to monopoly and competition rules are now talking about it
> again.
>
> And between Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines, if successful, would
> create the largest airline ever. Hearings start next week.
>
> Most of the US airlines announced this month new fees on 2nd bags.
>
> They are also changing policies on food provided with the cost of the
> ticket.
>
> Previously, this was a basis for competition, for choosing one line over
> another.
>
> In fact, I remember one time, I got home (this was from Aruba) and I
> mentioned to the airline attendant that it was late and I wouldn't have
> time to get a meal or go to the supermarket so he gave me some of the
> leftover sandwiches and snacks.
>
> No more I guess.
>
No more catering. Bad guys!

========

some of them will as long as you pay for it, some of th cheaper airlines
long ago abandoned it. The amazing part of this to me is that the new
security measures now forbid us to bring aboard water and food (unless
bought at the very absurdly expensive airport prices at the gate). Clearly
they will provide food at the gate or on board now with some impossible to
like choices and some impossible to pay prices

>
. Actress

> Also Mariah Carey just married actor Nick Cannon.
>
She’s trying to become a serious actress although her former movies
had flopped.


-==============

I saw her n a movie with Mira Sorvino, where she played a waitress. She was
really good in that even if the movie didn't break open the box office

===================

At least now i'll know who i'll be voting for, without even
having to as who wins the nomination

I'm not interested in this kind of escalation.

It's interesting because Republican talk show pundit nd demagogue Rush
Limbaugh continues to tell republicans to switch and vote in the primaries
for Hilary

Pat Buchanan, republican who I often quote, also hates both Bush and McCain

mk5000

"Lightning flashing up above/white flowers in the sky... beating hearts that
fell apart/they're drowning in the rain..." --"Owl Cut" Elf Power

Frank Kalder

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. Humanism Debate
>
> > Phil. Basics | Pragmatism | Sustainability [http: ...]


>
> I'm not really sure I understand the debate at least partly because I've
> never studied formal philosophy but also because the terms don't mean much
> to me.
>
> In the Humboldt paragraph, what do they mean by wissenschaftliche
> Auseinandersetzung.
>

A. according to “Translate” (a Google product): “confrontation”.

The term means, however, scientific debate. It’s suggested the
Humboldt’s humanism, as defined and established (for schools) within
the German imperial epoch, has nowadays to be adapted or even changed.
I added that this is a necessity since the education programs (to be
offered to the entire world) have to meet global requirements apart
from national or, partly, religiously motivated boundaries (e.g.,
occidental /partly ‘Plato based’/ Christian ethics, etc).

. US Airlines
>
> > [...]
>
> Some of them will as long as you pay for it, some of the cheaper airlines


> long ago abandoned it. The amazing part of this to me is that the new
> security measures now forbid us to bring aboard water and food (unless
> bought at the very absurdly expensive airport prices at the gate). Clearly
> they will provide food at the gate or on board now with some impossible to
> like choices and some impossible to pay prices.
>

That’s sure very inconvenient - or rather disgusting.

>
. Transatlantic Daily

Here’s our most recent summary: http://haplifnet.blogspot.com/2008/05/multicultural-blogs-update.html

>
. Mariah Carey


>
> > > Also Mariah Carey just married actor Nick Cannon.
>
> > She’s trying to become a serious actress although her
> > former movies had flopped.
>

> I saw her n a movie with Mira Sorvino, where she played a waitress. She was

> really good in that even if the movie didn't break open the box office.
>
http://www.imeem.com/groups/dW8zxJTG,mariah_carey//forums/bOkzV_7x/MbPUWcLC/mariah_carey_plays_waitress_in_tennessee

. Prestigious European Award

http://haplifnet.blogspot.com/2008/05/angela-merkel-charlemagne-award-for.html

. Booting Russia
>
> > > This will blow your mind ...

> > > What's McCain thinking when he says boot Russia from G-8?
>
> > > By Matt Stearns and Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers

> > > May 1, 2008 [...]

=> http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/35556.html

>
> > Hopefully not: “risking a return to Cold War”.
> > Again: I’m not a McCain supporter.
>

> At least now I'll know who I'll be voting for, without even
> having to as who wins the nomination.


>
> I'm not interested in this kind of escalation.
>

I think so, too (regarding both statements).

. Switching

> It's interesting because Republican talk show pundit and demagogue Rush


> Limbaugh continues to tell republicans to switch and vote in the primaries

> for Hillary.
>
> Pat Buchanan, republican whom I often quote, also hates both Bush and McCain.
>
__


> "Lightning flashing up above/white flowers in the sky... beating hearts that
> fell apart/they're drowning in the rain..." --"Owl Cut" Elf Power
>

Ciao, Frank

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>


. Mariah Carey
>
> > > Also Mariah Carey just married actor Nick Cannon.
>
> > She’s trying to become a serious actress although her
> > former movies had flopped.
>
> I saw her n a movie with Mira Sorvino, where she played a waitress. She
> was
> really good in that even if the movie didn't break open the box office.
>


http://www.imeem.com/groups/dW8zxJTG,mariah_carey//forums/bOkzV_7x/MbPUWcLC/mariah_carey_plays_waitress_in_tennessee


-----------------

Interesting, "Wise Girls", mentioned occasionally in th article is the movie
I saw her in. Apparently the director making "Tennessee" thought about it
as I did

They reran an episode of "Saturday Night Live" -- about a month or 2 old.
She was the musical guest. Looks terrific sound incredible.

========================
. Prestigious European Award

http://haplifnet.blogspot.com/2008/05/angela-merkel-charlemagne-award-for.html

. Booting Russia
>
> > > This will blow your mind ...

> > > What's McCain thinking when he says boot Russia from G-8?
>
> > > By Matt Stearns and Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers
> > > May 1, 2008 [...]

=> http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/35556.html

>
> > Hopefully not: “risking a return to Cold War”.
> > Again: I’m not a McCain supporter.
>
> At least now I'll know who I'll be voting for, without even
> having to as who wins the nomination.
>
> I'm not interested in this kind of escalation.
>
I think so, too (regarding both statements).

. Switching

> It's interesting because Republican talk show pundit and demagogue Rush
> Limbaugh continues to tell republicans to switch and vote in the primaries
> for Hillary.
>
> Pat Buchanan, republican whom I often quote, also hates both Bush and
> McCain.

>I

Obama won Guam yesterday over Clinton
, I'm unfamiliar with them beyond their disclaimer that they are
independent.
I thought this excerpt from a blog was inteesting
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/050108.html
"While Sen. Obama has to explain what he knew and when he knew it about
Wright’s angry sermons, the Bush Family floats above its financial and
political associations with the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, a South Korean theocrat
who had denounced the United States as “Satan’s harvest” and likened
American women to “prostitutes.”

mk5000

Cora Munro: The whole world is set on fire.
Maj. Duncan Heyward: Might I inquire after the situation sir, given that
I've seen the French engineering from the ridge above.
Colonel Munro: The situation is that his guns are bigger than mine and he
has more of them. We keep our heads down while his troops dig 30 yards of
trench a day. When those trenches are 200 yards from the fort and within
range, he'll bring in his 15-inch mortars, lob explosive rounds over our
walls, and pound us to dust.
Maj. Duncan Heyward: I thought all our colonial scouts were in the militia.
The militia is fighting the French in the north.
Hawkeye: I ain't your scout. And we sure ain't no damn militia.

--Last of the Mohicans

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> http://savannahnow.com/node/491975
>
> In the spring of 1513, Juan Ponce de Leon landed with three ships on the
> coast of what's now eastern Florida. It's said he was the first European
> to set foot in what's now the United States.
> Nearly five centuries later, tourists are still visiting, drawn by St.
> Augustine's singular blend of preserved history, laid-back hospitality,
> and attractions so cheesy they make Dollywood look like the Louvre.
>
> About three hours' drive south of Savannah, St. Augustine is the oldest
> city in the United States, founded in 1565 (more than 40 years before the
> English settled in Jamestown). Strolling through its narrow cobblestone
> streets beneath moss-draped oaks, visitors can see evidence of the city's
> long history everywhere, much of it carefully preserved and documented,
> some of it clearly reshaped by myth.
>
> The most prominent structure on the city's waterfront, facing Matanzas
> Bay, is the Castillo de San Marcos, the oldest masonry fort in the U.S.
>
> A tangible monument to Spain's determination to control the region, the
> fort was built to defend the city both against pirates and the British,
> who in 1670 had established the colony of Charles Town (now Charleston), a
> mere two days' sail up the coast.
>
> Finished in 1695, the fort is made of coquina-literally "little
> shells"-ancient shells that have fused to form a type of stone similar to
> limestone.
>
> After changing hands between the Spanish and the British several times
> over the centuries, the structure became an American property when the
> U.S. bought the territory in 1821. Decommissioned in 1900, the fort became
> a national monument in 1924.
>
>
> Living history
>
> Downtown St. Augustine isn't large; a number of its attractions are within
> easy walking distance of the fort. Strolling along nearby St. George
> Street, you'll find a curious mixture of authentic historical sites and
> touristy schlock.
>
> The nation's oldest wooden schoolhouse is worth a look. Exactly when it
> was built isn't known, but it first appeared in tax records in 1716. The
> building, with walls made of bald cypress and red cedar, is in good shape
> for its age; regular tours, featuring a talking diorama, are available.
>
> A few feet down the street, the Colonial Spanish Quarter is a "living
> history" museum, where you can watch costumed craftspeople plying such
> 18th-century trades as blacksmithing, leatherworking, and candlemaking.
>
> Nestled between the historical sites are a number of shops featuring arts
> and crafts (some artsier and craftier than others), various restaurants,
> and the bric-a-brac you'll find wherever tourists gather - "ghost tours,"
> for example, that separate credulous customers from their cash with
> supernatural speed.
>
> A few blocks over, on St. Francis Street, is the "Oldest House,'' the
> oldest surviving Spanish Colonial dwelling in Florida. The site has been
> occupied since the early 1600s; in 1970, the U.S. Department of the
> Interior designated the house as a National Historic Landmark.
>
>
> Past glories and free fancies
>
> One of the greatest pleasures afforded by St. Augustine is simply
> strolling about and soaking in its architecture. Flagler College, a
> four-year liberal arts college, resides in what was once the sumptuous
> Ponce de Leon Hotel. Across the street, the Lightner Museum, which houses
> three floors of 19th-century decorative arts, fills what was once the
> strikingly elegant Alcazar Hotel.
>
> Housed in Castle Warden, a historic Moorish Revival style mansion built in
> 1887, is the world's original Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum,
> featuring more than 800 "bizarre and unusual artifacts" meant to baffle
> the easily baffled.
>
> A not wholly dissimilar blend of fact and fancy can be found on the
> grounds of the "Fountain of Youth," located a bit up San Marco Avenue from
> the downtown district. Over the last century, thousands of visitors -
> Amelia Earhart, Gregory Peck, and Helen Keller among them - have roamed
> the attraction's 15 acres, allegedly the site of Ponce de Leon's first
> landing in "La Florida" in 1513.
>
> At the "Fountain of Youth," you can take a sip from what your hosts
> describe as the original spring that drew the Spanish explorers in quest
> of renewed health and longer life. (Some historians are unimpressed by the
> evidence offered).
>
> A few hundred feet away lies Ponce de Leon's purported landing spot.
> You'll hear nothing about the fact that its exact location is disputed by
> scholars. Or that some historians think other Europeans may have arrived
> earlier (there's a persistent story that Ponce de Leon encountered a
> native who already spoke Spanish).
>
> If you don't mind checking your skepticism at the door a bit, though, the
> grounds of the Fountain of Youth are pleasant enough, featuring deep
> shade, bubbling fountains, and roaming peacocks. You might also find such
> resident attractions as the "Discovery Globe" and "Navigator's
> Planetarium" reasonably diverting (though the guides' characterization of
> the conquistadors as benevolent truth-seekers is absurd.)
>
> Even if history, to you, is only that boring stuff you had to absorb in
> high school, St. Augustine is well worth a weekend jaunt down the coast.
> Filled with amiable cafes and charming bed-and-breakfast inns, it can
> offer a languorous getaway from your more fevered daily life.
>
> If nothing else, you can veg out on the city's miles of beaches. Lazing
> about under the sun, knocking back your favorite liquid, may not be
> exactly a Fountain of Youth for you.
>
> But it sure beats working.
>

Frank Kalder

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>

. Wright & Moon
>
> Obama won Guam yesterday over Clinton.

> I'm unfamiliar with them beyond their disclaimer that they are

> independent. I thought this excerpt from a blog was interesting
> http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/050108.html
>
“It’s not news that a viciously anti-American religious figure has
invested billions of dollars in financing the U.S. conservative
movement and put fat wads of cash into the pockets of many prominent
Republicans, including members of President George W. Bush’s own
family.”


>
> "While Sen. Obama has to explain what he knew and when he knew it about
> Wright’s angry sermons, the Bush Family floats above its financial and
> political associations with the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, a South Korean theocrat
> who had denounced the United States as “Satan’s harvest” and likened
> American women to “prostitutes.”
>

That’s really mean.


. Excursion (Basics) & Commonness

Holistic Science | Esalen Institute | ‘Notion & Act
Paradigm’ (psychosomatics) by Prof. Helmut Milz

“Esalen soon became known for its blend of East/West philosophies, its
experiential/didactic workshops, the steady influx of philosophers,
psychologists, artists, and religious thinkers …”

~ http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/9702fe2ad0a7fa53
& http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Kontemporaerer+Humanismus+Humanitaet+und+Ethik-1291230-#1291230

. Health Promotion

http://www.helmutmilz.de/links_gesund.htm

- Ottawa Charter: http://www.helmutmilz.de/images/clip_image002_015_000.jpg
- WHO treatise: http://www.euro.who.int/AboutWHO/Policy/20010827_2


. Enlightenment (Aufklärung)

It includes an excursion on the making of the ‘New
Testament’ (bible) ...
~ http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/d4bb9fa958d5e244
& http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Humanismus+als+Christliche+Reformbewegung-1291364-#1291364

. Mariah Carey
>
> > [...]
> Interesting, "Wise Girls", mentioned occasionally in the article is the movie


> I saw her in. Apparently the director making "Tennessee" thought about it

> as I did.


>
> They reran an episode of "Saturday Night Live" -- about a month or 2 old.
> She was the musical guest. Looks terrific sound incredible.
>

. Königstein Castle

This is just a few miles away from Wiesbaden.
“My Baby Wants To Eat...”, etc (click ‘hier’) http://www.k13-jugendhaus.de/Radb

. Madonna

Hard Candy
http://static.musicload.de/cov/m/230/0/cover/05/d2/000000000005d26b/093624988496.320_762e253fba027f256afdd831bcd04b7e.jpg

. Gallery

Teri Hatcher, Kati Holmes, Reese Witherspoon, Angelina Jolie, Eva
Green ... http://www.rtl.de/film/kino_939774.php


. Gangs & Castillo

> I think you'll enjoy this article and the photos on the page.


>
> Subject: gangs of the father
>

> In the spring of 1513, Juan Ponce de Leon landed with three ships on the
> coast of what's now eastern Florida. It's said he was the first European

> to set foot in what's now the United States. ...

More at http://savannahnow.com/node/491975

Very interesting historic treatise with beautiful photos such as “The
Castillo de San Marcos, by Matanzas Bay” which repelled several
centuries of invaders. http://cms.images.morris.com /savannah/
mdControlled/cms/2008/05/03/275362694.jpg
>
__


> Cora Munro: The whole world is set on fire.
> Maj. Duncan Heyward: Might I inquire after the situation sir, given that
> I've seen the French engineering from the ridge above.
> Colonel Munro: The situation is that his guns are bigger than mine and he
> has more of them. We keep our heads down while his troops dig 30 yards of
> trench a day. When those trenches are 200 yards from the fort and within
> range, he'll bring in his 15-inch mortars, lob explosive rounds over our
> walls, and pound us to dust.
> Maj. Duncan Heyward: I thought all our colonial scouts were in the militia.
> The militia is fighting the French in the north.
> Hawkeye: I ain't your scout. And we sure ain't no damn militia.
> --Last of the Mohicans

>

marika

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>
> "While Sen. Obama has to explain what he knew and when he knew it about
> Wright’s angry sermons, the Bush Family floats above its financial and
> political associations with the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, a South Korean
> theocrat
> who had denounced the United States as “Satan’s harvest” and likened
> American women to “prostitutes.”
>
That’s really mean.


--------------

so the question is why does Bush not sever ties with such meanness as Obama
was required to

------------------

. Excursion (Basics) & Commonness

Holistic Science | Esalen Institute | ‘Notion & Act
Paradigm’ (psychosomatics) by Prof. Helmut Milz

“Esalen soon became known for its blend of East/West philosophies, its
experiential/didactic workshops, the steady influx of philosophers,
psychologists, artists, and religious thinkers …”

--------------

Today, I had the opportunity to read some legal documents in German. I was
able to get most of the record with some reference to a dictionary

But boy I am surprised this is over my head

Although I remember hearing about Esalen

---------------------------

. Health Promotion

http://www.helmutmilz.de/links_gesund.htm

0-----------------

certainly a valuable viewpoint
--------------------


. Enlightenment (Aufklärung)

. Mariah Carey
>
> > [...]
> Interesting, "Wise Girls", mentioned occasionally in the article is the
> movie
> I saw her in. Apparently the director making "Tennessee" thought about it
> as I did.
>
> They reran an episode of "Saturday Night Live" -- about a month or 2 old.
> She was the musical guest. Looks terrific sound incredible.
>
. Königstein Castle

This is just a few miles away from Wiesbaden.
“My Baby Wants To Eat...”, etc (click ‘hier’)
http://www.k13-jugendhaus.de/Radb

-----------

very much fun

---------------------

. Madonna

Hard Candy
http://static.musicload.de/cov/m/230/0/cover/05/d2/000000000005d26b/093624988496.320_762e253fba027f256afdd831bcd04b7e.jpg

------------

hmmm suggestive


-------------
. Gallery

Teri Hatcher, Kati Holmes, Reese Witherspoon, Angelina Jolie, Eva
Green ... http://www.rtl.de/film/kino_939774.php

------------

This made me laugh. In the 90s, she appeared in the top rated program
"Seinfeld"

Don't know if it ever showed in Germany.

It had a particular humor that might not be capable of translation.

The sensibilities of New Yorkers.

Hatcher had ended her successful run as Lois Lane in the Superman series
with Dean Cain.

She hadn't done anything notable.

Here she played Seinfeld's girlfriend. She was said to have nice breasts
but Jerry wondered if they were real. Elaine, his best friend, offered to
find out. She went to the sauna where Terri often went. She pretended to
trip and then while falling squeezed Hatcher's breast. Her report was that
they were real.

Hatcher caught on and told Seinfeld he'd never get to see them, even though
they were spectacular.

This is one of the more famous Seinfeld scenes, that demonstrates how
loutish and superficial they are

since we're talking about religions, African religions and Esalen delving
into relgious thought, having stumbled on this, thought I'd share

The Origins of Waaqeffannaa

As far as the investigation of human origin is concerned, Africa is proved
to be the Origin of Man. 1 It was the continent where the human being had
begun to form simple and complex social organisations. 2 It was on this
continent that one of the earliest ancestors of Black African Families known
as the Oromoo 3 had come to recognise the existence of a Supreme Being,
apart from them. They identified the Supreme Being, as a Transcendental
Reality, by giving Him the name Waaqa. They attributed to Him the symbolic
quality of the colour Gurraacha, literally means Black, 4 but symbolically
stands for Waaqa´s tolerance, compassion, gracefulness, invisibility,
purity, helpfulness, among other symbolic qualities ascribed to Him.

According to Oromo mythology, their early ancestors were inspired by Waaqa.
5 Guided by the Law, 6 Which Waaqa granted them - through the first Qaalluu
Booranaa (Mana Booranaa) - they were able to institutionalise a highly
elaborate egalitarian social system known as Gadaa. 7 Since then, Gadaa has
been used not only as a system but as a method, as a programme, and as an
ideology 8 in checking and balancing the entire lives of the Oromo nation as
one family.
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/60798

Frank Kalder

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>

>
. Severing Issue

> > > "While Sen. Obama has to explain what he knew and when he
> > > knew it about Wright’s angry sermons, the Bush Family floats
> > > above its financial and political associations with the
> > > Rev. Sun Myung Moon, a South Korean theocrat who had denounced
> > > the United States as “Satan’s harvest” and likened American women
> > > to “prostitutes.”
>
> > That’s really mean.
>

> So the question is why does Bush not sever ties with such meanness as Obama
> was required to.
>
. Renaissance & Contemporary Humanism

Publisher Alice Schwarzer [“Emma”] (women’s lib) received the ‘Ludwig
Börne Award’ in the Paulskirche of Frankfurt/Main. Ludwig Börne,
Heinrich Heine et al. were German Jews.

Especially: on “girlies”, prostitutes, and so on.

Also contained: Machiavelli and Cesare Borgia, and some "love"
stories.

http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/13a984ecade0e51c
& http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Kontemporaerer+Humanismus+Humanitaet+und+Ethik-1291644-#1291644

You may enjoy some of the photos...

. Renaissance Popes
>
> Imperium der Päpste (2/3): Verschwörung im Vatikan
>
> Das neue Herrschaftsprinzip
> http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/12/0,1872,1021580_idDispatch:7609523,00.html?dr=1
>
> Unter Papst Sixtus IV. erreicht der Nepotismus neue Dimensionen
> http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/16/0,1872,7229616,00.html?dr=1
>
> Nach dem Attentat kommt es in Florenz zu einem Massaker http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/18/0,1872,7229618,00.html?dr=1
>
> "Il papa terrible"
> Julius II. als Feldherr und Kriegerpapst
> http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/24/0,1872,7229624,00.html?dr=1
>
You might have enjoyed the (historic) photos?


. Excursion (Basics) & Commonness
>
> > Holistic Science | Esalen Institute | ‘Notion & Act
> > Paradigm’ (psychosomatics) by Prof. Helmut Milz
>
> > “Esalen soon became known for its blend of East/West
> > philosophies, its experiential/didactic workshops, the
> > steady influx of philosophers, psychologists, artists,

> > and religious thinkers ...” [http...]


>
> Today, I had the opportunity to read some legal documents in German. I was

> able to get most of the record with some reference to a dictionary.
>
> But boy I am surprised this is over my head.
>
> Although I remember hearing about Esalen.
>
When riding from Los Angeles to San Francisco (on the #1) I had an
opportunity to step in and look around. Great ‘Big Sur’ location!
http://www.esalen.org

> Certainly a valuable viewpoint.
>
. Translations

http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=en
>
This Google product enables you, e.g., to get texts translated from
German to English.

I’m using this tool occasionally to get translations from Greek to
English (while G. to German is not yet available).

Although a machine translation does not provide a really accurate
translation, it does, however, give you all the vocabulary involved at
a glance...

>
. Königstein Castle
>
> > This is just a few miles away from Wiesbaden.
> > “My Baby Wants To Eat...”, etc (click ‘hier’) http://www.k13-jugendhaus.de/Radb
>

> Very much fun.
>

. Madonna
>
> > Hard Candy http...
>
> Hmmm suggestive.
>

. Gallery & Sitcom


>
> Teri Hatcher, Kati Holmes, Reese Witherspoon, Angelina Jolie, Eva
> Green ... http://www.rtl.de/film/kino_939774.php
>
>

> This made me laugh. In the 90s, she appeared in the top rated program
> "Seinfeld"
>
> Don't know if it ever showed in Germany.
>

Yeah, I enjoyed it. Had watched many of those sitcom episodes (not
all, though).

> It had a particular humor that might not be capable of translation.
>
> The sensibilities of New Yorkers.
>

Particularly, because I lived in Manhattan I got the feeling and the
messages...

. Teri Hatcher

> Hatcher had ended her successful run as Lois Lane in the Superman series
> with Dean Cain.
>
> She hadn't done anything notable.
>
> Here she played Seinfeld's girlfriend. She was said to have nice breasts
> but Jerry wondered if they were real. Elaine, his best friend, offered to

> find out. She went to the sauna where Teri often went. She pretended to


> trip and then while falling squeezed Hatcher's breast. Her report was that
> they were real.
>
> Hatcher caught on and told Seinfeld he'd never get to see them, even though
> they were spectacular.
>
> This is one of the more famous Seinfeld scenes, that demonstrates how

> loutish and superficial they are.
>

. African Religions

> Since we're talking about religions, African religions and Esalen delving
> into religious thought, having stumbled on this, thought I'd share.


>
> The Origins of Waaqeffannaa
>
> As far as the investigation of human origin is concerned, Africa is proved
> to be the Origin of Man. 1 It was the continent where the human being had

> begun to form simple and complex social organizations. 2 It was on this


> continent that one of the earliest ancestors of Black African Families known

> as the Oromoo 3 had come to recognize the existence of a Supreme Being,


> apart from them. They identified the Supreme Being, as a Transcendental
> Reality, by giving Him the name Waaqa. They attributed to Him the symbolic
> quality of the colour Gurraacha, literally means Black, 4 but symbolically
> stands for Waaqa´s tolerance, compassion, gracefulness, invisibility,
> purity, helpfulness, among other symbolic qualities ascribed to Him.
>
> According to Oromo mythology, their early ancestors were inspired by Waaqa.
> 5 Guided by the Law, 6 Which Waaqa granted them - through the first Qaalluu

> Booranaa (Mana Booranaa) - they were able to institutionalize a highly


> elaborate egalitarian social system known as Gadaa. 7 Since then, Gadaa has

> been used not only as a system but as a method, as a program, and as an


> ideology 8 in checking and balancing the entire lives of the Oromo nation as
> one family. http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/60798
>

Very interesting aspects...

marika

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>

>
. Severing Issue

> > > "While Sen. Obama has to explain what he knew and when he
> > > knew it about Wright’s angry sermons, the Bush Family floats
> > > above its financial and political associations with the
> > > Rev. Sun Myung Moon, a South Korean theocrat who had denounced
> > > the United States as “Satan’s harvest” and likened American women
> > > to “prostitutes.”

The Obama Clinton race is on. One of the nearly final primary contests
occurs today. They won't announce results til polls are closed

ooops breaking news, North Carolina goes to Barack, Indiana is anyone's
guess


>
> > That’s really mean.
>
> So the question is why does Bush not sever ties with such meanness as
> Obama
> was required to.
>
. Renaissance & Contemporary Humanism

Publisher Alice Schwarzer [“Emma”] (women’s lib) received the ‘Ludwig
Börne Award’ in the Paulskirche of Frankfurt/Main. Ludwig Börne,
Heinrich Heine et al. were German Jews.

Especially: on “girlies”, prostitutes, and so on.

Also contained: Machiavelli and Cesare Borgia, and some "love"
stories.

You may enjoy some of the photos...

---------------

couldn't find any, which of the links?
_----------------------------

. Renaissance Popes
>
> Imperium der Päpste (2/3): Verschwörung im Vatikan
>
> Das neue Herrschaftsprinzip
> http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/12/0,1872,1021580_idDispatch:7609523,00.html?dr=1
>
> Unter Papst Sixtus IV. erreicht der Nepotismus neue Dimensionen
> http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/16/0,1872,7229616,00.html?dr=1
>
> Nach dem Attentat kommt es in Florenz zu einem Massaker
> http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/18/0,1872,7229618,00.html?dr=1
>
> "Il papa terrible"
> Julius II. als Feldherr und Kriegerpapst
> http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/24/0,1872,7229624,00.html?dr=1
>
You might have enjoyed the (historic) photos?

------------

I am just now reading "The People of the Book:"

No popes but Torquemada appears as a Darth Vader
I'm saying these poor guys, these poor guys

The first guy I see is this dried out guy in a red skull cap

he's obviously got a magnificent headache based on his scowl

and then this fat guy with a gold cross on his t shirt

When do I get my gold sequined tshirt

seriously??????????????

. Excursion (Basics) & Commonness
>
> > Holistic Science | Esalen Institute | ‘Notion & Act
> > Paradigm’ (psychosomatics) by Prof. Helmut Milz
>
> > “Esalen soon became known for its blend of East/West
> > philosophies, its experiential/didactic workshops, the
> > steady influx of philosophers, psychologists, artists,
> > and religious thinkers ...” [http...]
>
> Today, I had the opportunity to read some legal documents in German. I
> was
> able to get most of the record with some reference to a dictionary.
>
> But boy I am surprised this is over my head.
>
> Although I remember hearing about Esalen.
>
When riding from Los Angeles to San Francisco (on the #1) I had an
opportunity to step in and look around. Great ‘Big Sur’ location!
http://www.esalen.org


--------

one of my most pleasant nights in California was in Big Sur
--------------------------

. Health Promotion
>
> > http://www.helmutmilz.de/links_gesund.htm
>
> > - Ottawa Charter:
> > http://www.helmutmilz.de/images/clip_image002_015_000.jpg
> > - WHO treatise: http://www.euro.who.int/AboutWHO/Policy/20010827_2
>
> Certainly a valuable viewpoint.
>
. Translations

http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=en
>
This Google product enables you, e.g., to get texts translated from
German to English.

I’m using this tool occasionally to get translations from Greek to
English (while G. to German is not yet available).

Although a machine translation does not provide a really accurate
translation, it does, however, give you all the vocabulary involved at
a glance...

--------

I use it daily. Still it was over my head

I saw this video a few days ago on MTV and totally enjoyed it

you may as well


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-qiZhOFQMQ

Frank Kalder

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marika

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> ...
>
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING/msg/39c4178afac006c8

the better question is

did Russia ever leave?

the obama clinton race is still close but obama is closer

I just don't care anymore

my taxes are going up no matter which one of these folks ends up in the
presidential seat


on popes you said

> Couldn't find any, which of the links?

I meant the links to the stories dealing with the three renaissances
popes as well as Cesare and (his sister) Lucretia Borgia (both are
children of Pope Alexander VI), and Giulia Farnese; etc. Those photos
are embedded. I thought, although you may not be able to read and
understand the articles precisely, you might enjoy them, perhaps.

but I answer that I did enjoy but there weren't many photos, these guys were
dead before the polaroid and camera were invented

the dried up guy in the red hat tho -- that's my idea of popes til Ratzinger
came in and made me think of the beefy mafia

when was it exactly that Lawrence Welk became pope


http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE2D6153EF93AA25756C0A964958260

I know it was somewheres in between John Paul and Paul John


and then you mention big sur -- I didn't spend much time there, we were as
you going from LA to SF

But I do remember spending one night in a Carmel motel and an evening trying
to see seals, Clint Eastwood and Sony Bono

We ddin't but the food was good and the motel let me snore

Solange Knowles is adorable


every time there's a problem on usenet, there's a problem the next day at
work, it all tracks

mk5000

": All those mopes in bracelets and not one of them named Osama." Det. James
'Jimmy' McNulty, The wire

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- transatlantic daily -

>


. Interim Post (May 7, 2008)
>
Obama’s Leading | Medvedev (Russia) | Sc Excursus | Big Sur | Bodied

> > http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING/msg/39c4178afac006c8
>

. Russia

>
> The better question is: did Russia ever leave?
>
What do you mean (“ever leave”) or like to state?

. Inauguration

President Medvedev stresses the law.

In his first speech as head of state, newly inaugurated President
Dmitry Medvedev vowed (on May 7) to strengthen the rule of law and to
bring as many Russians as possible into the middle class.

As he addressed more than 2,000 VIP guests who had gathered in the
Great Kremlin Palace for the pomp-filled inauguration ceremony,
Medvedev also said he would rely in office on the continued support of
his predecessor, Vladimir Putin. … http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/600/42/362596.htm

Inauguration at Kremlin (13 slides):
http://diepresse.com/home/politik/russland/382075/index.do?direct=381993&_vl_backlink=/home/politik/aussenpolitik/381993/index.do&selChannel

http://diepresse.com/images/uploads/4/7/b/382075/thumbDi_(c)%20EPA%20(Vladimir%20Rodionov)4.jpg

http://diepresse.com/images/uploads/4/7/b/382075/thumbDi_(c)%20EPA%20(Vladimir%20Rodionov)3.jpg


. Race

> The Obama/Clinton race is still close but Obama is closer.
>
> I just don't care anymore.
>
> My taxes are going up no matter which one of these folks ends up in the
> presidential seat.
>
Unfortunately, that’s the real (short cut) truth.

By Gabor Steingart in Washington: The former first lady bet
everything -- and lost. Barring some kind of miracle, Barack Obama
will become the Democratic Party's nominee for president. A dramatic
finale on 6th May night brought an end to the Clinton era.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,551955,00.html

. Renaissance Epoch (3 Popes & Co)

> > ...
>
> But I answer that I did enjoy but there weren't many photos, these guys were
> dead before the polaroid and camera were invented.
>
> The dried up guy in the red hat tho -- that's my idea of popes til Ratzinger
> came in and made me think of the beefy mafia.
>
;) :)

> When was it exactly that Lawrence Welk became pope?
>
> http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE2D6153EF93AA25756C0A964958260 >

Why “became pope”?

> I know it was somewhere in between John Paul and Paul John.

Excerpt: “At 24, he put together a six-piece band called the Hotsy-
Totsy Boys...”

. Big Sur
>
> And then you mention Big Sur -- I didn't spend much time there, we were as
> you going from LA to SF.

. Carmel


>
> But I do remember spending one night in a Carmel motel and an evening trying

> to see seals, Clint Eastwood and Sony Bono.
>
> We didn't but the food was good and the motel let me snore
>
From SF we rode to Carmel subsequently, another day, to enjoy the
marvelous sightseeing, particularly around the “Scenic Road”. The
magnificent Pacific coast views are absolutely breathtaking.

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Carmel_Monterey_Cypress.jpg

- http://www.jbs.agrsci.dk/~sorenh/Worldview/USA-California/Carmel-2000-01.jpg

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Artsey_cypress.jpg

. Adorability
>
> Solange Knowles is adorable.
>

. Footage

Mariah Carey (13 slides): http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,14017,00.html

. Emancipation

Die Abkürzung E=MC² bedeutet die „Emanzipation von Mariah Carey zum
Quadrat. Es ist ein Wortspiel mit Albert Einsteins bekannter Formel
über die Äquivalenz von Masse und Energie.
http://wissen.spiegel.de/wissen/dokument/e/_/3/dokument.html?titel=E%3DMC%C2%B2+%28Mariah+Carey%29&id=E%3DMC%C2%B2_%28Mariah_Carey%29&top=Wikipedia&suchbegriff=mariah+e%3Dmc2&quellen=%2BBX%2CWIKI%2C%2BSP%2C%2BMM%2CALME%2C%2BMEDIA&vl=0


. Usenet

> Every time there's a problem on usenet, there's a problem the next day at
> work, it all tracks.
>
__


> "All those mopes in bracelets and not one of them named Osama." Det. James
> 'Jimmy' McNulty, The wire


>

marika

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. Interim Post (May 7, 2008)
>
Obama’s Leading | Medvedev (Russia) | Sc Excursus | Big Sur | Bodied

===============

I think that Obama will offer the vice presidency to his wife and Hilary
will run the cabinet post or posts devoted to social services so she can
change the health insurance programs

====================

> > http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING/msg/39c4178afac006c8
>

. Russia

>
> The better question is: did Russia ever leave?
>
What do you mean (“ever leave”) or like to state?

---------------------------------------------


The article said: It may be premature to say "Russia is back" but Putin has
certainly
moved it in that direction and either with or without Putin's help -
unless Medvedev stumbles badly -he will use Gazprom and the country's
petroleum companies much as Putin did to advance Russian national
interests.


----------------------------

. Inauguration

http://diepresse.com/images/uploads/4/7/b/382075/thumbDi_(c)%20EPA%20(Vladimir%20Rodionov)4.jpg

http://diepresse.com/images/uploads/4/7/b/382075/thumbDi_(c)%20EPA%20(Vladimir%20Rodionov)3.jpg


. Race

Why “became pope”?


---------------

It's just a a dumb joke. Pope John Paul the Beatle

Image in fire said to resemble late pope
A composite image shows, at right a bonfire which locals believe resembles
the silhouette of late Pope John Paul II making a blessing in a picture
taken by amateur photographer Grzegorz Lukasik, atop Matyska ...

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/18/europe/EU-GEN-Poland-John-Paul-Image.php?WT.mc_id=rssap_news

http://www.topix.com/religion/2007/10/image-in-fire-said-to-resemble-late-pope

Sheryl said: I think it's Lawrence Welk

Pope Welk

in spite predictions to the contrary, Hilary continues


http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/yazarDetay.do?haberno=141206


PAT YALE
Streetwise shopping

In the big cities of Turkey the supermarkets are already starting to
make the same inroads into the shopping scene as they have done elsewhere in
the world, and slowly but surely the number of street markets is declining
as trade migrates to their more weatherproof rivals. Here in the villages,
however, the market, or pazar, is still very much alive and kicking, and
life would be much less colorful without the street traders.
In Cappadocia they kick off their week with a huge market in Nevsehir,
before itinerating around the villages to wind up in Ürgüp on Saturday. They
trundle into Göreme on Wednesdays, which is the day when my neighbors can be
seen strolling down to do their shopping with long white modesty veils
draped over their day-to-day yemenis (gauzy scarves which cover only their
heads). The market may not be particularly exciting -- there are no
handicrafts on sale, for example -- but it is very handy for stocking up on
fruit and vegetables and all those plastic items without which no Turkish
home could function.

For those of us who actually live here the market is handier than the
limited range of goods on offer might suggest. You can, for example, order
simple made-to-measure items (clothes, sheets, etc.) to be run up during the
week and delivered on the following Wednesday. You can also cart away
garments to try on in the privacy of your own home. If you’re on especially
good terms with the stall-holder, you may even be able to pay for them on
the never-never.

On Sundays a cut-down version of the market takes place in the open
square in front of the Merkez Camii. Here, men on their way home from the
mosque can pause to stock up on vegetables and outsized packets of tea, as
well as to shop for such essentials as pen knives and washing lines.
Strangely enough, it’s here rather than in the marketplace that the blow-in
traders tend to congregate. These are the men who pass by more casually,
bringing with them an unpredictable array of goods: honeycomb, perhaps, or
crumbly cheeses, and bread in shapes as curious as the fairy chimneys. In
the days leading up to Kurban Bayrami the square fills up with bewildered
fat-tailed sheep who don’t realize that their days are numbered. At this
time of year the flower sellers gather. And just occasionally men drive over
from Manisa to offload jars of a bitter tasting paste (macunu) with almost
mythical therapeutic qualities.

There are old-fashioned knife grinders and men with gadgets to
laminate ID cards. There are men who hawk carpets from shop to shop and
there are dealers in second-hand bric-a-brac dredged up from surrounding
villages. Best of all there are the melon sellers who drive right up to our
gates and whose merry yells of “karpuz, karpuz” are as much a part of the
Göreme soundscape as the Aygaz jingles used to be in Istanbul.

One day no doubt the Tansases, Begendiks and Yimpases will win the
battle for our purses, but for the time being the markets still rule the
roost around here. Long may it stay that way!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------


Frank Kalder

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>

>
. Obama’s Potential Offer
>
> I think that Obama will offer the vice presidency to his wife and Hillary


> will run the cabinet post or posts devoted to social services so she can

> change the health insurance programs.
>
This would be very fortunate.
>
Obama seeks to unify the party for November.

Clinton gave no hint of surrender, tough, in a letter to Obama about
the delegate impasse involving Florida and Michigan. "Your commitment
to the voters of these states must be clearly stated and your support
for a fair and quick resolution must be clearly demonstrated," she
wrote. … http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/08/AR2008050803418.html?hpid=topnews
>

. Clinton’s Continuation

> In spite predictions to the contrary, Hillary continues.
>
> http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/yazarDetay.do?haberno=141206
>
> [...]


. Russia
>
> > > The better question is: did Russia ever leave?
>
> > What do you mean (“ever leave”) or like to state?
>

> The article said: It may be premature to say "Russia is back" but Putin has
> certainly moved it in that direction and either with or without Putin's

> help - unless Medvedev stumbles badly - he will use Gazprom and the country's


> petroleum companies much as Putin did to advance Russian national interests.
>
>

Who rules Russia: Putin or Medvedev? …

The irony of the president's position is that the economy is the area
where he might be expected to temper the corruption, statism and
inefficiency of the Putin years. Yet, under the constitution, that is
the purview of the prime minister, while the president oversees
foreign and defence matters. Over the need to broaden the country's
industrial base and enforce the rule of law in business transactions,
the two men could clash. … http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/05/09/dl0902.xml


>

. Joke

> > >When was it exactly that Lawrence Welk became pope? http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE2D6153EF93AA25756C0A964958260
>
> > Why “became pope”?
>
> > > I know it was somewhere in between John Paul and Paul John.
>
> > Excerpt: “At 24, he put together a six-piece band called the Hotsy-
> > Totsy Boys...”
>

> It's just a dumb joke. Pope John Paul the Beatle.
>
:)
>
> Image in fire said to resemble late pope.


> A composite image shows, at right a bonfire which locals believe resembles
> the silhouette of late Pope John Paul II making a blessing in a picture
> taken by amateur photographer Grzegorz Lukasik, atop Matyska ...
>
> http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/18/europe/EU-GEN-Poland-John-Paul-Image.php?WT.mc_id=rssap_news
>
> http://www.topix.com/religion/2007/10/image-in-fire-said-to-resemble-late-pope
>

> Sheryl said: I think it's Lawrence Welk.
>
> Pope Welk.
>
Ah, thanks for the enlightenment! :)

marika

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>

>
. Obama’s Potential Offer
>
> I think that Obama will offer the vice presidency to his wife and Hillary
> will run the cabinet post or posts devoted to social services so she can
> change the health insurance programs.
>
This would be very fortunate.
>
Obama seeks to unify the party for November.

Clinton gave no hint of surrender, tough, in a letter to Obama about
the delegate impasse involving Florida and Michigan. "Your commitment
to the voters of these states must be clearly stated and your support
for a fair and quick resolution must be clearly demonstrated," she
wrote. …
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/08/AR2008050803418.html?hpid=topnews
>

. Clinton’s Continuation

> In spite predictions to the contrary, Hillary continues.
>
> http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/yazarDetay.do?haberno=141206
>
> [...]


--------------

First, let me tell you I probably won't be here this weekend nor near a
computer more on that on return

There's a rumor that Obama is offering to contribute money to Clinton's
campaign to allow her to get matching funds to pay off her campaign debts.
There's a speculation she's only in the race now, not to embarass Obama, but
to get those funds reimbursed that she lent to her campaign. Complicated
bit of US law to prevent a candidate from being purchased.


>

. Joke

------------


En- LIGHT - enment

HAHA

Welk had good chorale arrangements.

I just think he needed to add some harps and then he'd really rock the pope

and we can listen to his music on cd players called iPopes

mk5000

"If we live our lives the right way then everything we do can become a work
of art."--Claire: "Six Feet Under"

Frank Kalder

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- transatlantic daily -

>
. Clinton’s Matching Funds


>
> > > In spite predictions to the contrary, Hillary continues.
>
> > > http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/yazarDetay.do?haberno=141206
>
> > > [...]
>

> There's a rumor that Obama is offering to contribute money to Clinton's
> campaign to allow her to get matching funds to pay off her campaign debts.

> There's a speculation she's only in the race now, not to embarrass Obama, but


> to get those funds reimbursed that she lent to her campaign. Complicated
> bit of US law to prevent a candidate from being purchased.
>

A tricky or rather weird campaign situation...
>
. Russia’s Tandem

“Russian Tandem-Rulers “Medvedev & Putin”: Could They Clash?”
[~Telegraph UK] http://haplifnet.blogspot.com/2008/05/russian-tandem-rulers-medvedev-putin.html


. Renewed Military Strength
>
Troops, tanks, warplanes and missiles paraded across Red Square in
Moscow for the first time since the Soviet collapse. The display came
as Russia celebrated its May 9 Victory Day over N.. Germany. VOA
Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports the show of force was
intended as a signal of renewed Russian military strength. …
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-05-09-voa22.cfm

. Joke
>
> > > It's just a dumb joke. Pope John Paul the Beatle. [...]


>
> > > Sheryl said: I think it's Lawrence Welk.
>
> > > Pope Welk.
>
> > Ah, thanks for the enlightenment! :)
>

> En - LIGHT - enment


>
> HAHA
>
> Welk had good chorale arrangements.
>
> I just think he needed to add some harps and then he'd really rock the pope

> and we can listen to his music on cd players called iPopes.
>
Hahaha :)

> "If we live our lives the right way then everything we do can become a work
> of art."--Claire: "Six Feet Under"


. Photographic Art [UK]

“Victorian erotica: the original cheeky girls”

Ever wondered what our great grandparents got up to behind closed
doors? …
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/05/11/sv_victorianerotica.xml&DCMP=ILC-traffdrv07053100

. Suspense | Computerlessness

> Let me tell you I probably won't be here this weekend nor near a
> computer more on that on return.
>
Have a pleasant Pentecost weekend!

Take care – be happy! I’ll watch out for your return (asap)...

marika

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>
. Clinton’s Matching Funds
>
> > > In spite predictions to the contrary, Hillary continues.
>
> > > http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/yazarDetay.do?haberno=141206
>
> > > [...]
>
> There's a rumor that Obama is offering to contribute money to Clinton's
> campaign to allow her to get matching funds to pay off her campaign debts.
> There's a speculation she's only in the race now, not to embarrass Obama,
> but
> to get those funds reimbursed that she lent to her campaign. Complicated
> bit of US law to prevent a candidate from being purchased.
>
A tricky or rather weird campaign situation...

------------
The lack of action in spite of the fact that they fought hard to get this
out as a statement or idea makes me very suspicious.

my sister did the research while I was away. apparently this was just a bad
rumor and this would not be allowed

=================
>
. Russia’s Tandem

“Russian Tandem-Rulers “Medvedev & Putin”: Could They Clash?”
[~Telegraph UK]
http://haplifnet.blogspot.com/2008/05/russian-tandem-rulers-medvedev-putin.html

===============

yeah
I am dying to know too.
=================


. Photographic Art [UK]

-------

interesting

=============

. Suspense | Computerlessness

> Let me tell you I probably won't be here this weekend nor near a
> computer more on that on return.
>
Have a pleasant Pentecost weekend!

Take care – be happy! I’ll watch out for your return (asap)...


---------

well of course I didn't celebrate Pentecost

I went home to Philadelphia as a suprise for mother's day, I didn't tell my
mother, just showed up.

mk5000

Ellen Tigh: So, you worried about Wallace Grey? I hear he's ahead in the
vote count.
Tom Zarek: Whatever the people want is fine by me.
Ellen Tigh: Everyone has an agenda. I know I do. Tom Zarek: And what would
that be?
Ellen Tigh: Same as yours, Tom. Me, myself, and... ooh. I.
Tom Zarek: You are... clearly a well-connected, well-informed woman.
Ellen Tigh: Wife of the XO, for whatever that's worth.
Tom Zarek: Ah. Quite a bit. Now, and in the future.
Ellen Tigh: That's what I'm interested in, Tom. It's my place, and my...
husband's place in the future. --Battlestar Galactica

marika

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history behind the gesture "chunk the deuce" or "chuck the deuce"

----- Original Message -----
From: "marika" <marik...@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:

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Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 9:41 PM
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>
> if you ask me to research something, I will persist
>
> peace sign -- requires 2 fingers
> hence ~ deuce
>
> urbandictionary.com
>
> 2. deuce 287 up, 115 down
>
> later, goodbye. derived from peace, or peace out, as in throwing two
> fingers up when leaving.
>
> see also: chunk the deuce, chunk, and chunk deuce
>
> I'm out, deuce.
>
>
> 1. chunk the deuce 302 up, 33 down
>
> 1. to literally throw up the peace sign as in saying "later"
> 2. term used to say 'i'm outtie"
> also throw the deuce
> deuces
>
> 1. He chunked up the deuce to his boys as he left the house.
> 2. I had to chunk the deuce early to that gay ass party last night.
>
>
>
> 2. chunk the deuce 127 up, 63 down
>
> later
>
> im leavin yo, chunk deuce.
>
> by kt Jul 20, 2003
>
> I stopped by to see my parents today but will go back for more fun for
> dad's birthday next weekend
>
> Last time we went to The Black Bass was awesome, not one bad appetizer or
> entree or dessert
> was delivered
>
> My sister is making reservations to some place just as cool she said
>
> "marika" <marik...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:...
>> do you remember when people used to show the 2 finger greeting that
>> represented Peace
>>
>> "Chuck Deuce" - To "chunk deuce" is a way to say good bye. The way you
>> would chunk deuce is to put two fingers to the side when your leaving.
>> Source: http://dirtysouth.rapbasement.com/south101/slang.php
>>
>> Neat to watch 2 guys do it, Side to side.
>>
>>
>>
>> deuce: To poke someone in the eye with two fingers.
>> Example: Sometimes I wear a special face mask so that I can't be deuced.
>>
>>
>> http://www.slangsite.com/slang/D.html
>>
>> There are considerably less attractive definitions of deuce that I have
>> found. Scatological.
>> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=drop+a+deuce&defid=2545453
>>
>> Didn't find the definition linking to peace et al except at the Oxford
>> Press slang site.
>> http://www.oxfordpress.com/e/content/oh/index/entertainment/comics-games/quizzes/urban-slang/index.html
>>
>>
>> mk5000
>>
>> Sir Thomas Boleyn: You will be sent to France and stay there until you've
>> learned your lesson.
>> Anne Boleyn: What? No! Father, please!
>> Sir Thomas Boleyn: How could you have done this? You knew full well that
>> Mary's frindship with the king is an extremely delicate state! Any
>> scandal, any mark on her name can be fatal!
>> The Duke of Norfolk: You will be sent to the join the court of the French
>> queen and stay there until your father has forgiven you.
>> Anne Boleyn:You told them, didn't you?
>> Mary Boleyn: It was for your own good! You never would have gotten away
>> with it. It would have ruined your prospects forever.
>> Anne Boleyn: [ ally? For my good? Well, I'll try yo remind myself of that
>> when I'm in exile and you're here in the kings bed... No challenge for
>> our father's affections! That it was for my good and not yours!
>>
>> The Other Boleyn Girl
>>
>>
>

Frank Kalder

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. Clinton’s Matching Funds
>

> The lack of action in spite of the fact that they fought hard to get this
> out as a statement or idea makes me very suspicious.
>

> My sister did the research while I was away. Apparently this was just a bad
> rumor and this would not be allowed.


>
>
> . Russia’s Tandem
>
> > “Russian Tandem-Rulers “Medvedev & Putin”: Could They Clash?”
> > [~Telegraph UK] http://haplifnet.blogspot.com/2008/05/russian-tandem-rulers-medvedev-putin.html
>

> Yeah, I am dying to know too.
>
. Contemporary Humanism

Here’s a summary of a few FK posts in several threads:
http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/424db64d3dcc9359
& http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Kontemporaerer+Humanismus+Humanitaet+und+Ethik-1292832-#1292832

. Consciousness Theory

Immaterialism, brain processes, etc...
http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/79ad22f4056fd485
& http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Das+Urproblem+des+Menschen+und+seine+Loesung-1292955-#1292955

>
. Photographic Art


>
> > “Victorian erotica: the original cheeky girls”
>
> > Ever wondered what our great grandparents got up to behind

> > closed doors? […]
>
> Interesting.
>

"Austrians Strip for Lens"

Spencer Tunick, the photographer known for his mass nudes, did his
thing on Sunday in Vienna, where hundreds of Austrian volunteers
stripped in Ernst-Happel Stadium. It is the site of seven matches in
the Euro 2008 soccer championships next month, , including the June 29
final, Reuters reported. Mr. Tunick said on his Web site,
spencertunick.com, that the “ephemeral installation” was “devised to
capture and combine the spirit of sports, the grand sweeping waves of
stadium architecture and the abstract relation of the human form to
modern structures.” http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/arts/design/12arts-AUSTRIANSSTR_BRF.html?ref=arts

Bio: http://spencertunick.com/bio.html

The Vienna photo-shoot, which lasted several hours amid warm weather
Sunday (May 11), drew precisely 1,840 participants, although it fell
short of the symbolic "at least 2,008" Tunick had hoped to get, ahead
of the Euro 2008 tournament… http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hENwNRV2j8-gpr35ImXYhkSg5HxQ

. Transatlantic Daily

Here’s our most recent summary: http://haplifnet.blogspot.com/2008/05/multicultural-blogs-update_10.html


. Mother’s Day
>
> I went home to Philadelphia as a surprise for mother's day, I didn't tell my
> mother, just showed up.
>
__


> Ellen Tigh: So, you worried about Wallace Grey? I hear he's ahead in the
> vote count.
> Tom Zarek: Whatever the people want is fine by me.
> Ellen Tigh: Everyone has an agenda. I know I do.
> Tom Zarek: And what would that be?
> Ellen Tigh: Same as yours, Tom. Me, myself, and... ooh. I.
> Tom Zarek: You are... clearly a well-connected, well-informed woman.
> Ellen Tigh: Wife of the XO, for whatever that's worth.
> Tom Zarek: Ah. Quite a bit. Now, and in the future.
> Ellen Tigh: That's what I'm interested in, Tom. It's my place, and my...
> husband's place in the future. --Battlestar Galactica

>
. Idol

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley/msg/818da4740d8c98c2

__


> >> Sir Thomas Boleyn: You will be sent to France and stay there until you've
> >> learned your lesson.
> >> Anne Boleyn: What? No! Father, please!
> >> Sir Thomas Boleyn: How could you have done this? You knew full well that

> >> Mary's friendship with the king is an extremely delicate state! Any


> >> scandal, any mark on her name can be fatal!
> >> The Duke of Norfolk: You will be sent to the join the court of the French
> >> queen and stay there until your father has forgiven you.
> >> Anne Boleyn: You told them, didn't you?
> >> Mary Boleyn: It was for your own good! You never would have gotten away
> >> with it. It would have ruined your prospects forever.

> >> Anne Boleyn: Ally? For my good? Well, I'll try you remind myself of that


> >> when I'm in exile and you're here in the kings bed... No challenge for
> >> our father's affections! That it was for my good and not yours!
>
> >> The Other Boleyn Girl

>

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. Clinton’s Matching Funds
>
> The lack of action in spite of the fact that they fought hard to get this
> out as a statement or idea makes me very suspicious.
>
> My sister did the research while I was away. Apparently this was just a
> bad
> rumor and this would not be allowed.
>

I think in about a week they'll claim one of the candidates is gay


Those rumors mildly haunted Clinton in the past because of her college
choice and her husband's choice of cabinet members

It'll be more fun if someone claims Obama is gay and even more fun if they
say McCain is

Pat Buchanan who previously ran as an independent candidate, was asked
whether Clinton would. He answered definitively NO

. Consciousness Theory

"Austrians Strip for Lens"

Bio: http://spencertunick.com/bio.html

. Transatlantic Daily

good stuff

to further elucidate from yesterday


http://www.loloscube.com/2007/11/fugly-friday.html
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/202/471576068_74d514a57f.jpg?v=0
http://www.requestlyrics.com/read.php?1,685805,686263

You may have heard me talk about Tara Thai, the restaurant down the street
where I saw the delivery man golfing indoors.

Today, I watched the place become increasingly fascinating.

Like many Asian restaurants, they've got an aquarium

It's in the middle of the bar.

There's one cute canary yellow fish who darts around and has a lot of fun.

Then there's the big lumbering big mouth sucking fish with small white and
black dots.

I haven't got an idea whose family he belongs to, but he looks lethargic as
if it's all the trouble in the world to swim to the top of the aquarium
which is at least 6 feet high. He's huge. Looks like a cartoon character.
Dolorous. Old. Mottled figure.

Today, I watched the bartender climb up on the bar and feed the poor old
guy. What fun!

he used chopsticks. dipping them repetitively into the aquarium to attract
the old ones' attention.

When the old fishee would turn around, he'd dip the chopsticks down into the
tank, and dangle them as a lure, and the fishee would grab!

mk5000


'Hold on there, that's an
expensive job. Why don't
you let me
have a crack at it? If
you've got the tools,
I've got the time.'--Russell Crowe

marika

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. Individual Development

Education, mental and somatic training, free will, strategies, etc
http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/43660cdf8a02fb29
& http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Odenwalds+Universum+Haben+wir+einen+freien+Willen-1293161-#1293161

>
> . Clinton’s Matching Funds
>
>

> Those rumors mildly haunted Clinton in the past because of her college

> choice and her husband's choice of cabinet members.


>
> It'll be more fun if someone claims Obama is gay and even more fun if they

> say McCain is.
>
Oops ;)

> Pat Buchanan who previously ran as an independent candidate, was asked
> whether Clinton would. He answered definitively NO.
>

. Russia: Kirkorov

"Everything for the sake of the audience!"


Philipp Kirkorov, the Russian pop-star, singer, producer and since
Eurovision Song Contest 2007 also a composer visited Athens once again
together with Ani Lorak, the Ukrainian representative of this year.
Ani Lorak will perform in the second semi-final on May 22nd in
Belgrade with a song Shady Lady, composed by Philipp Kirkorov. While
being in Athens, Kirkorov spoke to esctoday.com to Anna Krasilnikova
about his Eurovision experience and his participation. …

> http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/11350


. Anna Netrebko

“Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß“

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_kaOYC_Fww

Outstandingly charming and funny sing and dance performance of my
favorite opera diva. :)

. Jesuits [China]

Christian missionaries in 17th century ...
http://dokumentation.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/10/0,1872,7237098,00.html

. Israel

Celebrating 60th anniversary ... http://israel.zdf.de/ZDFheute/inhalt/22/0,3672,7229750,00.html?dr=1


. Renaissance Popes

Towards the end of the Renaissance the popes behaved like emperors
- indulgence deals, Clemens VII, Luther’s reforms, military attack on
Rome, Paul III, heresy…

http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/12/0,1872,1021580_idDispatch:7628247,00.html?dr=1

Engelsburg: http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/s_img/105/0,6992,7043689-render-A6-,00.jpg

Michelangelo finished the St. Peter’s cathedral’s cupola
http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/s_img/126/0,6992,7043710-render-A6-,00.jpg

More about the popes Clement VII (de Medici) and Paul III (Farnese)
and Kaiser Karl V (Charles V)... http://www.coingallery.de/KarlV/Ital-Z_E.htm


. Photographic Art
>
> > "Austrians Strip for Lens"
>
> > Spencer Tunick, the photographer known for his mass nudes ...
>
. Transatlantic Daily
>
> Good stuff.
>

. Elucidation

> To further elucidate from yesterday
>
> http://www.loloscube.com/2007/11/fugly-friday.html
>
Cute folks and boots.

> http://farm1.static.flickr.com/202/471576068_74d514a57f.jpg?v=0

What about this guy?

> http://www.requestlyrics.com/read.php?1,685805,686263

Excerpt:
[Pimp C - Verse 3]
I'm from Port Arthur Texas
Represent it til I'm dead (dead)
Pimpin' almost died in the 80's
Boys was scared (scared)
Bitches was on crack
And the 'Lacs wasn't rollin (rollin)
But the game done been revived
Cuz now the Southside is holdin (ha)
Pockets stay swollen (ha)
What do we do with all the cash (cash)
Try 84's gold wrists
With tv's jumpin out the dash (dash)
Pistol in the stash even though I'm on parole (role)
Nigga try me with that fuck it
Bitch I'll leave ya body cold (cold...)

Sort of skew stuff...

. Aquarium


>
> You may have heard me talk about Tara Thai, the restaurant down the street
> where I saw the delivery man golfing indoors.
>
> Today, I watched the place become increasingly fascinating.
>

> Like many Asian restaurants, they've got an aquarium.


>
> It's in the middle of the bar.
>
> There's one cute canary yellow fish who darts around and has a lot of fun.
>
> Then there's the big lumbering big mouth sucking fish with small white and
> black dots.
>
> I haven't got an idea whose family he belongs to, but he looks lethargic as
> if it's all the trouble in the world to swim to the top of the aquarium
> which is at least 6 feet high. He's huge. Looks like a cartoon character.
> Dolorous. Old. Mottled figure.
>

Maybe a moray…? => http://www.oceanlight.com/lightbox.php?x=moray__eel__marine_fish__fish__animal

>
> Today, I watched the bartender climb up on the bar and feed the poor old
> guy. What fun!
>

> He used chopsticks. Dipping them repetitively into the aquarium to attract


> the old ones' attention.
>
> When the old fishee would turn around, he'd dip the chopsticks down into the
> tank, and dangle them as a lure, and the fishee would grab!
>

__


> 'Hold on there, that's an expensive job.
> Why don't you let me have a crack at it?
> If you've got the tools, I've got the time.'
> --Russell Crowe


>

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. Individual Development

. Russia: Kirkorov

> http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/11350


. Anna Netrebko

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_kaOYC_Fww

. Jesuits [China]

------------------


I really like the little butter figurine.

-------------------
. Israel

-----------------
and yet....
http://www.tikkun.org/magazine/tik0805/politics/webarticles/prayingpossiblity
Mary Grey is Professorial Rearch Fellow, St Mary's University College,
Twickenham, UK and co-author, with Rabbi Dan Cohn-Sherbok, of Pursuing the
Dream: a Jewish Christian Conversation on Reconciliation, (DLT 2004).

I write, heavy-hearted, after returning from Israel/Palestine after a brief
visit for research purposes, a visit overshadowed by events in Gaza. I
stayed at the Tantur Ecumenical Institute, on the outskirts of Jerusalem,
only two minutes from the Bethlehem checkpoint, and with a panoramic view of
surrounding Israeli settlements crowning the hilltops, as well as of the
Security Wall surrounding Bethlehem, making it in effect a giant prison.
What kind of future could there be for these “children at the gate”—or Wall,
in this case—kicking their balls or discarded car tires around the decaying
streets of the city?

How to make sense of this tragic separation and enmity of two peoples?
Walking around the streets of Jerusalem I rejoiced that the Jewish people
now have a homeland. To be able to put behind them the humiliation of the
ghettos, the interminable sorrow of having no abiding home, the
unforgettable memories of the Camps, the sense of being despised by humanity
and even being abandoned by God—this is now a situation to be rejoiced over,
and to hope there will be no going back. Israel is a nation, and holds its
head up vis-a-vis the world.

--------------------------


. Renaissance Popes

http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/12/0,1872,1021580_idDispatch:7628247,00.html?dr=1

Engelsburg:
http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/s_img/105/0,6992,7043689-render-A6-,00.jpg

. Elucidation

> http://farm1.static.flickr.com/202/471576068_74d514a57f.jpg?v=0

What about this guy?

> http://www.requestlyrics.com/read.php?1,685805,686263

Sort of skew stuff...

-------------

REcalling the previous day's etymology lesson: in each photo the persons
are "chunking deuce"
and the name of the song is "chunking deuce"

-------------------------------

. Aquarium
>
> You may have heard me talk about Tara Thai, the restaurant down the street
> where I saw the delivery man golfing indoors.
>
> Today, I watched the place become increasingly fascinating.
>
> Like many Asian restaurants, they've got an aquarium.
>
> It's in the middle of the bar.
>
> There's one cute canary yellow fish who darts around and has a lot of fun.
>
> Then there's the big lumbering big mouth sucking fish with small white and
> black dots.
>
> I haven't got an idea whose family he belongs to, but he looks lethargic
> as
> if it's all the trouble in the world to swim to the top of the aquarium
> which is at least 6 feet high. He's huge. Looks like a cartoon
> character.
> Dolorous. Old. Mottled figure.
>
Maybe a moray…? =>
http://www.oceanlight.com/lightbox.php?x=moray__eel__marine_fish__fish__animal

---------------

could be, he was nice and chubby like that

mk5000

"i understand why people think I'm a ditzy moron" --Mariah Carey

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. Catastrophes

Sichuan Earthquake

(CNN) -- The official death toll from the China earthquake stood at
12,012 on May 14 (afternoon), but it is expected to rise as soldiers
and rescue crews pull more bodies from crumbled buildings at the
epicenter in Sichuan province. http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/14/china.stats


Myanmar's cyclone survivors beg for help

Yangon: Desperation among Myanmar's 1.5 million cyclone survivors
mounted on Wednesday as the international aid flow remained a trickle
and police barred foreign aid workers from worst-hit areas.
The United Nations and Western powers piled more pressure on the
military regime to speed up its slow and disorganised response to the
disaster by suggesting that helpless victims could have been robbed of
food and other urgent supplies.

The reports were unconfirmed, but the relief effort -- further
complicated by heavy rains -- is only delivering one tenth of the
supplies needed in the devastated delta region, where up to 100,000
people are dead or missing. … http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/05/14/asia/OUKWD-UK-MYANMAR-CYCLONE.php


PATTAYA, Thailand (CNN) -- The government of Myanmar has authorized
five more U.S. flights to land in Myanmar with needed aid for
survivors of last week's cyclone, a U.S. Marine spokesman said. …
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/14/myanmar.aid

>
. Jesuits [China]
>
> > Christian missionaries in 17th century ... http://dokumentation.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/10/0,1872,7237098,00.html
>

> I really like the little butter figurine.
>

http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/contentblob/494126/timg116x88blob/523954
Do you mean this one?

Those were handed out to the Chinese folks and also to the emperor’s
concubines.

. Consciousness & Cognition (Emergence)

~ http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/c3a50e8030388178
& http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Odenwalds+Universum+Haben+wir+einen+freien+Willen-1293438-#1293438

. Israel
>
> > Celebrating 60th anniversary ... http://israel.zdf.de/ZDFheute/inhalt/22/0,3672,7229750,00.html?dr=1
>

> And yet.... http://www.tikkun.org/magazine/tik0805/politics/webarticles/prayingpossiblity
>
> Mary Grey is Professorial Research Fellow, St Mary's University College,


> Twickenham, UK and co-author, with Rabbi Dan Cohn-Sherbok, of Pursuing the
> Dream: a Jewish Christian Conversation on Reconciliation, (DLT 2004).
>
> I write, heavy-hearted, after returning from Israel/Palestine after a brief
> visit for research purposes, a visit overshadowed by events in Gaza. I
> stayed at the Tantur Ecumenical Institute, on the outskirts of Jerusalem,
> only two minutes from the Bethlehem checkpoint, and with a panoramic view of
> surrounding Israeli settlements crowning the hilltops, as well as of the
> Security Wall surrounding Bethlehem, making it in effect a giant prison.
> What kind of future could there be for these “children at the gate” — or Wall,
> in this case — kicking their balls or discarded car tires around the decaying
> streets of the city?
>
> How to make sense of this tragic separation and enmity of two peoples?
> Walking around the streets of Jerusalem I rejoiced that the Jewish people
> now have a homeland. To be able to put behind them the humiliation of the
> ghettos, the interminable sorrow of having no abiding home, the
> unforgettable memories of the Camps, the sense of being despised by humanity
> and even being abandoned by God—this is now a situation to be rejoiced over,
> and to hope there will be no going back. Israel is a nation, and holds its
> head up vis-a-vis the world.
>

A very unfortunate political situation! Hopefully, the US & EU will be
more effectively helpful, from next year onward (new US President!),
in order to finally resolve the regional and religious discrepancies
involved.

>
. Elucidation
>
>
> > [...] Sort of skew stuff...
>
> Recalling the previous day's etymology lesson: in each photo the persons
> are "chunking deuce" - and the name of the song is "chunking deuce"
>
>
. Aquarium
>

> > > ... He's huge. Looks like a cartoon character.
> > > Dolorous. Old. Mottled figure.
>
> Maybe a moray ...? [...]
>
> Could be, he was nice and chubby like that.
>
__
> "I understand why people think I'm a ditzy moron."
> --Mariah Carey

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Breaking News: Your favorite John Edwards has just today endorsed Obama

I believe this means Edwards has been offered the VP role


------------
. Catastrophes

Sichuan Earthquake

(CNN) -- The official death toll from the China earthquake stood at
12,012 on May 14 (afternoon), but it is expected to rise as soldiers
and rescue crews pull more bodies from crumbled buildings at the
epicenter in Sichuan province.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/14/china.stats


Myanmar's cyclone survivors beg for help

Yangon: Desperation among Myanmar's 1.5 million cyclone survivors
mounted on Wednesday as the international aid flow remained a trickle
and police barred foreign aid workers from worst-hit areas.
The United Nations and Western powers piled more pressure on the
military regime to speed up its slow and disorganised response to the
disaster by suggesting that helpless victims could have been robbed of
food and other urgent supplies.

The reports were unconfirmed, but the relief effort -- further
complicated by heavy rains -- is only delivering one tenth of the
supplies needed in the devastated delta region, where up to 100,000
people are dead or missing. …
http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/05/14/asia/OUKWD-UK-MYANMAR-CYCLONE.php


PATTAYA, Thailand (CNN) -- The government of Myanmar has authorized
five more U.S. flights to land in Myanmar with needed aid for
survivors of last week's cyclone, a U.S. Marine spokesman said. …
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/14/myanmar.aid

---------------

it's been a strange month for those things, starting with the weird
earthquake in West Salem Illinois

__________________

Jesuits [China]
>
> > Christian missionaries in 17th century ...
> > http://dokumentation.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/10/0,1872,7237098,00.html
>
> I really like the little butter figurine.
>
http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/contentblob/494126/timg116x88blob/523954
Do you mean this one?

Those were handed out to the Chinese folks and also to the emperor’s
concubines.

----------------

Yes it reminds me of the little butter Jesus sheep for Easter with the
little flag stuck into his spine, making the little lamb a paraplegic

I think the reason they make religious icons out of butter is to remind the
religious figures that they could melt in the heat of hell

------------------------


---------------


Bush has returned to Israel to impress the world with his stuttering peace
plans


I just now met this lady

http://sov.state.va.us/SenatorDB.nsf/ddd222d4e7192a8685256fc7004febb1/3b319d75c58e6e4e85256aa0007199a0?OpenDocument

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this is an old story that I posted elsewhere but in light of your recent
bent on philosophical debate you will understand it as well as I did even
though 8 years later I still don't


----- Original Message -----
From: "marika" <marik...@my-deja.com>
Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.rv-travel,alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: Pig story - very old and very OT


On May 14, 5:14 pm, Lone Haranguer <lin...@hughes.net> wrote:


>
> But socialist governments have commonly used force to ensure that no one
> rises above the herd.


but pigs don't really travel in herd do they

(trimmed previous persons comments about pork and stuff which
results
with the following sentence...and repost)


this part is me and an accurate account of an actual conversation I
had
with our 52 year old enrolled in college part time employee

. Well the first part is about the
disastrous day I had trying to cook without ingredients that I thought
I
had on hand. hope you enjoy it


>> I tried to make an thai type salad today with grilled prok. BUT. It
>> is a hundred degrees in my house, and, once again, I forgot to put
>> away the lettuce and bean sprouts. This is not attractive to the
>> gustatory senses when cooked by house. Fortunately, I still had a red
>> pepper another bag of lettuce and cucumber that I put away. And yes,
>> the prok was in the fridge.
>> I did remember to put the ginger and garlic away, but I bet that was
>> not a necessity. The oil was not warm either.
>>
>> Today I had a conversation with an employee which was probably a lot
>> wackier than you are.
>> I am not her supervisor but she wanted to ask me the possibility of
>> getting another part time job with us. She has a masters in
>> literature from an allegedly famous University specializing in Famous
>> Literary Wannabes. [she also has many years experience in an HR
department of a major accounting firm]. She cannot arrange files
alphabetically. [perhaps in accounting they file by....client
investment
amount? instead]

>> After a long conversation, [which included an explanation that she MUST
apply for jobs Under A VERY SPECIFIC RIGAMAROLE otherwise no one will
make the inference
on her behalf; and a discussion that a temporary appointment does not
mean she gets to work the hours she chooses, but that the job is at
will
for only the time of the appointment. She must work forty hours a
week and
does not get to decide not to come in while she drafts the great
american
novel. We also covered such issues as the fact that there actually
has to
be an employment opportunity allocated before I can offer her a job
and that even if there
were a temporary appointment available, I would have filled it
already]. I
made it clear that our office will\

>> probably increase automation and that many jobs may be phased out.
>> She drew a long breath, and then gave me this I R an intellectual
>> look, and grinned maniacally as she told me that this trend towards
>> automation was creating slave labor. If she were standing, she would
>> have hands akimbo doing that you know I am right pose.
>> Privately, I wondered if she were perhaps Cobb Anderson's niece in
>> disguise or something. [Cobb Anderson was a character in the book I was
reading , "Wetware", who was considered the father of the
robots featured in the novel. His robots caused a revolution, because
they
claimed that we were treating them like slaves. They took over the
moon]
>> I asked her to explain. She said that life is not fair because people
>> who are not mathematically inclined have difficulty understanding
>> computers.
>> Hmmm. I thought. She is a literary person. I am sure that if she has
>> a masters in literature, she must be inclined to the linguistic arts.
>> So....I said....computers are easier to learn than French.
>> No she said, COmputers and French are very hard to learn.
>> I wondered why someone with an advanced liberal arts degree would
>> conclude that a language was outside of their grasp.
>> She answered that French is very hard because it is just like
>> math. I raised my eyebrow, wordlessly, and she persisted....that
>> many people
>> she knows say that French is just like math.
>> While I might at first agree that everything is just language, and
>> that language is just symbolism for what twirls in our heads....
>> I though I might just check the reasoning here...I asked WHAT ABOUT
>> SPANISH???
>> She said, no Spanish is easy it is nothing like math.
>> Needless to say, she doesn't know Spanish either. But she does
>> use a computer every day in her job. Does anyone know anyone who
>> thinks French is just like math???
>
> here are some of the funnier responses I got
>
> "Um.I bet a french teacher on a teevee show could bring up measurable
> responses"--dramar ankalle

> "french is the langauge of math. spanish is the language of geometry.
but italian, italian is the langauge of phys ed"--ranjit bhatnagar
>
> "Computers are hard because they ask you for money for food but you
> KNOW they are buying liquor and going gambling with it! CURSE YOU,
> LAWLESS RIVERBOATS!!! I have witnessed my own computers cavorting
> with bifurcated girls! Of course, you can't say anything to them or
> they'll order up MORE aluminium siding that turns out to be
> VINYL....French is to math as
choco-bar is to cumbus?"--CRGRE
>
> "REAL PERSONAL EXPERIENCE:
>
> When I started learning Spanish in high school, I was already a
> trombonist. As everyone knows, music is just like math! And when I
> started
> learning Spanish in high school, I thought, "Gosh, as this becomes more
> natural, and I stop translating word-for-word, instead thinking in the
> language, it reminds me of playing music!" TO SUM UP MY ARGUMENT: Spanish
> is
> just like playing music, and music is just like math. SPANISH IS JUST
> LIKE
> MATH!
>
> You will have to teach me French before I agree that French is just
> like
> math, however."--BlakXXJack
>
>
> "Just Goethe:
>
> http://sunsite.utk.edu/math_archives/.http/hypermail/historia/dec98/0008.html"

--Matt McIrvin

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. Endorsement
>
> Breaking News: Your favorite John Edwards has just today endorsed Obama.
>
> I believe this means Edwards has been offered the VP role.
>
That’d be appreciable.


. Last Victory

It was said (in German TV) that Clinton's victory in West Virginia
might have been the last one. Wondering why she doesn’t quit.

. Catastrophes
>
> > Sichuan Earthquake ...
>
> > Myanmar's cyclone ...
>
> It's been a strange month for those things, starting with the weird
> earthquake in West Salem, Illinois.
>

. Figurine

> > > I really like the little butter figurine.
>
> > http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/contentblob/494126/timg116x88blob/523954
> > Do you mean this one?
>
> > Those were handed out to the Chinese folks and also to the emperor’s
> > concubines.
>

> Yes, it reminds me of the little butter Jesus sheep for Easter with the
> little flag stuck into his spine, making the little lamb a paraplegic.


>
> I think the reason they make religious icons out of butter is to remind the

> religious figures that they could melt in the heat of hell.
>
Maybe ...

This figurine was made of ivory, though.

. Humanism Basics

~ http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/c1e81d421f0ea031
& http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Kontemporaerer+Humanismus+Humanitaet+und+Ethik-1293736-#1293736

. Israel
>
> > > [...]


>
> > A very unfortunate political situation! Hopefully, the
> > US & EU will be more effectively helpful, from next year
> > onward (new US President!), in order to finally resolve
> > the regional and religious discrepancies involved.
>

> Bush has returned to Israel to impress the world with his stuttering peace

> plans.
>
President Bush, Tony Blair and a host of other dignitaries are in
Jerusalem today to celebrate Israel's 60th birthday. Meanwhile, their
host, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, faces potential indictment over
bribery allegations. We take no view of the substance of the claims,
except to say that the very possibility that they could be brought is
itself a tribute to the state Israelis have built.

Israel used to be the only democracy in the Middle East. That's no
longer true, as democratic institutions take root in Turkey and Iraq.
But Israel remains especially admirable in its insistence that elected
leaders be answerable to the law as well as the public. Even in
France, former President Jacques Chirac remained beyond the reach of
investigators looking into similar bribery allegations while he
remained in high office. … http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121080728771793361.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

. Virginian Senator

Cool! Anything she told you personally or, maybe, some meeting’s
attendants?

. Philosophical Debate

> This is an old story that I posted elsewhere but in light of your recent


> bent on philosophical debate you will understand it as well as I did even

> though 8 years later I still don't.
>

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley/msg/43b419db4bcb7bfe

Trying to read it later (with a bit of leisure).

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. Endorsement
>
> Breaking News: Your favorite John Edwards has just today endorsed Obama.
>
> I believe this means Edwards has been offered the VP role.
>
That’d be appreciable.


. Last Victory

It was said (in German TV) that Clinton's victory in West Virginia
might have been the last one. Wondering why she doesn’t quit.

----------------

There's still the question about repayment of the loans she made to her
campaign

But, the prevailing thought seems to revolve around the possibility that her
wins in the states that Barack can't win will be used as power chips. When
she quits, Barack will have to go to her to help him campaign. When she
goes back to the Senate she will probably go back as speaker of the house,
and as such will wield a great deal of power. If Barack wants a bill passed
he will have to go to her because she has proved she wields power amongst
certain populations of voters.

I found this unusual article that comes from the American conservatives

http://buchanan.org/blog/?p=961

excerpt

It i s a myth, pure bunkum, that Obama is a brave anti-warrior. He made a
brief speech in 2002—peppered with reminders of his generally pro-war
leanings—and then, like Clinton, used his muscle in the Senate to fund the
war and extend its bloody duration. It is only during the past year, as he
has thrown himself into the presidential race, that Obama has decided to
pose as a long-standing, level-headed critic. As Taylor argues, “An adept
politician, Obama began emphasizing his ‘anti-war’ stance as the war became
increasingly unpopular among Democrats across the country and he began
gearing up for the 2008 presidential campaign.”

But there is more going on here than Iraq-related opportunism. If elected
president, Obama would make it a priority to smash the argument for
non-interventionism and to rehabilitate America’s imperial mission to right
the wrongs of the world

. Figurine

. Humanism Basics

. Virginian Senator


-------------

We went to a book club meeting at the library. The topic of discussion was
"Marley and Me" a popular book about a dog.

She talked about her 2 cats and how glad she was that they were companions
to one another

----------------
. Philosophical Debate

> This is an old story that I posted elsewhere but in light of your recent
> bent on philosophical debate you will understand it as well as I did even
> though 8 years later I still don't.
>

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley/msg/43b419db4bcb7bfe

Trying to read it later (with a bit of leisure).

-----------

I have resurrected it because someone has asked me to read and debate some
Stephen Pinker books. He talked a lot about the origin of language. I went
out and bought one that was in the bookstore. Last time I read him was a
very very long time ago.

While there, noticed that your Fritjof Capra put out a new book. Bought it
and when I read it, will report more

mk5000

"we wanted people to listen to the music first we don't have aspirations to
become rock stars"-zoey deschanel

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>


. Last Victory
>
> > It was said (in German TV) that Clinton's victory in
> > West Virginia might have been the last one. Wondering
> > why she doesn’t quit.
>

. Hillary Clinton


>
> There's still the question about repayment of the loans she made to her

> campaign.


>
> But, the prevailing thought seems to revolve around the possibility that her
> wins in the states that Barack can't win will be used as power chips. When
> she quits, Barack will have to go to her to help him campaign. When she
> goes back to the Senate she will probably go back as speaker of the house,
> and as such will wield a great deal of power. If Barack wants a bill passed
> he will have to go to her because she has proved she wields power amongst
> certain populations of voters.
>

Thanks! Those are good reasons, indeed.

. Anti-War Stance

> I found this unusual article that comes from the American conservatives
>
> http://buchanan.org/blog/?p=961
>

> Excerpt
>
> It is a myth, pure bunkum, that Obama is a brave anti-warrior. He made a


> brief speech in 2002 — peppered with reminders of his generally pro-war
> leanings — and then, like Clinton, used his muscle in the Senate to fund the
> war and extend its bloody duration. It is only during the past year, as he
> has thrown himself into the presidential race, that Obama has decided to
> pose as a long-standing, level-headed critic. As Taylor argues, “An adept
> politician, Obama began emphasizing his ‘anti-war’ stance as the war became
> increasingly unpopular among Democrats across the country and he began
> gearing up for the 2008 presidential campaign.”
>
> But there is more going on here than Iraq-related opportunism. If elected
> president, Obama would make it a priority to smash the argument for
> non-interventionism and to rehabilitate America’s imperial mission to right
> the wrongs of the world
>

Well, apparently a propaganda-oriented view from his political
opponents.

. Solidarity
>
A philosophy-historic foil (Plato et al.) on agape, etc (including
Holistic Science)...

~ http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/930209deb213ee3f
& http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Kontemporaerer+Humanismus+Humanitaet+und+Ethik-1294223-#1294223

. Virginian Senator
>
> > > I just now met this lady [...]...


>
> > Cool! Anything she told you personally or, maybe, some
> > meeting’s attendants?
>

> We went to a book club meeting at the library. The topic of discussion was
> "Marley and Me" a popular book about a dog.
>
> She talked about her 2 cats and how glad she was that they were companions

> to one another.
>
Very pleasant. Seems to be an empathetic politician.

. Philosophical Debate
>
> > > This is an old story that I posted elsewhere but in light of your recent
> > > bent on philosophical debate you will understand it as well as I did even

> > > though 8 years later I still don't. [...]


>
> I have resurrected it because someone has asked me to read and debate some
> Stephen Pinker books. He talked a lot about the origin of language. I went
> out and bought one that was in the bookstore. Last time I read him was a
> very very long time ago.
>
> While there, noticed that your Fritjof Capra put out a new book. Bought it

> and when I read it, will report more.
>
Meanwhile, I’d be interested in knowing its title because I could not
yet find anything pertinent neither at Google nor at Amazon.

The a.m. “foil” also refers to the Holistic Science at the Schumacher
College in Cornwall - in partnership with the University of Plymouth -
where F.C. is a co-founder and occasional lecturer.

__
> "We wanted people to listen to the music first we don't have aspirations to


> become rock stars"-zoey deschanel


>

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>


. Anti-War Stance

> I found this unusual article that comes from the American conservatives
>
> http://buchanan.org/blog/?p=961
>
> Excerpt
>
> It is a myth, pure bunkum, that Obama is a brave anti-warrior. He made a
> brief speech in 2002 — peppered with reminders of his generally pro-war
> leanings — and then, like Clinton, used his muscle in the Senate to fund
> the
> war and extend its bloody duration. It is only during the past year, as he
> has thrown himself into the presidential race, that Obama has decided to
> pose as a long-standing, level-headed critic. As Taylor argues, “An adept
> politician, Obama began emphasizing his ‘anti-war’ stance as the war
> became
> increasingly unpopular among Democrats across the country and he began
> gearing up for the 2008 presidential campaign.”
>
> But there is more going on here than Iraq-related opportunism. If elected
> president, Obama would make it a priority to smash the argument for
> non-interventionism and to rehabilitate America’s imperial mission to
> right
> the wrongs of the world
>
Well, apparently a propaganda-oriented view from his political
opponents.


----------------

it's interesting, and timely that I posted this. And I want to follow this
article further. Because this just happened

http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed1/idUSN16392660

I've excerpted it, there's more

Obama says U.S. should negotiate with Iran

* Rival Clinton defends Obama

* White House puzzled by Democrats' anger

By Jeff Mason

WATERTOWN, S.D., May 16 (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack
Obama launched a blistering attack on President George W. Bush on Friday for
suggesting Democrats would like to appease terrorists and said such
"fear-mongering" would not work.

Obama accused Bush of "exactly the kind of appalling attack that's divided
the country and that alienates us from the world," and included Republican
presidential candidate John McCain in his criticism.

The Illinois senator stuck to his position that the United States should
hold diplomatic negotiations with Iran, but did not repeat his pledge to
meet President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

"They're trying to fool you, and trying to scare you, and they're not
telling the truth. And the reason is because they can't win a foreign policy
debate on the merits. But it's not going to work," said Obama, the
Democratic front-runner vying to face McCain in the November presidential
election.

The Illinois senator said Bush and McCain were pursuing "the kind of
fear-peddling, fear-mongering that has prevented us from actually making us
safer."

Bush triggered an avalanche of Democratic outrage on Thursday by saying in a
speech to the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem that some politicians -- he
clearly meant Democrats -- would pursue the "false comfort of appeasement"
by negotiating with militant groups like the Palestinian Hamas and Hezbollah
organizations and Iran.

The White House was baffled at the Democratic response, saying Bush had been
making similar statements for years.

"I would encourage you to ask them what sentences that they disagree with,
what specific sentence," White House counselor Ed Gillespie said on the Air
Force One flight to Saudi Arabia.

The McCain campaign derided Obama for what it called "the same tired
partisan rants."

"It was remarkable to see Barack Obama's hysterical diatribe in response to
a speech in which his name wasn't even mentioned," said McCain spokesman
Tucker Bounds.

marika

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capra book I bought

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Subject: women and be positive


> tracing back titles isn't unique to New Orleans
>
> I had to do it regularly in Philly
>
> what's unique is the post Katrina mold
>
> and the difficulty post Katrina in getting insurance on Louisiana property
> to enable one
> to go to settlement
>
> and the need to have a beef flavored milkshake
>
>
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120995103004666569.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries
> Dartmouth's 'Hostile' EnvironmentBy JOSEPH RAGOMay 5, 2008; Page A13Often
> it
> seems as though American higher education exists only to provide gag
> material for the outside world. The latest spectacle is an Ivy League
> professor threatening to sue her students because, she claims, their
> "anti-intellectualism" violated her civil rights.Priya Venkatesan taught
> English at Dartmouth College. She maintains that some of her students were
> so unreceptive of "French narrative theory" that it amounted to a hostile
> working environment. She is also readying lawsuits against her superiors,
> who she says papered over the harassment, as well as a confessional
> exposé,
> which she promises will "name names."The trauma was so intense that in
> March
> Ms. Venkatesan quit Dartmouth and decamped for Northwestern. She declined
> to
> comment for this piece, pointing instead to the multiple interviews she
> conducted with the campus press.Ms. Venkatesan lectured in freshman
> composition, intended to introduce undergraduates to the rigors of
> expository argument. "My students were very bully-ish, very aggressive,
> and
> very disrespectful," she told Tyler Brace of the Dartmouth Review. "They'd
> argue with your ideas." This caused "subversiveness," a principle English
> professors usually favor.Ms. Venkatesan's scholarly specialty is "science
> studies," which, as she wrote in a journal article last year, "teaches
> that
> scientific knowledge has suspect access to truth." She continues:
> "Scientific facts do not correspond to a natural reality but conform to a
> social construct."The agenda of Ms. Venkatesan's seminar, then, was to
> "problematize" technology and the life sciences. Students told me that
> most
> of the "problems" owed to her impenetrable lectures and various eruptions
> when students indicated skepticism of literary theory. She counters that
> such skepticism was "intolerant of ideas" and "questioned my knowledge in
> very inappropriate ways." Ms. Venkatesan, who is of South Asian descent,
> also alleges that critics were motivated by racism, though it is unclear
> why.After a winter of discontent, the snapping point came while Ms.
> Venkatesan was lecturing on "ecofeminism," which holds, in part, that
> scientific advancements benefit the patriarchy but leave women out. One
> student took issue, and reasonably so - actually, empirically so. But
> "these
> weren't thoughtful statements," Ms. Venkatesan protests. "They were
> irrational." The class thought otherwise. Following what she calls the
> student's "diatribe," several of his classmates applauded.Ms. Venkatesan
> informed her pupils that their behavior was "fascist demagoguery." Then,
> after consulting a physician about "intellectual distress," she cancelled
> classes for a week. Thus the pending litigation.Such conduct is hardly
> representative of the professoriate at Dartmouth, my alma mater. Faculty
> members tend to be professional. They also tend to be sane.That said, even
> at - or especially at - putatively superior schools, students are spoiled
> for choice when it comes to professors who share ideologies like Ms.
> Venkatesan's. The main result is to make coursework pathetically easy.
> Like
> filling in a Mad Libs, just patch something together about "interrogating
> heteronormativity," or whatever, and wait for the returns to start rolling
> in.I once wrote a term paper for a lit-crit course where I "deconstructed"
> the MTV program "Pimp My Ride." A typical passage: "Each episode is a text
> of inescapable complexity . . . Our received notions of what constitutes a
> ride are constantly subverted and undermined." It received an A.Where the
> standards are always minimum, most kids simply float along with the
> academic
> drafts, avoid as much work as possible and accept the inflated grade. Why
> not? It's effortless, and there are better ways to spend time than
> thinking
> deeply about ecofeminism.The remarkable thing about the Venkatesan affair,
> to me, is that her students cared enough to argue. Normally they would
> express their boredom with the material by answering emails on their
> laptops
> or falling asleep. But here they staged a rebellion, a French
> Counter-Revolution against Professor Defarge. Maybe, despite the
> professor's
> best efforts, there's life in American colleges yet.

Mr. Rago is an editorial
> page writer for the Journal.
>

marika

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>I just visited Independence Hall in Philadelphia. I'd certainly seen
> it at last once when I was a little girl
>
> The place where the declaration was signed and the Constitution -- tiny
> little house, interesting architecture, there's a court house there too
>
> http://www.nps.gov/inde/
>
> I listened to the official park tour guide tell us the history of the
> separation of AMerica from the British
>
> I never got the imporession that the Americans had a prevailing
> desire to be rid of monarchy. In fact many of the signatories and
> delegates to the constitutional convention were very reluctant to
> vote for independence and Constitution, because they thought of
> themselves as British and were proud of their monarch
>
> it all came down to money though, they were tax scofflaws and wanted
> to be rid of that debt not of the monarch per se
>
> there was also no evidence of a desire to prevent corruption of the
> rich, as they themselves were mostly rich.
>
> they wanted to preserve their wealth, not to prevent anyone's corruption
> by it
>
> mk5000
>
> "That amendment would
> have created a House of 6000 members based on the current population or a
> House of 1600 depending upon interpretation of the original House version
> of the amendment. "--day brown

Frank Kalder

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. EU & Latin American Summit

At the official gathering, the heads of state culminated their meeting
by drafting a document pointing to the importance of economic growth,
and of combating climate change and rising food prices. …
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/17/world/americas/17latin.html?ref=americas


. “Fear-Mongering”
>
> It's interesting, and timely that I posted this. And I want to follow this


> article further. Because this just happened
>
> http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed1/idUSN16392660
>

> I've excerpted it, there's more.


>
> Obama says U.S. should negotiate with Iran
>
> * Rival Clinton defends Obama
>
> * White House puzzled by Democrats' anger
>
> By Jeff Mason
>
> WATERTOWN, S.D., May 16 (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack
> Obama launched a blistering attack on President George W. Bush on Friday for
> suggesting Democrats would like to appease terrorists and said such
> "fear-mongering" would not work.
>
> Obama accused Bush of "exactly the kind of appalling attack that's divided
> the country and that alienates us from the world," and included Republican

> presidential candidate John McCain in his criticism. [...]
>
That’s an interesting debate. I’m curious how it will develop.


. Leonardo’s Science / Fritjof Capra

> http://www.amazon.ca/Science-Leonardo-Inside-Genius-Renaissance/dp/0385513909/ref=pd_ts_b_3/701-5689592-5610715?ie=UTF8&s=books
>
> Capra book I bought.
>
Thanks! Now I saw that it is also available – only in the English
version, though – at Amazon.de in Germany.
>
Looking forward to knowing more from you on this issue (once you’ve
read it).


. Women

> Subject: women and be positive
>

> Tracing back titles isn't unique to New Orleans.
>
> I had to do it regularly in Philly.
>
> What's unique is the post Katrina mold.
>
> And the difficulty post Katrina in getting insurance on Louisiana


> property to enable one to go to settlement and the need to have a

> beef flavored milkshake ...
>

=> http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley/msg/ac4fdb2a6c878204

>
. Philadelphia


>
> I just visited Independence Hall in Philadelphia. I'd certainly seen

> it at last once when I was a little girl.


>
> The place where the declaration was signed and the Constitution -- tiny

> little house, interesting architecture, there's a court house there too.
>
> http://www.nps.gov/inde
>
Independence National Historical Park

The old cracked Bell still proclaims Liberty and Independence Hall
echoes the words, "We the People." Explore Franklin's Philadelphia and
learn about the past and America's continuing struggle to fulfill the
Founders' Declaration that "all men are created equal."

> I listened to the official park tour guide tell us the history of the

> separation of America from the British
>
> I never got the impression that the Americans had a prevailing


> desire to be rid of monarchy. In fact many of the signatories and
> delegates to the constitutional convention were very reluctant to
> vote for independence and Constitution, because they thought of
> themselves as British and were proud of their monarch
>

> It all came down to money though, they were tax scofflaws and wanted


> to be rid of that debt not of the monarch per se
>

> There was also no evidence of a desire to prevent corruption of the


> rich, as they themselves were mostly rich.
>

> They wanted to preserve their wealth, not to prevent anyone's corruption
> by it.
>
__


>
> "That amendment would
> have created a House of 6000 members based on the current population or a
> House of 1600 depending upon interpretation of the original House version

> of the amendment."--Day Brown


. Solidarity [Humanism Debate]

Enlightenment, French Revolution ... Optimizing Potentials ...

~ http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/d00139f201ac0ab8
& http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Kontemporaerer+Humanismus+Humanitaet+und+Ethik-1294650-#1294650

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. EU & Latin American Summit

At the official gathering, the heads of state culminated their meeting
by drafting a document pointing to the importance of economic growth,
and of combating climate change and rising food prices. …
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/17/world/americas/17latin.html?ref=americas

------------

THE DEBATE ABOUT BIOFUEL

-------------------------


. “Fear-Mongering”
>
> It's interesting, and timely that I posted this. And I want to follow
> this
> article further. Because this just happened
>
> http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed1/idUSN16392660
>
> I've excerpted it, there's more.
>
> Obama says U.S. should negotiate with Iran
>
> * Rival Clinton defends Obama
>
> * White House puzzled by Democrats' anger
>
> By Jeff Mason
>
> WATERTOWN, S.D., May 16 (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate
> Barack
> Obama launched a blistering attack on President George W. Bush on Friday
> for
> suggesting Democrats would like to appease terrorists and said such
> "fear-mongering" would not work.
>
> Obama accused Bush of "exactly the kind of appalling attack that's divided
> the country and that alienates us from the world," and included Republican
> presidential candidate John McCain in his criticism. [...]
>
That’s an interesting debate. I’m curious how it will develop.

----------------------

Today, the White House is backing off on the statement, alleging it wasn't
pointed at Barack but at President Carter

-----------------


. Women

=>
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley/msg/ac4fdb2a6c878204


-----------------

When we were in Philadelphia last weekend, my friend rented a hotel in
Rittenhouse Square.

I always remember this part of Philadelphia fondly, and I often wanted to
live there.

William Penn the founder of Philadelphia was a brilliant city planner. This
square was one of his original ideas.

These articles will brief you on its history and you can see photos too.
One thing I remember growing up is that in the 70s, hippies congregated
there to smoke marijuana.
It's nothing like that now. The park on the sunny weekend was full of
people with boomboxes dancing, students playing hackeysack, people walking
dogs, people picknicking. Just a lovely little island.
There are 3 other such squares at each end of the city, but none as famous
as this one

http://www.ushistory.org/districts/rittenhouse/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rittenhouse_Square

Frank Kalder

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. Clintonia

The shine is off Clintonia 'Yesterday's gone'
has new twist for Clintons

Debra J. Saunders - May 17, 2008


Barack Obama is like a shot of Botox. Support him, and you take 10
years off your face. You join the cool crowd. You become one with
idealistic kids and Hollywood glitterati.

Clinton Democrats can't compete. They're on the outside looking in.
They used to be hip. They were the bad boys, who scoffed at finger-
wagging conservatives. Now, they have traded in their saxophones for a
pantsuit.

The glamour is gone. Once, their very politics, the simple fact that
they registered as Democrats instead of Republicans, made them better
than meat-and-potatoes America. They cared more. They were smarter.
They knew how to play the system. They were destined to run things.

Now they are trailing behind an upstart junior senator. […] Party
insiders scowl that their competition is merely flash and charisma.
They now have come to respect stamina. For some, the old defiance has
ripened into stubbornness. Poor, poor Clinton Democrats. Now they know
how it feels to be Republicans. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/17/INN110LINM.DTL

>
. EU-Latin America-Caribbean Summit

Result of the EU-LAC summit in Lima, Peru ...
[~Deutsche Welle] http://haplifnet.blogspot.com/2008/05/result-of-eu-lac-summit-in-lima-peru.html

>

> THE DEBATE ABOUT BIOFUEL
>
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (on May 14) signed a deal on biofuels
with Brazil, amid criticism within both countries over the deal's
possible impact on the rainforest and over the conditions of workers
in plantations that grow sugar cane for biofuels. …
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/206044,brazil-to-launch-international-pro-ethanol-campaign.html


. “Fear-Mongering”


>
> > That’s an interesting debate. I’m curious how it will develop.
>

> Today, the White House is backing off on the statement, alleging it wasn't

> pointed at Barack but at President Carter.
>
;)

. Seizure

Senator Edward M. Kennedy, 76, leader of the nation’s most storied
political dynasty, was hospitalized in Boston on May 17 after
apparently suffering a seizure. ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/17/us/politics/17cnd-kennedy.html?em&ex=1211169600&en=3fe56314476ca73f&ei=5087%0A


> . Philadelphia
>
> > > I just visited Independence Hall in Philadelphia. I'd certainly
> > > seen it at last once when I was a little girl.
>
> > > The place where the declaration was signed and the Constitution -- tiny
> > > little house, interesting architecture, there's a court house there too.
>
> > > http://www.nps.gov/inde
>
> > Independence National Historical Park
>
> > The old cracked Bell still proclaims Liberty and Independence Hall
> > echoes the words, "We the People." Explore Franklin's Philadelphia and
> > learn about the past and America's continuing struggle to fulfill the
> > Founders' Declaration that "all men are created equal."
>
>
>
>
>
> > > I listened to the official park tour guide tell us the history of the

> > > separation of America from the British. [...]
>
. Rittenhouse Square

> When we were in Philadelphia last weekend, my friend rented a hotel in
> Rittenhouse Square.
>
> I always remember this part of Philadelphia fondly, and I often wanted to
> live there.
>
> William Penn the founder of Philadelphia was a brilliant city planner. This
> square was one of his original ideas.
>
> These articles will brief you on its history and you can see photos too.
> One thing I remember growing up is that in the 70s, hippies congregated
> there to smoke marijuana.
>
> It's nothing like that now. The park on the sunny weekend was full of
> people with boomboxes dancing, students playing hackeysack, people walking
> dogs, people picknicking. Just a lovely little island.
>
> There are 3 other such squares at each end of the city, but none as famous

> as this one.
>
> http://www.ushistory.org/districts/rittenhouse
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rittenhouse_Square
>
An utterly pleasant square. And the history website of Philadelphia is
very informative. Indeed, that’d be a beautiful neighborhood to reside
in.

Frank Kalder

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. Clintonia

>
. EU-Latin America-Caribbean Summit

>


. “Fear-Mongering”
>


> > That’s an interesting debate. I’m curious how it will develop.
>

> Today, the White House is backing off on the statement, alleging it wasn't

> pointed at Barack but at President Carter.
>
;)

. Seizure

Senator Edward M. Kennedy, 76, leader of the nation’s most storied
political dynasty, was hospitalized in Boston on May 17 after
apparently suffering a seizure. ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/17/us/politics/17cnd-kennedy.html?em&ex=1211169600&en=3fe56314476ca73f&ei=5087%0A

> . Philadelphia
>
> > > I just visited Independence Hall in Philadelphia. I'd certainly
> > > seen it at last once when I was a little girl.
>
> > > The place where the declaration was signed and the Constitution -- tiny
> > > little house, interesting architecture, there's a court house there too.
>
> > > http://www.nps.gov/inde
>
> > Independence National Historical Park
>
> > The old cracked Bell still proclaims Liberty and Independence Hall
> > echoes the words, "We the People." Explore Franklin's Philadelphia and
> > learn about the past and America's continuing struggle to fulfill the
> > Founders' Declaration that "all men are created equal."
>
> > > I listened to the official park tour guide tell us the history of the

> > > separation of America from the British. [...]
>
. Rittenhouse Square

> When we were in Philadelphia last weekend, my friend rented a hotel in


> Rittenhouse Square.
>
> I always remember this part of Philadelphia fondly, and I often wanted to
> live there.
>
> William Penn the founder of Philadelphia was a brilliant city planner. This
> square was one of his original ideas.
>
> These articles will brief you on its history and you can see photos too.
> One thing I remember growing up is that in the 70s, hippies congregated
> there to smoke marijuana.
>
> It's nothing like that now. The park on the sunny weekend was full of
> people with boomboxes dancing, students playing hackeysack, people walking
> dogs, people picknicking. Just a lovely little island.
>
> There are 3 other such squares at each end of the city, but none as famous

> as this one.
>
> http://www.ushistory.org/districts/rittenhouse
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rittenhouse_Square
>
An utterly pleasant square. And the history website of Philadelphia is
very informative. Indeed, that’d be a beautiful neighborhood to reside
in.

Ciao, Frank

marika

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. Clintonia

--------------

John McCain appeared on "Saturday Night Live" where he stated that oldness
was good for the country
------------------

>
. EU-Latin America-Caribbean Summit

Result of the EU-LAC summit in Lima, Peru ...
[~Deutsche Welle]
http://haplifnet.blogspot.com/2008/05/result-of-eu-lac-summit-in-lima-peru.html

>

> THE DEBATE ABOUT BIOFUEL
>
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (on May 14) signed a deal on biofuels
with Brazil, amid criticism within both countries over the deal's
possible impact on the rainforest and over the conditions of workers
in plantations that grow sugar cane for biofuels. …
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/206044,brazil-to-launch-international-pro-ethanol-campaign.html


---------------------------

Was there tequila involved?

I thought I heard a report yesterday that there's a new source of oil found
off the coast of Brazil.

Bush meanwhile just spoke in Egypt, telling the Arabic nations that they
will soon run out of oil and need to plan for the future as other countries
develop technologies for non petroleum energy

. “Fear-Mongering”
>
> > That’s an interesting debate. I’m curious how it will develop.
>
> Today, the White House is backing off on the statement, alleging it wasn't
> pointed at Barack but at President Carter.

-------------------
>
;)

. Seizure

Senator Edward M. Kennedy, 76, leader of the nation’s most storied
political dynasty, was hospitalized in Boston on May 17 after
apparently suffering a seizure. ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/17/us/politics/17cnd-kennedy.html?em&ex=1211169600&en=3fe56314476ca73f&ei=5087%0A

-------------

he seems to be doing well

--------------------

My friend Mary wanted to get a cheesesteak, one of Philadelphia's most
famous foods. So we stopped across the street from the hotel to L'il
Pete's. Here's someone else's account


http://www.rsi.sg/english/potluck/view/20080222175740/1/.html

Like the writer we enjoyed it so much that we went again for breakfast.
Mary had the same thing as the writer, and I had lox.

Mary said her cheesesteak was terrific

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

I had a reuben

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

The restaurant was a typical Philly diner, with an oval counter and booths.
Stools at the counters. Revolving refrigerated dessert display case. Older
women waitresses with wonderful Philly accents. All calling you hon and
sweetie.

nobody will tell you that Philadelphians have healthy diets

A few months ago, a famous Philadelphian died.

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

My mother wanted me to try and figure out whether his father named Nicodem
or Nikodem Piasecki might have been born in Ukraine or had Ukrainian
relatives. I can't find anything particular, Ellis Island has no such name.

The reason she is convinced of this connection is because one of her aunt's
(the one I was named for) was married to a Piasecki.

But in researching I did find this

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

You will notice that Sikorsky is listed in this article as a Russian
American but was clearly born in Ukraine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Sikorsky
but the geopolitical issues back then made his background quite interesting.
Sikorsky is generally acknowledged as the first mass producer of
helicopters, but note the German claim to the contrary in the article.

mk5000

"During the period of years from 1910 to 1970, the proportion of traditional
animal fat in the American diet declined from 83 % to 62% and butter
consumption from 18lbs per year to 4lbs per year. "(quote from Nourishing
Tradtions p. 5) Hmm, things don't quite match up there do they? Less animal
fats, more heart disease, more animal products, less heart disease,
hmmm.--http://anneatheart.blogspot.com/2008/05/is-nourishing-traditions-fad.html


Frank Kalder

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. Brazilian Biofuel & Environment


>
> > German Chancellor Angela Merkel (on May 14) signed a deal on biofuels
> > with Brazil, amid criticism within both countries over the deal's
> > possible impact on the rainforest and over the conditions of workers

> > in plantations that grow sugar cane for biofuels. [...]
>
> Was there tequila involved?
>
Biokraftstoffe und ihre Herstellung sind auch Gegenstand eines bei
Merkels Besuch geschlossenen Abkommens zwischen Brasilien und
Deutschland. Die Vereinbarung zielt darauf, die Zusammenarbeit auf
verschiedenen Feldern der erneuerbaren Energien zu fördern. Beginnen
soll die Kooperation im wissenschaftlich-technischen Bereich.

Deutschland ist nicht nur an nachhaltiger Erzeugung des aus Pflanzen
gewonnenen Kraftstoffs gelegen. Auch die Produktions- und
Arbeitsbedingungen sollen so weit wie möglich europäischen Standards
entsprechen. Das Abkommen sieht deshalb eine Arbeitsgruppe vor, die
sich mit den Biokraftstoffen unter den drei Aspekten der
Nachhaltigkeit beschäftigen soll: Umweltfreundlichkeit,
Wirtschaftlichkeit und soziale Verantwortung. …
http://www.bundeskanzlerin.de/Content/DE/Artikel/2008/05/2008-05-14-merkel-silva-brasilien.html

The overall conditions have to meet European standards of
environmental compatibility, and the project shall be sustainable in
regard of profitability and social responsibility.

. Brazilian Off-Shore Oil & Gas

> I thought I heard a report yesterday that there's a new source of oil found
> off the coast of Brazil.
>

Brazil has been aggressively pursuing the discovery of oil in recent
years, mostly in off-shore deposits. The country lays claim to 14
billion barrels in proven oil and gas reserves, with an additional 5
billion to 8 billion barrels discovered in the Tupi Field this past
November. Recent discoveries off Brazil's southeastern coast have been
estimated to add another 14 billion to 45 billion barrels to the
country's reserves…
http://www.oilandgasonline.com/article.mvc/DCED-Recruiting-PA-Companies-For-Oil-And-Gas-0001?VNETCOOKIE=NO


. Bush’s Warning [Middle East]


>
> Bush meanwhile just spoke in Egypt, telling the Arabic nations that they
> will soon run out of oil and need to plan for the future as other countries
> develop technologies for non petroleum energy.
>

Bush is also due to attend the Middle East World Economic Forum,
dubbed the Davos of the Middle East, which will bring together 1,500
people from 55 countries under the theme "learning from the future."
http://www.geo.tv/5-17-2008/18226.htm

The US president also warned that Middle Eastern economies would not
thrive unless opportunities were offered to women. “This is a matter
of morality and basic math,” he said.

And after unsuccessfully trying to persuade Saudi Arabia to increase
oil production enough to cause a drop in gasoline prices in the United
States, Bush had a message for oil-producing nations, saying that as
America and other countries look to alternative forms of energy, the
market for Middle East oil will diminish, forcing countries here to
diversify their economies. …
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/19/world/middleeast/19prexy.html?em&ex=1211342400&en=df5ad47339cb4ef8&ei=5087%0A

. Oldness


>
> John McCain appeared on "Saturday Night Live" where he stated that oldness

> was good for the country.
>
I hope that a majority of the US voters won’t think so.
>

. Seizure
>
> > “Senator Edward M. Kennedy, 76, leader of the nation’s most storied
> > political dynasty, was hospitalized in Boston on May 17 after

> > apparently suffering a seizure.” (nytimes.com)
>
> He seems to be doing well.
>

. Philadelphia
>
> > Rittenhouse Square
>
> > > [...]


> > > http://www.ushistory.org/districts/rittenhouse
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rittenhouse_Square
> >
> > An utterly pleasant square. And the history website of
> > Philadelphia is very informative. Indeed, that’d be a
> > beautiful neighborhood to reside in.

>


> My friend Mary wanted to get a cheesesteak, one of Philadelphia's most
> famous foods. So we stopped across the street from the hotel to L'il
> Pete's. Here's someone else's account
>
> http://www.rsi.sg/english/potluck/view/20080222175740/1/.html
>
> Like the writer we enjoyed it so much that we went again for breakfast.
> Mary had the same thing as the writer, and I had lox.
>

> Mary said her cheesesteak was terrific.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheesesteak
>
Tasty fast food! Unfortunately, I never had one, though.
>
> I had a Reuben.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_sandwich
>
Tasty food, too, I’d guess.


> The restaurant was a typical Philly diner, with an oval counter and booths.
> Stools at the counters. Revolving refrigerated dessert display case. Older
> women waitresses with wonderful Philly accents. All calling you hon and
> sweetie.
>

Wonderfully charming ambience!

> Nobody will tell you that Philadelphians have healthy diets.
>
. Frank Piasecki

> A few months ago, a famous Philadelphian died.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Piasecki
>
> My mother wanted me to try and figure out whether his father named Nicodem
> or Nikodem Piasecki might have been born in Ukraine or had Ukrainian
> relatives. I can't find anything particular, Ellis Island has no such name.
>

> The reason she is convinced of this connection is because one of her aunts


> (the one I was named for) was married to a Piasecki.
>

Wow! You may feel good about it, I’d suppose.

> But in researching I did find this.


>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_Aircraft
>
> You will notice that Sikorsky is listed in this article as a Russian
> American but was clearly born in Ukraine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Sikorsky

> But the geopolitical issues back then made his background quite interesting.


> Sikorsky is generally acknowledged as the first mass producer of
> helicopters, but note the German claim to the contrary in the article.
>

You referred to this one? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Flettner
>
The Sikorsky helicopters are very much appreciated in Germany.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmqH30Ghlsg

. Animal Fat [American Diet]

> "During the period of years from 1910 to 1970, the proportion of traditional
> animal fat in the American diet declined from 83 % to 62% and butter
> consumption from 18lbs per year to 4lbs per year." (quote from Nourishing
> Tradtions p. 5) Hmm, things don't quite match up there do they? Less animal
> fats, more heart disease, more animal products, less heart disease,
> hmmm.-- http://anneatheart.blogspot.com/2008/05/is-nourishing-traditions-fad.html
>

Her Profile: “My name is Jessica and I've been married to Matthew for
six years. We have three daughters under the age of five and I am a
stay at home mom, who is learning all I can about homemaking and
raising little ones for the Lord. Hope you enjoy your visit.“

marika

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. Brazilian Biofuel & Environment
>
> > German Chancellor Angela Merkel (on May 14) signed a deal on biofuels
> > with Brazil, amid criticism within both countries over the deal's
> > possible impact on the rainforest and over the conditions of workers
> > in plantations that grow sugar cane for biofuels. [...]
>
> Was there tequila involved?

>----------------


I guess not

it's usually rum that's made out of sugar cane

---------------------

------------

another great place to hear Philly accents: the car lot jockeys at the
hotel. It seems that they were constantly losing our car in their parking
lots. So we'd wait patiently as they complained about their crazy inventory
system that affected all their cutomers. However, this gave us plenty
opportunity to listen to the regional accent. They were also an interesting
study in race relations in Philadelphia. They were discussing a police
shoot out that had recently happened in the city. The opinion on what
happened was sharply divided along racial lines. I sort of wish I had had
time to interview them about their feelings on Obama vs Clinton vs McCain
but didn't get a chance.

> Nobody will tell you that Philadelphians have healthy diets.
>
. Frank Piasecki

> A few months ago, a famous Philadelphian died.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Piasecki
>
> My mother wanted me to try and figure out whether his father named Nicodem
> or Nikodem Piasecki might have been born in Ukraine or had Ukrainian
> relatives. I can't find anything particular, Ellis Island has no such
> name.
>
> The reason she is convinced of this connection is because one of her aunts
> (the one I was named for) was married to a Piasecki.
>
Wow! You may feel good about it, I’d suppose.


-------------

I actually mixed it up. The aunt is another one. But this one is my great
great grandfather's sister who married a Piasecki. Still she can't find any
proof that the helicopter Piasecki is related to my Piasecki of late 1800s
whose history we know not.


In case you are interested in the latest on "Desperate Housewives", I
provide this link. But don't read it if you haven't seen the most recent
episode and want to be surprised

http://www.accesshollywood.com/article/9566/desperate-housewives-wraps-fourth-season/

marika

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>
>
> . Oldness
>>
>> John McCain appeared on "Saturday Night Live" where he stated that
>> oldness
>> was good for the country.
>>
> I hope that a majority of the US voters won’t think so.
>>
>

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121072447597990171.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

McCain Consultant Is Tied
To Work for Ukraine Party
Political Group
Had Opposed
Pro-Western Bloc
By MARY JACOBY and GLENN R. SIMPSON
May 14, 2008; Page A7

A consultant to Sen. John McCain hired a public-relations firm last year to
burnish the U.S. image of a Ukrainian political party backed by Russian
leader Vladimir Putin, according to documents filed with the Justice
Department.

The lobbying firm of Davis Manafort Inc. arranged for the public-relations
firm's work through an affiliate last spring, at the same time Davis
Manafort was being paid by the Republican presidential candidate's campaign.
The firm is co-owned by lobbyist Rick Davis, manager of Sen. McCain's
presidential campaign, and longtime Republican strategist Paul Manafort.

>
The Arizona senator has endorsed a political movement in Ukraine that is at
odds with the Putin-backed Party of Regions.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/19/america/NA-POL-ANL-US-McCain-Lobbyists.php

(THE REMAINDER OF THE STORY DISCUSSES THE ISSUES, BUT THE REAL ISSUE IS THAT
MCCAIN'S PLATFORM IS THAT HE WILL NOT HAVE LOBBYIST TIES)

Analysis: Lobbyist flap conflicts with McCain's image as a reformer


The Associated PressPublished: May 19, 2008

"It's the biggest anti-Washington streak in the American electorate in
decades, and McCain's problem is that his campaign is full of
Washington-lobbyist types," said Chris Kofinis, a former John Edwards aide.
"You can't be the guy who is striving for reform when the people who run the
campaign are fighting against reform."

Democrats have hammered McCain on that very issue for months, noting that
campaign manager Rick Davis and senior adviser Charlie Black have spent
decades lobbying in Washington. Both have left their companies.

The criticism exploded this month with the disclosure that two McCain
advisers worked for DCI Group, a consulting firm that several years ago
worked with a moderate member of Myanmar's military junta.

McCain was furious. The two resigned and the new policy followed.

Frank Kalder

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. Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)

> > [...] Wonderfully charming ambience!
>
> Another great place to hear Philly accents: the car lot jockeys at the


> hotel. It seems that they were constantly losing our car in their parking
> lots. So we'd wait patiently as they complained about their crazy inventory

> system that affected all their customers. However, this gave us plenty


> opportunity to listen to the regional accent. They were also an interesting
> study in race relations in Philadelphia. They were discussing a police
> shoot out that had recently happened in the city. The opinion on what
> happened was sharply divided along racial lines. I sort of wish I had had
> time to interview them about their feelings on Obama vs Clinton vs McCain
> but didn't get a chance.
>

That’s been already a nice opportunity, thus far, to scrape on the “US
soul”.

. Brazilian Biofuel & Environment
>

> > > > German Chancellor Angela Merkel (on May 14) signed a deal

> > > > on biofuels with Brazil, amid criticism [...]
>
> > > Was there tequila involved?
>
> I guess not. It's usually rum that's made out of sugar cane.
>
> > Biokraftstoffe und ihre Herstellung sind auch Gegenstand... (bundeskanzlerin.de)


>
> > The overall conditions have to meet European standards of
> > environmental compatibility, and the project shall be sustainable in
> > regard of profitability and social responsibility.
>

. Transatlantic Daily

Here’s our yesterday’s summary: http://haplifnet.blogspot.com/2008/05/multicultural-blogs-update_19.html


>
. Frank Piasecki
>
> > > A few months ago, a famous Philadelphian died.
>
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Piasecki
>

> > > My mother wanted me to try and figure out whether [...]


>
> I actually mixed it up. The aunt is another one. But this one is my great
> great grandfather's sister who married a Piasecki. Still she can't find any
> proof that the helicopter Piasecki is related to my Piasecki of late 1800s
> whose history we know not.
>

. Desperate Housewives

> In case you are interested in the latest on "Desperate Housewives", I
> provide this link. But don't read it if you haven't seen the most recent
> episode and want to be surprised
>
> http://www.accesshollywood.com/article/9566/desperate-housewives-wraps-fourth-season

Pro7 is also the German home of ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” which are
a rating hit in Germany as well (different than LOST). As Pro7 already
did last year, it currently airs the same season of Desperate
Housewives that is airing on ABC in the US. …
http://blog.mousekingdom.com/2008/03/11/lost-desperate-housewifes-news-for-germany

I sort of lost interest in watching it any further...

. Sex & Fashion

Btw, the four actresses of “Sex and the City” stayed in Berlin most
recently.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/15/arts/EU-A-E-MOV-Germany-Sex-and-the-City.php

. Cannes (Côte d’Azur, France)

- “Brangelina” | Festival-goers call the craze "Cannes-gelina"
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-05-19-angelina-cannes-interview_N.htm

- Showing at Cannes: Sean Penn and His Three Women
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jDMhM85f-yfKx7tetDHPVQuDKQmA


>
. US Lobbyism


>
> >> John McCain appeared on "Saturday Night Live" where he stated that
> >> oldness was good for the country.
>
> > I hope that a majority of the US voters won’t think so.
>
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121072447597990171.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
>
> McCain Consultant Is Tied To Work for Ukraine Party
> Political Group Had Opposed Pro-Western Bloc

> By MARY JACOBY and GLENN R. SIMPSON - May 14, 2008


>
> A consultant to Sen. John McCain hired a public-relations firm last year to
> burnish the U.S. image of a Ukrainian political party backed by Russian
> leader Vladimir Putin, according to documents filed with the Justice
> Department.
>
> The lobbying firm of Davis Manafort Inc. arranged for the public-relations
> firm's work through an affiliate last spring, at the same time Davis
> Manafort was being paid by the Republican presidential candidate's campaign.
> The firm is co-owned by lobbyist Rick Davis, manager of Sen. McCain's
> presidential campaign, and longtime Republican strategist Paul Manafort.
>
> The Arizona senator has endorsed a political movement in Ukraine that is at
> odds with the Putin-backed Party of Regions.
>

> http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/19/america/NA-POL-ANL-US-McCai...
>
(abridged link, though)

> (THE REMAINDER OF THE STORY DISCUSSES THE ISSUES, BUT THE REAL ISSUE IS THAT
> MCCAIN'S PLATFORM IS THAT HE WILL NOT HAVE LOBBYIST TIES)

Entire article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121072447597990171.html?mod=googlenews_wsj


>
> Analysis: Lobbyist flap conflicts with McCain's image as a reformer
>
> The Associated PressPublished: May 19, 2008
>
> "It's the biggest anti-Washington streak in the American electorate in
> decades, and McCain's problem is that his campaign is full of
> Washington-lobbyist types," said Chris Kofinis, a former John Edwards aide.
> "You can't be the guy who is striving for reform when the people who run the
> campaign are fighting against reform."
>
> Democrats have hammered McCain on that very issue for months, noting that
> campaign manager Rick Davis and senior adviser Charlie Black have spent
> decades lobbying in Washington. Both have left their companies.
>
> The criticism exploded this month with the disclosure that two McCain
> advisers worked for DCI Group, a consulting firm that several years ago
> worked with a moderate member of Myanmar's military junta.
>
> McCain was furious. The two resigned and the new policy followed.
>

Interesting ‘lobbyism background’ issue!

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. Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)

> > [...] Wonderfully charming ambience!
>
> Another great place to hear Philly accents: the car lot jockeys at the
> hotel. It seems that they were constantly losing our car in their parking
> lots. So we'd wait patiently as they complained about their crazy
> inventory
> system that affected all their customers. However, this gave us plenty
> opportunity to listen to the regional accent. They were also an
> interesting
> study in race relations in Philadelphia. They were discussing a police
> shoot out that had recently happened in the city. The opinion on what
> happened was sharply divided along racial lines. I sort of wish I had had
> time to interview them about their feelings on Obama vs Clinton vs McCain
> but didn't get a chance.
>
That’s been already a nice opportunity, thus far, to scrape on the “US
soul”.

-------------------
The first two links contain a bit of information about Belmont Plateau, the
remainder nice pictures

http://cityguide.aol.com/philadelphia/entertainment/belmont-plateau/v-108103092
http://www.fodors.com/world/north%20america/usa/pennsylvania/philadelphia/entity_185039.html
http://openphoto.net/gallery/image.html?image_id=6629&hints=autumn_belmont_plateau_philadelphia_fall_orange_green_yellow
http://openphoto.net/gallery/image.html?image_id=6628&hints=autumn_belmont_plateau_philadelphia_fall_orange_green_yellow
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=belmont%20plateau%20philadelphia&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

Belmont Plateau is an important part of the Fairmount Park System built by
William Penn. It's a great place to play a game of football, or hockey, or
soccer. Take a bike or a hike. It's a huge amount of acreage. Some of the
Universities in the area use the land for their games. As they did the
Saturday we visited to catch the rugby game. Rugby is an interesting sport
with its own set of legends and customs.

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

It's obviously physically very difficult. The after game experience, which
we did not attend, includes beer, lewd drinking songs and rugby queens. It
sounds fun but we would have been out of place!

. Brazilian Biofuel & Environment
>
> > > > German Chancellor Angela Merkel (on May 14) signed a deal
> > > > on biofuels with Brazil, amid criticism [...]
>
> > > Was there tequila involved?
>
> I guess not. It's usually rum that's made out of sugar cane.
>
> > Biokraftstoffe und ihre Herstellung sind auch Gegenstand...
> > (bundeskanzlerin.de)
>
> > The overall conditions have to meet European standards of
> > environmental compatibility, and the project shall be sustainable in
> > regard of profitability and social responsibility.
>

-----------------

still I think this is good news for Germany, while President Bush is out
there yelling at the Middle Eastern world about how they have to prepare for
the fact that the world is changing to rum based fuels, Germany has secured
such a contract but Bush is still yelling. As my mother said, o well there
goes the rainforest. I am delighted to have switched to an almost carless
life.

-------------------

. Transatlantic Daily

. Desperate Housewives

. Sex & Fashion

---------------

at Cannes, her costar Jack Black accidentally let slip she's expecting twins

-------------------------------

- Showing at Cannes: Sean Penn and His Three Women
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jDMhM85f-yfKx7tetDHPVQuDKQmA

---------------

I love the description of him "scowling"

Thought you might get a kick out of this: Nigeria is giving Cannes a run
for its money

http://www.modernghana.com/music/6975/3/films-rake-in-450m-for-nigeria.html
Films Rake In $450m For Nigeria
By Daily Graphic - Daily Graphic
Thu, 15 May 2008

Nigeria’s Information and Communications Minister, Mr. John Odey, has put
the net worth of the country s film industry at $450m (N52 billion).

Odey spoke in Abuja during the opening ceremony of this year s edition of
the ZUMA Film Festival with the theme, Films Across Borders, organised by
the Nigerian Film Festival.

The minister said the event, the fourth edition, was "coming at a time when
the nation is taking stock of her developmental strategies with a view to
charting a roadmap to become one of the 20 most industrialised nations by
the year 2020."

------------------

McCain via Romney today replied to Obama's accusations about this lobbying
issue, by then accusing Obama of not similarly vetting his staff. Romney
would not talk about his potential vice presidency. Romney's candidacy is
being subconsciously connected with the huge Texas polygamy trial that just
started. Though Romney emphasized that he is not a believer in polygamy,
and even noted that he was the only candidate with a clearly monogamous
history, (noting divorces by the other Republican contenders), people tend
to make judgments based on broad generalizations. This trial and his
religion could be a liability for any attempt at vice presidency (especially
because there is a fear that McCain might not make it through the 4 years
and the successor is therefore important)

The stock market is in a downturn today because they just announced that
wholesale prices went up by .2 and the senate signed a mortgage relief bill.
That biofuel, in the US they keep making it, rather than food. But they
aren't making any cars that use it. How strange. Ford however announced it
will now make a "light pickup" whatever that is. You have to wonder if the
future won't require a different US economic policy with Cuba, to get
biofuels and food.

I now understand the wisdom of the delegate and superdelegate structure.

The former vote for the candidate who campaigned before them in their state.
The latter vote on emerging issues as they develop during the life of the
campaign.

mk5000

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise; --Rudyard Kipling

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Of course I got to see the Liberty Bell many times last weekend. The
display is part of the park I mentioned last week.


http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blthermometer.htm

why would they be bothering with the new fangled fahrenheit that only
measure in volumes

I for some reason was watching a piece on PBS about Patrick "Live Free or
Die
Trying" Henry (That's a joke Frank, he really said "Give me Liberty or Give
me Death". "Live Free or Die Hard" is a Bruce Willis movie)

Apparently, they say he was an incredible orator. Sure wonder why they
haven't compared Barack Obama to HIM? Because at least some portion of the
US still knows who JFK is but Patrick Henry NAH

So there's all these people grumbling about how they hate the British and
their
crummy tax

so he says something out loud that everyone's thinking

and that makes him a good orator

Let him take on a job of convincing folks of something that they DIDN"T want
to do

that's the measure of true orator

So, you know what those pre-Americoids did?

They formed a committee

That's right a government committee

and then that's outta what the Declaration of Independence was borned

Now, that's what we should REALLY celebrate on July 4

the birth of government committees, not independence

Last July 4, got to see the fireworks right up close,at the World War 2
memorial

mk5000

It is difficult
to get the news from poems,
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there. --
William Carlos Williams

Frank Kalder

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. Democratic "Finish Line"

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Hillary Clinton won a landslide victory in Kentucky
on May 20 , but momentum -- and a growing sense of inevitability -- is
now firmly on Barack Obama's side.

He took Oregon last night, but it was his symbolic victory with
pledged delegates that was the storyline.
The one-time long shot for the Democratic nomination has a majority of
pledged delegates to the Democratic Convention and is now about 70
delegates shy of the finish line. …
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/21/may.20.analysis/?iref=mpstoryview


>
> . Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
>
> > > ...


>
> > That’s been already a nice opportunity, thus far, to scrape
> > on the “US soul”.
>

. Belmont Plateau

Beautiful photos of colorful trees.
>
> http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=belmont%20plateau%20philadelphia&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
>
Lovely ‘park system’ photos.

>
> Belmont Plateau is an important part of the Fairmount Park System built by
> William Penn. It's a great place to play a game of football, or hockey, or
> soccer. Take a bike or a hike. It's a huge amount of acreage. Some of the
> Universities in the area use the land for their games. As they did the
> Saturday we visited to catch the rugby game. Rugby is an interesting sport
> with its own set of legends and customs.
>

. Rugby Football

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_football
>
> It's obviously physically very difficult. The after game experience, which
> we did not attend, includes beer, lewd drinking songs and rugby queens. It
> sounds fun but we would have been out of place!
>
> . Brazilian Biofuel & Environment
>
>

> > > > The overall conditions have to meet European standards of
> > > > environmental compatibility, and the project shall be sustainable in

> > > > regard of profitability and social responsibility. (bundeskanzlerin.de)
>
> Still I think this is good news for Germany, while President Bush is out


> there yelling at the Middle Eastern world about how they have to prepare for
> the fact that the world is changing to rum based fuels, Germany has secured
> such a contract but Bush is still yelling. As my mother said, o well there
> goes the rainforest. I am delighted to have switched to an almost carless
> life.
>

Environmentally appreciable thinking.

. Cannes (Côte d’Azur, France)
>

> > “Brangelina” | Festival-goers call the craze "Cannes-gelina" (usatoday.com)
>
> At Cannes, her costar Jack Black accidentally let slip she's expecting twins.


>
>
> > Showing at Cannes: Sean Penn and His Three Women http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jDMhM85f-yfKx7tetDHPVQuDKQmA
>

> I love the description of him "scowling".
>

. Nigeria

> Thought you might get a kick out of this: Nigeria is giving Cannes a run

> for its money.

> By Daily Graphic - Daily Graphic - 15 May 2008


>
> Nigeria’s Information and Communications Minister, Mr. John Odey, has put
> the net worth of the country s film industry at $450m (N52 billion).
>
> Odey spoke in Abuja during the opening ceremony of this year s edition of
> the ZUMA Film Festival with the theme, Films Across Borders, organised by
> the Nigerian Film Festival.
>
> The minister said the event, the fourth edition, was "coming at a time when
> the nation is taking stock of her developmental strategies with a view to
> charting a roadmap to become one of the 20 most industrialised nations by
> the year 2020."
>
. US Lobbyism
>

> > > ...


> > > McCain was furious. The two resigned and the new policy followed.
>
> > Interesting ‘lobbyism background’ issue!
>
>

> McCain via Romney today replied to Obama's accusations about this lobbying
> issue, by then accusing Obama of not similarly vetting his staff. Romney
> would not talk about his potential vice presidency. Romney's candidacy is
> being subconsciously connected with the huge Texas polygamy trial that just
> started. Though Romney emphasized that he is not a believer in polygamy,
> and even noted that he was the only candidate with a clearly monogamous
> history, (noting divorces by the other Republican contenders), people tend
> to make judgments based on broad generalizations. This trial and his
> religion could be a liability for any attempt at vice presidency (especially
> because there is a fear that McCain might not make it through the 4 years
> and the successor is therefore important)
>

. Stock Market


>
> The stock market is in a downturn today because they just announced that
> wholesale prices went up by .2 and the senate signed a mortgage relief bill.
> That biofuel, in the US they keep making it, rather than food. But they
> aren't making any cars that use it. How strange. Ford however announced it
> will now make a "light pickup" whatever that is. You have to wonder if the
> future won't require a different US economic policy with Cuba, to get
> biofuels and food.
>

. Structure

> I now understand the wisdom of the delegate and superdelegate structure.
>
> The former vote for the candidate who campaigned before them in their state.
> The latter vote on emerging issues as they develop during the life of the
> campaign.
>

__


> If you can keep your head when all about you
> Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
> If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
> But make allowance for their doubting too;
> If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
> Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
> Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
> And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise; --Rudyard Kipling


. Liberty Bell


>
> Of course I got to see the Liberty Bell many times last weekend. The
> display is part of the park I mentioned last week.
>

. Fahrenheit

> http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blthermometer.htm
>
> Why would they be bothering with the new fangled Fahrenheit that only
> measure in volumes.


>
> I for some reason was watching a piece on PBS about Patrick "Live Free or
> Die Trying" Henry (That's a joke Frank, he really said "Give me Liberty
> or Give me Death". "Live Free or Die Hard" is a Bruce Willis movie)
>
> Apparently, they say he was an incredible orator. Sure wonder why they
> haven't compared Barack Obama to HIM? Because at least some portion of the

> US still knows who JFK is but Patrick Henry NAH.


>
> So there's all these people grumbling about how they hate the British and

> their crummy tax.
>
> So he says something out loud that everyone's thinking. And that makes
> him a good orator.


>
> Let him take on a job of convincing folks of something that they DIDN"T want

> to do. That's the measure of true orator.


>
> So, you know what those pre-Americoids did?
>

> They formed a committee.
>
> That's right a government committee.
>
> And then that's outta what the Declaration of Independence was borne.


>
> Now, that's what we should REALLY celebrate on July 4:

> the birth of government committees, not independence.


>
> Last July 4, got to see the fireworks right up close, at the

> World War 2 memorial.


>
> It is difficult to get the news from poems,
> yet men die miserably every day for lack
> of what is found there. -- William Carlos Williams

. Last July 4

> I spent the day at the mall having a great time last July 4. We watched the
> DC fireworks from wwii memorial I mean so close it singed your corneas.
>
> It was probably the longest fireworks show I saw -- no shorter than 45
> minutes.
>
> I really haven't touched base with Anne recently. I feel bad about that,
> but I don't know what I would say.
>
> The eldest kid is a NC college student
>
> Ann was going to the beach to spend some time with Nick's dad because he was
> in the hospital at the time of the Roanoke funeral.
>
> It was back surgery that he had already had before Nick died.
>
> So they were going to be back there for a while and have another ceremony
> for all the persons back there.
>
> If they have cell phones, I never had the numbers, and I don't have numbers
> to any of their land lines.
>
> Nick had 2 restaurants in the area, and I keep hoping that his brother will
> touch base with me when he comes down to handle business here.
>
> They're expanding the one that is in my neighborhood
>
__
> "Classic hoping for paradise in chaos"--art deco

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. Democratic "Finish Line"

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Hillary Clinton won a landslide victory in Kentucky
on May 20 , but momentum -- and a growing sense of inevitability -- is
now firmly on Barack Obama's side.

He took Oregon last night, but it was his symbolic victory with
pledged delegates that was the storyline.
The one-time long shot for the Democratic nomination has a majority of
pledged delegates to the Democratic Convention and is now about 70
delegates shy of the finish line. …
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/21/may.20.analysis/?iref=mpstoryview


------------

Thanks for this more discussion of same subject down below.
They both gave speeches that were very powerful. The delegate situation
still hasn't resolved.

>
> . Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
>
> > > ...
>
> > That’s been already a nice opportunity, thus far, to scrape
> > on the “US soul”.
>

. Belmont Plateau

--------------

The Philadelphia Art Museum is situated in the park system.

http://www.philamuseum.org/visit/

It's steps were made famous in the movie "Rocky".

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

That weekend, the wall of the museum was covered with the big face of Frida
Kahlo.

http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/278.html


We tried to get to it on a number of occasions, but kept missing the exit.
How I could miss the exit, I don't know. I used to work down there at the
court house only a block away.

http://philadelphia.about.com/library/gallery/blparkway20.htm

we were sort of glad to miss Frida though.

We kept missing the exit and by the time we figured it out, the museum
closed. So we instead spent the rest of that afternoon at the beautiful
Boathouse Row.

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

the night time view is especially lovely

This is also situated in Fairmount Park.

We grabbed a drink at one of the outdoor cafes. I remember the cafe as
having been there for a very long time, but don't remember ever sitting down
at it. It offers a lovely view of the Schuylkill river and the scullers and
rowers.

The cafe was made primarily of wood and appeared to have a rooftop seating
situation as well. Though I didn't see anyone up there.

The most surprising thing about it: I peered into it's beautiful frosty
glass doors. I was surprised to see a very beautiful wood basketball court
in there. I don't remember ever hearing about it before.

Everything from there to the museum, which is quite a walk, has a very Asian
flair to it. There are a few outlook points that sort of evoke images of
pagodas. The gardens were in full bloom, full color. The cherry trees
rival those in DC.

http://jasgp.org/content/view/473/179/

We apparently happened on the site on the day of a very important Dragon
Boat regatta. There's more than one, but this one was large as all the
streets were closed off.

http://www.boathouserow.org/dragon.html

. Nigeria

. Structure

. Fahrenheit

I forgot to edit the bottom part about Nick out, that had nothing to do with
anything.

I did want to point out that in spite of what I think about the wisdom of
the delegate accumulation process, that others seem to think it is elitist.
The superdelegates are perceived as being superior and therefore corrective
to the original delegates. I still don't see it that way, I see it as
addendum to what may have happened between the original state election vs
that which happened over time.

Clinton feels it's elitist. Obama, who knows, he has merely declared
victory.

Speaker of the House Pelosi is expected to take a stand today.

They also announced yesterday that Ted Kennedy in fact has a brain tumor.

Sad and ironic. In the past, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Teddy's now family,
starred in a movie "Kindergarten Cop", where he played a police officer in
an undercover situation teaching children in a kindergarten.

A little boy complains that his head hurts and says he has a brain tumor.
Arnold says "it's NOT A BRAIN TUMAH"

Arnold did say it was a brain tumah yesterday, he also let slip that it is
malignant and inoperable. The press has verified it is malignant but not
that is inoperable. People are now trying to determine the truth of that
matter.

mk5000

As they say in Russian: Lyubo, bratsy, lyubo, lyubo, bratsy, zhit!

It's basically a toast or a cheer on life


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>I love this video
>
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=n4a01PpeoK8&feature=related

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> http://xkcd.com/214/
>
> a great cartoon

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. Bonn (Germany) Convention

Global biodiversity down by a third in 35 years

21 May 2008 - Biodiversity has declined by almost a third in the last
35 years, a new report reveals. Marine species such as swordfish were
particularly hard hit, falling by 28 per cent between 1995 and 2005
alone, while marine birds have suffered a rapid decline of about 30
per cent since the mid 1990s.

The Living Planet Index, which tracks nearly 4,000 populations of
species, shows that land based, marine and freshwater species fell
overall by 27 per cent between 1970 and 2005.

As nations met for the Convention of Biological Diversity in Bonn,
which continues until the end of the month, WWF’s report shows that
governments are not on track to meet their target to achieve by 2010 a
“significant” reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss. …
http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=3289


. “Renaissance” of Rationality

~ http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/e06a7c1045ed2d2e
& http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Ratiorenaissance+vs+Dekadenztrend-1296143-#1296143

>
. Democratic "Finish Line"


>
> Hillary Clinton won a landslide victory in Kentucky

> on May 20 [...] http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/21/may.20.analysis/?iref=mpstoryview


>
> Thanks for this more discussion of same subject down below.
> They both gave speeches that were very powerful. The delegate situation
> still hasn't resolved.
>

> . Structure
>
> > I now understand the wisdom of the delegate and superdelegate structure.
>
> > The former vote for the candidate who campaigned before them in their
> > state.
>
> > The latter vote on emerging issues as they develop during the life of the
> > campaign.

>
. Clinton / Obama

> I forgot to edit the bottom part about Nick out, that had nothing to do with
> anything.
>
> I did want to point out that in spite of what I think about the wisdom of
> the delegate accumulation process, that others seem to think it is elitist.
> The superdelegates are perceived as being superior and therefore corrective
> to the original delegates. I still don't see it that way, I see it as
> addendum to what may have happened between the original state election vs
> that which happened over time.
>
> Clinton feels it's elitist. Obama, who knows, he has merely declared
> victory.
>

. Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
>
> > > [...]
>
> > Lovely ‘park system’ photos.


>
>
> The Philadelphia Art Museum is situated in the park system.
>

Overlooking one of the nation's most culturally vibrant cities, the
Philadelphia Museum of Art welcomes nearly a million visitors each
year, encouraging them to embark upon a walk through time that extends
across two millennia and six continents.

> http://www.philamuseum.org/visit


>
> It's steps were made famous in the movie "Rocky".
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Steps
>
> That weekend, the wall of the museum was covered with the big face of Frida
> Kahlo.
>
> http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/278.html
>
> We tried to get to it on a number of occasions, but kept missing the exit.
> How I could miss the exit, I don't know. I used to work down there at the
> court house only a block away.
>
> http://philadelphia.about.com/library/gallery/blparkway20.htm
>

A very impressive building. I also browsed thru some further photos.
Now I’ve got a neat glimpse of your birthplace.

> We were sort of glad to miss Frida though.


>
> We kept missing the exit and by the time we figured it out, the museum
> closed. So we instead spent the rest of that afternoon at the beautiful
> Boathouse Row.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boathouse_Row
>

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Boathouse_Row-wide.JPG/235px-Boathouse_Row-wide.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Philadelphia_skyline_August_2007.jpg/300px-Philadelphia_skyline_August_2007.jpg

Great Schuylkill River and skyline view.

> The night time view is especially lovely.
>
. Fairmont Park

> This is also situated in Fairmount Park.
>
> We grabbed a drink at one of the outdoor cafes. I remember the cafe as
> having been there for a very long time, but don't remember ever sitting down
> at it. It offers a lovely view of the Schuylkill river and the scullers and
> rowers.
>

Reminds me of Oxford... Lovely!

> The cafe was made primarily of wood and appeared to have a rooftop seating
> situation as well. Though I didn't see anyone up there.
>

> The most surprising thing about it: I peered into its beautiful frosty


> glass doors. I was surprised to see a very beautiful wood basketball court
> in there. I don't remember ever hearing about it before.
>
> Everything from there to the museum, which is quite a walk, has a very Asian
> flair to it. There are a few outlook points that sort of evoke images of
> pagodas. The gardens were in full bloom, full color. The cherry trees
> rival those in DC.
>
> http://jasgp.org/content/view/473/179
>

Maybe a bit similar to Munich’s ‘Englischer Garten’?
http://www.e-biz.de/reisen/bilder/theresia-chinesischer-turm-engl-garten-muenchen.jpg

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Englischer_Garten_(M%C3%BCnchen)

> We apparently happened on the site on the day of a very important Dragon
> Boat regatta. There's more than one, but this one was large as all the
> streets were closed off.
>
> http://www.boathouserow.org/dragon.html
>

Cute!

. Frida Kahlo

I appreciated, btw, that pertinent “Frida” movie (2002)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120679
with Salma Hayek http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000161 ...

Video clip “Portrait of a woman”: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8492903839121657972&q=nmpbs

Bio (with her father’s German origin): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida_Kahlo
>
>

. US Politics

> Speaker of the House Pelosi is expected to take a stand today.
>
> They also announced yesterday that Ted Kennedy in fact has a brain tumor.
>
> Sad and ironic. In the past, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Teddy's now family,
> starred in a movie "Kindergarten Cop", where he played a police officer in
> an undercover situation teaching children in a kindergarten.
>
> A little boy complains that his head hurts and says he has a brain tumor.

> Arnold says "it's NOT A BRAIN TUMAH".


>
> Arnold did say it was a brain tumah yesterday, he also let slip that it is
> malignant and inoperable. The press has verified it is malignant but not
> that is inoperable. People are now trying to determine the truth of that
> matter.
>

Ah!


>
> As they say in Russian: Lyubo, bratsy, lyubo, lyubo, bratsy, zhit!
>
> It's basically a toast or a cheer on life
>

:)


. Ukraine

Army fun commercial.
Beautiful gals and guys - lovely language and music - great fun!

. Misuse of Music
>
> http://xkcd.com/214
>
> A great cartoon.
>
:)

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. Bonn (Germany) Convention

Global biodiversity down by a third in 35 years

21 May 2008 - Biodiversity has declined by almost a third in the last
35 years, a new report reveals. Marine species such as swordfish were
particularly hard hit, falling by 28 per cent between 1995 and 2005
alone, while marine birds have suffered a rapid decline of about 30
per cent since the mid 1990s.

The Living Planet Index, which tracks nearly 4,000 populations of
species, shows that land based, marine and freshwater species fell
overall by 27 per cent between 1970 and 2005.

As nations met for the Convention of Biological Diversity in Bonn,
which continues until the end of the month, WWF’s report shows that
governments are not on track to meet their target to achieve by 2010 a
“significant” reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss. …
http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=3289


-----------------

this is especially interesting in light of what is going on with g8 and
Angela's
maneuverings of this week


World News Desk – May 22, 2008

Posted/Updated: 2008-05-22 18:13:25
GEOPOLITICS
German Chancellor in Mexico
On a tour of Latin America, German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Brazil,
Peru and Columbia. On the final leg of her journey, she stopped in Mexico to
meet with President Felipe Calderon.

The main purpose of the meeting was to prepare for the upcoming G8 summit,
to be held in Japan, when Germany and Mexico intend to jointly present a
plan to stabilize the global food crisis. According to the Mexican-German
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Germany has invested in more than 1,000
companies currently operating in Mexico, with a yearly trade volume of
almost $14 billion (€8.9 billion).

At a press conference between the two countries, President Calderon said
that food production around the world had to dramatically increase to supply
additional demand from emerging economies such as China and India. He stated
that the considerable amount of corn the United States uses to produce
ethanol is core to the global food crisis.
Rising prices of corn, the staple food of many countries, have recently
resulted in riots in countries neighboring Mexico.

Chancellor Merkel said that the first step in addressing the food crisis is
to analyze the effect of rising living standards upon the world’s emerging
countries. In doing this, her nation could build long-term partnerships,
which would eventually secure many jobs in Germany, where unemployment is on
the rise.

. “Renaissance” of Rationality

>
. Clinton / Obama

the debate rages on

>
. Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
>
> > > [...]

If you remember, I said Mary and I were going to try out the ten French
restaurants that were included in an article I posted a few months ago.

One of the ten is Le Bec Fin in Philadelphia.

When growing up we couldn't afford it, Even once we could imagine affording
it, the legend was that the restaurant had a minimum 3 month waiting list.

Well Mary and I walked by it in the early evening, around 6 pm, on our
evening of tourism.

She said o let's try and we did

We got a seating right away.

I thought it was funny because all the women, apparently a pre theater
crowd, wore some amazing couture. Lots of fake jewelry though. Black
dresses. One lady had a bizarre fur (probably fake) that I imagine was
supposed to be a bunch of animal fur tails, all sticking out horizontally
from her decolletage. Looked preposterous.

Mary was wearing something casual, and I was wearing something casual but I
was wearing the bright red plastic walkin crocs I had bought at Disneyworld

http://www.thedisneytraveler.com/mickey-mouse-crocs-invade-walt-disney-world/

You will notice that the shoe holes are cut out in the silhouette of Mickey
Mouse

Not very glamorous.

We were seated in the bar area, the darker brown wood room you see in the
photos, of course were not considered for seating in the crystal adorned
room in the other photos. But that's ok it's the same food
http://www.lebecfin.com/lbf_about.asp


The restaurant had amazingly good escargot, but the boulliabaise was not
what I expected. The sauce was very light cream I think and I believe
fennel was the predominant flavor. Not bad but not as strong flavored as I
am used to.

I rarely get dessert, but they had an item that sounded interesting:
Tanzanian chocolate cake. I didn't really know that Tanzania was known for
chocolate production. I would say it was unremarkable as far as chocolate
goes, nothing different from other chocolates. But it was good and very
rich>

mk5000

"And the sweet tasting good life is easily found
Way over yonder - that's where I'm bound

I know when I get there, the first thing I'll see
Is the sun shining golden - shining rigth down on me"--tapestry, carole king


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>
. Convention (Bonn, Germany)
>
> Global biodiversity down by a third in 35 years [...]
>
> http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=3289
>
> This is especially interesting in light of what is going on with G8 and
> Angela's maneuverings of this week.
>

. Germany & Mexico [~G8 in Japan]
>
> GEOPOLITICS - World News Desk – May 22, 2008

> German Chancellor in Mexico
>
> On a tour of Latin America, German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Brazil,
> Peru and Columbia. On the final leg of her journey, she stopped in Mexico to
> meet with President Felipe Calderon.
>
> The main purpose of the meeting was to prepare for the upcoming G8 summit,
> to be held in Japan, when Germany and Mexico intend to jointly present a
> plan to stabilize the global food crisis. According to the Mexican-German
> Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Germany has invested in more than 1,000
> companies currently operating in Mexico, with a yearly trade volume of
> almost $14 billion (€8.9 billion).
>
> At a press conference between the two countries, President Calderon said
> that food production around the world had to dramatically increase to supply
> additional demand from emerging economies such as China and India. He stated
> that the considerable amount of corn the United States uses to produce
> ethanol is core to the global food crisis.
>
> Rising prices of corn, the staple food of many countries, have recently
> resulted in riots in countries neighboring Mexico.
>
> Chancellor Merkel said that the first step in addressing the food crisis is
> to analyze the effect of rising living standards upon the world’s emerging
> countries. In doing this, her nation could build long-term partnerships,
> which would eventually secure many jobs in Germany, where unemployment is on
> the rise.
>

Hopefully it’ll work this way...

. Expedient Humanistic Approaches

Global politics, economics, sustainable ecological and social
optimizations...

~ http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/d18f44d6db95deac
& http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Ratiorenaissance+vs+Dekadenztrend-1296566-#1296566

>
. Democratic Debate


>
> > > Clinton feels it's elitist. Obama, who knows, he has merely
> > > declared victory.
>

> The debate rages on.
>
. Arbitration

Hillary Clinton is talking as if the battle over seating disputed
delegations from Florida and Michigan at the Democratic National
Convention is the greatest crisis for democracy since the 2000 Florida
recount.

Her rhetoric flies in the face of intensive efforts by members of the
party's rules committee to settle the delegate battle with a
compromise that would probably guarantee the nomination for Barack
Obama. Ending the struggle quickly depends on whether the committee's
peacemakers succeed in their work.

Clinton's chances of winning are slim, partly because some of her own
supporters believe the contest is over. They see the clash over
Michigan and Florida as futile for Clinton and destructive to the
party…[By E. J. Dionne Jr.] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/22/AR2008052203017.html
>
. Le Bec Fin (Philadelphia, PA)


>
> If you remember, I said Mary and I were going to try out the ten French
> restaurants that were included in an article I posted a few months ago.
>
> One of the ten is Le Bec Fin in Philadelphia.
>

Yeah, of course, I remember this very well.

> When growing up we couldn't afford it. Even once we could imagine


> affording it, the legend was that the restaurant had a minimum
> 3 month waiting list.
>

> Well, Mary and I walked by it in the early evening, around 6 pm,


> on our evening of tourism.
>

> She said o let's try and we did.


>
> We got a seating right away.
>

Very fortunate!

> I thought it was funny because all the women, apparently a pre theater
> crowd, wore some amazing couture. Lots of fake jewelry though. Black
> dresses. One lady had a bizarre fur (probably fake) that I imagine was
> supposed to be a bunch of animal fur tails, all sticking out horizontally
> from her decolletage. Looked preposterous.
>
> Mary was wearing something casual, and I was wearing something casual but I

> was wearing the bright red plastic walkin crocs I had bought at Disneyworld.
>
> http://www.thedisneytraveler.com/mickey-mouse-crocs-invade-walt-disney-world


>
> You will notice that the shoe holes are cut out in the silhouette of Mickey

> Mouse.
>
Yeah! - Everyone (men, women, children) wears them in Florida, they
say.


>
> We were seated in the bar area, the darker brown wood room you see in the
> photos, of course were not considered for seating in the crystal adorned
> room in the other photos. But that's ok it's the same food http://www.lebecfin.com/lbf_about.asp
>

A fascinatingly impressive interior.

> The restaurant had amazingly good escargots, but the bouillabaisse was not


> what I expected. The sauce was very light cream I think and I believe
> fennel was the predominant flavor. Not bad but not as strong flavored as I
> am used to.
>
> I rarely get dessert, but they had an item that sounded interesting:
> Tanzanian chocolate cake. I didn't really know that Tanzania was known for
> chocolate production. I would say it was unremarkable as far as chocolate
> goes, nothing different from other chocolates. But it was good and very

> rich.
>
But, altogether a delightful (sort of exclusive) ‘attendance
experience’, I’d guess.

__
> "And the sweet tasting good life is easily found.
> Way over yonder - that's where I'm bound.


>
> I know when I get there, the first thing I'll see
> Is the sun shining golden - shining rigth down on me"

> --Tapestry, Carole King

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---------------
I'm talking about how bickering conceptually doesn't matter anymore

so what did Barack think she meant by this, that she is waiting for him to
be assasinated. What an overly sensitive nut

he'll stomp his way into the election now, with hurt feelings over a
careless remark not directed at him

Barack also told USians that they need to stop eating

Telling stories about who's to blame for the state of economy now and
telling people it's because they eat too much, is like telling stories about
why the Emancipation Proclamation wasn't an immediate success, either.
Nice, if it was still 1860.... but what's the point, now? No longer relevant
with today's new issues that need resolution.
Telling them that the solution is as easy as curtailing their eating habits
is ridiculous

http://uk.reuters.com/article/usPoliticsNews/idUKN2343646720080523


SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender
Hillary Clinton drew a sharp rebuke from front-runner Barack Obama's
campaign on Friday after she mentioned Robert Kennedy's assassination while
explaining why she was remaining in the race for the party's nomination.
Clinton made the remark to the editorial board of the Sioux Falls
Argus-Leader newspaper, explaining that other races for the Democratic
presidential nomination had lasted into the summer.
"My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the
California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember
Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don't understand
it," she said.
Robert Kennedy, brother of slain U.S. President John F. Kennedy and of Sen.
Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, was assassinated during the 1968 race for
the Democratic nomination.
The comment drew a sharp response from the Obama campaign.
"Senator Clinton's statement before the Argus Leader editorial board was
unfortunate and has no place in this campaign," said campaign spokesman Bill
Burton.
------------------

. Expedient Humanistic Approaches


-------------

It's a dead horse. Yesterday's news. Everyone already knows it.
but I am glad she is trying

All that matters now is what the NEXT political powers will do to fix any
problems,

----------------------------

the day before, I mentioned the Schuylkill river boat house row. But that's
only one of the 2 major rivers running through Philadelphia

The other is the Delaware famous for this photo

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Washington_Crossing_the_Delaware.png/800px-Washington_Crossing_the_Delaware.png

although it is not really near the center of PHiladelphia a bit more
Northerly

The Delaware has always made Philadelphia an important port.

http://www.drpa.org/

But it's also a wonderful historic spot and tourist trap

http://www.ushistory.org/tour/tour_landing.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn's_Landing

We walked around a bit there after Le Bec Fin and then turned back to the
trendy Market Street area, and sat down for a drink at the trendy Capitol
Restaurant

mk5000.

"in the past things have gotten a little too operatic, a little too big . I
think it's been a little more in the realm of believability this year. It's
still far out there, but it's not cellars and people chained up"--Marc
Cherry

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. Democratic Campaign Bickering
>
> I'm talking about how bickering conceptually doesn't matter anymore.
>
> So what did Barack think she meant by this, that she is waiting for him to
> be assassinated. What an overly sensitive nut.
>
Oops.
>
> He'll stomp his way into the election now, with hurt feelings over a
> careless remark not directed at him.
>
> Barack also told USians that they need to stop eating.


>
> Telling stories about who's to blame for the state of economy now and
> telling people it's because they eat too much, is like telling stories about
> why the Emancipation Proclamation wasn't an immediate success, either.
> Nice, if it was still 1860.... but what's the point, now? No longer relevant
> with today's new issues that need resolution.
>
> Telling them that the solution is as easy as curtailing their eating habits

> is ridiculous.


>
> http://uk.reuters.com/article/usPoliticsNews/idUKN2343646720080523
>
> SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender
> Hillary Clinton drew a sharp rebuke from front-runner Barack Obama's
> campaign on Friday after she mentioned Robert Kennedy's assassination while
> explaining why she was remaining in the race for the party's nomination.
>
> Clinton made the remark to the editorial board of the Sioux Falls
> Argus-Leader newspaper, explaining that other races for the Democratic
> presidential nomination had lasted into the summer.
>
> "My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the
> California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember
> Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don't understand
> it," she said.
>
> Robert Kennedy, brother of slain U.S. President John F. Kennedy and of Sen.
> Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, was assassinated during the 1968 race for
> the Democratic nomination.
>
> The comment drew a sharp response from the Obama campaign.
> "Senator Clinton's statement before the Argus Leader editorial board was
> unfortunate and has no place in this campaign," said campaign spokesman Bill
> Burton.
>

> > [...]
> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/22/AR2008052203017.html


>
> It's a dead horse. Yesterday's news. Everyone already knows it.

> But I am glad she is trying.


>
> All that matters now is what the NEXT political powers will do to fix any

> problems.


. Universe’s Narrowness [Hypothesis]

An aphorism of the lawyer Prof. Hans-Armin Weirich (former notary)
http://www.aphoristik.eu/1.html has been discussed.

~ http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/898dff8c82d37c94
1) http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Was+ist+objektive+Realitaet-1296735-#1296735
2) http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Was+ist+objektive+Realitaet-1296893-#1296893

>
. Philadelphian Rivers
>
> The day before, I mentioned the Schuylkill river boat house row. But that's
> only one of the 2 major rivers running through Philadelphia.

Great historic painting - a really heroic impression!
>
> Although it is not really near the center of Philadelphia,
> a bit more northerly.


>
> The Delaware has always made Philadelphia an important port.
>
> http://www.drpa.org
>

Great bridge!

> But it's also a wonderful historic spot and tourist trap.
>
> http://www.ushistory.org/tour/tour_landing.htm
>
William Penn's "greene country towne" has finally become a reality
here.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn's_Landing
>
Two beautiful photos.

. Penn's Landing

“It is so named since the founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn, was
storied to have first docked here in 1682. In actuality, William Penn
landed at what is now Penn St & 2nd in Chester, PA. (The true site is
currently in use by the Kimberly Clark/Scott's Towels Papermill.)”

. Philadelphia’s Market Steet


>
> We walked around a bit there after Le Bec Fin and then turned back to the
> trendy Market Street area, and sat down for a drink at the trendy Capitol

> Restaurant.
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_Street_(Philadelphia)

That’s been a wonderful excursion day altogether ...!


. Brooklyn Bridge

New Yorkers celebrate 125th anniversary of Brooklyn Bridge.

The New York landmark connects the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Its Gothic stone towers and network of steel cables have long been a
symbol of the city.
>
Engineer John Augustus Roebling (born in Thuringia, Germany) came up
with the design. The arched towers and network of steel cables in his
plan have made the bridge a structural and cultural icon and an
integral part of the New York skyline. … http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-05-23-voa53.cfm

Dass die erste Hängebrücke Amerikas als Wunderwerk der Technik aus dem
19. Jahrhundert gefeiert wird, ist deutscher Ingenieurskunst zu
verdanken: Entworfen hat sie John Augustus Roebling, der als Johann
August Röbling im thüringischen Mühlhausen zur Welt kam. Nach seinem
Tod vollendete sein Sohn Washington Roebling das Werk. …
http://newsticker.sueddeutsche.de/list/id/27702

> __
> "In the past things have gotten a little too operatic, a little too big. I


> think it's been a little more in the realm of believability this year. It's
> still far out there, but it's not cellars and people chained up"--Marc
> Cherry

>

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http://www.russiablog.org/2008/05/mccain_is_alone_on_russia.php#more

Note to Russia Blog readers: This article was originally published earlier
today in the Moscow Times. Dr. Edward Lozansky is the organizer of the World
Russian Forum, which is now underway May 19-20, 2008 at the U.S. Capitol in
Washington D.C. -The Editors

The three presumed U.S. presidential candidates rarely mention Russia. When
they do, their remarks are critical -- possibly because they are hoping to
attract a few more votes from the numerous and well-organized ethnic
communities from Ukraine, the Baltics and East Europe.

Still, Senator John McCain stands alone. McCain, the Republican hopeful with
a good shot of winning the election, has practically included Russia in a
new axis of evil, along with North Korea, China and Iran. McCain's advisers
are openly lambasting President George W. Bush for being too chummy with
President Vladimir Putin and promise that Moscow will be treated a lot more
harshly in a McCain presidency.

Continue reading "McCain Is Alone on Russia" »

. Penn's Landing

----------

I wasn't able to find a picture of the Capital, but there's a few of them in
town.
I had the weirdest drink there. Cactus pear martini. Not pear, Cactus pear

http://www.desertusa.com/magoct97/oct_pa/du_prkpear.html


. Brooklyn Bridge

New Yorkers celebrate 125th anniversary of Brooklyn Bridge.

The New York landmark connects the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Its Gothic stone towers and network of steel cables have long been a
symbol of the city.
>
Engineer John Augustus Roebling (born in Thuringia, Germany) came up
with the design. The arched towers and network of steel cables in his
plan have made the bridge a structural and cultural icon and an
integral part of the New York skyline. …
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-05-23-voa53.cfm

Dass die erste Hängebrücke Amerikas als Wunderwerk der Technik aus dem
19. Jahrhundert gefeiert wird, ist deutscher Ingenieurskunst zu
verdanken: Entworfen hat sie John Augustus Roebling, der als Johann
August Röbling im thüringischen Mühlhausen zur Welt kam. Nach seinem
Tod vollendete sein Sohn Washington Roebling das Werk. …
http://newsticker.sueddeutsche.de/list/id/27702


cool. That's a nice structure. And of course the source of the phrase,
"sell you the Brooklyn Bridge" when talking about fraud, because of course
no one owns it to sell it

mk5000

"Just lying in the bar with my drip feed on
Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen
I wish it was the sixties, I wish I could be happy
I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen"--Radiohead, The Bends

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. Eurovision Song Contest 2008 [Belgrade, Serbia]

http://eurovision.ndr.de/news/meldungen/showberichtfinale2.html

Russia is the winner (272 points; produced by Timberland; costs: 13
million €). http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44687000/jpg/_44687489_bilan_ap_body226.jpg

Second Ani Lorak from the Ukraine (reversed “Karolina”) (230 points)
http://eurovision.ndr.de/news/bildergalerien/generalprobe44_v-gallery.jpg
Cute and very sexy...

Kolimira from Greece (who was brought up in Manhattan and went to
Greece at 20) (218 point) http://eurovision.ndr.de/teilnehmer/generalprobe50_v-gallery.jpg
is third. She sang in English, nothing typical Greek in the band’s
sounds.

I particularly enjoyed the group of Azerbaijan (for the first time
participating).

Disaster for Germany’s NO ANGELS (23 of 25).
http://i.bunte.de/img/HBsGhpko.jpg (Lucy first, left)
http://eurovision.ndr.de/news/noangels194_v-gallery.jpg (performance)

Each voting country has 12 points. They got “12” from Bulgaria because
Lucy Diakovska is (originally) a Bulgarian, and “2” from Switzerland
(a total of 14 points only).

Gallery (25 slides): http://eurovision.ndr.de/news/meldungen/showberichtfinale2.html

8 photos: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7418947.stm

Enjoy, maybe, more reading (CNN): http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/24/eurovision.contest.ap


. Russia Blog


>
> http://www.russiablog.org/2008/05/mccain_is_alone_on_russia.php#more
>
> Note to Russia Blog readers: This article was originally published earlier
> today in the Moscow Times. Dr. Edward Lozansky is the organizer of the World
> Russian Forum, which is now underway May 19-20, 2008 at the U.S. Capitol in
> Washington D.C. -The Editors
>

He is the president of the American University in Moscow.

> The three presumed U.S. presidential candidates rarely mention Russia. When
> they do, their remarks are critical -- possibly because they are hoping to
> attract a few more votes from the numerous and well-organized ethnic
> communities from Ukraine, the Baltics and East Europe.
>
> Still, Senator John McCain stands alone. McCain, the Republican hopeful with
> a good shot of winning the election, has practically included Russia in a
> new axis of evil, along with North Korea, China and Iran. McCain's advisers
> are openly lambasting President George W. Bush for being too chummy with
> President Vladimir Putin and promise that Moscow will be treated a lot more
> harshly in a McCain presidency.
>
> Continue reading "McCain Is Alone on Russia" »
>

Very informative blog!
Hopefully ‘harsh John’ will not succeed ‘chummy George’...

>
. Philadelphia
>
> > > [...]


>
> > That’s been a wonderful excursion day altogether ...!
>

> I wasn't able to find a picture of the Capital, but there's a few of them in
> town.
>
> I had the weirdest drink there. Cactus pear martini. Not pear, Cactus pear
>
> http://www.desertusa.com/magoct97/oct_pa/du_prkpear.html
>

Was it conveniently tasty?

. Brooklyn Bridge
>
> > New Yorkers celebrate 125th anniversary of Brooklyn Bridge.
>

> > [...] http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-05-23-voa53.cfm
>
> > [...] http://newsticker.sueddeutsche.de/list/id/27702
>
> Cool. That's a nice structure. And of course the source of the phrase,


> "sell you the Brooklyn Bridge" when talking about fraud, because of course

> no one owns it to sell it.
>
> __


> "Just lying in the bar with my drip feed on
> Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen
> I wish it was the sixties, I wish I could be happy
> I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen"
> --Radiohead, The Bends


>

Frank Kalder

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. Eurovision Song Contest 2008 [Belgrade, Serbia]

http://eurovision.ndr.de/news/meldungen/showberichtfinale2.html

Russia is the winner (272 points; produced by Timberland; costs: 13
million €). http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44687000/jpg/_44687489_bilan_ap_body226.jpg

Second Ani Lorak from the Ukraine (reversed “Karolina”) (230 points)
http://eurovision.ndr.de/news/bildergalerien/generalprobe44_v-gallery.jpg
Cute and very sexy...

Kalomira from Greece (who was brought up in Manhattan and went to

marika

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http://eurovision.ndr.de/news/meldungen/showberichtfinale2.html

8 photos: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7418947.stm

-------------

O NO. We were following the No Angels all year long. Sorry to hear of the
poor showing

-------------------------

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It was an unexpected flavor. Since it was mixed with a sweeter liqueur, I
am not entirely sure what it tasted like. Possibly a little bitter

It's funny, the next day, we went to pick up Mary's daughter and son in law.
Amazingly, the family they stayed with lived only minutes away from my
parents.
While we waited for the daughter to wake and get ready for the day, we
walked around the grounds of the Frank Lloyd Wright synagogue which was just
half way between my parents house and the duaughter's friends house. I've
posted about the synagogue in the past. Mary got some great photos. She
has recently become a FLW addict.

After we picked up the daughter and son in law, we returned to central
Philadelphia, and repeated the entire historical tour,including the Liberty
Bell.

I am tentatively planning another vacation sometime later this year, cutting
costs by staying with a friend. That'll be exciting. I haven't been there
since 85, when my sister and I stayed overnight for a ski trip to Steamboat
Springs

mk5000

"I took a river and the river was long and goes on
it goes on
ooh it goes on
it goes on "--"Vittorio E," Spoon

Frank Kalder

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. Mars landing

“Phoenix” landed successfully and started its duties.

~ http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/edc1561a850f6f08
& http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Kontemporaerer+Humanismus+Humanitaet+und+Ethik-1297345-#1297345

>
. Eurovision Song Contest
>

Ukraine had already two winners: Ruslana (#1) and now Ani Lorak (#2).

http://haplifnet.blogspot.com/2008/05/eurovision-song-contest-2008-in.html
(report with a smashing photo)

Greece is also successful: Helena Paparizou (#1 in Kiew, 2005)
and now Kalomira (#3 in Belgrade).

Btw, the similarly sounding “Kalimera” means “good morning”.


>
> > Disaster for Germany’s NO ANGELS (23 of 25).

> > http://i.bunte.de/img/HBsGhpko.jpg (Lucy first, left) [...]


>
> O NO. We were following the No Angels all year long. Sorry to hear of the

> poor showing.
>

. Transatlantic Daily

Here’s our today’s summary: http://haplifnet.blogspot.com/2008/05/multicultural-blogs-update_26.html

. Cactus Pear


>
> > > I had the weirdest drink there. Cactus pear martini.
> > > Not pear, Cactus pear
>
> > http://www.desertusa.com/magoct97/oct_pa/du_prkpear.html
>
> > Was it conveniently tasty?
>

> It was an unexpected flavor. Since it was mixed with a sweeter liqueur, I

> am not entirely sure what it tasted like. Possibly a little bitter.
>

. Philly Neighborhood

> It's funny, the next day, we went to pick up Mary's daughter and son in law.
> Amazingly, the family they stayed with lived only minutes away from my
> parents.
>
> While we waited for the daughter to wake and get ready for the day, we
> walked around the grounds of the Frank Lloyd Wright synagogue which was just

> half way between my parents house and the daughter's friends house. I've


> posted about the synagogue in the past. Mary got some great photos. She
> has recently become a FLW addict.
>

[??] FLW stands for Forrest L. Wood, founder of Ranger Boats. The
complete name is FLW Outdoors. FLW Outdoors was started in the mid
'90s. http://www.ultimatebassin.com/BassFishingTerms.htm

. The Liberty Bell

> After we picked up the daughter and son in law, we returned to central
> Philadelphia, and repeated the entire historical tour, including the Liberty
> Bell.
>

It is a familiar symbol of independence within the United States and
has been described as an international icon of liberty and justice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Bell

. Vacation Plan

> I am tentatively planning another vacation sometime later this year, cutting
> costs by staying with a friend. That'll be exciting. I haven't been there
> since 85, when my sister and I stayed overnight for a ski trip to Steamboat

> Springs.
>
“Rich Western heritage – warm friendly locals” (slides, auto-
revolving) http://www.steamboat.com & http://www.steamboat-chamber.com

>
> __


> "I took a river and the river was long and goes on
> it goes on
> ooh it goes on
> it goes on "--"Vittorio E", Spoon


>

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. Philly Neighborhood

> It's funny, the next day, we went to pick up Mary's daughter and son in
> law.
> Amazingly, the family they stayed with lived only minutes away from my
> parents.
>
> While we waited for the daughter to wake and get ready for the day, we
> walked around the grounds of the Frank Lloyd Wright synagogue which was
> just
> half way between my parents house and the daughter's friends house. I've
> posted about the synagogue in the past. Mary got some great photos. She
> has recently become a FLW addict.
>
[??] FLW stands for Forrest L. Wood, founder of Ranger Boats. The
complete name is FLW Outdoors. FLW Outdoors was started in the mid
'90s. http://www.ultimatebassin.com/BassFishingTerms.htm


---------------------


Frank Frank Frank what shall I do with your funny

It stands for Frank Lloyd Wright and why we went to the synagogue

I checked google for a cite in aullm to FLW but for some reason it's not
there. And yet I distinctly remember posting about it

here's the link to the synagogue in the meantime til I find the original
post

http://www.delmars.com/wright/flw8-16.htm

. The Liberty Bell

> After we picked up the daughter and son in law, we returned to central
> Philadelphia, and repeated the entire historical tour, including the
> Liberty
> Bell.
>
It is a familiar symbol of independence within the United States and
has been described as an international icon of liberty and justice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Bell


-----------------------
When we went back to Philadelphia and retoured it, the kids bought their
mother dinner, as it was mother's day

We stopped at this restaurant
http://www.pietrospizza.com/

Coal fired pizza???
It didn't taste any different really, an interesting marketing gimmick

Still the most famous Italian food is South Philly, where Rocky Balboa was
supposed to be from

However, the names Mario Lanza and Man Ray may be even more familiar

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

mk5000

"meet me right in front of the party city.
that two sided tape it gets way too sticky.
I got a bad case of noisemaker blues.
southtown girls wont blow you away
but you know that they'll stay. "--Hold Steady, "Southtown Girls"


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A new neihbo for you to visit!

"http://www.dlisted.com/node/26171


Brad Pitt and Angie Jo have emptied out their piggy banks to purchase a $60
million estate in the South of France. The 1,000 acre estate features 35
bedrooms, two swimming pools, two gyms, 20 fountains, a vineyard, a lake and
moat. Damn! The only they are missing is a church where Brangaloonies
everywhere can gather and worship Saint Angelina.

marika

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. Mars landing

“Phoenix” landed successfully and started its duties.


--------------------

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZYzM1M1X790

Frank Kalder

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. Metaphysics

Historic (philosophical & theological) and contemporary aspects, in
particular, obsoleteness...
~ http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/093c73d9fa4d2e7c
& http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Kontemporaerer+Humanismus+Humanitaet+und+Ethik-1297711-#1297711
>
. Philly Neighborhood
>
> > > ... While we waited for the daughter to wake and get ready for


> > > the day, we walked around the grounds of the Frank Lloyd Wright

> > > synagogue which was ...
>

. FLW

> It stands for Frank Lloyd Wright and why we went to the synagogue.
>
=> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright

> I checked Google for a cite in aullm to FLW but for some reason it's not
> there. And yet I distinctly remember posting about it.
>
> Here's the link to the synagogue in the meantime til I find the original
> post: http://www.delmars.com/wright/flw8-16.htm
>
Very expressively beautiful architecture.

>
. The Liberty Bell
>
> > After we picked up the daughter and son in law, we returned ...

. Italian Restaurants [Philly]

> When we went back to Philadelphia and retoured it, the kids bought their

> mother dinner, as it was mother's day.


>
> We stopped at this restaurant http://www.pietrospizza.com
>

> Coal fired pizza???
> It didn't taste any different really, an interesting marketing gimmick.
>
:)

> Still the most famous Italian food is South Philly, where Rocky Balboa was

> supposed to be from.
>
=> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479143

> However, the names Mario Lanza and Man Ray may be even more familiar
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Philadelphia
>

It is home to many Italian-American and Irish-American families who
settled in the area, beginning in the late 19th century…
>
> __
> "Meet me right in front of the party city.
> That two sided tape it gets way too sticky.


> I got a bad case of noisemaker blues.

> Southtown girls won’t blow you away


> but you know that they'll stay."--Hold Steady, "Southtown Girls"
>

“That they’ll stay” means, perhaps, they’ll be loyal housewives or
so...?

> A new neihbo for you to visit!
>
> " http://www.dlisted.com/node/26171
>

“Brangie’s new home base” - a beautiful estate!

> Brad Pitt and Angie Jo have emptied out their piggy banks to purchase a $60
> million estate in the South of France. The 1,000 acre estate features 35
> bedrooms, two swimming pools, two gyms, 20 fountains, a vineyard, a lake and
> moat. Damn! The only they are missing is a church where Brangaloonies
> everywhere can gather and worship Saint Angelina.
>

I’m definitely not such a potentially worshipping loony...

. Mars landing
>
> “Phoenix” landed successfully and started its duties. [http...]
>
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZYzM1M1X790
>
Cute! I integrated it today...
~ http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-BLOGGING_Deutsch/msg/94bd3f08478585bf
& http://bb.focus.de/focus/p=Ufos+Aufschlussreiche+Dokumente+enthuellt-1297722-#1297722

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. Metaphysics

--------------

Just as an interesting point, I am not sure if obsoleteness is a real word.
Obsolescence is more commonly used.

But I totally didn't understand that one.


>
. Philly Neighborhood
>
> > > ... While we waited for the daughter to wake and get ready for
> > > the day, we walked around the grounds of the Frank Lloyd Wright
> > > synagogue which was ...
>

. FLW

> It stands for Frank Lloyd Wright and why we went to the synagogue.
>
=> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright

> I checked Google for a cite in aullm to FLW but for some reason it's not
> there. And yet I distinctly remember posting about it.
>
> Here's the link to the synagogue in the meantime til I find the original
> post: http://www.delmars.com/wright/flw8-16.htm
>
Very expressively beautiful architecture.

---------------
Apparently I never posted about the synangogue and only imagined I did but
on 10/27/06, we talked about Bush tearing down the wall and the Sauerkraut
capitol of the world. On that date, we also talked about this:

I don't know if you are familiar with filmmakerDavid Lynch, but since
you like architecture, you will enjoy knowing he lives in a house
designed by Frank Lloyd Wright's son.

http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,,631365,00.html

and in this article, he talks about his love of furniture design and
German influences on design

http://www.geocities.com/~mikehartmann/intfurnit.html

>
. The Liberty Bell
>
> > After we picked up the daughter and son in law, we returned ...

. Italian Restaurants [Philly]

> When we went back to Philadelphia and retoured it, the kids bought their
> mother dinner, as it was mother's day.
>
> We stopped at this restaurant http://www.pietrospizza.com
>
> Coal fired pizza???
> It didn't taste any different really, an interesting marketing gimmick.
>
:)

> Still the most famous Italian food is South Philly, where Rocky Balboa was
> supposed to be from.
>
=> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479143

> However, the names Mario Lanza and Man Ray may be even more familiar
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Philadelphia
>
It is home to many Italian-American and Irish-American families who
settled in the area, beginning in the late 19th century…
>
> __
> "Meet me right in front of the party city.
> That two sided tape it gets way too sticky.
> I got a bad case of noisemaker blues.
> Southtown girls won’t blow you away
> but you know that they'll stay."--Hold Steady, "Southtown Girls"
>
“That they’ll stay” means, perhaps, they’ll be loyal housewives or
so...?

-------------

I don't know which city Southtown girls are from, but it was sort of
interesting that the song talks about Penn Ave. There's a small Penn avenue
in Philadelphia and the state that Philadelphia is in is Pennsylvania
founded by William Penn. Since I was talking about South Philly I thought
that was a neat coincidence.

I think the song lyric means that the girls there aren't sophisticated and
beautiful like starlets and models, but that they will be faithful. I doubt
these guys are looking for wives, just girls that won't cheat on them
(although of course they are permitted to as boys)

The night before the synangogue, on our trek through Philadelphia, we saw
tons of people marching around town carrying kites and such things. They
were shouting something but we couldn't figure out what. On our way back to
DC, riding down Broad Street through South Philadelphia we discovered who
they are.

http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20080519_A_Soleil_surprise__Traditionally_offbeat_Cirque_goes_traditional.html

> A new neihbo for you to visit!
>
> " http://www.dlisted.com/node/26171
>
“Brangie’s new home base” - a beautiful estate!

> Brad Pitt and Angie Jo have emptied out their piggy banks to purchase a
> $60
> million estate in the South of France. The 1,000 acre estate features 35
> bedrooms, two swimming pools, two gyms, 20 fountains, a vineyard, a lake
> and
> moat. Damn! The only they are missing is a church where Brangaloonies
> everywhere can gather and worship Saint Angelina.
>
I’m definitely not such a potentially worshipping loony...

---------

how bout just a pal? Maybe they will have you over for dinner. I have been
having a debate with someone about why the French apparently have a lower
rate of obesity than the US. Maybe Brangelina want to have skinny kids.

--------------

. Mars landing
---------


Director Sydney Pollack died today. On March 26, 2007, I posted that he
said

"face marinated by life"--sydney pollack on robert mitchum

mk5000

"The reasons all have run away, but the feeling never did
It's not something I would recommend, but it is one way to live
Cause what is simple in the moonlight by the morning never is
It was so simple in the moonlight now it's so complicated"--"Lua" Bright
Eyes

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