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POPSObama Victory: People Around the World Celebrate
It adds to our joy and excitement to hear and see some people from around the globe celebrating Barack Obama's victory. His victory says so much about what most Americans want their country to be: Not that Obama was black, BTW, but that his being black made no difference. That America is truly a land of equality and opportunity that most of us want it to be...a core, a central idea from the very first words that began our nation: "...that all men were created equal." Of course, all major Western nations that existed at that time had slavery, had restrictions on woman...so it took time to work all those bad things out. (Freeing slaves, BTW, was in America's first document: The Declaration of Independence, but it was deleted when the majority at that time would not vote for it) We're happy that others in other countries can see and feel what this means for us....and also what it means for them: The nightmare of the last eight years is over. Amen.
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POPSFinancial Speculation About the Authors Jose D. Roncal is a truly global executive with over 20 years of experience in international business and finance, having worked and travelled frequently in six continents|Jose N. Abbo has two decades of experience in the capital markets. Mr. Abbo has authored numerous articles and speaks frequently on the financial markets and the global economy.
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POPS To extended the present - the Future of Time.. 3500 through 1500 B.C. The earliest clocks Mechanism: The sun’s movement across the sky, water dripping from a vessel, candles burning down through marked increments Error: Extremely large and variable Accurate enough to: Schedule religious ceremonies 1200s through 1920s Mechanical clocks Mechanism: Balance wheels, weights, or pendulums Accurate enough to: Coordinate military activities and standardize trains
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POPSMartti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to deserving people like Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa and Mother Terresa of Calcutta, India. May the good Lord give them more strength to 'make this world better place', U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said. May God save us from 'greedy politicians' is what I pray for, benaloy.
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POPS'It's the culture, stupid!' Europe “All that has made European culture and civilization great – the Europe of the thousand cathedrals, the Europe of the custodians of the artistic treasures, of literature and Christian music, the Europe that expressed real solidarity and service to the poor through the emphatic force of Christian charity – found their origins in the Bible,” Oceania Putney, 62, noted the striking cultural contracts in his region, from the highly Western and secular ambience of urban Australia and New Zealand to the staggering variety of indigenous tribal groups in more rural areas and across the islands of Oceania. In Papua New Guinea alone, he noted, there are 847 distinct languages, and overall there are as many as 1,200 different tongues in Oceania.
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POPSFormer rulers, father and son on trial Emmanuel — also known as Chuckie Jr. — was born in Boston and spent most of his life in Orlando, Fla. before moving to Liberia when he was a teenager to be with his father. There, prosecutors say, he led a notorious unit blamed for silencing Taylor's critics. Taylor meanwhile is charged with orchestrating atrocities by rebels in Sierra Leone from 1996-2002 while he was ruling Liberia. "Many of the people who commit these crimes perceive that if they win they're in the presidential palace for life, if they lose they'll find exile somewhere and live comfortably," Rapp said. "We really want to eliminate that perception that you can get away with these things."
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POPSJames Nachtwey's TED Prize wish on 7 Continents Please do me a favor and watch this video. This man is remarkable and what he shares is eye opening. His TED Prize wish was: "Help me use the power of photography to break a story that the world needs to know about." The story breaks on October 3, when Nachtwey's powerful photographs of a growing world crisis will be published in Time magazine and shown on giant LED screens on all 7 continents -- from Times Square in New York to the British and Argentine bases on Antarctica.
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POPSAny one is interested??? The Seven Continents: An Around-the-world Expedition by Private Jet... More details on the site... impressed...wish I had funds...
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POPSRealities of Conflict
When the spectre of suicide bombers recently emerged, I remember the din of disbelief that such a weapon can be conquered. In a letter to Gordon Marsden MP Blackpool, I informed him that the niceties of war have to be suspended as the prevalent 'duty of care' has to be ones own soldiers. He would not engage someone who had fought on three continents and had some experience of similar situations. You never let a stranger within blast distance of a section. If he has to be shot for not getting down on the ground, so-be-it. And the army should be deploying dogs, no matter how it upsets the Pathan. A well trained sniffer dog will save lives. Once the dog starts to react the handler can immediately caller bomber and the troops disperse. Sometimes the dog-handler will misread the situation, but it is not his fault. Blame the politicians who did not think this situation through. A thousand years of confronting different invaders and Blair and Bush expected the Pathan to welcome the
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POPSGiant Impactor Theory what makes science attractive, is the ability to develop methods to test the solidity of the basic theories. one has to wait and see what would be the impact :)
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