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05-26-05 Two day blackout...Other than financial losses, spoiled groceries, public transportation nightmares, hellacious commutes, profiteering by taxi drivers, walking up 15 flights (my favorite peeve), people trapped in elevators, some minor traffic accidents and traffic jams, water supply headaches, and reduced mobile phone service, everything passed reamrkably well in my neck of the woods. No train wrecks here, move along.

            Cause: Old equipment. Circa 1966 tramsformers. (sic)

05-20-05 AMERICA FLASH FILM (6.8 MB)

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                  One of my co-workers loved this video and shared it with me. The part about slavery, books, and the commercial aspect of the entire "American experience" are portrayed in what is supposed to be a patriotic way, leaving little room for commentary about the state of American culture today.

05-17-05  Excerpt From "To One: I Love"

Scene IX by John Robles II

          He had, for months, courted her, she, ever so coquettish, forever teasing him with the promise of love that his heart so longed for.

          What had made it worse for the poor widower, who had already passed more than a decade in abject poverty trying alone to raise the offspring he had fathered with his one and only true love, practically unbearable in fact, was that she had allowed their relations to become as intimate as relations could become between a man and a woman. A fact she flaunted like a trollop when he had at last told her he had fallen in love with her, and used at her every convenience, treating him with the arrogant indifference one would normally expect to be directed at those considered beneath ones contempt.

          Things were brought to a boil when he was made aware of her true feeling towards him. Having been directed by an unknown hand to a site where unbeknownst to her he was able to eavesdrop on her.

          He then communicated with her in an anonymous manner, playing the role of newfound suitor, and was mortified by her public jokes relating to his handling of his wedding ring, which he handled, he had thought stealthily, with sentimental fondness as it was the only thing he had to remember his dead wife and the promise he had made to her when she had placed it on his finger all those years ago.     

          On said occasion he broke cover and typed the following note: Aren't we rather; overly pleased and contemptuous in our smug and arrogant derision of a poor widowed suitor. Reprehensible is your snide and caustic remark, bile-inducing in its entirety.

           She did not reply, what could she say? She had been caught red-handed.

Copyright 2005 by John Robles II

05-16-05  Something went wrong with my Internet connection so we have been off-line for two days. They said the junction box on the roof was to blame. Sorry for the inconvenience perhaps someone could donate a mirror. I Called the ISP for more info but the gentleman who answered the phone does not know exactly what happened... He said he will know more when the service people return to the office...

05-14-05  Somebody flushed a Koran down the toilet and Muslims do what they do best: riot, burn, and pillage. Don't they understand that their violence is going to be their downfall?

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Snippet ...brief item in Newsweek, that interrogators at Guantánamo Bay had flushed a Koran down the toilet in an effort to upset detainees.

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Crónica de la Nueva España
Francisco Cervantes de Salazar
Libro primero

Argumento y sumario del primero libro desta crónica

Lo que, en suma, después de las cartas nuncupatorias y catálogo de los conquistadores que este primero libro contiene, es la razón por qué las Indias del mar Océano se llaman Nuevo Mundo, y la noticia confusa que Platón tuvo deste Nuevo Mundo y lo que cerca dello otros dixeron; la descripción y asiento de la Nueva España, la calidad y temple della, la propriedad y naturaleza de algunos árboles que en ella hay, las semillas y hortalizas que produce, la propiedad maravillosa de algunas aves y pescados que tiene, las lagunas y fuentes que la illustran, las serpientes y culebras, con los animales bravos y mansos que en ella se crían, la caza y manera de cazar que los indios tenían y tienen, la variedad de metales y valor de piedras, el modo que los indios tenían en poblar, las inclinaciones y condisciones dellos, las muchas y diversas lenguas en que hablan, los sacrificios y agüeros que tenían, con las fiestas de cada año y otras extravagantes que celebraban, los bailes y areitos que hacían en sus regocijos, los médicos y hechiceros y manera de curar suya, las guerras y modo de pelear que los indios tenían, con la manera y modo que celebraban sus casamientos, así los de México como los de Mechuacán; por qué jueces se hacía la justicia y las penas que se daban a los delicuentes, la forma y manera con que alzaban a uno por señor o daban cargo preeminente en la república, la cuenta de los años que tenían y sus fiestas, los signos y planetas por donde se regían, las obsequias y cerimonias con que enterraban los muertos, los pronósticos y agüeros que los indios tenían de la venida de los españoles a esta tierra.

Capítulo I

Que es la razón por qué las Indias del Mar Océano se llaman Nuevo Mundo.

No parescerá cosa superflua, pues tengo de escrebir de tierra tan larga y tan incógnita a los sabios antiguos, traer la razón por qué los presentes, así latinos como castellanos, le llaman Nuevo Mundo, pues es cierto no haber más de un mundo y ser vanas las opiniones de algunos filósofos que creyeron haber muchos; y así, Aristóteles, en lumbre natural, probó ser uno y no muchos cuando escribió De Coclo et Mundo, llamando mundo a todo lo que el cielo cubre, lo cual es causa de que no con verdad estas tierras descubiertas, por muy largas y anchas que sean, se llamen Nuevo Mundo, ca entre otros grandes argumentos y razones que en lumbre natural convencen al hombre a que crea que hay un solo Dios y no muchos, un universal principio de todas las cosas y no dos, uno de los males y otro de los bienes, como algunos falsamente afirmaron, es la unidad que todas las cosas criadas tienen, perdiendo la cual, luego se deshacen todos los materiales en el edificio proporcionadamente unidos; una cosa obran y hacen, que es la morada, y estonces se deshacen cuando son divisos y no tienen en sí unidad; de adonde es que una sea la naturaleza angélica, una la naturaleza humana, y así uno el mundo; porque, a haber muchos, hubiera muchos soles y muchas lunas; pero no hay más de un sol y una luna, lumbreras, como escribió Moisés, de la noche y del día, el cual, dando a entender ser uno el mundo, dixo: En el principio crió Dios el cielo y la tierra; no dixo los cielos y las tierras, y cuando dixo crió, dio también a entender, lo que no cupo en el entendimiento de algunos grandes filósofos, de nada haber criado Dios todo lo que es, porque, guiándose por la vía natural, decían que de nada no se podía hacer nada, no levantando el entendimiento a que, si había Dios, había de ser (so pena de no serlo) sumamente poderoso, y que su decir fuese hacer; porque, como dice la Divina Escriptura, llama las cosas que no son como las que son. Ahora, respondiendo a la dubda, digo que no solamente en nuestro común hablar, pero en la manera de decir en la Divina Escriptura hay metáforas, semejanzas y comparaciones, o para hermosear y hacer más fecunda la lengua en que se habla, o para dar a entender la frescura del campo y lo que alegra, decimos que se ríe; al hombre que habla con aviso y dice cosas escogidas, decimos que echa perlas por la boca; e al murmurador e infamador, que echa víboras y que es carta de descomunión. Por esta manera, la Sacra Escriptura usa de grandes y maravillosas metáforas, llamando a Jesucristo sol de justicia, y a la Virgen, su madre, la mañana o luna; por lo cual, pues en todas las lenguas son tan necesarias las metáforas y maneras de encarescimientos por la semejanza que tienen unas con otras, las cuales muchas veces dexan sus propios nombres, y por alguna similitud que hay en otras vestidas de sus nombres se entienden mejor, como si al liberal dixésemos ser un Alexandre, y al valiente y esforzado, un Héctor; no es de maravillar, pues todos los antiguos nunca alcanzaron a ver estas tierras que ahora habitamos ni tuvieron clara noticia dellas, como paresce por Ptolomeo, Pomponio Mela y Estrabón, que en la descripción del mundo jamás las pusieron.

Ovidio, en el principio del Metamorphosis, dividiendo el mundo en cinco zonas, afirmó en parte todo lo que ahora la experiencia niega, pues dixo que, unas por frío y otras por calor, especialmente la media, eran inhabitables. Hércoles, después de su larga peregrinación, llegando a Cádiz y a Sevilla, fixando aquellas dos grandes columnas, entendiendo no haber más mundo, poniéndolas por término del, dixo: No hay más adelante, lo cual fue causa de que, siendo el primer descubridor Colón de tanto mar y de tanta tierra, que verdaderamente es mayor que toda África, Asia y Europa, no sin alguna aparente razón y metafórica manera de hablar, dio lugar a los escriptores a que aquestas tierras llamasen Nuevo Mundo, no pudiendo explicar su grandeza sino con llamarlas así, pues mundo es lo que en sí encierra longura, anchura y profundidad, y que después del no hay más, por lo cual en el siguiente capítulo diremos si destas partes hubo alguna noticia.

Capítulo II
De la noticia confusa que el divino Platón tuvo deste Nuevo Mundo.

Cosa es maravillosa y no digna de pasar en silencio que como Dios, por su inefable y oculto juicio, tenía determinado, no antes ni después, ni en vida de otros reyes, sino de los católicos César y Filipo, en tan dichosos y bienaventurados tiempos alumbrar a tan innumerables gentes como en este Nuevo Mundo había, fue servido como por figura dar a entender al divino Platón y a Séneca, auctor de las Tragedias, que después del mar Océano de España había otras tierras y gentes con otro mar que, por su grandeza, el mismo Platón le llama el Mar Grande, verificándose por la dilatación y augmento de la fee cristiana aquella profecía: Por toda la tierra salió el sonido dellos, que es la predicación de los Apóstoles y de los que, subcediendo en este cargo en este Nuevo Mundo, predicaron y predican el beneficio y merced que el Hijo de Dios hizo al mundo con su venida a él. No sólo quiso que sanctos profetas lo profetizasen tantos años antes, pero quiso que las sibillas, mujeres gentiles, los poetas, como Virgilio y Ovidio, sin entender lo que decían, lo profetizasen, tomando diversos instrumentos malos y buenos para la manifestación de la merced que había de hacer al mundo, porque aquello en las cosas humanas suele tener más verdad que el bueno y el malo confiesan, y no siendo el don de profecía de los dones del Espíritu Sancto, que hacen al hombre grato y amigo de Dios, no es de maravillar que gentiles, infieles y males, como fue Balán, profeticen, pues profecía es gracia de gracia dada, y que no hace al hombre grato y amigo de Dios, y porque a los que cerca desto primero descubrieron algo, es justo darles su honor debido, es de saber que Agustín de Zárate, varón por cierto docto, en la breve historia que escribió del descubrimiento y conquista del Perú, tractando en breve lo tocante a este capítulo, dice así:

Cuenta el divino Platón algo sumariamente en el libro que intitula Thimeo o De Natura, y después, muy a la larga y copiosamente, en otro libro o diálogo que se sigue inmediatamente después del Thimeo, llamado Atlántico, donde tracta una historia que los egipcios se contaban en loor de los atenienses, los cuales dice que fueron parte para vencer y desbaratar a ciertos Reyes y gran número de gente de guerra que vino por la mar desde una grande isla llamada Atlántica, que comenzaba después de las columnas de Hércoles, la cual isla dice que era mayor que toda Asia y África, e que contenía diez reinos, los cuales dividió Neptuno entre diez hijos suyos, y al mayor, que se llamaba Atlas, dio el mayor y mejor. Cuenta otras muchas y memorables cosas de las muchas riquezas y costumbres desta isla, especialmente de un templo que estaba en la ciudad principal, que tenía las paredes y techumbres cubiertas con planchas de oro, plata y latón, e otras muchas particularidades que serían largas para referir, y se pueden ver en el original donde se tractan copiosamente, muchas de las cuales costumbres y cerimonias vemos que se guardan el día de hoy en la provincia del Pirú. Desde esta isla se navegaba a otras islas grandes que estaban de la otra parte della, vecinas a la tierra continente, aliente la cual se seguía el verdadero mar. Las palabras formales de Platón en el Thimeo, con éstas: Hablando Sócrates con los atenienses, les dixo: Tiénese por cierto que vuestra ciudad resistió en los tiempos pasados a innumerable número de enemigos que, saliendo del mar Atlántico, habían tomado y ocupado casi toda Europa y Asia, porque estonces aquel estrecho era navegable, tiniendo a la boca del, y casi a su puerta, una ínsula que comenzaba desde cerca de las columnas de Hércoles, que dicen haber sido mayor que Asia y África juntamente, desde la cual había contractación y comercio a otras islas, y de aquellas islas se comunicaban con la tierra firme y continente que estaba frontero dellas, vecina del verdadero mar, y aquel mar se puede con razón llamar verdadero mar, y aquella tierra se puede juntamente llamar tierra firme y continente. Hasta aquí habla Platón, aunque poco más abaxo dice que nueve mill años antes que aquello se escribiese, subcedió tan gran pujanza de aguas en aquel paraje que en un día y una noche anegó toda esta isla, hundiendo las tierras y gente, y que después aquel mar quedó con tantas ciénagas y baxíos, que nunca más por ella habían podido navegar ni pasar a las otras islas ni a la tierra firme de que arriba se hace minción. Esta historia dicen todos los que escriben sobre Platón que fue cierta y verdadera, en tal manera, que los más dellos, especialmente Marsilio Ficino y Platina, no quieren admitir que tenga sentido alegórico, aunque algunos se lo dan, como lo refiere el mismo Marsilio en las Annotaciones sobre el Thimeo, y no es argumento para ser fabuloso lo que allí dice de los nueve mill años; porque, según Pudoxio, aquellos años se entendían, según la cuenta de los egipcios, lunaes y no solares, por manera que eran nueve mill meses, que son siete cientos y cincuenta años. También es casi demonstración para creer lo desta isla, saber que todos los historiadores y los cosmógrafos antiguos y modernos llaman al mar que anegó esta isla Atlántico, reteniendo el nombre de cuando era tierra. Pues supuestos ser esta historia verdadera, ¿quién podrá negar que esta isla Atlántica comenzaba desde el estrecho de Gibraltar, o poco después de pasado Cádiz, y llegaba y se extendía por este gran golfo, donde así norte, sur, como leste, ueste, tiene espacio para poder ser mayor que Asia y África? Las islas que dice el texto se contrataban desde allí paresce claro serían la Española, Cuba y Sant Joan y Jamaica y las demás que están en aquella comarca. La Tierra Firme, que se dice estar frontero destas islas, consta, por razón, que era la misma tierra firme que ahora se llama así, y todas las otras provincias con quien es continente, que comenzando desde el estrecho de Magallanes contienen, corriendo hacia el Norte, la tierra del Pirú y la provincia de Popayán y Castilla del Oro y Veragua, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Nueva España, las Siete Ciudades, la Florida, los Bacallaos, y corre desde allí para el septentrión, hasta juntarse con las Nuruegas, en lo cual, sin ninguna dubda, hay mucha más tierra que en todo lo poblado del mundo que conoscíamos antes que aquello se descubriese, y no causaba mucha dificultad en este negocio el no haberse descubierto antes de ahora por los romanos ni por las otras nasciones que en diversos tiempos ocuparon a España, porque es de creer que duraba la maleza del mar para impedir la navegación, e yo lo he oído, y lo creo, que comprehendió el descubrimiento de aquellas partes debaxo desta autoridad de Platón, y así, aquella tierra se puede claramente llamar la tierra contienente que llama Platón, pues cuadran en ésta todas las señales que él da de la otra, mayormente de aquella que él dice que es vecina al verdadero mar, que es el que ahora llamamos del Sur, pues, por lo que de él se ha navegado hasta nuestros tiempos, consta claro que en respecto de su anchura y grandeza todo el mar Mediterráneo y lo sabido del Océano, que llaman vulgarmente del Norte, son ríos. Pues si todo esto es verdad y concuerdan también las señas dello con las palabras de Platón, no sé por qué se tenga dificultad en entender que por esta vía hayan podido pasar al Pirú muchas gentes, así desde esta gran isla Atlántica como desde las otras islas, para donde desde aquella isla se navega y aun desde la misma Tierra Firme podían pasar por tierra al Pirú, y si en aquello había dificultad, por la misma mar del Sur, pues es de creer que tenían noticia y uso de la navegación, aprendida del comercio que tenían con esta grande isla, donde dice el texto que tenían grande abundancia de navíis y aun puertos hechos a mano, para la conservación dellos, donde faltaban naturales.

Lo que dixo Séneca, cerca de lo que al principio deste capítulo tracté, aunque ha sido larga la digresión, aunque necesaria para el conoscimiento de lo que pretendemos, dice así:

Venient annis saecula seris.
Quibus Oceanus vincula rerum
Laxet, novosque Tiphis delegat orbes,
Atque ingens pateat telus.
Neque sit terris ultima Thile.

Que vuelto en verso castellano, quiere decir:

En años venideros, vendrá siglo
En quien lugar dará el mar Océano
A que otro Nuevo Mundo se descubra,
Distando del esfera nuestra tanto
Que Thile, que es en ella la postrera.
Se venga a demarcar por muy cercano.
 

05-11-05

May 11, 2005 (Rev. 1)
HYUNDAI AND CINGULAR WITHDRAW ADVERTISING FROM NJ 101.5 FM/MILLENNIUM RADIO GROUP - TASK FORCE COMMUNICATES WITH OTHER ADVERTISERS
WHO: Hyundai Motor America ("Hyundai"), Cingular Wireless ("Cingular"), and a taskforce composed of national, community-based, student, and grassroots organizations assembled to address the racially derogatory on-air statements made by radio hosts Craig Carton and Ray Rossi of New Jersey 101.5 FM, parent company Millennium Radio Group ("Millennium").
WHAT: In a statement issued May 6, 2005, Hyundai has withdrawn its advertising from NJ 101.5 WKXW FM. "Hyundai Motor America shares the outrage of many in the Asian and general communities about the racial slurs made on radio station WKXW on the 'The Jersey Guys' show on April 25, 2005... the company is deeply offended by the program and would never want to be associated with insensitive statements that reflect negatively on the Korean and Asian communities." The Star Ledger reports that Cingular pulled its advertising immediately after the incident, said a Cingular spokesperson.
On April 25, 2005, radio hosts Craig Carton and Ray Rossi of NJ 101.5 FM (a.k.a. "The Jersey Guys") made racially derogatory statements against the Asian Pacific American community including Americans of Arab, Chinese, Indian, and Korean descent. Mr. Carton referred to Asian Pacific Americans as "foreigners" and "fringe groups" that "should never dictate the outcome of an American election;" and as "Damn Orientals and Indians." Mr. Carton also said "I dont like the fact that [Asians] crowd the goddamn black jack tables in Atlantic City ... ching chong, ching chong, ching chong [mimics an Asian accent] hehe you hit it on 17 you stupid b**ch..." and other bigoted statements.
A task force composed of elected officials and community leaders from the NJ/NY metropolitan region and across the nation has formed to address the statements made by Carton and Rossi. The taskforce is communicating with other advertisers who have also expressed concern and want to see this matter resolved to the mutual satisfaction of all parties involved. The task force includes:
American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee of New Jersey
APIA Greek Alliance
Alpha Kappa Delta Phi Sorority
Delta Phi Lambda Sorority
Kappa Phi Lambda Sorority
Nu Alpha Phi Fraternity
Pi Delta Psi Fraternity
Sigma Psi Zeta Sorority
Asian American Bar Association of New York
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Asian Media Watch
Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey
Asian Pacific American Voters Alliance
Coalition Against Hate Media
Coalition Against Injustice
East Coast Asian American Student Union
Japanese American Citizens League - New York
Jason Kim - Councilman, Palisades Park, New Jersey
Korean American Association of Greater New York
Korean American League for Civic Action
Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York
Korean American Students Conference
Jimmy Meng - Assemblyman, New York
Media Action Network for Asian Americans
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
National Asian Pacific American Law Students Association
National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum New York
National Asian American Student Conference
New Jersey Immigrant Policy Network
Organization of Chinese Americans - National Headquarters
Organization of Chinese Americans - Columbus
Organization of Chinese Americans - New Jersey
Organization of Chinese Americans - New York
South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow
South Asian Bar Association of New Jersey
Southeast Regional Conference for Asian American Leaders
United Sikhs
Voters Speak Up
Young Korean American Service and Education Center
The Coalition Against Hate Media (CAHM) is participating in the taskforce.
MISSION STATEMENT
The Coalition Against Hate Media (CAHM) is a diverse coalition of national, community-based, student, and grassroots organizations whose mission is to promote equality and balanced representation. We denounce messages of hate that discriminate against people based upon race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or religious background. We actively hold accountable media corporations that seek to benefit from the promotion of discrimination, violence and hate. www.coalitionagainsthatemedia.org
CAHM MEMBERS (LIST IN FORMATION)
Artists & Activists United for Peace Coalition
Asian Americans For Equality (AAFE)
Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS (APICHA)
Asian Media Watch
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), AFL-CIO NY Chapter
Black Waxx Nation, Inc.
Cardozo Law School APALSA
Columbia Law School APALSA
David Wong Support Committee
International Action Center
Korean American Association of Greater New York (KAAGNY)
Korean American Coalition, Dallas/Ft. Worth
Korean American Coalition, Los Angeles
Korean American League for Civic Action (KALCA)
Korean American Resource & Cultural Center (KRCC), Chicago
Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York (KALAGNY)
Korean Resource Center (KRC), Los Angeles
Japanese American Citizen League, New York Chapter (JACL-NY)
Justice for James Yee Ad-Hoc Committee
Latin American Integration Center (LAIC)
National Association of Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA)
National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) AFL-CIO, Branch 294
National Coalition for Civil Rights
National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (NAKASEC)
New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE)
New York Seoul
New York University Law's APALSA
Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) Dallas/Fort Worth
Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) Los Angeles
Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) Long Island
Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) New Jersey
Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) New York
Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) Westchester/Hudson Valley
Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) Phoenix
Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) South Florida
Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) National
People Advocacy Group
The Sikh Coalition
South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow (SAALT)
South Asian American Voting Youth (SAAVY)
St. John's University School of Law Asian American Law Students Association
United States India Political Action Committee
Voters Speak Up
Women Against Violence In Entertainment (WAVE)
World War Three Arts Collective
Yale Law School Pacific Islander/Asian/Native American Students Association
Yang Bernhard Entertainment, Inc.

Alaska Town Won't See Sunset for Months
Tue May 10, 2:05 PM ET
BARROW - When the sun rises Tuesday in the continent's northernmost community, it will stay up for nearly three months. The last sunset of the season occurs at 1:50 a.m. Tuesday. The sun rises again at 2:56 a.m.
"Then it will stay above the horizon until Aug. 2, when the first sunset will take place at 3:09 a.m.," said Gina Sturm of the
National Weather Service office in Barrow.
The prospects for seeing a spectacular sunrise are slim because of the potential for cloudy skies and patchy fog, said Dave Stricklan, also with the National Weather Service.
"I'd say it is about 80 percent `no' on seeing the sun that time of the morning," he said.
Still, many in this town of about 4,500 welcome the transition to the midnight sun.
"It is so energizing after being in the dark during winter," said lifetime resident Diane Martin. "It's almost like coming out of hibernation. It brings us back to getting out and about, and participating in our subsistence activities."
Rob Carillo, who has lived in Barrow for two years, said he feels the surge of energy too.
"It's great," he said. "It gives me a lot more energy than when the sun stays down. During winter I sleep more, and eat more. ... Now I'm staying a lot more active."
Ron Boynton, who's been in Barrow 23 years, said in some ways he likes the dark period more than the unrelenting daylight.
"You have to get some little tricks to get enough sleep," he said. "Put foil on your bedroom windows, etcetera, but then if you have to get up during the night to go to the bathroom or something, then you get the full sunlight coming in, and it can be hard to get back to sleep.
"So we all learn to adapt during the years, and each develop our own little tricks.
Barrow is about 330 miles above the Arctic Circle. In winter, the sun sets in mid-November and the region is dark until late January.
Dog kills cat, court awards owner $45,000
Tue May 10,12:07 PM ET
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A woman who sued a neighbor after her cat was mauled by his dog was awarded more than $45,000, the Seattle woman's lawyer said on Monday.
Paula Roemer's cat Yofi was killed after her neighbor's dog broke through a fence in February 2004. The dog's owner, Wallace Gray, had pleaded guilty to animal-control violations in Seattle Municipal Court and admitted negligence.
Seattle District Court Judge Barbara Linde ordered Gray to pay Roemer a little over $45,000 for Yofi's death, including $30,000 for the value of the cat, $15,000 for emotional distress, and other charges.
Roemer's lawyer, Adam Karp, who specializes in animal cases, said that while multimillion-dollar judgments have been awarded over thoroughbred horses, her award was the highest for a pet in the United States that he was aware of. Roemer has said she would donate the money to animal welfare groups.
Brazil police confiscate guns from Iraqis at summit
Tue May 10,12:06 PM ET
BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazilian police confiscated four pistols from an Iraqi security team on Monday when they arrived in Brasilia for the South American-Arab summit.
A federal police spokesman said the security agents did not have permission from Brazilian authorities to carry the Glock 9 mm guns. The agents were accompanying
Iraq's new president, Jalal Talabani, who is making his first trip abroad to attend the summit of 12 South American and 22 Arab leaders.
The Iraqis will ask the Foreign Ministry for the return of the guns, the spokesman added.
Thousands of troops are guarding the streets of the Brazilian capital in the biggest show of armed force since the end of military rule in 1985.
Security chief General Jorge Armando Felix said the Iraqi and Palestinian delegations would however receive special treatment because of the possibility of an attack against them.
"Terrorism is part of our worry. For our security plan, we are working on the possibility of this type of action," he said.
Microsoft Unveils New Windows Mobile
By BRUCE MEYERSON, AP Business Writer Tue May 10, 2:04 PM ET
NEW YORK - Microsoft Corp. unveiled Tuesday a new version of its Windows operating system for mobile devices that adds such features as PowerPoint viewing while making it easier for gadget makers to equip phones and handheld computers with typewriter keyboards and iPod-sized hard drives.
Windows Mobile 5.0, introduced by Chairman
Bill Gates at the company's annual conference for mobile software developers in Las Vegas, also marks an about-face in marketing by eliminating the distinct Pocket PC and Smartphone brands of the operating system.
Other feature enhancements include updates to the mobile versions of Microsoft Word and Excel that better maintain the formatting of documents created on a computer and allow charts to be created from a spreadsheet.
The elimination of the five-year-old Pocket PC brand for PDAs and the separate Smartphone label puts Windows Mobile on the same page as rival mobile device platforms such as Symbian and BlackBerry.
It also marks another change of course in Microsoft's long-evolving strategy to extend the dominance of its Windows computer platform to mobile devices.
Those efforts began with a single platform based on Windows CE, short for consumer electronics, but then fragmented into three custom-made flavors: Pocket PC organizers, "smart" cell phones, and then Pocket PCs equipped with phones.
While the underlying software code for those platforms remain about 90 percent identical, Microsoft has now decided to emphasize the familiar Windows name.
But beyond separate brand names, the new Windows Mobile does remove certain technological distinctions that gave the phone and PDA platforms different capabilities.
One of these is integrated support for Wi-Fi short-range wireless connections, now available for smart phones rather than just Pocket PCs. Another is so-called "persistent" memory storage, which preserves basic user information, contacts and personal settings when a device's battery runs out of power. This capability was previously available for smart phones but not Pocket PCs.
The updated version of Mobile Windows also serves as another example of Microsoft seeking to barge into a hot new sector where it's late to the party much as it responded to the Netscape Navigator Web browser with Internet Explorer and to the Palm Pilot with Pocket PC.
This time, by adding support for internal hard drives, Microsoft is enabling device makers to design phones and organizers with enough storage capacity to compete in the portable music player market dominated by the iPod from Apple Computer Inc.
Windows Mobile accounts for a tiny fraction of Microsoft's business. Combined, software revenue from mobile and embedded devices, such as auto dash systems, and totaled $80 million in the first three months of 2005. That was up 31 percent from a year earlier, but amounted to less than a tenth of Microsoft's overall revenue for the quarter.

CT Scans Show What King Tut Looked Like   PHOTOS  
By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF, Associated Press Writer 16 minutes ago
CAIRO, Egypt - The first facial reconstructions of King Tutankhamun based on CT scans of his mummy have produced images strikingly similar to the boy pharaoh's ancient portraits, with one model showing a baby-faced young man with chubby cheeks and his family's characteristic overbite.
That model, a photo of which was released Tuesday, bears a strong resemblance to the gold mask of King Tut found in his tomb in 1922 by the British excavation led by Howard Carter.
The beardless youth depicted in the model, created by a French team, has soft features, a sloping nose and a weak chin and the overbite, which archaeologists have long believed was a trait shared by other kings in Tut's 18th dynasty. His eyes are highlighted by thick eyeliner.
Three teams of forensic artists and scientists from France, the United States and Egypt each built a model of the boy pharaoh's face based on some 1,700 high-resolution photos from CT scans of his mummy to reveal what he looked like the day he died nearly 3,300 years ago.
"The shape of the face and skull are remarkably similar to a famous image of Tutankhamun as a child where he was shown as the sun god at dawn rising from a lotus blossom," said Zahi Hawass, secretary-general of the Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.
The CT scans the first done on an Egyptian mummy have suggested King Tut was a healthy, yet slightly built 19-year-old, standing 5 feet, 6 inches tall at the time of his death.
The three teams created their reconstructions separately the Americans and French working from a plastic skull, the Egyptians working directly from the CT scans, which could distinguish different densities of soft tissue and bone.
The French and Egyptians knew they were recreating King Tut, but the Americans were not even told where the skull was from and correctly identified it as a Caucasoid North African, the council said in a statement.
"The results of the three teams were identical or very similar in the basic shape of the face, the size, shape and setting of the eyes, and the proportion of the skull," Hawass said.
The French and American models, seen in photos released by the council, are similar with the Americans' plaster model sharing the more realistic, French silicone version's receding chin and prominent upper lip. The Egyptian reconstruction has a more prominent nose and a stronger jaw and chin.
The scans were carried out on Jan. 5 in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, where Tut's leathery mummy was briefly removed from its tomb and placed into a portable CT scanner.
The tests provided an unprecedented look at Egypt's most famous mummy but they did not resolve the mystery of the death of King Tut, who came to power at age 9.
They were able to dismiss a long held theory that Tut, who died around 1323 B.C., was murdered by a blow to his skull or killed in an accident that crushed his chest. It raised a new possibility for the cause of death: Some experts on the scanning team said it appeared Tut broke his left thigh severely puncturing his skin just days before his death, and the break could have caused an infection.
The life of Tutankhamun believed to have been the 12th ruler of ancient Egypt's 18th dynasty has fascinated people since his tomb was discovered in 1922, revealing a trove of fabulous treasures in gold and precious stones that showed the wealth and craftsmanship of the pharaonic court.
A U.S. museum tour a quarter-century ago of Tut's treasures drew more than 8 million people. A smaller number of treasures minus Tut's famous gold mask will again go on display in the United States starting June 16 in Los Angeles, after touring Germany and Switzerland.
The decision to allow the exhibit was a reversal of an Egyptian policy set in the 1980s that confined most of the objects to Egypt, after several pieces were damaged on international tour.
Hawass is leading a five-year project to scan all of Egypt's known mummies including royal mummies now exhibited at the Cairo Museum. Eventually, each mummy will be displayed alongside CT images and a facial reconstruction.
"For the first time, we will make these dead mummies come alive," Hawass said.

05-10-05

JAR2 (me) has a FEVER OF 101ºF today...

 PHOTOS  

05-09-05

Victory Day

60th

Anniversary

Victory Day Poem

In Memory of the Perished

With stalwart determination, thrust onto the battlefield,

They lived and fought and died, wounds that have never healed.

To thwart an infestation, borne from the bowels of hell,

So bravely fought with pride, so many millions fell,

Against evil deviation, fascisms evil creed,

Born in the minds of men, blood letting wert their need.

Such blasphemous devastation, wrought on this land of ours,

Must neer be allowed again, to exist under the stars.

So bravely did they perish, their ultimate sacrifice,

We must never forget, or we will pay the price.

Their memory we must cherish, pass down into the ages,

Bowed head with deep regret, as time turns its drab pages.

And everything around you, at once you know its true

And all that we can see, we owe it all to you.

Thanks must be given unto, you Veterans one and all,

Because of you were free, you brought fascisms fall.

And in my humble way: Ive nothing else to give.

I try to scribe this poem, for the land where I do live.

In memory of this day; Your lives are gone forever

Your ghosts forever roam, our tears would fill a river.

And as you banished evil, forever we must strive

Never to forget, because of you, we are, alive

John Anthony Robles II

Copyright 2004 by John Robles II

05-09-04 From the Official Site of the Russian President

SEE: Kremlin Ru    PHOTOS  

May 7, 2005

Not only did our people defend their Motherland, they also saved the world from Nazism and liberated eleven European countries.

The courage, steadfastness and unity of the multiethnic people was the main force that destroyed Nazism, President Vladimir Putin said at an opening ceremony for a war memorial at Poklonnaya Gora in Moscow.

Our people will always remember and honour the achievement of the generation of victors who defended the right to live, have their own statehood and culture, and fought to give a future to their children.

The heroic deeds and achievements of this generation will always be a moral beacon and the grateful memory of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War will be handed down from generation to generation.

05-02-05 This came in the mail and since we are against racism I posted it.

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May 1, 2005 Dear Members and Supporters,
On April 15, 2005, radio hosts Craig Carton and Ray Rossi of NJ 101.5 FM stated that Asian Pacific Americans are "Damn Orientals and Indians," spoke in "ching chong ching chong" mock Asian gibberish, and made other defamatory statements towards the Asian Pacific American community and New Jersey mayoral candidate Jun Choi. Pleasejoin our campaign to hold NJ 101.5 FM radio and its parent company Millennium Radio Group fully accountable for their on-air racist
propaganda and for their past history of bigotry and hate speech in which they stated that people with mental illness "they must be crazy in the first place," and that they would burn down the homes of recovery patients, preferable with them in it, and shoot recovering
patients in the head.

Visit our website at  http://www.asianmediawatch.net/jerseyguys for more information about this incident and use our easy online campaign form that will send a form letter or your own comments to NJ 101.5 FM and Millennium Radio Group. We also cordially invite you to join Asian Media Watch and the Coalition Against Hate Media. You may join us an active volunteer or simply sign up to support us in spirit. Visit http://www.stophatemedia.org/lists/?p=preferences to register. By registering, you may choose to receive special up-to-the-minute campaign information and have the opportunity to meet dedicated and passionate advocates. Asian Media Watch is proud to be a member and supporter of the Coalition Against Hate Media (CAHM) formed in directed response to the Hot 97 "Tsunami Song." As a result of our efforts, and the efforts of many other elected officials, community leaders, and activists, we have achieved results in the Emmis Communications/Hot 97 incident: - Termination of producer Rick Del Gado and host Todd Lynn - Donation of $1 million to tsunami relief - Suspensions of employees - Public statements of apology - Lost advertisers and revenue However, these important accomplishments are not enough. CAHM is working towards long-term solutions that include education; positive changes in business practices; additional terminations and more to ensure that media companies are held fully accountable for producing hate-based programming We hope you will join us in our latest campaign to hold media companies such as Hot 97 and NJ 101.5 fully accountable for promoting bigotry and hatred.
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04-27-04 POEM to One I Love

Impressario by John Robles II

I couldn't help but cry a tear

With lovers heart I live in fear,

To hear your voice so distant, gone

I strove to voice a happy song...

But if the demons of the night

With whom I am in endless fight...

Would try to take my love away,

Then for myself I've this to say,

I love you.

I love you.

As winter's cold leaves this stark land,

And summer gets the upper hand,

Attempt to come up with scenarios,

More worthy of the impresarios,

Who just play games to win the heart,

My love is true I thus impart.

And if these words can not explain,

The depths of love I feel. Disdain!

I love you.

I love you.

As mountain spring loves shady nook,

And yarn requires the weavers hook,

So too am I in want of thee,

As is the squirrel of the great tree,

My love sings true polyphony.

And in so doing courts to thee.

So as I put down humble pen,

Im emboldened to repeat again.

I love you

I love you.

Copyright 2004 by John Robles II

April 10, 2005 NEW SERVER...

Old Backup...Old HDD Fried:

Happy Birthday to Me, From

"The Company"

Last week my server went down...The hard disc shorted out and everything was lost. Since my last complete backup on separate media was in November you are missing a lot...