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Subject: [BPR] - Geography Newsletter items
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 08:29:14 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
ZIMBABWE MORGUES CROWDED
AIDS is killing over 2,000 people each week in Zimbabwe, leading to
overly crowded morgues. Morgues are forced to maintain longer hours,
some remain open 24 hours a day so that families can claim and bury
victims more quickly. The UN's World Health Organization reports that
25 percent of Zimbabwe's 12.5 million people are infected with the
virus that causes AIDS.
HUNGARIAN CHURCHES MAKE GREAT ANTENNA SITES
1,000 Catholic churches in Hungary have been given the green light to
allow the installation of cellular phone antenna inside the church
towers. The tower rental would bring churches approximately one
million forints ($4,145) per year.
CONTRAILS ADD TO GLOBAL WARMING
A report in the journal "Geophysical Research Letters" stated that the
clouds produced by jet airplanes, contrails, increase cloud cover and
will contribute to increased global warming, especially since the
number of airplanes in the sky is expected to increase 600% by 2050.
Though the clouds are composed of water vapor, water is a greenhouse
gas and can help to increase global temperature.
via: Matt Rosenberg <geography.guide@ABOUT.COM>
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Subject: [BPR] - National computer system
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 08:29:14 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
http://www.drudgereport.com/matt.htm
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XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SAT, JUNE 26, 1999 20:20:12 ET XXXXX
NATIONAL COMPUTER SYSTEM TO MONITOR AMERICANS' NAMES, ADDRESSES,
SALARIES AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS
The WASHINGTON POST is planning a front page story for Sunday editions
detailing an emerging federal computer system that monitors the names,
addresses, salaries and Social Security numbers of virtually all adult
Americans -- all in the name of tracking down parents who owe child
support.
The POST's Robert O'Harrow Jr. describes a system that is currently in
place due to the overhaul of welfare laws three years ago which now
"calls for all employers to quickly file reports on every person they
hire and, quarterly, the wages of every worker."
Beginning next month, the system creeps further.
"Large banks and other financial institutions will be obligated to
search for data about delinquent parents by name on behalf of the
government, providing authorities with details about bank accounts,
money-market mutual funds and other holdings of those parents."
Harrow writes that the government officials feel the system is "safe,
accurate and discreet."
However, a report by the General Accounting Office late last year
claims the computer system at the Social Security Administration,
which holds much of the data, "has known weaknesses in the security of
its information systems."
Developing...
via: isml@onelist.com
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Subject: [BPR] - Clinton Reneged on Pollard Deal
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 08:42:33 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
CLINTON RENEGED ON POLLARD DEAL: Netanyahu plans in the book
he is currently writing to publish several details that will
considerably embarrass the president of the United States. In one of
the chapters Clinton will earn the title 'International Swindler'.
And this is the story. In September '98, Yom Kippur Eve, Clinton and
Netanyahu met for a conversation in the White House, during the
course of which Netanyahu agreed to attend the conference at Wye
Plantation with Yasser Arafat on condition that Clinton would act to
immediately release the spy Jonathan Pollard. Clinton, according to
Netanyahu and his closest advisors, agreed to the condition.
Netanyahu explained to him that this gesture would help him to get
the support from his constituents for the painful part of the
agreement he expected to sign - continuation of the withdrawal from
the territories. 'Bibi went to Wye knowing that Clinton would
immediately release Pollard with the signing of the agreement with
the Palestinians,' the advisors of the departing prime minister said
this week. During the course of the Wye summit the matter of Pollard
was discussed several times between Clinton and Netanyahu. There
were only a few in on the great secret: ministers Sharon, Mordechai
and Sharansky. At the end of the conference, at 5:00 AM, after
arrangements had already been made for the signing ceremony, Clinton
put his hand on Netanyahu's shoulder and asked him to step aside with
him so he could tell him a few things. One of those present in the
room saw Clinton and Netanyahu as they spoke from a distance.
'Netanyahu turned pale, and Clinton hugged him.' The man said this
week. When Netanyahu returned to the center of the room, he told his
advisors and ministers that Clinton had announced to him that he
could not honor his promise to release Pollard. 'We were shocked,'
said one of them. 'We thought that Bibi should go back to Clinton
and tell him: 'if that is the case then there is no agreement with
the Palestinians. You lied to me.' Our problem was that we did not
want to find ourselves again in the terrible situation that both in
Israel and the world Netanyahu would be presented as a liar, and
would not talk at all about the real liar. Foreign Minster Sharon,
who was summoned to the room, was of the opinion that the agreement
must not be signed. Minister Sharansky also said that the signing
ceremony must be postponed. At the end, after Clinton promised to
continue acting for the release of Pollard, the Israeli side folded.
The signing ceremony was held with some delay, and Pollard remained
in prison.'
Netanyahu plans to reveal his full account in his book, in which
Clinton will be presented as a scoundrel who did not intend, from the
outset, to honor his part in the process that led to the Wye
conference. (YEDIOT AHRONOT)
TZEMACH NEWS SERVICE
Week Ending: 26 June 1999 / 12 Tammuz 5759
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Subject: [BPR] - List of Wealthiest Heads of State
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 08:55:12 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
List of Wealthiest Heads of State
Copyright 1999 by The Associated Press
Sun, June 20, 1999
NEW YORK (AP) -- Following is a list of heads of state, including
kings, queens and presidents, who are billionaires, according to
Forbes magazine. Listings include name, country, estimated net worth
and source of wealth.
1. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Brunei, $30 billion, oil, gas, investments
2. King Fahd Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, Saudi Arabia, $28 billion, oil,
investments, property.
3. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, United Arab Emirates, $20
billion, oil, investments, property.
4. Amir Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Jabel Al-sabah, Kuwait, $17 billion, oil,
investments, property.
5. Queen Elizabeth, Britain, $16 billion, investments, property (bulk
of which includes the Royal Collection, including the crown jewels,
held by the queen in trust for the nation; her personal holdings
estimated at $450 million).
6. Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, United Arab Emirates, $12
billion, oil, investments, services.
7. President Saddam Hussein, Iraq, $6 billion, oil, son controls
smuggling
8. Queen Beatrix, Netherlands, $5.2 billion, investments.
9. Amir hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Qatar, $5 billion, oil,
investments.
10. President Hafez Al-Assad, Syria, $2 billion, oil, agriculture.
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Subject: [BPR] - June 28, 1999 TV Programs
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 08:32:20 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
8:00 PM Eastern
DISC - CASINO TECH - Casinos dissuade cheating with a
high-tech array of weaponry.(CC)(TVG)
TLC - NATURE'S RAGE - "Tracking the Killers" -
Experts spot, track and warn of natural
disasters.(CC)
9:00
PBS - PEOPLE'S CENTURY - "Guerilla Wars; God Fights
Back" - Guerrilla warfare;
fundamentalism.(CC)(TVPG)
A&E - INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS - "Guns in America: Gun
Life" - Guns are used for a variety of reasons across the
United States.(CC)
TLC - NATURE'S RAGE - "In Harm's Way" - People study
natural disasters despite the danger to
themselves.(CC)
10:00
TLC - STRANGE SCIENCE - "Bizarre Phenomena" -
Baffling mysteries of today; the Shroud of Turin; medical
diagnosis.(CC)(TVG)
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Subject: [BPR] - Radio Meteor Alert
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 09:04:47 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
NASA Space Science News for June 28, 1999
Radio Meteor Alert -- The earth may be headed into two meteoroid
swarms that could produce shooting stars for the next week. The
meteors might be difficult to see visually (some are expected
during the daytime) but HAM radio operators will be able to
monitor these showers using radio reflection techniques. Radio
observations reported to Science@NASA yesterday indicate that
meteor activity may already be underway. This story includes audio
sounds from meteors recorded on June 27th. FULL STORY at
http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast28jun99_1.htm
via: NASA Science News <expressnews@sslab.msfc.nasa.gov>
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Subject: [BPR] - China News Digest items (6/28/99)
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 09:09:48 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
China, Russia to Jointly Develop Hi-Tech Weapons
[CND, 06/27/99] General ZHANG Wannian, Vice-Chairman of the Central
Military Commission of China, is in Moscow this month to sign an
agreement with Russia for the collective development of several
weapons systems, the South China Morning Post reported on Saturday.
According to diplomatic sources in Beijing, China and Russia agreed
that China is to provide the majority of funding, while Russia is to
provide the expertise. A Chinese military expert said that the
hardware, such as missiles and submarines, would be on the top of the
development list.
China will also buy about 48 state-of-the-art Su-30 jet fighters from
Russia, but the jets will not be delivered soon due to unsettled
payment terms and complex delivery logistics. (LIU Weimin, WU Yiyi)
Executions in China Mark United Nations' Anti-Drug Day
[CND, 06/27/99] China launched a nation-wide crackdown on drug
dealers during the week approaching United Nations' International Day
Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, AP reported on Saturday.
State media reported that 71 people were executed last week.
Authorities also organized public rally in Guangzhou to witness the
death sentence of 28 drug traffickers. In one case, a person named QU
Yongcai was put to death for manufacturing 946 kg of the drug "ice."
Four others were sentenced for for selling 6.3kg of heroin.
Executions are reported in Shaanxi province, where 12 were executed.
Fourteen others were executed in Fujian and eight in Hunan. Nine more
face execution in Shanghai, where 300 kg of seized illegal drugs were
destroyed, the biggest single amount of illegal drugs ever destroyed
in Shanghai. (Andrea Settime, WU Yiyi)
Donors to China's First Sperm Bank Need to Meet High Standards
[CND, 06/27/99] Many prospective sperm donors contacted China's first
sperm bank in Chengdu, Sichuan province, inquiring about the
application procedure, only to find out that not everybody can
qualify, AP reported on Saturday.
Run by the local state family-planning agency, the sperm bank only
accepts three kinds of donors: intellectuals, such as advanced degree
holders, associate professors and above, well-known writers and
journalists; entertainers, such as movie stars, athletes and artists;
and entrepreneurs, such as high-level management people and
financiers.
The sperm bank requires all the eligible donors to be under the age of
60, and free of family history of any genetic disease. To prevent the
risk of inbreeding, sperm from any single donor will be given to no
more than five women residing in different geographic regions.
The discriminatory criteria already brought criticism from medical
experts. A geneticist in local medical school commented: "The sperm of
highly educated people may not be better than anyone else's." (Jenny
HUANG, WU Yiyi)
World Bank Approves Controversial Loan to Develop Tibet
[CND, 06/27/99] The World Bank approved a US$160 million loan to
China despite objections from the United States and Germany, and
protests by Tibetan activists, the South China Morning Post reported.
China was anxious to get the loan before June 30, a deadline after
which the bank will no longer provide China the bank's lowest cost
loans. Because of the pressure from the United States, the World Bank
will discontinue to recognize China as one of the world's poorest
countries.
Beijing had warned that it would close the World Bank's offices on the
mainland and suspend bilateral cooperation on financial affairs with
any country that would disapprove it.
As part of a larger poverty relief plan for northwestern China, the
project includes the resettlement of 58,000 Chinese farmers from the
densely populated, infertile hills of Qinghai province to an area with
a sparse population of ethnic Tibetans and Mongolians, 450 km to the
west.
Last week, however, 11 of the World Bank's executive directors wrote a
letter of protest to bank president James Wolfensohn. Sixty U.S.
congressmen and 17,000 petitioners followed suit.
Board members protested that the loan was contrary to the bank's
policies on resettlement and aboriginal people, and was not able to
reveal information promptly. As a result, the bank temporarily froze a
part of the project -- involving US$40 million, until a panel reviews
the loan.
A World Bank spokesman said that Beijing would comply with the
compromise reached on Thursday and let politicians, journalists, and
interested parties access the project freely at any time without
government supervision.
It is unprecedented that the bank's board has approved a project with
objections from the United States, its largest shareholder. Britain
was in favor of the move, while four other countries, including France
and Italy, abstained. (ZHOU Haosheng, WU Yiyi)
via: CND-Global Editors <cnd-editor@cnd.org>
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Subject: [BPR] - Clinton eyes 2002 senate race as Arkansan (resend)
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 09:12:01 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
News Article: Clinton Eyes 2002 Senate Race As Arkansan - Report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Friends of President Clinton believe he
will run for the Senate from Arkansas in 2002, The New Yorker
reported Sunday.
Jeffrey Toobin, writing in the "Talk of the Town" section
of the magazine due out Monday, said that "over the past
several weeks, some old friends of the first family have been
talking" about another Senate race besides first lady Hillary
Clinton's widely expected campaign to succeed New York
Democratic Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan when he retires next
year.
"These people believe that Bill Clinton will run for the
United States Senate from Arkansas in 2002," Toobin said. "One
person who has spoken to the president about the possibility of
this campaign described his reaction as 'noncommittal but
interested."'
"The incumbent in the Arkansas Senate seat might make the
race especially tempting for Clinton," Toobin added. That is
first-term Republican Sen. Tim Hutchinson, who voted to impeach
the president on both counts brought against him earlier this
year, Toobin said. Rep. Asa Hutchinson, one of the House
managers in Clinton's impeachment trial, is the senator's
brother.
Toobin pointed out that when Clinton leaves the White House
in January 2001, he will be the youngest former president since
Theodore Roosevelt. "If Clinton won, he would be the second
ex-president to serve in the Senate," after "his fellow
impeachee, Andrew Johnson," a senator for five months before
his death in 1875, Toobin wrote.
Asked about the magazine's report, White House spokeswoman
Julia Payne said: "I don't know anything about it. Everyone,
including the president, is speculating about what he's going to
do next."
http://news.excite.com/news/r/990628/00/news-clinton-senate
via: bible_prophecy-news@onelist.com
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Subject: [BPR] - Infobeat News items (6/28/99)
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 09:25:06 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
*** China might offer Milosevic asylum
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - A top opposition leader says Yugoslav
President Slobodan Milosevic has been offered asylum in China if he is
ousted, so he can avoid prosecution on war crimes, a German newspaper
reported Saturday. The U.S. offered a bounty Friday of $5 million for
information leading to the arrest and delivery of Milosevic and others
who have been indicted by the international war crimes tribunal based
The Hague, Netherlands. Former Belgrade Mayor Zoran Djindjic, a top
pro-democratic activist, told Bild am Sonntag he expects Milosevic
will come under so much political pressure he will eventually have to
resign. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560081567-7c2 ***
Also: Clinton tells Serbs to rethink Milosevic, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560075202-a3c ***
And: Milosevic's popularity wanes, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560075184-145
*** Syria wants all of Golan returned
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - With hopes growing for renewed negotiations,
Syria insisted Sunday it could not make peace with Israel without the
return of the entire Golan Heights. The election in May of Ehud Barak
as Israel's prime minister has raised expectations that long stalled
negotiations between Syria and Israel could resume. Barak has
expressed a willingness to give back territory in the Golan. Syria has
long demanded a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights, a
plateau Israel occupied in the 1967 Middle East war and later annexed.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560090816-434
*** Also: Weizman says Israel must return Golan, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560082886-5c7 ***
And: Israeli border town living in fear, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560073045-db8
*** Rio summit leaders seek partnership
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - European and Latin American leaders will
try to forge a new strategic partnership at their summit opening
Monday, hoping to counterbalance the political and economic dominance
of the U.S. Key among the issues for the leaders of 48 European,
Caribbean and South American nations during the two-day summit will be
a Europe-Latin America free-trade zone. "It's a big chance for Europe
and Latin America," said German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer at a
pre-summit gathering of ministers Sunday. "We should use this historic
chance." There had been talk of linking the 15-nation European Union
and Mercosur, the South American trade bloc that includes Brazil,
Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and associated members Chile and Bolivia.
In recent days, the EU has backed away from laying out a timetable to
negotiate the link-up. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560094880-82f ***
Also: Summit means little to Brazil's poor, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560093651-235 ***
And: Rio summit leaders regulate capital, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560084123-fde
*** UN gives Iran $13 mln for drug fight
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran will receive $13 million from
the U.N. to help fight drugs, the head of the U.N. Drug Control
Program said, according to a report Sunday. Pino Arlacchi told
reporters in Tehran Saturday that $7 million would be spent on border
vigilance and the rest would go to research, rehabilitation of addicts
and raising drug awareness in local communities, the official Islamic
Republic News Agency reported Sunday. Arlacchi watched authorities set
ablaze 50 tons of drugs seized from smugglers to mark the opening of a
U.N. anti-drug office in Tehran Saturday, said the IRNA report, which
was monitored in Dubai. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560092913-714
*** Nuremberg Laws to be exhibited
LOS ANGELES (AP) - To the surprise of Jewish scholars and
theologians, a small California library announced it possesses the
original text of the Nuremberg Laws, the decrees signed by Adolf
Hitler that made discrimination against Jews part of Germany's
national policy. The documents, which have been tucked away for more
than 50 years inside a vault at Huntington Library in suburban San
Marino, will go on display indefinitely beginning Tuesday at the
Skirball Cultural Center, a Jewish cultural museum, Skirball president
Uri Herscher said Saturday. The Nuremberg Laws, signed by Adolf Hitler
Sept. 15, 1935 "for the safeguard of German blood of German honor,"
prohibited relations, marriage and cohabitation between "Aryans" and
Jews. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560082736-94a
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Subject: [BPR] - What's New at BPR?
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 07:35:39 -0500
From: <owner-bpr@philologos.org>
Bible Prophecy Research
Additions and updates made since Jun 13, 1999
Number 26
Jun 28, 1999
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Hello everyone!
We have a couple of new and very interesting files online, as well
as some updated ones. The 1999 Sky Signs file has once again
been updated. This is one of my favorite files to work on. The
discovery of a new comet (Lee) has created some controversy,
and it is interesting to see the various arguments and beliefs
surrounding the appearance of this new visitor to the heavens.
Make sure you visit all the links suggested in the 1999 Sky Signs
file.
If any of our readers has a book recommendation, we would love
to hear it. Please feel free to share some excerpts and a possible
review with us, however, if you simply want to pass on the name
of a good book, send it my way.
And speaking of book recommendations, Moza a few weeks ago
suggested a book entitled "Healing the Land" by Winkie
Pratney. I must share a little excerpt from it (p. 44) that absolutely
gives me a chuckle every time I think of it --
"There is a simple way to put the Western idea of origins:
Frog + princess kiss = handsome prince
(this is called 'fairy story')
Frog + 10 billion years = handsome prince
(this is called 'science')"
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What's New at BPR?
> Added: The Prince of the Power of the Air Plays a Mean
HAARP
http://philologos.org/bpr/files/Misc_Studies/ms-029.htm
"HAARP stands for High-frequency Active Auroral Research
Program. The US government has a facility in Alaska that is
utilizing this technology which claims that it 'is a scientific
endeavor aimed at studying the properties and behavior of the
ionosphere, with particular emphasis on being able to understand
and use it to enhance communications and surveillance systems
for both civilian and defense purposes.'"
Excellent article by Moza that focuses on recent weather changes
and other atmospheric phenomena effecting both man and
animals.
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> Added: The Judgment of the Fever
http://philologos.org/bpr/files/Misc_Studies/ms-030.htm
Interesting insights from one of our Update readers. Here's an
excerpt:
"When we look at the curses that were placed upon a man in Det.
28:22, 27 we notice that as they continue they become more and
more personal. Here are some listed and their meanings: fever (to
burn, kindle), inflammation (to flame, burn), sword (to parch),
blastings (scorch), mildew (paleness), and botch (to burn). The
general theme of all the various curses have almost the identical
meaning which is 'TO BURN'."
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What's Updated at BPR?
> Updated: Late 1999 Sky Signs
http://philologos.org/bpr/files/Sky_Signs/ss-011.htm
> Updated: Nostradamus
http://philologos.org/bpr/files/Misc_Studies/ms-019-a.htm
> Updated: The Book of Life
http://philologos.org/bpr/files/b-005-01.htm
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And what was happening a year ago?
Headlines and news stories
from the Morrock News Service
http://morrock.com
Jun 26, 1998 - MIR DISASTER POSSIBLE: The head of Russia's
mission control says the space station Mir may end its days in an
uncontrollable fall to ``almost anywhere'' on Earth. That could
happen, said Viktor Blagov, if the government pulls the plug on
financing for the station and forces the crew to be evacuated
before Mir's final descent is set. At the moment, Mir is gradually
moving downwards -- it will drop out of orbit and plunge burning
to the Earth by the end of next year.
For more on space station Mir see:
Late 1999 Sky Signs
http://philologos.org/bpr/files/Sky_Signs/ss-011.htm
Paco Rabanne sees Mir destroying Paris in August
http://philologos.org/bpr/digests/threads/001.htm
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Book Review and Recommendation
Daniel, John. "Scarlet and the Beast: A History of
the War Between English and French Freemasonry," (c)1995,
ISBN: 0963507990
"In 1982 and 1986 three secular revisionist authors, Michael
Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln published 'Holy
Blood, Holy Grail' followed by 'The Messianic Legacy.' These
two books dramatically reveal a secret order structured in the
manner of Freemasonry, and founded in Europe twelve centuries
before the Grand Lodge was officially formed in 1717. This order
protects both the Holy Grail and the Merovingian bloodline,
which bloodline carried Mystery Babylon into the Catholic
Church in 496 AD.
"The Holy Grail, of course, is the so-called cup from which Jesus
drank at the Last Supper. The Merovingians, owners of the Holy
Grail, teach that Jesus fathered children by Mary Magdalene. The
Merovingians claim to be the offspring of that 'holy' union, and
as such, assert they are Jews of the Davidic line.
"In Revelation 17:3-5 the apostle John describes a vision, which
Rev. J.R. Church in 'Guardians of the Grail' believes is fulfilled in the
Grail legend. The Whore of Babylon is holding in her hand a golden
cup full of blasphemy. Church believes the cup is the blasphemous Holy
Grail.
The passage above goes on to quote J.R. Church's belief that the
anti-Christ will come from a secret order of the Merovingians, the
Priory of Sion (Sion is French for Zion). This secret order has
over 9000 members of various religions -- Jews, Protestants,
Roman Catholics, etc -- but whose teachings follow those of their
"greatest prophet -- whom they believe to be Buddha."
Another aspect of the Holy Grail legend involves the spear that
pierced Jesus' side. This spear is called the Spear of Longinus or
the Spear of Destiny. The legend states that whomever
possesses this spear also possesses or controls the world via the
spear's "mystical powers." Hitler, supposedly, later possessed
this spear.
The above is from a three volume work by John Daniel titled
"Scarlet and the Beast: A History of the War Between English
and French Freemasonry" (pg 60, Vol I). It is a highly detailed
and fascinating work. Although apparently out of stock, I was
able to purchase it through Amazon.com (though it did take
several weeks for it to arrive). I believe I paid $57, but I didn't
search elsewhere, so perhaps you can find it for a lesser price.
I'll quote from Daniel's Introduction to give you a better idea of
the scope of this work:
"'Scarlet and the Beast' will examine fifteen hundred years of
political, financial and spiritual intrique between two
conspiratorial powers. As a seasoned investigative trainer, I
have examined circumstantial evidence, evaluated it according to
hard evidence, and combined what is worthy with the hard facts
to develop a story that has intentionally been hidden for a
millennium and a half...
"Volume I ... will trace each occult power as it labors separately
for world dominion. We will examine the four great political
revolutions each spawned: the Glorious Revolution in Great
Britain (1688), the American Revolution (1776), the French
Revolution (1789), and the Russian Revolution (1917). We will
address as well their activities through the two World Wars.
Finally, we will examine God's Word to see what His prophets say
about Freemasonry and the Beast empire it will erect in the last
days.
"[In Volume II we] will journey back to the patriarchs of ancient
Babylon, from whence are Freemasonry's roots. We will discuss
Ham, Cush, Nimrod, and his wife Semiramis, and examine how
Freemasonry's ceremonies are linked to Babylon's fertility
worship of male and female gods. We will learn why the
Babylonian religion hid itself and why it continues today in scret
societies such as Freemasonry.
"Volume III ... places the Harlot's cup of abomination squarely in
the hands of English Freemasonry. We will learn how and why
drugs have been used in all eastern mystery religions, and trace
Freemasonry's involvement in drugs to the British Opium Wars
against China. This [volume] will examine English Freemasonry's
role as the world's drug financier and money launderer, and
French Freemasonry's role as the world's drug trafficker. We will
examine the horrifying prospect of the nuclear destruction of
London by the Beast, and how afterwards the Beast will mark the
world." (pg. 53-54, Vol. I).
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Subject: [BPR] - France Against Israel
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:40:31 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
FRANCE AGAINST ISRAEL
France appears to be reviving its old enmity towards Israel. It had
strong condemnation this week for Israel's retaliatory offensive upon
Lebanon following Hizbullah's fatal katyusha attacks. Israel has made
a formal protest against France's reaction. Foreign Minister Ariel
Sharon wrote to his French counterpart, "You are taking one-sided
positions. As the state that heads the Tracking Committee in Lebanon,
more responsible behavior should be expected."
It was also noted this week that the internet site of Air France shows
a map of the Middle East in which Israel does not appear. The Israeli
Embassy in France, in a letter to the airline, protested both the fact
that the name "East Jerusalem" appears in place of Israel, and that
the address of the Jerusalem offices of Air France does not appear on
the website (the Tel Aviv address does appear). The Israeli Embassy
requested "clarifications" from Air France.
Arutz Sheva News Service
<http://www.a7.org>
Monday, June 28, 1999 / Tammuz 14, 5759
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Subject: [BPR] - Russia Today items (6/28/99)
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:50:19 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
FORMER RUSSIAN MEDIATOR ATTACKS PRICE ON MILOSEVIC'S HEAD
CRANS MONTANA, Switzerland -- Russia's former mediator for Kosovo,
Viktor Chernomyrdin, on Saturday criticized the US decision to offer a
reward for bringing Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to trial.
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=75751&text
MIR SET FOR NEW ROLE -- AS MOVIE
MOSCOW -- Russia's aging Mir space station may have won a reprieve
thanks to a film director who wants to shoot part of a movie on the
13-year-old spacecraft.
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=75746&text
Chase the Girl (http://www.russiatoday.com/features.php3?id=75760):
Kazakhs revive ancient sporting traditions.
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Subject: [BPR] - No Winners in Singapore Hacking Contest
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:58:34 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
Monday, June 28 , 1999: The Tech Channel
No Winners in Singapore Hacking
Contest
SINGAPORE (AFP) -- None of 40,000 computer hackers
who took part in a contest in Singapore succeeded in
penetrating secured web systems, and the top prize of
10,000 US dollars remained unclaimed, organizers said
Monday.
However, the interest generated by the Hackers Zone
competition lasting more than a month since May 14
has prompted organizers to consider another contest.
More than 40,000 hacking attempts on three servers
were monitored by network supervising company
Infinitum, but they failed to gain entry into the
systems, Reed Exhibition Companies said in a
statement.
The competition was part of an information technology
(IT) trade show, InfoSecurity Asia, held last week to
highlight the need for IT security.
"The Hackers Zone competition has provided a pivotal
focus for us to communicate the importance of IT
security. Given the amount of interest we had, we
will consider having this competition up for our next
show," said Jimmy Lau, president of Reed Exhibition
Companies.
One web server which hackers tried to access was
protected by products belonging to an Israel-based
high technology company, Voltaire Advanced Data
Security, that put up the 10,000-US dollar prize.
Another server was protected by California-based
Conclave Integrated Internet Security, which offered
a prize of 10,000 Singapore dollars (5,882 US
dollars).
IT company Infinitum said most of the hacking
attempts were on a unprotected server using default
usernames and passwords.
Attempts on the protected servers were done via
Portscan, a program used by hackers to probe if there
are any services running on a system vulnerable to
hacking.
http://www.arabia.com/content/tech/6_99/hacking28.shtml
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Subject: [BPR] - DC Plans to Mobilize Workers for Y2K Backup
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 17:31:04 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
D.C. PLANS TO MOBILIZE WORKERS FOR Y2K BACKUP
The government of Washington, D.C., has acknowledged that it may
not complete its Y2K fixes in time and is planning a massive
mobilization of emergency personnel and other staff on New Year's Eve
to ensure there are no interruptions in critical city services due to
the Y2K bug. The city is stationing police at 120 locations across
the city to take walk-in requests for emergency services, and is
establishing 21 "warming centers" supplied with food, water, and cots.
School crossing guards will be on call to replace traffic lights at
major intersections, while the hospital will have as many as 175 extra
staff members on site. Many more contingencies are planned for New
Year's as the government admits that it is so far behind on its Y2K
fixes that it may have to rely on "turn-around" techniques. D.C.
Chief Technology Officer Suzanne J. Peck said that "a handful" of city
systems "may fail temporarily." D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams added
that the intent is not to alarm people, but to assure them that the
city will have things under control. (Washington Post 06/28/99)
via: EDUCAUSE <EDUCAUSE@EDUCAUSE.EDU>
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Subject: [BPR] - Please excuse me, but try this!
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 18:52:13 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
The following is from my private email and I apologize now for anyone
who believes I am abusing the list, but sometimes you gotta share
these things:
"Here is proof that either Bill Gates has a sense of humor or that he
is part of the right wing conspiracy Hillary keeps talking about.
1) Open a new Microsoft Word document
2) Type the phrase: I'd like Bill Clinton to resign
3) Highlight this phrase
4) Select: Tools - Language - Thesaurus
5) Look at the suggested phrase"
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Subject: [BPR] - Underwater noise
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 19:16:05 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
Mankind is "playing Russian roulette" with the oceans via underwater
noise generated by supertankers, military sonar, and other sources, a
new study warns. The Natural Resources Defense Council called the
phenomenon "an acoustics traffic jam" that in places affects the
migration routes and breeding patterns of sea creatures. The study
urges stiff new regulations to protect aquatic life.
via: e-Monitor Freemail edition recipients"@csmonitor.com
June 28, 1999
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Subject: [BPR] - June 29, 1999 TV Programs
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 08:51:31 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
8:00 PM Eastern
PBS - NOVA - "Terror in Space" - Life-threatening
problems aboard the space station Mir.(CC)(TVG)
DISC - PRISON TECH - The science, technology and psyche of
prison life.(CC)(TVPG)
9:00
PBS - FRONTLINE - "The Crash" - The global economy;
crash of 1998; financial analysts.(CC)
A&E - INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS - "Guns in America: Inside
the NRA" - The National Rifle Association strongly opposes
gun control; assassinations; school
shootings.(CC)
HIST - CALIFORNIA, HERE WE COME - Burgeoning San
Francisco experiences a calamitous earthquake in
1906.(CC)(TVG)
10:00
TLC - STRANGE SCIENCE - "Weird Places" - Stone
circles in the English countryside; geyser may predict
earthquakes; pilgrims to Lourdes; killer
lake.(CC)(TVG)
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Subject: [BPR] - Infobeat News items (6/29/99)
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 08:57:41 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
*** Syria agrees to visit by Israelis
JERUSALEM (AP) - Syria has agreed to an unprecedented visit by a
group of Israeli mayors, an Israeli government ministry disclosed
Monday - a development that coincides with warming ties between the
two countries. News of the planned tour emerged when the Justice
Ministry made public a warning letter to the mayors that said they
must receive permission from the Interior Ministry to visit an enemy
country. Since Israel's establishment in 1948, the two countries have
technically been at war because they have never signed a peace treaty.
The group of Israeli Jewish and Arab mayors is scheduled to travel to
Syria in July, according to a report in the Israeli daily Maariv. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560101115-628
*** Pope happy about Orthodox visit
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope John Paul II expressed delight Monday over
the visit of an Orthodox delegation for a ceremony in St. Peter's
Basilica that was boycotted two years ago because of strained
relations. John Paul is to lead the celebration Tuesday to mark the
feast day of Saints Peter and Paul. For two decades, the Orthodox
church sent representatives to the annual ceremony as part of efforts
to improve ties among Christians, but in 1997, the Orthodox skipped
the service. This year's Orthodox delegation, as was last year's, was
sent by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of the
world's 300 million Christian Orthodox. John Paul is determined to
keep improving relations with the Orthodox, making reconciliation
among Christians his principal goal for the millennium. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560102420-ac5
*** Russian panel to study Jehovah's
MOSCOW (AP) - A Moscow court rejected an appeal by Jehovah's
Witnesses Monday, saying a panel of experts would be allowed to study
the group's literature and recommend whether or not it should be
banned. The Moscow city prosecutor's office has been trying to outlaw
the Moscow branch of the U.S.-based church. It is using a provision in
Russia's controversial religion law that gives courts the right to ban
religious groups found guilty of inciting hatred or intolerant
behavior. The case, which began in October, was put on hold in March
when the judge decided to have a panel study the group's literature.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560102122-69c
*** Thailand making bulletproof silk
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's police and soldiers may no longer
have to sacrifice fashion for safety. Researchers at a local
university said Monday they have developed a bulletproof vest and body
armor made from tightly woven strands of Thai silk. Only Special
Forces units of the military and police are currently using the vests,
which according to engineers at the Rajamankala Institute of
Technology, where they were developed, can stop .22 and .38 caliber
bullets. Thailand's police and military, under severe budget pressure,
can't afford vests made from the standard Kevlar. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560097852-f93
*** Vatican OKs beatification for 2
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican gave its approval Monday for the
beatification of two of the three shepherd children who reported
seeing the Virgin Mary in the hills outside Fatima in 1917. The
Congregation for the Cause of Saints approved a miracle attributed to
the intercession of Giacinta and Francesco Marto in the recovery of a
Portuguese woman who had been confined to bed for 22 years. It was one
of a series of decrees issued in the presence of Pope John Paul II,
who will next set a date for the ceremony. Beatification is the last
formal step before possible sainthood. Francesaco Marto died in 1919
at the age of 10; his sister Giacinta in 1920 at the age of 9. Both
died of the flu. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560102021-f27
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Subject: [BPR] - Inside China Today items (6/29/99)
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 09:03:26 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
CHINA DENIES EMBASSY BOMBING VICTIMS WERE SPIES
BEIJING -- China denied on Tuesday a U.S. newspaper report that two
of three Chinese citizens killed in the NATO bombing of Beijing's
embassy in Belgrade last month were spies, not journalists.
http://www.insidechina.com/news.php3?id=75901&text
REPORT: CHINA TO LAUNCH FIRST MANNED SPACE FLIGHT NEXT YEAR
WASHINGTON -- China could by early 2000 join the United States and
Russia as the only nations able to mount manned space flights, USA
Today reported Monday.
http://www.insidechina.com/news.php3?id=75915&text
CHINESE OIL DELEGATION IN IRAQ FOLLOWING BAGHDAD'S WARNING
BAGHDAD -- A Chinese delegation is in Iraq for talks on the
development of a southern oil field following Baghdad's warning that
the existing contract could be "revised," diplomatic sources said
Monday. http://invest.insidechina.com/business.php3?id=75940&text
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Subject: [BPR] - Russia Today Daily Brief items (6/29/99)
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 09:06:57 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
RUSSIA MAY BUILD 3 NUCLEAR PLANTS IN IRAN
MOSCOW -- Russian Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin gave the go-ahead on
Monday for discussions with Iran on building three nuclear power
plants in that country, Interfax news agency said.
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=75876&text
RUSSIA SAYS OFFICIAL TIES WITH NATO STILL FROZEN
MOSCOW -- Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said Monday Russia was
cooperating with NATO over a peacekeeping force in Kosovo but that
otherwise ties with the military alliance remained frozen.
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=76037&text
GERMAN SAYS RUSSIANS COMING TO HIS KOSOVO ZONE
VRBNICA, Serbia -- The head of the German army told Reuters Monday
that Russian forces would arrive in his zone of Kosovo soon to help
keep the peace in the province.
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=76036&text
IMF DELEGATION PORE OVER RUSSIA'S BOOKS AHEAD OF EXPECTED LOAN
DECISION MOSCOW -- A team of senior IMF officials embarked on an
intensive round of talks with government officials Tuesday as the Fund
decided whether Russia had done enough to secure a fresh financial
lifeline. http://invest.russiatoday.com/business.php3?id=76013&text
IMF ENVOY SEES NEW RUBLE PAPER IN JULY
MOSCOW -- Russia may issue new ruble-denominated debt in the second
half of next month, Russia's envoy to the International Monetary Fund
and a former finance minister, Mikhail Zadornov, said on Tuesday.
http://invest.russiatoday.com/business.php3?id=76012&text
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Subject: [BPR] - Clinton denies senate plans
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 09:09:17 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
*** Bill Clinton denies Senate plans
WASHINGTON (AP) - Coming soon to the White House - his-and-hers
Senate campaigns? No way, White House spokesman Joe Lockhart said
Monday. He was responding to a New Yorker magazine report that friends
in Arkansas were encouraging President Clinton to seek a Senate seat
from that state after he leaves office. "He has no intention of
running for the Senate, rules out the idea of running for the Senate,"
Lockhart said. "I think his quote to me was, 'That story is crazy and
I don't know where they got it from.'" Right now, the political focus
in the Clinton household is on first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's
possible Senate bid in New York. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560107353-319
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Subject: [BPR] - RUSSIAN EMP
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 06:46:35 -0500
From: <owner-bpr@philologos.org>
Source: The Washington Times
Published: 06/18/1999; pp A5.
Author: Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough
RUSSIAN EMP
Pentagon intelligence sources tell us that Russia in early April
resumed testing a high-altitude weapon that fires off an
electromagnetic pulse, or EMP. The EMP bursts are similar to the
disruption of electronics caused by a nuclear blast that can shut down
everything from computers to cars. The Pentagon views the Russian
EMP weapon as a serious development that may be part of Moscow's
ongoing anti-satellite weapons development program. U.S. satellites
are the Achilles' heel of the U.S. military' s high-technology force used
for sending orders to forces around the world as well as
communicating with troops and organizing logistics. A recent test of a
ground laser against a U.S. satellite shocked military leaders by
demonstrating how vulnerable U.S. satellites are to disruption.
via: freemanlist@lists.io.com
--- BPR
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Subject: [BPR] - Computers Help Israel War
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 14:42:58 -0500
From: <owner-bpr@philologos.org>
Computers Help Israel War Maneuvers
.c The Associated Press
By MARK LAVIE
TSEELIM, Israel (AP) - Vehicles resembling garbage trucks maneuver
through desert brush, firing silent lasers from empty pipes that
function as tank cannons, sticking out of fiberglass siding.
Computerized data - not supervisors running around with pen and
paper -determine who fired first.
Computers have revolutionized military concepts, planning and
execution in Israel: aiming artillery shells, positioning tanks, isolating
fighter plane targets and spying on the enemy. In training exercises,
their precision ends morning-after arguments.
In one recent exercise witnessed by The Associated Press at the
desolate Negev Desert base of Tseelim, the lightweight, computerized
trucks showed how things have changed from the recent past, when
massive tanks crushed desert weeds on maneuvers.
Lt. Col. Yaron trudged grimly through the sand, giving a wide berth to
Cpl. Noa Marun's vehicle, which blocked a path after being knocked
out by a practice tank firing lasers. Yaron's reckoning would come
later, when a computerized reconstruction of the mock battle pre-
empted the old fist-shaking arguments over who shot whom.
Israel has a decisive edge over Arab armies in computerized weapons
systems, said Ariel Sobelman of Tel Aviv University's Jaffee Center
for Strategic Studies. But he warned that the gap can be closed
quickly with ``off-the-shelf'' computer purchases.
About 80 computer-carrying vehicles bounced over the dunes in the
early-morning desert maneuver. Commanders like Yaron directed their
movements. Soldiers carried out the orders, and specialists, mostly
women, drove.
Wearing a dusty uniform and a floppy army-issue hat, Cpl. Lee Baum,
19, an immigrant from Montreal, Canada, said she and the others took
a truck driving and computer course to learn to operate the ersatz
tanks. ``It's the most amazing thing I ever heard of,'' she said.
The bitter end for Marun's truck was a message on her computer
screen: ``tank knocked out by cannon fire.'' The cannon was a laser
gun on a vehicle like hers.
Visibly tired after a night of driving through the desert, Marun, 19,
took off her protective helmet, revealing neatly-cut blond hair, and
jumped off the truck.
Still inside, two Israeli soldiers were getting used to the idea that they
were dead. ``I don't know where it came from,'' said the tank
commander, Avi, about the laser-simulated shell that destroyed his
tank.
Later, in the headquarters hot seat, Yaron could see exactly where it
came from. From the signals sent back by the trucks and soldiers, the
Tactical Training Center's computers reconstructed the battle, minute
by minute, on a movie screen.
In the pre-computer days, a commander like Yaron could have insisted
that Marum's tank wasn't really hit, that it wasn't ambushed like the
others, that it did the shooting.
Before the Tactical Training Center started operations last October,
explained Col. Avi Ashkenazi, ``90 percent of the time was wasted''
sorting out conflicting claims of whose tanks were where, and who
won.
``The main advantage of this system is that there are no more
arguments,'' said Ashkenazi, commander of the center. The new
simulations also improve training and save wear and tear on real tanks.
In a movie theater-style debriefing room, Lt. Col. Moshe, Yaron's
instructor, clicked his laser pointer and highlighted a line on the
screen on the wall. Little blue squares on the map represented enemy
tanks. The lines showed their cannon fire.
As the computerized image of the battle progressed, superimposed on
a detailed map of the battlefield, red squares representing Yaron's
tanks were wiped out as he led them into an ambush.
``Our mistake was not reporting the position of the enemy tanks when
we spotted them,'' admitted Yaron, squirming slightly in his front-row
seat.
One tank survived by straying two miles off into the desert. As
Moshe replayed the battle, a red square representing the tank drifted
slowly toward the left edge of the map, far from the action. ``Maybe he
thought that was a flanking maneuver,'' Yaron joked.
His next task was to convene his officers in the same room, run
through the battle with them, go over his and their mistakes and learn
how to overcome them.
On the sandy battlefield, Captain Ido Dar, 24, one of Yaron's infantry
commanders, predicted that the computerized replay would show that
his unit was ``pretty good.'' That got a cheer from his soldiers.
If it showed up mistakes, he said with a weary smile, ``it's better if we
make them here than in a real war.''
AP-NY-06-29-99 0542EDT
via: freemanlist@lists.io.com
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Subject: [BPR] - Annan Urges Muslims, West To Bridge Cultural Rift
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 14:42:58 -0500
From: <owner-bpr@philologos.org>
June 29 1:00 AM ET
Annan Urges Muslims, West To Bridge Cultural Rift
OXFORD, England (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Kofi
Annan appealed Monday for Muslim and Western nations to adopt a
new "world ethic" embracing cultural diversity and bridging fault lines
between them.
Praising Iranian President Mohammad Khatami's "farsighted" call for a
dialogue between Islamic and Western civilizations, Annan said
contacts between the two cultures should be "a dialogue of mutual
respect."
"We must accept -- even cultivate -- the presence of different
traditions within each region of the world, and indeed within each
society," Annan said in a speech to Oxford's Center of Islamic Studies.
He said the Muslim-Western divide was one of the most prominent
cultural rifts between nations, fueled by bitterness among many
Muslims at perceived overbearing Western power.
"Today colonialism has ended, but many Muslims still resent their
manifest inequality with the West in power politics. Many of them
have a sense of defeat and disadvantage," Annan said.
"Their resentment has been fed by the unjust treatment of the
Palestinians and, more recently, by atrocities committed against
Muslims in the former Yugoslavia," he added.
The world should heed Muslim wishes for their religion and culture to
be respected, but respect could not be earned by military power,
Annan said.
"Modern societies are too closely linked with each other, and modern
weapons are too terrifyingly destructive, for interaction between
modern civilizations to take the form of armed conflict," he said.
"Today's dialogue must be a peaceful one."
But Annan said Muslim and Western nations should also embrace
their own cultural diversities, pointing to millions of Muslims living in
the West today and the vibrant mix of cultures which contributed to
early Islamic civilization.
Societies both in the West and Muslim world could not survive as
closed blocs of monolithic cultures, he said.
"I do think it is vital that we preserve and cherish diversity wherever
we can. But not...by identifying 'civilizations' with geographically
distinct blocs," Annan said.
"Most of us feel that America's openness and diversity are its best
qualities, and that if it tried to impose cultural conformity it would be
embarking, like other great powers before it, on the road of decline,"
Annan added.
"The dialogue among civilizations must be a dialogue within societies
as well as between them," he said. "And it must be a dialogue of
mutual respect."
via: Newmill <hblonde1@tampabay.rr.com>
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Subject: [BPR] - June 30, 1999 TV Programs
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 08:30:03 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
8:00 PM Eastern
NBC - DATELINE NBC - A New York police department
investigates fortunetelling scams.(CC)
DISC - APACHE: THE STEALTH CHOPPER - Apache and Blackhawk
attack-helicopters serve in Desert Storm
missions.(CC)(TVG)
HIST - FRONTIER DOCTORS - With few available resources,
frontier doctors rely on common sense and
ingenuity.(CC)(TVG)
TLC - EXTREME MACHINES - "Ultimate Speed Machines" - Man's
desire to achieve record-breaking speed.(CC)(TVG)
9:30
TBN - JACK VAN IMPE PRESENTS
10:00
ABC - 20/20 - A man accused of murder in Maryland flees
to Israel.(CC)
HIST - PANAMA CANAL - The linking of the Atlantic and the
Pacific is a cooperative, technological
achievement.(CC)(TVG)
TLC - STRANGE SCIENCE - "Unusual People" -
Spontaneous human combustion; savant syndrome; Master Zhou;
psychic artists.(CC)(TVG)
--- BPR
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Subject: [BPR] - Weekend News Today items (6/29/99)
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 09:02:14 +0000
From: moza@butterfly.mv.com
Peace conference to open on Monday
Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: Arabic News
Tue Jun 29,1999 -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will direct a
message to the conference, which will be attended by Palestinian,
Jordanian and Israeli delegations, that include nearly 165 members in
addition to members of the Egyptian peace process. Former Egyptian
Prime Minister Mostafa Khalil, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat,
former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, US peace process envoy
Dennis Ross, EU peace process envoy Miguel Moratinos, Russian envoy
Victor Yousef Liok, and a representative of U.N. Secretary General
Kofi Annan were all invited attend the opening session of the
three-day conference. At the conclusion of its meetings, the
conference will direct a clear joint message to Israeli Prime
Minister-elect Ehud Barak that calls for resuming the peace process on
all tracks after its halt during outgoing Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu's rule. The message will state that a just,
permanent and comprehensive peace is based on implementing the Madrid
resolutions, the land-for-peace principle, implementing signed
international agreements and resolutions, stopping settlement and
finding an atmosphere of mutual trust that permits the peace process
to reach its aim, which is achieving a comprehensive, just and
permanent peace.
Lebanon Threatens to Turn to UN Security Council
Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: IsraelWire
Tue Jun 29,1999 -- Lebanon on Tuesday filed complaints with the United
States and Russia and indicated it may turn to the United Nations
Security Council to protest Israel's bombing raids last week, which
came in retaliation to Hizbullah Katyusha rocket attacks against
northern Israeli communities. The move comes following Israel's
cancellation of participation in monitoring committee meetings on
Monday, which was scheduled to meet to review accusations by both
sides concerning violations in southern Lebanon. France stated the
nations participating in the committee will meet following the new
government taking office. Israeli sources stated on Tuesday that
Israel did not attend the meeting in protest of Lebanon's disregard
for the Grapes of Wrath Accord. [Editor's note:It is of prophetic
interest that except for Israel and those of us who love her, that no
mention is made that Israel simply retaliated for terrorists acts, as
they have repeatedly warned Hizbullah they would.]
Iran and Greece plan defense cooperation deal
Weekend News Today
By Kelly Pagatpatan
Source: Reuters
Tue Jun 29,1999 -- Iran and Greece, which border Turkey, said they
would sign an agreement on defence cooperation soon, but they added
that the move was not aimed at any country, the Iranian news agency
IRNA reported on Tuesday. It quoted visiting Greek Defence Minister
Akis Tsohatzopoulos as telling a news conference late on Monday that
``Tehran and Athens will promote their defence cooperation through
signing a letter of understanding.'' Tsohatzopoulos said he was not
representing the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and that
Iranian-Greek ties were ``not aimed against any country,'' the agency
said. Greece and Turkey are members of the Atlantic alliance. Iranian
Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani told the same news conference that the
agreement would be signed at the first meeting of the two countries'
joint defence committee, which is to be held in Athens on July 12,
IRNA added. Iranian President Mohammad Khatami on Tuesday welcomed
military cooperation with Greece, state television reported. ``Defence
cooperation between Iran and Greece is not against the interests of
any state, and our efforts are aimed towards achieving security and
stability in the two countries, the region and the world,'' it quoted
Khatami as telling Tsohatzopoulos. Iranian-Turkish relations have
soured over Iran's protests against Turkey's military cooperation with
Israel, the Islamic republic's arch-foe.
Abu Daoud banished from Jordan
Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: Arutz 7
Tue Jun 29,1999 -- Middle East Newsline reports that Abu Daoud, who
has admitted responsibility for the killing of 11 Israeli athletes
during the 1972 Olympics, has been expelled from Jordan. A London
newspaper reported that PLO fugitive Abu Daoud left Jordan for an
undisclosed destination, after he was told that he could no longer
stay in the Hashemite kingdom. Reasons cited included international
pressure for his extradition, and Jordanian concern that the Israeli
Mossad would target him for assassination. Israel recently refused to
allow Abu Daoud to cross the Allenby Bridge into Israel on his way to
Gaza.
Isreali opposition, The Likud party, gears up
Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: Arutz 7
Tue Jun 29,1999 -- It's official: The Likud will be in the opposition.
Likud chairman Ariel Sharon, who appears to have less than a week
remaining in his term as Foreign Minister, met with Barak yesterday
for five minutes, and said afterwards, "We [the Likud] succeeded in
introducing some changes in the basic guidelines, but we [are opposed]
to the Syrians sitting on the shores of the Kineret, [and demand]
construction in all parts of Jerusalem and on the decision-making
mechanism... I came to the negotiations with a sense of national
responsibility, and out of a desire for broad consensus in the
government, in order to deal with the difficult challenges that stand
before us... I was not the one who changed his position... We will
struggle against the government from the opposition." Likud MK Gideon
Ezra, speaking with Arutz-7 today, agreed: "I have no doubt that
Sharon was proceeding [in his talks with Barak] based on agreements
that they had, and the one who broke these was Barak. Barak backed
down because Shas guaranteed him peace-process support, of which he
could not be sure with the Likud. Asked whether significant
differences really existed between the respective political approaches
of Barak and Sharon, Ezra said, "Certainly," but did not elaborate.
"Barak will have trouble implementing his promised policies without
withdrawing from the entire Golan, up to the Kineret shore, and will
only be able to get out of Lebanon within a year by doing so
unilaterally," he added. "All in all, I am happy that we are in the
opposition, because this is an impossible coalition. We will be
together in the opposition with Yisrael Beiteinu and the National
Union, and if we are united and work together, we can do good work."
Visit of Israeli mayors to Syria postponed
Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: IsraelWire
Tue Jun 29,1999 -- An historical trip by Israeli mayors to visit
Syria, planned for the end of July, was postponed after a letter was
sent to the Center for Local Municipalities by the Attorney General's
Office, explaining that traveling to an enemy country, including
Syria, was against the law. The mayors' trip was initiated by a senior
European personality, and was intended to be a meeting between the
Israeli mayors and senior Syrian government officials and municipal
leaders. The idea for the visit was broached three months ago during a
conference of mayors in Spain, and the Israeli delegates received
permission to enter Syria via a European city. The visit was billed as
an opportunity for furthering cooperation between municipalities of
the two countries. The mayors thought that their plans were being kept
secret, so they were surprised last week to receive a letter from
Rachel Sucar, the deputy attorney general, in which she made clear
that traveling to Syria is against the law, except by permission of
the Foreign Ministry.
Jordan refuses to participate in Turkish-Israeli maneuvers
Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: Arabic News
Tue Jun 29,1999 -- The Jordanian paper al-Masa'yeah quoted Jordanian
official sources as saying that the Jordanian government has refused
to participate, even symbolically, in Turkish-Israeli maneuvers to be
held in the last third of July. The paper added that the military
committee which supervises these maneuvers has closed its files
without receiving a Jordanian answer concerning the invitation
extended to Amman three months earlier, a matter which means in
"diplomatic norms" an unannounced refusal to take part
Egyptian-Syrian summit in Cairo
Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: Arabic News
Tue Jun 29,1999 -- An Egyptian-Syrian summit will be held between
Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak
in Cairo by the beginning of next week. Previous reports state there
"are disputes between the two countries which emerged following
Syria's reservation on the invitation extended by Egypt for a
five-member Arab summit for the countries bordering Israel." The
summit will discuss three main issues: adopting a united Arab stand to
deal with the government of Barak, the results of Mubarak's talks in
Washington, especially in regard of ideas debated to reactivate the
Middle East peace process on all tracks, and current preparations for
convening an Arab summit.
King Abdullah II to start Arab visits on Friday
Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: Arabic News
Tue Jun 29,1999 -- Jordanian monarch King Abdullah II is to start a
two-day Arab tour on Friday, during which he will visit Morocco,
Mauritania, Yemen and Sudan and after which he will head to London for
a special visit. During the tour he will discuss means of reviving
Arab solidarity and the Middle East peace process to fulfill Arab
rights. A Sudanese source stated that King Abdullah will discuss with
Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir the development of relations between
Sudan and Britain in light of signing an agreement to exchange
ambassadors between the two countries. The source added that Jordan
did not save any effort to ease the suffering of Sudan and that Jordan
supports Sudan's desire for openness with the world.
Chinese paratroopers conduct massive military exercise in Tibet
Weekend News Today
By Kelly Pagatpatan
Source: AP
Tue Jun 29,1999 -- Chinese paratroopers with motorized hang gliders
and high-tech gear recently staged mock battles on icy mountains in
Tibet, state media said Tuesday. The training exercise on a corner of
the Tibetan plateau shows China's military has ``the ability to carry
out an airborne mission in a region with complicated geological
conditions,'' the Xinhua News Agency quoted an unidentified military
spokesman as saying. Despite low visibility due to rain, all
paratroopers hit their targeted landing zones and fought mock battles
in gorges, on snow-covered mountains and in swampy areas in Sichuan
province's Aba prefecture, Xinhua said. The report was unusual because
China's secretive military rarely gives details on or even publicizes
training exercises. But Chinese leaders have been unnerved by NATO's
military campaign to stop ethnic repression in Yugoslavia's Kosovo
region, fearing it could set a precedent for intervention in Tibet and
other parts of China with restive ethnic minorities. In the wake of
NATO's bombing campaign, Chinese defense experts have called for
increased military spending. President Jiang Zemin said Sunday that
China's defenses and its high-tech capabilities must be strengthened
``in the face of new military developments in the world.'' During the
exercise, paratroopers used new intelligence-gathering equipment and
engine-powered hang gliders, Xinhua said. Also employed was
state-of-the-art communications equipment which allows soldiers to
pinpoint their exact location and communicate easily with command
centers after they land, the report said.
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Subject: [BPR] - Galileo and Jupiter's moon Callisto
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 09:17:33 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
Taking the scenic route to Io
Galileo zoomed by Callisto this morning in the second of four encounters
designed to bring the spacecraft closer to Jupiter's volcanic moon Io
June 30, 1999: This morning at 07:47 UT NASA's Galileo spacecraft zoomed
past Jupiter's moon Callisto at a distance of only 1,047 km. JPL reports
that the encounter was a success and that the spacecraft is operating
normally.
The main purpose of today's flyby was to modify Galileo's orbit and bring
the craft closer to Io, the innermost of Jupiter's large satellites. Io is
one of the most exotic places in the solar system. It is literally
bursting with volcanoes that spew sulfurous plumes over 300 km high. One
called Prometheus may have been active for at least 18 years! In October
or November, after a series of four orbit-changing encounters with
Callisto (today's was the second), Galileo is scheduled to make two daring
close approaches to Io, possibly flying through a volcanic plume.
Although the most dramatic flybys of Io won't take place until later in
1999, scientists will get a closer look at the volcanic moon later this
week when the spacecraft passes it at a distance of just 127,000 km.
Galileo was within just 900 km of Io in December 1995 but the spacecraft
wasn't taking pictures at that time, so this week's encounter may provide
some of the best ever pictures of Io's volcanoes.
Left: Ron Baalke and David Seal of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have
prepared several computer-generated animations of today's Callisto flyby.
Click here for viewing options.
"We'll also have the first real passage since 1995 through the outer edge
of the Io torus during this orbit," says JPL's Dr. Torrence Johnson, the
chief scientist for the Galileo mission.
The Io torus is a gigantic ring of ionized gas circling Jupiter formed by
sulfurous material ejected from Io's volcanoes. With a diameter the size
of Io's orbit it spans 844 thousand km and has an important impact on
Jupiter's magnetic environment. As Io moves along its orbit and through
this magnetized plasma torus, a huge electrical current flows between Io
and Jupiter. Carrying about 2 trillion watts of power, it's the biggest DC
electrical circuit in the solar system.
"Galileo will spend nearly a day inside the edge of the torus in an
overall region of space between Io and Europa," noted Johnson. "We've been
there once before in 1995. We know generally what the Io torus is and what
it's made of. Now we're going to look at its detailed structure, to
investigate what sort of physics is going on."
Although at this point in the Galileo mission Callisto is primarily a
turning point on the road to Io, it is also of considerable interest to
scientists.
With a diameter of 4,800 km, Callisto is nearly the same size as the
planet Mercury. Its icy surface is the most heavily cratered place in the
Solar System, but there are no volcanoes or even any large mountains. It
is thought that little has happened to alter the surface for billions of
years, other than occasional impacts with asteroids, comets, and other
interplanetary debris.
Right: Callisto's many craters are apparent in this contrast-enhanced
image taken by the Galileo spacecraft in 1997. Visible near the image
center is Valhalla, one of the largest impact craters in the Solar System,
measuring about 4,000 kilometers across.
"One of the biggest mysteries about Callisto involves its craters," says
Torrence Johnson. "As on other cratered bodies, the craters on Callisto
come in all sizes. There are a few really large craters, like Valhalla,
and then as you look at smaller and smaller impact features there are more
and more of them. On Callisto, craters smaller than about 1 km seem to
have been partially obliterated, or 'disaggregated' by some unknown
process. On planets like Mars or Earth where there's been weathering or
erosion, the obliteration of small craters is expected. But Callisto
doesn't have a substantial atmosphere or any obvious sources of erosion,
so what's happening to these craters? It's a real puzzle."
"The disaggregation in small craters on Callisto is a theme for all four
flybys leading up to the Io encounters," he continued. "All of the science
instruments will be online during the flyby. The Solid State Imaging
Camera will take high resolution pictures that we can use to study
cratering statistics. We'll also be using the Near-infrared Mapping
Spectrometer (NIMS) and the UV spectrometer to get a handle on the
chemical composition of the surface. We really want to examine places on
Callisto that we haven't looked at before to see if the process that wipes
out the small craters might be related to big impact features or to
variations in the composition of the terrain."
The UV spectrometer will also peer at Callisto's limb during the flyby in
hopes of gleaning more information about the satellite's tenuous carbon
dioxide atmosphere. Galileo's Dust Detector will be active, too, making
measurements of dust particles around Callisto that might be ejecta from
ongoing impact events.
Another interesting story lies beneath Callisto's surface. Galileo
magnetometer data released in 1998 indicate that Callisto, like another of
Jupiter's moons Europa, may harbor an underground ocean. Callisto has a
magnetic field that fluctuates in time with Jupiter's rotation. So far,
the best explanation for Callisto's peculiar magnetism is an underground
layer of melted ice. If the liquid is salty like Earth's oceans, it can
carry sufficient electrical currents (induced by Jupiter's powerful
rotating magnetic field) to produce a fluctuating magnetic field around
Callisto.
Above: Voyager and Galileo have returned tantalizing evidence for a liquid
water ocean beneath the surface of Europa. Now researchers are reporting
telltale indications that the battered Jovian moon Callisto may also
harbor a subsurface ocean. This cutaway view of Callisto shows a whitish
200 kilometer thick band of ice just beneath the moon's surface. The
hypothetical ocean - indicated by the underlying light blue stripe - is
potentially a salty layer of liquid water up to 10 kilometers thick, while
the rest of the interior is seen as a jumble of rock and ice. More
information...
Scientists are intrigued by the prospects of an ocean on Callisto because
liquid water is a prerequisite for life as we know it on Earth.
"The basic ingredients for life -- what we call 'pre-biotic chemistry' --
are abundant in many solar system objects, such as comets, asteroids and
icy moons," explained Dr. Torrence Johnson in 1998. "Biologists believe
liquid water and energy are needed to actually support life, so it's
exciting to find another place where we might have liquid water. However,
energy is another matter, and Callisto may not have enough. Callisto's
ocean is only being heated by radioactive elements, whereas Europa has
tidal energy as well. That makes Europa a better prospect for life."
There are many questions about Callisto, and scientists hope that the
lastest series of Galileo flybys will provide some answers. The next two
flybys of Callisto are scheduled for August 14 and September 16, 1999,
when the spacecraft's orbit will be further altered to bring it closer to
Jupiter and Io. Science@NASA will continue to cover Galileo's exploits as
the spacecraft heads for its dramatic encounters with Ioian volcanoes on
October 11 and Nov 26, 1999.
http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast30jun99_1.htm
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Subject: [BPR] - Water Flowing from Temple Mount
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 10:50:30 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
...the water that seems to be, well, leaking out from under the
mosque on the Temple Mount.
In the beginning, there was only rumor. Getting confirmation of this
intriguing occurrence was difficult, especially since the Arabs were
not interested in going public with this one. Furthermore, in light of
all the political-leaks these days, the secular Israeli media finds
little reason to report on a water-leak, and on Arab property yet.
However, through a bizarre act of Divine Providence this week, I was
actually able to speak to someone who has the inside scoop. Yes, the
Temple mount is actually leaking. Yes, the Arabs are very concerned
about it, and have even sectioned off the area into which the water is
emerging (there are big fans set up to reduce moisture and dry
carpets). Yes, they have even hired foreign engineers to solve the
crisis, but to no avail, and for reasons they don't understand as of
yet.
Of course, any sign of trouble for those who occupy the holiest place
in the Jewish world--and the entire universe for that matter--is a
long-awaited one for those yearning for Moshiach and Temple times.
However, beyond such expectations, does the water have any meaning? If
the water was the result of Arab excavations (now why would they be
digging around there?), is that reason to raise a spiritual eyebrow in
wonderment? Perhaps, when one considers the following:
"Then He returned me to the entrance of the House and behold! Water
was coming out from under the threshold of the House to the east-for
the House faced east-and the water was descending under the right hand
wall of the House, south of the altar ..." (Yechezkel 47:1)
It is worthwhile to read the entire quote. According to the Talmud
(Pesachim 22a), a stream used to flow through the Azarah (Interior
Courtyard of the Temple), and its source was Ein Etam (Yerushalmi,
Yoma 3:8); it continued to the Kidron Valley. However, Rebi Eliezer
ben Ya'akov teaches that, at a future date (i.e., the time of
Moshiach), this stream will be replaced by one coming out of the Holy
of Holies on the Temple Mount. (My source, call him "Deep Water," told
me that the wall on our side of the Temple Mount that supposedly
corresponds to the Holy of Holies has been unusually moist!) In the
time of Moshiach, this small stream will become a mighty torrent of
blessing for all mankind, even sweetening the Dead Sea, and healing
the sick and providing food for all. This is one flow we will not go
against!
What to make of all of this? That is the $64,000 question that may be
answered over the coming months. In the meantime, at least for those
who have been wondering: There's water in them thar "hill"!
Have a great Shabbos,
Pinchas Winston
via: Perceptions <perceptions@torah.org>
Perceptions - Parashas Pinchas: Going Against the Flow?
June 30, 1999
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Subject: [BPR] - Science Study Will Create Fireworks
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 12:39:56 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/
ap/science/story.html?s=v/ap/19990630/sc/space_fireworks_1.html
Wednesday June 30 3:34 AM ET
Science Study Will Create Fireworks
By PAUL RECER AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two NASA science rockets next month will create a
celestial fireworks show that may be seen up to 400 miles away from
the Wallops Island, Va., launch site.
A powdered chemical that burns brightly as it comes into contact with
oxygen will be released from a rocket into space between 43 miles and
96 miles above the Earth. The glowing chemical will become a
spreading, corkscrew-shaped cloud of light that is expected to shine
for up to 20 minutes and then slowly fade.
Miguel F. Larsen, a professor of physics at Cornell University and a
principal scientist for the study, said the chemical will burn with a
pearly white intensity and should be visible, in ideal conditions, for
400 miles in any direction from Wallops Island.
This means that if the weather is clear, the glowing cloud might be
sighted as far south as Myrtle Beach, S.C., and as far north as
Boston.
To observers near Wallops Island, the cloud will appear to be almost
directly overhead. With greater separation of the observer, the cloud
will appear closer and closer to the horizon until it is blocked from
view by the curvature of the Earth.
Just when the National Aeronautics and Space Administration will
launch the rockets will depend on the weather and conditions in the
ionosphere, Larsen said. Launch could come at any time between 9:30
p.m. to 4 a.m. EDT each night from July 2 to July 20.
Larsen said the chemical, 6 pounds of powdered trimethylaluminum, will
burn ``in a pearly white color'' that will be dispersed slowly by
winds into a spiral-like cloud and then disappear.
``There's not much oxygen that high up, so it will burn slowly,'' said
Larsen.
The experiment includes a rocket carrying the chemical and a second
rocket carrying instruments that measure electrical fields and charged
particles in the ionosphere.
The experiment will be conducted twice, with a pair of rockets
launched each time.
Larsen said ground instruments will be observing the burning chemical
cloud to determine the direction and velocity of winds.
By combining the wind observations with the measurements from
instruments on the other rocket, scientists hope to understand
more about a layer of the ionosphere about 60 miles up that can
disrupt or degrade satellite communications.
via: isml@onelist.com
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Subject: [BPR] - Drug to cure AIDS?
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:22:22 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
http://www.mpa.gr/latest/MPA.19990630.61798.html
-
A DRUG MADE BY ARMENIAN SCIENTISTS PROMISES TO CURE AIDS
Thessaloniki, 30/06/1999 (MPA)
A drug discovered by Armenian scientists managed to cure 48 AIDS
patients and its use has already been approved by the Armenian state
pharmacology committee.
Russian press reports confirm that a number of AIDS patients, who have
received the medicine, have been cured from the deadly virus.
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Subject: [BPR] - Water from Temple Mount pictures
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:31:59 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
One of our subscribers, Barbara, sent me the following url
http://www.newkingdom.com/water.html where you can see pictures of
the Temple Mount and the water (there might be more pictures in the
future):
"The following pictures were taken on June
23rd, 1999 at the temple mount in Jerusalem. The hose you see
originates in a hole just North of the Dome. Is this Ezekiel 47 being
fulfilled before our eyes?? You decide. To those who were skeptical of
the water coming from the Mount....no apologies needed. I wouldn't
have believed it either without seeing it with my own eyes."
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Subject: [BPR] - China to produce first textbooks on Islam
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 11:58:30 -0500
From: <owner-bpr@philologos.org>
China to produce first textbooks on Islam
6/28/99
China plans to compile a series of textbooks to help the country's
estimated 20 million Muslims improve understanding of Islam which
has existed in the country for 1,300 years, the Chinese News Agency
(XINHUA) reported on Sunday.
The Chinese Language books will explain the Koran, instructions and
Doctrines of Islam in accordance with contemporary Chinese Views on
the religion, XINHUA quoted Khalid Yang Zongshan, Vice-President
of the China Islamic college and Director of the project, as saying.
He noted that the compilation will require at least five years. Islamic
colleges, religious associations and various other institutes
nationwide will participate, he added.
The central Government fully supports the effort, according to Li Ge,
an official at the state council's religious bureau.
"The Government will provide funding and personnel for the project,"
said li.
The Chinese often find the Koran difficult to understand and some
people fail to fully understand what they are reading. "Young
believers need access to thorough and systematic illustrations and
analyses," said Huang Xinman, 26, a former Imam currently studying
at the China Islamic college.
He said the textbooks will provide explanations of the surats (verses)
in line with modern development.
Haji Shamsiddin Mahmud, Vice President of the China Islamic
Association pointed out that the textbooks will be used in colleges
and mosques.
According to the China Islamic Association, China has restored 30,000
mosques since the end of the cultural revolution, but a large majority
of the 40,000 Imams in the country have only primary or at best
secondary school education.
China has nine Islamic colleges and voluminous research books on
the religion, providing a base for the compilation project.
via: Newmill <hblonde1@tampabay.rr.com>
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Subject: [BPR] - July 1, 1999 TV Programs
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 08:48:15 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
8:30 PM Eastern
TBN - INT'L INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING
9:00
DISC - SCIENCE MYSTERIES - "Bermuda Triangle" - Experts
theorize on the mysterious tragedies in the Bermuda
Triangle.(CC)(TVG)
TLC - THE HUNT FOR AMAZING TREASURES - "Hunt for
T-Rex" - The Black Hills of South Dakota are a tyrannosaur
graveyard.(CC)(TVG)
10:00
DISC - INTO THE UNKNOWN - "Monsters of the Deep" - Lake
monsters and sea serpents.(CC)(TVPG)
HIST - THE STATUE OF LIBERTY - Twenty years of efforts
result in France's gift of the copper colossus ``Liberty
Enlightening the World.''(CC)(TVG)
TLC - STRANGE SCIENCE - "Mysterious Skies" - UFOs;
the moon; lightning; meteors; atmospheric
optics.(CC)(TVG)
--- BPR
BPR Web Site - http://philologos.org/bpr
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Subject: [BPR] - Inside China Today items (7/1/99)
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 09:04:30 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
STATE MEDIA: DISPUTED PANCHEN LAMA BLESSES 16,000 FOLLOWERS IN TIBET
BEIJING -- More than 16,000 Tibetans have paid homage to the
controversial Beijing-picked Panchen Lama in a three-day ritual,
official media said Thursday.
http://www.insidechina.com/news.php3?id=76495&text
US OFFICIAL: US-CHINA MILITARY TIES HALTED, NO RESUMPTION SEEN SOON
WASHINGTON -- Military contacts between the United States and China
have virtually ceased since the May 7 bombing of the Chinese embassy
in Belgrade and they are unlikely to resume soon, a senior US defense
official said Wednesday.
http://www.insidechina.com/news.php3?id=76494&text
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Subject: [BPR] - Infobeat News items (7/1/99)
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 09:09:37 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
*** U.S. said to intercept Russia planes
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two Russian strategic bombers on a military
exercise were intercepted by U.S. fighter jets last Friday near
Iceland and another two Russian bombers flew down the Norwegian
coastline, The Washington Post reported in its Thursday edition. Four
U.S. F-15 fighters and an American P-3 patrol plane escorted the two
TU-95 Bear bombers in a clockwise flight around Iceland, which like
Norway, is a member of NATO, the newspaper said. It said Norway
scrambled jets to meet a pair of Russian TU-140 Blackjack bombers
flying down the Norwegian coastline but the bombers turned back before
interceptors reached them. U.S. defense officials said the military
exercise was the largest by Russia in a decade and the first time
since the end of the Cold War Russian planes had probed Western air
defenses. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560135611-04f
*** NATO: Europe needs U.S. help in crises
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - U.S. military dominance in Kosovo shows NATO
is a two-tier alliance with comparatively feeble European forces
relying on Americans to fight their battles, the chairman of NATO's
military committee said Wednesday. Italian Adm. Guido Venturoni held
his first news conference since assuming his new role as NATO's chief
military officer in the midst of the allied air campaign in Kosovo,
and he assessed the lessons of the conflict. "The first is that the
United States not only provided approximately 70% of the air assets
for NATO's air campaign, it also provided the lion's share of the
sophisticated aircraft and weaponry," he said. "Indeed, without the
United States' assets, the alliance could never have mounted an
impressive air campaign such as this." See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560132003-392
*** Barak's coalition agrees to disagree
JERUSALEM (AP) - A coalition of rabbis and radicals, settlers and city
folk, puritans and pragmatists assembled Wednesday by Israel's prime
minister-elect is agreeing to disagree on just about everything but
this: The peace process is back on track. Ehud Barak's letter of
intent announcing he had the numbers to form a ruling coalition was
received by the speaker of the Knesset Wednesday evening, less than 48
hours before the deadline for the legal formality. He will present his
government to parliament some time next week. Parliamentary elections
held the same day Barak resoundingly won direct elections for prime
minister created a fractious legislature composed of an unprecedented
15 parties. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560132783-edd
*** Mubarak makes rounds of Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON (AP) - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met with top
lawmakers Wednesday, shook hands on the Senate floor and drew words of
encouragement for his efforts to get the Middle East peace process
back on track. "I hope to achieve progress as soon as possible,"
Mubarak said. House Speaker Dennis Hastert said he understands Mubarak
plans to meet with Israel's incoming prime minister, Ehud Barak.
Hastert, R-Ill., said such a meeting would be a positive step toward
achieving a comprehensive peace in the region. Mubarak himself later
suggested that such a meeting would, indeed, occur, but not until
Barak's new government was formed. He told reporters the meeting would
be in Cairo. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560133011-712
*** UN population conference opens
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Still at odds over sex education and abortion,
delegates from 180 countries opened a three-day special U.N. session
Wednesday to find ways to cope with the world's population as it nears
6 billion. "To no small extent, your efforts will help determine the
way future generations live on this Earth: their health, the range of
their choices, the stability of their societies," Secretary-General
Kofi Annan said in a toast at a luncheon for conference participants.
Five years after 179 countries adopted an ambitious 20-year program to
curb the world's population at a U.N. conference in Cairo, delegates
are meeting to decide on new proposals to implement it. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560133319-696
*** Scottish Parliament opens
EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) - It's not just the 17th Earl of Lauderdale,
barred from his family's centuries-old role as the monarch's
flag-bearer in Scotland, who is miffed. Attempts to dilute pomp and
pageantry at Thursday's opening of Scotland's first separate
Parliament in nearly three centuries have backfired: neither the
modernizers nor the traditionalists are happy. Queen Elizabeth II will
formally open the 129-member Parliament, which will have the power to
raise taxes and pass laws. The new Parliament is the centerpiece of a
constitutional shake-up by Prime Minister Tony Blair's 2-year-old
Labor Party government. The aim is to decentralize power from London,
while maintaining the union of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560130481-c56
*** Israel welcomes pope statement
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli tourism officials welcomed Pope John Paul
II's statement Wednesday expressing his most serious interest to date
in visiting religious sights in the Middle East, including the Holy
Land. On Tuesday, before a crowd of thousands in St. Peter's Square,
the pope announced his desire to make a "special pilgrimage" in the
upcoming millennial year. Tourism Minister Moshe Katsav, who had
announced earlier this year that the pontiff would visit Israel and
the Palestinian areas in March, said he welcomed the decision. The
Vatican has yet to confirm such a trip. Much may depend on the pope's
health. The frail, 79-year-old pontiff two weeks ago canceled a
hastily arranged trip to Armenia because he was ill. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560130833-38e
*** Earth may have 'twin' somewhere
(AP) - The Earth may have had a twin or even more planetary siblings
when the solar system was born, only to lose them in the vast darkness
of deep space, an astronomer says. These Earth-like planets are still
out there somewhere, and despite their wanderings through the cold,
dark void, they may be capable of supporting life, according to David
Stevenson, a planetary physicist at the California Institute of
Technology. Stevenson advances the theory in Thursday's issue of the
journal Nature. According to this theory, these extra Earth-like
planets were jettisoned into deep space by gravity when they got too
close to Jupiter or other large planets. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560130142-997
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Subject: [BPR] - States Face Early Y2K Test Thursday
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 10:35:56 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
States Face Early Y2K Test Thursday
By Karen Pierog
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The year 2000 won't begin for another six months,
but the state of Kansas has put its Y2K SWAT team on high alert for
Thursday.
Forty-five other U.S. states are bracing for Thursday as well. That
is the day that most states begin their fiscal year 2000 -- and it's
an early test of whether months of work to upgrade computer systems
and eliminate Year 2000 computer bugs were successful.
``We believe we are ready,'' Don Heiman, chief information technology
officer for the state of Kansas, said. ``But I've got my SWAT team in
place just in case of any hiccups.'' The team includes a corps of
accountants and technicians ready to pounce at the first sign of
trouble.
Many computers were programmed to recognize only the last two digits
of the year, and state and local governments have spent millions of
dollars to replace, repair and test their systems so that they will
recognize the year 2000.
While states have been tuning up their systems with Jan. 1, 2000, in
mind, the switch to fiscal 2000 is a milestone of sorts for their
financial operations. Many states Thursday will begin processing
bills, payrolls and other programs against fiscal 2000
appropriations.
``This is an important milestone,'' Heiman said. ``If we don't have
any glitches, it gives me a lot of confidence in the discipline we've
been practicing.''
But Gloria Timmer, executive director of the National Association of
State Budget Officers, said states would still be paying bills and
tracking vouchers by actual dates -- accounting transactions that are
not based on computer calculations involving the year.
``I would be surprised if the year 2000 on a column makes a
difference,'' she added.
Few problems are expected nationwide. Tom Rubel, director of economic
development and commerce policy studies for the National Governors
Association, said states were predicting nothing will happen due to
the fiscal year switchover.
``It's the first step into the Year 2000 issue for a lot of states,''
he said. ``But it's not an operational test, it's a glitch test.''
For example, New York state, which began its fiscal year 2000 on
April 1, reported no computer-related problems moving into its new
budget year. (New York City begins its fiscal year Thursday.)
Charlie Gerhards, Pennsylvania's deputy secretary for information
technology, said his state has been hitting continuous milestones
testing Y2K compliance, such as sending out vehicle registrations
through the year 2000.
``We think we've done due diligence on this and a lot of testing,''
he said. ``And we feel comfortable that when the system rolls into a
new fiscal year this evening that we will be in good shape.''
http://headlines.about.com/index7.htm
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Subject: [BPR] - Arutz-7 News items (7/1/99)
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 18:19:29 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
SENATE SUPPORTS ISRAEL
By a margin of 97-2, the U.S. Senate passed a $12.7 billion foreign
aid bill last night - $1.9 billion less than requested by President
Clinton. Of this $1.9 billion, $100 million was to go to Israel,
prompting some to view the vote as "a slap in the face" to the
outgoing Netanyahu government - which was promised the money during
the Wye Accords negotiations. Former Israeli Embassy liaison to
Congress Yoram Ettinger, disagrees. "The press reports are garbled,"
Ettinger told Arutz-7 today. "The Senate vote was not a slap in the
face to Israel, but to the PLO and the Clinton administration!
Clinton had promised $500 million to the Palestinians and Israel
together, including $400 million that he promised Yasser Arafat during
the Congressional Prayer Breakfast in February. The message is clear:
U.S. legislators are making the continuation of financial help to the
PLO dependent upon the fulfillment of Palestinian commitments."
In a separate vote, the Senate rejected a White House motion to cut
back on annual U.S. aid to Israel. News Editor Haggai Segal asked
Ettinger, "Why did Clinton suddenly decide to make the cutbacks, and
why did the Senate oppose the move?" Ettinger explained, "The U.S.
government accepted an Israeli request some years ago to reduce
economic aid to Israel by $120 million annually, and, of that cutback,
to allot $60 million to further U.S. military aid to Israel. Clinton,
in order to show his displeasure with Israel's handling of the Oslo
process, wished to decree further cuts. What the Senate did was to
defend Israel against the Clinton sanction."
Segal turned to U.S. relations with the new Barak government: "Ehud
Barak has indicated that he would prefer to move straight to the
final-status talks with the Palestinians as opposed to carrying out
the Wye withdrawals at this point. Can he count on support from U.S.
legislators for his program?" Ettinger answered:
"There is no love lost between the U.S. Congress and the Oslo/Wye
agreements. The opposite is true: apathy, ambivalence, and opposition
better describe the majority view. If the Israeli government would
ever begin to appreciate the degree of support it enjoys from the
American public and its lawmakers, it would have more courage to stand
up for its positions. Congress is even more adamant about pro-Israel
issues than our own Knesset! It's the U.S. Congress - not the Knesset
- that is pressing for the extradition of Palestinian murderers to the
U.S., eradication of incitement in the Palestinian educational system,
relocation of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and for the
retreat of Syrian forces from Lebanon!"
THREE WEEKS
The traditional "Three Weeks" mourning period begins today - the 17th
day of Tammuz - in commemoration of the breaching of the walls of
Jerusalem (leading to the destruction of the Holy Temple) and other
national calamities. Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, former Dean of Yeshivat
Yamit and currently head of the Temple Institute in Jerusalem,
explained the significance of this mourning period for today's
generation: "Mourning is carried out for something 'dead,' which is
what Jerusalem and the Temple and the Land of Israel were for the
Jewish people during our Exile, when we were dispersed throughout the
four corners of the globe. Although we must continue to mourn, the
situation now is different: The People of Israel have returned home,
we have Jerusalem and the Temple Mount, and the reality is different,
from a practical and Halakhic point of view. First of all, once we
captured the Temple Mount, the people of Israel are immediately
obligated to renew the Temple worship. Secondly, we must continue to
mourn, but not only the fact that the Temple remains in its desolation
- we must also mourn our own reaction to the events. We and our
leadership, on all levels, have not woken up to the fact that 32 years
ago [when Jerusalem was returned to us during the Six-Day War] things
changed! We are still in 'spiritual exile' and we have not done a
thing to change the situation. This is itself something to cry about!"
Rabbi Ariel closed with the Talmudic blessing, "May all who mourn for
Jerusalem merit to see it joyfully rebuilt," but reiterated that we
must take concrete actions of our own. Rabbi Yosef Elbaum, who
regularly takes visitors on tours to Halakhically-permitted areas of
the Temple Mount, told an Arutz-7 correspondent that Jews should show
their connection with the Temple simply by visiting it.
Information about the Three Weeks and the accompanying fast days can
be found on the following websites: Project Genesis -
<http://www.torah.org/learning/yomtov/3weeks/> The OU -
<http://www.ou.org/yerushalayim/17betammuz/> 613.ORG: -
<http://www.613.org/3weeks.html> Virtual Jerusalem -
<http://www.vjholidays.com/3weeks/17tamuz.htm> Aish HaTorah -
<http://www.aish.edu/calendar/3weeks>
Arutz Sheva News Service
<http://www.a7.org>
Thursday, July 1, 1999 / Tammuz 17, 5759
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Subject: [BPR] - UN peaceful uses of outer space
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 19:52:31 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
UNISPACE III, an international conference on the peaceful uses of
outer space
The third United Nations conference on the exploration and peaceful
uses of outer space (UNISPACE III) will be held in Vienna (Austria)
from 19 to 30 July 1999. High-level government officials and
policy-makers from the 185 Member States of the UN, heads of space
agencies and representatives of intergovernmental and non-governmental
organizations will gather at this international forum to exchange
ideas on the direction of space activities, establish professional
networks and explore commercial opportunities. Top executives from
space-related firms will also attend the event.
UNISPACE III aims to foster a greater understanding and better use of
space science and technology to assist and stimulate economic and
social growth, particularly in developing countries. It is of great
importance for the European Space Agency. ESA has, for many years,
been a firm advocate for the United Nations Office for Outer Space
Affairs, and on behalf of its Member States, is the largest
contributor to the UN Space Applications programme.
ESA, together with its Member States, has played a key role in
coordinating and securing significant European participation in this
event of worldwide relevance. UNISPACE III, an intergovernmental
conference, will also feature over 40 workshops and several symposia,
seminars and round tables. The opening ceremony is scheduled for
Monday 19 July at the Austria Centre in Vienna (Hall A, 10:00-12:00
hrs). The Director General of ESA, Mr Antonio Rodota`, will address
the audience at the plenary session on Tuesday 20 July (Hall A,
10:00-13:00 hrs).
ESA has also coordinated the organization of three workshops on
Satellite Navigation, Disaster Management (in cooperation with the
Japanese space agency - NASDA) and Intellectual Property and Space
Activities.
An exhibition featuring global achievements in the field of space
technology, current and future development tools, emerging
technologies, and ongoing collaborative projects, will be held during
the first week of the conference. The ESA stand will host a series of
demonstrations, linked to the themes of the conference, with the main
emphasis on satellite communication systems and Earth observation data
exchange and their applications. The exhibition will start on Sunday
18 July at 11:00. It will be open to the public until Friday 23 July
12:00 hrs, except on Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 July, which will be
reserved for registered conference participants.
On Tuesday 20 July, ESA astronauts will be available at the conference
for interviews with the media.
More information on the conference and programme can be found on the
Internet at http://www.un.or.at/OOSA/
[United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
Preamble, Outer Space Treaty
Inspired by the great prospects opening up before mankind as a
result of man's entry into outer space,
Recognizing the common interest of all mankind in the progress of
the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes,
Believing that the exploration and use of outer space should be
carried on for the benefit of all peoples irrespective of the
degree of their economic or scientific development.]
Media representatives wishing to attend the conference are kindly
requested to follow the instructions given in the forms attached or to
contact directly : The Media Accreditation Assistant, United Nations
Information Service, Vienna G0537 PO BOX 500, A-1400 Vienna, Austria -
Fax. + 43 1 21 346-3342
If you received this press release via e-mail or from the Web, without
attached forms, please obtain an accreditation request form from
http://www.un.or.at/OOSA/unisp-3/accrinfo.html
via: SEDSNEWS@listserv.tamu.edu
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Subject: [BPR] - July 2, 1999 TV Programs
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 07:55:28 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
8:00 PM Eastern
DISC - FIREWORKS! - Pyrotechnicians design fireworks
shows.(CC)(TVG)
9:00
PBS - THE ACLU: A HISTORY - The American Civil Liberties
Union backs individuals' rights, from the Scopes Monkey Trial
to American Nazi Party marchers; Joe Mantegna tells of its 80
years.(CC)(TVG)
DISC - DISCOVERY NEWS - (CC)
10:00
TLC - STRANGE SCIENCE - "Odd Sounds" - Talking
ghosts; acoustic sands; glossolalia; ringing rocks; Taos,
N.M., humming.(CC)(TVG)
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Subject: [BPR] - Mark of the Beast
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 07:55:28 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
Jack Van Impe Presents broadcast on TBN 6/30/99:
Windsor Star reports that "British companies seriously consider 'Big
Brother' microchip implants in employees"...Scott MacDonald of Scan
This News says "a lifetime of information can be easily databased
using a microchip system. Every detail of a person's life will soon
be accessible to authorities through the widespread use of implanted
chips. Only those social misfits, kooks, and rebels with something to
hide will hold out strongly. Little will they know the very act of
objecting in itself will suffice to identify them as trouble-makers."
"Destron 101 [phonetic spelling] is being used now for pilots at
Wright Air Force Base here in the USA because they've spent millions
of dollars training them [pilots] and Destron 101 is a microchip with
electromagnetic bar codes to keep track of them wherever they go.
It's already in existence."
--- BPR
BPR Web Site - http://philologos.org/bpr
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Subject: [BPR] - US House Rejects Day of Fasting & Prayer
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 08:16:23 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
U.S. House Rejects Day Of Fasting And Prayer
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Supporters of a bill calling for a
national day of prayer and fasting said they will try again
to convince Congress that America needs to turn to God.
The measure -- which called for public repentance and prayer
-- was introduced by Rep. Helen Chenoweth, R-Idaho. The bill
failed to win the two-thirds majority needed for passage on
Tuesday. A two-thirds majority is needed when legislation is
considered under special rules designed to speed passage of
noncontroversial bills through the House, the Associated
Press reported.
The bill failed on a vote of 275 for, 140 against--two votes
shy of the required two-thirds majority.
Chenoweth, said she was not disappointed. "A strong majority
of the House of Representatives supported this measure, and
that's good news," she said.
Chenoweth plans to reintroduce the bill under regular rules,
which require only a simple majority, as early as today,
spokesman Kyle Key said. "This won't be the end of it," Key
said.
The bill was the latest in a string of religion-related
measures that have been debated in the House. Last week, the
House passed a bill allowing the posting of the Ten
Commandments at schools and other state-run facilities.
"Our nation is sick and hurting, and now is the time when
all Americans of faith must come together and pray for
healing and spiritual renewal," Chenoweth said from the
House floor Tuesday. "If there ever is a time when we need
almighty God, it is now."
Chenoweth mentioned several recent events, including the
tragic high school shooting in Littleton, Colo., when she
introduced the bill. "We are witnessing with increasing
regularity with the effects of violence and murder a
disregard for life and exploitation of children...the
breakdown of the family, and, as we know, a general moral
decay," she said.
Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Texas, spoke some of the strongest
words opposing the measure, saying it was unconstitutional
and morally wrong. Congress has no business telling
Americans when to pray, he argued, and members of Congress
should not use God to further their political agendas.
Edwards said he believed that faith and prayer could improve
the nation, but he suggested that "members of Congress
should spend more time praying and less time telling others
how to pray."
(CNS -- Charisma News Service)
(Post date: July 1, 1999)
http://www.mcjonline.com/news/news3205.htm
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Subject: [BPR] - Law Professors Reaffirm Marriage
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 08:18:31 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
Law Professors Reaffirm Marriage
LONDON, U.K. (CNS) -- One hundred sixty-three professors of
law and jurisprudence joined together across racial,
cultural and religious lines to reaffirm their support for
the legal definition of marriage as the union of one man and
one woman. Their declaration, "To Reaffirm Marriage,"
appeared in English, Spanish and French on the eve of an
international conference at King's College Law School in
London, the Ethics and Public Policy Center reported.
The conference, "Legal Recognition of Same-Sex
Partnerships," includes speakers from around the world and
features leading U.S. professors who support same-sex
marriage and believe the concept of marriage should be
redefined by the court to include homosexual couples.
The professors declared: "We believe that marriage is the
unique union of a man and a woman, a community of life and
love. Marriage so understood is built into the fabric of
social life and cannot be arbitrarily redefined by
lawmakers. Male-female marriage provides incomparable
benefits to society, especially for children and for those
who invest their lives in raising their children. Our
domestic and international laws should preserve, protect and
promote the institution of marriage."
The declaration also stated: "Redefining marriage to include
same-sex unions will introduce unprecedented moral, social
and legal confusion into our communities. It will not
advance the causes of freedom, equality, justice, and human
rights. Rather it will weaken marriage, and ultimately
undermine these causes too."
(CNS -- Charisma News Service)
(Post date: July 1, 1999)
http://www.mcjonline.com/news/news3207.htm
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Subject: [BPR] - First Openly Gay US Ambassador Takes Oath
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 08:20:16 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
First Openly Gay U.S. Ambassador Takes Oath
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNS) -- On June 29, James Hormel was sworn
in as the first openly gay U.S. ambassador after a two-year
delay caused by fierce opposition among conservative
lawmakers and some Christian groups.
Hormel took the oath of office to serve as ambassador to
Luxembourg before State Secretary Madeleine Albright. Many
supporters attended the ceremony, including Hormel's former
wife, Alice, his five children and his current partner,
Timothy Wu.
Cheers erupted in the normally sedate Ben Franklin room when
Albright administered the oath. Her message stated, "Neither
race, creed, gender, nor sexual orientation is relevant in
selecting an ambassador for the United States."
Albright then added: "This is one of those glorious days
[when] the nice guy finishes first."
Reuters reported that conservative groups lambasted the
appointment. The Traditional Values Coalition said the
appointment would be "the grave marker for an administration
which sold out every core American value."
Concerned Women for America accused Hormel of sponsoring
projects that "promote pedophilia and weaken parental
rights" and said his views, including advocating homosexual
marriage, "do not reflect the views of the majority of
Americans."
(CNS -- Charisma News Service)
(Post date: July 1, 1999)
http://www.mcjonline.com/news/news3206.htm
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Subject: [BPR] - EU initiates int'l convention on peace process
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 17:43:47 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
EU INITIATES INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON PEACE PROCESS
The European Union proposes to convene an international conference
regarding renewed peace negotiations, HA'ARETZ reported. This
initiative was presented by Miguel Mauratinus who serves as the EU
special envoy to the peace process, during his recent visit to Israel.
According to the EU proposal discussed with the American government,
the convention is intended to resume both multilateral and bilateral
negotiations. The prospective convention's agenda will also encompass
a "code of conduct" agreement that would require all parties to
refrain from acting unilaterally. In meetings with Knesset Member
Shimon Peres, Foreign Ministry Deputy-General Eitan Ben-Tzur and
Deputy-General of the President's Office Aryeh Schumer, Mauratinus
said that Europe would like to play a part in the peace process and
assist in Israeli negotiations with Syria and Lebanon.
via: Consulate of Israel - New York <nycon@interport.net>
Israel Line 07-02-99
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Subject: [BPR] - Weekend News Today items (7/2/99)
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 09:11:40 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
Israel water level at unprecedented level
Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: IsraelWire
Fri Jul 2,1999 -- According to Israel water officials, the drought
being experienced in the region, particularly in Israel, is the worst
in the state's history. According to Professor Moshe Inbar, the head
of the Department of Geography of Haifa University, the current water
situation is the worst since the establishment of the state in 1948.
The professor stated the damages resulting from the lack of water will
reach in the NIS hundreds of millions and will become one of the worst
natural disasters to hit the state. Professor Inbar explained that
since water levels began being monitored in Kfar Blum fifty-five years
ago, this is the lowest level ever recorded with a total rainfall
accumulation reaching 261 millimeters, about fifty percent of the
average annual rainfall. The Kinneret has already hit an unprecedented
low, with the level expected to drop to the red line by the summer's
end. The Haifa University experts add that if the coming winter is not
an exceptionally wet one, things in the region will become drastically
worse. He explained that even if the rainfall is slightly less than
usual, the water related problems may mount. Inbar called upon all
Israelis to reduce water consumption in every household by at least
ten percent.
Mubarak heads to France
Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: Arabic News
Fri Jul 2,1999 -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will hold a working
visit to France that will last for two days, during which he is to
meet with French President Jacque Chirac and Prime Minister Lionel
Jospin. Mubarak's talks in the French capital will start on July 2 and
will deal with the Middle East peace process, in which Egypt and
France can work collectively for the sake of peace. Mubarak said
earlier this week in Washington that the Palestinian track should be
given priority in resuming the Middle East peace process. He said that
implementing signed agreements between Israel and the Palestinians
would give Syrian President Hafez al-Assad confidence in the Middle
East peace process. Mubarak asserted that the cause of Palestine is
the essence of the peace process, and unless the implementation of
what had been agreed upon in Oslo, Cairo and the Wye River agreement
is followed up, no trust will be established among the sides
concerned. He ruled out peace tracks to be resumed unless Israel
succeeds in winning the confidence of other sides through carrying out
its obligations, a matter which will give evidence to President
al-Assad that Israel is ready for peace. Mubarak added that Israel has
to adopt measures for giving al-Assad confidence in the peace process,
especially halting settlement. Mubarak called on Israel to stop
provoking the sentiments of the Palestinians and all Arabs by building
settlements in Abu Ghneim mountain. Mubarak also renewed his call to
dismantle all weapons of mass destruction from the Middle East region,
including Israel and Iran and called on the US to support this
position and allow no exceptions, an official Egyptian statement said.
Syria's Assad plans visit to Russia on Monday
Weekend News Today
By Kelly Pagatpatan
Source: Reuters
Fri Jul 2,1999 -- Syrian President Hafez al-Assad will visit Moscow
Monday on his first trip to Russia since the collapse of the Soviet
Union, Syria's official news agency SANA said Friday. Assad will fly
to Moscow on an official invitation from President Boris Yeltsin for a
visit originally planned for April, it said. Relations between the two
countries have been strained because Syria never resolved a $12
billion debt for weapons supplied by the Soviet Union. Syrian and
Russian officials have been meeting recently to discuss a new arms
deal the Kremlin said was worth $2 billion. Assad, who trained as a
soldier in the USSR, was scheduled to visit Russia on April 12 and 13,
a period that coincided with the presence of Israeli Foreign Minister
Ariel Sharon in Moscow. He postponed the visit, without giving any
reasons, just a few hours before he was due to arrive in the Russian
capital. The new arms deal includes anti-tank systems, which sparked
protests from the United States, Israel's backer. Washington
threatened to cancel aid to Russia if the sale of anti-tank weapons
goes ahead. Russian diplomats in Beirut have said Moscow was also
ready to supply Syria with the upgraded version of its MiG-29 fighter
aircraft, a reference to the MiG-29 SMT version of the formidable
plane in production since last December. The former Soviet Union was
the main weapons supplier for Syria in its long conflict with Israel,
which occupied and then settled the strategic Syrian Golan heights in
1967.
Forest fires rage in Russia's heatwave of the century
Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: Yahoo Asia
Fri Jul 2,1999 -- Forest fires raged on the outskirts of Moscow and in
several other regions Friday as the death toll from Russia's biggest
heatwave of the century rose to more than 140. In the Moscow region,
some 126 fires engulfed 145 hectares (362 acres) of forest and bush
while 200 ha. (500 acres) were burning near Saint Petersburg, the
ministry of emergency situations said. "There is no threat to the
populated areas," said Tatiana Timoshenkova, spokesperson for the
emergency situations ministry, adding that authorities were hoping for
a reprieve from the heat to try to contain the spreading fires.
Meteorologists said temperatures might drop a few degrees in the
coming days after hovering at 33 degrees Celsius (91 Fahrenheit) for
weeks. Fire fighters were battling an inferno over more than 22,000
ha. (55,000 acres) of taiga in the Far East region of Magadan while
2,500 ha. (6,250 acres) were in flames in the Siberian region of
Irkutsk, said Timoshenkova. Fires were also reported in the Volga
region of Nizhny-Novgorod; in the northern regions of Arkhangelsk and
Murmansk; near Kamchatka and Sakhalin in the Far East; and near Chita
and Yakutia in western Siberia, she said. Authorities declared a state
of emergency in many of those regions. The scorching heat over the
past month has left scores dead from heatstroke and especially
drowning as Russians seek to cool off in lakes and rivers surrounding
the capital. Authorities have pointed to alcohol as the cause for many
of the deaths that have occurred during afternoons of vodka-soaked
picknicking. Hospitals in Moscow are reporting nearly a doubling in
the number of patients suffering from various heat-related illnesses,
including heart attacks and strokes, said the newspaper Moskovskye
Komsomolets. The temperatures in June have broken all records since
1895, according to Moscow meteorologists.
Turkish president to visit Israe.
Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: Artuz 7
Fri Jul 2,1999 -- Turkish President Suleyman Demirel will make an
official visit to Israel - including the PA-controlled areas of Gaza
and Ramallah - in two weeks' time. Turkish government sources hope
that the change of power in Israel will not harm the relations between
Jerusalem and Ankara, a partnership that thrived during the term of
the Netanyahu government.
World Bank calls for PA Israeli financial cooperation
Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: IsraelWire
Fri Jul 2,1999 -- A senior World Bank official stated on Tuesday that
failure to coordinate policies between Israel and the PLO Authority
(PA) would cause a "nightmare". By 2010, Israel and the PA autonomous
areas will have the highest proportion of economically active
citizens, compared with the region's total population, in the world,
World Bank Vice President Kemal Dervis told a conference of
Palestinian and Israeli academics and officials. Dervis said failure
to cooperate would lead to competition for the region's scarce
resources -- a rivalry that could dissolve into tensions and violence.
"If the Israelis and Palestinians will have made peace with each
other, the Middle East will have an economic golden age," Dervis said.
"But if the two sides do not cooperate ... the opportunity will turn
into a nightmare." Dervis said the sides should improve
infrastructure, including telephone and water lines, to help meet the
challenges for economic prosperity. Some Israeli leaders have promoted
joint economic projects in the past, while others, including incoming
Prime Minister Ehud Barak, advocate economic separation, saying the
two are not ready to get along. Similarly, some Palestinian officials
welcome joint ventures, while others express concerns that Israel's
advanced economy could overwhelm their own and lead to dependence on
Israel.
British concerns over results of Israeli aggression on Lebanon
Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: Arabic News
Fri Jul 2,1999 -- Britain has expressed its deep concern over the
material damage and losses inflicted as a result of the Israeli
attacks last week that targeted the Lebanese infrastructure. The
British ambassador in Beirut, David MacLennan, said on Wednesday
following his meeting with Lebanese Information Minister Anwar
al-Khalik that London considers the April Understanding as the proper
framework to ensure the security of civilians.The British ambassador
called on all sides concerned to resume abiding by this understanding
until peace negotiations can be resumed.
On peace between Syria and Israel
Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: Arabic News
Fri Jul 2,1999 -- The Syrian ambassador in Washington, Walid
al-Mu'allim, has announced that a peace agreement can be reached
between Syria and Israel within a few months if Israel agrees to
withdraw from all the Golan Heights. Israel Radio said that ambassador
al-Mu'allim said in a statement to the Washington-based Middle East
Insight Magazine that this agreement will also be obligatory for the
Hizbullah Party. The Syrian ambassador said, "Hizbullah, being a
national resistance movement will not be an obstacle before attaining
peace if such a peace meets the Syrian and Lebanese national
interests." He continued that the leadership of the Hizbullah Party
has realized that any agreement accepted by Syria, Israel and Lebanon
will be obligatory for it, as well.The Syrian ambassador called on the
US to carry out a more effective role in the peace negotiations. He
expressed doubts about the possibility of reaching an agreement
concerning taking part in the necessary security arrangements without
direct US intervention.
Barak signs agreement with Shas
Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Fri Jul 2,1999 -- Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak signed the general
terms of a coalition agreement with Shas Wednesday night. Shas sources
said the agreement gives their party control of the Israel Lands
Administration along with the Ministry of National Infrastructures.
Shas sought to include a clause stipulating that in the event of a
violation of the status quo, the coalition would be required make a
correction. But that clause was stricken from the final version, as
One Israel negotiators feared it would be used as a pretext for
legislation aimed at subverting rulings handed down by the High Court
of Justice. Shas officials said they were especially pleased with a
clause which reads, "The government will act to honor the Sabbath and
holidays of Israel, which have preserved our existence as a people."
The officials said that in addition to the symbolic value of the
declaration, it will also lend legitimacy to the continued operation
of the Druze-staffed Sabbath labor law enforcement patrol.
Morocco hosts Euro-Mediterranean conference on human rights and
democracy
Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: Arabic News
Fri Jul 2,1999 -- The EU Migrants Forum's support group for North
Africa will hold in Casablanca next October 22-24 a Euro-Mediterranean
symposium on human rights and democracy in eastern and southern
Mediterranean countries.The encounter will debate the role of civil
society in the respect of human rights, the safeguard of democracy,
and the attainment of integrated and decentralized development in all
eastern and south Mediterranean countries. According to the forum
president, Said Charchira, the forum seeks to contribute to
consolidating the role of non-governmental organizations and
associations and reinforce the symbols of democracy and the respect of
human rights.Attended by observers and participants from Mediterranean
and European countries, the meeting will propose outlines for future
programs of the European Union and of south and east mediterranean
countries with the aim of supporting non-governmental organizations
and components of the civil society.
European loan for Morocco
Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: Arabic News
Fri Jul 2,1999 -- The European Union agreed on granting Morocco a loan
of $4.1 million to be specified for the social development program to
combat poverty.A statement issued by the European Commission in Cairo
today stated that this program will be implemented in coordination
with the Moroccan Ministry of Social Development and Work and that
this loan will be started at the beginning of 2000 and will be
specified for developing rural areas that suffer from a lack of the
essential services.
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