Chavez in Spanish king coup jibe
Hugo Chavez said he was not going to shut upThe spat between Spain's king and Venezuela's president took a new turn as Hugo Chavez demanded to know the monarch's knowledge of a 2002 coup.
On Saturday King Juan Carlos told Mr Chavez to "shut up" at a summit in Chile after the president said ex-Spain PM Jose Maria Aznar was a "fascist".
The king was widely applauded in the media back home.
On Sunday Mr Chavez said the king was "imprudent" and asked if he knew in advance of the brief coup against him.
As he left the Ibero-American Summit in Chile's capital, Santiago, Mr Chavez questioned whether Spain's ambassador had appeared with Venezuelan interim president Pedro Carmona during the two-day coup in 2002 with the monarch's blessing.
But I think it's imprudent for a king to shout at a president to shut up - Mr King, we are not going to shut up
Hugo Chavez
"Mr King, did you know about the coup d'etat against Venezuela, against the democratic, legitimate government of Venezuela in 2002?" he asked at a news conference.
"It's very hard to imagine the Spanish ambassador would have been at the presidential palace supporting the coup plotters without authorisation from his majesty."
Spain's El Mundo newspaper quoted Mr Chavez as saying that on Saturday the king had "got very mad, like a bull".
"But I'm a great bullfighter - ole!" he said.
On Sunday, Mr Chavez said he hoped the spat would not damage relations.
"But I think it's imprudent for a king to shout at a president to shut up. Mr King, we are not going to shut up."
domingo, 11 de noviembre de 2007
Ieng Sary has repeatedly denied responsibility for any crimes
Ex-Khmer Rouge minister detained
Police and officials from Cambodia's UN-backed genocide tribunal have taken former Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary into custody.
Ieng Sary and his wife, former social affairs minister Ieng Thirith, were driven to Phnom Penh's special courts.
They will appear before judges who will decide if they should face charges.
Ieng Sary was the brother-in-law of Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot. Some one million people are thought to have died under the Khmer Rouge's 1975-1979 rule.
A special court was established last year to bring surviving leaders of the brutal regime to the dock. Trials are expected to start in 2008.
Two senior Khmer Rouge officials have already been charged by the court.
Pol Pot's second-in command, Nuon Chea, and the head of the notorious Tuol Sleng prison Kang Kek Ieu - also known as Duch - both face charges of crimes against humanity or war crimes.
Police and officials from Cambodia's UN-backed genocide tribunal have taken former Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary into custody.
Ieng Sary and his wife, former social affairs minister Ieng Thirith, were driven to Phnom Penh's special courts.
They will appear before judges who will decide if they should face charges.
Ieng Sary was the brother-in-law of Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot. Some one million people are thought to have died under the Khmer Rouge's 1975-1979 rule.
A special court was established last year to bring surviving leaders of the brutal regime to the dock. Trials are expected to start in 2008.
Two senior Khmer Rouge officials have already been charged by the court.
Pol Pot's second-in command, Nuon Chea, and the head of the notorious Tuol Sleng prison Kang Kek Ieu - also known as Duch - both face charges of crimes against humanity or war crimes.
Italy fans rampage after killing
Rioters set vehicles alight near Rome's Stadio OlimpicoItalian football fans have reacted violently inside and outside stadiums following the police shooting of a Lazio supporter.
Gabriele Sandri, 26, was shot in what police called a "tragic error" as they tried to stop violence between rival fans at a motorway stop in Tuscany.
A match between Atalanta and AC Milan was stopped as fans and police clashed. There was violence at other games.
Later hundreds of fans rampaged in Rome and there were more protests in Milan.
Police chiefs, politicians and football administrators will be meeting on Monday to seek to limit the damage from the weekend's incidents.
Gabriele Sandri, 26, was shot in what police called a "tragic error" as they tried to stop violence between rival fans at a motorway stop in Tuscany.
A match between Atalanta and AC Milan was stopped as fans and police clashed. There was violence at other games.
Later hundreds of fans rampaged in Rome and there were more protests in Milan.
Police chiefs, politicians and football administrators will be meeting on Monday to seek to limit the damage from the weekend's incidents.
domingo, 4 de noviembre de 2007
Goodbye Mr. Prince!
Charles Prince, resigned this Sunday as the chairman and chief executive of Citigroup - the largest bank in the US by assets.
Mr Charles Prince, 57, joined the bank in October 2003 to replace Sanford Weill.
But Mr Prince, a lawyer by training, has had a troubled leadership, as costs at the company have risen faster than revenue, raising worries over the bank's profitability.
Doubts over Mr Prince's position intensified after the firm posted a sharp drop in quarterly profits, making it one of the latest victims of the credit crisis.
It - like other financial institutions - has been hard hit by problems in the sub-prime sector, in the wake of a slowing housing market.
In the three months to the end of September, the firm saw profits slump by 57%!!!
How could it be!!! It’s a great quantity of money! I can’t believe that all is Prince’s fault, because of his anxious desire of resign. There could be as ever “mysterious” explanations, like somebody forcing him to quit, so he could appear as the guilty of all the losses… but these are only suppositions… What is a fact, is that actually he isn’t an economist, or even a financial master, he is just a lawyer. He could be an excellent lawyer, even the best of the lawyers, but one thing is law and other thing is money… as one thing is one thing and another thing is another thing jaja (as ibarguengoitia says). I hope this man could be happier now, with a low income (in comparison with the one he had) but with a big smile (because of the lack of stress and work). I think is much better having the life you like, than liking the life you have…jaja. But sometimes it’s the same. My best wishes, not only for this sad man, but also for all the young people which is deciding between a profession that will make them spiritually “healthy” or one that could make them “wealthy”… because maybe Prince had to think the same decision too, but perhaps he took the wrOng way… and here are the consequences… I don’t know, just enjoy your life, please. XD
Mr Charles Prince, 57, joined the bank in October 2003 to replace Sanford Weill.
But Mr Prince, a lawyer by training, has had a troubled leadership, as costs at the company have risen faster than revenue, raising worries over the bank's profitability.
Doubts over Mr Prince's position intensified after the firm posted a sharp drop in quarterly profits, making it one of the latest victims of the credit crisis.
It - like other financial institutions - has been hard hit by problems in the sub-prime sector, in the wake of a slowing housing market.
In the three months to the end of September, the firm saw profits slump by 57%!!!
How could it be!!! It’s a great quantity of money! I can’t believe that all is Prince’s fault, because of his anxious desire of resign. There could be as ever “mysterious” explanations, like somebody forcing him to quit, so he could appear as the guilty of all the losses… but these are only suppositions… What is a fact, is that actually he isn’t an economist, or even a financial master, he is just a lawyer. He could be an excellent lawyer, even the best of the lawyers, but one thing is law and other thing is money… as one thing is one thing and another thing is another thing jaja (as ibarguengoitia says). I hope this man could be happier now, with a low income (in comparison with the one he had) but with a big smile (because of the lack of stress and work). I think is much better having the life you like, than liking the life you have…jaja. But sometimes it’s the same. My best wishes, not only for this sad man, but also for all the young people which is deciding between a profession that will make them spiritually “healthy” or one that could make them “wealthy”… because maybe Prince had to think the same decision too, but perhaps he took the wrOng way… and here are the consequences… I don’t know, just enjoy your life, please. XD
Release of 7 from 17 prisoners in Chad.. :D
Seven Europeans, four of them flight attendants and three journalists, arrested in Chad on suspicion of child-kidnapping, have flown home, accompanied by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who had flown to the African country to talk with Chad’s authorities for the release of these innocent persons. Ten Europeans, French and Spanish, are still being held, since October 25, because of the attempt to take 103 African children out of the country. The group claim they were Darfuri orphans. Six of the ten persons that still in custody are employees of Zoe's Ark, three others are members of the Spanish air crew, along with a Belgian pilot… by the time, I love pilots. Maybe that’s why I want to be a flight attendant. Well not, it’s only one of the latest reasons, but it’s actually a reason. I don’t know why I am publishing this, but being a flight attendant is what I really want to do in my life, is not only the dream of a stupid pinky winky girl, it’s actually my purpose in life. But this has nothing to do with the news, so… I invite you to look to this page so you can get more information about the seven Europeans that had just been released from Chad’s jails: http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2007/11/04/libera-chad-a-siete-de-16-detenidos-por-presunto-secuestro-de-ninos
Y dale con lo mismo? Jaja
Tabasco is under the water, and guess now who is trying to call our attention? I will tell u what he said and you will not only realize who is he, but also you will have the desire of shouting, just like me: “noooo por favor otra vez nooo” jaja…
There is missing a week for the elections in Puebla, and he thinks is funny to say again that “el PAN, PRI y el Partido Nueva Alianza ( I mean, all the parties except his) trafican con la pobreza de la gente al intercambiar votos por despensas, materiales de construcción y animales” Who was the one who was trading with Mexican poverty giving tamales and all a “sarta de ridiculeces” in the center of the city to gain votes? Or u have forbidden all the tv commercials were he put his ugly face telling that he will give you money for free, no matter if u wont work, but only if u voted for him?? Can someone tell me why this man insists on making the ridicule an being the laughingstock of the country??!!
Ahh.. because he had also told, almost crying as an spoiled (ardido) baby: “eso es una grotesca manipulación que anticipa un fraude como el de 2006, cuando Felipe Calderón y el gobernador Mario Marín se pusieron de acuerdo, junto con Elba Esther Gordillo, para rellenar urnas y anular miles de votos que tenía la coalición por el Bien de Todos”. Please overcome it!!! Your 15 minutes of fame has already passed, more than 3 months ago!!!, so keep with you life… and if u don’t have one, just don’t bother the others!
While Calderon is pulling out with his own hands people from the water, all day long, he is still fighting for something that he has already loss. Like a child of 5 years old that doesn’t know the word: looser. And what is he doing for her city, that is in grave danger? Well, according to the news, tomorrow he will make a “trip” (hazme el favor!!!! Un paseo!! Mientras la gente se queda sin patrimonio) through native places of Tabasco, and also, by the afternoon, (no vaya a ser q interrumpa la apretada agenda de una estrella como él) he will have a “meeting” with the damaged people of Villahermosa… What can i tell u? i mean, i dont know if I must laugh or cry… poor Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
There is missing a week for the elections in Puebla, and he thinks is funny to say again that “el PAN, PRI y el Partido Nueva Alianza ( I mean, all the parties except his) trafican con la pobreza de la gente al intercambiar votos por despensas, materiales de construcción y animales” Who was the one who was trading with Mexican poverty giving tamales and all a “sarta de ridiculeces” in the center of the city to gain votes? Or u have forbidden all the tv commercials were he put his ugly face telling that he will give you money for free, no matter if u wont work, but only if u voted for him?? Can someone tell me why this man insists on making the ridicule an being the laughingstock of the country??!!
Ahh.. because he had also told, almost crying as an spoiled (ardido) baby: “eso es una grotesca manipulación que anticipa un fraude como el de 2006, cuando Felipe Calderón y el gobernador Mario Marín se pusieron de acuerdo, junto con Elba Esther Gordillo, para rellenar urnas y anular miles de votos que tenía la coalición por el Bien de Todos”. Please overcome it!!! Your 15 minutes of fame has already passed, more than 3 months ago!!!, so keep with you life… and if u don’t have one, just don’t bother the others!
While Calderon is pulling out with his own hands people from the water, all day long, he is still fighting for something that he has already loss. Like a child of 5 years old that doesn’t know the word: looser. And what is he doing for her city, that is in grave danger? Well, according to the news, tomorrow he will make a “trip” (hazme el favor!!!! Un paseo!! Mientras la gente se queda sin patrimonio) through native places of Tabasco, and also, by the afternoon, (no vaya a ser q interrumpa la apretada agenda de una estrella como él) he will have a “meeting” with the damaged people of Villahermosa… What can i tell u? i mean, i dont know if I must laugh or cry… poor Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
domingo, 28 de octubre de 2007
American Indian Tribes: cutting personal.
To be sincere, I don’t really care about american indian tribes. They could disappear at all and my live will be the same. The could quick all their population, and my world will still rotate…But maybe this could be important, or even interesting, for you, so here you have the news. Maybe it could change your life, or maybe not (what is more probable). But it’s your decision, so let’s se the American tries to simulate they have a culture and a history worthy of honor. Jaja …
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) -- Dennis Champlain's grandfather helped win federal recognition for the Narragansett Indian Tribe. Champlain himself has danced in tribal powwows and teaches his children that they are Narragansetts.
Yet the Narragansetts say he is no longer a member of the tribe.
Champlain and his extended family are among thousands of people removed from American Indian tribes in recent years, often amid tribal squabbles or when a casino comes to town. In Rhode Island, the Narragansetts' removal of about 140 of roughly 2,400 members has become an issue in Saturday's election for the tribe's chief sachem, or leader.
Tribal officials say they have the right to decide who is a member and to prevent fraud by people angling for a share of gambling money. But many of those kicked out complain they have little recourse to fight what amounts to an attack on their identity.
"We're in the process of a redefinition of tribal identity at its core," said David Wilkins, a political scientist at the University of Minnesota and a member of North Carolina's Lumbee Tribe. "It's ramping up in a way that's really quite frightening to a lot of Native people."
Wilkins traces most purges to four factors: internal political squabbles, stricter racial requirements for membership, punishment for gang or drug-related crime and, most often, during debates over sharing casino profits.
A 1978 U.S. Supreme Court ruling said the federal government should not intervene in most tribal membership disputes, leaving appeals up to the tribes.
John Gomez Jr., 39, a Pechanga member since childhood, was kicked out in 2004. He said gambling profits were one factor: He lost free health care and a $15,000 monthly payment. But he said he and others had questioned leaders before a tribal election.
The Pechanga council has said it cut members who should never have been let in.
It's not clear how many people have been removed from tribes in the last few years. There are 562 federally recognized tribes, and tribal governments are not required to report citizenship decisions. But the number is in the thousands.
Gomez's advocacy group counts at least 1,500 people ousted from 13 tribes in California.
In Michigan, the Saginaw Chippewa want to remove about a tenth of their 2,700 members due to rules that require them to be at least one-quarter Indian. Critics said it's an attempt to cut casino payments.
The Cherokee Nation voted in March to deny citizenship to an estimated 2,800 descendants of tribal slaves.
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) -- Dennis Champlain's grandfather helped win federal recognition for the Narragansett Indian Tribe. Champlain himself has danced in tribal powwows and teaches his children that they are Narragansetts.
Yet the Narragansetts say he is no longer a member of the tribe.
Champlain and his extended family are among thousands of people removed from American Indian tribes in recent years, often amid tribal squabbles or when a casino comes to town. In Rhode Island, the Narragansetts' removal of about 140 of roughly 2,400 members has become an issue in Saturday's election for the tribe's chief sachem, or leader.
Tribal officials say they have the right to decide who is a member and to prevent fraud by people angling for a share of gambling money. But many of those kicked out complain they have little recourse to fight what amounts to an attack on their identity.
"We're in the process of a redefinition of tribal identity at its core," said David Wilkins, a political scientist at the University of Minnesota and a member of North Carolina's Lumbee Tribe. "It's ramping up in a way that's really quite frightening to a lot of Native people."
Wilkins traces most purges to four factors: internal political squabbles, stricter racial requirements for membership, punishment for gang or drug-related crime and, most often, during debates over sharing casino profits.
A 1978 U.S. Supreme Court ruling said the federal government should not intervene in most tribal membership disputes, leaving appeals up to the tribes.
John Gomez Jr., 39, a Pechanga member since childhood, was kicked out in 2004. He said gambling profits were one factor: He lost free health care and a $15,000 monthly payment. But he said he and others had questioned leaders before a tribal election.
The Pechanga council has said it cut members who should never have been let in.
It's not clear how many people have been removed from tribes in the last few years. There are 562 federally recognized tribes, and tribal governments are not required to report citizenship decisions. But the number is in the thousands.
Gomez's advocacy group counts at least 1,500 people ousted from 13 tribes in California.
In Michigan, the Saginaw Chippewa want to remove about a tenth of their 2,700 members due to rules that require them to be at least one-quarter Indian. Critics said it's an attempt to cut casino payments.
The Cherokee Nation voted in March to deny citizenship to an estimated 2,800 descendants of tribal slaves.
Having oral sex with a 15-year-old girl when u are 17: 10 years of prison (it's that too few?)
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Genarlow Wilson was released from prison Friday, after spending more than two years behind bars for a teen sex conviction.
"At times I dealt with adversity ... my family and myself, we finally get to deal with happiness now," Wilson said, with his mother and sister at his side.
The Georgia Supreme Court earlier Friday ordered that he be released, ruling 4-3 that his sentence was cruel and unusual punishment.
Wilson, 21, was convicted in 2005 of having oral sex with a consenting 15-year-old girl when he was 17.
Wilson said he first heard about the possibility he'd be freed Friday when someone told him word was out on the radio.
"I'd seen it coming, but I didn't exactly know when," he said. "I'd just stopped trying to figure the courts out and stopped trying to put a date on it."
Wilson said he was looking forward to spending time with his family and plans to enroll in college to study sociology.
"You will not be disappointed," he told his supporters. "I plan on succeeding in life."
Wilson also said he doesn't regret rejecting a plea offer that could have freed him from prison months ago -- but would have required him to register as a sex offender.
"I'm glad I stayed down for my cause," he said. "I accepted the situation that I got myself into, but I never accepted that label."
At the time of Wilson's conviction, Georgia law made the crime punishable by 10 years in prison. Changes in the law made such conduct "punishable by no more than a year in prison and no sex offender registration," the Georgia high court noted.
Here are alcohol consequences in teenagers. I hope he could learn about his experience, to make a good and healthy live now that his is not in prison. I don’t like those people whoa are complaining about everything… (athpugh many times I am one o them)… complaining about what live has forbidden to give them, about how hard are things for them, and forgetting all what live has give them, all the opportunities they have that many other people would need or want. However, its our decision: to see falls as a trap that live has planned you to fail, or as opportunities to learn, grow, and do things better. I wish Wilson could mature during this period he was on prison, and he wont act as most of the guys of his age, seeing everything as lazy obstacles. What really surprised me, was his attitude, that instead of thanking laws and the Court, he just complaint about his situation still now. Oh my God! What’s wrong with the youth of these days???
"At times I dealt with adversity ... my family and myself, we finally get to deal with happiness now," Wilson said, with his mother and sister at his side.
The Georgia Supreme Court earlier Friday ordered that he be released, ruling 4-3 that his sentence was cruel and unusual punishment.
Wilson, 21, was convicted in 2005 of having oral sex with a consenting 15-year-old girl when he was 17.
Wilson said he first heard about the possibility he'd be freed Friday when someone told him word was out on the radio.
"I'd seen it coming, but I didn't exactly know when," he said. "I'd just stopped trying to figure the courts out and stopped trying to put a date on it."
Wilson said he was looking forward to spending time with his family and plans to enroll in college to study sociology.
"You will not be disappointed," he told his supporters. "I plan on succeeding in life."
Wilson also said he doesn't regret rejecting a plea offer that could have freed him from prison months ago -- but would have required him to register as a sex offender.
"I'm glad I stayed down for my cause," he said. "I accepted the situation that I got myself into, but I never accepted that label."
At the time of Wilson's conviction, Georgia law made the crime punishable by 10 years in prison. Changes in the law made such conduct "punishable by no more than a year in prison and no sex offender registration," the Georgia high court noted.
Here are alcohol consequences in teenagers. I hope he could learn about his experience, to make a good and healthy live now that his is not in prison. I don’t like those people whoa are complaining about everything… (athpugh many times I am one o them)… complaining about what live has forbidden to give them, about how hard are things for them, and forgetting all what live has give them, all the opportunities they have that many other people would need or want. However, its our decision: to see falls as a trap that live has planned you to fail, or as opportunities to learn, grow, and do things better. I wish Wilson could mature during this period he was on prison, and he wont act as most of the guys of his age, seeing everything as lazy obstacles. What really surprised me, was his attitude, that instead of thanking laws and the Court, he just complaint about his situation still now. Oh my God! What’s wrong with the youth of these days???
UNICEF: Afghan children in danger (nooooo a poooooco??)
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GENEVA - The danger posed to Afghan children by continued fighting between Taliban militants and the U.S.-led coalition is greater than at any time since 2002, UNICEF said yesterday.Presenting his assessment of the situation in Afghanistan, former BBC war correspondent and UNICEF ambassador Martin Bell said the country faces a "make-or-break" moment in which progress made during the past six years could be reversed unless greater efforts are made to protect children.School enrollment has risen and child mortality is much lower than before the ouster of the Taliban in the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, he told reporters in Geneva.
But bombing campaigns by militants and aerial bombardments by NATO forces mean Afghan children "are probably more at risk now than they have been since 2002," Bell said.Roadside bombings and Taliban suicide attacks directed at foreign troops this year have killed and injured dozens of bystanders, including children. In some cases, militants have directly attacked schools, killing girls, who they believe should not receive an education, according to the report.The violence, and threats made to parents who send their daughters to school, are keeping a million girls from education, it said."In the first six months of this year, 44 schools have been closed in Afghanistan - either as a result of direct attacks or else intimidation of parents and teachers," Bell said.The intensive use of air power by NATO troops is also putting children at risk, he said. In June, 27 civilians - including 17 children - died when coalition forces bombed Taliban positions in Helmand province.The report recommends nonmilitary efforts and long-term projects to ensure the safety of Afghanistan's children and improve education, health and economic opportunities in the country. To see the report, go to http://www.unicef.org/.
It is known that children are the future of a country, so what are we going to do with a future that has seen the death of its ideals, its family, its believes, its hopes. In a situation war is obvious kids are not going to expose their lives going to a school, that maybe would be closed by government, or maybe in danger of being bombarded. They have no fault of USA problems. They are no guilt of political, military or cultural differences between countries, and they are the ones who are suffering the worst consequences of it. What a shame! I hope they don’t loose this: hope.
GENEVA - The danger posed to Afghan children by continued fighting between Taliban militants and the U.S.-led coalition is greater than at any time since 2002, UNICEF said yesterday.Presenting his assessment of the situation in Afghanistan, former BBC war correspondent and UNICEF ambassador Martin Bell said the country faces a "make-or-break" moment in which progress made during the past six years could be reversed unless greater efforts are made to protect children.School enrollment has risen and child mortality is much lower than before the ouster of the Taliban in the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, he told reporters in Geneva.
But bombing campaigns by militants and aerial bombardments by NATO forces mean Afghan children "are probably more at risk now than they have been since 2002," Bell said.Roadside bombings and Taliban suicide attacks directed at foreign troops this year have killed and injured dozens of bystanders, including children. In some cases, militants have directly attacked schools, killing girls, who they believe should not receive an education, according to the report.The violence, and threats made to parents who send their daughters to school, are keeping a million girls from education, it said."In the first six months of this year, 44 schools have been closed in Afghanistan - either as a result of direct attacks or else intimidation of parents and teachers," Bell said.The intensive use of air power by NATO troops is also putting children at risk, he said. In June, 27 civilians - including 17 children - died when coalition forces bombed Taliban positions in Helmand province.The report recommends nonmilitary efforts and long-term projects to ensure the safety of Afghanistan's children and improve education, health and economic opportunities in the country. To see the report, go to http://www.unicef.org/.
It is known that children are the future of a country, so what are we going to do with a future that has seen the death of its ideals, its family, its believes, its hopes. In a situation war is obvious kids are not going to expose their lives going to a school, that maybe would be closed by government, or maybe in danger of being bombarded. They have no fault of USA problems. They are no guilt of political, military or cultural differences between countries, and they are the ones who are suffering the worst consequences of it. What a shame! I hope they don’t loose this: hope.
Kien lo Hubiera Dicho? (de este pobre viejito)
MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- A Spanish court Friday agreed to allow the extradition to the United States of a Syrian-born arms dealer charged with conspiring to sell weapons to a Colombian terrorist group and conspiring to kill Americans.
A spokesman for Spain's National Court, which handles terrorism cases, said judges agreed to grant the U.S. extradition request for Monzer al Kassar, who was arrested in Madrid in June.
Kassar, who has been fighting extradition, can appeal to a larger panel of judges at the same court, but the Spanish government will still have the final say.
Police arrested Kassar in June as he arrived at Madrid's airport from the southern Spanish city of Malaga. Two other men were arrested in Romania as part of the same case and were extradited to the United States last week.
The U.S. Embassy in Madrid said Kassar and the men conspired to sell millions of dollars' worth of weapons to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which the United States has designated a terrorist organization.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York charged Kassar with five counts: conspiracy to provide material aid to a terrorist group, conspiracy to kill American citizens, conspiracy to kill U.S. officials and employees, conspiracy to acquire and use anti-aircraft missiles, and money laundering.
Some of the charges carry a sentence of life in prison
Kassar had recently told journalists he retired from arms dealing, but the embassy said he had been involved since the 1970s, providing weapons and military equipment to armed factions in Nicaragua, Cyprus, Bosnia, Croatia, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, and elsewhere.
A spokesman for Spain's National Court, which handles terrorism cases, said judges agreed to grant the U.S. extradition request for Monzer al Kassar, who was arrested in Madrid in June.
Kassar, who has been fighting extradition, can appeal to a larger panel of judges at the same court, but the Spanish government will still have the final say.
Police arrested Kassar in June as he arrived at Madrid's airport from the southern Spanish city of Malaga. Two other men were arrested in Romania as part of the same case and were extradited to the United States last week.
The U.S. Embassy in Madrid said Kassar and the men conspired to sell millions of dollars' worth of weapons to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which the United States has designated a terrorist organization.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York charged Kassar with five counts: conspiracy to provide material aid to a terrorist group, conspiracy to kill American citizens, conspiracy to kill U.S. officials and employees, conspiracy to acquire and use anti-aircraft missiles, and money laundering.
Some of the charges carry a sentence of life in prison
Kassar had recently told journalists he retired from arms dealing, but the embassy said he had been involved since the 1970s, providing weapons and military equipment to armed factions in Nicaragua, Cyprus, Bosnia, Croatia, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, and elsewhere.
Providing weapons and military equipment to armed factions in Nicaragua? Where have I heard that before? I don’t know, elsewhere except USA of course…nothing about Irangate, or the use of illegal money of campaigns to sell weapons to contrarevolutionary movements…Any way, we all know USA will always have the reason, But it should stop a little bit its paranoia, I mean, not everything has necessarily to involve him, not everything is about him, not everyone is making conspiracies against him, not everyone wants to kill his people… There are many people, believe me, that could live happier without you. :D. Unfortunately I am not one of them, so sorry for some of my opinions about you on this blog. ;)
A Polish Missile Crisis?
MAFRA, Portugal (AP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday compared the U.S. proposal to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe to the Cuban missile crisis of the 1960s.
"Analogous actions by the Soviet Union, when it deployed missiles in Cuba, prompted the 'Caribbean crisis,"' Putin said at a news conference at the end of a European Union-Russian summit in Portugal, using the Russian term for the Cuban missile crisis.
"Such a threat is being set up on our borders," he said.
At the same time, Putin suggested the tension was much lower than during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis because Russian-U.S. relations have moved on since the Cold War. He also said he believes the United States is listening to Moscow's concerns about its missile plans.
Putin said his relationship with President Bush helps solve problems in relations with the U.S., calling him a friend.
The U.S. plan would install a radar base in the Czech Republic and 10 interceptor missiles in Poland -- both former Soviet satellites that are now NATO members. It is part of a wider missile shield involving defenses in California and Alaska which the United States says are to defend against any long-range missile attack from countries such as North Korea or Iran.
Russia strongly opposes the idea, saying Iran is decades away from developing missile technology that could threaten Europe or North America, and it says the U.S. bases will undermine Russia's own missile deterrent force.
Aaaaaa! I don’t even know what to say! I know kids of 5 years old, more mature than USA! We all know your “power” (if power for u means money and military extrasuperultra weapons, as for little kids power means the newest toy in the supermarket) so u don’t need to make it know, with your stupid “missile defense shield”, to the simplest persons of the world in Iran, who only need a piece of cloth to wear and a piece of food to eat and just want to leave then in peace!… and less to Russia, who had already overcome the Cold War trauma. You know perfectly, because u have provoked in a great way, that Iran, is very far away from developing missile technology that could threaten your country! So please, let’s overcome it,…it’s time to mature!!! Don’t u think? We all know u have won, there’s no more candies for u, stop bothering those who want a live of peace and tranquility!...not as you,…I don’t believe it, making a missile defense shield when we all are, iran and all the entire planet, who really need to put a defense shield from u!
"Analogous actions by the Soviet Union, when it deployed missiles in Cuba, prompted the 'Caribbean crisis,"' Putin said at a news conference at the end of a European Union-Russian summit in Portugal, using the Russian term for the Cuban missile crisis.
"Such a threat is being set up on our borders," he said.
At the same time, Putin suggested the tension was much lower than during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis because Russian-U.S. relations have moved on since the Cold War. He also said he believes the United States is listening to Moscow's concerns about its missile plans.
Putin said his relationship with President Bush helps solve problems in relations with the U.S., calling him a friend.
The U.S. plan would install a radar base in the Czech Republic and 10 interceptor missiles in Poland -- both former Soviet satellites that are now NATO members. It is part of a wider missile shield involving defenses in California and Alaska which the United States says are to defend against any long-range missile attack from countries such as North Korea or Iran.
Russia strongly opposes the idea, saying Iran is decades away from developing missile technology that could threaten Europe or North America, and it says the U.S. bases will undermine Russia's own missile deterrent force.
Aaaaaa! I don’t even know what to say! I know kids of 5 years old, more mature than USA! We all know your “power” (if power for u means money and military extrasuperultra weapons, as for little kids power means the newest toy in the supermarket) so u don’t need to make it know, with your stupid “missile defense shield”, to the simplest persons of the world in Iran, who only need a piece of cloth to wear and a piece of food to eat and just want to leave then in peace!… and less to Russia, who had already overcome the Cold War trauma. You know perfectly, because u have provoked in a great way, that Iran, is very far away from developing missile technology that could threaten your country! So please, let’s overcome it,…it’s time to mature!!! Don’t u think? We all know u have won, there’s no more candies for u, stop bothering those who want a live of peace and tranquility!...not as you,…I don’t believe it, making a missile defense shield when we all are, iran and all the entire planet, who really need to put a defense shield from u!
Hillary Clinton turns 60 !
"Happy Birthday to uuuuu , happy birthday to uuuu happy birthday Dear Mrs. EX president… happy birtday to uuuu”… that’s what Elvis Costello sang in her birthday party, (but without the EX) just as Marilyn Monroe did to President Kennedy, well, not with such a grace, but the detail is what counts. jaja Like or dislike, now she is 60 years old!.. and she stills giving something to talk about. To celebrate her entering into the third age, she organized a party, with her family and friends, where she raked $1.5 million in thanks to Elvis Costello and Billy Crystal., just an approximate amount of cash. Is good to know people are still getting excited about their birthdays, because with the pass of years, you may become bored about getting old “an entire day of every single year”. Its no matter of having a big party as Hilary, is just matter of celebrate another year given by any God u want to believe. Like a new opportunity to start again. It will never be too late, because u can’t know when does your trip of live is going to stop. Well, all I want to say is: Congratulations Hilary! Enjoy this photo, it’s my birthday gift!
Take care of trains and make your feet obey
WATAUGA, Texas (AP) -A 5 yearold boy playing on train tracks fell and was unable to move before the train struck and killed him, police said.
Kevin Bradford and two other boys had sneaked past their grandmother to look for dinosaur bones (aaaw) on Thursday, police said.
Workers aboard the Union Pacific train traveling through the small North Texas town of Watauga saw the boys on the tracks but couldn't stop in time, Union Pacific spokesman Joe Arbona said.
Kevin's 7-year-old brother and 5-year-old cousin made it safely off the tracks and ran home. Kevin's foot got caught in the tracks and he fell, officials said.
Watauga Police Chief Rande Benjamin said Kevin's death was an accident and charges would not be filed. A report was sent to Child Protective Services for review.
Texas ranks second in the United States for pedestrian-train fatalities. From January through July, 29 pedestrians died on Texas railroads, according to the Federal Railroad Administration.
I don’t have the fortunate of having brothers, but I felt as sad as if this boy was my brother. The story seems to me as those brown movies of cowboys and railroads. It’s a shame that with so many tools we have nowadays these things still happening… Of course it was an accident, but it’s also true that it could be prevented: danger signals, electrical bars, I don’t know, some of those mechanical things that man has invented.. Well, I can only hope that this could be useful to learn the lection and don’t wait another accident of this type, so the authorities should make what is proper, at least putting a danger signal with red letters, so no more kids die in the future. I am agree with the fact that o charges were filed against the railroad team, but just imagine how is the conscience of the man that saw the kids on the way and couldn’t stop the train on time! He should be at least a little guilt, although it was not his fault… these things just happened. But we must take more care of our own lifes,, because nobody will do it, nobody will love us, better than ourselves. :D
Kevin Bradford and two other boys had sneaked past their grandmother to look for dinosaur bones (aaaw) on Thursday, police said.
Workers aboard the Union Pacific train traveling through the small North Texas town of Watauga saw the boys on the tracks but couldn't stop in time, Union Pacific spokesman Joe Arbona said.
Kevin's 7-year-old brother and 5-year-old cousin made it safely off the tracks and ran home. Kevin's foot got caught in the tracks and he fell, officials said.
Watauga Police Chief Rande Benjamin said Kevin's death was an accident and charges would not be filed. A report was sent to Child Protective Services for review.
Texas ranks second in the United States for pedestrian-train fatalities. From January through July, 29 pedestrians died on Texas railroads, according to the Federal Railroad Administration.
I don’t have the fortunate of having brothers, but I felt as sad as if this boy was my brother. The story seems to me as those brown movies of cowboys and railroads. It’s a shame that with so many tools we have nowadays these things still happening… Of course it was an accident, but it’s also true that it could be prevented: danger signals, electrical bars, I don’t know, some of those mechanical things that man has invented.. Well, I can only hope that this could be useful to learn the lection and don’t wait another accident of this type, so the authorities should make what is proper, at least putting a danger signal with red letters, so no more kids die in the future. I am agree with the fact that o charges were filed against the railroad team, but just imagine how is the conscience of the man that saw the kids on the way and couldn’t stop the train on time! He should be at least a little guilt, although it was not his fault… these things just happened. But we must take more care of our own lifes,, because nobody will do it, nobody will love us, better than ourselves. :D
domingo, 14 de octubre de 2007
too young to die..
Eight tourists, including one Briton, have died after being swept away by flash floods in Thailand while exploring a cave.
The group were in Khao Sok national park when the cave flooded.
The dead Briton was named as John Cullen, 24. A 10-year-old German boy, four Swiss nationals and two Thai guides also died.
Mr Cullen's girlfriend, Helena Carroll of Solihull, survived by clinging on to a ledge in the cave's roof.
Ms Carroll, who is 21, said: "One minute I was in what I thought was the most beautiful place in the world. The next thing there is death all around me." Speaking on Thai TV station TITV, she said she was shouting: "'Help me! Help me' all night. Then I saw a light."
It sounds like those American programs of nature disasters or like “911” where people, years after the accident, still having their trauma… jaja. But this was ver recently, so it has justification. Yes, is a sad event, im sorry for the tourists, but that’s what you are risking wen you go out to a beautiful but dangerous place. It’s say that women are the worst companions for a trip, besuse they are so much “queens” that they cannot resist to survive a “dangerous” event. But see this! The woman was the only one that survived! Casuality? Obviously not!!!!
The group were in Khao Sok national park when the cave flooded.
The dead Briton was named as John Cullen, 24. A 10-year-old German boy, four Swiss nationals and two Thai guides also died.
Mr Cullen's girlfriend, Helena Carroll of Solihull, survived by clinging on to a ledge in the cave's roof.
Ms Carroll, who is 21, said: "One minute I was in what I thought was the most beautiful place in the world. The next thing there is death all around me." Speaking on Thai TV station TITV, she said she was shouting: "'Help me! Help me' all night. Then I saw a light."
It sounds like those American programs of nature disasters or like “911” where people, years after the accident, still having their trauma… jaja. But this was ver recently, so it has justification. Yes, is a sad event, im sorry for the tourists, but that’s what you are risking wen you go out to a beautiful but dangerous place. It’s say that women are the worst companions for a trip, besuse they are so much “queens” that they cannot resist to survive a “dangerous” event. But see this! The woman was the only one that survived! Casuality? Obviously not!!!!
Chavez and Castro F 4 E & E (Friends for ever and ever)
Cuban President Fidel Castro has spoken live on television for the first time since handing over power last year as he underwent a serious operation.
Mr Castro spoke by phone on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's weekly chat show, being broadcast from Cuba.
Mr Chavez is in the country to mark the 40th anniversary of the killing of revolutionary icon Ernesto Che Guevara.
Mr Castro phoned to discuss the Guevara legacy, and the two leaders laughed and joked together for several minutes. Video footage from a meeting between Mr Chavez and the Cuban leader, said to have been filmed on Saturday, was also shown during the programme.
I think this should stop rumours about his death or that stuff that he suffered a major relapse. However, it’s true that he is not the same young man that made the revolution in 1959… if he wasn’t the same after 2 years of government, imagine after more than 40 years of it… someone (and not USA) should be thinking on the best story to tell us about the ending of Castro, or do they expect that we believe that he will be staying alive after 100 years? at least, bad grass never deads (hierba mala, nunk muere)
The same as chavez... the difference is that the last one is not as cute as my dear Fidel. Actually I think that if Santa Claus some day would be unable to do his job, I wish Castro could come to my house for some milk and cookies… but chavez!!! If I saw him entering through my chimney… I would surely call the police! If he steals such a big amount of money from venezuela’s incomes, why don’t he invert that money on a face surgery? I don’t know, it’s his decision, and this is only a suggestion. However… is glad to see how a friendship is still keeping.
Good health for friendship!!!
Mr Castro spoke by phone on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's weekly chat show, being broadcast from Cuba.
Mr Chavez is in the country to mark the 40th anniversary of the killing of revolutionary icon Ernesto Che Guevara.
Mr Castro phoned to discuss the Guevara legacy, and the two leaders laughed and joked together for several minutes. Video footage from a meeting between Mr Chavez and the Cuban leader, said to have been filmed on Saturday, was also shown during the programme.
I think this should stop rumours about his death or that stuff that he suffered a major relapse. However, it’s true that he is not the same young man that made the revolution in 1959… if he wasn’t the same after 2 years of government, imagine after more than 40 years of it… someone (and not USA) should be thinking on the best story to tell us about the ending of Castro, or do they expect that we believe that he will be staying alive after 100 years? at least, bad grass never deads (hierba mala, nunk muere)
The same as chavez... the difference is that the last one is not as cute as my dear Fidel. Actually I think that if Santa Claus some day would be unable to do his job, I wish Castro could come to my house for some milk and cookies… but chavez!!! If I saw him entering through my chimney… I would surely call the police! If he steals such a big amount of money from venezuela’s incomes, why don’t he invert that money on a face surgery? I don’t know, it’s his decision, and this is only a suggestion. However… is glad to see how a friendship is still keeping.
Good health for friendship!!!
Madonna changes her owner?...no, her owner changes her jaja
Warner Music fall in the count that Madonna will have 60 years in the last year of the contract she signed for the enterprise. And they have already realized, that although it could be a recrd guiness, it will not have any economic sense. Imagine, if now she doesn’t get the enough incomes to sustain the overheads of her cd’s…how it will be when she become into a sixty year old woman…? Old age is old age, here and in China, for me and fo Madonna too. However, it would be interesting to hear her voice at that age. Unfortunately Warner Music doesn’t think that, That’s why they have the disposition of giving Madonna, with a red ribbon on her head and a greeting card, to Live Nation, another music promoter. The gift comes with 120 million dollars, too. But here is some other information , so you can know of what I’m talking about :
"El informe, que lleva el título de 'Por 120 millones es toda tuya', también indica que la marcha de la cantante no tendrá "un impacto significativo" en las ventas a corto plazo.
El acuerdo que Madonna negocia con Live Nation contempla la entrega de un anticipo de 17,5 millones dólares, así como un adelanto de entre 50 y 60 millones de dólares por los futuros ingresos de sus tres nuevos discos, según publicó esta semana 'The Wall Street Journal'.
Live Nation también podría pagar a Madonna unos 50 millones de dólares en efectivo y en acciones por los derechos a promover sus conciertos, y además, cuando se produzcan las giras, el promotor sólo obtendrá el 10% de los ingresos, en tanto que el resto irá a parar a la cantante.
Aunque la cantante abandone Warner Music, la discográfica mantendría los derechos de los discos que ha sacado al mercado en las últimas dos décadas, así como del que sacará el próximo año." La Jornada.com
"El informe, que lleva el título de 'Por 120 millones es toda tuya', también indica que la marcha de la cantante no tendrá "un impacto significativo" en las ventas a corto plazo.
El acuerdo que Madonna negocia con Live Nation contempla la entrega de un anticipo de 17,5 millones dólares, así como un adelanto de entre 50 y 60 millones de dólares por los futuros ingresos de sus tres nuevos discos, según publicó esta semana 'The Wall Street Journal'.
Live Nation también podría pagar a Madonna unos 50 millones de dólares en efectivo y en acciones por los derechos a promover sus conciertos, y además, cuando se produzcan las giras, el promotor sólo obtendrá el 10% de los ingresos, en tanto que el resto irá a parar a la cantante.
Aunque la cantante abandone Warner Music, la discográfica mantendría los derechos de los discos que ha sacado al mercado en las últimas dos décadas, así como del que sacará el próximo año." La Jornada.com
domingo, 7 de octubre de 2007
and the winner is...
Elisa Nájera Gualito from Guanajuato won the competition between the most beautiful girls in Mexico… although we all know that we have seen prettier women in our country.. but not all of them participate. It was a poor ceremony, actually, but i like it because, as every year, shows the pride of being a Mexican woman. I like the winner, and I hope she would enjoy all the opportunities she is going to have. Although I believe in miracles I don’t hope that she could win Miss universo because I just don’t want to have a disspointment again. Jajaja. My best wishes!
...and i also want peace world! xoxo.
The finalists: Ana Gabriela Espinoza, de Nuevo León; Esmeralda Pimentel, de Jalisco; Elisa Nájera, de Guanajuato; Irene Chavira, de Colima, y Guadalupe González, de Jalisco.
sorry
yesterday, we loose a great human being...Moisés Krauze Pajt. (Jewish and engineer, beloved father)
Hoping he would be on a funnier world..
my best desires to his family.
Hoping he would be on a funnier world..
my best desires to his family.
..and they were happy forever...
A 24-year-old Argentine man has married a woman 58 years his senior.
The groom, Reinaldo Waveqche, told reporters after the ceremony in Santa Fe, northern Argentina: "I've always liked mature ladies."
Mr Waveqche added: "I don't care what other people say." He and bride Adelfa Volpes, 82!!!!, are planning to travel to Rio de Janeiro for their honeymoon.
Asked if the marriage was purely spiritual, Ms Volpes laughed and replied: "There is going to be more."
The couple were married in a civil service after several years of engagement, and later walked through a local church surrounded by reporters.
Their love blossomed when Mr Waveqche went to live with her after his mother's death when he was 15. He said he admired his new wife's zest for life, and emphasised how special she was to him.
I also don’t care what people say, and I want to believe this is pure love… (however I can stop imagining some of my friends telling me: please lau!! Open your eyes! “Truly love” doesn’t exist, is just an illusion!. This guy has only married the old woman because of her money, and no more. Men always searches for something more, only for their interests”)) juts let me tell u: illusion can not be eaten…but it surely feeds. Yes, I think so.
The groom, Reinaldo Waveqche, told reporters after the ceremony in Santa Fe, northern Argentina: "I've always liked mature ladies."
Mr Waveqche added: "I don't care what other people say." He and bride Adelfa Volpes, 82!!!!, are planning to travel to Rio de Janeiro for their honeymoon.
Asked if the marriage was purely spiritual, Ms Volpes laughed and replied: "There is going to be more."
The couple were married in a civil service after several years of engagement, and later walked through a local church surrounded by reporters.
Their love blossomed when Mr Waveqche went to live with her after his mother's death when he was 15. He said he admired his new wife's zest for life, and emphasised how special she was to him.
I also don’t care what people say, and I want to believe this is pure love… (however I can stop imagining some of my friends telling me: please lau!! Open your eyes! “Truly love” doesn’t exist, is just an illusion!. This guy has only married the old woman because of her money, and no more. Men always searches for something more, only for their interests”)) juts let me tell u: illusion can not be eaten…but it surely feeds. Yes, I think so.
Pretty Woman
How many times have you seen a wooonderful and impressive woman in the street? The one that can make you stop completely or driving you into another way… But, how many of these women has also a brilliant mind? I mean, with how many of the girls that you flirt on a party you can have a conversation of more than half an hour about something that doesn’t involve fashion, complaints or frustrated desires, or in a better case, about “how hard is to be me”, “how I spent my afternoon with my friends yesterday”, or anything that surrounds her little and pink world. I really hope you have found few of these girls in your life, (in order to increase our good reputation, jaja), but if not, here I have u a true story about a real woman:
She is Deborah Berebichez, and …I just can’t tell u all what she is, because she is a lot of things, so I really suggest you to visit this web page and take a look for her curriculum!! http://www.math.nyu.edu/~debbie1/ believe me you are not going to regret!
In a very very very brief resume, she is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics at Columbia University, and the first MEXICAN woman that has graduated from a doctoral in Physics, (yes physics, not any nastiness as “Administrador del tiempo libre” jaja (y no digo q no sea una buena carrera nomas q se necesita ligeramente un pco menos de conocimientos)) and from the Stanford University (one of the bests)… and furthermore… are u imagining an ugly and fat woman with thick lenses, and with no sense of fashion? Guess what? She is as beautiful as a model, because actually she is a professional model (also)!!! I simply can’t express my excitement about this example of women… just take a look of her web side, especially her curriculum.. You will stay impressed!...
p.d--debbie is the one of the photo up right ;)
sábado, 29 de septiembre de 2007
Say welcome to the new Baby Bond!!!
Ahora los niñines de EU si van a nacer con su torta, bueno hamburguesa, bajo el brazo! jaja
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (YES THE CHEATED AND SPOILED DESPERATE HOUSEWIVE) said on Friday that every child born in the United States should get a $5,000 "baby bond" from the government to help pay for future costs of college or buying a home.
Clinton, her party's front-runner in the 2008 race, made the suggestion during a forum hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus. (WHAT A SAHAME! THAT’S WHY MEN CALL US SILLY GIRLS! SHE IS BREAKING OUR REPUTATION!)
"I like the idea of giving every baby born in America a $5,000 account that will grow over time, so that when that young person turns 18 if they have finished high school they will be able to access it to go to college or maybe they will be able to make that downpayment on their first home," she said. (AND THAT’S WHY AMERICAN MEN ARE USED TO BE A BUNCH OF “MANTENIDOS”! JAJA)
The New York senator did not offer any estimate of the total cost of such a program (I CAN EVEN SWEAR THAT SHE CAN’T ESTIMATE THE TOTAL COST OF THE SPENDINGS ON HER HOUSE) or how she would pay for it. (OBVIOUSLY, OR DO U WANT SHE SAYING THAT SHE WILL PAY IT FROM HER PURSE! JAJA)
Clinton said such an account program would help Americans get back to the tradition of savings (TRADITION??? OR NECESSITY?) that she remembers as a child (I WANT TO IMAGINE HER SUFFERING OF HUNGRY , OF REAL HUNGRY, AS MANY MEXICAN LITTLE CHILDREN DOES), and has become harder to accomplish in the face of rising college and housing costs.
Approximately 4 million babies are born each year in the United States.
(IF YOU MULTIPLE 4 MILLION PER 5000…WELL YOU WILL HAVE THE ENOUGH MONEY TO SUSTAIN A NOT DEVELOPED COUNTRY, OR TO GIVE JUST A LTTLE DESPENSE FOR THOSE CHILDREN IN AFRICA WHO ARE DYING OF HUNGER BECAUSE THEY CAN NOT HAVE ONE SINGLE PIECE OF BREAD ON THEIR STOMACH AND THEY PASS A LOT OF DAYS WITHOUT FEELING ONE SINGLE FOOD ON THEIR MOUTHS.) THEY WANT TO GIVE 5000 DOLLARS TO EACH AMERICAN BABY, A POTENTIAL SOLDIER AND CAPITALIST CONSUMER, BUT THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO GIVE ONE SINGLE DOLLAR TO THOSE PEOPLE DYING ON OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD! THEY WONT GIVE ANYTHING IF THEY DON’T RECEIVE ANY PROFIT. THEY HAVE NOT UNDERSTAND YET THAT THE PROFIT OF GIVING IS THE PROFIT THAT THE OTHER RECEIVES. BUT WHY ARE WE ASKING FOR MORAL RIGHTS TO A COUNTRY THAT REACHES THEIR GOALS BY PASSING BY THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS, WHO KILLS MILLION OF HUMANS TO GAIN MONEY, A COUNTRY WHOSE SOUL IS REPRESENTED BY CORPORATIONS AND ITS ONLY BELOVED IS BUSINESS)
***article traduced with the help of the Politician-Spanglish Dictionary, Covachas Co. SA de CV.
Source: CNN.com
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (YES THE CHEATED AND SPOILED DESPERATE HOUSEWIVE) said on Friday that every child born in the United States should get a $5,000 "baby bond" from the government to help pay for future costs of college or buying a home.
Clinton, her party's front-runner in the 2008 race, made the suggestion during a forum hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus. (WHAT A SAHAME! THAT’S WHY MEN CALL US SILLY GIRLS! SHE IS BREAKING OUR REPUTATION!)
"I like the idea of giving every baby born in America a $5,000 account that will grow over time, so that when that young person turns 18 if they have finished high school they will be able to access it to go to college or maybe they will be able to make that downpayment on their first home," she said. (AND THAT’S WHY AMERICAN MEN ARE USED TO BE A BUNCH OF “MANTENIDOS”! JAJA)
The New York senator did not offer any estimate of the total cost of such a program (I CAN EVEN SWEAR THAT SHE CAN’T ESTIMATE THE TOTAL COST OF THE SPENDINGS ON HER HOUSE) or how she would pay for it. (OBVIOUSLY, OR DO U WANT SHE SAYING THAT SHE WILL PAY IT FROM HER PURSE! JAJA)
Clinton said such an account program would help Americans get back to the tradition of savings (TRADITION??? OR NECESSITY?) that she remembers as a child (I WANT TO IMAGINE HER SUFFERING OF HUNGRY , OF REAL HUNGRY, AS MANY MEXICAN LITTLE CHILDREN DOES), and has become harder to accomplish in the face of rising college and housing costs.
Approximately 4 million babies are born each year in the United States.
(IF YOU MULTIPLE 4 MILLION PER 5000…WELL YOU WILL HAVE THE ENOUGH MONEY TO SUSTAIN A NOT DEVELOPED COUNTRY, OR TO GIVE JUST A LTTLE DESPENSE FOR THOSE CHILDREN IN AFRICA WHO ARE DYING OF HUNGER BECAUSE THEY CAN NOT HAVE ONE SINGLE PIECE OF BREAD ON THEIR STOMACH AND THEY PASS A LOT OF DAYS WITHOUT FEELING ONE SINGLE FOOD ON THEIR MOUTHS.) THEY WANT TO GIVE 5000 DOLLARS TO EACH AMERICAN BABY, A POTENTIAL SOLDIER AND CAPITALIST CONSUMER, BUT THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO GIVE ONE SINGLE DOLLAR TO THOSE PEOPLE DYING ON OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD! THEY WONT GIVE ANYTHING IF THEY DON’T RECEIVE ANY PROFIT. THEY HAVE NOT UNDERSTAND YET THAT THE PROFIT OF GIVING IS THE PROFIT THAT THE OTHER RECEIVES. BUT WHY ARE WE ASKING FOR MORAL RIGHTS TO A COUNTRY THAT REACHES THEIR GOALS BY PASSING BY THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS, WHO KILLS MILLION OF HUMANS TO GAIN MONEY, A COUNTRY WHOSE SOUL IS REPRESENTED BY CORPORATIONS AND ITS ONLY BELOVED IS BUSINESS)
***article traduced with the help of the Politician-Spanglish Dictionary, Covachas Co. SA de CV.
Source: CNN.com
Rising rising rising...and when i am going to rise? jaja
Prevé Ebrard aumento de 10 a 15 por ciento en transporte (pero todos nosotros prevemos que en todo)
"Es evidente que si sube la gasolina en enero, no sólo será el problema de microbuses y taxis, (sino) todos los servicios subirán”, advirtió.
México, DF. El jefe de Gobierno del Distrito Federal, Marcelo Ebrard, planteó que se prevé un aumento de entre 10 y 15 por ciento en el transporte público en todas sus modalidades, como consecuencia del incremento de la gasolina en enero de 2008. (La Jornada. com)
As we can see, everything is raising, eeeeeverything, except our incomes and my grades, jaja. And don’t know how is it call nowadays by our authorities, but my economy teacher calls it “INFLACIóN”. And I don’t know a lot of economy or politics but, as far as I know, inflation is not like a good omen for a country. When I was studying for the exam, which I have just made on Friday, I noticed that almost all the economic models that the governments use are focused on the control of inflation, this means that they avoided it. So, I can’t understand why our government is now satisfied by saying that the prices of everything are increasing. It should be a very obviously reason that none of us, none of the innocent, silly, and deluded persons like me, can understand.
My mother came yesterday almost petrified because she could only buy the third part of what she was going to buy on the market, because every price has risen a lot, some products costs the double than before! And is not as the common situation, that when the price of something increases, we are obliged to buy the complementary thing that substitutes the expensive one. (Like when the tortilla increases, a lot of people began to buy bread because it was cheapest). That is not possible now because now EVERYTHING has increased! Jaja. So, we are oblige to consume less. That will provoke a decreasing of the demand and then the enterprises are not going to have enough incomes to keep producing. The economic cycle could stop, and we could enter in crisis!!!!!, then we must need and “American hero” to be rescued. …but that’s only one possibility beyond one thousand. Jaja. I prefer to think that my mother, the same as the other million of people living on mexico, could have an increase on their salary, so things could have a balance. I really like our actual president, so I am still hoping that he wont disappoint me. Meanwhile, I hope a lot of luck! To all the young people as me, who has the responsibility of change these “little details” of our dearest country.
(Kisses to everybody! pls dont get bored of breathing! )
"Es evidente que si sube la gasolina en enero, no sólo será el problema de microbuses y taxis, (sino) todos los servicios subirán”, advirtió.
México, DF. El jefe de Gobierno del Distrito Federal, Marcelo Ebrard, planteó que se prevé un aumento de entre 10 y 15 por ciento en el transporte público en todas sus modalidades, como consecuencia del incremento de la gasolina en enero de 2008. (La Jornada. com)
As we can see, everything is raising, eeeeeverything, except our incomes and my grades, jaja. And don’t know how is it call nowadays by our authorities, but my economy teacher calls it “INFLACIóN”. And I don’t know a lot of economy or politics but, as far as I know, inflation is not like a good omen for a country. When I was studying for the exam, which I have just made on Friday, I noticed that almost all the economic models that the governments use are focused on the control of inflation, this means that they avoided it. So, I can’t understand why our government is now satisfied by saying that the prices of everything are increasing. It should be a very obviously reason that none of us, none of the innocent, silly, and deluded persons like me, can understand.
My mother came yesterday almost petrified because she could only buy the third part of what she was going to buy on the market, because every price has risen a lot, some products costs the double than before! And is not as the common situation, that when the price of something increases, we are obliged to buy the complementary thing that substitutes the expensive one. (Like when the tortilla increases, a lot of people began to buy bread because it was cheapest). That is not possible now because now EVERYTHING has increased! Jaja. So, we are oblige to consume less. That will provoke a decreasing of the demand and then the enterprises are not going to have enough incomes to keep producing. The economic cycle could stop, and we could enter in crisis!!!!!, then we must need and “American hero” to be rescued. …but that’s only one possibility beyond one thousand. Jaja. I prefer to think that my mother, the same as the other million of people living on mexico, could have an increase on their salary, so things could have a balance. I really like our actual president, so I am still hoping that he wont disappoint me. Meanwhile, I hope a lot of luck! To all the young people as me, who has the responsibility of change these “little details” of our dearest country.
(Kisses to everybody! pls dont get bored of breathing! )
Crazy Love
Trasladan a la Reina del Pacífico y a su novio El Tigre a prisión
(Notimex/La Jornada On Line)
(Notimex/La Jornada On Line)
Sandra Ávila Beltrán is the queen of the Pacific, and his lovely bofriend is Juan Diego Espinosa Ramírez, the tiger. They are just a lovely couple of sweethearts that have been caught and imprison today, (in different prisons obviously, we don't want a princess of the pacific or many little tigers, sure?). They are waiting for the determination of the laws, to know how much time they are going to be separated. (aaaaaaw). They are accused of: “delincuencia organizada, contra la salud y operaciones con recursos de procedencia ilícita; los delitos de asociación delictuosa por la importación de más de cinco kilogramos de cocaína y la posesión con la intención de distribuir más de cinco kilogramos del alcaloide…. También se le atribuye haber formado parte, junto con su novio El Tigre, de una organización dedicada a acciones de narcotráfico con funciones de administración, dirección y supervisión.”
Q tal!?!!!! jajaja. What a team! i think a deep part of us, wonder to be as the protagonists of action movies, who makes very dangerous things with their lovely couple, as the perfect team. Which woman hasn’t wonder to be as Mrs. Smith with her boyfriend besides…Furthermore, any “dangerous” action done with him is kind of exciting. But, making just little pranks or tricks with the man you love, is not the same as selling drugs… Although I cant deny it should be very exciting, I neither can imagine the blindness power of love. Has she enter to those business because, as many Disney movies taught us, “she loved him”? (any way, in that case we wont call it love, but dependent) Or she was already on that business and she became his girlfriend just like another transaction? Or it was just another illness relationship between two persons with many empties and conflicts? Or it was only love? Well, we cant know, Maybe they neither know. However it should be interesting. Someone should write a novel searching deeper on that story.
As we can see in the image, la reina del Pacífico, was actually a queen, jaja. That is something my friends would say. But it is true she was a sexy woman. I liked the couple…what do u think?
Here is the hole news:
"Cualquier parecido con la fantasía no es mera coincidencia: Sandra Ávila Beltrán, una de las más importantes operadoras del cártel de Sinaloa (encargada de las "relaciones públicas" de la organización criminal que encabeza Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán), y Juan Diego Espinosa Ramírez, segundo hombre en la jerarquía de la banda colombiana de Valle del Norte, fueron detenidos ayer en la ciudad de México por agentes federales. Sonriente, la legendaria mujer, de 45 años, dijo después de su captura que está dedicada "al hogar y al comercio". Desde hace dos décadas, según informes oficiales, se encarga del lavado de dinero y ha trabajado como mediadora a las órdenes de capos como Ismael El Mayo Zambada y los hermanos Beltrán Leyva; el narco sudamericano, en tanto, negó toda relación con el tráfico de estupefacientes"
México, DF. El Ministerio Público de la Federación ejerció acción penal contra Sandra Ávila Beltrán, alias La Reina del Pacífico, y su novio Juan Diego Espinosa Ramírez, El Tigre, quienes quedaron recluidos en el penal de Santa Martha Acatitla y en el Cefereso número uno El Altiplano, respectivamente.
En un comunicado, la Procuraduría General de la República (PGR) informó que a ambas personas detenidas el viernes pasado se les acusa de delitos de delincuencia organizada, contra la salud y operaciones con recursos de procedencia ilícita.
También con base en un ordenamiento judicial de detención provisional con fines de extradición internacional librada por el Juzgado 18 de Distrito de Procesos Penales Federales en la ciudad de México, relacionada con el expediente de extradición 06/2004-I.
Esta última derivada de la probable responsabilidad de la mujer en la comisión de los delitos de asociación delictuosa por la importación de más de cinco kilogramos de cocaína y la posesión con la intención de distribuir más de cinco kilogramos del alcaloide hecho que las leyes estadunidenses tipifican como delito grave.
También se le atribuye haber formado parte, junto con su novio El Tigre, de una organización dedicada a acciones de narcotráfico con funciones de administración, dirección y supervisión.
De igual manera se ejerció acción penal contra El Tigre, de origen colombiano, en cumplimiento de la orden de aprehensión girada por el Juzgado Primero de Distrito en materia de procesos penales federales en el Estado de México, dentro de la causa penal 108/2002 por los delitos de delincuencia organizada y contra la salud." (La Jornada.com)
En un comunicado, la Procuraduría General de la República (PGR) informó que a ambas personas detenidas el viernes pasado se les acusa de delitos de delincuencia organizada, contra la salud y operaciones con recursos de procedencia ilícita.
También con base en un ordenamiento judicial de detención provisional con fines de extradición internacional librada por el Juzgado 18 de Distrito de Procesos Penales Federales en la ciudad de México, relacionada con el expediente de extradición 06/2004-I.
Esta última derivada de la probable responsabilidad de la mujer en la comisión de los delitos de asociación delictuosa por la importación de más de cinco kilogramos de cocaína y la posesión con la intención de distribuir más de cinco kilogramos del alcaloide hecho que las leyes estadunidenses tipifican como delito grave.
También se le atribuye haber formado parte, junto con su novio El Tigre, de una organización dedicada a acciones de narcotráfico con funciones de administración, dirección y supervisión.
De igual manera se ejerció acción penal contra El Tigre, de origen colombiano, en cumplimiento de la orden de aprehensión girada por el Juzgado Primero de Distrito en materia de procesos penales federales en el Estado de México, dentro de la causa penal 108/2002 por los delitos de delincuencia organizada y contra la salud." (La Jornada.com)
sábado, 22 de septiembre de 2007
'Bewitched' actress Alice Ghostley, (Samantha's mother), dies at 81
(Alice is the beautiful woman that is stand up on the top)LOS ANGELES, California -- Alice Ghostley, the Tony Award-winning actress best known on television for playing Esmeralda on "Bewitched" and Bernice on "Designing Women," has died. She was 81.
Ghostley died Friday at her home in Studio City after a long battle with colon cancer and a series of strokes, longtime friend Jim Pinkston said.
Miles Kreuger, president of the Los Angeles-based Institute of the American Musical, said part of Ghostley's charm was that she was not glamorous.
"She was rather plain and had a splendid singing voice, and the combination of the well-trained, splendid singing voice and this kind of dowdy homemaker character was so incongruous and so charming," Kreuger said.
In the 1960s, Ghostley received a Tony nomination for various characterizations in the Broadway comedy "The Beauty Part" and eventually won for best featured actress in "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window."
From 1969 to 1972, she played the good witch and ditzy housekeeper Esmeralda on TV's "Bewitched." She played Bernice Clifton on "Designing Women" from 1987 to 1993, for which she earned an Emmy nomination in 1992.
Ghostley's film credits include "To Kill a Mockingbird," "The Graduate," "Gator" and "Grease."
"I knew I didn't look like an ingenue," she told The Globe. "My nose was too long. I had crooked teeth. I wasn't blond. I knew I looked like a character actress.
"But I also knew I'd find a way," she added.
Ghostley died Friday at her home in Studio City after a long battle with colon cancer and a series of strokes, longtime friend Jim Pinkston said.
Miles Kreuger, president of the Los Angeles-based Institute of the American Musical, said part of Ghostley's charm was that she was not glamorous.
"She was rather plain and had a splendid singing voice, and the combination of the well-trained, splendid singing voice and this kind of dowdy homemaker character was so incongruous and so charming," Kreuger said.
In the 1960s, Ghostley received a Tony nomination for various characterizations in the Broadway comedy "The Beauty Part" and eventually won for best featured actress in "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window."
From 1969 to 1972, she played the good witch and ditzy housekeeper Esmeralda on TV's "Bewitched." She played Bernice Clifton on "Designing Women" from 1987 to 1993, for which she earned an Emmy nomination in 1992.
Ghostley's film credits include "To Kill a Mockingbird," "The Graduate," "Gator" and "Grease."
"I knew I didn't look like an ingenue," she told The Globe. "My nose was too long. I had crooked teeth. I wasn't blond. I knew I looked like a character actress.
"But I also knew I'd find a way," she added.
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I really LOVE this tv serie!!!!!!! is one of my favorites! I always left everything I had to do when there were going to pass on tv. Actually I missed my cousin’s graduation because of seeing the chapter in which Samanta’s baby was born! I loved this girl (Samanta) !! She was so funny! And so smart! If I could be a tv character I would be her without doubt! I really liked it…And the character that represented her mother always reminds me to my mother, always putting her nose on things that aren’t her businesses, jaja. I guess how this actress, that has alredy died, was with her own daughters, supposing that she ad daughters. I like the idea that she died at a very old age. As everything, it is just the process of live. Sometimes we are not really conscious about the proximity that we have with death daily, Mostly at my age, we live as if we would live forever… big mistake! Mistake that we still doing every single day, and that we will continue doing. If we are not conscious about our own cycle of live, how can we be conscious about other peoples process of live, other people’s death, mainly the one that we love. If we observe, when someone we love dies, we cry a lot and feel a deep hole on our hearts…but we are so selfish that we don’t really cry for the person, very few people realized that they are really crying for themselves, because they know they are going to be more lonely than before, because they know they will miss the person, because they are repented of many things about their relationship with the person., and many other reasons that still includes themselves, but not truly the death person. If we weren’t so selfish we could understand the process of the beloved life and we would be happy because we know he is on a better condition. … Well, whatever it is… I express my condolences to Alice Ghostley’s family.
Vacations on Mars!
NASA Orbiter Provides Insights About Mars Water and Climate
September 20, 2007
PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is examining several features on Mars that address the role of water at different times in Martian history.
Features examined with the orbiter's advanced instruments include material deposited in two gullies within the past eight years, polar ice layers formed in the recent geologic past, and signs of water released by large impacts when Mars was younger. Last year, discovery of the fresh gully deposits from before-and-after images taken since 1999 by another orbiter, Mars Global Surveyor, raised hopes that modern flows of liquid water had been detected on Mars. Observations by the newer orbiter, which reached Mars last year, suggest these deposits might instead have resulted from landslides of loose, dry materials. Researchers report this and other findings from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in five papers in Friday's issue of the journal Science.
"The key question raised by these two deposits is whether water is coming to the surface of Mars today," said Alfred McEwen of the University of Arizona, Tucson, lead scientist for the spacecraft's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera and co-author of three of the papers. "Our evidence suggests the new deposits did not necessarily involve water." One of the fresh deposits is a stripe of relatively bright material several hundred yards long that was not present in 1999 but appeared by 2004.
The orbiter's Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars reveals the deposit is not frost, ice or a mineral left behind by evaporation of salty water. Also, the researchers inspected the slopes above this and five other locations that have bright and apparently young deposits. The slopes are steep enough for sand or loose, dry dust to flow down the gullies. Bright material seen uphill could be the source. Other gullies, however, offer strong evidence of liquid water flowing on Mars within the last few million years, although perhaps at a different phase of repeating climate cycles.
Mars, like Earth, has periodic changes in climate due to the cycles related to the planets' tilts and orbits. Some eras during the cycles are warmer than others. These gullies are on slopes too shallow for dry flows, and images from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's high-resolution camera show clear indicators of liquid flows, such as braided channels and terraces within the gullies.
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(covacha’s opinion) So…what about invading other places on universe? If we have destroyed an entire planet, why don’t another? At last, there are nine… so what’s the matter? There’s no one that could reclaim us…NOOOOO! That’s not the way things should be. Sometimes it seems to me that they are more worried about finding any other possibilities of living in other places, than in caring the place in which we are living NOW! But…it might be only my perception. I am obviously agreed with development of the science and technology, to improve our future, but what about our present? I think we should take more care about the present health of our lives and of our home, the earth, than of the live of others, and sometimes others we don’t even know, like the extraterrestrials, and than other places that aren’t ours. …Even though, all these things about “new” findings in other planets, especially Mars, are veeeery wasted to the point that it suddenly seems us boring. However, any kind of research and development of investigation I think is really good.
September 20, 2007
PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is examining several features on Mars that address the role of water at different times in Martian history.
Features examined with the orbiter's advanced instruments include material deposited in two gullies within the past eight years, polar ice layers formed in the recent geologic past, and signs of water released by large impacts when Mars was younger. Last year, discovery of the fresh gully deposits from before-and-after images taken since 1999 by another orbiter, Mars Global Surveyor, raised hopes that modern flows of liquid water had been detected on Mars. Observations by the newer orbiter, which reached Mars last year, suggest these deposits might instead have resulted from landslides of loose, dry materials. Researchers report this and other findings from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in five papers in Friday's issue of the journal Science.
"The key question raised by these two deposits is whether water is coming to the surface of Mars today," said Alfred McEwen of the University of Arizona, Tucson, lead scientist for the spacecraft's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera and co-author of three of the papers. "Our evidence suggests the new deposits did not necessarily involve water." One of the fresh deposits is a stripe of relatively bright material several hundred yards long that was not present in 1999 but appeared by 2004.
The orbiter's Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars reveals the deposit is not frost, ice or a mineral left behind by evaporation of salty water. Also, the researchers inspected the slopes above this and five other locations that have bright and apparently young deposits. The slopes are steep enough for sand or loose, dry dust to flow down the gullies. Bright material seen uphill could be the source. Other gullies, however, offer strong evidence of liquid water flowing on Mars within the last few million years, although perhaps at a different phase of repeating climate cycles.
Mars, like Earth, has periodic changes in climate due to the cycles related to the planets' tilts and orbits. Some eras during the cycles are warmer than others. These gullies are on slopes too shallow for dry flows, and images from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's high-resolution camera show clear indicators of liquid flows, such as braided channels and terraces within the gullies.
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(covacha’s opinion) So…what about invading other places on universe? If we have destroyed an entire planet, why don’t another? At last, there are nine… so what’s the matter? There’s no one that could reclaim us…NOOOOO! That’s not the way things should be. Sometimes it seems to me that they are more worried about finding any other possibilities of living in other places, than in caring the place in which we are living NOW! But…it might be only my perception. I am obviously agreed with development of the science and technology, to improve our future, but what about our present? I think we should take more care about the present health of our lives and of our home, the earth, than of the live of others, and sometimes others we don’t even know, like the extraterrestrials, and than other places that aren’t ours. …Even though, all these things about “new” findings in other planets, especially Mars, are veeeery wasted to the point that it suddenly seems us boring. However, any kind of research and development of investigation I think is really good.
Recent research
Smelly guy? Guess what? It’s not him!!! Is your nose!...and your genes who are talking…
(http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2007/2034790.htm)
When it comes to a man's body odour, the fragrance or stench is in the nose of the beholder, according to US researchers.They suggest a single gene may determine how people perceive body odour.Their study, published online in the journal Nature, helps explain why the same sweaty man can smell like vanilla to some, like urine to others and for about a third of adults, have no smell at all."This is the first time that any human odourant receptor is associated with how we experience odours," says Assistant Professor Hiroaki Matsunami of Duke University in North Carolina.Matsunami and colleagues at Duke and Rockefeller University in New York focused on the chemical androstenone, which is created when the body breaks down the male sex hormone testosterone.Androstenone is in the sweat of men and women, but it is more highly concentrated in men.How you perceives its smell appears to have a lot to do with variations in one odour receptor gene called OR7D4."It is well known that people have different perceptions to androstenone. But people didn't know what was the basis of it," Matsunami says.To find out, researchers in his lab tested sweat chemicals on most of the 400 known odour receptors used by the nose to sniff out smells and chemicals.They found the OR7D4 gene reacted strongly with the sex steroid androstenone. Next, they tested whether variations in this gene had an impact on how people perceived the smell of androstenone in male sweat.They took blood samples and sequenced the DNA of 400 people who participated in a smell perception test done in Associate Professor Leslie Vosshall's lab at Rockefeller.
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When it comes to a man's body odour, the fragrance or stench is in the nose of the beholder, according to US researchers.They suggest a single gene may determine how people perceive body odour.Their study, published online in the journal Nature, helps explain why the same sweaty man can smell like vanilla to some, like urine to others and for about a third of adults, have no smell at all."This is the first time that any human odourant receptor is associated with how we experience odours," says Assistant Professor Hiroaki Matsunami of Duke University in North Carolina.Matsunami and colleagues at Duke and Rockefeller University in New York focused on the chemical androstenone, which is created when the body breaks down the male sex hormone testosterone.Androstenone is in the sweat of men and women, but it is more highly concentrated in men.How you perceives its smell appears to have a lot to do with variations in one odour receptor gene called OR7D4."It is well known that people have different perceptions to androstenone. But people didn't know what was the basis of it," Matsunami says.To find out, researchers in his lab tested sweat chemicals on most of the 400 known odour receptors used by the nose to sniff out smells and chemicals.They found the OR7D4 gene reacted strongly with the sex steroid androstenone. Next, they tested whether variations in this gene had an impact on how people perceived the smell of androstenone in male sweat.They took blood samples and sequenced the DNA of 400 people who participated in a smell perception test done in Associate Professor Leslie Vosshall's lab at Rockefeller.
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I have many experiences where everybody says there is a very bad smell on the place, and I am the only one that perceives a different odour, and also in the other way. There are some other times that someone smells something “good” and I am almost vomiting about it, jaja. “Likings are broken in genres” but it’s also true that beauty will always be beauty…fresh odours will always be fresh odours… as long as the monkey dressed with silk, will always be a monkey.
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