, PeAcE OuT???

, AmErIcAnS aRe SeRiOuSlY tIrEd Of ThE wAr In IrAq. BuT aRe ThEy ReAdY tO gEt SeRiOuS aBoUt PeAcE iN tHe MidDlE EAsT? JAkArTa - BaSeD TrIsh AnDeRtOn ExPlOrEs ThIs QuEsTiOn WhIle ViSiTiNg ThE U.S. fOr ThE fIrSt TiMe In YeAr AnD hAlF.
, NoTiCe It RiGhT aWaY, aS a FrIeNd Is DrIvInG mE tO hEr ApArTmEnT fRoM BoStOn's LoGan AiRpOrT ; tHe YeLlOw " SuPpOrT oUr TrOoPs " MaGnEts ThAt OnCe FeStOoNeD sO mAnY oF mY fElLoW AmErIcAns' BuMpErs HaVe DwInDlEd To AlMoSt NoNe. OnLy A fEw FaDeD eXaMpLes StIlL cLiNg To ThE rEaR eNdS oF rEcAlCiTrAnT pIcKuP tRuCkS aNd SUVs.

, ThIs SeEmS tO cOnFiRm WhAt MoSt pEoPlE aLwAyS aSsUmEd; ThOsE mAgNeTs WeRe AbOuT sUpPoRtInG tHe WaR, nOt ThE tRoOpS.

, AnD nOw, AmErIcAns WaNt OuT. As We PiCk OuR wAy ThRoUgH tHe MaZe Of DeToUrS sUrRoUnDiNg ThE aIrPoRt, I bEgIn WoNdErInG; PeOpLe ArE rEjEcTiNg ThE wAr, BuT aRe ThEy LoOkInG fOr BrOaDeR sOlUtIoNs In ThE MidDlE EaSt? ArE tHeY PoNdErInG tHe CoNdItIoNs tHaT hElPeD lEaD tO wAr? FoR eXaMpLe, ArE tHeY lOoKiNg FoR a PrEsIdEnT wHo CaN rEvIvE tHe IsRaElI - PaLeStInIaN pEaCe PrOcEsS?

, I dEcIdE tO fInD oUt. LuCkIlY, jUsT a FeW dAyS lAtEr, I'm HeAdEd To a KeY bAtTlEgRoUnD iN tHe EaRlY sTaGeS oF tHe U.S. pReSiDeNtIaL rAcE; NeW HaMpShIrE, wHeRe ThE fIrSt PrEsIdEnTiAl pRiMaRy VoTe WiLl HapPeN eArLy NeXt YeAr.

, " ThE wAr iS oVeRsHaDoWiNg EvErYtHiNg," SaYs WaYnE McDoNaLd, ViCe-ChAiR oF tHe StAtE RePuBlIcAn CoMmItTeE, bAlAnCiNg a PlAtE oF bArBeCuE oN hIs KnEeAt a RePuBlIcAn PiCnIc iN tHe ToWn oF EtNa. "WhAt (VoTeRs) WaNt MoRe ThAn AnYtHiNg ElSe Is FoR Us To Be OuT Of ThErE.

, BuT ThAt DoEsN't MeAn ThErE's MoRe InTeReSt In ThE PeAcE PrOcEsS, He AdDs; " I tHiNk It's LaRgElY bEiNg CrOwDeD oUt."

, ThE pOlL nUmBeRs AgReE. In a MiD-jUnE sUrVeY oF tHe StAtE's RePuBlIcAn VoTeRs By ThE uNiVeRsItY oF NeW HaMpsHiRe SuRvEy CeNtEr, 59 PeRcEnT sAiD IrAq WaS aMoNg ThEiR tOp CoNcErNs. FoReIgN PoLiCy--tHe EnTiRe ArEnA oF fOrEiGn PoLiCy--LiMpEd In At 9 PeRcEnT. AsKeD tHe SaMe QuEsTiOn a MoNtH LaTeR, 20 PeRcEnT oF DeMoCrAtS CiTeD FoReIgN PoLiCy aS a ToP iSsUe.

, On ThEiR cAmPaIgN wEbSiTeS, mOsT cAnDiDaTes EmPhAsIzE tHeIr SuPpOrT fOr IsRaEl, WiThOuT a CoRrEsPoNdInG vOw To PuRsUe PeAcE oR pRoTeCt ThE rIgHtS oF PaLeStInIaNs. OnLy DeMoCrAt DeNnIs KuCiNiCh DeVoTeS siGnIfIcAnT sPaCe To ThE ImPoRtAnCe Of an EvEn-HaNdEd PeAcE PrOcEsS.

, KuCiNiCh IsN't LiKeLy To AdVaNcE tHe CaUsE mUcH, hOwEvEr, SiNcE hE's PoLlInG aT 3 PeRcEnT nAtIoNaLlY.

, ThE nExT dAy,DeMoCrAtIc CaNdIdAtE BiLl RiChArDsOn AdDrEsSeS a CrOwDeD iN tHe StAtE cApItAl, CoNcOrD. LoOkInG a BiT rUmPlEd AnD cHuBbY fOr An AmErIcA tHaT LiKeS iTs CaNdIdAtE tRiM, tHe NeW MeXiCo GoVeRnOr FiElDs a QuEsTiOn On MiDdLe EaSt PeAcE. He QuIcKlY sUmMaRiZeS HiS sUpPoRt FoR tHe 1967 IsRaELi BoRdErS, fOr IsRaEl's RiGhT tO eXiSt AnD fOr ThE PaLeStInIaNs' RiGhT tO a StAtE. In SuM, hE sAyS, " I BeLiEvE wE nEeD a CoMpReHeNsIvE sEtTlEmEnT tHaT iNvOlVeS tAlKiNg To AlL tHe PlAyErS iN tHe ReGiOn."

, BuT tHe QuEsTiOnEr, InTeRpReTeR FaTiMa DeEk, DoEsN't LoOk HaPpY. DeEk GrEw Up aS a PaLeStInIaN rEfUgEe In JoRdAn. ShE's BeEn In ThE U.S. fOr 16 YeArS. ShE's LoOkInG fOr a CaNdIdAtE tO tAcKlE tHe IsRaElI-PaLeStInIaN cOnFlIcT, aNd ShE HaSn't FoUnD OnE YeT.
" AlL oF tHeM sAy Oh, YoU kNoW, wE hAvE tO tHiNk AbOuT sOmEtHiNg, We HaVe To Do SoMeThInG," sHe TelLs Me AfTeR tHe SpEeCh. " BuT I ThInK iT's AlL cRaP. I dIdN't LiKe BiLl RiChArDsOn's AnSwEr. I nEeD mOrE."
DeEk BlAmEs PaLeStInIaN mIsErY oN a CoMbInAtIoN oF AmErIcAn ImPeRiAlIsM aNd WeAk ArAb LeAdErShIp. ShE's FrUsTaTed ThAt ThE pLiGhT oF hEr FeLlOw ReFuGeEs HaSn't InSpIrEd MoRe PasSiOn.
" I wAnT a CaNdIdAtE wHo WiLl SaY tHiS iS uNfAiR, tHiS iS uNjUsT, " sHe SaYs. " I aM gLaD pEoPlE aRe TaLkInG aBoUt DaRfUr. BuT wHaT aBoUt ThE fOrGoTtEn ReFuGgEs?"


, AcTuAlLy tHe mIdDlE eAsT cOnFliCt iS nEvEr ReAllY fOrGoTtEn In tHe U.S. It's aN eNdLeSs SoUrCe Of HeAdLiNeS aNd EdItOrIaL. As ThE dEcAdEs PaSs, HoWeVeR, AmErIcAnS aPpEaR tO bE lOsInG hOpE iN eVeR fInDiNg a SoLuTiOn. LaSt YeAr, a U.S. pOlL fOuNd 64 PeRcEn oF rEsPoNdEnTs ThOuGhT IsRaEl AnD tHe ArAb NaTiOnS wOuLd NeVeR bE aT pEaCe.
I e-MaIl StEvEn SImOn, SeNiOr FeLloW fOr MiDdLe EaStErN StUdIeS aT tHe CoUnCiL oF FoReIgN ReLaTiOnS, tO aSk wHy PeOpLe ArEn't TaKiNg a BrOaDeR vIeW oN mIdDlE EaSt IsSuEs.
"YoU eXpEcT tOo MuCh oF vOtErS", hE cHiDeS gEnTlY iN hIs rEpLy. He CiTeS tHe DiFfIcUlTy AmErIcAnS fAcE iN wItHdRaWiNg FrOm IrAq "UnDeR cOnDiTiOnS tHaT rEsEmBlE dEfEaT". He CiTeS tHe CoUnTrY's LoNgTiMe EmOtIoNaL aNd StRaTeGiC iDeNtIfIcAtIoN wItH IsRaEl. He PoInTs OuT tHe CoMpLeXiTy ThAt WoUlD bE iNvOlVeD iN aNy PeAcE dEaL.
"It Is NoT sUrPrIsInG tHaT cAnDiDaTeS wIlL sHy AwAy FrOm ThEsE sOrTs Of QuEsTiOnS," hE cOnClUdEs, ThOuGhT hE aDdS tHe IsSuE wIlL aRiSe MoRe In ThE lAtEr StAgEs Of ThE cAmPaIgN.

, CoNnIE WhItLaCh Is My LaSt HoPe. ShE's ThE dIrEcToR oF ChUrChEs FoR MiDdLe EaSt PeAcE (CMEP), wHiCh SeNt a LeTtEr To AlL tHe CaNdIdAtEs In AuGuSt UrGiNg ThEm To MaKe "StRoNgEr AmErIcAn DiPlOmAtIc LeAdErShIp" In ThE pEaCe ProCeSs a ToP pRiOrItY. I CaLl WhItLaCh, AnD sHe pOLiTeLy BuRsT mY bUbBlE.
"I ReAlLy Do NoT tHInK iT's a GoOd TiMe FoR cAnDiDaTeS tO tAlK aBoUt ThE iSsUe," ShE sAyS, BeCaUsE "tHeY dOn'T uSsUaLlY dO a VeRy ReSpOnSiBlE jOb Of It."

, In ThE hEaT oF a CaMpAiGn, ShE sAy'S, pOLiTiCiAnS eNd Up TaKiNg ExTrEmE pOsTiOnS. RaThEr ThAn FoRcE tHe IsSuE iNtO tHe LiMeLiGhT, CMEP hOpEs To GeT tHe CaNdIdAtEs To CoMmIt To WoRk FoR pEaCe. ThEn ThE oRgAnIzAtIoN cAn FoLlOw Up On ThAt CoMmItMeNt In a MoRe SoBeR aTmOsPhErE aFtEr tHe nExT U.S. PrEsIdEnT tAkEs OfFiCe.

, ThE sItUaTiOn In ThE MiDdLe EaSt LoOkS rAtHeR bLeAk At ThE mOmEnT, sHe aDmItS, bUt tHe NeEd FoR a PeAcE pRoCeSs Is sO StRoNg aS tO MaKe It "aLmOsT uNsToPpAbLe."
"I'd LiKe To tHiNk ThaT (sEnSe oF) iNeViTaBiLiTy Is cOrReCt AnD iT wIlL cOmE tO pAsS," ShE sAyS.
iT's NoT eXaCtLy a ClAmOr FoR pEaCe. BuT fOr ThE mOmEnT, iT lOoKs LiKe It WiLl HaVe To SuFfIcE.



tHe JaKaRtA pOsT, SePtEmBeR 2007

Fishy Personality

Who says fish are boring?

Some fish are active, some not.
Some are risk-takers ; others, scaredy-fish.
University of Guelph scientists noticed this as they sat by the Credit River, west of Toronto, watching trout feed.
So they scooped up the young fish, brought them to the lab aquarium and ran them through six days of personality tests.
The "personality" theory is starting to catch on with respect to our views of much of the animal kingdom, says Rob McLaughlin and student Alex Wilson found the trouts' personalities stayed distinct even after the fish left their natural homes.
For instance, when researchers put the fish in a dark tube in the aquarium, the more active ones emerged into the main body of the tank first.
Presumably, they were more ready to take risks and less afraid of an unfamiliar environment.
"We were getting this sense that they perceive the environment differently," says McLaughlin,"and the kinds of things we measured are part of what people are starting to call personality traits in animals."


RDPETS , JULY 2008

STUNG BY BEES

A mysterious ailment of honeybees threatens a trillion - dollar industry and an essential source of nutrition.

For 3,000 YEARS, FARMERS IN CHINA'S SICHUAN PROVINCE POLLINATED their fruit trees the old - fashioned way ; they let the bees do it. Flower produce nectar that attracts bees, which inadvertently transfer sticky grains of pollen from one flower to another, fertilizing them so they bear fruit. When China rapidly expanded its pear orchards in the 1980s, it stepped up its use of pesticides, and this age - old system of pollination began to unravel. Today, during the spring, the snow - white pear blossoms blanket the hills, but there are no bees to carry the pollen. Instead, thousands of villagers climb through the trees, hand - pollinating them by dipping " pollination sticks " - brushes made of chicken feathers and cigarette filters - into plastic bottles of pollen and then touching them to each of the billions of blossoms.


China's use of human bees is only one of many troubling signs of an agricultural crisis in the making. Bees the world over have been dying from a mysterious syndrome termed colony - collapse disorder, or CCD. U.S. beekeepers lost 35 percent of their hives this winter, after losing 30 percent the previous year. Similar but less well - publicized losses have occurred in countries as far - flung as Canada, Brazil, India and China, as well as throughout Europe. A recent survey of wild - bee populations in Belgium and France found that 25 percent of species have declined in the past 30 years. Several species of bumblebees common in the United States as recently as 1990 have disappeared. In Britain, the British Beekeepers Association has warned that honeybees could disappear entirely from the island by 2018, along with 165 million worth of apples, pears, canola and other crops they pollinate.
The treat is vast. Most crops - 87 of the world's 115 most important ones - require pollination to develop fruits, nuts and seeds, says agroecologist Alexandra - Maria Klein at Germany's University of Gottingen. Those crops account for about $1 trillion of the approximately $3 trillion in annual sales of agricultural produce worldwide. They also provide 35 percent of the calories consumed by humans each year, and most of the vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Every blueberry, cherry, apple, grapefruit, avocado, squash, cucumber, macadamia nut and almond depends on the ministrations of bee for its existence. Even crops such as lettuce and broccoli need insect pollination to produce seed for the following year's supply.
Colony - collapse disorder is characterized by the sudden collapse of a full - strength hive in a matter of weeks, with adults leaving the hive and not returning, until the hive is deserted. " I found colonies that had just stopped living, " says Borje Svensson, a Swedish beekeeper. " They had given up live without any sign of struggle. " No one knows what causes it, but theories abound. U.S. researchers believe a previously little - known disease called Israeli acute paralysis virus is involved, while Spanish researchers suspect a fungus called Nosema. When France lost a third of its bees in the 1990s, beekeepers blamed Imidacloprid, a new pesticide that had been used on sunflowers in 1999 and expanded the ban to other crops in 2004, yet its bees have not recovered. Despite this ambiguous evidence, many beekeepers around the world continue to blame Imidacloprid - the best - selling pesticide in the world, with annual sales of nearly $860 million. Others have pointed fingers at malefactors ranging from cell phones to genetically modified crops, with little evidence. The leading theory is that colony collapse is caused by a combination of viruses, pesticides, the parasitic varroa mite, drought and stress triggered by commercial colonies' overwork and poor nutrition.
The meta-culprit is the shift to large-scale agriculture. When most farms were small family affairs, pollinators came from nearby wildlands. But the growth of massive industrial farm has put most crops out of the reach of wild insects. So farmers need to supply artificially large numbers of bees to pollinate their fields in the spring, The European honeybee is the only pollinator.

KING BEE: Farmers around the world rely too much on the European honeybee to pollimate their crops.

By. Rowan Jacobsen

LG at CommunicAsia 2008.... SPECIAL REPORT

The CommunicAsia 2008, held from June 17 to 20 at the Singapore Expo, featured various products with the latest technologies. CommunicAsia is Asia's most comprehensive IT and communications exhibitions, where he business of technology comes to life. LG Electronics (LG) was present at this year's CommunicAsia with its strongest lineup ever. This time, its focus was to demonstrate its smart technologies and how the technologies enhance user experience in more convenient ways in line with its theme "Smartly Touchable, More Usable".
LG Secret, the long awaited third model in LG's Black Label Series, made its official debut in the Asia - Pasific region during the exhibition. The launch was attended by Indonesian media. According to John Halim, LGIndonesia Mobile Communication Product Marketing Manager, the new fashionable handset will be available in Indonesia soon.
Other newcomers include LG - KT610, the newest smartphone featuring the QWERTY keypad as well as the world's first "Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial" (DVB - T) mobile TV phone,
the LG - HB620T.
During the exhibition, LG also held an art performance demonstrating how LG Secret has incorporate stylish design and smart technologies. There were also a B - boys and 'Catch the Slow Motion' event with the LG Viewty.
President and CEO of Communications Company LG Electronics Mobile, Dr. Skott Ahn who also attended the launch said, "We are very excited to introduce LG Secret and our latest full product lineup to Asia, one of our strategic markets, during CommunicAsia 2008." Along with Dr. Skott Ahn were Vice President / Regional Business Leader Asia Pacific Region Mobile Communication Company LG Electronics Bo H. Choi.


MOBILE INFO

LG Mobile launched a new member of LG Black Label Series at the CommunicAsia 2008 in Singapore recently.
LG Secret (LG - KF750), the third label of the series, was developed to satisfy the tastes of trendsetters who desire a sophisticated design with enduring elegance . The premium style of the phone is reflected through the unique pattern and texture of the innovative carbon fiber material combined with sleek tempered glass.
After debuting in London in April this year, the LG Secret was then launched in Latin America. Within two weeks of the launch, 200,000 handsets had hit the market. Now, LG Secret is ready to expand to Asia Pacific markets.
At just 11.8 mm thick, the LG Secret is the slimmest 5.0 megapixel camera phone on the market. The main display becomes touch sensitive when users activate the Touch Media, five multimedia features. 120 fps video recording and DivX certified playback make memories last forever. LG Secret also has Voice Clarity technologiy and a remarkably convenient Bluetooth auto - sync feature.

SPECIFICATIONS

Radio Bands
EDGE, HSDPA 3.6 Mbps, 900/1800/1900/2100

Display
240 x 320, 2.4", 262K, TFT - LCD

Camera
5.0 Megapixel, AF, CMOS, Face Tracking

Dimensions
102,8 x 50,8 x 11,8 mm.

Connectivity
Bluetooth 20, USB 20

Internal Memory
100 MB

External Memory Slot
MicroSD up to 4 GB

LG Secret will be available in Indonesia at the end of July.
Visit LG Secret Global Site at http//secret.lgmobile.com for more details.

Business retreats off the beaten track.....

Business meetings held amid lush, tropical greenery beside one of the world's most beautiful pools. Presentations delivered against a soothing seaside backdrop. When it comes to meetings, conferences and corporate retreats, "anytime, anyplace, anywhere" is the adage of ALILA HOTELS AND RESORTS IN BALI. Its two luxurious locations - Alila Ubud and Alila Manggis - offer unique environments and equally unique experiences, catering for everything from corporate - style indoor meetings and outdoor presentation venues to teambuildin adventures like biking, rice field trekking, rafting and snorkeling. Not to mention rewarding incentives such as tai chi, yoga and being pampered naturally from the heart at SPA ALILA. Alila Ubud is tranquil hillside retreat that offers two indoor meeting rooms that can accommodate up to 50 people. This boutique hotel features contemporary design in an inspirational setting along Bali's magnificent Ayung River. It promises no typical retreat. Instead, expect something surprisingly different. Cuisine and locations available are fun and varied to suit your programme. For instance, it might include bird watching and trekking along the river followed by a riverside picnic lunch prepared by the hotel's Plantation Dining restaurant. Or an elegant and formal long table events alongside its spectacular emerald green swimming pool under the stars. Of course, 24 - hour room service is available and you can have your choice of cappuccino, herbal tea or jump - start health juice with your morning wake up - call. Likewise, Alila Manggis provides flexible and interesting outdoor meeting venues for up to 100 guests on its large expanse of manicured lawns, as well as poolside, garden and seaside sites all within the property. This secluded, stylish seaside resort in East Bali features modern design in a tropical seaside Balinese setting, away from the madding crowd. The hotel overlooks the Badung Strait and enjoys cool sea breezes with sunny skies much of the year, the perfect weather to enjoy meeting and dining outdoors. Its very own Cooking School and great Seasalt Restaurant have made seaside dining an art, from casual lounging at the Seafood BBQ to formal dining by the candlelit pool or the elegance of its lotus pond restaurant. Taking care of business are Alila's dedicated meetings coordinator and leisure concierge, who ensure your event, accommodation and fun activities are planned with technical proficiency, artistic creativity and personal attention. Add to this mix fabulous dining, which both hotels are well known for, combining the finest ingredients with the best of Balinese service. This includes an extensive Balinese and Western menu as well as an experienced banqueting team whose skill and creativity can transform any event into a memorable experience. Alila also offers a range of exciting outdoor venues off the properties for meetings, performances and dining, all of which they have experience at arranging for groups of 10 to 150 people. All great reasons to meet at Alila Hotels and Resorts in Bali for your next business retreat.


For information and tailored proposals, please contact :
ALILA UBUD Ph 0361 975963 Fax 0361 975968 ubud@alilahotels.com
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special report_ the environment

AMERICANS DON'T LIKE TO LOSE WARS
which makes sense, since they have so little practice with it. Of course, a lot depends on how you define just what a war is. There are shooting wars - the kind that test mettle and patriotism and resourcefulness and courage - and those are the kind at which the U.S. excels. But other struggles test those qualities too. What else was the Great Depression or the space race or the construction of the railroads or the eradication of polio but a massive, often frightening challenge that the U.S. decided as a country it ought to rise up and face ? If Americans indulge in a bit of chest - thumping and flag - waving when the job is done, well , they earned it.
Now there is a similarly momentous challenge ; global warning. The steady deterioration of the very climate of this very planet is becoming a war of the first order, and by any measure, the U.S. is losing. Indeed, if America is fighting at all - and by most accounts, it's not - it's fighting on the wrong side. The U.S. produces nearly a quarter of the world's greenhouse gases each year and has stubbornly made it clear that it doesn't intend to do a whole lot about it. Although 174 nations ratified the admittedly flawed Kyoto accords to reduce carbon levels, the U.S. walked away from them. While even developing China has boosted its efficiency standards to 15 km/L, the U.S. remains the land of the Hummer. Oh, there are vague promises of manufacturing fuel from switchgrass or powering cars with hydrogen - someday. But for a country that rightly cites patriotism as one of its core values, the U.S. is taking a pass on what might be the most patriotic struggle of all. Its hard to imagine a bigger fight than one for the survival of a country's coasts and farms, the health of its people and the stability of its economy - and for those of the world at large as well.
The rub is, if the vast majority of people increasingly agree that climate change is a global emergency, there's far less consensus on how to fix it. Industry offers its plans, which too often would fix little. Environmentalists offer theirs, which too often amount to naive wish lists that could cripple America's growth. But let's assume that those interested parties and others will always be at the table and will always - sensibly - demand that their voices be heard and that their needs be addressed. What would an aggressive, ambitious, effective plan look like - one that would leave the U.S. both environmentally safe and economically sound?
Forget precedents like the Manhattan Project which develop the atom bomb, or the Apollo program that put men on the moon - single focus programs both, however hard they were to pull off. Think instead of the overnight conversion of the World War II - era industrial sector into a vast machine capable of churning out 60,000 tanks and 300,000 planes, an effort that not only didn't bankrupt the U.S. but instead made it rich and powerful beyond its imagining and - oh, yes - won the war in the process.
Halting climate change will be far harder than even that. One of the more conservative plans for addressing the problem, by Robert Socolow and Stephen Pacala of Princeton University, calls for a reduction of 25 billion tons of carbon emissions over the next 50 years - the equivalent of erasing nearly four years of global emissions at today's rates. And yet by devising a coherent strategy that mixes short-term solutions with farsighted goals, combines government activism with private-sector enterprise and blends pragmatism with ambition, the U.S. can, without major damage to the economy, help halt the worst effects of climate change and ensure the survival of its way of life for future generations. Money will do some of the work, but what's needed most is will. "I'm not saying the challenge isn't almost overwhelming,"says Fred Krupp, president of the Environmental Defense Fund and co-author of the new book Earth: The Sequel, "But this is America, and America has risen to these challengers before."
No one yet has a comprehensive plan for how the U.S. could do so again, but everyone agrees on what the biggest parts of the plan would be. Here's our blueprint for how America can flight - and win - the war on global warming.

Be careful with pincers sandal? Danger for health

Washington,
pincers sandal with pincers rope shaped like V or more know with called pincers sandal danger for health. Consumption of pincers sandal can caused quarrel for leg.
The fact founded punctuality from health expert, America. Pincers sandal often called flip-flop in America can caused quarrel if cause a long time. They are loyal to use pincers sandal can to experience sick ill.
Elder team punctual, Justin Shroyer to say that any people to deny a shoes caused easy hurt in him leg so far they are more choose wearing sandal. This fact, so far each other change life style of them with wearing pincers sandal "say Shroyer like in quotation news com. au. thursday (june, 12, 2008).
Shroyer hope the pincers sandal not to appoint first choice in daily. The kind of sandal this find only wear a rare and changed for some months. "Pincers sandal just wearing in enjoyed for a short time his allowance."
In punctual, they are give value a way of people walk and the strongth of them with leg who tread ground with a shoes or pincers sandal.
The result of them who wearing a pincers sandal a little to use power a moment walk to equal they are walk or running with use a shoes.

Russia's Medvedev calls for overhaul of European security

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday made a new demand for a sweeping overhaul of European security, saying NATO alone could not handle the continent's post-Cold War challengers. In a keynote speech at a media forum, he vowed to make Russia more free and open, and said that despite basic differences with the United States he looked forward to constructive dialogue with the next U.S. administration. "Is the Atlantic alliance sufficient to solve all of the problems of security in old Europe? In my opinion the answer is no," Medvedev told journalists at the Russian Media Congress in Moscow. "The solution would be to prepare an all-encompassing European agreement in which all the state of Europe took part ..... All the other institutions are based on divisive principles," he said. The Kremlin has repeatedly complained that NATO is moving to dominate European security, usurping the power of the United Nations and leaving Moscow out in the cold by planning expansion to Russia's borders. In his first major foreign policy speech since succeeding Vladimir Putin, Medvedev last week called for a European conference to discuss a new treaty. But the call, made on a trip to Berlin, has received a muted response. Getting European allies on board to discuss a broad new treaty might be difficult, analysts said. The idea that NATO should disappear as a force in Europe "is not much of a basis for a conference," independent military analyst Pavel Felgenhauer said earlier. The treaty proposal is little more than a reworking of Soviet-era proposals that had a "very weak impact on security in Europe," said Yevgeny Volk, head of the Moscow office of the U.S. Heritage Foundation. To reach an agreement, Russia would have to overcome what Medvedev described as "radically different" U.S. points of view on key security iddues in Europe. In particular, Medvedev named U.S. plans to extend a missile shield into the Czech Republic and Poland, the enlargement of NATO, and the Cold-War era Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty. But the kremlin chief said he had "guarded optimism" about ties with whoever comes to power in the United States in a November presidential election. In an apparent bid to distance himself from the authoritarian trends seen in Russia in recent years Medvedev also vowed to build a freer society. "Our immutable course will be the creation of a free and responsible society, the defense of human rights, freedom of the press and of speech and, of course, supremacy of the law," he said.

Ursula Hyzy

HOW TO LIVE WITH HIGH FUEL PRICES

Any reduction in subsidy is an emotional issue since this will mean people have to pay more for goods affected by such a decision. Therefore, last week's hefty increases in the price of petrol and diesel have not been well received, as consumers have to dig deeper into their pockets to meet rising prices of goods and services. It has to be admitted that the new rates have caught the public by surprise due to their sudden introduction and the reduction in subsidy for these two fuels. It was an unpopular decision and the government was forced to take this bold move because the global price of crude is getting out of control with serious financial and social consequences for everyone. It was becoming increasingly difficult for the subsidies to continue without bankrupting the nation in the long term. It was only prudent for Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to bite the bullet. The public will have to accept this economic reality and make lifestyle changes accordingly, especially when it comes to using their own transport. The main purpose of reducing the subsidy is to curb demand for petrol and diesel. Hopefully, consumption will drop since motorists will come to realize that they cannot keep depending on subsidies. However, it will take a while for the government to determine whether this strategy is working; and if demand should still remain high, then it is not succeeding. With a few hundred thousand vehicles being registered each year, demand for petrol will remain quite constant since any slack-will be made up by the new arrivals. What is likely to change is that motorists may switch to more fuel-efficient models to cut down their petrol bills. They will also need to make fewer trips or use public transport to save money. While motorists may be angry and frustrated with the higher fuel prices, they should realize that this is the only course of action open to government. In any case, the ruling Barisan National leadership had never said it would reduce subsidy during and before the general election. It was the opposition that made such a pledge. Abdullah knew that it was a promise that would be difficult to fulfill since petroleum prices were due to external factors which are out of Malaysia's control. Of course there is nothing to stop state governments to provide special subsidies to their people to ease their financial burden. They are free to do so as a reward for the people's confidence in their leadership. The incentives introduced to offset the new fuel structure may not seem much, but they should be enough to relieve motorists financial burden. It is up to car owners to make the necessary changes in the way they drive since it is no longer possible to do as they pleased like before. They should rid themselves of the dole mentality. The sooner the better or pay the price for refusing to accept that things had changed economically and socially. The good old days are gone. The party is finally over and there will be no longer any free lunch. The days of cheap fuel are unlikely to return.

V K Chin.

FACTS OF LIVE......

Why do we sometimes cry when we laugh?
Weeping with laughter sobbing in sorrow ; our bodies react similarly when emotions run high.
A few scientists have explored the physical pathways of emotional tears, but none have categorically stated why these tears exist. Tom Lutz, author of Crying : The natural and Cultural History of Tears, notes Darwin published snapshots of laughing and crying people to demonstrate that the same expression accompanies both behaviors. " Some tears are squeezed out of the ducts simply because the face is scrunched up, " explains Lutz." But tears also accompany the body's return to homeostasis after extreme excitation. So after a big laughing jag, tears are a sign that the body is returning to normal ".
What tears are made of, however, may offer further clues about why we cry. Unlike tears that well up when you chop onions, emotional tears are unusually rich in protein - based hormones that spike when you're stressed. This fact led one US biochemist to theories that releasing tears - and thus the hormones in them - may be the body's attempt to reduce stress. Regardless of its cause - be it pleasure or pain - people do tend to feel better after a good cry.

RD ; JUNE, 2008