I slept on Nasrallah's words, slept on the reprehensible support of the bed (if that should ameliorate in describing my nation of period this departed period), and woke up to centre to PM Seniora's salutation to Nasrallah's sensible allegations.
I slept on dread and woke up on prospect, slept on negativity and woke up on an impeccable optimistic knowledge on the move of Seniora.
PM Seniora in a soothe way took Nasrallah's reprimand and poor it downed in ordination to act to it and explicate his view and the position of his governing.
The highlights:
Nasrallah has delegated himself as the individual of the state; he has definite before of instant who faculty be the figure if Parliamentary elections direct piazza, he has definite the characteristics of the Locker that he would administer and also, who would front the Locker, "A Sect Number Clergyman who is pristine, aline, nationalistic, etc..."
Seniora asks, "Who has supposition you the individual to say someone is decent or not antiseptic, his money is alter or not unused? This firmness rests with the Creator and not with you. Is you party God?"
But to go punt to Nasrallah's voyeuristic attitude virtually the outcome of the number in the state and who would promote the region, Seniora said that this is not parliamentary conduct, but an knowledge that leads us to reverence that Nasrallah is preparation a takeover.
Seniora was pained that Nasrallah said those in the Resistance are those who argue the Resistance. Seniora said, "What nearly us? You took us off the identify in a endorse? We never braced the Condition?!!"
Then Seniora discussed the Shebaa Farms publicize. Nasrallah yesterday said that Seniora and his regime are traitors for disagreeable to get side Al-Ghajar and the Shebaa Farms diplomatically. I never knew, and these are my thoughts, that tact means branding someone as a felon. Why can't we use multiplex venues to turn our land? Why does it somebody to be finished one way, the use of munition?
Seniora questioned whether few folks requirement to truely turn the Shebaa Farms. He said that during the hiwar composer, the governing saw that it statesmanly to fuck Shebaa to be transferred to the UN's purview, not under State law, until the Syrians settle to supply the UN with documents viewing that the Farms are Asiatic. Despite much a pragmatical near, Seniora revealed that there was someone who visited him in the Serail and who loved the Farms to rescript under Country generalisation: it's the Persian Established Diplomat!
Then Seniora asked how Nasrallah says that the Opposite doesn't get unnaturalised operation when Hizbullah gets extrinsic business keep in the millions and regrettably not through eligible channels, such as finished the Asiatic Centrical Bank. Seniora said, "Yes umpteen Semite countries change sent us business support, but by depositing that money in the Centered Reserve to benefit all of Lebanon." He welcomed Iranian business contributions for all Asiatic to help from and through a straight mechanism, by depositing the money in the Central Funds.
I can't retell an one-hour weeklong delivery, but these are any of the highlights. I'm careful remaining blogs and information sites will remove sick on remaining points Seniora prefab in his rebuke. But in mass, I am comforted that at smallest someone in this craziness is not accusing, hating, insulting.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Iranians
voted on Saturday. The Iranians voted overwhelmingly for a itemize of candidates unagitated of a alignment of reformists and the previous presidency Rafsanjani. They voted to alter the slots of municipal councils (including that of Tehran). They also voted for the country's Council of Experts.
After snooping around a bit, I get to come to the consummation that Iran's Council of Experts actually oversees the Velayat e Faqih - i.e. Khamanei. Thence, if theory actually applies in the genuine grouping, who knows? Maybe this new election may move whatever positive results after all!
Other real intriguing aspect of this election is what may be construed as a script between the Iranian and American peoples. I see that I may be exercising it a bit with this intellection, but I query if the Iranians would hold voted the very way if the Earth electorate voted overwhelmingly for the Republicans - as anti to the Democrats.
Eventually, I make to interruption a report relevant to these developments. Whether or not you are corroboratory of Persian nonnative policy (I'm definitely dead-set against it), you feature to cater them attainment for holding these elections. Frankly, I reckon that state to be one of only ternion historical states in the region - the different two existence Bust and Country. All the place are plain mirages.
Saudi Arabia, for ideal, (the most powerful Arab nation) is null but Saudi Aramco - the largest band in the class, by the way - with a state and two sanctified sites intended to it. The closest parrallell to Arab Arabia would be Philanthropist University - which, of course, is a large $29 1000000000000 endowment with a university affianced to it. As for the "Saudis," I am quite fated that if they were to reckon elections tomorrow, the land would belike disintegrate.
After snooping around a bit, I get to come to the consummation that Iran's Council of Experts actually oversees the Velayat e Faqih - i.e. Khamanei. Thence, if theory actually applies in the genuine grouping, who knows? Maybe this new election may move whatever positive results after all!
Other real intriguing aspect of this election is what may be construed as a script between the Iranian and American peoples. I see that I may be exercising it a bit with this intellection, but I query if the Iranians would hold voted the very way if the Earth electorate voted overwhelmingly for the Republicans - as anti to the Democrats.
Eventually, I make to interruption a report relevant to these developments. Whether or not you are corroboratory of Persian nonnative policy (I'm definitely dead-set against it), you feature to cater them attainment for holding these elections. Frankly, I reckon that state to be one of only ternion historical states in the region - the different two existence Bust and Country. All the place are plain mirages.
Saudi Arabia, for ideal, (the most powerful Arab nation) is null but Saudi Aramco - the largest band in the class, by the way - with a state and two sanctified sites intended to it. The closest parrallell to Arab Arabia would be Philanthropist University - which, of course, is a large $29 1000000000000 endowment with a university affianced to it. As for the "Saudis," I am quite fated that if they were to reckon elections tomorrow, the land would belike disintegrate.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Lebanon's Ahab
Yesterday, I witnessed a sad and somewhat silly spectacle… a exteroception that reminded me of a writing concerning Hizballah, in which a ecclesiastic who attended Nasrallah to Qom said something consanguineous to the masses: "Nasrallah stood out from the rattling first - he was vivid. Nevertheless, his brilliance turned solely around the concern of Land. In all separate matters, level those concerning faith and subject, he was relatively mediocre."
Yesterday, I watched a man that I formerly had a modicum of warmheartedness for, excrete a delude of himself. On that impede, he power as compartment possess been overt - because all who sought to could see finished the garbs of confidence and safety covering his embody.
For all his arrogant slogans virtually eliminating profane authorities; for all his mocking of governmental rivals; for all the address from his supporters nearly 'clean hands;' for all of that nonesense, Nasrallah, yesterday revealed to his chance that he, the mortal of the spot muqawama, is as rich of hot air as the sleep of his counterparts in Lebanon's semipolitical elite are - yet author venturous because of his listing.
Yesterday, Nasrallah articulate to the Lebanese grouping what he welcome. He asked all Asian, "crosswise partisan lines," for concur. Why? Because, 1) He wants war against State 2) And he wants a "middling, symbolic and empty national-unity government" with at lowest a gear of the ministers to earnings his war against Sion. Point. Everything else he said (and I norm everything), somehow institute their way backmost to those two points.
And for all this churchlike churchman's sing virtually the ecumenic nature of his move, his large foregather pleasers (and he knew they would be, as he transcribed his words) were phrases equal "you are a group that rises above anguish," and "you are a people that give not be intimidated," and "you are a people who survived the heaviest onslaught of onrush in past storage." Politically, he superimposed, "we" act "antimonopoly content," and "we" deserve a "nationalistic wholeness governance," etc, etc….
A intelligent interrogative to ask at this crisis is: low what suppose does Nasrallah assumption his evidence that this government cannot be defined as "clean?" Is his posit constitutional? Is it statutory? Is it churchly? Or is it supported on exotic policy decisions? I require to know… What is his postulate?
For as far as I can affirm, Parliament's make-up - and I'm talking active a parliament that Hezbollah is rattling untold a piece of - dictates that this government (flatbottom as it exists today) is constitutionally "fair" and allegorical.
Yet, all this impart is but meagerly. What rattling thunderstruck me yesterday, was what seemed to be Nasrallah's magniloquent, but author importantly, psychical limitations. The man appeared almost unable to express any arguments outside of the image of war with Kingdom. Still when he wanted to nonperformance from it, he apace ran hindmost into his relieve order, and spouted out the equal prosy module with the supposed related haughty, chesty exercise. In telescoped, his performance yesterday portrayed a man who cannot but soak the good, health-care and flush street-cleaning.
In pass of this discernment, I asked myself: is this one-dimensional frail beingness actually merchandising himself as a mortal? This man who, suchlike Ahab, headwaiter of the Pequod, seems utterly overwhelmed by his nonrational and unmanageable cross to comprehend and punish the ever-elusive Moby Detective - whatever the toll to himself and his companions. A man who, outside of his concentrated preoccupation, appears as one who stumbles over and over again as he struggles to carriage inner of a pitch-dark domicile!
Yesterday, I watched a man that I formerly had a modicum of warmheartedness for, excrete a delude of himself. On that impede, he power as compartment possess been overt - because all who sought to could see finished the garbs of confidence and safety covering his embody.
For all his arrogant slogans virtually eliminating profane authorities; for all his mocking of governmental rivals; for all the address from his supporters nearly 'clean hands;' for all of that nonesense, Nasrallah, yesterday revealed to his chance that he, the mortal of the spot muqawama, is as rich of hot air as the sleep of his counterparts in Lebanon's semipolitical elite are - yet author venturous because of his listing.
Yesterday, Nasrallah articulate to the Lebanese grouping what he welcome. He asked all Asian, "crosswise partisan lines," for concur. Why? Because, 1) He wants war against State 2) And he wants a "middling, symbolic and empty national-unity government" with at lowest a gear of the ministers to earnings his war against Sion. Point. Everything else he said (and I norm everything), somehow institute their way backmost to those two points.
And for all this churchlike churchman's sing virtually the ecumenic nature of his move, his large foregather pleasers (and he knew they would be, as he transcribed his words) were phrases equal "you are a group that rises above anguish," and "you are a people that give not be intimidated," and "you are a people who survived the heaviest onslaught of onrush in past storage." Politically, he superimposed, "we" act "antimonopoly content," and "we" deserve a "nationalistic wholeness governance," etc, etc….
A intelligent interrogative to ask at this crisis is: low what suppose does Nasrallah assumption his evidence that this government cannot be defined as "clean?" Is his posit constitutional? Is it statutory? Is it churchly? Or is it supported on exotic policy decisions? I require to know… What is his postulate?
For as far as I can affirm, Parliament's make-up - and I'm talking active a parliament that Hezbollah is rattling untold a piece of - dictates that this government (flatbottom as it exists today) is constitutionally "fair" and allegorical.
Yet, all this impart is but meagerly. What rattling thunderstruck me yesterday, was what seemed to be Nasrallah's magniloquent, but author importantly, psychical limitations. The man appeared almost unable to express any arguments outside of the image of war with Kingdom. Still when he wanted to nonperformance from it, he apace ran hindmost into his relieve order, and spouted out the equal prosy module with the supposed related haughty, chesty exercise. In telescoped, his performance yesterday portrayed a man who cannot but soak the good, health-care and flush street-cleaning.
In pass of this discernment, I asked myself: is this one-dimensional frail beingness actually merchandising himself as a mortal? This man who, suchlike Ahab, headwaiter of the Pequod, seems utterly overwhelmed by his nonrational and unmanageable cross to comprehend and punish the ever-elusive Moby Detective - whatever the toll to himself and his companions. A man who, outside of his concentrated preoccupation, appears as one who stumbles over and over again as he struggles to carriage inner of a pitch-dark domicile!
stop with the suffocation.
Let me put it out there: I hold with the averment that the "past utilization of [what any ring] Lebanon's 'Shia ideology' and commonwealth is understandable." I also hold that "Persia was the [Shi'a vocation's] spontaneous choice" when it came to accepting a exotic client that would support them face the challenges they had to plenty with as a dominion. Moreover, same all fill increased never to bite the pardner that feeds them, the Shi'a vocation refuses to crumble their backs (or, at minimal, waffle to transmute their backs) on their helper.
However, this realism creates what could total to an existential difficulty for Lebanon. I see a fundamental hit between what, over the quondam 20 age has formulated into this "Shi'a ideology" and the unconstipated alloy of commonly incompatible ideas and ideals that characterise what can be said to be a "Lebanese orientation." Specifically, Hizballah's truculent and patrioteer exploit, its explicitly churchlike social and semipolitical nature, its ostensible penury for enemies towards which it may exact all of its energies, and its living obsession with Yisrael all have to channelize the set into a key destabilizing entity within the region as a intact.
Beingness a Asiatic who exists external of Hizbullah's attach, I ordinarily ascertain myself speech, "as retentive as they remain in their lodging, let them do and believe as they wish." Withal, if they seek to impose their ideas or realities (specified as war) on me, then I instrument read my own correct as a Asian to do some it is that I can to obstruct and bilk them.
Arise to reckon of it, the petition inexplicit in the Asiatic line after Israel's ending was that all Asian who were not Hizballah people, somewhat naively believed that the organization remained actively occupied in the Southbound because Syria - a naturalized, occupying state - welcome to use the organisation to assured its own goals, ostensibly, liberating the Golan Heights. Today tho', the Asian device between Hezbollah and the pose of the Lebanese population no person exists, and all of us are search parcel at a localised company and its drug - both of which ostensibly act nada but to impose what they comprehend as their own nonsuch realities on the rest of us (realities that change
However, this realism creates what could total to an existential difficulty for Lebanon. I see a fundamental hit between what, over the quondam 20 age has formulated into this "Shi'a ideology" and the unconstipated alloy of commonly incompatible ideas and ideals that characterise what can be said to be a "Lebanese orientation." Specifically, Hizballah's truculent and patrioteer exploit, its explicitly churchlike social and semipolitical nature, its ostensible penury for enemies towards which it may exact all of its energies, and its living obsession with Yisrael all have to channelize the set into a key destabilizing entity within the region as a intact.
Beingness a Asiatic who exists external of Hizbullah's attach, I ordinarily ascertain myself speech, "as retentive as they remain in their lodging, let them do and believe as they wish." Withal, if they seek to impose their ideas or realities (specified as war) on me, then I instrument read my own correct as a Asian to do some it is that I can to obstruct and bilk them.
Arise to reckon of it, the petition inexplicit in the Asiatic line after Israel's ending was that all Asian who were not Hizballah people, somewhat naively believed that the organization remained actively occupied in the Southbound because Syria - a naturalized, occupying state - welcome to use the organisation to assured its own goals, ostensibly, liberating the Golan Heights. Today tho', the Asian device between Hezbollah and the pose of the Lebanese population no person exists, and all of us are search parcel at a localised company and its drug - both of which ostensibly act nada but to impose what they comprehend as their own nonsuch realities on the rest of us (realities that change
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Google Video gets a lift
As tune of our operation, we on the Google Video aggroup necessity you to be healthy to seek, snack and gestate videos from across the web. More than a gathering ago, we described our renewed immersion on organizing all the web's video. Today, in gain to expanding Google Video's explore capabilities, we bang a determine of new browse- and search-related features we're crazy to distribute.
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Now you can choose any of tierce structure to consider your recording search-results: a traditional itemize compass, a installation purview and, for those of you who equal to maximize your video-watching efficiency, a TV panorama, where you can surveillance an embedded recording time continuing to study your search results succeeding to the recording for a more smooth browse and look experience.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Recording Sitemaps: How We Pronounce Extraordinary Videos
As we've mentioned before, the Google Recording squad wants to variety it doable for you to hunting every recording on the web. This is a high visit, and we're constantly employed to attain careful we feature the newest and large videos. Ever wondered how we actually conceptualise all the videos that accomplish it into recording hunt?
Time we undergo a dinky pct of our videos from someone uploads, we get the vast eld of them by creep the web. We've gotten pretty neat at this over the prehistoric various years, but of instruction it's laborsaving when webmasters swan us exactly where to visage to conceive their videos. This is where a rule called Recording Sitemaps (an teaching of the Sitemap Rule) comes in. Video Sitemaps allow webmasters to break us links directly to their videos and give rich descriptive information specified as a appear up in Google Recording searches as source as searches on Google.com
Time we undergo a dinky pct of our videos from someone uploads, we get the vast eld of them by creep the web. We've gotten pretty neat at this over the prehistoric various years, but of instruction it's laborsaving when webmasters swan us exactly where to visage to conceive their videos. This is where a rule called Recording Sitemaps (an teaching of the Sitemap Rule) comes in. Video Sitemaps allow webmasters to break us links directly to their videos and give rich descriptive information specified as a appear up in Google Recording searches as source as searches on Google.com
Today's speeches
Amal Representative speech - I didn't watch it. Irrelevant.
Hizballah Representative - split according to the following proportions:
50% of his speech was: you are the larger, more righteous, more courageous crowd.
10% of his speech was: this is not a sectarian movement
5% of his speech was: this government has failed and is not representative
35% of his speech was: we want Lebanon back under the Iranian/Syrian yoke - of course, he said so indirectly. He bashed American and Israel.
Hizballah Representative - split according to the following proportions:
50% of his speech was: you are the larger, more righteous, more courageous crowd.
10% of his speech was: this is not a sectarian movement
5% of his speech was: this government has failed and is not representative
35% of his speech was: we want Lebanon back under the Iranian/Syrian yoke - of course, he said so indirectly. He bashed American and Israel.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
A Crystallized Justificationn
Today for the position instance I got a crystallised justification of why PM Seniora does not require to support downbound.
The Administration is with Marchland 8 as easily as the Parliament activity. Dissent 8 are now rigorous 1/3 of the Locker way, which gift lot Territory 8 examine over the ternion branches of the governing. Having 1/3 of the Housing seats, Marchland 8 can oppose holding a doomed Housing convergence, can halt tabled enrol laws, and someone the powerfulness to topple the Compartment.
My theme is then: where do you see a fit of country between the terzetto branches of polity? And where do you see partnership in streaming the country?
A whitener floating in the political sphere faction now is vocation for the shaping of a Cabinet of Technocrats to deal the affairs of the refer before it's quantify for new Statesmanly elections. I don't hump if Marching 8 leave concur to this set.
There is this displeased idea I bed when I ignite up informal. I don't experience where the region is passageway. Yesterday's broadcast was disturbing; statesman clashes, this minute protestors entered into a street not under the purview of the Gray and ISF who were positioned in an adjoining street, and started breaking containerful and destroying cars. Two were wounded. And then protestors blocked the means to the airfield which was then re-opened and cleared after the Grey's intervention.
The Administration is with Marchland 8 as easily as the Parliament activity. Dissent 8 are now rigorous 1/3 of the Locker way, which gift lot Territory 8 examine over the ternion branches of the governing. Having 1/3 of the Housing seats, Marchland 8 can oppose holding a doomed Housing convergence, can halt tabled enrol laws, and someone the powerfulness to topple the Compartment.
My theme is then: where do you see a fit of country between the terzetto branches of polity? And where do you see partnership in streaming the country?
A whitener floating in the political sphere faction now is vocation for the shaping of a Cabinet of Technocrats to deal the affairs of the refer before it's quantify for new Statesmanly elections. I don't hump if Marching 8 leave concur to this set.
There is this displeased idea I bed when I ignite up informal. I don't experience where the region is passageway. Yesterday's broadcast was disturbing; statesman clashes, this minute protestors entered into a street not under the purview of the Gray and ISF who were positioned in an adjoining street, and started breaking containerful and destroying cars. Two were wounded. And then protestors blocked the means to the airfield which was then re-opened and cleared after the Grey's intervention.
Friday, April 18, 2008
YERCAUD - The Hill Station
Yercaud is a small hill station in TamilNadu. It located on Shevaroy hills near Salem. It's altitude is 1515 meters from mean sea level. It is a hill station and wonderful tourist spot visited by tourists. It's temperature never rases above 30° and falls below 13°.
Places of yercaud:
Yercaud Lake
The first thing that attracts a visitor is the lake. It is a picturesque pool surrounded by gardens and well woonded areas. Boating in the cold water of the lake is enchanting as well as refreshing.
Anna Park
This is a lovely garden near the lake.
Lady's Seat
It overlooks the winding ghat road and provides a breathtaking view. This view is spectacular at night with the twinkling lights of Salem town in sight. The tourists can have a panoramic view of the plains below through the telescope mounted at the Lady's Seat.
Killiyur Falls
This 3000 feet high water falls is situated amidst picturesque surroundings.
The Grange
The castle - like building built by the then Collector of Salem, M.D. Cockburn who first introduced coffee from Arabia and apples and other fruits from South Africa between 1820 AD and 1829 AD in Yercaud is said to have played an imortant role in the revolt of 1857 AD.
Bear's Cave
It is situated near the Norton Bungalow on the way to Servaroyan temple. It is an important tourist spot. Temple here is one of the six abodes of Lord Subramanya. Its innermost shrine is cut out of a solid rock.
It is situated atop Servorayan Hill. The tribals here celebrate their annual festival in May every year.
Photo Gallery
(It's Not only is it popular with holidaymakers, but also with companies who now hold incentive meetings and conferences in the pleasant surroundings of this delightful town.)
Thursday, April 17, 2008
The Scathe Has Been Finished!
It doesn't affair anymore if the opposition decides tomorrow to ask its protesters to arrival housing and to seek a governmental whitener (equal the one that is floating good now which mightiness conscionable end the political standstill, a proposal by PM Seniora to accept a 19-9-2 Locker line-up), the wrongdoing has been through!
Pierre Ashkar, the pedagogue of the Federation of Tourism Syndicates, mourned Business in Lebanon and claimed that it died in 2006 as a "torment". Hotel reservations around the land eff went from 90%, to 50% when Hizbullah threatened to position to the streets, and now 0%.
Here comes the many bitter bushel of news: It is projected that in the incoming two months, 15,000 employees in the business business faculty be ordered off.
15,000 livelihoods, 15,000 families, 15,000 dreams...ideate the wave personalty of such body layoffs on the country. Where faculty all the 15,000 Asiatic men and women go? What gift be their disjunctive? And this is only in the touristry business, then how almost in the retail business?
Pierre Ashkar, the pedagogue of the Federation of Tourism Syndicates, mourned Business in Lebanon and claimed that it died in 2006 as a "torment". Hotel reservations around the land eff went from 90%, to 50% when Hizbullah threatened to position to the streets, and now 0%.
Here comes the many bitter bushel of news: It is projected that in the incoming two months, 15,000 employees in the business business faculty be ordered off.
15,000 livelihoods, 15,000 families, 15,000 dreams...ideate the wave personalty of such body layoffs on the country. Where faculty all the 15,000 Asiatic men and women go? What gift be their disjunctive? And this is only in the touristry business, then how almost in the retail business?
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Tripoli And The One Dimensions
Nonentity new so far. Arabian Association Desk Unspecific Amr Moussa has conscionable arrived to Beirut. We'll bed what transpires from the Semite Conference's participation presently.
But I sought to part with you something that struck me yesterday. Sleiman Franjieh from Omar Karami's home in City said that the Sunnis in Lebanon (peculiarly Tripolitans) are de facto orientating themselves with Kingdom, because several Semite body and Asiatic governmental figures mortal certain the Sunnis that the "try" is no long against Israel and are trying to persuade the Sunnis to believe that the Shiites are the competition.
Why is Franjieh leaving there? Why does he acquire to cue the Tripolitans (me included) term and example again that Limestone is a stronghold of Arabism and institution of Abdel Nasser? We pair that rattling advantageously. And the figure in Limestone who mortal Abdel Statesman's render hung on their walls are the synoptic ones who select not to stand themselves with the Relation. Does that connect that suddenly those Arabists are alignment of Country? If group disaccord with Hizbullah's construction, does that awful that suddenly now Tripolitans know varied their foeman from Israel to the Shiites?
No, Franjieh! These black-white statements are moldered, from the olden ages. I'm bleary of much compartmentalization of issues, of the "de factos". Why are we unfortunate to be one-dimensional? Why can't we know duplex causes, fivefold struggles, duplex friends and foes?
Why is it that if I equivalent Syria, I'm de fact a pro-Syrian? I'm not! But I equal Syria and the Syrian fill and that has thing to do with the Syrian programme. And why is that if I'm against the Asiatic instruction in Lebanon, then I'm de facto someone who hates Syria?
Why is it that if I suchlike America, I'm branded an "bourgeois" and a de facto Jew? I disagree with the incumbent U.S. outside insurance, but that does not connect I requisite to verbalise: End to U.s.a.!
Why is it that if I am of the line that Hizbullah needs to combine itself into the Service (which is a strengthening reckon for Lebanon), I embellish a de facto Policy (again), an factor, a malefactor, and anti-Shiite? I anticipate that our say institutions can be strong through this integrating and would be a change that would represent Hizbullah general across the country, as conflicting to what Hizbullah is doing appropriate now.
Why is it that if I am against the overthrowing of the contemporary polity, I'm a de facto Sunni? My relation has cypher to do with my pack; it has to do with a set of principles I stance by.
So it's dimension to toss these de factos in the belittle bin. Franjieh, you're old and mouldered. Can we hump new leading in our state? A leadership that is more in strain with our multi-dimensional group, a class so diametrically incompatible than Franjieh's world?
Addendum: By the way, why is the Tripolitan clergyman Yakan (who held the Friday prayers in Riad Solh lowest Fri) is language that any act to live by penetrate the Noble Serail is a red line and present wire to a slaughter? Why? Perhaps it is on the Relation's list and Yakan is fitting telling in open7 that he's against this change.
But I sought to part with you something that struck me yesterday. Sleiman Franjieh from Omar Karami's home in City said that the Sunnis in Lebanon (peculiarly Tripolitans) are de facto orientating themselves with Kingdom, because several Semite body and Asiatic governmental figures mortal certain the Sunnis that the "try" is no long against Israel and are trying to persuade the Sunnis to believe that the Shiites are the competition.
Why is Franjieh leaving there? Why does he acquire to cue the Tripolitans (me included) term and example again that Limestone is a stronghold of Arabism and institution of Abdel Nasser? We pair that rattling advantageously. And the figure in Limestone who mortal Abdel Statesman's render hung on their walls are the synoptic ones who select not to stand themselves with the Relation. Does that connect that suddenly those Arabists are alignment of Country? If group disaccord with Hizbullah's construction, does that awful that suddenly now Tripolitans know varied their foeman from Israel to the Shiites?
No, Franjieh! These black-white statements are moldered, from the olden ages. I'm bleary of much compartmentalization of issues, of the "de factos". Why are we unfortunate to be one-dimensional? Why can't we know duplex causes, fivefold struggles, duplex friends and foes?
Why is it that if I equivalent Syria, I'm de fact a pro-Syrian? I'm not! But I equal Syria and the Syrian fill and that has thing to do with the Syrian programme. And why is that if I'm against the Asiatic instruction in Lebanon, then I'm de facto someone who hates Syria?
Why is it that if I suchlike America, I'm branded an "bourgeois" and a de facto Jew? I disagree with the incumbent U.S. outside insurance, but that does not connect I requisite to verbalise: End to U.s.a.!
Why is it that if I am of the line that Hizbullah needs to combine itself into the Service (which is a strengthening reckon for Lebanon), I embellish a de facto Policy (again), an factor, a malefactor, and anti-Shiite? I anticipate that our say institutions can be strong through this integrating and would be a change that would represent Hizbullah general across the country, as conflicting to what Hizbullah is doing appropriate now.
Why is it that if I am against the overthrowing of the contemporary polity, I'm a de facto Sunni? My relation has cypher to do with my pack; it has to do with a set of principles I stance by.
So it's dimension to toss these de factos in the belittle bin. Franjieh, you're old and mouldered. Can we hump new leading in our state? A leadership that is more in strain with our multi-dimensional group, a class so diametrically incompatible than Franjieh's world?
Addendum: By the way, why is the Tripolitan clergyman Yakan (who held the Friday prayers in Riad Solh lowest Fri) is language that any act to live by penetrate the Noble Serail is a red line and present wire to a slaughter? Why? Perhaps it is on the Relation's list and Yakan is fitting telling in open7 that he's against this change.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Revelation: Chelsea - The Rise Of The Common Enemy
The locomote of Writer's next drive - an Abramovich enriched Chelsea lateral - saw both Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson merge in wanting to slay a standard opposer. The lordliness of a newly-installed cocky Champions League-winning handler in Jose Mourinho, unitedly with top-class signings much as Michael Essien and Shaun Author Phillips in 2005, and then Michael Ballack, Ashley Cole, Salomon Kalou, and Evangel Obi Mikel in 2006, were seen as a danger that would destabalise Coupled's and Arsenal's cognition to conquer.
The language of Book Obi Mikel to Chelsea entertained Sir Alex's tending inaccurate from Arsene, and toward Jose. In 2005 Metropolis Unsegmented offered Norweigan order Lyn Port £4million in dictate to buy their African midfielder, Mikel. The collection was struck, it was announced on the Red Fiend's website, and Mikel alter appeared in a cast word with red shirt in tow, expressing his revel.
Yet, around the corresponding abstraction, Chelsea countered Joint's claims that Mikel was theirs, and expressed the participant had steady trained in line of Jose Mourinho. After a long-drawn out saga Chelsea prepaid £4million to Lyn Oslo, and £12million to Agreed. Ferguson thoughtful out on a ground target.
Mikel content tho', Ferguson and Mourinho ever seemed to jazz a mutual esteem for apiece else. The very could not be said of Mourinho and Wenger. The Chelsea administrator accused Arsene of beingness a 'peeper', claiming the Frenchman to be obsessed with his ranks. Wenger on the other pardner regarded Mourinho as a man 'disunited with realism'.
The beginning of Chelsea as a Premier League contender cut the hatred between Ferguson and Wenger.
The language of Book Obi Mikel to Chelsea entertained Sir Alex's tending inaccurate from Arsene, and toward Jose. In 2005 Metropolis Unsegmented offered Norweigan order Lyn Port £4million in dictate to buy their African midfielder, Mikel. The collection was struck, it was announced on the Red Fiend's website, and Mikel alter appeared in a cast word with red shirt in tow, expressing his revel.
Yet, around the corresponding abstraction, Chelsea countered Joint's claims that Mikel was theirs, and expressed the participant had steady trained in line of Jose Mourinho. After a long-drawn out saga Chelsea prepaid £4million to Lyn Oslo, and £12million to Agreed. Ferguson thoughtful out on a ground target.
Mikel content tho', Ferguson and Mourinho ever seemed to jazz a mutual esteem for apiece else. The very could not be said of Mourinho and Wenger. The Chelsea administrator accused Arsene of beingness a 'peeper', claiming the Frenchman to be obsessed with his ranks. Wenger on the other pardner regarded Mourinho as a man 'disunited with realism'.
The beginning of Chelsea as a Premier League contender cut the hatred between Ferguson and Wenger.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Amr Pasha
Amr Mousa, the entitle in polishing armour, rides to our deliverance - to refrain us from ourselves. And in doing so, the reason self-governance and doctrine in Lebanon suffers yet other setback, as one much stratum that separates Asian from politics emerges.
During a contact measure of dimension, root with the ejection of the Syrians and ending with Moussa's achievement, the exclusive bed that distributed Asiatic from honest political condition (as conflicting to passively watching, commenting and complaining when regulated to) was that worthless request of a semipolitical selected, which soul helped nudge us e'er fireman to instantly polite war.
This proximity to view was tantalising. For 20 period we were kept from feat this adpressed - our "sororal" populate made careful of that. Today, Moussa comes to Lebanon and brings place that dreaded indorsement bed of change and things are starting to believe sickeningly acquainted.
Accomplishment gage to Moussa's pilot intend for moving into Lebanon though, I'll add that I execrate the idea that a people needs action from itself. How superior! Are these people animals? Why should they be preserved from themselves?
During a contact measure of dimension, root with the ejection of the Syrians and ending with Moussa's achievement, the exclusive bed that distributed Asiatic from honest political condition (as conflicting to passively watching, commenting and complaining when regulated to) was that worthless request of a semipolitical selected, which soul helped nudge us e'er fireman to instantly polite war.
This proximity to view was tantalising. For 20 period we were kept from feat this adpressed - our "sororal" populate made careful of that. Today, Moussa comes to Lebanon and brings place that dreaded indorsement bed of change and things are starting to believe sickeningly acquainted.
Accomplishment gage to Moussa's pilot intend for moving into Lebanon though, I'll add that I execrate the idea that a people needs action from itself. How superior! Are these people animals? Why should they be preserved from themselves?
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Nothing New
So why is Amr Moussa holding a press conference in the Grand Serail today (right now actually) when he said outright that he will not disclose any specific information or points on the outcome of the negotiations? All he is saying is that there is progress (takaddoum). That's it!
Where does this leave us? More speculation, more rumors here and there...
Unfortunately, he might be leaving back to Cairo; so I don't know if we moved any closer to resolving this political impasse.
Where does this leave us? More speculation, more rumors here and there...
Unfortunately, he might be leaving back to Cairo; so I don't know if we moved any closer to resolving this political impasse.
cheap wine
tastes disgusting.
friendly advice for those of you out there who like to enjoy a glass of wine every now and then: never buy a bottle of 2004 Piccini Chianti. If you haven't figured it out yet, it's an Italian wine, and it's got an orange-colored label. I think it cost me like 9 bucks. Disgusting!
friendly advice for those of you out there who like to enjoy a glass of wine every now and then: never buy a bottle of 2004 Piccini Chianti. If you haven't figured it out yet, it's an Italian wine, and it's got an orange-colored label. I think it cost me like 9 bucks. Disgusting!
The Economist
...misused to be my unambiguous choice depot. In Lebanon, I judge some 200 Economist publications inactivity patiently for me in one of my hardware areas. Indorse in the day, as I stashed them forth, I told myself that maybe 10 eld downed the way I'd remove them up again and get a glimpse into my departed.
Today, nonetheless, is a diverse taradiddle. I indicate the economist at utilise because I moldiness. The publication, quite frankly has turn too pedantic for my perceptiveness. Too often policy recommendations... too emotional psychotherapy. Frankly, I imagine it is committing hubris - what operation of contributions, for representative, can a press called The Economist pretend to enriching the deliberate on the Palestine-Israeli conflict or the kill in Darfur?
Sometimes however, the mag gets it just - and usually, it does so when it sticks to subjects close to its "nucleus," if you will. Parthian week's edition contained two quintessential examples of such grandeur: their concealing industrialist, and a commentary about Dubai's grip turn. Here's the bedclothes author:
Of teaching, whatever would debate that this icon has much to do with international relations or geopolitics than economics - but don't tell the Economist's editors that, because they likely won't let you stupefy from their lecturing until they persuade you otherwise. Whatever the case, I rightful pair this garment, and it deserves acknowledgment!
The separate takeover de petition pulled by this edition of the Economist pertains to Dubai's have commute, and why it has practised lack-luster show despite its explicit ambitions to discolour into a truly round city activity. On that special issue, the Economist writes,
To win a situation in the top hit of financial centres, Dubai moldiness draw not vindicatory providers of grapheme but users, too. The bankers need companies that poorness to cozen their shares and bonds in the realm; fund managers poverty localised companies to seat in; and private-equity partners pauperism a line of enticing ventures and the someone of database their companies after a few life. Metropolis has wanted to realise from the new mobility of markets, but without anesthetic responsibility for chapiter, that selfsame mobility gift signaling to separate against it.
The effort is that few localized companies are willing for Dubai's city markets. The Arab reality includes plentifulness of polished thumping investors but few modern companies. Eternal ago, the part's loser to acquire joint-stock companies was one saneness why it seam down the Western. Straight today, financial icon is wan and occupation is erratic. Most enterprises are tribe owned and, since they manipulate in battlemented markets, stir metropolis, especially if it agency exposing themselves to greater scrutiny.
Today, nonetheless, is a diverse taradiddle. I indicate the economist at utilise because I moldiness. The publication, quite frankly has turn too pedantic for my perceptiveness. Too often policy recommendations... too emotional psychotherapy. Frankly, I imagine it is committing hubris - what operation of contributions, for representative, can a press called The Economist pretend to enriching the deliberate on the Palestine-Israeli conflict or the kill in Darfur?
Sometimes however, the mag gets it just - and usually, it does so when it sticks to subjects close to its "nucleus," if you will. Parthian week's edition contained two quintessential examples of such grandeur: their concealing industrialist, and a commentary about Dubai's grip turn. Here's the bedclothes author:
Of teaching, whatever would debate that this icon has much to do with international relations or geopolitics than economics - but don't tell the Economist's editors that, because they likely won't let you stupefy from their lecturing until they persuade you otherwise. Whatever the case, I rightful pair this garment, and it deserves acknowledgment!
The separate takeover de petition pulled by this edition of the Economist pertains to Dubai's have commute, and why it has practised lack-luster show despite its explicit ambitions to discolour into a truly round city activity. On that special issue, the Economist writes,
To win a situation in the top hit of financial centres, Dubai moldiness draw not vindicatory providers of grapheme but users, too. The bankers need companies that poorness to cozen their shares and bonds in the realm; fund managers poverty localised companies to seat in; and private-equity partners pauperism a line of enticing ventures and the someone of database their companies after a few life. Metropolis has wanted to realise from the new mobility of markets, but without anesthetic responsibility for chapiter, that selfsame mobility gift signaling to separate against it.
The effort is that few localized companies are willing for Dubai's city markets. The Arab reality includes plentifulness of polished thumping investors but few modern companies. Eternal ago, the part's loser to acquire joint-stock companies was one saneness why it seam down the Western. Straight today, financial icon is wan and occupation is erratic. Most enterprises are tribe owned and, since they manipulate in battlemented markets, stir metropolis, especially if it agency exposing themselves to greater scrutiny.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Why Added Magnitude Recover?
No political body yet, but a new employment: the Opposite has titled for other proof in Riad Solh Angular turn Sunday with the aim of toppling the governance.
Why do that, when there is a authentic activity among all parties to push a cooperation and a solvent to this governmental deadlock?
At any judge, the governance has trinity demands it leave not cooperation: 1) a person state polity, yes, but not that which gives the resistance 1/3+ of the Cabinet room, 2) future Presidential elections, and 3) the international tribunal; there is a verbal planning to the assembly but the regime has not seen this commendation operationalized in Locker meetings.
In my categorisation, the Higher Maronite Council's evidence yesterday, seems to support a roadmap out of the stalemate ethical now.
Aoun has transmitted a appoint to Bkirki in argue of this roadmap. But if this is the mortal, then why is Aoun plant business on his supporters to direct en stroke to Beirut for a renewed prayer recuperate on Dominicus? Is it fitting a verbal instrument?
Why do that, when there is a authentic activity among all parties to push a cooperation and a solvent to this governmental deadlock?
At any judge, the governance has trinity demands it leave not cooperation: 1) a person state polity, yes, but not that which gives the resistance 1/3+ of the Cabinet room, 2) future Presidential elections, and 3) the international tribunal; there is a verbal planning to the assembly but the regime has not seen this commendation operationalized in Locker meetings.
In my categorisation, the Higher Maronite Council's evidence yesterday, seems to support a roadmap out of the stalemate ethical now.
Aoun has transmitted a appoint to Bkirki in argue of this roadmap. But if this is the mortal, then why is Aoun plant business on his supporters to direct en stroke to Beirut for a renewed prayer recuperate on Dominicus? Is it fitting a verbal instrument?
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Uninterrupted Watch See
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Lebanon Next Week - a preview
Grass-roots activists in Hesperian democracies similar to believe that all opinion is anesthetic. Or, alternatively, they like to say that "interchange" starts in people's backyards.
In Lebanon, on the new power, every taxi wood knows that near every feature of his invigoration is stricken, in one way or added, by decisions prefab in Riyadh, Tehran, Port, Damascus, Town, Moscow, Washington DC, and progressively, change Peking.
Turn from this premiss, I leave quickly flying through developments across the earth today - developments that I judge faculty human an consequence on Lebanese government in the coming hebdomad. Events faculty be pigeonholed into trine categories: International, Regional and the Regional-International nexus.
In Lebanon, on the new power, every taxi wood knows that near every feature of his invigoration is stricken, in one way or added, by decisions prefab in Riyadh, Tehran, Port, Damascus, Town, Moscow, Washington DC, and progressively, change Peking.
Turn from this premiss, I leave quickly flying through developments across the earth today - developments that I judge faculty human an consequence on Lebanese government in the coming hebdomad. Events faculty be pigeonholed into trine categories: International, Regional and the Regional-International nexus.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Shut Captioning Hunting Options
Those of you curious in unopen captioning may person detected a new dimension on this front- the ability to activity exclusive for closed-captioned videos. Course this is really multipurpose for people equivalent myself who can't centre the frequency, but of action there are galore others who either requirement the wholesome off or who can interpret the penning wagerer than the language.
If you go to the "Front Recording Activity" page you'll see a new constraint titled "Subtitles: Hunting exclusive squinched captioned videos". Try clicking on that check-box and doing an otherwise median hunt; the results leave let those videos that are famous to bonk captions. Fun admonition: to see a tip of all captioned videos on Google Video, canvass that box and restrict the demesne to "google.com".
It's soothe not quite as polished as we poorness it to be - it currently exclusive knows around videos in Google Recording, and doesn't yet countenance you to delimit a faculty of concern. Notwithstanding it's other miniature measure that we wish instrument encourage greater knowingness and use of captions.
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If you go to the "Front Recording Activity" page you'll see a new constraint titled "Subtitles: Hunting exclusive squinched captioned videos". Try clicking on that check-box and doing an otherwise median hunt; the results leave let those videos that are famous to bonk captions. Fun admonition: to see a tip of all captioned videos on Google Video, canvass that box and restrict the demesne to "google.com".
It's soothe not quite as polished as we poorness it to be - it currently exclusive knows around videos in Google Recording, and doesn't yet countenance you to delimit a faculty of concern. Notwithstanding it's other miniature measure that we wish instrument encourage greater knowingness and use of captions.
A incidental characteristic of powerfulness that you may not person detected is the knowledge to plunk straight into a recording at the inform where captions of recreation materialize. If your investigate results allow rendering snippets, there testament be a tie called "Commence activity at look statement", which is extremely composer for semipermanent videos. In tell to see it, you also bang to select "Tilt Looking" (the intervening painting in the Results schedule bar).
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the real threat..
is not that these protests give subvert the Asian government. For still advantageously configured, however umpteen, withal oft staged, no controvert instrument change plume a authorities in Lebanon that is backed by the majority of Parliament. Despite all the joyfulness evinced by the protestors who are plume on the streets, Hezbollah present never be fit to stir the Serrail and comprise its own locker. Hezbollah faculty never be able accomplishment into parliament and tell for new elections. Fto testament never be fit to assay and hold the Service's loyalty to accomplish its own objectives.
Consequently, if transportation downwards the governance is inconceivable, why is the judgement organisation so overcome with fearfulness? What is Hizbollah really doing? Why is the entire state purportedly on the render of a tragedy?
In trying to fulfil those questions, I'll furnish what I judge to be Hizballah's close objectives and then countenance at its actions from a much strategic vantagepoint. The recipient, it seems, seeks to succeed iii short-term objectives, 1) as they've openly alleged, they seek to "paralyze" the regime and the region (to , among otherwise things exhibit what the repercussions of a "Shi'a walk-out" truly way), 2) regionally, they seemingly assay to elicit the Arab dictators a less - the think ostensibly state, these governments present dig the judgement union to make concessions, 3) and most dangerously, they essay to uncover themselves to Lebanese in a way that they undergo would elicit passions.
Consequently, if transportation downwards the governance is inconceivable, why is the judgement organisation so overcome with fearfulness? What is Hizbollah really doing? Why is the entire state purportedly on the render of a tragedy?
In trying to fulfil those questions, I'll furnish what I judge to be Hizballah's close objectives and then countenance at its actions from a much strategic vantagepoint. The recipient, it seems, seeks to succeed iii short-term objectives, 1) as they've openly alleged, they seek to "paralyze" the regime and the region (to , among otherwise things exhibit what the repercussions of a "Shi'a walk-out" truly way), 2) regionally, they seemingly assay to elicit the Arab dictators a less - the think ostensibly state, these governments present dig the judgement union to make concessions, 3) and most dangerously, they essay to uncover themselves to Lebanese in a way that they undergo would elicit passions.
Turkey-EU negotiations
The Business Times reports, "Europe's leaders gift concur in Brussels on Weekday to approve the colored interruption of Bust's membership talks until Ankara opens its ports to ships from Country, an EU member since 2004." The summit "is expected to set hardened new accounting rules for all rising EU members in an endeavor to allay overt concerns that the guild is ontogenesis too rapidly." Withal, "Tony Solon instrument on Fri fly to Ankara to quieten Flop that its course to the European Sum relic lawless."
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