Windows 7 - The Next Big Release or a Fail?

Windows 7 can only be worse if it builds on Vista. It is the current name for the next major release of Windows. It should go back to basics. Windows 7 Server is another product that we can expect to be released approximately at the same time that Windows 7 will hit the streets, and feature themes sound a lot like parts of Windows with which you are familiar. It will be a from-the-ground-up packaging of the Windows codebase; partially source, but not binary compatible with previous versions of Windows.

Windows 7 (formerly known as Blackcomb and Vienna) is the working name for the next major version of Microsoft Windows as the successor of Windows Vista! It was originally time-lined 2011, later reports put it at 2010; and now 2009 !

Windows 7 will be an evolutionary upgrade, just like every Apple OSX update has been. Why does everyone expect Microsoft to deliver a revolution every time they introduce a new product? Windows 7 Server is another product that we can expect to be released approximately at the same time that Windows 7 will hit the streets. Windows 7’s feature teams sound a lot like parts of Windows with which you are familiar. Because of the platform elements of Windows we have many teams that have remained fairly constant over several releases, whereas some teams are brand new or represent relatively new areas composed of some new code and the code that formed the basis of the team.

Windows 7 will include improved hardware- and software-based virtualization experiences. Windows 7 will be a from-the-ground-up packaging of the Windows codebase; partially source, but not binary compatible with previous versions of Windows. Performance of native applications can be increased, distribution sizes can be cut down, functionality can be added without the worry of breaking old applications, and the overall end-user experience can be significantly improved. Windows 7 (formerly known as Blackcomb and Vienna) is the working name for the next major version of Microsoft Windows as the successor of Windows Vista. Microsoft has announced that it is “scoping Windows 7 development to a three-year timeframe”, and that “the specific release date will ultimately be determined by meeting the quality bar.”.Windows 7 is expected to be released sometime in 2010.

Environmental Issues in South America

Argentina
Current Issues: erosion resulting from not enough flood controls and non-proper land use practices; irrigated soil degradation; desertification; uncontrolled air pollution in Buenos Aires and other towns and cities; water pollution; increased pesticide and fertilizer use

Natural Hazards: Subject to frequent earthquakes; violent windstorms that can strike the Pampas and northeast; flooding

Bolivia
Current Issues: the clearing of land for agriculture and commercial deforestation; overgrazing, poor cultivation methods and soil erosion; desertification; loss of biodiversity; and pollution

Natural Hazards: cold, thin air of high plateau causes inefficient fuel combustion, non-adjustment to high altitude pressure ; flooding

Brazil
Current Issues: deforestation ; air and water pollution in majority of town and cities; land degradation and water pollution.

Natural Hazards: frequent droughts in northeast; floods and occasional frost in the Southern Parts of the country

Chile
Current Issues: air and water pollution, untreated and raw sewage; deforestation and loss of biodiversity; soil erosion; desertification

Natural Hazards: severe and frequent earthquakes; volcanic activities; tsunami prone coatal regions

Colombia
Current Issues: deforestation; overuse of pesticides; air pollutionin the capital and other major cities, air pollution from vehicle emissions

Natural Hazards: frequent volcanic eruptions and earthquakes; periodic droughts

Ecuador
Current Issues: deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; water pollution in all major populated areas

Natural Hazards: earthquakes, landslides, volcanic activity; ever increasing frequency of droughts

Guyana
Current Issues: water pollution,  untreated and raw sewage,  agricultural and industrial chemicals dumped without treatment; vast areas of deforestation
Natural Hazards: flash floods, heavy downpours

Paraguay
Current Issues: deforestation; water pollution; waste disposal problems, health risks for many urban and rural residents

Natural Hazards: frequent flooding in rainy seasons and poor drainage causes plains to become boggy

Peru
Current Issues: deforestation; overgrazing, soil erosion; desertification; air pollution in all major cities and towns; pollution of rivers and  waters, irresponsible dumping of municipal and mining wastes

Natural Hazards: earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, landslides,  some volcanic activities time to time.

Suriname
Current Issues: deforestation due to commercialization of timber resources

Natural Hazards: Tropical flash floods

Uruguay
Current Issues: pollution frequently originating from Brazil;  acid rain generated in neighboring industrialized countries; water pollution; improper solid/hazardous waste disposal

Natural Hazards: seasonally high winds , frequent droughts, floods;

Venezuela
Current Issues: sewage pollution of major cities; oil and urban pollution ; deforestation; soil erosion; urban and industrial pollution

Natural Hazards: floods, land and rock slides, mud slides; droughts

Native American Indians and their Rights

American original inhabitants are called indigenous or aboriginal peoples. Only colonial thinking names them after a mistake made by Christopher Columbus. American Indians are an important part of that story but have faced a prolonged battle to gain the franchise. One of the most important tools wielded by advocates of minority voting rights has been the Voting Rights Act. American Indians are also a racial group who sometimes face discrimination the same as African Americans do. In fact, before the civil rights laws were enacted, in some states you could find three separate drinking fountains labeled “whites,” “Colored” and “Indian.”.There were also three sections in some movie theaters.

American Indians are those peoples who were on the North American continent before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492. There were hundreds of different tribes native to both North and South America. Americans are the descendents of migrants just like everyone else.

Tribal governments were recognized as legitimate representative bodies of the Indian nations. All white settlers, except those with diplomatic credentials or official business with the tribes, were banned from entering the Indian country. Tribal groups that begin Native language instruction at an early age will be more successful than tribes that concentrate on teaching older students (Greymorning, 1997; 1999). Children taking language and culture classes benefit by gaining stronger identities, and knowledge and appreciation of their heritage. Tribal museums opened, and the United Nations recognized an international indigenous rights movement. AIM continued fighting for Indian rights in land and grazing rights battles; protesting athletic team Indian mascots; and working for the repatriation of sacred objects taken from Indian land.

Tribal governments and State and local governments may also have laws or procedures protecting civil rights.

Fiji Coup - Flashback and the After-effects

Do not be fooled people, Fiji is being ruled by a dictator - not the “interim government”. If you took the time to evaluate all that’s happened so far since the December 2006 take over, hopefully your eyes will open up to the reality that is destroying our Fiji, our way of life.

“A military dictatorship is a form of government in which absolute power is concentrated in a repressive ruler or a small clique who use military and police power to dominate the people mentally and physically. The dictator either seizes power directly, or creates an environment of fear and chaos and offers himself up as the liberator from the current cycle of evil.”

Is this begining to sound familiar people?

The dictator uses repeated propaganda to reach out to the masses and quells any uprising with a show of unopposed physical force in order to divide the people; thereby conquering them.

For as long as there are people out there who fall in behind the military regime, the country will always be in conflict in whatever form that conflict may take.

Those of you who still believe that this coup by Bainimarama is justified and is the right way to go: Please understand that history is being repeated here, not just Fiji’s coup culture history, but the history of Rome (Cicero), Germany (Hitler), Pakistan (Musharraf), Iraq (Saddam).

You know Fiji’s ruled by a military regime when:
The military is used as the primary force to control the civil population in violation of the nations constitution.

• With beatings,torture and even deaths used to scare the populace into submission. All this being done whilst they swear publicly to “uphold the constitution”.

The military utilise the tools of propaganda to reach out to the masses in an attempt to sanction their actions and sway the majority their way.

• A certain radio station with the military appointed announcer marketing Voreqe’s work aimed mainly at the rural hard working citizen.
• National newspapers are not following up on articles that expose the faults of the military led regime ever since the military paid the dailies a “visit”.
• Pro military articles in our dailies from personal profiles of their military appointed personnel, leaks about ongoing “confidential audit investigations” (witch hunts) that are illegal by nature, to straight forward propaganda articles with the same sing song phrases of “move Fiji forward“, “peace and stability in the country“, “don’t disturb the peace“, “rid us of corruption“…if you can think of any more email me please and I’ll add it in. I’d like to compile a list of the military propaganda catch phrases so people become more aware of these when reading it in the dailies.
• Remember the military’s public campaign against the former CEO Finance Mr Paula Uluinaceva? Lewenski declared him a “wanted man” for officially reducing the military spending budget to F$10,000 per month - before the coup!. Mr Uluinaceva was a victim of a public witch hunt led by none other then the military dictator himself wich caused this gentleman and his family to go into hiding untill he was sure his family would not be harmed by the military’s brutal arm of enforcers. He was later replaced by another military appointee. The budget for militar spending was needless to say left alone. This is only an example taken from the many that have occured since the December take over.

The military continue to suppress the people whilst working around the legislation to protect themselves;

• “Presidential decree” grants amnesty to the military dictator and his soldiers for all their wrong doings. Note that this presidential document is coming out of an office that’s surrounded by military personnel right up to the President’s secretary. Questions about authentication of the Presidential signature have resulted in investigations into the lives of those who dared to “speak out against the President.” Any public hints of this is dealt with by a visit to the military HQ. Mr Keneth Zinck can testify to that, along with the respected lawyer who’s been publishing articles regarding the (il)legality of the coup.
• The removal of the VICE PRESIDENT himself after he sent out a formal memo denouncing the coup. This presidential statement apparently clarified the fact that the Presidential office was not in support, repeat DID NOT CONDONE, the coup. After the removal of the Vice President there was a public statement read from the president’s office that the President supported the coup - in a language that differed from previous Presidential statements. Obviously the speech writer had changed or been replaced.

The military dictator takes total control of agencies that could pose a threat to this regime, and agencies that will enhance the propaganda and build his empire.

• Public denouncement of the Great Council of Chiefs - the indigenous people’s highest ranking body of rulers second only to their leader the President. The military dictator publicly scorned the Great Council of Chiefs in his post-coup press releases and the removal of the GCC appointed Vice President.
• Military appointed Chief of Police. Removal of Police Commisioner Hughes and other top policemen who publicly opposed the coup replaced by military appointed personnel. The military appointed Chief of Police later announced that the Police was no longer going to investigate the military dictator Voreqe Bainimarama for his involvement in the deaths of the crw soldiers in 2000, for his treasonous statements made against the elected government, for him and his men’s involvement in the illegal removal of arms shipment from the wharf just before the coup.
• Military appointed head of Prisons to prevent any possible chance of having him or his men ending up there. As the Prisons department doesn’t pose a direct threat to the illegal regime, the only reason he’d have this take over is to remove completely any trace or possibility of a legal lashback on him and his men for their illegal actions in 2000[military deaths] to the 2006 coup.
• Military removal of Justice Fatiaki and quick replacement with a certain anti-SDL judge. Being in charge of the judiciary allows the military regime to carry out tasks they want to and bend the law to suit themselves - as seen by the recent Nabua roundabout saga.
• Military removal of all senior government personnel who have been seen as pro-SDL, or simply anti-coup. Personnel that have not been cooperative with the military regime since the coup have also been removed. Under the guise of re-structuring the government, all senior CEOs were sent away - except of course that of the Dictators “favourite advisor”.
• Military appointed Director of Immigration. This department was needed by the dictator to place travel bans on civilians they label as a “threat to the stability of the nation”. Somehow the military men never ended up on this list. This list was some 5000 in January 2007 and according to sources from the Immigraition department, the increase was by some 2000 names post-coup. To make the list one had to be removed by the military from their post, speak out in public against this military regime, or just be disliked by military personnel or their relatives.
• Military appointed appointee for head of Audit Team to “investigate corruption” in all and any government body thay may come under the microscope. Whilst this Audit Team (more like WitchHunt Wackos) have publicly spoken out about allegations of mismanagement of funds in various bodies, they have failed to update the public on the finance scam that was going on under the nose of the dictator himself at the RFMF Finance department. There were at least 22 people sent on “a break” [Lewenski strikes again] from the RFMF’s finance section because of “discrepancies” with the FNPF payments. The investigations, according to our military source, were uncovered by FNPF when they realised that there were staff members who were getting paid more FNPF money then their annual salaries. As the FNPF is a percentage of the annual salary, it appeared based on the data presented by FNPF that these staff members were being paid two annual salaries, thereby having two FNPF deductions for every pay. This was picked up by diligent FNPF staff since most of the finance team at RFMF were involved in this. To date, there has not been any updates public or otherwise of what happened to the second annual salary that these RFMF finance team members were deducting from.
• Military removal of anti-coup or pro elected-government personnel in various statutory bodies and their Boards. The list is too numerous to name, but we all know those boards and who they are. I’m sure those citizens are awaiting the return of law and order so they may proceed with legal proceedings against Voreqe and his bunch of merry men.
• Public show of support for the military by the no longer respected head of Fiji Human Rights Commision. This Director of FHRC is no longer respected publicly and internationally with her blatantly biased pro-coup propaganda. When she tried to play down and justify the military beatings and deaths of civilians - she publicly crossed the line and no one can doubt that she’s been corrupted by the military regime. This corruption seems to have been coerced before the coup as part of the planning for this, which completely makes her a part of the illegal military regime.
• Public show of support for the coup by losing political party National Alliance Party of Fiji (NAPF). Their spokesperson was quoted post-coup in the dailies as stating that “the GCC’s list to the military should be sent to Santa” in reply to the list of actions the GCC presented to Commander Bainimarama in the quest for peace and stability. These demands were similar to those presented in the EPG report. Not surprisingly members of this party now hold ministerial posts in the military “interim government”.

The military dictator continues to remind people of their status in the society with public show of force or more subtle means of persuasion

• We still have road blocks; even if it’s operated by the police as they claim it will be, there are still roadblocks in place, with no justifiable reason to have it in place.
• Military dictator continues to give his illegal Interim Prime Minister addresses from the military army base dressed in military uniform.
• Military appointed head of Immigration gives his TV interviews dressed in full naval commander gear.(This is in case they mistake him in the Immigration office for a passport-seeking civilian).
• Military appointed Teleni does likewise for his meetings with public media and civilians alike. Of course Driti and Lewenski are in their military gear be it as military spokesperson or Ministry of Agriculture consultant.
• Military ‘advisors’ hold ‘discussions’ with members of the media who are seen as being too anti-coup in their articles. As a result the media organisations have to tone down their reporting in order for their business to survive, despite publicly declaring themselves as free of military intimidation.
• Not to forget the extensive harrasement, abuse, sexual abuse, torture and sadly eventually deaths of civilians since the December take over. This is the worst ever abuse of human rights that Fiji has had init’s short history, and ranks amongst the worst in the South Pacific.

Kosovo’s Independence - A Bitter Reality

Politicians jumped on this. What’s better than running your own country. Politicians, when confronted with the question of universality of human rights, often tend to refer to the specific nature of the situation in the region and in individual countries, considering such behavior as politically useful. As long as in the political culture of a country the word we denotes only those belonging to one ethnic group; and as long one ethnic group claims special rights over another, there is neither understanding of human rights nor a modern sense of multi-ethnic citizenship as the basis for the national identity. Political stability in Kosovo required democratic, stable and functioning local institutions. The common objective was to build effective, transparent and accountable institutions to the benefit of all communities.

Politically, as we shall see, the Americans needed the Russians more than the Russians needed the Americans. Moscow’s calculus was that this was the moment to strike.

Internet information also cannot provide what is perhaps the most important element of operational planning: an understanding of human behavior. If the target is a person, the surveillance team is looking not just for static facts, but for patterns of behavior that will predictably place the target in an ideal attack site at a specific time. International law, as interpreted by judges at the International Court of Justice in the Hague, takes account of what is called ’state practice . In other words, keeping countries united within their borders is considered to be an important way of avoiding chaos.

Albanians are not a majority in Serbia. If put to a vote in the entire country for there to be a succession of Kosovo from the rest of Serbia then it would never pass. Albanian nationalism remains as the most dangerous obstacles for stability and peace in SE Europe. With democratic processes going on after the arrest of Milosevic in Kosovo it becomes more and more evident that Albanian leaders see Kosovo only for the Albanian ethnicity.

Serbia, which considers Kosovo its long-established prep added to spiritual heartland — insists it much belongs to Belgrade. “Serbia views Kosovo in that its southern land,” Serbian President Boris Tadic. On account of 1999, Kosovo’s completion genealogical Albanians add-on childhood Serbs be born with struggled to pass over their differences. Serbs and Albanians will never get along with one another. NATO’s forces will have to be there forever if the ‘cluster-bombed’ peace is to hold. Serbian extremists are violently protesting Kosovo’s succession, while claiming that she is the “heart” of the country of Serbia.

Serbian nation was 19century creation, in the process similar to Mazzini’s Italian project. Serbia effectively gave Kosovo up during that war by its policies, by its brutal treatment of the people of Kosovo and by its lack of attention and regard over the last eight years. There’s only one option, and that is independence.

North Korea - Brief History and A General Overview

North Korea, as a country is unique in two contexts. It has maintained a single system of Government, more or less Stalinist, for almost half a century without any changes, political or economical. North Korea’s efforts to develop nuclear weapons have presented the world, especially the United States with an extraordinarily serious challenge from a security point of view. In 2003 it became the first country to pull out of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

North Korean industry is operating at only a small percentage of full capacity and efficiency due to lack of fuel, spare parts, and other resources, natural or man-made. Agriculture is significant percentage of Gross Domestic Product, even though agricultural output has not recovered to earlier levels. North Korea boasts a well-trained special force and one of the world’s largest biological and chemical stockpiles. It has abundance of anthrax, cholera, and plague inducing biological weapons. North Korea’s actions are driven by its expectation, which we have nurtured, that a policy of extortion through threat of attack.

The country, lagging far behind in economic development compared to its Southern counterpart, devotes large amounts of money to the army, while its citizens suffer from food shortages, malnutrition and diseases.  North Korea isn’t a place you just catch a jet too. Even then the few people that are allowed are very constricted. North Korea does not welcome foreign investment. Large number of countries, mainly Western,  employ various sanctions against North Korea. In addition. the ongoing concern over the country’s nuclear program and resulting political disruptions make investment extremely unwelcome.

North Korean security personnel may view unescorted travel inside North Korea by Americans as espionage. North Korea has signed the Biological Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) , yet this treaty doesn’t require systematic inspections of adherence to the agreement.

North Korea is silent about whether it has a another means of developing fissile material and about whether it helped rogue countries such as Syria, and Iran pursue nuclear ambitions

North Korea’s reluctance to provide full declarations and the Syria revelations have moved everyone in the wrong direction. North Korea is the only Stalinist state on earth as of current, and the newest country to join the circle of nuclear powers. But since setting off its first atomic device in 2006, the secretive, isolated, heavily militarized and desperately poor country has slowly moved away from confrontation.

It is still is one of the most reclusive countries of the world. Although there is a slight opening and some  Koreans are now allowed to visit their families in the south for a short day stay, visiting the country is still a highly organised operation for limited numbers of group tourists.

Darfur! Have We all Forgotten about It?

Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP), led by President Omar al-Bashir, is desperate to prevent the independence of the south, which will be decided by referendum in 2011. After all, Sudan’s oilfields, currently al-Bashir’s cash cows, lie in the south. Sudan?s government has denied access to all but African troops, and, alongside a range of other demands, this has limited Unamid’s operability. Sudan’s Penal Code, which is based upon the government’s interpretation of Shari’a (Islamic law), includes penalties such as limb amputation, death, and death followed by crucifixion. Amnesty International regards these as cruel, inhuman or degrading punishments.

Sudan can control the rebellion, what they cannot, what Harun cannot do is attack the village, attack the civilians. They would not find any rebels in the cities, they would just attacking the civilians to remove them. Sudan’s penal code, which is based upon the government’s interpretation of Shari’a (Islamic law), includes penalties such as limb amputation, death and death followed by crucifixion. Sudanese oil fuels China’s growing economy. There are rumors that the Chinese government has funneled money into al-Bashir’s hands, thus funding the genocide.

Sudan is today the site of two contradictory processes. The first is the Naivasha peace process between the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and the Government of Sudan, whose promise is an end to Africa’s longest festering civil war. Sudan’s neighbour Chad has been instrumental in mediation between the Government and rebels, and this has resulted in several ceasefire agreements - most recently the one signed on 8 April 2004. The African Union has agreed to deploy observers to monitor the ceasefire. Sudan’s internal problems are also not an Arab national security issue as claimed by the members of the Egyptian parliament. The conflict has always been an internal matter, as shown by the fact that none of the groups fighting the governments have targeted Arab countries, interests or people.

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