2005.3.19=6[#78]:4703.2.10[#39/60] freeware, rent rec.0)Aries 1)Bioregionalism 2)Ancient West 3)Afghanistan 4)Nazi US?

[a lot of great freeware programs] http://www.aplusfreeware.com/ Cloudy, little rain, and sun: one sleep to 7:15, 10:30? drove mom to FoodMaxx, plenty & cheep lunch nearby, to o.h., then right away to house, swept all around soil left over by Leo made electric extension to store room for dryer, then finished back ditch water out and smooth out, 1:30-3:00, near 3:00 Mei came as someone waiting there. Walked home, then Leo came, back to house showing and gave him a check for $300 out of $340, $40 cash left after finishing work of miscellaneous electric and sprinkler leak. Home checked new lease, then emails reaching Cascadia's "Bioregionalism" for topic below. Lease questions leading to Mei's angry tel to sister again now, 4:55pm. The tel interrupted and Mei went to house to show someone else, back home again tel to sis, Ju. New tenant just came and a check of $2900 for April rent & $1450 security deposit to Mei, I woe her $1000 and a few hundred she paid to workers, and $500 I owed Lung for a part of mum's prize to him for his Berkeley degree. Mei et al out & back. 7:51pm now, going to o.h. 10:45-:50 mom tel Hsueh in Osaka, her daughter Harue answered first, mom wanted to go back to Taiwan for one month. Watched the tail of movie "Suspiria", seemed like another horror masterpiece, this time almost all missed, bed 12:30: http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue05/infocus/suspiria.htm 0) "NEW MILLENNIUM BEING: ARIES WITHIN, CONNECTING WITH OUR FORCE", Number 103 - March 18, 2005, By Gururattan Kaur Khalsa, Ph.D. http://www.yogatech.com/nmb/backissues/nmb103.html "" The Sun moves into Aries March 20th, the first day of Spring, at 4:34 AM PST (12:34 PM GMT.) The Ram will be in the green spring pastures through April 18th. The Libra Full Moon is March 25th at 12:59 PM PST (8:59 PM GMT.) The Aries New Moon, April 8th 1:32 PM PDT (8:32 PM GMT) features a Solar Eclipse. Three planets change direction between March 19 and 26, creating a very interesting energy dynamic during this period. The planets move slowly as they change direction, giving us a chance to slow down and catch up with ourselves. "" 1) Cascadia's Bioregionalism: (1) "Bioregional democracy": From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, (Redirected from Bioregionalism: http://www.greatriv.org/bioreg.htm ); last modified 02:47, 12 Mar 2005: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioregionalism "" Bioregional democracy (or the Bioregional State) is a set of Electoral Reforms designed to force the political process in a democracy to better represent concerns about the economy, the body, and environmental concerns (e.g. water quality), toward developmental paths that are locally prioritized and tailored to different areas for their own specific interests of sustainability and durability. This movement is variously called bioregional democracy, watershed cooperation, or bioregional representation, or one of various other similar names—all of which denote democratic control of a natural commons and local jurisdictional dominance in any economic developmental path decisions--while not removing more generalized civil rights protections of a larger national state. The best known examples are the Great Lakes Commission of ten American states and the Canadian province of Ontario, which governs the largest fresh watershed in the world, and the cooperation by nations with Arctic Ocean boundaries. These are democratic entities cooperating in a international body, giving up some sovereignty by definition. This is the simplest form of bioregional democracy—cooperation to defend a single watershed. But there are more profound forms that challenge many political assumptions: "" (2) "Great River Earth Institute: Transformative Earth Education", Great River Earth Institute, PO Box 6021, Minneapolis, MN 55406, 612-305-1232, grei@greatriv.org : http://www.greatriv.org/index.htm#grei "" How the courses work Courses Significant changes How to reach us The Great River Earth Institute is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering personal and cultural transformation through grassroots study and discussion that encourages individuals to examine their deeply held values, accept responsibility for the Earth and choose to live in ways that are as ecologically friendly as possible. We also work to provide opportunities for people who are in the process of Earth-centered personal transformation to get together for support, celebration and community. GREI is modeled on the Northwest Earth Institute (NWEI) in Portland, Oregon, a nonprofit founded in 1993 to encourage transformation of individuals' consciousness of their connection with the Earth and their impact on it. NWEI has developed four study courses designed for use by small groups in workplaces, neighborhoods, churches or other places. Courses developed so far include Deep Ecology and Related Topics, Voluntary Simplicity, A Sense of Place and Choices for Sustainable Living. "" (3) "The Idea of a Cooperative Commonwealth": http://william-king.www.drexel.edu/top/pol/CC.html (4) "Equality as a Cooperative Colony", By: Charles L. Easton, "The Seattle Times", Sunday, November 25, 1962; ~ A Backward Look At a Utopina Plan ~: http://members.tripod.com/~FamilyAlbum/EqualityColony/Times62.html (5) "Alberta Cooperative Commonwealth Federation Party fonds": http://ww2.glenbow.org/archhtm/ccf.htm (6) "Cooperative Commonwealth Federation" [Categories: Political parties by name C, Canadian federal political parties, Canadian history]: http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/C/Co/Cooperative_Commonwealth_Federation.htm "" The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) was a Quick Facts about: Canadian A river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in OklahomaCanadian political party founded in 1932 in Quick Facts about: Calgary, Alberta Quick Summary not found for this subjectCalgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, Quick Facts about: farm Workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unitfarm, co-operative and Quick Facts about: labour Productive work (especially physical work done for wages)labour groups as well as the Quick Facts about: League for Social Reconstruction Quick Summary not found for this subjectLeague for Social Reconstruction. In 1961, it disbanded and was replaced by the Quick Facts about: New Democratic Party Quick Summary not found for this subjectNew Democratic Party. The CCF aimed to alleviate the suffering of the Quick Facts about: Great Depression The economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930sGreat Depression through economic reform and public cooperation. Many of the party's first Members of Parliament (MPs) were former MPs of the Quick Facts about: Progressive Party of Canada Quick Summary not found for this subjectProgressive Party of Canada At its first convention, the CCF selected J.S. Woodsworth as party leader. Woodworth had been a Independent Labor Party Quick Facts about: MP A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisonersMP since 1921, and a member of the Quick Facts about: Ginger Group Quick Summary not found for this subjectGinger Group of MPs. The party's 1933 convention, held in Quick Facts about: Regina, Saskatchewan Quick Summary not found for this subjectRegina, Saskatchewan, adopted the Quick Facts about: Regina Manifesto Quick Summary not found for this subjectRegina Manifesto as the party's program. The manifesto outlined a number of goals, including: "" (7) "" The Tolstoy Farm : Gandhi's Experiment In "Cooperative Commonwealth" "", By Surendra Bhana: http://www.mkgandhi.org/articles/surendrabhana.htm "" Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948) attributes the success of the final phase of the satyagraha campaign in South Africa between 1908 and 1914 to the "spiritual purification and penance" afforded by the Tolstoy Farm. He devotes a considerable number of pages in Satyagraha in South Africa to the discussion of the day-to-day activities on the farm as the experiment appeared important to him, even though it had not enjoyed much "limelight". He wrote: I have serious doubts as to whether the struggle could have been prosecuted for eight years, whether we could have secured larger funds, and whether the thousands of men who participated in the last phase of the struggle would have borne their share of it, if there had been no Tolstoy Farm. "" 2) Ancient Western Roots: (1) Ancient Egypt: "Archaeologist discovers ancient ships in Egypt", by Tim Stoddard, B.U. Bridge [Boston University Community's Weekly Newspages], Week of 18 March 2005· Vol. VIII, No. 23, www.bu.edu/bridge: http://www.bu.edu/bridge/archive/2005/03-18/archaeologist.html "" Egyptian sailors wove rope (right) from halfa grass and may have used this rope bag (top) to haul cargo to and from the land of Punt about 3,500 years ago. "" (2) Hellenic World: "Foundation of Hellenic World": http://www.fhw.gr/ (3) Ancient Israel: "Ancient Edom unearthed? Archaeological evidence jibes with Bible accounts", By Richard N. Ostling, The Associated Press; Posted March 18 2005: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/lifestyle/sfl-edommar18,0,5910045.story?coll=sfla-features-headlines "" The Mideast's latest archaeological sensation is all about Edom. The Bible says Edom's kings interacted with ancient Israel, but some scholars have confidently declared that no Edomite state could have existed that early. The latest archaeological work indicates the Bible got it right, those experts got it wrong and some write-ups need rewriting. The findings could also buttress disputed biblical reports about kings David and Solomon. Edom was a rugged land south and east of the Dead Sea in present-day southern Jordan. The Bible reports that Edom had kings before Israel (Genesis 36:31, 1 Chronicles 1:43) and that they barred Moses' throng after the Exodus (Numbers 20:14-21) and later warred with David (2 Samuel 8:13-14, 1 Kings 11:15-16). Traditional dating puts David's rule from 1012 B.C. to 972 B.C., followed by son Solomon through 932 B.C. By looser reckoning, their monarchy emerged around 1000 B.C. (The exodus came long before.) "" (4) Scotland.com: http://www.scotland.com/culture/history.htm 3) New Afghanistan: "Taleban coming in from cold", by Andrew North, BBC News, eastern Afghanista; Last Updated: Friday, 18 March, 2005, 13:01 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4360965.stm "" They are nervous, frequently tugging on their beards. Neither man wants to give his name. "It is very dangerous for us," says one. "Both here and in Pakistan." They are former members of the Taleban, allowed to return to their homes in Khost under a low-key reconciliation initiative here, involving the US military and local Afghan officials. "" 4) Nazi USA? (1)"Senator Byrd is correct to equate Bush with Hitler", Harvey Wasserman ["Free Press Senior Editor and "Superpower of Peace" columnist... also senior advisor to Greenpeace USA and the Nuclear Information & Resource Service. He is author or co-author of six books, including four on nuclear power and renewable energy, and two histories of the United States." ]: Columns, The Free Press, March 7, 2005: http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/7/2005/1084 "" The U.S. Senate's senior Constitutional scholar has correctly equated Bush with Hitler, and the usual attack dogs are howling. But they are wrong, and Americans must now face the harsh realities of an increasingly fascist and totalitarian GOP. "" (2) "" 'Preemptive Strikes' Become Policy: National defense now extends beyond U.S. borders to include acts of 'active deterrence.' "", Times Headlines, By John Hendren, Times Staff Writer, 4:22 PM PST, March 18, 2005: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-031905defense_lat,0,5377772.story "" WASHINGTON — A new "National Defense Strategy" for the first time makes the kind of preemptive strike used in Iraq part of the nation's military policy in dealing with rogue nations, Pentagon officials said today. The plan that specifies the Bush administration's goals in protecting the nation describes a muscular policy of "active deterrence." ""