2005.3.7=1[#66]:4703.1.27[#27/60]: Mom upset over Chiu[-xiong] tel. 1)Europeans & Neanderthals? 2)Military Multi-lateralism.

2nd warm day: Late 8:30 up, tel. Dish Network tv co., then to Long's and got batteries for tv remoter immediately to o.h., left by house discovering a very small leak near spinkler root near house front, to home lunch alone, Lung home then left. Mom tel. in hurry desiring me to drive her to Hsiang's place to discuss about Chiu's presentation of need for reparing Two-city St. building, Hsiang's tel busy probably from using computer, tel. Ju to discover it's about roof leaking, so told her about last year's repair and 3-year gurantee for her to tel mom, just tel Ju, her Hiro had gone to driving school and mom still desiring Hsiang's, but mom tel she tel Hsiang already, I advised mom to tel Chiu about guranteed repair, now 4:04pm. Ju told me her $5 tel card, tel and 1 hour 41 minutes left, got Chiu going there and ok'd my suggestion of invoking 3-year gurantee of not leaking! All back home after 7pm. Now 7:38pm concluding and leaving for o.h. soon. 11:55 bed. 1) Europeans & Neanderthals? & Much Earlier Ancestors: (1) "For Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens, Was It De-Lovely?", By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD; Published: February 15, 2005, New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/15/science/15nean.html "" There it was, out in the open again, the question that has persisted since the first fossils of these people were discovered in the Neander Valley of Germany in 1856. Could the two people with a shared distant ancestry and family resemblance have interbred? Is there any evidence that Europeans today carry some Neanderthal genes? "" (2) Earlier Walking Ancestors: "Scientists unearth early skeleton", BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4322687.stm "" Scientists say the bones prove the skeleton walked uprightUS and Ethiopian scientists say they have discovered the fossilised remains of one of the earliest human ancestors. The research team, working in the north-east of Ethiopia, believe the remains of the hominid, or primitive human, date back four million years. They say initial study of the bones indicates the creature was bipedal - it walked around on two legs. "" 2) Military Multi-lateralism: (1) EU Arming: "High-tech weapons help Europe to close military gap with US", By Anthony Browne, Brussels Correspondent, Mar. 2, 2005: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1506532,00.html "" THE European Union is to develop unmanned drones, new armoured vehicles and advanced communication systems in a strategy to become a military superpower and close the defence technology gap with the United States. The programme involves setting up a joint EU fighter-pilot training programme and co-ordinating the testing of military equipment on proving grounds and in wind tunnels. The initiatives from the newly-created European Defence Agency represent the EU’s first step in military research and development. They are aimed at transforming the EU from being solely a political power, in charge of policies such as agriculture and trade, to a military one, capable of sending troops around the world to enforce a foreign policy agreed by its member states. "" (2) Russian New Nuclear Missile System coming: "Russia: No System Will Stop New Missiles", By STEVE GUTTERMAN, Associated Press WriterMarch 1, 2005, 4:16 PM EST: http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-russia-missiles,0,6251739.story "" MOSCOW -- Russia will develop missiles impervious to any defense, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Tuesday in an apparent allusion the nascent U.S. missile defense system. A year ago, President Vladimir Putin said Russia could build unrivaled new strategic weapons, and in November he said it is developing a new nuclear missile system unlike any weapon other countries have or could come up with in the near future. Ivanov suggested the weapons would be based on the mobile version of the Russian Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missiles and on a new sea-based system, the Bulava, according to Interfax news agency. "There is not and will not be any defense against these missiles," he said, according to Interfax. "" (3) China Steadly Arming: "China hopes EU-supplied firepower will make US think twice", Catherine Armitage, China correspondent, The Australian; March 07, 2005: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12463405^2703,00.html "" THE European Union seems almost certain to lift its arms embargo on China by mid-year, despite threats of trade retaliation from Washington, which warns that a pumped-up People's Liberation Army will threaten Taiwan and US forces in the region, who would have to defend the island from attack. ""