2005.4.13=3[#103]:4703.3.5[#60+4/60]: [Human Step.] Tax Return Almost Done. 1)Japan. 2)Islamist Parties Democracy.

[HumanSteps < DNA] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4435009.stm [Australia] http://www.terragalleria.com/pacific/australia/ [War] http://einsiders.com/reviews/archives/show_theatrical.php?review_theatricle=252 Clear cool: Up gradually with Mei, lacking sleep. Mei leaves at 6:15. Sweep bedroom with chicken brush (bedroom to by computer daily) more throughly. Jyun's radio starts at 7:15. 7:30 out for breakfast, emails & tv, which reaches Taipei mayor Ma & Jiang Xiaoyen, as "2 Jiang" special program proceeds. Soon here for Japan topic, now 7:56am. Wait for Jyun a little late to go to BART Station, giving me a tax piece, buy the World Journal for $0.50 at a machine near Fremont Dental Group as usual, then home, Mei back then and mentions about Hawaiian tour package from a resort presentation gift, then goes. More fruits then dentistry & "The Winter Sonata" in Chinese (broadcast by ETTV 3 times a day?) Lung up then back into room. Add S. Korea to Japan topic then off computer for tax return, now 9:58am. Leaving the last portions undone, drive at 2pm while Lung coming in, to Moore's office, wait for J.'s tel then she does return one by one as arranged by me already, then puts down 3 more items for my continued work, heavy on my heart. Drive to nearby Bk of Am, still only Amy, not yet. Repeated cell tel. without mom's answer, still drive to o.h., no answer, so to 99's Chingjen restraurant for very late "3-item fried knife-noodle", then back to o.h. and still no answer. So read SJMercury and sleep again and again, while an youth comes to cut grass not quietly then goes. Finally 7:30 a little dark, mom appears saying never left the house! Get documents about Taipei home infor, etc. To Maxx for food quickly then home only 2 sons then Ch comes then gone, now after improving topics here now 10:18, for simple dinner first as Mei still not home. Jyun has just asked for another lift then off. Now 1:44am finishing. 2:25am!! 1) Japan: (1) ""Japan's Nationalism Risks its Power Position in East Asia": Report drafted by Erich Marquardt [[ A senior analyst with the Power and Interest News Report. His analyses have been printed in the Chicago Tribune, Arabies Trends, Los Alamos Monitor, Times of Central Asia, Asia Times, Pravda, and an assortment of other publications. His work has been used by various organizations, such as the U.S. Army's Counter-Terrorism training division. He has degrees in political science and English from Purdue University. ]]; 13 April 2005: http://www.pinr.com/ "" Anti-Japanese protests that spread through China over the weekend are the latest manifestation of Japan's growing nationalism. The protests erupted after formal approval by Japan's Ministry of Education to print a school textbook that glosses over Japanese war atrocities during its early 20th century history. An estimated 10,000 to 20,000 Chinese demonstrators marched to the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, throwing stones at the facility; additionally, on April 10, an estimated 20,000 demonstrators marched in two cities in southern Guangdong province, with protestors attacking a Japanese department store in Shenzhen. "" "" Tokyo is increasing its military power while indirectly declaring that it supports the containment of China, evidenced by its statement that it would join the United States in defending Taiwan against a Chinese invasion. "" (2) "''The Importance of Strong Relations Between Japan and South Korea'': Report drafted by Erich Marquardt; 06 April 2005: http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=286 "" In the last month, a series of confrontations have occurred between Japan and South Korea that are threatening Japan's power and interests in East Asia. These events include Japan's expressed interest in attaining sovereignty over a series of disputed islets, its whitewashing of the historical record involving its militant past, and visits made by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to the Yasukuni Shrine. Japan's increase in its military projection capabilities has also contributed to South Korea's sense of concern. "" 2) Islamist Parties Democracy: "Democracy Without Borders", Rami G. Khouri; April 13, 2005: ""Rami G. Khouri is editor at large of the Beirut-based Daily Star newspaper, published throughout the Middle East with the International Herald Tribune"": http://www.tompaine.com/articles/democracy_without_borders.php?dateid=20050413 "" As Arab and Islamic societies become more democratic, the most credible, organized and legitimate groups in society are likely to be Islamist parties like Hezbollah, Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood. ""