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► Saturn's Second 'Pac-Man' Moon Revealed in NASA Photos - by SPACE.com Staff - Date: 27 November 2012 || in NewS DISCOVERY || LIVESCIENCE
► Chromosome ends hold clues to a bird's longevity - Short telomeres tied to higher mortality in Indian Ocean warblers; By Tina Hesman Saey - Web edition: November 20, 2012 || in PHYS - Telomere length in young zebra finches predicts lifespan ; January 10, 2012 by Bob Yirka
► All Eyes on Antarctic Drillers at Scott Expedition Centennial - by Sara Reardon on 18 January 2012
► ScienceShot: The Secret of the Black Dahlia - by Helen Fields on 26 November 2012
► ScienceShot: 'Coughing' Scallops Caught on Tape - by Kelly Servick on 27 November 2012
► ScienceShot: Living in a Landscape of Fear - by Rachel Nuwer on 28 November 2012
► Residents Believe Vacant Land Threatens Community, Physical and Mental Health - ScienceDaily (Nov. 30, 2012)
► Napoleon's coded Kremlin letter sold for $243,500 - Secret-code letter by Napoleon about blowing up Kremlin auctioned off for ?187,500 ($243,500)
► Santa's got a new sleigh! Hundreds of Father Christmases take part in charity motorbike ride for children's hospice. Nearly 600 bikers dressed up as Santa Claus to raise money for charity Father Christmas charity events were held all over the world this weekend, including Liverpool and Maine, U.S. - By Sara Malm | PUBLISHED: 21:41 GMT, 2 December 2012
► Obama Warns Syria Against Using Chemical Weapons. Published on Dec 3, 2012 by AssociatedPress - President Barack Obama warned Syria on Monday that the use of chemical weapons would be "totally unacceptable." U.S. officials said intelligence had detected Syrian movement of chemical weapons components in recent days. (Dec. 3)
This is absurd. The unrest in Syria has been taking place over a year, starting in March 2011. If Syria had meant to kill its own people, Syria could do it last year with ease and no need to linger to kill the unarmed civilians. Indeed, on July 1 Damascus acknowledged for the first time that Syria "has chemical weapons". Syria has threatened to use it if attacked by a foreign country, but I believe Syria will never use it against its own people.
► US weighing military options if Syria uses WMD -By By KIMBERLY DOZIER and PAULINE JELINEK
► Obama warns Syria against using chemical weapons - Associated Press
► Official: Syria moving chemical weapons components -By By PAULINE JELINEK and BRADLEY KLAPPER
► Odd animal friendships - Unusual (and extremely adorable) friendships formed in the animal kingdom. (PHOTOS)
► US Slams Israel's Settlement Plan
► Chavez will travel to Brazil for summit: ambassador - By Deisy Buitrago
► How Will and Kate's Baby Might Look - By Claudine Zap | Team Mom
(Mmm, sorry. For me, the most handsome baby in the whole world is my baby. He is like my "boyfriend" who lives in Paris. Maybe because during pregnancy I felt a bit of "resentment" on him, that's why our baby's face is more like him than my partner's. While jokingly I told him, "Dahling, if our baby's face is not like your face, at least this surgery scar in my belly skin is more like your face, ehehehe... also my face"
He did not care about my prank. He just said, "Shut up, honey... you know I love you so much. So please, do not ever leave me, or I'll kill you many times throughout my life." then he laughed in a toothache laughter. I smiled and held our baby triumphantly. While I shook his little fingers right in front of his nose, I said, "Your baby, Sir." He just answered my greeting with his lips language: smiling and kissed my lips tightly. Our baby did not understand to see all of it, yet. He never knew how much I lovedhim,him, him. But to you I say, "Do not ask my heart.")
► Maternity Mansion' Lures Pregnant Women From China - By ALYSSA NEWCOMB | ABC News
► Government promises world won't end on Dec. 21 - By Liz Goodwin, Yahoo! News
► 4 December 2012 - Nato 'to back Turkey' over Syria
Nato is set to approve the deployment of Patriot missiles to defend Turkey's border with Syria, as the US warns Damascus not to use chemical weapons.► 4 December 2012 - Terror attacks levelled out, says 10-year study
* Obama warns Assad - VIDEO
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* Rebels' tactical shift
* Hopelessness grips refugees
* Life during internet blackout
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► 4 December 2012 - Second day in hospital for Kate
The Duchess of Cambridge, whose pregnancy was announced on Monday, is beginning a second day in hospital for treatment for severe morning sickness. || 4 December 2012 - Newspaper review: Papers revel in royal pregnancy
* Analysis: Titles and succession
* William leaves London hospital - VIDEO
* What is severe morning sickness?
* Reaction to royal pregnancy
* Baby joy for Catherine's village
* Profile: Duchess of Cambridge
► 4 December 2012 - Libya rebel flees to UK as revolution sours for women By Tim Whewell BBC Newsnight
► HARD TALK - Shell CEO Voser: Shale gas revolution will transform US
► 4 December 2012 - Viewpoint: Does deafness contribute to dementia? By Prof David McAlpine Director of the UCL Ear Institute
► 4 December 2012 - Congolese army returns to Goma
As Congolese troops return to Goma, M23 rebels say their withdrawal could be short-lived if the government fails to enter negotiations.► 3 December 2012 - D - Day looms for South Africa's Jacob Zuma | By Milton Nkosi BBC News, Johannesburg
Fighters reveal Rwanda's meddling
Harding: Congo's cycle of chaos
* Q& A: DR Congo's M23 rebels
* How rebels make their money
► North Korea confirms rocket plans
North Korea confirms the details of its planned rocket launch this month, says the UN's shipping agency, the International Maritime Organization.
* N Korea to launch long-range rocket -VIDEO
* N Korea 'preparing launch site'
► 4 December 2012 - Republicans make new cliff bid
US Republicans propose a $2.2tn (£1.4tn) plan to avoid the "fiscal cliff", including changes to key benefits, but it is quickly rejected by the White House.
* Q&A: The US fiscal cliff
* Mrs Lincoln and John Boehner
* Death, taxes and the GOP
* Obama warns of Scrooge Christmas
► Egypt judges 'will oversee vote'
Egypt's highest judicial body will oversee a vote on the new constitution, say officials, despite a pledge by judges to boycott the vote.
* Q&A: President v judiciary
* In pictures: Cairo roadblocks
* Court halts work amid protests - VIDEO
* Egypt divisions likely to deepen
► 4 December 2012 - Colombia bombs Farc rebel base
The Colombian military says it has killed at least 20 leftist Farc rebels in its biggest operation since peace talks began in October.
* Q&A: Colombia peace talks
* Profiles: Colombia's armed groups
► Russia drivers trapped in giant traffic jam. 3 December 2012 - A traffic jam which trapped thousands of Russian motorists amid bad weather is reported to be "getting bigger again". Authorities said late on Sunday that they had managed to unblock the traffic jam and vehicles on M-10 were moving at 90km/h (55mph). However, three days on, the BBC's Steve Rosenberg in Moscow says one TV network is reporting more chaos. (VIDEO) || Read More :: Russia hit by giant traffic jam
► Putin and Russia's media landscape: What you need to know. 4 December 2012 - As the anniversary of last year's protests in Moscow over the disputed parliamentary elections nears, what do you need to know about Vladimir Putin - who won a third term as Russia's president in March - and his relationship with the media? Some argue that the Kremlin has broadcast a series of reports on state-controlled TV that deliberately branded the opposition as enemies of the Russian state. They also point to government attempts to introduce restrictive legislature on the media - and specifically the internet - which they say is designed to crack down on liberal journalists and opposition activists' websites. BBC Monitoring's Stephen Ennis explains how Putin's re-election has changed Russia's media landscape. (VIDEO)
► 4 December 2012 - Mars rover's big Sam lab up and running | By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, San Francisco
► Russia is not Assad's guarantor – Putin
► Russia may change its image in bid to find more allies
► Militarization of Syrian conflict 'in full swing' – deputy FM
► Rocket rethink: Moscow advises Pyongyang against launch
► China leaves behind the US as world's leading trade partner
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► UK, France slam Israel over settlements, summon ambassadors. The UK and France have summoned Israel's ambassadors over Israel's plans to build 3-thousand more settler homes on disputed land near East Jerusalem and in the West Bank. In an unprecedented move, the two nations are also reportedly considering recalling their envoys from Tel Aviv. (VIDEO) || NEWS
► Israeli settlers occupy 5-story house in Palestinian area of East Jerusalem
► CrossTalk: Peak Water. Published on Dec 3, 2012 by RussiaToday - Will countries fight over water resources in the future? Or is it just media hype? How politicized is water? Will it become a commodity like oil and gold? And what is "peak water"? CrossTalking with Tony Allan, Daanish Mustafa and Michael Kugelman. (VIDEO)
► Chemical reaction: Obama warns Assad of 'red line' consequences
► Double agents: Pentagon grows CIA twin out of own spy pool
► Pentagon relies on Iran in fighting for soldiers' health in Afghanistan
► US boosts number of spy drone flights over Iran
► Foreign countries summon Israeli ambassadors over settlement controversy
► Scholarship with benefits: Sex-for-tuition site exposed in UK
► Murdoch kills The Daily and prepares to split News Corp
► Scores injured in anti-austerity Slovenia clashes (PHOTOS)
► Man behind the Russian animation of 'Winnie the Pooh', Fyodor Khitruk dies aged 95
► The Stream - Turning 'likes' into votes. Published on Dec 3, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish - Ghana's presidential candidates turn to social media for votes. (VIDEO)
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► Talk to Al Jazeera : Fatou Bensouda: 'Al-Bashir will be arrested'. Published on Dec 3, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish - They are horrendous crimes: Massacres, torture, rape, mutilation, forcing children to fight wars. But the perpetrators who are they and how will they be held responsible? The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established ten years ago this week, to prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Its power is derived from the nations who have signed on to the so called Rome Statue, which established the ICC. Most, but far from all, nations in the world have signed on to the treaty thereby limiting its ability to act. Until recently the ICC's chief prosecutor was Luis Moreno Ocampo. Under him, the ICC opened investigations into seven cases, all of them in Africa. It issued arrest warrants for 20 individuals, notably Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president. But only one suspect has been convicted so far, Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga, who was found guilty of recruting child soldiers earlier this year after a seven-year-long process. When Ocampo's term ended, the selection of a new chief prosecutor took on political undertones. Critics said the ICC must be faster and it must turn its attention to conflicts around the world -- not just in Africa. Now, the woman who served as Ocampo's deputy has been promoted to the top job. Talk to Al Jazeera sits down with Fatou Bensouda, the ICC's new chief prosecutor, to discuss how she intends to bring justice to victims of the most serious crimes in the world. (VIDEO)
► Talk to Al Jazeera : Ahmadinejad: 'You can't rule with war'. Published on Dec 3, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish - The financial sanctions on Iran are now having a real impact. Earlier this week, people in Tehran openly complained that the Iranian currency is drastically losing value against the dollar, pushing up prices. Meanwhile, Iran's leadership is already dealing with a threat from Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli leader, who delivered a strong speech at the United Nations against the Iranian nuclear programme. There is also the situation in Syria, where Iran's relationship with the Assad regime is forcing the Iranian leadership to take sides. And then there is Egypt: A new leader, President Morsi, is changing the geopolitical landscape. Is this an opening for Iran? We sat down with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's president, in New York, to discuss where things stand and where we are headed. (VIDEO)
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► Inside Story - Kuwait in crisis. Published on Dec 3, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish - A political crisis brews after opposition groups promise to bring down controversial new parliament. Inside Story with James Bays speaks to Fahad Shulemi, a security analyst and former Kuwaiti army colonel; Joseph Kechichian, an independent Middle East analyst and columnist for Gulf News; and Salem Al-Ghadouri, the deputy secretary of the Civil Democratic movement of Kuwait, and a political activist. (VIDEO)
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5 PICTURES TODAY
Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds,
Toward Phoebus' lodging.
Such a wagoner
As Phaeton would whip you to the west
And bring in cloudy night immediately.
Spread thy close curtain, love-performing night,
That runaways' eyes may wink, and Romeo
Leap to these arms, untalked of and unseen.
Lovers can see to do their amorous rites
By their own beauties, or, if love be blind,
It best agrees with night.
Come, civil night,
Thou sober-suited matron, all in black,
And learn me how to lose a winning match
Played for a pair of stainless maidenhoods.
Hood my unmanned blood bating in my cheeks,
With thy black mantle, till strange love, grow bold,
Think true love acted simple modesty.
Come, night. Come, Romeo.
Come, thou day in night,
For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night
Whiter than new snow upon a raven's back.
Come, gentle night,
come, loving,
black-browed night,
Give me my Romeo.
And when I shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night
And pay no worship to the garish sun.
Oh, I have bought the mansion of a love,
But not possessed it, and though I am sold,
Not yet enjoyed. So tedious is this day
As is the night before some festival
To an impatient child that hath new robes
And may not wear them.
***
Act 3, Scene 2 NO FEAR- SHAKESPEARE
Valentino Vie sent
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
Coral is far more red than her lips' red
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head
I have seen roses damask'd red and white
But no such roses see I in her cheeks
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound
I grant I never saw a goddess go
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
( WS, Sonnet 130 )
♥ To: Mrs. Vie - Calif, Décembre 2010 ♥
Cisca Zarmansyah replied
Then let not winter's ragged hand deface
In thee thy summer, ere thou be distill'd:
Make sweet some vial; treasure thou some place
With beauty's treasure, ere it be self-kill'd.
That use is not forbidden usury
Which happies those that pay the willing loan
That's for thyself to breed another thee
Or ten times happier, be it ten for one
Ten times thyself were happier than thou art
If ten of thine ten times refigured thee
Then what could death do, if thou shouldst depart,
Leaving thee living in posterity?
Be not self-will'd, for thou art much too fair
To be death's conquest and make worms thine heir.
( WS, Sonnet 06 )
Modern Text : JULIET enters alone.
I wish the sun would hurry up and set and night would come immediately. When the night comes and everyone goes to sleep, Romeo will leap into my arms, and no one will know. Beauty makes it possible for lovers to see how to make love in the dark. Or else love is blind, and its best time is the night. I wish night would come, like a widow dressed in black, so I can learn how to submit to my husband and lose my virginity. Let the blood rushing to my cheeks be calmed. In the darkness, let me, a shy virgin, learn the strange act of sex so that it seems innocent, modest, and true.
Come, night. Come, Romeo.
You're like a day that comes during the night. You're whiter than snow on the black wings of a raven. Come, gentle night. Come, loving, dark night. Give me my Romeo. And when I die, turn him into stars and form a constellation in his image. His face will make the heavens so beautiful that the world will fall in love with the night and forget about the garish sun. Oh, I have bought love's mansion, but I haven’t moved in yet.I belong to Romeo now, but he hasn’t taken possession of me yet. This day is so boring that I feel like a child on the night before a holiday, waiting to put on my fancy new clothes.
***
Toward Phoebus' lodging.
Such a wagoner
As Phaeton would whip you to the west
And bring in cloudy night immediately.
Spread thy close curtain, love-performing night,
That runaways' eyes may wink, and Romeo
Leap to these arms, untalked of and unseen.
Lovers can see to do their amorous rites
By their own beauties, or, if love be blind,
It best agrees with night.
Come, civil night,
Thou sober-suited matron, all in black,
And learn me how to lose a winning match
Played for a pair of stainless maidenhoods.
Hood my unmanned blood bating in my cheeks,
With thy black mantle, till strange love, grow bold,
Think true love acted simple modesty.
Come, night. Come, Romeo.
Come, thou day in night,
For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night
Whiter than new snow upon a raven's back.
Come, gentle night,
come, loving,
black-browed night,
Give me my Romeo.
And when I shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night
And pay no worship to the garish sun.
Oh, I have bought the mansion of a love,
But not possessed it, and though I am sold,
Not yet enjoyed. So tedious is this day
As is the night before some festival
To an impatient child that hath new robes
And may not wear them.
***
Act 3, Scene 2 NO FEAR- SHAKESPEARE
Valentino Vie sent
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
Coral is far more red than her lips' red
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head
I have seen roses damask'd red and white
But no such roses see I in her cheeks
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound
I grant I never saw a goddess go
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
( WS, Sonnet 130 )
♥ To: Mrs. Vie - Calif, Décembre 2010 ♥
Cisca Zarmansyah replied
Then let not winter's ragged hand deface
In thee thy summer, ere thou be distill'd:
Make sweet some vial; treasure thou some place
With beauty's treasure, ere it be self-kill'd.
That use is not forbidden usury
Which happies those that pay the willing loan
That's for thyself to breed another thee
Or ten times happier, be it ten for one
Ten times thyself were happier than thou art
If ten of thine ten times refigured thee
Then what could death do, if thou shouldst depart,
Leaving thee living in posterity?
Be not self-will'd, for thou art much too fair
To be death's conquest and make worms thine heir.
( WS, Sonnet 06 )
Modern Text : JULIET enters alone.
I wish the sun would hurry up and set and night would come immediately. When the night comes and everyone goes to sleep, Romeo will leap into my arms, and no one will know. Beauty makes it possible for lovers to see how to make love in the dark. Or else love is blind, and its best time is the night. I wish night would come, like a widow dressed in black, so I can learn how to submit to my husband and lose my virginity. Let the blood rushing to my cheeks be calmed. In the darkness, let me, a shy virgin, learn the strange act of sex so that it seems innocent, modest, and true.
Come, night. Come, Romeo.
You're like a day that comes during the night. You're whiter than snow on the black wings of a raven. Come, gentle night. Come, loving, dark night. Give me my Romeo. And when I die, turn him into stars and form a constellation in his image. His face will make the heavens so beautiful that the world will fall in love with the night and forget about the garish sun. Oh, I have bought love's mansion, but I haven’t moved in yet.I belong to Romeo now, but he hasn’t taken possession of me yet. This day is so boring that I feel like a child on the night before a holiday, waiting to put on my fancy new clothes.
***
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