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Video: Georgian army flees in disarray as Russians advance - Times Online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4509692.ece

Superbird-7

Ariane 5 - Fifth launch of 2008 - ESA Portal
"Lift-off of flight V185 took place at 22:44 CEST/Paris on 14 August (20:44 UTC/GMT; 17:44 UTC-3/Kourou).The satellites were accurately injected into the correct transfer orbits about 30 minutes later.
Superbird 7, which will provide 28 Ku-band channels of broadcast services and mobile terminal links over Japan, eastern Asia and the Pacific Ocean. The payload mass was 8068 kg; the satellite masses totalled 7229 kg, with payload adapters and dispensers making up the additional 839 kg.
This fifth launch of the year keeps Arianespace and Europe’s Spaceport on target for the seven missions planned for 2008 – the busiest year ever for Ariane 5. "
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM53B8N9JF_index_0.html

Mitsubishi Electric Successfully Launches Superbird-7, the First Japan-Made Commercial Communications Satellite - MarketWatch
"successfully launched Superbird-7, which is Japan's first domestically produced commercial communications satellite, "
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/mitsubishi-electric-successfully-launches-superbird-7/story.aspx?guid=%7BE648FB9D-22AE-488A-986C-59578EF68410%7D&dist=hppr

"Japanese satellite rides skyward
The first wholly home-designed and built telecommunications satellite for Japan has gone safely into orbit." BBC NEWS
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7562213.stm

"The launch window opens at 20:44 GMT (5:47 pm EDT) for 51 minutes on August 14.
August 13, 2008: The Ariane 5 ECA rocket with its AMC-21 and Superbird-7 payload is ready for the launch tomorrow."The Space Fellowship
http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6344

Arianespace's Fifth Ariane 5 Of 2008 Authorized For Launch
"Approval for the August 14 flight was given following the launch readiness review at the Spaceport in French Guiana - which validated the status of Ariane 5, its payloads of Superbird-7 and AMC-21, the launch infrastructure at Europe's Spaceport, and the network of downrange tracking stations.
This clears the way for Ariane 5's transfer tomorrow (August 13) from its Final Assembly Building to the Spaceport's ELA-3 launch zone, enabling the liftoff on Thursday during a launch window that opens at 5:44 p.m. and continues to 6:35 p.m., local time in French Guiana.
Superbird-7 will be orbited for Japanese operator Space Communications Corporation in the framework of a contract with Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, while AMC-21 is to be launched for SES Americom, the American company of the SES group."
http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Arianespace_Fifth_Ariane_5_Of_2008_Authorized_For_Launch_999.html

RIA Novosti -ISS orbit adjustment complete - mission control
" 15:05 13/ 08/ 2008
MOSCOW, August 13 (RIA Novosti) -- The International Space Station's orbit has been adjusted to prepare for the docking of the Progress M-65 cargo module, due to be launched September 10, Russia's Mission Control Center said Wednesday.
Mission control said the two of the four engines on the Jules Verne Automated Transport Vehicle (ATV) were activated for 995.1 seconds (about 16.5 minutes), with the station's orbit being raised by 5.8 kilometers. The ISS is currently at an altitude of 355.9 kilometers over earth's surface. "
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080813/116006471.html

旧聞
"The engines of the docked "Jules Verne" Automated Transfer Vehicle will ignite at 3:58 a.m. EDT Wednesday for 16 minutes, 35 seconds. It will be another in a series of reboosts to position the station for the arrival of the ISS Progress 30 in September and the Expedition 18 crew aboard the Soyuz TMA-13 in October. "
International Space Station Crew on Track With Preparations for Arrivals and Departures | SpaceRef
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=28842

ISSにも波及グルジア紛争: 米議会とSoyuz代金もちろん日本にも影響大
教訓: 自前の有人機

"The Russian invasion of Georgia may have claimed an unexpected victim: U.S. access to the international space station.
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., acknowledged Tuesday that Russia’s five-day invasion of the Georgian province of South Ossetia makes it extremely unlikely that Congress will vote to exempt the Russian-built Soyuz capsule from a law that bans trade with nations that sell nuclear material to Iran.
NASA had been counting on the waiver to enable it to continue carrying people and cargo to the space station after the space shuttle is retired in 2010. The Soyuz is NASA’s only proven alternative to get to the station.
Congress granted NASA a waiver of the ban in 2005, and the agency has since spent more than $700 million on Russian crew and cargo services. But the current contract expires in 2011, and the Russian company that makes the Soyuz says it needs payment now because it takes three years to build the ships.
Without the U.S. payments, it is unclear if other station partners such as Japan or the European Union would be able or willing to step up and pay for Russian Soyuz launch and lifeboat services. "
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_space_thewritestuff/2008/08/russian-invasio.html

Nelson: Russia's actions could hurt US space program | FLORIDA TODAY
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080813/BUSINESS/808130317/1006/NEWS01
Senator: Georgia Fighting Could Shut Down U.S. Space Program - FOXNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,403261,00.html
Experts: Reliance on Russia makes NASA weak - CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/08/14/nasa.russia.soyuz/
Russian push into Georgia could knock Nasa off ISS | The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/14/nasa_georgia_soyuz/

Googleマップには以前からGeorgia はなかった顛末記

http://maps.google.co.jp/?ie=UTF8&ll=42.747012,53.964844&spn=24.418476,62.841797&t=h&z=4
Official Google Blog: Where is Georgia on Google Maps?
"In the meantime, much of this data, including cities in Georgia and other surrounding countries, can be found in Google Earth."
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/where-is-georgia-on-google-maps.html
Google expands maps coverage to fill in blanks | Lifehacker Australia
"It's easy to gain the impression that Google is all-knowing, but in fact there are still significant gaps in its coverage. Netizens looking to find more information on conflict-ridden Georgia soon discovered, for instance, that Google Maps information on the country is pretty much non-existent. As Google Maps product manager Dave Barth explains on the Official Google Blog:"
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/08/13/google_expands_maps_coverage_to_fill_in_blanks.html

Tuesday Map: Georgia's Google vanishing act | FP Passport
"Looks like we may have gotten a bit ahead of ourselves, though as NYT's Miguel Helf notes, Google does seem to have plenty of "local data" about Georgia in its Google Earth program. "
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/9515

Google: We Did Not Erase Maps of Georgia -New York Times Blog
"while its Web maps shows only the outlines of those three countries ― without roads or even the capital cities marked ― Google says that the lack of information is not new.
“Google has not made any recent change to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan in Google Maps,” the company said in a statement. “We do not have local data for those countries and that is why local details such as landmarks and cities do not appear.”"
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/google-we-did-not-erase-maps-of-georgia/?ref=technology

Google explains Georgia map blanks - Web User News
"feedback the company has received about the blank maps has caused Google to have a rethink.
"We're hearing from our users that they would rather see even very basic coverage of a country than see nothing at all. That certainly makes sense, and so we have started preparing data for the handful of countries that are still blank on Google Maps," said Barth. "
http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/265488.html

Russia engaging in cyber warfare, says Georgia
Siliconrepublic.com, Ireland - 3 hours ago
“For those of a technical nature we show the latest server routing map (pictured), which clearly shows the Russian-based servers AS12389 ROSTELECOM, ...

Moment of truth on Georgia: Washington Times
"Prime Minister Vladimir Putin flew from the Beijing Olympics to Vladikavkaz, taking control of the military operations. Thus, Mr. Putin sidelined his successor Dmitry Medvedev, and left no doubt as to who is in charge.
According to several Western intelligence services, Russia has long prepared its aggression against Georgia's pro-Western President Saakashvili in an attempt to undermine his rule and prevent Georgia from joining NATO. Despite claims about oppressed minority status, the separatist South Ossetian leadership is mostly ethnic Russians, many of whom served in the KGB, the Soviet secret police, the Russian military or in the Soviet Communist Party.
The U.S. and its European allies should communicate to Moscow that it has much to lose - including hosting the 2014 winter Olympics in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, membership in the G-8 and access to Western capital and export markets - if the aggression against Georgia is not stopped.
Russia is engaged in what the Chinese call "kill the chicken to scare the monkey." Ukraine is the monkey: its pro-Western leaders, such as President Victor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko, have expressed a desire to join NATO, while the pro-Moscow Ukrainian Party of Regions effectively opposes membership. NATO opponents in Ukraine are greatly encouraged by Russia's action against Georgia. "
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/13/moment-of-truth-on-georgia/

Putin's revenge: Russia agrees ceasefire – but the war of words still rages - Europe, World - The Independent
"After a six-day war that left scores dead, a resurgent Russia has crushed an unruly neighbour, humbled the US and Europe, and demonstrated once again that it is a force to be feared"
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/putins-revenge-russia-agrees-ceasefire-ndash-but-the-war-of-words-still-rages-892858.html

What Russia's War Reveals
"The most important one has been Vladimir Putin's role. Not only was he a de facto commander in chief and the spokesman for the Kremlin (the roles that constitutionally belong to President Dmitry Medvedev, elected in March), but the Russian news media also have gone out of their way to play up this pre-eminence of the prime minister, who is supposed to be working for the president and could be fired by him.
Putin flew from the opening of the Olympics in Beijing (where he was the only unelected prime minister among heads of states) directly to the North Ossetian capital of Vladikavkaz to lead the war. He was then shown on Russian television conferring with the local military and civilian leaders, instructing Medvedev about what needs to be done, talking to the refugees from South Ossetia and visiting with the wounded in a hospital. And, of course, angrily rebuffing the U.S criticism of Russia's actions. "
http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.all,pubID.28461/pub_detail.asp

عاجل: تقرير هام من السفارة الروسية بالقاهرة حول اخر التطورات في الحرب مع جورجيا
"THE EMBASSY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT
PRESS RELEASE #1 On the situation in South Ossetia
“Timeline of the Conflict”
1. TIMELINE OF THE CONFLICT IN SOUTH OSSETIA
(July 23 – August 12, 2008"
http://www.iraq4allnews.dk/new/ShowNews.php?cat=6&id=9507
August 9, 2008 ( 19:00 )
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived in Vladikavkaz, in Russia 's republic of North Ossetia , Saturday to discuss assistance for South Ossetia following the outbreak of hostilities in the region.
Putin flew to North Ossetia , which borders the South Ossetian conflict zone, from the Beijing Olympics. He is due to meet with Emergency Situation Minister Sergei Shoigu, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov and North Ossetia's President Taimuraz Mamsurov to discuss the relief operation and humanitarian aid for the 30,000 South Ossetian refugees who have fled into Russia from the war-torn region since hostilities began on Friday morning.

だから、皇帝プーチンだってばさ軍事権限を持つは"皇帝"さま
故ソルジェニーツィンも大好き"プーチン皇帝"

グルジアとの軍事衝突がぼっ発した8日に北京五輪の開会式に出席していたプーチン首相は、9日に急きょ南オセチア自治州に隣接するロシア南部・ウラジカフカスの作戦司令本部に入り、誰が「最高司令官」であるかを明確に示した。これを機にロシア軍は南オセチアを越えてグルジア領各地への空爆を拡大し、圧倒的な軍事力で本格的な軍事侵攻を開始した。
"ロシア、プーチン首相「指揮」鮮明に　グルジア紛争（日経ネット）
グルジア紛争はロシアでプーチン首相が「最高司令官」の役割を果たしていることを鮮明にした。軍事・外交の権限を持つはずのメドベージェフ大統領を差し置いて、プーチン首相が前面に出て大統領時代と変わらぬ強硬策を主導した。"
http://www.nikkei.co.jp/kaigai/eu/20080812D2M1202D12.html

Georgian Jews Caught In Russian Bombardment
"MOSCOW – Vissarion Manasherov left his city as the bombs were falling. One day later, on Monday, with bombs still falling, he returned to Gori, a city at the edge of war, to convince the few Jewish families still in the area to leave. The Russians were at their doorstep, he told them.
Manasherov, the community’s leader and a local emissary for the Jewish Agency for Israel, said he fled to the Georgian capital of Tbilisi with a wave of 200 Jews, leaving fewer than a dozen compatriots behind.
"I was the last to leave," he said. "But I want to go back. And we’ll go back.""
http://www.jewishpress.com/displayContent_new.cfm?contentid=35081&mode=a§ionid=1&contentname=Georgian_Jews_Caught_In_Russian_Bombardment&recnum=1

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Video: Georgian army flees in disarray as Russians advance - Times Online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4509692.ece

Mikheil Saakashvili - born December 21, 1967
After graduation, while working in the New York law firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler in early 1995, Saakashvili was approached by Zurab Zhvania, an old friend from Georgia who was working on behalf of President Eduard Shevardnadze to recruit talented young Georgians to enter politics. He stood in the December 1995 elections along with Zhvania, and both men won seats in parliament, standing for the Union of Citizens of Georgia, Shevardnadze's party.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili
"While Shevardnadze himself was not a conspicuous profiteer, he was accused by many Georgians of shielding corrupt supporters and using his powers of patronage to shore up his own position. Georgia acquired an unenviable reputation as one of the world's most corrupt countries. Eventually, even his American supporters grew tired of pouring money into an apparent black hole."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze

McCain Slams Russian Move Into Georgia, Cites Oil Tie
"Democratic candidate Barack Obama, who is vacationing in Hawaii, released a statement calling on Russia to sign a cease- fire agreement and to ``halt its violation of Georgian airspace and withdraw its ground forces from Georgia.'' " Bloomberg.com: Politics
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=abPV3XxtHTJQ&refer=home

John McCain speaks to FOX News about his stance on the Russia-Georgia conflict.
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=3019316&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/specialreport/index.html
Interview with John McCain
"MCCAIN: And I said that I thought that Vladimir Putin was most interested in restoring the old Russian empire.
CAMERON (voice-over): McCain tried not to blame President Bush for Moscow's aggression but made it clear he disagreed with Bush's friendly attitude toward Putin.
MCCAIN: I don't know if the president "missed the boat," but I do believe that the president probably had a higher opinion of Vladimir Putin than I do."
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/08/interview_with_john_mccain.html

First Yukos, Then Georgia Business World - WSJ.com
"Now the world is getting an idea of what a "war for oil" really looks like. "
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121858636836735065.html?mod=hps_us_inside_today

The McCain campaign:Obama will provide a refreshing perspective : Speakout : The Rocky Mountain News
"This Web only Speakout has not been edited."
Well the pundits and the corporate “ liberal” media have started the drumbeat. Word is now coming out that Barack Obama is arrogant, cocky, and overconfident, elitist and the worst of all, he is acting Presidential!
He is acting presidential! Well, Mr. McCain challenged him to do so and he did? He went to Europe and the Middle East and handled him self very well and even Presidential. Sometimes you get more than you ask for. The people of Europe liked him because he spoke in terms of what could be, offering hope rather than pessimism, and not bullying other countries with America’s military might. Folks, the rest of the world is weary and tired of the U.S. using threats and military might to get what it wants that belongs to other people (i.e oil).
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/13/obama-will-provide-refreshing-perspective/

Ah, the real world intrudes again
"Asked in 1957 what would determine his government's course, Harold Macmillan, Britain's new prime minister, replied, "Events, dear boy, events."
Obama's second statement about the crisis, in which he tardily acknowledged Russia's invasion, underscored the folly of his first, which echoed the Bush administration's initial evenhandedness.
"Now," said Obama, "is the time for Georgia and Russia to show restraint."
John McCain, the "life is real, life is earnest" candidate, says he has looked into Putin's eyes and seen "a K, a G and a B." But McCain owes the thug thanks, as does America's electorate." Charleston Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.com/Opinion/gwill/200808130200

Nazism's dialectic of death

"Can a nationalist found an empire? The United States of George W. Bush invaded Iraq in the name of democracy, though any representative Iraqi government would have to oppose a foreign occupation.
Russia under Vladimir Putin tries to impose its will on Ukraine in the name of national self-determination, denying that Ukrainians are a separate people.
The Chinese regime modernizes Tibet while expressing its own sense of national superiority. All of these are imperial policies by essentially nationalist regimes, and all of them spread nationalism around the world."
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article4522802.ece

The sheikh, who is in his fifties, was caught by Kuwaiti police with 10kg (22lb) of cocaine and 165lb of hashish. When sentencing him to death, Judge Humoud al-Mutwatah said that he had “willingly walked the path of evil” and deserved no mercy.
It was the first time that a member of a Gulf royal family had been condemned to death by a court, and is widely seen as a test case for the impartiality of the law in a country where the convict's relative, the Emir, could pardon his wayward kinsman. The sheikh was the nephew of a previous Emir of Kuwait, Jaber al-Sabah, who died in 2006, and is one of hundreds of members of the huge ruling family.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4517780.ece

[生]阿波おどり2008 〜15(金) テレビトクシマ
19:00〜22:00 (15 日は22:30 まで) 再放送あり
（中継場所：12･13 日市役所前演舞場、14･15 日南内町演舞場）
再放送・〜15 日23:00-26:00(15 日26:30)、
16〜19 日19:00-22:00(19 日22:30)
http://www.tcn.jp/weekly/this.pdf

７府県に牛丼２・６トン流通　期限切れ、大半消費か
"　県薬務衛生課と大阪市保健所によると、マックスプロダクトは１−８月、賞味期限切れの家庭用冷凍牛丼の具を約２・２トン、賞味期限を改ざんされた再製品約１トンを購入。タマネギなどと合わせ加熱調理した上で、約４・９トンを再出荷した。
いずれも東京の食品輸入業者「アイ・ビー・シー」の指示だった。"
http://www.47news.jp/CN/200808/CN2008081301000833.html
「賞味期限見る習慣のない？」ついに嘘もここまで来た日本の一部食品加工業
「賞味期限見る習慣なし」　期限切れ牛丼の出荷会社
"賞味期限が切れた牛丼の具を再調理し、出荷していた愛媛県今治市の食品加工業「マックスプロダクト」の鈴木克己社長（５７）が１２日、記者会見し、「賞味期限を見る習慣がなかった。ちゃんと確認しておけばよかった」と謝罪した。"
http://www.47news.jp/CN/200808/CN2008081201000953.html

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Video: Georgian army flees in disarray as Russians advance - Times Online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4509692.ece

Superbird-7

Ariane 5 - Fifth launch of 2008 - ESA Portal
"Lift-off of flight V185 took place at 22:44 CEST/Paris on 14 August (20:44 UTC/GMT; 17:44 UTC-3/Kourou).The satellites were accurately injected into the correct transfer orbits about 30 minutes later.
Superbird 7, which will provide 28 Ku-band channels of broadcast services and mobile terminal links over Japan, eastern Asia and the Pacific Ocean. The payload mass was 8068 kg; the satellite masses totalled 7229 kg, with payload adapters and dispensers making up the additional 839 kg.
This fifth launch of the year keeps Arianespace and Europe’s Spaceport on target for the seven missions planned for 2008 – the busiest year ever for Ariane 5. "
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM53B8N9JF_index_0.html

"Japanese satellite rides skyward
The first wholly home-designed and built telecommunications satellite for Japan has gone safely into orbit." BBC NEWS
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7562213.stm

Arianespace's Fifth Ariane 5 Of 2008 Authorized For Launch
"Approval for the August 14 flight was given following the launch readiness review at the Spaceport in French Guiana - which validated the status of Ariane 5, its payloads of Superbird-7 and AMC-21, the launch infrastructure at Europe's Spaceport, and the network of downrange tracking stations.
This clears the way for Ariane 5's transfer tomorrow (August 13) from its Final Assembly Building to the Spaceport's ELA-3 launch zone, enabling the liftoff on Thursday during a launch window that opens at 5:44 p.m. and continues to 6:35 p.m., local time in French Guiana.
Superbird-7 will be orbited for Japanese operator Space Communications Corporation in the framework of a contract with Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, while AMC-21 is to be launched for SES Americom, the American company of the SES group."
http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Arianespace_Fifth_Ariane_5_Of_2008_Authorized_For_Launch_999.html

ISSにも波及グルジア紛争: 米議会とSoyuz代金もちろん日本にも影響大
教訓: 自前の有人機

"The Russian invasion of Georgia may have claimed an unexpected victim: U.S. access to the international space station.
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., acknowledged Tuesday that Russia’s five-day invasion of the Georgian province of South Ossetia makes it extremely unlikely that Congress will vote to exempt the Russian-built Soyuz capsule from a law that bans trade with nations that sell nuclear material to Iran.
NASA had been counting on the waiver to enable it to continue carrying people and cargo to the space station after the space shuttle is retired in 2010. The Soyuz is NASA’s only proven alternative to get to the station.
Congress granted NASA a waiver of the ban in 2005, and the agency has since spent more than $700 million on Russian crew and cargo services. But the current contract expires in 2011, and the Russian company that makes the Soyuz says it needs payment now because it takes three years to build the ships.
Without the U.S. payments, it is unclear if other station partners such as Japan or the European Union would be able or willing to step up and pay for Russian Soyuz launch and lifeboat services. "
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_space_thewritestuff/2008/08/russian-invasio.html

Googleマップには以前からGeorgia はなかった顛末記

Tuesday Map: Georgia's Google vanishing act | FP Passport
"Looks like we may have gotten a bit ahead of ourselves, though as NYT's Miguel Helf notes, Google does seem to have plenty of "local data" about Georgia in its Google Earth program. "
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/9515

Google: We Did Not Erase Maps of Georgia -New York Times Blog
"while its Web maps shows only the outlines of those three countries ― without roads or even the capital cities marked ― Google says that the lack of information is not new.
“Google has not made any recent change to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan in Google Maps,” the company said in a statement. “We do not have local data for those countries and that is why local details such as landmarks and cities do not appear.”"
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/google-we-did-not-erase-maps-of-georgia/?ref=technology

Google explains Georgia map blanks - Web User News
"feedback the company has received about the blank maps has caused Google to have a rethink.
"We're hearing from our users that they would rather see even very basic coverage of a country than see nothing at all. That certainly makes sense, and so we have started preparing data for the handful of countries that are still blank on Google Maps," said Barth. "
http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/265488.html

Moment of truth on Georgia: Washington Times
"Prime Minister Vladimir Putin flew from the Beijing Olympics to Vladikavkaz, taking control of the military operations. Thus, Mr. Putin sidelined his successor Dmitry Medvedev, and left no doubt as to who is in charge.
According to several Western intelligence services, Russia has long prepared its aggression against Georgia's pro-Western President Saakashvili in an attempt to undermine his rule and prevent Georgia from joining NATO. Despite claims about oppressed minority status, the separatist South Ossetian leadership is mostly ethnic Russians, many of whom served in the KGB, the Soviet secret police, the Russian military or in the Soviet Communist Party.
The U.S. and its European allies should communicate to Moscow that it has much to lose - including hosting the 2014 winter Olympics in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, membership in the G-8 and access to Western capital and export markets - if the aggression against Georgia is not stopped.
Russia is engaged in what the Chinese call "kill the chicken to scare the monkey." Ukraine is the monkey: its pro-Western leaders, such as President Victor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko, have expressed a desire to join NATO, while the pro-Moscow Ukrainian Party of Regions effectively opposes membership. NATO opponents in Ukraine are greatly encouraged by Russia's action against Georgia. "
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/13/moment-of-truth-on-georgia/

だから、皇帝プーチンだってばさ軍事権限を持つは"皇帝"さま
故ソルジェニーツィンも大好き"プーチン皇帝"

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Video: Georgian army flees in disarray as Russians advance - Times Online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4509692.ece

Nazism's dialectic of death

"Can a nationalist found an empire? The United States of George W. Bush invaded Iraq in the name of democracy, though any representative Iraqi government would have to oppose a foreign occupation.
Russia under Vladimir Putin tries to impose its will on Ukraine in the name of national self-determination, denying that Ukrainians are a separate people.
The Chinese regime modernizes Tibet while expressing its own sense of national superiority. All of these are imperial policies by essentially nationalist regimes, and all of them spread nationalism around the world."
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article4522802.ece

The sheikh, who is in his fifties, was caught by Kuwaiti police with 10kg (22lb) of cocaine and 165lb of hashish. When sentencing him to death, Judge Humoud al-Mutwatah said that he had “willingly walked the path of evil” and deserved no mercy.
It was the first time that a member of a Gulf royal family had been condemned to death by a court, and is widely seen as a test case for the impartiality of the law in a country where the convict's relative, the Emir, could pardon his wayward kinsman. The sheikh was the nephew of a previous Emir of Kuwait, Jaber al-Sabah, who died in 2006, and is one of hundreds of members of the huge ruling family.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4517780.ece

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Video: Georgian army flees in disarray as Russians advance - Times Online
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Superbird-7

Ariane 5 - Fifth launch of 2008 - ESA Portal
"Lift-off of flight V185 took place at 22:44 CEST/Paris on 14 August (20:44 UTC/GMT; 17:44 UTC-3/Kourou).The satellites were accurately injected into the correct transfer orbits about 30 minutes later.
Superbird 7, which will provide 28 Ku-band channels of broadcast services and mobile terminal links over Japan, eastern Asia and the Pacific Ocean. The payload mass was 8068 kg; the satellite masses totalled 7229 kg, with payload adapters and dispensers making up the additional 839 kg.
This fifth launch of the year keeps Arianespace and Europe’s Spaceport on target for the seven missions planned for 2008 – the busiest year ever for Ariane 5. "
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM53B8N9JF_index_0.html

"Japanese satellite rides skyward
The first wholly home-designed and built telecommunications satellite for Japan has gone safely into orbit." BBC NEWS
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7562213.stm

Arianespace's Fifth Ariane 5 Of 2008 Authorized For Launch
"Approval for the August 14 flight was given following the launch readiness review at the Spaceport in French Guiana - which validated the status of Ariane 5, its payloads of Superbird-7 and AMC-21, the launch infrastructure at Europe's Spaceport, and the network of downrange tracking stations.
This clears the way for Ariane 5's transfer tomorrow (August 13) from its Final Assembly Building to the Spaceport's ELA-3 launch zone, enabling the liftoff on Thursday during a launch window that opens at 5:44 p.m. and continues to 6:35 p.m., local time in French Guiana.
Superbird-7 will be orbited for Japanese operator Space Communications Corporation in the framework of a contract with Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, while AMC-21 is to be launched for SES Americom, the American company of the SES group."
http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Arianespace_Fifth_Ariane_5_Of_2008_Authorized_For_Launch_999.html

ISSにも波及グルジア紛争: 米議会とSoyuz代金もちろん日本にも影響大
教訓: 自前の有人機

"The Russian invasion of Georgia may have claimed an unexpected victim: U.S. access to the international space station.
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., acknowledged Tuesday that Russia’s five-day invasion of the Georgian province of South Ossetia makes it extremely unlikely that Congress will vote to exempt the Russian-built Soyuz capsule from a law that bans trade with nations that sell nuclear material to Iran.
NASA had been counting on the waiver to enable it to continue carrying people and cargo to the space station after the space shuttle is retired in 2010. The Soyuz is NASA’s only proven alternative to get to the station.
Congress granted NASA a waiver of the ban in 2005, and the agency has since spent more than $700 million on Russian crew and cargo services. But the current contract expires in 2011, and the Russian company that makes the Soyuz says it needs payment now because it takes three years to build the ships.
Without the U.S. payments, it is unclear if other station partners such as Japan or the European Union would be able or willing to step up and pay for Russian Soyuz launch and lifeboat services. "
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_space_thewritestuff/2008/08/russian-invasio.html

Googleマップには以前からGeorgia はなかった顛末記

Tuesday Map: Georgia's Google vanishing act | FP Passport
"Looks like we may have gotten a bit ahead of ourselves, though as NYT's Miguel Helf notes, Google does seem to have plenty of "local data" about Georgia in its Google Earth program. "
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/9515

Google: We Did Not Erase Maps of Georgia -New York Times Blog
"while its Web maps shows only the outlines of those three countries ― without roads or even the capital cities marked ― Google says that the lack of information is not new.
“Google has not made any recent change to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan in Google Maps,” the company said in a statement. “We do not have local data for those countries and that is why local details such as landmarks and cities do not appear.”"
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/google-we-did-not-erase-maps-of-georgia/?ref=technology

Google explains Georgia map blanks - Web User News
"feedback the company has received about the blank maps has caused Google to have a rethink.
"We're hearing from our users that they would rather see even very basic coverage of a country than see nothing at all. That certainly makes sense, and so we have started preparing data for the handful of countries that are still blank on Google Maps," said Barth. "
http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/265488.html

Moment of truth on Georgia: Washington Times
"Prime Minister Vladimir Putin flew from the Beijing Olympics to Vladikavkaz, taking control of the military operations. Thus, Mr. Putin sidelined his successor Dmitry Medvedev, and left no doubt as to who is in charge.
According to several Western intelligence services, Russia has long prepared its aggression against Georgia's pro-Western President Saakashvili in an attempt to undermine his rule and prevent Georgia from joining NATO. Despite claims about oppressed minority status, the separatist South Ossetian leadership is mostly ethnic Russians, many of whom served in the KGB, the Soviet secret police, the Russian military or in the Soviet Communist Party.
The U.S. and its European allies should communicate to Moscow that it has much to lose - including hosting the 2014 winter Olympics in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, membership in the G-8 and access to Western capital and export markets - if the aggression against Georgia is not stopped.
Russia is engaged in what the Chinese call "kill the chicken to scare the monkey." Ukraine is the monkey: its pro-Western leaders, such as President Victor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko, have expressed a desire to join NATO, while the pro-Moscow Ukrainian Party of Regions effectively opposes membership. NATO opponents in Ukraine are greatly encouraged by Russia's action against Georgia. "
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/13/moment-of-truth-on-georgia/

だから、皇帝プーチンだってばさ軍事権限を持つは"皇帝"さま
故ソルジェニーツィンも大好き"プーチン皇帝"

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Nazism's dialectic of death

"Can a nationalist found an empire? The United States of George W. Bush invaded Iraq in the name of democracy, though any representative Iraqi government would have to oppose a foreign occupation.
Russia under Vladimir Putin tries to impose its will on Ukraine in the name of national self-determination, denying that Ukrainians are a separate people.
The Chinese regime modernizes Tibet while expressing its own sense of national superiority. All of these are imperial policies by essentially nationalist regimes, and all of them spread nationalism around the world."
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article4522802.ece

The sheikh, who is in his fifties, was caught by Kuwaiti police with 10kg (22lb) of cocaine and 165lb of hashish. When sentencing him to death, Judge Humoud al-Mutwatah said that he had “willingly walked the path of evil” and deserved no mercy.
It was the first time that a member of a Gulf royal family had been condemned to death by a court, and is widely seen as a test case for the impartiality of the law in a country where the convict's relative, the Emir, could pardon his wayward kinsman. The sheikh was the nephew of a previous Emir of Kuwait, Jaber al-Sabah, who died in 2006, and is one of hundreds of members of the huge ruling family.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4517780.ece

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Video: Georgian army flees in disarray as Russians advance - Times Online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4509692.ece

Superbird-7

Ariane 5 - Fifth launch of 2008 - ESA Portal
"Lift-off of flight V185 took place at 22:44 CEST/Paris on 14 August (20:44 UTC/GMT; 17:44 UTC-3/Kourou).The satellites were accurately injected into the correct transfer orbits about 30 minutes later.
Superbird 7, which will provide 28 Ku-band channels of broadcast services and mobile terminal links over Japan, eastern Asia and the Pacific Ocean. The payload mass was 8068 kg; the satellite masses totalled 7229 kg, with payload adapters and dispensers making up the additional 839 kg.
This fifth launch of the year keeps Arianespace and Europe’s Spaceport on target for the seven missions planned for 2008 – the busiest year ever for Ariane 5. "
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM53B8N9JF_index_0.html

"Japanese satellite rides skyward
The first wholly home-designed and built telecommunications satellite for Japan has gone safely into orbit." BBC NEWS
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7562213.stm

Arianespace's Fifth Ariane 5 Of 2008 Authorized For Launch
"Approval for the August 14 flight was given following the launch readiness review at the Spaceport in French Guiana - which validated the status of Ariane 5, its payloads of Superbird-7 and AMC-21, the launch infrastructure at Europe's Spaceport, and the network of downrange tracking stations.
This clears the way for Ariane 5's transfer tomorrow (August 13) from its Fina

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