ok... it's an early xmas present I bought myself... and it is BEAUTIFUL! i've had this on my list for a while... Definitely one for you too, Rowe...



Vanishing Africa: A Photographer's Journey (Hardcover)
by Gianni Giansanti, Paolo Novaresio



Editorial Reviews

A dead branch of the Rift Valley, worn hills and plains beaten by the relentless sun, this is the region that spreads around the valley of the Omo River. The wild and remote southern region of Ethiopia only appeared on maps little over a century ago when the first European explorers discovered there a mosaic of ethnic groups. These are peoples that have remained isolated for centuries and that have retained their cultures and customs intact to the present day-peoples like the Surma, Mursi, Karo and many more. By examining a region in the heart of the Black Continent, the book attempts to trace the roots of remotest Africa: the cradle of man, where ancestral bonds with nature still exist. By means of his camera and his pen, in this book the authors have encapsulated long years of study of the peoples and ethnic groups of this continent, in search of vanishing Africa.

About the Author

Gianni Giansanti began his professional career in 1978. Approached by the Sygma agency in 1981, he documented the coup d'état in Turkey and performed assignments in Haiti, El Salvador, Guatemala, Libya, Lebanon, Senegal, Poland, Greece, and Yugoslavia. In 1988, a photographic essay on the private life of Pope John Paul II in the Vatican won first prize from the World Press.



Paolo Novaresio graduated in contemporary history and for more than twenty years has been a full-time traveler. After a series of trips around the world, he has devoted his time entirely to Africa. Recently he has concentrated his research in Kenya, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. He lives and works in Turin, Nairobi, and Johannesburg.

Women of Color and Philosophy: A Critical Reader
Author: Naomi Zack
ISBN: 0631218661
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Professional
Date published: 2000-06-01



Book Review:

Philosophy is in its fourth millennium but this collection is the first of its kind. Twelve contemporary women of color who are American academic philosophers consider the methods and subjects of the discipline from perspectives partly informed by their experiences as African American, Asian American, Latina, Mixed Race and Native American. The essays represent the authors' views on a wide range of topics: community, epistemology and social identity, alterity, metaphysics, rationalist ethics, loyalty, intellectual history, and realism. The writing is without jargon and the methods of argument will be familiar to traditional philosophers.

The ideas, interpretations and suggestions give voice to changes in the field that many readers will recognize as inevitable and overdue. Themes include critique of tradition, applications of philosophical method to social issues and proposals for change. Specific topics range from moral issues in interracial marriage, to indigenous rights, to the application of cognitive science to metaphysical theories of properties. Despite its breadth, Women of Color and Philosophy examines assumptions and new directions, in depth and with lucid specificity. This collection can be read as a challenge to the field as well as a forum for its smallest minority, as reassurance and encouragement for the independent thinkers from the center to the periphery.

Turbulent Decade
Sadako Ogata
ISBN 0393057739
Format Hardcover
Category History

In this, the definitive story of the twentieth century's greatest refugee crises, the woman who led the international response recounts her experiences and the lessons she has learned. A tireless advocate for the victims of war, Sadako Ogata tells the story at the scene of four crises in which she directed relief: Iraq, the Balkans, the African Great Lakes region and Afghanistan. She explores issues of refugee protection and humanitarian assistance; coordination between humanitarian organisations, NATO and other military forces; and the global political and strategic climate in which these crises occurred. She asks the world community to assess the limits of humanitarian action and to work towards real political solutions when conflicts arise. No one is in a better position to tell this essential post-Cold War story than Ogata, who travelled to crisis spots to lead the world in confronting the tragedy of the displaced.

quote:

The Mystery of Capital

This is the key mystery and the centerpiece of this book. Capital is a subject that has fascinated thinkers for the past three centuries. Marx said that you needed to go beyond physics to touch "the hen that lays the golden eggs"; Adam Smith felt you had to create "a sort of waggon-way through the air" to reach that same hen. But no one has told us where the hen hides. What is capital, how is it produced, and how is it related to money?

This post really isn't about a book, it is about the so called subject of capitalism. It is a somewhat personal conclusion about Europeans.

Capitalism depends on the social psychology of Europeans because it is largely nothing but a rationalization of the behavior of Europeans. They need an excuse to justify their infinite greed and infinite aggressiveness and want to make it seem scientific. I suppose that sounds rather egotistical of me but it looks like White people have the world hypnotized and believing this crap.

How they mange to disappear all of that depreciation and have no one point it out is beyond me.

http://africanamericansovereignty.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=29

umbra

just because somebody is born with a white skin doesn't mean that he/she thinks 'white'
So lets alter it a little:

Capitalism depends on the social psychology of many but not allEuropeans because it is largely nothing but a rationalization of the behavior of Europeans.

I suppose that sounds rather egotistical of me but it looks like many but not all White people have the world hypnotized and believing this crap.

UH OH, you're in trouble now.

Look what I found.

Robbie is loose on the net.

Historical Perspective

Forbidden Planet

We haven't caught up to 50's sci-fi yet but we have already passed what they were expecting of us back then.

umbra

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Physics - don't - LIE!

hey, thanks retro-cinema Santa ...coo-el (!)

Manna from outer space:

It's a 50's invasion. Robbie was cool but Gort is BAD.

The Day the Earth Stood Still


And then there is Kid Stuff

I remember this film as a kid and liking it.

Was I ever that young? I should have shot myself.

Teenagers from Outer Space

umbra

hey just a dang minute... sensory overload!!

I've only watched 1/3 of Forbidden PlanEt!

Geek question... was the first personal computer (pre IBM) named Altair... named from the film?

You won't believe it, but I know you will I shut down my computer before I watched the end so I have to download it again. Geesh. Even I can't believe I did that.

Love those gi-normous techno display panels! oops... I'm revealing my inner geek

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Actually I don't know if they were inspired from that film. I have never heard that.

I do know something that is more obviously and admittedly inspired by FP.



http://www.krellonline.com/index.php

I was into hi-fi before I was into computers.
I have never owned a Krell though, I have one of these.



http://home.comcast.net/~iowan1/E-202.html

I get the impression that dude loves his Accuphase. That's not my site though. I would have more pictures of the inside than the outside. For a true geek beauty must be more than skin deep.

um

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Physics - don't - LIE!

quote:

I was into hi-fi before I was into computers.
I have never owned a Krell though, I have one of these.

...with 'real estate' like this, what kind of music do you listen to?

Real Estate!

But you can't reproduce music without the rest of the "real estate".



http://www.elitestereo.netfirms.com/pd-65.htm

This is probably a picture of the Vandersteen 2ce speaker. I have the older 2ci. I doubt that there is a visible difference unless you knew to look for it.



http://www.vandersteen.com/pages/The%20Model%202Ce%20Signature.html

I bought that Accuphase around '77 before the days of CDs and MP3s. I don't have the same perspective and attitude I did then. I can't imagine spending all that time fiddling with LPs. Not being able to burn CDs would be a nuisance, I usually only like 3 or 4 tracks out of 10 on a CD and they almost never fill a CD.

Here is a list of artists from my MP3-DVD. I need to start working on a second one. I didn't put First We Take Manhattan by Jeniffer Warnes on it. That is my theme song for Economic Wargames.

001. 5th Dimension - [Greatest Hits on Earth] (Last Night) I Didn't Get to [3:14]
017. Alpert, Herb - [Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Bra] Zorba The Greek [4:24]
018. Beatles, The - [Red 1] Can't buy me love [2:11]
036. Blood, Sweat & Tears - [Blood, Sweat & Tears] You've Made Me So Very Happy [4:19]
037. Braxton, Toni - [Toni Braxton] Breathe Again [4:29]
048. Bread - [Anthology] Fancy Dancer [3:30]
049. Garth Brooks - [Ropin' The Wind] Burning Bridges [3:35]
055. Cash, Jonhnny - [Johnny Cash's Greatest Hits,] Ring Of Fire [2:39]
056. Clapton, Eric - [Time Pieces - The Best Of Eri] After Midnight [3:08]
063. Collins, Phil - [Serious Hits...Live!] A Groovy Kind Of Love [3:30]
064. Creedence Clearwater Revival - [Chronicle, Vol. 1] Susie-Q [4:35]
082. Croce, Jim - [Photographs & Memories, His G] You Don't Mess Around With Ji [3:02]
083. Diamond, Neil - [Neil Diamond 12 Greatest Hits] Sweet Caroline [3:33]
094. Dire Straits - [Money For Nothing] Money For Nothing [4:06]
095. Doobie Brothers - [Best Of The Doobies] China Grove [3:15]
103. Dylan, Bob - [Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits] I Want You [3:08]
104. The Eagles - [Their Greatest Hits (1971-197] Take It Easy [3:28]
110. Enya - [Shepherd Moons] Book Of Days [2:56]
111. Gloria Estefan - [Exitos De Gloria Estefan] Conga [4:16]
112. Flack, Roberta - [The Best Of Roberta Flack] Killing Me Softly With His So [4:51]
136. Fleetwood Mac - [Rumours] You Make Loving Fun [3:33]
137. Four Tops, The - [Motown 25th Anniversary] Reach Out, I'll Be There [3:01]
154. Franklin, Aretha - [30 Greatest Hits -Disc 1] The House That Jack Built [2:20]
155. G, Kenny - [Duotones] Songbird [5:03]
163. Gaye, Marvin - [Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell -] Ain't Nothing Like The Real T [2:17]
164. Genesis - [Live: The Way We Walk (The Sh] Land Of Confusion [5:16]
171. Hayes, Isaac - [To Be Continued] Medley: Monologue; You've Los [15:34]
172. Houston, Whitney - [Bodyguard OST] Whitney Houston / I Will Alwa [4:31]
186. Ian, Janis - [Between The Lines] Light a Light [2:46]
187. Jackson, Michael - [Bad] Bad [4:07]
210. John, Elton - [Greatest Hits] Crocodile Rock [3:55]
211. Joplin, Janis - [Greatest Hits] Me And Bobby McGee [4:34]
221. King, Carole - [Tapestry] (You Make Me Feel Like) A Nat [3:50]
222. Knight, Gladys And The Pips - [Greatest Hits, GK] I Heard It Through The Grapei [2:49]
229. Eurythmics - [Greatest Hits] Sweet Dreams (Are Made of Thi [4:54]
230. Lennox, Annie - [Diva] Why [4:54]
243. Lewis, Jerry Lee - [Rockin' my Life away] Rockin' my Life Away [2:10]
244. Loggins & Messina - [Best Of Friends] Angry Eyes [2:28]
262. Mamas & The Papas - [16 Of Their Greatest Hits] Creeque Alley [3:52]
263. Manhattan Transfer, The - [Brasil] Soul Food To Go [5:17]
270. Mayfield, Curtis - [SuperFly] SuperFly [3:54]
271. Tyrone Davis - [Greatest Hits] Can I Change My Mind [2:49]
272. John, Dr. - [In the Right Place] Right Place Wrong Time [2:55]
273. Palmer, Robert - [Heavy Nova] Simply Irresistible [4:15]
274. Belle, Regina - [The Best Of Regina Belle] Baby Come To Me [5:42]
275. Gaye, Marvin - [Midnight Love] Sexual Healing [4:00]
276. Billy Ocean - [Greatest Hits] Caribbean Queen (no more love [4:07]
277. Cohen, Leonard - [I'm Your Man] Everybody Knows [5:36]
278. Jefferson Airplane - [The Worst of Jefferson Airpla] Somebody to Love [2:55]
279. Browne, Jackson - [Saturate Before Using] Doctor My Eyes [3:17]
280. Tyrone Davis - [Greatest Hits] Turn Back The Hands Of Time [2:40]
281. Emerson Lake & Palmer - [The Best of Emerson Lake & Pa] Peter Gunn [3:37]
282. Jefferson Airplane - [The Worst of Jefferson Airpla] White Rabbit [2:32]
283. Iron Butterfly - [In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida] In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida [17:03]
284. John, Dr. - [In the Right Place] Such A Night [2:57]
285. The Commitments - [The Commitments Vol. 1] Do Right Woman Do Right Man [3:16]
286. King, B.B. - [king of the blues] the thrill is gone [5:27]
287. N.W.A - [Greatest Hits] 100 Miles and Runnin' [4:35]
288. Ford, Tennessee Ernie - [Capitol Collector's Series] Sixteen Tons [2:36]
289. Murray, Anne - [Greatest Hits] Snowbird [2:12]
293. O'Jays. The - [Ship Ahoy] For the love of money [7:19]
294. Orbison, Roy - [The All-Time Greatest Hits Of] Only The Lonely [2:30]
298. Pink Floyd - [Wish You Were Here] Welcome To The Machine [7:31]
299. Pointer Sisters - [Greatest Hits] Automatic [6:10]
309. Preston, Billy - [The Best] Will It Go Round In Circles [3:49]
310. Rare Earth - [Ecology] (I Know) I'm Losing You [10:58]
318. Richie, Lionel - [Back to Front] Say You, Say Me [4:02]
319. Robinson, Smokey and The Mira - [18 Greatest Hits] Baby Baby, Don't Cry [4:04]
330. Rogers, Kenny - [20 Great Years] The Gambler [3:29]
331. Ronstadt, Linda - [Greatest Hits] Heat Wave [2:47]
347. Ross, Diana & The Suprems - [20 Greatest Hits] You Keep Me Hanging On [2:43]
348. Santana - [Abraxas] Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Que [5:17]
359. Seger, Rob & the Silver Bulle - [Greatest Hits] We've Got Tonight [4:40]
360. Simon & Garfunkel - [Sounds of Silence] A Most Peculiar Man [2:34]
383. Simon, Carly - [The Best Of Carly Simon] You're So Vain [4:19]
384. Sister Sledge - [Best Of] We Are Family [8:22]
397. Sly & the Family Stone - [Greatest Hits] You Can Make It If You Try [3:38]
398. Staple Singers, The - [The Best Of The Staple Singer] City in the Sky [3:51]
405. Steppenwolf - [16 Greatest Hits] The Pusher [5:50]
406. Stevens, Cat - [Catch Bull At Four] Angelsea [4:29]
425. Summer, Donna - [Summer Collection, The (Great] She Works Hard For The Money [4:36]
426. Taylor, James - [James Taylor's Greatest Hits] Carolina In My Mind [4:00]
447. Temptations, The - [17 Greatest Hits] You're My Everything [2:59]
448. The Lovin' Spoonful - [All The Best Of The Lovin' Sp] Do You Believe In Magic [2:05]
456. The Rascals - [Time Peace The Rascals Great] Groovin' [2:30]
457. Turner, Tina - [What's Love Got To Do With It] Disco Inferno [4:05]
476. Vangelis - [Chariots of Fire (Soundtrack)] Titles [3:34]
477. War - [Best of War and More, The] All Day Music [2:36]
489. Winwood, Steve - [Back In The High Life] Wake Me Up On Judgement Day [5:51]
495. Withers, Bill - [Lean On Me: The Best of Bill] Lovely Day [4:17]

The DVD has about 36 hours of music. Be careful what you ask for. That is mostly background music that is going a lot of the time when I'm doing stuff. When I'm in the mood to sit and listen there is Beethoven's 5th and 9th, Bolero, Scheherazade, Mozart and other stuff. I can handle light jazz like Quincy Jones but I can't handle Miles Davis. I don't comprehend what my brother-in-law sees in it.

umbra

PS - Be careful what you ask for.

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Physics - don't - LIE!

You're certainly not stingy when it comes to information UM.

After scanning your list, several thoughts come to mind...
~ a few hair-raisers there, it may take me a while to recover from the shock of seeing both ENYA and The Beatles (age is no excuse ) although there are a few 'redeemers';
~ is there really someone on AA.org older than me (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida )?;
~ there are no Australian singer-songwriters on the list - I'll offer up some suggestions later.
~ Also there is there is no mention of Adam F, Jill Scott, or, gulp... even Kraftwerk.

There is still time though with the impending MP3-DVD Number 2.

Maybe I could be of some assistance/influence/persuasion...?

quote:

Maybe I could be of some assistance/influence/persuasion...?

Suggest away. Actually it's been quite a while since I've bought any new music. My habits have changed a lot. Some White boys introduced me to Iron Butterfly my junior year in high school.

What's your problem with Enya and the Beatles?

I've figured out the visible difference between the 2ce and my 2ci. The 2ce is taller but the design dictates that the tweeters be at the same height. If you look at the bottom of the speaker it looks like it is about 3 inches off the floor. The metal stand for mine is more like 6 inches. I'm sure you were desperate to learn that.

umbra

quote:

Suggest away. Actually it's been quite a while since I've bought any new music.

and what a fun way to spend money
I'll have a think - I used to enjoy spend many hours doing compilation cassettes, then cds, not quite literate at mp3 compilations yet (I'm pod-free) but I can post a mix of artists and titles if you like.

quote:

What's your problem with Enya and the Beatles?

how long have you got?
really there are only 2 types of 'music' I cannot grow to like - ENYA-music - a category all its own, and Country & Western.
Some people have never 'moved past' The Beatles musically - it will take a Beatles-free decade or two to fix that.

quote:

I'm sure you were desperate to learn that.

Absolutely... mindreader !!

quote:

Originally posted by umbrarchist:

quote:

Maybe I could be of some assistance/influence/persuasion...?

Suggest away.

hey there... here I go. i love offering suggestions but heck you can reject them as you see fit. No worries.

ok... it's music, so let's get serious.

rather than I list a whole lot of individual songs may I submit these 2 (what I consider) KICK ASS albums. Yeah, yeah, not new stuff, but for beats, conciousness, get-down and feeel goooooooooooooooooooooood it's hard to go past these. Well, let's say it's foolish.

We can move to NEW music any old time.

See what u think and let's go from there. Both are 'old' cds, but it's (IMHO) more about whether the listener can get down with it. Hear what I'm saying?

Cruciall Poetics vol. 1 Conscious style hip hop. Serious lyrics, serious beat. A totally AWESOME CD. A friend gave me a copy and it took FOREVER to get the original cd. Friend's copy had a bump... lol.

Talking Heads. Remember THEM? Well they were hot and they still R! Get yourself their 'REMIXED' CD - PLAY Blind track #8 THEN when you're juiced up, play Track #11 Blind and I defy ANYONE not to spin their hips around their apartment. Seriously. This is seriously good music. Anyone who can't needs mental therapy!
"The world was moving and she was right there with it and she was... her feet weren't touching the ground... and she was..."

hey can't you tell I just left WORK and have Dec 25 OFF! aaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! mwa!
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Back to books for a moment...

The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the Era of American World Power (Hardcover)
by James Traub



Reviews

"This brilliant piece of investigative journalism tells of adventures and disasters unduly dominated by the power of the United States yet often rescued by the selfless, self-effacing and reassuring figure of Kofi Annan. He will be missed. One way to recall his record is to read this impressive book."
- Stuart Rees, professor emeritus of University of Sydney and director of the Sydney Peace Foundation

"engaging, nuanced, and often fascinating...proof that the term "UN page-turner" is not hopelessly oxymoronic."
- Niall Stanage, The New York Observer

"We watched as the UN failed the people of Iraq in the Oil for Food scandal. We watched as the UN failed innocent people in Rwanda, Bosnia, Darfur in the Sudan, and in the Congo. And we are watching the results of UN failure in South Lebannon. Jim Traub supplies the critical insights for anyone seeking to make sense of the challenges we face." "” Newt Gingrich

"Kofi Annan is, without question, the most significant UN Secretary General in 45 years. He is also a complex man occupying a very complicated post. To this important subject, James Traub brings great intelligence, balance, and insight. The result is a book well worth reading." "” Fareed Zakaria, author of The Future of Freedom

"Some want the world to be reformed by getting rid of the UN. That would be catastrophic. What the world needs is the UN reformed. In this book, James Traub tells the story of how difficult that is – and why it is so important." "” Bono

Enya is
and do you know Emma Shaplin?