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Saturday, September 12, 2015

Dolphin shape of Rhodes

The island of Rhodes in Greece has a dolphin shape. 
Rhodes city is situated where the 'dolphin nose' is, on the north tip of the island.
Rhodes citizens are proud of it and created a statue of dolphines in the harbour.


a dolphin

Rhodes island in Greece has a dolphin shape

Dolphines statue in Rhodes harbour

Friday, September 11, 2015

Several new songs


Sea is mirror

Sea is mirror
Alive by itself
Women are too

Sea and women
Create love together
Beauty peace love

Wind is blowing
Ship is sailing
Music is coming





Under the sea

Under the sea
There are fish
With many colors

In the cities
There are streets
With neon lights

But your beauty
Is shining more
Of them all





Seven Tastes Liquer

High on mountains
Monks prepare liquer
Of seven tastes

Made from herbs
Bottom to heaven
It is felt

Shoes to hair
You're the same
When passing by






Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Coastline of Haifa bay look like a golden spiral

Coastline of the entire bay from Haifa to Acre is similar to a whole golden spiral.
It is like an extended seashell.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Transfering the petrochemical plants from Haifa Bay

Bazan refineries, in the background, dominate the landscape of Haifa bay and destroy it
Citizens of Haifa metropolitan area, an area with rich history and educated population, regard as a major issue for the future of them and Israel the gradual and complete elimination of all petrochemical plants and facilities in Haifa Bay, which dominate the environment and are very dangerous from health, safety and socio-economic reasons.

Haifa metropolitan area suffer from cancer diseases in a percentage which is much higher then the average of Israel. In one form of cancer it even hold the world record. The ministry of health think of declaring the area as a "Health Hazardous Zone". The citizens, who suffer for decades, do not need this declaration, specially because it will take numerous committees and researches to apply it. The citizens already know it so well because their hospitals beds are filled with children sick of cancer, a fact which is approved statistically.

The safety reason for eliminating the plants is obvious: Haifa bay is a constant target for immediate missiles attacks which can blow the whole area and cause easily tens of thousands of victims.

There is a big housing problem in Israel and shortage of work places in this area which create negative immigration. Modern residential and occupation areas should be set up here. The petrochemical plants are situated on valuable land, on sea and river shores, with a spectacular view and in the heart of population centers. The Taxes that they pay nowadays are far lower compared to the taxes from a healthy population which can live and work in the future in this currently under developed surrounding.

Haifa metropolitan area ecology activists put great efforts on monitoring the current pollution statistics from the petrochemical facilities and object professionally to the dangers of increasing their capacity. Their efforts are combined with those of urban planning experts, who focus also on plans for a new unnecessary huge private port on reclaimed land from the sea.

These days the activists objections are focused on the following formal plans:
A. tripling of the production capacity of Bazan refineries under the name of ''new arrangement''.
B. building of giant fuels containers farm nearby.
C. building of huge container yards and fuels terminal in reclaimed land which will be a private port.
D. new master plan of Haifa which is in favor of all the above.
These opposition proceedings are against government plans which are in the final formal stages of approval. If these plans will be accomplished, the future of Haifa and Israel will be doomed forever.

This plans will turn Haifa area into a Third World place: The majority of the plants production is for export. Most of the ships containers will be in the yards only for transit. The needless petrochemical plants and facilities, together with the extra port, should move to third world countries, if only for reasons of economic viability, as all such industries move to countries with huge demand and low labour and land cost.

Haifa metropolitan area need large international airport, surrounded by an airport city of high tech businesses which will contribute a lot to the local economy. A reclaimed land and clean surrounding can be used for it.

Haifa bay enjoy beautiful, sunny, bright and calm weather most of the year and could attract many tourists to this basically beautiful and historically rich area, tourists who at the moment just pass by and go to other places.

Haifa's mayor Yona Yahav and his coalition support the development of the poisonous petrochemical plants and their facilities, together with the formation of the new monstrous port. It will deteriorate the health and socio-economic situation here. As a result of his mistakes Haifa metropolitan social-economic structure is already crumbling.

Haifa's green activists were born to this situation of living near petrochemical plants and a port which block the sea, so they gradually collect new insights and conclusions in a learning process. They hope that the world  will help them to evaluate the situation with objective eyes, so we shall all enjoy the true gifts this land has to offer us.

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Two faces of the Caspian sea

When looking at at the Caspian sea from above with Google Earth one can see two human faces: 
A. face of the sea itself with the profile looking eastward.
B. face of the eastern shore with the profile looking westward.

The complete picture resemble the idea of "two faces in a vase".
"Two faces in a wase" was a subject which was investigated by Salvador Dali in one of his famous paintings.

The east shore face resemble that of an old bearded man, a character depicted well in Pablo Picasso's father painting. 
The whole sea face resemble a woman face, a character depicted well in Picasso's mother painting.
Picasso was a mentor of Dali.

Caspian sea eastern shores are a man's profile looking to the west

Caspian sea water are woman's profile looking to the east

Two faces in a vase

"Salvador Dali's "Two faces in a vase

Pablo Picasso's mother

Pablo Picasso's father

Picasso's parents images with Dali's "two faces" and the Caspian sea images in the background

Sunday, February 15, 2015

Elimination of polluting petrochemical plants in Haifa Bay

A major issue for the future of Israel is the importance of the elimination of polluting petrochemical plants in Haifa Bay, which are very dangerous from a security perspective too. 

Instead modern residential areas should be set up. 
Like the military bases evacuation in centeral Israel, this will help solve the problem of housing too. 

The Petrochemical plants are situated on valuable land, on sea and river shores, with a spectacular view and in the heart of population centers. State taxes these  plants pay are far lower compared to the taxes to be paid by a population which can live in new cities on their grounds.

These days opposition proceedings continue to the new master plan of Haifa, which is in favor of the continued development of new port facilities and construction of huge container yards with infinite space, together with development of the petrochemical plants.
The majority of the plants production is for export and most of the ships containers will stay in the yards only for transit.

The needless extra port and the plants should move to third world countries, if only for reasons of economic viability, as in the past the textile industry moved from Israel to such countries. 

Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav and his coalition  are in favor of the formation of the new monsterous port and development of the poisonous pertochemical plants. As a result of this conceptual failure Haifa social-economic structure is crumbling.

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Terrorism of poor regional planning in Israel

The 'Human figure map of the Holy Land' was created, in part, from a desire to give the  environmentally wounded Land of Israel an idyllic look.

The desolate land with a natural look which was attended by early Zionists is nowdays largely covered with a layer of concrete and asphalt, in part because of the desire for territorial achivements.

The Arabs who live in Israel and the Palestinian Authority copied the pattern and also conquered the country in the same format, of towns invading endlessly to natural areas.

The result is a clash between two teritorial masses, which already reached a critical level.


Peace to Israel will not come by politicians, nor by capital investments in combined projects of any kind.

Peace will come by geographers and city and regional planners, who will sit and draw maps of areas and settlements under the most desirable and appropriate pattern, to enable the different communities in this land to grow in harmony. 

It will be done not in accordance with 'facts on the grounds' by which, for example, most Arab towns  in Israel were declaired as cities without a proper planning, or asphalt barons constructed more and more highways with intensive consuming of land and the like.

Planning should be done according to what is right and correct from the planning point of view, under the fact that the whole land from the Jordan river to the Mediteranean sea is just one small geographical unit, a small piece of land which should be designed and built under this definition.

This insight of more then just close proximity, the insight of one planning area, was ignored by the international and local politicians.

What will be the benefit of a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians if they will develop in their land concrete communities, which will spread within a few years and will cover all the hills, valleys and plains in an uncontrolled way.

Formulating a peace agreement without a united landscape image, designed and detailed in all aspects, will paradoxically hasten our  common downfall.

There are two theories of general regional collapse due to a severe environmental crisis:
The first describes the gradual and slow collapse.
The second describes an immediate collapse, after many years of apparent stability.

The best known result of terrorist extremism is terrorist acts against human beings. The results which are less published, but are very noticeable for those who know the land, are of construction terrorism, which violate the ecological balance and lndscape views under the arguments of religious, political and sectorial values.


The valleys around the Temple Mount, which were once green areas, had become over the last few decades crowded urban housing and unplanned neighborhoods.
On the other hand, the Israeli government covered the green hills around Jerusalem with suburban neighborhoods.

A building which is built in an inappropriarte  place will remain for centuries. Even if it would be demolished, there will be a very long time until nature will cover the ruins. 

This is in contrast to air pollution, which can be fixed within a relativly short time.

These serious facts on the ground are a form of terrorism that makes the conflict insoluble.

Alleged minor defaults of local authorities, which are not careful enough about construction laws, including careful planning and tight control, are the real source of the conflict today.


The Christian powers watch after the handling of the State of Israel in the field of regional planning. 
For them the State of Israel is part of the Holy Land, the idyllic land of the Bible and the New Testament, which is the object of all time longing.
Perhaps they prefer an ecological disaster, the result of construction violations which will make the country a no man's land, where might makes right.
Such a disaster is in accordance with the Messianic Christian concept of heavenly Jerusalem and the land of Israel as a place of longing only.
Environmental issues are very important to Germany in particular. Germany's re-unification was performed largely thanks to the strong German Green Party.


If we will learn to understand the critical importance of regional planning and establish appropriate authorities to enforce it properly, we can leverage it to a level where a peace agreement with the Palestinians would not be necessary.

Peace will be realized for granted in a country which is working on maintaining and developing the natural landscape, just as a person is recognized and respected by those around him if he behave properly.

Man is shaped in the pattern of the landscape of his birthplace.


The chaos of unplanned environment is spreading also to the planned urban environment.
Here are some examples of planning chaos in the cities in which we live:

Haifa metropolitan area is where the situation of the environment is getting worse all the time, in terms of regional planning in particular. For example, small adjacent cities with similar communities in Haifa bay create a dense cluster and long had to be united into one big city. This was not done and the result is a multi-year environmental cheos. The lack of strong leadership contributed to continous dangerous air pollution from the petro-chemical factories nearby.

The situation of public transportion in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area is very poor, according to a series of articles.

The damage that poor public transportion cause to the economy is enormous. Time lost for every citizen is accumulated into millions of hours each year. But it seems that none of the politicians is raising his glove, and we hear about a record year of cars sales, traffic congestion and endless new highways.


Israel need a 'Singapore Program'. Singapore has limited land resources and its civil leaders understood that they can not allow uncontrolled construction, that will prevent them from developing human resources properly. Therefore they have enforced strict rules in the field of environmental protection. Singapore is now a symbol and an international role model, but there is no political party in Israel which adopts this symbol.

There are many Insufficient government authorities in Israel, such as National Land Administration, currently undergoing a paradoxical  reform for privatizing state lands on one side and creating a unit for maintaining land resources on the other.

Preserving and maintaining the very limited land resources of Israel requires people of military stature, generals who will conduct the campaign against the territorial terrorism.  

They'll have to deal with the issues of enforcement of planning and building laws in a military disciplined manner. There should be headquarters, intelligence, forces, spokesmen and so on, as in any orgenized army.

Earth is an irreplaceable resource.

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Islamic law is structured for political expansion

In religious Islam there is a built in system of political expansion, as part of the 'Sharia' [The full set of Islamic laws]. This political expansion result from the demographic spread of believers.

Judaism gave up the missionary role. Christianity and Buddhism are religions of faith alone, and they do not try to enforce their laws on the other and in everyday life.

In contrast to Christianity and Buddhism, Judaism and Islam are both dogmatic religions which pretend to give a religious answer to every facet of life.
But unlike the Jews, who wherever they were in exile dreamed only of the Holy Land as the realization of all their political aspirations, the aims of every Muslim who emigrated from his muslim state is to establish the Islamic state wherever he resides. This wish is fulfilled in implicit regulated process, step by step in a pre-programmed method, using specific set of religous laws known as the 'Dawa', together with the apparent desire to spread the Islamic faith.

What are the implications of this conclusion on the daily lives of Israeli citizens?
The answer is: a 'dog eat dog'.


Islam in Europe
From the article: "You shall inherit the continent of Europe: built-in Muslim ideology or reality of life?" 
By: Leah Kinberg, Moshe Dayan Center. 
The author describes very well the subject but lacks the conclusion: The direct political significance of the set of religous laws used by the muslim immigrants, referred to as 'Dawa', is an organized conspiracy striving to establish an Islamic state wherever they come.

"... The rationale underlying the Muslims to non-Muslim migration commandments, imposed as an act on migrants as representatives of religion, is to be role models and instill in their hosts the will to convert to Islam. That make the social phenomenon of migration a tool of preaching and proselytizing for Islam, or 'Dawa'. 'Dawa' is displayed as a duty incumbent on every Muslim who lives in a non-Muslim country and its purposes are to rally the ranks of the Muslim minority, mutual aid and preaching the way of behavior which can serve as an example and become a role model ... Just as Muslims will follow the Islamic 'Jihad' [religous conquering] as long as needed, that is as long as there are parts of a non-Muslim world, so the 'Hajra' [Imigration by all means] from the homeland will continue, accordingly the 'Dawa' [customs of immigrants] which justifies the 'Hajra' will not stop. This argument gives 'Dawa' dimensions which are not depended on time and place. As long as the world exists, it is commanding the Muslim believer to live according to the laws of his religion, to spread the religion, strengthen and expand, and thereby fulfill the most important aspect of the 'Jihad' ... Muslims living in Europe ... many of them born and raised in Europe ... all of them must represent the religion - A Muslim doctor in the hospital is merely representative of Islam, so are the engineer, the merchant, worker, student, they are all representatives of Islam ... Islam's way is through the dominant influencing of the 'Sharia' or by logging into politics - participation in elections and in fact in many cases both options go hand in hand ... "

Ariel Segal measures the 'blood pressure' in France. Europe knows that Jihad volunteers can return from their camps of rape and death in Syria and Iraq to enable continous terrorisim in the continent which tried to take them in. The groundwork for celebrations of Jihadism in France and other European countries was laid by intellectuals, who opened the door for terrorism through post-modern discourse and multi-culturalism.


Islam in China
The Muslim minority in China is of, according to research estimates, about 20 million people. The beginning of the Muslim presence in China was already in the 8th century AD, when Arab and Persian traders who sought to develop trade by sea routes round India, settled on the shores of the eastern ports of China. With the increase in trading volume, port communities were formed around the Moslim faith. Their people, while married to local women, sustained community life separate and distinct from the local language, religion and dress.
Mongol takeover of China in the 13th century led to an increase and expansion of the Muslim community. Mongols brought to China many Muslim soldiers from Western and Central Asia, as well as clerical and administrative personnel (engineers, architects, artisans and farmers), helping them with sustaining the rule of the Yuan Dynasty. Open borders for trade and economic wellness have led to many Muslims crossing the areas to the north and the south west of China, where you can find a large concentration of them today. Their connections to the Mongol conquerors, their privileges and isolated neighborhoods and the confrontation of the major Han population with the Muslim officialdom, contributed to foster feelings of hostility and hatred towards Muslims. Stories from that period depict the muslim as cruel, greedy and as aggressive, capable of any crime.
Fall of the Mongols in 1368 and rise of the Ming Dynasty is considered a glorious period in the history of China. Various scholars see this period as a kind of watershed for the Muslims. Voluntary isolation imposed by the rulers and the begining of pressures, Chinafication presures on the community, led many Chinese Muslims to change their names, use the local language for trade and speech and reduce differnet style of construction (including mosques) and clothing. Distinct identity began to take shape among the Muslim minority of Muslims known as 'Hui'. For the Hui people congregations in China the mosque was used far more then for prayer. The place was a religious school, social center, a local conflicts court, office, and sometimes even martial arts learning center.
The 'Sufi' movement began to be felt in China towards the end of the 17th century. In trade routes from Central Asia came to China Muslim clerics, most of them foreigners from Yemen and Bukhara and some Muslims who returned to China after studies and pilgrimage in cities of the Arabian peninsula. These charismatic personalities appeared soon in Muslim centers in China (Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Yunnan) and started to gather around them students and followers. During the 18th century many of the Hui joined them.
Followers of 'Sufi' movement had attributed its onset values to Prophet Muhammad who preached for them. Muhammad himself did not preach asceticism and the denial of aerial life in this world, but many traditions ascribed to him bans the follies of the world: drinking wine, silk garments and the use of gold and silver. Furthermore, the Qur'an called the believers not to sin, so as not to be punished on Judgment Day.
Sufi communities appearance and the formation of their orders sparked tensions with the Chinese government of Manchu dynasty. The connection of some of the Muslims to trade routes, as religous orders were used as part of the trading stations/hostels in addition to their religious activities, impeded supervision. The building block for such an order always begun with a charismatic religious leader, often of foreign origin, who when reached a Muslim demographic concentration began teaching Islam to a small group of students. It was a way to integrate into the local community and gain a broader group of believers. The larger the circle of believers became, they established a unique community, with an upgrade to a more institutionalized phase, including transition to the national level.
The circumstances of the emergence of the Sufi movement in China and its establishment largely conformed with the social and political conditions which were formed at the time of the Abbasid Caliphate. Therefore it relatively quickly adapted and transferred its organizational structure, operated in Central Asia, to the terms of the Chinese Empire. On the national level there were Sufis armed with a theoretical concept, terminology and techniques of leadership that were so lacking for the Hui. They have helped many of the Hui to consolidate confidence and unique identity, of independent Chinese-speaking Muslims against the Chinese attempt to make them Chinese Muslims.


Concepts to keep in mind
Sharia - Islamic law, which is the foundation of the Islamic state.
Jihad - struggle against the infidels commandments, which is an integral part of the Muslim faith.
Hijra - a substantial Muslim immigration, which is inevitable as a result of demographic growth.
Dawa - Code of Muslims laws abroad, which they must fulfill in full in any foreign country in which they settle.

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Human Face and Dragon shapes of Europe

Below is a map of Europe in the form of humanized face:

Figure of Europe as a pumpkin head

The first conclusion that emerges from the map is that Russia and the countries bordering it must join the EU. Not only geographical connection, but also the human and economic reasons demand it. The current political structure in Russia is flexible and it can take this opportunity.
The Mediterranean is also a part of  Europe's humanized face and inevitable partner of the EU in the future.
The same applies to the entire Middle East, including Iran.

Another anthropomorphic idea, with a lesser degree of personification, but one that is more known and consistent with the suffering of the Jews in Europe, is of the continent is in the form of a dragon. Its head is the Iberianpeninsula, the body is the European plane from France to the Urals, the legs are the Italian and Greek peninsulas, and Scandinavia is the large tail. The British Isles, which are not shown here, are the flames bursting from the dragon's head. The Baltic Sea is a human figure who is riding facing backward on the Bull's back


Europe as a dragon

This expression in the form of mythological dragon correspond to the mythological legend of Europe and Zeus who, disguised as a bull, seduced the princess Europe in Crete. The Bull's shape and attributes are similar to that of the dragon. It is an uncontrollable monster and the only way to cope with it is to turn away quickly and outsmart it, as did the Minoans in Crete with their acrobatics on bulls, and as the Spaniards does in their bulls fights.
From the mating between Europe and Zeus was born Minus, the father of Minoan Crete culture, which is the cradle of European culture. The identity between the human name and the mathematical concept [-] is not accidental at all, given the mythological-anthropomorphic background described here.

Europe riding Zeus who seduces her disguised as a bull

Will the EU be a 'Dragon' which does not accept into its ranks Islamic states, or a 'Human Face' with more flexible ethnic expressions?
America will react to the strengthening of the European Union through ties between the states of North and South America, creating together a political and economic bloc.
China's reaction will be similar, in the form of ties with the countries of South, East, and Central Asia.

The fate of Israel in light of the strengthening EU can only be imagined. Will it be strengthen or weaken? Will it join the EU or stay away with people who dwells alone?

The Map of the Holy Land as a Human Figure can deal with any possible scenario.

See also: Human figure of the Baltic Sea

Monday, August 04, 2014

Rooster shape of China map



Rooster shape of China map


Looking at the map of China, its shape is remarkably similar to that of a rooster. Its head is in the North-Eastern provinces, its magnificent tail include the Xinjiang and Tibet provinces and its wings spread across resource-rich basins of the Yangtze and Yellow River. This rooster's belly is in the southeast, and Hainan and Taiwan islands are its legs. A tour guide in a Yangtze River cruise, indicating this similarity, explained: "This shows that Taiwan is definitely an integral part of China. Rooster does not like to stand on one foot for too long."

In 1949, Mao Zedong, poet and founder of New China, wrote a poem that included the verse: "The rooster sings,  the sky is clearing up." The rooster is known as a fierce fighter and it was a  declaration of the people's victory over darkness at the beginning of each day.

In this sense the wrestler rooster is symbolic, but China has a history of cockfighting that dates back to 4,000 years ago. It is, therefore, a subject deeply rooted in its culture. Training roosters for fighting is an easy matter, because their instinct is to fend off their opponents in every way from their chickens' harem. 

It turns out that everyone in China learn this as children. It's deep in their minds - that's the way they envision the shape of their country. The children are taught so from a young age so they take it for granted. When asking citizens of China if they know for what the map of China is similar, they know this answer. But this does not mean that people outside China are aware of that. Almost no one outside of China know about that. Most foreigners are really surprised. There are those who mistakenly think it's a joke. Even Taiwanese people do not know. 

If you are looking on Google for the phrase 'China Rooster', you find plenty of pages. 
Well, okay, so we learned a bit of trivia. So what? What can you tell from the shape of China of international politics? 

The first thing that comes to mind is the territorial integrity of China. Chinese people know how their country should look like, to detail:
The capital, Beijing, is the rooster's throat. 
Harbin is the eye. 
Shanghai is on the chest. 
Tibet Autonomous Region is part of the tail feathers, which are very essential part of a rooster. Try to pluck the tail feathers of a rooster and you'll see real fast how it fight you with its beak and nails. 

And speaking of those nails, Taiwan represents one of the legs and the Chinese ask: 'How long can chicken stand on one leg? '

China's territorial integrity is important to the Chinese government partly due to the history of empires collapsing following the loss of territories. If this is what the Chinese government believe, then the separatist movements in China will not be tolerated. China is a fragile superpower. 

Finally, the No. 1 reason to remember the shape of a rooster is that it is a great way to get young children to learn the geography of the country, something which is going to be increasingly important during their lives. Chickens are great fun for youngsters.

Documents released by WikiLeaks revealed that a senior official in the Ministry of Internal Affairs in China officially claimed that the main reason behind the annexation of Tibet and Xinjiang to China was to ensure that future maps of Chinese territory will look like the exact shape of a giant chicken. This was said during a vivid meeting between the Minister Lu Penghuai and American diplomats which was held in June 2008, after the riots in the 'tail feathers' Tibetan province were suppressed dramatically by state security forces. 
If true, the documents can provide a tempting explanation why Beijing is so eager to keep the non-Hun regions and their populations which show great dislike to the Chinese government. 

Latest official map of China includes some more of China Eastern Sea. The addition is not very big, but it is the shape, not size, that caught the attention of some Chinese. Internet writer and social commentator published a new map of China which has been nothing like the standard rooster description Chinese kids learn in school and asked, innocently, like what the map looks like now. Cautious, in order not to attract the attention of the censors, they assessed that the shape looks more like an eagle



All of the world's greatest civilizations rose from countries in the form of familiar objects. Italy, homeland of the Roman Empire and later the nation of fascism and shoe industry, is shaped like a boot. Australia, the leader of the southern hemisphere and stuborn participant in two World Wars, looks like a head of an adult man with long life experience. The British Isles, the birth place of the greatest empire in the world, are shaped like a lady holding a Bulldog. ''If the rooster's wings and tail of Great China to be broken, how can we hope to succeed as a nation?'' Asked amused Chinese diplomats. 

"It was the firm belief of Chairman Mao Zedong, the former Communist leader who invaded Tibet in 1950, that if China's shape will be like a cock it will give her a Feng Shui advantage against the United States," said Professor Wang Ying from the National Bureau of cartography. "Mao used to joke that the U.S. "looks like nothing, and without Alaska and Hawaii its closest similarity is to Cyprus, pathetically." 

"Tibet, along with the provinces of Yunnan and Sichuan, create the 'thighs and buttocks of the rooster," explained Professor Wang when elaborated on the concept, "and its wings spread across the Yangtze and Yellow River basins. The addition of Xinjiang province allows the rooster to spread its wings." 

The  'Rooster shape of China map' campaign was Mao's secret Politburo strategy throughout the first decades of communist rule. Global empathy to China during World War II resulted, in the words of Prof. Wang, from the fact that "our big birds head [Manchuria] was beheaded by the sword of the Japanese imperialists." This promised the return of the three large provinces in the North-East from former Soviet allies, before the relationship between the two superpowers were undermined after the death of Stalin. 

Today, every child knows the state as 'Cock of the East' and the war diaries of Chairman Mao are full of references to the political rooster as ''most resourceful of all birds."
In one of his popular articles from 1948, about 'Poultry and exploitation of the masses', Mao observes: "The Chinese farmer is like the poultry he is growing! We eat their meat and their eggs, prepared mattresses from their feathers, we make soup from the bones and use their manure as fertilizer. These traits for good example of the Chinese people, who become effective after breaking jim into the parts that comprise him".

Tibet and Xinjiang are sources of ethnic unrest which claimed many victims. Their apparent importance is that they are perceived as creators of buffer zones against the Soviet Union in the north and India in the south, as well as guaranteeing control of their precious natural resources. But during offices exchange cermony held in the the Interior Ministy, the troubled minister said that the government begin to lose patience with these provinces: ''Tibet and Xinjiang are remote, poor as dirt and the local Tibetan and Uighur people hate us. They drain massive amounts of money to stay hardly functioning. Who the hell would want them? ... Unless, of course, with their integration into our sovereign territory our national border can create the shape of a chicken," he said and paused to catch his breath. 

This confession explains why former U.S. President George W. Bush made chicken gestures of flapping wings during bilateral talks before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which failed to prevent hina's opposition of UN sanctions against Saddam Hussein. The Chinese thought it was a compliment. 

Rooster is the most eccentric sign in the Chinese zodiac. Roosters are full of dreams and romantic ideas. They are colorful and attractive, bright and bold, and they are quite proud of themselves. They are organized, accurate, and their sharp eyes seek the small details in everything. They are perfectionists and leave no room for human error. For roosters, a difficult task is a challenge. They love to start controversy. Roosters are also very good at expressing themselves in writing and speaking. They are knowledgeable in most subjects you want to discuss. When you challenge them you must be ready for a long fight. Their endurance is incredible and they win their positions at all costs. Even when they are wrong, they will still be right one way or another! Chickens can be harsh and cruel. Their direct approach to life makes them poor diplomats. They express their opinion with only slight reference to the feelings of others. Others get upset? Roosters are right, no? 

Here are some recent news headlines from recent months dealing with the connection of China to the rooster: 
- Birds flu in China. 
- Scare of expired chickens and with antibiotics in fast-food chains in China. 
- Kentucky Fried Chicken is the most popular food chain in China.
- There is concern about poultry imported from China to the United States. 
- China's naval ships conduct 'Chiken races'  against the U.S. fleet in East China Sea.

Language riddles:
- English words Chi_na and Chi_ken start exactly with the same syllable. 
- Hen is 'chicken' in English and thethe Hun people are more than 90% of China. 
- Chai - Tea is the national drink of China.
- Chi is a Chinese name for spiritual energy. 

Sunday, July 20, 2014

From the Enlightenment to Romanticism periods following the invention of the flying balloon

The Enlightenment period which dominated Europe in the 18th century sought to define the world under empiric thought, in search of clarity and objectivity. During this period the modern science was developed. The basis for the development of the natural sciences was the work of social thinkers of the 17th century, who described the human being, on empirical principles, as someone who aspires for freedom, education, equality and toleration. These principles led to writing of the first encyclopedia in France, the flourishing of science and industry in this state and the rise of the bourgeoisie. 

The most significant technological achievement of the period, remarkably corresponds with the social ideas, was the invention of the flying balloon in 1783. It was developed simultaneosly in two different scientific-technological directions, a combination unmatched even nowdays in its originality. The flying balloon soaring by hot air was invented by the Montgolfier brothers. The flying balloon soaring by hydrogen gas was invented, a few months later, thanks to the scientist Lavoisier ability to produce this gas industrially. 

The flying balloon is considered, along with the wheel and the print, one of the ten major technological inventions in the history of mankind. The first impression of the giant silk balloon, colorfully painted, which was flown by the Montgolfier brothers for the first time over Paris in the fall of 1783 was immense. The impression of the much more effective hydrogen baloon, who flew for days and hundreds of miles, was beyond imagination. Everyone could now rise upto the sky and watch the world from above. The result was that the people revolt against the corrupt monarchy. But in the absence of proper cultural background social chaos took place, in the form of the bloody French Revolution.

During the chaos of the French Revolution it was Napoleon, an ambitious artillery officer who was among the first to use observation balloons for artillery purposes, who tried to impose political order in Europe, but without success. The wars he conducted caused political reaction that lasted a hundred years. This clumsy political development corresponded remarkably with the flying baloon technological development. The Reaction period of all the 19th century can be paralleled, by its nature of simple conservativity, to the simple reaction which is needed to creates the hot air or hydrogen.

The flying balloon started to be in use for  military intelligence, but especially when anchored to the ground to prevent the loss of observers and expensive equipment. After many successful flights in France, the balloon got attention in America and was used in the Civil War by the North for observations. It was one of the decisive factors of the victory over the South. Science fiction writers like Jules Verne described flying balloons with engines, but during the 19th century it remained at the mercy of the winds and therefore of limited use.

During the 19th century, in parallel with the Reaction period, the French Revolution sent ideological waves at Central Europe and shocked the Enlightenment ideas. In Germany in particular, a romantic period with its own uniqueness changed the way of thinking and affected the climate of thought. The Romantic period sought to break the limits of thought in favor of emotional values, undefined yearning and desire for the endless and unrealistic love. It was realized through belief in struggle and pathos. The Romanticism period was parallel to the central human desire at that time to fight the winds and navigate successfully in the sky.
This combination of Romanticism and Reactionism will be the backwind for Hitler.