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My NASA and Planetary Society Scientist have Made Animated Landing for the MOON satellite launch with my name and statements on the CD Rom inside the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
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Messages from Earth
Connecting us to other worlds in words, images, and sounds.
Send Your Name to the Moon on LRO is no longer collecting names.
The deadline has passed for sending your name to the Moon!
Narrator: One of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's primary objectives
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As part of our Messages from Earth project, The Planetary Society is working with NASA and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory to collect names to fly on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
NASA invites people of all ages to join the lunar exploration journey with an opportunity to send their names to the Moon aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft.
The Send Your Name to the Moon website enables everyone to participate in the lunar adventure and place their names in orbit around the Moon for years to come. At the site, participants can submit their information and print a certificate. The database of names will be placed on a microchip that will be integrated onto the spacecraft. The deadline for submitting names is June 27, 2008.
"Everyone who sends their name to the Moon, like I'm doing, becomes part of the next wave of lunar explorers," said Cathy Peddie, deputy project manager for LRO at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. "The LRO mission is the first step in NASA's plans to return humans to the moon by 2020, and your name can reach there first. How cool is that?"
The orbiter, comprised of six instruments and one technology demonstration, will provide the most comprehensive data set ever returned from the Moon. The mission will focus on the selection of safe landing sites and identification of lunar resources. It also will study how the lunar radiation environment could affect humans.
LRO will also create a comprehensive atlas of the Moon's features and resources that will be needed as NASA designs and builds a planned lunar outpost. The mission will support future human exploration while providing a foundation for upcoming science missions. LRO is scheduled for launch in late 2008.
Send Your Name to the Moon is a collaborative effort among NASA, The Planetary Society, and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.
Send your name to the Moon today!
More on The Planetary Society's Messages from Earth project.
Oct 10, 2008 | 11:29 AM
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Dear Richardo,
Thanks for joining this movement. It will take all of us working together to bring change to this country, and we wanted to make sure you know about all the opportunities to get involved in your community and online.
Check out the resources below -- learn how you can connect with fellow supporters, organize in your neighborhood, build our national grassroots organization, and stay informed with the very latest campaign news.
Explore these resources and forward this message to anyone you know who wants to get involved.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE NOW
Neighbor To Neighbor
No one knows your community better than you -- and no one is better suited to strengthen our movement from the bottom up. Our new online tool, Neighbor to Neighbor, makes it easy to connect with potential supporters in your own community or sister communities in battleground states. You can
reach out to your fellow voters by making phone calls or knocking on doors -- the choice is yours.
Vote for Change
Your vote will decide whether we get the change we need or just four more years of the same. With our online tool, Vote for Change, you can get registered, apply to vote absentee, and find your early vote location -- in only three minutes. (Note: Some state registration deadlines have passed.) Visit VoteForChange.com now and make your voice heard.
Invite Your Friends
From day one, millions of Americans have built this movement by spreading the word about Barack Obama and Joe Biden to their friends and neighbors. You can help grow the movement for change right now by inviting your friends to join our campaign.
Share Your Feedback
This is a pivotal moment in the election. Even if you just joined our movement, your feedback will inform the planning for the next phase of this campaign. Take a brief survey now.
THE BASICS
Here are a few ways you can learn more, get the latest news, and share information with friends:
MEET BARACK
Watch a brief video and learn about Barack's early years, his education, his work as a community organizer and civil rights attorney, and his years in the Illinois and U.S. Senate. This is a great introduction to share with your friends:
http://my.barackobama.com/meetBarack
MEET JOE
An expert on foreign policy, Joe Biden's heart and values are firmly rooted in the middle class. Read about Joe's life, family, values, and accomplishments:
http://my.barackobama.com/meetJoe
OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN BLOG
Catch up on the latest news, photos, and videos from the campaign trail and share your thoughts on our official campaign blog:
http://my.barackobama.com/blog
ISSUES
Learn more about Barack's positions on a variety of issues, from his opposition to the war in Iraq to his plan for universal health care:
http://my.barackobama.com/issues
VIDEOS
Watch a few of the more than 1,200 videos from the campaign trail on our YouTube channel:
http://my.barackobama.com/youtubechannel
OBAMA MOBILE
Our movement is ready to go wherever you are. Text HOPE to 62262 (OBAMA) to receive text updates on your mobile phone and advance notice about local Obama events:
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ORGANIZING
Barack Obama got his start as a community organizer on the South Side of Chicago, and since he declared his candidacy in 2007, a nationwide network of supporters has taken this campaign into its own hands, organizing online and in local communities. Here are some ways to get involved:
LOCAL GROUPS AND EVENTS
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Introduce your friends, family, neighbors, or coworkers to Barack Obama. Let them know why you support Barack and encourage them to join our movement for change:
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BLOGS
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http://my.barackobama.com
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COMMUNITIES
Women for Obama and People of Faith for Obama are just two of the many communities large and small supporting Barack Obama. Explore a few of them here:
http://www.barackobama.com/people
FUNDRAISING
Barack Obama and Joe Biden do not accept donations from Washington lobbyists or special interest groups. Instead, we depend on a network of grassroots supporters giving whatever they can afford.
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Chapter 4: Foreign Policy
Foreign policies are government strategies used by the government to guide their actions in the international arena. Foreign Policies spell out objectives, state leaders have decided to pursue in a given relationship or situation. The actions of a state in the international arena result from individual human choices by the citizenry, political leaders, diplomats and bureaucrats moving through the states internal structures. States establish various organizational structures and functional relations to create and carry foreign policies. Officials and agencies collect information about a situation through various channels, writing memoranda’s outlining positive options for action, also holding meetings to discuss the matter. Some of them meet privately outside the meetings to decide how to steer the meetings.
Comparative foreign policy is foreign policy in various states to discover similar societies or governments have similar types of foreign policy with focus on size wealth and extent of democratic participation in government.
Some political scientist tried to interpret states foreign policies in terms of each ones political culture and history. Decision making is the foreign policy process, and states take action because governmental people called decision makers choose those actions to steer adjustments made as a result of feedback from the outside world. Groupthink refers to group who reach decisions without assessing their consequences and that’s where individuals members go along with ideas they think others support.
A case of groupthink; President Ronald Reagan’s close friend and director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William Casey ran covert operations across three continents using the National Security Agency (NSC) staff in the White House basement. The NSC sold weapons to Iran in exchange for freedom of hostages held in Lebanon and used the Iran payments to illegally fund Nicaraguan contra rebels. The Iran–Contra scandal resulted when the operation’s manager NSC aid Oliver North became public.
Bureaucracies are the closest sub-states to the foreign policy process and the state’s bureaucratic agencies maintaining the development and carrying out foreign policy. Domestic policy is shaped not only for internal dynamics if individuals and group decision making but by the states and societies within the decision makers operating boundaries. Different states have different have different foreign policy and still share common elements.
Diplomats are one part of a states diplomatic corp. or Foreign Service of diplomats working in embassies in foreign capitals and consulates located in non-capital foreign cities, as well as remaining at home to help coordinate foreign policy. States appointed Ambassadors as the official representative to other states and to international organizations. Diplomatic activities are organized by Foreign Ministry or equivalent U.S. State Department. Diplomats provide information that goes into making a foreign policies rather than the role of carrying out one. Interest groups are coalitions who share a common interest of some political issue outcome and organize trying to influence the outcome. They lobby for desired legislation and contribute to politicians’ campaigns. Interest groups form around businesses, labor unions, churches, veterans, senior citizens, members of an occupation or citizens concerned about a issue such as the environment. Lobbying is talking with legislation, or other official to influence their decisions on some set of issues. The three most important elements into lobbying are the ability to gain a hearing with busy officials, the ability to present cogent arguments for one’s case, and the ability to trade favors in return for positive action on an issue. The favors are legal and illegal, ranging from campaign contributions, dinners at nice restaurants, and trips to golf resorts, securing illicit sexual liaisons, and paying bribes. In some states corruption is a major problem in governmental decision making.
Tensions are common between state leaders and foreign policy bureaucrats. Diplomats orientate new leaders and their appointee, and control the flow of information they receive with information screens. Politicians exercise power over formal bureaucrats because politicians can turn bureaucratic and be easily controlled. Top political leaders and bureaucrats form an interagency tension using the saying where you stand is depending on where you sit. An example of bureaucratic rivalry is the US State department and the CIA because of the influence on foreign policy as a influence that extends far beyond bureaucratic agencies because their actors have their own goal which they seek to advance by foreign policy.
Economics
Macroeconomics looks at the operation of a nation’s economy as a whole, and micro economics looks at the behavior of people and organizations in particular market. Macroeconomics looks at how many jobs exist in the whole economy, microeconomics examine how many people will be hired in a particular industry or in a certain region of the country.
Businesses contribute the economic system and resource development by inventing products to increase available resources. Businesses discover new energy resources and new ways of growing food.
Some economist believe there are too many people in the world and the solution to poverty is birth control , while other economist believe freedom is vital to economy, the freedom to own land or property and to keep profits from controlling the land or running business. An economy grows and profits through production of goods and services. People working for their own benefit will provide goods and services to others who need them. Wealthy business owners have to hire workers to provide goods and services so their company has plenty of goods and services and many people have jobs.
The foundation of the US economic system is capitalism. In a capitalist system the factors of production and distribution are privately owned and not owned by government operating for profit. Business people decide what to produce, how much to pay workers, how much to charge for goods and services, and decide whether to produce goods domestically, import them or contract other countries to have goods made , to serve the countries they provide manufacturing to. The four basic rights of capitalism or free market system are: the right to private property, the right to own a business, and keep the profits, the right to freedom of competition and the right to freedom of choice. In countries where there are no mechanisms for business to determine what or how much to produce there are often shortages or surpluses. In these countries the government decides what to produce in what quantities, but the government has no way of knowing proper quantities.
A monopoly exist where there is only one seller for a product of service. One seller controls the supply and so could raise the prices dramatically. Laws in the United States prohibit monopolistic competition except for utility service monopolies. Monopolist competitions exist when a large number of sellers say different. The product’s differentiation is the key to success in competitive situation. Oligopoly is that only a few sellers dominate the market, for example coffee, cereal and the soft drink market. Investment to enter an oligopoly is high and prices are similar, and once again product differentiation is the main factor in market success.
The free market benefits industrialized countries and that is a major factor for creating the wealth those countries enjoy. Free market encourages businesses to be efficient enough to compete on prices and quality. Capitalism ahs brought prosperity to the US and many other countries in the world, and it also has brought inequality of wealth because business owners have made more money and has more wealth than workers. There will be people unable and unwilling to work or start a business’ and others without the talent or motivating drives to do so. This brings about the capitalism or free market danger that people will let greed dictate how they act in order to increase personal assets.
Richardo Brown / A00196112
Political Science #160
International Politics
International Relations: Journal #8
International Trade
My conclusions are: this high technology-state of the art global civilization that we are living in benefits from exchange determined with many buyers and sellers determining prices by market equilibrium, or supply and demand (ceteris paribus). The politics in international markets uses economic sanctions on a target state for political leverage. The most important global trade agreement is the World Trade Organization. Large corporations that manufacture goods such as automobiles, mining, aviation, agriculture, for and to the global need, so regional free areas such as NAFTA will change to commerce in economic trade has not been completed. Even though beneficial deals have been made by the countries involves. Political conflicts between states and countries involve intellectual property, food military goods and services. Reciprocity is used to enforce rules of trade, hoping for a state’s cooperation or a state’s punishment for refusal to let in foreign products into the open market. These political sanctions are difficult to enforce and all major economic actors in the international market must abide by them to have a liberalism per se international cooperation to include the creation of wealth in exchange to favor the mercantilism to increase political state power. This is a example of the successful economics that the state of China is making transition in the global trade.
Because religion is the core of a community’s value system in much of the world, religious practices different and are easily disdained and treated as unworthy or inhuman. Religious differences hold potential for conflict and making existing conflicts intractable because religion involves core values held as the absolute truth. Currently violent conflicts are prosecuted in the name of all. The world’s major religious conflict, the U.S. war on terror is directed against a network of Islamic terrorist not against terrorism. Islam is the religion practiced by Muslims includes Sunni Muslims (the majority), Shi’ite, Muslims and smaller branches and sects. International conflicts between Muslims and Non Muslims in result of geographical and historical circumstances including colonialism and oil. Islamist groups are based on government and Islamic Law. Armed Islamic groups vary tremendously, in the particular Sunni and Shi’ites wing Islam lead to violence in Iraq. Shi’ites ruled Sunnis in Iraq.
Historically military is the most effective in controlling territory and wars have often withdrawn borders of states. Drug trafficking is smuggling as a form of illegal trade across international borders. It deprives states of revenue and violates states legal control of there borders. Smuggling is a economic issue not a general one. Drug trafficking supplies illegal products treated as a illegal threat in security because of natural morale and efficiency.
Military Force and Terrorism
Estimated Great Power Military Capabilities 2001 -2006
Country Soldiers (M) Tanks Carrier/ Combat Airplanes Nuclear Weapons
Warships/
Submarines
United States 1.5 10,000 11/112/74 3,600 10,000
Russia 1.0 20,000 1/40/69 1,800 16,000
China 2.3 10,000 0/29/6 2,100 410
France 0.3 1,000 0/19/12 300 350
Britain 0.2 1,000 0/36/16 300 200
Germany 0.2 3,000 0/14/0 400 0
Japan 0.2 1,000 0/39/20 300 0
Ballistic Missile Capabilities
Country Range (Miles) Potential Targets
United States 13,000 (World)
Russia 13,000 (World)
China 13,000 (World)
Britain 4,600
(World; Submarine- Launched)
France 3,700 [4,600] (World; Submarine- Launched)
North Korea 800 [3,500] South Korea, Russia, China [All Asia]
Iran
900 [3,500] Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Israel
[Europe to Asia]
Israel 900 [3,500] &nbs
Oct 7, 2008 | 12:06 PM
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Tonite,
You know how bad the Lions have played for the past 4 years, well listen to the debates and tell me how well Obama opponent will find the economy over the last 4 years.
What kind of Health Care program will be implimented in the economy where medicare yields to transfer money payments
Economics
Macroeconomics looks at the operation of a nation’s economy as a whole, and micro economics looks at the behavior of people and organizations in particular market. Macroeconomics looks at how many jobs exist in the whole economy, microeconomics examine how many people will be hired in a particular industry or in a certain region of the country.
Businesses contribute the economic system and resource development by inventing products to increase available resources. Businesses discover new energy resources and new ways of growing food.
Some economist believe there are too many people in the world and the solution to poverty is birth control , while other economist believe freedom is vital to economy, the freedom to own land or property and to keep profits from controlling the land or running business. An economy grows and profits through production of goods and services. People working for their own benefit will provide goods and services to others who need them. Wealthy business owners have to hire workers to provide goods and services so their company has plenty of goods and services and many people have jobs.
The foundation of the US economic system is capitalism. In a capitalist system the factors of production and distribution are privately owned and not owned by government operating for profit. Business people decide what to produce, how much to pay workers, how much to charge for goods and services, and decide whether to produce goods domestically, import them or contract other countries to have goods made , to serve the countries they provide manufacturing to. The four basic rights of capitalism or free market system are: the right to private property, the right to own a business, and keep the profits, the right to freedom of competition and the right to freedom of choice. In countries where there are no mechanisms for business to determine what or how much to produce there are often shortages or surpluses. In these countries the government decides what to produce in what quantities, but the government has no way of knowing proper quantities.
A monopoly exist where there is only one seller for a product of service. One seller controls the supply and so could raise the prices dramatically. Laws in the United States prohibit monopolistic competition except for utility service monopolies. Monopolist competitions exist when a large number of sellers say different. The product’s differentiation is the key to success in competitive situation. Oligopoly is that only a few sellers dominate the market, for example coffee, cereal and the soft drink market. Investment to enter an oligopoly is high and prices are similar, and once again product differentiation is the main factor in market success.
The free market benefits industrialized countries and that is a major factor for creating the wealth those countries enjoy. Free market encourages businesses to be efficient enough to compete on prices and quality. Capitalism ahs brought prosperity to the US and many other countries in the world, and it also has brought inequality of wealth because business owners have made more money and has more wealth than workers. There will be people unable and unwilling to work or start a business’ and others without the talent or motivating drives to do so. This brings about the capitalism or free market danger that people will let greed dictate how they act in order to increase personal assets.
Oct 6, 2008 | 1:08 PM
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This afternoon, please join the Obama campaign for a Vote for Change rally featuring a special acoustic appearance by Bruce Springsteen.
Here are the details:
Vote for Change Rally
with Bruce SpringsteenOestrike Stadium
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI
Monday, October 6th
Gates Open: 3:00 p.m.
Program Starts: 4:30 p.m.
http://mi.barackobama.com/springsteenMI The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required; however an RSVP is strongly encouraged.For security reasons, do not bring bags and limit personal items. No signs or banners are permitted.
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