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Upcoming December Prospective Budget Deal, Pertinent to is, An Overview of Some Salient Buzzwords Involved. To Limelight or Not to Limelight?

December 9, 2013
The rush is on to, stabilize a budget deal everyone can live with, agree on, find respectable,... the appropriate catch-phrase might change from person to person.

The situation that emerged last October had a bad odor by the time it was all over and done with.  It can probably be safely said, that there are some that do not want to see history repeat itself of those kinds of events.

Procrastination is not something that is ideal, in the matter of large and very broad based budget shape-ups.  Every dot counts, and could count big.

A bit different than October, the buzzwords at the forefront of many media stories covering budget solutions scheduled to be crystallized for this upcoming week, are sequestration, and not as much an Obamacare if-you-do, as the leveraging factor.  Political leaders receiving a large share of media attention insofar who is primarily the driving force of the directions of the budgetary solutions, might also be moved around.

Albeit, December has partly the cause of its transition, from October.  Without the month of November passing, December does not show.

Not only as a basic rule of exponents in mathematical formulas applicable to huge amounts of money, reference, budgetary fiscal shape, additional reasons include in making sure everything that needs to be established is done so timely, incidentals that may arise could also factor.  Witnessed in recent months are web platform mechanisms blamed for the efficiency levels of the online healthcare website, and in recent days, weather conditions that do not exactly help keeping a flourishing business and commerce atmosphere when it is happening.

All of the aspects of sequestration, both historically in the context of U.S. government, and every dimension of budgetary needs of current, might not be readily understood in a capsule that can swallowed down in one bite by everybody.  A basic idea of what sequester means in the context of finance and government, and what it refers to, are:
  • Sequester generally is to take possession of a monetary sum, effectively preventing it from being used for something else.
  • Sequester December 2013, consensus has, in terms of what it refers to, is, supercommittee sequestration, an outgrowth, perhaps there are better words, of the Budget Control Act of 2011.
Other concerns:
  • job retention/cuts
  • defense spending, expand/cuts
  • is negative toned criticism about the current government actually exacerbating aspects of what is being criticized?  This may also refer to inordinate, inappropriate, and possibly illegal criticism.
  • programs and commerce related to food, and potentialities of food health and quality
Names at the forefront that might not have been as comparatively popular in the mainstream media to other politicians in the budget deal arena a few months ago:
  • Ryan
  • Murray


 

Legacy of Zeal of Mandela Lives

December 5, 2013
Nelson Mandela.
Renown.
Condolences.

 

Train Derailments on Curved Track Areas: Visiting the Subject of Automatic Speed Overrides as a Safety Mechanism

December 3, 2013
In the wake of the train derailment that occurred this past Sunday in New York, considering that the physics involved in the incident are strikingly similar to the train derailment that occurred about 5 months back, July of 2013 in Spain, the question presents itself, are automatic overrides that prevent rail trains from surpassing certain speeds when approaching curved areas, an implementation necessary, or set for experiment?

To skilled engineers, auto-overrides have good and bad aspects.  However, in-depth study to an effective solution is probably worthwhile.

Article at <http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/12/02/metro-north-train-was-traveling-at-more-than-80-mph-at-time-fatal-crash-ntsb/> references the New York train attaining speeds of over 80mph on a curved area of track designed for speeds about 30.

What is really the safe speed, what are the realities, from the view inside, and on paper, are all amongst a set of fluid questions.
Further research that reflect scientific advances might affect the answers to these, overlapping the speed auto-override concept.

A YouTube video of the referent Santiago, Galicia, Spain train crash:



"Two "black box" data recorders recovered from the wreckage of the Renfe train that crashed in north-west Spain last week, killing 79 people, show that the driver was on the phone and travelling at 95mph (153kph) – almost twice the speed limit – when the vehicle derailed, according to the preliminary findings of a court investigating the crash.

The train had been going as fast as 119mph shortly before the derailment, and the driver activated the brakes "seconds before the crash", said a written statement from the court in Santiago de Compostela, near where the disaster happened. The speed limit on that section of track was 50-mph."
Source: <http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/30/spain-train-crash-driver-on-phone>


References:
<http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/12/02/metro-north-train-was-traveling-at-more-than-80-mph-at-time-fatal-crash-ntsb/>
Engineer in fatal train NY wreck reportedly told probers he was falling asleep
Published December 03, 2013
FoxNews.com

YouTube train crash video:
Caught on Tape: Deadly Train Crash in Spain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-ZtCFqf7UI

<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/30/spain-train-crash-driver-on-phone>
Spanish train driver on phone to Renfe official at moment of crash, court says

    Associated Press in Madrid
    theguardian.com, Tuesday 30 July 2013 13.13 EDT


 

Promulgating a Slow Drip Causing Rift in U.S.-Saudi Relations Clearly Out of Bounds of Commonsensical Knowledge Longtime Evident

November 26, 2013
The best action at this juncture, today, within the last few days of November 2013, is to remind of some of the basic facts and history that regard Saudi Arabia, U.S.-Saudi relations, with some carry over to the Middle East in general.

Saudi oil scientists, political leaders, and political analysts, know full well, going in, that the nature of oil is that it slightly moves around beneath the earth's crust.  It is possible that the repositioning of oil over the years, has the changes in dynamics of the oil industry already realized.

Fracking, natural gas, electromagnetic cars, electric cars, deep oil drilling in locations further away from the famed Saudi oil fields, might not necessarily be the 'in the vacuum' obverse of Saudi's share of the market for oil.

Relations between the U.S. and Saudi go back long ago, even before heightened tensions involving modern-day weaponry used in strife in the Middle East, especially such strife concerning Israel occupation.  Relations over the past 3 or 4 decades is quite possible to be viewed as more, pronounced, as close ties.

The geographic borders of the Arab world, and the threshold of the Persian world, and even ancient dynasties that have existed for thousands of years that have the same name as countries today, could be held in some perspectives as having had some change.  Thereon, relations between one country and another, that are ancient, insofar rivalries, might not have the same common denominators in all aspects consistently going back over a thousand years.

Shiites, or Shia-- there are Shia populations in just about everywhere, including Saudi Arabia.  A government that declares that the Sharia, Islam Law, is respected, abides by the rules of fairness described therein, reference the 'tax' levied to those in the population that did claim belief in Islam. 

Once again, when it comes to the topic of 'extremism', the world has much to be thankful for, that the advice and in-depth knowledge presented by Saudi scholars and analysts, was set as accurate, on many world affairs and situations involving tensions between nations and entities, successfully precluding unnecessary strife, violence, and waste of pursuits.  In brief, many episodes that could have evolved into 'extremism' were cut short.


 

Eastern Hemisphere Outline Roundup Reports of Political Activism and Continued Tolls of Lives

November 20, 2013
Published Wednesday 1:25pm E.S.T. November 20th 2013

Egypt
Tahrir Square, according to France24, saw one person killed, whereon the general scene of protests that occurred Tuesday.  The death toll is a sharp contrast to what evolved in months past.  The news report about the 1 death yesterday is indicative that fatality was not deliberate.


Afghanistan
Roadside bombs continue to plague and claim the lives of elementary aged school children
A story at: nation.com.pk
Keyword: Khairkot


India
Actor, born in 1978, making him now about 35, has reports of him undertaking attempting the start-up of a political party, 'exclusively' for Christian related matters.


Libya
Demonstrating against the 'militias' as they are called, are women, released 9 hours ago.  Apparently there have been a number of clashes in Tripoli recently, found discomforting.  Source: <dw.de>.
Militia, is in quotes because, what militias means today in context, context Libya post Qhadafi power, might not have the same connotation as what a militia is in another country, and at another time.


Russia
  • Tensions over what has been attributed to Dagestan efforts, referring to bus explosion, in recent months, has resulted in the bus event, and fatality within past few days of person Anti-Terrorism Committee says is responsible for the promoting the bus event.
    • Keywords: Volgograd, Makhachkala, Nalchick, National Anti-Terrorism Committee, Dagestan
  • New Bulava missile, submarine launched, that evidently failed, blamed on manufacturing glitch
  • Crash of Boeing in Kazan, about a week ago, 50 dead. 
    • Jet 23 years old, however, news reports is that age not standout cause of crash.
Russia stories Source: en.ria.ru


Pakistan
Treason case involving Musharraf
Source: nation.com.pk


Tajikistan
In an effort to mitigate activity of bandits on the Russian-Tajikistan border, security forces are being bolstered, future tense, or being slated to, with a 'Russian led military alliance', includes other countries.
Keyword: CSTO

Sources for Tajikistan story:
en.ria.ru
strategic-culture.org
 
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