Military Riders [ 931 ]

Various types of Military Riders

Alexander the Great on Bucephelus	American cavalry man, circa 1875 Indian Wars	American Civil War General, circa 1865	American Sergeant, circa 1890
American Trooper, circa 1813	Argentine Lancer	Austrian Soldier with Haflinger Pack Horse, travelling through the Alps	Bodyguard of the Sheikh of Bornou, Nigeria
Brazilian Indian	Circassian Mountaineer	Chinese Cavalry on "anti-terrorism" manoeuvres	Chinese Soldier and his Horse prepare to participate in exercises during a nuclear test
England - Civil War lobster helmet, armour and buff leather coat, circa 1660	England - Cornet Wilkin at the Crimean War, circa 1854	England - Corporal Coleman in Burma	England - Lifeguardsman
England - Second World War Cavalryman	European Heavy Cavalry Boots, could be worn on either foot	French - North African Chasseur	French - Chevalier
French - Knight	French Tricorn Hat with metal safety frame	German - First World War Uhlan	German - First World War
German - Second World War	India - British Raj-era Lancer	Japanese Samurai	Latvian Cavalryman
Mamluke	Mughal Armoured Cavalrymen	Ottoman Armoured Knight	Ottoman Light Cavalryman
Ottoman Warriors	Polish Winged Hussar	Russian dying First World War Cavalry Officer and his Horse	Russian Soviet General
Siberian Yakut Horseman, riding in -64 degree weather	Swedish Cavalry Officer	Switzerland - Cold Picket Line	Switzerland - Pack Horses in the Alps
Switzerland - troops transport a horse across an Alpine river	Tibetan Armoured Cavalryman	Turkoman	Viking Raider

Prometheous...[ 930 ]

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-The Myth of Prometheous

The classical greek story of Prometheus may well be the most relevant of the Greek Myths in relation to our own era in which progress is considered the sacred birthright of the human race. Prometheus ( the word prometheus means foresight ) is best known in the modern age for giving the gift of fire to mankind in defiance of the orders of the dominating Greek God Zeus.

His punishment was to be chained to a rock while by day a giant bird would eat his liver which would grow back every night. The domestication of fire, of course, may be the single most important event in the civilization of mankind.
Personally, the Promethean myth has been one of my favorites since early childhood. At one time I seriously considered changing the name of this web site to 'The Promethean Quotation Collage.' I even wrote and debugged the code for this page with the beforesaid title replacing the heading 'The Curmudgeon Quotelist.'

The potential new title was discarded ( wisely, looking back ) when I decided that the younger adults who make up such a large block of internet users had relatively little knowledge of the Promethean legend.
The above image Prometheus on the Rock was downloaded from the web site featuring the work of painter Elsie Russell.
A synopsis of the Promethean myth may be found at The Myth of Prometheus.

Shall keep you posted... [ 929 ]

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   Join us for the next six weeks as scientists share their experiences from the first science mission on the Global Hawk, NASA's new unmanned aircraft.

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Alzheimer and the Mediterranean-Like Diet..[ 928 ]

Alzheimer's and Diet: Good for Heart May Be Good for Brain

Mediterranean-Like Diet May Lower Dementia Risk,

By TODD NEALE
MedPage Today Staff Writer

"abc NEWS ",April 13, 2010

A diet rich in fruits and vegetables as well as omega-3 fatty acids may not only be good for your heart -- it may also reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

A diet rich in fruits and vegetables as well as omega-3 fatty acids may not only be good for your heart -- it may also reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

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Looking at more than 2,000 dementia-free adults ages 65 and older, researchers revealed that persons who consumed a Mediterranean-type diet regularly were 38 percent less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease over the next four years, according to Dr. Nikolaos Scarmeas of Columbia University in New York and colleagues.

The findings were published online in the journal Archives of Neurology.

The dietary pattern is characterized by eating more salad dressing, nuts, tomatoes, fish, poultry, cruciferous vegetables, fruits, and dark and green leafy vegetables and lesser quantities of red meat, organ meat, butter, and high-fat dairy products.

Νuclear terrorism "is a threat to all of us"... [ 927 ]

Medvedev: Iran 'ignoring questions' about nuclear program

From Jill Dougherty, CNN Foreign Affairs Correspondent

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday that nuclear terrorism "is a threat to all of us."

Washington (CNN) -April 14, 2010 4:22 a.m. EDT-

Iran is ignoring questions from the international community about its nuclear program, using "small phrases" to make "small suggestions," Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday.

Medvedev said he does not support crippling sanctions that can hurt the people of Iran, "but if nothing happens, we will have to use sanctions."

The Russian president made his remarks during a question-and-answer session after a wide-ranging and, at times, humorous speech at the Brookings Institution, a prestigious Washington think tank. The address came at the end of a two-day summit on nuclear security hosted by President Obama.

Sanctions, Medvedev said, should be "smart" and "universal," aimed at one result, and should be discussed with the main countries that will take part in them.

The Russian president described the nuclear summit as a "complete success" and said nuclear terrorism "is a threat to all of us."

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Asked what the next steps on non-proliferation should be, Medvedev said "more work" and ratification of the START arms control agreement, which he signed with Obama in Prague, Czech Republic, last week.

"It would mean Obama and I did not work in vain," he said.

The two presidents, he said, had agreed that ratification of the START treaty in the U.S. Senate and in the Russian Duma should be "simultaneous." The next 10 years, he said, will be peaceful, as long as "things contained in the agreement's preamble" do not happen.

"We worked out a statement that the treaty will be in effect as long as anti-ballistic-missile principles will not contradict the principle of the treaty," he explained.

Russia continues to oppose U.S. plans for a missile defense shield that Moscow claims would make Russia vulnerable to attack.

Asked his opinion on the recent political violence in the former Soviet Republic of Kyrgystan, in which the president was pushed from power, Medvedev said he believes "it is on the verge of a civil war."

'We don't want it to turn into a failed state," he said. "If it happens, it will attract terrorists and create the basis for radical movements." The task now, he said, is to help Kyrgystan to "form a viable government motivated by the interests of the Kyrgyz people."

The 44-year-old president drew laughs from the audience of Russia experts and politicians as he described his tech-savvy relationship with the 48-year-old American president. He said that statesmen can "become slaves" to the information provided to them by their aides. By using the Internet, he said, whatever he and Obama read, they can check out online.

"It's a very important advance," he said, "it's an alternative source of information."

He said Obama and he "don't e-mail each other" but added "maybe that would be a good idea. We could exchange e-mails or text messages," which he said would be faster and more direct.

Medvedev said he used to read the paper and watch TV in the morning, but now he does everything online, following media "that love the Russian president, that hate the Russian president."

"I don't have a perfect picture of what is going on so it's useful," he added. He said he started a blog on his Web site "and now the governors are doing it." He said bureaucrats used to be scared of criticism from superiors; now, they're frightened by comments on Web sites.

In a strikingly candid comment, Medvedev said Russia is overly dependent on raw materials, and if the worldwide economic crisis had not happened, "we would be living on inertia."

"I'm happy the crisis happened," he said. It was bad that the economy fell and people lost jobs, he explained, but "it should change our mindset -- but so far it hasn't changed." He said ordinary Russians are waiting for oil prices to rise again "but the problem is this is top-down development."

He said the main challenge is to develop other areas of the Russian economy like technology, atomic energy, pharmaceuticals and energy efficiency.