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Subject: [BPR] - Bright Red Moon Expected During Thursday Eclipse
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Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 08:04:16 -0500

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January 15 11:56 AM ET

Bright Red Moon Expected During Thursday Eclipse

ATLANTA (Reuters) - The moon will turn bright red on Thursday
night during a total lunar eclipse that should be easy to see
throughout the Americas, an astronomer said on Saturday.

The Earth's shadow will totally cover the moon from 11:05 p.m.
on Thursday to 12:22 a.m. Friday.

"We're kind of expecting that this eclipse will be very bright
and probably very bright red," astronomer Brad Schaefer, an
expert on this phenomenon at Yale University, told reporters at
the American Astronomical Society meeting in Atlanta.

When the Earth's shadow passed over the moon, the brightest
light visible from the lunar surface would be the reddish-orange
light from the sun bending around the Earth, Schaefer said.

"This same thing happens to us (on Earth) during sunsets," he
said. "When the sun has just set, you look off toward the
direction of sunset and the same physics is going on ... and so
what you're seeing on the moon is basically sunset colors.

"In fact, what you're seeing is the sunset colors completely
around the globe. You're seeing all of the world's sunsets and
all of the world's sunrises simultaneously," Schaefer said. "If
the brightest thing in the sky illuminating the moonscape is a
bright red light, well, the moon will appear red."

The brightness of the color depends on whether there has been a
recent volcanic eruption that has sent sulfurous compounds high
into the stratosphere. Such an eruption, like the blast of Mount
Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991, can turn the moon so dark
that it is almost impossible to spot during an eclipse.

But since there has not been such an eruption, Schaefer and
others have forecast a bright red lunar disk in the sky,
appearing to be within the constellation of Cancer. No special
observing equipment should be necessary, but a pair of
binoculars might be helpful. Getting away from ambient light is
also a good idea.

Human-made pollution does not affect the color of the moon
during eclipse because it does not generally get high enough
into the stratosphere, Schaefer said. Clouds might block the
view, however.

Schaefer said eclipses in general and lunar eclipses in
particular have universally been viewed as bad omens throughout
history.

"In many societies the moon is depicted as being a god, a
goddess typically, and if you have a lunar eclipse, it's like
the death of a god," he said. "It's a rather scary thing."

Various historical figures have used these fears to their
advantage, most notably explorer Christopher Columbus, whose
accurate prediction of a lunar eclipse in Jamaica apparently
persuaded natives there to continue to help Columbus and his
crew, according to Schaefer.

More information on eclipses can be found at the Web site
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html.

via: hblondel@tampabay.rr.com

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Subject: [BPR] - Satan worshippers open Temple of Lucifer in Denmark
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Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 10:52:40 -0500

From: "Moza" <moza7@netzero.net>

Satan worshippers open Temple of
Lucifer in Denmark

A group of Satan worshippers inaugurated what they called a
Temple of Lucifer.

January 16, 2000, 02:11 PM

                   Denmark (Reuters) - A group of Satan
                   worshippers inaugurated what they called
                   a Temple of Lucifer on Saturday, saying it
                   was the first of its kind in Denmark.

Full Story:
http://www.arabia.com/article/0,1690,ArabiaLife-10868,00.html

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Subject: [BPR] - Jan 17, 2000 TV Programs
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Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 17:59:19 -0500

From: "Moza" <moza7@netzero.net>

8:00 PM Eastern

DISC - ARE YOU BEING WATCHED? - Surveillance cameras
threaten privacy.(CC)(TVG)

HIST - A QUESTION OF CONSPIRACY: THE RFK MURDER - Theorists
postulate Sirhan Sirhan did not act alone in the murder of
Robert F. Kennedy.(CC)(TVG)

9:00

DISC - RIDDLE OF THE DESERT MUMMIES - Caucasian mummies
exhumed from the desert sands of Western China; John
Malkovich narrates.(CC)(TVG)

HIST - NAZI AMERICA: A SECRET HISTORY - A fairly benign
organization of immigrants becomes a hate-spewing, radical
paramilitary group.(CC)(TVPG)

TLC - NAVY SEALS: UNTOLD STORIES - "Panama" - The United
States sends in SEALs to capture Panamanian dictator Manuel
Noriega.(CC)(TVPG)

10:00

PBS - SREBRENICA: A CRY FROM THE GRAVE - First-hand
accounts and film footage show details of the 1995 massacre
in Bosnia; Bill Moyers narrates.(CC)(TV14)(Ends 11:30pm)

DISC - EGYPT UNCOVERED - "Age of Gold" - Researchers study
the Egyptians' quest and use of gold.(CC)(TVG)

TLC - NAVY SEALS: UNTOLD STORIES - "Somalia" - In 1991
Somalia, the U.S. Embassy comes under
attack.(CC)(TVPG)

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Subject: [BPR] - Arutz-7 News items (1/16/00)
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 17:59:19 -0500

From: "Moza" <moza7@netzero.net>

MORE P.A. DEMANDS
The next Israeli withdrawal from Judea and Samaria, scheduled for this
coming Thursday, has been postponed until Prime Minister Barak returns
from his next round of talks with the Syrians in the U.S. The Palestinians
demand that eastern-Jerusalem suburb Abu Dis be turned over to full
Palestinian control, while Israel is only willing to grant the PA
administrative control there. The Palestinians also claim that the
previous withdrawal only gave them 4.7% of Yesha, instead of the promised
5%; they say that Israel calculated the total area of Judea and Samaria
without including eastern Jerusalem, the Latrun enclave, and part of the
Dead Sea. Israel claims that the base figure of approximately 55,000
square kilometers for the entirety of Judea and Samaria was agreed upon
between the sides years ago.

Arutz-7 correspondent Haggai Huberman says that Barak postponed the
upcoming withdrawal - the last of several stages of the second Oslo
withdrawal - because he wanted the third and final stage of the Oslo
withdrawals to be linked to a declaration of final-status principles with
the PA. The third stage of withdrawals is slated for Feb. 11, "but a
declaration of principles is still very far off," according to Huberman.
"Therefore, Barak's hope of linking the last withdrawal and the declaration
of principles does not seem to be in the cards. Barak can't even be sure
that there will be an agreement on such principles, in which case there
might not be a third withdrawal."

Another factor that prompted the delay, Huberman explained, is Barak's
expectation that Arafat would initiate an artificial map crisis, as he did
prior to the most recent withdrawal. "Then Arafat would meet Clinton this
week, " Huberman said, "and would complain about the maps and Abu Dis
and the like. Barak just didn't want this headache now. Barak's move could
very well backfire on him, though: the postponement could invite even more
pressure from Clinton, who may argue that Barak 'owes Arafat one' for
delaying the withdrawal."

Regarding Barak's upcoming trip to Washington to meet again with Syrian
Foreign Minister Farouk A-Shara, Interior Minister Natan Sharansky (Yisrael
B'Aliyah) asked Barak at today's weekly Cabinet meeting why he is so
anxious to leave so quickly for yet another round of talks. Barak
responded that Israel is under no pressure in this matter. Shas leader and
minister Eli Yeshai said that the talks with Syria are being conducted
incorrectly, and that it is unacceptable for the Prime Minister to travel
abroad every week. Yeshai, echoing a point made by the Likud opposition
party, added that A-Shara's counterpart, Foreign Minister David Levy,
should be heading the Israeli delegation instead of Prime Minister Barak.

SYRIAN INTRANSIGENCE
Syrian newspapers write today that no Israeli residents will be allowed to
remain in the Golan following its transfer to Syria. The state-controlled
Tishrin writes that Syria demands not only the withdrawal of Israeli
military forces but also of the residents. The Syrian Times writes that
Syria will reject Israel's Golan water demands.

A survey of 1000 American citizens conducted by John McLaughlin and
Associates and published in the Middle East Quarterly indicates that 64%
oppose the stationing of American troops on the Golan Heights as part of a
peace agreement between Israel and Syria. Almost the same number
oppose a multi-billion dollar package to Syria in exchange for peace with Israel.

IN BRIEF

Edward Abington, former U.S. consul-general of Jerusalem, has been hired
by Yasser Arafat to serve as a Palestinian lobbyist in Washington. The PA
and Abington have reportedly signed on a $ 2.25 million contract...

Arutz Sheva News Service
<www.ArutzSheva.org>
Sunday, January 16, 2000 / Sh'vat 9, 5760

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