ciao hello howdy
voici una scena dell'opera dei kinoko tachi
some of you may have tried out the skateboard ride below
I hope the information architecture did not make you seasick
with best wishes for a wonderful day
dogs on trucks jr.

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granite sculpture by m. koike

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mississippi rocks the boat

mississippi rocks the boat with bold coast designs

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Posted by Zonk on Thursday October 13, @03:31PMfrom the seems-a-little-sky-is-falling dept.

freaktheclown writes "The battle for the control of the internet could hit a climax next month, with the EU saying that it could 'fall apart.' From the article: 'The European commission is warning that if a deal cannot be reached at a meeting in Tunisia next month the internet will split apart. At issue is the role of the US government in overseeing the internet's address structure, called the domain name system (DNS), which enables communication between the world's computers. It is managed by the California-based, not-for-profit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) under contract to the US department of commerce.'"

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Bush Teleconference With Soldiers Staged
AP - 38 minutes ago

Study finds Burma uses western tools to censor web

Study finds Burma uses western tools to censor web

A new report from human rights tech project OpenNet Initiative provides new insight into how internet filtering technologies developed in the West are used by oppressive governments.

Snip from New York Times story:

Myanmar "employs one of the most restrictive regimes of Internet filtering worldwide that we have studied," said Ronald J. Deibert, a principal investigator for the OpenNet Initiative and the director of the Citizen Lab at the Munk Center for International Studies at the University of Toronto.
Myanmar now joins several nations, including China, Iran and Singapore, in relying on Western software and hardware to accomplish their goals, Mr. Deibert said.

via boingboing

a pound puppy success story

This terrific little blue heeler was rescued (just in the nick of time) from the Giles County Animal Shelter yesterday. "Cleo" is loyal, energetic, and a joy to be around. She is also great with cats.

This weekend there will be an open house at the Giles County Shelter in Pearisburg, Virginia.
Please save a life if you can!

If you don't live in the area, please consider sending a donation to the Giles County Animal Rescue fund, or donating web traffic to other efforts to save the lives of homeless pets.

ha, ha. this is funny.

hi folks,
here is a funny link to a NY times piece commenting on Google.

the struggle for democracy in Taishi, China

"What I can tell you is that what's going on in Taishi is perhaps the most significant grassroots social movement China has seen since the Cultural Revolution, a rural revolt against corruption, against deterioration of healthcare, against the illegal sale of farmland, and broadly against urban capitalism that has reaped no benefits for these farmers."

Benjamin Joffe-Walt in Taishi, southern China
Monday October 10, 2005
The Guardian

tags: land rights, democracy, China, farm, farming

waiting for information on ways to help earthquake victims

october 9, 2005
hi folks--I am scouring the web in search of information on ways that persons from all nations can become involved in humanitarian efforts to assist the victims of this weekend's terrible earthquake. I will be posting as much information as I can find. thanks for reading. peace.

"Big Mu". Sumi ink painting by Suzy Nees. 2005.

urgent memo from Appalachian Voices

VERY URGENT – Appalachian Voices has just learned that the US House of Representatives will vote on FRIDAY, October 7, on a bill that will gut key provisions of the our federal clean air protections. The bill, called the “Gasoline for America’s Security Act” (H.R. 3893), would eliminate a critical part of the Clean Air Act, called new source review, that requires utilities to install new pollution control equipment when they make significant upgrades to coal-fired power plants.

No matter where you live, PLEASE CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IMMEDIATELY, by noon on Friday if at all possible, and ask them to vote no on this bill. To find your Representative and his or her phone number, go to this website and type in your zip code: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/

We strongly suggest you call your Representative. However, if you only have time to send an email to your Representative, click here: http://action.lcv.org/campaign/energy_100605

We have also learned that the utilities are heavily targeting US Representatives from North Carolina in their lobbying efforts, so it is especially important for our supporters in North Carolina to contact their US Representative.

In April, 80% of the members of North Carolina’s state legislature signed a letter calling on the state’s US Representatives and Senators to oppose any rollbacks of the Clean Air Act. Click here for more information: http://www.appvoices.org/air/ncgaletter.asp

In addition, a number of towns, counties and cities across North Carolina have adopted resolutions asking the delegation to oppose any rollbacks of the Clean Air Act. If you live in or near one of these localities, be sure to mention the resolution to your Representative:

- Watauga County
- Alexander County
- Haywood County
- City of Asheville (Buncombe County)
- City of Hickory (Catawba County)
- City of Boone (Watauga County)
- Town of Sparta (Allegheny County)
- Town of Taylorsville (Alexander County)
- Town of Seven Devils (Avery County)

The “Gasoline for America’s Security Act,” is just a new and opportunistic way to package the same old proposals designed to weaken the Clean Air Act that have been promoted by big polluting power companies in Congress for the last three years. It is bad for North Carolina, the Appalachian Mountains, and the nation.

This harmful legislation would:

- Allow 20,000 aging industrial facilities to increase pollution without installing modern pollution controls.
- Delay existing smog cleanup deadlines for many years.
- Undermine diesel engine cleanup requirements that would ultimately eliminate 20,000 premature deaths and $140 billion in health costs annually.
- Do nothing to provide lower gas and energy prices.

Finally, please help us spread the word by forwarding this action alert far and wide! Thank you!

If you need any help in contacting your Representative, please contact Appalachian Voices at conservation@appvoices.org or toll free at 1-877-APP-VOICE.

--
Mary Anne Hitt
Executive Director
Appalachian Voices
703 West King Street, Suite 105
Boone, NC 28607
828-262-1500

Visit us on the web:
www.appalachianvoices.org

slashdot says bloggers are making big cashola

this slashdot post talks about bloggers making small and not-so-small fortunes with their blogs.
examples: the Weblog Inc. network is supposedly about to be sold to AOL for $20 million.
Also Manola, who writes a funny blog about shoes, is claiming a six figure income from it.

free ongaku tips from big-name musicians

ciao hello how are you today
here is some news from CNN via technorati:
musicians tell fans how to beat the system & get free music

also here are two good shopping vocabulary words for thrifty shoppers visiting Japan.

sankakucorner.
a triangle shaped colander that fits in the corner of your sink to hold kitchen compost.

akasuri.
an exfoliating towel that puts all other exfoliating towels to shame.

these items can be found easily in a 100 yen shop or dimestore in Japan.

ja ne, have a good day
dogs on trucks jr.

tags: music, ongaku, industry, shopping, Japan, cheap, raku, free

news for sale etc.

ohayo

hope you all are doing well

above is a sumi ink painting called rat national product

in Technorati the big news is a new york times article about buying & selling the news:

"Federal auditors said on Friday that the Bush administration violated the law by buying favorable news coverage of President Bush's education policies, by making payments to the conservative commentator Armstrong Williams and by hiring a public relations company to analyze media perceptions of the Republican Party. "

ok mata ne I have to go get ready for winter

o-genki de.

dogs on trucks jr.

tags: media, ethics, propaganda, no child left behind, journalism, accountability, smoking, gross national product, tobacco