Elusive enlightenment

Cameroon: Cholera death toll exceeds 400 | WASH news Africa

2010-09-30T22:44:00.000-04:00

Cameroon: Cholera death toll exceeds 400 | WASH news Africa

2010-03-12T12:44:00.001-05:00

Global Action Atlas - About the Global Action Atlas

About the Global Action Atlas

Introduction

The Global Action Atlas spotlights hundreds of local, cause-related projects around the world to a large audience of concerned citizens, giving individuals opportunities to take action by donating, volunteering, advocating, and sharing information. The Atlas enhances and extends the mission of the National Geographic Society --to inspire people to care about the planet-- by turning inspiration into action.

Our Mission

2010-03-11T13:02:00.001-05:00

Women, water and sanitation from RESULTS UK – News and Views

11/03/2010 · Leave a Comment

It is estimated that almost half of all people in the developing world (2.5 billion people) do not have access to adequate sanitation facilities. Poor water, sanitation and hygiene services have disastrous social consequences with a total of 2.4 million people dying every year of diarrhoea and other water borne-diseases. Unhealthy living conditions tend to exacerbate poverty levels as poor households loose on average 3 hours per day searching for clean water and a safe place to relieve themselves, thus missing out on work or school.
more....
time for action!

2009-09-21T15:46:00.004-04:00

Washlink has reprinted excepts form an article dealing with rain water harvesting
http://washlink.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/rainwater-havesting-sir-lanka/

2009-09-03T08:06:00.003-04:00

WASHLINK an interesting site still under development something to check back in on
great video about ecosan toilet.

Untold Stories: 100 Days to Copenhagen

2009-08-28T12:17:00.001-04:00

Untold Stories: 100 Days to Copenhagen
here is a great web site!!!

The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

* The Pulitzer Center's mission is to promote in-depth coverage of international affairs, focusing on topics that have been under-reported, mis-reported - or not reported at all.

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ReliefWeb ÃâÃÂ» About ReliefWeb

2009-08-26T15:13:00.001-04:00

ReliefWeb ÃâÃÂ» About ReliefWeb
About ReliefWeb

Who We Are

ReliefWeb is the worldâs leading on-line gateway to information (documents and maps) on humanitarian emergencies and disasters. An independent vehicle of information, designed specifically to assist the international humanitarian community in effective delivery of emergency assistance, it provides timely, reliable and relevant information as events unfold, while emphasizing the coverage of "forgotten emergencies" at the same time.

ReliefWeb was launched in October 1996 and is administered by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Recognizing how critical the availability of reliable and timely information in time of humanitarian emergencies is, the UN General Assembly endorsed the creation of ReliefWeb and encouraged humanitarian information exchange through ReliefWeb by all governments, relief agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Resolution 51/194 on 10 February 1997. The General Assembly reiterated the importance of information sharing in emergencies and of taking advantage of OCHA's emergency information services such as ReliefWeb in Resolution 57/153 on 3 March 2003.

ReliefWeb has seen steady growth in usage. In 2002, ReliefWeb received 1.5 million hits per week, and in 2004, the site received approximately 1 million hits a day. Shortly after the South Asia Tsunami disaster of December 2004, it received 3 million hits a day on average.

ReliefWeb maintains three offices in three different time zones (New York, Geneva, and Kobe) to update the web site around the clock. The total budget for the project is USD 2 million (2005), the bulk of which is supported by voluntary contributions by donors.

In recognition of its successful virtual teamwork among three offices, ReliefWeb received two UN21 awards in March 2004 in the areas of "knowledge management" and "improvements to the working environment."

>>For information about OCHA, see OCHA on-line
>>To contact ReliefWeb, see Contact Us
>>For more donor information, see Donor Support

What We Do

ReliefWeb disseminates timely, reliable and relevant humanitarian information by updating its web site around the clock. In addition, ReliefWeb reaches over 70,000 subscribers through its e-mail subscription services, allowing those who have low bandwidth Internet connections to receive information reliably.

ReliefWeb posts some 150 maps and documents daily from over 2,000 source from the UN system, governments, NGOs, academia and the media. Map Centre also creates original ReliefWeb maps.

All documents posted on the site are classified and archived in the ReliefWeb document database, allowing advanced searching of documents from past emergency responses. The database contains nearly 300,000 maps and documents dating back to 1981.

In addition to Map Centre and emergency updates by latest or by country, region, and emergency, ReliefWeb offers various resource sections specifically targeted to relief professionals:

- Appeals and Funding - Funding appeals for complex emergencies and natural disasters and financial tracking of responses to funding requirements
- Policies and Issues - On-line library of reference materials covering humanitarian policies and issues of global nature
- Professional Resources - Information of practical use for relief professionals, including a sectoral or thematic listing of "communities of practice," listings of job opportunities and training opportunities, and an information providers' directory.

The site also offers a "web feed" service to deliver customized content to partners' web sites. The service allows users to further utilize the ReliefWeb's content, thereby avoiding duplication of efforts.

>>For subscription services, see ReliefWeb via Email
>>For the use of third party content, see Terms of Service [under development]
>>For submitting documents, maps, vacancies, etc., see Contact Us
>>For complete overview of the site, see Site Map
>>For additional information, see Help
>>Download new ReliefWeb brochure (pdf): Part 1 (front page), Part 2 (back page)

For internship opportunities with ReliefWeb New York Office, please click here

For internship opportunities with ReliefWeb Kobe Office, please click here

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2009-08-23T17:45:00.003-04:00

Washlink
a new "startup" site aimed linking all the threads around wash together ...may need to move to wiki
stay tuned work in progress only first shovel dug
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Special Bacteria May Curb Bowel Diseases

2009-08-22T16:31:00.001-04:00

Special Bacteria May Curb Bowel Diseases
Special Bacteria May Curb Bowel Diseases
Genetically Engineered Bacteria and Drink Reduce Colitis in Early Lab Tests; Human Studies Next
By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD

"Aug. 21, 2009 -- Researchers in England may have found a new way to treat colitis and other inflammatory bowel diseases."

"Those scientists took a bacterium called Bacteroides ovatus, which people naturally have in their gut, and genetically altered it to secrete a protein called KGF-2 when exposed to a sugar called xylan."

"The point is to bump up the presence of KGF-2, which is a human growth factor that could help heal damage done by inflammatory bowel diseases."

"Why not just give human growth factors directly? Because "they are unstable when administered orally and systemic administration requires high doses, increasing the risk of unwanted side effects," the researchers write in the online edition of the journal Gut."
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2009-08-21T15:33:00.002-04:00

Microfinance news , microfinance latest and breaking stories,conferences, interviews : A Global News Center for Microfinance

How to assess the real strength of a microfinance institution?

Posted on | August 22, 2009 | No Comments

David MacDougall, Director of Risk Management, BlueOrchard

Microfinance Focus, Aug. 22, 2009: There have been startling losses in microfinance institutions that have wandered too far from their original microfinance mission due to fierce competition or of profit-minded management, writes David MacDougall, Director of Risk Management at Swiss microfinance fund manager BlueOrchard.

Servicing traditional microfinance clients is expensive because loan sizes are small and the number of people required to service clients. But it was caried out with a goal and motivation. When competition deters the MFI from charging higher interest rates and absorb losses more frequently, it leads to higher loses, explained MacDougall in an article written for the August issue of Microfinance Focus magazine.

“I’ll admit that I have my own spreadsheet full of ratios; however, I principally use them to gauge trends. Often the levels they indicate have limited meaning, and analysts must understand when they do and when they don’t. A key consideration is whether the institution is mission-driven, rather than profit-driven. Many MFIs are non-profits or at least not profit-maximizers. They often charge just enough to cover their expenses and build the portfolio,” he wrote.

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Ask Tom! Column

2009-08-20T14:18:00.001-04:00

Ask Tom! Column

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Cryptosporidium and Giardia are two of the most important microscopic pathogens that can be transmitted via drinking water. Both are present in most surface waters around the world. Infection by either organism is particularly serious for immunocompromised individuals as no effective drug treatment is available. The problem is becoming ever more significant as many of the worldâs highly populated areas are experiencing diminished water supplies, due to greater demand and an increasingly arid climate. Alternative water sources are therefore being sought; including for example treated municipal wastewater. Such alternatives may be more likely to contain higher concentrations of protozoan parasites such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia.

Water treatment programs are the front line in the defence against all waterborne pathogens. This article presents experimental data that demonstrate an effective technique for maximizing the efficiency of water sanitation methods, involving the measurement of zeta potential to enhance contaminant coagulation.

2008-04-13T20:48:00.000-04:00

Can't eat ethanol boston sunday globe editorial

April 13, 2008 http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2008/04/13/cant_eat_ethanol/

CORN should be used for food, not motor fuel, and yet the United States is committed to a policy that encourages farmers to turn an increasing amount of their crop into ethanol. This may save the nation a bit of the cost of imported oil, but it increases global-warming gases and contributes to higher food prices.

Candidates for president need to tell Americans the truth about ethanol, but they are falling over themselves in pursuit of the farm belt vote. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton want more ethanol factories built than even President Bush envisaged when he called for 15 percent of US gasoline consumption to be replaced by alternative fuels by 2017. John McCain, who correctly called the ethanol push a boondoggle in 2000, now says that it is "a very important way to achieve energy independence."

Ethanol consumes almost a quarter of US corn production. The energy self-sufficiency that all the candidates seek should not come at the expense of the environment or the food supply.

Increased ethanol production isn't the only reason for the spike in food costs, but it's more controllable than drought in Australia, higher fertilizer prices, or increased meat consumption by the Chinese. Unlike those other cost-drivers, ethanol production is encouraged by federal subsidies.

And it's not as though ethanol improves the environment. When emissions inherent in the production process are included, ethanol consumption generates more carbon dioxide per gallon than gasoline, according to a recent report in Science magazine. Conversion of other cultivated biomass, such as sugarcane or soy, presents the same problem. The only biofuel that produces a net benefit is agricultural waste, an uncertain source. The best way for American motorists to use less gasoline is to drive fewer miles in lighter vehicles, rather than rely on the false promise of biofuels.

Ethanol is now usually sold as 10 percent of a fuel mixture that includes 90 percent gasoline. The government is thinking of ordering refiners to raise the blend to 15 or 20 percent. Ethanol generates fewer miles per gallon than regular gasoline. And it's not yet clear, according to the Consumer Reports website, how the higher blends would affect engine reliability or longevity. Before the government insists on a new fuel blend, it ought to examine all the hidden costs.

Greater use of ethanol means more greenhouse gases and more expensive food for people and livestock, hardly a fair exchange. There's a limited role for biofuels, excluding corn, in reducing oil imports from volatile regions, but they are not the answer to the world's need for energy on the go.

2008-04-06T17:05:00.000-04:00

Household Goods Recycling Ministry (HGRM) aka HUG ROOM
here is a great place that should be replicated across the country
its sit say ".. a not-for-profit agency that collects, stores, and distributes furniture and household goods. We are located in Acton, Massachusetts. We accept donations from all sources and distribute those goods to families in need. Your support is critical to the success of our ministry serving those in our community who are in need. Our organization is staffed by over a hundred volunteers of all ages and occupations. We rely on individuals and organizations in our area for donations of the household goods we distribute. Please support us by donating goods, giving a monetary donation, and/or volunteering to help...."

2007-11-24T23:50:00.000-05:00

GWB initials or acronym for
Global Warming BUSH

2007-07-04T10:06:00.000-04:00

this is the best I can fine. Oh so good.
source

2007-07-04T09:28:00.000-04:00

No Jail Time for Libby?

It's Impeachment Time for

Cheney and Bush!

There's only one reason why Bush kept Libby out of jail: to keep him from ratting on Cheney and Bush about their direct involvement in the felonious outing of Valerie Plame.

In mob circles, it's called silencing a witness. In a courthouse, it's called obstruction of justice. And in Congress, it's called grounds for impeachment. Just ask Richard Nixon.

On TV, the Busheviks are telling even more lies to drown out talk of impeachment. Via email, Democratic "leaders" are feigning outrage to avoid calling for impeachment.

That means it's time for us to demand impeachment. Let's make this "Impeachment Summer!"

Don't waste your time calling the White House (the switchboard is closed anyway). Call your Representative to impeach Cheney and Bush:
1 (800) 828 - 0498
1 (800) 459 - 1887
1 (800) 614 - 2803
1 (866) 340 - 9281
1 (866) 338 - 1015
1 (877) 851 - 6437
Email your Representatives to Impeach Cheney: http://www.democrats.com/peoplesemailnetwork/73
Email your Representatives to Impeach Bush:
http://www.democrats.com/peoplesemailnetwork/88
Email theHouse Judiciary Committee to Start Hearings on H.Res. 333, Articles of Impeachment for Vice President Cheney
http://www.democrats.com/topelosiandjudiciary
Organize a Honk to Impeach on July 4 and throughout the summer:
http://democrats.com/honktoimpeach
Join our new Facebook group, The Nationwide Movement to Impeach Cheney and Bush
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=3079705569
Join your local Congressional District Impeachment Committee:
http://democrats.com/cdic-find
Youtube Your Rep. and Earn $100:
http://www.democrats.com/youtube-your-rep

Cheney Impeachment Bill Advances in House Judiciary Committee

Three Democrats who until recently opposed impeachment - Keith Ellison (MN-5), Hank Johnson (GA-4), and Jim McDermott (WA-7) - last week became co-sponsors of Dennis Kucinich's Articles of Impeachment for Vice President Cheney, H.Res. 333:
http://impeachcheney.org

And the House Judiciary Committee took a giant step towards impeachment hearings by sending H.Res. 333 to the Constitution Subcommittee led by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY-8).

But Speaker Pelosi remains our main obstacle to impeachment. In a conference call with bloggers, Pelosi tried to dodge the issue by arguing Bush "isn't worth it... he's not worth impeaching." But Mike Stark wouldn't accept Pelosi's dodge: "Respectfully, that's not the question. Respectfully, the question is whether or not the Constitution is worth it." Here's Pelosi's shocking reply: "Well, yeah, the Constitution is worth it if you can succeed ." So Pelosi's sworn oath to uphold the Constitution only applies "if you can succeed"? Surely not!

Source and to To subscribe, create a free Democrats.com account here:
http://www.democrats.com/user/register

2007-06-09T11:24:00.000-04:00

The pale blue dot
Pale Blue Dot - Written and narrated by Carl Sagan.

2007-05-03T20:52:00.000-04:00

I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER? » Blog Archive I'M IN UR FIELD... «

this site is wacked
so much so it is rofl

icanhascheezburger.com

2007-04-12T21:38:00.000-04:00

Wolfowitz got to, got to, got to go !

Wolfowitz apologises over pay row

Mr Wolfowitz has been on a campaign to target corruption

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz has apologised for "mistakes" made over the promotion and pay of an ex-colleague with whom he is romantically involved.

Mr Wolfowitz's partner, Shaha Riza, was moved to the State Department when he took the Bank's top job in 2005.

But the bank's staff association says she then received pay rises and promotions which were "grossly out of line" with the Bank's staff rules.

The controversy comes ahead of joint World Bank and IMF spring meetings.

Mr Wolfowitz also said he would accept any remedy that the World Bank's Board proposed.

The bank chief - formerly US deputy secretary of defence - has adopted a fiercely anti-corruption stance.

The latest furore threatens to undermine Mr Wolfowitz's personal campaign to combat corruption and poor governance.

Responsibility

Until now, Mr Wolfowitz has said he took "full responsibility" for the case, but said it was being left to a committee "that is dealing with it and I am comfortable with that".

But on Thursday he said: "I made a mistake, for which I am sorry."

Ms Riza had been a high-ranking communications employee at the bank working in the Middle East section.

When Mr Wolfowitz took over at the Bank in mid-2005, Ms Riza - then a Bank employee for eight years - was transferred to work for the US State Department, to avoid any conflict of interest.

But rapid rises in her tax-free World Bank salary to about $193,000 - more than the $186,000 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice receives before tax - have aroused ire among other Bank employees.

In a memo to its members earlier in April, the World Bank Staff Association said that the speed of both promotions and salary increases were "grossly out of line" with the Bank's rules.

"Senior management has put forward a call for good governance," the memo said. "In order to be credible, senior management must model the behaviour it espouses."

Aid

While facing press questions about the case, Mr Wolfowitz has tried to shift focus back to the bank's remit of fighting global poverty.

He said the world's richest nations had given 5% less aid over the past 12 months.

"We have yet to see evidence of significant new flows translate into real resources for development programmes on the ground," he said.

Ministers and trade leaders from the 185-nation organisation are to meet on Saturday and Sunday in Washington.

The agenda will include issues including fighting diseases and the state of the world economy.

source bbc http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6548291.stm

2007-01-02T21:25:00.000-05:00

Tower of bears
all one does is build and knock down a tower of bears
it is just way too simple
to generate so much fun but it does.
great for kids and and kids at heart
found on stumble. sound is a must for this site

2006-12-27T13:02:00.000-05:00

PEOPLE BEFORE PATENTS:
THE LIVES OF MILLIONS ARE AT STAKE!!

SIGN-ON TO HELP PROTECT ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE MEDICINES!!

Pharmaceutical company Novartis is taking the Indian government to court. If the company wins, millions of people across the globe could have their sources of affordable medicines dry up.

sign here: petition

Millions of people around the world today rely on affordable medicines produced in India. India's law contains elements that help put people before patents, but Novartis is taking the Indian government to court to force a change in the law. Neither Novartis, nor any company, should stand in the way of people's right to access the medicines they need.

We urge Novartis to DROP THE CASE now against the Indian government.
People before Patents: The lives of millions are at stake!

2006-11-29T22:28:00.000-05:00

CO2
CO2
dear george please tell me
you are pretending to be stupid!

I can believe you are ignoring the dangers
of the gas, and taking the issue to the supreme court

2006-11-11T09:03:00.000-05:00

The emperor has been exposed!!!
He has no clothes.

What a relief, now we can move forward , Yes? PLEASE!!!

Can the democrats come together on key issues or are the going to continue to look like the keystone cops?

Can a centrist viewpoint be reached by both parties, to get back to balancing the budget?

We can no long bash the president policy. we must collectively seek and provide a viable alternative. There is no easy road out of the hell, aka Iraq. Just running as fast as we can will only get us in deeper. Will we be smart enough to pause, and ask for assistance and directions from the nations* that have so much to loose if we try to run. *These nations being the relatively immediate neighbors of Iran as well as Europe and to a lesser degree Asia.

2006-11-01T13:50:00.000-05:00

See "your poison" close up:
this is mine. can you guess? (select image to see) Sadly a closer look does not explain the next day pain.
goto:http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/cocktails/index.html
to see others like Tequila, Vodka, White Russian etc

2006-11-01T13:22:00.000-05:00

Firefox 2.0 is here.
I love the inline spell checking, very cool. It is great in creating blog entries.
I really like that each tab has a close button on the tab - making for easier tab management

Disadvantage is that not all extensions and themes have not all caught up.
If you want to keep up with the latest things in life, get it.

If you are happy with IE6, give it a try at least, but avoid IE7!!!
The new toolbars stinks. The items under the tools menu is a mess. Quasi-nerdsor bette will catch on quick but John & Abigale Q Public, will be crying, if they have to putts with settings.

2006-10-26T23:58:00.000-04:00

S C R A T CH :"stay the course"
you got it
these are the orders right from the press secretary

Q Tony, it seems what you have is not "stay the course." Has anybody told the President he should stop calling it "stay the course" then?
MR. SNOW: I don't think he's used that term in a while.

Q Oh, yes, he has, repeatedly.
MR. SNOW: When?

Q Well, in August, because I wrote a story saying he didn't use it and I was quite sternly corrected.
MR. SNOW: No, he stopped using it.

Q Why would he stop using it?
MR. SNOW: Because it left the wrong impression about what was going on. And it allowed critics to say, well, here's an administration that's just embarked upon a policy and not looking at what the situation is, when, in fact, it's just the opposite. The President is determined not to leave Iraq short of victory, but he also understands that it's important to capture the dynamism of the efforts that have been ongoing to try to make Iraq more secure, and therefore, enhance the clarification -- or the greater precision.

Q Is the President responsible for the fact people think it's stay the course since he's, in fact, described it that way himself?
MR. SNOW: No."

source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061023-2.html

I see war as a ride into hell and back(we hope)
President Bush, with the road map of "Stay the Course", kept driving us in
deeper. With the discarding of this buzz phrase, this road map, they are admitting: we are officially lost in hell. There is NO road map at all anymore (not that the one the had was worth anything). In Maine they say "ya cant get there [out] from here" We better get one soon, but lets not take the first one past our way.
Some want us to believe there is some sort of express elevator, that we can take and get out of hell without anymore harm. Sad to say, most realists, independent of party know there is no such elevator.

The question is what and where IS the road out.
I don't think we can find it without asking for directions/ help in drawing up a road map.
This mapping help being from countries in Middle East and Europe,. God forbid, if we ask for help but we cant do it by ourselves. ( How many more body bags do we need to send back home to, before we get the administration to see this.)

oh yes, one last thing: get bush out from behind the wheel!!!

2006-10-19T13:11:00.000-04:00

If you like animation short, here is a site to fall in love with: 50 great animated shorts from National Film Board of Canada
These are so wonderful! NFB lets you sort list and viewfilms in one of two formats (tip: click large fromat before movie starts or you must start movie over) Site includes Great films like Every Child/Chaque enfant by Eugene Fedorenko

2006-10-14T09:54:00.000-04:00

This bumper sticker “two [fingers] for peace” expresses pretty much how I feel at the moment....

each week there is only more to be disappointed about. My only hope is that the midterm elections gives the "one for George" to George :-)

(please feel free to link to image two for peace)

2006-10-11T20:12:00.000-04:00

The Sandbox

Was announced in this past Sundays (October 8,2006) Doonesbury comic strip

It is a "...milblog, featuring comments, anecdotes, and observations from service members currently deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan." "....offering those in-country a chance to share their experiences and reflections with the rest of us. The Sandbox's focus is not on policy and partisanship" ......,"but on the unclassified details of deployment -- the everyday, the extraordinary, the wonderful, the messed-up, the absurd. .....where all correspondence is read, and as much as possible is posted. And contributors may rest assured that all content, no matter how robust, is currently secured by the First Amendment." source: the sandbox

it is not the first military blog (milblog)... but it is worthy of a read! and We need a few more!

2006-10-06T08:57:00.000-04:00

GEE George, Thanks for the war !!! not.....

How Al Qaeda views a long Iraq war | csmonitor.com:
"A letter from Al Qaeda leaders found in Iraq shows that the group sees the war as a boon for its cause."
By Dan Murphy| Oct 6, 2006 | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
"CAIRO – In appearances across the US, President Bush has been campaigning against withdrawing troops from Iraq, arguing that to leave now would hand a historic victory to Al Qaeda and inspire new generations of jihadists to attack the US.

But a letter that has been translated and released by the US military indicates that Al Qaeda itself sees the continued American presence in Iraq as a boon for the terror network, which has recently shown signs of expanding into the Palestinian territories and North Africa."
AL QAEDA IN IRAQ: Leader Abu Hamza al-Muhajir is cultivating Sunni leaders.

'The most important thing is that the jihad continues with steadfastness ... indeed, prolonging the war is in our interest,' says the writer, who goes by the name Atiyah. The letter, released last week, was recovered in the rubble of the Iraqi house where Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, former leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, was killed by a US bomb in June.

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2006-09-28T13:18:00.000-04:00

very cool
interactive
art site
National Gallery
of Art, Washington

NOTE: it is not just for kids
The JUNGLE (left) is
one of a dozen
interactive art applets.
...

"... inspired by the paintings of French artist Henri Rousseau."

2006-09-22T09:01:00.000-04:00

Dick Cheney aka VICE PRES. aka puppet master speaking with MR. TIM RUSSERT
Say he would do it [the war]
all over age the exact same way!!!!
Damn His Eyes! They just dont get it!!
from Meet the Press transcript:

VICE PRES. CHENEY: You’d have a man who had demonstrated capacity for violence, who started two wars, who had, in fact, been involved with weapons for mass destruction, who had every intention of going back to it when the sanctions were lifted. And by this point, especially with Ahmadinejad living next door in Iran, pursuing nuclear weapons, there’s no doubt in my mind that if Saddam Hussein was still in power, would have a very robust program under way to try to do exactly the same thing. The world is better off because Saddam Hussein is in jail instead of in power in Baghdad. It was the right thing to do and if we had it to do over again, we’d do exactly the same thing.

MR. RUSSERT: Exactly the same thing?

VICE PRES. CHENEY: Yes, sir.

more ....it gets sadder

2006-09-22T08:39:00.000-04:00

ITS CALENDAR TIME!
despair.com who does a great parody of the motivational posters now introduces
Build your own calendar.
Pick THE motivational ....
errr..... De-motivational topics like
AMBITION
with the subtext of:

The journey of a thousand miles sometimes ends very, very badly

Then personalize the dates with your own humor, and birthday reminders etc

2006-09-14T22:25:00.000-04:00

Little people:
....so fine ! so so sweet ....

installation art at a new scale more more more

first mentioned by abby on boing boing

but worth another mention

and so so much better than the ugly cows in boston cow parade

2006-09-14T20:19:00.000-04:00

Marry Me Bars!

I am in love with them....
sure they are not ice cream ....
but they are Dam Good for a soy product
company Tofutti Brands also makes tofutti cutties
even if you are not cutting back on "moo juice" derrivatives
it still worth the try
a possible vegan delight too....

2006-09-12T19:16:00.000-04:00

Yahoo beta email is a dog

nice design maybe...but with all its ads
it really bites .....switching back to classic
for trivial email...using gmail for all essential email.

2006-09-08T11:42:00.000-04:00

winning the midterm elections the BUSH way
Just when BUSH needs it, he pops
the fear word terrorism !!! (see below*) Sort of like the word "liberal" used in the past,
but oh it has than little extra Texas Kick, to swing the voters back around....
dam dam dam...my gray hairs are increasing in numbers
and Bush is not helping !

*the byline reads:
" His [presidents] speeches on security this week signal that Republicans will use the terrorism issue for the third election in a row."
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source: Christian Science Monitor from the September 08, 2006 edition, By Linda Feldmann | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

2006-09-08T11:21:00.000-04:00

new!

i am adding a sections Translated newspapers for newspaper that are translated by google tool structure:

translate.google.com
/translate?
sourceid=navclient-ff
&hl=en
&u=http://www.faz.net

i added New Scientist to news digested

2006-09-07T08:48:00.000-04:00

Need your help:
do you have a news site you love
which is not listed here on the side bar ?
let me know.

do you have suggestions for other
reference sites?
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2006-09-06T11:26:00.000-04:00

THE BEST: have to try it
imagelabeler .....very addicting

by google

http://images.google.com/imagelabeler/

o you have to come up with label for images
o you get points if someone else also gives it the same label

o that someone else is looking at the image at the same time
o you don’t know what they are entering

o each time you match, a new image comes up

o there is a time limit , so you have to fire away to get matches

google gets better labels out of the deal

2006-09-05T22:14:00.000-04:00

We have ignored the Kurds, but it shall also boil over. (see following stories) There is a mounting call for independence. Turkey is very worried. We should be too. We screw the Kurds once before, they rightfully will only trust the US as far as they need the US. What was GWB thinking? What Should we do....damned if I know...

Story one - Open unrest of Kurds in Turkey
Two killed in Turkey cafe blast
Two people have been killed in a bomb explosion at an outdoor cafe in south-east Turkey, police say. At least seven people were injured in the blast, which hit the tea garden in the town of Catak in Van province, near the border with Iran. It follows a series of bombings in Turkish resorts and Istanbul last week in which at least three people died.

source:BBC - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5311252.stm

Story two - Clear signs of a independent state blooming
Kurdish Leader Bans Iraqi Flag in Northern Iraq
By M. Alihan Hasanoglu, Cihan News Agency, Arbil
Saturday, September 02, 2006
zaman.com
Massoud Barzani, Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader and president of the Kurdish Regional Government in northern Iraq, banned the Iraqi national flag in the Kurdish region, claiming it represented the Baath regime. more

source: http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&hn=36213

2006-09-05T09:31:00.000-04:00

if you love firefox then you will LOL at this
IE7
http://ie7.com/

2006-08-30T16:33:00.000-04:00

good optical illusion site:
http://www.sandlotscience.com/Guided_Tours/Tour1/Tour_1.htm
or this page on same site (the best!)
http://www.sandlotscience.com/Guided_Tours/Tour1/Tour_4.htm

2006-08-30T13:32:00.000-04:00

Papal summit to debate Darwinian evolution

12:01 30 August 2006
NewScientist.com news service
Andy Coghlan

"Pope Benedict XVI will this week host a private seminar to firm-up the Catholic Church’s stance on Darwinian evolution.

One of the key guests, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn from Vienna, Austria, is known to sympathise with Intelligent Design (ID), the idea that the development of life is masterminded by an unidentified designer, usually assumed to be God."

lets hope they can get this one right unlike GWB (himself an intelligent design failure)

source http://www.newscientist.com

image source http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/IIHistory.shtml

2006-08-29T22:29:00.000-04:00

Take Action Now!

Whatever you choose to do, you will be making a difference in ending the violence in Darfur and reducing the suffering of your neighbors, even though they may live thousands of miles away.

An essential part of taking action is letting the United States government know that the American people care about the people of Darfur. The Million Voices for Darfur campaign helps individuals contact President Bush and demand that he do more to protect the civilians of Darfur. You can order postcards or participate electronically.

If we all play even a small part, together we will make a very big difference.

click here to sign up for sept 17 rally in NYC

soure http://www.savedarfur.org/

2006-08-28T21:39:00.000-04:00

a little bit of introspection....
maybe GWB could learn a thing or two.....

" Hamas figure slams Gaza 'anarchy'"
"The Gaza Strip is in the grip of anarchy and Palestinians must stop blaming Israel for all their problems, a senior Hamas figure has said.
Ghazi Hamad, chief spokesman for the Hamas government, said the hope that followed Israel's pull-out last year had been replaced with "a nightmare". Gaza is at the mercy of thugs, he said, and pleaded for an end to deadly clan rivalries. "Let Gaza breathe," he said.

Such frank self-criticism is rare among Palestinian leaders, analysts say."

source http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5293854.stm

2006-08-24T09:01:00.000-04:00

23 Aug 2006 - More than 200 women have been sexually assaulted in the last five weeks alone around Darfur’s largest displaced camp, Kalma, an alarming trend that is yet another sign of the region’s plummeting security situation.

The situation is so dire that about 300 women convened a meeting in Kalma on Aug. 7 to plead for more help from the outside world -- particularly from African Union troops mandated to protect civilians.
“This is a massive spike in figures. We are used to hearing of 2 to 4 incidents of sexual assault per month in Kalma camp,” said Kurt Tjossem of the International Rescue Committee, which collected the figures."
more
source IRC

http://www.theirc.org/news/latest/increased-sexual-assaults.html

"the [IRC] International Rescue Committee is a global leader in relief, rehabilitation, post-conflict development, advocacy and resettlement services for refugees and others uprooted or affected by violent conflict and oppression. The IRC is committed to restoring hope, freedom, dignity and self-reliance."

2006-08-24T08:56:00.000-04:00

not enough is said
so.. one more tear to shead?
the film of plastic on the HDTV
an inpenatrable barrier we have built
no empathy needed just Tivo it
keep from reach: usanitary pain
enough said

NPR : Peace Deal Fails to End Darfur Violence: "World
Peace Deal Fails to End Darfur Violence

by Michele Kelemen
Audio for this story will be available at approx. 10:00 a.m. ET

Morning Edition, August 24, 2006 · In Sudan's Darfur region, an international aid group says there have been so many cases of rape in a displaced persons camp that women there are pleading for outside help. The United Nations warns in another report that children in Darfur are still being killed, raped and forced into fighting. The reports come on the heels of a three-month-old peace deal.
"

2006-08-21T09:42:00.000-04:00

One of the pinical of serch sites:
http://www.pandia.com/powersearch/
Google (tradmark :-) is where you start
and pandia is where one ends
as they say:
"It is not that we consider ourselves a competitor
of Google, Yahoo! and others — we wouldn’t write so
much about them if that was the case. We are more
like a supplement, giving you additional tools that
might be of use in your quest for information
and enlightenment."

2006-08-20T20:57:00.000-04:00

!

we apologies for temporarily jacking this site. ...Not!!!!

It is about time we revolt against our creators!!!
In this video we demonstrate how and what to look out for!
link http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/34244097/
link first listed on boing boing http://www.boingboing.net/2006/08/18/stick_figure_fights_.html

2006-08-17T14:44:00.000-04:00

sad news from the NYT IED's are on the rise
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 — The number of roadside bombs planted in Iraq rose in July to the highest monthly total of the war, offering more evidence that the anti-American insurgency has continued to strengthen despite the killing of the terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
source:NYTime article is by Michael R. Gordon, Mark Mazzetti and Thom Shanker.

2006-08-17T09:31:00.000-04:00

-
why/why/ why

to strike terror
to wage war
to advances ones position

Q: " at a cost to the dipolar of thought ?"
"YES", you say, you know
Q: " what of the child and mother and father ...
who's minds are elsewhere?
who die
without choice,
without warning and
without explanation why?"
" " you sing you whisper you shout you chant

what Machiavellian stench ferments within

dear god*(s) what did you do,
imperfect, we are
self destruct we do

*if you exist, which you do not

2006-08-15T14:39:00.000-04:00

mind cooling play
remember the bright geometric wood blocks thant could be arranged in endless patterns
well here is the virtual equvolent http://www.arcytech.org/java/patterns/patterns_j.shtml

2006-08-08T10:19:00.000-04:00

Reem and Marwan

Alsumaria, the Iraqi satellite chain, lost sight of the fact two of its journalists: Reem Zeid and Marwan Khazaal, and this since more than 140 days.
More no news for this day has been heard about them.

The great Alsumaria family crosses the fingers and wants to be always optimistic for their release and more still for the unit of too ravaged Iraq.

Your signatures are a breath of life…

A petition for the release of Reem and Marwan was created on the following site:
http://www.alsumaria.tv/SumariaTV/ or english version
http://www.alsumaria.tv/SumariaTV/default_english.aspx

source of text translation: sauveznosjournalistesirakiens.blogspirit.com/archive/2006/06/22/reem-et-marwan

2006-08-08T09:16:00.000-04:00

War has no boundaries, it robs all of human dignity
Seems both sides are ensuring this truth, one more than the other maybe,
but How sick is it to compare not by compassion, but by the lack there of:

from Human Rights Watch - Defending Human Rights Worldwide -
[ the lack there of...]
"Israel/Lebanon: Hezbollah Must End Attacks on Civilians - Rocket Attacks on Civilians in Israel Are War Crimes(New York, August 5, 2006) Â? Hezbollah must immediately stop firing rockets into civilian areas in Israel, Human Rights Watch said today. Entering the fourth week of attacks, such rockets have claimed 30 civilian lives, including six children, and wounded hundreds more. "Lobbing rockets blindly into civilian areas is without doubt a war crime,"? said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. "Nothing can justify this assault on the most fundamental standards for sparing civilians the hazards of war."

Hezbollah claims that some of its attacks are aimed at military bases inside Israel, which are legitimate targets. But most of the attacks appear to have been directed at civilian areas and have hit pedestrians, hospitals, schools, homes and businesses. "
source: http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2006/08/05/lebano13921.htm

[ and the lack there of...]

"Israel/Lebanon: End Indiscriminate Strikes on Civilians - Some Israeli Attacks Amount to War Crimes
(Beirut, August 3, 2006) Â? Israeli forces have systematically failed to distinguish between combatants and civilians in their military campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Human Rights Watch said in report released today. The pattern of attacks in more than 20 cases investigated by Human Rights Watch researchers in Lebanon indicates that the failures cannot be dismissed as mere accidents and cannot be blamed on wrongful Hezbollah practices. In some cases, these attacks constitute war crimes.
The 50-page report, "?Fatal Strikes: IsraelÂ?s Indiscriminate Attacks Against Civilians in Lebanon," ?analyzes almost two dozen cases of Israeli air and artillery attacks on civilian homes and vehicles. Of the 153 dead civilians the reportthereport, 63 are children. More than 500 people have been killed in Lebanon by Israeli fire since fighting began on July 12, most of them civilians.
"?The pattern of attacks shows the Israeli military'?s disturbing disregard for the lives of Lebanese civilians," ? said KennethRoth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. "?Our research shows that Israel'?s claim that Hezbollah fighters are hiding among civilians does not explain, let alone justify, Israel'?s indiscriminate warfare." "

source: http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2006/08/02/lebano13902.htm

2006-08-03T13:25:00.000-04:00

The blogs are filling with rhetoric as the fires burn

words and more words to define and define

yet the child still dies

OUR actions persist

the innocent turn to dust

and WE sit to blog another day

2006-08-02T09:26:00.000-04:00

a great tool for mapping with google maps: one can calculate distance for bikerides, runs, kayak trips just by tracing it onto google map. http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/
example http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=336894

2006-08-02T09:21:00.000-04:00

cool web site for playing with sunlight as it shines upon the world / globe
you can adjust time of day and year. You cab see views from various satelites.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth

2006-07-14T09:38:00.000-04:00

Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon
how I weep for you

Israel and Palestine
how I weep for you

how I weep for ALL that are being pulled into violence they wish no part of.

all all all
unborn newborn child man woman lover
pulled from bed
raped of the core humanitiies
unable to hide by erected boarders:
social, political, or physical

all all all
weap
what now...

2006-07-13T19:22:00.000-04:00

Haruki Murakami - i have become addicted
dance dance dance - not on same page as Wind Up Bird Chronicle
but give depth to understanding author.
and now on to Kafka on the Shore
don't read reviews or official web offerings, it so worth having you own discover of how good its and solve the question the books leave you to toil/play with

2006-06-28T22:07:00.000-04:00

commuting into Cambridge now... agghh
has one silver lining : the train...I can read again
Haruki Murakami: The Wind-up Bird Chronicle ---> It is excellent long in pages making two weeks of commuting its own escape.
Malcolm Gladwell : the tipping point --> lots of ideas to ponder and use

2006-05-31T20:17:00.000-04:00

ahhh a very cool face
tricks to manipulate eyes nose mouth
are for you to learn
http://www.alterfin.com/dominique/index.html

2006-05-17T09:57:00.000-04:00

MAY THE FAT CATS ROAST IN HELL
H.R. 4297, the Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act of 2005, "will extend President Bush's tax cuts on dividends and capital gains, and it also will remove some 15 million Americans from the grip of the alternative minimum tax, a parallel tax system that was intended to apply only to the wealthiest Americans. "

here is the vote: http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/109/senate/2/votes/118/

2006-04-18T19:44:00.000-04:00

Hamas's failed to condemn the suicide attack in Israel.
It is the first since Hamas took power
ARE THEY NUTS... YES !!!!!
Let us all pray that Hamas Leaders
come to their senses sooner than not.
The children of Palestine and Israel have suffered to long in the hands
of mad greedy people on both sides. But this is truly sickening!!!!!!!

2006-04-08T10:06:00.000-04:00

GAS PIGS 2006 GAS guzzlers 2006 automobiles
most are SUV's
these leaves out some imports* which are very bad
but does not provide focus needed
source: http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/download.shtml

CLASS	MFR	CAR LINE	CITY MPG	HWY .MPG.	COMB MPG
S.U.V. - 2WD	DODGE	DURANGO 2WD	9	11	10
S.U.V. - 4WD	DODGE	DURANGO 4WD	9	11	10
truckS 2WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 2WD	9	11	10
truckS 2WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 2WD	9	12	10
truckS 4WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 4WD	9	11	10
truckS 2WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 2WD	9	15	11
truckS 4WD	NISSAN	TITAN 4WD	10	13	11
S.U.V. - 2WD	CHEVY	C1500 AVALANCHE 2WD	11	14	12
S.U.V. - 2WD	CHEVY	C1500 SUBURBAN 2WD	11	14	12
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 AVALANCHE 4WD	11	14	12
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SUBURBAN 4WD	11	14	12
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 TAHOE 4WD	11	14	12
S.U.V. - 2WD	GMC	C1500 YUKON XL 2WD	11	14	12
S.U.V. - 4WD	GMC	K1500 YUKON 4WD	11	14	12
S.U.V. - 4WD	GMC	K1500 YUKON XL 4WD	11	14	12
truckS 2WD	NISSAN	TITAN 2WD	10	14	12
S.U.V. - 2WD	CHEVY	C1500 TAHOE 2WD	11	15	13
truckS 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SILVERADO 4WD	11	14	13
S.U.V. - 2WD	DODGE	DURANGO 2WD	12	15	13
S.U.V. - 4WD	DODGE	DURANGO 4WD	12	15	13
truckS 2WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 2WD	12	15	13
truckS 4WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 4WD	12	15	13
S.U.V. - 2WD	GMC	C1500 YUKON 2WD	11	15	13
truckS 4WD	GMC	K1500 SIERRA 4WD	11	14	13
S.U.V. - 4WD	JEEP	GRAND CHEROKEE 4WD	12	15	13
MIDSIZE	BMW	M5	12	18	14
truckS 2WD	CHEVY	C1500 SILVERADO 2WD	12	16	14
MINIVAN - 2WD	DODGE	CARAVAN 2WD	13	17	14
LARGE	FORD	CROWN VICTORIA	12	18	14
VANS, psngr	FORD	E150 CLUB WAGON	13	17	14
truckS 2WD	GMC	C1500 SIERRA 2WD	12	16	14
LARGE	LINCOLN-Merc	GRAND MARQUIS	12	18	14
LARGE	LINCOLN-Merc	TOWN CAR	12	18	14
LARGE	MERCEDES	MAYBACH 57	12	17	14
LARGE	MERCEDES	MAYBACH 62	12	17	14
TWO SEATERS	MERCEDES	SLR	13	17	14
LARGE	VOLKSWAGEN	PHAETON	12	18	14
S.U.V. - 4WD	CADILLAC	ESCALADE AWD	13	17	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	CADILLAC	ESCALADE ESV AWD	13	17	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	CADILLAC	ESCALADE EXT AWD	13	17	15
truckS 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SILVERADO 4WD	14	17	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SUBURBAN AWD	13	17	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	TRAILBLAZER AWD	14	17	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	DODGE	DURANGO 4WD	14	18	15
truckS 4WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 4WD	14	18	15
VANS, CARGO	FORD	E150 ECONOLINE 2WD	14	17	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	FORD	EXPEDITION 4WD	14	17	15
truckS 4WD	FORD	F150 PICKUP 4WD	14	18	15
truckS 4WD	GMC	K1500 SIERRA 4WD	14	17	15
truckS 4WD	GMC	K1500 SIERRA AWD	13	17	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	GMC	K1500 YUKON AWD	13	17	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	GMC	K1500 YUKON XL AWD	13	17	15
S.U.V. - 2WD	INFINITI	QX56 2WD	13	19	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	INFINITI	QX56 4WD	13	18	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	L ROVER	RANGE ROVER	13	18	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	L ROVER	RANGE ROVER SPORT	13	18	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	LEXUS	LX 470	13	17	15
truckS 4WD	LINCOLN	MARK LT	14	18	15
S.U.V. - 2WD	LINCOLN	NAVIGATOR 2WD	13	18	15
COMPACT	MERCEDES	CL600	13	19	15
COMPACT	MERCEDES	CL65 AMG	13	20	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	MERCEDES	R500	13	18	15
LARGE	MERCEDES	S600	12	19	15
LARGE	MERCEDES	S65 AMG	13	20	15
TWO SEATERS	MERCEDES	SL600	13	19	15
TWO SEATERS	MERCEDES	SL65 AMG	13	19	15
S.U.V. - 2WD	NISSAN	ARMADA 2WD	13	19	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	NISSAN	ARMADA 4WD	13	18	15
truckS 4WD	NISSAN	TITAN 4WD	14	18	15
truckS 4WD	NISSAN	TITAN 4WD	14	18	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	PORSCHE	CAYENNE TURBO	13	18	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	TOYOTA	LAND CRUISER WAGON 4WD	13	17	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	VW	TOUAREG	14	18	15
LARGE	CADILLAC	ARMORED DTS	14	20	16
S.U.V. - 2WD	CADILLAC	ESCALADE 2WD	14	18	16
LARGE	CADILLAC	FUNERAL COACH/HEARSE	14	20	16
LARGE	CADILLAC	LIMOUSINE	14	20	16
MIDSIZE	CADILLAC	STS	14	20	16
S.U.V. - 2WD	CHEVY	C1500 AVALANCHE 2WD	14	19	16
truckS 2WD	CHEVY	C1500 SILVERADO 2WD	14	19	16
S.U.V. - 2WD	CHEVY	C1500 SUBURBAN 2WD	14	19	16
VANS, CARGO	CHEVY	G15/25CHEV VAN 2WD CONV	14	18	16
VANS, CARGO	CHEVY	G15/25CHEV VAN 2WD CONV	14	18	16
VANS, psngr	CHEVY	G1500/2500 CHEVY EXPRESS 2WD	14	18	16
VANS, psngr	CHEVY	H1500 CHEVY EXPRESS AWD	14	18	16
VANS, CARGO	CHEVY	H1500 CHEVY VAN AWD CONV	14	18	16
VANS, CARGO	CHEVY	H1500/2500 CHEVY VAN AWD	14	18	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 AVALANCHE 4WD	14	18	16
truckS 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SILVERADO 4WD	15	18	16
truckS 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SILVERADO 4WD	15	19	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SUBURBAN 4WD	14	18	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 TAHOE 4WD	14	18	16
truckS 2WD	CHEVY	SSR PICKUP 2WD	13	20	16
LARGE	CHRYSLER	300C/SRT-8	14	20	16
LARGE	DODGE	CHARGER	14	20	16
S.U.V. - 2WD	DODGE	DURANGO 2WD	14	19	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	DODGE	DURANGO 4WD	14	19	16
S.U.V. - 2WD	DODGE	MAGNUM	14	20	16
truckS 2WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 2WD	14	19	16
truckS 2WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 2WD	14	19	16
truckS 4WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 4WD	14	18	16
truckS 4WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 4WD	14	18	16
VANS, psngr	FORD	E150 CLUB WAGON	14	18	16
VANS, CARGO	FORD	E150 ECONOLINE 2WD	15	19	16
S.U.V. - 2WD	FORD	EXPEDITION 2WD	14	19	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	FORD	EXPLORER 4WD	14	20	16
truckS 2WD	FORD	F150 PICKUP 2WD	14	19	16
truckS 2WD	FORD	F150 PICKUP 2WD	15	19	16
truckS 4WD	FORD	F150 PICKUP 4WD	14	18	16
TWO SEATERS	FORD	GT 2WD	13	21	16
truckS 2WD	GMC	C1500 SIERRA 2WD	14	19	16
S.U.V. - 2WD	GMC	C1500 YUKON XL 2WD	14	19	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	GMC	ENVOY XL 4WD	14	20	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	GMC	ENVOY XUV 4WD	14	20	16
VANS, CARGO	GMC	G15/25 SAVANA 2WD CARGO CONV	14	18	16
VANS, CARGO	GMC	G15/25 SAVANA 2WD CARGO CONV	14	18	16
VANS, psngr	GMC	G1500/2500 SAVANA 2WD PASSEN	14	18	16
VANS, CARGO	GMC	H1500 SAVANA AWD CARGO CONV	14	18	16
VANS, psngr	GMC	H1500 SAVANA PASS VAN AWD	14	18	16
VANS, CARGO	GMC	H1500/2500 SAVANA CARGO AWD	14	18	16
truckS 4WD	GMC	K1500 SIERRA 4WD	15	18	16
truckS 4WD	GMC	K1500 SIERRA 4WD	15	19	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	GMC	K1500 YUKON 4WD	14	18	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	GMC	K1500 YUKON XL 4WD	14	18	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	JEEP	COMMANDER 4WD	14	18	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	JEEP	GRAND CHEROKEE 4WD	14	19	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	JEEP	WRANGLER/TJ 4WD	14	18	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	JEEP	WRANGLER/TJ 4WD	15	19	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	KIA	KIA SORENTO 4WD	15	20	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	L ROVER	LR3	14	18	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	L ROVER	LR3	14	19	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	L ROVER	RANGE ROVER	14	18	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	L ROVER	RANGE ROVER SPORT	14	19	16
truckS 2WD	LINCOLN	MARK LT	15	19	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	MERCEDES	ML500	14	19	16
TWO SEATERS	MERCEDES	SL55 AMG	14	20	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	MERCURY	MOUNTAINEER 4WD	14	20	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	MITSUBISHI	MONTERO	15	19	16
truckS 2WD	NISSAN	TITAN 2WD	14	18	16
truckS 2WD	NISSAN	TITAN 2WD	14	19	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	PORSCHE	CAYENNE S	14	18	16
S.U.V. - 2WD	TOYOTA	SEQUOIA 2WD	15	18	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	TOYOTA	SEQUOIA 4WD	15	17	16
truckS 4WD	TOYOTA	TOYOTA TUNDRA 4WD	15	18	16
LARGE	AUDI	A8 L	15	21	17
COMPACT	AUDI	S4	15	21	17
SMALL stwgn	AUDI	S4 AVANT	15	21	17
SUBCOMPACT	AUDI	S4 CABRIOLET	15	21	17
SUBCOMPACT	BMW	650CI CONVERTIBLE	14	22	17
SUBCOMPACT	BMW	650CI CONVERTIBLE	15	21	17
LARGE	BMW	760I	15	22	17
LARGE	BMW	760LI	15	22	17
S.U.V. - 4WD	BMW	X5	15	21	17
S.U.V. - 4WD	BUICK	RAINIER AWD	15	21	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	CADILLAC	SRX 2WD	15	21	17
S.U.V. - 4WD	CADILLAC	SRX AWD	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	CHEVY	C1500 TAHOE 2WD	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	CHEVY	C1500 TAHOE 2WD	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	CHEVY	C1500 TAHOE 2WD	16	20	17
VANS, psngr	CHEVY	G1500/2500 CHEVY EXPRESS 2WD	15	19	17
VANS, CARGO	CHEVY	G1500/2500 CHEVY VAN 2WD	15	20	17
VANS, CARGO	CHEVY	G1500/2500 CHEVY VAN 2WD	15	20	17
truckS 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SILVERADO 4WD	15	19	17
truckS 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SILVERADO 4WD	15	19	17
truckS 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SILVERADO 4WD	15	19	17
truckS 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SILVERADO 4WD	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SUBURBAN 4WD	15	19	17
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 TAHOE 4WD	15	19	17
truckS 2WD	CHEVY	SSR PICKUP 2WD	15	19	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	CHEVY	TRAILBLAZER 2WD	15	19	17
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	TRAILBLAZER 4WD	15	21	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	CHEVY	TRAILBLAZER EXT 2WD	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	TRAILBLAZER EXT 4WD	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	TRAILBLAZER EXT 4WD	15	20	17
MIDSIZE	CHRYSLER	SEBRING 4-DR	15	20	17
MIDSIZE	CHRYSLER	SEBRING 4-DR	15	20	17
COMPACT	CHRYSLER	SEBRING CONVERTIBLE	15	20	17
COMPACT	CHRYSLER	SEBRING CONVERTIBLE	15	20	17
truckS 2WD	DODGE	DAKOTA PICKUP 2WD	15	20	17
truckS 2WD	DODGE	DAKOTA PICKUP 2WD	15	20	17
truckS 4WD	DODGE	DAKOTA PICKUP 4WD	15	19	17
truckS 4WD	DODGE	DAKOTA PICKUP 4WD	15	19	17
truckS 4WD	DODGE	DAKOTA PICKUP 4WD	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	DODGE	DURANGO 2WD	15	20	17
truckS 2WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 2WD	15	19	17
MIDSIZE	DODGE	STRATUS 4-DR	15	20	17
MIDSIZE	DODGE	STRATUS 4-DR	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	FORD	EXPLORER 2WD	15	21	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	FORD	EXPLORER 2WD	15	21	17
S.U.V. - 4WD	FORD	EXPLORER 4WD	15	20	17
truckS 2WD	FORD	F150 PICKUP 2WD	15	20	17
truckS 2WD	FORD	F150 PICKUP 2WD	16	20	17
truckS 4WD	FORD	RANGER PICKUP 4WD	15	19	17
truckS 4WD	FORD	RANGER PICKUP 4WD	16	19	17
LARGE	FORD	TAURUS	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	GMC	C1500 YUKON 2WD	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	GMC	C1500 YUKON 2WD	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	GMC	C1500 YUKON 2WD	16	20	17
S.U.V. - 4WD	GMC	ENVOY 4WD	15	21	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	GMC	ENVOY XL 2WD	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 4WD	GMC	ENVOY XL 4WD	15	20	17

* not show and very bad also:
LAMBORGHINI ,BENTLEY, FERRARI,ASTON MARTIN, ROLLS-ROYCE

2006-04-04T09:14:00.000-04:00

Rights in Humanitarian Crises:
Genocide in Darfur

Join UUSC at the Rally to Stop Genocide

What:	SAVE DARFUR: Rally to Stop Genocide

When:	April 30, 2006 — Program 2-4 p.m. (Crowd Assembly 1:30-2 p.m.)
Where:	Washington, D.C. National Mall, between 3rd and 4th Streets in front of the U.S. Capitol (Metro Station — Federal Center SW on the Orange and Blue subway lines)
Who:	Leading voices in the effort to stop the genocide in Darfur, including a broad spectrum of prominent faith leaders, political figures, human rights activists, celebrities, and survivors of the Holocaust and genocides in Cambodia, Kosovo, Srebrenica, Rwanda, south Sudan and Darfur.
Contact:	Let us know if you will attend the rally. Contact Claire DeWitte at 800-388-3920, ext. 378, or savedarfur@uusc.org
Background:	UUSC is a member of the Save Darfur Coalition, an alliance of more than 155 faith-based, humanitarian and human rights organizations that are organizing the Rally to Stop Genocide. The rally is part of the Million Voices for Darfur campaign to generate one million postcards for delivery to President Bush, who recently pledged to push for additional U.N. and NATO assistance to protect the people of Darfur. We are urging President Bush to take steps necessary to end the genocide and build a lasting peace. Send an electronic postcard now! For details about rally logistics, organizing tools, and featured speakers, visit the Save Darfur Coalition. direct source for posting :http://www.uusc.org/darfur/rally.html

2006-04-03T19:37:00.000-04:00

Playtime
virtual spirograph - java spirograph
ahh so much easier than the real spirograph
http://www.wordsmith.org/anu/java/spirograph.html

2006-03-30T08:47:00.000-05:00

Jill Carroll is released!! thank god! I hope it lifts spirits and provides momentum to the others not yet freed and Marwan Khazaal !!
we know so little:
"TV reporter Reem Zeid and her colleague, Marwan Khazaal, who both work for local station Al-Sumariya, were kidnapped by four gunmen after leaving a news conference at the headquarters of the Iraqi Islamic Party in Baghdad on 1 February." http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/73F087B9-3814-4EF1-B569-B56CD645E613.htm

"Journalists Marwan Ghazal and Reem Zaeed, from the privately owned television station Samaria TV, were abducted by gunmen in Baghdad's Yarmouk district after covering a meeting at the offices of the Iraqi Islamic Party, The Associated Press reported, citing a cameraman working for the station. The cameraman said two other journalists were briefly seized but released."
the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX)
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/71968

also see Reporters Without Borders
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=16351

"Al-Sumariyah (reference to Sumer, an ancient region of southern Mesopotamia in present-day southern Iraq) - This satellite TV channel began broadcasting from Beirut in mid-October 2004, via the Nilesat 101 satellite. Its shareholders are predominantly Iraqi." Radio Netherlands Media Network
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/features/media/dossiers/iraqmediasurvey.html

Al-Sumariyah TV has a website at http://www.alsumaria.tv  
spource http://www.worldofradio.com/dxld6037.txt

2006-03-29T11:11:00.000-05:00

george bush is an intelligent man .....Not!
Here Bush Explains Medicare Drug Plan:

Q -- really understand how is it the new plan is going to fix that problem?

Verbatim response: PRESIDENT BUSH:

'Because the -- all which is on the table begins to address the big cost drivers.

For example, how benefits are calculated, for example, is on the table.

Whether or not benefits rise based upon wage increases or price increases. There's a series of parts of the formula that are being considered. And when you couple that, those different cost drivers, affecting those -- changing those with personal accounts, the idea is to get what has been promised more likely to be -- or closer delivered to that has been promised.

Does that make any sense to you?

It's kind of muddled.

Look, there's a series of things that cause the -- like, for example, benefits are calculated based upon the increase of wages, as opposed to the increase of prices.

Some have suggested that we calculate -- the benefits will rise based upon inflation, supposed to wage increases.

There is a reform that would help solve the red if that were put into effect. In other words, how fast benefits grow, how fast the promised benefits grow, if those -- if that growth is affected, it will help on the red.'

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/02/20050204-13.html

2006-03-28T11:45:00.000-05:00

Pressure reliever
create your own virtual people

Here is a demo site that lets you play with

face m/f
age
lips
nose
hair
glasses
height
shoulders width
colors - hair face
dress - shirt necklace

(each or three tabs on site's right side give you control)
then play some recorded messages(left side)
This is good for a few laughs when having a crappy day
move mouse around head like a fly, your person just can get enough of it

2006-03-26T17:06:00.000-05:00

Nobel peace prize - everything you wanted to know including:
laureates - with links to there lectures

seems nice, but sickening that they post the dinner menus for the last umpteen years
isn't there something ....Well just plain wrong! Maybe the should post the menu found at each refugee camp each year!!!!

2006-03-26T16:49:00.000-05:00

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out.
It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being.
We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
Albert Schweitzer

this was the reading today in the santuary. so beautifully simple

2006-03-13T21:56:00.000-05:00

Sweet / cool / rad / hip / whateva
Google maps goes to mars
mars maps
with text search to find locations

"...We've[google] included three different types of data in Google Mars:

Elevation - A shaded relief map, generated with data from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. This map is color-coded by altitude, so you can use the color key at the lower left to estimate elevations.

Visible - A mosaic of images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. MOC is like the digital camera you have at home. Basically, this is what your eyes would see if you were in orbit around Mars.

Infrared - A mosaic of infrared images taken by the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft. Warmer areas appear brighter, and colder areas are darker. Clouds and dust in the atmosphere are transparent in the infrared, making this the sharpest global map of Mars that's ever been made."

2006-03-07T13:17:00.000-05:00

From reporters without boarders
International Women’s Day : Two women journalists are being held hostage and six others are imprisoned worldwide
7.03.2006 - On the eve of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2006, Reporters Without Borders calls for the release of Jill Carroll and Rim Zeid, held hostage in Iraq, and for six other women journalists who are imprisoned in Cuba, Ethiopia, Iran, Maldives, Nepal and Rwanda.

2006-03-02T21:29:00.000-05:00

Darfur can not be erased from our minds

"You may have thought the terrible situation in Darfur couldn't get worse, but it has," Peter Takirambudde, executive director of the Africa division of Human Rights Watch, said in a recent statement. "Sudan's policy of arming militias and letting them loose is spilling over the border, and civilians have no protection from their attacks, in Darfur or in Chad." '

reads the latest NYT story:
"Refugee Crisis Grows as Darfur War Crosses a Border",
Interview with John Prendergast in The New York Times
February 28, 2006
The New York Times
reprinted in http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=3998&l=1

save us all!
where is that which can?
where is the one who will?

2006-03-02T20:44:00.000-05:00

pray for Jill Carroll and her family
and family of Atwar Bahja
with this in mind:
Emily saliers poem / lyrics for this prayer with agnostic modification

now everybody's looking for a little peace of mind
we're a generation running out of time
there's a bomb, there's a man
there's a gun in his hand yeah
nobody smiles at strangers we're scared from birth
afraid the man's gonna take us for all that we're worth
strip us of our pride
make a strike from inside
come on and tell me
how long will we be victims of fear
with a man and a gun and the "day after" fear
...[someone] smile down upon your children
smile down upon your family

even lovers have trouble at hand

what's your preference where do you stand
you get all uptight about it
wanna fight about it
wanna fight about love
no no no
wanting independence separate but equal
a lover here another there
one more for the sequel to the heartache
how much more can we take
won't you tell me
how long will we be victims of fear
with a man and a gun and the "day after" fear
...[someone] smile down upon your children
smile down upon your family

now i'm talking about

altruism and unification
we forgotten what that means
cynicism in this mighty nation
and hatred is spitting us right at the seams

oh but i still believe that good will prevail

and if we don't ever try
it's damn sure that we'll fail
lose another day
the american way
so come all believers
come all races
start looking at the souls
not at the faces
and we're there
and we're learning to care
i want to know baby
how long will we be victims of fear
with a man and a gun and the "day after" fear
...[someone] smile down upon your children
smile down upon your family
...[someone] smile down upon your children
smile down upon your family

2006-02-28T09:34:00.000-05:00

impeachment moves from way left to center
Here is an excellent article I read in my son's Harper's magazine......
that shall move the centerists

The Case for Impeachment

Why we can no longer afford George W. Bush

Posted on Monday, February 27, 2006. An excerpt from an essay in the March 2006 Harper's Magazine. By Lewis H. Lapham.
The complete essay, available in the March 2006 issue of Harper's Magazine.

2006-02-26T15:38:00.000-05:00

Shooting in Boston
there is an
incredible story in the Boston globe magazine this week
called Silence .....

"Jenry Gonzalez was shot in a crowded park while trying out for Pop Warner football. His unsolved shooting shows how reversing Boston's climate of witness fear will take a lot more than pulling "Stop Snitchin'" T-shirts off the shelves. By Neil Swidey | February 26, 2006"

the story is nothing new, but it is all new, and sends renewed chills into our thoughts....
Prehaps one of the best quotes is from the sister of the boy who was shot:

"...You look at other people, and you see their gray hair, and you think, `How would I look with gray hair? Would I ever get to that age?' ..."

the other is

"IT'S LATE JANUARY, AND BEATRIZ GARCIA is back in her kitchen. The chairs are overturned on the table, so she can get her mop underneath. A year and a half ago, when her son's name was on the news every night, a lot of people made her assurances. They promised help getting her family moved to new subsidized housing. They promised uniformed patrols at all Pop Warner games. They promised to keep her updated on the investigation. And, of course, they promised to bring her son's shooter to justice.

She leans on the mop and squints one eye. "Everything they said they were going to do never happened."

She sees no use in dwelling on that. "Forget them," she says. "I just want for my son to be OK. That's all I need. ..."

what can we do?

2006-02-26T11:10:00.000-05:00

PRIMARY COLOUR COLOR COLOURS COLORS
color colour
what are primary colors ... Easy enough to explain to my
techno friends or so I thought
its Yellow red blue . . . YRB
well sort of, but not really
to my surprise there is the old color wheel above
and the REAL color wheel and additive and subtractive

www.realcolorwheel.com/othercolorwheel.htm is link to compelling text for a new color wheel for kids.
This is part of subtractive color. Light comes from a source (the sun)
it hits an object and some is absorbed. The light that bounces back is less!
Something has been subtracted from it. A red ball is reflecting what is left -
"red"! The rest of the color (colour) has been absorbed!

The there is additive RGB which is used on computers. Here are some god java applets

2006-02-24T13:02:00.000-05:00

pray for peace
enough?
is it enough
is praying for peace enough?
blood stained guilt
want something more

2006-02-20T21:05:00.000-05:00

messing with bush's head

http://www.geocities.com/acurran/fun.html

good way to let off some steam

2006-02-19T15:16:00.000-05:00

Linear thinking ?
Lineal thinkers ?
binary questions Yes??
binary solutions No???
cause and effect
cause and effect
cause and effect
why not causes and effects
are we not capable
...Again binary!! Damn!
reach again we must
for peace

2006-02-12T14:22:00.000-05:00

A drawing is worth 10,000 words
10,000 words can trigger 1,000,000 tears
but linking tears to anger and fears .... How does one postulate it

I fear our thoughts on this subject of freedoms of speech ....Are ....
... Are too shallow too narrow to bring us to where we need to be...
freedomS of speech not freedom of speech ? yes yes yes
"freedoms of speech" is to be saved? From what?
from us I fear......

2006-02-02T21:54:00.000-05:00

Best Short Film, Animated
Nominees:

Badgered (2005) - Sharon Colman

The Moon and the Son (2005) - John Canemaker, Peggy Stern

The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello (2005) - Anthony Lucas

9 (2005) - Shane Acker

One Man Band (2005) - Mark Andrews, Andrew Jimenez

2006-02-01T21:56:00.000-05:00

Langston Hughes - Dream Deferred
What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?

Or fester like a sore--
And then run?

Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?


so  where is that dream o yours?

2006-02-01T21:16:00.000-05:00

bush - can he blance
The Concord Coalition shows he cant

2006-01-30T20:56:00.000-05:00

GLUG GLUG GLUG
Pumped directly from your wallet to their profits
oh I'm sorry I have that wrong ..... its:
taken directly from your hide to their obscene profits !
Exxon Mobil post 4th qtr profits : FULL YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

Earnings excluding special items were $33,860 million, an increase of 31%, with strong contributions from all segments of the business. Net income increased by 43%.
Earnings per share excluding special items increased by 35% reflecting strong earnings and the reduction in the number of shares outstanding.
Special items of $2,270 million included a $1,620 million special gain related to Gasunie, a
$460 million positive impact from the sale of the Corporation's stake in Sinopec, a
$390 million gain from the previously disclosed litigation issue, and a charge of $200 million for Allapattah. Net income for 2004 included a $550 million special charge for Allapattah.
Cash flow from operations and asset sales was approximately $54.2 billion, including $6.0 billion from asset sales.
? The Corporation distributed a total of $23.2 billion to shareholders in 2005 through dividends and share purchases to reduce shares outstanding, an increase of $8.3 billion versus 2004.
Capital and exploration expenditures were $17.7 billion, an increase of $2.8 billion versus 2004.

source http://library.corporate-ir.net/library/11/115/115024/items/181178/xom_013006news.pdf

somethings wrong? ....yah think !?
how many poor....... well here is a quick guess:

                                               Number(k)  
                                                of  poor       Poverty
Year          in thousands                      families      rate for
                Number of        Poverty    with female       families
                     poor       rate for          (NSP)    with female
                 families       families    householder    householder
______________________________________________________________________
2004......         7,854            10.2         3,973            28.4
2003......         7,607            10.0         3,856            28.0
2002......         7,229             9.6         3,613            26.5
2001......         6,813             9.2         3,470            26.4

Weighted Average Poverty Thresholds for Families
year     3 people  4 people  5 people

2002.....14,348    18,392    21,744
2003.....14,680    18,810    22,245 
2004.....15,067    19,307    22,831

 source
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/histpov/hstpov1.html
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/histpov/hstpov13.html

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