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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Snow leopard project faces finish

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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Snow leopard project faces finish
Central Asia’s tiny surviving group of snow leopards may soon lose a lifeline that is helping them cling to survival.

A project run jointly by Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, and funded by the Global Environment Facility, is scheduled to end in the middle of 2006.

It is successfully enlisting the help of local villagers in protecting the animals, but needs political support.

If the project is not renewed, there are fears the leopards will not be able to withstand the poachers much longer.

There are thought to be only 4,500-7,500 snow leopards in the wild, living in an arc stretching from Mongolia through to Pakistan.

what does your blog reveal about you?

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Blogs are global and blogs are forever; it’s hardwired into their nature as nodes on the Internet. So I find myself wondering lately what people’s blogs reveal about their lives, and whether this is information that truly should be public, persistent and searchable by anyone, in any future time.

A quick scan suggests that a shakedown of fredshouse would yield a fair bit of personal data: my name, where I live, where I work, what I work on, what I read, where I’ve traveled, what conferences I go to, what my dog looks like, many of the gadgets I own, a bit about family members and friends, and quite a lot about my professional interests, hobbies, political views, and taste in music. It’s not even close to a complete picture of my life, and there are plenty of things I consciously choose not to write about in public. But still there is a lot of information here. In this regard, bloggers are more like public figures or celebrities than private citizens.

So what does your blog reveal about you? How do you feel about being a public figure? How do you think you will feel about it in ten years, or fifty?

…excerpt from: www.fredshouse.net…

Atrocity Tourists

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This is pretty f*cked-up. So it surprises me that there weren’t any Americans mentioned, such tourists generally being pretty arrogant in foreign countries.

Insensitivity to the worst disaster in history takes on a new meaning as European visitors to Phuket complain about their surroundings…
…excerpt from: www.dcthornton.com…

Candlelight Vigil for Tsunami Disaster Victims

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Chaminda writes with this announcement of a local candlelight vigil and memorial service, organized by Vancouver’s Sri Lankan community:

Date: Sunday 2nd January 2005
Time: 3:30PM
Place: Vancouver Art Gallery, West Georgia Street, Vancouver.

The Sri Lankan community in the Greater Vancouver area is getting together at this time of national tragedy. Religious leaders from the Buddhist, Hindu, Christian and Muslim communities will be conducting services and leading prayers in the memory of all those who perished as a result of the massive ocean waves which washed ashore in so many countries in the South East Asian region.

…excerpt from: feeds.feedburner.com…

PayPal for Aceh Aid Bucket Brigade

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Keith Pleas Blog – Friday, December 31, 2004 Entries
Susi’s NGO (non-gorvenmental organization) on Bali – IDEP – was resonsible for much of the recovery work from the Bali bombing and the irony is that much of the organization around that disaster is being put to use immediately to bring relief to the Aceh victims. Lee Downey – one of the lead volunteers on the trucks taking in the aid was in fact the volunteer who managed the morgue from the bombing. He’s got a digital camera and 2GB of media, so there should be some “on the ground” images available soon.