tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187929302010-04-19T10:26:29.192+03:00Sampsanoreply@blogger.comBlogger376125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18792930.post-57166416123375640342009-06-16T01:20:00.002+03:002009-06-16T01:26:10.598+03:00

I quit updating this blog in 2007 and have since been blogging mainly in Finnish. At the moment, my most current writings can be found in Ajatuksia ensimmäisestä maailmasta.For English content and conversation please visit my lifestream.Wishing the best to all of you!Sampsa

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Myanmar has been in the headlines lately and for a good reason. I'm glad to see people stepping up for their rights. I just hope the world media doesn't get tired too soon if things in Burma don't evolve as quick as the main editors would hope.If the media forgets, we forget, European leaders forget, Chinese party forgets and the EU - China trade can continue without too much disturbance. Do I

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My last proper summer vacation was in the late 90s. It has taken some time to unvine from daily routines around work, but I think I'm getting there. I believe a one month vacation is necessary for relaxation. First two weeks you'll be staring at the ceiling without a single productive idea. The last two weeks you'll tap your foot, wondering what you should do next. After that it's great to get

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Indonesia is huge! From east to west it's as wide as the US and has over 17 000 islands. I was priviledged to visit the country last week on a "business trip". I was actually there with my collague to meet Heart of Borneo staff of our partner organisation WWF Indonesia. During the week I had a chance to visit Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, its satellite city Bogor and the mysterious island of

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On monday WWF published a comprehensive report about the climate effects of energy usage of palm oil. The demand for energy is sky rocketing due to political decisions to subsidice or make it legally binding to produce biofuels. EU has set an aim of 5,75% biofuel share of all transportation fuel by the end of 2010. Now published report estimates that it will take over million hectares of palm oil

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I found the source of those annoying pop-up windows on my blog. By removing Webstats4u visitor tracker I hope get rid of them.Technorati Tags: [popup], [remove pop up]

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It was time for refreshment, don't you think? Since there had been quite awhile since I blogged actively and blog templates and Blogger had developed, I decided to change my template to this fine piece of art. I found this free New Blogger template at Final Sense. It's called Tropical Grunge which suites me fine as I work with environmental issues of tropics. I think it has a nice down to earth

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Hi guys!It's been a long time since I blogged! My last post was a christmas song, wow. My excuse is that I've been extremely busy with my new work in WWF Finland where I work as a Forest Officer and that after work I have had too much fun laughing with my son. Yep, our son was born in January. The little fellow is tallented in sleeping, eating, smiling and kicking. It's a wonderful feeling when

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MERRY CHRISTMAS, HYVÄÄ JOULUAFOR EVERYONE!Rajaton - En Etsi Valtaa LoistoaCategory: Technorati Tags: [joulu], [christmas], [christmas songs], [finnish christmas], [x-mas], [christmas melodies]

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In Indonesia people are sarcastically calling the yearly late dry season, from July to October, the haze season. Since the 90s, El Nino and the palm oil boom peak, thick smoke caused by forest fires on peat lands, actually the fires should be called peat fires as forest may leave standing while the peat burns for months, South-East Asia has gone through a serious crisis every year.Forest fires on

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Bollywood, the most popular and celebrated film industry in the world, is it about good music or is it about good films? The music does it. You know Madonna and Michael Jackson? Yep, they've sold some records.So you know the global music superstars who make it happen? Artists like A. R. Rahman (ஏ.ஆர்.ரஹ்மான), who has sold more records than the stars mentioned combined. Yeah, I know you did, so

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I added Eldis Manuals Newsfeed to my sidebar. Instead of being only an active news reader, I hope the manuals feed will encourage people to be also proactive by taking action in a field of their own interest.Most of the manuals and toolkits Eldis provides are about development, human-rights and environment. Very handy step by step guides.Here are some of the microcredit manuals that Eldis has to

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Some assorted news links around the World:"Dozens of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Russia have been required to suspend operations after missing a deadline to register. Human Rights Watch is one of the bodies that have failed..."BBC: NGOs face suspension in Russia"...In a blow to the country's estimated 5 million internet users, service providers have been told to restrict online

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I received my first 419/Nigerian/West African scam email today.You can read more examples of these internet scams and frauds and generate your own email scam letter with Business Proposal generator.Dearest One, I am Ms Kudi,writing from Ivory Coast,I was moved by your profile and i decided to contact you for assistance as your profiled as proofed who you are and your capabilities too. There is

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I got invited to join a new groupblog called One at All - Project. The idea is to have one blogger per each country to join the conversation across borders and cultures. Great idea! We are currently writing about death penalty, have a look...One at All - ProjectCategory: internet politicsTechnorati Tags: blogging, blogs, groupblogs, multicultural, one at all, death penalty

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Military coup in Thailand. Bangkok Pundit, 2Bangkok and Kitty are blogging live.BBC: 'Coup' sparks Thailand emergencypic via Thai-blogsRelated:Who is Thaksin of Thailand?Category: news politicsTechnorati Tags: thailand, coup, thailand coup, military coup, bangkok, politics

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Outfoxed: From Hype To Hysteria: Fox News Selling Preemptive War Against IranNeocons Discredit Intel in Haste to Attack IranBush admits to CIA secret prisonsFox NewsWikinfo: Fox NewsRelated Posts:AAAAaaARRrrGgh 2Category: news politics audioTechnorati Tags: fox news, bush, cia prisons, secret prisons, outfoxed, iran

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Olmert: Israel is winning -GuardianIsrael Has Lost the War on Every Front -Arab NewsMichelle Malkin: Lights, camera, Hezbollywood!How can 'terrorism' be condemned while war crimes go without rebuke? -GuardianDRC elections: Word on the Streets (via Global Voices)Migration Laws May Be the End of Globalization -Yale GlobalPeak Oil: Oil Depletion Economics 101Pentagon keeps eye on war [YouTube]

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"By any interpretation of international law, Israel today is committing massive and egregious war crimes and crimes against humanity against the defenseless people of Palestine and Lebanon. It's doing it with the full support and encouragement of the US and willful compliance of the West, most of the Arab world, the UN and the dominant corporate media worldwide acting as cheerleaders for the mass

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"...The decision to quickly ship the weapons to Israel was made with relatively little debate within the Bush administration, the officials said. Its disclosure threatens to anger Arab governments and others because of the appearance that the United States is actively aiding the Israeli bombing campaign in a way that could be compared to Iran’s efforts to arm and resupply Hezbollah..." -The New

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"Britain has dramatically broken ranks with George Bush over the Lebanon crisis, publicly criticising Israel's military tactics and urging the Americans to 'understand' the price being paid by ordinary Lebanese civilians.The remarks, made in Beirut today by the Foreign Office Minister, Kim Howells, were the first public criticism of the US voiced by Britain..." -The GuardianRelated Posts:The Past

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Shown with graphics: Who backs an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon? Category: politics newsTechnorati Tags: israel, lebanon, war, beirut, libano, UN

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You know what summer hits are made of?They are irritating, they have bad singers, bad music, are just terrible and get stuck in your head. Man! I'm hearing Knight Rider in my head, he's singing something about jumping in his car...so annoying, this has to be the Summer Hit of 2006.David Hasselhoff - "Jump In My Car" Hey that was hilarious Michael, I can't wait for you to rap with Ice-T. Just

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Top 5 reasons why “The Customer Is Always Right” is wrongRemember Net Neutrality that I linked about?The Daily Show revisits net neutralityCategory: internet politics mixedTechnorati Tags: links, net neutrality, web, customers, viral documentary, Daily Show

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I'm not a big friend of guns, so I boycott them. But as some smart-asses say guns don't kill people, people do, I have to boycott the Murderers too. Besides the U.S. boycott, I can add Israel on my list, if it would be possible to boycott hizbollah, I would. Makes me sick. To know why.Click the image.(Update) To find which products to avoid visit Boycott Israeli products campaignandBoycott

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