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18 Mar 2006 @ 02:58, by Uncle Remus Faces of Planet Earth is a new interactive web page (launched on January 16, 2006) made of several thousands contiguous blocks that can be purchased at the cost of $10 a block. Each block allows its owner to put his/her photo up, along with a message (and optionally a link to his/her favorite website.) Message and photo, and the position of any block on the page can be changed any time at the discretion of the block’s owner. More here There are only 10,000 blocks available, and we are told that this represents 0.00016% of the planet's population. If the project catches on and reaches its term, this also represents a potential revenue of $100,000---50% of which are to be donated to the six following causes: World Vision, Greenpeace, ALV, PETA, Planet Ark, and WWF. The project manager does not make it 100% clear what is to happen to the remaining $50,000. We are told that "paypal will take it's cut," that "the bank will dip their hand with fees," and about "hosting fees, and domain renewal," and that "the rest will go towards the cost of keeping [the project] up." Well, ok…it’s still a lot of money, though. But, hey, from an entrepreneurial perspective, if the projects fills a "need," and people are happy with what they get for their 10 bucks, or what they feel they are contributing to, I don’t see anything wrong with it. Anyway, last time I checked, 34 blocks had been reserved, so far. And out of these 34 blocks, only 14 were up with a photo and a message. Some of the pictures posted were pictures of children along with a message underlying that their future (and, by extension, the future of all our children) is in our hands, or something along that idea. A couple other blocks were promoting being a vegetarian. But not all the blocks owners are human. One of the block is owned by a mouse with the following message, "Take me to your leader, Earthling." And three of the blocks are apparently owned by three cats by the names of Beanie, Odo, and Spatz. So, that mouse better watch out. Meanwhile, in Rio de Janeiro: March 17, 2006: Greenpeace activists unfurled a banner from the famous Christ statue in Rio de Janeiro to call on governments to protect global biodiversity. Representatives from 188 countries are taking part of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) in Curitiba, Brazil, to discuss the protection of biodiversity. Meanwhile, in Washington: [link] Meanwhile, in Antartica: [link] ¿que hora son mi corazón? ¿que hora son en inglaterra? ¿que hora son en gibraltar? ¿que hora son allá en fisterra? ¿que hora son hey byebyebom? ¿que hora son la vida entera? ¿que hora son en el japón? ¿que hora son en mozambique? ¿que hora son en washington? nos engañaron byebyebom! nos engañaron con la primavera! nos engañaron bye bye bom! bombala bombala bombala... bombala bombala bombala... bombala bombala bombala... ¿que hora son mi corazón? What time is it, my heart? What time is it in England? What time is it in Gibraltar? What time is it there in fisterra? What time is it hey byebyebom? Waht time is it your entire life? What time is it in Japan? What time is it in Mozambique? What time is it in Washington? We were fooled byebyebom We were fooled with the spring We were fooled byebyebom ... What time is it my heart? [Manu Chao, "La Primavera"] "As evidence grows that human activity is accelerating dangerous changes in the world's climate, the Bush administration's excuses for inaction are running out. History will not forgive political leaders who failed to act on this issue, and neither should voters." ----David Ignatius, "The Planet Can't Wait"

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