U.S. and Europe Near Agreement on Private Data
From New York Times, June 28, 2008
The United States and the European Union are nearing completion of an agreement allowing law enforcement and security agencies to obtain private information — like credit card transactions, travel histories and Internet browsing habits — about people on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Usa Ue, si avvicina l'accordo sullo scambio dei dati personali
La Stampa, 28 giugno 2008
Gli Stati Uniti e l’Europa si stanno avvicinando ad un accordo per permettere alle autorità statunitensi di aver accesso a dati personali su viaggiatori provenienti dall’altra parte dell’Atlantico, come transazioni con carte di credito, viaggi precedenti e modalità dell’uso d’Internet.
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Sunday, June 29, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
New Zealand update
This is a hard selection of the 400 plus photo's that we took, and that we will be sure to show you all in due time, so dont worry (we are currently up to 3000 pics that we are sure you, our loving (and patient) family and friends, cant wait to see.)
The wonderful first view of New Zealand (a bit of nostalgia for the warm sunny australia)... first we thought they were just more clouds!!
Christchurch is very pretty, but soon we got bored and set off... for some reasons only Pietro could stop the cars :os
Pietro at Fox glacier, breaking all the rules
The easy art of reflected landscape, on different sides of the island. First one is Lake Wanaka, other is on the Otago peninsula.
Fox Glacier seen from a distance on the road.
West coast cliffs and rainforest (right next to fox glacier!!!)
The different landscapes shaped by the glacier
Sheep, just like in the cliche
Fog, very pretty. also the Icelandic side of Christchurch (Littleton)
New Zealand Fauna.
Pietro putting onion on his poor very swollen hand, in the kitchen of our Wwoofer hosts
Bill, our prophet (in the background map with all the people he has hosted (around 690)) and the proof of his theories
His organic farm with a view, and the dawn that made everyone want to sing, not only the rooster.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Apocalypse now
We have to warn you that the end of the world is on the horizon.
And it is not because P managed to talk Y into hitch hiking down half of the country, about 500 kms, and it is not cause we actually managed to do it in one day. Neither is it because we then managed to find a free bed in a city we didn't know existed before that morning (thanks to the big heart of the couchsurfers all over the world). And it's not because we were hosted and fed in exchange for our gardening skills (ok you can laugh)(but it's true) 4 days in an organic farm.
Our eyes have been opened. The alarm has been sounded from the watch tower, and we were granted the privilege of hearing it! And here we are sharing it with our loved ones, so that you then will be able to spread the words of the Prophets.
It all starts with the fact that Germany is the strongest nation in the world, and has continued (underground, obviously) to nurse the ambition of taking over the world since the holy roman empire!!!!! And it is doing it. The European Union is only a cover up for Satan's nation's cruel plans, that rules NATO as well. Meanwhile on the other side of the Atlantic, Bush, obviously the Antichrist, is preparing a coup to keep ruling the US, which is anyway one of the most unifluential countries, while the electoral battle between a woman and a black man is nothing more than a distraction for the public.
The Pope, which has all the features of the Antichrist, too, watches and gives his blessing to both Germany and Bush (obvious from his recent visit to the Vatican Garden and not library).
But that's not all, as you'll notice. Who is the evil guy in all this? It's the Muslims and the Jews.
So prepare! cause in 3 year's time the world will be blood and fire and the fathers will be eating the sons!
This is not opinion, this is fact.
And there's nothing we can do, if you were wondering.
How do we know all this? Well, we weren't hosted and fed for clipping hedges, really. We have been enlightened on world politics/the latest Bible interpretations.
Other than that, we spent 4 nice days on an idillyc organic farm by the beach, met lovely kind-hearted people, Pietro got stung by amisterious fly and his hand swelled like a football as in the good old days (promptly healed through application of onion and honey, non ti preoccupare silva).
Now we are back in the real world, we rented a tiny car and went see the lovely Otago peninsula, and tomorrow we'll go to Queenstown to get our van that will take us back to the airport in Christchurch for our flight back to warm Australia on the 24th, next tuesday.
Bye to everyone, we are healthy wealthy and wise.\
Not THAT wealthy, depends compared to who.
love and kisses,\P&Y
And it is not because P managed to talk Y into hitch hiking down half of the country, about 500 kms, and it is not cause we actually managed to do it in one day. Neither is it because we then managed to find a free bed in a city we didn't know existed before that morning (thanks to the big heart of the couchsurfers all over the world). And it's not because we were hosted and fed in exchange for our gardening skills (ok you can laugh)(but it's true) 4 days in an organic farm.
Our eyes have been opened. The alarm has been sounded from the watch tower, and we were granted the privilege of hearing it! And here we are sharing it with our loved ones, so that you then will be able to spread the words of the Prophets.
It all starts with the fact that Germany is the strongest nation in the world, and has continued (underground, obviously) to nurse the ambition of taking over the world since the holy roman empire!!!!! And it is doing it. The European Union is only a cover up for Satan's nation's cruel plans, that rules NATO as well. Meanwhile on the other side of the Atlantic, Bush, obviously the Antichrist, is preparing a coup to keep ruling the US, which is anyway one of the most unifluential countries, while the electoral battle between a woman and a black man is nothing more than a distraction for the public.
The Pope, which has all the features of the Antichrist, too, watches and gives his blessing to both Germany and Bush (obvious from his recent visit to the Vatican Garden and not library).
But that's not all, as you'll notice. Who is the evil guy in all this? It's the Muslims and the Jews.
So prepare! cause in 3 year's time the world will be blood and fire and the fathers will be eating the sons!
This is not opinion, this is fact.
And there's nothing we can do, if you were wondering.
How do we know all this? Well, we weren't hosted and fed for clipping hedges, really. We have been enlightened on world politics/the latest Bible interpretations.
Other than that, we spent 4 nice days on an idillyc organic farm by the beach, met lovely kind-hearted people, Pietro got stung by amisterious fly and his hand swelled like a football as in the good old days (promptly healed through application of onion and honey, non ti preoccupare silva).
Now we are back in the real world, we rented a tiny car and went see the lovely Otago peninsula, and tomorrow we'll go to Queenstown to get our van that will take us back to the airport in Christchurch for our flight back to warm Australia on the 24th, next tuesday.
Bye to everyone, we are healthy wealthy and wise.\
Not THAT wealthy, depends compared to who.
love and kisses,\P&Y
Thursday, June 5, 2008
was a comment... then got too long
I have such a sweet sister!!! Actually I like to believe that I took it quite well, I even tried to explain to the rasta manager as we left how nice it might be to find a smily mandarine, while he firmly escorted me off the premesis... I even managed a nice wave and a smile to my co-workers as I left. Now I am afraid to even show my face there to pick up pietro, but they will never know that. Oh big news, the car is fixed, thank the good lord mandarine and it wasnt the very expensive computer, only the mildly less expensive FDI (i think) modulator, that apparently is between the computer and the cogs (that then go onto the spark plugs (proud dad???!!!!)), that needed fixing. But anyway, long story short, after only one night in a very small and inexpensive accomodation we are back to our beautiful, smaller, smellier and mouse infected (bastard has started chewing my books!!!!!! car seats I can understand, toilet paper I can tolorate... but my BOOKS!!!!!! the bastard will DIE!!!!) baby. I am very happy and have been talking to it quite a lot today (as pietro is at work and Im getting a bit lonely).
but now I have you guys to chat too...
I was reading the TIMES magazine (I was overjoyed to find it in the local newsagent who has NOTHING but local newspapers, the "Australian" (very right wing) and gossip mags) and now am very well informed on the whole world!!! no, but seriously there was an article on Iceland!!!! can you believe we are important enough to be in a magazine that goes world wide... OK it was about Icelands economy crashing and burning (Im not sure I should get an Icelandic loan for uni... what do you think?) but still it was cool!!!
Anyway, gonna say goodbye for now, hopefully we will be leaving mundubbera in 2 days time, so next update might even be in new zealand (4 degrees and 88% humidity!!!!!!!!!!! why ever did I let pietro talk me into going there!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!)
Love to you all, keep up the great comments, we love them all!!!
Yvonne
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
oh no, the hard times
Oh no, the hard times came!
First it was the rain, always loved when you are camping, and the fruit picking stopped, then the darkness, cause too many budget travellers like us living for free in the rest area made they want us to leave, so no more electricity and light in the populated toilets. Then, the car broke down, three days ago our mobile house became just a house. In the rest area, by the way. Sorry, we HAVE to stay. Today we went to the mechanic, before we couldn't, luckily there was still work, and tomorrow he's gonna look at it.
Then, Yvonne drew smileys on a few mandarins.
And they noticed.
And she was fired.
By the dreadlock manager.
But we also have good news. Last week we bought ticket for New Zealand: 10th to 25th of june. Real winter awaits us there.
Hopefully the money will be enough for us to travel til august... let's hope so. Tomorrow I'm going to work again...
Piero
P.s. next revolution has to be more careful
First it was the rain, always loved when you are camping, and the fruit picking stopped, then the darkness, cause too many budget travellers like us living for free in the rest area made they want us to leave, so no more electricity and light in the populated toilets. Then, the car broke down, three days ago our mobile house became just a house. In the rest area, by the way. Sorry, we HAVE to stay. Today we went to the mechanic, before we couldn't, luckily there was still work, and tomorrow he's gonna look at it.
Then, Yvonne drew smileys on a few mandarins.
And they noticed.
And she was fired.
By the dreadlock manager.
But we also have good news. Last week we bought ticket for New Zealand: 10th to 25th of june. Real winter awaits us there.
Hopefully the money will be enough for us to travel til august... let's hope so. Tomorrow I'm going to work again...
Piero
P.s. next revolution has to be more careful
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