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Blackout -- Save the Internet Today

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To all Members of the US Congress:

As concerned global citizens, we call on you to stand for a free and open Internet and vote against both the Protect IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act. The Internet is a crucial tool for people around the world to exchange ideas and work collectively to build the world we all want. We urge you to show true global leadership and do all you can to protect this basic pillar of our democracies worldwide.

 
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Posted: 18 January 2012
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Today could be the day we save the free Internet.

The US Congress was poised to pass a law allowing the US to censor access to any website around the world. But after we delivered our 1.25 million strong petition to the White House, it came out against the bill and with public pressure at boiling point even some bill backers are switching sides. Now, the Wikipedia led blackout protest has rocketed the public campaign to the top of the news.

We are turning the tide. But the dark forces of censorship are trying to revive the bill right now. Let’s bury it for good today. Sign this emergency petition to save the Internet now and if you've signed already, to email, call, Facebook, and tweet Congressional and corporate targets. Then send this to everyone.

Let’s tell the bill's supporters to kill the bill!

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

Phone: (202) 224-3542
Email: http://reid.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm

Click here to post Senator Reid's Facebook page

Click here to automatically tweet: @HarryReid Save the free Internet—say no to #SOPA and #PIPA #wikipediablackout Pls RT

Talking points:

  • To save the free Internet I call on you to remove the PIPA vote from the Senate's schedule.
  • Over a million people across the world object to US censorship of the global Internet.
  • The bill would make the US one of the worst Internet censors in the world -- joining the ranks of countries like China and Iran.
  • There are other, less damaging, ways to protect copyright and commercial interests.

Now say no to the corporate lobbyists

Rupert Murdoch, Sony, Electronic Arts and other companies are pushing hard for the Internet censorship bills. Let's let them know that global public opinion is against them.

Click here to automatically tweet: Save the free Internet @rupertmurdoch @Sony @EA say no to #SOPA and #PIPA #wikipediablackout Pls RT

Sample Facebook Message: I call on you to stand for a free and open Internet and oppose both the Protect IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act.

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Barn Leak

This last summer was a severe drought, & altho Dick & I thought we had solved the barn leak problem, there was no rain water to test the situation. Now we are once again experiencing wet weather, and at one time almost flood conditions... the barn is now actually worse than before we commenced remedial work. Now, after rain, I pump out the pond which can be several metres across and up to 15 cms deep, being supplied by the "river" flowing from under the pump installation.

barn leak spring under pump room

The "stream" from under the pump room concrete.

The barn floor after pumping out for a few minutes.

 

back view barn leak

General view "pond".

This is the "back" of the barn, "side-barn" door, looking towards the weeping willow tree / dyke. After exploratory digging, discovered blocked 6" concrete drainage pipe. This was traced to within 1.5 metres of the ditch, ending in a well blocked pipe, & solid ground.

blocked pipe

The solidly blocked pipe.

 

end of drain

End of the (now fully unblocked) drain.

The ditch is at least 1.5 metres down stream, after the unblocked section has been put back, there is still a good metres run of the water through the ground!

Levels here are fairly critical as the minimum ditch water level ( the sill of the bridge concrete pipe) is about the same as the end of the exposed pipe, if not slightly higher.

This is probably why the pipe stopped here as there was a slight miscalculation!

garden bridge

The lip of the concrete pipe sets the levels on this side. The tunnel was also firmly blocked in the middle and was a devil of a job to free-up.

Now all systems are freed-up this side of the barn, all we need now is a good downpour of rain to see if we have identified & fixed the problem.

Don't forget, until 2 years ago, the barn floor was literally dust-dry. It's my hypothesis that in previous years there was enough regular summer rain water to ensurs that silt deposits in the 'drains' could be washed away after each shower, but under the last few years drought conditions has allowed these deposits to be baked hard in the heat, and thereby unable to be washed away, & has quickly led to the blockages, causing localised flooding & the water finding alternative down hill routes, ending up in the south side of the barn.

It's a job I could do without!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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