China needs to let Bob Dylan sing

Bob Dylan with the recently deceased Suze Rotolo

Dylan tour dates in Shanghai and Beijing under review

Last year Bob Dylan cancelled his entire Asian tour after the Chinese Government denied his application to perform in the country. Ya gotta admire Zimmy's fortitude, as he is right back at it and trying to play in China next month, April 2011.

Robert Allan Zimmerman (Dylan's birth name) is the greatest songwriter of the 20th Century, and of the modern era. China is a major world power, and this crucial artist's tour will be another indication of whether China as an emerging dominant nation is truly ready for the big leagues. Fifty years after the writing of Blowin' in the Wind, it's high time for Dylan to be allowed to sing in front of his Chinese fans.

7-point plan for peaceful democratic evolution in China

Canada suspends diplomatic relations with Libya, closes Tripoli embassy

PM Harper expected to announce Canadian sanctions on Libya

Six embassy officials plus eighteen other Canadians were among the forty-six people spirited out of Libya overnight, as Ottawa is suspends diplomatic presence in a country now mostly controlled by the democracy protesters, yet whose government clings to power utilizing foreign mercenaries.

The two dozen Canadians were part of a group of British and Australian nationals flown to Malta aboard a C17 overnight Friday.

A song for Revolution 2.0: Ready to Start, by Arcade Fire

Ready To Start

Lyrics by Win Butler

If the businessmen drink my blood
Like the kids in art school said they would
Then I guess I'll just begin again
You say we can still be friends

If I was scared... I would
And if I was bored... you know I would
And if I was yours... but I'm not

All the kids have always known
That the emperor wears no clothes
But they bow to down to him anyway
It's better than being alone

If I was scared... I would
And if I was bored... you know I would
And if I was yours... but I'm not

Now you're knocking at my door
Saying please come out with us tonight
But I would rather be alone
Than pretend I feel alright

If the businessmen drink my blood
Like the kids in art school said they would
Then I guess I'll just begin again
You say we can still be friends

If I was scared... I would
And if I was pure... you know I would
And if I was yours... but I'm not

Now I'm ready to start

If I was scared... I would
And if I was pure... you know I would
And if I was yours... but I'm not

Now I'm ready to start

Now I'm ready to start
I would rather be wrong
Than live in the shadows of your song
My mind is open wide
And now I'm ready to start

Now I'm ready to start
My mind is open wide
And now I'm ready to start
And I'm sure you opened the door
To step out into the dark

Now I'm ready

Revolution, lyrics by John Lennon

Beatles lyrics, Lennon-McCartney songs, john lennon lyrics

Revolution

You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know that you can count me out?

Don't you know it's gonna be
Alright?
Alright?
Alright?

You say you've got a real solution
Well, you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well, you know
We are doing what we can
But if you want money for people with minds that hate
All I can tell is, brother, you'll have to wait

Don't you know it's gonna be
Alright?
Alright?
Alright?

You say you'll change the constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well, you know
You'd better free your mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
You ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow

Don't you know it's gonna be
Alright?
Alright?
Alright?
Alright?
Alright?
Alright?

Credited to Lennon-McCartney, Revolution was written and sung by John Lennon.

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Here are some useful websites for following events in the Mideast:

Al-Ahram Weekly Cairo Egypt newspaper

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ArabNews.com Middle Eastern and Global News Reports

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Haaretz.com News from Israel

Jerusalem Post Israel and Middle East News

MEED.com Middle Eastern Business Intelligence

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Webcams and live video feeds from Egypt, Israel, Tunisia, Lebanon, Middle East

Wikipedia.org Middle East Forum

New Era in Mideast means renewed hope for Palestinians

One can only imagine that the hearts and minds of the Palestinian people have been revitalized in recent days as the status quo in the Middle East experiences such upheaval.

The power of nonviolent protest must be increasingly evident to the leaders and common folk of Palestine. Ideally this opportunity will lead to a new Israel-Palestine peace plan.

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3-Step Process to Palestinian - Israeli Peace

Step 1

One million Palestinian women, children and men walk into Jerusalem with not a weapon among them, and stay in the City for two days, offering peace and a ten year truce to the Israeli people. November 24th would be a date to consider.

Israeli and Palestinian religous and civic leaders meet to agree on and verify a renewable ten year truce, setting the table for border discussions.

Circa 2011




Step 2

Israeli and Palestine leaders finalize border and sign a permanent peace, security and development agreement. Nation of Palestine is launched August 24th with either the "Arafat" as the national currency, or at minimum having Yasser Arafat on some significant bills and coinage.

Development of solar city Khanara (Khan Arafat) begins in southern Gaza, between Rafah and Younis.

Circa 2013





Step 3

Israeli and Palestinian people vote in separate referendums to forge an economic and politic union, with the Federation of Israel and Palestine being created seven months after the second referendum. The new nation becomes a regional and global engine of economic growth, particularly benefiting Africa and the Middle East.

Circa June 2018

Eco-friendly architecture a blend of form and function

Vodafone building in Porto, Portugal


Perhaps a key to human surthrival, the development of beautiful, sustainable buildings is as important to progress in the 21st Century as anything else, with the possible exception being the equally crucial conversion of vehicular traffic to pure fuels.

In my new blog 21st Century Architecture, my goal is to present the most forward-looking new architecture, based on functionality / sustainability and aesthetics / visual appeal. If anybody knows of any gorgeous buildings, or self-sustaining (eg self-powered, heated, cooled) structures, or even better some combo of form and function, please post pics and links in the Comments section below.

Peace 2 All,

Yuya Joe





Oceanografica in Valencia, Spain






Beijing National Aquatics Centre, China



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MORE Dead birds falling from USA sky

After 1,000s of birds fell from the Arkansas sky on New Year's Eve, now it has been reported that 300 miles away in Louisiana there has been another mass bird death. Hopefully this will put an end to the imbeciles claiming it was fireworks that killed these avian creatures!

The Huffington Post is reporting in their Green section that an estimated 500 dead birds have fallen from the sky along a stretch of highway in Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana.

Huffington Post story on dead birds in Louisiana

Wikileaks founded by Chinese dissidents; China blocks access

My belief is that when the corporate and banking shit starts to leak out in 2011, all this government crap will seem like child's play. Still, as I've recently had feelings where I wished wikileaks would release info about the Chinese government or oppression in the Middle East, I was fascinated to learn that it was created to do exactly that!

Here are some explanations of the origin of Wikileaks:

A) From Wikipedia:

The organisation describes its founders as a mix of Chinese dissidents, journalists, mathematicians, and start-up company technologists from the United States, Taiwan, Europe, Australia, and South Africa.


B) From Wikileaks:

Wikileaks was founded by Chinese dissidents, journalists, mathematicians and startup company technologists, from the US, Taiwan, Europe, Australia and South Africa.

Our public Advisory Board, which is still in formation, includes courageous journalists, representatives from refugee communities, ethics and anti-corruption campaigners, including a former national head of Transparency International, human rights campaigners, lawyers and cryptographers.

C) From US Intelligence (source: wikileaks report on US Army Counterilligence plan to destroy wikileaks):

Wikileaks.org was founded by Chinese dissidents, journalists, mathematicians, and technologists from the United States, China, Taiwan, Europe, Australia, and South Africa. Its Web site became operational in early 2007. The advisory board for Wikileaks.org includes journalists, cryptographers, a ―former US intelligence analyst,‖ and expatriates from Chinese, Russian, and Tibetan refugee communities. The ACIC does not have any information to associate or link the ―former US intelligence analyst‖ on the Wikileaks.org advisory board with the leakage of sensitive or classified DoD documents posted to the Web site.




Again according to this US Army intelligence report, not all countries are as open to wikileaks info as Canada and the United States.

The governments of China, Israel, North Korea, Russia, Thailand, Zimbabwe, and several other countries have blocked access to Wikileaks.org-type Web sites, claimed they have the right to investigate and prosecute Wikileaks.org and associated whistleblowers, or insisted they remove false, sensitive, or classified government information, propaganda, or malicious content from the Internet. The governments of China, Israel, and Russia claim the right to remove objectionable content from, block access to, and investigate crimes related to the posting of documents or comments to Web sites such as Wikileaks.org. The governments of these countries most likely have the technical skills to take such action should they choose to do so.


VERY interesting is the stated purpose of the website:

A) From Wikileaks:

Wikileaks is developing an uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis. Our primary interest is in exposing oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, but we also expect to be of assistance to people of all regions who wish to reveal unethical behavior in their governments and corporations. We aim for maximum political impact. Our interface is identical to Wikipedia and usable by all types of people. We have received over 1.2 million documents so far from dissident communities and anonymous sources.


B) From the US Counterintelligence report on wikileaks:

The stated intent of the Wikileaks.org Web site is to expose unethical practices, illegal behavior, and wrongdoing within corrupt corporations and oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East. To do so, the developers of the Wikileaks.org Web site want to provide a secure forum to where leakers, contributors, or whistleblowers from any country can anonymously post or send documentation and other information that exposes corruption or wrongdoing by governments or corporations. The developers believe that the disclosure of sensitive or classified information involving a foreign government or corporation will eventually result in the increased accountability of a democratic, oppressive, or corrupt the government to its citizens.



With the recent focus on the USA, has wikileaks strayed from its stated purpose? Or is it merely a pipe for information, with little control over what goes into the pipe?


The US Army had plans to hurt wikileaks by prosecuting the leakers, and though the strategy on paper seems to make some sense, this is a tap that may be extremely difficult to turn off (I like the emergence of wikileaks to the publishing of the complete Dead Sea Scrolls on the Internet in 1998, each a watershed event):

Web sites such as Wikileaks.org have trust as their most important center of gravity by protecting the anonymity and identity of the insider, leaker, or whistleblower. Successful identification, prosecution, termination of employment, and exposure of persons leaking the information by the governments and businesses affected by information posted to Wikileaks.org would damage and potentially destroy this center of gravity and deter others from taking similar actions.


Let's give wikileaks the last word. In response to the question, "Is wikileaks concerned about legal consequences?", here is the reply on the wikileaks website:

Our roots are in dissident communities and our focus is on non-Western authoritarian regimes. Consequently we believe a politically motivated legal attack on us would be seen as a grave error in Western administrations. However, we are prepared, structurally and technically, to deal with all legal attacks. We design the software, and promote its human rights agenda, but the servers are run by anonymous volunteers. Because we have no commercial interest in the software, there is no need to restrict its distribution. In the very unlikely event that we were to face coercion to make the software censorship friendly, there are many others who will continue the work in other jurisdictions.


Peace 2 All

Futuristic architecture takes feminine forms

The best new buildings all seem to have a flow and a curvaceousness that points to the future of green architecture: feminine, sustainable buildings. As opposed to the penile skyscrapers that are emblematic of the 20th Century's emphasis on masculine architecture, 21st Century architectural design will prominently feature feminine architecture, that is, buildings designed to blend aesthetically and sustainably into their local environments.




Check out my new blog 21st Century Architecture to see the future of building design on Gaia!


Happy HolyDays and Peace 2 All!

Yuya Joe College




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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange granted bail!!!

Great news out of the United Kingdom! With over half of the British population believing the Swedish sex charges are an excuse to keep Wiki-leaks found Julian Assange in jail, it is a relief and a joy to many freedom activists to see Julian released today.




Now, if we could only get Wikileaks to secure and release some private Al Qaeda communications, or perhaps some Iran / Afghanistan cables...

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Intelligent Solar Architecture crucial for human progress

If humans and other large mammals are to survive the 21st Century and thrive in the 22nd Century, and I believe we can, then building-integrated photovoltaics, geothermal heating / cooling and other elements of sustainable architecture will become core to the effort. In my new job with a Toronto-area architectural rendering company, I experience the pleasure of looking at architect websites on a regular basis, and green building design is increasingly a part of their business.

In my new blog 21st Century Architecture, I look at how transforming building design from a masculine, penis-like template to a more environmentally-integrated, feminine archetype, is the key to both aesthetic and functional progress.

Green Architecture a Key to Human Survival

The 21st Century will feature a more feminine style of architecture, with gentle curves and flowing walls to integrate more naturally into surrounding environments, and technolgies such as building-integrated photovoltaics and geothermal energy will become commonplace. We have gotten ourselves into this predicament by driving in wasteful, polluting machines and living in under-insulated, poison-heated / cooled homes.

As John Lennon would say, it's Clean Up Time...

Peace 2 All,


Yuya Joe College


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Evolution of the Solar-Intelligence Blog

As a result of strings of musical artist names in my online book La Heavana Musica, this blog was banned from Google for a couple of years. During that period I cleaned up a lot of redundant text and unrelated ads, and that may have improved my quality ratings in the googlebot index. In any case, even when the blog was not being included in search results, I made a point of continuing to publish here, often some of my most creative and forward-thinking stuff.

It's great to be back though, and please Mr. google, keep me in the game and I promise to get better!

Peace 2 All,

Yuya Joe College

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Will BP OIl Spill be global catalyst for NEW DAY?

I will admit that I am fatigued, sickened and depressed by the gulf blowout and can only search in this darkness for silver threads.

It's time to get off oil off coal and off uranium; the USA and Canada can each do this by 2020, so let's DO IT!!!!!!!