Thursday, December 08, 2005
posted by chriszanf , 3:37 PM Þ 

On leaving through Heathrow last week, at the x-ray/metal detector security check point, a woman in front of me was made to remove her high-heeled boots and put them through the machine! And although the notices close by say 'Bulky coats must be removed', EVERYBODY was "requested" to put their coats through the damn thing. I was wearing a NorthFace windbreaker that's nothing but a single sheet of plastic, yet still I was told to remove it and put it through.
Photographic film is forced through also, with requests for a hand-search being refused by general staff, who say 'We can fetch The Supervisor, if you'd prefer'. One can imagine the enhanced treatment one would receive for daring to bother The Supervisor.

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Can anyone here translate this? It's Norwegian. I can get the basics, but not the details.
In the sung version, two repeated extra lines accompany each verse. You can hear it here, and if you can translate the extra lines, all the better!

Apparently, Heiemo is a beautiful woman with a wonderful voice, and the Nykkjen is a kind of water troll. He tries to steal her away but she doesn't want to go. He does things to try and 'persuade' her, forces her to come with him. So, very upset, she kills him to save herself.


Nøkken som belar

Oppskrift 1961 av Rolf Myklebust etter Ingebjörg Liestöl, uten lokalisering .

1. Heiemo kvo det song i li
-med minne -
De' höyrde nykkjen på havet skri
-Tva rosor söve der inne -
2. Heiemo kvo det song i lund.
Det höyrde nykkjen den heiingshund.
3. Nykkjen tala te styringsmann.
Du styre mitt skip på kriste land.
4. Eg vil meg på kriste land gå.
Den vene jomfrua vil eg få.
5. Nykkjen han kom seg på kriste land.
Han skapte seg om til ein kristen mann.
6. Han skapte seg klæ bå' gule og blå.
Han skapte seg hest med gullsal på.
7. So gjenge han seg i stova inn.
Med håge hatte og blomekinn.
8. Nykkjen han dansa og Heiemo kvad.
Dei gleddest alt folket i stovune var.
9. No må kvar gange heim til seg.
Heiemo tek eg på skipet med meg.
10. Heiemo gret og hendane vrei.
Ska' eg fygje nykkjen den lange lei.
11. Heiemo, Heiemo still din gråt
Du Skal i mine gullborgjir rå.
12. So tok han Heiemo i sitt fang.
Vil bera henne på skipet fram.
13. Heiemo tenkte med sjave seg.
Tru mine små knivar vil hjelpa meg.
14. Herr ligg du nykkjen for ravn og hund
Enno hev eg min kvear lund.
posted by Alun , 1:16 PM Þ 

"I'm a millionaire," Gilmore said. "I can do whatever the fuck I want, right? Why should I run around without an ID? Because no one else was paying attention to that and letting our liberties slip down the drain. I figured it was worth some amount of money and some amount of personal sacrifice to keep a free society." [...]

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,69774,00.html?tw=rss.TOP
posted by Irdial , 1:43 AM Þ 
Tuesday, December 06, 2005

A £3bn property tax giveaway ... which would, from April next year, have allowed the well-off to put their properties into a Self-Invested Personal Pension (Sipp) effectively tax-free, was yesterday closed after the government said it was being abused by the tax-avoidance industry.

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Visiting eastern Europe last week, Mr Blair indicated that Britain was prepared give up nearly a third of the £3bn annual rebate, won by Margaret Thatcher in 1984, in order to meet the costs of EU enlargement.

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Virgin Trains is launching its biggest ever ad campaign after completing the roll-out of new rolling stock as part of a near-£3bn investment in its network.

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A WINDFALL tax on the massive profits from building new homes on green fields is set to be unveiled ... The Chancellor's moves, to be confirmed in his pre-Budget report on Monday, are set to net him up to £3bn in extra tax income, according to reports.

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P&O, the UK ports and ferries group, will recommend a £3bn-plus (E4.4bn, $5bn) offer for the company from rival Dubai Ports World this week.

An announcement of the agreed offer from Dubai Ports World, which ranks sixth in the global ports league, could come as early as Tuesday. The takeover will draw a curtain on nearly 170 years of British maritime history.

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Gordon Brown attempted to lure Hollywood back to the UK yesterday with new tax break proposals for film productions ... British film contributes more than £3bn a year to the UK economy. The peak year in terms of production spending was 2003, when more than £1bn was spent on making British films.

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A new price war between the big supermarkets could cut Britons' shopping bills by a whopping £3 billion by the end of next year, according to new research.

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Meanwhile, Bradford-based Morrisons is struggling to integrate its £3bn acquisition of Safeway at a time when shoppers are spending less.
posted by meau meau , 12:06 PM Þ 

Talking of the hafler trio, 'a thirsty fish' has been reissued and it is as wonderful as has been rumoured in the past (especially the 'fourth' side).

Sweet Candy. Yet another excuse to dole out my hard-earned cash (that fourth side is great, I managed to get ahold of it last year through eleet downloadzoring powers). Speaking of the Trio, I have been listening to them/him a lot lately, and have rediscovered how absolutely astounding the "Trilogy in Three Parts" is. I think it's some kind of digitally-stretched acoustic recording... super slow and meaty and dense and layered. Absolutely gorgeous - a revelation of sound. Space within space in an empty room.
If anyone here wants to hear the Hafler Trio's two lectures that took place before the performance of "How to Slice a Loaf of Bread," get ahold of me. I have the hizzle-ups, yo.

Speaking of craft, the finest gifts one can receive are craftsman's tools. These past few weeks I have received two wonderful gifts of some masterful Japanese and German wood carving tools. I was very honoured to have received them, as craftsman's tools are traditionally given to those who are capable of using them and carry a heavy weight of responsibility. I have never received better gifts!
posted by Barrie , 7:45 AM Þ 
Monday, December 05, 2005

I'm currently rereading Jaque Attali's book 'Noise'. His prognosis of the record industry in the 1970s still seems very relevant in the light of how DRM etc are being used.

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CDs that are too big to fit in my CD case

Talking of the hafler trio, 'a thirsty fish' has been reissued and it is as wonderful as has been rumoured in the past (especially the 'fourth' side).
posted by meau meau , 8:06 PM Þ 

Previous Politech messages:
http://www.politechbot.com/2005/09/10/dutch-internet-providers/
http://www.politechbot.com/2005/09/23/european-commission-proposes/
http://www.politechbot.com/2005/06/16/feds-contemplate-forcing/

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: URGENT: letter to European Parliament against data retention
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 15:34:39 +0100
From: Ralf Bendrath
Reply-To: bendrath@zedat.f-berlin.de
To: Declan McCullagh

Declan, could you send this to politech quickly? It is pretty urgent...
Thanks, Ralf


--- Please spread widely and quickly ---

The European Parliament - after heavy pressure and blackmailing from the
council of ministers - is about to vote for mandatory retention of all
communications, phone and location data in the EU for up to 2 years. This
is outreageous.

--> Please sign the open letter drafted by Privacy International and
European Digital Rights.
Deadline is tomorrow morning, 6 December, 9:00 CET.

We especially welcome signatures from Data protection authorities,
Consumer unions/organisations and Internet and Telecom providers.

Signatures should be sent to
Sjoera Nas, EDRI,
and/or
Gus Hosein, Privacy International, .

Thanks for your support.

Ralf Bendrath (European Digital Rights)


http://www.privacyinternational.org/retentionlaunderingcampaign

Open Letter to the European Parliament on Data Retention

05/12/2005

To all Members of the European Parliament

We the undersigned are calling on you to reject the Directive of the
European Parliament and the Council on the Retention of Data Processed in
Connection with the Provision of Public Electronic Communication Services
and Amending Directive 2002/58/EC.

Adopting this Directive would cause an irreversible shift in civil
liberties within the European Union. It will adversely affect consumer
rights throughout Europe. And it will generate an unprecedented obstacle
to the global competitiveness of European industry.

(...)

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posted by Irdial , 7:11 PM Þ 
posted by Claus Eggers , 1:37 PM Þ 
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