To Tor or not to Tor? That is a question for all Netizens after Lamo entered the equation

What is Tor? Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis….. Journalists use Tor to communicate more safely with whistleblowers and dissidents. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) use Tor to allow their workers to connect to their home website while they're in a foreign country, without notifying everybody nearby that they're working with that organization.

Sounds good doesn’t it? So who is likely to allow their computer network to be used as a vehicle to protect the electronic communications of whistleblowers and dissidents?

http://www.setecastronomy.org/ This is a Tor Exit Node It is distinctly likely that you are reading this because you had some issue with the traffic coming from this IP address. This machine is part of the Tor Anonymity Network, which is dedicated to providing privacy to people who need it most:- ordinary computer users - i.e. people like you......Email address: adrian@setecastronomy.org

Who Is Domain Tools for IP 74.82.57.190

Domain ID:D156926562-LROR

Domain Name:SETECASTRONOMY.ORG

Created On:21-Aug-2009 14:30:14 UTC

Last Updated On:18-Nov-2010 21:14:19 UTC

Expiration Date:21-Aug-2011 14:30:14 UTC

Sponsoring Registrar:Gandi SAS (R42-LROR)

Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED

Registrant ID:0-1658357-GANDI

Registrant Name:Adrian Lamo

Registrant Organization:Reality Planning LLC

Registrant Street1:108 WEST 13TH STREET.......

Registrant City:Wilmington

Registrant State/Province:Delaware

Registrant Postal Code:19801-1145

Registrant Country:US

Registrant Phone:+1.2023707750.......

Registrant Email:adrian@2600.com

Admin ID:AL4741-GANDI

Admin Name:Adrian Lamo

Admin Organization:SETEC ASTRONOMY, a RPL company

Admin Street1:PO Box 339.......

Admin City:Carmichael.....

Admin Postal Code:95609-0339

Admin Country:US

Admin Phone:+1.8889201981.....

Admin FAX:+1.7172831658.......

Adrian Lamo? Really? Isn’t he the onetime hacker who informed on 'whistleblower' Bradley Manning (U.S. serviceman who sent copies of U.S. diplomatic cables to Wikileaks) and, isn’t Manning now confined to military prison and allegedly subject to torture?

Oh, Tor – not exactly the best testament. But then what can one expect from an anonymity network apparently originally sponsored by the US Naval Research Laboratory and probably intended by intelligence agencies to act as a sometime honey trap at their convenience?

Adrian Lamo in his own words:

Coastal Law and Climate Change Workshop, 10am Saturday 19 March in Coffs Harbour

This workshop will explain the main environmental and planning laws that affect coastal communities, with a focus on recent changes to the Coastal Protection Act relating to sea level rise and erosion works.

This workshop is for anyone interested in learning more about how the various environmental and planning laws interact, how they apply to coastal communities, and how governments and coastal communities are responding to the challenges of climate change. This is an interactive workshop with discussion of current development proposals and planning processes in the Coffs Harbour area.

All participants will receive a free copy of the new EDO publication, Caring for the Coast: A guide to environmental law for coastal communities in NSW . This booklet can be downloaded to read before the workshop from http://www.edo.org.au/edonsw/site/publications.php#coast. This publication has been funded by the Australian Government though its Caring for Our Country initiative.

When: Saturday 19 March 2011 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Where: Room 4, Coffs Harbour Neighbourhood Centre, 22 Earl St

Lunch and light refreshments will be provided. Attendance is free, but prior registration is essential. Please RSVP to mailto:shakola@bigpond.com. Enquiries can be made to Ashley Love on 02 6651 9620 or Mark Byrne on 02 6621 1113.

The Clarence Valley north-south divide shows another side

It’s not only the matter of land rating in the hinterland and land rates on the coast that divide the Clarence Valley along an Antipodean version of the Mason-Dixon Line.
The Daily Examiner on 15th March 2011:
“WHEN it comes to putting the right things in recycling bins, people in lower Clarence communities are doing a far better job than their Grafton counterparts, according to Jamie Kenneally, manager of the Grafton Recycling Centre.”
Score Card - Grafton 0 Lower Clarence 1

Up the Irish!

Happy St. Patrick's Day
to one and all
from
North Coast Voices

In the 2006 Australian National Census
1,803,736 people stated that
they had Irish ancestry
and a further 50,256 stated
they were born in Poblacht na hÉireann

Photograph from pix.fr

Japanese Earthquake-Tsunami Appeal March 2011

* Tohoku – Pacific Ocean Earthquake Appeal
The Australian and Japanese Red Cross Societies are accepting donations for the earthquake relief. The Embassy is now also accepting donations. All donations received in the account below will be forwarded to the Japanese Red Cross Society.

Account Name:
Embassy of Japan in Australia, Donations for Japan Earthquake/Tsunami
Name of Bank : ANZ
Name of Branch : Canberra City
BSB : 012950
Account No. : 2514 59908

Should you require a receipt of your donation, please send your name, address (not mandatory), date of donation, amount donated to the following email address.
Mail-address: admin@cb.mofa.go.jp

Australian Red Cross Society
http://www.redcross.org.au/japan2011.htm

Japanese Red Cross Society
http://www.redcross.org.au/japan2011.htm

Photographs from Google Images

Gocompare.com goes off road

‘*********, your car insurance is due for renewal in 30 days’ according to an email received today.
Surely not! We don’t have a car – never had a car. Bicycles R Us!
Tut tut. Cheap trick to drive traffic to website. What on earth was www.gocompare.com thinking?

Anony-mice
Yamba

Notice that despite all that frothing at the mouth Abbott is merely running on the spot when it comes to personal approval ratings?

{TheGhostWhoVotes with survey results 10-12th March 2011}

Men favour Julia Gillard over Tony Abbott 42%/37% and women 46%/29%.
{ Essential Report of 14^th March 2011}