CBFTW:
"MY WAR - Fear and Loathing in Iraq"
# Age: 27
# Gender: male
# Astrological Sign: Cancer
# Born in the Year of the: Dragon
# Industry: Military
# Occupation: U.S. Army (Machine Gunner in the Infantry)

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Weblog: MY WAR - Fear and Loathing in Iraq: http://cbftw.blogspot.com/

Sehr guten, alten Freund getroffen....... und gleich wieder an "alte" Traditionen angeknüpft! Eine wahre Freunde ...

Live from Vienna: BlogTalk2.0

looking forward to meet you in meatspace, you know.
Live Konferenz-Stream: http://www.machfeld.net/blogtalk.html

Nachtrag:

Und wer die Konferenz "Live gebloggt" miterleben möchte liest: http://smi.twoday.net/

Ouzo für alle ! :-))

http://www.greek-ouzo.com/

...und das zum zweiten Mal innerhalb von acht Tagen..

Alle steinernen Häuser haben Schaden genommen, schrieb ein zeitgenössischer Chronist über das Erdbeben von 1356 in Basel, dem seit Menschengedenken verheerendsten in Zentraleuropa. In einem Umkreis von 200 Kilometern stürzten Häuser, Kirchen und Burgen ein. Forscher aus Frankreich und der Schweiz haben nun die Bruchzone südlich von Basel entdeckt. Der Bruch sei immer noch sehr aktiv, warnen die Geologen. (Quelle: wissenschaft.de )

UPDATE: Die ETH Zürich hat die Daten publiziert:

Datum: 28Jun2004
Zeit (UTC): 23:42:29.3 UTC
Lokalzeit : Bei Sommerzeit 2 Stunden addieren, sonst 1 Stunde addieren
Geographische Koordinaten: 47.5N 8.1E
Schweizer Koordinaten: 650 km / 260 km
Magnitude: ML=4.0 (Richterskala)
Region: FRICK / SWITZERLAND

* Dieses Erdbeben duerfte in weiten Teilen der Schweiz verspuert worden sein.
* Schaeden sind bei einem Erdbeben dieser Staerke nicht zu erwarten.

Weitere Information folgen, sobald eine manuelle Lokalisierung vorliegt.
Zusaetzliche Informationen sind vorhanden unter http://www.seismo.ethz.ch

Wer dieses Erdbeben verspuert hat, ist gebeten, dies unter
http://www.seismo.ethz.ch/info/ zu melden.

[Quelle: SED - Schweizerischer Erdbebendienst ]

Dies meint wenigstens die Seattle Times:
Bill Gates has a reputation for coming late to the party, then making a big splash when he arrives.That's what happened after the Microsoft chairman realized the potential of the Internet. And it may happen again if he starts his personal Web log. Bill's blog won't be all business, either. He's expected to share personal details such as tidbits from recent vacations, according to tech pundit Mary Jo Foley's Microsoft Watch newsletter. Citing unnamed sources, she reported yesterday that Gates is about to start blogging "real soon now."Microsoft spokesman Mark Murray would not confirm the story, but left open the possibility, saying, "Bill would love to do his own blog at some point in the future, time permitting."
Weiterlesen: Bill Gates could join the ranks of bloggers
[ Via: BlogHerald ]

Namensvorschläge für Bills Blog nimmt das ScaramoucheBlog gerne entgegen.

Und Jay Rosen liefert die "Blog-Bedienungsanleitung" in Form eines Briefes gleich mit:

An original weblog by Bill Gates--rich, famous, powerful, controversial person--could be a fourth way a business titan deals with the press: as author and critic, reading the headlines, putting certain ideas at risk, inserting himself into public conversation as a citizen of the planet, a reader of the news, (a sharp, funny person) editing the Web like all good weblogs do, and finding a honest voice in which to speak. Cure your blog of public relations, every hint and drop, or don't do it at all. [ Via PressThink: Letter to Bill Gates, Soon to be a Weblogger ]

Machtübergabe in Irak - einige Irak-Blog-Einträge:

bremer, the new ugly Iraqi "president", the cia agent "P.M.", another couple of losers were standing in a small circle at the sunrise, clapping their hands and trying to smile. some hours later, bremer ran away in a black military plane god, dont you call this a historical carnival? :*)
in arabic we say, "sharro el balyyati ma yodhek", the worst catastrophes make you laugh. haha? [Raed in the Middle]

The handover of the above mass killers will happen in the next few days.
We need to see Saddam and Tali Chemical and their thugs in a TELEVISED trial direct on air. Our wounds will not hell without seeing Saddam and his thugs in that long awaited trial. Hurry it; let the souls of the victims of mass graves, Halabja and others rest in peace. [Hammorabi]

Congratulations and thanks to all the Iraqi Bloggers for all the months of debate central to the future of democracy in Iraq!! Thanks to Paul Bremer for 14 months of tireless service to the American and Iraqi people. You have my utmost respect and only the enemies of democracy will cast stones at your service.
Today is a wonderful day for me and all my friends in Iraq. Congratulations! Live long and prosper! [Iraq Bloggers Central]

New Day
Today is new day and it is a great day for all Iraqis and for freedom lovers. I have been waiting for a day like today for the last twenty two years I have lived here in the states. I as well as so many Iraqis thought we would never see a day like today. However, the day the coalitions decide to proceed toward Baghdad, I thought that is the beginning to a new era. Anyway that is that and we have to look forward and toward the future of Iraq. There are so much potential for Iraq as a country not to mention the people of Iraq. Now they have tasted some freedom they will never let go of it, I am certain of that. I am extremely optimistic about the new government and the new Iraq. [Iraqi American]

Great moments ,great time ,here in Iraq , The transfer of power to Iraq sovereignty has been completed 2 days in advance ,this was ,a great news for the Iraqis . From this moment we started to celebrate ,and people ,all over here conciliation each other ,this is a great moments ,I resaved calls from all over the world greeting me for this happy moments . [road of a nation ]

It’s a great day for all the freedom lovers. No doubt is left now that we’re winning while the forces of darkness and evil are losing a key round in this war.
With great delight we received th news. this is the right and important step to build the free Iraq and It’s a painful strike for terrorism and its allies.They really missed this surprising and brilliant timing. And I guess they’re deeply shocked right now.
their luck couldn’t help them to scar this glorious day with a crime of theirs. [Iraq the Model ]

From today and on the areas which were linked to Iraq by force by the Britons in 1920 will be known as Iraqi Kurdistan Federal State officially (excluding Kirkuk and Mosul for the time). So no more Northern Iraq bulls***s please..
congratulations everyone.... Bye bye Bremer... [ Kurdos World ]

This is a great day Iraq gets the Power back and we should give the new government a chanse to see what they going to do to slove Iraq problems and espicilay the Iraqis problems. I wish they will do good. [ Nabil's Blog ]

Wow, this was a real surprise. I didn't expect an early handover of sovereignty to the new interim Iraqi government. I'm actually so happy for this decision. It was a very smart decision. It reminds me of smart chess moves.
I'm sure the hopeless terrorists from Falluja didn't see this one coming.
I hold high hopes in Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and his courageous team. Yes, you could say every negative thing about them. But, those people wake up every morning to go to work not knowing if they'll be alive be end of the day. Cowards don't do that. [ Live from Dallas ]

Congratulation to the Iraqis and to the Americans and to all the world a new nation is born a new Iraq it is not yet easy but the thousand miles walk start with one step. [ Baghdad Dweller ]

SURPRISE PARTY!! CONGRATULATIONS IRAQ!
Iraq (temporarily on loan) has been returned to Iraqis, two days early. It was a surprise. It puts a smile on the face. A big plateau has been accomplished.
Today, Iraq belongs to Iraqis. Not just a few, not a small group, not a tyrant, Iraq belongs to Iraqis. Special Congratulations to All the great Iraqi Bloggers. Special hope for the Bloggers who did not have hope for a new Iraq; it could be a new start for you, a new hope for you, too. [ Hello IRAQ ]

At the end of a frantic day in Istanbul, I must make a confession. - I was tempted.

This afternoon I attended a news conference by President Bush and Tony Blair -- arguably the two most powerful people in the world. After passing through the tight security cordon, and waiting for a couple of hours in a holding room at the Hilton hotel Istanbul, I found myself face to face with the two main architects of the war in Iraq. The world's media was watching as President Bush and Mr Blair hailed their success in the war against Saddam Hussein. And as I sat there, headphones clamped to my ears and listening to the news conference, the temptation to speak out was overwhelming. What would happen, I wondered, if I removed my artificial leg*, waved it in front of Bush and Blair, and proclaimed "See this. This is the outcome of your war. Iraq may have been liberated, but I -- and hundreds of others like me -- will be burdened with this artificial limb every day for the rest of my life because of the conflict you created." [ Beyond Northern Iraq - STUHUGHESIRAQ@MAIL.COM - *Stuart Hughes, BBC-Korrespondent hat in Irak ein Bein verloren]

Artikel in der Argauer Zeitung bestätigt, was wir schon länger befürchtet hatten...:

Die meisten Webseiten von Tageszeitungen bieten nur geringe oder gar keine publizistische Eigenleistungen. Das zeigt eine Analyse des Institutes für Unternehmenskommunikation der Fachhochschule Solothurn Nordwestschweiz bei neun Schweizer Tageszeitungen: Der Grund dieses Resultats liegt unter anderem darin, dass Online-Journalisten neben publizistischem vermehrt auch organisatorisches und technisches Know-how benötigen.

Diese Mehrbelastung der OnlineJournalisten durch den erweiterten Aufgabenbereich führt dazu, dass ihnen nur wenig Zeit für publizistische Eigenleistungen bleibt. Sie stützen ihre Berichterstattung daher mehrheitlich auf Agenturmeldungen. Diese werden entweder unbearbeitet übernommen (!!!) oder mit relativ geringem Rechercheaufwand durch zusätzliche Informationen von Webseiten anderer nationaler und internationaler Tageszeitungen, Zeitschriften sowie Radio- und Fernsehsender angereichert. Kapazitäten für Recherchen vor Ort sind kaum vorhanden.
Weiterlesen: Online-News bieten nur wenig Exklusives [Via: Medienspiegel.ch ]

Erinnert an den Eintrag von Jonathan Dube:101 Ways to improve yourNews Site oder auch an Dan Froomkin: Ideas for Online Publications: Lessons From Blogs, Other Signposts

Agenturmeldungen einfach unbearbeitet übernehmen (!!) ,... dazu könnte man doch z.B. einen RSS-Feed einsetzen ,...dann hätten die Online Journalisten eventuell Zeit für andere Dinge, z.B. Eigenrecherchen...oder die Interaktivität des Internets ausnutzen .... war ja nur ein Vorschlag !

....da sieht mans mal wieder,...was wären wir ohne die Berner,... ;-)

Zu Besuch bei Senor Ignacio Cecilio Vento Zigarrenroller aus Havanna/Kuba gestern im Havannahaus.


(Danke Boris!)