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Why do so many, if not all politicians have this most annoying habit of not answering maybe what are difficult questions but nevertheless pertinent or important. They do so by giving an answer that puts forward one their own positions but does not answer the questions asked. Yet, those very same politicians are the one that cannot heap enough praise on democracy and on transparency of government.

Jessica Watson is in the news. Just do a Google search. She is a sixteen year old about to embark on a solo, unaided, non-stop circumnavigation of the world (22,000 nautical miles over an estimated 240 days) in a 10 meter yacht.

Her website can be found here: http://www.jessicawatson.com.au/ .

Let me wish Jessica Watson a lot of luck. She will need it, even was she not so manifestly lacking the required skills. There is ample evidence that very highly skilled and highly experienced solo sailing seafarers can get into deep trouble and even get killed, as well as jeopardizing other lives, those of their rescuers, in much smaller events than what Jessica is attempting.

Let me say outright that my objections to Jessica attempt has nothing to do with the fact that the sport is dangerous, that lives are likely to be at risk or that she is female. I simply object to children's exploitation. Jessica is sixteen. She is, at

I like Google. I use many of Google services often and have been very satisfied with them.

ZuNOB has, till now, been using the AdSense service provided by Google. I think that, with this service, as from the 8th of April, 2009, Google is overstepping the boundaries characterised by their usual good, or even excellent, business and Internet behaviour.

Google bought DoubleClick and is now going to be using the facilities afforded by this acquisition. The net result of this is that users or visitors to a site displaying adverts by Google will be subject to some tracking by Google. This is a real threat to a user's right to his or her privacy.

Here is a Google e-mail addressed to this webmaster as AdSense space provider:

How to choose the right financial advisor in turbulent times? Here is, hopefully, a useful answer to this vexing question.

Choosing a financial advisor in these times of financial meltdown is something that more and more people feel inclined to do given the seeming complexities of the financial and economic events currently experienced. This is not an easy task and I will try to help those that are faced with this ominous choice and relieve the frustration that is often experienced.

As of today, you can use OpenId to register and to login. This is not an anti-spam measure but an attempt at simply making it easier to login to this site by providing the ability to use a readily available single login for multiple unrelated sites. If you already have an OpenId simply use it to register and after that to login. If you don't, simply get one at a number of providers and register with it. Note that those who have some sort of accounts with some large companies, like Yahoo, Google, AOL, etc. already have or are capable of getting an OpenId through those companies.

I have noticed a lot of comments on the burden of upgrading Drupal versions, recently due to Drupal 6.10, just made available. A lot of those comments on the time it takes and the down time conversely experienced by the visitors to the site.

I am using an series of upgrade steps that minimise the down, or 'in maintenance' time' for the user. Here they are. Please use at own risk and benefits. :)