Japanese Whaling

not a lot of press is given to this in the u.s. although earlier this year, one santa monica restaurant, the hump, was fined and eventually decided to close its doors because it was caught selling whale meat. what's even more shocking is how it was stored: according to one news story, the chefs would simply go to some benz in the parking lot and retrieve it! yikes.

but watching the show, whale wars, has been been interesting. most of the time, the time, the show is just melodrama and it is clearly trying to discover ways to fill it's 45 mins of airtime (minus the 15 mins of commercials). normally, it is best to watch without the sound, because then one can forward through the melodramatic, filler, dialogue bits and the really important stuff is also closed captioned b/c of the noise.

but the japanese. so shameful. what is up with their wanting to hunt whale meat? not like they are inuits, living a sustainable life that relies on the single harpoon and a small, row-powered boat. there are times when the japanese are just soo intractable and entitled, and really shameful.

and this case of the former sea shepherd member whose boat was clearly rammed by the japanese boat, the shonan maru II (gross), is such an obvious aggressive, intentional act by the japanese whalers. yuck. shameless. they were clearly aiming for the ady gil, bearing towards starboard to hit them.

honestly. what's next? hopefully, the sea shepherd organization will continue to be successful in their attempt to discourage, if not completely curtail, the whaling done by japanese.

p.s., and that "research" pasted on the side of the whaling boats? gross.

An Open Letter to Republicans in Congress

Mass Email Republican Senators!

This was a great website for the emails of All Republican Senators on Unemployed Friends.

And if that's too much trouble, try just copying these:

alan_hanson@shelby.senate.gov, jonathan_graffeo@shelby.senate.gov,
anne_caldwell@shelby.senate.gov, laura_friedel@shelby.senate.gov,
senator@shelby.senate.gov, arne_fuglvog@murkowski.senate.gov,
amanda_makki@murkowski.senate.gov, kristen_daimler@murkowski.senate.gov,
isaac_edwards@murkowski.senate.gov, althea_stmartin@murkowski.senate.gov,
kristen_daimler-nothdurft@murkowski.senate.gov, chuck_kleeschulte@murkowski.senate.gov,
lisa@lisamurkowski.com, andrew_wilder@kyl.senate.gov, elizabeth_maier@kyl.senate.gov,
lucy_murfitt@kyl.senate.gov, tim_glazewski@kyl.senate.gov, craig_wismer@kyl.senate.gov,
jennifer_romans@kyl.senate.gov, ryan_patmintra@kyl.senate.gov,
ann_begeman@mccain.senate.gov, ellen_cahill@mccain.senate.gov,
lee_dunn@mccain.senate.gov, richard_fontaine@mccain.senate.gov,
nick_matiella@mccain.senate.gov, talal_mir@mccain.senate.gov,
mark_salter@mccain.senate.gov, elissa.scannell@mail.house.gov,
joe_donoghue@mccain.senate.gov, adam_noah@chambliss.senate.gov, Lindsay_mabry@chambliss.senate.gov, saxby_chambliss@chambliss.senate.gov, justin_clay@chambliss.senate.gov, Steven_meeks@chambliss.senate.gov,
glee_smith@isakson.senate.gov, joan_kirchner@isakson.senate.gov,
michael_quiello@isakson.senate.gov, tyler_thompson@isakson.senate.gov,
Tricia_Chastain@isakson.senate.gov, Catherine_Henson@isakson.senate.gov,
molly_manning@isakson.senate.gov, chris_carr@isakson.senate.gov,
susan_wheeler@crapo.senate.gov, marques_chavez@crapo.senate.gov,
Margaret_ballard@crapo.senate.gov, staci_stevenson@crapo.senate.gov,
Roy_Hansen@crapo.senate.gov, katie_downs@crapo.senate.gov,
gregg_richard@crapo.senate.gov, energy_prices@crapo.senate.gov,
craig_ferguson@crapo.senate.gov, Mark_Shonce@Risch.senate.gov, senator_lugar@lugar.senate.gov, andy_fisher@lugar.senate.gov,
georgiana_reynal@lugar.senate.gov, aaron_whitesel@lugar.senate.gov,
mark_hayes@lugar.senate.gov, casework@grassley.senate.gov,
chuck_grassley@grassley.senate.gov, aaron_mckay@grassley.senate.gov,
beth_pellett_levine@grassley.senate.gov, Kathy_nuebel@grassley.senate.gov,
david_young@grassley.senate.gov, kolan_davis@grassley.senate.gov,
sherry_kuntz@grassley.senate.gov, Betty_Burger@Grassley.senate.gov,
mike_steenhoek@grassley.senate.gov, kurt_kovarik@grassley.senate.gov,
landon_fulmer@brownback.senate.gov, glen_chambers@brownback.senate.gov,
brian_robertson@brownback.senate.gov, john_rankin@brownback.senate.gov,
brian_hart@brownback.senate.gov, brownback@brownback.senate.gov,
melanie_benning@brownback.senate.gov, Galen_Roehl@Brownback.senate.gov,
pat_roberts@roberts.senate.gov, jackie_cottrell@roberts.senate.gov,
jennifer_cook@roberts.senate.gov, mike_seyfert@roberts.senate.gov,
sarah_little@roberts.senate.gov, molly_mueller@roberts.senate.gov,
Jennifer_swenson@roberts.senate.gov, Maggie_ward@Roberts.senate.gov,
Verna_Regier@roberts.senate.gov, jim_askins@bunning.senate.gov,
Holly_santry@bunning.senate.gov, sarah_timoney@bunning.senate.gov,
kim_dean@bunning.senate.gov, mike_reynard@bunning.senate.gov,
jim_bunning@bunning.senate.gov, Fred_Karem@mcconnell.senate.gov,
Adam_Howard@mcconnell.senate.gov, Hannah_Benton@mcconnell.senate.gov,
robert_steurer@mcconnell.senate.gov, julie_adams@mcconnell.senate.gov,
scott_raab@mcconnell.senate.gov, allison_thompson@mcconnell.senate.gov,
Reb_Brownell@mcconnell.senate.gov, leann_crosby@mcconnell.senate.gov,
Moon_Sulfab@mcconnell.senate.gov, kyle_ruckert@vitter.senate.gov, Kathryn_Fulton@vitter.senate.gov, crystal_ellerbe@vitter.senate.gov,
garret_graves@vitter.senate.gov, chris_stanley@vitter.senate.gov,
shawn_geddes@vitter.senate.gov, rachael_bohlander@vitter.senate.gov,
tonya_newman@vitter.senate.gov, suzanne_gillen@vitter.senate.gov,
Steve_Abbott@collins.senate.gov, Holly_Nesbit@collins.senate.gov,
John_Richter@snowe.senate.gov, Anna_Levin@snowe.senate.gov,
Brian_Klippenstein@bond.senate.gov, Annie_O'Toole@bond.senate.gov,
kit_bond@bond.senate.gov, kara_smith@bond.senate.gov, shana_marchio@bond.senate.gov,
mike_dubois@bond.senate.gov, kara_vlasaty@bond.senate.gov,
tom_schulte@bond.senate.gov, meagan_perry@bond.senate.gov, WriteJim@mail.house.gov,
AsktheLeader@mail.house.gov, senator@demint.senate.gov, Jim_Inhofe@inhofe.senate.gov,
Adam_Brake@LGraham.senate.gov, Alana_Hyman@enzi.senate.gov,
Andre_Harper@Voinovich.senate.gov, Angela_Mikolajewski@Voinovich.senate.gov,
Angela_Youngen@Voinovich.senate.gov, Beth_Hansen@Voinovich.senate.gov,
Beth_Martens@Voinovich.senate.gov, brendan_plack@thune.senate.gov,
Bret_Bernhardt@demint.senate.gov, bryn_stewart@barrasso.senate.gov,
Chris_Joyner@burr.senate.gov, Chris_Paulitz@Voinovich.senate.gov,
chris_tomassi@enzi.senate.gov, chris_walker@burr.senate.gov,
Colin_Allen@LGraham.senate.gov, Courtney_Shadegg@Coburn.senate.gov,
Mike_Schwartz@Coburn.senate.gov, Daffnei_Riedel@thune.senate.gov,
susan_sweat@wicker.senate.gov, Terri_Moore@johanns.senate.gov, jurani@ensign.senate.gov,
Kathleen_Amacio@johanns.senate.gov, mark_williams@vetaff.senate.gov,
Hardy_Lott@wicker.senate.gov, Jason_mulvihill@ensign.senate.gov,
john_lopez@ensign.senate.gov, johncornyn@gopsenators.com

Erase Iphone Photo Album

Well, there are a lot of threads and sites out there that profess to help you with this. None of them do.

You cannot actually erase photo albums in your Iphone. Another design flaw. Gasp! There are design flaws with Apple products!

Now that you've gotten over that, here is what you can do.

1) Determine the names of the albums you want to delete photos from. Note that you will not actually be able to delete the albums themselves. You will, however, be able to delete some or all of the photos in the albums.
2) If you want to delete all the photos in the album, make a new folder with the same name on your computer.
3) Now sync your Iphone with your computer via Itunes.
4) In the Photos tab, select the name of the folder in the phone you want to delete photos from.
5) Then "apply"
6) When you are prompted as to whether you want to change the contents of the phone folder with the computer folder, "Yes."

That's it.

If you want to delete only some of the photos, do the same thing, that is, in the corresponding computer folder, load/keep the photos you want to keep on your phone, delete/move out of the folder those you don't.

You are essentially replacing the folder on your phone with the same-named folder on your computer, in which you have already removed some/all of the photos you no longer want.

Palisades Taiji/Palisades "Taichi"