Dutch Amateur Radio Emergency Service (DARES):
The Dutch Amateur Radio Emergency Service (DARES) aims to provide and
maintain knowledge and know-how regarding licensed radio amateurs and
registered listener amateurs for the support of professional aid
agencies to combat disasters and other major incidents.
http://www.dares.nl/tsunami_disaster.htm
Tsunami disaster
The Dutch Amateur Radio Emergency Service Foundation has started a
relief project on behalf of the radio-amateurs in the disaster area's.
http://www.dares.nl/ares_in_de_praktijk.htm
ARES in de praktijk
29 december
Amateur Radio "Saved Lives" in South Asia artikel op ARRL-website
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/12/29/100/?nc=1
Radiowereld.nl:
http://www.radiowereld.nl/2003/home/medianieuws/010.archief/2004/12/93286.html
Zendamateurs verzamelen radioapparatuur voor Azië Nederlandse
radioamateurs zijn begonnen met het inzamelen van oude
radioapparatuur voor de rampgebieden in Azië. De apparatuur kan
volgens de radioamateurs een cruciale rol spelen in de
noodcommunicatie. Dat meldde de stichting Dutch amateur radio
emergency service (Dares) vrijdag.
>From a private communication:
"Seems that Dutch fire brigades are collecting their old
communication stuff as well. Since [Dutch] Fire brigades, Police and
Ambulances turned to a new digital communication system, the old one
can be re-used."
See also mostly in Dutch
http://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&c2coff=1&q=azie+apparatuur+nederlandse+radioamateurs&btnG=Zoeken&lr=
and
http://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&c2coff=1&q=De+stichting+Dutch+Amateur+Radio+Emergency+Service+DARES+&lr=
*****
Asia Tsunami Relief Efforts (Dutch article, links to articles in English
and other languages):
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2004/12/24072.shtml
English article:
http://www.indymedia.org/en/2004/12/112664.shtml
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Monday, January 03, 2005
"Several factors make bloggers' books attractive to agents and editors."
NYT Books: "Several factors make bloggers' books attractive to agents
and editors."
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/15/books/15blog.html?amp;ei=5090&en=6a428f0391c35fb6&partner=rssuserland&ex=1260853200&pagewanted=print&position
[excerpt]
December 15, 2004
A New Forum (Blogging) Inspires the Old (Books)
By JOSHUA KURLANTZICK
Like many aspiring authors, Marrit Ingman had a tough time convincing
publishers that her big book idea - a wry, downbeat memoir of
postpartum depression - could sell.
"I had to convince the publisher that an audience for the topic
really did exist," said Ms. Ingman, a Texas-based freelance
journalist. "The big publishers kept telling us that mothers only
wanted prescriptive or 'positive' books about being a parent."
But Ms. Ingman had her own persuader: her Web log. She'd been writing
it for two years and had attracted a following of mothers.
"I turned to readers of my blog," she said. "I asked them to comment
on whether a book like mine would be relevant to them. Readers wrote
back expressing why they wanted to read about the experience of
maternal anger. I stuck their comments into my proposal as pulled
quotes."
Her readers were convincing. She and her agent, Jim Hornfischer, sold
her memoir, "Inconsolable," to Seal Press in August, she said. "The
blog showed publishers she was committed to the subject matter and
already had an audience," Mr. Hornfischer said.
Bloggers have their own Web sites, on which they write frequently
updated posts, almost like online diaries. The postings are about
current events, culture, technology or their own lives. Many of their
postings contain links to relevant sites.
During the last year many Web logs, or blogs, have focused on the war
in Iraq and the presidential campaign, and as these blogs gained a
wider audience some publishers started paying attention to them.
Sometimes publishers are interested in publishing elements of the
blogs in book form; mostly they simply enjoy the blogger's writing
and want to publish a novel or nonfiction book by the blogger,
usually on a topic unrelated to the blog.
One of the first to make the transition was Baghdad blogger known as
Salam Pax, who wrote an online war diary from Iraq. Last year Grove
Press published a collection of his work, "Salam Pax: The Clandestine
Diary of an Ordinary Iraqi."
In June a former Senate aide, Jessica Cutler, whose blog documenting
her sexual exploits with politicos dominated Capitol gossip in the
spring, sold a Washington-focused novel to Hyperion for an advance
well into six figures, said Kelly Notaras of Hyperion.
Meanwhile, a British call girl with the pseudonym Belle de Jour, who
had created a sensation with a blog about her experiences, has signed
a six-figure deal with Warner Books to publish a memoir, said Amy
Einhorn, executive editor at Warner Books who bought the book.
Ms. Einhorn said that after she heard about the blog, "I downloaded
the whole site, read it that night and then bought the book."
and editors."
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/15/books/15blog.html?amp;ei=5090&en=6a428f0391c35fb6&partner=rssuserland&ex=1260853200&pagewanted=print&position
[excerpt]
December 15, 2004
A New Forum (Blogging) Inspires the Old (Books)
By JOSHUA KURLANTZICK
Like many aspiring authors, Marrit Ingman had a tough time convincing
publishers that her big book idea - a wry, downbeat memoir of
postpartum depression - could sell.
"I had to convince the publisher that an audience for the topic
really did exist," said Ms. Ingman, a Texas-based freelance
journalist. "The big publishers kept telling us that mothers only
wanted prescriptive or 'positive' books about being a parent."
But Ms. Ingman had her own persuader: her Web log. She'd been writing
it for two years and had attracted a following of mothers.
"I turned to readers of my blog," she said. "I asked them to comment
on whether a book like mine would be relevant to them. Readers wrote
back expressing why they wanted to read about the experience of
maternal anger. I stuck their comments into my proposal as pulled
quotes."
Her readers were convincing. She and her agent, Jim Hornfischer, sold
her memoir, "Inconsolable," to Seal Press in August, she said. "The
blog showed publishers she was committed to the subject matter and
already had an audience," Mr. Hornfischer said.
Bloggers have their own Web sites, on which they write frequently
updated posts, almost like online diaries. The postings are about
current events, culture, technology or their own lives. Many of their
postings contain links to relevant sites.
During the last year many Web logs, or blogs, have focused on the war
in Iraq and the presidential campaign, and as these blogs gained a
wider audience some publishers started paying attention to them.
Sometimes publishers are interested in publishing elements of the
blogs in book form; mostly they simply enjoy the blogger's writing
and want to publish a novel or nonfiction book by the blogger,
usually on a topic unrelated to the blog.
One of the first to make the transition was Baghdad blogger known as
Salam Pax, who wrote an online war diary from Iraq. Last year Grove
Press published a collection of his work, "Salam Pax: The Clandestine
Diary of an Ordinary Iraqi."
In June a former Senate aide, Jessica Cutler, whose blog documenting
her sexual exploits with politicos dominated Capitol gossip in the
spring, sold a Washington-focused novel to Hyperion for an advance
well into six figures, said Kelly Notaras of Hyperion.
Meanwhile, a British call girl with the pseudonym Belle de Jour, who
had created a sensation with a blog about her experiences, has signed
a six-figure deal with Warner Books to publish a memoir, said Amy
Einhorn, executive editor at Warner Books who bought the book.
Ms. Einhorn said that after she heard about the blog, "I downloaded
the whole site, read it that night and then bought the book."
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software this good could be free. An estimated 16 million+ people
have downloaded the software; many more have installed it from CDs
or were passed copies by enthusiastic users. Community members
produced translations in over 30 languages.
The OpenOffice.org community listened to users' comments, fixed
their bugs, and is now proud to announce OpenOffice.org 1.1. More
powerful, more compatible, more international, more accessible,
more open than ever 1- and best of all, this world class
software is still free!
A new approach to office productivity software
OpenOffice.org 1.1 gives you everything you'd expect in office
software. You can create dynamic documents ,analyse data ,design
eye-catching presentations ,produce dramatic illustrations , and
open up your databases . You can publish your work in Portable
Document Format (.pdf), and release your graphics in Flash (.swf)
format - without needing any additional software. OpenOffice.org
1.1 is now available for more users than ever, with support for
complex text layout (CTL) languages (such as Thai, Hindi, Arabic,
and Hebrew) and vertical writing languages.
If you're used to using other office suites - such as Microsoft
Office - you'll be completely at home with OpenOffice.org 1.1.
However, as you become used to OpenOffice.org 1.1, you'll start to
appreciate the extras that make your life easier. You can of course
continue to use your old Microsoft Office files without any
problems - and if you need to exchange files with people still
using Microsoft Office, that's no problem either.
System Requirements
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What's in the suite?
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Is a powerful tool for creating professional documents, reports,
newsletters, and brochures. You can easily integrate images and
charts in documents, create everything from business letters to
complete books with professional layouts, as well as create and
publish Web content.
CALC
http://www.openoffice.org/product/calc.html
is a feature-packed spreadsheet which can turn boring numbers into
eye-catching information. Calculate, analyse, and visually
communicate your data quickly and easily. Use advanced spreadsheet
functions and decision-making tools to perform sophisticated data
analysis. Use built-in charting tools to generate impressive 2D and
3D charts.
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is the fastest, most powerful way to create effective multimedia
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DRAW http://www.openoffice.org/product/draw.html
will produce everything from simple diagrams to dynamic 3D
illustrations and special effects.
The Database User Tools
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give you all the tools you need for day to day database work in a
simple spreadsheet-like form. They support dBASE databases for
simple applications, or any ODBC or JDBC compliant database for
industrial strength database work.
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STUDY: BLOGS RISE IN '04
STUDY: BLOGS RISE IN '04
Readership of blogs grew significantly in 2004, driven by increased
awareness of them during the presidential campaign and other major
news events.
Readership of blogs grew significantly in 2004, driven by increased
awareness of them during the presidential campaign and other major
news events.
Sunday, January 02, 2005
WHO bulletin article on mental and social health after acute emergencies
Mental health in emergencies
- Mark van Ommeren, Shekhar Saxena, & Benedetto Saraceno
Mental and social health during and after acute emergencies: emerging
consensus?
Mark van Ommeren, Shekhar Saxena, & Benedetto Saraceno
ABSTRACT
Mental health care programmes during and after acute emergencies in
resource-poor countries have been considered controversial. There is
no agreement on the public health value of the post-traumatic stress
disorder concept and no agreement on the appropriateness of vertical
(separate) trauma-focused services. A range of social and mental
health intervention strategies and principles seem, however, to have
the broad support of expert opinion. Despite continuing debate, there
is emerging agreement on what entails good public health practice in
respect of mental health. In terms of early interventions, this
agreement is exemplified by the recent inclusion of a "mental and
social aspects of health" standard in the Sphere handbook's revision
on minimal standards in disaster response. This affirmation of
emerging agreement is important and should give clear messages to
health planners.
Discussion - Derrick Silove; Derek Summerfield
Full Text [pdf 190kb]
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/83/1/en/71.pdf
|pdf with Arabic summary [pdf 473kb]
http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/83/1/en/71arabic.pdf
|Abstract [HTML]
http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/83/1/rt105abstract/en
- Mark van Ommeren, Shekhar Saxena, & Benedetto Saraceno
Mental and social health during and after acute emergencies: emerging
consensus?
Mark van Ommeren, Shekhar Saxena, & Benedetto Saraceno
ABSTRACT
Mental health care programmes during and after acute emergencies in
resource-poor countries have been considered controversial. There is
no agreement on the public health value of the post-traumatic stress
disorder concept and no agreement on the appropriateness of vertical
(separate) trauma-focused services. A range of social and mental
health intervention strategies and principles seem, however, to have
the broad support of expert opinion. Despite continuing debate, there
is emerging agreement on what entails good public health practice in
respect of mental health. In terms of early interventions, this
agreement is exemplified by the recent inclusion of a "mental and
social aspects of health" standard in the Sphere handbook's revision
on minimal standards in disaster response. This affirmation of
emerging agreement is important and should give clear messages to
health planners.
Discussion - Derrick Silove; Derek Summerfield
Full Text [pdf 190kb]
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/83/1/en/71.pdf
|pdf with Arabic summary [pdf 473kb]
http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/83/1/en/71arabic.pdf
|Abstract [HTML]
http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/83/1/rt105abstract/en
Canadian Children's Book Centre
Welcome to the Canadian Children's Book Centre's home on the web!
A national not-for-profit organization and registered charity, the
Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) was founded in 1976 to
promote, support and encourage the reading, writing and illustrating
of Canadian books for children and teens.
With book collections and extensive resources in five cities across
Canada, the CCBC is a treasure-trove for anyone interested in
Canadian books for young readers. Through our publications and
programs (such as the quarterly magazine, Canadian Children's Book
News and the annual TD Canadian Children's Book Week ), the CCBC
actively promotes Canadian books and brings their readers and
creators together.
We're here for anyone who cares about Canadian children's books. We
provide resources for teachers, librarians, students and parents,
writers, illustrators, storytellers, publishers and booksellers.
We hope you'll enjoy looking over some of the resources and
information we have here on our site, and if you have any questions,
just click on the ' Contact Us ' button on the site tools menu on the
bottom left hand side. We'll be happy to help however we can.
http://www.bookcentre.ca/
A national not-for-profit organization and registered charity, the
Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) was founded in 1976 to
promote, support and encourage the reading, writing and illustrating
of Canadian books for children and teens.
With book collections and extensive resources in five cities across
Canada, the CCBC is a treasure-trove for anyone interested in
Canadian books for young readers. Through our publications and
programs (such as the quarterly magazine, Canadian Children's Book
News and the annual TD Canadian Children's Book Week ), the CCBC
actively promotes Canadian books and brings their readers and
creators together.
We're here for anyone who cares about Canadian children's books. We
provide resources for teachers, librarians, students and parents,
writers, illustrators, storytellers, publishers and booksellers.
We hope you'll enjoy looking over some of the resources and
information we have here on our site, and if you have any questions,
just click on the ' Contact Us ' button on the site tools menu on the
bottom left hand side. We'll be happy to help however we can.
http://www.bookcentre.ca/
Friday, December 31, 2004
* Blogs take on the mainstream *
* Blogs take on the mainstream *
Blogs have shifted the balance of information online, argue experts, and they are here to stay.
Full story:
Blogs have shifted the balance of information online, argue experts, and they are here to stay.
Full story:
It seems unlikely that we will end up living in a planet where every human is a blogger.
We are entering one era in which the technological infrastructure is creating a different context for how we tell our stories and how we communicate with each other
Andrew Nachison, Director, Media Center
But the current number of blogs is likely to keep on growing, in a web already overloaded with information.
Blog analysis firm Technorati estimates the number of blogs in existence, the so-called blogosphere, has already exceeded five million, and is growing at exponential levels.
Tools such as Google's Blogger, MovableType and the recently launched beta version of MSN Spaces are making it easier to run a blog.
We are entering one era in which the technological infrastructure is creating a different context for how we tell our stories and how we communicate with each other
Andrew Nachison, Director, Media Center
But the current number of blogs is likely to keep on growing, in a web already overloaded with information.
Blog analysis firm Technorati estimates the number of blogs in existence, the so-called blogosphere, has already exceeded five million, and is growing at exponential levels.
Tools such as Google's Blogger, MovableType and the recently launched beta version of MSN Spaces are making it easier to run a blog.
US research think-tank Pew Internet & American Life says a blog is created every 5.8 seconds, although less than 40% of the total are updated at least once every two months.
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Eclectic Blogs -- from Inuvik, NWT
Eclectic Blogs -- Professional and personal insights about Inuvik,
NWT, with photos. http://martin.eclecticblogs.ca/
NWT, with photos. http://martin.eclecticblogs.ca/
BLOGGERS BEST IN TSUNAMI COVERAGE
BLOGGERS BEST IN TSUNAMI COVERAGE
Blogs from around the world are offering instant eyewitness reports
from the region affected by the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
that the mainstream media cannot match.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/974504.cms
and
Now on Net: Tsunami whodunnit
While nations pool in resources to help out the victims of the
tsunami tragedy and as people contribute their day's salaries, the
Internet is rife with some funny business of its own.
There are theories circulating on the Net about the "real" reasons on
why the tsunami "targeted" India.
What is more disturbing than the theories - ranging from the bizarre
to the ridiculous - is that there are some, who will actually believe
these hearsays.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/974399.cms
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Blogs from around the world are offering instant eyewitness reports
from the region affected by the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
that the mainstream media cannot match.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/974504.cms
and
Now on Net: Tsunami whodunnit
While nations pool in resources to help out the victims of the
tsunami tragedy and as people contribute their day's salaries, the
Internet is rife with some funny business of its own.
There are theories circulating on the Net about the "real" reasons on
why the tsunami "targeted" India.
What is more disturbing than the theories - ranging from the bizarre
to the ridiculous - is that there are some, who will actually believe
these hearsays.
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Salvation Army HAM radio operators are helping to establish communication in tsunami-hit regions.
RADIO: AMATEUR :
EARTHQUAKE: SOUTH ASIA: DECEMBER 2004:
DISASTERS: RESOURCES:
Radio Operators Assist
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BALTIMORE (December 27, 2004)
Salvation Army radio operators are helping to establish communication
in tsunami-hit regions.
Current News
Disaster News Network
The Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN) is a HAM
radio team that can help families and emergency workers find each
other when a disaster wipes out all other forms of communication.
According to Major Pat McPherson, national director of SATERN,
representatives from the Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response
Association (DERA) have requested SATERN's help in listening to
certain frequencies for missing Indian HAM radio operators in the
tsunami-affected islands between India and Sumatra.
"If we can help effectively, we will," said McPherson. And so far
they have. McPherson noted that several SATERN members have reported
contact from these missing members of the National Institute for
Amateur Radio India (NAIR) from these hard hit regions. This contact
is crucial in order
to establish communication routes for these areas. Information about
the extent of the damage is important as well.
One of the operators recently spoken to is even a SATERN volunteer
who was doing work with NAIR on one of the islands when the tsunamis
hit.
McPherson added that anyone seeking information about a missing
relative in the tsunami-affected areas across south Asia can fill out
the request form available on the SATERN Web site. "We will give it
our best shot."
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THERE'S NO ESCAPING BLOGS
THERE'S NO ESCAPING BLOGS
David Kirkpatrick and Daniel Roth: Freewheeling bloggers can boost
your product or destroy it. Either way, they've become a force
business can't afford to ignore.
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/technology/articles/0,15114,1011763,00.html
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Tuesday, December 28, 2004
BOOK REVIEW Societies don't die by accident - they commit ecological suicide
Book "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed"
from the http://www.csmonitor.com December 28, 2004 edition
How to succeed in history
Societies don't die by accident - they commit ecological suicide
By David Shi
Full story
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1228/p15s01-bogn.html
[excerpt]
COLLAPSE: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
By Jared Diamond
Viking
575 pp., $29.95
"Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed" is remarkable for
its ambitious sweep and interpretive panache. Diamond studies four
ancient societies across space and time: Easter Island in Polynesia,
the native American Anasazi tribe in what is now the southwestern
United States, the Maya civilization in Central America, and the
isolated Viking settlement on the coast of Greenland. Although
diverse in nature and context, these four societies experienced what
Diamond calls "ecocide," unintentional ecological suicide.
[...]
In each case, though, what ultimately caused ecocide was a series of
flawed responses to societal crises. Environmental degradation does
not ensure collapse. A society's fate, Diamond concludes, depends
upon how it manages challenging situations.
He reveals, for instance, how the Vikings who settled in Greenland
after AD 984 established a pastoral economy, raising sheep, goats,
and cattle. They also hunted caribou and seal, and developed a
flourishing trade in walrus ivory with Norway. But 300 years later,
the Vikings vanished from Greenland. Documentary sources along with
physical evidence reveal that their settlements gradually experienced
deforestation and soil erosion. A colder climate in the 14th and 15th
centuries impeded commerce with Norway and reduced the production of
hay, which diminished their herds.
At the same time that the Vikings were being cut off from Norway, the
Inuits began attacks on the Norse settlements in Greenland. Cultural
prejudices prevented the Vikings from adopting Inuit technologies,
such as harpoons, so they could not harvest whales. Nor were they
willing to mimic the Inuits in developing dog sleighs, sealskin
kayaks, and seagoing boats. As a result of these cultural prejudices,
by 1440 the Vikings had all died out in Greenland, whereas the Inuits
survive to this day.
Diamond's perspective is not solely historical. He also discusses
contemporary developments in Somalia, Rwanda, Haiti, China, and
Australia, as well as in Montana, a state that once was among the
wealthiest in the nation but now struggles with poverty, population
decline, and environmental problems.
Diamond complements his sobering analysis of collapsed civilizations
with more uplifting examples of societies that have found ways to
sustain themselves without overexploiting their environments.
What determines a society's fate, Diamond concludes, is how well its
leaders and citizens anticipate problems before they become crises,
and how decisively a society responds. Such factors may seem obvious,
yet Diamond marshals overwhelming evidence of the short-sightedness,
selfishness, and fractiousness of many otherwise robust cultures. He
reveals that many leaders were (and are) so absorbed with their own
pursuit of power that they lost sight of festering systemic problems.
Today, Diamond observes, the world is "on a nonsustainable course,"
but he remains a "cautious optimist." The problems facing us are
stern, he notes, but not insoluble. They demand stiff political will,
a commitment to long-term thinking, and a willingness to make painful
changes in what we value.
[...]
He concludes, "We have the opportunity to learn from the mistakes of
distant peoples and past peoples." But the question remains, will we?
*David Shi is the president of Furman University in Greenville, S.C.
from the http://www.csmonitor.com December 28, 2004 edition
How to succeed in history
Societies don't die by accident - they commit ecological suicide
By David Shi
Full story
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1228/p15s01-bogn.html
[excerpt]
COLLAPSE: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
By Jared Diamond
Viking
575 pp., $29.95
"Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed" is remarkable for
its ambitious sweep and interpretive panache. Diamond studies four
ancient societies across space and time: Easter Island in Polynesia,
the native American Anasazi tribe in what is now the southwestern
United States, the Maya civilization in Central America, and the
isolated Viking settlement on the coast of Greenland. Although
diverse in nature and context, these four societies experienced what
Diamond calls "ecocide," unintentional ecological suicide.
[...]
In each case, though, what ultimately caused ecocide was a series of
flawed responses to societal crises. Environmental degradation does
not ensure collapse. A society's fate, Diamond concludes, depends
upon how it manages challenging situations.
He reveals, for instance, how the Vikings who settled in Greenland
after AD 984 established a pastoral economy, raising sheep, goats,
and cattle. They also hunted caribou and seal, and developed a
flourishing trade in walrus ivory with Norway. But 300 years later,
the Vikings vanished from Greenland. Documentary sources along with
physical evidence reveal that their settlements gradually experienced
deforestation and soil erosion. A colder climate in the 14th and 15th
centuries impeded commerce with Norway and reduced the production of
hay, which diminished their herds.
At the same time that the Vikings were being cut off from Norway, the
Inuits began attacks on the Norse settlements in Greenland. Cultural
prejudices prevented the Vikings from adopting Inuit technologies,
such as harpoons, so they could not harvest whales. Nor were they
willing to mimic the Inuits in developing dog sleighs, sealskin
kayaks, and seagoing boats. As a result of these cultural prejudices,
by 1440 the Vikings had all died out in Greenland, whereas the Inuits
survive to this day.
Diamond's perspective is not solely historical. He also discusses
contemporary developments in Somalia, Rwanda, Haiti, China, and
Australia, as well as in Montana, a state that once was among the
wealthiest in the nation but now struggles with poverty, population
decline, and environmental problems.
Diamond complements his sobering analysis of collapsed civilizations
with more uplifting examples of societies that have found ways to
sustain themselves without overexploiting their environments.
What determines a society's fate, Diamond concludes, is how well its
leaders and citizens anticipate problems before they become crises,
and how decisively a society responds. Such factors may seem obvious,
yet Diamond marshals overwhelming evidence of the short-sightedness,
selfishness, and fractiousness of many otherwise robust cultures. He
reveals that many leaders were (and are) so absorbed with their own
pursuit of power that they lost sight of festering systemic problems.
Today, Diamond observes, the world is "on a nonsustainable course,"
but he remains a "cautious optimist." The problems facing us are
stern, he notes, but not insoluble. They demand stiff political will,
a commitment to long-term thinking, and a willingness to make painful
changes in what we value.
[...]
He concludes, "We have the opportunity to learn from the mistakes of
distant peoples and past peoples." But the question remains, will we?
*David Shi is the president of Furman University in Greenville, S.C.
'Where There is No Doctor' now available online free of charge and in full text
[Each chapter is a separate PDF file]
'Where There is No Doctor' - probably the most important health care
manual of all time - is now available online, free of charge and in
full text, at:
http://www.healthwrights.org/booksonline.htm
'Where There is No Doctor'
http://www.healthwrights.org/books/WTINDonline.htm
en español:
Donde No Hay Doctor
http://healthwrights.org/books/DHNDonline.htm
In addition, the following primary health care books are also
available on the above website:
'Questioning the Solution: The Politics of Primary Health Care and
Child Survival'
http://www.healthwrights.org/books/QTSonline.htm
en español:
Cuestionando la Solución: Las PolÃticas de Atención Primaria de Salud
y Supervivencia Infantil
http://www.healthwrights.org/static/cuestionando/index.htm
'Nothing About Us Without Us'
http://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/english/global/david/dwe001/dwe00101.htm
en español:
Nada Sobre Nosotros Sin Nosotros
http://www.healthwrights.org/books/NSNSNonline.htm
'Disabled Village Children'
http://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/english/global/david/dwe002/dwe00201.htm
en español:
El Niño Campesino Deshabilitado
http://www.healthwrights.org/books/ENCDonline.htm
'Helping Health Workers Learn'
http://www.healthwrights.org/books/HHWLonline.htm
en español:
Aprendiendo a Promover la Salud
http://www.healthwrights.org/books/APLSonline.htm
'Where There Is No Dentist'
http://healthwrights.org/books/WTINDentistonline.htm
All the above e-books are available in both English and Spanish.
Best wishes,
Neil
Dr Neil Pakenham-Walsh
Moderator, HIF-net-at-WHO
[HIF-net-at-WHO profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh has a background in medicine
and medical publishing, including work with the World Health Organization,
the journal Medicine Digest, and the CD-ROM series Topics in International
Health (Wellcome Trust). He has worked as a medical officer in rural
Ecuador and Peru. From 1996 to 2004 he helped create the INASP-Health
programme (International Network for the Availability of Scientific
Publications), which aims to support cooperation, analysis, and advocacy
among those working to improve access to reliable information for
healthcare workers in developing and transitional countries.
neilpw@doctors.org.uk ]
'Where There is No Doctor' - probably the most important health care
manual of all time - is now available online, free of charge and in
full text, at:
http://www.healthwrights.org/booksonline.htm
'Where There is No Doctor'
http://www.healthwrights.org/books/WTINDonline.htm
en español:
Donde No Hay Doctor
http://healthwrights.org/books/DHNDonline.htm
In addition, the following primary health care books are also
available on the above website:
'Questioning the Solution: The Politics of Primary Health Care and
Child Survival'
http://www.healthwrights.org/books/QTSonline.htm
en español:
Cuestionando la Solución: Las PolÃticas de Atención Primaria de Salud
y Supervivencia Infantil
http://www.healthwrights.org/static/cuestionando/index.htm
'Nothing About Us Without Us'
http://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/english/global/david/dwe001/dwe00101.htm
en español:
Nada Sobre Nosotros Sin Nosotros
http://www.healthwrights.org/books/NSNSNonline.htm
'Disabled Village Children'
http://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/english/global/david/dwe002/dwe00201.htm
en español:
El Niño Campesino Deshabilitado
http://www.healthwrights.org/books/ENCDonline.htm
'Helping Health Workers Learn'
http://www.healthwrights.org/books/HHWLonline.htm
en español:
Aprendiendo a Promover la Salud
http://www.healthwrights.org/books/APLSonline.htm
'Where There Is No Dentist'
http://healthwrights.org/books/WTINDentistonline.htm
All the above e-books are available in both English and Spanish.
Best wishes,
Neil
Dr Neil Pakenham-Walsh
Moderator, HIF-net-at-WHO
[HIF-net-at-WHO profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh has a background in medicine
and medical publishing, including work with the World Health Organization,
the journal Medicine Digest, and the CD-ROM series Topics in International
Health (Wellcome Trust). He has worked as a medical officer in rural
Ecuador and Peru. From 1996 to 2004 he helped create the INASP-Health
programme (International Network for the Availability of Scientific
Publications), which aims to support cooperation, analysis, and advocacy
among those working to improve access to reliable information for
healthcare workers in developing and transitional countries.
neilpw@doctors.org.uk ]
Monday, December 27, 2004
Young Power in Social Action - Bangladesh ( ICTs for Development).
Young Power in Social Action - Bangladesh ( ICTs for Development).
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1026942?intcmp=700
Established in 1985, Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) is a
voluntary social development organisation with the mission to engage
Bangladesh's poor, vulnerable and marginalised youth in bringing
about their own and society's sustainable development. The YPSA ICT4D
...
Contributed by Anuradha Bhattacharjee on 18 December, 2004
Direct URL
http://www.ypsa.org/yprdo/yprdo_background.html
Goal & Objectives
http://www.ypsa.org/yprdo/yprdo_objectives.html
Implementation strategy
http://www.ypsa.org/yprdo/yprdo_strategy.html
Project activities
http://www.ypsa.org/yprdo/yprdo_done.html
Contact
YPRDO - Office
YPSA, Collage Road, Ayesha Villa
Sitakund - 4310
Chittagong, Bangladesh
Young Power in Social Action (YPSA)
House No # F10(P) ; Road No # 13 ; Block B
Chandgao R / A
Chittagong - 4212 , Bangladesh
Land Line: +88-031-672857
Fax: +88-031-650145
Mobile: +88-018-321432, 017-825068
Internet: www.ypsa.org
eMail: info@ypsa.org
akef@ypsa.org
debobrotochakraborty@yahoo.com
What is YPRDO?
Youth led Poverty Reduction through Digital Opportunities (YPRDO) is
a UNESCO supported project aimed towards affective poverty reduction
& development through the innovative use of Information &
Communication Technologies.
PROJECT AREA
The project is being implemented in Sitakund Upazilla under
Chittagong district, which offers different opportunities for
implementation of the project. The area situated 37 km. away from
Chittagong City flanked by hills and rivers. The total population of
the area is 274,903, Literacy rate is 41.1% and employment status of
men and women are 86% and 21% respectively. 85% of total villages and
65% of total HHs of the Upazilla are under electricity coverage.
Total length of Pucca, HBB and Katcha road is 111.75, 38 and 256 km
respectively. The digital opportunities center will be set up in the
village of MOHADEBPUR of the Upazilla, which is the center point of
the project.
Why Youth Leadership?
The young people are the most socially conscious and active segments
of the population. They are concerned about social issues like
culture, environment, economic inequality, and human rights, lack of
employment opportunities etc. Generally these young people can't
participate in the decision making process, don't have access to the
formal institutions of society. Yet these young people try to
organize themselves voluntarily to address the social problems &
bring about positive social changes. They cover the lack of finance
with their person power, lack of resource with their talent &
intelligence and overcome social barriers with their immense
challenge loving hard working mentality.
As a youth focused organization YPSA have noticed that that
potentially the deprived youths & adolescents of the rural areas are
not behind the urban youths & adolescents. But still the reason why
the rural youths remains behind is not of brain power but of
position. The rural youths have less accessibility to information
because of their position. The reasons adding to this are lack of
access to communication & technology. So if these youths can be
introduced to Information & Communication Technologies they can be
the future leaders to apply it in the field of social development.
Youth are a large untapped resource that have the innovation &
potential to find out ways of using ICTs properly & affective to the
local context.
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1026942?intcmp=700
Established in 1985, Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) is a
voluntary social development organisation with the mission to engage
Bangladesh's poor, vulnerable and marginalised youth in bringing
about their own and society's sustainable development. The YPSA ICT4D
...
Contributed by Anuradha Bhattacharjee on 18 December, 2004
Direct URL
http://www.ypsa.org/yprdo/yprdo_background.html
Goal & Objectives
http://www.ypsa.org/yprdo/yprdo_objectives.html
Implementation strategy
http://www.ypsa.org/yprdo/yprdo_strategy.html
Project activities
http://www.ypsa.org/yprdo/yprdo_done.html
Contact
YPRDO - Office
YPSA, Collage Road, Ayesha Villa
Sitakund - 4310
Chittagong, Bangladesh
Young Power in Social Action (YPSA)
House No # F10(P) ; Road No # 13 ; Block B
Chandgao R / A
Chittagong - 4212 , Bangladesh
Land Line: +88-031-672857
Fax: +88-031-650145
Mobile: +88-018-321432, 017-825068
Internet: www.ypsa.org
eMail: info@ypsa.org
akef@ypsa.org
debobrotochakraborty@yahoo.com
What is YPRDO?
Youth led Poverty Reduction through Digital Opportunities (YPRDO) is
a UNESCO supported project aimed towards affective poverty reduction
& development through the innovative use of Information &
Communication Technologies.
PROJECT AREA
The project is being implemented in Sitakund Upazilla under
Chittagong district, which offers different opportunities for
implementation of the project. The area situated 37 km. away from
Chittagong City flanked by hills and rivers. The total population of
the area is 274,903, Literacy rate is 41.1% and employment status of
men and women are 86% and 21% respectively. 85% of total villages and
65% of total HHs of the Upazilla are under electricity coverage.
Total length of Pucca, HBB and Katcha road is 111.75, 38 and 256 km
respectively. The digital opportunities center will be set up in the
village of MOHADEBPUR of the Upazilla, which is the center point of
the project.
Why Youth Leadership?
The young people are the most socially conscious and active segments
of the population. They are concerned about social issues like
culture, environment, economic inequality, and human rights, lack of
employment opportunities etc. Generally these young people can't
participate in the decision making process, don't have access to the
formal institutions of society. Yet these young people try to
organize themselves voluntarily to address the social problems &
bring about positive social changes. They cover the lack of finance
with their person power, lack of resource with their talent &
intelligence and overcome social barriers with their immense
challenge loving hard working mentality.
As a youth focused organization YPSA have noticed that that
potentially the deprived youths & adolescents of the rural areas are
not behind the urban youths & adolescents. But still the reason why
the rural youths remains behind is not of brain power but of
position. The rural youths have less accessibility to information
because of their position. The reasons adding to this are lack of
access to communication & technology. So if these youths can be
introduced to Information & Communication Technologies they can be
the future leaders to apply it in the field of social development.
Youth are a large untapped resource that have the innovation &
potential to find out ways of using ICTs properly & affective to the
local context.
Unnatural story selection - Media still aims for easy targets - But 2004 better than 2003 overall
Dec. 26, 2004. 09:25 AM
Unnatural story selection - Media still aims for easy targets - But
2004 better than 2003 overall
ANTONIA ZERBISIAS azerbis@thestar.ca
MEDIA CRITIC
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Render&c=Page&cid=970599109774&ce=Columnist&colid=969907624636
"What is the role of a free and independent press in a democratic
society? Is it to be a passive conduit responsible only for the
delivery of information between a government and its people? Is it to
aggressively print allegation and rumor independent of accuracy or
fairness? Is it to show boobies? No. The role of a free press is to
be the people's eyes and ears, providing not just information but
access, insight and, most importantly, context."
- From America (The Book) by The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.
It is, one hopes, a positive sign that a book of media and political
criticism ends up as book of the year by Publishers Weekly.
It is, however, not a good thing that it took a fake news show on a
comedy network to give Americans the real deal on their country.
At least 2004 was an improvement on 2003. This year, some of the
mainstream media, at least some of the time, stepped out of the
pro-war, pro-George W. Bush conga line and stopped beating the war
drums.
The New York Times copped to having swallowed the administration
hook, line and clunker about weapons of mass destruction. The New
Yorker and CBS showed the extent of American war crimes at Abu Ghraib
prison. The networks gave big play to Kevin Sites's video of an
American marine shooting an unarmed Iraqi in a mosque. Another
embedded journalist encouraged a National Guardsman this month to ask
Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld about the lack of armoured Humvees
- probably saving many American troops and contributing to the
almost-certain demise of Rumsfeld's long political run.
But it wasn't all good.
[...]
As America (The Book) points out, the media have never been freer -
and "the status never quo-er."
full story
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1103842212752&call_pageid=970599109774&col=Columnist969907624636&DPL=IvsNDS%2f7ChAX&tacodalogin=yes
OR
http://tinyurl.com/6zede
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Via / By / Excerpted / From / Tip from / Thanks to:
Bill Doskoch
Toronto, ON
http://billdoskoch.blogware.com
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Unnatural story selection - Media still aims for easy targets - But
2004 better than 2003 overall
ANTONIA ZERBISIAS azerbis@thestar.ca
MEDIA CRITIC
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Render&c=Page&cid=970599109774&ce=Columnist&colid=969907624636
"What is the role of a free and independent press in a democratic
society? Is it to be a passive conduit responsible only for the
delivery of information between a government and its people? Is it to
aggressively print allegation and rumor independent of accuracy or
fairness? Is it to show boobies? No. The role of a free press is to
be the people's eyes and ears, providing not just information but
access, insight and, most importantly, context."
- From America (The Book) by The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.
It is, one hopes, a positive sign that a book of media and political
criticism ends up as book of the year by Publishers Weekly.
It is, however, not a good thing that it took a fake news show on a
comedy network to give Americans the real deal on their country.
At least 2004 was an improvement on 2003. This year, some of the
mainstream media, at least some of the time, stepped out of the
pro-war, pro-George W. Bush conga line and stopped beating the war
drums.
The New York Times copped to having swallowed the administration
hook, line and clunker about weapons of mass destruction. The New
Yorker and CBS showed the extent of American war crimes at Abu Ghraib
prison. The networks gave big play to Kevin Sites's video of an
American marine shooting an unarmed Iraqi in a mosque. Another
embedded journalist encouraged a National Guardsman this month to ask
Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld about the lack of armoured Humvees
- probably saving many American troops and contributing to the
almost-certain demise of Rumsfeld's long political run.
But it wasn't all good.
[...]
As America (The Book) points out, the media have never been freer -
and "the status never quo-er."
full story
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1103842212752&call_pageid=970599109774&col=Columnist969907624636&DPL=IvsNDS%2f7ChAX&tacodalogin=yes
OR
http://tinyurl.com/6zede
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Via / By / Excerpted / From / Tip from / Thanks to:
Bill Doskoch
Toronto, ON
http://billdoskoch.blogware.com
© info
http://members.tripod.com/~media002/disclaimer.htm
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See "The Wagon Burner" winner best experimental -2004
The Wagon Burner
Super 8 Film, Video, Audio
Terrance Houle 2003
"Wagon Burner" examines what happens when a boy reclaims his identity
through the simple act of destruction. The boy burns his wagon and
dances to put out the flames. Music is done by Isho Bailey. Houles'
images tell a story older than colonization: the power of resistance
and remembrance.
WINNER BEST EXPERIMENTAL
2004 ImagineNATIVE Film Festival, Toronto, CANADA
Terrance Houle, born in Calgary, is a member of the Blood/Blackfoot
nation. His creative work includes painting, drawing, video/film,
mixed media, performance and installation.
See it at
http://zed.cbc.ca/go.ZeD?POS=430&CONTENT_ID=205377&FILTER_KEY=133369&page=content&user=chagoosh2
Actual file
http://static.zed.cbc.ca/users/f/flawed/files/WagonB02.mov
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Via / By / Excerpted / From / Tip from / Thanks to:
http://chagoosh.blogspot.com/
© info
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Super 8 Film, Video, Audio
Terrance Houle 2003
"Wagon Burner" examines what happens when a boy reclaims his identity
through the simple act of destruction. The boy burns his wagon and
dances to put out the flames. Music is done by Isho Bailey. Houles'
images tell a story older than colonization: the power of resistance
and remembrance.
WINNER BEST EXPERIMENTAL
2004 ImagineNATIVE Film Festival, Toronto, CANADA
Terrance Houle, born in Calgary, is a member of the Blood/Blackfoot
nation. His creative work includes painting, drawing, video/film,
mixed media, performance and installation.
See it at
http://zed.cbc.ca/go.ZeD?POS=430&CONTENT_ID=205377&FILTER_KEY=133369&page=content&user=chagoosh2
Actual file
http://static.zed.cbc.ca/users/f/flawed/files/WagonB02.mov
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Via / By / Excerpted / From / Tip from / Thanks to:
http://chagoosh.blogspot.com/
© info
http://members.tripod.com/~media002/disclaimer.htm
Due to the nature of email & the WWW, check ALL sources.
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Canadian copyright law; CLA Copyright Information Centre
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 18:43:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Russell McOrmond
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004, Paul Nielson wrote:
> http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm
This information is a bit dated and many of the links are broken.
Our own links on the digital-copyright.ca site are a bit dated as
they focused on the 2001/2002 consultation process, rather than the
upcoming legislation that may be tabled in 2005. Latest is that it
won't likely be
February, and it is uncertain whether there will be another election
before legislation is tabled.
Those Canada-wide that are involved in Copyright Revision should be
at least aware of http://digital-copyright.ca/ which we hope to keep
updated with the latest information on this and related areas of
policy.
Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant:
Have you, your family, your friends (, your enemies) signed the
Petition to the Canadian Parliament for Users' Rights in Copyright?
http://digital-copyright.ca/petition/
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 16:53:34 -0600
From: Paul Nielson
Subject: [CPI-UA] CLA Copyright Information Centre
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm
This section will provide the latest information on revisions to
Canada's Copyright Act and regulations; position statements by
associations and governments on copyright reform; interpretations of
Canadian copyright law; issues related to digital information and
media copyright; international copyright law and the Multilateral
Agreement on Investment (MAI); collective and performing rights
societies; and some readings and writings on Canadian, U.S. and
international copyright.
Table of Contents
1. Canadian Copyright Act
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#cdn_law
Law
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#cdn_regulat
Regulations
2. http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#int_law
International Copyright Law
3. http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#mai
Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI)
4. Position Statements on Canadian Copyright Law Reform & Regulations
Bill C-32 (Phase II)
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#gov_posit
Canadian Government
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#positions_assoc
Associations & Organizations
5. http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#interpret
Interpretations of Canadian Copyright Law
6. Digital Information & Related Issues (Phase III)
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#digital_gov
Government Reports & Discussion Papers
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#digital_net_access
Access to Information
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#digital_liability
Internet Content & Liability
7. Media Copyright
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#media_ledg
Legislation
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#media_orgs
Organizations & Institutions
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#media_studies
Studies & Discussions
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#media_us
United States
8. http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#collectives
Collectives & Performing Rights Societies
9. Readings & Writings on Copyright Law
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#read_can
Canada
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#read_us
United States
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#read_uk
United Kingdom
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#read_int
International
10. http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyrightforum.htm
Discussion Paper On Digital Copyright Issues (issued by the Copyright
Forum, of which CLA is a member)
11. http://www.cla.ca/top/whatsnew/wnjl1901.htm
Public Access to Information Threatened by Copyright Inaction (by Margaret Law)
12. http://www.cla.ca/issues/copyright.htm
CLA Response to the Consultation Paper on Digital Copyright Issues
(Issued by the Intellectual Property Policy Directorate, Industry
Canada and the Copyright Policy Branch, Canadian Heritage)
13. http://www.cla.ca/resources/23april2002.pdf
Copyright Protection in Unpublished Works: Final Report by Wanda
Noel, Barrister & Solicitor (pdf) ~ April 23, 2002
For further information, please contact:
Karen Adams - Convenor, Copyright Committee (2004)
Cameron Library
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB T6G 2J8
Tel.: (780) 492-6491
Fax: (780) 492-8302
e-mail:karen.g.adams@ualberta.ca
From: Russell McOrmond
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004, Paul Nielson wrote:
> http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm
This information is a bit dated and many of the links are broken.
Our own links on the digital-copyright.ca site are a bit dated as
they focused on the 2001/2002 consultation process, rather than the
upcoming legislation that may be tabled in 2005. Latest is that it
won't likely be
February, and it is uncertain whether there will be another election
before legislation is tabled.
Those Canada-wide that are involved in Copyright Revision should be
at least aware of http://digital-copyright.ca/ which we hope to keep
updated with the latest information on this and related areas of
policy.
Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant:
Have you, your family, your friends (, your enemies) signed the
Petition to the Canadian Parliament for Users' Rights in Copyright?
http://digital-copyright.ca/petition/
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 16:53:34 -0600
From: Paul Nielson
Subject: [CPI-UA] CLA Copyright Information Centre
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm
This section will provide the latest information on revisions to
Canada's Copyright Act and regulations; position statements by
associations and governments on copyright reform; interpretations of
Canadian copyright law; issues related to digital information and
media copyright; international copyright law and the Multilateral
Agreement on Investment (MAI); collective and performing rights
societies; and some readings and writings on Canadian, U.S. and
international copyright.
Table of Contents
1. Canadian Copyright Act
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#cdn_law
Law
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#cdn_regulat
Regulations
2. http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#int_law
International Copyright Law
3. http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#mai
Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI)
4. Position Statements on Canadian Copyright Law Reform & Regulations
Bill C-32 (Phase II)
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#gov_posit
Canadian Government
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#positions_assoc
Associations & Organizations
5. http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#interpret
Interpretations of Canadian Copyright Law
6. Digital Information & Related Issues (Phase III)
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#digital_gov
Government Reports & Discussion Papers
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#digital_net_access
Access to Information
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#digital_liability
Internet Content & Liability
7. Media Copyright
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#media_ledg
Legislation
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#media_orgs
Organizations & Institutions
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#media_studies
Studies & Discussions
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#media_us
United States
8. http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#collectives
Collectives & Performing Rights Societies
9. Readings & Writings on Copyright Law
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#read_can
Canada
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#read_us
United States
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#read_uk
United Kingdom
http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyright.htm#read_int
International
10. http://www.cla.ca/resources/copyrightforum.htm
Discussion Paper On Digital Copyright Issues (issued by the Copyright
Forum, of which CLA is a member)
11. http://www.cla.ca/top/whatsnew/wnjl1901.htm
Public Access to Information Threatened by Copyright Inaction (by Margaret Law)
12. http://www.cla.ca/issues/copyright.htm
CLA Response to the Consultation Paper on Digital Copyright Issues
(Issued by the Intellectual Property Policy Directorate, Industry
Canada and the Copyright Policy Branch, Canadian Heritage)
13. http://www.cla.ca/resources/23april2002.pdf
Copyright Protection in Unpublished Works: Final Report by Wanda
Noel, Barrister & Solicitor (pdf) ~ April 23, 2002
For further information, please contact:
Karen Adams - Convenor, Copyright Committee (2004)
Cameron Library
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB T6G 2J8
Tel.: (780) 492-6491
Fax: (780) 492-8302
e-mail:
Friday, December 24, 2004
"Abologs" list from APTN National News (ANN)
"Abologs"
Many Aboriginal people in Canada, the US, and around the world
maintain their own blogs. Such blogs - we've nicknamed them "abologs"
- can provide a fascinating view into the personal lives and
differing political and social realities of Aboriginal people.
APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network ) has compiled a blog
list (or blogroll) of just some of the Aboriginal blogs available on
the web.
Links to all the Blogs below may be found at:
http://www.aptn.ca/strands/news_currentaffairs/blogs.htm
Please note: APTN National News (ANN) provides these links as a
service only, and ANN neither endorses nor is affiliated with
off-site material or opinions. ANN is not responsible for any content
that may appear on other sites.
Canada
Want to suggest other aboriginal blogs in Canada? Email us
mailto:rharp@aptn.ca,%20tfontaine@aptn.ca
Alan's Blog
Alan Greyeyes is a 25 year old living in Winnipeg
As Twisted by Dave
Ojibway/Cree/Scot blogging from Sioux Lookout, ON
Big Wab All Day, E're Day
Life & times of a young Aboriginal hip hop artist in Winnipeg
The Daily Blog: Insight into the Life of Anishnawbe
Based out of Nipissing First Nation in Ontario
Daybi
Yet another young Aboriginal hip hop artist - only he's in Montreal
gôdag wajo
Web log of an abenaki parent
Life on the Rez
Life in Nisga'a Territory; Métis living in Gingolx BC
My Stolen Cat
Yukon blog
NOD version 5.1
Aboriginal woman blogging from Thunder Bay, ON
North-South-East-West
Metis new media artist
one more nish gyrl left to shatter
An engineer poet "with big cheekbones" from Wikwemikong
OrcaPhyll
'Mom/Animator/Poet/Writer/Director' from Pabineau First Nation, NB
sAy2k.tv
Sonny Assu is an Aboriginal artist from the West Coast
Scott's page of Picto-graphic Impressions of a PAGAK!
Images captured by an Ojibway photographer in Winnipeg
Sondra
Mohawk woman from Kahnawake blogs about family, friends, music and art
Urban Injun
'Step into my world for a minute or two'
Waublog
Kept by Waubgeshig Rice, originally from Wasauksing FN
Suggest other Blogs? mailto:rharp@aptn.ca,%20tfontaine@aptn.ca
USA
Bad Eagle
Oft-controversial web log of Dr. David A. Yeagley, conservative American Indian
Beats Per Minute
A "full-blooded Navajo" living in New Orleans
Black Mesa Girl >TEXTBLOG >PHOTOBLOG
Aboriginal woman in Phoenix, AZ
Blog Goddess
A "22 yr young Navajo female" blogger
Brown Chick
"Devoted to the steamy textures and tastes of frybread"
chimEra / saaniidotcom
A Navajo poet from northern New Mexico named Zoey
DoubleHelixMe
Atlanta-based Cherokee
Incoherent Musings
Some postings from a Colville native in WA state
Joy Harjo's Web Log
Artist Joy Harjo reports here on her life, travels, and other happenings
Kiwasicu: The Life of an Urban Indian
Pebbles is a 27-years-young Lakota Sioux blogger from New York City.
Very nice layout.
Mick
26-year-old native american male living on the Navajo Indian reservation
::my trip to felicity::
Navajo and Jamez Pueblo female blogger
Nativeagle
Dine photo blog
Native American ties to the land
Collaboration between Anishinabe elders and students in Minnesota
(note: seems inactive, but still a good read)
Reflections of an Outlaw Indian Lawyer
The title speaks for itself
RezBlog
"The Collective Braindump Project."
Sarcastic Life
A blog written in Chinle, AZ
7th Direction
Nez Perce blogger now in S.Dakota
Sweet Complexity
22-year-old "rez chick" and self-described "wannabe artist" from Kayenta, AZ
Wampum
Group blog from the US. Progressive Politics, Indian Issues, and
Autism Advocacy
World Suggest other Blogs? mailto:rharp@aptn.ca,%20tfontaine@aptn.ca
Blogger de Timor
About East Timor, which re-gained independence in 2002 (note: em
portugêse somente)
Free Hawaii
set up by the Koani Foundation
Hawaiian Independence Weblog
A media log in Hana, Maui
John's Weblog
Political New Zealand blog kept by Maori MP John Tamihere
Maldito
another Hawaiian blogger
No Rest for the Awake: Minagahet Chamorro
Dedicated to the Chamorro people of the Marianas Islands in Guam
Tanya Wooley - Flexible Learning Leader 2004
Australian interested in education in remote aboriginal communities
tupiniquim
Weblog sobre povos indÃgenas (note: em portugêse somente)
Want to suggest other international indigenous blogs? Email us.
mailto:rharp@aptn.ca,%20tfontaine@aptn.ca
Many Aboriginal people in Canada, the US, and around the world
maintain their own blogs. Such blogs - we've nicknamed them "abologs"
- can provide a fascinating view into the personal lives and
differing political and social realities of Aboriginal people.
APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network ) has compiled a blog
list (or blogroll) of just some of the Aboriginal blogs available on
the web.
Links to all the Blogs below may be found at:
http://www.aptn.ca/strands/news_currentaffairs/blogs.htm
Please note: APTN National News (ANN) provides these links as a
service only, and ANN neither endorses nor is affiliated with
off-site material or opinions. ANN is not responsible for any content
that may appear on other sites.
Canada
Want to suggest other aboriginal blogs in Canada? Email us
mailto:rharp@aptn.ca,%20tfontaine@aptn.ca
Alan's Blog
Alan Greyeyes is a 25 year old living in Winnipeg
As Twisted by Dave
Ojibway/Cree/Scot blogging from Sioux Lookout, ON
Big Wab All Day, E're Day
Life & times of a young Aboriginal hip hop artist in Winnipeg
The Daily Blog: Insight into the Life of Anishnawbe
Based out of Nipissing First Nation in Ontario
Daybi
Yet another young Aboriginal hip hop artist - only he's in Montreal
gôdag wajo
Web log of an abenaki parent
Life on the Rez
Life in Nisga'a Territory; Métis living in Gingolx BC
My Stolen Cat
Yukon blog
NOD version 5.1
Aboriginal woman blogging from Thunder Bay, ON
North-South-East-West
Metis new media artist
one more nish gyrl left to shatter
An engineer poet "with big cheekbones" from Wikwemikong
OrcaPhyll
'Mom/Animator/Poet/Writer/Director' from Pabineau First Nation, NB
sAy2k.tv
Sonny Assu is an Aboriginal artist from the West Coast
Scott's page of Picto-graphic Impressions of a PAGAK!
Images captured by an Ojibway photographer in Winnipeg
Sondra
Mohawk woman from Kahnawake blogs about family, friends, music and art
Urban Injun
'Step into my world for a minute or two'
Waublog
Kept by Waubgeshig Rice, originally from Wasauksing FN
Suggest other Blogs? mailto:rharp@aptn.ca,%20tfontaine@aptn.ca
USA
Bad Eagle
Oft-controversial web log of Dr. David A. Yeagley, conservative American Indian
Beats Per Minute
A "full-blooded Navajo" living in New Orleans
Black Mesa Girl >TEXTBLOG >PHOTOBLOG
Aboriginal woman in Phoenix, AZ
Blog Goddess
A "22 yr young Navajo female" blogger
Brown Chick
"Devoted to the steamy textures and tastes of frybread"
chimEra / saaniidotcom
A Navajo poet from northern New Mexico named Zoey
DoubleHelixMe
Atlanta-based Cherokee
Incoherent Musings
Some postings from a Colville native in WA state
Joy Harjo's Web Log
Artist Joy Harjo reports here on her life, travels, and other happenings
Kiwasicu: The Life of an Urban Indian
Pebbles is a 27-years-young Lakota Sioux blogger from New York City.
Very nice layout.
Mick
26-year-old native american male living on the Navajo Indian reservation
::my trip to felicity::
Navajo and Jamez Pueblo female blogger
Nativeagle
Dine photo blog
Native American ties to the land
Collaboration between Anishinabe elders and students in Minnesota
(note: seems inactive, but still a good read)
Reflections of an Outlaw Indian Lawyer
The title speaks for itself
RezBlog
"The Collective Braindump Project."
Sarcastic Life
A blog written in Chinle, AZ
7th Direction
Nez Perce blogger now in S.Dakota
Sweet Complexity
22-year-old "rez chick" and self-described "wannabe artist" from Kayenta, AZ
Wampum
Group blog from the US. Progressive Politics, Indian Issues, and
Autism Advocacy
World Suggest other Blogs? mailto:rharp@aptn.ca,%20tfontaine@aptn.ca
Blogger de Timor
About East Timor, which re-gained independence in 2002 (note: em
portugêse somente)
Free Hawaii
set up by the Koani Foundation
Hawaiian Independence Weblog
A media log in Hana, Maui
John's Weblog
Political New Zealand blog kept by Maori MP John Tamihere
Maldito
another Hawaiian blogger
No Rest for the Awake: Minagahet Chamorro
Dedicated to the Chamorro people of the Marianas Islands in Guam
Tanya Wooley - Flexible Learning Leader 2004
Australian interested in education in remote aboriginal communities
tupiniquim
Weblog sobre povos indÃgenas (note: em portugêse somente)
Want to suggest other international indigenous blogs? Email us.
mailto:rharp@aptn.ca,%20tfontaine@aptn.ca
Thursday, December 23, 2004
Ottawa unwraps $9 million to protect Arctic ecosystems from development
Canada.com, Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:35 PM PST
Ottawa unwraps $9 million to protect Arctic ecosystems from
development
http://www.canada.com/news/national/story.html?id=81fe3f8d-8730-4121-b184-46f3d806c4e5
YELLOWKNIFE (CP) - The federal government played Santa Claus to
northern environmentalists Tuesday when it unwrapped a long-awaited
$9-million commitment to protect Arctic ecosystems threatened by
industrial development in the Mackenzie Valley.
Ottawa unwraps $9 million to protect Arctic ecosystems from
development
http://www.canada.com/news/national/story.html?id=81fe3f8d-8730-4121-b184-46f3d806c4e5
YELLOWKNIFE (CP) - The federal government played Santa Claus to
northern environmentalists Tuesday when it unwrapped a long-awaited
$9-million commitment to protect Arctic ecosystems threatened by
industrial development in the Mackenzie Valley.
New Voices Competition of digital art and design
[A $25 (Canadian) registration fee is required for each entry. ]
From: Design Exchange Express [mailto:express@dx.org]
Sent: December 13, 2004 5:13 PM
Subject: Express Alert: New Voices Competition
EXPRESS ALERT
December 13, 2004
Call for Submissions
digifest 2005: go wild!
New Voices Competition
Presented by Design Exchange and Telefilm Canada
Deadline: January 31, 2005 - 5:00pm EST
In 2005, digifest goes wild! That's right - in May 2005 Canada's
largest annual festival of digital art and design is taking a look at
all things wild. Tired of the mechanistic point and click paradigm?
Get ready for WILDcode, WILDstates, WILDmedia and more.
We invite you to join digifest goes wild! in exploring the
increasingly potent intersections of digital technologies with wild
(i.e. irrational or uncontrolled) forces, from the biological to the
psychological to the socio-political and beyond. Key issues that may
be addressed by artists and designers include organic interfaces,
animals and computers, digital mysticism, disruptive technologies,
digital terrorism, wild games, digital sexuality, cybernetics, worms,
parasites and viruses, and chaotic information systems, products or
environments with "wild" styles or aesthetics, to name but a few
possibilities.
The New Voices Competition is an opportunity for emerging and
mid-career designers, artists, and technologists to showcase their
latest innovations in digital media technologies. Companies, design
teams, digital media artists and other content creators are eligible
to submit new and innovative ideas and applications in interactive
digital media, games, 3D design, real-time environments, digital film
and video, web applications, mobile applications, fashion, digital
performing arts and all other digital idioms.
Winners will present their work at digifest in Toronto and their work
will be installed or displayed as part of digifest. Winning entries
will also be highlighted in both the digifest program and an in-depth
website.
For an application and complete competition details, go to our
website http://www.dx.org/digifest
Contacts
Irene Chong, New Voices Coordinator irene@dx.org
Paola Poletto, Director, digifest paola@dx.org
John Sobol, Associate Director, digifest john@dx.org
Design Exchange is grateful for the support of Telefilm Canada.
From: Design Exchange Express [mailto:express@dx.org]
Sent: December 13, 2004 5:13 PM
Subject: Express Alert: New Voices Competition
EXPRESS ALERT
December 13, 2004
Call for Submissions
digifest 2005: go wild!
New Voices Competition
Presented by Design Exchange and Telefilm Canada
Deadline: January 31, 2005 - 5:00pm EST
In 2005, digifest goes wild! That's right - in May 2005 Canada's
largest annual festival of digital art and design is taking a look at
all things wild. Tired of the mechanistic point and click paradigm?
Get ready for WILDcode, WILDstates, WILDmedia and more.
We invite you to join digifest goes wild! in exploring the
increasingly potent intersections of digital technologies with wild
(i.e. irrational or uncontrolled) forces, from the biological to the
psychological to the socio-political and beyond. Key issues that may
be addressed by artists and designers include organic interfaces,
animals and computers, digital mysticism, disruptive technologies,
digital terrorism, wild games, digital sexuality, cybernetics, worms,
parasites and viruses, and chaotic information systems, products or
environments with "wild" styles or aesthetics, to name but a few
possibilities.
The New Voices Competition is an opportunity for emerging and
mid-career designers, artists, and technologists to showcase their
latest innovations in digital media technologies. Companies, design
teams, digital media artists and other content creators are eligible
to submit new and innovative ideas and applications in interactive
digital media, games, 3D design, real-time environments, digital film
and video, web applications, mobile applications, fashion, digital
performing arts and all other digital idioms.
Winners will present their work at digifest in Toronto and their work
will be installed or displayed as part of digifest. Winning entries
will also be highlighted in both the digifest program and an in-depth
website.
For an application and complete competition details, go to our
website http://www.dx.org/digifest
Contacts
Irene Chong, New Voices Coordinator irene@dx.org
Paola Poletto, Director, digifest paola@dx.org
John Sobol, Associate Director, digifest john@dx.org
Design Exchange is grateful for the support of Telefilm Canada.
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