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Sunday, February 20, 2005
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
E-mail is the new database & Free Gmail e-mail account offer
As a Gmail user, I have a number of free Gmail accounts to give away.
So this message is my attempt to give them away to folks who work in community based media or ICT... preferably (but not necessarily) in developing countries. One reason is that media folks often need to send larger files like photographs and audio files (especially when doing freelance work to support their non-commercial work).
With Gmail, you can send and receive messages up to 10 megabytes (MB) in size. However, the precise amount allowable will depend on the attachment.
When you add an attachment, the size of a file may increase because transport encodings are automatically added. (Transport encodings are the information that allows your message to be safely sent and read.)
This means that in some cases, attachments that are 6 to 10MB in size may push the total message size above 10MB. When this happens, Gmail displays a warning that your message exceeds the 10MB limit.
Gmail is a free, search-based webmail service that includes 1,000 megabytes (1 gigabyte) of storage. The backbone of Gmail is a powerful Google search engine that quickly finds any message an account owner has ever sent or received. That means there's no need to file messages in order to find them again.
When Gmail displays an email, it automatically shows all the replies to that email as well, so users can view a message in the context of a conversation. There are no pop-ups or untargeted banner ads in Gmail, which places relevant text ads and links to related web pages adjacent to email messages. (As they are text only, they do not greatly increase your page loading times like they do in Hotmail or Yahoomail)
Also.. you need a recent browser to use G-mail as it makes extensive use of Java scripts....
JavaScript and cookies must be enabled on all browsers
Supported Browsers:
- Microsoft IE 5.5+ (Windows )
- Netscape 7.1+ (Windows Mac Linux )
- Mozilla 1.4+ (Windows Mac Linux )
- Mozilla Firefox 0.8+ (Windows Mac Linux )
- Safari 1.2.1+ (Mac )
So if you would like a free Gmail account... send me a message telling me why you could use one to my Gmail account at:
mediamentorATgmailDOTcom
George]
E-mail is the new database
By Joia Shillingford
BBC News business reporter
[excerpt]
"If a friend is excited about a concert and that gives me an idea for a birthday gift, I will store the info on e-mail," says Georges Harik, the man in charge of search-engine Google's Gmail service.
Stuart Anderson, Microsoft's Hotmail business manager in the UK, keeps online shopping receipts in his mailbox in case he has to query anything later.
"People are keeping a lot more information in their e-mail accounts for retrieval at a later date," says Yahoo!
Web-based e-mail services like Hotmail, Yahoo!, Gmail and AOL Mail on the Web are becoming databases by default as a growing number of people use them, to store data and photos so they can retrieve them from anywhere.
Growing trend
The trend has become more pronounced as the services have dramatically increased their storage capacity in response to upstart Gmail offering a free service with 1,000 megabytes (Mb) of storage.
"E-mail is a way of interacting not just with others, but also with yourself, " says Mr Harik, who is director of Googlettes (new Google services). "You want to remember something, so you send it to your mailbox."
For all but the very organised, old e-mails will contain phone numbers that haven't been entered into a diary, names and addresses of contacts, meeting or customer information, useful statistics or competitor information and photos of products and people.
The market for web-based e-mail services is still growing. "In the US, it grew 3% between April and November 2004," said Andreas Gutjahr, marketing manager, UK & Germany, for Neilsen//NetRatings, a Nasdaq-listed internet research company.
He says the number of minutes users spend connected is also rising.
Money maker
But even where there is a small subscription fee, e-mail does not make much money in itself. The prize is in the number of users - and therefore advertisers - the providers can lure, not just to their online mailboxes but also to portals like MSN and search engines like Google and Yahoo!.
Gmail "will be very profitable for us," says Mr Harik.
But if web e-mail is being used for more than just sending and receiving messages, how will this affect the market shares of the different providers?
One possibility is that Hotmail's market dominance could be affected by rival services better equipped to search through thousands of e-mails.
Rival offerings
Both Yahoo! and Google have had internet search engines as part of their core business from the start. So they are well placed to offer efficient e-mail searching.
Gmail was designed with the idea of searching for unstructured, unfiled information in mind. Mr Harik says: "We've taken away about 70%-80% of the reason to file things."
However, he believes: "It might still be worth filing e-mails related to a specific project, where comprehensiveness (finding every single message on a topic) was important."
"We have a labelling system that enables you to label messages in more than one way. Also our conversation feature enables you to see all the messages in an e-mail conversation."
Google will also search users' e-mails for keywords so that it can place adverts in mailboxes relevant to users' interests. On the one hand, this may make adverts more useful. On the other - though users' identities won't be revealed to advertisers - it does raise privacy concerns.
Gmail is currently available by invitation only as it is still under development. But it recently increased the number of new users that existing customers can invite - from 10 to 50 - suggesting it is pushing Gmail out to more people.
Full text at
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/business/4167633.stm
So if you would like a free Gmail account... send me a message telling me why you could use one to my Gmail account at:
mediamentorATgmailDOTcom
So this message is my attempt to give them away to folks who work in community based media or ICT... preferably (but not necessarily) in developing countries. One reason is that media folks often need to send larger files like photographs and audio files (especially when doing freelance work to support their non-commercial work).
With Gmail, you can send and receive messages up to 10 megabytes (MB) in size. However, the precise amount allowable will depend on the attachment.
When you add an attachment, the size of a file may increase because transport encodings are automatically added. (Transport encodings are the information that allows your message to be safely sent and read.)
This means that in some cases, attachments that are 6 to 10MB in size may push the total message size above 10MB. When this happens, Gmail displays a warning that your message exceeds the 10MB limit.
Gmail is a free, search-based webmail service that includes 1,000 megabytes (1 gigabyte) of storage. The backbone of Gmail is a powerful Google search engine that quickly finds any message an account owner has ever sent or received. That means there's no need to file messages in order to find them again.
When Gmail displays an email, it automatically shows all the replies to that email as well, so users can view a message in the context of a conversation. There are no pop-ups or untargeted banner ads in Gmail, which places relevant text ads and links to related web pages adjacent to email messages. (As they are text only, they do not greatly increase your page loading times like they do in Hotmail or Yahoomail)
Also.. you need a recent browser to use G-mail as it makes extensive use of Java scripts....
JavaScript and cookies must be enabled on all browsers
Supported Browsers:
- Microsoft IE 5.5+ (Windows )
- Netscape 7.1+ (Windows Mac Linux )
- Mozilla 1.4+ (Windows Mac Linux )
- Mozilla Firefox 0.8+ (Windows Mac Linux )
- Safari 1.2.1+ (Mac )
So if you would like a free Gmail account... send me a message telling me why you could use one to my Gmail account at:
mediamentorATgmailDOTcom
George]
E-mail is the new database
By Joia Shillingford
BBC News business reporter
[excerpt]
"If a friend is excited about a concert and that gives me an idea for a birthday gift, I will store the info on e-mail," says Georges Harik, the man in charge of search-engine Google's Gmail service.
Stuart Anderson, Microsoft's Hotmail business manager in the UK, keeps online shopping receipts in his mailbox in case he has to query anything later.
"People are keeping a lot more information in their e-mail accounts for retrieval at a later date," says Yahoo!
Web-based e-mail services like Hotmail, Yahoo!, Gmail and AOL Mail on the Web are becoming databases by default as a growing number of people use them, to store data and photos so they can retrieve them from anywhere.
Growing trend
The trend has become more pronounced as the services have dramatically increased their storage capacity in response to upstart Gmail offering a free service with 1,000 megabytes (Mb) of storage.
"E-mail is a way of interacting not just with others, but also with yourself, " says Mr Harik, who is director of Googlettes (new Google services). "You want to remember something, so you send it to your mailbox."
For all but the very organised, old e-mails will contain phone numbers that haven't been entered into a diary, names and addresses of contacts, meeting or customer information, useful statistics or competitor information and photos of products and people.
The market for web-based e-mail services is still growing. "In the US, it grew 3% between April and November 2004," said Andreas Gutjahr, marketing manager, UK & Germany, for Neilsen//NetRatings, a Nasdaq-listed internet research company.
He says the number of minutes users spend connected is also rising.
Money maker
But even where there is a small subscription fee, e-mail does not make much money in itself. The prize is in the number of users - and therefore advertisers - the providers can lure, not just to their online mailboxes but also to portals like MSN and search engines like Google and Yahoo!.
Gmail "will be very profitable for us," says Mr Harik.
But if web e-mail is being used for more than just sending and receiving messages, how will this affect the market shares of the different providers?
One possibility is that Hotmail's market dominance could be affected by rival services better equipped to search through thousands of e-mails.
Rival offerings
Both Yahoo! and Google have had internet search engines as part of their core business from the start. So they are well placed to offer efficient e-mail searching.
Gmail was designed with the idea of searching for unstructured, unfiled information in mind. Mr Harik says: "We've taken away about 70%-80% of the reason to file things."
However, he believes: "It might still be worth filing e-mails related to a specific project, where comprehensiveness (finding every single message on a topic) was important."
"We have a labelling system that enables you to label messages in more than one way. Also our conversation feature enables you to see all the messages in an e-mail conversation."
Google will also search users' e-mails for keywords so that it can place adverts in mailboxes relevant to users' interests. On the one hand, this may make adverts more useful. On the other - though users' identities won't be revealed to advertisers - it does raise privacy concerns.
Gmail is currently available by invitation only as it is still under development. But it recently increased the number of new users that existing customers can invite - from 10 to 50 - suggesting it is pushing Gmail out to more people.
Full text at
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/business/4167633.stm
So if you would like a free Gmail account... send me a message telling me why you could use one to my Gmail account at:
mediamentorATgmailDOTcom
Thursday, February 03, 2005
Yale "Global Flow of Information" Conference - Apr. 1-3, 2005
From: "Eddan Katz" eddank@aya.yale.edu
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 13:00:12 -0000
Subject: Yale "Global Flow of Information" Conference - Apr. 1-3, 2005
The Information Society Project at Yale Law School is proud to announce that registration is now open for The Global Flow of Information Conference 2005, which will take place on April 1-3, 2005, at the Yale Law School.
http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/GlobalFlow/index.html
http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/GlobalFlow/registration.htm
Please register early, as seating is limited. This ground-breaking conference will bring together policymakers, lawyers, technologists, social activists, and academics to discuss globalization and the law in terms of information flow.
Patterns of information flow are one of the most important factors shaping globalization. Today, all sorts of entities -- individuals, groups, countries, and international organizations -- are trying to promote and control the flow across national borders of different kinds of information, including intellectual property, scientific research, political discourse, brand names, and cultural symbols. Ever-proliferating digitally networked environments subject information to yet new methods of distribution and manipulation. Control and influence of information flow will help define who holds power in the global information economy.
This conference will explore these patterns of information flow and their political, economic, social, and cultural consequences. We will explore four key questions:
* Can the flow of information across borders be controlled? If so, how?
* Whose interests will be affected by flows of information across borders?
Who will be empowered and who will lose influence and authority?
* What role can and should law play in securing freedoms, rights, and democratic accountability as individuals, groups, and nations struggle over control of information flows?
* What lessons can we learn about how to regulate information flow from past experience with other kinds of flow across borders, such as flows of goods, services, people, and capital?
We invite you to join leading experts in academia, industry, and the non-profit sector to debate the patterns, problems, and power of information flows in six different contexts:
(1) Governance
(2) Economics
(3) Culture
(4) Politics
(5) Science
(6) Warfare
For more information about the conference, with full descriptions of the panels above and a full speaker list, please visit
http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/GlobalFlow/index.html.
Eddan Katz
Yale Law School
Executive Director
Information Society Project
http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/
"Eddan Katz"
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Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 13:00:12 -0000
Subject: Yale "Global Flow of Information" Conference - Apr. 1-3, 2005
The Information Society Project at Yale Law School is proud to announce that registration is now open for The Global Flow of Information Conference 2005, which will take place on April 1-3, 2005, at the Yale Law School.
http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/GlobalFlow/index.html
http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/GlobalFlow/registration.htm
Please register early, as seating is limited. This ground-breaking conference will bring together policymakers, lawyers, technologists, social activists, and academics to discuss globalization and the law in terms of information flow.
Patterns of information flow are one of the most important factors shaping globalization. Today, all sorts of entities -- individuals, groups, countries, and international organizations -- are trying to promote and control the flow across national borders of different kinds of information, including intellectual property, scientific research, political discourse, brand names, and cultural symbols. Ever-proliferating digitally networked environments subject information to yet new methods of distribution and manipulation. Control and influence of information flow will help define who holds power in the global information economy.
This conference will explore these patterns of information flow and their political, economic, social, and cultural consequences. We will explore four key questions:
* Can the flow of information across borders be controlled? If so, how?
* Whose interests will be affected by flows of information across borders?
Who will be empowered and who will lose influence and authority?
* What role can and should law play in securing freedoms, rights, and democratic accountability as individuals, groups, and nations struggle over control of information flows?
* What lessons can we learn about how to regulate information flow from past experience with other kinds of flow across borders, such as flows of goods, services, people, and capital?
We invite you to join leading experts in academia, industry, and the non-profit sector to debate the patterns, problems, and power of information flows in six different contexts:
(1) Governance
(2) Economics
(3) Culture
(4) Politics
(5) Science
(6) Warfare
For more information about the conference, with full descriptions of the panels above and a full speaker list, please visit
http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/GlobalFlow/index.html.
Eddan Katz
Yale Law School
Executive Director
Information Society Project
http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/
"Eddan Katz"
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Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Super Shamou, Inuk Hero!
Base of Operations : Canadian north
First Appearance :Super Shamou (Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, 1980s)
Powers/Abilities : Flight. Other powers unknown
History : Super Shamou is an Inuk (Eskimo) super hero. He protects the wilderness of Canada, looking out for unwary travellers who fall foul of the unforgiving conditions, and children in particular. As well as rescuing such individuals, he also makes sure to teach them some realities of life in the North.
Comments : Super Shamou is the world's first Inuk (Eskimo) super hero. He was created by Barney Pattunguyak and Peter Tapatai © Inuit Broadcasting Corporation. This comic was drawn by Nick Burns and the translations were done by Micah Lightstone.
If you are interested in finding out more about this character, you can order his comic book in English, French and Inuktitut by contacting:
Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, 251 Laurier Avenue West # 703, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1P 5J6, or Calling1-800-267-8327.
http://www.inuitbroadcasting.ca/
First Appearance :Super Shamou (Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, 1980s)
Powers/Abilities : Flight. Other powers unknown
History : Super Shamou is an Inuk (Eskimo) super hero. He protects the wilderness of Canada, looking out for unwary travellers who fall foul of the unforgiving conditions, and children in particular. As well as rescuing such individuals, he also makes sure to teach them some realities of life in the North.
Comments : Super Shamou is the world's first Inuk (Eskimo) super hero. He was created by Barney Pattunguyak and Peter Tapatai © Inuit Broadcasting Corporation. This comic was drawn by Nick Burns and the translations were done by Micah Lightstone.
If you are interested in finding out more about this character, you can order his comic book in English, French and Inuktitut by contacting:
Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, 251 Laurier Avenue West # 703, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1P 5J6, or Calling1-800-267-8327.
http://www.inuitbroadcasting.ca/
SUPER SHAMOU - Inuk super hero descends on Ottawa
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:34:56 -0500
From: Galerie SAW Gallery
Date: Tue Jan 25, 2005 5:11:31 PM US/Eastern
Subject: INUK SUPERHERO DESCENDS ON OTTAWA
La version française suivra.
Galerie SAW Gallery Media Release
WORLD PREMIERE OF RESTORED SUPER SHAMOU
EXHIBITION: The Winter Life
ARTISTS: Joelle Ciona (Vancouver), Eryn Foster (Halifax), Barney
Pattunguyak (Baker Lake), Liss Platt (Hamilton) + Laura Splan (San
Francisco)
CURATORIAL THINK TANK: Darsha Hewitt, Stefan St-Laurent, Ryan Stec,
Ming Tiampo + Tam-Ca Vo-Van
DATES: February 3 - March 19, 2005
OPENING: Thursday, February 3 from 8PM to 1AM. World premiere of
Remix 2004 at 10PM followed by an audio performance by Pho. Free
admission and cash bar.
PERFORMANCE: Puck Paintings by Liss Platt, Saturday, February 5 from
12PM to 2PM, on the Rideau Canal at Patterson Creek. Presented in
collaboration with Winterlude. Free admission. Audience participation
is encouraged.
A common metaphor in many of the world's most celebrated novels,
winter has not been ignored by visual artists, who often relate their
own dark experiences through a cold, foggy lense. Indeed, it could be
said that there is no better circumstance than to put a subject in
the alienating landscape of winter, where everything that we know is
lightly covered by an enormous blanket of snow or ice. More
interestingly, we try to fool ourselves into believing that this
season is not that bad - cold weather, expensive heating, limited
access - by using coping devices that create physical and
psychological barriers. We half-believe that we can have a superhuman
control over the Earth's elements.
[snipped]
Barney Pattunguyak imagines the world's first Inuk superhero, Super
Shamou, who protects the Canadian wilderness and teaches children the
harsh realities of life in the Artic. Certainly a spoof of Superman -
that perfectly Caucasian male who seduces more than he saves - Super
Shamou looks and acts just like a regular Inuk Joe who happens to
fly. Although the flying scenes are a little unconvincing, due to
limited resources and to video's capabilities at the time, we are
more enraptured by the context than we are by Shamou's special
powers. In fact, he is a sort of antihero created by the autonomous
Inuit Broadcasting Corporation. Founded in 1981, the IBC was formed
in direct response to the proliferation of southern televisual images
being disseminated to the North, threatening a culture that was
already impacted by trade and religion. What a better way to counter
America's rapidly expanding Capitalist regime than to produce
Superman's cultural nemesis? Pattunguyak's tape will premiere in its
new, restored version during the exhibition.
[snipped]
REMIX 2004. CURATORS: Anne Clarke + Ryan Stec. ARTISTS: Tony
Asimakopoulos (Ottawa), Kerry Campbell (Ottawa), Lee Demarbre
(Ottawa), Adad Hannah (Montréal), Donna James (Ottawa), laura jeanne
lefave (Gatineau / Montréal), Jenny Lin (Montréal), Liss Platt
(Hamilton), Frank Shebageget (Ottawa), Dan Sokolowski (Ottawa) +
Susan Terrill (Ottawa / Los Angeles).
Galerie SAW Gallery, 67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA K1N 7B9
T: 613.236.6181 sawgallery@artengine.ca http://www.galeriesawgallery.com
Hours of operation: Tuesday to Saturday, 11AM to 6PM
For more information, to book interviews with the artists or to
receive a media kit, please contact Erin Kelly at 613.236.6181 or at
sawgallery@artengine.ca.
Galerie SAW Gallery acknowledges the support of its members, the
Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of
Ottawa and Canadian Heritage. Special thanks to the Winterlude
festival, co-presenter of THE WINTER LIFE, and sponsors Available
Light Screening Collective, Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, Oboro,
SAW Video, imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, Bridgehead
Coffeehouse + Steam Whistle Brewing.
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE DE LA GALERIE SAW GALLERY
COUP D'‘IL SUR LA MODE, LE SPORT, L'ARCHITECTURE, LE LOISIR ET LA
SURVIE DURANT LA SAISON LA PLUS RUDE DE L'ANNÉE
EXPOSITION : La vie d'hiver
ARTISTES : Joelle Ciona (Vancouver), Eryn Foster (Halifax), Barney
Pattunguyak (Baker Lake), Liss Platt (Hamilton) + Laura Splan (San
Francisco)
COMITÉ D'EXPOSITION : Darsha Hewitt, Stefan St-Laurent, Ryan Stec,
Ming Tiampo + Tam-Ca Vo-Van
DATES : du 3 février au 19 mars 2005
VERNISSAGE : le jeudi 3 février, de 20 h à 1 h. Première
internationale de Remix 2004 Ã 22 h et une performance audio de Pho.
Entrée libre et bar payant.
PERFORMANCE : Puck Paintings de Liss Platt, le samedi 5 février, de
12 h à 14 h, sur le canal Rideau. Présentée en collaboration avec le
festival Bal de neige. Entrée libre. Les spectateurs sont invités Ã
participer à cette performance.
L'hiver est une métaphore répandue dans plusieurs romans importants Ã
travers le monde, et les artistes visuels ne l'ont pas négligée : ils
et elles témoignent souvent de leurs expériences difficiles sous une
perspective glacée et brumeuse. En effet, l'on pourrait affirmer
qu'il n'existe pas de meilleure situation que de placer un sujet dans
un paysage d'hiver aliénant, lorsque tous les éléments familiers sont
recouverts d'un énorme manteau de neige ou de glace. Il est
intéressant de constater à quel point nous essayons de nous leurrer
en croyant que cette saison n'est pas si mal - avec ses températures
froides, le coût élevé du chauffage, l'accès limité -, en ayant
recours à des mécanismes d'adaptation qui créent des barrières
physiques et psychologiques. Nous sommes presque convaincus d'exercer
un contrôle surhumain sur les éléments terrestres.
[snipped]
Barney Pattunguyak a créé Super Shamou, le premier superhéros inuk au
monde, qui protège les grands espaces canadiens et apprend aux
enfants les dures réalités de la vie arctique. Assurément une parodie
de Superman - ce mâle type de race blanche qui séduit bien plus qu'il
ne sauve - Super Shamou a l'apparence et le comportement d'un Inuk
tout à fait ordinaireŠ capable de voler. Même si les scènes de vol
sont peu convaincantes en raison des ressources limitées et des
possibilités de la vidéo à l'époque, c'est le contexte qui nous
charme, plus que les pouvoirs spéciaux de Shamou. En fait, ce genre
d'antihéros a été créé par une compagnie indépendante, la Inuit
Broadcasting Corporation. Fondée en 1981, la IBC a été mise sur pied
en réaction directe contre la prolifération d'images télévisuelles en
provenance du Sud et diffusées dans le Nord, une menace pour une
culture déjà atteinte par le commerce et la religion. Existe-t-il un
meilleur moyen de contrer l'expansion rapide du régime capitaliste
américain que de produire la némésis culturelle de Superman? Cette
exposition coïncide avec la première de la nouvelle version restaurée
de la bande de Pattunguyak, grâce au talent de l'équipe du festival
de film et vidéo imagiNative de Toronto.
[snipped]
- Stefan St-Laurent + Tam-Ca Vo-Van (traduction : Denis Lessard)
REMIX 2004. COMMISSAIRES : Anne Clarke + Ryan Stec. ARTISTES : Tony
Asimakopoulos (Ottawa), Kerry Campbell (Ottawa), Lee Demarbre
(Ottawa), Adad Hannah (Montréal), Donna James (Ottawa), laura jeanne
lefave (Gatineau / Montréal), Jenny Lin (Montréal), Liss Platt
(Hamilton) + Frank Shebageget (Ottawa), Dan Sokolowski (Ottawa) +
Susan Terrill (Ottawa / Los Angeles).
Galerie SAW Gallery 67, rue Nicholas, Ottawa (Ontario), CANADA K1N 7B9
T: 613.236.6181 sawgallery@artengine.ca http://www.galeriesawgallery.com
Heures d'ouverture: du jeudi au samedi, de 11 h à 18 h
Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements, pour réserver des
interviews avec les artistes participants ou pour recevoir un dossier
de presse, veuillez contacter Stefan St-Laurent ou Tam-Ca Vo-Van au
(613) 236-6181 ou à sawgallery@artengine.ca.
La Galerie SAW Gallery remercie ses membres, le Conseil des Arts du
Canada, le Conseil des arts de l'Ontario, la Ville d'Ottawa et
Patrimoine canadien de leur appui. Merci également au festival Bal de
neige, co-présentateur de LA VIE D'HIVER, et aux commanditaires
Available Light Screening Collective, Inuit Broadcasting Corporation,
Oboro, SAW Video, imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival,
Bridgehead Coffeehouse + Steam Whistle Brewing.
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From: Magnus Thyvold <magnus@vcn.bc.ca>
Subject: CBC DNTO Contest
Hey All!
CBC's DNTO has a contest that might be of interest to Canadian DJ's hoping for a chance to ply their trade at the Mother Corp.
They have asked me to pass along the attached PSA which is pretty self explanatory. There's an audio version as well at http://www.ncra.ca/resources/temp/take_me_home_promo_cc1.MP3
Post the PSA at the station, play on air or whatever you think. Programmers will probably be interested.
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Post the PSA at the station, play on air or whatever you think. Programmers will probably be interested.
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TAKE ME HOME : DNTO's brand new contest
EXPIRES FEB 8, 2005.
Whatís even more fun than listening to the radio? Being on the radio. And thatís just where you might end up if you enter Definitely Not The Operaís new contest. Itís called Take Me Home.
Last year, Nora Daisy Fannin won and got to co-host 4 freakin' hours of radio along with DNTO's regular host Sook-Yin Lee. She spent the time showing us around her hometown of Cobalt, Ontario.
Whoever wins the contest this year will get to take DNTO to their hometown too!
Whatís that I hear? Is it all of you asking How can I enter this Take Me Home Contest? Well, perk up your ears and grab a pen to write all this down.
Here ís what you have to do to win. Send DNTO a tape or cd of you talking about what your plan for your show is, so they can tell what you sound like on-air. Write a paragraph about where you want to take Sook-Yin and DNTO's listeners while you're on the show. Send us a playlist of the tunes you'll spin and tell DNTO why you like'em!
The final step is to put all that stuff in an envelope and send it to us at this address: Definitely Not the Opera, Take Me Home Contest, P.O. Box 160, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 2H1.
So get cracking buckaroos, the deadline for entries is Feb 8, 2005, and if you win DNTO and Sook-Yin Lee will be coming to your hometown. If you need a bit more information head to our website http://cbc.ca/dnto then click on the link to Take Me Home.
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OK, so you got a CD. What now?
OK, so you got a CD. What now?
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Days of Radio Caroline
Days of Radio Caroline
"Radio Caroline" - a true short story by Clive Warner, can be found HERE . The year is 1974, and the characters include reclusive Irish millionaire Ronan O'Rahilly, George Harrison and friends, Harold Wilson, Johnny Jason, Andy Archer, John B Mair and the late Tony Allan. A tale of madness and rock music set in the gale-thrashed English Channel.
[excerpt]
Recruitment
It must have been September 1974, or thereabouts. For the last year - since the start - I'd been working for Capital Radio, London's first commercial radio station. That had all changed with the introduction of a new 'national agreement' that had resulted in most of the engineers being downgraded in status, pay, and conditions. It was time to move on.
http://www.citiria.com/novelist/miamigo.jpg
I accepted a one-year contract in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. But the visa took forever to come through. Russ Tollerfield, one of the engineers at Capital, knew I wanted 'out' and surprised me one day, saying "Why don't you go to work for Radio Caroline until the Saudis sort out your visa?"
I thought he was joking. He wasn't. Russ knew Ronan O'Rahilly, legendary Irish Outlaw of the Aether, a good-looking rich batchelor who toured London in his Range Rover; one of the 'in crowd' Ronan was always seen with the prettiest debs and was a good friend of George Harrison and Ravi Shankar, the famous Indian sitar player.
A few days later Russ said, "If you're interested, be at the Casserole restaurant on King's Road, (Chelsea), at 6 o'clock."
I accepted a one-year contract in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. But the visa took forever to come through. Russ Tollerfield, one of the engineers at Capital, knew I wanted 'out' and surprised me one day, saying "Why don't you go to work for Radio Caroline until the Saudis sort out your visa?"
I thought he was joking. He wasn't. Russ knew Ronan O'Rahilly, legendary Irish Outlaw of the Aether, a good-looking rich batchelor who toured London in his Range Rover; one of the 'in crowd' Ronan was always seen with the prettiest debs and was a good friend of George Harrison and Ravi Shankar, the famous Indian sitar player.
A few days later Russ said, "If you're interested, be at the Casserole restaurant on King's Road, (Chelsea), at 6 o'clock."
http://www.citiria.com/novelist/caroline.html
Monday, January 24, 2005
Stanford Digital Vision Program Application Announcement
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:33:26 -0000
From: "Stuart Gannes" <sgannes@stanford.edu>
From: "Stuart Gannes" <sgannes@stanford.edu>
Subject: Stanford Digital Vision Program Application Announcement
Announcement
Announcement
The Reuters Digital Vision Fellowship Program at Stanford University is accepting applications for 2005-06 (September-June).
The deadline is Tuesday, March 15, 2005.
Fellowships will be awarded after Monday, May 16, 2005.
The Program
Digital Vision Fellows are social entrepreneurs dedicated to using information technology solutions. For the 2005-06 academic year, the program will focus on the following broad categories:
The Program
Digital Vision Fellows are social entrepreneurs dedicated to using information technology solutions. For the 2005-06 academic year, the program will focus on the following broad categories:
• Micro-finance, remittances, and alternative currencies.
• Low-cost Internet connectivity networks, devices, and interfaces.
• Rural telemedicine networks, equipment, and services.
• Low-cost Internet connectivity networks, devices, and interfaces.
• Rural telemedicine networks, equipment, and services.
• Social software, community-building, and learning tools.
DV Fellows draw on the resources of Stanford University and Silicon Valley to research the needs and requirements of their projects, identify the best technology choices, create proof-of-concept
prototypes, and develop sustainable business models. Some financial support is available for prototype development. DV Fellows have Visiting Scholar privileges at Stanford, including the ability to audit courses. Fellows also participate in a structured Digital Vision Program with weekly classes, seminars, and workshops. DV Fellows collaborate with faculty, students, and with each other. The
program also facilitates connections between DV Fellows and its technology partners including Reuters, Google, Advanced Micro Devices, and the Grameen Technology Foundation.
Fees and Scholarships
DV Fellows draw on the resources of Stanford University and Silicon Valley to research the needs and requirements of their projects, identify the best technology choices, create proof-of-concept
prototypes, and develop sustainable business models. Some financial support is available for prototype development. DV Fellows have Visiting Scholar privileges at Stanford, including the ability to audit courses. Fellows also participate in a structured Digital Vision Program with weekly classes, seminars, and workshops. DV Fellows collaborate with faculty, students, and with each other. The
program also facilitates connections between DV Fellows and its technology partners including Reuters, Google, Advanced Micro Devices, and the Grameen Technology Foundation.
Fees and Scholarships
The Reuters Foundation will award twelve full time fellowships, covering all Stanford fees and expenses. Additionally living stipends are available for fellows accepted from developing world countries. For additional information click on the "Become a Fellow" link at http://rdvp.org. Successful candidates are mid-career technologists and professionals who wish to apply their skills to a humanitarian IT- based project in the developing world.
Stuart Gannes, Director
Reuters Digital Vision Program
Stanford University
"Stuart Gannes" <sgannes@stanford.edu>
Stuart Gannes, Director
Reuters Digital Vision Program
Stanford University
"Stuart Gannes" <sgannes@stanford.edu>
Become a Fellow
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Eligibility
You must have at least five years of full-time professional experience working with information and communications technologies in your organization.
You should have an in-depth knowledge of, and interest in, the latest information and communications technology applications and their implementation in the developing world.
There is no age limit.
The minimum educational qualification is a bachelor's degree.
Suitable Projects
Applicants have two main options:
You can develop your own project.
You can contact former DV Fellows if you want to continue work on their existing projects.
The Program aims to give fellows as much flexibility as possible in selecting a project; however, projects should adhere to the following basic guidelines:
Projects should address a real and identifiable need relating to an area of the developing world.
Projects should be scalable and sustainable.
Solutions should be driven by information and communication technologies (e.g. Internet, web, mobile, satellite).
Project proposals should detail a realistic 6-9 month project for one fellow to undertake.
[excerpt]
Eligibility
You must have at least five years of full-time professional experience working with information and communications technologies in your organization.
You should have an in-depth knowledge of, and interest in, the latest information and communications technology applications and their implementation in the developing world.
There is no age limit.
The minimum educational qualification is a bachelor's degree.
Suitable Projects
Applicants have two main options:
You can develop your own project.
You can contact former DV Fellows if you want to continue work on their existing projects.
The Program aims to give fellows as much flexibility as possible in selecting a project; however, projects should adhere to the following basic guidelines:
Projects should address a real and identifiable need relating to an area of the developing world.
Projects should be scalable and sustainable.
Solutions should be driven by information and communication technologies (e.g. Internet, web, mobile, satellite).
Project proposals should detail a realistic 6-9 month project for one fellow to undertake.
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Canadian Institute for Training in Public Broadcasting
CBC/Radio-Canada's Canadian Institute for Training in Public Broadcasting offers training programs in broadcasting http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/training/programs at the international level that draw on the recognized expertise of Canada's national public broadcaster in the production and broadcasting of programming on radio, television and the web, in English as well as in French.
The Institute's training programs encompass key areas as follows:
The Institute's training programs encompass key areas as follows:
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The Institute customizes its training programs to meet the specific needs of broadcasters and broadcasting-industry organizations in terms of professional development. Contact us http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/training/contact.htm for more information on the Institute or to submit a proposal or training request http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/training/submit.htm on behalf of your organization.
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Academics give lessons on blogs
* Academics give lessons on blogs *
Lecturers are increasingly using blogging as a tool for teaching and learning.
Full story:
Lecturers are increasingly using blogging as a tool for teaching and learning.
Full story:
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Until a few months ago, the attention paid to web logs, or blogs, focused mainly on politics and the media business.
However, many in academia followed the web-diary of Salam Pax, the famous Baghdad blogger during the build-up to the war in Iraq.
Now, the technology that has been an alternative source of news to many academics is being incorporated more fully into university life.
Blogs are giving departments, staff and students the freedom and informality of tone impossible in scholarly journals or even the student newspaper.
Blogging lecturers say the technology provides them with easy online web access to students and improves communication outside of the classroom. .
However, many in academia followed the web-diary of Salam Pax, the famous Baghdad blogger during the build-up to the war in Iraq.
Now, the technology that has been an alternative source of news to many academics is being incorporated more fully into university life.
Blogs are giving departments, staff and students the freedom and informality of tone impossible in scholarly journals or even the student newspaper.
Blogging lecturers say the technology provides them with easy online web access to students and improves communication outside of the classroom. .
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Academics can become too insular, constructing their own language and cliques which do nothing to promote the getting of knowledge
Esther Maccallum-Stewart, Sussex University
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Warwick not only wants those within its four walls to be able to self-publish to the web.
John Dale, its head of IT services, says the university aims to provide new personal development opportunities for students and believes that blogs might be one means of helping to accomplish this.
"We believe that blogging may open new opportunities for students and staff," says Mr Dale. "It gives students an opportunity to work together on projects."
John Dale, its head of IT services, says the university aims to provide new personal development opportunities for students and believes that blogs might be one means of helping to accomplish this.
"We believe that blogging may open new opportunities for students and staff," says Mr Dale. "It gives students an opportunity to work together on projects."
There are three such blogs in the Business School at Warwick alone and the university hopes that staff will also use blogs for collaborative projects.
Bore Me (New media viral art or advertising?)
The very best (and worst) viral e-mails that have amused, enlightened
or outraged the world...
example
http://www.boreme.com/bm/JAN05/a/vw-suicide-bomber/fr.htm
(P.S. The product is you.)
Includes...
http://www.boreme.com/bm/fr_collections.htm
Adverts, Animals, At work, Battle of the sexes, Celebrities,
Christmas, Consumer world, Crazy stunts, Education, Food & drink,
Football, Games, Japan, Jokes, Microsoft, Mishaps, Movies, On the
road, Optical tricks, Politicians, Press clips, Quotes, Science,
Signs & posters, Song & dance, Star Wars Kid, Super skills, US
elections 2004, War on terror
http://www.boreme.com/bm/fr_by_type.htm
Animation, Images, Interactive, Movies, Sound, Text
or outraged the world...
example
http://www.boreme.com/bm/JAN05/a/vw-suicide-bomber/fr.htm
(P.S. The product is you.)
Includes...
http://www.boreme.com/bm/fr_collections.htm
Adverts, Animals, At work, Battle of the sexes, Celebrities,
Christmas, Consumer world, Crazy stunts, Education, Food & drink,
Football, Games, Japan, Jokes, Microsoft, Mishaps, Movies, On the
road, Optical tricks, Politicians, Press clips, Quotes, Science,
Signs & posters, Song & dance, Star Wars Kid, Super skills, US
elections 2004, War on terror
http://www.boreme.com/bm/fr_by_type.htm
Animation, Images, Interactive, Movies, Sound, Text
Friday, January 21, 2005
My personal world map
This is a map of the countries I've either lived in or visited... The dark red countries are the ones I've lived in and the lighter red ones are those that I've just visited.
![The MI AMIGO radio ship [...].](http://www.citiria.com/novelist/miamigo.jpg){kind=link}
Thursday, January 20, 2005
Chinese 'to overtake US net use'
* Chinese 'to overtake US net use' *
Within three years more Chinese people will be using the net than
Americans, reveals a report.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/technology/4190937.stm
Within three years more Chinese people will be using the net than
Americans, reveals a report.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/technology/4190937.stm
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
North's French radio withers as Canadian federal ads dry up
North's French radio withers as federal ads dry up
CBC North - Canada
WebPosted Jan 18 2005 07:57 AM MST
CBC News
http://north.cbc.ca/regionalnews/caches/french-radio-18012005.html
IQALUIT - French-language radio stations in the North are struggling
to cope with the financial fallout from the three-year old federal
sponsorship scandal.
The francophone radio station in Iqaluit is weathering hard times,
and its Yellowknife sister station may close as a result of an
advertising moratorium imposed last year after the scandal.
Although the moratorium ended in June, minority language stations
across Canada are still dealing with the repercussions.
Ghislain Couture, who ran Iqaluit's Radio CFRT for more than two
years, said revenues dropped in half after the moratorium was imposed.
"Federal bureaucrats are still very nervous about buying advertising,
buying media space," he said.
CFRT is the only French news source for the city's 600 francophones
and depends on federal advertising money, as its audience is too
small to drum up much local advertising.
CFRT however is luckier than other stations, as the local francophone
association has used its own federal funding to keep it on the air.
However, Yellowknife's Radio Taiga may be forced to close, along with
Fredericton's CJPN, and two other stations.
Public Works, the federal department that issues government
advertising, says it is committed to giving minority media outlets
their fair share of advertising.
But Couture says the station needs more than vague words of support.
"They've come to depend on this advertising revenue to operate and to
develop," he said.
Francophone radio stations are looking to other sources for funding,
such as the federal Department of Canadian Heritage.
CBC North - Canada
WebPosted Jan 18 2005 07:57 AM MST
CBC News
http://north.cbc.ca/regionalnews/caches/french-radio-18012005.html
IQALUIT - French-language radio stations in the North are struggling
to cope with the financial fallout from the three-year old federal
sponsorship scandal.
The francophone radio station in Iqaluit is weathering hard times,
and its Yellowknife sister station may close as a result of an
advertising moratorium imposed last year after the scandal.
Although the moratorium ended in June, minority language stations
across Canada are still dealing with the repercussions.
Ghislain Couture, who ran Iqaluit's Radio CFRT for more than two
years, said revenues dropped in half after the moratorium was imposed.
"Federal bureaucrats are still very nervous about buying advertising,
buying media space," he said.
CFRT is the only French news source for the city's 600 francophones
and depends on federal advertising money, as its audience is too
small to drum up much local advertising.
CFRT however is luckier than other stations, as the local francophone
association has used its own federal funding to keep it on the air.
However, Yellowknife's Radio Taiga may be forced to close, along with
Fredericton's CJPN, and two other stations.
Public Works, the federal department that issues government
advertising, says it is committed to giving minority media outlets
their fair share of advertising.
But Couture says the station needs more than vague words of support.
"They've come to depend on this advertising revenue to operate and to
develop," he said.
Francophone radio stations are looking to other sources for funding,
such as the federal Department of Canadian Heritage.
Monday, January 17, 2005
HEARTACHES OF JOURNALIST BLOGGERS
HEARTACHES OF JOURNALIST BLOGGERS
Adam Penenberg: Independent journalist/blogger Chris Albritton has
parlayed a reader-sponsored blog into a plum assignment as Time's
Baghdad correspondent.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66251,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_3
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parlayed a reader-sponsored blog into a plum assignment as Time's
Baghdad correspondent.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66251,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_3
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Sunday, January 16, 2005
Media That Matters Film Festival: DEADLINE JAN. 19
Youth-produced submissions are welcome and will be considered for all awards.
The fee for submissions is $20 (US $) (checks payable to Arts Engine, Inc.). Youth / Student submissions are FREE - you must provide proof that you are a student by sending in a photocopy of your dated school ID or an official letter from your school administration indicating your enrollment.
MEDIA THAT MATTERS FILM FESTIVAL: DEADLINE JAN. 19
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(14 jan 2005) With advances in video technology making high-quality equipment increasingly affordable, it seems like everybody and his sister has made a film these days. And you'd be surprised how good some of them are. If you've got a film with a message, enter it in this year's festival for a chance to reach millions. If you don't have one, check out some of the entries and be inspired.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/101385/2332/11763
From: MediaRights.org
The fifth annual Media That Matters Film Festival is a celebration of short films, videos, digital stories and new media that inspire people to speak out and take action for social change.
Our yearlong Festival features 24/7 online streaming
http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/,20+ community screenings
http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/mtm04/archives/the_media_that_matters_traveling_film_festival.php
around the country, numerous national and local broadcasts and
distribution of a DVD http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/mtm04/dvd/index.php and Teacher's Guide to thousands of teachers and activists.
Sixteen works will be chosen by a jury
http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/mtm04/archives/jury.php
of esteemed filmmakers, activists, journalists and industry
professionals. The festival will launch in May 2005 with a Premiere
http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/mtm04/archives/premiere_at_bam_a_huge_success.php
and a high-profile Awards Ceremony in New York City. (Previous hosts include rapper/activist Chuck D and comedian David Cross.)
Flmmakers will receive a cut of all VHS and DVD sales, and many official selections will receive $1,000 grants to be used for further outreach and distribution campaigns. That's right, in addition to the impact of Media That Matter's national outreach campaign, selected media makers will get $1,000
http://www.mediarights.org/apply/mtm05/about_the_cash_awards.php to create a Web site, send out mailings, publicize screenings, or to do any of the other things that will help your media and its important message mobilize audiences to take action.
The Media That Matters Film Festival is a project of MediaRights, a nonprofit organization that helps media makers, educators, librarians, nonprofits, and activists use documentaries to encourage action and inspire dialogue on contemporary social issues. Visit our site to learn more.
http://www.mediarights.org/
Begin Application
http://www.mediarights.org/apply/mtm05/application_step_1.php
The fee for submissions is $20 (US $) (checks payable to Arts Engine, Inc.). Youth / Student submissions are FREE - you must provide proof that you are a student by sending in a photocopy of your dated school ID or an official letter from your school administration indicating your enrollment.
MEDIA THAT MATTERS FILM FESTIVAL: DEADLINE JAN. 19
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(14 jan 2005) With advances in video technology making high-quality equipment increasingly affordable, it seems like everybody and his sister has made a film these days. And you'd be surprised how good some of them are. If you've got a film with a message, enter it in this year's festival for a chance to reach millions. If you don't have one, check out some of the entries and be inspired.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/101385/2332/11763
From: MediaRights.org
The fifth annual Media That Matters Film Festival is a celebration of short films, videos, digital stories and new media that inspire people to speak out and take action for social change.
Our yearlong Festival features 24/7 online streaming
http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/,20+ community screenings
http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/mtm04/archives/the_media_that_matters_traveling_film_festival.php
around the country, numerous national and local broadcasts and
distribution of a DVD http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/mtm04/dvd/index.php and Teacher's Guide to thousands of teachers and activists.
Sixteen works will be chosen by a jury
http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/mtm04/archives/jury.php
of esteemed filmmakers, activists, journalists and industry
professionals. The festival will launch in May 2005 with a Premiere
http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/mtm04/archives/premiere_at_bam_a_huge_success.php
and a high-profile Awards Ceremony in New York City. (Previous hosts include rapper/activist Chuck D and comedian David Cross.)
Flmmakers will receive a cut of all VHS and DVD sales, and many official selections will receive $1,000 grants to be used for further outreach and distribution campaigns. That's right, in addition to the impact of Media That Matter's national outreach campaign, selected media makers will get $1,000
http://www.mediarights.org/apply/mtm05/about_the_cash_awards.php to create a Web site, send out mailings, publicize screenings, or to do any of the other things that will help your media and its important message mobilize audiences to take action.
The Media That Matters Film Festival is a project of MediaRights, a nonprofit organization that helps media makers, educators, librarians, nonprofits, and activists use documentaries to encourage action and inspire dialogue on contemporary social issues. Visit our site to learn more.
http://www.mediarights.org/
Begin Application
http://www.mediarights.org/apply/mtm05/application_step_1.php
Fiji Women Community Radio Initiative Takes Suitcase Radio to the
Fiji Women Community Radio Initiative Takes Suitcase Radio to the Field
10-01-2005 (femLINKpacific) - Another exciting initiative is about
to take place with femLINKpacific (Media Initiatives for Women), a
womenÃs media NGO which in 2004 launched femTALK 89.2FM, its mobile
womenÃs community radio project. This month, the femLINKpacific
volunteer team takes to the road with their "radio in a suitcase"® in
Fiji.
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=17911&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
or this shorter URL
http://tinyurl.com/3z9pz
For more on femLINKpacific see this Google Search
femLINK pacific
or
femLINKpacific
10-01-2005 (femLINKpacific) - Another exciting initiative is about
to take place with femLINKpacific (Media Initiatives for Women), a
womenÃs media NGO which in 2004 launched femTALK 89.2FM, its mobile
womenÃs community radio project. This month, the femLINKpacific
volunteer team takes to the road with their "radio in a suitcase"® in
Fiji.
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=17911&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
or this shorter URL
http://tinyurl.com/3z9pz
For more on femLINKpacific see this Google Search
femLINK pacific
or
femLINKpacific
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