Re: [DDN] Technology Blackout Day
In a message dated 3/28/05 9:06:47 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There are people in Africa that do not have running water or flush toilets. There are native Americans and poor people in rural areas that do not have running water or flush toilets in America. Did i mention no phones either? Bonnie Bracey bbracey at aol com ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] T4T Sponsors PC Recycling Day
On Saturday, April 16th, Teaming for Technology (T4T), an initiative of United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, will sponsor a PC Recycling Day at Montgomery County Senior Adult Activities Center in Norristown from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Only the following items will be accepted: monitors, keyboards, mice, and Windows computers with a minimum Pentium II processor. Recycled computers will be given to computer refurbishers, who will re-build the computers and distribute them to agencies in the Philadelphia region. A donation of $5 per computer or monitor is requested to cover the costs associated with refurbishing and recycling electronics. T4T is holding PC Recycling Day in conjunction with the start of Earth Week, beginning April 17, to raise awareness about e-waste, a term used to refer to discarded electronics, and help reduce the amount of old computers ending up in landfills that could be used elsewhere or disposed of properly. According to the article Dead Electronics Going to Waste, published in the Washington Post on January 21, Americans dispose of two million tons of electronics each year, including 50 million computers and 130 million cell phones. The International Association of Electronics Recyclers estimates that by 2010 the United States will be throwing away 400 million electronic products each year. The Environmental Protection Agency reports the amount of e-waste has been growing rapidly, accounting for an increasing percentage of the country's solid waste, and now electronic products are responsible for as much as 40 percent of lead in landfills. The Montgomery County Senior Adult Activities Center is located at 536 George Street in Norristown. For individuals or companies who would like to recycle more than 10 computers, please call 215-665-2566 to make arrangements. Teaming for Technology, an initiative of United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, offers a variety of services as a provider of non-profit technology assistance and community technology access solutions. T4T has four main product lines: Assistance Program, Internship Program, Digital Inclusion Program, and Training Program. For more information on T4T and the services it offers to non-profits in the Philadelphia region, please visit www.t4t.uwsepa.org http://www.t4t.uwsepa.org/ . Sabra Williams Program Associate Teaming for Technology United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania Seven Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103 Ph: 215.665.2569 Fax: 215.665.2650 Em: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.t4t.uwsepa.org www.thebeehive.org/philly What matters. Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, forwarding, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Some Sources Regarding Financial Literacy Issues
This post may be of interest to some of the members of the Digital Divide Network. From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:11 am Subject: EDUCATION: DAILY SKILLS OF LIVING AND SOCIAL SKILLS : FINANCE: PERSONAL: RESOURCES: Some Sources Regarding Financial Literacy Issues http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/5382 Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html http://www.kovacs.com/medref-l/medref-l.html http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html http://www.LIFEofFlorida.org World Business Community Advisor http://www.WorldBusinessCommunity.org ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Seeking ideas, resources for new DDN community: Financial Literacy Online
Hi, Cedar: EconEdLink is a site devoted to economics lessons for students ranging from kindergarten to grade 12. There's a lot of cool stuff in there, including an activity that asks Are baseball players paid too much? The website is at: http://www.econedlink.org/ Bob Hirshon Kinetic City project American Association for the Advancement of Science [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/30/05 2:57 PM Dear DDN members, We've started a new community on the DDN website to promote financial literacy among underserved populations. With members working to identify innovative research and best practices, the community is intended as a resource to encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds to increase their understanding and use of technology in financial management and asset development. Are there any financial experts on this list who would be willing to donate their expertise and knowledge of financial technology to get this brand-new community up and running? We'd love to highlight issues and hurdles to be leaped concerning the subjects of e-banking, public financial education and the fundamentals of financial literacy outreach. Materials written in Spanish will be welcomed with open arms! Send me an email with any links, tips, thoughts or questions. Thank you, and happy surfing on DDN, Cedar Financial Literacy Online: http://www.digitaldivide.net/community/money Cedar Pruitt Online Content Manager EDC Center for Media Community http://cmc.edc.org cpruitt @ edc.org - ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Technology Blackout Day
Hello Bonnie, Good for you! ... I am not saying that I should think less about the situation in Africa. Since telecommunications is such powerful tool, perhaps we should use more of TV (that's why most people would receive their news and images of the rest of the world) to broadcast NOT ALL IS GOLD in the rich countries. This is one very effective tool to help bring the RIGHT information to the people. After 30 odd years as an immigrant (moving to many different countries), I understand just too well what are the disadvantages being a poor foreigner. Some time I wonder if I would have achieved much more if I had stayed in my old country. Therefore I am all for keeping the people where they are especially those that are not well equipped (langauge, eduction) to establish a better life away from their familiar environment. To do so, I think TV could be use to educate the people. Start showing them realities. I will never forget my train ride from Washing D.C to New Orleans. Or Bronx in the 80s. Immigration creates lots of problems for the person, and for both societies -- the one that is losing the people and the one that is gaining. Even if countries such as Australia, NZ and Canada where they have a system to pick the best, eventually this system will come back to haunt them. They are creating an elite 'immigrant' divide. Anyway ... that is a different story. Cindy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 3/28/05 9:06:47 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There are people in Africa that do not have running water or flush toilets. There are native Americans and poor people in rural areas that do not have running water or flush toilets in America. Did i mention no phones either? Bonnie Bracey bbracey at aol com ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
RE: FW: [DDN] Simputer
I agree, Raymond. The potential dangers of widespread open source software (including operating systems) are great. Alfred Bork -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raymond -Info Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 3:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'The Digital Divide Network discussion group' Subject: RE: FW: [DDN] Simputer I actually like the idea of a simple low cost computer to assist with bridging the digital divide, with an emphasis on ASSIST. But I do have a problem with the idea of Open Source operating system; maybe someone can clarify this for me. If Microsoft has such a problem with people hacking into the loopholes of their closed source code, what type of malicious viruses will we begin seeing if an Open Source Operating system such as Linux becomes the dominant OS? Raymond Waynick ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] COUNTRIES: CANADA : RADIO: HISTORY: The History of Community and University Radio in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:53:39 -0500 (EST) From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Net-Gold [EMAIL PROTECTED], Temple Gold Discussion Group [EMAIL PROTECTED], Temple University Net-Gold Archive [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], Net-Gold [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: COUNTRIES: CANADA : RADIO: HISTORY: The History of Community and University Radio in Montreal, Quebec, Canada COUNTRIES: CANADA : RADIO: HISTORY: The History of Community and University Radio in Montreal, Quebec, Canada This should be of interest to some members of this discussion group. The post below is from George Lessard and was posted to his MediaMentor discussion group. Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html http://www.kovacs.com/medref-l/medref-l.html http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html http://www.LIFEofFlorida.org World Business Community Advisor http://www.WorldBusinessCommunity.org --- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:31:41 -0700 From: George Lessard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: mediamentor@yahoogroups.com To: Creative Radio List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MediaMentor] The History of Community University Radio in Montreal, Quebec, Canada The History of Community Radio by Michel Sénécal, Roger Fritz Rhéaume and Christian Lewis http://www.phonotheque.org/Hist-radio-communautaire/Chronologie-eng.html The History of Community and University Radio in Montreal http://www.phonotheque.org/f/Hist-radio-com-eng.html All rights reserved 1997 Phonothèque québécoise / Musée du son Last update:, June 7, 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 335 de Maisonneuve Boulevard East - Montreal (Quebec) H2X 1K1 Phone: (514) 282-0703 - Fax: (514) 282-0019 French http://www.phonotheque.org/index.html English http://www.phonotheque.org/index-eng-rev.html Introduction The Phonothèque has long wanted to document the phenomenon of community radio, that emerged and blossomed in the wake of the Quiet Revolution. The two people listed below have enriched the Phonothèque site with the varied and rigorous perspectives that their research into this phenomenon has yielded: · Roger F. Rhéaume, director general, in succession, of CINQ FM, of CHAI FM (Châteauguay) and of CIBL FM (Montreal), secretary general of the Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec, and consultant. · and Michel Sénécal, Associate Professor of Communication and researcher at the Université du Québec, teacher and designer of many courses in this field and the author of numerous works on communications. Community and university radio have encouraged diversity in social and cultural content. Grass-roots groups, political and social movements, the cultural communities, cultural and literary movements of all persuasions as well as artists and innovators in the field of communications, all have helped make radio what it is today. This research has shed new light on the history of the media in Montreal. It has become clear that community radio has succeeded in creating an authentic urban radio de proximité, a radio close to its listeners, broadcasting: * a different kind of news service, offering in-depth coverage of local concerns, * cultural and musical broadcasts in all styles, * reportage on social and community questions, * a sound that is often heterogeneous, and that appeals to a diversified audience with particular tastes, * broadcasts aimed at a number of different cultural communities. These stations also served as training ground for many communicators working in commercial and public radio, among them Marie-France Bazzo, the members of Rock et Belles Oreilles and many journalists. COMMUNITY RADIO IN MONTREAL AS SEEN BY THE PIONEERS http://www.phonotheque.org/Hist-radio-communautaire/Pionniers-eng.html = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Via / By / Excerpted / From / Tip from / Thanks to: © info http://members.tripod.com/~media002/disclaimer.htm Due to the nature of email the WWW, check ALL sources. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
RE: FW: [DDN] Simputer
Alfred wrote: I agree, Raymond. The potential dangers of widespread open source software (including operating systems) are great. Raymond wrote: If Microsoft has such a problem with people hacking into the loopholes of their closed source code, what type of malicious viruses will we begin seeing if an Open Source Operating system such as Linux becomes the dominant OS? I'm still confused by this POV. We KNOW how insecure Windows is and we've SEEN how quickly the open source community addresses issues with open source software,. We've also seen MS delay, not admit there are issues, produce insufficient fixes or fixes that break other aspects of the OS. We've also seen MS only allow those who have sprung for XP to have access to security fixes. For example, the popup blocker in SP2, and other security measures have not been made available to Win 2K or 98 users. The upcoming MSIE 7 will only be available to XP SP2 users. Meanwhile, MS's donation programs through TechSoup only provides Win2K and 98. So much for closed source for-profit OSs. It would appear that MS doesn't think that nonprofits and others who have to make use of donation programs deserve the higher security provided with XP SP2. Nice guys. Nobody supporting the yikes! I'm scared of open source software! argument has offered one iota of proof that their scenario will come to pass. As I stated yesterday, we already KNOW how akin to swiss cheese Windows is. How could any OS provide less security? This is a Chicken-Little approach to open source if I've ever seen one. Furthermore, Raymond's logic is incorrect. OSs, open source or otherwise are not inherently secure or insecure. Windows was DESIGNED that way so that there could be lots of communications between boxes across the LAN or WAN without human interference. It was part of the plan before security became such an issue. If MS has big problems patching their security holes it might say something about the competence of the organization, but it says nothing about the ability of the open source community to fix security holes in Linux or other open source software. Please offer proof of why it would be worse than what we are already experiencing. I'm not accusing anyone of being shills for MS, but it would be nice to understand why this point of view is so strongly held given the lack of any solid reasoning behind it. Jon gave anecdotal evidence about the time differential between the way corporations do fixes and patches and the way the open source community does. I'd be interested in hearing about how/why anyone believes an open source world would be such a Wes Craven flick! Jesse Sinaiko Chicago, Il ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: FW: [DDN] Simputer
Jesse, I will add still more anecdotal evidence to this discussion: Apache is the most used webserver in the world. It is a Free and Open Source package, and sits at the gateway to most server systems. If Free and Open Source is by its very nature hackable, why haven't more disasters occurred due to the use of Apache? Why don't more people use close-source proprietary servers? BIND is probably the most used nameserver in the world. It too is Open Source. Surely smart crackers could look at the code and find exploits. SENDMAIL probably carries more email long-distance than any other mail transport. Eric Allman wrote it about twenty years ago, and it has been Open Source the entire time. Just because a piece of code is Open Source does not mean that it is more or less vulnerable to attack. But it can be patched a lot faster, particularly across multiple hardware architectures from multiple hardware vendors, across multiple versions, once an exploit is known. Regards, md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. (R)Linux International is a registered trademark in the USA used pursuant to a license from Linux Mark Institute, authorized licensor of Linus Torvalds, owner of the Linux trademark on a worldwide basis (R)UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the USA and other countries. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
