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Topics in this digest:
1. ART: GALLERIES AND EXHIBITIONS : PSYCHIATRY: PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS: A
From: David P. Dillard
2. EMAIL: SPAM AND ABUSE: Why Am I Getting All This Spam?
From: David P. Dillard
3. WEB SITE DESIGN AND PROMOTION: ISSUES: Proposal for an Accessible
From: David P. Dillard
4. LIBRARIES: SPECIAL : ENVIRONMENT : LIBRARY: CLOSINGSS : UNITED STATE
From: David P. Dillard
5. [Net-Gold] Mineralogical Societies 2
From: David P. Dillard
6. Breaking Legal Documents - Monday, December 18, 2006 Vol. 2 :
From: David P. Dillard
7. [Net-Gold] Bilingual Toys Take Off
From: David P. Dillard
8. [Net-Gold] E.P.A. Library Closures Could Threaten Public Health
From: David P. Dillard
9. [Net-Gold] Senate Has Never Removed Member
From: David P. Dillard
10. Human Rights and Women/Girls media award: The Anupama Jayaraman
From: OpenSpace
11. Sound Related Links, Resources, and Other Artists
From: George Lessard
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1. ART: GALLERIES AND EXHIBITIONS : PSYCHIATRY: PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS: A
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:33 am ((PST))
ART: GALLERIES AND EXHIBITIONS : PSYCHIATRY: PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS:
A Brief Selection of Published Sources Regarding Art
Exhibitions and Displays of Works by Psychiatric Patients
A Brief Selection of Published Sources Regarding Art
Exhibitions and Displays of Works by Psychiatric Patients
Expressionism and Insanity
Roske, Thomas. Raw Vision
no. 45 Winter 2003 / 2004 p. 32-39
La Cle des Champs: Peindre, c'est de la Folie
Bouruet-Aubertot, Veronique
Beaux Arts Magazine
no. 232 September 2003 p. 27.
A review of "La Cle des champs," an exhibition at Galerie
nationale du jeu de paume, Paris, until September 28, 2003.
The show features 117 paintings from the collection of the
Centre d'etude de l'expression de l'h opital psychiatrique
Sainte-Anne, Paris. The works were created by psychiatric
patients
Valetudo
Gilliam, Sarah
Raw Vision
no. 43 Summer 2003 p. 58
A review of "Valetudo," an exhibition at the Margaret
Harvey Gallery, St. Albans, England, from February 26
to March 22, 2003. The exhibition features paintings by
women psychiatric patients from the Saint Paul asylum
in St Remy de Provence, France, all of whom are
members of the Valetudo Association
Welcome to the studio: The role of responsive art making
in art therapy
Moon, Bruce Lee
Dissertation Abstracts International
Section A: Humanities and Social Sciences
v. 58 (11-A) May 1998 p. 4162
Find More Like ThisBut is it art? The difference between a
Paul Klee and a painting by a psychiatric patient is all in
the mind of the beholder
Porter, Roy
New Statesman
(London, England: 1996) v. 125 (December 6 1996) p. 46-48.
An art therapy exhibition: A retrospective view
Busuttil, Joseph
British Journal of Occupational Therapy
v. 53 no. 12 December 1990 p. 501-503
Illustrations for Bleuler's writings
Miller de Almeida, Lucia
Arquivos Brasileiros de Psicologia Aplicada
v. 26 no. 4 December 1974 p. 45-69
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Focus on Art Works by Psychiatric Patients
An experimental approach to the judgment of psychopathology
from paintings
Ulman E
American Journal of Art Therapy
2001 August v. 40 no. 1 p. 82-91
Psychopathology in paintings: A meta-analysis of studies using
paintings by psychiatric patients
Hacking, Suzanne; Foreman, David
British Journal of Medical Psychology
March 2001 v. 74 no. 1 p. 35
The descriptive assessment for psychiatric art.
A new way of quantifying paintings by psychiatric patients.
Hacking S
The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease
1996 July v. 184 no. 7 p. 425-430
100 years. Paintings made by psychiatric patients in "art therapy"
Des Wiart C, Soins
Psychiatrie [Soins Psychiatr]
1985 June / July v.56-57 p. 3-4
Beyond reason. Art and psychosis: Works from the Prinzhorn
collection
Brand-Claussen, Bettina; Jdi, Inge; Douglas, Caroline
Berkeley, CA US: University of California Press, 1996
0-520-21740-3 (paperback)
1-85332-158-3 (paperback)
A comparison between mental patients' paintings and the
action painting movement.
Or-Halbreich, Tatiana; Halbreich, Uriel
Art Psychotherapy
v. 4 no. 1 1977 p. 15-18
The development of a rating scale for the study of formal
aesthetic qualities in the paintings of mental patients
Wadlington, W. Lewis; McWhinnie, Harold J.
Art Psychotherapy
v. 1 no. 3-4 Winter 1973 p. 201-220
An experimental approach to the judgment of psychopathology
from paintings
Ulman, Elinor; Levy, Bernard I.
Bulletin of Art Therapy v. 8 no. 1 October 1968 p. 3-12
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2. EMAIL: SPAM AND ABUSE: Why Am I Getting All This Spam?
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Tue Dec 19, 2006 1:41 am ((PST))
EMAIL: SPAM AND ABUSE:
Why Am I Getting All This Spam?
Why Am I Getting All This Spam?
Unsolicited Commercial E-mail Research Six Month Report
Center for Democracy & Technology
March 2003
<http://www.cdt.org/speech/spam/030319spamreport.shtml>
Summary
Every day, millions of people receive dozens of unsolicited commercial
e-mails (UCE), known popularly as "spam." Some users see spam as a minor
annoyance, while others are so overwhelmed with spam that they are forced
to switch e-mail addresses. This has led many Internet users to wonder:
How did these people get my e-mail address?
In the summer of 2002, CDT embarked on a project to attempt to determine
the source of spam. To do so, we set up hundreds of different e-mail
addresses, used them for a single purpose, and then waited six months to
see what kind of mail those addresses were receiving. It should come as no
surprise to most e-mail users that many of the addresses CDT created for
this study attracted spam, but it is very interesting to see the different
ways that e-mail addresses attracted spam -- and the different volumes --
depending on where the e-mail addresses were used.
The results offer Internet users insights about what online behavior
results in the most spam. The results also debunk some of the myths about
spam.
Major Findings
Our analysis indicated that e-mail addresses posted on Web sites or in
newsgroups attract the most spam.
Web Sites - CDT received the most e-mails when an address was placed
visibly on a public Web site. Spammers use software harvesting programs
such as robots or spiders to record e-mail addresses listed on Web sites,
including both personal Web pages and institutional (corporate or
non-profit) Web pages.
CDT tested two methods of obstructing address harvesting:
Replacing characters in an e-mail address with human-readable equivalents,
e.g. "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" was written "example at domain dot com;" and
Replacing characters in an e-mail address with HTML equivalents.
E-mail addresses posted to Web sites using these conventions did not
receive any spam.
USENET newsgroups -- Newsgroups can expose to spammers the e-mail address
of every person who posts to the newsgroup. Newsgroup postings, on
average, generated less spam than posting an e-mail address on a
high-traffic web site. In our study, we discovered that most
newsgroup-related spam is sent to the address in the message header, even
if other e-mail addresses are included in the text of the posting.
For the most part, companies that offered users a choice about receiving
commercial e-mails respected that choice. Most of the major Web sites to
which we provided e-mail addresses respected the privacy choices we made
-- when a choice was made available to us.
Some spam is generated through attacks on mail servers, methods that don't
rely on the collection of e-mail addresses at all. In "brute force"
attacks and "dictionary" attacks, spam programs send spam to every
possible combination of letters at a domain, or to common names and words.
While these attacks can be blocked, some spam is likely to get through. In
many cases, spam generated by these attacks will be directed to shorter
e-mail address (like [EMAIL PROTECTED]) before it is directed to longer
addresses (like [EMAIL PROTECTED]).
Tips for Avoiding Spam
Disguise e-mail addresses posted in a public electronic place.
Read carefully when filling out online forms requesting your e-mail
address, and exercise your choice.
Use multiple e-mail addresses.
Use a filter.
Short e-mail addresses are easy to guess, and may receive more spam.
The complete article may be read at the URL above.
Spam-me-not
A simple anti-spam email link obfuscator in JavaScript for your webpages,
by Andreas Neudecker.
Contributed language versions: Java (B. Bergenheim), CFML (A. Hope), PHP
(R. Offermanns), ASP (F. Mavituna), Python (A. Neudecker).
Version 0.5.2
<http://www.zapyon.de/spam-me-not/>
JavaScript is only needed for encoding your email with this program. It is
NOT needed for the pages where you want to publish the encoded addresses.
Load the page in your browser with JavaScript switched on. Simply enter
your email address in the first field. The encoded version and the compled
obfuscated email link will appear automatically in their respective fields
below.
You can choose between different encoding modes:
decimal notation will encode every character as decimal ascii code.
hexadecimal notation does the same, but in hexadecimal notation.
random-mixed notation mixes the previously mentioned codings randomly.
don't encode, of course, doesn't just that ;-)
Optionally you may enter a link text (like your name) in the third field.
If you do so, the "Link text" selector automatically changes to "text as
given above".
Copy the resulting code (either the full link or just the email address +
mailto, just as you require) into the source code of your page in place of
your email address. Save your html page and view it in your browser: you
will still see a readable, valid email address + email link on your page,
while the spammers email harvesting search engines will see nothing of it.
Do not encode the html tags or else it will not work.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
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3. WEB SITE DESIGN AND PROMOTION: ISSUES: Proposal for an Accessible
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Tue Dec 19, 2006 1:56 am ((PST))
WEB SITE DESIGN AND PROMOTION: ISSUES:
Proposal for an Accessible Captcha
Proposal for an Accessible CAPTCHA
<http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/captcha>
CAPTCHA
>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Captcha)
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha>
A CAPTCHA (an initialism for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to
tell Computers and Humans Apart", trademarked by Carnegie Mellon
University) is a type of challenge-response test used in computing to
determine whether or not the user is human. The term was coined in 2000 by
Luis von Ahn, Manuel Blum, Nicholas J. Hopper of Carnegie Mellon
University, and John Langford of IBM. A common type of CAPTCHA requires
that the user type the letters of a distorted image, sometimes with the
addition of an obscured sequence of letters or digits that appears on the
screen. Because the test is administered by a computer, in contrast to the
standard Turing test that is administered by a human, a CAPTCHA is
sometimes described as a reverse Turing test. This term is ambiguous
because it could also mean a Turing test in which the participants are
both attempting to prove they are the computer.
Table of Contents
1 Origin
2 Applications
3 Characteristics
4 Accessibility
5 Circumvention
5.1 Cheap or unwitting human labor
5.2 Insecure implementation
5.3 Computer character recognition
6 References
7 External links
7.1 Defeating CAPTCHAs
Standards Schmandards
A Pragmatic Approach to Web Accessibility
Proposal for an Accessible Captcha
<http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/captcha>
"You have probably been subjected to a captcha last time you registered
for a free e-mail account somewhere. Most likely you were presented with a
funny looking image in which you were supposed to find a squence of
numbers or letters which you had to copy to a textfield to prove that you
are a human and not a machine.
Imagine if you could not see the image. What would you write in the text
field? The phrase you inaccessible idiots spring to mind
Captchas are often used to prevent automated mass registration of accounts
to online services such as web mail, site forums and auction sites. A
problem with captchas is that they tend to be inaccessible for all users
that can not see the test image. In the article Inaccessibility of
Visually-Oriented Anti-Robot Tests, Matt May from W3C takes a look at some
of the issues that face internet users today.
<snip>
In this article we will take a look at some of these issues and propose a
solution for a captcha that improves accessibility.
Requirements for a Captcha
I propose the following requirements for a decent captcha:
The test should be accessible for as many users as possible regardless of
culture, age and impairment.
The server software has to be able to create a test instance efficiently.
A test instance should be able to create automatically without human
intervention.
The server software has to be able to calculate the test result easily.
User privacy must not be invaded. No one would like to send personal
details just to register on a discussion forum.
It should be difficult for a non-human to deduct the answer to the test."
Article Topical Contents
Proposal for an Accessible Captcha
Requirements for a Captcha
A Proposed Solution
The Structure of the Audio Clip
Why This May Work
Evaluating the Solution
References
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Temple University
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4. LIBRARIES: SPECIAL : ENVIRONMENT : LIBRARY: CLOSINGSS : UNITED STATE
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Tue Dec 19, 2006 2:48 am ((PST))
LIBRARIES: SPECIAL :
ENVIRONMENT :
LIBRARY: CLOSINGS :
UNITED STATES: GOVERNMENT: FEDERAL: LIBRARIES:
Burger Urges EPA Advisory Council To Press Agency on Library Closures
Burger Urges EPA Advisory Council To Press Agency on Library Closures
December 18, 2006
Library Journal
<http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6400546.html>
Speaking December 14 to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)
National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology,
American Library Association President Leslie Burger offered some forceful
comments on the closing of libraries and restricted access in other EPA
library locations. Noting that the closings "initially took place under
the guise of a proposed $2 million budget cut," Burger said that the
agency now asserts as in a December 11 teleconference "that the process of
digitization will help a 'broader audience' in gaining access to these
materials."
<snip>
However, Burger said, "many scientists, EPA staff, and librarians continue
to dispute this contention." She pointed out that the agency seems to have
disregarded the tenets of librarianship, with "no outreach to the EPA
Library User community." The closings so far include three regional
libraries .... will lead to the loss of valuable information, given the
dispersal of materials and the slow process of digitization.
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EPA Libraries
American Library Association (ALA)
<http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/WOissues/
governmentinfo/epalibraries/epalibraries.htm>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/y48l59>
Newest Information
December 14, 2006
On December 14, 2006, ALA President Leslie Burger spoke at a meeting of
the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology
(NACEPT) on the importance of EPA libraries and librarians.
ALA President Leslie Burger's Statement to NACEPT (Word)
December 13, 2006
On Monday, December 11, the EPA held a teleconference about the closing of
its libraries. The EPA released an accompanying press release the same
day.
In response, ALA President Leslie Burger issued the following statement,
also available here:
<snip>
"The EPA referenced American Library Association guidelines and
subsequently pointed to a fact sheet on our Web site as the basis for
decision-making:
<http://www.ala.org/eparelease>
The loose collection of resources is a good starting point for thinking
about collection development policies but does not constitute ALA guidance
and criteria as was referenced in EPA press materials. However, we would
welcome the opportunity to meet with EPA staff and learn more about their
modernization efforts."
December 9, 2006
The op-ed page of the December 9, 2006, New York Times featured an article
by ALA President Leslie Burger, entitled "Keep the E.P.A. Libraries Open."
(registration required)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/08/opinion/08burger.htm?
ex=1166677200&en=4c60ca3583e7a30b&ei=5070>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/y2b6wg>
December 4, 2006
The following letter was sent by Frederick Stoss, Associate Librarian at
the University at Buffalo-SUNY and ALA member, to the Committee on
Legislation about the recent disappearance of information from the OPPT
library website:
Frederick Stoss Letter to COL - December 4, 2006 (PDF)
<http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/WOissues/
governmentinfo/epalibraries/stoss_ltr.pdf>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/y7va8b>
November 30, 2006
On November 30, 2006, the House Science Committee, Democratic Membership,
put out the following press release:
<http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/WOissues/
governmentinfo/epalibraries/epalibraries.htm>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/y48l59>
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There is much more tho view in this chronology of ALA reaction to EPA
Library developments that may be viewed here.
EPA Libraries
American Library Association (ALA)
<http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/WOissues/
governmentinfo/epalibraries/epalibraries.htm>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/y48l59>
Thanks to a Net-Gold member for bringing the New York Times editorial to
my attention.
Prior posts regarding the library closings of the EPA on Net-Gold may be
viewed at this URL:
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/
msearch?query=epa+and+libraries&submit=Search&charset=windows-1252>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/ynb993>
Resourceshelf content on the EPA is tracked here:
<http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=
UTF-8&rls=DAUS,DAUS:2006-11,DAUS:en&q=
resourceshelf+and+epa+and+libraries>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/wyneu>
and here:
<http://www.ask.com/web?q=
resourceshelf+and+epa+and+libraries&qsrc=0&o=0&l=dir>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/y8mxpc>
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
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5. [Net-Gold] Mineralogical Societies 2
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:18 am ((PST))
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 23:08:56 -0000
From: Sean Grigsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Net-Gold] Mineralogical Societies 2
Bulgarian Mineralogical Society
http://minsoc.hit.bg/
Northwest Federation of Mineralogical Societies
http://www.amfed.org/nfms/
EFMLS
http://www.amfed.org/efmls/
The Australian Mineral Collector
http://www.mineral.org.au/
Washington State Mineral Council
http://www.mineralcouncil.org/
Southern Appalachian Mineral Society
http://main.nc.us/sams/
WAMS
http://www.wamsi.org/
SMEDG
http://www.smedg.org.au/
Washington Agate and Mineral Society
http://home.comcast.net/~wams1939/
French Association of Micromineralogy
http://www.micromineral.org/index-uk.html
Mineralogical Society of America
http://www.minsocam.org/
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6. Breaking Legal Documents - Monday, December 18, 2006 Vol. 2 :
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:38 am ((PST))
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:01:35 -0800
From: FindLaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Breaking Legal Documents - Monday, December 18, 2006 Vol. 2
U.S. Files Civil Charges Against Three Former Fannie Mae Executives
IN RE: HOWARD RAINES, ET AL.
December 18, 2006
Federal regulators in the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
file civil administrative charges against three former Fannie Mae
executives accused of: 1) knowingly neglecting accounting systems and
internal controls; 2) manipulating earnings to maximize their personal
bonuses; 3) misapplying at least 20 accounting principles; and 4)
misleading investors and the public. The government seeks penalties from
the three which could total more than $100 million.
<http://news.findlaw.c om/hdocs/docs/employ/raines121806charges.pdf>
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7. [Net-Gold] Bilingual Toys Take Off
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:24 am ((PST))
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:50:41 EST
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: undisclosed-recipients: ;
Subject: [Net-Gold] Bilingual toys take off
Bilingual toys are a fast-growing
segment of the toy market, thanks
to the burgeoning buying power of
Hispanics and an interest among the
general population in raising
bilingual children.
The Sun (Baltimore)
(free registration)
(12/17)
<http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/
bal-bz.toys17dec17,0,1864902.story?coll=
bal-business-headlines>
Bonnie Bracey Sutton
Outreach GLEF.org
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8. [Net-Gold] E.P.A. Library Closures Could Threaten Public Health
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:39 am ((PST))
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:00:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Sue Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Net-Gold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Net-Gold] E.P.A. Library Closures Could Threaten Public Health
E.P.A. Library Closures Could Threaten Public Health
By Leslie Burger, AlterNet
Posted on December 14, 2006, Printed on December 19, 2006
http://www.alternet.org/story/45494/
This piece originally ran in the New York Times.
If you needed to find out how much pollution an industrial plant in your
neighborhood was spewing, or what toxic chemicals were in a local river,
where would you go? Until recently, you could discover the answer at one
of the Environmental Protection Agency's 29 libraries. But now the E.P.A.
has obstructed the American public -- as well as its own scientists and
staff -- by starting to dismantle its crown jewel, the national system of
regional E.P.A. libraries.
Until now, any citizen could consult these resources, which include
information on things like siting incinerators, storing toxic waste and
uncovering links between asthma and car exhaust. E.P.A. staff members and
other scientists have counted on the libraries to support their work.
First responders and other state and local government officials have used
E.P.A. information to protect communities. In the age of terrorism, when
the safety of our food and water supply, the uninterrupted flow of energy
and, indeed, so much about our environment has become a matter of national
security, it seems particularly dangerous to take steps that would hinder
our emergency preparedness.
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Anyone who needs to understand the environmental impact of, say, living
downwind or downstream from a new nuclear power plant, or the long-term
public health impact of Hurricane Katrina, cannot afford to find the doors
barred to potentially lifesaving information. But neither can the rest of
us, whose daily lives and choices will be affected by global warming. We
all have a right to be able to get access to information about our air,
water and soil.
"Libraries and their professionals are integral to the work of E.P.A.
toxicologists," says an agency toxicologist, Suzanne Wuerthele. "Without
access to their expertise and extensive collections, it will be difficult
to explain to the public, to state agencies, industry and to the courts
how and why E.P.A. is protecting the environment over time."
Some members of Congress have begun to bring these cuts to light. The
Senate minority whip, Richard Durbin, urged the president to reopen the
libraries and rethink his budget request. Eighteen senators sent a letter
to the Senate Appropriations Committee asking it to make the E.P.A. keep
the libraries open. Representatives John Dingell, Bart Gordon and Henry
Waxman recently had the Government Accountability Office start an inquiry
into the closings and requested that the E.P.A. administrator, Stephen
Johnson, cease the destruction of library materials immediately.
Leslie Burger is President of the American Library Association.
http://www.alternet.org/story/45494/
The entire article can be referenced at the above URL.
Sincerely,
Sue Fraser
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9. [Net-Gold] Senate Has Never Removed Member
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:43 am ((PST))
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:06:09 -0800 (PST)
From: Sue Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: [Net-Gold] Senate has never removed member
Senate has never removed member
By Janet Hook
Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON - Carter Glass was the dean of the U.S. Senate and chairman of
the Appropriations Committee when he became incapacitated with heart
trouble in the 1940s. The enfeebled octogenarian was absent from the
Capitol for four full years, unable to answer a roll call on the Senate
floor, cut off from all visitors by his wife.
Local newspapers began to clamor for his resignation, but the Virginia
Democrat refused. His Senate colleagues allowed Glass to keep his seat,
and even his powerful chairmanship.
That was more than a half-century ago, but it illustrates an enduring
tradition in one of the world's most exclusive clubs: Never has the Senate
forced its members out of office because they have become physically or
mentally incapable of serving.
That hands-off protocol could be a big boon to Democrats today, as they
ponder the possibility that Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., could be
incapacitated for months or longer after emergency surgery to treat
bleeding in his brain. If Johnson dies or leaves office before the new
Congress convenes in January, it will erase Democrats' fragile 51-49
majority and return control of the Senate to Republicans.
But if he survives and history is any guide, the only force that will
drive Johnson from office before his term expires in 2008 is a decision by
the senator himself or his family. The Senate -- not state governors or
voters -- has the constitutional power to force a member out, but has been
loath to use it.
``No one in the Senate wants to have that kind of responsibility for
judging whether another member is capable or not,'' said Don Ritchie,
associate Senate historian. ``The Senate is a family, as well as a club.
There's a real sense of sticking together.''
There have been a couple of examples of House seats being declared vacant
because of inability to serve, but they involved cases where lawmakers
were elected while incapacitated and were unable to take their seats.
<http://www.miami.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/16246253.htm?
source=rss&channel=mercurynews_politics>
OR
http://snipurl.com/15aye
The entire article can be referenced at the above URL.
Sincerely,
Sue Fraser
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10. Human Rights and Women/Girls media award: The Anupama Jayaraman
Posted by: "OpenSpace" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:53 am ((PST))
The Anupama Jayaraman Memorial Award, 2007
for young women journalists
Nominations deadline: 7 January 2007
The Jayaraman family and the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI)
are collaborating in instituting the Anupama Jayaraman Memorial Award
for young women journalists.
The Award has been set up in the memory of Anupama Jayaraman, a young
and promising Bangalore-based journalist who passed away in January
2006. Anupama was not only multi-talented and energetic, but she also
demonstrated a keen interest in issues of human rights and social
justice.
The Award is one of several efforts undertaken by her family to keep
her concerns and ideas alive. It is meant to encourage and honour
young women journalists who, like her, believe in meaningful
journalism and have the courage and determination to write on issues
relating to human rights and social justice. The Award will include a
citation and a cheque for Rs. 15,000.
The 2007 Award will be for a female print journalist living in India
and writing in English. It is hoped that awards in other languages can
be introduced subsequently.
The NWMI is cooperating with the Jayaraman family in launching and
sustaining the Award, which will be presented at the NWMI's annual
meetings held in different parts of the country every year. The local
network responsible for each year's meeting will undertake
responsibility for the Award that year.
The Network of Women in Media, Bangalore, which is hosting the
national network's 5th annual three-day meeting in the city in
February 2007, is coordinating the launch of the Award. A jury of
eminent citizens, including senior journalists, will judge the entries
and select the first recipient of the Anupama Jayaraman Memorial
Award, which will be presented at a public meeting in Bangalore on 9
February 2007.
DETAILS
Objectives
· To encourage, support and honour young women journalists writing on
human rights, social justice and people-centred development.
· To nurture and sustain idealism, enthusiasm and constructive
professionalism among young journalists.
· To promote and strengthen journalism that cares.
Themes
The broad themes to be addressed in the entries are human rights and
social justice, especially in the areas of basic needs (including
access to natural resources), gender equality, and the environment.
Specific topic areas within these themes will be announced each year.
For the 2007 award the topic area is: human rights and women/girls.
Eligibility Criteria
a.. The 2007 Award is for Indian women journalists aged 25 or less,
working in or contributing to the print media in India in English.
b.. All female journalists in this age group, including freelance
journalists, are eligible.
c.. The award is for a body of published work (a minimum of three
articles) over a two-year period (the 2007 Award will be for articles
published between January 2005 and December 2006)
· Among journalists who make it to the short list, those from rural
backgrounds and from Dalit and Adivasi communities will be given
special consideration.
Guidelines for Nominations
· Nominations, sent to the address below, must include:
a) a short write-up on the nominee and her contact details (including
postal address, phone number and e-mail ID)
b) Three bylined articles relating to this year's specified topic
(each of the three submission must include an original clipping and a
xerox copy)
· Apart from editors and other media professionals, members of the
reading public are also welcome to send in nominations
· All nominations must be received by 7 January 07 for the 2007 Award.
Please write "Anupama Jayaraman Memorial Award 2007" on the envelope.
· A jury of five eminent citizens, mainly journalists, will select the
Awardee; their decision will be final.
· All nominations must be typed; all submitted articles must be
printed/published.
Other Details
· The Awardee and the person who nominated her will be personally
informed about the jury's decision between 15 and 20 January 2007.
· Information about the outcome of the Award process will also be
disseminated through various media, NWMI e-groups and the NWMI
website.
Contacts:
The Network of Women in Media, Bangalore
(Attention: Anita Cheria)
# 7, 3rd Cross Road
Priyadarshini Layout
Nagarbhavi Main Road
Bangalore 560 072
E-mail: nwm.bangalore@ gmail.com (Attention: Anita Cheria)
Mobile contacts:
(0) 94484 84797 (Anita Cheria)
(0) 94483 40817 (M. Radhika)
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11. Sound Related Links, Resources, and Other Artists
Posted by: "George Lessard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] themediamentor
Date: Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:05 am ((PST))
Links, Resources, and Other Artists, Sound Related Sites
http://www.community-media.com/spirit/links.html
Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC)
An organization of composers doing sound works. They have a good web
site which includes sound works, and also do a CD series called disc
Contact! Their links section will direct you to a lot of interesting
sonic places, including the extensive CEC Soundwalk pages.
Musicworks
For more than twenty years, MUSICWORKS has provided readers worldwide
with artists' perspectives on the exploration of new and possible
music and sound -- sounds as yet unfamiliar to (most of) our ears.
Articles cover topics from music's relationship to society, through
discussion of musical creators, to commentaries on sonic phenomena.
New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA)
A Toronto based group that works in sound and radio art, including
the Deep Wireless, Sound Travels, and Soundplay events. Darren
Copeland, Artistic Director.
The Radio Art Companion
The Radio Art Companion was prepared by NAISAwith the intention of
shedding some light on the sound works being presented during the
"Deep Wireless" event in April, 2002. Article subjects include Radio
Art, Radio Drama, Acoustic Ecology, Soundscape and Electroacoustic
Composition, and Soundwalking.
The World Forum for Acoustic-Ecology (WFAE)
Founded in 1993, is an international association of affiliated
organizations, and individuals, who share a common concern with the
state of the world soundscape as an ecologically balanced entity.
Members represent an interdisciplinary profession engaged in the
study of the scientific, social, and cultural aspects of natural and
human made sound environments.
Canadian Association for Sound Ecology (CASE) - CASE is the Canadian
chapter of the WFAE.
Soundsite - An online journal of Sound Theory, Philosophy of Sound
and Sound Art.
The Jack Straw Foundation - Exists to foster the communication of
arts, ideas and information to diverse audiences through audio media.
Interesting artworks on line. Based in Seattle.
Resonance 104.4 FM - Resonance 104.4fm is London's first radio art
station, brought to you by London Musicians' Collective. Poses the
interesting question: Why isn't there a museum of modern art for
sound in the same way as there is for the visual arts? And tries to
answer it.
Hildegard Westerkamp
Hildi is a Vancouver based composer who has had a great influence on
many young artists and soundscapers. She was the first artist in
redidebce selected for the Full Moon Audio Art Camp.
Andra McCartney
Andra is a sound artist living in Montreal and is also an artist in
residence for Full Moon Audio Art camp. She has an extensive
collection of sound links.
Penn Kemp
As performer and workshop leader, Penn has performed in arts
festivals around the world, giving readings and workshops, often as
writer-in-residence. Thanks to a 1999 Canada Council grant in the
Spoken and Electronic Word pilot program, Penn has produced a
CD-ROM/audio CD of her performance pieces: On Our Own Spoke. Several
of these sound poems are mounted on her web site.
New American Radio
Really interesting radio productions out of the States, distributed
by satellite to stations in the American public radio system. It is
also distributed by tape to stations without satellite facilities.
Many NEW AMERICAN RADIO works are available on artist's CDs.
Cyclops Press
A publishing company out of Winnipeg which does audio poetry among
other things. Some poems are online in Real Audio and they accept
submissions.
Ubuweb Sound Poetry
Sound poetry on line, including works by John Cage and Marcel Duchamp
Electronic Poetry Center Sound Room
A collection of sound poetry, audio art, audio hypermedia, and arts
radio broadcasts
Harvestworks
Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center is a non-for-profit
organization founded in 1977 to cultivate artistic talent using
electronic technologies.
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