Re: Victorian Gollum
In answer to zMUD question of ever having seen Andy Sirkis, Gollum/Smeagol, in anything else, he was in Topsy-Turvy as the chicken walking Choregrapher. That's an outstanding movie. Highly entertaining. Delightful. Tom Beck www.mercerjewishsingles.org I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed I'd see the last. - Dr Jerry Pournelle ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Republicans Attempting to get Bible classified as a 'Textbook' in CA in Constitutional Amendment
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36386 Group promotes constitutional amendment to make it textbook A California group has submitted to the attorney general's office a proposed ballot initiative to amend the state constitution to make the King James Bible a textbook for public school students in grades 1 through 12 throughout the state. A statewide initiative to amend the constitution requires 598,105 voter signatures to qualify for the ballot. This initiative is not yet in circulation, but was filed with the state last month. The proposal makes the case that the King James Bible of 1611 is one of the supreme achievements of the English Renaissance, and is rightly regarded as one of the most influential books in the history of English civilization, which has served as a model of writing for generations of English-speaking people, and is an acclaimed literary work of great historic importance. Further, the initiatives backers, who maintain a website, say the Bible is worthy of study in such secular disciplines as history, literature, culture, poetry, law, language, ethics, science and philosophy. The group wants the Bible used in the schools without any devotional purpose nor any denominational instruction to accept or reject its religious components. Students would be furnished with copies at no cost and parents would be permitted to opt their children out of the study of the Bible. Backers note the U.S. Supreme Court found, as recently as 1980, the Bible may be integrated into the school curriculum, where the Bible may constitutionally be used in an appropriate study of history, civilization, ethics, comparative religion, or the like. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Racism: a bang on the head is all it takes
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2004/01/02/ do0202.xml As a teenager, I spent quite a lot of time trying to re-educate Grandmother. I explained that racism was unacceptable and that she simply had to change her views. Sometimes I made myself cry with outrage. Grandmother would invariably smile sweetly, sip her dry Amontillado sherry and say something even more eye-wateringly offensive. After a while, to her great disappointment, I gave up the struggle. I put her views down to a colonial mindset and an understandable desire to aggravate po-faced, Lefty grandchildren and we talked about what was on television instead. A few weeks ago, I heard another explanation for racism from an American scientist, William von Hippel. For the past decade, he has been trying to work out why elderly people are more likely to be prejudiced than young people. And if his research is right, it's not just because they grew up in a different era, because Blair's Britain is a sink pit of immigrant crime, or because old people are brave enough to fly in the face of political correctness. A bit of their brain is missing. According to von Hippel and other psychologists working in the same field, whatever age we are, our immediate thoughts are formed by cultural stereotypes. This means we instinctively think inappropriate and unfriendly things about each other. Try it out. However tolerant you imagine yourself to be, a moment honestly monitoring your stream of consciousness on public transport should prove von Hippel's point. Freeze-frame your thoughts as they emerge and black men in hooded tops are aggressive, young Muslims are potential terrorists and that fat white bloke opposite should be made to pay for two seats. For a highly social species, the ability to keep these thoughts to oneself is crucial, so we have developed a special part of our brains a mesh of connections between the prefrontal lobes and the limbic system to inhibit and temper them. A fair amount of attention has already been devoted to this piece of grey matter. It has been noted, for instance, that people who accidentally bash it often behave in an unrestrained and egocentric way. Where von Hippel's research is new is in suggesting that older people's brains often suffer the same sort of damage. They become prejudiced because they lack the power to inhibit the stereotypes that form our instinctive thoughts. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. -- Donald E. Knuth ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Science Fiction In Music
- Original Message - From: Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 11:46 AM Subject: Re: Science Fiction In Music Has anyone mentioned Rush? Yea, there was a thread on his hypocrisy last month. Dan M. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: A Chink in the Armor
On 1 Jan 2004, at 11:00 pm, Doug Pensinger wrote: William wrote: On the other hand http://www.consumerreports.org/main/detailv3.jsp? CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id%20=305449 Apple are, on the whole, one of the better manufacturers in terms of reliability. How'd I know I'd get a reply from you 8^) I don't doubt that Apples manufacturing is superior. That's one of the reasons their computers cost more. Their laptops are, according to several comparative reviews I've seen lately, cheaper than similarly configured name-brand Windows laptops. The G5 and the Xserve are also very competitively priced to equivalent Windows machines. The iMac on the other hand does appear overpriced on spec, but what value does the form factor and that fancy arm have? iMac II is coming in January with a redesign to get the manufacturing cost down. Apple's machines are built in the same far East plants as Windows PCs, and since Apple spends about 8% of revenue on RD compared to about 1.5% from the likes of Dell it is quite hard to compete on price. Why don't they have easily replicable batteries like cameras? Cameras have a different pattern of use. I definitely need to be able to swap batteries in my digital camera in order to keep taking pictures. I usually carry a spare set of charged NiMh AAs (the 1600 mAh type) and a spare 128MB memory card when I'm taking pictures. My mobile phone goes on its charger every few days and that pattern works fine for it. I'm unlikely to buy a new battery pack for my mobile phone when it dies since the list price for the battery is twice what I paid for the phone! 18 months seems like a short lifespan especially considering the cost of the product. I don't think I'd buy anything that expensive with an integrated battery. Lithium ion batteries have a normal life-span of 300-500 discharge/charge cycles and 2-3 years. Those experiencing battery failure in 18 months are exceptions. The Dell DJ (amongst others) also uses an integrated battery in order to achieve compact size and low weight. This is the same battery technology as the iPod, with the same benefits and drawbacks. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ It is our belief, however, that serious professional users will run out of things they can do with UNIX. - Ken Olsen, President of DEC, 1984. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Republicans Attempting to get Bible classified as a 'Textbook' in CA in Constitutional Amendment
Teaching the Bible as history has as much use in instruction as presenting material from Caesar's Gallic War, Froissart's Chronicles, or any other primary source. The bible DOES have a lot to offer in terms of history; a large segment of the OT is afterall a history of the Jewish people. HOWEVER, I would not reccommend that approach to anyone who is not familiar with how to read history, or have any background on the bible itself. As a primary source it should be read critically and analytically. As such I would never reccommend using the text as a sole source for the teaching of Ancient Near East history to anyone below the college level, or without a thorough background in bible theory. Snippets are fine, but whole cloth and you run into some real pitfalls. Teaching the KJ version as literature is fine, and useful to any english speaker regardless of their religious or ethnic background. But still I think I would choose something else that doesn't have the attendant baggage. Damon. = Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html Now Building: __ Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 http://search.yahoo.com/top2003 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Davidbrin.com blocked by WebSense
Our corporate proxy is now blocking access to Dr. Brin's web site.. Below is the message. The Websense category Cultural Institutions is filtered. Nerd From Hell It almost sounds like you work for the Federal Government! At the facility I work at, they block things like Microsoft and other support related sites that we need, and allow other things like American Idol fan sites to slip through. We finally had to resort to connecting to our home computers via Remote Desktop to get to the support sites that we need access to. Just out of curiosity, is www.davidbrin.com being filtered because of the links that are there or because of meta tag keywords? I looked at the source of his page and didn't see any references to cultural that might get blocked. Gary ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Science Fiction In Music
At 01:55 PM 1/2/2004, you wrote: - Original Message - From: Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 11:46 AM Subject: Re: Science Fiction In Music Has anyone mentioned Rush? Yea, there was a thread on his hypocrisy last month. Dan M. Oh, haha*, I thought he meant this http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/NAJL10201.htm Alex Lifeson was arrested on six charges including aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest and disorderly intoxication. Kevin T. - VRWC Living on a lighted stage *I kept reading it, not knowing what Dan meant. I didn't see the word his. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Icky recipe
I was looking at some recipes and found this . Best not read any further if of a squeamish disposition. S Q U E A M I S H S P A C E S Q U E A M I S H S P A C E http://www.chinaoninternet.com/cuisine/home/home04/home095.htm recipe for drunken fresh shrimps. Drunken Fresh Shrimps INGREDIENTS 10 1/2 oz (300g) live fresh-water shrimps 2 tsp. soy sauce 3 1/2 oz (100g) scallion white 2 tsp. sesame oil 1 oz (25g) scallions, chopped 1 tbsp meat stock 15 Sichuan roasted peppercorns 2 tsp. strong white liquor 1/4 tsp. salt, or to taste 1/4 tsp. MSG (optional) RECIPE 1. Crush the peppercorns and the scallion white together, and mix with salt, soy sauce, sesame oil stock, MSG (optional) to make a dipping sauce. 2. Wash the shrimps well to rid them of and sand. Cut off the whiskers and feet, wash again, and drain. Place in a bowl and set aside. 3. A few minutes before serving, pour the liquor over the shrimps, add chopped scallions and cover the bowl with a dish. Invert the bowl and weight it so the shrimps cannot get out. 4. To eat, dip the live shrimps in the dipping sauce. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Aerospace is plumbing with the volume turned up. - John Carmack ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Davidbrin.com blocked by WebSense
Just out of curiosity, is www.davidbrin.com being filtered because of the links that are there or because of meta tag keywords? I looked at the source of his page and didn't see any references to cultural that might get blocked. I am not sure how they determine its unsuitibility. Probably a combination of content and meta tag data. NFH Gary ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Icky recipe
Best not read any further if of a squeamish disposition. S Q U E A M I S H S P A C E S Q U E A M I S H S P A C E 4. To eat, dip the live shrimps in the dipping sauce. Well look at it this way: at least they're not in pain when you eat them! ;) Damon. = Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html Now Building: __ Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 http://search.yahoo.com/top2003 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
NFL Wildcard Weekend Picks
They say that in the playoffs everyone starts over at 0-0 and given my picking this year, I can't hope for anything more than to be 0-0 again. So, let's see if I can redeem myself here in the playoffs. The NFL playoffs are a beautiful under the new balanced schedule. In the currrent setup, the entire League is divided into four-team divisions, each of which plays a nearly identical 16-game schedule.The best team from each division advances to the playoffs, where head-to-head competition determines a final winner.Now granted the presence of two money-generating and interest-generating Wild Card teams is a small flaw in this ointment, but since it is probably nearly impossible for any Wild Card team to win three consecutive road playoff games to get to the Super Bowl, the ultimate outcome isn't that affected. The NFL Playoffs are a beautiful thing. Tennessee at Baltimore - Baltimore is the ugly duckling of the AFC, the Champion of the AFC weakest division, a winner mostly by virtue of defense and a power running game.The Titans, meanwhile, are the unlucky ones to win 12 games but be relegated to 5th-seed status by virtue of playing in the same division as Indianapolis.The Titans are probably one of the few teams that can also hang with Balitmore's perennially very good special teams.While the Ravens should stop the Titans' running game, if Steve McNair can get the passing game on-track against that rough defense, Anthony Wright probably won't be able to keep up. Bottom line is that I see a Jamal Lewis fumble costing the Ravens the game. Pick: TITANS Dallas at Carolina - Speaking of ugly ducklings, this NFC matchup pits together two teams that would probably have had a very hard time cutting it in the AFC.Dallas beat Carolina in round one in Dallas, but the Cowboys have been much worse on the road than at home this year, and Carolina's defense has, if anything, gotten even better since then. Pick: PANTHERS Seattle at Green Bay - These teams met much earlier this year with the Packers just blowing away the Seahawks in their first of many road losses this year. Since then, the Seahawks were eclipsed by the Rams and ended up as the last wildcard in the NFC, while the Packers came alive behind some inspired performances by Brett Favre following the loss of his father which adds up to the Seahawks as the weekend's big underdogs. But... unnoticed by some, the Seahawks have really come on in December, losing a heartbreaker in overtime behind a terrible performance by the refs and losing a heartbreaker in St. Louis after Bobby Engram tripped over a referee who had fallen down on the field, and playing a very solid game in San Francisco. Thus, as hard as it is for me to believe that the Packers could lose two home playoff games in a row, Mike Holmgren should stick it to his former team this time around. Pick: SEAHAWKS UPSET SPECIAL Denver at Indianapolis - Two weeks ago, the Broncos absolutely dominated the Colts in Indianapolis in every way possible, and last week the Broncos essentially took a bye week by resting their major starters. Thus, the stage appears perfectly set for us to be tortured another year of moronic Peyton Manning can't win a playoff game commentary - but it is very hard in this League to beat up on a team twice in their own stadium. Plus, I'm still convinced that Indy's penetrating style of defense is a good matchip against Denver's finesse running game - even thought they certainly didn't show it the first time around.Still, I just see Peyton Manning rising up in the biggest game in his life and giving Vanderjagt a chance to win it. Pick: COLTS JDG ___ John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world, it is God's gift to humanity. - George W. Bush 1/29/03 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Overpriced Shirts and Irregulars Question
I'm pretty sure I set the price of the shirt at my online store too high, so as an apology, I've decreased it from $19.99 to $16.99. Do y'all consider $3 of profit per shirt fair? http://www.cafeshops.com/Sloan3D As for the Irregulars question, Dr. Brin suggested that I donate part of each sale I make at my store to an appropriate charity, as a way to promote my store and do good at the same time. Which groups do good work preserving wildlife in general? Which ones are good at protecting the individual species that are so important to the Uplift stories, the dolphins, whales, chimps, and gorillas? And one other thing: Please don't hesitate to gripe at me if you think I'm spamming the list. :-) __ Steve Sloan . Huntsville, Alabama = [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brin-L list pages .. http://www.brin-l.org Science Fiction-themed online store . http://www.sloan3d.com/store Chmeee's 3D Objects http://www.sloan3d.com/chmeee 3D and Drawing Galleries .. http://www.sloansteady.com Software Science Fiction, Science, and Computer Links Science fiction scans . http://www.sloan3d.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Meteorite hits Iran
http://www.reuters.co.uk/printerFriendlyPopup.jhtml?type=worldNewsstoryID=431728 A meteorite has hit northern Iran causing minor damage to property but there were no immediate reports of casualties, state radio has said. It said the impact sent locals in panic onto the streets in the northern town of Babol in Mazandaran province. A meteorite which hit Babol on Friday morning caused only some minor damage to residential units, radio said, without giving further details or citing any source. It said the impact was felt up to one kilometre away. Iranians are currently mourning at least 30,000 people killed by an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale which struck southeastern Iran on December 26. xponent The End Is Near Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
No longer filtering.
I'm not filtering anymore. I've reviewed recent posts in the archives, and I think I'll be fine for now. Michael Harney [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: No longer filtering.
Michael Harney wrote: I'm not filtering anymore. I've reviewed recent posts in the archives, and I think I'll be fine for now. As fair warning, my last post did have a question about the best organizations for protecting wildlife, but I'm hoping any thread that comes out of my question will be positive. __ Steve Sloan . Huntsville, Alabama = [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brin-L list pages .. http://www.brin-l.org Science Fiction-themed online store . http://www.sloan3d.com/store Chmeee's 3D Objects http://www.sloan3d.com/chmeee 3D and Drawing Galleries .. http://www.sloansteady.com Software Science Fiction, Science, and Computer Links Science fiction scans . http://www.sloan3d.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Pat Robertson: God told him it's Bush in a 'blowout'
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-sou--robertson-bush0102jan02,0,4453351,print.story?coll=dp-headlines-virginia Pat Robertson said Friday that God told him President Bush will be re-elected in a landslide. I think George Bush is going to win in a walk, the religious broadcaster said on his 700 Club program on the Virginia Beach-based Christian Broadcasting Network, which he founded. I really believe I'm hearing from the Lord it's going to be like a blowout election in 2004. It's shaping up that way, Robertson said. The Lord has just blessed him, Robertson said of Bush. I mean, he could make terrible mistakes and comes out of it. It doesn't make any difference what he does, good or bad, God picks him up because he's a man of prayer and God's blessing him. Earlier on the program, Robertson had explained that he wanted to share some of the things that I believe the Lord was showing me as I spent several days in prayer at the end of 2003. Robertson also said that this year will be one of extraordinary prosperity and that God will bless China in 2004 in a way it's never known before. God loves China and he loves the Chinese people, Robertson said. I believe there's going to be an unbelievable spiritual revival taking place in China this year. The Rev. Barry W. Lynn, a frequent Robertson critic and executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said he had a prediction of his own. I predict that Pat Robertson in 2004 will continue to use his multimillion broadcasting empire to promote George Bush and other Republican candidates, Lynn said in a statement. Maybe Pat got a message from (Bush political adviser) Karl Rove and thought it was from God. A Robertson spokeswoman did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment. xponent Snark Class Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Irregulars: Help me identify a book
Recently, in a fantasy RPG, our GM introduced a warrior race that I found very interesting. They were expert horsemen, human and somewhat similar to the Mongols or the Huns. What was unique about them was that they road small horses, almost ponies, and had spears attached to their saddles. The GM said they were from a book he had read sometime back. Unfortunately, he couldn't remember the name of the book (and/or series). To make matters worse, this particular GM is terrible at pronouncing words (you should see how he mangles some of the names in LOTR) and even worse at spelling. He called them Katians but couldn't remember if that was exactly right or how to spell it. I'm hoping this just might ring a bell with someone on the list who can point me in the right direction! - jmh Worth A Try Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Davidbrin.com blocked by WebSense
At 01:47 PM 1/2/04, Chad Cooper wrote: Our corporate proxy is now blocking access to Dr. Brin's web site.. Below is the message. The Websense category Cultural Institutions is filtered. We use a product from http://www.websense.com/ . This web site filter blocks about a quarter of the link published on this list. According to WebSense, they define cultural institutions as : Cultural Institutions -- Sites sponsored by museums, galleries, theatres (but not movie theatres), libraries, and similar institutions; also, sites whose purpose is the display of artworks. Well, the friendly public servants at the Library of Congress have decided to block numerous whole domains (including att.net) from sending anything at all to them because they claim that they have gotten spam from someone using an account at that domain. I've been on the SF-Literature list hosted there since at least 1998 or 1999, and now I can't respond to posts on the list or even contact the moderator off-list (because her address is also on one of the servers which is blocking all messages from att.net). I don't know if Himself is a member of that list, but Greg Bear is, (though come to think of it, I haven't seen any recent messages from him, either . . . ;-) ) And as far as spam goes, as Randy Cunningham commented on his This Is True list, It's 2004, and the new anti-spam law is in place. Notice any reduction in the amount of junk in your inbox? Neither have I. In fact, if my inbox is typical, if anything, recently it's been getting worse . . . Frustrated Maru -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Irregulars: Help me identify a book
At 11:16 PM 1/2/04, Horn, John wrote: Recently, in a fantasy RPG, our GM introduced a warrior race that I found very interesting. They were expert horsemen, human and somewhat similar to the Mongols or the Huns. What was unique about them was that they road small horses, almost ponies, and had spears attached to their saddles. The GM said they were from a book he had read sometime back. Unfortunately, he couldn't remember the name of the book (and/or series). To make matters worse, this particular GM is terrible at pronouncing words (you should see how he mangles some of the names in LOTR) and even worse at spelling. He called them Katians but couldn't remember if that was exactly right or how to spell it. I'm hoping this just might ring a bell with someone on the list who can point me in the right direction! It seems very vaguely familiar, but only very vaguely . . . And I'm Probably Wrong Maru -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Overpriced Shirts and Irregulars Question
On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 09:53:45PM -0600, Steve Sloan II wrote: As for the Irregulars question, Dr. Brin suggested that I donate part of each sale I make at my store to an appropriate charity, as a way to promote my store and do good at the same time. Which groups do good work preserving wildlife in general? Which ones are good at protecting the individual species that are so important to the Uplift stories, the dolphins, whales, chimps, and gorillas? I'm not aware of any good wildlife-specific charities, but I think my favorite charity is also very much in the Brin spirit of regular people using their innovative ideas to efficiently accomplish worthwhile goals: Ashoka. http://www.ashoka.org/ In the last 21 years, Ashoka has invested in more than 1,200 leading social entrepreneurs in 43 countries around the globe (including the U.S.), working on issues such as education, healthcare, the environment, human/gender rights, economic development, and poverty alleviation. Ashoka is unique in that it searches the world for local visionaries with local solutions to local problems, whose models can be replicated nationally and globally. Here's a link to a New York Times article about Ashoka: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/20/arts/20SOCI.html Here's an older, but very good, article from the Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/98jan/ashoka.htm EXAMPLES: Investing about $30,000, Ashoka helped Mary Allegretti save more than 9 million acres of the Amazon Rain Forest in Brazil -- that's less than a penny per acre. She developed the first system of extractive reserves by setting aside areas for jungle dwellers whose livelihood depends on the forest. By encouraging sustainable use of the tropical forest, the plan has also benefited more than 70,000 rubber tappers and 200,000 native inhabitants in the rain forest. Investing a total of approximately $11,000 over three years, Ashoka enabled Jeroo Billimoria to launch Childline, India's first 24-hour emergency telephone hotline for street children. They also receive follow-up support services such as police assistance and healthcare. Launched in Mumbai (Bombay),Childline has answered more than 2 million calls and directly provided assistance to more than 26,000 street children in the city over the past four years. Ashoka's investment amounts to a mere $0.42 per child. The model has spread to 38 cities nationally and to Thailand. Within 10 years, Jeroo plans to replicate it in 158 cities in India and Asia. For approximately $20,000, Ashoka enabled Dr. Vera Cordeiro to develop 'Renascer', an organization providing critical outpatient follow-up care to poor children who have suffered acute illnesses. It has spread to 11 hospitals in 5 states throughout Brazil, befitting more than 11,000 so far and reducing hospital re-admission rates by 60%. Her approach integrates health care, skill building and education services for children as well as for their families based on multidisciplinary teams and community support. Since 1998, five consultants from McKinsey have worked with her organization on a 'pro bono' basis to spread the model nationally. The first lady of S. Africa, Graca Machel plans to import it to southern Africa. For $23,000 Ashoka enabled Ngozi Iwere to develop the first model program for HIV/AIDS prevention in Nigeria benefiting several hundred teachers and more than 5,000 youth both in and out of school. It targets and involves the entire community instead of focusing on small high-risk target populations. Her Community Life Project works within existing community networks to develop and aggressively disseminate prevention and treatment information. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
