RE: [DDN] Katrina Aftermath - Housing relief list for deaf community

2005-09-06 Thread Tim Murphy
Hi Will, Good job by TFA May I suggest you also post your Email messages onto this Usenet News group misc.activism.progressive (MAP) This is a massively used Usenet News group for all kinds of volunteer activism (political and social). The newsgroup is moderated so you have to send

Re: [DDN] Making the Astrodome CTC the Rule, Not the Exception

2005-09-06 Thread BBracey
There was, at one time in the infancy of the NIIAC, a demonstration truck that went around to the empowerment and enterprise zones. The technology companies banded together to do this effort, in the name of leadership. Perhaps I can see this same one, going around with the initial set up, and

RE: [DDN] Re: Red Cross may be slow, but...

2005-09-06 Thread Joseph Beckmann
As an instructor at Dillard University in 1968, at the peak of Civil Rights, even then New Orleans was almost pre-civil war. The anger in the rest of the country had just begun to dribble into a culture where the largest department store, Maison Blanche, had only recently converted it's colored

[DDN] CD-ROM open source indexing application required

2005-09-06 Thread Tony Mechin | 2bctnd.com
Hi I've been asked to research an open source indexing application for a CD-ROM containing useful information for healthcare staff in what are euphemistically termed low-resource settings They're looking for an open source indexing application to include on the CD to make it easier to locate

[DDN] Hurricane Katrina website: Focus on toxic chemicals environmental health concerns.

2005-09-06 Thread Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan
The National Library of Medicine has compiled a new Hurricane Katrina web page, http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/hurricane.html , on toxic chemical and environmental health information resources for health workers and the interested public. Links are provided to information on chemicals that may be

[DDN] CFP: Open Road 2006 - Access content in a multilingual environment

2005-09-06 Thread Donald Z. Osborn
FYI... DZO - Forwarded message from Andrew Cunningham [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 15:15:53 +0100 From: Andrew Cunningham [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Andrew Cunningham [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [A12n-forum] [IFLA-L] Open Road 2006 - Call for papers To:

[DDN] Lars' question

2005-09-06 Thread Katrin Verclas
From another list where Lars' question was cross-posted... Katrin Original Message Subject: [dev] Re: [voter-mob] URGENT question about audio blogging/asterisk Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 22:12:15 -0400 From: Nathan Woodhull [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [DDN] Technology Review Magazine TR35

2005-09-06 Thread BBracey
In a message dated 9/6/05 12:58:50 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The Center for Media Community at EDC takes pride in the selection of Andy Carvin, CMC Program Director, as one of Technology Review Magazine's annual TR35 recipients, awarded to 35 high-tech innovators under the age of

RE: [DDN] Katrina Aftermath - Housing relief list for deaf community

2005-09-06 Thread Alexandra Enders
More info and web addresses for TDI and Jim House: Hello everyone, I would like to share with you a press release that the Community Emergency Preparedness Information Network (CEPIN) has issued last Friday, announcing points of contact for deaf and hard of hearing people who are impacted by

[DDN] Community Voicemail for New Orleans

2005-09-06 Thread Tim Murphy
Message -Original Message- From: Stacy Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] snip... We are working with Cisco Systems right now to distribute voicemail numbers through the American Red Cross and other social/health service agencies in the hurricane areas. I have pasted the press release

[DDN] [YL] eMachineshop CAD software - constructivist learning opportunity

2005-09-06 Thread Phil Shapiro
hi everyone - wired magazine has a fascinating article about a new jersey company that will manufacture whatever inventions you design with their free windows CAD (computer assisted design) software. http://www.emachineshop.com/ the wired article can be found at

Re: [DDN] Technology Review Magazine TR35

2005-09-06 Thread Andy Carvin
Thanks, Steve, I'm truly honored by your kind words -andy Dr. Steve Eskow wrote: Ms. Taylor, The award to Andy Carvin acknowledges what the ICT world recognizes: the brilliance and dedication of this young man to the new possibilities for enriching the world the new media open for us. I

[DDN] fyi: radios needed houston

2005-09-06 Thread tk robinson
Houston Volunteers and Families Displaced by Katrina Build 'Refugee Radio' at Houston Astrodome Need For 10,000+ Radios Before Station Can Go On Air Contact: Professor Tish Stringer, [EMAIL PROTECTED], (713) 478-4559 Contact: Hannah Sassaman, [EMAIL PROTECTED], (215)-727-9620 Relief

Re: [DDN] Technology Review Magazine TR35

2005-09-06 Thread Jay Bhatt
Dear Andrea, Selection of Any as one of the 35 high-tech innovators under the age of 35 is truly remarkable and a great achievement. Andy truly deserves this. I came to know about the Digital Divide Network sometime back and since then hardly a day passes by without my looking at the website,

[DDN] Telephony to the Rescue, Reuniting Loved Ones

2005-09-06 Thread Deborah Elizabeth Finn
(A version of this item - with live links - is also available at http://blog.deborah.elizabeth.finn.com/blog/_archives/2005/9/6/1202519.html.) Dear Colleagues, This is a good moment for mission-based organizations to remember that a telephone system is a strategic information and communication

[DDN] Legal Information and Referrals for Kateria Victims

2005-09-06 Thread Katherine A. Bladow
ProBono Net, the host for the LawHelp.org Web sites, has developed a page with disaster legal resources for Katrina victims. (More information is below.) For those of you who are unfamiliar with LawHelp.org Web sites: LawHelp.org Web sites provide legal information for low- to moderate-income

[DDN] Community Wireless Emegency Response Teams Update.

2005-09-06 Thread Sascha Meinrath
Hello everyone, I'm currently on a plane and have a moment to catch up on things and send out e-mails to allies. This is sort of a breaking story -- involving a number of different community wireless groups and allied (grassroots) organizations. I'm coordinating efforts by Community

[DDN] World Bank Webcasts This Week: Evolving to Open ICT Ecosystems ICT Strategies for the Regions

2005-09-06 Thread opetrov
Dear DDN colleagues, WORLD BANK'S E-DEVELOPMENT THEMATIC GROUP invites you to watch live webcasts for the following seminars 1.ICT Strategies for the Regions: Recent Developments in South and East Asia on Thursday, September 8, 2005, 11:00 am - 12:45 pm (EST) and 2.Evolving to Open ICT

Re: [DDN] Technology Review Magazine TR35

2005-09-06 Thread alice bedardvoorhees
Yes, Congratulations, Andy :), Alice Bedard-Voorhees -Original Message- From: Rebecca MacKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sep 6, 2005 12:45 PM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DDN] Technology Review Magazine TR35 Congratulations Andy