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Taiyuan Archaeological Museum / Paul Andreu Architecte
Architects: Paul Andreu Architecte
Location: Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
Project Year: 2007
Project Area: 50,000 sqm
Photographs: Paul Andreu Architecte
Tisse Métis Égal / PLUX.5
Architects: PLUX.5
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Design Team: Étienne Bernier, Olivier Bourgeois, Marianne Charbonneau, Jean-Bruno Morissette and Jean-Philippe Saucier
Project Year: 2012
Photographs: Alexandre Guilbeault
Video: 'Lost Rivers' Trailer
Written and directed by Caroline Bâcle and produced by Katarina Soukup of Catbird Films, Inc., the official trailer for 'Lost Rivers' focuses on why rivers have disappeared throughout the course of time and the possibility of them coming back. The…
Ecole ITP / A229
Architects: A229
Location: Walloon Brabant, Belgium
Photographs: Serge Brison
Capitol Hill Residence / Balance Associates Architects
Architects: Balance Associates Architects
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Design Team: Balance Associates, Tom Lenchek AIA, Lauren Tindall Crocco, Kelby Riegsecker
Landscape Architect: Allworth Design
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Steve Keating Photography
Cornell releases preliminary renderings of NYC Tech Campus
To celebrate the start of a seven-month land use review process, Cornell has released preliminary renderings of the first academic building planned for Cornell Tech – the new world-class technology and entrepreneurship campus in New York City that was masterplanned by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM).
The modern campus strives to rethink academic workspace, prioritize environmental performance, and exploit the unique urban condition of Roosevelt Island. In May, Pritzker Prize laureate Thom Mayne, founder of Morphosis, was appointed as architect of the first landmark building, which will set the stage for the carbon positive campus.
Continue after the break to learn more.
House in Hanareyama / Kidosaki Architects Studio
Architects: Kidosaki Architects Studio
Location: Nagareyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Design Team: Hirotaka Kidosaki, Satoshi Itasaka
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Courtesy of Kidosaki Architects Studio
Leonardo / Andrea Klimko Architecture
Architects: Andrea Klimko Architecture
Location: Trnava, Slovakia
Author: Andrea Klimko
Co Author: Pavol Kollár
Project Year: 2012
Photographs: L`ubo Stacho, Andrea Klimko, Miro Nôta, Robert Vrlák
Fumihiko Maki to design Cultural Center and University in London
Japanese modernist Fumihiko Maki has been chosen to design a cultural and university complex on a 67-acre Kings Cross development in London. As reported by the Evening Standard, the 84-year-old, Pritzker Prize-winning architect will design two buildings for the Aga Khan Development Network – an organization who leads the world's 15 million Ismaili Muslims.
The two projects are among five, totaling a half million square feet, that are being commissioned by the Network at Kings Cross. It is unsaid of who will design the other three buildings. However, preliminary designs studies are under way and formal appointments will be announced shortly.
48 Logements – Vitry sur Seine / Gaëtan Le Penhuel Architecture
Architects: Gaëtan Le Penhuel Architecture
Location: Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Project Year: 2012
Photographs: Sergio Grazia
The London 'LidoLine' – Swim to Work on Y/N Studio's Proposal
[Y/N] studio has an exciting new proposition for you if you happen to live in London, England, near the Regents Canal called LidoLine. If you are tired of public transportation or bored of walking or cycling to work, [Y/N] studio suggests swimming to work along one of London's canals. The ambitious project, runner-up in the 2012 Landscape Institute Ideas Competition of London, has many unresolved considerations, but the fundamental desire to reinvigorate and address the potential of public space along London's canals is certainly admirable. Being a bit far-fetched, the design has rallied a few criticisms, but let's consider what the project really addresses.
Join us after the break for more.
House 0614 / Simpraxis Architects
Architects: Simpraxis Architects
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Architect In Charge: Marios Christodoulides, Christos Christodoulou
Design Team: Christos Pasadakis, Maria Karydou, Stelios Zenieris, Stella Parpa
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Marios Christodoulides, Christos Papantoniou
Matter @ Context: Contemporary Chilean Architecture at the IIT
Starting today, "Matter @ Context: Contemporary Chilean Architecture" will feature an interesting group of Chilean practices whose work represent the new architecture of the country.
The Exhibit Organized by the Universidad Finis Terrae de Chile and the Illinois Institute of Technology will be on display at the Crown Hall, IIT, until October 22nd. A lecture, with Alberto Moletto, Ignacio Volante and Felipe Assadi, will take place on the 16th at 6PM. The book "Matter @ Contex" published by UFT will also be launched at the event.
More about the curation and images of the selected projects after the break:
SCI-Arc Graduation Pavilion Competition Library Exhibition
Opening this Friday, October 19th, at 7pm in the SCI-Arc gallery, the Graduation Pavilion Competition Exhibition documents the four faculty entries in the competition organized this past summer to select a winning design for the ArtPlace-funded outdoor pavilion, scheduled to be completed in spring 2013. SCI-Arc invited faculty members Ramiro Diaz-Granados, Elena Manferdini, Marcelo Spina (winning entry) and Tom Wiscombe to submit concepts for a design of an innovative, technically implementable, and visually remarkable multi-purpose pavilion. The resulting stage is set to host several upcoming graduation ceremonies, noteworthy symposia and presentations, as well as outreach cultural events developed in partnership with the surrounding Arts Community. The exhibition is on view until December 2. More images and architects' description of their proposals after the break.
Catch the Tree Spa / LAND Arquitectos
Architects: LAND Arquitectos
Location: Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
Design Team: Cristobal Valenzuela Haeussler, Angela Delorenzo Arancivia
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Sergio Pirrone
Vertical Loft / Shift Architecture Urbanism
Architects: Shift Architecture Urbanism
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Design Team: Oana Rades, Harm Timmermans
Photographs: Rene de Wit & Jeroen Musch
Call for Entries: Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA)
The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA) recently launched their 2013 call for entries for their biannual competition which celebrates urban places that are distinguished by quality design and their social and economic contributions to our nation's cities. The…
Giants Causeway Visitor Centre / Heneghan & Peng Architects
Architects: Heneghan & Peng Architects
Location: Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
Design Team: Monika Arczynska, Jorge Taravillo Canete, Chris Hillyard, Kathrin Klaus, Carmel Murray, Padhraic Moneley, Catherine Opdebeeck, Helena del Rio
Project Year: 2012
Photographs: Hufton + Crow


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bean_counter_z4February 22, 2007
Help me choose a thermometer. I need a new one and was looking at the digitals on amazon. What do you use when roasting and grilliing? Do you have an oven thermometer; a refrigerator thermometer?
I just recently got a Thermoworks Thermopen instant read thermometer. I rarely get something that impresses me, but this is amazing. I have at least three other thermometers that were cheaper, but they don't even pass the boiling water test. Plus, the Thermopen can be used for everything.

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WITN Teacher of the Week: Joyce Cutler of Beaufort County
Updated: 10/09/2014 - Joyce Cutler of Northeast Elementary in Beaufort County is one of WITN's Teachers of the Week for Wednesday, October 8th, 2014.
Updated: 10/09/2014 - Joyce Cutler of Northeast Elementary in Beaufort County is one of WITN's Teachers of the Week for Wednesday, October 8th, 2014.
Posted: 10/08/2014 - UNC Wilmington has been awarded a three-year, $1 million grant to partner with a school in Pakistan in a reciprocal agreement to provide faculty and students with the chance to enhance relationships between the U.S. and the world.
Updated: 10/02/2014 - A recent Grammy award winner from right here in the east is taking a trip home for a special performance on Thursday.
Posted: 10/01/2014 - A piece of history is coming to the surface off the Crystal Coast as archaeologists are hoping they can bring two more cannons up from the depths of the Queen Anne's Revenge shipwreck site.
Posted: 10/01/2014 - Deputies said a pair of brothers woke up in jail Wednesday morning; accused of selling drugs near both a park and a school.
Updated: 10/01/2014 - Deputies say Richlands Elementary School had been celebrating pirate week and a teacher came on school property dressed as a pirate.
Updated: 09/30/2014 - Police say a student was shot after an argument at a central North Carolina high school just before school began.
Updated: 09/30/2014 - Hundreds of people turned out for a political forum Tuesday night that focused on education.
Updated: 09/29/2014 - Three eastern Carolina public school systems chose to delay the start of classes on Monday due to fog.
Updated: 09/29/2014 - With school back in session, some crooks are seeing an opportunity to cash in on education.
Updated: 09/25/2014 - The United Way of Pitt County announced Thursday that 150 additional students will be able to attend the Student Success Academy.
Updated: 09/24/2014 - Julio Morales of Mattamuskeet Schools in Hyde County is the WITN Teacher of the Week for Wednesday, September 24th, 2014.
Posted: 09/23/2014 - A new program that aims to help children excel in math and science will make its debut Tuesday at a Craven County school.
Posted: 09/17/2014 - A $1.3 million grant will help East Carolina University provide mentoring and evaluation to pre-kindergarten teachers in 46 counties in the region.
Updated: 09/17/2014 - Lisa May of Snow Hill Primary School in Greene County is the WITN Teacher of the Week for Wednesday, September 17th, 2014.
Updated: 09/15/2014 - A local board of education will be getting a new member Monday.
Updated: 09/15/2014 - Wellcome Middle School and Stokes School will welcome the 90-minute, peer-to-peer interactive program Monday.
Posted: 09/12/2014 - Onslow County Schools says Melissa Doyle, a third grade teacher at Jacksonville Commons Elementary School, is the district's 2014 Teacher of the Year.
Posted: 09/12/2014 - North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper has launched a campaign designed to help college students become smarter consumers.
Updated: 09/11/2014 - The university enrolled 22,252 undergraduates, which is 744 more than last fall and is the largest number in university history, said Dr. John Fletcher.
Updated: 09/11/2014 - Pitt County School Spokesman Brock Letchworth says a student was found with a pocket knife as he got off the bus this morning.
Posted: 09/10/2014 - The search for an Appalachian State University student reported missing last week is intensifying.
Updated: 09/05/2014 - ECU students will gather Friday night to remember a fellow student who was killed in a Labor Day car crash.
Posted: 09/05/2014 - Many schools are making sexual assault awareness programs mandatory for incoming students this year for the first time.
Updated: 09/05/2014 - A university has pulled their scholarship offer for a Havelock High School footballer after police charged him with stealing iPads and iPods from an elementary school.


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By Charlotte Brewster
When asked if I wanted to visit PDI/DreamWorks to see a rough cut of Shrek the Third, I believe my response came in the form of shrieks, probably three, followed by an expletive that I�ll leave out since this is a family film. I was ecstatic to have an official reason to be in the same room with these creative geniuses and arrived hoping that smarts might also be transferred via osmosis. Would I leave smarter? Eh, if not, I�d at least leave happier. And nighttime-ninja-rappelling access would not be necessary; I walked right in and was handed a badge. Joy.
What a fun place to work! The third floor is host to people-sized Shrek castle and Poison Arrow bar replicas. We slurped down a Shrek-inspired banquet�complete with goblets and purple potatoes. Everyone was genuinely friendly and not in an �I�m cooler than you� way, though, clearly, they are. They had their presentable faces on, but I could tell that there must be days when there�s a whole lot of prankin� going on; long hallways make for good running leaps�I�m just sayin�.
Who knew that nestled away in Redwood City is a giant, gleaming, glass tower of geniusitry? (You know about my making-up-words problem, right?) Anyway, I dream of genii indeed. Except, instead of throwing stones, these glass-house dwellers throw hits�megahits�one after the other. And Shrek the Third is going to be next.
We saw about twenty minutes of footage in various stages of completion. The glimpses they shared had me laughing out loud�you know the Julia Roberts horse laugh?�like that. If I�d have had popcorn, I�d have been spitting it out mid chuckle. Unless some naughty gnome gets a hold of it in the editing room and ruins the film flow, this is going to be a �monster� hit. (I permit you one groan�) These people just know where the funny bone is�and they love jostling it.
Okay, this is completely off topic, but Bay Area singles, if you are wondering where all the stylish and adorable lads and ladies are�they�re at DreamWorks! I couldn�t believe how many cute, geeky, quirker bees I saw floating down the halls and around every corner. Seriously, I was in pain. By the end of the day, I couldn�t bear to see one more tousled-haired, black-framed, well-shoed geekatron. You�re welcome. Invite me to the wedding.
The press corps was treated to a tour of the maze that is DreamWorks. We went up, we went down, and we went all around. (There were times when I wondered if they were taking us where our bodies would never be found. A whole floor that I dubbed �The Catacombs� was completely dark and quiet except for the odd, pasty face peeking up from behind a screen. Alas, my reason kicked in and convinced me that we would survive�if for no other reason than for the truth to be leaked about how damn gorgeous and talented they all are�. The up and down did have a point to it as we weaved our way through the creative process�the same one that brought Shrek the Third to life.
- Trailer : Masterminds - March 31, 2015
- When will we see the next Star Wars trailer!? - March 31, 2015
- Shrek to appear in new Puss in Boots sequel? - March 31, 2015
- Disney developing live-action Mulan - March 31, 2015
- Tron 3 ascends into title territory - March 31, 2015
- Superhero Movie Updates : X-Men, Suicide Squad, Deadpool, The Flash, TMNT - March 31, 2015
- NBC bringing The Wiz to Television! - March 31, 2015
- Basu boards Metal Gear Solid - March 31, 2015
- Blunt joins Krasinski in Animal Crackers - March 31, 2015
- Aussie film These Final Hours adapted for Television - March 31, 2015
Against the Current - the band, not adventures in dangerous swimming 101
Zedd - If our love is tragedy, why are you my remedy? (Well, answer my question!)
Arrow (Okay, Felicity from Arrow!)
Chrissy Costanza (cat eyes and buttery lyrics!)
Girls (TV) (Okay, Allison Williams!)
Movies - especially when they play in the dark.
Twin Peaks (TV)
Friends (TV) (It had me at "No way are you cool enough to pull Clint"; damn straight, Chandler!)
Traveling - preferably where water is, so I can splash someone!
Star Wars trilogy - no, the other one, fella!
Alex G - far more talented than her younger brother Alex H
Cameron Crowe movies - Say Anything..., Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous
The sign 'Free Wi-Fi'.
Reenacting dance/song scenes from "Grease" with my little girl (hey! Wait till you see my 'Summer Lovin'! - don't judge)
Die Hard - 40 stories of Sheer Adventure!
Alex Goot & Friends (his enemies aren't half as talented!)
Cooking up a nice dish and sitting in the entertainment area, on a cool night, basking in it's greatness.
Inflatable kids pools full of Vodka Lime Crush.
Acidic Email from angry, over passionate teenagers after I trash something "Twilight"-related on the site. Sparkle elsewhere.
My baby girl's big, caring heart.


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IPDC extends financial support for Ebola projects in Africa
The proposals, submitted by proponents in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, are in line with UNESCO's Strategic Response to Ebola, which underlines the need to strengthen communication systems in the above countries.
The funds will be used to enhance community radio infrastructure, issue reporting guidelines, train investigative journalists and mobilize women's participation and engagement in media.
Guy Berger, secretary to the IPDC Secretariat and director of the Freedom of Expression and Media Development Division at UNESCO, reminded the eight-country Bureau members chaired by Albana Shala (Netherlands) that media development interventions introduced during the Ebola outbreak must be sustained through further capacity building.
"If there is already a strong, pluralistic, free and independent media system in a country, then that counts as good preparedness to deal with disaster," he emphasized.
In reinforcing the point, Albana Shala, IPDC Chairperson, argued that "the three countries, which have experienced war and conflict, have not received much support from the IPDC in the past thirty years. They merit our attention now more than ever."
The Bureau members agreed that without information, one inadvertently faces the risk of Ebola contamination in the Mano River Region.
Recent efforts in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone demonstrate commitment to achieving zero status of Ebola cases in 2015 and to strengthening public institutions to contain the disease and its impact. Attention to the media landscape and its development in all three countries is of paramount importance if the existing media infrastructure is to continue playing a fundamental and long-lasting public service role.
During the past week, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported 79 new Ebola cases including 1 in Liberia. Despite large-scale information and education campaigns, many communities are still resistant to the public health messages put out by authorities and international organizations, according to the non-governmental organization, Doctors Without Borders.
Ghanaian media group gives support to UNESCO's IPDC
Ankomah made the announcement during the ongoing IPDC Bureau meeting at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.
He explained: "We recognize the importance of the IPDC in building journalists' capacity in elections reporting. We thus consider our contribution as part of our effort at building a partnership with the Programme".
He added that the IPDC had enormous capacity to "influence politicians and policy-makers" on matters of freedom of expression, access to information and the safety of journalists.
Which is why Ankomah called upon the IPDC to urge its African Member States, including Ghana, to enact a Freedom of Information law, as a way of acceding to the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption.
Such a move, he explained, would open up government data and ensure journalists were protected from political pressures associated with reporting on sensitive issues.
Acknowledging this contribution, IPDC Chairperson, Albana Shala, thanked Ankomah, saying that the contribution by Allied News Ltd was facilitated by the Ghanaian Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, HE Johanna Odonkor Svanikier .
She said: "This contribution gives the much-needed visibility to the IPDC. Indeed, every contribution helps to sustain this unique inter-governmental programme".
The IPDC Bureau meeting will conclude later today, after considering such other issues as the IPDC's niche in the wider media development environment as well as responding to strategic gender issues in programme implementation.
Mr Ankomah shared with the Bureau meeting of the IPDC the role of his media organization in opinion research and their reportage had contributed to the success of Ghana's elections.
An Asia-Pacific Memory of the World capacity building initiative organized in China
This training workshop seeks to support and equip with necessary skills and nomination strategies under-represented Member States in the Asia Pacific Region or who have no items inscribed on the MOW international register and who lack experience in identifying and promoting their documentary heritage within the framework of the Memory of the World Programme. 31 participants from 7 countries are taking part in the capacity building activity, namely from China, the DPR of Korea, Indonesia, Mongolia, the Solomon Islands, and Viet Nam. Participants have been selected from national heritage institutions in order to represent National Archives, Historical & Provincial Archives, the National Museum of Myanmar, the Hue Monuments Conservation Center in Viet Nam and the National Library of the DPR of Korea.
The Director-General of the State Archives Administration of China, Mr Yang Dongquan, opened the event by emphasizing the strong commitment of China to the preservation and promotion of documentary and cultural heritage of the Asia Pacific countries at provincial, national, regional and international levels. Shortly after the Chinese national MOW committee was established, a 'China Documentary Heritage Programme' was established in 2000. Over the last 15 years, the Programme contributed to preserve and promote the country's rich documentary heritage and some 113 items were inscribed on the national MOW register. The Programme not only succeeded in building bridges for a much needed cooperation among national memory institutions, but also in providing critical financial and technological support for the preservation of endangered archives. As a current MOWCAP Chair, China expressed a strong commitment and wish to play a more active role in promoting the MOW objectives and making the Programme better known not only in the region but also globally by supporting new initiatives.
The UNESCO representative, Ms Iskra Panevska, Programme Specialist at the Knowledge Societies Division, pointed out that the Memory of the World Register has a very deep meaning. She argued that the Memory of the World Programme is not just about documents and books, but that it is deeply anchored in human experiences, it matters for belonging and identity, and carries universal value. She emphasized that from UNESCO's perspective the Programme encompasses the great diversity of humanity's expressions, in all languages, in all forms, coming from all cultures and it seeks to safeguard and promote humanity's unique documentary heritage for the benefit of all. The Programme also aims at encouraging the quest for history and its impact, for knowledge of future generations and for sharpening their value systems.
The workshop will close with a session in which the three teams of participants will present six draft nominations which they have elaborated during the workshop.
UNESCO launched the Memory of the World Programme in 1992 to guard against collective amnesia calling upon the preservation of the valuable archive holdings and library collections all over the world ensuring their wide dissemination. The Programme vision is that the world's documentary heritage belongs to all, should be fully preserved and protected for all and, with due recognition of cultural mores and practicalities, should be permanently accessible to all without hindrance. The Programme is thus intended to protect documentary heritage, and to help networks of experts to exchange information and raise resources for the preservation of, and the access to, documentary and archival collections of valuable records.
UNESCO builds knowledge for protecting journalists
Colombia has evolved a system over 15 years to protect journalists, and this has helped to strongly reduce the numbers of journalists killed in that country, said Carlos Cortés. He presented a wiki that details the way the system works, highlighting the importance of a centrally-driven initiative and integration of protection with legal actions against those who attack journalists.
France's TV5 Monde has a system in place for rapid response to danger, said Yves Bigot, Director-General of the station. The broadcaster's protection systems liaise closely with state authorities, but not at the expense of independence of journalists, he noted. Tracking technology enables live monitoring of the safety of international correspondents in the field, who also need to report to editors at least every 12 hours.
He warned that information about local movement could sometimes be compromised by betrayals from associated staff, exposing journalists to kidnapping and ransom demands.
States have a role to play in regulating that media companies should provide protection for journalists, said Monir Zaarour of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). He further stated that after the Charlie Hebdo killings, safety issues had entered into the minds of every journalist and their family worldwide.
Instead of relying on costly international trainers with translators to empower journalists in self-protection, IFJ has developed a programme in Africa and the Arab States to capacitate local trainers to deliver the knowledge and skill.
The stress of working as a journalist needs to be recognised and responded to, said Kenyan psychologist Dinah Kituyi. Her experience assessed journalists in East Africa showed high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as problems of denial and emotional numbing.
Delegates from Denmark, Peru, Sweden, Brazil, Bangladesh, Algeria and Niger took the floor in response to the speakers.
The concept note for this panel states: "in a global world, to stop journalists being killed anywhere, it is necessary to stop the attacks everywhere. There should be no space for "precedents" and copycat killings; instead journalists need to be protected, and perpetrators of attacks must be brought to justice. Sharing experiences and building practical responses will give concrete effect to the basic norm that violence against journalism cannot be permitted."
The IPDC meeting also served to launch the new UNESCO publication "Building Digital Safety for Journalists".
UNESCO's IPDC is key to safety of journalists
He noted that IPDC was a vehicle to share international experiences in the safety of journalists, highlighting lessons that "are no longer distant to Western Europe – such as protection systems for journalists, training of trainers to optimize capacity-building efforts, and support for journalists suffering from trauma."
Mr Engida added: "the safety of journalists is truly a global effort, and the IPDC's support for activities in one part of the world can increasingly be of help elsewhere."
In echoing Engida's remarks, IPDC Chairperson, Albana Shala, further highlighted IPDC's role in advocating for journalists' safety online and offline, adding that 'killings of journalists, if unpunished, tend to make checks on power impossible'.
These IPDC concerns about journalistic safety and other aspects of media development were subsequently taken up in an analytical summary of projects supported by the IPDC over the 2013-2014 period.
In presenting the report, Fackson Banda, a programme specialist responsible for an IPDC initiative called Knowledge-Driven Media Development, pointed out that a significant number of projects supported by IPDC were relevant to the issues.
The IPDC Bureau is currently meeting to examine almost 100 project proposals submitted from all over the world as part of its drive to improve the media condition in terms of freedom of expression, capacity development for journalists and technological innovation.
Debate to cover international sharing of experience about protecting journalists
How Kenya deals with problems of stress on journalists is the subject of discussion by Dinah van Altena Kituyi, an expert speaker in the debate "After Charlie: strengthening the safety of journalists", scheduled at UNESCO for Friday 27 March.
The event is part of a meeting of the Bureau of UNESCO's International Programme for the Development of Communication. The IPDC is the cradle of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity.
Ms Kituyi will speak about the nightmares, anger and emotional numbing experienced by Kenyan journalists who have been subjected to threats and worse.
She has extensive experience in counselling media people, including journalists in exile, and is a contributor to the publication "Images that stay forever" about their stress in relation to covering massacres in 2012 and 2013.
The effects of stress are damaged relationships at home, substance abuse and ongoing unhappiness. The recommendations Ms Kituyi will speak about include complementing psychological support with awareness raising and research, and including stress as part of safety training in schools of journalism.
Another speaker sharing international experience at the meeting is Mr Carlos Cortés, an expert who is researching the development of police protection of journalists in Colombia. He will describe the evolution of different structures that evaluate and respond to journalists under threat.
The Colombian system is widely recognised as a pioneering step whereby a state can ensure that journalists can withstand intimidation and be shielded from attack.
Mr Monir Zaarour, of the International Federation of Journalists, will speak at the meeting on a model of training trainers as a way to maximise skills-sharing amongst journalists in regard to self-protection. This has been implemented especially in the Arab region.
The role of media institutions in terms of supporting the safety of journalists will be covered by Mr Yves Bigot, Director-General of TV5Monde.
Delegations of Member States as well as the media have been invited to the meeting, and a video of the proceedings will be put online in order to spread the information further.
UNESCO's IPDC Bureau to support scores of media projects
An amount of approximately $1m will be shared out amongst the projects that are selected, with the money coming this year from extra-budgetary contributions made by Andorra, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
The 8-member Bureau of the IPDC will make the decisions at its 59th meeting on 26 and 27 March, at UNESCO Headquarters. This programme was started in 1980, and over the years it has disbursed over $100m to media development projects in developing countries.
During the meeting, the Bureau will also discuss an analytical report on projects that were supported over the past year, as well as how to promote gender mainstreaming in IPDC-funded projects.
Algeria, Bangladesh, Denmark, Ghana, the Netherlands, Niger, Peru and Poland make up the members of the 2015-16 Bureau, as elected by the 39-Member State IPDC Council in November 2014.
The meeting will also discuss IPDC's four special initiatives – covering the safety of journalists, media development indicators, excellence in journalism education, and knowledge-driven media development.
The agenda of the meeting includes a debate on Friday 27th titled "After Charlie: Strengthening the safety of journalists".
Speakers with expertise about protection of journalists' safety in Colombia, Kenya, France and the Arab region will share their experiences and engage with Member States.
Other items on the agenda for the Bureau include examining the niche and priorities of IPDC, as well as setting communication and fundraising targets to increase the impact of the Programme.
Building Digital Safety for Journalism: UNESCO launches a new publication
Parallel to the growing digitisation of journalism which brings unprecedented benefits to both producers and consumers of journalism, there are worrying trends that have emerged. This publication thus identifies at least 12 digital threats, including illegal or arbitrary digital surveillance, location tracking, and software and hardware exploits without the knowledge of the target. Further examples that are considered are: phishing, fake domain attacks, Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks, and Denial of Service (DoS).
While not all the people who contribute to journalism are fulltime journalists, the research takes an inclusive approach that is relevant to any actor who is in danger of being targeted for doing journalism. Indeed, many points made are also of direct relevance to human rights defenders in general, to people who are sources for journalists, and even to actors who simply make use of digital communications for personal use.
In examining cases worldwide, this publication serves as a resource for a range of actors. In a nutshell, it surveys the evolving threats, and assesses preventive, protective and pre-emptive measures. It shows that digital security for journalism encompasses, but also goes beyond, the technical dimension. This publication also gives an overview of actors and initiatives working to address digital safety, as well as identifying gaps in knowledge that call for awareness-raising. Recommendations are made for governments, journalism contributors and sources, news organizations, trainers, corporations and international organisations.
These insights are valuable for policymakers, civil society organisations, media companies, and a range of journalistic actors, offering them enhanced understanding about new challenges to journalism safety.
The research was enabled under a contribution by the Kingdom of Denmark. The publication will be launched and presented at a number of international events including the forthcoming UNESCO IPDC meeting in Paris, 27 March 2015, World Press Freedom Day Celebration Event in Riga, 3 May 2015 and 10th Internet Governance Forum in Brazil, 10-13 November 2015.
Other publications in the Internet Freedom series:
Young reporters and producers celebrate World Radio Day 2015 in Kenya
The celebrations brought together 55 participants working in community radios, university radio stations, youth organizations, media organizations, and the United Nations staff. The 2-day event aimed at increasing the level of participation of young people in radio taking into account media ethics as producers of radio contents with media literacy skills and mobilizing and encouraging main stream media and community radios to promote access to information, freedom of expression and youth empowerment through their programs.
During the opening of the celebrations, Nasser Ega-Musa, Director of United Nations Information Centre said that "I am delighted that this year's World Radio Day 2015 celebrations focuses on youth and media. It's important to note that the youth are critical constituent in our society and therefore we should never ignore them. It's my sincere belief that this year's celebrations will amplify youth voices and increase their level of participation in radio and other forms of media in Kenya and the world."
At the training on 12 February Victor Bwire, Deputy Director for Media Council of Kenya took participants through the code of ethics for journalism practice in Kenya, principles of ethical journalism and media literacy skills. Anthony Arusi, a Producer and Reporter at Mwanedu FM in Voi County said that "I would like to sincerely thank UNESCO for inviting me to attend the world radio day celebrations and also for offering me training on code of ethic and media literacy. I believe the knowledge that I have gained from the training on code of ethics and media literacy will greatly assist me to ethically generate and package content for broadcast at our radio station. "
At the official celebrations youth participants presented their 5-7 minutes pre-recorded radio programmes from their stations on issues affecting young people in their geographical areas of coverage. The programmes included themes such as: Stigmatization – The Dilemma faced by young mothers in Kenya; Youth and Drugs; Youth empowerment; Youth and Democracy and Clutches of extremism among others. The programmes were produced in English and Swahili.
A plenary discussion was held after the presentations where participants engaged with a panel comprising of representatives from UNESCO, Media Council of Kenya, UN Information Centre for Kenya and Kenya National Commission for UNESCO - on issues relating to youth perspectives of media in Kenya. Salome Ayugi, a fourth year journalism student at Maseno University said that "I am happy to have been invited to the World Radio Day 2015 celebrations. It provided me with an opportunity to share my experience and challenges of working as a producer and reporter at my university's radio station in Kisumu County."
Nyondo Nyae Kengo, a Producer and Reporter at Kwale Ranet FM stated "I wish to thank UNESCO for inviting me to attend the training workshop on code of ethics and media literacy; and, the World Radio Day celebrations. It's now my duty as a journalist to go apply the knowledge that I have gained at my radio station in Kwale County".
The World Radio Day 2015 celebrations focused on young women and men with a call for greater social inclusion of the generation under 30 years old, which accounts for more than half of the world's population, and underlines the power of radio to contribute to this objective. It advocated for inclusion of young people in conceiving and producing radio programmes; production of radio programmes; and, production of programmes by and for young people. This activity was organised as part of UNESCO's on-going SIDA funded project titled: "Empowering local Radios with ICTs" in Kenya.
The preservation of invaluable documentary heritage in Tanzania supported by UNESCO and the European Union
Thus, for instance, the audio visual records at the Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation are an important testimony to the rich heritage that requires continuous attention for its effective preservation. All these and other similar records would perish if consolidated efforts to preserve them were not undertaken.
That is why UNESCO and the European Union are teaming up through the 10th European Development Fund support for culture in order to collect, document, preserve and commemorate the mosaic of Africa's irreplaceable documentary heritage accumulated in Tanzania during the period of the independence movements.
Through this support, and with the additional resources secured for a total amount of near one million euros, training on the digitization of photographic and audio records have been delivered to archivists and information professionals from the Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation, the National Museum of Tanzania, Tanzania National Records and Archives and the Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation. Also, interviews of the remaining witnesses of the liberation movements are underway, and the refurbishment of the Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation's rich audio-visual archives is in progress as well. At the same time, the General Survey of tangible Tanzania's Heritage Archives Collections is ongoing and will be recorded and distributed through an electronic database that is currently being developed.
When asked about the involvement of the Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation in this major initiative, Mr Gallus Abeid, representing the Foundation, is very positive about the work undertaken on the preservation of the heritage archives: "We really hope all these efforts will end up with a recognition by registration of these sets of archives in the Memory of the World Programme of UNESCO".
Dr Boyan Radoykov, Chief of the Universal Access and Preservation Section in UNESCO's Knowledge Societies Division underscores: "People and societies must realize that documentary heritage in all its forms, and especially the one of outstanding and universal value, is constantly under attack and threat of destruction, and that consenting to its disappearance would be the biggest failure of our times. For many years, UNESCO, together with its members and partners is striving to raise the awareness of national authorities and other relevant stakeholders about the necessity to improve the conditions for the preservation of, and the increased access to the common heritage of humanity. The project in Tanzania is the perfect illustration of these institutional efforts."
UNESCO launched the Memory of the World Programme in 1992 to guard against collective amnesia calling upon the preservation of the valuable archive holdings and library collections all over the world ensuring their wide dissemination. The Programme vision is that the world's documentary heritage belongs to all, should be fully preserved and protected for all and, with due recognition of cultural mores and practicalities, should be permanently accessible to all without hindrance. The Programme is thus intended to protect documentary heritage, and to help networks of experts to exchange information and raise resources for the preservation of, and the access to, documentary and archival collections of valuable records.
UNESCO's Open Access (OA) Curriculum is now online
Within the overall framework of the organization's strategy on OA, the recent launch of OA curricula for Researchers and Library Schools by UNESCO highlights its efforts for enhancing capacities to deal with Open Access issues. The carefully designed and developed sets of OA curricula for researchers and library and information professionals are based on two needs assessment surveys, and several rounds of face-to-face and online consultations with relevant stakeholders.
These curricula will soon be converted into self-directed e-learning tools, which will enable users to self-assess their knowledge on Open Access and take a learning pace that is initiated and directed by the learners themselves. UNESCO also aims to strengthen this initiative by translating the OA curricula into several languages that will increase their reach and impact.
The complete set of five OA modules for researchers and four OA modules for library schools is now available online and can be downloaded by clicking the following links:
Curriculum for Library Schools
- Module 1: Introduction to Open Access
- Module 2: Open Access Infrastructure
- Module 3: Resource Optimization
- Module 4: Interoperability and Retrieval
Curriculum for Researchers
- Module 1: Scholarly Communications
- Module 2: Concepts of Openness and Open Access
- Module 3: Intellectual Property Rights
- Module 4: Research Evaluation Metrics
- Module 5: Sharing your Work in Open Access
UNESCO promotes Open Access (OA), with particular emphasis on scientific information (journal articles, conference papers and datasets of various kinds) emanating from publicly funded research. Working with partners, UNESCO works to improve awareness about the benefits of OA among policy makers, researchers and knowledge managers. Through its global network of Field Offices, Institutes and Centers, UNESCO facilitates the development and adoption of OA-enabling policies. In addition, UNESCO engages in global OA debates and cooperates with local, regional and global initiatives in support of OA.
IFAP contributes to CONNECTing the Dot's success
Also present at the CONNECTing the Dot conference were partners and network members of UNESCO's intergovernmental Information for All Programme (IFAP), who participated as panelists, discussants rapporteurs and supported the drafting of the outcome document adopted by the conference.
Since receiving a mandate from UNESCO's General Conference at its 37th session in November 2013 to conduct the Internet study, a series of consultations, surveys and other processes have been undertaken to advance this work and IFAP has been closely following and contributing to this process. As a consultative and advisory body to the Organization that supports Member States to create and implement national information policy and strategy frameworks that support the building of knowledge societies, IFAP was ideally placed for playing this role.
In his intervention during the opening ceremony, the Chairperson of the Executive Board, His Excellency Ambassador Mohamed Amr, paid noticeable tribute to IFAP's important contribution by underlining: "From the outset, I would like to thank the intergovernmental Information for All Programme, which has been closely associated with the organization of the Connecting the Dots Conference. As I am certain you all know, IFAP is one of the most important frameworks for international cooperation in our global effort to build inclusive knowledge societies."
Ms Chafica Haddad, Chair of the IFAP Council, played an active role throughout the event, and also participated in the High-level governmental dialogue and the Multistakeholder Input Coordinating Group responsible for guiding the preparation of the Outcome Document. Ms Haddad also used the conference as an opportunity to raise the visibility of IFAP's policy tools such as the National Information Society Policy Template and to highlight upcoming events on the IFAP calendar. As Ms Haddad explained in her intervention, "IFAP has long recognized the power of increased access to information as a vehicle and tool for positive social transformation and development and the importance of engaging and empowering youth. Accordingly IFAP will be organizing an international conference at UNESCO on the Internet as a tool for development of youth against all forms of extremism and radicalism in June 2015. The conference will share experiences amongst experts and policy-makers on policy interventions and develop pilot projects which benefit youth and serve as a learning lab to closer link policy, practitioners, academics and stakeholders".
Current and past members of the IFAP Bureau and its Working Groups, many of whom were in Paris to attend the 24th IFAP Bureau immediately following the CONNECTing the Dot conference also contributed significantly to the discussions.
Reflecting on the outcomes of the two-day event Dr Indrajit Banerjee, Director of the Knowledge Societies Division and Secretary of IFAP had this to say: By helping to bring the right people together around the right agenda, IFAP is contributing to crafting innovative solutions to the challenges that all societies face today. The study and outcome document are an important landmark that will orient UNESCO's response to the opportunities and challenges of cybserpace.
The intergovernmental Information for All Programme was established in 2001. It provides a platform for international policy discussions, cooperation and the development of guidelines for action in the area of access to information and knowledge. The Programme supports Member States to develop and implement national information policy and strategy frameworks.
With Patronage of UNESCO and the YouthMobile Initiative, Telefónica Educación Digital launches the Mobile for Change app competition
Under the framework of International Women's Day with a specific focus on gender equality, this global app competition targets women and young people by empowering them to develop mobile solutions for social good. Young people interested in learning about App development can apply what they learn from the free MOOCs offered on the MiríadaX platform and gain the necessary skills to produce their own App.
For the creation of the Apps, participants must use AllJoyn™, a free and open source software project by the AllSeen Alliance and the Qualcomm® Vuforia™ platform as well as the applications-development environment App Inventor for Android devices.
"With this initiative we want to support app developers that are looking forward to using their talent in addressing a social welfare issue", says Sergio San Martín, project leader at Telefónica Educación Digital. We expect all submitted mobile applications must be aligned to the competition's theme of social and environmental change, which includes education, entrepreneurship, healthy lifestyles, art and creativity, environmental sustainability, public safety, social inclusion, and empowerment of women."
UNESCO's patronage affirms Telefónica Educación Digital's initiative, which upholds the important use of mobile technology to promote the building of knowledge societies and the participation of young people for achieving the upcoming new Sustainable Development Goals.
"UNESCO is confident that this event will contribute to the aims of its YouthMobile Initiative," says Davide Storti, Programme Specialist of UNESCO. "The YouthMobile Initiative empowers young people all across the world to create mobile applications to address sustainable development challenges facing their communities, such as illiteracy and unemployment."
The competition has a general category and two special categories, one dedicated to Apps aimed at the empowerment of women and the other for young people between 18 and 25 years of age. Each category will have five finalists, of which three will be prize winners. The first prize in each category is attendance at a VatorSplash event (including air travel, accommodations, and a financial award of 1,500 Euros), where the winner can learn from the best and exchange experiences with international investors. In addition, the winners will be supported with computer equipment and training.
Mobile for Change is expecting to attract over 3000 people with a minimum of 300 actual competition apps submitted. Participants will be mainly residing in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, but other language speakers are welcome to enter, too.
It is still possible to register online on the competition's official web page. The 25th of March begins the period in which each participant can upload his or her App. The voting begins on the 16 of May and the winners will be announced on 26 June in a final event.
About Telefónica Educación Digital
Telefónica Digital Education is part of the Telefónica Group company specializing in providing online learning solutions for Education. It is the company of Telefónica that specializes in online training solutions and Digital Education. It has 400 Professional Digital Education programs in five countries: Spain, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Chile, as well as more than 300 customers across Europe, Latin America, Central America, and North America. Telefónica Digital Education provides training to 4 million students across platforms and has a content factory with more than 20,000 hours per year of production.
About UNESCO YouthMobile
The global objective of YouthMobile is by 2017 to have empowered at least 25,000 young people worldwide, particularly young women, with both the high-level skills and confidence to develop, promote, and sell at least 5,000 locally relevant mobile applications (apps) that solve local issues of sustainable development, and provide self-generated, viable employment opportunities in the mobile/ICT industry.
UNESCO Memory of the World Australian Register achieves 50 entries
At a special ceremony for the occasion, Professor Marie Bashir, former Governor of New South Wales, presented certificates of inscription for three new entries on the UNESCO Memory of the World Australian Register. This takes the total number of entries to 50 since the Register was inaugurated in 2001. The new entries inscribed on 5 March are:
- Records of the European War Collecting Project, established by the Trustees of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales in 1918
- The Gallipoli Letter, written by Keith Murdoch, 23 September 1915, held by the National Library of Australia
- The Board for Anthropological Research Collections, 1923-1974, held by the South Australian Museum and the University of Adelaide.
"It's very timely to have two records that contribute to our understanding of the First World War inscribed in the same year as the centenary of the Gallipoli campaign," said Roslyn Russell, Chair of the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Committee.
Certificate recipients Nat Williams (National Library of Australia), Alex Byrne (State Library of NSW ) and Susan Coppin (University of Adelaide) with Professor The Honourable Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO and Roslyn Russell, Chair of the Australian Memory of the World Committee, after the ceremony.
The UNESCO Australian Memory of the World register contains a select list of Australia's unique, irreplaceable and influential documents. It includes four sets of records from the National Archives: landmark constitutional documents of the Commonwealth of Australia; Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin's design drawings for the national capital; records of displaced persons- Europeans who migrated to Australia after World War II; records of the High Court of Australia and the F.E. Williams Papuan photographic collection.
UNESCO launched the Memory of the World Programme in 1992 to guard against collective amnesia calling upon the preservation of the valuable archive holdings and library collections all over the world ensuring their wide dissemination. The Programme vision is that the world's documentary heritage belongs to all, should be fully preserved and protected for all and, with due recognition of cultural mores and practicalities, should be permanently accessible to all without hindrance. The Programme is thus intended to protect documentary heritage, and to help networks of experts to exchange information and raise resources for the preservation of, and the access to, documentary and archival collections of valuable records.
Watch Live: UNESCO-UN Women give center stage to gender and media in New York
Several decades of research have clearly shown that, despite some improvement, women remain consistently underrepresented in media staffing at all levels, including in executive decision making, and misrepresented in media content.
Director-General of UNESCO, in her message on the International Women's Day, stated "2015 is the year to review achievements and look to the challenges that remain, as well as to untapped potential and opportunities. This is especially important as States shape a new global sustainable development agenda."
Watch Live at 10:00am in New York on March 12, 2015
The event will address one of the 12 Critical Areas of Concern of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, "Women and the Media", putting the spotlight on the importance of media regulatory and self-regulatory measures and the need for global partnerships. This will help give momentum to global efforts to promote gender equality in and through the media and contribute to the discussion in the context of the 20-year review the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action during the 59th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Ultimately, it will also contribute to shaping an ambitious Post-2015 Development Agenda.
The event will build on the partnerships amongst UNESCO, UN WOMEN, the Islamic Scientific Education and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), and others which co-organized the first Global Forum on Media and Gender held in Bangkok, Thailand (2-4 December 2013). The Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG), a pioneering network of over 500 media, non-governmental as well as governmental organizations was the key outcome of that Forum. Nordic Council of Ministers and GAMAG are supporters of this Side Event.
The two main objectives of the event are:
- Increase awareness among stakeholder groups of the importance of policies within the media and at the national level, to advance gender equality and women's empowerment in and through media and highlight existing measures and best practices in this regard;
- Highlight the Global Alliance on Media and Gender as a partnership to accelerate the implementation and systematic follow-up of Strategic Objective (SO) J of Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and to nurture global efforts to promote gender equality in and through the media.
The session will be a panel discussion, having Ms Annette Young (France24) as the moderator and speakers as follows:
- Ms Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO,
- Ms Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women,
- Ms Eygló Harðardóttir, Minister of Social Affairs and Housing and Minister of Nordic Cooperation, Republic of Iceland,
- Ms Geena Davis, Academy Award-Winning Actor, Founder and Chair of Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media,
- Ms Colleen Lowe Morna, CEO of the Gender Links and Chair of GAMAG
- Mr Matt Winkler, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Bloomberg.
UNESCO Women Make the News 2015: Beyond International Women's Day
The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, a Vice-Chair of the International Steering Committee for the Global Alliance on Media and Gender and the broadcasting network with the largest population reach speaks of the necessity of gender equality in the media and has released this video in support of Women Make the News 2015. Dr Javad Mottaghi, Secretary-General of the ABU, said in the video "ABU can reach over 3 billion people through its 270 members in 64 countries, and have invited their members to consider joining the Women Make the News initiative." UNESCO invites all broadcasting/print unions, and association to do the same.
Following successful launch of Women Make the News, the initiative is continuing beyond International Women's Day to keep up the momentum throughout 2015 and linked to upcoming events such as:
- International Gender and Media Side Event of the Fifty-ninth Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (Beijing+20)
on March 12, 2015 at 10:00am in New York. Watch Live!
- World Press Freedom Day, 2-4 May 2015
- Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in September 2015;
- Joint Donor Framework International Conference on Gender and Media in November 2015
- First General Assembly of GAMAG in November 2015
- And the on-going 70th Anniversary Celebration of UNESCO
Launched annually on the occasion of the International Women's Day (8 March), Women Make the News is a global initiative. It aims at fixing global attention on an issue relating to gender equality in and through the media, driving debate and encouraging action-oriented solutions until global objectives are met. It has been fifteen years since UNESCO started the Women Make the News initiative.
The WMN 2015 advocacy efforts is focussing on (1) promoting commitment of media partners to increase in female sources interviewed in the news to at least 30% and (2) inviting international development organizations as well as private corporations to pledge to be a part of a donor framework to support the activities of GAMAG
Media professionals and practitioners, NGOs, academics, government entities and individuals can still produce short audio/video clips to generate discussions and increase public awareness on women and the media, which is one of the critical areas of concern of the BDPA (Strategic Objective J). The audio/video clips will be featured on the Women Make the News 2015 website. The contents submitted will be distributed online based on the UNESCO's Open Access Policy.
The Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG), as a dynamic structure, operates on an open membership basis. The Alliance has over 600 members and aims to reach 1000 over the 2015 period.. Click to Join GAMAG. The GAMAG International Steering Committee meeting in Geneva had positive outputs.
For more information, please visit: www.unesco.org/new/en/wmn.
Contact, Alton Grizzle, a.grizzle(at)unesco.org
IPDC Supports Mongolia-Nepal South-South and people-to-people cooperation on community radio
During the week-long trip, Ms. Munkhburen was accompanied by the CRAMO's Vice President Mr. Chuluunsuren Enkhbayar and by Ms. Chadraabal Otgontugs, manager of "Voice of Hotgoid" located in the rural Tsagaan-Uul County of the Khuvsgul province. On 6-13 February, the Mongolian delegation visited the Association of Community Radio Broadcasters Nepal (ACORAB), and travelled to Vijaya FM in Parasi, Lumbini FM, and Gandaki FM in Pokhara. While in Kathmandu, they met with the Regional Coordinator of AMARC Asia-Pacific Mr. Suman Basnet, and joined fellow broadcasters in celebrating the 2015 World Radio Day.
CRAMO's experience-sharing mission to Nepal was made possible by the IPDC Project "Supporting the Development of a Sustainable Community Radio Movement in Mongolia." Under this project, consultations were organized with community radio representatives from ten counties on January 2015 to discuss their challenges and recommendations for community media's sustainable development. Based on the consultations, CRAMO is developing an Engagement and Sustainability Plan for community media development in Mongolia. Furthermore, this project has supported awareness-raising activities to sensitize over 100 Mongolian community leaders, local and national decision-makers about the role of community media.
Among the project's direct beneficiaries, Mr. Ulziisaikhan, radio manager of "Taigyn ayalguu" community radio in the Tsagaannur County of the Khuvsgul province, said he was happy that the training built his capacity to fund-raise with local and development funds. For other radio managers, the exchange was also the occasion to share how tackling daily practical challenges such as heating radio station premises during the extreme harsh Mongolian winters, as highlighted by the radio manager of "Ulaahkhusyn dolgiin" in the Ulaankhus County of the Bayan-Ulgii province. At the same time, the Chair of the Board of the "Tavan tesiin dolgion" community radio in the Tes County of the Uvs province took the opportunity to discuss with peers from other community media the lack of ICT and Internet literacy among radio volunteers.
UNESCO Beijing Office's Adviser for Communication and Information Andrea Cairola said that the experience-sharing trip was conceived as an ideal "relay" between one of the countries in the Asia-Pacific where community radio was introduced sustainably and successfully, also helped by IPDC's support to the first Nepali community media Radio Sagarmatha in 1995 (for more details see the 2008 publication Pioneering Community Radio – Impacts of IPDC Assistance in Nepal.
Mongolia introduced community radio only in recent years, with UNESCO supporting the establishment of ten community radio stations in remote soums/counties targeting ethnic and disadvantaged minorities (in Tolbo, Bayannuur, Buyant and Ulaankhussoums of Bayan-Ulgii province; Tsagaannuur, Ulaan-Uul and Tsagaan-Uul of Huvsgul province; Altai of Khovd; and Zuungobi and Tessoums of Uvsaimag province - for more details see this web-story and reportage). UNESCO also provided capacity building for the establishment of CRAMO, and assistance to the development of community media friendly legislation in line with the recommendations of an assessment based on UNESCO's Media Development Indicators.
Learning about these activities, the IPDC Chair Albana Shala said that: "such South-South cooperation and with a focus on long-term sustainability are examples of what the Programme would like to foster."
The International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) is the only multilateral forum in the UN system designed to mobilize the international community to discuss and promote media development.
OERisation at University of Nairobi, Kenya
For a number of years, efforts have been made to promote Open Education Resources (OER) in Kenya. Adoption is not yet high, yet the need is obvious. Numerous academic institutions have been establishing OERs in the country and the urge to learn more about OERs continue. The number of faculty members utilizing OERs continues to grow demonstrating an appreciation and demand for the same. In a bid to promote Open Solution for knowledge Societies and also enhance accessibility, UNESCO supported the OERisation of the four pilot courses at the University of Nairobi. The selected pilot courses included:
- Information Studies; a course unit offered to masters students at the school of Biological and Physical Sciences,
- Introduction to Business and Entrepreneurship; a course unit offered to undergraduate students at the college of Biological;
- Physical Sciences, Audit and Control; a course unit offered to both undergraduate and master's students in different departments at the College of Biological
- Physical Sciences and Database Systems; a course unit offered to both undergraduate and graduate masters students in different departments at the College of Biological and Physical Sciences.
The selection and design of the four courses was done by Dr. Tonny Omwansa who is the head of the University of Nairobi's innovation Centre (the C4DLab) and his two assistants; Selina Ochukut; a graduate student at the school of computing and informatics and Elton Maiyo; an intern at C4Dlab.
The University of Nairobi established a multidisciplinary Centre of excellence known as Computing for Development (C4D) center. This Centre serves as the technology research and development arm of the University. The objectives of the C4Dlab are to provide national leadership in computing and ICT research, carry out research in technology priority areas approved by the board, incubate innovative ideas and potential commercial products from the Lab's research efforts and University community, build research capacity in computing and ICT research and promote innovation by creating an atmosphere of idea generation, evaluation, development and dissemination.
The head of the University of Nairobi's innovation Centre, the C4DLab stated; "Having been involved in OERizing, through the support of UNESCO, I have come to appreciate the subject matter at a deep level. This was an opportunity to learn more about OERisation and in the process created more valuable, locally relevant and useful courses".
Creative Commons featured this OERisation pilot at their launch of School of Open Africa (SOO-Africa) event presided over by senior officials from Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, as reported here.
"The presentation, aligned to School of Open Africa objective of universal access to education stimulated an exciting OER conversation among participating professors from several universities, policy makers, copyright law course graduands, other education stakeholders and SOO-Africa supporters present at the event," said Alex Gakuru, Regional Coordinator - Africa, Creative Commons.
The educational products generated by C4DLab demonstrated quality alternative Open knowledge co-creation and mode of delivery that got the attention of and support from the government of Kenya, he adds.
The four courses OERised were successfully uploaded at the OERCommons platform.
(See the link: https://www.oercommons.org/search?f.search=c4dlab)
This activity falls within UNESCO's mandate to assisting educational planners and teacher training course developers to prepare teachers for making effective use of technology solutions. This activity is a direct follow-up to the 2012 World Congress on Open Educational Resources which released the Paris Declaration on OERs calling on Governments to openly license all educational materials produced with public funds. Supported by a generous grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (USA), UNESCO is working with the Governments of Kenya, Oman, Bahrain, and Indonesia to implement dynamic and relevant policies to guide and recognize teachers and learners to find, adapt, use, develop, and share open educational resources.
Under the same framework, the Hewlett Foundation and the European Commission are currently funding a similar initiative for the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). As a direct outcome from the first NOUN OpenupEd workshop last September and the second workshop held in February, the NOUN OER-MOOC Project seeks to transform all 1,600+ courses of NOUN into full-featured OERs as well as launch new open-licensed MOOC versions of the courses to increase access and quality to higher education.
Learn more about Open Education opportunities near you and around the world at Open Education Week.
Un atelier de sensibilisation sur le Référentiel de compétences en TIC pour les enseignants
L'atelier, qui a été organisé en coopération avec la Commission nationale du Togo pour l'UNESCO et l'Université de Lomé, a réuni les acteurs nationaux principaux venant du Ministère de l'enseignement supérieure et de la recherche, du Ministère de l'enseignement primaire et secondaire, du Ministère des postes et de l'économie numérique, du Ministère de l'action sociale, des femmes et de l'alphabétisation, du Ministère de l'enseignement technique, de la formation professionnelle et de l'industrie, ainsi que de l'Université de Lomé, de l'Université de Kara et du nombre d'établissements d'enseignement supérieur privés.
L'atelier a été axé sur un aperçu des composants du Référentiel de compétences en TIC pour les enseignants et leur pertinence aux besoins éducatifs nationaux. Les discussions ont également portés sur l'utilisation des matériaux de formation pour les enseignants sur la base de ressources éducatives libres pour le développement de matériaux pédagogiques visant à soutenir la mise en œuvre du Référentiel de compétences en TIC.
Cette activité fait partie des efforts continus de l'UNESCO de promouvoir l'application des TIC pour améliorer la qualité et l'accès à l'éducation, y compris la stimulation de la production, du partage et de l'accès aux ressources éducatives ouvertes (REL). Après l'adoption par l'UNESCO de la Déclaration de Paris sur les REL en 2012, cette activité est mise en œuvre avec le soutien financier de la Fondation Hewlett et la Commission européenne.
UNESCO YouthMobile and Technovation announce strategic collaboration to give young women more opportunities in mobile app development
The collaboration builds on the experience of many worldwide initiatives that introduce young people to computer science programming (learning-to-code) and problem solving (coding-to-learn). It also seeks to build on experiences targeting young women who are vastly underrepresented in every aspect of this field. Finally, it builds on the consideration that for millions of young people, the smartphone in their pocket is today, a very powerful computer – in the future it will likely be their only computer -- and they will use it for nearly every aspect of their lives: communicating, learning, taking pictures, and playing games.
"Technovation is honoured to team up with UNESCO's Youth Mobile Initiative to scale our mobile app start-up competition around the world. Our collaboration with UNESCO enables us to reach, inspire, and train more girls and women to create solutions for local community issues. These girls also develop the skills to build a mobile app start up and lead the next generation of tech innovators." – Tara Chklovski, CEO, Technovation and Iridescent.
"We're absolutely excited to collaborate with Technovation," says Abel Caine, co-lead of YouthMobile. "Its mission to inspire and educate young women to solve real-world problems through mobile App development is at the core of UNESCO in mobilizing partners from civil society to contribute towards the realization of its overarching objectives and priorities of building inclusive knowledge societies."
This collaboration will significantly broaden the reach of the programmes and its impact on target beneficiaries. Technovation will contribute its unique curricula for mobile applications development as openly licensed material, which UNESCO will then promote and adapt, in particular for content localization and translation to local languages. Moreover, UNESCO and Technovation will collaborate to empower key stakeholders in Member States to develop training opportunities for young people in mobile apps development.
About YouthMobile
The global objective of YouthMobile is by 2017 to have empowered at least 25,000 young people worldwide, particularly young women, with both the high-level skills and confidence to develop, promote, and sell at least 5,000 locally relevant mobile applications (apps) that solve local issues of sustainable development, and provide self-generated, viable employment opportunities in the mobile/ICT industry.
About Technovation
Technovation's mission is to inspire and educate girls and women to solve real-world problems through technology. Technovation began as a pilot program in 2010 with just 45 girls. Over the past five years, it has transformed from an in-person program taught by Technovation staff to a global competition reaching thousands of girls in 28 countries. Technovation is a program of Iridescent, a 501c3 non-profit that trains engineers and scientists to mentor young people, inspire them to develop a sense of wonder about the world, and guide them in tackling real world challenges.


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Every year around the globe, people cross paths with avalanches-some massive, some no deeper than a pizza box-often with deadly results. Avalanche expert Jill Fredston stalks these so-called freaks of nature, forecasting where and when they will strike, deliberately triggering them with explosives, teaching potential victims how to stay alive, and leading rescue efforts when tragedy strikes.Having
Journeys Along the Arctic's EdgeTwo by sea: A couple rows the wild coasts of the far northJill Fredston has traveled more than twenty thousand miles of the Arctic and sub-Arctic-backwards. With her ocean-going rowing shell and her husband, Doug Fesler, in a small boat of his own, she has disappeared every summer for years, exploring the rugged shorelines of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Spitsbergen, and Norway. Carrying what they
Pete the green sea turtle begins his morning floating in the endless, blue ocean. But this day in the warm, life-giving heat of the Florida sun will end in crippling tragedy. A passing boat strikes Pete, and his days of swimming free in the open ocean now appear to be over forever. How will Pete survive the life-threatening injuries he has sustained? A Home for Nickel is the true story of a
Soloing South Through the Inside Passage* Mixes adventure travel with natural history * Includes the author's hand-drawn illustrations In this insightful account of her solo voyage in a sixteen-foot kayak, Jennifer Hahn vividly relates the ecstatic moments and terrifying predicaments of paddling against the wind through Alaska's Inside Passage. Hahn's adventures include dramatic encounters with animals and heartwarming experiences with
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The souls have forgotten usThe souls of eternal bliss have forgotten me.
They have left me to rot with this life given to me on this dreadful planet.
Eternal suffering.
Giving me emotions to laugh at me, to make me feel bad.
Tossing these other tortured souls onto this planet.
Tormenting me, only making it worse here.
People praying to be released, back to the bliss.
But they are toying with us, watching what we do, and then choosing where we go, what we become.
Only causing more frustration for us when we find out when we only pass on, we return back to this never ending river of souls that flows back to this god forsaken planet.
Why are they doing this to us?
Why don't they take us to the bliss?
Are they seriously enjoying themselves screwing with us?
We were sent to this planet to figure this out, but first everyone must work together
Only revenge on my mind
Our own kind...I closed my eyes....
What I saw, was beyond belief.
A land set aflame.
Raining fire from the sky.
Kids and adults slaughtered with no mercy.
I hadn't an idea what was going on.
I reached out to help a child in distress.
But when they were within my grasp, they faded into thin air.
I fell to my knees, crying; is this what is destined to be?
Aren't we supposed to be the higher intelligence?
How come ?
Why are we .?
I can't believe .That we would do this to our own kind.
I was afraid to see what our world looked like now, afraid to open my eyes to see the truth of reality, I dared not to look.
It didn't matter what the world really did look like it was shrouded in lies.
I can't understand people...Why does it seem like I'm the only one to understand?
Seems like everything is different for me and only me, no one understands me.
I see things differently than you.
I could stand in some crowded streets; I wouldn't receive even a glace, as if I was invisible.
Do people hate me?
Or is it because I'm different than them?
Just watching them makes my blood boil and my heart sink.
I want to just scream at the sky but, what would be the point no one would hear me.
I have a plan
I will just stand here and watch them all fight amongst themselves.
Let them say what they want about me.
Not going to let them bother me as I stand in this crowd.
I'm in my own world, just leave me alone.
I don't think I will ever understand people, or what they are thinking.
Leave me be go find someone else to bother.
Crystal tearsI brushed your hair out of your face .
I looked at you, you looked at me, your eyes swollen from the tears.
I ask you why, you say I don't know.
I watch the crystal run down your face I catch it with my hand.
The moon reflects off the tear, shining and glimmering making it look like the most beautiful thing in the world.
I put my hands on your shoulders and look at your face once more.
I rest my head upon you while you look at me and you ask me what I'm doing.
I respond, now it's my turn to cry.
I regretI regret those times where we exchanged glimpses.
I regret those times where we held hands under the full moon.
I regret those times where we nuzzled each others necks.
I regret those times where we shared those everlasting hugs.
I regret those times where we pretended we were something else.
I regret those times where we woke up in each others arms wanting the sun to go away.
I regret those times where we kissed and gazed into one another eyes.
But what I regret most of all, is forgetting to say I love you the last time we saw each other.
All I want is for you to be here with me and never let go, promise me that and do not regret that choice you made.
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Tuesday was one of those days when we probably tried to do too much -- and had too much confidence in our ability to bend time and make it all happen. As a result, we were constantly running behind by about 10-15 minutes on everything (a phenomenon that friends refer to as Rand Standard Time). It's not laziness or indifference that makes us late. We really do value other people's time. It is, as we said, our overconfidence in an ability to get places faster than we should be able to get there.
But we digress. Around 9:15 p.m., the things we tried to squeeze in were over. We realized we had not yet eaten dinner. We also knew the RBBH was out at a late dinner with a couple of friends. So we were solo. In a serendipitious turn, we were also lost in St. Paul. Instead of using GPS, we used instinct. That instinct led us to Snelling Avenue when we thought we were heading toward University Avenue. You do the math on that one (those two roads intersect, so we couldn't have been much more wrong).
As unsavory fast food prospects spun in our head, a much better light bulb went off: The Nook. It's far closer to our new neighborhood than it ever used to where we used to live ... and, confession: We had never been there. That's right, one of the sacred burger places in all of the Twin Cities had somehow escaped us in the nearly two decades we have been living here. Clay Davis would call that shameful, and he would add another word as well.
But this was the perfect opportunity to fix a wrong. It was late enough that it wouldn't be overly crowded. We were flying solo, so we could sit at the bar. And, in what seemed almost too fitting, we arrived at around the start of the top of the 8th inning of the Twins game, which was being shown on one of the TVs at the bar (the other was showing playoff hockey, this being St. Paul, and not the Spurs/Grizzlies in OT).
We noticed Joe Mauer was leading off the inning at around the same time we noticed all the ingredients of the Mauer burger at The Nook, which is located a strong Mauer throw away from his old high school, Cretin-Derham Hall. His burger is called the "Joe Mauer Hit a Double Burger." We kept it simple, though, opting for a bacon cheeseburger. Mauer, too, kept it simple -- single instead of a double to lead off the eighth.
The inning progressed, of course, with Trevor Plouffe knocking in Mauer with the tying run and Ryan Doumit driving in the go-ahead run. The Twins, who hadn't led since Friday, were suddenly in the lead after one magical trip to burger paradise.
We had the narrative in our head, the perfect opening post for Wednesday with all the lessons of life and fate leading us to the perfect place at the perfect time to see this Mauer-fueled victory. With another Minnesota guy -- and presumed hamburger enthusiast -- Glen Perkins on to lock down the ninth, what could go wrong?
Well, of course, we know what happened. Two-out, tying home run, followed by another run in the 10th, and the Twins had lost seven in a row. We got up to leave, and another gentleman at the bar simply said, "brutal." We replied, "unbelievable." But really, it wasn't. Giving up those runs was hardly crazy. What was crazy was thinking that a chance arrival at a burger place near Mauer's old high school was somehow going to change the Twins' luck. What transpired wasn't a Hollywood narrative, but it was, at least, a better reminder of life's narrative than if Perk had recorded one more out. Remembering that will be the reward for the evening (also, the burger and fries were delicious).
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In the late 70's, when disco was at its peak, no one quite knew how to get down like the Sesame Street Monsters! Among the sketches that took place underneath the disco ball:
- ABC Disco -- Grover impresses the ladies with his super smooth moves as they sing the alphabet, thus exhausting himself.(EKA: Episode 1957)
- In and Out -- A "square" monster (Harry) can't tell why he gets stepped on every time he stands near the IN door, and doesn't figure out what the song is about until it's over.
- Me Lost Me Cookie at the Disco -- To his dismay, Cookie Monster can't find his cookie.(EKA: Episode 2680)
- Two-Headed Monster: DANCE -- The Two-Headed Monster reads the word DANCE, and upon realizing what the word is, immediately start dancing along with the other monsters.(EKA: Episode 1927)
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A little video I threw together for my Nephew. He is only 3 and just started skateboarding. I need to get this kid to a Skate Park ASAP!
Guest appearances by: Cody Hodges, Jamie Hodges, and Amanda Kaster
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Filmed By: Crystal Kaster
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Music By: Lupe Fiasco
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Katmai Wilderness: Close encounters with grizzly bears provide thrills
Few things have given me the sense of wonder and respect, along with the adrenaline rush, that came on an afternoon in 2004 when I was sitting in a meadow in the Katmai Wilderness, my lunch in my lap, as a 1,000-pound grizzly ambled by just 50 feet away, glanced toward me, then walked off to his own lunch -- which, that day, was not me.
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